Weekly Artisan; 1910-08-27

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and , t GRAND R/\rIGS PUBLIC LIUl(j!( ( GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., AUGUST 27,1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ... •••••••••••••••• A .A. • A •••• • A •• _. ..-_ •••••••••••••• _-_ ...... ARTHUR S. WHITE, ALVAH BROWN, HARRr C. WHl'IE, President. Vice President. Treasurer. LET US MAKE YOUR HALF-TONES Perfect Product Large Facilities Courteous Treatment "Right" Price MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I Samples and Estimates Upon Request. I ... .... -- . . - . .. - . .. _.. --- . ---- -- .. ~--~--- - WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG SEPTEMBER 14th If you place the order with us. WHITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I /' 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN r-iUCE FURNITURE COMPANY" 1 I I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. : I j I I I , I II IIII II ,I ,,I I,IIII III III IIIII IIIIII I Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING :I and CHAMBER FURNITURE. : Catalogues to Dealers Only. It ~--- .. _ ..---_._ .._----~--- -~ High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. In Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Maple BIrch !Zullrtered Oak and ClrcaJJlan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the Fourth floor, East Section, MANUFACTURERS'BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICUIGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,]. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRr1RY 30th Year-No. 61 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., AUGUST 27,1910 Issued Weekly WHAT MUST BE PAID FOR WOMEN'S TRADE Means and Methods Used by Metropolitan Merchants Outlining Policies and Principles That May Be Pursued by All Dealers. (My Isaac F :\Iarro::,son for The Saturday Evening Post) "If women only bought what they set out to buy there would be fewer department stores," said the house manager as he watched the ebb and flow of tlhe tide of shoppers in a great New York drygoods establishment. He summed up in a sentence that state of mind that has made the whole many-sIded science of merchandising for the sex possible In the profitable encouragement of the feminine buying in-stinct lies the secret of the successful conduct of a vast part of the retail business in the United States, because the ave-rage woman not only si10ps for herself, but, by reason of her position in the household. shops for the entire famtly, hus-band often included The winning trade appeal must be to her A T Stewart recognized this many years ago, for his first pubhshed advertisement was addressed to "the ladies of New York" Perhaps in no commercial activity does human natm e play so big a part or is competition so keen In the explanation of some of the methods employed there is a help-ful lesson in retatling for the shopkeeper. no matter whether he sells pins or pianos. The problem of merchandising for women is peculiar and ul11versal Temperment enters largely in transactions A man who goes out to buy something for himself usually knows just whdt he wants and he almost invariably gets it without de-lay He hasn't the time to shop Merchandising for him is comparatively easy A woman, on the other hand, does not always know exactly Wihat she wants when she goes forth; she waits to see what is offered Style, suggestIOn, environ-ment. even atmospheric conditions, contribute to the choice dnd the extent of her buying, and she has the leisure to pick and choose Just as you find a Tartar when you scratch a Ru::,slan so do you instantly uncover the born shopper when .}ou offer a woman goods across the counter It is the in-stinct of her sex and in the main it knows no creed or caste. So general is It that one may well paraphase Kipling's lines to read: "For the Colonel's lady an' Judy O'GraJy Are shoppers under the skin." Though thIs genIUs for shopping is universal. you find on compdn"on that the American woman is the best shopper 111the world One reason is that. where the French woman , for example, looks only for effect when she shops, the Ameri-can woman scrutinizes the details that combine to cause thIs effect. The seek111g out of these many httle things comprises the perfect art of her buying In brief, she knows everything that she is getting and she is particular about what she gets Although the sihopp1l1g instinct is the same in Portland, Maine, as it is in Portland, Oregon, there are certain places where it receives a larger gratification Nowhere perhaps has it fuller play than in New York Since the instinct of woman is to shop, it follows that the first step in successful merchandising for her is to make the place where she can shop as accessible as pOSSIble The way to her buying must be the easiest way. You find that almost all of the stores that attract begin on a corner, because a corner is a beacon-hght for business Women naturally gravitate toward one When you have a corner and perfect transportation facilities you get the ideal combination for drawing a woman's trade The general rule to be laid down, which may be followed by any kind of retail merchant. is, "Get near the densest traffic" If the store is to be kept open day and night it should be located where traffic does not cease in the evening Such a store should not be near a bank or group of banks. be-cause they close early and are dark and deserted at night This tends to give tlhe whole block a dead appearance. Another factor in the matter of profitable site and acces-sibility is close proximity to the theatres Matinees are great feeders to the department stores So close is the re-lation between shopping and theatergoing that one great Chicago store has a theatrical ticket office. where seats for all current attractions may be obtained at regular prices l'his saves a woman from having to stand in line at the box office and it enables her to remain just that much longer in the store . Stores attract some women like theaters. Anyone of a dozen department store managers in New York will tell you tha~ there are women who come into their establishment every bus111ess day for the mere love of wandering around and see-ing just what is being offered They may not make a pur-chase once a week, but they ltke the sensation of being near bargains. Assuming that the merchant has the properly accessible site, what IS he to do to make the woman buy the moment 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN she gets into the store? The V'. hole secret, after having 'leasonable, reasonable and dependable goods, is to make the main floor as attractive and allunng as possible It is at thIs point that one result of a careful study of the femmme tem-perament comes in, because the really succe'l'lful main floor IS so arranged as to stimulate the shoppmg mstmct and make the woman buyer feel that she "simply must have" the articles displayed. The fascinating psychological mstltutlOn---the pm\ el 01 suggestion---does the job The shl ewd merchandIser ;,Imph turns it loose when he fills the mam floor with "pickups," little articles that attract the eye and make the woman pause and examine them They may be jewelry, belts, belt-buckles, silver or gilt 'Picture frames, tOIlet articles, notIOns, hatpms, leather goods, fans, vel1s, combs, umbl elIas, hoslery---all the things that appeal to femmme fancy, that arouse mstant inter-est and make a svnft and unexpected appeal for purchase The woman will buy them impulsively because they fascmate her. This starts the buying machmery and gi\ es the shopper the feehng that she is gettmg Just \\hat she \\ants The chances are that she \\ 111 buy more than she e\ el expected to buy on that trip. This naturally leads to \\hat mIght be called the geo-graphy of merchandIsing for women By hay mg the small, hIghly suggestive and qUIckly salable articles, \\ hose buy mg requires no forethought, at the entrance and near b} on the main floor, the merchant IS cnabled to place the less attract1\ e goods, and the stocks that reqUIre tIme and thought m bu}- ing, farther back and higher up. A \\ oman \\ ho starts out to buy a suit or a long coat or a brass beJstead, or even a pall' of shoes, IS WIlling to go to the third or fourth floor after them She has made up her mmd to get tl11:, partIcular article and needs no power of suggestIOn to gUIde her You can see th.1t one reason why some retaIl merchants for \\omen have faIled is simply because they put the wrong kmd of stock on theIr main floors, and espeCIally neal the doors There is stll1 another good bu"mess reason beh111d the grouping of enticing articles on the mam floor It creates quick buymg, and a busy counter IS one of the fir"t and best aids to merchandis111g for women Cro\\ ds of \\ omen shoppers have been ltkened to flocks of sheep Expenence shows that if a woman stops at a counter and says out loud, "I thmk this is a real bargain," nearly ever} other \\ oman withm the range of her \ olce \\ 111 at once thmk the "ame thmg and ral1y alOund the goods Many of them WIll buy Thus to the power of suggestIOn must be added the potent mfluence of the power of example m inducmg women to buy The whole machinery that stns the far-flung Amencan ber-gain lme mto actIOn operates on thIS theory Bargains are good baIt, for they bring people into the store Vvomen will buy them because they think they are cheap, whether they need them or not. Then they stir around to find some place or use for them. The very ol'lgm of bargain day mdlcates ItS best value today. Formerly Fnday was the poorest busmess day of the week I t was the lul1 after the rush of the first part of THE ~nd~tpARLOR.. NEW.A..U ~ BED J1 Need not be moved from the wall Always ready with beddmg in place. So Simple, so easy, a child can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor ,.... . .._ ., A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 Z1N. Market St.. Grand RapId., MIch. I ~----_.--------------_._------- ~ the \\ eek and the calm before Saturday. which was the gene-ral payday, when many people dId theIr buying. How to make thIS a profitable day was the problem A clever man saId to hImself "\!\Thy not have a big volume of busmess at a cel} smal1 profit rathcr than no business at all?" He marked do\\ n a pIle of goods, advertised them and cal1ed Fnday "bargam day" Women, being by 1llstm\ct sholPpers and bargam-hunters, flocked to the store Friday is now as bIg a day as any other, and sometimes bigger. There are many clever deVIces to get women into the store~ One IS the "ramy-day special" It is a well-known fact that unless there is some very specIal mducement the ayerage \\ oman shopper wll1 not rush out to buy on a ramy day One far-SIghted New York merchant hIt upon an idea to make thIS mducement He saId, "Why not make the store so attractl\ e on rainy days that the women wll1 make it a pomt to come to my store every time it rains?" He planned a senes of specIal bargains, which would not be advertised and whIch would be avaIlable only on ramy days Thus the women would have to come to the shop to see Just what they \\ ere The element of surpnse added mterest to the per-formance The announcement that the firm made tel1s the story, for It read "\Vhen a day be1gms with rain our usual crowds do not come Castmg about for a means to susta1l1 the sales' rec;)rd of fall' days in spite of rain we have hit upon the idea of estabhshmg a system of ram-day specIals Therefore, you may come to us on any day that starts with a dlizzle or a do\\ npour expectmg to find extraordinary bargains You may locate these groups by cards ltke thIs' There wil1 be mterest1l1g values on every floor; goods reduced for the pur-pose of turnmg ramy dul1 days mto stormy bu'ly days" On the back of thIS announcement was a faCSImIle of the placard that announced the specIal It bore the words "Rainy Day SpecIals, Not AdvertIsed" m large type, and was stamped with the deVIce of the store Underneath was the price of the article 111 large, plam figures The words in the announcement, "On any day that starts WIth a dnzzle," and so on, have an mterestmg bearing No day IS a provocatIOn for the speCIals unless it rains when the store opens It is offICIally declared a rainy day when the manager arrives Assured that rain is falling he at once orders a placard containmg the words "Rainy-Day Specials" posted at the bIg station in the center of the store. This IS hke a SIgnal hOIsted to the masthead of a flagshIp, for in a fe\\ mmutes rainy-day cards fla"h up in red al1 over the estab-hshment A careful1y planned system of reductIOns is on file and It is at once in operatIOn. A corset that may have sold the day before for two dollars is mal ked down to one dollar and seventy -five cents; stockings that on brig;ht days would bnng eIghty-five cents a pall' go to seventy-nine cents, and so on. There must be real bargams on these rainy days. Another 1\ew York store puts lavender placards out on ramy Jays beanng the words "UnadvertIsed Specials" It WEEKLY ARTISAN has educated its customers to look for them at such times, and they back them up wIth low prices in various stocks Still another ramy-day inducement is in the form of personal publicity When business is dull on such days the clerks in the stores do their shopping The managers will make special prices to them sometimes on certain lines These girls take their purchases home and tell their. families and friends about them It sets women to talking and merchan-disers for women have learned that one of the most powerful influences they can have at work is the talk of shoppers All great merchants do not agree on t<he subject of bar-gains as the only baIt John Wanamaker, for example, sums up part of hIS bUSiness philosophy in this sentence, "New goods are better than bargains" This means the swift turn-ing of stocks, which crystallizes the creed of Marshall Field, "Keep stocks moving, for action is the life of merchandising." When you turn to the rule that guided another master mer-chant, the late R H Macy, you find that he, too, realized, many years ago, that movement of merchandIse was profit. His axiom was: "You make money by your turnovers, "You lose money by your leftovers" In no kind of merchandising is actIOn so necessary as in purveying for women This IS due to the fact that styles for them are constantly changing With a man it is different. If green suits are not modish, and he happens to have one left over from last season, he will wear it anyhow. But if fashion decrees that turbans are stylish a woman will not wear her big hat, no matter how stunning it may be. She will continue in her hunt for turbans, and this means that the stores must have all kinds of turbans on hand Right buying, therefore, becomes one of the great pro-blems of the merchandIser for the sex In the offIce of the merchandising manager of a vast SIxth avenue store you will see this sIgn hung up' "Goods Well Bought Are Half ~old but Goods Half Sold Are Badly Bought" How IS 'the merchant to knoV\ whether he IS buying nght? SImply by keeping track of what h1S competItors are doing, and thIS is achieved by having what is technically known as the "Shopping Department" Sometimes It is called the "Com pans on Department." Go to any well-organized department store, and some-where in the bIg establishment you will see an office, sepa-rated by glass partitions from the rest of the store, with the word "Pnvate" painted on the door. Many offIces may have th1S word on the outSIde, but this particular office has special s.igmficance Inside you V\lll find two women, and one of of them will very lIkely be reading and marking the depart-ment- store advertisements m the daily newspapers The other will be examining laces, stockings, underwear, shoes, or anyone of the hundred articles to be found in a well-stocked store. The place looks like a sample-room In reality it is the "Shoppmg Department" The goods that you see have been bought from competmg stores, for the business of the department is to keep sharp track of what other stores are sellIng so as to compare the goods with the same kind of article in the house. What is the value of this work? It IS not dIffIcult to find out Sup-pose that this particular store is seIlIng a certain silk stocking at ninety-eight cents a pair. The next day a nval house ad-vertises the same stocking for eIghty-nine cents a pair. The shopping department, which has at once noted the advertise-ment, sends a woman to buy a pair of the stockings and they are compared with the qualIty her house is selling. If they are the same quality then something is V\rong wlith the buying end. The buyer in the silk-stocking department is then hauled up and asked to explain why he cannot buy these stockings so as to sell them at eighty-nine cents a pair, or even a few cents lower than the price charged by the com-petitor Thus, by means of such a department, the merchant not only can keep his finger on just what his trade rivals are doing but can know from day to day whether his department heads are on their jobs and buying the right goods at the right price The play on the woman's temperament has many ramifi-cations It reminds me of an Incident in the life of a great American merchant Twenty years ago he had a drygoods store that was big for the southern town in which it was located. He was in New York one summer and went shopping with his sister They went to a large store, where his companion asked for five articles The store had only three. It made a deep impression on the brother, for he said to his sister: "Why I could beat that down home, I have all five of those things." Years passed; that man went to New York and today he is at the head of two of the largest department stores in that city. When you ask him for the rule that underlies his successful merchandising for women he will tell you the story of that shopping expedition with his sister twenty years ago, and will add' "It consists in having all those five things all the time, for merchandising for women simply con-sists in having what they want when they want it" All the genius of providing the right kind of store and the right kind of stock will be unavailing, however, if there are not intelligence and selling ability behind the counter Al-though rules for employees are made every day by the score, experience shows that the whole science of reaching the woman customer lIes in two simple things---attention to the customer and knowledge of the stock Clerks who study the merchandise they handle roll up big sales, and it is easy to see why Take a girl at the lace counter A woman happens to be strollmg through the store and sees an attractive pattern of lace, and stops Without being instrusive the intelligent clerk can engage in conver-sation with the woman If she can tell her, for example, that this particular lace wa" woven by some nuns in a French con-vent the chances are that she will at once interest the woman She invests her stock with a "tory interest tht ains So with any kind of goods The very moment that a clerk. by reason of investigation or stuJy, can Impart interesting facts about what she sells she plays a strong card for busmess Thus that much"1worked institiution-;-4human interest-per-forms Its labor at the drygoods counter as it does in the larger sphere of wholesale salesmanship and in that still greater actIvlty---the whole work of the world. Knowledge of merchandIse means that the clerk can serve her customer and serve her well, and this is the basis of all retailmg If the woman buyer finds out that the clerk knows more than she does about goods, in nine cases out of ten she will buy, even if she had no intention of buying at the start A man, on the other hand, often wants to feel that he knows more about the goods than the clerk, and when given a chance to dIsplay this knowledge will buy, even If he did not expect to make a purchase. The clerk can obtam the knowledge about the merchan-dise she sells very easily Heads of departments ate glad to impart it In addition, every great store has its "store school." 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN • • - ..... ... Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOPK1NS AND HARlllBT STS. C,ncinnati. OLio makers of Uphol.stered Furniture for LOnGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM ._--_._._.--_ ... and one great Amencan merohant ha,; founded a unlver,;ity for his employees m order that they may have the proper training. When this knowledge is backed up \\ ith a smile and a pleasant personality there IS no hmit to the advance of the clerk. A story will illustrate In one of the large ~ ew York depa.rtment stores a premium is gi' en to all clerk,; "ho ,;ell more than a certam amount of goods every week The manager noticed that one salesman m the SIlk dressgood'3 department led all the rest Some \\ eeks hI'; premium \\ as twelve dollars He sent for the head of the sJlk-goods depart-ment and asked: "Are you sure that Jones is not gettmg credit for the mail orders he fills?" "Quite sure," was the reply "He "ell,; the good.., " "How does he do It'" asked the manager, 'ery much mterested. 'WaIT en cuatcmers gravitate to\\ ard hIm." "a'3 the answer, "because he has a ,;mlle and a manner that make them feel that he IS genuinely IDtere'3ted m \\ hat they "ant He makes them reahze It the moment they come mto the department, and If he is standing m a group of salesmen the' pick him out" It is hard to tie thIS kind of ,;ale,;man down The next vacancy among buyer:'> was offered to hIm and he filled It so acceptably that he IS now headed toward an a'3'3lstant managership Wherever you turn in hlghl} -orgamzed merchandl'3ll1g for women you find that the store'3 that prm Ide the be'3t and most human aIds to shoppmg do the busmes,; ChJldren, fOl example, are a great problem \\ Ith the '3hopper \\ ho cannot afford to keep a maid To have a chl1d tagging around from floor to floor is not only burdensome to the" oman but, en wearying to the little one One New York store has solved this problem The woman can have her baby carriage checked at a roof garden, where trained attendants are on the lookout and where there are sand pJle'3, ponds, and all other diverSIOns for the chIld In bad weather and in winter the children are checked m a large recreation room, where there are wdoor games Thl'3 has proved a '3trong lllducement to shopper,; It make,; for unhampered buying and It relte, e,; the woman ''3 mmd for mstead of worrymg about the chl1dren whom she ha,; left with a neighbor or locked up, she can have a feellllg of secunty because uhey are close at hand The same store, by the way, has another \\ lllnll1g appeal for women. It claims to sell meat at cost I asked the manager wily he dId thIS and he saId "It's a very simple propOSItIOn Meat IS a nece'iSlty and people must have It every day. They WIll go where they can get it the cheapest When we sell meat at cost we brmg a large number of people mto the store every day. Most of our customers have no servants and do all their household work, and have to take care of their children Many have other thmgs to buy besIde,; meat, and the chances are that they will combme all theIr bUylllg at one place Thu'3 we get all their bu,;me,;,;" There are many lllgenlOus ",ays of getting people into the '3tore Here 1'3 a t} p1cal ca'3e \n enterpr';lnf; Chicage> merchant had a bIg sale of Hon '3avmgs banks They were '3old at twenty-five cents each, had CO'3t hIm forty and were worth a dollar But they were sold with the understandmg that the store wa,; to keep the key, and the buyer of the bank, therefore, could not open it without comll1g back to the e'3tab-lishment. Thousands bought the banks becau,;e they were real bargains Now, this merchant was not a philanthropist. He knew that \\ hen people came back to open their banks they would '3pend in his store some of the money they had saved He was not mi'3taken Many did not wait until the bank was full They needed ,;omething and said, "I've some money in my bank The key IS at Blank's '3tore I can get what I want there" This plan served a twofold purpose, for, in addItIOn to bong a form of cOmlpulsory savmg, It provided a SUre lure to ~et people back to the store. I could contmue the hsts of aIds to the woman shopp:::r dlmo'3t mdefil1ltely They range from a "silence room," where the tHed shopper may find a cool, restful, sanctuary after the turmOIl of bargain huntmg, to the serving of free tea at four () clock m the afternoon The purpose m every in'3tance IS tf) Illake the \\Olllan feel that her need'3 and comforts are belDg \\ atched, and th1'3 mdke,; a strong appeal Yet the most seasonable stocks and the most allurmg aIds to '3hopper,; need pubhcity Vvomen WIll c')me back if you gl\ e them \\ hat the} ""ant the first time, but you mmt get them mto the store first The ta,;k, therefore, is to produce lu"t the nght kmd of advertIsing to reach them. Yuu find that thel e are a'3 many kinds of advertlsmg for \\ l men a,; there are types of shopper'3 and lengths of purse The 14Ifth a, enue ,;hopper, and by her 1" meant the well-to-do huyer anv", here, ,;hle'3 at a gan'3h advertisement strewn WIth prIce'3 She goe'3 to the house that make.., a dlgmfied an-nouncemtnt that read'3 hke an engraved mVltatlOn to a fllnc-t10n and that contd111'3 only a mere h111t of what the good,; L q Ihe S,ndh avenue shopper, who represents the mlddle-c'a"" "en'an, prefer'3 to know what the pnces are and de-n' and'3 them m the acl...ertlsements, whIle the Fourteenth "treet "hopper, "ho '3tanus for the great mass of women 1 uy er'3, IS dra '''' n b, a '3ensatlOndl adYertlsement with pnce,; 111 bIg hold figures \\ Ith her pnce IS the thmg The gene-ral rule laId down by the bulk of successful advertisers who reach the most women IS, "Be specIfic" ThIS means plenty of pnces and pictures You have now '3een this many-sIded drama of merchan- JIS111g unfold 111'30me of ItS myrIad detaJ!'3 What of the men behl11d It? They are the owners and managers who sit in theIr offlce'3 "Ith theIr finger,; on the pulse of trade, theIr eyes on the '3tocks of the world Thelr task 1'3 best summed up, perhaps, by one of the veteran,;--- a "Iry, gray-haIred, keen e} ed !lttle man, who o\\n,; a chain of stores that extends from BO'3ton to ChIcago He saId to me "In popular merchalldls111g for women no man has a lIght to call a customer hIs own. ThIS mean~ that, no matter how long you ha \ e been 111 bus111ess, you must regard each day as If It were the day yOU started, WIth every resource you have put to the test It's the pnce you must pay for a "oman's trade" ~1any a man who bUIlds castles 111the aIr wll1ds up by find111g hImself 111a hole. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 KINDEL "KICKING" AGAIN The Irrepressible Denver Manufacturer Renews His Fight for Fair Freight Rates. George J Kmdel of Denver, Colo , the greatest and mo:,t successful enemy of unfaIr freIght rates, after winillng some substantial victorIes tried to retire from the fight and take a rest His rest, however, was not calm and peaceful . The raIlroads continued to oppress the people of Denver and Colorado They appealed from the rlecisions obtained by Mr Kindel and his associates and devised new schemes to in-crease rates by jugglmg C'lassrfications and rules Mr. Kin-del, therefore, has been [forced to rel1~w the fight. His methods and the basic; of his warfare and made quite wpparent in hterature that he dlstnbutes For instance In an "Appeal to the People of Colorado," undel the heading "Help I Help" Help" I" he says: "After the recent vIctory by The Consumer's League on coal rates from northern fields to Denve1 and Denver to LIttle-ton, I resolved to henceforth attend stnctly to pnvate affaIrs, let freight and express ratec; be attended to by our commercial bodle'3 or other indlvlcluals, but since the J. J HIll lines have induced the Union Pacific R R to join them in throwing down the gauntlet by appeahng, which mean'3 delay of the benefits of our recent vIctory on coal rates, I feel obhged to finIsh the Job and once more volunteel my hme and service'3 free to the Clh7ell'i of my cIty an,l state and expO'3e the '3aid Colorado & Southern, Burlmgton and UnIOn PaCIfic R R as our greate:,t enemIes "The Consumers' League i'3 without funds Our attor-ney, A L Vogl, who so ably fought the coal case, has not receIved one cent for his services, except that whIch he re-ceIved from me If the people WIll financIally support us, then I propose to file another '3wt and demonstrate to our state comml';Slon, that the above saId railroads are charging Colo-rado 50 to 150 per cent hIgher clas,; rates per ton per mile, than they do m vVyomlng ){ebla,;ka, Kansas and Texas Alc;o that the Colorado & Southern R R IS chargmg the Colorado common P0111tS from New Y OJ k, vIa Galveston, 96c hIgher rate on first class than Omaha IS made to pay whIch IS re-latIvely the same dIstance from ~ ew York, vIa Galveston "SlIlce the benefit'3 of Galveston harbor are deilled us, we had better shIp all our Atlantic coast goo·l,; vIa any of the sea and raIl routes (Sea Board AIr L111e, Kanawha DIspatch, Savannah Lille, AshvIlle Lll1e, Cumberland Gap DIspatch and several others), all of whIch make the same rates and hme as via Galveston route,; "I have had se, eral 111telviews WIth the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and the Traffic CommIttee, whom I urged to take up this matter So far, noth111g has come of it, hence I now exhort every citIzen and shIpper to remember the facts contained 111thIS cucular, when purchasing tickets or routl11g his goods Facts "The Colorado & Southern R R has spent $10 00 in Texa'3 to $100 111Colorado In the last fifteen years, whde the rates on the Colorado & Southern R R in Colorado have always been 50 per cent hIgher than 111Texas "Our cotton null, has hke numerous other promising enterpnses has been dIsmantled, chIefly becau'3e of dl,;cnml-natIve freIght rate,; To 1hIs day, Denvel IS deilled a car load commoJlty rate on raw cotton. Why should we be denIed what IS gIven to Salt Lake, Spokane and all other pomts? Why should not a car load of cotton take a less rate per hundred pounds than the shIpment of a s111gle bale? "When our paper mill was built and put m operation, the rate on print paper from Wisconsin to Colorado points was $1 55 per hundred The chief reason why we lost the paper mIll wa'3 because the raIlroad'3 put down the rate of paper tG 25c per hundred weight, and after aceomph'3hing their de'Olfed aIm, "knock out the paper mIll," then the rate was raIsed LO 90 cents. "Our state Attorney General WIll fight the railroad''3 ap-peal in the higher court Our public officers are doubly armed when the pubhc manifest themselves on occasions like this Therefore, I urge that, the Hill hnes be taught a wholesome lesson by attacking the north and south cIc\sb rate'3 and the taxation assessment'3, which later are based on one-half the valuation per mile, as ~ompared with those of adjoining states. "These same radroads inval iaby excuse themselves for charging- Colorado from 100 to 300 per cent hig-her than MIS-souri River points by allegmg- "denSIty of population and volume of traffic" I now ask why the Colorado & Southern charge Colorado from 50 to 150 per cent hig-her class rates per ton per mile than Wyoming-' If demlty of p0pulation and volume of traffic be comldered. should not Colorado en- JOy less than half the rate prevading- in VVyomlll~. instead of chalging us from 50 to 150 pel cent higher? "It lays WIth the people to brIng- these arrogant and unjust lines to time The recent or.lered reduction by our State Railway CommiSSIOn on coal rate from the north, will mean a saving- to Denver alone of $160,000.00 per year The ad- JudIcatIOn of my case No 951, heard by the Interstate Com-merce Commission, January 21st, 1907, and now before the S'upreme Court of the United State", WIll mean another saving of $1,200,00000 per annum Such victories in spite of "ome Denver jobbers and the Gnffm Wheel Works, which is opposed to radicalism, IS well worth fig-hting for" "Yours for Denver and Colorado," "GEO J KI~DEL" (The Griffll1 \Vheel Work..., oppo:,e Mr Kmdel by CIfCU-lat111g pamphlet'3 faVOrIng the raIlroad "Ide of the controversy) Mr KIndel's latest CIrcular IS dated August 15 and ad-dressed "To the Honorable l\Iembers of the Extra SessIOn." I t I eaJs as follows "A cIty or state that neglects ItS own mtel ests cannot expect much prosperity and development vVhen '3enator Joseph L Bnstow of Kansas made his famous speech 111favor of creatll1g a court of commerce, and to amend the Inter-state Act 111 the U. S Senate last Apnl, he had actIve aS3istance of most of the Senators of the entIre trans-missisippi section, except from Colorado Our Republican and Democratic trust Senators were as SIlent as the dead If Oolorado had had proper representation, some of the elfoneous statements on both SIdes of the questIOn would not have gone unchallenged "For twenty years I have repeatedly reCIted facts and figures WIthout fear of successful contradIctIOn showl11g that the Intel-state law, especially the fourth sectIOn of the act: "that the shorter haul shall not pay hIgher than the longer," was daIly bell1g VIOlated, and that. too, WIth full knowledge and consent of our representatIves in Washmgton "1\1 ever once have I heard of a Colorado RepreE,entahve m Congress champlOnmg Colorado's mterests on the questIOn of faIr and eqUltable transportatIOn rates Our freIght, pas-senger, express and mail rate:, are the hIghest in the known world. "Senator Elkins of Vlfgl11la, chaIrman of the: Inter-state Commerce CommIttee, IS on record as saymg to the people of thIS section "If yOU don't ltke It, move out" That IS JUt! • - -----1- --- WEEKLY ARTISAN what man} hal C done ,11lcl othel., 1\111 hc fmced to do If \\ e do not "oon wakc up and elect OUI future IcpICe;tntltl\C-, (-who mu"t be p1ec1geJ to the people\ Intel e..,1-.,l11-,teac] I)f thc tru~te;), by headle~s ballot l11~tead of mane} bagc~ "Senator Bn "to\\ the pncle of Kau e;a., CII ed 111 hI'" e'C-hlbit In WhIch he manlfe.,t1y plOcIaimed Salt Lakc th c apcx of high ratee; First-Class Rates, All Rail. New York to E1 Paso, Texd" 2 ,lO '\few York to DOlVeI, Cola 1,<)30 New York to Salt Lake, Ctah 2,442 (The fact IS, GI and J unctlOn is the ~oat) New York to Grand Junction, Cola, (which is not as great a dIstance a., E1 Paso, and "e\ e-ra1 hundred mIle., "horter than Salt Lake) IS S2.+7 273 3 53 "Fach to be rememhercd "hen I otll1g fOI Slnatol.., anc1 Congressmen are that Dem cr. whIch Ie; 380 11111e'"e;]101tcr distance than E1 Paso, pays 2fi cents mOlC Demel. Ilke E1 Paso, is an inland cIty and probabh fi, c tImes a.., large as E1 Paso, yet our \"!ashll1~ton IcplesentatlVee; and local commercial orga1117ations complacently :"uffel Den, e, t) be robbed and made the 1aughmg- stock of "WhIle it i., sadly true that Sdlt Lake, \\ hrch h on1l 13.2 mIle., greater dIstance fI0m "N"e\\ York than E1 Pa"'o, I., charged $106 per 100 pounds hi~her flelght late than El Paso; still, the sacldest truth IS that Gldnc1 JunctIOn. whICh b a lesser distance from New York than El Pae;o, and neal1y 300 mIles "horter distance than Salt Lake. ne\ el thele"." ("rand Junction is forced to pay for the ~ame freIght $413 fOl 100 pounds, or $1 66 higher than E1 Paso and 60 ccnte; hlghcr than Salt Lake Now which 1.., the goat? "In answer to the allegatlOn that tl an "-contll1en tal I a tcs are forced Upon the raIlroads, they ha\ e on1'l to bc remInded "that not a commodIty appeal s m the talltl.., \\ hlch I'" not actively sought for" If it is not I en1t111elatl\ e bth111C,,"'. then why do they seek it? "Colorado is in need of men "The headless ballot, "The initiati, e and refel cncltll1l, "A good and suftlclent raJ1lOad la\\ to put hll 111 the frrmt rank of prosperous states. "We have the resources, the ch111atc the scenen. t11C situation All we ask, and soon WIll demand, is real I epl e-sentatives in Washington who WIll secure fOI us an cqual chance, fair play Instead of handicaps, 111 the game of com-merce. "Respectfully GEO J ~I\JDEL 'iCltlzen, ta:xpayer, <;Iupcrvl"or and l'vould-be manufdc-turer of Denver" liP. S.---I would rather be consldel ed a hypocnte fOI fair, by allowing the pnnter's union label on the top of my statlOnery than subject It to the obscUl e, customary bedbug sIze found on the bottom of all Denvel CIty polttica1 print111g and cheap whIsky-shop cards "'The world owes all ItS greatness to men III at ease.'" Piano Cases. One factory located in Grand Rapld~, produces 12,000 piano cases annually Uprights are mostly 111 demand but there is a very satisfactory trade 111 "Grand" styles Veneered stock is largely used. Mahogany, walnut and oak are the favorites of the woods used. THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH 413 Built Wlth double arbors. slidmg table and eqUIpped complete WIth taper pm guages carefully graduated. Th:s machme represents the helghlm saw bench con-struellon It IS deSIgned and bUIlt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. WrIte us for desoriptive informatIon. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~ft:.gMPIDS, FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! SEND FOR SAMPLES OF OUR CELEBRATED NICKEL STEEL, SWORD TEMPERED BAND SAW BLADES WARRANTED IN EVERY PARTICULAR. STANDARO ASSORTED SIZES REGULAR GUAGE AND TEETH IN DOZEN $1 2 LOTS, READY rOR USE· • _ _ • • _ ... BEST PROPOSITION ON THE MARKET. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mlrs, 01 Band Saw Blades and Tools 1717-1719 W. ADAMS STREET, CHICACO. A Store Wedding. (Jne of the happlc..,t advertls111g hIts of homt-conllng week In Gland RapIds, was made by the Heymdn company, house furl11shers, l'vho offered an outfit worth $100 to any couple ,\ ho would be married in theIr store, WIth the prOVISO that the "candIdate:,," must appear In two parades ndll1g 111 a decor-ated carnage bearing an announcement of theIr 111teetlOns. The announcemet was accepted by MISS J enllle Ooste and Peter Menema. \'vho appeared 111the parades. dressed 111 the \'vedding costumes The first floor of the bIg Canal street store \'vas cleared for the occaSIOn and as many as could be crowded 111. estImated at 600, wItnessed the ceremony whIch was performed 111orthodox fashtOn at 7 15 vVednesday evelllng Don't dnnk beer 111 hot weather, espcClally 111 dog days It WIll make you froth at the mouth It is impo"sIble to buy happines3, but that 1:0 no reason why we should go by it. WEEKLY ARTISAN Grand Rapids Factory Notes. The BlOckmeler Plano company report a pleaslllg increase of busIness dtl1111g the past three months They comider the pI o~pects for the fall season much better than they were a } ear ago It IS announced that the Crawford Chair company of Grand Ledge, MICh , have decided to move to Grand RapIds Then bus1l1ess has grown to such proportIOns as to necessItate greatel facilitIes and the supply of labor is not suffICIent to encourage expansion III Grand Ledge They propose to es-tablIsh a new factory in Grand RapIds and cont111ue to operate the present plant in Grand Ledge The affairs of the Oriel Cabinet company, since the death of ChaIles W. Black. have been in charge of Bernard S. War-ren, under the dIrection of Directors John A Covode and vVl11lam H Gay This arrangement WIll continue for the plesent at least and will probably be made permanent, as Mr \VaIren, oVliing 1!0 his close relations WIth Mr Black and long expellence is well qualIfied to manage the factory "ThIS home-coming celebration upsets us," said John A COyode, of the Berkey & Gay Furniture company. "The fac-tor} IS busy III all departments and we hate to shut down even for a day just now. It causes confusion and disarranges thlllgs generally, but it is a good thing for the city so I sup-pose V\i e WIll have to stand it." "Yes VIi e feel the effect of the home-coming week," said C· A Lauzon of the Grand RapIds Upholstering company, "but It is a pleasing effect Our bus111ess has been picking up consIderably in the past few months and we don't lIke thIS inten uption However, it don't come very often and VIi e are not dIsposed to grumble. Our business is good noVli and the prospects are blIght for continue dlmprovement " New Factories. Maurice and Lawrence 1IcDaniei and J H. Sears, have 'OIga111zed the Amencan Seating company to manufacture chails, church furnIture, etc, 111St LOUIS, Mo Capital stock $2,000 WIth capital stock fixed at $10,000, Reuben and Nathan J\Ielenky and Harry Schlosburg, have incorporated the Mon- ~oe Beddirlig company to estalbhsh a mattresS! fae1tory in Rochester, N. Y. \V IllIam Phalen, B ]. Mur111gham and VV1111a 111 Ploese, have orga111zed the Peoria BeddUlg company, WIth $3,000 capital ,;tock, to engage in the manufacture of beddlllg, mat-t! esses, etc, III Peoria, Ill. Geolge A Endly, K. Nicholson and Yokly have incorpor-ateJ the NIcholson Furniture company, WIth capital stock ll1111ted to $25,000 and $50,000, to engage In the manufacture of fur11lture at CI1<lse CIty, Va G E. Cooper, August CIrkal, Melvin Nye and Charles Glague have 01 ganind a company to manufacture table and chaIr legs, fur111ture frames and other rough stock and un-finished artIcles, at the village of Boyd on the Soo line in ChIppewa count}, vVis They will occupy a buIlding fOlmerly used as a chan factOly by the Boyd Lumber company J W. Connaty and S C. PhIllIpps of IndIanapolIs, Ind, and J 'I Shelton of \Vinston-Salem, N C, have made a propo- SItIOn to the Bus111ess Men's as,;oClatlon of Madl'-,on, N C, whIch, If accepted WIll requIre the gentlemen named, who are expellenced furniture manufacturers, to invest $40,000 in estabhsh111g a new furll1ture factory at MadIson They ask the business men of the town to furnish sUItable SIte and take $20,000 of the stock in a company to be capItalIzed at $50,000 9 Nickel Steel Band Saw Blades. Sword Tempered. No fur11lture manufacturer can afford to have inferior banJ saw blades, 01 to be WIthout a supply, to fill an emer-gency Ihls can be done 111the most effIcient way through the well known manufactUl ers of warranted band saw blades, Frank vV. S" ett & Son, Chlca@o The celebrated nickel steel band saw blades, s\vord tempered, whIch thIS firm produce WIth a guarantee COyenng every saw 111evely particular, is such as to assure a high class article in every instance, and these are sold 111dOL:Cn lots at the very low price of $12, in assorted SIzes, standard, regular guage, and teeth, and are adapted for any k111d of mIll 01 fur111tture WOlk. SpeCIal blaJes are made to order, and this firm will be pIEased to quote on any thIng needed 111 their line Their celebrated 111ckel steel band saw blades have a natIOnal repu-tatIOn and samples \,111 be ~ent to any furniture manufac-turel on request by ctddl essmg them at 1717-1719 vVest Adams street, Cl11cago Furniture Fires. E C Boren, fl11111tUI e dealer of Spr1l1gfield, Ill, was burned out on i\ug ust 19, WIth a loss of $6,000; partially in-sured. The M1l1neapohs (M1l1n) Desk Manufacturing company snffcrec1 a 10s:o of abont $2,500 by fIre 111 their factory on Aug-ust 20. Insured. McRosky & Co's mattress factory In San FranCISco, Cal. was competel) destrJy cd by fire on August 17 Loss $7.500, 111 surance, $3,000 FIre destroyed the bUIld1l1g and stock of the Rosalia FurnIture and Undertak1l1g company of RosalIa, Wash, on \ugust 16 Loss estimated at $18,000, Insurance $12,500. It IS now beheved that the fire that damaged the store of the John M Dean company, ProvIJence, R 1., 1 ecently, was of 111cenc1Jaly 01lg1l1, thongh the detectives have no clew to the fire-bugs, n01 Lll e they ahle to dISCO' CI any motive for the snpposed crime. ~,--.-..-----_._._--_._.--'--.---.-----.-.--.-.-.-...i.. THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addre.. and and recen'e delcrlptiye Circular of Glue Heateu, Glue Cooli:eu and Hot Boxes with prIce •• The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapidl. Mich. ..-.----- _. -- - .. . ... - - ~---- 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN FREEDMAN CONVERTABLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success. Full size bed in divan space. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supersedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES FREEDMAN BROTHERS & COMPANY Manufacturers of Upholstered Furniture. Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ E.ach Net E.ach Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND us YOUR ORDERS . .SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis WEEKLY AR.TISAN CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the firSt coSt of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar inveSted than any of the cheap machines flood-mg the country. "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made WIth or WIthout motor dnve Metal lable 36"x 30" Will take 18" under Ih e WUlde-b1lJ145 dewr_ one way and 7 dewrees the otber way Car. tlel a saw up to 1~If wlde. Ouwde beannw to lower wheel absft when not motor doven WelWhs1600 Ibs when ready to ablP 11 \ Oliver Tools Save Labor " Time " Temper, " Co.st "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 Will take a saw up 10 20' cUameler Arbor belt IS 6' WIde Send lor Catalog "B" lordataon Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and Ceneral Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. CRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES - Obver Maclunery Co.. Hudson Terminal. 50 Church St, New York. Obver Machmery Co • FirSt Nahonal Bank Buddmw. Chicago. III • Obver Machmery Co , Pacl6c Budchnw.Seattle, Wash. Obver Maclunery Co .201-203 Deanswate, Manchester. Enw UPHAM MANUFACTURINGCO., Marshfield, Wis. Dressers Chiffoniers Dressin2 Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, MahOi!any, etc., and All Popular No. 2228 Toilet Table. Finishes No. 2240 Toilet Table SEND FOR OUR COMPLETE CATALOGUE 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN y--_._------_. --- -_.- ------------- --- --- -~---_.. ----------~ Veneer Pre ...... d.ffe-rent-kind ... nd .i"e. (Patested) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World - 1I Power Feed Glue S.r.adinll Machin •• Sinille. Doubl. and Comb.nation. (Patented) (Size. 12 .n. to 1I4 in wide.) Hand Feed Glneinll Machin. (Pa ... t pendmc.) ManJ' atJ'I•• and ai" ••• Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS ".._-----_._- ------------- - - ---------- -- _. -- ._.------~--------------- -~~ CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. Time Spent in Bed. Years ago the fill11 of .Ame" & I ro~ t of ChIcago ongl11a ted the phrase "one-thll J of } OUI 1Ife IS spent 111 bed,' and used It contl11uously 111 promotll1g the sale of Splll1g bed~, II en en wIre mattJesses and kl11dred ,g-ood" Dackl11~ up thIs phra~e wIth well made goods the firm laId the 10undatlOn ot a com-fortable f01 tune The manufactl11 e of hdl elwood lumber and bIcycles V\ as ac1c1eel ai1Cl 111 a few} ear" the fil111 had accumu-lated as much money and productIve plopertl a" Ih mlm-bers would ever need. vIhen the manutactull11!.; blh1l1e-,-o 1\~b dIscontinued and the fill11 c1l",,01'led 1he pl11a"e quotecl con-tinues to do duty RetaIler., and m::lI1u1actureb a1lke u-oe It WIth profit 1he SterchI 1unutUl e company u<,e It "lth a E>1JghtamenclmenL tl1dt does 110t 1mplOve It One thud yoU! hfe, 'at least,' IS spent 111 bed" 1he WOlds 'at lea~t' 'Should be omItted 1'01101VlIlg the phrase. the fil111 a s1-. "1hen \\ h) not make that part ot your allotted tlll1e .1s comfortable d" pOSSIble ?" The paragraph suggests thdt the readel E>hould try to make hImself comfortable a part ot the tune, but not all the time \Vhy not all the tlll1e) \I1ght be a~kec1 Cntlclsm IS easy, however, and Ln1lt hncll11fS j}levalent el eIy\vhere So the A1 t1san ma} he pal cloned hI ta1-.111ga flIng at the C,tll dl1 advel tlsement. A man who stood on the northel n P01l1t ot the penl11sula dlVid1l1g Grand TI ave1 E>eDay and wItnessed the sun settle 1I1to Lake MIchigan, 1tS ~10110U" colors l1lunllnat1l1g the sky and land, whlle the moon, slovvly llS1l1g 111 the east, thlew 11" en-chantll1g rays of lIght over the watet:, of ea"t bay, -was not pleased WIth the dehghtful scene, but glOwlec1 IllS chscontent because the moon chd not WIthhold Ib appearance nntll the Wood Bar Clamp FIxtures, Per Set SOc. N•. ' GI•• H.ator. sun had pa""ed out of "Ight Such a man "ould kick on the 1\ 01 chng 01 an ddl ertl"ement that had filled hIS box in a "dfet) "ault \\ 1th C0111 The ArtIsan would not go to such an extreme "Attention~ Mr. Kelley!" That's a new way to address a bUS111ess letter; at least to the people north of :\J ason and DIxon's hne \11/ e hke it. I t ~mach." of somethll1g dIrect and pos1tlve--.,it means busI-nee;" 'I he fir--t th1l1g the eapta111 of a company of soldiers doeE>Ivhen he gets them 1I1tO hne b to call out "Attention I" \\ Ithout It hIS company would be a mob instead of a oom-pany of ,,01d1ers Now this Mr Kelley is in charge of the ~ellllJg c1epartment of the dry k11n department of the Grand R,lP1d" \Tencer \\ 011-." and he I" onto his job night and day. fhereiore. 1\ hen the KnoxvIlle Furmture company wanted to .(.),et 111111thev- "I ote the...,e "ords "Attentolll, Mr Kelley!" "O\y 11 the 1e"del WIll turn to the Grand RapIds Veneer \1, orb "ad' on another page of this issue of the Weekly \1 than. he \\ 111 "ee IVhy the Knoxvllle Furniture company <t\" \ttentlOn, ::\1r Kelley!" '1he he1re"" doe"n't have to ft"h for a husband She can buy one 111the market y--- •••••• __a •• WABASH INDIANA ._. ..-- - .., B. WALTER & CO. ~~ T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively .-. -.-~--~-------__. - - - . WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ........... ._~-----_...-..-._..._..--_-.-.-..-.-~--------------., 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack , Vises Sold on approval "nd an un con dltlOna1 money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohc.t pnvilege of sendmg samples and Patent Malleable Clamp Fixtures. our complete catalogue E H SHELDON & CO ChIcago Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures wh.ch we bouCht of you a lIttle over a year ago are giVIng excellent serVIce We are well satisfied WIth them and shall be pleased to rem"mher you wbenever we want anythmg addItIOnal In thIS Ime Yours truly. "---SIO-IlX-C-It-y.-Io-wa_. ._-_ ._. ------CU-R_TIS. S-AS-H -& ..D.-O--O--R---C_.O-._--- -- --------_._---------------------"" !'" E. H. SHELDON CdCO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS J olm H Shafer 1S a new undertaker at East Mol111e, III Hiatt & Lemon. undertaker'i of BOise, Ida, have ~old out to \Voodr111g & Son Reed & Roye'i, furniture dealers, of Dexter, M111n, have sold out to \V E Dally. The F G Larson Funntt1le company, dealers of Pl1nce-ton, Ill. have sold out to Sand T Johnson E R vVIlllam" & Co, furniture dealer'i and undertakers of Montello, ,VIS, have sold out to C A Cum111gs A E Beck, untl! recently a resident of Rock I,land, Ill, has engaged 111the undertakt1lg busmess at Yoakum. Tex The W olvenne Brass Works of Grand Raplcls, Mich., have Illcrea'ied their capital stock from $400.000 to $500,000 The People's Fur11lture company, dealer~ of Roanoke, Va, have 111creased their capital stock from $10,000 to $25,- 000 The Union Bedding company of Boston, Mass, has been thrown into bankruptcy on petition of creditors whose claims amount to $1,112. D \Vl!mer Goodnow, senior member of the firm of Good-now & Aldnch, fur11lture dealers and undertakers of Keene, 1\ H clled on August 18, aged 59 yea I s. The Excel 1\lantlfartt'rJng company of Rockford, Ill. have Just completed additIOn" and changes that will increa'ie the capacity of their plant fully 40 per cent C B Adams has purchased the 111terest III the Adams Furl11ture company, Lagrange, Ga, that he sold to JEW ar-hck recently, and IS agalll 111charge of the busmess Joseph Fllle. fur11lUl e dealer of Lucedale, MISS, ha'i pur-chased the stock of the J D \Varren Furniture company of J\leridlan, Mls'i. anJ moved it to his Lucedale store Trade vVeek---August 15 to 20 mcIuslve-in St LOUIS, ~10 , IS reported to have been a greater success than any of its predecessors More than 400 furniture bUyers were regis-tered. John B Keplmger and Henry C Buchwald have been appointed recelver'i to wind up the affairs of the Feick Furni-ture company, dealers of Baltnnore, Md, who were recently declared bankrupt The Gary (Ind) Furniture company, dealer'i, mcorpol ated with capital stock fixed at $10,000 Goodman, Paul Hayman, P L. Feuer and E A are the stockholders. LoUIs S Kldd havmg purchased the mtel e'it of hiS brother Charles T. Kidd 111the Anl1lston (Ala) Fur11lture company, has changed the name to the Loui'i K1dd Furniture and DnJertaklllg company. The aggregate of orders booked by St Louis fUr11ltUle manufacturers dunng "trade week" lS estimated at $250,000, or almost double the amount booked dunng "trade week" last year -the 1\1 G Corngan Undertaking company of Co uncI! Bluffs, Ore, have moved into their new bUlldmg at 615 Broadway They began busmess two years ago and have been remarkably successful The New York Fur11lture company of Bridgport. Conn, have moved flOm 691 to 479-89 East Mam street. Where they have a large up-to date store They also maintain a branch store at 404 Hancock street C. E. Dobbs, propnetor of the Dobbs FUll1lture com-pany, dealers of Palestine. Tex, has made an assignment and S D. Reaves of Tyler, Texas, has been appointed receiver bas been Lazarus Salsbuly. Llabl1Jtles, $17,000, assets e'itlmated at $20,000 Edward Carl'ion, for se\ erdl ; eal 'i designel for the Rock-ford (Ill) FI ame and Fuxture company, has resigned to take the management of the factory to be estabhshed by the Rockford l';"ov elty \V OJ ks. recently 111corporated Brown & McCalley, SUcce'iSOI'i to Clark & Beals, chair manufacturers of \V mchenJon, Ma,,'i. are bt1lldlllg an addi-tion to the factory and pu ttlng III new machinery that wJ11 increase the capacity of the plant at least 100 per cent Yon & BI<''iallon. who opened a new furl1lture store in North AJams, Mas'i • about a ; ear ago, have been so success-ful that they have founcllt nece'i"ary to enlalge their quarter'i, v,"hlch they have done by the leasing of the second floor of an adjoining building On petItion of Frank S Hal den and other creditors, George C Smith & Sons, furniture dealel'i of 290 \Vest Fayette street, Baltimore, Md, have been adjudged bankrupt. The busllless IS m the hand'i of James F Johnson and Geol ge VI S Musgrave as receiver'i John ,V Lee, R P Glaham and VI T Murray of Fordyce. Ark, ha\ e ilncorpOl ated the Malvern Hardware company, capitahzed at $50,000 with $16,000 subscnbed, to take over the business of the Simpson company, dealers in furniture and hardware, at Malvern, Ark The negotiatIOns by l"hlCh the Chittenden & Eastman company, the'" ell-known furniture manufacturers and whole-sale dealels of Burllllgtnn ale to establl'3h a branch jobbing house in Dc'i :\I01l1e'i have been successfully completed and the house Will be opened 111September Mrs B C Addltion,1\lr'i L B Addition and Forrest Addi-tion hal e 111corp0rated the Chattahoochee Furniture company for the purpose of manllfactullng and sellmg furniture, both retall and wholesale at Flower; Blanch, Hall county, Ga Capltal 'itock $15,000 with pnvJ1ege of inCleas111g to $50,000 S111ce the chair shops connected "Ith the Jail at New Haven, Conn, wel e burned the city and county authorities have refused to rebmld and cont1l1ue the alrangement by which the ForJ & J ohn'ion compan; med the pnson labor The pnsoner" are Hlle and the c;herJif plOposes to ask the leg-islatUle to pas'i a law requmng the company to rebUIld the shops Ford & Johnson have e'itabhshed a new plant 111New Haven which employ'i onl; free labor New Furniture Dealers. A L Vatow l'i a new fUlmture dealer at Raymond, Wash· A E Beck IS prepanng to open a new furmture store in Rock T'iland, III VlJll Bartlett, ""III engage In the retail furniture business at Fort Atkmson. Wis The Weaver Furl11tUl e company ha'i been incorporated to engage 111the retal! fUrl11tllre bU'i111eSS111Lynchburg, Va. \iVllliam S Weavel lS president, R C Blackford, Vlce presi-dent and M J Rucker, "eCl etary and treac;U1 er Capital stock not less than $5,000, nor more than $50000 ~-_-. -~-~-------'-- - a._a. ea. a _ - ..~ If your DESIGNS are right. people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. lbills DOES IT 163Madison Av""u~ -Cltlz~ns Phon~ 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, ),(ICH • • va Sa. -- _ •• va •• ... - ~--------~------------- VARNISHES 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN The L. Mac E. BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical expenence with the Furmture, Plano and kmdred hnes of manufacture enable us to know Just the kmd and quahty of \ armshes demlnded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already established trade with thl~ clas5 of customers through vlsltmg them with fillers and stains, makes It pOSSiblefor us to sell varnishes without additIOnal ex-pense to us, \\hICh advantage we are disposed to give to our customers In qualtty. -- -- -- --- --~ --~ --- Send us a Trial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Philadelphia ~~-----~._---- -' - - - - - t ------ -~--,------ -- ~--~,II• I,I ,, ,, ,,I I II ,I I •II ,I I II ,I ,IIII II THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND PROFIT WINNERS No Stock complete without the Eh Beds In Mantel and Uprl&,ht. ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Write for cuts and prices. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE. EVANSVILLE. ....i, Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592. .. . ..... _ .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 / WE HAVE NO PRETTY THEORIES ABOUT STAINS OR FINISHES Making stains for practical men has been our job for many years. And long before we became makers we were USERS. Above all, our products are practical. They WORK. The results in your finishing room, if you have the right kind of finishers, will be the same results as we show on our sample panels. You are not experimenting when you buy stains from us. Ask your best finisher about them. Send for samplepanel to desk No.3. THE MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThiS httl~ machm~ has don~ mor~ to p~rfect th~ draw~r work of fnrnt-tnr~ manufacturers than anythmg else In the furU1tur~ trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fittIng, vermm-proof, dovetaded stock a POSSI-blhty. ThiS bas been accomphshed at reduced cost, as the machine cuts dove-tatIs In gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It's what others see about your busIness rath~r than what you say about It, that counts In th~ cash drawer It's the thrill of enthusiasm and the true ring of truth you feel and hear back ofthe cold type that makes you buy the thIng advertised ALEXANDER DODDS CO., GRANDRAPIDS, MICH. • Repr_nled by Schucharl & Schull. al Berlin, Vienna, Siockholm and 51 Peterabur. Repr_nled by Alfred H Schutte at Coloane. Bruael., Lel/e, Pan., Milanand Bubo. Rep,_nled 10 Creal Bullanand Ir.land by the Oltver Maclunery Co, F. S. Thompooa,Mvr., 201-203 Dealllllale,Manchefter,Enaland. r I Shultz ~ "irsch II ! Company I I tI: ... ..... . ..., Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE BEDDING fE4THERS, fE4THER PillOWS, DOWNS, ETC. UPHOLSTERED BOX SPRINGS and CURLED H41R M4 TTRESSES 4 SPECI4l TY 1300-1308 fulton St., EhZ~t'~trSt.. C"ICAGO ...._. Fa •••• •••••• Fa .. "as told that the firm ne, er sold a bed that would not sus-tam any man short of a monstrosIty BUIlders of bed~ look deeper l11to tlhlS questlOn than the fat man or the firm men-tlOned TIeds of whatever dCScllptlOn must be bt1llt strong enough to '-upport tvvo large pel sons, and often a b1~ fat lllfant ur two besIdes It would not do for the manvfacturer to e, en con"lder a beJ that would support but one person In creatl11g a 1l11e of goods. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .U.5C"II"TION $1 eo I"E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT"'ES $% 00 I"E" YEA". SING<-E CO,"IE. 5 CENTS. ------- ~U.1_1CATION O~~ICE, 101-112 NOI'!TH DIVISION ST, GI'!AND RAI"'IDS, MICH. A. 5 WHITE, MANAGING EOITO" Itnterell as lecond da .. matter, July 5, 1909. at the post office at Grand Rapids, Mlchlcan lInder the act of March 3. 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E L.EVY That T. A Gllff1l1 of the Gllffl11 \\ heel com pan, mahcs a good showing for the raIlload SIde of the fllcc;ht I ate con-troversy WIll be concede 1 by all "loo lead hh [llculal lettel, addressed "To the BU"1ness '\Ian," "hlC11 l~ pl1bhshed on another page He certalllly make" a st! ong case, as"umlllg that his arguments are based on facb and can ect reaS011ln~, but a very httle thought and con s· del atIC11 \\ 111~ho\\ tha t 11l~ statement that laIl1oad" hay e maele the C(,,-mtl \ and that Its welfare depend" entll eh on tll L pi 1spe111v oj j lL 1,1 llOael" h not even half true The mtenst,> of the ldll10ads and all other lines of b11'>111CSa'r-e clo'>ch (01111<Lice1 hut the 1l1ea tlut perpetual prospent) can he aSsu1ll1 1n metelv b1111el1l1gand boosting lal1rOa(!'i 1" Ltllauo\1s 11 11lt fll)l!"lJ \fl (~lltrl1l "puts the cart hefo\(' the hOhe l~aJl1oad~ la, e been a great factor 111 the development ot the conntl \ " 1e..,ources but they would be of no use without the push and energy of business men and manufactmer" and the tOll of the fa1mel~ Mr Gnff1l1's argument IS \\eakencll al~(J In l~no11nl.; the faulty method'> of the ralll Odd n1ctna~ C1~ the \\ a tel1l1g of stocks, manipulatlOn and \\ 1eCk1111:;of 11l1h an (1 en t11 e sys-tems, unfair dlscrim111atlOns anel fa,01lth111 of \\ h1ch \[1 Kindel of Dem cr compla1l1s F, en tho'>e "ho al e affl1cted with the "antl-l al1road fevel" do not \\ ant to Oppl ess or rob the railroad'> Every '>hippo m the coun+l) h \'vl1l1n~ to al-low the ral1f'lads fair compensatlOn fot ~e1\ 1ceS and, con-sidering the rlsk mvo1>,eel, '>IA per cent b gene1ally consln-ered a fair return on the actual, alnes or 1m estments Sh1P-pers, however, have a right to obj ect, and they do ohJect to being forced to pay Sl'( per cent on ,aIues ltJflaten to the extent of 200 or 300 per cent They al"o plote..,t aga111'>t methods by wh1ch one cIty or seetlon of the LOllPtl) IS 0\e1- taxed for the henefit of some fa\ 01eel Cl1) 01 ,>ectlOn and also to bel11g oveltaAed for the benefit of cel ta111 111tere'>ts, stock gamblers and rallroad 111a 111pula lors \fte\ 1 ead1l1g and care-fully consideriniS Mr GJiff111's argument Jt \\111 be seen that his concluslOns al e vvfong It \" slmpl) a contention that 111 order to ma1l1taln prospcllty the \ all! oad s 111U st be allowed to continue their nnfair and in maw, case" c11shonest methods In other words that the ra1lroacls must he allov\ eJ to 1ule the country and the1r methods n1l1,>t not be criticised (lif questioned. The fears of fat, heavy men "el e ctlmed by A..braham & Straus, of Brooklyn, 111ans\\er to a questlOn propounded by a large fat man, who desll eel to be as'>I11ed that a b1ass bed he had inspected was strong enough to hold him. He , (J1ooc1fortune has treated us with hcr ,>unnlest smlles, Jll cl recent purcha'>e of hedsteads---though we had to fight for It," reads a sentence of an advertisement of the :Caton C0111- pan) of \Vm11lpeg "Gooll fortune" IS synonymous of good luck Accord111g to the Eaton company "good luck" can be c;a111ul h, fighting fOJ 1t The Idea commonly helel that good 1m tune comes unannounced, unexpected and \\Ithout soltclta-jFlll '-eems to he of no value to the Eaton cumpany "To deserY C good luck fight for It," 15 a pretty good motto The ShlPP1l1g assocla tlOns are acting \\ lsely in trY111g to force the rallroad managers to submIt schedules showwg the actual ph) slcal ,aluatlOn of the1r property Such schedules 1f fa1rl) made >\111 fur111sh a sound baSIS on whIch to settle the problem as to VI hat are faIr freIght rates An attempt to determ111e what IS a faIr 1ate WIthout kno\'v ing the actual pres-ent value of the raIlroad plOpert) is SImply a mattel of guess "ark ll1 VI hlch the ral1road men, hav1l1g ll1s1de knO\7\ledge, ha, e a great aJ\ antage In the guessing The man \\ho would rather chsmantle h1~ h0111e, thro\\- 111g a'v\ay or send1l1g to the furnace room tIle llckety old f11ll11tUte accl1mulated c1ullng thc past twenty -J1\ c ) Cdl', and put 1ll an outfit of ne\\ up-to date fl1r11ltl1re, 1'0 a better lltl/en than the man \\ho lllve,>b a large amount of money 1\1 a pIcture, pa111ted b) a forClgn a1tlst 111a forClgn land and 1111 ported free of duty Clos111g out sales of summer furniture have been pushed 'l~orous1) dunng the pa'>t month Northern dealers WIth connectlOn~ 1ll the south and far west, where summer pi e- ,alls all the year, usually ship theIr surplus stock to such allJed houses The "\Iade In St LotH'>" '>how attlacteel merchants from all pal ts of the south and west by the thousand }\Iany learned of the good th111gs made 111St Lo\us Among those present were ~everal hundred dealers 111fUJ1111ture A firm 111Nash, dIe, Tenn, advel tises a clo~ing out sale of "odd ft1111lturc," presumably ~t1ckel s The only odd feat-me about odd fur11lture generally IS It'> unsalable qualtty Ad, ance datlngs should not Impel a dealer to order more goods than he needs A day of settlement 111ay find such dealers \\ lth the goods on theIr flool s. The man ,,,ho b11l1d'> a great VI all hft~ hImself as he bmlc1s h thIS fact not true of the men that win success 1ll any busmess? Goods spalled by dust and uncleanlJness in the store should be charged to incompetent management A dally reeod of stock on hanc1 IS indlspensible to the successful merchant WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 TO FORCE PHYSICAL VALUATION Shippers Preparing to Make a Strong Showing Before the Interstate Commission. A<1\lces fl1')111\\ ashmgton state that a demand for a physical \ aluatlOn of rallroads opel at111l:Seast of the .l\flssis- Slppl Rlver lS to be made at the hearmg of the Interstate Commerce CommissIOn, to be held 11l Chlcago next ;,![onday Thc SJllpp111g assoclat10nS that protested 111 :May and June ag a111st proposed ll1creased freight 1ates intend to raise the Issue Under an order lssued by the commlSS1On some V\J eeks ago an inqull y lS noy" be111g made to determme the reasonable-ne" s of the plOposed advances In rates As an lllCldent of the mqUlry, rep1 esentabves of the commlttee wlll assemble in Chlcago on August 29 to take tt"tnl1ony A hearing will dlso be held in Kew YOlk later The shippers have now at \York in the offlces of the 111te1state commiss1On a corps of accountants, gathering figures \\111ch have been furnished by the carriers by (hrectlOn of law These figures wlll be used at the heanngs m Chicago and ~ ew York In behalf of the shippers, lt IS eIall11ed that nhe action of the rall1 cads 111 rraking general 111CreaSjes 111 class rates a'iorded, 111COl1nect1On With the recent rallroad late act, an opportulllt) to by out for the fir'ot tnne the questIOn as to wpat \\e1e reasonable f1e1ght lates The new law places on the carne1:o the burden of proof Represcn tat1vc" of the Interstate Sh1pper,,' a%OCla t10n and of the KatlOnal Independence Trafflc League clall11 that l1ndu th1'o prO\lS10n 1t w111be posslhle fOJ compla1l1ants or for the Intcrc,tate Commerce COmm1c,slOn to force the ral1roaJs to show exactly on what the) base their fre1ght rates, that is, the value of the nght of way, terminal faClhties, etc, leaving to the C)111m1'):01Onthe nght to ehminate watered stock, hold- 111l:SS111 other C0mpames (hverslon of revenue to certain sources, etc In other words, an effort w111be made to force the carners to make a physical valuation of their property at their 0\\ n expense and submit 1t to the Interstate Commerce Oomm1s,,1On for 1tS approval For seve1 al ) eal s the C0111111""lOn111annual reportc; has 1 ecommended to congl ess an appropllatJon for the purpose of makmg a phy<'lcal \ alnatvm of ral1~ ay properties E L \V Ilham"on of C111cmnatI, "ecreta1 y of the ship-per,,' C01111111ttce, and FrancI" J3 Jones of Cincinnati, one of the coumel of the C0111111lttee, have been in ,Va<,hmgton for several da}" conferring wlth Special Attol ne) I'rank L) I'n and SohCltor I'arrow of the Interstate Commerce C0l11111lSS1Onconcer1l1l1g the heallng to be held in Chicago ane! they ,,111 be pl epared to make a sb ong show- 111g111behalf of their chent<; "Prove All Things; Hold Fast to That Which is Good:- The apoo,tle Paul kneli" v,hat he was talk111g about when he wrote that <;elltence to the Church In Thessalonica, It ap-phe" 111bus111ess as well as to morals In fact every n"ecept m the B1ble lS so practJcal that it apphes to everyda \' hie The successful men In bu smess "prove all th111gs, and hol J fast to that WhlCh i<, good" In other V\ ords, they investi-gate, and reject that WhlCh w111 not stand the investJgation ThiS apphes partJcularly to the manufacture of furl11ture It is ea"y enough to h11e cheap and Incompetent men; and give them the cheapest lumber glue, van11sh, veneers, trim- AttentlOn, Mr. Kelly! Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, MIch. Gentlemen:-Replymg to yours of 7-16, will say the Dry Kiln System recently mstalled for us accordmg to your new process, at our mIlls at Chnton, Tennessee, are giving satis-factory results, and drying our oak m from 6 to 7 days, whereas, under our old system of drymg it took more than tWIce as long. WhIle the writer has been away qUIte a good deal since thIS system was installed, and has not been able to investi. gate same m detal1, the results as reported at our factory in cutting the lumber are such as to stat.e that the lumber is dried better, and more thoroughly than before, and is easier worked through our entire factory. Yours truly, KNOXVILLE FURNITURE CO. Jas. J. Price, Pres. KnOXVIlle, Tenn, Aug 1, 1910. mmgs and everyth111g they turn out has to be sold at the buyer's pnce Now, lt "0 happens that Gland I~aplds has the reputatIOn of turnmg out the best furniture, and gettmg the h1ghest pnce Consequently lt has become famous as the FurnIture City In thIS connectIOn it may be vvell to mentIOn the fact that Grand RapIds has two famous compal11es, one mak1l1g metal furnltUl e tnmm111gs and the other wood The latter lS the Waddell Manufactunng company, the largest in the wodd III the1r hne They 1SSUe the largest catalogue ()f wood tnm111mgc; and the famons no-kum-Ioose fa"teners, the only house in the world mak111~ wood fa"teners w1th tIllS de-vice Better "end for their catalogue Freight Rules and Tariff Manual. Charles E Bell of ~tlanta. chid clerk in the general freight department lOf the Southern, has complIed and pub-h: ohed a "Frelght Ruk" and Tantt ;,Janual " It contam'O all the pnnClples of the Hepburn law, with interstate comm1s:oIOn rulmgs as to the proper handll11g of fre1Rht, clalms, routmg and mI<,rout111g demurrage, export and lmport traffIC, reoon "lgnl11g rules anJ prn 11eges, translt prl\TJleges arrangement, apphcatlOn and use of tanffs, with 11lustratl\ e examples, all of which 1" gn en 111 pl eC1Se and SImple tel111'Oand an angec1 for redd) 1efel ence ~ IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATO RS I QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for Catalogue and Pnces KIMBALL BROS. CO" ",n.." ....Cuundl Bluffs, I.. I ._.~.-.- .. _. ----------------.-.- _~ Kimball Elevator Co., 34> Prospect St, Cleve1and,0., l0811th St., Omaha, Neb , J~eCedar St , New York City. ... . 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave., Chicagol and in the Furniture Exhibition Buildingy Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes, Wardrobes, ChIffonIers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In ImItatIon golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght Foldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and LIbrary Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards In plaIn oak, Imltallon quartered oak, and sohd quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIffonIers m imitatIon quartered oak, \1lutallon mahogany, and imItatIon golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dming and Dressing Tables. I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. : Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wife Spnngs and Cots II I Made by The Karges Furmture Co Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. i..----.-------------- .. ---.._-..._-.-.-._.._.__..__ ---....6 .... . . III III j WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 II f II I I II I IIII III IIII II ,!II II I IIIII IIII• If III II 1 Made by Bosse Furlllture Company. Made b~ World Furmture Compau} Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. -------------------_.-----------_ .._- --- . . - _ .. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN I I Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, LIbrary Tables, LIbrary Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhIbitIon in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. No.9-Porch ChaIr No lO-Porch Rocker Large size. Oak Seat Green or M,ssIOn Fmlsh. Large sIze Oak Seat Green or 1I11sslOnFmlsh Weight, 20 pounds Weight 21Yz pounds No ll-Porch Settee Seal ~O l11ehes long 17% mehe, deep Oak Seal Green or M,SSlon fimsh Vv eight 32 pounds RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND,INDIANA fI . ----_ .... Pittsburg Plate Glass COlIlpany L.ARGlE&T ,JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF ..---------------------~---------~_-._._--------- -------_._-------~--._-~-..-... GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plale Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than while marble. OENERAL. DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything m Pamts, Varnishes Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which ISgIven below JOIW YOBE-Hudson an4 Tan4&m 81;•• BOSTON--n-49 SUdb11rJ'st., 1-9 aowkel' St. O.IOAG0-4411-4511Waba.h Ave. ODCJ:NNA':t'I-Broadway and Oourt st •• ST. LOVIB-Oor. Tenth and Spruce Sts. IllDiNEAPOLI8-500-516 S. Third St. DETBOrr--53-59 Larned st., E. G:RA:RD:RAPIDS, 1110.-39-41 Jr. Division st. Pr.r':t'SBtrJlGH-101-103 Wood St. JlIlr.WAt1J1:EE,WJS.-4911-494 Market St. BOCB:ES':t'EB,Jr.Y_WUder Bldg., Main 85E:l:chan... Sts. BAJ:.TDIlOBE-310-lliI-14W. Pratt st. CLEVELAND-143D-1434 West Third st. OJllAB:A-llOl-1107 Howard St. ST. PAtJr.--459-461 Jackson St. AT:r.ANTA,GA_30-311-34 S. Pryor St. SAVANNAH,GA.-745-749 Wheaton st. Jl:AJl'SASCJ:':t'Y -:E'1.fth and Wyandotte Sts. BIBIIDrGHAK, AJ:.A.-llnd Ave. al1d 119thst. BU1!'E'ALO,N. Y.-3711-74-76-78Pearl St. BBOO1tLYl'l'-Third Ave. and Dean st. PB:Ir.ADELPKU-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th DAVEJlPOBT--410-416 Scott St. 01tLABO]ll[ACITY, 01tLA , 210-212W. FIrst St. st.. - - -- -.. WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ~------- -_. - .----~----._--------._---------------_._---------- -------------------_._- ----., FOUR NEW in acid and oil. in aGid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. CHICAGO-NEW YORK '-. - Everythlng m Pamt Speclalhes and Wood Finishmg materials. Fl1lers that fill. Stams that sahsfy. 2 = -------._._---------_._-----_._---------------------- -- ARE YOU A SATISFIED CUSTOMER? The Temperature of the" ABC" Moist Air Dry Kilns can be var-ied to suit the different grades of Lumber and changes in the weather. Any degree of humid-ity from clear and dry to a dense fog can be obtained at will. TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People "ABC"Moist Air Dry Kilns are very simple in design, construction and operation, being readily applicable to the varying conditions of every day operation. The highest tempera-ture practical is obtain-able with the least ex-pense for fuel. Read the regrets of the Lowell (Mich.) Cutter Co.: "We are pleased to state that the Moist Air Dry Kiln which you installed for us has proven very satisfactory. Our Kiln is of six trucks capacity and we are takmg vanous kmds of lumber from our yard and drying It in a very satisfactory manner for our work in six days time. We find the arrangement of thiSkmd of kiln very convement for drying sleigh panel stock, and only regret we did not install one a long time ago." N. B. Since the time this letter was written the above company has purchased another "ABC" Kiln. "Actions speak louder than words." Send Address for new Treatise-Dry Kilns for Timber Products. "'---------_._-- I~ AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY ----DETROIT. FIlCH---- U S. A Ablest Engineering Organization in the Blower Business, operating three large plants devoted exclusively to the manufacture of Fan System Apparatus and the allied lines. 22 - - ----------------,,,-------------.. WEEKLY ARTISAN -_._---------------- ...........__ ._... . .. . ~ ,,f II ,•III ,I , I •I I IIIII• I.. I - .I. No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 New designs in the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GraQd ~apids Brass GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. <00. TRUCKTALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity ot construction fea-tures- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get out of order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No 15 Catalog Shows Them. Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co., 618North Front St. Grand Rapids,Mich. • WEEKLY ARTISAN r------- . .. ------ - --- -- -------., ~,-.-------------- ..---- --... - . .. -1 I Morton House I (American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. I Hotel PantJind II III I The Noon Dmner Served at the Panthnd for SOe IS I THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. I I A-- • _._ •• ------- -406 .. • • _ • • • • • • • • _ _ ••••• _ • __ i BOYNTO'~--& CO.--j r" Manufa~urel'l01 ! I I i::r~:::~o:~~ I No. 15 FOX I ine •• Embo .. • I • ed and Spindle I SAW I N G : Carvin... and I Automat.c I II TurnlDea. I MACH IN E We also manu' I t fadure a larae line I I , of Emboued WRITE 44 I I Ornamenta for FOR I I C_d>W_~ I NEW CATALOG I III 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO,Ill. I jl FOX MACH IN E CO 185 N FRONT STIIUT, I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH I 11..-.__ • • •••• __ ... .... • •• • •••••••••• _ •••••• • •• • •••• •••• ~ ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs I and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJ!. Co. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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 •• for Price LIa* IUld 4lsco_* ----------- ---- ------ ,. - _ .. _-- _ .. _. -- --. __ ... ----., I II• ,I• I ---------- ----- ------------' I The Sterling furniture COe MARTIN BROCKMAN, PreSIdent Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames 1509-1511 North Halsted Street CHICAGO Telephone Lincoln 5685 g Our New Line is now ready. When in the market, do not fail to see it. g Our Specialty is Overstuffed Chair and Davenport Frames, English Style. .--- . ------ ------ ~--_._----- II \I ! HARDWOOD LUMBER ---------------- 1 HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. SA~~D } QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY -------------- - ..4.. 23 . ... - - ., 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildings That Will Need Furniture.- Residences-PhIladelphIa, Pa -l\I \\ Young, 5953 Drex-el load, $S,OOO, J 'V Zane, LehIgh avenue and R111gold ~treet, $9,000, D H Zelglel, S955 Drexel load, $5,500, Geon;e C. Herbert, l\Ioreland a, enue and X a, ahoe ~tI eet, $20,000, John McGoldrick. Chew stl eel. and \Vash111gton lane. $13- 500, Thomas l\IcCaule), loulkrod and Oakland street~ $-1-,- 000 St LOllIS, l\To ---Flau G R HOl ~chste1l1, 5S37 DeGI\ el-vJ11e avenue, $7,000, Helman Kalsel, 2026 L1l1ton a, enue, $3,200; Petel Reutel, 31)1 Keokuk stl eel. S9 100, \\ Jlham J. Althaus, 3248 Lafa) eite avenue, $8.~00, J D Ferllu ~9~S Watellnan street, $4 ~OO, C P, "\llen, 2010 Longfello" 'otl eet. $8,700, Harry 13 \Vlllte, 4060 Gannett stl eet, $4,000, L L Bunte, 3203 Sulhvan avenue, $8,000, P J Egan, 4541 Papin street, $5,000, Clthellne Gelsell, 3217 ~r~enal street, $4,000 ChIcago, III ---;\ Tal v \Y cndell, 4731 '\ OJ th lorty -first a, e-nue, $6,000, Robert Lara, 1503 "orth Paul111a street, $6,000, A. \V Elstrom, S707 Southport a, enue $4,000. IIan F Barne~, f4446 \\ a~h1l1gton bouln al d, $6,000 :\[Ichael Re~ guky, 1308 \Vest Tlmty-Elghth ~tJect 5-1-,SOO,r= P Golden. 10914 1\Ilchlgan a, enuc $12,000 San ['rancI~co, Cal---Glace D Templc. Sr\.th and Ship-ley streets, $3,900, \hce \ IT eyel s, J ack"on and Locust stleets, $15,000 C1l1cinnatl, 0 ---G \V VVJlson, Linwood load and Davis drive, $3,200 Joseph E Sortor, Grand and Glem, ay avenue". $3,000; S D Coopet, L1l1wood road and Gl ace a, enue, S4,500' Gustav Held, Gate and 1\llsslOn ~treets, $3,000. lIl1 am R Foster, 233 Ea~t Auburn av cnue, $12,000. Joseph BoeJlc1l1, FIsher place and Han Ison avenue, $4,500. Phl1lp Danncn-felsel, 3255 Rl'1geV\ ay a, enue, $3,000 Gland RapIds, l\Ilch ---F THo" ell, 220 S luth IIonl" avenue, $5,500, John II Almstrong, 198 Tellace <1\ eune, $4,300; G J IIeckman, 96 Benlam111 telfclce, $3,SOO. Fled D Van Kolken, 302 Caulfield avenue, $3,500, Fred ~ esle), 130 Palmer avenue, $3,000 Kan<.,as Clt), 110 ---E P 1\Iadoralc, 11 Ea~t ThIrty-third strect, $4,500, A 1\1 Clark, 141:; Agncs avenuc, $6,500, A 13 Stephens, 3836 FOl e"t street, $5,000, E \\ Dunlap, 1018 West FIfty-third Stl eet, $7,000, J T 131 H:;g.., 5436 Central avenue, $5, SOO, Otis Goddard, 1311 Ea~t Sr\.t) -fifth street, $5,000, J W Fas~et, 2413 Pad.:: street, $-1-,000 Atlanta, Ga ---1\I1~ Helen Boehms. 233 :\I)ltle stleet, $4,500, J H Bennett. 314 X orth Jackson street, $3000, 111'0 D R SullIVan, 707 EdgeVvood avenue, $4,500, IIrs S C Stevens. 778 GlemVOOd a, enue, $3,000, l\Trs :\TcCahley, 257 Forest a, enue, $3,000 Indlanapohs, Inel---}\l R Shomer, Dellcfontanc and Thirtieth streeh, $4,000, \V H SeIbel t, CapItol aveneu and Twenty-n111th ~tl eet, $4,500, A L Slalck, 2445 N 01th Dela-ware street" $3,000; R N. Campbell, 3916 College avenue, $3,500, \V P Thatchel, 5912 Juhan street, $3,000 Omaha, Xebl ---1\Ir" 1\lary 13 Kyle, 2821 lowlel avenue, $3,000, 'V H Schmoller, 3404 \VoolwO! th a, enue, $30,000, J Vif Rasp, 3174 Lallmolc stleet, $3,000, \\ 0 larsen, 1917 Cum111g a, enue, $5,000 MIlwaukee, \VIS ---Joseph Schaab, 2905 Clarke street, $3,000 , John Schl elhel, Fourth avenue and DU11elgh stl eet, $4,500, E F. Mann, rr hlrty-slxth street anel Pabst avenue, $5,000, Freel Bloedel, Se\ enteenth avenue and Scott ."it eet, $4,000, F. C Scheet7, Tlmty-third avenue and Hadley street, $3,800. Columbus, 0 ---Margaret J. Donaldson, 139 'vVarren ~-----_._---_._._._.----- ----------- - - - - -~ I II tI ... -----...& I III I I I~------------------------ . 10ufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItizens' Telephone 1702. "bect, $-1-,000, (T C Lalkm, 397 Se, enteenth a, enue, $3,250, :\Iaggle Carson, 180 SIdney 'itreet, $3,000, Thomas Lan del s, 165 131 ehl ~b eet, $3000, C; H Parkimon, 1899 Fourth street, S3,500 Oklahoma CIty, Okla ---J .r ~il eet. $=),000, \\ D Kauffman, "il eet, $3000. 0 E \\ heelcr, 815 <;;3000 San \nt01110, Te" ---\\ T fl ert nom, 294 l\Ta£;noha sheet. $3,000, :\11"" Roha111lcl \\ Jlham~, 326 \VIlson street, $3,200, J \\ DI apel, 407 South Presa street, $3,000, C A Blhl, 20-1-DolO! osa street, $3,600. RIchmond, Va ---George Kntzer, 20()c) Flo) d avenue, $3,- IIeade, 913 lloyd aenue, $4,000 Peona, Ill---\VJlham H Goebel~, Flr'it avenue and Mon- "on strcet, $15,000, Ld\\ 111 Ral1'lall, Maplewood avenue, Up-land", $7,000, l~recI ReIth, 819 Glen Oak a, enue, $6,100, \VJI-ham Strong, 131 Darker avenue, $4,000 LOl1h'lllC, K) ---~ndrew Klement7, 2609 Garland ave-nue S3 500, S P, FIelden, 61:; Floral tel race, $4,000; W K Duna\\mg 1836 Gleeuv,oocI avenuc, $3,000, Dr J J Bon, ~86 1 loral tetl ace, $-1-,000 Youngstown, 0 ---(1 G Delhle, 404 Arhngton streelt, $3,500, H F Klmg, 202 Holmes ~treet, $3,000, JennIe Ed-wards, 374 Satanac a'enue, $3,000 Fort \\ ayne, Ind ---C C Ke~terson, 2431 \Ymter ~tleet, S3,000, \ugust } ree<;e, 2733 Broadway, $4,000 Dem el, Col --- J 1\1 Carney, South Clarkson and CeJal "tl eds, $3,750, IIrs L Atken, South Lmcoln and Dakota "beets, $3000, \\ \ \\ hltacre, South L111col11ancI LOUlSl-cwa Stl eets, $3,500 BJrl111ngham, \la ---J S Arnold aevnue E and Twenty-eIghth street, En<;le}, $S 000, 'vV T Cartwright, J\1achson a, enue and Poplar street, $3,000, \V D \Vood, 2815 Second avenue north, $7,000, John T Gl cen, 1710 Avenue I, $3,000 Albany, Ga ---J E II cl\Illlan, 303 Broad <;trcet, $4,000; \1 D Gortatovv'ik), 218 Commercc street, $4,500 ::\Iontgomel), \la ---J\1r" 1\1 1\IcJ\Iamts, 617 Adam" ave-nue, $3,540 Miscellaneous SttructuI'es---] he Fhene/et Baptl"t So- Clet, of St LotllS, M0 , are bt1l1ding a church to cost $10,000, e"c1u~l\ e of ~cat111g The Ote~y Amusement company are bUtldmg a $30,000 thec1tre on South GlancI avenue, St L01ll~, 110 The Cathohc Bl~hop of ChIcago has a penmt to buJld a $75,000 church at 2655-\Cil Fa."t EIghty-lfouI th street St Peter'" K ot weglan Lutheran ~oclety are bU11dmg a $12,500 church m l\lJeldle SIOU" CIty, 10vva The Gardner Memollal PalIsh assoClatton are bmLlmg a $25,000 pansh hou'ie at 1708 Dodge street, Omaha, Nebr The Conservatory of MUSIC of Cmcmnatl, 0, ale bmld111g a gynaslUm at a cost of $7,500 l\loore, 316 East FIfth 1107 \\ e~t Twenty-thud \Vest Seventeenth street, WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B. A Sch"eneberger, Perham, Mmn ,Secretary, W L. Grapp, Janesville, Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Chairman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn, 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L HarrIs, Mmneapolls, Mwn ,C DanIelson Cannon Falls GREETINGS! BULLETIN No. 165. Mid Summer Meeting at Hotel Nicollett. Minne-apolis. September 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I The mid summer meet1l1!; d Oul aSS0clatlOn '" III be held dunng faIr week at the 'I1collett Hotel at Ml11neapohs, be-gmmng September 6 and contmull1g until the 10th, the big day bel11g Thursday, September 8 The executIVe commIttee dE:Clded at the conference held at Mankato, -:\Enn, that inas-much as the meUlber.., of our associatlOn have already used Ulore or less of the gooJs sold through the assocIation, It will only 1)e necessary to show a few pieces of each line and the new number" added to our l1l1e; thel efore we WIll have "am-pIes ul parlors F and A, all of the new numbers and enough from every factwy to show the qualrty the aSSocIatIOn mam-tams on theIr a..,sociation goods This IS found necessary in orc1er to show those who are not acquainted with the as- ,ouatlOn gudds vVith e, ery sample there WIll be a complete 1ll1e of photo2,raphs showing the full IUles The samples ,\111 be ready for d1splay Septembel 6 and WIll he kept Intact unu1 Saturdav afternoon September 10 The com entlOn proper WIll commence Thursda} morn-mg, September 8 In th e ord mal y The mornmg meetmg WIll be deVtote,1 to the preparing of committee I eports and such leglslatrve matters as the vanous members are interested in The afternoon w111 he devoted to an expenence meeting only, dnel none other than the memhers or bona fide dealers w111 he admItted, as there are many traJe eV1l" that should be dIscussed b} all the memhers present ill 01der to get theIr proper solution As your preSident WIll sav, I ha, E' gathel ed much mform-atlOn, which you ought to know, whIle carrymg on my road "lVork, that \\111 be mighty interestmg to you and no dealel can afjiord to not hear about It As th1S matter pertams to things that WIll not be publIshed the only way that \ ou WIll be ahle to get them is by comll1g to the conventIOn Heretofore we have always earned out a stt plogramme and m order to diversIfy the seSSlOns of our assocIatIOn and especlall} for the mid-summer 1l1eetmg, \\ e have Jeclded to bnng to our can, entIon onlv those men \\ ho are 111 a pOSItion to gIve us the information sought \\ e beheve that a day or so spent m touchll1g elbo\\ s With other clealers WIll produce results that we can hardly reahze now and as the state legis-lature meets next Tun tel, before oUr annual meeting, It IS very, very, Important that our association have everythll1g ready for pI esentation at the opening of the coming sessIon and as the detaIls of prepanng the vanous bills IS such that it takes months to accomphsh \ ery much, we want to most heartIly urge every member to be On han,i Thursday morn- Il1g September 8 If you expect to be in the fUlllltUI e bu"mess the next six, eight or ten years, you can afford to arrdnge your affair" so that you will be at thIS mGrnmg sessIOn of September 8, and do not forget that" hat IS e, erybodv's bU~111ess IS no-bod}' s bUSIness, that unless yOU} ourself ask for that whIch business condItIOns have brought about, you Will never get the correction and the sooner we start the soonel we Will get the relief. Your offIcers feel that It IS jUo,t as much a detaIl of your busmess to luok dfter the proper lelSislatlOn govermng the conditIOns un del whIch you do busll1ess as It IS for you to open your store 111the mornin~ or resupply the store WIth the goods that you ha' e sold out Remembel the old saymg "'INhere there I", a WIll there IS ah, ays a way" So plan your affaIrs so that you can be at thiS meetmg of SeptembE'r 8 Attest J R l' A.YLOR, PreSident 'IV L Grapp, Secretary What Co-operation Advertising "'Till Do. In order to sho", , 111 a feeble y\ ay the far-reachll1g effects of associatIOn helps and to nnprE:ss upon the dealers the great \ alue of assocIatIOn w 01k, \\ e are gn 1ng you this practical IllustratIon of getting out competItIve retaIl mall order cir-cular and carrymg it out 111 a practlcdl way and In order tJ show the advantage and pOSSIbIlIty of co~operatlOn we trust Yjou "lVillbear with us a few moments while we analyze what IS necessary in preparing thiS hll1d of a circular You Will notice that It is intended for a four-page CIrcular devoted to this illustratIOn, the fraudulent methods of a mall order house ThiS is so arranged that It vv III make a four-page poster out of It and whIch vve furlllsh to our members at the cost of paper and press work. Now ask yourself, supposlI1g you "lVanteJ to do somethll1g of thl:" sort, what would be neces-sary? FIrst you would haye to get these goods through some frIend of yours from the mall order house, whIch would cost $5838 besides the freight, when yOU receIved them you would have to have photographs taken of them at a cost of an average of $1 a pIece, whIch "IV oul,l amount to $9, then after yOU haye the photograph} au would have to get a repro-ductIOn draV\ n of the mall order cuts at a cost of $3 a piece amountmg to $27, and 111 order to show them 111 theIr true proportIOn you WIll hd ve to take half-tones willch WIll co"t } ou $1.50 a pIece, amount111g to $7 SO, then you "IV auld have to get the comparison cuts Wh1Ch \\ auld CCht $3, amountll1g to $9. Therefore the cost of gettll1~ the gooJs and prepanng of these cut" would be $111 08 not countl11g anythIng for press work and paper Now then, no matter 110Vv hald you "Juld be pressed "'Ith the mall order evlls, could } ou a" an indi-vidual dealer afford to go to thIS expense to get out a clrculal of thIS kind? Of course not But we, as an associatIOn dl-vde It upon a pro lata amon!; us and fll1d It but a lIttle matter N at only that, but how long would It take yOU to prepare an artIcle of thiS kll1d or would yOU have the mclll1atlOn to do so And} et when yoU come to 1 ealIze that the marl order hou'ies are contl11tlll1g, evedao,tll1gly tdlrng you I customers (Continued on Page 28 ) T 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Rauroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. 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. 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 III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, Excl~~~eu~~;~~M:U~S:~KoErGON, MICH, ... - III ,II III II II III ,, II II I •t, t,II I . New York OffIce, 369 Broadw.a.y_, L_E Moon-, -M-an-ag-er------~-.-.----------~------------Il Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than Morris Wood & Sons." He is imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work, at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks, in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutters. Write UI right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty-six years. I. that worth anything to you? A trial order is our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. t---------~~.-.----. ~~__._-.-..A.. ,II II • 0 U :c (,,) 'oQ- c:::: "" - ~ So. 0 .=..' ~~ (,) Q • ~ u 0 rf) ,~ ~ d $0 t(') " t(') ~ . -e ~ l. :0z «) CO') • 0 c::> s.. ... Q) 0 .... ... $.t e I.I.). ~ ..... c.:.:>. ~ ~ .. . WEEKLY ARTISAN f . IIIIII ,, ,, ................... Perfection of Detail marh every tdble in the Stow & DaVISlme. Masterly designs, slurdy oak, and rich, glowlOgmahogany are fashIoned by our skIllfulworkmen into Stow & Davis Diners Our Bank and Office t~bles display the same care and merit in their building-the care that appeals to paying customers. whether they be home-keepers or business men. See our line. 46.3).6 T.bl •• and Banquet Tops. 4th floor, Blod!!ett Bid". --------------- -.a ••_. _ . -..... ~ .... . j'" - II III I,\i ••• IfI Stow & Davis Furniture Co., Grand Rapid., Mich. 27 _ ... J Pitcairn Varnish Company Manufacturers of Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. r ••.. a ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• _-_ •••••• ~ IIIII I II I I tt II ,I II , "---------- ---------------~--_._---_._-----_. _._._-_._.-------- .... Don't risk being without the Tyden Lock on your tables. It means business for you_ Ask your manufacturer for it when you buy divided pedestal dining tables. Many a sale of a dining suite has been lost to a dealer simply because the Tyden Duo- Style Table Lock was not on the table he tried to sell. The sale went to his competitor who had the properly equipped table. Don't run this unnecessary risk-the table you buy can have the Tyden Lock without extra charge. ....-.......... .....----------- --------- ... I We are Special Tool Manufacturers for the Wood Working Trade. lour SOLID STEEL MOULDING CUTTERS are the Best in the World. IIII I,t I,f f fIII 1.. ., i,j I I I,I I,I , II I III ,I SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO. ""-----------SAW--, --KN-_IFE-A.N-D---T-O--O-L--M--_AN.U-_FA.-C_T.U-_RE--R_S-._-----_-._-------- .. ~----....••....... ..--.... UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Slyle, Comtrudton and Flmsh. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent alub.- bon 3rd Floor, New Manulact-urers' Buildmg, Grand Rapids. , I .... Ii-__ ,, .. 28 picture, that } ou are gettlllg a $20 dres"er, when in reality the de"cnptlOl1 under the pIcture and the article you really receIve is that of a $10 or a $21 ,1resser, It ought to make you more careful when you are bu} Il1g furUlture You may ask wh} It i" became furUlture isn't lIke grocenes or dry goods whIch you are uSing every day and know all about You probably buy a dresser, table or a bed once or tWIce III a hfe time, "0 naturally yOU are not as well po"ted on this line as with the good" you are buying every day. which again "how" the cleverne"s of the mall order hou<;e in f>lctunng otlily this class of goods larger than they reall} are, and in order to show you how this really works out let us give you a httle illu"tration of what happened to one of our customers who came into our store to look for the pedestal table il1ustrated in this circular She of course came 1n with that great big pedestal table 111 mind and we could not sell her anything like it for le"s than $25 AnD ,et "hen we showed her the kind of a table slhe really would get <;he 'v auld not cons1der it for a moment, havlUg bought a fevv notions and dry good<; from the mall order house and receIving just what she ordered, and she concluded to send for the table. A.fter three week" of waiting her table arrived. and you can imagine ,here surpnse when the article received was only a httle 7 Il1ch p1llared table, when she though she was order- Il1g one that was at least 12 to 14 IUches And upon com-paring it with the descnption of the table she ordered she found that it tallied up exactly to the description underneath the p1cture she ordered from, and under these circumstances ~he could not return it. At this point some may ask, "Well, why did "he do it?" '\nd 1n explanatlOn will "ay, "\iV e wonder how many could i udge what a 7 Il1ch table would be when the p1cture before them "hO\"s It to be about Yi to 0 larger than 1t really is '( at man)" The fact remall1" that this lady d1d send for thIS table slmply because 1t was pictured so large and at-tractn e but had it been illustrated hke the cut she received and one hke the cut we show here marked No. .., would it have tempted her to send away for it? Well hardly Therefore, we are sure tJhat you feel that if a concern u<;e" <;uch method<; III one case that they will take advantage of you III another So study the 11lustratlOns carefully that ,ve gn e you and note what we <;ay under each one because 1t tells a story better than we can, and remember, as we have <;0 often saId, that no matter what kind of prke you can get on an article, we WIll agree to meet It on the same terms and conrhtlOns. and <;0 far as the mail order catalogs are con-cerned will give you, a<; a rule. better goods, all ready for your home at the same pnce or le<;s Some of you may say that th1s i<; a broad statement. but ne, ertheless, we are iust anxIOUS for the chance to prove it to your satisfaction Will you come in and let us show you the mnny practical illustrations that we have in our Sit'Ore? If } au haven't the money we won't treat you as the mail order house does by not trusting you over night, and de-mandll1g cash With order, because if we haven't the faith 1n } ou, why do ,ve de<;lre Y0ul bu<;iness? If the matI order house proposition 15 the best way to buy, why don't they send goods on approval without demand- Il1g cash in advance? THIERE IS A REASON Think it over. WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association. (Continued From Page 25 ) that theIr home oealer c'1uld not pO<;"lbly sell them a<; good good" for the pnce and on top of that add the Illustrating of merchandi5e far beyond 1eal proportlOn, isn't it about time that we, the small dealers, wlake up and tell thier customers what is what? And vve know of no other way that It can he done so com incingly and "0 fa1rly as by thi<; circulal If our reader, i<; a small dealer he ,\;111 know that thele is no source of supply that he can turn to that wlll enable him to get these articles at a price that w111 enable hl111 to meet this mall order competltlOn and <;itll make a profit on top of it If our a,,"oclatlOn can do that, I"n't It an a<;<;oc1ation that is worth whIle bel11g a part of? ThIS is only my way of showing the practical re<;ults that we are working out and we have selected thIS subject at this time became of it<; importance to the majority of the small dealer" and e~pecialh to our friends who are now 111 sections of the country 111 vvhich crop cond1tlOn<; are not favorably because al\\ ays ,',;hen those conJ1tions arise. people shop closer and the tendency to "ave a dollar lS far keener than otherwise Therdore every dealer so situated should use every means WIthin his power to keep VIi hatev er business there is in hl<; community coming his way instead of allowing it to go to the mlail order house. You can do 1 t without a large inve"tent becau<;e it can be done through our associati0n at such a nomInal "urn that there lS no excuse for any dealer to ever complain about the mad order evil But all our assoclatlOn helps are valueless if not properly used, and therefore we, as an association have done our function by <;upplying you wlth these thin~<; Now it is up to } ou to u<;e them as they are intended to be used, an,l 1f you ,\;111do thl" we know what the results wll1 be and that } all ,,111 never again need to have the feeling of, "Oh. what i<;the use." ,\ hen you see your mail order fnend comll1g into your <;tore, that you can meet him ,vith a pleasant smile and with absolute confidence that you need no more dread this phase of compe-tition. SIO come to our convention fair week and "tudy OUI methods and get 111 clo<;er touch w1th the a""oClatIOl1 that 1S really workl11g for the benefit of 1ts member<; The followl11g page<; are gotten up f01 a retail CIrcular to be <;ent out by our members at a price so a;, to enable hIm to meet the competition and still make a profit See former bulletins or send for other<; These will be furn1shed to OUI members at the following prices 250 for. .~OOfor. 750 for . $ 880 10.72 12.05 1900 for 1500 fOI 2000 for, $13.00 15.10 . 17.35 "DO PICTURES ALWAYS TELL THE TRUE STORY?" We all realtze that a nice pIcture ,,,ill 1ntere<;t both the young and the old. and no matter how large or how small, it will tell at a glance more than a whole column of description in a newspaper We call your attention to thi" fact because we find 111 the hustle and bustle of busll1es" that some people who are sell-ing their merchand1se by the aid of catalog pictures) realtze that in order to get your attention they must make their pictures as attractive as pOSSIble, but just as soon as anyone begins to picture their goods from 71\ to ;/z larger than they really are, then 1t at once becomes a different matter to you, as a customer, as well as to us, your home dealel If the catalog house makes you believe, by means of a (Owll1g to delay in receivll1g copy for the cuts only one page of the Illustration<; that are to be used in the four-page CIrcular appears III t'his edition of the Weekly Artisan The other pages, similar 111 make-up, will appear next week---Ed.) Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Advertising Helps. No 1 ThIS table shows how Montgomery Ward il-lustrates same m their catalog and of course anybody wantmg a table and If they could get one llke tlllS, (table shown on page 635, for $975) they would buy It But friends, look at cut No 2 and No 3 and see what they send you Is that a square deal? You know that you Can buy thIS table at almost any furmture store for the same prIce and you WIll not have to pay the freIght No 4 ThIS IS the exact reproduction of the way thIS chma closet is Illustrated m Montgomery Ward catalog, on page 612 Anyone would be wlllmg to pay $1595 It they could get a chma closet llke that Look at the other two plCtures and see what our customer actually receIved and! then ask yourself If you would send away for that, had It been drawn in true proportlOn, and take your chances of breakage of glass WhIChIS m the chma closet Do you wonder why they dId Illustrate It in that way? They wanted your money and wanted It before you got the goods. No 7 ThIS IS the way the mall order house pIC-tures thIS dresser m theIr catalog WhIle we have reduced the plCture m order to flt thIS page, yet the proportions are the same ex-actly If you were gomg to buy a dresser, of course a $12 35 price would attract you and no one would blame you for sendmg for It If yOUreceIved dressers as large as the one pIC-tured But look at cut No 8 It WIll show yOU that yOU can put dresser YOUreceIved rIght mSlde of th,S one Do you call thllf a square deal? Ju~t thmk It over No.2, ThIS cut shows you the e:>dent of how the mall order houses exaggerate The black pIC-ture shows you the table as It came and as taken by photographer Ask yourself If you would not be tempted to send away your money and take your chances m gettmg what you send for. If the table were pIctured hke cut No 3 They ask for your money before you get the goods No 5 This cut shows you the true proportion of how they exaggerated the drawmg of this chma closet, the black pIcture bemg the exact SIze of the one our friend receIved ThIS IS to Impress upon your mmd the dIfference be-tween the article you recelVe and the way It IS pIctured m the catalog If they dId thIS with thIS artIcle what assurance have you that they won t do It agam? No 8. TillS shows you the extent of overdrawing The black shows yoU the pIcture of the dres-ser receIved by us The hght edgmg shows the way the mall order house has pIctured It If yOUare gomg to buy a pIece of furmture, that would not tempt you, even If It were marked $12 35 You would not want to part wIth your money Look at cut No 9 ThIS IS what yoU get No 3 Thu, cut made from a photograph taken b, our photographer You WIll notlCe that w hl'tve taken the same heIght as the mail order house has taken for the table cut and there fore It cannot be saId that It IS not true One cannot make a camera he ThIS IS the kmd of a table you get If you order the table hke lllustratlOn m No I, and WhICh you all kno" that we have been sellmg for years around about the same prlCe, WhICh,addmg freight to $975 makes It $1025 to $1075 Come m and let uS show you the table that we WIll sell you for thIS amount No O. We gIve you a half-tone plCture of this be cause we want to be faIr wIth you and gIve the true proportlOn of the chma closet, and also show you the real gram of the wood. NotlCe ho" flowery the mall order cut IS drawn, statmg It IS quartered oak. The only thmg that IS quartered oak IS the posts and the front They dId this sImply because they knew anyone would pay the price for a quar-tered oak chma closet hke that But thIS cut shows It as It really IS We furmsh you thIS for $1595 If you take It m the crate, or If we set It up, for $16 95 No 9 ThIS IS a true plCture of the dresser receIved and It IS exactly llke the pIcture so far as It Is possIble for pen and mk drawmg to make It Note the dIfference between thIS cut and cut No 7, yet we are always able to furmsh you thIS dresser for the same price, $12.35 We WIll have enough faith m you to trust you for It If you haven t the money \~ ~----- - -----.. ----- - ----_._------. I,IIt !II III IIII III III II IIi I IIII IIII I I,~... 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN RAILROAD VIEW OF FREIGHT RATES A Circular Issued in Reply to Char4es Made By Mr. Kindel of Denver. Col. That readers of the \Veekly Artisan may better under-stand Mr Kindel's allUSIOn t l the Griffin \\ heel compan} whIch has branch hom,es at Chlc<igo, DetrOIt Boston, Ban-gor, Me, St Paul, Minn, Kan~a" CIty, ;'10, falOI11<i \Y d:--h, San Francisco and Los Angele.." Cal, and at lJe\nel, the following CIrcular whIch IS be1l1g gIven genel <il cIrculatIOn IS reprinted It wJ1l also gl\ e readers a good h1ea ot the contentions of raIlroad manager:-- and theIr friend.., In the contro\ er~y over the proposed adv dnce" 111 freIgh t Idte.., To the BU~lness Mdn---"No nldtter how objectIOnable an advance in freIght rates may be t) us personall}, \'\ e mlb t recognize that an improv ement in genel al bU..,1I1es..,IS depend ent on a bettelment of operating and finanCIal conclttlOn.., of the raIlroads That the operating results are most unsatt..,- factory is readily seen by the latest Inter-state Commerce Commission reports, whIch show that for the nine months ended April 1st, 1910, eleven ratlroad systems, all \\ est and north of a l1l1e drawn flom Chicago to St Louis, compared WIth the same roads for the same period in the prevIOus year, had their gross earnings I11creased about $50,00000000, whtle theIr net eamings show a decrease of $3,500,000 00, and for the month of March, on the same companson, they show an increase of $7,000,00000 111 gross and a decrease of $965,- 000 00 111 net earnings Attention is called to the fact that the \\ age increases, (fxcept a small amount,) were l1~t in force dur111g tl11'; period, and from now on these will greatly incl esae the oper-ating cost. These same railroads had their taxes I11creased over the previous year $2,500,000 00, or 14 per cent and have to pay higher rates on their loans These roads CO\ering the m )st prosperous part of the country may be considered representa-bve of general raIlroad conditions During the past three years of poor business, ratlroad expenditures for maintainance were necessarily at the lowest point, and in consequence their motive power equipment and tracks now demand a greater proportIOn of operating expense No provision has been or is being made for the growing de-mands of the country, and as transportatIOn i" the backbone of business, its weakness or inefficiency cripples every other condition; because all products are valuable in the ratIo with their accessibihty to the consuming market. It is most important to the shipper, that rallrodas at all times are fully equipped to take care of an increase of hIS busl11ess The first eight months of 1907 demonstrated that the railroads could not handle the busl11ess then offered with an) degree of satIsfaction. The finanCIal condItions since have not permitted them to even ma111tal11 theIr then positIOn If the then volume of business were to come back supplemented by the three years growth of the country in the l11terval, trans-portation would be paralyzed; and vvhat would that cost the shilpper compared WIth a reasonable advance in freIght rates now? Such an advance would provide the means for avoiding thIS impending disaster Thelron horse needs to be kept 111 good condition for the same reason as the living horse used for transportation The teamster knowt> that if his horse IS not well shod, well groomed and well fed, and his harness and wagon kept in good repair, that all he will save on such economy WIll be many times wasted 111 the inefficiency of hIS transportation, and also add great expense to the shipper We Manuf.~lure lite LUlie.. Line of 1I 1 IIIII Foldinl! Chairs In the U nlled States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, H ails, Steam-ers and all publIc resorts Weo 01\80 manufacture Brass Trimmed 1 r 0 n Beds, SprIng Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large varJety Send for Catalogue and Prues t, KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLA.ND.,-_.O.HIO-- ------------------.~~ It It> e"\.dctly the "ame WIth the raIlroads: the shipper has a nght to demand that transportation be ample and efficient; the success of his busmess and the development of the coun-try are dependent on it. To do th1S, the raIlroad must show adequate returns to maintam proper borrowmg credit and present a promising source of mvestment to procure the necessary funds to im-prove anJ develop the property as needed It is neither the raIlroad preSIdent nor the shipper that controls the situation; It IS the mvestor alone who holds the key; without his unin- \ ested Jollar the raIlroad canoot extend or improve, no mat-ter how great the needs of the shipper or the country may be \\ 1th all the mcreasing cost of operation, supplemented by e\ er increasmg and burdensome legislative restrictions con-cerning their earnmgs, in face of the fact that the average dividend rate on ra1lroads was less than 3,Yz per cent for the past six years, and the United States Supreme Court in the case of the Consoltdated Gas Company stated that "6 per cent was a fair return on money invested in public utilities," with the average freight rate in 1909 of three-quarters of a cent per ton per mile, the lowest in nine years, the average passenger rate per mile, one and nine-tenths cents, the lowest ever reached, IS it any wonder that the mvestor holds back dnd the Bankers demand high inverest rates from the rail-roads) The railroad" need $2,000,000,000 00 to put their lines in proper condItIOn, and to increase their terminal facilities at all points that are even now a necessity, and $1,000,000,- 000 00 more for modern new motive power and equipment to move freight With dispatch and economy Where can they get the money? Only by increased earnings from advanced rates, and by so doing better their credit by attracting the uninvested dollars that are now gomg to other more attractive but less productIve investments. Poor's Manual say.., the average haul of all freight in 1908 \'\as 142 1111les. The average rate in 1900 was three-fourths of ct cent per ton per mile The average total rate for the average total haul, assum-ing it to be the same as 1908, would be $1.06 per ton. An advance of 10 per cent on thIS rate would increase the cost 10 cents per ton, or 1-200 of a cent per pound. An advance of 10 per cent on the present specific rates would increase the cost of 100 pounds dressed beef m New York. shipped from ChIcago, 4,Yz cents, 100 pounds canned fish in St. Louis, ship- WEEKLY ARTISAN " ---------------- ---...~.----------------------- -----~I i f III I IIIIIII ,I I I I I I, t II I,I ,IIIII ---_. --_.----------------- ----------------------------- ..I Lentz Big Six ped fro,l1 }[ame, 8-10 cents, 100 ponnJ:o flour in 'Jew York, from MInneapoh~, 2 cents, a ::'U1t of clothes In Cillcago, flam Boston, .0 ceni, the same for a woman'::, sutt On a man's outfit, coat, trousel s. shoes and hat. New England to MISSIS-SIppI Valley, not to exceed 1 cent The Ultimate Consumer can multtply these IlustrailOUS indefinitely, The manufac-turer, Jobber, and retaIler could easIly absOlb this slight ad-vance, because, If hIs bu"iness, mcreased but one untt, that would more than pay the increased cost on one hundred UnIts Railroad net ear11lngs thus Increased, the raIlroads would have a ready market for their secunties. and wIth the money thus obtained agaIn start all the business and industries now compalatlvely iJle that are directly or indirectly dependent on theIr property The work111g men would be fully em-ployed. theIr famlltes would aga111 purchase freely, and that means good business for everyone There are 1,500,000 raIlroad employees It takes 2,500,000 men to supply what the.lalltoads need, and a vast number of men are employeJ in supplying the personal needs of the above 4,000,000 men and their familtes, representing 16.000,- 000 people, Every k111d of business IS dependeent in some measure on 1ailroad prosperity. If it had not been for the encouragement gIven railroad Investors in the past. where would we have been to-day for our food supply? They opened up thousands of mIles of un-developed and unproducttve land and yet our food is high, because of lack of supply; our consumption IS increasIng fas-ter than our food productIOn If the raIl road investor stops as he now has, there WIll be an advance in food rates soon that WIll be far greater than 111creased freIght rates HIgh food means hIgh labor, and high labor means high every-thmg Therefore the UltImate Consumer and the State and NatlOnal Governments shquld be Interested in developIng land that WIll produce bounttful food products Half of the country west of the MISSISSIppi IS not used, and wIll not be untIl covered wIth rallt oads. Who would want to bUIld roads in unproductIve lands when those in cultivated country will barely pay the lowest rate of interest, and the owners and managers are be111g hal rassed and maligned as In no other bUSllless ThIS condItion WIll only Improve when the business man realIzes that the investor does not prOVIde the source of hIS own investments He wait::, for you to do that III some desn- III III IIII I II IIII II ItII! Lentz Table Co. IIII ~-------------- No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES NASHVILLE, MICHIGAftt able fOlm By your llldlVidualIy lettmg thmgs drIft, and domg nothmg. your legIslator, with no busLness experience, heanng no adVIce and rrecelvmg no dIrect mformation, which he gladly would from you qUIte (quIte lIkely you do not even know hIS name)). lIstens to the only voice heard; the agItator or the aggressive shipper whose views of of the business world are obtained by looking out of the small hole of a fun-nel dIrected at his oV\rn plant, unconscious of other conditions of far more importance to his own busllless than the freIght rates Such men as these by their vociferous vigor, have sttrred up a popular anti-corporation agitation that has cowed all parttes, and they are so scared of being charged as owned or bought that all questions of prinCIple, equity or the general good are ignored. The raIlroad man draws his salary, whether the road pays or not; he does not own it If he does say any-thlllg he IS sat upon. The stockholders as a body are defense-less You are the sufferer and the only one who would be hstened to WIll you not study your own interests, find out your legislator's name, and tell him the real situattcm Other- WIse we must wait untJI grim necessity starves out the pres-ent anti-railroad fever June 6, 1910. T. A GRIFFIN Uses for Sandalwood_ One of the mlllor 111dustries of Queensland is the supply- Ing of sandalwood for Chmese joss houses In the CGo!, dls-tncl., North Queensland, sandalwood IS fairly plentIful. and on the western coa~t of the pe11linsula there is said L,) Iv lar~e quantItIes of It One party dunng the past twe lly '1lOnths ha- obtamed and despatched about 200 tons, and when It i" ::,tated that sandalwood at present is quoted at £2t per :on. and has been as high as £34, it IS easily seen there is monev In the busriness Abonginals are employed in cUliin~ and dreo,sing the tImber, which IS convey f d to TI,n<;day Island. where It is shipped to Hong Kong The timber is exported in short lengths The trees are small, and the samples in the collectIOn of the department show a verry hard, close gratin, and heavy tImber. Chma is said to be the chief customer for sandalwood, but in Arabia and Europe cu,,- tamers are to be found for it The Chinese make it into jos,,- sticks for incense-burning in temples In Singapore it is used largely In funeral and marriage ceremOllles,--- TImber Trades Journal, London, England, 31 ------ ~- -- T 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN j I ------_.. ~ Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. Salesman in every state, on commission, to sell a live hne of American Quartered Library Tables. Address F. T. M, care Weekly Artisan Co 8-27 WANTED. Expenenced commission men to sell line of cheap and medi-um priced Smtes, Dressers, Chiffoniers, Chiffomer Robes and Wardrobes in piam and quartered oak. Address McKim & Cochran Furn. Co., Madison, Ind. 8-27 9-3 9-10 WANTED. Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mail. Our course of instruction is just the thing for superintendents, foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing, Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o.w. tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York stat,es and can guarantee results. Address C. A. R, Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE, A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. -_. New York Markets. Nev. York, Aug 26 -A determined effort to rev Ive the burlap busmesOl was made last \Ionday The mo\ ement \\ as based on advlces from Calcutta to the eftect that pnces there had advanced matellally owmg to the pllce of Jute havmg gone up to $7200 per ton PI Ices here were advanced shght-ly but the nse vvas not lastmg B) \\ edne<=;day the figures had sagged back to the cal J rate<=; that have pI e\ aded for several weeks-31O for eIght-ounce and 4- 15 for IO;~-ounce goods and the market Iemams dull Turpentme has been hght \\<Ith shght \ anatlOn~ m pllce" dUllng the week The demand IS weak, consumers buymg only for Immediate needs Today's quotatIOn" ale 710@72 cents here and 68Y;@69 at Savannah rConditions m the hmeed busmess are much the same as in the turpent1l1e trade Carel pI Ice" remam firm and prac-tically unchanged and buyels ale hoLhng off, apparently ex-pect1l1g a break vVestern I a y\ and double boded are quoted at 89@90, cIty raw, 90@91 and s1l1gle bOIled at 92@93 cents, the hIgher figures on each grade applyl11g to lot-, of less than five barrels. Owmg to the lllgh pnce of tUlpentme and lllghel pnces for China wood 011, the trade m varnish gums IS quiet Var- 111sh makers are I epOl teLl as meltmg only enough to meet the present demand which is not stlOng, con:Oldellng the tIme of the year Kaun \To 1 IS quoted at 38@45, I\O 2, 25@ 35 , No 3, 15@18 cents l\Ianda, pale, 15@18 amhel, l2yz @14; Damar-BataVia, 13@15 Smgapore, 7yz@120 There IS a hght demand for goat skm" wIth the e~cep-tion of West IndIes for whIch there IS some competItIOn Venezuelans "how an easIer ten,lency On \Vec1nesc1ay a new buy er appeared m the market bldc1mg for Hay tlens and pllces on that \ allty went up a cent to 45 Othel quota-tions have not changed matellally since the last \vcek in July. Shellac IS m seasonable demand at :oteady pIlLe" \\hlc11 have prevaIled fm sevelal weeks Advlces from western an,l southel n pomts report the hardwood lumber markets as dull \v Ith a general expectation of an met ease m the demand eady In September The de-mand for mtenor fimsh IS repO! ted fair m the lalgel cltleOl but rather hght from fUl1l1tUle and other manufactUters Prices contmue to vary WIdely except on the best and most deSIrable grades Index to Advertisements. L\dams & Elting Company .. , . .. .. Ala"ka Refllgerator Companv L\mellcan Blower Company Barnes, IV F & John Company Big Six Car T oadmg Association Barton, H H & Sons Company TIockstege FurnIture Company Bosse FUll11tUl e Company Boynton & Co Buss J\Iachine \\ ork" Chicago MiuOl and L\rt Glas" Company DodJs. Alexanclel Company Duo-St} Ie Table rock I JRe, 11ank & Co lelh\ ock Auto and ::\Ianufactnring Company lOX \lach1l1e Company FI ancls Charles E, & Co Freedman Brothel s & Company Globe ItllllltUl e Company Grall 1 RapIds 1310\\ PIpe and Dust \uester COmp,lll) Grand RapIds Brass Company . Grand RapIds Hand Screw COmpcln) Grand RapIds Veneer \Varks 1Ld111 LoUIS Hdb, Clarence R, Hoftman Brothel;, Company Holcomb, A L &. Co Hotel Pantll11d Kcln;e~ lurl11tul e Company Kauftl11all \Ianufacttll1l1R Com]Jcllly KImball DrotherOl Com pam klnJel Bed Companv I a\\ rence- \1cFadden Comp;l1l\ I entz fable Compan) Luce Furl11ture Company Luce- Redmond Chall COmpdn) 'II anetta Pa1l1t and ColOl Company \ retal Ftll111ture Company \Ilclllgan Engrav1l1g Com pall} \Idler, Eh D & lO \Ilscellaneou~ Morton House Ohver Machinel) Company Palmer Manufacturmg Company PItcaIrn Varni"h COmpally Schmlt, Hel11Y, & Co Schultz & Hlr"ch Company Sheldon, E H & Co Shgh Fur11ltUl e Company SmIth & Davis ::vlanufactullng Compan) Spratt, GeOlge & Co Sterl1l1g FUrl11tlllre Company Stoy\ & DavIS F1ll111ture Company Swett, Frank \V , & Sons . . Tann

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1910-08-27T00:00:00Z

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Periodicals and Furniture Industry

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