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1. Michigan Artisan; 1905-09-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and .' Twenty-sixth Year-No 5 SEPTEMBER 10, 1905 Semi-Monthly AD-EL-ITE WOOD STAINS DRY DR POWDERED FORM PU RE NO AOULTERATION Of ANY /(IND NO WASTE EVERY OUNCE CHEMICALLY DISSOLVES PERMANENT AND NON-FADING COLORS PENETRATING GOLDEN OAfi OIL STAINS WHEN REDUCED "r THE MOST ECONOMICAL STAIN ON THE MARKET In combina.tion with our AAA FILLER makes a. PERFECTLY SAFE Foundation for any Finishing Varnish OUR 516 BROWN AND 514 RED SOLUSLEIN WATER WILL MAKE ANY sHADE OF MAHOGANY STAIN WHEN PROPERLY COMBINED These are the Clearest and Stron.eat Mahogany Stains ma.de. Send for Sample. and Prices ADAMS & ELTING CO. CHICAGO ILLINOIS WE MAKE OUR OWN' STAINS IN ANY COLOR DESIRED THE SECRET OF SUPERIORITY Of the frame at the Gillette Roller Bearing Dry Kiln Truck is disclosed by the cut. The girth or header at the end fastens the angle steel sides together. h is made of malleable iron-extends the entire width of the angle steel sides-is solid across the top-grooved to receive the angles. Trucl: tar Endwise Piling It is riveted at six points all the top and sides. These girths-4-in a 6 foot truck make the frame rigid-strang-lasting. Examine the first channel steel truck you see. The sides separated by cast or malleable iron spreaders-frame held together by bolts-not rivets-running through the center of the channel-not fastened at top and bottom as in the Gillette truck. Raise' a channel iron truck-so built-3 feet from the floor. Drop it on the end of one of the channel sides-not on both-and see that side driven back, throwing the wheels out of line. Subject a Gillette truck to the same treatment-or to any other test, Its superiority will then be as plain to you as it is CO us. The Gillette Roller Bea.ring Angle Steel Dry Kiln Truck is right in construction-right in price. Particulars for the asking. TU[ GllL[TTEROlLER BEARING CO. Patentees and Sole Manufacturers GRAND R4PIDS, IIlICUIG4N .4j YANKEE VARNISH R EMOV E R SlJperior t.... all otber articles of the killd. Takes off notollly 'Varll.~ i&h but !>ohelIac,fi lers and stain. Work may be refinisbed imme.- diately witbout injnry If oll.r directions are followed. THE BRIDGEpORT WOOD FINISHING CO.-New Milford, Conn. 55 Fulton St •• New York, 79 W. Lake St•• Chicaao. 231 Dock St., Philadelphia. , -------- SPARTAN PASTE FILLER Made in Marietta. A High Grade Article in Every Respect. possessing qualities that put it easily ahead of other fillers from the fineness and character of the ingredients that make up its composition. We produce this in all of the leading shades. including our FAMOUS GO'LDEN OAK IMITATION QUARTERED """ OAK TRY OUR SPECIAL FILLERS AND STAMPING INKS We are produciol!' the goods of this nature that brio!!, results to perfection. Sample our Fillers No. 800 and No. 810 and our Inks Nos. 5. 6 and 11. 10 OIL STAINS. remember. we lead! Our Golden Oak and Mahogany Stains stand without a rival. Write us for samples and full inlormation. The Marietta Paint and Color Co. MARIETTA. OHIO. One of the Good Things Shown III our New Catalog -------------}IUST OUT'------------- EVERY BUYER SHOULD HAVE THIS BOOK. ... WRITE FOR OUR CATALOG NUMBER NINE OUR NEW CARVERSBENC" Our New Catalog shows the most complete line of CABINET MAKERS' BENCHES, FACTORY TRUCKS, MANUATLRAININBGENCHEHSA,NDSCREWCSL,AMPaSnd, other Factory F tlmi~ings ever offered the trade. GRAND RAPIDS "AND SCREW COMPANY 130 South Ionia Street. Grand Rapids. Mich. :----------------------------_. These Specialties are used all Over the WorId -<----- ---:::..--------- Power;Feed Glue SpTearlin,l< Machine. (Pat!!'1l! applied for). Single, double and combil1ation No. 20 Glue Heater CNAS. E. fRANCIS &.. BRO..a 1 Veneer Presses; aU kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc.. Efc. Hand Feed Gluein~ Machine. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and SiZE's. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies L'ET us KNOW YOUR WANTS 419·421 E. Eil!hth St. CINCINNIITI. O. No.6 Glue Heater The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURRRS AND JOBBERS OF' Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks. Table Tops and Shelves Our facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, extending from Pennsylvania to Missourij and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: Also, our 22 iobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass. painh. varnishes and brushes; New York Boston PhU ..delphla. and are located in 'he cities named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam 5tr~ets. BUFF ALO-3i'2-4~ Pearl Street. Butfalo Cinc:innatl St. Louis BOSTON-4J-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLYN-6fA and 637 Fulton Street. Minneapolis Atlanta. Kokomo. Ind. CHICAGO-442-4S:J Wabash Avenue. PHILADELf'H -Pitcairn Building, ArJ::hand Ford City. Pa. High Point. N. C. CINCINNATl-Broadway Bud CQurt Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUIS-Cor. 12th and 5t Charles Streets. DAVENPORT-4IOO416 SJ::olt Street, Da.venport CrYilOta.1 City. Mo. MINNEAPOLl5-S00-Slo S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-J49-51-53 Seneca Street. --- DETROIT-53-55 Larned Street E OMAHA-I608-I0012 Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-IoI-I03 Wood Street. ST. PAVL-M9-SI Minnesota Street. It needs no argument to show what MILWAUKEE, WIS.-4<:l:2-494 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA.-30,32 and 34 S. Pryor Street_ ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH. GA.-74.s-74l Wheaton Street. ildvantages may be derived from dealing and Exchange Sts. KANSAS CITY-Fifth an Wyandott Sts. directly with us. BAL TIMORE-UI-:2:23 W. Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM. ALA.-2nd A\·e. and 29th St. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. CARVING MACHINE PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== The Universal Automatic 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand =======MADE BY======= Indianapolis, Indiana Write for lnlormation. Pric~ Etc. f 2 Machinery for Michi!an Artisans or Any Other Artisans No.4 Palent Triple Drum, Eight Roll Sander 'fo wurll :!{\, ;\6, 42. 41'.,M ami 00inches wide. No. 98 Gang Dovetailer ~u-~;?ltn~~~~~~~~~~\I~:ste5~;[~~~d~\~~f1~ Dovetall Cntters, U1l'chanil'lm above the table adjustabl~ for either plain or swell fronts without having to dlsmllntle machine. 'foll railles to admit of easily sharpening spindles • . BUILDERS OF' Wood Working Machinery WRITE ""OR FULL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES AND CIRCULARS !to. 133 Inside Molder-lour sides HM 4.7 inch illslde (pea rolls to work <l ~ldes 15 hlches wide and 6 lllc.hcs thIck. four Sided slotted cyUnders. with ~:l( Inch journals, four Hi Inch knives Oil cl:\cb. Side splnd!es IJ.' tneh diameter, where heads are appl1ed, fiU('.dwith a paIr of 6 inch heads and a pair or (I llleh kuives on each. _ ~OR ALL PURPOSES No. \56 SinDls C,linder Cabinel Smoother ~:8~c~s~~Y'~~It~~;~h!:~:~(\~u~\;~te~~;ehjj,;p~~;'~a:~l1~'~: the patent sectional clamp bearlnA's for cylinder jouruals whlcb means no lleallng, 8craplng, chJ8ellng iH rebabeting. A::l A lhP SAW !\oS.A RI'£-SAW No. 148 New Combined Band Rip or He-saw ~~~~~tai~iI~~a6e~f}wt~ld 81Y~~IW~:tSh~~'~1; ~l':8~~~\o~~1~h~'~:\<~1ey~~~~~'arn?d~~'_S saw and have an Inlmflicient amonnt to require sel,arate louiS. J. A. FAY &, EGAN CO. 505-525 W. FRONT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO • ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- ( '-I/Jf? 1!?~ 26th Year-No.5. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 10, 1905. $1.00 per Year. BACK TO THE FARM AND SIMPLE LIFE. French Statesmen Believe Equalization of Industrial and Agricultural Work Will Avert a Crisis. ll,f. Jules Are/ine, the distinguished Frellch statesman, ,""ho has made a lifelong study of the industrial and social conditiol1S of Europe, helieves that the great industrial crisis now threatening that country is a most serious question, and one which may sooner or later have to be solved in this cOt/ntry. In fact, he prophecies that all countries and all classes ""ill be affected unless something 'be done to stem the tide of industrial overproduction and agTicultttral neglect of the present day. wfhe situation threatens not only the prosperity of COlm-trjes depending lipan a fair division of their productive forces, Qnt the existence of lahor," says M. Meline. "There is room for everyone under the sun., but on condition of sl1<l.ringtip the good things of the earth instead of concentrating upon one department of activity." He believes the United States is the nation predestined to lead the return to the farm, on account of the vast extent of fertile territory at its disposa1. 'Ibis, he thinks, will be hastened by the fact that jts con-sumers already absorb the better part of its agricultural pro-duction. "The lack or proportion existing between industrial and agricultural prodtlction is, it must be admitted, a com;~laint peculiar to the old world," said M. -Meline. "The new world. where the soil is rich and there are home needs still to he filled, appears to ce oot of danger-excepting the United States. Even there, however, confidence can be restored by careful stuoy, for while they may be ruined abroad, they can never be ruined at home. Feeling the approach of the storm from Europe, and seeing that markets there were too well supplied, Americans lost no time in se0king a.nother Ol1tlct in Asia. They have already taken there a firm footing, which the opening of the Panama canal -"""illimprove. But wher1 this time comes they will find themselves in conflict with England, with Germany, and parlicll1arly \-vith Japan, ..v.lli~~h no power can now impede in its expnllsion, so blindly favored by the United States themselves. A collision beh",-ecn the,se rival and insatiable ambitions appears inevitahle. V\'orld production has assumed such proportions, has created such needs, has imposed upon each country such obligations that were it to stop for a 1110ment 011 any point, a famine w0t11rl follow for the resident poplliatioll. V·,jecan understand then. that, ha~.-ing to choose betvveell a socia.l or a foreign war. any govE'Tnment should declare for the latter Ol\ tbe chance of I;eing victoriol1s." He places the responsibility for the present indll~trial fever upon the development of machinery. The automatic machine, supplanting the hand of man, has jl1creased produc-tion aud resulted in the pettv market!) scattered over the world being drawn tog-ether into one vast mart, with t}le supply rapidly exceeding the demand. He states that the crisis will flrst become manifest in a slackening in demand and fall m price, indicating that the market is surfeited, followed by the discharge of employes, the failure of mer-ch< ints and, fmally, manufacturers themselves. A bad divi- SiOH of btor is responf,jble for many social crises, he says, and the capital error of Socialists is to fancy that employers can aved a crT!)is simply by making concessions. Employ-ment cannot be given when work is laeking, and these con-ditions inevitably cause wages to fall. lv!. IvIc1ine avers that the crisis may be averted or post-poned by the advent of some new industry and quotes, as an illustration, how <wtomobiles ca.me to the rescue of France but a few years ago. Preceding that, electricity had brought al;out a transformation, and as a future industrial possibility capacle of the same result, he mentions dirigible ballooning. A,s an immediate remedy to the approaching evil, he sug-ge.~ ts the follov,,'ing: "Using not only words but acts to lead men back to the earth. Small lOb of land might be given to the unemployed. A little -would sn~ce, say, even an acre. I already have sug-ge!) tecl this solution in France, where formerly we had 400,- 000 farmers owning their land, and today, as a result of the agricultural crisis and industrial fever, we have but 100,000. The return to earth cannot be effected in a day, but the underta.king is \','orth a great effort, as it will assure the future of laborers. A Chinese philosopher said with truth: 'Public prosperity is· like a tree. Agriculture is its root, in-dtlstry and commerce are its branches and leaves. If its roots Stiffer, the leaves fall, the branches break, and the tree die.s.' " THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes IIANUT',At:.rUN£D UNI.Yar CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZS9·63 ~LSTONAVE.",Z·16 SLOAN ST. I CHI CACao Mahogany WHAT Silacene! IS IT? ~ \.~ ~~ ~~ The Barrett=Lindeman Company 1400~2=4 Frankford Avenue PHILADELPHIA, PA. IT IS NOT a Shellac Substitute, bat IT IS a FIRST COA TER or primary coat, to be used over mahogany water stain when imitating mahogany on bireb, maple, beech, elm, etc., etc. IT IS superior to shellac for this class of work for many reasons . Here are a few of them: IT works more freely under the brush and flows out over the work and levels itself away more smoothly than does shellac and does not set up so rapidly as does shellac. IT WILL NOT bleed the color of the stain as does shellac. IT WILL enhance the tone of the stain, giving a greater depth of color and mud, clearer results . .11' WILL NOT raise the grain of the wood as does shellac, but IT WILL stop absorption and hold out the subsequent coats of varnish, giving- the work a much heavier body than does sbellac. MAHOGANY SILACENE dries hard and flat in from six to eight hours, can be thinned from 75 to 100 per cent and covers 1000 square feet of surface per thinned gallon. IT IS NOT a spirit preparation. Last but not least comes the question of cost, and where we clinch our nail good and hard. We can furnish you MAHOGANY SILACENE at just about half the cost of shellac. WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY 354.2. Our Catalogue will give you our best selling shades in all of our specialties but . WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING Send us a sample of what you want matched and we will do the rest. A copy of "Lindeman. the Filler rIaker," can be had for the asking. We carry a full line of FILLERS STAINS PRIMERS SURFACERS JAPAN COATERS ENAMELS LACQUERS and everything needed in the Finishing Room. • .~~4 ~ ~ ~~ Various Matters. :\iI-uch of tbe fnrnitnrc manufactured in the southern states is not suitable for exposition purposes. Its s::J.le can be effected without the aid of the exposition. Cheap goods of fair quality can be easily di:;posed of by traveling sales-men and the distribution of catalogues. While the exposi-tion buyer generally rays attention to such lines, it is his purpose to give the greater part of his time to the lines of medium and fiDe quality. The withdrawal of the southern lines \vould not materially weaken the expositions. Just as many cheap goods wonld be sold as at present, and the buyer wonld ]-;e ellabled to devote all his time to the lilles that require care and time in the selection of stock. There is little to choose from \vhen ten lines of sideboards, ranging from $ro to $50, or twenty lines of dressers, listed at from $T4 to $40, are shown in an expositinn. For the purpose_;,; of the retailer, one may be as gOOf! as another. Tt is the medium and the high priced goorl~ that call out the ])11yers. * The valuc of sprinklers as a means of prutcctillg wood· working factories from destruction by fire is generally kllOVv"ll, and their use has become qllite general. The cost of their installation is heavy, however, and in consequence the erec-tion 01 fire-proof factories is receiving much attention. A combination of heavy walls, concrete floors, roofs, stClir-cases and elevator shafts, with glass windo\vs and metal windo\v frames costs hut little more than the old factory construction of brick and wood. The sprinkler makers have been, until recently, in a tr11st, but an indejJendent corpora-tion, which lately entered into the business, seems to have won much favor with architects, owners of buildings and capitalists. Somc time ago a proposition was made to the Belding-Hall ":'vlanufacturing company, of Belding, :.\1ich., to equip their plant with sprinklers, th(~ company furnish-ing them agreeing to accept in payment for the same the amount saved in the premiums held by the company after the service had been installed, over the old rate, for the period of seven years. The company proposed that the amount of the savings ror seven years on account of the reduced rate accorded a sprinkled over an unsprinkled plant, he accepted by the comj:: any in l>ett1cment for their account upon the completion and the acceptance of the sprinkler system. This ..v..as agreed to and' a contract was entered into upon the terms mentioned. * * "N 0 branch of lranuiacturc re(ttllres greater attention than the product of a factory making sectional bookcases." rel1J.arked a gentle~l1all of large experience in the manllfacttlre of ftll"tliture for all purposes. "\~Jhen a case has been put on the market no changes in its form or construction can ever be ma:k. A few years ago, when I ,vas in the employ of a corporation I1jaking sectionals, we brought out a lot of cases and Pllt them Oll sale rather hurriedly. Very S0011 after so doing, \ve noticed that certain changes might be made that would greatly improve the case, but the introduction of the improvements would cause no end of trouble. A man buying a case at this ti.me might wish to add a section or tw~) next year. If the changes we had under consideration had been made, the neVi cases would not fit the old and the trouble of the dealers fot1(l\'ving cOllld be more easily imag-ined than described. Allowance must be made for the, swell-ings and shrinkages of the wood, occasioned by changes ill t11e climate, allft to insure the proper fitting of the sections every piece must be measured and cnt with steel gallg-es. If dovetails are nse(l for seeming rigi;1ity. there is room for trouble. The dovetail cuttel'S must 1:e sharpened frequently, anJ with every shaq: ening their size and shape is changed. Smaller dovetails will be cut by a machine that has run thirty days than were cut wilen the machine was first put into 5 op~ration. The dovetails _cut on the thirtieth day of the month arc different in size and form from those that were Cllt on the first day of that period, and it follows, as a matter of coursC', that the stock cut with large dovetails will not fit the stock cut with smaller dovetails, the tools for making the same having been reduced in >iize hy use and the sharpen-ing process." These remarks sugg<::st some of tne trials that the inex-perienced manufacturer must expect when he resolves to engage in thc manufacture of sectional bookcases. * * * The value of a well trained factory flre department ".'as proven recently at Muskegon, Mich., when the factOTy of the 1-fllskegon \~lashing I'vIachine company was visited by flames. Thc structure is located in the factory district of Muskegon Heights (a suburb of the city), a municipality without a fire department. The alarm was sounded sho,tly after 6 o'clock, while the employes were leaving for their homes. and in less than ten minutes a line of hose had been rUll from the f8ctory of tbe Alaska Refrigerator company, five hundred feet distant, and the big factory pump set in motion. Another stream was plaIing on the building in fifteen min-utes, and shortly afterward a hose cart arrived from the city, when the third stream was l~rought into pia:.'. Later in the evening streams were put on the flames by the Grand Rapids Desk company's fire brigade, and by midnight the fLre was quenched. The building contained large quantities of oil, paint, varnish and similar inllammable materials, and yet, owing to the efficiency of the Alaska Refrigerator company's vOltlnteel· fire department, it was but little damaged. The wind was blowing from the southeast, and had the flames gained IIluch headway the great Alaska plant must have been destroyed. Fire fighting' apparatus is an· essen~ial in the equipment of every factory, but the need of trained, cour-ageous men to handle the same is quite as necessary. • * * The fe-entry of the state of Michigan into the furniture manufacturing industry recalls the fact that its experience in the past resulted in heavy losses to the commonwealth. The business was discontinued only when the fact had been shown that every piece of furniture produced and marketed was disposed of at a loss. A gentleman who is familiar ""ith the history of the business states that when the £t8te erected and equir!)Cd a factory within the walls of the prison at Ionia, it entered into a contract with the Cochrane & Miller Furniture company to make a line of cheap beds. The Cochrane & Miller company furnished models of small, cheap beds, which the state agreed to make and furnish for stated pnces. Cochrane & Miller agreed to take the output. An investigation of the business was finally ordered by the legis-lature, to ascertain the cause of the losses sustained by the instltution, and in the course of the proceedings one of the investigators demanded that the sample beds be produced. The Cochrane & Miller Furniture CO:l1pany were unable to Find the models, and it a,_peared that these were not in the ;~eeping of the prison authorities. It was learned, however, that the beds had been so changed, enlarged and improved in form and construction that the state had lost over one dollar on every bed it made after the changes had been cff:xted. The contract "',-as annulled, when Cochrane & :LviIller went out of business. * * * i\ very bold tl ansaction during t11e lile of the contract was the theft of three carloads of furniture by one of the prisoners Call fined in the institution. He was a very bright yo,1I1g tuan aad bad charge of the shipping department for Cochrane & Miller. He made out bills of lading for the three carloads of furniture in the name of a confederate liv-ing in Chic~go, The goods were received and disposed of 6 ~MIF]:-IIG7!N a long time before Cochrane & Miller, in checking up, dis-covered the loss of the goods. * , * Is there no way drawer bottoms may be made to stay in their proper place? Is there no method of manufacture by which a drawer bottom may be prevented from sliding entirely out of its groove and npsetting its contents upon the floor. The particular complaint is desks, but this an- Desi.llIlS by Arthur Kirkpatrick. Grand Rapids, Mich. !1o/ing trait is equally 1ronounced in dre~ser cases. \\That one of tiS, when in haste to find sOme paper or dressing hurriedly for a 1.arty bas not pLlll(~dat a refractory drawer, with perhaps a triAc more V;Ol(ll(l' than was required, dud experienced the depressing sensation of having the bottom slide partly ont and scatter your effccts promiscuously abol1t the floor? Of COtlrSe, such an occasion demands but one thing, and that is the frce and unrestricted expression of your opinion of the drawer, the man who made it, and a few uncomplimentary remarks about his ancestors thrown in for good measmc. A.Jl of which would J10t be fully linder-stood and properly appreciated by some of your brethren who might be present. Now, is there no noble and self-:',ac:- rificing genius who will turn his prolific brain to devising a non-pullout, non-upsetting, cussless drawer bottom, and thus prove one of mankind's greatest benefactors? , * * There is room for improvement in the manufacture of kitchen cabinets. \¥ith but few exceptions, the lines pro-duced are not only very bad in construction, but almost in-tolerable in design. No regard is paid to artistic proportions; the aim of the builders, seemingly, is to assemble as many dr<\wers and boxes within a certain space, and call the thing resulting a kitchen cabinet. Furniture used in the kitchen is subjected to greater tests, as regards construction, than the furniture used in the bedroom, the library, or other apartments of the house. It must be constructed to resist, in turn, the effects of hot, damp and cold weather. At times the kitchen is intensely hot; at other times it is filled with steam, and again, when the fires have died out, the tem-perature is reduced to the freezing point. Only carefully selected woods, honest construction and a proper finish can withstand these conditions. The thin coat of shellac and the occasional very cheap coat of varnish, usually. composing the finish of kitchen cabinets, will 110t long survive the effects of the elements mentioned above. Mahogany lumter is not too good for tlSe in this line of production, and the services of skillful and cxperienced designers could be profitably em-ployed by the manufacturers whose aim il~the making of kitchen cabinets is not the production of. stylish, strong and salable cabinets, but work that the purchaser must consider only from the standpoint of cheapness. Many ladies take as much pride in the furnishing of their kitchen as in other rooms of the house. They wotlld rather pay $25 for a good kitchen cabinet than $10 for a poor one. * * * Linn IVlurray, the manager of the A. Linn Murray Fur-niture comI:any, resolved two years ago to retire from the mail order business, after having expended many thousands of dollars for printing and advertising in an effort to build up a trade. He is now marketing the product of his factory through retailers only, continuing his advertisements in the magazines and giving the trade the benefit of the same. In spite of hi" efforts to sell his goods through the hands of legitimate dealers, he is frequently repulsed by merchants whom his mail order business of the past had offended. Sev-eral months ago an order came to his hands for goods amounting to several hundred dollars from a gentleman re-siding near Nashville, Tenn. 10ft. 1'Iurray promptly referred the matter to a retailer of that city, who paid no attention to it. At this, Mr. Murray shipped the goods and remitted a liberal commission on the sale to the retailer .. who, satis-fied that Mr. Murray had acted in good faith, has since b~- come a customer of the company. "It seemed just a little tough," said Mr. ).1urray, "to give up a little bunch of money to a retailer who had done nothing to gain the same, but the trade was legitimately his, and I did not hesitate to pay him the profit he would have derived jf he bad handled' the business." Mr, l\htrray, like many others who have tried .the plan, is convinced that the selling of furniture as a specialty, through the mails, cannot be carried on profitably. * * * There is sHch a thing as a salesman knowing too much about his goods. Such snperior knowledge is apt to accen-tuate their defects to the extent of his being unable to dis-guise them from his customers. The man who knows the advantages only of his goods and none of the good points of the other fellow's, is more certain to put up the strongest argument. ~MI9rIG?lZ:: 7I:R-'T' I k5' A.l'l tmt ;;;;; 7 e • 7 We carry a line of Rebuilt Wood· Working Machinery for Pattern Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash and Door Manufacturers. Car= penters. Planing Mills.Etc. .Il .Il \Vhen in the market let us send you our list of machines and we are sure that we can interest you ill prices and quality of machines offered EDWARDS MACHINE CO. 34·36 W. Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. Exacting "A Requirements Satisfactorily Met by the B e" Moist Air Dry fiilns Note the Experience of the lIale eEl. I:\ilhurn Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia: "You recently installed for us a seven compartment" Moist Air" Kiln, which has proven. very satisfactory. Our requirements are unusual1y exacting, manufacturing, as we do, furniture and interior bank and office fittings and interior woodwork of the highest class, and OUf lum~ ber must be thoroughly dried in such condition as to be susceptible to the highest finish, These conditions have been very well met by your kilns. Your service has been prompt and satisfactory, and we heartily recommend you and your kiln to anyone whose requirements are similar to our own." PRICES ON REQUEST, LET US HAVE YOUR DRY):"G PROBLEM. AMERICAN BLOWER CO., Atlanta Detroit, Mich. New York Chicago London Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Furnace Feeders, Steel Plate Exhaust Fans, Exhaust and Blow Piping Complete systems q~~ned. manufactured, installed and guaranteed, Old systems remodeled "" modern' lines on most economical plan •. Supplemenlary s y s t ems added whe(e p(esent sys-tems are ou~own, De· feCtive systems corrected arId put in proper working order. 12 and 14 S. Clinton St. CHICAGO, _ ILL Peter Cooper's Glue If you have an}' troubLe this warm weather with your glue, has it oc-curred to you to use PETER COOPER~S1 When other manufactur-ers or agents tell you that their glue ill' as goo.d .as COOPER'S. they admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his product by comparing it with aTJ inferior article. Cooper'~ Glue is the world's stand.m:l of ex-cellence. With it all experiment begins, all comparisons continues, and all tests ends Sold contimtOusly since 1820. Its reputation, like it,elf, STICKS. Peter Cooper's glue is made from selected hide stock, care-fully prepared. No bones or pig stock enter into its composition. In strength it is uniform, each barrel containing the same kind of glue that is in every other barrel of the same grade. ORIN A. WARD, Grand Rapid. Agent 503 Pythian Tem.ple CIUuns Phon. 3333 8 7I R'T' I.s A.l'1 55? 1 $$ Goodlander-Robertson Lumber Company MEMPIIIS, TENN. If you need any of the lumber below WRITE fOR PRICES ALL DRY STOCK 40,000 ft. 1 in. No.1 and No.2 Common Plain Red Oak 20,000ft. l}i in No.1 Common Plain Red Oak 18,000 ft. 1 in. No 1 Common Quartered Red Oak 8,000 it Ij( in. No.1 Common Quartered Red Oak 8,000 ft. 1U in. No.1 Common Quartered Red Oak 9,000 ft. 2 in. ~o. 1 Common Quartered Red Oak 20,000 ft. 1 in. No.1 Common Quartered White Oak 8,000 it. 1;.( in, No, 1 Common Quartered White Oak 30,000 ft. 1 in. 1st and 2d Quartered Red Oak 30,000 ft. IJ4 in 1st and 2d Quartered Red Oak 26,000 it. l)of in. 1st and 2d Quartered Red Oak 8,000 ft. IJ( in. 1st and 2d Quartered Red Oak 20,000ft. 2 in. 1st and 2d Quartered Red Oak 100,000 ft. 1 in. No.1 Common Poplar Also a large stock of Southern Hardwoods GOODLANDER-ROBERTSON LUMBER CO. MEMPIIIS, TENN. TABLE LEGS turned with this machine cost less than any you ever made. MADDOX MAC H I NEe 0 M PAN Y, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK With it one man will do the work of six to ten skilled Hand Turners. The quality of work can't be beat, and we would like to have you judge of it for yourself, by sending you a sample of ·what we guarantee it to do. The main features of the machine lie in the patent Cutter Head. the Vari-able Friotion Feed. and the Oscillating Carriage. A full description of this machine will interest you. May we send it? C. Mattison Machine Worhs 863 Fifth St!'e.t BELOIT. WISCONSIN We were Pioneers In Produolng a Sucoessful and PraolllCalRub-bang and Polishing Machine and a PERFECT Sander As a i"-ander, It will do all LJtat allY other machine will un. and many tllings that 110oth!.'l' machine can do. HUlldreris ofmael1lne'l ill COllstailt 11se workln,;:- UpGIl wOlld, vAl'nlsll, ~~O~~s6tC~IYr~~chltJ;'B~naJt;~,. ~~~b'lA~;gll~:~;hlll;{u~sin.g William Morris, Reformer Through Art and Poetry. 110rris iurniture \Vas the result of one man's rebcllion at the spurious art in vogue during bis day. The exact con-dition of that tinlc iii \vell illustrated in the following para-graph from Aymcr Vallance's "Life and Art of \h/illiat1l l'vforris:" "There is but slight nccessity to enumerate the horrors proper to the early Victorian period: The Berlin woodwork and bead mats, the crocbet antimacassars upon Lorsehair sofaii, the wax tlowc:rs Linder glass shades, the monstrosities in stamped brass and gilded stuccoes; chairs, ta1'les, and other rllr1liture, hideo\1s 'with velleer and curly (\)storti1..'Jnc" an(\ wonld-he natuTalistic vegetable-patt.erned carpets, 'with false shadows and misplaccd perspective, and the despicable legion of mean shams a:1d vulgarities which have heen exposed an(l held up to ridicule times withoot nllmber." At the door of \Vil1iatTl IVlorris may be laid the larger portion of the credit of banishing their ngliness from the 9 species of decoration, mural or otherwise, from pictures properly so-called (hnvn to the consideration of the smallest ,,-'ork susceptible of art beauty. It is well known that the enterprise thus entered into constitut.ed at least a great part of vVilliam Morris' life \'v'ork. Outside of decoration, h1s chosen iidd was poetry. His bcalltiful poetry is occupied with the myths and fables of the world's infancy; in real life, he devoted even more earncstly to social reform than to the aesthetic regeneration of bis native land. l.\.Jorris 'was a Socialist in art and feeling long before he was one in 'word and deed, and his final doc~ trines arose out of his own conception of the meaning of art. I-Ie wanted the people who lived snch dreary lives in the midst of stich unattractive surroundings to be educated lip to an appreciation of material beauty, that they might! through tbat medium learn to know and to love spiritual l:eauty. "Thus," says 1\.1r. vViley. "he was led to the idea thClt the surest way to uplift and enlighten the submerged classes was to 'i"cn,iWe the Ul1lH.':ce~sarysordidness of their lives and replace it by those things of simple bea'.-lty and taste, easily 'within the grasp of the poorest. He felt that men were entitled to a greater average of comfort than they possessed, and in seeking for the cause of so mllch distress and gllilt, he fonnd that it arose from certain faults inherent ill modern social conditions, the greatest of which he felt to be the competitive system that dominated the world, which, in its essence. was Jllerely the cruel law of the S11r- ~':::.>:::..--,- I~ Mission De,ign; by 01:0 Jifanek, Grand Rapid~, Mich. British iicbeme of hou;::ehold decora:ion. \;v'hen he 'went up to London to join Burne-Jones ill Bohemian hOllsekecp-ing, in l:a::hclor apartments, the difficulty he experienced in J;l1l'chasing suital:le furniture is I'ittingly portrayed in Edwin \-\:iley's grOllp of studies 011 "The Old and the New Renais-sance:" "Not a thing- couLl be find that ..v..as 110t cheap, tawdry and \busy to a pi1.iatk e:-;:tcnt," says 1'1r. Wiley. "Like a lion, be ranped from one end of London to the other, only to lind encllt.:-:s replicas of horsehair sofas, 1118.1'- blc-to~)red tal::les and jigsaw si(leboards and bookcases. The upshot of it was tl-.at a carpenter waii called in and put to work to make the furniwre according to Mr. Tvlorris' own designs. After n:any stormy scenes between carpcntcr and artist, the furniture came at last. \.\Thcn Rossetti calDc around to see the apartments he laughed lOlld and long, but approved \",-holly." The ultimate result of this undertaking was the organization of the nnn of },'lorris, tvlarshal1, Faulk-ner & Co., mostly made up of ?vTorris' college friends, with whom were joined Ford Madox Brown and Rosetti. In their prospectus they declared themselves ready to "undertake any vival of the strongest, transferred from the physical world into the I1ltellectuaL" A New Machine Shop. ]. 11. Nash, who for many years has manufactured wood-working machiner)' in Milwaukee, at the'corner of Ferry and Lake streets, has built and moved into a fme new brick build-ing at 8.'12 to 850 Thrtieth, near the North avenue station of the Chicago, ?v1ihvaukee & St. Paul railway. This build-ing is IOoXeo feet, two stories. with basement ,vnder the east end. A handsome office has been fitted up in tbe southwest corner of the fir:ot floor. The power is furnish~d by one of the [tnest gas engincs made, which furnishes power at a minimum cost. The shop is admirably arranged for carrying out every detail of the work. The shipping facilities are hette'i" than at 1.he otd location. The second floor is the pat-tern shop, storage and light manufacturing. The basement has the boiler for heating, blacksmith shop and coal storage, It is an up-to-date shop in every particular. Exhibited by Doembccher Furniture Manufacturing Company. lit Lewis and Clark Exposition. Portk.nd. Oregon. ci ~ 0J ,g .~ " <il ~ ~ 13 ~ ;;- •"Ed I"• :2I""~•1 0 Cl • -=~ I ] -" u•J i L A HOMELIKE LIBRARY HALL AND MUSIC ROOM 13 Cost Accounting. Cost accounting i~a special and distinct branch of ac-counting, which implies the function of tracing and recover-ing the a~sets of a business. 1t forms the basis for competi-tive calculations and furnishes all information needed to show results and their causes. \Vhen it is a qtlestion of the distribution of merchandise only, then the task is com-paratively simple. But even then the sYstematic mode of om age requires the scientific tabulation and arrangement of the items, so as to successfully support a management, ;Ind all figures recorded shonld be agellcies of an increased earning capacity. Competition forbids ever to rest, but requires us to master the constant changes of conditions, as they occur. This appears difficult, bnt. nevertheless, it is the trne reql1irc-ment of modern business. The volu111e of sales by compari- 5011, the percentage of returns. allowances and rebates, in-cidc. lltal losses, cJwngillg volume of business done \vith the customers of the house, all these open up avenues of H;search for their callses. The result will ahvays be an e.xponent ot the ability of the management to hold its own or irnprove matters, and the books will at all times fl1rnisb the means WHERE THE FAMILY ASSEMBLES of judging the relation of the actual result to the scientific earnings of a business, if the term may be admitted. \Alhen the question arises of producing the goods by con-verting raw materials into mat1llfactnred goods, the diffi-culties become much greater and the work multiplies. Both ends, however, the producer's and the distributor~s, belong intimately together and should not he regarded as separate functions. The prOducer, in fact, must protect the seller's interest, be that himi:leJ[ or another party, in order to insure his own prosperity. Only after the goods are disposed of, the long-\vinded transaction from the original crude state of the raw material to the consumption of the manufactured article is closed. All persons entering into the same with their numerous interests have participated and i:ll1pposedly rc',ceived a rn,,'ard for their lahor. The article ready for consumption, therefore, represents the sum total of all earn-ings aggrl;gated during the various processes of completion. The elements for calculation, as classed, are always alike: raw material, auxiliary supplies, prodnctive labor, factory, administrative and selling exrellse, plant, leaseholds, fran-chises, good wi11~ copyrights, patents and royalties. But every line of business has its own particular features, which are not comIllon to other lines, and consequently demand a clearcr understanding on the part of the accountant. It follows each line is a study in itself, and a correct analysis demands an exhaustive knowledge of the same in all its branches. \Vhere, otherwise, should be its value? Ought it to contain evidences of hearsay or of misquoted and mis-understood information? \V1H~nwe rely on expert opinion in all fields not able to judge whether it is right or wrong, visionary or in keeping with facts, how can we repeat it or accept its conclusions as binding '-lpon us? It appears in-cumbent upon the accountant to rely on his own knowledge to weigh expert opinion. The preparatory education of the accountant for this branch, therefore, need be broad that his service may be valuable in tbe practical sense of the word. TJ1e higher the standard of accountancy is being raised, the higher it ·will natmally get and the auditor of the future will present himself in the light of the specialist~ more or less. His functions will be correspondingly widened and numer-ous applications classified into his .sphere. This would lTIt'"an, regarding the commercial \./orld at large, aservice of a higher order, for the protection of the individual and for the public good. In all cases the important point is to know how nl.uch of the capital invested is represented in each unit of the output. In manufactories, wher(~ the reCOVet"yof a plant, buildings and machinery is of great importaJlc.c for the danger which is impending from new and improved methods; in transpor-tation, whE'Te the i:lhifting of business centers or changing 01 routes arc threatened. But in an lines the substitution of material, as in the building trades, or the changes of fashions as in the textiles exist. How can cost accounting, for this reason, be more than a close approximation even when all the requiremcnts of the 11l.0~tscmtinizing system have heen met? Its value is relative only. Raw materials in the markets of the world are changing in value and locality, the expense account, as a stationary dement, bears differently on the varjable volume and char-acter of the business done in a period. Therefore. we can only state with accuracy what has occurred, not what is going to happen. All cost accounts, for this reason, should be arranged as reviewing systems to furnish guides for future transactiolls. The auditor's proI==erfunction, therefore, cen-ters in clearly understanding the condition of the past. his conc1tlSiOl1s to be brought into comparison with changed conditions. :-.J" O-\\', to state actual res'-11tscorrectly and clearly is the principal function required. This, however, embodies a world of knowledge and cxperience, which can be easier surmised than expressed. All features in the varjous fields of engineering, in the construction of modern buildings. in all the numerous industries forming the pillars of our com-ml.': rcial world enter into the vast domain of knowledge, and the only possibility of performing a useful service is for the accountant to chooose for himself a specialty whic.h he may expect to master in all its details. But every specialty ap-pcars as an application of fl.1ndamentalsciences. Mathe-ll) atics, mechanics, physics, chemistry, geology and allied preparatory branches form the basis for all lines of busi~ ness. The study of these should be included in the education . at the accountant aspiring for industrial, factory or mer-cantile cost accounting. 1 am inclined to think that this requirement will be un-derstood heiore long. It is evident the great commercial community must be correctly served, and who should be ahle to do this better than the man at the helm of the wheel, with his responsibility and advantage of position, the audi-tor? The experts in the various lines should continue as nOw, and it is only the correct and independent understand-ing of their conclusions I am driving at. In administrative accounting, for instance, such as partners.hips, estates, and jncorporation~ the auditor is expected to possess a tborough knowledge of exact science, and in this line he should be likewise prepared. The question is not to state results only as they appear, but also to explain what they ought to be, and where the standard was not reached. A presentation of these facts offers the opportunity for improvement. Thus the com-mercial world is intimately interested and assisted by sys-tems of cost accounts protecting the individual as well as the community at large.-T. J. F. r PUBLISHE:D BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-20 LYON ST" GRAND R PIPS. MICH. ENTEREO ...8 MATTER OF T"E SECOND LMS !. I Im:urance has ever been a fertile field for the swindler. Usually it is 0\1 the side of the il1suredJthat the disposition to get something for nothing illegally 's manifested. But here we have an instance of a graft im 1anted in Pittsburg, where a small coterie of crooks set out to falsely guarantee insurance from fire. That they did a business fnnning Lip into the millions before they were apprehended speaks well not only for their industry, but for the laudahle desire of property holders to seek protedioll. In this day and age in-surance is one of the actual necessities. No sane person can afford to take chances against fire, therefore it follows that the illsurancc comranies have much to do. Nor is fire a[ol1e the only danger. Storm, flood and various phases of the ele-ments and man's carelessness and iniquity are insured against. Insurance pays; but it should not he required to evell casually mention the necessity of securing the policy from the company that will pay. While the insurance field prescnts an enticing opportunity for adroit and clever swin-dlers to ply their vocation, it is so extremely easy to ascer-tain the standing of a company before becoming interested in it that there will be little sympathy for these victims.-Ex. If evidence were needed to prove the statement that the mauufacturers of furniture in Grand Rapids arc unusually bU3y, it might be obtailled by consulting the "Help Wanted" columns of the daily newspapers. A majority of the manu-facturing establishments wallt cabinet makers, machine hands, fmishers, trimmers and packers. Another source of evidence would be found in the active demand for vcneers, cabinet hard"vare, finishing goods and factory Hlpplies in gcneral. The prosperous condition of Grand Rapids is re-flected in other IT anufaetming ccnters. IVIanagers of exposition buildings are not wise when they cOllfidentially impart to the trade the information that enor-mons profits result hom the busincss of rcnting space for exhibtion J)tlrposes. As a n~atter of fact, there is not much profit in the husiness. "Charley" Spratt, "Jim" Pugh and <;Joe" Meyers have not gro:~~mrich in the business, and "Phil" Klingman is obliged to open sam;-·le selling stores in order to pay the rent of the eXJ,:osition buildings under his manage-ment. The game is not a good one. Somehow superciliousness in the highest degree is thl:; lllH; thing that the young clerical worker scems to strive to acquire the minute he gets a rositiOll which brings him into direct contact with the business p.ublic. While it 1s obviously im-possible that the amenities and niccties of social life be ob-served in the whirl of the dollar chase, it is, or should be, oh-vious to anyone that common courtesy and foliteness make the wheels of business run smoother and more profitably than the opposite manners. Engravers, printers and binders are suffering for business on account of the prosperous condition of the furniture trade, and the solicitor of advertising more frequently is assured by the makers of furniture that "We have more orders than we can fill. If we should make a contract for advertising the effect would ce detrimental to ot1r business." There are times wheu the statement reads like fiction. The direct results are not all the benefits the manufacturer derives who exhibits at the furniture exposition. At the close of the season he may suddenly receive a good sized order from some buyer whom he supposed he had lost. The buyer had seen and inspected his exhibit, and it had made an im-pression, but he needed a little time to let its merits fully strike home. A few weeks ago there was a panic in a big Pittsbltrg dc-partmcnt store during a rush of bargain hunters, who \!ere attracted by a newsr aper advertisement. A day or two ngo there was another panic in a big store in Indianapolis ftom similar catlses. V-lho will say that advertising is not a potent {ador in the life of business? The never cnding discussion in regard. to the wisdom of dispensing "vitb furniture expositions is attracting more than common attention. The preparation of tines for exhibition in January gOes forward, likewise the development of plans for making the home buyer pay more for the goods he needs th:1n the market buyer pays. 111,.1chgray matter is wasted over different "systems" that could be lllore profitably devoted to a serious consideration of the business ill hand. There is but one Hrule" to follow, and that is the c.oncentration of attention to details. If such a common-sense preccpt is followed, all "memory systems" may be relegated to the ash barrel. Organizcd lahor may be relied upon to antagonize the operation of the table factory soon to be established in the. state prison at Jackson, Mich. The table makers of Detroit, Hasting-s, Charlotte, Nashville and Saginaw will be seriously affected by the competition of the prison shop, Politics may euter the controversy. -------- Tlle advantages possessed by the markct buyer over the stay-at-home buyer in purchasing goods assures the cOlltin-uance of the furniture expositions. The market buyer would not place himself on the level of the stay-at-home buyer, and he will not be asked to do so. A kind word to an employe will sometimes go farther toward stimu]atillg, jndt~stry than a raise in salary. A per-functory increase of salary without any comment may rcsl.Ilt in loyalty and enthusiasm being replaced by simply a r,1er-cenary interest. Two factories may turn out the samc line of furniture and at about the samc price, but no two are rltn on the same prin-ciple. The inside rules governing the workings of a fllrni-tnrc factory are made to fit each individual case. There are no imitations. The greatest car- shortage in the history of American rail-roads is predicted for the coming fall. Already the lack of available cars for transporting freight is beginning to be felt at some of the larg-er shipr;illg centers. Look ahead-don't look back. It's the future only that deserves consideration. Every business must develop to keep pace with the world's p.rogress. The opportunity is ahead. ---------------- -- - - - A COMFORTABLE FAMILY ROOM A COLONIAL DINING ROOM 16 ~r;..IfJiIG7!N t INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MAHOGANY. Its Native Countries and How It Is Brought to Market- Trees Do Nat Grow in Groups. The United States is not a mahogany growil1g country, unless Cuba may now be said to be a part of the United Stat.es. It is a tropical wood. Its home is in Central Amer-ica and in Cuba, Jamaica and Santo Domingo. These islands, Parlor Desk by Otto Jiranek, Gmod Rapids, Mich. says the Mississippi Valley Lumberman, give the smallest, but heaviest and prettiest wood. British Honduras, Gallte~ mala and Nicaragua give the most, and Mexico the largest timber. The richer, solid, heavy varieties come from the islands. These will ]1Ot float. They aTC sllsceptible of a high polish, and the wood has a rich, wavy figure. The pretty figured pieces of wood are of great value. A six-foot piece (which inclUded thc. crotch of a tree), in a certain shipmcnt will bring about $500 when cut into veneers, No maHer where a shipment of the wood comes from, or what variety 'it is, there are always more or less of the fine flaky sticks that make veneer- Mahogany is a phenom-enal wood~ in that it does not warp under any conditions of wcather, use or age; neither does it shrink. It is of great beauty, hardness and durahility. In no other wood can these qualities he found combined with large size, uniformity of grain and richness of color and figure. The island timbers are eight to ten feet in length by tweh.-c inches in diameter, some. from ClIba, howevcr, reaching thirty-Gve feet in length by two feet ill diameter. Honduras squared timhers are as long as forty feet by t",,-ofeet in diameter, and the thrce-foot and fom-foot timhers come from Mexico. The softer ma-hogany comes from the swampy lands. There are no ma-hogany forests; the trees are not grouped that way, the in-dividual trees being more or lcss. widely sefiarated. Like other trees~ the core is the pOOTest part, often being worth-less. A schooner load represents an expenditure of about $13,- 000. That is not all for the t.imber) labor and freight, a con-siderable part of it representing "grease" to the Spanish ctlstorns officers. whose favor is not obtained by a smile_ There arc no sawmills in the mahogany growing countries. The trees, when cut down, are squared hy hand. An IndIan-apolis company is going to have them hewn i\_ octagon shape hereafter instead of squares, believing it will get twenty-five per cent morc timber out of them this way. Oxen are used for the haul to the watcr, and the timbers are rafted and floated to larger streams, where larger rafts are made and sent to a loadlng port. Having arrived there, the lumber-man's trouble and expense are not half over. The c·oming and going of ships to these small ports are not regulated like t11CrUl1ning of railroad trains. It lllay he announced that a ship will he there on the 4th, and there is great scurry-ing to get the timber ready. When the ships do get there, they will not wait for the arrival of the timber cargo) ·,but will sail away without it jf it is not ready, So the rafts are anchored. There is a worm, or marine borer) that likes ma-hogany, and he gOes promr tly to work. If the ship does not arrive on time and is not sighted within a day or two, the timber must all be hat1led up Oil the beach or every timber tllflJed over daily. The worm does not make fast time 'in boring, and if the side he is working on is turned to the hot sun before the borer gets more thall an inch or so in, it will scorch him to death. Fever Scare Affects Rockford Concerns. Reports from Rockford (UI.) factories indicate that the southeril yellow fever scare has slightly affected the fttrni-hue inuustry at that place. lVIany dealers in Louisiana, Mis-issippi, and adjoining states, advised the Rockford manu-facturers to withhold shipments. In several instances this amOll1lts to the same as a callcellation. Fortunately for the Secretary by Otto Jiranek. GrlUld Rapids. Mich. Rockford COllcerns, ho\'Vcver, the majority depend upon the south for bl1t a small portiOll of their trade, most of it having only been acqnired in recent Yl:ars. A Humber of the plants who are comreJled to rely on southern ratronage fOt" their existence have felt the effects of the scare keenly and ,vill exptrience a very dull falL The Pulaski Spring- Mattress company, Little Rock, Ark., is erecting a $500 addition to its factory. - - ~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--- -- - - A COMFORTABLE HALL A COLONIAL DINING ROOM F A Furniture Exposition Proposed for North Carolina. Dack of the movement among the furniture manufacturers 111 the sOl1tbern states to 'V'o:ithdrawtheir lilies from the expo·- sitio/ls held in the north is a plan to establish a permanent exposition of furniture and kindred lines in Greensboro or High Point, tv..·o ambitio\1s little towns in North Carolina. As but a few miles of territory divide these towns, the petty jealousies that always exist in bucolic communities find expression in both places. An "olltsider," Vl. E. \Vhite, of 1vlebane, is credited with the origin of the movement. He sought capital to erect an exposition in Greel1sl'ilro and place it in charge of a man largely exrerienced in the rnan-agement of furniture eXl'ositions in the north. High Point. Salcm-\Vinstoll, Lexington, and several other "centers" of the furniture manufactl!ring indllstry, would not listen to the proposition patiently. Civic pride and private interests would not permit their co-opel·ation in tbe plan. But 1'v1r. \Vhite is a rersistent and patient gentleman, not wise as to the eXJlosition "game," and it is presumed he will not be satisfied until he has taken a whirl at that hest of teachers -experiente. If the mallufactmers of the south shollld withdraw their lines from the northtrn exrositions, the buyers WOl1ldscarcely notice their absence. and there would be more trade for the manufacturers of the north and wcst. The cheap lines of tl~e south do not make the markets of the north successful. Tile high and medium priced goods of the north mostly interest the market hnyers. \Vith the lines of the southern manufacturers withdrawn from the expositions of the north, projectors of ihe Greensboro-High Point-Lexington-Salem-\'Vinston scheme look for easy sailing. Neither of the towns named possess the hotels, transpor-tation facilities and other requirements necessary to acc'Jlll-modate the attendants upon an exposition. If the manu-facturers of the southern states shall become convinced that it is necessary for their wdfal'e to estahli:o.h an exposition, either Atlanta or Chatta1100ga had better ce chosen as the location for the same. rather than one of the little towns of North Carolina mentioned above. The Law of Mutual Benefit. \VhaL is sal::sn1.;l1lship. anyway, in the abstract. The ansvv'er to that is, It is the po" .·.e. r to persuade others to purchase.at a profit" that vv·hich lNe have to sell. One trouble in commercial life has been that the world has cl(1)ended wholly upon Ilatllra[ corn saleSmell. \Vhat is a natur;l born salesman? He is a Illan well gifted natmally, with great powers of persuasion, and tl'8t m.akes him a man verv much to he aJmired. nnt T believe that this same power ~of per-suasion is late11t in many individuals who have never sought to develop it, a~l(l T believe that the salesman ,,,-ith natma] power of persuasion wOt1ld increase and intensify that power by conscientious effort. TheT(~ is a law of mlltl,al benefit. do not believe that it rays any traveling man to try ever to o\'erload his cns-tomer. There is more ill business building than there is in h\1sin('ss getting. \Ve should make earb customer the f.rst link in an endless chain to bring more. Ninety out of every one hundred failures are due to that very thing, overbuying, and the man who is guilty of overselling would have sold more goods to that same man in five years' time if he had observed. the law of mutual benefit. The interests of the Imyer and the seller are mutual, and .vhen all traveling men come to a consciolls reali:tation of that, we are going to get the "glad hand" oftener than we do. I am glad to bear it advised that we give the traveling man the ;'glad hand," and \ve all come to a better business relationship when we come to a consciousness of the real brotherhood of man, and the _ethics of the profession of trade. 19 Success ill trade is measured by the volume of profita1?le business obtained. That is what everyone engaged in busi-ness is after-all the trade he can get legitimately all a' profitable basis. This being true, the question naturally folloVl's. Upon what does volume of profitable trade depend? The answer is, It rests directly upon the grand law of con-fidence. Origin of the Mail Order Buyer. COLlntry business men are kicking about the business heing clone by the mail order houses. They see their own trade falling off alld their customers trading in the nearest big· city-and they wonder why. The answer is obvious. The buyer feels the need of some article of bousehold furniture, wearing apparel or some farming utensil. He sees w,hat he wants advertised at ahout one-half the price his dealer charges. He feels rathel· doubtful about the article being good at that price, but concludes to risk it. He doesn't feci that he has the money to pay local retail prices just then. So the mOney is sent to the mail order man, the goods are received promptly in good condition and are found to be much better value than the local merchant gives. The buyer also receives a catalogue, together \vith a form letter, calling attentiotl to variOt1S bargains. And so the purchaser is grad-ually weaned frO:TIbuying from Smith and becomes a con~ Jirrned mail order purchaser, because he finds that he can get more for his money. So Smith continues to lose trade and wonders why. Admission to Prussian Technical Schools. Students admitted into the technical high schoob; in Prus-sia are divided into three classes-the "regular 'attending" students, students for lectmes ol1ly and lecture visitors. As reglliar students, without any excertion, such young men will be accepted \vho ha\'e acqt1ired the knowledge necessary for being aJmitted into any university, said knowledge to have been acquired at a German "g-ylnnasium," a German "ober-realschule" (a high school in which sciences as well as art and languages are taught), a Bavarian "indnstrial schoo1." or the Saxonian Poly technical Academy of Chemnitz. As to foreigners, the ministry of ecclesiastical affairs and public ed-ucation is to decide whether tbeir scholastic erudition is suf-ficient to admit them. German sl1bjects, other than Prussian, will be admitted under the same conditions as Prilssian suh-jects. As students admitted to hear lectures only, yo ling men will be admitted having acqllired the schooling necessary for per-forming only one year's military service. The admission of such students is put into the hands of the rector of the tech-nical high school. As lecture visitors sech persons may be admitted to the lectures or demonstrations who are not eligible to either of the two classes just mentioned. There is particularly the new restriction in these regulations, viz., that all encourage- 1l\ents for foreigners are dropped. Setting aside the lecture visitors, only such foreigners will be admitted who are ca;:able of complying with the German educational require-ments or who are in possession of an equivalent foreign cer-tificate of learning. Death of Frederick Hohlfelder. Frederick I-Iohlfelder, proprietor of the Cleveland Chaplet & IV1annfacturing company, tbe Forest City Machine works, Cleveland Copper Ferrule company, Forest City Bedstead company. the Cleveland )Jickel ".·.o. rks, and the Globe Electric :.\lauufacturing company, died recently at his home in Cleve-land_ WADDELL ~~~A~~A~TUM~~~~u~~: FURNITURE ORNAMENTS IN WOOD 220 PAGE CATALOGUE; NEARLY 1500 ILLUSTRATIONS. MAILED ON RECEIPT OF 15 CENTS I STAMPS .. ... OFFICES-------~--------- BoatoD New YOI'll Jamestown High Polot Cincinnati Detroit Orand Rapids Chicago St. Lout. MlnneapoU. Associate Offices and Bonded Attorneys In all Principal Cities The Furniture Agency REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET, HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC-TIONS MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED SYSTEM THROU(;H OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT , . WE PRODLTCERI'SULTS WHEIlE OTHH(;.S FAil. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS "NO YOU WILL SEND us YOUR Bl;SINBSS. Our Complaint and Adjustment De~a..tment Red Drafts Collect "'==~L. J. STEVENS ON. MichiganManager Points on Photographing It is not necessary for any manufacturer to spend time and money in hauling his samples from one to five miles and take from four to twelve days to get a line photographed. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST WAY is to have our photographer come direct to your factory and do all the necessary work in less than two days if the line does not exceed a hundred and fifty pieces. No haul-ing- no waiting for others-and work done under your own supervision. Our booklet giving details and prices will be mailed to you on request. You may also be relieved of annoyance if you place your order with US for ENGRAVING and PRINTING. Let us submit samples and explain how it is done. THE JAMES BAYNE COMPANY PHOTOGRAPHERS ENGRAVERS PRINTERS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BE UP-TO-DATE. Get one of the New Electric Spindle Carvers and keep abreast of tbe times. You cannot afford to let the "other fellow" have the work you should be doing_ The Electric Carver will keep the trade you have and get more fOT you. Our Carving Cutters are of the be.t. WeslMi(~i~anMa(~ineandTool (0.•ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. i I L TtiE CREDIT aUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel The LYON FURNITURE AGENCY mE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL. CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE mE MOST REUABLE CREDIT REPORTS ROBERT p, LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE IMPROVED METHODS PROMPTLY-REUABLY THE "PORTE R" This cut rep-resents 0 u r 12, 16 and 20 in. Jointer ~ MANUFAC'TUREDBY _ c. O. & A. D. PORTER, 182 North Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Long-Knight Lumber Co. ==============SPEC IALTY:============== 'QUARTERED RED AND WHITE OAK INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA .. 23 WALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 wALTER CLARK has not only the samples but the STOCK ITSELF of MAHOGANY VENEER in HIS WAREHOUSE, and a lot of it. Beautifully figured and prices right. G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N Scroll and Scrawl. The difference between scroll and scrawl is simply the difference between a first-class ",'orkrnan and an incom-petent; a first-class scroll sa'wyer and a makeshift. Scroll sawing is next door neighbor to hand carving, An ex-pert scroll sa"vycr in charge of the Cordcsman Machine com-pany's new NO.3 tilting table scroll saw \:vill do a piece of work almost as delicate as tracery; ctltting curves and squares, circles and all manner of fancy figures, and do it with SHch ease and accuracy as to make one unfamiliar with Sl1ch \'\fork mar'vel at his skilL I t sometimes happens that all unskilled man with all ullsteady hand is set to work on all illferior machine, and the result is a scrawl instead of a scroll. The piece is ruined, or at least half its value is destroyed, and an otherwise handsome piece of work is sent either to the furnace or into the world to condemn the man that sends it. The expert scroll sa'.vyer will see at a glance the many good features of the Cordesman Machine company's new No. 3 tilting tahle scroll saw as shown in the illustration. Prices \·vith full descriptive circulars will be mailed on application to the company, Pearl and Butler streets, Cincinnati, O. Bank Check Written on a Lath. A torn linen collar, a piece of lath, a cuff and a half dozen other odd objects hang- above a Philadelphia bank clerk's desk. "I have been colle<:.ting queer checks for three years," said the clerk. "That piece of lath started me. A western bank honored the lath for $250. It was made into a check by the owner of a sawmill, who was out at the plant with his son, thirty miles from any house, and totally without paper, let alone a checkbook. The money was needed to payoff the hands. The sawmiller wrote on the lath just wl1at a check correctly drawn has on it, and he sent his son in to bank and get the money and to explain. The lath check was honored, after some discussion among the bank's officers." Insurance Against Non-EmplQym'ent. Insurance association against non-employment of working people seems to have received a practical and successful so-lution in SVI'·itzerland. An association in the city of Berne has 593 members, 43J of whom are married. During the past \vinter 305 members reported to be out of employment. They received as day money, in aU, II,06g francs. In the past twelve years the association has received in insurance prem-iums 3(,20R.20 hanes, tlH~ mnni<'~lpality contri\)nted 111,200 francs ;lnd the employers 30,087.70. Shorthand in Ancient Egypt. Recent excavations in Egypt have revealed a bond of apprenticeship of a slave for two years to the "semiograph," to be taught to read and write shorthand, or "the signs that your son Dionysios knows," the teacher receiving i.n all the premium of one hundred and fifty drachae. This was dated about A. D. 100. \Vhat regular jewels the stenograph-ers l11ust have been in those days! After two years' appren-ticeship thcy were undoubtedly compelled to take an average dictation without driving their employer insane the first day of their incumbency. 24 BUILT ..UP PANELS AND VEN EERS FOR FURNITURE. MANUFACTURERS We do not claim to he lower in pri~e. but we do claim our panels are cheaper in the long run, a.r they .. Jt A We can furnish you 2, 3 or 5 ply Panels in Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Plain Oak Ash, Elm, Birch, Maple or Basswood, and guarantee same in every respect. We use high grade Glue in our work and our Veneers are thoroughly dry and our Machinery up-to-date. OUf 2 and 3 ply Drawer Bottoms and Glass Backs are the finest on the market. We can also furnish you with Rotary Cut Maple, Birch and Elm Veneers in 1~30,1-20. 1~16and 1-8 inches thick. All of our Veneers are dried in the new Cae Roller Dryer, and lay flat and are free from crinkle. If you wish to buy Panels and Veneers that are RIGHT AND THAT WILL STAY RIGHT, give us a chance to figure with you and submit samples and prices. THE GORHAM BROS. CO. Do you see the point~ MT. PLE4S4/\/T, MIen. Submit your wants atld let us make yOll happy. G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago To Grand Rapids Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun.. . 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO .. ' _ 12.35 Noon &uff.t Parlor Cat' Lv. CHICAGO, ~ihC8t~~t~Et1x~.~Sun.. . . .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS _. . .. . 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.00 Noon Ar. CHICAGO " ...•.. 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining, Car Lv. CHICAGO, NibOSt~~~~Et1x~.g Sun 6.55 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 11.50 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlns Ca.. Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily " 12.35 Night Ar. CHICAGO _ .. 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car Lv. CHICAGO, NihCiit~l~tD~:a~ily 11.55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS _ 7.00 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car Pbone Union Station fot' Reservations Pbone Mleblgan Central City Ticket Office fDr Reservations. 119 Adams Street Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools Lf:...:rTn~:a~~~'~~~ Baldwin, Tuthill ®. Bolton Orand Rapids. Mlcb. Filers. Setters, Sharpeners, Grinders, Swaaes. Stretchers, Brazing and Filing Clamps. Knife Balances, Hammering Tools. Investigate our Line. New 200 page Catalogue for r905 Free. Bolton Band Saw Filer lor Saws %. inch Ull. B. T. & B. Style 0, Knile Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry aran~Da~MsDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anf THE latest device for handling shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. Our eighteen years. experience in tbis class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut. is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DET AIL WORK WITHOUT EX· PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 20&-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CtHz~ns Phone 1282 OUR AUTOMATIO FURNACE FEED SYSTEM 26 WOOD CA~VINGS If you don't buy them rig"ht this season it will not be our fault. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES Our work and prices will both surprise· and please you ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY JOHN DUER & SONS BALTIMORE, MD. Cabinet "ardware BndTools, Etc. upholstered Goods Handsomest PuB on the Market fur the Money Correspondence Solicited. Write for Prices and Sample No,lB73 YOU HAVE 'NOTHING TO LOOSE EVERYTHING TO GAIN WE TAKE ALL THE CHANCE You are undoubtedly oiling lOOllCpulleys two or three times a day, per-haps babbitting half a dozen times a year, tUrtling down CQuntershafts on ),our machines, bushing pulleys tbat cause annoyance by rattling, wasting oil, spoiling belts. All that trouble and expense can be avoided by using a NELSON LOOSE PULLEY WE GUARANTEE IT WRITE US FOA INFORMATION WILMARTH & MORMAN CO. 153 CANAL ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Use of Denaturized Alcohol in Germany. According to a report of Consul General Mason, of Berlin, conceruillg the manufactllte and use of alcohol for fuel and other industrial purposes in Germany, the total output during 1903-1904, from the three principal raw ma-terials, amountcd to 101,823,470 gallons. The spirits distilled from grain and molasses and the small quantities made from cherries, grape-must, plums, etc., are used mainly for drillk-ing and the manufacture of medicines, perfumes. vinegar, and various other food preparation". The grl~at source of in-dustrial alcohol is from potatoes, and it is used for heating, lighting a!'ld motor purposes, and for a vast number of appli-cations in chemical and industrial manufactures. For most industrial purposes alcohol is used in Germany duty free, aftcr having been "denatllrized," or rcndered unfit for drink-ing purposes, by admixttlre, in presence of a government oft-leial, with a ptes:.:riled rerccn;age or proportion of one or more of several different substances prescribed in the very elaborate statute which governs that complicated ':iub-ject in this country. There are 1\vo general classc-$ or de-grees of dcnaturizing, viz: The "complete" and the "in-complete," according to the purposes for which the alcohol so denaturized is to be ultimately Llsed. Incomplete dena-turization is sufficient to prevent alcohol from being drank. but does not di.sq\.lallfy ~tfrom \lSe for various spec-ial pt1f-poses for which the \\'11011ydcnaturized spirits are unavail-able. In addition to the foregoing, 21,779 hectoliters of alcohol were used, duty free and without denaturizatioll of any kind for government or public purposes. ~rhe cost of manufacture of alcohol in Germany varies in the different states and province,,; of the empire, and still more from year to year in accordance with the yield and consequent market price of potatoes, grain and other ma-terials. In Prussia, during the past year, the "v'holesa1c price of fully denaturi"ed spirits of 90 to 95 per cent strength Z7 ranged from 32.3 to fDrty-five cents per gallon. Alcohol as a fuel for motors requires for the best results an admixture. of from fifteen to thirty per cent of benwle, and at the present cost of denaturized spirits is no longer an econom-ical 1110torfuel in Germany. Danger from Oil in Boilers. A cornman trouble experienced by stationary engineers, and one that is apt to prove expensive as well as dangerous, is that occasioned by oil in the boilers. The result is usually a badly warped sheet and an expensive loss of time until the damage can be repaired. The oil may find its way into the boiler in several ways. Sometimes it is intentionally thrown in by the engineer to help break up scale or prevent the same. \\There a small NEW IMPROVED SPINDLE CARVER Manufactured by Furniture City Tool "company. Grand Rapids., Mich. quantity of good oil, free from animal matter, is used little harm results, but in many cases the lubricant is of an inferior grade. More often trouble originates in plants where the exhaust steam is used. Many engineers use too much oil on their engines. This passes from the cylinders into the ex-haust steam and thence into the feed water. From there it passes directly into the boiler. Many new boilers have been ruined in this way within twenty-four hours after they were fired up. In the boiler the oil has the effect of holding the water in suspension above the plate, causing the plate to become over-heated and sag- from one inch to a foot. The same effect is also brought about by the oil mixing with the mud and form-ing a spongy coating on the plate. The most direct way to overcome the trouble is to clean out the boiler and tank and thereafter filter the feed water. A recellt fire in F. ]. Lowrey's furniture store, East Pal-estine, 0., cat1sed a $7,000 loss to stock and building. IF YOU HAVE NEVER TR IED OUR ~! RUBBING _J' AND 'POLISHING DETROIT F"ACTORY VARNISHES CANADIAN F"ACTORY YOU YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO F"ULL POSSIBILITIES OF" THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER HAVE OF GOODS NEW YORK P~ILADE.LPHlA BALTIMORE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUF"ACTURERS BOS"fON CHICAGO ST. LOUiS CiNCINNATI SAN FRANCiSCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE, ONT 28 Our Clamps received GOLD MEDAL World's fair, St. Louis CHAIN CLAMP PatentedlJune 30, 1903. PILING CLAMP BLACK BROS. MACHINERY co. MENDOTA, ILL. VENEER PRESS Patented June 30, 1903 Concerning Your Backing Are You Using the New Travers Adj ustable Spring Back on Your Typewriter Chairs? An improved,practical, modern chair iron of low prices and durability. T his succeasful chair back is the pmdul;t of much effort and long experi· ener:. Furniture men wlll find in our metal chair fittings, sometbin.e.: that wiJ1 put dollars in the till. You furnish the woodwork and our irons will perfect it. W RITE TODAY FOR SAMPLE AND PRICES Western Malleable and Grey Iron Works 903 Chase Sl., MILWAUKEE, WIg. Palmer aJuing Clamps Patented April H, 1893. May 16,1899; March 22, 1904· lmproved clamps have now become an absolute necessity. We b",lIeve ours meets all require-ments, and why. FIRST-Tbe)' bave unlimited streuK!b and powerj clamp instantly, yet s~urely, instantly released aud the work remove.d as fast as it l:Rn be handled. SS:CONo-...They will adjust themselves to any width or thickness (not to exceed the limit of size clamp' used) and can be used to put a truck load under pressure while still on the truck. THIRD-Very durable, being all malleable iron and steel, and not easily broken or g<)t out of order under any condition, no matter by whom or bow used. Catalogue explahJs all-write for it. A. E, PALMER NORVELL, MICH. Jackson Conntv BUSS MACHINE WORKS HOLLAND, MICHIGAN ~:t':~a,~~;W:;~o3ord Working Machinery ~:1:~~s;"Planer" Vertical Sander, and Glue Jointers Write for Descriptive Circulars and Illustrations DROP CARVING AND EMBOSSING GENERAL MACHINES Die,> for all kino:; of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second SI" LAFAYETTE, IND. • fOUR TR41NS CHICAGO TO AND fROM Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am AT CbicaKo 1:15pm Lv Cd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm daily Ar Chicago 10:55pm Lv Cd. Rapids ll:Ji) pm daily AT ChicaRo 6:55am Pllllman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Caf~ service on all day trains. Service a la carte. Pen Marquette Pallor caTS on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. T"REE TR41NS DETROIT TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave (~rand Rapid\; 1\:1.':; ii\m daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:2;0pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served a la carte on trains leaving GraJld Rapids at 11:25am and 5:1!l pm. Pere Man.'l.uetle Parlor Can on all trains; seat rate, 25 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H, }. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT, PHONE 11 68 Grand Rapids, Mich. ~Weatherly IndiVidual Glue Heater Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices... > Weatherly Ii. Pulte Grand Rapids. Mich. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. \Ve also carry a fnII sto ck of Beveled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write us for Price List and discount 31'33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS , 29 QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WtflTE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE; E;XTR~ WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figu.re preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana 9lIammoth 'lJrop-Caruer.1 9/0. 3 Thls mllchiue weh:hs about line tall. Has a travellnj:l' table, is reversell fL1H'l st31·ted from a counter shaft, whleh is In· cl Ud e d with IDlI.elllo"'. Hollow steel Ulll.ndrel ~~ inclH's to dlameter. We fUrllish burlier for Instde Ot· outside heating, for either g..~ or gasoline. I')j ~eof mac-hille, 4 ft. 9 in, ~IJ~\\~~:cl~I:~lri~~~hfre:~ mll~bll'\e. Price, :W;l;il~~~~,t$~OO~ MamUloth No, {, same as macbille No. a. drivclI with longitude shaft onll': pul. le}s at right all g 1 c s; needs llQ cQ\lnter sllllfr" Prjce $200; wlth-out travel. Inl!: tabl",. $L70. Send for filII de-seri/ ption 8lHllist of other d fOp lJarvers w", uulJd. Blue Print Designs Free to the Trade 208 S. FIRST ST. JNO. P. DENNING TERRE HAUTE, IND. -------1 Wood Forming Cutters \Ve offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great~ est variety to select from Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, u.s. A. 30 Household Articles From Old Automobile and Bicycle Parts. Both mamlfacturers of furniture and househuld articles, and other persons, arc now making quite a range of house furnishings by utilizing old parts of automobiles and bicycles. Sprocket gears, wheels, tires, pieces of framework, chains and kindred parts of the machines that formerly found their way to the junk pile, ate now cleaned up a little and shaped into the most curious, yet attractive and lIseful articles, a few of which are illustrated in the cuts. Figure] shows a form of hall or library seat. The basework of the seat'is pretty much like the common chair. The custom is to use stained woods for the cycle' trimmings, cecause this :=et5 off the jdea to good effect. The head rest for the seat, in-stead of being a part of the chair board, consists of a com-plete automobile or bicycle whcel adjusted to the upper part of the chair, as shown. The process of adjustment is not a difficult 011e. First yOU get the wheel by going to any of the second-hand dealers. Out in the back yard of the store or shop you will be ShOVil1a pile of warped wheels, wheels with spokes crokell ont, cracked rims, defective tires,' and olher kinds. You can purchase one of these wheels for a haH a dollar. sometimes for a qua\ter, sometimes they say you may have the wheel free of cost. Next the wheel is taken home and the tire puffed out. A good way is to make a slit in the tire cover and Vack the interior with excelsior or hair. Sometimes paper is used. In one case a rubber roller com-position was run in. Sawdust could be used. Then the wheel should be cleaned with soap and water and polished with oil. The tire may be decorated with floral effects, if desired. Upllally it is f,imply stained or vafllished. The ,,,heel may bd wired or pinned with wire nails, or bolted to the chair back, as shown. Figure 2 shows a newspaper rack which can be made from a ,"vheel similarly treated and provided with the front droop-ing pieces in the common way. The wheel is arranged to be hung to the wall in the office reading room. The frame device for the front is made of wood, usually walnut or stained walnut color. The finish is ma'de with a varnish, to give a gloss to the same. The frame is stretched across with Wjires of an old' cycle wheel, or with cords. Then the fram~ is supported by securing the bottom and sides to the wheel spokes with cords or ribbons. The haJJ stand shown in figure 3 is made with a series of bicycle bars and handles. The way to do is to go to the dealers or re,rairers of bicycles, and they always have a number of old styles, or imperfect handle bars in stock. Sometimes a number of bars can te selected from the waste pile in the back shop. These l:ars can be had at from ten to twenty cents apiece. Often the second-hand bars are provided with excellent bone or otherwise finished handles, which cost considerable 'when new. These may be polished and cleaned to look like new again. Then secure some of the framework of the bicycle, and if you have access to a vi<;e, file. and a few other tools, you can shape the rack for the hall like the one shO'\vn. If you are not mechanically inclined, yOLl can get the work done readily and clH>.aply by taking the parts to the nearest machine shop. The head pieces of tJle hand tar arc supposed to be soldered to the upright shaft, but I saw several instances ill which an elegant effect resulted from binding; the same on with wires. Then ribbons are wound over the wires. The three.,.footed idea for the base is obtained by having three' pieces of tubing riveted or soldered to the junctnre just below the bottom bar. The rack can nO"\1 rest upon these three feet, or to add to the novelty, three wheels can be purchased and used. These are rubber tired roller skate wheels, the cost of which, when new, is about one dollar each; when second-hand, about one~qllarter this figure. The shafts provided with the wl1eels arc sunk into borings ma"le in the framework of the stand, and are thereby supported. Thus the rack can be rolled from point to pojnt. Black enameling of the frame finishes the work. The enamel, ready for use, can be pur-chased at cycle dealers'. A hall seat, or, in fact, a stool for different purposes can be made by merely clltttng the saddle frame end from the rejected bicycle frame. Look for a com-plete frame in the junk heap. One of these is selected. The ends of the tubes are then cut off with a metal saw or by filing at the points of connection with the joints at the lower terminus. This leaves the three ends free to rest upon the f1.0qT. A saddle seat is then adjusted in th~ regular way and the stool is completed. It is not only the antoistand bicycle enthusiast who de-lights in having one or more objects in his ai)artments to remind him of his beloved sport, but many other persom; ~vho never ride a horseless vehicle or bicycle. Therefore, one sees a mirror arrangen:ellt of the order exhibited in Fignre 5 now and then. The frame is made of bicycle tubes. The feature of the affair is the mirror in the center, the frame for which is a l)jcycle or an automobile wheel. The wheel is deprived of its hub and spokes, and instead of that is adjusted a base hoard for the circular mirror to fit to. The tire is linished in any desired tint, or left in a natural rubber-like color. Figure 6 illustrates a simple pattern of the same idea. There is a wheel selected and the riUlis deprived of its spokes and hub. and a thin, boarding-like picture base is inserted. This thin material serves to support theronnd piece of mirror glass. The tire is packed according to one of the modes explained above, and is secured in a wood 'base with cement. The base consists of the stand of hardwood, properly finished. This type of gl,ass can be moved from one point to another. I was amused when I saw a person at the junk heap of a second-hand antomobile and bicycle dealer's, picking up little balls. Just then a workman came out of the shop and threw some parts of a journal on to the heap and the little steel balls fell trickling down through the parts of metal The aforementioned person quickly went to this point and endeavored to head off the ba.lls ere they reached the bot-tom of the heap. The person secured quite a number. Fig-nre 7 explains the persoll's idea. The usual forms of metal paper weights are purchas'ed from dealers. But to make the same fit the needs and tastes of the auto enthusiast, a little cluster of steel balls is soldered on, as shown in, the cut. ------------------------------------------- 31 rl('~', 1':11;' I ~' I d I , ":'," ] I -'l' "I 'ill'l, I 1':!I1y I' jJ;1 rt ], '1,1 I 11'- l!:! '" : I . I ~\ ;111('1",,"1("] 1'1 ", 1:, l·]iw " " ,LIII I" :1\',. I I , ':',1 .' 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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~----------- ------- berman Scbaubel. pactlcal Sktcillsand~tall8 ALLENTOWN, PA, We manufacture the largest line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, suitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steam~ ers, and all Public Resorts. We also manu{aclUre Brass Trimmed Iron Bed S l Spring Beds, Cots and Cribs, in a large variety. Send for catalogue and prices to Kauffman Mfg. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO ORAnID nAPID~ WOOD f1nl~"lnO (0. EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS O¥ WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is nur specialty. We confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish, Furniture Wax and Fmishing Supplies. We are the originators of Weatnered. Antwerp and Mission Stains in Oil. Our shades are absolutely correct. We aTe authority on Early English, Fllmed, CathedTal Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and Factory, 55, 51, 59 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan Central LEAVE Nov. 'n, 1904 ARRIVE 6:55 a.m _ DetrQit Express 10:45 pm *12:00 n'n New York Special * 1:40 pm 5:30 pm .•• New York Express 9:5.5am "'11:X1pm ..... Night Express * 6:.30am "'Daily. All other trains daily except Sunday. Detroit sleeper on night train. New York sleeper and fine cafe coach on noon train. Parlor car on morning train. "The Niagara falls Jt:oute" O. W. RUGGLES, G. P. & T. A., CbiC'Sgo. GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS C. B. CLARK, Proprietor. Manufacturers of Cut and Poinh:d Dowtl Pins and Dowel Rod' -~ , -=.-==:::- --=~ ~ - -- r- 91 Sixth Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAISlNG Belt, Electric and Hand Power. Tlte Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBALL BROS. CO" 1067 Nlath St., Council Bluffs, la. Kimball EJevator COH 323 Prospect St .. Cleveland, 0.; H/81lth St., Omaha, Neb.; 120 Cedar St., New York City. WABASH INDfANA ~,",f,<tu."" of T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively r WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT B. WALTER & CO. 1Loufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ----------- -- ------_.--- WHITE PRINTING Engra'lJing, Printing Binding CATALOGUES A SPECIALTY co. Citizens Phone 5580. 2 to 2() Lyon St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WRITE fOR PRICES. Workmanship Guaranteed The Very Best --_·_---~---------I BERRV BROS. (Ltd.) Varnishes and Shellac. JACQUES KAHN, French Mirror Plates. CORBIN CABINET LOCK CO" Lucks. AM GLVKCO 's Union Garnet and Flint Sandpaper. B. CANNON& Co., (Limited), Irish Glue. SAM'L CAB'lT, House Staills and BUilding Quilt. Vamlshts, Shel. lacs and Sandpaper carrIed In Stock BOYNTON eX CO. Mfrs. of Embossed and Turnoo Moulding', Porth Work, Wood (jrmes, and Auto-matic Turnings We also manufac-ture a large Iirie of EMBOSSED ORillA· MENTS for couch work. Send for itIustration$. ; Removed to 419-421 W. fifteenth St. C"ICAGO. ILL. -~------I JUERGENS BROTHERS 140-146 MONROE PHONE1576 CENTRAL CHICAGO PEERLESS PRINTING PLATES Designers and Engravers Electro, Stereo and Nicklelypers Tt"ade Notes. The Bean Furniture Store, Hartselle, A.la., has Hloved its place of busine.ss to the Echo building. The City Furniture company bas been charb::rcd at Co-lumbus, 1.1iss., with $25,000 capital stock. The Winegar Furniture comt:any, Grand Rapids, IVlicb., will build an addition 30X40 feet to their warehO~l~~C Gustave Erickson's furnitme store in Stilhvater, Minn .. was damaged by fire to the amount of $3.500 recently. The Philip Nagel Furniture & Undertaking company has been incorporated at Wapakoneta, 0., with $15,000 capital. Columbus, Ga., has prospects of a furHiture factory. Backers of the proposed enterprise are considering different sites. ]. F. McClellan, of Columbus. Ga., is looking llP a suitable site for a furniture factory which he will erect ill that city soon. The Putnam Furniture company, Kew London, Conn., recently experienced a $25,000 loss by fire; hl11y covered by 111SUrance. The Chesley Chair company's factory, Chesley, Ont., was recently destroyed hy fire, with a loss of $37,(100. It was insured for $24,000. A new mattress factory has I::een opened up at Hatties-burg, Miss. 3.Je1. Hemphill is prominent among the local ca]itaJists interested. Wainwright & Son, furniture and showcase manufac-tmers, Houston, Tex., have enlarged their factory hy the erection of a large brick building. A dividend of five per cent has been declared in favor of the creditors of the Empire Metallic Bedstead company, Buffalo, N. Y, The company's liabilitles are $30,000, with $8.000 assets. M. O'Neil & Co., {milltme dealers, Akron, 0., have pur-chased the picture framing business of the firm of Snook & Kilmer, photographers. The firm assume the new business September I. The Ostertag Furnitme company, Ballinger, Tex., have riled articles of incorporation, giving a caj)ital stock of $I5,- 000. The incorporators are Joe Ostertag, \Villiall1 Dunlap and C. C. Schuchard, all of Ballinger. The Standard Upholstering company, of Abilene, Ran., have decided to move their business to Toreka, in order to acquire morc adeqnate faciiities. G. S. Upshaw is the principal owner and general manager. The main bllilding of the Campbell, Smith & Richie plan-ing mill and furniture factory, Lebanon, Ind., was completely destroyed by fire August 27. The loss is estimated at .15,- 000, with $8,700 insurance. The King Arthur Tahle company, of Dayton, Ohio, \'v·ill move their plant to Denver, Colo., this fall. The company also intends to increase their present capitalization, $60,000, ·with their removal to their new location. The J. Danielson estate interest in the Danielson Furni-ture comt:any has been sold to Mrs. J. \Vestman, The suc-cessors are C. Danielson and Mrs. J. \Vestman, who will conduct the business under the firm name of the C. DanieL-son Furniture comval1y. The Greenfield-Talbott-Battle Furuiture c01t1pany, Nash-ville, Tenn., has just completed a new Isoxsd feet cabinet building and is preparing to make other additions to thell" already large r:1ant, which will necessitate the employment of many additional workmen. Heywood Brothers & \Vakefield company, furnit11Te a11(1 Laby cab manufacturers, 11anhattan, i'r. Y., recently SllSlainc(\ a $15,000 loss by Mre. The fire occurred ill the l1pholstery department on the eighth floor of the-ir ten-story hllilding. The building is of fire proof construction, which l;rcvented greater damage. Monroe, Mich., is considering a proposition from the 33 \Veiss Manufacturing company, of Toledo, manufacturers of offi.ce furniture, who desire to locate their plant in that city. The company will move there rrovidil1g Monroe will give a free site, a suitable building and subscribe to a c.ertain amount of stock. The C. S. Paine company, limited, has been organized with a capitalization of $,so,ooo. They will I1se the combined plants of the C. S. Paine company and the Kent Machine \Vorks. The Grand Ra.pids Wood Carving company have com-pleted a 60;<70 three-story addition to their factory, also new boiler house and two dry kilns. The company win handle the business of the Charles A. Greeman company. Trade Mark Registered. Taking advantage of the act of cong'tess which went into effect April I, 1905, a good many manufacturers are now registering trade marks which heretofore have not been reg-istered, the new law being of so much wider scope and giving so much greater advantage to the registry of a trade mark. The Fox Machine company, of Grand Rapids, under the new law have just been granted a trade mark on i<Universal Trimmers," as applied to the machines which h?ve 50 long been 1010\\711 by this name. In 1879 the first machine oj this character was made at Middletown, Conn., and vatented by VI,T. R. Fox, The tool was patented as a miter machine, as it was first designed for making picture frames. III building this machine, however, :':Ir. Fox discovered that it was more valuable in making pat-terns than in Cl\ttl11g motl1dings for picture frames. In 1885 additional ratents on this machine \'lere taken out and their manufacture began in Grand Rapids, Mich. In order to designate them it was then first called the Universal Trim-mer. Since that time thousands of these machines have been built. and they are now recognized as a standard t.ool in all the pattetll shop!'> of the world. Foreign trade on the Uni-versal Trimlller has become very extensive, and in addition to this the extensive business of the Fox Machine company has been developed from the small beginning of the manu-facture of the Universal \Vood Trimmer in 1885. The date of registration of thi.~ trade mark is April 5, 1905, and gives to the Fox Machine company t]lC exclusive right to use the term "Universal Trimmers'" on tools of this character. Sentimental Verse Affected the Clock. Nat far from the city hall is a man who not long ago im-ported a score or more of grandfather's clocks fr0111England. They are "genu-ine antiques," as the second hand dealer \vould say, and each has a little history. About one hovers a romance. All that is known is that it came originally from Tunbridge Welts, near London. After its arrival in this country it would not run. Apparently lt was mutely protesting against changing its allegiance. The presellt owner, being a good American, decided to make it go. So one day last week be took the works out entirely and at Ol1ce discovered the cause of the trouble. It was a small tr1- cornered note, yellow with age and nearly crumbling to pIeces. 1t bore no date, but on it was written the f?llowing sentiment: So fare thee wen, my only love, And fare thee well awhile, And I wil! come again, my love, Thoug-h 'twere ten thousand mile. -N. Y. Sun. Take the Graham & Morton Line steamers between Chi-cago and Grand Rapids .. 34 THE MAN WHO fiNOWS He has a good thing is always glad to send it out on trial for he knows that is the best way meritorious goods can get an even show with weaker imitations. If you are going to buy a Swage or Swage Shaper, ask your filer if he don't want to try a Hanchett Adjustable Saw Swage and Swage Shapero We will gladly tend you one for 30 days' use, and if at the end oE that time you feel you can do without it, return it at our expense. That's fai., isn't it? Hancllett Circular Slw Swaae with Bench UUt"Circular "L" tells all about it. Selld for it. Attachment and Jointer. Hanchett Cireular Swage Shal)er. Hanchett Swage WarKs. Big Kapids, Mich., U. S. A. TILLOTSON TOILET FASTENER This article is designed for fastening toilet standards to dressing cases, cbiffoniers and washstands. ~t is also used for the backs of sideboards and for any piece of furniture that is made in two or more parts for convenience in packing and shipping. All boring is done to g-auge in tbe factory, and as tbe nut is in-serted in place by the ca,e maker (projecting slightly) it can never drop out or be lost. After the bolt 1S screwed in standards by the trimmer tbe Toilet and case are both ready for pack-ing and the manu-facturer can feel safe that they will fit and go together when the goods reach their des-tination. Dealers are daily growing more appreciative of the merit of this device over wood strips or other fastenings. Sample models showing their application will be sent to furniture makers on request. Full Size of No. O. MANi'itL'Js~~~~BYYGRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY 156.166 Court Street. Grand Rapids. MI<:b.. U. S. A. No. 0, "%, x Z7.(ill. bo:t, for very H~ht work, such as shaving ~ands dressing tables, etc. Pac:ked 100 in box. Net price, •• 5 pe~ thous,&.nd. No. 1, 5-16 x 3 ill. bolt, for medium toilet staudards. Packed 100 in box. Net price, $20 per thousand. No. ~, 11-32J( 3% in. bolt. for heavy standards. Packed eO in box. Net price, $30 per thousand. No.3, X x 4 in. bo~t, for extra heavy standards and sideboard backs. Packed 50 in box. Net price, $40 per thousand. Furnitureo Factory lor-Sale ..Kdiable" Rolls ..Reliable" Panels A first·class factory, at present making tables, in good Southern Jocation near to splendid timber supply, and having first-class transportation facili-ties, is for sale. If parties will investigate before July 15th, an advantageous offer will be made. Information about plant will be furnished by M. V. RICHARDS, Laud and Industrilll Agent. SOllthern Railway, WASHINGTON. D. C. THE FELLWOCK ROLL AltO PANel COMPANY Mfrs. of "Reliahle" Built up Veneered Roll sand Plural· Ply Pallelsfor all purposes. Correspondence solicited. EVJt.NS1l1LLR, IND. CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent, 621 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, MO. M. A. HAYS, Agent, 225 Dearborn Street, CHCAGO, ILL. James Waddell. Jame" \Vaddell. who sllee-eeded C Evan ]OllllSOl1 in the capacity of traveling represcntative of the vVaddell l\ifanufac-turing compally, is a son of Gcorg-e Vv'arIdell (deceased), \\ who, with his brother, Jubn YVaddell, fonnded the business, more thall twenty-Jive years ago. The yOllng gentleman is lneeting \vitl1 success in his travels alld likes his employrne1lt. He is a popular young man, cndowed \".ith the ability to rnake and rdain friends "vherevcr he may g·o. Reduced Rates on Excess Baggage. An act of the legislature of Tndiana regulating the charges fnr excess baggage has gOllC -intu effed. It has been fnunu that this la w has reduced the rate for short hauls from one to ~-ixtecn cents a hundred pounds. illstead of m8-king it a11 fifteen cents. For instance, the charge would be tllrec cents a \llllldred pounds in cases whcl"e the ticket rate is between twenty-five and thirty-three cenb;. Not until the ticket rate reaches $'1:.33 can the old rate be charged. The loss to the railroads will be considerable if the court" hold the law must be lived up to. Hundreus of tons of COOl-mercial baggage are carried, and the rates apply also to the theatrical business, where whole cars of excess baggage are C<lrried. The trouble h<ls revived the talk that some years ago \vas heard so mucll, that commercial baggage should be charged express rates The Grand Trunk railroad has in torce a special sc1l('dule for tll<lt class of b,ag-gage. The Card Motto Mania. "Do it now," and two or three other kindred mottoes that I see here and there at the desks of IUen in the various \\'rdks of the business 'world are things that I rebel at, as so fre-quently the possible earmark of the gumptionless worker. How do you know it ought to be done lHnv? \,Vhat is the thing? And how much better, or just how much worse, wou1d it be to put it over for an hOllr, a day or a week? I f it be the one thing unquestionably that yOlt should do now, why h~mg. up the stupid card suggestion of your menta] l111litl1CSS for your work? And if you should be in doubt whether gnlll.p-tion naturally prompts you to do the thing at the moment, 35 why a1l0\\r a dumb, 1111changing- set of letters staring yml in tlle face to approach a challenge of your judgmcnt? Tn my judgment of men and things, writes J. A. Howland, I should be tempted to shake up all employe occupying an officc chair with one of these cardboard monitors staring: him in the face. T ,;vould a hundred times rather see a clever jokelet, or hit of verse or comic illustratioll pasted less C011- spic\1ot1sly somewhere else about his desk. Just as no man ever worked to the best that was in him while tmder the hard, close scrutiny of an cmployer ,,,,ho might distrust him, so it is unnatural that a 111all should 'post even a silent yet visi.ble CCW:llr over himself. J f ol1e's employer hangs the card monitor in an office the cO:lseiot1s \vorkcr must feel it as all accusation and a challenge; if he does it himself, "vhy should not the conscientious {~n,- pI oyer regard it as a confessioll~a mere empty bluff? Woodards Sell Their Lumber Business. The retail lumber, wood and coal business of the \"lood-ard comj:21ly, Owosso, lvlich., has been transferred to 01a No. }]ichaelson and James Mulhall, of Grayling. The new con-cern \',rill he known as the Michaelson & l\.Julhall company, -"I/hich has been incorporated at $26,000. Tbe business will he continued in the present location tmtil next sprillK, when it ,viII be moved to land near the Casket and \Voodard Fur-niture companies The transfer gives the \Voodard brothers an opportunity to devote tbeir entire time and energies to the management of the casket and furnitnre factories, where their husiness has constantly increased. Heavy Columns for a Court House. The \Vaddell Joila1lllfacturing company are making what is prohlhly the largest set of capifals cver produced in wood. The colull1ns are three feet in diameter at the top and six feet at the base and about sixty feet high. They are. to be used for a court house. They arc ornately carved and so cOl1structed that it is believed they will last hundreds of years. The company are tnrning ont a greater variety of furllitllre and architectural wood ornaments than ever in the past. Trade is vc.ry satisfactory in alt branches. Secretary AJdworth, after spending his vacation, as usual, at Bay View, is again at hls desk. Alcohol Power in Germany. Alcoholism in the Fatherland is llot confined to the oev-erages consumed, but it embraces heating, lightingl motor power and a vast range of cllcmical and other manufactur-ing purposes. More than 2,000 stationary or portable alcohol engines, exclusive of the spirit motor llsed in automobiles, are employed in Germany. They consume over 951,120 gal-lOllS of denatured alcohol yearly. Industrial alcoholism is the result of the government, in building its machines for military purj)oscs, constructing them with motors capable of being operated with some liqt1id fuel that could be pro-duced at home. The general increasc in alcohol manufac-ture in 1903-T904, compared with the year previous, is com-puted at 2,900,000 gallons. GRAND RAPIDS-CHICAGO LINE. Graham & Morton Steamers and Grand Rapids-Holland In· terurban. Shortest and most conyenient route between Chicago and Grand Rapids. An-steel steamers connecting at Holland with special boat cars on the Holland double·track interurban for Grand Rapids. 36 Will Discard Even Pocket. Folding Beds. A furniture dealer is quoted as saying that New York is witnessing the passing of the old-fashioned or stationary bed, remarks the Providence Journal. Ground sf;ace, which means spaCe. everywhere, is becoming too valuable to devote to a contrivance so bulky and unornamenta1. The demand at pres-ent is confined to temporary beds, beds that can be folded and put out of sight, tucked away behind pictures or thrllst into rings, resembling napkin rings, and not mllch larger. These rings are numbered for the convenience of the family and call be hung on nails in closets. The beds are made of elastic material, which is stretched between heavy chairs or trunks when in use. In the metropolis everything, including comfort, is sacrificed to appearances. Hotel guests, flat dwellers, boarders and residences with limited incomes are anxious to create the impression that what was and is a plain bedroom is a sitting room or parlor. According to this dealer, if permanent beds are tolerated at all they are made to order to fit into niches and corners, so that every inch of carpet or waxed floor may be utilized. There is reason for believing that one of these days e~'~n tbe bed that can be carried in the pocket or suspended £ro;11 a gas jet will be discarded. New York people will discover that :they can't afford to close their eyes. If they remain in town and go to sleep they will be pretty st1re to miss some-thing; and if they go home via the bridges, ferries and sub-urban trains it will be time to get up and dress whey they arrive. Already, for a majority of the populac"e, it is from twenty-four to one hundred and forty miks from the break-fast table to the office, and from work to supper. and the dis-tances arc constantly increasing. The hour is rapidly ap-proaching when the diffcrence between New York and the St. Vitus dance will not be appreciable. Infant Labor Law Has. Many Faults. Tests of the new legislation in Germany, ina.ugurated to prohibit infant labor, do not augur well for its efficacy. Wh:ile the control of child employment in factories, restau-rants and other public works, presents but little trouhle, such control in case of "home work" becomes almost an impossibility. F'llll co-operation has been received by the inspectors from the school authorities in their endeavor to loe'l-te cases of absence and their cause, . but close inquiry at the homes is more apt to develop a species of deception and) prevarication than truthful statements as to the real cau~se of absence. A system of espionage upon the home movements of children is impractical and their withdrawal from school is usually caused either by dire necessity or parental disregard for the child's best interests. The law, instead of benefiting the child, has, in many in-stances. increased its burdens by bringing out other and far me'rc cruel phascs of infant labor. At one town the indus-trial commission found no less than 489 children, aged from six. to fourteen years, working at their homes platting cane for chair seats. Out of 317 children attending school, 135, or forty-two per cent, were set to work after 8 o'clock p. m., nor did any of them enjoy their freedom during the recess of two hours a.t noon or of one hour in the afternoon. Fur-ther legislation will he asked for, in an effort to control alll such home employment of immature children. Induce-m~ nts to parents will also be increased toward keeping their minor children at school during school age, and it is also insisted that not only the actually indigent~ but the entire working classes. should be accorded free schooling for their children. Manufacturers' Association Formed. Twenty-one prominent palrts of the country were , manufacturers appointed as from different directors of the National Association of Manufacturers of America, which was recently incorporated at Albany, N. Y" for the principal purpose of regulating relations between employers and em-ployes and dealing with labor unions. Uniform Card Waybill. An effort is being made by the Association of Transporta-tion and Car Accounting Officers to bring about the adoption of a uniform card waybill. The advantage to be gained would be the minimizing of delay in preparing- manifests at points of transfer from one road to another. The uniform card 1,Ivould be utilized for cars that are dispatched in such large numhers daiiy frol11 certain points as to make impracticable the prep-aration of manifests in time to accompany every car. Large Stock of Mahogany Veneers. Walter Clark, 535 l\Iichigan Trust building, Grand Rapids, has a large and very choice stock of mahogany veneers in his warehouse on Prescott street, and can fill orders for same promptly. 1o'1r.Clark is an expert in all branches of the veneer and thin lumber business, and has numerous custom-ers who look to him for their entire supply of certain kinds of lumber and veneers. It is a good thing to get in touch with him. Improvements in the Adjustable Table. E. Murray Aaron, of Chicago, IlL, has perfected several radical improvements in tables of the adjustable and folding type. Their object is to provide a table so constructed that by moving the top forward or rearward the height may be adju.sted, maintaining the top in horizontal position, thus pro-viding a table desirable for various purposes. It may be tilted and held at any angle to provide a drawing board, book rest or the like. With the Mechanic's Furnitun:: Company. Vv'ork on the addition to the Mechanic's Furniture com-pany's plant, Rockford, Ill., is being rushed to completion. It is ~xpected that the building will be ready for occupancy by the 1st of Kovember, to assist in taking care of the company's heavy fall trade. The company will hereafter be represented in the east by Mr. Daviess. E. P. Porter will also take a road position. Advance in Plate Glass. Owing to recent advances in plate glass, the Hart Mirror Plate company, Grand Rapids, Mich., announce they are com-pelled to withdraw all quotations for mirrors. They would be pleased to favor the trade with figures direct. At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the Imperial Furniture compal}y, Grand Rapids, the capital stock was in-creased from $200.,000 to $300,000. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via· GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Three fast trains leave Grand Rapids 9:30 a. m. daily, ex-cept Sunday, arrive New York 10:50 a. m., Philadelphia, 10:30 a. m. Leave Grand Rapids 2 :45 p. m. daily except Sunday, ar-five New York 4:30 p. rn., Philadelphia, 3:40 p. m, Leave Grand Rapids 5;30 p, m. daily except Sunday .• arrive New York 8:40 p. m., Philadelphia, 7:25 p. m. Sleeping car Detroit to New York on 9;30 a. m. train; sleeping cars Durand and Detroit to New York on 2:45 and 5:30 p. m. trains. e. A. JUSTIN. e. P. & T. A. , 37 Do~~s' Patent lable=le~ Doyetailer We find upon investigatiotl that our Do...e.t.ailing Ma-chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts MOflise in the Cleats Cuu. T enoM to fit the Top Cuts Tenons to fit the Cleats Adjustable to keep Mor_ tise and Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapesl Joint Made Will turn out 250 to 300 Small Parlor Tables in 10 Hours The Dodds Tihing Saw Table has more practical It:atulLS and good poill!s than allY other saw table au the market. MANUFACTURED AND FOR SAU:: BY ALEXANDER DODDSGrand Rapids Michigan, U. S. A. Cod'e of Etiquette "On the Road." "There is a 'rL1le of the road' which is observed by every traveling man who lays claim to heing half way decent," said Frank Hunt, of Toledo, at the Plankinton house. "Certain proprieties are lived up to, and to violate them \vould mean the ostracism of the offender from that il1ner circle of good fello·ws among whom there atc ties more binding than those. of }Iasonry or any other secret organization. No salesma:1, for instance, will interrupt another salesman \vlien he is busy with a pros:;ective customer. No matter how }Jressed he may be for tin-,e, nor ]ww an:xiol1s he is to get ahead of his competitor ill selling goods, he will 110t interfere, even though the huyer himself offers to he led away. I have often got to the same tOW11 '''lith my competitors and hurried to the store of our common cnstomer almost neck and neck. The first olle greeted by the mall is supposed to have his undivided attention. after the 6rst formalities of greeting are exchanged, until l1e gets through with him and then the other man can take his chance. "There are plenty of ways of getting ahead of a rival salesman which are perfectly allowable, however, and which are played every day, although tbe older and more dignified men on the roar! seldom resort to them. The trjck of lilli11g your order book full of 'phony' orders and displaying it to the other traveling men is an old one and doesn't go with any one but a very green hand at selling goods. It i~ not re-garded as unfair or ungentlemanly to exaggerate the busi-ness one docs in any town under discus~ionJ or to make be-lieve that you didll't do any business, ,vhen in reality yOll sold some good bills. Traveling men help each other as far as dispensing information in regard to hotels and the running of trains, and the characteristics of mCidnnts, and so forth, even Wllen they ,tre knifing each other to heart for business." -lvlilwallkec Vv'isconsin. Excels all haed screw damps in adaptation to work, convenience of hal1dlingand quick action. Espedally adapted to Veneet'tng PaDelhlg . and all work requiring lo[]g broad jaw, THE UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Furnished Batavia Clamp Co. Mention Michigan Artlsa[]. 45 Center SI. BATAVIA, N. Y. It I J ALHOlCOMD &CO@ MANUFACTURERS ~tlQ DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAIRI NG-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED ~ CITIZENS F'HONE 1239 27 N MARKET 5T ~. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Claims for Superiority. The Fox "l\Jachine company, Grand Rapids, ·:'vTieh.. have issued a new catalogue and price list of their noted saw dadoe, mitre machines, wood trimmers, boring 11,achines, saws, etc. The catalogue contains half-tone cuts and ,vork-iug drawings of several different types of Fox dado heads, together with the ern.uneratioll of their strong roints. TllC gronnds on which their claims to St11~eriority are based are their fast cutting ability, greatest rangc. quickest adjnstment, perfect safety, little trouble and economy. I~- r 38 7'119-.T I>5' JI.l'J tNA 1bm $". HA.:-iD C1RCl:LAII; kiP SAW. MORTISER COMIlINHO MACH1NR. Coml)lete Outfit of HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY No.4 SAW (ready fOI cro!s-cutting) W. F. & JOHH BARNES CO•• 654 Ruby SI., Rockford, III. No.3 WOOD LATHS. WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER: HI! can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profIt. He can make more money with less capital invested. He call hold a better and moresatisfactory trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low cost, as the fa.:tories. The local cabinet maker has been forced into only a dealer's trade and profit. becau-e;eof machine manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Barnes' Patent Font and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states the cabinH maker with advantage!l equal to bis cnmpetitoTS. If desi'ed, tbese machines will be soldQN TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do. DESCRIPTJVE CAT.UOGlJE AND PRICH I")ST FREE. No. '2 SCROLL SAW. FORMER OR MOULDER. HAND TBtIION8R, Summer Vacations IfYou have not already decided where you will spend your summer vacation. let us send YOU "Michigan in Summer" a beautiful book of photos and brief word pictures of Petoskey MaCkinac Isla.nd Traverse Oity Ha.rbol' Sprioll8 Ba.y View Nell,htawanta. Oden Northr;ol't Omena. WequetonsinllJ and the most convenient route to all NOlthern Michigan Summer Resorts. Fishermen will be interested"in "WHERE TO GOFISHING." Send 2c stamp t:) C. L, Lockwood, C.P.A", C.R. &1. R'y, Crand Rapids, Michigan. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS in search of good points to which the¥. oan remove their factories, where they wl1l be tributary to fine hardwood timber, can be accommodated along the This system has recently constructed Hoes of railroad in the Southwest that opetl up s~tions that offer the foUc:nringadvantages to the Manufacturer: Cheap timber of excellent ~uality within a small radius of miles. E.xcellent distribnting facilities for finished. product. One of t~ finest markets for furni· ture in the world. Liberal inducements and co-op~- ation from local industrial or-ganizations. Send for a c0p.y of handbook of informa-tion, entitled, 'Opportunities," M. SCI:IUL TER. Industrial Commissioner. Fmoo Bide. St. Loui., Mo. No.4 SAW (ready tor ripping) No.7 SCROLL SAW. Green, Gold and Brown" DayUgbt Special" -elegant fast day train. "Diamond Special"-f:ast night train-unsur-passed for convenience and comfort. Buflec_lIhrary cars. complete <11ningcars, parlor cars, drawlng- room and bullet steeping. cars, reclining' c.lu\.k"cars. Through tickets, rates, etc .• of I. C. R, R. agents and those of conne(:ting lines. A. H. HANSON, OEN'L PASS'R AOT., CHICAOO. Young Nobleman Starts at the Bottom. A :rOllng J\lexican of gcntle birth and established forllltlc. has come tn Nev,r York from his home in Aguascolicntes to master a branch of industry in whi.ch he expects to spend his life, Jl1lian OrchliUl IS the son of a very ·wealtllY rail-road mall of the si~,ter repllhlic, W110 is desirOlls of having his heir knxn Arnerican methods nud acquire tbe prnctical experi{;nce in the hl1sillCSS that w1ll ultimately be his life work. Youug Ordulla 1,viJl enter thc Baldwin ,vol-ks and study locomotive building. 1t is n recognized defect of the system. in i\kxico 1hat they 111l1st go elsewhere to buy their cngines at great ex-pense. This young wan proposes to don overalls and learn all there is to know abo\\t thc;lr c0l1s1rnctiol]. \Vhcll he has acquired this kllowtedge, he will return to 11i5 own couHtry to make l1se of it ill a practical manner and ll1timately S11C-teed to the management of his father's extensive interests. If all young men horn into the same sphere of life regarded their ,:",ork with the same earn'estness, the rnatcrial devetop-mcnt of the world would progress at a greater rate. In 1bis case to be rich is not to idle. hnt it -is to learn how to do am1 to devote a life tn uscf-1.l1effort. Manllf£1cturers of The Best Factory Trucks Simplicity in construc~ tiotl enables \1S to l?lve qualily and dtlrabiHty, and meet all com peti-tion. Wl'itefor PriM8. No. 21, Roller Beari(tIJs. Same-style Trucks No, 24, without RoUer Bearings The 'Evansville l\Jetal Fllrnittll-e cOl]]pany bas been organ-ized at E,'<lnsville, Ind., with $25,000 capital. They will erect a plant for the manufacture of metal furnit1.lce, which, it is said, will be the l-irst factory of tlw kind in the state, The Tokdo Furniture & ivIanl1factllriug company, Toledo, 0., have rCdUl'Cl1 their capital slocK from $125,000 to $10,000. 4 Cheap and Simple deviCe that will sa\le you lots of trouble and may Pf'e\lent an ex· pensi\le shut-down. An Automatic Self-Cleaning foot Valve .. Vou can clean it quickly and thor-oughly without leaving thee/lgine room No plant taking its boilerfeedwater from a river, lake Df pond can afford to be without this valve GIVES SATlSFA(:TJQN WJH;:Jl-EVER USED !>~Nn I"OR. CIRCULARS A.ND PRICE LIST L s.. D. fOOT VALVE CO. 352 S. Front Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. L 39 MACHINE. fiNIVES PERFECT QUALITY RIGHT PRICES PROMPT SERVICE ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Dado or. Grooving Heads. Miter Machines. Universal Wood Trimmers. Boring Machlne9. Elc. FOX MACHINE CO 185 N. Fron' St. • Grand Rapids. Mich. A Perfect PolJsh and Clealler , .. for .. , Furniture. Office and 6al'" Fixtures Pianos. Org ns BIcyc:les. Iron Bed s Ce.rl'"13Besand Automobiles THE POLISH THAT IS MAKING EVANSVillE fAMOUS N ALL'S n~.~I'~'~OVS~:er~J:~l~~I;S.h1f~e~J~~tr~~~lk a~~. t/oensive odor l\evpr setlles or !~V'M10I'a.«-.!'.. A trial oroe1' alw:'\}'s wakes a perWlI.lIeut Cusf.o- Iller. BrlnJl:~ ont thl' t!ni>;h (n.d 'i(ive<; Ilew \in :l~I~ht~ef~~~,~~tg'~('\l~'J~hlf\Yj~t~i;r~',;ie2;i'fo fl.:} ~I, r,crff'et slIti$J"aClirJII Sold in 1,2,5 and 10 ga.llol1 cans Uld in bartels, also put Il.p ill 1,3 and 6 oz. bottles retailing for 10c, ISc add 25c. allowing a liberal profit to the retailer. Write for prices 9.nd state quantity wanted. "'j~reter }'QlltQ the (',re~ct'nt i"ul'nHure Co, TJu" .1<;VllnsviJ]eDesk Coo. The 1<;11IJ, Miller Fokllng tWd (;0" hnd The Clty National BIIII];:, of F.vlllIsvtHe. MANUFACTURED !l'v THE AMERICAN PHARMACAL CO. 205 Upper first St., EVANSVILLE. IND, STAFFORD fURNITURE ENGRAVIN.G OUT half tones are deep sharp, clear; giving them long wear and eas.e of make-ready, Every plate is precisely type-high, mounted O~l l'l perfe.ctly squared, seasoned block trimmed to pica staIlda'd. All lire proved 311d tOQled until tlle best possible printing quality is de"\·eloped. Specimens mailed on request. STAff ORO ENGRAVING CO. "The House of ]deaij-- INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Wood Turnings. T umed Moulding, Dowel, and Dowel Pins. ---- ---- . '1 ...... ·;:~I I" t, '.9:11 ,,-- ------- ...! =.==:=.==--= Catalogue to Mallufac-turers on Application. r ~MJFfIIG?{N ,r~~I'{-?I4f 11#4- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 40 American Pharmacal Co.... 39 American Blower Co. ... .. 7 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton. _. . . 24 Barnes, W. F. & John. . . . . . . 38 Barrett.Lindeman Co., The. . 4 Batavia Clamp Co.,.......... 37 Bayne, James, Co .... ,...... 21 Ber~ Bros .. _. , . 27 Blactk Bras. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Boynton & Co _... . , 32 Bridgeport WOQd Finishing Co . . . Cover Buss Machine Co _. . . . . . . . •. 28 Chase, Roberts & Co.. . . . . . . . . . .Cover Chicago Wood Finishing Co.. 3 Clark, Walter . . . 23 Cordesman Machine Co. . Cover Cyclone Blow Pipe Co _ , , 7 Denning, Jno. P.................. 29 Dodds, A 37 D~er. Jchn, & Sons. . . . . . . . . . .. 26 E1ge, Frank, & Co. . . . . 29 Edwards Machine Co. 7 , Fay & Egan Co., J. A. 2 Fox Machine Co , , .. , 39 Francis & Bros., ehas. E _ _. 1 Frisco System '" _ , ', . , ,. 38 Furniture Commercial Agency (Red Book). 21 Gillette Roller Bearing Co _.. _Cover Olobe Vise & Truck Co. 39 Q~oodlander.Robea-tson Lumber Co ,.... 8 Gorham Bros. Co., The. . .. . _ , 24 Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester I Co 25 qrand Rapids Brass Co .. _. . 34 ~rand Rapids Dowel Works 32 Grand Rapids Electrotype Co 29 Grand Rapids Hand 'Screw Co. . .. Cover G. R. & I...... ...... ..... .. ... .. 24-38 Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co 32 Hahn, Louis .... , _. , ..... Hanchett Swage Works. Hills, Clarence R .. , _. , . Hoffman Bros .. , . Holcomb, A. L. & Co , .. Hummel, Carl F .. _.. , _.,. Illinois Central R. R , .... Indiana Lumber & Veneer Co. Juergens Bros .. ,. _ _., Kauffman Manufacturing Co .. Kimball Bras. Elevator Co .... L. & D. Foot Valve Co .. Long-Knight Lumber Co . Lyon Furniture Agency . Maddox Machine Co . Marietta Paint & Color· Co. Mattison. C., Machine Works. Memmer, Geo., & Co . Michigan Art Carving Co , Michigan Central Railroad. Michigan Engraving Co . MiscelIaneous .. , _. Palmer, A. E .. Pere Marquette Railroad. Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Porter, C. O. & A. D .... Schaubel, Herman .,. Shimer & Sons, Samuel J .. Southern Railway . _ . Stafford Engraving Co , , . Stephenson Mfg. Co.,., _.. Union Embossing Co ... _... Waddell Manufacturing Co. _.' - . Walter & Co., B . Ward, Orin A " " .. Weatherly & Pulte . Western Malleable & Grey Iron Mfg. Co. West Michigan Machine & Tool Co. , . Wilmarth & Morman Co . Williams, W. P . 32 34 32 29 37 .. ... 32 '" 38 . . Cover 32 32 32 39 22 22 8 ... Cover 8 ......... 29 26 32 4Q 2S 29 1 22 32 29 34 39 39 1 20 32 7 29 2S 21 26 32 White Printing Company Engravers Printers Binders Electrotypers CATALOGS COMPLETE 2 to 20 Lyon St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS wAN'1'ED-POldtiou. As assistant furniture designer; samples of work submitted. Address "W. H.," care- of Artisan, 9-10m WABTBD-Jlosition As superintendent of furniture factory; up~to-date methGds; can get results; ref-ereUDes. Adoress "A. X.;' care of Ar-tisan. - 9-10m WAl!i'ZED-Lines For aJuuary, 1906, on commission; long
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