Michigan Artisan; 1906-01-10

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and - -,.. 26th Year-NorH. l:7) GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JANUARY 10, 1906. $1.00 per Year. CASE MAKERS MORTICES AT FIVE ONCE Accurat.ly Mortises and clean. the mortises perfectly Clamps . and completes the .work in less time than a stngle mortise can be made on other Machines and is entirely automatic Makes stronger case, m~re accurate ]es8 expensive, and neater case No. 119 Square Cblsel MOl'tis'81' Furnished with any number of chisels and any size-ofChiseJs Ma.nufactured by WYSONG & MILES CO. Corner Cedar SI. and Southern R. R. Greensboro, NorthC Carolina,U. S. A. Strength-- Dura1>.i~ty Ease OfLOperation-- a practicallyindestructibleTruck at a rea~ sonable cost. THE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING ALL 5TEELAND MALLEABLE IRON FRAME FACTORY TRUCK Write fOl"' Prices. GILLETIE ROLLER BEARING COMPANY PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHEELER'S PATENT WOOD FILLER Forms a permanent foundatiol1. Brings out the full life and beauty of the wood. Goes further and saves lahoT and material, hence cheap<:r than other fillers. The Bridgeport Wood Finish;np Co .. New Millord. Conn. 65 FuitonSL N. Y. 70W. Lake SI., Chlcaoo 231 Dock 51.. Philadelphia. 'j .j 11 -~ ~---- - - --. -----~-~ At the Fumiture Manufacturers' Exposition at Grand Rapids New York and Chicago, our EARLY ENGLISH OAI1 Spartan Stain No. 830 was selected from hundreds of others as the most correct shade displayed and buyers emphasized their decision by placing large orders for this finish. Try Our Mahogany Spartan Stains ABSOLUTELY NON-FADING The Marietta Paint and ColOt" Co. Marietta. Ohio. u. s. A. Our Clamps Cost You Nothing For they pay for themselves in a few months We now own the BENEDICT PATENTS May we Write You About Them L-- ?_----:....-.._--! • Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company 130 South Ionia St.• Grand Rapids. Mich. 1 These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applied for). Single, double aDd combmation C"AS. E. fRANCIS s.. BRO..D Veneer Presses, all kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue;Spreaders Glue,Heaters Trucks, Efc.. Etc, Hand F~d Glueing Machi~. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and Sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Sup,lies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 419-421 E. Eighth st. CINCINNATI, O. No.6 Glue Heater extending The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS Of" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves New York Boston PbUad'elphla BuUalo Cincinnati St. Louis Minneapolis Atlanta. Kollomo. Ind. Ford City. Pa. HIBh Point. N. C. Davenport Crystal City. Mo. AlsO, our 22 jobbing houses carry heavYstocks in all lines 01glass. paints. varnishes and brushes: and are located in the cities nlllmed below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALQ--3']2-4-6-5 Pearl Streltt. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLVl'l-63S and 637 Fulton-Street. CHICAGD-442-452 Wabasb Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pilcairn Building, Arch and CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUl5--Cor. 12th and 5t Charles 5.treets. DAVENPORT-4!<>-4-16 SCott Str~t. MINNEAPOLIS-.soo-SIO S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-t49-S1-53 Seoeea Street. DETROIT-53-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-I608-lo-I:il Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-Iol-I03 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349-51 Minnesota Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS.-492-4q4 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA,-30, 32 and 34 S. Pryor Street. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH. GA·-745-74Cl Wheaton Street. and Excbange St5. KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sts. HALTIMORE-221-223 W. Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. It needs no aTgnment to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSONPATENT CORNERpoSTS AND &AT~. OUf facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: The Universal Automatic CARVINQ MACHINE 25PERFORMS THE WORK OF' ==== HAND CARVERS ,Anddoes the Work Better than it call be Done by Hand MADE BY Indianapolis, Indiana Write for Inlormation, Prices Etc. L~ , i, \C, ....-" '~.--" C' 26th Year-No. 13 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH" JANUARY 10, 1906. $1.00 per Year. Safeguards in Woodworking Plants. As the proper safeguarding of the limb~, life and healrh of employes in \voodw'orking; plants is a 11""1atter deservillg the careful consideration of every employer, superintendent, foreman and millwright, their attention may be directed to "the following places for improvements: (1) The guarding of saws of every kind. (2) The guarding of belting, gearing, set screws,shaft-ing, drums, etc. (3 The guarding of slainvays, landings, elevators, and elevator entrances. hatchways, elevator wells, "vheel holes, etc., by hand rails and gates. (3) The contstructiol1 and distribution of lIre escapes. (5) The removal of dust and odors by a blower system. (6) The guarding of emery wheels and tool grinders. (7) The introduction of water systems or similar checks on fire. (8) The nse of automatic ",hiiters or ()tll(~r medlanical contrivances for throwing belts on or off plllleys. (0) The l1se of exhaust tans, for carrying off dust from emery ,"'heels, grindstones, and similar dust creating Illachin-ery. The numerous small saws of different kinds used in the average woodworking plant are probably a far greater 111e11- ace than are the larger saws in the mills. Any saw, regard less of size or shape, is dangerous, but there is a recklessness or carelessness on the part of many ,vorkmen. especially boys, that uemands from operators the taking of every reas onable precaution to prevellt accidents or injury. The laws in England touching these matters have for a lOllg time been exceptionally strict, allCl as a result of the necessity to guard every s<!\v in l1se, a great number of saw guards of more or less relatlve excellence havc been invented and put on the market. IVTanyof these arc very expensive, that is to say, the price for one gOl1anl\,..,hell multiplied by thc 1l11t11- bel' of saws used in mallY large establishments, sllhjcds the buyer to a heavy cbarge for this one item. In the United States, or in many of the state;;,;, tbe fac-tory inspection laws arc coming more and more to deal with this matter and tl-wxc 1s no doubt tllat the tin1e is fast comlng whese these safeg-tHtrcls agaiw:it accident will be cOl11pul.'wry here. Of the guards marketed in this country, it is probable that the so-called "Reliable" g-uarcl has the most merit at the lowest price. This is lltHJuestionably a good device, and one moreover that possesses plel1ty of merit. It has been adopted already in most of the Grand Rap ins furniture fac-tories and the lIsers speak of it in terms of the highest praise. Furtber. it is being extensively marketed throughout the country. This article is not written pat-tic111arly to exploit any saw guard, and reference is ma{k to O\H~in this con-nection merely for informatioll to any that may com(' to believe that it is better to expend a fcw dollars per saw for such a device, than to run the risk of operatives losing a finger or a hand, and then he subjected later on to the cx-pense and annoyance of a suit -instituted for damages, by rea son of the accident. 1\0 doubt, i( mechanics used more care, fewer acejdents would occur, but apparently the only safe thing to do is to makc it impossible for them to meet with accidents. H. C. Frick Will Build Fine Hotel in Pittsburg. 1\1r. Frick contemplates the erection of a $5,000,000 hotel in Pittsburg. The site has been purchased for $1,500,00. ,V. 1.. Roth, manager of the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago, has been conferred with and will probably be the mana-ger of the new hotel which will be one of the finest in the cOllntry. Manufacturers visiting Chicago will do well to patronize the Auditorium Hotel. Mr. Rotb, as manager of the Pittsburg, botel, \-vould have charge of the furnishings of the same and many heavy purchases of furniture ,viII be necessary. 1'1r. Roth will doubtless favor some of the manufacturers '\'ho patronize the Auditorium Hotels with his orders. New Zealand International Exposition. Beginning in November this year and extending to April, 1~)(17, the colony of New Zealand will hold an international exhibition. 1-'Iantllacturers arc l1rged to appoint represent-atives awl send exhibits of their work. Special rates for freig-ht may be secured from the steamship companies. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MAItUFJtt:TUwCD Q"~Y H...- CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. Z59·63 ELSTONAVEmZ-16 SLOAN ST, C" I CAe o. "---. ,, NO! IT is not a new STAIN or a new FILLER or a new SURFACER, Only a New Departure We have realized the necessity for a long time, of getting nearer to our _good friends in the WEST and NORTHWEST. Not nearer in spirit or confidence, for we feel that we are very close to our patrons in that way already, but nearer in actual mileage. We have just opened a new factory for the manufacture of our line of WOOD FINISmNG SUPPLIES at Nos. 61-63-65 and 67 North Ashland Avenue C"IC460, ILLINOIS It is fully equipped with all modern machinery, and the plant is more complete in every way than the home factory. We will there manufacture and carry in stock, a full line of our Surfacers (Mineral Base) Water and Oil Stains Enamels, lacquers, Antique and Golden Oak fillers Japan Coaters and in fact everything that our good friends in the Central West and North West may call for, and if you want a special shade, we can only reiterate what we have claimed with confidence in the past WE CAN MATC" ANYT"ING We want to tell you about our No. 390 and No 397 NEW PENETRATING GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS, USED IN CONNECTION WITH OUR NO. 611 and NO. 512 fiLLERS. We will gladly furnish samples, and also send copy of our little book "Lindeman the Filler Maker" DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND T"E BARRETT-LINDEMAN COMPANY MAIN Office and fACTORY, Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVE. PHILADEPlHIA, PA. C"ICAGO fACTORY, Nos. 61-63-65-67 NORT" AS"UND AVE. CHICAGO,ILl. - - - -- ----- --------- Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ THE latest device for handling shav-ings and dust from all woodwood-working machines. Our eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact~ as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its Ii"e. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 20B-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Citizen. Phone 1282 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYST:QlM 6 Merchants Favor the Expositions. The opinions of many retailers of furniture have been sought on the proposition presented to the trade by a l1t1tn-ber of manufacturers of cheap furniture to abolish the ex-positions. Scarcely without an exception the retailers inter viewed insisted upon a contimtance of the exposition plan for selling furniture. Ben Tobin of the J. H. Pray company, Boston, expressed himself very decidedly in favor of the expositions. Their abandonment would cause great inconvenience to the buyer and a loss of busjness to the manufacturers. "At these ex-positions a buyer sees exhibits of different and similar lines displayed for his inspection; he goes from onc to the other, examines the character of the goods and compares prices, then he starts in to buy. He saves time and expense, can make his selections quickly and get better values-and it is better for the manufacturer. Suppose in visiting threc factories a buyer had to jump 100 miles between each. He would go to one, get his prices and memoranda, then he would visit the others, and do the same, finally he would go home and after a lapse of time during which he was making compa.risons and selections-the order would be mailed to the manufacturers-they would have to wait until the orders arrived and he would have to lose several days time, while not look for any organized oPPosItion or wide-spread under-standing that will seriously effect expositions as they are now conducted." Gus Louis of 'Voodward & Lathrop. Washington, D, c., said: "The exposition is simply something that the furniture dealer could not do without Its abolishment would be a step in retrogression, and in these days of progress the manufacturer who does not bend all his energies to keeping abreast of the times soon finds himself without a clientage. "The live buyer of the present wants to know exactly ..\.'hat he is getting before he purchases. He goes through a long course of preparation prior to attaining his position. He is an expert in his line, which can fitly be termed more of a profession than a trade. Furniture expositions enable him to bring all his trained facnlties into play and secure only the hest and those lines most advisable for the class of trade to which his house caters. To do away with expo-sititions would simply compel buyers to travel to the 'four winds of Heaven in selecting stocks, and the result would be far less satisfactory than under present conditions." Henry S. Haltzel, of the Haltzel Furniture company, cx-presed himself very strongly in favor of the expositions, W, A. Mandeville, of Voorhees & Murray, Wilkesbarre, Designs by Arthur Kirkpatrit:k. Grand Rapids. under the present system the buyer makes his selections and places his orders very often ina single morning, No, I think, as I said before, stich a move on the part of the exhibitors would be a great mistake. J am in favor of holding the expositions because J think they mutually benefit both buyer and seller." Louis Oettinger, of the Economy Furniture company, Scranton, Pa., was quoted as follows; "I do not believe that any such project could gather headway enough to become formidable. Most of the manu-facturers of the country are entirely too wide awake to their own interests to countenance it after due consideration. It has become anabsolute necessity to buyers and an element vital to the prbsperity of the furniture trade. Those manu-facturers who do not believe it pays, can keep away, but I do Pa., spoke veryemphatieally in favor of the expositions. W. P. Madsen, Madsen Furniture company, Los Angeles, C.l.: • "In my opinion the holding of these exhibitions are mut-ually beneficial both to the buyer and the manufacturers. It enables the former to make their selections and place their order judicously and without loss of time, and by bringing together an immense throng of buyers, not only from this country, but in fact from the ends of the earth, enables the latter to sell a much larger quantity of goods than it would be possible for them to do, jf they were compelled to wait until the buyers called upon them individually." "The furniture exposition has come to stay," remarked Joseph Goldstein of Long Branch, N. J. Competition in the furniture trade has become so brisk of late years that buyers want to kno"w exactly what they are getting through personal obsenration and comparison before purchasing. It \vould entail a great deal more expense to jump from factory to factory than it does to visit an exposition like the pres-ent one, and the results would not be nearly as satisfactory. A man's percept.ions are quickened and he derives a certain amount of inspiration through the cnrnparison of displays. Every new one is what might be term cd a course in furni-ture study,"and the more he visits the more he llatnrally learns abollt the hnes of goods he is handling." Read the following utterallces of John T _cslie, the lead-illg retailer of \\rinnipeg, l\.fanitoba: "I believe that expositions have done more to raise the general standard of furniture than all other elements com-bined, and that any move looking toward their abolish-ment is conceived in ignorance and fostcrcd in idiocy. The man who doesn't shmv his goods, like the man \~lho doesn't advertise, is avvay behind the times-he is a stnmbling block Ccorg-c \\'. Steffey, of the Parkersburg Chair COlllpany. in the path of enlightenment 8.nd a dead limh on the growing tree of American progress. 'Competition is the life of trade' simply because competition has always the tendency to raise standards. The factory that cloes not desire to enter into competition ahvays has a good reason, and that reason gen-erally is, that it is using the patterns discarded by its rivals months before. The exposition is a150 a boon to the buyer as well as a benefit to the scller. The furniture busi-ness is a peculiar one, in that a man engaged in it has to make it a matter of carefut study and keep conCin\.\ally ahrcast of his classes Of he will find his competitors getting- the trade. The standard of sugar doesn't change, and there isn't much fluctuation in the quality of table salt, but fllrnitme is an entirely different proposition, ancl,after a man has been in it a few years, he is fOfced to the conclusion that 'all is not gold that glitters.'" \V. H. vVaggoller of Van Sciver & Co., Camden, N. J., expressed the opinion that if the expositions should be abol-ished the country manufacturers would suffer great loss, 7 while those of Grand Rapids, Chicago and New York would be benefitted. Editor Thoits of the Daily Artisan-Record scored a point in the discussion, as follows: It seems to us that the manufacturers who are promi-nent in the nOll-exhibit propoganada fail to consider the in-terests eq\.\ally affecte.d-the ""otheT half" ot the fmnitme trade-namely, thc buyers and dealers. The buyers and dealers certainly come to market because they deem it an advantage and a benefit so to do. Probably everyone of them could see the photographs and the blue prints of evcl·y line he sees at market, if he stayed at home-and he, too, WOldd thereby save the expense and discomfort and the hard· work and the time requiTed to come to Grand Rapids and ClJicag-o. The fact that hc does come is the "best evidence that he prefers to buy his goods after a personal inspection, not only of the lines he regularly uses, but possibly competing lines. Isn' he cntitled to some consideration? He wants the exhibits-his presence attests his wishes. Is it quite wise and business-like to leave him out of consideration in determining there shall be no more exhibits? No one need feel alarm in regard to the future of the ex-positions. They have long served a good purpose and be-come so firmly established that theif permanency is assured. For Free Alcohol in Congress. In this session of Congress five bills have bccn intro-duced, by memhers from different sections of the country, with the object of removing the duty from alcohol made from grain and potatoes. Farmers arc interested as they foresee a new use for their crops. On the Pacific coast a cheap alcohol from potatoes for use in the arts and for fuel, light and power purposes 'would be the basis of an extensive and profitable industry, so it is claimed. Painters and decorators favor the movement as the use of grain alcohol 'Nill remove danger of poisoning so apt to be the result of the me of ..".ood alcohol. Representative Lover-ing 01 1tassachusetts fathers a measure to anthorize the withdrawal of domestic alcohol from bond. when desired [01· use ill the mannfacture of goods for export, just as in lhe C;l.~(',of imported alcohol, with a drawback of the duties already paid. The arguments advanced for the proposed legislation, while covering much othcr ground, are especially directed toward effective aid to American industrial interests in com-peting with the manufactured products of the foreign conlltries having legal provision for free industrial alcohol. Furnitmc ma1111facturers are especially interested and will awalt the action of Congress, and hope for a favorable result. Uniform Lading Bill is Not Yet in Sight. The joint committee of railroad traffic officials and ship-pers has not yet completed work on a bill for a uniform bill of lading. /\ better understanding will probably be reached a.;.; a result of further conference. The nnv offIcial classification of the Trunk Line Asso-ciation, which became effective with the beginning of the year, possibly as a result of the delay, has on every page the Collowing in black type: Property shipped not subject to uniform bill of lading conditions will be c.harged twenty (20) per cent higher than as herein p1"Ovided subject to a minimum increase of one cent pcr 100 pounds and cost of marine insurance. This is not entirely new, but it is emphasized in a manner to bring it conspicuously before shippers. Price doesn't sell the goods. Style, quality, a:.ndsalesman-ship take the orders. 8 DoMs' Patenl Ta~le=le~Ooyetailer We find upon investigation that our Dovetailing Ma-cbille patent covers t h l s machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts T eaons to lit the Top Cuts Tenons to fit the C1ea1:s Adjustable to keep Mor-tise and Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapest Joint Made Will turn out 250 to 300 Small Pador Tables in 10 Hours The Dodds Tilting Saw Table has II10re practical featurt:s and good points than any other saw table on the market. MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALK BY ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids Michigan, U. S. A HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW. MORTISBR COMBINIID MACHINE. Complete Outfit of HAlO AND FOOT POWER MACHIIERY 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 call hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low cost, as the factories. The local cabinet maker bas been forced Into only It dealer's trade and profit, becaulle of machine manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Bal'ues' Patfm,tFoot and Hand·Powe-r Machinery, rein· slates the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors, If desired, these machines will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work be wishes them to do. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE AND PRICK LIST FRliK. No.4 SAW (ready for crols-cutting) W. F. &. JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby St., Rockford, III. FOJtMBR OR MOULDKR. HAND TBNONBR. No.3 WOOD L~THR. No.4 SAW fnmdy tor ripping) NO.7 SCROLL SAW, 9 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago To Grand Rapidl! --------,--------- Lv. CHICAGO ...•............... , 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIOS 00 00 00 00 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ~i.hCSt~S:~Etlx~. Sun 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .•........ " ., 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, I1ihCSt~~~E~lx~.gSun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .. 00 00 .. 00 10.25 P. M. Parlor and DIDID.Car Lv C C G M. e. R.llroad D '1 11 55 N' h • HI A 0, 12th it, StatlCIU at y ..... .-. .' 19 t Ar. GRAND RAPIDS. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.45 A. M. Electric: Lighted SleeplD3 Ca... Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun .. , 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO ... 00 ........ 00 00 0012.35 Noon Buffe. Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily , 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO , .. 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car Phone Michigan CentralCit., Ticket Office Phone Union StaUon for Reservations for Reser ..a. tlons. 119 AdaMs Street THE "PO R T E R" This cut rep-resents 0 ur 12, 16 and 20 in. Jointer MANUFACTUBRYE--D-------- _ c. O. &A. D. PORTER, 182 North Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 10 Valuable Points on Insurance Policies. In a lecture given by Morris Putnam Stevens before the Insurance Society of New York, the statement was made by him that policies ou insured property become void in case a chattel mortgage is placed on same. The great objection to a chattel mortgage by insurance companies is because of the increase of moral risk. the giving of such a mortgage indicating that the insured was financially em-barrassed. The provision will be strictly enforced by the courts of New York state, and a policy once void by reason of the existence of a chattel mortgage is not revived by the satisfaction of the mortgage before a loss; it can only be reinstated by the consent of the insurance company. A chattel mortgage on partnership property given by one partner to auother docs not avoid a policy covering partnership property. The courts of that state hold that such a mortgage or transfer docs not introduce any new party or any additional moral hazard. The policy becomes void if, with the knowledge of the insnred, foreclosure pro- ""~----_ .... ,.,;I dissolution of the partnership effects no change in the title, interest or possession of the insured. Such a receiver is merely appointed for the preservation of the property petld~ ing the fitigation. If a policy stands in the name of a "re-ceiver," a change of receivers is not a change affecting the policy. The polky becomes void if assigned before a loss. After a Joss the debt due from the insurance company may, of course, be assigned. Grand Rapids a Great Mahogany Market. An idea of the immense Quantities of mahogany used in Grand Rapids may be had from the following figures. DlIr-ing the season from 7:':iO,OOOto 1,000,000 feet of mahogany logs for the furniture factories are received here, val lied at abotlt 12~ cents per foot or a total value of $125,000. The annual local log trade reaches 3,000,000 feet and amounts to $480,000. In the veneer trade 25,000,000 feet of mahogany are used at an average of 3 cents per foot. this includes crotch veneers. The prices in the veneer trade vary from 1 to 15 cents per foot, so the correct value cannot be estimated, but $750,000 is the figure given. Summed up, the total numbe~ of feet of mahogany annua1fy used is estimated at 29,000,000 feet, the valuation of which is $l,355.0()0. Labor Scarcity in West. There is a great scarcity of common labor all over the western part of the United States, and it threatens to become a serious problem next spring with so many big enterprises being projected. ,11 1'-1_1 __ '\,\ Designs by Clarence R. Hills, Gmnd Rapids. ceedings be commenced or notice given of sale of any prop-erty covered by this policy by virtue of any mortgage or trust deed. In that state it has been held that the words "change of interest" are substantially synonymous with the words "change of title." The court declares that in a large class of risks the term "interest" is more applicable than the term "title," where insurance is .vritten in favor of parties who have a claim upon property in the nature of a lien to secure the payment of a debt and perhaps for other purposes. If such a claim is transferred to another, there is a "change of , interest" and this is the appropriate use of the words. Hence the giving of a mortgage, whether for one-half the value of the property or for its full value, is not a change of inter-est. If a partner retires from a firm, there is no such change as will avoid the policy, out jf a new partner be taken into the firm, the policy upon the firm's property will be void, unless the consent of the company be obtained. The ap-pointment of a receiver of partnership property pending the L A Bitter Fight Over Rate-Making Measure. The rate~making bill in the senate is meeting with bitter opposition. Senator Foraker is opposed to a radical law affecting interstate commerce. He may resort to filibuster-ing to prevent such legislation. The introduction ofa cloture rule may be the result. Senator Foraker is a deter-mined fighter and has taken a decided stand against the president's policy. The suggestion of a cloture rule comes from sources close to the organization of shippers actively engaged in promoting the idea embodied in the score or more rate~making bills that have been offered. If such a thing is proposed 'the bitterness of the fight will be greatly increased, and may last until stlmmer. A New Wisconsin Factory. The Chippewa Falls Furniture company, Chippewa Falls. V\-'is., have held their [Lrst annual meeting and election of officers. The factory is about completed and machinery is being placed. Operations will begin in a month. Various Matters. The addition of a big stock of fltrniture to the carpet establishment of John H. Pray & Son and the inclusion of a heavy stock of furniture in the big department store of Henry Siegel, 'is calculated to create stirling times i,) the furniture trade of Roston. The city and the surround-ing country grow but moderately, from year to year, and there will be a battle royal between the big houses for trade. "Vv' c are selling goods valued at $l,()OO,OOO per an-num," remarked a leadillg retailer of furniture in the Hub, "and there is not ] ikely to be an increased demand for the goods we handle. Unless conditions should change so as to enable us to get a stronger hold of trade in the British provinces, the fnrnitnre trade will remain practically un-changed in volume." There are strenUOllS times ahead for Leonard Shearer, Alexander, Ben Tobin and others. Tobin retl1rtlS to his old field of activity by the opening of the Pray stock, which he has engaged to buy." • • • Told by a buyer from Cincinnati: "I was seated in a car while it was descending one of the steep hills of our city a few mornings ago. The grade is abollt sixteen feet in aile hundred, and "vhen a car breaks loose the ride one takes. down the incline beats the famous ride of Paul Revere all hollow. The car jumped the track, ran across the road· way, crossed the gutter, tore over the sidewalk and hmnped against a shade tree, located within five feet of the house occu?ied by a German family. Before the terror 5tricken motorman could recover from his fright and the passengers find the seats from which they had bren thrown, a fat, in-dignant hausfrau threw up a window and s]1utteringly re-marked: "Der trouble mit you lTIotonnens vas, you dand know how to steer." The occupants of the car roared, and the window was slammed down. There is a grain of wisdom in the remark. A great many business men have failed and retired to motlrn their o\',,"n lack of the knov ..·.ledge that enables one to steer his bark, his auto or his street car properly. • • • An important question discussed by a group of manufac-tnrers recently was "\;Vhat is the Best Training for a Young 1dan \Vho vVishes to ReCOlTIc a Traveling Salesman?" Sev-eral of the party expressed the opinion that a yCHlng man should spend a kw years in a factory to learn the details of manufacture. Another added that he should spend a few years behind the office counter of a hotel to learn how to handle people. Another said the study of desigtl was im-portant, in order that the salesmen 111ight be able to discuss the mallY periods, incidents and movements in the history of furnihlre with prospective customers intelligently. Finally J. B. Howard, the veteran representative of the Grand Rap-ids Chair company, was invited to participate in the discus-sion. "In my opinion, abollt fifteen years' experience in a retail store of some prominence would be the best trainillg possihle {or a young man ·preparatory to taking a line on the road. In the retail store he \vould learn all that would be necessary in regard to styles and construction and also how to meet and deal with people, facts of value and necessary for st\ccess in hi.s calling. • • • "The buyer of fllrnittlre, when examining a line of goods, does not give so mllch attention to the manufacturer's prices as might be sl1pposed." remarked J. B. Howard. "The thought ever first and foremost is 'if I hought that piece what could I sell it for on my floor?' That is the olle important thing, to his mind. He may see many attractive pieces that tempt his artistic sense, Imt he will not buy them; they 'would not, in his judgment, sell for a reasonable profit on his floor. The artistic temperment must not be allov,:ed to sllpplant the commercial instinct." Il D. 1\1. Read of Bridgeport is a celebrated wit. His stock of stories would win a fortune if he were a monologuist on the stage. Ezra Kendall would hide in shame after a half hour in 1\'1r. Read's company. He kept Grand Rapids in a continuous roar of laughter the first ·week of January. • • • /\ feature of the Grand Rapids Chair company's line is the very attractive ornamentation in copper made in Eng- Lll(l. The patterns were prepared by Mr. Holt, the com-pm)" s designer, which arc "greatly to his credit," while the wClrkm<lnshipis all that could be desired. • • • Seal Reynolds, a hright young hustler formerly engaged 1:1 the rootiing business, has made an engagement with the Imperial FUrlliture Company. He is nlldersturlying the bus i- I~CSS preparatory to taking up life on the road. CABINETMAKERS' STEEL SQUARES. Inventor a Vermont Blacksmith Who Became a Millionaire. The- large- steel squares used by cabinetmakers are such a common tool that perhaps few know when and where they were first made, and how they came to be used, or even give the matter a thought. The making of them is a great in-dustry now, but when the last century came in there was not one in use. The inventor was a poor Vermont blacksm,ith, Silas Howes, who lived in South Shaftsbury. One dlul, rainy day a peddler of tinware called at his shop to have the blacksmith fasten a shoe ori his horse. These peddlers traveled lip and dO\'\711 the country, calling at every farmhouse buying everything in the way of barter. This one had a number of worn out steel saws that he had picked up in various places. Howes bargained for them shoeing the peddler's horse and receiving the saws in pay-ment, and each thought he had made an excellent trade. His idea was to polish and weld two saws together at right angles. and thus make a rule or measure superior to anything then in use. After a few attempts he succeeded ill makillg a square, marked it off into inches and found that it answered every purpose that he intended it for. T 11 the course of a fevv' weeks he made quite a number, c1c:ring his spare hours. These he sent out by peddlers, who foand every carpenter eager to buy one. Soon he found orders coming in faster than he could supply the demand. One of his steel "squares" would sell for $5 or $6, which 1,-vaS five times as much as it cost him. He applied for and obtained a patent on his invention, so that no 011e could rob him of the profit it gave him. It was jllst after the war of 1812, and money was scarce and diffi-cult to get. But he worked early and late, and as he earned money he bought iron and hired men to hdp. him. In a fe',.\' years he was able to erect a large factory and put in machinery for the making of squares, which by this time had found their way all over the country and had made their i1)Ventor famous. Such was the small beginning of a large and important industry. People came miles to see the wonderful forges, the showers of sparks flying from beneath the heavy ham-mers, and listen to the din of the thousand workmen. Silas Howes lived to be a millionaire, and he did a great spot \vhere the first aIle was made more than ninety-five years ago. A Club House For Employes-An Excellent Idea. A manufacturer in Massachussetts has set a good ex· ample which others would do well to follow, by the building of a club house for the use of his employes. The building is of stone, heated by steam, and lighted by electricity, and has a finely furnished club rOom, bowling alleys and all conveniences and comforts for the members. 12 !!!!Weatherly Individual Glue Heater Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices..• Weatherly &. PUlte Grand Rapids. MlGh. These sa ws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write u. for Price Lht anddlsoount 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRANO RAPIDS MANUFACTURERS OF DROP CARVING AND EMBOSSING GENERAL MACHINES Dies {or all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices, 7 Second St" LAFAYETTE, IND, • fOUR TR41NS TO AND FROM CHICAGO Lv Cd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Cd. Rapids 4:Z5pm Ar ChicaKO 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pin on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on aU day trains. service a la carte. Pere Marquetle Parlor cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. T"REE TR41NS 0 ET R 0 I T TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:15 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Mea)s served aJa earte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:15 am and 5:20 plh. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rate. a5 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGERAGENT, PHONE 1168 G11LudRapid., Mich. QUAR TER·SA WED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE " EXTR<I. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. ounDUPIDS WOOD f1nlSnlnO (0. EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERl; 01" WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our specialt}'. We confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Fumiture Wax and Fmishing- Supplies. We are the originators of Weathered. Antwerp and Mission Stains in Oil. Our shades are absolutely correct. We ale authority on Early EngUsh, Fumed, Catbedral Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and Factory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave" Grand Rapids, Mich. Buy your GROOVEDand POINTED DOWELS and DOWEL RODS of A. FALKEL. 3rd aDd Dewey St••• Gr.Dd Rapid •• Mich• NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH V·ALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Vail)' ExcePt Sunday. baily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york .4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. ·m. Service unsurPassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. 1 / / /4 INCH POPLAR for DRAWER BOTTOMS CUT TO DIMENSION KILN DRIED 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE GLASS BACKS BACK PANELS JOSEPH' ROSS & COMPANY 223 South Second St., Philadelphia, Pal MILLS: CHERAW,S. c.; THOMASVILLE, N. C. BE UP-TO-DATE. Get one of the New Electric Spindle Carvers and keep abreast of the times. You cannot afford to let the "other fellow" have the work you should be doing. The Electric Carver will keep the trade you have and get more for you. Our Carving Cutters are of the best. West Mi(~i~anMac~ineand ToolCo.. ltd. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. --------OFFICES------------------ So.ton New York Jatnestown High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Associate Orfices and Bonded Attorneys in all Principal eWes WE PRODUCE RESULTS WffJ';:RJ<: OTHERS FAIL WRITH FOR PARTICULARS AND 'YOU WILL SEND US Y OU R BUS r NESS. Our Complalnl and AdJustmeb.t Department Red Drafts Collect ...=~L. J. STEVENSON. Mlcbig ..n M..n..ger 5aw and Km'f e FI'tt'Ing Mach'Ineryan d T00 IS TLhine' BMigagneust""and...Bdes,t Baldwin. Tuthill ®. Bolton Gr8Dd Rapids. Mich. Filers. Setters. Sharpeners, Grinders. Swages, Stretchers, Brazing and Filing Clamps. Knife Balances, Hammering Tools. Iuwstfn':~ OUI New 200 pa.s::e CataloKue lor 19O5 Free. Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws ~ inch up. B. T. & B. Style 0, Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry. 13 14 Troubles Salesmen Have to Contend With. The salesman's situation bristles with difficulties. Upon their solution he must bring to bear an unfailing good nature and a ready perception of means to be employed. Buyers often complain of his firm; the treatment may not have been liberal; the goods may have proved inferior; credit inql1ir· ies may have been too insistent; any number of irritating comments rain about his head. To these he must listen pa-tiently, sympathetically, and then lead his man along the pleasant paths of complacency to a different point of view. Sometimes a playful artifice may be necessary to dis-arm a blustering kicker, as happened one day to a salesman eute"ring the office of a country merchant. "\Vill never buy anything of your house again, Smith, as long as 1 call beg it elsewhere," gro\vled the merchant. "Smith looked LIpwonderingly. "I don't have to buy of people who are afraid of their money." Smith saw at a glance that defense would be futile. The firm evidently had committed the unforgivable offense of questioning a sensitive credit, and he jocularly inquired for the full exte11t of the penalty. ;;15 it a ten years' sentence?" The meanness had softened in the man's face, as he re-plied with barely a gleam in his eye: In a close market it often becomes necessary to place some business at cost in order to swell the total volume upon which the cost figures have been based. It is the sales-man's problem to guess when and where conditions ""villper-mit of a normal profit to be asked, without losing bus1ness. Thorough knowledge of conditions in general and a quick recognition of their value in a particular instance are (he salesman's equipment to meet the lInforseen and to these should be added the self-control which is ever confident and serene. Defeats may hail about his head. He must pass boldly from one to the other, with all the impression of suc-cess, for apparent failure begets failure. To seem sincere one must be sincere, and truth is th.e foundation of all sales work. Unless a salesman can main-tain all honest reputation for himself and his firm, extend-ing it in widening circles as the years pass, his work is in vain and his firm the worse off for his efforts. The fact is self-evident, but difficult to observe. I t is so tempting to take an unfair advantage. Ephemeral competition repre-sents attractive bargains which appear better than they are, provoking similar tactics on the part of the salesman; sometimes his goods are inferi9r at the price, his firm does not or cannot produce them on a par with the best competi tion. The impulse to misrepresent is then urgent and always fatal in the end. Funtitllre ill the Raw. HSix years and eight months, commuted for good behav-ior." Smith did not sell his man this trip, but he left the office with the pleasurable sensation of having at least pulled the tares from his wheat. His experience in the office of a large manufacturer was just the reverse. The buyer met him with a dignified court-esy and a shrewd glance. Tht're was 110 chance for personal influence; it was a question of figmcs. As the two men faced each other, settling back comfortably in their chairs, each experienced and evinced in his glance the subdued penetration with which a sht'e\vd business man habitually weighs the other fellow's advantage. "\Vhat is your proposition, Mr. Smith?"' The question was just what Smith bad prepared for, but . somehow its tone of finality flashed throngh his mind the whole brood of alternatives between which success hung suspended. W'ould his figure get the business, or would it be betrayed to a competitor? "VVasthe man ready to buy or only sounding the market? Should he name a maximum or a minimum figure----:-agratifying profit or bare cost? Hours of deliberation had developed plausible answers to these ques-tions, but in the moment of decision they seemed to melt and dissolve before the searching glance of his customer. The weak man is ever prone to make concessions to get business. Competitors do so, why should not he? If other people make a bettn article, why should he be expected to get their price for his product? He naturally asks this questiou of himself, and sometimes foolishly asks it of his employer. There is a large manufacturer of leather in vVisconsin who tans a grade of calfsfkin slightly inferior to the best and at a less cost, expecting his salesmen to get the top price for his product. Since it was not permissible to misrepre-sent, scores of salesmen starting ont to sell this leather failed and accompanied their protests to the office with confident offers to sell trainloads of stuff as good as the price. It was the tanner's idea of salesmanship to spend money to sell goods 011 a "mail order basis" and gradually his force de creased until but one remained in the field. The secret of his success was in keeping his leather out of direct competition with the better grades. accumulating it during periods of light demand and then forcing the price whenever leather fell short in the market. For this service he received a $10,000 salary Success comes to the persistent. During months of dull market the salesman must persevere, redoubling his efforts to garner the little business in sight. Designs by Otto Jiranek, Grand Rapids. 16 ·:f'~Mlf]-IIG7JN B. WALTER & CO. iVNADU~~ M,nufa<tu'," of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT If your DfSIONS are right. people want the Good,. That mak.. PRICES right, (tlarence 1R. lbills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-Citi;;o;cns Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH lberman Scbaubel. ALLENTOWN, PA. 9J/ammotA iJ)rop- Carver~ 9/0. 3 This macbine weighs about one ton. Hasa tra ...e..lin/{table, is reversed and started from a counter shaft. which is includ-ed with machine. Hollow steel mandrel 3% inches in diameter. We furnish bum-er for inside oroutside heat-ing, [or either gas or gaSQ-line. Size of machine, 4 it. 9 in. high. 3 ft. 10 in. long, 3 ft. wide. We guarantee this machine. P r ice. $US; without trav-e1inl{ table, $2(10. Mammoth No.4, sam e as machine No. 3. driven with Longitude shaft onl).'; pulleys at right ang-les; needs no counter shalt. Prite $200; with-out travel-j n g table, $170. Send for full de-scription and list of other drop carvers we build. Blue Print Designs Free to the Trade. GRAND RAPIDS, .. "r-""MICHIGAN 1Louis lbabn Engraving, Printing Binding CATALOGUES A SPECIALTY DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens Phone 5580, 2 to 20 Lyon St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I-----~---~ WHITE PRINTING co. JNO P DENNING 208 S. FIRST ST, • • TERRE HAUTE, IND~ ---- ---- Michigan I Central LEAVE Nov. r., 1904 ARRIVE 6:55 am Detroit Express.. 10:45 pm *12:00 n'n New York Spedal * 1:40 pm 5:30 pm.,.New York Express 9:55 am "'l1<iOpm •.. ,. Night Express * 6:30 am *Oaily_ All other traills daily except Sunday. Detroit slE!eper on night train. New York sleeper and fine cafe coach on noon train. Parlor car on mo:miug train. .. The Niagara Falls Route" I O. w. RUGGLES, G. P. & T. A., Chicago. GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS C. B,. CLARK, Proprietor. Manufacturers of Cut and Pointed Dowel Pins and Dowe_1Rods U South Front Street, GRAND RAl"lDS, MICH. IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAIST"NG Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogne and PIi~8, KIMBALL BROS. CO., '.67 N;nlh 81., Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co •• 3Z3 Prospe<:t St., Cleveland, 0.; 198 11th St., Omaha, Neb.; 120 Cedar St., New York City, 91 Campau St. , Grand Rapids. Michigan Varnl'hes. Shel. laCJand Sandpaper carried in Stock W. P. WILLIAMS, ~;:::~clure,,' BERRY BROS,(Ltd.) Varnishes and Shellac. )ACQVHS KAHN, French Mirror Plates. COR.BIN CABINET LOCK <':0., Lucks • AM GLUB Co.'s Union Garnet and Flint sandpaper_ B. CANNON & Co" (Limited), Irish Glue. SAM'L CABOT, House Staius arr' '1llilding Quilt. BeVNTeN <5' ce. SEND FOR CATALOGUE Removed 10 419-421 W fifteenth 51 Mira. of Embosstd and Turned Mouldjng~. Porch Work. Wood 6,;118$. and Auto.. math: Turnings We also manufac-ture a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS- for couch work. send tor itlU$tratioDs. WOOD CARVINGS If you don It buy them right this season it will not be our fault. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES OUf work and prices will both surprise and please you ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY joints, chamfering, ripp.ing, cross cutting, mitering, tenoning, rabbeting and boring may be easily and perfectly done on this machine with fixtures accompanying- it, as can also da-doing, gammg, grooving, tongueing, routing, paneling, beading and other similar flat or circular molding work with suitable cutters, heads and fixtures, provided at a reasonable additional cost. Their No.1 Royal Standard universal wood worker re:()~ resents all that is good, desirable and necessary, in simpli-fied form, supplying at one stroke, weight, strength, work-manship, easy and accurate manipulation of adjustable parts, economy in floor space and po·wer-all at a cost to place this valuable tool \'v'ithin reach of all those requiring it. Ed Caldwell Makes a Change. Ed Caldwell, who has been traveling the Pacific coast for the Imperial Table company for the last year, severed his con-nection with that institution with the close of the year. It is understood that Mr. Caldwell will continue to cover eastern territory for the Grand Rapids Desk company. 17 A Machine That Educates the Man. Ihat seems like a strange proposition, and so it is to the unthinking person, but to a man familiar with woodworking' among them the No. 30 band resaw illustrated in their adver-tisement in this issue. Furniture manufacturers who want the best in wood working machines will do well to correspond with this old, reliable house. The Cordesman-Rechtin company, Cincinnati, manufacture <t great variety of strictly upto-date wood working machines; machinery, it is .Ili:t at all strange, for the longer he uses the No.1 Royal Standard Universal \iVoo(\vVorker, illustrated above, (manufactured only by The Cordcsman-Rechtin Co., Cincinnati), the more he will be charmed with its perfr.ctiotl and adaptibility. As its name implies, this wood worker is suited for a very great many purposes-in fact the variety of work that can be done on it is limited only to the skill of operator. Planing out of wind up to 12 inches wide, making air-tight glue \ FaIding Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast~ ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. 8. WILLIAMS 312 Vh:.eennes Ave., Chicago. Ma!lufacturer of Hardware Specialties for the Fumiture:Trade. Established 1878 is ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE lor ... AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-2Q L.YON ST•• ORAND RAPIDS, MiCH. Er.lTEIlEO ..,8 MATTER O~ THE 'ECOND CLASS The New York state labor commissioner has been inspect-ing factories where women are employed and finds that the hours of work arc altogether too long. "The law allows ten hours a day. Those honTs are extreme, but unfortu-nately the real working hours are often much more than the legal hour!;." The laws are not enforced as they should be. The legislature will probably be appealed to. The Alaska Refrigerator company of Muskegon employ a sys-tem whereby the foremen are enabled to earn more than their regular salaries. When a lot of refrigerators are sold at more than factory prices the foremen are entitled to a percentage of. the increased selling prices. In the course of a year each foreman is able to make $100 marc than his regular salary. If the remarks of dealers in lumber and factory supplies may be relied upon, and there are no grounds for Questioning the same, the spring season will be an tmusually active one for the manufacturers of house furnishing goods. The orders taken are without precedent for the short, or spring season. The Supreme court of New York has decided that a rail-. road ticket when bought from the first owner can be signed by the purchaser with the original owner's name and the name may not be considered a forgery. The sale of a ticket conveys with it the right to use the original owner's name. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has issued an appeal to the affiliated unions to add life insurance features to their work. He argiles that this would be a great means of keeping the unions solid. If the dealers of the South must have a furniture exposi-tion either Chattanooga or Atlanta is a better location than High Point. which is lacking in conveniences and is not centrally located. The manufacturer who has the courage to advance prices when they should be advanced is an important factor in the market. The weaklings applaud and follow him. The man who can get a full day's work out of twenty men is more useful than the man who can do three days' work himself while the twenty watch him. The merchant endeavors to sell what the people want. He knOwS that they want what is advertised most success-fully and widely. It is a pretty good argument. Are you enthusiastic? Enthusiasm pays big dividends. It isn't all a merchant needs, but it is an essential. Hard work judgment and enthusiasm is a trio hard to beat. It is gratifying to manufacturers to find that no burden-some accumulation of stocks has occurred, despite the recent record-breaking production. It is stated that Chicago banks have decided to charge ex-change all all outside checks. One of the heaviest losers by this will be the mail-order houses. It is estimated that this small-check business with mail-order houses in Chicago amounts to about $500,000·daily, and the profits will be cut down not a little by this decision of the banks. The merchant of the small town may not be a "natural born" window dresser. There are not very many such to be had in proportion to the demand. But every merchant can keep his windows clean, change the displays frequently and use ordinary common sense and some taste in their ar-rangement. Good lighting is important; clever ideas may be utlizied and the results will be worth the extra effort. The measure of success rests largely with the man. If he is not satisfied with results he should earnestly start on a hunt for the trouble. He should not rest until he has found it, and after he has found it, he should not sleep till it is corrected and ended forever with him. No less an authority that the New York Sun refers to the name "Grand Rapids" as a synonym for furniture. When the pull and push ends of b\.lsiness work together in the right spirit, success results. The man who is not getting all he can out of his business has some steps to take before he can retire with satisfaction. WAYS OF RECKONING A SALESMAN'S VALUE He Must Make a Profit For His Firm. Three different ways of making business profitable through salesmen are discussed by three sales managers for a wholesaler, a retailer, and a manufacturer. The first suggests that one's profit should be figured daily. Each salesman's sales are posted on a board which hangs on the wall. This board indicates the stock number, the amount of goods sold, the price per dozen, the gross profit and the salesman. At the close of the day the gross profits are easily figured. The per cent of each salesman's profit should correspond to his percentage of the sales. If he sells $2,500 his sales should show a gross profit of 5 per cent., or $2.50. His daily expenses must be subtracted to arrive at his net profit. The second method of determining profits is as follows: A salary of $10 a week is paid the city salesman and 15 per cent commission. When all discounts for ca::ih and all other items of expense are deducted from the selling price and added to this, a proportion of the general selling expense, and the profit on a sale can be reckoned. The salesman's net profit is very easily reckoned. His salary expense is included in the total. The traveling salesman has no commission-just a straight salary and exp.cnses. His p-rofits depend on the discounts on the goods. The third way of reckoning profit has nothing to do with a daily profit, but with the result of sales on a certain amount of goods. The difference between the selling prices and the first cost of the goods, plus the general expense, determines what per cent each salesman is entitled to. The average of expense is 3% per cent., what the salesman he-ceives. If he sells $600 worth of goods he receives $21 salary. Less than that amollnt sold is a loss to the firm. In this way the discovery is made as to whether the sales-man's sales pay for the expense of keeping him. ]. Harris, proprietor of the Central Furniture company, Houston, Tex .• has been declared a bankrupt on its own pe-tition. Liabilities are $2,OOQ. assents, $625. The Boy That Makes Good. "The office boy of today is the general manager of tomor-row," said, one of the general managers, "and we take great pains in choosing them." A millionaire manufacturer who has built up a great industry in a small town and who has been for a score of years a Sunday school superintendent was once asked what direct results he ever received from his religious de-votion, says System. "I get my office boys through my religion," he said, half joking, half serious; "I hire all my boys from the mem-bership of my Sunday school-and that means most of my employes, for most of my clerks) bookkeepers and exec-utives have come up from office boys. 'The boy who makes good in business comes from the middle class families and lives in a home where he has been taught the importance of truth and obedience and where he will be given encouragement to succeed. "Show me a b.oy's mother," an old English manufacturer used to say, "and I will tell you if I will have him in my employ." The need of proper home influences is shown by the ex-perience of a Chicago employer who was impressed with the quick wits and nervous energy of the city newsboys. He picked up a particularly promising lad who was selling papers near the city hall and installed him in his office. "Newsie" lasted just two weeks. He was bright. honest and did his work well, but he could not shake off the habits of the streets. \\-'innings the earnings of the other boys at craps, turning the electric fans into roulette wheels and making a handbook on the races ior the clerks, demoraIized the whole office and ;;;ent him back to his extras. Judging from the boys you see in many otherwise up~to-date offices, the manager believes a "boy's a boy," no matter how dirty and unkempt he is. The good effect produced by an expensive suite of fineiy furnished offices is often sadly marred by disreputable-looking boys. The general appear-ance of your place of business-its personalitye-is a big factor in your success or failure. It gives an impression to your Cllstomer or client before he sees you, and by that im-pression you yourself wilt often be judged. Is it, then not worth while to make clean hands, a clean face and alt-around neatness the first requisites fOJ;"a boy in your employ? Appreciated by Wood Finishers. The Barrett~Lindeman company, which recently established a branch in Chicago at 61-67 North Ashland avenue, to meet the demands of their trade in the west, report that their enterprise is appreciated by users of woodfinishing goods. The plant is completely equipped with the latest machinery. A full line of everything made by this company is kept on hand. 19 Significant Facts. The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad company, better knO\vn as the "Frisco," has built or added to its system over nineteen hundred miles of new railroad during the past five years. Also another thing to be remembered is the fact that all of this new railroad traverses newly-settled sections of the south-west, principally in Missouri, Arkansas, Indian and Oklahoma territories and Texas. Th~se sections of the southwest are rapidly settling up with a good class of nor-them immigrants impelled to locate in the southwest for the following reasons: Lands for the cultivation of a wide range of crops can be pur-chased most reasonably; the climate is mild and there are no extremes of heat and cold.. such as obtain in the northwest, and there is ample rainfall annually to mature crops. Most of the sections traversed by these new lines have not previously enjoyed the privileges of railroad communication and therefore, they have opened up entirely new markets to the manufacturer and wholesaler. It is a self-evident proposition that it is cheaper to utilize in manufacturing, the raw material at its source, instead of shipping it in a crude state to some large city or remote, thickly settled section. This is a fact that manufac-turers are beginning to realize more and more and for various reasons arc turning their steps toward the singularly favored locality. The principal raw materials available in large quan-tities for mal1Ufacture are cotton and its by-products; all the grains; almost every kind of timber found in the North Temper-· ate zone; all of the truck crops, vegetables, melons and fruits; minerals, including iron, lead, zinc, gypsum; stone, including granite, limestone and cement rock suitable for Portland cement; highest grade of shale for pressed, paving and fire brick, pottery, tile and sewer pipe; and last and most itnportant, this fact, that in almost every portion of the states and territories traversed by the "Frisco" system fuel supply is abundant, either bituminous or semi-anthracite coal. Oil or natural gas are procurable. Labor troubles also in the southwest are of much less fre-quent occurrence than in the large cities and thickly populated localities of the north and east. Possibly the most attractive inducement, however, that could be given manufacturers to se-cure the location of their industries, is the fact that they would in most cases have a proprietary right to a vast section of rich territory, as they would be almost the only manufacturers in their particular line in the southwest. They would, therefore, be free from most of the competition met with in the factory sec-tions of the north and east. From the above extended list of natural resources for manufacturing it can be readily seen that almost every kind of manufacturing plant can be accom-modated with an excellent location. Mr. M. Schulter, Indus-trial Commissioner of the "Frisco" system, St. Louis, Mo., would like to get in corespondence with any manufacturers not entirely satisfied with 1;heir present factory locations and will cheerfully furnish data regarding favorable locations, induce-ments. We carry a line of Rebuilt Wood- Working Machinery for Pattern Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash and Door Manufacturers, Car-penters. Planing Mills. Etc. .. .. When in the market let us send you our list of machines and we are sure that we can interest you in pnces and quality of machines offered EDWARDS MACHINE CO, 34·36 W. Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. 20 ·~MI9]-1IG7J-N INSIST ON HAVING norris WoodI Sons'Solid Sleel alue Joinl Cutlers Proposalsfor ~(~ool furniture (or there are no other.,. Uju.rt a.r good." THE BoARD OF" EDUCATION, OFFICE OF THE DiRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, CLEVELAND, OHIO. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board of Education, Rose building, Cleveland, Ohiol until 12 o'clock noon, January 25, 1906, for furnishin~ seats and desks for the public schools in the City School. District in the City of Cleveland for the year 1906, in accordance with plans and specifications furnished on application at the office of the Director of Schools. Each bid must contain the name of every person interest-ed in the same, and each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for $500.00 payable to Treasurer, Board of Education. Specifications may be procured at this office on applica. tion, and all proposals must be made on blanks furnished by the Director of Schools. All proposals must be sealed, addressed to the Clerk and endorsed on the outside plainly showing the items bid upon and the name of the bidder. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or any part of any of all proposals, A corporate surety bond is required on all contracts. They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never bum owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Cata'ogue No. 10 and prices on application. . CHAS.ORR. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS Director of Schools, Cleveland, Ohio. 'l'hirt,,_olle "ears at 31-33 5. Canal Street. CHICI\.GO.ILL. WE MAKE $2.00 A Specialty 01 Furniture Showcase and Carriage Work For Half Tones of This Quality Write us for prices on any ENGRAVINGS you may need Michigan Engraving COPlpany, 2 Pearl St.• Grand Rapids. Mich. WHY NOT CALL ON US FOR WE BEAT THEM ALL, ESPECIALLY ON PROMPT DELIVERY ·~"r;,.IfHIG7fN Veneered Panels, ~1 Tops and Backs? WALTER CLARK . 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N Trade Notes. Isaac L. Rundio, formerly superintend(,l1t of the Oriel Cabi-net company, is now filling the superintendency of F, Mohr and company's factory in New York A. H. Stevens, formerly superintendent of the \Viddicomb Furniture company's factory, is now located in Camden, K. Y., in charge of the factory of the Camden Cabinet company. George A. Browo, formerly superintendent of the St. Johns (Mich.) Furniture company, is managing the business of the Loudonville, (0.) Y1allufacturing company. \Vm. Beutin has asked for the appointment of a receiver for the Milwaukee Parlor Frame company. l\fr. Beutin bought an interest in the business in June, 1904, but the other partners al-ways refused to admit him into partnership. The Aberdeen Furniture Manufacturing company is the name of a new corporation which will do a manufacturing business in Aberdeen, ::'diss. The capital stock is $50,000. The factory of the Yorke Furniture company, Concord, ).T. C, was destroyed by fire in December with a loss of $65,000, partly insured. The plant will be rebuilt in the spring. The supreme court of Texas hotds that where the ticket agent of a railroad company gives a passenger wrong informa-tion which results in trouble, worry and expense to such passen-ger, such road is responsible. Edward R. Olive, secretary of Olive & Meyers IVlanufacturing company, died recently of typhoid fever after a ten weeks' illness. Mr. Olive went to Texas from his home in Iowa in 18!HIand with AIr. Meyers organi7cd the furniture manufacturing firm of Olive & Meyers. Their business has heen very sl1cce,ssf'lll. Globe Vise and Truck Company OFFICE 321 S. DIVISION S'J.'. ~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE Wood Workers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity in construc-tion enables 115 to give quality and durability, and meet all competi-tion. WriteIQr Prices. No. 21, Roller BearIngs. same style Trucks No. ~4, without Roller Bearings -- Smith & Stanley, cabinetmakers of New York, have made an assignment; liabilities are $3,615, assets, $2,884. They were in business about a year. Arthur J. O'Keefe and Joseph Dillon have purchased the planing machinery and merchandise of the Michigan Order "Vork Furniture company and wilt start a factory to be known as the O'Keefe & Dillon Furniture company. It will be capi-talized at $15,000. Svcral sites arc under consideration. The Enterprise Lumber and Manufacturing company of Pitts-burg are contemplating the establishment of a veneering plant in Little Rock, Ark. It will cost $50,000. Tbe Matthews Brothers' Manufacturing company's plant in IVlilwallkee will after December 15 be operated as a closed shop under the union scale and labor. E.K. \Vheeler has entered the employ of the Stoltz-Schmitt Furniture company of Evansville, Ind., as superintendent. £. B. Fixen's lounge factory in Eola, Ill., was destroyed by fire recently. Fire in the New England Reed Rattan Goods company, Bos-ton, caused a $50,000' loss late in December. John Jackson and C. Munsotl, Clinton, la., have patented a chair seat and will manufacture the same. The Columbia Lounge company, incorporated with $10,000 capital, will manufacture furniture in Chicago. The Tell City (Ind.) Chair company's sales for the past year amounted to $250,000. C. Vol.Young will invest $45,000 in a furniture factory to be established in Aberdeen, Miss. Excels aU hand !!crew clamps in adaptation to work, convenience of hll.ndUng and qnick action. Especially adapted to Veneering Paneling and all work requiring long broad jaw. COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Furnished Batavia Clamp Co. Mention Michigan Artisan. 45 Center 5t. BATAVIA, N, Y, 22 ·!'~MlppIG7}N Danger in the Use of Wood Alcohol. Wood alcohol is a deadly poison, and its fumes often result m severe injury to the sight of those who handle the liquid. An effort is being made by the Brotherhod of Painters, Decor-ators and Paper Hangers, to secure remedial legislation by con-gress, and Representative Roberts of Massachuetts, at this session, \vill present a bill to the lower house looking to the abol-ishment of the high tax on grain alcohol when the fluid has been denaturized. Grain alcohol is much superior to wood alcohol and may be employed without danger to the person using it. At the national meeting of the brotherhood in Memphis a few days ago, the convention threw down the gauntlet before the wood alcohol trust, by adopting the resolution calling for the abolishment of the excessive tax imposed upon grain alco-hol when the fluid is rendered unfit for beverage purposes. The action of the organization all this question is most im-portant. Only slight oppostion to the resolution developed and the vote for its passage was almost unanimous. The issue was brought up in the regular order of business. J. W. Cotton of Lynn, Mass., and secretary of the local of that city, which started the .crusade against the USe of wood alcohol in the manufacture of varnishes, explained to the convention the measures already taken in the fight on wood alcohol and recited the great benefit to be derived by the cessation of its use among painters. His address was loudly applauded. Estey Was a Great Salesman. "Ed" Caldwell of the Grand Rapids Desk company en-tertains kindly rec.ollections of the late D. M. Estey. "He was one of the best salesmen I ever knew," remarked Mr. Caldwell. "He could sell patent rights, furniture, lumber or anything that he considered worth taking up. He gave me many valuable pointers on the art of selling goods, one of which I shall never forget. I was laboring with a buyer, endeavoring to impress him with the importance of the Estey line, and finally used as an argument a statement to the effect that the Estey line was 'just as good as the Luce line.' \¥hen the dealer left, Mr. Estey remarked: 'Ed. I would not use that argument in which you assured the dealer that the Estey line was 'just as good' as Luce's. If the dealer should be handling the Luce line he would naturally content himself with the same, If the Estey goods are no better than the Luce goods why should I change? is the natural conclusion of the dealer. The most effective plan is to talk about the goods yoU are handling and ignore those of competitors." Antique Furniture Bought at a Great Bargain. It is quite true that persons possessing antique furniture have come to have an exaggerated idea of its value, and it is daily growing more and more difficult to pick up bargains, even in the more remote towns of Connecticut. But one New York woman is rejoicing in the possession of a highboy for which she paid only $2. She has since had an offer of $150 for it. While antoing not far from Ridgefield, Conn.., recently she stopped at a far'mhouse for some water, and casually inquired if the family had any antique furniture to sell. The family looked at her, not seeming to understand what she meant. "Old mahogany furniture-have you any that you would like to dispose of?" she repeated. "\Vall, now, there's that old chest of drawers o.n the back porch-maybe that's what you want," and the fanner took her out to inspect the article in question. It proved to he a handsome highboy of unusual pattern and large proportions. It was battered and one leg was broken off, but when tbe farmer offered jt for $2 the offer was accepted, and it was shipped to New York. It was renovated, rubbed down and repaired, and now it is the admiration of the woman's friends who know the value of antique furniture.-Ex. It Would Not Pay. "If we should attempt to fill all the orders that come to us for stock out of the low priced end of our lines," remarked an intelligent and very successful manager of a wood working plant, located in Northern Michigan, "we would need a factory twice as large as we now operate and would not net a larger profit. We make a reasonable amollnt of cheap stuff, but aim to sell as much high and medium priced stuff as possible. A high priced case occu-pies more space on the floors of our factory than a cheap one. The cost of the materials, aside from the lumber, are practically the same. A better grade of lumber and better workmanship must, as a matter of course, be employed in high or medium priced work. As to the cost of handling a cheap piece in com-parison to a_ high priced one, there is little difference. The cost of packing, cartage and freight, if prepaid, is practically the same. Then why should a man operate his factory exclusively on cheap stuff?" Pressed Ornaments. "The reason pressed ornaments of wood, clay or other material are not more generally used," remarked William De Pagter, a veteran foreman finisher. "is because the man'- ufacturers generally do not know how to attach the same firmly and finish them proper:ly. There. is no reas\:m why pressed ornaments should drop off nor why the finish of the same should not be as good as an experienced fin-isher can produce on hand carvings. A little study and careful work will make the pressed ornaments look "just as good" as carved, and stay in place when properly adjusted, Municipal Training. In embarking on industrial undertakings, says the Man-chester, Eng., Courier, municipalities run a great risk for the sake of a problematic gain, which- in most cases is only secured by injuring individual enterprise. Early English A perfect stain which pro-duces the correct shade-' and directions for manipula-tion to produce correct finish Get our circulars and book-let that puts you next to the very best waysfor producing Sold only in powder form; does not fade--penetrates the wood. FUMED OAfi WALTER K. SCHMIDT CO,\\PANY 14·86 C"'NAL STREeT GRAND ~APIDS. MICI1IGAN -- 185 N. Front StreetA Grand Rapids. Mich. FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES GR.EATEST RANGE Also Machine KniveJ'. Miter Machines. Etc. FASTEST CUT QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST POWER LEAST TROUBLE LONGEST LIFE PERFECT SAFETY We"1lgladly tell J'OUall about It. PK:f!.MANENT I:<:CONOMY FOX MACHINI: CO. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Fuma<:.e Fe.ooen, Steel Plate Exhau:;t Fam, Exhaust and Blow Piping Complete 5}'sterm desilIIlOO, manufactured, installed and ~aranteed. Old ~yslem! remodeled on modem linea <:m JIIOit ~nl'>lJlica\ piani. Supplementary sy 8 t e m8 adckd where present ~s-tems are oulirl'OWll. De-fective I y 8 t e m 8 corrected and put in proper working order. ST4ffORIl fURNITURE fNGR4VING Our half tones are deep sharp, cleal'; 11.1"10&them long wear and ease of make-ready. Every plate is precisely type-bigh, mounted on a perfectly squared, seasoned block trimmed to pica standard. All are proved and tooled until the best possible printing qualityis developed, Specimens mailed on request. STAFFORD ENGRAVING CO. "The House oj ideas" INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 23 Estimatirtg Cost. The puzzle of puzzles with manufacturers is how to pwp-erly figure cost. The selling price of furniture is based on th(' cost of it, but no two men will figure out the cost exactly alike on the same piece; something is sure to be overlooked by nearly everyone. Eugene C. Goodrich, of the Rockford Chair & Furniture company. calls attention to one expense that is generally overlooked-the designer. "Herc are two bookcases, the factory cost of which is exactly alike, say $4fJ.oo, and yet 011C will readily sell for $10 more than the other. \Vhy: Because of thc lines, the style, the design; in other \vords, the brains of the designer. No one can tell just how it happens. The designer is paid $5,000 a year; that sum reperesel1ts a cost that it is not easy to distribute, or separate, and give to each design its proportion of cost. The bookcase that will sell fnr $10 marc than the other may have been an inspiration, a happy thought, and did not take one-half the time tLlt the other one did to work out. Should not the bo,)kcase with the most beautiful lines have the benefit, and be marked at a higher price than the other, even though the factory cost is the same?" If Mr. Goodrich should find time to consult C. \\r. Cun-ningham of the Sargent Manufactming company, he might feel inclined to reveal his plan for attaching the cost of unprodl1ctivc labor to the cost of constn1ctlng the ,goods_ The salaries of designers are very properly charged as a part of the expense paid for non-productive labor with the book keeper and the stenographer. Mileage Books Unpopular. The Pennsylvania's rigid regulations governing the sale of its interchangeable mileage books, including an excess charge of $10, is 1110st unsatisfactory to the Merchants' & Traders' Association and the Merchant's Protective Associa-tion of New York. They have been conducting a campaign to effect an elimination or modification of objectionable fea-tures. The excess charge is declared to be illegal, unjust and unwarranted, and contrary to the rules of other lines. One Philadelphia firm complains that the railroad c.ompany has over $5,000 of its money representing deposits of excess charges. The associations have named a joint committee to interview the trunk line passenger committee and Presi-dcnt Cassatt. This is by no means a new movement, but it is hoped that better success may be had this time. Specialty Furniture Company's Factory Destroyed by Fire. The factory of the Specialty Furniture Company of Evansville, Ind., was destroyed by fire January 5. The loss reaches $SO,ooo, insured for $70.000. The fire alarm wires had been tampered with and caused a delay in the response of the engine companies. The factory will be rebuilt as !-iOOll as the insurance is adjusted. The one hundred employes will assit in clearing away the debris. The walls arc all that remain of the building. A New Factory in Baltimore. The Headington-Pfeil Furniture company, of Baltimore \1d., have a four story building 50 x 150 feet in course of erec-have a four story building tiO x 150 feet in course of erec-tion. It will be in operation March first, the product of the plant will be chamber suites, odd dressers, wardrobes, chiffoniers and hat racks. Wm. Headington, formerly with Hall, Headington & Company, is the president. G. II enry Pfeil, formerly with the Hughes Furniture Manufacturing Company is secretary-treasurer. Frank D, Ellis, a furniture dealer and undertaker, retired,. died at his home in Forestville, N. Y, recently, after a short illness. 24 Brief Mention D. Markus Brainerd, Minn., has sold his furniture stock to Hon. E. Mark of Staples, Minn. V'latson Brothers, furniture dealers in Vicksburg, Miss., have filed a petition in bankruptcy, liabilities are placed at $7,815.79, assets, $5,300. Albert Kahn of Cincinnati has purchased of Jonas Joseph his interest in the Model Furniture factory in Shelbyville, Ind., and paid therefor $10,000. The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing company, Greencastle, Ind., lost their plant in a fire December 4, $10,000 was the amount lost; insurance, $1,500. The contract for the furnishings of the new government building at Guthrie, Okla., was awarded to the Western Cabinet Fixture company of Kansas City at $3,266.65. The National Parlor Furniture company of Chicago have leased for the term of twenty years the manufacturing plant formerly occupied by Winslow Brothers on Carroll avenue, Ada and Elizabeth streets. The Everroad Table Manufacturing company has been or-ganized in Columbus, Ind., to manufacture the Dunlap fold-ing table. The furniture factory of the ",,raTren \Vood \Vorking company at Belvidere, N. ]., was burned December 22, loss $60,000, in-surance, $30,000. The National Couch company, capitalized at $50,000, will manufacture furniture in Chicago. The storehouse of the Derby Desk company at Somerville Mass., burned December 10, loss is $25,000. The state penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., mav have a furni-ture factory. Rustic furniture ·for the prison wi~llbe made. Ensign 11 Clark, formerly a cabinet maker and undertaker of Niagara Falls, N. Y., died December 5. The Corner Case compan:)f, capitalized at $5,000, has been incorporated in Chicago to manufacture furniture. The new plant of the United States Chair company of Buf-falo, N: Y., is enclosed and work will be pushed rapidly. Francis G. Wiltshire, a member of the manufacturing firm of S. G. Estabrook and company, died recently in Brooklyn. The Earl Metal Bed company, Pana, TlI., will donate the first bedste.ad manufactured worth $30 to the Catholic fair. A new furniture factory is contemplated for Hendersonville, Tenn. It will cost $50,000. Wm. 'Niemann, Jr., vice president of the Niemann Table com-pany of Chicago, died recently as the result of a bullet wound. Alexander A. Smith has organized a furniture company in St. Lonis, Mo., with $20,000 capital. Karreman Brothers will sell their furniture factory in Grand Rapids and engage in other business. E. R. Hotaling's furniture stock was ruined by smoke and water, as the result of a fire in his store in Coxsackie, N. Y. His loss is covered by insurance. The vValker Commercial company have moved from Gran-ite, Mont., to Phillipsburg in the same state. W. T. Alli-son has charge of the furniture department. The FrankS. Harden company has been incorporated with $40,000 capital to manufacture furniture in McConnellsville, N. Y. Creditors of the Broghan-Doll Furniture Company, have petitioned the federal court of Shreveport, La., to have the firm declared bankrupt. High Point is holding its first furniture exposition. Will it be the last? J. B. Eilers of Doon, la., has bought the furniture stock of Klaas Koel. . , An Invifation to Rest. The L. Sternberg Company incorporated with $15,000 capital will conduct a general furnishing store in Newark Christ Metzel, one of Pittsburg's old furniture dealers, died December 28th. Robert Skinner has purchased a furniture and under-taking business in Neligh, Neb. Peter Loeffler, for years a furniture dealer of Pittsburg, died January 1, at the age of 77 years. Anton Knittle will open a furniture store in St. Paul, Minn. E. K. Butler has purchased three acres of land in Syracuse on which he will erect a furniture factory, to employ three hun- IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING 'ffifsHING VARNISHES DETROIT FACTORY GOODS CANADIAN FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO FULL POSSIBILITIES OF THIS CLASS OF THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? NEW YORK BALTIMORE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS PHILADIl:L~HIA CHICAGO aT. LOUIS CINCINNATI SAN FRANCiSCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT" dred men and women. The building will be of brick, five stories high and 85 x 180 feet in dimensions. The plant will cost $100,000. I-I. E. \Vanamaker will OCClipyMr. Butler's pres-ent plant on July 1, 1907, which he purchased from Mr. Butler three -years ago. The death of VV. S. Norton of VVilkesbarre, Pa., took place recently. He was engaged in the furniture business in Oswego, N. Y., until five years ago, when he moved to \Vilkesbarre and opened a store there. N. S. Johnson and C. L. Foulks dissolved partnership in the furniture business they have conducted in Canova, S. D. The former continues in the business. Earl S. Rich, a furniture dealer of Jamestown, N. Y., committed suicide on Christmas day. Melancholia following iii health was the cause. The Bristol Furniture compa.ny's store in Bristol, Conn .. was damaged by fire to the extent of $5,000, insurance covers about half the loss. The Webster-Clark Company has been incorporated in Dallas, Tex., for the purpose of conducting a house fur-nishing business. Capital stock is $20,000. The Powelson company succeed C. v\.[. n~.vOf(·. in the firm of C. VV. Devore and company, \Vashington, Pa. Simpson & Young have discontinued business in \Villiam-stan, Mich. R. E. Simpson succeeds his father in Laingsburg, Mich. E. C. Lovering's stock of furniture ill CaldwelL Idaho, \-vas badly damaged by fire. James H. Abbott will open a furniture and l\1lc!ertakill,R" business in Granger, vVash. Charles B. Stacy, a furniture man of Richmond, Va., died lately. He was a solider in the Civil war and was im-prisoned in Fort Delaware for sixteen months. The Zenith Mercantile company incorporated in Duluth, Minn., ,,,,ill engage in the sale of furniture amI other goods. ~- ,~.25 Morris and company are erecting a building in Spokane, \\-'ash., to be occupied and used by them as a furniture store. A receiver has been appointed for \,iVilliam Munger, (St. Paul, l\'Iinn.,) at the request of the Joerns Manufacturing Company. Frederick Joerns (receiver), will sell the stock at retail and conduct the business on a cash basis. The furniture warehouse of the Conroy & Levy Fur-niture Company of Middletown, 0., ,",,-asso badly damaged by water as a result of a fire as to be a total loss. $2,000 'is the amount lost. I\Jax London, president of the London Furniture com-pany, incorporated in June 1,905 in New York City, has been sued by 1. G. Mann and Louis Salkin, stockholders for an accounting. A receiver has been appointed. The Rahmoellcr Flint House Furnishing Company, has been organized with capital stock of $5,000, to do business in \Vellston, Mo, H. C. Herrick, Yankton, S. D., has sold his stock to Charles Lawrence. Mr. Herrick will Ogden, Utah, and open a furniture store there. The Blackwell House Furnishing Company has been in-corporated ill Springheld, Mo., with capita! of $25,000 all paid in. A number of manufacturers have petitioned to have a recei\'er appointed for the Carter Music and Furniture Com-pany at Birmingham, Ala. Damage amounting to $2,000 resulted from a fire in Mc- Carthy & Lill's furniture store and mattress factory in Bos-ton. Spontaneous combustion is assigned as the cause. Thomas Lynch for along- time engaged in the ,,,,-holesale and retail fttrniture business ill J erse)' City, N. J., died re-cently. Lenlz and company's furniture and undertaking store in Kennett, ]\.10.,was damaged by fire. About $13,000, insUFance covers only one-third the stock furniture move to NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DRY KILN REQUIREMENTS WE CAN FILL THEM r . In some instances it is necessary to have comparatively small quantities of a number of different kinds of lumber, in varymg degrees of dryness. In such cases the "ABC" APAR THE-NT l\ILNS are successfully employed. Note the experience of the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. <l\~ou recently install~d for us a seven compartment 'Moist Air' kiln which has proven very satisfactory Our re- 9Ulre.ments are unusually exactiol, manufacturing, as we do, furniture and interior bank and office fittings, and mtenor woodwork of the highest class, and our lumber must be thoroughly dried in such condition as to be sus-ceptible to the highest finish, These conditions have been very well met by your kilns. "Yo~r service has .be~n prompt and satisfactory, and we heartily recommend you and your kiln to anyone whose reqUIrements are SimIlar to our own." AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY NEW Y_ORK, __ CHICACO, ATLANTA, LONDON 26 Backbones for Salesmen. One reason why many yOllng men fail to become good business men is that they teach themselves to fcar responsi-bility when they are young. They begin by being timid and end by being incapable of fearlessly settling any business problem whatever. The mind that has shunned responsibility for ten years is as weak and nerveless as the arm' that has been strapped to the owner's side for tell years. It has no power of initia-tive- no strength to cope with a situation and decide it-no vigor of its own whatever. A few days ago I sat in the office of a large produce commission merchant, the telephone bell rang. It was answered by one of the clerks, a boy of eighteen, perhaps. Some colloquy ensued between the proprietor and the person calling, the successive messages being delivered by the clerk. At the close the proprietor gave the clerk certain instructions comprehending the adjustment of the matter telephoned about. Then he turned to me and we resumed our conversation. Five times within the next ten minutes that clerk hustled i.n to ask further instructions. "The man you told me to give this order to is out to lunch-shall I hold it till he comes in or give it to somebody else?" "What did you say So-and-so's address was?" "We're out of part of this order" but we'll have it again tomorrow. Shall I call So-and-so up and tell him?" (He was told to call him up and explain why a part of the order would be delivered late.) "Who shall I ask for when I call tip?" "He isn't there; will anybody else do?" And several more of the same kind. After the seance was over the employer was irritated almost beyond endur-ance. Now, this young man is a type of many who are not only making their services worth little or nothing to their employer, but are training themselves so that in the future they will be worth little or nothing to themselves. Instead of boldly taking up these little questions as they arise and settling them themse1veson their best judgment, they shirk the issue. They hesitate to use a judgment that may be wrong. They ask somebody else. They grow to lean all others. They are afraid to strike out. As a result, when they some day find themselves com-pelled to decide a question for themselves, they faiL Their minds, untrained to quick decision, dependent to the last degree, 'grope about for somebody to give them inspiration, and, finding nobody, swing to and fro in an agony of in-decision. No man who has trained himself to ask other people what to do will ever amount to shucks. All his life he witt be a leaner, and when the time comes, as it will, when there No. JJ9A BETTER THAN WOOD No. 152 B OUf Unbreakable products can be glUed and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. Much stronger and inore durable, full depth of grain. A perfect reproduc:tion of hand carving which absolutely defies detection. Send (or Sample. SeIlCOorCATALOGUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. Twdfth and Fcrt Streets. Dettcit. Mi_n. is nobody to lean on, he will fall down, for he' has no back-bone to hold him up. No, indeed, if 1 were an' employer I should infinitely prefer an independent, self-reliant judgment :that occasion-ally went wrong to onc like this young clerk's I have de-scribed. So, I am persuaded, would most mel1.:-Ex. Cheats His Work. An employer of thousands of men was asked what thing in all his large operations gave him the '11-lOstconcern, says an exchange. "Thc man who does a little less than is expected of him," is the reply. "He is the dangerous fac-tor in all business. The absolute failure we readily dis-cover and discharge, but the lalmost' escap~ detection for months and often for years, and they, make: our losses as well as our fears," and with a very seriolts smile he added, flThe drip in business is worse than the leak." Thousands of men fancy they are fulfilling their duty to their employers and to their tasks by keeping hours and performing just enough to hold on to their positions. They have an idea that to do more would be to give larger servlce than their compensation required. They object to what they believe would be extra value. "The old man shan't get more than he's paying for" is the vernacular. Possibly it never strikes these trimmers that in cheating their work they are doing double damage; they are injuring their employers much, they are robbing themselves more; they are, in fact, losing everything in life that is worth while. They fare worse than if they did nothing at all, for time with all its precious values slips entirely from them and leaves no substance of satisfaction. Half doing soon brings undoing. It is the nine-tenths doing or the ninety-nine one-hundredths doing that bleeds business and saps character.-Ex. Farmers Much Benefitted by the Advent of Factories and Railroads. Farmers are better off now, than they were forty years ago. The railroads and factories deserve much credit for this condition. The comforts of life such as carpets" and other household furnishings, were then rare. Money was scarce.;- most business was done by exchanging goods. What a change has taken place since then! Farmers can now have, and do have, all the comforts of life, money is no longer a rarity to them, but is plentiful. The factor.es and railroads have had a large share in bringing about the fine results mentioned. The interurban roads -and the tele-phone may also be mentioned. No. 1573 JOHN DUER &. SONS BALTIMORE. MD. Cabinet "8rd~8re .nd Tools Etc., Upholsle{ed Good. Haodromeat PuB on the Mar1l:et for lhe MoneY, Write for prices and Sample Correspondence Solicited j 27 Stability, Durability, Adaptability. That's what makes the 'lNo-Kum-Loose" Furniture Trimmings manufactured by the Grand Rapids Brass Co. so popular. We invite both manufacturers and dealers to caB at our office and factory on Court Street (Take Cherry and Shawmut car to Court St.) and investigate the TOWER PATENT FASTENER It is the only reliable Fastener for knobs and drawer pulls and costs manufacturers, dealers and consumers NOT ONE RED CENT GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Grand Rapids Chair Company's Artistic Menu Card. The Artisan received a beautiful menu card sent out by the Grand Rapids Chair company for the opening of the January season. The card is white with a menu printed on blue paper attached. The luncheon menu, so-called, really was a banquet. The list of viands was as follows: Oysters. Soup Chicken Gumbo Radishes Celery Pin Penny Pickles Stuffed Pin Olives Salted Almonds \Vine, Haute Sauterne Roast Turkey Dressing Cranberry Sauce. Mashed Potatoes Petit Pois rvlcLarren's Fruit Plum Pudding, Cheese Cracker~ Salad Brandy Sauce Dent's \Vater Coffee. Fruit Cigars The banquet "vas "en'ed under the direction of J. B. How'ard, the company's western representative. Prices on Iron Beds Advance. The prices of iron beds and \-vire springs were ad-vanced January 1 ten per cent. The. Tvletal Spring Bed associations met ill Chicago December 1:) and decided to advance prices. The plant of the Evansville (Ind.) Metal FUfIlitme com-pany is about completed. It is of brick, 100 x 275 feet two stories. Operation will begin February 1. BRASS COMPANY The Town Bought the Factory. The little town of Lakeview, Mich., has decided to issue bonds for use in the purchase of the Stebbins Manufacturing company's factory. The factory will be leased to a firm now engaged in the manufacture of cabinets in Iowa. Better Work. The. manufacturers of kitchen cabinets have profited by the suggestions of the Artisan, many having greatly improved the styles of their cases, as well as the workmanship and the arrange-ment of the compartments. One pattern has a china cabinet en-closed with leaded glass doors. Another is constructed of bird's-eye maple. There is much room for improvement in kitchen fur-niture, however. In many cities the kitchen is used as the din-ing room, and for such only high grade furni.ture is suitable. Low Water Boiler Alarm. Some low-water alarms for boilers are made dependent for operation tlpon the'melting of a fusible alloy exposed to the heat of the steam. V\Thcnthe water falls and the temperature rises the melting of the alloy releases a weight-actuated circuit- ('.loser and rings a belL Modern Code of Honor. It would seem, says Hall Caine, as if the modern code of honor for gentlemen embraces only three principles-to live ex-pensively, to cheat in business, but never at cards, and always to lie in defense of a woman. Manufacturers who use souvenirs; city directories, hotel registers, and fake write-up publications to give publicity to their business, would save themselves time and labor by throwing their money into the fire. The regular furniture trade journals can serve their purpose. • 28 ·:f'~MI9J-IIG7!N IWrite for Prices to I THE CHAUTAUQUA VENEERING CO. Manufacturers of VENEERED TOPS. FRONTS and PANELS In All Woods JAMESTOWN, NEW YOR.K PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps • Are the most successful PIlIDI Clamps Made For the following fitasons They clamp instantly any width of dimension stocki no adjusting clamps to rlt the work, they hook at once to the desired wioth. Released instantly-throw out the lever and take them off. The work can be removed as fast as it can be handled. As the clamp' is placed over lhe work and locks into the one below it the draw is alike on both sides, prevents all springing no matter bow wide the stock may be. Impossible for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge and cannot be moved when clamp is dosed, hammer allJ"ou like, Unlimited power; gTeat strenf;!th and urabilltYi malleable iron and steel; the knuckle joints are socket joints, not rivets. Altbough the best they cost you less. For further information ask for catalogue No.4. A. E. Palmer. Norvel. Mich. fURNITURE PLANT fOR SALE 300 H. P. plant. Built only 334 years ago. Electric transmission of power. Complete arc and incandescent lamp lighting system. Splen did fire-hose system; 50,000 gallon tank. Underwriter', fiTl~pump-steam beat, complete telephone system. Band saw mill, pond with log. haul, latest filing-room outfit, blacksmith shopt roundry, machine shop, bending room witth dry-kiln, barns, sheds, dwellings, superintendent's resi-dence (cost $:7.,5°0), commissary, store house, separate office building, side tracks with sttel railroad (TOmmill to yard, equipped with push cars. About 50 acresof land. Plant located on a river in the heart of the Oak and Hickory district of East Tennessee. Everything is new and up to date. Hundreds of machines in perfect order. This plant has cost over $100,000 and is in perfect running order. Eleven valuable woodworking patents go with the plant. Cheap labor, cheap materiaL Thia is a grand opportunity for the right party. Contracts on hand for all next year's output. '30,000 will buy it. The local bank, will carry $15,000 of this 3.5 lallg as desired.. For detailed information, addrm E. B. WEBSTER. Sristol, Tenn. News Items The Grand Rapids Dowel Works, C. B. Clark, proprietor, 72 South Front street, Grand Rapids, manufacture cut and pointed dowel pins and dowel rods in quantities to meet all re-quirements. Mr. Clark has been manufacturing dowel pins and rods for many years and has a widely extended trade. Robert H. Wilson, formerly city passenger agent of the Rock Island in Salt Lake City, will shortly leave that company and will be assistant manager of the Co-Operative Furniture company. Joseph Frick and C. L. Lawrence have purchased the furniture stock of C. J. Herrick and company in Yankton, S. D. The firm name will be Frick & Lawrence. The floor space will be doubled by the addition of an adjoining store. The New England Furniture and Carpet company of Minneapolis have bought out Winslow & Ruff; $75,000 was the value of the goodR. Winslow&: Ruff continue in busi-ness in St. Paul. The Japan Polish company is the name of a new firm recently organized in Baltimore, Md., for the manufacture of furniture polish. Authorized capital is $10,000. The Chattanooga, Tenn., Furniture 'company have bought a lot adjoining their plant and in the near future will probably erect an addition. The Anniston, Ala., furniture factory was sold at auction in November for $300, subject to a mortgage of $15,000. W. P. Acker was the purchaser. Feldhusen and company have been incorporated in New York with $40,000 capital to do a commission business and manufacture furniture. The furniture factory of Augusto. de Alber in Mexico City was burned January 4. There was no insurance and the loss is $100,000. The National Adjustable Chair company of Greenville, Ind., has shipped a consignment of high grade reclining chairs to Yedda, Japan. The Asher r-,'lercantile Company, of Asher, Texas, with a capital of $16,000 ha:r been organized to conduct a furniture business. . Skinner Brothers succeed Rapp & Vankirk in Fremont, Neb. The Armstrong Furniture company has been incorporated in Baton Rouge, La., capitaJstock is $20,000. Edward B. Wooster has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His stock of furniture is in Albany, N. Y. The Geo. W. Bent company has been organized in Port-land, Me., to deal in furniture. Capital stock is $200,000. Mr. Silvinus is selling out his furniture stock in Marshall, Minn., and is considering a removal to Dickinson. N. D. Kinney & Burns have dissolved partnership and are sell-ing out their furniture stock in Mason City, la. Fred Plagman, Peterson, Ia_, has added furniture to his hardware and machinery business. E. E. Cooper has opened a furniture store in Mitchell, S. D. James J. McElroy, formerly engaged in the furniture business in Binghamton, N. Y., died recently. G. W. Schutte Elected President of Queen City Furniture Club. The annual election of officers of the Queen City Furniture cltlb of Cincinnati resulted as follows: President, G. W. Schutte; vice president, Henry Sprengard; secretary, Carl Streit; treasurer, N. W. Hind; directors; John Dornett'e. Jr., Wm. H. Russell, D. C. Tappe, J .J. Conroy and J. C. Meyer. The bill which is at present up forconsiderauon of con-gress to permit the industrial use of alcohol was strongly indorsed by all the members present, and a resolution to that effect was adopted . • fOlJR TRAINS TO A.NO FROM CHICAGO Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:~ pm ATChicaco 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Put1man steeper, open 9:00 pm on U:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Se~\'lce a 1a carte. Pen Ma:rquette Pat'1l)Tcars on an day trains. Rate ndl1e~ to 50 cents. T"REE TRAINS DE T R 0 I T TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55am Leave Grand Rapids 11:15 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served a I. cllrte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25am and 5:10 pm. Pen: Marquette Parlor Cays OR a\1 trains i seat rate, 25 c~ts. "ALL OVER MICUIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGER. AGENT, PHONE 1168 Gr:andRapidl, Mich, unmown PAnn AnDvrnnn (OMPAnl (Incorpol"ated) Veneered Panels and Table Tops Largest Stock of Veneen MAHOGANY. Q\JARTEJ\ED OAK, WALNUT. EoIR.D'S.£,YI!.MAPLE. CURLY B.ll\CH, PLAIN OAJ( P[.,AIN BIRCH, MAPLE. CROSS SANDING The Best \Vorkmallsbip alld Finish Office, 50-58 Steele Street. Jamestown, N. Y Twu Large Factories: Jamestown, N. Y. Ashville, N, Y. Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsc\vhere. Samples on Application BUSS MACHINE WORKS HOLLAND, MICH. ~allufact\lreTS of Latest Im-proved WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, Special features in Planers. Double Cut Off Saws Vertical Sanders and Glue JOinters. Write for Descriptive Circu-lars and JllustraHons. NEW YORK AND PHILADElPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK·LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids _ 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia , ,.·· .3:40 p. m. 7:2S-p. m. Ar New york ,., ·· 4:30 p. m, 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica· tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, land and Industrial Aaent, WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE. Agent, 622 Chemical Buildina, St. Louis, Mo. M_ A. HAYS. Aoent, 225 Dearborn St, Chieaoo. Ill. 29 30 Mr. F. G. Carpenter's Statements Wrong-No Reason for Shipping American Veneers to Canada. Frank G. Carpenter in an article on "American Millions in Canadian Factories," makes the statement that veneers are shipped to Canada from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to be mounted upon a pine foundation in furniture making. Both of these statements Grand Rapids manufacturers wilt repudiate. On the St. Mary's river is a large vcneer cutting mill where great quantities of veneer are cut and why :\:lr. Carpenter should say that Grand Rapids veneers are shipped to Canada, at a great expenSe, one cannot conceive. As to the statement concerning the application of veneers to a pine foundation, ever ymanufac-turer knws that pine is never used but always a hardwood such as maple or cheaper grades of mahogany. The article follows: In the sawmiII 1 saw Lake Superior cutting millions of fect of lumber into boards for the markets of the United States Saw With Adjustable Handle. A hand saw whose handle can be set at variou's angles is one of the new lines set before the American hardware trade. The saw can be used for almost any purpose, such as work-ing on metal, wood, nails, etc. It is particularly useful for work in places where nails are frequently found, and nails are always ruinous to all tools not adapted to cutting them. The handle can be· adjusted to suit any, pitch of the bJade required for the work in hand. The producing power of the banana is 44 times as great as that of the potato. The dried fruit is readily converted: into nutri-tious flour; it may also be manufactured into sausag~; beer can be made from it, while the skin 'can be turned into cloth, and the juice made to do service as ink; the ink can be used to print an advertisement in the Michigan Artisan and the advertisement may prove to be the foundation of a fortune for the' advertiser. l:J.edroolil, Ann Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford·oll-AvOll. and in the veneering works birch IORs as big round as a flour barrel were being rolled out into, sheets, some as thin as your little finger nail and others as thick as the board cover of an old family bible. This veneering is used for the backing of mahogany and quartered oak, which is brought here in thin sheets from Grand Rapids and other places. By means of the birch they are so turned into furniture. that one thinks he is getting solid mahog-any, or solid oak, whereas he has only the knottiest of pine or other rough wood, all which is placed a strip of birch with a iilm of mahogany on top. The thick veneering is also used for chair seats. Most of the opera seats are made from it, and it is largely used in furniture and car making. It seems wonderful to take a log soak it in boiling ,water and then unroll and pare it off, just as you would pare an apple, into these wide thin strips of wood carpeting perhaps a hundred feet long. That is what I saw here. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon. South, 709 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO IL New York Capitalists Form $7,000,000 Power Company in South Carolina. The Southern Power" company, capitalized at $7,000,000, of which Dr. W. Gill Wyle of New York is president, and J. B. Duke of New York is vice-president has purchased the fine water-power at Ninety Islands on the Broad River, in South Carolina. The development, which is to be begun at once, will give 12,000 horsepower and will require an expenditure of $1,000,000. Power wm be supplied to many cotton mills in and about Gaffney, Blacksburg and milling centers of upper South Carolina. The Southern Power company now holds the absolute control to seven sites on the Catawba River with a total possible development of 2,000,000 horsepower, Commercial Travelers in Costa Rica. The regular customs duties of Costa Rica are levied on a traveling man's samples, but refunded to him upon leaving the country, if he takes the samples with him. Bill to Regulate Interstate Commerce. Senator Heyburn of Idaho has reintroduced his bill in Congress proposing the creation of a national board of cor-porations to regulate all corporations doing an interstate commerce business. 31 Our Clamps received GOLDMEDAL World's fair, St. LouIs PILING CLAMP CHAIN CLAMP Patented June JO, 1903, BLACK BROS. MACHINERY CO. MENDOTA, ILL. VENEER PRESS Patented June 30, 1903 BURLAP TRADE IN THE LAST YEAR WAS RE-MARKABLE. Prices Highest in Many Seasons. The year 1905 was one of the most remarkable ever ex-perienced in the burlap trade. It is remarkable not only from the fact that the jute crop produced by India has heen the largest ever known in that country, but also from the fact that prices on manufactured goods have steadily advanced, and at the close of 1906, stand at the highest point reached in this market in many years. Another important fact to be considered in Jooking" over the fcatmes of the past year is that importation at the six largest ports of entry in this coulltry have been exceptionally heavy" In the early part of the year prices on Calcutta and Dundee steadily declined. Eight ounce goods were pur-chased at $3.90 and 100 ounces at $4.80 on a speculative basis. In July prices had neither advanced nor declined. l-'ros-peets for a large jute crop in India were very good, the government forecast placed the amount at 8,000,000 bales. In October the market became active for all grades of cloth. Prices rose to $4.2;) for eight ounce flnd to $:'i.35 for 100 ounce. Speculators were caught, the well known firm of Schrager Brothers failed and prices in Ne\" York jumped to 4%c for eight ounce goods and on 100 ounce goods to 6ygc. The price of jute had advanced in October to 20 pounds sterling per tall, the highest price of the year. In January jute was quoted at 17 pounds and steadily advanced up to October. In Noyember the price quoted was nineteen pounds, ten shillings audit remained at that figure until the close of the year. One of the interesting features of the year is not only that the jute crop has been the largest in India's history, namely, 8,500,000 bales, but that the demand for consumption had been found to fully cover this enormous crop. A glance backward to a~ far as 1902 shows that the production of jute in India has increased steadily; the crop for 1902 amounted to 62,000,000 hales; for 1903, 7,100,000 bales, and for 1904, 7,400,000 hales. Burlap speculators believed that the crop of jute for ln05 could not be taken care of. Nlatlufac-tnrers of burlaps at I1rst refused to pay ally advances named by the holders of jute; they were gradually forced, ho\vevcr, to purchase in order to cover the requests that were coming forward from all parts of the world for burlaps and gunnies. Crops proved to be exceptionally large not only in this " country but in South America and other parts of the world and the demand for burlaps increased accordingly. For the nine months ended September 30, 1905, America imported 307,552,488 yards of burlap. South America for the came period purchased 105,544,600 yards. This figures out a grand total of 413,270,988 yards. For the corresponding period in 1904, the importations in both countries amounted to 411,432,112 yards, and in 1903, they reached 361,856,100 yardS. There is a steady demand for burlap, with prices still further advanced. No one in the trade is willing to predict just what will happen, but with supplies inadequate to meet the demand, and the demand apparently growing in size, buyers should take warning, as they can hardly expect that prices will be in their favor. Dundee goods have advanced throughout the year on a par with the Calcutta goods, and the situation in the Dundee market can be stated to be exactly similar to that existing in the Calcutta market. \Vhat ])l1zzies importers now is where supplies are to come froOl to meet the early demand. Very Satisfactory Equipment. The Sandard Wall Paper company of Sandyhill, N. Y., who claim to be the largest makers of wall paper in the world, have within the last two or three years, had occasion to install con-siderable apparatus manufactured by the American Blower com· pany of Detroit. Their experience with same is stated in a letter recently addressed to that company as follows: "Reply-ing to yours of the 7th would say that we have two of your 100-in. fans in operation in our Sandyhill plant, which are used for dI"ying purlloses, one of which is operated with a motor, and the other with one of your Type A engines, and we are pleased to say that they are in all respects the most satisfactory equipment of the kind that we ever had anything to do with. The heatcr and the fan, with the engine, just received were put in complete operation in thirty-six hours after they were received; everything seemed to fit perfectly." Sales of Dry Kilns. American Blower Company's recent dry kiln sales include kilns for the Gwyn Veneer & Panc:1 company, Lenoir, N. c.; Adams & Raymond, Knoxville, Tellll.; George lVV. Hart-zel1, Piqua, Ohio; the Cole Manufacturing company, of Mem-phis, Tenn.; Bliss-Cook Oak company, Bliss ville, Ark., and the Kaiser-Giesler company, Ean Claire, Wis. This com-pany continues to be extremely busy in aU departments. Sfep~enson t1f~.(O. South Bend. Ind. Wood Tumings, Tumed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufac· turers on Application. igRapl~s,f\ieh: FOR SALE--CHAIR FACTORY Chair Factory located in central parI 01 New York Stale, IhorougWy equipped with new modern machinery. having a large es-tablished trade on a line 01 high grade box seat dining chairs. Were unable 10 611the amount 01 orders received in 1905. This lactory must be sold and can be bought at a great sacrifice in order to dose up an un-settled estate. CONGER CHAIR COMPANY GROTON. N. Y. WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS L Grand Rapids Office. 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY- REUABLY 33 Chicago. MANAGER Otis Mfg. Co. New Orleans. DON'T READ TmS unle~s you are a MANUFACTURER, MILL-MAN O! BUSINESS MAN, in which case you would do well to i:an:fully consider the following facts. The St. Louis s.. San francisco R. R. better known as the has huilt, or added to its system, over 1900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroad during the past five years and all tr .w. ersing newly settled sections of the Southwest. NOW is the time to locate yuur tactory or mill in this most prosperous sectiun. It will repay you to wlite TODAY for full particulars regarding induc~ments olTered, abundant raw materials, excellent markets, etc. I!!uJtriit~d bookl~1 "Oppou/l.tlilies" sent ji-u. M. SCI:IUL TER. Industrial Commissioner, Frisco Bldll. St. Louis, Mo. Chicago Office and Oistrib-uting Yards: 2257 to 2267 LUMBERST. R, S, HUDDLESTON Green, Gold and Brown ., Dayligh.t Special" -elegant fast day train. "Diamond Speciat"-fast nlght train-unsur~ passed for convenience and comfort. Bullet-library cars, complete dining cars, parlor cars, d,awinl<- room and lJuJlct sleeping cars. reclining chair cars. Through tickets. rates, etc., of L C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON. OEN'L PASS'R AGT .. CHICAGO. SITU A'l'ION WANTED-By Experienced Foreman Finisher. Now holding an Important position. Satisfaetory reasons for desiring a ell3.nge. Address "Finisher," care 11ich-ig- an Artisan. 5-10tfm Wanting- to gil"0 my unllhioleu attention t.o lh.~ IJn(l('rtakill~' ill illy lI"W lluJlrling n'- ('('ntly D\'Pcted fOl' tllr, plll"lJOSe, I offer fOl sale my stock of fUl'nitul'e and fixtures €It in\'ol('(O prices, ir.cluding also frcig:hts and drayages. amount about $6,!JOO. Stock in good shape. Localion c"nfl'al. For 24 years in Peru, Indiana, Rent moderatiO'" Popula-tion 10,000, 'with new business industI'i8S ,iust starting and others the 1)ui!(l[ngs at'e llOW being bUilt. Population bound to incl'casC. c\. tine opportunity f01' pal'ts with experience who will g:h'c the business peJ':<onaJ att';ll Hon, Address at once J>1,s. H. F,Ater, Pr,ru, Indiana. 1-10-Jt FOR SAT.E. Purnitul'e and Undertalclng- busin<'ss <'stab-lish(' d fifty years. Slrictly up to date stock, Address ,Tohn E. ],1oy,.,r, Dixon, 111. I-IO-It I!'OK 8.'\T,E About 50,000 feet of saw"", walnut Cl"oteh veneers, C1HLS I\f. Rtieff, C~ot".E. ],afayett~' A Vi', and Aik",n SL, llaltirno,"Jr(" )"hl. 1-111 &.. ;2,-,-21 WA:XTED. 'Ie, bu," an ""t"l,li"hr,(( r,'t.flil furnilure busi- 11r·ss ill a dlY ur IIOl less than f;r,""n thous-and, '''-ill pay eS.,shfL)" Mn"k hut IlO bonus. Addl'r,f;s giving; j)il,l'ticulal's "Ful'nitu)'I',' 144 'l."-'l"ravC' _-\.\." G-)'"tlHl }'l:Jpid=" '[\"11(,11. I-tO-II' 'VAXTEn-l';lI11erinlellllt"ut. for mu('hinl\ and Hench j)ejllll'tm(·nL Tn R ne\V [urllilul'i.; factory, To ,1, fully eOll1- 110lent Inan w(~ of[,'1" a su'a(ly position. Bh.te am.ount o[ exp,,'l'i'··n ...1. and in Whflt lines. A.lso g-ivc' refel'enr:rs il.nd ;ln1i,unt of salary requi)'crl. Ad,ll'pss "Supr,,-illtt'ndent;' curc of 1I-Iiehigan AI'U,.,an. 1 10. 1-;:5, 2-10 \\-·A~T:F.:n-An eXlleriell('ed 3Iill :Foreman. For a fUl'n!tul'i) faetol'Y. Stale ag'<e, expel'i- "11r:(', anll nali,jnality, and g-il'(' your rr:fr;!"·· "'nel's. AddJ'""s Hr;lll'Y (}oldwaler,'j;jS 1\-1i8- "ion St., San Fl"anl'isco. Cal J-I0-1t n'ANT.J;;H-An rllholRterer, One who Ciln work /(oaih",!" and dn ail kinds of \VOt'\{, AdcJn'f;R H. H(wtkher &- ~Oll 1 -1O-2,~-2t "'A:S'I'.J;;D_Tra\"(~linJ.:" Salesmen, Tn the fundtul"e t.rade. Pi(~k up U"..i,' ex-penses and. mOl'e too, laking nnl''1's fo)' nUl patent nl~'(licine cabinet=;., Salesman's out-nt free. \\"1'itr' fo]" it t{l(1ay. :-;penc"'l' C,l,1)\nu Co" 4~f. Og"l1{,n A.ve., C11icago, III. 1-2-;l-J-5-G-Gm Importers and Manufacturers of MAnOQAnT C"ARLE f. SmELS &, CO. Ginclnnati. Ohio fOR SAlE--WHITE OAK We have the following dry Ohio White Oak, widths of the finest and standard lengths. Good figured Quartered Oak 10 cars I inch Firsts and Seconds and No. I Common. 3 cars of 174" inch Firsts and Seconds and No.1 Common. 3carsl% inch Firsts and Seconds and No.1 Common. 3 cars 2 inch, all Firsts and Seconds (very fme) , % car 2%inch. all Firsts and Seconds (very fine), 2 cars 3 inch, all Fints and ieconds (very fine), Plain Oak 4 cars 1 inch Firsls and Seconds. 5 cars J illch No, 1 Com mati. 2 cars 1;( illch Firsts and Seconds. :;: cars 1M incb Firsts all<) Seconds. 2 cars 2inch Firsts and Seconds. 4 cars 3 inch Firsts and Seconds, 2 cars 4 inch Firsts and Seconds, Also big stock dO' Yellow Poplar and Mahogany. Cau ship mixed cars. Write us. "'ANTED-To Buy .\ Fay-Egan drawer f\lU~r. State cash price f'or SHnw. The "Vait FuJler Callilwt Co,. !-'Ol·tSllloulh, Ohio. 1-10-lt HALF TONE CUTS Special Designing, Steel and Cop-per Plate Engraving, Fine Stationery, Invitations, Etc. MBrIPHIS ENGRAVING CO. MBMPHIS, TtiNN. l" ANTED-I'oren,an for l'hildren',. chl"tlr flH'tOI';\". .\hlst he g-00<1man to I.U1'n DUt work and 11>1\'e good up to 11'tu' i(leas. Slat<; expert(!Uc." 'lllll salary (;xpeeted. Address A No. 17, eil.l·r, ~\1iehigan Al'til'un, 1-1ll-It Hills, Clarence R. .16 Hahn, Louis. .16 Hood & \Vright 32 Indiana Lumber & ,"eneer Co Cover Jamestown Pnnel & Veneer Co ,.29 Kimball Bros. Co. . .... ' 16 Kepperling, D. A.......... .30 Lyon Agency. .32 ),lemlTIer & Co., Geo. . 12 IvIichigan Central R'y.. . .. ' 16 Marietta Faint & Color Co.. ., Cover ::\lich. Art Carving Co.. . 17 Ornamental Products Co. . ,26 01'1', Charles. . 20 Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., The .. ,. 1 Porter, C. O. & A. D... .. .. .. 9 Pere Marquette R'y. . .12 Palmer, A. E........ . .... 28 Pere l\'Iarquette R. R.. ..29 Ross.~ Company, Joseph. . 13 Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. . 12 Schaubel, Herman . , .. , .. , 16 Stafford Eng. Co. . 23 Southern R. R. ..29 Stephenson :Mfg. Co.. . ... 32 Schmidt, \V. K. & Co.. . .22 Union Embossing ~lachine Co... 1 W. F. & John Barnes Co ' 8 vVhite Printing Co.. . .16 W~illiams, W. P... .. . .. 16 'Weatherly & Pulte .. ,. .12 \Vatter & Co., B. . ' .. ,.16 Wa~, 0 A...·····~ ,,,rebster, E. B. . .. 28 \Vest Side Iron 'Vks. ., Cover \Vysong & l\liles Co.. .. . . Cover V,,'illiams. F. B........ . .. 17 \'Voo<l. ::\iorris & Sons. . ... 20 \Vest ylichigan lvrachine and Tool Co., Ltd 13 34 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS I IrI American Blower Co..... .25 Alexander Dodds. . 8 Buss IVIachine \Vorks. . .. 29 Baldwin, Tuthill & BoltOll. . .. 13 Barrett-Lindeman Co., The.. 4 Barrett, M. Lo'. & Co. . .. 34 Berry Bros.. . .. 24 Batavla C\amp Co. . .. 21 Black Bros. . .. 31 Boynton & Co. .16 Chicago "Vood Finishing Co.,. 3 Chicago .Mirror & Art Glass Co .... 16 Chase, Roberts & Co.. . .. Coyer Conlesman-Recbtin Co Cover Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. . .. 23 Chautauqua Veneering Co.. . .. 28 Conger Chair Co.. .32 Clark, VValter. . .. 21 Ducr, John & Co. ..26 Dellning, Jno. P...... . .16 Edge & Co., Frank. .12 Edwards Machine Co.. .19 Furn. City Tool Co. . Cover Fox Machine Co. . .. 23 Fumifure Commercial Agency Co., Tile .. . 13 Francis & Bros., Cbas. E 1 Falke1, A. . _. . .12 Fay & Egan Co., J. A.. , 2 Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Co , 5 G. R. & I. R'y __ ____ 9 Grand Rapids ,Vood Finisbing Co .. 12 Grand Trunk R'y. . .. 12 G1'a11Cl Rapids Do'wel \\To;ks. . .. 16 Grand Rapids Electrotype Co. ..16 Geo. \V. Cummings & Co... . Cover G. R. Brass Co.. . .. 27 G:and Trunk R. R.. . .. 29 Gillette Rolling Bearing Co .... Cover G. R. Handscrew Co.. .20-CoYer Globe Vise and Truck Co. . ..21 Hoffman Bros. Co. . .. 12 . White Printing Company Engravers Printers . Binders Electrotypers CATALOGS COMPLETE 2 to 20 Lyon St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GUM SHELLAC WHITE ZORA.GE . WOOD STAINS ORANGE or BLEACHED DRY DR LIQUID ALL SHADES SHELLAC VARNISH - WHITE and ORANGE A SHELLAC VARNiSH PUMICE STONE WOOD ALCOHOL SUBSTITUTE SECOND TO NONE Ele. ASK FOR PRICES, SAMPLES OR FURTHER INFORMATiON M. L BARRETT & CO. !MANUfACTURERS AND IMPORTERS CHICAGO ~ ;----I~' __ --, • Cutter Efficiency Demonstrated in the highest degree by the use of our Moulding Cutters Made for SHAPERS, STICKERS, JOINTERS, ETe. Also makers of BORIJ\G BITS, RCUTER BITS POVETAIL BITS, MORTISING. BITS, REED CUTTERS, ETe. Send for Catalogue. Furniture City Tool Co. 89 Campau St •• Grand Rapid., Mich. -~-- AGENTS, ------- HarrQll, R.i.ckard allld McCuoe, San Francisco. Ca). Ma1bew Wylie. Glaegow, Scotland Schuchardt & Schutte .. BernD. Germany This is an instrument with which you can determine quickly the per-centage of water your glue takes, thus protecting yourself from the carelessness of the workman and overcharge of the seller. Price of $1.50 also gives you privilege of having auy number of your glue samples. scientifically tested, without fur-ther charge, fora period of six montbs, I furnishing laboratory record of test, and also· market value, as compared with recog.. nized standards. . George W. Cummings 35 Congress Street, 'B08ton. Maalh i ! THINK DEEPLY The more you think, the more you will be impressed with what you can save by using a Cordesman 3~in. Sand Re·saw WHAT WILL IT DO ? It re-saws up to 24 in. wide and S in. thick. Producesa greater amount of the very best quality of resawing in less time-with less kerf-with Jess labor-less· saw and repair bills-less danger-than is possible on any other machine of the size. A FEW POINTS IN BRIEF. ¥lei.e;ht 4.200 Ibs. Has 42 in. x 4 in. wheels. eLl-rries a blade 4 in. wide. Has se1f-l:entedng and tilting feed rolls. Has a perfect feed mechanislIl_ Material and workmanship are of highest order. Ad-justments aTe cOlllplete, perfel.:t, exact. and co-..'er every point desired. Ask for furth~r particulars gnd large picture. ITS INSTALLATION MEANS PROFIT. THE Cordesman-Rechtin Company Sole Builder. Frlend.bipaJ:lld Butler Sh•. CINCINNATTI. O. .- T The Test of Continuance· Is a Good Test The "West Side" 36-inch Band Saw Machines (HIGH SPEED) Have kept the front rank fpr a quarter of a, century, due _to the fact that they have squarely met the demaridQf the alert, i: progressive patternmakers and wood workers at"every poiJlt. Simple. Prac:tiea.1 and Durable. Built by pne firqi' who I, build but this one machine, it is being made better and petter every seasoot until today its value has been estab1ishe9-b~ yond question, and it is used by the foremost shops of j~pi{;:r. ka, the big railro

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