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41. 1939-09; Peninsular Club

Notes:: Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
Date Created:: 1939-09-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Volume 7, Number 9

42. Transcription of Robert Loomis Diary, 1896

Notes:: In his diary, Robert Loomis records the weather and writes of national and local politics from his vantage as a state senator. Additionally, he comments on services given at the church he attended.
Date Created:: 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
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43. 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 ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .
Date Created:: 1909-11-06T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: 30:19

44. 1939-06; Peninsular Club

Notes:: Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
Date Created:: 1939-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Volume 7, Number 6

45. Volume 1, No. 3

Notes:: Volume 1, No. 3 issue of Woman: A Weekly Newspaper Of the Women, For the Women, By the Women. Began distribution in 1908 and publication ceased in 1909
Date Created:: 1908-12-05T00:00:00Z
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46. Report of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Michigan Suffrage Association

Date Created:: 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
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47. 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
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48. Weekly Artisan; 1910-04-23

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ----------------- lRA~~DRAPIL GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••APRIL 23. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - ---------.------------- --- WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN r- ••• - .• ._.-... -.. LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY 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 Bird' j Eyt Mapll Birch !f!...IIIIrftrtd Oak and ClrcaJJlan Walnut 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. 30th Year-No. 43 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• APRIL 23.1910 Issued Weekly' MUCH BETTER THAN THE NIGHT SCHOOLS Cincinnati's Co-operative System Enables Boys to Secure an Education Without Loss of Work and Wages. Through the co-opelatlOll at manufacturers w1th the school authontle" Cmcmnd.tI h "aid to ha, e "oh ed the pro blem of hO\\ to contmue the educdtlOn of apprentice" m the "hops without cuttmg do,vn the earnmg cdpaClty of the boy" whom nece"''''lty ha" drnen to become wage earnel" at a ten-der ag e It has been a problem whIch economists and "tudent"> of good gm ernment all over the country have been wre"tlmg wIth fOJ many yed.rs The average apprentice can not, or w111 not, attend the mght schools after a hard day's toll, and the result has been that hundl eds of thousands of worker", have grown mto manhood eqUlpped only wIth the rudImentary educatIOn aJbsorbed 111 the pubhc schools before they were 12 or 14 year.:; old. DUllng the years when the boys are in greatest need of instruction m those things which do not actually pertam to their tI dde, but whIch fOlm" "uch an Important part m quah-fY1l1g the lads for pOSItIOns on a hIgher plane than an unedu-cated man could fill, they ha\ e been shut off f1am mtellectual growth Appal ently the only thmg which conld msure edu-catlOnal development of the applentlces wa.:; the co-operatlOn of the employer" Such co-operatlOn ha" been cfbtamed m CmCll1natl, and alt present thele is a continuatlOn school m operatIon thel e which bids fair to be emulated 111many of the large manufactunng centl es of the- country 111the near future 1he manufactUl ers of Cmcinnati have j0111ed forces wIth the board of educatlOn to compel the d.ttendance of appren-tices 111the contmuatlOn school The manufacturer", pay the apprentice, for the time they "pend in "chool, and they "ay that the results will more than justify the cost A com p1eh enSlVe de"criptlOn of C111c111na tI'~ expenmen t wit'] her contmuation school for shop apprentlces IS gIven Iby F B Dyer, superintendent of the pubhc schools of C111- cinnati, who wa;; m New YOlk a few days ago to attend the conventlOn of the N atlOnal Metal Trade'> association, mem-bers of whIch have contnbuted greatly to the success of the experimental day school for apprentlces m that city "Some years ago m Cmcinnarti we opened mght classes for apprentices," "aid Mr Dyer. "Pattern mak111g 111ay be taken as an example We advertised a course for apprentices in every shop m the city There were fewer than thirty re-sponses The attendance was In egular and capncious, though the teachlllg was excellent Though the courses were con- 1 _ tmued they (hd not appeal to those we were wantmg The I11ght schaab fills a need WIth olJer workmen, but the appren-tlce b a day~tJme propositlOn He mu,>t come regularly and through a senes of y eal" The employer must make It worth hI" while to come, and, 111fact, must see that he Joes come. "Some of the progles"ne manufacturers of our C1ty for "evel al years ined to cope With the problem by employmg teachers for then apprentices, but ",uch teachers are scarce, and only very large concerns could afford It The obstacles to the extensive operatIOn of such a plan are too cibvlOUS to need discU"sion The only agency thalt is adequate to cope WIth the situatlOn is the state, and the state Will co-operate when it understands that it is the great 111du;;trial class that IS to be helped Employers may have to make some shght '>acrifices They may have to concede to } oung workmen a httle time for theIr 111tellectual betiterment, but 111 the ena It w III be money well "pent a:-, an mvestment If authority IS not given to require employers to send theIr apprent1ce" to recelVe the 1l1structlOn whIch is the nght of every youth, 111a democracy at least, It is the priv1lege of every city to offer an opportulllty to such youth 111part..,tlme day schools as well as 111night schools. "These Idea:; ripened 111the minds of some of our wisest C1l1C1l1nati manufaoturers, and thus it came about that the Board of Education of Cmclllnati last Summer proposed to offer contmuatlOn course" for apprentices in any trade, and plOceeded to vpen a school for machine shop appl entices as soon as 150 stuJent,., were guaranteed More than 200 stu-dent" were registered by eighteen manufacturers, and the school ,;tarted Sept 1 A man was placed 111charge who had been a teacher, a practIcal shop man, and for many years an 111structor of apprentices He tra1l1ed hI" own assistant The average attendance has been 180 per week The boys came four hour", per week, a new squad com111g each half day The employers pay them for their time, and If they do not show up at school they are reporetd and docked The school runs forty-eight vveeks a year, eight hours a day, four and a half day" a week, besIdes visiumg the boy" m the shops, tallong With the foreman an,l keep111g a lme on the needs of the boys The school is coSt111g the board about $15 a year per boy. "Tl1e course of study IS arnanged to coVer four years Tlhe greatest difficulty wa" encountered 111getting the boys 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN c1a"slfied correctly and placed 111 "lImlal gl0Up" \\ ]l1le this was gl adually accomph"hec1 \\ lth the a-,shtance at the fore men, it IS "till nece""ary to do con"lderable md1\ 1dnal 111- structlOn, thn" reqt11nng an as"\,,tant, though there ,ue hut twenty boy" 111a gtOUp The COt11se taken b\ the bel\ '0 h not narrow nor lS 1t "'Ithout cultural elemenh It mdude" mathematICs, meCha111C" c1ra\\ mg, C1\IC..,. ane! recllll11~ \\ nt- 1l1g and spellmg The 1I1treestmg th1l1g about It h that e\ el\ study 1S g1\ en a pract1cal colarmg-, and 1S made to fUl1ctlOn 111 the shop or expe11ence of the boy The boy see" the pUl-pose of what he IS study111g, and has a mot1\ e m mastenng every dtff1culty The end of all tim, b not as some suppo"e, 81mply to "end h1m back next Jay able to turn out more and better Walk, 1t IS to a"'aken hI;" dormant po\\ers and make h1m alert, thoughtful, ongmal, competent up to the l11111tot his ability. "These mental exerClses rehe\ e htm of the monotomy of shop routme A" he learns of the great mdu"try m \\111ch he is engaged, and of 1ts captams and m\ entor", and as he dIS-cusses 1t" relatlOn.., WIth other occupatIOns an,] \\lth human hfe, his mterest m h1S work mcreases, and he comes mto sympathy With the ~teat body of the ~warL],s \\orkel" .\" he learns to find ne\\ plOblems 111 h1" 'ohop e"pel1ence and appltes hIS knmdedge to them, hb \\())l become" tran"tormcd Into a fascmat1l1g at t IIe cea"e;" to be a mere hand, and asp1re, to be a free 1l1a"tet of an honO! able u at! "A great many expert eJucator" from dd'terent parts of the world have V1;"lted the school and e"ammed carefully mto the course and the method" of mstrnctlOn and hay e que,twned the boys at lengt,h They pronounce the course as one of the mo;"t s1g11lficant effort" ) et made to a,lapt eclucatlOn to \ 0 caiton, and the method used as repre"entUlg the mo,t ad-vanced pedagogical ,1e\\ s .. 1 IIII I~------------- ., I _ • _ 4 , \\ e th1l1k so much of the plan m Omcl11nati that the roard of EducatlOn ha" offereJ to open a contl11uation school for any other classes of apprentices that may be sent, and also for) oung saleswomen m "tores, or girls workmg m trades A. h111 lS no\\ hefore the Oh10 State Leg1slature empowering Board" of EducatlOn to require the attendance of all youth under 16 at part-t11ne contll1UatlOn sohools. If I had the ,]ctermm1l1g of 1t, there would be a law reqUlring the at-tendance of all apprent1ces through the1r apprenticeship. Such "chool" \\ 111 do much to elevate the standards of work, the Jegn_e of l11telltgence, and the morIa character of )'1oung work-ers, and \\ lllltft them m the ,",cale of 11\mg so that they may be \\ hat they should be-the strength of our Nation and the envy of the \\ orId " Gevurtz to Erect a Hotel. Intormat1on ha" been rece1ved from Portland, Oregon, that Phl1hp Gev nrtz, the prosperous dealer 111 h011.oe furl11sh-mg goods 111 that City, WillI erect a hotel dunng the coml11g \ ea I to cost $755,000 The 3lte, corner of Eleventh and Stark "treets. 0\\ ned by ~lr Gevurtz, 1" valued at $150,000 FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg· ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. in acid and oil. in aGid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. EverythIng In Pamt SpecIalties and WoodFIUlshmgmatenals. FIllers that fIll. StaIns that sahsfy • WEEKLY ARTISAN WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES ....... Zinc Lined, Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined, Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting m a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. New Furniture Dealers. \'\ ~1 Allen has opened a new furmture store at Brew-ster, Ore Don & Rau ha' e opened d new furnIture stale at Al-bany, Idaho RInehart & WIlson are neV\ furnIture dealers at Glen-dale, \V. Va Holcomb & Glrtanner are new furnIture dealers at Port Townsend, "Vash The Ironclad FurnIture and Hal dware company are new dealers at Irondale, Ore J acdb Bornstem WIll open a new furnIture "to! e on Sun-bur} -.treet, Shamokm, Pa John ErIckson is makmg allangemenb to open a new fm mture store at Towner, N Dak Arthur J. Jeffrey, formerly wIth the Dorsett & Jeffrey company of Buffalo, has opened a new furnitm e "tore at II'estfield, N Y. Adams & May, under the name of the VidalIa Furmture company Ihave opened a large 'Stock of furmtme in theIr new store at VIdalIa, Ga H H Tandy hac; opened two new stores on \Valnut "treet, Columbia, ~[o, one stocked WIth furmture and the other WIth hardware C E WhItehall, D F Lane and E J HIckson have m-corporated the Banner Furniture company, capltalIzeJ at $100,000 to engage in house furnlshmg bU'omess 111 Muncie, Ind. Samuel Goldman, for many} ears connected WIth furni-ture trade in St LOUIS, Mo, ha" Ju"t opene1 a new furniture and carpet store of his own at the corner of Seventh street and Franklm avenue Trade With the Philippine Islands. Trade of the Umted States WIth the PhI1ippme Islands shoVl s a marked 111CI ease S111cethe pas"age of the act remO\- 1l1g the tarIff dutIes on domestIc merchanJlse passmg between the Islands and the Ul11ted States The tanff act whIch went mto effect on August 6, 1909, as IS well known, proVIded for an interchange free of duty of practIcally all artIcles of do-mestIC productIOn of the U l11ted States anJ the Phlhppme Islands The figures of the Bureau of StatIstIcs of the De-partment of CommeJ1ce and Labor, show that the value of the shipments of dome"tIc melchanclI"e from the U111ted States to the Phllipp111e r"lands from July 1, 1909, to the end of February 1910 (practically all of whIch period except the month of July wa" under the new tanff) amounted m value to $10,151,276, agaInst $6,871,764 m the correspondmg pelloJ of last year Durmg the same perIOd the' alue of merchan-dIse Imported mto the L:111ted States from the PhI1Ippllle hlands was $11,420,475, agamst $7,070,1.32 m the same months of the preced;ng year, an mcrease In the total trade of about 55 per cent when campal ed WIth the corre"pondmg month" of last year Permanent Tenants for the Furniture Exchange. The Palmer ManufactUrIng company of DetrOIt, have se-cured space for a permanent exhllblt m the FurnIture Ex-change, in GranJ Rapids They wIll h,lVe many new patterns of 1Jbrary and Jming tables and pedestals, and WIll also ;;how a line of reed rockers and chaIrs formerly made by the PIOneer ManufactUrIng company These two hnes are very strong and will add very materIally to the "how 111the Furniture Exchange The Vleekly ArtIsan welcomes thIS 1111eto Grand RapIds and predIcts that It WIlll prm c a great succc"" 5 ~~..-.-..--..-----------------------------,------_.~.~._. -~-.--------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 wal consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnishedin rollsor reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. . 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN t-----------.-.-.-- ----------.., .~ 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. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. .. 1"'----------------- ..-...----., Palmer's Patent Gluinl! Clamps The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No 1, 2<l-inch Clamp We make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick. Ours is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more will In the future. Let us show you Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who bave ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way Is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog Included Don't delay, but write today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreicn Representatives: The Projectile Co., London, Eng-land; Scbucbardt & Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred H. Scbutte, Colocne, ParIs, Brussels, Liege, MUan, Turin, Barcelona, and Bilbo.. t.. .. T.......................... .... .. .. ---.- ~ Baltimore Correspondence • BaIt ll110re, \p11l 20 -Some new bl11ldIng<; to go up here nf lntcre~t to thc tt1111lture trade al e the follOWIng- A South-ern ~lethodlq Frll"copal church 11111 be erected at Charle<; street and Ll1ller"lty Palkway, cost $175,000, the Ulllted Brethren Church soclet) ,1111 bulld a church bulldmg at Roland qreet and FIfth al emlt, m Hampden, near here; the Lakeland Presbytenan chUl eh strnctUl e II 111 be erected at Belv eJere and ~Ja1l1 al enues, La1<eland, a subuJ1b, An Enock Pratt branch 1Jbrary II 111 be bUllt at Beason and Towson street, Locust Point and WIll be eqlllpped WIth the latest appliances; The Arundel Boat Club" 111 enlarge thelr bUlldll1g the extra space to be l.beJ for a re'iltanrant, The Maryland School for the Dll11d ,,111 spend $22 ~,OOOfor new bl1lldll1gs on plans prepared b) J o"eph E, an s SperI), archltect a new bUlldll1g IS to be erected for St \lary.., Industnal Sschool, to cost $100,000, Banner Counul JunIOr Order of U I1lted AmerIcan Mechal1lco, of Keedy "I Ille, \\ ashl11gton county, wlll erect a lodge hall Fred \\ alpert &. Co. Korth Gay <;treet say this 1S the dull sea:'>on fOl haIr trade, but the} get theIr <;hare and look for a good) ear The} clean and d) e half anJ do a large bUSIness from coa"t to coast George D Summers of 1513 Fast Eagel ,tl eet has let a contral t to buIld a thl ee <;tory blllldll1g at 1047 Korth Gay "treet, to be 28 x l)0 feet 111 <;lze, the first story to have a plate ~ldss front He" 11111101 e there a" "oon as lt 1:0 completed Thele I" d cODSldelable n1drket here for filll1lgs fOl mat-tre"" es dnd all "upphes 111acce<;sOlY hade, r'\mellcan and \tlilan hble alL ~clll11~ \\ell, al"o a ne\\ 8clglan fibre, straw and h\1'hS are qUIet, thele 1~ plentl on hand but not as much u"ed a" fOlmerh John C KlllJlP &.. Sons do d 11l~h class bU<;111es"111makIng artl<;Uc and fine quahty of furnIture at 220 East Clay street The ~tlantlc Furl1lture company on Fall mount avenue re-ports busll1e"s a" qUlet They are makmg a new ll1le of sohd oak. genUlne quartered ,tock, of SIdeboards, also elg-ht or l1lne "t) Ie" ot chamher sUltes that "ell from $1650 to $5500 Clllff-ol1ler.., and" al drobeo, are also a part of the lll1t? The l~ostel BlOS J\lanufactullng company of 320 North Holbda) street, makmg spllng beJ<;, mattresse3, cots and couches, are runnIng full tllne The outlook IS good and they ha, e enlar~ed the manufactUrIng buo,l1les<; and doubled the output 1heH brass and lron beds al e made at Jersey Clt), K J A nell theatre wIll be bt1!lt at 311 \Vest Fayette ,trect, t() ll'st $90,000 '1 he Engl1leer's Exchan~e club VI ill erect a club hou"e at 308 \\ est Fayette street The Bagb, T urnlture company of Eutaw and Lombard ~treets makl1lg chamber sUlte<;. dmIng room chaIrs and kJt-chen furl1lture, expect sales for thl<; ) ear to go ahead of last I ear b) 15 per cent '1 hey are COyelll1g terntory flom X ew York to rlorIda The) find the ll1dple lme;;; 111 extra good demand J R Lau" lS thelr 11e\\ ..,ale:'>ll1ento take 111 Delaware, Vlrgil1la. Maryland and \Vest Vllgll1la The Balt1mOle \letalhc Bcd company are the local branch of the One11tal l\letal Bed com pan) of Hoboken, N J. and ShOll one of the lalgeo,t Imeo, and a<;sortments of up-to-date good" that can be "een anywhere Thelr busll1ess for the pa"t ) ear het" been the be<;t 111 the hIstory of th1s firm '1 hey plan to take larg-er quarters 111 order to fill orders more prompth C D Oshorn 11111 take ont thIS hne through the Carolll1a" and J Emery Rush 111 Floncia The ),1 l'lme, company have a large factory on Front <;treet, mak1l1g- 1~.OOOparlor Sl1lte<; a year of sohd mahogany, birch, veneers, etc A tnp through this factory dlsclosed the fact that the furniture after bell1g polished is handled ." - ------------------- -- WEEKLY ARTISAN only once, which is in the shIpping department The polish-ing IS done after the upholstenng An up-to-date carv111g machIne to decolate by power, wh1ch make" 6,000 revolu-tIOns a minute, has been put 111and the latest belt sanders on which one man does what three men J1d before Comments on the Yerkes Auction. "The succes" of the Yerkes auctIOn, 111New York, was so remarkable that of course everybody has been comment- 111g on It," saId a collectol who attended It, "but do you know that to me one of the most 111terestl11g comm ents was that of a Wloman who attended the FrIday atternoon sale of the great rugs vVe are all wonJenng why the pnces were not higher, when she remarked "'1 wonder how many thousand" of dollars fell off the blddl11g when Mr Kn1by made that senous announcement that It must ,be admItted that the rugs were 111bad condi-tlOn and that Mr Mumford, who knew more about them than anybody else, had arranged to restore them If purchasers wIshed ?' "She went on to say that there must be lot" of people llke herself who not know111g much about rug" would be 111c1111edto 111fer from this that If the experts wIth 111sIde knowledge took this VIew of the carpets it was time to be cautious That was her explanatlOin for the pnces, whIch fell be\tow expectations But one of her friends s3iid' 'Oh, why, don't you know, that 1S only the same th111g practlcally that Mr K1rby says down at the American gallener3 at a porcelain sale when he announces' "If we know of any de-fecb, ladles and gentlemen, we WIll P0111t thUl1 out to you" Another attendant at that afternoon sale saId the way out· "Did it ever stnke you that there is a marked dIfference in the attitude of the rug collector toward the objects of hIS devotion-or hIS fad, if you hke-and the attitude of a pIC-ture buyer toward hIS beloved canvases? 1 mean m the way they Judge art For example. If a paintmg IS by a partIcular artt'it It is worth thousands, perhaps hundreds of thomands of dollars and If not by that partIcular palOiter It 1'3 worth next to nothing. "We have just seen both these extremes nght here m tihis sale of Mr Yerkes's pictures, so it isn't necessary to hark Iback, even so far as the Bode bu"t. that's worth every-th111g 1f Leonardo dId It and nothing if a Victorian EnglIsh-man did it. "But now on the other hand thmk of what we have seen here this afternoon DId anybody ask the name of the artIst who produced one of these beautIful rugs? D1d any-body say of those Pohslh rugs 'If tihey are by So-and-So they are valuable, and If not hIS work then they are rubblslh?' On the contrary, the buyers pa1d their thousands just on their appreciation of the rugs as works of art "ThIS seems to me-odd as it sounds-to give your rug 10\ er a nght to "ay that he I~ more truly an art lover, more truly an amateur, than h1s pIcture collect1l1g frIend, who ha'3 got to have a name gn en to a canvas-and those gIven names are many~before !he knows whether he wants to buy 1t or not." ~.. If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (!"larence lR. bills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS. )lICH .. .. 1 350 feet long, 100 feet wide, 8 stories. MANUfACTURERS. All the buyers, both big and little, who go to market this coming July, will buy at 1411 CHICAGO'S BIG FURNITURE EXHIBITION During the January buying season just past we show a heavy increase in attendance of visiting buyers and a tremendous volume of buying. These are the facts and a lot of talk is superfluous. Send at once for floor plan showing desirable exhibit space open for Same old price. Address THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN CO. 1411 Michigan Ave" Chicago. 1 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN '--ACCURACY: DURAi~iLiTY:··£'-CONOMY 1 I Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about It. Ash for Catalog "J" No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel Mortlser. .... . WYSONU « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., UREENSBORO, N. C. SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. ----------------_.--------_. Waddell Manufacturing Co. Grand Rapids. Michige.n This is one of our Latest Designs in Drawer Pulls. Watch This Space for Others The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in wooa in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods . Manufacturers Will Have Something Like It at Their Annual Meeting. The annual mcctlllg of the Furmture \Idnutartlll el~' National assoClatlOn 111 ChIcago next month \\111 he at m()Jc than usual interest and Importance to membcl ~ The c....e cutive commIttee wdl meet on Tue",day, )'Iay 10, to complete arrangements for the general meetl11g the ne,t day For the past two years or more the assocIatIOn ha'i been tl) lng to have all members u"e d ul1Iform S) stem of figUIIllt:; co~t. and at thIS meetmg the e'<ecutn e coml11lttee \\ 111pre~ellt an cldh-orate report on ",hat has been accC'mp!Jshed m that Illle dur-ing the pa'it year The report \\ 111 I ccommend "Ol11e ne\\ methods which will be explal11ed b) mean'- at nc\\ plctllrc~ and drawmgs of ddterent pIeces at turl1lture and the dh- CUSSlon of the recommendatIOn, I,., eApected to take the f01111 of a school of lllStl uctlOn that \\ 111 Impart Ideas and Il1form-atlOn of great value to man) manufactUl ers At the reque~t of seuetary Llllton, C K ColI) er, chall-man of the Un!fo11m Clas'ilficat1On commIttee, has pr0l11lsed to dellY er an address on the commIttee's \\ ark and purpo~c~ He wIll tell what the commIttee ha5 done and IS dOll1g to mduce manufacturers to co-operate 111 plans to secure deqrerl changes in classlficatJon I ules-changes that \\ III operate to the advantage of all concerned m the furlllture I11d1l5tr} He will show that better class!f'icatlon rule.; ma) be secured b) better methods of packll1g and the adoptIOn of a ullltorm system for deslgnatmg \ anou", pIeces of furlllture lor 111- stance a system that WIll pre\ent bureau" from bell1g da".;ed as ohlftoniers, wa5hstands a5 commodes, SIdeboards as buffet5. etc As IS well known the"e term~ ale now used qUIte proml,.,- ,. ... II IIII I CUOlbh 01 I11lll"cnmmately The practIce mterferes seriously \\ lth thE \\ ark of the classlfica t10n commIttee and IS a detri-ment to the trade to .;uch an extent that many would like to .;ee abont halt of the names for slml1ar pIeces of furniture dhcarderl entlrel) Cnder present practices it IS frequently cll:ffictllt e\ en fOl CApel ts m the busll1css to dl'itmguish a \\a,-h~tal1d from a dlcssel, a buffet from a sldeJboard, or a lJ11reau fJ am a chdtolllel The electIOn of officel'- \\ ill al50 be of mterest to the melJ1ber~ of the d~';OClatlOn dud se\ eral other important mat-tel' dl e e"pectecl to he ';tlgge"ted and considered at thIS meeting Furniture Fires. LeBlack & Bem man undertaker,., of Lake Charle5, La, .;uffered a snldll 1o"" hy fil e on Apml 16 Ste\\dft 1310S & \I"alcl's fUllllture stOle at Newark, 0, \\as burned on c\ pnl 14 Lo"", $18,000, m SUIance, $12,500 ;'Iellch &. B) field furl1l tUI C manuf,tcturer5 of Boston, ;'Iass , \\ ere burned out on Apnl 16 La","" $8,000, insurance, S5 ()(X) The nradtOl cl \\ hole"ale hUl1Itu re house in N ashv111e, Tenn. \\ a" bl1luecl on \plll 16 One man \\ a'i killed and .;e\ eral others hm t by a fallmg wall Loss, $25,000 partIally m'itlred 1he 5hop~ of the '\ ew England ChaIr company at New H a\ en, (onn , \\ ere burned on \pnl 13 Three firemen were k111ed and Se\ eral others 1111ured by the exploslOn of the bOllel dUllng the hre The bmld1l1g wa" an old dIlapidated frame on \\ hlch Insurance rates were practlcdlly prohIbItive The chall l ompan)',., los5 1,., about $12,000 ...... •• --. '! - _ ------ ••••• ---- --------- ---------------- _ ... • WEEKLY ARTISAN Carpets and Rugs at Auction. Alexander Smith & Sons, tJhe great New York rug and carpelt manufacturers announce that beginning Monday, May 2 and cont1l1U111guntil the goods are disposed of, they will "ell at auctIOn, through \Vtlmerd111g, Morns & Mitchell, 95,000 Ibales of rugs, and 30,000 rolls of carpet As usual, the Smith company has Splung a complete surpnse on the trade, as It was not considered hkely that there would be any auctIOn sale, prior to the openl11g of the new season the second week 111 May The goods to be sold at auctIOn Will consist of 45,000 bales of wilton velvet rugs, velvet and tapestry rugs, of vanous Slze3, also 50,000 bales ofaxm111ster, Smith axminster and Sax-ony axmmster rugs 111vanOU6 sizes The carpet offerings Will consist of 15,000 rolls of wilton velvet, velvet and tapestry, al-so 15,000 rolls of Saxony, extra axminster and Savonnerie The last 3ale held by the Smith company was in Apl'II, 1909, and conSisted of 16,000 pieces of carpets, and 28,000 bales of rugs. Wildmerd111g, Morri" & Mitchell, the well known auction-eers, who Will handle the sale, announced that the goods Will be sold on a credit of 4 per cent 10 days from July 1, antiClpa-tion being permitted at the rate of 6 per cent per annum Sam-ple., Will be ready for 111spection by catalogue, on and after Monday, Apnl 25, at the sales rooms of Alex. Sml1Jh & Sons, 105-107 F]fth avenue. In addition to announcing the coming auction sale, the Smith company states that all qualities and patterns of carpetings and rugs manufactured by the company for the fall season of 1910 "'Ill be placed on sale Monday, May 9 Orders Will be executed up to October 31, so far as the ability of the mills permit, at the pnce at which, they are ac-cepted Complete hnes w111be 3hown at the offices of the com-pany in Chicago, Kansas City and San Francisco at the same date. His Bluff Did Not Work. How men will work to gain what they conceive to be an advantage 111trade IS well Illustrated, by one of the best known salesmen 111Grand Rapids, who has charge of a hne of chairs in one of the furniture exhibition buildings in this city, as related to the Weekly Artisan a few days ago: A buyer came into the showroom and linspected the line, mak-ing out a fine order, but before placing it he said to the salesman, "what are your best tevms?" "Two per cent off in ten days. "I can get 5 off down in the Valley," declared the buyer. "Well, there's the place to place your order," said the salesman. "Don't you meet competition?" "Well, we don't allow anyone to make our prices or terms." "Well, I would like to give you the order, and I am afraid I Will not have time to go back there, get d111ner at the hotel and catch my train," said the buyer "0, yes; there's plenty of time; and you can catch your train all right enough" "Well, I guess I'll not chance it. I'll give you the order," which he did. Now, that buyer thought it was perfectly legitimate to make that statement, but the salesman, who is an old timer would not be bluffed, as he knew the house and was confi-dent that they had not gIven the buyer any such terms. Marriage is always a failure to those who get left. 9 Each Net SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ • $2~ Each Net to WEEK LY p ••••••• _- •••• _._---_. ---~ Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 I We take pleasure In IntroduclIlg to you our new Saw Table The base IJ simIlar to what we have heen usmg on our No 4 Saw T .hle. only we have made II larger on the Boor The Ialsma and lowerlD, device IS the same 8S we have on the No 4 Machme. With lever and pItman The lever IS made of steel The arbor IS made of 1Yo meh steel. runDlng 10 long nng o~mg box~. and II for J -IDch hole 1n saw We furnIshone 14 .Bch saw on each machIne It wIll carry a 16-mch JaW If desIred Table IS made with a center ahde 12 Inches wide WIth a movement of 21 Inches It hu a lockmg deVIce to hold It when you do not wish to use H. and has a detachable mitre guaRe to be used when usmll.the shdmg-table Can cross cut wIth table eXlended to 24 mches. also np up to 24 mches wIde Table h.s a removable throat that can be taken out when usmg dado Jt .Iso has two mitre guages fOI reaular work and a two rtded np guage that can be used on f"lther side of the sa.w. more especIally when the table IS blted ..Jsoa hhmg np gauge to be u~ to cut bevel work when you do not wISh to Illt the table The top IS 40x44 mche. Countershaft has T & L pulleys lOx 14 mches. and the dnve pulley 16x5 mches. counter .haft should run 800 Makmg 10 all aboul as complete a machme as can be found and at • reasonable pnce Wnte us and we wlll be pleased to quote you pnces Address, ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., !§1-183 Canal St.• G.alld Rapid•• M,ch' .1.-.0.. . .. , ._. ~-- ••••• --- 04 ._..- ---.-4-------..- .....--.. Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. G80. SPRATT 8 O. SHEBOYGAN. WIS. No. 51111. -.----------~~-------~.. --- 4, •• ARTISAN METHODS OF PACKING FURNITURE Grand Rapids Shippers Given Credit for Having Established the Standard. \\ H l,atchell '3upenntendent of tran"fer" for the South-ern Railway company, vlslted Gland Rapld", ,lunng the past week and entertameel a number of shlppmg clerks, foremen of packmg rooms dnel others mteresteel, wlth a talk on pack-mg and "h1pp1l1g dOl "een from the \ leWpOInt of transporta-tIon managers He compared the methods u"eJ by packers 1Il dJtterent "ectlons of thiS country, and pointed out the method" u"ed here and m Europe Crat1l1g anJ pack.mg ranks lllghest m Europe, he "aiel. and m thiS country Grand Rap1ds 1S far ahead of most other CltJes or "ectlOns "FUllllture," Sdld :\1:r Gatchell, "IS today the most im-portant commodIty the raJIroads have to care for in ship-pIng It 1S eld't!cnlt to transport safely for a number of rea- "on", ch1efly perhaps because of 1tS general fragilIty and the fact that 1t i" hable to severe damage from scratches. Rapid trans1t 1S what } on want It IS what you demand. The modern transportatIOn companies are extending every pos-slbe effort to meet this demand. It rests with the shilppers to prov1de packlllg which can stand the rapid transit. The ra1lroad com pallles a1 e today spending immense sums of mane: to lmprove every facility for transpo1'tation, and what they ask 1S co-operatlOn It bes With the shippers to help them 111thls mo\ ement. "On account of the loose and slipshod methods employed at large throughout the country III packing, thousands of dol-lars are \cvasted annually. The railroads have to pay the damage But thiS is not the only prase to be considered, al-though it 1S most lmportant to us. When a firm receives goods whlch ha\ e been damaged in the transit, he is most llkely to change his place of purchasing, as he is put to con- Siderable annoyance through his not being able to at once place hiS cons1gnment of goods on his display floors. Grand Rapids is -,ettmg the standard all over the Umted States for better crat111g and packing" :\Ir Gatchell stated that Gland Rapids packing is to be made a critenon and standard willch WIll be held up to other cities having large shlpments of furniture to make, and espec-ially 111cIties of the south where packmg is most careless. As a result of hiS VISlt arrangements have been made to send :"fr Gatchell at vVash111gton, DC, photographs of the differ-ent processes of pack111g m Grand RapIds, with eX'planations and a comparatl\ e cost per piece by the methods which are employed here These photographs and descriptlOns are to be used 111 the south for the purpose of llldllcing southern ship-per" to adopt the methods which have proved quite satis-factor: to tran"pol tatlOl1 companies, to shippers and to con- 31gnees , Mr. Karges Deserves Another Term. One of the dutJes to be performed at the annual conven-tIOn of the l\atJol1al Furmture Manufacturels' association, to he held III Chicago 111May is iJhe electIOn of a pres1dent Dur-mg the past year thls honorable and re"pons1ble office has been filled b) 1\ F Karge" of the Ka1ges Furmtllre company, 0 E\an", l11e. InJ \Ir Kalges has gIven much valuable tIme to the bus111ess of the assoClatlOn and m the d1scharge of hiS duties a" pres1dent he has exerClsed dIscretIOn and excellent Judgement 1Ir. Karges desery es another term in the presI-dential office. and should the honor of a re-elel,tion be con-ferred upon him it \CV ould be but a fitting recogllltion of the ... ,all1e of hi" services 11l the past WEEKLY ARTISAN STEEL TRUST ACTS GENEROUSLY. Will Try Out a Plan for the Relief of Injured Employes. ChaJnl1an Gary of the Untted State'3 Steel corpo1atlOn last l\Londay announced the adoptlOn of a new plan fO! as'3ht-mg mJured employes and the famtl1e'3 of tho"e killed by ac-c1dent The plan 1S to be ined as an expenment for a year If 1t proves '3at1sfactory to employers and employes 1t wtll be continued If not ;,uccessful 1t may be amended or dIscarded It 1S a plan 511111larto ~hat followed at the Krupp Works at Essen, PrussIa Employes w1ll not be requ1red to contribute any part of theIr wages and rellef wtll be glven wIthout re-gard to whether the mJury or death is purely accidental, due to the employe1's negllgence or to the carelessness of the em-ployes SubsidIary companIes of the United States Steel corpor-ation have been ass1stmg mjured employes and the famIlies of those ktlled for many years w1thout regard to legal liab1lity at an average cost of $1,000,000 a year, but the new plan will let employes know just what t'hey may expect. In announc-ing the plan Judge Gary sa1d "Under thIs plan rellef WIll be paId for temporary dis-ablement and for permanent mjunes and for death. The re-hef IS greater for married men than for single men and in-creases accordmg to the number of chtldren and length of serV1ce During tempo1 ary dIsablement smgle men receive 35 per cent of t'he1r wages and marned men 50 per cent, with an add1tional 5 per cent for each ch1ld under 16 and 2 per cent for each year of serv Ice above five years "Following ~he prov1slOns of all foreIgn laws and all legIs-lation suggested m thIS country, there IS a period of 10 days before payment of rellef begms For permanent injunes lump sum payments are provided. These are 'based upon the ex- .. tent to WhICh each lllJury interferes with employment and upon the annual earl11ngs of ~he men injured. In case men are killed in work accIdents then widows and chtldren WIll receive one and one-half years' wages, with an addItIonal 10 per cent for eaoh child under 16 and 2 per cent for each year of '3ervice of the .Jeceased above five years "It should be understood that these payments are for relief and not as compensation. There can be no real com pen-sattOn for permanent mjunes, and the notion of compensation IS necessanly based on legal liability, which is entirely dis-regarded in tIllS plan, as all men are to receive the relief, even though there be no legal liability to pay them anything, which is the case m at least 75 per cent of all work accidents. "Expenence will perhaps lead to some modifications of this plan, but it will be in operation for one year from May 1, 1910, and if It meets with success and approval from the men and the public it is hoped that similar and possIbly improved plans may be adopted in succeedmg years" Judge Gary further said that there has been under con-sideration a plan for the payment of pensions to dIsabled or superannuated employes, and It IS expected this will soon be put into practlOal effeot The rehef plan as outlined will affect upward of 225,000 men at once The average number of employes last year was 915,500, whose wages totaled $151,663,394 It comes m addi-tion to the increases in wages recently granted, which will add from $9,000,000 to $12,000,000 to the corporation's yearly e""penses It is imposs1ble to estimate the additlOnal charge 1!he new plan WIll make on its revenues, but it will probably be in the neighborhood of $2,000,000 f······ . ...........•.. ~ No.15F"OX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG rrox MAC H IN E CO • GR18A6NDN FRRAOPNITDSS, TREMEITC,H ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The FellwDck Auto & MfJ!. Co. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA po • - ••• _. •••• • •• - - -- --_._---------- ....__ .... These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write •• for PrIce LIat aud dlaeo_t 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. SEND FOR ~-- _.- _-----_ .......•••• - ....... 11 r ··· ~ BOYNTON &, CO. ManufaduterJ of Embo•• ed and Turned Mould. ina., Embo ... ed and Spindl. Carnnp. aDd Automatic TurniDa•. We a110 IIlaIlU-f.<! lure a I.,ae Lne of Embo .. ed OrnameDts for Couch Work. '256.'258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. ... • 4. 1---- I I - - - - -- --------~~ ------- - - - - 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Yau can always get IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 1..8", 1..20", 1..24" and 1..28" R. C. BIRCH 1..16", 1..2 0", 1..2 4", and 1..28" POPLAR 1...20", 1...24" and 3..16" GUM Direct from our Grand Rapids Warehouses. We solicit your trade. 1..20" R. C. PLAIN OAK WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY Making the Goods "Sell Themselves." "\Ve are giving mOl e attentwn to the \\ ark of makll1g our goods seI1 themselves uhan to the traIl1lng of salesmen," 1e-marked a sectIOn manager of the Boston department "tore 111 Grand Rap1ds Asked to exp1all1 the problem the manager continued: "By the use of our wll1dows, the arrangement of stock \\ 1th descriptwn and pnce cal ds attached, and the hberal use of ad-vertising in the newspapers, upon tJhe b1ll boards and 111 the street cars, we seI1 many goods w1thout the aId of salesmen Any boy in our employ may rece1ve paJiment for goods and take the Shlpp1l1g directIOns, a very sImple proceedll1g \Ve 1I1ustrate and descnbe an artIcle so minutely that when a cus-tomer enters the store he or she knows where to find an a1bele advertised, and seldom needs d1rectlOn from the floor walkers The experienced shopper enters the rug department and ex-am111es a rug, takes ItS number, goe" to the cashIer's desk, pa} ~ for the same and departs wIthout the loss of a moment's tIme, if so disposed We are constantly stnvmg to enlarge thIS k1l1d of salesmanship Take the httle Item of pIcture postal cads N a one with a gram of sense 111 any hne of business gIves a moment's attentIOn to the collector of such good" Rarely does the owner of a store or his employes take tIme to count the cards a customer has selected His part 111 the transactlOn 1Sto place the cards in an envelope and recen e payment for the same" "Have you observed what your neIghbors are doing in the way of salesmanship?" the interVIewer enquIred "Salesmanship)" In many stores thne is 110 sa1e'iman-ship in evidence. For 1I1stance," the interVIewer injected. "I have it A fev; weeks ago in passing the store of a neighbor I saw a spnng overcoat in the window that took m} fancy I entered the store and found four or five sales-men engaged 111a warm discussion over uhe coming munici-pal election 'WIll some one show me an overcoat,' I re-marked, \\ hen I observed that none of the group was dis- ~ posed to pay an) attention to me 'You will find the over-coat man at the rear of the store,' one of the group remarked, and then broke into uhe discussion." "At the back of the store I found a man seated in a chall observ111g the throng passing on the stJ1eet and smokmg a cIgarette 'I v; ish to look at an overocat,' I said. 'You have one in the main w111dow marked $3500 that looks good to me ,,, " 'N 0 use 1t would not fit you vVe have none of that make that would,' remarked he of the cigarette." "'\Vould you ml11d showl11g me an overcoat,' sume there 1S one in th1S stack (indicating a pIle of overcoats plIed on a counter) that would please me." " 'No,' What sIze do you wear?" " 'About a 38 breast' I want a good coat-one that will wear well." "The salesman slowly arose and proceeded to paw over the stack. 'Don't think Ithere is a thil1ty-eight in the lot,' he said I pre-spring ~.. ..._--_ _-_ --_ - . A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St., Oraad Rapid., Mich. .. _.. _a- ~ -'---------------_ ........ WEEKLY ARTISAN UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Conttrudlon and Fmish. See our Catalogue. Our hne on permanent exhIbI-tIon 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' Bwldmg,Grand Rapids. .._--_._._------_._--- "At this moment one of the proprietors entered and ex-pressed pleasure in meeting me. 'Lookrng for a coat, eh?' Well, "Ed" wtll show all the good ones we have in stock' "Bd" began to feel a httle interest in his occupatlOn and turned over the stack for my inspection. Near the bottom two coats of the same pattern and material as the one I had observed in the window were found, one of which I pur-dhased, and left the store. Such indifference to duty, and disloyalty to a firm on the part of salesmen would in time wreck any business" New Credit News Bureau. With a view of making their service of trade information more complete anJ effective the Lyon Furniture Agency have effected a co-operative arrangement wii'h a number of .special agenCte'i Under this plan each agency furnishes all its subscribers wtth a supply of blanks to be used in reporting first and increased orders, and method of payment of cus-tomers about whom they desire this combined service. All ll1formation reported on these blanks by all the subscribers to all the agencies is compiled in tabulated form, so that each inquirer is given full informatlOn of all new credtt sought and how payments are made with all creditors who have inquired withm the previous year. To dtstingui~h thIS special service from our regular We Manufacture ti,e La~elt Line of rOlDlno ("AIDS in the Umted States, SUitable for 5 Un day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pub1Jcresorts. We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I ran Beds, Spnng Beds, Cots and CrIbs m a large varIety Send for Catalogue and Prteu to I I'-_.---------_._-------------- KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO _40 13 ..-..-_--_-._---------. ------- _. -----------.-.-..-___ ._-- ... work we oall this deparrtment the Credtt News Bureau, the Credit News Reports, and the blanks to be used in making inquiries Registry Blanks The large volume of information that will Q)efurnished from lines of busmess necessitates a nominal charge of five cents for each credtt news report is-sued but the service wtll be found of such great value that this 'charge will not deter anyone from maklllg lIberal use of registry blanks The reasons for this additlOn to the Lyon Agency's re-ports are given as follows: "Overbuying, whether with dishonest intent or from poor Judgment, has always been one of the greatest dangers in credit dealing and most dtfficult to detect or prevent. "Slow payments usually precede a failure caused by dry rot, insufficient capItal or lack of business ability. "Knowledge by every creditor of all First Orders and materially Increased Orders, placed by a given concern will render overbuying almost impossible "Knowledge by every credttor of every Slow Payment will serve to curtail credit before the danger point tS reached" 1 Japanese Taste and Refinement. Not only will the forthcommg Bntlsh exhibiton at Shep-herd's Bu.sh, London, contain the finest collections of Japan-ese art ever brought together in the Occtdent, but it will also give a remarkable presentation of the quaint domestic hfe of the Mikado's sU1bjects It is believed that as one result of the exhibition there will be a pronou1l!ced renaissance of interest in and employ-ment of Japanese domesttc art 111 Bttrope and Amenca As most persons know the decorative ideal of Japan and rthat of the we'it are utterly different. The Occt-dent displays everything, finding satisfaction tn elaborate detail and a multiphcity of objects-pictures, tapesltry, porce-lain, rugs, carVll1gs, silver, furntture The Japanese, with his more refined taste, takes care, beyond everything else, that his rooms are harmonious, III good taste, the possession, for in.stance, of a vase worth $1,000 does not mean that it will be displayed If it happen that the vase does not harm-onize wIth the owner's rooms it is wrapped up and put away, and only produced when the collector wants to show it to feHow connOIsseurs In a Japanese house at the exhtbition the picture in the centre of one wall is painted with such skill that only the closest examinaion shows that it is not done in relief. As a rule only one picture IS to be found in a room, the paint-ll1g being seleoted and changed m accordance with the taste of the occupier. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave .. Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building1 Evansville, 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. m Imitation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds. Buffets. Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards m plam oak. imitation quartered oak. and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in umtatIon quartered oak, illlitation mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. CrIbs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. Made by The Karges Furmture Co ~. . . , ••: ,.--------------------- - -- WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 .. Made by World Furmture Company. Made by Bosse Furmture Company. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co• . ,_._ ..-._.. . .......•. . . 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PU8L18HED "VERT SA.TUROAY ay TH.. MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY 'U.SC"'I'TION '1 eo I'E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT"'ES '2.00 I'E" YEA". 'INCilLE COI'IE' 5 CENTS. ~U.LICATION O~~ICE. 101-112 NOPITH DIVISION ST. GPIANO RA~IOS. MICH. A. S WHITE. ""ANACOHNCiI EDITO" Entered as aecond cia .. matter. July 5, 1909. at the post office at Grand RapIds. Michigan under the act of March 3. 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY. The Implement Trade Journal ad'1ses merchant" "not to employ inexperienced salesmen" If merchants generally should act upon this advice where "ould the expenenced salesmen come from m the course of a fe" ) ear,,? A suc-cessful merchant remarked recentl} that 1t "as hIs policy to employ inexpenenced salesmen occasionall}; that dIsloyal experienced sale"men know ho\\ to "hlrk in the performance of duty; to "Ide-"tep d1sagreeable customer'S. to beat the time clock and to do other mexcusable things For a tIme the untried sale~man \\ 111 not be famlllar with such tncb and will try to carry enthUSIasm mto hIS work and render faithful servIce He will make mIstake" but the cost to the management on account thereof will be no greater than that of the lazyness or indifference of dIsloyal expenenced sales-men Too much experience m a salesman 1S not a good thing for the employer The workmg out of the expenment undertaken by the United States Steel corporation for the rellef of mjured em-ployes WIll be of lllterest to manufacturers in all hnes Very few employers of labor can afford to follow the example of the Steel Trust in dealing with employes but if the plan that is to be tried out proves satIsfactory, it may be used in modified form by less prosperous corporations in meetmg an expense that 1S much larger and of more importance to em-ployers than IS estImated by the general public. American manufacturers ha'mg plants on both SIdes of the geographical line between the Lnited States and Canada and the1r number IS already large and steadIly mcreastng, are quite indifferent to the changes made 111the tanff schedules of the two countries from tIme to time No matter ho" <;,ltght or radical such changes may be they denn benefit therefrom on one side of the hne or the other. Business men are awakening to the fact that relief ma} be found for the irrnpositlOns Imposed upon the people by the express companies by the passage of the postal package btll. now pend111g m congress A majority of the stock of the expre"s companies is owned by the raIlroads and through "uch control they are enabled to plunder shippers ruthlessly Congress should be urged to act promptly Now Cmcinnatl proposes to get Into the furniture ex-position game in earnel"t. \V1th furniture shows in Grand Rap1ds, N ev, York, Chicago, Sit LoUls, Jamestown, Evans- 'll1e and C111c111natI the semi-annual "easons may have to be extended 111order to enable buyers to take in all of them But It ,,111 be a good thing for the raIlroad". The <:;tatement made by members of the Southern pine a""ouatlon that, for the past two }'ears, they have been "dulllpmg" thell product all over the country, at prices barel} co, enng the c03t of production, must be interesting ne" 'S to carpenters, contractors and builders generally. From the announcement of an early auction sale by '\le:xander Smith & Son of New York it does not seem that I!:he eastern carpet and rug manufacturers Ihave been so rushed WIth order" as has been represented by the trade 1ournal'S and New York and Boston market report3. Perhaps there is no orgamzed combine among the furni-ture manufacturer" of Canada, but in h1s interview, repub-lIshed from the Toronto \i\T orld, the president of the alleged holdmg company talks, ,ery much like an AmerIcan trust magnate Perhap" members of the Hardwood Lumbermen's as- "oclatlOn hay e also been "dumpmg" a part of their product m order to mamtain prices If so the furniture manufac-turers ..h..ould tr) to di"cover the dumpmg grounds. Old Father Tll11e has swift wings-he needs no flymg machine Only sIxty days hence furniture manufacturers, buyers and sellers. \\ III be "all ready for the opemng of the "ummer sale3 season" Deslgner" of furnIture posters "hould take a course in drawing \Vlth scarcely an exceptlOn the furniture used in pnntmg for the bIll board3 and dead 'Vlalls is shockingly bad Exposition Buildina in Cincinnati. Reports from Cmcinnati state that the furniture manu-facturers of that city are to have an expoaition building and that 1t W111be the largest u3ed for the purpose in the middle west A deal was closed last week by which the promoters acquire the Drucker building on the corner of Broadway and :t\inth street for a consideratlOn of $100,000, possession to be gIven on May 1. The property was purchased for the Ohio Valley Furni-ture Butldmg. \\ hich concern was recently incol'porated un-der the la"" of Oh1O The deal i<; <;aid not to be a case of outright purchase, but arranged on a lease basi'S The owners of the realty are non-residents, the property belonging to the Phipps estate Practlcally all of the furniture manufacturers m Cmcinnati are 'SaId to be interested in the exposition , enture More Work for the Nelson-Matter Factory. Dunng the pa"t week the Nelson-Matter company of Grand Rapkl" ha\ e hooked an order for all the furniture for the new HermItage Hotel m NashvIlle, Tenn The contract for furl1lture, rugs, carpets and draperies was awarded to Montgomery & Co, of NashVIlle, m competItIOn with New York and ChIcago bIdders The successful bId was $126,500. WEEKLY ARTISAN PROGRESS DUE TO PARTS MAKERS. The Specialist. by Concentrating Thought and Effort. Outdoes the General Worker. The Apnl number of The Hub, the ~ew York publlcatlOn de, oted to the Interests of the vehIcle mdustl y has an artlcle 011 "Pal ts Makers" expre,sIng some Ideas that may be found worthy of conslderatlOl1 Iby fUt mture manufacturer~ The Hub's suggestlOns as to the aJvantages of speclaltzIng are In-tended for manufacturers of automobdes, but they may be applied, with less advantage, perhaps, to the furl11ture indus-try. The Hub says' "It is mteresting to note that the automobile maker on the quantity basIs lays much stress on his <;plendld factory organiz1ation by which it becomes possIble to produce the needed parts not only cheaper but so much betJter than they can be assembled by gathenng them from special sources. It is said the expense is much 1educed, also. No doubt the claim is builded upon a rock foundation of fact, but there is a more important poil1lt of view l\Iany minds devoted to speciallzatlOn are certainly llkely to thInk out refinements of parts with more succes~ ll1 results than the busy maker, who has a vast establishment to think about, espeCIally when all hands must be more or less, generally more, bound by the routine of manufacture "Even the buyer and tber of the machmes is Iii, lse to this proposition, as IS shown by the news of the ddy, 111 whIch it IS stated that a company of one hundred men of wealth has been l11corporated to bU1ld one hundred automobllec,-one for each-the sole actuating reason being to select from any and every source the particular part of extreme excellence and practicability in an automob1le, and assemble it in thIS auto de luxe, regal'dless of the expense of the undertaking The point aimed at is perfeotion so far as the present state of the art will afford it "Very good I t IS along these very same lines that the parts maker of the trade is pnogressl11g His activities are confined to speClalization Any part, be it of engme, frame, or any subSIdIary bIt of the mechanism, is the better for hIS thought, attention and concentration. He will gIld the refined gold of previous effort, and make somethink better than the large complete orgamzation WIll think out Evidences of such evolution al e already well to tJhe front The parts maker's exhlibit at shows I" the sectlOn in which is to be found the real advance in the business. "The evolution is proceeding along e~actly the same lines as could have been noted in tJhe horse-drawn vehicle industry. From that quarter sprung all the advance in the art of vell1cle btuldlng; It Will be the same in the motor vehicle trade. "The parts maker With his plain or patented improve-ments due to h1s concentratlOn of thought and expenment on a qingle part, will be the advance agent of progress to whom the budder must look for what is best to use 111 as-sembl1l1g a perfect vehicle "It IS no disparagement to the brains and abIlity of the large manufacturer that this will be so, it is just the na"tural outcome of things No carriage budder ever forged an axle having the perfectlOn of parts that 1t has com1l1g from the man who gives axles his undiVIded thought The calnage builder learned this truth, then gave up trying He bought cheaper and better than he could forge himself This is an indIvidual l11stance Multiply it along the line "We belleve the as"embled parts of the auto are crude 1:o-day COImpared to what they WIll be in the not distant 11 Manistee, Mich., Oct. Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids. Mich. 12,1907. Gentlemen: We ha ve your favor of the 9th, and we are very much pleased to advise you that the dry kiln which you installed for us is working very satisfactorily, and that we are able to turn out at least one third more dry lumber with this system of yours than we formerly could, and the lumber comes out in a very much better condition. We have another kiln that we are running with hot blast, and we think that we Willmake a change next season and use your system in both of our kuns. We would be very glad. indeed. to recommend this kiln to anyone who is having trouble in drying lumber, as we are fully convinced that your system for drying lumber is the right one. Yours truly, THE MANISTEE MFG. CO. Per Chas. Elmendorf, Manager. future, <Lnd the progress will be solely due to the parts maker." Satisfied. It is a great thing to be satlsfied That means content-ment, and in a business way prosperity. \Ve all like to have our customers satlsfied. It's the best kind of advertismg, and in this twentieth century of rush and striving for the first place, advertb1l1g has come to be one of the most necessary and valuable ad]t1l1cts of trade and commerce. This is well Illustrated 111 the accompanY1l1g letter Clinton, Iowa, Mach 14, 1910 Grand RapIds Veneer \V orks, Grand RapIds, Mich Gentlemen' Replying- to yours of the 12th 1l1st, as to the results we are gett1l1g from the Grand RapIds S) stem of dry kiln, we are plea<;ed to mform you that we are well satIsfied It has more than met our expectatlOllS and has done all you claimed 1t would. Very respectfully, HEMINGWAY FURN CO Signed, \V E Hemingway IMPROVED. EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power ./01' Furmture Stores S"nd for Catalogne and Pnc"s. KIMBALL BROS, CO" 1067 Nmth St .. Council BlUffs, la, Kimball Elevator Co., 3~ Prospect St., Cl"v"land, 0.; l0811lh SI., Omaha, N"b., 128C"dar SI , N"w York CIty. ... . .. ...., .... ... . . 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,- - .......... . .." Wood Sar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. Patent Malleable Clamp FIxture. E H SHELDOlli & CO ChlcaRo III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 21 dozen Clamp FIxture. "tllch we bought of you a lIttle o\er a )ear ago are gnInR excellent se-\lce "e are well satIsfied with them and .haJJ be pleased to remember you "hene,er we "ant anything ilddltlonal In thIS hne Yams truly SIOUXCIty Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO 30,000 Sheldon Steel Rack Vise. Sold on appro\al "nd an uncon dltlonal money bd.ck guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL SAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. \Ve sohclt pnvllege of sending samples and onr complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON & CO. I 328 N. May St .• Chicago. i •••.• _. a. __ ", ~---------~-~----- _a· __ ~ . _ - - • - - - -- - - - - - • Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-John P .:\Iurphy. 12 \\ e"t lorty-thlrd street, Kansas City, Mo , $3,500, J F Cottel1111,3314 Prospect street, Kansas CIty, $3,500; E C Kreigh, 514 vYest 1'hirty-l1lnth street, Kansas City, $5,000; J \IV. Bernardan, 3642 Jansen place, Kansas CIty, $10,000, Henry ::\lohr, 46 :\orman street, Buffalo, N. Y, $3,500, Fellx Famu1are, 301 Hamburgh place, Buffalo, $5,000; Edward 1\ Meyer, 45 Ash street, Buffalo, $3,000; Sophia DaVIS, 60 1\ akefie1d street, Buffalo. $3.000, \iVaIlace Thayer, 39 A~be,rt street, Buffalo, $3,000; Alvin Bauss, 532 Northampton street Buffalo $3.500, Fred DOlns, 114 Wesley street, Buffalo, $-1-,000,\\ Illlam Chabot. 34 1\ lll-slow street, Buffalo, $3,600. "[argaret Pm' er '. 261 '\ orth Ogden street, Buffalo. $3,500 Ech, ard Bll"k, 2423 Seneca street, Buffalo, $12,000, P L Goodheart. 6526 DI eAel a, cnue, Ohicago, Ill, $4,500, C H Noble, 2618 East Se\ ent} -fourth street, ChIcago, $5,000, J J Keane. 6200 ChamplaIn a, enue, Chicago, $35,000, T L Duque, 524 South Hd1 'itreet. Los Angeles, Cal, $9,500, Stella !II Stan, 2817 Sun~et bou1e,ard Los Angeles, $6,000, Sarah Y Ruhm"teen, EIghth a, enue and T\, ent} -fitth street, Los Angele", $4,500, J T Cook, Holh \, ood. Cal , $7,000, James Carr, 301 LydIa btreet, PeOlla, Ill, $3,000, Dal1lc1 A Dugan, 606 Alden avenue, Trenton, N. J , $20,000, LOtHS Mangold, 918 Llberty street, Trenton, $4,- 000, 'l{ IV Rose, 427 Pennll1gton avenue, Trenton, $3,500, Edward Ramer, Hartley street and Lmden avenue, York, Pa., $11.000, R S Cov, an, 108 Twentieth avenue south, Nashville, Tenn , $8,000, LOlliS MacDuff, 1451 Boulevard, DetrOIt, Mlch , $5,200, J II alter Drake, 116 Boston boulevard, DetrOIt, $10,- 000, L K Butler. 573 Jefferson avenue, DetrOIt, $7,500, 1-1 n Blank"tell1, 1418 Brush street, DetrOlt, $4,500, Paul Sun-da', 535 Hurlbut ~treet, DetrOlt. $55,275, J F ;\1cLaughhn, Bru"h ;,treet and Garfield avenue, DetrOIt, $6,SOO. Peter Durst, lIague and ] ohn R streets, DetrOIt, $4,500, Mlke Rogan, 420 .:\Iontgomel} a\enue, Youngstown, 0, $3,000, John S \\' nght, Penns} Ivdl1la and Thlryt-seventib streets, lndlan-apoh", Iud $6,500 ~1rs Stella 13 Colhns, 145 South Thlrty-first "treet Omaha, \Jebr, $5,000, Ed Johnston, 1138 South Central boule, ard, Omaha. $6,500, R SHall, 2418 Farnam ~treet. Omaha, $9,000, MI"s "Joe" V'lhon, 24 Broyles street, --_._~--------- ,-----------_.------- ----------------.-.-_ .-._-._~.... New designs In the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MIClH.. No. 1711 ... No. 1705·1705 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... _ .. ... ..... STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups, making the best cup on the market. CellulOId IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups wIth cellulOId bases It can be done wIth ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth CellulOId does not sweat and hy the use of these cups tables are never marred. These cups are timshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple, Jimshed bght If you will try a sample order of thefe gOOd,you WIll dellre to handle them In quantltle, PRICES: SIZe 2X Inches .. $5.50 per hundred. Size 3U Inches. 4.50 per hundred. f o. b (]rand Rapidl PRT A SAMPLE ORDER ~ __ • Te ••• _ •••••••••••• .. .... Atlanta, Ga, $4,000; Mrs. M. ::.vreimeyer, 4248 Virgima ave-nue, St Louis, Mo., $4,000, J C Guckenberger, Mabbett and Rusk streets, Milwaukee, Wis , $3,500, E J Coogen, Fortieth street and Elm avenue, Ml1waukee, $4,000, Herman Bohlman, 2417 Center street, Milwaukee, $8,500; George \i\! Barfield, 4801 Second avenue, Woodlawn, Blrmingiham, Ala, $4,000; B F. Selman, North Ninth avenue and Seventeenth street, Birmingham, $5,500; H L Newton, 560 Laclede street, Mem-phis, Tenn, $4,500; C H Crisman" 1556 Vmton avenue, Memphis, $11,000, A D Mmkler, 1552 First avenue, west, Seattle, Wash, $15,000, A P Molloy, 4344 FOity-.-.lxth ave-nue northwest, Seattle, $10,000, VhllJam J. Trett, 905 MIdland avenue, Syracuse, NY, $5,000, H C Clark, 100 Swaneola street, Syracuse, $4,000; E J Scouller, 148 Corning avenue, Syracuse, $5,000, Anna Thomasmeyer, McBrIde and HIckory <;treets, Syracu<;e, $6,300; Huam Hucker, 930 Gr3Jpe street, Syracu<;e, $4,500, Mary E Tucker, 604 Park avenue, Syra-cu<; e, $6,000, Lucy A Jacbon, Bland and Lmcoln avenue~, Evansvl1le, Ind, $3,000; J B Young, 500 North Market street, WHJhlta, Kan, $3,500, A. E Schuh, 416 West Main street, Richmond,' Ind , $3,000, August Anderson, 421 HarrI-son avenue, South Bend, Ind, $3,000; Steven Nyccos, 1216 \i\! est Washmgton avenue, South Bend, $4,000, Thomas J ohn-son, 331 John avenue, Superior, Wis, $3,000; C CLines, 413 Perry street, Peoria, Ill, $3,000, R T Hollerook, Cherry and Seventh streets, \i\!inston-Salem, N. C, $6,000; Wilham Stuckenlberg, 3253 Texas avenue, St Louis, Mo , $3,500; Rose Meyers, Penn and Twenty-sixth streets, St Joseph, Mo, $4,- 000; J D Ormsby, 229 Campbell street, Wmnipeg, Man, $5,000, J. T. Parker, 408 Aubrey avenue, Winmpeg, $4,500, F. J. Smith, 4944 Dupont avenue, Minneapohs, Mmn, $4,- 000; Mary C Russell, 4408 Thomas avenue south, Mmne-apolis, $3,800; L. E Stetler, 2510 Logan avenue north, Min-neapohs, $3,500; Mary P Thurston, 633-9 East Thirty-second street, Mmneapohs, $20,000, Arthur Zekman, 61 East Seven-teenth street, Minneapohs, $10,000; H W W Ilhams, 2322 Rice street, Little Rock, Ark, $3,000; S HAllen, 210 Eighth avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, $10,000; W. R Baxter, 354 North Main street, Salt Lake CIty, $6,000; Albert Wihite, 419 I street, Salt Lake City, $3,800; S S DIckenson, 676 East Second South street, Salt Lake City, $4,000, Mrs E V VV. Anderson, East Twenty-eighth and Burn<;ide streets, Port-land, Ore, $15,000, H J Fisher, Patton avenue and Shaver streets, Portland, $4,000, ~T T Scott, 1158 Adams street, Mobile, Ala, $4,500; W E Flinn, Beauregard and Hamllton streets, Mobile, $3,500, William F Simpson, 5203 Wall street, Los Angeles, Cal, $4,750, L. B. l'Esperance, 355 Alexandria 19 ...~ ::K1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~~~Vllt~6 SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. CWartiatleolfroure. lf E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALMLft~N, I.. • . ..... .. ..~.. . . avenue, Los Angeles, $7,000; Evalene M McCay, 648 Haw-thorne avenue, Los Angeles, $5,500, Jesse M Cox, Detroit and Thnteenth streets, Denver, Col, $5,000, E. E Williams, 10840 Drexel avenue, Cleveland, 0, $5,500, Mary E Cassell, 1006 Eighteenth street, Columbus, 0, $4,800; Charles Defen-baugh, 490 Twenty-second street, Columbus, $3,600; A. E Legg, 227 Maynard avenue, Columbu<;, $4,000; Harry Wright, 1215 Garfield avenue, Topeka, Kan, $3,500; J H. Bailey, 714 Mas~abeslC .-.treet, J\Ianche~ter, N H, $4,000, M V. BaIley, 99 Grant street, Manchester, $3,000; Dr D. C Lefferts, Red-lands, Cal, $20,000 Miscellaneous Buildings.- The CatholJcs aI e building a $50,000 school house at 5201-9 North Fifty-second avenue, Ohicago St James illethodist M1.-.slOnare budding a church to cost $100,000 on Tabor road, PhIladelphia, Pa The Corner Realty company IS erect1l1g a theatre on North Twelfth street, St Louis, Mo , at a cost of $185,000, exclusive of seat1l1g and furniture The W1l1dom Park Baptists are buildl11g a $25,000 church on Twenty-fifth avenue, M1l1neapohs, M1l1n BU'-,l11e.-m.sen of Santa Paula, Cal, are plann1l1g for the erec-tIOn of a $50,000 hotel The Mystic Shriners are to l11vest $100,000 in the erection of a temple at Phoenix, Anz The boarJ of trustees are advertising for bids for furnishing the city hall at VisalJa, Cal, address M J Brynes, city clerk. ~T ork has been started on the erection of the First Baptist church at Pomona, Cal, which IS to cost $60,000. The Uni-tarians of San DIego, Cdl have adopted plan<; for a new church to cost $80,000 , Flattery generally has an axe to grind .. .-~ HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE. IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SAWED} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLiCED AND MAHOGANY I Ira _. _.. • • I. •• ••• .. DUMPING SOUTHERN PINE IN CANADA An Interesting Controversy Between St. Louis and Toronto Lumber Journals That May Lead to Lower Pric{"s. The follow1l1g from the Canacla Lumberman of Toronto, seems to expla1l1 how the high pnces of southern pine lumber are ma1l1ta1l1ed and may strengtlhen the <;usprClOn long enter-tained by fur11lture manufacturers and others that the cost of hardwood lumber rs not governed entrrely by the la\\ of supply and demand: An Ontario traveler for a lumber manufacturIng firm recently called upon a large manufactunng company \\ hrch uses a great deal of lumber 111the course of the year, and found that they needed a good sized bill of tank ]OlStS and timber. He figured on the brll as closely as posi>rble and told the manufacturer what rt would cost V\'hen the 111tervrew ended he felt farrly satisfied that he would secure the order In the course of a few days he returned, expect111g to close the contract, and found to hrs drsapp0111tment that a tra, eler for a Southern p111e concern had struck the traIl of the con-sumer and had offered his goods at pnces which cannot be approached by the Ontano ml1ls There \\ as not a smgle item in the ltst on w1hrch the pnce'3 of the Southern pme were not two or three dollars per thousand feet less than the prices of the Ontano mrll, and on many of the Items the difference \\as as great as $15 per thousand feet Tank jOlstS 4-in by 16-in by 24-ft \\ ere offered m Ontario \\ hrte pme, "e-lected bill stuff, for $46 Tlhe Southern p1l1Cpnce \\ as $32 For 3-inch by 16-inch by 22-foot the On tan a p111e prIce \\ as $44, and the Southern p1l1e pnce $31 SO For trmbers the pnces were not so wide apart, an example being 6-inch b} 16-111ch by 22-foot, for whrch the Ontano p111e pnce \\ a'3 $39 and the Southern pme prIce $32 It must be borne m mmd. hO\\ e\ er, that the Southern pme pnce was "deltvered," \\ hrle the On-tario price was fob mrll, whrch means that another $2 or $3 would have to be added. There 1S no p0'3s1b1lity of talkl11g against an argument of this nature, and the Ontano traveler had to lea Ye \\ ithout an order, in spite of the fact that the Canadran mills seemmgly had the gre<Lt advantage of a sibort fre1ght haul. In sp1te of this, the Southern firm was able to quote a 10\\ er price, freight included than the Canad1an manufacturer could quote f. o. b. cars at the mill. Is the Canad1an manufacturer askmg too much for hrs lumber, or is the Southern firm askl11g too ltttle? Certamly the former is not the case Canadrans have lost enougi1 money in the last two or three years to justrfy them m ask-ing every cent they are asking today The cost of manufac-turing is sufficient to warrant the pnce<; \\ hich are bel11g quoteJ by Ontano mrlls The trouble ro, that the Southern manufacturers are mak111g a convenience of the Canadian markets and are strll at the old game of dumping their lum-ber here at almost any figure 50 long as they can secure money 111return They mu<;t have money to meet the demands of therr bankers, and are sellmg lumber for anything they can obtam There rs no question that the Southern pine is being "dumped" m OntarIo The price of 6-inch by 16-inch by 22- foot, for instance, was $32. The same material was sold in Boston recently at $38 'With a $10 frerght rate from the South. there would only be $22 of the Ontario price left for the cost at the mrll, whereas in the South an average price is $23 SO Trs dumpmg however, has been going on for many } ears. and pme m the Southern States is being cut apparently at a \\ a"teful rate, but one would expect that long before thrs tIme man} of the Southern manufacturers would have reached the end of therr resources, or rather, of their borrow-mg pm" er" 1'hr<; 1S the real puzzle 111 connection with the srtuatlOn II hrch Canad1ans are unable to solve. The best solutlOn<; seems to be one which wao, recently given by a Canadran on h1:o return fram a tnp through the South. He thmk" that It 1S easier for a promoter to secure capital for doubtful enterpnse" m the States than in Canada. Appar-ently ne\\ caprtal b bemg interested from time to time, as the old capital goes out of existence, and it begins to looJk as If tIllS process could be kept up aLmost indefinitely, espec-ially rf a fair living price is obtained in United States markets There are other features of the situation which are of 111tere'-t to Canadians Visitors to the South all agree in cnticr7rnR the enormous rate at which the lumber of that countn IS being cut, and they contradict the reports which are frequently published regard111g a reduction of the quan-tIty of trmber be1l1g taken out The Canadian referred to abm e <;tates that one of the most surprising sights of his trip was the great <Lmount of lumber-laden traffic which his tram, going south from Ohicago, passed on tlhe way. Prac-tically e, ery ten miles a freight train was met, and over 50 per cent of the freight was lumber. Not only this, but in the lumber manufacturing process there is far more waste than there is in other lumbering districts Large permanent ml1ls are not erected The machinery is not up-to-date, and the timber is frequently unevenly cut Coming back to the Canadian end of the situation, one naturally Ivonders '" hy It i,..,that lumber which can be offered ••••••••••••••••••••• a ••••• ... . ~ OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Secoad National Bank Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAG8--14th St. aad Wabash A"•. GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--Chadakoln Bldg. HIGH POINT, N. C.--N. C. Savlag_ Bank Bldg. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service embracing the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originatora of the "Tracer and Clearing Houae Syatem," Collect£onServ£ce Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts . ......................... ••• ••••••••• •••••• ••• sa •••••••• w •• I ••• _ • aT h ••• 1 •••••• • • c ••••••• WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 -----~-----~------~-.-""-.-.-.-.-.-.-. a_ ••_. ....- . .•., f Lentz Big Six •• a a ••••••• I ------------------_._._---_._._. _._.----_.. ... --. .. ..._. -.... - .. ._. . .. ...- - - - - - ... -. 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, MICHIGAh at such cheap prices compared with the Canadian product, does not completely monopolize the market There is, first of all, one simple reason. A man who oflders a bill of South-ern pine may get it in a few days, and he may not get it for months. Deltvery is a very uncertain matter. If he orders Canadian lumber he can depend upon delivery within a reasonable time It frequently happens that after ordering Southern lumber a Canadian consumer secures some of It after a long delay, and in the end has to order CanadIan lum-ber to take the place of the Ibalance of the order, which he cannot secure in time for his work. For this reason Cana-dians have been able in the long run to hold down the sales of yellow pine The chief evil in connection with the sale of yellow pllle in the Canadian markets is the disturbance which it introduces into trade conditIons Iby providing a fac-tor for the depression of pnces and by acting as a general trade disturbing factor. The Lumberman of St. Louis, Mo., takes issue with its CanadIan contennpo'rary and prints interviews and letters from a number of southern lumber manufacturers to show that the Toronto papers make many misleading statements in regard to the yellow pine business in the Dominion. The denials, however, are evasive. It is admItted that there is an over production of yellow pine lumber and that some of it may have been dumped in Canada, but, "it has been dumped everywhere since 1907." The Southerners emphatically deny Ithat their export prices are lower than quotJations to domestic consumers and declare that the sale referred to by the Can-ada Lumberman must have been made by some concern that was heavily overstocked and in need of ready cash The St Louis Lumberman commenting on the letters and inter-views says: "Any well-informed manufacturer of yellow pine can pick out of this editorial a number of statJments that are untrue and ridiculously absurd. Just as an illustration our contem-porary certainly knows or ought to know that the sentence "Large permanent mills are not erected. The machlllery is not up to date, and the lumber i" frequently unevenly cut" ~that caps the climax of ignorance Where in the world, and that includes Canada, can you find larger, better, more permanent mills than those in the South? What mills in British Columbia can be mentioned in the same day with those operated by Wm. Buchanan, the Long-Bell Lumber company, the Chicago Lumber and COClciIompany, the Great Southern Lumber company, the Kirby Lumber company, the Central Coal and Coke company, Frost-Johnson Lumber com-pany, the Pickering Mills, the Industrial, the Newman and a score of others that we might mention? Our Canadian friends need not worry abot~t the excellence of the material they purchase on this side and they can be sure that the most up-to-date machinery has been used in its making. And we have an Idea, too, thalt they can be assured of prompt ship-ments. Our Canradian contemporary should come over on this side, visit the mills of the South, get his head full of real information and then go back to Toronlto and tell his readers of his many mistakes and erroneous statements." Though It claims that "any well-informed" manufacturer of yellow pllle can pick out a number of stwtements that are untrue and ndiculously absurd" the St. Louis Lumberman fads to mentlOn any such statements, except that in regard to the character and permanency of the Southern mills. The same is true of the letters and interVliews, intended to refute the statements made by the Toronto paper. In fact the south-erners admit even more than is charged agalllst them in re-gard to the "dumping" pohcy some of them excusing that practice on the ground that banks and finanCIers do not back the lumberman as they should. On the whole the Canadian editor seems to have "made his rase" again<;t the yellow pine combine Whether it will have any effect on prices remalllS to be seen, but if it is true that "there is a great overproduction" and no combination to maintain fictitIOUSvalues a sharp decline in the prices of yel-low pine is certainly in order And a decline in southern pine might bring about a decIllle in the cost of hardwood lumber. Common sense doesn't mix very well with a love affair. ., Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOPICINS AND HARRIET STS. eiDclnatl. OLio makers of Upholstered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB IWOM 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Drying Furniture Stock If the information contained in this book would save you a carload of oak a year, would it not be worth reading through? I Not a common catalog, but a book of information, containing practical suggestions really valuable to men interested in lumber drying. A complete treatise on Forced and Nat-ural Circulation Kilns (progressive and apartment types) with details of equipment. A book you ought to have. Sent postpaid to any address. Where shall we mail your copy? AMERICAN BLO'¥[R CoMPANY DETROIT l"dCH ---- USA Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC"roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. "Detroit" Return Steam Traps. New York Trade Notes and News. X e,\ York. \pnl 21-Bus111ess IS qUIet in most lines. In "ome there I'; c1ullne,..,s, due to tlhe appmach of the summer "ea"on, but futl11 e orders for fall dehvery are com111g 111very "ell \lreac1y the annual 1111mlgraJtlOn of busmess men gomg to Fl11ope ha" started and the hst IS one of the largest on relOl d so earh 111 the season In the furl11ture 1111ethe whole- ~ale tl ade 1<;falrl} <;easonable The retallers are not rushed \, lth bus111e"" Some of them are carrymg on special rednctlOn sales ~lanfacturers are not disposed to place large orders for supplIes at ple"ent pnces 1he \tlantlc ~letal Bed company has been 111corporated to manufacture bed", \\Ith a capital of $5,000, by John \V \ \ Jlke-" John T Inglesby, \"1 0 Douglas J aCQIb Koeppel an d Joseph Bartfeld S Ornstein and 1. Ginsburg have opened a new furni-ture store at 1957 Second avenue. Lester Alexander has leased a loft at Grand street and BlOadwa), where he will put in a big 1111eof upholstery goods for tthe wholesale trade. Fraas & Miller, retal! furl11ture dealers of Linden street and Broadway, Brooklyn, have made Improvements 111their store and put 111new ,..,how w111dows The Ford & Johnson com pan) have taken a new ware-house at 213 West Twenty-sixth street and wlll add a con-tract department for school and church furl11ture R Lawrence, who was assistant buyer for the O'N el!l- Adams company, IS now furniture and upholstery buyer for the Clstner-Knott Dry Goods company of Nashville, Tenn R \ '\lorton who was 111the furniture department of the Fourteenth street store and Rothellibergs, has succeeded Frank S Haggmann as buyer for Price & Rosenbaum, Brook-lyn D A Cella, who was for years with the Aimone Manu-facturmg company has started the "Cella shop" in the Wind-so:- Arcade, Fifth avenue, to handle choice decoratIOns, an-tique furniture and bric-a~brac. The Josiah Partridge & Sons COlllpany, have started m a new l111e, makmg the American bent wood chairs Tlhey have put m new machinery and a big demand is reported all 0\ el for these hnes. H 1\ assel11 , late furl11ture and upholstery buyer for the Goldburg-Slegel company, is now sellmg staff of Price & Rosenbaum, Brooklyn. 'Dhe Bronx company a depal tment store at Third avenue and 163d street and Jules DubOIS as the New York Molding Manufacturing company, 643 Eig'hth avenue, are both being closed out in bankruptcy Charles A Unseld is contJinuing the busmess of L Un-seld, deceased, at 131 Graham avenue Herbert Cowperthwalt has secured from France, the agen-cy for a new gildmg caster, which is a steel dOlme, without wheels or hearings. Alfred Schiebal has opened a new picture and frame store at 3519 Bloadway J & H Sakal sky, Grand and Essex streets, has taken th( agency for the Carbon Stove and Range company of Beth lehem, Pa J acolb & Joseph Kahn, who have a large warehouse on Twenty-seHnth street, are handhng a lot of spring and sum-mer goods m porch and veranda chairs as well as speCial hnes of bronze and monogram chair." office chairs and hall racks The Metropohtan Chair company are remodeling their blllldmg on Twenty-seventh ,..,treet to make it a palace sale~ room They will have fine lighting facilities, spacious win' WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 .'" These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glu. Sl'r.adine Machine, Sinele, Doubl. and Combination. (Patented) (Siz •• 12 in. to 84 in wide.) -- Ven.er Pre ••••. different kind. and .ize. (P.leated) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. - Hand Feed Glueine Machin. (Paleat penmna.l Many .tyle. and .iz ••. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. dows for daylight and high power tungsten electric lamps for even1l1gs '1he ceIlings and walb wIll ,be 111 white They wIll have a number of sam1=>lerooms and shlppmg and stor-age floors Ford & John30n have part of the first and second floors and all of the thIrd and fourth floors J F Woodlll, formerly a Phlladelphla furmture man, late wIth R J Horner and Fred Ever3 of this CIty, IS now WIth the Brooklyn Brass Refinishing company ::\;1 Gluck, who was assi"tant furmture buyer for Rothen-hergs I" now aSsIstant buyer for A. I Namm & Son, Brook-lyn Thompson & Co, manufacturing couches, beddmg and box spnngs, has a fine line on show at his warerooms in Brooklyn Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co, Fourth avenue and Thnteenth street, have an exhIbit of a fine lme of tools and hardware for the furmture j rade Olrver Bras of Lockport, NY, have a notable exhIbit at 110 West Tv.enty-seventh ",treet, of brass and Iron beds They make a specialty of the four post colonial and canopy effects Walter F Barnes of 372 Broadway is building up a large bus1l1ess in desks, office and lodge furnIture The Pantasote compan y, 26 vVest Thirty-fourth street, are pushing their sales of pantasote, which is a substitute for leather. The Sons-Cunningham company of 26 Cherry street, are making a fine lme of reed and Iattan furniture. John Bottomly, late salesman for F. Mohr & Co, has gone back to his old employt'r, R J. HDrner, on East Twenty-third street Baumann & Haubenstock have taken a new buIlding at 618 Grand street, Manhattan, an addltlOn to 614 Grand anci have enlarged their parlor sUlte factory at Brooklyn. Cowperthwait & Sons glive their salesmen bronze medals for good work and service The Pablow Reed and V\ lHaw Manufacturing company have added anothel floor to then factory wt 128 West Thirty-third stteet The Carpentel company, retail furniture house of 378 East 143d street, John B Slattery and G. E Dahlhouse pro-pnetors, have a large store but are lookIng for a chance to secure a larger one The Furniture and Carpet Employers' Mutual Benefit association of Brooklyn are trying to combat any evening No.6 Glu. H.at.r. opening of the stores Some firms have been talking of keep-ing open untIl 8 or 9 o'clock Sears & Roebuck's Operations at Sparta. During the past week it has been reported in Grand RapIds that Sear3, Roebuck & Co, were to add a line of cheap furniture to the product of their gasoline engine fac-tory at Sparta, a httle town 20 mIles northwest of Grand Rapids on the Pere Marquette If the managers of the big mail order house have any such 1I1tentlOn they have not told the people of Sparta anythmg about it They are building an addItion to their engme factory, Ibut it is ma1l1ly for a boiler and engine l'oom, and WIll not enlarge the capacity of the plant to any great eXitent. Heretofore they ha,:e used power furnished by the Sparta Mlllmg company but the ar-rangement was not satisfactory to eIther party and finally resulted m a law SUIt The ga",011l1e engine faotory was establrshed by two young men who sold Itheir product to Sears & Roebuck, but went to the bad financially 111 trying to meet the require-ments of their contract and sold out to 1Jhe ChIcago concern who have improved the plant and its product and are now enlarging it. Sparta, Iby the way, is a prosperous little town. It's greatest draw back is lack of houses for workmen with families. Pleasure IS almost anyth1l1g we dan't afford ~-._ -- .. ........ 1 THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addrea. and and recei... de.cripti ... Circular of Glue Heater •• Glue Coohr. and Hot Bon. with price •• The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid., Mich. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN NO FURNITURE TRUST IN CANADA. -----------------------1 , President Harmer of the Alleged Holding Com-pany Emphatically Repudiates the Ideo. Fram the TOIonto \\ otld of A.prll 16-The \\ eekl} Sun, in an edItorial under the captIOn of "A FurnIture CombIne Too," pens an edItorial agal11st combl11es, basl11g Its argu-ment on a despatch appearing 111 Thursday's Globe relatIve to the meeting of the Ontano Fur11lture :,Ianufacturers' assocIatIOn at Guelph, Its facts are so 1I1accurate and ItS speCIal pleas so fOl ced that It has been brought to the attentlon of some of the lead111g furnIture manufacturers 111 Toronto R, Harmel, presIdent of the Canada Fl11 nlture IIan utac-turers, LtJ, wa" seen by The \\ orId yesterday, and hay 111g been shown the edltonal fr01l1 the \\ eekl) Sun, saId "There IS absolutely no furnIture comb1l1e 111 Canada ~-\t the meet-ing that Tlhe \Veekly Sun refers to my company \\ as not rep-resented ThIS company was fOlmed 1ll 1900 and then 0\\ ned and operated sIxteen furniture factones; It today operates only eigiht. ThIs has been the result of metlhod" of economy in management, and as a matter of fact thIs company was formed in order to lessen the costs of manufacture and man-agement and to put the fur11lture bU"111es~, so Lll d~ \\ e \\ el e concerned, on a staple business baSIS "So far as I can learn the meet1l1g at Guelph was for the purpose of discuss~ng conditions and talkmg over busmess procedure and plans looking to\Vard the development of the furniture business 111 Canada I don't th1l1k any effort \\ as made to fix pnce.>, because my knowledge of the furnIture business tells me that no agreement to fix pnces could be kept owing to tlhe uncertain condItIons prevalent 111the trade "I t is not usually knoY\ n, but It IS none the less a fact, that there are few furmture factones 1I1akmg a reasonable profit on theIr business It is one of the most precarious businesses m Canada and success 111 It depend~ on an accur-ate and economIc systam of cost and dlstnbution The statistics of Bmdstreet's WIll show tlhat WIthin very recent years upward of a score or more of furniture factones hay e failed, The sea of busl11ess IS stre\vn \vlth the wreckage ot Canadian furniture factories "We have found that the hig'h cost of lIv mg has 1l1creased tlhe cost of production of furmture Our workmen demand higher wages and our salesmen demand hlg1her salane~, and the price of lumber IS much hIgher than a vear ago The demand for furnIture IS necessarily 11l111ted 111 a country as small as Canada lIhe great demand for oheap furmture from the rural dIstricts IS chIefly 111 t<he \\ est, \\ hlch mu ~t be sold alt low prices, which do not repay adequately t<helr manu-faoture, The demand for hlgh-c1as, furmture 111 Canada b compalmtively small, the competItion b keen betv\ een the Canadian factOries anJ those 111the Umted States I belIeve in order to profitably ma1l1ta111 tlhe furmture 1I1dustry 111 ~.._ . •• -1' 10ufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 15-4 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Cltlzens'Telephone 170Z, ,.. . II III II ,., ?, , ~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 f'cutting tools are not of the best, you i I f ,can not turn out good work. <J' Q) ~e:, 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 I ~11aborsaving tools. IF" lt~~~~I~ LWA-K~S-~~'C~C~'~L~ .. .. - - _. ._. ..~ Canada It \v III be necessary for the factory managers to in-crease theIr pI Ices at least five per cent and even at thaJt no factOr} \\ III be maklllg a fair bUS111es3 relturn on money in-vested. Effect of the Tariff. , So fal as I know, no furlllture manufacturers are com-pla111111gabout the states' t3Jnff, but a reduction from 30 per cent to 20 per cent at the present stage of the mdustry would senously cnpple It The whole furlllture industry m Can-dela IS bUIlt on the hope that WIth the mcrea~e m population the demand for Ganaelllan-jmade furnIture will sufficiently lllcrease to make Its productIOn on a large scale return ade-quate profit, and untll our populatIon gro\Vs much larger and the demand fOl hIgh and medIum grade fUl mture IS greater, no fortune~ are gOlllg to be made out of tlhe furnIture bUSI-ness "The sty les m furniture change like the styles in mI1- 11ll(ry, and the furniture that is out of Jate has to be "ac-rificed 3Jt a great loss to the manufacturer. "Again I say, emphatically, tlhere is no combine among Canadian furniture manufacturers but tlhe conditions of the trade are such that an advance m the prices of furntlUre may rea'3on3lbly be expeoted by the purchasing public. I might add also that the furniture factones are <lJmong the glreat in-dustries of Canada, consuming millions of feet of Canadian lun ber, employing 1Jhousands of workmen, providing wages ior hundreds of homes, and are reasonable subjects for fair treatment by the tanff" That lIquor Imploves WIth age seems to be demonstrated by the fact that the older some men get the better they lIke it. WEEKLY ARTISAN American Ex])osition in Berlin. That AmerIca IS to have a comprehensive and I epresent-atl\ c eXposItIOn m Betlm m 1910, openmg m September, IS a<,- sured :\1anufa'Cturer~ and bu"mess men throughout the coun-try are ,hsplaying a ltvely interest m the undertakmg, and appltcatlOlls fOI space hay e been receIved by the A..merican C011111l1tteefrom many states The mdlcatlon<, are that every bl al1ch of AmerIcan progres, ~ III be shown at the eXposItIOn \merIcan manufactul el' of office fllrl11tllre hay e been suc-ce~" fllim findmg an outlet 111 L1110pe for a pal t of thClr pro-dllCt, and It wOllld seem that the all AmerIcan exposItion to be held 1Il Berltn wOllld afford manufacturers mother lme" OpportU111ty to do ltkewlse Bellm I" the commercIal center of Furope, and our manufacturel s couLl not make a 1110re favOlable ImpressIOn on foreIgn buyers than by exhIbIting at the exposItion to be held thel e Impetus has been given the exposItIOn enterpl be by the appollltment of former Governor DavtJ R Flancls of .1\11,,- souri, to the office of first vIce-president of the A..merIcan Committee I t is lIltel esting to note that the prospectu<' emphasl7e" the practical benefit of an exposItion held In the heart of Europe rather than making ,LU appeal to the natIOnal pnde of prospective exhibItors The booklet draws attentIOn to the Illustrious allspIces under wrllch t1he eXiposltlon IS to be held and lays "tress upon the value thIS WIll have in enhancing Ametican interests abroad PrInce Henry of PrussIa, brother of the Emperor, ItS pI eSlden l of the Gellman ReceptIOn Com-mittee, whtle m this country J PIerpont :\forgan is pre"ldent of the commIttees whIch are dlrectmg the work of selectmg representatl\ e exhIbits FOlmer Governor FrancIs IS first vIce pre"ident and John VVanamaker IS "econd v Ice-presIdent The prospectus points out 1 he practical SIde of the exposI-tion as fol1o~ s . "As this WIll be the fil st all-AmerIcan el\.po"itlOn ever held in a foreIgn country ,It will he of mterest to all Europe as ~ ell as to Amenca ExpJsitlOns have not been over-done there a" they have here. American entelprI"e IS well recog-nized aJbroad, anJ the rapId progress of thIS country has at-tracted the attention of the entire world Thus, an AmerIcan expositIOn held in the heart of Europe, WIll he of mestimable \ alue to the manufacturer and business man in that It WIll give him an opportu111ty to show and to demonstrate to a receptive audience what has been accomplished in the Ul11ted States along every line of endeavor" Panama Canal "Has Been Dug." Reports from \\T ashmgton state that th e Panama Canal a<, orIgmally planned and adopted by Congre"" has been 2S .. -..... -- - ..-- - -.. Grand Rapids Crescent THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH . Built with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptIve mformation. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS '--~----_._._OF._G._RA._ND- RAPIDS, MICH. _. _. _. ------- -------~ &.. - •••••••• .... dug This plan contemplated a total excavatIOn of 103,795, 000 cubIC yards of earth The ~Iand total of excavatIOn ac-compltshed to the end of 1\1alch last was 103,20S,666 cubIC yards, or wlthm 590,004 of the total excavatIOn reqUIred Ohanges m the plans made subsequently by order of the \\ ar Department, however, mcreased the total amount of excavatIOn to 174,666,594 cubIC yards Only about 70,000,000 cubIC yarJs therefore rem am to be excavated A..ctlve exca-vation work on a large ~cale did not begin untd 1907, and neatly the entIre excavatIOn called for under the orIgmal plan has been accomp1Jshed m three and a quarter years The ~ orth Branch (1\1lch) l'url11ture company ha" been mcorporated Capital stock, $4,000 ' -------_._--_._------------------_._----- Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manage~r Manufacturing Trades Dep't. 1--,_. ,__..__. ._. • • , • _ •• • • •• •• It •• * ... -----------_._._--- - . . ... Manufacturers of Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Furniture Association Minnesota Retail Dealers' OFFICERs-PresIdent J R Taylor, Lake Benton Mlnn Vice PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MlUn Secretary, W L Grapp JanesvIlle, Mlnn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman Geo Klein, Mankato, MUIn, 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mlnn, W. L Harns Mmneapohs, Mmn I C Dalllelo;otl, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 106. \'\T e present you thIs ~ eek wIth IllustratIOns from ['27 ~ hlch ha, e been tried out m fifteen chfferent stores and ha, e proven to be thc l11"Ostall-around ;,attslactory table that we could 1l11d \\ hl1e :)on md, be dble to get some tables that look slmlldr to these \ve klliH\ b, comparison that you cannot get any better table, ,1t dn\ prlCC tha11 these drc Thcreto! e, ~ e want C\ ery membel to try a few as the tables ~ III speak for themseh es when vou get them These tables Me priced fob ChIcago If you put a few of these on your floor, ,ou ne\ er nccd to fe,lr mall at der competitIOn Send your orders to tbe ,ecretar:; Tanes\ dlc, :\Imn, and comply with assoCIatIOn rules F27 No 006 Plam oak, ,!;olden oak fimsh 1Vz mch legs Glo,",s fimsh 24" 24 mch top PrlCC, I 0 b. Clllcago, V/ood Foot, $105, Glas" Foot, $1.55 l<27 :1\0 41 28 x 28 mch top Qual-tered oak or golden oak Hand rub bed and pohshed top Pnce fob ChIcago, Wood Foot $355, Gl.l'i' Foot, $455 127 '\ n 26 (,olden oak 12 x 12 mch top GIn" 11111,h 30 mches hlgh PrJcc lob (1111 ago, $1,60 F27 No 01 24 x 24 mch quartered oak top, golden oak fimsh, gloss Price fob ChIcago, Wood Foot, $144, Glas" Foot, $194. F27 '\ ° 36 (,olden °lk or qllar tercd oak 12 x 12 mch top 32 111- ches hIgh. Pohsh fimsh Pnce f o b ChICdgo, $2 78 F27 No 34 28 x 28 mch top Quartered oak, golden odk or ma-hogany Hand rubbed and puhshed Price, fob ChIcago, $7 56 SEND ALL ORDERS TO THE SECRETARY, JANESVILLE, MINN. Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association. BULLETIN No. 107. HIGH CLASS LIBRARY TABLES. In pre'ientmg you thIs lme of lIbrary table'i we feel} ou wIll not realIze what bar gam'i they dre untIl you see the qualIty, fil1l'ih and constructIOn They are m e, ery way hIgh class good" and the sellmg qUdlItles of these ha\ e been tned out 111tbe ld"t SIX months 111twenty of OUI dIfferent members' sto! es Tn all ea'ies, they l1<\ve reported tbat they dl e wIthout que"tlOn the be'it l111eof IIbl anes they wel e ever db1c to buy dt even a much hlghel pnee These tables are ,tll fob ChIcago, and the fdLtory can make prompt shIpment We h,lve abo arranged a complete 'iet of advertlsmg Ul1lts of each one of these tables wIth tbe deSCrIption dttached vYe ",ant to urge our members to use them as much as they pO~'ilbly can, knowmg the help they wIll bnng to our mem-bers These Ul1lts are dll made up wIth hand drawmg cuts whIch WIll gIve a clear-cut pIcture, no matter ho" coarse the mk nO! how coarse the paper IS upon whIch they dre prInted You WIll note tbat our pnces on these arc "orne less than when they were first bulletmed whIch goes to show what volume docs We are trYIng to make tll1" factory account so good thdt It '\'\111brIng us still further savmg 1hIS can easIly be done If all of our members WIll put them on theIr floor, Send all orders to the secretary, JaneWllle, M1I111, and comply wIth assocIatIOn rules It takes a week to ten days to make deln ery Yours for hearty co operdtlon, THI: BUYING COMMITTI:E F27 No 45 Quartered oak top Golden oak fil1lsh 36 x 24 meh top Rubbed dnd polIshed top Pnee, fob ChIcago, $473 F 27 No 56 Golden oak or quartered oak 44 x 28 meh top Hand rubbed and polIshed fil1lsh 5Y;; meh legs Pnee, fob ChIcago, $11 57 ['27 No 02 Golden oak or quartered oak, gloss h111'ih 24 x 24 l11eh top Pnee, fob CIlIeago, $227 };27 No 35 QUdl tel ed oak top, golden oak 11111"h 40 x 26 wch top hdud rubbed ,ll1c1 polIshed Pnce f o b Chle,lgo, $655 F27 No 405 Quartered oak, band rubbed and pol- Ished Pnce, fob ChIcago, $1393 MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ASSOCIA TION---Bulletin No. 108. ADVERTISING HELPS. Your eommlttce on ach ertls111g IS hnd111J tlldl 111 01 (Ill \0 ~(\ ld veltls111" unIts fOI ,tll thc Ilcms "c hdndle I' d tlcl11cncl,l\' lob ll](1 wl1l be cal ned out only ,10 LIst as dS~olldtlOn fund, \\ III \\ 111 l11t In(l IlllJ1c!tnQ. to the ,UppO! I thdt thIs movemcnt get" VI hy not 01 clcr ,ome 01 the fe llC)\\ 1116 umts and 1.1) them out In your ddvHtlS111g thIS c 1111n,--month) It) Ol\ \\ III onl) gct a fcw no\\, Wl Id10w thdt you \\ III 'oon bCg111 to Ildl1/c thc hclp that thIS U11lt syote111 bnng'3 ) au r 27 No OOb IhlS pallor 'land IS made of nlam oal, golden oak fimsh It IS fim~hed m gloss The top IS 24 ,24 mche~ TI,e 10" er shelf Ib roomy and the legs al e neatlv t rned The stock and fimsh ale e,ceJlf'nt and the deSIgn "\ery artistIC" vV,th t,pe 40t ",thout Pncf' fob ChIcago ,Vood foot Glass foot t'pe 25c r 27 No 36 ThIS pedes tal I~ made of golden oak 01 quar-tf'red oal, polIsh fimsh Top IS ] 2, ]2 In C he S and It IS 32 mches hIgh The can structlon J '" hIgh gladf' thrnout It IS a good p r act I c al pIece WIth tvpe 40c ,'Vlthout hpe 25c Pnce fob Clllcago $2.78 F27 No 34 'lllls pedestal table 1 q made m qual tered oak golden oak or mahogany 1 he top IS 25 x 28 mches It IS 11and 1ubbed and polIshed 'rhl~ IS a good senslblf' deSign beSIdes beIng "\er\ artIstic WIth type, 40c WIthout type 25c Pnce, fob ChICago $7.56 $105 1.55 F 25 No 26 ThIS pedestal 's trade, of golden oak It IS fimshed m gloss The top IS 12 x 12 m ches and It IS 10 mches hIgh ThIS IS a good practlcal piece I' _, " 11\ 1hl-- llttlc padol ~tand Ie::. \' (11 111'1(1(' of golden oak or "'t\ Ith '1 qual terpd oak top The top IS 24, '4 mehes It 1 __ fimshed In glo ...s.. and 11'1<;"a good "'lzed 10" er I shelf The It g __ ,ue hea,' turned A good o;;;;trong <;;,ten'SIble table "nil t\]H In, !lll( E' f 0 1) ( "o(Hl f I( t Glq ......, f( It " 1tllou t t, pe 23c hHag-o \Vlth type PrIce f 0 10, ,Vlthout type 25c b ChIcago $1.60 $1.44 1.94 r 27 No 4'> TIllS llbrary table is well made of quartered oak The top IS 36 x 24 mches It has a hand rubbed and pollsh fimsh The large lower shelf IS of extra SIze There IS a drawer under the top ThIS table IS ., ery heavy and the constructIOn IS of the best It WIll last for years The lower part IS well braced This IS a good sensIble deSIgn and a practIcal SIze F 2, '0 H I hl'o table IS made of (I lal tel eel oah 01 golden oak The top 1'-. g-O(Hl <;;;I7e beIng 28,- 28 Inches It 1<;;' hand I ubhed and poh<;;;hed The urn 1 .... heR\ \ and It ha..... '1 lllge shelf 1111'-. 1'" a \eI\ ...I.n ....Ible d..'" "ell ao;; an al tI'3tH PICl( ",th t, pc 10( ",thout t, pe, 25c PrI( e fob Clllcago $4.48 ,Vllh type 40c WIthout type, 25c PrIce fob Ch,cago . $4.73 1'" - .......0 j rlil ....laIge- quartered cd.k taJ>lt-' 1 d'" 1 14- '. _~ Inch top It has d del D 11111 lad d dla\,"pr The legs ale e'-tla Ilea\' a ..... the'j are made of e, tl a hea,.. ..,tock thruout The de'-.lgn 1.... e ...c..e..edlngl' artIstIC and It 1'" a ,f'r, PIRctlCcll <;;;Ize It 1<;;; hand 1 ubhed lnd poh ...h.ed One of the ...e. tlhl("~ "ltll t,\o 01 thlf)(> hea" (llRll.., to lllc1tl11 ,\ ould 111'1h.€ '1 ,er' Lttl a( tn f' 111nal') set 'llle giain 111 till", t'1bh 1 .... ('\.tla fine :B 27 No 105 Tllls genume quar-tered oak table ha' a large 48 x 28 mch oval shaped ton heavy legs and a large dra" er It IS hand rub bed and pollshed Very massIve and I hea' v It IS 11lgh gratia m every " a, and IS gotten up m a plam, rIch, colomal btyle It ha~ a deep rIm "Ith drawer and a lower shelf ThIS 1~ a large very substantIal and shape- Iv table - _~ 1 ,V,th t, pe Pllce, f 0 10c WIthout type 25c b ChIcago $11.57 WIth t,pe, 40c WIthout type, 25c PrIce, fob Chicago ....••.. $13.93 CANADIANS ARE SUSPICIOUS. WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 But Generally They Approve the Suggestion for a "Get-Together" Conference. The editonal from the N ew York CommercIal, publIshed in the \Veekly ArtIsan last Satm day, "uggestlllg that priOl to the fOJ1mal conference between offiCIals of the DomllllOn and the Ulllted State~ lookmg to the negotIatIOn of a recIprocity treaty or trade conventIOn between the two nations a conven-tIOn be called at Montreal of representatIves of manufacturers busmess intelests of Canada and thIs countIy to take actIOn on "\anoue; quee;tlOTI<;that would be helpful to the government officIal" met WIth general approval fIam the press anJ the bu"mess people "across the lIne" However, the approval IS not unanimous over there as IS shown by the followmg letter to the New York paper from a promment manufacturer of ::YIontreal who probably expre"se~ the vievv s or feelings of many CanadIan manufacturers: EdItor, ~ew YOlk CommercIal Sl1-1 am m hearty "ympathy with an} thing that mIght lead to closel relatIOne; WIth our respectIve natIOns, if on a mutually advantageous basis, but must confess some doubt as to the punty of your motIves m thIS case Thl s doubt IS ]u",tIfied by our past treatment at \¥ashmgtol1 and by your frank statement that our market and resources look good to you Your pa.,t selfine'iS as a natIOn 11d~hleped ue; to grow up, and you must not be Impatient of om present attltuJe If It infers abIlIty to stand alone Pere;onally, I would be plea,ed to see the convention held, as a large number of your busl11ess men would come m per"onal contact WIth our" and learn our pomt of vIew \Ve once thought we could not eXIst WIthout your markets, but yom delegates WIll find that am honzon has bloadened so much that we may not properly apprecIate your benevolence As to your sugge",tion that the conventIOn be called under the auspices of the CanadIan Manufacturers' associatIon, the Idea IS beautIful and worthy of the Golden !\ge, but I doubt If the Candadldn manufacturel s are fal enongh advanced to mVlte your manufactm ere; to a banquet where their own heads will be offel ed a" the pIece de re"ls.tance I do not want to seem to elJscam ag e so vast a step toward the mIllenlt1m but I be-lteve that on cloe;el study of Canddlan condItIon:'> y au WIll find that we hay e grown too tough to eat even when CO\ered by your almost irresist<Lble flattery an,l that the best and only way to get on board now IS to come 0\ er and help us develop up, and you can be ,nre of a most hearty welcome-for we lJke yOU lots, a" mdlvldual s J 1I SlmRRARD 1\Jonilcal, C anacla, \pril 18, 1910 Pleads "Guilty." Commentmg on l\Jr Sherrard's leiter the New York paper says "The CommercIal can easIly put Itself m thIS CanadIan manufacturer's place, see Jnst how we look to 111mand appre- CIate his feelIngs on the situatIOn It i", a matter of history that our abrogatIOn of the la"t commercial treaty with the DominIOn forty-four years ago was almost an insult in the manner of ItS proJectIOn, since then we have never met Can-ada anywhel e near half-way m any steps for recIproCIty; and we have been e;elfi..,h, If not posItIvely hoggIsh at tImes \Ve "acknowledge the corn" Hone'lt confeSSIOn is gOBd for the soul "It is tl ue also that Canada could much better afford to worry along without our American markets than we could without hers For the last three years our sales to Canada were more than double her sales to us-$526,976,21O, as agamst $239, 541, 688 But Canada meantIme has been buIld-mg up other foreIgn malkets, and her commerCIal hOl'lzon has certal111y bl oadened, It IS fast comprehenchng the world-mar-kets "And, all these thmg, being conceded, why shouldn't the Canaehan manufacturers take kmdly to the proposed mter-natIOnal commelClal conventIOn, get our delegates from every State of the PnlOn over 111 Monheal and tell them all these plam facts, no mattel how dlsagl eeable or uncomplimentary, at close range-"ngiht to theIr faces," as It were? That is just what we Yankees would want to do were the condItions and cilcumstances rever",ed The average American ltkes things to be called by theil nght names, and all the world knowe; that the aver<lJge Bllton or Canuck ltkes so to call them In no better way-perhaps m no other way-coulel these two sets of business neIghbors get together and learn what would be moe;t desiralble for both in the ltne of trade reciprOCIty "A", to the suggestIOn that the CanadIans would ne\ er consent to parhC'lpatmg 111 a conference 111 whICh they might be "ealten up," our correspondent IS far too mode~t He fears that 111e;fellow countrymen could not be trusted to come out of "uch a gathellng wlt1h tlhelr head:'> on We have It from one Paulus J OVIUS,who u:'>eJ to do stunts in hlstory-wntmg away back about Anno Dommt 1540, that "the whole Eng-lte; h nation, beyond all othel mortal men, i", mOSit gIven to banqueting and feasts" "The CanadIans of thl" day dnd generatIOn must have 111htllted that predIspOSItIOn to feastll1g If thel e IS anythll1g edIble in SIght, they are pI etty sure to take It in We Yankees al e by no means tender-foots-but vve may be tender-headeJ And the ~hances are that fmm an ll1ternatlOnal conference ,uch as hae; been e;uggested our delegate:'> would come home headless instead of havll1g their stomachs lIned with CanadIan pate" nut let's put the thing to a tee;t, any way" MIchIgan IS ll1c1uJed 111 the lIst of e;tates from whICh the CommercIal hae; recelY ed approval of ItS suggestIOn by manu-facturere; and pI oml nent an c1finanClal men New Factories. (;eorete G Gllffith & Son are to establI"h a new furlllttll e b factOly at Muncie, Tnd The \Vllght Cabll1et COl11pdlly have establIshed a furnI-ture factory at Nevada, Io-wa, Tihe Peona TIeddll1g company IS a llew concern located in the old patte! y build111g ,Peona, 111 ]lhe TaylOl Bedehng company wtll manufacture mat-tree; se;;, etc, at Taylor, Tex CapItal stock, $12,000 The EclIpse Metal Bed company, capItalIzed at $5,000 WIll manufactm e bede;, cnbe;, eraelles, etc, 111 New York John \Vlalser, 0 C SchmIdt, Leonal d Koerber and Fredenck Daub dre makll1g an angements to establI:,h a fur-nlttll e factory at Elora, near BerlIn, Ont, The Chamber of Commerce of OrOVIlle, Cal, ie; to furn- I"h a site for a fur11lture factory to be e'3tablished in that town by the Butte County Pll1e and Hardwood company The Commercial Club of Orange, Tex, are negotiating for the establIshment of a furnIture factory in that town, WIth good prospects for cloe;ing a deal wllth a northern 00n-celn that has been looking for a nevv locatIOn The Sammett-Fogg company of Boston, bec1dll1g manu-factm ers, have organIzed an aUXIlIary company WIth $25,000 paId up capItal to establie;h a factOly in PhiladelphIa, from whIch they WIll supply their trade in Pennsylvania and the South 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- -._. _ ...._----,----------_._-.----_-------_._---- -----. --.. , NO OTHER SANDER No. 111 Patented Sand &elt Machine. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No.i71 Sander produces a fmish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Catalog liE" .. -. .I. Rugs Six Hundred Years Old. Joseph \\ dd & Co l~ltth a\ enue and Thlft) -fitth "treet, N ew York, have on e'Chlbltlon a collectIOn contdl11lng "orne of the oldest ru~" 111 C'.htence most of them be1J1g of Chlllese ongl11 The collectIOn I" of pecuhal l11teJ<>t and contalll" several <;peClmens "hlch \\ ould not "eelll out ot plale 111 a museum, rug" WO\ en dUl111g the :,I1l1~ D) na"t\, bet\\ een 1368 and 1644, whIch onS;111all) \\ ere <;plead mer "ome altar or were part of the fur11lshlt1g of a parlor The) are beautltul pIeces of work, in a perfect state of preserv atlOn, and are III the nchest of colonng, 'loft 01,1 blues, 1\ ones, deep ) ello\\ s and peach blow tones prevaJ1111g In onh one or t\\ 0 are e\ 1- dent, the bri1hant color" usually a""oclated \\ Ith Chlllese art at blue \\ Ith man) figure<; in blue anJ brownish and yellow "hades n -\nother hand"ome rug ha:, a ground of deep yellow wIth a p1J1kl"h tone and blue and Ivor} III the figure:, and a rich border of th(' blue One large central cIrcle and four small ones each conta1J1ll1£; d deSIgn in blUIsh tones ornament a rug at txqulslte pedch blO\\ ground A Baltimore Factory. On e of the finest factories 111 DaltimOl e b that of Leven- ~on & Zellltl at 3 ~orth Gay street They make parlor furn~- tt1le couche" ml""lon fUl11ltUle, davenports and a large line 1 ) _..-/ '-- ) ONE OF THE PROMINENT FURNITURE FAOTORIES IN BALTIMORE, MD. Most of the rugs have a centrdl oblong portIOn at a hght tone wIth scattered figure:, and a border at the old blue \\ Ith floral, Svva3tlkJa or other com entlOnal de"lgn, and III almo"t every case the exact center of the oblong I" mal ked h) a large cIrcle. The dragon, the tea plant and reproductIOns of the Jade Images of "gla\ e foods" placed 111 the JO"" house" are faVOrIte symbols. In one rarely beaUtiful speCImen, about 250 ) ears old, valued at $3,500, all the figures are placed upnght, d" 111 a painting A blue dragon I11hablb the center cIrcle On background of softest IVory are tea plants, \ a<;es. frUIts and other obj ects, mostly 111 blUIsh tones There b a tnple horder at leathel JUl11lture They are the ong1l1ators of the patent l'ullmdn beel the) make for the southern states at pnces I dl1g1l1g from $18 to $50 They also make a large 1l11e of church lodge and club room furniture, of whIch they is"ue a sepdrate catalogue They have the best of equIpment for mak1l1g tht 11 hnes and have recently est:a~lisheel a wareroom on Frederick street C E Hooper of San Antol1lo, Tex., b one of their <;ale<;men. covenng southwestern territory. The b ~",t man at a wedding is the fellow who isn't get-tmg marned - - - --------------.., MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS J W Bowman IS a new undertaker at Braymer, 1\10 George J Kaber has purohased the retaIl furnIture husi-nes" of J C Shafer at As'>umption, III H. B & J B LaIng have succeeded :;vr E Glea'>on, furni-ture and hardware dealeI, of Ely, l'vhnn o E Perry has closed out hi" furniture Ibusiness at Albany, Ore, and movecl to Newport, same state The Rogers FurnIture company of Texarkana, Ark, have reduced then capItal stock from $50,000 to $40,000 The Hammoncl-Brown-VV all Furmture company of Spar-tanbmg have opened a branch store at Eevsley, S C D. Sommers & Co, house furmshesr of Indlanapolts, Ind , hay e incorporated With capital stock fixed at $150,000 Halgus & Andrews have succeeded C D. Buckmann, in the furnIture and undertakIng bus111es'> at Emmet, Idaho The fluft rug factory recently establtshed at Marquette, Mich, i" 1 eported as having more bUSIness than they can handle J A Gillison, undertaker, of Owensboro, Ky, is suc-ceed ed by the J\Itller-Gdlt '>on Undertak111g company Incor-porated N. G. Vander Linde, furniture dealer and undertaker of Muskegon, Mich , has chsposed of his stock and retired from bu"ine'>s :t\ N Littlefield ha" bought a half Interest in the furni-ture "tore of Sandltn & Bngman, FItzgerald, Ga, Mr Bng-man retIr111g n Engel has closed out his furmture business at Bo"ton, Ga, and moved to Thomasville, where he wIll open a new furn ture store. C. M Pace, a banker, has purchased an interest in the People's FUlmture company of Roanoke, Va, and has taken charge of the store. L F. Shank, undertaker of Des M01l1es, Ia, has sold out to J \V Patnck, who has consoltdated the busmess WIth another undertakUlg firm . The Meyers-Spattl manufacturing company of Houston, TeA, mattresse" and bedd111g, have 111creaserl their capitdl '>tock from $300,000 to $350,000 \\ Illard Bal nhart, presIdent of the Nelson-Matter Furni-ture compan), and famIly have returned to Gland RapIds from their WIntel home 111 Altadena, Cal. George Story, a retIreel furmture man of Grand Rapids, MIlh , dled on Apnl 17, aged 59 years He has been a resi-dent of the Furmtme CtIy "mce 1875 The Globe VI'>e and Truck company of Grand Rapids is workmg on an order of forty trucks for one of the promInent manufactunng compames of that CIty The Gldclmg,> block, DanvIlle, Ill, IS beIng remodeled for the me of the Hub Furmture company, at a CO'it of $15,000 mcludmg $3,500 for a pl3!te glass front The Lashlee FurnIture company, dealers of Camden, Tenn, have made an assignment WIth ltabIlities amountmg to about $800 ancl assets estImated at $1,100 Albert L Lindholm, presIdent of the Lmdholm Furniture company, San FranCISCO, Cal, was robbed of $160 by pick-pockets, whIle ndmg on a Market "treet car. The vVallager Manufactunng company of Milwaukee, \;Vi" , have the contract for mak1l1g the furniture for the post-office in Los Angeles, Cal TheIr bId was $48,198. ScheIn & \VIener, furniture dealers of 1531 Third avenue, N evv York, have settled WIth their credItors and the bank-ruptcy proceedings aga1l1st them have been dIsmissed The stock of furnitture owned by W B Anderson of Angleton. Tex. whose bu"iness was recently placed 111 the hands of a receIver, has been sold at auctIOn for 2651z cents on the dollar, of the inventoriecl value The retail furnIture dulers of Salt Lake CIty have "igned an agreement to close then "tores at 6 o'clock on Saturday" the same a" other evenings and to close at 1 o'clock on Saturdays dunng June, July and August Royal Beal, who for forty years conducted a furnIture factory at Oxfordvdle, N II, dIed at the home of hIS son Frank J. Beal of Plymouth, Mass, on Apnl 16, aged 92 years He was well known as the Ulventor of the band saw Edgar C Graves for thIrty years a member of the firm of P H Graves & Son, furniture dealer" of Waltham, Mass, has sold his interest m thatt hou.,e anel gone to Lynn, Mass, where he takes the pOSItIon of presldent and manager of the Symonds Furmture company. The Colomal Furmture company, recently orgamzed m Grand Rapids, with $5,000 capltal stock, "ucceeds an 1l1dl- VIdual who has been engaged 111 the manufacture of piano benches on a modest scale The company Will contInue the business TheIr shop lS in the hland company's butld1l1g The Hood & \v heeler Furl11tUle company of BIrm1l1g-ham, Ala, has been 1l1corporated With capltal stock Itmited to $50,000 all paid In The Wheeler Ulterest seems to have been albsorbed by the Hoods James Hood is preSIdent and treasurer, Rosa C Hood, vIce1plesldent and Mant Hood secre-tary The Kunzelmann-E,,'>er Furniture company, dealers, of MIlwaukee, WIS, are erect1l1g an elght-stroy bnck and con-crete buIlding at the corner of MItchell street and Second avenue, south side. It wdl be one of the largest and most con-venient bus1l1ess bUlldmgs in the city and WIll be ready for occupancy 111September Henry J Nelson, the oldest furniture dealer in Bur11l1g-ton, Vt, and probably the oldest 111 New England, dIed on Apnl 10, aged 69 years He had been m the bus1l1ess since he was a boy of 18 years He was born 111 Burltngton 111 1841, had always Itved withm 20 rod.., of hIS bIrthplace and had done busllless at the "ame stand for over 50 years The Ohio Casket company, Columbth, 0, has been or ganized WIth $30,000 capItal stock The new company take'> over the property of the CapItal CIty Casket company, re-cently sold at bankruptcy sale, WhICh WIll be put in '>hape at once for the manufactm e of all kinds of coffins and caskets The officers are J A Cheney, presldent, \V S Hatcher, 'lce-presIdent, C MAnderson, "ecretary-treasurer and gene-ral manager ... •• _. a_ •• __ e - ••••••• _. we •• __ ., WOOD rORninO (UTHR~ As only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes Into contact With the lumber, there is no friction or burn- Ing of the mouldings 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 size to suit your machine spindles. Let us have your speCifications. For odd work not found In our catalogue send a wood sample or draWing. SAMUEL J. SmMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, Sidmg, Doors, Sash, etc. ....... - _._--- .. ._", 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ . Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. Clean, medium priced line of Buffets and Chma Closets for territory east of Buffalo, N. Y., to Portland, Me, and south to Norfolk, Va., by a well known experienced salesman. Address "Results" 342 Sumner Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. 4-23 4-30. EXPERIENCED BRASS BED SALESMAN Is open for clean cut, snappy, up-to-date lme to sell in cItIes of Atlantic coast states from Portland, Me., to Norfolk, Va Address "Ecce Homo", care 1238 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N Y SALESMAN WANTED To sell on commission a good lme of Buffets and Sideboards, havmg an establIshed trade m MiSSOUri, Kansas and Ne..l braska. Address A. B C., care Weekly Artisan. 4-23 WANTED On salary or commiSSion a lIne to sell m OhIO, West Vir-ginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D. C, by a salesman with establIshed trade of more than 20 years. Ad-dress "L. G.", care Weekly Artisan. 4-23tf. SALEMAN Travelmg New York, New England and South to Vlrgima, wants representatIve lme of Dressers and Chiffoniers. Ad-dress "Note Bene" 511 W. 21st St., New York City. 4-23 4-30. WANTED. Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mall. Our course of instruction IS just the thing for superintendents, foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing, Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o.w. tf WANTED. Salesman. If you are not making $10 dally sell our lIne of Rocking Chairs and Novelties to Furmture Department Stores. 15 per cent commission. Address Box 291 Cas-torland, N. Y. 4-16tf WANTED. Position as commercial photographer of furniture by a prac-tical, competent man. Ten years' experience. Best of refer-ence. Address J. H. Packer, care Times Union, Jacksonville, Fla. 1-22tf • New York Markets New YOl k, \])111 22-L1l1~ceel 011 h held f1ll1lh at the lug h pnce~ e:ota!Jh "heel la"t \\ eek Dealer ....a 1 t pI eChLtlIlg a b1eak but C1u sheh ref the to make concession ~ dnJ thc trad( IS of d. hand-to-mouth nature The quotdtJl)n~ .11 e not ba~ed on \Veste1n la\\ \\lm:'h ,tand" at 83 @ 8-\- tenh Llt\ la\\ I~ quodted a cent hle,he1 .md slIlgle bOlled and douhle hOlled a1 e quoted at the same fie,m es-8:; @ 86 cent ~-01 \\ It111I1tom cents of the pnce of the Calcutta pi oeluct Varni:oh gum~ ~ho\\ more actl\ It\ than tor ~e\ clalnwnth;, Thele IS con"lJeldhlt lllqt1ln tor pcllleh ot thc hetiel gldclc~ to dlnve [elm I, '\0 1, I" quoted at 18 @ -\-.J cent,. \u 2 25 @ 32, \0 3,1:; @ 18 D.lmar-Data\ld.13 0J I-\- \landa, pale, IS @ 18, dl11hel, 13 @ 15 ~1l1gapole 8 @ U}'i Shellac IS dull Buyel ~ and sellers do not agree on pnces cxcept fm small lots and thel e al e frequent conces- SlOns from Vhe ca1d rate;, which have not been changed ma-ten all} for a month or more The turpent1l1e market ma\ bc te1med Ccl~\ tho\15h p11ce..., alC qUIte steady 62 @ o2~ hC1e and tillce cenb 10\\CI at Savannah Receipt, of goahkins ha\ e been qt1lte hberal 1 )11.., \\ eck. especIally Lat1l1- \mencans, hut nea1ly all a1e reported a~ ~oLl upon an 1\ al and pi Ices are firm today, though lower than a week ago MeXican frontlets are quoted at 31 @ 32 cents, Duenas A.yre-., 40 @ -H, Payta'o, 4230 @ 43 ,\Iontere}, ram- IPICO-.,etc, -t4 @ -\-:;, San Lm-., Zacatecas, etc, 45 @ 46 Vela Cruz, 48 @ 50 The burlap husllless cont1l1ues dull-almost hfeless Bag manufacturer, are not huy lllg at present The quotations in ..., the open market are 325 for eig1ht-ounce and 42S for 10.0- ounce Calcutta goods, but the figures are frequently shaded on actual tran:oactlOns ~heet Zlnc IS firm at last weeks quotatlOllS $775 per 100 pounds fob Peru, Ill, extl as and ,11scounts unchanged Kiel.Kipp Deal in the Courts. The deal maJe la~t fall by which the K leI Furlllture com-pany at K1el. \\ lS, purchased the property and Ibusmess of the B \ Klpp company of :1I1lwaukee, has resuLted in liti-gatJon The \Itlwaukee papers state that B A Kipp has brought smt agd111st J B Laun and A VI! Dassler for the perfOll1lance at a contract alleged to have been enrtered into Sept 9 1909. b} \\ hlth the defendants, who are owners of the KId l~llfl11tnre company, agreed to purchase the assets and ~t()ck at the 13 -\ KIPP company, and to take over the contlOl of the company The pla111tJff states that the trans-fer of the pi opert}
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49. Weekly Artisan; 1909-10-30

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRANO RAPIJ)S PnnT ED P)y J L~. I _ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••OCTOBER 30. 1909 • • .... • • _. --- • • a - • • • - • ----. • - - •••• • ---------~ Patented Sanding Machines 100 PER CENT TO 200 PER CENT PROFIT PER ANNUM Hundreds of manufacturers are us-ing these machines, sanding WITH THE GRAIN and producing the highest polish obtainable without re-touching by hand the following: Flat surfaces, mirror frames, round, oval, any shape; drawer rails, base rails, drawer fronts, serpentine, ogee, round or swell; straight veneered or cross veneered; ogee, round, bevel or straight edges of dresser or table tops, or round, square or scrolled patterns; table rims, dresser posts; veneered rollsor columns;straight, ogee or rounded mouldings; raised surfaces of panels; spirals of table legs; curtain slats for roll top desks; spindle carvings; French table legs, etc., etc. II I ! No. 171 Sand Belt Machine. No. 173·.. Sand Belt MachiDe. No 167 Sand Belt Machine. No. 173 Sander. Write for CATALOG "E" WYSONG & MILES CO. Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. .. .. 1 . .. .-.- . -- .--_._------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 350 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 2008 buyers will place orders in FOURTEEN·ELEVEN during the January mlXket, and another 2XlO will buy here during the spring months. That is 4000 opportunities for you to do business it you will exhibit your samptes 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 dothe rest. Floor plan showing space available for 1910 sent on application. THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN COMPANY 1411 Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO, 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ARE YOU LOOKING fOR MORE BUSINESS? THEN SHOW YOUR LINE WUERE AN EXUIBIT BRINGS BUSINESS THE KLINGMAN FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING. The Klingman Building, erected in 1898 for the purpose of exhibiting furniture, has been an unqualified success from the start, and has demonstrated, more than any other building, the fact that bringing a line to market is not only the best way to advertise it, but to sell it as well. A good line may sell itself, but buyers must see it first and learn its merits. The time is past when discriminative buyers are satisfied with making their selections from photographs, and they now demand seeing the goods. The large number of successful manufacturers who have been showing their lines continuously in this building for the past five or even ten years with a steadily increasing business is positive evidence that an exhibit here is no experiment, but the most satisfactory way of marketing the product of a factory. You who are making a good line for the money, why not join the "live wires" showing here? ADDRESS ALL INQUIRIES TO Tlte Furniture Exhif,ition Building Co. of Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 1------- I I 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~------------- ---- -------., II I• I I•••• I•• I II II IIII I I II IIIIII II II IIIII ._----- ._. ----- ----------- THE LUCE LINE LUCE FURNITURE CO. II• III L --------------- ••••••• j Manv New Patterns in Dming Room and Bedroom Furmture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. r'LUCE~REDM6NO--CHAII~--CO.,---Ltd.-l I BIG RAPIDS. MICHIGAN I MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, BITch, BiTd',.eye Maple, OlJartered Oak and ClrcasSlan Walnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufacturers' Buading, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids . ........--_ __ --- - - -- .....--------------------~ GRANO RP..?IDS unnT )l) \ lilT j , ):L!J 30th Year-No. 18 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 30, 1909 Issued Weekly ADVANTAGES OF INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE EIllployers Should Co-operate With EIllployes in Organizing and Maintaining Sick, Accident and Death Benefit Societies or Associations. The Fountam Street Baptist Church of Grand RapFls, :\1lch, ha" an auxl!lary organlzatlOn known as the Class m Apphed Chn"tlamty whIch meet" on Sunday afternoons for the study and dISCU'3"lOn of 1l1dustnal and economic prob-lemb from a rehglOu" or altrm'>tlc "tandpo111t The dlscu'3- SlOns are ubually led by members of the class who read pa-pers or dehver addres"es on vanous tOpIC'> and the meet111gs have become sO popular that they are frequently attended by outsIders-by tho"e who are not memberb of the class nor of the church orga11lZatlOn Labt Sunday the cla"" heard an address that was of bpeclal 1l1terebt to manufac-turerb, merchantb and other employers It wa", glVen by VIctor l\1 TuthIll of the firm of Baldwm, TuthIll & Bolt-on, the V\ell known makers of ",aV\ fitting and filmg room mach111elY, on "Benefit Plans of Employer" as Related to ::'Ick, ACCIdent and Death Benefits, PenslOn.." Etc ," In the courbe of whIch he saId "Benefit plans conducted by employers, whtle exceed- 1l1gly vallOUS 111mmor detatlb, may neverthele",s, be grouped mto a few general clabseb as follows (l) Local Reltef So-cIetIes In Factones, Storeb, etc , (2) Rehef and PenslOn Sys-tenb of RaIlway CorporatlOns, (3) ~Vlumclpal Pen"lon Sys-tems for po!lcemen, firemen, etc PensIon system for teach-ers, (4) PensIOn Sy"tems for the IT mted Stateb or of 111ch-v Idual state", (5) Compulsory 1n",urance under the ausplceb of the stdte, toward the tund for whIch employer a'3 well as employed, must contnbute It 1'3 qmte nnposslbe to treat all of the"e clab"es m the hmlted t1111e avaIlable and hence IllustratIOn and comment WIll be hmlted to the firbt two "A vast deal IS beIng done by employers 111many cltleb of the country, fal more than 1:0 generally uncler"tood l\loreover, the accomph"hment of employ er.., m the chrectlOn of general welfare V\ ark or even of 111surance welfare V\ ork, most of wInch 111 thl" country hab come about wlthm 25 years, holdb out gl eat promhC fOl the future, and It may not be antlclpat111g too much, perhaps, to look forward to a time whIch has already come In some of the European coun-tlles, when everyone WIth a wage below a mlmmum amount WIll be protected by compul..,or} m,>urance "The Frenchman, LeclaIre, wa" the first examplar of an Employer'" Benefit System Born near Pans In 1801, he was apprentIced to a Pan"lan house painter, '3et up for hnn"elf m 1827, developed a prospelous bU",111esb111contract pa111tmg and dIed m 1872 ledv111g a fortune of 1,200,000 francs Each employe of hIS receIved the hlghe"t \\ age paId to the pamter's craft, 111Pan'3, also a yearly bonus of from 12'1, to 247, , 111 cabe of '3lckneb.., 5 :rancs per day, In Cd"e of permanent dls-ablltty, a penblon of 1200 franc" per yeal and could at the eXpIratIOn of 20 yearb of serVIce, retne on such a pen"lon The sons of an employe were preferred as apprentIce", and at hIS death, 1,000 francs of hfe mwrance were paId to hIS heIrs and hl'3 funeral eX}lenses \\ ere defrayed by the LeclaIre company The standarcl of "kIll and the character of hi" workmen corresponded to these exceptIOnal advantageb Peace and good WIll rClgned 111hIS estabh"hment and ItS long career of prospenty has made thb man and the company he founded the beacon hghts of profit shanng elaborately de-veloped "There IS no lack of InbLuance avaIlable for the wage earner There are the fraternal ,>OCletleb and trade U1110ns,the Industnal and casualty compameb, prevlOu:oly de'3cnbed here, and supplementmg all these, al e the plans of the employers "There IS, however, a lack of concerted effort on the part of employers of labor 111 theIr efforts to reheve theIr em-ployes from the unfortunate stralb tn whIch they or theIr famlhes may be cast by Slckne"s, aCCIdent, old age or death Few employ ers are SO utterly regardless of the welfare of theIr men as to have no feehng of sympathy for them when they are overtaken by ml'3fol tune and e"peually not If the ml"fortune IS one toward whIch the employe has not con-tnbuted by habIts of vIce or undue extravagance The form'3 that rehef measures take are qmte vanous, rangmg all the way from a passmg of the hat 111bmall '3hops to an elaborate system of l11surance WIth benefitb based dIrectly on 111come and the consequent ablht} of the employc to pay fOl a modest 01 an adequate protectIOn "It I" certamly a faIr conchl"lOn, e\ en from a most cur '3ory study of the bltuatlOll, that the man of no resourCFS and small tncome and oftent11nes WIth a large famIly dI-rectly dependellt on hl'3 exertlOns, b the man most of all who needs protectlOll, eIther from hIS employer or sOClety or the state In Europe legIslation has had almobt entIre I} to do WIth thobe workmen who"e annual wage 1ecelpts arc equal to or less than a certalll amount Germany fixes that pomt at $476, England baseb the hIghest award on an an-nual wage of $487 Such In11ltatlon presuppo"es the ablhty of men occupyl11g hIgher posItions and hav111g a larger 111- come, of tak111g care of themselve'3 eIther by provld111g by G Instead of com pellmg It to seek them, not to mention a de-lIberate effort on the part of many to run away from Of dodge It when be1l1g sought Hundreds of mllllons of m-dustnal lll"urance are saId to be wntten each year, even at the extra\ agant rates of expense under whIch the bu,,111ess 1'0 conducted, pnnClpally because the charge for such 111sur-dnce beIng low It appeals to the agmg man who clutches at thl" sort of a '3traw as a mean" of afford111g some protectIOn to hIS 10\ ed ones" Aftel mentlO111ng the benefit orga111zatlons 111 some of the Grand RapIds factones, descnb111g thelf methods, work and general ..,uccess, J\Ir TuthIll cont111ued "~uch mutual ald socIeties are elementary schools of thnft, of brotherhood and of the future socIal pollcy whIch 1'3 growmg up around us The "tate does not recogl11ze theIr Importance and they havL nothmg m theIr make-up that partakes of sClentlfic msurance Somewhat more pretentlou" benefit assoCIatIOns are main-tamed mother Cltle" by larger employers of labor Among such may be mentlOned that mamtallled by the department store of Carson, Plfle Scott & Co, of ChIcago The mem-ber" are dl\lded 111tOtwo classes, (A) compo"ed of those re-cen lllg over $5 per week and (13) those recelv111g under $5 per week 1111tlatlOn fees respectively $1 and SOc, monthly clues 35c and 15c, "lck benefits $6 and $3 paId dunng Sl '( weeks after the first week, death benefits $100 or $50 In Apnl 1906 there were 1056 members and dunng 1905 there v, ere paId out for ..,Ick benefits, $3, 194, funeral expensps 5;100 mechcal attendance $14250, costs of admll1lstratlOll S75 50 chantable rehef $25 Of the members 394 partlci-pa teel In beneht" dunng 1905 Entire dIsbursements S111ce e..,tabh"hment at the fund, $20,870 "The aCh11l111strator of thIS fund states that the suc-ce~ s of the fund pro\ es that It IS deSIrable to secure SIckness InsUl ance at low co:>t, m order to be successful a benefit ",oClety must meet all clauns promptly after careful mvesti-gabon, \\ hat IS good for a few must be good for all wage workers, and therefore he recommends that the state levy a small tax on all employels accordmg to the number of the employed The premIums should be fixed by a competent actuan accordlllg to the rate" of wages paId From thIS ta,- a tund \\ ould fur111sh safel and cheaper SIckness and 111- \ alJcht) msurance and death benefits than could be furnIshed by fJ aternal orga111zatlOns "1 here are hundred" of other concerns work111g along "umlar 1111es such a" the SIegel, Cooper Company, Mont-gomery \\ ard & Co, Sear~ Roebuck & Co, SherW111 '01111- lams Company Cleveland Hardware Company, Brown Shall) & Co, r:"tey Organ Company, AllIs Chalmers Comp8ny 2\JTo-ltne Plow Company, the InternatIOnal Harvester CCll,pany, ~dam '0 & ~westlake Company (compulsory), Gorham :YI.lt1t'- factunng Company, Elgm NatIOnal vvatch Company, 1\'a_ tlOnal Ca"h RegIster Company, Atlas Eng1l1e Works, street rallway or tractIOn compa111es, etc 'Of these compa111es some contnbute toward the msur-ance fund, an amount that approxllnates or exceeds the sums ral"ed by a~"es"ment" from the employes "1he management of the Seal" Roebuck AssoClatlOn ad- 111ltS the deslrablhty of 111surance whIch has the generallty, safety and adequacy of the (,erman methods of pnvate m- ..,urance aSSOCIatIOn" oq;-a111zed under state laws, which at once make msurance obllgatory on all and prOVIde means for meetmg the obhgatlOns nut he hke most Amencan bus1l1ess men shnnk" from state 'compulsIOn,' though he clearly "ees that nothmg short of state reqUIrements WIll ever guarantee needed protectIon to all wageworkers '" " ~ "The years 1Q05 to 1908 show a marked mcrease in the WEEKLY ARTISAN habIt'=> of thnfts for SUItable protectIon mold ag e or bv buymg and paymg for m"urance In good dependable com-pa111e", or both "The busmess man and the profe'-,slOnal man, redhze the advantage" of hte mSlll ance and protect themseh es and theIr faml1Jes accO! cllngly The un"kllled lahorer and the skilled mechanIC may he a \\ are of the ach antal.; e.., but the ev pense IS too great for them tOl "uch, an m"urance at the lowest pOSSIble cost IS the only a\ enue of rehef and the rehef at most b often ,,0 small as to seem almost pltlahle 1t \\ould therefore seem that for the earner of a "mall annual wage, a compulsory form of state m"lll ance, so-called I" the be"t remedy, on the ground that It IS llkely to aff01d at a nom mal cost to the workman, a rehef \\ Ith the lea"t pOSSIble waste between the several payments and the final return to the msured The small wage earner of hmlted or no resources should be msUl ed whether he can afford It or not for the welfare of those clJrectly dependent upon 111m Hence It IS one of the great mdustnal plOhlem.., of the da\ to "ecure good rehable msurance tor the \\ age earner at the 10\\ e"t pOSSIble cost. "No one need" msurance as doe" the poor man and no one IS ,,0 prone to waste hls money on short 11\ed as"ess ment compallles, who"e low schedule of rates m\ Ite to mem-bershIp but wl11ch m so many mstances afford protectIon f 'r but a few year~ and then falhng, lea\ e hIm WIth an ll11pall ed phySIcal condItIOn :>uch that dependdble msurance can no longer be secured I tIS small comfort to a mechalllc to say that he has had protectlOn clunng these years at a nom-mal cost, has paId only for whdt he l.;ot and that he 1.0 out nothmg by a company" faIlure On the other hand It I'> probably only Just to the mdustnal compame" to say that many claIm" are paId by them whIch could be defeated by the terms of the pollcy \\ Ith the Industnal company the sale of m"urance and collectIOn of as"essments are a bu Sllle"s The compallles al e organIzed to make a profit and the meas-ure of that profit IS determmed by the amount at lllSUl ance wntten and by the relatlOn of receIpts to losses paId "I t IS not at all ..,0 WIth the benefit plans of emplo\ er~ The vanous factory m"urance plans, by whIch reterence IS made to aSSOCIatIOns composed of emplo\ e" m an 111dn1(1ual factory, orga111zed at the lllstance of the tactory management for the purpo"e of affordmg protectIOn to the \\ 01kmen I.., of the SImplest form of soclah"m because It contemplates the mllllmum of cost WIth no profit to anyone, and herem hes a fundamental rea:::.on for the fdllure of such forms of llbur-ance m certam III"tances "One of the pnnClpal hanchcap" to the organl/atlon an'l mamtenance of factory 111"mance compames hes m the fall that ,,0 many of the younger employes dre 1l1cllffelent to msurance by reason of havlnlS no one chrectl) dependent on them, whIle many of the older men already can \ m"ur ance In fJaternal socletle... 1nC0l1'e hmlb the amount of Insurance that any mdn can carry "However, there lS no questIOn that the em pIa) er,,' ben-efit assoCIatIOns "en e a good purpose and each one of them, m so fal as It can succes"fully contmue ItS eXIstence and welfare work, 1'0 entItled to the most hberal commendatIOn In "uch an InstitutIOn, orga111zed by the factory manage-ment and mamtamed JOIntly by the employer and employe" all elements of cost are practlcdlly el1l11lnated Thel e I" no office to ma1l1taln, no paId officel s, httle pnntlll~ or ad-vertlslllg expense, no commlS"IOns to agents for "ohClt111g member"hlp, no expense 1l1Cldent to phySIcal exammatlOn or loss of adjustments, 111short no routme costs of any k1l1d "It IS a self eVIdent fact that a large part of the cost of 1l1surance could be aVOIded, If people would seek llburance WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 amount of attentlOn gIven to the developmnet of such schemes One of the powerful contnbutIng causes beIng tIghte111l1g of the employer'" lIabIlIty laws and the ngor wIth whIch they have been Interpreted by many courts and ap-plIed m IndIvIdual case" The Judges and Junes have alIke shown specIal mterest In the case'3 brought before them, Influenced no doubt In part by sympathy and 111 part by an aroused publIc opmlOn "Among the large employer" of labOl, the \YestInghouse Company has a system establIsheed In 1903 The company has charge of the relIef depal tment and IS responsIble for the funds. It pay" 4% Intere~t on money on depo"lt, supplIes all the faCIlItIes for the office detaIl nece""aly and pays all co~ts of operatlOn The medIcal exam mer I" appOInted by the gen-eral manager of the company fhe adv Isory COInnllttee whIch conducts the work of the a,,~oclatlOn IS composed of seven men chosen by the employes The employes are dI-VIded Into five wage classes, those whose wages do not ex-ceed $35 per month, (2) those who"e wages range from $35 to $55, $55-$75, $75-$95, $95 and up 2\lembershlp IS not compulsory and WIthdrawal IS at optIOn The monthly con-tnbutIons for each cla"s are respectIvely SOc, 75c, $1 00. $1 25 and $1 50 The occaSlOn for dIsabIlIty may be slck-ne" s or aCCIdent and the medIcal examl11er deCIdes whether the applIcant for relIef IS entItled to benefits The sched-ule of benefits accordl11g to class, I~ respectIvely $5, $7 50, $10, $1250 and $15 per week, and the payment:, may contInue up to a lImIt of 39 weeks eIther In small amount~ or a lump "um SurgIcal treatment I" free If Injury IS ~ustaIned whIle off the premIses of the employer, the case comes under the rule of SIckness benefits. "The company Interposes a relIef from lIabIlIty clause In each contract whIch reads as follows 'The acceptance by the members of benefits shall operate as a relea~e and satIsfac-tlOn of all claIms an SIng from or grow111g out of Injury, un-less WIthIn 10 days from date of Injury, notIce IS gIven to the supenntendent of IntentlOn to seek Indem11lty from the com-pany' In case of death the benefit IS $150 " Mr TuthIll descnbed the "ystems ~uccessfully operated by the PIttsburgh Coal Company, the \\T estern Electnc Com-pany, the Pennsy lvama RaIlway Company and vanous othet corporatlOns. He also mentlOned the succe~s of the compul-sory employment Insurance law In Germany, dwelt at length on the benefits and advantages of compulsory Industnal Insur-ance and closed hts dtscourse as follows "Amencan wage earners who are self-respectmg and in-dependent have no de"tre to be coddled, and so far as It ap-plIe" to them personally, they strongly dtsapprove of anythIng that pertaIns to chanty They seek lIVIng wage", reasonable workIng ttlne, and fatr labor condItIOns, and when these are conceded they welcome any other mea~m e that makes for 111- du"tnal bettet ment Hence welfare InstItutlOns of whatever kmd, Inaugurated under favorable ctrcumstances, that are Without ltlTIltatlOns or resultant gams too obvlOLtsly to the ad-vantage of the management, tend to create a better under-standIng between employer and employe, engendeltng a sptnt whIch re~ult'3 In Improved workman"hlp, careful economIes on the part of the workmen, and a con~equent larger gaIn on the commercIal SIde of the project A feVl. general conclUSIOns seem to be 111order' " ( 1) That there IS a unlV ersal ~en"e of need of protectIOn for those worker" who have the ,malle~t Incomes and the least developed Ideas of thnft "(2) That employers' lIablltty laws are comIng In a way to recog11lze that the re"ponslble employer 1'3 ltable to hIS workmen for InJunes sustaIned In so far as the employer IS responsIble for the 111Juryby contnbutory neglIgence "( 3) That employers of large bodIes of workmen recog-nize somethIng of a duty on theIr part to provIde some meas-ure of protectIon for theIr workmen agaInst SIckness, aCCIdent and death, or even for 111valtdlsm and old age (4) That employer" are even now appropnatIng In the aggregate large sums In welfare work, In the way of contrIbu-tIons to SIckness funds, ho~pltal 'i, for the servIce of nurses and physIcIans, for gIfts to famIlIes 111dIstress, as well as In taxe~ for publIc relIef, for casualty I11surance and for the lItI-gatIon of damage "mts, much of whIch money thus expended b econonllC waste "( 5) That there see111~to be no Instance of employers fed-eratIng together for purpose of plOVld111g sl/'kness, accI-dent or death Insurance 111behalf of the employe, although such federatIOn 111 the form of fil e or other forms of Insur-ance is common enough Here "eems an opportU11lty for the employes' assoCIatIOns to do some effectIve work "( 6) That IS IS perfectly clear that the laborers In large cIties lIVIng on a small wage, can never provIde for aCCIdent or SIckness or death, WIthout the aId of the employer or the publIc \\Tlthout such aId hIS case IS hopeless "(7) That compul"ory In'3urance seems most nearly to solve the problem and nothIng short of thIs can care for all the populatlOn and In pal tlcular those most needIng the pro-tectIon" ",'_. If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. bills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH "' a.-A_a ••• __ ..-- • a •• - .... ~---------------.-.--.-.-.----.----------.- ...•...•..-.-.-.~ I FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine Knlve.r. Miter Machines, Etc. We'll liladly tell you all about it. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. 185 N. Front Street, Grand Rapids, Mlch '-----------._---_.---_. ----._._-----. -. .-- - . ...-.- ~ •• • we ••• ~-_-.-_-.-.---------------- ----.--.--.-_. -.....-" UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Confuudion and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our line on permanent exhlbi. lion 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers' BUlldmg. Grand Rapids. I..-... •••• _ •••••• •• a-a •••• •• ..-.. 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~~-------------------------~-----------_._----- II I - .... .. --------.., Get Next to Mechanics I Art in Plain Dress I VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS CHICAGO, 1319 M.c1uganAve, 3rd Floor. NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE, Space 10. 6tl. Floor. Complete Suites for the Dining Room PerIod and Colomal DesIgns at Popular Pnces Full Ime of MusIc Cabmets wIth our Patent Auto-matic Shelves, also for all kmds of recorJs. II I Mechanics Furniture Co. ~ ._________ Rockford, Illinois. 1 .--------------------------- An Impm'tant Notice. TO ALL FURKITlRC :\1 \\lI'"\ClLRERC:; Gentlemen -The re~ula1 "enll-allllual meetIng ,)f the NatlOnal Furmture :Hanufactu1e1'" -\""ouatlon \\111 he held at the i\ud1tonum Hotel m ChIcago on \\ edne~c1a\ '\ u vember 10th, next ' , The executn e C01111111tteevv III hold a meetIng at the <;ame place on the day prevlOU", 1\0\ ember 9th, to \\h1ch meet1l1~ also, all manufacturer" are 1l1v1ted The ~eS<;10n~\\ 111com- 111encc at 9 o'clock A. 1\1 1\Jatters of the utmo'ot ll11p01tance to the 1l1du"tn \\ 111 come up for dl"cu<;"lon at the"e meet111g" :\1al1utalturtl" all over the country are ~how1l1g l;reat mte1e,t In t]ll" com 1l1g meet1l1g of the a~soC1atlOn and a \ en ]a1ge attendal1ll IS not ony c1e<;lred but antIcIpated There wIll be a banquet "en ed at the -\uchtunum Hotel at noon of \\ edne"day. the 10th and we have <;ecured H ::-, Sackett, chIef of the office of V\ood ut1!t7atlOn, C11lted States Department of Agnculture, to gn e an address at tIll" ban quet on "Some Problem~ Confront1l1g the \\ ood l-'31l1g In-dU~ t11e" 1h1~ feature alone wIll be "yell worth the tune "pent 111atte11lltng the meet1l1g \ \ e a1e enclo~lng herewIth a card on whIch we shall be glad to hay e you 1nc!tcate whether you expect to attend or not It 1" very de"lrab]e that We "hall know the number of plates to 01del at the banquet You understand there 1'3 no fee for the banquet anel further that thb 111v1tatlOn to attend the bancluet anel the meet1l1g of the a"soClat!on IS ex-tem\ ed to all fur11lture manufacturers, whether they are mem her<; at the a'3~OClatlOn or otherwl'oe vVe want, and <;ome-tIme e'C]Jcct ) Olll member'oll1p, but we need your co-oper-atIon 111 an\ e\ ent Let u.., ur~e \ au to la) aSIde e\ eryth1l1g that can retard )' ou etnel meet together 111ChIcago on the 10th Don't for-get the elate }(e-.,pectfu]]y, J S Lr:t\TON, Secretary (,rand RapId", \[lch, Oct 25, 1909 The trouble'3 \\ e make 11ght of are genera]]y other people',> trouble.., -------------------- --_. --------------_._--_._~-_. ~II No. 57 Flat Arm Racker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. 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A. BRANCH OFFICES -Ollver Msclunery Co•• Hudson TermlOal, 50 Cllurch St, New York. Ollver MaclllOery Co , F,,;r Nallonal Bank BUlldlOg, Ch,cago, III , Ollver MachlOery Co , Pacific BUlldlOg,Seattle, Wash. Ollver Maclunery Co , 201·203 Dean,gate, Manche'ter, Eng PRICES ARE STEADILY ADVANCING. A Furniture Dealer Tells How Cost Has In-creased During the Past Ten Years. "That chaIr you are slttmg m," remarked the buyel for a Portland, :vIe, furmture house, "1:-, marked $6000 Ten year:-, ago you could have bought It for $3500 or $4000 And m the next ten yeal~ It Isn't gomg to decrease In value ~1Jchlgan yellow p1lle, once used for laths and :-,h1llgles at two and a half or three cent<, a foot we are now putting 1llto chaIrs and tables at from 30 to 40 cents. We cannot deny that thIs means much to the buyer, but wIth the Immense wood consumptIOn of today, the growmg scarcIty of the lumber and the consequent 1llcrease m pnce It IS a th1llg that we are powerless to control "It was not very long ago that you could buy a set of IndIana whIte quartered oak, blrd's eye maple or red bIrch Tho~e who have them nOw should keep them as helrloom:-, for theIr chIldren In place of the-;e woods and at some-thmg hke tWIce the cost we are obhged to offer the pubhc GeorgIa and North Carolma p1lle, hemlock, spruce, :-,crub oak and other woods whIch were once used for the better make of pack1llg ca:-,e~ The beautIful black walnut has been gone from our fore"b for 15 or 20 years In place of It we now use mahogany. Thl" mean" that our lIbrary table co:-,ts anywhere from $5000 to $7500 mstead of $2500 or $3000 "In the outlook ahead," contmued the speaker, "I can see nothmg but steadIly mcreaS1llg pnce" Take an exam-ple- thIs chaIr IS marked at $10 00 I venture to :-,ay that next year the tag WIll say $1200, the year after $1400 or $1450. Before very many years at the present rate all the "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made with or without motor dnve Metal table 36"x 30" WIll take 1 8" under the gUIde lilt, 45 degree, one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-nes a saw up to 1 %" Wide Outside beanng 10 lower wheel .haft when not motor dnven WeIgh, 1800 Ib, when ready to ship " Tempers .. Cost 9 hardwoods wlll be gone Then how much WIll thIS chal1 cost? "You wIll hear some people say that kItchen ware, dnd by thIS I mean wooden artIcles, IS cheaper than formerly You may take It as a fact that If the pnce IS less or even anywhere the :oame a" yOU paId fi, e years ago for the same artIcle, the qualIty of the matenal IS worse The great forest prohlem, the que"tlOn of pre"en 1I1g our tImber and wood land ~ 111order that we may not be left entIrely WIthout thIS hfe-nece'\slty 1:-' bec0111111ga personal one to every Amer· Ican CItIzen It has now reached a pomt where the bIg fur· mture manufacturer" are much hampered In mak1llg contract-ahead for raw matenal The retaIl buyer feels thIS But he must furmsh hIS home, m spIte of the fact that It IS cost mg from 10 to 15 per cent more each year to do It, an m crease whIch the retaIler IS entIrely unable to prevent "SometImes we have a customer come 111and ask fOl a deal top table \Ye haven't had a deal top table 1ll the "tore for year'\, nor have there been any obtamable m ordl nary market And one can t help notIcmg a great dIfference m the gram and figure of the wooe\:, used m the better qual Ity of artIcle" A few years ago there were more, many more, pIeces of furnIture WIth beautIful gram to be found In a stroll through the a\ erage retaIl furmture store Today finely figured wood IS rare \Iv oods are not selected af formerly AII ha:-, to be used, It 1'\ too valuable to db card even the mo"t ord1llary pIece" -------- Very Busy. The Nelson-Matter FurnIture Company of Grand RapIds IS very busIly engaged on orders, whICh wIll cal1 for the op eratlOn of theIr factory WIth a full force dunng the re mal11der of the year spanngly with old walnut furl11ture found 111 northern Italy, This "as mamly Gothic of a style to de1Jght hiS fellow ar-chitects The bacb of the chairs were ng,dly straight and the seab were pamfully high, after the manner of their day, which was late m the fifteenth century Footstools had duly accompal11ed the chairs 111 the beg1l1l1lng, but had long s1l1ce been separated from them, but the lack had never troubled the architect, who was a tall man Be1l1g more than Six feet and of most robust health, he found the high straight chair,., most comfortable, never mlssmg the cushIOns which had once softened the angles, nor ever th1l1kmg of the footstools But hiS guests, particularly those who were ,.,hort, "hether men or women, found hiS old chairs most try m~ man} "Ithout reahzmg what the trouble was, and mere!> condemnmg because they were foreign and old "C-;othlc IS well enough for churches," "aid the man quoted, "but I don't want any of It m my house," and he re-turned gladly to hiS Morns chair upholstered 111 green che-nille Had he been told that the Gothic chair with the additIOn of a movable cu,.,hlOn and a footstool would be more comfortable than hb own chel1l11e Morns chair he might have been com mced-and nl1ght not Some people are so "edded to the Idea that comfort and beauty cannot go to-gether that It l'i hard to uproot the Idea "Artistic" mean" to them somethmg utterly useless, luckless word' \\ auld that It could be banl"hed for a quarter of a century and "omethmg el"e 'iubstltuted m ItS place "She I" art I ,- tiC, we .,a}, "but know'i nothmg of practical matter","' or, com1l1£( down a peg. "That l'i an artIstic stm e, but wIll It burn') , That the fil,>t requIsite of an object should be to ft:lfill the purpose for which It "as mtended goes Without sa) mg If the chair be uncomfortable and the table msecure, each IS a faIlure, no matter how attractIve the deSign or how beau-tIful the wood But If we look carefully mto the matter 've find that the chair or table of beautIful wood and at-tract" e deSign l'i seldom a failure Good design and fine wood Lbually mean good workmanship, and good workman- 'ihlp almost always stands for utIhty qUite as much as for beauty Take coloma 1 styles, for 1I1stance, whether old pieces or reproductIOns, and note the comfort of the chair." the firmness of the tables, the convel11ence of the Sideboard-the fine proportIOn" of the bed..,'ead'i Each IS beautlfL'! and each fulfill" the purpo,.,e for which It was made Could higher praise be bestowed ') The"e two quahtIes, beauty and utIlIty, we find umted 111 mo"t penod furl11ture \\ e find them under different con-clition" 111 tho furniture of the "Ixteenth and seventeenth eentune", we 'oee them In qUite different gtu"e m the furni-ture of the fourteenth and fifteenth, le'oS known because we cIa not furnl"h With the early deSigns a" we do With later penoel.., but present neverthe!c..,s If we were as fanl11Jar With the chalr'i, table" and bedstead,., of the GothiC penoel as "e are With the correspond1l1g pieces of the colomal pen oel we would doubtles" have as much reverence for the de- 'ilgners of the fifteenth century a'i we have for those of the eighteenth But our Ideas on the subject are vague, hm- Ited to church architecture and to stray mU'ieum piece ... which are usually of rehglOus ong1l1 and therefore of too large and Impos1l1g a character to suggest anyth1l1g homf'- EARLY DESIGNS IN FURNITURE HISTORY Characteristics of the Gothics of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries---Aneient Par-allels of the Modern Mission. We usually associate the word "GothiC" With cathe-drals and sta1l1ed glas" wmdow'i, or If we thmk about the term, we call to m1l1d certain piece., of furmture seen 111 mu-seums, remarkable for their cal vmg, or pO'i"lbl} anI} for their remoteness from OUIown time, say" Vlrglma Roble In the House BeautIful That several piece" of fm 11lture 111 actual use today are the outgrowth of GothiC de,.,lgm fe" people stop to conSider and pOSSibly would not be thnlled With 111- terest If they diU, for to many per'ions chall s al e chalfs and beels are bed'i A chall l'i "omethmg to Sit on, and a bed Two Frencb CbaIrs of tbe Fifteentb Century. somethmg to sleep on, while table" naturally have four legs, Just a,., a man has two The people who regard furniture from thIS ..,tandp01l1t are very numerou'i 1hey are respon- Sible for most of the bad furniture m the world-Just as their attltude toward house decOl atlOn IS responSible for most of the poor wall papers ugly carpeh, and atroclou" drapene" \IV all papers al e to them mere wall eO\ enng", pnnclpall} to conceal pla..,ter, carpet" are u'ied to hide pOOl floor.., or to make a house warmer, drapene,., arc neee"sary because othel people have them "That house may be artistic and all that,' said a man not long ago, "but you can't "It an} where and not be m a draft and there IS not a comfortable chair In the place" The house 111 questIOn wa" bmlt by a } oung architect, who had hved abroad a good deaL for hi" 0" n occupancy, a man of unque,.,tlOned "ta"te " It wa'i rather Itahan m chalacter and the one large 100m, the lIvmg room, was furmshed ver} WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 hke \Ye admire m an Impersonal sort of way and then go and buy-1\llsslon. A good many parallels mIght be drawn between olrl Gothic and modern Mission, although on the surface two btyks could hardly seem more unhke. Yet some of the same proportlOns are found m both and some of the same methods of workmanship An old Gothic chair Isolated m a museum, stnpped of Its movable cushlOn and long smce parted from Its footstool IS seen at a great dIsadvantage It hab no settl11g and few spectator" have enough llJ1agl11a-tlOn to fill out the backgrou11l1 Yet thiS old thmg IS a valuable hnk m furniture deslgnmg. E, ery hne has mean-mg and m a moeltfied way IS found m nearly all our chairs today. The modern straight back chaIr IS the lmeal des-cendant of thiS old pIece, and ItS reldtlonshlp may be proved m many ways ChIppendale, who was abov e e, erythmg a chair maker, (ltd hb greatest work In makIng 0\ er the cha'rs of hIs time A Tyrolean Bedstead of the Late Fourteenth Century. He lowel\ed and broadened and ga' e several touches vv hleh made hIS des gnb and those of hi" followers really ""Itable" TIut the part the old GothiC deSIgner" had In makmg all thl" pOSSible must not be forgotten They took the crude pieces of the middle ages-the bench, the chest, the bedstock and transformed them mto thmgs of beaut} They made not only objects of beauty, but, m companson With earher ef-forts, articles of real comfort and con, emence Their con-structIVe work was budt for centune" rather than yeal", whl1e the dehcacy anel charm of their earvlllg, now almost as perft:ct as when It left their hands, still stand as models for the world These piece" were made at a tune when the relatlOn be-tween architecture and furmture wa" very close ,Ve find 1ll the old chair" the GothiC arch 1ll It-. vanous phases-the trefOIL, quatrefOIL and cl11quefod, and the exqmslte tracery which pas"ed out of eXistence With the dechne of the GothiC "tyle In studYlllg furmture design" let us give more than a thought to this early penoel, which was 1ll reahty the preface to the great book of furmture deslgnlllg of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth cCintunes To be conSidered eccentric, all a woman has to do is to pre-fer comfort to style -~-_.--~----,_._.---_._.~-_--._._---~-_.., r--- I i IIII II•I III .. ~-.-.-.-._.-.-.----.-.~-. _._._••. • •._ - _. - --4f •I I II i Palmer's Patent CluinJ! Clamps II I I I ...... The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No 1, 24-inch Clamp. 'Ve make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick Ours is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more will in the future Let us show you Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included. Don't delay, but write today. I III ..---~_._--_._._,._._._. _._. --_._._._,_.~.~.._• ----~ A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Projectile Co, London, Eng-land; f>chu~hardt & Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Liege, Milan, Turin, Barcelona, and Bilboa. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN CHICAGO FURNITURE COMMENT. Exhibitors Reserving Space in the ""Fourteen- Eleven" Building for January Sales Season. ChIcago, Oct 28- The 'T'ourteen Ele\ en' Company, op-erating the furmture exhIbItIOn huldmg at 1411 \Ilchlgan avenue, WIll close Its fir"t year \o\emher 1 It h hardly necessary to state that the new management \\ Ith PreSIdent Lyman R Lathrop at It'3 head, ha::, made excellent pro£;re'-,'-, dunng the yeal's InClunbenc) :\Ian) notable ImpIOI e-ment' 3 have been made In the l11tenor of the In£; hmlchnc; for the convenIence of the exhIbItors and It 1'-, the aIm ot the "Fourteen Ele\en" \ompan) to cont1l1ue the polIc) 01 mdk-ll1g ltnpIOvements whene\ er the neCe"'3It) for '30 dOIng an '-,(;, PreSIdent Lathrop, \\ hen questlOnecI the other cla) st;J.ted that they have taken on a large number of leases for the neAt JanualY season anel ha\e al'3o closed many new le1'-,c, for the year 1910 c\mong the llne'o to be exlublte 1 ne"t January are the followl11g Hardesty :\1anufactunng Compan), Canal D) \ eel () manufacturer'-, 1111'-'-,longood" (,eorge I Lam!> .111(1LLl1nh Bros ~ GI een, '\ apanee, In(l, manutc'ctul er" ot no\ eltll" and 1111%lOnlamp" fhe"e t\\ 0 concel n" \\ ill make a lal ~II exhIbIt than e\eI bef01e rlhe Lntelpn'-,e lUI11ltUlC Com-pany, Glen Rock Pa manutactureI' of ld'-,e ~ood" I he Globe Fur11lture Com pan) and "e\ eral othel compa11les 01 Evansvtlle, Inel, WIll abo exhIbIt next Jannal) at the IO'1r-teen Ele\ en bmlchng Charle::, ex \\ hlte, the commh'olon man \\ ho repre"ent,- "ome of the be"t known compa11le" 111 the fUlnltule tlade wdl hereafter handle the l1l1e of the Shelton-Sn) der Fml11- ture Company, Granel RapIds, 'If lCh, from Cll1cl11natl and Indlanapoll.., to \\ lc1l1ta, Kan"as cm enn~ all the tel nton between the Cltle" mentIoned The Chal1e" \ j'1"her COm1)dl1\ 01 LIl1loln 111 mLl1111 facturelS of the ReA Innel tufted IllLIltll"" hd'" ln~Ll~l(l "]1 III dt 1300 :\IIc111gan a\ enue tOl the ramldl \ "ed-,on The ColumbIa I eathel Compan\ \\a" lecenth a\\alded the contracts f01 eqUIpping the Dlachtone Hotel corner :\Ilchlgan avenue and Hubbard Conrt, anel the Pla/a Hotel throughout WIth hedd1l1g, box "pring", hall l1Iattl e""e" dl1Cl throughout, WIth heddll1g, box ::,pnng::" hall mattre""e" and feather pd10ws The Plaza Hotel ha::, been decoratecl ancl refurnished and 1::, now open for bU::'ll1es::, to Its patlOns The Blackstone WIll be opened to the publlc January 1 PreSIdent Zola C Green states that theIr plant has been kept runn111g 111ght and day for the past two month'3 Secretary-treasurer L L Valent1l1e of the \ alent111e- :'caver Company returned 1eccntl} from a two nlOntlh bn"l ~-_--.-.-------_._-_. --------- -----_. ------_._._--- ------ -------~ Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oak Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Maple Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak III II I" ........................ _ ..--_._-~--_._--- ~._._- •.• _._ ..._. ---------_._----_ .•• ········1 Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT f5 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592. I~---_ ..._ ...-.-.--_.------ .t. ne", tll)) Oll the I'aufic coa"t \Ir Valentll1e leporls a \ II \ "ulle'-,,,Inl t11]1 \\ hIle on the coa"t he \l:'llted the \ld"k,I-l'auhl '\ nkoll e"po"lllon \"ll1ch he "tate.., ha::, pro\en to be a ~ooc! thlll~ fm '-eatlle a" It \\111 le"ult 111a larger de\ elopment of that ut) [he 5mlth-1 hompson Company, whIch ha" been exlllb- It1ng It" hnes on the "e\ enth floor of the 1011rteen Eleven bllllc!111g, \\ III ncxt J annal) be founc! on the fourth floor of the ::,ame blllldll1~ whcI c they wdl occupy d larger space than before D A Week in New York. \la]or :\Iac Dnde, "ecretary of the Nelson-Matter Fur-mtul c Compan), I', "pendll1g a week 1ll \few York, studY1l1g the trade 'oltl1atwn Foreign and Domestic Woods, Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. . -4 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Bungalow's Effect on Draperies. The bungalow, wIth Its SImple archItecture and preva-lence of casement wmdows, has :,-,ounded the death knell of the elaborate wmdow drapery, accordmg to the observa-tJOns of a Buffalo, NY, draper and decorator who says Scnm and madras, wIth a narrow cluny edgmg, IS unn er-sally used 111hvmg rooms of even the mO:,-,lelegant appomt-ments As the be"t fabnc" of thIS de:,-,cnptJOn sell for never more than $2 a yard, It IS becommg practically lm-rposslble to expend a very great amount on wmdow CU1- tams Of course, slc'e hang111gs are an Item, but as these must be m keep111g wIth the curtam:,-" the Chma "llk:,-, are preferred to the brocades The style for stenClhng IS very happIly apphed to the curta111s proper or the hangmgs of den 01 d1l1mg room wm-dows \\ hen these are done m colors harmoillzmg WIth the color scheme of the room, the effect b most arthtlc vVe are prone to overdo the Idea, however. Though the Japanese have used stencllmg for some 300 year.." de-cot atmg everythmg from towels to head covenngs WIth the work, one must know exactly where to stop or the whole effect WIll be rumed Portieres of monk's cloth, burlap, or rep, havmg a border stencIled m c0l1vent1011al deSIgn are particularly good m a m1SS1011fur11lshed rOOm For the bedroom", Englt~h chmt7 IS deSIrable C1eton- 13 nes come In many new deSIgns, burstmg mto more gorge-ous bloom every season Some have the stately hollyhocks, some the tmy nosegays, others the ever popular baskets fil-led WIth flowers, whIch traIl downward WIth dehcate sprays 'vVlth a cretonne room a charmmg arrangPP1( llt ot the vIm-dows IS m the Enghsh cottage sty Ie, wtth the valance acro':l:,-, the top and hang111gs at the "lde The glass curtaIn 1S sometImes used WIth good effect m a bedroom, especIally In summer homes, and the bamboo portieres may be used WIth WIcker fur11lture In the more elaborate decoratIve schemes, when cur-tammg IS done for a room of a certam penod, as for m-stance a Loms XV. drawmg room, of cour:,-,e there IS no hmlt to the elaboratJOn and expense The outer shades may be of the Itahan puff style Beneath the gold cornIce wJ11 hang brocade lambreCJums caught up by gold cord and heavy tassels The lace curtams may be of the real filet, costmg from $100 up Portiere" WIll often be of the same brocade as the SIde hangmgs, and when an effect of spaclOus-ness IS deSIred, chaIr covenng:,-, are of the same matenal I t may be helpful to bear m mmd that when carrymg out a color scheme In color tones of the SIde walls, furl11ture, \v ood work, wood tnmmmgs and curtams should be closely related Then the doors of the fneze, dado chaIr uphol- :,-,tery and curtaIn borders may be In tones complementary to those of the first group "'_._--~--_._---~----------_. . _._---- Veneer Presses. d,fferent kinds and s,zes (Patented) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreadmg Machine. Single. Double and Combmation. (Patented) (Sizes 12 in. to 84,n w,de.) ._----------., II - Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent pendmg.) Many styles and sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies I~--------------_._---_._-------_._----_ ..--_._. _._--- _. ...------_.-~._--------_ ... --_.. ... . -- ... LET USKNOW YOUR WANTS No 20 Glue Heater. CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind, No.6 Clue Heater. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN _._------------------._----_._~~-_._--------._--- •III II••• IIII•••• I• II• IItt II I I,II , III II••• II I I••• -----------~ SUITE No 888 By MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE 00, MUSKEGON, MICH. ·...- -----------_ ----------------_ . 1 WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 ~,, .. I,,It I I II I t,t It II It It I ______ ._~ __ , •__ • __ ------------. - • • I •• ~ Our Large New Line of .. ---_ ..... 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-c-om-e.------------------ ------_._-- ROCKFORD FACTORIES ALL BUSY. Little "Bookcaseville" of the Eighties Now One of the Great Furniture Manufacturing Centers. Ml1waukee, WIS, Oct 28-Rockford, Ill, u,sed to be styled "Bookcasevllle" when the old time cyhnder bookcase was m vogue At that time, say twenty years ago, prob-ably more bookcases were made m Rockford than many other city m the U mted States. There were not more than half as many furniture factones in Rockford as at the pres-ent time but all of them made bookcases but one, and that one made upholstered furmture The Weekly Arttsan "young" man has been gomg to Rockford for 25 years and has not "een only the furmture mdustry but the city Itself grow from small begmnmg" to natlOna1 Importance. To-day there are probably as many bookca"es made m Rockford as at any time m the history of the Clty, but there are so many other kmds of furmture made that bookcases no longer .,tand as the one thmg "that made Rockford famous" Dm-mg room furmture has the call now and there are a wonder-ful lot of buffets, sideboards, chma closets and dming tables made m Rockford, to "ay nothmg of the fancy fur11lture, mu- SICand phonograph cabmets and a great vanety of other fur-mture Another thmg that Rockford may be proud of is the great advancement m the quahty of the furmture and the care the manufacturers take In puttmg out artistic cata-logues. Then agam, every man In the busmess stnves to make his goods so good that Rockford may have a reputa-tlOn equal to any other city m the country Pnde m Rockford and m everythmg connected with Rockford IS not only commendable but a wmner Hence the average size of the Rockford factones is much greater than any other Clty m the Umted States Probably the smallest factory employs not less than 100 hands, whl1e many of the larger ones employ from 400 to 700, and every year some of them are bemg enlarged There are now 20 or more factones makmg furmture m Rockford, and yet If everyone of them should go out of busmess there would be enough others III other hnes to make the city famous. In thiS Rockford IS somewhat hke Grand Rapids, which IS known as the Furmture City, and yet the aggregate output of the furmture factones doe" not represent more than 40 per cent of the total product of the city. A brief V1"lt in Rockford last'" eek reveals the fact that the furmture busmess IS flounshlllg Trade on the whole wa" never better and the factones are belllg operated to their full capacity. The Rockford Chair and Furmture DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW «Dt\VIS FUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. ••••••••• I. _. __ a ••• - . . -_ ~ Company reporb trade as good, and m January Secretary Robert C Lmd promised to have on chsp1ay III Grand Rapids everythmg from F1ander'3 to ancient Egyptian styles That's certalllly gomg some In adchtlOn to the big hne now carned there w111be at least sixty new patterns and January IS not the month thdt they show the most new pat-terns. ~ The Co-operattve Furmture Company has grown so fast that they had to take their fine bnck office bui1dlllg and move It farther south and fill III the space with a four-story bnck and also make another large adchtlOn to the west end of the main factory The Mechamcs Furmture Company reports trade as good They w111show many new patterns-chllla closets, buffets, music cabl11ets and dmlllg tables In their show rooms on the third floor of 1319 l\11ch1gan avenue, Chicago III Janu-ary. The Rockford NatlOnal Furmture Company is havlllg a good trade and has had ever '3111Ce"Y ohnny Yohnson" beat his record for one day In July III the Furmture Exchange m Grand Rapids. Look out for "Yohnny" for he's comlllg agam with a bigger and better hne than ever, III January The Royal Mantel and Furniture Company IS one of the leaders and Secretary D R Peter",on w111see that It mam-tains its position. A G Hoffman, manager of the Rockford Frame and Fixture Company reports that trade was never better The big factory is belllg operated to ItS full capacity III fillmg orders However, thiS company promises to show the larg-est and finest hne III January that It has ever offered for lll-spectlOn They will show as usual In the Furniture Ex-pOSltlOn buildlllg, Grand Rap1cb. the Furmture Exchange, Fourteenth and Wabash avenue, Chicago and III the New York Furmture Exchange The Rockford Umon, Standard, De"k and Skandia and Excel Compames all have good reports and will show III their customary places m January The NatlOna1 Lock Company has bUIlt a very large four-story bnck factory not far from the UnlOn, the 11hn01s Cab-met Company has nearly doubled ItS plant Oscar C Lllldstrom, secretary of the Central Fur11lture Company, reports excellent busmess They do not show at any of the exh1bltlOns but they have recently got out a catalog of 10,000 copies, and any dealer can have one merely fm the a'3klllg It's a nice picture book, showmg a hne of china closets and bookcases and other fur11lture that IS worth having C M 16 no mone) on the.,e thl11g." selhng them, stdl they utdlze t11em d., leadeh The) put In a well-known brand at a cut rate dlHI then run a dozen unmarked thl11gs at about the "ame rate The cheap stuff makes a profit which more than j'alance" the los'i on the good As soon as n,anufacturels can be made tJ "ee that dlscnml11atlon pays them, as soon a., they v, ake up to the fact that t>ustalnmg then pnces I" \ alue to them, the) Will cut out the big cheap stores and confine thell blbl11eS" to the smaller stores where the bulk of their goods It> handled already," saYt> the Oregon Trades-man L\ Idently the 1radesman has not learned that It IS the practice of thousands of dealer" to remove trademarks and brand" placed upon good" by manufacturers, when It is for then mterest to do so, before the goods are placed on sale Articles manufactured by pn:,on laboi and branded a" such may be sold unbranded 111 terntory outSide of the '-tate ordenng the brand WEEKLY ARTISAN PUB~15HEO EVERY SATURDAY BY THI!: MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PEA YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS, MICH, A S WHITE MANAGING EOITOR Entered as second class matter July 5, 1909 at the post office at Graud Rapids, Mlclllgan under the act of March 3 1879 Margaret Anghn'-, talk on the m,portance of hay l11g "tage settmgs Just nght-true to the character and penod of the play-a" given on another page, Will be appreciated by de-signers and other fUIlllture men who hay e e) e'i a'i v, ell a" ears for harmony and a keen sense for the fitne"s of thing" MIss Angll11 IS COIrect In her contention that the Incongl u- Itles of stage "ettlngs are noticed b) many theatre-~oer", who find their enloyment at the performance marred by m-consistenCIes and bad taste dl"pla) ed 111 the .,electlOn at stage furlllture and c1rapene'i Her Idea" \\ III al"o be en dor"ed b) those who hay e had e"penence m '-eculme, hll-lllture dncl other "tage acce'iSOl!e" ploper fOl the pI e"enta tlon of certal11 sceneb or penod" ~ 0\\ aday., nearlv all the-atncal compames carry complete eqUlpment", but "ome of the fly-by-mght~ and C\ en 'iome of the best compame" re-qUIre each theatl e to prOVIde the necessary furmture \\ hll h l'i frequently Impo""lble to obtal11 1\" a result 1l10deln fUI-mture IS frequently u'ied In setting a "tage fCll Shake-,peale., play" and a pnnce or long of the fifteenth ClI 'iIAteenth cen tury IS seen on a MOl ns chaIr and a ] uhet lounge.., on a mod ern davenport. as was recently noticed m a Grand Rapl(l., theatre In his opemng addl ess at the 37th annual meetmg of thc Carnage Budders' As"oClatlOn, at Y\ ashlngton la'it \\ eek J\Iaunce Connelly, of Dubuque, Iowa, pi e"ldent of the a ,,- soclatlon, said that the high grade cal nage hllllder., do not have a market f01 theIr product and If they \'.tant to con-tl11ue 111 busl11ess the) must manufactlll e automobtle boche-, "Dementia A.utomobl!ta 1.0 hard to analY7e as a ps) chologllal fact, but It IS here and must be recoglllzed," said \Ir Con nolly "The same people who a few '\ ears ae,o v, ould make a sacnfice to say e $100 or $200 m a carnae,e \\ III no\\ pa \ $6,000 fOI an autol11obtle" 1 he aut01l10btle cra7e ha., un-doubtedly affected the carnage bU"ll1ess and to a Ie,s e"tent nearly all other !tnes of busmess and the furl1lture trade 1S not among the exceptlOn~ Thou'ianeb of men have bom;-ht automobtles WIth money that mIght better hay e been In-ve" ted 1ll furl1lture The auto cra/e, ho\\evel, does not af-fect general trade so much ab dId the hlC) cle C1 a7e a fe\\ years ago, because a maJont) of those who use automohtles are able to buy them "Ithout cuttlne, down theIr e"penc!I-tures 111 other cltrectlOn s "vVhen all the trademarked and bl anded !tnes of good" a1 e forbIdden to the mati order hou se-" a b1g pi op Will be knocked from under them vVhtle It I" tlue they can make -\ moderate ad\ ance tn mirror" Will be made at the opelllng of the commg ) eal A new !t"t I::>1ll course of preparatIOn, hut the cltscounts have not been covered It I" stated that the foreIgn manufacturer" of plates Will not pa) the adchtlOnal tax leVIed by congre"s upon 1111portatlons of small sIzes and that, tn consequence, the bevelers and stl- \ erers Will be compelled to shIft the burden upon the man-ufacturers of furmture who In tm 11 \'.tIII shift It upon the retatlers, and the final "hlft wtll be made upon the consumer That "ev, -\Iban), Ind receiver 111 bankruptcy who managed to pay fee'i, co:,ts and all claims In full, does not "eem to hay e 1mprO\ ed hiS opportumtles or else was too hone,t to take ad\ ant age of hI" pOSItIOn The creditors \'\ho benefit by hIS hone"ty and abl!tty should gIve hllll a "mtable reward and they might do well to engage hiS .,el \ Il e., for futm e emel genCle" Pnces for mahogany lumber have advanced matenally dunng the past month Advances for other matenals have been made and higher pnces for furmture dunng the comtng \ ear may be expected by retaIlers \v mdow dresser" should bear 111 mmd the fact that peo-ple cannot observe and retam m memory more than two or three artIcle, at a tU11e Slmp!tclty therefore shoulel gOy ern the wmdow dresser The advertl..,tng of staple articles by the manufacturer of the same saves a large expenehture for advertl31llg by the retatler" that otherWise would be conSidered necessary. Platn mIrror plates al e u"ecl more largely In the furlll- Illre trade than at ally tlllle tn the past Beveltng- I11dCJ1lTl-ery h \ ery !tttle u"ed Pnces talk and the merchant who places price cards upon articles exhibIted in hIS wtndows attracts much val-uable trade ::\1lSery loves company, but that IS no reason why a man "hould be a recluse The prospenty of successful stores IS reflected m the \\ II1do\\ s WEEKLY ARTISAN Sheboygan Near a Business Boom. Sheboygan, ,;\11", Oct 28 -Sheboygan 13 nearer a boo111 than I have seen It In the 25 year" I have been g0111g there :'Iore and finer bUS111e"sbUlld111g" are g0111g up than 111any other one year Two of the bank:., are bulldUlg fine homes for themselves, one of vv lllch has a mag11lficent marble front, probably the fine"t III ,;\1Isconsm Several of the stores are enlargmg, one of the leadlllg ones nearly doubhng theIr floor space WIth a fine bnck four story bulldmg, and one of ,l1e hotels has been nearly doubled m sIze The factone" are all domg well and some of them excep-tionally so The Sheboygan ChaIr Company say In theIr ad 111the \Veekly Arthan, "Only the Best IS Cheap," and they have proved It by gettmg out the finest catalog they have ever Issued and they make the chaIrs to back It up TheIr trade IS ex(ellent The Sheboygan Novelty Company IS enJoymg a good trade whIch seems to get better all the time That comes from makmg good fur11lture and selhng It at rIght pnces One of the be"t mdicatlOns of prospenty was mentlOned by Geo Spratt, who saId that the first two weeks m Octo-ber he receIved more money than 111any two weeks smce he has been m bu smess The Phoe11lx ChaIr Company has lllstalled a new blower system and a new boIler has been put In place ThIS company 1" ha'mg a fine trade. The Amencan :vIanufactunng Company keep on bmld-mg so fast that If they don't stop pretty soon they WIll have to do hke the Crocker ChaIr Company dId, buIld another factory on the other ';Ide of the nver, for they WIll not have room to expand much more rl he Dllhngham l\lanufactur- 111gCompany are maklllg good refngerators and "elhng lots of them C 11 ...---' I ~ffl~ou INTERES TINO PRICES g~~~~Vk~~5 SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. ._-_.-------_._._----- -----_.~----------~ I I 17 I ...I CWartiatelogfuore. I E P ROWE CARVI~G WORKS ALLEGAN, I • • L, , MICH. Industries Busy. Edgar \V Hunting, representatIVe of the Stow & Davh Fur11lture Company m the central west, has 1eturned from a tour of hIS tern tory and reported that whIle all the great 111dustnes especIally m Cleveland and PIttsburg, al e 111full operatlOn, the pulse of bUS1l1ess energy and actIVIty b not felt very strongly In the retaIl trade There IS a faIr move-ment of goods that prOll11SeSto grow stronger from day to day WIth the progress of the year About the eaSIe"t thmg m the worlel for some people to make IS a break The L. Mac E. Fumed Oah Acid Stain fumes the wood equal to a Fumed Box, Early English Stain No. 1719 and No. 506 Filler. Weathered Oah Stain No. 1725. They are the Standard Shades. SEND FOR FINISHED SAMPLES THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. N p ,. .-.=->.;;(.-- -- ;:;,- :: ~ ':;: h" , ~---- Mission Oak Finishas 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN No. 679 Prices Do Not Always Represent Valnes. A'3 there 1'3 none too much confidence reposed 111 I JIg dcaler~ by rug buyer'3, It IS a common thl11g for a collector of rugs to be asked by fnends to fur111'3h them wIth a 1I'3t of onental rug values The Idea back of the request I~ that the vanou:-, kl11d~ of rugs of a gl\ en sIze have someth1l1g of a u111form value, for example, the \fghan rugs about se, en by ten feet are worth apploxlmately one hundred dollars Those who make the reque'3t contemplate g01l1g I11tO the market wIth theIr 1I'3t and bUY1l1g '3uch rug.., as please them and are pnced accore1lng to theIr '3chedule The Idea 1'3 so prevdlent amonf; rug huyer" that a "en lLe may be rendered them by "howlng \, h) ::;enmalt7atlon" concer111ng rug ,alue~ are Imp0'3"lble There arc three pO"'3lble value.., 111every onental rug- The utl1Jty value depend~ entIrely upon the durablhty of the fabnc as a floor cm ellng The art value depend'3 on the color and dC"lgn of the I ug rather thdn on It'3 textnre thouf;h finene".., of texture l'-, ele'3lrable The col1ector'~ ,alue ele-pends on the ranty of the art value The utl1lty valne has already been dClscnbed Art, al-ue~ 111onental rug'" are 1Ike art value'3 111 pIctures The rugs l11eleed, bear the same I elation to the floor that the pIC-ture" bear to the wall, and It would be Just a" absurd to "peak of Raphaels be1l1g worth a hundred thomand dollar'3 a '3quare foot, Or MJ1lets ten thou'3and dollars, as to attempt to n1Clasure the value of onental rugs by name and sIze The"e three values, If they co-exIst 111a rug, cannot be chsas'3oclated CertaIn dealer" advertIse that the) dl'3regarcl •.... . _-------------- ._._---------- ] III ~I III No. 354 The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog is ready for all RetaIl F urmture Dealers. It WIll help sell the lme that of its kmd has no supenor. It contams 88 pages Illustratmg 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 '-. -.. . .._. ......----- ...-----, --------_._-_._------_._._ .._---- ---------- ... No. 1239 the art and collector's \ alues of the onental rugs whIch they after for "ale, and pnce theIr goods 111 "cold blood" on utl1Jty \ alue alone 1he argument may be plan'3lble enongh to ..,ell good'3, hut It ha'3 no foundatIOn 111 fdCt, for the reason that no dealer can bny rugs on utlhty value alone This IS true \\ hether he buy~ by the pIece or by the bale. vVhen gooel and bad rugs artl"tlC and 1I1artlstlC, rare and common, are :-,olcl a" a lot, the \vhole~aler frequently placcs the valu-able rug~ 111 the bale fOl the sale purpose of dlSpOS1l1g of the poorel ones If the rug'3 are bought by the pIece the manufacturer pay'3 for art value 111 the quahty of the material and the "kJ11 of ma'3ter weav er'3, the Importer pay" fOl art \ alutJ to the manufacturer 01 to the ea"tern mHldleman, and the retaJ1er pay" for art value to the Importer. The"e val-ue' 3 per..,I"t whether the dealer Imports hI" own good" or bu)" from a whole"aler The hus1l1e..,s of Importing on en-tal rug'3 ha" been ,,) perfected that only WIth the largest amount" of capItal can the"e good.., he bought abroad to ac1- 'I antage The eXIstence of these three pO~'3lble values 111 ever) onental rug make" a faIr compan'3on of pnces very chfficult for the purchaser Rug" whIch appear to the huyer qmte ahke and equally valuable, may In fact be as far apart, In quahty and worth, a'3 the work of Mlchad Angelo and that of Gustave Dore It follow" that onental rug'3 are valued and pnced accord111g to theIr 1I1dlvldual worth, and that an hone"t dealer cannot ask five hundred dollar" for a two hun-dred dollar rug, or confess attempted extortion by reducl11g a rug from five hundred to two hundred -Arthur Urbane DJ1le\ 111 the Hou '3e BeautIful --._._~-----------.~~--_._-_._-~._._._.----~------------. --.--.-- "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" ._----_._--_.-----. I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you WIll then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, Railroad 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. ~-------.._------~--_._.._ ..- ._ _-- . _. _ __ _._", WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 j.;-THE" -BETT-ER "MAKE-:-:-l I I I I i I I WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE : I t I I I I ! BEDROOM and DINING ROOM i I I , I : FURNITURE ! I j I I I SUITES TO MATCH I I : I I I I f f I I : I •I •I I I I . • I : I i I I f I I I I I I II •I f I I I : I I I I I I t t I I I •: II • I • I I• II , I I I I I I II •I I I I I ! I i I I l I I I I I I I I I I FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL !!>TREET I I I I CATALOGUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALERS I I I I I I i I II Nelson~Matter Furniture Co. l GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I"'--------_._--- ----_.---------- -'-_.~-----------_. -_._.--------- . .- ...- .. . . .... 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OF~ ICERS -President LouIs J Buenger New Ulm VIce President C DanIelson, Cannon Falls Treasurer, a A 0 !\foell, Peter.,otl Secretan, W L Grapp JanesvIlle EXECUTIVE C0\1\f11 fEE-D F Rlch~rdson ]',orthfield Geo Kline Mankato W L HaIns Mlllneapohs, o SImons G ellcoe M L KlIne 5t Peter. MINNESOTA CO·OPERATIVE METHODS EXPLAINED-Bulletin No. 27. THREE $7.* Buffet Coupon $10}L.- fhe 111::,t,)ry at co-opu dt1\ e In]\ Ing ha~ ,hown time and agdln thdt therc al e man\ ddficultJe., to 0\ crcolae \\ hlch, a., a I ulc. ha\ e nullifIed the .,uccc.,., ot co-opel at1\ e bUY111g l\lany dealers \\ho hay e experI-enced these dIfficultlcs 111 \ entm es that proved c!Jsastrolh, hav~ mfencel that co-opelatIve bUyUlg cannot be done "ucces,;- tully Tunes anel condltlolls change th111g,;. hoV\ever So we finel today that concl!tlOn,; have made 1t nece::,~ar) for the "mall dealel to adopt new and untrIcd method" 111the hope., of gett111g relief flOm the dcm01 al-lZ111gmfluences that are cau"ed b) the mad order catalog" There I" an element that enter::, mto e\ el y undertak111£; whIch mu::,t be had 111ordel to \\ ark out ~ucces" and that I';-Lonfidence A" confidence I'; the large"t factor m co operat1\ c hUYI11g. thc secretary feels that It I" due to our member" to gl\ e the facts ::,urroundl11g an l11c1dent In connectIOn w1th co-operatIve bUY111g The "ecI etar} ot the ::\1111nesota RetaIl Dealer~' \. ".,OClatlOn \ al-ues the confidence of OUI memhers abo\ e everyth111g ';0 he finel,; 1t ncce,,::,ar}, 1110,- cler to give an 111telligent e:xplanatlOn of the ]ug£;ling of pnce" that affect,; co operatl\ c bU}111g, to reproduce and c'\:plal11 the bulle-t111'-, Jlluc;trated \\' e V\ ant our member" to read them carefully and Judge accorel111gh The fact3 are a::, follows On October 1,;t the ,;ecretary I,;,ued Bulle $8. tIn '\ 0 22 ot the butte±'> addIng to ,hc co.,t ot butte±-, 1U.,t enough to pay t01 a~"ouatloll e'Cpen"e,; -\ quan-tIt) of the::,e buttet" was furl11,;hed our member,; and on about Septem-ber 1st the hullet111 wll1ch we ma1k \. \\ a" ,;ent to the \ allOU'; membel" ot our a.,,,ouaUon and of COUl,;e ,e\- eral \\ ere Immechateh ::,ent to the "eoetar} -\., the puces 111Bulle-tm -\ I,;,;ued h\ the ChIcago concern \\ el e hom ;Oc to SI Ie,;,; than the JlIICC'" \\ e m,tele 0111 member..,. It nat- BULLETIN A. THREE SNAPS IN BUFFETS $9.•1~ F T O'BRIEN, Surd4ry nrall} left an ImpressIon that the ChIcago conccl n \\ d" able to £;et a bettel prIce than \\ e c!Iel Our as- SOCIatIOn palel no attentlOn to tll1'; becan,;e \\e lea!Izcel that It 1<., an ea::,y matteI, \Vhen one I" hSl11ng the la:ot bulletIn to mahc the prIce lo\\er If he choo<.,e.., to do "0 and If an\ one V\ ant::. to aclopL ,;nch method" \\ C ha\ e no qnarrel \\ Ith them But on Septemhel 2=)th he 1,;"uec1 BulletIn '\ 0 1248 on whIch thc pllce" were ral"ed $1 5=) abo\ e the pllce that he quoted 111 bulletm -\ \Vhlch was "ent to :\ Imnc~()ta member,; Thl'; \\ a,;, however, Bulletm '\ 0 12--1-8whIch \Vas sent to dealers and members 111 the ::,tate of Nebra"ka NO\N WIth the::,e facts before you as shown 111 reproductlon, ask yourself the 3 e questIon,; 1 Is 1t not better to a'iSOClate yourself w1th dealers who are 111bus111ess a" yourself than WIth an Inchv 1(lual who IS elevotmg hIS vvhole tllne to thIS kmd of work and who does not make any annual re-port,; to hIs members of the condl-tlOm of hI'; as'30CiatlOn? 2 Why dre the M111nt;,sota members entItled to a better price, whIch m thIS case was $1 55 on t11e same buffet, than he gIves to hIs Nebraska membef3? 3 Then agam, If you wIll study the two ChIcago Cll cnlar", BulletIns A and No, 1248, you cannot help but "ee that the one marked A and wInch wa,; sent to Mmnesota, was meant for dealers. not member" of the a",;oclatJon, and why should a c!o<.,er pnce be made to OUT-l.., IDER than to members who paId $=) for the pnvJ1eg;e of JOll11ng the as"oclatlOn? 4 Now then, If such a polIcy 1'3 adopted by any a"soclatlOn or busI-NO. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ness is it the assoclatlOn that you want to belong to? \\ e gIve you these facts as they have come to u" and now leave lt for you to Judge whIch assoClatlon IS entttied to your full confidence \;Ve have found 111our work that wlthout the factor of real confidence 111one another, we are powerless to br111g about the sav111gs and helps planned It 15 only natural for the human m111d to be "U<;P1CIOUS and thIS human traIt of SuspICIOn has been the ~afety valve of many and many an enterpnse yet after all we are In 111g 111an age where bus1l1e~s 1<;no longer a lottery and out of the hard ~chool of practtcal expenence have come "clentlfic pnnclple':> v\hlch have gIven bIrth to many of the plesent clay po11c1e<;and method.., One doe~ not have to be very much of a student to see that the greate~t ~ucce<;se., of our presellt tIme are products of the co-operatlOn of man) m111d5 dnd that by the assoClat1l1g of our<;elves In a"soc1atlon<; and co-operatlOns, we can accomph"h what would be utterly llnpos- "lble If attempted 1l1cllv1dually \\ henever you find a fa11- me of an aSSOCIatIOn or co-operation, you WIll find that the pnnc1pal rea~on of faIlure (generally ~pedkl11g) IS lack of confidence 111 the mach1l1ery nece,,<;ary to operate It Our assoClatlOn IS no exceptIon to the general rule and reah71ng thIS a~ we do, It ha'" plompted u<; to make thl':> explanatIOn of anyth1l1g WlllCh seems wlOng upon Its face \Y. L GRAPP, Secretary Heavy Sales of High Grade Furniture. The Royal Furl11ture Company, Grand RapIds, manufac-turel" of hIgh grade furmture for the chamber and dm111g room, are operat1l1g theIr factory to full capacIty m an effort to fill orders 21 .....---------_--...--------~ •j tt I I II I 1 It IIII I... • _. _. _. --_._-_._-- 4 No 298 Di8c Phonograph Record Cabmet We Can Suit You Prompt Servim'. Seasonable Goods. Courteous Treat-ment. Get Our Catalogue. TRY US. I L----.1, I DEPENDABLE GOODS Sheboygan Novelty Co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. I I .... Music CalJinets, Phonograph Record CalJinets, Ladies' Desks, Book Cases, ComlJination Cases, China Closets and Buffets. AMERICAN BWWER COMPANY "SIROCCO" TRADE MARK ANY EFFICIENT GENERATOR direct connected to an " ABC" SELF OILING ENGINE will electric fig hI your plant, run fans, etc., and if you are now bu~ing current, will pay you in savlllg 25% PER ANNUM ( Wnte for proof of above.) 'ABC" SELF OILING ENGINES are generating thousands of kilo-watts all over the world, and each engine is paying for itself every year in savings of fuel and oil. WE WILL GLADLY QUOTE YOU, WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOU TO BUY (Exhaust Steam is Available for Heating and Drying) ThIS plantrunnlng In IQUITOS, PERU. WE DIRECT CONNECT TO ANY GENERATOR GENERAL OFFICES, DETROIT, MICH. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURC ATLANTA CHICACO ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE 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 FOR STAGE SETTINGS. Miss Margaret Anglin Talks of tbe Difficulty and Importance of Securing and Arranging It. "The year 1860, ae"thetlcally consldel ed, '" a~ not a partI-cularly beautIful tIme of be1l1g It has come do\', n In decord tlve hlstOl y as the day of black \\ alnut, at marble topper! tables, of wax flowers under m al gla~~ and "tuffed bird", at hor~ehalr furnIture and wool dal11a"k~ It b termed earl} VIctorIan 111 the nomenclature of furl1lsh1l1g whIch IS con- SIdered rather a word of reproach than a c1a"s1ficatlOl1 ' So saId ::\IIS8 Margaret Anghn recentl}, 111 her co"e} apartment at the Plaza Hotel, brIght wIth "umh1l1e, fragrant wIth flowers It wa" the color of the hangIng", a ro"e red rccall111g the drapene~ of the settIng of the parlor of the Old Che"ter llou~e 111 her latest success, "The Awakel11ng of Helena Rlc111e," that had gIven the conver~atlon Ih openIng turn That "tage pIC-ture I" the work of MI"s AngI1l1'~ bram and fingers "I have adhered a" clo"ely a" pO~~lble to the de"cnptlOn gIven In l'vIrs Deland'.., ~tor}," "he ~ay", and talked wIth her about It as I have all the other pOInt" of the play, those relat- 1I1g to morab and manner.., \Vlth thl" a" foundatIOn I have succeeded In obtaulIng, 111 spite of the era and It~ well known atrOCItIes, what decorative cntlcs have told me I~ a beautIful eZbemble "A few have called attentIOn to what they term an-achrol1lsms, but the people of that time were Just as lIable to put an heIrloom In the mld"t of theIr modern sett1l1g a" we are today WhIstler "aId, you know, that man} a room has been spoIled by a touch of sentiment, the wor"tec1 match safe, the embrOIdered tIdy, and so Helena RIchIe, who Grand Rapids, Michigan \\ a" a bunch at anachrOnIsms \\ o,dd naturally put a lot of cu"hlOn" on the st1f1 httle sofa dnd "often other aspentles In a \\ a} to make Sarah K1I1g, I epresentatlve of Old Chester tradItIOns and com entlOns, ~It up ancl take notice. "There are a lot of room~ today 111 J'\ ew England and PennsylvanIa and perhap,> othel "tates whIch are unchanged from the early \ Ictonan pomt of VIew, and noting them clo"eh } au Y\ III 'lee that a bIt of the EmpIre furnish1l1g \\ hlCh pi eceded that tIme and wa~ naturally often 1I1terpo-lated 111 It I" to be found as It I~ In the Old Chester parlor. 1 ut that I11terpolatlon I" not an I11correctne,,~, qUIte the re-yel'oe the anachrol11"m havl11g been carefully thought out ane! tellll1gly presentee! "One of mv fllendlv cntlc" saId that the room gave the 1l11pre-"I0I1 of "tepplng bodIly between the pages of Godey'" Ladv" Book, and a" It wa" from that ,:>ource I drew a great deal of my lI1'oplratlOn I v.a" plea"ed at the acutene"" of the remark "I wanted 1)1ocatelle for the CUI ta1l1~, but both Mrs Delane! and I agreed that If Helena RIchIe, hV1l1g as she (bd on the edge of "U~pIClon, had hung brocatelle over her wln-dm,>~, Old Che~ter would never have made ItS prelIminary call and followed that up WIth a contInued pllgnmage of e"plOnage and cuno"lty J3rncdtelle 111 a lonely woman'" parlor In 18'l0 would arolhe the "ame Su"plclOn that the odor of ugarette ~moke would today 111 a prov1l1clal localIty. For nothIng ever held the germ of truth more closely en- ,;hnned than the saYing, 'Show me the man's room, and I WIll ~how you the man' "\\ Iden the applIcatIOn and "ubstItute the word gener-atIon for the man, and you clearly see why the woman's In-tUItIOn tell" her so plal11ly that she must have the exact en- , Ironment to enact the drama or comedy she IS produc1l1g WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 In order to be convmcmg I thmk that I~ why ~o many play~ lack that ~ubtle appeal to the woman spectator "No matter what her own enforced framIng of dat!y hfe may be, both by mherltance and educatIOn she know~ abso-lutely when a setting b correct, and even If she doe~n't get to the pOInt of analysIs or CriticIsm she IS mdefinably dIssat- Isfied 1 thmk thIs truth IS shown m 'The Awakenmg of Helena RIchIe' by the mere fact that often when the curtam rises the 'iettmg I" applauded as If It were a human thmg speakmg ItS hnes wIth force and power "I tried horsehaIr fur11lture too, but It wa~ so relentle~'i and so hard' It was shppery too, and m the excItement of the play we forgot and came near tumbhng onto the floor HorsehaIr fur11lture dId not expre~~ the shpperlnes~ of an easy code of morals, but rather dlsclplme, just as the rigId backs of the chaIrs and sofas, where you had perforce to sit erect, expressed theIr conventIOns "The greate,.,t amount of patience," Mls~ Anghn contm-ues, "IS needed for thIS sort of work You get to a pomt after a whIle where, although you reahze that there are probably not half a dozen people m your audIence who are gOIng to note and apprecIate your fine touches, for your own self-respect and for the half flozen who"e opl11l0n l'i worth more than all the rest you WIll tot! "How many, 1 wonder, m my audIence" know that the carpet m the parlor 'icene I" jU'it the one carpet 1 ,.,hould have and that any other pIcked up at random m the prop-erty room of the theatre or bought In a department store would sImply have put the whole setting m a drfferent key, wIthout meanmg or harmony? 1 reahzed that If I got what 1 wanted at all 1 would find It m an auctIOn room where you can still get 1860 artIcle" a httle the wor"e for wear, hut WIth the reqUIred atmosphere ~-, _-. ----~~------_._--_._---- IiII ..----_._---- WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA Manufacturers ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively II _-4 WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT • we •••••• ..--- "Sure enough, after many VI~lt'i WIthout result 1 found jLbt the bIt of floor covering 1 wanted, absolutely true to the tradltlon~ of the time It could not have been more veraclOU~ If It had been made for me. 1 bought It at once and then, "ufferlng the usual experience of the auctIOn fiend, 1 dl~covered too late that It had already been bought and paId for by "ome one else "\Vell, when you begm to but!d a stage settmg you don't allow a httle thmg hke that to stand In the way If you do you show yourself a mere tyro m the art If 1 had to throw myself at the purcha~er's feet and weep tears of blood 1 determmed to have that carpet 1 argued that none would have bought It for any but a secondary use, a lodgmg hou~e, a servant's room or somethmg hke that, so 1 sent my representatIve WIth mstructlons to get that carpet at any price "The price wa~ a \ ery comphmentary one, for as "oon a'i the purchaser dl'icovered who wanted the carpet, 1 m turn dIscovered that fame IS not a bad thmg to have when you are carpet hungry She "aId all sorb of 11Ice thmg,., about my work, a,.,ked the prlvt!ege of havmg the carpet cleaned and makmg me a present of It as a 'ihght token of her appreCIatIOn Talk about the largesse of flowers and bonbon'i that falls to the actress's lot' Noone, 1 am sure, ever receIved either WIth half the JOy that 1 receIved my carpet" ----------------------- ..III II 1I I --------------- ---------_._--_._---- ~.,---------_._--- I• I II I SPARTAN TURPS Spartan Turps 1S undeniably the best thing on the market for reducing varnishes, stains, paints, etc. It is bet-ter than turpentine, being one of the best solvents known. With Spartan Turps you will get better results, cover more surface and save money. Write for sample and be convinced. MARIETTA, OHIO . ..--_. . .-- _. • • a ••••• ._._ •••••• T •• --- I WUAT SPARTAN TURPS WILL DO Spartan Turps will reduce varnishes, stains and oils. It will prevent precipitation if used to reduce an oil stain. It can be used for thinning the finest colors, imparting new life and brilliancy without im-paring the color. It adds to the flexibility and spreading qualities of varnishes. It can be useful in a hundred ways in any finishing room. I I I . .. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN SUlte NO 923 bY Nelson-Matter Furmture Co" Grand RapIds MlCh WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 New York Markets. New YOlk, Oct 29-L111;,eed oIl quotatIOn" arc a cent lllgher than a week ago, be111g based on 62@63 cent;, for western raw WIth a cent added succes'ilvely for city raw 'i111glebOIled and double boIled The market l'i not 'iO firm howeY er, as It was earlter 111the wee1<: Sales 111 lots of over five barrel" were reported) e"tel da) at a full cent below carel rates Turpent111e has advanced more than a cent per gallon S111celast Monday It IS now quoted here at 61@61Yz cent'i and 58@S80 at Savannah Shellac pnces have not been changed for mOl ethan a month The market IS dull or dormant a'i It ha'i been for the past "IX week" Improvement 111the demand for varlll"h gums IS noted and pnce" are fil mer for the better grade'i Kaun No 1 IS quoted at 41@46 cent;" 1\0 2, 22@25 cents l\lamb pale, 14@18 cent'i, dark hareL 13@14 cent;, Damal-Ba-tavla, 13@14 cents S111gapore, 70@12 cents Goat Sk111Sare now In steady demand and the 'iuppl} I" larger than for several weeks J';"orthern 1\Iexlcans have advanced sltghtly, now be111g quoted above 42 cents ':Vlex- Ican frontIers are sttll held at 33 cents, Buenos A) re'i 44((0 46, Halttem, 44@47, Curacaos, 50@52 There IS an ample 'iupply of burlap" 111stock here to meet all present demands and mo"t of the Importers have made contract" that WIll meet all ordmary reqmrements for three month" at least 1!nder thlc, condItIon pnces have dec1med a ltttle but the carel rates are stIll 3 50@3 55 for eIght-ounce and 4 50@4 55 for 100-ounce goods. The recent advance of SOcent" per 100 pounds for sheet 71nc ha:o been well mamtamed and a further advance l'i generally expected at the begmnmg of November Quo-tatton" are $8 per 100 pound", WIth 8 per cent dIscount f o b Peru, III Current quotatton" 111thIs market for hard",ood lumber are as follows Ash, whIte, 1sts and 2d", per 1,000 feet, $56 00, $60,00, black a"h, $46 00, $48 00, Elm, $2500, $30 50, Oak, plam, 1sts and 2d'i, $5800, $6S 00. quarter sawed, l"b and 2ds, $7800, $8200, maple, 1sts and 2ds, $42 SO, $4800, black walnut, 1sts and 2d", $100 00, $115 00, rejects, $5750, $6750, cherry, 1sts and 2ds, $10000, $lOS 00, 44 common, $4200, $4500, culls, $2000, $2100, whItewood, mch, 1"1.s and 2ds, $45 00, $4800, No 1 common, $3200, $3400, mahogany, Cuban, per 100 it , $700, $900 New Furniture Factories. Samuel .l\IcLlvsky has ec,tabltshed a small furlllture fac-tory at 411 Lmcoln avenue, Peona, III The new chaIr factory bmlt by the \;\TIlson-Bennett-Por-tel Company at l\Iontourwllle, Pa. WIll be put 111tOopela-tton on .l\Ionday, KOvembcI 2 C F vVebcI, Alex Turkmgton and E V LC\elson have orga111zed the Lafayette Cal pet anef Rug Company to manu-facture carpets and rugs at Lafa)ette Ind. .l\Io"es KreIsberg Samuel Gottlteb and Sender Kolatch have 111corporated the Klelsberg Company, capltaltzed at $10,000, WIth $1,250 paId m, to establtsh a furlllture factory 111New YOlk CIty ConstructIOn ha" been started on the new mohaIr mIll at the sIte of the old Portland \\ oolen mIlls at Sollwood, Ore The new company al"o owns the Multnomah ~lohalr mIll". The new plant WIll gIve employment to 200 men and WIll cost when completed $80,000 Miscellaneous Notes and News. The ColumbIa } ur111ture Company has "uccecded H arf' Dean, retaIl dealer at Seattle, \;\ ash The Parkersburg (\\ Va) ChaIr Company have broken ground fOl a large addItIOn to thClr factory Don \\ } elch ha" purchased Frank C PIke'" chaIr fac-tory at Keene, 1\ H and wIll enlarge the plant Levm Bros of \ImneapOl" l\1111n, are enlargmg the ca-paClt) of theIr furllltme factory by addmg a thIrd story The name of the Arltngtoll Furllltm e Company of Arltng-ton, Ga ha" been changed to the BeaVIS Fur111ture Company 1he Collm" Company, ::\ew York, house fur11lsher:o, has been 111corporated by K J Keeble, P A, Hatltng and J H MIller CapItal Stock $125,000 The new Impenal Hotel at Portland, Oregon, erecterl a' :l cost of $2 SO,Ooo,WIll soon be ready to receIve ItS ft,n, tl'l e It ",Ill be opened on January 1, 1910 A P v\ arner of BelOIt, VvIS ha purcha"ed a controllmg mterest 111the Marshall Ventilated .l\i[attre"" Company of Ken-o" ha, and wtll move the plant to BelOIt. Bnck & Busch, fur11lture dealer'i and undertaker" at Owa-tonna, ~Imn are "ucceeded by Dnck & 1'Itsgen, Mr Busch hav1l1g sold hIS 111terest to Charles .l\11sgen The :E<anner .l\fanufactunng Company of Cleveland, OhIO, manufacturer" and dealers In carpets, brass beds and novelttes ha, e reduced the capital stock from $1,000,000 to $569,100 Fol"om & TIllman have bought T P Gllffiths' 1l1teres1. In the Gnffith FurnIture Company of McRae, Ga They have changed the namc of the concern h) the 1'IcRae Fur111ture Co The Southern Veneer Company of Lomsvllle. Ky, has been sued for $10,000 by the adm1l11"trator of the e"tate of j\ Illtam Allen \\no ",as aClclentally kIlled 111the company'-- mIll The HOOSIer 1\1anufactunng Com pan) of New Castle, Ind , manufacturer" of kItchen cabmeb, are reported to have sold more goods smce Apnl 20 than 111 any other "IX month" smce theIr factory was establt"hed George A Popple the boy who set fi, e to the shop'i of the \\ alte ChaIr Company at Baldwmvllle, Mass, plead" 1l1Salllty as a defense agaln"t a charge of ar"on or, rather hIS la",yer has "et up 111sanlty a" the grounds of defense \Yhat 1'0 known as the spnng "eason 111 the carpet and rug wholesale trade WIll open 111 the ea"t next Monday An advance of about 10 per cent 111pnces IS generally expected, but no defllllte announcement ha" been made ]\I[ ullen Bro" , hUlllture clealer" of Ironwoocl, Mlch, 10s1. about $1,000 recently by the collapse of theIr bmld111g undel 1.he weIght of V\ et heav) c,now Th( rool "ettled on the "tock and forced the front of the bmlcl111g out on the "Ide", alk Charles \;\ Guy, for many ycars 111 the furlllture trade 111 Qumcy, .l\;Ias"" has accepted the Dcmocrattc nommatton for counCIllor Mr Guy IS the author of several books and I" the foundel of an 1l1stttutlOn known a" "N ew"boys' Day" 111 Qumcy The tanff drawback on carpet "weepers manufactured b) the BI"sell Carpet Sweeper Company, of Grand RapIds, Mlch , 111 part from Imported Chme"e bnstles, ha:o been extended to cover carpet ,weepers manufactured by the '\ atlOnal Sweep-el Company, of Newark, N J Pidgeon-Hickerson. Grace PerCIval, daughter of ::\1r and l\Irs \;\Ttlltam H HIckerson and J ultan Rutltdge PIdgeon of Brooklyn, NY, were marned m Brooklyn last Vvednesday Mr HIckel "on I" a fur111ture salesman well and favorably known 111the Ea"t and 111 the Grand RapIds and ChIcago markets 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. .... .--- .-- - .. --------------------_._-_._._-_._-- -- ----_._-----_._._- _.------------ ,• II HOOD & WRIGHT I ~ . .. - .. _- .. _--_.~ BIG RAPIDS , MICHIGAN I! '------'------ . .--- ...--,----_._.---_._.~--------- _______________ ••• 4 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. Effect of That Jamestown Conference. OffiCIals of the 1\ atlOnal f' Url11tUle :'1anufactunm; -\""0 clatIOn are very much plea"ed \\ Ith the I e.,ult" O' the 1elent conference held at Jamestown -\n Impi e""lOn prey aIled that noth111g 111common eXisted m the Intel e"t" ot the man-ufacturers located 111 the ea"tern .,tate" and tho"e ot the \\ e"t but the presence of :'1essrs Hoult Hummer, Karge" Eh\ ell SlIgh, ,Vlddlcomb, L-pham and other" of the \\ e"t and the k111dly Splnt eV111ced 111their demeanor and utterecl m thlll speeches ehmmated SU"pl110n J ealmh) and unkl11dh con slcleratlOn Secretar) Ll11ton has relel\ ed man) letter" from manufacturers pre ,ent at the J ame"tovv n meetl11g m which the good effect" of the conference V\ ere dl"CU""ed and the semi-annual meetmg of the natIOnal a"SOll,ltlon to be held m ChIcago on l\ovember 10 \\111 be mOle largeh at-tended and more repre"entatlve of the tUf1l1ture manutal- ....-.--- -- .. -------- tunng I11clu"try than any held In the years past Manufac-hirers are learning that In U111ty and co-operatIOn the best mtere"t" ot all are subserved Much Needed Reform. L nder pXbtmg condltlOn" In the shlppmg bu,;mess there I" a lack of Imlfon111ty m the packmg and cratmg of fur111- ture The reqmrements of one traffic associatIOn are not tho"e of another A movement ha" been maugurated to establIsh Ul11fOn111tyIn the preparation of goods for shipment and thel eby re1110ve burdens that are needle""ly IInposed up-on a large numher of manufacturers of fur11lture It s \\ hen a 111dnhas sense that the dollars take care of them-seh es -_._._. -------------------------- -- - ..... _--_ ...... SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS I This shoe does the work of a castu 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, MICH. . . - --- ... _.. ------,----------_. -_ .... _-- II ._-- .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 .....- ---.-.---------------------.---------------------------.-. _._- ...._. --1 VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We will have the nght styles at the right prices and made to give satisfaction. Don't miss coming to see the line, it Will pay you. Parlor Furniture Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO.,Indianapolis,Ind. II • - ••• _.______ _ ---- •• ea_ • • ---~ Siegel Buyers in the Market. R. G Alexander, buyer for the Boston and Fourteenth streets, D ]\1 Kahn, buyer for Sm1pson, Cl awford & Simp-son and Mr Baum, buyer for Siegel, Cooper & Co . (all owned Made by Delaware ChaIr Co , Delaware, 0 by Henry Siegel) arnved 111Grand Raplcl" on October 26 and ,",pent two days plac111g orders for speCialhe" for the hohday tlade and regular stock for the speCial sale:,-, which the several Siegel houses will offer m February next Mr Alexander divides hiS hme between New York and Couches Leather Rockers t Bo:,-,ton, ,",pendmg four days each week m the former City Bus111ess In both cIties wa:,-, reported achve and prospenty prevails m all hnes of mdustry The Siegel buyers anh- Clpate great activity 111merchandl:'-'111g dunng the remamder of the year Mr Alexander believes thoroughly 111 the value of trade sales, as conducted 111 the large cIties The August sales of the Siegel stores were very successful Mr Ale.x.ander stated that the chair trade seemed to be ql11te demoralized Goods ha\ e been disposed of by manu-facturers on the auctlOn plan-sold to the highest bidders Very good box seat dmers h3 d been 'Sold for $1200 per dozen, box seat" 111 ">olid leather for $1600 to $1650, and loose :,-,eat (leather) dmer" for $22 00 Some fellows seem to put their best foot forwald when they are headed 111 the wrong directIOn ...- . ----------------------" Il HOFFMAN BFTR.OWTAHYENRES, INCDO.. I I I HARDWOOD LUMBER 1 I - ! I :~~!~:~}:T~~~D{VDEGN~E:E~RS 1 .I..------ .---------- .. ----- _ ~1 28 New Buildings That Will Need Fm·niture. Re:Oldence~-John Dlednch 3014 Delaware avenue, 1n-cllanapoh", Ine! $4,000 n 1\1 R Montgomery, Kenwood a, enue and Tlllrt} -tlllrd "treet, I ndlanapoh", $4,500 n James II al"h S108 1\ alnut street, Kan"as CIty, 1\10, $3,500. 11 G I \ ~OCh II ell 1831 Ea'it .'-leventy-elghth "treet, Kan"as Clty, \10 S3 ;00 n \11" H B Jump, 1589 Adam:o street, Den- \ el Col $4 ;00 11 :\Ir" Emma B Paffenbach, 326 Deacon "treet Pltt'ibt11g Pa $8,000 11 1\Irs H A Broner, 325 (,lchtone al enue, Kan"a'i CIty ::\10, $10,0;)0 11 R J Ed- \\alCl, 812 \\ a"hl1lgton "treet, Oklahoma CIty, Okla, $3,500 11 \1 I Porten, Laurel and Le'<:111gton avenues, St Paul, \Imn $10,000 11 H \\ l\IcQuald, 410 FaIrmont avenue, ~t Paul, :\I111n, $12000 11 Hannah Doody, 314 Cornell ave-nue 1ndlanapoh:o, Ind, $3,000 11 "Gu,," \Velss, Mel nck and Stanton ,treeh, DetlO1t, :\11ch, $5,500 n \\!Illard SmIth, 207 EIghth alenue, Salt Lake CIty .Ctah, $4,000 n J V '-,,, en"on, 361 Se, enth street South, Salt Lake CIty, $3,200 11 II Glb~on, 113-? II e:ot ThIrty-fifth street, Lo~ Angeles, Cal, S3 50J ~rE .'-l Cox, Long Ueach, Cal, $4,$500 11 H J\I I\llen 3475 Laniranco street, Los I\ngele:o, $4000 11 Alex SCull er, 720 East Se, enth "tleet Los Angeles, $3,500 11 T \1 ~ ewman, 811 1\orth Occldental boulevard, Los Angeles, $4,000 11 \rabella Parker, 0;111eteenth street and Llewellyn a, enue ~ odolk, \ a, $3,500 11 F F IValt, 2217 South \\ orthl1l~ton "treet L1l1coln, Yebr, $3,000 11 M E Hahn, 23;4 (Tal field a, enne, L1l1coln, $6,000 nl\fr" Mattie Helm~, JlllJ101" dnd 3;th streets. Indldnapolls, $5,000 11 C l' SItes, yOO \\ est .'-le'enteenth street Oklahoma CIty, $6,000 11 Frank \Ian 111 1237 II est 26th street Oklahoma CIty, $4,500 11 1hos Lee, 320 II ec,t ChIckasaw street. Oklahoma City, $5,- 000 11 L G :\1oran 1600 I I e"t 22d street, Oklahoma CIty, 34200 11 L Conroy d, 634 Drake a\ enne, ChIcago, $5,500 11 I .'-l Barrett. E1717 Rowan a\ enue, Spokane, \Vash, $5,000 11 J J Lahrens, South Park, Spokdne, V\ ash, $;,100 11 Lil-han :\1 Crouse, 817 :\Iadlc,on ..,treet, Syracure, 'i Y, $8,500 11 \1 H Ladendorf East Corn1l1g avenue, Syracuse, $5,000 11 II S Duncan,282 Fourteenth street Atlanta Ga, $14,750 11 II ilham Thompson ,'o,pnngdale Dnve, Atlanta, $10,000 11 I\lfred J acbon Laurel "n eet, St Pan I, M1l1n, $3,000 n May \\ Spencel 2213 Central boule, alCI, Omaha, Yeb ,$3,000, 11 '\ 1-1 '\ ehon, 1314 '\ orth 15th St, Omaha, $3,500, 11 W E IIcGre,\ 298 :\Ielbot11 ne "treet. Pltt~burg, Pa, $3000, nO \1 Burg, 3207 Copelm ale, St LoUls, Mo, $9,000, 11 Mary \ LItten, Htllman ~t, Youngstown, Oh1O, $2500, 11 C A Hagen, 624 Prospect ale, Scranton, Pa, $4,000, 11 Herbelt Chalfield, ('Ibbon:o ,'o,t, Scranton, Pa, $4,000, ~ Stephen Mos-ler. Fain lew "treet, Scranton, $3,000, 11 VlT C Brownwell. 3224 Bellefontal11e a, enne, Kan~a~ Clty, 1\10, $4,000. 11 J 1\ hltne} 3~33 1roost aHnuc Kall:oa" CIty, $4,800 n c. P Barton 2807 Ea"t 33th stleet, Kansa:o City, $4,500 \ I 111 C II Ilkc}, Front and Tabor "treete" Phdaclelphla, Pa, $7500 11 Jacob D \1 entz, FlOnt and Tabor streets, PhIl-adelphia, £n,ooo 11 D M Ros", 3401 II, e:ot 12th street, LIttle Rock \rk, $3,000 11E H K1l1'iWOIth, 1321 Scott "treet LIttle Rock $2,800 11 F 1\1 Hatch, Jo:oeph111e, Ala, (concrete lmngakm) $4,000 11 1\1r" I' l' Langley, La-grange, Ga, $3,000 11D D I\ker", Woodbury, Ga. $4800 11 L D II \TanVhet \\ est111111ster place, St Joseph, Mo, $; 300 II 1\ C RIckett", 2123 B "treet, L1llcoln, Nebr , $3.000 11 C r Theobald, 3130 V1l1e street, L1llcoln, $3,000 n IIro. J L Henne, Oak Knoll, Cal, $12, SOO 11 Dr F K Ledyard, Pasadena Cal, $12,000 11 E E Gragham, Por-ters, die Cal, $15,000 11John 13 S111not, New Orleans, La £1 ;,000 ~ John J Frawley, Yew Orleans, $7,500 11 E \ Blrkle} \ew HaHn, Conn, $8,000 ~ John Lowe, Kew Ha' en Conn $4 800 ~ F S McCune, Bnghton Road, WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------., I NEW MACHINERY !, •,I I, Machines to bore ,,I I Machines to bore : I,I!III -----_._-------------------_._--- I have on hand for ImmedIate shIpment the follo\\ 109 brand new machines which I w1l1sell at reduced pnces 4- Two-spindle Radial Boring from I;{ to 18inch centers. 3-Two-spindle Radial Boring 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. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write U8 for Price Lbt and dl8count 31 33 S. Front Sf., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. I,,----------_._- ----- -----_._--- BOYNTON & CO Manufad:urers of Embo .. ed and Turned Mould 1 nga, Embolla ed and Spmdle CarvIngs, and Automatsc. Turnln .._. We aIlKl manu fadure a large lme of Embossed Ornaments for Couch Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~-------------------------------------- fHo~~i--LINDENI I Indianapolis I Illinois and New York Sts. : I 6 Blocks from UnlOn Depot I: 2 Blocks from Interurban Statlon ~~~ : All OutSIde, WIth Fire Escape J elephone tn Every Room I European Plan ~ Rates 75c to $2 00 Per D ly DInIng Room In Connectwn SpeCIal Kates to Famlhes and Permanent Guests I Ladles TravelIng Alone Will FInd ThIS a Very DeSIrable Stoppmg Place. GEO.R. BENTON : Lessee and Manager II ... -------------~------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ---~-~~-------_._--------------------- -------------_._--_._~------------.., ~..... -- •I•• •I I I DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST "QUALITY" LINE of DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION I 1 III I I I I I~----------------------------------------------_.----_._--------------------------- Pltt"bnrg, Pa, $7,SOO ~ D :l\1 (Jem.,on, \\ oodland Road, Pltto,bnrg, Pa, $2S ::;00 ~ v\ 11ham Howard, 44 Kennerly a\ enue, Columbus, OhIO, $5,500 ~ II H JUeyer", Eigh-teenth and \Ya1nut streeh, Harn"burgh Pa, $6,000 ~ E E Blck, South Bend, Ind, $3,500 Chao, H Balm, Boule-vard and ::\lack avenue, DetrOlt, J\1Ich, $8, ::;00 ~r L Col-by, 184 Parker street, DetrOIt, $25,000 ~ Adelme Terwilli-ger, 392 Ba1dwm street, DetrOlt $4, SOO ~ 11ary A J\lc- Connell, 125 l'mgree a\ emle, DetrOlt, $7,500 ~ ]\I[ rs G S Lard, 1583 Ashland avenue, Evan"ton Ill, $8,000 ~Ed-ward Blown, 2220 Pmkney avenue, Omaha, Nebr, $4,500 ~ 11rs. 1\ S Haggerty, 100 Perry street, Peona, Ill, $7,000 ~ R C Darb), 200 i'lIyrt1e "treet, Atlanta, Ga, $6,000 ~ \lr<., C ] \1 alkel, 289 J\lyrtle street, Atlanta Ga $5,000 ~ ] ean Johnstone, London road, Duluth, 1\1Inn, $-t500 ~ H E \ \ esten elt 527 ::\orth Lafa) ette street, South Bend, Ind , $lO,OJO ~ Geo \V Tarr, Groveland a\ enue, :\Ianche:oter, ::\ H, (bungalow) $3,500 11 John H Lyneman, St James <.,tleet, Richmond, Va, $4,280 ~ C A Carlet, 3787 \Vash-mgton o,treet, Kansa<., City, J\10, $10,000 ~ Henr) Jas-per, 411 \Voodland a\Cllue, h..an:oa:o City, ~o, $6000 ~ Frankhn H L Roberts, Pelham o,treet, St Paul, ::\lmn, $7,000 ~ J \ \Valhn, 2036 Penn avenue, Mmneapollo" 11mn, $11,000 ~ J\1 E Hill, \lemphls, Tenn, $7,000 :\1Jscellaneous !3ul1dmg,-C C Ross IS bmldmg a the-atre to cost $16,000 at Madero, Ca1 Phoenn, ArlL, will Issue $150,000 m bonds for the erectlOn of a new high school bmldmg The Mason" are buJ1dll1g a temple to co<.,t $26 000, at Delano, Cal \V Illlam Garland will erect a "even story bmldll1g which will contam a theatre on J\lam "treet, Loo, Angeles, Cal , at a cost of $180000 The Stncker Hotel Company recently mcorporated at Los Angeles will mvest $350,000 111 bmldll1g a new hotel at Hollywood, Cal God-frey A Jane" and BeJ1aw BIOS are bUl1chng a $40,000 hotel at 611-19 \;\ alnut o,treet, Kama, City, ::\10 The S~ Peter and Paul Catho1Jcs of Pltbburg, I'a, are bm1dll1g a $60000 church McK11Ight & Barker are remoc1elmg the Leuhr-man Hotel m MemphiS, Tenn, at an expense of $20,000 They will change the name to E1 Tropia Furniture Fires_ Ii\! 11ham E l\larshall, fnr11ltnre dealer of Cnsfield, l\ld, suffered a fire lo..,s of $2,500 on October 24 In:oured Dodge & \Vatson, furnIture dealers of Rutland, Vt, 10"t several thousand dollars by fire that started m the basement CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. 29 I II --"" uphol<.,tery room, of then .,tore on October 20 The gleater part of the loss, which IS fully 1l1oured, was caused b) water and smoke v\ E Lam<.,on s stock of fur11lture at Randolph, Vt, was damaged by fire to the extent of about $800 on October 2::; In<.,ured Fire that got a good start before the arrIVal of the fire boats completely c1e"troyed the 1l1tenOl (f the brao,<.,bed com-pany owned by S \\ el<.,sgla<.,..a,t 337-41 Front street, ~ew York last Sunday morn1l1g rhe loss, estimated at $50,- 000 IS II ell COy el ed by 1l1SUIance ~-------------------------------------------------~ II iI II II CHIFFONIER No, 86. II I I II I I $15 I III• Ii \ GENUINE MAHOGANY HAND RUBBED MIRROR 22X28 TOP 21X36 CHAS. BENNETT FURN'TURE CO. CHARLOTTE, MICH. 10-- - ._~--_._--------~._--~------"" 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ----_._----_._.-..-.-_------_-.-_--~ 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. CHICAGO Why the Name Was Changed. The name of the '\atlOnal Ca"e Good~ -\~~Ol1atlon \\cl~ changed to the '\ atlOnal rur11ltm e \Ianntactm eh -\"..,UCla-atlOn at a recent meet1l1g of the a~~oclatlOn The old ndme dId not 1I1dlcate the purpo~e or the occupatIOn at the mem ber" \\ hen the tanff conference wa" held In Inc1Janapoh~ a few month,., ago the delegates repre..,ent1l1f; the '\atlOnal Case \V orkel s A ~soclatlOn \\ ere a-,ked ]y\ the repre-'entatl\ e~ of other mdustne.., "\\That k111d of cases do yOU make) Ef;g ca-'e~) PI-ano cases? ShlpP1l1g ca"e,,) Sau"age ca"e..,) etc BenJamm Bosse of E, an..,vJ1le qmckly recognl7ecl the III appropnateness of the name and 1t \\a" changed h\ the a..,- ,;oClatlOn as stated abo\ e upon hI".,motIOn S1I1ce the change was effected Secretary Lll1ton has recen ed mam letter" from manufacturers and other l111e..,..,ee1ong ad11l1..,slOn to the a'o- ....--_. _._-_. NEW YORK ~()l1atlon but a'o It I~ the a111l and purpo"'e of the assocIatIOn to confine thell actl\ ltle.., to the manufacturers of furmture ca-,e'" the apphcanh vvere re'u..,ed admISSIon Had a Good Receiver. \n unu..,ual outcome for a bankruptcy ca..,e I"., reported tl011l LOUl""llle ICy John F111ger, receIver for Vetter Bros &- Le\\ I.., tur11lture dealer~, of J\ew Albany, Ind, has Just been ch"chargecl by the federal court after reportmg all clalll1~ and co"t.., paId 111 full \\ hen the a"sets of the firm \\ ere placed 111 \Ir FInger's hamb the stock was appraIsed at S12080 He managed to ~et $18,000 out of 1t and was able to pay co'o1:-"fee, and all claIms and leave a small amount to the hrm that had been declared b:l11krupt \V R ;\idler "'lIcceed.., \ eiter Bro.., & Lev, 1", ha'll1g purchased the busI-ne.., s £rum the recen er ----_. -~----~--_.~----------~-_._~---_-..~-... ---- LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF Gum Oak, Veneers. 1 Circassian, Mahogany, Poplar I and I II Established 1838. II ...... - ••• --- •• - •••• -----.-.------------------- ---.-.-.--------.-.-.-.-----.- ..A III ._'"I The Albro Veneer Co. CINCINNATI. o. WEEKLY ARTISAN An Effective Use of Show Cards. W D BIshop of Grand RapIds employs a capable wnter of dIsplay cards, u~ed m the several large wmdows of hIS store frontmg on busmess thoroughfares At present the corner window contams a dming room smte, whIch the card wnter de-scnbes as follows OLD E1\ GLISH STYLE DIl'Olv GROOM Selected Quarter Oak Beautiful Stratford FImsh Artlstlcally Hand Carved Perfect ConstructlOn Accurate ReproductlOn of a Great l\IasterpIece of the Famous Ehzabethan Period. Restmg upon a very handsome buffet, seen m another win-dow of the store. may be seen a cal d mscnbed as follow,,' THIS BEAUTIFUL MISSIO\ STYLE BUFFET Is made of a selected oak; £1msh Early Enghsh It has hand beaten copper lunges and lock plates and FI ench plate mIrrors Made by Mechamcs Furmture Co • Rockford. III The top drawers are hned WIth velvet, for sl1ver and cupboard" have specIal locks In thIS pIece vemence and dependablhty are assembled The drawers character, con- These are good drawmg cards Success in Adiusting Freight Rates. ~t the October meetmg of the St Lams Board of Trade. 111 the Burlmgton bmldmg, la~t Monday, the FreIght Com-mIttee reported a permanent and satlsfactory adJu"tment of freIght rate:> from St Loms to the south and southwest had been reached and that the commIttee would take up Im-medIately WIth the proper c1assdlcatlOn commIttees the same matters 111 connectlOn WIth the northern and north-we~ tern terntory Busy on Orders for Chairs. The l\IIc1llgan ChaIr Company are fully employed on order~ for mechum and hIgh grade chaIrs An ac!chtlOn to the company'" ware room 111 Grand RapId" IS under con-structlOn ~_._ .. _.-------------- -----------~ I 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. t ~ •• T. ••• --~ 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WI fH n, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThiS htt1e machme has done more to perfect the drawer work of furm-ture manufacturers than anythmg else m the furmture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fittmg vermm·proof, dovetailed stock a POSS! bllIty. ThiS has been accomplIshed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dove-ta1ls In Rangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatlon It s what others see about your busmess rather than what )OUsay about It, that counts In the cash drawer It s the thnll of onthuslasm and the true nng of truth) au feel and hear back of the cold type that makes you buy the thlllgadvertised ALEXANDER DODDS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHICAN Represented by Schuchart & SchUlte at Berlin. VIenna. Stockholm and St Petersbur@ Represented by Alfred H SchUlte at Cologne. Brussels. Liege. Pans. Muan and Bllboa Represented In Great Bnhan and Ireland by the Oliver Maclunery Co. F. S Thompson. Mgr. 201.203 Deansgate. Mancheller. England. 31 !I IIII I! \ 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN r-~-:~lIan-~~dv~e~rti:seme:~~~-l! FOR RENT In Fort Wayne, Ind., city of 65,000 populatIOn, three I story bnck bUilding, 30 x 150 ft., steam heat, electnc wIred, electnc elevator, entire Intenor recently pamted and fres- I coed, located one half block from Court House, center of business dlstnct. Address E. Shuman, 222 E. Wayne St I' Fort Wayne, Ind. 10-30-11-6-13 ------------ -- I,II ,I ,III ,III III ,I,I ,I I I I tt IItI I,III ,,II I!,,,,,I III ff I t,I I,, II,I WANTED Lme of Refngerators and Case Goods for Philadelphia and near-by towns by salesman who has worked the tern-tory for more than twenty years. Address, "M. De J," care Artisan. ,I II II III ,II / 1 IIII ,II II III ,I I I fII j I WANTED PosltlOn for 1910. A Furmture Salesman with twenty_eight years exper- Ience as a Road Salesman, covenng IlL, Ind, Ohio, V\Testern Pa., Northern Ky. and Northern Tenn., IS open for a POSItion with a good case goods house or chair house. Can give A-I recommendations from present employers that WIll diS_ pel all doubt. W1l1 gladly answer all questions Address "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 for hne of UP- TO-DATE medIUm pnced dmmg room furmture on commiSSIOn-over 20 years' expenence Address "Oppor_ tumty," 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 expenenced salesman. Address, "Vldehcet," care of 342 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 10-20 WANTED-SALESMAN. Expecting to Increase our force of salaned salesmen we want to hear from furmture salesman, open for engagement January 1st. Must have expenence In road work m medIUm and better case work, and general line of furmture. State reference. None but well recommended, expenenced furm-ture roadman Will be conSidered. Address, High Grade, Care Michigan Artlsdn. 10-23-tf. WANTED-SUPERINTENDENT. For Indiana factory, making sewing machme woodwork, address "Echo" or Weekly Artisan. 10-23. WANTED LINES FOR 1910. Expenenced salesman wIth estabhshed trade between Buffalo and Bangor, Me., would hke to carry several lmes of medIUm priced case goods on com-nISSlOn. Address "Esp," care Weekly Artisan. 10-9 t f. WANTED-SALESMEN. The new manage-nent of the Modern Furmture Company, Cmclnnati, 0., deSire canable salesmen to carry a new and up-to- date hTle of Hall Racks In all parts of the Umted States Oct 9-16-23-30. 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 in first class runmng condItion. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-2Itf WANTED. Traveling Salesman for IllmOls and Middle Western states to sell Foldmg Carnages on commlSSlOn. LIberal proposItion to nght party. Address Rockford Foldmg Carnage Co., Rockford, Ill. Oct. 2-9-16-23. ... . - _. - I,I I -- ... New Furniture Dealers. f R Harns 1S to open a furn1ture ",tore at Matt, Iowa :'Ill" I \ ~ Cattell has opened a new plano s are at Red-land" Cal Ostrander & Mc ~uley have opened the1r new furt11ture '>tore at TW1n Falls, Idaho :'IIulf01d & Gustke have opened a new furt11ture store dt ()-t Ea"t :'IIalll "treet, Battle Creek M1ch ] he PaCltic ~alvage Company 1S makmg arrangement;.. to e'>tab1J"h a ne\\ furt11ture "tore at TJ11amook. Ore D (T 1 o"ter f01merly of Dexter, ~ Y, has opened a lll\\ turl11ture "tore on \fa1n street 111 II atertown, 'IJ Y II \1 ~mlth 1'> the manager of a new fnrt11tnre "tore at the C01ner at }~lghteenth ,,11 eet and Lawrence avenue, II 1ch!ta Kan" :'II C Bnckell has opened a new furt11ture store at Ya- 700 C1t} , \I1"~ The J II K1Jnger Company cap1ta1Jzed at $11,000, are ne\\ fl11t11tnre dealer" and nndertaker", located at 331 East CommerCIal "treet, ::-'pnngtield, l\Io J H Long J H Long Jr , and other" have mcorpo1 ated the Long [nrl11tnre Company, cap1ta1Jzed at $10,000, to es-tabh.., h a ne\\ fnrl11tnre "tore at Hazelhurst, M1SS I I eedol11 \\ ent\\ orth, for ten yea1 s em played a" man-agel to! (Toodno\V &.- Son furmture dealer~ of IValtham, :'Ira..,,, "J11 open a furmtlllc "tore of 111" own 111 the "ame ut) J "'aac l\fonc!"h111e who has been 1n the fur11ltnre trade \'v1th hh father dt 3033 J\IagdzllJe "treet, ~ew Orleans, La t01 ..,e\ e1al } ear" has opened a new store under the name of the Rehahle Home Fur11lsh1lJg Company at 331 Royal street, 111 the "ame C1ty INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Adams & Eltmg Company Albro Veneer Company Amencan Blower Company Barnes, W. F. & John Compar;y Barton, H. H. & Son Company Bennett Furmture Co., Chas. Boynton & Company Buss Machme Works DeBruyn, J. C Delaware Chair Company Dodds, Alex Edge, Frank & Company Fourteen Eleven Company, The Fox Machme Company FranCIS, Charles E. Company Furmture Exhibition BUIlding Company Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company Hl1ls, Clarence R Hoffman Bros. Company Holden, Henry S. Vereer Company Hood & Wnght Hotel Lmden Lawrence-McFadden Company Luce Furmture Company Luce-Redmond Chair Co., Ltd Madden, Thos. Son & Company Manetta Pamt and Color Company Mechamcs Furf'lture Company Michigan Engravmg Company Nelson-Matter Furmture Company Ohver Machmery Company Palmer A E. & Sons Richmond Chair Company Rowe, E. P Carvmg V\Torks Royal Chair Company Sheboygan Novelty Company Sheboygan ChaIr Company Spratt, Geo. & Co Stow & DaVIS Furmture Company Walter, B. & Co White Pnntmg Company Wood, Morns & Sons Wysong & Miles Company Udell Works Umon Furmture Company (Rockford) 30 30 21 Cover 18 29 28 Cover 28 29 31 28 1 7 13 2 Cover 26 22 7 27 12 26 28 17 4 4 27 23 8 3 19-24 9 11 8 17 11 21 13 12 15 23 Cover 31 Cover 18 7 p---------~---_._._-.--__._--_._--_ .-.--------.---._-.._._~_.--------- ._.., THIS IS THE MACHINEThat Brimrs letters like the Followim!:: BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. Buss Much.1ne Works. Rolland, )l.leh We wish t.o complillUlnt. you on t.he worJtlng of Jour new #4 Plansr Just j. lstalled 1'01'us This machine does the best. wo...k or any plMer we 'lave eve'" seen, ana W6 are frank to S8.J 60 much bet.t."I' than we 8xpeo ad. tn t. our forellll1n sald he slmplJ cou1.d not. gat. along ithOu't it,and was surs 1t. wouJ.<l pay the price of itself w1thln a year lrt ark.;:ll, ad on machineS fo.110-.111& Wishing JOu dese"'ved suocess wi tn t.h...S new pa 'tern, VIS"r'lnna::m, 'lOU"S va!'J truly, Robbins Table eel The Buss Machine Works are havmg marked success wIth this new design of cabinet planer. The new method uf belting-feed gears machme cut-together with the steel spnng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectional chip breaker, make a cabinet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the times with machmes of great efficiency. Woodworkers of all kinds will not make a mistake by writing 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, I" • • •• -----.------.--~-----. _. ---_.--_. ...-~ Cabinet In these days of close compelltIOn, need the best pOSSible eqUipment, and thiS they can have III BARNES' Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strongest, most powerful, and In every way the best machIne of Its kmd e" er made, for npp ng cross cuttmg bonng and groovmg HAND AND POOT POWER MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. \w. F.65~RU~Y~t~~RO~f~~I~l2S co. I • I .. - .- - - . -- - - - . ~ r----------------------------------------------------------------------- __---------------------1 I I I , I I I!! Ij t I iIIII , Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE J ATHS7 de'vue tor handltnf[. shaung..l and du~t tram all wood- \:< &rklllg mdchl1le~. Our 1ZZ71eteenyears experience m this clal's of work has brought It nearer perfection than any othe1 sy ~te111on the marl,et todwy. It IS no experiment, but a detnonstrated .Iclentdic fact, as we hm;e ..Ievr:ral hun- Jrr:d of these systems m use, and not a pO,lr onr: among them Our Automatic FurnaLe Feed System, as ~hown in this ~ut, 1.1 the most perfect WOl f,ing demce WI }thmg i'l this line TiVnte for our Pl zce~ for equipments \\:E :\L\KE PI AKS AND DO ALL 1)1' lAIL WORK \\r! r HOLT EX P}~NSF fO OCR c(~ST'"'\l\fERS I I I I II II I,I -------------·----lI--- OUR AUTOMATIC F'URNAOE FEED SYSTEM ...._--'--_._--------------,----._------------- - _. - ------------ - -- EXHA[rYl F.rJSS A\'D PRES- ~[RE RJOWER.~ ALWAYS' IN ,,'TOe K Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cltlltene Phone 1282 l!Iell. M ..ln 1804
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50. Transcription of Robert Loomis Diary, 1862

Notes:: In his diary Robert Loomis writes about the course of the war, peoples' reactions to early Union defeats, and his travels to Alexandria, VA and Washington D.C.
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