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11. Weekly Artisan; 1910-03-26

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAP!I)'") PUBLle LP ~ ~~Wf & UJ.lil.1i.c 1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MARCH 26,1910 / SLIGH FURNITURE CQ,MPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~------------ - .------------- - - - - - -- 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~"-----------------'_._._._. ----------------------. -----_.-.--- .. LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I I,I I,I ,I I II f I,I I II,,I ,III , IIIII I IIII I --------~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. Luce..Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. II BIG RAPIDS, MICH. . . . .-- _. ---_._. _. ---_... - -------------- ._-"------ Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth Floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. .. -- . . High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites tn Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd,' s Eve Maple BIrch !0fartered Oak and ClrcasSlan Walnut CtlAND RAP}[)S rt\uhnL1.C.. Lf1 n I~ H)A.~£1._ 30th Year-No. 39 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• MARCH 26.1910 Issued Weekly FIRE LOSSES AND FIRE PROTECTION New York Merchants Urge a Change in the Policy of the City's Fire Department. From the :l\Iarch number of the "Proceedings of the Mer-chan ts' aSSOClatIon" of N ew York. In the year 1097, the total CO'3tof fil es and fire protection in the DllIted States amounted to almost one-half the cost of new buIldll1gs con"tructed that year The cost of fires and fire protectIOn in the D11lted States 111 1907 amounted to over $456,485,OOO-a tax on the people exceedll1g the total value of the gold, "lIver, copper and petroleum produced in the lJntted States 111 that year The cost of new bmldmgs dunng the same year IS conservatively estImated at $,000,000,000 The total cost in thIS country is five times as much per capIta as 111any country in Europe In 1907, the actual fire los" due to the destructIOn of b11l1dll1gs and their contents (exc1usn e of the excess of pI emlums paId III addItIon for insmance) was $2 51 for each mhabltant of the UllIted States The per capIta loss m the CItIes of the SIX leadll1g European countnes was but 33 cents, or about one-eIghth of the per capIta loss in thIS countly ThIS startlmg cltfference IS due to the fact that 111Europe the preventIOn of fires IS the object of pnnclpal attention, whIle in Amenca It is 111large degree Ignored Comparisons show that If buildings 111the L llIted States were as nearly fireproof as those 111 Europe, the annual fire cost 111 this country, including premlllms, would be $90,000,000 instead of $456,000,000. Of the Immense annual co'>t entaIled by fires and fire pro-tectIon, over $215,000,000 I epre"ents complete and irretrievable waste due to the actual destructIOn of property by fire; and over $241,000,000 represents excess of 111surance premiums over 10'3"es paid, expense of waterworks chargeable to fire serVIce, expense of fire departments, and expense of private protectIOn The excessIve extent of the loss and the cost of protec-tIOn 111America, a" compared wIth the European figures, are due pnmanly to the fact that fire proof construction of build111gs 111 Europe IS the rule, and in America the ex-ception Nevertheless the amount of loss in America 13 swelleJ by the general and indefensIble negleot of precau-tIOnary measures other than the use of fireproof matenals In the case of New York, whIle there has been constant Improvement in the way of fireproof constructIOn, and lll-creas111gly '3tringent proviSIOns for fire protectIOn in the bUlld111g code, It is nevertheless true that adequate inspec-tlOn for the purpo"e of reducing fire-risk by enforcing laws and ord111ances has been almost wholly omitted It is fur-ther true that no adequate effort has been made to control fire-ri'3k by compelltng the 111stallation of automatic sprinklers for ext111gmshing fires in their 111clpiency In consequence of thIS omISSIOn dangerous risks are per-mitted needleS'll} and very generally to eXIst, whereas they might be lessened, and 111many cases aboltshed, by efficient official 111spectlOn and the compulsory installation of auto-matic devIces which "'ould hold a fire in check or extinguish It at the beginning. At fl equent intervals throughout the business distrcit are buildll1gs, which, by reason of inflammable materials are partIcuharly hable to destructlOn by fire In many of these hazardous occupation'3 are cal ned on Such buildings are a menace to adjacent prel111ses, and the latter are therefore compelled to pay insurance rates based upon this external menace That is to say, occupants of premises which in themselves contain little ri'3k of fire, pay an additional fire tax because their neighbors ma111tain dangerous condItions The point of this article is that those dangerous condi-tions are to a considerable degree controllable, and are per-mitted to exist to an extent greater than is "inherently neces-sary, by reason of the defectIve organization of the New York Fue Department That department as it is now ,and has practically always been, organized, concerns itself almost wholly with extin-guishing fires, and gives almost no attention to their pre-vention The relative Importance which the fire authorities attach to extinguishment and to prevention appears from the fact that out of a total annual outlay of $7,000,000 to $8,000,000 for FIre Department purposes, less than $15,000 per year has been recently devoted to prevention, while the remainder was apphed to extll1gui'3hing fires-and, it may be added, to destroy111g by water what is saved from fire. The assocIation committee on insurance has made a care-ful and expert study of thIS subject and is convinced that measures for fire protectIOn should be given great prominence as part of the work of the Fue Department, instead of being almost wholly neglected, as at present The measures of preventlOn that are urgently needed are: 1 Comprehell'3ive, systematic and continuous official in- --------------------------_._-- - 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN spection of all bu"ine::,::, premIses to 111sure comphance "lth all laws and ordinances for the pul pose 01 fit e pt e\ entlOn 2 The g-eneral compul "Ol} In stallatlOn ot automa tJ~ sprinklers in non-fireproof prellll"e:o of certaIn classes Such measUl es, If adequately planned and thoroughh enforced, would recluce the number of fires, e,t111gutsh many fites m theIr ll1C1plency and thereby le"sen the lo"s, and reduce the cost of ll1surance by lessel1lng the risk ThIS reduction of ll1surance rates would be particularly important to 0\\ nel:o of premIse" ad]Oll1lng extra-lhazardous nsks, ll1 ca"e automatic ~prinklers were compubonl} ll1"talled ll1 the latter Expenence has shO\vn that automatlL spnnklel" al e an extremely efficient means of fit e pI e\ en t10n Recent repO! ts of the fire department "how that \\ here fires occur ll1 sp11nk-lered premIses, ll1 a large maJ Ollty of cases the fires are extm-gLllshed by the spnnkler" befOle the arnval of engllle", that ll1 other cases a chemIcal hand extll1gmshel suffice" to put out the remall1ll1g fires, and that ll1 e\ en case the spll1lkler cftec-tlvely prevented the Spl ead of the fire unttl the fire engmes arrived ::\foreover, the loss from fire and vvater 111all these cases was allllo~t nominal In Vle\\ of thIS gl eat effiue11l \ as a lllean" at hre pre-vention and of hl111tl11£;fne 10"", It IS hlghh de'llable that automatic spnnklers be genelall} ll1"talled e~jleclalh In extra-hazardous nsks whIch 1l1Clea"e the C(I"t (If ll1"mance upon aJ- ]oining premises. The fire comml"SlOner now has legal autho11tv to compel ::,uch installatIOn, but It IS not effectn el) e"el cIsed hecause the department lack::, the machll1elY for nece,,~al \ UJllljJJ e-hen" lve ll1spectton, WIthout \\ hlch he cannot act ll1telhgentl} and WIthout which enforcement of the pUI po"e h chfficult Last year, at the request of the vlerchanb' <1""oclatlOn, hut only after cOllSldelable proddIl1g, the then file Cllllll111"- "loner Issued an Older requ11ll1g the 0\\ ners ot ten ,pcuhed extra-hazarJous premIses to equIp the11 pt elllbe" "nh autf) matlc spnnkIers ThIS was the fil "t occa"lon on \\ hlch am attempt haJ been made to enforce the commISSIoner's powers In thl s respect J n t\\ ° cases the order \\ a" enforced th 1ough the corporation counsel Tn the othel" no senou, attempt at enforcement vvas made The legal 11ght" 01 the «)mmt" sioner to ordel and enfOl ce "uch a mrasure 01 fil e pI otel ttf)n was demonstrated, whICh \\as the end atmed at 11\ the a"llCl ation This point hay mg been e"tahlJsheJ the a"OclatlOn hd' recently taken "tep", throug-h the le£;l'ilattlle, to caU"l the creatIOn \\lthm the fire depa1tment of a btlleau 01 file pIe ventlOl1 adequate 111 all re~pects to the comprehelhl\ e ,\ ,- tematlc and frequent lllSpectlO1l of all premIse", to the en-forcement of all laws and ordlllallces for fire pI e\ entlon, and above all to the general compulsory mstallatlOn 111 all (lan~er-ous premIses of automatic spnnklers It is propo"ed to conso!Jdate m th1S bureau the pr""ent fire marshal'" bureau, the bureau of combthtlhle" and the bureau of VIOlatIOns and auxlhal\ fire app!Jances, to iI ,111"- fer the ll1spectors of these hureaus to the ne\\ bureau to 111 crease the number of tllspectors as may appear nece"al \ an 1 to place the new bureau m charge of an officel de"H~nate<! "chIef of the bureau of fire preventIOn," who shall be mde-pendent of the "chIef of depal tment \ the officer v\ ho no\\ controls the entIre U111formed force) and .,hall I epOl t only to the commIssioner. ThIS plan WIll create an effectl\ e I1hpeCtlon force, and wJ1l utJ117e for fire preventIOn a cons1de1ahle number of offiCIals and fil emen, now scattered among three pal bally llleffectn e bureaus and largely employed 111 work ot much le::,s practIcal Importance The ,bsoclatlOn's plan \\ dS ap '" . .. _ ....... DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors, OAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. II ... ...... 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. pro\ ed 1)\ the legIslature',., charter reviSIOn commIttee and Iecommended to the legt:>lature for adoptIOn. \ "ub'itantlal reductIOn 111 the fire fisk and in the aggl e-gate coq of m'iurance 111 this cIty WIll ultimately result fron: thl" or any "ll11tlar measure for fire prevention, If the offiCIal machmen for \\ hlch pro,lslon I" made IS uttllzed In good tclnh ane! tu Ib 1ull pos'ilbJ11t} The man who 'ieh out 111 !Jfe's race expecting to hay e a \\ alk-m er I" !Jkel) to be fUn over before he has proceeded tar npon hIS \Va} ,c.,ome lJt the leal fa1111er" compla1l1 that the average CIty agncu!tur1st <!oesn t kno\\, a corn on the foot from corn 1fI the ear '". ---~ ..-_.------1 I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. I, : FT. WAYNE, IND. I I ,I HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS , SLiCED fAN D MAHOGANY .I..... --_. ---------_.- .__ .... . .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN Lansing, Mich., Sept., 1908· Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen: Referring to the kiln we purchased of you nearly a year ago, wIll say that we have found same very satisfactory to us, and would not consider going back to the old style kiln. Weare able to dry stock much faster and to get better results in the way of having stock flat and free from checks. In our business it is absolutely necessary that our material be bone dry or serious trouble will follow its use, and we are pleased to say that we have had no trouble whatever since installing your kiln. Very truly yours, THE AUTO BODY CO. H. E. Bradner. Steel Office Furniture. The rapidity with which steel office furlllture has come in-to favor In the ea"t Indicates that It filled a want that has been generally felt It IS no longer uncommon to see entIre office eqUlpments maJe of steel-IncludIng the desks-and Its quali-tIes of weanng strength and rigidity, coupled With the fact that it IS fireproof, haye espeCIally recommended It for special uses, where valuable papers and document" are kept, where climatic condition<; are unfa yarable to \\ ood, etc The steel filing cabinets, filllshed in imitatIOn of mahogany and oak, are remarkably true to the original woods. It is necessary for manufacturers \\ ho are displayIng wood and steel cabinets together to label them, for the eye cannot dis-tinguish between the two, judged only by outward appear-ance The grain and color of both the oak and the mahogany are reproduced exactly, and It is thus possible to combine \\ood with steel eqUIpment In an office or institution without there being any lack of harmony in the effect The plain, dal k green finhh, which IS a dht111guishing mark of the 'lteel furniture, IS wlelel} used, and WIll doubtless grow rather than decrea-.e UI populant}, as the use of the steel equipment becomes more common '\ dl~pla} of '3teel ftl1111tllre which attracted conSiderable attentIOn was "hown recently 111the wmdows of a New York manufacturer On the one Side were wood cabinets, badly eaten by mice-large holes showmg in the corners of the drawers-and, to heighten the effect, very natural-looking stuffed mice were shown, apparently crawlmg in and out through the holes On the other hand were the steel cabi-nets, absolutely mouse proof It was an effectIve means of emphaSizing one of the advantages of metal over wood in the manufacture of office filing devices That a number of the leading manufacturers of wood furnIture have taken up the makmg of a steel 1111eI" an l11dICatlOn of their appreCI-atIOn of the fact that there I" a cel tam class of trade to which the ad\ antages of metal 0\ cr \vood \\ III appeal New Factories. CapItalIsts of ]\1t AilY, N. Care establI"h111g a new furniture factory at Galax a "smart lIttle raIlraod town" in Old VirgInia \i\'lllIam, 'vV T, E E, Dora "'IV and Estella Smith, have incorporated the Smith Mattress company to establIsh a fac-tory at Marion, OhIO Capital stock, $25,000 Grand Rapids and Chicago furlllture manufacturers have taken stock in a company capitalIzed at $75,000 which wIll rebUIld the veneer works at Reed CIty, Mich, that was burned about two yeals ago The new factory of the \Yebb-Gordon Furniture com-pany at Greenfield, Ind, was put Into operatIOn on March 15. The same company IS remodelUlg the Comstock-McKee plant in the same town and Will soon have It ready for busines" Contractor "Gus" Holm is reported as making a recorJ 111 rushing work on the neV'. plant of the Supenor Furmture company at Rockford, III The plant IS to be completed in ::\1:ay and the managers expect to put It in operatIOn in time to get out a lIne of goods for the fall season Furniture Fires. The Butler Furlllture company of l'\"asl1\ IlIe, Tenn, lost about $6,000 by fire m their store on March 17. Partially 1l1sured, Fire start1l1g In the shay 1l1gs box damaged the plant of the Rathbone Fireplace .l\Ianufactunng company, Grand Rapids, Mich, to the extent of $3,000 or $4,000 on March 23, Insured The Dobbs FurnIture company of Terre Haute, Ind, lo-.t $25,000 or $30,000 by fire that destro} ed their stock on March 18 Their bUlld1l1g was also damaged to the extent of about $20,000. One of the factones of the E C Paige company, cnbs and cradles, of Antrim, N H, was destroyed by fire on March Made by World Furmture Co., EvanSVIlle, Ind. 19 The clothing of a man who was varnishing cradles was accidentally ignited and the flames spread through the varnish room With a flash. The man saved his life by Jump1l1g mto the river. 5 II I I I 6 ------_._~~_._-- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---------_._------------ po--- I I NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE Notes. News and Personal Mention of Funlitllre Manufacturers and Dealers. K ew York, .:\Iarch 24--Bu"111e~" h gOIng ahea I leI \ \\ ell t'he total of order., taken smce the fir"t ot the;. eal ha, e been qUlte satlsfactOl) and the return" 1rom the tlal el111g 111cn contmue to be moderately good The manutactlll er~ ellC pretty busy and all sectIOns of the Ul\\ntl I al t c,dI111e; tOl theIr Ime" The whole"alers feel \ el I much cnlOUl "gee! and have had a very good demand 111 mo"t l111e" The retall traJe IS plo~Te"~Ulg fineh 111 all 1111eS fJ nn and bra"s beJs seem to be sellll1g \\ ell and bcdchng IS 111 aetn e demand A falll) good husme"~ 1'-, looked tOl m all channel., of trade dunng the spnng Fndnel & Eb"te111 ha, e takcn the .,torc thelt II a~ OCCllpH'd by Sperry & Hutchm-,on In Hallem dnd hale Il(l\\ one of the largest furmture stores out that v, a) J & 1\1 Olswang IS a ne" carpet and pIcture 11ame e"- tabhshment at 1056 Broadv.a;. Brookh n The JVIaJestlc FurmtUle compan;. ha", been mUJlpOlated at Mexico, NY, WIth a capItal of :j;40,000 , headed by II H. Osborn, F \\ Flash of .:\1exlco \f Y. and E P (o.,t!- gan of Syracuse, ]\ Y 1 hey \\ 111 Ulan ufacture furmtl11 e Mr Abraham of L\braham & Strau,,~ Brookh n has bought the Clarendon Hotel there Some of the 1m) er" who ha, e been m Gland IZaplch DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. 1 DOUBLE CANE ~ LEATHER J MISSION CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES LARGEST llQUAlITY" LINE of CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY ------------------------------------~ - - -" II ah111 the pa~t month are Robert Cunnmgham, WIth R H \1 aCI &. Co R (T \lnander,,, Ith the f'onrteenth street .,turl Da\)(l I"ahn \\ Ith the Slmp-,on-Crawford, Charles \\ Itnl \\lth Loe"el ~ 'Ill 'IIl!ler, WIth '\braham & Strass, I\; -\ \IcLallghm \11th C-Iegel Cooper Co , "J F Lemmon, with the (JeOJ g c C II111t lompany , John E Stagg, wIth the 0']\ elI-Ae! am" companl an,l HOllald '\1 Cowpelthwalte PIOn BlOthers fur111ture clealer" of fiS ayenue 13, have opened a hcdd111~ qfn e at 83 al eune n BeU]am111 PIOn lOrl11('111 1 au the bU'-,111C"'-, alone \!r '-Jlh erhcIg 1'-, I1he manager for thc new retal! furt1l-ture ~t01 e stdl ted b\ LoUl" Dorfman, at 818 \\ estche",ter a\cnue George \1 TIo:,,\\orth one of the hest known 1I1tellor deu)l at III "- 111the cl1\, ha" left here and Jomed WIth T ~I lohn.,tOJ1l &. (0. or Portlancl, Ore, and wl!l take an actl\ C p,ll t III the 1l1a11a~e1l1Cnt Thc L 11Itccl \Iall Ordel Hon~c lS a new firm m Brookl) n to handle tUrJ1ltnre II Ith a capital of $150,000, headeJ by Max TahIti H100kh n an d \ \ Ilham -\braham and Margal et Sher-l1Ck \lan!1dttan (,ottheb \\ cher Co manufacturers of davenports, couch trames, etc at:; Lagl ange street, Brooklyn. are working fuTI tIme and hU"-111e"s1'-,\ ery .,atlsfactory For the .:.Jew York .:\1etall1c Bedstead Co, Charles P Rog-el-, ha" charge of the ea'itern terntor) and D R Hencler- ,on h the g-eneral representatIve Henn Lnttcman, 127 \\T e"t Twenty-fourth street, manu- ----------~--- ---- - -- -----_._---_._---------_._-~----- --- --- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -" Pitcairn Varnish Company II Manufacturers of Reliable Varnishes of UniForm Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" ..... C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. .I. ._----_.~-----_._-----_.__._~~----- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~----_ .. - .._----_._-- _--- .. - . ------- ------~------- Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the pnce, $12.00 (SubJect to "• dIscount) This bench 15 34 inches high, 6 feet, : 3 inches lon~-front I5 Inches, made of thoroughly : klln-dned hard maple stnps glued together, 2% II inches thick. The balance-J 3 Inches inches, IS soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. ! --~-----_._-----_._--------_.- ----_. .... .. . ---~ II 1._----------------- GLOBE VISE and TRUCK CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 7 - -~ opencd a furl11ture store of 111', own at Th1rd street and Second ayenue David J\lasch who has been for year'i in the fU1111ture depal tment of the Slegel-Cooper com pan} has left that firm and now represents sc\ cral hnes on the road 'Ihe C B French Cahmet company of Brooklyn, has been incorporated b} i\ P i\lmour. G P l'lench, \Ydham Kennedy and G T Raymond I Teltelhaum & Co, who 'itarted a few} ears ago hand hng second hand furl11ture haye now tv. 0 newly erected butldlllg" fOJ thell large retad busllle,',s at 446-8 \Vestcheste1 avenue, the TIronx The Flel111sh i\rt company have bought the 'itock of the fa1led concern, the Goldc "N" ovclt} company, 50 Frankhn strect, manufacturer" of bllC a brac, YV ood noveltles ,etc Henry Batterman has reured from the department store DU'i111eSSat Broadway, T'lu"hmg and (;Iaham Ave, BlOoklyn, and \V 111dey ote h1s yvhole tune to the DroadwdY Bank H L Batte1 man h1S son 1<;now pre::;ldent of the H Batterman com-pany Greenhut & Co, depa1 tment 'itore at Slxth avenue and EIghteenth street have enlarged the1r store and now take m a full block The Slegel-Cooper company control tll1S store The busmess of N Hatern, furn1ture 'itore, and the BlOnx Stov e compan}, Thll d ayenue and One H unc1red and Slxty-th1rd street, are bemg closed out The Abdale Eqmpment company 1S a new firm at 53 \Yest Twenty-fourth street, handhng fur11lture only for hotels and steamsh1p lmes ---_. .-.._. _. .- .... ---------_.~---_._--_.---~ ! "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" I I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER I• I IIII, factunng parlor furl11ture 1S 'ia1d to bc 'iellmg mahogany furl11- ture at the same pnces as ml1tat1On good:" and ha'i a ne" lme of Engh"h chairs, upholstered m leather and fabncs Then hne'i are meetmg w1th good success The Pooley Furn1ture company, large ma11ufactu1 er'i of Ph1lac1elph1a, are m theIr new home he1 e, at \Iachson avenue al1d Th1rty-first street, wh1ch h a fiye 'itory palace The exterior 1S all m white, a handsome marble entrancc, hall decorated m clas"lc 'ityle, m hardwoocl'i beautJful uphol-ster111g and nch tapestnes and altogether the} have the mo"t beautlful and artht1c 'iample rooms here The fifth floor 1s furl11shed as a five room hotbe The firm mo, ed from 235 \IVest Twenty-thml street awl haye added to then "ales force Be111g 111onc of the best 10cat1011" here for the sale of h1gh pnced goods, they expect to do a large bU"111e'iS Israel Zal11t'iky, who 1S 111partner'ih1p V\ 1th Kahn, ha\- mg a furl11ture store at 329 Kn1ckerbocker ayenue, Brookl} n, a'i the Kl11ckerbocker Furl11tm e company ha" obta1l1ed per-m1S'i1On from the court to change hh name to Sanit F D G1eenough, manager of the Prame Grass Fml11- ture company, reports good results from then 'ihow111g at Grand Rap1ds, of Crex gra'is furl11ture They are advert1smg a new finish Charles F. Redly, late WIth the J\ldler Cabmet company wdl repre'ient the] ame"town (N Y) Lounge company 111 th1s C1ty, Ph1ladelph1a and BaltllTIore. S Bauman & Co , are in the1r new home at Eighth ave-nue and Forty-sixth street and have now one of the largest stores here. ]. E Roantree ha'i retired from the bus111ess of the Cort-land (N Y) Cab111et company A Caopleman, late w1th Freec1berger & Kos'ck, has There a1 e some men ,,0 lazy that they will not even file thelr hens 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 llnd Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY ---H_..-H-_.._B._A.-.R_-T- ON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. - (-Ialf of them are to be fifty feet long and the othel half £01ty feet MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS Frank Floerchmger ha'i purcha"ed Tom ~I01 n'ie) '" fm111 ture store at Oxford, Iowa W A Larwlg "ucceed" Bogel 8..- Lad\\ Ig m the I etaIl furmture busmess at Newport, "a"h The Green Castle (Incl ) Cabmet compan) ha\ e mClea"ed theIr capItal stock from $10,000 to $25000 Kiefer & \;Ylttkopp. succeed KIefer & SIemers In the retaIl furnIture busine"s at Plymouth \\ I" S Bent & Bro, furmture dealer, of (Jardnel \Id"" ha\ e incorporateJ wIth capItal stock fixed at $7=)000 Manor & Rittman, furl1lture dealer" and unclel takel" ( I Genoa JunctIOn \\ h , are "ucceecled b\ J T \1anol \;Y B Anderson, furl1lture dealer" of \ngleton. j e\. has made an a"slgnemnt for the benefit of h1" crel!Jtor, E D Alexander ha" purchasecl the retaIl fUI mture bu "I ness of the Walter" Fur11lture company at 'lay ton, Ore J 0 Beauchamp and C J Cro"hy ha, e purchased the undertakmg busllless of L J :\1Illel at T\\ m 1 all" 1claho The ='\orns Safe and Lock com pan) ot Seattle \\ a"h have solcl theIr furl1lture department to \IIle" P Denson \;Y A. French & Co meorpm ated ft11l1ltul e clealers 01 St Paul, 1\lmn , have mcrea"ecl then capital "tock to S2;0 000 Challe, '1 \Iaynard, furntlUre clealer ot "WI III Lake Io\\a, ha" sold his ,tock and busllless to C;chnlldt ~ \\ lllldm'- The ~Cdell-PloflOck ;\IanufaLtullng compam table". ot St LOttls, 1\10, ha' e mcrea,ed the1r cap1tal ,;tock trom $20,- 000 to $25.000 Bresee Brothers, undertaker" of Lo" \ngele'-. Lal ha\ e opened a branch estabbshment at LanLastel, Cal \\ 1th I (, KIchline as manager Herbert Schofield, furniture deale1 of "e\\ Canaan. Conn, has just completed and mO\ ecl 111to the fine"t hllLk buIlding in the town The PO'itle Fur11ltul e eompan). deale I '-. ot Lolul11hu'-. ( ) have filed a voluntar; petItIOn m bankruptc) J lablbtH.''' $9,4425; asset" $11,815 R J Arthur of the :\rthur Plano compan). lolull1bm, Ga, has purchased the business of the DIXIe Furn1ture com-pany of the same town The Hardy Fur11lture compan) of I mcoln "ebr, ha\\:: made arrangements WIth their landlorcl to add two floor, to their three-story buildl11g John Samuels has sold hI'; fur11lture ,;tore m Spokane. Wash., to W G Thompson of Spokane and \delbel t O' Meara of Missoula, Mont S C. ,;Ynglht & Son, furnIture dealers of Pt1ca. O. are to have a new bttllcll11g reach for occupanc, b' c,entembel I It will be a three story bnck The Utah County Mattress company \\ho hd\ e Lonductld a factory at Pro\ 0, "Gtah. ha\ e mcorporatecl Capltal "tock $25,000, dIvided into shares of $1 each A petition in bankruptcy has been filed agamst I, \Iohr & Co., furniture manufacturers of 507 \;Yest ThIrty-second "treet New York Henry MelvIlle IS the receiter D G. Peoples, propnetor of the Delta Furnltt11 e com-pany at Benzona, MIss, ha" filed a ,oluntar} petJtlOn m bankruptcy. LiabihtJes, $4,628. a""et", $3,547 The Santa Fe RaIlway company has placed an ordel for 1,000 new furniture cars all to be dehvered before Sept 1 C; Il De1shlme of Hazelton, Pa, IS movl11g his stock 110m the old \[ans1On House block to his new furmture "tm e south we"t corner of Droad and Laurel streets S J Barber of Carthage, :\10, "tate" that the company \\ hlch 0\\ n" the Carthage furmture factory WIll probably be 1 e on;-anl7ed "oon and he put in better shape than ever G " \\ 11"on John Carlm and Ora \Vabon have pur-cha,; ed the furl1ltUl e bu"mess of r II Story at Montesano. \ \ a ,-h . and \\ 111trade under the firm name of \\ 11son, Car-lJ" le ~ \\ ahon The bu<;me"" ot Young & :\TcCombs, department store furllltnre clealer,;, etc, of Rock Island Ill, has been 111corpor-ated as the Young & 1\lcCombs Co-operatlve Store company Capltal <.,tock, $200,000 The retad ftulllture firm of Brown 8..- Durham, New Ha\ en Conn ha" been d1SS0!\ ed The 1m,mess wIll bc lont1l1Uec\ h\ lreclellck H Blovvn, w1th \lelh111e S Chance, Lite \\ Ith jrdnk T ellnancl ot Boston. as manager The d1"cn'-"10n of the methods of clatl11g bIlls ahead oc-cupIed much oj the t1me of the St LOUlS, :\10, Furlllture Iloa1d ot [lacle at a lecent meetmg \n add1ess on the sub-ject ,\a'- clell\erecl b, tit D :\Idler of E,anWIIle, Ind [he Chall tactone,- dt (~arclner, J\la"", are cllscardmg '-team for electne pln' el-llldl\ Idual motor, fOI each of the malhllle" The 1-' Derb) lompany put 111elght motors last ,eal and ha\ e 111stalled fifteen more dunng the pa,t "lX \\ eek,; The 111SUlance on the plant of the Valley C1ty Desk compall\. Grand Rapid". vvl11ch ,vas badly damaged by fire t\, a \\ eeks ago has heen "athfaLionly adjusted. a "upply of 101n drIed IUl11bel ha" been secured and the factor} 1" running \\Ith a full fmce \[llIlh ~ J (JOllll". fUln1tule dedler" dt 11(J\\ke1 and Port- Iclnd "t1 eet Tlo"wn \Id''- ha\ e 1 el110deled theIr ~tore 111order to ,-entre el Portland "tl eet front The ma111 entrance and ,)ffice are no\\ at 100 Portland "treet, but the old entrance at 43 Dowker Stl eet IS "tlll used The Klanke Brothers fUflllture factory at New Bremen, Oh1O, wh1ch has heen shut down S111ce the recent death of John Klanke IS to resume busl11e<;s under the name of G. Klanke & Bros. Ge01ge. \Vllitam and Edvvard Klanke ha'l11g purchased the 111terest held by tlhe estate of theIr deceased brother One at the mo"t elegantly fur11lshed bus111ess .,tructures 111 c'an To,-e Cal I" the new home of L Lion & Sons, ",hlch 11d' 1U"\ heen LOl11pleted at the cornel of Second and San f el nando ,-tl eet" ] he blllldmg h a model of Its kllld, large ell1d commodlOU s. \, ell lJgh ted a1hl perfect! y a ppoin ted 111 e\ e1\ \\a, The B II Gal dner furnIture and underta10ng stock of l.;0m}-; of \1 nrph} "lJoro, Ill, whIch has been 111the bankrupt lourt ha" been "old Two-rhirds of the stock was covered b, l11ortl:;al.;e and that part was bid 111by L T HamIlton of (rl and T(m er 1he other th1rd was sold to the Phillips Farm Suppl} compan} of Carbondale, Ill, at about 40 cents on the dollar E\ en the \\ Ise men are occasIOnally otherWIse WEEKLY ARTISAN This is one of our Latest Designs in Drawer Pulls. ,~-------------------------------------- ..... I,IIIIIIf III If II II , I IIII I,,•• Waddell 9 ·-----------------------------------------------1 Manufacturing Grand Rapids, Michigan Co. Watch Thi~ The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. Space for Others ~-----------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------------------~ STANDARD BILLS OF LADING Now in Use in Nearly All of the Country and Will Be Legalized. ~t the begmnmg of 1909 a ul1Jform b1ll of ladmg wa" adopted by the carners of the so called "offic1a1 cla'i'i1ficatlOn terntor) ," whIch compnses but a mmor part of the el1lted State" (Jthe1 forms 'itIll permissable 111 the western and 111 the "ot1thea"tern cla'i~lficatlOn terlltones Dunng the pa"t week the southern freIght assoc1atlOn has adopted the stand a1d form and 1t 1'i expecteJ the fa1 western a,,'iOnatlOn and the Canad1an road'i IV 111 'ioon fall mto lme It ha" been objected that complete Ul11formlt) th1 Jug-l'~ out the entIre country I'i unde"Irab1e and 1mpract1cab1e, 0,,- 1l1g to d1fference" 111 commercIal customs and the cond1tlOn'i 12,0\Cl nll1g- "lllpment", but thel e IS lIttle If any dIssent from the propo''lt1011 of u111brnllt) 1n the eS'ientlal" that affect 11c g Jt1ab1h t) anJ a "'i1Ue safety 111 bank1l1g, vvarehOll'oe and fi'1:111Cla1tm11sactlOl1s upon the secunty of bdl" of ladl11g InaQmech as the commld1tJes wh1ch undeJ11e 'illch tra11,,- actIOns are ln large part the 'iubJect of Interstate commerce 1t h oln lOll., that effectn e regu1atlOn a'i to bl11'o of 1ad1l1g can only be hall bv fedclal legislat1On, VI hlCh has hlthert'J heen 1eCl'mmencled b) the TntelOltate Commerce C01111111SS1011 rIwrefore a h111 to legah7e the "0 ca11eJ st? ndard hIll uf IddJ11g ha.., been l11trodllced 111 congre'os and 1'0 expected to j'e pa""ed dunng the current 'ieSS10n It 1'i knO\\n as House BIll \[0 17267 and p101 lde" for "uch regulatlOn a" vvl11 pro 1110te eS'oentla1 unJformlty of practlce and of legal effect, IV lth Jut compell111g Ul1lfOlnl1t\ 111m1110r partlclllars d1ctaterl 1)\ lucal cond1tJons Th1" mea'iure defines an "order bdl of ladl11g' as one b) whlch the property de'icnbed may be deln erable llpon the order of any person there1l1 mentJoned, reqmre-. that the ~un ender of the ong1l1al, properly endorsed, shall be re- CJlll1ed before the delnery of the property, forb1d'i the me of the words "n;:l11-negotlable" or \\ ords of 'i11111IarImport, and per1111b the m-.ertlon 111"order bllls of 1admg' of other ter111~ or cond1t1On'i not mCOl1"I~tent WIth the prOVb1Ons of the \ct OJ othe1 WIse contrary to publlc laVl or polley \ "stra1ght bIll of lad1l1g" 1'i defined a'i one 111 VI hlch the plOperty de'icnbed there1n IS stated to be con'i1gned 01 de- In erab1e to a specJfled per'i'll1. vv1thout any 'otatement that sllch property lS cons1gned elr Jellverable to the orde1 of an per..,on Such stralght b111 1111bt ha, e pro111mently "tamped upon 1tS face the worJs "?\ ot 11egot1ab1e" Other not mcon-sl" tent prOV1"1Ons are lIkewlse permltted V1OlatlOns of the prO\ l-'lOn~ as to negot1dblht), and a" to c1eln er} of property ale made pU11lshable by a fine of not more than $1,000 01 lmpn sonment 110t more than one year, or both But notwlthstand111g such 1101at1On, and "order" or a "straIght" bIll of lad111g ..,hall be wlthll1 the pro\ lSlOn~ of the I\ct If earners or theIr agents lssue a b111of la,hng before the \\ hole of the property has ben rece1ved, or lssue a second bIll of ladmg WIthout prom111ently markl11g "dupllcate' a- C10'3" the face, they a1 e "topped from denymg the recelj)t of the property de~cnbed therel11, and are llable for damage" d" to an} pel "on who ha~ acqmred such bdl of lading 111 good falth To knOll mg-h 1s..,ue a bdl of lad1l1g under the cond1- t10ns next abO\ e utecl. or negotiate sllch a bdl, 1'i pU111'ihable by a fine not exceedmg $S,OOO, or 1l11pn"011ment not exceecl-lllg fi\ e year'o, 01 huth Caf11er" or agents who clehver the plOperty de'icnb.ccl m an order ])]11 of lad111g w1thout 1equlll11g ~urrender and mak- 111g cance11at1On of such bdl, or 111 case of partJal cleln er) 1l1dOJS1l1g thereon a ~tatel11ent of the pr Jperty dell\ creel, a1 e e"topped fr0111 assel t111g that the property a, deSCrIbed there- ,n has been dehve1ed 01 pariI§.:.l1y de1n ereJ and are hable tor <111damag-es 'iustamec1 by any pe10l0n because of reltdme. 111 ~ood fa1th upon the b111 FaIlure of the carnel to exact a bond 111double the vallle of the property 111ea"e of deln el y VI 1thout takll1g up and ca11- ce11mg the oUhtandl11g bdl of lad111g 1" made a l111sJe111eaner, pU111'ihable by a fine not exceedlllg $),000, or h) 1l11pn~(Jnment not exceedmg fi\ e ) ears, or both Sec 8 plOVldes "That any mdtellal alteratlOn. add1t1cn. or era~ure ll1 01 to an ordel bdl of ladlllg or a stra1ght b111 of lad1l1g. fraudulent 01 other\\lse, ,hall be \\ ahout efreet, and 111the hanJs of a bona fide holder fOl value, not d party t J the alteratlOn thereof, such bdl :oha11 he vahd and 111a) be enforcecl accOl d1l1g to 1tS onglllal tenor P 0\ 1ded, hoVl-e, er, that an alterat1On, adehtlOn, or era"llre 111 or to all, such bill of lad111g with slgnature thereto endorsed the1 eon by the lS~U1l1g calner, or 111Sofficer, agent Ol senant 111hls behalf and \\ 1th the consent of the holdel thereof, shall be I ahd and effectlVe" Th1s mea"ure 15 adapted not only to aboh"h certall1 If regulantle" 111the l'iSUanCe of bllb of 1ad111g, of whIch com-plalllt hd'o been made, but 111 general lS an effectn e qep toward a "Olunng the safety of financial tJ an'iaet1Ol1'i based upon b111s of ladmg The b111 has ben approved by many boards of trade. :ohippers aSSOelat1Ons and other eommerd1al orga111zat1Ons and there 1-. httle doubt that lt \\ 111be passed when cOllgre,," get'> around to 1t to WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any SugKestion!IJ and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Set·vice. Help Us to Make It So. Every fUlll1ture dealel who uses lalge space WIll do II ell to study thIS e'Ccellent advel tlsement from Km2, s, Toledo It IS never an easy ta"k to !.SLJUp effectively as many dlffelent Items as are here lepresented, and the "ad" man lesponslble tl\e S~leJlII1oledo IsWo.itil\! for King's Second Anniversary Sale Kmg's Second Anmversary Sale Don t JWlt gla.nce over tlrls IlAivert sement Read everv 'l'b. II We (If QIl ., W1l'. be 1lo ml.l;tn iU'tlke 101""US li.Ild." L tenl OIJIDpa.re other prlces WIth our $llJe pnces Note the prove a gold nun ... of ba.:rgaUlll to our patroll.l We Ilre • ad real actull.l. and extrllOnllna.ry values t!us sale olfers You do of t. We a.re de1J.gb.ted to be ab e to lIlLV... our cwtomeN 'e> :Ot~V:~~P:~:: ::de;=~ Th.,\~~e~~~: milchmO!l~ on thm1uM!ture a.nt\carpe~p" cbue1: In th wont of our ca.re ...r :wd t 15 of" equal mterest and lJllpo1't.moe face of al the talk of lugh po es !or commodlt e:s a d we •• >ed to you T!lJ>:e advll.1ltag'e of 1t Buy for present needs aJ:ld COflt of h"Ulg we know that here rot l'lllSt the neceS! t e. and 5Upply your wante for the Ile'Xt $U mon.hs 01' year to coone l=es ID bort1e furmsbJ.IlglI un be bought &t ower price. tll&n Itwillbethebgge&tllJld!J.estmWlltmentyoueverJllll.de Never Will' before Yes a.t Mtmilly leu than the actual ~CllI.t of UllIld the erow<k. We will b&.'<e plell.ty of :I'IJ.~ p~'Dl& to wa. t lIlllll.u.fa.ctunng It IS up to you to take a.dvantage of the op oIle'veryoneprolllptlya.ndcareful!y rr';1 h.... portuJUtywlllleltlast& All Goods Marked tn Platn FIgUl'es ~nX SUse Your Credtt--Buy on Crecht-·We'n Ar- You See What You Save ~., ••• ••••• • range the Terms to Swt Your Convemenee Our Great Anniversary Sale Starts Monday, March 7th Exten'lOnTable' 3P"" PorI", SW" Center Table I ,....--,--, ~ ~alpep for $27 SO ,• .~ ., "$'2"7.50 "~ ,: ... "' ~98c Go-Carts " ' • $4.95 $1275 $12.75 $l5lJc:l<sb $150 cash 5<low"," roe w~'I;. Iy &emg ly S .. At'tIst1c<l.sn mad.,,! " "'tl~ "'" =, .0 ~ "ak "ge "" ""- hog w. 'mol (:.~~;. $li:75 ta.1l Bb,()W barpmM yo< 5 Piece ParlOf Suit $25 Oak S,d.- board, $1475 "" ahg :.~: • $42.75 $18.50 Ch",a Clo .... $1275 ~. ',-' ~ 51275 I G () C .CI •• "" I E F C eC 11 :31::~:Ch::~nn:> , (J-'bc .. ClO :: a h "' ... $675 ChIffon I e r$ >I ",ad 0"". IWd rn I<'>cl ';;:k_hiUI 00 I .~"; • $4.98 l$Z.50lr~8tIls~~ 5(l1 i~:;~~l~~:1'!·!~ $18 Couche. foY $1050 '\\~ ha e ti.' B o "-lcP Ra ..... !o. , " $.j..98 Carpet Sweepers for thiS layout IS to be congratulated I Vvould advIse you to cut out thIS advertIsement and refer to It ne'Ct tIme you get up a large "aJ" You WIll find It helpful One thing especlally worthy of note IS the uniform good-ness of the cuts, although of course they form part of a de-sIgn and were all made at the same time But had one or hI a of them been black smears, as is so often the case in large , ads·' the entIre effect would have been spoiled Then the items al e !SlOuped under strong, easl1) read headmgs, and boxed in "ll a" to be readIly dlstll1gUlshed from the rest The plOpor-tlOnmg of "lute space abo "hows care The opening para-graph" at eIther SIde of the cut of store at top are to the pomt, and vvell calculated to excIte interest in the bargains 1\ hlch follm, I thmk hem e\ er not wlthstandmg the high chal acter of thh aeh eltlo,ement, that li could l1al e been considerably "tl engthened b) one or tv\ 0 changes They are undoubtedly pomts that occurred to the "ad" man after It wa" too late to make the changes '-\ e 11 begm at the begmmng and analyze thll1gs as we £;0 al mg lust, the headll1g, "The Sale All Toledo IS '-Naltmg I 01, cloe" not tell as much as It should for a headmg Now Kmg s as I undel stand 1t, IS a bIg and popular furmture house Kll1g'" many announcements have lead people to gIve atten- Ion to IV hat he sa) s, and have bmlt up confidence m hIS ,tore Thelefore, I shoulJ have started this "ad" wIth the ,ub-head appea1ll1g some inches below, makmg It read 'Kmg's Great Anniversary Sale Starts Monday, March 7," Here you have, m my Judgement, an attention-compellIng head, and one full of meanmg K1l1g IS gomg to have a sale and a leI) Important time of It" commencement IS pro- (lal111ed L hen, nght underneath, I should have made a sub-lH: a lot the plesent heac1mg, "1he ~ale All Toledo IS Waltmg 101 I bellCl e that I should also have ehmmated the entire h'Jrcler The rOI\ of cuts on eIther SIde, together wlth the '>ollel appearance of the entire "ad" lead" me to believe that 1\ lute "pace mstead of the bordel would have been more effectll e The two panels or border of cuts al e about three quarters of an mch shorter than the four columns of Items including the name plate at bottom It would have been an easy matter to ha, e confined these columns to the same length a, the cub as long as there was such a "light dIfference, 0111, matenall) lmprOl mg the appearance of the whole "ad" I am mc1med to thmk, too, that the rules around the db play Item" m the tv\O mner columns would have appeareJ to hetter acIl antage If set m one point instead of two pomt rule I wIll mentIOn one other Item, whIch though perhaps not of 'ltal Importance, would, m m) opinIOn, along wlth the other suggestIOns, completed a perfectly balanced a~lvertIse-ment It IS thIS The two outer columns of specIals contain each eleven Items enclosed m rules But these are not um-form I should like to haye seen each panel balance WIth the one correspondmg V\ lth It on the other SIde ThIS would haye reqtllred some care m confimng each descnption to so man) V\ orcls, not a dd'ficult task. I ,10 not doubt for a moment that this "ad" produced ex-cellent results a" It stanels, for it IS exceedmgly good. My chIef cntlcbm and what I consIder the most "enous defect, IS the headmg. for upon the headll1g depends so much. The other suggestions are merely techni- WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 •i A SUPERIOR Sand Belt Machine . ..., No. 171iPatented Sand Selt Machine. WYSONG <1l MILES CO., ~.. cal, and yet, aftel all, would, I believe, add much to the strength of the "ad" I have purposely devoted all the space thIS week to thi" subject, feelIng that it mented it ,Vho can beat this layout? vVho ha<; a better one? Let's have your samples and ideas The Age of Financial Delirium. James J HIll, in the Minnesota conservation conven-tIOn, held at St Paul last week, advocated the conservatIOn of capItal, and condemned extravagance as one of the causes of the lllcrease 111 pnces He "aid' "\lVe are lIv lllg III an age of world wide finanCIal delinum," and that "next after the conservation of the land, ItS area, use and fertihty, must come the con"ervatlOn of natIOnal capital III the form of cash and credit" "The immense increase of wealth all over the world has augmented greatly the supply of capItal, and has stImulated the splnt of finanCIal adventure and the love of squandenng The total debt of the states, lllc1udmg all m1110r CIVl1 dIVI-SIOns, lllcreased between 1890 and 1902 $727,778,393, or 64 per cent, an average of $60,000,000 a year. "But I know of noth111g beanng more (hrectly or for- -clbly upon the subject of national waste and the conser- \-atlOn of natIOnal resources than the profhgacy dIsclosed by our pubhc expense ledger It is one of the causes of the mcrease in prices Foodstuff" cost from 10 to 70 per cent more than 10 years ago Something is due to enormous currency inflation The total per capIta 111 the United States in 1896 was $2141 and $3501 in 1909. In these 13 years the per capIta mcrease was more than 60 per cent "The tariff contnbutes, but it can furnIsh only a partIal explanatlOn. COmbl11atlOns which are actually in restraint Flat Surfaces, Irregular Shapes and Mouldings sanded faster and better than by any other method. We guarantee to reduce your sanding costs. Ash for Catalog "E." Cedar St. and G b N C Sou. R. R. reens oro, . · . t .... .. .. of trade are partly responsible. But perhaps the greatest factor of all is the wage rate, which has been rising steadily As cost of production is chiefly labor cost, the price of the finished article must go up If the pnce of labor is raised. Still more of the rise of prices IS due to the ~lecline of agricultural products as compared WIth the increase of population. "Stop graftmg, the offspring of public extravagance and the parent of civic decay. Individual and pubhc econo-my, a check on mcome wasting, debt creation and credit inflation-these are the e<;<;entials of the new and better conserva tron." "Chautauqua."" The Jamestown Lounge company have put out a neat and Jecldedly interestl11g booklet entitled "Chautauqua." By way of l11troductlOn It tells of the romantic beauty, lovehness and charm of Lake Chautauqua and then gets down to the real purpose of teh author in this way Lake Chautauqua IS at the very gateway of the CIty of Jamestown, and its waters, coursing through the wl11dl11gChadakoin river, are mtercepted and made to pay toll by turning the wheels of the great factory of the Jamestown Lounge company, where the Chau-tauqua wordrob couch 1<;made. So that more fitting name could have been chosen for thIS ideal embodIment of beauty, comfort and convenience." Then follows 24 pages descnbing the construction, ma-terial, convenience and utihty of the Chautaqua wardrobe couch with 21 IllustratIOns Showlllg the different styles and the "lllwardness" of an artIcle that IS sure to become popular WIth the people and profitable to furniture dealers. " ..- The Best Square Chisel Mortiser Entirely Automatic. Instantaneous Adjustments. Makes the STRONGEST, most ECONOMICAL and most ACCURATE Case Construction possible. No. 181 Wultlple Mortlser. WYSONG <1l MILES CO., Cs~:~:R~d Greensboro, N. C. Ash for Catalog "J" ... .... ....-- a.a .a. aa ••••.••• 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,------o---------RICH-;~ N0_0 0 --o-------------~·-·l I CHAIR CO. I III• l• I GENUINE LEATHER SEAT Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND RICHMOND TABLET ARM CHAIR INDIANA IIIII II ,,• I II III IIII III I _4 DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatmg. No. 70 Tbe Best Value and Greatest Service for .he MOR8'1 HOW TO START AS A DECORATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First Steps in a Vocation or Profession That Is Well Adapted to Women. "Home decOlatJOn I~ a vvoman., ~phcle It she 1'" ]ll'lperh trameJ," saId a v.oman who has made ,1 "'UCle,,, at the \\ork "She knows better than ,I man \vhat a \\ oman \\ anb, and d chent feels les" restramt m tdlkmg to hel ahout b1g' and httle thmg" and glvmt; <;ugge"tn e hmt<; than .,he I\ould \\Ith the eye of the profe"<;londl man clelorat 11 upon hel "Izmg 1;',) her knowledge "There I" a fine field tor women m deloratn e al t, hut they mu"t be up and dOIng, keep pace vvIth the tImes, ::,tud\ everythmg pertammg to theIr prote""JOn and knmv It thlll-oughly, 01 they WIll be pushed to the wall 111 the<;e da\., 01 keen competitIOn "A" tastes are \alled. the} mu"t be \\ell mfOlmec1 on all penod" and st} Ie", and "llOulcl he able to tell at a glance to wluch pellOd a chall 01 plece of f111111ture 01 .,ample ot clelor-atn e matellal belong" \11 the~e thlng~ all \ en 11l1JlOl tant "An addItional advantage 1" to be able to make a ha"t\ penCIl "ketch, whtle gettmg' an Idea from a sugge",tloll made by a chent The qUIck wltted artist v\ 111.,e1/e and turn "nch a hmt to acconnt and frequently c1mch an order 11111"hed water color sketche" are 111\ aluahle aIds to sho\v ho\\ a loon' WIll look completed "Women become vel y ea -,tly dlscouragp,] unles, th e\ ha\ e thorough ).,nov\ ledge and If order., do not lull In at first, but the} must creep before the} can \\ alk It h uphJ1l work startll1g an,] becomll1g knoVln, hut the\ \\ onld "'tll\ to It If they have natural abl1Jty, plnlk and pel ,e\ erance Let them do somethIng' worth whIle, then the\ \\ 111 1 ea1Jn thelr ambItIOns but It lannot be done 111 a \\ eek "month 01 a year "] t l" not enoug'h to knoVl ho\\ to al ral1>;e a loom ta-,te full} They must knov. whIch COlO1" to selelt for an expo-sure faCIng north, .,outh, east or west "SIde v.alls anJ cellll1g<; too must be attended to WIth care Woodwork mu<;t be thoroughly c,m"ldered. for "ome colors enhance, whde other., desha) the tone<; of different kll1ds of \\ood Be careful of detads, a \\rang note m the rug, \\ 111rum the whole scheme ha\ e a leal mter,o<;t 111 her pro- One ""oman once said to me floor cm ellng. he It carpet 01 1hen a decorator mu"t le".,1On It ,he I" to "ucceed VI 1th d shrug , ]'11 gne them whatever the} "'0 l11dn\ cnrtam", portlel es, chal1 s mean", 0 much money' . I., that th e way you look at decoratlOn and fur11lshmg?' I a"ked J" lt onl} the commelC1al SIde that appeaL to hke, Ifs an order for tables, sofas, etc, and )OU' , \\ ell, partly, yes I clon't bothel \\Ith "entlment It'" rlollal'" and cent ... only,' ,;he rephed There ale man) lIke that hut It I'; dIfficult to \\ork "'ulle",,,fnlh 111that \va} \ 1\ oman ahout tu take up the profes"lon of decorat- 1l1~ and furl11shmg should learn all "he can ahont It to begll1 1\ lth, then .,he IS not handIcapped at the "tart, but begll1<; her career \\ lth the feelmg' that she knows "ometh111g about \\ hat "he undel LIke ... ancl It make" her feel more ass11red "She \\ Cluld take a qtJ(lto dccordl11g to her mean" In ,I good locdhty It need not be large at first, that come" a., her bu"me"" mcredSfS, but .,he "hould be "ure that It ha'> g'Clod hght, tor It makes a v a"t dlfference 111shO\\ mg matenal., 'Ha\ e the \\alls papered With a nch maroon, or waln 011\ e, prefe1 ahl) on the } e11O\\ ca"t, for It lIght,; up better Don't ha\ e glanng figures, a plam grounJ or <;elf-toned "l11all pattern I" best for It IS unob"trusn e 1hen a l:;oocl plam fillmg or carpet to tone WIth the walls 01 rug" strewn ahout 0\ fl the fil1Jng IS clecoratn e, prm Ided the1 e h nJ c1d",h \\ 1th the VI alls 'Get some lOll" of papel from twenty cente, up ]]ave () Ie and a half} ards ,;ample" of plam and decorative matellal", lInen taffetas and cretonne." as It I" well to havf dIfferent ..?,lades 1he books of plam v clam s, velvet, ar111UJes, etc, am upholsten hou ,e \\ J11 supply [f she cannot affor,l to hll} some well madf, pretty and arthtlc pIeces of furl1lture she can get same, but not antiques, on memorandum from fur11lture hou::,es Then too "he can hln odd pIece ... at some of the good auctIOn sales On the \vall", hang quamt mIrrors old prmt", water color", engrav-mg'-' and some of hel own sketche<; If she has them, but bv dll mean,; .,he should make her studIO 'ohm\ the ta",te and .. 4 _ WEEKLY ARTISAN ~----~ II,II I I II ,, ,,,,, , I,IIII , I f ••• ,, ! Lentz Table Co. ,,, •• ~----------------------------------------------- .--------------_._-----_.----------- _. ---------------_._-----~~---- Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. lop. No. 687, 60 III lop. Others 54 In. lop. 8 Foot Duosty/es ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES NASHVILLE. MICHIGAlIt .._._--_ ....----------~ III I IIII III II• I ••• ••• •I II IIIIIt - - - .- ._~ meh \ lclualIt} of the owner, for that stnkes the cu"tomer' '" eve "\Vhen ready for busmess let her send out cal ds to all her friend'i announcll1g the fact, and If "he can, ha\ e a ve,y Il1formal afternoon tea That will bring them to see the place Then they wIll 'ipeak of It to others--and her first clIent call" '\\Tlth the knowledge "he has gamed she l'i able to talk to her cu~tomer knowmgh, but she must never allow the latter to thll1k that she knows mOle than the decolator She I11U"t be COI1\mC1ng 111 all she say" and does "Often "he cannot have her own way m the loom or hou"e under dlscu'islOn In that ca'ie she "hould not argue, but "hould gl\ e m and lIsten to her clIent's ideas, then Wlttl tact "ork around to her own ",chemes if the} are ~ood th1 ou~h the sugge'itlOn" gl\ en, and the chance::, are that the cu"tomer "Ill adopt the decorat01's wa} m the end, whtle thlllkl11g It hel o"n, but the decorator must use tact, tact, tact 'The decOlatOl mu"t study rale combmatlon", learn popu- Idr and effective decorative medlUI11'i and have a strong color 'iense, and she mtbt put earne"t con~lcleratlOn m e\ el} th1l1g pertall1mg to her order, be It large or small, and alway~ I e-l11ember that a satIsfied CU'itomer b hel best adverttsement " 13 They Trace Second Closs Motter_ The postoffice authontles of Gla",gow, Scotland, are re-ported to have adopted a method of tracmg lost second or third cla"s mall matter that may be of advdntage to tho"e who mail catalogues, pllce lI'its clrcular'i, etc In thIS coun-try and mO'it others when a pIece of second class matter 10'ie., ItS wrapper It l'i u'iually thrown away lIttle or no attempt bemg made to JelIver It at the destmatlOn intended \t Gla"gow, whenever there IS receIved at the postoffice a wrapper or envelope WIthout contents It IS stamped "Found at Gla.,gow \"/Ithout Contents" and delivered to the proper adelIe'i", together WIth a form which the addressee IS re-quested to fill up, and gl\ e as nearly as possible the mf01- matlOn desired and forward It to the "Returned Letter Office," whereupon search WIll be made f01 the missing contents QUIte a large amount of 'iecond-cla'i~ mail matter goes to Glasgow from Amenca, a'i well as dthel countries, and un-le" s the wrapper'i or envelopes are of strong durable paper they are lIkely to be torn or broken open as a result of the handlmg necessary It would be well If all exporter" send- IlIg out CIrcular letters, or publI'iher" forwardmg any kmd If plmted matter m wrappers. vvould "ee to It that such \\ rappers 01 envelopes are sufficiently hea\ y to re'ilst the "tram of bell1g han,lled and dlstnbuted many tImes SEND FOR CATALOGUE. _ as 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis ARKANSAS ADVANTAGES Fort Smith Trying to Become the "Grand Rapids of the Southwest." Forth Smith, Ark, :\Iarch 23~Reflectmg the hea,) ele mand for refrigerators in the western countn the Fort Smith Refrigerator \1Vorks hay e Just completed and eqUlppeel ad dltIOnal factory facIlItIes by the erection of an additIOnal two "tory bUilding 65 x 110 wIth a lean-to 25 x 110 connected with the main bUlldmg by a covered bridgeway I\lso undel one of the big bUildings a cellar was excavated and cement floors laid to further meet the space requirements. The Fort Smith RefrIgeraJtor \\' orks have been runnmg full time and withm the past ten days heavy consHsnments have been made the followmg cItIes Seattle, Spokane. Port land, San FrancIsco, Memphis, Tenn , Little Rock, I\rk , San Antonio, Stamford, Dallas, Tyler, Au~tm, Beaumont and other Texas points, Tulsa, :\;{u"kogee and other Oklahoma pomts The range shown in this marketing mdlcated the countr) which IS controlled m Fort Smith traJe terrItOl y With an authorized capital of $100 000 the T ort Smith RefrIgerator Works is a concern empLn m£; 75 hands and • using about 1,000,000 feet of tImber a ) eal It" as located several years ago by the Fort Smith Commercial League and began its career as a small mstltutlon Year b) ) ear It has grown until now It IS the blgge~t plant of It'3 lond m the west It has, in fact, no competitor Fort Smith IS now the center of the furmture industry of the west In fact It may be said to be the extreme \\ e,tertl point where furniture capital may be succes'ifully emplo) ed Without assuming undue hazards Close to a large and a, all-able timber supply, With cheap coal or natural gas for fuel, sel ved by nme dl'itInct raIlroad" runnmg m all directIOns and reachmg the prIncipal markets m the southwest and western empIre, a large and "teady supply of labor which naturally drIfts to a lalge City, Fort Smith pre'ients unusual induce-ment" to manufactUrIng capital There have been no com-mel clal faIlures m Forth Smith anel every mdustry located here has gro\\ n to assume large proportions in its particular field The \\ arcl Furmture :\1anufacturing company is steadily mcreasing ItS output and extendmg ItS trade territory ThiS company deals only With jobber-; and ships only in car lots It is now shlppmg regularly to Denver and Will push steadily to the \\e~tward, m fact, James A \VarJ, Sr, the preSident of the company, IS now arrangmg for a trIp to the PaCific coast cItIes to establIsh trade relatIOns The success of this com pan) may be best understood when It is stated that the hmmc:-,s dr)11e In 1909 \\ a'i 30 per cent greater than the pre- 'IOUS ) ear" ))Ll'iInCS'i and It l'i the intentIOn of the Wards to make thiS ) ear's busmess an equally large mcrease over la~t Thr:-, company IS Just making its first shipments of clre'i'iers With the mirror lowerIng attachment, mvented by Ja'i 1\ \Yard, Jr, secretary and tIeasurer of the company Thl'-, attachment perrntts the adjustment of the mirror to any deSIred height and makes It aJaptable for many purposes It IS bemg attached to all dres'ier'i Without extra cost and as it ha~ been ,'\ ell ad\ ertI'ied a gooJ demand ha'i already been \\ ell ach erthed a good demand has already been created The Standald Excel'iIOr company h 'iteachly Increasing ItS output h) the InstallatIOn of additional equipment and IS now makmg an avel age of eight tons of 'ituff daily, havmg grown from one ton at the tIme of the change m management. The bU:-'Ine'ic, l'i :-,teadIly gro\\ mg and the trade terrItory is bemg extended Two additional machmes are Just now being WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 .--., IIIII Zinc-Lined, Porcelain Lined, White Enamel Lined and OPAL-GLASS Lined. Write for our beautiful illustrated catalogue and prices. The Alaska Refrigerator Company ExclusIve Refrigerator Manufacturers Muskegon, Michigan ~.N_ew -Yo-rk-O-ffI-ce-, 3-69-B-roa-dw-a-y,_L. .E._Mo-on-, M-a-nage-r ---------- m"talled and four more men wIll be put to work by the first of Apnl The MItchell & Mitchell Manufacturing com pan} , mak-ers of metal bed spnngs exclu"lvely, are enJoymg a steadIly mcreasmg bu"mess and wIll soon begm to enlarge theIr build-mg as addltlOnal machines are to be mstalled. The plant is runnmg to its full capaCIty and readIly dIsposing of Its entIre output. New Refrigerator Trap. There is great need of a better trap for refrigerators than has heretofore been m eXIstence The obJectlOns to the traps, placed on the bottom outslJe of the refngerator are many, \12 First They are supposed to be an extension of the waste pIpe, but If the VI aste pIpe does not happen to reach down mto the bowl, there h no sedl anJ consequently no trap, SectIOnal View. The Trap III Place InSide the Refrigerator Second They hold mOlstm e against the bottom of the refngerator every tIme they clog up, causmg the refngerator to mould and rot. ThIrd They were frequently broken m transportation, Fourth They were hable to get lost off and nobody knew anythmg about It, VI astmg the ice FIfth They were mcom e111ent to get dt and conse-quently hard to clean All the'3e ohJectlOn" are 0\ ercome m the new one piece Leonard trap shown abm e, made of sohd cast aiumlllum and offered as an addltlOnal attractIOn to the purchasers of the Leonard Cleanahle Porcelam-hned Refrigerators made by the Grand RapIds Refngerator company, Grand Rapids, 1\11ch Chicago Factory Additions. Chicago. March 24-J D Fleese & Sons company, 2509 H orner street, ChIcago, WIll commence the latter part of thIS month to erect an add1tlOnai two story and hasement hul1d-mg 75 x 124 feet, whIch WIll be bUIlt on the cornel of Homer street and Campbell a\ enue adJommg the present factOly They WIll put in a foundatlOn for a four story bmldmg so as to be prepared for enlargmg theu plant \\ henever It may be reqUIred The B reeses' are the only manufacturer" m Chi-cago makmg a low pnced hne of ch1ff0111ers and dressers H C Klemann & company are now occupymg the two floors they recently added to theIr mam bmldmg at the cornel of Rockwell street and Bloommgdale road They re-cently purchased add1tlOnai ground aJjo1111l1g theIr factory on WhICh It IS proposed to huIld as soon as they find then present quarters msufficlent for then 1eqmrements, which they have reason to beheve VI ill be m the near future. The Pullman Couch company have almost completed the add1tlOn to theIr factory on \;\T est Km71e street and Ash-land avenue, and are now occupymg offices m the new quarter" The space IS double that of the old bmlding and when com-pleted \\ 111 greatly fac1htate theIr out.put They are now mal1mg out a new catalogue -----------~ r· .•• . •.•. ,III THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete hne of sam-ple. are displayed In The Ford 8 Johnson Bnildml!, 1433-37 Wabash Ave., in-dudml! a spemal d,splay of Hotel Furniture. All furmture dealers are cordtally invited to visit our building. I,~_. __._._.----- _- _..•...... ,I• . ... WEEKLY ARTISAN "UBL-ISHED EV~RY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRII"TION $1 00 I"ER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES SCENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS, MICH A. S WHITE, MANAGING EOITOR Ffltered as second clalOs maUer, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids Mlchlg..iIl under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY B) 1eadIng the artIcle heatled "Flfe Los"cs and} Ire Pro-tectIon,' 111thl" numher of the \\ eekh \1 tban many me11 "'111 be surpn~ec1 to learn that 111the mattcl'i of m"pectlOn and preventlOn, the "J e\\ York hI c deral tment 1'0 much le~" effiClent than those of mU'it \\ e'otel n c!tle~ 1\ e\\ YOlk l'i ~enerally "upposed to hay c the mo"t effiuent fire depal t ment In the world, but the artIcle referred to "hems that ",hIle the department may be ven efficIent 111fi~htln~ fil e~ It is 'iurpnsmgly weak 111the matte I of prey entlOn, e\ en m- "pectlon beIng neglected If the \ anou'i bUI eau'i \\ ere effec-tn e-If they would do \\ hat the) arc L "pected to do-the cIty would be \Vell 11Igh fire proof but It appears the mel-chant'> have dl'icovered they ale 111efficlent If not entlleh uselcs'i, therefole they urge reorga11l7atlOn and con"ohdatlOn There IS a lot of common "en'ie a" \\ ell a'i ",me startlmg o,tatements 111the artIcle and the Iecommendatlon" made b\ the ;\Ierchants' a",'iOClatlOn 'ihould 11e cal efull) con'ilClcre 1 and adopted b) man) Amencan cltle" [he old adage abOll1 an ounce of preventlOn and pound of cure 10, applIcahle to file a'i \\ell a'i to dlsea"e or dl"astel The plO'ipects for the ajoptlOn o± the ~enelal mcome taA dmcndment to the constltutlOn b) thl ee fOUlth'i of the state~ are not "0 hrIght as they \\ ere a few month'o ago c:.e\ el al state'i mclud111g IllInOIS have adopted It, hut the le~I"lature of Kentucky, one of the states that ha" been counted a'o 'iUIe of fay orable actlOn has refu'ied to adopt It-It \\a~ defedted 111 the Kentuck) 'ienate b) a \ ote of 17 to 17 Thc \ ote \\ a" not "qual el) on the amendment hut on a m ltlOll to take It up uut of the legular order that lequllecl a ty\O thIrd" \ ote 1 he countl \ l'i not lIkely to 'iuffer from dela, ed actlOn to the amendment It may be bettel to \valt untIl the cm pm-dtJon 111come ta'C has been trIed out If that \\ 01 k'i ~atl" factm II; there \\ 111be le,,'i ohJectlOn to thc genel al InUJ111 ta'C pr 0p0'31tlOn Advlce,; from Plthburg Inchcate that I allroad manage!" are expectIng a larg e 111Crca'ie 111the present v oll1me of bu ", nes,; In the nedr future Dunng the past week the Pfnn", r \ ania l111es ha \ c placed an order wlth the \mcllcan Loco motn e Co, fOl lllnet) locomotIves to cost $1.800,000 \\ l11lc the \ e", York Cent! dl has ordered six and the no~ ton 8c ]'lIame ten Announcement al"o H made that th", C'hcsapeake & Ohio ha'i placed ordel" for 2 000 ~teel cal ~ and that the mana~er" of the Harnman hne" al e SOhClt111g ploposal" fOl 224 locomotn e'i and 8000 01 10,000 fl eIght cars ~ecldalJ of the \a\), 11eyer. I" 111 P')"ltlOn to ad\I'oe peopl e ho\\ to a, Old the 111gh cost of In 111~ He Ild" I eporh on the co,t of 'iuppl)ln~ the nay y \' Ith meat hutter. egg" eh \\ hlch "ho\v that \\ hen beef co"t'i 14 to IG ccnts a pound 111Brookh n, '\ Y It I" hought at Chet 0, l h1l1a at -'1 c~nh fhc nay \ pay " 30 to 34 cent'i pel del/en f()] e~g" it \me can po t" anc! () to 8 cent'> at ChefeJCJ anJ thel e I" a "1l11l1al JdtJO !'] ]Jlke" ±m o±hel PIO\!"IOn, Hence thJ"e \\110 \\I"h ±o h \ e cheaph ~houlc! cmWI dtt to Ch1l1a 101 the gooc! of the mdnufactunng 111tele"h )f thc c un-tn It 1'0to be hoped that I're"lclent I aft w1ll he dble to a\ Old a tanft \\ ar \\ Ith Canada '\n 111Cl ea'oe 'lf 2'i IJel cent In thc (( ,t of lumber Importee! from the Dom1l11On woule! certa111ly be had fOI manufactul el 'i of furl11ture and more 'iO fOI tho'ie 111~0l11e otl1"l hne" 1 url11tl11e men Jo not u"e much Cana chan lumber, hut 1f 1t \\ e1e "hut out pnce'o un the elomestle PIOe!Uct \\ ould "UIelv he ach anced FlIlll1tlll e clealel ", no matter \\ here located, who are bothel ed h) mad ordel com petJtlOn wdl find 'iomething of 1I1tele"t to them 111the IJ111ne"ota department of thl" num her of the \\ eekh \1 tIsan If they WIll keep a copy on hane! and 1I1duce those of theIr customers who are 111c1111edto patronl/e mad order hou"e'i to read It, they WIll ha \ e httle I eason to fear mad order competitlOn '\ otJh1l1g doe,; more than ad\ eriI~mg to mcrea,e the \ aille of the good \v 111'111an) bU'i111e,;S Thel efore advertJ'i- ]n~ mu"t he consldereJ an 111ve~tment rather than a mere ltcm of eApen'ie It is a pnmary element a most Important clement 111 the make up of neall) all bU'i111eSS 111st1tutions :t\0\\ that "Cannon and Cannom,;m' ha'i been "do", ned" It I" to he hoped that LOJ1~re,o, '" III do someth111g and ad-journ '\n earl) adJ'111n111ent \\ ould be of more benefit to the bu S111es~mtere')h of the c0l111tn than an) thmg that i'i hkeh to be done b, the cun ent congre",s The man \\ ho makes $10 a day and spenJs $950 may not he -,0 \\I'ie a'i he \\ho make,; $3 and ,;a\ es half of It, but he enJoy" hfe to a gTeater extent and he lS of much more bene-fit to the to\\ n 01 commu111ty in whIch he In es It I" generally conceJed that ~Ia'i" wldO\\ 'i kno\\ enou~h to 'make hay \\hde the 'iun 'ih111e" , In that re"pect they ma\ be ,\I')er than "ome hU"111e,," men who ale constantly neglect111~ golden opportullltle'i Hecall::,e thel e\ no fool ICJ\\ that all fool'i are a~ed \\ 110 dl e Cjlllte \ outhful I1ke an old fool It ,loe" n ,t fol- Most of us th111k v\ e know some It leCjlllre'i httle mOle hla111" to do bus1l1e"s on a large ~cdle than 111a small \va, but It leCjlllres con'lderable more CnelZ\ and courage Il C\\ al e of the dch el th111~ managel 01 ag ency that pre-lcnd" 10 hay e a ' pull' on the neW'ipdpelS, magazmes or trade 10111 nal" rll,lllhlc 111 'imall doses may he a good tomc, but 1t can not he I ecommended a" a bey era~e WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 ---_.-----------------_ . -...., II , III• II I IIII II I I I I,I I,• I ..-------_ ... ----------- --- . - I I II II I II I II I,f I I,,II I II I I,• I I, III I I,,I II, I,IIf , I.~-----------------_._-------------------------_._-----------------------------------------------~ No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 New designs In the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. or 111eluclIllg the marble mantel dnd look1l1g glas'S, 8,000 francs It lS shown that the purpose of the ImportatJOn was that these ~everal parts were dehberately purchased abroad by ~he ultlmate consignee wlth a ,lew to ha\ mg them placed III as nearly the ong1l1al form and st} Ie as posslble III her own house 111 the Clt} of ~ew York" Elsie de Wolfe"s Old Furnitun·. The board of Ulllted State;;, genelal appralsers at New YOlk refused to re,er"e Collector Loeb's asses~ment of furn-ish111gs fCJ! a room modeled after the style of LotHS XVI, lm-ported b} ~IlSS Elsle ,Ie \\T olfe, the former actres<" who b cle<'cnbed 111the cLhtom house paper" as an '1l1tenor deco-ratO!" The furnishlllgs, which Ml:OS de \\ olfe 111formed Col-lector Loeb and Appraher \N anamaker were mtended fO! her house at 1\0 1S9 \\T est Eigthy elghth street, '\ e\\ York, III elude panels, moldlllg", corlllces and wllldo\\" \1l sect1On'S, marble mantels and mlrrors llltended to be framed bet\\ een panels The appralser III hls repO! t to Collector Loeb stat od "that the artlcles are appalently of consldelable a::;e and are m a more or less dJIapldate,l conchtlOll" The collector cla'3sl-fied the lmpOl tatJOn as "manufacture of wood," and Imposed a tax of 3S pel cent \1l'3S de \\T olfe filed a PlOt est \\ lth the board III WhlCh she tooh eAceptJOn to the collcctOJ \ a~sess-ment, alleglllg that she was entJtled tu a rate of 20 per c(Cnt under the tanff ac;; "\\ ood unmanufactured" ~t the heanng befOl e the board, '"e\ era! \\ltnesses \\ ere heard III behalf of ),11SS de \\ olfe, but thelr testJmon} \\ a" not convlllclllg to General \ppralser "\fcC!elland who preSided It was brought out that the value of tht' fU11l1'3h1l1g, f01 the room were pllrcha~ed m France for $1 ::;44 and wJ11 be set up 111 MISS Je "Volfe's residence In oven u1111g the protest, Genera! :;\I cClelland sald "It h chfficult to appreclate upon whdt theol v the elaJ111 \\a~ ba'3ed, fOl there IS not a scmtJ11a of eVIdence to "up port lt On the contrar}, each ,tatement tends to show that every piece of the \'Vood had been de"lg nedly manufactured for a partIcular u"e, all of the pal h togethel ha\ 111\;been fll! md.ny years in the intellOl of a 100m 111 France after the st\ Ie of Louis XVI, and pUlchased 111 France at a cost of 7,000 flancs Office Furniture Wunted in Italy. '\ report from an Amencan con;;,ul m Italy state, he 1" 1 elJabl} mformec1 tihat the better classes of }.mencan office furl11ture can be ~o!d 111hI" rllst11ct If the quahty and other ach zlltages al e brought to the attentJOn of mtend111S; pur-chasel" To do thIS an office c;;upply house 111that 1 e~1fm "ho111d he glVen the agenc}. and a hne of samples of "uch "ufphe" as are m current demand placed \\ lth thLo al?,el1C} to CAl11blt to tho<,e lntere':>ted \ local firm, dea11l1g lalgely m office furniture and applJance", states It would he glad to handle Amencan make" upon thIS baSIS, an,! requests cat<t-logues pnces, term" and other pert111ent mformatlOn 1 e-gard111::; thls class of good" It b ImpOltant that pnces should he quoted c I f certa111 Clt} so as to enable the firm to make an e"act calculatlOn of the net cost mcludmg duty, at then place of busme"s, and compare such pnces with those )f the German and Hallan manufactul ers whose goods they are at present hanJlmg \mong the numerOLh appliance;;, de;;'lred bv thls firm IS an !ffice phonograph adapted for record- 1112:lette s the record bel'H? placed u!)('n another mach111e after\\ard" by the t, pewnter operator and \\!fltten by hllTI from the same The film statb that It IS 111 a posltlOn to fllrlll"h the best of refel em es as tJ It;;, 1;::spon"lbihty Parties wlshmg to mv e~tJgate :ohould addl es~ the Bureau of Manu-factures', Depaptment of Commerce and LabOl, \Vashing-on, I efernng to file "\0 4686 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN TRUCK TALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity of construction fea-tures-- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get ou t of order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Grand Rapids Hand 61B North Front St. CHICAGO REMINISCENCES Recollections of Furniture Men and Factories of Twenty-Five Years Aao. It is sometIme" intere..,tmg to the "riter, If not to the reader, to get mto a remllllscent mood C:\1 II ell remem-bers when he made hIS first tnp to ChIcago to ,bIt the furlll-ture manufacturers for the l\I1chlgan ArtIsan, m the fall of 1882 Chicago ",as a new city to him then, for in the mtel"\ al of fourteen ye3irs since he left there the cIty had bUl ned dawn and been rebmlt At that tIme the E 11 Hulse com pany, now of Columbus, Ohio. had a mattress factOly d W,;11 on Twenty-sIxth <;treet and Stc\' art a,enue and the ",outh CIty hne was at ThlrtY-ll1nth street. That was before the cable roads were bUllt '\s f01 electnc and elevated road.., they were not dreame,l of E \1 Hulse had a down town office, and F ShIpman had a mattre<;s factory near by Frank \Venter, once pI eSldent of the Dral11- age Board, and who came very near bem>:; \fay or of Chlca£;o had a furll1ture factory on Van Buren ~treet, a short dIstance ea..,t of the bndge Schultz & HIrsh were on \Vest Van Buren street between Jefferson and Desplame", ancl If anyone would ha, e tolJ them that in twenty-five years they would have been m the mammoth place they are now OCCUpy111g they would probably have thought him a fit subject for the 111- ::,ane asylum Canal street wa" the great furnitm e "treet 25 yeal.., a~o and Frank Seng wa" bookkeeper for the Sug & Blersd Jf com-pany Frank ?Ieyer, long "ince passed to hIS rest, was one ot the lead111g manufacturel s of chamber fUl111ture on that street, and Col "Joe" :\1urray was representmg C SIdney Screw Co., Grand Rapids, M.ich. '\ on IS, of Dalt11110re dealers 111 furll1ture supplIes Wll1le the WIIter wa<; walt111g to get a chance to sell Mr. Myer an ad' 111the ::\Ilchlgan '\rthan, Col "Joe" saileJ m, opened up IllS samples, t )ok a bIg order and was gone 111Just no tIme That \\ a~ long before the Colonel thought of making l0 '\ 01th loma "tl eet, Grand RapIds one of the famous places t 1 sho\\ furnIture Stadfelt & \Yo1£ were making d111111gtables on Canal street and Seng & Shoen ( now the Hafner Furll1ture C;) anJ S G \Vl1k111S & Co, (afterwards \"hlkim & Esmay) were on the same street, both in the parlor furniture line The Cold Bla"t Father company has a small factory on ,,\ ("t Lake <;treet and theIr office" and salesrooms were Itr the ba"ement of the Farwell bmld111g on Market street-l thmk that at the tIme the Farrell bUlldmg was the largest hmlding in the city, \1 D Talcott \\ a.., runnmg the '\mencan Furlllture Ga- /ettc and a f111nlture lefelence book Mr De Berard, the edlt01 of the paper "as a power, none more so even at this cla, ::\latusky, Cral£; & Co, Olbrcik & Goldbeck, and Obel-heck Bras, the latter now at Grand RapIds, \Vis, and many other.., \\ ere on Canal street, wh1le BIlly Glffert and R E Pohle \\ ere on Clmton stl eet, the next "treet vvest of Canal "Jm1my" Pugh \\ho WIth "Joe" Myer, and C G \iVhite, started the fur111tm e e"hlbltlOn bulldlllg at 1319 MIchigan al enue, 1\ a.., unknown III ChIcago, but a few years later" el1t there a" a "\all11"h ,',ale~man for a Cinclllnati house, if my memon sel"\ es me lIght That was before Robert P Lyon opened up hIS fur111ture agency in Chicago, but I think it II a s ill e following year he opened up, with offices III the P ort- Ianc1 hloch un the corner of \Vashlllgton and Dearborn <;treet He dId not succeed very well until he sent Charles Sherre from Cmcmnati to take charge, "Charles" was a WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 big fat, jolly, whole-souled German who made fnends with e, erybody and soon he was a sharp competItor of 1\1 D Ta1cot, and they made thmg" lIvely Watts De Gol} er had a varnish factory at the foot of IllmOls street, on the north sIde, and De Golyer's rock fimsh wa" one of the mo')t famou" of the furmture fimshes of that day Mr De Golyer has a great trade in Grand RapIds at that time, and owned con"lderable stock m at least one of the lcadmg furmture compames of that cIty John E Turne} was then one of the chief c;alesmen, and many of the reader') of thIs wIll remember hIm He went up to Sheboygan, VVIS, and made a deal WIth some of the bIg chaIr factones there that set the whole furnIture vvorId to talking Sky scraper" were unknown m ChIcago at that time, and when the Pullman bUlldmg was erected at the cornel of Adam" street and l\Ilchlgan avenue, It was looked upon as a vvonder The wnter dlstmctly remembers meetmg a gentle-man from New York and takmg him to c;ee the Pullman bUlld-mg He looked up at It for c;ome tune, and all he saId vvas that it reminded hIm of the MIll" bUlldmg in N ew York The Grand PacIfic and the Palmer Hou')e were the tv\ 0 great hotels at that time, and the old Sherman and the Tremont V\ el e the next m ImpOl tance Lyon & Healy's musIc ~tOIe was m the old Crawford House. That was a long time before the Great .:-\orthern and the Audltorltlm were built. Twenty-five years ago there were two furniture papers in the west, the lV11chigan Artisan and the American Furm-ture Gazette, and two m the east, the Amencan Cabinet Maker and Uphobterer m Boston and the Trade BUleau m New York VV E Holbrook, who had his first experience in journalism on the l\1Jchlgan Artl'ian, went to Cmcmnati and started the Furniture \Vorker, and later \\ E Osgood, long a representative of the American Cabmet :\laker, went to St LoUl') and started the St Louis FurnIture New'i Later J Kewton ~ind started the MmneajYllIs FurnIture K ews, and still later there was the Rockford FurnIture Journal establIshed, both of whIch were merged mto the Furniture Journal of Chicago It would be a sad task to recall many of the furnIture men who have gone over the Great Divide It would make a long lIst, and would mclude many of the bnghtest and mo"t enterprismg men m furmture circles m Chicago, Rockford, Grand Rapids, Cmcmnatl, DetrOIt, Owosso, Toledo and many other CIties But when one falls out of the ranks another steps mto hIs place, and so wIll they contmue to do as long as CIvilIzation lasts and men and women want furmture for theIr homes C 1\1 Low Priced Cabinet Bench. The Globe VIse and Truck company, Grand Rapid~, are placing a low priced cabmet bench on the market that IS claimed to be the be,:,t ever offered the trade for the money ThIs bench I" thoroughly made of best matenals has two VIses, and WIll commend Itself to anyone Wdnt1l1g a low-pnceJ bench Thl') company IS able to shIp these benches on receIpt of order They also manufacture a large vanety of benches and truck:'>, and It WIll pay every manufacturer to get in touch with them I t's the way a man "tick" to a thing that marks hun as a succes~ or a faIlure :\Iany a fellow has won out at the eleventh hour, just because he wouldn't let go Don't be a qUItter Keep hItting the hne hard and result" are bound to come ~,-------------------------------------------~ I IIIIII , •Io ,, •I I, •I III ,II II , I II I "ELI" BEDS ARE BREAD AND TIlE FOLDING PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete wlthout the Elt Beds xn Mantel and Upnght ELI D. MILLER &, CO. I.._- _._-_. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces I4 ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. • 0U :c (J 'Of) i ..r.:.: r..:. ~ s,.. 0cc:: E-c ~ III U Q • ~ ai rf) ;. ::s <t 0 " l() ~ r:: II e l() 0 ~ ~"' ~C') Z • 0 s.. .~.. Q,) 0 .... .. $.c e .II.I. ~ ~ ,.... ... P-"4' .--------------------------- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-----------------_._-------_. _. _. .. . j I,, ,,,,,I ,I I• I •I II I!I ,I,, II III ..------------------------------ ------ --- ------- -_._- ----=- Jl.J.-=-- Veneer Pre.ses, different kinds and .izes (Patented) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine, 5mgle. Double and CombInatlon. (Patented) (Sizes 12 In to 84 In wIde.) Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-I f· '> l1elen Ddl. \coma street and Fltth a, enue, Dem er Col, $8 000, Caroll11e L Coffee Dunke1d p1dce ancl Ro,~ court, Dem el, $4,000, F ~f \dam' 612 Rugb) road SchenectdCI}, '\ Y, $12,000 H \ Ifottlel Cle, eland a, enue and Twenty-fifth 'itreet, Ten e Haute Inc1 $32S0, Frank R Ha}, 92S South rlfth ,>treet Telle Haute. $3000 Edwl11 R Yeakle, ]20h South I'lfth -,tJeet Telfe Haute, $4,000, 1\ Llwood Jone'i \I vnnewoocl Phllac1elp111a, Pa. $16,000, G II Tlgar, 322 South Te10n 'it! eet Collll adu Spnng'>, Col $3,000. L l' SmIth, Rn el '>hle a\ enuc and Chern street Jack'>om 111e, ria, $3,000 R \\ Dlcklll'>on 4109 :0TOIth rIft) filst a\Cnue, ChIcago, $9,000 \nna Hen-necke 5624 \Yl11d'i0l avenue ChIcago, $3,000 J o'ieph Habb. 6147 Langley avenue, Chicago $5,900. J 1\ Schlmmen, 1507 Birchwood a\Cnue Chlcago $4,~00 f'd'>on TIll!:;!:;" h,-\'-h South Carolina a, enue, '>outh,\ e,t 1\ a'i11llH;ton, DC, 88- 000, ]\Iargaret ]\IcGee, 33~2 "e\\ark ,tleet, CleHlancl park \\ a'ihl11gton, $11,000. Thoma'i \ \Im'itron~, \\ e'ile\ a, e-nue and Twelfth street, Ocean Clh " T 87.000 \mellcn, R Underdown, \\ e'iley a, enue and I'ourteenth 'itl eet, Ocean Grm e, (bungalow) $6,000 \Vllham E IIassey, II e'iln a, e-nue and Tenth 'itl eet, Ocean GIO\ e, $8,000, :\II'i Ehnbeth Buckley, vVe'ile} a\ enue and SIxteenth 'itreet, Ocean GI 0\ e, $7,000, MIS" Mary Shore, Centl al avenue, ,\T esle\ avenue and rlfteenth "treet, Ocean Grm e, $~,OOO J S II1l1dman I'ourth a\ enue and Libert} park, Spokane, II a'ih S~ SOO, Edward J O'Shea, Sharp a, enue and Dakota -,treet Spokane $3,000, DI J B Long, Vermont and \IT est streets Indlan-apohs, Ind, $4,000, John K Byran, 2827 ~Ol th Penm} 1- vallla 'itreet, Indianapohs, $3,500, E l' Duck IIld1l!~an and RItter 'itreet~, Indlanapoh'i. $4.500, J C IIack'> 218 \\ a'ih ll1gton street, ~tlanta, Ga, $5,000 H C Hlgbee, 1971 (0\\ den avenue, II emphl'i, Tenn ,$4,000 R H \ ance. neh <.tlere boulevard and Harbert a\ enue IIemphl'i ~12 000 Ifl.., Ella N :\Jatthew", 333 Korth \\ 11lett street, IIemphls, $4,400 '- D Remley, 3117 Central 'itreet, Kan'ia:" CIty, ]\10, $3,OvJ I' E Reed 3126 Harn'ion 'itreet, Kan'ia'i Clt\ $6,000 \\ 11- ham f' Bal r \\ oodward a, enue and SmIth 'itl eet, DetroIt, IItch $4800 Robert G Hlll, Dal7elle and lourteenth 'itrects DetrOIt, $3,500 l,eorge Condo, GratIOt a, enUe dnd S) Iv ester street, DetrOIt, $4,000, \V dham lIalcl\\ Doule\ al d and \Iack 'itreet, DetrOIt, $12.000, Han let Kl!1kald, 10200 Gal field d\ e-nue, Cle, eland () $3, SOO, H J Dlllmghur"t, 8016 :\f edma a\ enne, Cle\ eland, $3,000, J \ ogel, 10105 Parkgate avenue ._--------._----_.-, I I H..nd Feed Gluelng Machine (P..t.nt pendIn8) Many styles and sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS No 20 Glue Heater. CHiS, E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Indl No.6 Glue Heater. -~~-,------~~----~~._._-------~ C Ie \ eland $4,000 ( T Ohl en,>tell1, 198 \ckerman avenue, '-" la, u-,e," \ , $~ 800 III~ J \\ emhelmer, 348 Oak street, ~, I a, n ~e S3 ~OO l R TIr,)\\ n, 248 Leon street, Syracuse, So ~Oo Cathellne L Dlack'itone, 607 Orange 'itreet, Syracu'ie, 9),000 llank K11ch, I'ranklm and ThIrteenth street", Dem er, (01 $18,000, J C \'mel g, Franklll1 a\ enue near FIfth 'itl eel Dem el, S3 000, ] aLoh :\1 Sche11ner, Alameda and Emer"on ~t!eet'i Demel, $3,~00 \ ~ IIawkm.." EIghth avenue and ] "ent, -tourth ,treet, DIl mll1gham, Ala, $3,000, Harlod Rob-lIhOn, 731'l flr'it a, enue, Dlrml11gham, $3,000,] B Albertson, )().2~ Troo'>t "treet Kansas CIty, \10, $S,OOO, F E Reeel, 3~26 HaJrI'>on ,tJeet, Kan'ia,> CIty, $6,000, 1\ H MItchell, Beechmont and Illtchell a\ enue'i, Cmcll1natl, 0, $7,000, U L IIonce Montieth a, enue and ZeIgler "treet, ClI1cmnati, $7,- SOO, F '\ \ilT leland, 4224 Ar'ienal :"tI eet, St Loul'i, \10, $4000, C F Starck 4001 Bota11lcal a\ enue, St LoUl'i. $10, ROO \ \f n Heal n, 42.21 Carter aHnue, St LoUls, $4,000, R ( l'ld!:;e l\U1 t "treet and Tv. entv-elghth avenue, Omaha, "eb $S,OOO. \ E S" amen, 3325 Seward street, Omaha, S) 200, Ida -\ 1101 n'i, South HIgh and IV elch street'i, Colum-bu'i, n, $4,400, v\ ~ Lll1coln, Kossuth and ~l11th street'i, Columblh, $3,000, Rose Rumar, II d'>on "treet near Madl'io 1 a, enue, Columhu'>. $8,000, L P Allbnght, 307 \Vest Srxth a, enue, Columbu'i, $4, 'l00, Joseph Schhtz, 262 J\Idler avenue, Colul11bu'i, $3,000, Ro~s Clal ke, 59 Frambe" a\ enue, Colum-bu'i, $3,000, Florence D Braden, 2003 Pll1kne} street, Omaha, "eh $4,000. F H Gu1Jck, 2856 Spanldl11g a, enue, Omaha $3000, J B LouA 1427 South Topeka avenue, \\ Ichlta, Kau . $3000 Jame'i l' Talt, 2315 RhllSe a\ enue, E\ anston. Ill. $4200 H S Shedd. 1618 ~\shland avenue, Evanston. $7,00:), T \\ Fnll1 S30 ]ud"on avenue, LHmton, $3,000,J F Tdl-mdn 1328 ColOlado a\ enue Colorado Spnng", Col, $6,000 If I'> Kathellne Cragm, 171 S \Vood .1, enue, Colorado Spnngs, $3,000, George L Bm;ardlh, 1188 Batle) street Buffalo '\ \ $3,000. II a, Jane Dye, 1991 Seneca 'itreet, Buffalo. $3,000 1 If Bndge'i, 411 GIant street, i\tlanta, Ga, $4,500, C F l nhol/, 106 Beard :"treet, Buffalo, X Y, $7,000, \\ S Ber- !:;en Oak anJ Kl11~ 'it!eeb, Jack'iomllle, }la, $3,800; John J '--herman C:;lhel and Se, enth 'itreets, ]ack'>onvtlle, $3. SOO n I L11I~ Tenth and Pendleton 'itreet'i, St ]o'ieph, If a , $3- 800 l' D -\rmbtead ~114 Klmbury place, Spnngfield, ~Io, $12000 \ Ifdtenbelger, 3842 South Ctah 'itreet, Spnngfield, $'l,000 C T II ala\, 4847 :\[affJtt avenue, Spnngfield, $4,100, i\ \ I l'>her. 6121 \\ e'ltml11"ter place, Spll11gfield, $10,000, H \1' Hal111lton, 4441 De'isle a, enue, Springfield, $5,500' WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 John 1 Yeagel, 3518 Cnttenden "tl eet, $8,600, "" 111lam A England, 30') BellefontaIne avenue, Kansas CIty, :\10, $4,000 Elmer Bodlet, 920 ,Vest 1hlrty-fourth street. Kamas CIty, $4,000, ,Valter P SmIth, Maryland court, LOlllSvdle, Ky, $3,000, John SchmIdt, Second avenue and Lapham street l'dllwallkee, V'hs, $5.080, Frank KInes, Pabst avenue and lorty-elghth street, Mdwaukee, $4,500, J II, L\lford, 3112 \ \ est Twelfth street, LIttle Rock, Ark, $3, SOO, R A PIerce. Made by Upham Manufacturmg Co • Marshfield, WIS. Grant and Ninth streets, Denver, Col, $12,000, E J Bo} 1e. Short and Plum streets, ?\ ew Orlean", La, $3,000, ILlS" Eva C Emmerson, 3804 Le"ter street, RIchmond, Va, $4,000, B H Crawford, 208 LOUlsana street, Little Rock, Ark, $12,000, ::VT L Neeley, Franklm and Lakewood avenue, LIma, 0, $4,500 Miscellaneous Buildings-The 1'111 Delta SOCIety h build-ll1g a fraterl11ty hou"e at a cost of $22,000 on the Hllhboro road, Na"hvdle, Tenn H V I'nsble and E B Barstmv wdJ bUlld a $50,000 hotel In San DIego, Cal The CatholIcs \', III erect a church to co"t $30,000 at McGdl, Nev, San Jacmto. Cal IS el ect1l1g a hIgh school bUlld1l1g at a co"t of $40,000 exclu"ive of seatmg and furnIture Los Angeles, Cal, has voted to I""ue $85000 111 bonds for a polytechl11c bUl1dmg on Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFF£ T::i. CHI \j A CLOSE rs and TABLES Library Furniture Library De.ks. LIbrary Tables, LIbrary Bookcasf's. CombInatIOn Book-cases, Etc Our entire Ime WIll be on exhIbition in July on the thIrd flnor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. the HIgh School campus C E \v hltney and local capltalI,',L:, al e to budd a theatre at a co"t of $50,000 or $60,000 111 COd~ IPg-'l, Cal Pmgham, Utah, has accepted plan ....for a new hIgh ~d1001 hl1lLl1l1g that \',111 cost $65,000 The Bapt1sts w1ll bt1lld a $25,000 church at "i[onrov1a, Cal \\' J Godley 1" bt1lldmg a theatre 111 Parten dIe, Cal , at a co"t of $35,000 Hastt'o 1here 1'0an old sav mg that' ha"tc makes wa"te,' and as a general pnposltlOn It IS tlue StIll there IS another vvay of lookmg at It In Ch1l1a they do th111gs a,', they dId foUl thousand veal., dgO, and ChIna b probably the m'l"t bach-- ward country 111 the world In Englancl the] e are many melchants that hdve the same ~tore" that the r f;reat grand father" hacl, and are content to "ell the "ame l111C at goods, and It they sell as much, they are "absfied In the "l'l1lteJ State" evelY bU"1I1es" man wants to do marc than hI" fathel dId and do It better Ha"te 1~ only anothe name for succe"" The man who 1S 111a rut and does not trv to get out, "oon finds h1111"e1fdIstanced by hIS competltOJ" and v"ll1 soon be out of bU"111ess altogether 1'hl" naturdll) leads up to the drY111g of lumber \ fe'A day" ago the wnter \Va" talk111Q WIth the managel of one of the ledd111g charnbel furmturc factones of ~fJlhlgan TIe saId that hls (hy111g capacIty "a" not up to his needs, that he needed the present kIlns fOJ storage and that he was gomg to buJ!d nevv and ldrger kIln, He IS a successful bll ..1..11e.,s man, and \\111 not he beh111d h1" compebtors It IS an 111terestmg fact that the Cl and RaplCj,', Veneer II ark" new process kIlns are so much supenor to all other proce"ses than then dry kIln department h ru"hed dll the tnne 111 gettmg out clehI1ed draw111g" an,l puttlllg up the kIln" \\ atch theIr ad" from week to "eek 111 the ,\ eckly ArtIsan and see what many of the leadmg manufac-ttHer" say about theIr porce"s of dry111l?;lumber Show me a tra v el111g man Who I" a belIever m acl" ertlS-mg and who keep~ m touch WIth the work of trade papers, and I WIll ..h..ow yOU a succes"ful ,',ale"man, IS the way a WIde a \V a~e 'Ae,',tel n man puts 1t 50m e travelers are more pro- ~I esslve than the men who are over them-over them 111 every-thInk but hrall1s and abl1Jty ~n'l that's no "yndlcate Joke, eIther The busll1e"s of a promoter 1" to pert:>uade your money ll1to hIS pocket r---- - 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-- .---- _ •• - - -------- ~ 4 _ MUSKEGON, MICH. MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT --------- .... _.- .--------~ ~-----------~~--_. ---_. ----------- FURNITURE AND PAINTINGS Famous Pieces and Collections in the New Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, March 22--\t the :\1etlOpolItan I[u~eum at Art a new W111gdedIcated to the decorat1\ e al t" \\ as openeJ wIth a receptlOn on March 17 The nevv vv111gh at the north end of the mu"eum and parallel to the FIfth avenue extensIOn I t IS of the RenaIssance sty Ie of arc111tectUl e and v\ as de-sIgned by the firm of 11cKlm, :\1ead & \\ hIte It \\as planned when It became known that J PeIrpont ,Iorgan vva" to en-rich the museum wIth the famous Hentschel collectlOn of French decorati\ e art of the MIddle Ages and the eIghteenth century The collectlOn has been installed in the new w111g, whIch 1s devoted exclu ,1\ el} to the decorat1\ e arts The ma111 or centIal hall of the new \V1l1g h dev oted to European sculpture f1am the h\ eHth to the seventtenth cen tury Here 111the maUl gallery al e many I111pO! tant e"a111plc-., of French medIaeval sculpture, ItalIan RenaI""ance, Spcwbh and Netherland and Gelman sculptUl es One of the notable pieces Ul tIllS hall IS a Spal1l"h altaI pIece oi the fifteenth century ThIS altar pIece occupies a conspILlOlh place on the east slJe of the ma111 hall It \Vas pIll chased III Pans, but formerly was in a cathedl al III the land of Spain At the n01 th end of the hall an ItalIan tabel nac1e has been erected ThIS tabernacle of the t\\ elfth century was originally in a church III Rome I was formedy pIll chased, some year" ago, by Stanford \VhIte 111 PallS for the Poor collectIOn, and later 1epUl chased by the mibeum at the Poor sale Other ob] ects in the ma111 hall 1I1clucle t\\ a cases of ItalIan Renaissance bronze" of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, purchases from the Rogers fund, a GothIC \\ mclO\v of the fifteenth century, a gIft from Jacques SelIgman, and a V 11g1l1 and ChIld in terra cotta, by Andna VeIrOCChIO, \\ hIch IS said to be a rare example The decoratlOl1S of the halls are in keep1l1g with the general plan of rearrang ement On the \\ all '-,to the lIght are hung a senes of FlemIsh tapestnes of the seventeenth cen-tury, whIle the \\alls on the left side of the hall arc dec01ated WIth a number of the Barbenl1l tapestnes of the "eventeenth century. At the north end of the hall, whIch 111 alrangement re-sembles the nave of a chul'ch, are hung three French tapestnes of the fifteenth century, wlllch were purchased by the late WIllIam M. Laffan for the museum .. The eleven gaIleIIes on the fir"t floor of the new V\ ing Inclnde the GotlllC blne room of the iourteenth and fifteenth centnnes dnd the CothIc room WIth the BIron monument In the GothIC blue rc 0111 are hung the Burgundian tapestnes g1\ en by ,Ir :\Iorgan Then there are rooms devoted to the decoratIve arts ot the German and French sIxteenth century, the French RenaIssance of the sIxteenth century, the Baroque penod of the seveneenth century, WIth examples from Netherland, Ger-man} and England, the penod of Louis XIV (French) and the French regency of Lams XV WIth a French salon A teatme of the 100m devoted to the German, French and rle111bh al ts of the sIxteenth century (RenaIssance) is the cIecorat1\ e FlemI"h Mazar1l1 tapestry, a loan from J -------_.---- ------- _.._-----_._----- ---.--P-ier-~ - ..., Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GBO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN. WIS. ~----.-._..-._---.-..No. 592. .I. ..._--_ ...-.- WEEKLY ARTISAN pont Morgan and brought over from his London collection for the museum At the extreme north end of the nevv wing on the first floOl IS a SWlS'l loom from Zurich, furnished vvlth a curious SWlS'l stm e, wood carvmgs and furnIture, mcluJmg chaIrs and table:::" chesh, spmnmg wheels and e\ en a cradle. The stalrca..,e leadmg to the 'lecond flo)r IS ornamented WIth ItalIan furnIture from the se\ enteenth and eIghteenth centunes The second floor contam'l fourteen gallenes in-cludmg three rooms of the LOUIS XV penod and two rooms of the tIme of Louis XVI, one of these conta1l1mg a 111lnIature theatre, 'laId to ha\ e been buIlt by LoUIS XVI In the south corndor are se\ eral ca'les WIth vaned collectIOns of fans of the eIghteenth century. On the west sIde of the second floor are two rooms con-iammg examples of Jacobean, Queen Anne and English Chip-pendale fur111ture of the eIghteenth century and four rooms 23 The Whistlen loaneJ from the Freer collection in \Vash-ington mclude' "The Golden Screen", the nocturne, "V'tl-paralso;" the nocturne, "Blue and SIlver ," a portrait sketch of Whistler, portrait of F R Leyland, "The GIrlS," a whIte 'lymphony, nocturne, "Blue and SlIver, Battersea Beach;" "~nnabel Lee," "The I'lles of Ve111ce," "Venus Astarte," "A Study m Bed," "The Open Fan," "The LIttle Pmk Cap," "Le Raconteur," "LIttle Green Cap" and "The LIttle Faustma," all from the ~ atIOnal Gallery "The LIttle \Vhlte GIrl," lent by Arthur Studd of London, and 'Gray and SIh er; the Thames," lent by Miss Bernic- PhIlIps, are two examples sent from England. In the exhIbItion are also ten pIctures from the collection of Richard A Canfield, includmg "The Ocean," "Symphony m Gray and Green" and "Rosa CorJer," arrangement In black and brown The Lange Lelzem (purple and rose), IS lent by John Made by Palmer Manufacturmg Company, Detrolt, MlCh. with Amencan fur111ture of the se\ enteenth and eight-eenth centunes, showmg foreIgn mfluences In one of the rooms devoted to AmerIcan fur11lture 13 a part of the Bolle'l collectIOn, a gIft to the museum from :\![rs Russell Sage In the nOl th corn,lor of the wmg on thIS floor are specimens of TIffany glass and modern examples of nmeteenth century de-coratIve art. A loan exhIbItion of fOIty-'llX oIl pam tmgs and pastels by J ame.., A J\T cN elll \Vhlstler were be opened at the museum yesterday and wIll contmue there untIl May 31 The exhI-bition was arrang ed with the co-operatIOn of MISS RosalmJ BlrnJe-l'hIlIps of London, executrix of Mr \Vhlstler, and Charles L Freer of DetrOIt, Vi ho has contnbuted a number of Important \v histlers from the Freer collectIOn in the l\atlOnal Gallery, \Vashington, D C. Among the notable V/histlers m the exhIbItIOn are "The l\Iu"Ic Room," harmony in green and ro"e, lent by Frank J Hecker of DetrOIt, "The \iVhlte GIrl," a symphony m whIte, loaned by John H. \A,Thittemore of Naugatuck, Conn, and "The Fallmg Rocket," lent by Mrs Samuel Untermyer of New York. G Johnson of PhIladelphia, and a loan from the Carnegie InstItute IS the portrait of Senor Pablo Sarasarte "The LIttle Rose of Lyme RegIS" and "The Master SmIth of Lyme Regis" are from the BO'lton Museum of Fme Arts The portraIt of Florence Leyland is lent by the Brooklyn Instltute of I\rts and SCIences. Other examples include . "The Blue vYave," lent by Alfred A Pope of Farmmgton, Conn.; "The Japanese Dre"s," lent by Howard Mansfield of N ew York, "L' Andaluslenne," lent by John H. \Vhlttemore, and "The Little Blue Bonnet," lent by Herbert L Pratt of Brooklyn The \Vhlstler exhlbltlOn ha" been arranged in the large galleI) m the new north wmg, where were formerly hung the more Important Dutch pictures m the Hudson-Fulton Mem-anal ExhIbItion A httle vanity keeps a man keyed up to his best, whIle too much renders him obnoxious to his fellows. The nIght-key IS not usually the key to success. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN FLANDERS OAK As Its name denotes, a repro-duction of the Flanders period, finished In a deep nut brown shade, givmg a soft, velvety dull effect. It IS a wmner with the women NOTE: To facilitate prompt reply address Desk No.3. OUR FUMED OAK FLANDERS AND EARLY ENGLISH STAINS EARLY ENGLISH An aCId stam of proved practlcablhty. Gives a correct, uni-form and permanent color without Ihe use of a fummg chamber. Should be used whether you have a fummg chamber or not Ap-phed 10 the fumed product .t adds tone and nchness, enhancmg its beauty as well as Its commercial value. Manufacturers now usmg It are one vOice m ItS praise Correct m color, durable, practi-cal. Has won the approval of the leadmg furmture men by sheer merit. A sample panel is yours for the askmg. have unmistakably hit the Bull's Eye of public demand. We have proved that our aIm was true. We have again justified our policy of forever fingering the public pulse. Mr. Furniture Manufacturer, are YOU taking advantage of this poiicy? You WILL, If you see sample panels of these beautiful finishes. FUMED OAK ACID STAIN MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO., Marietta, Ohio. National Forest Fire Statistics. 1"11 e pIa} ed le'i'i hay oc Il1 the \\ oodland '0 of the '\ at 1011<11 r 01 est Stateo la'it \ ear than It (hd111 1908 cdthough the llU1ll hcr of fire" \va'i ..no g-reater The Department of \gnculture ha'i Just c011lpleted the 'itatlc,tlcs The plOtectl\ e \ alue ut the work ot the depal tment b "hO\\ n 111that al11llJ~t eu:;ht \ pel cent of the fires \\ ere extll1gulohed before a" much a~ h \ e au e" had been dama~ ed le'i'i than one and one-halt aCi e, to the 'iCjuare nllle of '\atlonal 1 ore 'it lanel \\ as burned 0\ er and the amount 'If damage done to the hurneJ 0\ el area a\ el-dged but $126 per acre Durll1g the year 1909 thele \Vere 3,138 files on the foreoh, 1 18fi caused by locomotIVes, 431 by campers, 294 by lJg-htll1g-, 181 by brush burnll1g, 97 by 111cendlanes, 38 by sawmJ1l'i and donkey eng-ll1es, 153 by miscellaneous and 758 b\ unkno\\ n agenCie 0 The area burned over \\ as, 111 round fig-tll e'i, 360, 000 acres, of which about 62,000 wel e pnvate lands 111 natIOnal forests, as agall1st some 400,000 aCi es Il1 1908 Some 170,000,000 board feet of Umber II as consumed, ot which 33,000,000 fet \Vas prl\ ately O\vned, as agmn"t 230,000000 111 the prevIOus year The loss 111 \ alue of timber de.,tro} ed II a" les" than $300,000, of which dose to $50,000 \\ a., prl\ atel} owned The loss of the year before was about $450,000 Damage done to repnoJucton and forage sho\\.., a remarkable decrea'ie, less than $160,000 be1l1g the record fOl 190J anc the great Il1crea"e over 1908 111 that state, namely 573, In . n-over $700,000 that for 1908 The larg-est numbel of fires occlllred 111 Idaho 991 but entirely attnbutable to fires 111 the Coeur d \Iene, which v\ ere ext1l1gtllshed Without matenal damage Locnm tl\ e .,park c, ",ere accountable for 611 of the bla/e'i 111 tIll" fore,t lac,t year fhe explanatIOn of the 111creac,e 111 the tola] for all forests IS to be foun,l 111 thiS Coeur d' \Iene 1l1CleaSe 1 he 1epO! t of the fOl seter for 1909 said of the fire record of F)08 fhat year was one of prolong-ed d1'011ght dunng the "ummer and fall, and of dl"aotrous forest fires throul:;"hout the coun tl} fhe natIOnal forests suffered relatively httle \1J ut 2).2,]9] 000 board feet of timber, or 006 per cent of the stancl IV as destroyed A total of 2,728 fires was reported (}t II hlch 2 089 were small fil e'i confined as a rule to an area of fi\ e acres or less The CO'it of fire fightlllg, exL!u'ilve .)f the "alane" of forest officers, wa" $7328333 ThiS sum, clClded to the proportIOn of the total salane'i of J an~erc, and guards properly chalgedble to patrol and fire fig hUng VI ac, le'ic, than one-twentieth of one pel cent of the \ alue of the timber protected, e<.,tlmated at an a\ erag-e 'itumpage value of ~2 pel thou sand" The Largest Rug. ::,ome tllne ago the firm of R J Smith & Co, furniture Jealeb of Pre<.,C]ue Isle, 1\1e, were authOrized tel furnish a big rug for the \Ia somc hall 111their town The order vva, placed With the Read Carpet company of Bndgeport, Conn It has been completed and has been shipped to Pre'3Cjue Isle It" dllnenslOns are 27 x 27 feet, and the COmpdn} states that It l'i the larg-e'it rug- ever made 111 Bridgeport, be111g too lar£; e to be packell 111the packing- room of the facto!} It II ac, rolled around a four 111ch tImber for "hlpp111g The la l:;"e'it rug-" orc1Jnal1ly made are 14 feet by 15 feet The \\ eH.;ht of lhl~ rug 10 300 pound'i, it'i cost l'i about $500 In de.,ll:;"n It h e"acth copied after the on ental Khlva Bokhara lUg- rL he com pan v ha'i 01 ders for four 'imaller rug-s of the same pdtteln tor the ,ame room 111wInch the large one WIll ])c u"ed The cro\\ 'itlcko c,teaclfa"tly to 111., caws WEEKLY ARTISAN BAD FIRE IN CHICAGO Fish Furniture Building Destroyed With Terri-ble Loss of Life. The SIX story bmldmg owned by L Fish & Co furniture dealers, on the corner of Nineteenth "treet and 'lA/abash avenue, Chicago, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday, March 25, and no less than tweh e of the employe" penshed m the flames Among the dea<l are 1\1 H Mitchell, brother-m- law of 1\1r Fish and l\1} ron Bell, ach ertlsing manager for the firm The property 10"" IS estimated at $150,000 an<l l'i supposed to be well coy ered by insurance L Fish & Co. are one of the olde"t and large"t retail furniture firms m Chicago The home wa" founded by the "emor member of the firm more than thlrt} } ear~ a~o and tlle bU"lne'is ha" grown "teadil} from the start until It redched enormou" proportiOn, California's Grent Lumber Port. San Pedro, a name unknown ea"t of the :\1Is,,\sslpPI. I" today one of the biggest if not the biggest lumher-recelv111g" port of the country. accord111g to the figures of her collector of custom" The gazetteers of eJght years ago assigned less than four l111es of de..,cnpbon to San Pedro It was descnbed as "a hay anJ mlet of the PaCific Ocean. in Californlia, 105 1111le" "outhea"t of Santa Barbara, 33 degre,,", 48 m111ute" north' That was all Today It J'i known as the ocean port for the Immense horticultm al and commercial actiVity thd< center" about Los Angeles San Pedro's cu"tom house figllles "how leceJpb last year of 0\ er 500 milhon board feet of lumber ThIs" as largely redwood, Dougla, fir, and} ellow pme, brought 111by coast \ e""el" from the forests of the northwe'it Accord111g to the Department of Commerce and Labor, New York's coastwise receipts of southern pane, for the year end111g December 25, "ere a little under 490 million feet Chicago recei, cd by water, for the full calendar year 1909, not qlllte 340 million feet of all k111ds of lumber exclUSive of logs. North Tona-wanda, X Y, recen ed over 170 million; Ludi111gton, Mlch, nearly 80 million, Cleveland, about 72 l111llion, and DetrOit, a little 0' er 66 million The arrivals of redwood, pine, and fir, at all the ports of San Francisco bay totaled 900 million feet The lumber arnval" at San Pedro are sugge"tJive of the remarkably rapId development not only of southern California but al'io of the 111land 'iouthwest The fruit grow111g secbon of southern California consumes much lumber, most of whwh l'i cut a full thousand mIles to the north, but Washmgton, Idaho, and Oregon lumber IS also distributed by rail from southern Cabfornia to many 111land p0111ts Despite the cost of the long shIp transit added to the rail freight charges, the competitiOn of lumber shlpper'i who use the all-rail route" from the northwest coast ~tate", or from the east, can be suc-ce'isfully met at "everal of those points by the ocean-and-rail loute ,hlppers The lumber hus111e"" of the matchless forest'i of the north"e"t has been fightmg agamst great odds in the l\riSSI" "Ippl valley an<l eastern mark~ts because of the cost of tran"portatiOn "In the PaCific coast states, which conta111 "0 large a part of the total stand of natIOnal forest bmber," says the forester of the Lmted States Department of Agn-culture. m hiS annual report for 1909," sales are made only when a faJr pnce IS offered and only under restrictions which "afeguard the future welfare of the forest Both these condi-tions tend to restnct sales 111 a regIOn where bmber is at present so abundant and so cheap The opening of the Pana-ma Canal will of citself almost revolutiomze the situation. 2S Luttmg'i which can not no\\ be made m the best \\ a} fOI the welfare of the forest, becau~e only the relatn ely high grade" of timber can be ~old, will then be practicable under much more favorable conditIOns" Mr. Dodds Home From the South. Alexandel Dodds of the Alexander Dodd'i I com pan} , Grand Rapids, has returned home from a two month" tnp m the south He spent most of the bme 111Mobile anJ New Orleans now claims about 400,000 111babltant'i and IS grow111g saloons m that city and It IS very rare to "ee an} one mtoxI-cated The ma111 bus111ess of the city 1~ fOlelgn commerce- Made by World Furmture Co , EvanSVIlle, Ind. recelvmg and shlppmg gooch to all parts of the world New Orlean~ now claims about 400,000 mhabltants and groW111g very rapidly. The south IS prospenng, he says The weather has been very backward but IS now well on towards spnng There are many "aloons 111K ew Orleans but very few 111toxlcated men on the streets, m fact he said that he did not see 111 all hiS travels as many 111toxlcated men as he would see 111 Grand Rapids 111 the same length of bme, although Grand Rapids IS not espeCially known for the number of Its 111ebriate~ Wedding Bells. Carl Gusta, Johnson, pre-'ldent and generdl managel of the Johnson Furniture company of Grand Rapids, ,,,as mal-ned on l\larch 24 to \1lss Emogene Van \\ Iltenburg, at the home of the bnde's parent~ on CI escent avenue, 111the pres-ence of thirty relatives and fnend'i The bndal couple left for ChIcago for a short tnp and will be at home after Apnl first at 61 Bnggs Court, Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dlbt Arrester com-pany are filling a large order m X ashVIlle, Tenn They have many other orders on their books and are d0111g a large bUSI-ness. r------~------------------ -- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent J R Taylor, Lake Benton MInn VIce President, D R Thompson Rockford, Mllln , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MInn Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville, Mmn EXECUTIVE CO\1\lITTEE-Chalrman Geo KleIn, Mankato Minn., 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mllln, W L' HarrIs l\1mneapohs, Mllln C DanIelson, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 104. FRAUDULENT MAIL ORDER PICTURES IN THE IRON BED GAME. In thIs second sene" of ell tlcle, exposln~ the me th()(h u,ul b\ thc maIl order house to tempt thc 11One,t eon'U111cr to P11 t \\ Ith 111' money we Illustrdte three more I11St Inces \\ hlch sho\\ 1]0\\ dc\ U h thIS I, done They are shov.n 111 the Llrge 'Ize Jlbt d" tllthtldtul 111 the catalog so as to be sure that the true proportIOn" arc gn en You wtll notice thdt the half tone Illustlatlon In black I" t Iken lrom the photo Everyone knows that It IS Impo"slble to mIke '1 c ,m era he, whtle pen drav.l11£; can be nn111pulated to the \\ III 01 the de sIgner Then we show two small Sl7C IllustratIon, ot cuh pI ep Irul t I our membcls whIch may be used In the11 ach el tlol11g c tl11p11"n t) plotect theIr I11terests These show the C1\ erdraw111g 111 propOl tlOn the same as the large cuts ThIS 0\ erdra\\ 111g ot Iron bed, h IS been practIced so generally thdt \\ e have become used to It The de Ilel S hd\e qUIetly sat by and a11o\\ed It to go unchecked \t '1n\ 1'1'e thcy have not e>-po"ed the'e methods as the} dtserve to be e,po,u\ \[0 doubt the reason for thl' he" 111 tne g;re It 011l.';111tl Ul't oj 111 dUClng a selles of these cuts B} the t1111e p11c1to' lIt t ILcn Ind IUt, made, It eosh consIderable mOI1L\ Yet \\ e behn e th It It h thc busl11ess of ,\I1y as'wuatlOn to do co operatl\ eI} th,lt \\ hleh l11elJ\ lel nally \\ould be out of the questIOn TherefOle \\e hdlC jJlcpIlld thIS second senes ","ote the e"tent of the U\ erdr \\1 111~ of the dle IjJ II 1\ h el },n t It hanc\"omL? Is It ,my wonder that \\hln d el\thtl111cl Ilho hd" heen ~tUdY1116 the mat! order LIt tloQ,' Lomc, IlIt< \ IUI -r II your bec\" appeal to hl111 hke pIpe ,tern aftan s mel hI '1\' I 1 11 get a bn WIth fi11mg; t\\ICL 1S I H~e ,IS that tOI the' Il11l pIlle L\ true deSCrIptIOn I' gnell bene1th thc hell, but \lhcll t Il IU' tomer once "ees the 0\ erelra\\ n pIcture, hI JuelQ,c, h\ thl111 tl 11l ft IS Ilot the lhffcrellcc In pnLe that IS so h,ll d to 0\ el10111l 1l I" the dIfference between our beds "nd the ones of the mall ordel IWlhc- ,IS l11u"trated m theu catalo6, The consequence of thIS IS that n1dny I tlmHI customer L0111e., mto your st()1 ( alld after look1l1g; 0\ er ) our ,tock sa} s I \ ell 1 \1 III see ,bout It" 1n ,Ibotlt t\\ 0 or three 1\ eek, tl111e \ Oil 110tILL I bcd dt the depot WIth theIr IMme Oil It The} h,\\ e oent then monl} e!lc! feel gutlty so they take the hed home all(1 '\\ l10thmg to lilY one db out It Pel haps the} \\ III nn er order \11} th111g Iga11l but that sale IS lost to you fore\ cr '] 111~ "ould IlC\ er hay e happl md If the mall order houses \\ ere nudc to l11u"tl Ite thell ooc!, 111 thcll true proportlOlls ThereforL \\ e cav that If ,111} cOllcern the, elouhttul 1111thoel- to get busl11cSS \\ hlch nghtfu11} belongs to \ ou It hce Imc, \ 1lI11 elun dnd prntlege to n:pose those method, Ind <,110\\ up thell ,chell]( You all kno\\ that If a man or hrm decen cs \ oU ollce \ oU nev Cl Cheap Montgomery Ward Bed. tJ ust hIm agtan Our worthy presIdent sdld sometlung at our last C011\ entlOn banCjuet when he saId IVe may h,lVe d11 these articles 111 OUl store and be thoroughly prepal ec! to meet cat dog competItIOn \ et thel e are hundreds of possIble customers who are gettl11g mall order hterature regularly and who NEVER or very RARELY re cene anyth111g from YOU' If you WIll studv the mat! order cat'1log you must reahze the PO\\ er of sug;gestlOl1 They arc ,1lways h1l1t1l1g that certa111 articles coulll not be boug;ht ft om the home dealer for the same pnce Just IS ,O)J1 '1' \\ e can ,set the consumer to be SUSPICIOUS of these meth od, tIle blttlc IS \\ on fOI If they WIll dehber"tely overdraw pIC-tures \\ hat eonhdence c 111 anyone have 111 anyth111g they say or do? 1'\ e mastered thL oltU'1tlllll 111 our commu11lty by meetmg the prop o"ltJOn lalrly and square I} \\Ith the exact goods The Inlorm ItlOn 1nd help tInt \\ e brIllg to you dre d" vaIueIes'- md theles, de, \ Q,lgantlC Jocomotl\ e WIthout steam If they are not used '1, the} should be IIany trdde papers and dealers SdY "We do n It lIke to -.,1\ e tl1el11 trel ,1c1\ertlsmg" But the day hds come \1 hen people I Lspect d hg;hter \\ ho IS not afraId to come out squarely mel boldh 1nd <,'Iv \1h It he me lib L\ repute tlOIl for domg thIS very th111~ I' the be,t p,ly111g Isset thM \\e h ne Do you reahze wDat It \\ oulc! be worth to you It every customer m your commu111ty be hev cd tInt) ou aJ\\ ,IVS fUl11lsh 111m WIth Ju,t ,IS good or better mer lh l11ch,e th21l thdt tUluI"hed bv the m,lll oldel house and at the <;,lme pIlle? Ot C0111se It IS no bo} , play to accompltsh thIS but any '\1111"; 1101 \h \\ htll IlljUUe" \\ ork It ah, ays LIkes strenuous efforts t Illll0l111 '111 llli Il1llclI I~ powerful el10ugh to thleaten the hfe j IIUI bU'll1C" e,htellLC \\ e \\ ,mt to say llght here that thIS as , lllt1<l1l IS 110 phle tOI the r don t CHe c\!ld It Lan't be done' pe lpk \\ e pIU\lde you I'>lth the weapons to plotect yourself but II e c'Innot go mto each mc1n IduaJ L0111mu111ty and conduct your bu,111es' for} ou ThIS as"oeldtlOn WIll only CI} stalhze mto some thllH.'. useful \\ hen It h utlltzec\ as It can and should be Brother De,J!er", ev el ywhere wake up to the posslbllttJe, that he m thh l'i',OCn'lOl1 Put In a stock of a gl\ en number of these bcds spr'nk Ie the11' ar,mnd 111 the \ dnous LOm111U11ltles hdve a sale \\ hen It I., tll 0\ el you WIll wonder \\ hy you (hd not thmK of It long a~o It h ,11 o"ht je I some of our trade p,lper, to tell us to talk 'Iu \ltt\ use, tlc,m In"lllp elL fhat I" ,tll nght 111 It, place but It elr es no\ shOll the e,tent of the frwd prolctlced by the 111,\1] order hmhC ,h thh methoc\ of 0\ erc1rdv. n tlJustratlons does ThIs Cdn ml) bl IceompIhhed In the \\ay we are c10mg It It gIves leverage to the t Ilk on qlnhtv etc Remember tl1dt we usually ~et what we 11 e lookmg tor If \\ e are \\ Illmg to pay the pnce Half-Tone of Same. Advertisnll Cut in Exact Proportion .. (SIngle column size) ThIS cut furmshed to our members for 25(' r-~(,~ ~\ I - r]\f\(\ ~~~~J \-1 ~~I~) ~II tf~~l \ I ~"..~ (Slllgle colnmn size) 'I IllS cut furmshed to our members tor 2')c rhI~ bed furmshed to our members for $1 19 S ngle column SILe ) 1111<;, Cllt ±Ulll.l<....lHd to OUI membel~ fur _Lll The Best Mont"OJRery Ward Bed. Overdrawn. Halt Tone of Same. Advertising Cut in Its True Proportion. (Slllgle column size) ThIS cut furmshed to our members for 25c Smgle column sIze) '1 hIS cut furnIshed to our members for 20c (SlllgIe column size) 'lhIS cut furnIshed to our members for 25c WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 This cut shows bed as illustrated in Sears Roebucks Catalog. This cut shows bed as it really is. You can't IUake the caIUera lie. This bed is furnished to our IueIUbers for $2.95 without the spring. S. R. special. This is the advertising cut showing the bed as it really is. COIUpare this with the upper one and note the extent of the overdrawing. ADVERTISING HELPS FURNISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION By gett1l1g these Ul11ts \\ lth the typc attached m} member ( 111 arrange almost an 1l1defi11lte sIze ad 111 a fev. mInutes Ii) ou adopt thIs U11lt system, all ) au have to do 1" to ~e1ect th e PdltCI n of bed you \\ Ish to ad, ertl,e, 1l1sertmg the pnce ) au \\ dnt to sell It for and you are sure that your "ad" IS properly "et up and ul11form By the use of these cuts yOU wIll save the first ongmal cost m thc savmg of spdLe usudlly used m these descnptlOns fhese cub ,He dll morthcd dt the bottom so that pnces Cdn be changed at wIll and the U11lt 1', always sUItable for all occasIOns If you tned to get these out yourself for mdn ldual use they would cost you $2 for thc hand dra\\ mg, 60c for makmg the LUt, 25c for sett1l1g up the type and sett111g the rule ,Hound dnd 35c for electJotYPlng Thus you can see that \\ e are fur11l,11111gyou a $320 value for only 40c, to say nothmg of the tIme and Lue It takes to prepare such U11lts A Good Cheap Straight Rod Bed ThIS F 2 No 9-041 straIght rod I Iron bed IS made m the best whIte enameled flmsh or m any other plam color deSIred "e adVIse the whIte fim sh as It IS the most lastmg ThIS IS m every way a good 11 on be and one that anyone could be pr,,"l of ha vmg m theIr horne at a ,ery cheap prlce SIzes d 4 or 4% ft WIdths PRICE '10 MEl\IBERC; V\ hlte or anyone (olor C'ombmatIOn ,erms Maltm Unlts-,Vlth l'vpe V\'Ithout '1':, pe 'J'hIS F 2 No 0 392 Iron bed can be had m erther whIte green or blue enamel fimsh or m Golden Verms Martm It has a lIS mch po~t and % Inch crosq rodb and I'" In ever y r e-spect a well constructed bed at a ,ery reasonable prlce, can be had m 2 SIzes 3 6 or 4 ft WIde PRICE TO MEMBIJRS WhIte or anyone color CombmatIOn Verms Martm Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth '1') pe W,thout Type ThIS F 2 No 9-472 Iron bed, a very plam Ieflned deSIgn m qUIte a heavy tubIng Castlngs are extra heavy and are made m gIlt trlmmmgs We have had great success WIth thIS de",gn and nevel had a complamt regaldmg ItS constructIOn and finIsh We furnIsh thIS m whIte enamel or m Golden Verms Martm SIze 4 ft Wide PRICE TO MEMBERS WhIte or anyone color CombmatIOn Verms Martm Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth Type WIthout Type ..... 40c 25c $231 257 284 I 40c ..,5c $3.68 394 420 4.73 40c 25c $5.25 551 5.78 6.30 A Pretty 5 FjlJer Bed at a Low Price I IllS I' 2 ,0 1 112 fly e filler Iron bed 111ake<., a fine ornament In any helll GOIn the 11lalll pIllar", at e 1 YR 111(h8<;; In dIdDletel and ('on~tructed m tl1e best pOSSIble manner It IS fimshed \\ Ith a rIch enamel or an, other pI am color WIth hrass top rod and heans SIze of thIS hed 4 ft 6 In PR1Cr 10 ,[L;\lB~~R" \Vll1te Ol dn\ one ( 1101 COmbll1 1.tlon "ernlb ,rat tln Unlts- \\ ltll f\ pe \\lthout T)pe A Good Camel Back Bed 'llllS F 2 ~o 0 241 Camel Back hE'd can be harl In "\arIon,;;; COIOl S Note the 4 hea\ \ flllel s at head and foot, and the hea. \ v CIO';;;<;;'; bat s on saIne and ~et "lth good hea\ v CdS tOI S <:lnd In e\ 81'\ \\ a.... d.. g'ood hIgh classed hed at a \ el v 10\\ pnce SIze 4 b 1" 6 2 PRICE TO MIJNIBERS \Vhlte or anyone color CombmatlOn Yerms Martm UnIts-WIth '1') pe V\ 1thou t '1'\ pe ----------~------ Thl" r K0 0 035 IS the greatest hal gaIn P\ 81 offered In a 2 Inch post 11 on bed The maIn pIllars are 2 m m d,amete, and IS a plam artIstic deSIgn In <:111"\bedroon1 FInIshed \\ Ith one co it of anti 1u"t filler and t"o loats of enamel SIzes 3 01 4 ft PRICE TO ME\IBER:" \\ 111te or an:, one color COmhInatlon ,7 eI nIb ,IartIl1 Mallogan) or Oak UnIts-WIth Type W,thout Type $ 278 1 305 331 40c 23c $3.26 352 378 400 25c $5.42 567 5.93 6.46 I 40c 25c A Good Heavy Flush Jointed Iron Bed ThIS F No 1-282 flush Jomted I Iron bed IS the most artistIC that can be had m thIS lIne, made In 8 I good whIte enameled fimsll and easy to keep clean WIth a good strong post and by all means If ) ou want a good durable bed I \\ ould adVIse you to order thIS one PRICE TO MEMBERS \Yhlte or anyone color COmhInatIOn \erms MartIn Mahogany or Oak Unlts- "Vlth '1'\ pe ,Vlthout Type 'i'hIS F 2 No 5-092 large Iron bed hea\lly con'ltructed and made up In a hIgh class finIsh of eIther whIte or Golden VernIS MartIn The posts are 1% mche" m dIameter WIth % mch cross rods, and set WIth heavy cast-ors trImmed WIth gIlt A hIgh class bed at a \ ery moderate pnce SIze 4 ft 6 In PRICE TO MEMBERS WhIte or anyone color COmbInatIOn VernIs MartIn Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth Type WIthout Type TIllS F 2 No 0 223 hIgh classed 11 on bed mam post and top tubIng 1% inch dIameter other fillIng 1 16 Inch FInIshed In enamel whIte or cOmbInatIOn colors and IS In every respect a bed that would make a pretty decoratIOn In an) bedroom SIzes 3 or 4 ft WIde PRICE TO MEMBERS ,Vhlte or anyone color . CombInation VernIs MartIn Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth Type....... . .. 40c WIthout Type . " .• 25c $294 320 347 6.97 40c 25c $4.73 5.00 5.25 . 5.78 40c 25c $593 620 646 6.97 To the member who has not had very much expenence m pre-panng ddverhsmg matter of this kmd, we want to ask you to SIt down and try to prepare an advertIsement the sIze of thIs sheet, go-mg mto your ~tock, plckmg out the vanous Itcms you wIsh to ad-verh~ e, wntmg up the descnptlOn~ whIch, of course, must be ac-curate, arrangmg them and see how long It takes you to get a copy of nme umts ready Then take your sCIssors and chp out the cost ThIS F 2 No 6 155 non bed, strong and made of heavy tubmg i'hze of postg 2 mches m dIameter heIght of head 60 lnches and can be had m 31h or 4 ft wIdths Flmshed and baked m the best whlte enamel or any plam color desired All chills are gilded PRICE TO MEMBERS 1Vlllte or anyone color CombmatlOn Verms Martm Mahogany or Oak '--------------- Units-WIth Type Without TYPE> ADVERTISING UNITS CONTINUED. $5.93 620 6.46 6.98 of the beds you want to run m an "ad", paste on a sheet of paper to act as gUIde or dummy for the pnnter, puttmg In the pnce you want to advertIse them for and you WIll readIly see the great savmg of tIme and care you get by usmg the assoClatlOn advertIsmg umt system vVe use these 111ustratlOns to bnng forcIbly to your milld the fact that we are bnngmg yoU the best possIble help the assocI-atIOn can by these prepared U111tS A Beautiful 5 Spindle Decorated Panel Iron Bed. . 40c .25c This F 2 No 2-051 five spmdle decorated panel non bed well con-structed and can be had m white enamel or anv other one color or m Golden Verms Martm The posts are 1'1s mches m dIameter wIth % inch cross lods which renders the bed perfectly mdestructlblr< 31.le 4'1" ft Wide Good Low Priced Bed. A Good Decorated Panel Bed. This F 2 No 2 121 Iron bed can be had m White, combmatlon color or Golden Vernis Martm This bed IS made m % Illch post and % mch cross rods and set wIth extra heavy castors ThIs bed is made ln clean and smooth Chlll work and III every way a good substantIal bed Sizes 3-6, 4-6 ft Widths A Pretty Decorated Panel Bed. This F 2 No 3-051 Decorated Panel bed IS made entIrely of lron, with steel SIde ralls and % Illch pIllars It lS 52 mches hIgh, and decorated with pretty fioral deSigns and the effect IS new and attractIve This bed lS fimshed m white enamel or In combmatlOn or Golden Verms Martm colors SIze 4 ft 6 m This F 2 No 9-492 Iron bed with decorated panel and % mch posts III dIamE>ter,and wIth % mch cross rods, makes a very neat deSIgn m a low prIced bed The bed IS 4 ft WIde, and makes a very fine deco-ratlOn for any home m either whItE! enamel, or Golden Verms Martm I I---- - ------- ------- 'i'hls F 2 No 5 392 beautIful deco-rated panel bed, IS made up m a \ ery floral deSign and a very good constructed bed m every way The post~ are 1'1s mch m diameter, and the cros~ rods are of heavy tubme-and In every respect a bed that would be apprecIated m every home This F 2 No 4-492 decorated panel bed, IS made entnely of Iron wIth solId steel ralls and heavy set cas-tors The mam pIllars are 1!jg mch m diameter with % mch cross rods ThlS bed can be had m whIte or m any other plam color, or m Golden Verms Martm It IS a very artIstic bed m every respect ThIs F 2 No 0-051 Iron bed IS made of the \ ery best material and IS beautifully decorated with floral deSigns Note the heavy post~ and tubmg, and everythmg to make up a flrst class bed Fmlshed with one coat of antI-rust and two coats of enamel, Or In GoldE>nVernIs Martm Size 4-6 or 3-6 Unlts-Wlth Type WIthout Type 40c 25c ,- I 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN j I II IIt I II ,II -- .---_._----_._.-------------------- .------- - -- -- -- _. . - .- -- ..- - _._-_._---_. ---_._--_. FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil, in aGid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place 10 the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. Tbe Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK Everythmg m Pamt SpeclaltIes and Wood F1U1shmg matenals Flllers that £111. Stams that satIsfy. --~-_._------------_._.--_._-----_. --_.-~ _. - - - ~_. _ •• - __ a' PHILADELPHIA LETTER H_ H. Hirsch Trying to Revive the Furniture Exposition Project. PhIladelphia, .:\Jatch 22-The U'ie 01 the auto dell' en wagon'i is becol111l1g more genetal even \car \t the ptee.,- ent time, most of the large fitnb ha\ e se\ elal large auto-mobtles wh1ch the) clan11 can do much more than hor'ies and wagons w1th a less expense on the \\ hole 1hey make de- Evenes out as fa1 a, fift) 1111lesand can carn an 1111111enSe load of goods '1 he horse 1., gradualh hemg 1eplaceel but tt 1t doubtful that he w111go out of use altogether The b1g stnke b sttIl on w1th no real .,ettlement m 'iight The Ul110n labor hands hay e gone out m 1110St all lmes of trade 0\ er 100,000 hay e been out and hay e done un-told damage to the bus1l1ess lllterests of the city Some have returned to work this week George V.,r Brenn of 1306 ~ orth l\1a1 shaIl street cloe., a large bus1l1ess in canmg chan" for the trade and se1l1l1g cane suppl1es through the west and south Burt Bros, say that furmture should have made more than a 10 per cent raise m pnces a., plate gla'is, lumber, hard-ware fitt1l1g:;, cotton and sIlk goods have all made c0ll'31der-ablt~ advances Their furl11tule anJ beddlllg plant 1S busy, workmg fuIl ttme Order'i are C01l1111gm \ e1y "" eIl and md1- c,lte a good season The Canton (Pa) Couch com pan) hay e gl' en up the couch lme and are maklllg dumb \\ alters .:\11 HaIlet \\ ho was .,alesman for the Canton Couch compan) ha., tahen up the l1l1e of the Easteln Lounge com pan) , fot Penns) h al11a and New Jersey Thomas P Lawler & BlOS, of 136 North Second street, ___ -4 \\111 plOhably go out of busllless, as the firm is in the hands of thetr C1 ed1
Date Created:: 1910-03-26T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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12. Michigan Artisan; 1906-01-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ----- ---- -- .-- ".~ 1 .26th Year---No. 14 JANUARY 25, 1906 One Dollar Per Year fl~"I· '~'~~ II ~ WHO LOOKS NOT BEFORE, FINDS HIMSELF BEHIND! WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT, THAT IN OUR LINE FOR SPRING SEASON 1906 THERE IS VARIETY-DASH AND STYLES WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE ATTEMPTED TO BRING OUT-THIS BEING MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR IM-PROVED FACILITIES, RE-ARRANGE-MENT OF METHODS AND CON-STRUCTION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT ANY DEALER WHO HANDLES GOODS OF OUR LINE WILL FIND THEM WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE, QUICK SELLERS AND GOOD PROFIT PRODUCERS. WE HAVE A NEW CATALOGUE MAKING AND A POSTALREQUES'f WILL SURELY PUT YOU ON THE LIST. DINING ROOM SUITES BUFFETS SIDEBOARDS. CASTERED, SECTIONAL BOOK-CASES. NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE CO. CRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Very Popular Colonials No. 1831 Top 22 x 16. Mahogany, Carved Edge. Dull or Polished. Price $7.00 Each Handsome Colonial patterns, to meet the latest demands in style are being constantly prepared by our Two Skilled Designers. We guarantee critical inspection of every piece by Two Expert Inspec-tors. Our complete Line shown during January at Chicago, I3 19 Mich. Ave., 7th Floor, in charge of Mr. J. W. Smith, and Mr. H. S. Smith. New York: 428 Lexington Ave., 5th Floor, in charge of Mr. A. Weston Smith. Wolverine Manufacturing Co. DETROIT, MICHIGAN MR. KROLL'S AGREEABLE SURPRISE. 26th Year-No. 16. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. JANUARY 25, 1906. $1.00 per Year. His Visit to the Gral1d Rapids Market an Education. \\'hell 11. D. Shattnck of UU=,tUIl. buyer hw I!Ollghtoll & J)utton':-.;fnrnittt:"c dep;'lrttlH'llt. c;\ll1C to the January exposi- 'i'lll, he was acc\)lllpanied by Charles K~'()ll, the dry goods huyer fur the same C(ltllp:llly. 1t ,vas tbe latter's first visit to the lnarkel-"ma<!c," said he, "jl1st 011t ()f curiosity," After an inspectio11 ot' the market ::'IlL [(.roll expressed his snrprise ;111(\ astonishment at the 11l<lg-llilicCl1cc. the quality ,\1ld the l~()111pldenes,'i (If the exhibits and above all the absence of c'!ll\"elltiollillity. A cumparisun bctvrccll tJJe dry guods 111a~·- kct and the furniture market made by hinl shows that furni- Inre is sold on its merits and not on price alonc, a fact ·which met the great approval of ?vTT. Kroll anti which elicited the wish that in his line of buying husiness might be conducted ,111 the samc basis. Furnishing the Hall. Halls that. are e,lSY to treat are those ·where the stair-case turns ahove <t platform near the base of the stairs. A pretty scheme has white paint, ;\1](:1rcd felt wails, with a cream ceiling. A dado (Ol[ warm Persian design jn paper protects the 100ver \valls. The staircasc winds until it comes opposite the front door, and with a mabogall:r handrail and thin white spindles h;:15an old world appearance. This hall is square and with a sofa and a table makes an attractive reception hall, although it is sm;dl, and only all old house on a stt·eet with no garden in hont. Another hrdl in a l,lrge colonial honse, in the country, possesses a wide staircase with a balcony leading to the second flight. which continues up the othel· side. A large two toned. green foliage p;tper covers the walls broken only by a chair rail. Lots of light comcs from the staircase windows and door windows. and the white woodwork and (lId m;l!lOg;l11Y flrllitl1re <,etchmake the Sl11TOlllHlings;\11([ help \0 make a ple;lsiug- imprcs;;ioll rf the walls of a hall a:·c high, they lLlttst be broken h.v llwulding, and it seems most practicable to have <I dado of hurlap, paper 0,· paint. This should be ill proportion to the height of the \vall on the staircase. One might have the dado rencwed without undue expenditure, whcn (as the eu-tire hall always costs money) expense could be saved. Avoid large figures, also set figures. One rarely sees so-called "hall paper" that is suitable for the purpose. They are mostly badly drawn, and poo:·ly colored, and the poor creatures who are talked into buying them are much to be pitied. There is a Jap811csC chrysanthemum papel·, made in a11 shades, two tonc which is entirely a background paper; it is sold as a bedroom paper, hut it is peculiarly well adapted Ior a ball. It was ncw last spring, and costs twenty cellts: although treated in a Jajl,l11ese manner. it is American in make. Plain felt papc ;; are good, and economical, espec-ially above a stained burlap dado, but they certainly fadc. J.et the halls look inviting lla\"(~ a little table near the door, a mirror, and a chair or settee, but do not !l;n'e comhi-nation scats or painted drain pipe~ for umbrellas, and large p;lttemcd carpds 011 the Boo,s. 'staineu floors and rng.'i which can be ~1Jakell at least twice a ",'cek, {)are stairs, or velvet carpets (If neat Persian designs; sheer wil'Ldow cur-t. ains that let ill all the available ligbt. copper bmvls for cards, ;llld a growing plant llr fern 011 tbe t;\hlc; these are the little deL\ib t!l;lt l11;lke a succes~ft11 hall. Chicago Furniture Dealer's Narrow Escape in BJieaeh of Promise' Suit. A furniture dealer of Chicago n;l111ed\Iax Provll.:'; be~~allLc infatuated with a young lady's photograph and a con-e~pol1- dence ensued \vhich in duc time led to a proposal of mar-nage. Provn5 wished the young lady, ).liss Shafer, who is a Russian. to come to America and she consented. Tn the meantime before her arrival in this country, Provus married a .Miss Schoenberg. \Vben Tvliss Shafer arrived in Chicago, she sued Pronts for breach of promise, and $10,000 damages were asked. Defore the suit \vas tried 1\1iss Shafer met and married Samuel Perlman So the furniture lnan narrow-ly csc[lped the payment of $10,000. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes J,lANurACTURCD DNt-y a y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHINti CO. ZS!I-63 ELSTONA.VEmZ-16 SLOAN ST, CH I CACO. 4 "Cyco" Bearing SWEEPER The kind with the demand established and constantly being expanded. Not the "Just 85 Good" kind, bot the BEST. The kind that sellsltse1f and always pays the dealer a good profit. Our line for 190h will be the largest. most complete, (and contains more valuable mechanical improvements that experi-ence alone can produce) that has ever been offered to the trade. You don't have to waste your time talking the Bissell to sell it, as its reputation is too well known. The advertisements of the Bissell in high class magazines and newspapers for the year 1906, will practically reach the entire reading population of the United States and Canada. Write for our spring offer. BISSELL CARPET SWEEPER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World.) BRANCHES: NEW YORI{ (Easteren office, salesroom and export dept.) 25 Warren St. LONDONl,..ENGLAND(Office and warehouse) ~ Wilson St. Finsbury, E. C. TORONTO, CA~.ADA,Office alld fadory, l8'20 Pea,1 St. PARIS, FR'NCE, (Omce and factory) 42 Rue des Vinaigne-rs. All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send for Catalogue No. 88-Child's High Chair with Unger Safety GUiU"d. Yukon EGonOmiG Refrigerators AND 6hllkoot ZINC LINED AND WHITE ENAMELED There are exc-ellent reasons why you should buy the above. The catalog tells you what they are, Send for one. The Michigan Barrel Co. 670 CANAL IT. GRAND R.APIDI. "'Ie". RICIIMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Write for Catalogue. Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN Smith N... 328 All Iron ~ $3.75 net & Davis Mfg. CO. ST. LOUIS MAKERS OF Patented July 15, 190~. No. 704702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of. rails answer instead of having two stocks, ODe of regular, the other inverted. Pillars, 11-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. \i\Jeight, 67 lbs. METAL BEDS ... WITH STANDARD .-t REVERSIBLE RAILS Standard Reversible RaU SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE BEDSTHAT DO NOT WIGGLE YOURS FOR THE ASKING A CATALOGUE OF The Estey Standard Line Large and complete and can't be beat. Drop a postal card to ESTEY MANUF ACTURING CO. owosso, MICH. THE BUILDERS OF ====The ==== Northern Line are showing DISTINCT ADV ANT AGES in making Design, Finish and Construction the Important Factors No. 90. BED. Fun Si,.. 74 in. high. Poli,hud Q".""ud Gnlden O.k. GIVING IT Mahogany, Bidsye Maple. PHYSICAL as well as ARTISTIC STRENGTH The Line as it will be shown in January will be WELL BALANCED as to GRADE and PRICE and will STIMULATE DEMAND in the broadest sense of the term. NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN LMannl.ctnre" 01 BED ROOM, DINING ROOM, .nd KITCHEN FURNITURE No. 2090. DRESSER Toy 24x44. Plate 24x30. Full Swell Polished O!!ar-tercd Golden Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple. ROCKFORD FRAME AND FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, SEND FOR CATALOGUE PARLOR CABINETS MUSIC CABINETS DINING CABINETS HALL SEATS HAT RACKS HALL TREES SHAVING STANDS CHEVAL MIRRORS LADIES' DRESSING TABLE LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESK GRILL CABINETS LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS DRESSERS Princess Dressers Misses' Dressers Manufactured by WRITE FOR CATALOGUE, CHIFFONIERS Liberty Furniture Company Jamestown, N. Y. In Golden, Curley Birch, Golden Oak, Mahogany Veneer and Birdseye Maple. . 8 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND H.APIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO. . . . , , 12.35 Noon Y.uffet Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun , 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night AT. CHICAGO •.........•........•.... 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping C8.r Pbone Union StatioD for Re•• rvatlons To Grand Rapids [,v. CHICAGO 8:45 A.M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .•••••. , ••...•••.•.. 1 :50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, i"iihCSt~:~~WEx~.~ Sun.. . . .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 5.50 P. M. Buffe. Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, r:ihcs&~~ti't1E~x. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlnrt Ca.. Lv. CHICAGO, NibCSt~~~~D~aily Il-55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Ca.r Phone Mlchlian CeDtl'll. City Ticket Office for Reservations. 119 Adam. Street Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE I, QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE aod CURLY BIRCH CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK The Safe Side isthe Right Side THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR TRADE IS FILLED BY THE BELDING-HALL MANUFACTURING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATORS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE GOOD POINTS --IN-- REFRIGERA TORS Three Great Factories Capacity, 80,000 per annum Write for Our Catalogues Investigate Our Quarter Sawed Cases SOLID QUARTERED OAK The Belding~HallManufacturing Co. BELDING. MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICES-213 Canal Street,New York, 196 Momoe Sl., Chicago. 10 MATTRESS VALUES. Process of Manufacture Explained. This article is written at the suggestion of a well kllo\VIl retail furniture dealer who made the following statement: "I find on investigati.on that the mattress and bed business is the most profitable branch of our trade, and considering the capital invested, very much t11C best. I am informed that you wefe among the first, if not the first, mattress 111<11111- facttlrer in this country to 'break away' from the old and in-ferior methods. I also remember thn1 the first cotton felt MliPufactured11J.y Ranney Refrilleraror Co .• Greenville, Mich, mattres J ever saw ""as ('xhibitcd hy yOll at Grand Rapids ahout eleven years ago, and T do not remember that any nthcr manufacturer was offering them to the trade at that tinLe. r am seeking information on the subject of mattresses, and shall propound the same qucStiOllS which I now ask you, to other manufacturers before T leave the, market." Different Grades of Cotton F~lt. The first qll(~stion discussed was the relative real value of the different g;'ades of cotton felt. To cover this point it was necessary -to explain as briefly as possible the present llH·~thod of producing cotton felt, which is ,\S follows: The raw cotton is takcn from the bale and passed through an "opener" or beater"~ which loosens it up, in which condition the Just and foreign matter can be cxtractcd by means of air currents, screens, etc. It then goes to the carding engine, where it is carded or combed into thin gauzy sheets of such delicate texture as might be compared with a lady's veil. These sheets are folded back ..v.ard and forward by a special machine, scveral thousand folds forming a "batt" of the de-sired thickness. These "batts" form the layers in a cotton felt mattress. In the handling of the stock through the above process there is an average loss or shrinkage of thir-ty per cent About ten per cent of this loss is absolute, be-ing dust, saud and other foreign matter. Twenty per cent, however, appears in the form of short fibers of pure cotton which have been combed ont by the carding process and are found collected in and around carding engines and the open-er. The long staple has all been carded into the gauzy web which forms the "hatt" ami a certaill percentage of sbort stock as well, but as abo ...e. stated abont twenty per cent of the original amount is lost unless reclaimed. As a method 71R T I >5' JI.J'J' e 7$. of reclaiming this hventy pcr cent of waste, a second and in- (erior grade of feit nnttress was found expedient. Taking advantage of the bet that a certain pe'centage of short staple can be c<lrded into the weh ,'vith the long staple cottOll, manufacturers of felt mattresses have taken the waste from the highest class of cotton manufactured'by them, mixing it with a lower grade of cotton, and producing a lower and less costly grade of felt; ag;:tin taking the waste. rcpeating the process, and each time producing a g;-ade inferior and less costly, It is to be regretted that some manufacturers have carried their ideas of reclaiming this waste beyond the limits of utility, and in many cases to the actual detriment of the business, it being impossible for dealers and consumers to judgc thc valuc_ of a felt mattreSS except by using the article. Tn this OllC can readily see the origin of the many grades of felt mattresses offered in the market by some manufacturers. The comparntive value of the felt nwde in the original or first process withollt the waste, and of the felt 111ilde by the fifth 0;' sixth proccss, in which the -v.'astc has been mixed, can he readlly imagined, f;spec1ally hy one w1w is aware of the Lt-l that the length of the st;ll)le or libel' of cotton contrihutes illlly ninety per cellt to its real value in a cattail felt lrtattress. The h\ea~hing prn~es5 is sonwti\l1cs res')rted to after the third or fourth process of carding. for the purpose of making LIp in appearance whnt the stock lacks in real value, hut the effect of the disillteg--:\ting chemic:tls used ill the bleaching proccss has been found exceedingly dct:-imental to the prac-tical value fn cot1011 felt, as it takes away its resiliency, and \",ill doubtless be abandol1cd altogether for this reason, a1- thOllg\1 m,Uly (lealers (lnd consumexs are deceived hy its ap-pearancc. Tt is to he reg·retted that inferior g;'ades of felt mattresses have b(~en offered by manufactnrers and demanded hy dealers. -in view of the fact that consumers were prepan'd to pay a price for the ;\1 ticle commenSllrate with its callie. The next question was, "\iVhat is the comparative valtH' of curled hair and cotton felt as a filling for mattresses?" T have :dways conceded that curled hair is far superior to cotton felt as a mattress filling, if the 'cost is not to he con-sidered. Curled hair is the most perfect fibre, for mattresses known at the lwesent time, being the most resilient, but good curled hair (long staple) has a high market value. It is true that a good cotton felt mattress is a more satisfactory article at the same cost, than a very low priced hair mattress, but a customer who wants the best regardless of cost will do well to consider the merits of long curled hair. And here I want to refute the charge that all curled hair is obtained from the cilrcassesof -infected beasts. Repl1table manufactluers of curled hair are scrupulously ca:-eful in the cleansing and prep-aration of the product, and it is safe to say that fully ninety per cent of all hair used in mattresses is taken from slaugh-tered or Hve beasts, and not from infected carcasses. Fur-thermore, in the process of curling hair it is subjected to heat of suJlicient intensity to destroy all germs. The next question discussed was the ticking or covering for a mattress and its construction. It was my opinion that the cloth should be sufficiently strong to retain the filling ma-terial, and for commercial reasons should be of cost propor-tionate to the calculated life of the" article. It is, of course, essential that every seam in the COllstructi~n of a mattress tick should be cqually as strong and substantial as the ticking itself. In the fierc.e war of c.ompetiti.on th.e 'double sewed" mattress tick was abandoned many years ago, and fe\V dealers who arc now in the business have ever seen such a thing. To construct a tick by the, "double seam" process, it was first formed and joined "wrong side out," and one seam run all around. It was then turned "right side out," each seam was doubled back and covered with a heavy tape or braid; a sec-ond sealll was then run around it, passing through -and secur-ing the braid while at the same time it gave a double strength to the parts united. Old Method of Joining Mattress Ticks. This process more than doubled the lahor cost oyer the process ]l(l\V in ('onUllOIl use, hut mving- h\ the f~lct th:lt tJ](· rig 1 difference in c011structinn wa;:; 110t apjl;\:-vnt to the casual oh-server it was -abandoned. 111 Figuc 1 i.'"i hOWll the proC(,!-i~ of "double seaming." Present Common Method of Joining Mattre~s Ticks. Single S.. ~- '~ Tn figure 2 is sho-wn the ordinary method 01: the present day used in the construction of so-called "bound ticks. ' and in Fig 3 • (q,i:-llre 3 is shown the dotlhlc welt, a scam produced hy an Double Welt Seam Improves Method of Joining Mattress Ticks. atlachlllcnt for a sevving machinc which has becn recently in-vented, and which will dOUbtless c(lrne into general use, o\ving to the fact that this seam can he lL'oduced by meaHS of this ,at<ichmcnt at a trilling cost ovn the common method of bind-ing, and is much strong'er than the tick itsclf. The next important point discussed was the comparative value of thc imperial edge finish Of "roll edgc" over the com-mon ~tyc of "bliud stitching" or side stitching. Showing Natural Form of Edge Before Finishing. Referring; tC) the illustrations, rlgure 4 represents a piece cut ont of a mattress with a knife, the same ftS you wOl\ld cnt a cheese, Of in technical phraseology a "sectiour:d view." This mattress has heen brought dowll to a level hy the tufts, and it will be 110te<1 that the edge is round, assuming the form 11 which any bag will assume \vhen filled with rcsilient m<lterial. To produce a square or rectangular form thc edge of a mat-tress 111\1:,t be stiffened and reinrorced by S011le 111eans. and the ordinary blind stitching or ';side stitching'· \Vas used for Blind Stitching. this 1)(1:·po~e. As shown in Ilgue .1 ~tichcs WC1"e pass('d around a portion of the resilient material awl back a~:;-;lill rhHl11gh tIle ticking, d.awing the cflg;e of the mattre~s in and givill:-;- it the desired rCclangn1:tr iurm. line shows the original form. Eff,ect of Service on Blind Stitched Edge. The dotted hgllre 6 show~ the generic defect of this process. It will be observed h.y reference to thi~ ilhlstr~ltion that tht: rcsiliellt materiri.l has become somewhat separated, and that t.he lIiltui"al pressure whi("h ("c,mes by the lIse of a mattress has forced the edge (jut almost to its original imperfect form -,-Olle oj lile r~as()lls \vhy mattresses spread in service :111(\ hecoIlle lon large for the hed which they originally lit. Advantage of Imperial Edge Finish. Fig-me 7 shows the Cllllstnlction of the imperial edge, the l1tility of whieh is obviolls. The stitches pass through the ticking and top of the llUlltrcss as \'V-ell as on the side, awl , , form :l gcolllelrict1 arch which will Hot yield to pressure so long ,IS the cords arc intact. This style of ilnishing, \vhile rcquiring a greater deg1-ee of skill in its pfoper execution, 1."1much more desirable, ;\l1d <'ldds double its cost to the value of a mattress. C. A. FISHER. ~- The Luce Furniture GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Ask the Attention of Furniture Dealers We Manufacture Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture in Mahogany, Oak. Birch and Maple, Century Furniture Co. F ac.tory and Sale",room 153-159 Canal st., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. INCREASED FACIUTIES DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF fiNE Parlor and Library Furniture ANEWLINEOF Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Exclusive and Pure in D",.il!n LARGER LINE Co. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE, Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids.. . 2:45p. m. 7:05p. m. Ar Philadetphia , 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New York. _.. . 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Rlock. Two Fast Trains C. A, JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. • Lv Gd RapIds 710 am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd Rapids 12 OSIITi Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Raplds 4:25 pm Ar Chicago 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily AT Chicago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Service a la carte. Pere Marquette Pllr!o:ITcars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. TNREE TRI\INS D ET R 0 I T TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:40 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served II. la carte all trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 am and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains i seat rate, 25 cents. fOUR TRI\INS TO AND fROM CmCAGO H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSHNGKRAGENT, PHONE: 1168 Grand Rapid_, Mich. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" DOUBLE THE NUMBE.R of Mahogany Patterns and a largely increased number of patterns in Quartered OaK are shown in our Spring Line. Ct:lAMBER SUITES. SIDEBOARDS. Ct:lIFFONIERS. DRESSERS and TOILETS. WRITE FOR NEW CATALOGUE. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibits Chicago, 141 t Michigan Avenue. Fourth Floor, in charge ofF. L, Billings. New York. Furniture Exchange. Fifth Floor. No. 33, inchargenfGeo. C. Dyer. Makers of Library Suites. Library Book Cases, Music Cabinets, Ladies' Parlor Desks. Medicine Cabinets THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA WE manufacture the larg-e$ t Hne of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, suitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all Public Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cots. and Cribs in a larg-e variety. . . . Send lor Ca.taloglle R[ld Prices to Kauffman Mfg. CO. ASHLAMD. OHIO QUARTER-SAWED IN~~~ OAKVENEERS CHOICE FIGURE " EXTR<\ WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figuu preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana Valley City Desk Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A most successful sale in the market speaks for it-self. Seeing is believing. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFICE TYPEWRITER and STANDING DESKS Irrilt ilt OJUf lor }/(''It' Spring Caft/log. MAiled If) dtdJen only. The Ford en Johnson Co. MANUFACTURERS OF "'Fiber Rush" and "'Malacca" Furniture ALSO Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers. Our Dining Room Suites include Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak, all finishes; alw in Solid Mahogany. SALESR OOMS .. Cl!itdgl), Neu/ l'(Irk, BriSton, ft1dHq Cincinnilti, O.~ Frllllkfort, Ky., Atltmfa, Ga. GENERAL OFFICES: Sixteenth St.. and Indiana Ave., CHICAGO. No. 3jlJ;..f C 2 L. THE EVIL EYE'S SPELL. Anna Eva Fay's Prediction Proved an Unhappy One for Providence Dealers. Tlle merchants of Providcuce cOlllplailL that the last h"liday trade ,vas not up to its usual Inark owing to All11a Eva Fay's malign predicti011 of a boiler explosion, due to take place ill the furniture department of some store. The result was that many would-he pllrch,lsers \",ere influenced awl made IW ]>l1n:hascs. ,\1](1 others went to Bost(IJ\ lor their shopping. Tl\(, s('nsih](- nul'S, of COllrsc. were not influ-enced. oIll' fl,"1l1 \\'Cllt Sll far :l:-' to (Iraw tll(' lires l'om their heating apparattl:-'> aud to SPClut sC\Tral hundred dollars ~1c1- yertising the fact. It migbt he \vell. ,llllJther Chrisllll;\S season to have ~\lllla Eva Fay packed ofT s;tfely tn EW(llH.' :llld ,,0 insl1re a better trade. 1\Teedless to say, the e:\plosioll fnilcd to arrive. Important Ruling in Insurance Case. The supreme court ()f i\!illllt'''ota 1t;ls (lecided that ill ~'ilse of fli·C. !Julieie" arc \i)id llilles," s;lid prllpnly and huild-ing" ane o\ulcd hy the 111Sl1r('(\ The case in (jl1estioll was that ui Parsuns, l:':'ich and Cll111P;lll}', Ill<lIlUfacturers or l\'cw (on. la. 1\1'1'. P;trSOIlS owned ;111(\It'a~ed 1Ji~ IHOpCl-ty to tll!..: el,II1lJlal1y ill which hc had all interest and when the hnildill.~-S \\'cre damag-ed by j-ire: the recei\"er of the bankrupt ill sur-anee cumpany rdl1~e(1 to admit their claim ;IS yalid, The judgc directed tlll' return of the premillms alld g';"'C his \)pillioll ill tile case as fullo\vs: Tbe provision with rc:ierellce to cnvnership alHl title applied tu the existing conditiol1s and not to fnture Cll;lllg,,-,S in title. It \\'<'lS incumbent llpon tile applicant to disclose the natllre of the title.. ~'* .\n insurance company can!lot lake advJntagc of a condition in its Jlolicy to avoid pa}'melLt of a l()ss when the facts, which hy its terms inval itlate the !JlJlicywcrc known to it or its agent, when it issued the policy, * * * \Vhen a policy of insurance ncver atlaches, and no risk is ,lsslnned, the insured may recover back the prel11iu111S, unless he has been guilty of fraud, or tbe contr;\ct is illegal, and he is in part delicto. :I: * * Tbe contract is entire ;lllcl the increase of a moral hazard caused b:r thc COllditiOll oi a title to the land upon which tbe building's stood, affeeled the elltire property, which was destroyed. Entitled to Trade Discount. The Slllith Table C01l1pany sued P. \V. i\ladscn of Salt Like City to recover a balance said to be clue for the salt:: 15 The defendant was to receive a cash if aCCol1l1t was paid within fifteen of ccrtain furniture. disCOll11t of fifteen per cel1t days. The defendant contended th;,!: he was to have \'v·bat IS knO\Vll as a "trade discount," which meallS a discoullt of that ,llllm11lt if paid within ninety days. The amount of the sale less the fifteen per ccnt discoullt was paid by defendant within ninety days, but the company refused to allow the discount ;l1ld gave the defendant credit for the amount: paid <111(1sued him for the balance. The 10we1" court f01111c1 th,lt tbe agrecment \vas that defendant .~holdd have a tratle diSCOlLnt and hellcc rendered a decision 111 hi,:; favor. 1'he company in its appeal cOlltelllleJ that the salesman \\11\l made the sale !J;j(.1 110 al1tllority to give anything l)11t a Manufactured by Cenlury F umiture Co., Grand Rapids. Mich. c<lsh discoullt and hence exceeded his jurisdiction whell he gave defendant a trade discount. The supreme com·t, 11o\\'(':\,cr, holds that the <\g-ent was tbe general agent of the company in charge of its gcneral salesroom at Grand Rapids, :IIH[ that lie had authority to bind the comp,lIly 011 a uade discol1lJt as well <"ISa cash discount. I F..-Y 0 U H AV ENE V E R T R lED 0 U R RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES DETROIT F'ACTORY OF GOODS CANADI"'N FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO FULL POSSIBILITIES OF THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMOFlE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT. Koenig &. Gamer furniture Co. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA, COMBINATION, UPRIG"T and MANHL folding Beds Odd Dressers, Princess Dressers, Napoleon Bedsin Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 Michigan Ave. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III. Factory No. 22 to 18 Pratt Street "It "Was "Worth Coming Three Thousand Miles to See" Remarked a buyer from the Pacific Coast. Of course he referred to the SLIGH LINE. Every-thing for the bedroom Wait for our agents. SLIGH FURNITURE co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. make a specialty of distributing pool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpels, linoleum and interior hnish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloader in Chicago Carloader in Grand Rapids ]. M. Welling, 633 So. Jefferson Street Gelock Tran,fer Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE ·"~M']f]iIG7fN The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) Th, fad i; NOW DEMONSTRATED 'l~eyond a:l doubt ~hal th~ sale ot ONE REX Inner Tuftel~ Mattres~ \vir cause inquiry sulliciellt :0 sell T\VO and so i: goes on growing and enlarging your husiness ag ours has cnlargeJ- () C R BEST TRADE. \Vrite lor o',n DelY book:et "The King at Tufts," and !earn aJ: abO,lt this Sp:cndir. Ma::rcss. v;,! e hlrnish these heal:.,)fll: :i:tle 20 page houkleu to ClHwmers and. licensed agents. Get on terms, pr:ces, etc. \Vrite right now. Don't wait. A card Hil! do. AllY thing to "ho,v your jnteres~. CHARLES A. FISHER & CO. 1302 M;ch;gan Ave .. CHICAGO, ILL. PFORIA, n!.. ST. I.orns, MO. LiNeOl.H, ILL, )'vllNNEAPOLIS, llnNN. Sole ]'v!anu./arturen under Licenst Amtriow Maltre11 ana' CUJbion Company. 17 SUPREME "SIMPLICITY" No. 556 liS a Davenport. BEST SELLING SPECIALTY IN UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE IN AMERICA, "Simplicity" Davenport SofA Bed. Seal Raised fot Acce~s 10 Bedding. In Thil Position lhe Bed isself-Suslaininll" EVERY DEALER WHO ASPIRES TO DO HIS SHARE OF THE DAVENPORT BED BUSINESS SHOULD CARRY THIS LINE ALWAYS IN STOCK, Ne'n-' Ctltt1!og Prilltillx,. Jamestown Lounge Company, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK "Simplicity" a8 11 Bed. OUR NEW LINE FOR 1906 CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW AND NATTY CON-CEITS IN THAT "A LITTLI': BETTER THAN SEEMS NEC-ESSARY" FURNITURE. Our Salesmen Have Photos. We Mail Catalogues. ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO, ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS The T. B. LAYCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Brass Beds, Cribs Child's Folding Beds, Spiral and Woven Wire Springs Cots, Cradles, Etc. TO MAKE MONEY, HANDLE OUR GOODS CATALOGUE ON REQUEST Every dealer should have one or more of OUf No. 550 MatHess and Spring Display Racks, Write for Booklet illustrating it. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND, VISITING THE FURNITURE MARKETS A GREAT EDUCATION. A Buyer From Olney, Ill., Makes First Visit. B. R. Cooksey, of Olney, 111.,visited Chicago and gave his impressions as follows: "This is my first visit to the furni-ture cX-P05itiof1, :1Il(! horn \vh:tt I h;l\-'c seen of it in th~'ee clays [ dOll't want tll miss !lllOthcr one. I believe I could make more by coming here in one day than if T stayed at bome doing business a week. \Vc have jt1st originated tbe Rich-land County C'-edit and Ratil1g System. This assaciat[i)ll ~l'Cll-CS ratinQ;.~ fo" the deale:'s in our county and they have agents who g-et the past records ;\11(.1 make special reporLs on any ClIst0111cr we m;ly want to know ahollt. The expense PQr ye;lr, to the dcaln, is $15.00. The organization is a pll:"e!y ]I.)cal one and its rules and regubtiollS arc copied from othe: similar organizations. \Vc have lots of competition of the worst kind. The country is wcd<cd to death hy thesc cata-logue houses, which i8 l:lrg-cly due to the fact that Olney is so Hcar Chicagu. To countc)·act this competition we lldver-tise extcnsively to the effect that we will meet the advertising 19 price of anybody. \Ve formed a Merchants' association ahmlt a year ago {o, the ptl'."pose of inducing factories to lo-cate in 01H tmvn. The organization has a secretary, and a la1·gc planing rnill I1mv loc01ted there is one of the best in-stitutions we bllVC landed. Other things in a smallel· way wc have secnred, and negotiations aTe now in progress ,."ith a llumber of other manufacturing eonccrns, some one of which we expect to secure for our eity. \,Ve arc raising mOlley tn cari·y on the wo.k of this associatiull by assessing eve:·y mell1bc;· a ce tain amonnt each month. The member-ship- is faT fln: years. \Ve have no retail (h::ale~s' association in Olney. but 1 have ,since coming to Chicago, joined the Illi-nois Retail Dealers' Associatioll." "Big Lcuie" \11{ ants A Bed. l.(1uis I\foi1aucu. belt!:'r known as ;'Big Louie," who travel-ed \vith Ringling B.os.' ci CllS last summer. but who is now a saloonkeeper, has gin'll ;111 order for a bed suited to his slature and proportiolls. The oilicers ;lncl committees of the piallo dealers associa-tion arc making arrangements for the nation,l1 convention to be beJd ill \Vashington in IVby. l C. F. SCHMOE & CO., Manufacturers of Kitchen Furniture, Shelbyville, Ind, No. 25. f. Plam Oak front, Ash ends HeIght 6 feet 6 Inches. Base 4Rxz6 Pop-lar top Zinc Drain Pan 8lCr6,So lb Flour bl1l; 25 lb Meal bin. RIg cup-board ~pace I drawer and 4 spIce callS Top h illrhes deep Three small drawers. two sugar tlltmg bins, one small cupboard space, one long cupboard space with shelf and glass doors. Finish, Golden Oak, two coat gloss varnish or wax I'1nish, Brass Trimmings. A full alld up.to-date line exhibited on the Eighth Flnor of Mann-facturers' Exhibition Building, 13r? Michigan Ave., Chicago, F. G. Clark and A. G. Su:wart in ch:uge. 1%6 CATALOGUE NOW OUT. EVERYBODY ABOUT OUR PLACE Tries to Make the STARLiNE Better Than Ever No, 95. Made of Selecl Quartered White Oak, One of man)'. Ask fOr the other stwenteen. We have :se-cured the ser-vices of several Gnmd Rapids finbhers of many years ex-peri. ence ill furniture finish-iug. and we :are httter prepared than ever to meet competi· tion of tbe old-est and keenest }illd. {I, sample will convinl:e yo U that aUf goods are as good as th~ best. A postaL card brings you our catalogue with our compli-ments. WRITE FOR JT. SUR fURNITURE COMPANY, Zeeland, Mich. Michigan Central LEAVE Aug. 13, 1905 ARRJVE 7:00 am Toledo & Detroit .. * 6:20 am *11:10 am Toledo Detroit & New York'" 1:00 pm 4:00 pm lacks~n & Inter!:!lediate P'ts 9:30 am 5"20 pm Toledo, Detr?lt & East·.··,·S:1S pm lL30 pm Toledo, DetrOit & East ... ,10:45 pm *Daily. AU other trains daily except Sunday. New York sleeper. fine cafe coach and through Toledo coach on n:lo a. m. train. Thledo coach on 7:00 a. m. tra:n, Detroit and Toledo parlor car 011 5:15 p. m. tra~·w. RUGGLES. G P. & T. A. E. W COVERT, C. P. A. H1E NIAGARA FALLS 1I0\JTE. ------"T"[ ------ YEAGER fURNITURE CO. ALLENTOWN, PA. Upholstered Parlor furniture and Novelties A Large New Line of Upholstered Rockers and Wood Seats C"ICAGO 4' We Make Out' Own Frames" EXHIBITS NEW YORK Manufacturers' Exhibition Bldg. 1]19 Michigan Ave. 7th Flour 333 to 1'P Fourth Ave., Corner 25th St. :ld Floor "Rotar~ Sble" for Drop Car~ing5. Embossed Mouldina. Panels, Etc. EmOossinu and DrOD Garvinu MaGhin6S Machines for a II purposes, and al prices wit h i n the reach of all, EveryMachine ~as our guar· antee against breakage for one year UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. "Lateral Style" for Large Calt8city Heavy Carvings and Deep Embossino.s We have the Machine you wallt at a satisfactory price \Vrite for descriptive circulars. Shelbyville DesK Company MANUFACTURERS OF Office Furniture MAHOGANY AND IMITATION QUARTERED OAK, PLAIN OAK In Three Gra.des A full Line, Up-to-Date. Exhibited EIGHTH FLOOR. 1519 Michigan Avenue ~ CHICAGO ~ Write for Lau: Catalogut. Shelbyville. Ind. Morton House Rates $2.50 and Up American ......Plan Hotel Pantlind Rates $1.00 and Up European ......Plan The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. Robbins Table Co. OWOSSO, MICHIGAN Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other \Voodworking Fac-tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agenl, WASHINGTON, D, C. CHAS. S. CHASE, Allent, M. A. HAYS. Agent. 622 Chemical Building. St. Louis, Mo. 225 Dearborn St, Chi cae.. III. No. 286 Improved Extension Table Leaves stored in top Center column does not divide CATALOG AND PRICES TO DEALERS ON REQUEST 5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators at RIGHT PRICES Opalite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Sendfor new CATALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRANDHAYEN, MICH., U. S. A. 22 ESTA!3LISHED 1880 F'U6LISHED BY M ICH IGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OF"FICE-2-2Q LYON ST .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENUIiED ~8 MAT1ER O~ THE 8fCO'lD CLASS l{eal \\'0;t1l di"jlell:-ie:-; with a hra~.:-; 1><111<1. It san'" a 1nt (Ii" word ~attery 1(1 simply lLCSl'llt her with a mirror. An exchalliF' :\H':'" that {in!y a (j(ICI,)!' 'II" :1 (I,'llti,;t Gill re]lair :-;0111etypew:iter,;. OL1, we. don't knuw; :l nc\\, ri.bhon alld <In attachment have been kll()Wll to \\"ork \\,ollde:--i. The clo:-iing of the markets fOj" the ."caSU]) dep:-in's the publishers of the Furniture Journal of the plea:'iures they de-rived daily from their effort .;; to l){1ost Chicago and de"trny the Grnnd Rapids market. The people of St. Louis are united ill a ll1i"l\'Clllcnt III hreak the bridge mOllopoly. For yc"rs tile bridgc O\\'nCTS have exacte<l toll fruUl eve:-y pcrSOIl cllte,-ing- "I' lea\"illg the city over the rivcr and a bnrdCll:,01lH~ l:lX hilS ])eell I('\·i('d ;111(1 collected 011 ('vcry pound of fr{~ight carried over the lrirlges The lIl<\lltlf"cturero; (,f furniture in that city illallg-ur:lted the moyeIlH"llt that has nn;llly resulte([ in the ()i'ganil:lti('I\ (,f Ih" "\[al1t1factuI'crs' Railway enmp;\llY tll carl'y Il11t a ncw lermi-nal and rail!'oad p"(,jc:et. The \ris.~i:-i .;ippi ri\'er will be eithe' bridged with a $3.000/1CO bridge Tnr which land h;lc; beCl] hought, nr a tU\1nel built under till' :-itrcam. It will he a ti'r-minal ,~ystcrn purl' :\lld simJll('. On(' of the many freaks exhibited at the exposition at: Sl. Louis in 1904 was poody-designed, badly-prop(-,j·tioned and faultily constructed chamber suite, furnished by the republic of Cuba. It contained six varieties of ".·.o. od native to the island, and, like ~tllsuch combinations, the colors were in-harmonious, and shocking to the artistic senses. Carv-ing of nO particular sigl1iflcancc ;111(1 " varnish finish on shellac rendered the ensemble offensive tn t:he eye of the he\1olde:' It was stated that the collection ,vas v;lined :It. 525,000. al-though for prac:t.ical purposes, t,venty-livc cellt:-; would be tCl() mllch to pay for it. Effort:-; to sell the lot were 111l.successful and weary of paying" storage charges, it is IJOW propos cd, in vie ..v. of the approaching rnarriage of t.hat Illost popular and altogether charming young lady, l\Iiss Roosevelt, to Con~ gressmail Longworth, to make that y',)nng lady the unwill-ing custodian of the collection. It is stated that the picces are 50 large that nOlle of the rooms in the congressman':-; happy home could contain them and that it \vould be nccess"ry to erect an allnex to the stnlcture in order to house them. If ~liss /\1ice and he cong-ressman were permitted to follow their inclinations they would prohably send it to the back yard to be cut into stove \\'00([, hnt as such a proceeding" would offend the donors and is not to be thought of hy the estimable young lady, the Artis<-ln suggesb that th('. stuff he disposed of by storing it in the )rational 1\TuscU111 at \Vash-ing" ton, with a lot of cxpcnsiYe hut useless furniture ,\-,hich was presented to General Grant du:-ing- his t!'ip arouud the world. It is scarcely worth \",hile t(l express the hope tint the people of the world will cease to make such u"eless stllff as the Cuban chamber suite The 11\.1111bc'·of lines exhibited in ;111 cxposition of furui-t! t C i:-i oi 1ittlc ('(lllSe'lUCIlC(', The quality of the goods cx-p<'~ l'd t,) \·iew and the ,;izc (JI' the lines is iL11Jlu rant. Thl' C:hic~\g-o FllrnitllC J(11Irll:1I, eyer persistent in the pursuit of it,; \l()lic)' III l',,-,tlting' Chicagn alld helittling G:·alldRapids. declare,; that while fOll,. hUlldred lines \\'cre placed on :-iak h~l munth i1\ Chicago, ('Illy two hundred were e:.:posed for c_';\lnination ;111(1 sale ill Grand Rapid,;;. Pe:'haps the JourJnl ila" 11"t 1e:l;'lle(] the fact that no fwnitnre exposition huildin~ f1ul,;irlc '"if G:'a1\d Rapid,; is capable of holding the lincs cf ,;i'i: i1.l.-lliture mallufac1l1:'ers of G,-and Rapids, The sample .; "I' the following cnrp():"atinll.s would t1l0;'C than lill any (JIll' of [he fllrlliture ('xpnsition hl1ildillg.~ of Chicago, 1\C\I' York or St. Loui,,' Berkey & Gay Furniture company, Nc1so11-:\latter !,'u'1llttne ('(It1lp:lny, Sligh Furnitl1:'c compatl}', O;'iel Cabillet company, Lht' Jnhn \Viddicomh company and thc :\lichigan Chait- company. Or the toll()wing combinations v.·'ould '-;('1"\-(' the same llurpnsc: \\'iddicomh Furniture comllan)', Ph'-'CIlix Furniture company, the Grand Rapids Chair C01ll- V~\lly, 1"11ee Furniture cumpany, \Villiam A. Berkey Furnitnre c"mpal1.Y and the Royal Fnrnitl1;'c company. \:() exposition hnil(ling' contains snflicieIlL 1100r space to h'I\I:"(' the fUll(HVil1g lines: Gunn Fllnliture company, Grand R,\pids Fancy Fn:'nitn:'c (ompallY, Imperial Furnitu,e C0111- ]I;\11y. Valley City DC:-ik company, Rettiug Furniture com-pany, Stickley Brothers, Celltury Furniture company, Charle:-i S, Paine company, Central FurlliLure company, and :\'1e11er & Slack company. One thnnsand three-piec(' lines, such as the buyer see:-i in Chic:\g'o, :':-c\V York allil St. Louis would appear in:'>ignifl-- cant whetl compared with several of the big' line:" of G;'alld Rapids, DENVER GROWING RAPIDLY. Mail Order Competition Not NoticeabLe. II. J Schwartz, (,f the Standard Furniturc C(lmpal1y. 1)eI1- \'t'r. \\'llile ill Chicago .. qid: "I have hOllghl my g(I()(L" till:=; J;llI1.1il'-y j1.lsl the same a~ if therc wc:"c no ~\(lvancl'. I think it. w()l1.ld be \'e;''y foolish of furniture dealers to h()ld back in placing bllsinc.~s bl'eause o[ the advance. The dealer cannot Ilx prices inr the manufacturer and the latter is ec,·tainly cn-tilled to raise prices if therc has bCCll ;\11 advance in the cost of materials, There is considerable building going on in Grand Rapid~ this year and our city is g'·owing very rapidly. Yes, there is possibly s0111email order competition in Denvcr, but we don't notice it and T think that probably affects the country dealer outside of Denver. \Vc have a credit associa-ri(' I], hut so far as strangers are concerned who come in to huy goods, we dealers o1.lrselves, will have to decide whether to let th('m have the guods or Bot hy siLing them np as tll hOtlC:-it~l, appearances and ability to pay. The ratings es-tahlished by our credit <lssociation apply more to people \\'ho h,lve ')('en residing in Denver who have establishcd for tl1C11l.sdves a reputation for willingness and ability- to pay. The fnrnitnre expositions suit me and T believe ought to be continued. T have been coming here since 1897, and I have found the expositions have helped me materially." The salesman should remember that his employer !l;JS itl\-e.~ted his money in the store, that he has been engaged ill business fo'- a long time, and that he probably knows more about how mattcrs should be conducted than the salaried em-ploye. Tf he ha" i<1ea:-i which he helieves to be of value he SI'Oll\{1 offn tht:111 i)l a humble: ,-pi.r\t and not with that arro-gant: air which bespeaks superiority, If he knows more than the bas,,;;, why is he nnt bnss?-Ex. ThCf(~ i.;;; mllc.h in merit. Two stores of equal merit :-ihould do the same amount of business, but the store which has merit and advertises is the one which forges ahead .. NEW CHAIR SEAT CLAMP This clamp is adapted for every kind of seat. It is also made in a larger size for other work as Mitre Ftames, etc. Manufactured UQOO the BENEDICT PATENTS ! I. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW co. 130 South Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ATLAS fURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES COOD'TYLE' CONSTRUCTION FINISH Prices right WglTE JTOR CATALOGUE KARQr~ fUKnnUK[ ( O. EVANSVillE INDIANA MABErIN GLOBE SIDEBOARpS III wnting mention Mkhil':atl Artball Are the BEST ON THE GLOBE tor the money GET OUR CATALOG, Mention Michigan Artisan when writing QlOD[ Furniture Company E~annille. Indiana BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TAblE. TOP 2Ox40. FRENCH PLATE 22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED. Makers of the "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor and library Tables NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE WANSVIL1B ~ , -- 1858 1905 E. Q. SMIT" C"AIR ===COMPANY=== MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LEAT"ER AND VENEER SEAT C"AIRS AND ROCKERS No.H5 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Fmished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ------EVANSVILLE.IND •-.----- MAKE MONEY MR· DEALER BY SELLING THE KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOARDS SAFES and WARDROBES Best Goods Lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. The "Ell" fOLDING BEDS mfr,.Rw,~.m No Stock complete without the Eli Reds in Mantd and Upright ELI 0 MILLER & Co Evan.vltl., IndIana . .• • \\Trite for cuts amI prices hansYille Furniture Co., Evansville, Ind. Manufacturers of the "Celebrated Flowered White Oak Goods." BEDROOM SUITES CHIFFONIERS ODD DRESSERS~ .<><1 WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Something Entire[~ New Goods shown in January ex-hibil at Chica-go. 1lI., at No. 1319·Michigan Ave., ';ld floor and also at our factory sal es-room at Evans-ville, Ind. New Catalogue ,just issued. 2(, HOW TO DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS WHO PATRON-IZE CATALOGUE HOUSES. A Buyer From Columbus Tells His Way. F. A. Clove:' genc;'al111all;lg<:~I' of the ::\orth 1':11<1l,'urnitllre compan.y and the YVest Side FWlliture comp<:ll)', Columhus. 0., was seen ill Chicagoo last week. "Our trade has he('11 very fair," said I\fr. Clovn. "<Ill ing- 1905 alHl we ;11'(' looking for a \'ery g'ood ycar in 190h. 'I'he :\nrtlI E,11(\ hlrtlitLll"l:' company \vas established fnllr 1l1nl1ths ,\g'O ;-llId tile \\" e.~t Side Furniture company OIW year ago. Yes. we have CUl\l-petitioll from the -cataloguc !louses and the only thing \ve call do is to sell to Cl1StOIl1Ci"S who dOll't buy 11'0111 such establish-ments. \\' e have to buck ag'ain;;t the prize (listributillR houses very often. \\'c can't do 111uch ag"ainSl such COlll[H:ti-lion; the only thing that is left for l1S to do is to show the customers \v1l0 cleal more or less with them that we <Ire gi\'- illg them better value for their money than they are g'etLillg' f!-om the catalogue hOl1ses. I think the expositions are a very g(Hid thing" alld give yO'l a liIlt' 011 all gn(lds in the m,l' keto They fl1rnish you Ht'W ideas and a pei .SOIl call see a gn~at deal of new stuff. Columbus has a pupuiatiull oj 175,000, and is getting many new factories." Lathrop Company's Warehouse. BelolV is a cut of a new warehousc nccupic(l hy the Lathrop company since January 1, 1906. The huilding is ADVANTAGES OF A PERSONAL INSPECTION OF GOODS. How a Southern Furniture Dealer Prevented a Skip. Charles Dietzel, a fll:'llitnr(' dealer of Union City, Tenn., IS nnl' of t1le 1mye,s who \vas in the Chlcago market last \\·et'k. ··T ban' be('11 established in the fu '11itu,"e business for tilt;' p'l:c.l lin' years," s;lid i\Tr. Dietze1. ··:tnd succeeded my 1'at1l(';'",who had heen in the same husiness iOi' three or four years :\ year ago 1 made s('.v(':·;11 improvement.~ in Ollr e,s-labli";\ l1ll('nt which included the putting in of a new plate ~l;ISS frnnt. Our building occupies one of the most promi- 11cnt cn:-nc:-s in the city. Last July was my ilrsL visit to Lhe l"u:-nit\1re expositions. I think the fmuiture expositions are an excellent thing- because the dealer can see the goods on the floor and the:'e note the finish, the shapes, the desig'us and the p,'opnrliotls of all goods. .It is my expetience that ph,,[()s Shl'W all iU:'niture about the same way. The best \Va,Y i_sto \-isit the expositions and then you call make no mis-tak( ·. To b"y ll1flliture from photos is like buying a horse willl'lllt sceillg him. allcl yOU may be liable to jJu_chase a horse willi all of his b1<'mishes if Y'-JU don't see him when yOll are making thc purchase. J intend coming hvice a year to the eXl'()sitiolls and :1111 now 011 my way to Grand Rapids to see the show there. Yes, we have mail order competition, but \ve don't dn anything vei'y llltlch to C01l11teract this evil, be-cause we 1111dit a hard p;·oposition. People \vho buy from Warehol1le of the Lathrop Company, Chicago. located at the corner of Twenty-second and Halsted st:·cets. and ill it the Lathrop cOlllpany will carry a full stock of the li.nes thcy ",ell. 11r. Lathrop has ma(le lIse of the \VarehOllse plan during the past year and found it proved sllccessful, es-pecialty so in dealillg with the western trade The Wertheimer-Hurst Theater Party-Fun at Furniture Men's Expense. A theater ])arty in Chicag;o pbllned hy llarry \\Tertheimcr and Billy Hurst was attended by many fUn1iturc people no\\- in Chicago. It took place J;Ll1nary 17 at the T.aSalle the-ater. A number of men ill the audiellce were honored by the performers. Parodies all "You Look Good to Father'," and other songs being applied to Charles G. \Vhite and others, The song for 11r. \"/hite's lwndit was :\s follows' "The buyer looks good to the seller, Both look g'ood to Charlie \Vhite; \\Then they c')t1le to thirteen nilldeell, It Jllls them with delight. Chicago is the Great Central :\larket, As you can plainly see; I hate to tell, but I Inight as well- III you boys look good to me." Before the performance was (lyeI'. the audience became participallts in the fun, joining in the singing and giving the Michigan and Chicago Vniyersity yells. The affair was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. 'lleh houses a;'c inexperienced and whell they look at a cata- 111g-lIC thq' think they are seeing just as good a5 your own g'llods. In regard to credits, our plan is, regarding a !:itranger who want_", to buy, ii he cannot give references, to make bim g-ive ,I contract and Jlay one-third in cash down, the bal-ailce to be paid in installments of $l.00 weekly. This is the .';;l1ne as an installment lea!:ie and enables us to retain our ownership in the goods. \Vc have had some "skips," Our method of dealing with such cases may be illustrated by the f,ollowillg; SCl\11ctill1e ago a negro woman hought a lot of iurniture on contract and on account of getting out of work we let her off from paying ior some time. One day when I wcnt down t<J the boat to look after a shipmcnt of furniture T .";1\'" a \-vag-0Il hacked up to the hoat dOCK and recognized some Lurnitu:'(' of ours that was being unloaded by a dray-man. \VI1('.111 asked him about it, he said it belonged to this negro womall, who was going to ship the same to St. T"ouis. I told him the goods \vere ours and not to ship them, hut leave them in the warehouse, which he did, The woman ar-rived late,- Lo see me, saying she undcrstood 1 was going to take the goods away from her. T told her no, I am not going to do .-:0. bltt "he couud not h;'(\'e the goods, ulltil she paid for them. She leit without getting the furniture. Every col-ored per"ou iu Union City heard of this case <llld the moral effect of it did our concern a great deal oi good, because it edtlcated the colored people into knol,','ing what our' rnles are in such cases." - 27 OUf Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES A'e Best Made, Best Finished, Best Values. All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Slack No. 435 Dining Table Top 54x54. Made ill Quartered Oak and Maholl8ny. tull Pol_ ished. Nickel Calters . . LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN A PERFECT DAVENPORT OF ELEGANT APPEARANCE NOT NECESSARY TO MOVE FROM WALL THE BACK SIMPLY ROLLS FORWARD NOT NECESSARY TO REMOVE BEDDING SIMPLE; CANNOT GET OUT OF ORDER CUSHION AUTOMATICALLY TURNS INSIDE OUT MAKING A PERFECT BED I THE KINDEL SOMERSAUL TIC DAVENPORT BED THE GREATEST Household Invention of the Age TH IS is the NEW DAVEN-PORT that is creating all the turor, and the only one which is FREE FROM FAULTS. Must be seen to be appreciated. When your customer sees this handsome piece of furniture and tries with what ease it can instantly he convected into a full sized bed, with bedding in place ready for use, and tests the luxurious double «me springs, with the restful, felted cushions, held in place by our invis-ible clasp, and, in addition to all these advantages, learns that it costs no more than the ordinary or anti-quated Davenpoct, they will con-sider no oth~r, as it is very apparent to anyone that "No Other is Just as Good" EXHIBITED Sec. 20. 6th Floor, 1319 Michifl" Ave CHICAGO, ILL. C, J. KINDEL BEDDING COMPANY Eighth and Hickory Sts. ST LOUIS JAMESTOWN, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain a1Jd §(tjartered OaR, Mahogany ilnd Birdu),t Maple. PERMANENT EXHIBITS ~-- ·-AT Chicago and New York This is one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables THESE ARE 'THE ONLY TABLES 'THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTR UCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT 'TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NO'T No. 340 FAIL TO ORDER ONE Price, .. .. .. $19.50 Choate-Hollister Furniture Co. JANESVILLE, WIS. ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. 29 THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will NOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Cster Cup, a Furniture Protector and II Rest We guarantee perfect satis-faction. We know we have the only perfect ca~ter cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes as fonowa: 2iJ.{ inch and J inch: and we use -the cork bottom. You know the rest Small size, $3.60 per 100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 Try it and he convinced. F O. B, Grand Rapids. Our Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the Bur-face. but upon the rim, permit-ting a circulation of air under the blm::k thereby preventin~ moisture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of Its kind on the market. Price $3.00 per 100 Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo., • Parkwood A.e •• Grand Rapids, Mich. Also can be had at LUSSKY, WHITE & COOLIDGE. 111-113 Lake St., Chicavo CABINET MAI1ERS BARNE.S' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No. 4 Tb~ strongest, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cuttlng, boring and grooving. In these days of close competition, need the best posaible equipment, and this they can have in . . Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Roch.ford. Ill. SOME QF OUR. NEW DRESSERS-Made In Quart.r'~Sawed Oak. OvaloI' Square Gl... HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St., CHICAGO.ILL. MANUFACTUItERS OF Chamber SUites. Odd Dressers. Chiffoniers UDIES' DRESSING T4BLES to match Made in Golden 0a.I.::, Genuirle Mahogany Vellured, BJrdse}'e Maple, White Enamel Highly Polish~ or Dull Finish. We also make 8 line of PRINCESSDRfSSERSfrom $13.00 up, in QUillrter-8awed Oak, MahOgany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If you have not received our Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL & KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. ~:;::,::.'o':::~'.:;~;~~,':',,;[:':~',l~'~"i::::~"::,;::,:'~:;:,;";~"""'":tL<~,I~""\~,I;'e;~"I,'',i, ..".:,. "'" ""',, •.... 1 ,n, "o~" ,-n I ~ •.,,, .. " 1>'-"" ,'e.., 'c,: ....:, ...., ".,~',' w "','" rr....~' TJ" II, ',,,h~lo 1-:, •• "',,,' -.. I', d, ;," ,"u-,' PAY LATER. The verdict:- No divorce 00 home! Let tlARTMt\N feather ne.st. Specimens 01 Good Advertising 31 The Accommodating Merchant. There aremallyaccoml11odat.:;.gmerchants.Illfact. nearly all of them are anxious to have the name for accom-modation. They are too much so for their own good some-times. Quite frequently when a man asks £0)" extension of time on payments of account, when he asks unreasonable thing;; along the line of exchanging goods, brings back goods after they have been worn or used, the merchant submits to the wrong for fear he will not be considered accommodating if he refuses. The result is often failure ill business after a struggle with adverse circumstances. "You ShOllld be accommodating in OllC sense, remarks au exchallRe." "For instance, you should establish a reputation for handling guod goods, reliable goods which pcople depend Manufactured by Nel5on-Matter Furniture Co" Grand Rapids. UpOlL. You should accommodate by prompt deliveries, by procuring for customers what they want, by having a store of whicl1 Hot only you, but the whole neighborhood is proud, and for heing ready always to do what is right when a mistake is made." It is lIot nccessary for a merchant to prove himself "easy" in his efforts to be accommodating. The traue such a course brings never pays a cent if it can help it. If you have the reputation of being a "ma:-k," you will discover plenty who are willing to take advantage of you. The dead-heats will swarm about you, begging for favo;"s which should never be graHted. It may gratify you to know that people speak of yOU as all "accommodating merchant," but the mall who is not so easy with his ~lccounts is the man who collects the money and who handles the tr(ldc that pays and does not need to ask so m;tll.y favors.-Ex. Manufactured by Nelson~Matter Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. I The Safe Side isthe Right Side THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR TRADE IS FILLED BY THE BELDING-HALL MANUFACTURING co. MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATORS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE GOOD POINTS --IN-- REFRIGERA TORS Three Great Factories Capacity, 80,000 per annum Write for Our Catalogues Investigate Our Quarter Sawed Casel! SOLID QUARTERED OAK The Belding-Hall Manufacturing Co. BELDING, MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICES-213 Canal Street, New York. 196 Monroe St., Chicago. THE LEXINGTON Michigan Blvd. & 22<1 St. CHICAGO. Ill. Refurnished and re-litted throughout. New Management. The fumiture dealers' head-quarters. Most COD-t'eniently situated to t b e furniture display houses. Inter-Slale Holel CO. OWNER & PROPRIETOR E. K. eriley. Pres.; T. M. eriley, V. Pres.; L. H. Firey, See-Treas. The Jallll:try' seaSUIl, just c]o:-iing", has proved a vcry satis-factory one VI the exhibitors notwithstanding adverse condi-tions at the olltset. The lateness of many exhibitors in getting" tl1{'ir displays ready and the fact that many dealers anticipatinR ;\11 advance had placed good sized orders befote January, while many other dealers retrained from placing or-ders during' the season, preferrillg to 'wait thirty or sixty days after the season closed, expecting at such a time to g"et goods (lg:lin p~-actically <It the old prices, \vere good and ~uniciellt reasons for cxpcctill.Q: a backward season. Yet -('ports heard L"om many exhibitors h:1VC h(:ell vct·y cneou:-- ;\gltlg. President Juseph S. }'1cyer, of the .:\lanufacturcrs' Exhihi-cion Building" company, is spending a week in 'Roche.stc:-, 1\-. Y., \'lith his motheL who has just hall ;1 hirthday annivCt"sary. T\Tr. \f eyer's mother is over 70_ R. .A, Forc1. general sales manager and purchasing agent lor the Ford & Johnson company, has been laid up for five weeks witll all altack of pleurisy. .:\1r, Fo:-cl is nuw im-proving rapidly and is e""!.H.'cted tt) be out again very SOOIL A. J DeVries of tl1c Gr,\ce Fnrnilnre company. Gr'\lld \bpid."i, visited tbc Chicag"u Itlrnit\11-e exhibilion Oil llle 24th illst, The Grace FU:'niturc company is <tuing- a l11ail order business and when questiuncd about this branch of the tr,loe, .:\Ir. DeVriC6 ~aid: "\,Vc arc still doing business. 1'lwy havcn't dri\'l:n us om yet. [belicve the mail urder busincss is going tn be gTcater than cver." 1\1r, Catun of the 1"01111t:1in Dry Couds cumpany. Cllsl1oc-tUll, 0., ,V;lS one of the buyers visiting' this marktt durillg" tile present week. .\[r. Caroll \V,\S accompanied by ?lTr, Davis. buyer for thc 11. 1T. G:-jggs company, Cleveland. The Foun-tain Dry Goods COI11]lauy are putting in ;1 department of fur-llitl1re wbich will he cnnw1dc in itself. Coshocton is one ()f the geratcst towns in the country for the manufacture of ad-ve; ·tising llovelties. Thc death of .:\liss Ella Oberbeck, d,nll1;llter of manager Ernest Obe:"beck uf the Oberbeck Bratllers ~lallufactl1ring compallY, occurred on lhe 20th ult., at her home at Grand Rapids, \Vis.The young lady was 17 years of aRe. Besides the parents, two sisters and two brothers are left to mourn her loss. 33 Expressions as to the results obtained this January sea-son were secured by the I\lIichigan Artisan eor;-espondent from well known furniture men .as follows: ]. \V_ Smith, vice president and sales manager of the Vlol-n: rine-Caelillac companies. "So far as the \Volverine-Cad-iliac and the \Vidman end of the seventh floor is concerned, the Januar.y season has been very satisfactory. Our old custut1lers have averaged better on the si7.e of their orders ill comp.arisotl with those of a year <lg-o, and we have many ncw eonve,'ls to all three lines. They thank their old CttS-t0111ers for lnany new ones." Lee Davis, of Conrey & Davis IVlanufacturing company: "]'his week has heen the best week in the history of the Con-r('. y-Davis Tvlanllfacturing compan,y_ The season is ahead of a YC:lr ago." \V. F. JOh11S011, treasurer of the Fonl & Johnsc)Jl compallY: "The Janllary SCC\SOl1 has been ~l very good one_ V'll c have had some pretty good ordel-s, and the volume of business up to this time has been very sati5factory. I have not figured up 0:- made comparisons, but r believe it will compare very \\,('11. indeed, with a year ago_" C. J Kindel, the Kindel Bedding compallY: "'>/I/e are vcry much g:"atil"ied with the results obtained, and even if we do 110t ,,,ell another davenport here, we know our factory is going to be crowded tq the utmost. \Ve already have out-grown our 11ew plant, into ,vhich we moved September last, and now have installed addition.al machinery to take care of the increased demand." II. A.. S\VanSOll, Skandia Furnitme cotU})any: "Th\s season het5 been the best January season we have ever had, inasmuch as our sales exceed those of any preceding season. \Ve can say that it has been a perfectly satisfactory one." FOUNDED 1888 Reduce Your Stock I I at a good profit or sell en· tire stock at cost. "rUE NEW.IDEAMEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MANAGERS WRITE FOR TERMS. TValter Langley, Hen:og Art Furniture company: "\Ve hm'e had a satisfactory business this January season, and .a1- thoug"h our line is a full line, our January sales are equal to the July sale,,;, which we attribute to the fact that our line b,lS more r;-l1lgc. Our table ami desk lines are larger than they \vere six montlls ago." Lyru;lll Lathrop, of tlle Lathrop company: "\i'Vith us the Jalluary seaSOll has been pretty good. Somc lines have nul been coming along ;15 fast as the rest, but this January nevertheless, is ahead of last season, and will be the biggest we evcr had, \Vc account for this because \'le have strength-ened our cheap and medium case g'uuds lines." Ed illersman, Lcnn;lTtz & l\Jersman: "The January sea-son llas been a g'ood one. vVe have had a nice business, es,· pecially in the east, west and northwest. \,Vc have just pUl out Ollr catalogue showing all the new patterns 111 our lines, and will be glad to furnish them to the trade." Al Stewart, salesman for the. Shelhy>'il1e lines: "I've got a year ago beat right now. \Vhat do you think of that? I've got some big buyers :yet to sec. I'm g-oing out of here this season in 'i1ice shape. All of my business, personally, has been during the last ten days_" '\1lClrcv\" \JcAnsh, }lcAnsh, Dwyer and company: season has been a. very good one, and is way ahead of :Iry a year :lg0. \Ve have never had such a business history." "The Janu- In our 34 Ed Plimptoll, Plilllplon and company: "\Ve haH~ dOlle a good busincs.'"i right straight through the season. \Vc could have sold even morc goods if we h~ld ClIt prices, but we adhered to our determination from the .~t;lrt to do no culting. The advance in prices is pcricd1y legitimate \\"11('11 the condition of the markets on lumber. ~'lass, etc., is ulkcll into consideration." A. E. Seaver, Valentine-Seaver comp;\IlY": been all rig-ht. \Ve have no kick coming. considerably ahead of a year ago." \-fanager Teal. Yeager FllrniltlfC comp;\llY \VI.: h;ru: dOlle up to this lime (January 26th) a very tair business and han: SOlne very large orders tllat will ('(1111(' 111 ltJlllUrrl.l\Y and llc~l week." E. A. Fabian. of Koenig & Gamer: "The SeaSl.lll 11,15 ;1\"- craged up well this January. not\\'ith~tallding the bet that the advance 011 case goods has had a tendency to check buy-ing in our department q[ the furniture trade." John Horn, Horn Brothers 11anufacturillg UJlllp,-'.IlY· ··The January season is ,1S good ;IS any other time the cxpll.sition season has been 011. \Vith us. it will he bellci than a y('(\1' "J,llllt;\r.Y' h;lei The season iei ago. C1ns. A. Fisber, (has. ,\. Fi:dl('r CUlllpan)· "I COlls;d('l" the January m,\rket, ur r'lther the lll1silless r!"I11' at the 1;l1r-nintH' Exhibiiiun during' .Tal111:-lry, to llan° be("11 the m'lst ill-tcrestillg in my per sun a; expericnee. Tl' hegin with, tlJe Il:·st week was a hitter disappointmellt tu ;1 great tHany sales-men and manufacturers. \Iutterings deep and lut1r! \\"ere heard ill every gj·oup of salesmen, \\·ho were criticiziI1;2,' \11,111\1- facturers and manage'·s. and offering pkney (If advice about the compilation of price lists. [presume l am an optimist. for [ neycx at <tlly time during the. 111umh felt in the least doubtful ahout the linal outcome of the ,~e;lS()n's business, arrivinf( at lny conclusioll largely by comparison of the 11I.1t1l-ber of huyers who we:'e visiting' the market, rather than by their movements during- the first f<~\V days after arr;\';I1. Tu me, the relucta11ce or rather the deliberate action of the fur-niture dealers when conf;·nnted by adcHlceuprices all along; the line, ",·as an indication of business wisdom. To a friend of mine. a manl1factlln;r, who is l1eryotls and prone to Juok npon the dark side of things, I said, suppose you had scen a shirt ad\'ertised ~ltsome store down tuwn. and knowing that it was the kind and style of shirt yO\1 wanted, yon wOI1I,l set out the following week t!l buy it. 011 arri\'ing at the store \'ou ,,,,oulJ find the same shirt marked $2.50. l'\uw ym1 ab- ~oltltcly Heed a shij-t and you want that style. hut wouldl1't yUl1 walk around the block. twu or three blocks, wbere y'I11 ('(l1lld find some similar st\'le if I1nt the :;ame. to see whether "r uol other dealers were asking," the adyanc('(l price III·· the goods. That would occasion a delay in the jlu;-c\nse (IT the .~hirt, but would ultimately result 111 its s;dv .-\t the same time ,you would have acted as a prudent mall, and \vould have ollly ex('xcised ordinary bnsiness caution Fur-niture dealers tbrougholtt the United States, have, 111 Illy Opl11iOIl, exercised that excellent degree of caution. hal-ing bonght prudently on ~l high market, and so far as \\'e art' concerned, our sales of our specialty, the Rex illnCl'-tllftc([ mattress, are 20 per cent beyond Ol1r expect~lti(JllS. "Another' thing (luite lloticc:lble to me is tlJe e[fect. in ;;11 educational way, the furniture exhibitions arc h,n'ing Oil the lurniture dealers. 1t seem;; to me that the wide ,l\y;\k .... P"" gressive and aggressive manufacturers ,He forging 'lheld LOlpidly. more rapidly tha11 in former d<l)'s. while the nld houses 'who are trying" to make money on their repLtulticlll. and who insist that old metllods arc the best. ;lre beginning to complain that the furniture dealers do not seem I'll know anything." Superintendent Ed DeGroot uf the Udell \Vorks, 11;\s been spending a portion of the January season bet~ ....eetl the Chicago and Grand Rapids markets. C. H. DennstedL formerly ,,,,ith George L Lamb, wilt han-d1c the litH'S hctwecll i;CaS01J.'i of the Fremont Fnrl1ittlre company. ]. /\. Kelly & Brothers and A. E, Palmer in Chi-cago. John .\. Flick, of tl1e Buckeye Cllaij' company, ,,,,ho has been ,.;!)('nding the season ,vith the Buckeye exhibit at 1319 \liehig-all ;I\·elwe. left Friday for his h0111e in Ravenna. Dur-ing Ille p:-esellt week there has been a great poultry show on ill Cllicag(). the ,.;huw being that of the National Fanciers and Hrecdcj·s a~,-;ociation at Tattersall's. corner of Sixteenth and 1)carbnnl ,.;t-el't,.; The show was probahly the h1rgcst eVCl" held ill the United SLiie:,;. Thc!·c were several {lIrll;- tllre lllen I\-ho had ]loultry un exhibition in the sho''''. Among [lIell\ W;lS \lr. Flil~k. wbu sllo\ved t\VO pcns of golden and siln \\"yand"tte,.;. 111". Flick ";('cured prizes all both, al\ll be,.;ides 011 individnal bird,;. ITe ha,; shown his poultry at the (',l:->te1'n Ohio p(Hlltry show at Kewtoll Falls and at Ravelllla c;lptnrillg fir,.;t prizes. ~\Ir. F'lick showed cleven birds in all at the Chicago sho\v. \V. C. Standish, traveling- representative for the \Volverinc \Ja11ufacturing company :md the Cadillac Cabinet company, has left for his home in Detroit and ill a few (lays starts I'll hi,.; spring trip for his territory 111 upper ).lichigan; \Visconsin .. \Jinnesota <11\(1the Dako1;ls. Uncle J),\I1 \Villiams of the l:t\ell \Vorh. llldi;UI<ljJolis, left fur his home Friday and will start ont somc time next week ,-,n the road for his regular spring trip. J. C F. Ott of the L. \\ .. Ott 1\Janufacturillg company, was ill Chicago for :l day going from hcre for his spring trip through Indiana, Kentuck.y and a part of Ohio. \11'. Ott has a most 111JiiJuc idea for :;howing thc samples oj coverings. Ask him to tell you the time and whcn he opens up his coat you will disco\·cr a vest entirely nude lip fro mthe samp1c,~ lbCd by the Ort. \lanufactl1ring company. Tbe n:st is cer-tainly a \"(;ry attr<\ctive piece of Kods. ..\V. L Day, of Smith, Day and company, \v<\s in Chicago the last wcek of the January season. "\\-'e have had a go()(l business during the year," said :'.11'. Day, ;'alld things arc op-ening" up yevry satisfactorily this year. \Ve arc now putting l1p a four-story building at IndianajJolis, which will g'ivc us 90,COO ::iqU<lrc Jeet of a(Tditiollal floor space, the building to be completed by June 1st." \Villiam P. Keeney, the well known travelil1g man through tile sot1th for the ]\luskef(oll Valley Furnitu\-e company, \Vis-e( Jllsin Chair company. and a llumber of other 1videly ktlOvdl lines, leaves today for EVilTlsvil1c, his home. \1r. Keeney will start on his spring trip very soon, going to Lotlis\'il1e, then to ~ashville, ,llld so forth ;llld ,vill he gone about six weeks. Eli D. 1\1iller of Eli Miller and company, who have had an exhibit in Chicag-o fur the first time this Januar:y seaSOll, at 1319 :Vliehigan aveuue, left fur his home in Evansville la:5t Saturday. Tile .Miller space Oil the sixth floor, during the past ~veek, has been displaying the follO\ving sign: ';The Eli Folding Bends, Sold Up. Gone Home to Evansville, Ind. You can see Eli here .Tuly 10-t." f\Ianager Sell our of the Shelbyville \Vardrobe C0I.11P~U1y, who have been exhibiting- on tbe eighth l1uo:- 01: the \1anufac-tl11' ers' Exibbitiol1 building, left 101' his hOllle in Shelbyville, today. SIc Sell our rejl();-b a very eiatisfncto:y business this J ,11111ary for his company. E. i\L Hulse of tbe E. \1. Hulse cOlllpany, arrived in Clli- C~lgO January 17th, and remained here the balance of the furni-ture season. \1r. Hulse said the past year was the best ill the history of their COHcerll. and they have cng"ng-ed 1.800 IlH)l"e feet of floor space for the coming' July season, or a liital of 5,700 square. feet. Hulse and company have bee II .~h(lwing thei;· Koods this season Oil the fifth floor, 1319 \Iichigan avenue. A deal has been closed 1131McAnsh, Dwyer a.nd company for the erection of a furniture faetory--.the largest in the snuth~aIld to be operated for the manufacture of case goods. It witt be four stories and the dimensions to be 180x310 feet. The latest and most up-to-date machinery ·will be installed. The annual output ,,,,ill bc from five to six hundrcd dotlars and it is expected to have the factory all ready for husines~ early in March. Lew \;\J('.il and "Hank" Johnson ,,,,ill take charge of the eastern business and will go to New York to secure a sample room alld oUice quarters. One of thc spccial events of the January ("06) scason took place on the 17th inst., at the LaSalle theaer, tbe oc-casion heing "Furniture Kight," fully fn·e hundred repr,;> sentatives of the trade being in attendance. The anair was planned <Iud carried to ~l successful issue by \V. H. Hurst and Harry '\/crtheimcr, to whoI11 belong the credit lor the evening's pleasure. ;\11 of the boxes and the most desirable seats in the hOllse were rc:~crvcd for the furniture me11. Among those who occupied hoxes ·wcre ]. \V. Smith and H. S. Smith and \vife, Secretary Charles G. ',,-,ihite and wife of the Manufacl1trers' Exhibition Building company; P. D. Francis of the Furniture Journal, and. wife, l\;[1'. and l\frs. Clarence Bro",'"n, Arthur Cllshnwll, Mr. and 1VIrs. Adolph Karpen and :Mrs. c. A Adon, \Villiam R. Yeager and wife, Charles Teall, George Corley, Al Cleveland, and George :\1iller and a number of others. The play, "The Umpire"- still running at the LaSalle··- "vas on the boards and wilh just a little coaching of the :lctorS on the part of ~.1essrs, Hurst aud \iVertheimer a day or two in advance, the players were all loaded and primed, and as a result some telling hits were scored Oil several of the Inure prominent furniture men. For a starter 11iss Florence Holbrook sang the fo1tmving im-p:' ovisation: Other hits were scored by Cecil Lean, (an old friend of l~arry \Vertheimer and "Chuck" \Vidman), Olive Vail and other members of the company. Much fun and merriment \vas aroused by the number of "roasts" handed out and at the conclusion the play the social feeling between the players and the visitors ran decidedly strong. After the show a large number repaired to "The States" restaurant, where a bountiful supply of goods things was handed out by Manag'ei' \\leaver. Impromptu speeches ,vcre called for and re-sponses made by 1\fcssrs. Hurst and \iVertheimer, Charles G. \-Vhite, J. \V. and 1-1. S. Smith ;{Bd a number of others. At Owosso Mich. Trade is fine with the vVoodward Furniture company. The slight advance in prices made by this company had no effect on sales, unless it was to increase them, as the goods are just what the leaders want. Their exhibit in Grand Rapids was much admired and appreciated by the buyers, who left generous orders. A ncw catalogue will be ready for mailil,lg early in Fehruary. The Robbins Table company arc cnjoying a good t.rade in dining extension tables. The Rohhins patent table, with receptacles for leaves uJ](]er the top is still a great favorite with the dealers. Their catalougnc for 1906 is out. Send for it. The Estey Manufa<""turillg cOlnpany did not exhibit in G 'and Rapid;,; in January, but they did get out a lot of llew chamber suites, and gentlemen's chiffoniers, and the boys un the road are sending in plenty of orders, The "Estcy com-pany will probably show in July in their space in the Blodgett building, Grand Rapids. Retail Prices are Maintained in England on Bissell Sweepers, "Owing to ille ingenuity of our subscriber, the p;'oprietor of Holmes' Ironmollgery stores, Lutham Road,Blackpool, and the enterprise of the Bissell Carpet Sweepe,' company of LOll-don, a very fine advertisement for both is at present to be seen in that popular seaside resort. ~Tolmes' Ironmongery stores count themselves amoIlg the most cnterprising of ironmongers, and it is their custom to fight the draper on his O\'ln lines alld hold an annual sale. In the windows of the 35 stores at the present moment are to be seen bold announce-mcnts to the effect that a special discount of 2d in the Is will be allowed during the continuance of the sale. In the cen-ter 01 the window, however, thcre is one jarring note in the shape of n poster, tastelully printed, ""hich reads as follows: "'These Bissell Carpet Sweepers are the main curiosities of Holmes' great sale. They are the only goods ill this window which arc not beil1g offered at a discount of 2d in the Is. \Ve would offer you that advantage if we could, but the nukers won't allow it. Positively ·won·t allow it. And tberefore we can only point to the Bissell carpet sweepers as being the remarkable exception to our very genuine dis-count. "'But despite the (:xception, the Rissell cparet sweeper is <.t bargain at its full price. \\i(: guarantec satisfaction and will replace any machine fonnd other than satisfactory, even after a month's tria1.' "\Ve congTatulate 1v1r.Holmes upon his enterprise in the matter of his annual sale, a plan which we have frequcntly recommended. V.,.ie congratulate the Bissell company upon the ingenious way in which they have ove~come the diffi-culty of t.he: di"count and turned what at fIrst sight would appear to he a disadvantage into a vc~y fine advertisement. The incident raise's some sorry reflections for the advocates of price maintcllance. Here we have the ironmongery store stocking- many hUlldreds of different lines, boldly announcing a rehat.e of over 10 per cent on the whole 01 their stock, and the only article to which they cannot apply this rule is the Bissell carpet sweeper. They give the discount on gas rires, dolly tubs, knife machines, i1rallght preventers, wringing machines, and a long list of other articles, all of which might be pi-ice mailltained. \Ve are aware that. there is a considerable list of articles connected with hardware to which the principle of price maimenance has been applied, but the inadequacy of the ,...h.ole thing is shown at a glance when one finds a representative trader in a town like Black-ponl stocking· only one line that is the subject of price mainte-nance."- r1ard\'lare Trade, London, England. An Advertising Trick, One of the most amusing- incidents relative to sleek ad-vcrtisillg was a trick on the Chicago newspapers several ye~lrs ago. One of the partners 01 a firm went into court and filed a bill for injunction to restrain the other partner from sacrificing the goods in their store at figures far below first cost. The plaintiff set forth in detail that his partner had \'lith some insane desire marked all the goods in the store down below cost. Then he w·ent into details and showed how different articles werc being sacrified notwithstanding his jll"otest, and asked the court to issuc an injunction and restrain his fractious partner. It was a strange fight and the lle\VSpa]lers took it up and devoted columns to the novel case. The result was that people on the lookout for bargains flocked to the store and purchased goods. Day by day the hearing for an illjunction was delayed, and finally, when the free. ad had been worked to its end, the suit was dismissed without prosecutiun, the whole cost to the firm for thousands of dollars' worth of advertising being about $25.-Ex. Valuable Paintings to be Confiscated. David S0111mc:'s, jvcsident of the D. Sommers Furlliture comp,ll1}', of St. LOllis, has been studying the internal revenue laws with the aid of the cllstoms officers of the city of St. Louis. Th:'ee years ago three paintings were imported from Europe by him fa;' wedding gifts and the government found that the appulised value was not one-half of the real value of one of the paintings, consequently has brought suit against ),[1'. Sommers to confiscate the paintings. Small salaries. it 1S discovered, require an elastic cur-rency to make then~ go round. 36 Old Furniture and Modern Copies. Genuine <lntiqtw furniture of tlh' ad}' art periucls i~ h~'- coming so rare that few of the shops pretend to offer rdic,; of the l1a,;L contenting themselves with c-"-ccl\c:nt copi(':c, of wen-known pieces of furniture by artists who in tllcir clay es-tablished a stall(];lrd of ~'"cellem'(' r;Hely rc'lcllcd before (1'- ~incc. There afC ,I 11t 1(i\1l' furnishing articles. prc:-'>l'lltcrl \11 large Cjllantitic,; ill second h81l(j ,;tnre,;, hut it should be re-membered that these. for the most part, possess \lonc of the characteristics of beanty, \yit!lout which an article: i5 of little Y;lll1e. There were period,; in uur own history, and in that of France and Eng·land. when art was ;[t;{ 10~Y ebb. Cn-scrupulous dealers may dispose of snch g·ood~ to thc llll:'ll:"- epecting, but in the cye of a COlilloi"seur they \uHl1d bc ([llick ly condemmcd. 1t is due to the scarcity of gCllllillc colonial fllrnitLtI'\' to-day tbal mannt<lcturc,":, h~l\·(' set tbclllseh·cs t11e dinlcllit t:l:;k of rCl1roelllcillg- ill ,~olid we)lld the best examples of tl1is peroid. 1\"ot ouly this" bul the old Fnglis11 tllrnitnre. from which the carly colonial lll~\ker:, drew a good deal 01 their in,~[.lir:ttinn. is being copied, Hn(\ reproduced ill ;dl particll1<lrs. as perfect as the originals. The re\"i\";)\ IIf thc fnrllitl1rc-l1icCCS (Ii .such styles founded by Sheraton. llejJp!cwhitc. all<\ C:llipPclldal~' dates part1y from the time of the coronatiol\ of King Edw:Hd. That ceremOllY stirred all the old families to ralls;\ckiug garrcls ;llld ccllars for antique ;:\rticles of orll:mlt::lll all(l ]1"e A gTeat m;my exqnisite pieces of 01(1 furniture wcre broughl to light and cxhihited f()r the fir"t time in a celLttlry A fc\\ (if the Sheralon and Chippendale pieces ('xhibited at t1)(' cOi"ullation wcre man·eluus productions (ll t11(':-ie l\yO 111;ISt<'·, artists in woud. Copies of them have since becn made. which will serve to cstahlish a new popularity ior this style oi furniture. Tmitaliull ;l1ltiql1e furniture is shoddy. and i.-; (J{ little V;dllC. Perfect copic.-i of antique articl('s, made with the S:\I11\; care and effort, in solid wood, even to the millutesl carvings, arc fully <IS \\,ol·thy of Ollr admiration as thc originals 1n fact. it is the unly way that 1I1OSt of tlS (';\11 cnjuy thl>~e exquisit(' pieces of furniture. and we must re~t content with sll('ll re-productions. There can he no question ahout lhe artislic and utilitarian valllc of tbe modenl copies of the o](l-fashil)l1cd hall-clock, which to-day :-iell as high as $500 ;\n(\ $1.000_ Tlte Inechanical movements ()f the clock" ;\r(' ,.;;upnior t(, the ancient time-piece.-i. \\·hile the WO(I(\work is c(lpied l'x,\ctly from the original lHeces Tbcy arc made ill ,~lllid mah(,g-allY. oak, or rosewood, and they l}(l:-iSC:-iSthe cll:\radnistic-, III tilt· old pieces. Likewise, the carving ()I the modernizc(l En.~-lish :,tyles lie furnilure i~as perfectly done as ;l1lJ-'·ShOl·\·lJ {Ill the i{:\y pjt'Cl'_" of thc original Chippendale Ilr Sheratl_H\ The l'ssl'\1ti;d lYlill( to ohserve, however, is that the cupics arc gc1ltlillt:: lmit:\- tion of the old furniture will not CUUtll, for snch \\"lIrk call be done by inferior wl-lod-workcr:-; wilh()ut catching ill :IllY (kgre,· the spirit nf the f'l\l1Hlers. 1t requires 11(:,\r1y a" mueh t;l"le and skill to make a mod(:rn copy of an old Chippendale (,r Sber;ttol1 ck\ir as it did for the orig·in;d. fl is \)Willl; "I thl· genuine merit that the modernized ;l1ltitltlC I"ltrllitllre ,I;" the classical English types filHLs among t!l'lSe \\"11'1 :lppr('ciat~' tasteful environments ill the hOl11c. The rcvival of these e;\rly Engli,~h scholll,.; Ilf furllitnrt· carrie.-i with il ;t kuuwledge uf :lrtistic ";UtTlltllldillgS. ;\1](1 so;ne l:;\slC in disposing of the \-ariotl:-i ;\rtic1es in a rllOlll. To carry out the effect properly, it is necessary th;\t there _~hou)d he harmon)' 111 deL\il and environment. \ r,10l11 fllrnished with Chippendale tablcs, Hepplewhite chair,.;. :l1ld Sheraton. rockillg-c11<lirs, \vith a nearly c,,1rll1ial _~idcb, ';I"-(] would hardly jJl"odllce ,\ pleasing effect 1t is bettu t" tnl nisll each room wilh the furniture of one period, carrying out ,he ,.;theme of decoratillil so far ;\:-i possible in every detail This elll f()r \lhlncy. and a g'HHI deal wurk in cullCCtillg I t is j)(lt po"sib1e to go t'l ,lLl}' store ,llld select all uf the apprllpri;\te articles for .";I\cll ]"i)!>Ill.S, hut \vith a little p'ltietlcc. ";Indy. and JL"Oper ,.;ekctil)l1, ;Ill (lid i':tlglish be(lro()]\l, ;\ Fll'llli:-.h dinillg-ruolll, and a lilw:\'-y Ol" parlor II:· colllilial furni-ture \1\a)' bc reproduced Chippcn(];de furniture i:-i hest suited for the parl,lr alld (Jill' \1;" 11110; e ))edrl)OITIS. Cilpies of the u~'ig-ill<tl pieces aholllHI in e:uJuisite liatte:-lls in C;\l'I'e([ WOOl\. sug-g-e:;tilq2: '·C·y stnlllg1y the dec(lratiol\."; ,If Ln\li,:; XV {llrniture. Thumas Chippendale. the bthn Ilf tll(' style I,vhich hears his nalllt', was grl~atly ill- Ih1t'llced by the French sdj()ul of decorah:!'"s of that and prc\·j,n1.-i ])(,l"io(L,.; lIe ',\':1"; ;1 CllllSl1mm,\te ;\rti,c;t and work- 1ll:\11. alld instead (If mcrel:y retleering- 1'1·encll influellcc 111 his Wi-,rk, 11(' f()\.lurled a distinct school of dcsig-ll ant! crafts-llla1hhip. Thcre was ;l delicHey in his work which \VOll gelll1ill~' admiratio1l. .\ gO(Jtl deal of the s(l-ccdled modern Chippcndale lliece~ ;1·;-(' -t';lr fr(\111 !)(Is:-iessing; ;ll1y of lhe original cl1araeteri...tics uf the ,.;tyll'. ;tl1d tl]('y· ;Ire Ilot even attemped copies of tilt.' gT11l111lC. E"cel1t"l$ ~·(llJ;l·~ 'If ClJippelldak e11:\;:-", can he nb-t:\ ilU:d tll-day· from $20 tel S50 upward, and wilen the room is l'lItirely d('c'lr:lted with <Ipprop:"i;\te fn:·lli:-ihiligs of th;\t pe_icHI. tbe effect is e:-:cdlcl1t. The fl1ruiture harmo1lizes Wl'1\ with 1l1urlcrIl \I-all-papcrs ;\1111 dec(,rati'llls sugg-esti\"e ()f the FI·ellcb Sdl(j$1. 1,:>-cl1 the uphol,.;tercd seats in tapestl'y effects. if rigllLl.y seJected. CITry out the ,Itllloshpcre pf the Chi1-1pendale period. Shnatoll hHlliturc i:, (:I-el) lTlOre difticult to ohtain Lhan Chippcndale. :wd many designCt"s uf modern furnitlre a1-e j'lrced to study rcprodnctiolls ()f the articles published in <l leI\' ho01,s ;111([ periodil~;d:-i ot Sheraton's timt'. There arc ,s('H;'al c!abilrate boc,ks \\'I.lll cxCellelit clllo·cd plates, dc;dillg· with Sheratllll furniture, hul the:-ie bunks are ;l1most ;\S costly ;h some of the ;lrtic1('s of furniturc. 0111y a tel\' c()pie:, 'If these rare edition:, ;Ire ill e.:-:istcIlCc, <lnd some oj the hl:st Il1Ul!crn copie" of Sheral,jt1 chairs and tablcswcrc Blade f:"Ul1l tl1(' desigl\s thllS ftlrni:,hed ill hook plates. Shcr;\icdl wa:-i 1'[ a little later period than Cbippendalc. hut he rep:·csented :1 di:-itiucl school of his 0\\11 11i:-i ftlrnitllrc is made prillcip:dly Ilf l1l:lhogally ;ll)(1 s;ltin \VO()<.!, :llId inlaid work disting;l1isl1l'd l)l[lSt of it. ::\e<trly;111 of lbe inbid work is of lighter col(Jl"ecl wpods. ,1J1d not of iVI)l".Y 01" other material whic11 the o-ielltals tlse f(lt" thi,.; work. The \vooc1 \vas carefuly :;electc.d and cured hehll"e being tlsed ior furniture :\11(1 OJn:-iC(lllel1tly it seldom ,S\1II\VS :\11y \\-arpillg ()1' cracking tit rough year:; (If e,jllstallt ]1,,('. The :-il11all11icces of IVlJod \.I:-;ed for inlaying \1·C]"e also th()r'lug-ht]y cured, ;\nd lltey havc showu tlll'l1l,sch-e~ hi be prllDf againsttinlc and Wl'C1tl!CI". In the Sheraton furniture wc li1Jcl the decorations rending tll\vard delicatc lyre-like and tlYi,:;tcd Hntl" desigll::;, witli lite 1cg-s (,{ tables and chairs tllrned and can'ed. ;\ peculiarty ()f hoth the Sheratoll and Cbippcndalc fnrnit1ll"el1 i::; the 11l111lher 11f :,ecret drawers and "hc1\"c:," lll<tlly ~·'Irnp;\rtmellls being- separate([ hy duubk \Vill1S. \,,-ith illgclli- I>\l" pbces betwecn for hiding ;ntic]es of \,;tluc. Steet .springs and c;nc!les hold these faJ,.;e si([cs tug-ether. FDr centuries, \",dH-ahle V(ls~essions b;n·c heen held in these ,secret c1ra\ver:-i, ;\111:1 llh' ;trticlcs of furnitlll"e ha-..-(' passed fr(}111 olle family to anolllerwith 1111snspicioll 01 the existel1<::c of the .'~"I"eat Clllll-partt11l'LltS. "\Tat.erial for many guoc1 rotTIanc('s has thus been 1111car1hed by the unexpected disco\"ery in a secret (lrawer ()f a Sh~':-,ltl)ll de.sk OJ" burC;\ll of SU11le will or y;·dnable llapn d'll'll11H'lll "rite modern sideboard \o\a,.; t10t in existellcc ill the day,s 'If Chippendale, and tl1o,.;e said to be of tbis schoul \vere made ill I:lter timc:-i. The ~id('1J().1rJs (If that period were simply r:lhle~ intel1l!c([ for holding a few g-lasse~ and pbtes. Sheratoll prOlhably designed the lirst o[ tbe m()d~rn English style of AN OLD FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND PARLOR. One Seen by Mr. Bi1ltops as He Listened to the Ticking of a Clock .. ",Funny thing to see lItre in \Yew York in I90()," said \'fr. Billtops, "an old (a,,1Iion(:<\ "'\ew Englalld parlor, wi.th ~'tn in-g- rain carpet, mostly of a chn(:obtc color and \""ith a great big leaf pattern in it, on the Aoor. A cylinder sterl/c, pcrtec"t- 1)' blac1<(:'"(l and polished :\nd,vith an urn on top of it, and with a pipe that ran back it little ways and then dropped vertically a foot from an elhow, and then, from another el-bow, nl11 straight again and so through the hole it! the [)re-board into the chimlley. ,; Haircloth \lIrnitn:·c. mostly. For one item a baire'loth sofa long enongh For anybody to lie down 011, with a hack funning perfectly straight from end to cnd, hut high enough for comfort. and with end :::ectiolls o[ the same height that cnmc squ:\r-e t!l the f:"()llt. \\'oJl(lerfnl and s'lfe. Manufac1ureQ by The Uclell Wool<., luoianapolis. indo ;;Horsech;lil· chain;, really graceful in desig-n as to their [ranles, and these of solid mahogany. and carved; halldso111e old chairs, architecturally and in finish but ""ith rounded up, smooth, horsehair covered sd:as. "'1\'\'o yellow maple chairs with cane seats; simple but at the salTIe time quaint in design, these chairs, are sedate and firm, but pleasing chairs, nevertheless, and S01l1fortabk to sit ill, an(l with their light color and conlparatively light con-struction, the brightest and lightest pieces of furniture in the fOOlll. "One morc chair here. a deep scated ]"()cker. with a hig;h hulgy ont hack and high curving" arms, a11(\ with a soft cllsh-ion in it covered \vith patchwork or silk. /-\ very comfmtahlc chair to sit in. :yuu [ound this old rocker. if it chanced to fall to you whe11 :Vnll came visiting, "Between t\\·'o windolvs at the front of the room a L-rhlc \',"ith foLding top. raIded, this top has an oblong area rluing over the oblollg' 1'I";lme 011 which it rests. Unfolded and swung around, yiltl have a t,lble with f\ top square 111 shape ,tnd of twice the folded si:te. "A mahogany table this, supported by a single heavy column, rising from an oblong shaped plaform base, with a 37 heavy. scroll foot at each corner. Good thing, this olrl fashion-ed folding- top mahogany tahle. You don't find many like it to-{!.:Ly, It is folded now, as it is commonly kept, and has a h:·OW11 chenille cover on it. upon which rest au album two or three books and some old time daguerreotypes in their old f'lshiolled C;lse.s, "On the mantel, one at either end, two stuffed hints. perched 011 moss-tlecked little brancbes, under glass shields; \vith a miniature sheaf of wheat, a piece of coral. hvo conch shells <l11(1some curious bits of bric-a-brac strung along- be-t ween. ;'011 the walts old-time framed engravings, with the lIgun:s in them in queer old time costumes, and at the windows, painted shades, with a broad gold bor~ler and with a hasket of flowers paillted in the middle; these shades being-raised and lowered by a cord runnillg over a grooved wheel fastened to one elld of the roller and rUlllling down to and around a kllob set in a little ratcheted slide tacked to the side of the \vindow frame; cord always stretching a little ~ITld' getting loose, so that you have to preSS the knob down another ratchet to tighten it. ';And strange as it all did seem now, it did seem pleasant. indeed, to see this old Nel,v England parlor, here in New York, in 1906; and--Zip! Zip! Br-r- Crackety-bing-- bang! Gluck! Gluck! Gloo-k! Gurgle-gtugle.-bangl' and I open my eyes and look over at the radiator-heat COIl1~ ing up [oe the tirst time to-day-and the old New England parlor had gone, and there art' very htmiliar present day, city surroundings that T see ,tbout me now "But presently the radiator gets calmer and quieter. and hegins to purr and sing, gently and pleasantly, and the warmtb begins to steal comfortingly through the room, and then I hear again. the slow and measured and musically monotonous ticking of all old time clock. "Our Aunt l\:fary, who lives IIp invVlndham county, wrote to us about three weeks ago that she had come across, up in the ~ttic an old clock t11;:lt she thought we might like to have; ;.t1ldwe wrote to her that we'd he, glad to get it, and she sent it along. "It's a shelf clock, but a big one,ill a tall ~<Jtlare cornered, mahogany veneered case. Looking glass in the lower part of the door-the clock face of painted wood,· with a little painted ornamentation on it in the corners, around the dial; paint WOl"ll off acrOSS the face of the dail, between the key-holes, where the ,vinding key has been swept across it from 11O\C to hole, in innumerable successive windings in days gone by. "A clock with \veights, old time clock weights, and \-vith a pendUlum; and there's a soothingness in the ticking of an old time clock that you don't get in these nervous modern dock", that ail: actuated by springs. "i\nd we took the old clock to the clock repairer and had it put in order and then we brought it home and set it UJl-a line old clock, it is! And we WOt11ld up those weights and set the pendulum swinging, and the old clock found it voice and sf/oke to us long ago; as it has been doing daily since. "And this day I had been listening to it and dreamin'; that',;; all, just dre<lmin'.··-Kew York SUIl. Trading Stamp Bill Before New York Legislature. [n the. New York legislature a bin has been introduced to regulate the trading stamp business. It provides that a de-posit of $25.000 shall he made with the city treasurer in the large cities, before stamps can be issued, to be given away v"ith purchases, The stamps are used for the purpose of collecting premiums, and if this hitt passes it wi.\l regulat~. the giving of all articles of merchalldise with pl1 rchases. III the secondary cities $15,000 wilt be the charge and so do' ....n to sma\1er amounts in smaller cities of the state. The pen-alty will be a tine of not more than $1,000 or six months' imprisonment. 38 The "Jlrill~< ,;t'''~'('ll open:" \\,{.':I a/hi the jl:n.~p('ch {IJI- :1 prospC"OtlS YC~l'- are lllanifc,;ted q;·11llgly. F.arl:y :::llipnH:']l\o' of gOO(!s ill lllO.:-:t line:, ur manufacture arc called f"r, :1 condition our manutaclurn:-; C(J1l1CI1111blC with plC~I-;l1r(' By the etection of ne\\' f,lcloric-; and the l'llbrgclllVllt "I old ones dnrillg the p:r,-:( year, gi\'ing" Clllploj'IllCllt to :1 Llft')y increased ll11tllber uf 11len, the illlpl'rtallcc ()f 1'~\',Ul:-:\'iI1,l' ;1:' a fUfuiturl' manufacturing' ccut,,'" ;" 11111dl 1<1'-';",'('1"than ill the years past. Onr m;\Ill1fadurcr,; du ll(lL a:-:pirc' In l11~lrked r\i,;tillC-tion in the i11<1t1,"try. They \\iou\rl l1ur care tll llCl\'c {Ilir city known as the "great (~elHfal Jllad.:cb oi the greal "('('I1I:al west" Hor as the "Grand Rapids ol tl1(' Ohio Valley," Tileir aim is !Ofllrnish the nineteen th(J\lS,llld dC;lh'l"s "I the United Stat(':-; with good meditll1l ;llHI I,)\\, priced fnl niture, the fu,"niturt that the COlllmon people want, thelllr11i-ture lh<lt is iu dem:t1Jd eyery day. )'Ianag-erl\Iillcr of the 1Iiller Folding Be.d eump;II1Y i-; well satisned \vith !lis 11r::;t experience as an o:hibitor ill the Chicago exposition. 1I;t\-iI1:S had it great sal,' (If "Eli" l()lding heds. The Karges Furniture CiJJJlpany arc mailing ;\ c;lta[ogll<'. illustrating and descl'ihing- their ne\-"\' line of chamber furniture a11<1 wardr,)!le". i\lanagcr Ilal!. \If [11(' r':vallsviik Huokc;ls(' and Tabk company. has ret11rlled frum Chicago, where he 'ipent ,I few d:tys meeting blJp:r,-i ;It Ihe expositiolL. 'rhe Specially 1,'tlrlli[ure company will have a Hew f;ICtOl'Y and rC:,U!llC the l1lal111tactureof furniture shortly. The Fellwock l;:'ol[ and FaLlet company i,; rapidly pIT par;l1~ tu resuml' hu,;il1ei',S with ,\ we1\ equipped faclory. S('crl't:lry-trt'Il"tlr,'r Ploeger., of tile 130"<;(:,F,Hllitufe CI)1I1- pany visited tIll' Chicago Furniture market. .\lthou.tdl the Bosse line was 1I<)t 1)11 exhihition. Mr. T'1c,eger did a rille IHl:-ii-ne3S while \11 Chil'a~·". Brief Mention, The Nc\son C1rpd campau)' arc adding- l11rniturc to their lHlsilless in La Crll';sc, \Vi!". E. L. Grey bas purcahsed the il11:t'rest uf ,-\. T. ;\hln~lY III the rlrm of (;'os:" & ~Jtlrray, Plainwell, ).lich, The 'standard Furnitul'c company stlccccdH. [1. Ln11111(:' and company ;It·\ltoOIl:l, Pa. Fifty tllOlts<llld ciollars capital is invc,;ted. The :,lock of the cOlllpany will be sold out at 01lce and a llCW ;'itock purchased. Tn a recent [-ire ill Ru"sctlyillc, Ark., damages -were heavy. two furllito;'e sture.:; sllffel"ed. ThC)' Ivere X.:lllkin Brothers and l{obert l-l:.ag-sdale. Vl'ry little insurance \vas carried. G. A. Chatllcld has suld (jut hi;; furniture "ture in Bel-mond, TZl. Geo, i\1. Schaefer succu[,:; _\, J. Sehwinghamlller III .'\1- h:wy, ?\.Tillll. Jos. Hopson',; fl1rllitnrc store ill _'dart. Tex., wa.~ des[r')red by fire recently. The Eastern Furniture company \vill deZl( ill fut'niture in New York City. Their capital is $5.00n Birmingb ..1m, \l;;L, \vil1 soon JliIssess ~\llother furniture store. that of the Crook f'urniture ;llld Loan company. It was recently organized 'Nth a capital of $3,900 Clayton lleath ,;uccceds C. R, \\'arincT in Cincillllalt!", 1'\ C\'V York. The Elgin (Ill.) Furniture and Carpet company has 1>e<'11 sold to S. Feuchtwang-n, furmerly of Pittsburg. Pa. Brastcd & Vlilhelm. Hartley, la., have sold out to \11'. and 1.frs, T.H Berne and 1\.Tl-S. Broc1ers. The Thur,;to11 & L8ngl111 Furniture company are ne\vly (I"gani2ed in Anoka, 1\1inl1, E. C. JncobsoJ) Jus sold Ullt in Gary, ),lin11. \\"111. IIHlllphn'Y, .:I.lora, ;\filln., lias bought \V. A. Day's lurniture stat'\.'. Thc Sl~UHlard Furniture company of Spokane, \Vash., !l"c; heel! ille<,rpOratl'<1 \vith $,55,OCO capital. O. I" l\Ie~v(']" 'J! Xew- \'ork buys a half intcl'esL The PC,)p!c',-i ()ulhttillg C((mjlany (If Chicag,) has sold um 1,) thcllartm;\ll Furllitu,e and C;\rjlet company. The llZlrt-lll< J.1l c,nnpuny obtainc([ 1t'a~e Oil the building' occupied hy ihe People's Outfitting c()\npan.v ami lakes over the stock, li_'dur(·s. hook :lccotlJlL; ,'PH) h]J,-iinc.-;,; o[ the retiring cornpany. The Gabay Furniture and ;\'! l'rcanlilc ('()\ilvany, illco~por- ~Ited with $10,()CO eapiL,1. will do hllsines,; in .l\:[empbis, Tenn. S;lle blowers succeeded in making away with $58.31 Ir(Itn the safe of the D;\llvil\e (lU.) Furniture company. The TVanI Furniture and \nctinn company, \'lith $10,- noo capital, witl do busilles6 inf)el1Yer. Colo. The Glohe Furllitun: cnmpaLly, Fort. \Vnrth, Tex" is ballk~ rllPt. Liabilities $3(i()(). a:,seL; $2400. A $2,000 loss resulted frOlTL a tire ill the Schmidt Furni-rlJre store in Vcnligris, \Ieb. Ben T. Smith will add a rille fmlliture depat"tment to his .~tore in ~i.\iles Cty, 1\lollL The: Hopc (Ark,) Caniage and Furniture company have had a fire, the loss reaches $12,500. The Palace Furniture company, Vv'heeling, \V. Va., has become a stock ~ompat1y with $80,000 capital. _\. H. Albrecht has pnrchZlsed /\. 11oc.hsprung's furniture store' in Stewal·t, )'-linn. Cox & Leek, Knoxyille, 1'("n11" :11'(' slIcceeded by E. \1. Andre\vs, who has another store in Greensboro, N, C. Eggert & Sons, lTi\waukcc, furnitllre dcalers, wilt erect ;1 $20,000 building fot' me as sales, display and storag'e r,)(Jll1S, to be of hrick 50.\:125 feet in dimellsion:", three stories high. The CrU(I\':' 1o'11rnit\.1I·(' C()l1ip,llly, Be,;sel11Cr. Ala_, has been rt:nrg-anizc,1 with $5,000 capital. The stockholders 3nd t'IlW1oytS of the \Vinegar Fmniture CI)lllpany Clrjoycd a banqoet ;It thc Hntel Pal1t1ind, Grand R.Zlpids, January 25. The Greotzinger Carpet and Fl1r1liWrc cOl1ipaily will dn business in Newark, N. J. l C. \Iatland has opened a furniture store in Corona, Cal. 'the Jenkins Furniture and Auction e.ompany have en-n; tO'<.:d in businc~s in Berkeley, Cat CO> ""Cr,ystal Brothers, Vacaville, Cat, have a new furnitl1re store. \Tr. Baldwin has opened a furniture store at Jvlerced, Cal. C H, Burdick has moy(,d his furniture store from I,os Angeles to Ely, l\ev. F. B. \\'harton, Oakland, Cat., has made an assignment :n favor of J. L. Lyon. The 11. A. Bricr company. Lodi, Cal., have a,ided turni- III 1"" :~nd cZlrpds. Creditors of t~le Decatm ~fll.) Chair l'()Hlpany have asked f'll- -the appointment !If a receiver. The [iabilities ~\rc said tll bc $15.000 Zlnd the ,tssct:-i $50,()OO. \1, _M. \lacQl.1een has sold hi,; stock of furniture ill Oeolltt), \Vis., tn the Reynolds company. Thc l--'oc.atel1o (Utah) Furniture company has made an ,lssignment to L. ;VI. 11obson. The Globe City Furnitl.1l·(, company of rocatel1o will buy the stock. El1zcb Sanctuary has openc(l a furniture store in Hines-bnrgh. VL ]. \. Arnold, a fmnitn]"e dealer of I.otlisville, Ky., has left tlle c.ity. taking with him funds belonging to the Carnahan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which be lvas treasurer-, The Idaho Furnitme company, of Pocatello, Idaho, have made an assignment. No. S26. THIS TRADE MARK GUARANTEES THE BEST No· S2S. WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. OWOSSO, MICH. WOODARD FURNITURE COM PANY Schultz & Hirsch Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Manufacturers of Medium priced Bedroom Furniture in all the Faney woods and Finishes Full Line of 400 Pieces shown in Grand Rapid, during January. New Catalogue will be ready sooo. Write for one FEATHERS FEATHER PILLOWS and BEDDING SUPPLIES 260 and 262 South DespJaines Slreet Yours Truly CHICAGO WOOD~RD FURNITURE CO. 40 Pioneer MfS. Co ... DETROIT. MICH. Reed furniture Babu Garriages Go-Garts Our goods will be shown with Palmer Mfg. Co. on the second 110m of the Furniture Manufacturers' Exhibi. tion Building, I 3 19 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, _ ILL. lkt'"it is pl,c.;pnil1g ;',IHI ill the t!nitc'd St:ll,',,; Ct'll~ll:; ,.j 1910. n'cry I'Jdrll;lc' pr"plws;c,,; th'IL ill ""l\Il! \\-i1", sh,.\\;\ h,\1f millio1! illkllJit:lllts. Then- I" u·: Llill'i:, 111\\('11 t" l'l1- c{)urap;c the helid that the city is r:ljlitlly lll';lr;lll! that 11I:lrk, ,\11(\ t11c fll'nituf\' mell, lllallllbclU1"l'L'; <llld 1l1,'r('h:1I1Ls alike :IH' doing their Tllli sh:lrl' \1-" bring" it ,1])<ll1t The 1l1:l11ui;ICLu ,'LS il:-e ;dl hns}': >"1111(.' (ll rhl'1ll with 11lUI'l" orders 1111 tbl'ir !J'loks thall (','n hc!p!"e ;,t rhi .; se:ISIlll (,I tltl' year, while the lIlerchallL~ :trv carrying: ~t()d,:-i t1l<'.\ l'.'ll1pt their custlll1Wr:-i to huy eyen !1lorc tklll they :lctll:t1ly nced Tl1c Ilc\ve:.;t :\11(1 \vhat prUlJlises tu b!:' l'Ill' ,,( thc li!lc~t fur-niture store ill tbe city, i:-i being hlli1t hy \\ .. I~. n;lrh·' ,11 1fichig,1lL al·c .. I1car third:-it. II IS a Il;\I1(1:-;"l\le thrcc' ~uwy builclillg, SI) l1ear compleLioll that it will he "pelletl up \\·ith all entire ne\\' :-itock early in ,\p:·i1. Tllis will hc a hr:llh.:h of the "\Voodw:trrl ,1\"(:" .• sto:-c of \Y. E. Harker ~'V.. Clllllll~lny. and will be :1 great aC([l1isiti('11 Ul th(' fl1rnil\1rC il1dl1:-itr .... of .\lichigan ave., w11ich ;llr~·<ldy 11:\:-imore lnrllitu'·(· st(l;'(':-' tb,ln :lny nther street jl] the city. The Po~selitls Driltht:1'''; Fur11itllH' \ral111f,\'~tl1rillg- C(\111 KOOK WOOD alLd a general line of FANGY TABLES \VTite fUT Cuts and PTice, PALMER Manufacluring Co. 1015 to 1035 P:llmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. Will exhibit during January on second Aoor, South Furniture Exhi-bition Bldg" l31q Michigan Ave,. Chicago, W. pall) :)td a lille lHOSlH.'(C~ i'r,r as !;!T-g-c ;1 husiness: ill 1906 as ill 190\ :\J1d that was :l r,·c{)rd hreak~',. Their un·\, C;lt:t\ogtk \\·ill hl' out early ;11 1·'('!Jrll'lry Thi,.; COlllP;llly 11;1:-; hrOtlg!ll 1)11t :l llew r'llll1d jahle wi[11 a 45 inch tr,p wl1i,.'1J 11lay 1)(' c\:· tended to 64 i11cl](> :\1ld "till be a flll1ll(1 table, The exteIlS;()11 lC:I\'cs ;\re tlilder the top. ;llHl it is (k:-;igned f()r a !l;U\([Lld t;\111(', l"t is jll'cside11t \fllllZ·S l;ltcS!". and patellts haH' IWCll :l\Jphed fl.r \\"hicll will ]]<1 doubt he .::.>;:':tllted. Spcaking- uf patent,.;, mally pe(J]/,e are 11llde: \11l' illlpr,::<.-.;i.jll [hat the Cni\ed Stat,:,.; gii\"(':·llIllcnt i:-isltCS p;ltellb tt) all ,\1)- plic;\]lts wilh !HI ide;\ of p:'(ltecting' them, and th:n tberl'io,e th,~'y may be infringc(1 \vilh il11punit}, hy ~Iny one who Illay ,.;cc lit to do ,,0, This is ]ll)l the Ch(', as tllc reader may sel' hy turning to thc ad\'erti~elllellt of t.hi,.; company 1111 ;l1lothn page o[ tl1i,.; paper. The PiOlH'l'r :\f:lIlliLtnt1"ing ClIllljlally 11l(l(k a Illle ,d)ll\\' "f reed rockers. chil([rl'Il',~ clniages and gn-carb ill Chicag-o, :uld h:-id tlJe best ];llJuary trade .since they JJ;n'e been in bl1:-,i-llCS~ T!ley \\·ill S(lil1l mail <In illll~Uatcd .,.;heet of folding, g-o-cart,.;, :-i!J(J\ving- liyc ,.;mall 01le,-" tWll mcdil1111 :Iud seven t11ree-quarter si;cc Fuldillg· :llld reclining carts The Pall11('r \LlllttfaClt11'ing- c01l1pany had tbe large.,.;t trade ill Cl1icagn they ha\'c eU:T had. \\'hen they sell a CU:-itumC1" "uce tbey !l;\':e 11,1 lrO\:./)I(, ill g"l:ttillg duplicate orders. 1:'". D. j;reem<lll, whl) forme ly rq)'c,.;cnterl the \\'olvcr;ne Reed COlll, pany, uf rhi,.; city. \o\"ill C,\ ['y tbe Palmer and P;oIH~cr lilies in Indian;\ :l1ld [llill()i:-,: R. C \rc:\liII'\1l in ~Iichigan, and C. r...::. S'llH.kr,.; in 01Jiu. The beautiful ruolnvuod finished Llbll',~ 1ll;I(.k hy this C()lllpally ClllltilJue to gTOW ;11 popularity. They !J;lVC brotlg\lL uut a l1umhcj' {If 11,'\0\" oak and rnahogally library anrl parlur Llb\l''';, :t1,;() all illlllatHlil quartered oak tlt;lt i,.; 1nllCll S(lllghl after. The Jcnk:-i &: .\Illi,- c<otl1pally an-' "lI·i~lrgillg their brass awl ir"ll bed bet'!ry, whic1\ alteady i,~ ()lle IJt the largest. J C. \\"idm;l\I & company b:\d a (1:l11d,Y (r;\(l(' ill ClJi(~agll; 111\1ch 1:lrg·cr tl!;lll c\·e~· berore. The \\',J1n:rilh' \1;111l1iaClu;illg· e"lllp,\lly :tllrl th,· Cadilbc Caliill('[ cumpany cuuld nul help but h:l\c rille 3;dt',~. fur rhi' display they Pilt IIp ill ChieaglJ \\'inlld ll'1111lt (,'\'ery()IlC hut a 1Jlill(l man. and 11' he werc a r\1rnitll:~' mcrclt,ult, he would be pedectly· ",(lie ill bU.rillg them. Smith, Day & compallY have c!(lsecl Ullt thi" Detruit house al1d l1luve tu llldiallapolis. TlJe r;lil;·oa([" having' ptt:·- ch;lsed the [arg-~' live story hrick facuJry occupied hy t!J(:m at Sixth al1([ CongTess ,~trect::;. and their hl1sil1eS:-i b;lving gr()\\,n ,.;{) rapidly ill [he ]-hH):-i;('r capital, they dCl',idcd to c()llsolid;\tc both of t!leir western lFancl!es in the 18tter city. The \Voh'erill(' H.ecd cOlllpany. havillp; tired rlf prison Ctl!1l-pditioll, have moyed over to \V:dkerville, Ontario., where llnrl,'r L!le protectiug c;\rc 'jt the British lion and thirty-five l1Cr C(:llt protectioll, they' h"jJc to huild \1P a heter busiue::;::; t1l:111 they \\·('re ,lble to d'l in Detroit. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH A COMPLETE LINE 41 We Would Like to Get Closer~~toYou Suppose now you were the boy and we the girl and you wanted to get a little -closer. 'Wellnow suppose you do-we will teHyou how. Buya pair of our S pound Genuine All Geese Feather PillOws, size 20x26, A. C. A. Art or Linen Tick, any color, for $1.85. You will get closer to us and we wl11to you. Terms .=; per cent for cash 10 days. H. B. FEATHER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Double daily train aeyVie~ to N~w Orleans. Send for a free descriptive booklet. Connects with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tickets, rates, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON, PASS. TRAFFIC MaR., CHICAGO. S, a. HATCH, GENERAL PASS. AOENT, CHlc ...ao. fRANK NETSCNERT CO :>4 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORK DECORATIVE FLOWER PLANT TREES HANGING BASKETS ELECTRIC DISPLAYS ETC. Ask us fOl our llIustraterl Catalogue No. 10. fRANK NETSCNERT CO 34 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORK THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as Office, Dining >oJ Directors' Tables are OUT sp~ciahy Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for Catalollue. Getsarnpleoof BANQUET TABLE TOP DON'T READ THIS unless you are a MANUFAC'l'URER. MILL-MAN or BUSINESS MAN, in which case you would dQ well tQ carefully comider the following facts. The St. Louis K. San francisco R. R. bettc:r known as the has built, or added to its system, over 1900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroo.d during tne past five yean and an traversing newly settled sections of the Southwest. NOW is the time to locate your tactory-or mill in this most prosperous section. It will repay you to wlite 'TODAY for full particulars regarding ind1,lcements offered, abundant raw materials, excellent markets, etc Illustratd booklet" Opportuniti~s" semfree. M. SCItUL TEla. Industria. Commissioner, Frisco Bldg. st. Loafs, Mo. No. 51 The New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATENTED OCT. 20. 1903. Comfortable Simple Durable Neat The Acme of Perfection in the line of Folding Chairs. P~:RFHCT COMPACTNESS whcm folded. Ha'l"d maple. uatural finish. \\TRITE "OR PRICRS. oh. PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester, Indiana 42 I The High Reputation of the Alaska Refrigerator 1S JUST1FIED BY 1TS MERITS ONLY Economy, simplieilYand durabJity are combined to make a PERFECT REFRIGERATOR. When in 'he market let us hear from you and we will be pleased to mail catalogue and quote prices. The ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. New York Office, 35 Wanen St. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN Muskegon Letter. llolders ()r :-;b-lCk ill t11l' Alaska I'(drig-n;lt<Jr ~"'lllpallj- :Lr~' very we'll sati:died with tIll' ht1.'iinc:-is t:-an:-i:\cted by tIll' ll\111- 11a11Y1<lst .year and the l'1I11tf()ILlhk dleckc.; di:-:trilH1lt'd C!J\"l'r-ing t11e dividell(L C,)mJll~\illts are often heard {,r Ilw Ull-prolitahl(' ncss III' the 1"clrigatoj" malll\facturiug hU.'iilles,;, lml Sl'lCkllOlr\crs ,)f the \bska ;[1'(' llot :lllllltlg the g-ulllhlt'l":'i. \L-Iliager [~ord ha,; hl'l'n :\ mUllt"y maker ror hi:' ('1llpl'jYl'r.;,;. The biR fact":"y was !le\'e,' 1\](1fe cr()w(led wilh h\1~ilH'''S tll:lIl al.' prescnt. Thos\: (,f "111" 11l:11lU\acture,'s \\'1111 e:-.:hi1Jited lilll'S at G:-and Rapids dl1ring' the past 1I1"l1th are \"<'1".\- \vell satisl'll'd \\·ith thc orders takell. The hig line of (/la1ll1ll'r lnl"Jlitun' {r"lll th{; factory of the lV[ll."kegoll Vallc}' F\11"l1itl1rc company \\":1-; l)l1e of the stellar att:",lctl()llS of tlle s(';[.'"'II11. The (\r<in Llkcll \Vere lafRc, sh"willR the high appreci:nioll ill \\-lli(h tile (:'\111- !lallY's grlods afC 11<.'1\1hy the hest cIa",,> IIf trade The Sargent i\Ltllttl'al't11:-ing c"Lllpan)' 'lilH III parl'lr desks, hall racks, ho(,].;:-ca.-;es, magaZine :,11<1jarrlinier '"'\:uld" and cahillt'l.'i fllr hac-hol"I's altral'L{'d gClh'CIl ;ltlenti'lll The rHllnhcl' of ol-,krs takcn shows 111:)1 the S,lrgel1t j)l"fldlin ;-.(,11.-; The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKECON, MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers ------- Al!lO Manufaclul\"I1 and Eltporten< of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street uge, OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM I':lstly and tit,1t the line i.'" a prnrltahle 01lC f{w dealers tll !tawlle. A cOlllplete change in tllt-' patterns of the l\loon Desk C0111- P,lll}' was 1)11('of the pleasant s"lrprises of th(· market. Ever_y appliance llcccssaq-' {()!' the cnmfo[·t .:tnd ('o(J\·'enience of the <1e.-;k \V(Jrker \vas supplied awl the stlyes were materially improved. :\Ianager Stephen;;; \vil\ lnail a catalogue to dealers who would pnst themselves in regard to the new line. The .\llas FI1rnitl1rc Cntllll',lly. the Shaw \Valker com-pany and the Grand Kapids Desk company are fully employed (\11 ()rdt:>rs. The Postal Authorities Were Particular. .\ lllcmher Ilf thc national house or representatives ha.-; had trouble with tlH~ postal antllorities through his attempt tn put a frank 011 a bookcase containing; JHlblic docutnent,s :ll1d ilrlier things and tc sCIHl it thrOll,Kh the mails from his 11(I11H: to \V!lshington. The posto!tice authorities of the capital held lip the bonkca~e, claiming it was not frankabl~, ;11111 the nwm\)cr \-vas obligc:(1 to p!ly $72 postage.', Muskegon Valley Furniture Co. --- ,MUSKEGON, MICH. -------- Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods ... 43 A MO(O)N-EY MAKING LINE Has raised panels all around and be-tween pedestals, wide pedestal drawers. center drawer with flat keyed lock; double writing bed, heavy pilasters and roll top arms, drawers varnished inside, have mov-able partitions, deep drawer partitioned for books. Overhanging or bracket front. golden oak finished. rubbed and polished. Desk is supplied with 13 all wood pigeon hole boxes, 41etteJ file drawers with index, one card index drawer with foHow block attachmenc, private compartment with Rat keyed lock. This desk is also supplied with space for books at each end of the pigeon hole case. MOON DESK CO. Muskegon, Mich. II ~. Crutchley and company of Albany, N, Y., have become bankrupt. Liabilities are $19.928 and nominal assets $3,175. Washington B. \iVilliams of \iVashington, n. c., a promi-nent business man, long identified \'\'ith the furniture trade, died recently. He conducted a large furniture and carpet establishment until four years ag-o, when he sold Ollt to the Hub Furniture company. M. J. Cowles, son of E. E. Cowles of the B. T.. 1'larble Chair company, is now representing the following manufac-ories; The B. L. Marble Chair company, Bedford, 0; C. D. \iVidman and company. Detroit, and the Crawford Chair company of Grand Ledge, 11icl1. Newell M. Cook, for a long time an undertaker and furni-tllrc dealer ill St. Louis, \lo., died recently. The Lyon Furniture company's store in Milwaukee was damaged by fire recently, the loss is $4,000. The Delehouse Furniture company have increased their capital stock to $30,000. Dewitt \V. Needham of Mankato, Minn., is a bankrupt. F. S. Harmon and company's new building in Portland, Ore., is nearing completion. Tt \\-'itt be one of the hest equipped and modern wholesale and manufacturing hl1ilding;s in the city. E. M. Brown, Cedar Falls, la., has purchased the interest of Mrs. S. 1. Thomas in the firm of Bro\'vn & Thomas and wil1 continue the business. The furniture business of i\kers & Smysor, Lincoln, [11., has been sold to F. E. alle] F .. 1:-1.Avery of Peoria, Ill. :\lr. Smysor will continue in the management until a new maua-ger is appointed. )iTatt F. :\lart1' bas removed from New GIants to \Tol1- tia1to, \iVis. S. IT. Bark, a furniture dealer of of $25 from a forgny perpetrated merchants suffered as wet!. George l'vr. Lawrence, a furniture dealer and undertaker of \Varsaw, Tnd., died recently. The Nebraska Furnitttre company, organized with capital, will conduct a furniture business in Salt Lake C. Black1er has opened a new funliture store in N. D. w.;. stock of Milwaukee, was by a deaf man. the loscr Othcr $25,000 City. Cando, Winkie, Lake City, la., has purchased \Vedin Brothers of Luverne, Minn_ the furniture Jacob Tamble sLlccecds Ole Steenberg in Brandon, rvlinll. S. 1. :\'.1anby and company, organized with $25,OCO capital, will conduct a furniture store in 1\ ew York. Antique fur-niture and bric-a-brac will be a part of the stock. Dunham & CassIe! of Cadillac, Mich., have sold out to Geo. \Vebber and \A/alter Savery. H. ]. \Vendclken will open a wholesale and retail furni-tu, e store in Portsmouth, 0., as soon as a location IS se-cured. The Fish Furniture company wilt con;:;truct a new build-ing at 219-221 North "venuc, Chicago, on p;'operty leased to them [or a term of ten years. The ft11"Tliture de:alers of Peoria are wroth because. the furniture lor the new Peoria city hall was purchased in Chi-cago. They declare their goods could have been furnished at the same rates as those of Chicago merchants. Japanese Looking-Glasses. Looking-glasses and mirrors of small size are being sold 11l China, in great quantities hy the Japanese makers. Glasses of all sizes from the small hand mirror abollt the size of an American silver dollar up to the full length cheval mirrors are madc by the Japanese for that market. A popular variety of glass is mounted upon ;l metal stand made of heavy wire, nickel-plated. so as to sVv·ing upon pivots inserted in the framework mounting. These arc almost entirely of Japa-nese make. and ill sizes I-ange from 6 by 3 up to 8 by 12 or 9 by 12 inches, with bevel edge, rounded COlncrs, or oval shapes, are laid down here, including freight and insurance, at front 70 cents to $1.25 each, United States currency. Bcvel g-bss mirro:-s mOUllted on wooden backs with adjustable wire brace at back, 4 by () inches, sell at 45 ceuts, (Mexican) each and $4 (Mexican) pe;- dozen. Larger siLes, 8 by 6 inchcs, sell nt 85 cents each al1d $8 per doze11 Uv1exican), about 4Z;4 cents and $4 respectively, American. A Valuable Old Bed. Mlle. Cecil Sorel, the beautiful French actres.s, is the \)os.sessor of an antique bed which dates from the time of the French renaissance. Nredtess to say, it is her most cherished possession. The value of the bed is said to be $30,000, and it is in a. state of perfect preservation. The Grand Rapids Exhibition from the Inside. Directly after Chric;tl1u,,; olle (!ll the in:-iidv (II 111rni[\11 anair,.; ill Grand H.:lpid,.: detect:-; a enlaill rl'sllc":";llo.:"-. I",\,;d sale";l1wll C1l1crgc fl"lm tlH' h(),.;()lll"; III' rl,cil' t;ulliliv,.;, ,'1' hdli:"; lip the ,.;hot g"UU, and ",h'l\\' their [ac('s ,n 11ll' lHl'.C!" 111 111· vicinity (IT the cxhihiti()l1 11l1ildi11!.!,'''; , mOlr" ]la; tll'lI,;L:'I) tlL' hig building, passer,.:lJy may he "n'n CiCC;I"j'J1LL1\\ Cr;lll1'li~ their necks, ;1,.; if wakhing a p;lrac!1ut,' 1111ll]). hut a ~el",.;cr l:X- ;Lmil1,ni'lll reveaL" the prc:-icl1,'<.' 1'1' C(I,'11 "I' 1<::111,'i1\:1 nig;gn,.; Idling da:ylig'hl lhruugh the UPllV:' !lu(" \\';!",I!(\\\"". clinging to dangerCJlIs stnrc ledges with IllJC hand ;\1\(1 giving a vig-nrolh rubhing to the glass 'with the other 11}' this Lime t\\"I' ()r l!l:"Cc I)f th~' ()l.Ibi(k lillt,,;. m'll lltll n[ llw adYa1l1,lgl''; ()j: lL~· l'ar'I)' hird 1I,\\,C arrivcd "lH1 a: Il<.'ing: ,;d up. Thl' n\.lt..;ide ,;ah:,;llIeu lJe;.611 tu ,lPlicar \\'iL\I (rl' \\".,1! <,I Dexter line. John Goldell of the llnbh:nd & Eldridge, and <::1'-- ]0,1(1 :\lor!ey yvhn is illv<triabl,Y :lLllOtlg' the Ilr,;L rOllh':'~ .. Alt],ot1r4h the datc of the opening ill J:llltlar) b ';!lPl"h\,d to he the (,rst. the loud tact(l1'ies arc seldmll all H,:t(ly at tlwL cbte and vcry il~\V or the outside lill(:s :11'(', The castenl hUy('r,; hegil1 to arrive dirl.:'cll)' ,lite' CI'I :,;t 111as, expericllce having taught some (II them that ,I,n" ,11''-.' mallY clll,'ie out pltlll1S to he fOl\lHl ;\t g('lle:""llS di";C!lllJ1t·; which they promptly absorb TUj' their Fchrn;l1'y and ~l~I'ch "al('s. By the til11(' t11(' outside lines are in [lH.' mid"t or \JI < paraliull, the I",al ,;aleSlllCll arv ready (or bu,;i'k';S ~Ill(l tilt· hotel lohbivs lwcol11c hee-hiu·s. Il is :t uCl1h'ndtltl,; vlto,.t L(l turn the C1t,l(l~ I)i ;lrnV111g car]'l;ld:c. ill!u th,· rcgllb1'ly [l1;I('ed sample: liue. Thc hlhit'sl man ill l{".Ylll'rUlll Clnislma,; tu the Ill'tll of J:rlluary is undouhtedly Frank I'J"tul1, nuklltOWl1 t,) lleal-er", hut \'l':'Y lllllCh kllO\Vll to vxllihitl)l'~, ~\nd \'cry 111\\el1 de-pended up by ouc~idt, tacli"l:'ics ,lllc1 :c.;deslllcil 011 him. ill a 1;'l1'.2"e llle;h,He, dl'\·11h'e.~. tlh' rb[Ji'l1sibilty 'If rcceiving, tracing- car,,:;, l\n~ackillg and (ldin'rill~' tt", ,heir :c.paccs the variuu:c. lil]1;':-; with thVll' dlOl\,;al1t!,; (JI ,~;\tllpl~':,> pflnrillg daily into the cit:y. [t is a herculean t:t:->k. whi,:ll rcqlllreS :\ C'''J[ head ,\lid exact knowledge Ill' rhc Inc;llion 01' cyery expcrt !u;·niLllr..: h'11Hllcr. .\11.ywhere f 'nlll SCI'Clllyli\'(' tu (lI1C llundr<'d car- ItJa.ds (It :-iample:'> jJ~\S:-itlln1llgh hi,,,; 11(l11(ls in the ';Vacc ,il' lVll days, eve:"y 'l\\'l1cr 101' re]Jrt'scnt~lti\'e ..;alesman clamoring' {or instant action. This llle;1l1" ~I iur('e o[ furniture packer,;, and ll1I,\'iuf2; van", \\'{Fking day and night alH\ yn tht'l"c is ne\"~'r ;\11 ;ll,ticl( lost, and .:;('\(Inn) 1,Ile llli,;placc(l. Add lo th(' lWlllt: p,"udl.lu about lih:y car!pa(b h:\n(l1nl 1)y the exhibiting iaculrics 1.11'utlte;> 1,lleal lllljlat:kcr,; :Illd yillt have the out;;idc p,l,'t (){ the exhihililJll The raise in price,;. Ilf ap\lroxiIl1~\tl'ly l10t ()\"er 5 per ('clIl (lelay('d the hl1yillg tbis L\st SC:lc'Ull and CI\15cd 1I1;ll1y to take lllemnra11(\<t r,\ther th;l1l le;\ve or{\(~rs, hut ,\,..; a rttk Ja11uary, hllying- j" pl'ompL. al1(l s[lccdy, ~'r()\\'(ling tht' ';l'a~'III'; hlhi-ne."',':; int() threc :c;cal1t weck:;, thereby dinnil1~ ',:u.'!:cly ('"'\111 the IOl1g (\r;l\y\1 (Jul S111ll1l\tr s("lsun. The must notablc change il1 J;.ll1l1ary wa..; Ih(" el1ti;'(' ab- :;cnce of retailing in the K,lillg1ll~11l buil(lilig, the cntirc :",'tail l':c.tahlislllll(,l1t, h:l\>illg ltlUH'd tl\ th "I) calkd .\11111.':". l!lu,; Ilpcning up n1llro: :..;pac(' ill LI1(' hig lJlliltling' \\·hiclJ ill thi: ll1;lin \vas 'H.::ntpicd by prt"\'il'u,,,, <'.,hihitl,r,; in the \1111ex The .~ew Cli"llpl'raLi\:e 11l1ildill.~ I,f .\le..;e;~·,..;,(;~',,JJili"t:h :1111! SkillllCl' i" \\-'('11 1111der \\":IY, ,11](1 it:.:; ~.t"\'t'll r1,,,,:',':; will. he rl'ad:- in July. It will dr~l\\ Ir')111 the \l1"d!2,l"lt htl';!dill~' (; ,hil;",'I' ;;l;d Croshy, Carrol1tlll1 1,'ul"ltitlll"C C<ltTquny, S11c';t<>n ~11H1Snytkr, hU1ll the Shepard huilding O.!' \\·IH·t·I"ck \\'itll hi" nUllH'rlollS linc,;, tr<01u th(' _\fasll1lic huildinf!: :-:-;ki11l1"r ;lIlI! Slel"l11~'\11 ,lIltl "'\];' ,ht' 1"li11g:m;lll buildill~' l';1< \llt,j'l'!!;"I\ Vall-::/ ["'urnitl1r "I'!p,llly and will 1:1 ('"q.;,."jU' jlt~~' lrl!:<' Y 71R T 1.s7I.l'l s ...:..,.k -) $ ft $* 11l~·r, [,;~' LI1<.';\\';111 ll,:l' ,;p:lce. II' the pa,;t is :Lll}' criL<"l·inn, tl1i~ nH~allS that July will find 11\<,re e::--:hibitors than l'VC" ,;\flec ftlr tIle la"t 11ve }'('<lI'S then' 11:1<; !Jel'll practically 1101 de.:;il ,\llie l1110ccnpicd Sp;I(',(' tll he hac] in Lhie; lll:lrket. _\Il(lther lllJtice:tblc lad \\"as dIe absence ot S(Tel',ll prOI11I- 111\:11tJilles, Ivlltl:-'>e ~]J:Il'!:S \\vre occupi('<l hy otherc'. 5('\'(';'al new linc ..; m:llk their debuL thi,,:; ';(',\'i()ll beino' The i<';\~\b Cll:til" cOlllpany {Jt Gr;lud kapids ;nakcrs (It' high g-;'ade malwg;ulY work, t11e Cr;nvfnrd Chair company ()f GratHI Ledgc ill che:tp and lTleclil1!ll buX" :c.eat diners and the Old Co;ouy Chair cIJmpany, lit l<'oche ..;tcl" ill mahogany n:pt"UdllC-I11Jns uf tllC <lId makcrs. Thl' valuc ()f the Grand I{alli(!:o; e:\.hibits is mostl\' a nutler tI( t·,~till1;lle :dthnugll the uutside litH's wer"e ()(lce "polled iOI" ;1 \·:tllle of (JIlC hundred ,\nt! si:\.ty thOllsaud dollals by a larg(' ,~;\11lple huy'cr. The lines i)l the loc,l! facb)ries \vill casilv rc:\c!t ]nl1' a minion dol1;(I"". The :-lctnal lltul1bel' of sanljJl('~.;; cxhihilc(] in Grand Rapids was placed at about forty eight tllou,;alL (ully half of which \vere case goods. \\'hat dH' ~'t",l:>(!ll costs S01l1e of the exhibitor,,;; will llc,'el hI.: knuwn h'lt we can put 0111' linger on scyeral oUlside 1,\t:!i11'ic,; IVhIIS~' freigltl. rellt balldliug>, hotel and incidental I'Xllt'llS~':; \vill 1l1:1kc :1 two L1H!us~{nd dollar clN(l'g\~ lIot to mCll-ti" u the
Date Created:: 1906-01-25T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: 26:14

13. Michigan Artisan; 1908-09-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Ninth Year-No.5 SEPTEMBER 10, 1905 >c---- III I ,I I --------------------_._------_._---~ Semi-Monthly NQ. 166 Sand Belt Ma.:::hine. ''It exceeds Du·r highest!expectations."-The Crown Furniture Co. "Cannot be excelled/or smoothness of work and saving oj labor." - J05. Peters Furniture Co. "Greatest labor sa~'ing device we have ever snn.'·-FiUs·Crabtree Mfif. Co. No Otber Sand Belt Accomplisbes Tbis Work It gives a finished surface superior to hand work and six times as rapidly on Rounded Mirror Frames, Moulded Dividing Rails, Moulded Edges of Tables and Dresser Tops, Ogee, Rounded or Beveled EdR'es of Washstands, Mirror Standards with Rounded or Square Edges, Rounded and Curved parts of French Legs, Spirals of Table Legs, Raised Parts of Panels, etc., etc. You are doing this class of work atl a tremendous loss annually, sanding by hand, possibly some part of lit by a com-mon sand blast, and refinishing it by hand. This work is cost-ing you hundreds of dollars per year. [Read what users of our machines are saying:" WYSONG 8 MILES CO., (].d~':.~,:•• d So•. R. R.. GreensLoro, N. C. Write for Catalog E. Thisis the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a loa.d of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck tbat is strong where otbers are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wisb to invest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. The Best Truck--The Strongest Truck Gillette Roller Bearing Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN The Lightest Runninj. Longest Lasting Truck -------------~ j ,J I11I jr'~, > r-------------------------------.----.-, , RUNS LIfiE A "WAGON Our trucks have the large center wheels revolving on turned, taper bearing axles, just like a wagon. Eight Bearings I ~,---"-- • _..l ", No Regular Box Sizes No.1. Built of best materials, Michigan hard maple bodies and high grade castings made \0 speci~1 patterns, our trucks give best returns for your investment. There is nothing about tbem easily broken or that might get out of order. Just built in quality. Better send for catalog and prices. Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company MANO,SCA-EWS. BENOHES. OLAMPS 918 Jefferson Avenue. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN • SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caskr yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furn-ished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. No. 1493 PULL A very fine h"ndle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MLCHWAN l • ",11 C II 1G A N ARTISAN ---------------------- Veneer Presses. different kinds and sizes. (Patented) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Peed Glue Spl'eading Machine, Sinll"le. Double and Combination. (Patented) (Sizes 12 in. to 84 in wide.) Hand Feed GlueinK Maebine (Patent pendinll:.) Many stylet and sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies ~ET us KNOW YOUR WANTS 1 h _ GRAS E. FRANCIS & BRO., Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No. 6 Glue HoatM. • ------_._-- ----------- T"E fURNITURE MAK(R AND ALL WOOD fiNISHERS are interested in the perfection of the art of staining, filling, and finishing wood. Wood finishing, today, has really become an art. We manufacture every kind of a stain or filler used in wood finishing_ We manufacture and sell the best and the most practical stains and fillers that are made in this or any other country. Write us about the finish you are most interested in. T"E MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR COMP'Y I• M4RIETT4 0",0 I•, - - _ .. " I .. Y:' :1 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTI TIC andINEXPENSIVE / CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING . PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT WORK MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. at Right Prices GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN ---------------------------------------- --- GHAND RAPIL:S FUBLIC LIllITAUY 29th Year-No.5. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 10, 1908. ====c== $1.00 per Year. "Chippendalc"-The Creator of a Style. Thomas Chippendale, \vho came into hi~ 0\\'11 in the nl':dJle year~ of the eighteenth century, created a style whichfincls an echo in every modern villa. Eta a1th~:l1Kh CbiptH'IH!ale is a name to conjure 'with in the furnishing- t1'a<1e, it meaus something rnore to the cOlllloisseur. Chippendale and his sons ha,d their little workshop in St. ~{anin\ Lam:,. ~\t the dawn of the age of mahogany he readily adapted his designs suitable for workillg ill the new wood. Ivlahogany. it is tnte, was discovered by Sir \Valter H.aleigh, who broug-ht specimens home, but it did 110t come into gel1cr;tl use till after the hrst quarter of the eighteenth century. The wood used by Chippend8,le was splendid in {lualily, coming asir did from the gre<lt Ul11'otlched forests, producing at that time timber the like of which in dinlellsioll is no\.\' unprocnrable. A novel might be written of the buc-caneering exploits of British crews who coolly landed and cut timber from the Spanish IJossessions ill /\merica in spite of the protests of tile O\l"lwrs. }Jany a stiff fight occurred, and many lives were lost in shipping this stolen mahogany to Englalld, to supply the demand for furniture. The nefa,rioH',; proceedings more than once threatened to hring about a "\var between England and Spain. Chippend"tle's early work was in w::duut, and sometimes even in oak. Settees \vith his characteristic ca.briole legs C\.lld ball-and-claw feet, sometimes with heavy slat backs and later with his camel backs with typical pierced centre rail, are among his most highly prized ex'lmpl('s. Rut as 11e !: ·0- gre5>sed he employed mahog;\ny ;t5>better "-nited for his elab-orately carved ribbon pattern and other intricatc desigl1s. He was a prinee of chair-makers, and there is little won-der that his masterly adaptations have brought him fame, and ",·h;:\1 is concomitant \\'ith farne in art-a th'Jusancl meretri-cious copyist:~. Hi5> ball-and-c1aw feet he borrowed from the spaciolls chairs of old Dutc!l origin. His ribbon p;lt-tern smacks of the 1"rench 5c11001of c;nvers who tied knots with Cl1pids and pastoral crooks in the days of Louis Quinze. llis intri.cate fret".·.o. rk in cbair-back and table-to:) was illll-'0'-t· eel from China, and Chippendale caugbt the taste from the fashion set by Sir Vililliant" Chambers, the architect of Somer-set House, who built the pagoda in Kc",· G;\rdens. His Gothic style was allother attempt, and a lllisguided one, at adaptMion. But, like Josiah ""edgewood, who caught the Greek spirit ~..lH1translated it into English pottery, Chippen-dale, in his adaptations, bee:tmc original, and they were sturdy and robust in their new home of adoIltion. So much for real Chippendale, and the prices obtained for genuine examples are phenomenal. A Cf"lpJe of his dlairs have realized £1,100 at Christie's. But if all the furniture sold as genuinc Chippendale were put·togethcr it would e,hokc up S1. :"Lntin's Lane from aile end to the other, and it \vould he the first t;l11e that many (If the spec:'l1ells have found themselves in the neighborhood of Chippendale's \vork.shop. The truth is that they \vere made at the same til11e that Chippendale>, made his own examples, and 'ITere made by con-temporary ('ahilJd makers. It reminds olle of Tennys()flls pocm, entitled "The Flower," v\rhere "thit",cs from o',er the walt stole the seed by night," and, in allusion to his own style of versification. the poct goes on to say: "1Jost can raise the l1(nvers 11mv, for al1 have got the seed." It was the same story ,"vith Cllippendalc. Tn 1754 he publis1J~d his·'Director," or book of de5>igns, "calculated to improve and r~finc the present,t;lsk, and suited to the fancy anc ':ircnmstances of persons in all degrees of life." _As a matter of fact, every town of importance started a centre for making furniturc on Chippendale lines; Up and down thc country, from the confines of Yorkshir~ to the highlands of DeVOll. master cabinct makers took their cue frollI the "Director," ;ll1d produced cxceV~nt1y made furni-ture, with fine joinery and of sound worL-manship. Now-adays these are the rivals of Chippendale bimsclf in the auc-tion room, .:\nd after Chippendale's death generations of craftsmcn continued the style. So that, for purpOses of c1a.ssificatiolll it Illa,Y be said that there arc, fIrst, the rarc and genuine speci-l" nens of fttrniture actuany made by Cbil)pcndale or h;s :-0('11.'; in their workshop. And, >;econdly, there is contemporary furnitme made after his designs in various tlarts of England by good craft smell, -..vho readily seized his idea,s. Thirdly, sprcad over a long period, there is other furniture strongly influenced by this r.::ontcmporary school, and made _at any timc after Chipj)cndale's death to early ":neteenth century da~rs. And bere ends aU Chippendale furniture, or "Chip_ pendale 5>t}·le"furniture, which appeals to tue eollectof. There is. too, modem furniture in Chirpcndale style, not pretclH1ing to be other than ".·.h. at it is-modem-made furni~ ture of a parti~,ular dcsign, and, lastly, there is furniture "Inked" to give it the appearance of age. This is always an attempted copy of som(: well known pattern. It apes the grandenr and the fine sweep of curve that t.lle master drew. Ent it has been artfully, almost artistically madc, with intent to deceive, nnd it does deceive in nine cases out of ten, and cbangcs (HVnCrSat a grc~lt profit to the fr:"ldulent maker. 1n view of these [acts, and the public i~ gradually becom-ing schooled to the various frauds perpetrated upon ,it, the days of "Chippendale," in inverted comma:" including all else but furniture made by him or in his day, ;I,re drawing to a close. He has, to use the trade term, heen '·done to death." The time was once when all that was not Chippendale was held to he Sheraton. The two names were bandied about in the middle-Victorian days as representative of .1,11that the eighteenth century had left as a heritage. Like 110nsieur Jourdian, "\"ho learnt, to his amazement, that all was not poetry \'v·as prose, so the would-be purchaser was taught to believe that all that \..·as not Chippendale was Sheraton. But a good deal of lvater has passed nnder London Bridge since the Renaissance of English modern taste in furniture. During the month of Angust 40,000 idle freight cars were pulled off the sidings and put into use in the Pittsburg dis-trict. ~-------- ~-- --- MICHIGAN DRYING TIMBER IN ENGLAND. By W. J. Blackmur. To dry, or not to dry, is the perplexing problem of many a. cabinet manufacturer. Whether ~it is better to trust to chance in getting :goods out in good condition, or whether it should be a matter of scientific calcuhtioll. The ques-tion is a big one, and upon its decision depends the standing of the firm. vVhether it is best to keep catching fresh cus-tomers to take the work of the mill, or whether one should have standing orders. AU this is often decided in the question of to dry or not dry. The problem which presents itself must be solved either one way or another. Some men will be content to buy up odd lots of timber, often partially dried, and work it up to furniture, with the result that complaints, and the furniture often returns to trouble the manufacturer. Or hc may hit· upon \1. middle man, who is willing to buy at a price, anything in the shape of furniture. It may be hideous, in its design, workmanship and finish, but by skillful adver-tising and long credit that dealer will be able to palm those goods upon innocent people who will learn that some furn-iture is only made to selL Not for use. An this is happen-ing every day all your side of the world, and in England, so I need not apoiogize for introducing it. It is always best to know where we stand, Now the point is, can a man even doing cheap work dry his wood to give satisfactory results. We say decidedly yes. even if it is for the most throat-cutting middle man. The fact of making goods which will not show cracks and crevices should be sufficient inducement to the cabinet manufacturer to put down a drying plant. It is impossible in a country which produces the timber to get sufficient dried wood to satisfy the demands of a fairly sized factory. Mahogany may be imported and used, but the other woods used for building up purposes, lllust be dried to turn out work which will give satisfaction. I am tempted to give some details of English dried timbers, of how hardwood logs are sawn and stacked for years ex-posed to the smoke laden atmosphere of our metropolis, but as it would take too long, I must leave this for another dme, and give some technical details as to what I have learned in drying woods. First and foremost the point which must be considered is the class of goods to be manufactured. For instance sideboards are entirely different from overmant1es, and a bed room suite, or a cabinet, with innumerable drawers, all need different degrees of time for drying the va.rious timbers, if aJl economical standpoint has to be considered. In ordering or making a drying kiln, the only system which will give entire satisfaction in getting hardwood into the right condition for ma11ltfacturing purposes is the moist air kiln. The dry air one is a back number, and however much economy may press its claims, it should not be for-gotten that shaken boards, and a, case hardened surfaceupoll wood is a big item to pay for the saving of a few dollars at the outset of buying a drying kiln. Then the insulation of the kiln should be complete. I have known many failures because of this. By imperfect manufacture, a lowering of the temperature has taken place, and insufficient heat during the night, has lengthened the process of drying. ' The question of proper packing is a serious one, and ll1us,t be carefully donc, if the re;,;utts are not to he disapoint-ing. The haphazard placing of sticks between the boards "",ill allow them to warp to an enormous degree, In ordin-ary .seasoning, English merchants, make it a cardinal sirt to have one stick even a fraction out of the perpendicular be- ARTISAN neat~ the other. It allows the hoard to go out of the straight. So successful are they in their drying, that boards can be used without putting them over the planer, for they are as straight as left by the saw. Now in drying this is a point which should be considered, and there is ai1Dther which is also neglected in the manage-ment of drying'" kilns. That is to keep· the boards tight ;::,gaillst the sticks. Their weight is not sufficient to with-stand the unequal tension set tip by the drying proc.ess, and unless they are held tight against the sticks, they will lift as the various parts warp. This principle should be more fully recognized than it is. Tie lip a bundle of green sticks with strong string in three or four places, and those sticks wlll dry straight. Put a string arot\ntl the middle and lea,ve the ends free, and you will find that they will go as the strains bend them. They will point to all quarte:-s of the globe. The most successft.tl drying trttcks had this prin-ciple, of keeping the board perfectly fiat whcn drying, by an arrangement of screws, which fastened the boa.rds firmly against each other, and yet allowed them to shrink as they dried. I am sure that if this is carried iota effect it will re-duc. e the. work on the over hand planer, or surface as you ca.11it. In many cases it wilt save timber, for without it some woods warp so that when they are trued up, they are below the necessary size. ' A drying kiln's efficiency depends upon the amount of air which can be taken against the timber in the kiln. Ido not advise that such a gale should blow through the ki'n that it will blow the trucks out through the doors. There is moderation in all things but a moderate current 0'£ air through a drying kiln is poor economy. The fea.ture of success is to keep the air in motion, and to use a,s much as possible the air which has been through the kiln. The air as it leaves the outlet of the kiln has considerable drying pow('.rs, mote than the oHtside air, and to 'Use this, itshi;:n.lld, ·when possible, be again conducted to the fa.n. This mixed with the cold air should be again driven through the header. Fan wheels are usually made with a consant ratio between their diameter and width. Then the volume 'of air delivered depends npon the velocity of the fans. If the speed is di-minished so is the amount of air, doubling the number of rev-olutions of the volume of air. Here we run up against the fact that doubling the speed of the fan does more than doubles the power required to get that speed. The power required is as the cube of the speed. As when the speed is again doubled the power must be increased 2 x 2 x 2 equals eight. These fads tell us that a fan insufficiently driven cannot be driven at twice the speed, by the alteration of the pulleys, unless there is ample engine power. This fact should be noted as it may save needless experiment and expense. In trying to increase the speed of the fan without taking into consideration the fact that the power to drive it must he quadrupled. Tbe grea.t point to be considered in designing or making kilns, is to allow only sufficient space for the trucks and the passageway for an attendant. Lofty kilns are wasteft11, yet in many cases they are built. The ideal one is long alid narrow, perfectly insulated, with outlet in communication witb the fan and with a header and steam jet, which will keep up a uniform damp yet hot temperature, with the air in constant motion. Rushing Car Repairs. The railroads have assured the National Manufacturers' association that tlley are losing r.o ti,me in putting cars need-ing repairs into condition for service. An interesting account of the lives of factory hands, salesmen and office employes in London, England, appears on another page of the Artisan. It is from the pen of an Englishman well informed on the subject on which he writes. 1'IICHIGAK ARTISAK ~-----_._-------------_. I j I j I WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY AT BARGAIN PRICES. Having purchased the entire Elkhart. Ind" plant of the HulJtphrey Bookca.e Co., we are offering at bolU'gainpt'iee"the following A~1 woodwOTkingtoola= Band saw, 32 in. Crescent. Jointer, 8 in. hand with 4-!ided head. Rip saw table. with cOllnlershJtand saw. Saw table. 3Ox48 in. with sliding ll'1l8ge. Band saw. 36 in. Crescent. Knife grinder. 32 in. Buffalo automatic. Rounder, two-Bpindle with counlersnaft. Shapero Utlll.le-spindk. labk 37x.42 in., Band saw, 26 in. SU~e., i{on tilUD\:! table. La1ne. Whitrley back-knifewilb counter. Rod. pin and dowel ma.chine No. 2. ~n. Back-knife 'athe, Whitney. ahaft. Smith, with beads SlllIder. Young'5 new ed!l"e, iron frame Borinillnachine. 72~ 8-spindle Andrews. Lathe, Trevor automatic 4' 2" between Rod and dQwel machine No. 2, E.s~n and top. Boring machine, 3-spiodle borizontal. centera, power feed. Slave boll equalizer with two 30" saws. Borer, No. 21 bench. Slater & Maraclen. Lathe\ r 4 in. cabinetmaker's Egan. Shapero single spind. Colladay with fric. Truch. '38 miscellaneous faclofY trucb. BORnIl machine, No. 2% Clement hon· Moulder. 14 in. Hermance, 4-sided tion c. s. Tenoner. American double end. ~onlal Molder, sing. hd. Smith F.6 with 4 in. Swin~ sa.w, complete with laW and fell. TenQlJlCI,single head Cordesmlln &: Ellan Carver, 3-tpindle. with countersnaft. 4-sl'td hd. equip. with cut-off attachment. Cabinetmake.s· saw, d<luble cut_<lff. Moulder, style F-6 Smith. one side with Sander. two-spindle with ctlunrersha!t. Tenoner, self-feed bJind slat. J. A, Fay. Chair bending press. Swartz. cap sa5h he&d. Sander. 36 in. Columbia Iriple-drum. T "'noner. 6/1 double head. k. B. Smith. Chamfer cuUeI with iron frame. table 4B Mortiser and borer, double-end alllol1l~tic. Sander, 42 in. Columbia triple-drum. T enoner. hand_ked blind lIal, J A. Fay. x30 Laliwn. Morliser and borer. Colburn imp. blind Sticker, 14" Hermance with fegularequip. Tenoner, self-feed adjustabe blind6lal. Ediling !laW, 36"x I81 with saw arbor. style. Sander, 30 in three-drum Ell'an. Twisl machine. 5hawyer.1 28 in. cent .• Cut·off saw machine, de~nt double Pla\lel, 30 in. Clement sinw.e cylinder. Saw lable. 38x63 in. wood top. 10 in. Swg, Clue jointer. Myers. with couDh";rshaft· Planer and matcher. 241 single cylinder Saw table. 29x]Oin. cut_off, rip llnd 8 in Woodworl=-. Parks C<lmbined '-the. rip Jill' saw, complete wilhregularequipment. 4-roll, matches 141 }. A. Fay. saw. !lnd cuI-off IIlW, shapero etc. Jointer. Myers llille. Planer. ~nl!. cyL s.urface ZOx.QOCI 6 in. Scrult taW, imn k wood toP, COld'mr'n Jointer, 20 in. Parler hand. Con'l & D. & Egan. Correspondence solicited. Price and de&criptinn, all, application. 5 ---------- ..I C. C. WORMER MACHINERY CO., 98West Woodbridge St" Delroit, Mith. .I , --'-'" IMorton House I I fI 0t;11~)P~2;;ntldi I (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I! '------- The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantl.ind fot SOe is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. .. ,I MACl1INE. t\NIVES PER.FECT QUALITY I R.IGHT :R::~: Grooving Heada, Miter Machlnea, Universal Wood Trimmers. BorlDe: Machines. Etc. I FOX MACHINE CO. G.a.8o5d NR.apFi•d••o•'MSti.ch. ,I "--------_._-------~ r PROMPT SERVICE A&50LUTEGUAkANTEE The TIfE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand •I Bldg. LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General M.ana.ter CREDITS and COLLECTIONS Rapids Office, 412-4 J 3 Houseman GEO. E. GRAVESt Manager CLAPpERTON &: OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS • COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-REUABLY r The "RELIABLE" Kind. I• THE FElLWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. .- . ;~~E~'~d'O~~?~I :~~~~tell you their glue is as good as COOPER'S, they admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his product by comparing it with an inferior article. Cooper's Glue is the world's standard of excellence. With it all experiment begins, all comparu.on continues.and all test ends. Sold continuously since 1820. Its reputation, like itself.STICKS. Peter Cooper's glue is made from selected hide stock. carefully pre· pared. No bones or pig stock enler into its composition. In strength it is uniform, each barrel containing the same kind of glue that is in every other barrel of the same grade. ORIN A, WARO GRAND RAPIDS AGENT 403 Asbton Bldg, CITIZENS PHONE 9333 I• 6 ~[ r CHI G A N ART I SAN Progress in the Fitting cf Band Rips and Band Resaws. The introduction of modern band resawing has come about largely within the past ten years, and that of modern ban.:1 rip sawing within the past five years, and now these econom-ical agents for s8.,',,-ing a minimum kerf and at a maximum fate of feed a e fOU'll(l very generally in USe in the better class woodworking plants, particularly in furniture factories, plan-ing mills, car shops, etc. Up to Jifteen years ago there wefe compar;:tively ve:"y few band rcsawing machines in use on which 5;;"V3 were employed over three inches wide. Now the !iale for such narrow width saws is limited. The band wheels have been increased up to fifty-four or sixty or even seventy-two inches diamete: with face materially wider, on which ,saws ranging from five to eight inches wide are em-ployed. Indeed, there are some makes of band resaws that in all respects approximate the log band mill, both as regards general weight of the machine, diameter of the wheel and the w:dth of its face, the saws being ten or twehre inches w;dc by' fiftel~n or sixteen inch gage, and there are a dozen or more concerns in the United States and Canada busily en-gaged in the manufactu"re and sale of these resawing machines. S()nH~ of the manufactu~ers offer a considerahle variety of m:::chinc3, both as regards style of cOl1struct;on and spec:al ad<:tpt"tion for varying pu,poses and it is surprising on :10\'" slight a ke~·f SOl"ueof these saws are ftlll successfull./, and how tbin and how smooth the resawed stoc.k that results. The rate of the feed ranges up to one hundred or more feet per minute, and the variety of the stock su\'.rcc1covers about all of the possibilities in hard and soft woods, both in gTeen and kiln dried stock. The solid circ.ular and likewise the segment rf'S~IWS tor 11,al1y J)llrposes have become back nUlll-bers rega~'dless of the excellent record behind m:~ny of these machines. The above changing condition has similarly brought about a radical ch::tnge in the care of the saws ilnd lve now fInd the modern filing room equipped with a variety of saw fitting appliances hardly thought of, or at !e:l.,>t rarely found in use, fifteen years ago. The, old method of setting the teeth and tiling by hand ,,\'ith little attention to the m<:tter of leveling and tensioning the saw is no longer pracfced, excepting in the sma [[est an I the poorly equipped filing rooms. In place oi the spring sd the full swaging of each tooth, so that each tooth does its prop.ortional share of the sawing, is almost universally em-ployed and this C',xplains in pa t the increased capacity of the band sawing machines, that is tl.le adaption of th(; saw to stand a 111uch faster feed than \-vas formerly customary. The corners of the teeth are now in most filing rooms side-dresscd with a swag-e shaper or pressure side dresser, \.\'hich acts as a mould. beveling the tooth down and hack from point to afford a perfect clearance, 1cavil1g the face and, point the widest. Illstead of the file as a mean!:; for sharpening the teeth the Cll'.ery wheel is employed, llsed on an a.utomatic band saw sharpener, which !S C:lpahle, by easy adjll~t-ments, of prochlCing almost any c,onceiv;,bk gullet outline' both as regards spacing- from point to point. hook, depth and general outline of g1.111etthat it is p",:cticable to carryon a saw. These ready aJjustm(~11ts of the automatic sharp-eners make it possible for the operator to shapc the teeth with hook and outline of back and general uutline of gullet whatever "will be most serviceable for the character of the stock being sawed. Thus the tooth for sawing soft pille is different horn that suitable for cotton wood or similiar fibrous wood and likewise different f:om that usually em-ployed on hard woods, in some mills where a consider-able variety of stock is handled the filer may adopt a gullet outline fairly serviceable for all of these different woods, but in different plants it will be Jlossible to find a hundred dif-ferent gullet OLIt1inesemployed, no two of which are exactly alike. The sharp(~l1iug of the saw is accomplished <Ita speed of some thirty teeth per minute and \,,1ith little or no atten-tion all the part of the operator of the sharpener, an,l when the sa"\' comes off the sharpener the width of saw will be maintained uniformly, the spacing of the teeth will be approx i:11ately or exactly uniform and the tooth will be fitted ready to run and do the best possible wo:·k. Again the tensioning of the saw instead of being doOnewholly by hammering, as was almost uniformly the case fifteen years ago is now ac-complished by the use of saw stretcher or roller, whieh expands all parts of the saw that pass th:oough the ralrer5 prad.ic;l1Jy alike, according to the pressure that may be need-ful, and the filer who has a stretcher in use and understands its efficjency has little need to level his saws, because lumps, bends, ridges and twists are less likely to appear in the saw if fitted with the appliances above mentioned in an ordinary skilled fashion. The care of band r('saws ard indeed of fine tooth band saws, small circulars and machine knives is becoming a trade and mill and factory operators look upon the filing room as one of the most inipottant parts of the mil1. because the • WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS I FILLERS, STAINS, POLISHES, ETC. tj If in trouble with finishing materials, now is the time to let us put you right. fJI We match all sampJef submitted and. fill all orders promptly. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING CO. 55-59 EII~ol'th Ave., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. \"anol.ls machines in the mill employed for sawing, }llaning. etc., depend for their eff!c;ency directly up'on the expertness of the filer in tutn upon the equipment provided for snch fitting. If you are the ope:ator of a wood .v..orking plant it \.-..ill be worth your while to look into this ell:! of yl)Ur business and determine whether your saws and knives ,trc: being ii.tted in the best possible fasbion. You call1wt <lffo d to have any of your machines long idle waiting on the changing of saws or knives, if such change is due to faulty fitting. All of the operators of a woodworking plant bear more or less close relation to each other and it is easily pos-sible for a waste in time due to poorly fitted saws or knives to represent an expense that cuts a good deal of :figure in the profit and loss account at the end of the year. Other phasis of this subject will be: taken up later Oil. Excess Charges on a Dresser.: The combil1cof the express companies which is offering the establishmcnt of a parcels post by the general govern-ment with all power at their command, and in the meantime, engaged in robbing the public by the levying of excessive charges for servicQs, has been summoned before the pUblic service commission of 1'\e\'.o'York to i:!.llswer a complaillt ILlde by 1\Irs.]. II. Coleburn of No. 2000 Grand Avenue, The Bronx, that the American Express Company had charged at the rate of one dollar a hundred pounds fat carrying a crated dresser from twenty-third street, New York, to her home. It was asserted in the complaint that this ch::'!,rgewas not only unreasonable but that the company for the same class of goods clJ.arged only $1.25 a hundred pounds for transpor-tation between this city' and Buffalo. :UICIIIGA [Ii ~! A Power Veneer Press I of Pra&ically Unlimited Capacity I M'lterial lowered on truck, top beam raised, leaving the pre~s ready for another set of plates. QUICK. POWERFUL. STRONG· Clamps for Every Line of Woodworking. We aN allNty8 glad to mall ill'IS"Ntled }I'f'illted 1Iwlfe,' gilling J'uU pQ.rtiCli/a'I'~. Black Bros. Machinery CO. ~_._-- MENDOTA, ILL. AnTISAN 7 --------------_._---~I:I!IIII I ._j ._-------------- The con:n.i.:;siol1 sent the complaint to the company, but T. B. Hr.r iso!1, Jr., the council for the company, asked that the complaint be dismissed on the ground that the com-mission had no jurisdiction in the matter, and had no author-ity to make any order aT finding. The re:,;ult of this reply "vas the action of the board in ordering a public hearing. YVhi]c the complaint itself in-volves only a small ;~InolHlt it is the intention 01 the board to t<lke ad,'anl;:tge of the case to determine just what powers th(' commission has over the express companics. The public service act states that tr.e c0ll111~issionshall have full author-ity over COll'.TIlOncarri::!':.;, and it is the belief of the com-mission that the cxpreocs cotTlpani(:s cou:e lInder this head. News Items. Senator \TcCulllber, of North Dakota, dedare~. tbat a determined effort will be made in congress to remove the tariff on lumber. The timberless states demand it. i\nother proof of returning activity in hus;ness is fll:'n-ished hy the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company which has secured :1 !lumbcr of heavy contracb for sur,plying dllst collecting apparatus for wood working shops. An cxtcllsion to the iactory of the Stickky Brothers Com-pany in Grand Rapids is under cOllstruction. It will cost $25,000. A_ catalogue will soon be issued by the \Vest Side TrOll Vv"orks, Grand Rapids, A large modern factory is in course of e:-ection at .-\nder-son, Indiana, for the Union Embossing l\Jachinc. Company. Prompt deliveries of bigh grade bird's-eye maple are madc by the l-lcnr.y S. Holden Veneer COlllpallY of Grand Rapids. T11e: Royal Y'Vhite IHaple Polishing Varnish. mnJ1ufactt1red by the Royal Varnish Company, of Toledo, Ohio. dries to recoat every other day ;[tld is ready fOI· polishing in four or five days, Barrett's Prinle Shellac Varnish manufactured by ~f. L U'lrreLt and Company, of Chicago, is a reliable, high grade pure gum varnish. /'\ new catalogue illustrating their cutters, cntter grinders, saw tables, horing hits and drills will soon be issue[l by i\Jorris \Vood & Sons, of Chicago. :Jlanager Buss of the Buss :Machine \Vorks, 1-1olland, :l.lich., reports a steady demand for \.voodworking machinery .. The company's shops are running to capacity. Veneer Trade Improving. The vellur trade .is sh()\iv-ingsigns of improvement. T:H' furniture manufacturers are beginning to get really busy again, L 2.nd this, of course, increascs their rCiluirements in the veneer line in proportion to the increase in their operations. Tbe majority of them seem to be rather poorly supplied \'Vith both lumber ,wd veneer. They do not carry a big stock of veneer excePt in quartered oak or something of tilat kind, prdering to have theil· veneer cut to special orde··, so they Jllllstincrease their buying immNliately upon increasing their operations. I t is diffi(:(tlt to estimate tlw exact condition of the stock among veneer manufacturers. As a rule, however. they make no great effort at carrying a large stock-that is, none of them except the manufacturers of fine veneer-be-cause. they argue, it must be cut to special dimensions Oil orders and. the:-efore, it is impossible to ClIt extensively ahead of orders in anticipation of the demand. So any 11lcrease in orders means an increase in the operation of their plants. They may he pretty well provided with ra\\' llwterial ill logs find blocks, but most of the plants have been running in a very limited \,,'ay all summer and naturally, will llilil \\'-ith pleasure this incrc<lse in the volume of de-mand for furniture. The manufacturers of mahogany and other finisl1ing and £ancy figured woods may have a fair amount of stock on hand, but indications are that they are not so well stocked up as they might be, and. at least, are not heavily over stocked. The importation' of mahogany log" during tile fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, amounted to only 41,678,000 feet. valued at $2.566,954, where as during the fiscal year cudillg 'with June, 1907. the toial importation was 51,899,000 feel, ""<llued at ~3.263,718. In short, there was a decided slump ill the amount of mahogany importc£j during the year as compared with the year before, a slump of more tban ten million feet in quantity. This taken into COlJ-sideration, together with the further fact that mahogany veneer has been about the best seUer of the veneer cade throughout the dull season, would indicate that !lot only is thcre no burdensome surplus in mahogany, but with the increase in operations among the furniture factories there may develop sufficient scarcity to send the prices of mahog-flny l1pwanls, unless thcre is au increase ill the volume of impo~tatiotls that will keep step with the rcnc'\ved operations amOllg- the furniture plants. \Vhat it really looks like is that the 'face veneer manufacturers are in good shape-that is, not overburdened ~...i.t.h stock-aml have a bir tlln of business heiore them this fall and winter. ;\t the same time, manufacturers of veneer cutting from native woods, who have been having an extremely dull time of it this summer, may no\v get busy, probably \vith /lot nl! they CciJ) do at first; but if the situation continues to improve they should be fairly busy before cold 'weather.- St. LOllis Lumberman. 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Works and General Offices at 1 to 61 Clancy St. GRAND RAPlDS. MI'::H., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES - OliVet Machinery ~ •• HI1dMmT ennintJ. SO Climb St., New York· Oliver Machinery Co., FirSt National Bank Building, Chicago, ro.; Oliver Machinery Co ' Paci6c Building, Seattle. Wash.; Oliver Machinery Co .201-203 [)eansgale, Manchester, En~: • Oliver Tool. "OLIVER" No. 16. Balld Saw 36lnchel. Made with or without mmot drive Metal 'abJe 36'1y; 30". Will lake I Sf! uDder the lluide-tilts 45 dellrees one way and 7 degrees \he other way. Car-ries a saw up to 1 ~11 wide. Ollbide bearinJ 10 lower wheel shalt when nol motor driven. Weighs 1800 Ibs when ready to ship. CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS II you do nol know lhe ''Oliver'' wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have ·us teU you all aboul lhem. We make nothing but Quality lools, the first coSt of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each doUar inveSted than any of the cheap mAchines Hood-ing the country. "Oliver" New Vanet)' Saw Table No. 11. WiD take II saw up 10 201 diameter. Arbor bell il 6" wide. Send forCatalog "S" fordalaon Hand Jointers. Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders. Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders. Work Benches, Vises, Clamps. Glue Heaters,etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. • Save Labor " Time .. Tempers " CO~ I• TILLIE GUDOUSKY'S WEDDING Wheels of Industry Halted by a W.eekly Event at the Factory. The manager of Factory B of the Ship Ahoy Tick and Tuck Company, yelled at his foreman down the !cngth of r~le long room, and that slave of twenty-three dol~ars a week and a iarge sUTplus of uncapit<:lized idiom hurrieJ to th~~ manager's desk at a gait that threatened to add a spasm or two to his stock of unclassified. woes. VVhcn the perspiring foreman brought up sharply at the manager's desk that highbrow of ticks and tucks cussed until the already overheated atmosphere for many square yards thereabout seemed smitten black anJ blue and a trifle pale around the edges. "\\Fhat are all the machines stopped for?» he shouted. Foreman Sandonovitch shook his head. IITillie Gudousky's gettin' spIked,". he said with some hesitation. HAin)t it awful, boss?" "Gctting married 1J1 exclaimed the manager. "That's it. boss, that's what it is." "\Vell, is that any reason why the factory should close down when orders are piling up on us every hour?" "It's their way. boss, an' I can't stop 'em. They ain't the kind that's to be suppressed." "\Vhere are they?" "Hangin' out the front windows. Everyone of the two hundred dames is 11Oldin'a pair of old shoes an' a bag of rice, layin' in wait to sling the whole blamed lot at the bride when she makes her exit for her matrimony debut." "Order 'them back on the job at once I" thundered the manager. "The firm's l'osing millions every minutel" "It ain't no use. They'd strike. I has tried it before. It's their custom. :l1:illions doesn't count with them." J The Ship Ahoy concern's manager was furious. "I'll settle the matter right here and now! this Tillie Gudousky a lesson she won't forget. to me, quick." , It looked as if Tillie Gudousky were to be eaten alive. "She's got her dough an' lit out," said the foreman. S11e's hidin' downstairs near the front door, afraid of the shower of r;ce an' otd shoes. ' I'll teach Send her "So that's it, is it. \VeIl, you go right back on the job. I'll rout her out. Every minute lost means a million further away from the Ship Ahoy)s exchequer." And amid the unusual silence of hushed machines and breathless clerks with their heads bent low over books· and papers, and pens suspended in midair, the manager re-buttoned his collar and made a perspiring dash for the door. Tillie) in fresh shirtwaist and black picture hat, had been cowering in the darkness of the .lower stairway, blushing with happiness and trembling with timidity. It wasn't that she was really afraid. It had been the custom for all the girls to hide, and though she was anxious to get home and make some final preparations for her wedding that evening, it would have rooked bold not to allow the girls to wait half an hour or more for her to appear. A door 'slammed overhead, and looking up, Tillie thought she discerned a glint of pale gray in the darkness of the stairway. The manager was the only one who wore pale gray. At the last turn of the stairway the pale gray suit burst into full view, coming at a tremendous rate. Tillie knew and made a break for the street. There was a wild shout from the windows and a cas-cade of rice and shoes was Buddenl'y let loose. It was the hatless manager hims~1f who got the shower, for Tillie had sped like a hare down the street, only turning when half a block away to reward the waiting ones for their patient 9 .--------------- I MICHIGAN ARTISAN ------ ._--_.---. I ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETTER THAN OUR SWELL DRAWER FRONTS AND VENEERED ROLLS IN ANY KIND OF WOOD AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS. WALTER CLARK VENEER CO. I I~---- 535 Michigan Trust Building. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. vigil with blushes and halld waves and a bedazzling snccess-ion of smiles. Even Tim, the elevator man, had to smile at the man-ager's predicament, though he. took precious good care not to let that irate gentleman see him. Timothy \Vooclruff Dennis had married a girl from this factory himself. It was ten years before, when th'" present manager wJS a col-lege boy-Timothy allli others ~ud often \vished he might have al"'iays remained a college hoy and let the "old gent" hang 011 longer. They \yould ll;llre done the ·work; they said so-and Timothy had never forgotten the shower of rice and old shoes that had descended on the fair head of his Esther. For one reason Esther! now the mother of fOUT,had never ceased talking about it when in one of her \'leek slnce there had been one or mOl"C weddings from the factory. They never grew stale to Tim, nor to the ,...o.rld at large cith;;:or,for the whole street for more than a block was still 8stir, although Tillie 'Nas alm.ost out of ~ight. She would be standing Ul) before a rabbi answering a lot of questions and makng aIt sorts of promises before the factory had closed dmvn for the day; but this was the real wedding. All the factory girls -'were hanging out of the front win-dows, and six big windOH's stretching from side to side of the facto,y six stories high ca~l hold lots of heads. There they were, black, hrown, auburn, red all shades of blond and tow, thrust like nestling birds over the stone ledges of the windows, and everyone of them decorated 'with white love knots fashioned out of tissue paper. vVhen the bride did appear and escaped the shower, and the manager following clOSe on her heels caught it, the people OIl the sidewalks and tht;' factory girls and men hanging out of other factory winduws gave vent to their mirth and cheered lustily. Timothy \Voodruff Dennis almost had a spasm right then and there. "An' him a bachelor" he gasped between paroxysms of pure delight. The manager 'went back to his revolving ('.hair, the girls returned to their machines and the street once more took on its .vorkaday aspect after Tillie Gudousky had passed entirely out of sight. "\iVhat was Tillie's dowery?" asked one girl above the roal" of revitalized ma.chinery, as she put the finishing touches on the undergarment she was making. "T\,\io hundred dollars," was the answer from a mouth stuffed with pins. ".:'vly1An' T lost a whole hour! and I haven't saved up more'J1 a hundred dollars," wailed the questioner. Every head of every color bCllt busily over th~~mac'hines. These Russian girls knew they were not considered marr;'J.ge-able until they h,HI saved up t""..o or three hundred dollars, and their parents were anxiolls to get them married as soen as possibk A girl should have saved up a sufficient Jowry to attract the cupidity of some man bdore she had lef~ ber teens. The manager undoubtedly knew this, but tIe didn't ,seem the least bit interested in (\0"..'rie5. What he thought about was the time the firm lost every time this custom of showel-- illg the bride prevailed. Thes weddings were getting too numerous for him. "Ii there arc many more marriages like the Tillie Gud-ousky affair the Ship Ahoy Tick and Tuck Company, Lim-ited, ''''ill be wooing and wedding a bankruptcy petition, sure thing_" Foreman Sandonovitc.h heard and said soothingly: "They don't happen much oftcncr'n once a week, boss-sometimes twice."-Sun. HUmidity in the Varnish Room. Extensive plans ha.ve been instituted with a view of eUmin-ating this one important draw back to varnish room results! but despite these apparently best laid plans, humidity con-tinues to disturb the finisher to a serious extent during Aug-ust and the early part of September. rt has come to be recognized that the only factor that will render humidity harmless is heat introduced in some effective way to the varnish room. Humidity is part and parcel of those hot moist days-often called "dog-days," although not necessarily included in this unacceptable period -when the air is surcharged with moisture, and perspiration flows freely upon the slightest exercise of the individual. Various expedients are resorted to in order to counteract the action of the water saturated atmosphere, but the most prac-tical- and in reality the only effective-system consists of the introduction 01' heat in a sufficient quantity to dispel k l:Jrge part, at least, the peculiar dampness ,pervading tile varnish room. This can be accomplished by means of a brisk fire in the shop or store, or warmth forced through steam pipes, or hot air pipes, as the heating arrangements of the shop may permit. This heat, however, need not, and, in fact, should not, be long continued, for it fairly goes with-out saying that air may be made too dry for working varnish with the best results. A few minutes of good heating by whatever method is most convenient ",,-ill usually suffice to condition the air of the room, provided proper ventilation is furnished, to meet immediate requirements. vVhat is needed in the varnish room is pure, fresh air with the greater portion of the moisture extracted, and this rule holds good whether the month be August or December. Humidity to excess in the air causes the varnish to draw itself into a condition similiar to the appearancc of enamaled leather or silk. Perhaps needless to add! prevention is many times cheaper than cure in all cases of hl1midity.-Ex. 10 MiCHIGAN ARTISAN OFFICES: CINCINNATI-Pickerillil B.ul1dlog. NEW YORK--346 Broadw&.y\. BOSTON;-18Tremollit St. CHICAGO--134Van Buren St. GR.AND RAPID$--Housem.an Rid.. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Ch.da.koln Bldg. HIGH POINT. N. C.--Slanton.~elcb Block. The most satisfactory and up~to·dateCr~dit Service covering the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most at::'oura.teand reliable Reference Book Published. OrigInators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System:" Collectit",Service Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. H. J. DANHOf'. Michigan Man~er. 347·348 House1D.an Sundin ... Grand Rllplds. Mioh. EVRNSVILLL Evansville, h..d.) Sept. 2.-Some of the local factone~ are running on full time, yet the average factory is funning but forty hours a week. The plants of the city have av-cr< lged forty hOUB all tile seaSOn and the owners say this is a much better record than that of the factories of many "th.'r cities. It is the general opinion of the furniture n1(;'" hert that the general business conditions of the count:-y arc much better than they were last spring and that it i,; hut a question of time until things wilt assume t:l.;:oir llrormal conditiolls. The Clnirmaker's Union, at Tell City, Ind., extended nil invitation to the Evansville Manufac::turers' Association to come to Tell City, Ind., all Labor Day to enjoy some of Tell City's noted hospitality. A. P. Fenn and Jacob Zoe-cher, two of the best fellows in Tel] City, were at the head of the commit'tce on entertainment amI this assured thc visitors a good time. The Evansville manufacturers were glad to accept the invitation. Edwnrd Ploeger, of the Bosse Furniht:'e Company, thinks Evansville has a great future as a manufactu.-ing city. He says its location and cheap fuel are bound to bring many new factories here in the future . .Fred Deikman, of the Bosse Furniture Company, has returned from Mammoth Cave, Ky., where he spent his vacation. He says he had a delightful time. The Karges and Globe factories arc running full time and employment 1;:' given a large force of men. These factories are among the largest and best equipped in this section of the country. Gus Stoltz, of the Stoltz-Schmitt factory, thinks business is improving and says tradc is hound to gct better. "Gus" 1S one of thc best men in the state. The Buehner Chair Company is grinding away, and, under the managen~el1t of Theodore Kevekordes, is en-joying a mighty good business. The factory is turning out a fine grade of work just now. Eli D. ').liller says his folding beds are being sold now in all sections of the country and in many foreign countries. Eli is a wide awake manufacturer, and never thinks of the hard times. He says people are not caring as much about the piano right now as they arc of his folding beds. Eli is a self made man and has a host of admiring friends. The new chair factory at Henderson, Ky., has started up with a force of forty men and twenty dozen chairs a Jay are turned out. The factory has a capacity of forty dozen chairs a day and it is expected the plant will be running futl time before long. The plant was recently moved to Henderson from Hillsboro, Ohio. Mr. \Veimar, the man-ager of the factory, informed the writer a few days ago that orders are coming in faster than they cah be filled; among them being one for 30,000 of one" particular style of rocker. Several" car load orders arc nearly ready for shipment. Upon the petition of ]. C. Brooke, owner at the Cin-cinnati Seating Company, at vVashingtfm. Ind., Judge H. Q. Houghton has Hamed William L. Brown of Mitchell, rnd., as receiver for the plant. The factory was remov~d ;!-om Harrison, Ohio, to vVashington three years .3.go anJ ,>:nployed in the neighborhood of 150 men. The c')l1lpan.... has enough orders to keep the plant running night and day for seven months, and UP()]l this showing Judge Houghton ordered the receiver to issue certificates to the amount of $10,000 to carry all the business. \\Tilliam P. Keeney, aged seventeen years, son of William P. Keeney, the wdl known traveling salesman, left the city a few days ago on his initial trip as a traveling salesman of furniture. He went from here to :VYobilc,Ala., and will make a tour of the southern states. The Evansville Furniture Manufacturers' Association has filed a camp taint with the Indiana Railway Commission against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and thirty-six other companies. The Evansville Association alleges that the shipping ra;;~ un ~,)lding beds is too high and asks th,~ Rail-way Commission to take the matter up with the Inter state Commerce Commission. Tl1e furniture manufacturers, ac-cording to the complaint, are compelled to pay a ,ate 011 folding beds which is one and one-half times as great as the first class rate. They declare also that only a first class rate is charged by some roads in Illinois and some parts of the southern freight territory. This discrimination, it is daimed, makes it difficult for tbe manufacturers of this city to compete in the folding bed market with the manu-facturers in various otber parts of the country. It is as-serted that the Evansville association have placed their com-plaint before the classification committee, in ).J"ewYork, but without satisfactory results. The Advance Stove \'Vorks of this city, of which William A. "'j<och, is the efficient president, has been coing a vcry nice business all season and prospects are good for a splendid fall and winter trade. It is largely to Mr. Koch's :)mine:-:,s ability that this company has forged to the front within the I"ast year or two. 1fayor John \\7 Boehne, interested in local stove and furniture factories, has returned from the lakes of Minne-sota, where he spent his vacation. He was gone two week:; and his family accompanied him. He reports a most pleas-ant time. 1byor Boehne, who is the democratic candidate for congress in this district, will "get busy" 50011 -vith his canvass. C. \V. B, )J!CHIGAN ARTISAN 11 These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. I We also carry a I full stock of Bev- : eled Back Scroll • Saws. any length 1 and gauge. f IIII --------_.~I lVrite us for Price List and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST". GRAND RAPIDS ._----~ BOYNTON &. CO.II ..--------- I II MallllfaClurer~ (If Emboned and Turned Mould" ing ... Embo-. ed and Spindle Carvings, and Automatic Turning .. We alw mallu· fatl:ure II large line of Emb.o8led Omllmentl for Couch Work. SEND FOR ('ATAI.(l(;HR 419-421 W. fifteenth St., CmCACO, ILL. ~---_._----------------' ---------------~III , Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. Address ---_._-.,I ~le~~en50MnI~(.0. South Bend. Ind. Wood T umings, Turned Moulding, Dowel, and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufac· turers on Application. 1\1achlne!l fur all porpo8es, and at. prices within the ..... R('h of all, Every machine bas oor guarantee agalnl!lt breakfu::e for one yellr. "Rotary Style" fur Orop Carvings, Emboued Mouldings, Panels. "Lateral /StYle" for laqe capacity heavy Carvings IUld Veep EmLossiugs. We have the Machine you want at a satisfactory pr:lce. Write for descriptive circulars, Also make dies lor all makes of Ma-chines. VNION fMBOSSINC MACIiINE CO., Indianapolis, Ind. --------_._----, rI MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER & VENEERS II SPECIALTIES: II ~'L"fPEiJQUARO.AK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS I IIII~ HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main SI., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I~ 12 Raising the Table. MICHIGAN ARTISAN There has been a 1ong-standing difference of opinion in the Plunkett family concerning the dining table. Mrs. Plunkett maintained that its legs were too short and ought to be lengthened at least half an inch. ''It doesn't fit our chairs, Jared, and you know it," she contended. "vVben 'we sit dOWil to this table we're too high above it. You could have pieces of wood glued on the ends o{ the legs. That would be easier than to saw off the ends of all the chair legs." "1 don't agree with your proposition at all, ConIdia," said :\1r. Plunkett. "I think the table is just righL But I'm willing to compromise the matter. You have been want-ing a hardwood floor in this dining room for a fong time, haven't you?" "Yes," "Vv~ell, we can have .that new kind of hardwood floor that i5 laid on top of the old floor. That \'v'ill raise the table, of course, just so much. How will that do?" This seemed to be a fair proposition, and without a moment's hesitation Mrs. Plunkett accepted it as a satis-factory compromise.- Ex. A Convenient Drawing Table. Among the many valuable conveniences manufactured for use in wood working shops, schaab, offices, for architects, and engraving plants by the Grand Rapids Hand Screw Com-pany, is the draughting desk illustrated here\vith. It is suhstillltially constructed and its utility recognized at a glance. The company will be pleased to supply further information in l-egard to the same. Improvements in Machinery. Alexander Dodds reports business improving. On a re-cent visit to his vi'Ood\yorking machine works a twenty-five spindl e dovetailer was shown ready to· be packed for ship-ment to Cologne, Germany. This machine has important improvements not on other machines, but may be had on future orders. A new No.4 tilting saw table was about completed for Grand Rapids Furniture Company. Mr. DOdds has a new lock mortising machine about ready to put on the market, which will make the key hole at the same time it makes the mortise. This machine can also be used as a horizontal boring machine when necessary. ].'lr_ Dodds believes in making up-to-date maehinery, and in order to do so must have up-to-date iron and steel working tools to produce; them. One of the latest of these is a new gear cutting mac'hine that cost over one thousand dollars. It i5 the best machine of its class on the market. THE Wellin~lon"olel Cor. Wabash Aye. & Jackson· Boulevard CHICAGO Remodeled at a cost of $150,000 Hot and cold running we.teY and long dillo lance 'phonell in aU roomll. 200 rOOII15. 100 with balh. Sinsleor en suite. Rates $1·00 and upwards. One of the most unique dWiolil rooms in the country. Our famousIndianCafe. NOTE~ FOR SERVICE .NO CUSINE McClintock and Bayfield PROPS. • WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller I• New andAInoIutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. and Pal'£:.St. Inthe Cenler ofthe Theatre. Shop-pint, and Business District. A Ia Carte Cafe Newellt and FineetGrili Room in the City. Oub Breakfast • 40e up Luncheon - - - 5lk Table d·hote Dinners _ 75c MUQcfEom6P. M. to 12 P. M. Eve.ry 'room has e.pyive.te bath. EUROPEAN PLAN Ratelll·$l.50 per day and up. L. W. TULLER, Prop. M.A. SHAW, Mgr . !1 / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WlTH 12, 15, 20 AND 2.') SPINDLES. DODDS'NEW DOVETAILING GEAl\. MACHINE This little machine has done more to perfect the drawer work of furniture manufacturers than anything else in the furniture trade. For fifteen years it has made periect-fitting, vermJn-proof, dove· tailed stock a possibility. This has been accomplished at reduced cost, as the machine cnts dove·taJ1s in gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operation. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reptesented by Schuchart & Schuttll at Berlin. V"aenna, Stockbolm and SI. Pelel'6bul'lE. Replesentative by Alfred H. Sdiutle at Colollne. Brussels, Uege. Paris. Milan and B11boa. Represented in Great Britian and Irdand by the Oliver Machinery Co., F. S. TbolDPSOIl.Mar .• 201·203 DeaB8lil8te. Mandlel!l:er,England. MICHIC;A:\I ARTISAN ,..-------------------- I II II! I !II II ! ! 13 I Oran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e I an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ Tn Il LATEST device for hOJl(Uing shavings alld dust from all wood- 7e'orl~illgmachines. O'urnineteen years experience ill this class of 'zr ..wrk has haugilt it uearer perfection than any other system on the market today_ It is 1/0 experiJncnt, but a demonstrated scieJltific fact, as '(:t'C have sCiNral hUIl-dred of these s'J.'stcms in use, alld !lot a poor Olle among thent. Our AutOl1Wtic FUYllGce Feed System .. as S1107J.min th,is cut, is the 1I10st perfect 7.t1orkhlg dc'vice of anything in this lille. Write for ollr prices for equipmellts. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Fa.ctory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Citizen. Phone 1282 Sell. Main 1804 -----~~OUR A~UTOM:ATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM • 14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN I!STABLISt'1ED 1880 Puel.'IlIHIlfCl BT MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE: lOTI-! AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH O~FICI!~106.110.112 NORTH DIVISION ST•• GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ENTERED .0.8 MIITTER OF TI-IE SECOHD CLAU "\\Te sell from six to ten \Vidicomb dressers a week of a certain pattern, mainly because our salesmen like to sell it. It has so many good features that it mo\'es easily and satisfies the purchaser. By offering this dresser in pref-erence to others of its class. the salesrrell save much time which they spend in trying to sell other articles of household use." The manager of the furniture section of a large department store who utte~ed tile statement quoted above is an able business man of large experience, who is ever in the market for articles that will sell as readily as that certain kind of John Vv'iddicomb dresser. Have you anything of that kind in your line, :-'Ir. Manufactu-er? .,., The habit of looking at freights, not goods, has caused buyer3 to stand pat against a purchase because of ten or fifteen cents in the rate, when there was fifty cents dif-ference in the goods in favor of the more distant market Such huyers are governed by small things rather than by large ones. During the current and the coming year hventy-five sky-scrapers of enormous size \",ill be erected in the city of New York. Quite a market foj· furniture will be created ,V:WE thL'''t' buildings shall be made ready for occupancy. '.,' 't' 1Iemories ,of pa~t unpleasant experiellces cause lack of confidence in salesmen. It is wen to forget the past. Look upwards, as the sailor does when the weather threatens his life, and push onwa:·d. "t" "t" The open opposition of the bankers to the general ad-option of the Oklahoma system of guaranteeing deposits furnishes an argument to depositors for supporting the plan. Isn't, it strange how business continues to improve so shortly before the presidential election 1 Evidently the people do not fear the future, whatever the outcome may be. In salesmanship it is not commendable to give a' buyer a leader on an article he knows and then "soak" him on the sale of an article he does not know. 't' 't' Neither the people who think the worst of you nor the people who think the best of you are correct in their es-timates of you. 't' 't' One factory would serve the needs of a community as well as ten if the people did not buy more than they actually need. The iron and steel mills are fully employed ill filling orJers. and the prospects fOi a continuance of business are good. "..,l." "..,I." Xine-tenths of human t~linking is unreasonable. the most of the sane otie-tenth. l\Iake "..I." 0..1.0 , , There are not so ma.p.y differences of opinion of the methods employed to express the same. "f' "t" as there are The salesman who is copfident that trade may be gained by going after it vigo:ously is seldom disappointed. Some !:ialeSmell are born great, some achieve greatness, 2nd others put up a successful bluff. The bank will not ca~h a draft on hopc, and yet it is a good thing to havc. The salesman who tries to bnd a reason for some of the things a buyer does is up against a big job. Trade ~chool Teachers Organize. A meeting of tellchers employed in trade and training sc11001slocated in various parts of the United States was held n J\fuskegon, Mich., recently when an organization was effected with the following officers: President, Lui Dratz, Muskegon; vice presiJent, Fred Mc- Earcheron, Kearney, Neb.; secretary, T. R. Raymond Stahl. Columbus, Ohio; treasurer, \ValterHanson, St. Joseph, "~:lo. Tile executive power is vested in a board of six, of which the secretary is chairman, and Clarence Hardy, Oshkosh, \Vi!:i.; Alfred J, S. Boucher, Chippewa Falls, \hlis.; Harry Beck, Quincy, Ills.; Harold Slayton, Minneapolis, Minn.; David Scull', Burlington, Iowq; and Vilalter "Hanson, St Joseph, :Mo.' are members. The first annual meeting will be held during Christmas vacation in Muskegon. The memhership as pres-ent extends from Ohio to :VIontana and from Minnesota to Mississippi. The association is alTtlated with the Hackley Manual Training SchooL To Manufacture Furniture, Emerson Furniture Company, Brooklyn; to manufacture furniture and household goods; capital $5,000. Incorpor-ators: Samuel D. Kay. Jersey City; David Strausman, No, 81 East Fourth street, New York; Joseph Sookne, No. 2151 83d street, Brooklyn. Klien Brothers' Bamboo \\Torks, New Yo k; to mnnu~ facture furniture, especially of bamboo; capital, $5,000. In-corporators: Jake K. Klein, No. 244 West 112th st>eet; Joseph K. Klein ani Kate Klein, No. 129 West 112th ::itreet, all of ~ew York. 1\1. J. McCaffrey Company, New York: to manufacture coffins and caskets; capital, $5,000. Incorporators: George Tiernan, Charles E. Patton, John G. Hogan, 1\0. 54 \Vall street, New York. With the Girrib1e Store. Everill S. Brower, formerly with the Sligh Furniture Company, has entered the employ of Gimble Brothers, gell-eral merchants in Milwaukee. MICHIGAN AkTISAN ----_._---~._~ II I Pittsburgh Pl~b!~2n:d~nass I Plate Glass. Mirrors. Window Glass. Ornamental Figured Glass. WIRE GLASS, the Great Fire Retardant. CARRARA GLASS. a New Product Like Polished White Marble. Company For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Brushes, or Painters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below: NEW YORK-Hudson &ondVandam. 5ts. CLEVELAND-1430.1434 West Third S1. BOSTON-·tl~49 Sudbuf')" St•• 1.9 Bowker St. OMAHA -1608·10·12 Harney St. CHICAGO 442·452 W.baah Ave. ST. PAUL-459·461 Jackson St. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court St.. ATLANTA. GA.-30-32 ..34 S. Pryor 8t. ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth and ~ruce 51s. SAVANNAH,GA--74S-749 Wheaton St. MINNEAI'OLIS-500_S16 S. Tbird St. KA.NSASCITy-rUth and Wy-.ndott. 8ts· DETROIT-53·59 Ll\rned St., E. B1R,M1NUHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. GRA....O RAPIDS, MICH.~39.41 N. Division 8t BUFFALO, N. Y.-312·14·16 ..78 Pearl St. PITTSBURGH-Iol-I03 Wood St. BROOKLYN 635-637 Fulton St. MILWAUKRE. W1S.-492.494 Ma1"ketSt. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg.• Arch and 11th-Sts. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wllder Bldg.• Main t1fE.zchangeSta. DAV&NPORT-410-416 Scott St. BALTIMORE-31Q.12·14 W. Prat1 St. Sole distributer. of PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS. ~----_._---_. Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. OVER 15,000 OF OUR STEEL RACK VISES IN USE 2;; doz. Clamp Fixtures boug-ht by one mill last year. We ship on approval to rated firms. and ,l!"uarantee our goods uncondi-liollally, lVrite for list of Sfeel B(tr Clamps, Vises, Bench Stops, etc. E.". S"ElDON So CO. 283 Madison St .• Chicago. BAPIO-AOTmG WOODWOBU&'S VISE No.:S: t ___________ .____________ I • • I ----_.----.~ p-EL- (TRADE MARK REGUSTEREDJ I I Paint and Varnish Remover I Things don't grow without nourishment. Manufacturers do not increase their I facilities unless there is a growing demand to supply. In point of sales, Ad·el-ite Paint ! and Varnish Remover is tar ahead of any similar preparation on the market and I our new, thoroughly equipped plant enables us to give better service than ever before. You will find that Ad-el-ite contains more energy to the gallon, has fewer dis- I agreeable features and brings better results than anything you can get. Eats down through any number of old coats of hard paint, varnish, wax, shellac or enamel leaving the surface in perfect condition for refinishing. Send for Free Sample. STA.E CHICAGO j ...._---------------------------~-----------' 15 16 MICHIGAN ARTISAN WOMEN SELL COFFINS. Advantages Possessed by Salesladies on the Road. Salesl'adies have come to stay. The commercial's pros· pcrity congress recently held in New York afforded a good chance for il1,quiricson this point. The replies were mouot· onously unanimous. "To stay? -VVhy,you coulden't get them out with a ton of dynamite!" There is something rueful' in 'a regular knight of the grip when he talks about his profession~l sisters. One of them told an especially harrowing tale. He ran up against his [LT5t female competitor last fall when he started out ,"lith a line of holiday goods. He was going on at a leisurely gait, taking a good line of orders from his old customers, when he struck Cleveland and disaster. The first dealer he called on met him with the blithe annOUllcement that he had come to.o late; a "sweet and aimiablc young WOmall'" had been there and hzd received the entire holiday order. "Not the entire order?" stammered the dumfounded man. "Yes; everything she wanted." Every customer the man had in Cleveland had gone over to the enemy. He hustled on to Columbus. She had been befo:·c him there. It was the same at Cincinnati and a little more of the same at Indianapolis. He finally caught up with her at Denver and proceeded to find out for himself what sort of wizard this sweet and aimiable person was. H", had to admit that she was the cleverest, mcist diplo-matic woman he haj ever met and that her success was legiti-mate. He found out afterward that it was her first trip and that when she had been out three weeks her house had to wire her to holJ on a bit, for she was sendil1g in orders faster than they coul'd fill theln. "I know a young woman who sells hats (and so do I when I can keep ahead of her)," said another salesman in re~ lating his experience; "but let me' drop in behind her and it's all day with me, fOe·when she strikes a town she carries away every order in it. "'But in this she has the advantage of me; sJ:e is Etrjk:ngly pretty for a milliner's model and tries .on every shape hat she has for sale among her samples, and sbe places them all on her pretty head in such a coquettish ano g~acefut ·way that it shows off the beauties of the hats to perfection. No""\,, I would look pretty trying on ladies' hats, wouldn't I? "These women are as a rule a strong, healthy, clear headed ~llld in every way belong to the twentieth century. S~)me of them do exactly as men do-visit the merchants personally and solicit orders. Others rent a suite of rooms in the best hotel in which to display goods, notify their customcrs and await them there. "And there is still" another class who catcr to individual custom~ and these are too very successful. Quite a number of New York women work in this manner. "There is one young woman who travels for onc of the largest houses in Cincinnati. She is of Irish parentage and has the beautiful eyes and complexion we so often see among the Irish-American girls. Her figure is simply perfedion, and all of the madenp garme"nts among- her samples are made on the wall, and when she .once dons them she shows them to the best advantage, and she seldom fails to get an order. "She told me she was a graduate of one of the' leading colleges for women in America, and has since studied every art that might be of benefit to her in her business. She has had many offers of marriage from some ,of her best customers, but she is happy and conterit to live on her salary of $4,000 a year and commissions, which often run it up to $5,000, be-sides all of her expenses. i ! "Her trade is worth $300,000 a year to her house, and this is enormous when it is considered that for only six months in the year these goods can be sold." One of the most successful is a Mount Vernoll woman. For years she solicited orders for corsets from door to door. her success was phenomenal beyond the wildest expectations of the firm she worked for, and they could not comprehend extraorJinayability. She is now a wholesale representative for this same firtn of corset manufacturers and commands a salary of $5,000 yearly. Another well known woman is one whose husband form-erly traveled for an underwear house. He died leaving her with a large family to support, and it occured to her that she might take up her husband's business. She accordingly went to the firm and asked f.or the pos-ition. They demurred at first, fearing to trust a woman to handle this kind of ~oods; but finally, through sympathy and a desire to help t9~: 'wife of one who had so long and faith-fully served them, },ney cons~n.ted to give her a trial. Her success was prom~re· and stnklllg. Each mail brought fresh evidence of it and the result is she is now a cOl1fidental member of the firm. A Philadelphia w(an-an almost monopolizes the trade of her territory itl fruit extracts, flavoring and spices. She does not spend on an av~ragemore than two weeks at home during the entire ye<4r~:p •• She is but twenty-five, and receives a salary of $3,500 a~ear and all her expenses. THE One-half MICHIGAN Our Trade now Dupllcale TRUCK on, Triplicale Orders Every Purc::haser Sallsfied There's a Reason HARD· WOOD FRAMES MALLE-ABLE IRON CASTINGS M.M.A L.OO. HOllY, MICH. One young woman sells coffin trimmings for one of the large silver manufacturers in COllneticut. Her success has been wonderful, the house often being obliged to call her in during the year owing to inability to fin her orders promptly. Another woman sells collins, and onc of her "knight" rivals says she sells so many that undertakers have to make kindling wood of them to get their stocks reduced, people don't die fast enough to keep up the demand. Her house allows her ample money for expenses and pays a liberal salary besides. Occupants of Burns' Chair Must Treat. In one of tbe rooms of a Dumfries public house is an old arm chair which is said to have been frequently used by the poet Burns. All who sit in this chail' are expected to treat everyone who is in the room at the time, and often the immortal memory of the famous Scottish national poet is drunk. Notwithstanding the efforts of the mill operators to re-duce production, the quantity of lumber cut during the year 1907 was considerably larger than in 1906. :I] ] CHI C; "\ l\ ;\], T ] S ;\ l\ 17 ~----- -----------------_. III, f!II Any Practical Mechanic appreciates the importance of simplicity in machinery. Our No.5 Table Leg Machine is far superior in simplkily of construction over any other make of machiJle, yet embodies a11 tl)l" latest improvements, special attention beitlg' called to the Cuttel'"head, lhe Variable Friction Feed and the Oaeillating Carriage. Consider the above, and then hear in mind that this machine t1lrns Tou1Jd,octagon, hexagon, square or allY other shape, all with the same (\1tterhead. Also, that onl:! man with it can do lhe work of ai:lt or eight hand turners -and we guarantee the work to be llatisfactory. DOll't you [Iced such a machi11e? Then write II ~._---- c. Mattison Machine Works 863 F;fth Street BELOIT. WISCONSIN. •i ._--~ II (tlarence lR. ~::~:fD5 MrCH.1 __ •...1 If your DESIGNS a.re right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. I DOES IT lti3 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. '--_._----_. ----_. ._------_.~ IMPROV£O, EASY 'ND El EVATO RS I QUICK RAISINC Belt, EJectric and Hand Power. f The Best Hand Power for Furnit",r, Stores I Send for Catalogue and PriceS'~- KIMBAll BROS, CO" 1067 Ninlh 51•• Council Bluffs, la, Kimball ltlevator Co.• 323Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; 1(1811th St., Omaha, Neb.; lZOCedar St., New York City. ---------_.~ ~------------------- I The Universal Automatic I CARVING MACHINE ===~PERFORMS THE WORK OF ===~ 25 HAND CARVERS And tloes the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand -------MADE BY Union [MUOSSlnn M1Cnlnr Co. Indianapolia, Indiafta Write for Information, Pri<:es Etc • ._-----_._------- ....._--- II ! West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, Gleason Palenl Sectional Feed Roll, ----------: -MANUFACTURE!) 8"'" I WEST SIDE IRON WORKS: CRAND RAPIDS, MICH" U. S. A· ; 1!. lV. Petrie, OU/'agent8 f01' Canada. t OjfiU8, ']'oronto, }lontreal and Vancowver. •1 • l·--·-------------~ I 1Loufsbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN t. . --l I 1 Citizens' Telephone 1702. 18 MICHIGAN MANUAL AND TRADE TRAINING IN RAPIDS. GRAND , Outgrowth of the Kindergarten System. P;obably llO subject of study which has been introduced into the curriculum of the Grand Rapids public schools has experienced a more rapid growth and a more wide spread popularity than manual training. It is the fore-runner and nearest approach to the much talked of trade school, which has found so much favor in the east and in the larger public school systems of the United States. Having its beginning in the kindergarten and primary grades, the wo k has spread to the grammar grades and high school within the last few years. And now a new "l\-1al1ual Traillin~:r High School" building is to be erected which will make large provisions for the classes in manual training' with modern equipment and facilities which will be unequaled by tiny city of its size in the middle west outside of oti.e de-vOtil1g an enti~e bU1hllng to this subject'. The public has taken a wide interest in the work aud last winter, when for a month the schools gave a public exhibition, ;:t Ryerson library, of practical work in manual training !111,J domestic science which had been done, there was tnUCil admiration and interest expressed on the part of the many who visited the creditable display. Wood carving is one of the principal things which boys are taught and what could be more fitting in the world's Furniture Ci.ty? But it is not alone in tables, c;lairs and fancy pieccs that the boys excell but in some taings which savor of real ca'·p-entry. This is witnessed in the work which the boys in \ .-" ,.,' , IT IS A BLOT upon the ability of every lumiture manuladurer, superintendent, foreman, and salesman to lack a cotrett knowledge of the fundamental principles 01 sketching, detailing, ornamental drawing and the period styles, and we have a course 01 instructions that works wonders as an eraser. Grand Rapids School of Designing 542-545 Houseman Building, Grand Rapids. A. KIRKPATRICK, hutruetor and De.i.per. \ ARTISAN the trmlnt school did last year in the construction of a lal1nch, full sized, equipped in every way for practical utle. Rug weaving is another occup"tioll which approach{·;.; a trade in thc thoroughness in whicil it is taught. Mrs Constance Rourke W<lS the tirst to introduce thi" ill the l()c<~lschools. At the \Viddicomb street ."dlOol, or which she is principal, she caused the children in the nrst and sec-ond grades to have miniature frames made upon which they could weave, thus learning, although in the mil1<'ture, all the impo,tant principles of weaving a~d the handFng of colors. In higher grzdcs where heavier work can be managed the children weave real rugs and mats for the home", Sewitlg is anothe.r subject which is taught. Little gi Is make their own aprons, dresses and other articles of wear-ing apparel. And they make th1ngs for "baby;" hemst:tch handkerchiefs fo~ "Mamma" el'nd "Papa,"and learn to do general practical sewing. There are kitchens in which they receive instruction ill cooking, and it is wonderful how quickly these Ettie oneS learn to make hutter, bake b cad and cook numerous other articles of food. The instruction in this branch is very -thorough and is of untold value to the·child. There are nine manual training cente s in the city loc!lted as follows: Centra! l\{anllal Training school. 117 "Barclay street, Diamond street school, Hall street school, Jefferson avenue, Madison avenue, Plainfield avenue, Sigsbee, 5t aight Street and Turner street sel: ools. The entire manual training system of the city is under tlw sl1pervlsion of L. R. Abbott. who is assisted by twenty- (~ight tcachers including the six domestics. The first fOll':' grades have folding, cutting, especially free· hand cutting, clay molding and sand table work. Miss Good-rich has charge of this work but is assisted in decorating and designing by Mrs. Helen J. Torrey. 1\1rs. To"rey has entire supervision of the drawing alJd some very gratifying results have been obtained since, by the liberality of thc board of education, the equipment for draw-ing has been greatly increased. In the fifth and sixth grades the boys have knife work and the girls have sewing. At present only ·one hour a week is given to the ·work, but the time will be lengthened to tWIl hours this coming year. The seventh and eighth grades have, for the boys carp-entry; they are taught not only to construct but to use tools correctly, to do their work aceun~tely 2nd in a, worklll<:.n-]jk~ m<:.nner. T11e gi.rls are tangllt an the arts of cookin3, and show much interest and ability in lea·ll:ng. The amount of time devoted to manual training in thes.e grades has been dclttbled ;!1lC1now tbe pupils go directly to the 111<11111<11 trai-ning ccnter ;\nd spend onc entire school scssicn a week at the work. Illfr. Abbott has immediate supervision of thc last fOUT grades which are in excellcnt condition. Every pupil in the Grand Rapids public schools be·tween the (Irst and ninth gades take a course in manual train:n:s. Tn the High school the only work in manual tratnlll::{ at present is mechanical drawing, but as sOOn as the "New Manual Training High School" is completed, and under favorable circumstances, it will be ready for USe in about two years, a thorough advanced course in manual training will be given with the academical courSe. Many and varied are the opinions for, and against, a man-ual training course being of ally practical benefit to the child. As a rule mothers and teachers notice manifestation of this benefit in the deportment of the child, the interest he dis~ plays .in his work and the exac.tness with Wh1Chhe does any task alloted him. The mother notices how neat John is becoming; in fact! ( Concluded on page 22, ) I• ------------------- - - - YIICIlICAJ\' ARTISAN SCHOOL LIBRARY GRAND JlAP1DS HIGH SCHOOl. I !I II I ! DOMESTIC SCIENCE ROOM GRAND RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOl- • I() iI I I I • MICHIGAK ARTISAN I ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VARNISH~ 20 ROYAL White-the Emblem of Purity-our White Maple Polishing Varnish is Pure-and the WHITEST GOODS on the market. It dries to recoat every other day; can be rubbed and polished in four to five days. Ask for testing sample. I VARNISH COMPANY I TOLEDO, OHIO I • • New Belt Sander for Flat and Irregular Work. The manufacturers of this machine had made it possible to sand all irregular shaped pieces with the grain and are making the machines to do it. The indispensible features of such a ra.bOT saving machine will appeal to every manu· facturer of case goods, chairs, tables, pianos, wood mantets your sanding department amI while there arc a few molded or irregular shapes you may be working over some kind of sanding' drum, disk, spindle or ordinary belt. you will find it gOlle over by hand in ,order to get the finish necessary, and on the majority yOU will find that these shapes are being sanded by hand from start to fI11i~h. :J ow if yOU "\!ish to Number 111,\Sand Belt '!'.ladline and plumbers w.ood work. Not only will these machines sand and polish the same dass of "vo..-k, whlch the manll-facture~- s as above stated have been compelled to do by hand, but as nn advantage over the disk, drum and spindle sanding would justify these manufacturers in throwing every one of tbem out, and mally of the largest and 1110st pros~ perOU5 w,ood workng plants have already seen fit to do so. :Mal1Ymanufacturers have been using a two to three drum sand('x and even 11l,ore for years, paid likely a thousand dol-lars for each, consider same indispensible and the onty thing you can sand on same is flat surfaces. Now, since one-half or two-thirds of the pieces in the construction are irregular shapes, would not a sand belt machine, capable of sanding this class of work to a perfect finish with the grain as weB as for polishing 11at surfaces, be just as indispensible and even more profitable. The drum sander is considered in-dispensible. This is due to. the fact that manufacturers ~lavc always been accustomed to sanding or finishing irregular shaped pieces by hand and expect nothing el'se. It is no more necessary for y.ou to sand this class of work by hand than it is the flat surfaces. You may be under the im-pression that these irregular shapes are being sanded by some kind of sanding device in your factory and of course know that you cannot afford to do it by ~land when there is a machine to be had, which will do it better, and the above sand belt will. It is well worth your time to investlgate in • abandon hand sanding and get a more perfect finish than you are now getting and at less cost would advise that you communicate with the vVysong & Miles Company, of Greens-boro, N. C, who a.re making a specialty of sand belt machines for doing the class of work in question. By the use of ma-chines, which they have brought out, it is ffi(-lde possible for wood working manufacturers in almost every line to abandon sanding by hane!' They arc building abDut eight different salld belt mac1lincs adapted especially to the requirements of every wood \-vorker and they do not try to apply one ma-chine to everybody's I"cGuirements, which never has nor neveI" will be done successfully, Drop a line sta.ting what you aI"e manufacturinf: ar,d ask them to send cut <lud full particulars ni the 'mach!11e, which they recommend for your requin>- l11(;nt~. [-(. the fc1l6witig addresses o'i the lTI:wufadurers: \Vysong & Miles Company, Cedar street and Southern R. R, Greensboro, N. C Suspicious. Manufacturer-"l can ]lot put faith in that tra.veling designer. Salesman-"Why?" Manufac.turer-"He did not tell me 1 do not know how to manufacture and sell furniture:~ ~'------ I III II !I ,I I ~1I CHI G A K ART I S A K 21 ._------------_._----_._-_.~I It makes a perfect imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator and a boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so·called machine or pads on the market. That's Why It's a Money Maker. It Imitates Perfectly. couple of THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY 50 Machines Sold Las! Year -:I 50 I More I Satisfied I Manufacturers IIII II• Plain or Quartered Oa.k, Mahogany, Walnut. Elm. Ash ot' any other wood with open grain. Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co. Fot' Prices and Full Particulars. Mention the Michigan Artisan, Write the Detroit, Mich. HELLO GIRLS TRAIN FOR JOBS. 7.000,000 Telephones in Use-13,OOO,OOOMiles ot Wires in This Country. ''Few people know lhat there are 7,000,000 telepholles now ill llse in the UniLed States," said a well-posted telcpllone ntan in speaking of the remarkable growth of the telephone in recent years, "Env know, too, that there are abollt 13,000,000 miles of telephone wlres in operation in this country, not to speak of the many miles of wires w:;cd in switchboards and other apparatlls under root. The wires reach from coast to coast and from Canada to ;"[exico, and a man ill )[cw YO;'k call talk to al\other man in Omaha .. and each can hear the other <15 distinctly as though one ',vere in the Bn:mx and the otber at the Battery. There wilt soon come a time \,\'heo )JCIV Yorkers can talk ,vith San Francisco or other cities along the Pacific Coast. "Some surprising fignres are :=;hOv..'1l in tbe cost of oper-ating this va!5t system. For instance, th~ ·value of the wire and other apparatu"l and the labor cost for installation alll-ounts to about $175,000,000, Tbcre are about 25,COO,OOO tol! connections tbroughout the Ullited Stales and more than 8,OOO,OOO,COO exchange connections. Th~~cost of mainta.ining the standard oi senrice is enormous. Last. year the various telephone companies paid about $54,0(;0,000 fOt- maintenance and reconstruction of plants. Dne SySt;;1T1. alone, the Bell, spent $36rOOO,COOlast year. "\Vhi1e the Bell syst<:m is by far the largest in this country there are several hundred ::;maller and independent telephone concerns that maintain all e:xccllent service, "The whole territory of the Bell Company and its sub-sidiaries has beell divided into dcparirnents, and over each has been placed a 111an 1,,,ho is responsible to the Directors. The lIC~' system includes the business, plant, and traffic departments, and each of these dcparl1nel1ts is sub-divided, anu every head 01 a department 01' sub-department an the way up the line is responsible to a man higher up. wbo in tDrn is responsible to the one still higher up, unt.il it gets to tbe manager of one of t.he three departments. "In rccent years the system oi obtaining operators has changed. ::.\"0 long ago a 'Jlcllo' girl was employed aft,:.r <I .<;111)(J'1icial course of instrt1ctiol1_ Puo" servic,~ was the rcsult. ~ow the telephone compallies have schools of in-struction Sor the telephone operators. Sometimes it takes weeks for a 'bello' girl to get all the detail.s of the work. and to be graduated as a reliable operator, Often there are cases "INhere girls £Ire found unsuited for the W01-k. These schools of illstructioll cost. the Citudents nothing. The in-structors arc expert who have been in the employ of the company for several years. "In these schools of instruction the prospe~tive 'hello' girl is drilled in calming' the irritable customer who wants a Humber ;1nd W<ll1tsit Quick; also the customer who makes all tbe trouble he call for the girl at the switchboard. There is a set phraseology of replies to certain queries. All these she has to leam ktter perfect "The experts say that a. girl must have imagination to become a good operator. She has to see in her mind's eye all that is taking place on the wires and to be n:<1dy for every emergency. \Vithout that the 'hello' girl will always prove a failure."-T.in1t's, Long Time Leases. The permanency of the Grand R;lpids Furniture Ex~ position is assure(L 11any manufacturers ha"l/e taken leases for ten years in the exposition buildings. 22 MICHIGAN Manual and Teade Training in Grand Ra.pids. ( COlJthllled from paRe 18 ) he now puts his tools in their chest, hangs his hat on the rack, ne\r'er leaves his umb~ella lying around. His mother begins to understand \-vhen slJC remembers that John made the tool chest and hat and umbrella racks himself and Jle loves to use the things he made and by so doing is fDrming d habit of neatness. \-Vhen he has grown to manhood and left home these things will be cherished by lllotilCr. So, mothers appreciate manual training, for their children, It is a real help to tired mothers when they can trust their d~t1ghte;'s to do some sewing 'which the mothers can-not ftnd time to do themselves. The teaciJcr notices how prompt John is getting to school. How business~likc is his bearing. How accurate he is in the performance of his school dutics and how inten.'.sted he is in his work. Manufacturers arc taking every graduate from the manual Caining .schools and pl'acing them in positions which were formerly- .occupied by workmen of long experience; thls, of course, causes some antagonistic feeling on the part of the displaced workmen. Some of our local machinist mechanics, printers, and others can see no practical benefit derive.d from a manual training course. Oue gentleman, a leader in graft, said: ;'1 do not see that any practi.cal benefit is obtained thr.ough a manual training course. In fact were r to choose the way a child should obtain his education in trade work 1 would place him in a shop as' I do not 'approve of either the trade or manual training schools. My objections to the manual training school are iirst: The teachers are not competent to instT'uct t:1e pupil, not being mechanics themselves, secondly; the schools do not have the necessary equipment and facilities for completing: the courSe properly." Mr. J. D. FJaliagan, Secretary of Typographical Union. said: "The manual trailling proposition isa rather broad Cjuestion. J t closc1'y dovetails with the old apprentice system. Technical and trade schoob cannot be intelligently treated in tIle abstract." .He furth~r said that he had a step SOil who became p:-o-ficient ill the making of tabourettes in the local manual train~ ing schools, but on leaving sellenl found that there was no demand for tabourettc makers and considers that tl1e course he completed in school was of 110 practical benefit to hi.m. Speaking of the demand fa:' all-\'oulH~ v,rorkmen in the A.LHOlCOMD &CO@ MANUFACTURER5~ODEALER5 IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAIRING-SATI5fACTION GUARANTEED ClT1ZEN5 PHONE 1239 27 N MARKET 51 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ARTISAN J)"illtillg husiness, with V,.h·ell he is familiar, he said: "There are few openings for them, as the workmen are classitied ac-cording to their ability and ad,1ptability." Others disagrec- with file above opinions. One gentle-mall declared that a cour:se in manual training taught his boy how to use his hands, how to calculate and use his brain to tllC best advantage. v\lhile some of the things taught moly never be put into practi('.al use, at the same time they help -botll the boy and the girl to concentrate their thoughts. to give their undivi.ded attention to the work in which they arc engaged and to make them more observant than one who has taken no such cOlt-se, as the average man sees im-p<.~ rfectly. P. of. James says: ;'His images have broad fringes:" An employer, .also a father, was very emphatic in decl<1ring that the Grand Rapids manual training syste.m was very ben-eficial, not only to the pupil, but the .factories of the city; although at present it was opposed by some employers it would triumph -in the end by bringing forward men with a better industrial education. To sum up the result of many interviews with those both for and against the extension of manual training, it is safe to say that where one is opposed t~lere are twenty who favor it and that opposition will die a natural death in the course of a few years. • (1". :D3. '!batfiel". lDe&tgner Working drawings fllrnishcd for fine and medium Furniture, Chaitll and fallcy articles in modern and dassic: iltyles. Blodifett Bldg.. Grand Rapids. Mh::lt. Gllaf'tmteed .sellers. • WRITE FOR PR.ICES AND DISCOUNT WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA Manufacturen nt T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively • • ====:SEE:==== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for "Ill" GRADE PUNC"ES and DIES • • • I ~~M[I~We can help you. Time saved and when done I leave$ are hound (by your-self) and indexed by Boors or departments. BARLOW BROS., Gnwd R~id •• Mkh. Writt! Rigkt Now. • • WHITE PRINTING CO., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. PRlNlERS OF CATALOGUES and eve')'thing needed by buoineoa men ~lTCHIGA)! ARTISA:\ 23 r--------------------- I STANDARD SHADES ADOPTED BY THE CRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION (jj Uniformity and a definite standard for all popular finishes will soon be possible_ The above Association has adopted, after carefully considering many different shades of the popular finishes, a set, which will be known as nStandard,n thus enabling a chair manufac-turer to produce the same Early English as the table manufacturer. The dea)er will no longer have the matching difficulty. II We expect to have board samples ready in another month, and shall forward a set of boards and enough stain powder of each shade for experimental purposes for $1.00. This we figure ....i.ll just about cover the expense. Sets will be forwarded in rotation of orders received. Cash must come with orders. The samples. directions, and suggestiolls for the production of these certainly are worth much more, but we feel in a measure obligated to our p:ltrons. therefore the propositioll. Attend to the order now. ---------~,, WALTER K. SCHMIDT COMPANY II LGRAND RAPIDS=,=====_========MICHIGAN S4-SS CANAL STREET Veneer and Furniture. Ther-e is such close association between fUrJliture ~ll1d the face veneer that 'when the furniture tr<lde i;;; slovv the '\-'t'lleer trade is correspondingly sluggish. Flt~niturc 111;1ll-lIfactl1rtrs afe not the only people who lIse veneer hy ally means, but the fun,iture tmde docs furnish a sort ,of ther-mometer to the ups and downs of the veneer business. And this year, in addition to the furniture trade being hit hard with the depression, the building t:·ade and consequently the planing mills got their share. too, and this added tn the c1epl"E,:ssionin the veneer market. for the planing mills !la,'c come to be quite prominent in the veneer llsing trade. A queer thing about it all is that the piano manufacturers do not seern to have suffereel as much as the furniture people. aud compar;Jtivcly spe<lkillg thee has seemingly beeu ;' betler demand for mahogany veneer than for native ·WOO(!. In fact, ,vhile th<: mahogany trade ha:~ suffered somcwhat. it has realty done fairly welt, exceptionally well considcnng the slow lumber market in all other lines. The only t'hlug that has done better has heen quartcrd oak, and that \\ a;; in lumber instead of yen('Cl". It has been a little difficci1t to understand why <-luartere(( oak has /)e('11 in such g·oad demand "vhile quartered oak veneer has been rather slow. It is probably because there have been other prominent calls for quartered lumber Qutside of the furniture nnd building trades p~oper. So 011e seems to he able to ex.plain hO\\' it happened that the piano trade has kept up practically to its normal during the full period, Probably it was because it would have been ctlormonsly big had the counLy continued to prosper in the old way, and is really small in proportion t.o what it would have heen and yet large compared to the demand for furniture. l-'iano manufacturers, of COUI·se, have been running: it little COI1- servative and not buying as eTlthusiastically as thcy would if times were better, bttt for all that .it is said tJ);lt they ball I• a splendid year. T'j,e furniture trade is now showil1g sign" of recovery; the foreign trade has been pretty slow.-Ex. A Mighty Cast. John \Vaddcll. ]nesic!cnt of the vVaddell Manufactnri;:\.s Company \-\'Ot1 tbe clWlllpiollShip of the fly caste~s assoe.ia- John Waddell. tion of the Unrted Slate,s recently. He cast a salmon fly 127 feet and eight inches, defeating Perry D. Frazer, the-ho1c. ler of the medal. IvL \Vaddell is justly proud of the trophy. 24 MICHIGAC'J ARTISAN Unsound Business Conditions. "The commercial traveler has it within his power to go the limit, yielding or not to the temptation of the grafting buyer and to the demand for exceessive time allowances for payment, hoth of which arc symptoms of unsound business conditions. These can be curtailed by the salesman them-selves in many instances, and with their competitors acting in good faith along the same lines, can be eliminated en-tirely," said Henry Clews, in an address to a convention of tTaveling salesman. Continuing, Iv1r. Clews said: "1 can ~ot11ing in the immediate future," declared the banker, "but what is promising, and our business s<':tb;u;:~( last year should be considered merely as a passing cloud to he followed by national prosperity still greater than before. The time has now come to cheer up and be brave in OUr business undertakings. Hereafter, day by day, we will be able to more clearly see the Phoenix arising from the' ashes of the recent panic." Just at present many of the smaller merchants in our country are like setting hens, and will lay no golden eggs. Shoo t11em off their nests and compel them to get busy. Money is plentiful and will be for a long time to come. En-courage them to get into debt. They are overcautious now and W~H1to be prodded a little. Down in \Vall Street we have all waked up during the past few weeks, and the troubles of last,year are but a nightmare. \Vall Street has always been the barometer of trade, and I believe it foretells great activity in the commercial world during the coming months. New Yorkers who recently went to the Denver COll-vention and did some traveling in Kansas during their trip had theirey':es opened to the conditions prevailing in that section of the country. They report the farmers as almost all havi1tg <1utomobiles to go to market in, thus showing their affiueJ¥ ';condition-and why not? They have had those eYend~l eight years of bountiful crops, which they have soId at_high prices, so that the strongest backlog that this co'i!ntry)w.s today against a continuation of panicky or depres~ed cooditions is the wealth of our farmers, who rep-resentthirtrfive per cent of thc labor class of the nation. The indust;pJ'nl manufacturers of this country represellt twenty-five percent of the, rabor class, who have enjoyed equal prosperity with the farmers except during the past year. These two great interests represent sixty per cent of the labor class, almost two-thirds of the whole popUlation." The Retailer's Side. The puhlic in general believes that no merchants have right to combine to prevent price cutting. They argue that if a man can sell lower than another he is the better mer-chant. In some few cases this is true hut as a rule the price-cutter is not making money. He is not demonstrating his merchantilc ability, but is merely ruining himself and all his brother merchants. \Vhen that is the situation, mer" chandising is being injured seriously, and a momentary ad-vantage is heil1g gained for the public. It will surely change, and the public will be oblige(l to pay for it all in full measure. The retailer has a right to his fair profit, and he has a legiti-mate fight to wage in preventing methods which bid fair to do harm only. Price cutting is the ill wind that blows nO· body good.-Oregon Tradesman. Sanitary Furniture. Something entirely new in furniture for combination day coaches and sleepers for railroads and for hotels and general use will be mallt.tfacturcd by the Sanitary Furniture and Car Seat Company, which will establish a factory, giving e.m-ployment to twenty-five men in Spokane. A Sekyra is pres-ident of the company, the secretary being N. H. Douchette. Mr. Sykra said: ,ql\le have organized a stock company with a capitalization of $100,000 divideJ into 100,000 shares of $1.00 par value and non-assessable, for the. purpose of manufacturing our patented c.ombination sleeping car and day coach beds, which are especially adapted for electric railway cars. Our inventions consist of furnishing for .all ordinary day coach which can be converted into a sleeping car 011 short notice, making compartments with plenty of air and comfort which we all know the old-style sleeping car lacks, and when wanted for day use all the heavy ob-structions and stuffy parts disappear, making a fine sani-tary day coach with plenty of air. OUT inventions are a150 adapted for use in hotels, lodging houses, private homes, steamboats and every lllac,e there is use for nice, sanitary beds and the use of the same space in the day time is wanted. \\Fe have other lines in connection with the foregoing." Will Erect a Warehouse. Twenty-five thousand dollars will be expended by Cohn Br.others, of Spokane, on a three-story furniture warehouse. The structure will be of brick and stone and cover 100 by HlO feet. It will be in two sections, the first to be built this fall and completed next spring. It will contain 30,000 feet of floor space> equipped with elevators and a modern sprink-ler system with other means fo;' fire protection. The firm will do the building by day labor to push it to completion. J. Cohn, buyer for the fi.rm, has just returned from Grand Rapids, St Louis and Chicago, where he bought $50,000 worth of goods for fall delivery. H. Cohn says that the year so far has been the best in the two years the firm has been in business in Spokane, "and,"he added, "the next twelvemonths we believe will exceed anything in Spokane history as the oevelopement of the state of Washington is phenomenal. During the next two years Spokane should add 40,000 to the population. We have every reason to believe that before the close of 1910 the hopes of the 150,000 club will have been realized." ~• --_._-------------.. Mr. Manufacturer:: Do You ever CQnsider what joint 81uW&" com? The repaatDn and wooden wedges. if you use lhem and many do, are a large item of expense accolUllsj but this is tn:IaD compared to wqe accounts of workmen who wear them out with a bllIQJIlel'.and then a lafie per celll of tbe ;mnts are faiIures by tbe insecwitr of this meam. RE5UL T. it hat to be done over agaill. if poSsible. H you Qge iJldependent screw clamps the result is bettet. but slower. a1to~tbertoo slow. Let lIS IelI you of something bettet, PALMER'S CLAMPS. AU aleel and iron. No wedies, no separators, adjust!<) any width. clamp ini!lantly yet .eeurely. releases even faster. Poeitively one-third more work with Dnt!l-third kSlI help. In seven tizes up !<) 60 inches, any thiclness Up 1(12 inches. 200 factoriet in 1906. Why Mt you in 1908 ? Alth<!u2h sold by dealers everywhere let UI. $CIlQ you palticulan. 1\. E. Palmer & Sons. Owosso. MIGh. FOREIGN AGENTS: ProieclileCo.. London, EnsJand. Sehuebardl & Schutte. Berlin. Gennany; <-- - rI ' /1 ,/ t MICHIGAN ARTISAN lOG. 110.112 I norl~Division Sf. ~ ..~~ ~~ Oran~Ra~i~s lOG, 110,112 norl~Division Sf. I Orand napMs OUR BUILDING Michigan Engraving Company :: White Printing Company Michigan Artisan Company E NGR A V E RS PR INT ERS BIND E RS Erected by White Printing Company, Grand Rapids. 1907. I I PRINT E RS BIN DE RS EN GR A V E RS 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN III I No. 20. COMMQDE BUTTON. NO.21. DFlAWER I(NOB. SCHOOLS TAKE UP VOCATIONAL WORK. Increased Industrial Training to be Prescribed for All Boys of Twelve or More. \Vitbil1 two weeks New York will begin its experiment in vocational training, regarded by educators as the most impor-tant innovation introduced in the public schools in many years. "As the armor of the Middle Ages would be wholly in-adequate to resist- the modern build, so the ancient equip-ment of the three R's is totally inadequate to equip the coming generation fOf. the place that they must take in our essentially industrial civilization," declared Commissioner Frederic R. Coudert, Chairman of the Special Committee 011 Trade Schools, in his repoft urging a trial of fhe experiment. Commissioner Coudert and his commttee. who gave nearly six months of study to the situation in New York, say that the educational institutions of the city have not adapted themselves to the new conditions forced upon the people in the last two-score years by the vast changes re-sultant from the applications of science to industry. To meet the new problems and to place industrial training within the reach of boys and girls who do not wish to enter the professions or have not the aptitude or the opportunity to do so, the board of education, following out the plan suggested by its committee, has decided upon a twofold action. Effort will be made to improve the efficiency of the pres-ent system already i1).operation in the schools by reorgan-izing the manual training from a vocational point of view, so that it may bear a direct relation to the industrial effi-ciency of pupilE/ when they leave schooL The city has" 110W a great many schools without work-shops, i.n which there are boys in the seventh and eighth years. The board 'I;\.'iltintroduce workshops in SUdl schools throughout the city as rapidly as possible, adding to the tools now in use a turning lathe, combination saw and grinder. It is expected by this means to develop higher forms .of work than now attempted and to familiarize the older pupils with simple power machinery. As not a fe"'" boys reach the age of fourteen a11d are obliged to go to work befo,·e entering the sixth year, as is often the case on the upper and lower east sides, it is plan-ned also to give them early knowledge of the use of as many tools as possible and the advantages of shopwork. Just how this can be done has not been whol1y worked out. Some members of the board of education think it would be wise to curtail the time now given to the ordinary sub-jects of the common school curriculum, while other" say this would not be done. but that the additional time for shop work may he found by opening tile shops between In Maple, Birch. Oak or Mahogany. High grade. Nicely sanded. Choice of futenings. Write for catalogue and sampLes. Henry Rowe Mfg. Co., NEWAYGO. MICH. th ~ee and five o'clock each afternoon, on Saturday morn-ings. and, if necessary, in the evenings. Those favoring the latter plan argue that this will not be injurious as the use of tools involves the exercise of a great number of muscles not usually employed by a boy, and manual train-ing has always been popular with the boys. The board purposes to open special schools for boys ill the secondary ninth and tenth school years which shalt give training for particular vocations 0_· industries. Several types of these schools are to be organized, the course in each to be two years in length, the pupils to be those who have graduated Lom the public elementary schools or have reached the age .of fourteen and arc prepared to undertake the required work. A genera.l course will be prescribed to be taken by all the pnpils up to a certain 'point, and after that, a variety of industrial courses will be offered, anyone of which may be selected by the students on entrance. The board docs not expect these vocational schools to graduate journeyrr,cn or skilled mechanics, but to give the pupils skill in the use of tools and a knowledge of those processes and principles underlying constructive work, so that the pupil" may be able to apply the knowledge thus gained to definite and concrete p:-oblems. It is also hoped to do away, to a certain extent, with the situation created by the specialization in industries whieh has rendered it 50 difficult for "t young man to learn anyone trade completely. The board will establish additional night schools, primarily in-tended for young men al eady en:raged ::tS apprcntjc~s in trarles. Two such schools <He now in operation, one in l.. ong Island City and the other i:l Brooklyn, and it is proposed that a third shalt be established this session in the Stuyvesant high school building, where there is already adequate equipment for the work. Girls are also to share in this industrial education. As there is at p esent no sewing taught in the seventh and eighth years, it is pointed out by the commissioners that much the girls have already learned about sewing is for-gotten before they graduated. The boa~d will therefore introduce sewing as a required subject in all girls' schools where there are seventh and eighth yea,' classes, and wilt open in Brooklyn a separate vocational school for girls be-tween fourteen and sixteen.-Ncw York Times. j I .1 I Reedcraft Furniture. E. E. Dryden, for many yea.rs known to the trade as a commercial designer. with a residence in G. and ~ap:ds, is engaged in the manufacture of "Reedcraft" ft<rniture in San Francisco. The name adopted suggests reed furnitur'~, although Mr. Dryden says his processes aT.' ':0vered by letters patent. :cllCHIGAN Freight Often Goes Asttay. "VVhy in blazes haven't you filled our order of August! ?'. writes the illdig1lallt customer who has bought of the Chicngo wholesale honse. "What in blazes did yOll do ,vith flur shipment of August 2, billed to SO-;:IllCl-so, Skagtnwn?" writes the wholesale house to the ng-ellt at tJ](, railroad depot f:OIn which the goods should have been sent. "'vVhat in blazes arc t,Tor(':~-()ods, Packingcase & Co. kick-ing about?" wriu's the St2tiOll agent to the claim tlcpartml'l1t of the railroad at head(jll<l. ters. After which the claim clerk of the railroad gets busy. For the lost, ~Lay('d, or stolen shipment wbich doesn't arrive costs a railroad company more \\'or;'y and bother than all the wrecked goods knocked Railey \\'est from crooked. I\t least ill case of wreek the railroad knows 'INhere to look for dalnagc."i 1n the case of the lost shipment everything is gttess\vork as to how, when, and ·where of it. How does a package of freight get lost? The ways are multitudinous, Tn general there ;>;'c threc main possibilitics. It is loaJ.ell llltO the wrong car; or t1,('. gaOl\::; have been packed in a box at second hand, leaving the old stencil mark standi.ng out plainly as lH~\"';01' the w<iybiH blow;::, out of the band of t:,e train conductor Lom the rear end of the caboo5e, is mislaid by the stati.on agent at the receiving point, or disappears goodness knows how or l,V!lCIl. ::.\attFally, the tl"llCkm;!ll \\·ho earns his bread loading freight ;~ta depot. i.~ll't fitted for m;:lIlaging either it Sunday school or a wholesale business house. He l02ds sluff Oil a trtlck. trundles it out. on the platfo:-m, and wants t.o <l11m;J it as soon as pos"ible in the ·waiting: car. But there may be twenty or lift.y C,lrs to he loaded, headed for every point of t.he compass. A long car mllnhe~, snell as 179t567, stand-ing; close to a car cumbered SG797 is likely to be confusillg to hi1ll-'-<lnd a pnckag-e or a truck load of them get into the wrong pC\v. "\'\"h;lt. in blaxes became of that "hipmellt of Angust 2?" i" started at once. Cars at these platforms may have been loaded for Jive big terminal stations on the line and at such distances apart that a travelilLg claim clerk would need to spend a \veek visiting Hlem all. So the claim clerk starts it tr:J.ce:· through means of correspondence. H.as ally ag"Cllt at any of these station:> checked one pack;lge "over," billed to John Smith & Company, Skagtowl1? Just here tIle enreless shipper, using the o1.d packing case from which the old address has not been removed, may <':-lIt,·,: into tb(' myst.ery, "No," reports the agent from .:\Tilledg·eville, far to the <;ontlw,'est. "But w<.:- ;\l-t; 'over' one package addressed to \Villianl Jones & Company, Jonesville." \\'ell, tkl.t doesn't 111can nltlch to the clai\11 ckp<l.rtment, f01" Jones & Company haven't. raised a row abDut anything of the kind. \Vhat has become of the stuff for Smith & Company: \nd tlw claim departmcnt gets busier thall evcr, [n the I1H',llltiI1le the agent at. }Iilledgeville is holding t],e Joncs & Company shilJlpellt, for the reason that it had no bill of lading ,,\ccomp:1l1ying it and he doesn't wan't to for-ward it unt.il he knows \vhether it was prepaid or for col-lection at dcstillntioll. [n mally depots on many lines of road there is an "over" 1'00111 0" corner in the building devoted to the storage of such p<lckages After a few (];-\ys the package for Jones & Company Ends its \va,Y into this "ovc:r' room,'3!:;tn(}'tl,s m.arked side up I"eady for the first ~~l.il of the traye!iug clerk, ,,1.'110 !Hay be sent (lown the line in .se:Fcll of such claims. One day, lrrlt;lted and stn 'millg, the claim ilgent comes into the depot ill search of the missing Smith & C')I11P.:ll1Y package:, The Jones & Company case is there plain enough, J ~ ARTISAN 27 but in the rest of the heaped up matter nothing is the Smith & Company'S missing cOllsignmcnt, perhaps, the claim agent kicks over the JOlles & case. And there 011 the bottom of the box as reads; found of In anger, Company it. sat he * * * * * * * * * * * * * SMITH & CO .. * * SKAGTOW:\" MlCH. * * " * * * * '" * * * * * Do you wondel' that the claim agent swears, and the claim orflce s\vears and the shipper s\vears, and the con-signee. too? But the chid fault .,vas with the shipper, who didn't destroy the old marking on the box before he packed it again. Loading a shipment into a wrong car always has been a prolific source: of trouble to t.he claim department, Yea!""s ago J. F . .:\10I"tOll, now with the Chicago Association of Sketch by Oharles De Lana, Student in the Grand Rapids School of Furniture Designing. Corml1('rce, W"S agent for the Siltltbern Railway at Col-umbia, S. c., and, suffering from this f:equent. errOl" of t \lCknWH, adoph'd a SChel\.le to \HC-vent l11.istak(',s. Incident-ally, 1lot all of t.he trouble came to the claim department, either, for it \Va" uo UllC0111tTHJll thing to discoV('T an error had 1)(.. '('11 made with certain freight that had been lO<lded 11rst into ,1 ca;' and \",hell the ('nor \<va;:; di;:;covered t:·lE~ car was already nearly full. .:\1r. Morton's scheme was to disregard the ofllcial number of e,lrs tbd stood ready for loadil1g and to number them COlbl'Cl1ti\"cly' from one up t.o seven or f.\:velve, as tfle case might demand. As each truckman received his load he was handed a slip of paper on \vhich was written the number of the car to which it should go, At right augles to the: car was post.ed a board all which from either side the temp- Ol",ll":r "imple Humber could be read by t~'c truckman. In-side the car was posted a block of printe:d t.ickets coriespoud-ing to tlle car number outside. The dnty of the truckman \\-·;)s to retain his penciled slip, unload his truck, teal' off one of the p intecl numbers inside, and return, handing both slips to the forC111'l.n superilltending the loading. Joseph Howells, 28 MICHIGAN THE LONDON WORKMAN. by W. J. Blackmur. Generally his name is Bill. Call out Bill in a London crowd, and three out- of six men will turn sharply to see who wants them. Now to really think of the London workman, you must always disassocia.te your mind from any idea that he is at all like John Bull, that he is portly, has an upright bearing, looks-every- man-in-thc-face kind of mantler, and that he carries <1, stick, or turns up his trousers. That may be the way of the aristocratic English youth who adorns New "York with his presence, but London Dill, dees not trouhle about a little mud round the bottom of his trousers. At six in the morning, tllC priJ1cipal railway termini are crowded by men who have just arrived in London from the suburbs by the workman"s trains. They hurry out of the station, all with dead set faces, very few speaking to any one else, ,",,"ithtrue English reserve, they are in units, instead of groups in making up the crowd. The carly trains arc filled principally with the artisan, mechanic and laboming c:las5, The hours of commencing work range from six, six thirty to seven for nearly all the manual and mechanical t~ades; the passengers ,...h.ich come by the chea.p '\o....orkmc!l, after seven o'clock, are composed of warehouse-men, and others engaged in clerical labor, who would indignantly refuse to be labelled by the title of workmen, although this class indignantly deny that they are "Yorkmen, but are officjals with weekly salaries, and not wages; they do not refuse to take advantage of the cheap trains which are run solely for the con\'eHi~~nce of workmcn. The <lrtiS<ln or mechanic, with his nine or ten dollars a week, looks on those officials with a half patronizing, hLif contemptuous a.ir and shakes his coins in his pocket, knowing that he does not have to provide clothing for a stockhroker, out of a salary which is equal to half that of a mechanic. Indeed in some works, this idea i;:;carried to such an extent, that the officials, those who are engaged in the cle:lcal work, are not allowed to speak beyond business affairs with the workmen. This is a source of great fun to the workman, who, in receipt of greater wages, laughs at the poses t:~.kenby the poor officials who drive their pen OVCT the paper. "Penpusher" i:.; quite a word of contempt, and w"hen a workman comes into contact with the poorly paid official it follows that the dignity of that pe~SOl1 is considerably hurt by the process. Y (in can imagine it, one man in clothes ,bearing the grill:e of toil, quick~wjtted and rude, the other ilt fed, yet well clothed, <inHering from striving to keep up a position on a small SU111, and with a sense of inferiority to the workman at the b:,.ck of his brain to Loonent him. Not only is the London ,vorkman keen to ruh his ,",,"its against the oflicial but he cares very little who comes into conflict with his 5ha. p tonguc. Ask him about the boss, and he \vill candidly tell you that the bl1siness is not run as he would .rttn it. Of course, there i~ a huge profit, the mall who is emplQying him is coining money. Hc can prove it. Yes the first fruits of the Education Acts has heen used by the workmcn to cetlculate the profLts of his employers, and yet strange to say, al:cl it seen",s aln:ost all anomaly, he wilt in-variably reckc'l up his wages with the help of a ready reckoner. \Vhen the London lad has passed the fifth standard, and he is fourteen, he is ready to take his place in the world, and if he is fortunate, will pick up some trade or craft by which he may gain his living. At the present time, the apprentice system in England is almost dead. There- are so few apprentices, that it '''ould seem as if the various craits would die out were'it not that meJ] and youths enter them in various ways. Still, although the trades arc heing recruited by untrained helpers, there are an enormous number of lads working on machines, or forming links in the process of manufacturing articlcs, who will be thrown upon the labor ARTISAN market when they have reached manhood, without even the hard muscles for manual labor to help them to get a living. Their work is boys work, and the ever growing- army of boys wilt take their place as the others reach manhood, In some cases parents will apprentice their sons, and in proportion to their income pay a large premium, In one or two instances under my own notice hays have been apprenticed to shop titting and joillcry. A sum of twenty pounds was paid, and for the first year, the lad was kept busy pushing a truck, taking goods from the workshop to their destination. Out in all weathers, and with l~ot a cent letun:ed during the first year as wages, this was not an ideal bC6'inr!lllg for a lad. The truth was, that the employ2r wanted tl-.e pren-.ium, and madc things as unpleasant as he could for the boys, till th:::y (luitted the works, <lnd he was able to take on oth~rs, and obtain another pren~il1m. vVhen the Lordoil workman has mastered his trade. a:~d he is able to comn~al1d trade union rates, he become;;; very independent. As Lor;don is some twenty miles wide from Ilford to .ActOll, from Enfield to Croydon, it follows that there are a large Dumb:':'r of men who do not go home to dinner. 1\11 over Locdo:l are coffee stalls, in some places near thc stations there are two or three. In thc winter each has a huge coke fire blazing <l\vay in a devil by the side of the stall, which is a huge box upon wheels, it cloor at the back, at:d with half the front ·opening and f0<'l11ing the coullter. The coffee and tea is kept hot over a small coke fire, amI' the brasswork on the urns is most dazzling bright. On three or four dishes arc varieties of cakes, and bread and butter, jam and marmalade. Every ",iorkll1an stops and has a cup of toffee, which is served boiling hot, and a slice of currant cake "better than mother makes," as the coffee stall man will facetiously say. The bread '<Uld butter is only bought by the very old men, who disdain cakes or pastry. None of the men walt f()r the coffee to cool, but poor it into the saucer, blow it. then sip it with great gusto. Indeed on a cold mornin~, with a west wind blowing which chills one to the bone, there are n~al~y worse beverages than cven thi5 coffee. A workman would lose a quarter or two hours, sooner than miss his coffee. Indeed the London workman has a g~eat idea of what is necessary to keep him in perfect condition. He knows wl1<tthe wants and he gets it. Those wl,o work too far from home have to go to the coffee shop for their meats. .As an institution, the London coffee shop is pcculiarly a growth of the great city from the Dickens period. Tl:e shop is generally Ol,e with the door in the cener, a few illustrated picfUTt:S, milch fly blown in the window. and with seYt~:al vegdables and joints below These are the uncooked dishes to tempt the epicures of workmen to come next day and feast off the tasty morsels. At eight in the n~ornil1g there is a rush into the coffee shop; the mcn hayc been at work since six o'clock. They are hungry, h",.ve but little time to spare, and ,vant their coffee or te"l as SOOlJ as they sit down. Then they must have their relish. y ~'S a workman would as soon think of going to;) church in Lis working clothes as to go witho'ut his relish. "Two and a bloater," "Pair and three," "Three and half," "Two and a rasher and three of tea, lllissis, and look bloominoS sharp," "Two of jam and half a soused mackerel." 'Ere Liza, bring us up my tea. Do you think I'm a stuffr:d dummy?" Liza has a retort which is cutting, and attracts the attention of the shop, Just a little explanation about the orders. Slices of bread and butter arc either named as a number or called "doorsteps." Then a number combined with a rasher, Lel!~ ,,,hat eggs are required. Three of tea means, three cents worth. Two of jam, and the relish of half a soused mac~- erel to eat with it is not at all unusual. Indeed some men will eat the most strange mixtures with the greatest pleas-ure. The coffee, kippers, bread a'nd rashers arc rapidl>" --------------------------------- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 29 r----------;;~;;_~PECIALTV --j I BIRD'S EYE MAPLE I I , (MadE and dried right, and wltile. Samples furnished on application. ) t 500,000 ft. 1-20 inch Quarter Sawed Oak carried in stock. Come in and see it. Birch aDd Poplar I crossbanding and rotary cut Oak. Birch, Maple, Basswood, Poplar and Gum Drawer Bottoms. PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOCK. I FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY. WALNUT. QTR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH. I I I HENRY . HOLDEN VENEER CO I L .::.:~~~ER ST., GRAND_R_A_P_ID__MS__I, C_H_. . s "J served out. and ill about lihecn minutes the meJ1 haY(; de-voured their breakfast, and go outside for a smoke. They would not miss the opportunity for a whiff for worlds, "iNert those huge globes presentables <to,; substitute:;, At half past eight another gang of workmen rush in, who breakfast haJi hour latcr than the others; usually these men arc those wl"lo start at seven o'clocK. The coffee shop cle:1Ts and until twelve it only receives stray cust'lll1ers, snell as carmen. At twelve the bnilding and allied tr;\(\es go to dinner. The bed which laid in the morning sun yesterday, has hCCll :::;tewed and baked, :\ncl is now one of the joints 011. The u\'crage shop n1tl5 two joint:" beet ;\i,d n,utto\\. Bed freshly conked one day, mut-ton the llext. If yOIl \\'ill tip Liza, she wi1l tell yon the day, so yon lvill be .able to avoid the reheated meat. Besides the two joints. there ~11"e,dW£lYS steak puddings. These are always ill stock. Let me whispu thM the steak is the beef or mntton which is tlcsuJd on the third clay, £lnd is v.rorked IIp into steak pudding, or "babies heads," to l1se their commOn name. Stewed steak is also a favorite dish o£ the workman. This \17i11appear 8.bout Tuesday and Fridays'. Lizu will tell you if you tempt hel-, that the amount of ste\\, is ob-tained by lHlrboiling the beef and mutton to get more stock as well as to make the meat tender. T"vo vegetables and a cut from the joint tor twelvc cents is the average price. A fel<vof the coffee shops 11<l\'C a p
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14. Michigan Artisan; 1906-02-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ./. ---:--14' 26th Year-No. _ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., F~8RI 'ABY 10, 1906. RAPIDS. HARY $1.00 per Year. A PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION 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 No. 119 Multiple Square Chisel Morliser WYSONG &. MILES CO., CEDAR ST. &.SO,- R,l'L GREENSBORO, N. C. Strength-- Durability Ease of Operation-- I a practicallyindestructibleTruck at a rea-sonable cost. TtiE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING ALL STEEL AND MALLEABLE IRON FRAME FACTORY TRUCK Write for Prices. GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING COMPANY PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, BEAUTI FUL HARDWOOD FLOORS To obt:<i.ll tile most. sati~fa(tory and du~a~,I~results fill. with Whet:;ler's Patent . Wood Fl1\er ~l1d finish WIth a coat of Brellllg s Floor Pohsh. Onr pnndpl~ is to . walk Oll the wood, not 011 the fillislt.. . THE BRIDGEPORT WOOD FINISHING CO.-NewMilford. Conn. 10 W. Lake St•. Chicago. 41-43 So. ~rd St•• Philadelphia. "'* .. < ' >j ,~ A High Grade Filler For the Highest Grade Work Our Golden Oak .nd Mahogany Sta.ins Stand· Without a Rival A ~ SPARTAN FILLER ALL SHADES, FROM THE WHITE TO THE DEEP GOLDEN BROWN For the past year or more the trade has been on the lookout for a higher grade filler for a very fine class of work. To meet this demand we offer our SPARTAN FILLER with the fullest confidence that it will fulfill every requirement of the most exactinj( finisher. WRiTE FOR SAMPLES. THE MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MAP-I£.TT A. OHIO. U. S. A. 175 CASES IN TEN HOURS Complete, Ready for drawers BENEDICT CLAMPS are profitable REVOLVING CASE CLAMP. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 1)0 SOUTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers. of Hand Screws, Cabinet Makers' Benches, Factory Trucks, Etc. 1 The Universal Automatic CARVING MACHINE 25PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand ==~--- MADEBY====== UnIOn ["DOSSlno MACUlnf (0. Indianapolis, Indiana Write lor Information, Prices Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World i,~ ~-=:==:======--- I'ower Feed Glue SpreadinR Machine. (Patent appbl:d for). Singl~, double aDd combm8tion Hand Fl!:ed Glueing Machine. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and Sizes. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies CHAS. E. FRANCIS &. BRO.D Veneer Presses, all kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Elc.. Etc. LET US KNOW YOUR. WANTS 419·421 E. Eighth St. CINCINNIITI. O. No.6 Glue Heater The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUJ'"ACTURERS AN!) JOBBERS OP' Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves Our facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: extending Also, our 22 iobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass, paints, varnishes and brushes and are located in the cities named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets, BUFFALO-372-4-6-8 Pearl Street. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLYN-63S and 637 Fulton Street. CHICAGO-442-452 Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Building, Arch and CINCINNATJ.-·Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUIS-Cor. 12th and St Charles Streets. DAVENPORT -410-416 Scott Street. MINNEAPOLIS-SOG-SIO S. ThiTd Street. CLEVELAND-149-SI-53 Seneca Street. DETROIT-53-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-I608-Io-12 Harney Street_ PITTSBURGH-Iol-I03 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349-5I Minnesobl- Street. MILWAUKEE, WrS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA. GA.-3D, 32and 34S. Pryor Street. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Maltl SAVANNAH, GA-745-749 Wheaton Street, and Exchange Sts KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sts. RALTIMORE-2H-2:23 W. Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 2<jth51. New York Boaton Phila.delphia. Buffalo Clnelnnall 5t. Louis Minneapolis Atlanta. Kokomo, Ind. Ford City, Ps.. High Point. N. C. Davenport Crystal City, Mo. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. 26th Year-No. 15. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JANUARY 10, 1906. $1.00 per Year. FINE JAPANESE FURNITURE, AN EXPENSIVE LUX-URY FOR ALL BUT THE RICH. The Demand For Medium Grade Furniture. The Japanese furniture. exhibit at the world's fa~r last year was, beyond doubt, the 1110st striking exhibit ever made in wood"working as a fine art. The carved work on single pieces raised their value thousand fold above the value they had gained, through the solidity of their manufacture. The German exhibit, equally no table in its way, illustrated the possibilities of inc.easing values through artistic simplicity, while the French showed chiefly the commercial possibilities of ornament added through "hand-painti.ng," building and designing, which suggest the general idea of delicacy in things too fiue for use. There is no sign of imitating Japan-ese styles, but the }ap:-tncse idea shows through Caucasian methods in single pi.ec(~s, such as sideboards with s<:".enes carved in relief, with perh:-tps from fifty to a hundred se'p:irate figures in them, <-Ill linished in nice detail. A single piece of this kind, illto which the Japanese' spi;-it has heen actually put, might casily cost as much as the tot::\.l expense of furnishng an eight-room house with the goods of plain and medium g-rades. The clemand for such work could come only from the larger cities hut hetween such wo:-k of the most labored -finish and "plain" or "t11.cd-ium"work there is a large field, as yet almost wholly LllIoccupied, An increas-ing demand in it will come from towns or from 3,000 to 30,000 and from cities of 30,00J to 100,000. Such towns and cities have increased and <lie ineeasiug, very rapidly in the whole trans-Mississippi west. creating a demand f(]i· higher finish in workmanship, especially in actual carving, which is scarce-ly supplied at alL-Ex. Reasons Why Varnish Makers Oppose Proposed Removal of Tax From Wood Alcohol. The agitation for a repeal of the intermal revenue tax Oil grain alcohol does not meet the approval of the varnish makers of the country. They argue that such a sweeping reduction in the price of alcohol as would follow the abolition of the tax, would demoralize the market for all manufactured products contain-ing the spirit for it would reduce a wider margin than at present, and that the ollly sure result would be tbe starting of a number of ne' ..·. competitive enterprises. There :ire two grades of alcohol used in the manufacture of shellac varnishes; wood a1cbol, of which the market p:-ice today is 70 cent;;, for 95 per cent, and grain alchol selling at $2.51 @ $2.53. The former is duty free; the latter carries a revenue tax of $2.10; deduct this amount from tlte selling price of the spirit and grain alchol would be some 29 cents per gallon ciJeapei· than wood a1chol, and the large profIt on the latter "vou1d be lost, it is argued, in establishing even a semblance of parity between the two without material bene-fit to anyone. On of the, varnish makers gives his opinion as follow:-- "Va:!lish makers cannot make this protest too emphatic against the abolition of the tax upon grain alchol, which could only benefit some half dozen importers of shellac, and work a serious manufacturing industry, \Ve would prefer that the tax be raised and that a duty be also il11possed upon the wood spirit." It should be explained that shellac varnishes are made by merely dissolving a quantity of the gum 11 a proporton of spirits and that this process is so simple that many consumers of shellac make their own liquid. In selling shellac varnish the dealer under the proposed change, would have to make his price in exact proportion to the reduction in the cost of alcohol and he would lose seriously by the competition which the cheapness of the goods woud invite. The higher grades of varnish made from kauri and copal gums, linseed oil and turpentine, which require an elaborate plant, considerable skill in manufacture as well as an ageing process, would no-ticeably suffer by competition with the much cheaper shellac "Besides," if the revenue is not required by the government and they are willing to forego it for the sake of the shellac importers and the almost innnistesmal benefits to certain consumers, \vhy tlot let their philanthropy have wider scope? Give us, say one cent letter postage; this would be the most impartial way of disbursing auy su~plus revenue to which all American citizens tribute," THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANurACTUli'CO DJltI..Y UY CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. 259·63 ELSTON AV[mZ-16 SLOAN ST. CHI CACO o. j NO! IT is not a new STAIN or a new FILLER or a new SURFACER, Only a New Departure We have realized the necessity for a long time, of getting nearer to our good friends in the WEST and NORTHWEST. Not nearer in spirit or confidence, for we feel that we are very close to our patrons in that way already, but nearer in actual mileage. We have just opened a new factory for the manufacture of our line of WOOD flNISmNG SUPPLIES at Nos. 61-63-65 and 67 North Ashland Avenue C"ICA60, ILLINOIS It is fully equipped with all modern machinery, and the plant is more complete in every way than the home factory. We will there manufacture and carry in stock, a full line of our Antique and Golden Oak fillers Japan Coaters Surfacers (Mineral Base) Water and Oil Stains EnamelS, lacquers, and in fact everything that our good friends in the Central West and North West may call for, and if you want a special shade, we can only reiterate what we have claimed with confidence in the past WE CAN MATC" ANYT"ING We want to tell you about our No. 390 and No 397 NEW PENETRATING GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS, USED IN CONNECTION WITH OUR NO. 611 and NO. 512 fiLLERS. We will gladly furnish samples, and also send copy of our little book "Lindemanthe filler Maker" DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND T"E BARRETT-LINDEMAN COMPANY M41N OffiCE and f"ACTORY. Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVI:. PHILADEPHIA, PA, C"ICAGO FACTORY, Nos. 61-63-65·67 NORTH ASHLAND AVI:. CHICAGO, ILL 5 HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW. MORTJSER COMBINED MACH I Nil:. ~:~:"::' HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER: He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. lie can make more money with less capital invested. lIe can hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low cost, as the factories. The local cabinet maker bas been forced into ollly a dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manufactur~d goods of factories. All :>utfit of Barnes' Patent Font and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states the cabinet maker with advantage\; equal to his competitors If desi<ed. these machines will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do. DESCRtPTtVE CATALOGUE"NO PR[CF. LIST FRF'E. No.4 SAW (ready for cross-cutting) W. F, &. JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby St., Rockford, III, No.2 SCROLL SAW. FORMER OR MOULDRR. HAND TP:NONII:R. Dodds' Patent laMe=le~ Dovetailer We find upon investigation that our Dovetailing Ma_ chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts Tenons to fil the Top Cuts Tenons to fit the Cleats Adjustable to keep Mor~ tise and Tenon at a Staodard size The Cheapest Joint Made Will turn out 250 to 300 Small Parror Tabb in 10 Hours The Dodds Tilting Saw Table bas more practical features and good points than any other saw table all the market. MANUi<ACTURHD AND FOR SALE BY ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids Michigan, U. S. A. No.3 WOOD LATHE. No.4 SAW (ready tor ripping) No. '7 SCROLL SAW. 6 DOMESTIC ORIENTAL RUGS. A New Industry Lately Started. 1\ domestic Orient<tl rug that an expert call hardly tell fr~m the imported article is one of the newest things now bemg turned out by American manufacturers. The idea of making Oriental rugs in this country originat~ cd with a Philadelphia man. TIe thought th<tt by having the. yarn dyed in Persia and the East, and also getting the desIgns of the rugs there, that an Oriental rug could be manufactured in this cOl.Jntry. The experiment was tried and so successful was it that today this manufacturer devotes his entire ate uti an to the making of these rugs. Mr. Charles Deamer', of the Hallack-Dearner Carpet Company, Kansas City, Mo., in speaking of this new rug industry had the following to say: "The imported Oriental rug is made by hand, only so m~ny knots being tied each day, and the making of one rug WIll take months before it is completed. Under the new ~meric~n process, which has been but lately introduced, it IS possIble ,to turn ou. one of. these rugs in a day 0:- so. . ''']~he yarn i~ brought in free of duty and the rugs made by machmery, WhlCh lessens the cost to such an extent that the rugs can be sold for one-fifth the price of the impo7"ted Oriental rugs. . "In coloring and design the rugs are perfect and no one but an expert can tell the difference between th<:: one made here and the imported rug. "We have sold these American rugs for over a year and in every case they have given complete satisfaction." . Continuing, 11r. Deamer said; "Some time ago a lady WIth whom I am well acquainted and who has a collection of Oriental rugs for which she had paid over $3,000, came into the store and asked to see this domestic Oriental rug. "After looking through the stock she was so much pleased with the rugs she ordered two of them sent to her horrie. A day or so ago I saw the same lady again, and in speaking of rugs she said the two rugs she had purchased were among the handsomest in her collection of Orientals and that her friends could not distinguished between thes~ rugs and the imported rugs, 'of which her collection is m~de up." The domestic Oriental rug is guaranteed to wear with that fine gloss peculiar to Oriental rugs, and the difference in price is very material. Women As Collectors of Bad Deb-ts. "For persistent persuasive bill collecting give me a woman every time," said a dunning creditor recently. "I think the future 'will see women the only bill collectors. There is something in the sight of a woman bill collector that few l11.encan resist. It seems strange, too, tbat some of the most refined women take to it. Tbe:-e arc aC handful of women money collectors in Philde1phia, and you "can learn from their employers that they make a g __ eat success of their vocation. They would not take to it except for pu·_·elove. of the thing. "One woman in 11lyemploy, conceded to be one of the most tastefullly dressed and best looking women in the busi-ness here, is as graceful as a queen, in her daily collecting rounds. The, most interesting and unique thing about her work is that she never leaves any venom in the hearts of the people whom she duns. I send her especially to the big merca1)tile establishments and \vholesale houses where sales- ~en are inclined to overlook the matter of long standing blllS. Her entrance always causes a commotion, and she nearly always makes good. "She walks gracefully up to where the large groups of salesmen are standing and inquires of the first one handy: Is Mr. K. in to-day?" rIR.TIIS.7U'J ~~~ 3 zr. ~ "No,' the salesman addressed will reply. He recognizes the woman and thinks to save a fellow worker. . "Well,' th~ understand collector will reply: 'Will you tell hIm that I wlll drop in here every morning at 10 until I see him?' And sure enough she does. ·Perhaps for a week the woman will enter that building and exactly at 10 o'clock ask sweetly for Mr. K. until his fellow salesmen, taking pity on her and beginning to resent the evasiveness of the dunned, will smoke him out by the usual stock of salesmen's jokes, and so the woman walks out one fine day with at least half the bill paid on account."-Ex. The Value of Sham Books In a Library or Store. The practice of filling sectional bookcases with sham books is a general one in retail stores and adds very much to the attractive appearance of the cases in a show window and increase their saleability. The discovery has been made that purchasers sometimes leave the sham books in place of the real ones, and the deception is not discovered unless an examination is made. What· a help these sham books would be to a young housekeeper with few books l Appearances are ofttimes deceitful, but useful. Inverted Gas Burners. The trade publications devote-d to the lighting industry are giving much attention to inverted gas burners and globes. The burner is of the under-burning type, and the globes and fixtures closely resemble those used with electric incandes-cent lights. Trade Notes. C. L. Willey will erect a furniture factory in Csicago. to be three stories high; 60 x 200 feet in size, to cost $50,000. Birmingham, Ala., will have a new bedstead factory, a cor-poration with $50,000 capital has been organized. The L. F. Greemann. Furniture Company, Seymour, Ind., has been incorporated with $85,0-00 capital stock. The fac-tory was established four years ago and was run as a partner-ship by the Greemann Brothers. The Mayhew Manufacturing company, Milwaukee, have increased their capital stock for $15,000 to $400,000. A new factory with a capital stock of $100,000 in 'Shady-side, Ohio, is the Belmont Casket and Furniture Manufact-uring company. O. J. Sorrenson, manufacturer add B M's of office fIxtures in La Crosse, Wis, will move his factory to the north end of the town, as the present quarters are too small. The Lincoln, (Neb.,) Bed Spring company has an author-ized capital of $25,000 and has recently been incorporated alhough in business a few month. The United Hardware Furniture Company has been or-ganizedin Perry, Fla., $15,000 is the amount of capital 111- vested. The Arnsan Furniture Company of Niagria Falls, New York, will engage in furniture manufacturing with $30,000 capital. C. B. Keesee and A. D. Witten will organized a com-pany and establish a furniture factory in Martinsville, Va. The Edward Roos Manufacturing company's factory in Chicago was burned recently and a loss of $100,000 resulted. The Eagle -Furniture Company, Jamestown, ~. y" will manufacture furniture on $400,000 capital. The most serviceable knowledg-e to any man is that which makes him dissatisfied with himself. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon. South. 700 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO - - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- 7 Stability, Durability, Adaptability. That's what makes the '~No-Kum-Loose" Furniture Trimmings manufactured by the Grand Rapids Brass Co. so popular. We invite both manufacturers and dealers to call at our office and factory on Court Street (Take Cherry and Shawmut car to Court St.) and investigate the TOWER PATENT FASTE.NE.R It is the only rellable Fastener for knobs and drawer pulls and costs manufacturers, dealers and consumers NOT ONE RED CENT GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids, Michigan. BRASS COMPANY Early English A perfect stain which pro-duces the correct shade-and directions for manipula-tion to produce correct finish Get our circulars and book-let that puts you next to the very best waysfor producing Sold only in powder form; does not fade--penetrates the wood. FUMED OAn. WALTER K. SCHMIDT CO,\\PANY 14-16 C4NAL STREET GRAND RAPIDS, MICUIGAN products can be glued and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. Our Unbreahable ~o. 139 A No. 152 B BETTER THAN WOOD Much stronger and more durable, full depth of grain. A perfect reproduction of band carving which absolutely defioesdetection. Send for S.mple. SewDor c.4.T ALOCUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. Twelfth and Fort Streefl;· ~, MiehilllUl. FOR SALE--CHAIR FACTORY Chair Factory located in central part of New York State, thoroughly equipped with new modern machine!Y. having a large es-- tablished trade ou a line of bigh grade hox seat dining chairs. Were uuable to fin the amount of orders re<:eived in 1905. This fadory must he sold and can he hought at a great sacrifice in order to dose up an un~ setded estate. ADDRESS "c" CARE MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----------------------- -- aran~Dapi~sDlow Pipe an~Dust Arrester (ompanJ THE latest device for handling- shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. Our eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and 110t a poor one among them. OUf Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DE'!' AIL WORK WITHOUT EX· PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMBRS EXHAus'r FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 20&-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Citizens Phone 1282 Bell, M ..tn ,1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM MACHINE I1.NIVES PERFECT QUALITY PROMPT SERVICE RIGHT PJUCES ABSOLUTE GUAR.ANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads. Miter Machines. Universal Wood Trimm.ers. Boring Machines. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO IS5N.FrontS!. • Grand Ra.:p.lds. Mich. 9 In All Woods JAMESTOWN. NEW YORK t Write for Prices to I THE CHAUTAUQUA VENEERING CO. Manufacturers of VE'EERED TOPS. FRONTS and PANELS G. R. ~ I. flYERS Grand Rapids and Chicago BETWEEN To Chicago ----------_ .. Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. At. CHICAGO " 12.35 Noon Buffet Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon At. CHICAGO " 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night At. CHICAGO " .. 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car To Grand Rapids ------'-------- Phone Unton Station for Reservations Lv. CHICAGO 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS " 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, fiihQSt~::i~g~Ex. Sun.. . .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 5.50 P. M. BulCet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, l1ibCSt~~~~~~Ex. Sun '" 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Pal'lol' and DlnlnlliCar ~T v. CHICAGO, 1M2.thCli.ltR.Satialtr1o~adn Dal'1y 11.55 N'19ht Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ....•... " 6.45 A. M. Electric LlBhted Sleeping Car Phone MichigAn Central City Ticket Ottlca for Resel'vatlons. 119 Adams Street Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Complete systems d~i!l'ned maRufac.tured, inlllalled and gaaranleed. Old systems remcdeled on modern lines on most economical plans. Supplementary 8 y 8 t e m 8 added wheTe present sYS" tern•. aTe OUlI/TOwn. De-fec1ive 8yst"mg C'nrrccte<:! and put in propN wo(king order. 12and 14S.ClintonSt. CHICAGO, _ ILL. 1-- 10 ,, A Successful Season for Jamestown Factories. Reports ham Jamestown ~ndicate that the factories arc all busy with orders. Shearman Brothers are having the best season in their history. The January exhibition result-ed in a very satisfactory trade. The outlook for 1906 is very promising. The plant is running full time in every department and shipments aTC large for this season of the year. A large line of goods in the new mission styles and the arts and crafts designs in suites and odd pieces has been added together with a large line of sofa beds. The Bailey-Jones company have many more orders than at this season a year ago and the outlook is very bright. The Maddox Table company is preparing for a large spring business. Their exhibit at Grand Rapids was unus-ually large and slIccessful. The Chatauqua Veneering company, formerly the I'inley Manufacturing company, which manufactured chiffonicrs, is busy in the panel and veneer business. The H. P. Robertson company have had the most pros-perous year in their history. Their line has been enlarged by many new additions for the spring trade. The Empire Furniture company have lately added some new features to their goods. Mr. Anderson has patented a device for fastening the toilet to the base of dressers and chiffoniers. Orders are many. New machinery is con-stantly being added. The Jamestown Panel and Veneer company whose plant in Steele street was almost destroyed by fire on the morning of July 4 last, has completed a new factory of cement blocks two stories high with a basement SO by 104 feet with an an-nex. 38 by 38 feet and an engine room 30 by 28 feet. The machinery has just becn installed and work begun in the new factory. The office has just been fitted up and occupied in the new building. The Star Furniture company report a good trade and fav-orable indications for 1906. A large line of new styles in chamber furniture, the company's specialty, has been com-pleted, including the princess dresser. The company's pro-ducts are all solid mahogany or quartered oak. The tuna mahogany finish is in vogue. Some new machinery was re-cently added which will greatly add to the success of the plant. Improvement in Lubricators. A Missouri inventor has obtained a patent for an improve-ment in lubricators, the object of which is to provide means for charging the lubricator with oil without allowing 1t to run empty, and without interrupting its operations during the charging process. Tool Grinder. An improved type of tool grinder, which can be sold at a moderate price is competition with ordinary grindstones has a 2xl4 inch wheel of a special material which, it is said, will outwear a grindstone four times its size. A special device in-side the grinder, carries an ample supply of water to the wheel while the machine is in operation, and when the machine is stopped the water drains away from the wheel. The machine can also be used as a dry grinder in the ordinary way by disconnecting a small driving belt, L NEW TUIlE.SAVING DEVICES. Efforts to Relieve Office Work of its Monotonous Routine- One of the Latest Improvements is a New Form of Combination Desk. There is never an end to the manufacturing of new time-saving devices tor office use. Every month brings forth something new to relieve office work of its monotonous TOU-tine and enable the accomplishment of more work in a giv-en time than was before possible. One of the latest improvements in office equipment is a new form of desk- for the accommodation of card cabinets and filing systems. The article is really a sectional desk built upon the unit system. In other words it is a combina-tion of va~ious departments, one of which is the desk proper, with folding top and the customary compartments tor papers and the regular desk equipments for stationery. The base resembles a four-legged tahle, and on this can be placed a section containing two large drawers for vertical letter files. Above this section is the desk part, and on top of the desk may be placed a card cabinet, with one or two rows of drawers or another vertical letter file. The whole combines in an extremely attractive form an article of office furniturc the usefulness and convenience of which is readily a.pparent. Covering Pipes. Some people seem imbued with an idea of economy and oftentimes make ludicrous mistakes· in their efforts to achieve their desired end. III many mechanical installations there are instances where improvements could be made that would more than pay the interest, depreciation and wear and tear on the original plant. The covering of pipes in heating systems is important and almost any installation will pay good re-turns on the money expended by the owner in the reduction of his fuel bills. In hot water heating many fit'ters seem to think that the boiler should be covered first and give their attention to this part of the layout with a cement, leaving the pipe exposed. This is an error, for fully as important, if not the most important part, of the system to be protected are the flow mains, and these should be well and amply pro~ tected and almost always it will be found advisable to cover the return mains likewise. Steam fitters usually calculate that the cost of covering pipes is half as mu<:.h as the <:.ost of the pipe and fittings. This is no doubt true as far as the material is concerned, but the labor of putting it on should be taken into consideration. Frequently· I have seen pipes neatly covered by a high grade covering, the ba.nds applied. closely, but the pipe was run through a solid brick wall, and the mason, thinking it was his duty to make his portion of the job look neat, bricked or ce-mented all the opening around the pipe. These walls com-municate directly with the outside air and the pipe passing through this section of wall probably loses as much heat as through a number of feet of uncovered main in a heated cellaL-The Metal Worker. Important Ruling in Fire Insurance Association-Fir.e Insur-ance Company Nat a Trust. Attorney General Mayer of New York state has denied an application made by John F. Nagle of Buffalo for permission to bring an action to dissolve the Buffalo Association of Fire Underwriters, on the ground that it is a trl1st. The application was based on the ground that this was in violation of the Donnelly anti-trust law, which refers to a monopoly "of any article or commodity of common use." The attorney general holds that fire ins·urance is not an "article or commodity of common use" within the meaning of the anti-trust law. ---- --------------------- A COMMERCIAL VIEW OF WIRE GLASS. Progressive Steps That Have Been Made in the Manufacture and Distributing of a Product That Has Come Into General Use. The following extracts are made froIll an iilteresting paper on "vVire Glass," which \-vas read last ·week at a meeting of the Glassmen's Associatiun, by Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. In recent years wire glass has passed from the experi-mental period ,,,,here it possessed a more or less crnpirical interest, and has reached a stage of manufacturing perfection which has placed it among the standard fire retardant building materials. Today it is considered in structual design in the same matter of course are arc steel, hollow tile and concrete. Few buildings of importance are now erected in which wirc glass does not find employment in one or more capacities, and the held of its usefulness is widening yearly. The suc-cessful product made i nthis country, is marketc{L throngh the Pittsburg Plate Glass company. \Vire glass has one and only one physical characteristic not possessed by other forms of sheet glass; whell cracked, through any cause, the scveral pieces still retain their relative positions in the sheet instead of blljng apart. It "\vasdeviso:::u and tirst made over 50 years ago to fill one insignficant ne<.~d for this physical property, and all its commercial progress sinec has been due to the successive discoveries of conditions in which this characteristic can be employed to advantage. From the multiplicity of uses to which wire glass is put, one stands out prominently, both by reason of value of thc service rendeded and the amount of material sold in its con-nection. This is its use as a fire retardant when mounted in windows, doors and skylights. One of the most serious pro-blems which confront us as a nation is the annual fire loss. toThis in actual prop~rty destroyed has ranged from $135,000- 000 to $275,000,000 in insurable values, the latter being the figures for 1904. \\Thell contingent loss in the way of unin-surable values, loss of trade and time, demoralization of working force, etc., are taken into account, these figures may probably be doubled making an impressive showing. And remember too, that this is wealth absolutely annihilated, for loss by fire is never, so far as the country is conc.erned, cover-· cd by insurance. Those who burn Ollt are merely paid from the monies collected from those wlw do not burn out. The splendid officiency of wire glass and fire retardant, as demonstrated in hundreds of fires amI culminating with the altimore conflagration, has served to enlist a host of en-thusiastic advocates. Tl1cse include architects, fire under-writers, insurance engineers, tire departments, municipal officials, manufacturers and property owners all over the country. So wide is the range of employment for wire glass that few phases of human activity are without its scope. \Vherevcr a light opening demands a covering whicb will not shatter under either impact or heat, thcre is a need for wire glass, and there is no substitute. \\Tire glass is one of the economically great inventions o[ recellt years. W~ith the increasing luxury of building C01l-struction in general particularly for rental purposes, together with the growing danger from fire due to the congestion and concentration of values, a field has developed wherein a fire proof as well as transparent building materiall1as become not only desirable but absolutely essential. Facility of rental depellds so much today upon abundance of light that .. even if it were not for the unfortunate appearance, the mtl1tiplicity of shutters which would be required for adequate fire pro-tection to the average structure of consequence and the ex-pense of their operation and upkeep, would render their em-ployment rare. In buildings generally, where danger of fire being contributed from neighboring buildings exists, or where 11 a mutual exposure between two or more sections of the same building is presented, as, for example, in a light cowt, wire glass should be installed in all windows doors, skylight, facing such possible attack. Vlire Glass properly framed has an unbroken record of efficient performances. It has never failed to prove an impos-sible barrier against the passage of €lame, nor has it ever shattcred under impact to the serious detriment of either life or pwpeny. I made the acquaintance of wire glass in 1895 in St. Paul. A building for which I had recommended it was then in course of construction when a number of bricks fell from a height consirerably above, landing on a wire glass skylight which had been l'inished. \7I,Tith a single exception the bricks slid off into the gutter. The force of the impact, however, drove one brick half way through one of the plates of glass, where it remained fixed. To observe this phenomen-al example of eAlciency I brought within twenty-four hours every available architect in the city. The lesson was quite convincing to all, and was the start of my enthusiastic ad- \'l)C.1CY of wire glass. • American Goods Needed in Germany. The American consul in Stuttgart, Germany, sends the fol-lowing report regarding Amerjcan trade with Germany: Thcre are no statistics of imports into vVurtemberg. Of late years there has been a tcndency in Stuttgart to form di-rect connections with large cxporting firms in the United States. l\Iany of our exporters do not seem to want to take the trouble to supply individual customers, preferring to seU to one or two large houses in Hamburg or Berlin and run the risk of their being able to sell as much of such goods as they should. Dealers in Stuttgart have frankly told me that they hOlve not been able to form satisfactory connections with American houses, and they have naturally gone eleswhere for goods, usually to England, 'whjch is nearer and wbe,re the cxporters are keen on forming connections in any ,part of Germany they call. \Alhile American houses have made great advances in sell-ing goods in Germany and have traveling salesmen canvassing the country continually, nevertheless Germany as a whole has hardly been touched as a market for many of our wares, and a wonderful market remains to those who have enter-prise and forethought enough to do business systematically. Business in Germany is donc much the same as in the United States, and any business worth having is worth going aft.er. The market for American shoes has hardly been tried, while good openings exist for cheap American house and office furniture, cut and pressed glass, novelties, fine cotton prints and madras goods, cheap silks, pens, inks, wagons and car-riages, and if systematic effort were made I believe that a good trade in sash, doors, and blinds could be worked up, as these articles are stilt all made by hand here. Furniture in Mexico. CQn~ul Richardson of Jalapa reports that the greater part of the furniture in use in 11exico in handmade, and conse-quently very expensive. The better portion of the furniture imported comes from England, but the consul believes that AmeriC,1n manufacturers could hardly extend their trade in \Iexico with proper effort.-Ex. A Unique Contrivance. The CZ:'l" sometimes wishes privacy. In his palace at Peterhof there is a summer dining-house, so arranged that ther~ need not be any servants present during the meal. A bell is touched at the end of evcry course and the table and all its contents descends through the floor, to reappear laden with the dishes for the next course. c. S. Dana, president of the Marietta Paint and Color company paid a visit to the Grand Rapids mark.et in January. ---------------------------- ----- 12 Grand Rapids, Mich. ~Weatherly Individual Glue Heater Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices... Weatherly So Pulte These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write us for Price LI.t and discount 31·33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS ----- MANUFACTURERS OF DROP CARVING AND EMBOSSING GENERAL MACHINES Dies for all kinds of Machines. Allowest prices. 7 Second St., LAfAYETTE, IND. • fOUR TRAINS TO ANO fROM CHICAGO LvGd.Rapids 7:10am ArChleago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:50 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Chic.CO 10:.5.5pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily AT Chicago 0:.55am Pullman Sleeper I open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on aU day trains. Service a la carte. Pere Marquette Parlor cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to SO <cuts. T"Rff TRAINS DETROIT TO A.ND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:.55am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served a 1a carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 110mand 5::;ro pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rate, 25 cents. "ALL OVEl\ MICHIGAN" H.]. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGBJI. AGENT. PHONE 11 68 GrandRapids,M.ich. Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. ORAnD RAPIDS WOOD t1nlSUlno co. EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our spedalty. We. confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Furniture Wax and Fmishing Supplies. We are the orig'illators of WeatheTed. Antwerp and Mission Stains in on. Our shades are absolutely correct. We are authority on Early English, Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and factory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Buy your GROOVED and POINTED DOWELS and DOWEL RODS 01 A. FALKEL. 3rd and Dewe,. Sta •• Gr ... d Rapid •• Mich. QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WI1ITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA WIDTHS ",'hen writing for prices, mention width6 requ.ired and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily ExceptSunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia ,3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New York 4:30 p. m 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. 13 THE "PORTER" ----~----- ~~--MANUFACTURED BV----------- __ ~_~ __ c. O. & A. D. PORTER, This cut rep-resents ou r 12. 16 and 20 in. Jointer 182 North Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps Are the most successful Piling Clamps Made For the following reasons They clamp illslantly r11l~'\\'idt1] of dimen!';ioll stock; no adjllsting c1:HllPSto lit the work, they book at once to the desired width. Rel<:~ase(\instantly---throw out the le"er and take them oft. The work enn he Tem()l"ell .105 fast as it (':fll) be handled. As the cI:lll1Jl is placed aVel" the work and Jocks into the one below it the draw is altke on hoth SIdes, prevenLs all Spdl]~ill)l; uo maIler how wide the stuck mal' be. Impossihle for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge all'\ cannot be moved whC:llc1~\1llp is cluse<1, hammer all you like, UlllillTit~d power; g-reat strerwth and dlJrability; 1f18.l1eilhle jrul1 ,!1ul sted: th~ k1\\wkle joints aTe socket joints, not rivets. Althou,g:h the best tht;y cost you less For further information ask for catalogue ND. 4. INSIST ON HAVING Morris Yfood 3 ~ons'~olid Slee! OIueJoinl Cutlers for there are no other.r .. JUJ"t aJ" good .. They cut a dean perfect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices 011 application. A. E. Palmer. Norvel. Mich. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS Thirfy_one years at 3'-33 S. Canal Str4!et, CHICAGO, ILL. J 14 .f~MICHIG.7IN 7IRTI>5'..7I.2"J..,.. .,. [ i?', 2m- ESTABLISHED 1880 PUEILISHEt:I BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN co. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH QFFICE-2.20 L.YON ST., CRANO RAPIDS. MICH. ENTEREO.1.8 M/l.TnR 01' TIlE IECOtlD CLASS President Keech, of the National Association of retailers is of the opinion that the interests of the manufacturers and retailers of furniture are mutual and that with common ground in view each should aim to occupy it. By co-operation the welfare of all engaged in the business of manu-facturing furniture may be strengthened and sustained. Notwithstanding the ill health under which he is suffering, the national association of retaiters elected W. H. Keech, of Pittsburg to the office of president for another year. It is understood that Vice Preside,nt Clingman win perform the duties of the presidential office until Mr. Keech shall be able to take up the work. In a letter to the national association of retailers, R. G. Alexander complains that <"I considerable quantity of furniture is sold by reUlLl by the manufacturers of Boston and vicinity. He urges retailers everywhere to with hold orders from manufacturers of finding in the way he complains of. The high reputation of Grand Rapids furniture in de-sign, construction and finish is so well established that no one with anything like a correct understanding of the facts denies that G:rand Rapids stands at the head. In no de-partment of the furniture business has the reputation of the city stood so high as in bedroom furniture. This is due. to the fact that a large number of factories are turning out fine bedroom furniture. Of Grand Rapids factories producing bedroom furniture, the Sligh Furniture company, being the only one that is given up exclusively to the manufacture of this class of goods. it is therefore easy to understand that their show rooms contain a greater number of pieces, made in a greater variety of woods and finishes ,than other manufacturers showJn the Sligh warerooms may be seen magnificient speciments in rosewood, dark mahogany, Tuna ma-hogany Circassian walnut, curly birch, plain and bird's-eye maple, plain and quartered oak, silver g..a..y maple, .driftwood, moss green early English and others. One of the best known veneer men in Grand Rapids said to the writer the other day, "when it comes to matching veneers, Sligh's man has them all beaten." Whether this he true or not certain it is· that it would be hard to End more beautiful figures or more perfectly matched, than are those to be found here. A feature that strikes one is 'the number of p'ieces in some bedroom suit. There is the bed. dresser, ladics toilet dresser, chiffoniel·, center tahle, writing desk, wardrobe cheval, chairs and rocker, somnoe and slipper case or stool. One does not need tohaye all these pieces included in the suite, but may have some or all of them if desired. The Sligh Furniture company su;-e!y occupies a high place in the furniture world, and the growth of the plant in the last twenty-five years has been almost unparelleled. Improved Boiler Tube Cleaner. A new boiter-tuhe cleaner having many points of interest is manufactured in Pittsburgh. The most interesting feature of the tool is in the fact that its moving part is driven by a miniature water-turhine. The body of the tu:-bine is madc in one casting, aild within the easing is a spide· which forms a hea~ing box containing.a jou. nal fo~· the shaft. An oiling charobe:·, dosed at one end, is in one arm of the spider and ill the other is a ball valve through which the bearing is sup-pl. ied ".·.i.th oi1. The revolving part or tu::-bine-wheel lS screwed into the rear end of the shaft, so that its weight witl have a tendency to balance the weight of the cutting tool on the other end of the shaft. The statiotl<l.ry nozzle part, which admits water to the veins, is back of the turbine wheel. On machines for straight tubes then'. -is used either a special hose coupling or a coupling standard pipe thread. For use in bent tubes there is provided a universal coupling which is interposed between the shaft and the freely swing-ing arm head, by which arrangement the machine may be used equally well in either straight or curved tubes, Condensed Variable Friction Feed, Recently Put on the Market, Has Ov,ercome Previous Obstacles-Gives a Broad Range of Usefulness. A radical departure and a decided improvement in wood-working machines has recently been anilDunced, co"nsisting of a condensed variable friction feed. It has been generally understood by mechanics that to secure the best results from a friction drive high speed of the friction is necessary. To change this high speed to low speed, at the same time mak-ing it variable, has been the chief obstacle to the practical success of the friction drive. In the arrangement now perfected all obstacles have been overcome, and every feature has been made practical, giving so broad a range. of usefulness that little. opportunity for improvement seems to remain. Improved Methods in the Handling of Lumber Shipments Are Contemplated. An organization styled the ~ew Orleans Lumber Export.ers Association has just been o;ganized in New Orleans for the purpose of obtaining more satisfactory service from railroad and steamship companies. It is also ho})ed to bring about improved methods in the 'handling of lumber shipments, which will effect great economies for the benefit of both shipper and consignee. The New Orleans lumber interests have for a long time claimed that the treatme.nt of export shipments by the local transportation concerns have been decidedly unsatisfactory and that complaints from indivldua13 have. had scant attention It is hoped that through the new organization such griev-ance. s can be set before the ra.ilroad and steamship companies more effectively and more consideration obtained from them. Fiber Pulleys. Two new designs in pulleys made of a material called xylotite are manufactured by a Cincinnati firm. Xylotite is a fibrous :substance, said to have great wearing qualities. The iron web of the pulley is cast solid with the hub, and the fiber rim is then glued and dowelled to the edge of the iron web, which makes a strong light pulley, neat in appearance. This form of construction is used for' pulleys from eight to 30 inches in diameter, where the face does not exceed eight inches in width. For The Papal Household. Among the export orders recently filled by Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing company was one for a member of the papal household at Rome. The order was received through the New York branch of the firm, and included a brougham and a victoria, each finished in royal blue and furn-ished .complete with suitable harness and robes, as well as all appointments for coachman and footman. OLD FASHIONED CLOCKS. Still Made to be Used in Houses Supplied With Old Fash-ioned Furniture. Conspicuous hy their simplicity, or their quaintness, or hoth, among the mally sample clocks of more modern dcsigl1s shown in the sales Of)t11 of a clock tnanufacturing concern we,:-e a few of old styles. The-,re were old time, so-called Gothic clocks, once a favorite style; not a very big clock, but with the top not fiat but carried up to a ridge line, like a sharp-pointed roof .. -.,\,iththe end to the front, and having as its base, on either side, at the top of the body of the clock, :l little sriTe, the lower section of the door of the clock,. helow the dial, painted with some sort of design. There were cottage clocks. these smaller t11n.11 the Cothics, and like all these old time clocks, with cases of wood. The cottage clocks arc simple and trim looking, with upright, square cornered cases. And then there were bigger clocks, larger than the cot-tage clocks and larger than the Gothic!;, clocks with their long door deeply reces::ied within a wide bordering moulding, tall, square cornered, prim looking and yet engag-ing old clocks, such as once" made of mahogany or mahogany veneer, stood on many and many a mantlepiece; clocks with big dials and long hands and with a sonorous tick Among these larger old docks there were some with cases less se,vere in design al'1.d finish, with some ornamentation ahout them, with gilded half colt11nns about them, one on either side of the case, in hont, clocks such as oncc adorned the shelf of many an old-time parlor. These, old style clocks were B01 old docks, but ncw on('s. Such clocks are still manufactured and sold. "Clocks are now made of UWH}' Inatcrials as to their cases, and in innumerable styles," said the salesman, "and we are adding new styles all the time, and the great majority of people buy these clocks of later designs. But we still continue, to sell clocks of a few of those familiar old styles. Some of these old styles clocks we make with modern spring movements 'within their old til11e cases and others of them we still make with the old time clock weights. "Of all these new old style clocks comparatively few arc sold in the city. They go mostly to smaller towns and 10 the country. But it would not do to say that they arc bought by old time people, clinging to the old time ways and styles. They may find such buyers, and other buyers anywhere may fancy them for their tl'llalntness or for old time associations; but they arc as likely to be bought by people still living in old time homes, with old time furni-ture, who buy them bec.:Jllse in snch homes they will he home-like in fashion and appearance appropriate, and it may be artistically so, to their surroundings." Commercial Bills of Exchange. Consul Ledoux of Prague, Austria, reports that the min-istry of commerce of Austria is studying the question of a sys-tem for procuring the acceptance of bills of exchange through the postoffice, and pending the favorable reply to a ci~cltl<tr inquiry sent to the varjous chambers of commerce, it will probably be given a trial. This being by far the cheapest mode of procuring acceptance, it is calculated to facilitate the commercial credit system. Some leading experts have lately p_'oved by statistical data that cOtIullcrcial bills of ex-change w'c coming marc and more into disu~e. St. Johns Table Factory to be Purchased by Townspeople. The citit7.uls of St. Johns, Mich., have decided to raise $15,00;) hy priva.te subscripti()tJ in order to buy the plant of the St. Johns Table company. This is done in spite of an injunction issued to prevent its purchase. A \Visconsin bc-tQ:' Y will p~·ohably locate there 50011. $8,000 have already been subscribed. I I I I~- 71.R-T I k5'A..N ":?!iN -1b=: 'i' 7 F *1 A Paying Investment. 1£ yuu do !lot feel equal to your work, the 11rst thing is to discover how you are over wo~king yourself. Unhealthy conditiOlls may make an hour's wo:·k as exhaustive as th; ec. It is not sheer love of thei ,. wo ke s that makes employers provide better ventilated and more sanitary faeto ..is fo .. their employs. The fact is, withol1l these improvements the wo~k er could not do the same amoHllt of wo;·k he is capable of performing. It becomes <tproht<tble expenditl1 e to expendi-ture tL ,.,;pendmoney 'H purdlasing ground, bricks and mota:- iO give the worker better space. An employer, some time since, made improvements in his plant which appeared ridiculous to his fellow manufacturers. There was an outcry about "pampering the workers with luxury." He waited for a year before replying, and then he showed that the increase in the work done by his men was paying him Oller 10 per cent upon the sum he had expended on them. And yet they were not finding their work harder. They were happier, more contented, morc 'vigorous-that was all. He gave them what ml1st result ill increased energy, and he got the energy in return, and everybody was the better for it. II is not every employer that is so sensible as that and it is a tedious and at times dangeraus undertaking to try to educate one's cmployer to his own interest in that direc-tion.- Ex. Baron Rothschild's Advice To Young Business Men. The formula for success in life which the late Baron Alp-honse Rothsc11ild laid down for the young men of France and distributed by means of printed cards was: Shun liquor. Dare to go forward. Never be discouraged. Be- polite to every body. Employ your time well. Never tell business lies, Pay your debts promptly. Be prompt in everything. Bear all troubles patiently. Do not reckon upon chances, io.1.akeno useless acquaintances. Be brave in the struggle of life, 11aintain your integrity as a sacred thing. Never appear to be something more than you are, Take time to cOrJsider, than dec.ide positively. Carefuilly examine every detail of yOur business. A Novel Advertisement. A merchant in Boston, Linconshire, England has hit npon advertisement. He has painted a letter of his name on the hack of each of ten tortoises, and has placed the ten in the window of his hop. He offers a prize of $10 to the first person who sees the tortoises in a line, so arranged that the letters are in the order in which they appear in his name. No man is fltte(l to command who lacks that power to PlIt himself in another man's plac(~. STAffORD fURNITURE ENGR4VING Our hillif tones are deep sharp. clear~ giving them long wear and ease Of make-ready. very plate is predsely type high, mounted 011 a perfectly ({(Jared, seasoned block trimmed to pica stalldard. All are proYed and tooled ulltil th~ best possible printing quality is dl:'veloped. Spedmens mailed Oll request. _._----- STAFFORD ENGRAVING CO ,. The HOU8e oj Ideas' INDI4.NAPOLIS. INDIANA --- ---- ---- ----~ -------- ---- 16 igf\?pio.s.f\ie~ ·~-------OFFICES,----------------- So.ton New York Jamestown HI.-h Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago St. Louis Mlnneapoll. ANoelate Offices and Bonded Attorney. in all PrIncipal cities The Furniture Agency REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC-TIONS MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT • WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHERE OTHERS FAIL WEITH FOR PARTICULARS AND YOU WILL SE~D US Y OUR BUS 1 NESS. Our Complaint and Adjustment Department Red Drafts Collect L. J, STEVENSON. Michigan Manager Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools l~n',Bttf::~\:c~~c:~~t Baldwin. Tuthill .c». Bolton Grand Ra:plda. Mich. Filers, Setters, Sharpeners, Grinders, Swaves, Stretchers. Brazing anti Filing Clamlt8, Knife Batances. Hammering Tools. Investigate OUt Line. New 200 page CatalOKue fOf 1905Free. Bollon Band Saw Filer for Saws J.1i inch Ill). B. T. " B. Shle D, Knile Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet Of dry 1 / / /4 INCH POPLAR for DRAWER BOTTOMS I CUT TO DIMENSION KILN DRIED 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE GLASS BACKS BACK PANELS JOSEPH ROSS & COMPANY 223 South Second St., Philadelphia, Pal MILLS: CHERAW,S. C.; THOMASVILLE, N. C. MIe HIGLf~l:- 'r,I '{:-{l';;; "'*'". THE PUSH AND THE PULL. T~e Retailer Who Pushed on to Wholes3ling. Did you ever notice that the man with a pull \vas the man with a push? I happened to drop in upon ::L wholesaler who recently commenced business, and is wO:'king along in a vcry unpretentious ,vay. Only a fe"\' years ag-o he was COlHlucting a retail storet 011 North Second street, Phila-delphia, and decided he had too much energy to waste his time endeavoring to crowd feet size five into shoes sin' three, one at a time. He therefol-c determined to trY wholesaling, in which he proved to be sueccssful f;om th~(' \'cry slart, and we must allow that he had some ]lush. There's only nne alternative for him 110W. lie must seek la;<ger qu;utcrs elsewhere, or do less business. There a;-e wholesaler·'" who occupy much larger ,<;tores, but do 1Iot tn:·n over so many dollars' worth of goods each month as he does. The Jlext place I visited was allot he I- wholesale house that has been in existence many years. The. proprieto:-s are honorable in the strictest meaning of the word. They would rather .sacriLlce themselves than wrong allY one. And yet they glVe no better bargains to their customers than the pusher mentioned above. They are so very conservative in their ways that it is doubtful if they would ever mention such ft. thing as taking an order should they be alone with one of their regular customers, and unless one of the salesmen happened to get onto the fact that a custOluer was present, he might be allowed to leave the house without even so l11uch as looking at sam.ples or giving an order. By a means that I cannot divulge I found out some of the places where each of the above hO\1ses purch:tse the same kind of goods, and not beillg s:ltist1ed with that I founel out what each of them paid for the goods. This was done entirely from curiosity, but for the purpose of as-certaining how they \\'ere l"ntcd by manufacturers .vho sold to them. ,:\nd what do you think ,vas the result? It proved that mallufacturen we. e anxious to see the wholesaler new to the business, make an unqualified success. He got hetter terms than the old, reliable, trustworthy house. Unless olle makes a practice of visiting as many re-tailers as he can in order to get information at ftrst hand. he would hardly know now to class wholesalers, and that tl~ere <Ire classes and grades of them no doubt is for a moment c.ntertained by the well informed. There are too many wholesalers ,.,;ho undertake to do business under a bushel They appear to be afraid to blow their own horn, and at the same time they do not appear to understand that they must blow it if any noise is to emit from the large end of it. So many ..".holesale:'s are apparently satisfied to leave their success or failure in the hands of a few salesmen who are kept on the road as much as, possible, \.·.h. ile others tell their tales in trade journals that a;·e certain to reach and make Cl1sto111e;-sb,ecause the: e ,He many retailers who get points from those papers, and who are inte, ested in the offerings by the advertisers. JOHN. His TroubLes Double. An old maxim says "he doubles his trouble.s who borrows tomorro .v..s." He also doubles his Loubles who buys furni-ture that is not trimmed ,,\lith the T0wer patent fasteners, which makes it absolutely impossible fOj" drawer pulls and knobs to get loose and come off, ma~-ring and disfiguring of drawer fronts, and making the cost for refinishing and re-pairs two or three times the nrginal cost of the trimmings. It is strange that some manufacturers still cling to the old get-loose-kind, when the Towe,:' Patent fasteners can be had gratis. 1£ the furniture merchant will insist on these fasteners being put on all case work he buys, he will save himself and his customers much trouble and annoyance. 17 Many of the leading manufacturers in Grand Rapids and other cities are using the Tower Patent fasteners ex-clusively, and the results are so satisfactory that they could not he induced to discontinue their use. These fasteners are made only by the Grand Rapids Brass company. Mr. Tower, the president of this company is the inventor and patelltee. Excellent Work Accomplished by a Manual Training School. 1bnual training schools are of g;·eat value in the practi-cal education of the younger generation. The pupils begin 011 very siIllple things and g.adllally improve until quite in-tricate \",ork is turned out. In Milwaukee the West Division hig-h school has a manual training department where students have recently completed the construction of apparatus for use ill the physics lnboratory, thereby saving many dollars for the school fund. The wo:-kmanship is better than home-made and iinish on the goods is difficult to distinguished from that made in a scientific shop. The Jirst and second year students were the first to make the plans in their mechanical drawing classes, which are cor-related with the shop. Here they study orthographic pro-jections, cabinet projections, isometric projections, surface developments, intersections, shades and shadows. The next year class takes up the drawing of machine parts, bevel gears, designing machines, tracings and blue prints, and they finish their last year in the machine shop by casting their patterns and cOlupleting their machines. The apparatus made for the physics class was done by the upper class men. The finish given each piece is excep-tionally well done. Professor George Balzer, instructor in physics at the \Vest Side High school, said: "The hearty co-operation of the manual training depart-ment has been a constant source of aid to the physics de-partment. Apparatus could be ohtained on comparative short notice and enough could be made so that the entire class could work at the same experiment at the same time, thus facilitating instruction." The carpenter shop of the manual training department has done some excellent wo; k during the last three years. The following household articles were made by the students: A reference and office desk, in combination, made with rotating shelves containing open books, etc.; three Morris chairs, finished jn antique oak with Spanish leather cushions and adjustable reclining back; four music cabinets, mission style, v,,-ith veneered curved door and French legs, highly polished; bookcases and magazine racks, mission style, dark weathered oak finish .. with book shelf attachments; jardiniere stands with weathered and polished finishes, and center tables with French curved legs and cu~-ved feet, mission style. Some students have taken their wmk home, while others have sold their articles for high prices. The present class is now finishing a wood planer or jointer. The plans were tnade by students last semester. Part of the castings are at the school. Owing to the success of the \Vest Division manual train-ing deparement in making physics laboratory apparatus, it is probable that the othet" schools wilt take up this branch of work in tbe near future. Furniture makers will be pleased to hear of the success above noted and realize the importance of the work and the great help it will be to young men to secure positions in the manufacturing business, after their graduation. Second-Hand Machinery. On Febrttary l11"stthe Fay & Egan company issued a pamphlet containing a list of the second-hand wood work-ing machines in stock in their factory. Manufacturers desir-inR to secure the same should correspond with the company -------------------------------- IS Manufacturer Must Know Products' Cost. In the northern part of a C(~lltrat state is located a beautiful (itle city of about 5,000 inhabitants that became inoculated a few ye;lfs ago with the germ of e"Kpansion anu Tcvelopment; a commendable but acute desire to grow beyond the limita-tions set by the few factories in them possessed and the agri-cLl1tural resources surounding it. Tn othe.r words, took on a "manufacturing boom," A manufacturing boom is decidedly the tonic to stimulate municipal growth, but like every other sort of stimulant should be taken ill prescribed doses and carefully watched. Otherwise the effect may be injurious and a season of distressing financial depression. if not decay, follow. In this case the tonic was taken in double doses on the theory, "i.f little is god, much ."ouid be better," and the in-evitable result followed. There was a season of activity 011 the part of promoters, a number of new factories launched on the uncertain sea of competition, a period of qui.et intros-pection, a sUden awaking and hedging. Now there is a dead town town with the inevitable cOl1temptible "knocker" stand-ing on the curb shouting, "1 told you so," and a public senti-ment to turn out gold dollars for 50 cents each. Among the industries which contributed to this lament-able condition, of all things was one of promising exterior. handled in a masterly manner by promoter and manager, gifted, many think, with hypnotic powers, who succeeded for two years in covering up the roottenlless within and lured many good dollars after bad before the discovery was matle that" wind was causing" the colicky fecling" and could not by any sort of hokuspokus bc made to stand as the equivalent of money or credit. Money is what the shareholders, expect, alld if dividends are not forthcoming in a reasonable time trouble' begius. When the writer was called in to look matters over it was confidentiaJly asserted by the managers aud several of his directors that everything was coming along, that a little money had been lost the previous year because of some mis-takes and the expense of introducing their gods. But this year the outlook was guarly, and all they wanted was the in-troduction of a cost system, and suitable blank forms for a statement of expenditures ptop-erly subdivided, whlch the board of directors had recently ordered should be made monthly. Now, the tack 'of these two things looked sll.spieious, and a little investigation brought to light the fact that in-stead of making money they were then, and had been, for a long time, losing at the rate $500 a mnoth. This an-nouncment was startling, and paralyzed the whole concern. The manager was certain some mistake had ben made, <lnd his directors were loth to believe such a condition pos-sible. Indeed, it was surprising that a continuous drain on the company's funds couud be made so long and not receive closer attention. However, the frequency of like discoveries and the similar-ity of the factors making up the equation to the point where the "X" quantity is found to be ignorance, should impress directors of all new concerns with the importance of knowing accurately ",,-hatis being done in their factories and discourage guessing a's unwise, unsafe, and unbusinesslike. "Figures don't lie, and liars figure," and in this case the unpleasant fact was shortly made plain that the delusion under which they had been laboring was chargeable to dense ignorance, and the trouble they were in couud have ben a.'oided by a little com-mon sense. Next in importance to the making of <l thing is accurate knowledge of the cost of it, and no concern can know whether they are making or losing money without some system that continually and accurately informs them of flat cost-total expenditures on everything they manufacture. In the above case several of th~"best pieces made were costing more than the price list asked f.or them, and nothing then being turned out of the factory had a margin of gain over cost suffi.~ 7'IR T I 0'JI.2'.l e $1:. cient to insure a safe net proti.t. selling cost and factory burden put and had to be revised or follow. Fortunately, in this case, which; unfortunately, does not develop in all similar cases, the stockholders and directors had the good sense, money, and nerVe--to turn over a new leaf, debit the deficiency, and credit themselves with valu-able experiences, and start anew on a better way. They are now rapidly recovering from the mistakes of a too hasty start, and promise to become in a few years one of the {o,e-most concerns in this country in their line-a money maker for the stockholders and a valuable addition to the city and community in which the factory is located. Another factory in the same place was found to have a too excessive burden for the output. The gross profit \vas ample, but was more than used up 1n trying to market the goods. The management knew there was a leak somewhere but conti not locate it, until a simple, inexpensive addition was made to their bookkeeping which furnished figures at the end of thirty days that told the story so effectively th~y were quick to make a change and save themselves further Joss. The average manager does 110t llsually appreciate the importance of this matter, or if he does is unable or unwill-ing, because of the slight additional labor to int.roduce it. l\"a regular system of bookkeeping teaches it and none could, fOJ"no two lines of manufacture can use the same method or follow with advantage the same system of reports and book entries.'fhe ordi.nary balance sheet is not sufficient for a comprehensive division of expenditure and several important things have to be considered before a monthly statement can be inaugur<lted that will be of real value to the concern. The character and magnitude of the business is a factor of moment, also the completeness with the subdivision of costs carried. It also develOped that the were too great for the out-bankruptcy was certain to A cost system for small iustitutions need not be elabor-ate, but must cover the ground and be accurate. If started right it is easy to extend as the business develops, and for oue of say $75,000 or $100,000 output there need be no ap-preciable increase in the burden to keep it up to date and always available. The expense is small considering the sav-ing it wilt effect, to say nothing of the satisfaction of always "knowing just where you arc at." Reprinted in response to many reqtlests. Getting at the Cost. until recent years the term ';cost department" was little used in business. Today is is one of the foremost factors in commercial life. It has come to be practically the only source from which the manufacturer safety and intelligently can gather information with which to meet the outside world. It is the only practical medium throug which the accountant can co-operate with the shop correctly, It is the greatest possible menace to greedy competitors who, throug the dis-closures it makes, are compelled to sell at the lowest possible margins. To the customer it assures protection. He is not paying two prices for one article and buying another from the same firm at half price. In fact, from the standpoint of either producer or eorisumer, it is hard to conceive how business could be safely carried on wihtont a tho;oughly organized cost system to guide. The ways in which such a system may be. o?~-rated vary as widely as the character of the merchandise turned out. The work may be simple or it may grow into a mass of com-plications. If the shop be small and a specialty is made of only one line, cost work may be made concise. But if the factory be large and the variety of manufacture practically limitless the chances are that the results will be obtained only through an intricate mass of details. 1\~aturally the bulk of the information necessary to produce the proper results mtist come from the shop. For in the shop The gas cngine is mounted where the old stc<tm engine formerly stood. It is on a heavy, solid eel11ent base and the machine is co carefully balanced that under test, when ntnll-ing at two h,m(]red and forty revolutions per minute, a sil-ver dollar set Oil cdge was 110tjarred over. The normal speed of the engine ;s ahOl1t one hundred and ninety revolutions, which speed it (lcvclops the contract power of t\vo hundred horse power. \ peculiar make and break system of ignition is used, with a pair of lo\v tension mannetos that are driven only for the moment of ignition by the kicking motion of a cam and \(~\'eL \Vhen the new engine was here and ready for installatio11 t-he factory was shut dCJ1Nnat 11 a. 111. olle Satunlay, and in lhe intervening" fOlty odd hours the whole setam 1l1;\l1ta11(l gener;:ttor we;'e moved out to givc place to the IH'\V plant a!l(l conncted up tempor;lrily to (lpe:-ate t-he factory jH'lHling the instnllation and testing of the new gas engines and producer. The engine \vill flri\'(' a dynamo of one hundred aud fifty kilowatt capacit.y. The electric current produced will be used to run motors of the Brass company's own manufact-ure in the various departments of the factory, thus, eliminat-ing all line shafting, belting, etc. At the present time the company have in use ninety-one motors which will be in-creased in the near future to about one hundred. Utili.ze Waste Heat, Tt has been fm111dentirely prnctical to utili;.:e the ,vaste heat of the cylintlers and exhnust for heating buildings. Afte:' cireful tests the eng-inccrs (if the Brass company have found suflicient heat in cylin(lcr radiation and exhaust to heat every foot of the big plant and desig-ns have been perfected [0,· a system clf coils th,ough \\'hich the hot exhaust gases will be convcyed to the nuter air, hut "vhich will absorb their heat and turn it to use in heating the factory, thus scoring another point in economy. The Citizells Telephone company and Heyman & Cn., have C01lLilcted for plants of the producer gas engine varidy and other manufactnrers are watching the new Brass cmu-pany unite closely, with ill1 idea of adopting· suction producer generating s}'stcms for power in their factories. The follo\',,·ing tahlc has been complied by Iv1r. Tower, showing cost of oJlei-ating gas engines "vith illuminating gas, gasoline, and natural gas, slide valve and Corliss steam en-g ·ll1es and the producer g'as engines. The eomparison 1S made on the basis of fifty brake ho,'se po.ve'· capacity. An Up-ta-Date Planer. The attention of fUl"1liture,piano and cabinet makers is called to a new cabinet smoothing planer, recently designed and patented b:y the J A. Fay and Egnn company, 505 to 525 \V Front street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tt is claimed that this machine has many late improvements which should appeal to all who desire the most economical and swiftest machines. By a special ar;-;mgement of the table a firm, rigid sup-port is secured for the stock without any yielding or tremb-ling unller the }l["essu.-e of the upper feed rolls. The g-e,hs are so constructed that ever"y feed roll in its downward motion takes l"lrtn h91d upon the board and thee is absolute-ly 110 tendency tCl lift away (rom it. All gears are keyed to shaft. Tunning- in babbitted bearings. Thus doing away with studs. \-"hen desi:'ed the F'ay and Egan patent section-al feed roll is furnished which in itself has many unusual alHl cffecti-ve features. The new patent sectional clamp bearings for the eylinder journals are arousing much favorable comment as they arc a decided departll e in the right direction. Each of the cap bearings is composed of two sets of thin babbitt metal plates, hV(' to a :-;e1. They exert no pressure whatever except that produced by their mvn weight. By simply loosening the clamp bolts and pressing the plates down with the hand, 19 ally looseness of the journals may be taken up each day. Thus there is never any occasion to scape or rebabbitt the hearings. There ~re many other features on this machine that the reader should know about and we nre pleased to refer any one interested to the Fay and Egan Co., at the above ad-dress who will sc.nd (lcseriptive circulars all request, and also' catalogne and books on \);:l1ldsaws and sanders if desired. The Hammering of Small Circular Saws. Small saws require less frequent and fine hammering than the large rip saws used in sawmills, and any man equippe:l with a small and inexpensive outfit of hammering tools, can perform the hammering satisfactorily after a little practice and st1Hly of lllethods. Otherwi"e if the saws do' not run true without heating, they should lw sent to a saw shop or ham-mered by a competent man. But ally circular sa\'\7, no m;ltto2r how small, requires for lIne work that it be beveled, free from twists and lumps, with the tension uniform. By uniform tension is meant that the tension 01' expansion of the steel shall show uniform at any distanee [rom the center, all round the saw, when the straight edg-e is applied, although the degree of this tension will v,t.·y at diffexellt distal1ces from the center, being little or nothinJ at center and rim and more throug·h the body of saw, accord-ing to the diameter, speed, gage and feed. Thus the saw when p;-operly tensioned, will run true and steady, free from vibratioll, the centrifug-al strain being properly compensated by the Jll"Ocess of hammering. Every filing 100m should be equipped \vith the p;·oper tools fo:' hammering, and if tht. Iller ill charge is not familiar with th(~ principles of hammer-ing ·, he should master the process by study and practice. Metal Beds not Generally Used in Europe. C. E. Curby, the secretary of the Smith & Davis l\-Ianu-facturing Compauy, St. Louis, spent several months abroad last year and among mally other facts that att;-acted his at-tension was the limited use of metal beds. In Lug·land, Germally and othe;- countries visited beds, of wood .ve;-e quite generally used. /\ few brass and iron beds were noticed by 1V1L Curby and the members of his family who accompanied him, in Paris. A factory engaged ill the l11anufactu:-e of brass beds, in Berlin was visited, but the goods produced would not compare with the line of any progressive manufacturer in the United States. Fo,: these goods markets must be found in foreign countries: The people of the old world are so conservative and their purchas-ing ability so limited that South American, South Africa and the is}a1J(lsof the seas must furnish the markets for the bulk of their manufactures. .:\1r. Curby is very optimistic in regard to the futllTC of the United Statcs. There wilt be no cu,·tailment of the purchasing" power o( the people" he confidently declared. "The vast arrears of country in the west and southwest will develop wonderfully when an abundant supply of water shall have been provided by the governments of the nation and the states by irrigation." Pierpont )'lol"gan already has the walls at une room cover-ed with pictures Hvalued at $5,000 a square foot," but he is always I'eady to buy a few more yards of pictorial art when he rlllds pieces of the right size. The Southern manufacturers arc conspicuous by their ab-sence from the expositions. Perhaps they will attempt to establish a show of their order at High Point later in the year. One season wot11d suffice to p··ovc the impracticability of such a scheme. RULES FOR CALCULATING SIZE AND SPEED OF PULLEYS To Find Diameter of Driver. Multiply number of revolutions of driven by its diameter and divide product by number of revolu-tions of driver. To Find Diameter of Driven. Multiply number of revolutions of driver by its diameter and divide product by number of revolu-tions of driven. To Find Revolutions of Driven Shaft. Multiply diameter of pulley on drive-shaft by its number of revolutions and divide product by diam-eter of pulley on driven shaft. Reverse above rule to ascertain number of revo· lulions of drive·shaft. RULE FOR CALCULATING LENGTH OF BELTING Before Pulleys Are Placed in Position. Add together the diameters of the two pulleys and multiply the sum by 3.14159. To half of the result thus obtained add twice the distance from center of one pulley (or shaft) to center of the other pulley (or shaft). Example: Given the distance bet ..v.een centers of pulleys, 28 feet 8 inches; diameter of pulleys 52 and 46 inches. What is length of belt? ' 52 + 46_98 X 11.14159=307.87 inches. 307.87+2=153.93 inches + 12=12.83 feet. Centers 281\ feet X 2= 57.33 " Answer, 70fy feet. ---- RULE FOR FINDING THE LENGTH OF ROLLS OF BELTING . Take the over-a\] diameter and add to it the d~a!TIeter of the hole in the center of the roll; then d'ylde th~ ~um by 2 to find the mean diameter; thIS multlphed by 3.1416 (31-7) will give the cir-cumference. Then, multiply this by the number of :'J~ps." and the result is obtained in inches. and ?,v,dmg by 12 the length of the roll is obtained m feet. Folding :BedFixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those whicb give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons. etc. New id~as and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. B. WILLIAMS 3812 Vincennes Av&.• Chicago. Manufacturer of Hardware Specblties for the Furniture:' Trade. Established 1878 HORSE POWER Horse power is an amount of mechanical force capable of raising 33,000 pounds one foot high, per minute. Rule to Find Horse Power of an Engine Ar'ea of piston in inches, multiplied by pressure per square inch, multiplied by speed of pIston in feet per minute, and that product divided by 33,000 = 1 Horse Power. The pressure per sCluare inch should be the mean pressure throughout the stroke exerted on the piston, which can be found by attaching an indicator to the engine. Tbe result will then be what engineers term Indicated Horse Power. The Horse Power of Boilers is best defined by the heating surface of a boiler and is different ac· cording to their construction. A Tubular Boiler will give one horse power to every 15 square feet of heating surface; a Flue Boiler every 12 square feet, and a Cylinder Boikr 10 sQuare feet gives one horse po\\'er. There is no standard law g'Overning the Horse Power of Steam Boilers, but tbis rule is ~dopted by most experts as a fair rating. One cubic foot of water evaporated per bour = 1 nominal horse power. 70 pounds of coal consumed per hour will evap-orate 1 cubic foot of water= 1 horse power. One square foot of grate will consume an average of 12 pounds of coal per hour-= 1 6·10 horse Dower. A theoretically perfect steam engine consumes 66-] 00 pounds of coal per hour per hor~e power. l\'larine condensing engines consume 2 to 6 lbs.. of coal per horse power. WEIGHT OF CAST IRON BALLS I I Diam.l Weight. Diam. I Weight Diam. I Weight. -·~I 1-- \--- 1 I 0.136 5 I 17.04 9 99.40 1Y, I 0.460 5% 122.68 9Y, 116.90 2 I 1.09 (; I 29.45 10 I 136.35 2Y, I 2.13 6Y, I 37.44 10Y, I 157.84 3 I 3.68 7 I 46.76 11 I 181.48 3~~ I 5.84 7Y, I 57.52 11Y, I 207.37 4 \ 8.72 8 I 69.81 12 I 235.62 4Y, 12.42 8Y, 83.73 I I JOHN DUER & SONS BALTIMORE. MD. Cabinet Itard~are and Tools Etc., Upholstered Goods Handsomest Pull OD the Markel for the Money Write for prices and Sample Correspondence Solicited No, 1573 WALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 WHY NOT CALL ON US FOR Veneered Panels, Tops and Backs? WE BEAT THEM ALL, ESPECIALLY 01' PROMPT DELIVERY G RAN D RAP IDS, MICHIGAN RULES RELATIVE TO THE CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, HEXAGON, TRIANGLE, ETC. To find circumference multiply diameter by 8.1416, or divide diameter by 0.8188. To find diameter multiply circumference by 0.8183, or divide circumference by 3.1416. To find radius multiply circumference -by 0.15915, or divide circumference bv 6.28318. To find side of an inscribed square multIply diam-eter by 0.7071, or multiply circumference by 0.2251, or divide circumference by 4.H~8, To find side of an equal square multiply diameter by 0.8862, or divide diameter by 1.1284. or multiply circumference by 0.2821, or divide circumference by_3.545. Square.-A side multiplied by 1.4142 equals diameter of its circumscribing circle. A side mUltiplied by 4.443 equals circumference of its circumscribing- circle. A side multiplied by 1.128 equals diameter of an equal circle. A side multiplied by 3.545 equals circumference of an equal circle. Square inch multiplied by 1.273 equals circle inc.hes of an equal circle. . To find the area of a circle multiply circum fer- ('nee by one-quarter of the diametfr, or multiplY the square of diameter by 0.7854. or multiply the square of circumference by 0,07958, or multiply the square of one· half diameter by 3.1416. To find the area of an ellipse multiply the prod-uct of its axes by .785398, or multiply the product of its semi· axes by 3.14159. Area ·of a hexagol"-length of one side X 2.598. Given the diameter of a hexagon nut across the flats, to find the diameter across corners, multiply the diameter acrOSS flats by 1.156. Ctmtents of cylinder = area of end X len"th. Contents of wedge = area of hase X one-half alti-tude. Surface of cylinder = length X circumference + area of both ends. Surface of sphere = diameter squared X 3.1416, or = diameter X circumference. Contents of sphere = diameter cubed X 0.5236. Contents of pyramid or cone. right or oblique, re.2'ular or irregular =area of base X one·third altitude. Area of triangle = base X one-half altitude. Area of parallelogram "= base X altitude. Area of trape ..oid = altitude. X. one-half the sur" of parallel sides. .. L. _ DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS of 8ths, 16ths, 32ds and 64ths of an inch. 8THS 6/,. = .15625 /5/64 = .234375 7 I..= .21875 17/", = .265625 1/8 = .125 9/32 = .28125 "1.4 = .296875 11.1 = .250 "Is. = .3437,'; "/.4 = .328125 '/, = .375 13/ .. = .40625 23/.4 = .359375 'I, = .500 15/,. = .46875 2'/'4 = .39062,5 r"J/i; = .625 17/" = .53125 ., /" = .42187.5 '/4 = .750 "/,2= .59375 29/.4 = .453125 'I, = .875 21/02= .65625 31/6• = .48437.5 23/" =.71875 "/.4 = .515625 16THS "/s.= . 78125 "/.4 = .546875 27 I..= .8437:> "/ ••= .·578125 'I,.= .0625 291" =.90625 '9/64 = .609375 '/16 = .1875 31102 = .96875 41/.4 = .640625 '/16 = .3125 "16, = .671875 '/1' = .4375 "/" = .703125 9/113 = .5625 64THS 47/.4 = .734375 "I" = .6875 "/64 = ,765625 "I,. = .8125 '/'4 = .015625 6'/" = .796875 16iJ. = .9375 '/.4 = .046875 63/" = .828125 6/6• = .078125 65/ .. = ..859371' 32DS '1,,= .109375 67/ .. = .890625 9/.4 = .-140625 69/" = .921875 '/" = .03125 Il/.4 =..171875 "'/64 = ,953125 '102 = .09375 "/9. = ,203125 "/" = .984375 ELECTRICAL DEFINITIONS The "volt" is a measure of electro-motive force, or original energy, corresponding 'to the dynamic term "pressure," but not of "power." It 'is based on the product of one Daniell cell of a hattery. The "ohmt' is the measure of resistance, and compares to the dynamic term of Hloss by transmission." It is based on the resistance offered by a copper wire .05 in. diameter, 250 ft. long; or a copper wire, 32 gauge, 10 ft. long. The "ampere" is the measure for current. or what passes; the intensity it may be called, and is comparable to the ·dynamic term of "power trans· mitted" or "effect." It is the residual .force of one Hvolt" after passing through one "ohm" of rep sistance. The "coulomb" is a measure of current, Qualified by time; one ampere acting' for one second _ofl time, comparing in nature with the dynamic "foot pound." The "watt" i's the unit for dynamic effect pro· duced by electro-motive force, or current. It equals 44,22 foot pounds, or 1/746 h. p.-Industry, 22 An Improvements in Sanders. \Ve illustrate here a patented sand belt machine. wllicb lUl<1\1~stionably will be of th{~ gre'lte,.:t il.ltl.:Test to tll~ manu facturer of fU:'niture, it ,is a marked dqlarture irlll11 all pre-vious methods of acco111plishillg" the ]le.-feeL ":;llHliug' Ilf ir-regular work. The manufacturers, YVysOilg & },Jilcs cnl11p<!ny. Grcclls])o!"() N. c., have met with success as 1'hl' 111<illuiacturer,.: of special sand belt machines recognizing t)};\t the;'," \Va,; Il\l machine designed for sanding rapidly ,ll1c1 perfectly by belt such irregular "vork as Se'"lH'l1till(" ogee ;llld swell dr,l\\'(T the gl'aJtl, c\r;:l\ver rails rolls. moldings, etc., with the grain, rlH111diJ1g (If mirrof standards and the sanding of all band ,;co1l ';:l\vcd edges even to the :;:harpest cU:'ves and corners, The m:lllufnctllfcrs furnish lIPOll application complete data ;l1lrl S,llllplcs of work. Address-\Vysong & Miles Co" Cedar St. and So\\\hnn Railway, (~r('('nsboro, N. C. Interesting Furniture Seen In Florence. .'\t;l pcnsioll in Florellce, Italy, the writer was pleased to di"cll\'er "lime ve;"y ()ld chai"6 dating back to the SIX-lcenth century, They were rather shaky it is true and the fronts, ogee edges, roumled edg-es, beveled edges ami st";\ight edges (~ftable, dresser and sidebuard top. muuldings l1sed on sideboards and the mall:>' similar classes of Wi) -k entering into the construction of furniture. The results from the machine we illl1.st~';lt':, It;ln~ heen proven, this machine having al.t"(~,\(ly been p\;\c,e,l in s\.Kc\.:sslu\ operation in twelve of the most prominellt flFnitwe faduries in the United States, sanding is d011C with the grain, and with extereme rapidi,ty, This machine is still more yaluable to the lll<lllUt:tCl'l1I"tr of furniture as it has embodied in it fC;lturcs of a pre\-il,tb machine ~uch as sanding mirror fr<.\lllCS to perfect 0\';11, wilh II'i(,11(11y w;\11 helped to ~\1pport them, but the obse:'ver was ('~lJcci:dl'y illtC~-C.~tcd ill the quaint carvings. The black finish 1J~lrtl,Y- c()\'ers 11p the latter awl adds to the appearance of antiquity. \\'h('11 questioned ahout other furniture seen in the imlllellse hOl1se which was once a palace, the madame ,;t;\.t"d \1,;\.1 ;\. c"hilli.'t l"nakl'l" ('11 the ground floor below the pellsion 11;\(.\ CIHl;;t ucted the very st'ong an dartistically ('<\:-vcr! tahlcs :111(1 stands. They are made without veneers ;11H1 h;),·c <l (1n1l hnisll. .\ carved picture frame made in Fln]"CllCl' wa.~ illusLared ill the Artisan seve~al months ago, <111(1gaY<.' a \'cr.y g-olld idea of thc beauty and detail of the C<ll"\'ing done ill tile furniture shops there. DEATH OF C. FRANK BARRETT. The Barrett-Lindeman Company's Great Loss. The Barrett-Lindeman company announce the death of their president, C. Frank Barrett. His death occurred \Vednesday J:mnary 17 and -is regretted by many friends alld ;lssociates. I~'e \.·.a..s widely aild tavol'ably knowlJ and .vas very success-ful in his business, cOI1L'ibl1ting to its npbuiJding and exteIl- S1011. He was all expert in the knowledge of wood finishing goods. tIt". Barrett first started as a salesman selling vamish for the old h011se of Chas. C. Phillips & company of Phila., in 1866. In 1872 he was given an inte:"cst in the linn. remaiuing here two years ]OllWT, then l-';()it,g \"lith \Vm. Til<1('n Blodgdt. of :\ew York, \VltIl '.vhorn be remained ullti118tH, Roing £1'0111 this house to :\10:,,('s .BigelCHv, of .:.Ie ..vark :\1", J. Tn 18iS the start of what i~now The Barrett-Lindeman cornpally, was made Mr. Barrett assistillg \VI11. T. Lindeman in .'it;l~-ting in the paint husil1ess i1l llhilaclell'hi;i. It was first cUlIdLictecl in :\1r. Lindelllan's name. In 18-S1 the llame wa6 change(1 to \Vm. T. Lindeman & company, and in 1896 again changed tn the present name, TllC Barrctt-l.iude1l11111 company, the present of)'icers beillg: C. Frank lhnett, president, C. H. Banett, vice president, :\rehie A. Getty. sec1"('tar.y awl treasurer. lIIr. Harrdt ,,,,as a Hl,lll vvho Hot cmly laid his plans for the present and illllnediate future, but also tried to meet all con-tillgelleies that might happen this :year, next year, or teu years to come. As a result, he has so thoroughly drilled his ('lItire force, that vdlile they will not be able to do otherwise than feel his loss. lUo"t ke,{'Xlly as an adviser. and as one pos-sessed of _"-11chkeen, quick business capabilitics that he \vas immediately ahle to grasp the situation a1ld decide at once jm;t wbat sbnu\il he doue in almost all emergellcies, 11a<1at the same time planned out what should be clone in event of death, that the company shonld simply go along in the old grooves. A great nla1ly of the employes started tlieir business life with this COnCl~r1Jand have nevcr been ;llly place else. 23 For several years past 1'Ir. Barrett had not interested hlffi-self greatly in the routine work of the business, but had acted more as special adviser, continuing to decide all grave issues coming up, a11l1 as a consequcnce the entin', force in the office, and the factory, and on the road, are accustomed to thinking and doing for themselves, and as everyone is individually loyal, and anxious to further the business gt<nvn up and fost-ered by :r\/fr. Barrett, there will be an increasing business, and not a step backward. The "widow of the late president, C. F. Barrett, will un-doubtedly hc elected president of the company at the next meeting of the board of directors, thus representing the large stock keepers held by the Barrett interest. The Chicago factory reccntly slarted,is thoroughly equipp-ed, <lnd the iOTce tl1ere -is now prepared to turn out orders at tile quickest kind of notice, and being nearer the people in that secti01J vvho"desire the goods, eannot hut prove a success. 11r. Archie A: Getty will he at the helm, he bas an effi-cient corps of ~lssistants from top to bottom, and anticipates ;m always increasing business. Representatives in the west \",ill he 'Valter J, I\Iurray, IV1tO will look aftcr Chicago and St. Louis, his brother, T. E. :\1m-ray, will cover Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and lh. :\nthc)11y \Vhitt1ed, who makes his head quarters in Grand Ral>ids. \o\'ill cover l\lichigall, Vlisconsin. ThIil1l1e~ota and Ontario. Lumber Prices Steadily Advance. The year 1906 has opened lip with sufficient advance o,·ders to keep the factories bus)" ulltil spring. The price of h;lrdwood lumber used in the manufactu~'e of furniture has heen advancing steadily and will continue to adv<llJce until, it is predicted hy a well knov,;n authority on lumber. the pric(:" on j)(ll)lar arH1 white and red oak will be from $3 to $5 per 1,000 feet more than present quotations be-forc the opening of spring. The cause assigned is the grow-ing scarcity of this class of timber, owing to the large amount of h;lrd wood now being used in the construction of the in-terior .vork of large buildings ill this country. Southern Lumber Industry. Reports f'"olll tile lumber industry in the southern s,tates are to the effect that the export hranch of the business has within a few wceks de\'eloped a good measure of improve-ment. Althong-h log' snlYplics h"v(' 110t hen equal to previous winters, S01lle j1lle timbers are -coming ill from the vVo!f and .:\-lisslssippi rivers. Plain oak remains the leading item. huth r('(1 :Illd white being "very firm <is to price. Quarter-sal; ved stock in y, ..hite oak is somewhat mOTe firm than it was a month ago. Cottonwood is apparently very scarce and holds its UWll in poces. Cypress, ash, gum and hickory are good sellers, the latter being scarce. Ten Years With One Firm. \\/. S. Fioulater recently completed ten years of service in the employ of the Adams & Elting cumpany of Chicago. The house \vas not of much consequence ten years ago. Like 111an:y uthcr enterprises it needed push and persistence to Will SHecess. :\f 1". Filldlatel· has aided the manufacturers, Adams & Elting- very materially in their energetic campaigns for busi-ness and the the !louse now ranks with the teaders in their line of production. Thc\Vooclard Furniture company of Owosso have issued their 1906 catalogue of forty eight pages and a very artistic cover ill white, green and gold. It consists of a short history of the company and cuts of dressers, chiffoniers, toilet tables beds wash stands and somnoes. The goods come in figur~d ma-hogany, curly birch, Quartered oak and bird's eye maple and can be had in sillgle peiccs 0;· in suites. 3500 catalogues ha"ve been issued. 42 JUTE INDUSTRY OUTLOOK; INTERESTING FEAT-URES. Spread of Jute Manufacturing After Its Long Centralization in Scotland-American Imports Growing. From an informative article on tbe jute industry by \\·';dte- J. Ballard of Schenectady, KY., we take the follO\ving: Just why the jute industry of Great Britain should have centered in Dundee, Scotland. is not apparent, hut such is the fact. It began there in a small \-vay in 1840, and now 40,- 000 hands are employed in the jute mills in ,,!Dr! ;lround Dun-dee. In 1904 Great Britain imported $21,000,000 'worth of ra"y jute, an increase of $l,OOO,aoo over 1903, besides $11,000,000 worth of jute manufactures. In return she exported .$20,000,- 000 worth of jute manufactures. 1-:108t of Great Britain's im-port of raw jute went to Dundee, just as most of her imported raw cotton goes to Manchester. This seems strang"c, as Dundee does not hear the same relation to fa:' t.,,;tern com-merce as, for instance, Liverpool bears to American COll1- merce. The explanation is that 300 years ago Dundee had twice the population of Glasgow and W:l:-ithe seat of the linen trade. As that trade grew and expu:·ts became a great busi-ness, Dundee began using hemp and came ont vietor. From that day Dundee worked up to the lead in jute manufacturing Tn spinning jute fiber alone that city employs <! c<lpital of $25,000,000, chiefly held by private finns-not stock COL1l-panies. But in the last 2S years jute m.anufactllring ha~. grmvl1 illl mensely in other countries. India. a great jute-tiber raiser, now uses one-half her annual crop, while Germany and con-tinental Europe generally use more than doe::; all Great Britain. Dundee uses one-fifth the normal crop of T ndi,(. Jute yarn is used in making sheetings, sackings, baggings, ducks and carpeting, Hessians and OSllabufgs, as ;t\so in com-bination with flax, tow, woolen and cotton ~yar1ls.in thc mall~ ufacture of various fabrics. The jute manufactlll·U of DUll-dee suffers most by the competition of his Calcutta rival, whose raw.material market is at his own dOOL Tn fact, In-dian jute cloth has superseded Dundec doth in the far east. The opening up of Manchuria and the development o( Korea will create a demand for jute fabrics greater than Japan can supply. In that way both Dundee and Calcutta will mater-ially benefit. In the meantime there is a material growth in American imports, practically all from British Tndia, of jute and jute butts, as shown in the follmving figures furnished by the bu-reau of statistics for the three fiscal years named: Year 1903 1904 1905 Tons. ,79.78.1 .90,733 . ,,98,215 Value. $3,358,825 4,104,870 4,500,023 Chattanooga Factories Very Busy. Manufacturers of Chattanooga report ;{ very heavy Janu-ary business. A large carload business has been done and orders have been filled very promptly. The rcpo t continues as follows: Every indication points to an unusually good winte" 8.nd spring trade. The season was late in opening IIp, in CCll~;,:- quence of the late cotton crop as ,veIl as hesitation to buy on account of the ydlow fever epidemic. Labor in the South-has never been so well employed and hette~- wages were never paid before. Crops have rarely ever hn.Hlg-ht better prices and both farmer and laborer are reali7inl!, lTl.cre thftn ever for their labors. These two factors lw ~'e more W do with active business in the south than all others There ;" little shortag-e of cars, but the rail,'oar1;:;il'·(' di)ill~ all itl their power to meet the conditions_ '\!" a furniture market Chattanooga is rapidly d~v"iopillg :11,d growing in the estimation of the furniture traflf'". More indi"idual buyers have come to Chattanooga thiS seasor. than e,'er before. Nearly all of the factories in anticipation of an early sv'ing business, have prepared riew designs for their 1906 line of goods. Nearly all the salesmen engaged during the past year have remained with the association fo; the year. The output of Chattanooga factories is four times as great ,1S tour years ago. It is now estimated at $1,000,000. The retail furnitme dealers arc satisfied with the trade that they haye had during the year so far and they predict even greater bU:-iinessfor the coming months. Trade Notes. The \Vhitcomb-l:\oble company have planned to build a L:tc(:ory to cost $15,000 ill Minneapolis, Minn., to be used for [mnitme manufacturing. The building will be of brick, five stories high. The \\.rabash (Ind.) Furniture and Fixture company has 11ecn organized by O. S. Day, Harry Little and James D. .\dams. They will occupy the old Jones & Whitcraft build~ ing ;lnd mallLlfactul·e mission and kitchen furniture. Tile United Chair company will manufacture furniture in ::\ew York City on a capital of $15,OaO. The Earl ::VIetalBcd company of Pana, Ill., have re-com· 11lenced opej-ations after hvo years' idleness. '.I.'1/(' Patlnca]-l (Ky.) Fumitlll-e company has been reor~ g',lllizcd, occasion cd by the death of George R. Rock. The (Jflicer:-;are: Ed \iVool[ulk. president, J. P. Jones, vice-presi-dent, ;Llld John Ruck. seu('tary and treasurer. The Barton (Vt.) 1"tl nitme company are considering a re-l11m- al to Bellm",s Falls. The II e:-11lann Spring Bed company; capitalized at $12,- 000, will conduct <t m;l11ufacturing business in Milwaukee, \-Vis. III ,\berrleeu, La., the Aberdeen Furniture Manufacturing comp;1I1y h;lS heen organized with $15,000 capitaL The Globe Parlor Furniture company has been o:'ganized in l~lig-h Point, N. C. \V, S. Aaron's furniture store in Altoona, Pa., is in pro-cess of remodelling. another floor being added, comprising between 5,000 <Jnd 6,000 feet. The firm is conducting a large sale of furniture to tnake room for the work going on. The Douglass Chair company will manufacture chairs, tables, stools and other kinds of furniture in Camden, N, J. Capital is $150,000. The Fll:-iter-Fear Parlor Table company has been organ-ized ;n St. l.ouis '''''ith $5,000 stock. Th(' Oliver Machinery company of Grand Rapids has pur- C11'l.-;('t(h1e lllatel'ials usc(l in lhe construction of the old Quim-by plallt. which is bcing torn down. and will use them in the ClljJstructio]l of another building. The Oliver company will nect ,I number of new buildings in the spring. The Perfection Bedding company of New York, recently illcuqJOI',lted, with a capital of $50,000, will manufacture heds, bedding and furniture. Tlll" Haj'eman Furnitme company, with a capital stock of $50,000, has bcen organized to do business 'in Zeeland, Mich. The upholstering and repairing business conducted by Johnson & ),lcLaug;hlin in Charlotte, N. C, has been dis-solved, ]. \L ~IcLaughlin retiring from the business. The Salll10n River Table company in Pulaski, N, Y., wilt he enlarged by the erection ot a three or four story factory builJing- in the ncar future. The Seaman Ch;lir company of New York was recently urg<lllized ,;\.:jtll a $50,000 caIJital. The S1. Johns Table company was ready for business in Cadillac. r..l.i.ch., about the Erst of February, Orders amount-ing: to $16,500 haH aJ:'cacly been secured, which augurs well for their futui·e success. The plant of the Ordway ").1anufactu;mg company is for :;ale. Tt is located in Bristol, Tenn, I I -~ New Band Saw Manufactured by The Cordesman Rechtin Company. The Cordes man Rechtin company of Cincinnati have a new No.2 or 36 inch high grade and high speed band saw suitable for heavy vII-ark, weig-hing 1,400 pounds. It is strong and substantial the column is an entire cored casting. The wheels run 700 revolutions per minute and are held on the shafts by nuts against a shouuder. They are two inch face and sa,vs from one eighth to two inches wide can be carried. The rubbe~· bands on the wheels are vulcanized and weight of the machine and p;-oportiolls of the wheels enable the operator to do quicker and heavier work. The fact that the upper wheel can be tilted while the machine is in motion is an added <;dvantage. Thc table is 30 x 36 inchcs and C811 25 St. Louis A Distributing Center. That S1. Louis is a big market for hardwood, is well known. It is also a furniture market which every year supplies a constantly grmving and expending trade. The supply of hardwoods is apt to last much longer than in other sections. The number of factories inceascs eve'·y. year and most of the product is of the medium g:ade. \'lith fifty-t'.vo factories, with an increase of 10 per cent ill their number since 1900 and an increase of from 20 to 25 per cent in their total output during the same period, St. Lonis makes a specialty of the plainest styles of furniture, It has several fa.ctories which make "suites'" and try expe~'i-mcnts in ,,,ark of high 1inish, but according to the general ~lgl-eement of all who are best informed, it has not yet made be tilted and rigidly clamped in anothcr position by an ec-centric damp. The ~clf-oilillg bearings in ",,,hich the wheel shafts revolve are of large diameter.The bearings of the wheel shafts are ad-justable in C8se they get out of line. The upper guide bar is counterba18nced and the roller is constructed of imported tool steel. The self-oiling and dust-proof roller guide journal in another good feature of the machine. The saw is tensioned by a spiral spring made for the pur-pose and yields naturally to the varations of the blade. The company furnish 10 inch blade, brazing tool and roller guide '''lith e8ch machine. a fair beginning of occupying the "room at the top" for which it,; weU-established business of the present makes the openlng. Death of John T. Strahan. John T. Strahan until recently the president and super-intendent of the Grand Rapids Desk Company died January 25, as the result of burns received while trying to extinguish a b1a7.cin his house. His clothes caught fire and he was fatally burned. Mr. Strahan's death was a shock to his many friends in the furniture tradc, with whom he was popular and widely knowIl. 26 B. WALTER & CO. M'nof"t,m'of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND ll!SCOU:-lT WABASH INDIANA If your DESIGNS art right, pr.oplt want the Goods. That makes PRICES right, DOES IT (tlarence lR. lbills 163 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND KAPIDS. MICH lberman $cbaubel, fmlturc tcslgncr Ilradltal SIltttlles alld telalls Ar.LE.'lTOWN, PA 9llammotA 'LJrop-Caruor, 9/0. oJ This machine weighs about ouoe.tOI1. Rasa traveling table. is reversed and started from a counter shaft. whkh is includ-ed with machine. Hollow steel mandrel 3% inches in diameter. We furnish burn-eT for inside oroutside heat_ H~fO~~.i~~~JY:~hi~e~Sf~~ 9 in. high 3 ft, 10 in. long-, 3 it. wide. ,Ve guarantee this machine. P ri CE'. $.225; without trav-eHol{ table, $200. Mammoth N o. 4, 5 a m e as machine No.3. driven with longitude shaft only; pulleys at right ang-les; needs no counter shaft. Price $400; with-out travel-in g table. 1170. Send or full de-scription and list 0 f other drop carvers we build. Blue Print Designs Free 10 the Trade. lNO. P. DENNING 208 S. FIRST ST. TERRE HAUTE, IND. GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS C. B. CLARK, Propridor. Manufacturers of Cut and Pointed Dowe.l Pins and Dowel Rods , --r':::c .-~.' ~ .~~"'- 72 South Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. South Bend, Ind. ---_-.-_----- Wood Turnings, T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins_ 'lLouis 'lbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN IMPROVED, EA.SY an.d ELEVATORS QUICK RAIST"NG Belt, Ele<:tric and Hand Power_ Tlte Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBAlL BROS. CO., 1067 N;,th St.. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co .• 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; W.'! 11th St., Omaha, Neh.; 129Cedar St., New York City. Michigan Central .. __ _--- THE N'AGARA FALLS ROUTE. LEAVE Aug. 13.1905 ARRIVE 7:00 am ..... Toledo & DetrQit ..• _.. * 6:ZOam *11:10 am Toledo, Detroit & New York * 1:00pm 4:OUpm jacksolJ &: Intermediate P'ts 9:30 am 5:20 pm Toledo, Detroit & East 5;15 pm 11:30 pm Toledo, Detroit &: Ea51 l0:45 pm *Daily. All other trains daily except Sunday. New York sleeper. nlIe cafe coach and thrQugh Toledo coach 011 1I:1O a. m. train. Toledo coach on 7:00 a. m. tram. Detroit and Toledo parlor car Ol} ~:IS p. Ill. train. . . O. W. RUGGLES. G P. & T. A. E. \V. COVERT. C. P. A. BOYNTON &. CO. Mfrs. of EmboSied and Tumed Mouldings, Porch Work, Wood GriUs, and Auto. matic Turnings We also manufac-ture a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS for couch work. Send for illustrations. C"ICAGO. ILL. SEND FOR @f-=-wg CATAL,OGUE Catalogue to Mauufac-urers on Application. Re oved to 419-421 W fifteenth St THE CREDIT SUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS Grand Rapids Office, 412.413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & .OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-- RELIABLY DID YOU EVER FIGURE THE COST OF" THAT LAST BLOCKADE IN YOUR CABINET ROOM? NO SIR! STOCK DOES NOT ACCUMULATE IN OUR CABINET ROOM. WE USE A BUSS DOUBLE CUT OFF SAW AND ALL OF OUR DIMENSION STOCK IS ABSOLUTELY SQUARE AT BOTH ENDS. BUSS MACHINE WORKS, HOLL.A"'O _MICH. We carry a line of Rebuilt Wood- Working Machinery for Pattern Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash and Door Manufacturers. Car-penters. Planing Mills. Etc. .ll .ll IvVhen in the market let us seud you our list of machines and we are sure that we can interest you ill prices and quality of machines offered EDWARDS MACHINE CO. 34·36 W. Washinoton St. CHICAQO,ILL. ----- ------ TO CALCULATE THE DRIV-ING POWER OF BELTS Divide the speed in feet per minute by 1,100; the quotient will be the horse po\ver per inch of the belt's width that is allowed in good practice to be transmitted by single thickn€_ss leather belting hav-ing laced joints. Although this is thc best practice, the amount is often exceeded by as much as 25 PO" cent. with satisfactory results, though the life of the belt is shortened. Double thickness belts will transmit twice and triple thickness belts t.hree times as much power as single thickness belts. Spliced belts will transmit a third more power than those that are laced, The adhesion of belts to pulleys and the conse-quent driving power vary so much under different conditions of use that some intelligent deviation i:-; occasionally necessary from any simple rule. From the horse power given by the above rule, therefore, some deduction should be made when the belt 15 vertical or inclined instead of horizontal; when the arc of contact on the pulley is much less than 180 degrees Or a "half wrap"; \vhen the speed of the belt is less than 900 feet per minute, and also when one or both of the pulleys arc small in diamctcr. Five per cent. shonld be ded ucted for every 10 degrees Jess than a "half wrap." Twenty·five per cent. should he deducted for vertical belts when used without a tightcniilg pulley. In the case of small pullcys deduct ,as follows: DfCducot} single belts on pulleys from 12" to 2" dia. rom double H " "24 " 6 H to 60% triple" H "36 "15 H for """hen circum'stances permit, the best speed for belts is about 5,000 feet per minute. The adhesion is then so good as to require less stretchiu!l of the belt. with less consequent loss of po\ver by friction. The smoother the surface of the pulleys and of the belt surface in contact with them the better the adhesion and the more driving power. It is therefnre sometimes found of beneiit in the case of low belt speeds or of pullevs of small diameter to cover the pulleys with leather or to make them of wood, polished. and to run the hair side of the belts in contact with the pulley faces. PROPER SPEED OF CIRCULAR SAWS Nine thousand feet per minute-that is, nearly two miles per minute--for the rim of a circular sa w to travel, may be laid down as a rule. For example: A saw twelve inches in diameter, three feet around the rim, 3.000 revolutions; twenty-four inches in diameter, or six feet around the rim, 1,500 revolutions; three feet in diameter, or nine feet around the rim, 1,000 revolutions; four feet in diameter, or twelve feet around the rim, 750 revolutionSi five feet in diameter, or fifteen feet around the rim, 600 revolutions. Of course it is understood that the rim of a saw will run a little faster than this reckoning. on account of the cir-cumference being more than three times as large as the diameter. TABLE OF SPEED OF CIRCULAR SAWS I I Size of I Revolutions Sizeof I Revolutions Saw ) per Minute Saw I per Minute I 8 in. <I 4,500 42 in. \ 870 10 in. I 3,600 '44 in. I 840 12 in. I 3;000 46 in. I 800 14 in. I 2.585 48 in. I 750 15 in. I 2,222 50 in. 725 18 in. I 2,000 52 in. I 700 20 in. I 1.800 54 in. I 675 22 in. I 1,635 56 in. I 650 24 in. I 1,500 58 in. I 625 26 in. I 1.384 60 in. I 600 28 in. I 1,285 62 in. 575 30 in. I 1,200 64 in. I 550 32 in. I 1,125 66 in. 545 34 in. , 1,058 68 in. 529 36 in. I 1,000 70 in. I 514 38 in. I 950 72 in. i 500 40 in. ! 900 I I IF" YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING AND "POll SH ING. VARNISHES DETROIT F"ACTORY CANADIAN FACTOftY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE F'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF' THIS CLASS OF' GOODS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS NEW YORK .OSTON II'HILADEI-PHIA BALTIMORE FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT. CHICAGO &T. LOUIS CINCiNNATI SAN FRANCiSCO .. ~ BOARD AND PLANK MEASUREMENT AT SIGHT 29 JAMrsTOWn PAnn AnD vrnuR COMPAny (Incorporated) M&nufacturers of Veneered Panels and Table Tops Largest Stock of Veneers MAHOGANY, QUART£REDOAK, WALNUT, BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE. CURLY BIRCH, PLAIN OAK PLAIN lURCH, MAPLE, CROSS BANDING The }jest Workmu.lJs11ip and Finish Office, 50.58 Steele Street, Jamestown, N. Y Two Large Factories: Jamestowll, N. Y. Ashville, N. Y. Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere. Samples on Application Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other \Voodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar· kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agenl, WASHINGTON. D. e. CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent, 622 Chemical Building, SI. Louis, Mo. M. A. HAYS, Agent, 226 Dearborn St, Chicaco, III COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Fu.rnished Batavia Clamp Co. Mention Michigan Artisan. Excels all hand screw clamps in adaptation to work, convenience of halldling and quick action. Especially adapted to Veneering Paneling and all work requiring long broad jaw. 45 Center St. BATAVIA, N. Y. Globe Vise and Truck Company OFFICE 321 S. DIVISION ST. - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE Wood Workers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity in construc-tion enables us to Ji:ive quality and durability, and meet all competi-tioll. IfritefoT Prices. No. 21, Roller Bearings. Same style Trucks No. ~4, without Roller Bearings 30 PASSING OF STEAM, Gas Replaces it as a Motive Power. Geo:'ge W\lshington, perhaps the forcmost mechanic!! authority in the United States, has said that the day of the steam engine is passing. He has hailed :1-; ih ~t1CC{' ..;sor the producer gas engine, ill the iuvention. design and m;\llulact- UH'. of which Germany is in a class by jt:-;('lf. Tt was left to the enterprising m:\llage1l1cllt 'Ii tlll' Grand Rapids Brass company to be the 11Tst ill Grand H.apirls to recognize and g;-asp the importance of this Ill'W aud eC()l1l1mi-cal power <\Ill! already the staunch (lId 5t(;';\111 engine that drove its shafting for years has hec11 taken bodily Illit or the engine room of the Court stred plaut ;111<[ ill it.s place i.s till' very highest type of two cylinder g":lS cng:illt' \\"ith II:; 1\\li hundrcd horse powcr suction g:l:; producer. Probably seven-tenths of the power \1.";('(] ill on]" milb al1d factories is produced by steam, and naturally, Lhe cost of de-veloping a horsc power, whe1"C coal comprises a brg-e :-:.In;-(' of thc fllel, is a source of ncyer ending' ..;rudy to those iIl-terested in the production and tr;lnsmission lif puwer. It is claimed by scientific mcn thaL with the n;ry bc:-:t (I[ modern steam plants llsing compound, condensing eng·ines and every improvement in accessory equipmcnt, that not on~r O1to 15 cents. of the energy in a l)O\.\nd o{ \:\)al is ac.hmHy A. F. BURCH CO. 15-17 Park St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Jobbers of ====~ Upholstery Goods and Furniture Supplies Call Long Distance Citizens Phone 1123. Bell 1223. We solicit your inquirie •. utilized in the development of power, in consequence 85 to 90 per cent of. the fuel burned is actually wasted so hr as ex-tracting the, potential energy of tlle coal is concerned. The development of the steam euginc from the old fash-ioned plain slide valve style, through all r.he classes of hori-zontal and vertical types, has heen watched with keen inr.crest ana of late years attention has heen atLracted to lhe steam turbine and its development by different builders in Europc and America, Cheap Power Demanded, The enormous growh of electrical distril)Lltio~l for light and pOwer has stimulated the de111fl11cl for cheap pm,ver to a wonderful degree. As a consequence, builders of gas engines have studied for some method of producing gas cheaply. Tn Germany, the original home of the gas ('ng·illc, and bter 011 in England and France, gTC~lt progress has been made III perfecting both engines and producers for making- ga:-;, In Germany there has becn dcn:loped. during' the P;L~l :-:.ix or eight years, what is knOv.'ll as the suction gas produce:· Previous to this all gas was made in p:-essure producer; th'll is, the gas was stored under p:·cssure in gas tanks and drawn away as required, The advantages of a suction gas producer are: Aut0111<tLic generation of the gas by the engine; highe:-:t and best utiliza-tion of fuet; no boiler and no g-;\s-bolder arc reCjuired; can be erected with-out danger in any convenient place; ea~'y Ln start and to run; no soot, no smoke, no uuor; no explosion ]losslhle; Sin'll! Hoor space required, simple in operation and the IIL'it cost i~ much less than "with the pressure producer. Local Company Installs One. The !Ir:;t brge suction gas producer in Michigan has been erected at the plant of the G":'illld Rapids Brass company. [I;n"ing out-g'rO\vn LIle present steam plant the question of in- :-:tallil1g· a CClllljllcte gas outfit was given careful consideration. SU]H":rilltendcnt Charles D. Reeve, a11(l President Daniel W. T()wer, \"i,~ltcd I\Iih-vaukee, :\fi1111eapo!is, Chicago and Phila~ (lelphia. in \vhich cities they sa"v in operatiotl nearly all of the :-:.uctiOl1 producers in use ill rhis country, for, as yet, com-par: llivel:r fcw have been installed are hundreds of them in Gel"lllany, in (Jne case 1,500 hor:-:e-power in one plant. Sfl well sati~l[etl were IVfessrs, Reeve and Tower with what they 1~'<lr!J('11and o!Jsc; vcd Lhat the directors of the brass com- ]l,tny decided to COlltraet with a 1Vlinneapolis company for the in,..;tallalioll of a p,lir ()f hori:.::ontal gas engines coupled to ,,11e cihaft, gn:\ranteerl tu develop 200 indicated horse power, <illd :l SlIc1'i()l1 lJl"lldl1CCr of ZOO h()~-se-power capac~ty for fu,'- ni ...;hing" g;l.'i. The c11gincs and produce,· arc called the "Mullze}" after thc namc of the designc", yvho was [01" twelve years man-ag'cr nf tllc gTClt Otto Ga:-: Engine "\larks in Germany. The _\I illlH'apnlis company hayc acquired all of Mr. Munzel's l-ight;; \.\mler hi.s !\merlG'Lll patents for building engines and [)I"I)([ue(,1"s ill the Cnitecl States. Ihiefiy. it i:-: nothing more lhan a base butner coal stove <'II a n::'y hrg-e scale, ;llld for 200 horse-power plant consists II! a \·c·rtical :..;teel shell six feet ill diameter by nine feet high, lined \\·il"11 lire bl'ick, and provided with rocking grates and :Ish d'H,r:..; ,lt llle lwttOI1J, \Vithin the shell, near the top, is :1 waler p:ln fflr generating a small amount of steam at at-llllb] ll1l'rc 1JrC.";";\1rc ]1cccssary in forming gas. Formation of the Gas. Th(· fue!' 'llltllraeite pea coal, is fed through a hopper in llll' t()j). .\-; tile co;d :.lowly decencls in burning it gives off a ga:-: which is sucked :I way by each stroke of the engine, From the j"luJ([uccr, the gas passes through a vertical scrubber, \\"hidl i:-:. a ..;ted cyli1Hler lilled ''lith coke through which per-colatl' a llumhc; of "mall sprays of water. This cools and pllril"jc:-: the g-:l.". rClIloving lar, dnst, etc., so that when mixed willI the right proportion of air it can be exploded by an eLedrlC sp;lrk in the cylilHler of the engine, \t no timc is tile ga" stored or under pressure until ignit-ed in tile engine_ In bct, being under suction the gas is actll:llly" helow :ltm()sphere pressure. In ('......,.... qttence there Cln he 110 d;lllgcr ,d a leak or explosion in tl1 manufacture-illg pr(JCCss. From hvo to thrce hours per day is all that is required of all engineer·s time to carl' for a two hunderd horse power pbnt, all(1 every 11S('I" viSited was enthusiastic in their praise of the new ~lOtiv(' PO\VCi- compared \vt.h steam. .-\s no llreman is required, a consi.derable saving would Ililturally ensue. The g"eatest saving in running expense, h CJ\V eyer, is ill fuel consumption. Modern steam plants re- ([uire (rom th;-<;c and one-half to six an deven seven pounds of ste,llIl co,ll to produce a hO:'se po,ver for one hour, while the lllaker;; of :-:t1dIOll gas p,'odncers an dengines give an absolut...~ gnarantec:: ul <l Ilorse power [rum one to one and one-quarter pounds of anthracite pea coal per hour. A reduCtion of [rom rwo-thirds to three-fourths in fuel bills naturally prnves \·cry 'Itt,'acti\'c to [lower consumer:-:. Engines Differ Little. The cngill~'" of the plelnt do llot differ materially from the ordillary hurizuntal type or conuuercial engines. They an: largc tll;l1l ally ill tlte city, however baving two cyiinders (A sixteen and threC-([11<llte_s inches in diameter with <t s',roke twellLy-eight inche:-;. .\l thc moment of the explosion in t!ll':-:e cylilldc::-: Lhe preSSure rises to enary five hundreu pounds tu the :-:quare inch. practically all the expense of mallufacture is incurred. It j", quite esential then, in order that. cost dcpa;·ttnellt reports may defined and regulated with this end in veiw. The cost c1cpartmel1t is hy no means a new creation, but the gTo\'v·th of much experience and study, Douhtless its development lias been aURlllented in rccent years hp the fact that competition \1[\5 tightened so materially in neady eVCTY line mallufacturc that man,q_"'cl'" ha\'(: been forced to see practic<lJ methods ill order to kecp aJluM, Vntil rcently mallufacturcrs have been doing business on thethe theory of average costs, S<I}' ... \. G. Hunter of L)itts-hurgh. Proper classification of the shop "vas considered of mino:- imjH);'tancc, To "get (jut the g(jnd,~'" ha.s beell theil- chief aim, with littk or [HI thnu!-{ht as hl the detailed expense. Tl1ey (lid not cOllside;· it \\"as not Sll expellsive to maintain the wnrk or a hoy at 70 cents a (lay ill some remote corner of the fac-,tory pasting labels on the tin calls ;15 that of a highly paid rnolder in ;1 hrass or iron fonndery, where fue! ,111djHJ\vcr arc exten sively used. The value of materials and wages harl been takcn into consideration in determining costs., the other ex-penses attending the two classes of \v(wk being lost sight of entirdy. But as s,l!e prices had to be reduced iu order to keep pace with competitors, the cost of manufacture had likewise to be cut to JOV,.'ESt possihle scale in order to lTInintain proht. lJn-necessary eX\H'llSeS had to be sought out and eliminated, and thc little leaks which had been cOllsuming so mucb of the pro-fits hart to be stoppcd. Average costs gave way to specific ~l1l(J actual, and the ,"vork of classifying- the shop output was heg-un. And it is safe to Sily that at the present tjme, in every l1p-to-date facto:·)'. ,some system is maintained which tells the rnanufactlll"er what he can safely do with every article he puts tlPOll the market. Tn a system llOW ill operatioll in one the large plant the re;\l sceTt of sllccess lies in a ",.'ell organized sltop-ol"dcr seheule. At this iactcJl'Y the instruc-tions to the v;\rioos shop departments to do \VOl"k emanate from one ccnter-the sbup"orcler depal'tmcnt. For cvery dis-tinct lot of apparatns to be ma(le this dep;ntment iSlles an order Oil the shOll. EH'ry foreman whose department will be called upon tu assit in tile completion of t.his wOf'k is given <I I:OPY of the order, which comprise;; his illstntetions tD proceed with the job. From this ;;tage until the job is completed each {oreman is held responsible for proper records of all time spent and all materials used in cOllstruction, as well <IS the class of ma-chines used in his dep;\rtment, for e;,cll individual order. And so carcfulJy are tbese records mnde in each C<I 5 ('. that by use of them tbe cost department is able to te11l \vithin a slll,all fraction the exact cost of every bit of work \"'bich t11e factory turns onto It matters not w!l(:ther the shop o;'l!er is issued to 1111 a cnstomer's order, to make ;\ppar
Date Created:: 1906-02-10T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Collection:: 26:15

15. Michigan Artisan; 1906-03-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and -~._------- --~·-/.r-~. -_·_·_·.7.).~ /1' ...,rz 26th Year---No. 20 ~... - ARCH/Z 5J906~~:;-/ / ' f/ " v For Beauty and· Service Top 24 by 24 inches, Made in Mahogany; Qyartered Oak (large Sake) Golden; Circassian Walnut and Bird', Eye Maple. Polished. Cross-band Veneered, Shipped knocked down. No. 1661 PRICE: QyarteredOak and Mahogany, $4.50 Walnut and Maple,' 5.00 WE MAKE PROMPT SHIPMENT AND CRITlCALLY INSPECT EVERY PIECE BEFORE IT LEAVES THE FACTORY. WOLVERINE MFG. CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN '') f' ....\ ~i~ ".u ........ ~~ - - -- -.----------- 1 The McDougall Idea McDougall fiitch en Cabi~nets are advertised more extensively than any other article of furniture on the market to-day. Beginning this month and continuing throughout the entire season McDougall advertisements will appear in practically all of the national magazines and will be read by at least 25,000,000 people. Are you one of the dealers who will enjoy increased business and enlarged profits by this McDougall National Advertising expenditure? If not, you should write to-day for the new handsomely illustrated McDougall Catalog showing twenty-one new and original designs at prices suited to every class of your trade. SEND POSTAL FOR CATALOG TO-DAY---NOW---BEFORE YOU FORGET IT G. P. McDougall & Son _Indianapolis. U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY· GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 541~ One of our new styles. OFFICE TYPEWRITER AND STANDING DESKS Write at once for new Spring Ctlta~ logue. Mailed to duden only. LUCE No. 721 BUFFETS possess the Individuality of design and the careful construction which is characteristic of the Grand Rapids product. CATALOGUE UPON REiZUEST. LUCE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. No . 112 GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 26th Year-No. 20 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MARCH 25, 1906. BUYERS COMPLAIN OF LATE RUG DELIVERIES Shipments Very Much Behindhand on All Goods. Retail buyers, as well as jobbers, are complaining bitterly against the late deliveries of carpets and rugs. They claim that in many instances orders \'"hich wefe placed at the be-ginning of the season have not been touched as yet by the mills, and that practically no attempt has been made to de-liver e"en samples of the goods. On rugs the situation is said to be even worse than it is on carpets. The demand for rugs have been of very large sizes, and the milts throughollt the country have been practically swamped wilh orders. Re-tailers claim that in spite of urgent letters to the mills asking for immediate delivcry on goods now long uverdue, no atten-tion has been paid to these requests, and where any answer has been vouchsafed by the mill it has consisted of a paltry excuse over the shortage of raw material. It now looks as if many of the orders placed during the early months of the season would not be delivered, and the buyer will find stocks decidedly short before the season is over. The unusually late deliveries of both rug·s and carpets is due to the unusual heavy demand which manufacturers had not counted UpOll, and also to the fact that manufacturers have very little carpet wool on hand with which to turn out the goods. Manufacturers have for the past eight or nine months confidently looked forward to lower prices for car-pets ·wools and have purchased supplies in a hand-to-mouth manner. Now they are face to face with a situation that is anything but p1eClsant. The announcemeut into the effect that supplies of Russian wools have been withdrawn from this market, and that very little, if any, Russian wools will be offered before the summer months, has further added to an already stringent market. Representatives of Russian owners in the ca·-pet wool market here state that they have been unable to make the manufacturer of carpets realize that they could not g·et wools <It the prices he was willing to pay. The Russian OWnCl" through his agents in this market has endeavored to secure prices ,"v"hich would leave a small p:'ofit on the \',1001 after it ,"v"aslanded here. From the statements made by agents, the manufacturer is not \villing to pay prices which would cover the cost of the \'1'"001 when landed in this market. Under these conditions owners have determined to withdraw £rOnl the American market until later on in the year. The ingrain situation has not improved since last reports. and rumors are still clIrrent that other mills manufacturing," ingrains will close down within a few days. Manufacturers of 3-4 goods are rushcd with orders, and all 1001115 are now employed to their utmost capacity, as in many cases the orders rceived are considerahy in excess of the entire production of the mills. Prices are very firm, and there seems every pros-pect of higher figures being named at the opening of the new season, which will take place in ?vlay.-K. Y. Commercial. $1.00 per Year. Rats Raise Havoc. An expenSe no merchant can for forsee is the destruc-tion of furniture by rats. The rich upholstered pieces seem to bc preferred by the marauders, although the contents of the dry goods department seem to be regarded as some-thing as}' and just as good. 'Traps, cats, dogs and ferrets seem unequal to the task of exterminating the pests. The use of rat biscuits, while causing the death or rodents, resul'ts in the creation of odeTs neither the employes or customers can withstand. A pack of fox terriers was turned loose in a big department store rcently and the damage done by the dogs was greater than the destruction caused by the rats. One imagined that a rat had hidden himself in the upholstery of fine gold sofa. The coverings were torn away and the stuff ing pulled out, but there were no evidences that the rat had heen caught. Other efforts of the canines to "clean out the store" failed of results. Upon another occasion a cat deposit-ed a litter of kittens upon an $80.00 davenport, which re~ suited in her dismissal. In the dry goods department in a single night, a dress suit sold for $45.00, and another for $60.00 which were to be delivered on the following day, and a large quantity of laces, including window curtains, were rendered valueless. Of the animal tribe the ferret seems to give the best service, but he is hard to manage and often disappears when needed. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANur,/ttTUHCD B"LY 8 Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. 259-63 ELSTONAVE.... Z·16 SLOAN ST. CH I CAe; o. Koenig &. Gamer furniture CO. M.ANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA. COMBINATION. IJPRIGU:r and MANTfL folding Beds Odd Dressers. Princess Dressers. Napoleon Beds in Quartered Oak. Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor. 1319 Michigan Ave. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III. Factorv No. 22 to 48 Pratt Street Catalogue nady March ISt. Sendfor it and mention the Artisan. Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Ate Best Made, Best Fimmed. Best Valum, All Made £tom TborouahIY Seuoned SloI;:k No. 465 Dining Table T"l' 'oh'.. Mode in 0....-.1 Oat and Maho&anY. fuU Pol. Uhod. Niok.! e-n :. :. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE. MICHIGAN No. 526. "This Trade Mark Guaranteesthe best." No. 525. HIGH GRADE FACTORY FURNISHINGS WE MAKE A COMPLETE LINE. I GET OUR NEW CATALOG and PRICES I WE MAKE BENCHES WITH IRON VISES WE CATALOG TWELVE STYLES OF WORK BENCHES OUR REGULAR BENCH We makeHAND SCREWS, CLAMPS, FACTORY TRUCKS, Ete. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130 S. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ATLAS fURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS 6 THIS PUSH BUTTON distinguishesthe ROY AL Morris Chairs from the other kind MORRIS CHAIRS --FROM--- $6.00 to $30.00 CATALOGUE UPON APPUCA nON. Permanent Salesroom: Fourth Floor, 1411 Michigah Avenue. CHICAGO, ILL. The Royal Chair Co:, STURGIS, MICH. Tl"ade Notes. Dr. \V. L. vVhite will open a furniture store in Pullman, Wash. Sailors Brothers have opened a new store III South Bend, Ind. ]. P. Schumm has sold out his furniture store in Bellin-ham, ldintl. Mittendorf & Kile"f'.are fe-modelling their furniture store in Champaign, Ill. The H. VV. SWC(~t Furnitut:"e company was recently organ-jzed in Sheffield, Ala. The Arthur A. Franke company succeed the Sl'ater-Price- Leidig company in Milwaukee. The D. W. Hunt company of New York will deal in furniture on a capital of $25,000, The Shannon Furniture company's store in Columbus, 0., was damaged $100 by fire recently. Warne's Furniture store in Parkersburg, \TV. Va" was damaged by fire and loss amounts to $2,000. The plant of the Belmont Casket and Furniture company ""'heeling, \V, Va .., will begin operations in April. The House furnishing Goods Exhibition company of New York has been organized with $20,000 capital. The Kelley Furniture and Carpet company succeed the household Furniture and Carpet company in St. Louis, Mo. 1'11e Eastern Outfitting Furniture company's store jn Los Angeles will occupy a new six story building now in course of erection. J. :)1. Todd, formerly of Oklahoma, will open a furniture store at Independence, Ore., in the building formerly occupi-ed by the Douty dry goods store. The Fetting Furniture company of Jacksonville, Fla., have sold out to the Knight Crockery company who will continue the business and occupy the Fetting store. Six Years of Test Have Established Its Supremacy. THE" ROYAL PUSHBUTTON MORRIS CHAIR L. E. Austin & Co., Laredo, Tex., are successors, to L. E. Austin. \Vm. Shrum has sold his furniture store in Iroquois, n1., to Mrs. Mary Cross. A site has been selected for a furniture factory in Selma, Ala.; $25,000 will be invested in the plant. Edwards, Allen, Waldrop & Johnson will open a furnitnrc store at Blue Ridge, Ga" with $20,000 capital. The Shepard~Cox Furniture company, Denton Tex., has changed its name to the Denton Furniture company, The Bishop Furniture company of Grand Rapids, Mich., have inereased their capital stock from $10,000 to $20,000. The Levy Furniture company, Navasota, has bought the stock of furniture of the Jackson Furniture company, Hous-ton. Tex. Fuller S~int & company, Mount Pleasant, Tex., will do a furniture business with $10,000 capital, succeeding H. W. Cheney & Co. F. D. Goddard a furniture dealer of Rockford, Ill.. will retire from business, which he has successfully conducted for seven years. James H. Carver has sold his furniture business in Scranton, Pa., and will devote his attention in future to his furniture store in Binghamton, N. Y, Miller & Bell, undertakers and furniture dealers, Mur-free. sboro, Tenn., have dissolved. R. T, Bell retiring. The business will be continued by P. R. MiHer & Co, Tull & Gibbs of Spokane, Wash., have increased their captia1 stock. from $50,000 to $100,000. The company will occupy a new five story building which they are erecting, The Grote-Rankin company of Spokane, Wash., have purchased the business of the Teale-HlIls Furniture com-pally of Seattle, ¥/ash, The former name will be maintain-ed. Capital stock will be increased from $125,000 to $350,000, \ ~, -_._~ -------~----~---~-- 7 SAVE LINE will satisfy the bulk of the trade demands of the average dealer, without necessitating delays in shipping. ChalDber Suits. Sideboard •• Chiffoniers, Dresser. and Toilets. ·Wrlte for Catalodue. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. FREIGHT· [] Why go west for .CASE GOODS when the B U RT The Ford a1 Johnso.n Co. MANUFACTURERS OF uFiber Rush" and uMalacca" Furniture No. 3579% ALSO Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers. Our Dining Room Suites include Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak, all finishes; also in Solid Mahogany. SALESROOMS: Chit4go~ New 'lork, Boston, MaJJ., Cjncinnati~ fl., Frdnifl)rt~ Ky.~~.A~/a11fa,Ga. GENERAL OFFICES' Sixteenth St., and Indiana Ave .. CHICAGO. KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES noonSTYLES CONS1RUCTION FINIS" WIl.ITK FOR CATALOGUE ftAROrS runnnunr co. EVAMSVlllE IMDIANA In writing mention Michigan Artillan GLOBE SIDEBOARDS are the BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GET OUR CA1AL.OGUE. Mention tbe Michigan Artisan when writing. GLOBE FURNTURE COMPANY EVANSVILLE, INDIANA BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TABLE. TOP 2OX.40. FRENCH PLATE 22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED. Maurs of the "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor anf,library Tables NEW CATALOGUE lUST ISSUED-GET ONE 1858 1906 Q. SMIT" C"AIR ===COMPANY=== E. MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CAlliE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LEATHER AND VENEER SEAT CHAIRS AND ROCKERS No.145 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division 5t5. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ------IEVANSV1LLE,IND.------ MAKE MONEY MR· DEALER BY SELLING THE Dossr KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOARDS SAFES and WARDROBES Besl Soods Lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. The "ELI" fOLDING BEDS APRREOfITBREWADINNEANRDS No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mantl::! and Upright ELI D• MILLER & Co• W"'rvitae nf.ovrlclulets.lRnnddtaprnicaes hansville Furniture Co" EViWsville. Ind. Manufacturers of the "Celebrated Flowered White Oak Goods." BEDROOM SUITES CHIFFONIERS ODD DRESSERS .rul WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Something Entireh New Goods ShOWll at Chi ca· go. Ill., at No. 1319 Michigan Ave" ~d floor and also at our factory sal es-room at Evans, ville, Ind. New Catalogue just issued. 10 The Refrigerator S~ason will be here very soon. If you have not yet received a set of our CATALOGUES and PRICE." for 1906 a po>tai card will bring them tn you by return mail. We make a full line 01 line-Lined, White [namel, and Opalite lined. and Porcelain lined Refrigerators of any she desirable. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refrigeratof Manufaclurers. New York Office, 35 Warren St. MUSKEGON, MICH. Muskegon, Mich. At one time the mills around Muskegon Lake manufac-tured more pine lumber than those of any other city in the Uliited States. As the timber became exhausted and the mills began to close down, the hustling business men of Mus-kegon began to induce other manufacturers to locate there, and today there is a great variety of flourishing institutions there, employing thousands of hands, who are filling up the city woth comfortable homes, and giving the city an enviable reputation. In the matter of furniture Muskegon stands third in the l'ist of Michigan cities, having (including refrig-erators) nine large and prosperous houses. \Vhen the great factory of the Brunswick-Balke-Callender company of Chi-cago is completed it will -add many hundreds of hands and many thousands of dollars to the manufacturing industries of the. city. Among the manufacturers of furniture in the United States, few have attaIned a reputation for fine goods equal to that of the Muskegon Valley Furniture company. This com-pany will take an entire half of the top floor of the new Man-ufacturers building at Grand Rapids, making it a permanent exhibit of great strength and drawing power. The remain-der of the floor (the seventh) win be divided between the Moon Desk company of Muskegon and the Union Furniture com-pany of Rockford Ill. The new building will have on its floors the lines of a great many of the leading manufacturers of the country and the July season will find it ready for the buyers. The Moon Desk company will SOOl1 issue a remarkably fine catalogue of oHice desks. Their trade is very active, ,md the prospects were never hrighte:-. This company has removed its line from the first floor of the Pythian Temple. Grand Rapids, and in July will be permanently locat-ed on the seventh floor of the new rvIannfactu-:ers' building on Tonia street. The Alaska Refrigerator company is on the very c-:est of the wave, so far as business is concerned. With hetween four and five million feet of the best kind of lumber in their yards; with \"vT'ehouses filled with thousands of refrigc:-- atars, from which car loads are shipped daily; with the im-mense factory wo:-king up to full capacity; with sales that promise to come near to the half-million dollar mark this year it is no wonder that Manager J. H. Ford feels that hls many years of faithful, intelligent and energetic service have been rewarded with deserved success. The Sargent Manufacturing company is one of the most important furniture manufacturing industries in the city. They manufacture a large tine of bachelors' cabinets, ladies' desks. extra large chiffoniers and other pieces that make up a line every dealer is interested in. Manager Cunningham is one of the busiest of men, and gives close personal attention to every department of the business. Bought a Farm in Cuba. John D. Case, secretary of the Sligh Furniture company, retu ned to Grand Rapids late in March after spending sev-eral weeks in Cuba. He was so well pleased with the island that he purchased a farm and has commenced the study of the Spanish language. Grand Rapids in Literature. George Ade, writing from England, and discussing the happy condition of the multi-millionaire, introduces Grand Rapids furniture as follows: ""Vhen he sails into the new office building the elevator captain gives him a cheery but deferential 'good morning.' In his private office he sits at a $;;00 roll top desk from Grand Rapids surrounded by push buttons, and when he gives the word someone is expected to hop. At noon he goes to his club for luncheon. The head waiter jumps over two chairs to get at him to relieve him of his hat, and then leads him to the most desirable table' and hove:·s over him even as a mother hen broods over her first born." Muskegon Valley Furniture CO. ------MUSKEGON, MICH--.~--- l" II t. • Odd Dressers ,,I ,I , fi '0 I f; , Chiffoniers I ~ Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods No. 553 Note the special arrangement of pigeon hole case: private compart-ment with flat keyed sub treasury spring lock, card index drawer with follow block attachment, letter file drawer with index, 9 pigeon hole boxes with quartered oak fronts. Typewriter shelf 26 inches high when in position for use, standard height. Center drawer with flat keyed lock $1 00 extra. Raised Panels. Quarter Sawed White Oak. 60 ir1Chc:slong; 32 inches wide; 50 irtclH's higl.; weight, 345Ib.s. Moon Desk. Co., MUSKEGON, MIC". 11 The Franking Privilege No Longer Allowed-Mails Closed To Furniture. Hereafter government otlicials will not be allowed to send furniture through the mails under their franking'privi-lege. A bill has been introduced in congress which provides that no government department or official can frank any-thing through the mail's which an individual cannot mail at the regular postal rates. Committees, organizations, or cor~ porations are also denied the franking privilege. Members of the committee believe a great -saving will re~ suit to the government in freeing the mails from supplies of a , :i'; I .. The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON, MICH, Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers Also ManufactureR and ExPOrteR of ------ ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds ot,:i~validiam. both for hottse and st:reet'L~e. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM nature which departments have been permitted to frank, but which individuals could not send by mail These provisions will materially reduce the weight of mail at weighing periods and consequently the weights upon which the remuneration of railroads is estimated will be les-sened. The undertake.rs of Knox county, Ill., have formed an association, with "V. C. Hale of Abingdon as president, E. F. "Vest of Knoxville, vice president; Frank Hurd of Macon treasurer, and H. E. Kimber of Galesburg, secretary. Made' by the Sargenl Manufacturin~ Co., Mu.;keion. Mich. The A. C. NORQUIST CO. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS ·OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain and p<!!t1rtered Oak, Mak#gony IInJ Birduye Maple. PERMANENT EXHIBITS -----AT'----- Chicago and New York Century Fumiture Co. Factory and Salesroom 153-159 Canal st, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF FINE Parlor and Library Furniture ANEWUNEoF Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Esduli.Ye and Pure in Deei,n. INCREASED FACILITIES LARGER LINE WOODARD FURNITURE COMPANY OWOSSO, MICH. Have you received our 1906 catalogue~ If not, you should send for it by first mail. It shows the besl values in medium priced bedroom fnrnitnre, in alllhe fancy woods and finishes. WOODARD FURNITURE CO. Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH In QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK This is one of our Famous Non~Dividing Pillar Tables THESE ARE THE ONLY TABLES THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTRUCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO ORDER ONE Price . . $21.50 Choate-Hollister Furniture Company JANESVILLE, WIS. RIGHT NOW is the time to stock up with CEDAR LINED BOX COUCHES for Spring and Summer sale. For real Couch comfort, durable service and all a,ound utility, ou, Wa,drobe' Couches beat the world. Dealers williind that a special advertised, will sell Box Couches. sale, judiciously Try it. Largest Line, best designs, Solid Dust Proof Bottoms, Climate T op·Lift. Made Moth-pIDof with odoIDusRed Cedar lining. We a'e advertisingour Box Couches in leading magazines. All sales through dealers. This will create a demand. Get ready. SEND FOR CATALOG 17 B. Jamestown Lounge Co., Jamestown, N. Y. Importance of Discounting Bills. OUf modern commercial houses spend a great deal of time and: energy in looking up claims and errors in dealing with customers. They will spend days and even weeks in adjust-i. ng accounts to correct an error of only a few ccnts, and COl1~ sider' it good business judgment. In almost every firm of ally magnitude at all there is maintained a depa'.tmcnt of g eater or less size, depending, of course, upon the volume of business done, which l'ooks after nothing but the claims of customers. Many of the claims which are investigated entail a cost a hundred times more than the amount in~ valved, yet they are gone into with careful scrutiny, and are not allowed to rest until a satisfactory adjustment has been made. It is not alone the amount involved which the company ca;'es about, but the business principle. If customers know that a firm is lax in looking into the details of its outside dealings, some of them, presumably those whose financial standing is not of the highest order, are surej sooner or later, to try to take advantage. I have known customers having bills to pay to a large firm to take off some peculiar discount, giving no explanation whatever for so doing. Of course, in such instances, the matter is .always re-ferred to the proper department for adjustment and usually is comparatively easy to settle. But the incident goes to ,,, ..... 11111 Pro8fIr_, IIdIlH .. lotN Us1n I POIIIIIII Whll'l WI Fill" eln Afton! thl~L.n..,, DlnaIlsf\lll GllSftm.r. lIS.t..lo.r.till ""..".."." PlGIElIID'S $I"" Is n,t .. CUr)' In Ihlll, II ftrnll •• ill Fr"ail'·"•• Le...t..fa.-IIII EIII.... IN. show how ready some people are to do a little crooked work and how important it is to keep an eye open to the little deals. A most important thing that many firms do not follow up closely enough is the discounting of bills, says A. G. duu-ter of Chicago. This is particularly true of me smaller can· cerns. The larger firms usually have their offices so ar· ranged that one department is held responsible for this one litle of work. ln the smaller companies, however, many times it is not thought worth the while to do so. This is usually left as a side issue for the bookkeeper. If he has time'to get the bill vouchered inside the dis·count limit, all. is well and good; if he fails, nothing is thought of it, amj the account is allowed to run the thirty or sixty day limit, afi the case may be. But just think what such carelessness means to the firm at the end of the year! Most bills are received nowadays subject to 2 per cent discount if paid within ten days. Suppose that the firm's purchases on hills of that nature do not amount to more than $25,000 or $30,000 for the year, yet if the bills are not dis-counted a practical loss of $500 or $600 must be sustained-enough to maintain a clerk to lo'ok after the maturity of ac-counts. If the purchases for the year run into the hundreds of thousands the 2 per cent is a. big item and means thous-ands of dollars annually to the firm which properly rook~ after it. I ROBBINS TABLE COMPANY owosso, MICHIGAN No. 402. Leaves stored in top. 1906 CATALOG MAILED ON REQUEST No. 301. Center column does not divide. ROCKFORD FRAME AND FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. SEND FOR CATALOGUE PARLOR CABINETS MUSIC CABINETS DINING CABINETs HALL SEATS HAT RACKS HALL TREES SHAVING STANDS CHEVAL MIRRORS LADIES' DRESSING TABLE LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESK GRILL CABINETS LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS 16 ·~~MI9j"1IG7!N I .7If-TI~.fLN..,.... WE HAVE GROWN TO THE LEADING POSITION AS MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBER FURNITURE BY MAKING THE BEST SELLING LINE -a line good enough for the most exacting and not too good fof' the average trade requirement. We issue no catalogue. Our salesmen show photos. SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, CABINET MAI1ERS In these days of close competition, need the best posaible equipment, and this they can have in . . . . BARNES' Hand and Foot Power Machnery Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No.4 The stroogest, most powerful, and in eveTyway the bl:St machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross.cuttillg, boring and grooving. Send.for our New Oatalogue. w. F. ®.. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 R.uby Street, R.ochford, Ill. The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) The ·'Cl " NOW DEMONSTRATED bevond all doubt tha: the sale ul ONE REX In;lcr Tutted Mattress "vil) C:l.use ill(juiry sutEcient to sel' TV'/O and so it goes OIl gnHving and enlarging ;;our husiness as OUTS has enlarged- - Ut:R BEST TRADE. \Vrite lor OUT !lev\' booklet "The King at 'l'I1!~s," alll~ k~iHn all ;tbou~ this Sp:cndi~ Mattress. V/e fllrnis!J rn('se beiw:ilti: :i7tJe 20 page booklets to CdStUIJ1c:fS and ;icenscc! agenes. Gel OUT terms, :"Jr!ces, etc. VVrite Tighe now. J)on't .,va:t. A card '.\':11 do. AIl.vthing to show .your interest. CHARLES A. FISHl':R & CO. 1302 Michigan Ave .• CHICAGO. ILL. PEORIA, ILL. ST. LO[./13, ,'VIO. LINCOLN, ILL. MlllfNEAPOLiS, AtIATN. Solr Iv[at11{[i1(1urerj undtT LiarlJt Amrri{{UI JY1illtrOJ iltJd C!JJbiofJ Company. 17 18 VIRTUE OF STICKING TO IT. A Salesman Tells How He Got Two Customers Worth Having, "Stick to it," said the salesman, "is my motto. It's a good one in any business. This is how it works out: "I represent a wholesale provision firm, dealing only in the finest grades of goods, with high class buyers. Among my best customers in and about New York are the railroads. "One of the first important sales I made was to the buyer for the dining service of one of the biggest roads funning into the city. I went straight to the big man's office, told him what 1 had and did my best to make a sal<t. "Nothing doing. My eloquence didn't impress the big man a bit. Finally he ordered me out of the office. By that time he was mad and I was mad, but he had the bulge on me, and, escorted by an attendant, I went. "But I was bound to land that fish. It was in the mid-forenoon that we had our stormy interview, but I waited at the main door of the office until I saw my man go out to dinner then I followed him. "He went to an exceedingly swell' dining place, but I walked in at his heels and took a seat at the table with him. He appeared not to recognize me when I spoke to him, but as soon as I opened up on the provision question he spotted me. "'Oh!' he exclaimed, and I trembled; then suddenly his frown melted into a smile and a twinkle in his eye told me I'd won. "'You've got me,' he owned up, and befo;-e we left the table he'd given mea big order. "Ever since be's been one of my best and pleasantest cus-tomers. I simply tired him out, wore him down. "There's another big railroad with which I do a big busi-ness that was still harder to fand. Every Saturday I called on the manager of 'the dining system, only to be told that I was wasting time. "\Vell, I kept on wasting it every Saturday regularly for two years. Finally, the manager gave me an order, just to get rid of me. The goods did the rest, ~ndthat railroad ac-counts for a big chunk of my commissions today. "Stick to it does the business-nerve, and a little tact in \lslng it." The Hawks Furniture Company's New Catalogue. The HaWKS Furniture company of Goshen, hd., have issued their 1906 catalogue, consisting of 56 pages and cover. Illustrations of bed room furniture in suites show many at-tractive styles. The company have, during the past year, added a large department to be used exclusively for veneer-ing and glueing. Sample orders of goods manufactured are solicited from the trade. The Northern Furniture Company's New Catalogue. The Northern Furniture company of Sheboygan, \Vis., have issued a new 216 page catalogue. This is the third catalogue issue.d since a year ago last January and a great improvement in the line is noted. Illustrations comprise chamber suites, chiffoniers, sidcboards, buffcts, dining room furniture and kitchen cabinets. Rags for Mattresses. While passing through a large cotton mill in one of the cities of the south recently a party noticed a large collec-tion of cotton rags and raw cotton of the l'owcst grade. When questioned the attendant explained' that the stuff was sent in to he prepared for use in the manufacture of cotton felt mattresses. He explained, however, tha~ a considerable number of manufacturers of mattresses used better material. QUARTER·SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE EXTRA WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne ; ; Indiana Mechanics F umiture Co., ---ROCKFORD. ILL.-- Makers of fine and medium Buffets. China Closcls and Serving Tables in Oak. Parlor Cabinetsin Mahogany. Mwic Cabineb. in Mahog~ any, Walnul. Oak and Birch. New Catalogue just out. Send for it. No, 102, BUFFET-QuarIerMwed WhiteOak. 5 feet. six iflches:hit!h; 5 feet. 4 inc~ wide, 2Ox>4 Fl'eIlch Bevel Mirror. • fOUR TRAINS CtllCAGO TO AND fROM Lv Gd. Rapids 7 10p,m At Chicago 1:15 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 1~:05 nn At Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Ch1c:ae:o 10:55 pttI Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm dally At Cllieago 6,:55am Pullman Sleepcr, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every daY',Cafe setvice on all day trains, Service 11la carte. .., Pere Marqucttc Parl~r cars on all day trains· Rat. redncl!!dto 50 cents. T"Rff TRAINS D E T R 0 I T· TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave: Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit10:05 pm M_l& IlCrv¢d. a. 1&~rte on trains leavi.ng Gaud Rapids at \\;15 ",m and 5:20 pm. pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; scat rate, a.cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN·' H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGBR. AG.NT, PHONE 1168 Grand Rapid_,Mich. Why Salesmen Fail. It sometimes happen,:; that even an experienced and suc-cessful salesman finds himself falling behind in results withollt any apparent cause. He asks himself why his orders are not so la.rge or so numerous as they used to be, .and fails to ac-count for it by any fault with t'he line he carries or by any market. conditions. Often he is at a loss for any feasible explanation. In nearly all such cases the reason for this condition lies in the fact that the salesman is not concentrating his mind on his work. Perhaps he has become so accustomed to succeed-ing that he has fallen into a mechanical habit of work, or perhaps he is thinking too much about the promotion he desires, or some fancied grievance against the house, or of "enry Schmit &, Co. Uopkln. a"d Harriet St.. CJnelnnatl, O. ),I.U::EIlS 0 .. UPHOLSTEREO FURNITURE LODGf AND PULPIT, PARLOR L18RARl. HOTEL AND CLUB ROOM personal trials. \\Thatever it is that is bothering him you may be sure that it is quite irrelevant to the business in hand. It is probably true that the salesman himsclf is unaware of the havoc it is playing with his work. If it were once brought to hi,~ attention that be is failing to concentrate his mind, he, would rouse out of this condition, collect his thoughts and apply himself to as good purpose as formerly. My advice to you salesmen, is to think exclusively of the lmsiness in hand when you are engaged jn the performance of it. Don't allow yourself to be distractcd by any olttsi~le considerations. If you have financial or other worries do not a11o\\' yourself to think of them while you are trying to get business. Your prospective custOl11,erwill read in your [ace that something is wrong, and even if he wcre to guess the nature of the trouble and extend his cordial sympathy, you \'\;ould still be the loser, inasmuch as his mind is diverted fro111the consideration of your selling talk and the merits of the goods of which you wish to convice him. Don't busy yourself with thoughts about what you will do when you arc promoted to that higher position which seems just within your reach-because you will never attain it, or at least you will never make yourseH wOl-thy of it, ex-cept by doing the very best you can in your present position. You cannot do your very best unless you give your undivided attention and interest to cacl]. detail. Concentrate your ef-forts to "make good" wherever you are, and by so doing you wilt prepare yourself to 'assume greater responsibilities. And such responsibilities, with the advantages that go with them, usually fall to the share of the 111enwho are best pre~ pared. The salesman whose thoughts are far afield makes a dis-astrous impression on hi,.; customer. Tlle latter fecrs jll-stinctivel¥ that he is Hot gelting the services from the sales-man to which he is entitled. If it were merely a question of the customer selecting certain goods with which he is already familiar, and expccting nothing of the salesman ex-cept to record his order, it vwuld make very little difference whether or not the salesman were wide awake, interested and capable. But in the majority of sales the purchaser ha's need of information which the salesman can give him on 19 all sorts of points about the quality of the goods, their price, and the means of displaying and advertising them. He feels that the money he expects to pay for the goods is ex-pected to cover not only the cost of manufacture' and a fair profit to the makers, but also includes the 'cost of good sales-manship. He feels that he has the right to be well sold just as he has the right to demand goods of a high class quality. 1£ a salesman is not making concentrated efforts-if he is-not doing his best-the customer is aware that something is lacking, and resents the fact. The good salesman is, of course, ambitious--has hopes and plans for succceding to some responsible and lucrative position-but it is important that he should do his best, not for the sake of somc immediate reward, but for the sake of building his own character substantially. r knew a man who once held a very high position capably, and was well known for what he had been able to accomplish in it. Several years of illness and various other misfortunes reduced him in later years to the level of the common work-er. He obtained empl"oyment on trial at a small salary as a canvasser for a new concern. He felt, however, that the work was beneath him. He did not concentrate his mind upon it, but dragged on regretting his lost affluence and spending a great deal of his timc in scheming to get his con-cern to promote him to a managership. One day he brought up this subject with the head of the departm,mt for about the sixth time, urging it more persist-ently than before: ;;\Vhy should the president of this business aupoint young and inexperienced fellows to high positions-the man hwsent to Alihvaukee as a manager of the force there doesn't know anyt.hing about the business. He is hardly out of school. I ought to have had that position. \~rith my experience of the world and business 'ways I could get forty times the re-sults that that chap can. vVhy shouldmy services be wasted hy keeping me in this small, insignificant place where I haven't allY chance to show what I am capable of doing? \Iv' on't you use your influence to g·ct me a bettcr job?" The head of the department was sympathetic, but sensible. "The president cannot make you a department manager on the strength of what yOU used to be," he said, "but he will be very glad to promote you as rapidly as yonr work will justify it. If you have such a wide expcrience and consider yourself so able a man, go to work and prove it. Prove it by showing yourself as responsible and loyal·in a small place as you were when you were at the head of, affairs. Such a proof is thc highest claim you can have tp a high office-but mere egotism isn't any sort of a claim a( al1." The sale.sman saw the point and reformed his methods of \'\;ork. He lived at a cbeap hotel', wore his threadbare but wel1~kept c1otheswithout any f~lrther complaint, and concen- THE HAWKEY~ KITCHEN CABINET Original features. De!,ien. finish and cabinet work the best on earth. Prices range from$3.00 to $52.50•. Exclusive sale given. Sold to dealers only. Price is a good saleslllan. Quality is a heHer one. We have them both, tataloKue nil application. Union Furniture Co •• BURLINGTON, low ... trBtcd all his efforts on getting results. He went at it in de,Hl earnest, and no prospect was too insignificant or too difficult to be made the 'ul)ject of his most thorough and most intelligent canvass. At the end of a few weeks he had gotten more results than in an the-'two months previous. Very soon he was making money, and ~Tas so weU satisfied with his re- 111lHleration and so deeply interested in his work that whcn the president voluntarily offered him a place as manager in the Rochcster office hc smij'jngly declined it. He is a man who can testify that it is worth while to con <::cntrateone's mind on one's work, and try to work as well in a small way and unimportant position as if he were holding a high office or place of tms;t, A. H. REVELL. 20 Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Fantlind European ......Plan WE manufacture the larg· est line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, Buitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all Public Resorts. • • . • We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds. Spring Beds. Cots and Cribs in a lar~e varie:ty. . . . Sif.nd foJ' Catalogl1e and Prices 10 Kauffman Mfg. CO. AS"LAI'ID, 0"10 Rates $1.00 and Up The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is the fiNEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. BEDS Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS, MO. MAKERS OF WITH STANDARD Tbe New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATKNTltD OCT_ 20, 1903. Comfortable Durable Simple Neat The Acme Qi Perfection in the line 01 Folding Chairs. PRRFHCT COMPACTNESS when folded. Hard maple natural 6nish. WRITE FOR PlUCKS. METAL REVERSIBLE RAILS No. 51 15'h, PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester, Indiana ~ri:"~$~3.75 net Pillars, 1 1-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, S6 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and .. feet 6 inches. Weight, 67 Ibs. Standard Reversible Ran SOLID " .. RIGID REVERSIBLE Patented } uly 1:5, 1902, No. 7(14'702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of rails answer instead of having· two stocks! one of regular, the other inverted. BEDS THAT DO NOT WIGGLE are our specialty THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP 8$ well as Office, Dining and Directors' Tables Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich WriteforC.~e. Get8lllDplesoi BANQUET TABLE TOP Refrigerators Yukon EGonomiG AND Ghilkoot ZINC LINED AND WHITE ENAMELED There are excell~llt reasons why yOIl should buy the above. The catalog tells yon what they are. Send for one. The Michigan Barrel' Co. 670 CANAL ST. GRAND RAPIDS, '\\ICH. GoodsBearing This Trade Mark are Profit Getters for You. SUITES, SIDEBOARDS, BUffETS, BOOKCASES, "All RACKS. Blue Prints for the asking. 5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators Opalite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filld and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable lee Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Send tor new CATALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. .d. 22 Lines For New Carpet Season. \Vith carpet manufacturers plans are now well under way for the new season which will open about May 5. The de-signing departments are busy with new ideas, while the man-agers of the sales departments and the manufacturers arc studying over the difficulties surrounding the price problem. "'lith the cost of wool and the cost of turning out the goods before him, the selling agent is now figuring out· what prices can be named on the new lines, whether advances will be im-perative, or whether old prices can still be adhered to. The stock of wool which manufacturers had on hand, and had been drawing 011 during the current season is now re-ported to be practically exhausted, and the question of paying full prices for fresh supplies is now one which cannot be lightly put aside. In fact, many of the factories have been forced into the market for supplies of either carpet yams or carpet wools, in order to turn out goods which they now have on their books. In behalf of the manufacturer, it can be said that he is in a better frame of mind to pay full prices for raw material than was the case at the orening of the cur-rent season. He has behind him an excellent business and still has many orders on his books which have been obtained at full pricc,s. At the opening of the present season manu-facturers were not in this position, and were forced to look back on a pOnT season. Naturally, under these conditions, he was not indined to pay the prices which wool merchants demanded for the raw material, and the fight to secure wool below the open' market prices has been a keen and bitter one throughout the season which is just closing. Now, however, he faces the question of purchasing sufficient supplies of raw material for the coming season with the knowledge that his mills have been running full all season; and still have many orders on hand which will keep them busy for several months to come. Prominent selling agents in this market state that the season ·which is just closing has b-cen one of the best in the history-of the trade ... With the exception of ingrains, almost every floor covering turned out by the mills in this country has sold well. In addition to this, the outlook for the new~ season is said to be a very bright one, and the only question' which is worrying the manufacturer at the present time seems to be whether sufficient supplies of the raw material will be available to meet the requirements of the mills during the balance of the year, During the week just passed few orders have been booked, and the retail business throughout the country for the spring and summer months is reported to have,opened up in a very satisfactory nature, and indicates that merchants will require a l'arge < q:uantity of goods to meet the requirements of the consumer. Rugs of all qualities, both domestic and import-ed, are selling frcely, and as one agent remarked, "there seems to be no end to the demand for this class of goods."U sually when the demand 1S heavy for rugs the carpet end of the mar-ket suffers. Such, however, has not been the case this season and in spite of the heavy demand for rugs, carpets have sold unusually well. The demand for ;14 goods has been most gratifying to the manufacturers, as it was expected that quite a falling off would be shown this spring, owing to the excep-tionally hea.vy demand for rugs. In spite of this, the sales for the past season sh~w a dedded increase in the amount of % goods oyer those of the previous seasons, and sellers state that 1£ the demand keeps up at its present rate, the total sales for the current season will show an increase of itom 30 to 35 per cent over those of last season, Not only has the demand ·in this city been an excellent one, but reports from all sections of the country show that merchants have increased their orders over those of the pre-vious seasons, and are still anxious to secure further supplies. The only comp]'aints coming forward relate to the deliveries. 'These are very much behind hand, and there seems little chance of an improvement in ;H1y direction. As already stated, many of the mills have refused to accept any further orders for rugs for the present season, and retailers who failed to get deliveries on the goods which they had ordered, are now anxiously searching through the market for what-ever supplies they can lay their hands on. Stocks in jobbing hands, however, are very short, and the retailer is finding much difficulty in obtainging anything with which to fill in depleted lines.-N. Y. Commercial. I F' YOU H A V ENE V E R T R I ErD 0 U R RUBBING AND :POlISHING VARNISHES DETROIT fACTORY CANADIAN FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE FULL POSSIBLITIES OF THIS CLASS OF COOPS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS NllW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALl1MORE FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE. DETROIT CANADIAN FACTOI'IY v.lALKE"VILLE. aNT CHICAGO .T. LOUIS CINCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO COTTAGE FURNITURE. Willow Piece.~in Pink, Blue, Green or Gray the Latest Fad- Indian Rugs Fascinating and Cheap. \\lil1ow furniture enameled in stunning colors ,,,,ill be used extensively in summer cottages this spring. The pieces~ chairs and rockers as welt as benches and scttecs~are made on the same lines as those that have been in vogue for sever-al years, but enameling in bright shades gives them such an entirely rljfferent appearance that they look as if they ,,,"ere some new pattern. Those done in a soft light gray are delicate enough in that tillt to be used in a reception room. Upholstered in a striped jute that corresponds to the enamel. they arc decided-ly effective and almost too delicate and handsome for the rough oHtdoor use th<tt is given most willow pieces. 1'11c upholstery is of the simplest kind-nothing but two cushions, one at the back, the other [or the seat plainly tufted. If de-sirable, a two tone red jute used fo1' cushions with the gray pieces make a handsome combination, ~speci.aHy if a rcd summer rug is laid on the floor. Green enamelled pieces appropriate for library, living room, or for a porch, and upholstered in a small figured jute, are very neat, decidedly restful for us'?: in a room ,vhere a family spends most of the day. Sets i;1' deep maroon, with cushions in a material that matches. are stunning for a lihrary, for, despite the warmth of the coloring, the \villow prevents the pieces from looking either, heavy or hot. Vi\'id orange enamelled chairs, settes, etc., are unusual and wilt be most effec,tive for use au large, shady p-orches such, as are often seen .in summer cottages, or they will be appropriate in a flat where the ,valls are done in -gold, for they will give the apartment a bright, £:heerful <wd light apPC<lrance that is most desirable for spring and summer. III harmony \-"ith these attractive colored lyjllow sets are the new style rugs, made in all the lig'bt shades. They arc the outgrowth of rag rugs that have long been popular for spring use. A decided improvement on the old fashioned rugs made from all sorts of rags, are woven of pic{:es 5pe~ial1y prepared for use. They are remarkably cheap, too, for a small Kobe rug l1Jade in Japan can be bought for $2.25, and it is three by six feet, pl,enty long enough for USe 1ll a bedroom or to lay in front of a couch on a porch or in a living room. These Kobe rugs <ire made in strong· colors, dark reds. greens, hltles, witl) curious, pointed geometric J-ignres through the body, and have a series of about [lve borders g-radllated from a wi(lc Ollt' at the outer edge to the last one that is about balf its size. Tllese can be used but on one sick, for the desig-n and colors are stamped on. A more expensive rug and one that is reversible is called Shaki, becauce it is patterned after an Indian weave which it closely resembles. These are in subdued and light colors and are of hn) shades, white with green, or tan, light blue or pink, and have a border about eight inches wide acOss both ends of a variety of ditIerent tones, including reds, blues pinks. greens, yellows, all light. They are finished with white fringe at the t,,,,o cnds. A tl~ifle more expensive than the others, a rug three by six for $3.25; larger sizes cost more of course. In the large rugs to be llsed in the cenLre of a room on a hardwood Hoor or on a porch where a room is fitted out on it, the !;lrgc Shakis rtrc most serviceable and CiTe p<lrtieularly effective, for they con~e in such prQtty browns, g"·eens, tans, with jusL a suggestion of color in the body made by the in~ traduction of convenionalized Indian arrows, a combina-tion of delicate reds, pinks, greens, oranges, etc. /\cross either end they are finished 'with a border in tones to match the colors in the arrows and in a white fringe. These rugs are reversible and the colors are all fast, and for that reason -----_._.- 23 they will be found particularly satisfactory for use on a porch or where they are constantly exposed to the rain and sun. In sleeping apartments the mission ~ugs will be effective, for they :otre in solid colors and in tones of green, blue ,and tan that are very restful and soothing. ,The greens, are parti-t:' ularly effective. They have an indefinite border ~nd short white fringe at either end. They can be bought" fur $3.75, that is, tJJe small ones, those three by six-Ex. Valuable Chairs. The ~·alHe of chairs is strictly relative. Enormous prjees have been paid for chairs in recent years, notably $100,000 for a set of half a dozen Louis XIV chairs, upholstered in Gobc1in tapestry, which ,,,,ere originally, made for Marie Antoinette. Even this price, by,:the way, was exceeded by the sums paid for three of the Hf~inilto;l ,l'<l.lace tables, one of which brought $3,UOO. A most valuable and historica1Jy int{~'r'e5ting suite of furniture is that which, more than a century ago was p~e- ~ented by \Vanen Hastings to Tippoo Sahib, and which was purchased aL the Londesborough salt for $5,000. The suite consists of a card table, a sofa, two small cabinets and .l'bur ann chairs, all of solid i\'ory, most exquisitely carved. But probably Lhe most costly chair in the world is one of the Ulany treasures of the shah of Persia. It is of solid gold-tbicld'y incrusted with djamonds, rubies, pearls and sapphires, and its valnc is estimated at haJf ~ million pounds. In the house of commons at' \Vestminister are two arm chairs which onee belonged to Gladstone, and one of _which was his favorite seat when at DOH'ning street. A short time ago a romantic story V'las told in the French papet'S of two dilapi(lated arm chairs which were sold among the effects of a Mme. Boring, a widow, who died at Dellys, an Algerian scaport town. The widow was reputed to be rich, but a thorough search of her rooms failed to disclose ;~lIy of her hoardings, and it was assumed by her relatives thlt fihe had died p:·actically penniless. Xot long after the sale oJ her fwniture, however, it was obse~'Vl~dthat the pu--chafier of the chairs. a Spanish :steve-don~ named Perez) ceased to work, begal; to waf1.:: about in line clothes, to purchase land and houses and generally gave eyjd{~nce of having come into a fortune. Suspicion bein-g arou:;ed, Perez was arrested, and no\\' stands accused of having appropriated to his own use the old lady's fortune, of at jc.ast$20,OOO, which had been concealed in the dilapi-dated arm chairs.-New York Herald. A Dinn,er and the Theatel· Instead of I'paint." "The old habit of taking a customer out to paint the town after he's given yOll a big order is on the wane," said a salesman. "1 find that nowadays it dosen't pay to do that. For one thing, a man who has dined and wined ,,,,ell' ,,,,ith yon is bound to be in pretty bad shape the next day, unless he can stand a good load of booze. 1f he's on the blink next day you may be sure he's likely to blame you fo;' it. Ten chances to one he gets a good le"cturc from his ".·.i.fe, 3ndthat added to his general down and out condition, isn't g-oing to do you any good in a business way. The man may conclude you're too swift for him and that the best thing is to cut you out altogether. "For some time now I've been operating on a better line than the old style. Instead of treating a customer to a glorious stag racket I take him and his wife and daughters, if he has any at home, to dinner and thcn to the theater afterward. The women are tickled to death. Besides, we have a nice time and are clearheaded and ready for business the next day. Then at Christmas or Ea.ster I .send a ljttle present to my customers and I take good care. to pick out something useful at home, so that the VI'omen will appreciate jt too. It's a good play to get solid w1t11 the women in this way." 24 "CYCO" BEARING "I Prize my Bissell Sweeper" ~·TYPI FJES the highest standard of excellence in Carpet Sweeper mel;hilfiism, and this claim is abundantly justified by its superior saleability, It is very easy (0 make claims, but (0 h,ave tbem supported by facts, is quite another thing. One thing is ~ertain. you CJO't det:C'ivethe public by ltckless, unsupported claims, and we therefore realize that unless the Bi~sellwere all we represented it to be, we would soon hear from this in the way of dimis.hed bmin~Sli\. The facts are,' the Bissell has achieved more than we have ever daiined tor it in an adverlise~ rnent, and its exte[)sive and constantly growing sale throughout the world, wherever carpe~ or rugs are used, is a vltible and positive proof of its recognized superiority. The Bissell has maintained the leadership for thirty years, and is the one only tarpet ~weeper that has ever been advertised extensively to the consumer. or that has ever been sold under a sound, $incere price maintenance system. Write js,. (JlJrIptcia/ Easter '!!fir. "Beyond any labor saving device In my home. II BISSELL CARPE'T SWEEPER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World. ) One of Many Patterns in Quartered Oak, Polished Buffet No.2 Price, $14.00 Ask for OUf Catalogue· CHARLES BENNETT FURNITURE COMPANY CHARLOTIE. MICH. ODD DRESSERS and BUFFETS. HORN :BROS.MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO. ILL. MANUFACTURERS OF Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers. Chiffoniers Lll.DIES' DRESSINGTI\8LES to match Made- ill r.oMen Oak, GetluiJle Mab0K3!lY Veneered, Birdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Pohsbed or Dull Finish. We also make it line of PRINCI:SS DRESSERS from $13.00 UP. In QUQcier-Sawed Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple. Veneered If you have not received aur Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL & KNAPP; 18'1 Michigan Avenue, Cliicago. G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO , " .. 12.35 Noon Sldf.t Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun .. " ., .... 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO " ., ...• 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily , " 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO " .' 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping CItoI' ~======-=== Phone Union Slation for Reservations To Grand Rapids ---------,-------- Lv. CHICAGO · .8:45 A. M. At. GRAND RAPIDS 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ~~lSt~8~~1~ Ex. Sun 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS.. . . . . . • . . . . . • . .. • 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Ca.r Lv. CHICAGO, ~ihC8t~~1~tl~~ Ex. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor aDd Dia.lnS Car L C 1\1. C. ',1Im,. D '} 11 55 N' ht V. HICAGO, 12th St. StatIon at y . .' 19 Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .........•....•.... 6.45 A. M. Electric Lhlhted Sleepfng Ca.r Phone Mlchfda.n Central City Tlc;:ket Office for ReservatioDs, t19 Adam.s Street RICliMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of ~uble Cane Ilii.. ..,iili" CHAIRS and ROCKERS Write for Catalogue. Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN ,.....--------------------------~---- 26 THE UP-TO-DATE UNDERTAKER behind the glass doors oi a tall vertical showcase along one :-:ideof his showroom. You might still find such a display as this, but not often. "As a rule, now, the burial receptacles that the under taker keeps in his show room are mostly, if not altogether, caskets. They migbt be contained in cabinets, or they might be secured in vcrt,ieal positions, to the backs of panels run- 'li'hg continuously along the side of the rooin, and forming, to the eye, a cotitinuotls high paneling. Each of .th~,s~ panel's, with a casket attached to it, .is so pivoted ,and lXttal1'tW(f>that vithout effort it can be pulled forward and down ihto allod zontal position for the display of the casket at a convenient height from the -Aoor. "\Vhen a member of the family or the friend commission-ed for this service comes to select a casket, the undertaker 'can show caskets in various styles, and if he has not, even ill his varied stock, a casket precisely such as may be required he may sell one from the il1ustrated catalogue of the manu-facturer, or be m;lY take the purchaser to the warerooms of the manufacturer to select from the all but endless variety of caskets there to be found. "All this is very different from the old time ways." "To come back for a moment to the undertaker's window displays of vlrhich we were speaking. \Tlfe may now see occasionally in them a newer aud later feature in displays of burial robes, and the robes thus shown may be both costly and beautiful. Such robes and garments have Jargely sup-planted the old time shroud. "\Ve have as yet no automobile hearses, but they are sure to come. Sooner or later we shall find automobile carriages n funer~tl processions, and the automobile hearses will comt in due time."-N. Y. Sun. Great Changes Latter Days Hav,e Brought In an Ancient Industry. "There was a time," said the undertaker, "when every-thing about the undertaking business was pretty solemn and sombre. In those days we had no Stich things as burial caskets, but everybody was buried in a coffin, and there wasn't much variety in coffins. "We did make them of mahogany and of oak, to be su,e, as well as of pine, but a coffin was a coffin, whatever you made it of, and it was a universal symbol of death. "It had the accumulated terror of ages about it. "Now it's different. Fully three-quarters of the peopk that die no\v in cities are hUl-ied not in coffins, but in burial caskets, which are as different from the ancient coffin as it is possihle for them to be. Seriously, I regard the inventor of the modern burial casket as a benefactor to his race. He has at teast rohhed the grave of i:iOl"'I1oef its terrors. "In the old days the cabinet maker very likely combined un-de: ·takillg with his cabinet busim:ss, and made coffins in h15 back shop. Kow in cities few undertakers make their own coffins, and all the caskets are made in great factories, eq1.lip-ped with modern machinery. "There arc carved caskets of line wood, caskets of aIUll1.- iHum, caskets plush covered, OJ- covercd with embossed vel-vet. "In old times coffins were somet'imes made to order for individual requirements, but commonly a stock of coffins was kept on hand, and these the undertaker might keep stored 011 shelves or displayed standing on end in a row THE UNION DAVENPORT BED .1 OUR LATEST AND BEST PRODUCTION Its operation is simplicity itself. Is strong and serviceable. Makes an excellent appearance ·with its handsome cushions. Has high grade spiral springs throughout, and spring edge all around. A PERFECT PARLOR BED Without being moved from the wall opens into a perfect bed. Send for descriptive matter and prices. We want you to handle this excellent article. UNION WIRE MATTRESS 00. 187·188 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO M.etal Beds, Woven Wire Mattresses, All Steel Sprinl!.s and M.etallic Ccnche..". COMFORT IN THE .GUEST ROOM. Little Things That Make the Best Kind of W~kome, How seldom nowadays do we nnd people who still c1il1g tf) the old fashioned idea that nothing is too good for the guest. \\ihac jg no.v that best room reserved for tbe sole use of company, generally better situated and better furnished than any room occupied by the t)1C family; Because of the cramped conditions under which most apartment house dwellers are forced to live the guest room ·with them is a joy they are compelled to forego, but there aTe few houses in which a spare carner cannot be found to keep in readiness for the chance visitOL It is the duty, and should be the pleflsure of every home keeper to have a room devoted to that purpose only. The tendency toward selfish living ·which is markcd in large cities has its root probably in the difficulties which beset the modern housekeeper. The problem that the servant presents, the increased cost of living, the restricted size of houses, all tend toward a nClrrowing of the housekeeper's horizon to the needs of her immediate family. The open handed hospitality of a generation ago is no longer possible in many cases. Yet if oue is to cHtertain guests at all three are some thillgs as essential to their cOlu[ort as the food they eat and the bed they sleep on, and omittillg these is as much a breaeh of hospitality as if oIle turned one's hack upon a gUCS( vdJCI1 he arrived. The properly equipped guest room need not have special c1cg;-mce, in fact that is to be avoided, but it .should 'contain enough of the common comforts of life to insure the enjoyment of its occupant during his stay in it. Of course, first and foremost comcs the necessity of a per-fectly comfortable bed. A strange bed is enough to cause sleeplessness in many people for at least a night or two, under tJJe most favorable circumstances, and it is the hostess's first duty to know that the bed her guest is to occupy is as corn-fo: ·table as care and intelligence can make it. No matter how simply furnished a guest room may be, there should be in it some sort of desk, amply supplied with writing paper, ink, pens of all sorts, stamps and blotters. The next thing is the dresser or bureau. \\Tho has not started to open a bureau drawer in a guest room only to Gnd it lock-ed, or what is worse, filled with dotlles belonging to some one of the family, or else household linen: No matter hm\' short a time a guest is to remain there should be space provided for the keeping of his c:lothes and small things during the time he stays in the house, and the failure to do this simple act of hospitality frequently causes g:-cat discomfort to a visitor. A d,'esser with two small drawe"s to hold minor articles, and one or two large drawers beneath for tlllderwear, etc., will be sufficient for the guest who is making a short stay, ".·.h. ile a closet should be ready for the reception of his other clothes. For the visitor of two \veeks 01· more a c11iffonier should be added to the bureau. In the closet there should be hangers for coats, shoe bags for shoes and a laundry bag for soiled linen. Oil the bureau there should be a well stocked pin cushion, a receptacle for combings, H. box of hail' pins, a hand glass a.nd a nail file. Some of these things seem unnecessary, as most people are supplied "vith them, or should be, but it frequently happens that in packing small things are forgotten, ';lnd it is ahvays unpleasant to h;lV{'. to ask one's hostess for them, A couch should be in every guest room, with a quilt of some sort on it to throw over one when lying down. and this will serve as an additional covering for the bed in very cold weather. The question of bed covering is always an indi-vidual one; no one can assume safely how much or how little will be \\'anted, and for that reason it is wel1 to be on the safe side and provide enough. It is the S?'me with pillows. :Many people require more than one, and many people are 27 ill tbe habit of ~ilceping on hair pillows; therefore it is a goo{] plan to bave both kinds, The dressing of the guest room bed often puzzles the housekeeper. A bed that is more or less formal is to be preferred to one that is simply made witlJ. the usual bed spread. etc., for a guest always spends more or less time in his r00111 and it is in better taste to have the bed coverings of cretonne,. or whatever material has been used for the drap-eries in the room. \Vith such bed covering a round hard bolster is used, cov-ered with the same material, and many of them are provided with spaceS for the keeping of the pillows during the day time. This is all very well provided the pillows arc not kept in it dming the time the room is unocC11ped. Always after a guest has left the pillows should have a good airing, and kCj)t in an airy place when not in use. A table with a candle stick and candle 011 it, a box: of matches in plain view; a "vork basket with black and white cotton and silk, some hooks and yes, needles and a thimble, a pair of scissors-all these things are great helps to the thor-ough enjoyment of a visit. The attractiveness of a guest Made by HaWk! Furniture Co" Goshen, Ind. 1'00111 is made up of triBes, some of them hardly worth men-tioning, but they are the trifles that go to make perfection not alone of comfort but vJso of the enjoyment of the guest \vhile within our gates. Some people feel the lack of these trifling things to such an extent that without them the whole visit is spoiled. The 'velc01l1c that is expressed in the thought that supplies for the guest every little comfort goes further toward making hjm feel <'It home than any expression of it in words. Pmbably those who fail in the matter of making their guests. comfortable are those who seldom visit. Noone who is accustomed 'to visiting can fail to appreciate the marked difference between the guest rOOm that is well sup-plied with the small comforts of life and the one where they arc entirely forg-oUen. Even a few flowers can breathe a welcome that no spoken word can give and a remembrance of the idiosyncrasies of one's guest makes him at once a member of the family, which is what he should be while tlt1dcr its rooftree. 28 POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST OVERLAND FREIGHT SAN FRANOSCO,. CAUFORNIA, TRANSFER COMPANY; make a specialty of distributing pool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloader in Chicago . Carloader in Grand Rapids ]. W. Welling, 633 So. Jel/erson Street Gelock Transler Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send :Eor Cataloine No. sa-ChHd's High Chair with Unger- Safety Guard. ROCKfORD UNION FURNITURE CO, ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets \Ve lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. HOW MANY CALLS FOR INVALIDS' CHAIRS DID YOU HAVE LAST YEAR? Do You Know Where 10 Get Them? We Manufacture the Largest and best line of these goo~s on the market. We furnish you catalogues free. Write us today. THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO. 629-631 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will HOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Caster Cup, • Furniture Protector Bnd a Rest W.. gURnnlee perfect satis-faction. We know we have the only perfeet ca<rtercnp ever made. This cup is in two si.zes as follows: 2~ inch and 3 inch' and Will: use the cork bottom: You know the rest Small sue, $3.150 per 100 Large size, 4.50 oer 100 Try it and be convinced. F. O. B. Grand Ra.pids. Onr Concave Bottom Card mock does not touch the sur- . face, but upon tbe rim. permit. tlng a dreu1atlotl of air under the block; thereby f!reventing moisture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of Its kind on the market. Price S3.00per 100 Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo" 2 Par'wood ..... Grand Rapids, Mich, AI$Gcan behad at LUSSKY. WHITE 81COOLIDGE, 111·113Lake Sl., Chicago ,------- "Rotary Style" for Drop Carvings, EmboasedMouldinliS. Panels, Etc. EMBOSSING and DROP CARVING MACUINES Machj~3 for all J»1rpoJle$, and al prices within the reach of aU. Every Machine lw.e our guarantee ll.llaln&t breakalle for one ,;ea[. "Lateral Style" for LaTlleCapacity Heavy Carvrnlls and DeeP EroboSlliDgs. We hlll'e the Machine you want at a $8.tiefaclory price. Write for descriptivedrcular.l. Also II1lI.ke dies for all makes of Machines, UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO" Indianapolis, Ind, Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regardlng a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other 'Woodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon appljca. tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. \/. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial AGent, WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE, AGent, M. A. HAYS. Agant. 622 Chamical Building, St. Louis. Mo. 226 Dearbom Sf., ellieag., III 29 Patents that "old THE Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Company, of Detroit, Mich., would have everyone iu the furniture trade to understand that their patents on their famous Victor Extension Tables are valid, and that they are determined to protect their rights against all infringements. The order of the United States given herewith is self explanatory. At a sII8s10n of' the C1l"Cu1t Court of' the United Stlltel! tor the Eestorn P1l3t1'1ct (If' M1chigan GOntlnued 1m" helel, pursu~L ~o adjournment, at the District Court Room, !n the city of Detroit, on Monday, the E!(Shth day of' January, 1~ the ytt1U' one thousand nlne hundred and slx. Present the Honorable Henry H. Swan. D~l!ltrict Judge. CHARLF:$ 'If. lmNZ Imd POSSELIUS B~OTHERS FURNITURE MAKUFA~TURING CO~PAKY, Compla1nants In ttqul ty • No.3ij73 v. LINDOW BROTHERS _ BF.~RS COMPANY, nef'endanl. This cause coming on ror hearin~ on this day, on plead1nf;s and proofs. it ~s ordered. adjudged and doerEted. that United ~tates Letters Patent No. 548.447, cranted October 22, _lSgS to t":h8,!"le8W. Funz. 1a.tl ~od and valld pat.ent. 8JJ.dthe axcll,aive r"ie,ht:!ll th!l::-f1in are vested in the complainants. That lhe extans~on tables made and sold by the defendant, 11k" the s.II.l!lpleoffered in eVidence, infringe claim one of said patent. It is further ordeJ'ed, adjUUC;E1dand decY'eod that the !lllid defendants. thair cOllnsellors, attD.l'"n&ys, Dollc1to-rs, llr:;el'ta, se!'V~nta snd wor!':.mon,he, and they are el'lcn and ever.y cne of t.hen pAJ"retually anjoineu fJ:"or.!t.he mm.ufact.u.re. alIa (}):"\J;se of tfl01 ea, _bodying 1n their st:rJ.lcture UlQ 1nvsnt.1on ot \.ha hereinbefore I'!entloneu patent. lt i8 further ord!l!"ad, adjudc;ed and deereod that the eonplalnellts !"e.covef' agel. nst the sll!.d defendant the coats to bo ts.xod, and that the sald eOJ'lplainants have execution th"lI'efC!re. 30 ~MI9'pIG?J-N A Valuable New Book On "Historic Styles in Furniture." The following arc extracts from a new book on "Historic Styles in Furniture", by Virginia Robie. Miss Robie's record begins with the mediaeval period, when machinery was not and the handicrafter was in his prime and put his heart into his work. Of this early day there remains a few royal chests and coffers of enduring oak and cypress, richly carved, with hinges and locks of metal work intricately chased in trefoils, and quatrefoils, with heraldic devices and sornctimcs illiaid with ivory Clnd mosaics. "As a record of mantlers and customs the illuminated missal is to the middle ages what the sculptured freize is to furniture Polish We offer a polish guaranteed to produce a BRILLIANT ati\d PERMANENT lustre on any finished wood. A dealer's trade builder. Send for sample Xi gross, $3.75. Our SUPERIOR REPAIR fiNIS" never fails to remove burlap marks and mars; and, used with crystal shellac and a set of our colors, (aniline, to match any finish) will repair deep scratches and jams, and reproduce the original finish! at once. A boon to factory or store. Rep~ir outfit,. comp):te, with colors, one quart til::325 fimsh, and IUslructlons for use. . . . . . . . . .. ,. 'P' • SEND fOR SAMPLES. Grand Rapids furniture Polish Co. anc.ie.nt Greece and Rome. It represents the earliest history of domestic life of mediaeval times," writes Miss Robie, in-troducing her chronicle to household goods, wnIch she fol-lows through picture and existing examples from the ninth century to A.merican colonial times. The missals of the British l'vluseulU picture household life when the Saxon thane ruled in England. It was a rude age all over Europe and religions and dval wars wars from Con-stantinople to Britain on the west kept the country in a state of turmoil. In times when no castle was safe. from enemies furniture was 110t valued and the only flrtic1e of importance was the. chest which serve.d to hold the famlly treasure and could be moved at a moment's notice. Thus the chest or coffer, frequently used as a bed and as table, stored with gold and silver and family wealth, was the most important article of furniture, for many centuries, and in Anglo-Saxon days, before the Kot:maps came to England, was the on1'y carefully constructed article, perhaps with the exception of rude chairs and footstools, that were carved. To follow the history of coffers and chests alone would be of absorbing interest, as from them developed the cupboard, the dresser, the credence, the cabinet and no doubt our latter-day box couch and trunk. After the conquest wooden beds replaced those of straw, and settles and arm chairs and folding seats found their way into English homes. Decorative infiuencef horn Constant-inople permeated Enrope, and the era of cathedral building and the rise of the guilds had a stimulating influence on furniture craft. The story followed by Miss Robie is faseinat-ing-, the craving for beauty of the time bearing fruits in carv-ed cupboards, tables and. the still treasured chests of which pictures illustrate the best type. This fifteenth century developed an exaggeration of furniture as well as dress; it was the flcl\'v'ingof extravagant Gothic. The Italian renaissance gave a fresh impulse to art. Quoting from Symonds, Miss Rohie wri.tes: "Durlng that period the entire nation seemed to be endowed with an in- ~tinct for the beautiful and with the capacity for producing it in every form. The same care-expended on the facade of a cathedral or the i.nterior of a palace was bestowed on the simplest piece of work-with results unparalleled to-day. The list of articles had increased considr ~ably, as may be seen in the pictures Qf state dining halls, of bed chambers and of single bits of antique furniture. Treasure chests now had become marriage coffers, miracles of inl"ay and carving and clocks had arrived. Beds, chairs and conveniences we know to-day were abundant~ The furniture maker was extending his art to paneling and beautiful ceilings, many of which have been rescued from the-ir ancient quarters and brought to America by apprecia-tive eoll'ectors, a fine example of horizontal beaming of this period lnt,,:ing been transplanted to the music-room of Frederic C. Bartlett of Chicago. The eras of Louis XIV., Louis XV. and Louis XVI were important chapters in furniture l1istory, the characteristic:.; of which are plainly set forth in this admirable review. The eighteenth century ushered in the familiar name of Thomas Chippendale, who was the first Englishman to give a title to a style, although Miss Robie recognizes him as i<more a translator than a creator." This chapter of the work has been writte.n for the modern collector of old furniture, who may turn from page to page and find lucld descriptions of Hepplewhite, Adam and Shera-ton. Briefly commencing on the time of the French Empire, the Colonal period of our own country rounds out the revie IV of historic styles of furniture. House furnishing in these days has becotne an art and con·· venient books are a help to thread the mazes of fashions :ll1d to teach distinctions between the good and the b~td. This handy litHe volumne with its numerous prints and <.i.1!al1tity of information arranged in an interestng at'd logical manner comes to fill a present need.-Ex. A scheme to fleece the unwary was. nipped in Witmingtoll, DeL, recently when the chief-of-police closed the store of the Delaware Furniture, company. The place was run as a club, each subscriber paying a weekly installment for the privilege of partici.upating ~n a drawing. It worked wen for the schemers. A quarter of a century ago the sale of goods by a gift distribution plan was quite common. An attractive main prize, usually ;1 high grade piano, was placed in a NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Dally. Leave Gd Rapids , 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york .4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. rn. Service unsurpassed. For further information'-"'"applyat City Office, Morton House Block. c. A. JUSTIN, C. P. 8. T. A. window and envelopes containing numbers corresponding to numbers placed upon articles offered as prizes were placed in a box. Patrons paid a stated sum for the privilege of dl"aw-ing the envelopes from the box and receiving the articles the numbers in the envelopes called for. The principal prizes were never drawn. The envelope containing the numbers of the piano and other principal prizes Were laid flat in the bottom of the box, which the hand of the patron never reached. It was a very profitable scheme to the merchants employing it, but was put under the ban when the bill to prohib.it'lotteries was enacted as a law by the congress of the United States. ---------------------------------- ---- Partners in Lif,e-U nited in Death. George B. Lewis, vice president, and Hero M. Amsden, until recently manager of the New England .furniture com-pany, died on 1\.la1'ch 21 and were buried on l\{arch 24, in Grand Rapids. Deceased bad been ofj-iciats of the :-Jew Eng-land Furniture company since 1880 and ,,,"ere \videly known and generally respected. The funerals were largely attended by members of the loc<ll Furniture IVTanufacturers' Associa-tion, also by members of the Pythian fratertlity and friends. Both were fifty-seven years of age. The local association of manufacturers adopted the following resolutions at a meet-ing called fol' that purpose: "That the sad news of the passing a.vay of Hero M. Ams-den and George B. Lewis ha>i come with a >iense of personal >iorrow and loss to their friends and business associates. "That by reason of integrity and honesty in business deal-ings, and high character, loyalty and devotion in their person- ,Ill relations, they have justly won the respect, estc,cm and re-gard of those \vho carne into contact with them. "That we desire in honor of their memory and so far as words can avail. to express and be"r \'litness to our respect and regard for them and our sincere sorrow in their passing; away. "And that we do hereby extend to the families of the late Hero M. Am~dell and George B. Lewis our deep and sincere 31 Israel Goodman, Jacob Tobias and Casper Gol'dberg re-cently organized the Puritan Furniture company, in Chelsea, _Uasi'., 'with $3,000 capita1. John Euwer and H. B. Fisher will engage in the retail furniture business in Youngstown, O. E. A. Turnbull of the Grand Ledge (.:\Ilich.) Chair CiOm-pany, \"iho was seriously injured by a fall in January, is sJowly reeove.rjng. Ulpt, Gahagan of Chattanooga, Tenn., reports that the factories of that city are well E'upplied with orders. Over in Boston fire escapes arc found to be so da.ngerous that they are trying to escape fire escapes. J. H. Parkham has been engaged by the Chattanoga Fu~'- nitLtre \'famtfactllrl;rs' Associatic..Jn as sales manager. R. J. Sbattuek and company lost their stock of furniture by fire in Litchfield, )1jch., recently. l\{ay, Stern and company have opened a store in Pitts-burg, Pa. Leo Lehman is the manager. S. D. Johnson has purchased the two furniture stores of the Campbell Furniture company, in Marysville, Cal. Prospectors visited Johnson City, Tenn., recently .• pre-paring to invest $100,000 in the erection of a factory to make furniture. H. E. Schumacher wi1t manage the \Vashingtoll 'Street sto:·c an<l Julia Mor;·ow the furniture department of the north I'",,,,,, "" "."," ,.•" ~,~, 'Pr'''I'';'''';' r"",,,"~1 in. ".,'t.,,,I,, ";'1, "r ('h","."""""'"j.l,,.,," """,',.,"'i,",..,,",",,(,'",,'.("''0"',''''''''''nI",,",i,.i.,i,,,..,.,,,,.T,h. ","I,",.,",".,"1'"'''''''''1'''"'''"~,'1' 1,·,',n,u.1 I~;I~:"~.:~,,:';,: ,~:i ;,1,':'i;';i:,;";::;, ",':.;; t:~~~~::~, ";':~I~'I"',~';:.:~; ';'..:i( •,:~~";'ud~j .~:i (~'.,"""."1h••,,',",,,,"",<o,·,,·d """h .,"" ""h ~'''''''"''''''''"' ," "'r,,'"' ,",I >,co.. i:dd '",'r,'''''''''.''' ,,( ",,' OlIO;;"" .I,,,,,,. "".,,, 101m,'"," 1l§::2:~~:~::':::~~:~.~jj~El.:~.~~~;:':~~;'~::,:'~:·~"~:':;;":'{;,:.~~:f~;':~:~ SAMPLE OF GOOD ADVERTISING, sympatby in their herC'<lvement, and direct that a copy of these resolutions be sui.tab1y cng-rossed and presented to each of sair! families." Trade Notes. R. D. ""VarreD has leased .F. C. Roser's furniture store in Canajoharie, N. Y.. for a te;·m of :years and will' conduct the bnsiness. LOllS L. Valentinc, Andrew E. Brake of Chicago have o~g<l\1ized company with $6,OCO capital. The sale of Oliver Rothert's toona, Pa., to Gimhel Brothers 000, is reportcd. A warehouse v.rill be e:'ected by Miller, Stewart & Beaton retailers, of Omaha. The ,~rillan Manufacturing company, reccntly incorpor-ated in Marion, Ind., ,vill erect a factory. F. M. Finnell of \Vinolla, Minn, and George B.DoyJe of rvIil1neapolis have entered the employ of the John Brcssmer company of Springfield, Ill. The ),'lacey company succeeds the ]\l'1acey-\.V. ernicke com-pany in Grand Rapids. l\lr. 'Vernickc continues as presi-dent and devotes lljS entire attention to lhe. bnsiness: James R. \VyEe is vice president, E. K. Pritchett secretary and Frederick K. Tobey treasurer, Seaver and Joseph F. the Century Furniture building· and stock of Philadelphia, for in Al- $200,- L side store of the Lefebere Furniture cOlllpany in Green Bay, 'Vis., hereC\[ter. T1~e errors of future excellence. costly teacher. The \Vinston (N. C.) Furnitnre company plant was sold at auction, recently, J. S. Clarkson has opened a furtliture store at Fort ~~Vnrth. 'V. TI. Hodges succeeds J. \V. Booker in Burlington, la. Tuttle & Kimball succecd Harvey bTeene in Rochester, Mich. C. E. J orgen""on's fUl'11iturc plant in Chicago, ,",,-as entered by safe blowers and ,\fter overpowexing the watchman, the snfe was 1:Ilo,.vnopen and $25 and $1.500 in notes was obtain-ed. One of the men is said to be a former employe. The Kindd Somersaultic Davellport company of St. Louis, wil! manufacture Davenport bcds in New York. Capita.l stock is $6,000. Thc American Furniture company, :rvlartinsville, Va., have purchased four acres of ground and will establish a furniture factory. The I\,{inot, N. D., Furniture company has been incorpo-rated. Capital invested i,s $25,000. The Jamestown FUf11iture company has been incorporated with an 3\.1thorized capital stock of $5.000, at Newport News, the past sh(ltlld serve as warning guides to' Experience is iHl excellent though a.t t!mes ,...----------- ---- ---- ---- - - No. 2030. DRESSER. Full Swell, Glass Knobs. Qoartered Oak, Mahogany ~ Bird' ,-eye Maple. Polished. Plate, 16x:18 Top. 20][36. The Northern Line HAS DISTINCTIVE MERIT that must not be overlooked. Its WONDERFUL GROWTH IN POPULARITY, which is shown by our record of results is evidence of the fact that it sells along the LINES OF LEAST RESISTANCE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THIS LINE Get the Catalogue. Northern Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN Manufacturers of BED ROOM, DINING ROOM and KITCHEN FURNITURE. No. 3531. CHIFFONIER. Full Swell, Glass Knobs. Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Bird·s Eye Maple. Polished. Plate, 14lt.2.4. Top; Iling. PERSONALITY IN SALESMEN. Salesmanship is as much a science as Seamanship. The clever seaman has given him. the ship, with her various sails, her steering gear, her compass, and the vary-ing winds, with which he maneuvers and gets speed out of her. The more clever the seaman, the mote will be turn the opposition of the elements into· useful channels, the very gales into horsepower. Did you ever read Doan's "Two Years Before the !\Iast?" It illustrates to the full the difference between the captain who commands the ship, and the captain who is cornmandcd by the ship. The former knows to a nicety bovv tar safety lies in the list to port, and how many yards of canvass the gale \vill per-mit, how much the mast can safely bend. TIle captain of the latter, less fearful of the storm, £u: Is his sails, and with bare poles is dictated to by that which he should tUrJ1to his use. Just ,~(}'\lith the fu'nitul'e salesrnaJl. The~·e are as many kinds are the:'e are varieties of captains, 33 stores. The medicare salesman, however, as a r,uIe, has evolved from mediocre ranks as it result 0{ cultivating per-sonality by 110ticing things. I hold that any fairly intelligent salesman at, or even a trifle under par as to results may, either teach himself by ohservation or be taught, the selling habit that runs into t1gu,es. That fact is even being recogn,i,zed a." wo:thy of higher cduc:ltion and suggestion has been made that the study of salcsmanship be added to the col1ege course. How many times has the unsllceessful seller watched the retreating back of his lost customer, with a full knowledge that his 5hort- COIning'lost a sale, yet witbo1lt the remedy? I canont tell the one, who needs a remedy, just what that remedy i~, hut I can tell him how to discover it himself. ! First of all, absolutely know your stock. That means know veneer as veneer, and birch as birch. Know what' is a dowel. a dovetail, a splasher, a mortise joint, a standard :'llld all such things that pertain technically to the goods. Tf ,you don·r know these things, gO down stairs and ask qucstions of the repair man, who generally has factory exper- Made by lhe L-nt~ Table Co .• Narbville, Mich. hut there is only one variety ,~.-hjchlasts and gets the salJry, and that is the one who puts personality into his selling, to whom the cLlstomer is the wind, which, blow hot or blow cold, enTries him to a sale. The salcsman, whom the clIst01ner steers, will ulake salE"~ but not ill quantities such as the salesman \\'110 steer~ the customcr. The mediocre seHer shows his customer a num-ber of the articles asked for, notes the one admired, and im-mediately fans allover himself in his recol11mendati'onoi that particular one. The customer is quite likely to change her milld, on closer inspection. The salesman is then brought to the pass of letting his praised article down easy, or ignor-ing it for the new choice. The customer, not knowing the line is bound to be fickle, and seldoll], except in the case of strong mind cd people, flxes (ll1;illy on an cady choice. If the salesman shifts with the choice of his custome,', he simply makes of himself an automaton clJilrgcd 'with the ans\vers tn certain questions ill thc \'vay of lLicc, wood, 01" size. Any well informed sa1esmal1 can answer sl,ch questions and price is not paid for that knowledge. Sall:s by such are made only to cllstomen who know tlH~ hOllse. ;111(1 come to huy. any way, and who would buy from whomever waited upon them. These are the twelve and fifteen dollar men in the average 1ence. Use these technical names in selling. It begets con-ildence. Get so accustomcJ to measurements that you do not need a tape measure to ascertain the size of mirrors or the width oi bases. DOll't attempt to open locked d:.-awers of which :the key is lost, or similar attention divertcrs. If the detail management of the store is such that keys are lost that should not be, 01· if casters are out which should be in, or mirrors dirty which should be clean, leave the casters and the key and the mirror talk alone, and make the mental reservation that when you get to be man.'lgcr, such things will not be. All this knowledge and the more you look into it the more more you will see to pick up, becomes in time your person-alit),. You don·t neul to be agg:'essive anJ bluster to have thi:" quality. The man who knows, and knows he know:;, impresses oth-ers \vith his knowledge, and the reverse is just as true, He who is ignorant and Lies to hide it is apt to advertise it. Havi ng. then. a fuB knowledge of your st,ock, 110 custo,wer call ent:l11g1e yOll, and your story. \vil[ systcmaticaliy;Jlang to- !!,"cthel"; Tben is the time, not before, like the captain of the ship, tn use tllC gale to add speed to the sJlip. 34 l[ the customer knows i.t an, as they often do, stick firm-ly to what you know to be right. If its solid mahogany and you know it, and he says it isn't, make it stick that it is. if you have (0 whittle it to show him. He may be provoked on being mistaken, hut you've got his confir'ence. Tell the truth. If you have a job where they don't want the truth told, get out as quickly as you can. You arc sim1l1y make a chump of yourself for so much per, and if you ever get a job in a white store, your misrepresenting hahit will get you into trouble. You don't need to be good looking, or curly headed, or deep voiced to be a salesman with personality. Tt's all a question of being well grounded and sticking to your ground, withOltl being nasty abOtlt i.t. Let your customer hove':'"ove.· everthing she likes, giving her the good points of each. Let her indicate her preference, not yours, and don't commit yOU - .self to a 48-inch dresser as being the only thing, to discover that her space limit is 45 inches. That would be setting and trimming your sails before you know the direction of the wind. One great <lest-roye,! of sales i.s the preconceived ide<l-of the salesman that the cllstomer don't want to buy, but is only looking, You might as well guess the number of beans in the quart jar. Anyone with curiosity and time enough to go into a fur-niture store, however indifferent appea:-ing, can be turned into a customer, or influenced to become one later. You are, hired to spend so many hours a day t:ying to sell goods, and the scheme that gets you the big total should be your labeled scheme. \Vhat odds then, if you spend time on an unresponsive looker, whom you think you cannot sell in preference to waiting for a customer whom you m"y or may not sell"? It is a common habit among salesmen to "shake'· the looker who don't "look good" and often such lookers go to the next store down the street ~',ndb\1y. You might as well give up that habit. It i5 bad, and wrong, and foolish. A splendid thing to go along ",,·ith personality is to look after your customers after you do sell tht:.m. Very many salesmen book the orde··, particularly in the large c:tics, and then the incident dies. \Vhether 0: not the shipper shillS well, or the deaner dea'ns well, -is in their estimation a matte;- that concerns the house rather than them. Get in touch with your post 1110:·temsales. If anything goes wrong, you will come in for your share of the curses. Call up your customers by phone, or if they ha\"e ::Lbig bill. go and see them. That is the way to l2nd them and their friends for second orders. Even if everything is all right and the customers sati.sJied, it shows an interest and t:hat all comes under personality or influence. Set down some evening and figure these things out. If you have brains you will easily see the chances and can appl~: them to yourself. If you can't or don't care, you haven't bothered to read this article, anyway, and the don't care sales-men are generally brainless. The bulk of all furniture buyers now holding good posi-tions, were promoted from the ranks of salesmen, not of ne-cessity being the top notchers in sales, but having a furniture pers0nality, and knowing what they knew. 1£ there is a man in your store wbo, under the same condi-tions as you, and with tl~ hetter leverage, sells more than you, watch him, and see how he docs it. Don't be one of those salesmen, of which every large store has several, 'who are more fitted by lack of enterprise to measue cold molasses, and the colder the better. The fur-niture business calls for a larger share of selling intelligellcc than many others; the competition among salesmen is kecn-e~, and the chance for comparison better. If you tack ambi-tion to better yourself in the business, yOu arc simply play-ing second base, with a hetter man on the bench, and he is bound to exchange with you. W. J. CALDER. Rockford, 111. I t is a pleasure to visit Rockford and call on the many busy furniture manufactures there. They are all' gentlemen, and, though busy, "fail not to cnte t2.in the strange:'." If Grand Rapids is the Furniture City, when the fU:'niture output does not represent more than 40 per cent of the total V<lluatioll of goods mauufactu:ed in that city, what shall be said of Rockford, whose furniture output l~nearly or quite two-thirds of the total valuation of the city's manuiactures? There is not a city in the union, and hardly a 1i.-st class furniture store in the land where Rockfo;-d furniture may not be found. \Vhen these facts a:·e taken intn consideration, it is apparent that something is doing in Rockford, The Forest City Furnitu. c company is having a fine busi-ness. Manager Clmk saill they wO'llld be on hand in their regular space on the second floor of the big Waters building, Grand Rapids, in July with a bunch of new patterns, and the same old bunch of salesmen; don't need an~' new patterns in that line, as the old ones are "onto the curves" of every-thing and everybody in the fwniture business. . Charley Lundberg of the Co-Operative Furnitme company is an expansionist-believes, like Teddy the First, in being a world power; so after huildill,g up the business of the Co- Operative Furniture company to a higher pl,.ce than it ever occupied before, he og,lllized another company named the Made by Mechanic6 Furnil~ Co • Rockford. Ill. Rockford Cabinet company, bought the big factory of the Rockford Burial Case company, turned it into a furniture fac-tory, and is turning out a line of buffets, chinas, bookcases and clinil}gextensiol1 tables that sell at sight. The Rockford Chair & Furniture company is never idle, never 5ho: t of orders, and will soon mail a'r ·tnusually attrac-tive picture book of good things to the furniture trade. The 11·echanics Furniture company has a new catalogue of buffets, china closets and serving taMes in oak; parlor cahinets in mahogany and music cabinets in mahogany ,wal-nut, oak and birch. It is a beautiful catalogue and every dealer should have a copy. Since my last visit to Rock-ford this company has erected a large addition to the factory, adding more than one-third to the floo: space, which enables them to largely increase their ontput. They will have a fine exhibit in Chicago in July. The Cent:a1 Furniture company is one of the busy ones. Their line of china closets llne] bookcllses is onc of the hest ill the \",llOle }{ockford bUllch. The Union Furniture company will' 1110ve their exhibition in July in G and Rapids from the scco11(l fl.oor of the IVlasonic Temple to the seventh floor of the new Manufacturers' build-ing on Ionia st:·ee1. 'where they will have for neighbors the l\fuskcgOll Val1ey Furniture cornpany and .I\100n Desk com-pany of "\l uskegon. The T{ockfo,d Frame & Fixture cornpany are the largest manufacturers of fancy cabinet ware in Illinois. The line of pa,lor cabinets is a st (Jng one, and they have built up a trade that spreads all over tbe country. The Rockford Standard Furniture cmllpany are rnailing a new catalogue. Its full of pictures of sellers. The Royal 1,'1ante1 & Furniture company are enjoying a flne t:·ade. and the Rockford Desk company makes a similar report. Rockford IS soon to have another fu nihue factory. The ll1inols Cabinct company is the !lame. Capital stock $100,000. Thc factory will he located in Ellst Rockford, on the Eighteenth avenue car lill('. not fa" from the Royal Man-tel & FurniW'-e company. The olhcers llre: John P. Lundell, president and K. E. KliUbsOll secretary The main building \vil1 be 224 x 128 feel. three stories. The intention of the C011lplllly is to bring out a line of mission fu"niture, and later if the trade demands it. a scneral li11e of furniture 1'01' which Rockfv'c1 has become famons. C. :"J. Vi. A. R. Peebles, Manager. Since the withdrawal of the late II. 1\-'1. Amsden from the manag-e11lcnt of the Xew England .Furniture company, the 35 duties of that official have been performed by A. R. Peebles, the secretary uf the company. Hc is a vigorous, energetic young man and it is the purpose of the company to continue his employment in a managerial position. FURNITURE MEN IN ASSOCIATION. "Aggressive and Protective" Union Formed. A permanent state organization caBed the Home Furn-i~ hers' Association of ~Iassachusetts has been organized by Boston and state urniturc dealers in the retail trade, with about 100 members. The object is aggressive and protec-tive." Tts officers are: p:-esident, C. E. Osgood, the C. E. Osgood company, Bost011; first vice~president, C. N. Pea-body. Eldridge & Peabody, Boston; second vice-president, John L. Robertson, Robertson & Co., Lowell; third vice-president, Jackson Caldwell, J. Caldwell & Co., Somerville; fowth vice-president, Lou Adams, People's House Fumish-ing company, Haverhill: secretary, 1\-1. A. \;Yood, the C. E. Osgood company, A. McArthur compa'ny, Boston. Executive Council-Richard E. "Vv'arner, House~old Furnishing com-pany, Xew Bedford; Henry L. Ki!icaide, Henry & Co., Quincy; Geo!'ge L. Hersey, J. VV. Hersey & Son, Springfield: llugh .McLean, McLean Brothers, Holyoke; J. J. Sullivan, Huckley & Sullivan, Lawrence; Stephen Harrington, Ste~ phen Harringtoll, Cambridge; Charles~ Flint, Flint & Barker, \Vorceste,; B. A. Atkinson, Frank Ferdinand, Boston. Audi-tors- Geo. J. Bicknell, Atkinson company, Boston; James Ellis, James Ellis company, South Boston; LeBaron Ather-lon, ;\therton Furniture company, Brockt011. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Be,t In America Parlor Suils Our New Line in of Two, Three Davenport .nd Beds Five Pieces are the very best made in that can be made Stationary Styles and Prices .nd to suit Loose Cushions EV"'Ybody ONE OF OUR BIC SELLERS. OUf new line will be shown only at our Show Rooms, 35 to 39 North Capit:aI Ave., lndianapo~. Ind, WRITE FOR CATALOGUE OF DAVENPORT BEDS. 36 THE LEXINGTON Mic~ Blvd.& 22d 51 CHICAGO. ILL. Refurnished and re-fitted throughout. Neu" Mana/{ernent. Tbe furniture dealers' head-quarters. Most con-veniently sitllated to the furnilure display houses. Inler·Slale Hotel CO. OWNBR & PROPRIETOR E. K. CrUey, Pres.; T. M. eritey, V. Pres.; L.H. Firey, Sec-T1eas. Chicago, March 25.-The furniture manufacturers of Chi-cago are all busy at this writing, reports from those inter-viewed going to show that the volume of trade has continued most satisfactoril"y through February and "the current month. President A. P. Johnson of the Johnson Chair company has been seriously ill for some time at his home, but is re-ported to be imlvovillg at tbis writing. 1V1r.Johnson has been atTIictcd for several years with a complication of troubles. President Joseph Meyer of the Manufacturers' Exhibition Building company spent a week during the middle of the current month in the States of Indiana and :Michigan. Presi 'dent Meye" found ,all of the mallufactl1~e:'s busy and in addi-tion to rcncwals of old contracts for space, received appli-cations for a goodly number of new leases in the Big Build-ing. John Horn, Horn B:'others: "The condit;ol1s with tiS arc vcry satisfactory. There has been no letting up in the volume of our trade. but on tbe conL-a'y there has been a marked increase. Jaquary of this year was $1,200 ahead of January a year ago, and Feb:uary has 1--.;::en$2,400 better than February",1905." Manage:-,.CbarJes Elmendo:-f of the Manistee Manufactur-ing company, was in Chicago the 21st inst., and wii's' on his way to the P~icific coast for a business trip of sever:il weeks. Mr. Elmendorf will visit Portland and Baker City, Ore., also Tacoma, Seattle and other coast,t'~i~i~&~ "On his ;'eturn he will stop off a'{~ansas City and' Omaha. J. Y. Ellwer;~and n. H. Fisher of J. Y_ Ellwer Sons, Youngstown, Qc"visited this market on the 24th illst., to pur-chase furniture for a new store to be opened at Youugstown, E. C. Allen of the Carrom-Archarena company, Luding- -ton, Mich., was in Chicago on the 22d inst. The Carrom- Archarena company, in addition to manufacturing a strong line of· boards; arc making a strong line of tables_ 1\'1r. ;'AJlen was in Chicago for the purpOSe of placing the table pine agency with some of the local commission houses. Mr. ,Allen was for a tc:-m of years a salesman for the ).lanistee ·lI.Janufacturing company i~\'t~c 'carly days of that company. F. T. Plimpton and company have been having a sec-tional' bookcase exhibit at the Business Show which has been /'IR'T' I.so..7f~ e ?,.. running the past hvo weeks at the Coliseum. The exhibit was a display of the goods made by the Humphrey Book Case company of Detroit. H. C. Plimpton of La Farge, "Vis., who operates a furui-ture and gcncral store in that town, was in the Chicago ma.- ket the past "leek. l\1rs_ Plimpton, who is at the head of the millinery and fancy goods department, accompanied her 11llsbalJd. Mr. Plimpton is a brother of F. T. Plimpton, the well known Chicago commission man. \\Fork on the Kew Southern Hotel addition will begin April 10. The present five story building fronting on Michi-gan avenue will be torn down and a new ten story fireproof "trttcture will be eeeted in its prace. Secretary Charles G. White has just returned from a two weeks' trip during which he visited the furniture centers be-tween Jamestown, N. Y., and Evansville, Ind. Mr. '\'hite s;~ys he found all of the munufacture"s J:.'lsy, the advance made in prices before the first of the year appa:-ently cutting no figu:-e in the volume of business. The National Business Show, which has been running dw past t\-vo weeks at the Coliseum, has had among other exhib-itors stich well known concerns to the furniture trade as Cen-tral :VTanufacturing company, Sto:-ey Furnitu:-e company, Am~ berg File & Index company, and the Macey-Wern:c-kf: com-pany. Al'so the McCollum :Manufacturiltg company of TT ammond, Ind_ The Lathrop company, wholesalers of furniture, 1319 l\lichigan avenue, are sending out five thousand catalogues to their furniture trade. The catalOgUe is .arranged in very convenient form for the inspection of the dealer, Cuts and prices are shown of their big line of oak suites, dressers, com-modes and sideboards. which the Lathrop company carry in their Chicago warehouse for immediate shipment. Charl'es A. Fisher and company's plant at Lincoln, Ill., was visited by a small fire the second week of this month, result-ing in putting temporarily out of commission several carding machines. The Lincoln plant has been running their card-ing machines day and night on three shifts, This plan will be continued as the company now has orders in for one thousand of the famom; Rex Inner Tufted mattresses. On account of tbe interruption by fire the Chicago wa:-ehouse FOUNDED 1888 Reduce Your StockII at a good profit or sell en-tire stock at cost. "TNE NEW.IDEA MEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MANAGERS WRITE FOR TERMS. through the enst. Mr. Schneider says the trip was a very satisfactory one, as he has never had a more successful period for doing business. Rumo:'s have been current of late that the Peck & Hills company arc planning to secure a lease on the p:-operty at 1234 l\lichigan avenue with the view of erecting a building of their'6wn in which they can display the big list of lines they-carry. J. C. Hills, when qucst:oned, said that the matter will be drawn npon to fill urgent orde-s_, , J osepb 'J, Schncider of Schneider & Allman, commission merchants, has ju,st returned ham an eight weeks' trip of having a building of their own has been more or less under consideration the past ten years and that the question is as indefinite at this time as' ever. Hanke Brothers, 129-137 N. Ada street, Chicago, have just gotten out their twenty-eighth annual catalogue and are mail-ing the same to the furniture trade. The catalogue is a com- ..rrnnrDWr\Qnr IMPROVED OPEN BOLSTER ROLL Shipped one dozen in a case, K. D. flat. Covered in white muslin, $11.00. Covered in colored satine, $12 00. The Best Open Bolster Roll on the market. TRY A BOX. The Sanitary Feather Co. 249·255 S, Canal St cHICACO. plete one in every feature pertaining to the IT;-I11keline and shows that this company's goods arc stronger and better than ever. The death of Edward J. Dwyer, member of the widely known furllitl1 e n'"111 of 3.1cAllSh, Dwyer and cumpany, oc-curred Tuesday night, ).larch 2Cth, from jlncumorlia, at his home, 4940 Fllis avenue. III ~he passin:.{ of .:\h. Dwyer Chi-cago lrv.;es one of the hest kllO\Vn and ahlest business men ill the furniture trade. Possessed of a most gcnial and \vinning persoml1ity, he W(lS one of the most JloJJular of men among all those who came with;!", the circle of his acquaintance. :.rot only ,vas 1\1r. Ihvycr successful in the business ,',..orld, but he also achieved ma:'kcd SLLccessill the Ileld of politics p"cvious to the time of his entering the furniture business. ~tr. Dv,ryer was a mcmber of the sUlte senate from 1894 to 1898 that being- the \;'..st Jlolitical office be held. He was born in 37 ceased ,"vas a mernhcT" being present 111 a hody and prominent men, including Congressman vVilliam T "orimer of the Sixth district, a close friend of J'vlr. D\vye', and Judge Hanecy. John 1\1. Smyth alld Fred Blount. The pall bearers were CongreSS1l1an Lorimer, Scnato:" Teml11eton, John Dade, John Cook, James :Ylonaghan and And ew G:-8ham. Effective music was rendered by the St. Amb"ose cho)' The interment was in Calvary ceme!~ry. General SHies Manager alH1 Purchasing Agent R. A. Forcl of the [·'()rc1& Johnson company, has been spending the win-ter in Texas. At the p 'esent writing "fr. Ford and Mrs. Fo·d are ill Denning, where they will remain fo:" some time IOllger. "V\rh;,t Others Think" is the title of a booklet which is being mailed by the George D. \,Villiams company to the manlfacturers in the furniture trade-letters in the form of testimonials from J au nary exhibitors, the special features of desirability in exhibiting in the V\,'holesa1e Furniture Ex-hibition Building a"e stated as follows: "Direct entrance on ~lichigan a\'cnue. No cossing of bridgcs or al1ey~. Goods on exhibition eve,y day of the year. Salesmen in charge every day 01 the year. All flows face Michigan ave-nue. Located midway bel ween the two large exhibition buildings. \Vell lighted and ventilated." Fire on the 6th inst. destroyed three furniture warehouses and contents at Sheboygan, \Vis., two belonging to :McAnsh, Dwye:- and company and the other to Andrew McAnsh. The origin of the fire is believed to have been fromcossed wires. The buildings 'were valued at $90,000 and the contents at $32,- 000 and were covered by insurance. The Royal ]'dctal Ylanufacturing company, 1817-1819 Dear., born street, Chicago, have been displaying their line of goods at the )Jationa1 Business Show in the Coliseum. The Clemetsen company, manufacturers of Clemeo desks, have been having" a Clemen exhibit ~\t the National Business Show in the Coliseum building. The display included a WILL YOU PURCHASE YOUR SPRING FURNITURE AND CARPETS CD DOWNTOWN: BIG RENTS, BIG·EXPENSES. 81G PRICES t UPTOWN: LITTLE RENT. UTTl[ [XPfNSES. LITTlE PRICES! SAMPL£ OF GOOD ADVERTISING. Chicago at Ohio ;l11d :North Halstead street"" on Kov. 21. 1861. After graduating frorn the public ~chools he entered the ein-ploy of a publjs]-)]Jlg JlO11SC. This he left after a few ye:lrs, taking a clerical position in the city clerk's office, which marked his introduction into politics. In 1890 he was chmeu clerk of the \\'est town. Later he was west town assessor, assistant superintendcnt and superintendent of the city water system. The funeral took place Friday morning, :\la'ch 23. 8t 10:30 from the housc and later from St. Ambrose church. whe'te req-uiem high mas:; 'was ceJebnlted and appropriate reinarks made by JTather Foley. The fl1nenl! was very largely at-tended, memhers of the Illinois legisaltt11"( at the time dc-new typewriter desk which putting on the market. charge of the exhibit. the Clcmetsen company is just l\Ianager Reggio has been in }Tuel1(:'r Brothers we~e damaged to the amount of $8,000 by a fire in their facto"y in Chicago, recently. The capital stock of the J obn D. Raab Chair company of Grand Rapids has been inceased from $20,000 to $50,000. The business section of White Pigeon, Mich., was recently burned and loss amounted to $20,000, At. V,.rickett's furniture store was in one of the buildings which were destroyed. 38 Large il!uJtrated Catalogue Jhow] whole linc • .AiRfor Catologue uA. " Go-Carts and Baby Carriages To show our line is to show the best This Folding Reclining Go-Cart is representative of the most popular kiud this season. Wheels are 12 inches in diameter; rubber tired. Springs front and rear, uutless axles. Dash and Back adjustable. We manufacture four other sizes of Go·Carts in many designs, also a large line of handsome Baby Carriages. \Vith the opening of navigation business always becomes 1110re brisk in Detroit. This does 110t apply so much to the m"anufacturing business, especially the mal1ufacture of furni-ture, as the furniture makers of this city <1"e busy all the year round, but to the retail t "ade and general business of the city_ Thousands of men find remunerative employment dur-ing the season of navigation along the docks. in the great warehouses, and in the shipping roems of H:cwholesalc dis-trict. 111 dry goods, hardware, groceries, boots and shoes, clothing, drugs and chemicals, Detroit is one of the leading jobbing cente_rs of the west, and trade with the jobbers al-ways becomes more active when the boats begin thciT" sea-son operations. All this bas a material effect on the retail furniture business, and when the tremendous amount of building that is going on in this city is taken into considera-tion, the lot of the retail furnittl'c merchant does not seem to be a hard one, to say the least. Detroit is rapidly becoming a g-reat -financial cente", with. more than a SCOT"eof banks, trust companies and other fi-nancial institutions. The latest of these is the Security T ust company. M. 1- :Ylurphy, president of the ~Iurphy Chair Murphy Chair Co. A COMPLETE LINE American Go-Cart Company Detroit, Mich. No.89H company, is one of the organizers. of this latest eute-prise. ~Ir. Murphy is 011eof the most active and valuable members of the Detroit Boa,d of Commerce, which- is doing so much to advance tl,c mate: ial prosperity of Detroit. Having built up from the smallest kind of a beginning the largest chair factory in the state, and one of the very largest in the country, Mr. Murphy has found time to interest himself in many other enterprises in this city, and is looked up to as one who speaks with authority-the outgrowth of knowledge. Among the other great enterp:-ises of Detroit are the Wolverine Manufacturing company and the Cadillac Cabinet company, at the head of wh:ch is Frederick B. Smith. He is another illustration of what b:·ains, industry and enterprise may accomplish. and the two great factories under his per-sonal care and watchfulness are a monument which any man might well be proud of. To be a successful merchant and manufacturer at the same time, building up both branches of the furnitu:-e trade at the same time, is what vVilram ]. Streng has shown h-m-self capable of doing. The Grand Upholstering company con-ducts one of the leading retail stores on Gratiot avenue, while the Palmer rV1anufacturing company is one of the lead- MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH Pioneer MfS. Co ... DETROIT, MIen. R66tI furnitUrll BabU GarriaOlls Go-Gans ROOKWOOD and a general lille of FI\NGY TI\BLfS Write for Cuts and Prict:ll palMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1035 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. iug- table m:lmlfactnring conce us in Detroit. Doth of these enterprises arc due to the push and good judgment of }'[f. Streng. The Pionce:' ]\[anllfncturing company, adjoining the Pal-mer 1Iatlufactllring company, 11Ial1ufacll1:"CfS of reed and rat-tan chairs. rockers. children's ca. riages and go-carts. IS under the personal supervision of George Streng, b "other of \V. ]., and i:-i highly prosperous. The la:-gest factory in the United St;lks operated exclus-ively ill the manufacture of dining extension tables is that of the Posselius Brothc:"s Furniture r-,''!<llll1factllring company. Their famous Victor extension table has prohably the larges:- sale of filly p;\tent extension table ever put on the market \V. F. Barke-- and compZlny "v:11 S()Ol1 o::cn up their Hew :\Iicbigan 'Wellt.le retail store. Tt ,,,ill he o.n(' of the Il1le",t fu:-niture stores in the city. Victor V. Ceulebrock will be in ch<t:'g-e of the new store. while V·l. E. Barker \vil1 have general supervision of it as well as the \Voodward avenue _~tore, J, C V'/idman and company are having" a booming trade in ha11"furniture and china closets. The ;-\111eric;\n Go-Cart comp:I11Y is also en:oying- a tine trade in rccd and rattan chairs, children's carriages and gO-carts. The Humphrey Bookcase company have added a line of regular library bookeasc.s :ltld lihrary :\11(1 office tables. Evansville, Ind. The factories of b:vallsville are well provided with onle:-s. The staple goods. embracing "everything for the household and the allice," made in this city are ever in demanr!' V'lith an abundance of moderate priced materials, skilled lahor aud superior facilities for shipping goods, Evansville is in position to rnailltZlill her supremacy in the trade. \\-'0: k upon the new factory of the Specialty vurniture company is progressing satisfactorily and ,:v-ill he ready f01" operatiol1 befOl-C the opening of the fall season of trade. Thc nockstege Fu:-niture company reports a very satis-factory demand for tables for the dining room, the parlor and the charnhe-- Secretary Jourdan is welt pleased with the conditions existing in the trade_ "The Hanner Line" of metal beds continues to please the trade. [t is strong in every featnre. The Karges Fu:'niture COtnp8ny a'-c mailing a catalog"ue of chamher furnittl1-c and ..v..anirobes just from the press. Seeing Mexico. A, YV. Hampe of th~ R0yal Furniture eompany. Gr:-l.nd Rapids, is spending a few weeks in old ".\'1cxico. He has ill\'cstmcnts there. 39 WILL DISCHARGE UNION MEN. Southern Furniture Men Tell' Employes to Leave Unions or Shops on April 5. Five thousand workmen in thirty-odd manufacturing plants of f1igh Point, one of the greatest furniture manufacturing tmvns of the south, have been informcd that on April 5 no union men would he employed in thcse plants_ Careful es-timates put the number of mcn involved at 2,000_ The manufacturers, most of whom are furniture makers, say that many of the employes -were opposed to being o:gan-izcd, seeing only useless friction as a result of suell action. Since the nrg;ll1izatiol1 of the workmen ill iec1ing sprung up. Employers declare the new order merely a matter of business with no ill ,viII. The orgallization of I11gh Point labo:" has exceeded on a basis anything yet worked up in a southe~ 11 manuiacturing town of its size, aod the outcome will be watched with inte:"- est. Furniture makers are well organized and prepared to pull together should a J1ght be lllflde, but it is believed ther;; will be no light. Why It Holds. There are some pecple ,so lwsy that they can hardly find time to investigate the merits of all article like the Tower pat~"t fastener for holding drawer puHs and knobs sec.1l.-dy in place. Yet a mere glance at the cut will show that they a:e the little bradded washers that fasten themselves into both sides of the drawer when the knob or pull is fitted on; which ean never, by ally possibility get !oose, while the furniture lasts. This is very importallt, as it really adds to the vnlue of the furniture much mo~e than the cost of the trimmings, while the litlle fa."tcncrs eost absolutely nothing. But the husy man may ask how it is that these fasteners add to the \';ilue of the furniture more than the cost of the tritnmillg~? In reply, we ask, is not an insured house wo:·th more than it v,'ould be if not insured? v\Tell, these little fasteners in-sure the drawer fronts against marring by the pulls getting loose and dropping down. Then it is not an infrequent thing to fi.nd a knob or pull missing altogether, when they are not fastened with the Tower patent fastener, and as i.t is almost impossible to match the others with the same style of knob or pull. fin entire l1CWset of trimmings becomes necessary. So the importance of having all furniture ftted with the Towe: patent fastener, made only by the Grand Rapids Bras" com-pany, beC01l1eSapparent. --- The Sanitary Feather Company nf Chicago is one of the leading feather houses in that city. They arc putting in an 130 horse power Corliss engine to take the place of the present engine which is much too small for their rapidly growing business. Among th,eir specialties is the "Featherweight" improved holster roll, il1ust~'ated on an-other pagc_ It is shipped in cases of one <:!ozen each, k. d. flat, covered -in '\vl,ite rnns\-ill, $11.00 a dozen; in c.olored satine $12.CO a dozen. Their ;~ddr('ss is 249 to 255 South Canal street, Chicago. 40 ESTABLISH EO 1sea I"UI'L.Ii5Hl!:D ay MiCHIGAN ARTISAN co. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICEw-2-20 LYON ST., GRANO RAPIOS. MICH. EtlTE:REO AS MATTER Of THE 8ECOND CLASS By the (kath cf H. M. Amsden and George B. Lewis, Wil-liam S. Emery and O. A. ,Va d remain as the sole survivors of the original New England Furniture company. Elias Skinner and E. F. "'lard passed away a number of years ago. I-I. C. Brooks and Charles E. :"leech and others sold Qut their stock several years ago, and when the annual dinners of the company shall be held in the future there will be many va-cant chairs. Messrs. Emery and Ward have steadily support-ed the cO:'po'ration through many vicissitudes of its past history, and their minds are filled with kindly thoughts of those who have gone to the great unknown. The incorpor-ators were natives of New England and in honor of t!1;:Hsec-tion the company was named. The stories that have reached the ears of the manufac·· turers of the east in regard to the p~osperity of the Los An-geles district are almost beyond belief. Here is one by Ed Caldwell: ;'During the past six months 75,000 people from the east entered the Los Angeles district. It is estimated that their expenditures averaged $6.CO per day per head." The furniture dealers had a wonderful volume of trade, but to the reflecting mind a commodious hash foundry would not be a bad proposition for Los Angeles during the winter sea-son. \\'hile the January selling season was disappointing to many exhibitors in the volume of o:ders taken, the manufac-turers have had very satisfactory returns from the buyers Wl10 took memo:-anda, The value of. the exposition plan for sell-ing goods has been asce~tained, and its practicability estab-lished. The national house of representatives will probably pass a bill to put alcohol used in the a ts on the free list.fhe senate may be depended upon to pigeon-hole the bJl, however, and nothing more will be heard of the measure during the life of the present congress. If the floor spaces of the furniture exposition huildings 01 New York, Chicago and St. Louis were combined under one roof there would not be sufficient room to exhibit samples of the lines of furniture produced by the manufacturers of Grand Rapids. 1\ow the table makers (extension) are at it. Quite a num-ber have signed an agreement to withdraw their lines from the expositions and a number quite as large have signed leases for space in the exposition towns in \.,.hich to show their lines. In the olden time the world possessed but seven wonders. Now its wonders are countless in number. The twenty-five {urnitureexposition buildings in Grand Rapids rank among the most wonderful. The manufacturers of Grand Rap:ds a-e fully employed upon orders. This condition will not interfere with the work of preparing for a magnificent exhibition of eaSe goods in Juty next. The railroads of Ge manl'give rapid transit of ex-porf" at favored rates; a diffe ent plan from' that followed by certain American rail wads ill giving rebates to ta~o_ ed i.ndustries. Buying goods from pictures calls for the employment of the imagination. Buying from sampleS. CIemands judgment. Be a market buyer and leave imagination a't home, Only in Gqnd Rapids is it possible to show the largest collection 'of furniture on the earth. The city has twenty-five buildings devoted to exposition ,Purposes. The legislature of Massachtts'etts has refused to pass a bill purposed to prohibit the eUlployment of women and min~ ors overtime in factories. The agreement of the congressional" sub-commitee on a free alcohol bill is about the most tonic thing in the air at Vlashington. Customers demand new things-something different. The!'le can be bought advantageously hythe market buyer. All space in the exhibition buildings has been taken and the Grand Rapids show in July will be the g:eatest on earth. The rilore a salesman knows about some things and less about others, the better salesman he is. "Out·of-Town" Checks. The legal right of hanks to charge for the collection of out-of-town checks is about to be tested in the courts, upon the initiative of the directos of the I1Lnois Mal1ufactu:"'e s' Association. This association hIS been greatly dissatisfied with the ~ew rule of the banks impos:ng this check-collection fee and has been advised by counsel" that the rule is illegal. The proceeding to test its legality is held by agreement with the Chicago clearing house committee. Prior to January the banks made no charge for collecting out-of-town cbecks. The jump from this condition tC-Jone of arbitrary fixed fees in no wise conforming to the 'absolute or relative expense of collections, so exasperated the association that the banks wc:-e forced to concede a reduction of one-third from the announced charge. The association is willing to concede charges based on the cost of collection, but not the adopted schedule, which, it is estimated, would increase the banks' revenues by fully $7,000,000 a year. Hence this suit is directly inte':csting to the commercial' world generally. Death of Gilman W. Avery. At Biloxi, Miss., on March 24, Gilman Vl.r.Avery, pres~dent of the Comstock & Avery company, Peoria, Ill., passed from earth, the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained a month previously. Deceased was a native of New Hampshire, hav-ing been born at Greenville in that state on Ma;·ch 14, 1835. He settled in Peoria in 1864 and engaged in the furniture business. He was a high mil1ded, honorable gentleman, qualities that commanded the respect and esteem of the com-munity in which he lived. His business attainments we;e many, and his judgment sound <Inri reliar'e. A wife and two sons, Frank E. and Frederick 11. Avery, are the im-mediate mourners of his loss. Capital Stock Doubled. The Hard 11al1ufacturing company, bedstead manufactur~ ers. of Buffalo, have doubled their capital stock, now making it $150,000. This new stock will be issued in full this week. They employ abont 200 hands. 41 ~!SE~ARS, ROEBUCK & CO. ~ CERTIFICATES HAVE 'ii~r@' DOUBLED IN VALUE CHAIRS FREE .... U ....- .....JAmOUlltiDI" ~ ,110 00 • A FEW OF THE MANY OTHER VALUABLE ARTICLES WE NOW DIVE FREE IN [lCMANIE FORS50.00 IN naFIT SHARINO CERTIFICAT£S. ARTICLES THAT H£RETOFORE REQUIRED SlOO.DO IN CERTIFICATU. THE PLAN OF SEARS, ROEBUCK &: CO. THE GREAT MAll ORDER HOUSE IS REVEALED IN THE MATTER ABOVE. 42 -of'"J'Vf.1:2!pRIG 7}N FOR 50 CENTS. \iVe will mail the Retail Edition of the Michigan Artisan to any address in the United States for the remainder of the year lQ06. Remit with order. MICHICAN ARTISAN CO" GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS Amerl('-Jl,ll Go-Cart Co .. Alaska Refrigerator Co. Atlas Furniture Co. Barnell CO'J W. F. & J .. Bennett, Chas., Furniture Co. Berry Bros. Bisilell Carpet Sweeper Co. BlI
Date Created:: 1906-03-25T00:00:00Z
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16. Weekly Artisan; 1909-07-17

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 17. 1909 ~ ... . ~a_a.... . I ----- _ __ ~ --THE BETTER M A K E" WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES TO DEALERS ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH • .. ... ...-_....... . __ . , . , l A BIT OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Are You Running an 1860 or a 1910 Plant? In 1860 cottonseed removed from the bOll by gmnmg was garbage-thrown away. By 1870 gmners managed to conVInce some people that cottonseed was good fertJltzer. By 1880 It was con~ldered good cattle food and m 1890 It \\ as bemg used as a table food By not utlhzmg all the cottonseed m 1900 (one )ear) twenty-sIx mllllOn dollars that someone could have had, was thrown away [he CItyof Gla'igo\\ Scotland, gets 9 000 horse-po\\er elery dav-free b) catchmg and u tIl ILlt1gfurnace gases lormcrly \\a'it,d. The steel corporatIon \\111 hght the to\\ n at G'lr) T rd , at d run all street cars \\ Ith energy that would otherwIse be \\ asted and belched out o' UrIl"ce -t c, ~ If you use steam lor heatIng a d dr\ lIIg ll1d yOll ,11101\ aliI (' ndensatlOll to go to \\aste-you are losing money. Put all your condensatlOn back mto the holler wIthout pumpmg-and 1 kr II ill I I lIlII,) II I h I tl II 1h "Detroit" Return Trap PATENTED "DETROIT" Automatic- Return Steam Traps Manufactured and Guaranteed by ~itk~c~~ III 111:1 (lil l il I" I III II ,1111 II --ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS-- "ABC" Moist Air Dry Kilns. "American Sirocco" Slow Speed Exhaust Fans. General Offices: Works' ------..,II I I! IIIIII IIII IIIII II III IIII II IIII I II III II ....I DETROIT, MICH. DetrOit, Mlch and Troy, N. Y. ,,- ._--~---------- ._--------------_._---- SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened wIth flat head wood screw and furni'lhed in three sizes SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES I I III II" No 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW YORK~S NEW FURNITURE EXCHANGE BUILDINGS Covering the entire blocks frOIllLexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 48th Streets Each building 200 x 275 feet in size and 12 stories high 1,,300,,000 Square Feet or Nearly 28 Acres Floor Space THE LARGEST AREA WHOLLY DEVOTED TO WHOLESALE SALESROOMS IN THE WORLD WILL BE READY FOR OCCIJPANCY DECEMBER 1st., 1910 Applications for space should be Illade to CHAS. E. SPRATT., Secretary NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE ARTHUR S WHITE. PreSIdent ALVAH BROWN. VleePreSldent HARRY C WHITE. See y Treas .••••...•. - .--~ I Get Next to Mechanics Art in Plain Dress II IIIf II I !I IIII II WEEKLY ARTISAN .,.. IIIII•I•I IIIt II It I IIt I I II•I I• I• •t I II• I II VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS: CHICAGO, 1319 Michigan Avenue, 3rd floor. NEW YORK fURNITURE EXC"ANGE, Space 10, 6th floor. Complete Suites for the Dining Room, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 3 Penod and Colomal DeSIgns at Popular Puces Full Ime 01 MUSIC Cabmets wIth our Patent AutomatIc Shelves also for all kmds of Records. co., . . .I. ~'lAJIiJ~' ~ i You don't have to" talk" your No wonder people want Royal Chairs-no wonder they head off to sell Royal ChaIrs. won't take any other Read what C. F Jackson, Norwalk, You don't have to •• waste" tIme on "rubber-necks." OhIO,wrote us We send custo'ners to your store convinced-ready to buy. ••Wecanno/Jell any other chairJ here. Good ad"'ertiJing and We sell Royal Chairs for you, OUf 'REAL merIt ha"'e made 'Royall crac1(er-jack JellerJ.·· ';;,;,t:; National Ad"ertisingu:€::~L is a tremendous selllllg force. 25 MIllion THE PUSH BUTTON A. E. MIllett, Amada, l\heh , says people are readlllg our advertIsements every XINP ",your ChairJ are rapid.,fire Jell e rJ. month they appear We use such papers Send last order quick. ... as Saturday Evenlllg Post, Ladles' Home Wehelp you IIIothe~,waysas well. DraB Journal, Woman's Home Compamon, Cos- us a lme today;-get our buslllessboomI~g mopolltan Literary DIgest Munsey's Sue- proposItIon-It s a lIve WIrethat gets .he cess, Rev'iew of Revlew~, Everyb~dy's, trade-makes your store popular , McClure's and many others. CO., • Sturais, MIch. MECHANICS FURNITURE ~ ----------_.-._._._.--------------------------------------. 4 ~\VEEKLY ARTISAN ~, --... -------- -------------~- I- f I• I• IIII• I• I •••• I, •,I•••••• II I•I III ___________________ • • 1 _I II Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand RapIds luce rurniture (0. of Excellent WorkmanshIp and Fmlsh, conSIsting or Parlor Callinets, Music Callinets, Hall Trees, Hat Racks, Sbaving Stands, Buffets, Cbina Closets, Gilt Mirrors, Dressing Tables, Cbairs, and Adju.rtaMe Fixtures THE LUCE LINE DISPLAYS GRAND RAPIDS-Second Floor, Furn Iture Exhlbltlon BUlldmg CHICAGO-All the year round, Ch,ca go FurnIture Exchange, 14th and Wabash Ave, and 10 the New York FurnIture Exchange _______~_ ~ . .---- -..-.-.-....-------_. . -----1 The CelelJrated EFFand EFF Line I ROCKfORD fRAME AND fiXTURE co., Rockford, III . ~ .. .---------- --------_. ..-.--_. . .------- ... - . _. ---- ---- ... - .-- .... GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRA~Y 30th Year-No.3 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 17. 1909 Issued Weekly PROGRESSIVE PEDDLERS. "\\e ha\e the bonu" ,,_\,tem for the mo\ement of hwbh grade goods, but only to a paltlal extent, . saId IT \\ Hub-bard of the.M RIch & Bra" Company, Atlanta, at the Pant-lmd, where he I" makmg ll1S home dunno hI" "tay m the b - market "1 have heard of Its bemg 111 use m othel e"tab1lsh-ments, but cannot say how It works out m general In fact It,> tnal by u'> on such pecuhar lme'> that there IS no <bYen-eral "olutlon III It It h employed wIth a couple of men from our carpet department, who help out when neededlll the fur11l-ture depal tment These men talk nothmg but hIgh grade goods when called upon to a"sl"t, and they make sale" by theIr method", and of COUIse secure the bonuses "As a general proposItIOn we pal our men straIght salanes, and the p01lC} of the house has been qUIck recog11ltlon and re-ward fOI good work vI, e endeavor to get the best help and m my department our men make from $125 to $200 a month, accordlllg to ablht} Mr RIch, the head of the house, ha" frequently remarked that he owes the bUlldmg up of the es-tabhshment to the faIthful men he grouped about hIm; that III no other way could he have made the progress "You may not know It, but the firm members have no fo01lsh pnde, but rather take pleasure m the good fortune VI hlch has come to them, and so ha\ e no heSItancy when talkmg of theIr busllless growth III lettmg It be kno\\n they arrl\ed m Atlanta wIth packs upon their backs, ha\mg walked all the way from NashvIlle The) vvere peddlers, and started In a small way m Atlanta As they grew they drew about them men who helped them de\ elop \Ve ha\ e a great de-partment "tore, and It IS due to the co-operative splnt whIch has prey alled betVl een the film and ItS men "The amount a good a\ erage salesman should sell IS de-pendent largely upon local and house condItions, and wIth our e:,tabhshment I should say off hand, $40,000 annually The answer whIch an) one man may gIve to thIS query wlll only apply to hIS 0\\ n hou"e, or at best to hIS own CIty, and III but few mstances to the lattel, for each house has an entirely dIf-ferent settmg, Influence and trade posslblllties "\\ Ith our ad\ ertls111g there IS but one mednlm employed, and that I'>the dally ple..,s :\o~ I am talkmg about our own house and as the pubhclty posslblllties apply to It Cuts al e u"ed hberall), and the) al e never of the stock order, but made for the particular tIme and article for vvhlch they are used They do not cost much at the best, and the senSIble economy IS the proper cut f01 each al tide, and ItS use for nothlllg else An Enormous Output of Seconds. The man who was domg the talkmg runs a comparatively small table factory He has been In the bus111ess a good many years, and thu'> ha'" qUIte an extensIve acquamtance among some of the older dealers of the country Dunng the past spnng order" fell off, '>0that he thought he would make a call on some of hIS old acquallltances III the trade, and pIck up a few orders The first town he went mto he found out that a large table factory not \ ery many mlles away had been dls-poslllg of VI hat were deSIgnated as "seconds," and that the dealer upon vvham the httle fellow had counted for an order \\ as "loaded to the guards," so that he dIdn't dare "look a table In the face" The small table manuiacturer found that the same condItIOns prey alled In almost eve Iy store he went mto 111three or four cIties \Vhen he got through he figured up that the large manufacturer had dIsposed of no less than 7.200 tables as seconds The httle fellow now beheves that sellmg goods as seconds IS SImply another way to cut the pnce, as the goods were all sold at 2S per cent off Why the Line Did Not Sell. The '>elhng agent of a company manufactunng a very strong Ime oi case work, becom1l1g chssatlsfied wLth the "low movement of hI" goods OIl a cel tam floor of a certam gl eat hou"e fur11lshmg merchant, called On the buyer and beg-ged permIssIOn to 1l1terVlew the sale"men employed WIth the purpose of learnmg the cau..,e of the mactlon PermISSIOn VI a.., granted and the sellmg agent qUIckly granted and the selhng agent qUlckl) learned that the "alesmen had not stud- Ied the lme, that ot the speCIal ieatures contamed therem they knew nothmg J n a good natured, Jollymg the agent took the sale::,men through the ll11e and explal11ed to each I11dlvldual the "e1l111gquahtle" the pIece" possessed The salesmen took a hvel) 111terest 111the remarks of the agent and the goods have moved Iapldl} and ea"lly Sl11ce pealed to the Intelstate Commerce Commission and that body has ruled that the junsdlctlon of the State Railroad Commis-sIOn does not extend over demunage aCCrll1ng on mterstate traffic In Chlcago the carners aIlow, on gram, one day for inspec-tIOn, two days for disposItion or sWltchmg orders and three da} S for unloadmg, on coal the roads aIlow two to four days free time at storage or sWltchmg yards for disposItion; in Mm-neapolts and St Paul a Slmllar alIowance lS made In Xe", York, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvama and :-Ian land the carners have had m operatIOn for several years a t\\ enty-four hour average plan, which the shlpper may ad-opt by contract wlth the carner On cars released withm 24 hOUls a credit IS alIowed of one day that may offset any de-tentIOn of other cars handled wlthm the same month to the same e'Ctent In Mlchlgan and New England states the aver-age plan IS m operation on the basls of 48 hours free time. t;nder the 24 hour average plan only the larger shlppers or those handltng commodltles that may be loaded or unloaded \\ lth the greatest faClltty may operate to advantage as the a\ erage ft ee time on each car lS only 36 hours and to ga111any advantage the recel\ er or shipper must release more than 50 per cent of hlS cars wlthm 24 hours. The 48-hour average plan lS more fay orable and offers a most practlcal solutIOn of the entne demunage problem Some of the demurrage bureaus all ow the free time from 7 am, foIlowlng the actual or constructive dehvery of the cal s \\ hlle in other distncts the free tlme commences at noon lt the cars are tendered Or placed before that hour The Ohio Rat/road CommlsslOn provlded for the latter method but the carnero, 19nored -,ame and have aIlowed free time from the 7 a m folIowmg In larg e termllldls lt lS practIcaIly unposslble to obtain a checl of the "torage yards and deltvery tracks at noon or tVvlLe each cla}, 'iO that a double or overIappmg period is dif-ficult to enforce and the bureaus have, m mO'it 111'itances aban-doned thls plan The vanou'i '3tate ralltoad commlSSlons havL, m many in- '3tances, 1efused to recogmze or assume any j unsdlctlOn over demurrage because of lack of speClfic authonty, the carriers, have opposed such leglslation and little progress ha'i been made III thls dlrectlOn In sevel al states, however, the CommlsslOns have as-sumed jUllsdlctlOn over demun age, even to the extent of pre- -,cllblllg demurrage rule'3 '" Ith ",hlch the carners have refused to comply Vanous orgamzatlOns of shippers have expended much tune and money m the endeavor to establish demurrage rules upon a fair and eqUltable basis and while ready to ad-mIt the justlce and necessity of a reasonable charge for the undue detention of cars have combatted many of the prescnt rules and pI actlces as bemg arbItrary and unjust. At the present time demurrage IS a subject that IS of VItal Importance to every receIver and shIpper and should receive undIvIded attention At the last annual meeting of the Na-tlOnal AssoClatlOn of Rallroad Commlssoners, 1ll October, 1908, a commIttee compo'ied of one representatIve from each rat/- road commIssIon and one representative of the Interstate Com-merce Comm1sslOn, to be known as the NatlOnal Demurrage CommIttee, was appomted and mstructed to draft a set of de-murrage rules that may be applted on all traffic, state or mter-state supersechng all present rules THE DEMURRAGE QUESTION Mr. Ewing Te-lls Why Uniform Rules Can Not Be- Fairly Applied to All Shi}Jpl"rs. Unlike other items of freight transportatlOn chargcs, de-murrage was not entIrely expenmental m ItS first appltcatlon to shIpments transported by rail but had ItS ongm m the old mantIme practlce of chargmg for the detentlOn of a ve"sel be-yond the tIme for whIch ongmalIy chartered. It was 11l 1887 that the first demurrage bureaus, termed car servIce assocIa-tions until recently, were orgamzed and smce that time the history of demurrage IS one succeSSlOn of expenments There are, at present, forty demurrage bureaus m the Umted States, each operating under an md1v1dual set of rules These bur-eaus are mamtamed j omtly by the raIlroads operatmg \\ 1thm the tern tory of each, are 111charge of a manager and hIS corp" of assIstants m each instance and are supreme m the handhng of all matters pertaullng to the detentlOn of cars 01 the storage of freIght In the warehouses of the earners No other Item of transportatIOn charge has resulted In as much contra\ ers}, lttlgatlOn and legIslatIOn as has demurrage and thiS IS largely due to the fact that, pnor to the year 1906, the rules \\ ere not ng1dly enforced The Interstate Commerce CommiSSion, under a stnct 111- terpretatlOn of Sec 6, of the Act to Regulate Commerce, as amended June 29, 1906, ruled that the demurrage rates, 1ules and regulatlOns of each carner must be embodIed 111thelf publtshed tanffs or reference to separate tanft contammg same must be shown and that hay mg published theIr demurrage rates, fat/ure to assess and coIlect same would constitute a vlOlatlOn of the act That rulmg IS absolutely fall and Just and should meet WIth the approval of every receIver and shIpper of freIght m carload 10t'3 The true pnnc1ple of demurrage IS absolutely benefiClal to 1eCe1Ver'i and sh1pper'3 masmuch as It llnposes a penalty for the undue cletentlOn of a ca1 heyond a 1easonable time for loading or unloadmg Tt has been estnllated tIut the apphcatIon of demUll age has 111creased ca1 efficlenc\ ;0 per cent and eve 1y receIver or shIpper who has 'iuftereel lo"s because of car shortage can appreClate any mcrease 111 car effiCiency. As previously state,l the1 e are approximately forty de-murrage bureaus 111the United States The 1egular free time aIlowed for the 10ad111gor unloadlllg of cars IS 48 hour'3 There are, however, some notdhle cxcept10n'i to thIS alIo\Vance In New England states four days free tIme IS aIlowed for load 111g, unload111g or 1econs1gnment State la\vs 111 ConnectI-cut and Vermont aIlow thIS penod of free time and 111the other New England o,tateb the carllers have \oluntanly made the same aIlowance m antIClpatlOn of the adoptlOn of Slmllal laws by the other states In MIchIgan, \Tug1l1Ja, 1e),a'i, Cah-fornia and in New Orleans, ::\Ioblle and some othe1 sect10n'i 72 hours free time IS alloY\!ed on coal and coke and In St Lows on b1tum1l10us coal Vanous local and "tate rules and la\\ s allow 72 hours on lumher and cotton seeel and It" products The "limIt" IS 111 Texas \vhere the Rail lOad C01111111sslOn authonzed an aIlowance of tcn day s On nee and cotton seed products, on local bllhng at gulf porb In -\laba111a and Ten-nessee addItional free time IS allowecl 011 eel ta1l1 C01111110dlt1e<., whe1 e more than three cars are recen eel in one clav m el one load The State RaIlroad Conll111sslOn of OhiO dcloptecl 1ules allowlllg 72 hours for the unloadlllg ot cars contallllng more than 60,000 pounds of any commodity hut WIth this and othe1 rules So adopted the carners have refused to comply, hay e ap- WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 The NatIOnal Demurrage CommIttee appomted a sub- LOnU11Itteeof bve and the most drastIC' set of rule~ ever Imposed upon the ft eIght payers of the countI y has been compIled and subl11ltted 1he calnelS, always opposed to an average plan of handlmg demurrage 01 any s11mlal concessIOns that have been gained by the recelvel sand shlppel s, are entIrely favOl-able to the adoptIOn of the new rules but the committee recog-l11Z111gthe nghts of the shIppers to be consulted 111regard to same, granted a public heanng at Washmgton, June 4 and 3, whIch was lal gely attended. The 0pposltlOn to the new rules was so strong that actIon on same was deferred until July 13, pnor to which date the recelVers and shippers of the country were invited and requested to file with Franklin K. Lane, Chair-man of the NatIOnal Demurrage Committee, Washington, D c., briefs settmg forth theIr vIews and objections. As the new and ul11form rules will entirely supercede all present rules and WIll mcrease the amount of demurrage now collected by the carners, estimated at $25,000 per day, to probably tWIce that amount, the receIvers and shippers should arid must take action at once and make very effort to obtain a more reasonable set of rules. In view of the fact that demurrage is not a transportation charge but IS a charge made for a service that either precedes or follows the actual transportatIon service, is absolutely sep-arate and dIstinct from the transportatIOn service and is en-tIrely subJ ect to local condItIOns at pomt of 10ad111g or unload-mg, It deles lot alpear reasonable or pOSSIble to devise or Im-pose d u111fOlm set of rule~ that may be apphed to every com-modIty m every localIty WIth JustIce to all Local conchtlOns ~urround111g the loadmg and unloadmg of vanou" commodltle" 111vanou" localItIes dIffer to an extent that ~hould not be IgnOl ed m the applIcatlon of demurrage rule~ 111 the new rule~ no allowance I~ made for varY111g con-dItIons In any complamt, deal111g WIth the reasonableness of the trelght I ate upon any com!n1ochty or where the freIght payel attacks the I ea~onablene~s of the I ate, the usual defense of the Cdrnel I" an exhau~tlve I eCltatlOn of the condItIOns sur-loul1d111g the 11ampOl tdtlOn of that partIculdr commodIty, en-tn ely ))eLuhal to tlIat commodIty or the locahty 111whIch same l~ tramported and absolutely JmtlfY111g the ImpOSItIOn of the I,lte m force I" It Lonsl~tent, then, to IgnOl e such facts and conditIOns 111the applIcatIOn of clemun ag e) Is there any conSIstenCy 111 demurrage I ule~ that, hke a postage stamp, cover the entIre country and 1ecog1117e no vanance 111commodItIes or the con-dltlom undel whIch same al e handled? \nother important factor IS the varY111g size, capacIty and style of the eqmpment fur111shed by the carners and the condI-tIOns of same when supphed The law requires the carriers to provide cars suitable for the safe transportation of the com-modItIes whIch they engage to transport. The cars furnished may be of smtable style and not be m a suitable conditIOn Certain commodIties require the preparation of cars before they may be safely or profitably loaded or transported therein and the can lers do not so prepare the cars nor would they pay claIms for loss or damage arising from the refusal or the fail-ure of the shippers to so pI epal e the cars Refngerator cars supphed by the carriers for the loading of perishable fnnt 111the season of frost must be warmed be-fore loadmg or the freIght would be damaged before the load-ing of the car was completed. In the season of heat refrig-erator cars must be cooled Cars in which salt, lime, brick or coal have been previously transported must be thoroughly cleaned before other freight may be loaded therein, and other cars require lining and blocking, stock cars must be cleaned and all box cars must be prepared for the 10ad111g of any bulk freight. The carriers do not ma111tam certain descriptIOns of cars for the transportatIOn of each of the above mentIOned com-modIties, to any great extent, and the time consumed in pre-panng same f01 loadmg WIll correspondmgly reduce the free tIme allowed the shlppel to load hIS freight uncler the new I ules. The solutIOn of the demurrage problem does not lie 111the apphcatlOn of any new or u111form set of rules Every point that has been gamed by the shIppers WIll be lost if the proposed rules become effectIVe It cannot be del11ed that the present methods and rules are not satisfactory; the controversy result- 111g from the apphcation of same is suffiCIent evidence of their 111effiClency and best demonstrates the urgent need of reVIsion. In the final solutIOn of the problem one important factor will be the deten111natlOn of what IS a reasonable time in which to load or unload vanous commodItIes and cars of varying style and size under condltwns pecuhar to the tune and place in Richard Mahnke. Wcsteln Reptesentatlve of Jamestown Lounge Company whIch the load1l1g or unload1l1g IS to be accomplished. In deten111n1l1g all freIght rates the necessIty of classifi-cation has always been recogmzed by the carners and classifi-cation now forms the basis of the majority of the rates in effect. The same necessIty must be recogmzed 111 connectIOn with de-murrage and until it IS so recogl1lzed the proper adjustment will not be accomphshed Shippers and orgamzations of shIppers 111 every sectIOn of the country are filing with the committee briefs setting forth theIr vIews on the subject and It IS not probable that the com-mittee will not take final action on the matter until due inves-tigatIOn of condItions and conSIderation of the brIefs filed has been allowed. In the meantime every receiver and shipper should keep in close touch with the situation and be ready to combat the adoption of any I ules that are not absolutely reason-able and Just ERNEST LEWING. Grand Rapids, July 14, 1909 Buck Brothers are fitt111g up a factory preparatory to en-gaglllg 111 the manufacture of chairs, 111Sterling, Mass 8 y•o - - -- •I ,I III \\ E EK L y --------~~,I I,, I,,,,,,,I , II,I,,III ,I, II I,,I,t I,III ,, ,,• ,, II•It It II ,I ._---------_. ---- , ... 35% OFF LIST $16 I, I,I•I ,I I,• ,II 1._. • _ No. 10-F. Ouartered Oak. ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT The Humphre}-Wld-man SectIonal Construe tlOn has dust proof partlttons, Iron shelf support,> and a two Inch deeper case than othel s DEALERS' PROFIT .5.5% Lme on sale ,n FurD/lure Ex-chanlle. Grand RapIds; Manufact-urers' Exh,lntlOn BUildlUll. Ch,- calla and Furniture Exchange. New York. HUMPHREY -WIDMAN BOOKCASE CO. WRITE FOR CATALOCUE DETROIT, M,CHIGAN T1'adeNotes and News. W A Ketcham wl1l open a stock of furniture m ~larsh-field, Ore. The May-Stern syndIcate purchases furmture for tvventy-three stores. The NatIOnal Cotton Felt Company have commenced the manufacture of mattresses in Memphis, Tenn. The Robertson Furmture Company wl1l open a stock of furnIture m Lawrence Kan, on the first of August A modern hotel to contain sIxty rooms WIll be erected at St Maries, Ida The sum of $35,000 will be mvested in the bUlldmg. The Alta Club WIll erect an addItion to their club house in Salt Lake CIty at an erpense of $60,000. ConsIderable new furnIture WIll be bought ProvIded subscnptIons can be obtamed to the capItal stock of the company to the amount of $100,000, a furnIture factory will be located m Newport News, Va GRAnderson has moved hIS stock of furlllture, at Lltt'" Falls, Minn., mto a larger and more convenient bUlldmg The old store WIll be used for hIS undertakmg busmess A. Lamb and others have orgamzed the L"mted States Barber Manufactunng Company, to manutacture and sell bar-ber furniture and fixtures m ChIcago The capItal stock IS $2,400, W. L Morgan has under constructIOn a large bUlldmg m Portland, Ore, whIch when completed, early m December, wl1l be occupied by a wholesale and retaIl furmture estab- Ishment Harold McCormIck, a mllhonalre of Lake Forest, III , re-ceIved two full car~ of furmture made m Europe for hIS home on July 9. The furniture was Imported especIally for Mr. Mc- Conmck by the FrancIs-Bacon Company of Boston, Mass. ARTISAN ~--- II, ,I ,I II• I It I I,I I,II! ,, I,I,,I ,, , I,II IIIII I,, I I HERE'S THAT IS -----. .,.. _. _--.---.., I,I A BARGAIN I, I,IfI , I II ,II II II No 537. 28x42 top. II II I._----_._---- ..-.~I Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 Y"u can't make money faster than by buymg thIS line hbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thiS and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING CO. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. A representative of a Colomal furmture collecting com-pan), of Boston, IS vISltlng the farm houses and VIllage hoP]( s 111 and near Readmg, Pa, searchmg for old furmture and crockery. He secured a number of very valu8 ole pipct,:> at Joanna The Rhodes Furmture Company have taken possessIOn or a new bUlldmg contamlllg 30,000 square feet of floor space, In ~lemphls, Tenn The first floor IS arranged for the ad-vantageous dIsplay of furmture, WIth two mezzamne apart-ments, The second floor IS used for exhlbltmg bed room fur-mture and the thIrd for parlor and dmmg room furlllture. Lammert Furniture Company's New Store. Martin Lammert, J r, and Mr Hoevel of the Lammert Furniture Company, St. Louis, are spending a few days in Grand RapIds placlllg orders for furmture. The company have leased two large buildings on the southeast corner of Tenth street and Vvashington avenue and taken possessIOn of one of the same The other WIll be occupied by the company on January 1 next The gross rental for fifteen years amounts to $600,000, based on a shding scale which increases after each five year period The property embodIes two buildings each six stories high, containing one hundred and thirty thousand square feet floor space, or one third more than the company had in theIr old location on Fourth and St Charles streets The owners wl1l expend one hundred thousand dol-lar", m Iemodehng the bUlldlllg'" Plate gla~" front~ and 1111- pOSlllg entl ances on Washlllgton avenue and Tenth streets WIll be lllstalled and four hIgh speed electnc elevators will be added The Lammert FurnIture Company commenced busi-ness 111 the year 1861, and IS probably the oldest furlllture house In the middle west. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 TilE AUDITORIUM HOTEL~ DENVER. Oscar \\ Smith, of the Sl111th-Henson Hotel Company, of Denver Colo. owner" of the Hotel \\' est and the :VIadl:,on both m Den\ er, lS m the Clt) buymg furmture for the new \uditDrIUm hotel of Delwer, now bUlldmg The ~udltonum will have 250 room" >andWill be ready for busllless about Sept-ember 15 It ~Ill be noted from the arc1utects draV\mg re-produced here,,,, Ith that the bmldlng I" fi, e stone" 1ll h('lght floor, WIll be furmshed exactly ahke The same plan will be carned throughout The furniture, to be selected Will embrace reproductions from the French. Engh"h. Colomal and MIssion schools and the mahogany sUite" Will be purchased both 111light and dark fimshe:, ~Ir Smith ha" a hobby for harmonlUs furmshings, consequently wall hnts, the rug" and everythmg which goes Into the room" Will he 111colors to corre"pond with the pecu-har t) pe and color of the furniture purchased for that partt- It mea"ure:, 100x125 and I:' blult of bnck. "teel and terra cotta, 111the form of a capital H The first floor Will be devoted to the hotel office and dmmg rooms, of whclh there are to be two The upper floors Will be from one floor plan and correspond- 111groom" on each floor Will be furmshed exactly ahke In other word" the four "leep111g rooms 111the southea"t corner of the butldlllg, one each on the second, third, fourth and fifth I~1 -------------- .. _-_ ..._._----.., I IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR I i IT'S AN ALASKA I Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold sin c e I 878. Desirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: III ! I I ••IItIi The Small consumption of Ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity 01 operation. Perfect preservation of food. I fIII \\ e sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive R-"frigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. L. E. Moon, New York Manager. 35 Warren St•• New York City. ~._-. - ..._------------------- .. _-------- ...~ \ ~I , cular room Two out of every three of the rooms Will have a bath and totlet conventences It Will be possible to give large partles as many rooms as they may require up to the ca-pacity of the floor Groups of pohticlans or others attending com entIOn" who deSire to have their rooms adjoining and afforcltng 111tercommumcatlon are by thlS means afforded ac-comodatlOn and pnvac) The hotel Will be conducted on the European plan The Denver Dry Good:, Company secured the orders for the furmture for the Smith-Henson Hotel Company's other houses, the ~Iadlson and Hotel West as well as for the new Auclttonum H E Karns, the company's buyer, IS 111 the city asslstlllg Mr Smlth III the selectlOn of the furmture whlch wll1 be furmshed largely by the Shgh Furmture Company. Unexpected. ,.Does my whistle annoy you~" asked the Joker SOltCltoUS-ly The pleasant man put down hlb pen Not a bIt I" he protest-ed "\Vell, ,111 that case," remarked the Joker, "I'll try some-t1ung else" Look pleasant even though you may not be gomg to have ,our picture taken • - _•• ::_.\~~ I) ~:s~~~?,,~-~s~~~,:~o~~& Steenman furl11ture factory at Howard City, Mlch, each I bid to be accompdmed by certified clleck ot $100 as guaran-tee 01 good faith Bld~ to be opened by me on Thursday, July 22, 1909 Right re'i~rved to reject dny and all bids Thl~ I~ the gre,lte"t manufacturing plant bargam ever offereJ 111 1IIchigan TVI0 story frdme bUlld1l1gs, I-shaped, 168x153 dnd 262x153 111 good conditIOn, amply protected from fire by modern. prl\ ate and publIc water plants, heated by surplus ,tedm Inoluded IS 415 feet "hdftmg, 26 pulleys, 14 foot umnter~h.tft belt tightener, 3 blowers and 4,000 feet plpmg. elly kiln of 3 compartments all piped, 1.425 feet heatmg pipe, 200 h p eng111e,1l1dtwo Lan'i1l1g bOilers, a con,el11ent money makmg shop, 111 a good town. labor plentiful Two Side track.., from G R & I and P M Rys run to plant Wllte for further partlcular'i or send bid to BERT CRITTENDEN, Trustee, Howard City, Mlch II i I~.--.-._-.-.-.-..----..-.-..-------- _.. .....-..... ........ I 10 WEEKL\ ARTISA1\ HAFNER FURNITURE COMPANY Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers CATALoe UPON REQUEST Samples shown at Manufacturers' Furn- Iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. ESTABLISHED 1873 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO No. 3064 No. 3065 Davenport -Size, 78 Inches long This IS a substantIa! and beautllu! desIgn and umque pattern The thoroughly constrtlcted frame IS of selected northern bIrch and beautIfully fin1~hed III mahogany, rubbed and pohshed. The tlpholstenng ISplaID, seat, back, and arms With a ruffled border on front of seat The filling IS of tow, moss and elastic cotton lelt top The ~pnngs used In thIs Davenport are of highly tempered steel of the double cone ~hape [here are )6 spnng~ m ItS con~trtlctlOn, each spnng bemg secmely tied eIght times by hand Thl~ Davenport welgh~, ready for shIpment, about 250 Ibs Price No.1 Leather $42.00 Furnihll"e Not('~ and N'pws. '\ hotel to co..,t $25,000 v\ 111he erected 111 rerrd Uell'l Cal W L Hall will open a stoLk ot fur11lture III Kno,,- \ dIe, Tenn James B Trotter, a dealel In furl1ltl1l e In Ro,;c\\ ell \ II died recently Curtls & Curtls will engage In the sale of tl1lllltme at Greenville, 0 The Fond du Lac MIl rOl Compdny may 1110\e Ito; plant to Sheboygan W1'; F G Hurt has opened a stock of turllltul e ;tll(! cal pets In Lancaster, K} The Leather Furllltm e Company has en~al:;er1 In huslness 111 New Albany, Ind A fur11lture store h,l" been opened III l\,10rnc,town Tenn by Harrell & McCord " , A fur11lture and Cdlpet ,;tOJelM" opellcd In c.,1.cra111ento Cal , bv Clement & Dunn The "Vdlingham Ft1l111ture Compan} of .:\Llcon (Ga) IS conducting a rellloctellng- ,;ale \iV etherell & Reid, succeed \Vethe1 ell, ReId & Co 111 the furnIture busl11es,; at Tollet III Maxwell Brothers, of Augusta, Ga , were ctamal:;ect bv fire to the amOl1l1t of $5000 lecentlv - The Globe Furl11ture Company have engaged 111 the re tall furl11tllle hU';111e,;'i111 \i\Tynne Ark Frank l' \iV ood 'i, a dealer 111 fur111ttll e and decO! at1n" matenals In Kew YOI k IS a bank! upt '"' The Peck Dry Goods Company of Kan'ia,; Cltv has dl'i contllll1ed their fl1rmture department - The Stow & Davls Fur11lture Company WIll erect a large additlOn to their plant 111 Grand Rapid,; \lbert J\Ia) IS a';5lst111g T 'vV Flesh In sell111g the llne of the Clon-K11ls Company 111 Grand Rap1ds J L Met7's furniture factory 111ChIcago, was destroyed b) fire on [l1h 4 Loss amounts to $5,000 The Newman FurnIture Company is the name of a corpor-ation engag111g 111bn5lnes,; 111 Newman, Ga R Holman & Co , of Chelsea, Mass, have filed article,; of lllcorporatlOn The capital stock IS $20,000 c\ large thl ee story bnck bullcltng WIll 1Je erected 111Troy, \ C bv the Montgomery FUrl11tUl e Compan y The samples shown by the Shelbyvllle exhIbitors in ChI-cago n um ber t\\ 0 thousand five hundred pieces The Shank Furniture and Storage Company of Indiana-pOlS, have Illcreased their capital stock to $60000 Procced111l:;'; 1n bankruptcy 11dve been commenced ag:ll 1"t the Coppa~e I nlllltl1re Company, of lVI111neapolls 1 R Rd)11l0ncl bu}el fo. the InnIS Fur111ttllC Comjlllly of \A,i lClllta Kan, 1S plaCing orders 1n Gl and Rap1ds The ~lorn,;on-Phllllps Mercantile Company succeed Tohn A Fleeman 111the furmture hl1S111eSSat Atoka, Okla Joseph l'{ J erue has pm chased the furntture and under-tak111g' bl1S111eS';of A "V SIegel 111Cheney, vVash L N \\ 11ltman 1'i succeeded 111 tIlE. fnrl1ltl1rc and nndel-tak1l1g bUS111C%at F1 edenck,;burg, Iowa, hv A B Bnf The Nebra,;ka lUlmture and Cal pet Company, recently 111COplorated at S Juth Omaha, N eh , IS capltahzed for $100.000 S "\lV Klddcl of Kidder & DaVIS, Fitchburg, Mass, is ,;pendlng' the \\ eek 111Grand RapId", placlllg orders for furni-ture The Turp1l1 & Ingram Fur11lture Company, recently 111- corporated to do busllless in Nevada, OhlO, is capitalized for 8>20000 The M1chlgan Church Pew Company of Charlotte, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 has been sold out by the receiver The liabIlities amount to $16,000 Carson Bradford, manager of the Bradford & McKee Fur-niture Company, NashvIlle, Tenn , will spend the current week In Grand RapIds The Schwartz ManufacturIng Company of Plymouth, WIS, are bUlld1l1g an addItIOn to their factory, whIch will be used for shipp1l1g purposes The Salmon RIver Table Companv, of Pulaski, NY, have purchased the Pula'ikl Box \Norks from George \N Douglas" They have taken posesslOn The Havel ty f'url11tnre Company wtll erect an addition to theIr bUllclinl:; at the intersectIon of Pryor stl eet and Au-bUln avenue In Atlanta, Ga Very lmp01 tant "'Ifa).. Gutknowsky, the furniture dealer in ENOl walk, OhIO, has sold hIS sorrel horse to Georg-e Ever-ett, the East avenue butcher The Holland (Mlch) Cal v111g and Mould111g Company have increased their capItal stock frOm ten thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars M T GlaVin, buyer for the Abraham & Strauss FurnitUl e Company, Brooklyn, NY, is spending his vacation at Sara-toga SpIl11g'i, accol1lpamed by hIS family Anthony LUClk, long engaged in the manufacture of fur-mture in C111cinnatl, 1S the lessee of the John Schrader FurnI-ture Company's plant 111New Albany, Ind Henry Haltzel, of Allentown, 1'a, manager of a cha111 of stores located 111 Pennsylvania, is spending the week in Grand RapIds, ChIcago and St LOUIS, plaCIng orders Walter Johnson, 111anager of the Atherton Furmture Com-pany of Boston, Mass, is spend111g the week in Grand Rapids placing orders for the company's several stores J. H Scott and others have 01gan17ed the Scott-Haggin Company, 111 \iVinston-Salem, N C, preparatory to engaging 111 the manufacture of the Scott collapsIble bookcase The factones at Rockford Il1., are going into operatlOn WIth a full quota of workmen on full tIme, necessitated by the volume of sale'3 made dUrIng the midsummer season An 111voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed ag-a111st Abraham Cameron, a dealer 111fur11lture 111 Crystal Falls, Mlch HIS liabl1Jties amount to $4,600; assests $1,200 A H Hotchloss. recently WIth R H \iVhite & Company. Boston, has been engag-ed a'i manager of the furnIture sec-tion of the Edward Malley department store in New Haven, Ct The Horn IUrl1lttl1e Company of vVaukegan, 111 re-cently dIsplayed a umque exhlb1t 111its show w111dow A mlnla ture park was lighted With two large horns, indicating the name of the company Leon Levy of Stern & Company, PhiladelphIa, wtll spend the current month in Grand RapIds, ChIcago, Rockford and St 1 OUIS placl11g 01 ders for fur111ture He \\ tll return to Phil-adelphIa on August 15 Mr Pozonanski, who recently purchased the plant of the ChIppewa Falls, (\VIS) FurnIture Company, will manufacture kitchen cab111ets and tables and gIve employment to from fifty to seventy-five hands. He w1ll change the name of the com-pany to the ImperIal or the Northwe"tern Furmture Company N VV Calk111s, who has been in charge of the furmture department of Crews & Beggs Company, 111 Pueblo, Cola, and, dUrIng the past ten years vIce preSIdent of the company, has reSIgned hIs posItIon and wIll spend several months on the PacJf1c coast E H Dav, advertising manager for the com-pany succeeds Mr Calkins as vice president. A semi-annual dIVIdend of ten per cent was paId July 1 The furnIture de partment of the company WIll be dlsronil11ued ~---_ __ . II , i•I I ---~IIIII I •I •I•I II III I• I I II THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This IS one of our popular Hotel chairs Our chairs are found 111 all the leadmg Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chaIrs, rock-ers and settees of all grades, D111mg Room fHl 11Iture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. I• I• II• I• I• I,,II ,III l II• II• I I• I I•It j~! I~---------------------- A complete hne of sam-ple. are d.splayed 10 The Ford & Johnson BmldlDl!, 1433-37 Wabash Ave., 10- c1udlDlI a speCIal d,splay of Hotel FurnIture. All fUl/lZtUl e deale! s are cordtally tnvzted to uzszt Ollr butldzl1g. II -_ ~ ~------------------------------------------~ III IIII I• IIt• Il•t II ••II I •!I I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frl~I~N~~~ I No Stock complete WIthout the Elt Beds 10 Mantd and Upnght • 1 ELI D. MILLER &, CO. I I EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I I Wnte for cuts and pnces I I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. 0 t l ~. ..---- ..------------~---------~---------~ ~----------------------------_ ..-..-..__ .._ .. -~ I I I I •I • II III 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN 1------::~~~~=:R~:---------l II II•• I• ,I ,• ,,• ,• I,• ,I II II ~--------..-- ---------------- ..... HARDWOOD LUMBER & VENEERS SPECIALTIES ~t\~?fErgQUAR. OAK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W, Main SI" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead In Slyle, ConSlrucbon and FInish. See our Catalogue. Our line on permanent exhlbl-lion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUIlding, Grand RapIds. ~----._--_._-------._I.---------_---..~_...·-_-·---- ...-•I. THAT NEW ALLIANCE List of the Members and Officers and Copy of the Contract with Manufacturers. Somethmg was saId III the columns of the DatIy -\rtban- Record recently about a new orgamzatJon of retaIlers to be known as the l~ur1l1ture Alltance The ltst of houces 1l1ter-ested, together wlth officers and the contract the) al e \\ ork1l1g wIth manufacturers al e herewIth appended R L Reynolds, -\lbany. '\ Y R \\ Soule Emponum, \ugusta, :'Ie Hanson & DIckson, Amsterdam, i\ Y "-\tkinson Furmtnre Co, Boston, "1Iass. Drake & Hersey Co, Boston. :'Iass Eldredge & Peabod) Boston, J\I as" C E Osgood Co Boston, :'Iass Shawmut Furmture Co, Boston. :'Iass Llagg & ,VIllls. Brockton :'Iass lIo'" al d Clark Co. Brockton, :'Iass Geo '\ othnagle & Son Blldgeport, Conn Rosenthal & Ruben, Dl11ghamton, "r\ Y -\ D Stetson & Son, Bath, -:\Ie C 13 ~'l1011er,Inc, Cambndge, :'Iass Phllltps Brm & Co, Cambndge, :'Iass John II Spence & Co. Easton, Pa R S Reed Co, Fall RIver, :'Iass J' D. Smlth, Menden, Conn C H Avery Co, Nashua, \' H Chambetla1l1 Fur11lture & l\Iantel Co, Xew Haven, Ct P. J. Kelle) I urmtnre Co, ;..Jew Haven, Conn Household Ft1111lture Co, )Jew Bedford, :\fass Herbert S. PIerce, New Bedford, ~Iass n C Porter s Sons, New Bnta1l1, Conn Sydnor & Hundley Co RIChmond, \ a \Veis & FIsher Co, Rochester, )J Y rImt & Bnckett Co, Spnngfield, ~I ass J IV. Hersey Co, Spnngfield, Mass KIdder & DaVIS, FItchburg, Mass De ,vandelalr & Gray, Fort Plam, N Y. J as Sunderland & Son, .f< all River, l\Iass. R E Berger, Glenn Falls, ~. Y. P II. Jones & Co, Gloversville, N. Y. Burns & Co, Harrisburg, Pa. r E Tucker & Son, Haverhill, :'lass C. C. ruller Co , Hartford, Conn. Flint & Bruce Co, Hartford, Conn. John TIlley & Co, Holyoke, Mass. \dams & Co, Lowell, 11ass Hobel tson Co, Lowell, .:\lass 13radfOld, Conant & Co, LeWIston, Me Plel ce Fur11lture Co, Leommster, ~Ia:.s. Dodge } urmtnre Co, Worcester, ]\![ass. rImt & Barker, \\ orcester, Mass rllley & Crane Co, Waterbury, Conn Home & Herrmann, Washmgtoll, D C Reddington & Co., WatervIlle, ~Ie. Lambson Furmture Co, vVestfield, .:\1ass \\ esterly Furmture Co, \IV esterly, R I Isaac .:\lason, Brooklyn, N. Y D B. H Power, Lynn, .:\las:. Rogers & Carleton, Sandy HIll, X. Y. Stover & Spence, Schenectady, ~ Y. R C Reynolds, Troy, 1\. Y. G :\1 Bntton Co, Readmg, Pa Ronan Bros , Oneonta, N. Y T. F. Foss & SOliS, Portland, ~le. Petersburg Furmture Co, Petersburg, \ a. J Samuels & Bros, Inc, Providence, R I Ceo Schlude & Sons. PoughkeepsIe, N. Y. ~tover, See:. & Spencer, PIttsfield, Mass Henry L Kmcaide, & Co, QU1l1cy, Mass. COpy of Blank Contract. The contract that manufacturers, Jobbers and other whole sale dealers are asked to sign, reads as follows: WEEKLY ARTISAN J. W. Chesebro, Pres. M S Davves, Vice Pres. THE FURNITURE ALLIANCE, (Incorporated.) E. E. Dodge, Secy. & Treas., C. J. O'Hara, Counsel. AGREEMENT. . ... 190 GIG Main St , Worcester, Ma~s. BLI WEE'- TnL r ~R!',11URL ALLIANCL and . . .. the undel sIgned have tIns day agreed to allow on all goods purchased of us dunng the penod starting from the rollcrtl'Zle sales reach the following amounts: Sales up to $ 5,000, a commission of % Sales up to $35,000, a commission of. . . . .. % Sales up to 10,000, a commission of % Sales up to 40,000, a commIssion of % Sdles up to 15,000, a commIssion of % Sales up to 43,000, a commIssIon of.. .. .. % S,tlcs up to 20,000, a commlSSlOn of % S,tles np to 50,000, a commis<;lOn of... % Sale~ up to 25,000, a commission of % S,tleb up to 7.3,000, a commis"ion of. ., .. 70 Sdles up to 30,000, a commission of % Sales up to 100,000, a commlSSlOn of. . % It is further understood and agreed, that a hst of the subsCl ibel s to The Furmture Alliance 'WIll be furnished . lrv the secretm y of the Furniture AllJance. All purchases 111ade by the sltbscnbers to be bliled dIrect to each subscribel It is further understood and agreed, that wtll turnzsh on the sales fOJ111 of The FU1111tUIe Allwnce, on the first day of each 1110nth. wlnle this contract is in force, a lIst of all sales made to each SubSC11ber of The Fur111tltJe Allwnce, and wIll wIth the lzst, forward to the treasurer of The FurmtuJ e Allwnce a cJtCcl<for 1% of all sales so Je- POIted, same 1% to be deducted from commIssions allowed by us as per schedules of this contract. It is further understood and agreed, zf the mlntmum q tan tIt\! as per schedule of thIS contract IS not reached, that no further dIscounts exceptmg the 1% paid to the treasurer of The Furniture Allwnce WIll be allowed, but in all cases where mi1l1mu1n quantity 11as been reached m anyone of the se'Zeral schedules, that the balance of dIscount after deduct-ing the 1%, shall on July 10, 1910, be mailed to each subscriber, the amount of commwon due said subsCliber on all purchases made by him and to whom shipments have been made. It is further understood and agreed, that The Furmture Alltance assumes no responslbiltty of any debts contracted by the subscriber. to the SUbscllbels at The Furmture Alltance, a discount date of tlus conti act, and endmg July 10, 19] 0, whose ACCEPTEDFOR THE FLRNITURL ALLIANCE. Signed .. .. ............................ .. . SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ Each Net Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. 13 r-----------------------------------~------------~--------.---------.---------------------------------~ I I : I III II ,III II II I II I II III III I II II I I,IIII I I 14 \\11],1\ \RI]S,\\ SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Everything for the Bedroom Many New Features Added for the Fall Season II I I I It! II II I II IIIII II IIII I IIt I III II I III II _____.~._._. _l [ MedIUm and Fme QualIty 1 WRITE rOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mlch I~----------------------------------------------- A Startling ExpericIl{'e. The remarkable eApenences at dlnmmet:o 111 thc11 '\'\dd chase after ttade <ound 111man'\ case'i stranO"el thall fiction o b A s they are fine em belli 'Shers ot e'\ en the actudl tlllng, II hlch COme up before them, It 1S not at all strange that the1r "tones hnd ~uch repetttlOn Here IS d. thlllIlllg st01 y as told b} a Georgla commercial drummer He was tt avelIng th i ongh a hack\'\ ood s cou ntry . shovlllg the bU'S111ess of hl~ hon~e 111tOe'\ el '\ UOS')1odd and vIllage and store, and late one 111ght eIJm e I11tO.1 --mall '\ 111age and put up at the ani} pldce of publIc entel ta111mcnt 111the town He asked f01 a 100m, beJ11g tIred and broken down, and dnAI0U'i to get to iec,t, and the hOll! bell1g 101te, after "np-jJtT, he Wd" told b'\ the old man II ho pld\ ed the pdrt at PIO-pnetor, to go up one flight 01 steps tmn to IllS 11ght, and he ,voule! fine! ll1'S100m He staItecl, bnt belllg ,el} t11ed he for got hIS dllectlOns, dnd tmned to the left afte1 i:S0lllg np the first flight of 'itall" \ lon~ chnnk of '\\ ood 111 d bl t plolLe fur11l'ihed the anI} lIght 111the 100111 and h, It he fonnd hIS way to a chaIr, glanced around and took 1n h1s surroundings He no±Jced that he would have a bed-fellow, and he laId on hIS back and kept hIS face covered wIth a sheet I t was no un-usual thJ11g for drummers to have strang e bed-fellows in places of the sort, and the traveler gave th1s mattel no concern As for the man 1n the bed hav111g ll1S face coveled with the sheet, that lTI1ght have been done to keep off the 111osqmtoes, 01 It mIght SImply have been a fancy to do this III the part of the sleeper The traveler d1srobed hImself and got 111tObed by the , de at hIS ~t1ent cOmpa111011 He had hardly done so before the cloor opened and a man and woman entered They drew theIr chairs close to the fire and commenced to talk 111 soft dnd 101\ tones ] he} hItched then chairs closer together, and thetla\ eler found h1mself forgett111g sleep Be was WIde awake and J11tensel} mterested m what was bemg sa1d The tones becdme 'Softer, 'SuggestIve of courtsh1p In fact so much so, that the GeorgIan nudged hIS s1lent bed-fellow, who made no response Presently the man's arm stole around the woman's waIst and the GeorgIan nudged hIS partner agam. By and by the man s head bent forward, and there was a sound of some-one sobbmg The Georgldn couldn't stand thIS He gave the sheet a flll t, uncovered the face of hIS bed-fellow, and broke out 111to a horse laugh The woman screamed and fled from the room , followed by the man who had sat beSIde her The GeorgIan looked around at hIS bed-fellow to see how he had enjoyed the fun He was a dead man that the man and woman had come m to Sit up w1th The ellummel' had happened 1n the wlOng room The I X L Furl11ture Company, of Salt Lake C1ty, wdl erect an aclehtlOn to the large store bUlldl11g which It now oc-cupIes, at an expense of $35,000 ] he bUllehng will have a frontage of ()8 feet and a depth of 272 feet \n m ertramed man IS a good deal llke an overtramed dory b' SometImes the best hunt111g dog won t work for a scent WEEKLY ARTISAN f------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE I BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS II II III IIII I I I 15 IN THE MARKET vVe will have the nght styles at the nght pnces and made to gIve satIsfaction. Don't miSSccmIng to see the hne, It \\ III pay you I Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. I THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO.,Indianapolis,Ind. I .--------------------------------_~ ~ J Parlor Furniture l<"ixingRetail Price~. c\ manufactullng corpO! atIOll located all the PLlufic COd't IS testmg the prdctlcabIhty of a plan to fiA p11ces upon then pIoLlucts to be charlSed bv letatlels ]hc lollO\vl11g letLer wa::, recently matlcd to the trade J t expla111, the ") 'item to be followed fully "Please note that all future sales to you of belO\v-named products of thiS company wIll be subject to the followl11g condItIons "You sha 11 not scll, 01 ca u sc or pc 1111t1 to bc sold, eI thcI cIJrectly O! 111chrectly, by means at gldtUltIes 01 othel Wise, any of saId products f01 le'iS than the current retail pnces estdb hshed by thIS company (Here follow p11ces ) 'The condtnons here111 named are for the express benefit of thIS company, and 111case of the breach ot saId conclttIon:::. by you 111 connectIOn of any pUlchase of such j1loducts from the undersigned, you shall pay thIS company for each c\11(1evel y such bleach the sum of $SO as the damages which It IS j1lesum-ed and agreed would be suffered by this company for every such breach, said sum to be construed as hquldated damages, and not as a penalty, It being recognized that any such breach would result 111 matenal damages to thIS company, the actudl amount of whIch It would be extremcly chfficult or llTIpractI-cable to fix ThiS company may prosecute any actIOn for such breach 111ItS own name. "The foregolllg cOllchtlOns shall apply to all of the saId products of thIS company that yOU may hel eafter purchase from the undersigned, or may now have on hand, and every future sale to you of such products by the undersIgned shall Couches Leather Rockers t 1 c '-ub]ect to the abCJ\e cOll(htlons, \vh,ch shaH form and be cl pal t of thc consIderatIOn fO! every such sale, whether sO stated at tJw tnne of the ~ale, 01 \\ hen thc goods al e ordel cd or llot All orders ft om ) au lor all) of the afore:::.ald goods shall be consIdercd a<, Call)lnlS \\Ith thcm an acceplance of the abovc condltlons " ThIs IS belIeved to be d legal and vahd contract· b111d111g ,lIl) dealel \\ho buys dIrect, at lCdst \\ e nnagll1e that be fore a gl eat vvhIle some opportunity WIll arise whereby the effect may be te:::.ted fullv, and the po\'\ er of the fixed pnce plan known Millions ill Sale&. c\ gcntlemdll well 1l1formed 111 legare! to the volume of bU~ll1ess transacted h) fhomds Smyth & Company, ChIcago, dealers In hou:::.e fuu11 shll1g good s, 'lays the fil111employs thirty salesmen anel that the sales of each averages over $60,000 per annun' The firm also sells goods valued at more than $1,OOO,OQO annually thlOUgh the maIls On the Trail of False Billel"s. \gents of the 111terstate commISSIOn are makll1g an 1I1vestI- -:;dtlOl1of allclSee! false bIllIng 111 ChIcago, whIch has depnvecl the I aI1lOdds, It IS stated of much legitImate revenue ProsecutIOn of the offenders IS expected as ::'0011 a<, eVIdence IS 111shape for actIOn. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~UBLISHI!D EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRI~T10N $1 eo PER YEAR IN AL.L.COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL.UNION $1 50 PER YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SINGL.E COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE. 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRANO RAP OS, MICH A S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOR Mr. Ewing's article on the demurrage controvelsy. which appears m this edltton of the vVeekly Arttsan, \\ 111 surely be of much interest to furmture men, for the profits of manufacturers, sellers and buyers are all more Or less affect-ed by demurrage rules and charges and they have not, as a whole, been treated fairly by the raIlroad" \\ hl1e It may be de-sirable to have more uniformity in the rules and regulatton'3, it is clear, as pointed out by ::\1r Ewing, that It IS ImpossIble to make rules that WIll prove fair and sattsfactor) to shIppers in all sections of the country. CondItions val y so much that what may be satisfactory and advantageous to shippers from some points would be almost ruinous to those III other sec-tions and the same difficulities arise in trying to apply Ul11form rules to all commodibes. As Mr. EWlllg states the matter IS to be settled soon and if the furnIture men WIsh to do an}- thing to protect their interests in this matter they should take action immediately And that action should be unanimous Neither the railroad managers nor the Interstate Commerce Commissioners are disposed to pay much attentIOn to demands or protests from indiVIdual shIppers, but If the furl11ture Ill-terests would unite in an expressIOn of theIr vIews on the subject their action would probably be effective. The efforts put forth by an orga11lzatlOn ot expOSItIOn bmldmg owners in ChIcago to mduce a larger number of dealer~ m furl11ture to become market buyers brought forth excellent re~ulb In no year of the past ha\ e so man} dealers appeared m the cIties of the furl11ture expo"ltlOn" The I e">ults attamed ">uggest that a great deal more than ha" been accom-phshed In the past mllsht be done b} the exhJl)ltmg manu tact-urers to mduce buyer'3 to \ ISlt the market" The J ame"to\", n Lounge Company used ItS monthly pubhcatlOn 'Profitable Furl11ture" very effectl'Tely for the purpo~e stated, and the mean"> at the command of all manufacturers" ho would aId m boommg the markets are many and \ aned FIrst m Import-ance I" the trade papers The large attendance of buyer'3 and the hberal orders placed assures the operatIOn of the furniture factones to full capacIty during the remainder of the current year The orders placed were generally for early shIpment and the ral1road corpOl atlon" \\ 111 ">oonfeel the Impul"e of nupro\ ement In the hOlhe fur11l~hm'S trade~ The country waIted long and patlent-h for the tmkenng ot the re\ enue laws, but finally becommg "atlsfied that no ~ood and not much evJ1 would re'3ult from leghlatI(l!1 In cong-re"s. ha" started m upon a fresh career of bu"me"" that proml:oe" to continue a long bme Heavy crops, eas) mone) and actl\ It) m the Indu"tne" wl1l make the people forget the late pal11Cm "IX month~ Courtesy ,,111 make more fnends than gIving away pre-miums, scanng horses WIth cnmson advertisements or seating sleight-of-hand artists in show windows These things attract attentIOn and draw people, but courtesy makes friends who will come back "ith their trade Courtesy includes knowledge, in thIS case at least A. salesman may sml1e and show attention and do everyth111g m hIS power to make a customer feel at home, but if he cannot answer questIOns regarding the goods, he falls 111hIS courtesy, for store courtesy imphes the supply-mg of everything that IS needful The grumpy merchant has only himself to blame if he loses custom He IS an extremist He fads to realize that there IS a mIddle course whIch is be~t to follow The man who IS over-effusl\ e, who talks when he has nothing to say, is a nuisance, but the man who says nothing and looks mad about It has erred, as well Say someth111g, make it bnsk and brief and to the pomt. and you \\ III get your heanng Se1ll11g a customer something which he does not want is considered good salesmanshIp in some stores. There is a fine distinction between selling a customer what he does not want and selling hIm something he does want but had not thought of before you expla111ed it to him. The moment a customer enters a store, some employe should start toward him, If possible. Nothing offends a cus-tomer so much as to enter a store and wait and wait for somebody to come to him and take his order Right or wrong, It makes h1111sore \\ hen all the furmture exp0:OltlOn bUlldmgs contemplated and under constructIOn ~hall be completed It wl1l be necessary to start two or three hundred furmture factone"> to manufact-ure '3amples to fill them The ClrcUlt Court of ~ ew Albany, Ind, has dechned to appo111t a receIver for the firm of Vetter Brothers & Lewis, dealers 111furmture The PromotIOn Club, of BraZIl. Ind., expects to establish a large factory In that city to be used III the manufacture of furniture John W. Kelley, a dealer in furmture, has been nom mated for the office of mayor of Marion, Ind , by the sociahst party WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE NO. 1207 BY SUGH FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 17 , r, PLANNING ~\HEAD. If you're the head of a bus mess don't try to do ~ 01 k that belongs to the hands and feet, that IS, not too much of It, or the bU"ll1es" won t have any head, says Old YardstICk. Your employes need the stImulus you can gIve them every now and then by "Jumpmg m" and dOlng somethmg y oL1r'3elfto 'ihow them holY you're not above It, but the more you ldn get employes d01l1g the work so you can do a lIttle thll1klllg, the bettel £01 you The m:1n \\ ho wants to ll1crea'ie hiS busll1ess must do some th1l1kIng, and he can't do that and everythll1g else at once ror Instance, get outsIde once m awhIle and see If ) our IIindows arc arranged a" 'A ell as they should be Call around A Lll TLE BLOWER \VI fH THF AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY on your competitors and see what they ale dOlng-a good general has his eye on the enemy as well as hiS own soldiers You can do a httle scheme about speCIal sales, get new Ideas mto your advertIsmg, examll1e the latest and best fix-tures and methods of handIng accounts When you get outside of your busmess a little in this way you'll see lots of thmgs you can't see from the inside. Ther"'s no profit m running the k1l1d of a store that fol-lows, h:rve a St01e that leads I have seen men who for-got all tbout holding seasonable sales at Chnstmas, Lent, house cIeaJ1lng time, etc, until Hie other fellow had his sale well started. Of course, nearly every store makes some feeble effort in these dIrectIOns, but what I mean IS a well thought out plan. And plans are needed to msure success Just to show you that thIS sort of plannlllg and thinkmg IS part of a big busmess that makes it big, let me call your at-tentIOn to the bIg department store WIth ItS sales at all sea-sons Some people actually thmk that such sales are made up of a lot of stale, shop-worn, "shelf stuck" goods that are pushed on to the people at a lIttle more th,an they are worth by USIng the season as an excuse I want to tell you this IS all wrong because I have seen the mSlde of the machme and know how e\ ery wheel 1ll It works and there's nothing of that to It at all The sale hunted for two weeks was planned and thought and bought for months ahead, S0l11etmes a \v hole year ahead, and thCl e l'in t d 'iln!;le element of accldeIL 01 hlt-and-m1'i'i about It It take'3 place a 1 a regular sche lulc The speCIal .Je!vert,smg and CIrculars and other announcements are alread\ lllannecl ahead The whole "ale ploceee!s systematIcaIly to It" end Often an amount of merchandIse IS pushed out mane at these sales that ten ordmary stores would not be able to sell m a year If yOU thmk thIS IS written just because it's easy to stnng ~ lot of words together ltke beads take the trouble to look mto the matter ane! find out as I dId You'll be ltke the people who \\ ent to church to f1chcule the new parson, who "came to scoff and rel11allled to pray" Runnlllg a successsful store has more to it than getting a bunch of goods together and sIttmg dov\ n to Ivalt for the peo- (lIe \ \ hen) au know how the big department store's furniture gnnds merchanclise mto money you'll feel faint at first and then you'Il chlrk up and get some ideas that will mean money to you Trv the thll1kIng stunt as they do Till He's Willing to Stay. You Lan take a\vay credIt and ca'3h and all that, You can make a man's chances '3eem utterly flat \Vlth your gOSSIp and malice his character flay, But a man I,;n't down tIll he's wil1mg to stay There are thousand'3 of feet always ready to kick, And more thousand'i of tongue'3 fairly ltchmg to pnck All the faces once fnendly turn coldly away, Bu t a man Isn't do\\ n tJ!l he"s wJ!llllg to stay If hIS spmt IS strong he's still good for the fight Let him vow to get up and put himself right, He can WIggle, tWiSt, wrestle and work up his way; For a man's never down tlll he's willing to stay. It IS human to whmc and complain of bad luck. Deep to S1l1k III the mire 1!l WhlCh you are stuck But It'S VI, l'3er and better to rise up and say, "Here I A man Isn't clown tIll he's willmg to stay" WEEKLY ARrJ TSAN r---- --------- ~----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I I Quarter Sawed III III We cut to size, wh~n desired, I Yellow Poplar ~ Birch Crossbanding 1 and have log run widths and lengths always in stock. II II IIIf fI Poplar and Gunl Drawer Bottoms ,I• II I I We offer you 500,000 feet of Oak Veneer to select from, personally if you wish. Did you ask for We have them, machine dried. And the Old Reliable Irish rClL and ~ Glue Imported and always in i stock. WALTER CLARK VF~NEER CO, I 535 Michigan Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, II ~--------- .... ...... .. .... .... .. ..... .... .... ---- ... -- ..... .. - .... ... ..... ... - ........ 19 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- . -----.., \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN ........ I MICHIGAN III IIIIIII FURNITURE COMPANY ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN PRICES FOR PRICES Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE In Mahogany, Qyartered and Plain Oak. Odd Dressers In Birch and Imitation Mahogany. THE Best Goods '---------------- EVANSVILLE. INDIANA_ ---- - - - - -------- -- -- -- -- _. --- ----~-~------ The bIg event of the week among furlllture men \\ as the formal opelllng yesterday and today, (Fnday and Saturda, Jul) 16 and 17) of the new Furlllture Exchange btlllchng- Thl,., For the Price On the Market Made by Luce-Redmond FUlllltUle l.o 1~ g R tPlO<" l\IJch opelllng \\;a,., for the cltl7en.., ot f\ an..,\ llle and ..,nnol111C1111g towns, as the bIg btllld1l1g \\;a,., formally opened to thc buy el ~ some weeks ago A receptlOn wa,., tcndered the pllbhc Fnday afternoon from 2 30 to 5 30 and from 7 30 to 10 30 111 the e, en-mg 1he larg e btlllchng was filled by the manufacturers of the cIty and then fnends and an orchestra was on hand. Each VISltOl was gn en a I11ce souvelllr post card show111g the pKture of the new htllld1l1g The openmg marks a new era m the ftlll11turc 111dust! l' of E, ans, Ille ThIrty-one of the lead1l1g turl11ture and stm e manufacturers of the Clty have theIr eAhlhlts arranged m the bUlld1l1g and they have attract-cd a g I edt deal of a ttentlOn among the buyers ~t the annual elcctlOn of thc dn ector" of the EvanSVIlle Ralh\ a,'" Compan, opel atlng h dctJon 11l1es from thl,., cIty to '\ e\\ btll g. Ind, and Rockport, Ind, held a few davs ago ~ F Kalge.., of the Karge" }url11ture Company was unal11m-on" h elected chaIrman of the hoard of dlrectol s John fT Roh,.,enhel ger of the Bnehner ChaIr Company "av" trade IS not a.., actn e at thl.., time as It onght to be. hut he th1l1ks thmg" look, el 'r enconrag1l1g for thIS fall and W1l1- ter 1he ne\\ catalog that the company sent out a few weeks dC,O ha.., bronght ..,ome lllce return.., \LlllufactUler.., report bn"llless fauly actne thl" week and "a, good ClOpS Inchcate that pro"'pellt} IS gOing to come to ..,ta, \ good man} of the local mannfdcturer.., are m Chicago attendlllg the exp0..,lbon among them he1l1g Elt D ::\fll1er, the \\ ell kno" n folchng bed man nfacturer, George Ford, of the £, an,." Ille Book Case and Table Company, Henry J Rusche, of the 'speClaht} } ur11lture Company, Oscar Klamer of the ~chelosk} Table Company and Gu" '\onwetler of the E, ans- 'Ille I, unllttll e Compan} John Hey ns of the Heyns Furl11ture Company left l\I on-day nIght for Chicago and Grand Rapid.., The follmiV1l1g well known furniture manufacturel" of thIS LIt} \'Vele on the btuldmg committee for the Furllltnre Ex-change, and It h due to theIr l)Usme",., Judgement and husthng qndhlJes that the btllldlng wa,., erected H 1I Schu, of the WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ~---_ ... -_ .... _. - _________________ • T 'lit ... , , __ .-.. II II It I II II II I ----- ...... ....-'1' OUR LINE OF CHINA CLOSETS, BUFFETS AND BOOKCASES MORE COMPLETE I ROCKFORD STj~l~!2~~£FURNITURE CO. 1 6-__ .a • • T_a •••• ._ • •• • __ • a_ ••••• -_ ••••••• -.. .-~ IS AND UP.TO·DATE THAN EVER BEFORE. SAMPLES SHOWN IN CHICAGO ONLY, 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE, MANUFACT. URERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING, IN CHARGE OF F. P. FISHER, N. P. NELSON, AND FRED LUGER. Crescent and 1!mted ~tates Funutnre company, A F Karge'i of the Karges Furmture Company; Benjamin Bosse of the (,lohe 1 Ull11ture company, Hem) J Ru~che of the '-,peclalt, Furmture Company, 'WIlham A Koch of the Evansville Metal Bed Company and Edward Ploeger of the Bosse Furmture Company Charb, Sallee of the Sallee Advertlsmg Company of this .....---_ ..- ---------... ... --_ ...--------..., i MUSKEGON VAllEY FURNITURE COMPANY Ii MUSKEGON I MICH .... COIOmol 8UlleS 1011POSI Beos 000 Dressers cnillOniers wnrorooes lames' 10lleis DreSSing ToOle8 MOnogony I 10101« GOO«s iI Line on .ale m Manufacturers' Buildmg, Grand RapId.. I '"'--------- -- ----------------_ ..... uty got Up a pretty cleslgn that 11111 be used by the Crescent City Mixed Carloadmg ASSOCiation of thiS city The design represents a tram of twelve cars leaving a large bunch of fur-mture factones and gomg to all parts of the world. In the Lorner IS a huge crescent and each car IS marked with the name of one of the tweh e fir111brepresented 111the associatIon. o :'Ionday, July 12, conracts for the new factory of the Never SplIt ~eat company were let and work on the plant Will "tart In a 'ihort tIme It wIll be JGO by GO feet In c!JmenslOn, and besIdes the big maw bmldl11g there wlll be detached stnK-hires contammg the dl y kIln" and power plant The bmldmg- Will be made of bnck "\ eneer manufact Irer, I epOl t busmess very good thiS II eek. Charles \'\ Talge say" the plant of the Evanwllie Yeneer Worb IS bel11g opel ated on full time and that a 111eelot of orders <tre bel11g I eeeived The blICk work for the new factory of the Schelosky T <lble company IS fi11lshecl <ts well a'i for the ma1l1 factOl v bl1llchng-of the 1= Q SmIth Ch<tlr coIPpam Retail fur11lt'11e tI <tele has been cnppled 11101 e or le"s dur- Ing the pest SIX \\ eeks b~came of the 'it! eet cal "tllke whICh '-tal ted the last Saturday 111 :'lay The dealer~ look however fOl th111gs to lIVen up some after harvest TI'e h<tnc!con'e l1e" reqdence of Vhlham \ Koch of the C, alW\ Ille ::\Ietal Deel company on UPP~I Second street IS neM-Ing LOmplctlOl1 It ,,111 be one of the finbt heme:">In that part of the CIty " W B CARLETON. The man who accompa11les hiS "lfe on her 'ilIoppmg tour IS almost as uncomfortable as the woman who accompan- Ies her husband to the ball game. 22 \\ Lr~kL\ \RTIS\~ Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, cata-logues illustrating, pricing and describIng the Quick Selling Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Association will be forwarded. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, ChJffomers, Odd Dressers, ChIfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Made b~ The Karges Furniture Co The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facil- , ities for shipping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great rail-road systems of the East, South and West. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m ImitatIon golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght FoldIng Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, ChIna Closets, CombInation Book and LIbrary Cases THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards m plam oak, ImItatIonquartered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers In ImItatIon quartered oak, ImItatIon mahogany, and ImItatIon golden oak ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~-~ THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of the "Superior" LIne of Parlor, LIbrary, DInIng and DreSSIngTables. I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, CrIbs, WIre Spnngs and Cots. WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 , I I IIII I IIII I III I I IIIII IIII ,III II III II II IIII II IIIIII III III•• I• IIII• I I I IIII I l\Iade h) Bockstege Furmture Co Made by Globe Furmture Co Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co Made b) World FurnIture Co I...------ ..... ---------"_. _. _. - •.....•.._--------------------------------~ 24 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. WEEKLY ARTISAN MISSION LIBRARY SUITES are one of the attractions contained in line of the new ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO. THIRD FLOOR, BLODGETT BUILDING Alaska Refrigerator Company American Blower Company Big Six Car Loading AssociatIOn Bockstege Furmture Company, The Bosse Furmture Company, The Eli D. Miller & Co. Ford & Johnson Company Globe Furmture Company, The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company Hafner Furmture Company Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company Hoffman Brothers Company Karges Furmture Company. The Luce Furl'lture Company Lentz Table Company Mechamcs Furmture Company Metal Furniture Company, The Michigan Engravmg Company Michigan Furmture Company Miller & Company, Eli D. Miscellaneous Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley Furmture Company Nelson-Matter Furmture Company New York Furmture Exchange Palmer Manufacturing Company Pioneer Manufacturing Company Richmond Chair Company Royal Chair Comtlany Rockford Standard Furmture Company Rockford Chair & Furniture Company Rockford Frame & Fixture Company Shelbyville Desk Company Sheboygan Chair Company Smith & Davis Manufacturing Company Stow & DavIs Furl'lture Company Sligh Furmture Company The Posselius Brothersg Manufacturm Company Thos. Madden Sons & CO'11pany Umon Furmture Company (Rockford) Walter Clark Veneer Company White Pnntmg Company World Furmture Company, The 9 Cover 22-23 22 22 11 11 22 Cover Cover 25 10 8 12 22 4 25 3 22 2 20 11 24 29 21 Cover 1 8 25 31 3 21 24 4 31 27 13 27 14 32 15 12 19 Cover 22 ,,..- .. .. I• II I •II, II • I• II•• ,,• II IIII .. - ..- ----_._._.--------_._----- -.. Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For Indiana and Illinois to sell our Suites, Dressers, Chiffon- Iers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKim & Cochran Fur-mture Co., Madison, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a line of Extension Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes ard Kitchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lires ycu hardle and Territory desired. Address Koenig Furmture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. Louis, Mo. ....... _ ••• a_a •••• ••••1• !IiI - .... WANTED-MACHINE FOREMAN. An up to date Machme Foreman for a factory making caSlt gocds, reference required. Address box number, care of paper. 6-10-2t. WANTED. A good cabmet maker; one who can detail and make clotbing cabinets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. WANTED-PQSITION AS MANAGER. A practical busmess man, familiar with the manufacturing of bed room furmture and who has a few thousand dollars to invest; can assume charge of one of the best furniture plants 10 the South. If interested, address "Business," Box 853, Greensboro, N. C. 6-10-4t \\ EEKLY ARTISAN ----------------- ~,, I•• I •I,II I I I III I,It III• III IIIIII ~ ._------_.----------- ~-~---_._----~---~----_ . TABLES ...--.. .._.... . I,,,I ,• ,III•t II ,I I•t II II I ,I LENTZ TABLE CO. I.I.-------.~---_. _. _.-------- OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EX TENSION ARE BEST MADE FINISHED VALUES Our Catalogue and Prices prove this statement. Yours for the asking. NASHVILLE, MICH 25 AnotheJ.·Organization of Dealers. Manufacturers of furniture in all sectIOns of the country are being confronted with another propOSlt10n to gIve the re-tail dealers a few extra dollars 111the way of dIscounts. There has been formed an associatlOn among about forty dealers pnnClpally 111New England, to buy together and thus save money. It is called the Furniture Alhance. J. W. Chesebro of Springfield, Mass, long the eastern representative of the SkandIa Furmture Company, IS president of the alliance and E. E. Dodge of the Dodge Furniture Company of Springfield, Mass., is secretary and treasurer As stated, outsIde of House & Hermann of Washington, Burns & Company of Harrisburg, R. C. Reynolds of Albany and Troy, the dealers interested are in New England. The claIm 1'3made that the alliance is in no way a trust or anythlllg of the k111d,but the fact IS quoted that there are a good many syndIcates whIch buy goods cheap-er on acccount of bUY111gmore largely, and then many of the department stores, it is claimed, get extra discounts on ac-count of the quantItIes of merchandIse they buy In brief, the manufacturer who gets into the thing, signs a contract to give the allIance an extra discount of one, two, five or any eJ\.tra d1'3count he pleases Thl'3 1'3paId to the treasurer and at the end of gIven penods IS dIstnbuted to the several mer-chants in proportion to the amount of goods he buys. This of ---. .-------- --_._-----------_. PIONEER MAnur AnURInO (OMPAnl l Full ttne shown only __ _ _ at the raClO: _ DitTROIT, MICH. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts ~ All Made From Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. ---------- ..--------_._-- course IS after the expenses have been paid It is not known to what extent the manufacturers are going into the scheme, but It 15 beheved that on account of the small margins in the furmture manufactunng bus111ess, not many of them will avaIl themselves of the opportunity. Sligh Will Enlarge Factory. The Shgh Furmture Company WIll enlarge theIr factory by the erectIOn of an addItIon 80x100 feet 111SIze and four stories hIgh. The Shgh plant already IS the largest in the world devoted to the manufacture of bedroom 'furnIture The AdaIr FUl11lture Company, of Llttl~ Rocl', 1\1k, arf' defendents in a SUIt f01 damages 111'" hlch H. \JY Beadle" seeks to recover $500 for damages alleging that a milk safe falhng from one of the defendant's wagons caused severe 111- Juries to hImself. The Spencer-Hunter-Stull Company of ChIcago JunctlOn, OhlO, 111corporated on July 9. wIth $10,000 capItal stock, wJ11 deal In fur11lture The 111corporators are C J. Spencer, L E Spencer, L M Hunter, E G Hunter, R. G. Stull and D J Stull • - - -1 , •, II ! I I I I I ---_._- _ . r-Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Parkwood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. .----_.-----.., ,I II• I I II II I ___ • .--.4 We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups with cork bases ever oflerea to the trade Ihese are finished m Golden Oak and WhIte Maple m a hght finIsh These goods are admIrable for pohshed floors and furn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar PRICES. SIze 2)( mches •. $4 00 per hundred SIze 2')i m~hes 5 00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB Grand Rap,ds ........... ~-------_...-----------_. 26 ----------------------------------------....., WEEKLY ARTISAN CHAS E K"'IGHT Ne\\ York qnd Ne\\ England RepcesentatlVe ot Coats ,Ianutaclunng Co \Vells'llle, N \ A GROUP OF FURNITURE SALESMEN F M. McCOY MR GILLIES PacIfic Coast Representative of C S Pame Co Gcand Rapids Mlch Central Replesentabve of Coats Manutactunng Co WellsvIlle, N Y .------ - - - - - - ----------------- -- - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 r-~---------~-· I,, II I,III III ,I I _._._--- ....-.- ..-----------------------------_ ....._---_.-_. __ .~ II,I,, I III , ._._ ....... I Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW & Df\VIS fUKNITUKG GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. City Salesroom. 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. ----.~~_._----- ture. Texas as a whole is in splendid condition with full crops of everythIng it produces promised from practically every sectIOn The CIty of Dallas IS growmg and every enter-pnse it possesses is apparently upon a very healthy basis. Con-fidence IS a dominatIng force among our people and that is more than half of the trade battle." Advel.·tising is Like a Salesman. "I beheve the placing of weights upon each package would prove helpful to the dealer," "aId H H CraU of Sanger BIOS Dallas, Texas, shortly after reglstenng at the Panthnd. "I apprecIate the fact that the ratlroads InSist upon theIr own weights being used but the shIpper could at least provide a check upon the raIlroad weights whereas at present there IS nothmg to do but accept what the latter claims unless you go to the trouble of weighing yourself Then there would be a fight on anyway. "With all of Our advertising we are hberal of cuts and each of these IS an exact representatIOn of the goods. The tIme has gone by when It IS necessary to use general stock cuts and no enterprismg dealer would think of doing so even were the cost radically reduced It is part of the fixed charges in doing modern business to make your advertising as high grade as the bvsiness you hope to do Your advertising is a salesman for your house and If pootly dressed or Inaccurate would get about as respectful a hearing as the individual <;alesman <;Imtlarly attIred and sllutlarly conveyIng informa-tIOn or rather the lack of It, would receIve. "For bUSIness In geneIal I can truthfully say it has been good In the spnng and we aI e confident we shall have a fine fall trade whIch wIll cont111ue to 111crease unttl after the holi-days Every sign of the times 1<;a Slue IndIcatIve of this fu- Manipulating the Burlap Market. By circulatIng a report of a shortage of six per cent in the new Jute crop, operators in the Calcutta burlap market suc-ceeded in boostmg pnces for a few days and made the New York market q1l1te interesting, during the latter part of last week. The report was not well-founded however and at the opening of the week prices had gone down to about the figures that prevailed before the scare-3.40 for eight ounce goods and 450 for 1O};:;ounce. This is the third time, since January 1, that the market has been excited and upset by false reports of condItions In the far East and some American dealers enter-tain the Idea that the false alarms were manipulated by New York Importers WIth accompltces in Calcutta. The flurry of last week dId not do any great harm, because American buyers dId not take hold at the hIgher prices-they SImply quit bUylllg unttl pnces had returned to what they considered a normal baSIS SEND FOR CATALOGUE. t'Aa of them rented and the Clgar store occup1ed the th1rd and dId a bIgger bus1l1ess than the drug 'ltore d1d 'store" should be on the street level and have a lot of 'A111- do'A "pace There should be no pdlars to ob"truct the space 111 ,tore" and merchand1'le "hould be near the door \ \\ ell dre""ed w1l1do\,; lS the be"t slgn board It 1" the th1l1g that the fore1gner first com111gto the Umted State", most \\ ant" to "ee He can "ee arch1tectUl e and statuary at home In our "tore V\ 111dovv'l he find" revealed the mtlmate hfe of the people as shown m the1r mtlmate needs The que"t1On of mcreases m salary 1San 1mportant and d1f-hcult one l\Ir \\'helan ha" a "ystem muse wh1ch has been \ ery "ucce""tul Each "tore ha" a manager who 1Sthe personal repre"entatlve of the company He hu e" all sale"men, fixe" "alane", mcludmg h1S own, m proport1On to the amount of bu"me"" tran"acted He u"ually takes "IX per cent of the gro"s rece1ph tor hll11"elf HIS report;., to the company are made 1egularh ,,0 tl1dt the firm know" that the 'lale"men are rece1V- 1I1gthe p10pe1 "alanes Th1s plan stlmulate" the "alesmen to ~reater act1\ 1t} Th1" 'lystem of mutual ownersh1p has splen- (hd 1e"ulb \ "ale"man does not ask for a ra1"e m salary, but 1" p10moted to a la1ger 'ltore, where the rece1pt" are larger I-I!" effiClenc) m hh first pos1t1On msures h1" promot1On to a bette1 one m due tlme Last year m New York the company d1d not lo"e a "mgle 'ialesman m two hundred stores Each manager end" h1" busme"s day at three o'clock m the atte1 noon, depos1t'i the rece1pt" f01 the day m the bank and "end" the deposn shp together \';lth the tape of the cash reg- 1"te1 to '\ ew York to the home office All salesmen are paId by Lheck trom )Jew York -\ "chool of "alesmanshlp IS another valuable help There lS no tUItIOn and the motto of the school lS "Thank you" Mr \\ helan behe\ e" the expre"s1On "hould be used after every sale and on one occa"lOn sent telegram" to everyone m h1S employ mqumng 1f he had u"ed the phrase to every customer that day "That mes'lage \'; as an un estment m human nature for J\1r \\ helan recen erl hund1 eds of rephes saymg that the wnter had not on I} sa1d 1t but behe\ ed 1111t as wel1" The messages plea'led the sale'lmen who felt the1r 1mportance m conductmg the bU'Smess of the company E\ ery apphcant for a pos1tlon w1th the company must be In "ound ph} slcal cond1tlon to be accepted Med1cal departments hay e been estabhshed m Ch1cago and New York Every sound man 1" worth blllld111g up m busme"s, but a slck man or one 'A1th a contag1Ous or fatal d1sease 1S not A man who lS dl cannot be cheerful and a good salesman 111UStbe Ch1ropod1StS to exam111ethe "alesmen'" feet are also employed A sale'lman cannot "tand al1 day unles" h1'i teet are 111fit cond1t1On -\s a result of the operat1On of the med1cal department only one-fourth as many extra salesmen are employed as before A manual of m;,truct1On 1" gl\ en e\ ery salesman who must read n and apply lt to h1S retad sel1mg The fact that m-crea" ed bU'l111e%mean'l mcreased earmngs for h1mself lS 1m-pressed upon h1'l mmd Increa"ed busme'l'l comes w1th an mcrea"e m the number of customers The way to mcrease patronage 1" to plea"e every customer so 'Ael1 that he wdl come agam and bnng h1S fnends Th1s h the sum and sub- "tance of "ale:"man"h1p Rule" about mak1ng change are very exphClt "~ale'lmen mU'it on rece1pt of money cal1 out the denoUlmat1On of the bl!1 1~RUSTMETHODS FOR RETAILERS. An mterestlng d1scuss1On of the abO\ e tOp1C appears m the July 10 1ssue of the Saturday E\ enmg Post, 'AnUen h\ Isaac F Marco"son Many practlcal 1deas on matters (Jf speClal moment to retaJlers are glVen The expenence'i of GeOlge J \Vhelal1, pre;,ldent of the Umted llgar StOll" ~ tllll pany, furm'lh food for thought H1" method" 'luppl) a le..,..,on for eyery "ale"man ] n an} retal! bU'lme% the first con"lderat1011 "hould be the C'llLst1On of the best "lte The ayerage retaller often thmb that any street where a crowd 1" b1g 1" a good bu:"me"" neH;h-lo- hood But crowds are deceptlve A smal1 but "teach L. Jwd lS much mOl e profitable for the retader than the grea. lush-hour throng becau"e the latter lS on the \va} to a traltl car or boat The le1"urel y crowd 1" the buy m~ cro'A d The best 10cat1On or next to lt 1" an excel1ent rule to go b) fhe 10catJon "hould be where the large"t numbe1 at people can be reached wlth the be"t quahty of good" A store on a corner 1" a headhght that aUlac±:" bU:"111e"" The value of a corner depends on the den"lty of the traffic passmg 1t Mr \\ helan posted ..,entlle'l to count the people wh1ch he deClded should a\ erage not le,,'l than one hundred all hour Mr \\'helan has "tore" m man} c1t1es He ha" a pel caplta :"y:"tem to find out Jf IllS bmUle"s 1'0 keep111g pace 'A1th the growth of each md1v1dual C1t\ The populat1On \ anes from month to month, "0 that "orne t1me" "ale'l 111crea"e. other tune" fall beh1nd Another cons1deratlO11 111 deCldmg on a locat10n 1" the fact that bank" retard the g1O\\ th at a 1etal! bU"111e".., i\ man "hould not buy a slte befnre kncm 111g\\ hat othe1 p1Op-erty 111the block Ol ne1ghborhood \\ JlI be occupIed b\ bank" On street;., where banks are located traffic 1" turned a"lde to other street" e"peClal1} afte1 bankmg hour" Bank budd111g" have made more one-street towns than an) other cause In Buffalo the b1g bank'l are al1 on "lam "treet It there had been b1g, 11\e retad "tares on the corner" that the banb occupy traffic would not turn at the corners and run to the :"Ide "treets and make them bus} :New retal! channels \\ auld ha \ e been created and these In turn would have dra\\ n upon others Real estate would hay e 1mproved and the \\ hole bU"lne":,, hfe of the commumt) broadened and benefited The "ame thmg ha'l been done mother ut1e" In order to get a COlner "lte ::-11 \Vhelan "ometlmes had to 'Aa1t, 111the meantlme 1ent111l; one or two store" near b} He formed real e"tate Lompame" to buJld "tore'l m de"lrable 10cat1Ons 1he) lea"ed the"e fir"t 'A1th the ob] ect of gettmg a first class locatlOn for themseh e" "econd, to obtam a slte equal1y good for some other bU"111e"s m ca"e they had the p10perty thrown back on the1r hand" for re-rentmg The"e compame" haye had to rent a whole "ky-scraper to get the corner store on the ground floor Th1s \\ a.., done m '\ ew York at Broadway and Cortlandt :"tJ eet where the rent 1S eIghty thousand dol1a1" a year Thus when well managed these budd111g:"proy Ided free rent for the Clgar "tore Too much space 111a stOle lS a bad th111g ::-Ir \\ helan be-heye" 1n "mal1 stores hecause the) bnng good" \\lth111 qUIck reach of the cu"tomer Th1" mean" ,,\\ 1ft "en 1ce and that pleases the cu"tomer l\lan) retaJler" hay e been rumed b\ bIg ~tocks 111stores that \\ ere too larg-e BI~ "tock" 1eqlure a large1 torce of clerks whll 1mpede rather than help bU"111e,,",and they cost money A. b1g drug "tore fa1led, the "tore wa" dl\ 1ded up 111tOthree 29 ...---------_---.-._...__.._-.._.--_._._._. __ .__._----- WEEKLY ARTISAN II II• II II I No 1133% •I II ~ •• _ • ~ w. a.a ._. -~~;;R~~~lPs~D~---------·11 IN EVERY MARKET UNDER THE SUN THERE IS A READY SALE FOR MOON DESKS No 1132%-51 mehes long, 32 mehes wide 43 mehes high Weight, 310 pounds No 1133%-60 mehes long, 32 mehes wide 43 mehes high Weight, 320 pounds. Quarter sawed White Oak Wntmg bed 5 plv, bUilt up SIX pigeon hole boxes Pnvate compartment" lth lock Card Index drawer Center drawer With lock Roll top sweep arms tIp top and wntmg bed 1){ mches thIck Square edge constructIOn See the Line in the Manufacturers' BuddIng, Grand Rapids MOON DESK COMPANY -------------------.--------_ .._._------- ...._----------~ Muskegon, Mich. 01 Lom recen ed from customer and the amount of the purcha'ie ThiS usually obv late'3 mlstake'3 a':oto the amount deducted and the money m hand In makmg change horn bdl':o of lalge denommatlOn'i such a':o five dollal':o and upward~ especIal care ~hould be taken "0 claIms of "short change" can an~e then and there wdl be no SuspiCIOn agam'it the store or the ':oalesman The money mU'it be placed eIther 111the customer's hand or on the mat before him N ever lay change on the 'ihowca'ie The mispronunCIatIOn of foreign name., by customer~ '3hould ne, er be corrected by the salesman unless m'lted to do so They mU':ot be sure they al e nght A 'iale"man 'ihould get the mformatton Imme hately from an a'3soclate or else-whel e He should never '3peak WIthout absolute kno,dedge of foreign Vv orels Knowmg the name':o of Cll':otomel ~ helps A fnendly greet-mg doe'i create a good ImpreSSIOn N ever ask a customer's name Play no fa' onttes ~ e, er dlop one customer to take up another Devote your whole attentIOn to the customer, ad\ Ises Mr \Vhelan N ever try 'iubstttutll1l2; other thll1gs for the artIcles asked for The phra'ie "Ju~t a'i good" should never be used Let the customer deCIde what he wants to buy "Know your stock a'i you know your way home" Remember your customer's wants; he Vv dl appreciate the fact that hiS preferences are kept ll1 mll1d "A sale~man's fnend., should be the store's fnend " 'HI~ht dust, It I.., the microbe of la.llne~':o " The salesman should read the trade journals and keep lxhLe i on the details of the bU':o111es~ The man who reahze'i he doe~ not know It all but take'i ad, antage of every oppor-tUll1ty to acqUIre u'ieful ll1fOrmatlOI1 l'i the one who ~ucceed'i ll1 any lll1e of bU'ill1ess "Step forward to meet your cu~tomer, ne\ er make hIm come to you .. "N ev er ask a cu~tomer to follow you to another part of a 'itore to see anythll1g for which he has ll1qulred or which you have sugge'3ted showll1g to him Bnng the arttcle to him and make him feel perfectly aware that thIS IS what you are there for" "It IS much easIer to sell goods after a customer has hand-led them The de'3lre for posse~slOn become.., much ':otronger then" A pleasant salesman creates a good ImpresslOn-a scowlll1g one never Talk WIth the cu~tomer, not at him or to him Treat him a'i you would Itke to be treated and keep thll1kmg what he Will say when he gets out of the ::>tore Use the word 'we' m talk111g about the busll1e~s because you are we " A salesman''i dlcttonary IS another aid It tell'i all the busll1ess of the company so that no salesman has any excuse for not knowll1g the facts about the goods he handles 1\ model store where practtcal lessons ll1 salesmanship are given 1'3fitted up m a regular store Here new salesmen are ll1structed and become thoroughly com er':oant With the busI-nes~ methods of the store There IS never a green salesman In the company's stores Oral eXamll1atlOn':o on the manual and the dIctIOnary are conducted At the"e exam111atlOn':o the ..,alec,men show how they approach cU'itomers, they are requll ed to say "Thank yOU" and finally are a'3ked to sign a paper stat111g they are ready for real bus111ess A senes of lectures on "Merchandl~e" and "Service" deltvered by the vlce-pre'ildent of the company I.., talked 111tO a phonograph and deltvered to '3alesmen 111 smaller place;, Mr Whelan's retaIl '3alesmen 'iystem doe::> not demand e:hpenenced men at the 'itart, but after g0111g through the prescnbed cour'ie they can be moulded 111tOgood salesmen The advlsablhty of adopt111g thIS or a Similar ~ystem 111all retatl bUS111ess orgalllzatlon-; was (iI~cu':osed by Mr Whelan who gay e It as hIS 0p11110n that wlth111 the next five year.., a complete revolutIOn wtll take place 111 the retatl bus111es':o Large LOmpalllec, operat111g many ~tores wdl be the rule The grocene':o and meat market::> come under thl'i head A Ulllform pnce for food 111~tead of a vanable pnce 111different locahtles wtll be the result A hotel to cost $45.000 Will be erected 111Pomona, Cal, dunng the current year The Rusco Funllture Company of Pomona, Cal . are con-ductmg a pre-mventory sale - -- -----------------------------------------, 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN \\ H HICKERSO,," CornrnlsslOn Salesman III Metlopollt'lll DIstnct A GROUP OF FURNITURE SALESMEN RAY HARRIS Representing YpsIlantI Reed Furniture Co Ionia Mlch In MIchIgan and WlsconslU W A HOULT Representing the Lute Furmture Co. Grand RapIds Mtch In Central TerrItor) v\ EEKLY ARTISAN 31 r SfiG6BYVILLE DESK CO. II , III I II I I IIIIII :I ,:I I~_.. SHELBYVILLE, IND. II•fII• f• •If I .- .. - ... --------------------_._._- ------~ ~----------------------II~ MANUFACTURERS OF OFFIGE-, FURNITURE Write tor latest catalogue. Matching a Broken Suite in Circassian Walnnt. The breaking of a chamber sUIte made in C1rcas'iian wal-nut, by the sellmg of a single p1ece, frequently causes much trouble. An instance occuring in Ch1cago recently, illustrates this point. A lady entered the furn1ture department of a large general store, and, finding a three p1ece chamber suite in circassian walnut that pleased her fancy, offered to buy the dresser but could not use the bed or the commode. The wood used in this suite was beautifully figured, and the dealer hes-itated before breaking the combination. Finally he priced the dresser at $9000, although its cost to h1m as a part of the suite was but $42. The lady bought the dresser and the deal-er ordered another from the manufacturer to match the bed and commode remammg The dresser f01\\I arded the dealer declined to accept, because the color of the wood and the figure was not in keeping with the other pieces Beheving that he could not sell the suite without another dresser the dealer mS1sted that the manufacturer "upph one that would match After overhaulmg nearly one thousand p1eces of C1rCa'i<;Janve-neer, the supellntendcnt wa'i enabled to obtam suffiClent mdtenal to bUIld, drc-,er thdt \\ OllIe! meel thc JCCjl11remen-,of the dealer Cons1derable tnne had passed before the broken suite could be reestabhshed, but a sale for 1t complete was ef-fected in the course of time An Interior Decorator Interested. William A. French, pres1dent of the W 1lliam A. French Company, of St Paul, Mmn, has returned to h1s home after spending a few days in Grand Rapids. Mr French is an in-terior decorator, who operates a factory employing fifty men in the manufacture of interior finishes and art1cles of furniture of special construction used in h1s busmess He was very much interested in the magllltude and character of the Grand Rapids market. While in the city he was entertained by E B Caldwell of the Grand Rapids Desk Company. J 0 \iV ood ward and others wJ!1 erect a large hotel m the near future 1D Fre:ono, Cal. RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. ~---_. --.----_ ..--------- '--~_._----_...-._.-.-._. -- -_._- .----------- ...... - ------------'I 32 II EEKLY \RTISA~ r-ThePosselius--iJros-:-Furniture-Mfg~ cu.-I DETROIT, MICHIGAN WE ARE MAKING THE FINEST DISPLAY OF DINING EXTENSION TABLES EVER OFFERED by us at our display rooms, 2d Roar, Manutacturers' Exhibition Building, 13 19 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. All of our pedestal tables are fitted with the famous DUO-STYLE LOCKS Representatives---Frank A. Kuney, J. O. Kemp, H. J. Armstrong. II~----_.. .------------------- . I _ •••••• •• a_a ••• •••••••• iii -- ..... I II III III IIII II II II I II II I III II I II !III
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17. Weekly Artisan; 1910-11-12

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAl'JD RAf-1L (iRAND HAPIDS, MICll., ~OV:EMBEH NELSON-MATTER FUR CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MI H. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany, Circas"ian 'Valnnt and Oak. If you have not one in your liitore, a simple reque ..t 'W'"l.lJ briIl2 you our magniiicent new- Cataloane of 12x16 inch Pdge groups, show-ing suites to JUatch. With it, e, en the Ino ..t Illoderate sIzed fnrn1ture store can shoW'" the best and new-est furniture satisfactorily. - - ----------------, "THE PORTER" Jr. 5 INCH JOINTER IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG MACHINE ON THE MARKET. It is built with the same care, accuracy, and feat-ures that are embodied in "The Porter" Hand Join ters which are known the world over. The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing mclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical features of the larger machines. When furnished upon the iron bed (shown in cut), any style of motor can be attached. The style of current, cycle or phaze is immaterial. The machine is furnished with or with-out the countershaft, or stand, just as is desired. IT IS THE IDEAL MACHINE for the cabinet room, pattern shop, manual training school or any place where small or narrow jointing or buzz planing is done. It requires but little power, small space and runs at high speed; and say-don't you know that 50% OF YOUR WORK is within the range of this machine. You ought to be inter-ested in this machine and our catalog T. will tell you all about them. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKkY ARTISAN 1 No. 1152 Dresser. Made in Oak, Mahogany and Blrd'.-eye Maple. Beautiful Bird's Eye Maple JUST THE THING TO DELIGHT • THE LADIES AT CHRISTMAS! There is nothing quite so dainty~so feminine-so charm-ing for Christmas, as a Bird's Eye Maple Dressing Table. Light, airy and cheerful, it goes to the hearts of the ladies, and it is the ONLY LIGHT-COLORED FURNI-TURE THAT IS ALSO HIGHLY ARTISTIC. The NORTHERN has made Maple a leading line ever since starting in business. We are in the heart of the Maple country, where the finest Ma-ple in the world grows, and with our standard lines, using Maple as a base, we are able to pick ONLY THE CHOIC-EST PIECES for N at u r a I Map I e finishes. Therefore, when you buy Natural Bird's Eye Maple from the NORTH-ERN, you are sure of the creme de la creme~the finest III the country. But you must have artistic shapes too-the airy beauty of Bird's Eye Maple is completely lost if it is not made up in beautiful designs. We also give you moderate prices. That is what will sell with you-beautiful wood, designs and workmanship, at moderate prices, coupled with PROMPT DELIVER Y ( and that means everything when you get near Christmas-nobody beats us at that part of the game). No. 1197 Dressing Table. Made 1D Oak, Mahogany and Bird'. Eye Maple. Full information given In courteous letters about anything that interests you. Write us frankly, freely. Northern Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,. - .- - - - . - --- - - -., I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY II , III I III I •Ij t II•I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~-.-_. --.-. ----_._. ------------------------~ _. -_.._.-- ._..--- .--- ._. . . -- - -- luce-Redmond Chair Co.,ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Blrd's Eye Maple Birch ::J<!tartered Oak and ClrCI1SSJI111 WI1t1Jut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN "Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. I It t ND RP..rb 10 '-'"PUBLIC LIBRlRY 31st Year-No. 20 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• NOVEMBER 12. 1910 Issued Weekly 'WHY MOST REAL SALESMEN ARE IRISH They Are Required to Serve as Apprentices and Are Thoroughly Trained for Their Occupation. CWlitten for the Dry Goods Economist by Ge01ge Rob111son head of the foreign departments of the \Vanamakel stores) The "obsci vmg pel son" was surprised to notice through the lal ge dcpal tment St01e of New Y01k that seemmgly a maJonty of the salesmen were I11sh; yet the same thmg would be found tl ue m Clllcago, Plllladelpllla, Boston or any of our large American cities. This is especially so in the fabnc depal tments, where an actual knowledge of the con-structlOn of the matenal becomes a substantial asset to the man behmd the counter. These are the men who have learned their business on the other Side of the water and have answered the call for ti amed salesmen from the greatest and most remunerative field m the vvorld Imagme the feelings of an American boy at the age of ±ourteen or fifteen If he were told that he must work fm four years Without pay. 01 the consternatlOn of his father at the Idea of paying a fee of $500 and donatmg his son's sel vices at the same time. This is preClsely what hap-pens to the Insh lad when he decldes-or rather hiS parents deCide for him-that a bUSllless career, and not a professional one, IS to be hiS lot Thus the young man makes hiS start m the busmess world, impressed (and generally subdued) by the fact that his father has paid out a good round sum of money and eApects only one thing in return: that he shall learn that particular business, and le'lrn it thoroughly from the ground up. If an Amcncan lad goes to vvark at thiS age, the thought in hiS mmd IS revenue only, and if he casts in IllS lot with a dry-goods house it is because the im-media te wages al e a little better than he has been offel ed in any other place It is just a "job" to him; nothing more. And the ne"t week he will as carelessly and cheerfully leave it for a place in an office or a canning factory for fifty cents a week more. This boy is much more likely to SALESMAN BY ACCIDENT. change four times m one year than to remain in one place for four years. A man who has been tlllough this course of training in the old country appreciates just what it means, for well he knovvs what hes between the start and the certificate of rec-ommendation at the finish. One youthful aspirant for mercan-tile honors was apprenticed to a Belfast house, and trembling With fear lest he would not be competent to fulfil the duties required and might be returned to his parents in disgrace, he asked an older boy, who had been longer on the job, just V\ hat was expected of him, and was told in return that if he was sufficiently expert in the art of sprinkling damp tea-leaves on a dusty carpet and could handle a broom well enough to sweep them up agam he had nothing to fear for the first three months at least. It may be added that the new apprentice acquires a personal knowledge of the uses of the dust-cloth as well. By the end of the third month the "new boy" has come in and the first boy is advanced one point further up the scale of leal nlllg-which means that he goes to one of the cash desks dotted about the shop, and there he learns how to ac-curately make change These desks are numbered from one up, according to the location and importance in the house and a boy is advanced from the lowest to the highest only as he implO\'es in accuracy and rapidity. In the course of a period in which a boy serves in the various cash-desks he is required to report at the end of the business day to the head cashier-who is usually the treas-urer- with hiS balanced accounts showing the amount of cash taken in for the day in hiS section, and it must be absolutely correct. If the vouchers do not agree he is given opportunity to look over the sales-checks, and if an error has occurred which he cannot account for he must give a proper and satis-factory explanation to the management. By the time the boy has finished with these desks he pretty nearly knows how to make change and balance simple accounts. After thiS he goes to the counting room and credit office of the firm This finishes the first year and the sales-men of the futm e has not yet handled a yard of merchandise. At the beginmng of the second year he is asked if he has a preference for any particular department, and, if he has, It is usually arranged to place him there. But this same boy has a long way to go before he becomes a salesman or gets a FOI the whole foUl years that the Iri'3h hoy is "serving 111..t,une" the only incentive held out to him I~ the plomlse of a position at the end of hi" t11ne, with a PI111ce1y111come of £16 a year-equal m our good, hard-earned Amencan money to $7820. But long before the four years have expired he has heard from some of his old associate" who have gone to ,\merica and are bemg paid as salesmen five and SIX tunes more than he could possibly earn for a gooel many year'3 to come. Hence, his own preparatIOns for fitting al e generally completed by the time his certificate is handed in. Thus Ireland Im,e'3 one more of her trained young men and while these boys may start at the bottom of the ladder in thiS coun-try by no means all of them re-mdin there. You will find them among the best buyers, managers and e\ en proprietors in some of the ~Teater stores 111the United State'3, and the rungs of their lad-ders have been their Old World',> training, their apphcation to the business, their enthusid'3m and last but not least, their good health and regular habits, ac-quired during their apprentice- '3hip-( for the boys are boarded and lodged by the firm and under their supervision generally in charge of one of the managers) and subject to stnctest discipline THE TRAINED SALESMAN after, as well as during, the busi-nes' 3 hours They are required to be in their rooms hy 9 o'clock at night, when the superm-tendent makes a per'3onal investigation of each room and looks for each boy, yet aside from thIS, a hberal time is given for recreatIOn. Many a \\ eak boy, startmg his apprenticeship in these shops, takes out at the fil11~hinto the busmess world strength and health as a result of the outdoor sports in whIch the boy s are encouraged to engage "Mollycoddlelsm" does not flourish under the same 1oof WIth fifty 01 sixty boys, all pure Insh, and mostly flom the farms, and the puniest lad soon finds that he hkes cncket, football and baseball, and in the four years he accumulates blood, and bone, and muscle to aid him in hIS battles with the world. While we believe our methods in this country are far in advance of the old country's stores in general merchandis-mg, yet there 1'3much to be said of a salesman from the Em-erald Isle. He is taught that he should make customers feel that the VISIt to the shop is an honor, and he Impresses you that It is a great pleasure to show the goods and you can Just trust him to fulfill his duty to his firm by selling you all he can, for SELL IS wntten 111capital letters on his very bram \Vell he knows that If he fails to make a sale tho aisleman or the buyer, ever on the watch, will ask the reason why; f01 they m turn, are expected to be sufficiently alert to keep track of pi acticall y every transactIOn between the sales-man and the customer. Thus a salesman IS constantly kept keyed up to his best efforts, and, on the other hand, a buyer IS actually in touch wIth his merchandise and the daIly demand of his depart-ment But, mdependent of this, there is a feeling of loyalty m the hearts of all these men, salesmen, aislemen and buy- (Continued on Page 6.) WEEKLY ARTISAN chance to actually sell good.., In",tead, he I~ gl ac lothly per-mitted to become valet to the 1eal "pald sale~men." lIe is obliged to arrive an hour ear her than the saId "1eal salesman," remove the covel~, dust the countel s and generally prepare the department for the merchandIse display \"hlch 1", made fresh every mornmg aftel the al nval of hiS chIefs During the day he IS now behmd the counter pel ton111ng the duty of stock-boy and I ecel \ mg lesson~ m callng for the stock. Even the correct manner of placmg a pm m a bolt of ribbon is not too small a thmg to be taught thI::' boy Thus is instilled mto hIS young mind a spmt of economy, thnft, and regard-which i::. clo'3ely akin to rev erence-for hiS mer-chandise. I Ie must all the time keep hh eye", dnd ear", open to learn how to addres::. a cu::.tomer, ho\\ to walt on a LUS-tomer and to intelligently pI e"ent and dI"play the merdldn-dise for a customer. The "observmg person" ::.a\\ the other da), m gomg through a large department St01e m ~ evv York, a sale.,mdn, supposed to be servUlg a customer lIe had one hand m his pocket, he leaned agam~t the ~helf fixtm e, dnd b::. legs v\ere crossed. The customer \\dS lookmg at the goods, but he made no effort to assI"t the would-be purchaser. not e\ en taking the trouble to appear mterested-whlCh 1 esulted m the customer actually selhng herself from the ~oods that were on the counter, m plam VIew The lad m the Insh shop could never have learned such salesmanship, f01 such mdIf-ference to customers or merchandise IS unkno\\ n there Some-time::. this slovenly salesmanslllp come", about from the mdol-lence of the buyer himself or hIS assl~tant, for men are otten lIke geese 111 this respect and follow theIr leadel and as the head is so it is down the line This indIfferent salesman who leaned against the shelf-fixture may have lost the chance to make a friend for himself as \\ ell as for hIS house Hel e is indIcated the great opportumty to a good man possessmg tact and expenence. All customers, of course, cannot be treated alike. Some will enter mto conversatIOn freely, \\ 111leothers will resent too much explanatIon. But It IS always permiS-sible, when deahng With senSible people, to pre",ent certain interesting facts. If a ::.alesman IS showmg a garment, or an article, or, 111 fact, any piece of goods, fabnc or othen\ Ise, and can give his customer some mformatIOn regardmg the con-struction of the article or fabnc it goes far m estabhshmg confidence and may pave the way to mtroduce other Items for sale. A knowledge of the merchandise, though, IS necessary in that case. Real Business-Builders. Whether the salesman is a foreigner or born in th1s country, and whether he is behind the counter m ~ ew York or in any other city, if during hiS leIsure hours he WIll make it a point to inquire from the older people behind the counter and to make a careful examination of the merchandIse he Will always have some httle bit of mformatlOn to give whIle he is waiting on the trade that will make him personal fnends and also friends for his house. This IS the kind of people that really build up a business. It is not necessary to agree with a customer any more than it is to agree with a person In any other phase of life. If he has a careiul knowledge of the merchandise and im-par~. I it in a clean-cut, pobte mannel the customer leaves the counter WIth an impreSSIOn of havmg been properly served. Today, in New York, as well as 111 any other city, the young Irishman will be taken on in preference to the Ameri-can applicant for the same pOSItion. Not because the Irish-man is better liked, but because the management usually de-tects the ear-marks of a better groundwork, though probably ignorant of its sources. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 J B Van SClver and hIs buyer, A F RoellIg, of Camden, N. J , were in Grand RapIds this week, buymg furmture * * * * Z Clark Thwmg of the Grand Rapids Veneer \\T orks. \\ ho has been east on a bus mess trIp for several weeks, re-turned home last Wednesday * '" '" '" W H MIller of Marshall FIeld & Co. ChICago, was in GIand RapIds thIs week, lookmg for some of the good thmgs m furnIture sUItable for holIday gIfts * * * * The managers of the Tanne\\ Itz Machme \Yorks report a good demand for theIr products and a pleasmg mcrease in theil busmess in the past fe\\ months. * * * * \Y ork has been started on the constI uctlOn of the large addItIon to the plant of the ImperIal Furmtme company, whIch is to be completed early m the spring * * * * ),1 A Heyman of the Heyman company, home furn-ishers. has gone east on a bus mess trIp His partIcular ob-ject is to pick up bargains in rugs, carpets and draperies. * * * * Among the furmture buyers who have visited Grand RapIds factories this week are Mr and Mrs E S Crosby elf Topeka, Kan, and John LeslIe of vVmnipeg, Man. * * * * John \Vaddell of the Waddell Manufacturilw company • b ' IS up in the nOIth \\ ooels, deel huntmg. He went away before electIOn belIevmg that the country IS safe no matter who may be elected. * * * * J 01111G. Heberger of the Standard Furniture company, 'Cmcmnatl. \\ as m Grand RapIds thIs \\ eek The Standard's lme, strengthened and enlarged considerably will be exhibited hel'e as usual, in January. * * * * Glaml RapIds' manufacturers are not antlclpatmg any '>hortage of coal thIs fall or wmter Coal dealer'> here have laId m lal ge supplIes and shll)ments are commo- in more reou- b b arly no\\ than they \\ el e a month ago * * * * \VIlllam S Emery. the well-known veteran furniture 'lalesman of Gland RapIds. Mich. has !S0ne to Bo'>ton to re-mam a \\ eek or t\\ 0 after \\ hich he \\ ill visit his son in New York and then go to Flonda to spend the winter. * * * * The Luxury Chair company's orders and shipments in October wel e larger than in any other month since they be~ gan busmess and judgmg from the number of orders booked last \\eek November IS lIkely to be a better month than Oc-tober for their business * * * * This week the Hot Blast Feather company shIpped a full tar of mattresses. pIllows and springs to one house in Xorth-ern MIchigan ThIs IS the thIrd carload ,>hlpped to the '>ame home thIs year TheIr trade m southern ~1ichlgan is grow~ mg rapidly and theIr city trade i~ ah\ a) ~ good * * '" * Robert \V. Irwin was anlOrtg the successful C:1ndldtl,tes for membership m the charter commISSIOn elected in Grand Rapids on ~ ovember 8 MI Irwm has studied municipal government sevel al ) eal s and is well qualIfied for service on the commISSIOn. He wIll be a leader m the \\ ork to be done. * * * * The E. O. Bulman ManufactUrIng company, manufac-turers of wood and metal speClaltIe~ are building a new fac~ tory on Broadway opposite the plant of the Imperial Furni-ture company The building \\ III be made of concrete, 50XI5° feet, one-story, and WIll be completed and occupIed early in the new year. * * * * Hon Edwin F Sweet. who was elected to fill a seat in Congress by the people of the Grand Rapids dIstrIct. has been for many years a stockholder in the Oriel Cabinet company and its vice president He is an able and honorable gentle-man He served a term as mayor of Grand Rapids a few years ago * * * * The \Vaddell ),Ianufacturing company WIll in the near future start m on the enlargement and improvements of their plant. \\ hich \\ hen completed \\ ill about double their capacity for turning out carved moulding. furniture trimmings, rope moulclIngs. etc All of the wood knobs and handles have the "no-kum-Ioose" fastenmgs. the only thing that will absolutely prevent the knobs and pulls from coming off. New Factories. Charles Ruebekam and Charles Holmees are orgamzll1g a company to establIsh a casket factory at Traverse Clty, Mich. The new factory of the Pier & Felch Chair company, Brattleboro, Vt . is expected to be ready to start business about the middle of December. G A Harper, G W Landon. D VV. Berry and H. E. Denme have mcorporated the Central Closet company to es-tablIsh a ne\\ factory at Kokomo. Ind Capital stock, $75,- 000. The Dedell Furniture company of Marion, Ind., are to establIsh a new factory at Muskogee. Okla. in accordance with a contract WIth the Muskogee Industnal Development company. The \VISCOI1S11C1haIr company of Port \Vashington, are erecting a branch factory at Sheboygan The bmldmg will be :;6 x I40 fEet. t\\ 0 stOlles. and \\ III be med mamly in manu-factunng wood novelties. New Furniture Dealers. G D Allyn has opened a ne\\ furniture store at Lyndon- \ Ille, Vt. BradlEY & Flanal;an. have opened a large. new furniutre store at \Vellington, Tex The J K \Val d Fml1ltm e and Hard\\ are company, are new dealers at Richwood, W. Va. The Home Furnltme company have opened a new house-furnishmg store in Spnngfield, Mass. The Cooper-Preston Fm mtme company, incorporated, with capital stock fixed at $2:;.000. are new dealers m Birm-ingham, Ala M F ),ifcCdrty IS president and trea~urer; Robert A Preston, vice-president and general manager and Robert Stnckland, secretary. vV G Buttedy, formerly a member of the furniture fIrm of Baumam1 & Co, of 152c1 street and Second avenue. Nc\\ York a'> taken a ten year lease on the five-story bu Ilcl111g at 445 Tremol1t avenue, the Br01n, \\ hlch he WIll stock \\ Iih a full line of new up-to-date furl1iture, cnl'p~ts, etc, 6 .. -_ ... ----- BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------_._--------- --~ A. PETERSEN &CO., CHICAGO I MANUFACTURERS OF THE I III IIII III - I ... IN THE COUNTRY. Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. I SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. '-- --- . ----_._-------- No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT el s ahke, to their Ellm, to Vvhlch the} came as bo} sand remained as men to teach 111 theu tUIn When a merchant on this side opens a stOle to the pub-lic it is presumably With the obj ect of seilIng his \\ ares, } et the attitude of some of the people behind the counter m some of our New York stores, at tunes, makes It hard to belIe\ e this. Customers frequently complalll of llldd"tel ence-"ome-times amountlllg to positIve rudeness-on the pal t of the salespeople. A timid woman, gOlllg mto a shop to make a p\llcha-,e requinng time and dlscnmination, such as a coat, SUIt 01 hat, is often made to feel so unimportant, If not pO-,ltl\ eh "cheap," that she walks out of the stale feelmg aII the tIme that the very article she I eaIl} \\ an ted \\ a" thel e It someone had only gIVen a lIttle attentIOn and shO\\n a lIttle mtele"t What Department Head Should Do. Buying the goods, placing them on the counter and ~l\- ing a salesman a book al e not ah\ d}" pi oductl\ e ot the (le-sired result. Short talks by the bu}el of the depaItment respectmg the ments of the goods he has to selI-\\ Ith \\ hKh he IS, or ought to be, thoroughly famlha1-mIght result in qUIcker sales and cleaner shelves, hence better profit at the end of the season. A buyer has a moral responslblhty re"tIng upon him m addItion to hiS prescnbed duties of suppl) mg the pi opel merchandise for hiS department, as e\ er} one IS susceptible, ------ ._-------- \\ hethel lon"Uoth1y 01 unconscIOu"ly, to theIr surroundings. 1Tence It de\ oh ee, upon the buye1 to create an atmosphere in IllS depal tment of lo} alty to the busmess and of activity in the busllless Tine, W1II elImmate, very often, the seeming md1ftcl ence on the 1 11 t of the people behmd the counter m meetm£; eustome1 s that ha\ e come actualIy into the store to pUIeha-,e pi 0\ 1ded the') are sho\\ n the nght goods m the l1£;ht \\ a\ How to Train Oneself If the \mcflean-bcl1n salesman \\hu has d11fted tll10ugh \ alloth mOl e 01 less agl eedhle Jobs fiJ1Cb hunself aeCldentalIv hehmd the cuunter, \\ 1thout the eall) tIammlS of the l11"h lad as a toundatIOn, b} makmg good us,' ef hIS tune and hIS \\ It'' there 10, ample oppot tumty fO! hIm hel e m the gl eater ~to! ee, to stuch and knO\\ the lSood" he "elIs DUflnlS leisure hOlUS he can usualI} select some Imee, of meh~hand1"e from the fi" tm e~ 1earrane;e them and exaLlme them, carefulIy 1epldl1112, them on the sheh e::" and m "0 dcmg he IS all the tIme leal nm~ F\ er} customer he walts upon, every time he shcm" hIS 2,cwds-vvhether a "ale IS made or not-If hIS m111d 10, on the hu::,mess he learns somethmg new each time He must not attempt to gIVe a long, dry story about an arti-cle he IS selhng But he n111"t keep one thought 111hIS mmd clearly: that the \ 1"lt01s to hiS department may not ha\ e come to buy, and IS not oblIged to buy m thIS "hop, but that It IS withm RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, IND. No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 his jurisdiction and his responsibilIty to his house to enlist her sympathy and in tel est her. HIs sale may not be made at thIS moment; he may not hay e the exact llght artIcle whIch may SUIt her taste, } et he can establIsh a confidence in her m111d that vv hen "he th111ks aga111 uf th111gs to buy in that IlllC she \\ 111ImmedIately th111k of hIm. Salesman the Great Factor. A film may ad\ ertt"c and a film may spcclahze and may pro\ Ide the best mel chandlsL and the best buyel s in the world, but unle,;s the 111dnIdual man behllld the counter de-votes lnmself to hI'; bus111e,;s conscIentiously, so as to gIve the best that IS m hun at e\ ery tm n, and unless he wIll stand up loyally for hI" depal tment and the goods he has to sell and wIll keep posted as to the demands made upon him as he comes datIy III contact wIth the customers, the depart-ment cannot hope to get the results It IS entItled to Some-one has said: "If you work for a man, in hea\en's name work for him. If he pays you wage,; that supply your blead and butter, work for him; speak well of hIm, stand by him and stand by the instItutIOn he represent,; If put to a p111ch, an ounce of loyalty IS worth a pound of clevelness If you must vllhfy condemn and eternally dIsparage, why, resIgn your position, and when you ale en the outsIde damn to your heart's con-tent But as long as yOU are a part of the instItution do not condemn It. If yOU do you are loosenlllg the tendrils that hold you m the instItutlOn, and 111the first high wind that comes along you wIll be uprooted and blown away and probably you wIll never know why" Advel tis111g m newspaper" I eache,; the e) es and S0111e-t1l11e" the mmds of the buymg publtc. and an ad may be lead, scrutml7ed or cntIused, accordmg to the confidence estab-bercd m the mIDd cf the readel 111the film whose name ap-pedr,; thereon That advel ttsement may bnng a customer to the store, but It WIll not always sell the goods. V/hen a customer enters a store after readlllg the ad and is dIrected to a certam sectlOn, then It depends entirely upon the mer-chandIse and the man beh111d the counter Here he can do mOl e good, 01 more harm, as he deSIres and as he puts hIS m111d and lIfe !ilto hIS wOlk It 1-- novv up to him to do or undo. ,r-------------------------~-- IIII I IIIII I Price $8.75 II• I No. 550 Palmer MaDufaduriD~ ======(ompaDJ·====== 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, DETROIT, MIC". .... - . •••••• • r _ Mr. Salesman. on the interest you take in your sales, on the efforts you put forth, on the methods you employ in your department and on the way you handle yourself largely de-pends your success. Opportunities lIe as thick as blackberries in the mer-cantile field of America. There are more good executIve po- SItions today in the greatel stores of this country than there al e competent men to fill them; sometImes a man may oc-cupy a positIOn and yet not fill it. The lIttle "God of Chance" sits on the stairs and beck-on,;, but the cross-legged salesman below him stares vacant-ly into ,;pace and never looks up. Has More Than His Share. C. Fredenck Eckfelt, presIdent of the Mound CIty Chair company, St. LoUls, Mo , secured a decree of dlvoce recently and a few hours later marned Mrs. May Louise Powell, a plomlllent society lady, who was recently dIvorced from James L. Powell, a wealthy raIlroad contractor. A few day later the caUl t dlSCO\el ed that thel e had been colluslOn in the di- \ orce proceedmgs and set a~lde the decree. Therefore Mr. Ed.felt has a surplus of wives on his hands. ----_. -., II I,II ... • ---- --~~~~~~~~-. WEEKLY ARTISAN Every Dealer Who Sells Folding Collapsible Go=Carts TAKE WARNINO For your own protectIon avoId buvlng any folding collapsIble go carts lot lIcensl d under FERRIS and LEITH PATENTS. By seeing that the tag shown here IS on even folding CollapsIble Go-Cart you handle you will Avoid infringement prosecutions, Handle only goods made by the most reputable makers, Handle Go=Carts for which a demand is created by a big national advertising campaign. licensed Go{art PATENTED Licensed and protected by and under the 748869 771386 789310 800471 Jan 5, 1904 _Oct 4,1904 May 9, 1905 Sept 26,1905 Other Patents Pending None Cenulne Without Tnl. Labe' FERRIS and LEITH PATENTS so completely cover every VItal feature of folding collapsIble go-carts that It IS Im-pOSSIblefor any maker to manufacture them WIthout USIng some of the features covered by these patents. The only persons or concerns lIcensed by us to manufac-ture collapsIble go-carts are the follOWing named companIes: American Metal Wheel & Auto Lloyd Manufacturing Co. Company. Sidway Mercantile Company. Children's Vehicle Corporation. Streator Metal Stamping Co. CoIlier-Keyworth Company. Sturgis Steel Go-Cart Co. Fick~ Ce:rriage & Reed Co. Toledo Metal Wheel Co. Fulton Manufacturing Company. H. N. Thayer Co. Gendron Wheel Company. E. R. Wagner Mfg. Co. All mfnngers WIll be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Through our advertISIng the pubhc WIll be adVIsed that go-carts contaInIng the most deSIrable features are hcensed under FERRIS and LEITH PATENTS, and cautIOned to look for the Label. We wIll protect both the dealer and the publIc, and by ehmmatlng the unscrupulous manufacturer we Insure the dealer a better profit, put the go-cart bUSIness on a legItImate baSIS, create fixed values, and educate the publIc to these values. LOOK FOR THE TAG. 839230 840188 857971 861475 863972 913345 914010 918250 925151 925152 925741 927089 Pec 25 1905 Jan 1, 1907 June 25 1907 July 30 1907 Aug 20 1907 Fcb 23 1909 Mareh 2 1909 Ap,oi 13 1909 June '5 '909 June 15 1909 June 22, 1909 July 6, 1909 PERRIS and LEITH None GenUine Without thiS labcl REDUCED REPRODUCTION Of FRONT AND BACK OF L.ICENSE TAGS. x)o;:. Suite 630 Marquette Building CHICAGO WEEKLY ARTISAN Th(·~··D"l.lmmernand lIis Trunk. Ihe 1111,lCUlstomedtl,1\ eJIel I'; ltkel) io have a llUl1lbel of pleces of hand hlg~age io ]00], ahel dn(] bother about, but the (!l ummel, i1,1\ el1Jn~ all the i1111e,t11e,; to ,;pal e h11n,;el£ all such trouble On the platfoI111 of a 1all road ')tat1On stooe! ,1 trunk not one of the cardboard vallety Vvlth g111gelbl ead cornel') that \\oule! tall apalt If vOU (hopped It off a \\agon but a 1 ugged t1unk that \\ oulc1n't even bounce If you sltd 1t off a loaf \\Then the owner of the trunk came ,dong he placc(l a h,mcl bag he \\a') carr) 111gon the platform for ,1 moment and unlocked the ,;ohel 100k1l1g trunk and ihl ew lb hd hack Then he dloppee! the bag mto a compal t111entwlthll1 which It jmt fitted, and then out of another compartment \\ hich 1t just fitted he IJfted and ')et el()\\n on the pt1tfCllm a sample case Then he dlopped the tlunk hcl and locked the Moon Tune, June TIme, Summer TIme, Spoon TIme, or Any Old TIme DeSIgned by Frank Burton, Student In the Grand Rapids School of DeSIgning trunk, and the next 111111uthee was off with the sample case to see the people he wanted to call on 111that town When he struck a town he dIdn't have to bother over lugging his handbag around WIth hIm or leavmg it somewhere or getting it checked; he Just dropped it 111 hIS t1unk, and that's where he carried hIS sample case except when in actual use. He could get all hIS belong1l1gs into one piece of baggage, his trunk, and the check for that he dropped 111 his..pocket Of course not all drummers can get theIr baggage into this compact form. There are men who take along ten, fif-teen, twenty trunks, a double truck load of baggage. But usually the man on the road has some scheme to save himself all unnecessary trouble; and few men are mOle resourceful than this drummer.-Ex. Desi~ns of Japanese School Furniture. A sketch of the Japanese school furniture as used in the elementary schooh ha,; been forwarded to \tV ashington by Consul-General Thomas Sammons, of Yokohama. This school furnitUle 1Smade of pine. and is painted or stained a reddI')h blown color The desk,; and seats are each intended for the me of two children The price of each seat is nomi-nally $5, but heavy discount') are allowed on large orders. No nails or screws are used in the construction of this school furniture. The design will be loaned to interested firms who address the Bureau of Manufactures. "I For $9.25 we will ship this Dresser in Satin Walnut or Mahog. any finish. Chiffonier to match. Mail your orders promptly to CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO., CHARLOTTE. MICH. I....-. - . , HERE IS A CHAIR THAT'S A SELLER WRITE FOR THE PRICE GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ...-.... '", IIIIt III• IIIIII No 83. i.. ·..... ~ 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Succe... FuJI Size Bed in Divan Space. "ART FOR LIFE'S SAKE" How Business Men May Assist in the Progress of Art. Prof. Charles H. Caffin of N ey York CIty lectured re-cently at the Ladies' Litel ary club house, Grand Rapids, on "Art for Life's Sake." He saId that the word "art" is from the Greek "ar" and means to fit or to shape. The Greeks used copper and bra"s for helmets and shIelds fittmg and shaping them for the purpose of using in warfare. Conse-quently art begun m thIs way, thlOUgh CIaftsmanshlp Flom this beginning It was gradually e>..tended to other thmg" The speaker saId that that is \\ hy \\ e are takmg up techm-cal schools -to leal n craftsmanshIp, leal mng how to fit and shape articles for practical u"e. In al t fitness must be com-bined with unity and harmony thus producing a perfect whole. Art, contrary to the generally accepted idea embraces not only painting and sculpture, but also archItecture, musIc and ltterature. A man may be an artist in any lme to whIch he appltes himself. The business man of today can so fit and shape hIS business as to impro\ e it in every \\ a y. By the addItion of new and up to date machmery and methods and by stnvmg to bettel the condItIOns of hIs workmen, by aId-ing m publtc reforms, the beautIfy mg of a Clt\ \\ ith hand-some structure", publtc playglOunds and palks and by look-ing after the public health. For a contrast to fitness, unity and harmony in al t and • in everything about us Mr. Caffin spoke of the unfitness so often observed in publIc buildmgs whel e lack of umty and harmony are very eVIdent and pamful, to a degree ;\s an illustration he mentIOned an office bmldmg now being erec-ted on Michigan avenue, Chicago, dIrectly OppOSIte the Al t InstItute. It IS cut up mto cubby hole" ltke an office filmg case by the great number of \\ mclo\\ s. "cubby holes fot lawyers, some for doctOl" and others, all plamly labeled," he said. The speaker then pt oceeded to dl5CUSS the faults ot the new Pennsylvania raIlroad statIOn in New York, where the style of a Greek temple has been followed only multiplied about a thousand times, making it unfit m every way for the purpose. Travelel s gomg in OppOSIte dIrectIOns al e bound to col1tde and "say things" as the dIstance bet", een the pIllaI c; of the facades IS small-gO' et ned by the Ideas of pioportIOll'3 used in a Greek temple. Mr. Caffin saId that a raIlroad station was no place to set up a Greek temple, where the anCIents went to worshtp thea' clteties "The architecture of today should be constructed for the needs of today and not hark back to a dead age whose build- ,,- I.. UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. II,t I,II IIIII~----------_ _ . China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Conftruc!bon and Fmi.h. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhibi-tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urer. BUlldlllollGl. rand Rapids. I -" mgs did not and do not fit our present day needs," he de-clal ed. 'The modern skyscraper IS the nearest approach to plogless m art, although many mistakes have been made The beauty of the skyscraper lIes in its height and pro-pOl tIOn". The French were the first to acknowledge this -,t\ Ie The speaker "aid that Louis H. Sullivan after he ha-d const! ucted the audItorium in Chicago realized this fact. The Campal1lle m Venice is a perfect specimen of architecture of thIS type The ploportlOns of the shaft, the placing of the bllck at angles, so as to cast shadows, produces a beautiful effect. The appltcation of art to the conditions of life around u" \\e ale no ah\ay-, suffiCIently aware of . The al tIst who can bring home to us a sense of the beautIful and give us inspiration has done a great thing. Thel e are two classes of artists, the natural and realistic. It I" from the latter that inspiration comes. Frans Hals was a natmahst, Rembrandt was famous because he painted what he sa" about hIm-beauty in SImple things. His paintings of old people are famous not because of the sitters but be-cause he pamted old age itself. Mr Caffin said that the best American painters today al e the landscape pamters, because they bring before our mmds condItIOns now eXIsting all about us in our own country and so they are a part of our existence. The import-ance of teachmg chIldren these facts cannot be overestimated ChIldren learn so eaSIly and quickly, that we can easily teach the next genel ation to be better than ours and more progressIve 111 al t, also to feel the need of more art about them. The lecture pleased the audIence greatly, especially as },Ir Caffin, had a humorous way of expressing some of his Ideas on old fogyism in art. .. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upholatered Furniture. Factory, 717.731 Mather St., CHICAGO . • ••• ..11 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis A Weekly House Organ. Seaver Brothers, who conduct a big department store in Brooklyn, celebrated the twenty-first anniversary of the foundmg of their business, dm mg the third week in October. The original store was a very small one, but step by step the firm have built up an establishment which is the large::,t of its kind In their section of New York City. An anniversary sale is a regular event WIth thIS concern and this year's sale, we understand, has resulted in a business considerably ahead of that produced by any similar sale in previous years. The sale was advertised in a weekly newspaper entitled "South Brooklyn Home Talk"-a publication started by the firm eight years ago in order to reach the local public. The average edition of this paper runs to 16 or 20 pages. It is pubhshed and dIstributed on Wednesdays, and, when con-sidered necessary (as in the case of this anniversary sale), a four-page special edition is issued and delivered by carrier, just as is the regular edItion. This newspaper plan, by the way, has been found more resultful than ordinary circulars. Seaver Brothers own their building and the site and re-cently purchased and added an adjoining building, giving them a total frontage of eighty feet. The twenty-first anni-versary was also celebrated by the employees, who presented to Daniel B. and C. A. Seaver, the members of the firm, a handsome loving cup, with their congratulations and best wishes. Had a "Congress of Nations." Hahne & Co, house furmshers, Newark, N. ]., recently just concluded a two weeks' "Congress of Nations." This was described in the opening "ad" as a "tribute to the people of all countries, by the state's greatest store." During the two weeks two days were dedicated to the people and pro-ducts of each of six countries, viz., France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, England and the United States. Following the opening "ad," a page "ad," with suitable heading, was de-voted to each of these countries, and in each "ad" there were offered hnes of merchandise for which the country in ques-tion is famous. In addItion to the newspaper "ads," a colored placard, beanng the words "Congress of Nations," was placed in every window and at various points throughout the store. The placards also indicated what nation was being honored on each partIcular day. Flags of the nations, too, were con-spicuously displayed throughout the store, small flags being placed where goods made in foreign countries were being exploited. ,.. ...... -----_ ...... ---._._.-.--.-., ........... - .... --_ ... 11 . .I. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE IMPORTED IN ARGENTINA fJnltf'd Stlltes Furnish Most of thf' Desk and Office Fixtures. J D \Vhelple\ commelclal agent of the L~nlteel St.1tc, \\ ho recentlv Ietm ned flom a prolonged m\ e~tH;atJC)n at hU~l-ne'Ss affall S 111 At g entma reports that Jlnpol ts ot fml1ltm e Illli that country are e:\.tensn e It I'S estImated that dbout IMlf of the fm nlttu e used IS Il1lpOlted 1he cheapel g I dde'S al e I11dde largely 111 the countl y, plmcipalh flam pme I ecen ed flo!l1 Ihe U111ted ~Iates as the natne \\oods ot \Igenllll<l <lIe 111u~th too hal d fOI \\ 01kmg uJl I11tOf111nltul e e~JleC1a1h \\ hel e 1111111 l11um cost IS <111o1nect I he f111nltul e nM Ie 110m "01 th ~ _ i\ll1etlcall pmes IS 110t \ <tt11l~hed hut II edled h~ hth \\ Ith oIl 01 \\a" so that It has all11o~t the appeal an c ot an ullhl11~hed al tIde Such fmllltul e IS fOI ~<11ee\ el \ \\ hel e m \1 !;e1Hmd and IS the kmd mosth u~ed m the a\ el age home L\ 'Small amount of hlgh-gldde hUl1lt\1le h al'So mallU-factm eel 111the Repubhc fOI \\ hlCh pm pose some of the natl\ e haul woods ale employed ThIS is not fil1lshed \\ Ith a hl!;h- ~lo'Ss varntsh a~col d111g"to the method most 111 \ og ue 111the United States Instead, \\ax onh IS emplmed tubbed m at co'St of much bme and pams bv hanel untIl a ~ott anel \ eh et\ appearance is obta1l1ed, far mOle elegant and altbtlc, \\hele the qualIty of wood and \\01kmanshlp is ~ood, than a hlgh-varnish finish One fUll11tut e house m Buenos All e'S emplo\, some 300 men in ItS facto! \ anel makes fUI nltLtre both of the cheaper anel more expenSI\ e SOlts It al'So eloes a lat ~e amount of the upholstel y \\ ark on ImpO! teel gooels Leathel and othel uphol'Stery matellal IS comparatn ely cheap m Argentma, and by attend111g to tIllS end of the \\ ork Itself, the house 111ques tion 'Saves large sums in customs duties Largest Part of Imp07 t, From E1l1 ope For the fi\e-)ear pelloel 1904 to 1908 fml1ltme \\as Im-pOl ted to the amount of $6,177,175, Argentll1e gold (Sr of \\ hich equals $0965 U mteel States mone)) A.ustlla fl11n Isher the largest mell\ Idual share, \\ Ith the Ll1lted SLlte, second L\ustlla'~ contllbutlOn IS lalgeh 111the \\ a\ ot hel we11-kno\\ n bent\\ ood fml11tm e England ~upples mam al t Ide'S of the MISSIon sty Ie FI ance fml11shed the bulk of the most expensn e and ornate creatIons ItalIan ImpOl ts hay e no espeClal 111dlvlllual note, but 0\\ e then place pl1l1cipall) to the 1,11!;e ItalJan element 111 the populatIOn and the consequent de-mand for al beles £Iom the home countt y, THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt WIth double arbors, shdmg tabl. and equIpped complete WIth taper pm guages carefully graduated, Th:s machm e represents the heIght In saw bench con-strudlon It IS desIgned and bUIlt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. WrIte us for descrIptIve InformstlOn. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~fc~:m:;PIDS. .. Imports from the Ul11ted States are almost entirely in the \\ aj ot office fUll11tUl e, book shelves, and the 1Ike, In that field om manufactUl el 'S have all but a monopoly of the trade -\1 !;entll1e fUll11tUl e dealers SelY that in no other country has the mattel of office eCjUlpment been worked out on such prac-tIcal and comprehensl\ e ll11es Roll-top de:,ks, sectional book ,beh e~ I e\ oh l11~ bookca~e~, fill11g cabl11eb, and the 1Ike from L nlted State'S factol1es al e all exceeell11gly popular Ot LOUlse tIllS IS a bU~1l1ess wlllch does not extend much oUblcle the CIties, and as Al gentll1a IS an agllcultUl al country. \\ Itb a populatIOn of only about 6,000,000 l11habitants, the tl ade h not capable of 111defil11te expansIOn except as the Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinin~ Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-LIbrary Desks, LIbrary Tables, LIbrary Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire lme WIllbe on exhibition in January on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITY of Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that It counts for or against your future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant adveltisement of your rehabllllY. Our tables resist wear-quahty is bUllt m, along with the style and hand rubbed fimsh that make our desIgns so attractive. Our new catalog, showmg some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders dmers ever bUllt, IS in press. You wIll Just naturally want these top-notchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. country grows But new methods are evelY\\ here displacing old ones m the Argentme bus mess world, and with thIs move-ment there is a natural demand for up-to-date office eqUlp-ment \Vlth thc exception of office furniture and book shelves, United State" manufactUl es al e not popLllar and do not prom-ise to obtam much foothold, unless our styles undergo con-siderable mochfication or An;entine taste changes At present French influence is strong upon the country The demand 1" £01 01nate pdttern" and "howy ltpholstery m colored fabrics. Lotm XV tl pe may be said best to leple"ent the prevallmg ta"tes GlIded f1l1l11tme and pIeces \\ ith elabO! ately carved \IOOCIlIOlk ale ~lcatlv ddmired The arts and uafts move-ment. \\hiLh hds lateh made ~Ieat heacl\\ay 111 the Untted State" has not found so much ,1" an echo 111 .\lgf'ntl11a fhe SImpliCIty of such furmture \\ould, at the ple"ent t11ne, at lea~t. find moderate appreciation One feature of the lmpO! ted furmture most seen 111 "\1 g en" tll1C\ IS the attention to mIrrors Vvardrobes and clothes presses are largely used-"\rgentina houses are, for the mo"t part, 1l1ade \\ llhout closets-and the doors of these are invar-iaIl eq111pped \\ Ith full-lem;th m11101" \\ ashstancls, bureaus, and the 11l"e ,lie al"o hbelalh eq111pped \\lth lo)kn) glasses \nothel appdl e'lt tendenc\ IS tcm a1 cl bl~ al tIde" of f n mture Ene 111" ,u e lhudlIl l.ll ~e ancl con"ldel dhl) hi" "el than those m \ o~ue m the LJmted State" \1 hel e tile cont! aLtm~ Sl7e of utI ap,lIt111cnt" ,1I1cl flcCjllent 111()\111~"1],[\c tcncled to popu-la 11/e } ~hi C1 ,11ld Ie"" l umbel "ome models 11 h douhulli If 1.:111ted St,l'e" 1l1dnufd( tUI ('I" \Iould find It pi olIi.lhk to (ompete f()] the \1 ~ent1l1c fm nltul e trade 111 the l111c" \\ hel C I, lUopedn natIon" al e nO\\ "U111e111eand with ,u tICle" of ,1 e,11111 ldl ndtm e 0111al11ental cal \ '110 and inlaid 1\ 01k al e lIttle unclel stood !1l this count 1 v, and th~ attempt to tUl n out !1loclels all nellch 1111es\\ auld plohahh I esult in the p10cluctlOn of al tICles oi e,cess!\ e cost The mattel of fi11lsh ahead) alluded to, IS also a point ,1~,]"1"L .\01th \l11e\Kan tm11ltme as no\\ largely made, The hl~11-\alnlSh fi11l"h, "0 ~enelal 111 the U111ted States, is little u"ed b\ Fm opean manufacturers, and suffers in comparison \\ Ith the soft 011 and \\ <1X fi111shes usually employed for theIr best ploducts 011e Idllet\ of fmnltme 111 whIch om manufactmers are lO1l\pcll11~ \\ Ith "eJ11IepI01l11<,eof "ucce"" 111 \rgentll1d Ie, bras" hed"tead" 'I hc"e ,11 C much less popul.u ,wd much less used Ihele l11<1n111thc l'11Ited ~t.1te" hut ale 21aclu,tllv 0a111ltW 1Il -, -'..., b Lt\Ol, 1\01111 \ll1CIll,l\1111dll\lfactmeJs h,ne pJoc1uch on sale \\Imh ('1l1pI1l [noI,lhl) In JllllC ,mcl <ju,lht) \\11h ,111y othel'> offel ed England at pI esent supphes most of these goods. In the mattel of brass bedsteads, as III other kinds of furniture, the chief objectIOn to U11Ited States goods seems to be what is regarded as theIr extreme plall1ness, In brass bedsteads, as in other household articles, the taste tends toward the very lUXUrIOUS and ornamentation IS strongly in demand. English manufacturers have catered to thIS taste without stint. Several bra"s bedsteads from that country \\ el e "een, for instance, ornamented at the foot and head WIth rIsing suns (the coat of arms of Argentina) and otherWIse 1Jberally provided WIth decoration. "BEAVER," "GINDERELLA," "DOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "'THE LINES THAT SELL" NoteIMPERIAL BEAVER-one ofmany. 13est, They Stctnd the 7est," THIS is the IMPERIAL BEAVER.. It is the finest cooking range made anywhere in the world. We think so, and so will you when you see its advantages: Study the- above picture. The glass oven door is guaranteed not to break. No heat lost when you look at your bakmg. This range holds its heat longest, saves 250/0 in fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It is the best-looking range built-and wears as well as it looks. I Send for samples and see it-but we warn you that no other kind will ever satisty you again, if you :0' W. D. SAGER, 330-342 No.Water St.,CHICAGO 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG DECEMBER lOth If you place the order with us by November 15th WHITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I WEEKLY ARTISAN News Items of 1883 Reprinted. From the Michigan Artisan for November, 1883-The Forest City Furniture company of Rockford, Ill., have re-ceived seventy carloads of walnut lumber from their mills in Kentucky, to be manufactured into furniture. The A. S. Herenden Furniture company of Cleveland have secured contracts to furnish three large hotels in New York-the St. Marc, the Wellington and the Hamilton. The cabinet makers of Pans, France, are using yellow pine III the manufacture of furmture The Gland RapIds Furmture company have bUIlt a fac-tory upon the sIte of the one destroyed by fil e last Apnl, and have commenced operatmg the same. Ames & Frost have III COUl "e of erection a large brick factory on Blackhawk and Cherry street, ChIcago. Koenig & Gamer of ChIcago, have added a foldl11g bed to their hne. In the trial of a law suit at Cleveland recently a wit-ness interested in a varnish factory testified that in three MR. COUNTRY . MERCHANT: KEEP THE TRADE -AT HOME! W,th the aId of FISH'S Co operatIve AdvertlSlng Sernce you can keep the trade In your town, and tn your store, and not lose It to matl~ordel;' hOUses, large cIty stores and other a~sslve competItors Ow SerVlce..lSnot an expenrneJ;lt, but ISm actvil and successful use by ~houS<mdsof &alers In the central West Ful out the Coupon bel<\w and m..i1It t<>-<lay It won·t obligate you to anythmg L.FISH F. CO., 1901-11 State Street, Chicago Merchant.' C?-e~ratioe Adverttsing Service BUI'~" FREE BUSINESS INCREASE COUPON £. FISHF co. N-..IN/I~;;-StChkxil. III IonWf"t",',~. -m:::"...~/B:::='h~"':''';:..:~h::-:'';:tl'::.·';'~ ".- -----.r-.-y ----_.) Atltlru. · I A Chicago Propo6ItlOn years the company owning the same had disbursed dividends amounting to twenty-five, thirty and forty per cent. The Phoenix Furniture company have engaged Asa Lyon a designer of Chicago. He will commence work on January 1, 1884. WIlham H. Rouse is securing many good orders on the road for the Wolverine Chair and Furniture company. An expression of luxury has been found by a lounge hung from the ceiling by chains of Indian brass. George L. Withers & Co., have opened an agency for the sale of furniture in St. Louis. H. L. N eidringhaus' furniture store in St. Louis was de-stroyed by fire recently. Loss $90,000; insurance $51,000. Unele John Fuller the veteran explorer for furniture dealers in the northwest, will continue his work in that region next year. H. R. Leonard is preparing to open a stock of furniture in Detroit. While the year 1883 has been a dull one in the furniture trade and none of the factones of Grand Rapids have been operated fully, they produced goods which sold for $4,184,000. 15 f- -------- --- ---- ------- -- -----------.-~ ! Sheboygan Novelty Co. tJl Order your hol-iday goods early, so as not to be dIS-appointed III deliv-ery. Our SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Lady's Desk No. 305. ...-.-----~~------~-_._-_-. ---_. Music Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Bookcases, etc., are just the things for holiday gIfts. Write for Catalogue. tJl Lady's Des k No. 305 is a goed one. but we have many more to select from. •• •• a ••• ~_. _ • .. • a.a • •••••••• _ ••• POLISHES Quality and Economy Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. ... . .' 16 -~----------------------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN PUIILISHIEO II!:VII!:RY SATURDAY ay THI! MICHIGAN ARTISAN CeMPANY ---"---~ --- -- --- - SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES 5200 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION O~~ICE. 10a-112 NO"'TH DIVISION ST, G"'AND RA~IOS, MICH A 5 WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Itnterei .. lecond cia .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapId., Mlchll'lln under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO RI!:PRESENTATIVI[ E LEVY The Walter & Beck" 1th Fm nltm e companv of Portldnd Oregon, strongly favor the plan plOposed by certall1 manu-facturers to fix the retaIl seIIll1g pnces of al tlcle~ ~old to dealers. To bring about uniformity ll1 1etall pllce~ It "auld be necessary for all manufactLll el S to co-opel ate ll1 the 1110\e-ment, which would seem at first thought to be ImpOSSIble The manufacturers of furl11tme ale located 111 al111o~t e\ el \ state of the union, and then ll1tel ests al e so cll\ el slfied th'lt It would be difficult to assemble the111 and 0ll:ia1117e them a~ a composite body In the considel atJon of such an 01 ~al1l7atIOJ1 the anti-trust laws of the states and nation vvould naturally he taken into account. Among the evils the ''''alter & Bech 1(11 company would have destroyed ale the ~iving a\\ay practI-cally of leadel s as an mclucement fOl dealel s to hm othl1 goods, and the sale of new goods to second hand amI 1llnk men, who turn theIr new l:;oods on a five pel cent basis as a decoy by the aid of which they unload second hand furl11- ture at a profit of from 100 to 200 pel cent In enU111elatm!; the advantages that would follo\\ the adoptIOn of the plan suggested, the firm says' "A "pecltled mil11111um sellm~ pI Ice placed on an article by the manufactm el "ould l:iual antee Ib quality to the retailer and enable the manufactul el to ~ell hI ~ output to high class trade The numbel of shoppel sand bal gain hunters who bother the merchant and their sale ... people by trying to obtain an article for nothml:; and finalh ].m 11lg second hand goods of a junk deale I at a C0st conslclel abh higher than ne" goods could be b0ught frll IS lal ~e "Ithout doubt. the plan \\ auld be, if put mto use, of g I eat \ ethle tr manufacturers and dealel sand \\ hIle the chfficulties to he en-countered in the creation of an OIgan17ation are manv they are not unsm mountable The attitude of the fil m 111 I e~al d to shoppers and bargain hunters is wlong No up-to-date merchant despises the shoppel sand bal ga1l1 huntel s It IS only through shopping and bargain huntmg that mam people qualify themselves for buymg the things thev need 111 then homes or for their personal use, intellil:;entlY 1\ dub all merchants 0\\ e to themselves IS to teach the shoppel sand bargain hunters that qualitv not price should l:(oyel n m the purchasing of goods A more important dUb of the mel chant is the making of friends for the stOIC If the shoppels and bargain hunters ale made to feel that their \ iSlts to the stOI e of a merchant al e not desil ed, the sl10ppel sand hal ~al11 hnl1- ters will exe1 t an l11AUenle a11l0n~ t11ell fllend~ 1nd ,ll1/1111nt :1l1CC~ that" 111 injme the 111elchant 111 the l~tllll !tHI!1 (I[ 111111\ people "h()~c flicnd"hip ,l1Id "lIJlJl()J( (ltC\ f](ul I hl up (I) date 111erchant' '11e" and ~1 ,mt" mOlC than 01 d111,11\ ll)l1 sidcr:i~:"n to f,p , ppel" ,ll1e! 1),[1 ~all1 ImntpI ~ \ contnbutor to One of the monthly furnitm e maga7ines, IJ1 Ch~UI""lI1~ the art of Y\ Ilham :\;fonls says' "Morns was the l11stlgatol (,,!1\ not the ong1l1ator?-Ed ArtIsan) 'of t11e ellts and CIa it-., "t\ Ie He 10\ ed the beautiful, the tenclel ,me! tlue \nd \et '[aliI" bl11It fur111ture "bload and big" I he "tatement 1" S!anclelOlh If 1\101 ns' fml11tm e was "broad lne! lm~ \\hel em dld he e'Cpl ess the al ts and crafts idea) 1t h e\ 1dent that the contllbut01 IS not famtliar with Morns fm nitme "DI~ and hlOad" ale not essential details in hIS ,11 t On the conti ell\ \\ hI Ie hIS \\ 01k is stl ong, utillt\ and heelut\ p1edo111111atem the expl esslOn of hls lCleas Lon~ hetOle the hollda\s vou'II be moving a lot of heavier ~Clods that ma\ ha\C seemed a bit back'Aard, a"aiting a hint of \\ 1I1tel I\h\ a\ s the expected season seems to linger, but it !;ets the I e \\ Ith both feet to those prepared for It, and the man" ho bul1ds no" fOI business in table linens, kItchen things and h()111epi etb ml:;s \\ 111be ready to trim attractive windows befOl e Thanksgi\ m!; tnTIe and \\ in some lively sales by sug- ~estion 1eadmes" Let this man be vou Give a pri/e to any in \ OUI employ \\ ho can, in time, supply an acceptable thought tOl no\ el \\ 1l1d()\\ display app10priate to the day and effective In ~e1l1l1ggoods The mel chant s of Los Ang eles decided to have opening q of all the stOles associated in their orl:;a111Lation simultaneous~ h The plan" as put to the test on September 26, 27 and 28 PI i7es "el e offel ed fOI the most suitable announcement "f the e\ ent Especial \\ indo\\ displaYs \\ ere planned The \\ hole city and in fact all of Soutllern Caltfornia took an in- (erest in the plan and the stores were crowded with shoppel s The dealers In fm nitm e and aIIled lines participated leu zely in the e\.J1Jbit and all \\ el e pleased and satisfied "ith the out-come 1he plan IS \\ 01tlw of a trial in other cities It's over Conl:;1 ess will he divided politically and radical Iel:iislationls l1TIpos"ihlc Teddv is locked in his kennel at Oyster Da\ and the people \\ ill thlow politics to the clogs and do hU~11le~s fOl the sake of bu ...mess There wiII be more or less discussion over the a\ ailabilib of cel tain men for the nomi-natlODS of the se\ era1 pal ties f01 preSIdent. but it will be con-fined to the P011tlCld11S The people \\ ant to do business and business \\ ill be clone The hI!; stOJ elan not I ema1l1 hig \\ hen the cm nel 01 l11anal:(el "atlsfiecl \\ Ith \\ hat he h~h aClomphshed, lests on hIS lam els H1S conduct affect" his emplo\Cs, \\ ho become care les" 01 nel:ilectful1l1 their tleatment of cu"tomel s, who neglect the "tock 'l11d CIeate ch~uI del 111 the IOlltllle of the bllsllless Tn snch a moment the weIl mandgecl httle StOIe becomes the bIg stOle '\ \ el \ \ alnable ach ertls1l1g stunt \\ as pulled orf I ecently lw the Standald Fmnitme compan), 111 Seattle, 'Vash In one of the lar!;e shO\\ \\ Iw10ws a numbel of \\ 01 kmen con- Stl ucted davenpOl ts and steel couches and in anothel relt mattrc"ses \\ el e made It is needles'> to state that CW\\ ds \\ Itnessed the opnat1on of the window factories. Hondma" le\le~ an export tax of $5 00 per 1,000 feet 1 JO;lld 111ea~11cl on l11,lhogam shipped fl0m that countl v dncI S-t pel T 000 feet on oth<:1 cah111et \\ClOelS Thele\ a (,(,,<, 111 \\111(11 t11e rrJ1el~!1el CULllllh pet\" the t,t' ... Illc t111l1l:;'1th,lt 1 el11ellll J(ltl~C"L III the h,lI1d~ (If 1he clenlel IIH{H,lIc tlw lllCapclclt\ of the make) WEEKLY ARTISAN Germans Fostering Canadian Trade. 110m \VInUlpeg comes the IepOl t that the 1emoval of the Gel man surtax by the Canadian GoveinmeI1t has affected the volume of >\n1e11Can1rnpOlt" Into westel n Canada to a COI1- ':>lderablee'(tent The full effect of the abohtlOn of the SUItax lMs only 1ecenth become appal ent wIth the placmg of orders by Canachan merchants fOl the en:,uing year Dunng the past fell' months \\ estel 11 Canada has been introducecl to many Gelman films thlough aLtne commiss10nels I\ho have Come to ,:>eefOJ them"eh es the needs of the people and the Opp01tun- ItJes f01 GenTIan goocls TIle fil st eVIdences of German trade actIvIty are found In 01namental bI ass and copper ware, such Made by Rockford Frame and FIxture Go , Rockford, IlL as teapots, U1 ns, hot-water kettle':>,tl ays, and va"es of vanous designs, eel tam lmes of mechal11cs' tools, alcohol stoves for burning denatul ed alcohol, and dl ess goods and velvets In these Imes Gel many seems ah eady to possess an advantage 0\ el commelc1al competitors \\ estelll Canada It 1S ':>a1d,offeI'-, at the pI e':>enttnne an e,ceptIonal OppOItU111tyfor Ame1Ican-made goods, but, lIke C\ 1'1Y othel mal ket It must he fostel cd The U mtecl States IS he1hlc to lo':>ethls meltket lal ~ely thlough mattentlOn It WIll do lIttle good to adveltlse 01 seek tll1ou~h catalogue ch'-,~ ...----_._--------,---_._._-- 17 r ~ $2.50 : MARVEl; ::.:':::' ! 0 U S QuarterSawed Veneer .eat. HeIght of back 24 Inches WIdth of seat 20 Inches No 210. FInished Golden Oak Shipped K. D. flat Weight 23 pounds r.JIorwlIfolluloct!JnllR rat Grand Rapjds.l1ich. tnbutlOn to b111ldup the trade Catalogues accomplish httle, 11nless thel al e pl esented by ,:>omeone wIlo can intelligently descnhe tl'e ;11 LLles depIcted, callmg attention to their value and 1rnplessll1!Supon the merchant their salablhty List of Kilns Being Installf'd by the Grand Rapids Veneer Works. Clmsty Bl othel s & Co Amhel st, N S, 2; The Canada \\ ooc!em\ale company, St Johns, ~ B, I; Haley Brothers company, St J O]111S, N B, I, Halev & Son, St Stephen, N B , I , Blmel Spoke and \uto \\ heel company, Portland, Ind , 2, P E KlOehler, XclpelVIlle, III 2. Lincoln Manufacturin15 company, Kell Y01 h (j H allIS, McHel1l y & Baker, Elmira, NY, I, Schumann Plano company, Rockford, Ill, I; Get man & Judd company Muskegon, -:\1Ich. I; Standard Furni~ ture company, Herkimer, N Y, I; R H Coop & Son, Old ham. England, I W1l1cIsor Furniture company, Ltd, \Vind-sor, N S, I; Lal kin company of America, Memphis, Tenn, 4; Yratson ManufactUlmg company. N \Voodstock, N H.,3; National Casket compan}, LOlllsville, Ky, 3; VV. M Ritter Lumber company, Ritter, XC, 3 Verm(mt Spool and Bob-bm compan} Blllllllgton, Vt, 2 Ene BUllal Case company, Erie, Pa, I, and the 1\ B Chase Piano company, Norwalk. Ohio, 2 Tl11s makes f01 t\ 1ulns at pI e"ent helllg lmL1llecl. and there etIe a lalge l1Umhel of nrc1e1s 111 jJlO,:>pelt some of 1\11ich al e be1l1~ bool,ecl almost el ery dcly (,USS\\ 01 d':>a1e almost ,1':>~le,lt ,1 nellsslty to the lclbinet n1clhcI II ho h;),:>1)1m':>edIllS thumh \11th ,1 h,1l11111U 01 I1Mllet. cls ,11 e teal S to a II oman ---------------------- III WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES II, I• I III II II l.. Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~S~~8u~~;~M~U:S;:K~EoGrON, MICH. New York O-ff-ice-, '3_69.B_road~wa_y, .L_E-M-o-on-, M_.a.n._age-r.-_.__......._, Me Ilk "' ............ III It ........ I •• __ .. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN GREAT INCREASE IN LUMBER CUT Oak Furnishes About Ten Per Cent of the Total. Statlst,c" pl1blJ"hec1 b) the depal tment of commel ce and labor last Tuesda) shrm that the lumbel cut 111the L~11lted States Chll111g the calendal vear 19°9 \\ as 44,585 11111110nfeet boal cl mea "11l e as aga111st 3~ 224 11111lJonfeet 111 1908 and 4.0 2:;f 11111hollfeet 111I C):J7 Th1s ,\ as an 111~1ea ~e ot 3-+2 pel ccent 0\ el 1908 dn 1 of 10 8 pel cent 0\ e1 19°7 The ~u')~ tant lal 111Ce1a"e 0, el tl1f' 1\,0 ])1e~ecl11'1S ) ea 1" \\ a" 0\ no <11 fell of t11e m 11\ ldual .,tates "hem mg a decreased cut The fi'Sl1les fOl 1908 anJ 1907 ,Hle collected b\ maIl dnrl \\ h1le mc1u l111gthe com111e1cTal mIlls 01 the countl, dld 11')t 111 many ca~e" crn er the small nelghbOl hood mIlb \\ ho~e output \\as comumed local!) The lelatl\eh lalge llLlease 111the nU111bel of mll1::, 1epOl t111g fOl 1909. tJg ethel \\ 1th the 111- crea se 111the cut fOl that veal \\ as clue lal 2,eh to the fdCt that the field force of the cen"us bl1l eau. \\ hlch \\ a" engd2, ed 111 gathenng statistics of all bl an0hes of manutactl1l e th10ugh out the Ul1ltecl Scates "eCl1leel 1etl1l ,1S f10m pI actJcalh e\ el)' sa\\ 111111111opel atlOn clullng the \\ hole 01 elll) pal t of 19°9 II 1tl10ut 1egarel t'l lt3 "lze. and 11l thlS II av thel e ha, e been included many small m111s not c)\ el ed b, the mall census 111 the pl ececlJng ) eal s 1he gl eatest pOl tl0n of the 11111ed "e h tound 111the south-el n states and LOnS1QS lellg eh of ,e11O\\ p111e In the 2,'1our of coa"t state,. from Vlrg111la to Te"as, l1lc1thl\ e together \\ lth \1 kansas and Oklahoma. thel e stanels j)lObabh not less than n111e-tenths of the pl esent supply of \ ellow p111e stump-a2,' e The plOpOl tlOn of the total cut of lumbel 111the l-l1lted States contllbuteel b) thIS glOUp. tog ethel \\ Ith KentllCk) and Tennessee, ha" been steadlly 111creasmg ell1l111g 1ecent ) eal " In 1907 then output \\ as 17.834 mIlhon feet, 01 443 pel cent of the total, 1111908, 15,056 ml1110n feet, or -+53 pel cent of the total, awl 1111909 22,057 ml1l1On feet 01 -1-95 pel cent of the total Yello\\ p111e, 111clud1112,the se, el al "peCle" long-leaf, shortleaf, loblolly Cuban. etc, constItuted '-ub"tantJalh the same per cent of the total cut of lumbel 111 the~e ~tate~ 111 each of the th1ee )ears, furl11shmg 72 per cent 111 1909. 728 per cent m 1908, and 724 per cent 111 1907. The large In-crease 111 the number of 1111llsrepOl tmg f10m thl" regIon 111 1909 over 1908, from 12,824 to 23,255, amounted to nearly hv o-thirels of the total mcrease 111the nU111bel of n1111s1epOl t- ---------------.~--- Lentz's Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top, Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAA --------------------------~--- i"Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Parkwood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. ,III• I I I I• II III I Grand Raptd6 I ..----~----------------~_._--_.----... W" are now putting out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever ofiereu to the trade. These are fimshed 10 Golden Oak and Wh1te Maple In a hght fim'h These goods are admIrable lor polished floors and furn- Iture rests They will not sWlllat or mar. PRICES SIze 2}{ Inches .,. $4 00 per hundred SIze 2~ 1O~hes . 5 00 per hundred Try a <lampl, Ord'r FOB mg for the entIre Umted States betvveen these years The in-crease" 111 th1S g10Up of states, both 111the number of mIlls and 111cut, \\ ere due undoubtedly 111 large part to the many small 111111s111 remote locahtJes WhlCh were reached by the agents 111 1909, but whlch are elJfficult to canvass by mail. The lllmted output of mllls of thlS class and S1ze, however, IS almo"t II lthout exceptlOn consumed in the immediate vicinity of ltS manllfactul e, and hence exerts httle or no ll1fluence on "uppl} and pt Ices in the generallllmber market of the country. The pl0port1On of the total lumber cut of the country contllbllted by N evv yO! k and the New England states did not \ al) matenally clUJ ing the tin ee years, bell1g 9 per cent 111 19°7,96 per cent in 1908, and 7.5 per cent in 1909. The 1elabv e importance of the Lake states-Michigan, ::\1111nesota and \Viscons111-ll1 lumber production continues to deCl ease steadl1y, as the supply of white-pine stumpage gl 0\\ S less These states contnbuted 13 6 per cent of the total lumber cut of the Umted States in 1907, 13.2 per cent 111 1908, and 123 per cent in 1909. The PaClfic coast states, w1th an output 28 3 per cent ld1ger 111 1909 than in 1908, and 22 per cent greater than in 19°7, nevel theless contributed a smaller propol bon of the total cut of the country in 1909 than 111 either of the preceding years, the per cent for 1909 being IS 5 for 1908, 162 and for 19°7, 168 Douglas fir vvas far 111 the lead as lumber material ----------------_._._---_._~--~ ._----- - ----_.------ ._--..4 WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ..--_ .._ ..--_... -_._-_._-_ ..._.---- - .,. _.,. ---'.._._-_._._------._-------------------- Chicago's Best and Most Effective Line of Can be seen throughout the year at J. J. Hall & Son, 187 Michigan Ave, Peck and Hills Co., Wabash Ave. and 14th St. and in Our Catalogue, sent to any furniture dealer on request. r BEDROOM FURNITURE IIII f III ,If I I f I I .__ .__ ._-_.--._----------------------------------~ in Mahogany, Walnut, BIrd's Eye M.ple and Ouartered Oak HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 1114·1156 W. Superior St., Chicago. ••• a.a ••••••• _. _ m these states dm mg the thl ee years, the productIOn from thIs species constitutmg 68 I per cent in 19°7, 66 I per cent m 1908, and 685 per cent m 1909 It contnbuted 792 per cent of the total productIOn m \¥ashlllgton in 1909, and 832 per cent m Oregon, vvh1le redwood formed 456 per cent of the total output m California. Of the total pioductIOn of lumber III 1909 softwoods supphed 33,875 mlllJOn feet, or 76 per cent, while hardwoods contubuted IO,693 mtlhon feet, or 24 per cent. Softwoods contnbuted I per cent less of the total productlOn m 190q than III 1908 and 1907, m each of whIch years they formed 77 per cent of the total The 1eported cut of yellow pine in 1909, 16,277 milhon feet, constItuted 36 5 per cent of the total lumber output ThiS proportlOn Vvas substantIally larger than m 1908 and 1907, ,.. ..... .. . ..--------------., ~OTTINGI Drying lumber liberates steam and acid in the kiln. That is why your unprotected kiln depreciates faster than other buildings. EBONOID1 Kiln Coating Protects the inside of a wood, brick or concrete building, stops the rot-ting process, is fireproof and cheap. You know you ought to coat your kilns with Ebonoid at once. Sold by Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ar ••••• ---~ in which years it formed 33 8 per cent and 32 8 per cent, re- :,pectlve1y, of the total Douglas fir lumber, which 1ankecl next to yellow pine in 19°9, vv1th a reported cut of 4,836 m11110n feet, formed 1°9 per cent of the total oucput 111thai year, a~ aga111st I I I per cent 1111908 and 11 8 per ceat 1111907 \Vh1te pine, WIth an outlut of 3,9°0 m11hon feet, contllbutec1 88 per cent of the total in 19°9, as against IO I per cent 111 1908 and IO 4 per cent in 1007 The 1eported cut of oak lumber 11119°9, namely, 4,446 l1111hol1feet, \vas substantIally larger than the output of thIS species 111either 1908 or 1907 It formed IO per cent of the total 111 1<;09, as aga111:,t83 per cent 1111908 and 92 per cent in 1907 A steady decrease 1') noted in the propOl tion of hemlock lumber 111the total pro-ductIon durmg the last three years It formed 84 per cent of all lumber in 19°7, 76 per cent 1111908, and 68 per cent 111 1909 A slmtlar showl11g \\ as made by spruce, \\ h1ch de-clined from 43 per cent of the total 11119°7, and 42 per cent 111 1908, to 3 9 per cent in 1909 ·Western pllle showed little val iatIon 1n actual or re1atn e productlOn 111 the three year') Its contnbutlOn in both 1907 and 1908 f01med 38 per cent of the total, and in 1909, 3 4 per cent The cut of lumber from no other species reached as much as 3 per cent of the total output 111any of the three years, though a substantIal increase 111 the production of hickory lumber was sho\\n for 19°9, when a cut of 338 million feet was reported. VVashlllgton leads all the sta,tes m production, with 3,- ~63,000,000 feet board measure, closely follo\\ ed by Louisi-ana w1th 3,552,000,000 feet, MlssisS1ppi IS third, North Caro1111a fourth and Arkansas fifth lVI1chigan \\ hich \\ as first a few years ago is now tenth. It's cut last year was only 1,890,000,000 feet Phillipine Wood for Kwang Hsu's Tomb. A mag11lficent mau:,oleum 1Sto be bm1t to mark the 1est-lllg place of the late "Son of Heaven"-the Chlllese Emperor, Kwang Hsu The f01ests of the Onent \'Yere searched for the best and most durable \OV ood, and, after much competition, a Manda lumber company has won \OV hat 1S descl1bed as the nchest commercial pri7e of recent years in Ch111a The prell-mlllary contract for the matena1 ha:, now been signed by tv, 0 of the Chmese impena1 princes, and It p10\ 1des 111the first place for the shipment of 5°,000 feet of Philtppl11e hard \vood On 1tS arnval at Peklllg \\ ork IS to start fm tin' 1th on the mausoleum among the tombs of the M111gdynasty near the capital For the huge pd1ars of the mausoleum glant trees wd1 be taken from the M111dunao forests. Some of them, al-ready cut, a1e 60 feet h1gh and 4 feet III d1ameter, \ve1ghmg over 17 tons. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN An Important "Fellow Servant" Decision. That the hablhty of the employer for the acts of hb ~er-vants extends beyond the 1esponslblhb t01 acclClent, to the employe lesu1t1l1g flam the neghgence of a fello\\ 1, demon- 'it rated by the deClslOn of the :\ew YOlk COc11t of apj)eal~ 111 the ca'ie of Mary \ Hogle a~a1l1st the FI<lnkll1l Il l11ul le-tunng company of SYl acuse an autom(1)\le U)\lell n I he 'The Man of the Hour," or The Alarm Clock," According to Yom PolItiCS Deslgned by Frank Burton, a I::ltudent In the Grand RapIds School of Deslgmng court holds the company llable fOI an 111JUl\ 1e"ultl11~ 110111 the throw 1I1g by Its emplO\ es of metal spikes and holt, mto the yards of the pla1l1tlff despite the tact tlldl the empll\ e' had been thleatened '11th dlschal!Se 111 la,e the plaetJcc \\<\' not stopped Judge Vann \\ ho \\ 1 ote tIle oj)1111on" 1\ ,11K defendant flll ni~hecl the p1.lee fl0m \\ 111chand the l1lecln~ \\ lth \\ hlch habItual tI espasse'i, cdkulatecl to mfllct pel sona1 1111111 \ \\ el e committed on the aclJom1l1!:; ]JIeml"e" (i 1he pLlI111 I n The defendant kne\\ of the j)lacLlce and Lne\\ th It It hdd e "- l"ted f01 a Ion!?,"tIme, and \\ htle some effllJ t" \\ 11 C mark tl\ P\ e \ cnt It the C\ II Lontl11uec1 and e\ en g 1e\\ \\01 se \11 'el [- 'donal tIespass of tl11Skl11c1commItted bv the defendant', \\olk- -----------1I II IIIII ,• II• II II I: II '" ,• • I IIf I•• I •• I• II• II •I• II I~Ao_...... ~ ~ ~ _ The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER'GETS OUT OFlSTYLE. For l\1aO) YCdrs 1\ldde t.xeJuslvt'lv b\ C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck fOl \Voo,h\()[k,ng flLtones Send fOI Latalogue • ., ..... _il!I'lIY ...... ~ ..... '!' ...... 'I' ... •• ---------------1 ,I, III II ..-------------- --------~--_. .-----~I men \\ auld not \\ a1 rant the Jury ll1 findmg 1t gUllty of suf-fel111g 01 mall1ta1l1111~ a llU1'ianCe, but \v hen the practice be-came habItual and the l11J1.HYd11ect, substantial and \vell Lno\\ n 1 thmk the c1ut\ of the defendant became absolute and that It \\ a~ ~11l1t\ of suffell11g a nUlsance to contmue on Its land If It chd not prevent the eVIl" Boycotting Vftrious Trude Schemes. Ihe ketall J\Ielchallts' associatlO11 of 5t fo",eph, Mo, has l,lopted d I uk fOlhlddl11!:; members to give pnzes, premiums or 1(11l1ll11'~1(11lo~t dll\ k1l1d, 01 to ent;'a~e 111 an) contest that will ,111uth ()! mdneetl) hung letlllns, tlade 01 leceipts to arty The Modern Prtscilla for November, 1910' Buy Correct Furniture at Correct Prices MAKE ONE DOLLAR DO EXACTLY THE WORK OF TWO You owe It to yourself - to your famIly-to investigate thIS proposl-tlOn You take no fisk Satisfaction IS guaranteed Send for Catalog, No. Il.Today It explaInS how by puttmg the as-sembled pIeces together-just a lIttle effort on your part, a pleasant form of recreatlOn - you can place high grade, solId oak furmture nght In yOU! home for less than half your local dealer would charge you We 9uarantee to do thiS Three Reasons Why You Should Nol HeSItate FIRST I[we misrepresented one thmg MODeRN PRISCILLAwould THIS BUFFET - $22 50 nol accept tillS advertIsement We have tumJturefor every roorn w thehome chl'boroffice ~rcor..D Our guarantee of sat Only one of the 75 remarkable barb 'llnS offered In our lI;;factlon or your money returned CATALOGNO 11 protects you In every way. You have absolutely nothIng to lose THIRD We have been m bUSInessfor ten years - doublIng our output each year ThIS alone proves our relIablhty BROOKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4911 Rust Avenue SAGINAW. MICHIGAN A STRONG ONE B'ROMSAGINAW NotICe how cle" erly they nlake It appear that theIr goodE'and methods are endorsed by the publ1shers of the magazine 1l1Unbel 01 film 01 firm-membel The I ule also I)1ovldes t.hat members must nut gIve lebates, discounts, premiums, tradm "tamps, ~treet (dl tIckets or any ~l!t" whatevel to mdlvldual ell" tom el" ll1aklll!:; pIli cha "e~ A rule has also been adopted, tu the effect that membel s of the aSsoClatlOn shall nut give (1, l1lell $Jlh ]JIl/l" O! pI Ull1llm~, III la~h ()\ 111elChclll(h-.c. EOI dill l()nte~t, Llll (111lll<'l1llll1ent 01 hel/dl, ell"o th"t Icque-.t-. I )J "uell dOll It1$ll~ etl mll~t he llM(le dn cd to the ,1"~OLl<ltl011 111 \\lliln~. \\ll11lUPOll the ,l"solldtIOll, If It (llc!Ol"C" the (,ll1c,e. \1111 11dlldk the I UIU( ,,1 <II! (l t b) 1 (,I-.h -.uhsu IpllOn WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 Lower Pric('s on Rugs. All of the hIe, carpet and lUg hotl'ie~ ll1 the east opened lle\\ Illle~ for the ~pl1ne,- tJ ,Ide Ll"t l\Tomla) mUl11me, Buyers \\ele m attendance ,It an unu'mallv calh hoUJ In OIlC 1,\1 1;C house ll1 pal tlculal It VI'as stated that bl1ye1 s began to put 111 an appearance a~ early as 7 30. The p11Ce" named on the new lme" \ el tfied pI edlctIOns made some tll11e ago The p11n-llpal 1111e",of lUg s ha\ e been 1educed flO1112 scent s to $T00 CLlch, \\ l1Jle carpets] ema111 on the same ])llCe level a" that of the "eason just clo"ed In some ([uarte]" It \1 as 1athel chfficult to e,et at just \\J hat had been clone 111the way of namme,- pI ices, and f01 the fi1st h\ 0 weel,,, of the se,l"on at least It IS believed flI~e:OOOSEWINGg.: . J' MAC"'NES .. TO BE SOLO AT ~ Our name engraved on thIS Sewmg IVlachme will be a daily remillder that when you are III need of Furniture, Rugs 01' Stoves you should patronize Gross-man's and save from 2S to 30 per cent un any single piece of Furniture or on a complete Home Outfit. Have You Ever Heard Of a drop head Sewing Machme whIch IS guaranteed 10 years by the manu-facturer, and equalh as good as any $35 machme on the market, to sell at thIS ridICulously low pnce of $2 98 ? Why We Do It It 15 our aim to have you VISlt eUhel of our two new and most beautiful turmture stores. located awa} from the downto\\ 11 hIgh rent dIstrtct, and once you enter (JUT stores you are convll1c~d of the low pnces prevailIng and the stand, TO qualIty ot our merchandlsc That we may 1dd your name dn10ng our lIst of satlsfJed customers we ask }'QU to buy horn us a smgk pIece of Furniture Rug or a Stme Just\a sample order to th .. amount ot $2000 and vou are entitled to thiS high grade $35 on Sewmg Machme for $298 Positively Only One Macnlne to a Customer - Furmture selet.ted for future ddlvery ~lutsh:ea~~:~:;~~t:~lc~l~1~:~h entitles you to a Se\\mg Machine prO\lde<l1 atef;t ropro cd nechant n very ught 1 dep,.)SIt is made runnng 1hecabmet::l hefi~selected Open Evemngs Except Wedne"day and Frrda) =-;-:r'il~e\~a~a~ f$UI1 2\ 0 9att~8I'h Liberal CredIt Extended cbme Regu1ll.r value Newlyweds must not fall to VISIt our com ~:~n~tc~~ lS guarantel"d : do_ he pletdy furnished flat at the MIlwaukee avenue roughes and fin(:~t kmd or ork that may StOfL and learn ho\\ to flJrnIsh your home be !f'qwred A \\'fltten guarantee fqr 10 correctly )ears IS glver! '\'lth each mach nc h6~~ GROSSMAN'S h~~~ 1530-32 MIlwaukee Ave. 3231-3:7Lmcoln Ave Near Robey "'\leat Bo=lmont A Sample Advert1sement that \ alues \~111be rathel 111 egular ~lanufacturel s were very much alSamst nam111g anv reductIOn" as they are well aware of the Ltct that cal pet II ools al e I11gh, as compal ed \\ Jth last yeal, and that 1t doe" not look a" If the law matenal \va" gOll12, to be any lowel £01 some tIme to come At the salesl 00l11~ of the Alexandel Smlth & Sons Car-pet (0l1lpany, the new pllces announced on Monday mornmg shcmecl 1edl1ltlon" of 50 cents each on 12 -1- !\'(mmstel lUgS, SO cents on velvct PalIsades and $1 00 each on Wllton lUg". Carpet" were 1epoJ teel at pllces sImllal to those in force dUlln~ the past "eason rl he new price lIst announces that on orders placed after January I, advances wlll be ask!:'d all along the line. ~ .~~ .~~~8~8~~ __ .~'_'~'_. __ '- '-----------------~ Ii DOETSCH and BAUER CO. I 1534-44 Greenwood Terrace, CHICAGO II I-I I + ••• II •• 1 All previous efforts eclipsed ---- in our new lme of ----=~--=~ PARLOR FRAMES II I• .I. wh1ch 1Slarger and more effective than we have yet offered Now ready for inspection at our factory Take Southport Ave car to Greenwood Terrace, thence west 10 factory. or Clybourn Ave car to Ashland Ave, thence north 10 Greenwood Terrace. .by carryingthe ONE~PIECEPORC£LflIN{INED WONliRD CLERNRBLE WRITE FOR CATALOGUe: GRAND RAPIDS REFR1GERATOR Cg GRAND RAPIDS. !"fICH. ~• --------------------------- ~ II I III IIII II III, I IIII• III• I II IIIIII t I II I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~tf'rl~I~N~~~ I ELi «"0:""iVlooi' L L'E'R"'"& u'co. I EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte lor cuts and pnces I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE. EVAN.VILLE. • • • - - ---~~~~~~---. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN --~~__. _.. _. -_._._._.__._~-~---_._-_._._._-_..- -.--~ .....-----------------_... .. . -- I QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'T IT TOO BAD-People wonder where their profits are gOing when the trouble usually hes In poor equip-ment. A httle foresight In the begmnmg would have saved them dollars--a hule more money Ill-vested at the start III "OLIVER" "QUALITY" eqUipment. Some manufacturers of wood workmg tools slight their output by puttmg In poor matenals-employmg poor workmen-simply to be able to make a little more profit. 'Ohver" tools are bUllt along machIne tool hnes -careful-accurate-durable - safe. Some purchasers fall to mvestlgate thoroughly before plaCIng their order Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase somethmg-they go ahead-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs - set them thInkmg-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No 61 Surfacer OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT.OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "0" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot National Bank Bldg , Chicago, III. No 50 Church St, New York CIty. 1125 Welt Temple St, LOl Angeles, Cal. PacIfIc Bldg., Seattle, Wash. e. _ ---~------._.-._ ..._----_._----- _ .. --- _ .....-. - .... I Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Grand Rapids, )'llch -S DeGroot, \Vest Leonal d and Da'ls streets, $3,000, C. E Baxter, 86 ~ubU1n avenue, $2,500, H A TOI en, 126 La1kms a, enue, S2 800, L P. Oltman, 454 Fountam street, $2,500, \V E ChamptOn, 137 Reynolds avenue, $2,500 Atlanta, Ga -G M HilliS, 27 11echal11c street, 89,500, R. S. Monis, 194 Stetlmg street, $3,;00. ~Its )'Ial) E Can-non, 18 Bovv ie stt eet, $2,800; ),11-- E S Gllffin. 4-+ South Gorden street, $7,000; G H GllLlm, 47 South GO!den stl eel.. $4,000. Detroit, l\Itch-\Vdham Halt, Forest and Trumbull ave-nues, $10,000; J \V Gill, 711 Hamdton street, $2,500; GeOlge A Erskine, 108 \V estmm ster street, $4,000; Clemens Fbher, 975 Joseph Campau street, $3,800; \Vl1ham Leslle, Burlm-game and Hamilton streets, $3,000; E G. Villerot, 295 ?\ atlOn-al avenue, $4,350; Frank LeWIS, 73 Larchmont street, $3600 ChIcago, Ill-R E. Hollowell, 7604 Emerald avenue, $5,- 000; Patrick Feeney, State and Nmeteenth street, $6,000; Henry T. \Vol£, 6040 \Vood street, $7,200, M Powers, 120 Kensmgton avenue. $4,000; Miss Hattie \Vmchell, 5951 East Circle avenue, $4,000; P. 0 Hulton, 6148 Vernon aiellUe, $6,500; \V. H. Croft, 6757 Bennett avenue, $18,000, H. S. Smith, 7221 Pa1mel avenue, $5,000, Olaf Kl111gen, 4207 Hirsch street, $4,000. Cmcinnati, 0 -1. Y Cooper, Salem and Menlo streets, $4,000; \Vtlham Gerhard, Ernst stteet and State a'enue, $5,- 500,"\ J Scott, 2428 Maplewood avenue, $3,800; E. L Hell1s-heimel, 384 !\laska avenue, $3,800; LOUIse \-onCostello, Dan- Iels and Euchd avenues, $4,000, John 1Iahlenkamp, Can I and Geiger streets, $4,000, Charles Reuter, Fisher street and MIgnon avenue, $4,500. St. Louis, Mo -l\lary E. Duxbury, 5352 Julia street, $4,- 000, \\'lllJam SIegmann, 6527 Mmnesota avenue, $2,500; CalOhne ElChkol n, 3523 Tennes~ee avenue, $2,500; Minnie Schultze, 5444 Ridge a, enue, $3,900; C. P. Hed, 2010 Forest a, enue S3,300; LOl enz Rett1er, 3971 Flora boulevard, $10,- 000 East St Lotus, Ill-Robert Cunningham, 811 Ohio ave-nue, $5,200; Dr Geolge P. Adams, 635 North Thirty-third c;treet, $-+,700 De.., :\Iome,." Ia -Herman \\-llk, 1264 Fourteenth street, S3,6oo, ),1 Thiel, Este,., street and \Ventvvorth avenue, $3,- ;00, Petel Sc..hemenauer, 1606 Thirty-siAth street, $4,000. Denver, Co1 -James 0'Dllscoll, Douglas place and Boulevard F, $3,500; Edward Cook, Yates and Twenty-se, enth streets, $3,800, H. J. Clowd, Ash and Twenty-third sheet _, $5,000, ),IlS M. W. Jones, King and Forty-second "ireets, $3,000 Indlanapohs, Ind.-O. P. Ensley, La Salle and Thir-teenth street, $2,800; Lyman H. Pnce, 3047 Broadway, $3,- 250, G M. \Vedd1e, Bismarck and Washington streets, $3,- 000; Ella Getz, Gray and New York streets, $3,000. Ene, Pa -D. H. Comstock, Tvventy-elghth and Parade Stl eetc;, $2,500, A KnoII, Eighth and Parade streets, $4,000. Trenton, ::.J. J -M M. Martinett, 346 Edgewood avenue- $3,000. Isaac Lenzner, 416 Randall avenue, $8,500. Bll1ghamton, N Y -IV. E Clark, 200 Robinson street, $2,500. B. B Bundy, 28 Judson street, $2,500. Mmneapohs, Mmn -Anthon) Moore, 1406 Eighteenth a, enue, $3,000, Rosa M Selb, 15 Barton avenue, southeast, $6,000, P K Bal bour, 3805 Lyndale avenue, south, $3,500; John Fager, 3902 BlaIsdell avenue, $5,000; Ludwig Welker, 2101 Sixth street, $3,750; Alft ed Boik1und, 3906 Second ave-n ne, south, $3,000. 1Il1waukee, \Y ls.-Oscar Brochman, State and Twenty- WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 r--~A'DDELL MAN~'FAcTuRI~~"~o-~-1 I Grand Rapid •• Michigan I I All Knobs and Pulls have the IIII No-I1um-Loose Fasteners , I I ~ 4 The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. third streets, $7,000; Nicholas Lauer, Buffum and Concordia streets, $7,500; Mrs. Emily Koepke, Locust street and Louise avenue, $4,000; Mrs. Henry Gattman, Summit avenue, near Belleview place, $10,000; J. M. Schneider, Mitchell street and Twentieth avenue, $2,700; Theodore Hauseman, Forty-first and Meineke streets, $2,800. Portland, Ore.-Albert Larson, Minnesota avenue and Shaver street, $3,000; G. B Raymond, East Forty-elgth and Schuyler streets, $3,500; H. V. Carpenter, Montgomery and Upper drives, $4,500; W. O. NIsley, East Forty-eIghth street, and Kelly avenue, $4,000; Mrs. L. E. Hamilton, 149 Seventh street, $3,000. Newark, N. J.-Luigi Perna, 637 North Sixth street, $12,- 000; Alfred Schmidt, 74 Garrison street, $4,800; Peter Trani-son, Third avenue and FIfth street, $25,000; Emma E. Lyon, 869 South Eleventh street, $8,000; William A. Dennis, 19 Randolph street, $7,500; Maria M. Eiselle, 55 Farley avenue, $8,000; Helen Mersfelder, 388 Seymour avenue, $4,000; Abby Eppinger, 784 South Twelfth street, $5,000. Los Angeles, Ca1.- J. A. Patterson, 711 Frostless Belt road, $3,500; Gertrude McCaffery, 1221 West Seventh street, $3,000; R. R. Crabtree, 445 East Twenty-eighth street, $3,- 000; LIla A. Young, 807 Golden street, $3,250; A. A. Burn-and, 806 South Bonnie Brae sstreet, $2,800; J. E. Calhoun, 322 West Forty-first place, $5,000. Syracuse, N. Y.-D. P. Bennett, 259 Midland avenue, $4,- 800; N. H. Young, 111 East Corning avenue, $4,800; Charles Quackenbush, 1226 Cannon street, $5,000; H. S. Slocum, 808 South Salina street, $4,500; Lena Markert, 620 Court street, $5,000. Schenectady, N. Y.-c. L. Hensler, 321 Glenwood ave-nue, $5,800; Conrad Hartung, 728 Stanley street, $3,500; Francis Neverman, 606 Christler avenue, $4,000. Toledo, O.-W. H. Kontz, 1425 Huron streeth, $2,500; Frank J. Welzbacher, 28 Parkwood place, $2,800; E. 1. Bayer, Melrose and Rosalmd avenues, $3,500; George Zimmerman, Princeton drive, $2,500. Omaha, Neb.-Pryor Nelson, 2505 Pinckney street, $2,- 500; George W. Snyder, 1712 South Central boulevard, $4,- 000. Seattle, Wash -F. M. Barnes, 2742 Thirty-eighth avenue, southwest, $2,700; F. R. PIerce, 1160 Eighteenth avenue, $3,- 000. Peoria, Il1.-Harry Spangler, 350 Columbia terrace, $3,- 200; Samuel Gordon, 268 North Garfield street, $5,000. Spokane, Wash.-George Gutschen, El718 Gordon ave-nue, $2,800; T. VV.Mornson, E826 Twenty-sixth avenue, $4,- 000; E. D. Tifft, E3608 FIrst avenue, $2,500. Kansas City, Mo.-Samuel Brenn, 3512 Chestnut street, $2,900; Mary E. Beasley, 3727 Terrace street, $2,500; VV.D. Frae, 3717 Tracy street, $4,000, F. M. Hobbs, 4409 St. John street, $3,000; J. H. Graham, 2920 E. Twenty-eIghth sheet, $5,000. Hammond, Ind.-J. V. Slodda, 1110 Columbia avenue, $4,000; H. J. \Vnght, 360 Plummer avenue, $2,500 Dallas, Tex -Mrs J. S. Terry, 219 South Harwood sh eet, $2,500; Lou Leedom, 532 Reiger street, $3,000; Mrs. VV.T. Moore, Flora and Leonard streets, $3,500; R. S. Geen, San Jacmto and Mahlda streets, $3,500. Jacksonvl1le, Fla.-Capt. A. B. Potter, Osceola and Oak streets, $4,000. St. Joseph, Mo.-Mrs. Rachel Watson, Isador and Elev-enth sheets, $6,000; VV. F. Uhlman, Folsom and Osage streets, $3,650. Lomsville, Ky.-Mrs. A. Holtevert, 2310 \Vest Jefferson street, $3,000; W. C. Reederer, 1124 Hilliard street, $2,700. WIchita, Kan.-M. E. Eshelman, 1015 Litchfield avenue, $3,000; V. E. Appleby, 1020 North Waco avenue, $2,500. Miscellaneous Buildings-St. ::vIalk's EpIscopal church vestrymen are bmldmg a $10,000 chapel at 1218 AddIson street, ChlCago, Ill. The Fnst Umtanan Chuclh society are bul1ding a $25,000 church on East FIrst street, Duluth, Mmn. The German MethodIsts are bmldmg a $30,000 church on Greenwood avenue, Tlenton, N. J. Bartmann & Pretschold are bmldmg a $10,000 theatre on North avenue and Twenty- SIxth street, Ml1waukee, \VIS. The Orpheum Theatre com-pany of Portland, Ore., ale remodelmg and refurnishmg their theatre on Mornson street at a cost of $20,000 R R Thomp-son 15 electmg an eight-story hotel bmldmg on ThIrd, Pme and Ash streets, Portland, Ore., at a cost of $40,000. The Board of EducatIOn of Newark, N. J, are erectmg a FIrst ward school bmldmg in Crane and HIgh streets. The 1. N. Poe estate is bmldmg a three-story brick hotel at 422 St. Clair street, Toledo, 0 The Belmont :Ylethodlsts of Roanoke Va, are bmldmg a $25,000 church. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranled In every partICular Best proposilion on Ihe markel. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfrs of band saw blades and tools 1717 1719 W. Adams SI ,Chicago 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Cur SurpJu!'> Changed 1n Shor1age. rl he CUllent 11l11letllJ of the AmellCll1 RLllh\ ,1\ ,l"SOCI ation "hows that the numbel of Hlle heIght Ull" d<:ued"td I apidly m the t \\ 0 \\ eek s CO\el ed by the 1epOl ts 1 he de crease dUlmg the last half of Octobel \\as -+ 506 Celt" 11m cuts the numbel of SUIplus cals do\\ n to 29, 131 \\ l11ch IS r ,765 cal s less than last} eal at thIS tIme ShOl ta~ es have mCIeased 1,377 cal s flOm the fi~ UIe of two weeks ag 0, the shol telg es now bemg 2 I ,896 calS '\t the same tlUle last \ eell thc h~Ule \\ a" 3(),o,6 cal s The ledudl0n m the '1\11plus IS lal ~eh III miscellaneous C,ll" \\ hlch shu\\ I deC'lease of 3 68~ rjhe Llt~c"t Ilem ol Illuea"es 111 the "hOll al:;es, IS m ftlt caIson the sO\1theln I acIds PUI chases of lonstluctlOn matel Jal and eqUIpment for lC) T I bv the 1.1111oad S 1 S (()mlll~ closel to I elll/atlOn hut IS lIot \ et ,m al101llpll"hu I fed \ l1umhel at the lOad" al e Made by Sheboygan Novelty Co Sheboygan, WIS considerIng purchases, and several have asked for bids on cars and ralls A few have made small purchases. The steel mIlls have opened books for orders, In the plans for pUl-chase that a number of the roads have made all-steel cal" constitute a bIg Item rj he lOads al e adoptmg- the all-steel cars fOI both passengel and fI eIght tI afflc 1\ext yeal WIll show a big jump m the all-steel tI ams bemg opel ated Plans to Boost St. Louis. At the Octobe! meetmg of St. LoUIS Sales :YIanagers' assocIatIon It was suggested that If all 'st Lams salesmen would concentrate theIr eftorh on a certam state at one time and boost St. Lams and hel industries 1t would aid St. Lams materIally m extendmg tIade relatIOns. FOI example if all the tlavelIng salesmen out of St. Lams making the state of Iowa would get together and set a eel tain week in whIch to swarm down upon the merchants of that state and talk nothing but St. Lams goods to these merchants the effect ~-------------- ---_._---_._------ ,,I III "III ,,,II ,I,, ,,, ,, , ~ LOUIS HAHN 154 Llvmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN l'ltl7ens 1elephone 1702 DESIGNS and Details of Furniture IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS, DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and GlIlDES for Extension Tables. Also special stampings In steel and brass. NO KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET Patent applied for Write for samples and prices 465 N.Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. U CLl ted IV o1l1d be fal 1 eaChllH:; I t was also su~gested that '-,t I 0111'- <IlllCIlI"elS boost the Clt) III the adveri1slllg mattel \\ hIe h thcv L,tl IJ11t <Illcl III the11 aclvC'1lIsements which ap-pl, l! 111 1 he 11l<I~Ll/1l1e"tll1 ol1ghol1t the countIy. Strength of Sears-Roehuck Stock. On the (h] ca~ a E xchan~ e Seal s- Roebuck stock aftel le,llll1m; lX.zy ha~ leleded to 1790 A financIal writer on a ( lnc,\£;() pape1 declale" thele IS an agreement among the ('hl- Thirty Days' Free Trial to Convince You We don't ask yon to p'ty a cent ~~;~lr~~ Oul Products; exammed the artIcle selected WIth your pur-chase and are con-villced we gIve you about don ble the value that yon could get at a. storo for the Bame money ~~rt1ill~r~ar~~ Pro due ts 0 f your selectIOn and any article m our Cats log glven WIth a $10 purchase, on tlurty days' trIal You then pay $10, If satis-fied If not~ we WIll l emove goods at our expense r efn nd treight charges and charge you nothing for a reasonable amount of Products used m tnal \\ e guarantee satisfaction Get Our Free Catalog af~u~L8~~~lg\>~g~~~iI:~lS~?~~~it::i~~~nOdtI3~:crltl~::H of the 1700artlCles of Wearmg Apparel ann Housefurmsh ing offered you to choose fl om Send today Addles8 No 15 L\l.dy Washlog too BoudOir Desk chOice of Quarter sawed Golden Oak or genuine Mahog4 aoy Veneer Given With a $10 purchase of Larkin House-hold Supphes Depa-nment L.;rrki'n C",. BUFFALO, NY. tf West~of-the MissiSSippi Send to LARKIN CO Dep. 71 PEORIA, ILL SImply FIll In, Cut Out and Mail ThIs Coupon Larfdn C.a. Mail free Catalog No. 72 and explain how I can furnish my home or clothe myself out of present cost ofllVing. (G. P. 157) Name' _ St. and No. or R. D. _ P.o. Stafe :3ome of the Strongest Larkm Ideas cago officers of the company and their immediate entourage that no stock shall be dIsposed of within a certain period; that is, the interests indicated have obligated themselves not to liquidate a shal e' of their holdings for a specified time-a SOlt of vel bal esclow \\ hlch IS as binding as a written escrow because no stock could be 11quidated without the cognizance of the compan} '1 offiCIals The telm of this agreement is not known. It is supposed to extend anywhere from three to five years \Vith thIS lctlge amount of stock VIrtually tied up, it J', not so clIfficult ,IS It \\ auld at first appear to keep the market "trong. Wi"e men \\ III not try to pull a table leg befol e the varn-ish is dry. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS Laukamer Brothers have purchased Thomas DavIson's fUImture store in Mankato, Minn. The Crex Carpet company of Hartford. Conn, hay e m-clea:;, ed theIr annual chvldends, flam 2.0 to 3 per cent Fort SmIth, Ark, papers state that R A Re1t7 has de-cIded to move h1s furl1lture factOly flam EvanSVIlle, Ind. to Fort Smith. \\'J1IId1TI Cald\\ ell has purchased the Osbourne fUlniture store m \Vest Some 1VIlle, Mass, and presented it to hIS son, Fred Caldwell. Thomas H BI 0\\ n, far neady twenty-) ears a fUl11l111e1 dealel and undertaker at ;\1arlboro, Mass, ched on No\ embel 4, aged 48 years. Simon R LaPlace, furniture dealer of Deep River, Conn. has doubled the SIze of IllS store by rentmg and remodelmg an adjommg building Congressman John H Boehne of EvanSVIlle, Ind. who \\ as Ie-elected last Tuesday, is president of the Globe FU111l-ture company of that city. The Panhandle Mattress and FUI11ltUle company of Ama-rillo, Tex. recently mcorporated, have filed proof of full pay-ment of theIr $25.000 capital stock. The furniture dealers of Memphis, Tenn, have orga11lzed an associatlOn mainly for the pUIpose of securing enforcement of the law relative to moving furniture. J H. Kentnor, treasurer of the SmIth & Davis Manufac-turing company, St Loui:;,. Mo , spent the greater part of Oc-tober on a vacation trip in Texas and Louisiana The Courts Furniture company of Cincinnati, 0, has been mcorporated by B A and M L Courts. Harold S Bis-hop and Walter Schmidt Capital stock, $10,000 At the special town meeting last Monday the freeholders of Brattleboro, Vt, voted by a large majority, to exempt the Felch & Pier Chair company from local taxation for a pellod of five years. The Sa11ltary Mattress company of Malshfield, "V/is . has been incorpol ated CapItal stock, $5°,000; of which $40,- 000 is owned by C H Stack, K \V Doege, C. G Engstrand and F VoHmer. The Sterling (Ill ) Hearse and Carriage company. manu-factl11ers, have incorporated their busmess Capital stock, $IO.OOO. owned by A A \Volfersperger, C E BenSll1gel and H C Newell. Contracts for supplyll1g furnIture and office fixtUl cs for the ne\\ customs house in San FI anClSCO.Cal, hay e been awarded to the H S Crocker company and the Ruckel Fullel company of that city. The habllities of the Edwards-Ihrig company. manufac-turer,> of caskets. mattresses, beel springs, etc, of Oskosh. IVis. \\ ho wel e declal ed bankrupt recently. al ereI'm ted at $62,6 r4 \\ ith assets estimated at $78,586 MI s L Cohen of New Yark City, has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Anna, to Samuel IV Prus- "Ian. head of the Grand RapIds FurnIture compam and the Hub Furniture company of Boston, Mass. The Foy & Starr company, dealers 111mantals at 902 ~fam '>treet, Cincinnati, 0 . have leased the adjo111m~bwldll1g. occupIed by Joseph \Vuerst as a mattress factory Mr \17uerst 1'3no\\ located at 129 East Twelfth street The Burlington (Vt) Furniture company, who decided to go out of busine'3s because they were unable to lenew then" leasc or SeCllle other suitable quarter'3, have sold their '3tod. in bulk to the McQue ... ton Pm n1hwc and Cat pet company of Manchester, N. H. The Quake1 CIty Metall1c Bed company, PhIlade1ph1a, who chscontmued busll1ess on account of finanCIal ernbarrassment, report the1r hab1lltles at $60,200, assets, $52.967. mcluchng fixtures, machmery, etc Most of the credItors hay e agl eed to accept 25 cents on the dollar. N A \Valcott. \\ ho has been elected by the Pm to RIcans as delegate m the Umted States house of RepI esentatJve", \va" fOlmerly m the fUl11lture bus111essat POltsmouth, N H. He \vas a pal tner of R Clyde MaJgeson 111the POl tsmouth Furmture and Cal pet company. Manager Charles Lugrin of the Atherton FmUlture com-pany' cham of thirteen stores, accompanied by one or more of hIS assistants, has been buying rugs and carpet:;, 111New YOlk this \\ eek and may be expected to appeal in the western fml1lture markets dunng the coming week Gershenowitz & Berg, furnIture dealers of 1378 FIfth avenue, New York, have filed a voluntary petitlOn m bank-ruptcy They schedule their liabJ1ities at $75 I and estimate their assets at $675, including stock worth $350 that was tm ned over to trustees for creditors in October The stockholders of the Siegel-Cooper company and Greenhut & Co, of New York, al e to meet today to consider and vote on a proposition to merge the two big concerns in a smgle corporation to be called to Greenhut-SIegel-Cooper com-pany If the merger is effected the capitalintJon WIll be $6,000.000. The furniture for the new $500,000 court house at Shar-on, Pa, will be made from the special designs made for the court house at Youngstown, Ohio. last year Every piece in the Youngstown courthouse will be duplicated and the cost will be just half of the $28,000 paid by the Youngstown county commissioners. Isabelle Chapman has started suit against the Ne\V Eng-land Chair company to collect damages for the death of her husband. a fireman \vho lost his life in the fire that destroyed the chair factory and jail in New Haven. Conn, la"t April Her claIm is based on the allegation that the fire was clue to the 11legal presence of gasoline and benzine in the chair fac-tory She has attached all the property of the :\ ew England Chair company, which, at the time of the fire was owned hy the Ford & Johnson company. ::Yreekins, Packard & Wheat, leading furnitnre dealers and house furnishers of Springfield, Mass, have recently filled se, eral contracts of unusual importance Amon~ them were ordet s for the entire window shade equipment of the big new office building of the Fore River shipbuilding company of Quincy. secured in competition with the leading Boston houses, and fOJ the solid maho!:;anv fm niture for the ne\\ office butld- 1l1g of the Springfield Gas Light company and fOl the Sprrng-field Fiye Cents savings bank Each of these la'3t two con-t! acts mclucled a massiYe dll ectors' table in solid mahogany \\ hich \\ CIe made in the firm's own workshop The 1eftections cast bv a mlrror do not provc that It IS \\ Jthout a flaw. , '1 ;,'v' THE ~ndttpARLOR NEWA..U BED Need not be moved from tbe waIl Alway. ready wit h bedding in place So .impl., 80 easy, a child can operate it, Hall roomy war-drobe box. CHICAGO. Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Atfractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers II• •I THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of Cl amber SUites, Wardrobes. Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes •I THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes. Cupboards and Safes, in ImitatIOn I golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. I THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. I I Are Off€ red by the Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds. Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plaIDoak, imltalion quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers In Imltalion quartered oak, lJ"Qltalion mahogany, and Imitalion golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, DmIng and Dressing Tables THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs. Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . ... •••••••• a.a ••• WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 Made by Bosse Furmture Compauy. Made by World FurnIture Compauy Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co. ~ ...••....•... .. ..-_ .. _ ...---------------- ..... -~----------------------------- Z8 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent J R Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , Vlce.Presldent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn I Secretary, W L Grapp JanesvIlle Mlnn EXECUTIVE CO\l\lITTEE-Chalrman, Geo KleIn, Mankato Mlon, 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W, L HarrIs Mtrmeapol1s, Mlnn ,C Danielson Cannon Falls P. A. Peterson for President. Rockord, Ill, N ov 10- P A Peterson, the \\ ell-kno\\ n fur11lture manufactUl er, has been noml11ated tOI PI eSldent of the Illl1101s ManufactUl ers' assoClatlOn, \\ hlch \\ 111 holel Its annual l11eetl11g 111 ChlCago Decel11bel 2 :\1I Petel son \V dS nOl11l11ated by a C0l11111ltteeselected b) the boal d ot elll cct Jl ~ Mr Peterson came to RocktOl d \\ Ith hIS pal ents III 1852 hvecl on a farm for fifteen yedl" anel el11bal keel 111 the l11anu-factunng busmess by orgal11Zl11g a fUll11ttll e factOl \ He IS "Eureka-We Have Found It... FOl the last t\\ 0 ) eal s the hm In!; C01l1111lttech,lI c hcen lookl11g fOl a 1l11eof da\enpolh-one thaI 11<l~\ \(1 1 l.;c)Od~ anel stl11 has the pllce \ \ e ha\ e SCOlUeel the mal keh tlmc and agam \\'1111e \\ e \\ el e able to get plel1t\ of llllcs at a J111ce the values \\ el e not thel e To get both comibllled ha" heen a much hardel PIOposltlon than most of the membel s \\ ould leah7e These people al e an old estdbllshed fil111 ha \ mg a J epu-tdtlOn beh111d them that the\ cannot affOl el to l()~e h\ J1uttl11g out shabby stuff but al e \\ 111l11gto concede the qUd ntltl pllCe If \\e can sho\\ them the bus111ess X0\\ It IS up to the mem-bers to shOll them OUl heal ts al e 111the Ill?,ht place The spnngs ale of the ~ualanteed (Om!1 ULtl011 ] he Chase leather IS gualanteeel fOl a .' eal fhe iJ lmc~ ,II e \\ ell made and full SlLe The fim~h I~ C'-.cellent Jl1 Lilt e\ e1\ thUlg IS first class as to 111atel1al and \\ 01 kmanshlp Evel \ 111embel should place an 01 del tOl at lea~t t\\ 0 01 11101e of these da\ el1p01 ts and \\ hen \ ou sec the qualltl ) all \\ 111duphcate your order The C01111l1lttecIMS put the club 111) Olll hands nO\\ ~o to work FreIght late~ to :\f1l1ne<;ota tran"fcI 8IC pel hundred THE BUYIKG COil1MITTEE. pI eSlc1ent of the Rockford Manufacturers' and Shippers' as- SocIatIon He has taken a deep 1l1terest in good CItizenshIp and sel \ eel on the hazardous machmery commiSSIOn app01l1t-ed by GO\ el nor Deneen \\ hlch dre\\ the factory 1l1SpectlOn hIll passed by the leglslatul e He IS also a member of the em-plO\ els, lJabl11t\ commlSSlOn that has drawn a bIll to submIt to the ne\.t genel al assembly Furniture Fires. fhe Beal :\J attl ess factory at Plymouth, 1'\ H, was hm neel on :\0\ embel 4 II Ith a 10% of $8 000 to $10,000 and (ll1h $-!-000 1l1surance, 1 he mal11 bmlcl1l1g m the plant of the [<'01t SmIth (AI k ) ]. Ul111tUle :\1anufactunng assouatlOn \\ as destroyed by fire on :\ member 3 Loss, $30,000. fully msul ed The chall stock factory owned by John E A Keyes at \Jell 111\ :\1111s :;; H \\as totally destloyed by fire on No- \ em1JeJ 5 Loss about $4.000 111surance, $2,25°, I he stock of \\ Illl1drth & Co , furnIture dealers, of K eyV-P( II t R I \\ as badl) damaged by smoke and water dUrIng a hI c 111 the \bl ams block m:;; ovembel 4 TheIr loss IS fully IT1SUl ed Ecll\ aHl Olson fUl111tUle dealer and uncle! taker of Coon \ .dle\ \\ I~ \\ a" burned out completey on Kovember 4 Loss S3 'j0o pal tlalh 1l1SUled He expects to make arrange-ments to resume business. The BIshop Furniture company, dealers, Grand Rapids. \1lch lost about $1,000 by fire last Monday 111ght The bla7e \\ as 111 dn adJol111ng bu11cl111gthe upper stOlY at whIch IS used bv the BIshop company for storage purposes Fully 111sured Association Jottings. Do you reallze that Chnstmas tl111e 1\ 111ch I" the furl11- tllle dealels' hane"t. IS only SIX week:'. a\\ay" No\\ are you pI epal111g tOl th"t hal \ est, so that you \\ III get your share of Chnstmas bth111e"s) Do not you th111k about It no\\ ? Most of the pI ogres SlYe dealers al e beg1l1l11g to reahze that upon the success ot thell Chllstmas season's bus111es", depends the pl0fit makmg of the yeal, and thel efOl e, plan and can y out ad\ ertls1l1g campaigns \v hlch WIll make the consumer at Chllstmas tIme thmk of ftUl11tUl e msteacl of somethmg else It can and is be111g done each year. and most e\ el) busmess pI esents posslbl!ltJeS that the ftlll11tUl e bus111e"" does along thIS 1111e.so It IS up to each 1l1ChVldual metllbel to make the most of this OppOItumty by commencing now, and don't be aflalc1 to beg111 to talk Chllstmas presents llght aftcI the first of December. The advertJsmg helps the association furnishes you. help vou to accompllsh and carry out advertising stunts whIch you as mcll\ Idudl deale I \\ auld never hope to be If you had to ~et up the oll~lnal So make good use of it. \,"ould a state-wide collectIOn bureau intet est \ ou a" a ll1c111\)el of OUl .1~"OCJatron? J f so, let the officers know. If you dues and subscnptlOl1s are not paId up for the past year, l"n't It tIme that they were? MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ADVERTISING HELPS ~o 218 ThIS IS a fine automatic davenpOl t in the golden oak or Eng l1sh finIsh It has d. fme \\ ardluLJe fOI bed<hng and by Just uloPPIng thE. bac k you have a most comiol table bed It certaInly IS a fill( pIece of futllitute the frame beIng fIttul \\ itll gual anteeu ~tLel constructIOn Natf the IHd\ ~ cal veLl foot anu the swdl front It IS a davpnpol t that you wIll be pI Dud of when standIng upon your flOOIb '" t'lght 1')0 pounds PI 1(E' to memhe-rs r41 No 218 in VPlona 111C(' to membf'IS I 41 No 218 In Cha,;;;c UK J J ?>II{ .H No. 238 \ stlongly constructed automatIc daY E'nport Its frame IS fitted \\ lih gualan b::((1 stE'E'l coush uctlOD v.lih 011 t0m pel pd <;pllng~ It contaIns a large ward lobe and by USIng the automaiw attaLh ment It Lau be turue-d Into a cmnfOl t able bed Nott.. its swell fI ont and loun(hng top It IS a magnificent pieu of furnIture at a moderate price and one )'OU \\111 be- very ploud of In your hallIe \\ eIght 225 pounds PrH'e to members F43 ~o 238 HI\ e-rona Plll...€'to membeis T'4~ No 23" In Chdsc PIIU to members F43 No 238 In I f'ather l'II 1]\1 l'II.H1 KRPI No. 237 t\ handsome davenport In solId quar tered oak There IS no competItlOn to thIS pIece Its arm and front are 5 lucht's and If )-OU WIsh to make a bed out of same by the automatIc attach ment you can have the most comfort able bed, 47 x 74 WhICh has a large ward-lobe In connection With same for the beddIng the flame IS fitted WIth guar-anteed steel constructIOn It IS a daven-port that :}au can well be proud of and IS surely worth the money you pay for It ·Welght. 225 pounds PriCe to membeIS r43 No 237 in Verona Price to members F43 No 237 III Chasc Price to members F43 No 237 III Leather AA.AK AA.AK KI.IA No. 208 Note hf"avy carved foot ThIS IS not f'mbossed as is usually the ('ase with thIS kind of da\ pnports has a wardrobe for beddIng back drops sO as to make a beJ. 47 "( 72 It 18 a finp pIeCE' of fUIni tUI e at a nloderate PIlC€ Frame made of solid oak and IS fitted WIth gualantef>U steel constIuctlOil sprIngs all tenlpered It can be had In golden oak finIsh only "ught 150 pounds PIlce to IUt mbet~ r-l{) No 208 In Velona 1 lIce to members r4J No 208 In Chase Pucp to men1bers J'iJ 1\0 208 In Leather MPOD UPOE KA.EIH No. 236 \ beautiful automatlC davenpoi t fur nIshed In thf' Early EnglI<;h only Its <) Inch posts .11 e made of .$olId oak Its frarof' IS fitted V\Ith guazanteeJ. steEl lonstl uctlOn ,\ Ith 011 tempered springs It has a largf' wardrobe In connectIOIl fOI beddIng and by Just drOPPIng the b<1ck you ha, e a full sIzed bed. It IS a 10\ EJy pIece of furnIture and WIll add greatl3- to the appealance of any room "eIght 225 pounds Pnce to memberb F43 No 236 In Verona Pllce to Inembers F41 No ...36 In Cha~G PI Ice to merubers F43 No 236 In Leathel A)I.TE AM.TE KOPJ\I No. 202 Another good automatIc davenport for the money made of SJlId qual tered oak and WIth a polIshed finIsh It has :it 6 lnch arm haVIng a nIce wardrobe fOI beddIng- If you are to use It for a bed 1» lettIng the back down you can have a bed 48 x 74 .rhe frame fitted with gua,ranteed steel construction and the 011 tempered sprIngs IS somethIng you can "ell be pIoud of Weight 225 lbs PrIce to memb6ls F43 No 202 in Verona AR ET PrIce to members F43 No 202 1n Chasc R ET PrlCe to members F43 No. 202 in Leather .ER.TR No. 227 1- hIS davenpol t has a quartered oak al m and front ana has a full SIze auto matic bed 48 x 74 It also has a large \\ anlrobe for the beddIng Just notlc€" thE' swell front and back It CPI talnly IS wor th the money you pay for it '1'he irame IS nlade of quarteled oak and is fittpd \\ Ith guaIanb:.-ed steel COhitructlon sprIngs 011 tempered Note the heavy can lngs not beIng embossed as IS. usual ly the case wIth thIS kInd of davenports ,Veight 150 pounds Pnce to mt'mbers F43 No 227 In Verona PncE' to members F43 No 227 In Chase l-'rice to Hlembers F43 No 227 In Leathe1 MR.AT MR.AT KA.FF No. 2%4 ThIS IS a handsome quartered oak dav enport contaInIng a large wardrobe for the beddIng and by USIng the automatIc attachment you have a 48 x 74 bed It IS a well constructed pIece of furnIture, the frame beIng fitted WIth the guaran-teed stef'l constructIOn It IS not f'mbossed as 18 usually the case WIth davenports but 1S a well put up pIece of furniture and one you can depend upon WeIght, 225 pounds PrIce to members F43 No 224 In Verona Price to members F43 No 224 m Chase PrIce to members F43 No. 224 In Leather AT.FK AT.FK KO.P~I No. 220 Another well constructed automatic davenport finished III quartered oak. It has a SIX Inch arID and a large ward-robe In connectIOn with same for the beddmg and by Just droppmg the back down you can have a comfortable full sIzed bed Note the rounded corners and tufted top and front Its frame IS fitted WIth guaranteel steel construction and is somethIng that IS well worth the money and a lInece of furniture that you can be proud M WeIght, 225 pounds. ---_.~--------_--: Pncf>. to members F43 No 220 In Verona .•. M:F.PA Price to members F43 No 220 in Shasc • MF.PA Price to members F43 No. 220 in Leather •. KP.AT 30 ttre1y of men and boys Children often find their way to this en trancing spot. One day a little mother aged about 9 had camped out on the doolstep of the blld store vvlth her charge and her em-broldel y. She sat where in pauses of embroidery she could catch peeps at the monkeys while the baby trotted about on the doorstep and a small boy seated opposite dispensed valu-able mformatlOn a" to the customs of tigers. A charactensttc sIght before the blrd store wmdows IS the \ ery young father and mother who have come to show the cockatoos to baby. Perhaps it is needless to say that baby is usually asleep. The toy shop wmdows are very popular with men and VI' omen of all ages and of course wlth the children who are brought to see them The 'pon your word children, those \\ ho are stIll ) outhful and unconscious, always show their dehght m the same manner. They seem quite overwhelmed at first and pay no attention to the grownups who urge them to look at the mmlature automobiles or flying machines. In absolute sl1ence and wlth open mouth their round eyes travel 11om group to group of toys, when all of a sudden there will sound a shriek of glee and "Oh, the little bed!" or "The httle chail!" or some tnflmg thing that happens to strike thelr fancy. Boys of all ages, flom 8 to 80, are smitten with the gIant kl1lfe dlsplayed m the toy shop window. This knife has a sa\\ and a corkscrew and blades of about seventeen dlfferent SIZes, and some day sume small boy outside is gomg to dlssoh e the thlck plate glass wlth the might of his yearn-mg for that helolc kl1lfe. Gro\\ n folks are mtel ested in the toy shop windows and betray cunous remams of sentiment. One fat, well groomed man \\ hom old fashlOned ladles would have called a man WEEKLY ARTISAN QUEER FACTS ABOUT SHOW WINDOWS Attract Admiring Crowds One Minute. Are Deserted the Next. In the shoppmg dlSh !Cts the ebb and flov\ of the wmdow gazers is a thing to pU7zle 0\ er. At a certam ttme there \\ 111 be a faIr sized crowd befO! e a shop \\ mdO\\ and 1ll fi\ e minutes it wlll have dIssolved, and appal entl} not a creature passmg cares to throw a glance m that dtrectlOn. This phenomenon is common to all shop \\mdows, but there are pecuhanties about the crowds whlch dlfferent wm-dow dlt>plays attract. For mstance. a lead1l1g attractton 111 one appears to be the vacuum cleaner demonstratlOn, but the curious thing about the throng \\ hlch pl es"es ltS composlte nose agamst the glass lS that there lS scarcely e\ el a \\ oman in it. Sometllnes a bnde or a bllde to be, wlth her man m tow, wlll stop to gaze at the du<:;t devourel, ]Jut she looks at i"t with the same ecstattc "\agueness \\ Ith \\ hlch she re~ards in passing a set of old Enghsh slh el or one of Russlan sables. The notdble housekeeper, the woman v\ ho usually buys the machine, rarely looks that way, WIllIe men stand en-tranced for ten or fifteen mmutes, watchmf; the cleaner eat up the powder that IS stlewn on the fioO! to leplesent dU'ot "I suppose it's the mechal1lcal SIde of It that 1l1telests them," a passmg woman was heal d to sa}. "fol \\ e all kno\\ that any man WIll SIt m a room ttll the dust Ilses and bune~ him rather than be bothered ",ith cleanmg" Women are often seen gomg mto the bll d stores and are probably the best customel s of these shops, but the cro\\ d before the bird store w1l1dow is agam made up almost en-to ------------ ----~-_.--_._._._._-_._.._---, FOUR NEW BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in acid and oiL in acid and oil. in acid and oil. TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Ma.ster Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad·el·ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK ••• Everything in Pamt Specialties and Wood Fmishing materials. Fillers that f111. Stains that satisfy . i- ._...._._.---------.-.-.-.--------.------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-----------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 r· tII I III I•I t.-. _. __ ._. • • • __ • -------- ------.-----------------~ Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures, Per Set SOc. PaotentMalleable Clamp Fixtures. E H SHELDON & CO Chlcal(o III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxture, VI hlCh we bOuRhtof you a httle over a year ago are gIvIng excellent se"'Vlce We are well satisfied wIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anything additional In thiS line Yours trulv SIOUXCIty. Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. --- about town stopped before the window and eyed gloomily a row of so-called natural dolls These dolls have m contra-dIstmctlOn to the old type a natural chIld's face and a homely one at that, with small eyes, large mouth and a sunburned complexion. "Are those the dolls chIldren play with now?" saId the man. "vVell, I swear! I lIke dolls to have bIg blue eyes and flaxen curls." Of course when it comes to shops where hats and gown:" are sold there IS scarcely ever a man seen looking in the wmdow unless he has a profeSSIOnal interest in such matters. By some queer process, though, the! e is almost never a cro",-'d before these '" indows. yet scal cely a woman passes Without looking in if only for a glance The attItude of women toward the exhIbits IS usually a distmctly personal one Would or \\ ould not the garment or hat be becoming to them, they seem to ask. If in their estImation it would it IS desil able If not it IS an abomination. Occasionally a suffering husband is taken along to sym-pathIze. He is lIkely to be elderly, well broken and from out of town. One such husband. \\ om and weary but still on the Job. was heard to answer to an indistinct murmur of "Marked $13, such a bargain !"- "\Vell, go m If you want to. I'll wait right here for you. Right here, mmd I" And he is probably still patIently wait-mg before the hat store wmdow V\ith hIS WIfe's jacket over hIS arm An unbelievably chanmng thing happened before a fash-ionable dressmaker's shop window the other day. There was dIsplayed a gorgeous gown m the very extreme of skimpi-ness. Peenng ealnestly at It stood an elderly couple from the country; he lean and ascetIc looking, she fat and kmdly but with a very grave and absorbed face. Of cour:"e the passe! by thought that they were sadly condemning the shockmg taste of modeln dress and was sur-pnsed and delIghted when the man pointed with a long lean ---------_._-_._._._.--_. a • _ ... -.~ 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack • Vises IItI I.I. Sold on approval and an un con dltlonal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohctt prtvllege of sending samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON e;, CO. RAPID ACTING WOODWOBItEB'S VISE No ~ 328 N. May St., Chicago . hnger at the garment and turnmg an adoring eye on his wife saId: "Mother, I kind of thmk you'd look good in that gownd." There is one fact establIshed beyond doubt. In the best SOCIety show figure ladles do not wear heads. Just as much of them as IS needed to show off a gown IS all that is toler-ated 111the hIghest CIrcles, and their smlrkmg, long eye1ashed rosy faces wIll soon be no more seen in the shop windows. Pel haps it's Just as well, for they have been known to lead to complIcatIOns. Some mce women new m Ne", York were rather doubt-ful anyway as to whether or not it looked countnfied to stop and stare at the store windows. However, they deCIded to take the chances on a good long stare at a handsome gown dIsplayed on a show figure with a seraphIc waxen head and an elaborate COIffure. At that moment the shew man clImbed mto the window and started to remove the gown from the wooden model. As he slIpped the frock from ItS shoulders the three women who had been watching him grabbed each other's hands and fled gasping "Oh, horrors! He's undress- 111gher right before everybody!" It has been obsen ed that the folks who seem to enjoy the pretty dIsplay in the candy shop w111doV\snever go in to buy. It may be that they are not allowed to eat candy and are attendmg a BarmeCIde feast. Those who buy candy walk mto the shop WIthout any hankering inspectIOn of the win-dow and come out WIth pounds of candy whIch they prob-ably eat themselves and digest excellently. As often as not the persons who seem to get the deep-est pleasure out of the w111dow dIsplays of the pIcture and book shops are shabby half grown lads. They hang about these w111dows and gloat over the bargains in fine edItions and the reproductions of old masters WIth the air of con-nOIsseurs. Perhaps they're only killmg tIme while they are supposed to be doing important errands, but maybe they're buddmg gemuses. \Vho knows?- New York Sun. , . . , . . .-----1 ~ . "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. AI.o Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. • • .4I MANUFACTURED BY ... 32 ••• •I •I•• IIIII•• I• I II I• II II IIIIII II•I II • WEEKLY ARTISAN ,~_._._.~._-------------------- I Miscellaneous AdvertiseIllents. SITUATION WANTED Man age 39 wants posItion wIth large concern as factory manager or assIstant to general manager. IntellIgent, edu-cated, honest. HIgh grade executive, good address and cor-respondent. Systematizer, cost accountIng, pIece work Good mechanIc-Iron and wood Many years charge large chaIr and furnIture plant. A "lIve wIre" Best references Box No 2, care Artisan. 11 2-19 WANTED PosItion as travelIng salesman. Salary or commIssIon Thoroughly understand furnIture busIness Best of reference Address Y, care Weekly ArtIsan 11 12-19-26 POSITION WANTED A successful salesman W1th 25 years establIshed trade In Central TerrItory is open for a posItion January 1, 1911, wIth a good case goods or chaIr house. Have the very hIghest recommendations. Will go into any territory. Address W. H. J. care Weekly Artisan. 11 5-12-19. ----------- WANTED SuperIntendent. One who thorougWy understands bank, office and store fixtures, and specIal order work. To the rIght man this is a rare opportunIty. Address, (statIng expenence and where you have worked), "Supenntendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand RapIds, MIch. tf WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. Stat
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18. Fine Furniture; 1937-04

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It began publication in 1936. and V MAGAZINE HENRY HEKMAN His success is noteworthy. (See page 27) COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF EXHIBITORS IN FOUR MAJOR SPRING MARKETS, PAGES 51 TO 57 Two dollars a year 20 cents a copy APRIL • 1937 Grand Rapids, M i c h i g a n QUALITY IS PROFITABLE These men to serve you: Joe N. Ball Fred A. Nelson George F. Collins Joseph Griswold, Jr. Ralph D. Morse Chris Perkins N. H. Bryant TRUE GRAND RAPIDS A-21D48 Character merchandise such as that built by Ralph Morse, establishes prestige, instils confidence in your store. In addition, it affords you an opportunity for making a decent profit on a steady volume. STYLE SUPREMACY is a paramount feature in this truly distinctive line of living room pieces. Long recognized as a leader in the creation of this type of merchandise, the line will again command the earnest attention of buyers visiting the Grand Rapids Spring Market. New — unusual chairs, sofas and love seats will be displayed in our space in the Keeler Building. : N (J RALPH MORSE FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN // e apputiate \ou) nu ntiomng \ou siw tins in F I M F U R M T I P L NOTICE • • • ALL PRICES QUOTED ON ILLUSTRATIVE AND ADVERTISING PAGES IN FINE FURNITURE ARE "NUMBER"-~(DOUBLE WHOLE-SALE)—- THUS MAKING THE COST TO LEGITIMATE HOME-FURNlSHlNG MERCHANTS ONE-HALF THE QUOTED PRICES, SUBJECT TO REGULAR TERMS. PLEASE REMOVE THIS SLIP % • • UPON OPENING FINE FURNITURE SO THAT THE MAGAZINE MAY BE USED FREELY WITH THE CONSUMING TRADE. DUE TO PRICE INCREASES ANNOUNCED. BY MANUFAC-TURERS, PRICES QUOTED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE rf OUT NOTICE. •••:••• ::*:-; ±-*:sm .•"•'• ••'^:.'": . ; f-^'i;?1^"i " ' . •'••- " * i - - . ' •'- ; = i . . - - . v ; : » . . • . > . • V / , . . - • • . .. • • • • : - • . . . . ' • • • . • . . . V - . : • . . • • • . . •• .• •. • • . .• • • • ' . : ' - , : * : ^ ' ' r - : - i . . : - • : •.--•• • .• - - • ; - . . - • ' . • . < : • . . . . . - • • * . ••. . \ . - . . \ y - - .. • - • . - . • . •. • . - • • . - . - . • • ' • -•;' ' - . : ; ? ' j • * ' • ( ? • V : " ^ ! ! V = • ' j : ' - ' ' " . ' ! •'- - ••* ' .'• •'.' :- ' " '• • -^ •:•"•' : / - ^ ; i ' - . . ! ' . " ... ".' . '.••., *••''' "';"""• ;" . " . •' • - i d ' . - . . .I:.. '.••' •J±-i£i£.<&-JtfesM FINE FURNITURE Your Assurance . . . of Quality KINDEL Leaders in Traditional 18th Century Mahogany reproductions and adaptations Specialists in Mahogany for the bedroom Kindel Furniture Co. Grand Rapids Michigan FlN€ FURNITUR€ the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center of America VOLUME 2 1937 NUMBER 4 GEORGE F. MACKENZIE, President PHIL S. JOHNSON, General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE, Editor VIRGINIA R. ULRICH, Associate •APRIL-Boiling Wake 7 Page Nine 9 Dramatic Simplicity, by Rod Mackenzie 19 Sales Promotion and Advertising, by Ralph Spangler. . 20 Metropolitan Pieces 23 Color, by Phyllis Field Cooper 24 A Good Sale Is Not Forced 27 The Sketch Book, by Carl G. Bjorncrantz 28 Retailing Tips 30 and 31 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 33 Merchandising Pages 26 and 34 Remarks on a Market, by A. P. Johnson 35 Floor Covering Pages 32 and 36 Chet Shafer 37 Homefurnishing News and Associations. . . . 38, 40, 42, 44 New Stores 46 and 48 Directory of Furniture Manufacturers 51-57 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: R.K.O. Bid., 1270 Sixth Ave., Room 906, New York City, phone CIRcle 7-4339, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 he ictorian 276 Chair Following the dictates of customer de-mand, the Michigan Furniture Shops were among the first to re-create the elegance and dignity of that period in history known as Victorian. In view of the Victorian vogue, the large as well as the small homefurnishing stores in the country are reviving the aristocratic atmosphere of a former generation with complete Victorian ensembles. SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE AT THE SPRING MARKET, APRIL 28 TO MAY 8 These designs are all reproductions from originals in the possession of the Michigan Furniture Shops 283 Chair Representatives: A. L. Brackett G. R. Gamble E. C. Gamble R. D. Thomas W. C. Evans G. D. Evans 358 Settee anner 274 Chair 275 Rocker 273 Chair MICHIGAN FURNITURE SHOPS, INC. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Displayed at the Factory Show Rooms of Grand Rapids Chair Co. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE John Widdicomb Presents . . . THE QUALITY GROUP Dealers in quality furniture select John Widdicomb ensembles for the dining room and bedroom, realizing that the long-estab-lished recognition and reputation for distinguished furniture is an assurance of exquisite craftsmanship, artistic beauty and enduring service. We invite your inspection of the QUALITY GROUP at our factory showrooms in Grand Rapids, Michigan. THE BEST in FURNITURE ENDEAVOR JOHN WIDDICOMB COMPANY Grand Rapids Mich. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r A P R I L . 1 9 3 7 AIR-CONDITIONED: KEELER BUILDING KEELER BUILDING FEATURES Designed exclusively for exhibiting of furniture. Fireproof. AIR-CONDITIONED. For your convenience: free checking, telephone switchboard, and a complete personalized service. As an outstanding furniture merchandising and style headquarters, the KEELER BUILDING contains more individual room settings and complete house and apart-ment groups than any other exhibition building. In keeping up with the times, we have established a com-plete air-conditioning system for the comfort and bene-fit of buyers. We invite you to inspect the latest achieve-ments of the leading manufacturers at Grand Rapids' most modern exhibition center, the KEELER BUILDING. LIST OF EXHIBITORS Baker Furniture, Inc. Barnard & Simonds Co. Bent Co., George B. Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. Clore & Hawkins Colonial Mfg. Co. D1 Archangel Uph. Co., Jn. N. Fine Arts Studios Furniture City Uph. Co. Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. Grand Rapids Upholstery Co. Hexter Co., S. M., The Kamman Furniture, Inc. Kaplan Furniture Co. Kindel Furniture Co. Kittinger Company Miller Clock Co., Herman Miller Furniture Co., Herman Morse Furniture Co., Ralph Nicholson Furniture Co., K. Paalman Furniture Co. Pava & Company Stanley Chair Co. Statton Furniture Mfg. Co. Vander Ley Brothers Wood Products Corp. ALL EXHIBITS AIR-CONDITIONED KEELER RUILDING GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE miD-SERSOn mfliRKETS TO FEPTURE A dining group designed by Gilbert Rohde for the Herman 'Miller Furniture Co., exemplify-ing Mr. Rohde's extraordinary ability to male modern furni-ture express the esthetic pos-sibilities of our industrial age. \ f o r APRIL, 1937 THE BOILING WAKE FF Bound to be Filed Thank you very much on behalf of the Board of Library Commissioners, for the file of the FINE FURNITURE MAGAZINE, which you have so kindly sent as a gift to the Library. We congratulate you on the fine workmanship in the magazine and shall be glad to receive the future numbers regular-ly as they are issued and to bind up the complete volumes for our Furniture Collec-tion. S. H. R., Grand Rapids, Mich. A FF Ads Pull I would be among the first to acknow-ledge the advertising value of FINE FURNI-TURE MAGAZINE; and in addition, I have a personal interest in its General Manager and Editor, which would incline me to give every consideration to its use. B. C. J , Chicago, 111. We Try — I was under the impression that it was your policy to run retail prices on all mer-chandise illustrated in FINE FURNITURE. Have noticed that you've neglected to do this lately either through sheer laziness or change in policy. FF would be upholding its informative aim a great deal better if you saw to it that these prices were in-cluded. Several times I have been inter-ested in a particular group of furniture that had no listed price — which, certainly, is an important factor in selection. In your ads you invariably say, "Priced in a moder-ate range" or words to that effect. How about letting us decide for ourselves by giving the actual prices? C. M. P., Chicago, 111. FF Erred I hope I won't seem too impertinent in the question I'm about to ask — but when is the deadline for your magazine? Maybe my March issue of FINE FURNITURE was held up in the mails — I don't know, but I do know that I never got it until March was almost gone — and I'd about decided to start looking for the April issue, thinking I had been missed on the other. A maga-zine of this type would be much more valuable if you could get it out the first of every month. By the time I receive my copy — most of the news is old — and has been read and re-read in other trade maga-zines that come out earlier. When you're off to such a good start — why don't you check up on the ''release" date and give us a chance to see that whale of a good magazine of yours when it will really be informative as well as interesting reading? L. W. B., Oklahoma City, Okla. 0 Beneficial Bubbling I quite often "bubble" over when it comes to the subject of furniture and home-furnishing in general, for though great strides for the better have taken place with-in the past few years (somewhat retarded perhaps by the "depression") we still have a tremendous way to go yet in order to get the industry functioning 100% efficiently from manufacturer to consumer. The retail end of the problem is sadly in need of improve-ment — some sensible and practical method of merchandising with interior decorating principles properly incorporated into the plan is what is sorely needed at the present time in probably more than half of the retail establishments in both Canada and the U. S. There is one satisfaction in know-ing that FINE FURNITURE is doing a worth-while piece of work in the direction of better merchandising. Those "Customer's Viewpoint" articles are so timely and to the point. How true the statements and criticisms are! And — such cases do not particularly exist in small stores — one finds just such incompetence and inefficiency in the large stores in metropolitan centers. Un-fortunately, SALESMANSHIP has been operating much as domestic service, in that the people entering it (that is, a large majority) have not had TRAIXIXG that would properly prepare them for SELLIXG. I was indeed glad to note that you intend to resume publication of photographs of fur-niture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the idea is an excellent one and I am sure will continue to meet with much favor. "Page Nine" and "The Boiling Wake" are features which are most interesting and well-diversified in their contents. With best wishes for the continued suc-cess of FINE FURNITURE MAGAZINE. P. F. C, Winnipeg, Can. 2-Market Mutterings I was greatly interested in your March editorial "Anent Spring Market". I'm get-ting darn sick of this bickering and dicker-ing back and forth over how many markets a year we'll have. Any buyer who really gives the question any thought is all for the two markets a year. (Except, possibly, those who use the market as an excuse for a quarterly spree.) Any manufacturer who's in his right mind will want two markets a year — so that he'll really have a chance to offer us something new. So who in the hell is holding it up? This argument has been going on for about four decades now — and I'm getting sick and tired of it! Maybe, as you say, the decision of the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition Ass'n to length-en the Spring market period is indicative of encouragement toward two markets a year. If so — more power to 'em — and Godspeed! H. S. S., New York City The Battle is On! In your "Boiling Wake" of March, I noticed a letter entitled "Victorian Monstrosities". I think that C. S. C. has the \vrong slant on the Victorian return. He, I believe, is referring to the rusty relics of horsehair and red plush — which make most of us shudder to recall. However, it is my idea that the present vogue for Victorian in its modified form, is here to stay for a while. There is some good from those former days to be resurrected — even as there was a great deal of bad. The new horsehair cover-ing doesn't prick — and the new Victorian has been designed for greater comfort — doing away with that argument of C. S. C's. Some Victorian. I'll admit, was over-ly ornate, but the designers are doing away with that objection — simplifying it for modern day living. Personally, I'm all for it! The present day Modern creations are what strike horror to my heart — give me the dignity and eloquence that was Victor-ian any day! J. D., St. Louis, Mo. This Victorian controversy is beginning to get heated. What are your opinions on this new vogue? — Editor. Up to the Standard As FINE FURNITURE approaches its first anniversary, I would like to compliment you on the job you have done. It seemed to me that when the first issue came out you had set yourself a very difficult stand-ard to live up to. That you have more than done so is a tribute to all of you. Best wishes for increased success and expanding service to the furniture industry. G. N. L , Chicago, 111. Manufacturers Please Note — I have a suggestion to make which, I think, would greatly improve your publica-tion. Why don't you include prices on all merchandise you illustrate — both in ads and in editorial copy? You give them in some cases — but have offered them less and less in recent issues. They shouldn't be too much trouble to get — and they certainly would add to the value of your merchandise pages. G. B., Grand Rapids. Biographies Score WTio writes the several biographical sketches of men and women in the furniture industry which you run in FIXE FURNI-TURE? Let me say that I think that they're darn clever and interesting. This is one of the features, in my opinion, which makes vour magazine outstanding in the field. Your editorial matter seems to have that same sprightly touch that can make the most cut and dried facts arouse inter-est. Keep up the good work — you're cer-tainly a versatile bunch of writers! P. A., Detroit, Mich. Frolics Return Engagement Sure glad to see that Barnes is "Frolick-ing" again. Omission of this feature after you demonstrated enough originality to in-clude such a page in your trade magazine, seemed unaccountable. Bye the bye, what does one have to do to have Barnes oper-ate on his physiognomy? H. R. O., Memphis, Tenn. Space does not -permit inclusion of all the kicks received because Ray Barnes' "Furni-ture Frolics" was omitted from the Febru-ary issue. Nor is it good business policy, due to the fact that Barnes may get the idea he is really an artist, and worth impor-tant money. However, the ''Little Fellow" slipped out of town for three weeks and the first your Editor knew, his staff cartoonist was "somewhere in Florida," and FINE FUR-NITURE was minus a cartoon page.—Editor. s) Editorially "Tops" We told your representative when he was here that we have not been in favor of trade paper advertising for several years. How-ever, we can say that your magazine is superior to anything else that we have seen, from an editorial standpoint. Therefore, should we decide to go into trade paper ad-vertising you may be assured we will not forget FINE FURNITURE. F. C. J , Stevens Point, Wis. Baby, Take a Bow Here's my two bucks for a year's worth of the best and most informative magazine in the field! R. R. B., Chicago, 111. FINE FURNITURE J:^ life: Cordially Invite You We of Mersman Bros. Corporation cor-dially invite you to visit our display at the May Market in Chicago. See our large selection of brand new Table Designs — everyone a sure-fire profit-maker. Smart New Streamlined Moderns . . . Beautiful New 17th and 18th Century Patterns . . . and many outstanding Com-mercials. If it's Tables you need — and what Dealer does not — better put MERSMAN at the top of your call list. You can't afford to miss this opportunity for more profit. There's always a big de-mand for Tables — when they're designed and built and priced right! We look forward to seeing you again at the market. MERSMAN BROS. CORP. Celina, Ohio Mersman Modern End Table No. 5613% in Stripe Walnut and Brazilian Rosewood. Felix T. Havemann, Sales Manager Scores of BRAND NEW TABLE NUMBERS at The MAY MARKET in Chicago SPACE 924 \V 1 • ' ! ! • i AMERICAN FURNITURE MART Wi - The Biggest Name in Tables We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 NINE Though other pages bare the minds Of many men, the credit or The blame I'll bear for what one finds On this, Page Nine.—The Editor. YEAR ONE Immediately the presses started rolling on this, the April, Spring Market, issue of FINE FURNITURE MAGAZINE, the staff slumped back in its chairs, heaved sighs of gratifica-tion. For this marks the twelfth number — our first complete year of publication. We ask your indulgence in a bit of exultation! But first, we offer a salaam to those courageous, credulous persons identified as Advertisers, minus whose loyalty and confidence, the job could not have been accomplished. This month we point pride-fully to several new supporters of FINE FURNITURE'S tenets; and, Ladies and Gentlemen, we ARE grateful! Refusing to take ourselves too seriously, assiduously avoid-ing political controversy, constantly cutting and trying in the search for authoritative, meaty material, we are determined to produce a furniture magazine that will have a different swing. Our increasing number of advertisers, our soaring subscription list, are gratifying, but the sound and fury of our "Boiling Wake" — the pulse of the paper — imparts to us the fact that while some of our ideas are pithy, others are punk. The latter condition will be remedied. "The Sketch Book," replete with artistry and historical lore, Ray Barnes' friendly lampooning in "Furniture Frolics," Ruth Mclnerney's capricious diagnosis of retailing practices in "The Customer's Viewpoint," are features that are eliciting widespread com-ment, induce reader interest. "People make news," and by the same token it takes more than furniture to make a furniture store. So we introduced the personal equation — human interest — in the form of biographical sketches, caricature, photographs of furniture men and women, some of national repute, others less re-nowned but performing quietly, diligently, in their own com-munities. "The Man (or Woman) on the Cover," complete with spirited biography, is further evidence of our belief that good fellowship, laughter, and an appreciation of life, are as precious as money when assayed in the final test. Briefly, authoritatively, we have attempted to interpret trends and news of the industry; realizing YOUR limited time for reading, we've tried to make what WE have to say EASY-TO-READ. We've made bulls, performed no miracles, assumed no adamant attitude "for or agin" anything or anyone; but we have tried to give you a magazine embodying practical ideas, currently illustrated, written in a tempo harmonizing with the spirit of today. We're deeply appreciative of your numerous good wishes and loyal support. ff OCTOPUS Feeling that the efforts of retail furniture dealers' asso-ciations to cope with the "borax racket" are inadequate, the New York State Senate is considering a resolution calling for the appointment of a committee to investigate the machina-tions of this vicious method of merchandising. The mulcting of approximately 30 million dollars annually from New York shoppers (a practice not confined to New York state), by fraudulent merchants, is certainly a condition warranting action packing more of a wallop than is possible through prosecution by dealer associations. Impossible as it is to spot a "borax" store, due to the fact that they don't always operate behind a cheap, garish-look-ing front, but often sport a dignified facade, the practices performed on the inside should never leave any doubt in the customer's mind. Although gyp merchandising of this nature is as insidious as cancer, as difficult to cure, we believe that an educational campaign conducted by NRFA and the various state retail associations, in which the veil was torn away, would go far in alleviating this viperous condition. Such articles published in consumer magazines, as, "Only Saps Pay Retail Prices," American Mercury, December, 1936, and "Raw Deal In Furniture," Today, January 16, 1937, reprinted respectively in January and February, Reader's Digest, have a decided effect. They start the consumer thinking. But, like a well-swung golf club, it's the follow through that counts. You'll require more than frankly written articles to tie this octopus down. Just in case you don't know what kind of competition you are up against, we suggest reading the two articles mentioned. ff OMEN The increased number of new stores and the amount of store remodeling in progress causes us to hurl a warning in the direction of you gentlemen who are planning long term financing to fulfill programs of this nature. Most of the prognosticators who were lucky enough to call the turn back in the dark daze of 1928 and 1929, are now forecasting that the next downward swing in the business cycle will occur in 1940. That's not so far distant, so we'd suggest a bit of sagacity being injected in the extent of your remodeling or building program. ff RETRENCHING Undaunted by strikes and floods, the furniture industry is still marching ahead, reports Seidman & Seidman, account-tants and auditors. Compared to February, 1936, orders booked this February (1937), showed a 49% increase, ship-ments were up 60%, payrolls ahead 45% and more than double were the unfilled orders on the books over the iden-tical period last year. Compared with January, new orders in February dropped off 33%, shipments climbed up 29%, factory payrolls showed only 2% increase, unfilled orders slipped in dollar volume 9%. Shipments in February, including cancellations, were considerably short of the unfilled orders on the books at the start of the month, which left an accumulation of unshipped production averaging about six weeks at the end of February. ff 1937 PROFIT Those merchants who expect the tide of business to carry them through to substantial gains during 1937 are laying themselves open to disappointments. Of course, smart oper-ators, those who keep sharp eyes on expenses, employ intel-ligent supervision, will show profits. Increased wages and salaries, social security taxes, additional advertising expendi-tures, new delivery trucks, will make it increasingly difficult to keep expenses sanely related to sales volume. Prices may be higher without the same percentage of volume increase that occurred in 1936. In other words, we anticipate that it will be increasingly more difficult to show a profit this year than it was in 1936. ff 10 FINE FURNITURE Quality -;- Value vs..* Outstanding in quality value and noted for ready salability, the Rockford Chair and Fur-niture Company's kneehole desks and secre-taries are reproductions of the highest grade of traditional styles. Offering almost unlim-ited selection in a medium price range, we also feature well-styled furniture for the din-ing room and bedroom in a variety of woods and decorative treatments. Displayed in Waters-Klingman Bldg. No. 678y2 ROCKFORD CHAIR and FURNITURE COMPANY ROCKFORD ILLINOIS Dolly Varden Rocker >J True to Period, but Styled for Present'Day Homes Wouldn't you prefer the line which others attempt to imitate, but which leads today in sales volume on retail floors, as always? /\gain you are invited to see these beautiful, se-lected Victorian pieces. Solid HondurasMahogany, hand-carved, hand-rubbed finish. New chairs, also tables, styled to match these groupings, will be shown in May. Displayed in the Keeler Building Vander Ley Brothers G R A N D RAPIDS, MICHIGAN • • • Sofas, Chairs, Love Seats, Rockers, and Tables If you will not be in the Market, write for photos, prices Complete newspaper mats for dealers We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE ^<T^9 f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 11 Here you will find the exhibits of the creative furni-ture houses who are major factors in setting the styles—the lines you have to see to know what is going to sell. • While you are here, shop the per-manent displays of floor coverings, lamps, curtains and draperies, toys, housewares, major and electrical appliances, china and glassware, gifts. Nowhere else in the world can you do as efficient a job of "ensemble buying" because all the representative lines are right here under one roof. THE M E R C H A N D I S E MART THE GREAT CENTRAL MARKET, WELLS STREET AT THE RIVER, CHICAGO 12 FINE FURNITURE Announcing OUR NEW MARKET LOCATION We cordially invite our many friends in the retail furniture business to visit our new exhibition space in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING, GRAND RAPIDS, during the Spring Market. We are confident that our long established quality, style and price range will prove your visit worth while. WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING ROCKFORD NATIONAL FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD ILLINOIS TWO GREflT flDVflriTAGES ACCRUE to DEALERS With Colonial Hall Clocks and Occasional Pieces Two great advantages accrue to dealers who feature Colonial Hall Clocks and Occasional Pieces. First... the inherent quality-appeal of every Colonial creation; second . . . the active promotion put behind the line to bring it to the attention of the people-who-buy. In no respect of style, quality, character and range, has the Colonial line of fine hall clocks and occasional pieces presented for this Market been excelled by previous showings. Beautifully designed, crafted and finished, Colonial reproductions continue to attest to their makers' reputation for finest artistry in mahogany. Nationally Advertised Forceful advertising of Colonial creations in AMERICAN HOME, HOUSE & GARDEN, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, and BUYING GUIDE FOR THE BRIDE, is automatically direct-ing the attention of more than 1,000,000 people-who-buy to the fact that this dis-tinguished line is available through the better furniture and department stores of the nation. VOU, TOO, Can Profit - - through the advantages that accrue to deal-ers featuring Colonial Hall Clocks and Occasional Pieces. You are cordially invited to view this line at the showrooms of . . . COLOMflL manufacturing Co. 5th FLOOR HEELER BUILDING - Grand Rapids - ffliohigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 13 BIRD'S-EYE ^ The Queen of Maples No. 489—retailing four pieces, $266.50; seven pieces, $313.50. As the leader in the manufacture of bird's-eye maple bedroom groups, the MANI-STEE MANUFACTURING COMPANY is ably qualified to supply your store with merchandise that will add zest to your maple department. Long recognized as the Queen of Maples, our strikingly blond Modern and exquisitely finished and styled regular bird's-eye maple suites afford discrim-inating customers the opportunity of injecting a "different" note in their home-furnishing scheme. Visit our space in the Waters-Klingman Building and satisfy yourself that our prices are right. Complete line of all kinds of Maple Furniture, Solid and Straight Grained, and Bird's-eye Veneered Maple in Blond, Colonial Brown and Old Hickory Finishes. Displayed in WATERS-KLINGMAN Building MANISTEE MANUFACTURING CO. MANISTEE MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 14 FINE FURNITURE STYLES by SLIGH .w,w.,,.,^.-^am,,t,.^:SSf-^. Smartly designed desks and occasional tables, a variety of styles at the Charles R. Sligh space in the Waters-Klingman Building during the Spring market. Buyers are given the oppor-tunity to select a group of six desks from the line, regardless of price or style, and will have the advantage of a special price of one dollar less per desk on the six-desk order. We invite your inspection. No. 2044 DESCRIPTION AND PRICES OF PIECES SHOWN No. 2067 W a i . or Mah. Desk, 42" x 2 I ( /2" x 3 0 " high . . . . $37.00 No. 2167 Same; but with genuine leather t o p 46.00 No. 12 Mah. or Wai. Coffee or Cocktail Table with remov-able glass tray. 2 6 " x [ 6 " x l 8 " high No. 2061 Solid Maple Desk, 42" x 2 1 l / 2 " x 3 0 " h i g h . . . No. 2044 W a i . or Mah. Desk, 48" x 2 4 " x 3 0 " high No. 2144 Same; but with genuine leather top All of above pieces are finished with our "Bar Top" finish 12.50 31.50 54.00 62.00 No. 12 No. 2067 No. 2061 CHARLES R. SLIGH COMPANY HOLLAND MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 15 PERMANENT BEAUTY Presenting a complete line of occasionals, office chairs, rockers, diners and chairs for the bedroom and hall that is unequaled in price and quality, the B. R. Smith Co. offers chairs that assure customer satisfaction. No-Sag spring construction, fine, dur-able fabrics, frames of Solid Walnut or Solid Mahog-any, insure beauty as well as comfort and solidity. 1708 Merchandise Mart — Chicago CHAIR COMPANY INCORPORATED KENTUCKY * • ' * I : i Smartly Styled to match your customer's purse If you're looking for new numbers to brighten up your floor, priced so that you can promote them readily and obtain a speedy turnover, visit our space in the Waters-Klingman Build-ing, at Grand Rapids, during the Spring Mar-ket. Write for our new catalog just off the press. DESCRIPTION OF PIECES Top: No. 2001 Sheraton Coffee Table; top open. 14 x 34"; closed. 14 x 19"; height, 20"; genuine walnut or mahog-any. Center: No. 2000 Sheraton Lamp Table; top, 16 x 16"; height 24"; genuine walnut or mahogany. Bottom: No. 1740 American Sheraton Commode End Table; top 14x18"; height, 25"; genuine mahogany. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE QUINTUPLETS tg/ 5JV West Michigan Furniture Company Five powerful new bedroom groups for the May Market. Notable for the vigor of their styling. Keyed to popu-lar trends. As fresh and stimulating furniture as ever came from our benches. Precision-built, factory-engi-neered. Destined to play stellar roles in retail merchan-dising plans. Don't miss them. W A T E R S - K L I N G M A N N G LARGEST EXHIBIT OF BEDROOM FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE GRAND RAPIDS MARKET f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 17 Flexible space arrange-ments which are spa-cious, well-lighted, and concentrated. The club room illustrated is com-fortably and tastefully arranged and furnished. « • • rw 50 % H- of Grand Rapids Exhibits Every buyer who comes to Grand Rapids makes at least one visit to the Waters-Klingman Building where buying is easy, selection is great. . . . EXHIBITORS . . . Allen Chair Co., West Concord, Mass Third Floor, East Jamestown Lounge Co., Jamestown, N. Y Third Floor, North Half Arcadia Furniture Co., Arcadia, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half , , , „ , . „ , „ •, •.„• . c . m c *i, v,u Atlas Furniture Co., Jamestown, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Kozak Studios, Grand Rapids Mich. Second Floor, South Half J Kuchms Furn. Mrg. Co., St. Louis, Mo Third I'loor, boutn Hall Bechtold Bros. Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. , _, , , „ ,T , .„ „„. , u-j.i, XTI , Q ,,,U H=U First Floor, North Half Lentz Table Company Nashville, Mich Fifth Floor, South Ha Brower Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fifth Floor, East Half Loeblem, Inc., Kent, Ohio ....Second Floor, South Half Brown Brothers Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, East McKim *• Cochran Furn Co., Madison, Ind Second Floor, East Butler Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Half Mahoney Chair Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, East Cochran Chair Co., Aurora, Ind ..First Floor, North Half Manistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich ... Third Floor, South Half Conant-Ball Company, Gardner, Mass Fifth Floor South Half Mentzer Reed Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.....Fourth Floor North Half _ . „ „ ' , ' ., , ' Murray Furn. Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth I'loor, boutn Halt Davies Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor. East Doezema Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half National Chair Co., St. Louis, Mo Fourth Floor, North Half Dutch Woodcraft Shops, Zeeland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Nagel-Chase Mfg. Co., Chicago, III ...Fourth Floor, North Half _ , _ _ „. , F. A. Nichols Co., Gardner, Mass Fourth Floor, North Half Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co., Grand Haven, Mich. First Floor, South Half O'Hearn Mfg. Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, South Half Estey Mfg. Co., Owosso, Mich First Floor, North Half _. -^ ,, „ ~ j T> -J -HIT- I O J ™ AT -+U tr^if Engender8 Spring Bed Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.. Fifth Floor', South Haif |iaI«p°™r"yncC0NoGraBnenn!nKon' v f " ^ . ^ c o n d ' Root fatt V?^l£l&'?&&tb^-=%$ HZ', louS Half Eand-McNally & Co. Chicago, HI....... Sixth Floor, South Half Pitie- A^-t-c T7,,vr.u^^ r ^ rVflrt^ -Bo-KiAe i\ffir-u Red Lion Furn. Co., Red Lion, Pa Fourth Floor, North Halt fine Arts rurniture LO.> ijrflnci J\apios, lviicn, -r-T i T • n* % * r* T» J T • n T^ 4L -CI XT «.!_ tioif Spcnnd Flnnr Smith Half R e d L l o n Table Co., Red Lion, Pa ...Fourth Floor, North Half Second Floor, South Halt R o c k f o r d C h a i r & F u r n . Co., Rockford, 111., Fifth Floor, North Half Grand Ledge Chair Co., Grand Ledge, Mich. Rockford National Furn. Co., Rockford, 111 Second Floor, South r- r, x, j j - ^ r- J o -j «• r. T?i f t \ FJ?o r ' ? ° r t t Sa!r Shaw Furniture Co., Charlotte, N. C Second Floor, South Half G. R. Bedd<ng Co., Grand Rap.ds Mich.-.Fourth Floor, South Ha f S k a n d i a Furniture Co., Rockford. 111.... Sixth Floor, South Half G. R. Lounge Co., Grand Rapids Mich.. Fourth Floor, North Half g]; h C o m a n y Charles R., Holland, Mich., Fifth Floor, South Half G. R. Fancy Furniture Co., Grand Rapids Mich Henry C Steul & Sons, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y... Fifth Floor, South Fourth Floor, South Half ' Grand Rapids Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, North Thanhardt-Burger Corp., LaPorte, Ind Fourth Floor, East Gunn Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half Warsaw Furniture Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ky., Fourth Floor, North Half Hart Mirror Plate Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. West Michigan Furn Co Holland, Mich., Third Floor, North Half Second Floor, South Half W- F - Wlutney Co., So. Ashburnham, Mass, ekman Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Third Floor, South Half ,,,.„• «-• T? n #- ^ x? *J *tt;<.u Herrmann Lamps, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich ' W.lhams-K.mp Furniture Co., Grand Rapids^. M.ch NQrth ^ Holland Furniture Co., Holland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Wolverine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids,^Mich. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Iredell Sales Co., New York, N. Y .Fourth Floor, North Half Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich.....Second Floor,' North Half « YOU'LL FIND IT IN^ THE WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING" We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 18 FINE FURNITURE .;•_• I * • • £ * The three rooms illustrated on this page are typical oi the display spaces in the Klingman Furniture Co.. simple, unadorned, force-fully displaying the mer-chandise. The three suites pictured are manufactured by the Kindel Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, whose mar-ket display is in the Keeler Building. At the top is suite No. Ill, mahogany, retailing, four pieces, $394.50; in the cen-ter. No. 128, mahogany, re-tailing, four pieces, $295; at the bottom, No. 138, mahog-any, retailing, four pieces, at $291. f o r A P R I L , 1937 19 DRAMATIC SIMPLICITY MINUS false windows swathed in draperies, gew-gaws and gimcracks noticeable by their absence, lamps restricted to a minimum, walls painted a neutral color, the display rooms in the Klingman Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, are startling, striking in their sim-plicity; particularly in this era of ultra model room displays where everything is included from an ash tray to a palm tree. Says store manager John Van Dyke: "After all, we're trying to sell furniture. The more simple and restrained we keep the background, the easier it is for the customer to study the detail, finish and style, of the groups. It is my belief that accessories distract the attention and make it difficult to get the customer to concentrate on the furniture. This is particularly true in the merchandising of quality goods." The SO-odd display rooms, including bedroom, din-ing room and living room groups, are part of a grading-up program instituted during the depression. Now sell-ing over 60% Grand Rapids merchandise, including some of the highest quality lines in the market, Van Dyke can honestly boast that his method of display insures the sale of distinctive furniture. Where once Southern lines were necessary in securing volume, the present merchandising plan encompasses a complete by ROD MACKENZIE Editor, FINE FURNITURE Northern schedule of buying. Confidence in the char-acter of the merchandise purchased obviates the neces-sity of relying upon the flash of too often overdone backgrounds. Explains Van Dyke: "We find it is easier to sell a complete suite, seven pieces, when displayed m this simple fashion, with less resistance than we received when we filled the floor with merchandise and tried to sell 'three pieces'." In business for nearly 40 years, the Klingman store enjoys the unique distinction of having coast-to-coast distribution. Last year merchandise was shipped to the states of New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Pennsyl-vania, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas and New Mexico. One order went to the American Consul in Madrid, Spain. Former customers forward specifica-tions, desired style, approximate price range, rely upon Van Dyke's knowledge of their past purchases in filling their order. Truly an exemplification of their confidence. musical merchandiser... ADVISING those embryonic furniture men ambitiously toiling toward positions as buy-ers and store managers, John Van Dyke, buyer and store man-ager of Klingman's, Grand Rap-ids, suggests a course that he himself traveled; namely, a train-ing period in a furniture factory. Not only does Van recommend this procedure as being helpful in buying, but invaluable in the science of selling. Immigrating to America from Amsterdam, Holland, where his grandfather had devoted a life-time to the furniture business, Van Dyke proudly relates that he started as a lugger in a fac-tory, subsequently passing through every department in the production curriculum. Graduat-ing from the manufacturing side, he then traveled the retail route — collector, assistant credit man-ager, credit manager, buyer, and ultimately store manager — with only two interruptions—a year on the road as a wholesale salesman and a hitch in Uncle Sam's 7th Division, 55th regiment, infantry headquarter's company, A.E.F. Now in life's prime, Van is ambitiously pointing to the day when he can operate his own store, which supports his profes-sional philosophical belief that a IOHN VAN DYKE . . . Inspires confidence successful career is founded on perseverance and ability to avoid the dangers of discouragement and lost confidence. « Genial, energetic John is a lot! of buyer, his six feet and 214 pounds standing him in good stead on his buying peregrina-tions through the various furni-ture market centers. A keen ap-praiser of merchandise and cus-tomer, he is seldom annoyed by having to take back furniture once it leaves the store. That he inspires confidence is evidenced in an interesting contact with a lady who came into the store, inquired whether she could buy on contract. Being advised that this was possible, although the customary practice was to sell for cash, she deposited $100, returned 30 days later to do her buying. After business hours Van Dyke revels in Italian spaghetti, in-dulges in his hobby, which is music, by playing the organ and piano, relaxes athletically at ten-nis, delights in reading Charles Dickens, and hearing composi-tions by his favorite composer, Victor Herbert. Admits Presi-dent Roosevelt is his favorite public personage. Upon retire-ment — which appears remote when one knows John — he plans subscribing to the "sit-down" .idea, only he plans to do it with an automobile and trailer. FINE FURNITURE sALES PROMOTION and ADVERTISING by RALPH SPANGLER It's but a small jump from his subject of last month — "Promoting Fashion and Fine Furniture"—so the sales promotion and advertising manager of Harbour-Longmire's, Oklahoma City, continues his series with IV. Institutional Advertisins WHEN a going concern is asked to quote a selling-out price, they add to their visible assets a size-able amount for GOOD WILL. Good will includes that good reputation and pres-tige which brings shoppers to a store, seeking things which have not been advertised. If any store had to exist only on the sale of adver-tised merchandise, it would have a slim existence. Those customers who come to the store because of favorable impressions gained m the past, are the cus-tomers who make possible a net profit for the big store. There is no end to the different ways to make favor-able impressions on your public. Barker's Stage Spring Show • The theme was birds! From 22 California birds, they named the season's new colors. Mallard green. Gull gray. Quail brown. Their 30 windows were dramatized with these colors . . . and tie-ups with the bird theme. As you entered the store door, you were handed a couple of pieces of special literature . . . printed for the H v\ anamaker's February sale tags can't come off because fhev never were on! ,'• -'-t:(f>!js»l) a jnfjrt" Bxuf<i«'t Service ll l H OFS t 97 ]9j ?™ r:ri.T;r::;:.:::n:,-r ' I • / '* '•' ^ >>! • ti >/ !' s220 Si' 1 i o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 21 occasion. One was an impressive folder on outdoor furniture. Everywhere you turned in the store, there were birds in cages! Real live birds. On the first floor were mal-lard ducks, canvas back ducks, quail — game birds. On another floor, song birds of certain color motifs! Bird motifs on fabrics! Bird colors in room schemes! A prominent feature of the show was the Ipswich Maple House, with the furniture all from Robert Irwin . . . and wallpaper with bird motifs! Much expense and trouble, you say? But can you get equal sales volume and profit without expense and effort ? 97,391 Visitors in less than four weeks — go through Wanamaker's Philadelphia store to see the two-story Cape Cod House! Over 12,000 clocked in a single day! Their Budget story is certain to create favorable impression. Good institutional advertising. As is their ad which says "Wanamaker's February sale tags can't come off because they never were on!" The New York store makes an asset out of their no-sale policy. They, too, have a Cape Cod House. If Someone Asked You, suddenly, to name the out-standing store in your city . . . ten to one you would name the institution that is forever doing things unusual! Joseph Home wanted crowds to see their Ipswich Cottage . . . and the other new things they assembled. So they borrowed from the editors of Life, Time, For-tune, March of Time and the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph . . . 300 published and unpublished photos showing every phase of the world's news! . . . including a can-did camera section . . . and privileged pictures of the recent abdication from the British Throne! Macy's Sell Macy's in this spread that would be hard to miss. Even if you were not ready to buy furniture now, you would be tempted to read it. And before you realize — you are reading, "We have more buyers going places for you than any other store in the world . . . Our furniture specialists show manu-facturers how to build better furniture . . . Should you prefer a decorator, our decorating staff, too, will tell you that IT'S YOUR TASTE THAT COUNTS." Wrhen you are ready to turn the page, you've had an-other favorable impression of a great store. And in the same paper on another page they ask "Why buy your most EXPENSIVE furniture at Macy's?" . . . and proceed to tell you the answer. Another favorable impression, m this second Macy ad, comes from the remarkable reproductions of the photographs. Our prediction is that the camera is soon to replace the handmade pictures, in many alert stores. The Lesson of "Life" Magazine points to the impor-tance of pictures. Try to buy a Life magazine 24 hours after it reaches the news stands. The most amazing circulation in magazine history, built overnight •— WITH PICTURES! Quick to feel the drift of popular fancy, Marshall Field's came out in February with this pictorial institu-tional ad on their sale! Human interest stories about a store that fully realizes the importance of keeping in the limelight. Here's a sale advertisement . . . a full page . . . without a price in it I Famous-Barr, in St. Louis, make a spectacular double-spread with their sale of the Trorlicht-Duncker stock. Not institutional advertising, you say! What better reputation would you want for your store than that of having plenty of good values in high class furnishings ! In Dayton, Rike-Kumler's make an effective tie-up with the tremendous influence of consumer magazines . . . and with the best seller — "Gone With the Wind." Up-to-the-minute institutional selling, we call it! 22 FINE FURNITURE . | i ] • FAM0US-8ARR CO. BUYS ENTIRE TRORLOT-DUNCKER NEW STOCK AND [1 INCLUDES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THEIR OWN VAST STOCK IN ONE ., MIGHTY SALE! DISCOUNTS OF 15 TO 65M READY THURSDAY AT NINE'"1 ! • • • - - • " - - - "p » _ I I I * - . l n . J . . r i MU •• » „ , II • z ^ i . Picturing Large Assortments of unusual pieces is cer-tain to create favorable impressions. People will say, "That is where I want to buy my furniture. They have such huge assortments there." Last June, Marshall Field's ran this interesting sum-mer ad. As that season approaches, it may give you an inspiration. By picturing the 18 pieces all in one advertisement, they make an impression of good assort-ments which would be lost by advertising these pieces one at a time in omnibus ads. Lammert's, from whom most of us can take lessons in picturing . . . do a real institutional job (and we imagine a goodly amount of selling) with this spread on Chippendale occasional furniture. Boggs and Buhl (Pittsburg) . . . not only printed an out-of-the-ordinary photograph of their furniture floor, in this sale announcement, but they persuaded the Pittsburgh press to accept it with the copy running up and down the page, instead of across. At Harbour-Longmire's, in Oklahoma City, we are running a series of stories about "Unusual Furnishings" . . . this one on a large open stock dining group. Keeping Customers sold on your store is one of your most important institutional jobs. In the near future, we plan an article on this vital subject. Recently one of our interested readers took exception to Adman Spangler's use of actual advertisements to illustrate that all classes of dealers, from borax store to the most exclusive studio type of store, were employ-ing GROUP SELLING to make the cash register ring more often. Spangler explains that the article in ques-tion began: "You have met the furniture man who condemns every other merchant who does not believe just as he does: but you know there are excellent merchants to be found in each class of store . . . men who make money . . . who are a credit to their com-munity." No claim is made that the advertisements illustrated are perfect. They are used solely to delineate ideas. Ideas that can be used by alert dealers in any class store, in any community. Unfortunately for those of you who favor fine furniture, the merchant featuring borax merchandise is more than often the quickest in adopting the best promotional ideas. —Editor .-/*ii*^ MAHSHfll.L FIELD fc CO. Z " ^^z .s& -^s f o r A P R I L . 1 9 3 7 23 HISTORIC EXAMPLES from the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Left, Louis XVI commode, embellished with mar-quetry. Right, American 18th Century block front bureau, by John Townsend, from Newport, R, I. Left, 18th Century English mahogany card table. Cen-ter, American gateleg table, about 1675-1780. Right, American Sheraton mahog-any and satinwood card table, about 1790-1800. . ' • ' • Left, 18th Century English Adam commode, about 1770-80, veneered and in-laid with East Indian satin-wood, harewood, boxwood and pheascmtwood. Right, 19th Century American (Pennsylvania) chest of drawers made of pine and poplar with painted deco-rations. 24 FINE FURNITURE COLOR... PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN HOMEFURNISHING by PHYLLIS FIELD COOPER Last month Phyllis Field Cooper began an article on "Color Principles and Practice," which discussion is concluded in this issue. / ^ONTIXUIXG our discussion \_^ on color, we must, before go-ing further, mention its THREE ATTRIBUTES, namely: HUE. VALUE and INTENSITY. Hue merely identifies the particular col-or— just another name for "color." VALUE refers to the tonal grada-tions of any color from "light" to "dark," or in other words, from "tints" to "shades." INTENSITY refers to the "luminosity" or "bril-liance" of a color. Color Value • First of all, we must bear in mind that the twelve pris-matic "normal" colors or hues of the spectrum or "color wheel" are colors of FULL INTENSITY —that is. they are as brilliant as it is possible for pigments or dyes to be. We can make them paler, and lighter, how-ever, by adding white to each of them — they then become what are known as TINTS. Then, again, we can produce SHADES of these same colors by adding black to them. These changes produce what is known as VALUE in colors (see chart). A knowledge of color value is essential in interior decoration. If we wish to make a small, dark room appear large and light, we choose colors for our scheme that are "keyed" high in value. Since' colors of FULL INTEN-SITY are brilliant, they react harsh-ly on the nervous system if used too abundantly. Therefore, in the dec-orating of the home, we use such colors sparingly — merely as "ac-centing color notes" in the form of decorative accessories, for the sake of variety and interest in the color scheme. Reduced Intensity • The INTEN-THE TWELVE NORMAL COLORS OF THE STANDARD COLOR SPECTRUM S.7lct—• NEUTRAL GRAY COLOR, VALUE SCALE AND THE. PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TINTS AND SHADES DELICACY DAINTINESS REFINEMENT LACK OF POWER, SPACIOUSNESS FEMININITY TINTS LOW-LlfiMT / MIDDLE VALUE 15 REPKESENTED m ANY' 1 ONE OF THE TWLVt 5P£CTRUi"! COWKS DI&NITY SOLIDITY POWER. STRENGTH DECREASED 5PACI0U5NES5 MASCULINITY > SHADES < DARK COLORS !F PLACED EUTRAL IED COLORS °f -half intensUt/ GRAY-YELLOW GRAY - ORANGE GRAY - RED GRAY - GREEM GRAY - BLUE GKLAY - VIOLET AGAINST LIGHT COLORS WILL APPEAR BARKER, | LIGHT COLOR"5~) IF PLACED AGAINST DARK COLORS WILL APPEAR, LIGHTER. [ -PHYLLIS • Fl ELD -COOPER- 1937 This chart shows the 12 standard spectrum colors with neutral gray added; neutral-ized colors of one-half intensity and a color value scale giving the psychological significance of tints and shades. SITY of any color can be reduced by NEUTRALIZATION which re-quires that a certain proportion (depending upon the amount of color reduction desired) of its ''com-plement" is necessary, whether one is mixing paints or dyes. Colors which are NEUTRAL-IZED to one-half or less in inten-sity are comparatively easy to use harmoniously m decoration, provid-ed that they are not too radically different in VALUE. The process of NEUTRALIZATION comes through the mixing of primary and secondary colors which produces a color "relationship" that is closer than those of more brilliant quality. Color Charm • Colors of "reduced intensity" (neutralized) may be used in larger areas — especially are such colors m their lighter val-ues (TINTS) desirable for the walls of the average small home. TINTS of "normal" colors (full intensity) are generally too strong in compar-ison and are therefore more diffi-cult to use. The charm of subtle or NEUTRALIZED colors can be more readily appreciated if placed beside those of crude hue (colors of "full intensity"). Colors are also classified as either WARM or COOL. Those classed as WARM are YELLOW, ORANGE and RED (the warmest of all colors), or any derivation of these hues such as rust, copper, brown, gold, etc. GREEN, VIO-LET and BLUTE are classed as COOL colors, blue being the cold-est of all colors. Derivations of these hues such as orchid, mauve, periwinkle blue, royal purple, etc., are included m this classification (see chart). ADVANCING colors are those that contain RED or YELLOW predominantly, while RECEDING colors are those that contain an abundance of BLUE. Contrast and Analogy " There are several kinds of color schemes that may be used in the decoration of in-teriors, but the most common are f o r A P R I L . 1 9 3 7 25 schemes of CONTRAST and of ANALOGY. Fundamentally, a true "harmony of contrast" can only oc-cur when "normal" primary colors are used with their respective "com-plements" (secondary colors) which are in no way related to each other, as red and green; yellow and violet; blue and orange. We have, how-ever, to deal largely in homefurnish-ings with NEUTRALIZED colors (tertiaries and quaternaries) in which case any "harmony of con-trast" color scheme would be one of more or less "related" colors, pos-sessing just enough actual contrast to be classified as a "contrasting analogous" scheme. An ANALOGOUS color scheme would include only those colors that are "related," such as yellow, yel-low- green and green; or, could be of various tones or VALUES of just one color only. For the average home, the "con-trasting analogous" color scheme usually proves the most interesting. Choosing Color Schemes • In planning a color scheme for any room one must consider first, the PURPOSE of the room — then, its EXPOSURE — its SIZE — its gen-eral CHARACTER or PERIOD. For instance, the color scheme of a child's nursery would call for dainty colors of high value — TINTS, in other words, of varying degrees of tonal depth. The scheme for a man's bedroom would call for SHADES of perhaps light or medi-um value, depending upon its par-ticular EXPOSURE. The color scheme for a hall, living room or library in the average home should Ultra-modern and offering unusual merchandising possibilities ate the tables, chairs, even pianos, being fabri-cated of glass or transparent plastic materials. Fine Arts Studio, Inc., Hol-land, Mich., has developed a unique line of tables, employing wood, glass, metal. (1) No. 2021, plate-glass top, center and bottom shelves bird's-eye maple, metal supports, blond finish, retailing for $22; (2) No. 2060, base and back solid mahogany, glass top, revolving center shelf, flesh-colored mirror, chrome support, finished in brown mahogany, retailing at $43; (3) lamp and magazine table, five-ply shelves, chrome supports, blond finish, retails at $11; (4) solid mahogany, five-ply maple veneers, glass top, finished in brown mahogany, ivory shelves, retailing for $28; (5) solid mahogany ends, bird's-eye maple base, plate-glass top, white translucent, elec-trically- lighted glass dome in base, chrome metal parts, retails for $49. be of such VALUE that it is rest-ful to live with and yet colorful enough to be inviting and pleasant. Then, too, every color scheme should possess a dominant color to which the necessary proportions of a con-trasting color or colors are added as a pleasing emphasis, for there must be "balance" in distribution. A sunny EXPOSURE can be modified or subdued by the use of COOL colors in VALUES consistent with the SIZE of the room. The darker the VALUE of a color, espe-cially on the walls, the darker and smaller the room will appear, and vice versa. A cold, dark EXPOS-URE calls for sunny colors of LIGHT VALUES. Schemes employing COOL col-ors call for "accenting" touches of "warm" colors as contrast, while WARM color schemes require "cool" colors. "Grading Up" • The safest rule to follow in planning any color scheme for the average home is to use the lowest value of color for the floor, a consistent and comparatively lighter value of colors for the up-holstery, with draperies either of the same value or lighter. The walls are usually very light, the ceiling being the lightest value of all. . «•••:».. - • { . 1 S5' f o r A P R I L . 1 9 3 7 27 1 — The Viking Twin Studio Couch made by Sleeper, Inc.. Chicago, shows modern Swedish influence in webbed arms. Permanent display at the Amer-ican Furniture Mart. 2 — Chair No. 56, retailing at $44, is manufactured by the Wolverine Uphol-stery Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich., and is shown in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 3 — Chair No. 4583 is made by E. Weiner Co., Milwaukee, and is dis-played in the American Furniture Mart. 4 — Chair No. 124 with matching otto-man. No. 24. is made by the Grand Rap-ids Bedding Co., and is displayed at the Waters-Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids. 5 — The Pullman Couch Co., Chicago, have made this studio couch uphol-stered in {lowered mohair as a fore-runner of new advance in styling. Man-ufactured as single or double bed mod-els with removable, innerspring mat-tresses, these studio couches are shown at the American Furniture Mart. 6 — Mahogany chair No. 1451 is manu-factured by the Schoonbeck Cq.. Grand Rapids, and is displayed in their show-rooms at the Imperial Co. 7 — This unusual lounge chair with odd-shaped ottoman is one of the new offerings shown by Romweber in their space at the Merchandise Mart. Uphol-stery is in rough tapestry; hand-carved arms are in Scandinavian vine motif. 8 — The Michigan Seating Co., Jackson, Mich., manufactures chair No. D483, up-holstered in Doepac. Displayed in the Fine Arts Bldg., Grand Rapids. 9 — Chair No. 1284. retailing at $83, is made by the Wolverine Upholstery Co., and is shown in the Waters-Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids. 10 — No. 1352 sofa is manufactured by Ralph Morse Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., and is exhibited in the Keeler Bldg. A GOOD SALE IS NOT FORCED (The Man on the Cover) OF noteworthy significance in American industrial history is the progress made by boys born under foreign flags. Arriving in a strange country, accosted in un-familiar lingo, confused by curious customs, undaunted, many of them have swept to success. The furni-ture industry is no exception, boast-ing many leaders who have risen from immigrant to executive. Immigrant • At the age of seven, young Henry Hekman arrived from the Netherlands, thirty years later, entered the furniture manufacturing business as president and general manager of the Hekman Furniture Co. in Grand Rapids, where he has operated for the past IS years. Hek-man's success in the furniture in-dustry is noteworthy, considering the fact that his experience (prior to erection of the plant in 1922), had been limited to day labor work in the Phoenix and Luce plants when a young man. As president of the Grand Rap-ids Furniture Exposition Associa-tion, Hekman has been one of the leaders in the move for market reduction. Merchandiser • For six years the plant specialized in the production of spinet desks, in 1927 selling over 20,000 units. Suddendy, the familiar spinet lost favor, and Hekman was forced to change his line. The cur-rent assortment of living room and library furniture, much of it in con-temporary style, is a testimonial to Henry Hekman's sagaciousness as a leader in style trends and merchan-dising. In addition to operating his fur-niture plant, Hekman is associated with his brother, John, in the manu-facture of biscuits, being actively interested in the Hekman Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids, and Dutch Tea Rusk Co., Holland, Mich. Salesman • Advising those inter-ested in following the furniture business, Hekman suggests learning the practical and theoretical angles. Reminisces Hekman, "Confidence is fine for a young saleman, but over-confidence is liable to bring a re-buff. One very helpful experience I had was after being successful for a few subsequent sales, to get a good let-down for being too cocky. It taught me a valuable lesson, that a good sale is not forced, as both buyer and seller should feel like saying 'Thank you' when the deal is made." Likes • Imbued with a deep relig-ious sense, Hekman admits that his career has been built on the philos-ophy of diligently serving his Maker. An active member of the Christian Reformed Church, he designates John Calvin as his favor-ite character in history, the Bible his preferred book, and Handel his choice as leading c omposer. He rates Chief Justic Hughes as num-ber one public personage and in literature favors the writings of Charles Dickens. Not interested in theatres or movies, he appeases his musical inclinations by listening to the Philadelphia Symphony orches-tra. A clever story teller himself, Hekman enjoys nothing better than a well-turned joke. His intention is to remain active as long as health permits, and on the strength of his six feet, 200 pounds of rugged phys-ique, it's a safe bet that Henry will be engaged in the furniture business for some time to come. Novel Ensemble Offer INCLUDING Venetian blinds as 1 part of a bedroom furnishing group sold at a little less than $100, was a novel idea appealing to many customers of Breuner's, Oakland, during a recent anniversary sale. The ensemble featured at $99.80. included, besides a bed, chest and vanity, two Venetian blinds. They were offered only in natural ivory finish with a choice of 29 or 34-inch widths. Each blind was five feet long with two and three-eighths inch slats. Installation charges were extra. Twelve different bedroom groups were available at this price so the ensemble offer met a wide range of preferences and gave Breuner customers a varied selec-tion from which to make a choice. 28 FINE FURNITURE THE SKETCH Beer... IMPORT OF CORRECT SELECTION OF FURNITURE BRASSWARE EXEMPLIFIED IN UNUSUAL SKETCH •"PHE unusual and exquisite rendering on the opposite X page by Carl G. Bjorncrantz, designer and sales manager of the furniture division of the Grand Rapids Brass Co., exemplifiies the importance of correct selec-tion for furniture hardware. Many a suite, otherwise well planned and styled, has missed fire because of erroneous choice of hardware, for brassware, like furni-ture styles, also has a definite historical background. The brass on the Provincial piece illustrated on the opposite page was developed from the brassware on an old French Provincial chest. Maintaining the French peasant feeling of handcraft execution in which the rural cabinetmakers attempted to pattern after the master metalworkers creating for the nobility, the French Provincial brass design pre-sents a simplicity of treatment that enhances rather than detracts from the furniture on which it is used. The touch of crudeness peculiar to French Provincial craftsmanship, coupled with the graceful swing of the design, makes it particularly adaptable to contemporary adaptations of furniture of this character. The clean-cut, somewhat severe, well-tailored designs of the 18th Century English period required decorative brasses to complete their beauty. The English design-ers were constantly experimenting with hardware that would enliven the severity of the furniture. The pointed oval pull, opposite, is a reproduction of a fine old English model. The recent increased demand for 18th Century fur-niture has induced the designers of brassware to new efforts in the development of unusual furniture trim. Authentic, yet unusual in design, the pointed oval pull is an excellent example of modern adaptation of late English hardware. The beauty of its detail, permitting a play of light and shadow, makes this oval pull an ideal finishing touch for 18th Century furniture. brass man G. BJORNCRANTZ, whose exquisitely unusual drawing appears on the opposite page, decided at an early age to become an artist. The fact that he has arrived at the age of 33 with no abundance of hair does not seem to have dampened his enthusiasm. Carl was born in Grand Rapids, his father was a talented artist, so it followed quite naturally that young Bjorn-crantz should eventually land with both feet in the furniture business. In the interim he was art editor for the Colgate Uni-versity Banter, gathered a goodly number of medals for himself and honor for his University as an intercollegiate swimmer. Sum-mer vacations found him devel-oping shoulder and arm muscles in the packing and shipping room of the Stone-Hoult Furniture Co. From the drafting room of the Grand Rapids Store Equipment Corp., Carl ventured into the fur-niture field. Following an apprenticeship in the rod room of the Robert W. Irwin Co., he entered the design- CARL G. BJORNCRANTZ . . . Totes two titles ing department of that concern, where he remained for several years, leaving there in 1935 to design hardware for the Grand Rapids Brass Co. His complete revamping of the furniture line was so successful that one morn-ing he found himself toting an-other title — sales manager of the furniture division. It was in this capacity that we queried him as to his professional aims, and what he thought of wood pulls. Postal regulations will not permit our printing his answer to the latter question, but to the first one he said: "To keep hardware design a vital part of the furni-ture industry." His interpretation of authentic brassware on the opposite page is conclusive evi-dence of his ability. Salesman-artist Bjorncrantz, despite his dual duties at the Brass company, finds time to swim, golf, draw one in the mid-dle or hold a kicker, read Ben Ames Williams and John Gals-worthy. But we warn you, if you own any prints or photo-graphs of fine furniture and brassware that you value, hide them, because Carl's hobby is collecting such material. ^ •?-.• ' A n; - f • - " • • 30 FINE FURNITURE RETAILING TIPS TABLE SETTING TOURNAMENT • SERVICE EXPENSE OUT • SIMULATED HOMES • KITCHEN AMONG DRAPERIES Bring Your Own Silver OALES have been noticeably in-lO creased in the George Cater Furniture Co., Anniston, Ala., by the promotion of various contests among the women's clubs of that city. A recent table-setting tourna-ment was promoted in which the women were asked to bring their own silverware, the dining room tables, chairs and china being fur-nished by the store. This contest resulted in the attendance of 446 women who visited the store in two and one-half hours. Frequently, Cater's sponsors a contest for the most attractively fur-nished rooms in which pieces from their own stock are used. For the winning room as selected by the judges, a prize of $25 is offered to the club which is sponsoring the event, and as a rule, from 200 to 400 women visit the store to see the display, according to George Cater, manager of the store. Explains Cater, "Our tournament rooms, being sheet rock enclosures, are located on the second floor, so that visitors to the exhibits have to pass through our ground floor dis-plays, and, of the host of club mem-bers who attend, some are sure to see items they want whether in-cluded in the actual exhibits or in our showrooms." Manager Cater believes that the displays aid in selling complete ensembles; women being delighted with some of the room exhibits, and consequently desiring to transfer the whole layout to their own homes. This is particularly true of brides, who come to get innumerable ideas which help them to furnish their homes. Comfortable seats are provided just outside the display rooms and the contests are turned into real social occasions by the serving of tea. According to Cater, the argu-ments often grow warm as to the proper dining room etiquette or the arrangement of the lighting in the living room, and many women tarry to add their bit to the discussion. "After each contest, the model rooms are kept on display for sev-eral weeks, and many customers Victorian Dresser No. 705, is manu-factured by the Herman Miller Fur-niture Co., Holland, Mich., and is shown in the Keeler Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Retails at S589.S0 for four pieces. coming in to view them depart as new customers. The various organ-izations which take part in these events include women's missionary societies, literary clubs and the Axis club, all of which are usually look-ing for some way in which to raise money and are delighted with our proposition, noticeably increasing our sales thereby," concluded Con-testman Cater. Service Expense Out M S. YOUNG & CO., Allen- . town, Pa., developed suc-cessful plans to merchandise electric refrigerators but plans to eliminate service troubles have been unusually effective. Having sold more than 300 electric refrigerators, the store anticipated receiving enough service calls to employ a man for that purpose. After carrying a service man on the payroll for some time it was found that there were not enough service calls to warrant this expense. Instead, the management found it more economical to pass on service calls to a local refrigeration expert handling work on a contract basis. R. A. Marcks, refrigeration man-ager at Young's, explained why it has been possible to avoid large numbers of service calls "When we sell an electric refrig-erator," said Marcks, "we are as anxious to have that refrigerator trouble-free, as we are to earn the profit on its sale. It is an estab-lished fact that when service calls are received from new owners the trouble in most cases is due to improper care or neglect. We have been able to eliminate most of these calls by advising new owners what constitutes proper attention to a mechanical refrigerator. "While we, like other dealers, furnish detailed instruction sheets with every refrigerator (which are usually lost), we do not forget the new owner. A record is kept of each refrigerator sold and on these rec- Fischer Furniture Co., Chicago, made No. 1939V2 Bunkbed, maple finished, hardwood, with detachable twin beds, springs, ladder, for $39 complete. f o r A P R I L , 1937 31 ords we note the date and details regarding every call that has been made, whether for service or in-struction. "For instance, when one of our salesmen is in the vicinity of a home in which one of our refrig-erators has been installed, he will call on the owner. If anything re-quires adjustment he will make a note of it and report to the office. "In the case of new owners, these friendly calls are of real impor-tance. Frequently we discover that after several months of use a re-frigerator has not been defrosted simply because the owner neglected to follow instructions. By explain-ing this matter we avoid a future service call. Simulated Home Stirs Sales T TNIQUE is the model house, U "Bide-A-Wee Cottage," built on the second floor of the Wood- Peavy Furniture Co., Macon, Ga., in that the front wall, the big pil-lars of the front porch, are built solidly of brick, the upper portions stone, the roof wood, to simulate as nearly as possible the average southern home. An unusual feature of this built-in house is that several of the windows open directly upon the street, making "natural" light possible, adding to the home atmos-phere. The complete furniture set-tings are changed every two weeks, often even more frequently. Says manager E. B. Durham, "Our brick cottage is known far and wide, and has sold more furniture for us than any other form of pro-motion we have used. It is adver-tised frequently, always with good results. Last fall, the local news-paper conducted an amateur house planning contest, offering several cash prizes for the best ground plans and sketches of the completed house. The contest ran for a month, attracted wide attention, resulted in the submission of hundreds of plans. We secured space on the same page as the one on which the contest was announced, ran an ad: " 'Your floor plan, plus our furni-ture, will make an ideal combina- Duncan Phyfe sofa. No. 395, is made by the Wol-verine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., shown in Waters-Kling-man Bldg., retails at $150. tion. No matter what style of home you like, we have the correct style of furniture to correspond with it, from Early American to the new-est modern. Visit Bide-A-Wee Cot-tage on our second floor, where you will always find a correctly fur-nished home.' "We kept this space all during the campaign, changing our ad each week, but always bringing out the fact that it is furniture that really makes the home, and calling atten-tion to furnishings of our brick cot-tage." The cottage was promoted again when a number of building material firms of the city sponsored a con-test, offering a series of prizes for photos which best showed before and after house improvements. One stipulation was that all materials used in re-conditioning must be pur-chased from one of the advertisers on the page. The Wood-Peavy Co. entered the contest, the only furni-ture store in the city to do so, ran a different ad each week stressing the vast improvement made in a home by the installing of new fur-niture, window shades, lamps. After final decision had been made, all photos submitted were distributed to the different firms whose materi-als had been used in modernizing. Wood-Peavy made a window dis-play of these photos, in which was centered a large picture of Bide-A-Wee Cottage, intimating that most of the people who bought furniture and entered pictures in the contest, chose these furnishings from the model home. In regard to advertising and pro-motions, Durham explains, "August and December are our two biggest months, the ones in which we do the most advertising. Just to be different, I suppose, we do not put on a February Sale as do the ma-jority of furniture firms. Our real reason for avoiding this is that we Kneehole desk. No. 139, is manu-factured by the Bay View Furni-ture Co., Holland, Mich., and is dis-played in the American Furniture Mart. Retails at $29.90. handle only quality furniture, and do not see the need of cheapening it during a certain month." Kitchen Among Draperies J\ MODEL kitchen in the drapery i l department is decidedly uncon-ventional, yet that is where the American Furniture Co., Denver, recently installed one and with marked success. First, declares O. P. Jones of the housefurnishings department, the setting is more favorable in the up-stairs department. Kitchen appli-ances, properly arranged and care-fully selected as to color harmony, have added eye appeal in a setting of beautiful draperies and floor cov-erings. No large stock of major appliances such as must be carried in a store's regular housefurnish-ings department detracts from the unified impression which should be given by a complete kitchen set-up. Second, use of a separate location gives an added traffic benefit. Peo-ple coming to the store for draperies or floor coverings see the display, and buy. Third, there is a better chance to make a complete kitchen sale, or at least a higher individual unit sale, when the model kitchen is entirely separate from the department. The customer doesn't see lower-priced merchandise the minute she steps out the door of the kitchen. The location is also conducive to increased drapery and floor cover-ings sales. The room is fitted with proper kitchen curtains; the walls, floor and drainboard of the sink are covered with linoleum. Prac-tically every linoleum customer sees the model kitchen first. Every 30 to 60 days the model kitchen is changed. The equipment shown includes: Sink and drainboai'ds, breakfast table with china, glassware, silver and linens, refrigerators, kitchen cabinet, cooking utensils and range. 32 FINE FURNITURE Display Drama IN conjunction with the Educa-tional Fashion Show prepared by the Institute of Carpet Manu-facturers of America, many lead-ing stores throughout the country have been promoting displays of the same type, dramatizing car-pet showings. No. 1, from the Ensemble Style Exhibit, Chicago, demonstrates the versatility of sand shade broadloom, showing it to be equally effective in Early American or Modern setting. No. 2, an Institute display calling at-tention to the fact that wall space is a star salesman. No. 3 is an Abraham & Straus display in which the roll of broadloom is dramatized against an ensemble display. Ensemble Style Exhibit suggested display No. 4 in which five different patterns and shades of broadloom are attractively shown. No. 5, also a feature of the Ensemble Style Exhibit, is a novel and striking idea for won-dow display in which broadloom in harmonizing shades serves as backdrop for cut-outs. BOOKS ON COLOR As a supplement to the article on "Color Principles," page 24, Phyllis Field Cooper suggests this list of books on color use as being helpful to the homefumishing salesman.— Editor. "THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COLOR": Bonnie E. Snow and Hugo B. Froehlich. Published by Talens School Products, Inc., Chi-cago. Contains nine full-page, hand-painted color charts; simple, informative text splendidly pre-sented for the layman. Price, $4.50. "COLOR VALUE": C. R. Clifford. Pub-lished by Clifford & Lawton. 373 Fourth Ave., New York City. In-valuable to the homefumishing salesman. Price $1.50 "PRACTICAL COLOR SIMPLIFIED": William J. Miskella, M. E. Published by Finishing Research Laborator-ies, Inc., Chicago. Contains an ex-cellent and practical color chart with pivoted arrow and triangle for locating correct color combinations. Price $3.00 "COLOR-SENSE TRAINING AND COLOR USING": E. J. Taylor. Pub-lished by David McKay Co., Wash-ington Square, Philadelphia. Con-tains 17 diagrammatic color plates. Price $1.50 "COLOR AND ITS APPLICATIONS" and "THE LANGUAGE OF COL-OR": M. Luckiesh, physicist of the Nela Research Laboratory, Nation-al Lamp Works of General Electric Co.. Nela Park, Cleveland, O. f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 33 by CB CHATFIELO "CHAT" i s ONE OF THE OEANS OF THE FP-ATPFN G?UlTE A PHILO5OPHEP— - - AND ENJOYS 1SQTBIN6 BETTEP-THAN A RED HOT PI5CU9SION. THP.EE GENERATIONS ARNES F. S+uart FOOTE. ^ IMPEPIAl- FUP-NITUP-ECO, A FOUISDEP--MEMD6P. AND VICE-PP-ES OP O'P-- FUP-NtTUP-E MAKEP-6 Outl^D - HAS SERVED AS PP-ES. G-P-- FUP-NITUP-E MAMUFAC7UP£fis "AND 6-P-. James O. MCK1NSE/ CHA IP-MAN OF THE &OAP-D - - OF MAPSHAU. FIELD'S, ACT IVE IN OPERATION OF CHICAGO'S MEP-CHANDISE MART, FOP-MEP- con-E^e PPOPE5SOI1- AND ACCOUNTANT • - PLAYS GOLF AND P-IPfS H0P5EBACK-AT HIS HOME - IN LAKE FOP-EST. I I I . . •' S.C.ROSENTHAL. f i t HAS A P-ECOP-p OF AQ I y£APS OF COHTINU0U5 SEPVICE 1 V INTttE P-ET^ILFUPN\TUP-E ^ BUSINESS, DIPECTIN&7HE FA'IP^STOPE.IN BlNCxHAMTON Y. FP-OM THE TIME IT WAS A SMALL-VARIETY SHOP WITH AN 18 FT- FRONT- 0 11 for APRIL, 1937 35 1 — Colonial Mfg. Co., Zeeland, Mich., No. 2690 secretary, in mahogany; 84" high, 34" wide, 17" deep. Displayed in the Keeler Bldg. 2 — Maple living room group by the Statton Furniture Mfg. Co., Hagerstown, Md., shown in the Keeler Bldg. 3 — Rockford Chair & Furniture Co., Rockford, 111., No. G79-3 mahogany book-case and desk; 87" high. 49" wide by 17" deep. $190 retail. Shown in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 4 — A decorated drum table. No. 1324, 20" top, 26" high, by the Imperial Fur-niture Co., Grand Rapids, displayed in the factory showrooms. 5 — A new note in dining rooms, com-bining modern with upholstered host and hostess chairs. Dining room suite by the Thomasville Chair Co., Thomas-ville, N. C, upholstered chairs by S. J. Campbell, Chicago, shown in the Amer-ican Furniture Mart. 6 — A Chippendale occasional table. No. 510, 20" top, 27" high, by the Alle-gan Furniture Shops, Allegan, Mich., exhibited in the Fine Arts Bldg. 7 — The Romweber Co., Batesville, Ind., makes the two Scandinavian pieces. No. 5-162 coffee table and magazine rack, 18x24" top, and the No. 5-105 bookcase, 57" high, 10x13" top; shown in the Merchandise Mart. 8 — Chippendale bedroom group, three pieces. $169 retail, by the West Mich-igan Furniture Co.. Holland, Mich., shown in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 9 — Chippendale cocktail table. No. 3684, in mahogany, by the Brandt Cabi-net Works, Hagerstown, Md. Top 33" x 22", height 18", displayed at the Mer-chandise Mart. 10 — Kneehole desk. No. 58, made by the Bay View Furniture Co., Holland, Mich., top 42 x 21", height 29%", exhibit-ed in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 11 — 18th Century mahogany group by the Rockford Superior Furniture Co., Rockford, 111., displayed in the American Furniture Mart. 12 — Modern living room group by the Herman Miller Furniture Co., Zeeland, Mich. Displayed in the Keeler Bldg. REMARKS ON A MARKET By A. P. JOHNSON Educational Director of G. R. Furniture Exposition Ass'n WOULD you know, to a fairly accurate approximation, what you will find at the Grand Rapids Spring Furniture Exposition—April 28 to May 8—in furniture—its pur-pose, type, breed, classification, number of pieces, name and ances-try, manufacturer, how, why and where you can profit by having this furniture on your retail floors— and, finally, why you should be here at the crack of the market dawn? Then glance this over. There will be upwards of 100,000 pieces of furniture RECKONED IN INDIVIDUAL SAMPLES ONLY. Multiply these in produc-tion, by different sizes, styles and finishes, decoration, etc., using the variant of 12 in case goods (aver-age number of different specifica-tions in which the suite may be had) and by anywhere between 25 and 50 in upholstered products (dif-ference in colors, fabrics, etc., now in vogue) and you have an array which approaches the million mark. In this total will be shown ap-proximately 1,600 suites in bedroom and dining room products, many of which are interchangeable, making for greater variety and larger totals. New suites will exceed the 550 mark and there will be in excess of 2,500 new living room and occa-sional pieces. There will be upwards of 42 new finishes, bleaches and tones, and in the vicinity of 172 new designs and colors in fabrics. More than 100 new gadgets, conveniences and spe-cialties have been recorded by ex-hibitors and between 40 and 50 new pieces of furniture serving new and different purposes heretofore un-heard of. Furniture will be made in 39 out of 45 recognized and accepted his-toric styles since Adam and Eve, not including the variations of mod-ern and new concepts of design. A significant indication Is an in-crease in Modern and in furniture having modern influences. As against the January market there will be more new Modern pieces, more Early English and Jacobean than have appeared in several markets. The largest increase will be in Eighteenth Century English, both in case goods and upholstered products. New Eighteenth Century English suites will include: 98 bedroom, 104 dining room and 576 living room and occasional pieces; approx-imately 519 of these in mahogany and 257 in walnut and choice in 123. In Early English furniture there will be upwards of 45 bedroom suites, 33 dining room, 70 or more for the living room, library and occasional pieces, desks, etc.; woods used being oak, walnut, mahogany, and maple. A leaning toward Eighteenth Cen-tury French living room furniture will be manifest in new creations. Of these there are promised 120 living room, library and occasional pieces in a multiplicity of woods, 16 dining room suites in mahogany and walnut and 14 bedroom suites. Satinwood trim and delicate lateral inlays are a feature in a number of these patterns. Approximately 20 manufacturers will show Modern furniture in all types. Of these there will be ap-proximately 56 new suites; in stand-ard woods used, walnut and mahog-any break even, other woods being blister maple, acacia, maple burl, prinzwood and dark bandings. From eight to 10 new Provincial suites, French and Italian, are on the sample griddle for May, largely in walnut. There will be upwards of 20 new living room patterns in this style; and three new Swedish suites are promised in chestnut, oak, butternut. In the American Empire group, including American Colonial, Dun-can Phyfe, American Empire, Fed-eral, Biedemeier, there will be con-siderable activity. Some 32 new bed-room suites in these types and about 20 for the dining room will be shown; approximately 62 new liv-ing room pieces, including uphol-stered products, are promised. Wood content will run from solid mahog-any and walnut to maple and but-ternut. Bleached woods, blanches and blonds are significantly popular. In so-called "unstyled" furniture there will be in the neighborhood of 16 bedroom suites, 12 dining room, 30-40 new occasional pieces. 36 FINE FURNITURE Dramatized Reduction AN unusual promotion planned . by Breuner's, Oakland, CaL, store, was the dramatization of a 10% price reduction by issuing invi-tations in letter form to customers, enclosing an admission card on which the customer's name was hand-written. This card was to ad-mit the bearer and family to the store between 7 and 10 p.m. on the designated night, entitled the hold-er to "a dividend of $1" on each $10 purchase that was made on "Dividend Night." This dividend could be applied on anything except merchandise on which manufac-turers had established resale prices. A guest card was also enclosed with the letter, the customer being re-quired to sign it as a sponsor, could then give it to some friend whom he thought would be interested. In the invitation, Breuner's ex-plained that the purpose of "Old Customer Dividend Night" was to show appreciation to old customers for their patronage, that the divi-dends ran from $1 to $100, accord-ing to amount purchased, that ad-mission would be by ticket only. Realizing that the mere an-nouncement of a 10% reduction on merchandise would attract only a few at the most, Breuner's applied psychology, made the reduction tangible, explained in the invitation: :;You can save $1 on each $10 worth of homefurnishings you buy. For example: You save $5 on each pur-chase of $50; $10 on a purchase of $100; $100 on a purchase of $1000. Every department is included . . . "You can save $1 to $100 on all kinds of homefurnishings on 'Divi-dend Night'." Regarding the guest card, the in-vitation informed, "We talked about this big event to a few of our old customers and they requested per-mission to bring one friend who wasn't a Breuner customer, but who should be. So, we are issuing one guest card to each old customer." The patron was also informed that anything purchased on the night set aside might be put on his account in the regular manner. No. 1 is a gold bedspread valued at $2000 which was shown at Merchan-dise Mart Gift Show by Feika Im-ports; No. 2 is an ensemble style trend exhibit; window display of small rugs. No. 3, is irom Mandel Bros., Chicago, as is the! window displaying popular draperies. No. 4. f o r A P R I L , 1 9 3 7 37 CHET SHAFER "LAZIEST HUMORIST IN THE WORLD" CHANTS A LAMENT Woodcutter. ROD MACKENZIE SHAFER " . . . there's no friendly tread on the floor above." Three Rivers, Mich., April 1 — (Special dispatch to FINE FURNI-TURE). The afternoon sun is bright — flooding in over letters and papers. But it's unusually quiet up here in the offices of the City News Bu-reau today — for there's no friendly tread on the floor above. Vic Van Horn isn't up there any more. They held his funeral yesterday — and buried him over in the Fifth Ward—the cemetery—and—after ten years — it's going to be just a little bit lonely without the sounds of his presence — one flight up. Victor Hugo Van Horn was a photographer. He was of the Old School — of the Wet Plate. He learned his profession under Skinny Anderson, in the days of the cast-iron headclamp and the diamond-seated posing chair. Up in his studio he had a cast-iron masterpiece of a stove— gray-flecked with match scratches. He had a pair of storm alaska rubbers that he wore for 21 years—it would have been 22 next fall, with some patching he just did. He never swept out his place since 1901 — although occasionally someone would do it for him. He accumu-lated his ashes in nondescript con-tainers — and carried them down the stairs and out in the alley — once a year — in the springtime. Only lately he was starting to think about doing this annual chore. Vic came down the other morning with his wife's wedding ring. He said he had to have it en-larged — for the third time — since their marriage. That afternoon he sat on his stool, humped over, doing some re-block-ing. Lollypop Lane was up there — telling about the time he used to run the Kandy Kitchen over in the Burns Block and he bought his first consignment of sody pop and made a window display out of it — and the next day delegations of women from three churches came down and protested. "'They said that's what started young folks on the way to more serious drinkin'," Lollypop said. Then Lollypop remembered the time when Aaron Z. Hatfield ran the Music Store. "Yeh," said Vic, looking up from his work, "an' his feet were so small he had to wear women's shoes." The next day Lollypop was up there and so was Odd Johnson, and Odd was commenting on the wood-en eagle with its claws full of ar-rows that Vic's father — Old Judge Wes Van Horn — had carved out right after he was discharged from the Northern Army. Vic said he was always going to keep that and he went over to loosen up the light bulb that holds back the water in his wooden washing tank. Then he dropped dead. The afternoon sun is going under a cloud now — now out again to cast a bright diagonal shadow over this sheet of copy paper. It's quiet up here in the offices of the City News Bureau — for there's no friendly tread — no foot-steps of understood companionship — on the floor above. Vic — the Wet-Plate Impressario — isn't up there any more. yrs (sgd) Chet Shafer. "They said that's what started young folks on the way to more serious drinking," Lollypop said. 38 FINE FURNITURE Homefurnishing News and Reviews . . . To Assist Englcmder Named assistant to President Max Eng-lander, Englander Spring Bed Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., is Richard Lemberg, Chicago, who has been identified with the administrative, manufacturing and selling phases of the furniture industry for 15 years. Lemberg's creative ability, marketing experience, will play a major role in the direction of styling, production, distribution, in England-er's 1937 expansion program, and the ap-pointment marks another forward step in the development of the Brooklyn firm to a new position of prominence in the bedding and institutional field. G. R. Museum Progress According to recent announcement by Robert W. Irwin, chairman of the furniture museum commission, Grand Rapids, Mich., the Metropolitan Museum of New York has promised cooperation with the new Grand Rapids Furniture Museum, includ-ing a series of loan exhibits of furniture, drawings, and other material. Metropolitan officials characterized the Grand Rapids Furniture Museum, as now planned, "as the only one of its kind in the world." Chairman of the committee for historical exhibits of Grand Rapids furniture, Edgar Somes, has asked that anyone having in-formation of historical Grand Rapids pieces communicate with him; the committee, in-cluding James B. Howard, A. P. Johnson. reports several valuable gifts already volun-teered. The committee is seeking examples made in Grand Rapids from 1870-1880, in-cluding spool beds, late Victorian wash stands, high glass dressers, high beds, the Centennial groups made for the Philadel-phia exposition, walnut trees characteristic of that period; is particularly interested in any furniture made in Grand Rapids before 1860. Other types of furniture wanted include Victorian furniture of the next decade; oak dining room furniture which appeared after the turn of the century sporting carved grif-fins and caryatids reminiscent of the "Re-naissance of the Renaissance"; examples of the earlier mission furniture; the Empire Colonial style in mahogany with S-scroll, pineapple, carved ornament, and veneered columns. Credit will be given donors in the de-scriptive matter placed upon the suites: it is desired that all contributions be free and clear of conditions other than that after they have been donated they will become a part of the museum's permanent inventory; due to lack of funds for exhibits, the museum can accept contributions only. RICHARD LEMBERG . . . Directs Englander's expansion program. G. R. Lounge Leases Space The Grand Rapids Lounge Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., just closed a term lease for space in the north section of the second floor of the Waters-Klingman Building, where their line will be permanently displayed, according to announcement by Peter D'Archangel, General Manager. D'Archangel reports business exceptionally good and sales increasing in the better end of the line. He will have a large number of new samples on display in the Spring Style Market. F. T. Shiverick Vacancies Filled Named vice-president and buyer-mer-chandiser manager respectively for the Tobey Furniture Co., Chicago, were Walter O. Luscombe, Jr. and Louis H. Luttering, to fill the vacancies caused by the death of Francis T. Shiverick. Previous to his appointment as vice-president, Luscombe was a member of the board of directors, which office he continues to hold. Luttering was assistant to Francis Shiverick up to the time of his death. Added to the duties of A. H. Dahike, head of the decorating department, is the buying of living room furniture. Jonathan Tobey Morley has been named assistant treasurer of the firm; S. J. Speicher con-tinues as sales manager. Everybody Sells at Hummel's Talbert Expands Activities The Talbert Lumber & Veneer Co., main office at Cincinnati, Ohio, Band Saw and A eneer Mills at Sardinia, Ohio, have been extensive operators in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky for the past 46 years. During this time they have operated 12 mills, pro-ducing all varieties of hardwoods, but have made a specialty of the highest quality of Quartered White Oak lumber and veneers. They have recently added to their previous activities the manufacture of walnut veneers and lumber, specializing in spliced and half-round long wood and walnut butts. They are located in one of the best sections of the country, obtaining the best quality of tim-ber, particularly in walnut and white oak. W. E. Talbert, president of the company, recovered from a recent automobile accident, is again in active management of the affairs of the company. A. F. Vollette, who has been connected with some of the largest walnut manufacturers for the past several years, is now connected with the Talbert Lumber & Veneer Co. B & G "Here's How" ''Here's How", a new merchandising, sales and ad manual for the spring of 1937, re-cently issued by Berkey & Gay Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, is a 32-page booklet, the bulk of which shows sample ads, offers some information for salesmen. The follow-ing ideas are stressed: That people buy good furniture not for utility but for style, beauty, and to satisfy their sense of im-portance; the need for good floor displays and consistent advertising is emphasized. Hummel's Hustlers Every spring L. Hummel's Sons of Potts-ville, Pa., check previous years' sales rec-ords and plan aggressive merchandising drives wherever a low point may have occurred during a former year. In this man-ner, the valleys are disappearing, and the general average of monthly sales volume is climbing steadily. In such sales meetings as this, preliminary plans are worked out, and last minute instructions are given by store executives. Present in this group are, back row, left to right: Oscar Hummel, Harry Hummel, O. Lee Hummel, C. C. Burkhart, John M. Morrison, J. Weston, Tony Walheiser and Charles Hummel; front row, left to right: Benny Roder, George Hockgardel, Herman Napholtz, George Knowles, Tommy Smeltzer, Fred Schrimpf and William Moser. Hummel's employ forty-one persons in their organization. Mahogany Ass'n Bulletin Declaring that it is to be hoped that the Federal Trade Commission will promptly hand down a final decision in respect to the use of the name mahogany so as to prevent further deception of the purchasing public through the device of geographical prefixes, a lengthy bulletin has been issued by the Mahogany Ass'n dealing with the status of African mahogany and "Philip-pine Mahogany". Ass'n bulletin states that recent statement made by the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Ass'n to the effect that "the Federal Trade Com-mission's rulings established the names 'Philippine Mahogany' and 'African Mahog-any' as proper names for the Philippine and f o r A P H I L . 1 9 3 7 39 NOTICE To Owners of Retail Stores, Manufacturing Plants and Jobbing Houses If you want to retire from business — liquidate your mer-chandise stocks, fixtures and equipment, FOR SPOT CASH — collect accounts — and where desired, lease your building — Write, wire, phone or mail coupon below for full details of our NEW PLAN of liquidation, now being used by some of America's largest retail, manufacturing and wholesale houses. The plan will be sent free of obligation on request — all cor-respondence and results of our plan will be held in strictest confidence. RAPIDS LIQUIDATING CO. 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Declares the Mahogany Ass'n bulletin, "The Federal Trade Commission has never issued any formal decision or formal ruling in respect to African mahogany; until the commission issues a formal decision, affirmed by the courts, no person manufacturing articles from African mahogany need use the prefix 'African' in the advertisement and sale of such products." According to the current bulletin, the Federal Trade Commission is now engaged in an informal investigation as to whether there is any substance in the contention put forward by those interested in Philip-pine hardwoods that African mahogany is not in fact genuine mahogany and is not entitled to the use of the name mahogany. It is further pointed out that "'Philippine Mahogany" is a trade name applied to red Lauan, white Lauan, Tanguile, and various other Philippine hardwoods belonging to a different tree family from that which pro-duces genuine mahogany. A petition is said to be pending before the Federal Trade Commission as a result of extensive surveys by the National Better Business Bureau which asks that the use of the name mahogany or any other name of similar import, in connection with the advertisement and sale of these Philippine hardwoods or products made therefrom, be prohibited. Simmons' Outlook Good President of Simmons Co., Grant Sim-mons, at the annual meeting of the com-pany held in New York recently, stated that orders for the first two months of this year were substantially ahead of those of a year ago; that the outlook is very bright for the rest of the year. Simmons disclosed that during 1936 the company purchased and sold approximately 60,000,000 yards of cloth through its sub-sidiary, the Rosemary Co., of which the Simmons Co. purchased 23%. Net income for 1936 was $4,003,306, of which bedding business netted $3,200,000, textile business approximately $825,000. Vacancy created on the directorate by the resignation of H. R. Drummond was filled by O. G. Pritchard; stockholders ap-proved registering the $10,000,000 deben-tures which the company announced a few weeks ago. Bosse Heads Hardwood Ass'n Selected to head the Hardwood Dimen-sion Manufacturers Ass'n, Louisville, Ky., was Louis J. Bosse, former cost and pro-duction manager of Globe-Bosse-World Fur-niture Co., Evansville, Ind. Field cost en-gineer concerned with consulting and edu-cational cost work in various furniture cen-ters throughout the country as a member of the National Ass'n of Furniture Manu-facturers, in 1935 Bosse became manager of the bureau of accounting for the Na-tional Ass'n. Incorporated in 1930, the Hardwood Dimension Manufacturers' Ass'n issued the first rules of grade covering the products of this industry in 1931. New rules issued in 1936 in conjunction with the Bureau of Standards of the U.S. Department of Com-merce, made it necessary for all Associa-tion members to render certificates of origin with invoices indicating that the product is manufactured in accordance with the high standards which the Association has established for its members. ft Detroit Union to Meet A meeting has been arranged between the Detroit Furniture Salesmen's Union. No. 742, affiliated with the A. F. of L. and a committee from the Furniture Dealers Ass'n which will be held for the discussion M A R K E T S Jamestown April 26 to May 5 Grand Rapids April 28 to May 8 Chicago Furniture Mart and Merchandise Mart May 3 to 8 New York June 21 to July 2 Grand Rapids June 30 to July 15 Chicago Furniture Mart and Merchandise Mart July 5 to 17 High Point July 19 to 31 New York Floor Covering Opening July 6 to 17 Los Angeles July 26 to 31 of reduction of hours and complete closing on Sunday. At a recent meeting of the salesmen's union a number of members working in neighborhood stores stated that they were subject to long hours of work, running from 54 to 75 hours per week, in-cluding seven days and nights. The Detroit furniture union is one of the strongest locals among unions with a membership that includes a considerable number of both large and small stores in downtown and outlying sections. All union men in this area in buying furniture are urged to ask the salesmen to show union card before making purchase. Furniture Mirs. Ass'n Meets New director of the Furniture Manufac-turers' Ass'n elected at the annual meeting held at the Los Angeles Furniture Mart is Herman Kranz, vice-president of Morris Furniture Manufacturing Co., to succeed Joseph Siskin, vice-president of Los Angeles Furniture Manufacturing Co. President of Los Angeles Period Furniture Co., Julius Fligelman. and president and owner of Gil-lespie Co., F. H. Gillespie, were re-elected, the other six members of the Board to remain in office for terms which vary from one to three years. A gain in retail buyer attendance of 60% at the Mart was reported for 1936; 17,256 buyers having been registered for the year 1935 as compared with 29,776 buyers in 1936. Retailers visited the Mart from 40 states, from Canada, Mexico, Hawaiian Is-lands, the South Sea Islands, Australia, South and Central America, and New Zealand. "Chair oi the Month" A '•Chair of the Month" program has been established by the California Chair Co., Los Angeles, in which a special num-ber is offered to the retail trade each month to retail at approximately $20. According to Roy Bodine, one of the owners, special effort is made to stress quality in these chair specials, literature with enclosed up-holstery fabric sample being sent each month to 2500 dealers. The Mahogany Question Local representative of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Ass'n, D. R. Forbes, has declared that the question of Philippine mahogany versus so-called gen-uine mahogany was settled by the Federal Trade Commission six years ago. Forbes explained that with respect to Philippine mahogany, the matter was settled by stip-ulation whereby a number of the larger im-porters agreed to use the prefix "Philippine" when referring to their type of mahogany; that the trade is abiding by this ruling. According to Forbes, the Federal Trade Commission has thus far declined to reopen the case against the Philippine association; that no investigation is under way in con-nection with Philippine mahogany. An informal investigation of African ma-hogany to determine whether or not it is genuine and entitled to the use of the name mahogany, is being carried on by the FTC, although no formal complaints have been issued in this connection, it is said, and FTC officials decline to comment. Gutterson and Rau to Speak To give the individual floor covering and furniture dealers a better view of manufac-turers' products, Herbert Gutterson, presi-dent of the Institute of Carpet Manufac-turers of America, at the invitation of Ros-coe R. Rau, executive vice-president of the NRFA, will visit important cities in the Southwest during late April to attend group meetings of retail furniture and department store executives. Both Gutterson and Rau will be featured speakers at the State con-vention of the Retail Furniture Ass'n of Texas to be held in Houston, April 19-20. Gutterson will present to this group the activities sponsored by the institute to stim-ulate consumer interest and sales on Amer-ican- loomed, wool pile carpets and rugs. At this convention, Textiles Education Bureau will present an educational fashion show. Home Furnishers' Meet Elected president of the Home Furnish-ers' Ass'n of New England was Morris Bernstein of the Edward Caldwell Co., Woburn, Mass. Howard Josselyn, C. E. Osgood Co., was chosen treasurer, Alonzo E. Yont, secretary and attorney. i o i APRIL, 1937 41 HOOKING the OLD HORN/ At the Tender Age of One Year THE first time we sailed our skimmer at the publication hatrack and sent out a NEW and DISTINCTIVE magazine we gave the furniture field exactly what it wanted. The entire trade gave us a big hand. That was just a year ago. Read our "Boiling Wake" page and we believe vou'll admit we've registered a bull's-eye for reader interest. Applause isn't all from retailers, either. Volume of advertising is increas-ing and this number carries several new national accounts. So the manufac-turers like us, too! More worthwhile editorial features are being added each number — that's only one reason why. There isn't a furniture retailer, designer, manufac-turer's salesman or manufacturer who can afford to miss reading FINE FURNITURE MAGAZINE. And it's EASY TO READ, too! So hang up your hat and set awhile. You're in swell company. (The "ante" is small, too) TWO DOLLARS A YEAR Three dollars for two years Four dollars for three years FINE FURNITURE MAGAZINE | Circulation Manager | FINE FURNITURE MAGAZINE | 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W. I Grand Rapids, Michigan | Please enter my subscription to FINE j FURNITURE for years. I Check is enclosed • Please bill me • I Name I Store City ! We a-ppreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 42 FINE FURNITURE Homefurnishing News and Keeler Air-Cooled The Keeler Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, will be the first building of its kind to be entirely air-conditioned; equipment to be completely installed in time for the opening of the Spring Style Market, April 28, according to James J. Ryskamp, man-ager. The equipment room on the top floor of the building occupies 1200 square feet and 100,000 cubic feet of cooled air is forced through the air system per minute. All exhibition spaces have, therefore, a com-plete change of 75% re-circulating air and Keeping Keeler BIdg. Cool 25% fresh air each minute. To complete the new system, 12 tons of equipment were required, 500 gallons of 51 degree water being pumped per minute to maintain proper temperature throughout the building. S. Ceil. Retail Ass'n News The appointment of two field secretaries, O. R. Roberts and Carroll A. Stilson, has been announced by the Retail Furniture Ass'n of Southern California. Roberts and Stilson will specialize in the development of appliance programs and their policing. According to Phil Battelle. executive-secre-tary, the Ass'n has been vigorously attack-ing the various trade evils which have prevented its membership from making rea-sonable profits; has now developed com-plete programs which are in effect in con-nection with furniture, floor coverings, gas ranges, refrigerators, draperies, Venetian blinds. Winston-Salem Ass'n News Announcement was made that the spring opening of Winston-Salem, N.C., furniture houses was to be April 8, at a recent meeting of the Retail Furniture Dealers Ass'n, at which a committee to handle pub-licity for the opening was named, including A. E. Fowler and H. G. Lewis, H. H. Jones Co. L. F. Herndon, president of the asso-ciation, tendered resignation as he is to be transferred to Haverty Furniture Co.. Dal-las, Tex.; A. E. Fowler, vice-president of the association, was named president; Frank Morris, vice-president. Public accountant, Carbis A. Walker, spoke at the meeting, tracing taxes from their origin to one of the newest forms, social security assess-ments. Magnet-O-Sign Kit A variety of sign kits with movable mag-netic letters for all types of retail stores, manufactured by the Magnet-O-Signs Corp., Chicago, 111., are available for making pro-fessional looking bulletins, announcements, show cards, price cards. Magnet-O-Sign let-ters, numerals and characters have per-manent magnets imbedded in them which adhere to the metal backgrounds furnished with the kits; no adhesives, slots or pins being required to hold letters in position. Backgrounds are of sheet metal, finished in wide variety of forms, are easily washed and letters are furnished in three sizes in any colors. Kimerly-Shaw, Inc., Opens Kimerly-Shaw, Inc., new retail furniture store opened at 1206 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson, Mich., April 10, following an extensive remodeling, redecorating campaign. Officers of the new corporation are: Pres-ident, B. L. Davies: vice-president, H. E. Shaw secretary-treasurer. Ursel Kimerly. Davies is head of the Michigan Seating Co., Grand Rapids; Shaw was formerly connected with the service department of the Michigan Seating Co.: Mrs. Kimerly, a graduate of Chicago Art Institute, has had extensive experience in decorating. The new firm offers lamps, gifts, pottery, furniture, featuring Modern and 18th Cen-tury English ensembles. Facilities offered to patrons include home layouts, arrangement suggestions, color schemes and advice con-cerning period groupings. Eagle-Ottawa Presents C. E. Iknim, in charge of the Eagle- Ottawa Leather Co. space, first floor. South, Vv aters-Klingman Building, announces that all furniture salesmen and furniture de-signers visiting the company's colorful dis-play during the Spring Market, will re-ceive a complimentary gift of an unusual leather article. With increased space the display will feature the new colors available, demonstrate the many uses for leather in furniture. Display at Merchandise Mart Warren Furniture Co., 215 W. Ontario St.. Chicago, has leased space at the Mer-chandise Mart, as has the B. R. Smith Chair Co.. Inc., Owensboro, Ky., the latter having leased 1,148 square feet. Goldstein Moves Offices Xew York representative of the Empire Case Goods Co., Jamestown, X. Y., Coch-ran Chair Co.. Aurora, Ind., Harry W. Gold-stein has moved his offices from the New York Furniture Exchange to his residence at 23 West 73 rd St. , A Furniture Mart Forecast Anticipating a sane, healthy spring mar-ket, with a substantial attendance of some 2,500 buyers, officials of the American Furniture Mart and approximately 850 homefurnishings exhibitors are preparing to give buyers attractive new merchandise, real values and merchandising helps. According to Mart officials, expectations are that the 1937 spring market will differ from mid-season markets of the past few years in that certain economic conditions tend to have a stablizing and healthy effect upon buying. The recent flood in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys has opened a large replacement market and con-siderable buying is expected to fill these demands. With salaries and wages up and living standards rising to a higher level, a demand for more luxury merchandise is anticipated. Magnets Hold Letters In forecasting styles, it is believed that 18th Century styles and those of the Louis' will have some competition from Queen Anne and French Provincial models. Experience has taught master finishers the possibilities of working with bleaches and buyers attending the spring market will find that walnut has taken on a new mellow golden color (a number of the French and 18th Century suites will appear in this wood) and that many of the suites, due to the expert use of bleaches and fin-ishes, will have new beauty and richness closely resembling the color and beauty of the original creations. Highlighting and shading has in many instances replaced gilding and fancy veneering and the new suites will be simpler in line and richer in color, relying upon finish, beauty of the wood and careful carving* for distinction. In the low end where modern is now the undisputed leader, it is believed hard-ware will be one of the most important features of the suites, which for the most part will follow simple, conservative basic lines. In the tipper bracket, modern is expected to make its appearance in maho-gany to a greater extent than heretofore and in many instances it is expected to be in direct competition to 18th Centurj styles. There is an excellent possibility that s number of cherry suites, both in blond« and natural colors, will make their appear-ance, a few introduced in January having been well received by the dealers. Oyster white oak in dinette suites and paste! tinted oaks seem to be one of the out-standing successes of the current season f o r A P R I L , 1937 43 VALUES That will Surprise You! The Desk Sensation of the Spring Market No. 139, Victorian Kneehole Desk, $35 Five-ply Mahogany or Walnut Tops Other Desks Priced As Low As $21.90 1424 AMERICAN FURNITURE MART BAY VIEW FURNITURE COMPANY HOLLAND MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 44 FINE FURNITURE JOURNEY'S END HYMAS—Salt Lake City. Utah Willis LaRoy Hymas, part owner of the Eleventh East Furniture Co., died March 5 following a heart attack. HERMANSON—Dell Rapids, S. D. H. J. Hermanson, 68, furniture dealer for 31 years in Dell Rapids, S. D.. died March 10. RUSSELL—Cleveland, O. Dr. Bert S. Russell, 59, president of Vincent-Barstow Co. for 20 years until about five years ago, died March IS of a heart attack at his place of business, the Premier Furniture Co., Cleveland, 0. \ VAN AUSDAL—Dayton, O. Charles Van Ausdal, 72, for many years head of I. and C. Van Ausdal, homefurnish-ers and decorators, Dayton. O., died March 12 in Philadelphia. OSSIAN—Sioux City, la. Clemens F. 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Feb. 29 March 27 April 1 April 1 March 15 March 11 March 10 March 15 March 20 March 19 March 20 March 9 March 11 Feb. 22 March 13 March 27 Feb. 20 Feb. 12 March 12 March 9 MODERNIZATION AT SCHOENFELDS1 WITH A VIEW to making shopping for homefurnishings as leisurely and comfortable a procedure as can be arranged, the third generation furniture men Schoenfelds of Seattle, Wash., have started a $100,000 modernization program by which they plan to make the new Schoenfelds' Standard Furniture Co. one of the most beautiful and inter-esting furniture stores on the west coast. Large show windows for display purposes are a feature of the outside of the building; many specialty shops within constitute the merchandising theme. A lounge and writing room for the convenience of customers is one of the new service provisions. \ l o r APRIL, 1937 47 \ • • ' / i i HIGH in QUALITY— Low in COST i -A • • • ! Presenting a complete line of Studio Couches, Bed Springs, Mattresses and Pillows of all types and Superior Quality, the Grand Rapids Bedding Company products are unsurpassed in Value and Construction. Having spent nearly half a century in facilitating produc-tion of these Quality Products, we are able to offer the Best in a Moderate Price Range acceptable to all. A double duty Davenport with Twin or Full Size Beds, Inner Spring Mattresses and Bedding Compartment. Illustration below shows Davenport extended into Twin Bed form; ideal for the One-Room Apartment and small home. As a Member of the Master Bedding Makers of America, we build AMERICA'S FINEST MATTRESS Spring Base, Spring Edge, Spring Cushion, Spring Back. PERMANENT DISPLAY—WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING The GRAND RAPIDS BEDDING CO. Grand Rapids Michigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 48 FINE FURNITURE N FIRM NAME KENMORE FURN. CO KIMBRELL FURN. STORE* LANDAU FURN. CO.f LEATH & CO LOEB FURN. STORE LOOMIS FURNITURE CO. LOORY'S FURN. STORE MARTINSBURG FURN. CO MILLER'S DEPT. STOREf MULWITZ CO.* NEFF FURN. CO.f NICKLAS FURN. CO PRATT FURN. CO RABB-SMITH CO REDD FURN CO.f RHODES-DAY FURN. CO.f RUSTIN FURN. CO.f SHARP FURN. CO.. G. C. STANLY FURN. CO.f (Formerly Morgan Furn. Co.) SURRY FURN. CO SWEET FURN. STORE TRAVALINI FURN TREECE-HARDIN FURNITURE CO.f WOLFE FURN. CO. EW STORE CITY Kenmore. N. Y. Charlotte, N. C. . . Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Saginaw, Mich . Marion, O. . Enid, Okla. . Dover, N. J. Martinsburg, W. Va. Knoxville, Tenn. . . Greenwich, Conn . Cresco, la . Martinsburg, W. Va. . . Boise, Ida . . Greensboro, N. C. . . Toledo, O Taylorsville, N. C. Columbia, S. C. . . Lexington, Ky. . . . Albeimarle, N. C Elkin, N. C . Twin Falls, Ida. Richmond, Cal. Colorado Springs, Colo. . Houston, Tex S Contin STREET AND NUMBER . Delaware Ave. East Trade St. S. Main St. N. Franklin St South Main W. Blackwell St. W. King St Gay Ave Greenwich Ave. S. Queen St. . Main St N. Elm St. 206 Main St. 1715 Main 343 W. Short St N. First East Main St E. Main Ave. MacDonald Ave 28 S. Tejon . Main St ued PROPRIETORS H. Sapowitch .. H. E. Hilles . . . H. Landau . .. R. M. Scallin . . A. L. Loeb . .. C. E. Loomis H. Loory . R. C. Kilmer ..]. D. Varnell ...C. R. Neff . . . Arthur Krauss Frank Pratt . . Wm. Rabb, R. Smith . . Dale Redd .. C. Elledge, A. Hadley . . . W. D. Rustin G. C. Sharp . Carl Wood . W. Darnell . . Bert Sweet . R. Travalini Lee Treece . . . H. Goldstein DATE OPENED Feb. 11 Feb. 12 March 25 March 12 . . . M a y 1 . March 4 Feb. 19 March 12 March 7 April 1 . April 1 March 10 . Feb. 13 March 10 March 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 28 Feb. 11 March 2 March 5 . April 1 . March 6 Feb. 28 March 21 ^Branch store or unit of chain. •fChange of name or a
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19. Weekly Artisan; 1909-11-06

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and , ' t • ~~-------------------------------------------- GRAND RAPIDS •.MICH., ~OVE~IBER 6. 1909 _________________________ ~_. . ~ _t ,..---'----------' It j IIII !II Ij I IIIj I I Ij I II II• ! III II ,II / IIII !II III II Ii I II , III II , I IIII I I IIII III• II ! NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY LI. • ~ __ G~RAND RAPID.~.S. - •. MICHIGAN BET"I~ER M~L\KE ,, WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROO}I FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FACTORY A~D "ALESROOM 37 CA;,,/AL STREET CATALOGUE~ 0;,,/ HEAV'lc PLATE PAPER TO DEALER!'o II . .... ........ WEEKLY ARTISAN 350 FEET DEEP; 100 FEET WIDE; MAIN SECTION 8 STORIES. FOURTEEN-ELEVEN (THE FURNITURE EXHIBITION, CHICAGO) Will witness the greatest number of visiting furniture buyers this coming January ever known; not less than 2000 buyers will place orders in FOURTEEN-ELEVEN during the January market, and another 2000 will buy here during the spring months. That is 4000 opportunities for you to do business it you will exhibit your samples in this Great Furniture Exhibition. Chicago, the Great Central Furniture Market, needs your line to help supply this army ofbuyers, and you need the orders. Contract for your space immedi-ately. Make a big exhibit in Janu-ary and the buyers will do the rest. Floor plan showing space available for 1910 sent on application. THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN COMPANY 1411 Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO. 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ON THE DAWN OF THIS ERA OF PROSPERITY THE KEEN MANUFACTURER WHO SEEKS TO OPEN NEW ACCOUNTS AND IS ON THE LOOK~ OUT FOR NEW MARKETS, WILL COME TO NEW YORK, THE CENTER OF THE Greatest Consuming Market in the World. For years this market has been practically closed to many of the Furniture Manufacturers by reason of lack of space for exposition purposes. The twin structures here shown will be com-pleted Dec. I, 1910; will contain 1,380,000 square feet of floor space and is the new home of the New York Furniture Exchange A part of the new monumental Grand Central Station Group, covering two entire blocks, Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 47th, 47th to 48th streets, the heart of the hotel and theatre district and the most accessible location in New York for both resident and visiting buyers. Our Purpose and Intent To make our Expositions in these buildings the largest and the most popular of any Furn-iture Expositions ever held. To provide ample space where the manufacturer can make a permanent display of his full line. To bring to these combined salesrooms all the buyers and particularly those that represent the largest distributers and to bring them there first. Leases for Space Are Now Being Made To Secure a Choice Location Make It Now. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE Lexington Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. 4 ,...---- I. II iI II I I III I IIIII I II II I III I I .-., (fJ)1I III IIIII II I II! IIII ,II I II I ! I,I II ------ -------------------------------------~ , . . . . WEEKLY ARTISAN THE -------------------_._--------~- LUCE LINE Many New Patterns m Dining Room and Bed-room Furmture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. LUCE fURNITURE COMPANY ....---.... ~_._-----------.. ---------------------------- Catalogue upon rtqUeJf . . -_._-------------- r "When In doubt where to buy the best BIrds eye Maple goods, Hitch Your Wagon to a Michigan Star" and get results. Would a pnce of $12.00 for this No.GOI Dresser Interest you? Do not buy untt! you know the pnce. Ask us for how much less than $12 we sell It, and In. cldentally ask for a catalog Michigan Star Furniture Co. ZEELAND, MICH. ...... . . .I.. 1 ~--------------------------_._._.----- IIII I I II II I II , I,I I II ,I ., I! I , II I, I I ~--------------------------------------------~ ?Louisbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Llvmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens Telephone 1702. ,...----------------------- ------------., I I :IK~A~OU INTERESTING PRICES g~'i~'{.Vk~~5 SEND SAMPLE'>.DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES ~~~I';,:~~f E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, AL~f&~N. f ~... . .. 30th Year-No. 19 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., NOVEMBER 6, 1909 Issued Weekly '}RANn RP_PIDS p'lll{ ~ ~"'1 ~~~~;;;;;::~~ DIFFICULTIES OF THE DECORATOR'S WORK Long Yea"rsof Study and Experience Necessary to Lay a Foundation for a Successful Career...Good Taste, Alone, Is Not Enough. \\ hen 111tenor decorat111g a'3<,umed the d1g111ty of an art, and that too wa'3 not ,,0 "ery long ago, 1t was haded a" the 1deal calhng for tho"e dllettante daughters of the nch who a<,p1red to a career but were unwdllllg to work for It It called up "I '310n<, of chalm111g StUdlO'3, of unhm1ted shopp111g expeel1t101b, of lel"ule hours 111plea.sant .surround111gs among beautiful tll1ng.s, of contact only With people who knew aud 10\ eel beautiful th111gs and who 111udentally were wllhng to pay for other people's know111g and 1m 111gthem So a studIO ""a.s fitted up and the dilettante daughter set out upon her career A few orders came 111,a COU'3111 wanted Where ArchItect and Decorator Worked In Harmony. hel nur.ser) done over, and <,ome one 1.'1<,1w.'a-o \'Vdhng to let her tl) her hand at the back draw111g room that had nn er been anyth111g but dark and hideous Here the poor httle daughter found herself on the rocks She knew 11.''''3of nUf'3ene'3 than she chd of garages, and the room.s \\l11ch "he had pictured ho"elf a" domg were a1wa)s large and hght and airy An ugly, dark, back, drawmg room had ne\ er entered mto her plans But "he carlled out her order all llght, and of course the ch11dren were growmg too old for the nursery anyway so that really didn't matter, and the back drawmg room had alway" been a fnght, and 1t really wasn't any wor"e than It had 1.'''er been, and the were awfully glad to have helped the dear girl About th1" time the deal girl discovered that there were no other order<' awa1t1ng her attention, and there wasn't an) speCIal use 111her coming to the studlO every day when she had "uch a lot to do at home Then presently there \\ as another empty '3tmho to sublet But for what woman, then 1'3 thl" profeSSIOn 1f not f01 the woman of refined ta'3te With a '3oual tollowlng to gn e her pre"tlge? Th1S 1'3 tl e answer glVen by 't '\ omen \\ \to 1S (ne at the few who ha,,~ .succeeded \\here 111ll, reds 11,t\( tnt.el a 1(1 falled "It IS a profeSSIOn for the \'Voman who IS w1ll111g to gt v ~ not less than 111ne years to the harde"t kmd of preparaton \\ ork and who po<,<,es'3e" two pOInt<, more essential than any natural taste or personal follow111g can po""lbly be, a thorough knowledge of anthmetlc and a hberal all a \'Vance of common "en.se "To such a woman the profe""lon offers unhm1ted oppor-tU11ltle" A woman \\ Ith less preparatory tram111g or who 1'; defic1ent 111e1the1 of the quahtles I have named Will ,;ooner or later find her<,el£ at the end of the road She may hnger there, perhap", but she w1ll ne" e1 get further "The fir"t four years of the n111eI have allotted should be spent 111a regular art tra111111g,\'Vhere the "tudent learns to dravv and to U'3e watercolor'3 and 011s The watercolor work 1S necessary of course, but scarcely le3s so than the 011, for only m ad can you get exactitude of color that 1S always des1rab1e and somet1mes nece"sary 111makmg prehm111ary sketches of work "The '3tudy of de"lgning should be supplemented by study 111clye111g for the decorat01 who must take the commerc1al output as the ba31s of her work lower" her art1sttc standard At th1S pomt too w1ll come a spec1al study of textures and of hght effects "She w1ll learn to feel harmony of textures as acutely as "he cloes the harmony of C0101s I recall a certa111 bungalow In111g room 111the Acltrondacks where the entire effect was obta111ed by a harmony of textures. The bnck fireplace, the rough stuff of the curta1ns, the qualtty of the fi11l"h to the wood, all went together to bnng about the result m Wh1Ch color played a "econdary part "After the student ha" fi11lshed her art trammg she usually feels herself perfectly well eqt.upped to start 1n busllless As 6 l he) are Ideal and rarel) have dIstinct ll1(hvlduahty Her mne .\ ears of trall1ll1g fim"hed, and by thIs tune let me say, the proce"" of the "urvlval of the fitte"t has ehmmated all but tho"e who by that \ ery sIgn are besl adapted to the work, the \\ oman I" I ead) to te"t that quahty of common sen"e whIch \\ III henceforth be her gl eate"t re"ource m busme"". 1\ hen decorator" learn to u~e theIr common sense gUIded by thorough techmcal trammg they wIll lo"e the reputatIOn VI hlLh many of them have unfortunately earned and whIch makes a decO! a tor m the hou "e regarded as somethmg wor"e than a "pell of sIckness" WEEKLY ARTISAN a matter of fact thh art tram111g h \ aluele"s "tandmi:; alone The "tudent ha" only the "tudlO P0111t 0: \ le\\ , "he ha:o a fine scorn for mechamcal exactnes", and her work ha., no good led blood m It " Her next s~ep In prepanni:; her"elf then should be to go nght mto the shop" and go to vyork, and lealn how to do hel-self what o.he WIll one day tell othel people how to do ~ 0 school gIves thIS actual practical work, and there IS no way to get It short of rollmg up your "Ieeves and gOIng after It "How can you deSIgn a chaIr ",ucce"sfully If you hd\ e no knowledge of the problem I11volved In makIng a chaIr' o\ct ually a chaIr IS the most (hfficult pIece of furnIture there I" to deSIgn It must be comfortable, It mu"t be strong and It must satisfy the reqUIrements of the roOm where It IS to be placed "The be"t \\ay to know how to deSIgn a good chalf 1" to go mto a cabInetmakers .,hop and work It out K ot mam cabll1etmaker<.., WIll want) ou alOund, to be "ure, but If ) ou are persIstent and ",ufficlently humble you wJlI finall) get In "It IS the .,ame 111 workmg V\ Ith staIns and varm"hes HO\\ can a woman know the effect of a pal tIcular kll1d of stam or ot a varl1lsh on vanou s woods untJl she tne" It for herself") She must know her Chemlo.try and "he mu"t know ho\v to apply It to the plOblem" that WIll come to hel To kno\\ hel 11l111td tions she must have more than a techmcal kno\\ ledge ot mechanIcal proces",es "After all tll1S IS done, when she has sen ed her apprentIce-shIp at the vanous trades of whIch ",he mu"t hay e a \vorkmg knowledge, then IS she 1 eady to put a httle bras" plate on the door of her StudIO, and announce herself a", a pI ote"slOnal ") ~o, not qUIte, fOJ the la"t, and If she hopes to reach a 11J(~·h place m her calhng the most Important part ot her tra111111g1" stJlI before her ~he must have at lea.,t t \\ 0 ) ears guod hard work In an archItect's office "N"o one decordtor 111 a hundred ha" thIS drcll1tectl1ldl trammg, and It I" that lack that cau"e<.., the deadh teud be-tween the archItects and decOlator., The archItect" hate th" decorators becau"e they follow theIr own 0;\\ eet \V III wlthuut the shghtest regard for the 11l111tatJons that the drchltectl1l al detaIls should nnpo.,e upon them Con<..,equentl.\ the archI-tect's chOlce"t eftect may be utterh mlllecl h) an un<"'kJlled clecorator who does not know how to CIeate a ha11l10l1\ be tween IllS work and hers "NeIther decorators nor al chltects can atta111 theIr hl~he"t results untJl they work together, and that day \\111 onl) come when the decorators are properly trall1ed WIth a re.,pect for archItectural detaIls that only a knov\ ledge of It can gn e them 1 once had a contract for dOIng 0\ el a dlmng loom that had been done only two year" before by a clecorator \\ ho<..,eV\ 01 k wa" an utter faIlure becalbe "he had entIrel) c1l<"e'1~arded the archItectural featl1l eo; of her problem "On two "Ides of the room was almost nothIng but glas<.., a bIg apple tree tapped It" branches al:;all1"t the pane" am] from every WIndow there V\ a" a pIcture The archItect had felt thl" o;ett1l1g and had falfl) brought the out of dool <..,111tO the room, cllld the decorator had "et bn"ll) to \\ork and "hnt It all ant "The V\ 1l1dow" were thIckly cnrtamed and the \\ Lok effect of the room was heavy and dull and ",ombre \l) vvork was very easy, for a glance <"'howed me where I could comple-ment what the archItect had already done 0\11 that wa<..,nec-e" sarj was to make the room a., lIght and "Imple a" possIble m every way The pIcture., h ameci by the w1l1dm\" supplIed all the clecoratlve detaJls "ThIS archItectural tI a111mg alone wtll not make a decOl-ator of COnr",e, although many archItect" th1l1k It doe" Rooms done by archItect., are 1l1vanably lackIng In warmth They are "ymmetncal and balanced, but they lack the human note Will Not Be Too Inquisitive. \ \ a<..,hlllgton (IJ o;patches state that It 13 the expectatIOn of the commls"lonel of 1l1ternal rev, enue that the corporatIOn tax <..,chedule<.."upon wlllch the val IOU" corporatIOn", comu1g under the 1310\10,1011<of.., the recently enacted corporatIOn tax law are to make theIr annnal reports to the Treasury Department, vv111 be completed about Dec 1 when they wlll be made publIc rl hey w1l1 not be chstnbuted, however, untIl Jan 1 :\1uch CIHIOSlty and ",ome concern eXI"ts regardmg the e"alt form of the.,e blanks Many corporatIOns have already lnqul1 ed an"lOu<"'ly of the COmmlS.,lOner as to just how In- C[Uhlt1\ e the gO\ ernmellt WIll be Slllce the forms are "tIll o;ubjelt to change, howevel, ('omrmsslOner Cabell 1<;not In-c11l1ed to ans\\ er theIr mpUlne", at any length But to those \\ ho fedr that the lllternal revenue office WIll ask the corpor-atIon" to an~v\ er a \ olume of que"tlOno. such as are asked In certam "chedule<'" sent out by the Department of Commerce and Labor whIch lllclude every thlllg from famJly matters to the health of the corporatIons jdllltors, l\1r Cabell does not he<"'ltate to ",ay that the qne"tlOno; whIch corporatIOns wJlI be d.,kec] to an"wcr WIll be comparcltlvey few In nnmber, ancl wtll not call tor 11lfOrlllatloll dIfficult tc gIve " _. _.- - - -- - - - - _ ... - .-_._-----_. __._-~---., I I I• I,I II III IIII , •I Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ~.-_._-_._------_._._.----_.-----_. _._._._--._.--~-._--_._~I-~ No. 592. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 -~--_._-~---_.----------------------- The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog I,II I• I I• II IIII I is ready for all Retail Furmture Dealers. It wIll help sell the lIne that of Its kInd has no supenor. It contains 88 pages IllustratIng 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Piano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylmder Record Cabinets, 11 Disc Record Cabinets, 19 Medicine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Foldmg Tables. ACT A T ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND &.----- -----_._----_._-~-_._--- ---------------_._--_._----_. __._----_... No. 1239 English Methods for Polishing Old Furniture. From the Evenlllg Standard, London-Old furmture III the care of a modern housemaId h often chsappollltlllg Thel e may be a glo,.,s on the old mahogany chebt, but It IS the gloss of too much furnIture polIsh If the fInger IS rubbed along the top of a Queen Anne table wIth Ib feather llliay and Its nch colonng a smear IS plObably left whlLh IS not .,0 much a SIgn of carele'isnes'3 as It IS of the hUlry and rush to complete work whICh bucceed III detractmg from It" appearance The less polIsh the better where antlque'i are concerned Old odk and other wood alway" reqUIre more elbow glease than applIcatIon" Sweet OIl-"panngly applIed-IS, however excellent for antique mahogany If the flannel h dIpped III the 011 It should be rubbed over the wood, the surface havlllg been first of all well dusted. Stalll'3 and spots on old mahogany can be taken out by dlppmg a cork III oxalIc aCId and water and workmg It over the mark'i Two ounces of yellow beeb-wax dIssolved III the same quantIty of splnts of turpentme Iepresents another good medIUm for mahogany One of the best methods of cleamng old oak IS to dust it well III the first lllstance and then to Iub It WIth a flannel dIpped III a mixture of beeswax, 011 and 'iplnts of turpentllle Many people, however, never allow beeswax to touch a Jaco- _~__~ ~ ------_._----.-.0 "'- - . -_. . a •• __ •••• .- " We Manufacture the Largest Line of fOlDinG (nAID5 \ m the Umled States, sUItable for Sun day I Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all publIc resorts We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Sprmg Beds, Cots and CrIbs m a large varIety Send for Catalogue and Prices to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. \ ASHLAND, OHIO ~----_.._---_._._._.--------_._. __ _-_ .....• ... . bean chest or armchaIr whICh IS nchly carved, and belIeve III Wlpl11g It well over WIth beer-made very hot-and leavmg It to s111kmto the furmtUl e 0\ er mght, polIshmg It m the morn-mg WIth a soft duster To remove the stams on old I'rench furnIture whIch IS pamted white a flannel mOIstened With kerosene wIll usually prove buccessful, whIle antique gIlt chaIrs and glrandoles should be sponged WIth a mIxture of garlIc and sulphur III order to restore the ongmal gloss and bnllIancy A lIttle sul-phur should be stIrred llltO a Plllt of water and thIS should be poured mto a saucepan kept for the purpose and bOIled for ten mmutes to a quarter of an hour WIth four bnllsed garlIcs or omons A brush b the best method of applYlllg the lIqUld Another good gIlt polIsher IS that of two ounces of common salt dIssolved III half a pmt of water and mIxed WIth an ounce and a half of alum and two ounces of punfied mtre UnbOlled hnbeed 011 has the effect of darkemng most woods Ordlllanly lInseed 011, however, dIluted WIth half a Plllt of kerosene, IS excellent for old walnut, the mIxture belllg rubbed 1ll and left for half an hour before polIshmg IS begun Bathroom and Kitchen Mirrors • The picture above, represent" an artIcle mam1factured by the BO'iton :\![Irror Company 67-69 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass, whose products have an excellent reputatIOn 111the ea'itern states and wherever they have been 111troduced They l~sue a complete catalogue of theIr bathroom mIrrors, which wIll be maIled when requested Send card askl11g for cata-logue G, for IllustratIOn and descnptlOns 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------------------------.---.----~-----.~------------ iII • FULL LINE OF MUSIG GflBINETS WITH OUR I Pf\Tf,NT f\UTOMf\TIG SHELVES Also for all kmds of records. COMPLETE SUITES FOR THE DINING ROOM PERIOD AND COLONIAL DESIGNS AT POPULAR PRICES VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS CHICAGO, 1319 MIChIgan Ave, 3rd Floor. NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE, Space 10, 6th Floor. Rockford, Illinois. ~------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------~ Mechanics Furniture Co. New Buildings That Will Need FurnituI·e. ResIdence-Dr B r Ch11lch Redldncls, Cal $7500, -\ J Braclle) and J\Ir~ I" 1\1 Bradt, Sdn Delgo, Cal , Da\ Id II el don, $10,000 and C 1\1 Stone $6,000 Santa ),I0111ca Cal , Dr S S Crow, Los -\ngele:o, Cal $1:2,000, 0 "'"Hdl Pomona country home at La \ erne, Cal , $2:;,000 Dr Allen, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, $10,000, George E Potter, Santa 13albara, Cal, a seven rOOm bungalow, Jameo [ ShImer, I~en\\00d and ThIrty-sIxth streets, InchanapolJs, Ind, $8000 J 13 \ 100111 Race street and Se\ enteenth a\ enue, Dem el Colo S1'1 000 Mary L Parke, 134 r street, Salt Lake Clt), S4 ;00 \ \ Callaghan, Federal ILelghb, Salt Lake CIty, ("h1l1g1e bunga low), $7,100, 0 Ii f\ebon, Peona, $4,200, Charle~ Klau"e, 109 Montana street, Peona, Ill, $3,300, H r: Ste\,; art, Jack-sonvIlle, Fla, $11,000, E lr Howard, 837 K1l1g ~tJ eet, Lo~ Angele'i, Cal , $5,000, E J Lockwood, Sahna, Kamas, $3,000 Laura Hlcke), 230 Strathcona avenue, Ottawa, Ont, $6,000 Geo M ;\Iasoll, 184 Clemow avenue, Ottawa, Ont, $6,500, J D Sleuerwald, 826 J\IcK1l11ey boulevard Dem er Col, $7,800, Susan and Mary E Trautman, 6044 II e"tm1l11~ter place, St LoU1~, 1\10 $7,000, E \1 Sll1eld" Chen \ and 51st streets, St L011l~, J\10, $30,080,1\ J SUtOi Guadalupc and 31st "treet, -\U~t111, Tex, $4,000 \\ IL '-,enner", Scott ~treet and 31st ~treet, J\1Jlwaukee, \ \ I~ $3, :;00, Harry Hud-son, 183 FUI man stl eet, Schenectady,:l\ Y $-1-,200, " P Harnson :N orth 12th and K Stl eeb, Tacoma, II a"h, $:;,000, A_r_thuor _o_S~.J\1Jller, Den_ve_r, Col, $15,000, Kanne Enckson, UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. We lead m Style, ConstructIon and Fmlsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-lion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. China Closets Buffets Bookcases I~---- .--0----- II --~ Dem er, $4,4-00, :\lrs H Ol~on, Denver, $4,000, Charle:o Storz, 1701 \1 1ft street, Umdha, 1', eb $7,500, H S Green, 3826 Pa~eo street ~ansd~ CIty, 1'110, $6,000, Dena J\I Hendnck, 2714 r:d~t 40th :'ltreet, Kan:oa~ CIty, $4000, James v\ J\lurphy, 1788 Lamer place, II ash1l1gton, DC, $9,000, Henry P II alker, 1208 L mon street Schenectady, NY, $9,500, M L :\Ic~lttnck, 202 Burge"" avenue, Columbu", UhIO, $4,500, C r Han'iberg er, 338 11th avenue, ColumbU'3, OhIO, $4,000, 1 D Buttel field !'a~adena, Cal , $12,000, J\Irs G A Reamer, h.1l1g~le\ DI1\ e Lo" -\ngele~, Cal, $7,800, Dr F Robbms, \\ l11tt1U Cal $6000, L :-, Taylor, San DImas, Cal, $8,500, R ::., 13ncke), 216 hfth avenue Aberdeen, S Dak ,$4,800, L C Stone, 1815 II est 11th street, Oklahoma CIty, $4,000, \Ir~ De J\Los:o, 801 North Durland street, Oklahoma CIty, $3 200 ~Ir'i F "'\ SmIth, 313 Emma street, Syracuse, NY, $'1 -1-08, \Ir" II T' Gooley, 418 Schuyler street, Syracuse, $'1000, \Iaggle Burke, 320 Palmer avenue, Syracuse, NY, $3,000, Claude H Palmer, 322 Palmer avenue, Syracu:oe, $6 :;00 PublIc D11l1dln~,,---'rhe contract for a new bUlldmg to be u"ed a" a manual school WIll be let soon by the Board of [' clucatlon ot "e\\<ll k "J The e~tImated cost h $650,000 Lhe "d1001 board of lJouglas, Anz , IS bmldmg adchtIOns to t v\ 0 schools and V\III ~oon beg1l1 the erectIOn of a new "chool b11l1chn~ for colored chJ!dren exc1u'olvely Chales coun-t), '{e\\ \Ie'Clco V\I11Issue $12'1,000 m bond~ to budd a new court hou:'le and J aJ! at Portale" A concrete block sclIool hou~e to cost $12000 I'i be1l1g erected at McGIll, Nev vVIl-ham Lane! V\III remodel and enlarge the State Hou.,e hotel 111 ::-'acramento, CaJ Bld~ are to be opened on Dec 20 for the el ectIOn of a new court house at EstanCIa, N J\lex 1 h(atre~-l he contract ha" been Jet for construct1l1g a nc\\ theatJe at ('lobe, \n7 It V\I11be called the Emplle and \\ 111ha\ e a 'oeat1l1g capacIty of 900 Charles T MartIn 1:0the proplletor George S )J1XOn 1~ advertJc,1l1g for bIds for the erectIon of a ne\\ theatre at Reno, K ev James Ryan WIll b1l11d a theatre In Sacramento, Cal , at a cost of $25,000 l'Iaterl11ty Ih1l1d1l1gs-The Elb of Santa Ana, Col, have adoptee! pldns fOl a new b1l11chn~ that wIll be erected next "]lllng at a cost of $30000 H otels- The Bank of London and MeXICO, wdl begll1 work thIS month on the erectIOn of a four-story hotel buddmg on the corner of the Calle Cohseo and SIxteenth street, CIty of ,Iexlco The cost of the b1l11dmg IS estImated at $400,000 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEE THE NEW LEONARD WATER COOLERS FOR REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE ENTIRE NEW LINE OF SATIN WALNUT REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW COMBINATION-REFRIGERATOR AND KITCHEN CABINET! SEE THE NEW ROUND CORNERS ON THE "LEONARD GRAND RAPIDS!" SEE THE NEW WOVEN WIRE SHELVES IN OUR ENAMELED LINE! SEE THE NEW CHEAP LINE OF "NORTH POLE" REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW ALL PORCELAIN REFRIGERATORS-INSIDE AND OUTSIDE! 1 lET OTHERS FOllOW-IF THEY CAN. WE LEAD SEE THE NEW HOME OF THE LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATORS. '1 he large~t and finest refngerator factory 111the world It is only m such a factOlY that the be~t goods can be made for the least money, and orders promptly filled ThIS mammoth plant IS at }our servIce for the askmg Send f01 our 1910 catalogue \Ye make nearly everythlllg that" e use The Porcelalll Enamel for Lmlllg'-,-the Tmned v\; Ire Shelves-the Locks-the Hmges-the \\ ater Coolers-the new deSIgn" and fil11"he~ are all made In thIS wonderful factory. Our a"sortment IS enormou'-" rang111g from the very cheape~t to the finest And best of all we help you "ell the goods I The "Leona1d Cleanable" reputatlOn 1" beh111d them Our magazme advertlsmg and our store sellmg plans \\ 111bnng you man} CLhtomers Satin Walnut, with Water Cooler, Kitchen Cabinet and Refrigerator. While Enameled, "Leonard Grand Rapids,', GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Factory, Nos. 52 to 202 Clyde Park Ave. Salesroom during January and July, LEONARD FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING, ----_.----------~---$-------_.------------------ ..-- 9 II III I I III i .... ..'" accommodate the expenSIve, medIum or cheaper classes of \\ork whIch ma} develop dunng the detalls of con::,umptlOn '1 he lumber buyer, or your purcha::,mg agent, may not be el1l e"pert 111the gradmg of lumber and ::,ometlme::, not an ent11 e lumbel man and as a rule requl1 ed to buy e\ erythmg needed to produce a fi111::,hed artlcle "uch a" hardware, glue leather \ al111"h be'31(le'3 lumber, and whIle mtere"ted m all he I" not ::'0 able to thoroughly and carefully dIgest the arnval of the raw lumher product as your other commodItIes, and the ,\ orcl of others must often be taken to gmde hIm m hb dehber-atlOns Thai It. where we come m as a factor To faIthfully promote the effectlvenes" of our rule book, mtelhgent 111spectors are placed m the drfferent cOlbummg markets where lumber IS used, and on the appearance of any complaInts these men are sent to the yards of the purchaser to grade the lumher Such vlslb are Important They give (jmck action 1he m::,pectors wIll separate, If necessary, all the grades they find they wIll explam all the grades as they come betO! e them to ) our men when such mformatlOn is de-t. lred -\s soon as the work 1" complete, a report IS made out; a COP} I" gn en to you a~ a costumer, the duphcate to the "hIpper, ,,0 that both are mtelhgently adVIsed as to the exact tOndltlOn of the lumber \i ilme.., \\ hen we find lumber wll1ch IS manufactured pOOlI} 1mproperl} "hIpped or grdclec], we send to the nl1lls the \ ll} 111dn who elhtO\ ereel "uch lumber m the market", and through hI" mfluente and m"tructlOn::, we are ahle to correct "uth e\ 11" It 1" our endeavor to overcome the subject of dhpute" The\ retard the mo\ ement of the lumber m tlan..,lt 110111 the -,a\\ 111111to the cuttmg up proces" They cause a bulk ot to! I e..,pondence and delay, wll1ch "hould be reduced 1he} cau"e a feehn::; of el1l111ty between the purcha",er and the "e11e1 and when such are a\ OIded the channel of commerce thlOugh the mdu"tr} 1" smoothed out for qUlck actlon and 1esults I'urcha"er.., of lumher after rece1vmg the copy of mspec-tlUn 1eport::, ha\ e an a,,::,urance of ohtammg the proper grade If they object to the "ame, It can be re1n"pected by an actmg or chIef mspettor, who gIves the matter a bu"mes",-hke In\eS-tH.; atlon for your benefit Agam, lumber prouuced that IS not deSll able for \ our needs 1'3 reported L ndel the "ubJelt of l:;radmg, we l111ght state that there hone matte1 \\ lJllh lJa" de"troY1n2, 1l1fluence.., m the mdu"try \Jdl1Y people hay e found t1l11e ancl opportunltles to cnt!Clse HOW TO GET A SQUARE DEAL ON LUMBER An Address Recently Delivered to the Extension Table Manufacturers by Lewis Doster, Secretary of the Hardwood Lumbermen's Association. Mr PreSIdent and Gentlemen 1he pleasure of be1l1g mVlted to appeal before your honorable bod) at th1', tIme I::' 1110re than I can expre"" The opportun1t} to thO! olH;hh demon strate to you the method" of hard v\ooe! hanc\lln::; I represent ha" been gIven ~1Ilcere::,t thought, and hope the mat-ter WIll be 1I1tere"t1l1g to } ou l\Iy ca1eer m the lumber bu-,me-,,, ha" led me thlough the dIfferent stage" of the plOdult flam the 10::; to the hl1l-,hed artlc1e, but the pa,t seven }eart. have been entllel} de\otee! to orgal1lZatlOn work, and the PUhltClty wll1ch ha" been gl\ en wa::. ma1l1ly on the ::.tram of how to orga111ze In thIS \\ork Made by Luce Furmture Co , Grand RapIds. MICh. my hfe has been a bus} one. aprealln::; befOl e dltterent 01 £;dl1 1zatlOns who were bU"11} engagell 111 de\ e1opmel1h the "ame a" we had been 111 the pdSt \\ ork1l1!.; \\ Ith them f01 unlto! nllt} on matters In the manufacture of lumber. and of lumber pro-ductt. Now \'I;e find ourse1ve::, 111 a posltlon to sho\\ the results, and \\ hat we are 1I1tendmg to do at the present tIme My subject. I am glad to ",tate, has been "elected on some thl11g whIch IS of mterest to you as well as the entIre comll1u-l1lty of the hard\\ood Industry. and all of our de\ e1opment" have been mterwoven around the same to <,uch an extent that I can deal frankly, 1I1te1ltgently and succe",sfu11) \\ Ith thIS \ Ita1 and 11l1portant subJect- "HOV\ TO Bey H \RD\\ OOD LUMBER AKD GET c\ SQC c\RE DEC\L' The Hardwood :I\1anufacturer..,' A ""oClatlon of the Lmted ~tates, WhlClJ I hay e the pleasme to repre"ent, authonze" me to convey to yOU the greetmgs from an 1l1dthtr} rep1esented by 0\ er three hundred dnd ftfty concerns, who, at tm1es oper-ate nearly ::.e\ en hundred saw-mIlls and when com!llton::. al e favorable prepare for the markets lumber to the amount of do"e to one DllllOn feet annually Our orgal1lZatlOl1 work 1::' cltvlded mio vanOtb depal t ment". bureau" etc , and It IS not my 1ntentlOn to elaborate 011 our entlre orgal1lzatlon work, but to select the Important bureau the one whIch Ie, the most expensIve. that we spend the most t1l11Cand thought on and whIch de\ elop.., a "square deal" poltcy, and that IS the Bureau of Grades Our pollcy IS to grade lUl1lber for everybody and we grade It nght V\Te have a gradmg rule book whIch IS wntten so plal111v as to aVOld any mlS1l1terpretatlOn bet\\ een l1lspectors The rule3 have emanated from a careful study of the dIfferent sources of 3upply to the dIfferent sources of consumptIOn. separated into dIfferent senes of grades the deSIres whIch wtll WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 r-- ~~'---------------~--------~VER 15,OO'~o~O~--R---;riCe $2.80 to$4.00 I STEEL RACK VISES IN USE II~---_.-_.----_.__. our methods, but, gentlemen, let me tell you, from the mve~tl-gation we give all complamts, we find active knockmg l~ usually a good boost, for It so often develops methods wlllch are not what we con~lder wholesome bu.,1l1es", e-;;peCially the "l1llXmg proposltlOn" We all know the Furmture :\1an-ufaeturers do, and alway~ w1ll, purchase certa1l1 grade~ accord-mg to their desires, but the 111lXmg grade I refer to IS the practlce of buymg say a car of firsts and "econd" contam1l1g 20 to 35/r of No 1 common thoroughly m1xed A man w1ll buy a stra1ght car of ~ 0 1 common With 20 to 50/"6 of 1\ 0 2 common thoroughly m1xed He w111 buy a stra1ght cal of 1\0 2 common, and then all 1~ mVOlced a.., a "tra1ght h1gher Made by Boston Mlrror Co ,67-69 Sudbury St , Boston, Mass. glade Naturally, there are a gleat many complamb created when the lumber arnve~, and 1t ha" been a "tune" that has been played long, but not With ,,0 much ~ucces" lately, placmg the cause that 1t was graded on the Hardwood Manufacturers' Assoc1atlOn grad111g rule" It ha" not rece1ved support from u~, and the manufacturers of lumber 111the assoc1atlon I repre-sent deprecate thiS habit by glvmg to the buyer the true grad- 1l1g With a system of reports, we keep before the manufactur-ers the k111d, th1ckness and grade of "tack" wh1ch are short 1tem~ It ha" been our work to watch th1s p01l1t, and have reddy for the buyer qUIckly dll "hort 1tem" to l~"ure a mOle e\ en market A high price on a sh'.Jrt item does not make money for the 111dustry; a med1tlm pnce on a general ~tock I" a much more healthy condltlOn In the manufactunng eud of the busme..,s the larger man-ufacturers who cau afford to produce the proper lumber find 1t advantageous to ass 1St the smaller producers to properly manufacture and grade the1r matenal unIfo1l11lly, and 1t help" to keep the pnce U11lform Cheap lumber for a customer is expensive when 11'.)tmanufactured nor graded for his wants. Everyth1l1g we have m our assoClatlOn tends to bnna-b together the producer and the purchaser However, all 1'011- C1es of co-operatlOn 1l1U.,tbe ba"ed on close afflliatlOns The manufacturer alone cannot do all that 1~ wanted to bnng the Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. - •• __ a •• -l----~--------:::e~~-----------l iJthe I I' I Buttoo" I 2,5 MILLION PEOPLE Are Reading OurAds.rhey·nz lJuvinl/ Rogal Chairs (;7/TT~;:sK~ND) hy the Thousands Sales Douhling, Treoling. Our Dealers fietting TheProfit Get Yours this J-earBy Handling The Greatest Seller You Ever Dad II IIIII IIII I I I ~__~ -_-_._-_...- ._.~ __ ~._. ----l trade relatlOn together The consumers of the vanous pro-ducts must work WIth h1111 You. as table manufacturers, are one of the 1mportant part of the cham to mntually prOVIde the lmks of unIform1ty We ask you to work With us When we are together we learn each other's ideas, what can be done for you, and by what methods you will be benefitted Remem-ber The manufacturers of hardwood never want to produce or ~el1 anythmg the consumer doe" not want Consumer., of lumber are elIg1ble to member"h1p m our a~"oClatlOn They Jom v\lth the mtentlOn of obtal11l11g mfonl1- atlon from t1me to t1111eof what we are dOl11g and lettl11g us know \\ hat they de"lre You are eligible and can come m 1f you w",h to take advantage of an orga11lZatlOn wh1ch 1'0gather- 1l1g I11fOrmatlOn which you des1re to have as purchasers of hardwood lumebr, and wh1ch you want a.., producers of the .,ame commochty You want a "quare deal We guarantee 1t by askIng you to buy on the methods of the Hardwood Rf ;tnu facturer,,' A~soclatlOn of the Gn1ted States R V \1cKay ha" purcha"ed the furnIture busmess of Char1e~.\ Curt1S at Hollywood Cal -., 25 doz Clamp Fixtures bought by one mill last year, We ship on approval to rated firms, and guarantee our goods uncondl tlOnally. WrIte for ~Ist of Steel Bar G~amp8, VtSes, Bench Stops, ete E. ". S"ElDON &. CO. 283 Madison St, Chicago II,________ ~__ ~_. -1I •• ---.----.-.----•• c.__ • -- ••••• 12 ~Iinnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-PresIdent LOUIS J Buenger Ne" Ulm VIce PresIdent C Damelson, Cannon Falls Treasurer, o A 0 1\1oen, Peterson Secretan, W L Grapp JanesvIlle EXECLTIVE CO\1\llTTEE-D F RIchardson Northfield Geo. K!lne, Mankato W L Harns Mtnneapo!ls, o SImons Glencoe M L K!lne St Peter. MAIL ORDER METHODS EXPOSED. 1:'dmlhallty \\Ith dn} [me ot \\01k "oon COIIUpt" the hnr L 'oen"e of e:Aactne"" L hO"e of U'o who have been ,tud} m~ the mall order problem carefully have notIced the gradual Jet ,10\\ iendency on the part of all catalogue concern,; to over draw their illustrations. Thl" has been gomg on for :oevel al } eal S ;1'ld they have bccome so accustomed to It that vii, e behe \ C !'O\\, m theIr anxlOu,; endeavor to hold theIr fa"t recedmg hu"me,,, they have made the great ml"take of theIr 11\ e" \\ hlch mr:otake If properly used, ought to shake to It" very toundatlons the confidence whIch they ought to estabhsh and \\ hlch seem" to be the keynote of all theIr aclYertlsements and \\ hlch I';, m It'; co"t u" S10 73 to get thl" dre""er be';lde:o the freIght, $1 to have photograph made, S3 to have the cut made and $1 50 to have the reproduction of the mati order hou,;e dresser made, whIch m all IS $5 50 beSIdes all the tllne nece"sary to get out the:oe Item" Then add to that the 10';'; on the dresser as the a.,,,oclatlon furnlshe" thIS dre"ser for $840 Add to the actual cost of $5 50 the freIght of $1 60, the loss on the cost of dresser $235 and you can see that 111 order to do what we have done, the 1I1dl\ Idual dealer would be to an expense of $9.45 If he attempted to reproduce these two dressel s, as he would have to If he clId It mdlvldually but thanks to orgal11Zatlon, we can Quartered Oak. Shaped Fronl Dresser Delivered Prices Many perseus hay~ an e::;:\ggera.ted Idea of t1 e freIght eha ges. on an artt· ele of thIS kInd 80 In order to con- VInce them and also to allow of III closer compan::.on of values we pnnt below pnces which Include freIght paId to any rew.'ar raIlroad statiOn m the states nalr ed Freight Prepaid We WIll del Ter thIs dresSel, freIght prepa,d In III Ind, ~bcb or OhIOfor $11 55 In Conn Del low.l Ky. \fame Mass l\1d MInn ~10 :-.l H l\ J • l\[ Y Pa. R I Va Vt WI' \V Va for •.• • S123:; In Ala Ark Fla. Ga. La HJ::. '\ehr NCar r, Dak 'l Car S Dak or Tenn for $1.1 35 In Callf 'Iont Ore" or Wac;!J for . .• IU585 \Ve have purcbased an enormo " q 1a 1 bty WhIch enabled us to g",t a v y Jo\', rqEl~ead:ngf~~k r;l~~lle~~l~Uhbi~dn;lc~t Jy ornamented W1tll carvmg has 8. shaped Eerpentme qputer se,v.ed oak front large ca'V"d rla\\- feet t"o large and two small drawers fitted WIth ca t brass handles and locks and double shaped top You wlIl notice from PI" ]lIustrahon that the top l~ ornamen'"ed WIth nch carv ngs and fitted WIth a 20x24 ratteln nlate mIrror of e:xtIa fine quahtv Tlus pIece IS 40 In WIde and 21 III d"'ep The constnlC turn IS hIgh grade the drawers fit per fectly ar>d are smooth nmn l'lg Eve -v post and panel IS carefully framed a.nrl: fitted Stock used is all kiln dned and will not warp shrmk or check E\ ery pie<:-e 18 fll11y Insnect:"d before It I"" packed by expenenced packers and w1l1 Dot become mar-ed In shlpnmg ShlP pmg weIght about 150 lb. ShIpped from 1'1 hana aoa Mall Order IllustratIOn and DescrIption. fine analYSIS, the key to theIr succe..,s In gettmg hlbl11eSS he-cause If you take a\\ a} confidence even overdrawn pictnres WIll not tempt the consumer to part \\ Ith hIS money. \\ e want to call your attentIOn to the t\;<"o Illu"tlatlCJl1" "ho\;<"n here I\ote carefully 11l1htratlon No 1 1"n t that a dandy dresser as It appears on paper, for $10 75) Those of us who are bU}1I1g more or Ie,;" from plcture'o know at a ~Iance that If we (!td not "top to read the de:ocnptlon, we \;<o"uld be-lreve that thIS dresser would be 111 Ime WIth what \\ e are m the habIt of payl11g $12 to $15 for at whole:oale After you have allowed thIS Illustlatlon \To 1 to ,;mk deep mto your mm(1, glance at Illu,;tratlon Xo 2 That IS an Illus-tration of the true artIcle In the nght proportIOn., to ItS hel~ht In gettl11g at thIS compan,;on, we took the same heIght u"ed by the catalogue house and, 111 order to get a true pIcture of It we had one of our member,; order thl'; dresser from the cata-logue hou,;e, had a pIcture taken and cut made Let Ib ,;top a moment and conSIder what It means to get out two such IllustratIOns as are shown WIth thIS article It ThIS Dresser Furmshed to Our Members for $840 turl11"h thl" $945 value to our member:o at the cost of repro-ductIOn" whIch 1:0only $1 SO, cub of whIch WIll be fur11lshed all member" who de:olre them Thl'; I'; another very forCIble JI-lu" tratlOn of what cooperatIOn can do TIllS reduces the co"t of expo:omg the:oe th1l1g:o to ,;uch a figure that our member,; have no excu:oe for not u"1I1g them and certamly when any firm Ihe:o methoc!:o whIch have the ear marks of deceptIOn upon them, to get bU';l11e:os whIch nghtfully belongs to you, It then becomes your buslne"s to get after such methods and protect v our mtere"t,; ::.-ow cast aSIde any preJudlle whIch you may have agal11,;t mall order house:o, rea"on WIth yourself and ask your-self thIS questIOn "\\' ould a pIcture of thIS dresser Illustrated as It should be, 111 ItS nght proportIOns, tempt any ord1l1ary con:oumer to part WIth hl:o money)" Yet the 11lustratlOn of thIS dre"ser :oent out by mall order houses IS so over drawn that of cour"e, It would tempt anyone not m the furl11ture bU';l11ess to order one Thl'; deceptIOn would be of no use to the average dealer because hIS customer sees the goods before he parts WIth WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 hIS money, not so wIth the maIl order house method whIch as we know IS ca:,h wIth order. Now these are stern facts and we have reproduced the dressers and set them sIde by sIde so as to present forcIbly to your mmd the extent of thIs overdrawIng and here IS proof If there ever was proof that the maIl order houses are practlc- 111ga deceptIOn upon theIr customers and a very cunnmg one It IS, because, If you read carefully the decnptlOn which they send out, you wIll see that It complIes to the letter wIth the exact descnptlOn of thIs artIcle Itself and we want to ask any faIr mmded person whether It IS any worse for an indIvidual or corporatIOn to nllsrepresent m type than m IllustratIOns 0 If a bogus descnptlon IS wrong why not a bogus pIcture? ThIS httle mCldent only goes to show that the brains back of thIs maIl order evIl are studymg human nature and are \\ Ise enough to know that a good IllustratIOn attracts attentIOn and produces an ImpressIOn that the most plea'img descnptlOn could not convey ThIS mCldent also goe" to show that the average small dealer IS paymg very httle attentIOn to these thmgs. Then agam, the average mcome of a small dealer IS such that he could not afford to go to the expen'3e necessary to get these IllustratIOns because of theIr first cost, but he can assocIate hImself WIth an orga11lzatIon whIch wIll look after hI;, best interests and thu~ reduce the C0'3t to hIm to $1 50 as we ex-plamed at the begmnmg of thIS artIcle The retaIl dealer can storm about thIS all that he wants to but unless he bnngs these thmgs to the attentIOn of hIS customers, as he has a perfect nght to do, he IS bound to be the loser Now Mr RetaIl Dealer, It IS up to you to keep your eye upon the domg'3 of the maIl order house for Just such lIttle, cunnmg deceptlOms as thIS and when you spot anythmg, expose It as we have thIS dresser mCldent Weare workmg hard along these hnes but we cannot do It all so gIve us your as"lstance m thIS matter and work out for yourself these problems Our assoCIatIOn \'IiIll render such assIstance as It can legItImately gIve and If all the members of our as-sOCIatIOn WIll put a httle tIme and study on thIS subJ ect, we belIeve that the demoralIzmg l11fluence of the mall 01der house wIll soon be a thmg of the past but a "don't care" and 111- dIfferent attItude wIll never correct these thIngs So wake up and show us what you have done to protect your legItImate mterests Thl'-, artIcle IS no ma~terplece but It may be the means of suggestmg some good Ideas to some of our bramy members and If It does, do not keep them t'; yourselves but let us hear them so that the rest of us may be benefited thereby. We do not douht but that some of you have an undreamed capabIlIty along thIS hne At any rate, get to work and do somethmg- If you cannot do much do what you can, however small It IS You may be the mean" of msplflng some one else WIth a good Idea and ~o on untIl It becomes a sort of endless cham vVe have saId our say and now let us hear from the other members of the aSSOCIatIOn on thIS subject $4.95 Minn. Retail Furniture Dealers' Ass'n. A 5-in. Leg Extension Table Delivered $4.95 to Mlnn Transfer and what IS better yet, the finIsh and workmanshIp are standard The filhng leaves on theIr American quartered tops are American quartered ThIS I" not done In even some of the hIgh priced Ilne'3 They hdve bolt constructIOn and the fmbh IS as It should be Weare sorry that we clo not have a large cut to Illustrate thIS bargain so we can only glVe you the IllustratIon cut usel for aclvertIsll1g purposes The pnnClpal rea'3on whIch makes It POSSIBLE for us to DELIVER TO YOU tillS table line IS that we have ellmmated all selling expenses. ThIS factory IS run on a dIfferent policy than IS usually done. These men are a company of German cab- Inet makers who have adopted one of the most practical business truths that enter Into the manufacture or sellmg of any Item of merchan-dIse, namely, the cutt1l1g out of all sel1Jng expenses, carrYing accounts, etc, whIch IS always taken In consIderatIOn when they make a pnce because they have proven to theIr own satIsfactIOn that the saying of Emerson when he saId, "He who bUlld~ d mouse trap better than any other man WIll soon find the buymg pubhc makmg a beaten path to hIS cloor" IS true of any factory or firm who huly gIVes then patrons values below the general market pnce and that they WIll have all the busmes~ that they Cdn take cale of. If It were not for the enlarge-ment of their factory, we would never been able to get them as they take on only as many customers as the output wJ1l Warrdnt Hdvln£; tnecl thIS line of tables, your commIttee has contracted for One car each spring and fall whIch WIll be dehvered to Mmn. Transfer. These car'3 WIll usually come through Just followmg our summer or wmter convention We have Ju~t prOVIded, however, that we may place fill-In orders between seasons for anything that our members may want, provldll1g they pay the local freIght. These fill m orders cannot exceed In quantIty more than two carloads per year so antiCIpate your orders now and get them to the secretary so that your orders can be added to the com111gcar Tel m'3 as u,ual, cash WIth ordel Th ere WIll be 10 cents haudl1l1g charge at Mum Transfer Send all ()I ders to the secretary, JanesvIlle, Mum You can make mall orJer competitIOn a pieasul e If you WIll use thIS matendl freely and ef-fectlVely, so send 111your reqUIrements by return mall Yours truly, TH:C BUMYmINnGe~otaCOR:e:YtaIIMl IFTuTrEmEtu, re Dealers' Ass'u 1£ these tables are shIpped by local freIght, It WIll cost dbont $1 SO to lay them down to the central Mmnesota pomts. DON'T OVERLOOK TInS BIG BARGAIN THOUGH IT IS ILLUS-TRATED IN A SMALL CUT. THIS 5-INCH LEG DINING EXTEN-SION TABLE can be had In plaIn, golden oak or AmerIcan quartered oak These tables are exceptIOnal values and you should not mIss tlus opportum ty of procm mg one The rim IS securely fastened, and do not forget that thIS has a good bolt and nut constructIOn for fasten mg the leg WhIPh admIts of easll) removmg or settmg up table r3~, No 822-Slze 42 x 42 m, Imlta tlOn oak 6-ft 4.95 8 ft 620 10-ft 7,45 F33 No 822 42 x 42 m ImItatIOn oak AmeIlcan quartered top 6 ft 5.45 8 ft 6.70 10-ft 795 r33 No 82-42 x 42 m, solld oak, gol-den 6-ft 600 8-ft 725 10-ft 850 F33, No 82-42 x 42 Ill, solld oak American quartered top 6 ft 6.50 8 ft 775 10 ft 900 F33, No 0514-pollshed, Genume Golden Oak ExtenSIon Table 'l'hls table has a 46 x 46 mch top and IS made of plam oak nIcely polished Note the SIze of barrel, WhICh I~ 12-mch Ihe legs are are 18 mches long and 4 '%, mches across the paw of the claw foot, makmg It a ver) massIve table It loas a firmly fastened rIm IS a non-dlvldmg pedestal, and one of the best plllal tables that the bUy lUg commlttef' has ever seen at anywhere near these prices Note that thIS table IS pollsh fimsh mstead of gloss F33 No 0514 sIze top 46 x 46 PrICe 6 ft 12.50 8 ft 15.50 10 ft 17.50 If American quartered top IS wanted add 75c extra to each SIze table 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. -----------------~~- .....·"1 ,II I• •t t I I II II III IIII II II , IIIII III II , II SUIte No 924 by Nelson-Matter Furmture Co • Grand Raplds MlCh ...._-------_.---_._._._--_._-- --------_._---- ...- .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quahty are considered. STOW 8. Df\VIS fUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 15 "The Supenor plant wIll be one of the largest In the city," said he, "but there are more commg In the followmg years there "nll be others, and five years from now Will see a Clty almost the size of the present Rockford on the ea"t Side of the nver and south of a pomt near Ral1road avenue A half dozen compames are planmng on commg to Rockford and there IS a tentative agreement made for the land which will be occupied by the plants to be erected" Shifts in the Chicago Furniture Exchange. The Chicago Furmture Exchange, 14th ~treet and Wabash avenue, Will present several changes m the 10catlOn of some of Its promment tenants next .,eason The Art Bedstead Com-pany, who have had space on the second flD01, have leased the ~outh half of the ground floor, which gives them additional room and Will enable them to arrange a very beautiful display of the "Art Beds" The Herhold Chair Company have also taken lease of a large space on the ground floor and Will show their entire lme, which Will mclude a big lot of new patterns, mcluding Vienna deSign", which they are now manuafctunng in large quantities. The Peck & Hills Furmture Company Will comohdate their sales and general offices on the second floor in the space formerly occupied by the Art Bedstead Company. i\ C l\tlun71nger, for several yeals connected v\;lLh the Indldna Furmture Company. of Fort \Va\ ne, ha'3 pnrcha"ed a furlllture store at Bryan, OhlO, and wl1l give It her personal attentlOn '------ City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. ------------------------- .. ------ - --- . - ------~ ... "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER MANUFACTURED BY ---------------------------------_._---------------_._.--_.------_.---, , r· -.- .- ------------.---------------.----------- ---. - .-- --------.-----~ II ,I I IIII The season I for banquets I is here. I Get a stock I of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. Factories for Rockford. Rockford, Ill, Nov 4-Artlcles of assoClatlOn have Just been filed With the secretary of state for the mcorporatlOn of the Supenor Furmture Company, capitalize at $100,000 1 he mcorporators are A VV J\Iann, P 0 U garph and Edward Larson, who promise to estabhsh a plant equal m size and equipment to any now located m thiS city. "Gus" Holm has the contract for the mam factory bul1dmg, which Will be a five story structure and has already started work excavatmg for the foundatlOns which are to be completed thiS fall. \\T ork on the superstructure Will be started early m the spnng and rushed to completlOn The Site of the new factory Will be on what was formerly known as the Buchan farm and wl1l be a little east of the Na-tlOnal company plant. The bUlldmg Will be of solid bnck and fire proof constructlOn wl1l be followed out m every detail The plant wl1l be one block south of the street car tracks which make the Eighteenth avenue loop and thiS wl1l put It m close connectlOn With the city or those who Will have pOSI-tions tht Will reqUIre their presence m the bUSIness part of RockfOi d Outside df !the ba"ement room there wl1l be 100000 "'quare feet of workmg room, thiS bemg about a~ large a "pace a.., IS occupied by any factory In the sectlOn of the city where the Supenor IS to be located The declaratlOn of those who have filed the article" of mcorporatlOn state the company I'>for the manufacturme, and "ellUlg of furmture In all ItS lmes One of the best posted men m city affair'> and the commg and e"tabh.,hment of manufactones say.., thl'> IS only a small part of what Will be brought to the city dunng the comIng year H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. I •• 16 selhng a considerable quantity of goods by the employment ot ad\ ertI'3111g n ~tter and the mails, but the bus1l1ess failed to \ lell\ much plofit The Colonial Furmture, the Grace FurnI-tll! e lompan: the Clinton Furmture Company and Macey dropped out ot the game but 111recent years the bU~111es" has gi OI,'ln; to enormou" proportlOn" 111Chicago The success of the plan 111that Clt: IS due to 111c1uslOn 111the hnes of good'3 o c1eled about everyth111g needed to build and furnish a home and also to feed and clothe the occupants of the same Had the mail order merchanb of Grand Rapids shown the enter-pnse and courage of theIr nvals m ChIcago, the dlstnbutlOn of good" "old through the malls might have grown to great nTI-pOl tance m the \Ilchlgan furmture center. WEEKLY ARTISAN PUSL.ISHe:O EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGI-E COPIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP DS, MICH. A S WHITE. MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter July 'J, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapids Michigan under the act of March J 1879 Beer merchant'3 1 ecoglllze the \ aluc of 10cahtle'3 neal large manufactunng plants tor se1l1l1l2, hqll1d merchandl"c. and m many cIties the prom111cnce of Important Indu"tnes IS '3carcely greater than that of thc beer shops surrouncling the same So great a h111drance to the tlansactlOn ot bUSI-ness has the beer nll1sance become In Fa: ctte count\ Pa that the U mted States Steel COIporatIOn ha" cleterm111ecl to spend $10,000,000 for the purpo"e of keep111g It.., 25000 em-ployes m their coke plants sober. The steel corporatlOn Will purchase the lllne brewenes located 111Fayette count:. for the purpose of regulat1l1g the dnnk of the coke \\ orkers 1he sale of beer by the keg or barrel will he prolllblted and the company hope~ to preYent the Cllpp11l1g ot the 1,'\ orb. as now follows each pa: day for '3e\ ent: tv\ 0 hour'3 \v hen workmen purchase large quanti tie.., of beer and . la: do\'Vn beSide It" The saloon keepers and bu..,meos men !;enerall: approve the plan. under the SUPP0..,ltlon that men \\ III dnnk no more 111a saloon than the: ought 10 Regulation ot thc dnnk halJlt h an almo-,t lI11pos..,lble undel LakIng but the e\ 11, groW111g out of the same nllght he mochhcd thlOugh le<;I..,- latIon prohibIting the ..,ale of hquOtr wlth1l1 certa111 tern-tory adjacent to the factory ProlllhitlOn of the sale of heel' b: the keg or barrel to others than saloon kecpel'" \\ould un-doubtedly modify the eVIl,., attend111g exce~"'l\ e dnnlong It 1'3 charged, frequently that 111surance unclel \'vntel s do not try to reduce fire wa"te, and thele I'" \Vlth111 the e,- penence of e\ ery huslness man fact~ to "'UppOl t the chal ge although the unclerwnters I esent It I n"'pectlOn of manu-factunng plants by '3peClal agents I" not Ulllommon but COll1 pla111ts aga111st eXhtlng conchtlOns are seldom macle ancl sug gestlons mtended to lI11prO\ e a nsk al e seldom oft-erecl Any person famIlIar \'VIth wood workmg plants often man eb over the fact that m many l11stances m..,urance ~houlcl hay e been wlltten covellng the ..,ame, e\ en \\ hen the I ate IS al 1110.., t prohIbitory I n mercantile 11sks the sam e l11chtfel-enCe IS 111a11lfe..,teclby the 1l1spector~ Local al;enh a" a rule feel no mterest m a plant after the pi en11U111ha" been paid, and m con'3equene of thiS neglect rate" are hl<;h and the money of the man who keeps hi'" shop clean and m orclel IS used to pay the losses of the man whose shop should not have been cOvered WIth Insurance at any rate Govel n111ent regulatlOn of the bUSiness mIght pro\ e useful 111 the long run to poilcy holders A few years ago Grand Rapids was held up to elellslOn h: certa1l1 fur111ture trade papers as the center of the mall ordel bus1l1ess. The late Fred Macey and two or three others were l~etallers ot furmture are engagmg qUite largely In the ~ale at pianos, planolas and mechal11cal pIanos. There 1'3salel to be a large profit 111 the bus1l1ess espeCIally when a dealer IS ..,trong enough finanCIally to hanelle It on the tIme payment plan ;\n enterpnsmg dealer 111 a western state IS sellIng mecha11lcal planas for $700 that cost hIm less than $300. The tanner" are flush With money and dIsposed to purchase the late..,t sonatas. selectIOns from operas and also the popular songs hot oft the dISks The mecha111cal plano and the phono- <;laph sall..,fie" the mUSIcal reqmrements of many of their cla," Owmg largely to their lIberal expenditures for space in the magaz111es. hy many manufacturers of furnIture, the mdlJ'3 bnng to their offices many requests for blue pnnts and cat2- logue" These requests are almost 111vanably forwarded t'l a dealer located 111or near the town at whIch the 111qmry \ a" mailed by the manufacturer recelv111g the same. The reL! ,er" are ..,0 well orga1117Cd that mo..,t manufacturers could not ''ill an order from a consumer chrect, even when the opportunity pre"ented Ibelf for so d0111g WIthout detectIOn Thel e I" a better unelerstancl111g between the merchants and the maker" of turl11ture than tormerly eXisted Judge Sater. ot the L11lted State'3 chstnct court, at Cl11- unnatl uphold.., the comlltutlOnahty of the fecleral employer.., lIablht: act TllIS act was declared unconstitutIOnal by the "upreme court of Connecticut recently and the determ111atlO 1 of the question mv oh ed Will finally rest WIth the supreme court of the Ul11ted States The actIOn at CmCll111atl was brought by heirs ot Jerry Coakley, an eng111eer employed by the CmcmnatJ Hamllton & Dayton Railroacl, kIlled in an aCCIdent 1,'\ hlle emplo: eel m the service of the rallroad. The outcome of that case agamst Delaware lawyels, mentIOned on another page will be of mtercst to others than the manager" ut corporatlOn~ If It I.., a crime to offer to sell kno\\ ledge hoyv to aVOId payment of the corporatlOn 111come tax It IS certa111ly a cnme to tell Just how the tax may be aVOIded and man: new"'papers have done ,,0 Without chargmg a retamer or exactmg other fee~ for theu adVice Hence the pubh'3her~ of "uch papel ~ \\ III watch the proceechngs 111 the Delawal e case \\ Ith con..,lelel able Interest The alln of the commercial de~lgner 1'3 to make a good c1rawmg But that 1'3 not the Vital pOInt 111decorative al t. there the all-Important tlllng IS the effect of the work 111exe-cutIOn and 111 ItS place The hst of new exhlhltors at the spnng furl11tnre expo;l-tlOn In Grand Rapid", 111January cont111nes to grow longer '\ earl: all avaJable space has been taken Look111g for a Job keeps many a fellow busy WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 WE ALWAYS HAVE IT READY TO SHIP Figured Red Gum Veneer CLEAR, FACE STOCK IN GOOD SIZES. 535 Mich. Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. II Walter Clark Veneer Company II Evansville. Evansvdle, Ind, Nov 4--Busme"" with the furlllture manufacturer" here 1;' stdl on the upward grade and the pros-pects for an active wmter trade are excellent. The plants contmue to run on full tune and a great many orders have been received dunng the past week or two. CollectlOns are better and the general tone of the market has Improved won-derfully. After the first of next year P B Fellwock Will retire as secretary and treasurer of the Bockstege Furlllture Company and w111devote all hiS time to the Fellwock Auto and Manu-factunng Company He states that the busmess of the last named concern has grown "0 dunng the past two years that It now reqmres all ll1S tune l\Ir Fellwock has moved 111;' fdmdy mto their elegant new home at 606 Oakley street. BenJamm Bos"e, pre "1dent of the Globe Furlllture Com-pany and mterested m the V\ orld and Bosse facto11es here says that all three factones are now bemg operated on full tnne and that hu"me"s b much better than a year ago. The three plant" employ In the neighborhood of 500 men at good wages Gus Nonweder has purcha'3ed the mtere"t of hi" brother, Dert Nonweder, In the Evalbville Furlllture Company. Bert Nonweller wdl go to LOlu"vdle whele he Will engage m the drug husme'3" The EvanSVille Furlllture Company IS now composed of "Gus" l\onweller, Phlhp Nonweder and Fred Guth. Mr Mar"tall of the Marstall Furniture Company at Hendel-son, Ky, was here a few days ago and was a caller at the Furmture Exchange He ",ays trade IS as good as could be expected now and looks for It to get better nght along There have been "everal hundred vi "ltor" at the Furlllture Exchange bmlchng dunng the pa;,t month Salesmen have been kept busy and manager Gdbert states that the volume of busmess done dunng October was much larger than that of September ] ohn H Rohsennberger of the Buehner Chair Company says the trade prospects could be no better The Buehner plant 15 bemg operated on full time. A F Karges of the Karge" Furmture Company, has re-turned from ]ame..,town, Va, where he attended the meetmg of the lnter"tate Furmture l\Ianufacturer'" A""oclatlOn Eh D Miller, the well known folding bed manufacturer "ays foldlllg bed manufacturel s are bound to have a prosper-ous year m 1910 He ..,ay'3everythmg pomt'3 to boom m busi-ness and he feels that the year Will be the most active III the history of hiS company Retad trade has unproved a great deal dunng the past month The R & G Furmture Company, The Arnold Elmen-dorf Company and the Relt7-Splegel Company have been dOlllg a nice fall bu ..,mess Veneer manufacturer;, here report trade "till active and they are lookmg for a fine wmter All the local plants are runnlllg on full tnne now -W. C B. .-__-_._.--_.------ . .._._.__._.-.--------- _. .. - .. No. 57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. ._-_.-.-.---_.~__..,._.__._.-----------------------~ No. 100 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Kindel Kind. On another page of tl11'; \\eel-.." 1",;ue of the \\ eekh \1- tl'>an w111 be found the dch el tl"ement 01 the Kl11del Bed company of Clllcago, Toronto and \ e\\ York '1he compal1\ are manufactLlrer~ of a combl11ed day enport and bed \\ hlch has attracted the marked attentlOn of dealer;, In e\ er} section of the Umted States amI Canada and estabhshed ;,uch a vol-ume of bus111es;, "mce the mceptlOn of the busme,;" a'> to ta" Made by Delaware ChaIr Co , Delaware, O. the capaClty of the Kl11del factonc,; io the utmost \mont; the voluntar) expre"';lOn" made b} the trade J0111 nal" re~a[(l-l11g the Kl11del are the follOWIng "Tf;, the ~reate'>t 111\entJon of the age," "It" an ornament m every home,' "fhl'> 1" the late"t and be"t davenport bed plOclucel,' "It" the be"t ot 1b kmd yet mvented,' "Its the kl11g of all fold1l1g clay enpOl h, "If" the only perfect parlor bed ," "One of the mo"t u,;ef111 articles ever offered to the rade," etc The "peclal feature" of the K1l1del Da \ en port bed ma \ he "ummanzed as follows Utll1ty ~Always ready Can be chant;ed trom Pel1(( i Davenport to Perfect Bed without movln~ trom the \\ all Cony emence ~Can be readily taken dpart f01 mO\ 111~ and IS easIly set up aga1l1. Slll1phclt} ~So simple that a chIld can operate It, and there are no comphcated part,,; to get out of order '-,pnn~" ~ -\ bed can be no better than It,; '3pnng -', hence \\ e u"e on!v the be;,t 011 tempered ;,teel wire "Long Cone lol1~ L pholster) -Is protected by cushlOns automtIcally re- \ er"lI1g bl1l1g111g mattl es;, uppermost as bed I Ilhng ~:.\lattresses and cushIOns are filled w1th K111del's h} glemc felt Comfortable and durable Deddlllg ~Always 111place, concealed flom V1ew clunng the da} but 1'3 ready fOl u"e at 111ght. Economy ~It co..,ts no more than the antIquated Daven-port nor a" much as the orcllnary bed of equal grade, not- \\ ltlhtandm~ It'> l111que~tJoned supenonty Changes in Peck & Hills Managers. \ numbe1 of change" took place m the Perk & Hill;, rurlllture Company OlgamzatlOn on Kovember 1, at wh1:h tlme \ H \ f cCall, mdnager of the1r export department, res1gned to become secretary anel sales manager for the Kenosha Cnb ( oll1pany of Keno..,ha, \Vb H. L Gotham, who has been the con pan) 's clalll1 agent and had charge of the pnntlllg of the la ,t tv. 0 echtlom of the1r bIg catlog, ,",ucceeded Mr McCall as manager of their fore1gn department, wh1ch ha" become a 11011111ent factor 111th1'-, company's bu'>mes-, through Mr Mc- Cdl '> ag~resslVe management and the able 'iale~mansh1p of thell t01 elgn repl esentatlves, Vmcent Rl11z and Manuel de la \ ega T:<. J \Vheedon of the comm1SSlOn house of McCready & \\ heedoll retlred £from that firm \Jovem ber 1 to take charge of the advertls1l1g dnd pubhClty department of the Peck & H111s I'1ll11lture Company 1fr Wheec10n WdS carry1l1g "Pubhc1ty" a'i a slde lme bef01 e entenng the commh..,lOn bU'i1l1ess, and 111 th1'> new connectlon h takmg up hl'i fdvonte vocatIOn ,,--_ .. -----_. -- . ., I• II• I• •••••• ~----------------------- ---- ..•. WEEKLY ARTISAN ---_._.-- ----------_. - - - - ----- _. -_. _.----------~------- I .... .....-... ...- ------- LABOR SAVING TOOLS Our Multiple Square Chisel Mortiser Makes the Strongest, most economical and most accurate case construction possible. It is entirely automatic. It clamps, mortises and releases, completing the post in lesstime than the material can be clamped on other machines. No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. Our No. 171 Patented Sand Belt Machine will sandiflat surfaces and irregular shapes, including mouldings, better and faster than any other process. Nearly No. 171 SAND BELT MACHINE. 1000 of our Sanders now in use by your competitors. Why give them an advantage over you in your sanding department? We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extremely profitable to th chair manufacturers. Ask for CATALOG "E" Wysong & Miles Company Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., Greensboro, N. C. - - .. 19 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- ..... _.. ...._._------~-----_... . ----_._------------------- I II HOOD &WRIGHT I _ ..- _.. ...--.., Since our enlargement we have the largest and best equipped Veneer and Panel plant in N orth-ern Michigan. Weare prepared to fill orders promptly for all kinds of veneers in native woods, and especially in birdseye maple and figured birch. We are also makers of panels, mIrror backs, drawer bottoms, etc., and are prepared to ship in car lots or open freight as desired. j~---------- BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN jIjI ----_._-_.--._._. _.,------------------_._._._--_ -.-.___ ._ ...I.. Crushing the Tin Plate Unions. The Ulllted States Steel Corporation "hlch '->tarted 'n last spnng to Use the "open shop' ~,'-otem 111 then '-oheet dlld t1l1 plate mdls and thereby preCIpItated a '-otllke ,\ hlch has 1) f n on SInce May 6 has ",ucceeded 111 practlcall} dn,lng the un! n out of all theIr mdls except tho'-oe at \Iartln'-o Fell\ an,\ Bndgeport, OhIO, where the Ul11on:oha, e prey ented the Tl111- nll1g of the mdb WIth non-umon men These 111I\b are 0\\ ned by the Amencan Sheet & 1'111 Plate Compan}, \\ hlch h a subsldlalY or auxdlaly of the Llllted States corporatIOn and on the advIce of officIal:::. of the latter the manage I " of the auxllrary company have decIded to abandon the OhIO ml\l:::. and thus wIpe out the last stronghold", of the UlllOns The, are therefore clrsmantlrng the plant'-. at TIlldgeport and \Ial t1l1 '-0 Ferry and movll1g the machlller} to Penn'-o, Iv allla pOlllb where It WIll be used 111 mIlL, that need It and \\ here the umon" are not strong enough to object to the "open shop" rules ThIs \VIll leave about 5,::;00 Idle men 111 the two OhIO towns \\ ho \\ III ha, e to :oeek employmentel:::.ewhere and wdl have to submIt to the "open shop" edIct or change theIr vocatIOn 111 order to secure It It WIll also be a dIsastrous blow to the merchants ot the towns affected, but the managers of the Steel CorporatIOn declare that the merchanb deserve to suffer tor ha, ll1g encouraged the stnkers to hold out agall1st the . open shop" orders L F Montellle and F E Kramer of Peona, III ha, e purchased the undertakll1g bus1l1ess of A. D Woodruff & Co. at \Vaterloo, Iowa The Ul11ted FUI nrture Company, of South Bethelhem, Pa, has been ll1corporated CapItal stock $50.000 ---_._._------_.-._._._-_._. _. _._-_._...._. ----_.__._--------_. _. ..-. -----------.-..., SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS I This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MIOI-I. ---------._-_._--------_._---_ .._.-._--------. -..-.-..-.----.. ....... WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ~.. ..- .--- - - -- - - --------~----~'--__.. -------~---~-_._.-_._-___..----------------_._-----_ .., \ I I II .... . _. - DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST r "QUALITY" I LINE ~I of l DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION II I I I I I ~-----------~----------_._.---_. ---_.-------------_. --- ----~_._.~. __ • _. ------~-~. __ • _a'__ ----' CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. Latest Big Store Convenience- Just 111s1deeach of the ma111 street entrances of one of 1'\e\iI,. York's department stores the shopper d1scovers 111a con"p1cuoUS pOS1hon a flat \vlr~ basket filled w1th cards Havl11g comphed w1th the pnnted 1I1vltatlOn to take one he finds hlmsef prov Ided w1th a ml111ature ellrectory of the estab-h" hment Perhaps no more stnkl11g eVIdence of the expansIOn of modern "hopkeepl11g methods ha" been so conc1sely con- \ eyed 'I he card 1" "carcely larger than a woman'" v 1"ltl11g caret It I" thm, but strong, and the corner" al e rounded "0 that It wdl not poke hole" 111 pocket hnl11g" or become unhdy Ibelf by gettl11g crumpled There are 117 Items 111 the cl!rectory, and yet the store 1n que"hon IS more stnctly a dry goods estabhshment than many of ItS cla"s It ha'3 no provISIOns department, no dentIst chalr'3, photograplllc '3tuello, malllcunng room or "Imdal malllfesta-tlO11Sof up to date mercantIle methods Every letter 111 the alphabet except two IS represented on the card Only the letters Q and X do not appear Ql11lts and Aylophone" ImmedIately sugge~t themselves as candIdates for the breach, but wh1le you may buy either or both 111the "tore they are perhaps "ufficlently catalogued under "Blankets and QUIlts" and "Mu"lcal Instruments" roo IIII II I ~--. A Traveling Salesman's Observations. RetaIlers 111 the '3mall town" of the we"t do not handle a:o good "tock as they dId twenty-five years ago, remarked a veter-an travell11g salesman 'Between the year'3 1880 and 1890 I handled a lme of cheap chamber '3tl1tes," contmued the traveler, "My hne was not good enough for them but now that I am selhng a much better lme, they tell me my stuff IS too good for theIr trade Formerly ql11te a vanety of good" hom the 'vVlCldlcomb J'urmture Company, Helkey & Cay Nel"on-\latter and other manufacturer;, wa" Larned 111;,tock by deale I" 111 1, and du Lac, 1\ eenah. J\lenoml11ee, 1" anbault, SIOUXI, all" and other towns of the class of tho"e mentIOned but one :oeldom finds anyth111g on theIr floors more pretentious than the pro-duct:> of Upham the Northern or Joe Peters Knnbal of J ane"vIlle cal nes a conSIderable quanhty of good "tuff. but a majority of the retaIlers sell good'3 of the class used by the mad ordel houses It would seem that the Whe path for such dealers to follow IS not that of the mad order merchants TheIr aIm should he to 111duce customers to buy good" of medlUm and hIgh grade through good salesmanshIp The fellow who bets hIS bottom dolldr doesn't alwdys come out on top PITTSBURGH PLATE L.ARGEST ,JOBBERS ANO 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. CENERAI. DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything in BUilders' Glass, or anything in Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or Painters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which i" given below' NEW YO:BX-Kudson a.ndVandam Sts. CLEVELA:ND-1430-1434west Third st. BOSTON-41-49Sudbury st., 1-9 Bowker St. OMAHA-llOl-l107 Howard St. CHICAG0-442-452Wabash Ave. ST. PAUL-459-461 Jackson st. CINCINNA'rI-Broadway and Court sts. ATLANTA,GA.-3O-32-34S. pryor St. ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce sts. SAVANNAH,GA.-745-749 Wheaton st. llrUNNEAPOLXB-500-51S6. Third St. XANSASCITY-Fifth and Wyandotte Sts. DET:BOIT-53-59Larned St., E. BXB.llrUNGHAA1ILIIA, .-2nd Ave. and 29th st. G:BA:ND:BAPIDS,MICH-39-41 N. Division St. BUFFALO,N. Y.-372-74-76-78Pearl St. PITTSBl1:BGH-IOI-I03Wood St. B:BOOJl:LYN-635-637 Fulton st. MILWAUXEE,WIS.-492-494 Market St. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th sts. BOCHESTEB,N.Y.-WilderBldg.,Main &; Bzchange sts. DAVENPOBT-410-416Scott st. BALTIl\I!OBB-310-12-14W. Pratt st. OJl:LAHOMACITY,OJl:LA, 210-212W.Fl1'st St. ••••••• aa _. __ ••• _. aa a ••• -- •• I._---_._--------------_.--~I 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Good Equipment Means Better Work Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jefferson Avenue Furniture Must Fit Personality. "It IS not enough that woman" clothes mu"t '>Ult hCI, her housc must SUIt her, too and must reflect the ta"te and character of the ownel, and at the same time prove a beautiful background to the pIcture, of whIch "he mu;,t al \\ a} s be the central figure," says a wnter for the Bo"ton Traelel "The dark-eyed woman whose calm ~}mpath} and rest-fulness compel confidence and peace would look her bc"t ;,urrounded by oak panelhng and LltLabethan furl1ItUle ] hc heavy curta1l1s and hang1l1g;" all In nch, "ubdued tone", that are only to be found 111 old brocade", would "hleld the ;,dnct- Ity of her hou",e from the nOIse and hurly burly of modern hfe" "The WIde expansIve hearth speak-, of comfort and home hne"", Wll1le the nchly cal ved and elaboratc d11mneYPlecc cmbelhshed WIth the famdv coat of arm" and helalcltc devIce" would show the dlgmty and pnde of bIrth of tll1" ,,\\ cet-tdcul woman who;,e broad "ympathy and e"sentlal k1l1dltness help to adorn the title of a true AmenCdn lady "Her furnIture would be comfortable, "el vlLeable, but never luxunolh, a qUIet seeml1l1es5 would pel \ adc the \\ h01' housc" "1'hl;, sweet, calm woman would look her best a~a1l1"t an Ehzabethan background of comb1l1ed dlgl11ty and homeI1l1e,,~ but would be completely out of place 111 a room of flIppant French deSIgn decorated WIth seductive rose p1l1b and deh-clOusly Impudent gIlt cupIds WIth garland;, of fio\\ er" "But the pIquant httle woman, who"e hnght sal1les of \\ It dehght her hearer"" and whose chdd-hke faSC1l1atlO11'idll \ e away dull care, would be In her element 111 "uch a room as thIs" There 1Ssome logIC 111 the Boston Idea but If entirely co,- rect It proves that the Ehzabethan style of fur111ture was not Grand Rapids, Michigan '-,0 named becau;,e of ItS ac1aptablhty to the queen';, per;,onaht} L nle"" hlstOl} IS at fault Queen Bess was anythmg but dark-eved calm and restful, but, perhaps she lacked taste and had not (h;,co\ ered the Importance of harmony between furmture and personahty j he );3 cmploye" of the Alex SI111th & Sons Carpet '-- J1l1pany Yonker", \ Y, WIll each tecu\c $1,000 flOm the c"tdtc of :\11" E\ d S Cochran who dIed Iecently Mr5 Cochl an owned a large 1I1tere"t 111 the company and the total \ aluc of her c"tdte h e;,tnnated dt $12,000,000 1he pot of gold dt the end of the rainbow I;' Just about a5 acce"::'lble a" the "lIver hn111gof our douds III ALH leo 6 CO@ MANUFACTURERS ...~D DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REF'AIRI NG-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED ClTlZENS PHONE 1239 27 N MARKET ST ~, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN Distribution of Pay Envelopes in Factories. rhe Iron Age-In certam locahties the practice is gammg ground of ch:stnbutmg pay envelopes through the \\-orks, each employee bemg handed h1S week's earnmgs by clerks who make the rounds of the shops on pay day. The change to th1S :oystem 1S largely on the theory that to stand m hne to recelVe wages detracts from a man's self-respect It hurts the pnde of many workmen still further to have the1r names on pay envelopes replaced by number". wh1ch 1Sthe u"ual method at a pay wmdow. The elllnmatlOn of the pay wmdow further effect" somc :savmg of time, e1ther of the workmen after they have fim"hed the1r lahor:o or of the employer 1f the hne i:o per- 1111tted to form 1n shop hours. In very large plants such a "y"tem may not be practicable, nor would 1t be m certain "maller works because of the nature of the employment. But m most small estabhshments, and m many of cons1derable Slze, there appears to be no senous obstacle to the use of such a pay system The :serV1ces of one or more clerks are needed for only a ",hort time The payment 1S a personal, pnvate transactlOn, wh1ch appeals strongly to the Amencan idea Surely, no harm can result from glvmg a man's wages an ad- (htlOnal d1gnity, and, though 1t may seem a small matter, where the change has been made from the lme at the wmdow to the unostentatlOus 'handmg of the envelope to the man dunng h1S work, the comment of the shop 1S of the sort that would "urpnse the employer who has never glVen heed to the questlOn One of the une!erlymg cond1tions breed1l1g labor troubles 1~ the fee1111gof workmg force" that they comtitute a class ent1rely apart from the management ~Iodern bUS1l1es" meth-od" ha\ e compelled the abandonment of the ole! relatlOm, be-tVveen employer and employed Defore the day" of great under-takll1g" the ownC1 knew every man m hb plant and a feehng of equahty eX1sted Iu reality no change ha:o been wrought m this respect, so far as the feel111gs of ow ners toward their loyal workmen are concerned, even in lanse estabhshments, but the opportunity of glVll1g expre:O:OlOnto the1r fnendI1l1e:o:s by per:oonal contact no longer eX1st", The1r relatlOns w1th the1r men must be through others Even 111 the "mall factory the rush of modern product10n preclude" other than bnef busmess contact, and, of course, personal a""oc1ation rarely extend" beyond the shop door. Every "tep 111 the develop-ment of successul management must be accompamed by "ys-tem, and the atmo:ophere of the mdustnal :oy"tem mu"t alway" appear a cold one If m any way, :ouch a:o by the method of distnbutmg wage", the workmen are made to feel a narrow-mg of the gap between them and the office the re:oults cannot be otherw1se than beneficial Was a Levine Venture. Fredenck WAllen, pres1dent of the Allen & Pa1s1ey FUl-mture Company. 133 Portland street, Boston, VV11ham C Forsaith, treasurer of the C. C. Ba11ey Furmture Company of 90 Canal street, Boston, and Coleman Levme of Coleman Le-vme & Co, furmture dealers, 138 Cortland street, Boston, who were md1cted for concealmg assets of the Blockton (2Vlass) Furniture C0111{pany wh1ch was f01ced mto bankruptcy m 1908, pleaded gll1ltY when arra1gned m court Mr Allen pa1d a fine of $1,000 and the other" $500 each Allen was trustee m bankruptcy m the Brockton Furn1- ture Co ca"e and 1t was charged by the government that by tanglmg up the account" of the Brockton concern the men chv1dee! about $1200 among them"elve<- The ca"e aga1n"t ] o.,eph M Leven"on, attorney m the bdllkruptcy ca:oe, wa" no11 pro"",ed SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS, 23 SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis 24 WEEKLY rI .... ..... ..._------~ BARGAINS IN NEW MAC"INERY I have on hand for ImmedIate shipment the followmg brand new machines WhIChI will sell at reduced pnces 4- Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from IX to 18inch centers. 3- Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from I to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. I-Sixteen Inch Cabinet' Makers' lathe. ---ADDRESS-- -- J. C. DeBRUYN, 130PageSt., Grand Rapids,Mich. .....----_._---_. -----------_._._--- I i ...-_ ..---_._---_._._._.~.~._._._._._--_._._.~.~._._._.,---.~ !III I II III I I II !IIII .......... ... .~! No 15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG FOX MACH INE CO' 185 N fRONT STREET, GRANO RAPIDS, MICH ~-------_._---.---- I Morton ......_-~ lfouse ---'._._._._._. -------_._---~ II I II• • ...I ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. lfoteJ Pantlind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dmner Served at the Pantlmd for SOc IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. "'----- BROTH ERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER III , l QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS I' fAN D MAHOGANY ! ....----•........------------ ~ III.. SAWED AND SLICED ARTISAN New Water Cooler for Refrigerators. The old style water coolers in Refrigerators are a nuis-ance The water tastes of the food. the Ice met" away rrom the tank, and the water 1:-0 not cooled; the tank IS 111 the way. occUPY1I1g part of the door space, It don't hold enough water All these ObjectIOns are aVOIded in the new Leonard \Vater Cooler It conSIsts of a seam-less tube 40 Inche:o III dIameter, porcela1l1 enameled I11:oIde and oUbide. It b placed 111 the back corner of the Ice chamber, out of the way of the door openlllg, and where the Ice 1', held constantly aga111st It by the lllcl1l1e ( t the Ice rack /\." 1t opens only to the outSIde of the RefrIg-el ator, through the top the water can never absorb smells ot food It IS ecl~Ily cleaned, hecau~e the tube I~ large It holds from one to two gallons of water, and more can be "upphed, Jf ,yanted by 111vertlllg a large bottle of water on top at cooler 1hese cooler, can he obtaIned 111the Leonard cleanable porcelalll 11l1ed refrigerators l\Iade by the Grand RapIds Retllgerator Co , CI} de Park avenue, Grand RapId", l\I1ch. For Telling How to Dodge the Tax. Ernest L SqUIre and George y\ Dor"ey. Jr. d01l1g busi- I1h:o as the La\\}er,,' T1tle & Tlu~t Company, 1n \VIlmlllgton, Del, ha' e been arre"ted b) cl L 11lted States marshall on the Made by Sheboygan Novelty Co" Sheboygan, WIS . charge of consptrlng to COm111ltan offense agalllst the UnIted State~ They were taken before a ju~t1ce and held for an I11vestlgatlOn before the grand jury They are alleged to hay, e advert1sed and sent out postal cards offering to advhe corporatIOns how to evade the new ta', pro\ Ided In the tariff act The offer set forth that the plan could be to!lowe(] WIthout VIOlclt1l1gthe law The accu:oed say that theIr offel was sImply to expla1l1 the law and how to conform to It and pronllse to put up a "ucce:osful defense Recent Inventions. \ fil e e:Olape recently patented by aNew York man con- 'lSts of a fireproof tower contallll11g a separate spIral tube lead1l10 from each floor to the street to lessen the confUSIon should "a ~lllgle tube be used for all floor" -\ patent has been ::;ranted a LOUl"Iana man on a plclne III \\ Inch the blade IS replaced by a pIece of ~amlpaper, wlllch ma \ be adj usted or 1emoved and replaced by a fre~h pIece by t\\ 0 knobs that SCIew mto the ba"e \ foldmg portable wardrobe for the benefit of travelers \'vho may hm! llladeCjuclte accommodatIons at <,topplllg places has been patented by an 1111110ISman WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Vacuum Cleaners and Carpet Sweepers. 'v\ eekly ArtIsan, CIty G~ntlemen Replymg to your favor of 2nd m~t, we beg to advI"e }ou that the mtroductlOn of vacuum cleaner~ has had a stlmu-latmg effect upon our busme,,~, and the I ea"ons for thl~ are ql11te obv 10USto us In the fil'it place, a vacuum cleaner wIth suffiCIent pOV\er to be effectIve l'i necessanl y expen~lve, and tl1l'-, place'i a llmltatlOn upon lt~ "ale and removes It entirely from the categor} of the cal pet 'iweeper In the second place. vacuum de,ll1ers poe,ses"lng any ment mue,t have motor.., that not only coe,t money but add mat en all} to the weIght of the de vIce Vacuum cleaner'i that weIgh from 40 to 60 pound~ are not ea"y to tran~port from room to room and up and down e,talr~, and therefore It IS that they are not practIcal every del} cleamng deVIces You wl1l percelVe that the carpet 'iweeper or hand pro-pelled clea11lng deVIce I" the every day necessIty m the home It ""elgh~ but j~ pound.." can be tran~ported from room to room or up and clown 'italr'i by a chlld, and co"te, but $275 to $6 SO for the very best Compare the'ie pnce~ WIth the pflce of the vacuum cleaner that pos"e~ses any ment There are a lot of alleged vacuum cleaners on the llurket that al e perfectly worthless affaIr", and even these co"t from $1500 to $2500 You are qmte nght m your a"sumptlOn that the carpet ..,weeper mdustry hel~ not suffered from the mtroduetlOn of vacuum cleaner~ On the contrary. there has never been a more "uccessful pellod m our bu"mess hl~tor} than ~l11ce the"e cleanel s were mtroducecl To bnng the matter down to date, our busme'i" smce the fir..,t of July, when all the vacuum cleaner manufacturers have been advertlsmg more extensIvely than ever before, shows an mcrea..,e of 15 per cent a month vVe have lust closed the largest October m our hI "tory, not exceptmg the great year of 1906 Vacuum c1eaner~ have theIr cll'itInct field of usefulness but the same IS smgularly true of the carpet sweeper There are many hmltatlOns surroundmg the use of vacuum cleaner.., that are not known to the pubhc generally Vacuum cleaners for example cannot gather up the large mIscella-neous htter that the sweeper swallows up WIthout effort Fme dust IS all that a vacuum cleaner can get. You wIll appre- CIate that the hou"ewlfe reqUIres a c1eanmg deVIce for dally use that 1S equal to the emergency In gathenng up the nl1S cellaneous htter such as large crumbs, matches, pms, needles. scraps of cloth, etc Of cour~e, In addItIOn to gathenng all thIs the Iapldly revolv111g brush of the 'iweeper hfts the fine uu"t out of the carpet or rug and depOSIts It 111the pan re-ceptacles As a matter of fact, the carpet or rug that Is dally ~-~-------'-_--.-~__.._. -------------------- Ii II IIIII II III II II~------~-- - - -----~DETROIT, MICH. I HOTEL NORMANDIE CONGRESS STREET Near Woodward Avenue American Plan, $2 50 per Day and upwards European Plan, $1 00 per Day and upwards Hot and Cold Runnmg Water m all Rooms. Rooms With Bath extra. A High Grade Cafe. Restaurant and Buffet m connection GEORGE FULWELL, Proprietor. -----_. _. ------ -------------~ ~------~--_._---------~------------- .-- - - ----------- II III II II It I II - -~ THE Hindel KINO THE GREATEST 1l0USEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Is fllted WIth felted colton mattress. Has LuxuriOus Turkish Sprmgs. Is always ready WIth bed-dmg m proper place. Is absolutely safe-cannot close aCCidentally. Saves rent bysavmg space· Protects covermg by turn- Ing cushIons Is so Simple and easy a child can operate It Has roomy wardrobe box under seat I III II , II ~----------------------------------------------~ ComprIses three articles for the price of one WRiTE WIRE OR PHONE FOR PARTICULARS KINDEL BED COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK TORONTO swept \\ Ith a 1Jbsell -,wcepel ha" lIttle need for suchan cleaner" It Jt, only where sweepmg IS neglected that the vacuum cleaner apparently e,how~ the be~t result" ;\Jotwlth"tanchng that thCle are probably ISO to 200 va-cuum cleaner" manufactured 111thl" and foreIgn countnes, our bUS111e..,,,I~ cone,tantly glOW1l1g Our foreIgn trade a~ well a" our home tl ade V\III ~how a large 111crease for the year 1909 \ \ e rema111, Yours truy, BISSELL Ci\RPET S\\ EEPER COMPANY New Furniture Dealers. C R Pansh & Co al e new furmtLll e dealer., 111Columbue, OhIO John Barger IS the newest furl11ture dealer 111DanvJ1le, III He IS located at 433-7 Mam street Fred Rellbmlth I~ erect111g a bmlchng m whIch he wJ11 open a furl11ture store at JVlacungle, Fa H ] Immel of Fond du Lac, I" mak111g arrangemenb to open a new funl1ture store at J\I ayv Ille, WI~ F C Pal~t, Ada Palst and A J Costell, have mcorpor-ated the Independent Fur11lture Company, capltahzecl at $10,000, to deal m fur11lture at Paot1la, Col \\ B Carel of 1\ew York CIty, E E Carter and others of Bluefield, \V. Va, have 111LOrporated the Globe Furl11shmg Company to e"tabhsh a ~tore and deal 111furmture and hOlhe furl11"h111ggood" 111Bluefield CapItal stock, $20,000 New Factory for Grand Rapids. F J 1\1cElmee, cash leI of the "tate bank at GrandVIlle a suburb of Grand Rapld~, Harm Spaanstra, Herman MIller and J Ohl1 K1l11.p,""ho have had experience a~ furmture workers In Grand Rapld" factone", are orgamz111g the Sheraton lurn- Iture Company for the purpose of e'itabhsh111g a factory at GrandvJ1le They have deCIded to 'itart 111a modest ""ay, Ue,111gel 1)l1l1d111~now owned by the Grandvllle State bank wluch was formerly occupIed by the Hammond Novelty works The capItal "tack ha~ been fixed at $12,000 and Grand Rapld'i capltah"ts have sub"cnbed for a con~lderable part of It "That's a good name for a fur11lture company, saId a well known Grand RapId.., hlll11ture man, when told of the Grand- \ Jlle enterpnse, "but If they expect to hve up to the same by makmg Sheraton fur11lture, they'll have to 111crease theIr capItal a bIt, befOle they are able to pay dIVIdends" The man who boasts that he has everyth111g that he wants I doesn't want much •• -4 posed He was accepted and a few months later the marnage took place Speak1l1g of their courtship ~ome years later Mrs "etcher said "Y\ e talked bus1l1ess as other engaged couples talk 10\ e-It was love and Me to both of us lour years after the marnage, 111ApnL 1904, Mr 1\etcher "ecured the largest amount of 1I1~urance ever Issued upon the hte at a reSident of a western city up to that tune The pohcy called for the pay ment of $500,000 and was made payable to \1Is Xetcher It INas taken out as a bus1l1es" safeguard to assure ample cash to carr) out 1\lr Netcher's extensive plans should he die before their completIOn Two months after the pohc) wa" taken out, Mr. Netcher died follOWing an oper-ation for appendlclth The estate, of which his wife became the "ole executor, amounted to more than a nlllhon dollars, $600000 of whICh was 111surance lollow111g the example of her late husband, l\1rs Netcher then promptly apphed for an equal amount of 1I1surance The company which had bsued the pohcy of $500,000 for her hus-hand would Issue only $200,000 on her Me She therefore took S~OO000 more In another company 1 he first $700,000 was IN ntten on the non-participating plan, but recently she took out S300,000 more, on the partlclpat1l1g plan, making a total of SI 000,000 \\hlch IS beheved to he more than IS carned on the hfe of any other woman 111the world .:\Irs ::-,etcher reaches her offices about 9 30 and works at het desk a full bus111ess day Instead of tak1l1g lunch down to\\ n she dr1\ es back to her beautiful home, 4427 Drexel bouIe- 'llanI, and ha" luncheon With her chJ1dren Her work at the office IS that of con"ultatlOn With those trusted employes of her husband INham she picked a., heads of the varIOus depart-ment., of the store It COnslC,tsof pass111g upon large money deals transacted 111the store One of the remarkable th111gs about ~lrs Netcher's corps of assistant:, IS their extreme youth Her general manager, Henr} G Hart, "ald to be under 30, IS a man of academiC tra1l1111g a graduate phySICian, an expert on chemistry, and a student of hterature The assbtant general manager, George Branches, IS a man under 35, whtle Henry Fnedberg, the ad- 'llertls111g manager, I" said to be under 30 'The only succe"sful hfe," ~ays Mrs Netcher, "IS the hte of \\ork and susta111ed effort The busy hfe IS the only Me \\ orth whJ1e I do not care for society and I cannot say that I hunger for the diverSIOns pursued by most women. Mrs Netcher once declared that she did not see the neces- Stty for a vacatIOn Conge11lal work IS happ111ess for her and "he can't see why one ~hould give up happ1l1ess, even em-poranly Dunng the hot ~ummcr months, when most women of consldelably le"s mean" than l\1r~ Netcher were at resorts, the propnetre"., of the Boston "tore v. as regularly at her desk tran saet111g bus1l1ess DlCln't she feel the need of a change or dlvenon? 'I ha\ e m) chtldren and my home," was her charm1l1g lem1l1der 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN STORY OF MERCHANT PRINCESS Remarkable Career of Mrs. Charles Netcher. Owner of the Boston Store. Chicago. Mrs Chares Netcher, owner of the Boston store Chi-cago, known as the "1\lerchant Pr111ce"s "tands as a umque example of fem1l1111edchlevement };rom an obscure sales-woman, 111 a monster, restlcss army of department store workers, to propnetre~s of the 111c,tltutlOn 111Vii hlch she began as an humble employc, IS her record She IS today eng1l1eenm;-and successfull)-a larger bUSI-ness enterpnc,e than pcrhap" an) 11\111gwoman, and she b the Mrs. Charles Netcher manag111g exccut1\ e of her bus1l1es", 111e\ el) "cn.,e at the word Yet Mrs Netchel IS no mere wor"hlper at the altar of commerce In her day IS crowded mOle bus1l1es" than IS done by any but a few hus1l1ess men 111Chicago, and more hours spent at home With her chlldrcn than are given them by many society women The ~tOly of her llse to power ha~ becn ottcn told but ne\ er better than 111her own 'II'll orel" "Thel e IS noth1l1g wandel ful 111v. hat I am dOlnfS,, "hc says, "I am dOIng what any lo}al \\Ife would do T am "Imph carrY111g on the work of my late hushand It t" the one aim I now have to de'llate my"elf to the 1I1terest., to \\ hlch he ga\ e his hfe." l\]rs Netcher hac, been the active head of the huc,mcs., "hc conducts smce the death of hcr husband 1111904 Somc tlurt\- five years before hiS death Charles" etchel .,tal ted a" a bundle boy m the store of C \;\ & Ed Partndge E\ entually he bought out the partners and rapidly extended the bustness Like many self-made men, buslI1ess to .:\11 Xetchel was h1" first and best love Courtship of women had httle part 111hi" career One day, when hc was about -1-8years old, he ob-served a pleas111g and succe.,,,ful sale"wo1llan m h1" cloak and SUIt department He asked her to come to hi" office \\ hen she appeared he was so busy that he had forgotten about the summons Scratch111g hiS head for a few moments, he recalled it, and then and there in the most busmesshke manner pro- -.... _--_ ...., COLORS Adopted by the Grand Rapids Furniture ASSOCIationare produced With our: Golden Oak Oil Stain No. 1909, Filler No. 736. Early English Oil Stain No. 55, Filler No. 36. Weathered Oak Oil Stahl No. 1910. Mahogany Stain Powder, No.9, Filler No. 14. I Fumed Oak (W) Stain No. 46. III .. I _. _._._._._------_._-----------. --_._- ------------------ ~ GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING 5559 Ellsworth Ave GRAND RAf'IDS. MICH co. WEEKLY Something About the Newest WoodFinishes. There never was a time m the hIstory of the furmture makmg mdustry when so much real mterest was mamfested by the manu facturer m the fimsh of hIs product as the present And thIS mter-est IS not solely confmed to the manufacturer, but has commumcateJ Itself to the dealer m furmture, and to the dealers' customers-the pubhc, After dll It IS the man or woman who buys for the home who IS the one to denve the greatest pleasure from a beautifully fimshed pIece of furmture The commg year promises a number of new thmgs of d very hIgh character m wood fil11she, dnd a, usual The Manetta Pamt & Color Company of Manetta, OhIO, are prepared to furmsh prac tical stams to produce any or all of the newest Ideas, as well as all matenals and mstructlOns for producmg these new fimshes For year" furmture manufdcturers have been trymg to produce a correct shade of fumed oak and have tned several methods, of which, for a tIme, the fummg chamber proved the most satisfactory, as It produced on some pieces of the \\ ood results as to shade that were correct, but, owmg to the dIfferent methods of treatmg wood m the drymg proces" It has been ImpossIble to secure a umform color on a pIece of furmture The Manetta Pamt & Color Company. recogmzmg that some other treatment was necessary, has proJuced a stam that enables the fimsher to secure a correct shade of fumed oak wIthout fummg Made by Luee Furmture Company Grand RapIds, MJCh ThiS stam IS made from powerful aCids and b pel manent m Its er-fects and IS bemg largely used by fllll1lture manufacturers \\ nIl pel fect success Even where the wooJ has been fumed m a fummg chamber It has been found that by u"mg thIS aCId stdm that the work can be ton ed up and the color made more umform Owmg to the fact thdt the trade IS toddY demandmg a deeper shade of fumed thdn IS pc sSlble to secure by the fummg chamber method It IS even more necessclry to stam than fOimerly The company makes thiS stam m any deSIred depth to Slllt the Idea, of manufac turers, and any de<,tred shade can be obtamed Another offenng by nus well known house, suggested by the new Flanders deSIgn of furmture, which IS fdst commg mto popular favor, IS a stam to produce the correct color whIch th~s new desl2;n calls for It produces a beautiful, deep, nut-brown shade of colol dnd fimshes m a soft, velvety, dull effect ThIS stam IS only used upon hIgh grade furmture and we predIct It Will become very popu-lar Full directIOns are furmshed for usmg the stam and secunng the correct fimsh Another new stam made by The Manetta Pamt & Color Com-pany IS called Stratford Odk ThIS also promIses to become a velY populal fimsh for the better gl ade of furmture, It Imparts to the oak a vel y deep blown color WIth a nch purple undertone and the completed fimsh IS very handsome ThIS also IS put out With com plete InstructIOns for obtalDmg the correct results The fame of the Manetta Company's Farly Engltsh Stams makes It unnecessary to say much here regardmg that beautiful hmsh as It IS already known to a maJonty of the leadmg furmture manufac ARTISAN turers of the Umted States and Canada It has been conceded that Manetta Early Engltsh Stams are correct m color and practical of appltcatlOn, and they are today bemg largely used by manufac-turers \\;hose products have gamed for them a reputatIOn for the hnest Early Engltsh finbh The Manetta Pamt & Color Company claims to lead m the makmg of practical stams and fillers and all wood fimshmg maten als, and the wonderful growth of the company's busmess wlthm a _v"lvdratlvely few year" IS pomted to as the best eVIdence at tht truth of ItS claIm-that It leads the world m practlcdl wood hn Ishes It not only makes the stams and other matendls but It shows ItS customers how to get the results destred If nece"sary No goods are e,er offered to the trade thdt have not been tned and given every practical test m the factOi y There can be no ques tlOn that thIS method has had much to do With the very remarkable success which the compdny ha" enjoyed smce It entered the wood hmshmg field e1even years ago The Adam Brothers and Adam Furniture ROBERf AND JAMES ADAM were not the makers of the fur111ture known by theIr name They were archI-tects, to Kmg George III among others, and Adam furmture was only deSIgned by them and carned out under theIr su-perVISIon SometImes Hepplewhlte made It and 'iOmetlmes It was pamted by An-gehca Kaufmann, SIr JO'ihua Reynolds' protege, or by Pergolesl, whom the Adam Brother'i brought from Italy for the pur-pose. But It all bears such unmIstakable eVI-dence of the Adam gemus for refined, re- "tramed deSIgn, that the few genume pIeces of It ~ttll 111 eXIstence are hterally worth well 111ghtheIr weIght m gold Some of these have been reproduced by us and arc to be seen 1n our galleries The1r neo-c1ass1c elegance of form and proportlOn, the conv111cmg dehcacy of thcl1r carved or pa111ted ornamentatlOn, comb111e to gn e them one "lgnal advan-tage. They w1ll be found to harmomze most admIrably WIth the arch1tectural or other 'iturounchng'i of almost any style or pen-ad GRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE COMPANY (Incorporated) 34 and 36 \Vest 32d Street Between Broadway and T'lfth A\ enue New York Good Sample for "Ad" Writers 27 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN The Sligh Furniture Company's New Building. v\ e Illustrate herewith the progress made toward the com-pletIOn of the new additIOn to the Shgh Fur111tUle Compan) ~ factory after one week s work The SILe of the aclc1ltlOn I" 96 x 132 and I~ to be four "tones high The S1lgh lur111tUl e Company have for a long time felt that they "houle! proVide someth111g 111the way of club convel11ences for the u"e of their men, consequently provblOn IS made for thl" 111the ne,'V ad-dltJon now bemg bUIlt Most of the ba"ement will be de,oted to e!mmg, reae!mg and recreatJon room" The fir"t floor ,'VIII con tam the entrance to the new "alesroom which will occupy all of the second floor and connect with the saleo room In the old buildmg which IS a1:o0 on the "econd floC'1 The thlrcl and fourth floon will be u"ed for stock room" The mcrea"e 111 the manufactUring department,; of the b111ldl112, which will be pOSSible with the con"tJ uctlOn of thb aelcl!tt, n and the rearrangements planned It IS said Will permit of an l'1crease In the Company',; output amounting to $150,000 a ,ectr The Company'" h1 "Ine"s for 1909 'v III undoubtedly Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oilk Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Mapl~ Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak 1)10' e 1l l \.( p ,e, of thJ.l , ; d ') of their prey JO,h yeal'3 )111P- ,1Ient" to r[ lLe 111dlcate thl" New Factories. EriC Ander:oon and C C Palmer of Mmneapolls and vv S Jen~en of St Paul, have 111corporated the Standard '1\ all Bed Com pan) , capltahzed at $1 'i0,000 and Will e"tabhsh a new fac tor) In St Pdul, ::\lmn '1\ CRiger. C A Albright, G G Stark, H C, Bauer and Henry Tapkmg ha, e 111corpOlated the Cab111et J\lakers Umon, capltahzed at $7'i,000 to manufacture furl11tUl e and office flx-ture~ In Im1lanapoll", Incl C C Hiatt. lr B Campbell, R ] Spencer, ~ C, Hm,; elale and ::\I H '1\ dey C011'3tltute the board of directors of the H1l1:odale Pneumatic CushIOn and l\lattre~" Lompany, recently orga111zed With $25,000 capital stock, to e~tabh'3h and operate a factory In Indlanapoll" Ind -------------------~ ------------------- ------ IIt •It •!I -' . .- .. . --_.... Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 Miscellaneous Notes and News. The Gmlford Furmture Company of Greensboro, N C, ha" been adjudged bankrupt and placed In the hands of F. C Boy les dS I ecelver ex B Summer of the firm of Shelby & Summer, furn- Iture dealel s of PIcken", S C, ha" "old hIS mterest to J J 1 ewford and J D vVheeler L nder order" from the federal court W H Cooker, re-ceIver 111 bankruptcy WIll "ell the plant and a"sets of the 1\1al- Hln (Ark) ChaIr Company D 1\1 Clark & Co, fur11lture and hardwood dealer" of Bramel d, 1\1mn, were burned out completely October 28 TheIl 10"" IS only partially msured The Standard I, ur111ture Company of Spokane, Wa..,h, ha, e deCIded tel add an adchtlOnal story to theIr new bUllchng 110\'\ 111 C011r"eof con..,tl uctlon on Rn erslde a, enue ThIs wl1l make It "c, en "tones 'lhe l\IaJe..,Uc T ur111ture Company of :Uexlco, '\ Y, ha" bcen 1l1COl porated by 'IV H Osborn and others who wJ1l re-model alld enlal ge the new plant recently estabh"hed CapI-tal :"tock, alI paId m, $40,000 Lee S 1\I111sfor "everal year" buyer for the Sharpe & \\ herr} FurnIture Company of Na"hvl1le, Tenn, has accepted ,he PO~lt'on of "ale" and collectIOn manager for A. C Scud-day house fur111sher, of the same cIty Charles B He11lka the pIoneer undertaker and fur11lture dealer of Petoskey, 1\1Jch, ched lecently after an Illness of about a year He stal ted 111 bu..,me"s at \\ ayland, Mlch and mm ed to Petoskey nearly thIrty yeals ago ] he \Iohne Fur111ture \Vorks and other factones at .:\10- lme, Ill, are repOl ted "0 rushed WIth order" that It IS neces- "al y to 1I1crease the working- fOlce and lengthen the hours '1 he Fur11lture 'vVork" are now workmg 125 men 12 hours a day )J J Ocksreldel, collector for I'ea"e Brothers fur111ture dealer" of Los Angeles, Cal, I" charged WIth a shortage of $2.400 111 hI', account" He skIpped out but ""as caught 111 Salt Lake CIty and ha" been I eturned to Los Angeles fOI tJ ILl! fcn embezzlement J E IV mans of 1\1uskog ee, Okla, a" agent for the Haney School FurnIture Company, of Grand RapIds, 1\1lch , ha" filed With the secretary of "tate on behalf of that company an affida'lt that It IS not affihated With any tnnt or monopoly, as I" req Ull eel by the text book law of the state Stockholders 111 the Howard Du"tless Duster Company of Bo~ton ""ee mllhons" 111 the project The dUtotless dusters are made of cloth chemIcally treated that dusts, cleans and pol- Ishes hl1mture, etc ,and It 1<; claimed that the matenal retams ltS plOpertles and Ibefulness after be1l1g washed repeatedly 1\Iayor Howse of NashVIlle. Tenn, b a funllture dealer, That he IS a good mayor wa" Imhcated last week when about twenty of hI:" competitor" In the fur11lture trade Vv ent to hiS office and presented hIm a valuable gold mounted fountam pen a:" e\ Idence of theIr apprecIatIOn of hiS admlmstratlon of the cIty's affaIrs E S Hal mon'" contract WIth the Chehalhs (\Vash) Furni-ture and ),Ianufactunng Company whereby he sold the output of the faciory, ha" expIred and the company al e makmg ar-rangement" to seII their product Without the as:"lstance of an agent They Will e"tabh"h warchou"es In Portland and Sedttle and, perhap", In Spokane J II Roe and RIchard Lamont composmg the firm of Roe & Lamont who have scored great ~uccess m the fur111ture trade at T'lellmgham, \Vash , have mcorporated under the name of the Great 'Jortheln FUl11lture Company With $36,000 capital stock and ",,111enlarge their bu"mes:" whICh has grown be- } ond the capacity of their present quarters Hardwood Lumber Conditions. Although not defi11ltely adVIsed of a change m quotation'S dealer" 111 mahogany logs and lumber, and furlllture manu-facturers, are expectmg an advance m pnces Immediately For over a year Afncan mahogany ha~ been "old at pnces about 20 per cent lower than the quotatIOns of two years ago The declme was due to the hard times penod that began m October, 1907 At that time lumbermen operatmg m Afnca had a large amount of mahogany cut mto logs The palllC cut off the demand but those log" had to be brought out of the hot chmate to save them from bemg worm eaten They were brought out and dumped mto the London, LIVerpool and t\ ew York markets Some of the owners were obhged to sell and many of them dId so at figures that did not cover the co"t and they qmt cuttmg the tImber The demand was hght for a year 01 more but has mcrea"ed conSIderably In the past "IX months and the supply I" now runmng "hart The K ew York market h saId to be practically bare of the Afncan tnnber and the receipts Will "urely be hght for several months at least "Cnder "uch concbtlOn" an advance m pnces on Afncan ma-hogany IS conSidered a certamty and the scarcIty wl11 mcrea"e the demand and cause hIgher pnces for the Cuban, ,\Iexlcan, Central and South Amencan vanetle., of the tImber on whIch there has been httle dec1me m the pa"t two years Two years ago Afncan mahogany was sold at 16 to 18 cenb per foot, Dunng the past year and up to the pre'3ent It has been sold at 13 cents, or le"s, but dealer" declare that It WIll soon go up to the old pnce or higher The domestIc hardwood markeb are reported ql11et at nearly all pomt'3 The 111crea"e in the demand for the lower grades of oak that wa" noted two week" ago seem" to have sub"lded The upper grades, however, are stlII firm WIth a tendency to hIgher figures The pnce of quarter-sawed l11ch oak has been advanc1l1g "lowly smce about the first of July In Grand RapIds the total advance m the past four months amounts to $5 or $6 per thousand ft In June the figures were $80 @ 82 Kow the quotatIOns are $86 @ $88, but these pnces are frequently shaded conSIderably Plam oak fir"ts and second" have also gradually advanced m pllce smce June, but the figures take a range so WIde that quotatIOns have bttle defi-l11te "iglllficance Ash, blrch, elm and maple are generally repol ted firm With good demand, but WIth the exception of maple there has been no matenal advance 111pnces S111ceJune though higher prices have been and are now constantly predIcted by consumers Death of John M. Smyth of Chicago. John 1\1 Smyth, owner of a furl11ture ..,tOle that he e:otdL h"hed 111ChIcago In 1867 and whIch I" now onL of the largest estabhshments of ItS kmd m the world, dIed last Thursday aged 66 years The Immediate cau"e of hIS death was bron-chIal pneumol11a, but the pnmary cause I" saId to have been overwork 111stralghtel11ng out the finanCIal affaIrs of John R \;\1alsh The merchant was a heavy stockholder 111the vVal"h banks, and when they were wrecked he was the chIef guaran-tor of the $7,121.887 note given by 1\1r \'Valsh to the cleanng hou"e 1\lr, Smyth IS credIted With hav111g done much to straIghten out the affairs of the former banker :.\Ir Smyth wa" born at sea, July 6, 1843, when hIS parents were emlgratl11g from Ireland to the Ul11ted State'3 The famIly settled in ChIcago m 1845, where Mr Smyth has S111cemade hIs home For many years he took an active mtel e"t m polttlcs He served two tel ms m the cIty counCIl and was a personal fnend of the late Mayor Carter II Harnson 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... .. ---------_._._._._ .... ._._.~.~._.-. -_.------- -----~~------_._--~-~ NEW VORI< NEW PROCESS FUllING LIQUID produces on any oak results equal in every respect to those obtained by the old tedious and expensive actual fuming method. This especially prepared material when applied to any oak acts with the acids in the wood and produces that peculiarly beautiful, brown-ish effect known as "Fumed Oak." Nothing affects the finish, which may be thoroughly sandpapered without fear of cutting through. Send for FREE sample. We supply everything in Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. i CHICAGO ~-. .. ....~ nent nOle \\ Ithont co~t to It, land'i and preml'ie" whIch shall be acceptable and "atl"factory to It'i trn"tees a" a locatIOn and "He tor the bl1llcllng or bndd1l1g ~ , \Iv hlch were to be Its perma-nent home If that conclltlOn shall not be complied wIth \\ Ithm SIX) ears from the date of hI" death- Jan 16, 1906-the $8008000 \\ lllch It \Va'i mtenc!ed Chlca~o "hon!d have v" 111 be 10'it to It Thc palk Vlmml""loner" now threaton to bnng "nIt aga\11"t \ \ dlC! for the pnrpo'ie of condemll1ng hlb holdmg" for a "Ite fOl the mlbenm and litIgatIon In that "tdte 1" nsnally pamfnlly slow If It "hall not "eem ac!vI"able to pnrsne thI" conr"e tthe trn"tee~ wtI! ha\ e to look out for another SIte A pretty woman doe'in't always wear well. In fact, beanty vel y often rubs off. . ~ Oak, Veneers. ~-..... . . IIII Circassian, Mahogany, II and I! , Established IB3B. I~....... .- --- . Trouble for Montgomery Ward. Ch' l11ng a "mall frontage on Grant park m lhlcago I[ont gomely \\ ard the great mati order merchant. ha" carneel on nncea~lllg!) a campaIgn aga1l1"t man) mteresb that hay e .,ought to cover the gIonnd wIth rallroad track'i and bllllclln~'i desIgned to be n"ed for van an" purposes HI" latht tIll1mph \11 lItIgatIOn \\ a" won from the tI u"tee" of the 1 lelel IIthenm who "ought to erect on the park a "plenchd blll!clmg. to UJ"t $8000,000, plOvlded far by the WIll of the late IIaI "hall llelel to contaIn the FIeld II useum '1he people of ChIcago \Iv hlle acknowledgmg theIr oblIgatIOn to J\Ir \\ arc! for what he ha" done on other occaSIOns for the consel' atIOn of the lake front, are not thankfnl for thI'i latest assertIOn of hIS legal nghh Thc sItuatIOn IS all the more nnplea'iant because of the term" of '\11 FIeld's wtIl He gay e the museum $8,000,000 on concll-tlOn that there "hould be "glvcn to It 01 devoted to Ih pellna LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF Gum Poplar The Albro Veneer Co. CINCINNATI. O. I .._ .._ _--_..... . .. WEEKLY ARTISAN A New Mileage Book. The western raIlroads have adopted a new mterchangeable mIleage tIcket book whIch wIll be put mto use Jan 1 as a sub-o, tItute for all forms of mIleage tIckets now m use It wIll be Io,,",ued by the mclIvIdual road, but wIll be of umform type and adapted for use m states where varyIng rates of legal maXI-mum fares are m force After careful consIderatIOn of the mIleage book que"tIOn the road'3 adopted the report of the Jomt mIleage commIttee of the \\ eo,tern Paso,enger a'3S0cIatIOn and the Southweo,tern Pa~- o,enger lVIIleal-Se bureau, whIch recommended a nontransfer-able per~ondl descnptIVe book contam111g 2,000 coupons to be Made by the Boston Mlrror Company, 67-69 Sudbury St , Boston, Mass sold for $40 Instead of repre'oent111g mIles, however, each coupon v,I11 V11tually repre"ent 1 cent, and \\ 111be honO! ed accOld1l1g to the rate of fare 111each state In the 2 cent fare o,tates~llhnO!s, 1m,a, Kansas, northel n .!\IIc1llgan, J\I111l1e"ota, )J ebraska, I'\orth Dakota, Oklahoma, and \VIscon'o111~one coupon WIll he attached for each nllle In states where the legal rate h 2/~ cents-Arkansas, Colo-rado, LOUlo,Iana, ~II%OUn, Montana, Texa'3, and \Vyom111g~ five coupons wIll be detached for each four mIleo, traveled, and m New J\1exIco three coupons for each two mIles Smce the passage of the '3tate fare laws the present form" of western 1l1terchangeable mIleage book" and the mdIVIdual book" have almost fallen mto dIsuse because they represent no consIderable reductIOn under the usual fare The Man Who Knows. In the pi esent age when the tendency IS to speCialize m dll lmes of human endeavor, 1t 1S the man who knows' who IS today filling the h1ghe'it positiOns It matter:o not wl1dt your partIculdr specialty may be-clerk book~eeper, la1lroader, blacksm1th, machm1st, carpenter, wood fin 1sher-lf you are thOl oughly famlhar wIth your busmLss you dre bound to mcrea,e your edrnlllg CdPdClty The wood filllsher of today, for 111stance, must know-and usu ally does-far mOle than the filllsher of even twenty-five years ago ThiS 1S not only becau:oe of the many new styles of finIshes which have been llltroduced In that many yedrs, but because of the many new methods and processes wh1ch are today reqlured to produce many of the modern hIgh grade wood filllshes A good filllsher must not only "know" h1s busmes:o, but "he should know why he knows", he must keep mformed on all matters pertammg to his art The Manettd Pamt & Color Company, one of the hlghe'it author 1he'i on modern, h1gh grade wood filllSh111g,has Is:oued a httle book under the title of "Hmt'i for the FIlllshmg Room,' whJch every wood filllsher should have It IS of a convelllent SIze to cdrry 1n the vest pocket and can be had for the ask1l1g by address1l1g a request to the company at Manetta, OhlO. / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15 20 AN:D 25 SPINDLlcS DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAI LING MACH I N E ThIS little machme has done more to perfect the drdwer work of furnl ture mauufacturers thau anyth10g else 10 the furmture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fitttng vermlll proof dovetaIled stock a pOSSI blhty ThIS has been accompllshed at reduced cost a<; the machme cuts dove-tails In gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatlOn It s what others see about your busmess rather than what }OU say about It that counts 111 the cash drawer It <;the thrill of t'nthusIasm and the true ring of truth 'ou feel and hear back of the cold type that makes yon buv the thing advertIsed ALEXANDER DODDS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHICAN Represented by Schuchart & Schulte at Berlm, VIenna, Stockholm and St Peteflbura Repr .. ented by Alfred H Schulte at Cologne, Brus.el., !...lege, Pans. Muan and Buboa Represented m Great Bnllan and Ir.land by the Ohver Machmery Co. F S Thompson, Mar, 201-203 Dean.aate. Manchester. England ~ .G'~'--'-'-'~'-' _ ,,••• I I,I , I I -----------------------~ I I IIII ,I •• I I •I•• I •I I III III I I, II IIII I• •; Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-fIve years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. 31 \ New York Markets. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN to ••••• Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. An experIenced upholstery furmture salesman to work the larger towns m IllmOls, Iowa, MISSOUrI,Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. Must be a man who thoroughly understands the bUSiness. Goed salary. Address "E T C," care Weekly Artisan, Grand Rapids. Mleh 11 6_13-20-27 II II I I I II IIII II fII II WANTED. First class superIntendent to take charge of the marufac tunng part of our bUSiness Apply stating experIence re-ferences ard salary expected, to the Carrollton Furnture ManufactUrIng Company, Carrollton. Ky. 11-6 FOR RENT In I!'0rt Wayne, Ind, Cltv of 65,000 populatlO'1, three story bnck bUilding, 30 x 150 ft., steam heat electnc w.red, electnc elevator, entire interIor rece'1tly painted and fres-coed, located one half block from Court House. ce'1ter of huslnes'l dlstnct. Address E. Shu'l1an, 222 E Wavpe St Fort Wayne, Ind 10_30-11-6-13 WANTED Line of Refrigerators and Case Goods for Phlladelph''3. ard near-by towns by salesman who has worked th .. terr'- tory for more than twenty years. Address, "M De J," care Artisan. WANTED PositIOn for 1910. A Furmture Salesman With twenty_eight years exrer-ience as a Road Salesman, covenng Ill, Ind, OhIO, V\Tester'1 Pa Northern Ky and Northern Tenn., IS ooen for a Poslt1"n With a good case goods house or chalr house Can f!lve A-I recommendatIOns from present employers that Will (Ji~_ pel all doubt. Will gladly answer all questions Ad<1rec'l "w. J. H." Care Artisan. 10-20 SALESMAN With well established trade east of Buffalo, N Y to Portland Me. and north of Norfolk, Va., IS open fer lme of UP-TO-DATE medIUm prIced dmmg room furniture on commission-over 20 years' experIence. Address "Oopor-tunity," care of 511 West 21st street, New York City, N Y 10-30 WANTED A representative lme of medIUm prIced case work on commiSSIOn for Atlantic Coast states from Mame to Vlrgmla by well known exoerIenced sales'11an. Andress, "Vldel cet'" care of 342 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, N Y. 10-20 WANTED-SALESMAN A prominent refrIgerator manufacturer wants salesman for New England states Prefer some one who has handled refrigerators. Address Refrigeraters care of Weekly Arusa" 10-30 WANTED-SALESMAN. Expecting to mcrease our force of salarIed salesmen we want to hear from furmture salesman, ope'1 for engagement January 1st. Must have experience IU road "'lor\{ III medIUm and better case work. and general line of furniture. State reference. None but well recom'11eT'ded. exnerIenced furni-ture roadman Will be conSidered. Address, High Grade. Care Michigan Artis'ln. 10-23-tf WANTED-SUPERINTENDENT For Indiana factory making sewmg machlre woodwork, address "Echo" or Weekly Artisan. 10-23 WANTED LINES FOR 1910 ExnerIenced salesman With established trade betwee" Buffalo and Bangor. Me. would like to carry several hnes of medIUm priced case goods on com-rllSSlOn. Address "Esp." care Weekly Artisan. 10-9 t f WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi: unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor. latest make and running condition. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. in first class & Dust Ar- 8-2Itf ~ . .--, IIII IIII I IIII I II III I I III II !I I II II II "e\\ Y01 k, '\0\ 5-Lmseed 011 contmues to advance and the malket I" Cj1l1te Itvely QuotatIOns ale now based on 62 (rj; h3 cent" fOl we"tern raw and run up to 65 @ 66 for doublp hotled, the hIgher figure" 111 each ca"e beIng for les'S than fi\ e-barrel lots "1l1rpent1l1e h off a cent 01 more m thb market, and stIll more at Sa\ annah, from the pnce'S quoted a week ago Dea1'3 \\ el e made hel e today at 59/'i @ 60 cent" The Savannah Cjl1ot,ttlon~ today are ~~y;; @ 5hY:; Shellac 10; "ttll elull, WIthout change 111 pllceo; thou~h there h a faIr demand from con"umero; \ mal keel ImpfCn ement In the demand for \! ar111"h Gum" h I ep ,rted and all grades are held firm at these figures Kaun, \0 1 -12 (Ii t8 cent", '\0 2, 21 @ 25 Damar-Datavla-13 (jj; 14 cent', ,[amla, pale. 14 @ 18 cents, dark, hard 12 @ 15, ambel, 14 @ 15 Goat 'Sk111Sare 111better demand than for "e\ eral weeks c'nd pilLe" al e firm ::YIexlcan frontter'S are quoted at 33 @' 3);; cenb \ortheln ,Iexlcans 43 (jj; 43}'2 Duenos AYleo;, 4-1-@ -I-'J Pd) ta". 42 Haltteno;, 44 @ 45 1 he hIde and leather markeb, generally o;peakln~, are firm \\ Ith a tendenc) to ach ance 111 pnce" The burlap huo;1I1eo;,h dull WIth compla1l1t'S of a lack of -'peculatl\ e 111tereo;t and demand for future dell\ ef) EIght ounce g"oocl'->al e o;ttll quoted at 3 SO @ 3 55, ten-and-a-half ounce 4- ~; INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Adams & E1tIPg Company Albro Veneer Company Barnes, W. F & John Co Barton, H. H & Son Company Buss Machme Works DeBruyn, J C Delaware Chair Company Dodds, Alexander Fourteen_Eleven Company Fox Machme Company Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Grand Rapids Electrotype Company Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company Grand Rapids Wood Fmlshmg Company Hahn, LoUIS Hoffman Bros. Company Holden, Henry S Veneer Co Holcomb, A. L. & Co Hood & WrIght Hote Normandle Hotel Pantlind Kauffman ManufactUrIng Company Kmdel Bed Company Luce Furmture Company Mechamcs Furmture Company Michigan Engravlllg Company Michigan Star Furmture Comapny Mlscellan eous Morton House Nelson-Matter Furmture Company New York Furmture Exchange Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Richmond Chair Company Roe E P. Carvmg Works Royal Chair Company Sheboygan Chair Company Sheldon, E H. & Co Smith & DaVIS ManufactUrIng Company Spratt, Geo. & Co Stow & DaVIS Furmture Company Udell Works Union Furniture Company (Rockford) Walter Clark Veneer Company Ward, 0 A White PrIntmg Company VlTood. Morns & Sons Wysong & Miles Company 30 30 Cover 15 COver 24 21 31 1 24 Cover 20 18 22 9 26 4 24 28 22 20 25 24 7 25 4 834 32 24 Cover 2 21 17 4 11 18 11 23 6 15 78 17 10 Cover 31 19 , I,I II II II II I, II .. f" • tI BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. V'lahlng JOu deserved suecess wit.h t.hiS new pa t.ern. we rem/u.n. Robbins TaDLe Co Buss /JJ clune lI1orJ.ts~ Hol!.A.nd. Mieh Ge'1.tlemen, We wish t.o compliment. you on the lIror'xlng ot Jour new +l- Planer Just llstalled for us This IIW.chlne does the best. work of' any plll.11er we l'l8.ve ever seen. anI) we a"".. frank to sal so much bet.ter than we expected. tohl. to our foraun said he si/llpl; could not. gElt along wlthcu:t It..!md wus sure It. wou.lo Yours va!'J truly. pay the price of itself wltlun a year in work 'Is. ad on lIlIlci'une8 followUl&. The Buss Machllle \Vorks are havlllg marked success with this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltmg-feed gears machme cut-together With the steel sprlllg sectional front feed roll and the late new sectional chipbreaker, make a cablllet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Warks are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the times with machmes of great effi.clency Woodworkers of all kinds will not make a mistake by wnting direct or to their nearest selling representative regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the hve woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH• ... .-- -- . --- _____ ---------------------------------.---------.4...... -~---~-_.-----_._-------------,.~ IIt I 1 -~------------- ----------- --_.~-- MORTISER Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money WIth less capltal1uvested He can hold a better and more satlslactory trade With hIS customers He can manufacture m as good style and fimsh, and at as low cost as the factorIes The local cabmet maker has been forced mto only the dealer's trade and profit because of machme manufactured goods of factones An outfit of Barnes Patent Foot and Hand Power Machmery, reInstates the cabmet maker WIth advantag-es equal to hIS competItors If deSired these machmes w111be sold on trwl The purchaser can have ample tlme to test them m hI< own shop and on the work he Wishes them 10 do IJescr,pt,vl cataloglt~ and pr,ce hst free HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW COMBINED MACHINE No 4 SAW (ready for cross cnttmg) W. f. &. JOt1NBIlRNES CO. 654 Ruby St.. Rockford, III. No 2 SCROLL SAW FORMER OR MOULDER ~----- ._--- _.- . HAND TENONER No 3 WOOD LATHE No.4 SAW (ready for npping) __________ . ---4 ••t II1 IiI II ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .
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20. Weekly Artisan; 1909-10-23

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ------------------------- / ( GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• OCTOBER 23. 1909 , - ---- - _------ ._.. --------------------------------~ I II ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE WORLD~S BEST SAW BENel1 I "GRAND RAPIDS CRESCENT" Type IIIi II III III III ,I I I II III I of Grand Rapids~ Mich. II ...I Built to save time in setting up and the sawing of stock. Mistakes and inaccuracies are i:mpossible. This machine is bound to save money wherever used. Send for co:mplete catalog of infor:mation. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS l... - -_ - . .. -_._..__._..__-_._-_._---, _._---._-~----------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN Ten Years of ExhilJition Success THIS IS THE RECORD OF THE KLINGMAN BUILDING C]f The large number of successful manufacturers who have shown their lines continuously in this building for the past five or even ten years is positive evidence that an exhibit here is not an experiment but the most satisfactory of marketing the product of a factory. I ill II I II I I I ill I II I I THE KLINGMAN FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING. C]f There is still a very limited amount of desirable space open, but as the remaining space will be alloted before the end of October, applications should be sent in at once. ADDRESS ALL INQUIRIES TO The Furniture Exhif>itionBuilding Co. of Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN The Chief Factors of Your Selling Success are: your goods, how and where shown, and your "ways." Look well to these and business will come to yo~. No - -- need then to murder prices or do the "knock-down-and-drag- in" act. It's the same as to Exhibition. Exhibitors come to Thirteen Nineteen --The Big Building because of its superior space, its unequalled attendance and its pleasing "atmosphere." They know these are worth the price. Trade comes to lines in 1319 because they are in 1319. Show your line here and have business brought to you. Also: the Chicago furniture market, already the world's greatest, is taking the high hurdles in record time, nor nothing, nor nobody on earth can stop her, because it is Destiny. You want this growing trade---you can't deny it---but you've got to come to Chicago in order to get it. Your live competitors are here getting it. Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Co., 3119 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. WEEKLY ARTISAN ...---- •• wa. __ • _we.' _._. w. - we .- -------..... --------., LABOR SAVING TOOLS Our Multiple Square Chisel Mortiser 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. No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. Our No. 171 Patented Sand Belt Machine will sand flat surfaces and irregular shapes, including mouldings, better and faster than any other process. Nearly No. 171 SAND BELT MACHINE. 1000 of our Sanders now in use by your competitors. Why give them an advantage over you in your sanding department? We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extremely profitable to the chair manufacturers. Ask for CATALOG "E" Wysong & Miles Company Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., Greensboro, N. C. ~ ••• ._ ••• w ••• w_ we we a_a ••• ~ •• - ., • a.a. - we •••• -.- --_ ... 3 -. ""tcf : .... -.,! •• 1 t\ • , ,4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-~ --- - ~----~-_._._- --._--_. -_._._._----- _. _. ---------------- --_ ..-- ..-- ------. THE LUCE LINE Manv New Patterns in Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1 I I I II IIIII I II ..------------- --- ------ --------------------- -----_._----.--_.-~ I LUCE FURNITURE CO. .----_. -- - --_._------------ ---------- --'--" --.- .. --- -- -----_._------_.----- Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs ...... I LUCE~RED1V19t:~MStlt\IR CO., Ltd. I MANUFACTURERS OF I HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Blfch, Blrd's.eye Maple, Q!!artered Oak and Clrcasslan Walnut ....-- .. . _ ..., You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor. East Section, Manufacturers' Buading, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids . .'.-. -_.-..---_ ..... ....... __ a_ 4 30th Year-No. 17 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 23,1909 Issued Weekly GRANO RAPID PUBLIC LIBRARY HISTORY OF AMERICAN FURNITURE More Comments on the Exhibition of Antiques in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. "Tany \\ lltel shave ll11plOved the opportul11ty furmshed by the exhlbltwn of old furnIture arranged m the l\fetropohtan 1\1u eum of Art, New York, m connectlOn wIth the Hudson-Ful-ton celebratlOn to gam mf01 matIon on the development of dec-oratIve art m Amencan homes. 1\ number of these wnters have l2,lven the reaclmg publIc the benefit of theIr observat1Ol1S and each seems to have seen features m the exhlbltlOn that were overlooked by the other" The followmg paragraphs, ~ome of them shghtly abndged, are taken from one of the latest articles on tne mtel estmg exlublt Three gallene., have been arranged, the first shownig ex-ample'; of the eadle~t £urmtlll e used 111 Amenca, that brought hy the Pllgnms and Puntans m theIr fil st voyages-the chests court cupboard., and ~pmdle chaIrs of the mIddle class Enghsh fa111l1yof the penod } ollowmg these are typIcal pIeces made m thIS country smce that hme, arranged m the order of the de-velopment of style Hel e WIll be seen the chests of drawer", chests \;\lth c!rdwer" and the later outcome of thIS form, typIcal 11lghboys, the early form" of de.,ks, and m fa'2t the furmture of the ~eventeenth century before the change m style which m Eng-land came WIth the ddvent of vVlllIam and Mary, and whIch Pldctlcally le~ulted m the forms of furmture of today Intel estmg as the collectlOn of furmture IS, the character- 1shc" of the Colomal pellod al e not to be overlooked. It was, as the hfe of a new and strugglmg people m a strange land must be, WIthout color or bnlhancy, and It wa" mevltable that these charactenshcs should Impress themselves on the arts and even on the craft:, of the people. It IS as If they were not only the puntamsm of theIr thoug-hts m their primlhve art but the gray mood of the New England rocks in addlhon. So what there IS of grace and beauty m the furmture now to be seen in this exhlblhon comes flom the pIeces brought from Europe, whether It was from Holland or England, and the pIeces manufactured here under the more flowery mfluences that came m WIth the tnumphs of ChIppendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhlte and the school that worked strongly under the mfluence of the French de- ~lgners, whethel of the Regency or the EmpIre That the hl~t01 y of the Amencan fur111ture is compre-henc1ed m that of Engh"h fur111ture may be reach1y understood, but what the f1ll111ture of the countnes from whIch the colomsb came was at that time also more or less under the influence of England it has remamed for Henry W Kent to dIscover 111the mtel estmg hIstory of furnIture whIch he has supphed to the catalogue Hlstones of flu mture are hlely to be un~ahsfac-tory Usually they dre all pIctures wltn no descllptlOn beyond emphaslzmg what IS pel fect1y appal ent to dnybody WIth two eyes. OtherWIse they are too general to male any lmpreS.,lOn or too techlllcal to be comprehended by any but the expert J\1r Kent ha" contnbuted to the catalogue and to the ht-erature of the subject a sClentlflc as well as an mstructlve and mterestmg survey of the hIstory of Amencan furmture He chvldes thlo hbtory mto three penod:" the first mc1udmg the years from 1G20 to lG58, the second from 1658 to 1710 and the last compnsmg the eIghteenth century In tlll" last penod, of cour"e, are the beautIful objects 111 the collectlOn, for then flounshed Thomas ChIppendale and hIS schoJl Comfol t and luxllly now became an e~.,cnhal thmg even WIth the mIddle classes, and the fur111ture not only reflects thb but It shows agam how much ,111 manners and customs had to do WIth the mouldmg and shapmg of It For mstance, the changes from the generdlly mee! pewter to the more elegant SlI-ver, from pottery to porcelain dnd glass, and from foho:, to small books, allowed greatel hghtness m the pIeces of furmtur.c that upheld these thmgs, wh1le gl eater safety was reqwred 111 the keepmg of them and better, more eftectlve d1splay place:, Dunng the eIghteenth century there were perfected or came into use all of the forms of furmture now knovvn and many that have become obsolete, hke the very elaborate dressmg table., for beaux and belle:" wntmg tables, stands connected With the ceremony of tea dnnkmg and cab111ets. The day beel gave WdY to the double chaIrs and desks, h1gh and low boys, tables and bedsteads were bwlt on the forms u.,ec1 today. Sets of furni-ture began to be made, cha1rs m Slxes, whl1e highboys and low-boys and elressmg tables were made to match them. What may be called a nev, wood, sll1ce it dId not come into general use untll 1'110-15, was found m mahogany, whose tough quahtle" and finer color brought for It mstant popularity on the part of the artisan and purchaser ahke. So Important is the part played by mahogany that th1S penod of 1tS use is often called by 1tS name It 1S adaptable m a remarkable de-gree to the new forms ,1l1d ItS very shortcomings told m theIr complete formatlOn The first penod was one of utlhty rather than luxury, as the colom~ts brought \\lth them only such small household ef-fects as thelf fra1l ShIp" would hold. The chest undoubtedly came w1th them and played a promi- knobbed legged table, \\ Ith eIght legs, connected wIth turned stJ etchers and \\ Ith two legs Jomed wIth cross stretchers that ,,\\ mg hke d gate to support the leaves Such tables, 111 Eng-land called, 'gate' In Amenca "thoueand legged," are usually oval m shape and are of all sIzes The"e wIth the "lowboy' tables the lm\ el pal t of the "hIghboy," were the forms com-mane" t 111use I url11ture desl(~nel s who have studIed the J\Ietropohtan ex- 111blt are said to have taken gl eat mterest In the furl11ture lent by R T Hames of 1I alsey, whIch show the handIwork of Duncan Ph) fe at It, be,t There are chaIrs, sofas, tables of chfferent k111ds and a bench b) thIs New York cabmet maker Ernest r Hagen, \\ ho IS an autholltv on the subject, has thIS to say 01 the charactcnstlcs ot Phyfe\ fUlnlture "Phyfe's work was of several styles, the be,t bemg done dunng the period when he cal ned out the trachtlOm of Sheraton, prior to 18'20 After tlldt date hb \\ 01 k became EmpIre m character, and after 1830 It degenerated mto the heavy and nonde~cnpt veneered style of the tUDes-the overdecorated and carved rosewood sets whIch Ph) fe hImself called the 'butcher furl11ture'" Perfect m \\ orkmanshlp, proportIOn and feelmg for lme, Ph) fe " turnlture I, \\ orthy of a place WIth furniture of It, class made 111Ens;land It has, hovvever, an unmIstakable charactet of lb 0\\ n m !te 1110ulchngs and fi111sh, showmg Its relatlOnship to the Enghsh sty leo" but show111g even more an alhance witn the Scotch adaptatIOn of these form" Phyfe's USe of the lyre \\ lth brass stnngs for backs of chaIrs, sofas and bottoms of tables the carved hon foot and central support for tables, but abm e all It, treatment of the 1111esof table tops, vergmg on the (,reck pl111uple, at entasl', arc among the sahent pomts of hIS \\ ark 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN nent part among the meagre effects of the earl) settlel s L sed m all countnes dunng the GothiC penod, both 111chm ch dnd at home, the chest m the seventeenth century \\ as still mdhpen sable, e,peclally among the mIddle classes Important, fir"t as a place for the storage of clothes and household eftecb, It often held a shelf or box for valuables or for the t,tllm\ chp \\ lllch plotected its contents from moths The chest was equally conve11lent as a seat 01 tlunk \\ Ith the more general use of chaIrs In old England It \\a, no langeI needed as a seat and was then raised on legs for convel11ence, and then begmnmg WIth one ch awer underneath added another and another untIl It gradually became a 'che"t of ella\\ Ch ThIS change had begun before the COl0111stsleft En~Ltnd C1 hc\ may have brought some of the new pieces \\ Ith them, but the\ early began to make them for them,elves The chests and chests of drawers were the storage pbce" for clothes, hangmgs, etc \Vlth I11creasmg po,se"SlOlb "pace wa" needed for the objects used at mealS-Jugs. cup, and plates -and the cupboard was the re"ult EccleSIastIcal turl11tl11e furmshed the plototype m the "credence' or 'buftet ot Em 0- pean countries Adapted to Enghsh needs for gentf) and ) eomen ahke It became what IS called a standmg buffet and a "court cupboard . The two forms dIffer m that the latter has as ItS name Imphe" cupboard", whIle the former ha, none Court cupboard, \ an somewhat m detaIls of arrangement and decoration In a typI-cal early example the cupboard of the upper part IMS spIa) ed SIdes covered by a square top supported at the front corners b\ turned columns, whlle the under pal t IS square :-'ometlme, the upper columns dl'3appear and a pendant h found m then place, but the latter IS uncommon III \menca L ncom1110n here, too, are the very elaborately carved examples found 111 England. The fully developed wntmg cabmet came mto common lhe dunng the second penod of lVIr Kent's hIstory and table" be-came a more frequent accompal11ment of domestIc hfe Tables indicate the luxunes of the tImes les" chrectly perhaps than bu-reaus, desks and chaIrs, but mdlrectly even m them may be seen the results of the growmg cultivatIon. In form they begm tv be much hghter, though stIll keepmg then folding chal acter by means of flaps. WhIle Amenca chd not follow the mother country m all her later fashIOns, she adopted for her own the turned and Joseph M. Davis Bankrupt. Joseph ::-1 DaVIS, a furl11ture salesman of Cmcmnatl, has filed a voluntar) bankruptcy petItIOn He owes $3,656 99. He was formerly m partnershIp WIth L\ A Chapman, doing busI-nes, as the Southwestern Furl11ture Sales Company m LoUIS-VIlle, Ky The debts gIven are the firm hablhtles and he re-ports no assets above legal exemptIOns, The fellow \\ ho does tlungs on the spur of the moment is apt to get stuck ._~-_._----------- -- -- --_._---~~----_.--~-~---_-._._-----_._.~~----~-------------~ I Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN II ,, ,, ,, II ,, II ,, , II a.. - - - •• --------------~-- --~~-. ---------------------------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN Hardwood Lumber. Southern dealers and producer::. of hardwood lumber are ~epresented as cbsappolnted by the developments of the past three months It IS stated that many of them have been cal-culating on an advance of $3 or $10 per thousand In pnces and the rise has not matenabzed They charge theIr disappoint-ment mainly to VIOlatIOns of any agreement to curtaIl production whIch b saId to have been much larger than was antIcipated. MIlls in nearly all sectIOns, partIculaIly In Kentucky and Ten-nessee, are reported to have cut much more hardwood than they dId In 1908 and though there Is an apparent shortage at present there is bttle doubt that there wIll be an ample supply within a few months The car shortage IS Interfenng WIth shIpments from South-ern pOlnb, but It has affected the pine more than hardwood ShIp-ments so far The markets at all pomt:> are reported steady wIth a good demand and a tendency toward hIgher pnces for the better grades and a steadIly increasing demand for the lower grades of oak Maple and birch are reported scarce, "all bought up" In MIchIgan and WIsconSin and elm is hard to find There are numerous complainb of dullness in the demand for ash and poplar and the supply of the lower grades of chestnut is saId to be greater than the demand On the whole, however, the concbtIOns In the hardwood lumber markets are qUIte satI~factory to producers and Jobbers Return to Grand Rapids. The StIckley & Brandt ChaIr Company of Binghamton, N Y, who showed theIr line in Grand Rapids a few years ago have exhIbIted In ChIcago for the past few years They now announce that they WIll show In Grand RapIds next January havmg leased space In the Leonard bUIlcbng 7 This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. Ito ••• All furmture dealers are cordtally invited to visit our building. ---_._---_. _.-----------_._._. __._._,_.-._._._-------- ..... _. .... ...------------------~ ,I THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO A complete hne of sam-ples are displayed In The Ford 8 Johnson BUlld,nl!, 1433-37 Wabash Ave., In-c1udInI! a special display of Hotel Furniture. SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom •• I IlII• I II• II II II• IIII I• I I• [Memum and Fme Qualtty I WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids. Mich. ~---------------------------------------_.~----.--- ---------._.------------------- ... --------..6I .....I .-.... I• III Ii I 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN New York Markets. N ew York, Oct ?~ --After remammg quiet and steady for SIX weeks Im~eed OIl advanced .:\.cent" per gal10n last Saturda} and the new pnces have been mamtamed to thIs date i\ pe-culIar feature of the market IS that the advance m prIces has been followed by a largel} mereased demand and a rapId m-crease m the volume of trade The advance IS credIted to the dIscovery of a shOl tage m the ~upply of flax~eed rather than to mal11pUlatlOn of the market. \!\ e~tern raw I~ now quoted at 60@61 cents, cIty raw, 61@G'2, smgle bOIled. 6Z@h). double bOIled, 63@64 In each ca~e the hIgher figure~ are for le~~ than five-barrel lot~ Turpentme I~ off about a cent hel e and nearl} as much at Savannah-GO cents here and 3()0@t5G;}4 m the Southern mar-ket Shellac IS qUIet at fonner quotatIOns though a ~lIght m-crease m the demand IS reported A better demand for varni"h gums IS noted though the mal-ket IS remdrkably qUIet for thIs tl1ne of the year. GOdt skms are dull at last week\ figure~ The busme"" h small m volume owmg to la-::k of suppl} of the most desll able grade" Large I ecelpt~ dre expected dunng the com111g \\ eek from :\Iexlco and South \mencan ports and a change 111quo-tatlOm I~ antICIpated Cordage b firm 111 ~ympathy WIth the prImary markets The quotatIOns do not var} mOl e than a quarter of a cent from last \\ eek' ~ figures The burlap market ~hows more lIfe than for several weeks past Contract~ on the Calcutta market have been made for delIvery dunng the filst SIX months of 1910, at pnces a lIttle hIgher than are paId for current receIpts. but the card I dte" here-3 153for eIght-ounce and -+ 50@4 J.J fOl ten-ounce good~- ha\ e not been changed New Furniture Factories. Harry E teldman and others have 111corporated the Dlspla\ Table and AdJl1Stable hxture~ Company, capltalI7ed at $10.000 to manufacture furl11ture ~peClaltIe~ In Chlca~o The Pan~ l\Jattre~s \Ianufactunng Company ha, been 111- corporated WIth a capItal of $10,000 by A II Rodgers, If t T111111nand other~, to e~tabhsh a fdctory at Pan~. Texas The John Cobb Chall Company of Shelb} vIlle, I nd, has ... iI ~.... _______ --. _ •••••••••••• _ a .., I :l\fEA~OU INTERESTING PRICES g~'i~I{Vk.~~~ SEND SAMPLES. ORAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. CWartiatleogfuoer. II E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS , ALMLEICGHA.N. ~---- -.-- -._.- .. . . . . .. . - .. been 111corporated \\ Ith d capItal of $6,000 by Thomas J. Cobb, Charle" L Davl' and other~ They WIll manufacture ancl ,ell fur11lture The Robert KeIth Furl11ture and Carpet Company of Kan-sas CIt}, Kan, has accepted plam for a new four-story buildmg 66xHJO feet to cost $60,000 It WIll be used as a mattress and upholster} factory. P R Han dd ha" completed plans for a two-story brick budd111g at Sandpomt, Idaho, whIch will be occupIed by Robert FI e\ WIth a furmture and woodworkmg plant uncler the name ot the Idaho :-Ianufactunng Company A Convenient Contrivance. \lVlth about eIght 111che~of wIre and a httle pIece of tIn Wm. H Rou~e. the well known furnIture ~ale~man of Grand Rapids. hd ~ 111vented a neat lIttle pnce-card holder that wIll be appre- CIated not only b} the fur11ltUl e men but by office employes and all other" \\ ho have occasIon to place cards, photos or copy and h3\ e them held 111any desired posItion. Mr Rome has ap-plIed tor a patent on hIS inventIon and I~ hav111g it nlclllllfacturecl ,11 ( t 3ml H IpHh It I~ certa1111y a convement contll' ell CC thdt \\111 plOilllJI) coniC to be con~ldered a necessIty - -.- ..... -- - - .... _. - -.-, INDIANA No. 57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Richmond Tablet Arm Chair DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND No. 100 ........ ---------_ -- ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 ___________ . . a- - .. _ --- ~ t - i I,, !, I The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. I..--------------._~--- Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW & Df\VIS FUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. ----------_._---_._-----._---------~---_._._---_ ... MANUFACTURERS IN CONFERENCE. Monthly Meeting of the Interstate Furniture Association at Jamestown. N. Y. The October meeting of the Interstate Furmture Manufac-turer,,' ASSOCIatIOnwas held at Jamestown, 1'\. Y., last Satur-day- October 16-wlth all members except two represented Several members of the ~atlOnal AssoClatlOn of Furniture Manufacturers were also In attendance. mainly for the purpose of calling attentlOn to the benefits and advantages to be denved from membershIps in their orgamzatlOn. The visItors were A. F. Karges, president of the Karge" Furmture company, EvansvIlle, Ind , F. R. Upham, vice presi-dent of the Upham Manufactunng company, Marshfield, Wis , G. H Elwell, Mlnneapohs Furl11ture Company, Mmneapoli'i, Minn , George P Hummer, vVest Michigan Furniture COIT' pany, Holland, Mlch , John INlddlComb, of the John \Vlddi-comb Company, Grand Rapids, IVI1ch; Charles R Shgh, of the Shgh Furl11ture company, Grand RapIds, Mich ; John Hoult, of the Luce Furl11ture company, Grand Rapids, MICh, and J. S Linton, secretary of the natlOnal a~soClatlOn, Grand Rapid~, Mich. The A H Hellman Company of Wllhamsport, Pa, and the Hall & Lyon Jmpany of Waverly, N. Y, members of the Middle States Furl11ture ASSOCIation of the east, were also rep-resented at this meetmg and IN J Maddox of the Maddox Table Company, although not a member of the Interstate AssoclatlOn, which is compo"ed only of case work manufacturers, was mVlted to be present as preSIdent of the Jamestown Manufacturers' ASSoclatlOn. Mr J\ladcJox gave a bnef but deCldely mterest-talk. He is well known to the we~tern manufacturers who were well pleased to meet hIm m hIS home CIty. Nearly all the VbltOl s addressed the meetmg, but Messrs. Linton and Hummer were the pnnclpal speakers, and much of value to the manufacturers present was gamed from theIr re-marks The pm pose of the NatlOnal ASSOCIatIOn of Furni-ture Manufacturers IS to keep the manufacturers mformed as to the trade by the pubhcatlOn of bulletl11s, to bnng influence upon leglslatlOn and to generally work together for mutual ad-vantage, they declared. The natlOnal organization has not yet attempted to con-trol or regulate prices, but may decide to do so at the semI-an-nual meeting to be held m Chicago next month. The Inter-state ASSOCIatIOnaccepted an InvitatlOn to send two delegates to the ChIcago meetmg and named C S Homer of the Warren _ ••• a_a_ aa ._.- Table Company as one of the representatIves, the other to be named later-at the November meetmg whIch Will be held be-fore the date for the natlOnal a"soclatlOn In Chicago SIxteen of the manufacturers present agreed to attend the Chicago meet-ing or send representatIves m addItion to the delegates repre-sentmg the Interstate AssoclatlOn The Interstate AssoClation passed re~olutIOlb thankl11g the VISItors for theIr presence and assunng them hearty co-operatIOn In theIr associatIon work. From this It appears that the members of the natlOnal 01'- gamzatlOn succeeded m arous111g conSIderable interest in the work of their associatlOl1, e"peClally 111the com111g meeting at Chicago, whlCh IS expected to be of great llTIportance to all con-c\ ern-ed.--- --- ---- --- _.- ---- - - - - - - .--------~ • ",[here's Il'Athe Button" 2,5 MILLION PEOPLE Are Reading OurAdf. They're 1JUVl•n!! rncoyaJ"r"Lf'laIrS ((lmlUETTONPUSIfHINO\ l by the Thousands Sales .Doubling. TrelJling.Our Dealers fietting TheProfit Get. lOurs this 1'earBy Hanrlling The Greatest Seller YouEverDad WRITE FOR NEW CATALOC ~CbiJjrco. STURGIS MICH. .-- . 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN o Z I'il Eo< ~ The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog is ready for all Retail F umiture Dealers. It wIll help sell the line that of its kind has no superior. It contains 88 pages Illustrating 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Piano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 Disc Record Cabinets, 19 Medicine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Folding Tables. ACT AT ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND WEEKLY ARTISAN j, •• ___________________ • • 0 _ .__ ~_______ _ --4 ~ •••••• _._ •••••• _ ••• ••• _. a • __ •• _._---- -------- •••• _ •••• -_.- ••• - - -~ Oriental Rugs Most Durable. Never have the rugs from the handlooms of the far Onent, unequalled In nch, unfachng colors and durabIlity, been mOl e wlth1l1 the means of the average household Not only are they now regarded as treasures of art, but as 1l1vestments that are consIdered economIcal in the long run The certain-ty of theIr practIcally everlast1l1g wear, and the beauty of the mellow colonngs and artIstIc conceptIOns, whIch harmonize \i\ Ith any style of 1l1terior decoratIOn, l'> ga1l11l1gfor them un-limited appreciatIOn One Oriental rug in a house is usually the means of hav1l1g the floor coverings soon replaced by more OrIentals. The antIques, of course, are rare in thIs country, and as the finer OnEJSare u,.,ually woven of all SIlk, they are consider-ed too thm for floor rugs, and are used as couch or table covers. Among the cotton rug" a few of those which are being used in the greatest number" are the Kihm, the Saruk, the Bokhara, the KhlV a, the Sll1raz and the Senna rug. In the Anglo-PersIan velvets, mntatlOns of the Onentals are supersedmg all other pattern~. 1he colors are fdlthfully repro-duced, and a WIlton m the"e de,lgm, m a <Jx12,may be bought for $53 The pnce, vary accordmg to SIze, of cour<;e A com-paratIvely new development m the vVIlton rug, called the Ama-xm, I" the plam, two toned velvet, wIth a border consl"tmg slmplv of a rtralght band of the darker shade, probably <' foot WIde, v\Ithm whIch IS another, half the WIdth, of the contrast-ing tone These come m cardinal, green, brown and a beauti-ful "hade of old blue Another novelty in the pla111er rugs has a sohd ground of ohvc green, wIth a conventIOnal border of "0 dark a green a~ to appear black, and a figure of the border re-peated 111 stripe" to cover each "eam. Jn carpets there I~ a WIde scope of price and design Body Erussel" may be had at $123 a yard or WIlton carpeting at $2 23 Very few rooms are entIrely covered WIth carpet now-adays It IS much better, partIcularly when the room to be covered is Irregularly shaped, and a border carpet b used, to have the carpet made m rug shape, If deSIred, and laid on the floor, than to attempt to fit the room, which only emphasizes its irregularity Another hmt from a professional decorator is that the tone of a room should shade down to the floor, other-wise, If the rug is lIghter than the walls, one gets an impression of top-heavmess The same decorator also insists as a rule on a stair carpet WIthout any pattern at all, If possible, as the effect of a pattern meant to be horizontal and forced to follow the ins and outs of the staIrs, is annoy mg to the eye, and lacks a certain digmty dnd generosIty of treatment that the plam carpet will supply. "The "rag style" carpets are greatly favored for bed rooms and bath rooms, as much for the pOSSlblhty of color scheme" as for theIr quamt attractIveness The keen mtere~t m handcraft of every clescnptlOn IS responSIble for a I eVlval of hand-woven rugs Many women are takmg advantage of thIS to make these rugs to order m ongmal de"lgns They are usually made of out flannel, embrOIdered m heavy woolen yarn Every man "houlel have an ann 111lIfe, but lob of u<;couldn't hIt the SIde of a barn, ~----------------------------- ....-._ .._-_ ...~ I TUE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete Without the Eli Beds m Mantel and UpTIght. ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. - ._.a_a .. a. ------ ••••••• --- ••• - ",-- - 11 I ." clerical capaCIty Soon after the dedth of IllS father, Fred VV. Kehkel JI , formed a partnerslup wIth Ius brother, Charles K. Kelskel The name of the fi11n, F \V Kel~ker & Son was re-tamed The h\ a brother" worked tog ether for success and m 1901 they transferred the busmess to Fourth avenue and vValnut street They were among the first bus mess men of Lomsvllle to recoglllze the great future for the busIness mter-ests out lourth -\venue The Idea of the new home was conceived about three year" ago, when the two brothers agreed that the busmess of the firm had grown so much at 462 Fourth avenue that larger quarters \\ ere nece~sary They opened negottatlOns wIth the Baroness \ on Zed\\ ItZ. of the Caldwell estate, and after a whIle succeeded m c10smg a deal f01 the It:asmg of the "Ite and a new bmldl11g on \ V alnut street \ V ark began on thIS structure about one yt:ar ago and prog-ressed slowly for a ttme, but It was finally con'pleted about one month ago \s \\ III be seen by the accompanYl11g 1IIustratlOn theIr new home IS a noag11lficent five-~tory bUlldmg It IS 56x160 feet amI b one of the mo"t completely eqmpped and most conveni-ently arranged store bUlldmgs m the country -\mong the admIrable eqmpments that attract specIal at-tentlOn IS the pasenger elevator It IS of the automattc con-structIOn and \\ arks so perfectly that a child can operate It It h operated b) electnc power dnd controlled by electnc buttons \\ hlch are numbered to corrccpond wIth the different floors It IS only nece,sal) to push on the button numbe1ed for the floor the passenger wIshes to v10it The machme nses to this floor and stops of ItS own accot d. It \\III not stop at any other floor on the \\ a\ up unlees a button IS pu"hed, and refuses to \\ 01 k \\ henever a door to the shdft IS left open The bUlldmg IS \\ ell hghtecl throughout. FIxed m ever) cellmg and along some of the walls are hundreds of wh1te-frosted electric globes wIth glass shades They 111ummate e\ er) part of each room and throw theIr soft ray" down upon the fine fur11lture on the hardwood fl001 s so that each depart-ment of the mtenor of the houoe ghstens hke a bed of crystal m the sunhght The mam floor IS spauous, and on assortment of fur11lture and fm11lshmg~ LOUISVILLE'S FINEST FURNITURE STORE The Magnificent HOIRe of Fred W. Keisker & Son Recently Com.pleted and Now Occupied.··A Bit of History. The Ke1ske1 Fur11lture Company of LOUlsv1lle, Ky. was or-gamzed December 1, 1878, \\hen Fred \V Ke1Sker father of the pre.,ent head of the house wIthdrew from the \Vrample-me1er- Keisker Compdny, at that tune manufacturers and retaIlers In those days the furmture busmess was m ItS infancy m LOU1S-ExterIOr Vlew of the K91sker Bmldmg, Lomsvllle, Ky. ville, but the father of the present merchant looked forward to a growing bUS111ess He opened hIS fir"t estabhshment, inde-pendent of outsiders, at HZ \Vest Mam street, 111a small bmld-mg. \:\Then the founder of the firm and father of Fred \V Keisker, Jr , dIed Apnl 16, 1900, the business was left In charge of the son, who was adl111tted to the firm mne ) ear" before, or in 1891, when the name was changed to F W Keisker & Son From 1891 to the tune of the death of ::VIr Kelsker's father, Charles K. Keisker had been 1denttfied with the company in a It is dIsplayed a fine There ale divans, -------_._._----., I " •....•..•..••. II "The King" Adapted for I.eatin!! S~I.ool Houses, Halls and FactOries. HEAVY WEIGHT LARGE SIZES No Weight 21 185 22 250 23 320 24 460 Dlam Top Height fIre Chamber Pnce 3 It 9m 16 m $13.50 4 ft Yz m 19m 14.50 4 ft 3 m· 20m 16.50 4ft 6m 22m 19.50 "THE LINES THAT SELL" SEND FOR CATALOGUE. w. D. SAGER 483·497 No. Water 5t , CHICAGO, ILL. '------- .............._~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 Turkish rugs, chairs of gemune walnut and mahogany inlaid with mother of pearl, parlor, bedroom and dmmg-room suits All these thlllgS are true of the floors above, for they, too, are all filled wIth fine household furmshlllgs. The mterior of the walls of the new bmldmg are a soft green, whIle the ceihngs are covered wIth "ubstantIal cream-colored enamel The appomtments m marble, dull-fimshed brass and mahogany are most attractIve to the eye. BesIdes bemg pubhc-spmted CItizens, there is a side to the natures of the ::\lessrs Kebker that deserves commendation Down in the shlppmg department of the new store there labors a man patiently every day, year m and year out. His name is George Herter. He was employed by Mr. Keisker'" father when he was a member of the Wramplemeler-Kelsker firm. He, hke the other men mentIOned, reports for duty every day on tune and does not depart untIl his day's work IS done The motto that could be adopted by the Messrs Kelsker and all theIr men IS "Do the work of each day in that day," in other words, "never put off tIll tomorrow," etc From thb It goes WIthout saymg that the Kelskers com- VIEW OF THE MAIN FLOOR IN THE KEISKER STORE, LOUISVILLE, KY, Out of regard for theIr father's memory, they made provision for all the men who were employed by their father when he es-tabhshed the busmess on Mam street, and who labored for his success from the start. At present John M Stokes is employed as a salesman Mr. Stokes accepted a posItIon WIth Mr. Keisker's father in the or-igmal store at Fourth avenue and Mam street. Fred Harig, J r, salesman and advertbmg manager, and Arthur Clarke, in charge of the affaIrs of the office, have been in the service fif-teen year~ They all stand hIgh in the estImation of their employers. mand the good wIll and respect of the people of the community in whIch they hve and do business In fact that good WIll is largely responsIble for theIr remarkable success in business and is one of their most valuable as"ets. The only idea some people have of slllcenty is to say dif,- agreeable thlllgS to theIr friends. The clmging nature is often Illustrated by the way a man hangs on to his money. , :\lost of the m111ers are absolutely honest among them-selv es You may have your '3ack of gold dust labeled and lylt1g 111 a pIle among many other~ and It IS a" safe a" It would be 111 a safety deposit vault 111 C111cmnah They are also very fnend-ly, and share their ratIOns and supphes with each other a~ long a" they la"t "To Illustrate the character of those men I will tell :Jf thh 1l1cldent There was a camp of sixteen men 111 one place, \\ hel e they had been for "ome time, when two of the men had a chfterence, \\ hlch became so sharp that they came to blow", and e\ en that chel not satisfy them, so they determ1l1ed to have a duel, and noth111g "hort of the death of one or both would square the account The others remonstrated with them, all to no purpose, ,,0 the l11ght before the duel wa" to come off each was handed a paper signed by the other fourteen stat1l1g that which ever one surVived was to be Immediately hanged. That ended the stnfe, and there was no duel. "Supphes are received not only from Seattle, Portland and San FranCISCO, but even from N ew York and the farthest camp" have to get their supphes 111 the fall for all winter and up to late 111 the spnng "1 \\ a" told of one 1I1stance when storms had carned a\\ a) (\ er) bndge and railway, and left a great many m111ers \'vlthout meat or other supphes, when what would seem to be an act of PrOVidence brought a vast herd of moose that way and they were able to supply themselves with abundance of meat for all the season 'I do not th1l1k Ala'3ka can ever become an agricultural country, except 111 the extreme southern part The summer IS too short Some vegetables may be grown there, but corn and wheat and other cereals Will not grow to matunty. StIlI I th111k there 1'3 a great future for Alaska as the mines are probably the richest m the world , Portland IS de"t111ed to be the great city of the north- \\ e'3t I \va" amazed dt the magl11tude of the bus111ess 111 man-ufactunng and merchandls111g carned on there The lumber hU"l11e"" IS one of the greatest 111 the United State::>, whde many other 1l1du"tne" are Immense "I paid a VISit to the Dornbecker furl11ture fa(:tory and sa\. there I" not a bettel equipped furl11ture factory in C111Cl11- natl 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-..-..-. -_.-----.-._. ----- --_.~...- ... . . -., IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN ALASKA II Over 850,000 Alaska refngerators sold sin eel 1878. DeSirable features I I of an Alaska Refngerator: I II IIII I II II Small consumption of Ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. We sell to dealers only WRITE FOR CATALOG. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. II L E. Moon, New York Manager, 369 Broadway, New York CIty. II ... .. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. ..-- ...- TALK ON WONDERS OF ALASKA. Chas. E. Francis of Cincinnati Tells of Its Ex· tent, Its Resources and Its Miners. Charle" E. FrancI", the well knov\ n L111C111natimanufac turer of wood work1l1g mach1l1er), and wIfe "pent se\ el a\ weeks in Alaska, vVashmgton, Oregon and Cahforl11a, return-mg home m September Mr1' rancls gave the \\ eekly Artisan nearly an hour of hiS tnne telhng of the wonders of Ala"ka and other place" 111 the far west "1\0 one can have anyth1l1g hke a correct understanchng ot Alaska Without gOing there," said he. "One th1l1g that amazes you IS the vastne"s of the tern tory It IS almost beyond comprehen "Ion Alaska stretches along the PaCific coast away up nearly to ASia, and If you draw a straight 11l1edown south flom the mo"t westerly coast to a P01l1t opposite San FranCISco you wdl find that San FranCISco 1'3Just half way from your 1111eto 1'\ew York "The flowers in Alaska have the most bnlhant colors I have ever seen I saw pansies there as large as the top of an ordmary teacup Alaska IS not only nch In fore'3t", but abo 111 coal, gold, Silver and other metal", and as nl1n1l1g IS the pnnclpal 1l1du'3try the supplY1l1g of the camps IS develop1l1g into a large busmess I saw no large town" thel e, as the mmer" are qUIck to abandon camp when other nllnes are found that promise better results -".--.-..-------~.~.--.-- _._-~-~--~-.,-- A~I~G ~~~r ~:Ja::ip:h~·n d~l:~ I~f leaves are bound (by your-self) and mdexed by /Ioors or departments. BARLOW BROS., Grand Rapid., Mich. Wnte RtghtNow I ................. _---- ~ "Portland has a vast ShlPPl11g Illdustry not only coast-wi" e to Japan, Ch1l1a and all eastern ASia San Francisco IS rapidly bmld1l1g up and one can get 111 the hotels and res-taurants everyth111g that can be fonnd 111any of the eastern utle", wll1le III Lm Angeles I fonnd It Just the opposite \\ hy It I" so, IS difficult to explain \Ve went Illto one of the best re"tanrants 111 the city and haVing hved on meat as the pnnClpal diet for some tIme, we were anxIOus to have a meal mostly of vegetables vVe asked the colored walter for several thlllgs on the bdl, which he said 'Yes sah, I thlllk we have got It,' and when he returned he said 'Weare aU out of that mistah,' and It kept on that way untIl at last he brought us "ome toa"t and coffee. "There IS not a hotel or restaurant 111 that city that wdl .:.upply you With vegetables such as you would get In the most OIdmary restaurant 111 an ea"tern city Los Angeles IS Simply hV1l1g on the resorters who come from the east" ", . --------_._._._..--.-.~ I =====-SEE:===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for "IG" GRADE PUNC"ES and DIES .~I ~ ea_ w. _ •• ••••••• we - WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 - ... --- -- --- - ---------_._--_._---- - - - ... -_._-------_._-- ---------------------------., I II IIII Factory and Home Dynam1tted. At Zanesville, Ohio, last Saturday morn111g an attempt was made to de~troy the factory of the Zane"vllle Furniture company and the residence of D B Gary, with dynamite The factory and stock were damaged to the extent of several thousand dol-lars but the explosIOn ehd not start a fire Noone was 111Jured 111the Gary home but the kitchen was wrecked Just as Mrs Gary was about to enter It Mr. Gary IS pre "Ident of the CIVIC League, which organiza-tion has been actively engaged 111prosecutIOn of hquor cases before Mayor Campbell of K ew Concord Fifty-six cases have been tned and a conviction obta111ee!in each case. Improving a Good Machine. The W) "ong & Miles Company of Greensboro, N. C, who have recently placed on the market a double multiple chair post mortising mach111e, although It was a great "uccess, are now ad-e! 111gimprovements that Will 111crease the capaCIty and make the machine still more valuable to chalr manufacturers and thiS ma-chine IS now far 111the lead of any other mach111e on the mar-ket for mortising chair posts Anyone desinng further 111for-mati on 111regard to thl:->ane! other speCial furmture mak111g ma-ch111ery can secure same by ae!dress111g the Wysong & MJ1es Company, Cedar street and Southern R R, Greensboro, N. C. From Chicago to Elkha.·t. It IS announced that the Brunswick-Ba1ke-Callender com-pany Will move their Chicago factory to Elkhart, Ind. Over 200 men will be employed With the beg111n111gof operatIOns 111December It I:-> expected that fully 700 men Will work 111 the factory. Refngerators will be manufactured, in addition to bank, hotel and barber fur111ture Economy IS the alleged reason for the move. The heads of the concern figure that in a smaller city the co~t of the change would be made up in the matter of taxes. Room for expansIOn was also needed. Enjoined From Quitting His Job. The General Flreproof111g Company of Youngston, 0, has secured a temporary lllJunctlon aga111st Pete M Wege, assist-ant to the general supenntendent of the plant, who has resigned • • •• - • _ ••• •• I • _ •• - •• _ •• ---~ f'-.---------- ,I I MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH •..• COlOnial sUlles TOll POSI BenS oaa DreSSerS CnlllOmefS worarobes LOmeS' TOile IS Dressma Tobles MOnOaOny I InlOla GOoas I! ' I WRITE FOR CATALOG ~-------------------------------------------~ to go With another conceln The company allege" that vVege had Signed a contract to rema111 With the corporatIOn five years and to turn over to It all 111ventlOns he might develop for the manufacture of steel fur111ture and other products made by the p1a111tiff The petitIOn alleges that W cge has taken out patents in hiS own name and the company wants these as:,lgned to it. Reilly and Oestull Surrender. Eugene Reilly and F H Oestull, the agents of the Ameri-can Seatmg company who were mehctee! at Richmond, Va., for breakmg into the high school bmld111g and substltut111g sample seats, have returned to RIChmond and given ball for appearance for tnal They were found at Charlotte, N C, where they claimed to have gone on a bus111ess tnp The school authon-ties have cancelled their contract With the seat111g company and are advertlsmg for new bids on the contract MD OE OS Nfi COMPANY No. 834. No. 185. MUSKEGON, MICH. ~---------------------_...----------- ...- -------------------------------------------_ ..... wage hotly, a c[rcular went out to the custom houses to declare that "paragraph 717" should be understood to provide for the free entry of wo! ks of art "m the hberal meamng," provided the) had been produced l"ore than one hundred years before the date of theIr importatlOn. This admIts bronzes, terra cot-ta. pd11an, pottery. porcelain, altars, clocks, chandehers, tapes-tne,. and. 111general, "antlques" The antlques are commg, but the one-hundred-year stlpUlatlOn imposes an interestmg and altogether flattenng comphance WIll It provIde a safeguard agamst antlques manufactured in Kalamazoo, and beanng the trade mark J Hereafter the mere statement that the goods entered the countn cluty free should be proof of their genuine-ness Or w[ll the necessIty of estabhshing the fact of theIr ant1ql11ty keep them on the other ~lde? Manufacturerb who make the 1eproductlODS of antlque furmture a feature of theIr busmess w[ll be satlsfied WIth the rulmg of the treasury depart-ment on the subject. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY TH~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHERCOUNTRIES $200 PERYEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. ---- ---- --- PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP DS, MICH. A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR hntered as second class matter Ju1} '>, 19C9 at the post office at Grand Rapids. 11lchlgan under the act of \.larch J [879 The Weekly Artlsan ma) have been [111S111formeda~ to the ments of "FIsh's stamp ~aver~." as stated 111the letter from the L FIsh Furmtl11 e Company, which appeal s on another pa~e If so it is stlll m1smtormell t01 the company s lette1 ~1\ es no mformatlOn as to how the stamps are u,ed and lea\ b the 1eadel to a~sume that they are handled b) the same methoclc; u"eel 111 the old trad111g stamp schemes As \v111 be seen, the letter ad- 1111tsthat the Al tisan wa, lIght 111 stat111g that If all dealers were to use the stamps none would denve anv benefit or ad-vantage, but It declares that all are not allo\\ ed to use them-that when a mel chant agree' to use them h1~ competltoh are ban ed fro111 the pnv11ege In theory that plan ma, be plans- 1ble, but 111 practlce It seems It \\ ould be chfficult e\ en 111so large a cIty a~ Chicago to have 5000 merchants uSll1g the stdmp~ without encroach111g on each other's terntor) The ll~h plan may be ddIerent from the old tradll1g system but it is eV1dentl) worked on the same pnnc[ple \s stated heretofore somebmh must pay fm the stamps The F[sh company doe, not pay for them, neIther does 1t fl11msh them fO! nothll1i.S The letter sa) s they do not cost the merchants anythll1g TherefO! e the mer-chants' cu~tomers mu~t pay for them [he F[sh sv,rem is ev[- dently velY much hke other pnze-gl\ll1g plans It ma\ 111- crease a merchant's trade temporanly but If all \\ e1e to use It there would be no advantage to anybody LIke other premIUm glvmg plans It IS not founded on ,ound bus111ess principle" It may be better and may hve longer than the old systems which are now condemned by nearly all mercanttle assoClatlOns. ami are used by fe\\ reputable dealers, but It can hve no longer than It is pos"lble to make people beheve that they can get someth111g for nothmg The [mportatlOn of antlque furmture furmshed conSIder-able dISCUSSIOnby bus111ess men seekmg mterpretatton of the 111numerable problems m ta11ff taxatIOn, ansmg on account of the Payne tanff bIll Importer" had placed liberal orders m the old world for Roman chaIrs, Dutch clocks, I le[111~h oak chests, carved chaIrs, settees and tables \\ 1th spra w Img leg, from Holland, England, France and Spam, under the 1mpres,lOn that the goods would be admItted duty free as works of art. On bemg 111fO! med that such was not the offiCIal construe tion placed by the lTmted States upon the language of the btll, the purchasers have slgmfied the11 pa111ed SUl prise at the faIl-ure of the government to share theIr vIews of the case. The distinction made by the department 1S between works of art "within the "tricter meamng of that term" and "works of art WIthin the hberal meamng' \Vhen the dIscussion began to "\\ hen my l111e IS nght, and the conchtions of trade a1e nommal I can sell m Granel RapIds the output of my factory for a season, m ten day, or two weeks," remarked a promment manufactm er of tables "The bIg buyers place their orders m Grand RapIds I would rather take one bIg order m Grand Rap[ds than a dozen httle ones, such as I have booked mother fur11lture centers' The gentleman quoted has learned that there h a rhfference m the fur11lture market~ of the country and he has tlled out all market town, that have assumed that d1stmction. J "\ewton \md ha, 1etired from the Chicago Furniture J ouxnal, hav111i.Ssold h1s mterest m that publicatIOn to P D 1 ranCl~, the founder and bus mess manager of the Journal. Mr lranc1s 1S \\ ell grounded 111the pubhshmg bu"mess and his ca-paClt) IS proven b) the success he has won Mr Nind WIll travel abroall and rest h1s weary facultles To furnish trade cop, such as he ha~ \\ ntten dunng fifteen uninterrupted years should entitle Mr. Nind to a long penod of repose To secure unifonmty in colors and quahty of fi11lshes would It be necessary to employ an inspector of fimshes for a group of factones? \Vould It be necessary to Ube the fimshmg goods of one manufacturer to obtam the result desIred? The above are but two of many questlons that are causmg the manufac-turers to think deeply on the problem of umfonmty m fi11lshmg fur11lture. Is It economIcal for a manufacturer of furmture to mix the ~tams and fillers he uses m hIS finishmg department? Foreman fimshers who understand the art of fimshmg wood declare thai it IS, whl1e manufacturers of wood fimshmg goods are ever ready to prove that 1t 1Snot In such a sltuatlOn the manufac-h1rer of furmture must be both Judge and jury \ stale shO\\ w111do\\, fly-specked and dirty, repulses trade and mchcates the character of the man respom1ble for it To attract trade the owner of the store as well as the "how wmdow must be neat, clean and wholesome. The factones m course of construction for the use of manu-facturers of furniture 111G1and Rapids at present, when in me, WIll furmsh employment for 1,000 adrhtional men. The exhIbIt of furmture at the Seattle expositIOn was not worth mentionmg At least no one mentioned it. WEEKLY ARTISAN How to Rejuvenate Old Rugs. A wnter in the Brooklyn (N' Y) Cltlzen tells how to re- Juvenate old rug~ The Weekly I\rtlsan wIll suggest to those who thmk of trymg the expenment that they may save tIme hard work and aVOId "vexatIOn of ~PIrlt" by employmg an ex-pert to do the work The Cltlzen'0 contnbLltor ~ays A dmgy, frayed-out rug cel tamly b not a thmg of beauty, however hand"ome It may once have been. Fortunately It IS often possIble to bnghten up and repaIr such a rug and make it once more a respectable pIece of furmshmg. For bnghtening up the colors, get ordmary package dye, in such colors as may be needed, and two or thl ee small round camel's haIr brushes Dls~olve a portIOn of each dye m a lIttk b01ling water, to whIch add a plllch of salt and a spoonful of vinegar. Clean the rug and lay it on a table, or If large on a smooth floor. When all IS ready touch up the colors m the deSIgn wIth the hot, strong dyes, using them freely enough to permIt them to penetrate Vi ell mto the fabnc When thIs IS done layover the dampened portion~ a dry cloth and iron untIl thoroughly dry Thi~ takes the place of b01lmg and helps to set the dyes. If the rug IS frayed and ragged at the ends, tnm and ap-ply a new bmdlllg or fnnge It 1~ wonderful what a few cent~' worth of dye, a few hour~' work and a new bmding WIll do for a shabby rug. Sometimes it h better to gIve a small hght-colored rug an entire dye-bath than to try to re~tore the onglllal colors A plalll dark-red or brown rug wl1l look well m almost any sittmg or dinmg room-far better ~urely than a faded-out, dIrty-look-ing hght one Flimsy rugs may be gIven body by pastmg to the back d hmng of firm cotton-cloth Lay the rug wlong-slde up on the floor, cover well WIth thIck, raw flour paste, lay the lining care fully m place and Iron untIl the paste b thoroughly cooked and dry Patches, 1£ any are needed, should be pasted on rather than sewed A httle care wl1l gIve the rug a new lease of hfe and make It ornamental as well Wants a Good Tenant. The Weekly ArtIsan, Grand RapIds, MIch., Gentlemen.- I have a bUlldmg at 207 East Mam street, three stones hIgh, 30 :A150 feet, for rent It would be a very deSIrable bUlldmg and a good locatIOn for a furmture bu~mess It IS a httle over half block from court house and m the center of the bu"mess dlstnct and I want to ~ecure a good tenant Have Just had mstalled a steam heatmg plant on the vacu-um system, a steel cellmg, e1ectllc hghts and an electnc: elevator, and a 10-horse power motor. The entIre mtenor of the bUlld-mg has been newly pamted and frescoed, one of the best bL11lcl ings m Fort Wayne, Ind. E THUMAN Oct. 18, 1909. 222 Ea"t Wayne Street Coffin Makers Must Raise Prices. Forty or fifty manufacturers of coffin~ and caskets held a conference m CmcmnatI last week They came from all ~ec-tIons of thl~ country and Canada and dIscussed matters of mu-tual mterest. They c1emed emphatically that they mtendec1 to make an effort to control pnces, but agreed that pnces of theIr products are too low and declared that owmg to the increased co~t of matenals there must be an advance in the pnces of cof-fins and caskets They are dlssatI~fied WIth the gradmg, or lack of gradmg, of theIr lumber and appomted a committee to confer WIth lumbermen WIth a VIew of estabhshing standard grades. 17 SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed. It is worth the time , and expense required in making a trip to Evansville to inspect these lines. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dining and Dressing Tables. I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. II THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In ImitatIon golden oak, plaIDoak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Foldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitatIOnquartered oak, and sohd quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers in nmtalJon quartered oak, ImitalJon mahogany, and imitation golden oak. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. CrIbs, WIre Springs and Cots. Made by The Karges FurmtUl e Co Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. a..---------- . ---------- a.a. a •• _. ••• .... .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 , I• II ,,• II• II I,I ,III I I• I• •,, II II M", ", '0""0,0 ''',n"'",, Co. I• IIII II• I II, I• ,III I,• II II I• ,• •I Mm""' "o,~ F,,""'"'' C"",.",. •~------------------------------------------_.------_.---.------_._------------------------------- .- ~ Made by Globe Furlllture Comp Ul) Made b) Bockstege Funllture Co. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN --- ,- --- --- - - - - ----- - - .--_._- -_._---------_._------ DELAWARE CHAIR CO. _ _ __ •••• _. a •••••• .,I IIIII I III .-------- ------ .--------------------- ---- I ~---------._._--- _. -- -- -- -------------------_._------------~ AMERICAN METHODS IN LONDON. Mr. Selfridge Tells How the English People Take to What They Consider Innovations. That "Selfndge's," the Amencan stole m London, ha~ proved a great success and that the Engltsh buy mg people ha' e accepted qmckly the mnovatlOns they found there "as stated b, H Gordon Selfndge, the propnetor, formerly a partner \\ Ith Mar~hall Field & Co, Chicago, who with .:\lrs Selfndge ane! their two daughters, arnved m New York la~t ~lonc1ay ane! \\ent to Chicago for a visit. "1 have been away one and a half years," began .:\Ir Sel-fridge, "and the store has been opened seven months 1 be-lieve that most of the Enghsh merchants looked on the new store as conSiderable of a venture, ancl the large share of them felt that It coule!n t 'iucceed Now, 1 don't belt eve there h more than 1 per cent of them that e!on't know that It h a bl~ and gr O\ung success Amencan methods have made It so ' "vVhat are some of the mnovatlOns?" wa~ asked "There are many," answered ~lr Selfndge, "ane! one of the pnnclpal ones IS the stoppmg of the tlppmg habit 1 have made a hard and fast I ule that any clerk found acceptmg a tiP Will be cUl11nanl} discharged ane! I have dls~harged several em-ployes because they have broken the rule '"It came as a surpn~e to many of the Enghsh cu~tomer~ and they readily accepted the situatIOn With a degree of plea~- ure that was VISible, They had been 111 the habit ot gl\ Il1g .. .. .... .... ...... ...... -------.., NEW MACHINERY I have on hand for Immedtate shipment the following brand new machines which I will sell at reduced pnces 4- Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from 1;£ to 18inch centers. 3- Two.splndle Radial Boring Machines to bore from I to 12Inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' Lathes. I-Sixteen Inch Cabinet' Makers' Lathe. ---4DDRESS-- -- J. C. DeBRUYN, 130Page St., Grand Rapids,Mich. I ~---- . ---_ ---------- .._- .. -------~ DELAWARE, OHIO. LARGEST "QUALITY" LINE of DOUBLE CANE LEATHER l MISSION CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. from thnppence to a ~hdlll1g for ~t11all serVices and they ap-pleClated the savmg I made It up With the employe~ by glv-mg them the regular salary for their clas" of work With the average amount I ecelved III tips added 'Then there b another popular Idea, and that is the privI-Ic~ e ot ShOpp111g You know that 111New Yark and Pans a "oman can 'chop'-that IS, look around a store Without bUY111g If she h not at fil -t SUIted. You can't do that With the olCh-nary Engh~h storekeeper He expects that when you have come mto hiS store }au have come to purchase somethmg and you kno\\ what that somethlllg IS. He is not at all pleased If }ou go out \\ 1thout bUY111g 1"\ow the Enghsh women can shop to theIr heart-., content, and the Amencan VISitor abroad, why, she h ]lht at home 111our store , \\ hlle "e have had to adapt ourselves to the ideas of our Enghsh COU-I11S111many lllstances, for you know we are in their countl) om bmeaus of I11formatlon and accommodatIOn, wnt- 11l~ rOOl11~ \\ 1th free matenal and attendants, all have been taken up \\ Ith n,ost k111dl} They have ql1lckly seen the utIl- It}, dnd they are 'itrong draw1l1g cards With them and havens of rest and lllformatlOn for the thDu~dlld'i of Amencan fllends that have vIsited us "To our 'home folks' we have extended our ngth hand III a fm elgn land 'vVe do our utmost to serve the i\mencan" who come to our 111formatlOn bureau, for 111stance, and make them feel that they are not qt11te alone in the vastness of the great Lit} of Lonclon They ~an ask for any mformatlOn that they .,..-------- II• III I ._- .--------_._-----------------------~ WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller New and Ab.olutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. and Psrk St. In th. Cent.r 01 the Th •• tre, Shop-pmlil. and Busmess Dutnct. A la Carte Cafe Newe.t and FlDe.t Gnll Room ID the City. Club Breakla't - - - 40c up Luncheon - - - - 50c T .bl. d hote lAnnelS - 75c MUSlclrom6P M to 12 PM I Every room haa a private bath. EUROPEAN PLAN Rate.: $1.50 per day and up. L. W. TULLER. Prop. I M. A. SHAW.Mgr ~----------------- ------"--_._-------~----_..... I___________ 4I WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 WIsh and they wIll be answered. I have two bright English gIrls who are d01ng well III thIS work and have a sort of seml- Amel ican con,ulate wIthout the offiCIal dist1l1ctlOn, in order to set Amencans nght. "There are hundred~ of vlcltors who desIre to know where and when to go and what to <;ee. Then there are those who wish to purchase some thlllgS that we do not keep. We send attendant<; WIth the,e people to the places of business and neither charge fees nor receIve commissions We WIsh their friend- <;hip and treat them honestly, and they al e as much at home as they would be shopplllg on FIfth avenue III New York or on State street in Chicago "Yet there are new sItuation" developlllg every day, for It is not much of a bU;'1l1e~;,if these are not created, and we are constantly <;tnv1l1g to meet them satisfactonly to our customers I am proud to say that the Amencan store in London is a great "uccess." "And how about the Ice cream soda?" was asked. "It wa<; cabled here that the first opemng of the fountain at the store was accompamed by the looking on of a bIg crowd, who saw Ice cream sodas partaken of and gazed WIth as much amaze-ment as if at a cage of cunous WIld animals" MI Selfndge laughed and saId tho' that too had taken WIth the Engb"h ShOpplllg pubbc "They have a sweet tooth, and dunng the warm season there were hundreds each day who ate and drank f.or the first time at an Amencan soda fountalll and then went out and brought fnends III to share the pleasant and novel expenence" Another Corporation Tax Ruling. The Washington authonties have added another to the numerom rul111gs 111legard to the collectlOn of the corporatlOn income tax The latest is to the effect that "the fact that a corporation does not receIve a blank form from the commis-sioner of internal revenue on whi-:h It may make return" of net incomes for taxatlOn under the new tariff act WIll not excuse the corporatlOn from the penaltIes of faIlure to make returns within a specIfied time" It is stated that the commlSSlOner of mternal revenue ex-pects he will be able to send out the blank forms III 40 or 50 days. Before that time the regulatlOns for the enforcement of the law WIll have been promulgated. It i" expected that these regulatlOns WIll lllform the corporatlOns fully as to the requirements, and the COml11lSSlOnerwtll try to have the blanks and regulations sent to every corporatlOn III the country. The forego111g announcements are accompamed by this statement: "The treasury department doe" not expect that there WIll be much fnction 111puttmg the law into effect." No Rise in Frei2ht Rates Just Now. James McCrea, presIdent of the Pennsylvania ratlroad, ha, notified several organizatlOllS representlllg shtppers 111trunk l111e tern tory that the trunk l111es are not cOllSIdenng a general ad-vance in freIght rates or m c1aslficatlOn and that no such actlOn IS contemplated as the ,hlpp111g orgamzatlOns had assumed from a recent pamphlet Issued by C C McCa111, chaIrman of the Trunk Line Association. Most thlllgS are governed by the law of supply and de-mand, but the crop of fools isn't one of them. There are people so constituted that they seem to get a lot of fun out of never having any fun 111bfe ...--._------_- ._---_.-----------_._---------------- ------------ ---_._---_.-- .- . I MORTISER Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money WIth less capItal Invested He can hold a better and more satlslactory trade With hIS customers. He can manufacture m as good .tyle and timsh, and at as low cost as the factOries The local cahmet maker has been forced mto ouly the dealer's trade aud profit he cause of machme manufactured goods of factones An outfit of Barnes Patent Foot aud Hand-Power Machmery, remstates the cabmet maker WIth advanta.l(es equal to hiS competItors If deSired, these machmes WIll be sold on tr.a! The purchaser can have ample tIme to test them m hI< own shop and on the work he WIshes them to do. JJescr.ptwI cata!ogu8 and pr,c8 !tst jru HAND ClRCULAR RIP SAW COMBINED MACHINE No 3 WOOD LATHE No.4 SAW (ready for cross-cuttIng) W. f. Ii.. JO"N BARNES CO.,654 Ruby St., Rockford, III. No. 4 SAW (ready for npping) IL__ 'N~_,;~~ .."~~~E~R~.":':U_L~E~. HAND TENONER No.7 SCROLL SA..W......... ... ••••••••• a._.a •• a •• 22 ~-- ,•I• •I• II II III IIII III I, I WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE No. 748 By MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE CO, MUSKEGON. MICH. ._--------------------------_.------------------------------------------------.----._------------~ a,.. •• __ a •••• --------------- •• ------.-- ••••• ------- I 5 ••• •••• _._._ ••• WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 ~_.. .._.... _. ~_~ ._~__~ ------4f VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We WIllhave the nght styles at the nght pnces and made to glVe satIsfactIOn. Don't mISScommg to see the lme, It Will pay you. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers ~ t Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind . .. • •• _ • __ ~ __ • _. _._._________ _. ••• •••• T r • •• • •• - - ••• -l MORE CORPORATION INCOME LAW. Commissioner oi Internal Revenue Tells What Iniormation Must Be Furnished. \fter another consultatlOn with the attorney general, the com111ISSlOner of mternal revenue has reached a concllblOn a'i to about what mformahon officers of corporatlOns WIll have to furl1lsh 111order to aVOld penaltles unposed by the corporatlon mcome tax law i\-::t111guncler the adVIce of the attorney gen-eral the commbS1On announces that a careful considerat1On of the law shows that corporations m mak111g their report:-. for the calendar year 1909 will be required to fur111"h the follow111g m-formatlOn The total paId up capItal stock or "hare capltdl outstanc1mg at the clo"e of the }Cdr, the total bonded and other indebt-edness at the close of the yeal , the grofs mcome denved from all 'OU!ce, dunng the year, all chvldends receIved wlth111 the year on stock 111other corporatlOns, the total amount of all or-dmary and necessary expenses actually paId wlthm the year ont of the earn111gs 111the mamtenance and operatlOn of the bUSI-ness, statmg separately all rent, franchIses and so forth; all lo"ses actually sustall1ed dunn~ the year and not compensated by msuran-::e or otherwIse, also amounts allowed for depreci-at10n and, in cases of ll1surance compames, the sums paId on pobcy and annUlt) contracts and the net adcht10n to the reserve fund reqUIred by law, ll1terest paId dunng the year on bonded or othel mdebtedness not exceedmg the paId up capItal stock or share capItal, all taxes paId WIthin the year After all these Items of eApenses have been footed up and their total has been subtracted it om the aggregate mcome, the remaimng amount is "net income"-and all of It except $5,000 IS subject to the tax Commentmg on the con1mIS"lon'" announcement an edltonal writer m a New York paper tel1s how corpordt1Om may dodge a consIderable pOl t10n of the tax, but It IS not probable that many of them WIll act on hIS sugge"t1On lIe sa) s "Of COUFe, the records and accounts of the COIporat1Ons up to date from Janual") 1, 1909, wIll yIeld the mformat1On for thIS appIoxllnatel) mne-1110nth)' penod, but for the remammg twelve weeks of the year It would be easIly possIble-were a company so chsposed-to readjust expense Items In su-::h a way as to keep the net income down to a comparatIvely smal1 figure or to make It vamsh entlrely In close corporations-where the ~tockholders are all salaried officers-It makes no dIfference to them how theIr 111comes from the busmess reach theIr pockets, whether m the form of salanes or dIVIdend" or both 111part; and If next Janu-ar) doce not wItne's among these concerns a very general raIs111g of salanes at the e"pense of dIVIdends, It WIll be a wonder- and such corporatIOns <ire numerous throughout the country Aga111, It would an easy matter f01 many corporations to "stave off" the payment of bIlb receIvable dunng the last two months of th1S year untIl after December 31, ,,0 a" to make sue1, revenues appear 111the 1910 accounts, borrowl11g money meantIme, If needed to meet theIr own obhgat1Ons-and these items of really 1909 revenue would thus appear 111the records as debts and help keep down the apparent net 111comefor tIllS year. " 'The law,' says the attorney general, '1;0 so plain that any corporatIOn or Ilv agents should be able to understand just what 111formatIOn the commIssioner of mternal revenue WIll require.' "And he mIght well have added 'And it is g0111gto prove to be a law unusually ea~y of evaS10n ' "It IS qmte possIble, too, that It may be declared uncon"titu-tIonal pnor to Jlme 30, 1910-the last day on which the retroac-tIve tax for 1909 can be paid 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN The Fellwock Company's New Factory. The Fellwock AutomobIle and .:\Ianufdctunng com pan) ot E,vansville, Ind, ha~ Just moved mto a new factor) \\ blch IS shown in the accompanying pIcture. together with their two up-town garages The plant, shown m the center, I~ located at the corner of Harnett and V II gmla streeb. I t I~ mdnaged b\ T 1 Fellwock and produces veneered rolls cmd dutomobIle spelldl ties. The bUlldmg at the left I~ the gal age dt 213 DIvIsIOn street, WE} ellwock, manager, where up-to-date ~elvICe IS gIven m renting, stonng and repalnng The bUlldmg at the nght IS the general office and saleSlOom at 3 Upper Fourth street, P B I"ellwock, manager Thel e the polIcies of this bus mess are dl~pemed and a full lme of deces sorie" carned m connectIOn wIth the Maxwell, Ovelland, Stod-that when a man buys anything he own" it and should have the prn IlelSe Jf selling It dt hIs own pnce. but experien,:e shows that It \\ ould be to the advcl11tage of all dealers to hdve dnd observe some km<l of a rule m regard to mdmtammg pnces That the latter Idea IS growmg was shown elt a recent meeting of the Cclhformc retaIlers who adopted re~olutlOns recommendmg "that manu fact lrer~ reqUIre from the trade, agreemenb to mamtam cl certam establIshed retaIl ~ellmg pnce upon producb, favor-mg the s cllmg of good~ on the contract plan by the manufac-turel am pledgmg co-operatIon wIth manufacturers m main-tam111g sllch pnee, declanng It the duty of every retaIl assoCIa-tIOn on the PaCIfic coast to lend ItS mfluence towards encourag- 111gthe ScIe of goods of tho~e who mamtam retaIl sellmg prices; expl essm:; elppreclatlOn to the national a~soClatlOn for havmg blOUght 1I10re forcibly to the attentIOn of mannfacturers the ne-dard- Dayton and Baker automobIles of whICh the Fellwock com-pany are southern IndIana clIstnbutors This IS an mcorporated company composed of the three Fellwock brothers It was started 111190G m a small shop \\ hlch was totally destroyed by fire "IX months after the ~tart \\ Ith a heavy loss Temporary quarters were then taken, but the bu~- iness increased by leaps and bound" so that It became necessary to go mto larger quarters, and the above factory has been ac-qUIred with faCIlItIes to double theIr busmess m veneered rolls. automobIles, tonneaus, tops, seab and shIelds Other speCIal-ties will be added from tnne to tIme Should Manufacturers Fix Prices. The idea that manufacturers should fix both wholesale and retaIl pnces and that dealers should assIst them m mamtammg the latter seems destmed to be put 111general practice 111the near future. There IS no gettl11g around the logIC of the argument cesslt) of adoptmg thIS plan, call111g upon all manufacturers to adopt the fixecl pnce system and enforce It by collecting dam-ages m t 1e courts from pnce CUtter~, and pledgmg support to all manufacturel s thus actmg, declanng that when a merchant refuse~ to abIde b) the request of manufacturers who establIsh honest pnces, he shall be declared a cutter and manufacturers requested to reqUIre wntten contracb from such merchants be-fore "ellir g them goods. The CalIformans may be conSIdered rather too radical in theIr Ideas, but theIr actIOn WIll attract attentIOn to the subject elml \\ III undoubtedly lead to dISCUSSIOnand perlIaps a snnIlar e:ApreSSlOllof vIews by other a~~oclatlOns of dealers. Tell 1marned man he doesn't look it and he will be terribly flattered SIlence Isn't always golden Sometimes It IS an admission of guilt .I. . _ .. - _... .. --- - _.. -_.._._----------_ ._• ----------_._----- "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY .......... ..,, H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ~-------- .---- - _...- ... ----._-_._._._-_._. _.--_._~------~-----_.-._---------.._. -.-..-.... of T S & G B. Martm, who have decIded to discontmue their furmture department Albert VV Seegert, manager of the Cotton Felt Mattress Company of ChIcago, and 1\Irs Augusta Zuber, daughter of Charles Greve, a ChIcago cap1tahst, were qUletly marned at \Vaukegan, Ill, on Octobel 8. The hardware and furmture firm of M L Stover & Co., St Petersburg, Fla, IS about to be mcorporated, with a capItal ;,tock of $10,000 The name of the new concern WIll be the Stover-Presstman Company. The first annual meetmg of the American SpeClalty Manu-facturers' I\.ssOClat1On WIll be held m New York CIty, N ovem-ber 11 and 12 The assoClat1On now ha" fourteen aux1hary assoc1at1Ons, covenng 23 states Theodore Eggleston, who a few months ago sold hIs inter-est and retlred from the CIty FurnIture and Undertakmg Com-pany of Columbl1'3, MIs", has now purchased the mterest of Mr Plumber, a new member of the company, and WIll agam take an actIve pal t in the management of the bl1'3mess The Dubuque (Iowa) Coffin and Casket Company are look-mg for a new 10cat1On and are expected to accept mducements of-fered by SIOUX CIty, Iowa Such '" as the report from S10UX CIty last Monday, but PreSIdent Beller of the company says "there ~ nothmg m It, we WIll stay m Dubuque for the present at least" The SeIdel Furmture Manufactunng Company, 515-52G Barracks street, New Orleans, La, estabh"hed m 1885, IS gomg mto the manufacture of coffil1'3 and caskets, a supenntendent of one of the largest casket factones haVing purchased a maJonty of the company'0 stock The manufacture of furniture WIll be chscontinued MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. The Carlyle (Ky) CredIt Company, hou"efurmshers, have made an aSSIgnment Curtm D Stump, undertaker of Reachng, Pa, WIll put m a stock of furmture E E Oylear has purchased an mterest in F E Lambert's furmture store at Genesee, Idaho T A. Freeman, manufacturer of chaIr stock, Brownw1lle, T enn , IS plannmg to enlarge hIS factory The undertakmg firm of 1\Iaus & Shannon, Prescott, Anz, has been dhsolved, Mr Shannon retlrmg The Letterborn VVoodworkmg Company of Hartford, Conn, has been mcorporated CapItal stock, $50,000 The SterchI Furmture Company of NashVIlle, Tenn, have doubled the capItal stock-from $10,000 to $20,000. George G1lle~p1e 1~ a new undertaker at Columbus, Ind He was formerly m the same busmes" at Hope, Ind The MIchIgan Oak F loonng and Intenor F1msh Company is a Pontiac, MICh , corporation ,apltah7ed at $30,000. The undertakmg firm of Sherwood & DIck, Kankakee, Ill, has been chs"olved Mr DIck contmues the bl1'3mess The G E Schloss Company of ~ ew York Clty has been m-corpor dted to deal m lumber and furmture. CapItal stock, $75,000 S B Donchian of Harford, Conn, b erectmg one of the handsomest bUlldmgs on Pearl street to be used for hIS onental rug busmess CredItors have filed a petltion m bankruptcy agamst C H Dodd & Co, mcorporated, furmture dealers and decorators, of Cleveland, Oh1O John Fmger, receIver for the firm of Vetter Bros & LeWIS, furmture dealers of LOUlWllle, Ky, WIll chspo~e of the stock and c1o~e out the busmess. The J W. Fox Excels101 Company of Grand Rapids. re-port trade excellent for the past ClX month" the largest demand be111g from the HOOSIer state The carpet 111111'0 at W estboro, l\fas~, have been sold to the Magee Carpet Company and the machme1Y is being taken out to be moved to Bloomsburg, Pa The Boyne CIty, NItch, boa 1d of trade is negotlatmg for the estabhshment of a furmture factory, offenng a good SIte WIth water and raIl transportation The M1S,,1On Furmture Company of Syracuse, NY, have decided to change the 10cat1On of theIr factory and have been negotlatlng for a site in Tonawanda, N. Y. H Crockm, furmture dealer of Norfolk, Va, has pur-chased a site adJoimng hIS pi esent quarters and will erect a three-~tory bUlld111g ()Ox300 feet, at a cost of $30,000 The DIxie School Desk Company, cap1tahzed at $25,000, ha~ been mcorporated to take over the plant, stock and bl1'3iness of the old Columbus School Desk Company at Columbus, Ga The GIbson Refngerator Company of GreenVIlle (1\11ch) are increasing the capaClty of theIr plant They have Just completed a new warehouse that WIll ~helter 20,000 refngerators. The Hanson lurmture Company of Janesville, W IS , manu-facturers of chmng and pIllar extension tables, report that m the volume of bl1'3mess the year 1909 IS the best in theIr hIstory The Hudson FurnIture Company of Austm, Texas, has been mcorporated by E A Hudson and ~evet al of hIs employes mc1udmg E 0 Garrett, J L. Garrett and Elmer Vvoolff Cap-ital stock, $80,000 The W1lhams Furmture Company of Dawson, Ga, have purchased the stock of furmture carned in the general store New Furniture Dealers. J 1\1 Cwtello ha<, opened 1m new fUlniture store at Kear-ney, Nebr W C Hay WIll estabhsh a new furmture store in Aber-deen, S D R A Melv m has engaged in the retaIl furmture trade at Parker, S D Meyers & lmsterwald are the newest furmture dealers 111 Detroit, MIch. Stephen L Woodward has opened a new furmture store at Charle101, Pa. The PaCIfic Salvage Company IS startinlS a furmture store 111TIllamook, Oregon The Vendeventer Company of Lafayette, Ind, ha~ been in-corporated WIth a capItal of $10,000 by J. L Vendeventer and others, for the purpo ,e of buy mg and sellmg furmture at wholesale or retail Frank Berman and John W Martm of Chester, Pa, and Reuben SatterthwaIte, Jr, of W1lmmgton, Del, have 111corpor-ated the Berman company, cap1tah7ed at $30,000, to deal m fur-mture, hardware and c10thmg m Phtlacle1ph1a Has a "Kick Coming." A J Kingsley, a manufacturer of chaIrs m Portland, Ore-gon, appeared before the mterstate commerce comm1o,SlOn re-cently and stated that d1stnbut1ve freIght rates by rall were so arranged that he could not do busme;,s m compet1tlOn WIth firms located m the ea"tern states to any extent east of the Dalles Only about five per cent of hIS trade comes from terntory east of Portland 1\Ir Kmgsley certamly "has a kick coming." demned Of course, when orga111zed labor permIts It-self to cympathlze wIth vIOlent methods, wIth breaches of the la\\, wIth boycotts and other methods of undue dures", it is not entItled to our sympathy But It Is not expected that such or-g< lmzatlOns shall be perfect, and that they may not at times, and m partIcular cases, show defective tendenCIes that ought to be corrected -\11 advantages of trade~ unIOn, great as they are, cannot weIgh a feather m the scale agamst the nght of any man to work for whom and at what pnce he wJ1I" Kow thIS sOlmd" the keynote of the whole mdustnal and economIC sItuatIOn "Vhat J\1r. Taft says 111thl:O ImpressIve paragraph IS the eternal truth; and I feel free to say that when the tune may come when a non-U1110n worker can feel the Im-l11U111t) of a true Amencan cItizen, when he and his WIfe and httle one" are fJ ee from the brutal 111su1tSand devlhsh perse-cutlOn: o of behgerent U1110111sm, for whIch Gompers and MItchell stand sponsors, then and not till then, WIll PreSIdent Taft be lustlfied 111asst1111lng that 1m, kmdly recommendatIOn of labor U1110ns\\111 be accepted by patnotlc Amencans 111good faIth \Vhen ilfr Taft saId that «AJI advantages of trade" unions, great as they are, cannot weIgh a feather m the scale against the nght of any man to \\ork for whom and at what pnce he WIll," and then m another sentence says, «I t1unk the employer \\ ho declmes to deal WIth orga111zed labor and to recognize It as a proper element m the :oettlement of wage controversIes is be-hmd the tunes," I am perplexed to under~tand whIch statement he mean" should be accepted as hIS real opi111on, They cannot both be accepted because anybody at all fal111har WIth the sub- Ject kno\\ s that Gompers-::\Iltchell unio111sm does not conSIder a settlement of a wage ~cale or any other matter in controversy except on a closed shop baSIS, whIch IS quite eVIdent at variance WIth l\Ir Taft's statement quoted, Not only that, but we all know that If, m case of stnke, the employer attempts to run hIS bu:omess WIth other men, dll sort~ or coercIve means are al- \\ a) s emplo) ed to enforce such adjustment as they may dIctate, and 111de111al of the very rights whl'2h l\Ir Taft has so ably de-fended Then, too, MI, Taft ha~ stated that he favors a modi-ficatIOn of the 111JunctlOn law~, 111cases of labor dIsputes, What for, S111cesuch a courc;e would SImply afford the mob element a greater opportu111t) to perform its work of slugg111g and des-truction of propel ty ) In hIS reference to thIS subject he saId, «I propo:oe 111the next sessIon of congl e~" to recommend the legIslatIon on the sub- LABOR ORGANIZED AND UNORGANIZED Comments on President Taft's Chicago Address by President Kirby of the National Manufacturers' Association and Others. John KIrby, Jr, 111A111Cl1caJZ IndustJzcS for October -I cannot understand why Mr Taft should deem It to be wlth111 the dutIes of the preSIdent of the 1T111tedStates to explOIt the cause of labor U111on" and denounce employ ere; who I efuse to recognize them Pel haps If I \\ere 111the pohtlcal bu"mes, I would understand all about It, but I am not In thl" CI1J(a~o dehverance MI Taft ndturally talked a" the repl esentatlve and spokesman of the mas,es of the Amencan commonwealth, that is to say, for all classec; except one-the soclah-t element He Isolated thIS element WIth httle com tesy 01 merq, thm placmg them 111the category of ahens He even went so far a, to de-clare that the SOClahsts have been repudIated by orga111zed labor whose label he frankly p111ned to hh jacket m the declaratIOn that labor U1110111smhas I11SposItIve and hearty approval He even endorsed stnkes, and benevolently suggested to the U1110ns the advbablhty of provldmg a fund to take care of stllkers fam-ihes 111the event of prolonged lockouts 01 stnkes -\nd \\ hlle he gently rapped Gompel c; for attempt111g to drag the U1110ns mto pohtlcs last fall, he was magna111mous to concede that that ponderous celebnty IS also opposed to Soclahsm He moreover mgemously )lbtlfied hIS contentIOn of orgalllzed labor by cIting the fact that he (Taft) was supported last) ear by both U1110n and non U1110nlabor He chd not, however, refer to the part the business men of the country played m secunng hIS electIOn On ItS face, hI" generom concessIOn to the rank and file of Ulllon labor seems fan and Just But the fact remaUb that Gompers IS still the accrechted head and chctator of orga111zed labor, whIch appear~ to Justify the mference that tll1s element IS not, at ItS best a very potent factol m our pohtlc~ -\nd \\ h) should It be, when It IS remembered that the labOl U1110nsem-brace les" than ten per cent of the labor vote 111thIS repubhc, of whom perhap~ twenty-five or thIrty per cent vote the Soclahst ticket, the balance bemg about equally chvlded between the Dem-ocratIc and Repubhcan partIes Be It noted, further, that the preSIdent 111hIS speech came nobly to the defense of the non-Ulllon worker m such ulll111stak-able language that hIs remarks should be echoed throughout the world, He said: «K othmg I have salCl or shall ~ay chould be construed mto an attitude of cntlcbm aga1l1st or unfnenc111l1ess to tho~e \\ orJ..- men who for any reason do not Jom the U1110ns TheIr fll:;ht to labor for such wages as they choo~e to accept IS saC!ed, dnd any lawless 1l1VdSlOnof that llght cannot be too severd) con- rH~te-l---LiNDEN~IHO-F- FMAN----~RO~HE~-;-c~~-I I FT. WAYNE, IND. I Indianapolis I I Illinois and New York Sts. I , 6 Blocks from UnIOn Depot HAR I WOO I LU M BE R · I I ~5~1~~~:'nf:omInterurban StatIOn, .1, All Outs,de, w,th Fue Escape J elephone In Every Room, European Plan , Rates, 75c to $2 00 Per D"y, I, Dlumg Room In ConnectlOn SpeCIal Rates to FamIlIes .' and Permanent Guests ih~~':a"J::;B~~fr~~fenewlllFItld I SAWED} QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS I Stoppmg Place, AND GEO. R. BENTON I SLICED AND MAHOGANY Lessee and Manager • I "_.a _. ..s. .....•. . -._~-- -------- .. - ------ . ..a WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 Ject of mJunctlOn wl1l'::h was pr0l111sed m the Repubhcan plat-form, and to see whether by such legIslatIon It b not possIble to aVOId even a few cases of abuses that can be cIted agam;,t the federal courts m the exerCIse of theIr Jun~dlctlOn" J'vir Taft may have 111mllld "a few cases of abuses," but dunng the argument on the so-called Pearre antl-lnJunctlOn bIll 111the last congres~, 1\1r. Roo,evelt and Samuel Gompers, al-though repeatedly urged by the Juchclary commIttee of the house to present such cases, made an Ignommous faIlure to produce any, and It would therefore appear that thIS bulwark of safety to the nghts of cItIzens of all classes should not be tampered wIth to accommodate the unholy p lrp05es of those whom It re-strams from breakmg the law In deal111g wIth the matter of mjt1llctions m labor case:;, I have yet to learn of a smgle case of a ,tnke where there was no VIOlence or coerC1On, when the employer has attempted to Made by The Udell Works, IndianapolIs, Ind. run hIS bu"mess wIth non-Ulllon men, or where the mJunctIon has worked any hardshIp on stnkers or 111terfered wIth their legal nghts, and Just why the plcket111g mob would be gIven any opportulllty whatever to destroy hfe and property before they are restramed, e,peclally smce the plamttff must gIVe bond to msure the defendant agamst peculllary loss, If such a thmg un-der such CIrcumstances IS conceIvable, IS mcomprehenslble to me, unle;,s it be that a httle "sop" along this lIne wIll help po-htlcally I do not under"tand. however, that the mJ'.:lnction legisla-t10n whIch Mr Taft ment10ns as promhed m the lZepubhcdll platform 1" mtended to change the present practIce of bsuing temporary re~tram111g orders or mJ unctIOns, WhICh are now IS- ~ued wIthout notIce dncl hearmg only when m the Judgment of the court Irreparable damage I~ llnmment In VIew of Mr T dff~ forceful and patnotlc utterance" m defen~e of the nghb of 111dependent woI1one,men It I~ safe to a",Sl1l11ethat he WIll not approve of a 1) le::;I~alt1On \\ hI::h \\ 111 111any manner Jeopal ellie the~e nghts N"aturally, I hesItate to be placed on record a" cntIcb111g the presIdent\' -peech. whIch. m the mam, muct be taken as the 111gemous delIverance of a chplomat amI state~man. Cel tain!) It mu"t be conceded that the preSIdent of the 1]lllted States can-not afford to betray allY preJuchce or preference as between CltI- 7ens or da~se~ unless such preJuchfe or preference be clearl) ~hown to be a~amst the enemle, of the repubhc The chIef fault I find wIth hI~ ChI-:ago utterance I~ thIS That in lend-mg hIS great mfluence to the encouragement and exploitation of labor UlllOlllsm he strangely omItted any comphmentary refer-ence to the ments and claIms of the employmg element upon whom the workmg people naturally depended for subSIstence On the contrary, he dIsposes of the latter element WIth the ICY cntIclsm that he ha~ no sympathy for those who oppo"e the or-gdlllzatIon of labor Had Mr Taft been personally confronted by thIS problerli, a~ have the many ldrge employers who al e, one after another, contmuonsly refusmg to recognIze labor UnIons to whose clIc-tatonal methods and msolent demands they have for years been ~ubjected, I thmk he would not have saId "I thmk the employer who declIneu to deal WIth organIzed labor and to recognIze It a, a proper element m the ~ettlement of wage controversle, IS be-hmd the times." Echtonal m Amc! [call lndustrzcs for October-PresIdent Taft declared recently that, If fate had had placed hIm among what IS commonly termed the "workmg classes" he would have Jomed a labor union ThIs IS mterestmg If true It is doubly mtere",tmg because we know that the natUlal bent of thIS states-man is toward law and order, and also that he IS not, and could not, be of that pecuhar cdhber of whlLh the average labor UnIon leader IS largely composed No one personally acquamted WIth PreSIdent Taft, or even havmg a general krowledge of hIS char-acter, could Imagme for one mmute that he would long hold a UnIon card under condItIons daIly set forth before the Amen-can people The average lawyer is adverse to vIOlence, the average statesman abhors mFbtIce. the average respectable CitI-zens prefers peace and qUIet m hIS dally hfe Our ChIef Exec-utIve IS all of these, and therefore hIS statement must be ac-cepted cum .~raIl0 sahs-chctated, not so much by the heart as by-may we ",ay pohtics? EdItonal In A11ZC1tCan Industrzcs for October-It is po~sIble that Mr Taft can have so qUIckly forgotten that other statement he made, when in the first flush of VIctory at the polls he de-clared so fervently, and we thought gratefully, "I owe my elec-tIOn pnnclpally to the loyal support of the bu",mess men?" Surely the JudICIal mmd whIch raIsed WIlham H Taft from the obscunty of an uUlmportant lawyer's office to the exalted office of ChIef MagIstrate of the UUltecl States must know that the business men of the country fall to appreCIate an approval of Il-legal acts and cnml11al v101ence Perhaps the preSIdent was Ulisquoted, perhaps he Joked-perhap", he suffers from poor ad- VIce. Busmess men WIll accept anyone of the~e explanatIOns to e~cape the dread that \VIlham H Taft IS chsloyal to honest pnnclples ---------------------~I•I III II II II ... -_ ... THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receIve descriptive CIrcular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prICes. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid., Mich. I ~----------------------------_ _- ..~ 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN ............ ------" New Buildings That Will Need Furniture . Resldence~-Frank Johnson, 16iZ7 [' arragut street, ChlCago, $7,000 n J ame<, Jarrell, 1256 Early ave, ChIcago, $3,550. J Callo" 5810 Wash1l1gton boulevard, ChlCago, $1,700. ~:I\1ary \ Lanca~ter 1,11 E WashIngton street, InclIanapohs, $5,00(; n P S Robert, Pal kway and ChIcago street, Indlanapohs, $3,30U n Edgar R VIncent, ::-J renn~ylval11a street, Indlanapohs, $4,000. 'f DEW ebster, Hartford and Shepard streets, Ml1waukee, $+ iOO n C 13 PallIn, 730 Stowell street, l\lllwaukee, $4,200. 'f ~ S Smedegaard, Denver, Colo, $ct,300 'f PIerce Bnes, \lounta1l1 \ Ie" and 1"enty-~econcl street, Denver, $5,000 n R. 1 Thompson Tremont avenue, Youngston, 0, $3,500 n G. \\ Spnng",terbach, 1119 Newton avenue, M1l1neapohs. $7,000 'f Geo L GIllette, Dean boulevard, ':VI1l1neapohs, $7,500 11 Glen L SaAton, 3iZOO S Emerson avenue, 1\11l1neapohs, $6,500. n Fntz Holzaptel, 1i18 ~ GIrard avenue, M1l1neapohs, $4,800 n Geo L Hart,oc:k, 37,)/ ChICago avenue, M1l1neapohs, $5,500 n R. l Hob"on, 2070 J'\elson avenue, MemphIs, Telm ,$3,000 'f Wal-ter \nclel "on. Omaha, Nebr ,2181 S ThIrty-fourth street, $2,500 'f W L Kelley, S2 .s111clalr avenue, Atlanta, Ga, $3,000 11 Ja- ... I I II IIII• I•• ..-- _. _ ..---_._.-._.-._ •..._-_._--_. -----~I $17.25 For thIS Genume Mahogany Dresser Top 46x23. MIrror 30x24. Wood knobs. Hand rubbed fimsh. CHARLES BENNETT FURNITURE CO. CHARLOTTE, MICH. ~----------------------- _-_ ---" • I• •II• II•• II •II!I III•• ! ~~~'~sA BARGAIN No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIS fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIS and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING CO. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. ~-------_._- ._ ..._-----_ ..--- - _._-_._- ...~ VIew In the Rug Department of the Kelsker Store cob SeIdel, IlJS Boulevard E, DetrOIt, $10,000 n Herman Yat-zek, 1ill Lelce~ter street, DetrOIt, $12,'iOn n George \V Lynn, 1l:2() Humboldt ~treet. DetrOIt, $:1 .Jon n A.xthur Schultz, San Ant011l0, rj eAas, $:1.,)00 'f LeonalCl HI11Js, Peona, Ill, $13,000 'f J \1 Robb. Peona, Ill, $-1 2,)0 ~ E. C Roh1f~en, Peona, Ill, (bungalow) $4.)00 11E L RIchmond, Peon a, Ill, $'),500 'f J C 0 HaIre, St Joseph, Mo, $4,500 'f Clara B QUInn, J20iZ Shenandoah street, St LOUIS, 110, $9,500 n Lulu Tuffy, JS16 St Louh street, St LOUIS, Mo, $4,700 11 E Popper, 918 T'orty-elghth Place, Clucago, $12,000 n F. L SlVyer, Lake Dnve :\111\\aukee, $12,000 11 :\Irs S H Kle111, Denver, Colo., $.3,000 'f .sophIa Gaston, Denver, Colo, $3,000 ~ Mrs So-phIe \11ller, 901 Glengyle Place, ChIcago, $9,000 'f Wm. WhIte, Las La Me<,a Miraville, Cal, $7,500 11 R. Scott, Mesa, Ariz, $6,000 'f A D SmIth, POl11t Loma, Cal, $4,000. ~ A L Morey, 4465 Bartmel evenue, St Joseph, ~Io, $7,500. 11 \Vm H Frantz. 6134 :;-'lcPhercon avenue, St Joseph, :1\10, $5,500 'f T R Wheelock. 4319 GIllham road, Kansas CIty, Mo, $4,000 11 1\ A ChI1berg, 1900 Ryons avenue, Ll11coln, 1\'ebr, $4,500 n Paula Plesko, IS5 Schenectady, N. Y , $4,000 1"[ R M. Dun-naway, 269 Lake avenue, Atlanta, Ga, $4,~00 n T. L Smith, f---'~B~oa~':~;=:P:e~-~W-E~-EK-:L-~Y-~.-~-AR-.T-I.S-.AN----.-----------------------------129 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I , I I I j..----------_. ..-..... OVER 15,000 OF OUR STEEL RACKVISES IN USE Price $2.80 to $4.00 25 doz Clamp FIxtures bought by one mIll last year. We shIp on approval to rated firms, ana guarantee our goods uncondi-tIOnally. Wrote for !l8t of Steet Bar Clamps, V,ses, Bench Stops, etc E. ". S"ELDON &. CO. 283 Madison St. Chicago. ---------_._---------- - . - .- ---- ------------ - - - . - . - . - - - -- \mmton Ala. $G,500 ~ G. A. Gorham, Blrmmgham, Ala, $.'5,000 ~ lIr" A 1\1 Erwm, ::Y1acon,Ga, $4,800 ~ Wilham Dun\', cody, Macon, Ga, $8,000 ~M aJ W W Gordon, Sa-vannah. Ga. $20,000 Jame'i Connelly, 1b32 Hazel Dnve, Cleveland, 0 , $15.000 ~ A. R Hme, 10025 Somerset street, Cleveland, 0 , $1,500 ,-rFrank Gentele. J r , Broadway, LotllS-Ville, Ky, $4,400 T E McGm111'i, Duke street, St Paul Mll1n, $8,600 ,-rJames SUl1(Jns, "!'Ilarshall street, St Paul, :\lmn, $:'0,400 ,-rMr'i Anna Connor, 2403 N 45th street, Omaha, Nebr, $7,000 ~ Anna Dray V{arrack, Sacramento, Cd, $5,000 ,-rWm L. Scharf, 2157 Eighth avenue, N. Y, $7,300 ,-rl\1rs W n Sleeper, Huntmgton Park, Cal, $G,400 ,-rJohn Peter'ion, 1115 Humboldt street, Chicago, $5,000 11Jd-cob Bowman, 1120 North J efferSQn street, Peona, Ill, $.3,500 ,-r,\ J \\;ellbanks, 802 Lexmgton avenue, Syracuse, NY, $4,800. ,-rE E Huznrd, I2? Fitch street, Syracuse, $6.000 ,-rAhce 1\1 Thoma'i, 34 Columbus street, Buftalo. NY, $2.800 ~ Ma-nan ~ Horan, 361 Seventh street, Buffalo, $4,000 ,-rIsrael Golc1stem, 249 PUle street, Buffalo, $3,500 ,-rJohn Brunner, Evanston, Ill, $12,000 ,-rMichael Murphy, Evanston, Ill, $4,- 300 ,-r"Gu,," Hartmetz, EvanSVille, Inc1, $4.500 11E F Hanna, Salt Lake City, Utah, $7,000 ~J E Roehr, 930 We"t Twelfth 'itreet, Oklahoma City, $4,500. ,-r Thomas A Parry, SdJt 1 ahC (It), Ltah, $3,500 ,-r Wilham A Holstead, DetrOIt Mlch, $9,000 ,-rCharle'i Coulter, DetrOIt, $5,000 ,-r Henry Bergeman, DetrOIt. $-1,:JOO ,-rJ G Ka,ter, DetrOit, $5.600 ,-rCharles Miller, HG Ellery "treet, DetrOIt. $6,000 ,-rB M. Levy, Gray avenue. Houston, Texa'i, $4,000 ,-rJ R Darnell, Gray avenue, Houston. Texas, $-1,500 11R C Hobson, 20'/0 ~ ehon avenue, l'\1emphls, Tenn , $) ,500 11W L Adams. 1425 Laurel 'itreet, St LOllh, 1\10, $3.000 \Vl1ham Damman, Lo-gan avenue. Young'itown, OhIO, $3,(,00 ,-rSamuel Teltz. Day-ton 'itreet, I\ewark, K J. $10,500 111\1r., M M McCall, 34 \tVe'it Fourteenth street, Atlanta, Ga . $6,000 ,-rl\Ir" Ehza-beth Calder, J06 Murray dvenue, Pltbburg. Fa, $5,000 11S R Byarly, Arch and Twentieth streets, Little Rock. Al k, $3, 000 ,-rMrs. L H Curnayn, 2341 Kemper street, Cmcmndtl, OhIO, $8,000 L A Chesebro, 54 Parkwood boulevard, Schen-ectady, NY, $3,000 ,-rJoseph Vogelberger, Young'itown, OhIO, $+,500 ,-rC ~llller, 5625 Woodlawn avenue, Chl'.::ago, $15,000 Schools-Mmneapoh", Mmn. Seward School, $90,000, St. Paul, Mmn. Cleveland high school, $118,000, Los Angele", Cal , has secured a ten-acre tract for a high school, bUlldmgs to be constructed on the group plan at a cost of $243,000 Hotels-Albert FI'iher, Salt Lake City, Utah, $100,000, W S Bane and daughter, Corona, Cal, $.15,(,00 Mi"cellaneoU'i-Sheltering Arms orphan asylum, Mmnedp- 011", $30,000, Plans for the new court house at Bakel sfield, Cal, call for an expenditure of about $330,000, Contract ha" been awarded for the constructIOn of the city hall at Redlands, Cal Baptists will bUlld a church at Arte"la, N 1\1, at a co"t of $25,000 A new court house IS to bUIlt at Lebanon, Pa, a" soon a'i an agreement can be made as to the site Fourth ave-nue Baptists, LOUlsvllle, Ky, are bmldmg a church to cost $.)3,- 000 Making More Denatured Alcohol. Figure'i sent out from \Vashmgton last Monday "how thdt the productIOn of denatured alcohol 111 the Umted States 111- creased about 28 per cent dunng the year endl11g J nne JO, 1909, a'i compared With the prevloU'i wear The productIOn for tne past year aggregated 3,7n.,370 gallon~ aga1l1~t 4,356,419 gallom for the prevIOus year Even 111 fish1l1g for husbands It IS generally the big ones that get away. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. ket and should be well up m values Perhaps our buyers do not know their bu"mess, but we will say this, we are now paying much more for them and If you can place an order for 1000, landmg them m Chicago for us at $1 50, we will give you $200 for your trouble, but, even If what you say IS tl ue, don't you thmk this kitchen table a pretty good premlUm when you take mto con'-lderatlOn that we IPu~t set up, finish and dellver our pi emlt1ms to the customers' houses? \\ e aLa \\ I~h to remInd you that Flsh\ stamp savers may select dn, other al tlcle 111either of our five stores, marked $350, or may appl) a book of our stamps as $3 30 on account of any prevlOm pUl c11ase or use the LQok m an) way that $350 cash 'auld bc Ihed In our ~tOIes \\ hcn )OU d\ lOwe olle must pa, for the stamps' vou ale con cd but do the Irel chant~ hancllmg our ~tdmps pay any more or as l11uch for acIni tl~111\Sthan we must p,y the SlI:;h Furm- 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN THE NEW STYLE TRADING STAMPS. The Fish Furniture Company Takes Exceptions to What the Weekly Artisan Said About Them. Editor of the Vveekly ArtIsan, Dear Sn - -\s a sub"cnber of the Artisan, of many years' standmg, we \'Ish to thank} au for the wrIte-up Qn our FHh's Stalnps, but the man} mis-state-ments conta1l1ed in }our artIcle force upon us the conchhlOn that the wntel thereof must have either have been I11I~mfOlmed or he Jumped to concluslOns Without any authentIc 111formatlOn m regard to the sub1ect matter 111hand Before we proceed further, we Wish to assure} au that evel \ word m our advertIsement, whlLh you so k111dl} replOducec1, I~ the absolute truth, and It IS so 'L('ell establIshed that there are thousands of mel chants 111 ChIcago who '« lit (eJ Itl, 'ic It/lOltt question, our claim Fish's Stamps are not called Tradll1g Stamp, for the very gcod reason that a~lde from the fact that the) are ~I\ en out and collected 111the same way, they ha\ e 1I0th1Jl~ I1l C01l1111011 your statement to the contrary notwltlbtandll1g You ,ay, If we, au plomoters of Fish s Stamps 'iL{:re to stop now, "the 5000 mer-::hants mIght find It to then ddvantage to cont1l1ue their uee." wunch chllch h 111Vle\\ at the fact that the; e are 5000 mCi chants 111 ChIcago nOll' USIII!!; them and \ all \\ III doubtless admit that It would be conservative to estimate thClr customels at an dverage of 100 each, representing as the) do all lInes of merchanchsll1g, dr} good, clothll1g, grocery, mar-kets, teas, coffees and kindred lines. ThiS makes the approximate number of I I~h S stdmp say el ~ 111 Chicago someth1l1g hke OIlC halt 1111lium people \0 ~ll1dll mfluence \\ hen we can Ider that the gl eatel maJOlIt\ at thesc stamp 'aver~ are z('omcll and the heads of fallll!les \\ auld It not be Ill-adVised to conclude that thiS vast number of senSible econ0l111cai people who. dunng the pa,t four years that I I::>h' ,tamps have been grow1l1g 111 p'lpulanty, al e /lot stud \ l1Z~ thell best intclest by ,a\ 1I1g them) The old 1l11e stamp compames are stIli aggles..,lVeJ, H'PI e-sented 111 Chicago and that Flsh\ stamps nave thL great foIlO\\- mg speak worlel, for the dlffe} e/lce betzl cell the tlL'O We do not ..,ell to competll1g mel chants, giving to eve! \ merchant who co-opelate~ With us hiS legitimate tJ ade I adzwJ crcluswns, Improvement 0, er the aIel ctamp cOl1lpal1le" \\ a\ s but effectively answers another Item 111 the mchLtment which you make against u" m your article As to the comment which you make as to the value of the premlUms shown, a kitchen cabmet table 'Iookmg cheap and hke It should be produced at $150," we have anI) thl" to say Y0l1 are 111 Grand Rapld~ on the ground floor of the f11l11ltl11e mal- ...----------------- - _. - --'" WOODronnlno (UTnn~ A~only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes Into contact With the lumber, there ISno frIction or burn- Ing of the moulding!> when made with the Shimer Reversible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to suit your work, and are very complete, inexpensive and time-saving tools. We supply special Cutters of any shape deSIred and of any SLi:eto SUIt your machine spIndles. Let us havt' your speCifications. For odd work not found In our catalogue send a wood sample or draWIng. SAMUEL J. SUlMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Doors, Sash, etc ,---_._.-_._._._._.-~-------.. ....--_. - .... ~s J@'h~jrtet" ! FREE I for 1Fish S1tunpBook: If you want to make every dollar count, 1 hIS CabInet IS made from thoroughly trade where you can receive Flsh'sStamps seasoned hardwood, will not split or You must cat,and sleep and hve ThiS, uack It hdS an unvarmshed, smooth of neceSSIty, costs money In the spend close ~ratned, whIte top The leg.s and mt,\ of money. the art of where to !;pend It SIdes <lre finIshed With the very best high IS the knowted~e g,reat men show in quahty varnIsh fhIS Cahmet wIll make buddmg fortunes your kl.tchcn more attractive, and the '\ hat IS true of the great fortune bul1d~ work easier It con tams flour bIn, ca ers IS hkewisc true of those 2 OOO~OOO paclty about 50 pounds, larg,e center human beings who hve In ChIcago In drawep and bread and meat board It thIS great CIty there are o"er 5 000 stores 15 handsomely trImmed With brasshandles which handle" FISh s Stamps These and good casters Ahigh~grade kItchen merchants sell as low If not lower t1tan adornment and a household neceSSIty other merchants They deal in every 1hislSjUstoneof hundreds of things thmg you need They Me Jocated Fish's Stamps bring free to you Furnt-on the ,",orth South and West ture and housefittmgs of all kInds s1des and for ma.ny mdes around for the home In every department Ctllcai?,0 open to your selection Sa ve these stamps They are worth dollars to you. One httle book full of the stamps wdl make you the owner of the KItchen Cabmet shown above. Eden full, Book of lllsl\s stamps is wortf\. $3.5Qo MNch.nU <.,,,1SI."d. •• p.". Who A"e N.t Sapplied Call Up 1404 Colurnd On every" haseyou make askfor Fish~ .st&ltl.p~ given FREE at over 5000 stores tUI e COl11pdn) (v\ h0111\\ e see ae!verti~e~ 111 YQllI paper) when we bu) from them, 01 do you \\I"h to 'Oay that the Shgh Furmture company should ac1vertl~e and the merchants who co-operate With tIS should not? \"T e ~ell our stamp~ to the merchants with the c~ZI(J1 antec that the} Will merease hiS buslncss or they cost hU11nothm~ -can} 011 ,ay as much to )'our advertisers? Our stdmp proposltlOn IS Simply co-operatIve advertlsl11g between the mel chants ancl OUl0elves and IS as different from the regular exclUSive stamp company plan as e!ay I~ from l1Ight. That our plan IS ecoJlomlcally nght and a tremendou;, Im-provement over the ole! tl ad1l1g ,tamp, should be mal1lfest tQ any falr-m1l1clecl observant pel son ane! considering that it IS be- I11g adoptee! and coplee! practIcally the \\ hole country over, from Canada to Te"as. only makes another I11dlcatIve, forceful argu-ment Qf the Il11prO\ement our plan :.hows over the aIel-fashioned tradll1g stamps \Ve feel that an 1I1JustIce has been done us by the trend of your article and consIder It only a matter of JustIce to u" and bu"iness courtesy that you give equal publICity to our explana-tory letter Thank1l1g you aga1l1, we beg leave to remain Yours very truly, L. FISH FURNITURE CO I• I ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 EVANSVILLE BUSINESS BOOMING. Furniture Factories Running Ten Hours a Day and Some of Them Working Nights. Evansvl1le, Ind, Oct 21-Business is booming with the lo-cal furniture manufacturer" Practically every factory IS run-nmg on full time In speakmg of local condItions, Harry H. Schu, of the Crescent Furmture Company, saId: "Our four hundred employes are now working on a schedule of ten hour~ a day and the packers are workmg mghts. Weare placmg our products m the east, whIle heretofore the field has been restricted to the south and southwe"t A F Karges, secretary of the Karges Furniture Company, which IS a part of the BIg S1'\: Carloading AssociatIOn. saId' "In my OpInIOn busmess is twenty-five per cent better wIth the local furmture manufacturers than one year ago There IS a feelmg of confidence m the blbmess world VI e are now work-ing our plant ten hours a day and orders are coming m mcely InquirIes are mcreasmg rIght along" Gus Stolt7 of the Stoltz-SchmItt FurnIture Company, say s m hIS cplmcn trade IS better now than It has been at any t11ne dUrIng the past two years Hem y Menke of the Indiana Furn-mture Company amI Edwal d Ploeger of the Bosse" Jurmture Company also expressed theme elves as well pleased wIth the trade outlook Benjamm Do,,~e of the Globe FUlmture Company, spent ~everal days la~t week m Inchanapohs on blhmess Carl WIlson. of the Wllson Furmture Company, of LOUIS-vIlle, was here a few day" ago on busmes FI ed L StolL::. Iranager of the Crown Cl,air company 0: tIns CIty, has pnrchased the stock from the vanous stockholders and IS now "de owner of the plant Th(' Umted States Furmture Company have recently ad-ded a lme of davenports whI,::h are takmg well WIth the trade Charles Fnsse of the \Vorld Furmture Company. Edwal (1 Ploeger of the Do se FurnIture Company and Carl R RItter 1eturned from Cl11cago a few days ago whel e they went on bUS1- ness It is said that the plant of the Henderson (Ky) ChaIr com-pany whIch wa0 recently de~troyed by fire WIll be rebmlt. The reSIdence of WIlliam Ko'::h, of the Evansvl1le "Metal Bed company, lS nearly completed The home w111 cost him about $30,000 and be one of the finest In tl11S CIty. Mr Koch IS Justly proud of the fine resldence and has a llght to be w.n. C The Man of Fifty. The best of the world's work in every field of useful actlvlty has been accomph;,hed by men whose age~ vvere nearer to fifty than to thIrty-five say;, Forbes Lmdsay m Harpers Weekly The statement IS aXIOmatic Any doubt about lt WIll be dlSS1- pated by ten mmutes' flight of memory. And a" the mmd runs over many coroborative Illustrations another fact WIll be forced upon it-that the older the actor, the surer the performance The achievement of the man of fifty is the result of cold calcu-lation and mature judgment If luck enters into the matter It is an mCIdent, not an essential factor The young man, on the other hand, delIberately mcludes chance in hlS plans and freelv take" risks One m ten of him effects a brIllIant coup The other nine make a fizzle But lt is the startlIng success that holds our attention and mo1cls our opimon. The popular mmd IS mfluenced by mstances rather than by averages One man may create a reputation for the entire clas" to which he belongs. The meteonc rise of a George Perkins is widely accepted as evidence that a man lS at his best m what is really the period of immaturity. But this fallacy IS not entirely fancJful. Our pre"ent sys-tem of busine"s, bemg abnormal, produces abnormal effects Our grandfathers scrawled "Slow and Sure" in thelr copy-books until the maxim was engraven upon theIr brams. The present generatIOn finds no pomt in the story of the tortOise and the hare. The head of a large corpOi atIOn declared to me that he would rather employ a man of "peedy deCISIOns, even though he made occasIOnal ml stake;" thdn one of the "slow as chtch-vv ater but certam as death" kmd The commercial world of today is a sort of hothouse m whIch the young shoots are prematurely forced Naturally enough, they detenorate at an earher age than they should Also, in thelr eager development, they exert an upward pressure that pushe~ many a healthy plant out by the roots. The dIctum has gone forth that the man of fifty has passed the perIod of hlS greatest usefulness ThI;, Oslensm h fast be-com111g a general belIef Gl ay haIrs and wnnkles are a senous Made by World Furmture Co , EvanSVIlle, Ind. bal to employment 1he man of fifty who lo;,es hI;' place m the proce"s10n hds ;,mall chance of regammg lt, and may deem h1111sel£fortunate if he contnves to squeeze mto the rear ranks i\nd thlS applIes to all classes m the pur;,ml;, that demands edu-cation and knowledge Bu"mess men, college profes~ors, engI-neers, and even clel gymen find themselves undel the ban at fifty Strangely enough, the chance" of employment of the man of fifty are greater 111the cdllmgs where brawn lS a more nnportant qualIficatIOn than bram The man of fifty may know that hi;, faculties are keenel than ever before: that his experIence 1;' nper, hlS judgment sounder, hb constitutIOn and habits more stable, and hl;, power of steady, even applIcatIOn greater But he can't persuade the world to share hlS behef Try the Smooth Cook Stove. W. D Sager, manufacturer of stoves and ranges, 330-342 N Water street. Chlcago, has an advertisem.ent m thlS Issue of the Weekly Artisan whIch all dealers should read. The "Smooth Cook" stove lS mentIOned m .Mr Sagel 's "ad" and dealers WIll do well to send for complete catalog Furniture Fires. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN ........-.-.--~---_._---------------._-------_. __._---~..-. I Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED-SALESMAN. Expecting to Increase our force of salaried salesmen we want to hear from furniture salesman, open for engagement January 1st. Must have experience In road work In medIUm and better case work, and general hne of furnIture. State reference. None but well recommended, expenenced furni-ture roadman Will be considered. Address High Grade Care Michigan Artisdn. '10'-23-tf. WANTED-SUPERINTENDENT. For Indiana factory, making sewing machme woodwork, address "Echo" or Weekly Artisan. 10-23. WANTED LINES FOR 1910. Experienced salesman With estabhshed trade between Buffalo an~ Bangor, Me., would hke to carry several hnes of medIUm pnced case goods on commiSSion. Address "EsPI" care Weekly Arttsan. 10-9 t. f. WANTED-SALESMEN. The. new. management of the Modern FurnIture Company, CmClnnatt, 0., deSIre canable salesmen to carry a new and up-to- date hne of Hall Racks in all parts of the UnIted States Oct 9-16-23-30. WANTED. A hne of medIUm priced Bedroom SUites and Sideboards for Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. On terntory twenty years. Address L D., care Weekly Artisan. 10-9, '09 WANTED. Capable foreman to take charge of wood-working shop. Office furniture factory near Toronto, Onto Reply stating age, expenence and reference. One who IS now a foreman or assistant foreman preferred. Apply to A. F. Smith, 97 Wel-lington St. W., Toronto, Onto 10-9 '09. WANTED. Traveling Salesman for I1lmols and Middle Western states to sell Foldmg Carnages on commissIOn. Liberal propOSItion to nght party. Address Rockford Folding Carnage Co., Rockford, Ill. Oct. 2-9-16-23. WANTED. First class spindle carvmg machme operator on heavy claw feet and heads. State wages expected. Address 3-B care Weekly Artisan Sept. 25. WANTED LINES One who is a thoroughly experienced and practtcal furm-ture man seeks to represent as salesman on commiSSIOn a good furmture and a good chair factory. Prefer central states. Have been supermtendent, draftsman, also sales-man last fifteen years. Best references given. For further mformation address "W" care of Weekly Artisan. Sept. 18-25 Oct. 2. COMPETENT BOSS FINISHER WANTED. Man who can get out production and do it right. Send references, state experience and lowest salary in first letter. Addre1§s "Mlsco," care Weekly Artisan. 9 18-25. WANTED-POSITION. In progressive furnIture factory, making case goods, beds or tables by a competent superintendent having ten years' ex-penence. Thorouglily famlhar With all branches. Address "W" No.2, care Weekly Artisan. 9 4-11-18-25 WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downmg Building, Erie, Pa. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class running conditt on. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-2Itf ••• --4 , '1 he lola (Kano) Rug Compdny l{)~t about $9,000 by tIre that stal tee! III the engllle room. Fully 1l1sured I Pope, fUf1lltnre dealer of Morn~on, l\Io, was burned out completely on October 1-1 Loss $2,000, no 1l1surance, The EvanSVille (Ind) Mirror and Beve11l1g company SI, r fel eel a lo~~ of $J,OOO by fu e on October III Insured Blomgren Bro~, fwmture e!ealer~ of J\I111neaPDh~, lo~t alJout $~'l,()()O b) fire in their store on October 11 l11surecl H T Hamill furniture and hardware dealer of Malrssa III , wa~ burned out last week With a los" of about $20,000, only partially Illsured Geo A Popple, aged 17, an employe of the Waite Chair Companv at Baldwmville, MdSS , havmg been demed a raise III wages sought revenge by settmg fire to one of the company's bUlldmgs and causlllg a l{)"s of $3,000 A httle later he fired another causmg a loss of $8,000. He has confessed Mllln, Fully The "King" Stove. \ttentlOn of dealers IS called to the advertisement m this Issue of the \Veekly ArtIsan of W. D Sager, manufdcturer of sto\ es and ranges, ,l,)O-,l~2 1\ ~Water street,C1llcago .!v1r Sa::;er \\ho IS one of the be~t known manufacturer~ m the busI-nc'- s calls attention to "Thc Kmg' ctove adapted for heatmg "chool h{)tl~e~, hall", factones, etc Dealers should wnte for complete catalog INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Alaska Refngeratcr Company Barlow Bros Barnes, W. F. & John Company Barton, H. H. & Son Company Bennett, Charles, Furn. Company Big SIX Car Loadmg ASSOCiatIOn Bockstege FurnIture Company Bosse Furniture Company Crescent Machine Works DeBruyn, ]. C Delaware Chair Co:npany Ford & Johnson Company Furniture Exhlbuon BUlldmg Company Globe FurnIture Company Hoffman Bros. Companv Hotel Lmden Hotel Tuller Karges FurnIture Company Lentz Table Company Luce Furniture Company Luce-Redmond Chair Company Madden, Thos., Son & Co Manufacturers Exhibition BUIlding Company (ChIcago) Metal Furniture Company Michigan Engravmg Company Michigan Machme and Tool Works Miller, Ell D. & Co Miscellaneous Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley FurnIture Company New York FurnIture Exchange Palmer Manufactunng Company Richmond Chair Company Rowe, E P. Carving Works Royal Chair Company Sager, W. D. Sheboygan Chair Company Sheldon, E H. & Co Shimer Samuel J. & Sons Shgh FurUlture Company Smith & DaVIS Manufacturmg Company Stow & Davis Furniture Company Udell Works Weatherly Company White Prlntmg Company World Furniture Company Wysong & Miles Company 14 14 21 24 28 18-19 18 18 Cover 20 20 7 1 18 26 26 20 18 6 29 4 23 2 18 Cover 14 11 32 15 15-22 Cover 28 8 89 12 29 29 30 7-10 17 9 11 27 Cover 18 3 GRAND RA'" PUBLIC LIBRAR '- -+ ---l~, These buildings form part of the MONUMENTAL GRAND CENTRAL STATI N GROUP, Lex-ington Ave. to Depew Place, 46th to 47th, 47th to 48th streets and contain 1,3 0,000 square feet. More Profit The Furniture Manufacturer is in business to make furniture and sell it n a market at a profit. Three Essentials Required to Make a Ma ket A Place to Show His Samples. A Place Where Buyers Congregate. A Consuming Population. These Mammoth Twin Structures, the New Home of th New York Furniture Ex hange are the largest buildings in the world devoted to wholesale salesrooms and afford an unexcelled opportunity for the manufacturer to display his full line. The manifold attractions of New York and its commercial supremacy draws t e buyer as the magnet draws iron. New York is the center of the greatest consuming population on earth: EI en million within three hundred miles. To Secure the Profit I Make Your Lease N~w and obtain a choice location. \ Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE Lexington Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK.
Date Created:: 1909-10-23T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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