Weekly Artisan; 1910-04-09

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and 7 ~ ~II,/: "'1 ~" J. J' , / .~ ./ -1,( ' ...7. A. ~ ~ GRpAuNnD~~~~RAP1?;) } GHA~ J) RAPIDS •.MICH., APRIL 9, 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... . 5 •••••••••• --- ••• I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I III II ,,I II ,I I If I I II I I• I• IIII I I -,I I I •t I IIII I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. III I t III ,, I,I I I, I IIIIIIII II .I Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING ' Catalogues to Dealers Ooly. and CHAMBER FURNITURE. I ..- - .. - . .. - _ .. _. --------- ---- ..... ~ Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' j EYf Maplf BIrch !Z.u4rurfd Oak and Clrc4jjllJn Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICUIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 30th Year-No. 41 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• APRIL 9.1910 Issued WeekI,. RAILROAD RATE BILL AMENDMENTS Comluittee Agrees to Impose Additional Restrictions on Traffic Agree- Iuents and Also on the Consolidation of Lines. All manufacturers and shIppers are more or less interested m the so-called "aclmI111stration rate bIll" a resume of the prOVISIOns of whIch was gIven m the \lVeekly Artisan last week During thIS week three Important amenc1ments have been offered m the senate and a~ they have the endorsement of the commIttee on mter~tate and foreIgn commerce they are expected to be adopted Indeed they have been accepted with a view of assullng the passage of the bdl All are in the nature of conceS<;lOns to the opponents of the measure. One of the amendments mserts the words "Subject to the approval of the Interstate Commerce CommIssion" m hne 22, page 13 of sectIOn 7, whIch will have the effect of requmng the approval of the commission to every traffic agreement befO! e It WIll be effectIve The pendl11g bIll only reqUIred the fillmg of such an agreement WIth the commIs-sion Another of the proposed amendments strikes out the conc1udmg sentence of section 12 which sectIon m general authonzes the acquistIOn of one radroad of another road, provlc1ed the acqUIring road owns not less than 50 per cent of the stock of a road to be acquired subject to the approval of the court of commerce The words proposed to be strick-en out are 1ll the prOVISOand as follows In making the determmation herein provided for the court shall take mto conSIderation the effect of such pro-posed acqtu<;ltlOn upon the due observance and effec tJve en-forcement of all the laws of the U111ted States and the relatIve importance of any benefit to the public interest and of any effect upon competItIOn resulting from such acquis- ItIon The third amendment inserts in the same section the word, "lawfully" as qua1Jfymg the word "owns" to make It incumbent upon the road seekmg to acquire another road that it shall "lawfully" own not less than 50 per cent of the stock of the roac1 to be acquired The adml111stratlOn raIlroad bIll WIll be taken up in the house as <;oon as the naval appropriation bill is disposed of Chanman Mann of the hou~e mterstate and foreIgn com-merce commIttee, has secured the adoptlOn of a resolution to thIS effect It provides that general debate be germane to the blll-a rather unusual propOSItion and that the bill shall be privdeged as are appropriation bills, that is, it remains the unfinished business and may be called up at any timfl there IS nothing else in the way. The resolution was adopted without much argument The Democrats dId not seem dIsposed to interpose any ob- JectIOns Representative Adamson of Georgia, the senior minority member of the interstate and foreign commerce commIttee, made a bnef talk to the effect that the adITI1l11stra-tlOn bill, as mtroduced by Mr Townsend, was entirely ob-nixious to the Democrats, but he said, the minority members of the committee had succeeded in amending it materially and they hoped to be able to accomplish more when the measure was read in the house for the amendment under the five minute rule As a result of the action by the house, the bIll probably will be taken up sometime during the coming week. Senator Crawford of South Dakota spoke in favor of the admmistration's bill last Tuesday He expressed the opinion that the court of commerce provision would not be Justified unless it has JunsdictlOn over cases to annul orders by the boards of raIlway commissioners of the several states and offered an amendment glvmg this increased jurisdiction to the court. This amendment has not been considered by the committee. Tanning Company Enlarges Their Plant. The Dahm & KIefer Tannmg company have been making a specialty of goat and sheep skms for upholstered furniture and thIS product of theIr tannery, at Grand RapIds, MichIgan, has been so well receIved and successful, that It crowded their capacity and they have found It necessary to gIVe that depart-ment of theIr tannery more room. They have just added another floor to theIr tannery to accommodate their growmg trade, and wJ11 now be able to take better care of trade m this Ime than ever before They color the skins m a great variety of shades and colors, and show a very attractive assortment of which they furnIsh sample pads, to those interested. l'4r Dahm and Mr. Keifer are both experienced and well known leather men, and they are enthUSIastic over the results they are havmg _n the production of these skins and the manner m which many of the foremost upholstenng houses have come-to use them. The salesroom in Chicago IS at 204 Lake street, where all mail should be addressed WEEKLY ARTISAN WANTS 66NEW OLD" FURNITURE Cleveland"s Shrewd Millionaire Hotel Proprietor Displays His Esthetic Taste. W R Holden IS one of the many wealth, men of Cleve-land, OhIO Among his most \ aluable po,;;"e":,lOn,,, are the Hotel Ho11enden and the Cleveland PlamJealer, one of the oldest dai1Jes m the :,tate The methods by which :\Ir Hol-den amas<;ed his wealth and the po!Jcle:, Ihe pur,;;ues 111 mal1iagmg It are frequently dbcu,;;sed by the gue"b at his hotel, particulaJly by tray el1l1g sale"men \\ ho heal anJ tell all k1l1ds of stones about his cal eer, some of \\ hlch are based on facts whJ1e others are more or less imagmary What they consider his succe<;s 111 hfe IS attnbuted to quah-ties 111hiS character which \ ary with the per<;onal opmlOns of those who are faml!Jal with hI" method", Some call It luck, others pi efer to credIt hun \\ lth "hre\\ dne"s, keennhs. foresight or 1I1tUltlOn, \\ hJ1e a few al e kmd enough to de-clare that It IS nothmg more or le"s than hard v\ ork and natural abi1Jty Years ago HoLlen \\ a" a :\1Jc11H;an peda~ogue. poor as most of them are, and not credIted \\lth an} great abIllh as a teache1 The most generalh accepted \ el ';;10n at the ,;;t01\ of hiS start in the w01ld of wealth runs about hke thb He went down to Cleyeland m farther east, It cloes not matter where, and fe11111 WIth men who had put conSIderable money into a Colm aJo m111111gpro] ect, and were "orely dl,;;satlsfied With theIr mvestment He tiled to console them .U1d <;uc ceeded 111domg so to such an extent that they ",ent llll11 to Colorado to mvestlgate and I epDrt as to the actual l-onl11- tlon and prospects of their property \\ hen he returned hIS reports were not Opt1S1111,;;tICat all and the "toLkholc1el';; \\ ere -------._. _. _. -----_._-----_._---_._------.,.." r I.. WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA Manufacturers ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT .. ..- !~ discouraged IIe could not give them any hope for getting the11 money back, much less, could he promise them any-thmg m the way of diVidends The investors were in the Jumps and the matter was allowed to rest for a few montths. In the meantime ~1r Holden had managed to raise a httle money and purchased nearly all the <;hare::. at ten or fifteen cents on the dollar ?\o sooner had he secured the stock than it began to lIse 111value but It was not for sale The mine "panned out" great-even much better than Mr Holden ex-pected- and in the course of a year or two he had become a nlllllOmare So much fm hiS start. Another story about ';\Ir Holden IS of particular inter-est to fur111tUle men The fur111ture m the Hotel Hollenden was made by the Phoe111x Furniture company of Grand RapIds t\\Cnty-five years ago It IS of the solid substantial ty pe that \\ as popular at that tIme and is not much the \\ ol::.e for hay mg been used for a quarter of a century -\bout a yeal alSO tJhe tax a"sessol" deCIded that It was valu-able and \'\ as dsses:,ed too low, so they boosted ItS taxable \ alue to the e,tent of several thousand dollars Mr. Hol-den prote:,ted vigorously agamst paymg taxes on the old furmture declanng that It was nothmg less than robbery, and at hI';; sugge"tlOn three fur111ture men were asked to e,amme the fll1111ture and detel mme ItS actual value. They 1 eported that the hlll11ture while m fan cond~tlon was old, of a sty Ie long "mce discarded and that It was really worth httle or nothmg As a result Mr Holden's taxes on the ." FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BAR 0 N IA LOA K S T A I N in acid and oil, F LAN D E RS 0 A K S T A I N in aGid and oil. S M 0 KED 0 A K S T A I N in acid and oil, EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAI N in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK • Everythmg in Pamt SpeCIaltiesand Wood Fmishing materials. FIllers that fill. Stams that satIsfy " WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------_._-_._--------------------------- 5 WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting In a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. The Alaska Refrigerator Company ExcluSIve Refngerator Manufacturers Muskegon, Michigan New York Offlce, 369Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager f I -..II .h.._..._--_._------------------------------_.---_._---------- hotel furniture, mc;tead of bClI1g raised 100 or 200 per cent were considerably reduced The sequel to the furmture story IS now belllg 1 elated III furnIture cIrcle" 1\1r ITolden h bUlldang a largc addltlOn to the Hotel Hollenden, and hc \\ ant<-, furnIture for the new room" and department'-, He doe" not care for Sheraton, HepplewhIte, LoUIS XV] or all) of the popular perIod ~tyleb He wants It Just hke the old furnIture, III style, materIal, con'itructlOn, fi11lsh and general appearance He ha" not suc-ceeded m placmg the order, but wIll probably be able to do so, though the ('new old" furmture may be qUIte expenSIve The patterns, desIgnb, etc, used b) the Phoe11lx company twenty-five years ago were long S1l1ce burned, but the de- SIgner could copy the old pIeces qUIte eaSIly, hence It IS qUIte certalll that the addItIon to the Hotel Hollenden WIll be supplIed with "new old" furmtUI e that wIll harmolllze perfectly with that m the olel part of the house In that event what wIll the asse~sors thInk or do about the valu ation? What wIll the experts sa} Jf asked to fix the value of the "new old" furnIture? WIll they decIde that beIllg out of fashion It 1S worthless? Perhaps they may reach the con-clus1~ n that the reproductIoll'i m the old ~tyle are not only valuable but that they have restored the value of the furlll-ture that has stood the weal, tear and hard knocks of twenty-five years. At any rate many furnIture men WIll be mterested in notlllg the effect of Mr Holden's plan By c1mgmg to the old style, whatever be hIS motIve, he may bnng It mto popu-lar favor and cause many manufacturers to use It for a few years at least New Factories. J S Mc ,1aster & Co ha \ e ~tarted theIr new excelsIOr factory at Rutland, Vt Col Hagan and Mr DlI1gu" dre promotmg a new furni-ture factory at Dungannen, Tenn fhe HelD & 'Vood Carpet company arc new manufac-turers of carpeL> and rugb III Lowell, Mass The manufacture of mattress felts IS d new industry successfully launched by Joseph R I'racId and Thomas \iVood 111::Ylanchester, N. H The Dumeer Pobsh company have esta,bltshed a factory at South Farms, Conn They make the Dumeer furniture pobsh and a dustless duster James H Hooper, Henry I Greenblat and Jacob Maurer have 111corporatecI the l\Iarblette Garden Furl11ture company to establtsh a factory In Yonkel s, N Y Capltal stock, $10,000 .. ....... _. - . .., "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and other; will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY , H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. P.... .. 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------------_.-._._--- .".. ....._- -----------.-_-_-.e_-.-. -_.-_-_-.. .. Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. II IIi II I I---_. _._.-._.. ....----_._-_._.__._------ ..I. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Ii Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE. MICHIGAltt •• • __ • • __ ._ a ••• _____ not provided by law to any per'3on 1l1formatlOn obta1l1ed by hun 111 the dlschalge of this officIal duty or to divulge OF make knO\\n 111 an) manner not provided by law any docu-ment recel\ cd e\ J(lence taken or report made under this '3ectlOll eAcept upon the "peclal ,1Irection of the President; an,l an) offen">e aga1l1~t the foreg01l1g PlovlslOn "hall be a misdemeanor and he pU1l1c;hed by a fine not exceed1l1g one thou"and dollar,,> or 111lpnSOnment not exceeding one year or hoth. at the (lI'-oCletlOn of the court" The two palagraphs, on their face, appeal to conflict-one ">aY1l1gthat these cor-poratIon return" shall be open to 1l1"pectlOn 111 the internal-re\ enue comml-,c;lonel'" office "a" publIc document"," and and the othel fOlblJdmg "anv officer or employe of the l~l1lteel State,,>' to dl\ ulge an) of the 1l1formation "except up-on the "peclal clIrectlOn of the Preqdent," but the latter para!.;raph ma111fe"th has reference to divulging any of the 111formatlon before It has been filed "a" a pubhc document" 111 \\ ashington-as, for 1l1stance, disclosures hy an internal revenue collector or by any attache of his office, for a report of this sort cannot at one and the same time be open to in-spection a" a regular publIc document and still he examin-able only by the President's directIon The Gillett amend-ment, If finall." enacted will simply repeal the clause that makes the report,.., "subject to examinatIOn as public elocu-ments" <\nother amendment offered by Senator Hale of Maine and alread." passed by the senate, pi oVldes that reports of RESTRICTING PUBLICITY Obnoxious Clause in the Corporation Income Tux Law to Be Amended. The hou"e ot I epl e-,entatl\ e" b} a eleci '-01 \ e \ ate has adopted an amendment to the obnOxlOtb publICity clause m the corporatIon 1I1come tax law. that, If pas'ied by the senate will go a long way toward correctmg what 1'-0 cOnSl(lel ed a glanng defect and VICIOUSprOVl">lOl1111 the la\\ The amend-ment passed by the hou'-oe was wntten and offered 1)\ Repre-sentative Gillett of .l\Ia%achu"etts It \)rO\ Ide" that reL turns made by corporatIOns under the terms of the la\\ a'-oIt now stands shall be made publtc only on the order uf the PreSident of the Untted State", "111 accordance \\ Ith rule~ anJ regulatlOns to be prescnbed b." the secretar} of the trea'3ury and approved by the President" The law now prOVides that \\hen the a""essmenb ,hall have been made on the corporations. a" directed the re-turns together With any correctIOn thereof that may have been made by the commiSSIOner shall be filed in the office of the commissioner of internal revenue 'and shall consti-tute public records and be open to 1l1SpectlOn a<; such . the "\el y next paragraph of the sectIOn. ho\\ e"\er-paraQ,ra ph seven-reads as follows "It "hall be unla\\ ful for am col-lector, agent. clerk or other officer or emplo} e of the t-11lted States to divulge or make known 111 an} manner \\ hate\ Cl ...." Pitcairn Varnish Company I pIII ~anufacturers of Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our ~otto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. ........ ... ._._._._. . _._._._. • .. . -.6... WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 corporatIOns made under the law shall be made public only when called for by resolutlOn of the <;enate or house or upon the order of the Pre<;ldent, that IS, were the President to re-fue;; e an appbcatlOn for glvmg publicity to a corporatIOn re-port, the applIcant might go to Congress and get authonty for the pubhClty Jeslred, Probably there will have to be some compromise amendment framed by a conference com-mittee from each chamber, but the "pubhcity clau"e" will al-mo" t unCjue~tlOnably be mOchfied at this session of Congress Meantlme, the Supreme court 111 a Vermont case brought under the law IS considering the very pomt of objection from bhe outset urged by many newspapers-that where a firm and a corporatIOn are m busmess competitIOn the firm can learn all the company's trade secrete;; while the latter has no such pnvllege as to the firm's busmess And possibly the court may declare the "publiCity clause" to be uncon"ti-tutlOnal before Congress acts on it-especially as adJourn-ment IS not expected untIl June or July No Profit in Government Contracts. ::\llchlgan ArtIsan, Grand Rapids, Mich, Gentlemen: Learnmg that the war department is about to issue proposals for sohd mahogany furmture for the officers quarters, it oc-cure;; to us that the furmture manufacturers ought to be warned by the experience of those who handled some of this contract work in the past A year ago when business was quiet a great many manufacturer~ went after this contract The Luce FurnitUl e company of Grand Rapids and ourselves wet\:e awarded part, and the Batley-Jones company of Jame<;- towl~~\part, and several other manufacturer~, the Grand Ledge ancl some Brooklyn and Philadelphia factories, and we are not betra) mg any secret when we say that all of them doubt- Ie"., lo"t money The feel1l1g exists among those familiar v\ Ith the c('ncb tlO11S that It is worse than folly for us to go after such a clas<; of work Without a good margm of profit We Lad to put up a bond in the American Surety com-pany of $91,000 to carry out a contract of about $20,000, and the gover111'1ent had the nght to reject them on the open market and charge us up with the difference \Ve beheve Without an exreptlOn every factory that handled some of this contract lost money, and it was a Job worth fully 50 per cent profit, with the 00ther and the danger and the worry. Every-thing is higher today than formerly Would it not be well for you to comment on the conditIOns editorially? A quartermaster captam came to us and said that Uncle Sam had appropnated $1,000,000 to buy furniture and he bought it at $600,O()o The way that he expre"sed It was that the furniture manufacturers were --- fools for domg this A manager of the contract department of one of the big stores I emarked the other day that there wasn't a fur111ture manufacturer m the United States that he knew of that wa~ rich I do not know that thl., \'0111 do any good, but It might, for j au to comment on It Your truly, THE WHITE Mebane, \T C, Mar. 29, 1910 FUR.:-rlTURE CO, J S White, Treas .. ----.------. ---.-.-.----.-----------'1 IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Powet' fat' Fut'mtut'e Stores Send for Catalogue and Pnces. ~ KIMBAll BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth St .. Council Bluffs, la.' Kimball EleTator Co .. 3:l3 Prospect St., Cleveland,O., 10811th St., Omaha, Neh., 128 Cedar St , New York City. " - "----------------_._._._---------~..,- -, DO YOU WANT# the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST popu- L.A-R LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. I I GOAT and SHEEP : SKINS If so buy our Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO,ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ,',-- ------------- ._....-.---- -------------~ '.. The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick. OUrs 1S the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more will in the future. Let us show you Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our llst) who have ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way Is the best. A post card will bring It, catalog included. Don't delay, but write today. AI E. PALMER &. SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Frojectile Co., London, Eng-land: bchuchardt & Schutte, Berlm, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Faris, Bl'I1lIsels, Liege, Milan, Turin, Bal'4lelona, and Bllboa. --... ...-_-------------------------- -- - 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL • FURNITURE ADVERTISING Condncted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any SnggestioDflJ and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. ....,,\ I know an engraving house catering to furnIture men, and furnishmg many wIth good stock cutss, that last :\1ay doubled theIr business on a "June Bnde Sale" full page bor-der design Scores of furniture dealers used effectl\ e full page "ads" m going after the June bnde busmess These "ads" ran anywhere from May 10 to June 1 and captured a lot of business There are many weddmgs in June, and these young folks must have homes eqt1lpped for housekeepmg The furniture man that appeals most allunngly to these people will naturally get the bulk of the business It b "orth gOln!{ after, not only on account of Itself, but because It mal lead to a life time account Then there are those who are plannmg on fall" eddmgs or en a year from June A !lttle artful persuasIOn and sug-gestion may deCIde some of them to marr) no" and ;tart living at once, and that's Just what you" ant N OW, I'm gomg to gl\ e you an Idea for a full page ad\ er-tisement, and I hope a large number of you wIll work It up and "cash in on it," for T beile\ e It can be made very effective Supposmg we head It, "June Bndes and Groom.., Will Find Pleasure and Profit m \Yan,lering DO\\ n Our Aisles of Fine Furmture" Then hay e your engra\ er put the headmg mto pIcture form, sho"l'.mg "everal ro\\:, of furniture of all kmds, dIVIded by ahles, say three, down which are coming young couples eagerly absorbed m "hat they see I would not try to hay e any particular pIeces stand out Make the cut thIS tune what I call an "atmosphenc pIcture . Let It breathe the spint of the head1l1g and produce an all around, complete effect, instead of try1l1g to feature any particular pieces Throw m all the descnptlOn and pnces and talk you want and enumerate the thmgs they ,,111 be sure to need. I thmk a good way to layout thIS "ad" \\ould be to have the head set m, say 48 pomt upper and lower case way across the top It will make two, maybe three lmes Then an mtroductlOn of seven or eIght !lnes of 18 pomt Then reserve a space the width of a newspaper column on the i . IIIII IIII II II extreme nght and left of the page for descnptlOn, prices and talk Confine your pIcture to the space left, of course leav-mg room at the bottom for a conspIcuous name plate and address :\0\\ I gue:,s that's fairly clear Anyway, your en-gra\ er \\111 understand the Idea, and the pnnter wIll catch too It might be a good plan to cut thIS column out and maIl with your order to engraver so he wIll get the Idea. The MIchigan Englavmg company, Grand RapId;;, MICh, "1'.111take care of ) au mcely on this I heard a lecture the other mght on "Art in Advertls- 1I1g" 111u<;trateJ WIth some very pat examples, which lent a great deal of force to the talk It was most 1I1terestmg and ll1'itructive I have WIshed smce that all my readers mIght have heard It, for It was a breeder of new ideas The lec-turel "ent on to sa) that the most forceful way to attract attentIOn to \ OUI plOpositlOn by ll1u..,tratlOn was to center on some feature and play it up strong He explamed the psychology of the effect of such an Illustration on the read~f. makmg the pomt that It \'vas much eaSIer for the ey~/and 111md to take In one pOInt at a time Of course he bq.~ed hIS argument on ~111g1epropOSItIOns, urging that Irrelevant mat-ter and pIcture; be kept out But the idea is applicable to us m one partIcular That IS that it is a mIghty good plan at tImes to break away from talk111g about furniture as a whole and sho\"', ing a dozen or more cuts, and get right down to brass tacks on some one particular thing, remembenng that there are 365 day; 111a year and plenty of time and space to talk about other things later It would be a good plan for some of Y011 to try this Suppose you cut out runmng bIg space occasKfnally, and run Instead, some nice clean-cut five inch double columns "ads" contain1l1g one slick cut and a few pat sales points Keep this up for a month or so and see what happens. I'll hazard a gue"s that results wouldn't be so bad but what friends would say, "Jones feels pretty good lately, doesn't he?" Some people are so tlreles<; that they become positIvely tIresome Waddell Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigar. --~~------_.._--_._---~ CO. II This is one of our Latest Designs in Drawer Pulls. Watch This Space for Others The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, M!hogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. a- • • .,.;,_. ._. .__ . - /# / ,r a,. . ... I - WEEKLY ARTISAN A Few Moments with W. J. Calder. One of the great mercantile establishments of San Fran- CISCOIS that of the D N & E Walter company A heavy Jobbmg, Importing, manufacturing and retail busIness is car-ned on An idea of the amount of busmess done i" furnished in the statement that the sales of carpets, rugs and mattmgs alone amounts to $2,000,000 annually The furmture de-partment IS under the management of W. J Calder, formerly of Grand Rapids, and occupies 120,000 feet of floor space Leadmg manufactunng hou.3es are represented on the floors and the stock on hand when the writer inspected It demon- '3trated the fact that wise discretion and intelligent appre-cIation of the trade of San Francisco had been exercised m the selectIOn of stock. The goods dIsplayed were mainly of medIum and fine quality, although there was a sufficIent stock of low-priced stock to meet the requirements of a firm not seekmg e.3pecially low-priced trade. The buildlllg m which the house furnishing store is located i'3 a modern one, it having been erected by the Walter company ."mce the "tremble" of three years ago. All the fine SUItes are dIS-played in rooms constructed and decorated especially for the purpose. If Mr. Calder desires to ",how a mahogany suite m a green setting a rug in which that color predommates IS placed on the floor, and the reversIble and quickly adjustable panels used in the screens which supply the walls of the rooms are changed when necessary to produce the effect de-sired. A suite requiring a setting of blue, white or other colors to bring out its beauties effectively, is quickly pro-vIded by a change in the panels. "Ninety per cent of the oak we sell is fumed," Mr Calder remarked "We keep a small stock of golden oak on hand, for WhICh there IS a mode-rate call, but nothing in weathered" The company manu- --~-----~-_._-----------------.., III II ,I , I,I ,, I,I I " factures cOD'3Iderable furniture upon order An additional warehouse to contain 100,000 "quare feet of floor space, wIll be erected soon The \Valters have been engaged m bU.3i-ness m San FranCI'3CO over fifty years. It Brings the People to Their Store. The John Breuner company of San FrancIsco, have opened a free hou.3e rentmg agency m their store Owners of houses, apartments or flats are permItted to file lists of their proper-ties'" Ith the agency wherre renters may obtam the keys of buildings and such information in regard to propertIes as they desIre Landlords are saved the exorbItant rentmg fee;, charged by real estate agents and the Breuner company keeps 111 close touch with the great army of home renter.3 Each Net SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ $2~ Each Net 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALS€l MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThIS lIttle machine has done more to perfect the drawer work of furnl ture manufacturers than anything else m tbe furniture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fitting, vermm-proof, dovetaded stock a pOSSI bllIty. This bas been accomplIshed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dove-tails m gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It's what others see about your busmess rather than what you say about It, that counts m the cash drawer It's the thnll of enthUSiasm and the true nng of truth you feel and hear back of the cold type that makes you buy the thmg advertised ALEXANDER DODDS CO" GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Representedby Schuchart & Schuue at Berhn. V,enna. Stockholm and St PetersburR Representedby Alfred H Schuue at CaloRne.Bru-u. ueRe. Pa",. Mden and Bdboa RepresentedIn Great Bnban and Ir.land by the Ohver Maclunery Co. F. S Thom_n. Milt., 20).203 Dcalllllate.Manchdter. En,Iand Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-E. R. Johnson, 1312 Morse avenue, ChIcago, $5,000; F. M. Walter, 2727 Fletcher street, ChIcago, $3,800, Albin Peterson, 1730 ·Winona Sheet, ChIcago, $5,000, C H Radcliff, 5401 Wayne avenue, Chicago, $7,000, }\!~rs. H ::v1 Spraker, 62 West roorty-FIfth sheet, New York, $JO,OOO, Gladys E. BruneI, 115 West Forty-Second street, ~ew York, $6,500; Benjamin Benenson, 407 East 153d street, New York, $45,000; Fred Wagner, Beaubem street and GratIOt avenue, De-troit, Mich., $4,000; Joseph Buckley, Fourth and Charlotte streets, Detroit, $5,000; Anthony TheIsen, CharlevOIX and Goethe streets, Detroit, $4,250; James Hl. Brown, 211 'Edl'30n street, Detroit, $7,500; Carroll S. Brown, 219 EdIson street, Detroit, $4,000; Henry Peabody, Midbury and John R 'Streeh Detroit, $9,500; C. R. Lambert, 25 Owen street, Detroit, $tl,- 000; C. S. Gilbert, 104 Clairmount street, Detroit, $4,000; W L. Blackburn, Boulevard and Second streets, Detroit, $8,000; C. S. Vaughn, FIscher street and Gratiot avenue, Detroit, $8,- 500; Matthew B Whittelsey, 109 Rowena street, Detroit, $9,- 000; L. B. Taylor, 1404 Forest avenue, jEvanston, Ill., $6,000, Goerge S. Ford, 140-J: Elinor Place, Evanston, $6,000; J. L Flannery, 822 Judson avenue, Evanston, $6,000; A. P. Cote, 2402 Central Boulevard, Omaha, Nebr., $3,000; E. L. Cain, 1517 South Eighth avenue, Omaha, $2,500; Fred Hamilton, 608 South Thirty-eighth street, Omaha, $18,000; Frank '.;Y. Bacon 432 North Thirty-eighth avenue, Omaha, $7,500; Benjamm Grab, Elm and Forty-sixth streets, Milwaukee, Wis, $4,500; B. T. Van Trees, 3927 Cornelius street, Indianapolis, Ind., $11,- 500; Mrs. C. E Summersett, 1015 Bryan street, Columbia, S c., $3,000; A. E. Hofer, 1812 East Fifty-eighth street, Kansas City, Mo, $3,000; Fred Danz, 1637 Kemington stt eet, Kansas CIty, $3,500; John S. Webber, 3877 Fifty-ninth street, Kansas City, $3,000; George C. Hall, 6808 Cleveland street, Kansa~ City, $3,000; S. H. Everett, 10830 Magnolia street, Cleveland, 0., $18,000; Edward Becker, 676 Parkwood avenue, Cleve-l.. wu, $5,000; John KIlroy, 10010 Parkgate street, Cleveland, $3,500; Charles Lalsy, 7801 Lorain avenue, Cleveland, $5,000; Mrs. Anna Gregg, 3410 Maple avenue south, Los Angeles, Cal, $9,800; WIlham J. HIll, 1525 Marcus avenue, St. LotUs, .:\10, $3,500; Harry Quest, 4221 College avenue, St. LotUs, Mo., $3,500; Mrs Bettha Zlegahn, Hewitt street and Snelling ave-nue, St. Paul, M mn, $4,200; Mrs Marie Basting, Sherburne and Grotto streeb, St. Paul, $4,500; Fred R. Ross, Gilpm and ThIrd streets, Denver, Col., $10,000; J. L. Day, Vine and Twen-ty- mnth streets, Denver, $3,000; J. R. Day, 3455 Shenandoah avenue, St LotUs, Mo., $4,000; E. C. Clostermeyer, 4124 Con-necttcut avenue, St LOUIS, $5,500; Emeha Wis'smann, 4237 Russell avenue, St LotUS, $6,000; Mma MIller, 233'1 Tennessee avenue, St. LOUIS,$9,000; Kathenne PasqtUer, 5967 Van Versen avenue, St LoUls, $5,500; Ehzabeth Schneider, 5134 Portland Place, St. Louts, $21,000; Joe M Walker, PonCe de Leon avenue, Atlanta, Ga, $9,000; Fred Walter, Krug Park Place, St Joseph, Mo, $4,500; J J Lahey, 2269 E. Nineteenth street, Brooklyn, N. Y., $10,000; M. Solomon, 105 Ellery street, Brook-l) n, $7,000, F Elermann, 63 Ridgwood avenue, Brooklyn, $4,500; G. L. Beer, 914 Broadway, Brooklyn, $6,500; Charles Boeswald, 2030 Alta avenue, LOUlsville, Ky, $3,000; Mrs. Ahce Elliott, 121 Bayly street, LOlllsvil!e, $4,000; W. E. Seymour, :!14 West Newell street, Syracuse, N. Y, $5,500; James Mullm, .f38 East Washmgton street, Syracuse, $5,000; H. H. Benson, 229 West Brighton avenue, Syracuse, $6,000; F. H. Ladendorf, 112 East Cormng avenue, Syracuse, $4,500; George Frey, 981 Island avenue, Milwaukee, WIS, $3,800; George J. Markey, Texas and Wentworth streets, 1V\ilwaukee, $4,800; Mrs. Marie '\ HIcks, 1798 Wclshmgton ~treet, PIttsburg, Pa, $4,000; Mis~ \ _._.a_a._ _ .__ __ . FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GR.OOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER. LONGEST LIFE GR.EATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PER.FECT SAFETY We'll iladly tell you all about it. Also Machine Knlve..., Miter Machines, Etc. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N. Front Street, ... -.- .._.~._.---...Grand Rapids, Mlch • •• aa. _ ... ROLLSI For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJ!. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA WEEKLY Mary McConegly, 614 Forty-fifth street, Pittsburg, $4,000; IE. J. Kreitzburg, 5908 Spruce street, Philadelphia, Pa., $6,000; John W. Shisler, 2331 Mifflin street, Philadelphia, $19,600; Robert A. Smythe, 1216 East Fifteenth street, Atlanta, Ga, $8,- 000; J. H. Jackson, Sixth avenue and Kline street, Abeldeen, S. Dak., $12,000; A. Eynon, Belmont and Madison avenues, Youngstown, Ohio, $12,000; Andrew Higgins, 228 Falls ave-nue, Youngstown, $3,000; Fred R. Moody, 417 FaIrgreen ave-nue, Youngstown, $4,500; Alis H. Kelsey, Lincoln and Ellsworth streets, Denver, Co1., $7,000; James Doyle, West Grove and Twenty-second streets, Denver, $4,500; Mrs. Stelle M. Starr, Sunset Place, Los Angeles, Ca1.,$8,000; 1. T. Etheridge, Wood-land avenue and Third street, 'Winston-Salem, N. c., $3,500; H. L. Cobbs, 15 Windsor street, Atlanta, Ga, $3,750; A. S. Merritt, 623 Thirty-seventh avenue, Seattle, Wash., $3,000; O. J. Johnson, 4714 Eighteenth avenue, Seattle, $3,500; Henry S. DeForest, 433 State street, Schenectady, N. Y., $4,000; John Zruszoski, Crane street and Second avenue, Schenectady, $5,500; Mrs. M. Olmstead, 1155 North Broad street, Knoxville, Tenn., $3,000; Fred S. Colebrook, 101 Euclid avenue, Sracuse, N. Y., $5,000; G. B. Out, 303 West Ostrander avenue, Syracuse, $3,- 000; D. L. Court, 400 Walnut avenue, Syracuse, $3,000; O. D. Baughman, 113 Garden street, Bellingham, Wash., $3,50; Mrs. Barbara Wuest, Seminole street and University avenue, Cin-cinnati, 0., $6,000; Mrs. Emma A. Towsley, Ludlow and Brookline avenues, Cincinnati, $7,500; Mrs. Fred Seeburger, Seventeenth street and Washington avenue, Terre Haute, Ind, $5,000; Frank H. Chisholm, 304 Auburn avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., $3,500; Wellington Salt, 402 East street, Buffalo, $3,600. Miscellaneous Buildings-The Swedlsh Baptists of Du-luth, Mmn., are bUllding a church at a cost of $20,000. The Arlmgton hotel of Santa Barbara, the first tOUlist hotel in south-ern California, which was burned last fall, is to be rebuilt at a cost of $300,000. A. M. Birkel will erect a fine 150-room hotel at Bakersfield, Ca1. The first Congregational Soclety of Riverside, Cal., has adopted plans for a new church to cost $100,000 "Nat" Goodwin has purchased 1200 acres of or-ange land near Rlverside, Ca1.,on which he will erect a chateau, on plans suggested by Mrs. Goodwin, at an estimated cost of $18,000. The Sisters of St. Joseph are erecting a new school buildmg in San DIego, Ca1.,at a cost of $125,000. The Meth-odlsts of San Luis Obispo, Cal, are bUIldmg a new church at a cost of $36,000, exclusive of seat1l1g. Managers of the Gem theatre of Albuquerque, N. Mex, will rebUIld their house at a cost of $30,000. The Beaulah Baptist Society of Atlanta, Ga., wIll bmld a new church at a cost of $35,000. The Scottish Rite Masons are bUIlding a temple in East St. Louis, Ill, to cost $75,000. The Odd Fellows of East St Louis are to build a temple at a cost of $45,000. Death of Charles M. Freed. Charles M. Freed, for many years head of the Freed Furni-ture and Carpet company of Salt Lake City, Utah, died on March 24, aged 67 years. He was a natIve of Bohemia, came to America when 13 years of age and went west in 1889 with the intention of entering the mining business, but soon aban-doned that idea and established a small furniture store in Salt Lake City, declaring his belief that the town would become the metropolis of the mountain region. He was a quiet, and unassuming man but remarkably enterprising and energetic, constantly improving his stock and business methods. His trade kept pace with the growth of the town and he leaves one of the most prosperous stores in the country, which passes to his widow and children-three sons and a daughter. He was an Elk and a member of the Knights of Pythias and was highly honored and esteemed in both orders. ARTISAN '" . I :No. 592. Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. 6RO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. .. -- . ... ____ ~ •• - • •• • III __ • _ .... __ • 31-33 S. Front Sf., ORANDRAPIDS, MIen. SEND FOR ...-.__ ._--- I These saws are made from No.1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write UtI tor PrIce IMt &lid dlIGOUDt ~-----_._---- Manufaduren of Embo.. ed and TumedMoulcl. inca. Embo... ed and Spindle Carvin... and Automatic Turnin.a. We a110 manu-ladure a large me 01 Embo .. ed Ornamenta for Couch Work. .256-.258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILl. , . ..------------------------- 11 .. ., --_ ... I . " 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY Yau can always get IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 1~8", 1~20", 1~24" and 1~28" R. C. BIRCH 1~16", 1~20", 1~24", and 1~28" POPLAR 1~20", 1~24" and 3~ 16" GUM Direct from our Grand Rapids Warehouses. We solicit your trade. 1~20" R. C. PLAIN OAK SENSIBI~E REVISION OF RULES Shippers Will Not Be Charged for Large Cars When Smaller Ones Are Ordered. The official classification commIttee of the Amencan Traffic association have made a reVISIOn of rule )Jo 27 whIch will remove the cause of many compla111ts and save annoy-ance and expense for many .shippers. The sectIOns of the revised rules which are of especial mterest read as follows (c) Owing to the limited number of cars mer 36 feet six inches in length, carners cannot undertake to furm"h such cars unless they are readily available. (d) If a shipper orrders a car less than 40 feet, ..,IX inches in length and the carrier is unable to furnIsh such a car, and furnishes a longer car than ordered, but not exceed ing 40 feet, SIX inches 111length, the minimum weIght shall be that fixed for the car ordered, except when the 10ad111g c<lipacity of the car furnished IS used, the mimmum weIght shall be that fixed for the car furnished (e) When car.s exceeding 40 feet, SIX mche" in length are furnished anJ used, the mlmmum carload weIght shall be that fixed for the car furnIshed, regardless of the length of the car ordered by the shipper. With the announcement of the reviSIOn of the rule the committee has issued a CIrcular which makes these state-ments: "When shippers order cars of .speCIfic length theIr at tention should be called to the prOVISIons of rule 27 111odel that they may fully understand the duty and oblIgatIOns of the carrier, as well as the shippers' privilege or nghts when accepted and loading cars of greater length than ordered "Cars more than 40 feet, SIX l11ches in length, should not be turl11shed III place of shorter cars avaIlable for those ordered In the e\ ent that shIppers order cars of specific lengths, \\ hlch are not readIly avaIlable and the only readIly d \ allable cars more than 40 feet, SIX inches in length, ship-pers' attentIOn "hould be directed to that provislOn of the rule \\ hlch prescnbes the mil1lmum car load weights as applI-cable to the cars furl1lshed irre,pectIve of the length" of the cars ordered "When under the provisions of section (D). A longer cal than ordere~l IS furnished the following notation must be made by agent on the bill of lading and way bill: 'Car feet.. ... inches in length ordered by shipper and car. feet in length furnished under the pro- \ bIOns of sectIOn D Rule 27, Official Classification' "\iVhen shIppers order cars of speCIfic length and accept cars more than 40 feet six inches in length on the basis of the 111111imumweight applicable thereto, the following nota-tion must be made by the agent on the bIll of lading and way bill: 'ShIpper ordered car feet.. 111ches, 111length and accepted car .. . feet. . inches in length with under standmg that mmi111um of car accepted will apply' "Agents shall keep a record of all instances where ship-pers order cars of speCIfic length and accept car longer than .:1-0 feet, six inches in length, such record to clearly indicate that the attentIOn of shippers was directed to the prOVIsions of paragraph (E) of rule 27." The revision made and the regulations establIshed are in re,ponse to a long tIme gnevance of shippers and are ex pected to obVIate complaints caused by carners furnishing cars longer than \\ere applIed for because of the fact of the WEEKLY ~._-_._._.-._...-._-_._-_._. ---_.-._._._._._._.-.~---- III iI II~ .......... UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Conftrudton and Fimsh. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent exhlbi-bon 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. II ."" '3IZe wanted, and the charging for the minimums of the larger car instead of those ordered. If the instructions gIven to agents, yardmasters and employes upon whom the duty and responsibility of placing cars for loadIng are observed carefully, there will be no occasion for the claims that the cars employed were of a dimension or capacity of which the shipper had no knowledge. It is understood that whenever possible, the carrier'3 In-tend to furnish shippers with the particular cars for whIch application is made, but if they are not available, and cars of other dimensions are supplied, the shipper will be fully advised as to the charges which will accrue on such cars A Terrible Night in a Pullman. The weary, overheated occupants of a Pullman sleepel running west on the Rock Island railroad had just entered the snoring stage of a troubled sleep, when the train halted at Bu-reau Junction and the doors were thrown open. A chorus of female voices approached and when the leader entered the car she called out in loud tones, "Porter, oh Porter, where are you?" "I say, our berths are lower five and seven," one lovely loud-spoken damsel declared. "Why, JulIa, you are mistaken. The numbers are five and nIne." "The agent (lId not mark the numbers on the card," I e- JOIned the woman named Julia. By this time the occupants of the car had awakened and rubb1l1g their eyes, grumbled about the disturbance. "Oh Harry 1 Harry' Bring baby to me. 'Muver's'darling' "You were very nice Harry, to stay with us untIl 2 o'clock 111 the mornll1g whIle waiting for this train," remarked 'Muver ' "I thank you very much." "Yes, Harry, I hope you will visit us when you come out west again" "Yes, Harry, come out to Dry Run, Kansas, and see the warships," suggested the furniture salesman m lower fifteen "Oh Hal ry, shut up You are disturbing all the people in the car," abjured the varnish salesman from between the curta1l1'3 of lower eight. "Oh, you," remarked Harry, and subsided. "Must 'muv-er's' darlIng go to the baggage car? Go along with the porter, dear. Good night, dear." "For the sake of the Old Nick, what do you think about It neighbors?" remarked the man in lower eleven. "'Muver's' darling is a dog." "Harry went over to Juarez, Mexico, last summer and bought a lot of genuine Mexican IndIan pottery," remarked the occu-pant of lower five. "When he opened the stuff in Bureau he found it decorated with the trade mark of a firm in East Liver-pool, Ohio." ARTISAN 13 .~ '",I IIII IIII II SAMldEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. I Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, I SidIng, Doors, Sash, etc. ~... . . Don't Bum Your Moulding. Blackened edges so often found in hard-wood Mouldings indicate the use of inferior tools, which friction and burn because of their failure to have proper clearance. The Shimer Reversible and Non- Reversible Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by experienced workmen. In deSIgn and con-struction they are superior to anythIng on the market. They cut well and retaIn their shape until worn out. Send us drawings or wood samples for estimates on special cutters. Many useful de SIgns, with prices, are given in our catalogue. "Herause nut yourself," advised the German occupant of upper thirteen. "Oh, Harry, the tram is moving. Don't be carried away with us." "Oh, you Robinson girls," Harry ventured to utter. "Embrace the ladies first, Harry," advised lower two "Do it now," chimed in number four "Do It right," echoed number fourteen. "Give our love to 'popper' and 'mommer', Harry dear, pleaded Jeannette. "The man in the moon is winking at you, Hal ry. Do It now," number sixteen exclaimed. "Come out to 'Peblo' next May, Harry. I will give you a ticket to witness the balloon ascenSIOn, free," said the Colo-radoan. Harry stood the gaff well and departed amid the roars of laughter that filled the car. One of the young ladies seemed sad when Harry waived a farewell salute from the platform. But on the morning following the handsome and unusually at-tentive young Pullman conductor seemed to fill the vacancy oc-casioned by the violent pdrt111g WIth the good natured and pa-tient Harry. Judgll1g from the pI esent condItIOns of the lin"eed 011 trade the country needs more flax farmers or more trust in-vestigation. .. . ---- _._._._--_._----- 1I We Manufacture the Larl!elt Line of .. rOlDlno (nAIDS In the UnIted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all publIc resorts We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cot. and CrIb. In a large variety. Send for Catalogue and Prtces to I~.... . KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO rI 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave .. Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville, THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in ImItation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright F oldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imItation quartered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in lInitation quartered oak, imitation mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, DmIng and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. • • Made b~ The Karges FUrtllture Co • WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 •III III III•• IIt •I I•• I• II I, IIIIII III II I II "-- ~ . • • -4 Made bj World Furlllture Company. Made by Bosse Furniture Company. Made by Bockstege Furlllture:Co. Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBl.iSHED EVERY SATURDAY av THII: MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SU.SCRI~TION SI eo ~ER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHERCOUNTRIES SZ 00 PER YEAR. SINGI-E CO~IE. 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOI'lTH DIVISION ST, GRANO RAPIDS, MICH, A. S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOR Entered ... aecond class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapId., MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVEE I-EVY Manufacturers as well as retadels of furniture should undertake an educational campaIgn at once to check the growth in the demand for "bUIlt-ill' and "knock-dolWn" furniture-the kind that "any woman of fifteen or bov of ten can set up and finish in his or her home "Ithout th; aid of a cabinet maker." Especially 111 the mIddle \,('.o,t and on the Pacific coast has an inCl ease in the demand for this stuff been noticed, and that it has seriously affectecl legIti-mate trade there is proof in abundance. "BUllt-m furmture" originated with the archItects, and they are pushll1g the fad for all it is V\; orth. It is bUIlt by carpenters, and IS .-ery in-ferior to the work of trallled cabll1etmakel rs The people need only to be shown the difference between factory bUIlt furniture and the illy-designed loosely jOlllted and mcon-venient stuff of the archItect and the carpenter to gIve the preference to the former HIdeous looking budt III beds, tables that may be hinged to the wall as III a Pullman car, bookcases, chma cabinets, buffets, wall cabmets, cupboards and many other articles may be seen bUIlt mto apartment houses and bungalows, in many cities of the we"t and the fad is spreading to smaller places The apartment house owner tries to make his propel ty mOl e I entable than the ordinary house by building in much of the furl1lture needed by a tenant, going to the extreme of fUlnishmg rugs for the floors, curtams for the windows and mirrors for the walls Knock-down stuff IS advertised very largely 111 the maga-zmes and a heavy trade established The stuff IS of little, if any value LegItimate manufactm ers and 1 etallel s should not silently permit the growth of thi" trade to undermine theIr mdustly and render their stocks and plants practi-cally worthless. Nowadays, to man} people, an advel tlsement IS hke the mdex to a book. They can look thlough the mdex and find what they want. If Jour advertisement IS of the same kmd It WIll be of such a convemence to people that they WIll use It: and you need never say that advertismg IS worthle"s to VOll If you went to a man and said to him: "My name is John SI;llth, and I keep staple and fancy groceries," that would be adver-tising, we presume. Then he would say, "Have you any soap, and if so, what kind and how much do you charge for it' Your reply is, "My name IS John SmIth and I keep staple and fancy groceries." He would grow dIsgusted before long. It is the same way with advertiSing in a newspaper or trade journal. AdvertIsements should not be confined to routll1e matters or everyday topics They should talk to readers 111 an entertaining manner. }lr ,Vhite of j\Iebane, N. C, whose communication ap-pears on another page is probably right in the conclusion that there IS little or no profit for furniture manufacturer" 111 government contracts. He is wrong, however, in hIS be-lief that all the manufacturers who had such contracts dur- Ing the past year "lost money on the job." The Grand RapIds manufacturers who had a large share of the busll1e'iS declare that they worked out about even. They dId not make much profit direct, but the work came in the dull season and by increase the volume of business helped to carry the overhead expenses of the factory. The Grand Rapids manufacturers had no trouble making the goods to meet the requirements of the contract. The idea of a school for the teaching of merchandIsmg excites a considerable amount of derision today. There was a tIme when scientific farming was sneered at by farmers, who thought agricultural schools were a waste of money of the state Today SCIentific farming is recognized by almost everybody as \V lse and advantageous. The day will come when scientific merchandIsing wJlI be taught in full, possibly in schools de-voted exclusively with that subject. Why not? We must have merchants and salesmen as well as bankers, bookkeepers and craftemen. Schools for teaching merchandising will fol~ 10>\ the manual training schools. One of the greatest failings of the average man is lack of patience He is in a hurry and if he does not get results 1l1stantly he is ready to give up. This IS not so much because he is famt-hearted as it is because he is Impatient. Patience l'i one of the finest quahtles a man may possess. It is not to be confounded with laziness. The greatest successes have been dttall1ed by men who possessed a patience which was suffi- Clent to stand for dIscouragement and apparent lack of inter-e<; t and dullness. PreSIdent Taft says railroad and traffic managers should be consulted m regard to laws affectll1g their business, the same as bankers are consulted when financial legislation is bemg conSIdered. The same rule should be applied to manu-tacturers, merchants and workingmen, but no class of men hould be allowed to dictate or control legislation affecting theIr trade busll1ess or vocation. The foreign trade in automobiles now amounts to more than a milhon dollars a month and that is little when compared with the domestic trade The enormous, rapid growth of the auto business must have a telling effect on nearly all lines of trade Many a man has Il1vested money in a "benzine wagon" that but for the popular craze would have been used m buying furniture The raIlroad paS'ienger assoCIatIOns are trying to get to- ~ether on rates fOI com entlOns, reUllIons, faIrs, home-coming gatherings, etc. WhIle they are at it they should try to ar-range some praCtlcal way to gIant reduced rates to Grand RapIds, New York and Chicago during the furniture sales seasons ,\ Ith the Steel Trust, the Sugar trust and the big railroad "} 'items advancing wages, the pessimists must take back seats. I f congress would fix up that rate bill and the corporation tax la\V and adjourn the entire country would be assured a pros-perous summer. It 1'3 pleasll1g to note that no furniture dealers are mixed up In the graft and corruption that has been exposed at Al-han} Washmgton, PIttsburg and other cities. WEEKLY ARTISAN New York Notes and Personals. New YOJ k, Apnl 7 -Manufacturers here are falrly busy with bl15l11esswell up to the average. Parlor furniture is in very good demand as well as all spring and summer lines for porches and outdoors. Wholesalers are doing enough to keep busy and the retaIleI s are doing d moderate amount of bUSI-ness. The H Acltman Company has been incorporated to manu-facture and deal in furniture, with a capital of $6,000. The company is headed by Louis C. Neuberger, Henry Jackson and Herman Altman. The Moller & Schumann company of Brooklyn, making furniture and finishing materials, has built a large new ware-house and new brick chimney and will have 16 fires going. They are putting on the market a new product, a white enam-el for the interior of refrigerators, which has no odor and ap-pears like opalite glass. It dries very hard and has a fine gloss. S. Baumann & Co, have opened their new furniture store at Eighth avenue and Forty-sixth street, which is a five story buildmg, 50 x 100 feet in size. The first floor is done in white, with a white metal ceiling, massive white pillars and handsome show windows to take in the entire first and second story. The first floor will be devoted to mission furniture and novel-ties and for the office. The third floor will be used for parlor furniture; the fourth floor for bed room furniture and the fifth floor for dImng room and library furniture. It is one of the largest and finest retail furniture stores here. Jacob Kraft of Brooklyn, who was recently discharged from bankruptcy, has opened a new retail furniture store at 1580 Broadway, Manhattan, and another at 551 Court 'Street, Brooklyn. Antonio Monaco, doing business as the Madison Furniture House, in Hoboken, N. J., is to retire from business soon. Van Dalfsen & Stone of Newberg, N. Y., have taken an-other floor and enlarged their business at 17 Water street. The Cahoon Furniture & Novelty company, which moved from Charliet street, Brooklyn, to West Hoboken, N. J, has had some financial trouble, but has secured extensions and is expected to pull through all right. The Liberty Furniture company is working a full force. It has added new machinery to its plant. A ,Veston Smith is not representing the Wolverine Man-ufacturing company in the New York district any more. H. K. T. Wright will take out the line of the Hardesty MfLl1ufactunng company of Canal Dover, Ohio, which makes mission furniture, opera chairs, etc. H. Franken has left Price & Rosenbaum's upholstery depart-ment of Brooklyn, and is now with Cohen Bros, of J ackson- VIlle, Fla J F. Phelps, late with the Goerke company of Newark, N. J, has succeeded Mr. Franklin. The H. B. Drake company, manufacturers of office furni-ture, of this city, has leased property on East Forty-mnth street, Bayonne, N J, and will build a one story factory 160 x 160 feet in size and will keep fifty hands employed. Their busi-ness has shown a great improvement recently. Louis Gottesman of 86 Forsyth street, making spring beds, has incorporated his business. T. J. Venable, late with the R. II. White company of Bos-ton, has joined the contracting and interior decorating staff of the Simpson-Crawford company of this city, on Sixth avenue The Western Chair company, jobbers at 513 Hudson street, Manhattan, has moved to 160 Grand street, Brooklyn. Gluck Bros, manufacturing drop leaf kitchen and card tables, are very busy at their factory on Manjer street, and are also operating a branch factory in Philadelphia. Selig Voit will sell Voit Bros.' upholstered furniture line 17 Muskegon, Mich., May 28, '07. Mr. Geo. T. Hancock, 116 West 84th St., New York, N. Y. Dear Sir: Referring to our conversation with you while you were in our city looking over the dry kilns installed by us under the Grand Rapids Veneer Works system and plans, we wish to confirm our statements to you, that the first lumber through the kiln when it was green, having just been completed in winter weather, was 4-4 white oak, which came out thoroughly dry in seven days, and in better condition than what we had been getting out of a hot blast kiln where we had been allowing three weeks and over for kiln drying, and since then we have been taking out all kinds of lumber, 4-4 maple and 4-4 plain and quartered oak in seven days, and the stock is softer and works easier than any we ever had in our factory. Weare pleased to state further that the kiln has fulfilled every representation made by the Grand Rapids Veneer Works and is entirely satisfactory in every respect. If we were to install another kiln, or half a dozen, at [he _present writing, they would all be of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works system. If we can be of further service to you, command us. Yours truly, MOON DESK CO. in New York and Mayer VOlt will take Pennsylvania and New England. The Hale & Kilburn company has been showing some up to date lines at the warehouse, 33 Union Square West, of dav-enports, sofas, couch beds, commodes, etc. They will move the warerooms to larger quarters at 39 Union Square. J. B. Greenhut of the Siegel-Cooper company, presented a G. A. R. hall to Peoria, Ill., his old home. The New York Sample Furniture company has enlarged ib quarters by taking half of an adjoining floor and have now 30,000 square feet of space. Freman Fraim, who was with Colie & Son, is now with the New York Sample Furniture company. R. R. Mitchell & Co., manufacturers of bedding supplies and dealers in curled hair, has moved its factory to 608 East Eighteenth street and 609 East Seventeenth street and put in the latest machinery. This is the plant vacated by the Kindel Bed company. The warerooms of the Mitchell company have been moved to 38 East Twentieth street. Mr. Siegel, late with the National Parlor Suite company, has gone into the retail business at 126 Clinton street, under the firm name of Siegel & Rubenstein. The Wickes-Hoskins company, wholesale dealers in office furniture at 354 Broadway, is in financial trouble, owing 700 creditors $160,772, with assets estimated at $133,592. An Effective Advertising Device. The Eastern Outfitting company, dealers in house furn-ishing goods in San Francisco recently purchased a large number of electric clocks and placed the same on walls of buildings in all sections of the city, where they may be 3een by pedestnans The clocks furlllsh accurate time and valu-able advertr'iing for the firm 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...- ~ ••_. • --'9.. ~II I I E. H. SHELDON 0 CO. I 328 N. May 5t., Chicago. t .--~ ... . 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack • Vises The locatIOn of the den is really the prImal condItion. It must be removed from that part of the house where the work of the day is carrried on and where the children ramp and play, for if it is not qui~t and peaceful, it is not a den, but a mere apology for one. It falls to the housewife's lot ofttimes to select the room \\ I11Ch shall be used as a den, as well as to aid in choosing the furnish111gs, and it is then that her tact will have its best opportunity for Llisplaying Itself If she but pauses to think what this WIll mean, she will forget the absolute necessity of using that little back room with its fireplace, for a second spare bedroom, or a sewing room, and will cheerfully relin-quish it for the den The result nine times out of ten will mean that John stays away from the club seven nights out of the week, and his morn111g gruffness will lose itself inside of a week. Once the room is selected, and a fireplace added if it be not in possession of one already, the furniture should be selected mo"t carefully Better the parlor have one treasure . - .., t Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON & CO Chlcal(o 111 Gentlemen -We are pleased to ,tate that the /') dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bought of you a httle over a year ago are glVlnR' excellent se"VlCt> "Ve are well satIsfied WIth them and shall he pleased to remember you whenever we want anythmg addItIOnal III thIS Ime Yours trulv SIOUXCIty Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO ~--_.-_. Sold on approval and an unLon dltlOnal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We solICIt pnvllege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue ------- . .. . ..-------------- j .--,~._---------------------------------------._._-_._-----._-----,.. I IIII I! IIII I II IIII I The Den and Its Furnishings. There are times in the lIfe of every man when he deSIres a quiet spot where, undisturbed by the household rout111e, he may concentrate his thoughts upon some perplexing sub-ject, or throwing all thoughts aside, dream day dreams 111 company with his pipe and his open fire The fulfillment of these desires is found in the den, the popularIty of whIch among the masculine sex is limited to no single class or caste. Theoretically speaking, these dens may be dIVIded 111to two classes, those of the rich, which are fine in archItectural points, are finished productions of the decorator, and tho"e which represent careful thought and economy guided b} the 111dividual tastes of the owner. \iVhile we all delIght 111the luxury and magnificence of the first, the second appeals to us personally, carrying with it not the thoughts of nnlImIted wealth, but of real comfort and enjo} ment To the Idtter also we look for the touch of OrIginalIty, of redl gel1llb \\ hlCh limited means so often serves to call forth No. 1711 ---_ .. . - .. No. 1705-1705 New designs in the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. • a. • a • a •• •• _ WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 -----------~~..---- - - - ..._-~ I I :fK1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~~~~vllt~5 ! SEND SAMPLES. ORA WINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. II III ,I ,IIIII I I,, ,IIIII II ._--------------_.. .I.-.. rI I,I II , IIjI , I I STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups, making the best cup on the market. CellulOid IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups wIth cellulOid bases It can be done wIth ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are fimshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple; finished light If you wtll t1'1la samp!t ordtr of thtlt goods you Wit! dtstrt to hand!, thtm tn quantttt88 PRICES: Size 2U Inches $5.50 per hundred. SIze 23( Inches . 4.50 per hundred. fob Grand Rapids TRY A SAJlPLE ORJ)ER ~-..... less, than the den lack any of that cozy atmosphere whIch makes it dear to its owner's heart. There is no neeiJ for elaborate decorations or color schemes; indeed the plainer and more serviceable the furni-ture used and the less obtrusive the colors, the better the den will be liked by its owner. Beauty appeals to a man as to a woman, though in a different way, and the room which would be to the good housewife a perfect bower, would be utterly condemned by her hU'3band There is no place in his den for the rockers, little tables and bric-a-brac which Je-llght a woman's heart, and she must remember this when "electing the furniture for the den To begin with, the floor and wall are the first consider-ations. Hardwood floors and plain dark hangings are the rule in any den, but the rugs are of course a matter of taste In one Jen, which was that of a huntsman, the rugs were of fur, while the settees had robes of fur flung over them; trophies of the chase were everywhere, and the three really good pictures in the room were of the hunt. In a unique little den which was in the upper story, or loft of the barn, the rug was an arts and crafts and occupied the center of the floor, which was oiled The remainder of the room contained artist's matt:!rials and some furniture which was the work of the owner. For the orJinary den, the housewife will find one large rug better than several small ones, and the darker colors are always preferable. The oriental rugs look well in such a room, and wear well. One little woman tacked down the rug in the center of the room very carefully, explaining apologetically to a friend' "WJ1lIam catches hIS feet in It, ["HOFFMA·N---;RO~H~~~_·C~:--' FT. WAYNE, IND. I HARDWOOD LUMBER / I II.. SA~~D } QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY ---_._--------------------..1 ----_. ------------- ---_._._---~----, • • __ aa. •• ,II ._-----.4 CWartiatteowfnoer. rI E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS , ALMLEICGHA.N. and kicks! It up, or tumbles over it, and he is apt to use som~ "trong e:ApreSSlOns to rellei e hI!:>feell11gs, so I am fastening it down for him." It is for this very reason that the small rugs lying promiscuously about the room are objectionable, for "Wil-liam" is not the only man who kicks up or stumbles over the rugs. A good easy chair 1'3an indispenslble part of the furn-ishings of the den, and the table of medium size, as well a13 the bookc'age, may well be counted another. The table should occupy the center of the room, and should be large enough to hold a goodly number of books and papers wIth writing materials also Even then, a smaller table will not be founJ amiss, for the tables in a den have a way of be-coming piled up and running over with a ma'3S of literature and papers, that wIll fill the soul of the neat housewife with horror. Passing of a Word. In certain quarters there seems to be a tendency to drop the word "solicitor," and use either "representative" or "sales-man" To many persons, perhaps, the difference in terms does not seem of much Importance, but who ever has a due regard for exactness and the suggestive effect of a word, and will consider the etymological and accumulated meaning of the words in question, will wonder why astute sales-managers have not long ago relegated the word "solicitor" to that lin-guistic cemetery where now reposes that other age-worn term. "vVe beg to advise "-W. B. \i\farren, in Colliers. r--------------------------------------l II I, III ,,II , IIII I I... THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addre.. and and receiYe de.criptiye CIrcular oE Glue Heater •• Glue Coof<er. and Hot Boxeo with prices. Grand Rapid., Mich. I f.. The Weatherly Co. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--~------~------_._---------_._-_._-_.~._----~------~-_-..-.-----~----~----- I ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about it. I III III ..-._._~------~-----~-----_--.----~----_._-----_._._._---------------_ ... No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel Mortlser. Ash for Catalog "J" •••••••• we •••• _ ••••••• WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. Care of Furniture and Woodwork. Supposing the woodworking of one's house to be sound and clean, as things go, the ordinary maid's idea of cleaning is to "give a good rub up" or to use some kind of pohshmg paste or liquid. After this treatment the furniture \\ 111 look bright for awhile unless one should peer into the corners and find the white dust hiding in crevices and portiom of molding or carved work. All rubbing and polishing are labor in the wrong place unless the first process of cleaning has been thoroughly car-ried out. There are many ways of doing this Some hou ,e-keepers use cold tea, vinegar and water in equal parts. Either application is good, although my preference is for the cold tea, which seems to cleanse more effectually than anythmg else. Whatever is used, it must not be swabbed all over the piece of furniture as if a ship's deck were being treated to its morning bath, but with soft, clean cloths, dampened \\ Ith the tea or whatever is used, and then rubbed all 0\ er the surface and dried carefully at once. The crevices and cran-nies are best reached by a tiny pad of cotton on the end of an orange stick or an old penholder. If there is much dirt to vanquish, it means very hard work, much rubbing, much renewing of the tea water. Thus free the article from dirt and greasiness and subsequent polishing will be an easier task and the final result a very great satisfaction Sltght scratches may be removed by being anointed with linseed oil (boiled) at night and then rubbed next day with linseed oil and turpentine in equal proportions If they are very deep they require professional treatment. When the surface has not been scratched, but bruised or indented, the bruised part can be dampened with warm water first, and then a pad of brown paper folded many times, so that it conducts heat only slowly to the wood below, is laid on the part to be restored, the paper being soaked thoroughl) in warm water before application Now comes the critical part of the operation, for an iron, warm, but decidedly not hot, must be held over the damp paper The pressure must not be hard, but the iron should be kept in position until all moisture has been evaporated If this is done directly a bruise is observed, one application is almost sure to Iaise the surface of the wood up again, but old bruises require sev el al treatments. Immediate removal of ink stains is the obvious filst aid to the injured wood, but there are stains of this natUle that are never detected until they have attained a good old age, and then they need careful management A small quantlt) of niter applied With a camel's hair brush will remove very obstinate and hardened ink stains Six drops of the lllter to a teaspoonful of water is suffiCIent, apphed until the ink has dlssolv ed and disappeared. Then rub the place With a damp cloth and pohsh with a soft duster. vVhen time for housecleaning IS at hand and the house-wife finds her leather chairs, for example, in need of reno-vation and yet does not feel that she can afford to spend much money, she may make them look ever so much better by using the whites of eggs. Beat them well, remove all the dirt and dust possible from the chairs and rub the egg in good; when it dries go over the whole with soft, clean cloths, and the change will be very e\ ident To clean Japanese matting and 11110leums use bran water which is made by taking two handfuls of bran and boiling it in a gallon of water. After this has boiled twenty minutes strain and cleanse the matting or lmoleum with a flannel cloth wet \Vlth the bran water yiVipe immediately With a dry cloth. 011 alone does not really clean anything, it polishes for a short whl1e, but in the end it makes matters worse; but a mixture of one part of turpentine to two parts of oil really makes a \\ onderfully good pohsh, It removes scratches and even dents \\ III many times disappear; it may be mixed and kept in a bottle to be used as occasion requires Vlllegar-just hot vinegar-applied to paint spots on window glass will usually take them off without any trouble or scraping Painted WOOdWOlk should never be cleaned with ammonia; It eats off the polish of the paint; but make a mixture of three quarts of hot water, with soap enough to make a good lather; add three tablespoonfuls of turpentine and two of ml1k, and you will find the wood look as If it were freshly pamted instead of the dull, hfeless appearance usually noted after soap and water. \A.'hen \ er) much soiled, all wickel furniture may be I enovated by first taking off every pal ticle of the pamt With soap and water in which a little soda has been dissolved; then the piece may be stained or just revarnished to good effect Oxahc acid is a Virulent pOlson, but a solutIOn is very useful to the housewife Four ounces 111half a pint of watel will remove stains and dark spots, only the place must be \\ ashed at once in warm \\ atel to remove the acid --~---------..., IIIII II II I. •• ,~ .. • __ ••••••• __ ••••• 1.1 _ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. bills DOES IT 163Madison Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS. UICH ...._ ... ----_ .. WEEKLY ARTISAN Philadelphia Brevities. PhIladelphIa, Apnl 7-The trade here is moving along at a very good pace All the manufacturers and wholesalers 'ieem busy and are not complaming much With few ex-ceptIOns this year WIll be as big as any in the past, with the profits probably smaller, yet on the whole satisfactory The hIgh price of materials has of course cut into the profits con-siderably Some advances have been made in furniture, more on the higher grades, than on the cheaper goods, but the increase noted IS much less than the advanced cost of manu-facturing. Smith Bros. & Pierce, 310 Spruce street, are quite busy on "orco" elastic felt mattresses. The Manufacturers' club have taken the old Bellevue Hotel bUIlding at Broad and ,1\1alnut streets, and will re-model It for a club house L D. Shreve of Union City, Pa, will build a large table plant, covel ing several acres of glOund near his chail factory The new buIldin~ wIll be of concrete construction, cost $300,000, and employ 500 men William Rogers of the J R Bunting Beddmg company has taken the third floor of the MIller buIlding at 254 South American street, for a wareroom. Edward Duncan is now with William Wright at Nine-teenth and South streets. Herman Silverstein has moved from Hammond and Orthodox streets to 4258 Frankford avenue and is carrying a large line of furniture S Bowman, furniture dealer of 336 North Second street, has opened up a new store at 621 South street in charge of A H Goorland William Koehle, an old furniture dealer, has taken a position with the Van SClver company of Camden, N J. B Levin, formerly proprietor of the Greater New York Metallic Bedstead company has been dIscharged from bank-ruptcy. Thompson the manufacturer of Wood finIshes. has opened a down town office in the Bulletin buIldmg and has a very large sale for his products Porclltte IS made for re-fngerators. It is claimed it wIll not cnack or peel and comes m all colors. The American Sal11tary Mattress company, SIxteenth and Huntmgton streets have moved to a larger plant at 209 Thirty-second street. The bus111ess had grown beyond the capaCIty of the old quarters. T. Steinmitz, receIver for Boris Levin, Bons Lev111 & Co, Woodstown 'Metallic Bedstead .company and the Greater New York ~Ietalltc Bedstead company WIll practi-cally have nothmg to dlstnbute for the credItors ..---~-'--- III II I 21 ------------ -- .- ..-. ........ ., I Henry Schmit tJ Co. HOPK:INS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati, OLio makers of Upholstered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM III .." I~_.--------------------_._------~ The EmpIre Door and Tnm company, wood workers, has been incorporated with a capital of $40,000, by WIlliam Biggart of Bloomfield, N. J, and John Biggart of the Bronx, New York City. The firm will do business in New York William H. Gosnell has been on a selling trip to New York and through New Jersey. His daughter Miss Gosnell travels to Baltimore, Washington and South New Jersey points, handling parlor suites and couches. Stone & Moffat have moved from Sixteenth and Federal streets, to larger quarters at Fifteenth streets. "Sandy" Blanton has taken the Hall & Lyon 1111efor PhIladelphia and Trenton. He is assisted by Peter C Lee who also sells for the Southern Furniture company. The Lyon Furniture Agency will move from Walnut place to 608 Chestnut street. Jackson Bros store at 38 South Eighth street was sold sometime ago to Snellenburg Bros. The Jackson's wIll 111 the future devote their time to their Washington store Philip Gazon as the Michigan Furniture company is 111 financial trouble. His assets are reported at $38,400 and ha-bIlities at $18,000, with 105 creditors. Emil Cohn, formerly buyer for George Kelly, has agam taken that position, succeeding Jack Talleman. H D Dougherty & Co, is a new furniture manufactur-mg concern in North Philadelphia. Harry Sanderson has succeeded John H Sanderson and wIll locate the furnIture business farther uptown. The Bernstein Manufacturing company of Third street and Alleghany avenue, making metal beds, are adding an-other story to the factory and to the foundry and putting up a new finishmg bUIld1l1g to cost $40,000. This firm's growth has been very rapid. They have been consistent advertisers. 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L__ 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN •----_._.--._._._._~-----------,--------------------------. f II II , II ,I I I I IIII I '" NO.OTHER , SANDER No. 111 Patented Sand aelt MachIne. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO,...N. ...C. .. ...1 FASHION IN HOME DECORATIONS The Classic Adam Style Now Popular in Wall Paper Designs. To an ever-widening circle of wealthy citl7ens, \\ ho-,e thoughts and aspirations are largely centered upon "oeial functions and the endless round of 1eceptions, entel td1l1- ments and soirees thereby entailed, the decoration of the home is a subj ect of perennial interest No matter what the cost may be, those who are ambitious to retain promment positions among the leaders of fashIOnable slclety mtl~t not lag behind the times in things pertaming to the adornment of the home. To do so would be almost as reprehensible a.., to appear at a funtion in apparel of an antiquated type As a result, the professional decorator IS commIssIOned at intervals to bring the interior arrangements of the home into line with the latest development of ornamental art Really fine furniture is bamshed to the garret or otherWIse disposed of, rich damask is stripped from the walls, elabo-rate draperies and portieres are displaced, elegant frescomg is obliterated. But the idea of replacing the furmture and decorations thus removed with others of greater artistic value, plays little or no part m the proceedings The \\ ark of renovation is usually ordered on the pI inciple that one may as well be out of the world as out of fashion The owner of the mansion may take his famJly for,a European trip while the alterations are m progress Later they re-turn and admire, also congratulate themselves upon the modish, up-to-date interior of the residence Unfortunately it often happens that the work of mterior decoration does not require, for the dIsplacement of orna-ment that is good, something that is more refined and artis-tic as well as newer. Too often it merely represents change for the sake of change and under such condItIOns, the evane-scent fad of the hour is sure of consideration, and, most likely, adoption. The whole field of decorative art, from Rameses to Roosevelt, or from ancient Assyrian to modern mission, with every conceivable variatIOn and recomposition has, in this way, been exploited as a passmg fancy ever since the days when designers and decorators di"covered that it was easier and cheaper to pJlfer the ideas and work of predecessors than to Cleate equally meritorious ornament of their own. At present the trend of fashion is in the direction of the historic styles of the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nine-teenth centuries. The beautiful ornament of Louis the XIVth, that of Louis XVIth and the Empire period are also much used. makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No.i71 Sander produces a fmish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Cataio, HE" In addItion to these, one of the most refined and grace-ful styles now popular i.s that of the classic "Adam" period, a style which, for quiet elegance, refinement of form and n:quislte rendering of detail is surpassed by no other. To A mellrans It i" doubly interesting and attractive because Adam Style as Used m Wall Paper of the mfluence which, along with the Georgian, it exerted on the Colonial architecture and ornament of our forefathers. The creators of this style, Robert and James Adam, were the sons of a talented Scottish architect, WiIIiam Adam, of Maryburgh, officially known as the "King's Mason." With Robert and James were associated two other brothers, Wil-liam and J ahn. Robert, however, was the recognized genius WEEKLY ARTISAN of the family. He was born in the town of Kircaldy, in 1728. After spending several years in Italy, studying the clas-sic art of that country, he returned to Britain and became associated in business with his brother James In a few years they became famous as the architects and decorators of numerous public buildings and private residences. Highly as their work was esteemed. it has not escaped criticism James Ferguson, author or "History of Architecture" writes: 'Their great merit, if merit it be, is that they stamped their work with a certain amount of originality, which, had it been of a better quality might have done something to emancipate art from its trammels." In spite of criticism, the fact re-mains that their buildings, notably the interiors, are gene-rally beautifully proportioned, while the decorative features and the furniture, which they also designed to insure the unity of the whole, are the acme of delicate grace and refine-ment. As such, the work of Robert and James Adam is appreciated more highly today than ever before, While easily outclassing contemporaries, the Adam brothers were alive to the importance of securing the most talented assistants obtainable. We find among the employes of the firm such names as Angelira Kauffman, Pergolosi, Zucci, and others. The work of these men, however, con-si" ted in the execution of detail. The broad, comprehensive plan of building, interior decoration and furnishing was con-ceived by Rand J. Adams and they alone are entitled to the honor of results. About 1773 they published the first of three famous volume"> on "Architecture, Interior Decoration and Furni-ture " These books cover practically every phase of the subject-building plans, wall and ceiling decoration, all kinds of furniture, mantelpieces, mirrors, clocks, carpets, draperies, upholstery fabrics, etc. It is worthy of note that in the pre-face to this work they do not claim originality for their style, as that word is often interpreted. They say: "We have been able to seize with some degree of success the beautiful spirit of antiquity and transfer it with novelty and vanety through all our numerous works." A modest claim, indeed, but the results obtained were original, even though the makers derived their inspiration from the work of men whose bones had been mingling with the dust of mother earth for nigh two thousand years. The Adam style has often been described as English Empire Its relationship to Louis the XVlth ornament has also been spoken of. It is true that the influences which broua-ht about the Empire style in France and the Adam b • style in Great Britain were at work during the same penod yet, while each derived its inspiration from the same source, the Empire style is more massive and pretentious in form-ation than the Adam, as might be expected from a style which was created for the purpose of adding luster to the name of the Little Corporal Compared with the beautiful designs of the Louis XVlth period, the influence of which on the work of R. and J. Adam is apparent, the Adam style is more distinctly classical and is almost devoid of the dainty floral forms so charactenstic of the elegant French style. In surface decoration, ceiling, wall or panel, the central figure in an Adam design is generally a circle, oval, medal-lion, octagon, hexagon, parallelogram, lozenge, sunburst or fan shape. The surroundings details consist of scrolls, wreaths, festoons, garlands, ribbons, chains, rosettes, urns, husk, paterae, etc. The ovals, hexagons and geometrical centerpieces are often embellished with mythological figures and groups, such as are found in Pompeiian wall decoration. To recapitulate, the leading characteristics of the Adam 23 ............... ,•I•I I I -----------------------~ Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog, It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. e...__,_._. _ -----,-_._.-.---------.-....1.. style may be summed up as follows: Extreme delicacy and refinement of form, exquisite symmetry of design and per-fectly rendered details. The accompanying original design illustrates one phase of the Adam style A senes of patterns would be required to demonstrate the various ornamental details made use of by the Adam brothers Designs like the illustration are used for the fashionable, one color, silk wall covering, known as taffeta damask. During the past four or five years hotels and residences have adopted this form of interior decoration. The pattern is formed by weaving the bnllIant silk warp threads loosely over a dull background of the same color. These two effects in combination, produce a soft but rich contrast, pleasing in the extreme The width of the pattern 1epeat is twelve and a half inches The design is equally suitable for the better class of wall paper. Western Imagination. Oregon Tradesman-The Gunn Sectional Bookcase com-pany of Grand Rapids, Mich., is preparing to locate a fac-tory here, and has made preliminary arrangements for the purchase of a large tract on the Portland peninsula. The plans call for an expenditure of something like $250,000. The company is anxious to have a factory in the timber country and has selected Portland as the one best fitted for its pur-poses in every respect. When the foregoing paragraph was mentioned to John P. Homiler, manager of the Gunn Furniture company, he declared it was news to him. "There's nothing 111 it," he said. "It's the product of some westerner's imagination." 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN y--------_ •.••• --------------------------------. • •• _.. .---------- ••••• ----------~ , THE LYON FURNITURE AGENCY I CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS ROBERT P LYON, Ceneral Manager SOUTH CAROLINA RETAILERS Proliram for Their Fourth Annual Convention to Be Held Next Week. The fourth annual convention of the South Carolllla RetaIl Furmture Dealers' association IS to be held at Spartan-burg, next week Wednesday and Thursday-Apnl 13 and 14 The call for the convention is in the form of a greetlllg sIgned by 0 M. Heard as president and A 'vV. Lltschgi, secretary and treasurer, which reads as follows' "Our annual convention meets at Spartanburg on \pnl 13th and 14th, we want you to come. We expect to have the largest attendance and the best meeting we have e, er had. there IS nothing that you can do that wl1l aid you as much in building up your business as your attendance upon thh meeting. We want you to come, for if you come once } ou will always attend. The meetings are interesting and lll-structive, we have arranged a programme for this meetl11g with a list of speakers that any body of men would be .le-lIghted to have address them. "If you will come to this meeting you '" III lea' e It \\ Ith higher ideals, a stronger determination and better fitted to make your business a success. You will always be glad} ou came, for in addition to all the good things you '" 111 get from the association, you will have the opportulllty of at-tending the Concerts of the "South Atlantic Music FestIval" So meet with us on April 13th and 14th \Ve want to make this the best meeting we have ever held, we want you to see what the furniture dealers can do by co-operatIOn Come to the convention, bring your competItors and yOU ,"Ill go back home better fitted, and thereby better prepared to make more money out of your business "Look thiS programme over and you WIll beglll to ap1)rc-ciate what is in store for every Jealer in thiS state The time and money spent III attending this com entlOn wl1l be the best investment you can possibly make \Ye are look1l1g tor you." THE PROGRAM FIRST DAY, \\ EDKESDAY, APRIL THIRTEENTH Afternoon Session. 1 Openlllg of the ConventIOn by 0 }I Heard. PreSl- (In Chamber of Commerce.) Addrerss of Welcome-A W Smith or ~rr \Vood D. H. Traxler, Tlmminsvl1le, S C We1coming Address-C P Hammond, Spal tan bUH;, dent 2 3 4. S C. 5 (j Recess FIfteen ~11l1utes Reading of the Mlllute" PresIdent's Address 7. ADDRESS-"Relations Between Manufacturer and Retailer"-S. L. Davis, Secretary and Treasurer Southern Chair company. 8 Report of Secretary and Treasurer. 9 "What Benefits are to be Derived from Membersll1p in the Association."-E. G Cook, Columbia, S C. 10 (Announcement as to Question Box) Report of Exe-cutive Committee 11 A.pplication for Membership and Payment of Dues Evening Session. Adjournment to Converse College to concert musical festival SECOND DAY THURSDAY. APRIL FOURTEENTH Morning Session, 9 o'clock. 1 Communications and Testimonials received 2. Opening of Question Box. Discussions 3. Travelmg Men's Hour: Talk-C. A. Smith, High Point, N C, G F Jenkins, Winston-Salem, N C. and S G Ring, Kernersville, N. C. 4 Report of Special Committees. 5 ADDRESS-"What the Trade Paper can do for the Dealer"-A. T. Thoits, Editor Grand Rapids Furniture Re-cord 6 Unfinished Business. 7 ADDRESS-O. H. L. Wernicke, President The :YIacey company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 8 New Business. 9 "Freight Rates and Claims."-C. J Field, Secretary Case Workers' association of North Carolina 10 PAPER-J. M. Van Metre, Columbia, S C. 11 OffiCial Photograph Afternoon Session. 1 ADDRESS-"Manufacturers vs. Retailers' assocI-ation "-Fred N Tate, President North Carolina Case Work-er,;' association. 2. PAPER-"How Should we Regard the Corporation tax "-A. W. Litschgi, Jr. Informal Talks by Visiting Members of the North Caro-lina Retail Dealers' association. 3. Election of Officers 4 Selection of Place of Meeting 5 Installation of Officers. 6 Adjournment. Evening Session. Grand Banquet, 11 P. M, Spartan Inn 11 F Ansell, Governor of South Carolina. Howard B Carhsle, state senator from Spartanburg r' (\ Truesdale, etc , ,;peakers OF THE: THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME, MIRROR VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. New York Grand Rapids Philadelphia Iloston Clnclnllatl Chicago 5t LouiS Jamestown High Point IMPROVED METHODS WEALSOREPORTTHEPRINCIPALDRYGOOOS GRAND RAPIDSOFFICE,412.413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND GENtRAL STORES. C C NEVERS, Michitan M.anater Capltal, Crewt and Pay Rahngs Clearmt House Df Trade Experience The Most Rehable Credit Reports. I RAPID COLLECTIONS. t ..---- --- _. - - .....---------------------_._-_. __._-_._----_._---------------------..-...~.. WEEKLY ARTISAN Knew It W8S 16Madein Grand Rapids:' A lady livIng in Los Angeles, after havIng planned, erec-ted and furni"hed a handsome bungalow, on one of the hIll", overlookIng the sea In the Hollywood dIstnct, h"tened wIth pleasure to the utterances of a party of fnends, praIsing her skill, taste and Judgement in the creation of a heautIful home A fine buffet, m the dmmg room deserved and receIved espe-cial attentIOn and the o~ ner prouJly remarked It wa'i "made m Grand RapIds" One of the party pretended to doubt the truth of the <,tatement, when the lady pulled the pIece away from the wall and 1 e\ ealed on the back of the case thb m"cnptlOn MADE BY THE LUCE FURXITUR£ COJIF"1"\ }', GRASD RAPIDS, MICH Cabll1et Work by P Peter'ion Stammg by Robert Owen FIllmg by John Fopma. Varmshmg by Albert Tllumer Poh <,hl11gby Isaac Crane. The proof wa", consIdered sufficient anJ the party con-gratulated the owner on account of her possession of a piece of Grand RapIds furnIture of uncommon merit. In thIS connection when the fact IS considered that much poor furnIture is sold under mIsrepresentation as to its ori-gl11, why would it not pay manufacturers of establtshed repu-tatIOn to authenticate theIr gooJ', by some such mean" as the foregomg suggests Welcome the Bar~~ain Hunter. We have notIced that when some of the trade magazme Writers ~ ant to ",ay a partIcularly wlthenng and bhstenng thmg about certain class of customers, they call them "chronic bargam hunters" says the Merchants' Journal. A man who IS <.,uppo"ed to watch the papers for low pnces, to go where he can buy a hat or an overcoat cheapest, or a woman who attends the specIal sales and stocks up when she has a chance, at low prices, IS classed a'i a "chromc bargam hunter.·' The way some of the merchants talk about them, one would thmk that a chromc bargal11 hunter was a sort of a thIef or 'ihopbfter Don't be too hand on the bargam hunter Don't call hIm names There are a great many of them. He COni>tltute<.,a very large proportiOn of humamty The chances are that you are one yourself. The man who Isn't a chronic bargain hunter IS generally comldered as afflicted with an ingrowing surplus of money whIch he needs to have extracted, or else he is mentally defiCIent. Every man of sense tries to get as much as possIble for hIS money The merchant '" ho can "buy close" is a chronic bargal11 hunter The man who pIcks up real estate when he can find somethl11g that looks as though It was worth more than the price is a chromc bargal11 hunter. Every body to ."...-. ------••-••-••-••----.---.-.-.- I • • ••• ....-. .. ... .-..4.!. 25 Built WIth double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write uS for descriptive Informallon. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I.._ ... - .. ---- - --- --------------- whom money means anythl11g IS a chromc bargam hunter. Some men'", abIlIty to find bargams may run In the hne of buying hats and SUltS when they are offered cheap, and some other man's abilIty a'i a chromc bargam hunter may be mani-fested m hIS skill m buymg lO-story busl11ess blocks, but they are all bargal11 hunters If the merchant offers goods at speCIal pnces, he expects the public to come and buy He would be bItterly disap-pol11ted If they didn't The chromc bargall1 hunter, If he comes with h1s money in hIS hand, ought to be Just a~ welcome as any one else. To the abo, e 111lgJhtbe added a rem111der that the bargam hunter or the man WIll IS keenly mterested 111 making the weekly or monthly salary go a~ far as possible, generally pays hIS bIlls. The one who IS careless about his purchases, buys what he needs regardless of the pnce, often eIther mtends beat-ing hIS debts or unwIttIngly gets 111to a financial hole from ""111Chhe IS unable to extncate hl111'ielf " Trouble l'i the 1110Stobbg111g th111g 111the world It WIll never dodge the people w\ho are looking for it ..~ An ounce of pen ent1l)n IS a good antIdote for remorse ..... ~ A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE QROOVINQ SA WS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St .. GraDd Rapids. Mich. t.. ••• ... . - ..._. ... .. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Drying Furniture Stock If the information contained in this book would save you a carload of oak a year, would it not be worth reading through? Not a common catalog, but a book of information, containing practical suggestions really valuable to men interested in lumber drying. A complete treatise on Forced and Nat-ur.. l Circulation Kilns (progressive and apartment types) with details of equipment. A book you ought to have. Sent postpaid to any address. Where shall we mail your copy? AMERICAN BLO')/ER CoMPANY ---- DETROIT. FIlCH ----- U S. A. Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC' 'roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. L"Detroit" Return Steam Traps. FOREIGN TRADE IN AUTOMOBILES Develops to a Million Dollars Per Month in Five Years. Thc forclgn tradc of the UnIted States 111 automobIles now amounts to a 11111lIondolars a month, or twelve 1111lllOndollar~ per annum, of whIch sum about four mIllIOn are Imports and eIght mIllIon, exports Ten year~ ago the trade m automobIles \\a~ not of suffiCIent value to JustIfy the Bureau of StatIstIcs of the Depdrtment of Commerce and Labor m mak1l1g a separate rccord of elthel the Imporh or exports, the few automobile, entermg or leavll1g the country be1l1g lI1cludecl under the mIs-cellaneous da"s of "All other artIcles" In July 1901, however, the Bureau began to record the exports, whIch m the fiscal ) ear 1902 amounted to about one mIllIon dollal s, and smce that tune the ,alue of automobIles and parts thereof exported to foreIgn countnes has been m round terms thIrty mIllIon dollars, of whIch total about twenty-five mIllIons has developed 111 the hve years endmg WIth December 1909, V\lth a prospect that the fiscal year 1910 WIll show an export record of fully eIght mIllIOn dollars In Imports the record was not established untIl July 1905, \\ hen the total of automobIles and parts thereof Imported amounted to four mlilron dollar~, 111the fiscal years 1906 and rn 1907 over five mIllIOn, but fallmg below that figure m succeed-mg yeal s, makmg the total ImportatIOn for the five years endll1g December 1 ()Ol) for whIch a record eXIsts about eIghteen 11111- lIon dollal s of automobIles and parts thereof. . The shIpments of automobIles ,rnd pal ts thereof to Alaska, HawaII and Porto RICO are not II1cluded m the figures quoted dbove, but amount, 111the past fi, e years, to doout tv\ 0 mIllIOn dollars, makmg the totdl \ alue of the automobrle pa'osll1g 111and out of porb of the ll11ted States 111 the past fi\ e year", about forty-five mIllIOn c!ollar.., O[ he Import~ ale cIuefly flom ['rance, Haly, Germany, and the Cl11ted KIngdom, and the exports to practIcally every eoun-tf) 111the world, though the largest number go to Canada, the C111ted Kll1gdom, :;\lexlOo and Australra 1he number sent to Canadd 111 the fiscal year 1909 was 1,230, valued at $1,457,121, to England 590 machmes, valued at $1,693.914, to France 209 macIl1nes, valud at $643,692, to :Ylexlco 200 :Ylachmes, valued at $282,462, and to Austraha 127 machmes, valued at $81,426 The prices of those sent to iGuropean countnes are, as a rule, hIgher than that of the machmes sent to Canada, MeXICO and -\.ustralIa. the average pnce of those sent to France bel11g over $'1,000 each, accordmg to the pnces and numbers of machines reported to the Bureau of StatIstIcs, tho~e to England average nearly $3,000 a pIece, those to Canada about $1,200 and Mex- ICO about $1.400 each, and those to Australra less than $650 each. The total number of automobIles expO! ted m the fiscal year 1909 wa~, according to the Bureau of StatIstIcs' figures, 3,184, valued at $5,387,021, an average value of about $1,700 for a machme, and the number imported 1,624, valued at $2,- ')05,191, shov\l11g dlso an average of about $1,700 for each machl11e The dlstnbutIon of automobIles extends to all parts of the world, the number of countnes named by the Bureau of StatIstIcs as destll1atlon of automobiles exported m the fiscal \ ear 1909 bel11g not less than 50, and l11cIudrng IndIa, Chl11a, Dutch East IndIes, Japan, Canary Islands, Egypt, French and Ijntl'oh -\.fnca. South -\.mencan countne'l Central Amencan ::,tate~, ,\ est IndIa Island'l, GIbraltar, and Portugal The figures for the calender year are larger and "how aha hIgher pnces, the number of machl11es exported in the calendar year 19CfJ bel11g 3,686, and the stated value be1l1g $6,889,031. an average of nearly $1,900, these figures mcludmg only the shlp- WEEKLY ARTISAN These Specialties are used all Over the World '" II II• III IIt tII t II •I I• II II t •1 V.neer Pre ••••. d,ffer.nt kind. and .iz.. (P.te.ted) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Elc., Etc. 27 ~- Hand Feed Gluein .. Machine (Pal~nl penmna.) Many .tyle. and .ize •. _ ....., II III II I I I II Wood· Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue Spreadinc MachIne. Sin..le. Double and Combination. (Patented) (Size. 12 in. to 84 in wide.) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS No 20 Glue Heater. CHAt E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glue Heater. . ._---------------------------_._._~ ments of machmes to fOIelgn countnes, and not mcludmg the shipments to our noncontiguous tern tory, or the parts of ma. chines whIch are included m the grand total stated below in comparing our own exports of automobIles with those of othel countries. France lead<; the wodd a" an exporter oj automobIles, WIth the United States "econd m rank. StatIstics compiled from the offiCIal publicatIOn of the countne<; named show that the ex-ports of vehIcles of thl<; cla"s m the latest yea r for whIch detaIls are at hand were from l'rance, in 1908, $25,5(;9,000; the L'mted States, in the calendar }eal 1909, $8,6GI,397, the Umted Kmgdom, in 1909, $7,610,2fi7, Italy, m 1908, 15,533,000, and Germany, 111 1908, $,1,031,000 Cost of Living. From "Good FIxtures," publibhe~1 by the Seng company, ChlCago-"When the farmer gets enough for hIS produce to enable hIm to mdulge in some of the luxunes of modern Ii\- mg, when wage-earners and salaried people get paId enough, so that they can afford to eat the farm products wlthont stintmg themselves, and to mdulge m some of the luxuries of modern Irving-buying good furnIture, for example, when the masters of finance capItalize theIr propertIes at two or three tIme<; theIr real value, and force dIVIdends on the m-flated valuations by ehmmatmg the competitIve element, and when general business has to support this scheme of thmg<;-then we have a government commission to "investI-gate" the hIgh co"t of hvmg and we have to II"ten to the explanation<; of a lot of speCIal pleaders who are chiefly con-cerned in mamtaming theIr own position at the apex of the indu<;trial pyramid. JIm HIlI of the Great ~01thern call<; it rightly enough, the "co<;t of l11gh hving" and advI<.,e" frugalIty-on the part of "the people," mmd you BIll Brown of the VanderbIlt system echoes that sentI-ment and would have the farmer produce more, so that the prIce of food would be les<;, <;0 that labor could exist without increased wages, presumably ~othing much was <;aid about the cost of hvmg until the farmer began to prosper and capltahze hIS business and people WIth fixed mcomcs began to clamor for more of the proceeds of theIr labor m order that they might mamtam theil accustomed scale of hVIng ~ ot an unreasonable am-bition conSIderIng the prospenty of the country General Busmess wants the farmers to prosper, and workIngmen of all degrees to have steady Jobs at good wages They are the spenders And there IS enough prosperity for all 1£ it is equitably dlstnbuted Possibly high finance will have to get along with-a re-duced percentage of profit-with less "graft," not to Ibe the har"her word In thi<; great country and 111 thl<; day and age, StraIght BusIne<;<; and "ll1gh hving" are not IncompatIble \'Ve can all h\ e If we all hve nght The accent IS on the all, Mr Aldnch Drying Hemlock. Here IS an InterestIng testlmomal regardIng the drYIng of hemlock. It's worth reaelmg, as hemlock IS one of the most cltfficult woodb to elry: Amher<;t, Nova ScotIa, Nov 2, 1908. Granel RapIds Veneer Works, Granel Rapids, MICh Dear SIr .-In further reference to the hemlock lumber that we kIln dried in our kIlns The hemlock was I" thIck and green when we got It, and then was stuck on sticks in our yard for about three months, and put In our kIln for 48 hours, comIng out a" mce and dryas could be WIshed for. The stock was mce and straIght and none of It showed any checks In the dryIng We never were able to kIln dry hemlock in any of our old style kilm. Gum-wood IS another wood that we always have trouble WIth to kIln dry, but WIth your new process we can take gum-wood out of the kIln In 120 hours and every boarJ straight and true and WIthout an) checking Vve might also say that the kilns SInce bell1g fitted up with your process are giving us entIre sah<;faction They have ful-filled every repre<;entation made by you. We dry all kmels of lumber and thicknes<; up to 3" and we have no trouble now WIth the "tock checkmg or ''<arpmg, thus makmg a savmg m lumber as well as the tIme In clJymg Yours truly, RHODES, CURRY & CO, LImIted, C L Suess man, Secy ... We can help you. Time saved and when done leaves are bound (by your-self) and mdexed by Roors or departments. BARLOW BROS.• Grand Rapid •• Mich. ...-.-.-.-----_._._._. Wnt. RtyhtNow .i. _. _._- --- -... ....- ... 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton Mtnn, Vice President, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mlnn , Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville Mlnn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman Geo Kletn, Mankato Mmn a SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L HarrIs \1mneapohs, Mmn C Daluelson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 105. that the assocatlOn has to deal wIth and "tIll make d "modI pl0fit So do your ~hare and help us make good 1y\ U,,111g up the llumbel ot suites that are llOW com111g thru f01 us 1'h1'->"lute wIll be turllbheel to our members for $1885 ThIS 1" a httle more than vve \\ ere furn-lo;; h111gthem for as glass and lumber hay each ancerJ 111 co"t Do not lay thb bulletm aSIde, thmk111g yOU \\ III order "ome a httle later but "end us your order now so that we can "hO\\ thIS factorv that our bUS111ess is worrth \\ hIle Send all orders to the secretary, JanesvIlle, ~1111n J he "llltc" (,rdel eel dt com cntlOn \\ 111 be 1 eaJ) for dehvery 111 a iu\ da\" \\ e hdd thl" "urte made e"peclall) f01 OUI purpo:oe:o One hunch ed at thcm al e made up for u:oe and V\ e want every membcr to put thl" ~ulte on the flOO1 :00 a:o to protect themselves aga111"t thl" p11d"e of l Ol11petltlon Thl:o :OUIte IS ..,oLl by l\Iontgomery Wdrd fOI SlO<); 1\\ the tlme \OU pal the heIght, a httle o;;ettll1g-up and a httle tor dell\ el111g, \ ou \\ III "trll be able to meet the hardest proP0:Oltlon WEEKLY ARTISAN AN ADVERSE VIEW OF CO-OPERATION A Paper Read at the Annual Convention Held .in Minneapolis February 7 and 8. Mr PresIdent and Brother r'urmture Dealers We have assembled here from all parts of thl" grand state of ours for the purpose I may say of touchmg elbow"" exchangmg vIews anJ dlscus"mg the vanous methods, and to try If pos",ible to Improve our conJltlOn as retaIl furnIture dealers Now, m the first place, I wIsh to say that as I am only a country dealer, the same no doubt as a great many of you who are here today, I shall confine my remarks to you who are furl1l-ture dealers m the ",maller towns As I am not a pubhc speaker and have not the faculty of expressmg my thoughts m an oratoncal manner, I have Jotted down a few Ideas as they occur to me m regard to thIs co-operatIve buying plan I do not wbh to go on record as bell1g a kIcker or a knocker, but I wIsh to sImply state before thIS conventIOn my VIews on thIS questIOn a3 It OCCUI"to me from a general busmess stand pomt As there are always two sides to every que"tlOn to be con"ldered, I deem It adVIsable to thoroughly study and weIgh both "Ides and look for a place to hght before we Jump too far In the fir",t place, as I understand It, we are attempting to fight the catalog house eVIl by combmmg or rather co-operatmg m the matter of buymg. \Ve employ a set of them, or a commIttee as we term them, to go down south m some other state to negotI-ate for and buy m carload lots a lot of the cheapest, trashIest goods that can be found on the market-good" that are made of cheap matenal and by cheap, unskIlled Idbor They are ;,hlpped to our state and dlstllbuted among the vanou.;; dealers to be palmed off onto our customers and fnend". Why do we do thIs? SImply to try to impress upon the mmds of our customers, who are our best fnends, that we can sell goods as cheap a3 the catalog houses ;\Jaw, gentlemen, I want to ask you, a" a body of intelhgent busmess men, IS It nght that we should tIy to educate our customer" to buy cheap artIcles Just because It IS made cheap and I" not worth the money that they pay for It" Should we not rather try to educate the trade to buy good" that wIll not only gIve them value receIved but WIll ;,atbfy and please them I am "ure that I would rather have one satIsfied customer than a dozen who are dIssatIsfied wIth the goods that I sold them Gentlemen, I want to aJmlt that I am opposed to this present plan of co-operatIve Imymg for vanous rea;,ons, a few of whICh I WIll state for the purpose of your consIderatIOn In the first place It IS assumed that we are all domg busmess wIth the de",lre of makmg a legItImate profit on our good3 Now our success depends entIrely I mIght sayan our ablhty to command the trade In our re~pectlve commumtles, and 111 order to accomplIsh thIS enel we must put forth every effort to please and to command the respect of the people upon whom our busmess Jepends In order to do thIS It appear3 to me that we should at all tIme", sell them a good <;ubstan-tIal class of goods, m the second place we should endeavor to persuade or educate the people, espeCIally those hvmg m the farmmg commumtIe"" to buy a better class of goods, where there IS a better profit for the dealer and satIsfactIOn for the purchaser-goods that we can recommend and stand back of and make goo;} on-good", that have the guarantee of the factory behmd them The largest portlOn of my patrons al e farmers wh.o as a cla.;;s are the greatest catalog house buyers. I have been workmg along the hnes sug-gested and find that It IS bnngmg good results Our farm-ers today are prosperous and theIr surroundmgs demand a 29 better class of goods, and we have only to get him into our store and show hIm the latest, most up-ta-date ;,tyles to mduce hIm to buy a pIece or two Once they buy a pIece of good stuff they wIll return for more to match It, and will keep on coming untIl they have theIr homes cosIly furnIshed. Of course we stIll have a few of the ",a-called catalog house fiends m every commumty, but that c1as", as a rule are not a deSIrable clas" of customers to deal with As a general thmg we finJ that theIr credIt is not any too good and they are always lookmg for bargams, and If you don't throw off the profit on the goods they want thev WIll not take them, unless you sell them on tIme. Now, the most Important reason why I am opposed to the co-openatIve buymg plan 1.0 thIS I am heartIly opp.)sed to boycottmg our home mdustnes Weare CItIzens of the best state m the unIOn and should be proud of our home mdustnes and help 111 every way 111 our power to encourage and buIld up and mamtam them, and never seek to cnpple or destroy them I w1.oh to ;,ay nght here that our home manufacturer", are Our be'lt friends and we should go hand m hanJ wIth them I have always found them ready and wl1l1l1g to lend me a helpmg hand and why should I go back on them? Weare today hvmg m the grandest and most prosperous ;,tate 111 the umon and I am proud of It \lYe have "ome of the most up-to-date factones m the world m our own state and m our own CItIes that are capable of manufactunng all of the good", that we need and If we all patrol1lzed them as we should they no doubt could furnIsh us our good., cheaper than they Jo now TheIr busmes'l IS conducted along the "ame 11l1es as ours, they have got to have the patronage that belongs to them 111 order to make theIr bUSI-ness pay. Now, gentlemen, I am at a los., to see why I should buy my goods a thousand mIles from home when we can buy better goods nght here at home for the same money that It costs us to lay those southern goods down 111 our stores Another rea"on why I am not 111 favor of thIS co-oper-atIve buymg busmes, 1.0 thIS, I do not thmk It adVIsable to tax thIS as;,oCIatIOn or It;, members for the purpose of de-fl aYl11g the expenses of thIS buymg commIttee or for rnam-taml11g a d1;,play room I prefer to do my own bUYl11gand when I find that I am not capable of so dOl11g I shall quit the busl11ess I have tned both plan" and I find that the old way SUlts me be"t \;\Ie talk about the catalogue house evIl Are we not dOl11g our country a greater harm by not patro-mzmg our home factones than the catalogue house;, are dOIng? I am heartIly m favor of co-operatlOn but we should co-operate WIth our own manufacturers who are domg more toward the up-buIldmg of the country and cIty than any other class of people m our gland state Furthermore, I do not thmk It a credIt to our association at large to be advocatmg and advertbmg this co-operative buymg plan m our trade papers under the head of the Min-ne" ota RetaIl Furniture Dealers' associatIOn. If there are those who WIsh to co-operate for the purpose of buymg a lot of that cheap Tohn stuff they should co-operate under a dIfferent name. The object of our aSSOCIatIOn, as I understand it, is for the purpose of meetll1g together once or twice a year to get acquall1ted, talk shop and to obtall1 from one another all the knowledge, lllformatlOn and pOlllters we can get as to the best methods of handllllg the busmess at a profit, and for the upbUlldll1g and protectIOn of the busmess in which we are engaged, and not for the purpose of retardmg the progress of the commu11lty m whIch we llve but rather to use our influence for Its upbul1dmg. ' C F French Discussion. o A 0 Moen-"I am no speaker but I have listened to the paper read by Mr French WIth a great deal of inter-est I can not help but feel that Mr. French has not stopped 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN DO inform himself as to the eXlstmg condltlOns m connectlOn with the bUYlllg comlttee because he has made statements which I, as treasurer, know are not true As your trea'iurer. I have never paid out one cent of expen'ie caused b) the bu)- 1I1g committee I also take exception to the reterence he makes to buying trash "It Ishould not take much of a fur11lture man to "ee a" he goe:> over these samples that the maJonty of the lllles repre-sented here are standard hnes such as tho'ie made 111 Rock-ford, Grand Rapids and III fact, some of the be"t lllle" 111 the market As to the members not bemg 10) al to our home manufacturer'i, wlll say that I happen to kno" that OUI buymg committee has tned and tned to get \\ hat the) need m this market but have always found that the' could not get 1t Now that we are gettlllg v,hat "e neerl to meet a pha"e of compehtlOn which I'> not at all of om l11aklll~. \\ e are "omc-times accused of gettmg plunder I \\oulJ hke to a"k \Ir French where he can buy that smte over there m the mall order corner, made a" good and fi11lshed as good as that h, for what the assoclatlOn l'i furmshmg It So I could go on but I feel that the sample'i here wlll 'ipeak for thenheh e" I would hke to hear some one el"e e"pl es" an 0p11110n along these lines' C Da11lelson of Gannon Falls, "\fmn _li\\ e tllerl to make terms with our home manufacturer" time dl1(1 tIme again I have been on the floor e, er "mce can, entlOn opened and I find that our fnend .:\1r French ha:" )U"t come l'rom the tone of hiS paper, I am afraid that he ha" not taken tIme to see the hnes repl esented here or he "ould not call the"e sample& plunder of cheap goods I \\Pould hke tu hdve the pleasure of showmg 1\1r French the vanou.., line" repl e-sented upon thiS floor "In regard to the eApenses of the buy mg commIttee. \\ III say that I have been one of them and hay e been gl\ mg m) services Without any pay beSIdes standlllg m) ov, n eApen,e" but I do not know whether I am gomg to do It am more It this IS the thanb we are gettmg ,. ANTIQUES FOR THE CHILDREN Great Demand for Miniature Furniture Made by a Pair of Veteran Toy Makers. Of the numerous toymakers who once" orked m lImghanl, "Ma% , only two-George \V Feanng, aged 72, and Lonng .:\1 Cushmg, aged 70-are still engaged 111 the busmess .:\111 } ear-mg ha'i been thus employed for about 25 year", dnd "\11 Cushmg's record IS not far behmd Long ago an endles~ vanety of toys was produced, SdyS the 13o~ton Globe. but dunng recent years both these makers have confined themseh e:" large-ly to the constructIOn of hand-made dntlque to) furmture A minature old-tnne bucket. for whIch Hmgham "a" famou'i, IS fa'ihlOned "tlll to some extent by l\1r Feanng, tal It IS very populaJr With the chlldren Mr. Feanng was an expert bucketmaker and follo,,", ed thiS v, ark for thirty years. In fact, It was while employed at \VIlder's bucket shop that he first began to try hiS hand at toy bmldmg dunng hiS spare moments. .:\1r Cushmg 'vas also a bucket-maker and the two men were often employ ed at the same bench. "In those days," said Mr Feanng, "It seemed a~ If every other house was a bucket shop, but as 111 the case of other 111- dustnes, ""'hen machllles came III to use and the bucket.., could be made more quickly and cheaply b) them, hand"ork was dnven out. Mr Fearmg owns sevel al sets of the old tools which cannot now be duphcated. Mr Feanng and Mr Cushmg are members of the Hmg-ham !\rts and Crafts sOCIety Their work IS always on exhibi-tIOn and throughout the summer months I" the center of an admmng throng of out-of-town 'Isltor.., Very frequently stranger" go to the homes of the two toy makers, where each has hiS workloom Little c1111dren are among their most enthusiastiC admirers, anJ ,ery often the "ame httle 'Isltors Will seek them out yeal dfter yeal The demand for the toy furlllture IS far greater than eIther Cdll ..,upph Each man works entlrely without assistance, and e\ en to) plOduced IS noted for the unvalying accuracy as to detenl of constluctlOn .:\11 Cushmg.., furmture i.., alway" made m imitation of mahogan), "hde \tr ] eal1l1g ..,ometlmes Lhe" the Flemish oak, chern and other "tams, althongh hiS fourpost bedsteads, bur-eau". lowboy sand desb al e of the mahogany type The tiny desks are copied elfter pattern.., m me from the middle of the seventeenth centnry. The bureaus With their quamt brass handles are always fa, antes" Ith the children, and are modeled after vanous styles One IS a very fine speclman of the furmtllle m the heavy style fd..,hlOnable dw 1l1£;the fir..,t qndrtel of the mneteenth century. If there h an) mtncate carV1l1g on the old-time furniture med d~ models It I" duplicated In Its mmutest cletall by these two clever to) makers The settle I" always of mterest, as lt was the fir"t form of the long sedt "hlch IS found m the earhest 1l1ventone" m thiS country, and still earher m England It I'> "aId that the ..,ettle ofteneslt "een m Amenca is of "Imple comtructlOn, usually of pme and pamtecl It was made to stand by the great fireplace to keep the drafts out and the hea t m "I th ItS tall back In keepmg ,\ Ith hiS settles, Mr. Feanng also makes wan-del tull) constructed fireplace, With pot, cane and andirons Each tmy bnck I.., cut out With a kmfe. There are mahogany tables of vanous patterns, mcluding a tea table of l'no and a Dutch "tand of the same period. DUrIll£; the elghteellth centnry tables were a coman article of turmture "Ith top" of square, oval and round and feet of the cLm -elml-ball type (hllthen dre always dehghted with the cradles of 1687, \\ Ith open top, which these toymakers produce to fit the tiniest doll, 01 the v can be had measunng sixteen inches on the inside The chairs are numerou" and begm With the duphcates of the old Gov Carver chair, the Wmdsor and the Dutch, fol-lowed by the Ch1ppenddle, Hepplewhite and Sheraton styles. The GovernOl Can er chalf IS ten mche" high whl1e others measure nIne mche'i One piece of furmture which a cl111d invanably insists on hav1I1g once she sees It 1S a beautifully constructed mahogany grandfather s clock. \\ hlch IS conSidered one of Mr Fearing's best e'(amples It stands twelve inches high and is patterned after a clock of 1770. Furniture Fires. Otto Hll'lt's furmture store at Mamto, Ill, was burneJ on March 29 Lo'iS $5,500, msurance, $2,800 Geiger Bras furniture store at Ashley, Ill, wa'i burned on March 30 vvlvh a loss of $3,500, partially insured. The Bra" n FUlnltUle company of Syracuse, NY, lost $-!-,OOO or $5,000 by fire 111 their warehouse. Fully lllsureJ A Bradfield, furniture dealer and undertaker of Mecca, Tnd, was burned out recently Loss $1,500; lllsurance $1,- 000 The furniture and undertakmg estabhshment of B F. Burke at Carnegie, Okla. was destroyed by fire on March 9 Xa lllsurance operations, making a lme of medIUm pnced dinmg room fllI11ltllre Fred A \/Vright, furniture manufacturer and dealer of 157 Fulton street, Boston, has filed a voluntary petitIOn In bankruptcy. LiabIltties, $13,000, assets, $3,300 N Schoen & Son, wholesale and retaIl furnIture dealers at OrtonvIlle, Mmn, have incorporated under the name of the N Sohoen & Son company CapItal stock, $100,000. ::\1 Kroos & Son have succeeded A W. Ramm in the furnIture and undertakmg busmess at Sheboygan, WIS Mr. Ramm WIll engage in the undertaking business m Milwaukee. Ash & Lynch who recently purchased the stock and

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