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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and - -,.. 26th Year-NorH. l:7) GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JANUARY 10, 1906. $1.00 per Year. CASE MAKERS MORTICES AT FIVE ONCE Accurat.ly Mortises and clean. the mortises perfectly Clamps . and completes the .work in less time than a stngle mortise can be made on other Machines and is entirely automatic Makes stronger case, m~re accurate ]es8 expensive, and neater case No. 119 Square Cblsel MOl'tis'81' Furnished with any number of chisels and any size-ofChiseJs Ma.nufactured by WYSONG & MILES CO. Corner Cedar SI. and Southern R. R. Greensboro, NorthC Carolina,U. S. A. Strength-- Dura1>.i~ty Ease OfLOperation-- a practicallyindestructibleTruck at a rea~ sonable cost. THE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING ALL 5TEELAND MALLEABLE IRON FRAME FACTORY TRUCK Write fOl"' Prices. GILLETIE ROLLER BEARING COMPANY PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHEELER'S PATENT WOOD FILLER Forms a permanent foundatiol1. Brings out the full life and beauty of the wood. Goes further and saves lahoT and material, hence cheap<:r than other fillers. The Bridgeport Wood Finish;np Co .. New Millord. Conn. 65 FuitonSL N. Y. 70W. Lake SI., Chlcaoo 231 Dock 51.. Philadelphia. 'j .j 11 -~ ~---- - - --. -----~-~ At the Fumiture Manufacturers' Exposition at Grand Rapids New York and Chicago, our EARLY ENGLISH OAI1 Spartan Stain No. 830 was selected from hundreds of others as the most correct shade displayed and buyers emphasized their decision by placing large orders for this finish. Try Our Mahogany Spartan Stains ABSOLUTELY NON-FADING The Marietta Paint and ColOt" Co. Marietta. Ohio. u. s. A. Our Clamps Cost You Nothing For they pay for themselves in a few months We now own the BENEDICT PATENTS May we Write You About Them L-- ?_----:....-.._--! • Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company 130 South Ionia St.• Grand Rapids. Mich. 1 These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applied for). Single, double aDd combmation C"AS. E. fRANCIS s.. BRO..D Veneer Presses, all kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue;Spreaders Glue,Heaters Trucks, Efc.. Etc, Hand F~d Glueing Machi~. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and Sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Sup,lies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 419-421 E. Eighth st. CINCINNATI, O. No.6 Glue Heater extending The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS Of" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves New York Boston PbUad'elphla BuUalo Cincinnati St. Louis Minneapolis Atlanta. Kollomo. Ind. Ford City. Pa. HIBh Point. N. C. Davenport Crystal City. Mo. AlsO, our 22 jobbing houses carry heavYstocks in all lines 01glass. paints. varnishes and brushes: and are located in the cities nlllmed below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALQ--3']2-4-6-5 Pearl Streltt. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLVl'l-63S and 637 Fulton-Street. CHICAGD-442-452 Wabasb Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pilcairn Building, Arch and CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUl5--Cor. 12th and 5t Charles 5.treets. DAVENPORT-4!<>-4-16 SCott Str~t. MINNEAPOLIS-.soo-SIO S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-t49-S1-53 Seoeea Street. DETROIT-53-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-I608-lo-I:il Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-Iol-I03 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349-51 Minnesota Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS.-492-4q4 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA,-30, 32 and 34 S. Pryor Street. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH. GA·-745-74Cl Wheaton Street. and Excbange St5. KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sts. HALTIMORE-221-223 W. Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. It needs no aTgnment to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSONPATENT CORNERpoSTS AND &AT~. OUf facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: The Universal Automatic CARVINQ MACHINE 25PERFORMS THE WORK OF' ==== HAND CARVERS ,Anddoes the Work Better than it call be Done by Hand MADE BY Indianapolis, Indiana Write for Inlormation, Prices Etc. L~ , i, \C, ....-" '~.--" C' 26th Year-No. 13 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH" JANUARY 10, 1906. $1.00 per Year. Safeguards in Woodworking Plants. As the proper safeguarding of the limb~, life and healrh of employes in \voodw'orking; plants is a 11""1atter deservillg the careful consideration of every employer, superintendent, foreman and millwright, their attention may be directed to "the following places for improvements: (1) The guarding of saws of every kind. (2) The guarding of belting, gearing, set screws,shaft-ing, drums, etc. (3 The guarding of slainvays, landings, elevators, and elevator entrances. hatchways, elevator wells, "vheel holes, etc., by hand rails and gates. (3) The contstructiol1 and distribution of lIre escapes. (5) The removal of dust and odors by a blower system. (6) The guarding of emery wheels and tool grinders. (7) The introduction of water systems or similar checks on fire. (8) The nse of automatic ",hiiters or ()tll(~r medlanical contrivances for throwing belts on or off plllleys. (0) The l1se of exhaust tans, for carrying off dust from emery ,"'heels, grindstones, and similar dust creating Illachin-ery. The numerous small saws of different kinds used in the average woodworking plant are probably a far greater 111e11- ace than are the larger saws in the mills. Any saw, regard less of size or shape, is dangerous, but there is a recklessness or carelessness on the part of many ,vorkmen. especially boys, that uemands from operators the taking of every reas onable precaution to prevellt accidents or injury. The laws in England touching these matters have for a lOllg time been exceptionally strict, allCl as a result of the necessity to guard every s<!\v in l1se, a great number of saw guards of more or less relatlve excellence havc been invented and put on the market. IVTanyof these arc very expensive, that is to say, the price for one gOl1anl\,..,hell multiplied by thc 1l11t11- bel' of saws used in mallY large establishments, sllhjcds the buyer to a heavy cbarge for this one item. In the United States, or in many of the state;;,;, tbe fac-tory inspection laws arc coming more and more to deal with this matter and tl-wxc 1s no doubt tllat the tin1e is fast comlng whese these safeg-tHtrcls agaiw:it accident will be cOl11pul.'wry here. Of the guards marketed in this country, it is probable that the so-called "Reliable" g-uarcl has the most merit at the lowest price. This is lltHJuestionably a good device, and one moreover that possesses plel1ty of merit. It has been adopted already in most of the Grand Rap ins furniture fac-tories and the lIsers speak of it in terms of the highest praise. Furtber. it is being extensively marketed throughout the country. This article is not written pat-tic111arly to exploit any saw guard, and reference is ma{k to O\H~in this con-nection merely for informatioll to any that may com(' to believe that it is better to expend a fcw dollars per saw for such a device, than to run the risk of operatives losing a finger or a hand, and then he subjected later on to the cx-pense and annoyance of a suit -instituted for damages, by rea son of the accident. 1\0 doubt, i( mechanics used more care, fewer acejdents would occur, but apparently the only safe thing to do is to makc it impossible for them to meet with accidents. H. C. Frick Will Build Fine Hotel in Pittsburg. 1\1r. Frick contemplates the erection of a $5,000,000 hotel in Pittsburg. The site has been purchased for $1,500,00. ,V. 1.. Roth, manager of the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago, has been conferred with and will probably be the mana-ger of the new hotel which will be one of the finest in the cOllntry. Manufacturers visiting Chicago will do well to patronize the Auditorium Hotel. Mr. Rotb, as manager of the Pittsburg, botel, \-vould have charge of the furnishings of the same and many heavy purchases of furniture ,viII be necessary. 1'1r. Roth will doubtless favor some of the manufacturers '\'ho patronize the Auditorium Hotels with his orders. New Zealand International Exposition. Beginning in November this year and extending to April, 1~)(17, the colony of New Zealand will hold an international exhibition. 1-'Iantllacturers arc l1rged to appoint represent-atives awl send exhibits of their work. Special rates for freig-ht may be secured from the steamship companies. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MAItUFJtt:TUwCD Q"~Y H...- CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. Z59·63 ELSTONAVEmZ-16 SLOAN ST, C" I CAe o. "---. ,, NO! IT is not a new STAIN or a new FILLER or a new SURFACER, Only a New Departure We have realized the necessity for a long time, of getting nearer to our _good friends in the WEST and NORTHWEST. Not nearer in spirit or confidence, for we feel that we are very close to our patrons in that way already, but nearer in actual mileage. We have just opened a new factory for the manufacture of our line of WOOD FINISmNG SUPPLIES at Nos. 61-63-65 and 67 North Ashland Avenue C"IC460, ILLINOIS It is fully equipped with all modern machinery, and the plant is more complete in every way than the home factory. We will there manufacture and carry in stock, a full line of our Surfacers (Mineral Base) Water and Oil Stains Enamels, lacquers, Antique and Golden Oak fillers Japan Coaters and in fact everything that our good friends in the Central West and North West may call for, and if you want a special shade, we can only reiterate what we have claimed with confidence in the past WE CAN MATC" ANYT"ING We want to tell you about our No. 390 and No 397 NEW PENETRATING GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS, USED IN CONNECTION WITH OUR NO. 611 and NO. 512 fiLLERS. We will gladly furnish samples, and also send copy of our little book "Lindeman the Filler Maker" DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND T"E BARRETT-LINDEMAN COMPANY MAIN Office and fACTORY, Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVE. PHILADEPlHIA, PA. C"ICAGO fACTORY, Nos. 61-63-65-67 NORT" AS"UND AVE. CHICAGO,ILl. - - - -- ----- --------- Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ THE latest device for handling shav-ings and dust from all woodwood-working machines. Our eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact~ as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its Ii"e. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 20B-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Citizen. Phone 1282 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYST:QlM 6 Merchants Favor the Expositions. The opinions of many retailers of furniture have been sought on the proposition presented to the trade by a l1t1tn-ber of manufacturers of cheap furniture to abolish the ex-positions. Scarcely without an exception the retailers inter viewed insisted upon a contimtance of the exposition plan for selling furniture. Ben Tobin of the J. H. Pray company, Boston, expressed himself very decidedly in favor of the expositions. Their abandonment would cause great inconvenience to the buyer and a loss of busjness to the manufacturers. "At these ex-positions a buyer sees exhibits of different and similar lines displayed for his inspection; he goes from onc to the other, examines the character of the goods and compares prices, then he starts in to buy. He saves time and expense, can make his selections quickly and get better values-and it is better for the manufacturer. Suppose in visiting threc factories a buyer had to jump 100 miles between each. He would go to one, get his prices and memoranda, then he would visit the others, and do the same, finally he would go home and after a lapse of time during which he was making compa.risons and selections-the order would be mailed to the manufacturers-they would have to wait until the orders arrived and he would have to lose several days time, while not look for any organized oPPosItion or wide-spread under-standing that will seriously effect expositions as they are now conducted." Gus Louis of 'Voodward & Lathrop. Washington, D, c., said: "The exposition is simply something that the furniture dealer could not do without Its abolishment would be a step in retrogression, and in these days of progress the manufacturer who does not bend all his energies to keeping abreast of the times soon finds himself without a clientage. "The live buyer of the present wants to know exactly ..\.'hat he is getting before he purchases. He goes through a long course of preparation prior to attaining his position. He is an expert in his line, which can fitly be termed more of a profession than a trade. Furniture expositions enable him to bring all his trained facnlties into play and secure only the hest and those lines most advisable for the class of trade to which his house caters. To do away with expo-sititions would simply compel buyers to travel to the 'four winds of Heaven in selecting stocks, and the result would be far less satisfactory than under present conditions." Henry S. Haltzel, of the Haltzel Furniture company, cx-presed himself very strongly in favor of the expositions, W, A. Mandeville, of Voorhees & Murray, Wilkesbarre, Designs by Arthur Kirkpatrit:k. Grand Rapids. under the present system the buyer makes his selections and places his orders very often ina single morning, No, I think, as I said before, stich a move on the part of the exhibitors would be a great mistake. J am in favor of holding the expositions because J think they mutually benefit both buyer and seller." Louis Oettinger, of the Economy Furniture company, Scranton, Pa., was quoted as follows; "I do not believe that any such project could gather headway enough to become formidable. Most of the manu-facturers of the country are entirely too wide awake to their own interests to countenance it after due consideration. It has become anabsolute necessity to buyers and an element vital to the prbsperity of the furniture trade. Those manu-facturers who do not believe it pays, can keep away, but I do Pa., spoke veryemphatieally in favor of the expositions. W. P. Madsen, Madsen Furniture company, Los Angeles, C.l.: • "In my opinion the holding of these exhibitions are mut-ually beneficial both to the buyer and the manufacturers. It enables the former to make their selections and place their order judicously and without loss of time, and by bringing together an immense throng of buyers, not only from this country, but in fact from the ends of the earth, enables the latter to sell a much larger quantity of goods than it would be possible for them to do, jf they were compelled to wait until the buyers called upon them individually." "The furniture exposition has come to stay," remarked Joseph Goldstein of Long Branch, N. J. Competition in the furniture trade has become so brisk of late years that buyers want to kno"w exactly what they are getting through personal obsenration and comparison before purchasing. It \vould entail a great deal more expense to jump from factory to factory than it does to visit an exposition like the pres-ent one, and the results would not be nearly as satisfactory. A man's percept.ions are quickened and he derives a certain amount of inspiration through the cnrnparison of displays. Every new one is what might be term cd a course in furni-ture study,"and the more he visits the more he llatnrally learns abollt the hnes of goods he is handling." Read the following utterallces of John T _cslie, the lead-illg retailer of \\rinnipeg, l\.fanitoba: "I believe that expositions have done more to raise the general standard of furniture than all other elements com-bined, and that any move looking toward their abolish-ment is conceived in ignorance and fostcrcd in idiocy. The man who doesn't shmv his goods, like the man \~lho doesn't advertise, is avvay behind the times-he is a stnmbling block Ccorg-c \\'. Steffey, of the Parkersburg Chair COlllpany. in the path of enlightenment 8.nd a dead limh on the growing tree of American progress. 'Competition is the life of trade' simply because competition has always the tendency to raise standards. The factory that cloes not desire to enter into competition ahvays has a good reason, and that reason gen-erally is, that it is using the patterns discarded by its rivals months before. The exposition is a150 a boon to the buyer as well as a benefit to the scller. The furniture busi-ness is a peculiar one, in that a man engaged in it has to make it a matter of carefut study and keep conCin\.\ally ahrcast of his classes Of he will find his competitors getting- the trade. The standard of sugar doesn't change, and there isn't much fluctuation in the quality of table salt, but fllrnitme is an entirely different proposition, ancl,after a man has been in it a few years, he is fOfced to the conclusion that 'all is not gold that glitters.'" \V. H. vVaggoller of Van Sciver & Co., Camden, N. J., expressed the opinion that if the expositions should be abol-ished the country manufacturers would suffer great loss, 7 while those of Grand Rapids, Chicago and New York would be benefitted. Editor Thoits of the Daily Artisan-Record scored a point in the discussion, as follows: It seems to us that the manufacturers who are promi-nent in the nOll-exhibit propoganada fail to consider the in-terests eq\.\ally affecte.d-the ""otheT half" ot the fmnitme trade-namely, thc buyers and dealers. The buyers and dealers certainly come to market because they deem it an advantage and a benefit so to do. Probably everyone of them could see the photographs and the blue prints of evcl·y line he sees at market, if he stayed at home-and he, too, WOldd thereby save the expense and discomfort and the hard· work and the time requiTed to come to Grand Rapids and ClJicag-o. The fact that hc does come is the "best evidence that he prefers to buy his goods after a personal inspection, not only of the lines he regularly uses, but possibly competing lines. Isn' he cntitled to some consideration? He wants the exhibits-his presence attests his wishes. Is it quite wise and business-like to leave him out of consideration in determining there shall be no more exhibits? No one need feel alarm in regard to the future of the ex-positions. They have long served a good purpose and be-come so firmly established that theif permanency is assured. For Free Alcohol in Congress. In this session of Congress five bills have bccn intro-duced, by memhers from different sections of the country, with the object of removing the duty from alcohol made from grain and potatoes. Farmers arc interested as they foresee a new use for their crops. On the Pacific coast a cheap alcohol from potatoes for use in the arts and for fuel, light and power purposes 'would be the basis of an extensive and profitable industry, so it is claimed. Painters and decorators favor the movement as the use of grain alcohol 'Nill remove danger of poisoning so apt to be the result of the me of ..".ood alcohol. Representative Lover-ing 01 1tassachusetts fathers a measure to anthorize the withdrawal of domestic alcohol from bond. when desired [01· use ill the mannfacture of goods for export, just as in lhe C;l.~(',of imported alcohol, with a drawback of the duties already paid. The arguments advanced for the proposed legislation, while covering much othcr ground, are especially directed toward effective aid to American industrial interests in com-peting with the manufactured products of the foreign conlltries having legal provision for free industrial alcohol. Furnitmc ma1111facturers are especially interested and will awalt the action of Congress, and hope for a favorable result. Uniform Lading Bill is Not Yet in Sight. The joint committee of railroad traffic officials and ship-pers has not yet completed work on a bill for a uniform bill of lading. /\ better understanding will probably be reached a.;.; a result of further conference. The nnv offIcial classification of the Trunk Line Asso-ciation, which became effective with the beginning of the year, possibly as a result of the delay, has on every page the Collowing in black type: Property shipped not subject to uniform bill of lading conditions will be c.harged twenty (20) per cent higher than as herein p1"Ovided subject to a minimum increase of one cent pcr 100 pounds and cost of marine insurance. This is not entirely new, but it is emphasized in a manner to bring it conspicuously before shippers. Price doesn't sell the goods. Style, quality, a:.ndsalesman-ship take the orders. 8 DoMs' Patenl Ta~le=le~Ooyetailer We find upon investigation that our Dovetailing Ma-cbille patent covers t h l s machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts T eaons to lit the Top Cuts Tenons to fit the C1ea1:s Adjustable to keep Mor-tise and Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapest Joint Made Will turn out 250 to 300 Small Pador Tables in 10 Hours The Dodds Tilting Saw Table has II10re practical featurt:s and good points than any other saw table on the market. MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALK BY ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids Michigan, U. S. A HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW. MORTISBR COMBINIID MACHINE. Complete Outfit of HAlO AND FOOT POWER MACHIIERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER: He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money with less capital invested. He call hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low cost, as the factories. The local cabinet maker bas been forced Into only It dealer's trade and profit, becaulle of machine manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Bal'ues' Patfm,tFoot and Hand·Powe-r Machinery, rein· slates the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors, If desired, these machines will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work be wishes them to do. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE AND PRICK LIST FRliK. No.4 SAW (ready for crols-cutting) W. F. &. JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby St., Rockford, III. FOJtMBR OR MOULDKR. HAND TBNONBR. No.3 WOOD L~THR. No.4 SAW fnmdy tor ripping) NO.7 SCROLL SAW, 9 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago To Grand Rapidl! --------,--------- Lv. CHICAGO ...•............... , 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIOS 00 00 00 00 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ~i.hCSt~S:~Etlx~. Sun 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .•........ " ., 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, I1ihCSt~~~E~lx~.gSun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .. 00 00 .. 00 10.25 P. M. Parlor and DIDID.Car Lv C C G M. e. R.llroad D '1 11 55 N' h • HI A 0, 12th it, StatlCIU at y ..... .-. .' 19 t Ar. GRAND RAPIDS. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.45 A. M. Electric: Lighted SleeplD3 Ca... Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun .. , 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO ... 00 ........ 00 00 0012.35 Noon Buffe. Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily , 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO , .. 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car Phone Michigan CentralCit., Ticket Office Phone Union StaUon for Reservations for Reser ..a. tlons. 119 AdaMs Street THE "PO R T E R" This cut rep-resents 0 ur 12, 16 and 20 in. Jointer MANUFACTUBRYE--D-------- _ c. O. &A. D. PORTER, 182 North Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 10 Valuable Points on Insurance Policies. In a lecture given by Morris Putnam Stevens before the Insurance Society of New York, the statement was made by him that policies ou insured property become void in case a chattel mortgage is placed on same. The great objection to a chattel mortgage by insurance companies is because of the increase of moral risk. the giving of such a mortgage indicating that the insured was financially em-barrassed. The provision will be strictly enforced by the courts of New York state, and a policy once void by reason of the existence of a chattel mortgage is not revived by the satisfaction of the mortgage before a loss; it can only be reinstated by the consent of the insurance company. A chattel mortgage on partnership property given by one partner to auother docs not avoid a policy covering partnership property. The courts of that state hold that such a mortgage or transfer docs not introduce any new party or any additional moral hazard. The policy becomes void if, with the knowledge of the insnred, foreclosure pro- ""~----_ .... ,.,;I dissolution of the partnership effects no change in the title, interest or possession of the insured. Such a receiver is merely appointed for the preservation of the property petld~ ing the fitigation. If a policy stands in the name of a "re-ceiver," a change of receivers is not a change affecting the policy. The polky becomes void if assigned before a loss. After a Joss the debt due from the insurance company may, of course, be assigned. Grand Rapids a Great Mahogany Market. An idea of the immense Quantities of mahogany used in Grand Rapids may be had from the following figures. DlIr-ing the season from 7:':iO,OOOto 1,000,000 feet of mahogany logs for the furniture factories are received here, val lied at abotlt 12~ cents per foot or a total value of $125,000. The annual local log trade reaches 3,000,000 feet and amounts to $480,000. In the veneer trade 25,000,000 feet of mahogany are used at an average of 3 cents per foot. this includes crotch veneers. The prices in the veneer trade vary from 1 to 15 cents per foot, so the correct value cannot be estimated, but $750,000 is the figure given. Summed up, the total numbe~ of feet of mahogany annua1fy used is estimated at 29,000,000 feet, the valuation of which is $l,355.0()0. Labor Scarcity in West. There is a great scarcity of common labor all over the western part of the United States, and it threatens to become a serious problem next spring with so many big enterprises being projected. ,11 1'-1_1 __ '\,\ Designs by Clarence R. Hills, Gmnd Rapids. ceedings be commenced or notice given of sale of any prop-erty covered by this policy by virtue of any mortgage or trust deed. In that state it has been held that the words "change of interest" are substantially synonymous with the words "change of title." The court declares that in a large class of risks the term "interest" is more applicable than the term "title," where insurance is .vritten in favor of parties who have a claim upon property in the nature of a lien to secure the payment of a debt and perhaps for other purposes. If such a claim is transferred to another, there is a "change of , interest" and this is the appropriate use of the words. Hence the giving of a mortgage, whether for one-half the value of the property or for its full value, is not a change of inter-est. If a partner retires from a firm, there is no such change as will avoid the policy, out jf a new partner be taken into the firm, the policy upon the firm's property will be void, unless the consent of the company be obtained. The ap-pointment of a receiver of partnership property pending the L A Bitter Fight Over Rate-Making Measure. The rate~making bill in the senate is meeting with bitter opposition. Senator Foraker is opposed to a radical law affecting interstate commerce. He may resort to filibuster-ing to prevent such legislation. The introduction ofa cloture rule may be the result. Senator Foraker is a deter-mined fighter and has taken a decided stand against the president's policy. The suggestion of a cloture rule comes from sources close to the organization of shippers actively engaged in promoting the idea embodied in the score or more rate~making bills that have been offered. If such a thing is proposed 'the bitterness of the fight will be greatly increased, and may last until stlmmer. A New Wisconsin Factory. The Chippewa Falls Furniture company, Chippewa Falls. V\-'is., have held their [Lrst annual meeting and election of officers. The factory is about completed and machinery is being placed. Operations will begin in a month. Various Matters. The addition of a big stock of fltrniture to the carpet establishment of John H. Pray & Son and the inclusion of a heavy stock of furniture in the big department store of Henry Siegel, 'is calculated to create stirling times i,) the furniture trade of Roston. The city and the surround-ing country grow but moderately, from year to year, and there will be a battle royal between the big houses for trade. "Vv' c are selling goods valued at $l,()OO,OOO per an-num," remarked a leadillg retailer of furniture in the Hub, "and there is not ] ikely to be an increased demand for the goods we handle. Unless conditions should change so as to enable us to get a stronger hold of trade in the British provinces, the fnrnitnre trade will remain practically un-changed in volume." There are strenUOllS times ahead for Leonard Shearer, Alexander, Ben Tobin and others. Tobin retl1rtlS to his old field of activity by the opening of the Pray stock, which he has engaged to buy." • • • Told by a buyer from Cincinnati: "I was seated in a car while it was descending one of the steep hills of our city a few mornings ago. The grade is abollt sixteen feet in aile hundred, and "vhen a car breaks loose the ride one takes. down the incline beats the famous ride of Paul Revere all hollow. The car jumped the track, ran across the road· way, crossed the gutter, tore over the sidewalk and hmnped against a shade tree, located within five feet of the house occu?ied by a German family. Before the terror 5tricken motorman could recover from his fright and the passengers find the seats from which they had bren thrown, a fat, in-dignant hausfrau threw up a window and s]1utteringly re-marked: "Der trouble mit you lTIotonnens vas, you dand know how to steer." The occupants of the car roared, and the window was slammed down. There is a grain of wisdom in the remark. A great many business men have failed and retired to motlrn their o\',,"n lack of the knov ..·.ledge that enables one to steer his bark, his auto or his street car properly. • • • An important question discussed by a group of manufac-tnrers recently was "\;Vhat is the Best Training for a Young 1dan \Vho vVishes to ReCOlTIc a Traveling Salesman?" Sev-eral of the party expressed the opinion that a yCHlng man should spend a kw years in a factory to learn the details of manufacture. Another added that he should spend a few years behind the office counter of a hotel to learn how to handle people. Another said the study of desigtl was im-portant, in order that the salesmen 111ight be able to discuss the mallY periods, incidents and movements in the history of furnihlre with prospective customers intelligently. Finally J. B. Howard, the veteran representative of the Grand Rap-ids Chair company, was invited to participate in the discus-sion. "In my opinion, abollt fifteen years' experience in a retail store of some prominence would be the best trainillg possihle {or a young man ·preparatory to taking a line on the road. In the retail store he \vould learn all that would be necessary in regard to styles and construction and also how to meet and deal with people, facts of value and necessary for st\ccess in hi.s calling. • • • "The buyer of fllrnittlre, when examining a line of goods, does not give so mllch attention to the manufacturer's prices as might be sl1pposed." remarked J. B. Howard. "The thought ever first and foremost is 'if I hought that piece what could I sell it for on my floor?' That is the olle important thing, to his mind. He may see many attractive pieces that tempt his artistic sense, Imt he will not buy them; they 'would not, in his judgment, sell for a reasonable profit on his floor. The artistic temperment must not be allov,:ed to sllpplant the commercial instinct." Il D. 1\1. Read of Bridgeport is a celebrated wit. His stock of stories would win a fortune if he were a monologuist on the stage. Ezra Kendall would hide in shame after a half hour in 1\'1r. Read's company. He kept Grand Rapids in a continuous roar of laughter the first ·week of January. • • • /\ feature of the Grand Rapids Chair company's line is the very attractive ornamentation in copper made in Eng- Lll(l. The patterns were prepared by Mr. Holt, the com-pm)" s designer, which arc "greatly to his credit," while the wClrkm<lnshipis all that could be desired. • • • Seal Reynolds, a hright young hustler formerly engaged 1:1 the rootiing business, has made an engagement with the Imperial FUrlliture Company. He is nlldersturlying the bus i- I~CSS preparatory to taking up life on the road. CABINETMAKERS' STEEL SQUARES. Inventor a Vermont Blacksmith Who Became a Millionaire. The- large- steel squares used by cabinetmakers are such a common tool that perhaps few know when and where they were first made, and how they came to be used, or even give the matter a thought. The making of them is a great in-dustry now, but when the last century came in there was not one in use. The inventor was a poor Vermont blacksm,ith, Silas Howes, who lived in South Shaftsbury. One dlul, rainy day a peddler of tinware called at his shop to have the blacksmith fasten a shoe ori his horse. These peddlers traveled lip and dO\'\711 the country, calling at every farmhouse buying everything in the way of barter. This one had a number of worn out steel saws that he had picked up in various places. Howes bargained for them shoeing the peddler's horse and receiving the saws in pay-ment, and each thought he had made an excellent trade. His idea was to polish and weld two saws together at right angles. and thus make a rule or measure superior to anything then in use. After a few attempts he succeeded ill makillg a square, marked it off into inches and found that it answered every purpose that he intended it for. T 11 the course of a fevv' weeks he made quite a number, c1c:ring his spare hours. These he sent out by peddlers, who foand every carpenter eager to buy one. Soon he found orders coming in faster than he could supply the demand. One of his steel "squares" would sell for $5 or $6, which 1,-vaS five times as much as it cost him. He applied for and obtained a patent on his invention, so that no 011e could rob him of the profit it gave him. It was jllst after the war of 1812, and money was scarce and diffi-cult to get. But he worked early and late, and as he earned money he bought iron and hired men to hdp. him. In a fe',.\' years he was able to erect a large factory and put in machinery for the making of squares, which by this time had found their way all over the country and had made their i1)Ventor famous. Such was the small beginning of a large and important industry. People came miles to see the wonderful forges, the showers of sparks flying from beneath the heavy ham-mers, and listen to the din of the thousand workmen. Silas Howes lived to be a millionaire, and he did a great spot \vhere the first aIle was made more than ninety-five years ago. A Club House For Employes-An Excellent Idea. A manufacturer in Massachussetts has set a good ex· ample which others would do well to follow, by the building of a club house for the use of his employes. The building is of stone, heated by steam, and lighted by electricity, and has a finely furnished club rOom, bowling alleys and all conveniences and comforts for the members. 12 !!!!Weatherly Individual Glue Heater Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices..• Weatherly &. PUlte Grand Rapids. MlGh. These sa ws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write u. for Price Lht anddlsoount 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRANO RAPIDS MANUFACTURERS OF DROP CARVING AND EMBOSSING GENERAL MACHINES Dies {or all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices, 7 Second St" LAFAYETTE, IND, • fOUR TR41NS TO AND FROM CHICAGO Lv Cd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Cd. Rapids 4:Z5pm Ar ChicaKO 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pin on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on aU day trains. service a la carte. Pere Marquetle Parlor cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. T"REE TR41NS 0 ET R 0 I T TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:15 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Mea)s served aJa earte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:15 am and 5:20 plh. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rate. a5 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGERAGENT, PHONE 1168 G11LudRapid., Mich. QUAR TER·SA WED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE " EXTR<I. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. ounDUPIDS WOOD f1nlSnlnO (0. EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERl; 01" WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our specialt}'. We confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Fumiture Wax and Fmishing- Supplies. We are the originators of Weathered. Antwerp and Mission Stains in Oil. Our shades are absolutely correct. We ale authority on Early EngUsh, Fumed, Catbedral Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and Factory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave" Grand Rapids, Mich. Buy your GROOVEDand POINTED DOWELS and DOWEL RODS of A. FALKEL. 3rd aDd Dewey St••• Gr.Dd Rapid •• Mich• NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH V·ALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Vail)' ExcePt Sunday. baily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york .4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. ·m. Service unsurPassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. 1 / / /4 INCH POPLAR for DRAWER BOTTOMS CUT TO DIMENSION KILN DRIED 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE GLASS BACKS BACK PANELS JOSEPH' ROSS & COMPANY 223 South Second St., Philadelphia, Pal MILLS: CHERAW,S. c.; THOMASVILLE, N. C. BE UP-TO-DATE. Get one of the New Electric Spindle Carvers and keep abreast of the times. You cannot afford to let the "other fellow" have the work you should be doing. The Electric Carver will keep the trade you have and get more for you. Our Carving Cutters are of the best. West Mi(~i~anMac~ineand ToolCo.. ltd. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. --------OFFICES------------------ So.ton New York Jatnestown High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Associate Orfices and Bonded Attorneys in all Principal eWes WE PRODUCE RESULTS WffJ';:RJ<: OTHERS FAIL WRITH FOR PARTICULARS AND 'YOU WILL SEND US Y OU R BUS r NESS. Our Complalnl and AdJustmeb.t Department Red Drafts Collect ...=~L. J. STEVENSON. Mlcbig ..n M..n..ger 5aw and Km'f e FI'tt'Ing Mach'Ineryan d T00 IS TLhine' BMigagneust""and...Bdes,t Baldwin. Tuthill ®. Bolton Gr8Dd Rapids. Mich. Filers. Setters. Sharpeners, Grinders. Swages, Stretchers, Brazing and Filing Clamps. Knife Balances, Hammering Tools. Iuwstfn':~ OUI New 200 pa.s::e CataloKue lor 19O5 Free. Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws ~ inch up. B. T. & B. Style 0, Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry. 13 14 Troubles Salesmen Have to Contend With. The salesman's situation bristles with difficulties. Upon their solution he must bring to bear an unfailing good nature and a ready perception of means to be employed. Buyers often complain of his firm; the treatment may not have been liberal; the goods may have proved inferior; credit inql1ir· ies may have been too insistent; any number of irritating comments rain about his head. To these he must listen pa-tiently, sympathetically, and then lead his man along the pleasant paths of complacency to a different point of view. Sometimes a playful artifice may be necessary to dis-arm a blustering kicker, as happened one day to a salesman eute"ring the office of a country merchant. "\Vill never buy anything of your house again, Smith, as long as 1 call beg it elsewhere," gro\vled the merchant. "Smith looked LIpwonderingly. "I don't have to buy of people who are afraid of their money." Smith saw at a glance that defense would be futile. The firm evidently had committed the unforgivable offense of questioning a sensitive credit, and he jocularly inquired for the full exte11t of the penalty. ;;15 it a ten years' sentence?" The meanness had softened in the man's face, as he re-plied with barely a gleam in his eye: In a close market it often becomes necessary to place some business at cost in order to swell the total volume upon which the cost figures have been based. It is the sales-man's problem to guess when and where conditions ""villper-mit of a normal profit to be asked, without losing bus1ness. Thorough knowledge of conditions in general and a quick recognition of their value in a particular instance are (he salesman's equipment to meet the lInforseen and to these should be added the self-control which is ever confident and serene. Defeats may hail about his head. He must pass boldly from one to the other, with all the impression of suc-cess, for apparent failure begets failure. To seem sincere one must be sincere, and truth is th.e foundation of all sales work. Unless a salesman can main-tain all honest reputation for himself and his firm, extend-ing it in widening circles as the years pass, his work is in vain and his firm the worse off for his efforts. The fact is self-evident, but difficult to observe. I t is so tempting to take an unfair advantage. Ephemeral competition repre-sents attractive bargains which appear better than they are, provoking similar tactics on the part of the salesman; sometimes his goods are inferi9r at the price, his firm does not or cannot produce them on a par with the best competi tion. The impulse to misrepresent is then urgent and always fatal in the end. Funtitllre ill the Raw. HSix years and eight months, commuted for good behav-ior." Smith did not sell his man this trip, but he left the office with the pleasurable sensation of having at least pulled the tares from his wheat. His experience in the office of a large manufacturer was just the reverse. The buyer met him with a dignified court-esy and a shrewd glance. Tht're was 110 chance for personal influence; it was a question of figmcs. As the two men faced each other, settling back comfortably in their chairs, each experienced and evinced in his glance the subdued penetration with which a sht'e\vd business man habitually weighs the other fellow's advantage. "\Vhat is your proposition, Mr. Smith?"' The question was just what Smith bad prepared for, but . somehow its tone of finality flashed throngh his mind the whole brood of alternatives between which success hung suspended. W'ould his figure get the business, or would it be betrayed to a competitor? "VVasthe man ready to buy or only sounding the market? Should he name a maximum or a minimum figure----:-agratifying profit or bare cost? Hours of deliberation had developed plausible answers to these ques-tions, but in the moment of decision they seemed to melt and dissolve before the searching glance of his customer. The weak man is ever prone to make concessions to get business. Competitors do so, why should not he? If other people make a bettn article, why should he be expected to get their price for his product? He naturally asks this questiou of himself, and sometimes foolishly asks it of his employer. There is a large manufacturer of leather in vVisconsin who tans a grade of calfsfkin slightly inferior to the best and at a less cost, expecting his salesmen to get the top price for his product. Since it was not permissible to misrepre-sent, scores of salesmen starting ont to sell this leather failed and accompanied their protests to the office with confident offers to sell trainloads of stuff as good as the price. It was the tanner's idea of salesmanship to spend money to sell goods 011 a "mail order basis" and gradually his force de creased until but one remained in the field. The secret of his success was in keeping his leather out of direct competition with the better grades. accumulating it during periods of light demand and then forcing the price whenever leather fell short in the market. For this service he received a $10,000 salary Success comes to the persistent. During months of dull market the salesman must persevere, redoubling his efforts to garner the little business in sight. Designs by Otto Jiranek, Grand Rapids. 16 ·:f'~Mlf]-IIG7JN B. WALTER & CO. iVNADU~~ M,nufa<tu'," of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT If your DfSIONS are right. people want the Good,. That mak.. PRICES right, (tlarence 1R. lbills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-Citi;;o;cns Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH lberman Scbaubel. ALLENTOWN, PA. 9J/ammotA iJ)rop- Carver~ 9/0. 3 This macbine weighs about one ton. Hasa tra ...e..lin/{table, is reversed and started from a counter shaft. which is includ-ed with machine. Hollow steel mandrel 3% inches in diameter. We furnish bum-er for inside oroutside heat-ing, [or either gas or gaSQ-line. Size of machine, 4 it. 9 in. high. 3 ft. 10 in. long, 3 ft. wide. We guarantee this machine. P r ice. $US; without trav-e1inl{ table, $2(10. Mammoth No.4, sam e as machine No. 3. driven with Longitude shaft onl).'; pulleys at right ang-les; needs no counter shalt. Prite $200; with-out travel-j n g table, $170. Send for full de-scription and list of other drop carvers we build. Blue Print Designs Free to the Trade. GRAND RAPIDS, .. "r-""MICHIGAN 1Louis lbabn Engraving, Printing Binding CATALOGUES A SPECIALTY DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens Phone 5580, 2 to 20 Lyon St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I-----~---~ WHITE PRINTING co. JNO P DENNING 208 S. FIRST ST, • • TERRE HAUTE, IND~ ---- ---- Michigan I Central LEAVE Nov. r., 1904 ARRIVE 6:55 am Detroit Express.. 10:45 pm *12:00 n'n New York Spedal * 1:40 pm 5:30 pm.,.New York Express 9:55 am "'l1<iOpm •.. ,. Night Express * 6:30 am *Oaily_ All other traills daily except Sunday. Detroit slE!eper on night train. New York sleeper and fine cafe coach on noon train. Parlor car on mo:miug train. .. The Niagara Falls Route" I O. w. RUGGLES, G. P. & T. A., Chicago. GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS C. B,. CLARK, Proprietor. Manufacturers of Cut and Pointed Dowel Pins and Dowe_1Rods U South Front Street, GRAND RAl"lDS, MICH. IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAIST"NG Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogne and PIi~8, KIMBALL BROS. CO., '.67 N;nlh 81., Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co •• 3Z3 Prospe<:t St., Cleveland, 0.; 198 11th St., Omaha, Neb.; 120 Cedar St., New York City, 91 Campau St. , Grand Rapids. Michigan Varnl'hes. Shel. laCJand Sandpaper carried in Stock W. P. WILLIAMS, ~;:::~clure,,' BERRY BROS,(Ltd.) Varnishes and Shellac. )ACQVHS KAHN, French Mirror Plates. COR.BIN CABINET LOCK <':0., Lucks • AM GLUB Co.'s Union Garnet and Flint sandpaper_ B. CANNON & Co" (Limited), Irish Glue. SAM'L CABOT, House Staius arr' '1llilding Quilt. BeVNTeN <5' ce. SEND FOR CATALOGUE Removed 10 419-421 W fifteenth 51 Mira. of Embosstd and Turned Mouldjng~. Porch Work. Wood 6,;118$. and Auto.. math: Turnings We also manufac-ture a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS- for couch work. send tor itlU$tratioDs. WOOD CARVINGS If you don It buy them right this season it will not be our fault. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES OUf work and prices will both surprise and please you ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY joints, chamfering, ripp.ing, cross cutting, mitering, tenoning, rabbeting and boring may be easily and perfectly done on this machine with fixtures accompanying- it, as can also da-doing, gammg, grooving, tongueing, routing, paneling, beading and other similar flat or circular molding work with suitable cutters, heads and fixtures, provided at a reasonable additional cost. Their No.1 Royal Standard universal wood worker re:()~ resents all that is good, desirable and necessary, in simpli-fied form, supplying at one stroke, weight, strength, work-manship, easy and accurate manipulation of adjustable parts, economy in floor space and po·wer-all at a cost to place this valuable tool \'v'ithin reach of all those requiring it. Ed Caldwell Makes a Change. Ed Caldwell, who has been traveling the Pacific coast for the Imperial Table company for the last year, severed his con-nection with that institution with the close of the year. It is understood that Mr. Caldwell will continue to cover eastern territory for the Grand Rapids Desk company. 17 A Machine That Educates the Man. Ihat seems like a strange proposition, and so it is to the unthinking person, but to a man familiar with woodworking' among them the No. 30 band resaw illustrated in their adver-tisement in this issue. Furniture manufacturers who want the best in wood working machines will do well to correspond with this old, reliable house. The Cordesman-Rechtin company, Cincinnati, manufacture <t great variety of strictly upto-date wood working machines; machinery, it is .Ili:t at all strange, for the longer he uses the No.1 Royal Standard Universal \iVoo(\vVorker, illustrated above, (manufactured only by The Cordcsman-Rechtin Co., Cincinnati), the more he will be charmed with its perfr.ctiotl and adaptibility. As its name implies, this wood worker is suited for a very great many purposes-in fact the variety of work that can be done on it is limited only to the skill of operator. Planing out of wind up to 12 inches wide, making air-tight glue \ FaIding Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast~ ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. 8. WILLIAMS 312 Vh:.eennes Ave., Chicago. Ma!lufacturer of Hardware Specialties for the Fumiture:Trade. Established 1878 is ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE lor ... AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-2Q L.YON ST•• ORAND RAPIDS, MiCH. Er.lTEIlEO ..,8 MATTER O~ THE 'ECOND CLASS The New York state labor commissioner has been inspect-ing factories where women are employed and finds that the hours of work arc altogether too long. "The law allows ten hours a day. Those honTs are extreme, but unfortu-nately the real working hours are often much more than the legal hour!;." The laws are not enforced as they should be. The legislature will probably be appealed to. The Alaska Refrigerator company of Muskegon employ a sys-tem whereby the foremen are enabled to earn more than their regular salaries. When a lot of refrigerators are sold at more than factory prices the foremen are entitled to a percentage of. the increased selling prices. In the course of a year each foreman is able to make $100 marc than his regular salary. If the remarks of dealers in lumber and factory supplies may be relied upon, and there are no grounds for Questioning the same, the spring season will be an tmusually active one for the manufacturers of house furnishing goods. The orders taken are without precedent for the short, or spring season. The Supreme court of New York has decided that a rail-. road ticket when bought from the first owner can be signed by the purchaser with the original owner's name and the name may not be considered a forgery. The sale of a ticket conveys with it the right to use the original owner's name. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has issued an appeal to the affiliated unions to add life insurance features to their work. He argiles that this would be a great means of keeping the unions solid. If the dealers of the South must have a furniture exposi-tion either Chattanooga or Atlanta is a better location than High Point. which is lacking in conveniences and is not centrally located. The manufacturer who has the courage to advance prices when they should be advanced is an important factor in the market. The weaklings applaud and follow him. The man who can get a full day's work out of twenty men is more useful than the man who can do three days' work himself while the twenty watch him. The merchant endeavors to sell what the people want. He knOwS that they want what is advertised most success-fully and widely. It is a pretty good argument. Are you enthusiastic? Enthusiasm pays big dividends. It isn't all a merchant needs, but it is an essential. Hard work judgment and enthusiasm is a trio hard to beat. It is gratifying to manufacturers to find that no burden-some accumulation of stocks has occurred, despite the recent record-breaking production. It is stated that Chicago banks have decided to charge ex-change all all outside checks. One of the heaviest losers by this will be the mail-order houses. It is estimated that this small-check business with mail-order houses in Chicago amounts to about $500,000·daily, and the profits will be cut down not a little by this decision of the banks. The merchant of the small town may not be a "natural born" window dresser. There are not very many such to be had in proportion to the demand. But every merchant can keep his windows clean, change the displays frequently and use ordinary common sense and some taste in their ar-rangement. Good lighting is important; clever ideas may be utlizied and the results will be worth the extra effort. The measure of success rests largely with the man. If he is not satisfied with results he should earnestly start on a hunt for the trouble. He should not rest until he has found it, and after he has found it, he should not sleep till it is corrected and ended forever with him. No less an authority that the New York Sun refers to the name "Grand Rapids" as a synonym for furniture. When the pull and push ends of b\.lsiness work together in the right spirit, success results. The man who is not getting all he can out of his business has some steps to take before he can retire with satisfaction. WAYS OF RECKONING A SALESMAN'S VALUE He Must Make a Profit For His Firm. Three different ways of making business profitable through salesmen are discussed by three sales managers for a wholesaler, a retailer, and a manufacturer. The first suggests that one's profit should be figured daily. Each salesman's sales are posted on a board which hangs on the wall. This board indicates the stock number, the amount of goods sold, the price per dozen, the gross profit and the salesman. At the close of the day the gross profits are easily figured. The per cent of each salesman's profit should correspond to his percentage of the sales. If he sells $2,500 his sales should show a gross profit of 5 per cent., or $2.50. His daily expenses must be subtracted to arrive at his net profit. The second method of determining profits is as follows: A salary of $10 a week is paid the city salesman and 15 per cent commission. When all discounts for ca::ih and all other items of expense are deducted from the selling price and added to this, a proportion of the general selling expense, and the profit on a sale can be reckoned. The salesman's net profit is very easily reckoned. His salary expense is included in the total. The traveling salesman has no commission-just a straight salary and exp.cnses. His p-rofits depend on the discounts on the goods. The third way of reckoning profit has nothing to do with a daily profit, but with the result of sales on a certain amount of goods. The difference between the selling prices and the first cost of the goods, plus the general expense, determines what per cent each salesman is entitled to. The average of expense is 3% per cent., what the salesman he-ceives. If he sells $600 worth of goods he receives $21 salary. Less than that amollnt sold is a loss to the firm. In this way the discovery is made as to whether the sales-man's sales pay for the expense of keeping him. ]. Harris, proprietor of the Central Furniture company, Houston, Tex .• has been declared a bankrupt on its own pe-tition. Liabilities are $2,OOQ. assents, $625. The Boy That Makes Good. "The office boy of today is the general manager of tomor-row," said, one of the general managers, "and we take great pains in choosing them." A millionaire manufacturer who has built up a great industry in a small town and who has been for a score of years a Sunday school superintendent was once asked what direct results he ever received from his religious de-votion, says System. "I get my office boys through my religion," he said, half joking, half serious; "I hire all my boys from the mem-bership of my Sunday school-and that means most of my employes, for most of my clerks) bookkeepers and exec-utives have come up from office boys. 'The boy who makes good in business comes from the middle class families and lives in a home where he has been taught the importance of truth and obedience and where he will be given encouragement to succeed. "Show me a b.oy's mother," an old English manufacturer used to say, "and I will tell you if I will have him in my employ." The need of proper home influences is shown by the ex-perience of a Chicago employer who was impressed with the quick wits and nervous energy of the city newsboys. He picked up a particularly promising lad who was selling papers near the city hall and installed him in his office. "Newsie" lasted just two weeks. He was bright. honest and did his work well, but he could not shake off the habits of the streets. \\-'innings the earnings of the other boys at craps, turning the electric fans into roulette wheels and making a handbook on the races ior the clerks, demoraIized the whole office and ;;;ent him back to his extras. Judging from the boys you see in many otherwise up~to-date offices, the manager believes a "boy's a boy," no matter how dirty and unkempt he is. The good effect produced by an expensive suite of fineiy furnished offices is often sadly marred by disreputable-looking boys. The general appear-ance of your place of business-its personalitye-is a big factor in your success or failure. It gives an impression to your Cllstomer or client before he sees you, and by that im-pression you yourself wilt often be judged. Is it, then not worth while to make clean hands, a clean face and alt-around neatness the first requisites fOJ;"a boy in your employ? Appreciated by Wood Finishers. The Barrett~Lindeman company, which recently established a branch in Chicago at 61-67 North Ashland avenue, to meet the demands of their trade in the west, report that their enterprise is appreciated by users of woodfinishing goods. The plant is completely equipped with the latest machinery. A full line of everything made by this company is kept on hand. 19 Significant Facts. The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad company, better knO\vn as the "Frisco," has built or added to its system over nineteen hundred miles of new railroad during the past five years. Also another thing to be remembered is the fact that all of this new railroad traverses newly-settled sections of the south-west, principally in Missouri, Arkansas, Indian and Oklahoma territories and Texas. Th~se sections of the southwest are rapidly settling up with a good class of nor-them immigrants impelled to locate in the southwest for the following reasons: Lands for the cultivation of a wide range of crops can be pur-chased most reasonably; the climate is mild and there are no extremes of heat and cold.. such as obtain in the northwest, and there is ample rainfall annually to mature crops. Most of the sections traversed by these new lines have not previously enjoyed the privileges of railroad communication and therefore, they have opened up entirely new markets to the manufacturer and wholesaler. It is a self-evident proposition that it is cheaper to utilize in manufacturing, the raw material at its source, instead of shipping it in a crude state to some large city or remote, thickly settled section. This is a fact that manufac-turers are beginning to realize more and more and for various reasons arc turning their steps toward the singularly favored locality. The principal raw materials available in large quan-tities for mal1Ufacture are cotton and its by-products; all the grains; almost every kind of timber found in the North Temper-· ate zone; all of the truck crops, vegetables, melons and fruits; minerals, including iron, lead, zinc, gypsum; stone, including granite, limestone and cement rock suitable for Portland cement; highest grade of shale for pressed, paving and fire brick, pottery, tile and sewer pipe; and last and most itnportant, this fact, that in almost every portion of the states and territories traversed by the "Frisco" system fuel supply is abundant, either bituminous or semi-anthracite coal. Oil or natural gas are procurable. Labor troubles also in the southwest are of much less fre-quent occurrence than in the large cities and thickly populated localities of the north and east. Possibly the most attractive inducement, however, that could be given manufacturers to se-cure the location of their industries, is the fact that they would in most cases have a proprietary right to a vast section of rich territory, as they would be almost the only manufacturers in their particular line in the southwest. They would, therefore, be free from most of the competition met with in the factory sec-tions of the north and east. From the above extended list of natural resources for manufacturing it can be readily seen that almost every kind of manufacturing plant can be accom-modated with an excellent location. Mr. M. Schulter, Indus-trial Commissioner of the "Frisco" system, St. Louis, Mo., would like to get in corespondence with any manufacturers not entirely satisfied with 1;heir present factory locations and will cheerfully furnish data regarding favorable locations, induce-ments. We carry a line of Rebuilt Wood- Working Machinery for Pattern Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash and Door Manufacturers, Car-penters. Planing Mills. Etc. .. .. When in the market let us send you our list of machines and we are sure that we can interest you in pnces and quality of machines offered EDWARDS MACHINE CO, 34·36 W. Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. 20 ·~MI9]-1IG7J-N INSIST ON HAVING norris WoodI Sons'Solid Sleel alue Joinl Cutlers Proposalsfor ~(~ool furniture (or there are no other.,. Uju.rt a.r good." THE BoARD OF" EDUCATION, OFFICE OF THE DiRECTOR OF SCHOOLS, CLEVELAND, OHIO. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Clerk of the Board of Education, Rose building, Cleveland, Ohiol until 12 o'clock noon, January 25, 1906, for furnishin~ seats and desks for the public schools in the City School. District in the City of Cleveland for the year 1906, in accordance with plans and specifications furnished on application at the office of the Director of Schools. Each bid must contain the name of every person interest-ed in the same, and each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for $500.00 payable to Treasurer, Board of Education. Specifications may be procured at this office on applica. tion, and all proposals must be made on blanks furnished by the Director of Schools. All proposals must be sealed, addressed to the Clerk and endorsed on the outside plainly showing the items bid upon and the name of the bidder. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or any part of any of all proposals, A corporate surety bond is required on all contracts. They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never bum owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Cata'ogue No. 10 and prices on application. . CHAS.ORR. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS Director of Schools, Cleveland, Ohio. 'l'hirt,,_olle "ears at 31-33 5. Canal Street. CHICI\.GO.ILL. WE MAKE $2.00 A Specialty 01 Furniture Showcase and Carriage Work For Half Tones of This Quality Write us for prices on any ENGRAVINGS you may need Michigan Engraving COPlpany, 2 Pearl St.• Grand Rapids. Mich. WHY NOT CALL ON US FOR WE BEAT THEM ALL, ESPECIALLY ON PROMPT DELIVERY ·~"r;,.IfHIG7fN Veneered Panels, ~1 Tops and Backs? WALTER CLARK . 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N Trade Notes. Isaac L. Rundio, formerly superintend(,l1t of the Oriel Cabi-net company, is now filling the superintendency of F, Mohr and company's factory in New York A. H. Stevens, formerly superintendent of the \Viddicomb Furniture company's factory, is now located in Camden, K. Y., in charge of the factory of the Camden Cabinet company. George A. Browo, formerly superintendent of the St. Johns (Mich.) Furniture company, is managing the business of the Loudonville, (0.) Y1allufacturing company. \Vm. Beutin has asked for the appointment of a receiver for the Milwaukee Parlor Frame company. l\fr. Beutin bought an interest in the business in June, 1904, but the other partners al-ways refused to admit him into partnership. The Aberdeen Furniture Manufacturing company is the name of a new corporation which will do a manufacturing business in Aberdeen, ::'diss. The capital stock is $50,000. The factory of the Yorke Furniture company, Concord, ).T. C, was destroyed by fire in December with a loss of $65,000, partly insured. The plant will be rebuilt in the spring. The supreme court of Texas hotds that where the ticket agent of a railroad company gives a passenger wrong informa-tion which results in trouble, worry and expense to such passen-ger, such road is responsible. Edward R. Olive, secretary of Olive & Meyers IVlanufacturing company, died recently of typhoid fever after a ten weeks' illness. Mr. Olive went to Texas from his home in Iowa in 18!HIand with AIr. Meyers organi7cd the furniture manufacturing firm of Olive & Meyers. Their business has heen very sl1cce,ssf'lll. Globe Vise and Truck Company OFFICE 321 S. DIVISION S'J.'. ~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE Wood Workers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity in construc-tion enables 115 to give quality and durability, and meet all competi-tion. WriteIQr Prices. No. 21, Roller BearIngs. same style Trucks No. ~4, without Roller Bearings -- Smith & Stanley, cabinetmakers of New York, have made an assignment; liabilities are $3,615, assets, $2,884. They were in business about a year. Arthur J. O'Keefe and Joseph Dillon have purchased the planing machinery and merchandise of the Michigan Order "Vork Furniture company and wilt start a factory to be known as the O'Keefe & Dillon Furniture company. It will be capi-talized at $15,000. Svcral sites arc under consideration. The Enterprise Lumber and Manufacturing company of Pitts-burg are contemplating the establishment of a veneering plant in Little Rock, Ark. It will cost $50,000. Tbe Matthews Brothers' Manufacturing company's plant in IVlilwallkee will after December 15 be operated as a closed shop under the union scale and labor. E.K. \Vheeler has entered the employ of the Stoltz-Schmitt Furniture company of Evansville, Ind., as superintendent. £. B. Fixen's lounge factory in Eola, Ill., was destroyed by fire recently. Fire in the New England Reed Rattan Goods company, Bos-ton, caused a $50,000' loss late in December. John Jackson and C. Munsotl, Clinton, la., have patented a chair seat and will manufacture the same. The Columbia Lounge company, incorporated with $10,000 capital, will manufacture furniture in Chicago. The Tell City (Ind.) Chair company's sales for the past year amounted to $250,000. C. Vol.Young will invest $45,000 in a furniture factory to be established in Aberdeen, Miss. Excels aU hand !!crew clamps in adaptation to work, convenience of hll.ndUng and qnick action. Especially adapted to Veneering Paneling and all work requiring long broad jaw. COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Furnished Batavia Clamp Co. Mention Michigan Artisan. 45 Center 5t. BATAVIA, N, Y, 22 ·!'~MlppIG7}N Danger in the Use of Wood Alcohol. Wood alcohol is a deadly poison, and its fumes often result m severe injury to the sight of those who handle the liquid. An effort is being made by the Brotherhod of Painters, Decor-ators and Paper Hangers, to secure remedial legislation by con-gress, and Representative Roberts of Massachuetts, at this session, \vill present a bill to the lower house looking to the abol-ishment of the high tax on grain alcohol when the fluid has been denaturized. Grain alcohol is much superior to wood alcohol and may be employed without danger to the person using it. At the national meeting of the brotherhood in Memphis a few days ago, the convention threw down the gauntlet before the wood alcohol trust, by adopting the resolution calling for the abolishment of the excessive tax imposed upon grain alco-hol when the fluid is rendered unfit for beverage purposes. The action of the organization all this question is most im-portant. Only slight oppostion to the resolution developed and the vote for its passage was almost unanimous. The issue was brought up in the regular order of business. J. W. Cotton of Lynn, Mass., and secretary of the local of that city, which started the .crusade against the USe of wood alcohol in the manufacture of varnishes, explained to the convention the measures already taken in the fight on wood alcohol and recited the great benefit to be derived by the cessation of its use among painters. His address was loudly applauded. Estey Was a Great Salesman. "Ed" Caldwell of the Grand Rapids Desk company en-tertains kindly rec.ollections of the late D. M. Estey. "He was one of the best salesmen I ever knew," remarked Mr. Caldwell. "He could sell patent rights, furniture, lumber or anything that he considered worth taking up. He gave me many valuable pointers on the art of selling goods, one of which I shall never forget. I was laboring with a buyer, endeavoring to impress him with the importance of the Estey line, and finally used as an argument a statement to the effect that the Estey line was 'just as good as the Luce line.' \¥hen the dealer left, Mr. Estey remarked: 'Ed. I would not use that argument in which you assured the dealer that the Estey line was 'just as good' as Luce's. If the dealer should be handling the Luce line he would naturally content himself with the same, If the Estey goods are no better than the Luce goods why should I change? is the natural conclusion of the dealer. The most effective plan is to talk about the goods yoU are handling and ignore those of competitors." Antique Furniture Bought at a Great Bargain. It is quite true that persons possessing antique furniture have come to have an exaggerated idea of its value, and it is daily growing more and more difficult to pick up bargains, even in the more remote towns of Connecticut. But one New York woman is rejoicing in the possession of a highboy for which she paid only $2. She has since had an offer of $150 for it. While antoing not far from Ridgefield, Conn.., recently she stopped at a far'mhouse for some water, and casually inquired if the family had any antique furniture to sell. The family looked at her, not seeming to understand what she meant. "Old mahogany furniture-have you any that you would like to dispose of?" she repeated. "\Vall, now, there's that old chest of drawers o.n the back porch-maybe that's what you want," and the fanner took her out to inspect the article in question. It proved to he a handsome highboy of unusual pattern and large proportions. It was battered and one leg was broken off, but when tbe farmer offered jt for $2 the offer was accepted, and it was shipped to New York. It was renovated, rubbed down and repaired, and now it is the admiration of the woman's friends who know the value of antique furniture.-Ex. It Would Not Pay. "If we should attempt to fill all the orders that come to us for stock out of the low priced end of our lines," remarked an intelligent and very successful manager of a wood working plant, located in Northern Michigan, "we would need a factory twice as large as we now operate and would not net a larger profit. We make a reasonable amollnt of cheap stuff, but aim to sell as much high and medium priced stuff as possible. A high priced case occu-pies more space on the floors of our factory than a cheap one. The cost of the materials, aside from the lumber, are practically the same. A better grade of lumber and better workmanship must, as a matter of course, be employed in high or medium priced work. As to the cost of handling a cheap piece in com-parison to a_ high priced one, there is little difference. The cost of packing, cartage and freight, if prepaid, is practically the same. Then why should a man operate his factory exclusively on cheap stuff?" Pressed Ornaments. "The reason pressed ornaments of wood, clay or other material are not more generally used," remarked William De Pagter, a veteran foreman finisher. "is because the man'- ufacturers generally do not know how to attach the same firmly and finish them proper:ly. There. is no reas\:m why pressed ornaments should drop off nor why the finish of the same should not be as good as an experienced fin-isher can produce on hand carvings. A little study and careful work will make the pressed ornaments look "just as good" as carved, and stay in place when properly adjusted, Municipal Training. In embarking on industrial undertakings, says the Man-chester, Eng., Courier, municipalities run a great risk for the sake of a problematic gain, which- in most cases is only secured by injuring individual enterprise. Early English A perfect stain which pro-duces the correct shade-' and directions for manipula-tion to produce correct finish Get our circulars and book-let that puts you next to the very best waysfor producing Sold only in powder form; does not fade--penetrates the wood. FUMED OAfi WALTER K. SCHMIDT CO,\\PANY 14·86 C"'NAL STREeT GRAND ~APIDS. MICI1IGAN -- 185 N. Front StreetA Grand Rapids. Mich. FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES GR.EATEST RANGE Also Machine KniveJ'. Miter Machines. Etc. FASTEST CUT QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST POWER LEAST TROUBLE LONGEST LIFE PERFECT SAFETY We"1lgladly tell J'OUall about It. PK:f!.MANENT I:<:CONOMY FOX MACHINI: CO. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Fuma<:.e Fe.ooen, Steel Plate Exhau:;t Fam, Exhaust and Blow Piping Complete 5}'sterm desilIIlOO, manufactured, installed and ~aranteed. Old ~yslem! remodeled on modem linea <:m JIIOit ~nl'>lJlica\ piani. Supplementary sy 8 t e m8 adckd where present ~s-tems are oulirl'OWll. De-fective I y 8 t e m 8 corrected and put in proper working order. ST4ffORIl fURNITURE fNGR4VING Our half tones are deep sharp, cleal'; 11.1"10&them long wear and ease of make-ready. Every plate is precisely type-bigh, mounted on a perfectly squared, seasoned block trimmed to pica standard. All are proved and tooled until the best possible printing qualityis developed, Specimens mailed on request. STAFFORD ENGRAVING CO. "The House oj ideas" INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 23 Estimatirtg Cost. The puzzle of puzzles with manufacturers is how to pwp-erly figure cost. The selling price of furniture is based on th(' cost of it, but no two men will figure out the cost exactly alike on the same piece; something is sure to be overlooked by nearly everyone. Eugene C. Goodrich, of the Rockford Chair & Furniture company. calls attention to one expense that is generally overlooked-the designer. "Herc are two bookcases, the factory cost of which is exactly alike, say $4fJ.oo, and yet 011C will readily sell for $10 more than the other. \Vhy: Because of thc lines, the style, the design; in other \vords, the brains of the designer. No one can tell just how it happens. The designer is paid $5,000 a year; that sum reperesel1ts a cost that it is not easy to distribute, or separate, and give to each design its proportion of cost. The bookcase that will sell fnr $10 marc than the other may have been an inspiration, a happy thought, and did not take one-half the time tLlt the other one did to work out. Should not the bo,)kcase with the most beautiful lines have the benefit, and be marked at a higher price than the other, even though the factory cost is the same?" If Mr. Goodrich should find time to consult C. \\r. Cun-ningham of the Sargent Manufactming company, he might feel inclined to reveal his plan for attaching the cost of unprodl1ctivc labor to the cost of constn1ctlng the ,goods_ The salaries of designers are very properly charged as a part of the expense paid for non-productive labor with the book keeper and the stenographer. Mileage Books Unpopular. The Pennsylvania's rigid regulations governing the sale of its interchangeable mileage books, including an excess charge of $10, is 1110st unsatisfactory to the Merchants' & Traders' Association and the Merchant's Protective Associa-tion of New York. They have been conducting a campaign to effect an elimination or modification of objectionable fea-tures. The excess charge is declared to be illegal, unjust and unwarranted, and contrary to the rules of other lines. One Philadelphia firm complains that the railroad c.ompany has over $5,000 of its money representing deposits of excess charges. The associations have named a joint committee to interview the trunk line passenger committee and Presi-dcnt Cassatt. This is by no means a new movement, but it is hoped that better success may be had this time. Specialty Furniture Company's Factory Destroyed by Fire. The factory of the Specialty Furniture Company of Evansville, Ind., was destroyed by fire January 5. The loss reaches $SO,ooo, insured for $70.000. The fire alarm wires had been tampered with and caused a delay in the response of the engine companies. The factory will be rebuilt as !-iOOll as the insurance is adjusted. The one hundred employes will assit in clearing away the debris. The walls arc all that remain of the building. A New Factory in Baltimore. The Headington-Pfeil Furniture company, of Baltimore \1d., have a four story building 50 x 150 feet in course of erec-have a four story building tiO x 150 feet in course of erec-tion. It will be in operation March first, the product of the plant will be chamber suites, odd dressers, wardrobes, chiffoniers and hat racks. Wm. Headington, formerly with Hall, Headington & Company, is the president. G. II enry Pfeil, formerly with the Hughes Furniture Manufacturing Company is secretary-treasurer. Frank D, Ellis, a furniture dealer and undertaker, retired,. died at his home in Forestville, N. Y, recently, after a short illness. 24 Brief Mention D. Markus Brainerd, Minn., has sold his furniture stock to Hon. E. Mark of Staples, Minn. V'latson Brothers, furniture dealers in Vicksburg, Miss., have filed a petition in bankruptcy, liabilities are placed at $7,815.79, assets, $5,300. Albert Kahn of Cincinnati has purchased of Jonas Joseph his interest in the Model Furniture factory in Shelbyville, Ind., and paid therefor $10,000. The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing company, Greencastle, Ind., lost their plant in a fire December 4, $10,000 was the amount lost; insurance, $1,500. The contract for the furnishings of the new government building at Guthrie, Okla., was awarded to the Western Cabinet Fixture company of Kansas City at $3,266.65. The National Parlor Furniture company of Chicago have leased for the term of twenty years the manufacturing plant formerly occupied by Winslow Brothers on Carroll avenue, Ada and Elizabeth streets. The Everroad Table Manufacturing company has been or-ganized in Columbus, Ind., to manufacture the Dunlap fold-ing table. The furniture factory of the ",,raTren \Vood \Vorking company at Belvidere, N. ]., was burned December 22, loss $60,000, in-surance, $30,000. The National Couch company, capitalized at $50,000, will manufacture furniture in Chicago. The storehouse of the Derby Desk company at Somerville Mass., burned December 10, loss is $25,000. The state penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., mav have a furni-ture factory. Rustic furniture ·for the prison wi~llbe made. Ensign 11 Clark, formerly a cabinet maker and undertaker of Niagara Falls, N. Y., died December 5. The Corner Case compan:)f, capitalized at $5,000, has been incorporated in Chicago to manufacture furniture. The new plant of the United States Chair company of Buf-falo, N: Y., is enclosed and work will be pushed rapidly. Francis G. Wiltshire, a member of the manufacturing firm of S. G. Estabrook and company, died recently in Brooklyn. The Earl Metal Bed company, Pana, TlI., will donate the first bedste.ad manufactured worth $30 to the Catholic fair. A new furniture factory is contemplated for Hendersonville, Tenn. It will cost $50,000. Wm. 'Niemann, Jr., vice president of the Niemann Table com-pany of Chicago, died recently as the result of a bullet wound. Alexander A. Smith has organized a furniture company in St. Lonis, Mo., with $20,000 capital. Karreman Brothers will sell their furniture factory in Grand Rapids and engage in other business. E. R. Hotaling's furniture stock was ruined by smoke and water, as the result of a fire in his store in Coxsackie, N. Y. His loss is covered by insurance. The vValker Commercial company have moved from Gran-ite, Mont., to Phillipsburg in the same state. W. T. Alli-son has charge of the furniture department. The FrankS. Harden company has been incorporated with $40,000 capital to manufacture furniture in McConnellsville, N. Y. Creditors of the Broghan-Doll Furniture Company, have petitioned the federal court of Shreveport, La., to have the firm declared bankrupt. High Point is holding its first furniture exposition. Will it be the last? J. B. Eilers of Doon, la., has bought the furniture stock of Klaas Koel. . , An Invifation to Rest. The L. Sternberg Company incorporated with $15,000 capital will conduct a general furnishing store in Newark Christ Metzel, one of Pittsburg's old furniture dealers, died December 28th. Robert Skinner has purchased a furniture and under-taking business in Neligh, Neb. Peter Loeffler, for years a furniture dealer of Pittsburg, died January 1, at the age of 77 years. Anton Knittle will open a furniture store in St. Paul, Minn. E. K. Butler has purchased three acres of land in Syracuse on which he will erect a furniture factory, to employ three hun- IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING 'ffifsHING VARNISHES DETROIT FACTORY GOODS CANADIAN FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO FULL POSSIBILITIES OF THIS CLASS OF THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? NEW YORK BALTIMORE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS PHILADIl:L~HIA CHICAGO aT. LOUIS CINCINNATI SAN FRANCiSCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT" dred men and women. The building will be of brick, five stories high and 85 x 180 feet in dimensions. The plant will cost $100,000. I-I. E. \Vanamaker will OCClipyMr. Butler's pres-ent plant on July 1, 1907, which he purchased from Mr. Butler three -years ago. The death of VV. S. Norton of VVilkesbarre, Pa., took place recently. He was engaged in the furniture business in Oswego, N. Y., until five years ago, when he moved to \Vilkesbarre and opened a store there. N. S. Johnson and C. L. Foulks dissolved partnership in the furniture business they have conducted in Canova, S. D. The former continues in the business. Earl S. Rich, a furniture dealer of Jamestown, N. Y., committed suicide on Christmas day. Melancholia following iii health was the cause. The Bristol Furniture compa.ny's store in Bristol, Conn .. was damaged by fire to the extent of $5,000, insurance covers about half the loss. The Webster-Clark Company has been incorporated in Dallas, Tex., for the purpose of conducting a house fur-nishing business. Capital stock is $20,000. The Powelson company succeed C. v\.[. n~.vOf(·. in the firm of C. VV. Devore and company, \Vashington, Pa. Simpson & Young have discontinued business in \Villiam-stan, Mich. R. E. Simpson succeeds his father in Laingsburg, Mich. E. C. Lovering's stock of furniture ill CaldwelL Idaho, \-vas badly damaged by fire. James H. Abbott will open a furniture and l\1lc!ertakill,R" business in Granger, vVash. Charles B. Stacy, a furniture man of Richmond, Va., died lately. He was a solider in the Civil war and was im-prisoned in Fort Delaware for sixteen months. The Zenith Mercantile company incorporated in Duluth, Minn., ,,,,ill engage in the sale of furniture amI other goods. ~- ,~.25 Morris and company are erecting a building in Spokane, \\-'ash., to be occupied and used by them as a furniture store. A receiver has been appointed for \,iVilliam Munger, (St. Paul, l\'Iinn.,) at the request of the Joerns Manufacturing Company. Frederick Joerns (receiver), will sell the stock at retail and conduct the business on a cash basis. The furniture warehouse of the Conroy & Levy Fur-niture Company of Middletown, 0., ,",,-asso badly damaged by water as a result of a fire as to be a total loss. $2,000 'is the amount lost. I\Jax London, president of the London Furniture com-pany, incorporated in June 1,905 in New York City, has been sued by 1. G. Mann and Louis Salkin, stockholders for an accounting. A receiver has been appointed. The Rahmoellcr Flint House Furnishing Company, has been organized with capital stock of $5,000, to do business in \Vellston, Mo, H. C. Herrick, Yankton, S. D., has sold his stock to Charles Lawrence. Mr. Herrick will Ogden, Utah, and open a furniture store there. The Blackwell House Furnishing Company has been in-corporated ill Springheld, Mo., with capita! of $25,000 all paid in. A number of manufacturers have petitioned to have a recei\'er appointed for the Carter Music and Furniture Com-pany at Birmingham, Ala. Damage amounting to $2,000 resulted from a fire in Mc- Carthy & Lill's furniture store and mattress factory in Bos-ton. Spontaneous combustion is assigned as the cause. Thomas Lynch for along- time engaged in the ,,,,-holesale and retail fttrniture business ill J erse)' City, N. J., died re-cently. Lenlz and company's furniture and undertaking store in Kennett, ]\.10.,was damaged by fire. About $13,000, insUFance covers only one-third the stock furniture move to NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DRY KILN REQUIREMENTS WE CAN FILL THEM r . In some instances it is necessary to have comparatively small quantities of a number of different kinds of lumber, in varymg degrees of dryness. In such cases the "ABC" APAR THE-NT l\ILNS are successfully employed. Note the experience of the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. <l\~ou recently install~d for us a seven compartment 'Moist Air' kiln which has proven very satisfactory Our re- 9Ulre.ments are unusually exactiol, manufacturing, as we do, furniture and interior bank and office fittings, and mtenor woodwork of the highest class, and our lumber must be thoroughly dried in such condition as to be sus-ceptible to the highest finish, These conditions have been very well met by your kilns. "Yo~r service has .be~n prompt and satisfactory, and we heartily recommend you and your kiln to anyone whose reqUIrements are SimIlar to our own." AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY NEW Y_ORK, __ CHICACO, ATLANTA, LONDON 26 Backbones for Salesmen. One reason why many yOllng men fail to become good business men is that they teach themselves to fcar responsi-bility when they are young. They begin by being timid and end by being incapable of fearlessly settling any business problem whatever. The mind that has shunned responsibility for ten years is as weak and nerveless as the arm' that has been strapped to the owner's side for tell years. It has no power of initia-tive- no strength to cope with a situation and decide it-no vigor of its own whatever. A few days ago I sat in the office of a large produce commission merchant, the telephone bell rang. It was answered by one of the clerks, a boy of eighteen, perhaps. Some colloquy ensued between the proprietor and the person calling, the successive messages being delivered by the clerk. At the close the proprietor gave the clerk certain instructions comprehending the adjustment of the matter telephoned about. Then he turned to me and we resumed our conversation. Five times within the next ten minutes that clerk hustled i.n to ask further instructions. "The man you told me to give this order to is out to lunch-shall I hold it till he comes in or give it to somebody else?" "What did you say So-and-so's address was?" "We're out of part of this order" but we'll have it again tomorrow. Shall I call So-and-so up and tell him?" (He was told to call him up and explain why a part of the order would be delivered late.) "Who shall I ask for when I call tip?" "He isn't there; will anybody else do?" And several more of the same kind. After the seance was over the employer was irritated almost beyond endur-ance. Now, this young man is a type of many who are not only making their services worth little or nothing to their employer, but are training themselves so that in the future they will be worth little or nothing to themselves. Instead of boldly taking up these little questions as they arise and settling them themse1veson their best judgment, they shirk the issue. They hesitate to use a judgment that may be wrong. They ask somebody else. They grow to lean all others. They are afraid to strike out. As a result, when they some day find themselves com-pelled to decide a question for themselves, they faiL Their minds, untrained to quick decision, dependent to the last degree, 'grope about for somebody to give them inspiration, and, finding nobody, swing to and fro in an agony of in-decision. No man who has trained himself to ask other people what to do will ever amount to shucks. All his life he witt be a leaner, and when the time comes, as it will, when there No. JJ9A BETTER THAN WOOD No. 152 B OUf Unbreakable products can be glUed and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. Much stronger and inore durable, full depth of grain. A perfect reproduc:tion of hand carving which absolutely defies detection. Send (or Sample. SeIlCOorCATALOGUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. Twdfth and Fcrt Streets. Dettcit. Mi_n. is nobody to lean on, he will fall down, for he' has no back-bone to hold him up. No, indeed, if 1 were an' employer I should infinitely prefer an independent, self-reliant judgment :that occasion-ally went wrong to onc like this young clerk's I have de-scribed. So, I am persuaded, would most mel1.:-Ex. Cheats His Work. An employer of thousands of men was asked what thing in all his large operations gave him the '11-lOstconcern, says an exchange. "Thc man who does a little less than is expected of him," is the reply. "He is the dangerous fac-tor in all business. The absolute failure we readily dis-cover and discharge, but the lalmost' escap~ detection for months and often for years, and they, make: our losses as well as our fears," and with a very seriolts smile he added, flThe drip in business is worse than the leak." Thousands of men fancy they are fulfilling their duty to their employers and to their tasks by keeping hours and performing just enough to hold on to their positions. They have an idea that to do more would be to give larger servlce than their compensation required. They object to what they believe would be extra value. "The old man shan't get more than he's paying for" is the vernacular. Possibly it never strikes these trimmers that in cheating their work they are doing double damage; they are injuring their employers much, they are robbing themselves more; they are, in fact, losing everything in life that is worth while. They fare worse than if they did nothing at all, for time with all its precious values slips entirely from them and leaves no substance of satisfaction. Half doing soon brings undoing. It is the nine-tenths doing or the ninety-nine one-hundredths doing that bleeds business and saps character.-Ex. Farmers Much Benefitted by the Advent of Factories and Railroads. Farmers are better off now, than they were forty years ago. The railroads and factories deserve much credit for this condition. The comforts of life such as carpets" and other household furnishings, were then rare. Money was scarce.;- most business was done by exchanging goods. What a change has taken place since then! Farmers can now have, and do have, all the comforts of life, money is no longer a rarity to them, but is plentiful. The factor.es and railroads have had a large share in bringing about the fine results mentioned. The interurban roads -and the tele-phone may also be mentioned. No. 1573 JOHN DUER &. SONS BALTIMORE. MD. Cabinet "8rd~8re .nd Tools Etc., Upholsle{ed Good. Haodromeat PuB on the Mar1l:et for lhe MoneY, Write for prices and Sample Correspondence Solicited j 27 Stability, Durability, Adaptability. That's what makes the 'lNo-Kum-Loose" Furniture Trimmings manufactured by the Grand Rapids Brass Co. so popular. We invite both manufacturers and dealers to caB at our office and factory on Court Street (Take Cherry and Shawmut car to Court St.) and investigate the TOWER PATENT FASTENER It is the only reliable Fastener for knobs and drawer pulls and costs manufacturers, dealers and consumers NOT ONE RED CENT GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Grand Rapids Chair Company's Artistic Menu Card. The Artisan received a beautiful menu card sent out by the Grand Rapids Chair company for the opening of the January season. The card is white with a menu printed on blue paper attached. The luncheon menu, so-called, really was a banquet. The list of viands was as follows: Oysters. Soup Chicken Gumbo Radishes Celery Pin Penny Pickles Stuffed Pin Olives Salted Almonds \Vine, Haute Sauterne Roast Turkey Dressing Cranberry Sauce. Mashed Potatoes Petit Pois rvlcLarren's Fruit Plum Pudding, Cheese Cracker~ Salad Brandy Sauce Dent's \Vater Coffee. Fruit Cigars The banquet "vas "en'ed under the direction of J. B. How'ard, the company's western representative. Prices on Iron Beds Advance. The prices of iron beds and \-vire springs were ad-vanced January 1 ten per cent. The. Tvletal Spring Bed associations met ill Chicago December 1:) and decided to advance prices. The plant of the Evansville (Ind.) Metal FUfIlitme com-pany is about completed. It is of brick, 100 x 275 feet two stories. Operation will begin February 1. BRASS COMPANY The Town Bought the Factory. The little town of Lakeview, Mich., has decided to issue bonds for use in the purchase of the Stebbins Manufacturing company's factory. The factory will be leased to a firm now engaged in the manufacture of cabinets in Iowa. Better Work. The. manufacturers of kitchen cabinets have profited by the suggestions of the Artisan, many having greatly improved the styles of their cases, as well as the workmanship and the arrange-ment of the compartments. One pattern has a china cabinet en-closed with leaded glass doors. Another is constructed of bird's-eye maple. There is much room for improvement in kitchen fur-niture, however. In many cities the kitchen is used as the din-ing room, and for such only high grade furni.ture is suitable. Low Water Boiler Alarm. Some low-water alarms for boilers are made dependent for operation tlpon the'melting of a fusible alloy exposed to the heat of the steam. V\Thcnthe water falls and the temperature rises the melting of the alloy releases a weight-actuated circuit- ('.loser and rings a belL Modern Code of Honor. It would seem, says Hall Caine, as if the modern code of honor for gentlemen embraces only three principles-to live ex-pensively, to cheat in business, but never at cards, and always to lie in defense of a woman. Manufacturers who use souvenirs; city directories, hotel registers, and fake write-up publications to give publicity to their business, would save themselves time and labor by throwing their money into the fire. The regular furniture trade journals can serve their purpose. • 28 ·:f'~MI9J-IIG7!N IWrite for Prices to I THE CHAUTAUQUA VENEERING CO. Manufacturers of VENEERED TOPS. FRONTS and PANELS In All Woods JAMESTOWN, NEW YOR.K PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps • Are the most successful PIlIDI Clamps Made For the following fitasons They clamp instantly any width of dimension stocki no adjusting clamps to rlt the work, they hook at once to the desired wioth. Released instantly-throw out the lever and take them off. The work can be removed as fast as it can be handled. As the clamp' is placed over lhe work and locks into the one below it the draw is alike on both sides, prevents all springing no matter bow wide the stock may be. Impossible for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge and cannot be moved when clamp is dosed, hammer allJ"ou like, Unlimited power; gTeat strenf;!th and urabilltYi malleable iron and steel; the knuckle joints are socket joints, not rivets. Altbough the best they cost you less. For further information ask for catalogue No.4. A. E. Palmer. Norvel. Mich. fURNITURE PLANT fOR SALE 300 H. P. plant. Built only 334 years ago. Electric transmission of power. Complete arc and incandescent lamp lighting system. Splen did fire-hose system; 50,000 gallon tank. Underwriter', fiTl~pump-steam beat, complete telephone system. Band saw mill, pond with log. haul, latest filing-room outfit, blacksmith shopt roundry, machine shop, bending room witth dry-kiln, barns, sheds, dwellings, superintendent's resi-dence (cost $:7.,5°0), commissary, store house, separate office building, side tracks with sttel railroad (TOmmill to yard, equipped with push cars. About 50 acresof land. Plant located on a river in the heart of the Oak and Hickory district of East Tennessee. Everything is new and up to date. Hundreds of machines in perfect order. This plant has cost over $100,000 and is in perfect running order. Eleven valuable woodworking patents go with the plant. Cheap labor, cheap materiaL Thia is a grand opportunity for the right party. Contracts on hand for all next year's output. '30,000 will buy it. The local bank, will carry $15,000 of this 3.5 lallg as desired.. For detailed information, addrm E. B. WEBSTER. Sristol, Tenn. News Items The Grand Rapids Dowel Works, C. B. Clark, proprietor, 72 South Front street, Grand Rapids, manufacture cut and pointed dowel pins and dowel rods in quantities to meet all re-quirements. Mr. Clark has been manufacturing dowel pins and rods for many years and has a widely extended trade. Robert H. Wilson, formerly city passenger agent of the Rock Island in Salt Lake City, will shortly leave that company and will be assistant manager of the Co-Operative Furniture company. Joseph Frick and C. L. Lawrence have purchased the furniture stock of C. J. Herrick and company in Yankton, S. D. The firm name will be Frick & Lawrence. The floor space will be doubled by the addition of an adjoining store. The New England Furniture and Carpet company of Minneapolis have bought out Winslow & Ruff; $75,000 was the value of the goodR. Winslow&: Ruff continue in busi-ness in St. Paul. The Japan Polish company is the name of a new firm recently organized in Baltimore, Md., for the manufacture of furniture polish. Authorized capital is $10,000. The Chattanooga, Tenn., Furniture 'company have bought a lot adjoining their plant and in the near future will probably erect an addition. The Anniston, Ala., furniture factory was sold at auction in November for $300, subject to a mortgage of $15,000. W. P. Acker was the purchaser. Feldhusen and company have been incorporated in New York with $40,000 capital to do a commission business and manufacture furniture. The furniture factory of Augusto. de Alber in Mexico City was burned January 4. There was no insurance and the loss is $100,000. The National Adjustable Chair company of Greenville, Ind., has shipped a consignment of high grade reclining chairs to Yedda, Japan. The Asher r-,'lercantile Company, of Asher, Texas, with a capital of $16,000 ha:r been organized to conduct a furniture business. . Skinner Brothers succeed Rapp & Vankirk in Fremont, Neb. The Armstrong Furniture company has been incorporated in Baton Rouge, La., capitaJstock is $20,000. Edward B. Wooster has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His stock of furniture is in Albany, N. Y. The Geo. W. Bent company has been organized in Port-land, Me., to deal in furniture. Capital stock is $200,000. Mr. Silvinus is selling out his furniture stock in Marshall, Minn., and is considering a removal to Dickinson. N. D. Kinney & Burns have dissolved partnership and are sell-ing out their furniture stock in Mason City, la. Fred Plagman, Peterson, Ia_, has added furniture to his hardware and machinery business. E. E. Cooper has opened a furniture store in Mitchell, S. D. James J. McElroy, formerly engaged in the furniture business in Binghamton, N. Y., died recently. G. W. Schutte Elected President of Queen City Furniture Club. The annual election of officers of the Queen City Furniture cltlb of Cincinnati resulted as follows: President, G. W. Schutte; vice president, Henry Sprengard; secretary, Carl Streit; treasurer, N. W. Hind; directors; John Dornett'e. Jr., Wm. H. Russell, D. C. Tappe, J .J. Conroy and J. C. Meyer. The bill which is at present up forconsiderauon of con-gress to permit the industrial use of alcohol was strongly indorsed by all the members present, and a resolution to that effect was adopted . • fOlJR TRAINS TO A.NO FROM CHICAGO Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:~ pm ATChicaco 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Put1man steeper, open 9:00 pm on U:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Se~\'lce a 1a carte. Pen Ma:rquette Pat'1l)Tcars on an day trains. Rate ndl1e~ to 50 cents. T"REE TRAINS DE T R 0 I T TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55am Leave Grand Rapids 11:15 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served a I. cllrte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25am and 5:10 pm. Pen: Marquette Parlor Cays OR a\1 trains i seat rate, 25 c~ts. "ALL OVER MICUIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGER. AGENT, PHONE 1168 Gr:andRapidl, Mich, unmown PAnn AnDvrnnn (OMPAnl (Incorpol"ated) Veneered Panels and Table Tops Largest Stock of Veneen MAHOGANY. Q\JARTEJ\ED OAK, WALNUT. EoIR.D'S.£,YI!.MAPLE. CURLY B.ll\CH, PLAIN OAJ( P[.,AIN BIRCH, MAPLE. CROSS SANDING The Best \Vorkmallsbip alld Finish Office, 50-58 Steele Street. Jamestown, N. Y Twu Large Factories: Jamestown, N. Y. Ashville, N, Y. Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsc\vhere. Samples on Application BUSS MACHINE WORKS HOLLAND, MICH. ~allufact\lreTS of Latest Im-proved WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, Special features in Planers. Double Cut Off Saws Vertical Sanders and Glue JOinters. Write for Descriptive Circu-lars and JllustraHons. NEW YORK AND PHILADElPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK·LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids _ 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia , ,.·· .3:40 p. m. 7:2S-p. m. Ar New york ,., ·· 4:30 p. m, 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica· tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, land and Industrial Aaent, WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE. Agent, 622 Chemical Buildina, St. Louis, Mo. M_ A. HAYS. Aoent, 225 Dearborn St, Chieaoo. Ill. 29 30 Mr. F. G. Carpenter's Statements Wrong-No Reason for Shipping American Veneers to Canada. Frank G. Carpenter in an article on "American Millions in Canadian Factories," makes the statement that veneers are shipped to Canada from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to be mounted upon a pine foundation in furniture making. Both of these statements Grand Rapids manufacturers wilt repudiate. On the St. Mary's river is a large vcneer cutting mill where great quantities of veneer are cut and why :\:lr. Carpenter should say that Grand Rapids veneers are shipped to Canada, at a great expenSe, one cannot conceive. As to the statement concerning the application of veneers to a pine foundation, ever ymanufac-turer knws that pine is never used but always a hardwood such as maple or cheaper grades of mahogany. The article follows: In the sawmiII 1 saw Lake Superior cutting millions of fect of lumber into boards for the markets of the United States Saw With Adjustable Handle. A hand saw whose handle can be set at variou's angles is one of the new lines set before the American hardware trade. The saw can be used for almost any purpose, such as work-ing on metal, wood, nails, etc. It is particularly useful for work in places where nails are frequently found, and nails are always ruinous to all tools not adapted to cutting them. The handle can be· adjusted to suit any, pitch of the bJade required for the work in hand. The producing power of the banana is 44 times as great as that of the potato. The dried fruit is readily converted: into nutri-tious flour; it may also be manufactured into sausag~; beer can be made from it, while the skin 'can be turned into cloth, and the juice made to do service as ink; the ink can be used to print an advertisement in the Michigan Artisan and the advertisement may prove to be the foundation of a fortune for the' advertiser. l:J.edroolil, Ann Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford·oll-AvOll. and in the veneering works birch IORs as big round as a flour barrel were being rolled out into, sheets, some as thin as your little finger nail and others as thick as the board cover of an old family bible. This veneering is used for the backing of mahogany and quartered oak, which is brought here in thin sheets from Grand Rapids and other places. By means of the birch they are so turned into furniture. that one thinks he is getting solid mahog-any, or solid oak, whereas he has only the knottiest of pine or other rough wood, all which is placed a strip of birch with a iilm of mahogany on top. The thick veneering is also used for chair seats. Most of the opera seats are made from it, and it is largely used in furniture and car making. It seems wonderful to take a log soak it in boiling ,water and then unroll and pare it off, just as you would pare an apple, into these wide thin strips of wood carpeting perhaps a hundred feet long. That is what I saw here. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon. South, 709 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO IL New York Capitalists Form $7,000,000 Power Company in South Carolina. The Southern Power" company, capitalized at $7,000,000, of which Dr. W. Gill Wyle of New York is president, and J. B. Duke of New York is vice-president has purchased the fine water-power at Ninety Islands on the Broad River, in South Carolina. The development, which is to be begun at once, will give 12,000 horsepower and will require an expenditure of $1,000,000. Power wm be supplied to many cotton mills in and about Gaffney, Blacksburg and milling centers of upper South Carolina. The Southern Power company now holds the absolute control to seven sites on the Catawba River with a total possible development of 2,000,000 horsepower, Commercial Travelers in Costa Rica. The regular customs duties of Costa Rica are levied on a traveling man's samples, but refunded to him upon leaving the country, if he takes the samples with him. Bill to Regulate Interstate Commerce. Senator Heyburn of Idaho has reintroduced his bill in Congress proposing the creation of a national board of cor-porations to regulate all corporations doing an interstate commerce business. 31 Our Clamps received GOLDMEDAL World's fair, St. LouIs PILING CLAMP CHAIN CLAMP Patented June JO, 1903, BLACK BROS. MACHINERY CO. MENDOTA, ILL. VENEER PRESS Patented June 30, 1903 BURLAP TRADE IN THE LAST YEAR WAS RE-MARKABLE. Prices Highest in Many Seasons. The year 1905 was one of the most remarkable ever ex-perienced in the burlap trade. It is remarkable not only from the fact that the jute crop produced by India has heen the largest ever known in that country, but also from the fact that prices on manufactured goods have steadily advanced, and at the close of 1906, stand at the highest point reached in this market in many years. Another important fact to be considered in Jooking" over the fcatmes of the past year is that importation at the six largest ports of entry in this coulltry have been exceptionally heavy" In the early part of the year prices on Calcutta and Dundee steadily declined. Eight ounce goods were pur-chased at $3.90 and 100 ounces at $4.80 on a speculative basis. In July prices had neither advanced nor declined. l-'ros-peets for a large jute crop in India were very good, the government forecast placed the amount at 8,000,000 bales. In October the market became active for all grades of cloth. Prices rose to $4.2;) for eight ounce flnd to $:'i.35 for 100 ounce. Speculators were caught, the well known firm of Schrager Brothers failed and prices in Ne\" York jumped to 4%c for eight ounce goods and on 100 ounce goods to 6ygc. The price of jute had advanced in October to 20 pounds sterling per tall, the highest price of the year. In January jute was quoted at 17 pounds and steadily advanced up to October. In Noyember the price quoted was nineteen pounds, ten shillings audit remained at that figure until the close of the year. One of the interesting features of the year is not only that the jute crop has been the largest in India's history, namely, 8,500,000 bales, but that the demand for consumption had been found to fully cover this enormous crop. A glance backward to a~ far as 1902 shows that the production of jute in India has increased steadily; the crop for 1902 amounted to 62,000,000 hales; for 1903, 7,100,000 bales, and for 1904, 7,400,000 hales. Burlap speculators believed that the crop of jute for ln05 could not be taken care of. Nlatlufac-tnrers of burlaps at I1rst refused to pay ally advances named by the holders of jute; they were gradually forced, ho\vevcr, to purchase in order to cover the requests that were coming forward from all parts of the world for burlaps and gunnies. Crops proved to be exceptionally large not only in this " country but in South America and other parts of the world and the demand for burlaps increased accordingly. For the nine months ended September 30, 1905, America imported 307,552,488 yards of burlap. South America for the came period purchased 105,544,600 yards. This figures out a grand total of 413,270,988 yards. For the corresponding period in 1904, the importations in both countries amounted to 411,432,112 yards, and in 1903, they reached 361,856,100 yardS. There is a steady demand for burlap, with prices still further advanced. No one in the trade is willing to predict just what will happen, but with supplies inadequate to meet the demand, and the demand apparently growing in size, buyers should take warning, as they can hardly expect that prices will be in their favor. Dundee goods have advanced throughout the year on a par with the Calcutta goods, and the situation in the Dundee market can be stated to be exactly similar to that existing in the Calcutta market. \Vhat ])l1zzies importers now is where supplies are to come froOl to meet the early demand. Very Satisfactory Equipment. The Sandard Wall Paper company of Sandyhill, N. Y., who claim to be the largest makers of wall paper in the world, have within the last two or three years, had occasion to install con-siderable apparatus manufactured by the American Blower com· pany of Detroit. Their experience with same is stated in a letter recently addressed to that company as follows: "Reply-ing to yours of the 7th would say that we have two of your 100-in. fans in operation in our Sandyhill plant, which are used for dI"ying purlloses, one of which is operated with a motor, and the other with one of your Type A engines, and we are pleased to say that they are in all respects the most satisfactory equipment of the kind that we ever had anything to do with. The heatcr and the fan, with the engine, just received were put in complete operation in thirty-six hours after they were received; everything seemed to fit perfectly." Sales of Dry Kilns. American Blower Company's recent dry kiln sales include kilns for the Gwyn Veneer & Panc:1 company, Lenoir, N. c.; Adams & Raymond, Knoxville, Tellll.; George lVV. Hart-zel1, Piqua, Ohio; the Cole Manufacturing company, of Mem-phis, Tenn.; Bliss-Cook Oak company, Bliss ville, Ark., and the Kaiser-Giesler company, Ean Claire, Wis. This com-pany continues to be extremely busy in aU departments. Sfep~enson t1f~.(O. South Bend. Ind. Wood Tumings, Tumed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufac· turers on Application. igRapl~s,f\ieh: FOR SALE--CHAIR FACTORY Chair Factory located in central parI 01 New York Stale, IhorougWy equipped with new modern machinery. having a large es-tablished trade on a line 01 high grade box seat dining chairs. Were unable 10 611the amount 01 orders received in 1905. This lactory must be sold and can be bought at a great sacrifice in order to dose up an un-settled estate. CONGER CHAIR COMPANY GROTON. N. Y. WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS L Grand Rapids Office. 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY- REUABLY 33 Chicago. MANAGER Otis Mfg. Co. New Orleans. DON'T READ TmS unle~s you are a MANUFACTURER, MILL-MAN O! BUSINESS MAN, in which case you would do well to i:an:fully consider the following facts. The St. Louis s.. San francisco R. R. better known as the has huilt, or added to its system, over 1900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroad during the past five years and all tr .w. ersing newly settled sections of the Southwest. NOW is the time to locate yuur tactory or mill in this most prosperous sectiun. It will repay you to wlite TODAY for full particulars regarding induc~ments olTered, abundant raw materials, excellent markets, etc. I!!uJtriit~d bookl~1 "Oppou/l.tlilies" sent ji-u. M. SCI:IUL TER. Industrial Commissioner, Frisco Bldll. St. Louis, Mo. Chicago Office and Oistrib-uting Yards: 2257 to 2267 LUMBERST. R, S, HUDDLESTON Green, Gold and Brown ., Dayligh.t Special" -elegant fast day train. "Diamond Speciat"-fast nlght train-unsur~ passed for convenience and comfort. Bullet-library cars, complete dining cars, parlor cars, d,awinl<- room and lJuJlct sleeping cars. reclining chair cars. Through tickets. rates, etc., of L C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON. OEN'L PASS'R AGT .. CHICAGO. SITU A'l'ION WANTED-By Experienced Foreman Finisher. Now holding an Important position. Satisfaetory reasons for desiring a ell3.nge. Address "Finisher," care 11ich-ig- an Artisan. 5-10tfm Wanting- to gil"0 my unllhioleu attention t.o lh.~ IJn(l('rtakill~' ill illy lI"W lluJlrling n'- ('('ntly D\'Pcted fOl' tllr, plll"lJOSe, I offer fOl sale my stock of fUl'nitul'e and fixtures €It in\'ol('(O prices, ir.cluding also frcig:hts and drayages. amount about $6,!JOO. Stock in good shape. Localion c"nfl'al. For 24 years in Peru, Indiana, Rent moderatiO'" Popula-tion 10,000, 'with new business industI'i8S ,iust starting and others the 1)ui!(l[ngs at'e llOW being bUilt. Population bound to incl'casC. c\. tine opportunity f01' pal'ts with experience who will g:h'c the business peJ':<onaJ att';ll Hon, Address at once J>1,s. H. F,Ater, Pr,ru, Indiana. 1-10-Jt FOR SAT.E. Purnitul'e and Undertalclng- busin<'ss <'stab-lish(' d fifty years. Slrictly up to date stock, Address ,Tohn E. ],1oy,.,r, Dixon, 111. I-IO-It I!'OK 8.'\T,E About 50,000 feet of saw"", walnut Cl"oteh veneers, C1HLS I\f. Rtieff, C~ot".E. ],afayett~' A Vi', and Aik",n SL, llaltirno,"Jr(" )"hl. 1-111 &.. ;2,-,-21 WA:XTED. 'Ie, bu," an ""t"l,li"hr,(( r,'t.flil furnilure busi- 11r·ss ill a dlY ur IIOl less than f;r,""n thous-and, '''-ill pay eS.,shfL)" Mn"k hut IlO bonus. Addl'r,f;s giving; j)il,l'ticulal's "Ful'nitu)'I',' 144 'l."-'l"ravC' _-\.\." G-)'"tlHl }'l:Jpid=" '[\"11(,11. I-tO-II' 'VAXTEn-l';lI11erinlellllt"ut. for mu('hinl\ and Hench j)ejllll'tm(·nL Tn R ne\V [urllilul'i.; factory, To ,1, fully eOll1- 110lent Inan w(~ of[,'1" a su'a(ly position. Bh.te am.ount o[ exp,,'l'i'··n ...1. and in Whflt lines. A.lso g-ivc' refel'enr:rs il.nd ;ln1i,unt of salary requi)'crl. Ad,ll'pss "Supr,,-illtt'ndent;' curc of 1I-Iiehigan AI'U,.,an. 1 10. 1-;:5, 2-10 \\-·A~T:F.:n-An eXlleriell('ed 3Iill :Foreman. For a fUl'n!tul'i) faetol'Y. Stale ag'<e, expel'i- "11r:(', anll nali,jnality, and g-il'(' your rr:fr;!"·· "'nel's. AddJ'""s Hr;lll'Y (}oldwaler,'j;jS 1\-1i8- "ion St., San Fl"anl'isco. Cal J-I0-1t n'ANT.J;;H-An rllholRterer, One who Ciln work /(oaih",!" and dn ail kinds of \VOt'\{, AdcJn'f;R H. H(wtkher &- ~Oll 1 -1O-2,~-2t "'A:S'I'.J;;D_Tra\"(~linJ.:" Salesmen, Tn the fundtul"e t.rade. Pi(~k up U"..i,' ex-penses and. mOl'e too, laking nnl''1's fo)' nUl patent nl~'(licine cabinet=;., Salesman's out-nt free. \\"1'itr' fo]" it t{l(1ay. :-;penc"'l' C,l,1)\nu Co" 4~f. Og"l1{,n A.ve., C11icago, III. 1-2-;l-J-5-G-Gm Importers and Manufacturers of MAnOQAnT C"ARLE f. SmELS &, CO. Ginclnnati. Ohio fOR SAlE--WHITE OAK We have the following dry Ohio White Oak, widths of the finest and standard lengths. Good figured Quartered Oak 10 cars I inch Firsts and Seconds and No. I Common. 3 cars of 174" inch Firsts and Seconds and No.1 Common. 3carsl% inch Firsts and Seconds and No.1 Common. 3 cars 2 inch, all Firsts and Seconds (very fme) , % car 2%inch. all Firsts and Seconds (very fine), 2 cars 3 inch, all Fints and ieconds (very fine), Plain Oak 4 cars 1 inch Firsls and Seconds. 5 cars J illch No, 1 Com mati. 2 cars 1;( illch Firsts and Seconds. :;: cars 1M incb Firsts all<) Seconds. 2 cars 2inch Firsts and Seconds. 4 cars 3 inch Firsts and Seconds, 2 cars 4 inch Firsts and Seconds, Also big stock dO' Yellow Poplar and Mahogany. Cau ship mixed cars. Write us. "'ANTED-To Buy .\ Fay-Egan drawer f\lU~r. State cash price f'or SHnw. The "Vait FuJler Callilwt Co,. !-'Ol·tSllloulh, Ohio. 1-10-lt HALF TONE CUTS Special Designing, Steel and Cop-per Plate Engraving, Fine Stationery, Invitations, Etc. MBrIPHIS ENGRAVING CO. MBMPHIS, TtiNN. l" ANTED-I'oren,an for l'hildren',. chl"tlr flH'tOI';\". .\hlst he g-00<1man to I.U1'n DUt work and 11>1\'e good up to 11'tu' i(leas. Slat<; expert(!Uc." 'lllll salary (;xpeeted. Address A No. 17, eil.l·r, ~\1iehigan Al'til'un, 1-1ll-It Hills, Clarence R. .16 Hahn, Louis. .16 Hood & \Vright 32 Indiana Lumber & ,"eneer Co Cover Jamestown Pnnel & Veneer Co ,.29 Kimball Bros. Co. . .... ' 16 Kepperling, D. A.......... .30 Lyon Agency. .32 ),lemlTIer & Co., Geo. . 12 IvIichigan Central R'y.. . .. ' 16 Marietta Faint & Color Co.. ., Cover ::\lich. Art Carving Co.. . 17 Ornamental Products Co. . ,26 01'1', Charles. . 20 Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., The .. ,. 1 Porter, C. O. & A. D... .. .. .. 9 Pere Marquette R'y. . .12 Palmer, A. E........ . .... 28 Pere l\'Iarquette R. R.. ..29 Ross.~ Company, Joseph. . 13 Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. . 12 Schaubel, Herman . , .. , .. , 16 Stafford Eng. Co. . 23 Southern R. R. ..29 Stephenson :Mfg. Co.. . ... 32 Schmidt, \V. K. & Co.. . .22 Union Embossing ~lachine Co... 1 W. F. & John Barnes Co ' 8 vVhite Printing Co.. . .16 W~illiams, W. P... .. . .. 16 'Weatherly & Pulte .. ,. .12 \Vatter & Co., B. . ' .. ,.16 Wa~, 0 A...·····~ ,,,rebster, E. B. . .. 28 \Vest Side Iron 'Vks. ., Cover \Vysong & l\liles Co.. .. . . Cover V,,'illiams. F. B........ . .. 17 \'Voo<l. ::\iorris & Sons. . ... 20 \Vest ylichigan lvrachine and Tool Co., Ltd 13 34 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS I IrI American Blower Co..... .25 Alexander Dodds. . 8 Buss IVIachine \Vorks. . .. 29 Baldwin, Tuthill & BoltOll. . .. 13 Barrett-Lindeman Co., The.. 4 Barrett, M. Lo'. & Co. . .. 34 Berry Bros.. . .. 24 Batavla C\amp Co. . .. 21 Black Bros. . .. 31 Boynton & Co. .16 Chicago "Vood Finishing Co.,. 3 Chicago .Mirror & Art Glass Co .... 16 Chase, Roberts & Co.. . .. Coyer Conlesman-Recbtin Co Cover Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. . .. 23 Chautauqua Veneering Co.. . .. 28 Conger Chair Co.. .32 Clark, VValter. . .. 21 Ducr, John & Co. ..26 Dellning, Jno. P...... . .16 Edge & Co., Frank. .12 Edwards Machine Co.. .19 Furn. City Tool Co. . Cover Fox Machine Co. . .. 23 Fumifure Commercial Agency Co., Tile .. . 13 Francis & Bros., Cbas. E 1 Falke1, A. . _. . .12 Fay & Egan Co., J. A.. , 2 Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Co , 5 G. R. & I. R'y __ ____ 9 Grand Rapids ,Vood Finisbing Co .. 12 Grand Trunk R'y. . .. 12 G1'a11Cl Rapids Do'wel \\To;ks. . .. 16 Grand Rapids Electrotype Co. ..16 Geo. \V. Cummings & Co... . Cover G. R. Brass Co.. . .. 27 G:and Trunk R. R.. . .. 29 Gillette Rolling Bearing Co .... Cover G. R. Handscrew Co.. .20-CoYer Globe Vise and Truck Co. . ..21 Hoffman Bros. Co. . .. 12 . White Printing Company Engravers Printers . Binders Electrotypers CATALOGS COMPLETE 2 to 20 Lyon St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GUM SHELLAC WHITE ZORA.GE . WOOD STAINS ORANGE or BLEACHED DRY DR LIQUID ALL SHADES SHELLAC VARNISH - WHITE and ORANGE A SHELLAC VARNiSH PUMICE STONE WOOD ALCOHOL SUBSTITUTE SECOND TO NONE Ele. ASK FOR PRICES, SAMPLES OR FURTHER INFORMATiON M. L BARRETT & CO. !MANUfACTURERS AND IMPORTERS CHICAGO ~ ;----I~' __ --, • Cutter Efficiency Demonstrated in the highest degree by the use of our Moulding Cutters Made for SHAPERS, STICKERS, JOINTERS, ETe. Also makers of BORIJ\G BITS, RCUTER BITS POVETAIL BITS, MORTISING. BITS, REED CUTTERS, ETe. Send for Catalogue. Furniture City Tool Co. 89 Campau St •• Grand Rapid., Mich. -~-- AGENTS, ------- HarrQll, R.i.ckard allld McCuoe, San Francisco. Ca). Ma1bew Wylie. Glaegow, Scotland Schuchardt & Schutte .. BernD. Germany This is an instrument with which you can determine quickly the per-centage of water your glue takes, thus protecting yourself from the carelessness of the workman and overcharge of the seller. Price of $1.50 also gives you privilege of having auy number of your glue samples. scientifically tested, without fur-ther charge, fora period of six montbs, I furnishing laboratory record of test, and also· market value, as compared with recog.. nized standards. . George W. Cummings 35 Congress Street, 'B08ton. Maalh i ! THINK DEEPLY The more you think, the more you will be impressed with what you can save by using a Cordesman 3~in. Sand Re·saw WHAT WILL IT DO ? It re-saws up to 24 in. wide and S in. thick. Producesa greater amount of the very best quality of resawing in less time-with less kerf-with Jess labor-less· saw and repair bills-less danger-than is possible on any other machine of the size. A FEW POINTS IN BRIEF. ¥lei.e;ht 4.200 Ibs. Has 42 in. x 4 in. wheels. eLl-rries a blade 4 in. wide. Has se1f-l:entedng and tilting feed rolls. Has a perfect feed mechanislIl_ Material and workmanship are of highest order. Ad-justments aTe cOlllplete, perfel.:t, exact. and co-..'er every point desired. Ask for furth~r particulars gnd large picture. ITS INSTALLATION MEANS PROFIT. THE Cordesman-Rechtin Company Sole Builder. Frlend.bipaJ:lld Butler Sh•. CINCINNATTI. O. .- T The Test of Continuance· Is a Good Test The "West Side" 36-inch Band Saw Machines (HIGH SPEED) Have kept the front rank fpr a quarter of a, century, due _to the fact that they have squarely met the demaridQf the alert, i: progressive patternmakers and wood workers at"every poiJlt. Simple. Prac:tiea.1 and Durable. Built by pne firqi' who I, build but this one machine, it is being made better and petter every seasoot until today its value has been estab1ishe9-b~ yond question, and it is used by the foremost shops of j~pi{;:r. ka, the big railro
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- 1906-01-10T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Ninth Year-No. 13 JANUARY 10, 1909 Semi-Monthly • I •I ._--_._----- THROW OUT All Disk, Drum and Spindle Sanders are money wasters. There is not a piece of sanding that our PATENTED SAND BELTS WILL NOT POLISH BETTER AND FASTER 400 machinesalready in operation. Why give your competitor an advantage over you in this department? No. 171 SAND BELT MACHINE. PATENTED Jonu"')' 12th, 1897 May 17th, 1904 November 14th. 1905 February 13th. 1906 October 2nd. 1906 Will sand and polish flat surfaces, all irregular work in your sanding department. Ask for catalogue E. WYSONG « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Son. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. ~ The Best Truck--The Strongest Truck ..... - E, This is the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds whlle with the other trucks it takes three men," This is the truck that is strong where others are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wish to Invest In rather than waste money on factor.r trucks. Gillette Roller Bearing CO. ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIOAN The Lightest Running, Longee. La.ting Truck 11 ~ ·,".1 ..A8c" Vertical Self-Oiling Engines are Arranged for Direct Connection to Any Make of Generator "The highest quality of material, workmanship and finish ever embodied in steam engine con~ .tnJ.ction." "ABC" Questions on Lighting If you need a boiler to run your engine and you use Ex-haust Steam for heating and drying, how in the world can any-one sell you electric current for lighting your mill, factory and yard as cheaply as you can generate your own? Can you afford to belt a generator from your line shaft, or can you direct connect a dynamo to any ordinary steam engine when an "ABC" VERTICAL ENCLOSED SELF-OILING ENGINE WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN ONE YEAR IN SAVINGS OF OIL AND FUEL? You can afford an "ABC" ENGINE and we can prove it. Write us number of lights or kilo-watts wanted, together with steam pressure carried-for proposition. Get catalog 232 M. A. anyway. AMERICAN BLOWER CaMP ANY, Detroit, Mich. MANUFACTURERS "ABC" ~~Tk~5~~R1Kf9L'rJ~.GENGINES. "DETROIT" ~~pr-x~tYrf~rRAPS. . HEATING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS. AUTOMATIC RETURN TRAPS. • , SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS Tbis sboe does tbe work of a caster yet allows tbe desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furn-ished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in tbe square effect. Something different from tbe regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN rII I ---------------------------- MICHIGA'i ARTISAN Veneer Prellllel, different kinds and ahe._ (Pa~Dted) .::: Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine, Single, Double and Combination. (Patented) (Si2es12 in. to 84 in wide.) ----1 Hand Feed Clueing Machine (Patent pendiull'.) Many styles and sizes. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS - No. 20 Glue Heater. h. __ CHAS. Eo FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.• GIu.H ....... -----------_.~ ~ A practica0~ and Perfect Stain ~---- ------------------------------- I D1SGRIMINf\TlNG I FUMED OAK EARLY ENGLIS" Here aga\n we have been able to produce the correct shade and the one most in favor by manufacturers. It is the most perfect stain of this char-act~ r,on the market. III ~----_._---- Mf\NUff\GTUKGRS OUf Fumed Oak Acid Stain pro-duces a perfect match for the color produced by the old-fashioned fum-ing process where the wood is fumed in a fuming chamber. The color is not only correct, but it is more uniform and has more depth. Being an acid stain it is more per-manent while it is also practical and inexpensive in application. THE MARIETTA PAINT and COLOR CO. MARIETTA. 0"'0 ._---~III I ff\VOK Mf\KIETTf\ -----.--- .__ ----0 / / Should ~ Be in Every fiNISHING ROOM MARIETTA SOLVENT A perfect Solvent for Oil Stains, Fillers and Varnishes. Invaluable for Golden Oak Stains. Write for sample and try it out for yourself. WHITE PRINTING CO. I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COrlPLETE Ii I I~ 2 MICHIGAN ARTISAN aran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anl THE LATEST de7!ice for handling shavings and dust from all wood- ''UJorking n'Wchines. Our nineteen years experience in this class of work has bronght it uearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as 'we have sez-'eral hun-dred of these systeuls in use, and not a poor one Gl1wng thern. Our Automatic Furnace Feed Systenr, as sho7.f!1Zin this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in this line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AKD DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BI"OWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Fa.ctory: 208-210 Canal Street Gl\..AND l\..APIDS, MICH. CUI:zena Phone 121a Bell. M..ln 1804 ._--_.O_UR A-UT-OMATIO FURNACE FEED SYSTEM II •I 29th Year-No. 13. ~~==========-=-----=- GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. JANUARY 10. 1908. $1.00 per Year. CLASSIFYING VENEEl<. There has been quite a problem before tbe veneer 1l1en and the railway freight departments over the proper classi-fication of veneer products for shipment. Sometimes the ve-neer men have thought the railroads ·were ratl1er arbitrary and unfair, but it is probably not so much inte1l(led unfair-ness as it was confusion and misundersbtnding. \Vhen it comes to examining the matter tboroughly it is easy to see how one may grow confused in trying to fannulate some basis on ..v..hich to classify veneer on the freight list. There is SOIne veneer that undoubtedly belong"s to l;Nhat is termed the morc valuahle wood product and should pay a higher rate of freight than ordinary lumber On the other hand, there is some veneer prOd1.1ct which, though it may be cut up in smaller pieces than standard lumber, is not really any smaller than lath, staves and heading. This is probably en-titled to an equa.l rate of freight The trouble is that neither thickne!:is nor dimension give a true indication of tbe relative value of veneer, nor of the care necessary for transportation companies to exercise to prevent its being damaged in tran-sit. S0111eveneer is nothing more nor less than box shooks and as such it comes under lumber classification. There is other veneer of select quality sometimes put up in bundles with a protecting sheet of inferior veneer on the outside, and other kinds put up in crates for shipment, 'vhich is en-titled to pay a higher rate of freight than the cheaper kinds. because it is more liable to be damaged; and. wht;':n damaged, thcrc is more value lost tha,n if the same damage were done to the clle<lper veneer. Leaky car roofs and dirt and various other things inci-dent to transporting and handling may damage fine {ace ve-neer. The same conditions or mishaps ".'ouldl of course, de-preciate tlk quality of box shooks or of the common veneer for dralver bottoms and things l.ike th8t, but the damage would not he anything ill proporti0l1 to that of face veneer. It seems now that the railroads and the yeneer men are about to get together on the basis of classing all veneer 1-16 of an inch and Oller in thickness as thin lumbcr, and that cut thinner than 1-16 as veneer in a higher classification-i. e., paying a hiKher rate of freight. Tllis, thongh admittedly imperfect, will lTe1pa bit :J.nd is a decided step in clearing IIp the confusion incident to handling veneer. It is probable that quite a large majority of the cheaper veneer is cut thicker than 1-16. The 1-16 thickness used to be the recognized standard for quarter-sawed oak veneer, and und{'r tbis c1a:ssi~ fication it would probably be included under the thin lumber head, whereas oak veneer cut 1-UJ and 1-20 or 1-28 ,,,ould not be classed as thin lumber, but would have to take the higher rate of Vl.'.neer. Quite a lot of the oak veneer too eyen of the sa\ved veneer, is made as thin as 1-18 and 1-20 and the cut veneer, that is, the quartered oak veneer cut with a slicer, rum largely to 1-20 in thickness and frequently as thin a,s 1-28, The 1-20 thickness, however, seems to now be to the veneer trade practicaIly what the 1-16 ,.v~sformerly. so that m1..1chof the fine fa,ce veneer ,,,"'auld come below the 1-16. The majority of mahogany i:o, cut thinner than that, and also most of the fine walnut, though some walnut is cut a." thick as 1-8-and in that case the thick veneer would go in as thill lumber, though it would likely be qualified because of the \vaillut namc and be put into the hig{l pt"iced wood class This ,vould be fair, too. nut here is also something on the other side, n()twithstru-.dil~g. There is quite a lot of rotary cut veneer made as thin as 1-20 in gum and popular, bit"ch and various otber native woods, among them oak, and then there is being developed more or less trade in basket stock and light package material, which would come in this thin class, though it really is not entitled to be classed, at the higher rate. Basket splints are cut as thin as 1-28, and it seems unfair to make basket and light package stock and va,1'ious other kinds of thin veneer from inexpensive ..v..oo<1s pay a higher rate of freight than quarter-sawed oak veneer 1-16 of an inch. It is probable that the specifications may be qualified by naming the wood and the p1..1rposefor which :::ilE: veneer is cut to take care of thcse things; and, anyway, a de-cided step has been made in the right direction by the ve-ne. er men and the railway traffic men working together, and tllls problem of classifying veneer for railway shipment is being reduced to a much more satisfactory basis than it has been in the past.-St. Louis Lumberman. @ * @ Furniture Books in the Ryerson Library. During- the month of January the semi-annual showing of the latest additions to the collection of books on furniture has .been made at the Ryerson Public Library, Grand Rapids~ Beslde.s the books which includc a new volume by Esther Singleton on the subject of Dutch and Flemish furniture, and othe.rs, ther~ is a collection of photographs presented by ::V1. L. Fltch, wlllch "vere used by him for thirty years in his [ravej~ for the ~elson-Matter Furniture Company.:~ is in-terestl1lg to note the evolution of the styles from the first book ca.rried by him in 1876 up to Ole. present time. The \vulls of the historical room of the Ryerson Library were ht/ng with illustrations of interiors, styles of ornamcnt, wood carving, etc .. taken from tbe art llwgazines. The Renais-sance and Colonial styles were g.iven the most prominence. The plates of ""'ood carving are so natural one imagines at -first that they are the original drawings. The illustrations of French and German styles in inter-iors arc interesting for co'mpa.rison. TllOse of the German lean more to heavy substantial furniture, large patterned carpets, draperies and Upl101stery and gaudy colors. Tbe general effect is not restful but "stuffy" wllereas the French is light, graceful, artistic, the colors a.re delicate and the patterns in Hoor coverings a.nd draperies jnconspicuous. Late additions to the collection include books of plates in French and German st:.r1es, the "Art Industry, Upholstery" with 12(10 engravings by G. \Y. Yapp. "Illustratjolls of Furniture from Great Exhibitions of London and Paris with Examples of Similar Articles from Royal Palaces and Noble I\lansiolls,"by J. Bra.und. @ * @ Portland, Oregon, has attained considerable prominence as a furniture manufacturing center and will soon claim the distinction of "the. Grand Rapids of the We st.;' @ * @ Lawn, SUlnmer home and porch furniture form important features in the mid-winter furniture expositions. MICHIGAN Great Progress is Power~Producing Methods. Economic reforms in the developme11t of power keep coming in such rapid succession that One almost treads upon the heets of its predecessor. The chief aim is simple enough, but the accomplishment is by no means easy. Looking bac,~' to the early days of steam, we find that as latc as the beg.inl1illg of the nineteenth century invention had just achieved the return tlue construction in boilers, and the use of a steam jet to quicken the draft. Richard Trevithick, a Cornish engine builder and boiler maker, did this, and he bujlt the first steam tram using smooth~faced wheels on a smooth track. It was a good boiler at that time that would be trusted with a pressure ot 10 pounds of steam, and that weakness decided failure tor John Fitch as a steamhoat in-ventor, and improved bOllers made Robert F\llton's success. Both with the best modern boilers automatically stoked to save the cost of labor, and with quadrupte expansion engiu(',s to utilize the steam until pressure has almost heen ex-hausted, it remained a disheartening fact that the greater part the energy of every pound of coal is still wasted, be-cause it can not be utilized in the best allparatus. Method is now rapidly changing from the combustion of coal in an ordinary firebox, ~here only a portion of the hot gases are hrougth into _contact with the boiler surface and \..,.here lUuch heat goes up the chimney, to a retort sys~ tern where the coal is subjected to destructive distillation and everything but the residual ash and other incombustible elements <Lreconverted into what is known as producer gas. Instead of burning gas in a comparatively -ineffectual process of developing steam in a boiler. the gas is utilized in an ex-ternal combustion engine by compressing it with a proper proportion of air to afford comlepte and insta.ntaneous combustion, and utilizing the explosive force of the mixture. to drive the piston of the engine. Instead of a battcry of b.oilers fed wlth tons of coal ('.very day, there is a small~ FOR SALE-FUlly Equipped Woodworking Pianl I Suitable for pla.ninj; mill, box factory, furniture manu-facturin~ or any kind of woodworking business. Splendidly located m Michigan. Better than a bonus. Investigation solicited. Addre88 L. M. M" care Michigan Artisan. • producer plaut occupying much less space which generates gas pure enough for engine use. There is ItO high pressure except in the engine cylinder::> at the moment of each ex-plosion, and there is <J. great economy of space and machinery as well as of -boiler equipment. In a producer plant the coal is slowly distilled, and such residue CIS may be formed is generally utilized as fuel to keep the generator hot enough to expel the gas from the coal. The a.pparattls is almost automatic when Ollce u11der \'vay. Althoug-h tbis system of power generation may be said to be stilt in its infancy, it is apparent that for most large plants it is bound to supersede the present costly steam equipment. Hardly is this economic reform well under way before imaginative inventors prepare for another exploitation. Their present aim is to eliminate all the cost between the coal 'r,ilH'''- ::lrcl the developed power. The ultimate hope is. to merely raise the coal to the surface, and there. without ex-pensive handling, long railway hauls, payment of' commissions to wholesale and retail dealers and storage in yards~ to con~ . vert it into producer gas, and utilize the g:;:tsfor develop- ARTISAN mcnt of high voltage electric current, which can be delivered over an area of hundreds of square "miles by cOll)parat\vely inexpepsive wiring, and turned on and off at every power plant 'within a radius of 100 miles. This would eliminate the smoke nuisance in cities, relieve manufacturers of the detail of power generation, and reduce the cost of power to a fraction of the best achievement of the present day. It may sound like a dream just now, but it is something that maybe looked for with as sure a hope as the development of the gas engine. @ * @ A HANDY MACHINE. This cut il-lustrates a corn-bimitioll mach-ine that is of unusual merit, viz; an arm swing or radial sander and borer, made by the Cordes-man - Rechtin Co., Pearl and Butler streets, Cincinnati. It is made of the best material, and by thor-ough machin-ists. This ma-chine is sim-ple, easily un-derstood and handled, saves a great deal of labor and is i n e x pensive. yVhere a larg- Cordes.man~Rechtin's Arm Swing Qr Radial er and more Sander and Borer, cxpensive san~ der can not be had, this little machine will be found to fill the requirements, viz; a flat surface polisher, and borer. Nearly every wood-working factory can use this machiue to advantage. A card to the Cordcsman-Rechti.n people will give you full information in regard to it. @ * @: The Greater Profit. An experienced manufacturer of furniture declared re-cently that a larger margin of profit is yielded to the manu-facturer of medi-um than to the manufacturer of high priced goods. He explained that this was owing to the larger out-put. Sales of one hundred high priced bedroom suites in the course of a year were not common, where there were sales of five hundred of medium price. The difference lay in one hundred items of profit in the first instance. and 500 in the latter. @ * @ Some people. couldn't even crac.k a joke without hitting their fingers. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 5 HAND SCREWS Hickory 5pindles~-Genuir.e. Saw r.ut threads-true, smooth, even ones. lI1ichigan l]ard lVfaple J<:1WS. That's the combination of the best, strongest ~l11d mo~t durable Hand Screw on the market. The kind of a Hand Sere, .-.. you need in your bU5- luess. The kind that brings satisfaction and repeat orders. The kind that we guarantee to stand the severest tests. OUf stock is up~ah\'ays. 'Ve call ship promptly in any size. Our catalog describes them, and other things we make such as Cabinet ~':Ja.kcrs, Carvers, Chair and Pattern 1\.Jakers Benches, Benedict Clamps, Factory Trucks, etc. It-'s a catalog you should have and .it's a catalog that you'H order from. \Vc'rc anxious to send it-because \ve want your order. Just rip out this ~d., sign your /lame and .address and band to Uncle Sam. He'll bring catalog and particulars return mail. .Putting things off "never done nobody no good." Do it no"v, Ha Address .. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 JEFFERSON AVENUE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ..... ---------_. If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. <ClarencelR. bills 163 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. :• h ~ DOES IT .....-------- lB. WALTER & CO. M.nof"Mm"'o T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT WABASH INDIAN.A ~ ---- • • ~ I ~~fI~~~~~r We can help you. Time saved and when done I leavesare boundt Y(lUI- I ",If) and mdexed Hoot. or departments. ! BARLOW BROS.• Grand Rapids, Mich- I Write Right Now. ~.--------_. II I Wesl Side 36 Ineb Band Saw MaChine,l Gleason Palent Sectional Feed Roll, -=---"----MA"lUF/tCTQRED BY=~~~ WEST SIDE IRON WORKS CRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. AGENTS: Chicago Machinery Exchange; Eby MachineryCo., 3:'-41 Main St .• SaD Francisco. I Cal.; H. W. Petrie, allffit for Cllllad~-o6icei., I Toronto. Montrealand Vanoollver. ~------------ --~ ---_._--."".--., ~--====-SEE===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co" ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for "IG" GRADI: PlJNC"ES and DIES ~------- I...-- ---------~ WANTED I CABINET MAKERS; at least one who can do carving, MACHINE MEN. and CUTTER. STEADY WORK. Write O. W-. U-HR-ICH-,A-lcbi-son-, K-ans-as. I ... , .J h- _ •I , IMPROVED. EASY 'NO EL EVAT 0 RS I QUICK RAISINQ B~lt, Electric alld Hand Power. ! Thl! Best Hand Power for Furnitu. re Stores Selld for Catalogue and Pri~e5. KIMBAll BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth "C. Council Bluffs, la.! Kimball Elevator Co., 323Prosped St., Cleveland,O.; 10811lh St., Omaha, Neb,; l~ Cedar St •• New York City. 10---___ __ _ __ ..... 6 MICHIGAN ARTISAN LANDSCAPE ART INDOORS. Evergreens Now a Part of Decorative Schemes. Landscape gardening in city houes is no longer confinecl to the facade, stoop and vestibule. It has entered the houses and modern decorators rely on the assistance of growing green planb as well as all the colors on the vvaJls or in the hangings. The clusters of living leaves are often the dots on the i's in the decorative scheme of the room. That they are different from the greenery formerly used is apparent at a glanc.e. The day of the sheltering palm is past and the rubber plant, in spite of its immunity from steam heat and lack of air, is 110 longer seen even in that part of Flatbush, Brookl"·' that is in the know. Entrance Hall With a Summer Bower in White and Green. Plants for decoration indoors have followed the fashion of those formerly used only in the open. Closely cropped box, bay and arbor vitae are the varieties that appeal to the taste of the up to date decorator. Be no longer considers the pos-sibility of placi.ng a graceful young palm near a white carved Renaissance mantel even if a crimson tapestry forms a back-ground of complementary color for the plant. His bosom would swell with pride, however, ..v..c.re he to place a drawf laurel in a way that gave the necessary a,ccent to the picture. In a certain great hallway in a certain great house on the Hudson River the central points arc marked by four stand-ard bay trees that catch the eye and give the aspect a char-acter it would otherwise never possess. This hallway, which serves as a specie5 of gigantic living room, is not restful in line or color. It contains many pieces of furniture and they are of varied colors and sizes. This lack of dominating scheme is less noticeable because the four round halls of dark green bay form decorative points that set the eye at rest, at least more at rest tt~an it would otherwise be. This is the purpose of the dwarf bay trees, the box and the arboT vitae that come now in triangular, oval and natural shapes. In a yellow room with no dark tones beyond the furniture coverings and the rugs on the floor stand two massive pots ,painted in the prevaiHng tone of the room and ~ontail1ing ivy trained to grow in a triangular shape, The dark green Icaves flanking the open fireplace, which is never used but contains logs that nobody thinks of lighting, give point and contrast to the light colored room. A hallway in a house done throughout in a sha.de of rather cold gray welcomes the traveller that enters by the invita-tion to rest under a bower of ivy growing from a pot over a circular frame of lattice work, and two trim box plants stand at the ends of this indoor gardcn seat. For the sa,lne color scheme upstairs the gray walls and the white woodwork are relieved by green arbor vitae plants that stand in pots on the landings. A Pompeii<l-n room of too va.ried colors was found to need some sort of toning down. The decorator had so few hangings in the room that they could not be relied on to do that for the overcolored apartment. Four standards of bay, however, accomplished the purpose and the green fitted in well with the red and yellow color scheme. A dining room on Madison avenue w<:!s painted through the combined freakishness of the woman who owned the house and the decorator in a pale shade of green finished with gold. Proud. as she was of it in the beginning the green and goid got as much on the hostess"s nt'-rves after a while as it did on her guests.' That green was too insistent, but it was not possible in the middle of the season to do the room all ove,-. It was then that the decorator placed four pots O'f gl"owing wy about the walls. Each was trained on a heart shaped screen turned upside down. In the corners were f 0 U I" dwarf bay tree~. The effect had just the tone of subdued green that the hostess and the decorator had previous- I ly struggled for in vain. •( The paler green formed a beautiful b~ckground for the tree~ and the ivy drew out the pale green of the walls. F:.:>Ur pointed arbor vitae trees, trimmed so that their triangular shaped dsidhes wer.e1 flat 'Potted Cedars to GI.ve Color to Gray crnove t:- ,gans lness and WhIte Hall. from a dmmg room done in Delft blue, white and yellow. As the ceilillg.3 had painted rafters of the same color it was found that toning down was necessary, The foliage did it. Hallways large enough to have room for the tubs are now deliberately painted in colors that are suitable for the box or bay. One example of this kind of decoration is a hall panelled in white and carpeted in red. The wooden mantel is also painted white that it may SCl·ve a.s a background for the two beautiful grown standard bays that give the can. trasting touch of color. A particularly daring use of growing pbnts for the sake of added color was the work of a. decorator who finished a Pompian Dining Room; Plants In-dispensable Detail. ------------------------------ - 7 ~~_._---------- NIICUIGAN ARTISAN "GOING SOME" But whether going or coming, or staying at home, the young man with brains and ambition may take our course of practical Furniture Designing, that will be of inestimable value to him. Our course (which may be taken at home if desired) is thorough, embracing the the principles as laid down by all of the old masters and best authorities on furniture designing. The Grand Rapids School of Furniture Design ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK, Irntructor and Designer 542-545 Houseman Bldg., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I II I II ~----~---_. hallway in ·white and black and a small addition of lavender. It was not until he had put srna.ll arbor vitae trees in the hall that the color scheme had its just '\-'alue, Only the fact that the hall "\vas a flood of sunlight all day excused such a funereal color scheme, >'"hieh was relieved by the grmving green. "The demand for the greens in various geO-metrical [onns, ovals and similar designs, came froLl their suc-cess in beautifying the fronts of houses. De<::- orators saw how well they looked there and etermined to try the aesthetic effect of a transfer to the .interior of the hotlses. "The time was especially well suited to the introduc-tion of the new style, as palms 8.11d rubber plants had gone wholly out of fashiotl. "The dwarf plant!:. had already been grown for the \vindow decora-tiol15.. which are this year composed almost entirely of box, The regular design is a row of low plants with two at ea<:h end rising somewhat higher than the others. This is varied in some cases by having two box phlllts in the middle of the row as .vell as at the ends. "These same plants have been adopted now for indoor Use a,l1din addition to the box "ve have bay and arbor vitae as well as the ivy sta.ndards. "\Vc make them ill the design required by the decorator. In very fe\v cases are fancy pots used. vVe usually paint ordinary pots the required color and do the same \""ith the basins :n which they sit. Entrance Hall in White, Violet and Black, With Only Green Cedar to Vary This Scheme. Write tiS for full particull/rs. II: "vVhile these new greens are hardier than palms or ferns, they are not equal to the rubber plants of other days. Sometimes we rent the plants, gua.ranteeing to keep them in good condition. In any case we keep them under our care that they may not lose their freshness."-SUI1. @ * @ Why the Trust Plan Failed. Roger W. Butterfield, the president of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, has been interested in the furniture manu-iacturing business many years. His first savings acquired shortly after graduating from the law department of the 1lichigan University. amounting to $500.00 was invested in the stock of a furniture manufacturing company, and he has long held stock in the Grand Rapids Chair Company and the \Viddicomb Furniture Company. In a reminiscent mood re-cently he recalled the effort of the late Charles R. Flint to organize a trust to control the manufacture of furniture in the United States. AIr. Flint ca.me to Grand Rapids and tendered Air. Butterfield a retailler after stating briefly the object of his visit. lIT. Butterfield stated that his firm re-presented a number of furniture manufacturing corporations and asked for time in which to consult his clients. A hurried investigation of the affairs of the local manufacturing cor-porations Mr. Flint had proposed to include in the trust showed an aggregate indebtedness of $600,000. Under the trust plan this indebtedness would be increased $l~OOO,OOaOnd upon the: whole it was proposed to provide for the payment of an annual interest of six per cent. The business of the interests illvo1ved was not paying six per cent and Mr. Butterfield was unable to see how it would be able to do so with an addition of $1,000,000 to the indebtedness. E. H. Foote of the Grand Rapids Chair Company de-clared that the trust would kill Grand Rapids as a furniture center; that the business would be conducted in New York and that a considerable number of the factories would be closed for all time. !vlr. Butterfield advised his clients to reject the plan, vl-·bich was [l1lally done through the refusal of the Grand Rapids Chair Company a.nd the ~riddi<:omb Furniture Com-pany to enter the combination. @ * @ The holding of the Yukon exposition in Seattle next sum-mer will call for considerable outlays for furniture to accom-modate the many thousands of visitors who wi-ll attend it. 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Table Legs and Pedestals Round. Square. Octagon or any Polygonal Shape •II tI Turned on the Mattison Leg Machine at a fral;:\ioD at what it costs by hand. Every pie<:c COlJles out smooth, true and exac.dyalike in me and shape, no maller how deJicate Ihe pattern. c.n It is sold on the condition that if after it has been lun in yOUI own facIDry. you do not find it to .be'tn every way as repre$ented. we will lake it bade and pay (r~ht chafge3both waY8~ f1/ Belter send for a copy of our large circular and let us tell you what the mac~~~ wil(~o'~ryou. C. Mattison MatIUne Works ________ . . 863 5th S-t..,.cB. eloit;Wi.e. -' __ -: . Factory Dining Rooms. During the exposition season the manufacturers outside of the local business center of the city serve meals to the buyers who may be in the warerooms at the noon hour. All of these factories arc located within fifteen minutes ride of the leading hotds, and in other furniture centers would be considered within easy walkh1g distance, but in Grand Rapids the time of the buyer is considered valuable, and by providing carriages, automobiles and dinners the manufacturers enable him to utilize every minute at no expense to himself. A locat newspaper described the factory dining rOoms in detail re-cently. from which the following is condensed: Among the elaborate factory dining rooms of the city is that of the Grand Rapids Chair company, with its massive oak furnishings, which are changed every year, That is to say, the chairs, buffet, china cabinet, etc., a.re changed. The dining room table is 8!1 feet in diameter, its size having re-quired that it be practically built in the dining room. It is a large round oak table, and brings forcibly to memory, as 16 or 18 of the factory's customers congregate around it for the noon, refreshment, the tales of King Arthur's famed round table. Over this ele.gant table. at the Chair company hangs a beautiful large canopy lamp of many colored glass, some three and a half feet square, while the walls are delica.tely tinted as far as the moulding and prettily papered above that. In the room is also a.11exquisitely finished buffet and a china cabinet to match the mission style of the rest of the furniture. On the walls are mugs and steins of various ages and degrees of beauty. Like the other lunch rooms. the cooking in this cosy room is dOlle entirely with electricity in the most up-to-date manner, by a young lady. At the LUl:e Furniture company's plant the lunch room, to put it in the society editor's langua.ge is "a perfect dear of a little room." It combines that so often forgotten ele-ment of extreme coziness that seems to welcome every comer and bids him partake of the refrcshment there offered, both solid and liqUefacient. For it must not be forgotten that each of these lunch rooms also has a modern buffet. The Luce uining room is a small denlike affair, finished in oak. It's very size, however, adds to its charm and makes of it <t' cosy little lounging roOHl as wel( as a mere eating place. ,It has seating capacit.y for about eight hungry buyers at a time, but feeding capacity for all the furniture men in town. The kitchen is larger than some of the others and modern in every respect, while a colored chef presides at chafing dish and oven. The walls arc handsomely oak paneled to within two feet of the ceiling, exquisite china-ware decorating the walls from the top of the paneling to the ceiling. Four beautifully shaded lamps hang from the ·ceiling on heavy chain. pendants, and the furniture is oak and of a most pronounced mission style. making in all a lunch room calculated to delight the heart of a discriminating c1ub-mao. .. Perhaps the most pretentious dining room of all the factories, and that which lays most claim to beillg a dining room as compared to a lunch ro.om, is· the tang dining hall of the Michigan Chair comp;lllY. Here the kitchen ap-proaches that of a hotel in size, and the service is of the best. The long hall will accommodate a large number of customers, and the furniture is picked from the best designs of the factory. A feature of this room is the art work on the walls, which shows rare ta.'He in the selection, and ranges from famous paintings to popular subjects. One piece 011 which the company prides itself is a panoramic view of Niagara Falls taken in one eight-foot photograph, one of the only three extant. The long table when set will accommodate 25 or 30 din-ers, and tbe company keeps a colored chef in tbe kitchen all day, from 8 in the morning until 6 at night, to serve light lunches and drinks. Stickley Brothers' dining room will seat from 15 to 22 around its large round mission table, and is finished in oak and German tiling, with electric lamps hanging from the ceiling. and heavy curtains in the windows .. Two colored chefs are here employed to keep down the hunger of the buyers. The C. S. Paine company feeds its visitors in its office, having a table set apart for that purpose, and hiring a young woman to preside in the kitchen during the noon hour. Here, of course, where the preparations are not so elaborate, mere-ly a light buffet luncheon is served. Berkey & Gay have fitted up their cosy little dining room with one of their own Flemish oak dining suites, the chairs of which are high-backed and elegantly hand carved. The table is a long narrow one seating over a dozen people, and the kitchen, as in all the dining rooms, is operated by elec-tricity and modern in every respect. The Sligh Furniture cornapny conducts its lunch room on a somewhat different plan in combining with it a reading and lounging r00m. The room is paneled in mahogany and oak. and the furniture is massive and after the mission style. In one corner is a large lounging davenport, in another a writ-ing desk and a few easy chairs, and against one wall is a reading table littered with furniture and ~ther magazines, In the center is the large round dining table. The Sligh plant, like most of the others, serves just the noon meal, but the dining room is open to tired buyers for a few min-utes of lounging and smoking at ail hours. - • I- . GRAND RAPIOSc.Oc...•....MICHIGAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN 9 .,;..----------------------------------., I I,,II The mark if ~~o:n:~~! your Engraving and Printing bears the same relation to quality as TiJfan] tojewelry, Rogers on cutlery, or Sterling on silver. Every furniture catalog plannc=d and executed by us last season has been ca.lked about-In a. class by themsehres-Something better-Something new. The finest equipped plant in existf!IlCe doing Engraving, Printing and Binding under one roof and managemmt Write us at once about your requirements, and allow us to suggest improvements~and to quote you. Drop down to our plant when in Grand Rapids. It win be to your, interest, THE CARGILL COMPANY (GRAND RAPIDS ENGRAVING COMPANY) Wealthy Avenue. just west of Division Street, Grand Rapids Michigan. r'"------_--._------------------------~------------ • VVood I I, Forming I' , I I We offer exceptional valne in Rev~~et~n~rs II One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin- I' dIe Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. I I Address I I!SAMUEL J. SHIMER& SONS! MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. I ~....---------- ------" ..----- i SfiIiIiIiIiIi/iJ I II Spiral Grooved and Bevel Pointe~ DOWEL PINS I ---------------- . Notehow the glue in the SPiral Groove forms Thread like it; Screw. Be... el Pointe". easy to drh'8. Straight 50 will not split the frames. Prices and discounts. on application. ,I --------- STEPHs~~~y~EN~C.~O~.,~.I .._-- ----"'" ROLLS The "RELIABLE" Kind. THE FEllWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. II I,!! II :, , j 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN STYLE LOUIS XVI. By A. Kirkpatrick, Director Grand Rapids School of Furniture Designing. The people were so disgusted with the pomp and ex-travagance of the Louis XV period and the shameful misuse of the money that it caused them to revolt, and a new phil-osophy bega.n to make itself felt. It wa.s quiet evident to them that the system of government was WI"Ong and that they should have more power in the af-iairs of statE:, Louis XVI, a nlaTI of good in-tentions, but weak in character, suc-ceeded his grand-father, Louis XV, and was crowned king of France in 1774 under dis-couraging and ominous circum-stances. He was ma.rried shortly before this to the young and beau-tiful Marie An-toinette, Arch-duchess of Aus-tria. He ruled for eighteen years, Arthur Kirkpatrick. and 'in 1792 was tr,ied for conspiracy and beheaded in 1793. The young queen preferred simplicity and truth to polite deceit, and her char-acter was one of the chief influences of the coming style. Gradually under the new rule, the architecture and furni-ture designs became more simple. Straight and geometri-catty curved lines took the place of the excessive curves used in the preceeding reign. In fact all kinds of decoration took a decided turn toward the Classical, which was partly due to the recent discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Their rich store of long hidden art treasurers offered many suggestions for the new style. Columns and pilasters with Roman capitals reappea,red in both architecture and furniture designs. Instead of the irregular panels of the Louis XV period, we find the rectan-gular and oval shaped panels surrounded by carved mould-ings., The corners of these panels formed an important part, and were generally of a geometric pattern, centered with a rosette, \\lreaths and festoons of delicately carved and undercut flowers draped and adorned the richly finished furn-iture, Chair and table legs tapered toward the feet and were either spiral or fluted. The flutings were often filled with a td-Teaf or husk patterll for some dista.nce down from the top or up from the base and sometimes from both top and base, leaving a plain fluted space in the centet'. Very often both the base and cap were richly ornamented. Much of the furn-iture was painted in delicate colors and decorated with gilded carvings and metal mounts of dainty bowknots of ribbon, bows and arrows, torches, clusters of war trophies and shields with wreaths of laurel leaves and roses. The Louis XVI scroll took thc form of the oval or ettipse instead of the ·circle as used by the Greeks. The decorations on the painted panels and the tapestry coverings seem to have been suggested by both the Grecian and Louis XV styles. The Greeks' used painted panels de-cora. ted with figures from mythoiogy and herding scen-es with half naked, hide clad sheperds as central figures, Th('. de-signers of the Louis XV time Ilsed nymphs. cupids and alle-gorical figures while those of the Louis XVI period retained l the light and dainty treatment of the previous reign, but used the Greek's suggestion as to subject, and placed figures of full dressed shepherds and shepherdesses in their scenes in the little bopeep effect. The leading designer of this period was Jean Henry Ries-ener, who was born in Gladback, Germany in 1735. When quite yOung, he went to Paris, and became an apprentice to the ebonist, Jean Francois OebeIl. and remained in his employ until the master's death. Riesener's work must have been an important part in the business because in 1767, Oeben's widow married the pupil, Riesener. It is not known just what pieces were designed by Gebcn and what by Ries-ener, because in many cases we find that they both worked on the same piece. The "Grand Bureau du Roi" was begun in the workshop of Oebcn in 1760 but was not finished until 1769, a little over two years after the death of Oeben, and was signed by Riesencr, who was noted for his fine mar-quetry work, inlaid in deep tones on mahogany .. His first work shows that he followed the ideas of Crescent and Coffein, but he soon changed his mode of omamentation and construction to meet the developments of a new line of taste which demanded a radical change from the happy rov-ing decoralion and curved outlines of the previous reigns. He became so proficient that his work was noticed and ad-mired by Marie Antoinette for whom he worked as chief designer and cabinet maker for twenty years. The Louis XVI style is considered one of the most refined of the period styles. The student should notice this difference that when a style is almost a copy of a classic period, it is an effort on the part of the people to apply an ancient design to a new character and mode of Jiving, but this ftyle will never be as strong and full of meaning as the style that is an out-growth of the period in which it was invented. The accompanying cut shows a number of examples of the Louis XVI style. Number 1 is a design of a bed, showing the straight, square construction, carved mouldings and fluted columns. The flutings are crosscd by a spiral shaped wreath and the post is crowned with a carved knob. The center-piece on the head of. the bed is a design of a carved torch and quiver with ribbons. On the whole this bed is an ex- ~ . Standard Uniform Colors I We are producing the standard uniform colors recently adopted by the Manufacturers' Association of Grand Rapids. These cQIQrs are produced with our Golden Oak -Oil StaiD No. 1909 and Filler No, 736. Earl,. Euli8h--Qil Stain No. 55 and Filler No. 36. Maholfany-Powder No. 9 and Fillet' No. 14. W~therod Oak-Oil Stain No. 281. Fumed Oak-Acid Stain No. 45- Place your orders with us and get the correct shades. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING CO. S5-59 Ell-worth Ave., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. • ccllent example of the Louis XVI style. Example number 2 shows the Louis XVI treatment of the acanthus leaf in combination with mouldings. Figure 3 shows a number of carved mouldings with the finished ends_ and corners. Num-ber 4 is an example of an oval shaped shield in combination with the acanthus leaf and a laurel' festoon. Figure 5 is an example: of a shield with the upper corners terminating in ribbons and combined with mouldings and a wreath of roses and a spray of laurel. All of the effects on this plale are strong Louis. XVI features. @ * @ Revenge is sweet, when it isn't an instance of sour grapes. @ * @ It is better to swallow your pride than to chew the rag. ~1I CHI G A N ART I SAN ---------------_._---- --- 11 .._-----.., l EXAMPLES OF LOUIS XVI STYLE. 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN T I --- ------------------------ Rotary Cut Drawer Bottoms Write us for Prices on in BASSWOOD, BIRCH, POPLAR or GUM Walter Clarh Veneer Company 535 Michigan Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BllRLAP DEMAND VERY DllLL • Lightweights Show Slight Improvement. Business in the burlap market continues very quiet, with little doi'ng on spot goods or for future delivery. Buyers are not inclined to purchase, as they have seen prices slowly de-cline, and goods purchased early in the week, lower before the week has dosed. No actual price. changes have been made in the open market, but buyers claim that were they willing to place fair-sized orders, concessions could be se-cured from sellers. Lightweight Calcutta goods have shown a slight improvement in the demand. and, as stocks are short, prices are being maintained on a firmer basis, Heavyweight goods are dull, however, and prices are weak. There is little doubt that buyers could pick up some very cheap sup-plies if they cared to operate in the market at the present time. The prices at which heavyweights stand today repre-sent less t)1an the landing cost of the goods, according to importers. Various reports have b~en received from Calcutta during the past few days. In most of the cables received, a better demand is reported for nearby shipments, with more buyers in the market. Some bullish reports have been put out on the slight improvement in Calcutta, but conservative houses in this market are of the opinion that there will not be any large movement in goods, and that prices will not show any marked a,dvances at an early date, South American buyers have been out of the market since last November so that no support is being received from that quarter. Buying for American account is not heavy, and will not, it is -believed, be sufficient to create any advances. The short-time schedule which went into effect last year in the Calcutta mills is still in force, but has not been sutli-dent to keep stock fro'm a,ccumulating. ]\,{any manufacturers wished to make a working schedule for all mills of four days a week, but, as some of the mills had orders booked ahead into June, they were not willing to adopt this schedule. The other mills decided that, as some plants were to rUn on practically a full schedule, they would also continue on the sa.me working time. As a result of this policy, stocks have continued to a.ccumulate in the Calcutta market. Toward the last of the ·week jute dropped sharply, going down as low as £13 175 6d per ton. Prices slowly regained some of the loss, however, and the market closed at £14 per ton. Reports from Cakutta st.:!.Tethat new hltC i" com-ing !n very slowly from th~ ,ariou5 districts, and the re.ceirts have. begun to fall off considerably. Importers here cla.im that if the mills would get together and agree to keep down the burlap production, the market would shortly right itseif. Under present conditions, very little of improvement is ex-pected in the next month or two. Cables from Dundee report the market there as dull at present. as some mills still have orders ahead sufficient to keep their plants in operation. Manufacturers of common goods are badly in need of orders, and efforts to get business are serving to keep prices on an ullcerta.in basis. Weakness in the raw material market has to be contended with, and it is proving a difficult matter for burlap manufacturers to hold prices all anything like a steady basis.-N. Y. Commer-cial. @ * @ Gum and Mahogany Dried- in Seven Days. The Hawks Furniture Company of Goshen, Ind., installed one of the Grand Rapids Veneer \\forks' dry kilns a few months ago, and as an experiment dried a lot of gum and a lot of mahogal1y, in seven days. In writing the Cable Piano Company in regard to their experiences with the. kiln:, the Hawks Company said: "Our foreman reports the lumber comes from the kiln in very much better condition than formerly (we have a series • • 1Lou{ebabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone l'i02. of common-sense dry kilns, which have been in Use for twenty years and have done good service), it 'is very much softer and easier to work. We are very greatly pleased with the kiln, thus £ar, and certainly would consider no other, if we needed additional kiln capacity. We consider gum among the most difficult of all kinds of lumber to properly kiln-dry, and we cannot ask anything more successful in drying this lumber than the Grand Ra-pids Veneer V-lorks system. After we have become' more accustomed to handling it, we expect better results than the above, Of course you understand that we could have dried 1" in less time, the above figures being on the 2". For our own use we expect to dry all Ottr stock by the use of exha.ust steam only. From our experience, we think this a most remarkable process, and are glad to recommend it:' @ * @ The ideal man only ·exists in the mind of a woman before. she marries him. @ * @ The matt who is long-headed is seldom short-sighted. MICHIGAN ARTISAN RESAWINO BEFORE AND AFTER. 13 it i,:; piled for drying at all. This is, admittedly, the best There afe many interesting problems arising in connection ·way to treat any wood-resaw it while it is fresh. Yet it with the different practices in regard to resawing lumber involves extra handling; tha.t is, the handling of two boards for various pnrposes, To begin \vith, there is a fine theory, instead of one and the piling on the yards and the piling in well supported by good loglc, that the proper time aDd place kilns. And for this reason and other incidental troubles that to 1'e5a\',' lumber is at the saw mill immediately after it is ari"e, milln::en, as a rule, don't look with favor on the making made. That is, to resaw it green and then dry the thin of the thin stock. They prefer to make it thick and then re~ :.;to('k Yet, llotwith:.;b.nding this theory and all the good saw it when it is ready to use. logic supporting it, there is ri10re lumber rcsawed after dry- Not'withstanding- the fa.ults that develop from rcsawing ing it than before. Sometime,:,; there is one reason for this plain oak after it is dry, there is quite a lot of it done in and sometimes another. T 11 the manufacture at bevel siding certain branches of the work, one nota-ble example beillg in it is important to dry the lumber before resawing for the the mallufacture of thin oak flooring, both in regular tongue sake of getting it into condition to dress. It would be rather and groove strips a.nd in parquetry or square-edge strips. difficult to dres:, bevel siding after it has been resa\'"ed, and ?v10st manufacturers of this product which, as is.well,known, it would take twice the time as the regular v·,:ay of manll- requires exeellent material and fine workmanship, dry their facturing, w]:ere <~ board j.s dressed two sides 2nd t}len re- stock before resawing. Then, some resaw it in stock widths sawed, \vhich givb two pieces at weather boarding, wherea"i as it comes through the kiln, others rip it into flooring strips jf the resa wj(:g- were dOilC first the two piece." both have to of a variety of widths from J % up to 2% inches, or possibly be surfaced. 3 inches. and then resaw it on a small circular: or splitting In box factory "'iork, ..v..here th~re is more resawing done saw. In each c:u;e there is seemingly no difficulty of defects than anywhere else. prolnbly, opinions differ materially arising from the stock having been dried before rcsawing. about just when to do the rcsawing. Tt seems that the ma- It is dry, too, thoroughly dry. In fact, is made so dry that jority of box (actory stock is resa.wed after it is dry. S0111e- if, on being tested with samples by baking, a certain amount times a.fter it is dressed, also sometimes before, but generally of moisturc call be found in the lot. it is sent back to the always after it has been tl1rough the dry kiln or stood on the kiln. Of course, there is quite a difference between using yard untll thoroughly dried. There arc some notable ex- oak in narrow strips and in wide panels, and it is very likely ceptiorJs. Some Df tJie Jnost up-to-date box factorjes jn the th(\t if this stuff were so thoroughly dried and then resawed country rcOlaw their stock be (ore it goes to the dry kiln. for panels it would warp and check and develop objec:tion- Sometimes it is rcsawed as it is unloaded from tIle car .)nd ahle [eatllres, while in the'llarrow stt-ips of flooring it docs other times as it is taken from the yard, so there arc realty very well. different stages of dryness \vben it comes to the resav.r. Some Xow, right here develops. a peculia,r problem, and one that may be nearly green and other stock may be practically dry. some of these flooritlg l"l:.amtfacturers are wrestling with and All of it, however, is resawed before going to the dry kiln experimenting on right now. And that is whether stock; that to facilitate the drying. is, half-dry stock that has been air-dried for quite a while In the making of hardwood panel stock for furniture, de., and is ready to go in a kiln, can be resawed before putting recourse is frequently had to resav',lillg dry stock, as in oak. it through the kiln at the factory, or is it better in this case This is not always satisfactory, though, and sometimcs leads to hnish the drying before the resawing? It is admitted tl13t to trouhle thl"ongh warping-And checking. In fact .. ~() much if stock is resawed while it is green it can be put tJlroug-h trouble has developed frolll resawing'plain cak lumber after a dry kiln or dried in any other manner, and it will turu it is dried to get thin stock that the seC1'etary of the I-I<trd~:~,out all right. But some claim that if it has become, say wood Manufacturers' Association One time, after investiga-ting alld exan;ining some stock that had been sent to Eu- hair-seasoned, and is then resawed and put into the kiln. it rope, took trouble to warn all the members against this prac- will \-varp and check considerably. The theory is that the tl.ce and to ac1vI.se that where they wanted to rcsaw standard the outside is dried and there is still moisture OJ} the inside thickness in .oak to get thin panel stock they should do the and \-vhcn it is opened up by resawing there is an unbalanced resawing· while the stuff is green. Realty the bulk of the Cbjl~itiott in each half of the board that causes it to warp and thin oak panel stock, both in plain oak a,nd in quartered, is chcJ.:k in going through the kiln even if it takes longer, and cut to thickness either by resawing or by thin boards ori- thoroughly dry it clear thrOUgh before resawing.-St. Louis gillalJy as the stuff is' nJimtlfaetnred in tbe mills alld before Lumherman. .,.--------_._-- -------------- --_._-----------, The Universal Automatic cARVINa MACHINE l"ERFQRMS THE WORK OF ==== 25 HAND I CARVERS I Anddoes the Work Better than it can DeDone by Hand t MADE BY I Union fnuosslno M,(Hlnt (0. I IndianapoUa. India ..... Write for Inlormation, Price. Etc. - --- ----------- 14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN NO MORE HAND SANDING. sanding and polishing large flat surfaces as well as all ir-regular shaped pieces. The design and equipments of this new machine are such that aIr sanding is done strict1y~with the grain, in a practical and rapid manner, which are most valuable features and are advantages, which no other machine ever pos::;cssed. The upright portion of this machine carries. sand belts any width When This Machir.e Goes in, nor Disks, Drums or Spindles. After once going through the Wysong & ~'i1itesCO.'5 fac-tory where they make nothing but patented sand belt mach-ines, one would naturally think that it had been made possible to sand every piece in the construction of furniture regard-less of shape and with the grain by macuinery, avoiding hand sanding and cleaning, and to a great extent, this it true. The accompanying cut represents a new machine, which they have recently perfected, and in which all furniture, chair, piano and coffin manufacturers will be interested, as it has recently proven the greatest success in the sanding line for up to ten inches in width and can be thrown in any position in order to get at the work and for the convenience of the operator. The horizonaal side carries a sanc1 tJelt up to six inches in width and two men may work on this portion of the machine without conflicting and without interfering with the other half of the machine, on which a third operator may be at work. Sometimes as, many as {our men are found at r THE 6-FINISHES YOU-WANT I THE GRAND RAPIDS STANDARD SHADES , . ,III II ~IIC[lICAN WE HAVE GOLDEN OAK·--No. 1919 Stain and No. 1702 Filler. EARLY ENGUSH··.No. 1652 Stain and No. 506 Filler. WEATHERED OAK---No. 1649 S'.;n. ARTISAN 15 ----_.~ MATCHED THEM FUMED OAK •••No. 547·8 Sta;n. MAHOGANY ••·No. l017-D Stain and No. 29 FilIel". TOONA MAHOGANY -.No. 1658 S,";n and No. 1564 Fill .... NOTE: We will send you working samples with fun instructions for use. Also finished piece&which will show you the correct shades. Write for samples. II ~_._--- The Lawrence-McFadden Company PHILADELPHIA, PA. ._-----_._----------------------.1 work on this machine at one and tJ1C ~ame time without conflicting with each other. It is no longer necessary to do sanding by hand nor to contend with the old disks, drum or spindles; these methods were all right in their time, but their time bas passed, The sanding problem that may be costing manufacturers dollars daily, could be saved by the use of this new machine. One would be astonished in what a short time a manufacturer actually loses the cost of this machine withQut its services, therefore, with this data before your eyes and before laying it aside with good intention to investigate the matter later, do it now by ·writing the manufacturers for their catalog .E. The vVysong & 11ile5 Company, l\'Ianufacturers of patented sand belt machines and mortising machines, Gn"ensboro, N. C. @ * @ Piano Prizes Never Drawn. Y cars ago, it n~atters cot how many, when gift enterprises were more numerous Own temperaTlt:e dn1g stores, a pt·jze was given with every purchase. No cheap goods were car-ried in stock and the manager of the enterprise could \ve11 afford to distribute valuable prizes among the CllstOtnCiS. Envelopes containing $lips, upon which the number of gifts offered were written, were placed in a box, and when a cus-tomer had made a purcha~e he or she was allowed to draw one of the envelopes, open it and give orders for the delivery of tile prize. There were no blanks. Usually the main prize was a piano, but it was never drawn. Owing to this fact many people were impressed with the belief that the box did not contain an envelope ".·.i.th the number of the prize. The lucky number was in the box, but the envelope contain-ing it was laid flat in the hottom of the box., while those con-taining prizes of ordinary value \vere placed in the box in the usual way. The business was broken up by the legal authorities because it was considered a lottery. • Veneer Cutters in Buoyant Spirits. Reports from the veneer cutters indicate a lively season of tra,de. Kot only was the industry characterized by great activity dnring the closing months of the past year, but current demands call for the full operation of the plants. This is especially true of the mahogany branch. The im-port. atlons of mahogany the past year were unusually low causing a reduction in stocks on hand considerably because the demand for mahogany throughout the year was better, comparatively, than the demand for any other veneer. The mahogany people, therefore, feel that with the comparative .--._---------------_._---_.~ ! I i Crawfordsville. India.na. ~------------------:. Montgomery Uardwood Lumber Co. Manufacturers of all kinds of NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER E. S. STERZIK. Prell. • scarcity of stock and the revival in furniture and cabinet work. which calls for more mahogany as welt as for more veneer, toat the mahogany trade has before it what wnI be the biggest and best year on record. Indeed, some of the mahogany people talked with are more enthusiastic over the outlook now than they cv'er have been over the mahogany business. @ * @ The Brower Studio. The Browers -(they might be called the two Johns. but J oho and "Jack" will answer the purpose)-have fitted up a very comfortable studio in the Shepa.rd building in front of the elevator. The Browers are artists of experience, and wilt be pleased to meet merchants needing designs for special pur-poses or decorations for interiors. A royal welcome awaits callers upOn the two J ohos. 16 MICHIGAN .II!!:STABLISH~P 1880 ,"U.L.lsrtIi:D IlIT MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THe: IOTIoj AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OPFICt::-l0B,110.112 NORTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I!NTERlOD IN THE PDSTOFFICE ...r I3lll<ND RAPIDS, MICH" "8 SECOND CL...SS MATTER. The ever increasing scarcity of figured domestic wood has compelled manufacturers of furniture to use gum wood of the south more extensively year by year. Formerly it was not considered fit for use by cabinet rr.akers, but by thorouf{hly seasoning 3.11d quartering the timber it has been rendered quite tractable. The wood has many names, the states in which it grows contributing to the list. However Tupelo is generally consldered all approprlate and satisfadory name, and its general adoption will follow_ In addition to several latin names it is known as sltin vl"alnut, and Caucasian wal-nut, because it has he en the white man's burden and ever will be unless he has learned how to make it t:ike its proper place and stay there. 1Tr. Crissey 'of the Sta.r Furniture Company refused to adopt the title Caucasian walnut. "The wood does not grow in the Caucasus, it is oat walnut and the name docs not honestly designate the nature of the tim-ber." It may have occurred to !'vir. Crissey that to call the timber "white ma.n's ,valnut" would retard the sale of his goods in Porto Rico, the Phillippines aod other sections of the United States not inhabited to any considerable extent by white men. Of' Of' The furniture manufacturers of Grand Rapids are con-ducting their business on lines not far removed from that of the hotel keepers. Spacious rooms fitted up especially for the purpose in the factories are used for serving meals to sojourning buyers and a number have i.nc\.ltI"ed the ex-pense of fitting up very elaborate bedrooms. These are not as yet used for sleeping purposes, but as furnished they might be made ready for occupancy with very tittle expense. The manufacturers are noted for their hospitality and in the effort to please their guests it would not be surprising if the factory of the future (not far distant perhaps) were equipped with the necessary conveniences to entertain customers dur-ing their stay in the city without expense. "to "t" John Mowatt, the superintendellt of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, recently recalled the fact that thirty years ago, when furniture wa.'i sold and shipped unfinished, the 111anu{acturers, on account of their ability to turn over their capital every sixty days, realized brger profits than they do today. The delays, annoyances and losses attending the processes of finishing goods were sustained by the retailers. The goods were not well finished, the average retailer not having at his command the shop room and facilities deemed necessary hy the trade of today for finishing furniture as it should be. Mr. Mowatt recalled one firm which em-ployed $50,000' capital, realizing a profit of $85,000 on its out-put, of twelvE'. months, thirty years ago. "Arts and crafts is a. modification of the mission style," remarked a young man \\lho knows all about styles in furn-iture. "But" he added, "the mission cabinet work of today is so superior to that of the monkish workers in wood of past centuries, that they would be ashamed of their lack of skill if given an opportunity. to inspect a twentieth century sample of mission work. ARTISAN Beds of wood are steadily returning to the favor of the public. Brass and iron beds have had a long run, but the tall post and Napoleon styles in wood are stndily crowding the metal bed into the back ground. For hospitals, asylums and houses of detention the metal bed naturally is preferred, but so long as furniture is made of wood the beds of the saqtematerial should be considered the most desirable. "t" Sales of mahogany finished light arc not so strong as in the past. It may have had its day. @ * @ IDLE CARS INCREASE. Railway Association Reports 332,513 Now Out of Use on Various Lines. The largest increase in the number of idle cars which the ra.ilroadshave reported since tJ--:eturn in the tide of traffic which came last May, was revealed in the statement of the Committee on Car Efficiency of the American Railway Assoc-iation for the fortnight ended Jan. 6, made public yesterday, Dming the last week of December and the first week oJ January the number of idle cars increased by over 111,000 cars, bringing the total idle equipment in this country and Canada up to 332,513 cars. This is the largest .number of cars which have been re-ported idle since June 10, last. It is within about 80,000 of the number of cars reported idle on April 29, last, when the maximum was reached, but on that date there was also an ab-normal number of cars undergoing repairs estimated author-itatively at about 200;000 cars, making a total idle list of about 600,000 cars at that time. Kow. on the other hand, the num-her of shop cars is nearer normal, say about 100,000 cars, so that the actual number of idle cars is perhaps 175,000 less than it was at the end of last April. The let-up in traffic due to the holiday season is adva.nced as one of the factors which contributed to the large increase in idle cars at the close of last year and the beginning of this. Railroad men said yesterday that conditions have im-proved somewhat since the da.te of this report and that there are now fewer idle cars than there were on Jan. 6. @ * @ POE'S DESK UNEARTHED. Writing Case Once Used by the Poet Now in a Book Store. A desk that ':ias once owned by Edgar Allen Poe has been on exhibition for several days in the windows of a Wall Street book store. The desk is a small portable affair of a fashion long out of use.. It is neatly made of mahogany, wi.th brass mountings. That the desk was Poe's there is said to be no question, for its history has been carefully traced. The desk ,was for several years, after the poet's death, the property afMr,;. Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law. From her it passed into the hands of Amos Bardwell Bayvl'-ard, who, with his wife. were intimate friends of Mrs. Ctemm, The desk was sold for the first time at auction, with several other ar~ tides and books of Poe's, in this city on April 17, 1906. bringing about $100. In the desk originally was a volume of George P. ).1:orris's poems and ballads, a presentation from the author to Edgar Allan Poe, bearing 1\'lr. 'j,1:orris's autograph. This book was sold separately at the same time with the old desk, and brought $25, and eventually found its way into Henry "'tAr. Poor's library, which is nOw being sold a.t the Anderson book salesrooms. At the sale of the third p<trt of the Poor library last week this identical book was sold, with a few first editions of roe's works, but. following the vagarie& of book auction prices, only brought $6,~N.y, Times. @ * @.l Even the money stringency doesn't seem to interfere with the wages of sin. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 17 ...-- ------.... I I List of BuyersI Do you want it? List of Buyers ..----------------_ ..... IW~~~el 1 Do you want it? I R~,~e~'~a~c;:~f I II Ho::n~~:~~~nning water and long dia-tanee 'phone3 in all roomll. ! " 200 ,~=.100 m>h bath. Single or en suite. R ..tes$I·OO aad upwards I list of BuyersI l~~~~ -1 Do you want it? If so send in your order with 25 cents at once. List of Buyers Michigan Artisan CO. I . II D N. Division SI., Gra_n_d_R_a_pi_ds, Mich. 1I • ..-- ---------_._--_.--.., I WIlBN IN DBTROIT STOP ~T I~~~~~~I;;~~;~~ En the Centerof the Thealre. Shop~ I pini. and Busin&lS District. A Ja Cute Cafe Newest and Fine.t Grill I Roorn in the City. dubBreakfast _ ~ _ 40c up I Luncheon - - • • 50c I Tabk d'hote Dinners - 75c Music flom 6 P. M. 10 12 P. M. I I Every room haa II. privlJ.te bl\th. : EUROPEAN PLAN ! ' Ratell: $1.50 per day and up. .... I L. W. TULLER, Prop. M. A. SHAW, Me:1" ....---------------_._-_. r pai6r'S patRnt ijlUino ()JafflDS~ I - II I I i I I I ! I Mr. Manufacturer: Do yoU ever consider what joint gluing costs1 The separators and wooden wedges. if YOIl use them and man? do, life a large ilem of expense accounts; but this is Wl811oornpared 10 wage account. of workuren who wear !hem out with a hammer, and then a large per cenl <;If the joinb are failures by the irn;eeulity of this means. RESULT, it hll6 10 be doac Oller ae-ain, if posibJe. If you U!Ie independent ~crew clamps the result is better. but slower. allogether too slow. Let us tell you of i<Jmethini' betlec. PALMER'S CLAMPS. All 6ted a'nd iron. No wedges. no separalors~ adjust to any width. damp instantly Yet lIeClirely, rdeaaell even I faster. P06itively ODe-third more work with one·third leSi helP. In seven sizes up to 60 inches. any lhicknes! up to 2 inches, 200 facmes in 1906. Wby nol you in 1908;> Althoullh sold by dealers evel'Ywhere lei us $l!:DdyOU palbculat1. ft. E. Palffi6r & Sons, Owosso. MiGh. FORElGN AGENTS: Proietl& Co., LmJCJon.~, Schuchardt &: Schu\te., Berlin. German)'. ~ . 18 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • [ ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VARNISH I White-the Emblem of Purity--our White Maple Polishing Varnish is Pure-and the WHITEST GOODS on the market. It dries to recoat every other day; can be rubbed and polished in four to five days. Ask (or testing sample. VARNISH COMPANY TOLEDO, OHIO • I l Golden Age of Varnish. Varnish may be said to have reached its golden age-its age of finest quality and supreme virtuc-:--whcn, after having been confined in the ageing tank by the maker and finally received by the- fmishcr and shelved for a time sufficient to settle it out and give it the proper degree of mellowness" it goes upon thc"surface rich in the elemental pro-perties that make it at once the most delicate and the most indispensable articles used 'iirf\hc economy of wood finishing. That a great quantity of varnish fmds consumption in the finishing shop 'which in no mentionable degree measures up to the above specifications goes without saying, and this fact contributes directly and substantiaJIy to the inferior re-sults credited in all quarters of the country to the finisher. Varnish should not be used-indeed, need not be used-until it approximates a fairly perfect article, if such a thing be possible,. even· in the advanced science of varnish making. The golden age of varnish, if we rightly understand it, is an age in its life before use when, like the butter from Orange County, it is "prime"-that is to say, of proper age and uniformly balanced throughout. In the matter of giving it age as well as in the science of 'imparting to the varnish all those qualities and functions vitally essential to its com-position, the varnish maker is, of course, responsible. For all of these things together with the cost of the raw mater-ial, the manufacturer is duly and, we may be sure, fairly rewarded. After reteption of the varinsh by the finisher, the golden age of the. preaious material is affected for good or ill, for better or for W;.:>'h5'e, :,t,.y the method of curing, housing and handling it practiced bY'.the user or craftsman in charge of it. If he places, ~tin stora,ge, as he avowedly should, upon shelf room half V\7;\ji'::' or more -between floor and ceiling in an apartment heated; when heat is required, to a standard tem-perature of 70 degrees Fahr., and is used directly from such shelves without chilling, shaking or mixing it, he should, other things. being equal, be able to get satisfactory results. It is scarcely necessary here to state that the most superb varnish-the varnish not only of the golden age, but of the priceless virtues-may, after having been groomed and fitted for the surface with consummate skill, be utterly ruined by rough usage, neglect of necessary precautions, or by mixing with another varnish. Varnish should not, like the unpalata-ble medicine, be' shaken up before use. There is sufficient temper in varnish to "stir' it up"-make it cantankerous, in fact-if gripped with two strong hands and shaken vigor-ously, as, some finishers have a habit of doing. And the mixing of varnish has, been denounced by the most competent authorities-the varnish - makers. It is a practice opposed to the chemical and scientific principles in-volved in the manufacture of varnish, and it introduces an element of uncertainty into the product with which, in this age of competition, no self-respecting finisher can afford to deal. If varnish has rea.ched its golden age, then, vedly, after all the care and coddling lavished Upon it, the surroundings in which it is flowed upon the surface should be of a char~ acter to assist directly in giving it a clean body and an un~ challenged lustre. At best, the v<lrnish room is hardly on a par with the character of the varnish used within it. Readers of this article may travel far and wide without, finding an adequately suitable varnish room-one in which all the conditions an perfected; Ventilation and light and cleanliness and heat are far too often neglected and obsolete factors, whereas the very opposite of all these should prevail, and in good truth must·prevail, if the golden age of varnish would be respec-ted and its highest development made secure. Certainly the· varnish maker has played well his partin the drama of varnish evolution, and the wonderfully fash-ioned material speaks eloquently of his attainments. It remains for the painter to play his part eqnally well, secur-ing so far as possible those conditions of greatest advantage to the development of varnish. Thus will its golden age prOve an imperishable age.-Ex. @ * @ Slow in Posting Tariffs. Some railroads have been unable to comply with an order issued last June by the interstate commission relative to the posting of ta,riffs, owing to their inability to obtain the tariffs of other lines in which they are participants, and to some extent, to complete all their own files owing to their supply of schedules having been exhausted. This matter having been brought to the attention of the commission, it has been ordere.d that any carrier requiring an extension of time, prior to Feb. 15; may file formal app(i-cation, but good cause must be shown for modification of the original order, au·d that it has been complied with in all other respects. The order is not to apply to express or shipping car companies that are amenable to the law, separate orders covering them having been iSStlCd. The commissioner does not favor an extension beyond July 1 next. @ * @ Screw Hole Plugs and Buttons. In addition to several patterns and sizes of spiral grooved and bevel pointed dowel pins, beaded legs and stretchers for chair makers, beaded and rope chair spindles, the Steph-enson l'vIanufacturing company, of South Bend, Ind., manu-facture screw hole plugs and buttons in many sizes and shapes. Thoroughly dry stock is used and the tenons are uniform in size and guaranteed to fit standard bits. Turned drawer stops and drawer pulls are important features of the company's manUfacture. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.; ENCRAVERS BY ALL PROCESSES. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 19 1'\ G U M 0 R I E D F L A T "The Veneer \Vorks Process is the only system in our €x-pedenee that '''ill dry gum box boards without \'larping." JOI-:/N A. BAIN, Pres. Bajn Wagon Co., Dated 9-11-'08. 'Voodstock, Onto "\Ve consider gum among the most difficuIt of all kinds- of lumber to kiln dry, and we cannot ask i'wything more successful in drying this lumber Ulan the Gt-and Rapids Veneer \Vorks Pro-cess." HA,-VKS FCRNITURE CO.. Dated 9-15-'08. Goshen, Ind. By drying gum flat and plump we have given wood-workers an enormous supply of inexpensive raw material. Get your share of the resulting profit by installing a Veneer Works Dry Kiln Grand Rapids Veneer Worh.s GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHY THIS FIRM WON. Answered Questions Without Blowing Its Own Horn. Out in ~he middle west there is a huge manufacturing company, the largest in the world in that lilW, it is said, but it 'has numerous enterprising competitors, all of whom ad-vet'tise liberally. But this company advertises too, and for yea.rs its appro-priation has been made on an unusual plan. The rule gen-erally 'with such expenditures is to set aside a stated sUIll each ycar--sometimes all arb.itr<1ry amount, sometimes a per-centage of profits for the last twelvemonth. This concern, however, recognizes that publicity money is to be spent to influence next year's business-not last year's, So the gross amount of next year's trade is estimated as closely as possible, 311d then a certain percentage of that con-stitutes the advertising appropriation. Before the depression of 1907-08 developed, says the critic, this company's business had grown at such a rate that the annual percentage y.ielded more money than could be spent to advantage along the established lines of the hOllse. ,"l\"ow, had we better reduce our percentage;" asked the directors. "Or sball we seek new channels for spending the surplus of the same percentage? T i so, what channels are best?" They wanted information-honest advice. A dozen questions calculated to bring it out were drawn upatid submitted to every advertising tlrm in the country. Si:)lllC did not give any opinion. 1Iost of them replied, how-ever, and usually at considerable lcngth. Among the latter was just one, it is said, that gave fnll replies to the questions and said nothing about itself. Other advertising firms saw an opportunity to get profitable new business. They therefore gave full particulars about them-selves, and in some cases sent salesmen to see the manu-facturing concern's directors. A few were so intent on ex-plaining who they were that they neglected the (luestions. In the end it t\ras decided to spend the surplus, not reduce the percentage. The firm that said nothing about itself got the account. @ * @ Makes the Strong Man Wise. Genius, th;lt power which dnzzles mortal eyes, Is oft but perseverance in disguise. Continuous effort of itself implies, In !'ipite of countless falls, the pm",·er to rise. 'Twixt failure and success the print's so fine, 11en sometimes know not when they touch the line; Just \vllCtl the pearl is waiting one more pl1tllge. How many a struggler has thrown up the sponge! As the tide goes dear out, it comes clear in; In business 'tis at turns the wisest w.in; And, oh, how true when shades of doubt dismay, "'Tis often darkest just before the day." A little morc pcrsistallce, courage, vim, Success will dawn o'er failure's cloudy rim. Then take this honey ior the bitterest cup; Tllere is no failure save in giving up, 1\0 real fall as long as one still tries, For seeming set-backs make the strong man "\\'Ise, There'" no defeat in truth save from within; Unless you're beaten there, you're bound to ·win. @ * @ Varnish Specialties. The Acme \'Vhite Lead and Color \;Vorks of Detroit, Mich., are offering to the trade "three winners in varnisn." "Paradox rubbing," a high grade, quick rubbing varnish; "Furniture Coach," described as ';thc kind you will buy again," and "Ti-Ki Lac," '·'the best first and second coater," The varnish department of this organi;,:ation will furnish full information regarding these superior goods. 20 MICHIGAN An "Old Saw" -Amended. George Frederic Stratton, a writer for the Saturday Even-ing Post, proposes an amendment to the old saw, "Mon~y makes the mare go," or in language more ornate but seldom used by sensible people, "the coin of the realm induces the equine of the female gender to proceed." Mr. Stratton em-ploys a number of instances in the history of business to sup-port the amendment offered by himself, in which he declares that "man" in these buoyant and better days, "makes the mare go." In his presentation of the proposition Mr, ·Strat-ton recalls a once famous merchant, C. R .i\Jabley, of Detroit, now occupying his final home. th. Stratton discusses Mr. Mabley's venture in the furniture trade a.s follows: Twenty-five years Charles R. Mabley was known as the clothing king of the middle west. He hatf stores in Cleve-land, Toledo, Detroit, and one or two smaller towns. He was' a pioneer in sensational advertising methods, a splen-did business man, a.nd had made a fortune before he was forty. To employ some idle capital he dec.ided to exploit furniture, and stocked up an elaborate store with the finest line ever seen in Detroit. Eighteen months a.ftcrward he stretched a canvas across the front of that store, inscrihed in the following characteristic style: **************** I Know the Clothing Business Up and >I< * Down and Through the Middle, * * BUT * * I Don't Know a-'Blamed Thing About * * Furniture, and I'm Not Going to * * Sink Any More Money in * * Learning. * * This Entire Stock Will be Sold at Auc- * * tion, Commencing Next Monday and >I< * ContinUing Daily Until Even the Pack- * * ing Cascs are Closed Out! * *************** The stock was sold and the key turned in the lock, when a quiet, unassuming man from Kalamazoo came along amI ar-ranged to take the unexpired lease. He brought in a moder-ate stock of furniture, hired one of the fanner clerks and in-stalled his wife at the desk. In three years he was carrying as fine a stock as Mabley had carried, and doing a larJt.':, profitable business-a striking illustration, again, that the money is in the m.an rather than in the business. Mr, Stratton also gives a brief history of the development of the ferry and pleasure boat business in Detroit, one of the best paying enterprises in the middle west. No one paying a visit to Detroit in the summer time fails to take one of the pleasure steamers to Belle Isle Park, Grosse Isle, Sandwich or Walkerville and return. It is a delightful experience. Mr. Stratton proceeds as follows: "At about the same per-iod in the history of Detroit the ferryboats running across to the Canadian town of \Vindsor were owned by an English-man named Horn, who also ran a somewhat noted saloon on the wharf, The boats were tw~ in number, small side-wheelers, unattractive and uncomfortable, with twelve-inch plank seats affixed to the sides and in odd corneTS. As the boats were proving unprofitable, Horn, after trying for two years to sell out, declared that he would take them--off the tun and surrender his franchise. His eldest son who had been a lake tug-captain for two or three years, ca~e home at the close of navigation and persuaded his fa.ther to put in more money and build a new boat. The old man consented only when his son, who was his idol, agreed to stay at home and manage the line. The boat was built from the young captain's plans, and nearly paid for itself in the first season. "The upper deck was absolutely dear from stem to stern with the exception of the cased-in smokestack. On the deck were seats for four hundred people, everyone being a com- ARTISAN fortable rocker or folding armchair. Not a plank scat or campstool -was allowed on that boat. "The regular ferry fare was five cents, and Captain Horn issued ten-cent return tickets which gave the privilege of staying on board as long as one wished. Every :fine after-noon, from early summer tmtil la,te fall, that upper deck was filled with women who brought their sewing or their books, and often their babies in carriages-for which no extra charge was made-and rode back and forth on the mile run across the beautiful river. A man was stationed at the stair-case to run those baby~carriages up and down. In the even-ings the boat was crowded with young people, enjoying, for ten cents, a river ride lasting until eleven o'clock. "Two hundred and fifty passengers was the afternoon av-erage, and twice that number for the evenings. The income, at ten cents each,' was dear profit, for the regular ferry pas-sengers and teams paid the expenses. The young captain had seen what no other man had then seen, that the combina-tion of ferry business with excursions had splendid possibili-ties. "During the five following years four new boats of the same type ,,,ere added, and there was scarcely a day through the summer when one Or two of them were not chartered for all-day picnics. The type of boat which Captain Horn d~- signed a11dhis method of managing them are in USe today by the company which succeeded him, and which owns the finest fleet of local excursion steamers on the Great Lakes," Two brothers, partners in the insurance business in Buf-falo, had advanced some money to a manufacturer of bed-springs. The business went wrong and, in order to pro-tcct themselves, the insurance men had to take it Over and dose it 11p. One of the brothers handled the matter, and, although he knew so little of manufacturing that, as he said, a "line shaff' and a "buzz saw" were synOnomOllS terms to him, before he had proceeded far with the closing-up proce".,; he told his brother that be thought he would try a little build-ing- up. He hired a good shop foreman and devoted himself to the office work, with the result that in a few months he was making some ,veIl-advised changes and improvements in his equipment. And the business was gratifyingly successful from that time on. ' @ * @ Grand Ra.pids will rank hereafter as the leading market in upholstered furniture. In addition to the seven strong local lines, there will be found on sale in January the 'best products of the best upholsterers in New York, Brooklyn, Milwaukee, Toledo, Jamestown and other furniture centers. In the number and the quality of lines exhibited Grand Rap-ids will be pre-eminent hereafter. " ALHOlCOM5&CO@ MANUFACTURERS 1')'10 DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAmING-5ATI5fACTION GUARANTEED CITIZE:NSPHONE.1239 27 N MARKE:T Sf ~. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. II MICHTGAN j\RTISAN 21 ------._------_. -------------~ Cabinet Makers In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in BARNES' == HAND and FOOT POWER === MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. w. P. & John Barnes Co. -------------,---------- II I ___ , -1 .!.. ---------------~ MANUFACTURERS OF II HARDWOOD VLUENMEBEERRS&. IIIII I• SPECIALTIES: ~1.'Y!fETIQUAR. OAK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. MaiR St., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ....-_. ----'" I I I Morton House: ! (AmericanPlan) Rates $2.50 and Up. ! I ff 0!u~'!Plan)~~n/!d.~!!: I I GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I : I I J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. .--------,--------------~I I....._-----------,-------' OUr'New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The sllOllpest, most powerful, and in every way the best ma~hitle of its Jdn.d ever made, for lipping, cross--cutting, bonng and grOOVlIlg. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pal:1t~ndfor 506 is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD . ------.... These saws are t made from No. 1 I Steel and we war-l rant every blade.! We also carry a full stock of Bev- t eled Back. Scroll I' Saws, any length and gauge. I-----'"I '''rUe us for Price List aud dlHOunt 31-33 S. FRONT ST". GRAND RAPIDS ~~------------------- MACHINE. KNIVES , PROMPT SERVICE I AS,SOLUTE GUARANTEE I I• PERFECT QUALITY RIGHT PRICES Dado or Grooving Heads. Miter Machines. UniVIt'rsa1 :WoodTrimmers. Borlng Machines. Et,.;:. 22 - - -- -- ------------ MICHIGAN ARTISAN • ALL OF THE ABOVE MACHINES ARE IN FINE ORDER. C. C. WORMER MACHINERY CO., 98 Woodbridge St.! Defroif, Mich. "Clement" Double End Tenoning Machine. "Clement" No, 4 ~. 30 Incb Cabinet Planer, "Berlin" Cabinet Makers Double Cut-off Saw. "Royal Invincible" 36 Inch Triple Drum Sander, "Invincible" 36 Inch Triple Drum Sander. "Fay" 24 Incb Drum Sander! mg~f:te'{s,AND "Clement" Double Bell Sand Belt Macbine. "Fay" . Two SpJndle Dowel Borer, LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS ON DECLINE. Employment of Children Falls off 21 Per Cent. Alba.ny, Jan. 19-That he is fair to both sides in the en-forcement of the state labor laws, is the statement made by John 'Villiams, state commissioner of labor, in his annual report to the legislature. During the year ending Sept. 30, 1908, there were 50,396 regular inspections as compared with 46,816 in 1907. Persecutions for violation of the law in5titu-tued during the year numbered 743, showing a greater, ac-tivity in connection with prosecutions than in any other corresponding period in the history of the department. "There is no disposition on our part," says the report, ;;to extend unduly the rigid requirements of our statutes; on the other hand, we are not allowing the question of the money cost of an improvement to outweigh the right of men, women and children whose conditions of employment arc affected by the eviJ of danger to be remedied. In other words we conceive it to be our duty to administer the factory laws so as to ac-complish the end sought in their enactment, namely: to safe-guard the moral and physical welfare of all factory employes. Every other interest must be subordinate to that central thought, \\'here there is room for an honcst diffcrence of opinion we seek the fullest measure of information obtain-able, recognized the right of progressive manufacturers to be heard and. that it would be against public policy to unduly hamper the development of industry." Upon the departments orders 1,633 children found iilegally employed were discharged. In 414 cases employers were prosecnted for such illegal employment. The falling off in child labor generally from the figures of 1907 was 21 pcr cent while illegal child labor fell off 34 pet ceni. The commission reports serions difficulty, however, in en-forcing the law in the canning industry (fruit and vegetables). Prosecutions in this industry for a number of glaring viola-tions of the law relating to "V omen and children proved "al-most a waste of time," says the commissioner, owing either to the local prejudice of court or jury in favor of the canner, or to the effect of the opinion of former Attorney-General Mayer, that the employment of young children in "sheds" connected with canneries is not illegal. The last legislature established a state official known as medical inspector of factories. and, his efforts the past year were mainly devoted to determining conditKllls as to venti-lation in various factories by measurement of the proportion of carbonic acid gas in the air. In" all 430 tests of air in 136 different workrooms were made. Twelve parts of carbonic acid gas in 10,000 volumes of air is regarded as the maxi-mum if air is to be wholesome for breathing. Btlt a ta.bula-tion of the medical inspector's tests shows proportions fre-quently two or three times greater than this, and in some cases five or six times grea.ter. The· commis'sibncr urges the need of a ventilating engineer to supplement the work of the medical inspector. @ * @ Some Generations Hence. "Why are the trees all chopped away?" The little fellow said: "vVhy do the streams go dry "...hiJe sunshine's bea.ting over-head?" His father said: "It is because the 111mbermen sO gay Each had an ax to grind and WelS a cutup in his way!" @ * @ To Manufacture Musical Instruments. The Greene Music company was organized recently at Somerville, N. J., by Arthur H. Greene and others for the' purpose of engaging in the manufacture of pianos and organS: The company's capital is $10.000. IY; y;1 BARRETT'S PRIME SHELLAC VARNISH I y; 1!:Fi y; made from strictly pure Shellac Gum cut in Specially Denatured or y; y; Wood Alcohol. The results of 25 years' experience in the importa- y; tion of gums, in the use of solvents, and in the manufacture of varnish y; embodied in "Barrett's Prime." Ask for samples and prices. !:fi Y; y;1 M. L. BARRETT &. CO., y; !:Fi 219 LAKE ST•• CHICAGO MICHIGAN ARTISAN r,-.-.---------------·-------- II 23 THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY It makes a perfect imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other 50-called machine or pads on the market. That's Why It's a Money Maker. It Imitates Perfectly. 50 Machines Sold last Year 50 More Satisfied Manufacturers Plain or Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Walnut. Elm. Aah or any other wood with open grain. Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co. For Prices and Full Particulars. Mention the Mic::higanArtisan. Write the Detroit, Mich. Questions of Importance. Is it prolltable ior U1C owner of a [neto!"y "\viLh a capa,city amounting to $150,000 per annum to make a diversil1ed line? \i\,Tbat importance is bis .competition ..v..ith a line of 200 pieces against a ma,llufactueer with a capacity of $500,000 per annum, making a line of 1,000 pieces? If a manufacturer of a divcrsitlccl line offers to the COll-sideration of buyers thirty patterns of dressers, 110W much trade should he reasonn,hly ex.pect \vben a competitor plac:es on the market ninety dressers equally as "\-"ell made and with a greater variety of styles? \Vould it be profitable for the o\vner of a moderate: sized factory to operate the same in the production of a line of dressers of a single style-say sixty patterns of colonial dressers and chiffoniers, or tall post bcdsteads? Kat m(lny years ago "Ed" 1torley gained his 110m de plume. "carload," hy selling the products of a factory locatcd in Rochester, N. Y" making chamber suites in one style. A factory in Memphis, Tenn" earned a Jot of profit for its o"vncr, '.vhen it was operated in the production of a single C,heap dresser. It suited the requiremcnts of a certain c1a~~s of trade, which bought it in carload lots. A few years ago a manufacturer located in Chicago, man-ufactured music cabinets in one pattern and sold them in thousand lots. The profits he gained v,'ere squandered in the wheat pit and caused his r('tircment from tIle furnitun', busi-ness. The above facts suggest that small the manufacturer call-- not operatc profitably in th~ pt'odtlcing of extensive lines, ;wet that, as in other branches of business, the hig fellow has de-cided ndvantagcs when he enters the markets. @ * @ Not Considered Suitable for Crating. Clarence R. Hills, the well known dcsig'llCl" of furniture recalls a trip he made through tltC southern states a few 1 years ago when his attention was called to gum or Tupelo lumber. "It was not considered fit for crating," Mr. Hills ex-plained, "and was sold so cheap tbat it was hardly worth while for any olle to handle it. During the past two years it has been used moderately by the furniture makers of the northern states for drawee work and cheap furniture, but whjje the lumber is very handsome, the trade has not taken it up with confidence. Two years ago I made the design for a fine dining room suite in Tupelo 'for a prominent man-tliadurec, but after it had been made ready for the market he did not have confidence in the wood that would .varrant his offering it to the-trade. ';\\lith a solution of the problem of properly drying the lumber Mr. Hills predicts that there would be a growing demand for Tupelo furniture, @ * @) It Will Always he a Sheraton. Charley \Vcst, of Des 1\1nines, Iowa, ~topped in his tour through one of the big furniture exhibition buildings in GnUlc1 Rapids to admire a chamber suite,. constructed in the style of ShCl'atoll. "\Vhen I move to my new store I shall buy a Sheraton suite. r shall not carc whether I find a buyer for it or not for I admire Sheraton. If it fails to sell T shall have the pleasure of looking at it frequently, It will :dways ha\'e the expressjon of Sheraton and if it should stay in the store ten years it will never become (t, sticker in my mind. It will always please me, because I shall never Jose my love for the art of Sheraton. @ * @ The maturing of plans for the erection of additional furn-iture cxpo,sition buildings iJ1 Gr<lIld Rapids annoy the ma.na-gel's of exposition enterprises in otber furnitttr'e centers, The drift toward Grand Rapids is steadily growing stronger and the prestige gained gives the Michigan city the leading posi-tion in the marketing of furniture. 24 MICHIGAN A TAME LION. An Experience of the New Man. Whew! \-Vhat do you know about this? Left Abbington late last night, and say I was scared stiff when I hit that town-so stiff my hair broke when I took my hat off. I won't need a haircut for six weeks. They all told me what a terrible man that big merchant was, and I was some ·worried when I found myself on the depot platform. Right ahead pf me I could see a big store and across the front of that store I could see the sign: *********** * * JAMES Q. PEERS. ********* ** I looked about for some other store to tackle first, but didn't see any. I wanted to get limbered up before I went into action with a terror, But there was nothing to do but buck Up. trust in providence and shut my eyes. \rVhen I got to the door I set my grips down and wiped my perspiring forehead. I was cold and clammy, all right. Finally I mustered up what I have always referred to as my courage and walked inside. It was a big store and no mis· take, and there were not very many people in just then. Fact is, I was hoping there'd be a few, so I could have a dis-traction for the old gentleman if he should get too much enraged and try to chew my ear off. I looked around cau-tiously. There he stood talking to a farmer's wife. He was not very tall, but qf good heft-had shoulders like the circus strong man. His hair was grizzled; his beard was heavy and unkempt. His eyes looked out from under his shaggy brows, and it seetnedto me that they shot fire and that his nostrils dilated as he got a scent that reminded him of a sales-man. The evening before, some of the choice spirits on the roa,d, that I met on the train, had regaled me with tales of what this particular town held in store for me. They had told me of one fellow that had been thrown out bodily, another that had been kicked out and of still another who had run for his life. I took it all with a little salt, of course, because I thought they'd try to get me scared. In spite of the sodium chloride they had succe.eded very well, though. After a while the farmeress moved on and I felt those cold, sharp eyes hit me like a dipperful of icy water. I of-fered up four silent but earnest prayers, and faltered for-ward. "What'll ye have?"- he growled, sizing me up, I thought, ferociously, picking out the places where a crack with a wagon spoke would hurt worst; I managed to stammer out that I was traveling for The House, and that I thought maybe he'd be in line for some goods. Before I could say any more, he snapped his teeth and told me gruffly to come baek again at 1 o'clock, when there wouldn't be anybody around. I thanked him and told him I'd be there. But, honest, I didn't intend to show up. I thought, what's the use of tempt-ing fate. Pm out and still sound in wind and limb. Will I go back? Not on your tintype! I found two more stores in town and got one for a,n order, but not a very big one. As noon passed I got more and more anxious. Should I at' should I not? At last, I worked myself up to hero size and went back atld walked in just as the clock struck one, He looked up from the paper he was reading, and grunted. "Thought you wasn't eomin' back," he said, "Why, I said I would, didn't I?" "Yes, you said it, but you didn't look it." That seemed so mild that I started in about some of thr. goods, and to keep my upper lip stiff, I opened Up, keeping l ARTISAN up a shower of gab all the time for fear I'd lose my nerve and bolt for it. He sat still, eyeing me and never said .a word till I ran down, Then he shrugged his shoulders and said: "Set down." There was a chair there and I sat down, waiting for the torture to commence. i<Got yer pencil an' paper ready?" he snarled. In a daze I produced 'em. Then he reeled off one of the best orders I've taken yet. I wrote and wrote and wrote, and finally he snapped out that that was all. I scrambled to my feet, packed my grips and started out. He called out to me before I got to the door. "Come back here, you," and back I went, «Hev a seegar," he said, producing a black one about :) foot long. I took it and poked it into the corner of my mouth. "What's the matter with ye?" he queried. i<Takill' down with grip? You look sorter peekish. Got any quinine:" I found my tongue again after a while and told him I was all right and thanked him for the order.' He showed all his teeth and he had two httndred, it looked bke. "Some of the fresh guys must a been stttffin' ye about me," he hazarded. I acknowledged that he was correct. "Come on back on' set awhile an' I'll ten ye how about," he volunteered, so we squatted by the side of the stove and he told me. He said that about four years before a real sassy drummer marched into his store when it was full of customers. It was a busy time and he had just stocked up pretty heavily. Be-sides which he had the toothache combined with a dose of cramps and one of his feet had chilblains. A smooth chap had worked a bogus dollar on him the day before, and the house this man traveled for had loaded him up with goods he could not sell. The j'drummcr" stayed by him and would not take no for an answer, and at last, in desperation, he had ordered him out of the store, emphasizing what he said with violent gestures. And that story had grown and grown until it was the side of the mountain back of us. That and his surly appearanc~. He felt sort of bad about it, he said. Said his neighbors knew he was good at heart and that he wouldn't hurt a living soul. Declared that, while his looks were fierce, he wasn't altogether to blame, but he said that, while he didn't minJ cutting the wing feathers of a few of the real sassy boys, he felt it wasn't hardly right to have that kind of a reptttatiol1, and when he saw I was ready to dodge every time he moved he decided to set himself right for once. The old man had a streak of humor in him somewhere, or he remarked that the situation was not without his compensation sometimes Why, before I got through there, he was calling me Bob and I was calling him Jim. Went out for supperl "supper," mind you. this time, and We had a regular love feast. He is all right, is Jim, and he told me never to pass him out. W-~ cottoned to each other from the word go. On the train out I met up with another traveler. He grinned when he saw me and asked me what I got. I told him offhand that I 'got a good order out of Jim. He grinnect and said I was a cheerful one, but he was glad to see me still ut1crippled. I had an impulse to show him the order, but on second thoughts I didn't. It isn't good policy and besides why not have Jim keep his reputation? Won't the boys at The House open their peepers when they see that order, though I Well, I've learned one lesson, and thafs not to believ~ everything I hear. Also, I l1ave discovered that retail mer-chants <'Iregood hearted folk:s down at the bottom. Further_ more, I am convinced that freshness does not pay a knight of the grip. Two more towns and then I'm headed for home and, it seems to me, a few words of commendation from the Big Noise of The House.-The Oregon Tradesman. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 25 .- ------ ---., ...------------- -----., ~~!~;;}!¥!.1~~:~~\!I;~lc~~S. They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn ow-ing to the gradual clearance (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair anrl be CQnBinced. Catalogue 1',To.10 and ]J'rices on aplJliration. I I M02~~~~w~2eq.?Ch~g~8NS, ! .._------ ------- ---_... 1,1,-----~ 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE \VlTH 12, 15,20 AND 2ii SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW DOVETAILING GEAR MACIiINE This little machine has clone more to perfect the nrawer work of furniture manufacturers than anything else in the funliture trade. For fifteen years it hllS made perfect-filting-, vermin-proof, dove-tailed stock a possibility. This has been accomplished at reduced cost, as the machill~ cuts dove-tails in gangs or from 9 to 24 at one operation. ALEXANDER DODDS. Grand Rapids. Michigan. Reprelented by Scbuchart & Scbulte, at Berlin, Vienna .....Stockholm and St. Petersbu~. Representative by Alfred H. Schutte at Cologne, I:5russels,Liege, Paris, Milan /lnd Bilboa. Represented in Great Bntian and Ireland by the Oliver Machinery Ca" F. S. TbompsOD, Mil'" 201.203 DeallSi3te. Maneld:er, Endand. B0YNT0N ex. C0. Manufadurenof Embosl~d and I Turned Mould- ;.g., Embo.~ I ed and Spindle Carvinh, and Automatic Turnina-I. We also manu-fadure a latlle line I of Emboued f Ot._me.'. £ot I Couch Work. ,• 419-421 W. fifteenth St., C"ICAGO.ILL "Rotary Style" lor Drop Ca.rvlngs. Embossed Mouldlnp. Panels. l\lacblnes for aU purpose~. aud at prices within the reach of 1111. Every machine has OQI' guarantee p.galnst breakage lor one year. "LRteral Style" for large eupaclty heavy Carvlo&"s and Deep Emt...osslngs. We have the Machine YOU ''lillot at II satisfactory prl~e. Write for deiWriptive circulars. Al80 make dles fof' all makes 01 Ma.- ('bloes. UNION EMBOSSING M4C"INE CO.. Indianapolis. Ind. 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN U you do not know the "Oliver" wood working ·Iools, you ·had' beller give us your address and have us tell you all ahouttheQl. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first coSt 01 which is considerable, but which will make more profit lor each dollar invested than any 01 the cheap machines flood. ing the counlry. Oliver Tools "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 1nclJe•• Made with oJ without IJlOIor drive Meta I !able 36"x 3{)'1. 'Will take 18" uDder t be aeride- tilb 45 delUees one way and 7 ~ ,he oIher way. Car. Res a saw up tQ 1Mil w .... O....,. ...... to Iowel whed dNJi: w~ bOt motor dmren. Weidm 1600lb- wRen ready 10 ship. II!II•• "Oliver' New Variety Saw Table No. 11. Will lake a saw up to 20' diameter. Arbor belt 'is 0' wide. Send for Catalog "8" fordata on Hand Jointera. Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders. Tenoners. Martisers, Trimmers, Grindera. Work Benchea, Vises, Ciampa, Glue Heater ... etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Worn and GeDel'alOffice. at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES -Oliver Mllcrunery Co'l Hudson Terminal. 50 ChurehSt .• New York. Oli"eF Machinery Co .• Finll: NaliQUai Banlt Building. Chicago, 111.;OIM Machiery Co.' , Pacific Building. Seat11e. Wuh.; Olive!" Machinery Co .201-203 Deanqate, Manchester. En~: The Grand ~apids Shades. Since the adoption by the 'Grand Rapids Furniture Manu-facturers' Association of certain fixed standa.rds of shades it has becn developed that this action did not bring out any new shade. It simply fixed upon one shade in each of the various finishes which are in popular use and demand today. vVhen the adopted shades had been given out the ~arietta Paint & Color company, of Madetta, Ohio, who daim sUIHcm-aey in the making of wood stains, found that it was not necessary to change its sh;ldcs to meet the new order. This company's shades have been correct at all times. Two of the most popular of the Marietta stains arc the Fumed Oak and Early English. The Fumed Oak is an acid stain, and contrary to other stains of this character it will stain red oak as well as white oak, making it possible for the manu-facturer to produce a finish on a piece of furniture, such as a chair, for illustration, where sometimes both red and white oak is used in the same piece, and still get a perfectly uni-form color. This stain raises the grain so little, and pene-trates so deepl).., that the work can be sanded perfectly smooth without. cutting through the stain. It is made to produce the gre~nish brown tint adopted at Grand Rapids, while it is allO,\lla.de to match any special shade desired. To the manufacturers using a fuming chamber this stain will be a revelation. Another stain made by the Marietta Paint & Color com-pany that meets the requirements of the discriminating man-ufacturer is its Early English, and those who have not yet been in touch with the adopted shade can put themselves right by securing a small sample from this house. vVith the :\1arietta Early EngliSh stain you can get results without the nece!isity of glazing_ @ * @ Death of Jacob Van Putten. Early io January the furniture trade suffered an HTe-paT-able loss by the death of Hon. Jacob Van Putten, president Save Labor Time of Tempers .. Cost of the Holland (Mkh.,) Furniture company. Mr. Van Putten had been engaged in the business of manufacturing furniture more tha,n ten years and was noted for his strict integrity, his enterprise and a kindly disposition exercised toward all. During his life he served the people of Holland a!i ppstmaster, mayor, police commissioner and school trustee, and in all his public acts he was ever guided by lofty principles. Possessed of excellent judgment, fairness and kindly consideration for men not so menta.lly strong as himself, he was ever a leader in his community and a tower of strength in civic righteous-ness. His funeral was largely attended. @ * @ His Thirteenth Year. William S. Findlatcx, a pra.ctical wood finisher, but lor many years engaged in selling supplies for the finishing room, has renewed his contract with the Adams & Elting company for the thirteenth time. Me Findl~ter is widely and favor-ably known but his acquaint,ances are'·m.ost intimate in the states of Michigal1. and vVisconsin., JJe has aided materially in developing the business of the Adab1's & Elting company by the employment of legitimate practices in salesmanship. @ * @ Why Does a Hen Cross the Street? In answer to· the CJuery: "How can you tell a female chicken from a. male when newly hatched?" a farmer says: "Place a lighted lamp on a table, also some bread crumbs, and if he eats it it is a male; -if she eats it, it is a female." The same farmer being asked how to tell a bad egg says: "\\Then you want to tell a bad egg, break it gently_" @ * @ Finance. "1 have some money, but 1 don't know whether to buy a home or an automobile." "1 na,,'e itl Buy the home and mort-gage it to get the machine. Then you will have both. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 27 fII III.uTWO WINNERS IN VARNISH This is the verdict of the furniture manufacturer who KNOWS THE EMBLEM OF SUPERIORITY Paradox Rubbing Is the best high-grade, quick-rubbing varnish ever produced. every day and last coat rubbed safely in three days. Can be re-coated Ti- Ki- Lac Is our high-grade first or second coat varnish. Dries hard night. Last coat can be rubbed in twenty-four hours. to sandpaper over The man who KNOWS is the man who WINS II I VARNISH DEPARTMENT, Acme White Lead and DETROIT, MICHIGAN Color Works a.-- ~--_- .......----------.-----------------..1. Siberian Timber Supply. The aCCOllllt of the foresb of the A1TlltTregion and the prospects of their commerc.i.al devC'1opment is of, substantial interest. as the 'world isnow beginning to realize the threat-ened inadequacy of its' timber supply, and to take careful stock of the chief productive areas remaining. C0l11parati\,'c1r little attention has so far been paid to the utiliztltioll oi the forests in lhc Russian far east, though concessions lwve been sporadically worked, and· an Australian and a Briti:,sh com-pany have lately b~cn included .1l11011g those which have ac-quired concessions from the Russian Goverllrnent. Accord-ing to the estimate of the forest department, the Amur and maritime provinces contain 509,000,000 acres of forest land: It lS by ]10 means so densely timbered, however, as the for-ests of ),Jotth America, Both hard and soft woods arc founel in considerable variety; the latter include ,,,,hite cedar, pine, larch, nr, and spruce, a.nd the fonner walnut. ash, and oak. The right to cut timber on a large scale may he obtained either by 'way of conee:,ssion for a ter111 of years or by con-tract. Recent concessiol1s have been granted for a term of four years only (this being the maximum that the governor-genera! can accord), with all extra year for taking a·way the timber felled. Though this period ean be extended on appli-catioo, yet it .is gCllel'ally recogniz('d that it is too short, and efforts, ,,,,hieh appear likely to prove successfuL arc llfnV being made to have the regulations on the subject altered and a longer term allmvcd. Areas whieh the (;'ov<.:rnme111 de-sires to sell aTe from time to time put up to auction either at Vladivostok or at Khabaro"sk, the terms and conditions heing published beforehand. They are adjudged to the highe!it bidder, who is reqnired to pay down the equivalent of the royalty tOT one year on the number of trees put up 10 ;1l1ctioll. a certain portion of the forest being a.llotted for each year of the cuneney of the tigreement. J\iforeover. in the c.ase of felling rights obtuinecl by al1l~tioll as well as those obtained in the form of a concession. some money deposit 'will gener· ally be insisted upon, Felling tickets may also be obtained from tl,C loc;1I officials: giving the right to cut small quanti-ties of tjmber on payment of the GovernmQ:nt royalty, At present the Russian authorities insert a clause in all contracts stipulating that Russian labor shall alone be em~ ployed. As they are actively encoura.ging immigration, how-' ever, the resultant hindrance to industry may be expected to <liminish. The report includes full schedules of the rov-alty levied on timber of different classes and ill the differe;1t areas. It also describes the existing facilities for transport and :,sbipping, \-vhich are still in a predominantly undeveloped state, Other miscellaneolls information includes the terms of the forest regulations and the scale of export duty, There is also an outline 1ll<lp, @ * @ Sure. His proper place. Ts on the shelf \i\Tho only lives To doubt himself. @ * @ A Unique Work Record. A mannfacturing concern in which only one-half of the employes ,\"ork in the day time ba,s a 24-hour clock in the timeke~pcrs' office, hy ·which the work record is noted. The business day begins at 1 o'clock in the morning,' and when other clocks indicate midnight this factory timepiece shows that it is 24 o'clock. The men who go to work at the time ordinarily known as 6 p. In., arc recorded as having started at 18 o'clock. The people in charge of the work say that this chang0. in the timekeeping method has prevented many e1rots, an<l although it took the men a little while to become accus-tomed to it they now sveak of 14 o'clock and 16 o'clock in a matter of fact way and without the smile which this at fjr~t provoked. 28 • MICHIGAN ARTISAN ------_._--------------_._--~ l-._:.-. • ~ •II ~nCHIGAl\ ARTISAN II I~_._-_._-----_. ..----~---------_._--_._-----------....,• PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY LARGEST .JOBeERS ANO MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD· Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Arl 6lass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plale Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plale Glass for Shelyes, Desks and Tables Tops, Carrara Glass more beaulifulthan white marble. CENERAL DiSTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROO-=-PAINTS. fJ For anything in Builders' Glass. or anything in Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Painters' Sundries, addre55 any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below: NEW YORK-Hudson a.DdVandam Sts. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St •• 1.9 Bowker St. CHICAGO - 442 ..452 Wabaah Ave. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court 8ts. ST. LOUIS-Cor'. Tenth and Spruce 8ts. MINNEAPOLIS-SOO~S16 S. Third St. D&TROrr-53.S9 Larned St., E. GRAND RAPIDS, M]CH.-39~41 N. Division St. I PITTSaURGH-lOt-I03 Wood St. MILWAUKEE, WIS.-492·494 Market St. ROCH E.STER.. N. y. -Wilder Bldli.•Ma.inGlExchange Sta. BALTIMORE-310-12~14 w. Pratt -St.----------------------------- CL~VELAND-1430-1434 West Third St. OWAHA-IIOI-]IO"l Howard St. ST· PAUL-4S9-461 Jackson St. ATLANTA. GA.-30-32-34 S. Pr~or St. SAVANNAH. GA·-"I45~749 Wheaton .st. KANSAS CITY -P'lfth and Wy ..ndott. 51s. BIRMINGHAM. ALA.-2nd Ave. and 19th St. BUFFALO, N. Y.-372-74-16.78 Pearl St. BROOKLYN-63S-631 Fulton St. PHILADE.LPHIA-Pltcalrn Bldg•• Arch and 11th St•. DAVENPORT-410-416 Scott St. rII --_._------ --~ I OFFICES: CINCINNATI-Piekel'ina Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadwa.y. BOSTON-~I8 Tremont St. CIUCAGG)~-134Van Buren St. GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Cha.d ..koln Bldg. HIGH POINT. N. C.--Stanton~Weh;:h Block. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service covering the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originators of the "'Tracer and Clearing House S)'siem:' --- ----- ---- ------------- CollectionService Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. H. J. DANHOF. Michigan Manager. 347-348 Houeetnal:l SuUdin,. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~_._---_._-------------- r-------------·-----------------· ---..,. I THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman c. C. NEVERS, Manager CLAPPERTON &: OWEN, Counsel •I Bldg. The LYON Agency THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-REUABLY Furniture ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS 29 30 MICHIGAN ARTISAN "ere are the Exact Shades Adopted by the Qran~ Rapi~s furniture Manufacturers' Ass'n II III !I IIIIIII I IIL.~_. ~-,--____ Their "Golden Oak Oil Stain" is our No. 3424. Their "Early English Stain" is our No. 3425 Oil Stain. Their "Weathered Oak Stain" is our No. 3426 Oil Stain. Their "fumed Oak" is our No. 3427 New Process fuming Liquid. Their "Light Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3428 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Their" Dark Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3429 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Send for Samples and Information. WE SUPPLY EVERYTtllNG NEEDED IN Ttlf fll\llStlll\lG ROOM. NEW YORK THE AC-EL..-ITE F'EOF'L.E HE BUYS A NEW CLOCK. And Shows what False Economy It Was to Keep the Old One. "At last," said Mr. Quillback) "we have bought a new clock, and goodness knows we needed it. "The old clock was a small, round, nickel plated time-keeper that we had had for some years, and in the course of time-as alas! all clock owners do too---it began to show signs of wear. But we hated to go to the expense of a new clock as long as we could make that one do, so we kept it, shaking her up 'most every day for something like a year until finally it got to be so tiresome that we mustered up courage and bought a new clock. Then I did a little figuring. In the course of a year T had spent an average of five minutes a day shaking up that old clock on, say, 300 days, ma.king, to save the cost of a· new clock, a gross total of time spent amounting to 1,500 minutes. You divide th·s by 60 and you find that I had spent in shaking that blessed old clock a little matter of twenty-five hoursl "Kow, in the way of income, you know, I don't pretend to class up with the Rockefellers and Carnegies and that sort of folks, but figuring my earning capacity on the modest basis of 50 cents an hour I find that I have spent in shaking up that miserable old ticker time worth $12.50. The new dock cost 69 cents! "Of course buying the new. clock when we did instead of a year sooner we !>avcd the wear on it during tha.t period, and if we count the life of such a clock at say ten years we find that we have thus saved about seven cents worth of wear on the new clock, amI this, properly. of course, should be deducted from the $12.50, but even at that on the best sho ..v-ing possible we find that to save 69 cents we have met with a. net loss of $12.43, to say llOthing of the wear and tear on us caused by the aggravation of having to shake the old clock up every day to make it go! "VIle had been, as in so many ways we are prone to be, penny wise and pound foolish, but we arc learning wisdom and we haven't got to shake the old clock up any more, any-way. -"-Sun. @) * @) Six Indispensable Finishes. The Lawrence-McFadden Company, of Philadelphia, ad-dresses the trade on another page of this issue, calling at-tention to the following stains: Go!den oak, Early English, weathered aRk, fumed oak, mahogany and toona mahogany. The company sends working samples, with full instructions for use, also finished pieces which show the correct shades. Samples will be J)romptly furnished on application. It may be superfluous to remark that the Lawrence-McFadden com-pany is one of the best known and most popular manufactur-ers of wood finishing goods in the whole country. and whose superb product is backed uP, by a corps of most capable and energetic, salesmen. The effect, quality and prices of the Lawrence-::\lcFadden goods should enter into the calculations of furniture manufacturers generally in settling their finishing room problems; @ * @ Glassware Smashin g at Funerals. A custom which would improve the condition of the glass industry if it were more widely adopted prevails among the natives of a certain district in \VestAfrica. When a chief dies, his neighbors meet at his palace and partake of a fun-eral feast served in the deceased monarch's bowls and dishes. At the end of the meal the presiding chief rises and, raising his stick high above his head, with one gre<tt stroke smashes to fragments the glass bowl and other dishes before him. This is the 5ignal. The chiefs a11 rise, and with their sticks destroy all that remains of the dead man's glass and crock-ery. • MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 r USEfUL TOOLS fORWOODWORKINGPUNTS :::::::::.~.:::::: •.:::':::: -----l I Black Bros. Single Chzt.inClamp. Black Bros. Double Chain Clamp or Ven~er Pre ... Black Brol. Column Clamp. BlkCk Bros. Power Veneer Pren. Ih . _ Up·to.Date Cabinet Clamp. -------..--_.. ------_ ... New and Practical Methods. There is a general current of unrest among woodworkers who are keenly watchful for new and practical methods to take them <:\'\vayfrom the beaten paths of their forefathers. The demand for better machines~bettcr tools or applia.llces is greater tOd4}' than it has ever been. Desiring to assist any worthy ambition. it has ahv<tys been the practice o[ this paper to sbO\v neVI' ideas, from tirne to time, in the hope of being of greater service to its readers. To this end we herewith illustratc and describe the Shimer Blac.k BrQa. Piline: Clamp •. Full information can be had regarding the ab01.'eand o[ltermoney making tools. AddreM BLACK BROS. MACHINERY CO, Ninth Ave. and Fourth St .• MENDOTA. ILL. Illustrations and prices furnished. ers, which fit s11ugly 111 grooves made in the cylinder, enab-ling the blades to withstand th~ strains to which they are subject during operation. The knife holders are made of tool steel and form part of the chip-break, which when worn or injmed may be replaced without discarding the cutter head or causing delay and inconvenience. These blade's cylinders have superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and efficiency. The blades may be kept in good working shape ··with less grinding, less trouble in -setting .a.net fastening to the hea.d, They are also less It I,I II1 I blade's cylinder, ;'L practical tool for surfacing, heading and ~icling, lately put on the market by Samuel J. Shimcr & Sons, iHiltOll, Penllsylvania. This ne\",· cylinder provides for the use of tllin blades of high specd steel, which when properly temperee! and treated serve for one or two days of work on hard maple, oak or hickory. Knives made of this material in tbe old, heavy slotted fashion w01l1d be too costly to use owing to the tlrst cost of the steel a,nd the trouble in working it, yet the ex-pense for the thill blades docs not exceed that of thc ordin-ary machine knife. By rderence to the illustration it will he noticed that the thin blades of this head are rc-inforced by special knife hold-liable to get oHt of balance, owing to the lighter weight of the knives used. The ease by which the chip-breakers can be renewed, and the absolute securit.y of the thin blades when re-inforced with the holding clamps, ,together with the many other advantages vdlich will be apparent to the wide awake woodworker, makes it seem certain that this is going to be a favorite tool wher-ever good work is desired. Further information can be secured from the makers, who \vill gladly rnail their latest book of cylinders to anyone making the request. Address Samuel J Sbimer & Sons, Mil, tOll, Pellllsylv<:lnia. - - -- --------------- 32 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING at Right Prices PROMPT DELIVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT-WORK MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MICHIGAl\' ARTISAN 33 r------'-- IBIRD'lri{YELMAPLE ( Made and dried right, and white. Samples furnished on application.) 500,000 ft. 1-20 inch Quarter Sawed Oak carried in stock, Come in and see it. Birch and Poplar cross banding and rotary cut Oak. Birch, Maple. Basswood. Poplar and Gnm Drawer Bottoms, PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOCK. FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY. WALNUT. QTR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH. I IHEN R~__l!!SCllNg.!T..I?~o~'P,y'.~,E!:E:IRe 0J MAY CUT DUTY ON FILES, S. M. Nicholson, Head of Largest File Company, Reluctant Witness, Admits Goods Sell Cheaper Abroad-Imports $80,000, Consumption $7,000,000. Material reduction in the duty 011 files seems certain if the trend of sentiment of the ''''ays and means committee of the house really was displayed ill \Vashington 011 J~lIl. 15. Only one "\vitness was examined Samuel 1\1. KicholsOll, president of the Nicholson File Co., of Providence, R 1. This concern is creditpd with $4,000,- 000 of the $7,000,00
- Date Created:
- 1909-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 29:13
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., AUGUST 13,1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. L - _______ .. - _a. .. _.. . ._. -------------------~ I HARRr C. WHITE, Treasurer. II II I,IIII IIi I,,t I II II II II HALF-TONES' . .. ARTHUR S. WHITE, President. ALVAH BROWN, VIce President. LET US MAKE YOUR Perfect Prod tict Large Facilities Courteous Treatment "Right" Price I• IIII I II III ,I IIII II I, III II t CO.I,, II I •• oil MICHIGAN ENGRAVING GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I Samples and Estimates Upon Request. I I., ••••••• - .••• a_ ••••••• WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG SEPTEMBER 7th If you place the order with us. . W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 2 WEEKLY AR.TISAN ~ .- ....... ..-_ ....... ".-. __ ........ ._.. ..,.... • • •• • ..... 1* ...... " .. I ... " ..... ; .... iii ..... .. . • '".. • Ii. •• LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. __ ..- ..-_- .4 Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parl-or Suites In Dark a1ld Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Maple BIrch • !Zuartered Oak and C,rC4JJlan Wl1lnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICmGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. ~--------------------------~- GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBl?ARY 30th Year-No. 59 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• AUGUST 13. 1910 Issued Weekly MANAGEMENT OF THE MACHINE ROOM The Office Is Not the Only Place in a Furniture Factory Where Brains Are Needed. By M. C. Berne. The success of a great many furniture factories is at a very low ebb owmg to the antIquated way of managing the mechamcal departments. There are furniture factories to-day eqUIpped with modern machmery at great expense for the productIOn of hIgh-grade furniture, but whose methods of handling the work and of engmeering it through the various departments are so far out of date that unless improvements are made 1ll thIS respect the factones themselves will, one after another, pass out of existence. Year after year in some of these factories, when stock-taking tJmes comes, instead of a substantial profit, there is either a loss or the profit IS so small as to be quite unsatJs-factory. Where is the trouble? The managers have bought the raw matenal at the lowest price consistent with quality and the salemen have sold the finished goods at little ex-pense The cause cannot be in the office, consequently it must be in the factory end. The cost of converting the raw material into the finished product is too high. Now comes the question of reducing factory expense and the suggestion to cut wages is being considered. Don't do it. Raise the wages. Mr. Manufacturer, I crave your indulgence for a few mom-ents while I address myself particularly to you. Do you suppose that the office is the only place in a factory where brains count? If you do. you are making a mistake. If you have a large plant, and in order to save the few hundred dol-lars which represents the difference in salary between 'the competent and the incompetent man, you think you can place cheap men at the head of your mechanical departments, and then you yourself supply the Ibrains for the whole institution, you are not only out of date, but you will soon be out of business. A manager may exercise a general supervision, but the details of the work to be successfully done must be carried out by men of large brain carpacity. A certain man-ager, in answer to a protest that the head of a certain depart-ment was incompetent. said' "There is no use discussing the matter further; if Jake had my brains, he would be drawing my salary." Right here is the key to the whole situation. If "Jake" had not as large a brain capacity for his particular work as the manager had for his, then he had no business to be in his position; and if he did have, then in order to en-courage him to do hIS best he should be given a sa.lary ade-quate to his brain power. I am reminded of the words of the president of a com-pany, who, addressing the men on the occasion of a presen-tatIOn to himself. saId: "The success which has attended our efforts to place upon the market an artJc1e which would meet the requirements of the trade and profession is due not so much to the firm as to the men III the factory. We 1ll the offIce buy the raw material to best advantage. we may attend to the detaIls of distributing the finished product, but we cannot make organs Each responsible head of the various departments of our factory is an expert and an artist in his 1111ea,nd It IS to them we must gIve much of the credit and praIse that falls to us today." Let me say again, "Don't cut wages." If your factory is not bringing you the returns it should, reduce your factory expense by increaslllg the output. If you have a head of a department who is not a man of bralllS equal with yourself. get rid of him and get some one in his place who is. Pay him a 'Salary equal to hIs bralll power and you will find it the best lllvestment you ever made. I recall a manufacturer whose net profits amounted to $15,000 per year HIS general superintendent drew a salary of $1,800 per year, and when he asked for $2,500 it was re-fused. He left and stal ted in business for himself, thinking that if he could make $15,000 for another he could make a good part of it for himself. And he did. Within three years his former employer's business was in the hands of the bank, and today, instead of $15,000 in profits, he is drawing a paltry $3,000 for the use of his name. The greatest and most successful corporations of today are not dominated by one man. as many seem to think, except in so far as he has been able to select the right man for the right place and to hold him strictly responsible for the pro-per performance of the duties devolving upon his depart-ment A one-man factory is, usually, a one-horse factory. Permit me to repeat it· There is no place in the whole economy of the modern factory where brain power-the ca-pacity for details, inventive genuis, executive ability, know-ledge of human nature; in one word. the 3.lbility to think 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN p-.. •• ---------- • • - • • • - _. •• • • -----------------------~ I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" : BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories. Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car BUilders and others wJI consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. II, II ~- . ---" clearly and qUIckly and act promptly-b of more \ alue than at the head of the \ anous mecha11lcal Jepartmenb A suc-cessful manufactul er once said to the \\ ntel, An mtellJgent mecha11lc IS a velY \ aluable man' But It does not ah\ ay" follo\\ th2 t becdlhe the co~t ut convertmg the raw matellal mto the £111l~hed plOduct h e,,- cesslve the fault lJes \\ Ith the heads ot the mechanical de-partments Man} manufacturers hd\ e ta' led ~Impl) becdlbe of their obstl uctn e method" oi mLel tt1mg \\ lth the plan,., ot the heads of the JlfIerent mecha11lcal depal tmenb I could give a score of mstances \\ ho e the wten uptlOn" to the \\ ork resultmg from such mtetference hay e pi 0\ ed the undomg oi the busmess, but It IS not necessal) Ho\\ e\ er, a" an Illus-tration of Its effect and the mannel of pI actlcllH; It \\ e mIght mentIOn the case of a \\ ooel-\\ orkmg e'tablbhment that hael a monopoly of several lIne, of manutacture dnel cuuld lM\ e made barrel, of mJney undel propel lnana~cment nut the concern never pad dIvIdends out ot ItS ear111ng,." and because ItS orders were never filled on tnne, ,;ome of lh be,.,t cn"tomer,., began to manufacture these Ime, f()1 them"eh c~ or place then orders elsewhere As a sample of one day " mtel iel ence 1 \\ 111 gn e the followmg, taken from note,; 111the dldl \ ot a pel,.,on II ho had the informatIOn at £1r"t hand On ::\Ionda}, lmmedlatel) after the early mornmg mati had bee'1 reaJ, the manager II ent to the head of one of the depal tments \\ Ith d letter mqumng about order No 104D, for A B &. Co The toreman e"plamed that hIS men vvere now \\ orkmg on 01Jel ::\0 WI D, \\ hlCh would be completed anJ ready to ship by tomorro\\ (Tud- Jay) The manager ,;ald the) could not II alt and that It would be necessary to change from K 0 WID and rt1,.,h ::\0 I04D as fast as pOSSIble The fOIeman tned to expla111 that he had now changed from Ko 96D 111O1del that Xo WID mIght be rnshed out VI Ithout dela) a" It ah.J II d,., \\ anted qUlckly 'Then chang-e agam from '\0 IOID to Xo 104D,' 'iald the manager \Yhen the aftern.Jon mdl1 aHl\ eel It brought an order from C D & Sons, and marked 'Rush' Thls order was sent to the f01eman, with mc,tructlons to lay ever)thm~ el'ie aside and 1u,;h It through at once The foreman went to the office to explam to the manager the chsastt ous conse-quence of these contmual m ten uptIOn S Followlllg IS the conversatlOn "Manager-The orelel must be l;0t out dt once Foreman-These chan~e,; are co,;tl) Not onl} do thev take time, but they mtenupt the SW1l1i.; of the \lork "Manager-\V ell, lt h me who pay" fOI lt "Foreman-If \\e are g-Olllg to make an) progre'i'i in filltng these orders \\ e must work accord111g to ,;ome sys-tem \\1 e have no" made ,;evel al chang-es and none of the orders are filled, although dll al e started I have told my men that 1\0 lO-iD I" \\anted lUshed, and I dlJ the same on No WID ~ow lf I go and change them agalll, before the ordel 1" complete they wJll thlllk I don't know what I am dOlllg or that I am a bluffer "::\Ianager-::\ OIv, LlOk here, I don't care anythmg about ) oUr system and I don't care what your men thlllk, I want ) ou to change and get thb order out at once 'The followlllg day, lmmedlately after the noon hour, the hreman II a,., called mto the ofhce to explam I'vhy order \0 IOID \Vas not ready 'It ha'i been 111 for some time and 'ihould have been ready before thl';,' said the manager 'A B & Co. hay e telegraphed that unless It can be sent for\\ard at once to conslder it canceled' " In order that a furnIture factory may be succe,.,sful from e\ en standpomt It 1.0 nece'isary for each department to fit 111to the requlfements of the other and all move along to-gether as one \\ hole The machllle loom mmt feed the cabI-net loom and the cdbmet room must feed the filllShlllg room II Ith the regulallty of clockwork To hd\ e the machine rO.Jm place on the cabll1et floor several Job'i, none of whlch al e complete, "'0 that the cab111etmaker" may Stdl t all, but ~annot finbh any of them, IS to create the utmost confuslOn But \\ here the cabmet room sends several mcomplete Jobs to the filll"hmg department the confuslOn lS much greater, as there each Job must pass through vanou'i processes, each process reqUlnng tlme to dry and prepare Itself for the pro-ce,., s \,;hlch IS to follow Each proce,.,s must be noted and dated, and the amount of extra work mvolved where the Jobs g-o through plecemeal l'i 111creased m proportlOn to the nUl11- bel of parts mto which each Job lS dIVided, and is equaled only by the blundenng stupldlty which render'i such \,;ork necessary ~ ow. all thb cau"es lo"s of tllne and consequently loss of money I know there are those who thl11k that lt does not cost an) thlllg to change from one Job to another III the fin- Ish111g room, but the,;e men al e not half a,; obsen mg as the) glve themselves credlt for Xo matter m what 1111eof dCtlVlty It may be, the hghtest 111telruptlOn 1etard" progre,,,, and although the cJn'iequent lo"s "ustamed 111 one day may not be nottceable to the man 111the office, lf r011tl11ued for any length of t1111ethe'll' 1000,;e" 111 the aggregate amount to a conSiderable sum One great drawback m thiS connection l'i II hat we rmght call the "one man one Job" method of puttmg \\ork through the cabinet room This" ay of l1d\ ml; one or two men start and complete a lob fight tblOugh I" not mly co,.,tlv fOl the cabinet, but the effect on the filllshmg lS, m some mstances, almost dlsastrous Take for mstance a small shop employing fifteen to twenty cabmetmakers IN e Will suppose the men are dl\ lded mto pairs and each paIr on a different Job If WEEKLY ARTISAN -------- . - - - - - - -----------_._------------_._------_ ... ---------------------_._. ---- _. - - - - - .~ Pitcairn Varnish Company I Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" ...--- I!I 1 C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. ~ . . .. . It IS one man to a J)b so much the worse It IS qUIte lIkely several of these Jobs wIll be completed m the cabinet room on the same day and arrive In the finIshing room at the same tnne Ii IS also Just pos,Ible that for several days the foreman finIsheI has been worned to find work enough to hold hIS men together Now would be a good tIme for hIm to make an effort to rush thmgs m order to mill1mize the loss sus-tamed through the mactrv ity of the past few days But he finds that "ome of them are wanted quick, and Instead of beIng able to rush thIngs and thus reduce the cost, he must add to the cost of finIshIng by dIvIdIng the Jobs that he may get some of each through Out of twenty-five sIdeboards and an equal number of tables, dressers, etc , he must rush ahead three or four of each Now, If the cabInet room had put through one Job at a tIme, or even two, WIth some men cleanIng up, others bUIld- Ing cases and others fittIng drawers, each taking hIS part as the Job was suffIciently advanced for hIm, the first of these Job" would have been pI etty well through the finIshing room by the tIme the last arrn ed, and the enforced inactlVity of the finishers vvould have been avoided, together with the consequent loss, '.'.htIe the present confusion and crowded condItion of the finIshIng room would not have occurred It IS Impo"sIble to keep a finIshing room anything lIke well balanced v\ hen the work goes to It In such a fitful way Rut the ad\ antages of thIS modern way of puttIng work thlOugh the cabInet 100m-of havmg It pass Into the finIsh- Ing 100m In an even, steady stream-are fully as great to the former as the latteI \i\ here the w')rk IS LhvIded and subdIvided Into various branches every man becomes an expert in his lIne The man '.'.ho fits dray, ere, can do lt much better and quicker than the man who 10 dOIng everythmg The man who makes mirror frames and nothIng else soon becomes, through accuracy and rapIdIty wIth whlch he does hlS work, the wonder and admir-atIOn of hIS fellow workmen ThIrty years ago an organ actIonmaker could take a board and construct an actIOn nut wlth the march of pro-gress actlOnmakInl; has been diVIded mto several depart-ments, whIch grv es each man an opportunIty to become an explft In hb hne The result of all this is that today a much bettel actIOn can be omIt f01 only a fractton of what It formerly cost These prmcIple" are all applIcable to the cabinet room of the modern hIgh-grade furnIture factory To put one or two men at w;ork on a dozen or twenty fine sideboards which will wholesale at $75 to $100 with the expectation that they WIll be maJe at a cost whIch will enable the manufacturer to sell at a faIr profit m competItJon WIth goods made under 5 Manufacturers of Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. ---------------- -. .. - •••••• -.-....1 modern condItIOns and up-tJ-date methods IS to expect the impossIble ThIS method of doing thmgs IS a survival of the days when our forefathers hewed out for themselves homes 1ll the foree,t; when the pioneer butIt his own house and made hIS own furnIture, and when the good housewIfe spun the yarn and wove the cloth to clothe them It IS the last link in the chain WhICh bmds Us to an honored past and, although to break It may afford many a tWInge, It must be done if competitIOn is to be met, because It has no place in thIS age of great aChIe\ ements The hIgh mtellectual order of the present generatIOn of human bemgs vvill be surpassed by the IntellIgence of the generatIOn whIch IS to follow. The won-derful inventIons and ama71ng achIevements of today will be dwarfed mto m'iIgmficance when compared with the gi-gantIC achH'vemente, of the future, and the only men who WIll not be dIstanced 1ll the race for fame or fortune will be those who utIlIze e,'ery opportumty and grasp every advan-tage, no matter how "mall, that WIll enable them to keep pace WIth those about hI111m thIS rapIdly on'.'. al d movIng world ThIS does not mean dnvmg the workmen to see how much can be ground out of them It means the exerCIse of that God-glVen bram power WhICh every man IS supposed to possess There are many heads of departments who grind thier men from morn to nIght who, 1f they exercised one-half the energy 1ll ImproVIng methods of domg work, or adopt-mg methods now tned and found satIsfactory, that they dIS-play m watchmg and pushmg theIr men would obtain re-sults much more "atIsfactory from the standpoint of both quantIty and quahty MIsery 10\ e" company, but the company isn't apt to call agam po--_. ... _. -- ------~------_._--- ------------ i I I THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater SeoJ your aJJre.. aoJ aoJ receIve Je.cr,ptive Circular of Glue Beaters. Glue Coolier. aoJ Bot Boxes WIth prIces. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid •. Mich. . ---_._-------~ that the old chair is not 1D keeping with the new desk, or he needs a new filmg ca~e or a table to gIve his office a more up-to-date look These sales I have found in many cases to be more profitable than the first sale, and even if one does not ~ell a thmg, It demonstrates that one IS mterested in seeing that the customer is entirely satisfied In many instances aftel I reach the offIce, the purchaser is in a quandary as to w here to place his purchase, and I am called upon for sug-gestIOns By giving them in a diplomatic way, I can recom-mend that the desk be placed in a certain place, and he then finels that he has room for a table or an additional chair, fil-mg devIce or something that he needs Such sales are profit-able, as hIs fnends will call and compliment him on his office, \1 hlch IS a fine advertisement. In sellmg furmture I never try to load a customer up. nor do I try to sell a customer a $150 desk where a $75 desk will do 1\ hen a customer comes to me and explains his wants, I put mvself in hi'3 place and try to interest him in furniture that WIll not only be servIceable, but a source of satisfaction. I would not have him feel when he enters his office, that I had talked hIm Into something that CO'3t more than his business could profitably afford Big sales are a source of satisfaction, but a satisfied customer IS of more importance, as it results in future trade, and a personal feeling towards one, which com-mends one to his friends. Not long ago, I walked into the office of a large concern and found that SIX months before they had placed their wants Illth a firm II hlch had loaJed them up with $720 worth of filing ,Ie, Ices. and a ~,~tem from which they were not gettmg the '3en Ice the} expected and they were "ready to throw everybody out that came 111 talking system" After some persuasion, he consented to listen to me, and I sat down and went over his C'ntlre svstem I simplified It down for him to such an extent that his ,,,ant'3 only demanded a little over $200 warth of file;:; and supplIe~ I then offered to help him dispose of the '3urplus stock for a ~light commission, which offer he accepted and he in turn proposed that I take all the other goods and pnt mine in their place Thi;:; I consented to do, and in a short tlme I had his file'3 disposed of and he is now using ours A month or so after" ards a gentleman came into the store, \\alked back to my desk and sat down He gave me his card and said that he was in the market for an entire office outfit. Ive went up ~tall s to our show room, and after I had shown him my entire stock, he gave me an order for over $1,000 II orth of furniture I wa'3 amazed to realize how easily the order came to me, and my curiosity was aroused I had hardly returned to my desk when the telephone bell rang. and my fnend '" horn I had helped out' with the filing devices said: "\fr Blank is down in my office and has just told he that he ha~ placed ",ith you his entire office outfit order, and I just ,'Vant to say that 1 sent him to you as an appreciation of the '3ervice yoU rendered me a '3hort time ago" Both these orders heli e since been added to conSIderably, besides the advertise-ment I got through the publIc seeing this offIce ",hich I fitted up Thm the servIce I rendered was the mean;:; of pulling for me not onlv two good friends, but profitable sales and customers '\ at long ago 1 landed another sale of filing devices that ran 0\ er $3,500 This '3ale was made without any competition ""hen I obtained the information of this contemplated pur-chase, I went to the secretary of the company and offered him BUYING AND SELLING OFFICE FURNITURE Pointers Wrought From Experience in Managing a Furniture Department That May Be of Value to Many Dealers. George B Wray, the author of the followmg article, is the manager of the offIce furmture department of VVIllIam B Burfold of IndianapolIs No dealer in the Hoosier state is better known than Burford, and MI Vi,!ray, as one of hIS chiet assistants, is a man fully qualIfied to speak on the sub-ject of the selection and sale of offIce furmture, sav~ the editor of "Office Appliances," ChIcago, from which It is r:,- printed: Office furniture of a modern type has become such a necessity during the past five years that no business concern can now afford to be WIthout it, and dealers in the several lines must recognize the condItions existing today to success-fully compete in this important branch of business In selecting office furniture, '3uch as filing devices, desks and chairs, four points should be considered by the dealer, first, the quality of the line, second. its publicity; third It;:; completeness, and fourth, the co-operation of the manufac-turer When I selected my desk lines, I had one aim, namely, to obtain the agency for a good high grade line, and alsJ a good medium line I dIvided the desk manufacturers into two classes, as a concern which makes high grade goods doe'3 not care to put its time m making medmm price desks, and likewise, the medium pnce manufacturer has not the facllItle'3 to turn out high grade goods Now m selecting a lIne, I always take a trip to the factory, and see and study for myself how the goods are made The first thing I hunt i'3 the glue pot to see if the glue they are using is made m a brass kettle and fresh every day I figure that the grade of glue used IS very important in the construction of a desk and its abllih to stay together after it reaches the customer Some concerns are inclined to Use the old glue after it becomes cold This is a mistake, as it does not have the proper strength after it once becomes cold, and the agent IS the one i\ ho suffers if the desk comes apart or the veneer cracks after It reaches the customer The next thing I see is the dry kilns to find in what manner the wood is dried After that, I go through the different departments to learn to what extent good II orkman-ship and fidelity to details is used Il1 turning out the goods Having followed these rules, I take the agenc} for a line of goods, and I am ready to stand by the lme so long as it proves satisfactory, and I guarantee and stand back of every piece of furnitrue I sell Of cour'3e to .:10 this, you must know your lines I figure that a satisfied customer will tell his friends. and they in turn will come to you for their furniture. The trade I am after is the future. for this is where we get our success and profits. Now in selling and displaying furniture, a great deal depends on the show room and the way the goods are di'3- played, for many times a good display sells the furniture Constant changing of di'3plays, I find is a great advantage, not only in the show room, but Il1 the windows also. One thing must be done and that IS, the elimmation of dust, not only on the outside of the furniture, but also in the drawers pigeon holes and openings 1\1so the brass feet, handles and label holder~ should always be shl11ing This IS especiallv important WIth mahogany and weathered oak In delivering furniture to a customer, I 'TIake it a point to carefully inspect every pIece that leave'3 our store, and see that it is properly placed on the wagon for safe delivery I have found that it pays to follow up a delivery, a'3 the pur-chaser, after he gets the de'3k in hl'3 office frequently discovers WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 These Specialties are used all Over the World ., f V.neer Pre ..... dIfferent kind. and .ize. (Pale.led) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. Hand Feed Glueinc Machin. (P.1eIl1 pendm•. ) Many .tyle. and .ize •• Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue SlIreadine Machine, Sincle, Double and Combiaation. (Palented) (Size. 12 in. to 84 in wide.) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS N. 20 Glu. Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glu. H•• t.r. my services. I found that he was a very busy man, so I set to work and laid out hIS entire outfit, J1lustrateJ and mapped out In such a way that all he had to do was to lay my illustration before the board of dire.ctors They were clear, prices opposite each outfit and they could see what It would cost to install each department wIth files The rcsult was, I obtamed the entire order through the serVIce I gave to the secretary Good servIce is one of the most important thmgs in sell-ing furniture The clerk or mana~er should be well versed not only in hIS own line, but also his competItors Also the sales-room shouLl not be crowded The furmture should be well dIsplayed S0 that the customer can see It from all angles and not have to look over other goods to get a proper vIew of the artIcle m questIOn In displaymg chaIrs, I have them arranged all over my show-room, not bunched together, but so placed that the customer wJ11 aCCIdentally drop into one, and If the chair feels comfortable, hIS mterest is aroused, and m many cases I close a sale right on the spot I think it is also a good Idea to have model ofhces fitted up. showmg an entire outfit ready for delivery WIth a neat display card stating the price of the entIre outfit There are many buyers who come m with the mtentlOn of fitting up an office, but with no Idea of what they ~ant only that they do not deSIre to spen,i over a cer-tam amount You can show a customer your model offIce and he sees lust what he wants Now perhaps thIS amounts to more than he desires to pay, so you suggest to take out a certain piece and then he sees that the office looks bare WIth-out it, and he wants it returned, and gives you the order for the entIre display DIsplays hke thIS not only save your time, but also that of your customer It shows him that you are up-to-date and makes purchasing easy, for what IS so con-fusing as to take a customer into a show-room where there are - 25 to 50 desks, t~ice as many chairs, and a dozen or more tables and 50 feet of filing devices, and expect him to purchase an offIce outfit? It IS not only hard for him, but gIves him the opportunity for an argument as to why this piece is more and that piece less One thmg I always try to keep clear of is an argument with a customer, I use all my energy in shm,- ing the workmanship and the points about the furniture, and thus get him so enthUSIastic over It that price is a mmor consideration In arrangmg filing devices I use two schemes On one floor of our showroom I have n ery pIece of sectIOnal sections made, arranged together, namely, the vertIcal upnghts on the same idea, and the small cabinets on top and around them so that the customer can see every sectIOn or cabinet. On an-other floor I have a large table with easy chairs around it, and m front of thIS table I have arranged ten system stacks of sys-tem'l that are the most popular in use If a customer comes m and desJres to see a stack of filing devices that will be SUItable for takmg care of his mail order and follow-up sys-tem, I show hIm my stack covenng thIS system with the guides and everything pertaining to it arranged in the differ-ent drawers, the label holders having printed labels show-mg the subjects This idea appeals to the customer, as he 'lees hIS scheme worked out Sometimes some changes are made, but the appearance and the system stands before him, the sale is qUlckly secured Instead of the buying being a bore and a strain on both the customer and one's self, it is a pleas-ure The customer's time is not wasted while you build up and tear down a stack to suit his ideas, hand cards to show him the system and many other things, and consequently he has tIme to look around and see your other lines This also demonstrates to hIm that you and your store have the facilities for giving the nght kmd of service with every sale T have found that a great many houses which sell filing deVIces neglect the most Important part of the sale from the money POint of view, that is, supplies that go WIth a cabinet or section They exert all theIr efforts to sell the furniture and let theJr competItors sell the supplies "hich is the cream of the sales m fihng deVIces As an IllustratIOn take a four dra" er vertical cabmet The supphes for this cabinet will coml st of one set No 1fiO alpha1betical press-board guides, one set No 160 alphabetical folders, 500 blank folders, one-half cut, also, when his file becomes full, he wJ11 need transfer cases, another set of alphabetical folders, and 500 one-half cut folders The proportionate discount to the dealer is greater upon these supplies than upon the cabinet Besides all thIS, it brings the customer into the store, keeps him away from the competitor, who in time might replace your cabinet with his own and spOIl your chances for other sales Thus it IS important that one should not only have a bright attractIve store with well displayed stock, but salesmen, who, when they sell an artIcle can '(ell everything that be-longs to the system Also, salesmen should study not only then stock, but be famlhar WIth the quality and prices of the stock of competitors. In being tl ue to the interests of the customer, one is true to one's employer and to one's self other "Wants man finds a source of JOy and a spIrit of dehght m playmg the game of busmes'i for the game's sake Men who do thmgs often find that they ha\ e progressed m theIr cho"en vocatIOn untIl by Jegrees It has become theIr avocatIon as \\ ell, and therel11 he'i the true germ of lastmg progress '\ 0 co-operatn e plan whIch Ignores or operates to suppress the mdlvlduahty of It" aJherent UllltS or fads to prOVIde the widest pO'islble scope for theIr exercIse and development need occasion surpn;;,e If the result aImed at end~ m dlSappOl11tment Befm e undertakmg any ambItIOus schemes let ItS sup-porters be sure that they understand each other and each other's respective quahficatlOns for the task m ml11d, as well as the temperamental equations whIch must come into play and wdl leave theIr Impre,,'i on the progress of their work It l'i not wI~e to overnde honest prejudIce nor even unfounded fear m the adoptIOn of plans whIch must for theIr successful \\ orkmg depend upon the good will and co-operatIOn of all concerned The workmg out of many problems will m their last analysb be found not matters for paper elUCIdation, but for research, expenment and thoughtful stUdy m the presence of actual condItions OrgalllzatlOn'i are not so much in danger from without :lS from \\ Ithm-from domg too httle as from attemptmg to do too much-nor from eIther so much a;;, from dIstrust of one another''i motrves. I ha\ e been lllfluenced to make the foregOIng ob'iervatl Jns at the n'ik of becommg tlfesome and bemg charged with preachmg generahtles, because I feel convmced that the prin- CIple.., m, oh ed and the lessons whIch they teach are funda-mental and must be kept constantly m mmd as the gUldmg stan of ) our orgalllzatlOn In every 'itruggle for survi, al or for supremacy those UllltS of actIOn whIch are best eqUIpped sClentIficall) and most capable of concerted actIOn-other thl11gs being equal-wIll always prevaIl Osten'ilbl), all aS'iociatlOns are formed and fostered "WIth ..,ome defilllte obJect" In vIew Trade a"soclatlOns for better trade condltlOn'i, pohtlcal associatIOns for better government. and so on RetaIl furlllture dealers' assocIatIOns may be a pO\\ er for good, but, hke all other force'i for good, they must be mtelhgentl) dIrected or they wIll not reahze the more sub-stantIal benefits whIch the law of co-operatIOn affords The "oclal SIde of the"e assocIatIOns makes fnends of competitors anJ leads to a better under~tandlng and hIgher appreciatIOn of the other fellow'~ motives, better acquaintance means FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS From. an Address Delivered by O. H. L. Wernicke to the North Carolina Retail Furn-iture Dealers' Association, August 10, 1910. THE GEO. B. LUPFER CO., 262-94 North Hanover St., Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Lupfer having sold his interests in the firm in which he was a full partner for sixteen years, during which time he had full charge of the manufacture of Fine bedding, wishes to announce to the Furniture Trade that he has organized the Geo. B. Lupfer Company. Purchased an up-to-date Factory building, installed the best and most modern machinery for manufacturing a superior line of Mattresses, Box Springs, Woven and Coil Wire Springs, Feathers and Pillows. Guaranteed in quality and price. You are invited to call and examine the merits of our lines. With our New Equipment, long experience and square dealing, we solicit a portion of your business, which will have our immediate and best attention. Samples shown only with F. T. Plimpton & Co., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, III. (4th floor), and at the factory The pnnclples of co-operatIOn by whIch an added force may be gIven to human purpose'i 111 every department of so-cIety. are so well and generally understood In our hme and theIr advantages so defillltely proven and WIdely apprecIated that extended argument m support of the general propo"ltlOn seems to me hardly nece'isary before thl'i bod) of merchant" I shall, however, try to bnng out the particular phases of co-operatIOn bearing on the condItIOns and the posslblhtles of the furlllture industry It WIll not be senously dIsputed that capItal for enter-prises which are wholly depenJent upon mdlvldual effort tor permanent succes" IS becoming scarcer and scarcer every year, and other eVIdence accumulates rapIdly to emphaSIze the old adage that "In unIOn there IS strength" SocIety IS growing m knowledge and wealth at an amazing pace. old forms of do-ing things prove madequate to the new wants that are bemg contmually created, modern mdustnal conditlOn" are con'-tant-ly becommg more complex and the tendency to ne\\ demand~ m thmgs IS mcreasmg the burden of supplymg them Shght reflection wIll show that a higher degree of skIll and ablhty IS required to meet these new condItions, and the neces~lt) oJ: organized effort, consIstent WIth the time In whIch \\ e In e, IS becoming more apparent to all who are mtere"ted m the welfare of large enterprise'i, but whIle these e, olutlOnar) pro-cesses are makmg themselves everywhere felt, the depth of theIr meanmg I" not always understood or apprecIated b) those who are affected thereby There IS abundant eVI\lence on e, er) hand that co-opera-tion IS the pnnClple through whIch present day busme"s I, seeking rehef from the mcrea"mg complexltle" \\ hlch beset our industrie", the Idea, however, IS represented b) tv\O db-tinct economIC schools, agreeing as to the potency of co-op-eratIOn but dlffenng almost oppOSItely as to the pollC) \\ hlch should govern these forces One IS monopohstlc and al bl-trary, the other SCIentific and constructive, and we are mdeeed blind If we have not already seen that the former contam~ the "eeds of economic sophistry and IS ndmg for a fall to\\ al J~ the rocks of pubhc opmlOn I do not WIsh to convey the Idea that success IS Improb-able, or even doubtful, unless co-operatIOn IS It" gUldmg pnn-clple and ruhng force On the contrary, the spmt of mdn d-ual illltlatlve and of achIevement gIves ample proof that "uch is not the case Above and supenor to the Idea of makmg money to prOVIde hIm WIth hIs nece""ltles and to ;;,upply 11ls . ._ .. ANNOUNCEMENT. :... , .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 p- ----------------------- ..__._......._-_._----_._._._---...---_. _. _.------------- WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, ExCI:~:8u~~:~~M:U~:S~KoErGON, MICH, New York Office, 369 Broadway, L. E. Moon, Manager . - t... .. greater respect and establishes that broader and more chari-table bas1s for mutual confidence and esteem without which the highest 1deals and the most advanced methods in business would remain but names. These steppmg stones on the road of progress must not be mistaken for the final goal. They are but the fragrant and showy blossoms which precede the ripened fruit. There are two elements, either one of which will blight the efforts of any association The name of one is Distrust; the other, In-difference; and of the two the latter is the worse. There are three kinds of co-operation: the kind that helps nobody, the kind that helps somebody at the expense of some-body else and the kind that helps everybody. The first is a waste of hme, resulting in misspent energy and neglect of op-portumties for gooJ; the second works on the principle of helping yourself at the expense of another; the third is the worst of all forms because it means monopoly, and the idea of monopoly is the same as robbery. There is no difference between enforced consent to robbery and robbery by force; in pnneiple they are alike and a people who refused by the blood of their sires to be taxed without representation will not permanently endure robbery m any form whatsoever. The only form of co-operatlOn that is worth whl1e is the third; it benefits everybody and hurts nobody. The progress of the world in every department of life may be traced to helpful co-operation. All other efforts of that nature have resulted in failure because they engendered op-position which grew stronger and stronger unhI its force was great enough not only to res1st but to destroy its enemy---- and so w1ll it ever be. The furmture men all over th1s great country of ours have orgamzed or are organizmg for mutual benefit. This movement has found expression among manufacturers as well as among merchants. Look wherever you will and organized co-operation confronts us, whether among the machine hands, the cabinetmakers, the carvers, the finishers, the tnmmers, the shipping clerks, the salesmen or the big bosses. So, also, with the merchants and the various subdivisions of their in-stitutions. There is nothing very new or even alarming in this state of affairs. It simply means that the world is still progressing and that better and higher standards are de-manded by those whom we attempt to serve for personal gain. The one great common error wh1ch business men commit is that they take mankind too seriously. It is inconsistent w1th human nature to be senous. Man is a frivolous creature by instinct. I mean by th1s that what we call civilization and progress is nothmg more or less than sentiment----a desire to shllle and to satlsfy the wants created by your own desires. It is, therefore, good business to stimulate the wholesome desires of others in order to create new and greater wants to be supplied by ourselves. I doubt if more than one-tenth of the money expended by a people goes for their actual needs. The rest of it goes for wants. There is a vast difference be-tween human needs and human wants. All that anyone re-ally needs is food and shelter sufficient to sustain life and health, and these are abundantly supplied by Mother Nature. Beyond these simple needs, which every living creature enjoys, oUr activities have to do with our wants, and this rep-resents business or commerce. Furniture is a human want----not a neC'essity-and it fol-lows logically that every effort which results in a greater de-sire for furniture will benefit those who a1e engaged in that business. It follows, also, that all of us, whether we make or sell furniture, should co-operate to enlarge the desire for more and better furniture. It is the one and only sane solution for all of the socalled evils of the trade. The only way to bring this about is by organized efforts to create more inter-est in furniture. There is no such thing as over-production in our industry; but we are suffering from under-education. A nation that spends seven times as much to support its government as it does for furmture needs furniture education and not curtailment of production. A nation that supports one saloon for every five or six hundred inhabitants and has but one furniture store for every five thousand needs furniture education. A nation that spends more for tobacco, for coffee, for car fare and for an endless variety of other human wants and luxuries than it does for furmture can be educated to want more and better furniture. The annual sale of furniture in the United States is only about $1 SO for each person. Think of it! Why, it would not pay car fare for a month 1 I want you to take this simple truth home with you and think it over until you fully realize what it means; and I want yoU to con-sider whether you are doing what is for the betterment of the business or whether you are simply drifting aimlessly on. I want you to ask yourself whether your Association is doing anything to create a desire for more and better furniture or whether it is merely an Association which is trying to make business better by a vain effort to choke off competition. One trouble with the business is that few people know enough about furniture to interest anybody, and the public seldom buys the thing in which its interest has been aroused and cultivated. We need more foolishness over furniture, more furniture talk-call it whatever you please; but. remember, we need it just the same. Start any fad or fashion, give it interesting publicity, endow it with sentiments that appeal to people's (Continued on page 12.) 10 ------,-------------------,- -, Carpet Trade in Julv. Trade for the month of July in the carpet and rug trade have turned out better than was generally hoped for, accord-ing to reports from several selling agents 111 the east. July is usually a very dull month for manufacturers and sellIng a-gents, as retatlers are busy with their summer trade, and Jobbers are more interested in making deliverIes on orders already booked In several quarters sales are reported as shlShtly ahead of those for the corresponding month last yeal \V lth the opening of the new month there are signs of some nTIprovement in the demand. Quite a few buyers have come into the market. and while they are not placing orders freely, they are looking over the situtation and picking up any cheap, salable lots that can <behad. Stocks 111 retail hands are said to be in good shape, and the large pur-chases which were made at the auction sale in May, have been comfortably taken care of. The retail trade throughout the west and middle west has been good. and many of the reports coming through from as far as the PaCific coast. show that there has been a fair amount of retail bus1l1ess during the past month. Rugs have been lSood, especlally in the oriental designs in domestic goods. \lany of the American consumers are taking these goods in place of Oriental rugs. as they claim that they are cleaner, and theJr wearing qualities excellent. Although there has been a good demand for rugs, piece goods have also come in for a very fair share of the trade, and well known lines such as the Hartford. have secured better orders than those booked a year ago. Reports still vary. according to the quarter from whence they come Some selling agents object to the statements that husmess has been fair, and claim that the past month has been unusually dull ¥,'here prices have been reasonable, and the patterns attractive, buyers have shown interest. Outside of the usual summer close down at the mills, there have been few complaints reaching the eastern markets of manufacturers placmg their plants on short time Quite a few improvements have been going on in the mills this summer, and everything has been put 111 readiness for a good fall and winter business. Some acldltions have been made to certain plants, and taken as a whole it does not appear as if the carpet trade had been passing through a very poor season. Late advices from Canada state that road salesmen are out wlth new lines for the spring season of 1911. Canadian mills have been giving considerable attention to rugs in Oriental patterns. and extensive ranges are now being shown for the new season Greens occupy a very prominent position in the new Canadian lines. mostly in dark rich effects, with designs of a lighter shade. Medallion centres have about passed out, and are being replaced by square-borderea de-s. igns, with the centre entirely plain. Mulberry shades are making their appearance, and promise to become a feature in the spring trade ... FOX SAW DADO WEEKLY ARTISAN HEADS GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROU&LE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine KnlvsJ. Miter Machlnss. Etc. 185 N. Front Strset. Grand Rapid •• Mlch .. - _. ...~ SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE ROLLS ------------ ------1 For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. Th8 F811wock Auto & Mfl!. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ----- -..... -_._----------_. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws. any length and Kauge. Write .. f.r Prie. LIII& ...d .....,0_& 31-33 S. Front St., ORANDRAPIDS, MIClI. BOYNTON &, CO. Manufatlur«Iof Embo ... d and Turned Mou\cl· in ... , Embol" ad and Spindle Carvinlrl. & n d Automatic Turoln ••. We aJ.o manu-fa~ UIe a lerae be 01 Embo .... d Ornaments for Coucb Work. 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO, ILL. Ws'll iladly tell you all about It. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. .. SEND FOR •• --1 Bones and Rocks. Everybody has heard about "bones of contention," and "rocks" of offense, but it was reserved for the Carrier Lumber and Manufacturing company of Sardis Miss., to explain it be-ter than anyone else In a letter to C. W. Manning, 66 Broad street, NY., which appears in the advertisement of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works on another page of this week's issue of the Weekly Artisan. it is so clearly explained that anybody can understand it. Look it up. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between oppor-tunity and temptation. WBEKLY ARTISAN UTradeWeeku in St. Louis. The St. Louis Furniture Board of Trade is an organi-zation of the furniture manufacturers of that city, and it embraces all of them, with one or two exceptions. who are banded together for the benefit of the furlllture trade in general and for the betterment of this ml1rket in pqrti~ulqr Several years ago the custom was established of holding a "trade week" tWice a year during the market season. and in choosing the date for these meetmgs the convemence and best mterests of the retail dealer has been the object :"ought With this in view the board has set the date for the ~um-mer meeting for the week beginl1lng August 15 The Board has advertised "trade week" liberally and several thousands of invitatlOns have been mailed to dealers throughout the tern tory tributary to St. Louis. A'San extra inducement for buyers the Board proposes to pay part of the expenses of the trip. Buyers traveling less than a hundred miles, who visit St. Louis and buy $150 worth of furniture from members of the board during "trade week" will receive full return railroad fare. Those who have to travel more than 100 and less than 200 miles, must buy $300 worth in order to obtain return fare and the amount to be purchased increases until it reaches $1,000 for those who live more than 500 miles from 5t Louis. All railroads belonging to the Southwestern Passenger association and the Western Passenger association have in effect, during August, a "summer tourists' rate," to St. Louis and return. on a basis of 2c per mile each way, (this rate does not apply to any tern tory in Missouri or the northern half of Arkansas). Buyers are expected to purchase round-trip tickets. When they arrive in 5t. Louis they are to call at the office of the 5t. Louis Furniture Board of Trade, 810 Olive street, and register with H. 5 Tuttle, the manager. When purchases are completed they are to furnish the manager with a memor-andum of the amount purchased from the members of the St Louis Furniture Board of Trade. The manager will then return one-half of the amount of the round-trip ticket. "Trade week" will also be the week of the "Made in St. Louis" show at the Coliseum. While the title of this exhi-bition sounds like a local affair. everyone who attends it is assured, "be he from New York City or Beaumont, Texas. that they will be delighted with what they see, and will pronounce it a great show-just as more than 100,000 people did last year." Elected President. Benjamin Bosse, who was recently elected president of the Business Men's Association of Evansville, Ind. in one of the "live wires" of that hustling city Mr. Bosse is an offi-cial of several prosperous furniture manufacturing corpor-ations and will make an efficient head of the business men's association. During his incumbency of the office of president there will be "something doing" in the association every minute. His first work will be devoted to largely increa'ling the membership. Machinery Installed. The addition to the plant of the John Widdicomb com-pany has been provided with machinery, increasing the ca-pacity of the factory twenty-five per cent. The addition con-tains five floors 80 x 100 feet in size, and an "L" is 24 x 60. The total floor space of the Fifth street factory of the com-pany is about 200.000 square feet. The capacity of the Kent factory is fully as large. Six hundred tnen are employed. ,.-. - ..,. Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 We lake p1elllure lDlDlroduClDg10 you our new Saw Table The base IS Ilm,lar 10 whal we have been uung on our No 4 Saw Table. only we have made ,I larger on Ihe 800r The ralsma: and lowenDI deVice 1$ the same at we have on the No 4 Machine. WIth lever and pllman The lever 's made of sleel The .rbor IS made of I %-lDch steel. runmng In long nng m1ma bon •• and IS for I-inch hole lDsaw. We furnISh one 14-lach saw on each maclune It wul carry a 16-mch .aw If demed Table 1$ made Wlth a center .ltde 12 mche. w,de Wllh a movement of 21 mches It hal a lockmg deYlce to hold ,t when you do not wISh to use ,t. and hal a detachable mitre llUage to be used when usmg the Ihdma-table. Can crOls cut With table extended 10 24 mches. also np up to 24 mchel w,de Table has a removable Ihroallhat can be taken out when uSlna dado It .Iso has two mItre guages for reguJar worle and a two J.1dednp guase that can be used on. nlher SIde of lhe saw. more espeCJalIywhen the table 'I blted, also a biting np aauge to be used to cut bevel work when you do not WIShto bit the table The top IS 40x44 mche. Countershalt hili T & L pulleys 10xl4mches, and the dnve pulley 16x5 mches. counter- .haft .hould run 800 Makmg ,n all about as complete a machme as can be found and at a leasonable pnce Wnte us and we wul be pleased to quote you pnc.. Addr .... ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., ~)-)83 Canal St., Gr ....d RapId., Mich. _____ o~ ~----.---.-_---. _._0· ._._.__ • __ • ~ ,I I Palmer's Patent Gluinlr Clamps The aboYecn* .. _ken dJnet from a photosraph. ADd ....... the ra.D6e 01 on. .b. onl7. our No.1. U-Inch Clamp. Wo make .Ix other ...... *akinlr In atock up to 60 Inch.. will. ADd = lncJIao thick. Oara.. the mod practical method 01 ......plnc clued Hoek III aM at tho preaeDt tJme. H_llnda 01 ladorlu hayOadopted our waT the put .,_ and hunllnda mo... wID la Ulo tature. Let 1U allow 7Oa. Le* a. .eDd Ton the _ea 01 n_IT 100 I.. rlM (oDITa Iraetton ot our Hit) who aye ordered and reordered mllDTttmea. Prool poaltlye our .. aT .. tho bu*. A poa* card wID brine 1*.CIOtaloeIncladed. Don't lIel,., but wrI*o uda:r. A. E. PALMER &, SONS, Owosso, MICH. .. 11 ..... • 0 ~ • ------ ---- -----,-~~--------------- Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Furniture Manufacturers and Dealers. (Contmued from page 9.) wants and forthwith it IS a seller 1 This sort of educatIOn knocks over-production into a cocked hat There IS never any trouble over prices or profits when the demand equals or exceeds production, and if we can make people want to spend two dollars for furniture where they were spending but one dollar before there would be no "Jobs" at half pnce, no complaint about mail order competItion and no threats to boy-cott the manufacturers The average furlllture man remmds me of the hoot-owl going to a funeral; in fact, many of them combme the funeral busmess with furnIture and wonder why It IS that the thnfty young bride endowed with thoughts of Me and gaiety does not come into his store and SIt around among the coffms and other mortuary emblems while selecting some furnIture for her nest. How many of us in the business really know some inter-esting things to say about furnlture-someth111g that would make some other person want to spend hIS money for It? Mighty few! The reason for this IS that furniture manufac-turers have been narrow minded regarding publicity and blind to their own interests They have not taken the publIc Into their confidence by telling them the many interesting thlllgS that may be said about furnIture The talented desIgner and the skilled producer have hugged their own knowledge of 111- teresting furniture lore so closely to their bosoms that they have nearly squeezed the life out of it. They shut themselves up like a jack-knife for fear that some one may steal an idea from them Ideas, like grains of wheat, only grow and multi-ply when they are scattered broadcast in the soil. A disagree-able truth is sometimes a better business asset than the most pleasant fiction, but the truth need not be dIsagreeable It is usually quite pleasant to take when one gets the habIt It is largely a matter of acquired taste and should be CUltI-vated with dIligence * * * * There is not a single commodIty in the realm of human wants about which more interesting things can be saId or written than about furnIture It IS with us 111JOy or sorrow, al-most every hour of the day from the cradle to the grave The making of furniture is an ancient craft, trace of which is lost only where history begins In all stages in all coun-tries the degree of civilization achieved may be read in the SI-lent records of its furniture and its architecture. The furni-ture craftsman of each generation has been confronted with ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire line Will be on exhibition in July on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. problems of \'; hlch hI" pI edecessOf never dreamed There is, probably, no phase of the furnIture bu"mess in which our sev-eral mterests can not be advanced by taking advantage of the opportulllty whIch thIS co-operative movement affords, and until the good that can be derIved from the forces and the knowledge we already have IS realind It would seem to be a doubtful expedIent to go farther The furniture mdustry in thIS country has developed out of ~impler surroundmgs than v,e no\\ enJoy, and m the natUle of things the men who are Identified WIth It dId not need to have a very hIgh degree ;)f scientific kno\\ledge a~ a basis fOJ thclr techlllcal trainlllg, and It IS but natural that \'; e should find ourselv es confronted with <;ome problems \\ lllch demand hIgher qualIficatlOns for their solutIOn k '" -1< The maklllg and selllllg of good fur11ltUl e are complicated processes, combllllllg skill, SCIence, art and commercial wis-dom. All these reqUlrements al e Iarely met WIth III one estab-lIshment and almost ne\ er in one per:oon Each respective UUlt of a co-operative body may have 111 ItS ov\ n way built up a busIlles<; more or less successful III character, and there may be wIth III each concern a degree of ,,1011, talent and order up to the average found III SImIlar lmes elsewhere when meas-ured by eXIstlllg standards of effICIency It may, therefore, be taken for granted that no lef1ectIon IS meant and that no credIt or honor is taken away from any person or concern If we now set about to examme the standards them ~elves to see If they are suffIcient for our present need:o, as well as for those more complex problems which will soon be prcssmg for solu-tion It is my purpose to bring forCIbly to your mmds the fact that whel e progress in the art IS pOSSIble It w11l sooner or later be made by some one, and that there al e always import-ant advantages to be gamed by getting there first. There 13 one thought \'; hlch appeals to me WIth Impressive force and seems to find confirmatIOn 111 expellence Smce the development, productIOn and use of good hunltUle appeal to the sentImental and aribtlc consideratlOn of people \'; Ith about the same force as they do their practical notIOns, It follows that extreme economies in its productIOn, ~ale and distnbu-tion, whIle deserving of careful thought and attentIOn, are not of such Importancc as to 0\ ershadow all others, and herein hes the need of educatIOnal work, whIch takes ac-count of the wants, thoughts and sympathies of the people of our time and \'; 111be expressed m the quahty, character and deSIgns of our furniture WhIle It may be true that WEEKLY ARTISAN Henry Sohmit 8' Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Upholstered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT. PARLOR. LIBRARY. HOTEL and CLUB ROOM '"---~----------_. -- -_._-------~ httle can be added to fUll1lture designs as received from eatlier penods. it IS also true that each epoch in the history of every progl eSSlVenation has left ib distlllct impress upon furniture, and we have the same opportunity to express the dommant fOlces of our time In our furniture and thereby discharge our debts to the past by legacies to posterity Thi" need not take the form of deSigns alone. but may find expl e"S1On in many other ways, such as quality, practical ideas and a greater harmony in all these. I should hke to see every member of your organization provided with the cUJrent furniture literature of today, to-gether with the best text books pertaining to the various branches of furniture. science and art I believe it is quite possible for your organization to make itself felt in a center of thought which shall guide and direct, if it does not origi-nate, the dommant note in all that will be said or written about good furniture Thel e is to me somethlllg inconSistent III the semi-an-nual revolutIOn" of styles and designs as against the further refinement of the good, strong and popular deSign') and the artful improvement of their details and conveniences. The practice which prey ails seems to me to cheapen the designer's art and prostitute the glonous opportunities which our time and circumstances have placed upon his altar A creation 111furniture in which there bl eathes the soul of genius and which radiates the sklll and talents of the craftsman, even although its lllles be plain and Its cost a modest amount, can no mal e be successfully copied that the creation upon can-vas of a Raphael \Ve have an opportul11ty to set up stan-dard,., of our own and to educate the buy ing publlc up to them, III other words, to choose our own vantage ground where the public wlll be With us and Will accept our views If we only set about It in the right vvay and with the right spmt Your interests and mine; the lllterests of every furniture retaller and of every manufacturer are absolutely identical We are all in the same boat; whatever hurts or helps the re-tailer also affects the manufacturer. and vice versa. There are really but two Sides of the problem The producer and the seller on one hand and the consumer on the other hand It IS plalll to all that in the end you retailers will only sell as much furniture as the consumer can be induced to buy; and If the manufacturer produces more than that or you lay in any more than that one or both will be stuck for it. You can not make consumers want more furniture by keeping them in ignorance regardlllg the most interestlllg facts about it; and one of the most 111tensely interesting facts about furni-ture from a consumer's pomt of view is that it was made by a house that knov. show. Many retailers prefer to believe that their word goes farther With a consumer than anything the manufacturer can say. Sometimes that is true but the smartest dealer does not know as much about a piece of furniture as the man who made It He may have the confidence of his neighbors ~- _._-_ , ~ A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS DADO SAWS I - . CItizens' Phone 1239 21 N. Market St •• Grand R.aplds, Mich. but he can not make them believe he knows that which in fact he does not know The responsible merchant who handles goods made by reputable and well known producers has a two-fold advan-tage and inspires a confidence which results in satisfactory business for both. The producer who makes a good article and who lets the public know it helps the merchant to sell it What we want in the furniture trade is a better appre-ciation of the fact that the makers and merchants can double the consumer's demand for furniture by working together and by giving the subject greater and more interesting pub-licity. Every maker of furniture should brand his goods with a name or mark to let the world know who is responsible for it. Then if it is good he gets credit; if it is bad the mer-chant is at least partly relieved from blame by placing It where it belongs A merchant's guaranty, not publicity backed by a reputable and responsible maker. involves a big-ger risk than any retailer can afford to assume for the ordi-nary profits in the business. I am glad to note that more and more the furniture makers are beginning to appreciate the value of trade-marks and publicity and that the best mer-chants are giving them encouragement and support This form of co-operation will result in better furniture and better furniture will increase the demand. It will also increase profits and, together with publicity, will drive the snide houses out of business, to the lastmg benefit and greater sta-bility of the whole industry I am firmly convinced that a series of lectures by de-signers and others having knowledge would be a benefit to the furniture industry Such lectures could be illustrated by lante! n slides in colors to show styles and decorations, and if gotten up with care by makers and backed by retailers would draw immense audiences in every community and would rouse up through the press and social circles more real interest in furniture than we can stir up in any other way, This plan. if carried out by the leading makers and mer-chants, would accomplish more and cost less than any other form of furniture publicity ever devised. Let the merchants get together and say to the producers of furniture, "We want you to brand your goods! We want you to advertise them by letting the consumer know why you desire his patronage; that will help us merchants and, in return, we will help you." Every retail furniture store should be a center where people who have homes can get inspiration that will result in making their homes more "homey." It takes more than a "Clearance Sale," or "Half-Off," or "Blue Tag Day." at Sham & Fake's to increase the demand and respect of the consumers of furniture and, consequently, the profit of the merchant and the maker. In conclusion let me say: If my httle effort here today should result in some benefit to some of you who are present, or to the industry as a whole, I will feel myself amply repaid for my time and in coming here all the way from Grand Rapids, and I wish to express my gratitude for the opportunity of addressing you -- • .fi Beam, Ardery & Co., is the name of a firm just engaging in the business of retailing furniture in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Beam wac; formerly and for many years with Louis Hax. "Provided you have planted the trees from the lumber of which you will eventually make them you may ship to me 125 maple bedsteadc;," reads an order recently received by a manufactunng company of Grand Rapids. Wllham H Beard defines the decorative art, so called, of the day, as "a craze" consisting of Japanese fans. cat-tail and sun flowers, grouped grotesquely, and fastened with a horse-shoe upon a background of sick colors, cut bias." 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN New designs In the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. OLD "NEWSn REPRINTED Paragraphs Copied FroIU the Michigan Arti.an for DeceIUber9 1881. Payne & Willingham have opened a stock of furniture in Macon, Ga. Dewey & Stone of Omaha, sold furniture to the amount of $375,000 last year Ketcham & Rothschild will soon take possession of a new factory, located on Lake street, in Chicago "Johnny" Zerfass, of New York. spent a day in Grand Rapids recently. John is a fine fellow-on the Zerfass at least. Conflicting patents on children's carriage chairs will cause long and expensive litigation unless the patentees "get to-gether." A. Bamberger of Chicago ic; endeavoring to compromise with creditors by offering to pay a small per centage of his indebtedness. Nelson, Matter & Co, have shipped an elegant chamber suite to Washington, to be used by President Arthur, in the White House. It is no longer fashionable to place mirrors in any room of the house. except the bedroom It is very bad taste to use mirrors in the parlor. Brown & Bliss. manufacturers of dining room furniture in New York, were damaged to the amount of $105.000 by a fire in their factory recently Manufacturers of furniture in St Louis are promotin~ a movement among the manufacturers of furniture located in the Mississippe valley for an advance in prices Many manufacturers in Chicago have discontinued the use of the telephone owing to an increase of $50 per annum for the service The amount now charged is $125 .. No. 1711 Looseness. Some people have the habit of looseness-loosness in everything they do or attempt to do If they were to make a box it would be sure to have a board that would not agree with the rest of it; or something else would be wrong. "The cheapest thing that will answer is good enough," is their motto Their are some manufacturers of furniture just like that, victims of the loosenesc; habit When they make up their lines they buy the cheapest veneers, lumber. glue. varnish, castors and furniture trimmings. The stuff is poorly made, and sold cheap, and bears the marks of the marker and almost his name. which is Looseness. Not so with the careful man, the man of success, who knows that his reputation is at stake in every piece of furniture that goes from his factory. His reputation is more to him than his bank account, for he knows full well that if his reputation is gone his bank ac-count will soon go with it His name might appropriately be called Perfection This man demands the best of every thing-that's why he buys his wood furniture trimmings from the ,Vaddell Manufacturing company of Grand Rapids. the largest manufacturers of wood furniture ornaments in the world . ••• •• * .. No. 1705·1705 GraQd ~apids Brass <00. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH• j .. WEEKLY ARTISAN Sleeping Car Fares. TraffIc Manager Wann of the Los Angeles-Salt Lake route. while in New York last Saturday, expressed the opin-lOn that there is no likelihood of an immediate adoption of the proposed plan to make sleeping car passengers pay a hIgher rate of fare than those who ride in day coaches, al-though he is in favor of it. Concerning the propositoin Mr. Wann said: "I t costs more to handle passengers in sleepers. We can seat 70 persons comfortably in a coach, while between 30 and 40 will crowd a Pullman, which weighs 40 per cent more and costs twice as much as a coach. "I think it would be no more than right to charge the first class passenger in the Pullman 5 per cent or even 10 per cent more than the second class passenger in the coach, but we could not make such a change just between Salt Lake and Los Angeles unless it was made on through first class tickets farther east "Furthermore. the interstate commission recently cut our rate from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles from $30 to $25, which is as low as we can afford to haul passengers. If we should undertake to charge even 3 per cent more than that for the additional comfort and service of a sleeping car the commis-sion might object. "If the time ever comes when it is possible to make fur-ther reductions in passenger rates. I believe this plan will be adopted and those who ride in Pullman cars will have to pay higher rates." Commenting On Mr Wann's statement, the New York Commercial, a paper that is usually more than fair to the railroad interests, says: Mr. Wann ha" given what may be termed stock argu-ments and raesons for every general passenger agent or other traffic official talked with upon the subject ever since the plan was first made public in the Commercial, when a contemplated conference upon it in New York was indefinitely postponed, has made practically the same statements In fact there was so little variation, that it was suggested they had been speciallv prepared in advance for the information of inf(uirers and as an answer to objections that mig-ht be raised That there is strong uncertainty in the minds of the tra-ffic officers as to just how the interstate commission will view the matter is incHcated in the remark of Mr Vvann about po'SSible objections from that quarter and confirms what the Commercial intimated when the idea first became known that the abandonment of the joint conference' was either due to something of this kind or the expectation that the traveling-public wonld at once make undersirable war upon the roads before the commission As to the cost of a Pullman car. that is something- the railroads do not pay but they do pay a consideration to the "Pullman comnany for the operation of t~c cars, the precise character of which no one outside the corporations has defi-nite and reliable knowledge It has been said to have a ,anable chal acter and it has also been repeatedly alleged that if some of the contracts obtained by the Pullman com-panv from the railroads were brought into the limelig-ht and nublicitv for them gained they would make mighty interest-ing reading matter The point is likelv to be raised by travelers that because thev ride in a coach they are not to be rated as second class passeng-ers for thev pay a first class fare the same as the passenger in the Pullman, the latter paving to the Pullman company its price for occupying- a berth or an upholstered revolving chair The Pullman corporation for years and years has regarded itself as a law unto itself but the interstate 15 Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. .. ... commission has lately contested its position and its rates and the courts are to eventually decide whether it is right or wrong. Iowa Attacks Freights. Attorney-General Byers of Iowa, acting in behalf of the state has filed complaints with the Interstate Commerce Com-mission, actions against all railroads operating in the state of Iowa, asking revision of the present rates which are alleged to be excessive. discnminatory and unlawful. The actions are divided into three classes, the first re-lating to the proportional class rates. and directed against the seven largest roads operating in the state; the second relating to commodity rates, against all roads and the third relating to local shipments. The actions are lbased on the amendment made by the last Congress to the act to regulate commerce, such amend-ment prOVIding that no more shall be charged as a through rate than is the aggregate of the intermediate rates. This amendmen t becomes effecti, c on August 17-The actions charge that Iowa is discriminated against by reason of through rates from points in Illinois and the East being higher than the aggregate of the intermediate rates. The roads affected in the first class are the Rock Island Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Burlington, Great Western. IlhnOls Central, Iowa Central and Northwestern. Most of us should carry repair kits to mend our broken resolutions A man must either make a way for himself or make way for others. T 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY luaSC'''JOTlON $1•• 0 JOE"YE...." ....NYWHE"E IN THE UNITED ST....TES OTHE" COUNT"IES $2.00 JOE"YEA". SINGLE COJOIEI I CENTS. PU.L.ICATION OI'"I'"ICE. 101-112 NO'HH DIVISION ST. GI'IAND RA~IDS. MICH. A. S WHITE. M....N....C;ING EDITOft Ii:ntered .. lecond cia .. matter, July 5. 1999, at the post ollice at Grand Rapldl. MIChleaa under the act of March 3. 1879 CHIC...G. O REPR.SENT...T. IVE. E. LEVY. The tide of money which set in toward New York so strongly in June was still flowing the past week. The clear-ing house banks in their statement showed an increase of very close to $11,000,000 in their cash holdings There was some increase in reserve requirements. due to an expansLm in de-posits accompanied by an increase in loans. but these re-quirements consumed less than one-half of the increase in cash, so that the surplus reserve was mcreased by more than $5.575,000. This brings it up to above $53,000,000. which is considerably more than twice the amount of the surplus re-ported at this date a year ago To this large increase in sur-plus several factors have contributed m varying degrees, most important of which has been the inflow of currency from the interior since the beginning of July Heavy payments by the government have done their share toward increasing the re-serves of the banks, and gold imports have also added to the gains from other sources With the passing of the first month of the new fiscal year the heavy excess of government pay-ments over receipts at thIS centre is lIkely to diminish and the inflow from the intel ior may normally be expected to halt in the near future How long the gains by gold imports will continue depends upon a number of factors. some of them entirely beyond the control of American financiers, but the indications at the moment are that the gold import movement will continue for some time to come. This state of affairs is pleasing to business men, some of whom have feared a short-age of currency, when the movement of crops begins From present indications there is not lIkely to be any lack of cash with which to market the crops this year. By his appearance. manners, the tones of his ,oice and conduct. the retail merchant tells his customers many things he does not intend they shall know The goods he sells and his ways in selling them impress either favorably or unfav-orably the prospective customer. A case in point· A lady called upon a retailer for the purpose of purchasing a daven-port. The space required on the floors of merchants hand-ling these useful pieces of furniture is so large that it is im-possible to show many samples. but with a supply of blue prints at hand, it is not difficult for the customer to make a selection. The lady inspected the 'samples in stock but did not find the style she fancied The blue prints were brought out and while studying the same, one after another, the lady laid one of the sheets aside, to be studied later. The dealer quickly picked up the print, pulled out a draweI, buried it among a lot of photographs and printed sheets and close.:! the drawer. The lady's suspicions were aroused She could not define the motive of the dealer in placing the print she had selected out of sight, and <;oon lost interest in the entire collection Had the dealer explamed the reason for his act he mIght have retained the confidence of the lady. Failing to do so It v. as but natural that the lady should "look a little further" and make a purchase of another dealer Little things count for much m the busmess world \Veek after next, beginning August 22, will be home-commg week m Grand Rapids The affair has been widely advertised, special railroad rates have been secured and there is little doubt that many thousands of former residents of the city will improve the opportunity to return and spend a few days ,,,ith relatives and friends As is well known there are many men fOlmerly engaged in the furniture iudustry here who now reside in other cities Indeed there is hardly a furniture factory anywhere in the country that does not number among ItS employes men who formerly worked in Grand Rapids If they were all to "come home" at once they would make a large addition to the home-coming crowds here. In addition to former residents, many others are expected tJ visit the CIty during the week, including a considerable number of furniture buyers, and for theIr convenience the factory showrooms and exhibition buildings will be kept open and ready to do busmess Elaborate arrangements have been made to amuse and entertam visitors and the local furniture men v\ III aSSIst materilaly in making the affair a pleasing success for all concerned. Judgmg from the large number of new fdc-tone" that are reported as bemg estabhshed m all o,ectlOn" of the coun-try, there must be many men who are eager to get mto the furmture-makmg busmess and It is probable that many of those now going in will be quite eager to get out after they have had a year or two of experience Many are undoubt-edly actuated by the idea that "there are mullions in it" and some of them wIll find that their expectatIOns are based on theones very much lIke that promulgated by "Col Sellers" in his eye-water project. The INest Coast FurnIture company of some town in FlOrida. registers a double shotted protest agamst the prac-tIce indulged In by certain manufacturers In publIshIng m catalogues theIr prices for goods, WIth a dIscount of fifty per cent to dealers Catalogues frequently fall into the hands of persons not entitled to receIVe the same and the information conveyed in regard to the discounts creates trouble for the dealer. The VVest Coast people suggest that a pnvate cipher be used in prmtmg the dIscount rate. The suggestion is prac-tical and should be adopted by manufacturers. One Max Leckner, a musician of prommence, remem-bers when. as a boy, there was but one piano in the town of ShelbyVIlle, Ind There are but few famIlIes now living in Shelbyville that do not possess a piano. The music of the planer and the dovetailer in the eleven big furmture factories of the city have supplied the means WIth which the reSIdents of the town purchased pIanos. The Merchants' Protective association of Portland. Ore, aim to keep all assets out of bankruptcy, because in the settle-ment of estates they obtain far better results than by allowing proceedings to be instituted in the bankruptcy court. where release from debt seems to be the interpretation of the law. WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 -...-.~-----------~.-----------'-----------'--------_._------ -------_._------------~, FOUR NEW BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in acid and oil, in acid and oil, in acid and oil, TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held £ir'~tplace in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. .. . . EverythIng In PaInt SpecIaltIes and Wood FID1shingmaterIals. FIllers that £tll. StaIns that satIsfy ._---- -------- -- -----_._-------_._--------------_._-- -' -_.- ~ Funeral of Charles W. Black. On Tuesday afternoon, August 9, funeral serVIces were held over the remains of the late Charles W Black, who died August 7, at Grace church, Grand Rapids. Rev F. R Godolphin officiated A quartette of male voices rendered "Rock of Ages" and "Lead Kindly Light," and among the organ numbers played by Mr Stillwell, was Chopin's funeral march The bunal serVIce for the dedd of the Protestant F)piscopal church, was Impressively read, and the rector eulogized the deceased eloqently. He recalled the humble en-try of Mr. Black into the business affairs of lIfe and spoke of his gradual rise from the bottom rung to a position of promi-nence, power and usefulness in a great industry His never failing courage, his unbending will, exercised in the pursuit of high ideals in his occupation, the valuable contI ibutlO113 he had given to the movement that had made Grand Rapi,le, famous as a furniture manufacturing center; his lIberal al-though unostentatious support of charities, and his loyalty to friends, were commented upon and praised In the lIfe of such a man the Father of all performs hIS wonders, said the speaker VI'cighted down with cares and re"['ons'l)!lltIh that would ble-lk tPf spints of many, he Wd" !lC t d periecL man hUL the speaker recognized in hIS alms and purposes the desIre to serve mankind, honestly and faIthfully. The body was interred at Oak HIll cemetery. One hun-dred men from the Oriel Cabinet company's factory and a large number of iurniture manufacturer dne! tncnds attended the services. Doubling Capacity. To double the capacity of any department of the factory, without increasing the expense, is certainly a great achieve-ment. It means a great deal to the stockholders, and in the furniture bus111ess, where competttion IS so sharp, that in many cases a dividend ever so small IS a great welcome (even if not a great surprise), it seems as though every manufac-turer of furniture would be on the alert to grasp whatever is best and most economical. In no department of the furniture factory is this more necessary than the dry kiln This i" usually a money maker or a money loser, and it i" so subtle that many manufacturers do not detect it, but are surpnsed when they come to figure at the end of the year that they have not made any money, or scarcely any. Every other depart-ment seemed to be in good shape and each foreman was able to make a good report, but somehow or other not one of them thought of looking to the dry kIln to find the leakage Here is a case in point from one of the great chair manufac-turing companies in Sheboygan, Wis, where more chairs are made than in any city in the Ulllted States Turn to the ad-vertisement of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works, on another page of this issue of the Weekly ArtIsan and you will be much 111terested in what yoU read. ~---_..- -- ------~.-._----------_._---__._..-..-.., 1Loufsbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItizens' Telephone 170Z. I'"'-- - • _ •••• we •••••• __ ... 18 - - --------- When a man could be no longer tolerated, he was let out in the smoothest and kindliest manner, for one reason or another. The greater number of men had been long III the service and \\ ere very loyal and respectful towards the firm, and ready at all tImes to speak a good word for the factory and its owners The men were never crowded, everything was done with the utmost deliberation, the absence of hurry and bustle being one of the notIceable features of the place Most of the appliances in use were crude and out of date The system of heating was httle better than nothing, and during cold weather the men \\ asted their tIme in an effort to keep warm. No one seemed to take the trouble to suggest improvements in either the building or equipment, the idea being to adapt the ways of doing things to the <;urroundings rather than seek for im-provement The methods of time-keeping, cost-keeping, estimating and billing work into the mill were of the simplest and most rudimentary character, and a woeful lack of system was every-where evident. To anyone with the most superficial knowledge of modern factory methods, the daily violation of all those principles whIch are held to be necessary to the successful operation of every manufacturing plant seemed to indicate that the miII was badly managed, that it was being operated at a loss, and, sooner or later, must result in failure. From my point of view as an humble mechanic I could imagine myself out of a job, and resolved to seek another. In a city several hundred miles distant I found employ-ment in a factory turning out practically the same kind of goods The principal owners were men of considerable ex-perience The buildings were new and the equipment modern In eyery respect The management was in the hands of a progressive. energetic, and wide-awake young man, an en-thUSIastic apostle of "industrial efficiency," thoroughly im-bued with the latest and most up-to-date ideas of factory management, including the most economical methods of hand-ling- materials and labor, and the systematic recording of all the' arious operations in and around the plant. Part of this progressive svstem ,vas to issue all kinds of arbitrary instruc-tIOns to the foremen concernmg theIr duties, usually remind-l11g them of their shortcomings and the weak spots in their departments. \Vhen a man of a foreman failed to meet the official re-qUIrements, a new one was promptly instaIIed As a result WEEKLY ARTISAN TWO KINDS OF FACTORY MANAGEMENT Two Much System. Rushing and Pushing May Spoil the Best of Theories. Benjamin McCune, In the ,Vood Worker-When we speak of good and bad factory management, or refer to a well-managed plan, we usually have in mmd a concern in which all the vanous operations are conducted according to some preconceived theory, based on the elimination of waste of time, materials and labor, together with some method of ascertaining and recording the value of all the different items of expense entering into the finished product, the whole re-duced to a system, the object of which is to diminish costs and increase profits as well as to keep the management in-formed at all times on the exact condition of the business in all its details Bad management therefore would imply the absence of all such methodical arrangements It will be admitted that some simple method of procedure is necessary in even the worst managed plants, and that nu-merous wood-workIng establishments are being successfully conducted in a happy-go-lucky, old fashioned way, the only consideration being to get the work done by following the lines of least resistance-by taking the shortest cuts from the lumber yard to the shipping room and the exercise of common sense. The following narrative, based on my own experience. presents what seems to be a peculiar example of the com-parative results of the two kinds of management· A good many years ago I was employed in a rather exten-sive and well-known wood-working establishment The own-ers were two very fine gentlemen of rather imposing appear-ance, dignified and courteau., in manner, but unacquainted with the details of the business The actual running- of the plant wac; under the direction of a superintendent. a practical man and a very fine gentleman The foremen in charge of the different departments were ordinarv good men. very pleasant and agreeable, and c;eemed to get along on the best of terms with each other and the men under them There was a notice-able absence of that pulling and hauling such as I have en-countered in other similar plants It was an ideal place for a man to work; everybody put in the time about as he saw fit; joking and story-telling- were favorite pastimes during working hours \iV ages v. ere com- .p.aratively high. and everybody seeme-d -ha-pp-y_an..d--con-ten-ted- ---------------- ------------~ Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. I Others 54 in. top. I 8 Foot Duostyles I I II ANY FINISH II CHICAGO DELIVERIES I• II I Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHlGAh .-. ----------~---------_. _.. ._._--_._-------_.~---------I.. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 WE HAVE NO PRETTY THEORIES ABOUT STAINS OR FINISHES THE MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. Making stains for practical men has been our job for many years. And long before we became makers we were USERS. Above all, our products are practical. They WORK. The results in your finishing room, if of this policy changes were frequent, both among the men and the foremen. first in one department, then another. They came and brought with them tales of former achievements, and the best schemes for doing everything as everything ought to be done. The mill was always crowded with work, and the whole atmosphere of the place was hurry and bustle, everybody on the jump, this state of affairs being offICIally recorded as "in-tensified production" In direct contrast to what I had been accustomed to, system was everywhere-in the yard, the factory and the office It was measuring, counting, check-ing, tabulating continually until it became a sort of nUlsance, greatly interfering with the progress of the work. Frequent changes of men and machines from one job to another became necessary, in order to live up to some particU-lar phase of the system, and the getting out of numerous small jobs was greatly hindered by what seemed to me much useless red tape, so that the unusual activity displayed did not neces-sarily mean increased production. In contrast to the attitude of the men toward my former employers. the presence of the manager In the mill had about the same exasperating effect on the men as if he had carried a banner with the words, "We are here to make all the money we can out of you fellows" A sort of dissatisfaction appeared which gradually developed into a spirit of enmity against the institution-a situation that would seem to confirm the con-tention that it seems impossIble to get the maximum of work out of a man and still retain his good will. Be that is it may. I was conVInced that the supposed ad-vantages of the latter system over the former were never real-lized After several years of striving to enforce the practical application of an unerring theory, the concern referred to has never been a financial success. On the other hand, the busi-you have the right kind of finishers, will be the same results as we show on our sample panels. You are not experimenting when you buy stains from us. Ask your best finisher about them. Send for sample panel to desk No.3. ness of my former employers is in the most prosperous <:on-dition, enjoying the highest financial standing, the owners being among the wealthiest and most influential men in the town. respected by their employers and held in the highest esteem in the community in which they live. It is not my purpose to advocate sloth among men nor laxity of methods in the operation of a mill, but merely to record what came under my own observations from the point of view of a subordinate employe; but judging from all known standards of companson, the concern that should have been a failure was a success, while the other was as near a failure as possible. While the compa! atlve standing of the two institutions may have been due to other causes than those mentioned, I am confiJent that the personal qualities of the men at the head of both institutions were the most lmportant elements in the case In the former instance the owners possessed that subtle quality that commanded the respect and inspired the confidence of their men-the recognition of the human ele-ment around the plant In the latter case the attempt was made to enforce the same ngid principles as to materials. ma-chines and men ahke, wlth clock-like precision, in an effort to obtain that which was theoretically desirable instead of that which was practically feasible If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. bills DOES IT 163MadIson Av~nu~-Cltlz~ns Phon~ 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .4 --------------1 20 WEEKLY AaTISAN . ... ... ...., Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than MorrisWood & Sons." He is imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work, at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks, in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutters. Write ua right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty-six yeats. Is that worth anything to you? A trial order is our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. ...- _--- ~_._._._._,_-.-.-._. _4.. ..I . .., Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT ($ CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592. ... ...... -..-.....--- ----------.----.....1.. Grand Rapid. Factory Notes. The announcement that D. C. McNamara, who recently engaged with the Marvel Manufacturing company, will travel IllS old territory, was wrong Mr. McNamara's positIOn with the Marvel company is that of sales manager. 1\1 E Campbell, who recently engaged with the C S Pame company to cOver a part of the middle west territory, is out on hiS first tnp James Gillies, who formerly represented the company In Pacific coast territory, is no longer with the Pame company. "There is nothing in the way of news that I know Gf," said Robert W Merrill, secretary and manager of the Phoenix Furniture company. "Our buo;;iness is about as usual and I think that IS about the condition of most of the factories. Both manufacturers and dealers are acting conservatively. Of course the dealers must buy if they expect to Jo business anJ their orders come along steadily. There is no indication of a desire to branch out or speculate on the demands of the future" "Business is fair," said Joseph S Hart of the Hart Mirror Plate company the other day. "I have Seen it better and I have seen it a great deal worse. I suppose our business is a sort of mdex or indication of the general condition of the fur-niture industry. If so, business must be picking up with the factories, for we have had a considerable increase during the past few weeks There is nothing like a boom, but business has certainly improved during the past month and especially during the past few days We now have live accounts with e\ er} factory, that uses glas"i, in the city. The summer sales ~eason \'"as certainly good for the local factories." :\Ianager Edgar S Kiefer of the Dahm & Kiefer Tanning company, accompanied by hiS family, is in Europe for pleas-ure with a little business on the side. The furniture leather department added by the company about a year ago has proved a great success and while abroad Mr Kiefer Will try to ar-range facilities to make it still more profitable for both the company and its patrons He is looking for better facilities for obtaining skins and other supplies The success of the fur111ture leather project has encouraged the company to add 111010CCO leather to its line of products. It has already made ~Ol11emorocco leather for which it has found a ready demand and ~fr Kiefer hope~ to secure suppltes of skins, either su-mach tanned or 111 the hair that Will enable them to turn out a most desirable grade of morocco leather Their furniture leather department is said to have reached a stage where It 13 not necessary to send out traveling men to secure orders-the orders come 111 without solicitation Have Plenty of Business. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester company IS having a fine trade, having plenty of business nowadays. In addition to the large list of orders recorded in the Weekly Artisan a short time ago, they have secured the contract for repiping the E H Stafford factory at Ionia, Mich, and also the factory of the Hayes-Ionia company which makes automo-bile bodies III the old wagon works factory. The latter is a large job, necessitating a complete outfit. They also have a contract from the Flint-Wallen company of Kendallville. Ind .• manufacturers of windmills, tanks and silos. for a complete outfit, and another from the Indiana Box company of Muske-gon, Mich, for additional piping that Will take the shavings and dust through pipes 600 feet to the Sargent Manufactur-ing company's boiler room and depOSIt them in the furnace. This company certainly has a lot of work on its order books, largely because every job is guaranteed to be perfect. Its business is growing every year WEEKLY ARTISAN New Factories. Contracts amounting to $48,000 have been let for the erectlOn of new buildings for the plant of the Appleton (Wis ) Chair company. Work on the new couch company's plant on Norfolk Downs, Quincy, Mass, is progressing rapidly. It is to be ready to begin operations on September 22. E. A. Lancaster and associate,; have incorporated the Greenville Furniture company, capitalized at $50,000, to es-tablish a factory in Greenville, Green county, Tenn. Hamilton Moses, S Sidney Stein and Leo J Kramer have organized the Safety Infant Bed company, capitalized at $5,000, to manufacture a newly invented little bed, in Chi-cago, III Managers of "a furniture factory in a northern state who wish to change their location',' are negotiating with the Chamber of Commerce of Roanoke, Va , with a view of bulid-ing a new factory in that city. The Concealed Bed company capitalized at $24,000 has been incorporated by George W. Coover, C. W. Snidow and W. T. Snidow, to establish a factory and manufactuer a patented folding couch and bed at Portland, Ore. A company is being organazed to manufacture grass mat-ting and rugs at Green Bay, Wis. It is to be capitalized at $100,000, of which $70,000 has been subscribed, and work on the construction of the factory has been started. W. V. Corbett, L. W. Walker and others have incor-porated the Stork Highchair company, to establish a plant and manufacture a patented highchair, recently invented, at Los Angeles, Cal. Capital stock, $25,000; subscribed, $5. P. H. and J. K. Laman and William Kaiser have incor-porated the Duluth Casket and Undertakers' Supplies com-pany to establish a casket factory and do a general whole-sale business in undertakers 'supplies in Duluth, Minn Cap-ital stock, $25,000. L. T. Yoder and three other capitalists of Pittsburg, Pa., have incorporated the Augusta Veneer company, capitalized at $100,000, to establish a large veener and rotary cut lumber plant at North Augusta, S C. They have secured F. J. Wells of Penn Yan, N. Y., as superintendent and general manager. uGrand Rapids" Beyond the "Rockies."9 Suggesting a route to be traveled by tourists who wish to make the best of their time when visiting the city, the Ore-gonian of Portland, Ore., says' "The first factories which you will pass, are a number of large concrete buildings where furniture is made and before you forget it. tell your friends that Portland ranks first in furniture manufacturing west of the Rocky Mountains. Everything is made here from the plain mission type to the costly mahogany and much of it is specially designed. Hundreds of skilled workmen are busy, turning the product of the forest into things which beautify the home. One may go to any large city west of the Rocky Moun-tains and find furniture bearing the stamp of some Portland •manufacturer." Zion9s Co-Operative Mercantile Institution. The largest mercantile establishm6nt in Utah is the Zion Co-Operative MercantIle Institution. The store is located near a group of mormon institutions and is partonized by all classes. It is a large establishment, and all varieties of merchandise are handled. The managers and their employes are mormons. The business transacted annually runs into millions. " - . . -., HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SA~~D } QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY ....... UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, ConilruCbon and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhibI-tIon 3rd Floor. New Manufact-urers' Building,Grand Rapids. ..... - .... _-_. -_. __ . ....... ....- -., -....-...-...-. --_-_ -..-.--_.... _. -----------_._-- ... .. ............• ..& ," .. I Don't Burn Your Moulding. Blackened edges so often found in hard-wood Mouldings indIcate the use of mferior tools, which frIctIOn and burn because of their failure to have proper clearance. The Shimer ReverSIble and Non- ReverSIble Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by experienced workmen. In deSIgn and con-struction they are superIor to anythmg on the market. They cut well and retam their shape until worn out. Send us drawmgs or wood samples for estImates on special cutters. Many useful de-sIgns, with prices, are given m our catalogue. SAMldEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, CeilIng, Sidmg, Doors. Sash, etc. ... .. . ... 21 ....I ....., ... , WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Chlffomers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabmets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m Imltallon golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Lbrary Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers m lffiltallon quartered oak, ir<lltatlon mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co Manufacturers of "HYiiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wrre Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . • WEEKLY ARTISAN Made by Bosse Furniture Company Made by World Furniture Company. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co --pnng I" bemg pU'3hed lapldly. It will be completed and occupIed by the mIddle of September. The CI11Cmnatl RetaIl Furniture Dealers' associatIOn has a'3ked the' CIty councIl to pass an ordinance requiring owners ot mm mg vam to file reports of their operations. giving name'3, dates an,l the old and new addresses of the migrators. 1 he Konrad company, undertakers, of Oshkosh, Wis. dre electll1l:; a nev. two stOly bllck building to cost $8,000 The first floOl v\ 111 be occupIed by the office, chapel and mal ~ue, and the uppel floor wIll be used for a furniture shop 'l!1el --tale 100111 I'ecau"e then btbmess has not been up to expectations dt1l111g the past yeal or more, the Edwards-Ihrig company of O"hkosh, \Y IS , manufacturers of caskets, mattresses and bed spnngs. hav'e JeClded to close out the stock and material on lund pay then debt,., and quit busl11ess On Its v oluntary petItIOn the Henry S. Holden Veneer company of Grand RapIds, MIch. has been adjudged bank- I upt The ltabIlitles are scheduled at $14,578, assets $14,087 Of the claIms $1,831 are secured Among the creditors are sn el al \ eneer manufactunng concerns or their agents. Henry B -:\lorns. formerly connected with the Michigan '-,eat1l1g company of Grand Rapids, Mich t died at Michigan Cltv, Ind, last \\ eek, aged 66 years. He went to Michigan CIty to take a pOSItIOn 111 a factory soon after the Michigan Seatl11g company moved from Grand Rapids to Jackson, Mich. \\ hen the Bosse, Globe and World furniture companies ot },v ans\ Ille, Ind , \\ ere merged recently, the property of the Bo""e company \\ as appraIsed at $150,000, that of the Globe at $150,000 and of the World at $100,000. The consolidated com pany also 0\" ns the new factory that is being erected on ~l11th a\ enue The Rocktord (Ill) Furniture oompany. in order to meet d pres~lng obltgatlOn, has borrowed $12,000 from Edwin E UdCl at ChIcago, gl\ mg as security a trust deed covering the factory SIte, bt1lldmgs, machinery an'd appltances. but not the lumber suppltes nor stock finished or in course of (un" tructlOn fhe Interstate Commelce Commission has postponed its 1m l--tlgatlOn of I11creases 111 freight rates which had been --cheduleJ to begm on August l5----next Monday. Some of the raIlroad offICIals declared they could not "get ready" so soon It IS now announced that the I11quiry will begin about the first of September ] he lug \\ eavmg demonstrations that were inaugurated la--t --plmg are rapIdly growmg in favor with dealers. Sev- (J a1 manufactt1l er" now have demonstrators "on the road." "\ 100m set up 111 the store of DaVIdson Bros .• Sioux City. 10\\ a, last '" eek, turns out a small rug complete in fifteen minutes The looms ale great "drawmg cards" for the stores m whIch they al e exhIbIted ] he Bosse-G1obe-\Vorld Furn\ture company, recently fOlmed bv mel g1l1g three of the prominent companies of EvansvIlle, Ind, b planmng for the erection of an elegant commodIOUS offIce bUIlding. It will be of pressed brick, one "tOl y. 60 J\.80 feet alhl WIll stand on the corner of Ninth ave-nue and .:\Ialyland street. Hem y Stud11lczha, Amencan commercial agent. report-mg from VIenna, Am,tna. says "Nothwithstanding that Vi-enna produces and manufacturers a large variety of furni-ture. there IS room here for furniture of American produc-tIOn I learn that the Amencan Trading Company, located 111 thIS CIty, has ananged for supplying a new hotel in c':m-stantinople WIth Amencan furnIture." MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS C A. Swope succeeds ,IIller & Co, fUlnlture and hard-ware dealers of PI escott, Kan J B Johnson has purchased the unJertakmg bl1"l11e--" of W V. Almand at Conyers, Ga Managers of furmture faetones In the mIddle \\ e--t are complaimng of a scarcity of skIlled workmen The llorala (Ala) Furmture company, dealel -', ha\ e 111 creased Its capital stock from $3,500 to $4,500 The only feIt makl11g machine in the state of Kansas IS being I11stalled m the new mattress factory at \\ Ichltd W M HIlls. furnIture dealer ancl undertaker at \1 d more, Okla, has been succeeded by the -\ D Ra\,,11l1s com-pany J A Newsome, furniture and hardware dealel of J ack-sanVIlle, Fla, has enlarged hIS store by leasing an ad]oll1lng bUlldl11g Dukes & McDonald, furnIture dealers of GreenvIlle, Ky , have dIssolved partnership 1\1[ B McDonald '" III contl11ue the business The stockholders in the Sanitary Upholstenng company of MIddleton, Conn, ha\ e decided to dIssolve the corpordtlOn and qUIt business The Fort Smith (Ark) FurnIture company reports a large and rapidly increasing demand for theIr Border Queen lme of kitchen cabinets The Caswell-Runyan company, furnIture manufacturers of Huntl11gton, Ind, has added to ItS capItal by issumg SlO,- 000 111 preferred stock The Cl11cl11nati RetaIl Furniture Dealers' aSSOCIation IS consldenng a propOSItIOn to admIt plano dealer" and c1oth-merchants to membershIp The Crown Mattress company, manufacturers of St Pdul Minn , has been I11corporated by F M Dolan, A B Hackert and Henry Kane. CapItal stock, $25,000 J. E Van has pUlchased an I11tele'3t m the retaIl furm-ture house of Lowe Brothers, Eugene, Ore, and has a'3sumed the general management of the busl11ess J D and VV R Craft, cahmetmakers of Hattiesburg, MI"S, have mcorporated theIr busmess under the name at the Craft Cahl11et company CapItal '3tock $10,000 Carter & Campbell, manufacturers of I eecl chaIrs and go-carts have gIven theIr reed workers an I11crease of ten per cent m wages, taking effect on Monday, August 8 Portland, Ore, IS to have a manufacturers' cJ\.po"ltlOn under the auspIces of the RetaIl -:\Ierchanh' aSSOCIatIOn and the Board of Trade, dunng the week openmg October 31 The Holden famIly of DetrOIt, possesses an hen 100m m the form of a sideboard deSIgned by a grandmother, on the panels of whIch ate the busts of her chlldlen, pamte,l by her-self. R F Hayn"worth, preSIdent, G H Hurst, se'cretaly-treasurer and W C WIse are the newly elected offIcers of the J. D CI aig FUI niturc company, manufacturns of Sump-ter, S. C. J H. Tiemeyer. for over 40 years a furniture and carpet dealer of St LOUIS, Mo , dIed on August 4, aged 62 ) ears He was a native of St LoUIS, and leaves a widow, t\\ a <.laughter" and a son. The Sledge Furniture company, dealers, of Wmston- Salem, N C, are erectmg a two story brIck bUlldll1g 25 x 75 feet It IS located on Trade street and \\ 111 ha\ e a plate glass front The rebUlldll1g of the sectIOn of the UnIOn Furlllture company's plant at Rockford, Ill, that was burned last WEEKLY ARTISAN WISCONSIN FUNERAL DIRECTORS More of the Proceedings of Their Annual Con-vention Held at Fond du Lac Last \Veek. The twenty-ninth annual convention of the Wlscon:01n Funeral DIrector.., and Embalmers' AssoclatlOn, whIch was In progress at Fond du Lac, when the \V eekly !\rtlsan went to press last week, wa'i one of the mO'it 'iucce'3sful, interest- Ing and profitable mEetings ever held by thc orgamLatlOn Thc reports showed the affairs of the as'iOClatlon to be In a most prosperous and satisfactory condItion WIth a steady l11crea'3e In membershIp and mterest At the second seSSlO11of the conventlon:vr K Rellly de-livered an address whIch won hIm a vote of thanks He open-eJ hIs remarks by paYing a tnbute to the hIgh standard of the undertakers' prOfeS'ilOn as set by V\ Iscon'im men engaged 111 that pursuit He saId It was no longer consIdered a bU'ilnes3 but a professlOn "A man may be honest and get along WIthout the servIces of a lawyer," said the speaker" He may go through Me WIth-out the counsel and advIce of a clergyman, he may hve ac-cording to hygIene and dl'3pense with the servIces of a phy-' siclan, but sooner or later he must bow to thc scepter of the undertaker. He is one of the men who comes to the home when it IS clouded WIth SGrrows He IS called upon not only to exercise the mechamcal dnd SCIentific part of the profcs- SIan, but to hghten the burden of those bereaved and be theIr fnend in the trYing hours that follow" Mr Reilly then spoke of the need of a new phIlosophy of success for the Amencan people He spoke of the insanity of the business world in the maJ race for 'iucce'i'i, commercIally and professionally at the '3acnfice of health anJ happiness Years ago, he said, the buslne:os men were satIsfied to retIre after they had accumulated a competency and become a hver in the world. Kow It IS a mad nerve racking \ ace for untold wealth at the expense of hfe and happiness At the conclu-sion of the addres:, the speaker was enthusiastically applauded The next number on the program was a report of the dele-gates to the natlOnal conventlOn, whIch was gIven by John R Ragan of Grand RapIds, \VIS, who, on Tuesday had been elected presIdent of the Wlscons111 Retal1 Furmture Dealers' associatIOn The conventlOn mentlOned 111the report was held at Portland, Ore, Sept 29-30 and October 1 An excerpt from hIS report IS as follows, "\Ve are a waken111g to the fact that in the stncken home where we each come into close re, latlOnship with the pubhc and where we hghten or darken the versIOn of the Eternal world, geography has no meamng, but that In every place In all thIs land In the dreaded hour of death and In the rendenng of servIces we profess to perform, there should be one reqUlred standard of ablllty and there should be granted but one graJe of certificate or hcense \Vh;le we, as an orgamzatlOn are not permitted, perhaps very prop-erly, to fix the reqUlred standard that is to determine the con-ehtions on whIch the certificate or hcense shall be granted, yet I beheve that our attitude accompamed by reasonable sug-gestlOll'i does and wlll serve a large purpose Ul estabhshlng and ma111talnmg such a standard "\Ve therefore ask that the term 'professIOn' a'3 apphed to our calling be Justified by ask111g that suitable prehmUlary educatIOnal reqUlrements, whIch shall be eqUlvalent to a hIgh school dIploma in our pubhc schools be made of all aspIrants for embalming hcenses. • Mr Ragan expre:osed the thanb of the assoCIation to the delegates at the natIOnal conventIOn for the electIOn of GeOlge L Thomas of W ISCOnS1l1,as national presIdent. 2S On Thur~day, whIle conduct1l1g the "expenence hour," 1\11 Ragan dcclared that undertaker'i were born, not made "There are some ~ ho th1l1k a ~hOlt term 111 an emhalm111g 'ichool and a dIploma al e the only requIsltcs of an undcrtaker," "hut thIS IS very much a mIstake." he "aId "It IS only the be-g111mng A man to be '3ucces'iful 111 the undertak111g mu..,t pOS'ies.., tact, ablhty ancl represent a hIgh type of manhood The days when undertaker, were harsh m the11 conduct and ruled the famIly mto whIch they werc called have changed, and now the undeltaker~ are the one'i VIho arc ruled If they hope to succeed !\nyth1l1g that does not mean the nght kind of manhoJd. and gentlemanly conduct on the part of an un-dertaker at all time" means that hIs competltOl VIlli soon put hIm out of busmess " Past PI esdent J R \lcLaln, of Mannette, \\ IS, ad-dre: O'ied the convEntlOn, ha' Ulg been a~ked to take the :oubJect "Undertakers' Records" The speaker declared that the under-taker ~hould be a power for good Ul the commumty In whIch he re-,Icles He saId hl'i deportment should he open to 111- 'ipectlOn at all times, and hIs a11n 'ihould be to exemphfy the true ele, ated type of manhood "\Ve must he 'iympathetlc In thIS bU'ilnes'i of ours I don't mean that It IS the busln ess of an undertaker to go to the father or the WIfe and condole WIth them and at the same time have 111m111d a mahogany case WIth slh er tnmm111gs vVe can d'J more than thIS by con'iollng them by the 111telhgent handl111g 01 the11 dead" The speaker scored the class of undertaker'3 who count theIr VIC-t1111Sbefore they are dead, and saId that men 111practlcmg hus- 111e~'ithat way laId themselves open to the scorn anJ contempt of all nght-mUlded member'i of the profe'i~lon and people at large "They 'ihould be ellIven out of the commuUlty ," ~ald Mr MeLam. "at the pOInt of the 'iword of puhhc dhappI 0\ al and mJlgnatlOn There 1:0no place for thcm In the ranks of undertakers who profess to be men among men, theIr place 13 m the membershIp roll of the amalgamated umon of ambu-lancp chaser:o " \Ir McLam al'io spoke of the grow111g e\ll of tak1l1g the naUle of the SavIOr m vam He saId the evl1 wa~ a bhght up-on mankind and the cur..,e, a'i he called It, has no place m the vocabulary of the undertaker "'\ 0 soldl er, ho\'\ ever low, would apply the names to hh general that mank1l1d use, WIth apparent unconcern m blasphemmg J esu~ Chnst" " . .- ..-- ... ---- We Manufacture the Larlleat Liue of Folding Chairs In the Unlted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all publIcresorts We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I ran Beds, SprIng Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large I varIety Send for Catalogue I and PrlCtl to II I KAUffMAN ,I MfG. GO. ASHLAND, OHIO Ih_ • .~ I ... 26 W'EEKLY AltTISAN Minnesota Dealers' Retail Furnitu)."e " > Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent, J R Taylor, Lake Benton, Mlnn , Vice-President, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MlDn , Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville, Mlno EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -Chairman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn., 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L Harns Mtnneapohs, Mmn , C. Danielson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 163. A REMEDY TO ELIMINA1.~E TRADE EVILS. W~NTED-A Furniture Dealer, who will put him-- self in a position to save from $1,500 to $5.000 a year, with a chance for increase. Such an "ad" If publIshed m a dally newspaper and properly br'ought before the furniture dealers would create a de.'Hre to know how. why, ctc Ii, no doubt 1\ (mId bnng a multItude of replIes The furnItUl e dealer, who is pluggIng hard from morning untIl nIght. would no doubt say: "That appeals to me, you bet' I would lIke to do that If I could Another dealer who has a reasonably large volume of busI-methods whIch wIll bnng about such saving which are cash, quantIty and cuttmg out the \\ aste in gettlllg his merchan-dIse \\ e Imagme \\ e can hear the all wise saying: "The Idea. of anyone bemg able to buy better than I, or to assume that functIOn of personal selection I" etc Thoughts like these runnIng thru the mmds of suspicious dealers, is the cause for so many, many thousands of furniture dealers plodding along ) ear after year 1ll the same old rut. At the end of the year the' find that they have not made any money and they find themselves contmually hard up. ~ If \'ve have stated what is true, then there must be some unIver"al cause for these condItIons. and in trying to solve tIns problem, we find that It is true because of the education No 1 No.3 As shown In Catalog The tl Uf lornpanson rhe Real ArtIcle The above row of cuts shows a method that our AbSOclatlOn ('Ill ploys to help Its members to proteLt. themselv es ~ga111st fraudulent m.all ordm advertisIng Look at cut No 1 Isn t It a massn ( tablp to be sold for $1125? Yet No 2 cut shows the vast dlfh ILnce bet" E, 11 the arhcle as re-CPlved In compallson to the mall Older IllushatI( Il Wouldn t you have a prett\ hard tIme convIncIng the IllJ.11 OldpI UIS tomer that the PlCtUlP dS Illushatec1 b\ the catalog hou"'ie IS ani) a Inch base but that IS what the descllptlOn states and \\ hat the, ShIp out So make good use of the opportuIllt\ of exposIng thIS fraud \\ ( have ordered one of these tables and we are makIng a duplicatp onl' ness, might say "Well. how can It be done?" Or, he might say' "The audaCIty of anyone tellmg me that I might save from $1,500 to $5.000 a yeal 111 hUY1l1g my year's suppIJes Yet, that 1" what thIS httle "ad" Imphes if ) ou take It at Its true meanIng No doubt many a small furnIture dealer would be lookmg at this "ad" and wondellng why a savmg of from $1,500 to $5,000 is not more easily found -Read on: The person who answers the above "ad" must be a clean red-blooded, progressIve, "I WIll" dealer, who has the ability to plan ahead an,1 who can see that by combmmg the buymg forces of many that he will be able to do that which is Im-possible as an indIVIdual That i" just what the Minnesota Co-OperatIve BUY1l1g aSsoClatlOn is domg for ItS members Ah, there i" the rub, "co-operative buying ., The proportionate savmg of from $1,500 to $5,000 a year would be most desirable and should ll1terest every furnIture dealer ThIS extra saving wIll not come to anyone unless he IS willIng to adopt such a \ (I \ luueh bettpr finIsh a 42 Inch top plaIn oak vVlth a 6 Inch ped estal fOI ~4 <;;:J 01 It Cdn be had WIth et 7 inch pedestal for $535 H( n1PInbei that e\ (n at these prIces that these tables are made hood (nough <;;) tll It no furnIture dealer need be ashamed of them ( ould \ ou a.., a ..,m 111 dc-aIel "ho ('an only buy from 10 to 15 tables a <.,( ason c, el l ...1.).( < t to gpt them eLt thIS figure? But thanks to co-op PI d. tIOn \\ f' al P able to furnIsh j. OU thIS tablE> at a pnce that Vi. III not onh dHl j-OU t< meet It but make' a profit also v\le have 200 tables bPIIlg mau( dt facton and shIpments ean be made In ten days Order \\ h 1t "\OU need no" the consumer 1" gettIng thru the mail order business methods, the soap club lIterature and the vanous wholesale jobbers, "hlPp1l1g merchdnlhse to theIr customers out of their regular lme, all of \\ hlCh 1" showmg the consumer. that certain com-modI tIe" can be had at a certa1l1 pllce These pnces are so close to the pnce demanded of the small dealer, that it is not an) wonder that they are not makIng money The small dealer an'(IOUS to retam hIS volume of bUSIness begins to talk quality dlhl serVIce and he does everythmg WIthIn his power to stem thl" tIde, (vl-hIch by the way, IS the remedy generally pro-posed for these e, 1Is) StIll we find a certaIn volume of trade cont111uaIl) slIppIng away from us-why? SImply because bu"mess IS beIng done more and more upon the cold blooded bU"1l1c"" ba"I" and because our old tIme Ctlstomers can and d J C vcry now dlld then some Item for Ie" ... tl1dn we can "ell It We ImmedIately ask our"elves "Now If this, that, or the other fellow can scheme to do thIS," should I not be able - ~ - ~-------,-----------,------- WEEKLY ARTISAN to buy my merchandise as close as they?" Our answer is "Yes you can, that IS, If you wIll do as they do." But you say "I am only a small dealer and I cannot buy in carloads, etc" Yet, thIs is the condItion of all the small dealers It took the Minnesota association over three years to discover the solution of these conditions, which are, either that we wiII be forced out of the game of business or we mu<;t adopt such methods that will enable a smaIl dealer to get on the same ba.sis as to the first cost of his merchandise, a'S doe<; his big rival WhIle co-operative buying has those features that are hard to overcome, which we wish w~r&other- WIse, we find that unless we use this plan.: ~t'$ptofits are on the decline instead of where they ought to be~ce. when the years roll around we find our small dealers doing quite a No.3. Cheav ~Iontgomery Ward Bed a.. shQ<Wnin Their Catalog 27 But, My Dear Brother, of the furniture trade. what are you going to do? You have certain conditions to meet, the majority of which are not of your making No doubt sooner or later the small dealer will come to that understanding where he wdl see that he will have to adjust hImself to the scientific methods of today which methods are adopted by the <;uccessful enterprises now III existence. or he must atone to the offended law of the survival of the fittest. In which class are you gOlllg to be found? It 1<;the purpose of this article to inspire you and to Illculcate that hope in you, whIch WIll spur you on to do that which WIll make you successful and prosperous in your furni-ture business At the beginning, it may seem hard for you to adapt yourself to the requirements necessary to make co- ST~DY THIS ITEM. No 4. T Two-Inch Post Bed. Half Tone of Real Article. ThIS F2 No 0-035 Is the greatest bargaIn ever offered In a 2 Inch post Hon bed The maIn pIllars are 2 Inches In dIameter, and IS a plaIn artIstIc deSign in any bed room FInished WIth one coat of antI-rust filler and two coats of enamel SIzes 3 or 4 feet ThIS No 2 contInued post bed can be fur-nished our members 111 all SIzes In white enamel for $4 85 V Martm $5.35 Can you as a small dealer, who does not use ,)9 60 or 100 beds a Year, ever expect to buy beds at thIS price? Haven t you of-tener paId from $7 00 to $9 50 Yet by cut hng out all the waste, we are able to do It at aba" f' pflce Another IllustratIOn of what the nght kInd of co operatIOn WIll do rhIS IS--ihe kmd of bed the catalog buyer has in m1nd when he comes to your store. The half tone On opposIte SIde IS what you show him Unless you have an illustratIOn of this kInd pInned on the bed you are apt to have a hard tIme to conVInce hIm ThIS bed Is sold for $158. Note what we furmsh them for on OppOSIte side. No.1. Montgomery Ward S prIce for thIS dresser $11 55 but cut No 2 shows what you get Do you thInk that If theIr dresser wae; II lustIated as It IS shown In cut No 2 that It would teinpt anyone to part WIth then money? '" ell hardly, yet thIS IS the- kIn 1 of a game the dealer IS up against Look at cut No 2 and study It carefully volume of business, yet the net results are not there Why aren't they? Think again Of course we do not as<;ume to say that this is So in all cases, but we challenge OUI readers to deny that these con-dItion, affect the maJonty of our Jealers If you want to get at the bottem of these conditions, Just take a trip with your friend the travehng salesman and follow hIm on his route and you WIll probably be made to realize the fact as you never have realize
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- 1910-08-13T00:00:00Z
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 24, 1910 NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE StTlTES in Mahogany. Circassian Walnut and Oak. If you have not one in your store, a siIDPle request will brina you our IDagnificent new CataloQue of 12x16 inch JUlge groups, show-ina .uites to IDotch. With it, even the Dlost :m.oderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. S/!.eciaJists fQtneFul'nitul'e Trade. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO.GRANDRAPIDS. CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better gIve us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothmg but Quality tools, the first cost of which IS consIderable, but whIch WIll make more profit for each dollar mvested than any of the cheap machmes flood-ing the country. "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches Made WIth or WIthout motor drIve Metal table 36"x 30" Will take 18" under Ih e gUide-bits 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-nes a saw up to 176" Wide. Outside beanng to lower wheel shalt when not motor drIven Weighs 1800 lb, when ready to shIp Oliver Tools Save Labor H Tempers u Cost "Ohver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 Will take a ,aw up to 20' dIameter Arbor belt IS 6' Wide Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S A BRANCH OFFICES OlIver Machmery Co, Hud'on Termmal, 50 Church St, New York Ohver Machmery Co , FlfSl Nauonal Bank BUlldmg, Chicago, III , Ohver Machmery Co Pacific BUlJdmg, Seattle, Wa,h Ohver Machinery Co 201-203 Deansgate, Manche'ter Eng WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN ___ I.- MAIL YOUR CATALOG OCTOBER 12th _____ 1 ___ If you place the order with us. W"ITE PRINTING COMP "NY GRAND RAPI[)S, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ....-.---~-._._-- - .-- - - LUCE FU~~!~~~~CH.COMP ANY I IIIII II,I , II Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~_. . Luce-Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Mapll BIrch !Zuartertd Oak and ClrcaJJlan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. .. C,RAND RAPI'-- -- P\lllLIC UBR.\H\ 30th Year-No. 65 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPTEMBER 24. 1910 Issued Weekly OLD AGE EXEMPTS FROM TARIFF DUTY New Law Furnishes a CuStOlliSHouse Guarantee for Antique Furniture That Has Passed the Century Mark. The appraIser's YVdlehou"edt \\ ash111gtonand Chll~topher streets IS filled Just no\\; wIth ~o-lalled antique furmture brought to this country by returnmg tounsts and Imported by the dealers along upper FIfth avenue Under the new tanff the matter of admitting old fmmture free of duty has come to have much greater sIgnificance than It dId formerl} If furmture IS found to possess artIstIc value and be more than a hundred years old It IS entitled to free admissIOn The Importance of thIS pro-vision to dealers 111antIques both here and abroad IS that ad-mission free of duty constItutes a guarantee of genuineness which is of great value to the owner. Deputy Appraiser Wanamaker saId recently that he did not believe one-fifth of the furmture brought to thIS country as antique and entItled to enter free of duty on account of its age was to be admItted legally under that claim. "We demand vhe most posItIve proof of its genuineness," he said, "and even then are not satIsfied with the declarations of the owners, but have our own experts to pass on every ob- Ject that come~ 111. Onl} those objects WhIChare genuine be-yond all doubt are admitted under the terms of the new law." Often it happens that a woman purchaser goes into one of the old furniture shops on the avenue and asks If there happens to be a set of chaIrs of Chinese Chippendale, for instance. The polite salesman is dIstressed that there is nothing of the k111d on hand. But if the customer is not in a hurry there will soon be something 111the store that will suit her. "We have just now in the custom house," the polite clerk Will say, "a wonderful set of Chinese Chippendale chairs that formerly belonged to old Lmd "Norocks," whose furnlture has just been sold at private sale. One of onr buyers was fortunate enough to get hold of the famous Chippendale chairs and they are now in the custom house." It is not in the least improbable that there are some chairs in the custom house, although most polite young clerks of this kind would not consider themselves boun\!. to stick so closely to the facts. In many cases the clerk might know where there was such a set of chairs, send for it on commission and sell it to the customer. Or he might even know where there was a good re-production of such a set and sell them as the original property of the late Late "Norocks" Such things have been known to happen in many shops, and the mention of the custom house in such transactions has come to mean to the initiated that-the shopkeeper is sparring for wind. "\Vhatever the dealer mdY be up to," saId the manager of one of the e",tablishments on FIfth avenue which has been strict-ly honest 111its deal111gswith its customers in such matters, "there IS now one positive means of protection against imposi-tion If there IS such furniture in the appraiser's warehouse and it has been admitted free of charge it is genuine. That is the result of the present law and its administration by Appraiser Thomas, whose judgment 111such matters IS accepted WIllingly by all who are really anxious for an honest opil11on. He is sucT:! a well qualified expert in the matter of old furl11ture that it could have no better indorsement of its genuineness than ad-mission free of duty by him." Antique furniture of the commercial kind is like many hu-man bemgs who are rarely entirely good or entirely bad. Old furniture, as it is called, IS rarely altogether fake or altogether genuine. Most pieces are composed of some old parts and some new ones to supplement what has been lost or destroyed. This naturally has raised another question for the experts: if part of a pIece IS old and the rest of it new shall It be passed or shall the \\ hole thing be rejected? Much to the dISgust of importers for sellin1o5it, antique fur-l11ture to be admitted free must be altogether old and cannot be a combination of new and old wood. Of course there are few manufacturers or restorers of these old pieces so unskillful as to put in new wood without having imparted to it by the varied means known to their craft an appearance of old age. This is clone in a variety of ways of which the most usual are exposure to the elements to give the color of antique wood, shooting with birds hot in order to give the impression of wormholes and a num-ber of similar devices. But the expert can detect the difference in the age of the real and the spurious wood. In view of the fact that very few pieces of old furniture ",hich had previously had some claims to genuineness are made altogether of the original pieces, this new decision has proved distressing to the dealers in old pieces. There are few cases in which genuine old wood or pieces of furniture are employed in making these restorations, and of course there is no reason why that should be accounted more than 100 years old and a work of art merely because it serves to hold together parts of what was originally quite another piece of furniture. "Such a law is bound to create almost a revolution in the business of antique furniture," one of the dealers told the re-porter yesterday, "unless buyers become satisfied with what they 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN TURPS-NO. The Only Perfect substitute for Turpentine. Contains No Gasoline, No Benzine, No Headlight Oil. For use in reducing Varnish. For Use in CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. TRY IT. The results speak for themselves. Barrel sent on approval. THE LAWRENCE·McFADDEN CO. PH ILADELPH lA, PA. get and do not InSht on absolute authentlClt) The 1111beU111 pleces or very fine speClmen" of antIque furl11ture \\ 111mo, t hhe ly suffer by Its PlovlslOns, a~ 111paymg the hIgh pllce~ demanded for these pleces purchasers \\ ant absolute gel1ml1ene" T 11 the case of less expensIve plece~ bUyers mav be "athfied to tahe the furniture as lt lS and not leqUIre that It be of undoubted al1- tlqmty Under the present conc1Itwl1" thel e 1c., no 1ea ,on \\ h \ any 1\ew Yorker should be 111the lea" t decen ed a, to \\ hat he buys here pm pOl tmg to be a genu1lle antIque ' The new la\\ as to the adI111s"lOn of the~e thl11g, hd" CO,11( to benefit even those ~mencan~ who bu) old hlll11ture abload It was not at allunl1Sual fO! pm chasel ~ \\110 entered these place" In England or on the contInent thl~ summer to have the plOpll etor say then good~ had never been held fOl dut) at "e\\ ) LJ!k v'>h1ch they 1egarded as a great recommenddtIon ot then ~ooch and a gua1 antee of thell hone~ty It (hd not often happen that w hat the) sald \'>as true \lore than one purcha~el \\ ho bought on the strength of that guarantee found that not onh cltd he hay ~ to pay at the cu~tom house but that even hoclY \\ lth a \ en fev\ exceptIOns \Vho bought of thls same pel,on had abo to pay dutles when the goocls Idncled hel e nut there 1, one \vav 111 which the law may be made to act as a complete pl0tectlOn to the Amencans who buy 1n Europe "I wIll gualantee to ) ou,' a foreH.;11 dealel \\ III ",L\ to an Amencan buyer, "that I am sellmg you a g enmne antIque It you are not wIlling to take my \\ 01d for 1t I W1II lea\ e the mat ter to your own customs officer~ If they deCIde that thb pIece is not a genu111e antique of more than at least a hundred) ear, old yOU need not pay for lt at aII and I v\111take It bach ' That has been said by more than one fOlelf; n deale 1 to \mu icans abroad. Probably the dealers feel that even If the gooch should be pronounced dutiable the purchasers \\ auld 1athel pay the dutv dnd bllng them m than go to the trouble of send111g thlm bac1, to I~nl0pe ~lhe 1l10"t 11l1pOl tant eftect of the new law, ' thls dealer told the llpmte1, v\111be to deal the an as to \,lut and what b not ,111tlqne 1t 1, to! tlMt leason thdt the 100111Sof the appralsel s \\ 11 eh()n ,e ,n c lU"t nO\\ ,tacked up v\lth the g ooels of dealers \\clltlng tel hG\.l the opl111on ot the expcrt as to Yvhether thelr l \ lclcncl cl11C1 the Occ1l1111lcttlonof the eApel t show that then g )(,d" ldn entcl tl ee ot duh and be ploverl to he v\1th111the class ()t 1 e tl ,Ll1tIClue" - \ C\\ ) 01k ::"un Exppnsive Improvements. 1 hl LUll Eulmond UtaH comjJdnv of Ih~ Raplc1s, 1\1'ch, h'h lomplued the ll1-tallatlon ot a ne\\ lower and hght1l1g plant; dl"o a "plllJkll1Jg sv"tem, bv the me of \\ hlch the Insurance rate b rleluceel to 23 cenh per hundred In speak1l1g of these 1m-p10\ el11lnb \[1 J[atha\\av the ,ecleta1) of the company, saId 0111 phl1t 1" cOll1pletel) Isolated but befOle we put 111the spr111k-leI" the latl v\as h111clen,,0ll1e ,Ve caIn a heavy lIne of 111S111- ,\ 1Cl nIJt ()nh 111cle1ll111Int\£; our company 'lgamst loss by fire but t1()l11 v\atel I lc,lfl1ecl recently of vel y heavy losses sustal11ed b\ 111an11f1Lt1l1l11~COIpordtlon, located dt other lJOll1tS111the state lau,ccl h\ the open11'g ot ,pl1111der heads unclel the pressure of \\ atE'! '.;l1lh a 1 all clent 1111(.;htbe f,l11) as lhsastrous as would be -\bt,llllUl b\ fill and \\e conSIdered lt "lse to protect our- 'elv e, ,LgclllJ"t "uLh an acudent The bOIlers are of the Wickes pltle1n the el1S;111e11111Sat hIgh speeel, dcvelopIng one hunch.:cl h01,e PO\\ el \\ hlle ,\ s111a11engl11e and dvnamo furmshes plenty IJt lllu1l1l11a\1on \11 lIatha\\ay repOltcd bmIne~s as satlsfactor) 111 \ olu111e ","bout one hundred hands are employed 5) hours per v\ eek WEEKLY ARTISAN Grand Rapids Factol"Y Affairs . • \0 '11, said Ralph P Tlet-ort of the ROyal lurmtlll e COIn- In 1\ whe 1 asked It llc vl,lted an) furlllture factonec while on his tour of It.,uro]x wl1lch vvas mel1t onedlll the ~I tlsdn last \\ eek 1 II ent over to have cl good tU1Ie aud I certdllll) hall It' he con-t1l11' ed I forgot that I Wd, connected with a fur11lture factor) -allllo~t fOlgot that T lIved 111 (xrand Rapid, -and Ju,t gay e lll) ,elf up to seelllg the umntn and It \\ a~ certaml) cl dehghtful e"pcllcnce 1\ e tom ed England T I ance, SWitzerland, CJelmam dnd Holland 111 our auto d'ld then 'v\ent u'v rail thlOugh Trance dm\ n IIlto I talv 1\ Itn pleasant \\ eather and perfect loads the auto tilP \Va..,n'o t enJo)clble Thele IS nothmg lIke It for seelllg thc countl) ,llld the people T wa,lt to <a'v agal11 that the roads O'vc~ tllel e are \\ onelerful 1 had heal d about them but for all that IV as ,m pnsed b\ then comhtlOn v\ 11\ dUrIng our entIre tnp \\ e clId not get a J0l1l1ce nor find a rut or a hUlllmock On n') I eturn I founel th, affalr~ m thc factory I t1l1111ngalong all lI'iht There lS no gl e,lt I u'-h hut we ale clOlllg about th" thual dlllllLlIt of b FlIle" '1 cheI not take a gooel tU11e to ,ee Cah f0l11ld at Ih be" t '-did \ ~ lr'loelman of the Luce FUlmture company, who hac, lu~t I eturnec1 from d tllP to the Pacific coa~t '1 was thel e j' the ell) ,eason anll the country \\ as I athcr brO\\ ,1 1 (heI not <top .It all) place 10m; enough to learn mlLh about buslllcss cdfcllr, but through the \VI con<lll 1 urlllture company IIhlch handles our llIle flom Denver west. I found that the furlllture tI ade IS goocl III Los '\ngeIe~ and southern CalIforllla whde at San 1" IanCI"C0 dllll farther north It I~ rather dull I went north as far as \ an-couvel and returned b\ the Canacllan PaCific route Bus1l1ess III Portland, ~eattle. Tacoma and \ ancouver IS ~alcI to- he ql1let, hIt those towns appear to be bus) and Itvely enough Tracie has been rathel dull III San FranCISco all ~ummer but ImpI OVement hds been noted rcceatl) aneI a revIval IS generall) expected thiS fall ' PIan~ for a 1 cxtemlOn to the factory of the Impenal Fur-mtme Clmpan, of Granel Rapids, have been ddopted and bId" fu the constructIOn at the same \\ III soon be opened and the contract let The malll bculdlllg Will cover an area of 63,165 feet and Will be five stOlles high \ wlI1g of commodIOUS SIze \'vlll be u-ed by the shlppmg clerk and hiS asslstant< A large kitchen and cafe \'vlll be located on the second floor of the wlI1g 1'\'vo full floors of the mam ~trudure Will be devoted to ware-room, In the: high basement there WIll be a clIl1Ing room, a rest room and sho\\ er baths tor the me of the employes These bUlldmg3 Will be ready tor occupancy about the H1Iddie of I\Iay next year IIanager I, Stuart Foote reports a very satIsfactory volume of trade for thIS sca<on of the year (,rancl RclPld~ 'manufac ttlrer~ I epOl t the lumber market qUIet dnd stead, Dealel' seem to be lItllte eaSier to "ell but the) al e not cltspo,ed to cut prIces on an) thIng except cratmg boaret" \vhlLh have dec1111ed conslderabl) m pnce dUllng the past fe\'v n'onths ~s most of the ::\JlLhlgan n]\lls have culls on lund a Emther dec1me may be expected The only advance III pi Ices re-ported recentl) IS on dr), red gUlll, \\ hlch, 0\\ mg to mcreasmg consumptIOn ha, become rather scal ce The II1crea se IS very httle however, not much mOl ethan merel) strengthe11lng the pllce~ that have pI evalled slllce last Spllllg 1he Immechate fu-tm e IS COJ1',ldered uncertdll1 Dealers g(nerally predict higher pllce:o but con"umel s "hlm l.lck of faith 111 the prophecy bv de chnl11g"to bm more than for present wants 5 THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Budt With double arbors, slIdmg table and eqUipped complete With taper pm guages ca'efully graduated. Th:s machm, represents the height m saw bench can-struchon It IS deSigned and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. WrIte 08 for descrIptive information, THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~~t~g,e;'PIDS, Local manufacturers report an Improvement m the demand for medium pnced ftll11lture smce the opemng of the current week ::\Iany of the factOlles are faIrly actIve and a fair volume of tl aele, espeCIally 111 gOOlJ:, sUItable for the hollIday season, IS antIupated In fine goods the movement contmues moderate The additIOn to the Luce Furmture company's factory \\111 be completed by the mIddle of October. The show rooms, 120 x 120 feet, WIll be located on the new tlllrd flom and Will be con-nected v\Ith a dl11l11g-room and kitchen which probably be gIven cl In oper dechcatlOn early 111 January George 1 Smc1alr, presIdent anel manager of the Grand Rapids Blass compan), IS a true and loyal member of the Ma- ,omc fratermty He \\ as one of the select few on whom the thlr-h -thIrd deg-ree was confen ed at a meetmg of the ScottIsh nte bOlhe,; 111 DetrOIt t11l' \\ eek / (hr'< Th\\ 111g" manager of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works, IS m New York city lookmg after the mstallation of dry kIlns and tahll1g orders for more In adchtlOn to overseemg the mstalldtlOl1S he takes new OIc1ers at a rate averaging about one per week "\n effort IS bcmg made to orga11lze a company to take over the plant of the Grand Rapids Parlor l'rame company which has been Idle for sevual months It Ie;proposed to abandon the fur- 11ItUlc bmIness and engage In the manufacture of automobile bOlltes 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Old Items Reprinted. 1·rom the ~1Jclllgdn \1 tlsan for <"eptl111hu 1""2 ()I II 30,000,000 feet of lumber IS used annualh III the J1lelnUlaLt111l of furmture 111 Grand Rapids Thomas C J\Iosely, formerly wIth the Berkel ~ Gcll 1 Ul mture company IS 111 Grand RapIds bm m~ a "tack ot good, for the Fargo (" D) rurmture com pan} soon to commence business. \;Vl11iam \V 1dcl!comb, pI eSldent of the \\ 1dcl!comb r Ul111- ture compan}, accompamed b} hIS \\ lie, 1~ spendmg a fell II eeks 111 the eastern cities The household fm111ture that belonged to Rope1 th~ Ul1- balmer, seIzed and sold at auctlOn 1ecentl}, II as purchased b\ L:nc1e John Colby, who presented It to Roper's unfortunate II 1fe ::\~anufacturers of Gland Rap1cl-, are 1nveQ111g-11lal111 111 the harc!w{)od tlmber lands of 110rtheln :'II1chlgan See Brothers formerly II 1th IIenlJ I e1g-e ot "d~ UlaII In\l opened a stock of fur11lture m Bay C1t} ::\Iattres,e, made of fine hl1gs arc \\ ClIr elnkcl b} tht l1lelkt1 to cure a patient of rheumatIsm, 1t he does not che before " Ul1L is effected A cabinet maker of Balt1more 1S exlllbltmg a £leak Chell1 On the back he carved repre~entatlOn:o of man} :opeCIe:oot h,h Crocadile arms and legs of a satyr complete the thmg If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR.bills DOES IT 183 Madiaon Avenue -CItIzens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS. ),(ICH ... ... f \ lJl\\ \\ el\ 01 chSpld} lllg household furnitu1 e has been eldojlted 1)\ ( \ HI OLk\\a} for the John Wanamelke1 store fh1 ee 100111:0LonQ1 ucted e"pectally for the pm pose, contd111 re-spectn el} tur11lture for the d1n1l1g room, the parlor and the bed room These dIsplays, 1\ h1ch are very attractive, arc changed tl equenth and are an ever mterest111g attractlon The manufacturel s of fur11lture m Ph1ladelph1a w1ll partic1- pate 111 the b1-centenmal celebratlOn of the fOlll1Chn!Sof Penn- '\ h a11lclon Octobe1 25 Bu} ers repre-ent1l1g the following houses bought furmture 111 Gl and RapIds to date thIS month D Scott, \Vinnipeg; Rob-el t KeIth, Kan~as C1t} ; \Y S H111l1lan, BelO1t, Wis ; Kev1lle & \\ elpples, Kansas C1ty, 1\10 ; 13 F. Robb111s, Meld1son, Iud; C Ekas, Springfield, Mo.; B. Hal nson, Maquoketa, 101\-a, C A DHS"eIO\\ DO\\ aglac, R J SIde, ::-Ju111ca;Frank Shafer, Morley, Jj I IIllghe, Dlo0111111gcLl1e~.I1ch , A \V. HutchIns ChIcago. kl1pdtl1d,- ~ BIO\\n Denver, :'IIel1111k, Smdll & Co, Toledo, ]udson &. Co, Gale-burg, III , :\1 S Pllce, Syracuse, P H "nook -\tlantel. Ga , lIo\\ cll &. Benkam, SlOUX CIty, Iowa, (reelm Lit} FUr1uturc COmpdn} ~I111Iaukee. \\ IS., Donnelly & narne~, ChIcago, Charles E Dunn, Lockport, ~. Y ; rakes & Co, I ort \\ orth TeAas; :'II. II H1llmeln, \V llhamsport. Pa , Tuhn'on ~ Son Jack,om 111e, III , J \V Smith, DetrOlt; r LC1denck Demson Texas 1he manufacture1 s of ChIcago, 111convention assembled re- Lentl}, adopted el memo11al to congress ask111g for the removal ot the dut\ ot lumber imported from Cdnada ~ elso11, :'IIatter & Co \\ 111furn!',h the new Llkewood hotel at Lakewood. N J C A Broc1.lIa\ 10 lIalkl11g behind an elegant gold watch, presented to h1111 1)\ h1s employer, John vVanal11aker as a testi-momal of apprCCla l10n of his services . WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 Gimbel and Their Methods. Spit) -eIght years ago ;\c!,t1l1 (:rlmbc1 opened a rnerchandlz-mg busmess In Vll1cennes, Ind, then consIdered a much more Important and progressrve cIty than ChIcago ThIs business proved so succe~sful that stores wel e opened 111 other cItIes such as DanVIlle, Ill, and :\111"aukle. and Llte1 111 PhIladelphIa, Re-celltly an 1mmen~e bmldll1g of 1'2 stolles ha~ been opened for the Xe", York trade It eonL\ll1~ t\\e,lty-~1'C ,tlH'~ of HoOl ~pace ,ulll cost $O,000,000 ] he fi:xture~ a1e all of ~olld mahogan) ,md the anangement' for stocks, plans of elevatOl ". ~tdll \\ ayS, office' "altIng rooms and man) other fcatm es are the 1esult of much thought and pamstakll1g effort of the seven GImbel blother'-, wIth theIr aSSOCIates who control the present busll1ess. It took five years to carry out the plans for thIS bmldmg \\ hlch IS on an he10ic scale The viSItor does not feel that It is too immense however, owmg to the skill of the des1gnCl s, "ho hdve so planned It that It is in proper proportion. The store WIll employ from 1,500 to 6,000 people \\ho havc definite mstructions to carry out as to the matter of courtesY to- IV <uds prospective purchasers "C1V1ltty is not SCtv1llty," I" one of the Gimbel sayll1gs employed for their employes' benefit Motor vehIcles WIll supplant horses entIrely in the deltvery part of the bus1l1ess One hundred and twenty-five ltght, SWIft wagons WIll be used, beSIdes a dozen or more hcavlcr furnitm e vans and six six-ton trucks. The sons ha\ e adhered to the same pllnciples that the father employed 111the ong111al and plOneer store In Y 111cennes, lnd The latter founded the second 1etall dI} goods store 111the countI y and also conducted a banking business f01 the benefit of customers IllS Ideas were alway s found pt aLt1caI m apph-cdtlOn He beltcved 111 one price for all. "Onc plOfit IS enough but be sm e ) au get that," was one of his mottoes and "Y0111 money back If not satIsfied," \\ as another. He behe\ed 111the "square deal to customer, manufacturer and employe" ahkc and the business has always been conducted on "right ltnes and 111 ways to increase its value to the public Don"t Know What to Make. Otto J1ranek, commercIal deSIgner, who has just returned from a tour of the east and south, says the manufacture1s of ft1rniture "do not kno\v \\ hat to make." The introductlOn of the Flanders, Ehzabethan, \iVilham and Mal}, and other Dutch and EnglIsh sty les, and the determll1atlOn of buyers to cl111g to the standard Engltsh and French claSSICS, has 1endered it Im-possible to form an op1l1ion as to what is best to make in the fu-ture. ThIS problem IS the most perplex111g the manufactm er, of furniture have had to contend with 111many years ;\n ex-pression uttered by a retaIler of Iowa whIle staymg in GI and RapIds in July last, is "orth repeating here. "\Vhen you do not know what to make, make Sheraton stuff. It ,,111 look good t1115year; It WIll look fully as good next year and \V 111be no less pleasing ten years he11ce In my scctlOn Sheraton does not sell vely \\ell but 111buymg goods made up in Sheraton de- SIgns I knO\\ that no matter how long the se1ectlOns may 1ema111 on my floors they WIll always look well." Not eve1Y manufacturer knows how to 1l1telpret the art of Sheraton properly. In fact it is safe to say that most of the 111terpreters have failed 111theIr "Sheratoman" efforts The spint and Impulse of the master cabinet maker is possessed by but few and the manufacture of tIllS sty Ie of goods should be left to those capable of mterpretmg It mte1hgently. Mr J Iranek 1eported that trade was mOV111~but moderately 111 the eastern states In the ,;outh the cheap furl11ture is hav-mg- a fairly achve sale wlu1e 111 the Ohio valley and contribut- 1l1g rcglOl1S there IS qmte ,1 stlOng demand fOr medium priced h,,l,rnittll e. ~I -------------------- -----------.., I I ! II II I I i I : I IIII ,I• II I Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than MorrisWood & Sons." He is imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work, at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks, in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutlers, write UI right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty· six years. Is that worth anything to you? A trial order is our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~ ._ __ea .. - ..... --- __ a. _ 4 ~ .. - IIIII II I ._--~._-----_-.- ------------_._----------~-----., Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT ($ CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 1192. .... .- ...----------~---.------------------.-... 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN Onl\ one Cillcago furniture man's name was dIscovered on the ballots of the t\\ a partIes at the pnmarIes last week. Col Leopold IIo,s of the }Iarshall "\ entilated Mattress company, In1 }I1ch1gan a\ enue, attempted to get the nommatIOn for con- ~re,,,man on the DemocratIc tlcket m h1S cllstnct Anyone who ha" heard Col \Io"s call clown the ';upenntenclent of h1S firm's J,,"enosha plant 0\ er the telephone wIll tell you that he is a bol n 01 ator and the fatlure of the voters to sc:ratch for the colonel at the pnmane'l h the11 loss PI oc:res~ on the new Karpen exhibItIOn butldmg m Mhchi-gan a\ enue IS bemg made as rapidly as conve11lent WIth the depth to \\ hlch the tounrlatlOn ca1sson, are bemg sunk---through the clay to ' hard pan" \dolph Karpen stated th1S week that the foun-datIOn, and steel "tructUI e of the bUIldmg, to be completed next \\ lllter \\ III have Stl eni.ith to WIthstand the weIght of adrhtlOnal floors to be added at some future tIme to bnng the heIght of the bl1ddlllg up to h\ ent) storcres the present regulatIOn limIt of Chi-cago sk)'scraper~ ThIS WIll even up the Karpen bUIld1l1g WIth the slq hne at the other hIgh blllld1l1gs along the ~11Ohigan ave-mle 10\\ frontmlS on Grant park all of \\ hlCh have been erec:ted \\ Ithlll the pa'lt ,e\ en ,)ear'l -\dolph ProusL elevatOl operator at the entrance of the T ourteen-Ele\ en bUIldmg, has returned from a montlh's CrLuse on the Cmted States gunboat "~ashvllle,' ",hlch IS one of the tram- 1111S"hlp'l at the 11111101S naval reserves of whIch he IS a member c:,peclal ten !ton catalogues' seem to be the latest stunt for ld1ge jobbers ot turmture The Peck & H11lS Furmture company ot ChlLago ha\ c recently 1ssued a ,.PaClfie \\ arehouse catalogue" to! \\ e"te1n cllStomei s sho\\ mg only good~ carned for quick d1S-tlIhutlOIl 111the \\ este1 n brdnches of tbiS firm The capItal "!ock of the }[ L '\elson Furniture company hd" heed 111eredsed tram $13 000 to $50 noo J ,V Taylor retires 110111 the firm GREAT BIG BRASS BEDS One Priced at a Thousand Dollars Exhibited in a Chicago Show Window. ChIcago, Sept 23 ---An unique and attrdctn e feature tal ,1 furniture store's dIsplay wmdow IS attract111g considel able dtten-tlon thIS week over at Straus & Schram's on \\ est 'lacl!son "treet near the Junctlon of "L'nIOn street 4. maS~lVe bras~ bed made of six-inoh tubll1g, satm fi111sh, was made to order for the ,hO\\ wmdow of thiS firm by a ChIcago metal bed foundn The IetaIl prIce of this maSSIve piece IS quoted at $1,000 e\ en \\ Ith no buyers as yet Its prIce tIcket calls It the most expen'l!\ e metal bed ever made The Adams & We~t1ake compan)'. another ChIcago totlnd!\ who last Wl11ter dropped beds from theIr hne and no\\ confine their attentIOn to raIlroad blass good~, should rbe up to lhspute this claim, as the ornate brass bed made by thIS house to be ell" played at the ColumbIan exposItIon 111ChIcago 11118<)3 \\d" at that tIme announced as costmg more than t\\ a thousand dolldI" Hand carVl11g, onyx fillmg and hand pamted hang111g, made tlp much of the worth of the ,Vorld s FaIr bed, \\ hlch \\ as famou, in its day, whIle strong SImple 1111escharactenzed the Straus ~ Schram bed, whIch is a very heavy pattern at the rounc} ttlhe type now in demand and whIle the thlckne'ls ot tubll1~ and tl1111 m111gs have been greatly augmented It doe, not ha' e the ettelt of c!ums111ess or lack of proportIon A. E Seavel of the \-alent111e-Sea\ er compam ChlCa~() I-making an extended tnp on the PaCIfic coast 111the 111tele"t, ot hIS house's 1111eof fine parlor goods, \\ h1ch b no\\ be1l1~ sold 11l nearly all the prinCIpal clt1es and to\\ ns at the COtlntl\ He e" pects to complete his tnp b) October 1 UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO. MARSHFIELD, WIS. Dressers Chiffoniers Dressinu Tables Suites' Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bircl's-Eye Maple, Mahogany, etc., and All Popular No. 2228 Toilet Table, Finishes No, 2240 Toilet Table SEND FOR OUR COMPLETE CATALOGUE WEEKLY ARTISAN By E. Levy. -Representative. Chicago, Sept 22 ---There are a number of manufacturers 111 Chicago who have taken pi Ide 111 mak1l1g the extenor and "ur-roundl11gs of their bmld1l1gs 1I1Vlt,mgand plea~mg to look at, ,,0 that the neighborhood 111 '" hlch they are located may be Improved rather than marred by their presence ~mollg these may be men-tioned that of the O. C S Olsen company, manufacturers of desks, at 2511 Moffatt street, who, when they made their additIOn to their plant a few years ago, did not thl'lk It completed without a row of trees and sodded plot along the factory frontage. The trees not only give shade but enhance the appearance of the street whIle well filled flower boxes with thEIr bnlhant colonng ex-tend long the second story window sills. CIVIC pnde along other lmes IS eVidencing Itself at other POl11tsand among others may be mentIOned the efforts put forth by the Seng company, Dayton and Huron streets, where they have sodded and kept smooth and green the plot of ground next to the side walk along the length of their plant on both sides A number of the nelghbonng manufacturers have fol- 10wed::vIr Seng's example and have transformed the neighbor-hood where formerly It was an unseemly conglomeratIOn of factones without sidewalks or pavement, with dumping grouncb The land has all been leveled, sidewalks and pavements laid, and It IS now a pleasl11g locality where trees afford shade, lawns are carefully kept and streets swept and sprmkled, all of which at-tention to outward appearances mchcates a growth of CIVICpride :vlartl11 S Johnson, Chicago manager of the Talge Mahog-any company who has been west a" far as the coast for "ome weeks, has retm ned, reporting a very successful a~ well as an en- Joyable tnp. The Talge Mlahogany company IS bmldl11g up a considerable tI ade 111 this CIty and VICl111tySl11ce estabhsh1l1g a warehouse and salesroom here about a year ago. J. D Freese & Sons have completed the adchtlOn to their plant at the corner of Campbell avenue and Horner street, have 1I1stalled their machl11ery and other faClhtles for manufactur-ing and are now runnmg the entire plant to ItS fullest capacity, filhng their fall orders. 1\1r. ['reese says he does not now un-derstand how they managed to turn out their product in their former cramped quarters and IS greatly elated over the new or-der of things. William T. Horn Becomes a Benedict. A pretty weddmg took place on the even1l1g of September 21 at the home of MISS Ethel Thlssleu, -+431 North Paull11a street, Chicago, when that estimable young lady became the wife of Wilham F Horn, second "on of John Horn, of the Horn Bras, l\Ianufactunng company Mr Horn has been for a number of years, in charge of the office and sales end of their busl11ess and has also had much practical expenence in every department of the manufacturmg end He has been aiding the business fully a dozen years and has become the "light bower" of hiS father and Uncle Jacob, who have run the busmess for upwards of twenty years In fact, WIlham Horn has become such a factor in the bus-mess that hiS presence wIll be greatly missed whIle he takes hiS weddmg tnp wll1ch will be a protracted tour in the we~t as far as the coast. The weddmg was pnvate, only the nearest rela-tives on each side being present. Mr Horn has been slowly selecting the furnishings for his 9 ,..--------------------D~~~;~~~~:OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I ~-----------------------------._.~.--._.-------~ CItIzens' Telephone 1702. nev" home and on 111Sretur,l will announce to hiS fnends hI" future place of I eSldence. Miss Eva Petersen Abroad. l\Ils~ Eva Petersen, daughter of Anton Petersen, of A Peterson & Co, the well knO\\ n office desk manufacturers of Chicago, has been ~pendl11g the summer 111 her father's native town 111 Norway, and wntes of the beauty of that land of the mld111ght sun, "and 111 a lengthy letter waxe" enthusiastic over the splendor of the scenery and wondrous glory of the evenl11g sunsets 111 that far off northern country A Hustling Salesman. ~ short time ago R.VlT l\Iathews of St Johns, New Brunswick, secured the agency fOI eastern Canada for the sale of the Grand Rapids \ eneer Vvorks dry kIln and Immediately proceeded to place two of them 111 11l';home town He has been remarkably successful amI h send1l1g In orders frequently. He seems to be pecuharly fitted for thiS k1l1d of work and the company he rep-resenb IS proud of him, and well they may be MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS H C. Heffner, fmmtnre dealel at El Campo TeAa" hd" ~olcl ant to E E Hnnt J Bo)d & Co, furl1ltme dealeh ot \\mneLago \\1' have sold ant to O. E Dnlkle). \V :t\ Orns has pur ha,ed tnc nndCltah.lllg InHnl" OJ \dam & Keatmg at X orfolk, :\ ebl The Germans ale cItstllltng a snb0tltntc for tnrpcntmc flom heavy petrolenm ImpO! ted flam Dorneo 1he Galt 1-' nrnlture comp,ll1\ of llarbdale 111'0' In \ L ad-ded an nndcrtakll1g dCp:ll tment to the, to! C \. ~I I mnc\, for 11111t))e,l!s a leadmg ttllmtme dldlcr at ~Ianchester,"\ If, ha, "old ont to LOll1'o \n,ell I [ P Campbell Ius purchased thc tmnltm e and nndel t,,\ mg bnsme,s ot j \\ \ndre\\, at l\!C'omfield, 10\\ ,I Han) \\ etmght has pnrlha,ed the mteI e"t ot T C h.111gIn th~ letall fmmtme btlOIl1e,,' at }dng 8. Co llla711 1nd Lon SI11Ith 8. c..,on f11l11ltnle dealel" ot c.."dln,l l'\.dn \\ III move mto nev\ quartet s m the ne\\ I{oalh bmlel111g m ULtobel \V H BOStvvICk, formerly of \ alclo"ta, 1~ nO\\ man,tger ot the Dohannon- IIcRae compal1\ " ftlll1ltnre ,tore at jastnldn (Ta ~I C Hennmg lon cIt) goods and grolcl \ eleeller ot / Lj)h\ I TIllIs, jla, 1'0ackltng a tmmtm e dml harel\\ al e depal tment to h1'o stOl e Phal r Bros. &.. ChJ1c!o have p IrLlla'ecl thc nnclu tah.111gInH ness anel eqmpmlnt of the C U \ctU11' 1nr11ltme lOI1lP,ll1\ ot LaGrange, Ga Chaffetz 8. ~e"sler, tml1ltme clealels at Calelnel Ila, have opened a blanlh "tore m the nc\\ Cohen hlolh. on rlca"'lnt strect. same to" n George G Dnnn and Thomas S \\ ell" hay e purcha"ed tile mterest of then partner CeOl ge Eberle m the \\ ,lterloo (101\ a) Fml1ltnre compan) John 1 Schaefer of \\ e~t \111'0 \\ 1'0 ha- ptncha,ed d h tIt mtelcst m the retelll fnrmtnrc Imsmes, of HClman IIellalm at Kewasknm, same state Kathan Hambmgel \llC ple'lClent at the (Tlmbellho" com pany of ~rJ1\\;H1kle chcel snclclenh at heal t c!he,hl at ]11' home 111that CIt) on Sept ember 1" The name of the Schn,ter-\\ ,un" I[anntactulmg COmpa'l\, fnrmtnre makel s of \\ elm\ eltosa \\ 1'0 has been changed to thc Schnster-V\ arno-Demereth compam \ \TOlk IS nm\ ll1 prog re % on acTcltt !Ons to ,IA of the fmmtm e factones 111Rockforel III 1 he aelchtlOn to the L mon ltlll1lture company s factof) IS nearl) completed Herman Roth"dllld has pm cha~ed the stock acconnh ancl gooel wlll of the DIXIe lurl1ltnre compan) of Colnmbl" Ga and has been londnctmg a senes of spU'Jal sale, A.t the fall opel1lng last \\ eek the ILlbon J\tmche comp,lll\ of ~ew Orleans, La, IS saId to have made the gledte"t dbpLn of carpets amI Ing sever ,een ,onth ot ChIcago The l\[enden (CO,1l1 ) f'urmtnre com pan) 0 '\ ell 8.- 11\ nn proplletors, celebrated theIr tv\ entleth annn Cl,an clmll1g the past week vdth a ,peclal ~ale thdt "as ven ,ncces,fnl Thomas F Larle) , the oldest fnrl1ltnre dealer 111Colnmblh Ga, has sold ant to the DdVlc1 S Goodman compam \\ ho \\ 111 '", ...... ,II , II, ..... IMPROVED. EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furntture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067 NInth St, Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co•• 717Commerce BIdg , Kansas Cllv Mo J Pe-vton Hunter TermInal Bld.g Ddlhs Tex 1'- Western EngmeerIng SpeCIaltIes Co , Denver, Cola ... - lontlllue the buslllec' after ChSPC>"-lllg of all stock at specIal sales [he Roherhon FUr11ltUle company, de,tlers of Llllcoln, X eb , hay e attrelCted mnch attentIOn to theIr store by offerIng a pnze to the fil "t pcrson \\ ho counh C01rectI) the lamps 111the bIg elec-tIll ,1gn l' A. A.ppleton, represent1l1g the Fur11lture Inc1cx of J ames-tem n '\ Y 1~ Vhltlllg the fUl11lture manufactunng center::. of the nmlclle \\ e~t 1Ie \\ as III (~relncl Ral)l(l, last Monday and Ine~cla) 1 he ferrJ1l .:--ranufactnnng company of Grand Rapids, will cnlarge thllr ptll1t b) the el edlOn of an ac1chtlOll JO x 400 feet j he lompam m,ulllfactul es steel locker::. and other eql1lpl11cnt for telctone"- 1he firm of Strecker & ~raag, furmture dcalers of Salllla, },d" ha~ been lh~solved,),It 1I.aag h,lVlllg "old hb mterest to C D Lcchner fhe nc\\ firm, Strecker & Lechner WIll add carpeh ellld rug" to theIr stock The stock of fUl11lture 111the hands of the receIver for the n A. KIPP company manufactm ers of \Hhv'll1kee, has been sold to the Boston Stol e of that Clt) anc1 WIll be cll,posed of at a "re-l en el ,sale that 1~ no\\ bemg advertIsed Thc Gurne\ Refngerator company of lond du Lac, \\ IS , 1e,umed operatIOns last ':--[onday WIth a full force after a vaca- 110n ot t\\ a months dunng whIch they bmlt an ac1chtlOn to the plant lllll ea,lllg Its capaut) about 23 per cent. \ulSustus H I unlk, V\ ho has conducted a furmture store 1n 131htol Conn for fift) \ cars, Ius taken hIS three sons mto lMrtnll ,hIp The busllle,s v\III be enlarged but WIll be conc1ucted under the Ollg111al firm name of C Funck & Son. 1he blh1l1e,S of the ':--10bIle (Ala) Spnng Bed company, mannL1LtUlel- and dealers III brass and Iron beds, mattresses, Ltl ha, bcen 1l1corporatec1 by ~Ionroe D Block, P P Hunter anc1 .:--r \\ \lch lc1ge CapItal stock. all paId m, $50,000 The film at IIontgomE:1 y & Co, wholesale and I etatl funll-tl11e c1e,tleh at "\a,hvllle Tenn, IS to be lllcorporated WIthout clungc of name 13 \Y ':--Iontgomery and VV VV ::VIontgomery, L 1{ Cullom D II Kelley, J A Smlbh and Charles A Dur-helm \\ III be the" tockholders JT \ \ IIIllel. ploplletor of the l\Itller Furl1lture company of Durham,"\ C, has sold the busllless to Frank Stone, H T T ohn,on and \\ C \v I1ltdlTIS ':--Ir MIller wIll contlllne the re-t \11 tur11lture bnsll1ess ll1 the same town, but WIll have no stock 111 the company that bcars hIS name ':--Ielvllle C Chance IS now manager anc1 bu)er for the Brown 8. Durham furmture st01 e of X ew Haven, Conn, now owned by 11'1 III 0\\ n IIr Chance has redecorated the store throughout, remodeled It shg-htl), and filled It WIth a stock of new goods re-centl) purchased ll1 Grand RapIds and ChIcago Oscar Helmes of A.tlanta Ga, has pul chased the 111terests of hI' p,l! tner,-.:--r L Llvel) ancl lanme K l\Iathews-111 the firm ot ()"C,l1 Baine, 8. Co , fur11lture de,tlers, ancl1l1 the Atlanta Fur- 11ltnre Exchange \1 rs Barnes IS executnx of the estate of the LIte If F \Llthc\\ s \\ ho V\ as 111 the funllturc bus1l1ess V\ Ith II e"l' Ln eh ancl Darne, \ 1I HellnHn 8. Co , of \J\ llhamsport, Pa, plopnetors of \\ Ilhamsport" (Ireatest Store," made a great hIt by glvmg a tl ec exhIbItion b) chspla) 1I1g "Old Darby," one of Rosa Bon-heur" gleat pa1l1t1l1g, In theIr carpet department for two weeks fhc ldnva,,~. whIch IS I x f) feet, represents an old whIte horse lookIng ont flOm a baln clom and IS valued at $J3,000. It was ,een b\ neal h all reSidents of \Y Ilhamsport and by many flam ,1c1jacent,towns 1-- WEEKLY ARTISAN WAS QUITE FRUITFUL OF RESULTS Story of the Late D. W. Kendall's First Trip ··Across the Water'" ~n exp0:,ltIc n \\;as gl\ en 111Pall" dUl111g the eIghtIes Ul the last century It wa" open to the vvorll and all the natIon" 'lf the earth contllbuted theIr product" Ul :,ome measure to the entelpn"e The great Elfiel tower V\as amon~ the aldl1- tectural attractIons of the expo"ItlOn A nevvspaper publI"her of DetI OIt detell111ned to "end one hunclI eLl 1 epresentatl\ es of the 111du"tne:, of the L'11lted States to the eXposItIOn, a,,- ,um1l1g the entIre expense of the tnp A tour of Englaml. Holland, Delgltlm and a part of France was 111cluded 111 the It1neral y The men cho"en for the expedItIon wel e skIlletl 111theIr occupatIOns and were selected by repl esentatIves of the publI"her, statIOned 111vanous parts of the DUlted States "Tom" Hunt was "tatlOnetl 111Grand RapIds at that penod and D 'II,' Kendall, hay 111gacqUlred but a small pal t of the handsome fortune he left at hIS death, came to the vvnter dncl asked 111'0aId 111 gett111g a place 111 the delegatIOn as a I epre sentatn e of the furnIture trade \Ir Kendall was 111tr'lduced to \Ir Hunt and the latter was so pleased WIth h1111that he promptly recommended Illm to the pubhsher A letter fro111 the latter InformeLI :\Ie"srs Hunt and Kendall that a cab111et-maker named RacklIffe, who reslcled 111 a httle tovv n 111 OhIO. had been selected to represent the furnIture trade. when It \\;as deCIded that .;\Ir Kendall should make an applIcatIOn for a place 111the delegatIOn as a deSIgner l\Ir Kendall \ l"Ited the pUbhsher 111DetrOlt and "ecured an appo111tment for hIm-self and also for Capt 'Iv Ilder, at that penod employed by the Phoem,- Furl11tUl e company as photographer f01 the expo"ltIon J n mak111g hIs selectIOn the publIsher 11151 sted upon one very Important reqU1rement---the abIlIty ot the men ch )sen to wnte a lettel gn 111g theIr obsen atlon, and e'(- penences on the tour and In PaIlS, espeCIally in regard to the 111du"try \\;Ith whIch they were connected The delegatIon saIled from '\ ew York 111mHlsummer and :\11 Kendall. not havmg had pI ev lOllS expellence at .,ea, pI e-sumeLI that the v\ eather would be warm on the ocean, so clId not pro\ Ide hImself V\Ith an overcoat and the steamel nu;- generally used by traveler" across the seas He suffered a great deal of dl scomfort on account of the coldness of the \\eather :\11 Kendall alway s carned a small sketch hook and a number of pencIls on hIS person, and from the moment of hI', departnre I11Shand and hlall1 \'Vele busilv employed over Its \)ages He "ketched mdustnousl} on the Journev throuQ,'h En~land, Holland and Belgltlm and when he arnved 111 Pal h he had filled man) page., One day whIle attenclIng the ex- PO"Itlon and bUSIly workIng his pencIls upon the pages of hI" httle book he was arrested by a gendarme and marched to a place of detentIon He was 111formed that he had vwlater! a la\\; of To rance, Vi, hICh pi oh Iblted sketchll1g The ~mencan consul general was summoned vVhen the character of the offender and the purpose of hI" sOjourn 111the republIc had been expla111eJ he was relea"ed but the greatly prized "ketch book 1 S stIll preserved 111 the cfllTIlnal museum of Paris Mr Kendall's excellent memOly 1eta1l1ed many of the scenes he had sketched and V\hen he returned he deSIgned and brought out for the Phoe11lx Fl11nIture company, an ori- Q,'mal and sensatlOnal Illle of fancy furl11ture that causecl the trade to "It du\\;n and marvel n er the ac1lle\ ement Panel", were 01 namented WIth Dutch winch11l1Is, quam t saJlmg ves-se~'" and VleV\s on canals and mal shes so skIllfull) apphed a" to proclaim the designer a gemus 1I'r Kendal's Jetter to the publIc after J1lS return home \\ as one of the best of the senes -lvhclll (i,an T1 adrsman 11 ,~------_.~-_.----------~--- IIII III •I fII I I I -. <f No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG FOX MACH I N E CO 185 N fRONT ST"HT, I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH A. .~____ __ ___ ._. __ ~_~.~. __ • ~ ~-------------------------------------------<f II II II II I These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. It I I III -----------_.~._--_._._------------ .- ..... Write .1 for PrIee .... , and t11le._' 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MIen. ~----- -~-------~---------- --_ ..---"III BOYNTON &, CO. Manufaduren of Em boned and Turned Mould. in •• , EmbOli. ed and Spindle Carvines, and Automatic Turnin .... We allO manu-fadure a large lme of EmboOied Ornament. for Coucb Work. I,, I IIII ~------------------------------------------------. 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ,~._----------_.~----------------" III GRAND RAPIDS "OTELS MORTON HOUSE (AMERICAN PLAN) Rates: $1.00 a day and up. HOTEL PANTLIND (EUROPEAN PLAN) Rates: $2.50 a day and up. The Noon Dinner served at the Pantlind for 50 cents is the finest in the world. J. BOYD PANTLIND, Proprietor. '-------_._._.~---_._--------_._-------- ... 12 \\ ~ E K L Y A R J 1 SAN r------------------------------------~--------·----- Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. -----------------------------------------------~ ,•• I I•III• ,• I• •I~-----------_.------.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FJNISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAlv ~-------------------------- Rapid Proaress in Buildina a Hotel. Rector ~ famou~ le~talllant 111 \C\\ 10lk I' a, I dzul a tl\\ months ago to make place fOl thl Rector hotel, nO\\ unclel ,on structlOn 111that Clt) It \\II! be lead) tOl the 1UlIW\\ll \\hlch WIll be very elaborate, eall) 111Decemhel '\ huet hh tor) of the I' ork performed upon the Stl uLture I~ ot 111tere,t On } ebruar) 1the contract \\ as sIgned, and for fi\ e dnd one hali months the \\ ork of demoh~h111g the old ~tl uLtl\! c dnd t "-ld\ ell mg for the foundatIOn of the ne\\ bUlldmg \\ ent on 111le"anth Eally 111June the fhompson StaucH orgamzatlUn l01l11l1encul bl11ldlllg operatIOns, and soon the ~tecl II)h ot the ,tltllttl!l hfted themselve~ out 01 the hole~ and to\\ el ed UpI' dl d h It 11\ magIc, the bIg ,teel lkn Icks ~\\ lllg111g 1l1dll1l1lOthlolum!h 111t(} place and the n\ eter~ \\ Ith then Plltlll e'ljue eqt1lpment I end 111gthe aIr wIth theIr automatIc hammcr~ until the pIUl.;ll'" ot the work carned the 111du~tnal Babel tdl ,1bO\e the h\h) hum of Broadway J\Ieam\hlle the whIte ~tOl1t e,,-ten 11 \\a~ ueljJ 111gup alongsIde the steel columns, the pace of the ~tone\\ or1..el~ gathenng m momentum as the fil,t t\\O ~tones \\ere clealul Once for a \\ hole \\ eek the ~tone \\ a~ ~\\ \1l1~ up, ,111d'It We Manufacture the Larllelt Line of Folding Chairs m the UOIted States, sUitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubbc resorts We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, Sprmg Beds, Cots and Cribs m a large variety 1II•• II•II I..------ Send for Catalogue and Prtce, to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO elt the I ate ot a "ton a day Early thIS month the superstruc-tUl e \\ a' do~ed 111 ±tom cellar to roof, haVIng taken eXdctl) t1ml) -fi\ e calendal d'l\ '0, 01 thIrty-one workIng days In that tllne 2 500 ton~ of ,teel, 18,000 cubIC feet of ltmestone and gran- Ite GOO tons ot tell d cotta and 2,800,000 bncks had been han- (Iled and <;et and the "team heatIng and plumbmg eqUIpment In- , telllecl 1he \\ or1.. on the extenor h no\\ movl11g forward at the ,ame IHLl 1t humdn I11gemnt) , courage and effort count for ,\1lCl" tlK ne\\ 11lltcl \\ 111be fin1~hed by December 15 Trying to Hold a Bonused Factory. \n I11tere,tmg ca~l, pcndll1g In the Putnam county, Ind, 111l\1lt lOUIt, I" that of the LommerClal club of Greencastle versus the Crlecnca"tle. Cabll1et company, ot that place The company 'el\ ~ It ha ~ outglO\\ n Ib fdub tIe, at Greencastle and that by 10- latll1g dt :\lartll1s\llle, Ind, It \\111 have bettel transportatIOn, be dosel to raw matenal, and have Idrg er and better bUlld111gs The Commlrual club stdtes that four years ago when the com- P,W\ " pLll1t \\ cl" burned the managers declared that unless they \\ el e a'o~bted fin,mclall) they could not rebUIld, that the club I clhtcl ~e\Cr dl thousand dollars and provIded ground on \V hlch tu CIect bUlld111~~, 111return for dll of whIch the club receIved elll llltele~t 111the pldnt and assurance that the cornpany would I tnJalll 1 he club maIntd111s that the company may establtsh an- (lthel Lldon dt \1 artllh\ 111e,but that It cannot move machmery t 1 OJ11 the l,l eenlel~tle plant 1he Gleencastle Cabmet company ha ~ I elen ed an otter of $1'1,000 from the ~lartmsvllle Commer- Cl,t! dub to move to thdt CIty, and WIthout glvmg the Greencastle bLhllle~S me,l an opportun1ty to mcet the offer the claIm I~ that the \J <1rtllh\ Ille proposItIon was Immelbately accepted The llreen 'htle people cue "~01 e' for thh IS the second tIme they havt had ';Jmllal ttouble lIve years ,1gO they rdl~ed $75,000 to brmg to tll\\n a tl11plelte 111111w,hIch \\as operated for a year and then ,]1\1t do\\ n fhe dechl01 In thIS case \\ 111be a\\alted WIth 11l1eJe,t h\ men 111 man) towns -------------------~( II I I III I I I II I• I I II II I II I I,•• I I• •I I II .. .4 _ ..----------------------.--------- A Busy Factory. PI eSlde,lt \lart7, of tht I3lg Rdpld~ (1\llch) Manufactur-llIg company recently mformed tbe "'rtJsan that the company \\ a'o 0\ ellrowded wIth orders lIavmg no ground room that coulLl be thed for such purposes an enlargement of the factory h not to be consIdered. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 = WE WERE WOOD FINISHERS BEFORE WE WERE STAIN MAKERS That's why we KNOW a stain is a PRACTICAL WORKING STAIN before it leaves our factory. We make mighty pretty stains; not based on pretty theories, but on every day finishing room conditions. We put the materials in them that make for longer life and greater beauty. Our stains are NOT cheap, but they ARE economical. W rite for sample panel to desk No.3. MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. Germans to Invade Canada. A remarkable example of the thorough manner 111 which Germany seeks busl11ess IS pi oVlded by a cIrcular Issued by the Export-verel11 of Saxony, I11Vlt1l1gItS members to take part 111 a study tnp through Canada for the purpose of ga1l1l11gan Idea of the posslbJ1lt1es of that country as a market for Saxon goods The abolttlon of the CanadIan supertax, whIch practically closed l anada to Gelmdl1 goods,hds cleared the way and tIllS forthconllng tour serves to show how thoroughly Saxon manufachll ers mean to take advantage of the opportu11lty The tnp, adds the circu-lar, ,,111 extend over seve Ial months, so that those takll1g part are evidently prepared to expend a consIderable smJ1 m the confi-dence that subsequent busmess With Canada vv 111more than JUS-tify the 1111tlaloutlay The fact that EnglIsh goods, profitmg by the supertax J111posedon Gel man wares, have secured a powerful foot1l1g 111 the Ganac!Jan market I" evidently not regarded dS an Imuperable obstacle, and v. e may now expect to wltnes~ the m-auguratJOn of a "'Ide~pread and sClentIfi~ campaIgn havmg as Its goal extensive German particIpatIOn m the CanadIan Import trade It IS probable tl1dt the Saxon tracle tounsts WIll Improve their opportul11ty by visltmg some of the cIties m "the States" Amer- Ican trade orga11l7atJOns Vv ho WIsh to entertam them should send mVltatJOns through Ulysses J By\\ater, ;\mencan con'ul-genelal at Dre'den, Saxony Suggestion to Manufacturers. John L Gnffiths, Amencan consul-general at London, Eng, reports "I nqmnes have recently been made at thIS consulate-general for the names of local representatIves of vanou" pro-ducts of Amencan manufacture In some 111stances It has been pOSSIble to give the deSIred 1l1formatJOn without delay, but in other cases It has taken conSIderable time to venfy the fact as to "hether or not thIS or that article of Amencan manufacture was handled 111London As the result of such I11qUlnes It appears that It ',:ould be greatly to the benefit of the Amencan manufac-turer 111general, and 111partIcular, If 111establlsh111g a foreIgn branoh or 111emploY111g a foreign representative he would notify the Amencan consul situated 111that place In thIS manner the consulate would be, as It ought to be, a local cIeanng house for the c'(tenslOn of trade m \mencan made products" Stealing Chickens. '\ colored man "as brought mto court one day accu"ecl of steal111g chIckens The Jud~e "aIel to him, "Have you any Wit-nesses )" "1\ 0 sah \Vhen I steal chickens I don't bnng any Wlt-nc~ ses, , was the reply of the accused. He thought he ,\a~ covenm; up 1m trdcks by not br111gmg dny \Vltne'ses to prove 111mgUIlty i"\ ow there are lot" of people 111bu sme''3 who do th111gSJust a" dbreputable as stedl111g clllckcn'-, and If they are not found out they Hllnk It Just sharp practice and pat themselves on the back and thmk themselves shrev. d bUSiness men There al e manufacturers 111 all hnes of bU<'lnes, \\ ho Will not heSitate to appropnate others Ideas; 111 othel worch, steal styles and change them just enough to cover up then tracks, that IS,. they do not bnng witnesses to prove theIr gUIlt and If they are not found out, will call their products new styles The Waddell ManufactUring company of Grand Rapids, the largest manufacture I S of wood furmtuure ornaments and tnm-m1l1gs 111 the world, have such men to contencl WIth very fre-quently, but that only goes to show the supenonty of the Wad-dell productions. "Only the be'ot IS cheap," dnd it pays to buy fr0111the house that originates and not from the one that steals. 14 .. WEEKLY ARTISAN KINDEL9S FREIGHT RATE FIGHT Suggests That Colorado Should Be Obliterated in Order to Beat the Railroads. George J Kmdel of Demer, \\hu dppcncl !n'urc;ent '-,u pen1sor and Boo'iter" to hIs sIgnature ha~ h-,ued ,mother pamph let as a protest agamst expre''S and frel~ht rate C!JscrJl11lDatlon agamst pOlnb m Colorado m \\ hlch he cu£;~e~h that the e,tdte 'ihould be obhterated, c!l,soh ed ,md dl"eLted Its tu lIto! \ dl\ Idu! and annexed to Kansa'i \ebra,ka alld ltdh lL ha' 111,trlLd map shol'l mg how a ~l eat sectlOn of the CI eat \\ c' t \\ llu!d dJ! pear wIth Colorado "\\Iped out and comment, on the plO]L"ltlO 1 as follows' \iVhat 'ihall It be fan fl eIght ratc" UI ,1 ne\\ ~LU~l dpl1\ Colorado IS commerClalh the 1110StI~olated -,t,lte In the L mun particularly m the matter of tl eIght and e__pl e" !dtb fhe e,,- } Mr. Kmdel and XIS New Map tortlOn, by our ral1road and expl e~~ compan1e" amount to thlll 1111l11ondollars annually, or, m othel words t\\ent) pel lent lD Clease on the average of 1ates of adjOIning states 1'he follm\- mg "sIxteen to one" rea'ions make It mal1lfe,th ,1(h ,mta£;eou, that Denver be m ~ebra~ka. and that the 'itate ot lololde!o be dIssected FIrst-If Colorado were c!lv1(le(1a'i -,ug-£;ested \\ e \\ oule! l"- cape the 2Uc clIffel entIa! !ledpee! on to CO!01ado 011 the all I ll! rdte, f10m \tlantlc coast pomt'i Kansas and Nebraska pay a (!ltfelentlal at 10l 011 all lal1 as agamst the sea and raIl hauls, \\ 111lc<- olorac1o pal 'i 39c ade!ltlOnal \econd- 1'hen Dun el 'i first-class rate from 1'\ ew York alI-I all \\ auld be S2 03 per c\\ t mstead of $.2 i3 per cwt , and also be ~ 11 a, elc;,111l~Jt ]] nl1lls pel ton per 1111le 1'h11d-l hen Denver 'i fir,t-clas~ rate from ChIcago woulJ be $J (lb 111qead of $205 per cwt , or, 321 as agamst -101 nlll:s per ton per l111!e lourth-Then Denver'., first class late f10111Omaha ,\ould be i'olc 11lctedClof SI .2) per c\\ t , or ,) 21 a~ aga111st 4 80 l111llsper ton per 1111le 11 thl' '\ ,tem at latc makmg IS fair from east tn \\cst then \\ h\ not m the 1e\ er,e dIrect 1011 ") I lfth-Then Denvers first-cla'i'i rate from \ew York VIa Gaheston \\ould be S138 (whIch IS Omaha's rate) 111~tead of S~ H pu c\\ t \\ hlch IS our pre,ent r ate~a savmg of aGc c...1"th-1 hen Dem er \\ auld have the mdustne~ that were {)dle locdted he1 e and knolked ant by chscnm111atlVe f1 eIght I ate, 'iulh a~ Qtw II 001<>1' '''i'ls paper 111l1l'i,cotton mJ11s, roll111g ml11<;h<1)(h\elle f anory Implement factory envelope factory, tl11 ldll tactOl \ qddle facton match factory k11lttl11gfactory, whIte ICdd \\Olk-, b01le1 \\01b cement works glass work'i, soap works, patten tannen loopel "hop mcc!Jcl11e plant, etc, besIde, sev-e1al contemplated entel pn 'ie, that have been much talked of by l 111 comn erCldl boche, but never matenallzed. ,uch as the ~coUl111g \\ 01 k" and \\ oolen St01age \\ elrehOllSe c,e\ enth- 1'hen Dem er would not be ,ubJected to a 31c per l \\ t ham!leap a, agdm,t Omah" on goods Jobbed from here to the \lamo'd ,ectlOn of mu ,tate neIther would Denver be subjected to a I-tC hanchlap to all Gtah pomts LIgh th- Then Dem er would no lOllgel ply ROc the ton for UM! tor ~O ml1e haul dm\ 11 lull. but 111, tead Wc, the rate that IS no\\ 1;n en to \ ebra,ka and han,a, pOlnt, for the same IdentIcal hanl \ \ 11\ 'nfter Dem e1 to pay 100 per cent lugher") \mth-l hen lolorado \\ould no !on£;el 1M) from 50 to 100 P I ccnt hrg-her late, for p1al11e hauls Dl'tdnle Kansas and \I11e" <- 0101"clo \V) ommg 1\ebraska ,)- $0 ]() $(2) $022 ) )1) .)1 .30 .32 , J HG b3 .-1"') 100 110 73 52 no 1 )N 8) .59 - j 130 IS') n .63 \le Colorado rate'i eqmtable") If not, \'vhy not change them? Tenth-Then LeadVIlle would l10t be charged 20c hIgher "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car BUilders and others WIll consult their own interests by using it. Allo Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished In rolls or reams. MAN U F A C.T U RED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .... . . .__._--------------------_._-------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN lS .. ~-------------------------------------- ------------_._------------- , II ,I I,I II I II ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I I I IIIIIII I III I II IIr rates from all ea~tern p0111tSthan IS Salt Lake, 430 mlle~ beyond The Interstate Commerce Lommlsson co~ts $1;250,000 per annum-Is It worth It? Eleventh-Then Grand JunctlOn and the entIre we~tern ~lope of Colorado would not be paymg from GOc to $1 00 per cwt hIgher rates than t;"tah POli1ts m eIther dlrectlOn, also Grand COLORADOAS THE GOAT. Col D C Dodge msplred tl11" cartoon ThIS master carIcature by ArtIst Hopkms of the News, Denver, fittmgly expresses th'l cont~mptuous conduct of our five raIlway systems, the Gould, HIll, HarrIman, Yoakum and RIpley systems which for years have regarded Colorado as thEIr goat. ThIS reason, together Wlth the lIntlpathy of our commprClal bodIes, IS why Colorado has been and stLll IS the goat. J unctlOn \\ ould not be denied the commodIty rates now enjoyed by Utah Smce the expl ess rates are the same to Grand J unctlOn that they are to Salt Lake from all points east, why should not the freIght rates be the same? Twelfth-Then Greeley would not be obhged to pay "iOc hIgher per ton for Its coal haul from Wal~enburg than does Che)- enne, vVyo , 50 mIles greater dIstance. ThIrteenth-Then LaJ unta would no longer be treated lIke d despIsed way-statlOn whIch is made to pay 43c hIgher per t-wt for ItS first-class freIght from ChIcago than El Paso, Texas, whICh IS 600 mIles greater dIstance FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supersedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUS lRATlONS AND PRICES FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upholstered FurnIture Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. . ..~ FOUl teenth- Then Denver would not be oblIged to pay $3 00 pel cwt more than On1dha for reload of 100 lb expressage des-tmed to the PaCIfic coast NeIther would Denver pay 83c per ton per mIle for the longer haul as agamst Omaha's 64c for the shorter haul. -"Illes MIlls per ton pel mIle G 42 833 1\ew York to Omaha N e\\ York to Denver 1400 IJ20 Rate per cwt. $4 :50 800 The u111vers"l rule I~ that the rate per ton per mIle decreases a s the dIstance mcreases, except 111 Colorado. FIfteenth-Then our pohtIuans, republIcan and demo- ClatIc senators, ~tate legIslators and judges, who are nd111g on passes, would be obhged to pay fal e or walk a'i do the rest of us. :;\0 state 111the U1110nLould be parceled out among Its neIghbors WIth such great advantage to the vast tern tory of Its mhabltanh a~ Colorado • SIxteenth-Denver, Nebla~ka, would not ~ound as well, but would smell qUIte a'i svveet, S111ceour hvmg would be cheapel and OUI 111du~tnes ma11lfoldly mcreased Our magnificent capItol would make a capItal Clty hall In bnef, one of three thmgs must ll1evItably happen Colorado must be gIven faIr and equal rates, the raIlroads and expre~s compa11les be put under govern-ment control or the state chssected a, suggested herewIth In thIS way we would more nearly reahze the benefits guaranteed by the constItutIOn of the C111ted State~ The Denver TImes, September +, 1010 -On another page appears a pIcture of "George J Kmdel and hIS map of the we'it \\ Ithout Colorado He argues that In order to get faIr freIght 1 ates Colorado be \\ iped out and parceled among Utah, Kdnca, and Nebraska so that the lower rates to POll1ts m those states mIght apply to all POll1ts now m Colorado He contench that the rates are raIsed at Colorado 1ll1e jU'it because there is a Colorado-that the rates are made by the map alone" PreSIdent Parker of the Colorado & Southern raIlway re-cently argued before the senate commIttee of the extra sesslOl1S, that rates must be hIgh 111order to pay good wage~, and that hIS employes were paId 13 to 20 per cent hIgher than those of other states He dce1ll1ed my challenge to debate the questIOn \iVhy? l'i he fearful of the fate of Professors ~leyers of ChIcago and l\I1cPherson of BaltImore, whom I have ronted? "Thll1gs true and eVIdent must of necessIt) be recog111zed by those who would contradict them." For equal nghtc commerClal equahty, pro'ipenty and hap-pll1ess GEORGE J KINDEL, Insurgent, Supervl~or and Booster. 16 - - - - --------, gl eater loss would be 'U'itamed by the furmture mdustry. The 01lg111ator of the bIll vvould not be able to ]usttfy hImself before the bu,111ess world. WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBL.ISHf;O !EVERY SATURDAY .V TH~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUElSC"'PTION $1 00 POE"YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE;COPIES SCENTS PU.L.ICJ'TION OFFICE, 101S-112NOPITH DIVISION ST. GPIAND RAP'IDS. MICH. A S WHITE MANACOINQEOITO" Entered as second class mailer July 5, 1909, at the post oftice at Grand Rapids. M,chlc:sn under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICACOOREPRESENTATIVE E LEVY So far the ra11toads ha\ e made a bad sho\\ 111~betore the Interstate Comme1 ce CommISSIOn 111then eftOl h to llbt1h the proposed mcreases 111f1eIght and pa"'ienge1 1ate'i Il1gh officul, of the IIImo1s Central fm 111~tance, have been f01ced to achmt that instead of find111g chfficnlt} 111keepIng dO\\ n expense'i the\ had to re'iort to ' hH~h financ1enng- III olCler to keep the (h\ FIend, down to a rate that \\ ould not 111Cllea c1amo1 tor 10\\U tl e1gh t and p t'isenger rates "10 1 educe the dl\ 1dend" the\ 1 al 'cd "tI,ll 1e'i (not wdges) and 111CI ed"ed the bonded 111debtedne", hut ,tIll the clIv1e1ends contInued to glO\\ "1llln the\ 111U ea,ed the cap! tal ,tack The} den} tlBt they chd It h} dcclallllg ,tock dll I denel'i but aclnl1t that the} (hd about the -ame thlllg 1 hc\ "old new st{Jck to old stockholde1 s at pal \\ hen It comn1dIHled a pI em1 um of ,')0 per cent or mOl e 111the open market Lach man \\ 110 held $1,000 111stock \\ orth $1,300 \\ as allo\\ ed to bu\ a fe\\ SluO shares of new stock at par value and thm reahze an Immechate profit of fifty per cent on hIS new l11\estment The 1ea"on gl\en for not sel1111gnc\\ 'itock In the open ma1ket dnd putt111g the htt\ per cent pre1l11tlm 111the compan) , t1 ea 'tll \ b It \\ Oltld 'i\11eh have affected the stanchng ot the shale, on the ,tack e"change After such a oho\\ 111gatt01ne}" \\!E find gl eat (hfficult\ 111con V111C111thge COml111,0lOnerstlMt the IIIIn01' lcnt1 al 1ealh nced, to advance fle1ght an(1Ins,enge1 rate, The Grand T1unk Ra1h\ a) company a,lILnglI"h l011'0l atHJn IS abo hlll11~h111ggood 1ea-ons fm ~ove1n111ent control 01 legu latton of raIlroad capItalIzatIOn The Grand T1unk hold" \\ hdt 1'3claImed to be a perpetual franch1,e 111J\I1cl1H:ian.\\ h1ch 1eqll1re" the payment of one per cent on the capItal stock as ,I "peutic ta" Other J\T1c111ganr,llltoads ale nO\\ ta"ed on an ad \,t!Olll11 b,hl' The Granel Trunk has p,wl the taA onh on 11'> ollg111allapIL-th/CI-tlOn-$ 2,'500,COO It IS kno\\n thdt the cclpllal 'itolk ha, becn lalgely mcreaoed, but the company cla1111'ithat the sidtc ha" no nght to tax the I11crea~e Dunng the past \\ eek the "tate -td1 ted a 'iUlt to compel the company to dIvulge the amount ot the out-stanel111g stock and shovv reason \\ hy It should not pa\ the speCIfic tax on the whole amount The ca,e \\ III plObabh be callIer! tu the court of la"t resOl t and may cause mte1 natlOndl COl11p!tlatlOn" before It IS fully settled It IS reported that the operators of laIlrodds are '\\on1ed because of the prospect of the passage ot ,I bIll bv the congl ess of the U11lteel States !tmiting the sIze of freight cars The trunk l111esown thousands of Cdrs that arc used m t1 dn,pOl t111g f111111 ture dnd other kinds of bulkv goods and the p10hlb1t1On of the use of such cars would cause a great loss to the 0\\ ners ~ fal \ hullet111 ot ,tore d0111gS,filled WIth news of the store (not umhned to the goods 111stock, but to the md1v1duals employed the1 e111a'i \\ ell) has been f{Jund a profit-yield111g mvestment by prom1l1ent reta11e1s \\ hen d1stnbuted to the general pubhc. Pa-tron" ~eem to take an interest 111tIie people who satisfactonly ,en e them andlhe store personals are carefully read Employe" ,d '0 appl ellate the k111dl} reference made to them m the store 1Olllnals \ p,lttent anel mdnstnous citIzen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has con,tlucted a table top composed of 34,473 pIeces of wood The deSign IS meamngless and the only purpose the table serves is to enable one to speculate upon the number of years the citizen had \\ a"ied1l1 makmg the top. \\ hen the floors are crowded WIth "values" IS it not the tune to announce a quarter off sale? A sllffiaient quantity of stock is ,dl thdt deale 1 needcarl\ Overcrowded floors call for actlOn. \\ hen an ' epIdemIC of selhng enthUSIasm" prevails in a re-tall ,tOle It WIll be cro\\Cled \\lth customers Enthusiasm IS con-ld! SIOU' 1 he HI odd\\ ,l} Depdftl11ent StOI e of Lo, \ngele'i, ddvertlSes ,l tUp"l -tU1V} "ale Ed, that "tore bcen ,haken by an carth- CJuake:> llll rka!u II hO'l poltC} IS the undel~ell1l1g of competttors I' dot elltltled to e"pell,t1lons1del atlOn by the buy l11gpubltc 'R1dllUlOlb \ alues shoulel tempt no one Actual, substan-ttal \ alues encourage confidence and satIsfy purchasers. (Joldenbe1g of 1\ a"hmgton, advertises a "sale mterest of red hot 111ten'l1\ ~ file sale, perhaps :-'111,dl ot 1ro) . states that "thtre IS ,ometlnng d01l1g dt "m,d1') In d "Small way? J lItt1n~ thc n,lll Oil the head wIll not dl\\dYs dnve It ,tralght to thc 11dn place \ ene1 atlOn f{)] ~l e} haIr neve I redches the lontents of a mdtt1e~s. 1 hll e I::'but one best store Is It }ours? Crop Prospects in En~Iand. T J Stephens, ~mencan vIce-consul at Plymouth, furl11shes thc follo\\ 1l1g 'iummary of crop conc!ttlOns in the countIes of lUlm\ all Dn on Dorset and Somerset, iEnglanel: "1\ heat and barley have suffered by the contmued rams, but the 11op" \\ 111prDve a !tttle over the average m quantIty. \Vhl1e oato have Itke\\ 1se suffered by storm, the crops are heavy and the \ 1el<1\\ III be good lIay has been most abundant, but great quan-titIes ha\C been 1111ured and destroyed by the rams. Orchard tr111t" al e m most cases a fatlure Apples are very scarce, whIch \\ III 1I1C1ea"e the demand for foreIgn fI mt of thIS descnptlOl1 POLLtoc, \\ t11be a 1emark,lble crop, both as to quanttty and qual- It} Root ClOp" are above the average WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 _. . .. _... ... ... 1--------1 I A. PETERSEN &CO., CHICAGO MANUFACTURERS OF THE I BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS r-- IIj ••• I I I II III• &.. - - IN THE COUNTRY. Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. ._-------S-E-N-D--FO_R._C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E-.-._F-UL-L-L-I-N-E.--R-I-G.H_-T.---P-~R_.I_C_.E.S_. --~-_~I. Ransacking New England. Fredenck HllI, the de~lgner of the Impenal FurnIture com-pany, is tounng the ~ew England ~tates m a search for antique furnIture. He drives over the famous country roads and stop-pmg at the farm houses or vlllage homes, begs 01 buys hIs WclY mto the attic, where most of the good furmture manufactured a century or more ago, IS stored The Colomal homes of VIl-gmla, South Carolma and CeO!gla contall1 many valuable an-tiques, whIle 111 the state of LOUlsldna many ImportatIOns of the pellods when that regIOn was undel Spam"h or Fren,::h rule, are found In cllscmsmg the value of antique" a contemporary trade pubhcdtlOn "ald' "l\ ew and attI dctlVC l111e"dl e alway" III elemanel ff a ll1dll-ufdcturer finels It a cllfficult matttr to produce a pattern thal IS ab~olutely ne\'i, he at ltast can turn out an olel eleslgn so sn- / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WlTH 12, 15 20 AND 25 SPINDLhS. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThiS ltttle machine has done more to perfect the draw~r work of furnl. ture manufacturers than anythmg else In the furnIture trade For fifteen y~ars It has made perfect fittlllg vermin proof, dovetaIled stock a POSSI blltty ThIS has been accomplIshed at reduced cost, as the machllle cuts dove taIls III RanR' of from 9 to 24 at oue operatIOn It s what others see about ~our busllless rather than what }ou say about It, that counts III the cash drawer It, the thnll of enthUSiasm and the true nng of truth }OU feel and hear back of the cold type that makes you buy the thlllgadvertlsed ALEXANDER DODDS CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Repre",nted by Schuchart & Schutte at Berltn, Vienna, Stockholm and St Pelersbura Repre.. nted by Allred H Schutte at Coloane. Bru""l. Leae Pans Muan and Buboa Represented In Great BUbanand lroland hy the Ohver M~chIne'; Co , F S Thompson, Mar, 20 J -203 Dean'aate, MancheSler, Enaland penor 111workmanshlp to the ong111al thdt It IS practIcally a new ~tyle. The deSIgner who makes a bunch of grapes or a leaf look better than It has ever been before has practIcally produced some-thl11g new. A better and more artistIC standard IS set and the rCJuvenated 1111e111many II1stances proves to be an excellent seller "It is not always an casy mdtter to develop a deSIgn that is unqualifiedly ne\\ anel partIcularly one whIch WIll meet WIth favor 111 the traele, and fOI thIS rea:oon an occasIOnal glance ovel the favonte~ that hcld sway year" ago might prove profitable in more wdY~ than one i\ eleft toueh here and an chml11atlOn there often works wonder"," Disagrees With Laurier. SIr James ,Vhltney, premIer of Ontano, does not agree WIth Premlel Laul1er of the DommlOn, as to the desll abl1lty of c1o~er track relatFm s between Canada and the "States." WhIle in Lon-don reccntly he urged the deslrablhty of Canada estabhshmg hel self 111the Bnt1~h market and strongly deprecated any 1eci-ploclty arrangements WIth the Lmted States Canada, he saiel, could supplv \\ heat to Blltall1 a~ cheaply as the Umted States or i\n;entll1a The refmClI of Dntall1 even to dlscms propo~al~ for ImperIal pI efel entlal tr ade wa" deplorable he thought, and mIght yet provc c11~a~trou~ ",Ve don't carc whether you make free tl ade or tarIff Ieform the baSIS on your part of commel '::lal ar-rangements," he said. "but for gooelne'l' sake let us stop elnft- In~ am) ag rce to ~all a defimte course The only hve Il1Ipenal pohcy before m IS that enunCIated by }1r Cl1dmberlall1" ---~--~ I ~---------------~---------------- I II I II I II•• III I II II III II fob Grand Rap,d, ~_._-_._-~-,-----~------------..-. _ STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. \ II II I II II II ..........._. _ ..I. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups, maklllg the hest cup on the market. CellulOid IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a pIece supported by cups WIth cellulOId bases It can be done WIth ease, as the bases are per· fectly smooth CellulOId does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are lilllshed III Golden Oak and White Maple, lilllshed lIght If you w,U tr1l a .ample order 01 the,e good, you w,ll de.. r,to handle them ,n quant,t, .. PRICES: SIze 2X lllches $5.50 per hundred. SIze 2)( Illches 4.50 per hundred. TRT A SAJEPLll ORJ)ER 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN MAIL ORDER BUSINESS DID IT Enabled Chicago to Exceed New York in Post-office Receipts. The lepOlt that the po"tal lecelpt~ 1t Chicago tm thc month of '\ugust eAceeded thooe of '\ e\\ 1 ellk 1)\ mOl e thel11 $30,000 wa'i a 'iurpn'ie to many I eacIer, e~peuetll} to re~l-dents of Xew YOlk man} of WhU111c!oubted the tluth ot the 'itatement InvestlgdtlOn hO\\ "vel pI 0\ eeI thdt It \\ d' cur reet \\ hen men conneded \\ ah the po"tal ~u \ leC \\ ~I a~ked for ltght on the ,ubJed the\ u~ualh an,,, oed 1)\ "a\ mg that lt wa,n't true of Crleatel '\e\\ 10lk \ lei th( Brooklyn recelpts to tho,e of the poq office tor \lanhattlll and thc 11ronA, and the ,tor} \\ dl be \ CI} e1Jf{elent the\ ~aleI But lettmg thc 1'0,t Oftlce 1t \U\ lmk "tanel un lt~ own mellt" \Vh\ "llOulel It have Ltl1cn behInd 111 \\1Q,\1~t \\ hen It had leeI Chleag-o by mOl ethan $2 000 000 'il Ke the fil'it of the ycar, an average of $3(/0000 a month) fhat It \\el'n t a freak \\a'i ,hown b} a compall"on \\lth la"t \el1" fi12\1ll~ \'Vhen ChIcag-o 111 \ugu,t ml,~ecl \e\\ 10lk b\ ol1h S..?..?OOO fal1Jng behInd $2eO,OOO a12aln the ne\.t month L0eal COl1c1JtlOn, thele \\a" the e"-'1Ianatlun \\ hleh l)o~ - ma'oter :\Tmg-an hac! to oftel and It \\a" to Lh'eaQ,o" mall-Olclu hou,e'o that tho'c pOlnteeI \\ ho \\ el e fd1111hdl \\ Ith the de\ elup- 111entof that compelldtl\eh ne\\ fedlme ot \111,11 dn bU'1lle~, I all 1, the hlg 'ea,on 11l the mall-01du \\mld and \u12\1,t 1'0the month t J1 ,u1ehng the catalugue" bll aeka~t One ]]()U"l alone maded plobabl) t\\ 0 mll1Jon, each \\ lth mUll than 1,~00 page~, to dS man} \mCllcan home' \ \ hen mall- 11\lel tolk 111'\ e\'V York sa \\ the figure", they saId they represen teJ the open11112 gun~ tOl the matI-order "ea~on ln ChIcago LhlcaQ,o mOl ethan lead'i the c JtlDtry 111the mail-order 1m,111e", -\ man \'Vho ,hould know sa} '0 that the bus111ess of "'ears Roe buck & Co , now lD thelr fifteenth j ear, lS hea \ ler than all the mall-oreIer bu ,111e0'3 of X ew York put together T\\a leaeI1I1Q, Clncdgo homes he ,aId, wIll clo a $100 ,OUO ,000 bu"rne" .. th'~ \ eal and 111thell catalogue he and other, found the explanatIOn ot Chlca~o '0 I11crea~ed po, tal recelpt'i One hou,e alone recel\ e,., an averag-e of 50,OJ8 letter" a da\, and Ih out-~lJIng mad I~ hea\ ler The bU~1l1e~s of Sears, l~oebnck K Lo 1'0 ~o hea\ \ that the gOy elnment ma111tall1, ,npen hlOl1 and the mall 'odck'o go cIn ect to the car, ""'i many lettel ~ ~ ) to that one hC'u"c e\ e1} Jay a" to the uty of J\Id- \\ at'kec \ln1Cht a" man} of 11'0,11lpment" are by mad a~ hy L"pl e'~ 0' fJ e1ght 1 he mad-oulel bU"1I1e,~ beg-an 111 ChlLago fifteen years a-.;) and that ut\ prolJahly alvva}" wdI lead, becau'>e of thl~, a nel 11'0Q,eo~ I aphlLal po,ltlon It deals WIth the whole coun-t! \ anel one of 11'0hon,e'i "ay" 11'0bIggest market I" Penn~yI- \ ama, wIth 11'0 h !'ot of ,mall town'.. The firms w111 dehvel am thln12 ±lom a hook to huggle'i from p1l1S to pachy(lerm, In the pd,t fi\ e } ear" the department 'itore'3 111 th1<; cIty ha\ e been entellng the mdd Older market LTntJI recently they ha\c leQ,alded It meleh a, an 11clcIent to the bU'3l11es~of the "tOle, hnt no\\ they ale reachlllg out fOl It Visited the Trade in New Yorl~. \\ I r RedmoncI manager of the Luce-Reclmoncl ChaJr com-pam ha'i returned trum ~e\\ York whele he ~pent a week vl"lt- In~ the trade 1he featnrc~ ot the "Great \Vhltc Way" were 111- 'pectcd l11uclentalh :\11 Redmond enjoy ed hI'> tnp very much Own Your Own Electric Light Plant "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engines Save 25% Direct-connected to any good make of dynamo. Can be run safely anywhere a steam line can be carried. No Noise. No Vibration. Economy. "ABC" Engines require only one-half the usual amount of steam. Consume only one-fifth the usual amount of oil. The wear is so slight that adjustments are required only once in six to nine months. Efficiency of the "ABC" Engines IS the very high-est attainable. Friction loss less than 4%. Will run constantly at higher speeds than any other reciprocating engine. Lubrication of "ABC" Engines is ample at any speed and is not dlstnbuted under pressure. Oil is separated from water, cooled and filtered at every circuit. Automati..: internal lubrication by a pump and gravity flow. Get Lateot Bulletin, 288 MA. AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY ---- DETROIT AICH ----- V S A. Ablest Engineenng OrganIzation In the Blower Busine$5-operatmg three large plants devoted exclUSIvely to the manufacture of Fan System apparatus and the alhed hnes. An "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engine, direct-con-nected to dynamo, making an ideal Outfit for Isolated Electric Light Plants. Mailed postpaid at your request, I J WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---------------------------------_.----------------------------------- IIII II I,II I II III II.I.._-~-----~---~.---~-----------.------ .-----------_._----~ II t,I I IIII t II\ I IIII It I I It I II ----------------------------~t, Chicago's Best and Most Effective Line of BEDROOM FURNITURE .n MahOl!any, Walnut, B... 1'. Bye Map'e and Ouort .. ed Oak Can be se n throuilhcut the year at J. J. Hall & Son, 137 Peck and Hills Co., Wabash Ave. and 14th St. and In sent to ooy furnIture dealer on request Michigan Ave, Our Catalogue, HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 1114-1156 W. Superior St., Chicago. New Factories. l' \\ Brown & Co., have opened an uphohtery ~l1op at Eaton Rapids, :\Ilch Dn ectOi 5 of the Ridgeway Cotton :\1111company of K ewton, ~ C, al e considering a plOpOSItlOn to cony crt the 111111111tOa furmture factory. Clclrence 111'''' 111g,Otto Holm and Challes \Vellman have 111- cOiporated the Rattan r urmture :\1anufactUl111g company, capl-tahLed at $5,000, to e~tabhsh a faCtOly 111Seattle, \Vash "\1 Kohler amI Le'A IS Talbel t have been app0111tecl by the BUS111ecs:\len's assoClatlOn of Dallastown. Pa, to ~elect a C,l1lt-able Cite and estllnate the co, t of establ"hl11g a fUrlllture factOl y 111that to'An J 1. Ihgg" nm\ enlSagul 111the manuiacture of "anil,[ue 1 fU1111ture111 Richmond, \ a, has pmd $5,300 for a site 111that Clty on which he propo,es to bUIld a fUl111tl1le fa~tOl y lIe expects to 01gam7e a company, capltdhzed at $ 30,000, and have the fac-to! y read} fOI operatIOn edrly 111the spl111g :'\ e\\ YOlk capital Will be 111 ve<:ted 111 the new iur111ture fa '- tory tlut Everett :\1 \Vatelhouse IS to e~tabhsh at ~dCO, 1\1'. The ma111 product will be "art furi1ltme '-leproclu-::tlOn" of qua111t ancl rare Colomal models '1 he company, wInch 1<:called the Goose [<air company \\ III occupy the Gilman shop bmlchng on 1\1echamc ~t1eet and expect to begm blNlles~ about the nlldcllc of October Pittsburg Plate Furniture Fires. '1 he Dogushut/ furmture start at [<mley :'\ Dak, 'Ad.., burned on September 1 (, 'AIth a loss of $-t,OCO, partlall) 111surcd Wilham Herman s furmture store at 1U ~South Broadway, St Loms, ::\10, y\as burned on September 16. Lo~s $1,8GO, 111- surance $1.000 The factory of the Flllnas Bank and Offi-::e Furmture C0111- pan}, Incllanapolts, Incl, \vas completely clestlOyed by fire on September v; Loss, est1lnated at $30,000, partlall} msured The work of rebllllclmg the warehouse dncl fimshmg bmlcl- 111g of the Thompson } urmtul e compal1y, Duluth, 1\1mn, which wa~ burned recentl}, Will be ~tarted as soon as the 111surance has been ~ettled 1he Eompany's loss above mSlllance 1S about $10,- 000 New Furniture DenIers. Hdl r} ~hdifer IS a new furmture deale I at Vvoocllancl, Ia The' People's FurmtUl e company al e ae\\ clealer, 111l'ale~- tmc TeA The \\ hltfiel1 f ur111t111e comp 1l1y, mcorporatecl, ale new cIealo'-, at Willtfielcl, Ia The J Hill Carpet and 1:< urmture company are ne\v dealer" at 1b16 Tlllrcl avenue, Rock I ~lancl, III "" B Ancler"on,] H Tho"ell ancl S II E0k111an have 111- corp01 ated the Anderson- Thorcell l~U1mturc compallY capltallLed at $")0,000, to engage 111 the letall tldde 111 Duluth, 1\1mn ----------_ . Glass COlIlpany LARGEST ..JOBBERS AND MANUFAOTURERS OF 19 1 II~------------~------------------------ ------_._------------------------~---' GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plale Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plale Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautifullhan while marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. I] For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything in Pamts, Varnishes, Brushes or Painters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which IS ghen below NEW YOB.K-Hudson and Van4&mSt•• BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 .owke:r St. CIUCAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave: ClNCXJlfNATI-B:roadwa:yand Court st •• ST. LOmS-Co:r. Tenth and Sp:ruce St•. MXNNEAPOLI8-500-516 S. Thi:rd St. DETB.OIT-53-59 Lamed St., E. GB.ANDB.APIDS,MlCH-39-41 N. Division st. PlTTSB11BGH-101-103 Wood St. MILWAUKEE, WIS.-492-494 Ma:rket St. B.OC.ESTE.... T_Wll(1.er Bldg., Main Ii; Ezchan ... StH. BALTDIlOB.E-310-1ll-14W. P:ratt. St.. CLEVELAlll"D-1430-1434West ".l'Jl1~ St.. OMAHA-llOl-1107 Howa:rd St. ST. PA'UL-459-461 Jackson St. ATLAN'1'A,GA_30-32-84 S. pryor st. SAVAJ!fNAH,GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. KANSAS CI'l'Y-J'ifth and Wyandotte sts. BIB.MXNGHAM,ALA.-llnd Ave. and ll9th st. B'UJ'PALO. N. Y.-372-74-76-78 Pea:r1St. BB.OOXLYN-Third Ave. and Dean St. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg.. A:rch and 11th DAVENPOB.T-410-416 Scott st. OKLAHOMACITY, OKLA., 210-212W. Pirst st. . ._ ...I 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN WHY LINSEED OIL IS HIGH Traveling Men Asked to Explain and Tell of Other Bumper Crops. D Frank Herne, dl! ector of the PUb!JClt) 'l'LtlOll ot till EducatlOnal Bureau mamtamecl b) the \atlOnal ~--OClat1on at Pamt and \ arl1lsh ::\llanufacturel", at (,2; the BO\l1 -e Phl1ldtl phla, Pa, has sent the fOllo\\ mg lettel to Lommel11al tl a\Cleh ~l) Dear Tldveler -"1he product, of the ,oJ! dlL the h'hb of real prospellty." Your own expenenLe doubtle" has tdU£;ht ) ou thdl t hL g Ol-el al pubhc, reahzmg thl", al e keenly lllterestc d 111 Lrop Londl-tiom. The U111ted States government and lalge commerClal mtlt e"ts are spencl111g huge sum" of mOnE:\ obta1111l1g cL1ta \\ Ith \\ hllh to sl1111Ulate and satJsf) thIS mterest ::\ferchants throughout the countJ y u,ualh iSdge thell p 11- chases on the crop 1l1fOrmatlOn they receIve. Consumers are very apt to f01 m theIr habIt of thouQ,ht-regardmg re-sale pnLeS-\\ lth clue cOnqderdtlOn of crop m-formation they receIve You have unquestlOnabl) been benefited 111 the pa,t-get-t1l1g with ease under the clealer s ,klll-b\ 111tellH;enth ch-cu-- mg broad commerClal affaIrs m \\ hlLh he ma\ be pal tlculat h mterested Llllseed oJ! lh pllce, the \\ 11\, and II hel eto! c< 'll1d lonch tlOn of other ClOp", al e of l111ll'iUdl 111tt! e,t to the dealt! 1 H;ht now ] he enclosed poslel "Repol t of Cwp C ollclltHnh ha, hun dcslgned to a,sl,t ) ou IJ1 1u,t such d cll\ll1',\1011 and \\ e dl e q\1tte confident you WIll c;ee Its value-at a glance Study thOloughh thIS 'Report of ClOP ConchtlOn- and bllng every salient P0111t and c0111par1',on thele111 to the atten-tion of each dealer you VISIt \\' e are C;hlpp111g to the compam \ ou I epl esent a suffillent quantJty, so that eaLh of \ our cnstOl1let s \1 III ha\ e at lea,t t\\ 0 ( 2) of these postel s Have each cu"tomel IJctqe one ot thl po teh Oil hh 1101lt <;tore wlI1dow. "0 tllclt all \\ ho Pd" mal ,ee It thc othu to he mountccl on a boalcl for dl'pla) lI1<;lcle \tOle ;\n ac!chtlOnal qUdllt1t\ of these PO\tlh nM\ be obLlllled on request The po<;te1 rcfetred to m \1J HeIne \ lette1 1- pI tllter! 111 the form of a teleg1am on a \\ este1n L man bldnk enLuged dbout 1\, en ty t1l11e~ L nde1 the hcad111£i Look on Tln, It ~ .. ------------------------------------------~ !I• ,I•IIII II• I• II "'. ..__ -.. ------ -------_. __.-- -- -----.-.' ~Ives statIstIc, on \\ heat, corn, oats and other crops from the £;0\ ernment crop report of September 1, and adds: The '{ e\1 Yark Produce Exchange <;tatistlclan estimated £to111 these fi£;ule, a corn crop of 2,943,341,000 busheh wl1lch 1<; 1-; (, U ()()() hthheJ-, hettcl than la~t month's estimate. The IlCOIc! corn uop 1\<1\ that of lCJOG, when 2,J27,416,091 bushels \\ C1e han e<;ted 1 hl Plolll1,ed ClOp of oats IS 1,035,466,000 bl1sheh, whIch UJmpare, \\ Ith lact month s estJmate of 979,8;)0,000 bushels and la,t ) cal ~ crop of 1007 1;)1,000 \\l1I'::h was the record rhese hgure, taken from the government records compare e,t1l11dteel \ lelel\ tn 1CJ10 \\ 1th prevlOU<; record years' COIn 1(jO(, llCUld \e,ll 2,927,416,091 bushels " 1)10 2,943,341,000 " Illlrea~e for lCJ10 15,924,909 " C;pnng \\ heat, 1906 I ecorel ) ear 242,',98,644 bushels " 1910 290,823,000 " InLrc,t~e tor 1<)10 48,02-t,356 " (Jdl, 1CJ06 rLcold year 9()4,904,000 bushels 1910 1,007,383,000 " Inuea,e for J910 42,4,9,000 " I'ot,ttol' 1CJn~ I eCOl d \ eal 312,800,000 bushels }ClJO 376,537,000 " Inu edse tor 1110 13,737,000 " The'l 1t1C1ea,e\ \pell d bu,y fall and a "bumper . ~pnng for till paltlt ckale1' and other mercl1dnts. Thcll I ool? H Cl (' ",el 0ppo\lle the fO! egOltl£; stdtemenb, under the heaclmg, , \\ 11\ Llmeecl OJ! IS HI£;h, 1, the followlI1g relatlve [() the crop of fLI""seeel \ orth Dal,oid produlc~ about half of all flax\eecl grown 11l thL l mted State' \ \ erage flaxseed Lrop cOl1ChtlOll September 1, 48 3. \\ lrag-e ~even year ClOp conclltlO'1, 866 ~ nder the heaclmgs, "Record Pnce for Linseed 011" and Dolla1 \fjark Reachec! ltl ChlLago, HIghest 111 HI<;tory of the I lade thc po, ter g-l\ e~ thc followl11g, dated ChIcago, September ](1 'Ra\\ hmeed oll \dl1lh Lompllse, about two-thIrds of the COlllpO'lt1OJ1 of p lllli 1cached the hIghest POltlt ltl Its history yes-tel da\ c!O'1l1g at $1 on the ChIcago board of trade an advance of JI-, lellb 0\ CI the hl~h pCl1nt of September last year, when all \old at +2 Lents The record pnce previous to thIS year was 68 Lenh m December 1CJOlJ In January 1910 llI1sced oJ! began the Upll al el tenclellC\ that re'lJ!tcd 111 ; 7' cents bemg attained as the 11lgh p J1J1t for that month The IeaJ movemcnt that brought dbout the dolldr prIce, hO\\- l \ II qal ted thl\ month, reachll1g a c!JmaA when go, ernll1ent LlOp 1 epO! ts c hcm eel a fla'\:seeel crop com!JtlOn of 483, Il1c!Jcatll1g a u op ot 1G,+ i 7' .000 bushels. or nearl) 1 ;),000,000 les<; than re-q1l1rel11enh lnueasec! cost of 1l11seed 011 has already resulted in an ach an, e m the pnce of ready 111Ixecl pamts, varl1lshes, etc , The nonndl pllCe of flaxc;eecl IS $133 per bushel, whIle it 1\ 110\\ quoted at $2 8+ " Dodds' Mochines in Demond. ! hL \lc"anclel Dc clcls camp;; l1y reports a good trade 111 \1 ()()ch\ orkLJg mdchmer} !\mong chelr recent orders and shlp-lJ1Lnh arc a \0 S saw table for t e manual tral11l11g school at ",alt Lake Clt} , l\\C) dovetaJlel s to ) to South Amenca; one 15 <]Jmclle elm ctaller to Carthage, N -\- , one 10 spll1dle dovetailer to Tdl11L,to\\ n ~ Y; d Hj "p1J11 e dovetd11er to Evansville. Iml , ancl one 12 spl11dle clovetaller 0 go to Cologne, Germany WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ~--_ .. - --_. _. -------- - - - -- ----------_._-------- _. ------, FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil, in acid and oil in acid and oil. in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually be~mtiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-lle People ~ CHICAGO-NEW YORK Everythmg in Pamt SpeCIaltiesand Wood FmIshmg matenals. FIllers that £111. Stams that satisfy. .. - --- . . . -----------_._---.4 Conditions in the Carpet Trade. '\ ew York, Sept ~2 -1here I a steady stream of ~ll1all ordel ~ comIng mto the malket 0~1Ldl lme~ of carpets and rugs Retaller~ are covenng then fall need~, but accorchng to state-ments made by the largest JobbIng houses 111 thIS country, they ab~olutely refuse to plunge or cover vel y far ahead .!\lost re-tall buyers al e wlllmg to admIt that they do not belIeve pnce~ WIll be any lower later on, In fact ~cem to feel that there may po::,slbly be some advances named on ccrtam 11l1e~ The manner m whIch cotton yarns have acl<.anced dllfl11g the past two weeks or mOl e has made It faIrly plaIn that manufac tures of rug~ m whl..:h cotton yarns are used wIll not be an) lower than they al e now Buyers are clo~ely follow1l1lS develop-ments 111 the raw matenals, as vvell as the fi111shed market, and al e look1l1g for anytll1ng that can be pICked up 111 the way of ,I b,Hga1l1 Up to date, they have not been ~uccessful m find1l1g man) "Job~" m thIS market, as stocks are pretty well cleaned up QUIte a few retaIl buyers dl e m need of goods WIth WIlH.h to complete theIr fall collectIOns Requesh are be1l1g sent for-ward to ~ellmg agents and Jobbers for the qUIck ~hlpmcnt of all £;oocl~ on order, and 111 sevel al ll1stances these orders are bell1g duplIcated Reports from the south indIcate that a very fair ie-mand WIll develop m that sectIOn shortly, as reque~ts for adclI-tlOnal lots of spot gooch are receIved frequently. Better grade rl1gs are wanted, and It I~ notIceable that buyers \'IIho fOlmerh pl1rcha~ed cheap lInes are no <v chang1l1g to 111edll1111 and bette~ 1 grade::, In the carpet and fl1lS dt~)artment of the H D Claflll1 C0111- pany bus111ess IS reported as) head of la~t year, but at the same tnne buytrs are saId to be ShVW111gqUIte a 11ttle conservatIOn on fall ordel s Buyers al e hell for the purpose of buymg goods, but are lookmg for "lobs" "nd are not at all 1I1chned to cover theIr future needs ven far ,lhlad Orders f10111the west are re-ported as good, and ~ho\\ mg d steady Improvement each week Con ~l(lel ahle merchanch' e ha~ betll (hspo~ed of dunng the sum-mer month" hy retaJIers, and they are no\\ ~hoWJl1g a de"ire to fill 111. \t the vanou~ sellmg a~encle~ m thIS market bU~lness for the month of August was well ahead of that for the correspond-mg month last yeal. The nulls are stJ11 reported as husy WIth old Olders. and are mak1l1g some preparatJOns for the new ~eason whIch WIll open up the first week 111 November Onental rug" and carpets have contInued to move faIrly well, and 111some qu,lrters good order~ all repO! ted a~ 11clvlng been placed for the c0l111ng fall and w111ter season CIty buyers have not been very actlve as yet, but are expected to C0111emto the 111arket dUf1ng the lattel pal t of thl" month ~------------ -- - ---- - _. - - . III II II II UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. ------.. 1 A..__ • a •• China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead In Style, ConAru~on and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our line on permanent ahlblo bon 3rd Floor, New Manufacto urers'BUilding. Grand Rapids. • 4 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN New Utilitarian Novelties. A. fold111g (IteS~111gtable a,1d a chafin2, ch,n ~ab1l1et alC thc latest mgemous pIeces of flll mtul e made for the d \\ ellcl ~ ot "mall hou"e" and apartments v,hue e, el) Inch at IOCJm coun1', and where eVel) cleve 1 "pace "dV1l1g deVIce that h aitl ac tl \ C to look upon and yet acId, to the con'rot t of In 1112,1" \\ elcol11ed Chafing Dish Cabinet. WIth open pUl,es The la"t \,01d111 c(Jmpactnc~~ ot al1an2,e-ment and "lmpItclt} of desu2,n 1" "poken In the"e la"t e,amplls of the arttsan\ gen1us The dreSSIng table 1" a 1epj()ductlOn r1l1m an ant1que adapted tD pI esent day necds "lth pI c"ent day mech lllh'n concealed 111Its poIt"hed mahogany top. b, mean~ of ,\ lllCh It 1S com erted automattcalh £1om a pla1n lntle table that could stand t111questlOned 111the pallO! 01 In 1112,100m-01 \11\ place 111the Rat for that matter- -111tOthe m )~t com e111en\ and spaclOlh c!le"sl11g table The top h dn HIed lnlo 11\ 0 pal h Ih Itft111g the lea, e, on th ell 11\1h1hIe h 1112e,~ a (('n tel p,ll t [I"es from helo\, Itke an ele, atm h[1n2,"1112,1nto ,1C\\ a \\ ell selected t01let outfit mounted 1n "tl, cr. each p1eCe fitt1112, pe - fectly 111 lh own ltttle compartment-comb blu-h hand n 1 - r'Jr, powc!el a11c! sah e bo,e" and ll1a111Ulre 1111plel11C11h r 11 the mlddle, h1ng flat on It-. race h a 2,Cocl ~17Ce!11111101tJ tee! W1th h111ge" an,1 UP112,ht-. that h (as1h Itftcc1 1n placc a[t 1 the tahle h open and folc1ed flat ,\hen It 1~ to bc c\()~c I 1'(oth1ng could be more 1112,"e111ouslvc1ece1\1112,dnd "C1 \ C t\ ) purpo"e" "0 "klllfulh 1he chat1112, (It-h cab111et. "0 unob ,t1 th1\ e 1n 1t~ Uh1dc appearance h the "olll of ho"pltaItt, \\ llh1n 1h ~m()(JLh \"ooden doOl" ale fOUl compartment-. ancl t\\O cIra\\ eh Onc the lowest, 1'3 "et aSIde tlom the chafing dhh 1e.,t1112, on a portable tray 'Jf \"hlte opaqlle g-la"" boun,l \\lth \\O)c! 111 \\ ]11eh are handles at elther end 1he glass 1~ Cjl1lekh lean"ul ,llld doee., not hecome too hot to tOlleh In anothcl CmlJpal tmc'l1 FURNITURE MA~UFACTURERS ATTENTION' Send (or samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES WarrantedIn everyDarllcular BestDroDosllloonn the market FRANK W. SWETT & SOIll Mfrs of band saw blad .. and lools 1717 1719 W.AdamsSt , Chlcage HERE IS A RECORD TO BE PROUD OF. Second orders receIved for dry kIlns durmg the last two months by the Grand Ra"lds Veneer Works: AmerIcan Mahog-any Co, New Ycrk Clty, 4 kllns; Xenry X, Shelp ManufacturIng Co. Phlladell'hla, 2 kllns; Sl1gh Furnlture Co, Grand RapIdS, M1Ch.,2 kllns, K,el Furmture Co.• Klel, W,S., 2 kllns; 'l'he Gour-ley, Wmter & Lemlng Co., Toronto, Ont., I klln; pullman Palace Car Co, Chlcago, Ill, and RIChmond, Cal., 1 klln, makmg 10 mall. They have also shlpped one klln complete to England thlS month. ThIS sale was made through the recommendatIon of John B. Snllth & Sons of Toronto, who have made theIr second lUstalla-hon. The G"and Raplds Veneer Works' process has been m-stalled m the kIlns of 16 plano concerns and they have Just closed wlth Xarrls-McXenry & Baker, Elmlra, N. Y., for two klins, h a fi,ed I ack Tell 2,la",c" and another, "ll1ch sWlI1gs out '30 l~ to be 111 ea~, reach, for a "et ot crnets and c i11e!tments and 1 place tol pcppel, "art and alI the th1l1gs neceSsa1 \ fell a Foldinll Dressinll Table. c'ldfin2, c1J"h suppel '1 here 1" a place f01 a cracker Jar, too. and In the drawel s are napk1l1" kn1\ e" and fork" De"lcle", there 1" loom f01 plate~, 1f the) l11\l"t he kept thel e, and an) 11nmber of packa2,es flam \\ hKh the supper 1~ culled The top h Hat and Ju"t the 112,ht hel2,ht fOJ the cook to stand comfortably to ,t11 It h cl boon to the h'Jspltable hearts of p~ople who Itve 1n dpal tl11ent hoteh and boal dl11g hothec• where nothll1g tastes a" L:C )c\ a, somethl11g made b\ one s o\\n ha11(1and where nothmg h lll"re tun than to gather around a stea1lll1lg c1nflng (It"h for cl lareb1t 01 an a la '\e\\bUlg 111 the "ce sma' hours \Vho among the, a'it a11n\ 01 hoardel s has not longed fOJ Jnst snch c:::mveI1l-ence, VI hen restawant, arc closed or the t1ouble of dres'l11g to go Ullt "eem" the l<reate"t wce 1n the wotld" WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 Stow & Davis Clean-cut, dignified style in dining tables, built from solid oak and mahogany that are, in themselves, a tangible assurance that they will resist a lIfe time's wear and tear. Stow & Davis Furniture Company, Grand Rapids. Michigan. Show your customers the strength of Stow & DavIs conslruclIon, the exqUIsItely matched woods wIth theIr beauty mtenslfied by careful rubbmg and poilshmg, and agam, the accurate pede&lal and leaf locks that fit snugly and securely. Each pattern offers a sales talk that wms every lIme Get Our Catalogue. He Knows How. Fugene Hlggms, a manufacturel of carpet" recently re-turlllng from a tnp 1.) Europe, was vastly "tupnsed when hIs trunks wele held u~ 111 the New YOlk customs house and he was accu"ed of attemptmg to smuggle m dutIable article'" liVlth an aIr of mJured Innocence he protested that he (lId not know that the tanff law affected goods brought to thl:o coun-try b) returnIng travelers It \\a.., a revelation to hl1111.0 (hs-cover that there was a duty on such thmg.., l\Ir Hlggll1S, however, does know that there i.., a tal1ff on carpets, espeCIally the cheaper grades, \\ hlch have the largest sale In thl" country and that the rate of duty rum 111 some cases as hIgh as l)1) per cent, effectually shutt1l1g out uuportatlOns of foreIgn made carpet" of these graJe" and thereby advantag1l1g Mr HIggIns and other ~mencan carpet manufacturers Doubtless. If ~I r Ihggm", should hear of SOIl1e other person or pel sons try1l1g to evade payment of duty on torelgn made carpets he would be properly lI1(hgnant It would Imple..,s hl111 a-, a monstlous Clime agam'\t the (!,mernment and a blo\\ at the vel') vital", of ~mencan mdu'\try Yet there IS an old '\aymg that' \\ hat I" sauce for the £;lo-,e h sauce for the gandel "---SpIll1gfielcl ("Mass) Lman. Advantages of Movable School Furnitlll"t'. Dr J\Iaxwell, supenntendent of the '\ e\\ York schools. wno recently retm ned from a tom of Europe where he gave partIcu-lar attentIOn to the scho{)!s and school bmIclInlSs, IS quoted as sa)- mg "In Germany one thl11g 1111pres,>ulme, that was c1eanlll1ess Ever) tlung about the class rooms wa" so remarkably neat and trim that it made one feel good Jt1St to look about The neat-ness applIed to the pupIls as well a" to the rooms and furmture I observed tl1ere a eonchtlOn 1 have long been advocatl11g III the sch{)ols of thh cIty. that IS, moveable furl1lture liVlth It 111- stalled a loom can be kept clean, cllso It affords help 111 clolllg away WIth part tIme, for furnIture 111 a c1asslOom that is 1101. fulh occupleclma) be slllftecl to a room where It IS needed" How He Would Accumulate Wealtb. ,.If I had $100,000 av allable for the purpose," I emarked a prominent manl1factmer, "1 '''ould go to the southern states and IIn est It 111 gum timber ~t the end of five } ears the tImber would be worth $:500,000 I would sell out ancl then ~raclOu:oly permIt the \v orId to wag as It would" ~----------------------------------------------~ I I III II I\ III I I, I I I II ,,I, I• I, I THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and aud receIve descriptlYe CIrcular of Glue Heate ... Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prIces. Tlte Weatlterly CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. -..--.---_._------------ -------------- .-------------------._---------------------------------------------~ ~---------------------------------------------~ Pitcairn Varnish Company Manufacturers of Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. 24 \\'EEKLY ARTISAN Hartman Furniture Company's Great Buildinli. The Hartman Furmture and Carpet compam nO\\ h~h un cler constructIOn a $300,000 waf(~house \\ hlLh wIll be the chlet bmldnlg 111the plant on La Salle street, south ot Thlrh-11lnth street, ChIcago The sh ucture \\ III be 333 feet long e"'tenc1111L; from an alley 11-b feet south of Thlrty-nmth sh eet to the t1 ack ':> of the Umon Stockyards & TransIt compan) on the ,outh anc! e.. tend111g from the alle) ea~t of \Vent\\ 01th avenue, mnet\ -1\\ 0 feet to La Salle street. 1 he bmld111g \\ III have seven ~tones and ba':>ement, \\ III be No More Kitchen Cabinets. Ihe ralcon :\fanutaLtunng company, once a prosperou~ \\ 00(1 \\ ork111g corporatlOn at DIg RapIds, Mlch, dIsmantled Its UJl 11\el faLto1 y a few \\ eeks ago and late1 1t':>water power plant \\ a~ (!tmag ed b\ fil e so badly that the company determ111ed to 1 etne flom bU'lne~s The company has dIsposed of its personal JlI()pel t \ and the I eal estate IS on the market. A few years ago tne tactone~ \\ el e operated largely 111the manufacture of hard maple flame, fOI spnng beds anc! WIre mattresses, but wIth the L;10\\ Ill£; seal ut\ ot tImber and the advances 111the cost of the A Great Modern Structure of l111llconstructlOll, spIll1klcc!, a'1c! \\ III conta1l1 a fie01 ,pace of about 230,000 square feet It WIll have track conlleLtlOn \\ Ith the I alh\ ;:\\ 1111e,011 the east and ,outhea~t anc! m,Ic1e the bmlc!m2, l"i(l teLt 111,dl on the second floOt levtl allO\\ 111gtOl \\ agon tl affic beneath fhe tot,d ImprOVel11ent~, \\! hlch \\ Ith the lanel repl e,en t about S"i(l(lOl)() WIll be completed Janual \ 1 The grounc! 0'1 \\ hlch the plant h hl1n~ el eLted \\,h CHICI, nally aese111bled b\ ,",01 I \hane \\ ho contempLltecl the el cc tlon of a lumhel and ,t01aL;e plant lnablltt\ to secme ':>uffi(lent ground led hIm to tran,fel the \\ holc to the lIartn1<ln eomp,lm repre':>ented by the pI e~Ident, \lux Straus The compan\ has ,tl-so purchased land along the tracks and frollt111g on \\ ent\\ CJIth avellue, and other propert) flO11tml; on Thn t\ -mnth street \\ hel e c'Cten slve Implovements ell e m pro, pc Lt [he pI e,en t pLl11t ,) 1 \Yeet ;\[onroe ~tl eet hds been touml ,dtos;ethel too ,m,tll tn1 hI com pan ) s g 10\\ mg blhmess The archItect 1, II L Ottenhe1l11CI of Ch1cago ROLLSI For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJI. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Facilities That Are Uneqrralled ~al11e, a ltne of k1tchen cabmets was subshtutec! Cheapness \\ as then onh ClUdltt\, It It IS proper to charactenze the stuff plOc!lIlUI a, ,uch 1he bus111cs~ d1d not p10\e profitable and the hI e p1ob lbh hdotencc! the \\ md111g up of the hus111ess Spreading Popula.·ity. T fan) th111g l' needed to conV111ce the reader of the popu-llllt\ ot the Gland Rapld~ \ eneer \Vorks' process dry k11n, 1t \\ III he 'l1pphcd b\ 1eadmg the1r "ad' 111th1S 1s,',ue of the Weekly \1 tI"dIJ 1 he demand for th1,', k1ln has grown so great that 1t 11,e" thell LlIdttsmen to make the spec1ficattons fast enough to 'l1pph It ()l(lCI are c0111mg 111not only from th1S country and lanada, but even fI0111 England, and It 1S qUlte hkely there W1]] ,ocm be d great e"'port clemand from not only England, but all <)\ ('11m ope ,11](1,",ol1th \mellca It w111repay the reader to ]( ok 11pthe C1and RapId" \ eneel \YOlks "dd" r,------------ .... I f t f IfII ~._---~-------- . . ~ B. WALTER & CO. ~eturen 01 T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT . ....I .. I IfII I~--. . "'I Henry Schmit 8 CO. HOPKINS AND hARRIET STS.' Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Upholstered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM .f. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT WEEKLY ARTISAN RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, IND. Michigan Express Rates Under Fire. :\Ilchlgan manufacturers', merchanh and SIllpper~ as- '1oClat1On" had a heanng befOl e the "tate raIlroad C0111111,,1- ,,1OnelS at Lan"1l1g, dunng the pa~t V\ eek, all theIr c0111pla1l1t3 aga1l1st the expre"s compa11les' rates and method" They pre- "ented figures show1l1g eXOl])1tant charge., and chscnm1l1atlon-. almo'3t a., unrea"onable as tho~(' CIted bv :'IIr Kll1clel of Den-ver aga1l1"t the Cohraclo carller., and, Juclg1l1g from remarks made by PresIdent Glasgow and other 111ember~ at the C0111- mlSS10n the plote"t" under conslderat1On, are ltkely to pro, e effectn e They CIted 1l1stance'3 \\ here expl ess I ates for 60 mdes on packages Vv elgh1l1g SO pound s or le~s, \ al y from 34 to SS cents and where the charge'3 on 100 pounds ran~e from 80 cents to $1 30 for the same cltstance and under slmtlar con-dItIOn" 1he "hlppers ask, not only that rates be reduced, but that the) be made Ul1lfOr111and placed on a mIleage basIs The \111encan dnd the Cl1lted State" c()mpa11le~, V\ ho transact most of the express bus111ess 11l the state wel e shm\ n to be the \\ orst offendel S The Com111!"'''1Oner~ took the nuttCl undel con'31(lel atlOn and proml",ed to announce theIr I ultng In the nedr futm e ,..._ . ----------_._._----- ••._. . _._._..~--------------- Veneer Pre •••• , different kind. and .ize. (Palealed) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc.! Etc. .. No. IOO GENUINE LEATHER SEAT 25 A Fratm'nity Cluh House for .Furuiture Men. 'lIen of the fur11lture trade, thou'3and'3 111 number, Gue 1J1dl1ber" of the Benc\ alent Protectn e Order of Elks \\"hen man) of thc"e men arrn e 111 (rrand RapId" 111 January they \\ III find a mag11lficcnt club houoe, WIth ample lodge rooms c\1ld all the comfort, of home read) for theIr enjoyment The tcmple \\ hlLh has been unde! con"truct!on clullng the past )ea\, \-. neanng c0111pletlOn and \\111 be occupied early in \ 0\ ember It \\ III be Ilchl) fur111'ohecl throughout The work of c)n" trnctlOn of th e temple 1'0 Il1 the charge '1f a C01111111ttee uf Dal"y L(]cl~e \0 48, of v\lnch DavId l hI, preshlent of the (,lanel I\ap1c1'3 I aney I url11turc compan) 1'0 cha1l111an Quartered Oak a Luxury. Len \ ear':o d~() the best qualtty of quartered oak lumber ulUld be be ng 'H fUI $4000 per thon "and,' remuked a C011- ':oU111Cl ot lnmber '\0\\ It I" Very ,;carce and costs $10000 per thou"and a lcl the oak from Kentuck) and Tennessee 15 f 111felJ I to the oak that once greVv 111 \Ilch1f;an an...l Indiana 1rue eUlJ1( 'il} me"lh get, our money'., \\ orth ' These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue SpreadIng Maehine. SlUgle. Double and CombmatIon. (Palenled) (Size. 12 In to 84 in w,de.) __ "I ----=-. Hand Feed Glueing MachIne (Palettl pendmg.) Many sty Ie. and aizel. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies -----------.---_ ....----_._.----- LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 20 Glue Heater CHASe E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No 6 GlueHeat.r. ---_._----------_._----------------.-# 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN III Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers I I Are Offered by the II II I II III 1 THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressen, Chifforohes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chrlfomers in Iffiltation quartered oak, imitalion mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . .. • WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 Made by Bosse FUIlllture Company ;\fade by World FurllItme Compau). ....._._------------------------_. __......._._._._._. ---_._-----...... _. ---- ...... Made by Bockslege FurnIture Co. .. ._. _ .. • •• _. a .. .. . 28 WEEK LY THE LATEST SMOKE CONSC~IEn An Austrian ArchUect Said to Uav(' Solvcd the Smok('}c!'ts Comhustion pJ·ohlem. \111" "lhut d11 'llcl11telt d laIl,,]){(1 \U"IIII 1" l ]oltu1 to ha\c "ohu! thl )11llh1l111 llt tllnJ1lJIl,l1"l1 kill" lomlJlht ( 11 I Ie hd" 111\ente 1 ,md put IlltD )11 Illll d the t "111 ,ke lOlhU1l111l" hllnd,t \\Inch hi\'-, lJlcn patented III Il\ II 111e wollel aud \\h eh ha" ,,110\\11 e'lLlllnt ll-u1,,, 111 )' 1,1 the Tbe l(Ied h a 'l111]llt OUl h 1t -Il lttCl 1\, th It tIll ]J { Cjuabh (f !;ll'lcu11an l 1'11, d , tt h",lllte m,n (l U"l 1 1\ I b I lOll1hu"tllJ1] of ~. i I (l lLl1t and pl altll,l1h UI "JlllJ).,.C 11 ,,( lt rJ1l" IlnentlOll IP,Ul e', ,I cllcltt OJ hot all dim n ll11 tb {lll i ,h \ e, hlat111g 1'1lt;: the -l11okc a" 11 ell Ie l\ 01" I II"C all 1 l J1 "Ul1'l11i-, lt CC 1 pIctel 1'he 1I a1 h 1 belel 111d tee 111":: hi), dl1cl ,,1 I e" h~lll1 11 (\ Cl 811 lLl "C 1 ",rdte II a flit ~1 lte U1l,) l" \\ 11 Il "nl1'1ll of thl h\ () "::1tll" 1" n 1111)]11111 l \ l ell hI 11111lJ111 "Ill l~ JJI ( \ 11(' 1 a l Jl" lljJj 11 h<l1f \\ Jih 11,\1I l \\ all ,Ipll tUIl" lJl'l 1))1\ gond1 glat, ,l\1(l at lh 1cm 11 J111t \\ 1 h \\ I \ I Illl1" 11111tl al'el111le" !he tIdt [21 I'e Lke\' hl h,\'-, 1 )]H.?Yl1l1111,tld]Jl1 UI l" J he fire ,t,1 led en t11e 1Ll, glate and fe Inh d11 l'11l11'1 rlellll let 1\ h lh e,tell ]" 01 el ,'le 1ncllnecl gl ate t] t'le Hut" [)U1111" thl~ operatlO11 thc II a1 01 the upper balt 01 thl 1111111 1 ,,11 t Pp t J the JeU'I, g 1 I, g1\ C" oH 1\" ~a"e, ane! -1111 gl,)cltll1h dl \\11\\,)1(] I 11to the 11a ~latc a- t'le Li mlH1'" 11 11 th 1'1t11 plreec'" thoe1 \ co ltJl1UIU-lI ICplILlIl", tlll l011"UJJ ed L d 1he nelc,'an a'l J" -up~ ill" 1 \ 1 the "::l,ltl thl )tl~11 <Ill 11 \ III l dni t'11" can be fCf.?tJ]'11cd 11 alll1(1'111ll \ l'h Ihl dl"lll 11:::at 'ole attalJlul I11 the a h pH lm11edJatd' bcnlath t II 11l\ "I I'~ dll I1l 1111et OpClll11g" 01 the all-,upph p l,,'agl" j( 1 l l11"unlln~ hl ~n'oke lhlclllgh the"e p~""<lge" t111' all Pll\ 1 lu,h 11el ed 11 the a,,11 p't c11teh the a"ceu 1J11~ J'a,,,a..::1"" pa""l" )JJt 1he alche1 pa-'iage" h 11eattl1 \'1e1cl11 anr\ pa"'c" t11lC1tl-?:h apll t're" 01recth l11to the e l,lbu,j on chd111bel a11d e l11b111111g \'lth the fh re prodUCt" pertel th "111l1"c!e,, llJmlu,tlo11 H\ th~ rrccec!Llle all pelltele" 11 ,n1ckl, ")'l'Jt ,1nc1 "llplll1f tlom t'1e (( al al e el1bl ell eOlht'll1e 1 j hc 1111,le 1111111"ql1 tt \' hl l and pa-":::, I ut thl lu"h t'1l flue, <I' a "111lke1e"" flame In!l) tIle eha 11be1 111 \\ h1eh It h' be u"ecl 10 d11\ "plLltl pll Jl "l '[Cfel\el 111 C ll1bJl1::lt11)J1 \\1th lach I tll ,I",ln \\1_ 11ue, a f]JJ 'hel 2'1 -u 11 pd'''a~c 1" JlI )\ 1c1ed 111 1 dill ,upph f e,lel nal all '0 that 111thc la"l c t (( al l)11 (11 11" 1 ldrge <Ill lUll! oj "uljl1\ll 1 ,uf}l11ent (IU,ll1 H\ t \11 ll\ bl ,pppl1cd thll Pgl1 the a"le11];11-) fJue> 10 the allhc 1 I1Ul" l11c1 t11r Ug'1 'hl'e to lhl (l)111bthtJon lhambl 1\ ben \\ Itll <I 1 l\\ t Ie the \ all e "to d " t,lt e,lent cl "cd 11h pa"" I"C- l,l11 bc ...- .---~----------- ---------~----~ I: Don't Burn Your Moulding. : I I I Blackened edges ~o otten found t I I I In hard \\ ood '\louldmg~ I1ldlcate I the use of Intenor tool, \\ hlch I f friction and burn becilll'e at theIr : fI fddure to hel' e proper clear <'mce II , The Shimer Reversible and ~on I I ReverSIble Cutters are made ot the : I finest tool steel by expenenced workmen In de"gn and con- I I structlOn they are supenor to anythmg on the market They cut , ,'ell and retam theIr ~hape untll 'Worn out ~end us dra'Wmgs or I ,I wood samples for e<;tlmates on special cutters :\Iany useful de !• I sIgns, WIth pnces, are given ll1 our catalogue , I I I SAMtJEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. , II Mdtlufacturer~ of the Shimer Cutter Heads tor f loonng Cedll1g I I Sldmg, Door~, Sa~h, etc ! ~---- ----------------------------~ ARTISAN ~-------------------------------------- ...--~ ; I ! Palmer's Patent Cluinl!: Clamps I 1 I I , I I I I , I I f I I I I I I : I I : : I I I I I I I t I I , t I I I I , I I I I I I I I I I I , , I f I I , , '!1l::: "..lcve cut IS take~ dIrect fronl a photograph, allcl f t [he l\- S Ll ~ r1.' ~ e cf one sIze 0' IS, our No 1, 24.-111Ch t t Cl-ll11P w 0 11ax e & x otll:r S.l.zs::, talnng 11. stock up to t fI CO 'n-h'5 ,,,"de a'd 2 wchos t'J. ck Curs is the mcst II I 1ract.cal methc d cf cla1'lI'lng glued sock m use at the I I, 1rO~3"t t:'l e H>1Idrsd3 cf fa3tones h,we adopted our I ,~ay 11,e last ~0'U ard h mdr3d3 more w.ll III th9 future t Let 1 s shc\v yen L3t us s(nd yo"" the nallles of nearly I I leo factcr22S (0rly a fr;>ot on of our hst) who have or· I' ,'cred and rocroercd 11any tlmcs rroof pOSitIve our way I is t'le cost A post card wlll 1:rl g lt, catalog lllcl'.1dad. I Dcl. t d9lay, b~t Wl.te today. l A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. ! I:, FGR7I::N P.;E:PR::E;SE~TA~IVES: ':the ProJeotile Co., II Londo En~ lal d Sch>1chardt & Schutte, BErlin, Ger-l1~ anyI Alfred H Schutte, Co]o<rns. FarlE, Brussels, Liege, Iu.lan, Turm, Baroelona al' d Bilboa. I I ~-----------------_.--------------------------~ ~I -----------------------------------------------~ , I I , I I , : I I , I , t t t I I I I I I I I , ,I tI , I I I I I I I I I , I I I I f I f I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I t I t I I I I I , I l I I I I I f I • I I I I I t I I I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frTR~,~!N~:~ I No Stock complete w1thout the Eh Beds In Mantel and Upright l I ELI D. MILLER & CO. I : EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I I II '" rIte for cut. and pnces I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANOE, EVAN.VILLE. ~------------------------------ -~ WEEKLY ARTISAN ~------------------------------ ----------------------~------------_. I Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures. Per Set SOc. 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack • Vises I III I III II \ I 29 ------ -- j I I I !II• I E. H. SHELDON {;J CO. I 328 N. May St •• Chicago. II ,,--- .... -----_...... .. . _------_. ---------------------------------_. ------_.-..\ Pa>tentMalleable Clamp Fixtures. E H SHELDON & CO ChIcag;o III Gentlemen -We are ple..sed to state that the 25 dozen Clamp rtxtme' whIch we boultht ot you a httle over a year ag-o are glVlllg' excellent se vIce "\Ie are well satIsfied wIth them and shall be pleased to remember vo, v. henever we want anythmg addItIOnal m thiS Ime Yours trulY, SIOUX Clty Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO controlled h} dd111pe.s ]f the glate ,Ul Lv.e IS qUlte CO\e1ed and an l11tense fil e h 1equll ed the \ ah e must he full} openeJ p} tl11" mean". a lall;e qualltlty of all cntu" the ash pIt and pa.,,,e, thlOuL?,h the d1r flues 111to the Lllched flues above the fi1(:' and through the apel tm es 111tOthe combustIOn chamber ThIS proce% keep" step \\ Ith th(' developmcnt of ilk h1C 1ll the c Jmbu"t)(Jl1 chamber \\ hen a "lovHx fire 1" dCS1red, the vah e 1"-11101e nca1l} clo"ed, the "-uppl} of all IS less, and, the1 efOl c the hre h lo\\el ed \ \ Ilh a "lcnvel fire les" smoke '" pr )(lucul <111(1 1e"" ,,11 1~ leqUlred to burn Ii. 1he '-;lLhcrt ,,\ "tell1 1" bun2, 11"ul e '\.lU1C1Vc1) 111 (allc], \(1 It (va" fil "t 1n"tallcd at the ll1U111Clj)ctlslaulShtel1lO11"e ,md afte1 1\, e11t) -'on ell 1l1( nth" constant USe the ch1mne, IS UI1- ,tamed 0) SGot 01 "111oke \hout bO 1..1tche1, 111 tne llt\ ha\ e been equlppeel VI Ith the "moke lOnSUme!" Thh 1" an ahsolute 11ece""lt) 1n the lelllSe pUblIc l;<11den", VI here thousands of pople elle "en eel ref! c"h111ents each day dUll112,"the (cm e' "ea"Ol1 1he e arc no \ )lu111e" ot "1110ke tu hdl!l1 the bees nor SClot to "wlthc. \'vll1te dle""es 01 the laclIe" ~,--------------------------------------_._._---~ i I I I I I l I,I 0. 'I I I~ 1 I I : RITE TO 0 A4 : i ICHICA6OMIRRORdRT6I.ASS01\ i I I) 217 N. Clinton Street. J\ I :I"~~\ Chica go, Ills .. U.S.A. :I I I I I j I I I --_ _-- -- ---------..\ Sold on approval and an uncon dltlOoal money back gu'ualltee ~---_._----------------- / ----- -------------------------------~ WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES I II IIjIII I..--- - Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohot prIvIlege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue The bOl!e1s of the Eh7dbethbad, the newest mUl1lC1pLt! hatl1 hou"c., !1d\e been eqUlppeel 'v\lth the ::'lchert appalattb Hel e thl prore"t quaht) of ralkenau (Od! (a soft hgl11te) 1" u"ed dnd tbe cll1mney IS s'110keles" It wouLl be Imp.osslble to u"c. thl" glade of fuel VI !thout the consumer, ao the bath IS 11l L1"rnall palk 111 the center of the city i1,'''' a matter of econ-omy It ma\ be mentIoned tlut the ut} saved enough on Ih fucl hlll "t thl', bath 1n "1, months to l'L') for eqll1pp1l1g the t,,,\o 1J 111u" Ihc '-v "tem It1d) bL u"ccl on 1()(omot1\eo and "e\ elell \mellCLt11 1aJ110,ld mcn Lmd lOLt! 11lll1L0\\ ne1, \\1m have vl',ltcd l,ll',]Md Jelcntl) cue cnlhlhl<l"tll ()\er thl pO""lb111tlf'> of thc top-ell art '-v "\em The Auto Strengtbens RUI-alHotel Business. l B HamIlton et11llR \\ lm "on of the Berke) 0.. (Jay I 111l11tl1](~comp,l11y hdve returned f1om a t0111 of the (L,,,teln market" Ten da) " \\ el e "pent 111the \ c\\ E1~!and state aml mal1\ mttnOI Lltles a" far north as a' POI tland, "'lIe, and Boston ProVIdence emd Hartford \\ el e VIqted "'IIr HamIlton -,rated t11at the ,,!)Cua! l111e"of the compa 1y e~pe 1all) the Ilal1 del" hdve sold 1eachl} 111 the utlC" ot \ ew l~ngland lultlllecl [;l)'tU11!Lm,-lIke the] lande1" \ Cl} much \J 1 J] l1111'ton ep )ke of t1J': b,'neilt elcln ed hy hotel keepe1" 1n thc "m.ll] ut1c, LInd 'vllLt£;c, 01 account of the "teachly ~IO\\- I!'g use 01 the dl1tomubl1~ The \\ calthv patl un, ±10 n the L1t1e~ cll11ancl the be"t 01 LtCl)mme elatIOn, and llJ many of the hotels the dcn'Lllld" <Ire fully 111et -\mon£, the best of the hotel, vhteel 11 the mtd 101 ot COlJl1clllUlt IS one LIt \\ aLl bun tInt "ho11ld In t. a" cl 1J0dcl f()J d1l1hIt1OU"leIldlulI! s J bc tlLl\d1ng "ale"m,ul \\h,) IU11a11h at hh hott! when-l \ C1 the j ,Ull falle, ha" no 'o\loll2,"e1 hold un hh Job th<ln thc man \vlw tIle" t) c1rn c "pIke" \\lth a Lllk ha111mer You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, ExCI~S~~:~~;~~:;:~or MUSKEGON, MICH, New York Ofhce, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager II II It .. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildings That Will N€'ed Furnitlll"€'. RCSII!ClICC\- \tLlI1t 1, (1a -Challe~ II D'1l1lcl, ); La~l 1 OUI teenth stleei, $1000, ~n" <..., C SteHll', ; 2 1Ltel' ,trcet S2 ;,1111 ~Irs D IV. Thoma" 20U La..,t Halrh 'lreet S2111(l \\ R Sassett, 298 People s bireet, £2,300, IIh kCltnna \\ al~er ;j La\\ ton street, ~,3,000 Cleveland 0 -Charles La\\ lel 1120 E 12-1th ,treet -;;3 jOO, F ~ Saal, J915 Plel pont a\ enue, $1000 G J f'edelman East bouleva1 d ,U1clSupellol i\\ enue, S:)('O J ame, II C;outh-aId, 10;0 Ea~t :\metleth stleet, Sj ')00, COlJ1l1llh nlI1cldtell 10103 EmpIre avenue, $2,300, Caspcll \ntal G:ilh "'t Clan i\\ e nue, $3,000, H IV. Lelghton, 380 Ea,t Xlnet)-fitth ,tleet Sf- 500, F. C Denbel, 9918 Lorall1 avenue, $-1 300 ChlCago-Josefa StolmsKl 1631 ;\orth HellJ1lta~e a\enuc, $11,000, Otto Evelt, 1830 \olth 101tleth ,treet Sj 100 f' II Hoody, 12l± Rlver a\ ellue, :525,000, Charle, DundIn ; I-1G Car-penter street, $-13,000, A. D ~IacGlll, ");]8 Shellebn road 812 000; Joseph Budlong, 1820 Cullom a\ enue SI') 000 Y,llla, Lunde, JO-lcG;\01th I lft\-fiht avenue S1000 Tohn f'hnn lD21 Potomac avenue, 83 1110 11anUm 5111',lel 0: 1<) PlU,pect a\ e-nul', $3,200; Ann DUlhe, u832 II lleo'\. a\ enue S: (l00 Bmghamptol1, ;\ Y -111, L L Cha,e nu Ga\ 10tel 'tIeet $2,900; :Mi. J. Touhe), 3 II ales a\ enue 82 jOt) II C CLll h Fi 2 Duane street, $-lc,000. J\Ioblle, ~la -J L Rouke, South Hallett sheet and Spnng-blll avenue, $±,OOO, lIIrs F \ Smlth, 20-t IYe,t IIo,pltal sueet, $2,300, Emma IVnnberl), \\ ash1l1gton a\ enue and KentuCK) Sheet, $3,000, :Mr~ L Y l[cCue, II e,t Juha ,tFet wd SP11l1g-blll avenue, $2,500 Omaha, X ebl -II H Putman 2bOb "\ orth 1 \\ enh -fiah ~tJeet, $2,500, \\ llham J KIger, 72cl: Dorcu, ,U cet, S2,500, LoUIS Abramovltz, 1616 Korth Twenty-fourth sheet $4,000 V111cent Kresle, 4810 South Thu teenth street $2,GOO S1. Louis, ]\110-Jacob .:\Itller, 3437 .l\ ebraska a venue, $3,- 489, H. E. Bradley, 6021 Kl11gsburg boulevard, $cl:500, C c\ Sl1110nS 5416 VHgll1la avenue, $9,000, J L II ees, 106 South Twelfth street, $2,500, Otto Wlttich 8H5 Hall's f'en v road, $3,800, A N aert, 5030 Idaho avenue, Sq 000, Boston, Mass.-G L. Dav ldson, 11 Lpland a\ cnue, $cl:,500, Mary F Mulvey, 75 Mattapan street 8) 500 Tohn Cutbertson 200 Princeton street, $4,000, Robert T r 0,\ ler, H8 Bellevue street, \¥ e~t RosbUl), $5,000; Mar} Salerno, 1509 Blue Hl11 avenue, $12,000; Frank L Clapp, 143 Boston street, Dorchester $6,000 Kansa, Clt}, .:\1:0 -1; C Cl0", 3'F; 1 JIora st!eet, $2J500, Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcase., Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. L lllla G Tohn,on +0 Ea,t Flft}-~econd ,treet, $5,000; William P <-leal) 12,2 \lontg-,l1l street, $,),000, II R Raker, 3,H2 Ylr-glllla ,t! eei $4 100, \nd) E 1'h0111,1" 270G East Thirty-third ,t1 eet $.f 000 , lIed J ohn~on, 40 East F lity-second ,treet, $5,000 Portlanel, Ore -Thomas Fosstrum, East Thlrty-thlrd and II \ ll1g st! eet Scl:,,300, John Hart, East Eighth and Taggart stl eet $2, jro, G E Laurence, Boston avenue and Jessup street, $,),200, ::\I1S ::\IcIlJcKen, \Yatts and Delaware streets, $2,500, IllS :\1 Daruh. \Iarshall and Twenty-fifth streets, $10,000; :::'pokane, \\'a"h -C II Schoenberger, 904 FJfteenth ave-nue, $5,000, 0 II 1\ atis, EG30 Twenty-thlrd avenue, $3,000, 1 H Denkelson, 2GO± Cleveland avenue, $2,500; 1. H. Dean, 1207 Ol} mpla avenue, $2,500. IEno, Pa -f' J VanNatta, Tenth and Plum streets, $5,600; 111' lIIlllte Clrroll, Eleventh street and East avenue, $-10,000. Incllanapolts, Ind -.:\1:rs.::\1 Closterman, State and Twenty-lllntll ,t! eeb, $: ,000, Loms J. Heymann, Logan and Montana ,tt eet, S ~000, R C Craig, Tlmty-fourth street and Broadway, S-t,300, P R 1'111ush, Senate and Thirty-ninth streeb $2,750, Challes Stolt, 603 Ha111tlton "treet, $3,000. LOlllwtlle, K) -::\1:r5 Georgle D Wayne, Sixth and Onns-b\ street" 88,000, J D. Speed, 328 IVest Jefferson street, $2,- 600, H :\1 Home, 317 Durnett street, $2,500. Covll1gton, Ky -:\I1S' Hildegarde Escher, Bankhck and Elghteenth streeh, $2,300, Ohmer Caterbuck, 1105 Lee street, 83,000 Phllac1elpllla--Rocci clJ .l\ ubell, 717 Fitzwater street, $4,500 ; IIlchac1 0 MellIe}, 1'53'( Rldge avenue, $5,000 ; James Carroll, Rha\\l1 and CllSP1l1 streets, $3,800; Hugh McIlvain, Glbson ave-llue and Slxtleth street, $-i,000; Charles R. Wentz, Horter street ,111\1\Ybsahlclon avenue $12,500; W, S. Barnes, 1016 FJ1lmore stl eet, $-t,000, J 1\1. Kennedy J r , Araminga and TlOga streets, $7,000 Peona III -R. P. Burns, 492 Glenwood avenue, $2,960; 1\ llllam COHOll, 100 t\ugustine avenue, $2,500; A. Coleman, 1006 '\ orth Pel ry street, $4,000. Utlca, 1\ Y -Nlcholas Fehr, 277 Hickory street, $3,500; F d\\ al d Blust, '2GMathews avenue, $5,000. San Dlego, Cal-l\Il s Nellie M. Perrim, Broadway and lbh ,t! eet, $3,000, Mrs. Fannie T. Nichols, Twenty-fourth ave-nue and \ streets, $3,500; James Phelan, Sixth and F streets, $1,800 II1lwaukee, \V1S -Herman A. Pauley, 852 Burnham street, $5000, Joseph Klrcher, T\\'ent)-seventh and Walnut streets, $4,- 000, John P N ll11Csgem, Thirty-third and Mieineck streets, $3,- .-.-- ..... WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------------~_._.-._._.._.. ..- --- - - - - ..- ._. . - ------- .. - ... - .... . ...... 31 No. 1705-1705 New designs In the Louis XVI Style. ... . . . . .. ... . No. 1711 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GraQd
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DRCEMRER 24.1910 Come to the Chicago Market SOMETHING SPECIAL IN FllRNITURE FOR YOUR JANUARY VISIT I fJI More than 1000 varieties of KARPEN GUARANTEED UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE will be on exhibion at our I sales rooms in January. fJI These up-to-the-minute designs are now being made up and will comprise A LARGE NUMBER OF ENTIRELY NEW PATTERNS fJI In this choice selection we are prepared to show you the largest line of high grade furniture to be found anywhere. fJI And we waut to prove to you. if you are not already convinced. that dollar for dollar in real comparison of genuine values we are prepared to meet all competition in variety of styles. elegance and correctness of patterns. material. con-struction and PRICE. ASK TO SEE THE KARPEN SPECIALS S. KARPEN & BROS. CHICAGO BOSTON NEW YORK ~------------------------------------------------------ ,I -_._------_. - ---------------~ weare iginutors . not ....l.l.a..lors Floor Space 175,000 Sq. Ft. Organized 1872 Grand Rapids Chair Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Established 1872 High Grade Goods at Medium Prices A COMPLETE LINE OF SIDEBOARDS MUSIC CABINETS HALL GLASSES BUFFETS BOOKCASES HALL TABLES SERVING TABLES HALL RACKS DEN CABINETS CHINA CLOSETS HALL SEATS HOUSE DESKS LIBRARY TABLES CEDAR LINED CHESTS ·I IIII II I III III I I•• II I t I,I I I .. OUR LINE READY MONDAY, JANUARY 2nd, 1911 GOODS SHOWN AT FACTORY ONLY (Take Taylor St. Car North to Travis Ave.) ~--_._----- t,". • .---------------------.-.-~ •• -------.---------------. III WEEKLY ARTISAN ... - •• a 1883 1911 MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I Michigan's Foremost Chair Company Visiting Buyers will find our line for the coming season most complete we have ever offered. Ready and at their disposal at Factory Ware .. rooms January 2nd, 1911. Representative Salesmen: SOUTH W. R. Penny WEST Chas. B. Parmenter Robt. G. Calder H. M. Story EAST Chas. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY 1883 1911 • 1 -.. 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-----------------------------------------------------------------_.--- ---------- ----._""-- ~I I ROYAL FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DINING LIBRARY BEDROOM SUITES HALL CLOCKS IN "COLONIAL" STYLE NEW ADAPTATIONS READY FOR INSPECTION JANUARY 2, 1911 SHOWN AT FACTORY SALESROOM GRAND RAPIDS ,, ~--_......".... ..... _.. .. .- ... • WEEKLY ARTISAN If you. have Dot one in 70ur store, a si:m.plerequest will brina you our Dlaanifioent new Catalo&ue of 12x16 inch paae aroupa, show-inti •• Ue. to Ulatch. With it, eTen the mOllt IDoderate sized furniture .tore oan show the best and newest furniture •• ti.faetorily. Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. Grand Rapids! Mich. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM FURNITURE COMPLETE SIJITEfii in Mahogany. Circassian Walnut and Oak. 3 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------- --- _____ ._.----.--..-.-.-.-.1", I I I II II ,iI , -IIII IIIIIII ,I I I III , II I, I• II ,I ,• II• I III LueE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. I -------------------- - ~ luce ..Redmond Chair Co.,ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eye Maple Birch !f!.!iarttred Oak ana ClrCflWfln Wamut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 31st Year-No. 25 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. DECEMBER 24. 1910 I sSl.led Weekly WOULD EDUCATE FURNITURE SALESMEN Representatives of the Century Furniture Company Lecturing on "Period Styles" for the Benefit of the Retailers. On the occaSIOn of his recent sOJOUln in Boston, Mr Some" of the CentUlY FUl111ture company was invited by "Ben" Tobm, buyer fOl the fur111ture depal tment of Jordan, Marsh & Co, to address the salesmen employed by the firm In its fur111ture department. J\Ir Somes accepted and upon the day fixed for the purpose dehvel ed an address on the subject of ,. Penod Styles m Fur111ture" .:\11 Somes was unable te enter mto a le\levv of the hves of the ongmatols of the penod styles for lack of time. \Yhlle facts m regard to the birth, education, environment, traimng and opportun- Ities of the deslgnel sand CIeators of artistic furniture in the past would have been of great intel est to hiS hearers J\II Somes real17ed that the selling problem was of first imp or-ance ,\ Ith the salesmen, and hiS aim vvas to so mstl uet them that m dealmg With customers, they could discuss pellod styles inte1hgently and pomt out their mhel ent supellollty ~Il. Somes was listened to with wrapt attentIOn and when lw had concluded the management as \\ ell as the em ployes thanked hl111 fOI provldmg for them a pleasant and plOfit'lble hour Smce that date several tra\ elm~ salesmen In the employ of the company have dehvel ed addl esses to salesmen employed by retallers of furUlture and other, are pi epall11g to take the lectm e platfOlm \\ hen 1m Ited by deal-e] s 111fl1l111ture to do so J\ ranufactm el '0 are spendmg \ ast sums of money fOl the pUlpoo,e of educatm£; the pubhc on the subject of the utl1Jty and 111clLantlie \alue of fm111tme The ;,i[accy company the (;unn lm111tm e company, the lkl key &. Gay lur111tm e com- IMn). the Karpen", C A Streit, the (Tlobe-\Y CI111Ckccompanv and m<11,y others that might be mentIOned use the ma~aLlnes hbeldl1'. tllloughout the) eal, but It \\ ould seem that the time ha~ alll\ ed when the sale"men should be educatecl m order to deal mtelhgently With the educated pubhc The field IS such a Wide one and its 1111pOl tance so £;reat. that the manufact m ers would be JustJiied m makmg hberal expendi-tures III prepanng theil tra\ elmg repl escntatl\ es to take the lectul e platform when im ited to do so i\ ~reat deal of space IS given by the trade-papel s to the Illustl at !On of pellod "tyles, <lEd to the presentatIOn of facte, m legald to the11 ongm and de\ elopment, but the] e al e pnnclples m sales-man" lliD that cannot be dlscu"e,ed mtelll~ently by \\ liters 01 speaku e, who have not had the henehh nf cXpcllenc(' 111 actn;> I s;:deo,mano,hlp Tla\ elmg o,ale'>men. alC men of 111gh mental cahbre anti the deals they have and are handling, and the inCIdents of their callmg quahty them especially for ef-fectl\ e sen Ice m the field of trade lectures It is not neces-sary to name all' one, or any group of '>dlesmen, who might be called upon teJ tale up thiS new WO! k \v Ith every assur-ance of succes" \ moment's I eflectlOn ought to satisfy the thmk'n:3" manutdcturer that those of the tlavehng salesmen who would probably fall ,I" lecturers are few m number Drastic Liability Bill. The commiSSIOn CIeated by the last Legislature of Massa-chusetts to 1m estlgate the subj ect of compensatmg working-men fOl mJulles I ecelved m the com se of thell employment and to I epOl t to the next leglslatm e a plan fOl adoption, has plepaled a tentatne drdft of a bill \dl1Ch cO\ers the employers of the state, counties, cities, and tovvns and all other employ-ments, except where there are not 0\ er fi\ e employes regular-lyemployed REcmelY is allo\\ed m all ca'ies Inespectl\e of negligence, except \\ hen mJmy IS self-l11fllLted. 01 due to in-toxlcatlO11 01 hreach of statutory 1e£;ulatlOns The employer IS not hahle for Il1june" to employes of a conti actor or sub-contldct01 but he shall hay e the ri£;ht to mdem1l1t, from such contlactol or'iubcontJactor Tn ca'ie of tl1(' banktuptcy of the emplo) el the c1alm of the 1111111 ed emplo\ e shall be gi\ en pl101I1\ undeJ the acts of Con~l es" Car Surplus Rapidly Incl"Nlli\in2o \n 1l1U ea"e of about :;S pel cent Il1 thc nU111hu (f Idle hell~ht cal" on the Jal1'.\a\s of the G1l1ted c....tale'i dnd (dnada I" 1 CpOItt d 111 the fOl t111£;hth hullet1l1 of the \mellUln Ra11- \\a, \Se,oLldtJon UJ\elll1£; the 1\\0 \\eeks fJom ~m~1111Jer 23 to Decemhel 7 On the lattel date thCle \\ el C 44014 Idle cal" the lal£;ee,t l1umhcl lepolled s1l1ce Septemhel 14 and ,lhol't "n times the numbu of idle c~f'; J eported on October 26 ;,loe,t sectIOns of the countlY contllbuted to the mClease 111 the idle Itst. and practlLally all classes of eqUIpment, in-c1ud1l1\ 2,bo" cal s and coal car'i. vvere 111 less demand on De-cemher 7 than they had.. beel1 t \VO ,\ eels eal her A decrease 111 the demand £01 fJ cu:;ht cal e, 1e, ne,ual at th1s season, mVi1112, paltly to \\mtel \\edther ancljJdlth to the fact that the filst IlJ"h of the uop" to mdlket I" 0\ el The surplusage of cars no", ho\\ e\ er, 1e, dhoUl :;,000 cal" more than at thiS date last year. 6 pel ton (2240 pounds) had been regIstered. Owing to vari-ous "0 uses m CI"pccula tlOn included, priccs then receded very l()J)slduclbh, hut Iccovered a£;a111 111 \u£;ust, and ale now hl2,lH 1 thclll e\ U \\ Ith a dlffel ence of no less than £20 ($97.- n )lCI tOll 0 f OIl ovu the prlCCS ruh!1l.;"a yeal ago The"e loni nued 111..,.h PllCL'o .lIC duc to the \CI) unsatIsfactory re- ))(Jlh le)ald111~ the nc\\ crops 111the L11lted States and Ar-gcn; 1 3 and If these I eports pI 0\ C tlue prices WIll certainly 2,0 stIll hl~hcl, dnd 111such case l111seed 011 111England and el 'oCI I ell IS not lIkel) to rule helm\< $19:; per ton during ne"t \ f31 "Tu1 n111~ to 1 elIable newspapel statIstics for October, 1910 It .lppeal s that the rulIn~ pllce fOl l111seed in London J anL,"S fJ om £4:; ;S to £45 15s ($22021 to $22264) per ton, I,llll( n the lOll e'opond111g week ot 1909 the price varied from ±)O '( £30 ;s ($140 to $14721) per ton." Con,ul (:renelal John H Snodgra~s of Moscow, RUSSIa, say, FLAX AND LINSEED OIL ABROAD WEEKLY ARTISAN ._----------- .. FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED I A Revoluhon 10 Parlor Bed Construction. An ImmedIate Success. Full S,ze Bed in Divan Space. Consular Reports Show Why Current Pri('t's Art' Higher Than Usual. \...t11rent lonsulal 1epol ts shm, th.lt 111gh pI ILL~ (tJ fl,I" and 1111'<eedoil ale not Lonflned to the L11lted C:;tatl~ but are due to scarcIty that IS almost \\ odd \\ Ide F01 I11stdnce Consul-General Loop of London \\ lItes as 10110\\ '0 "Thf price of l111seed 011 111the Ln~lIsh mal ket ,ll (()] d ing to a prom111ent dealer, changes almost houd) \t the time of writ111g the United States 1'0 plobabh bm 1112, ,I I'el, untanked oIl from thIS malket 01 fJun Gelmany .'t db(ut $11.20 per 112 pounds, m ball els fob J ondon Ie ,,, 2' per c('nt far prompt cash. Amellcan l111~eed OIl doe., !1( 1 .It presel1t participate to any extent m the En~h"h mal ku ('tJe dealer advises that It could not have been bought hell' 1( I some months past, save at a pllce fal m e"cess of that o! English or continental oil, and adds that It \\ auld 1)e almost impossihle to make a pllce hele fm oIl tOl shIpment 110m the lJnited States Crude l111seed OIl .h sUjlplIell 11 111 the crushers here, is put up m ballels of about ;0 \muI'ltJ ",d Ions, in pipes varymg from 125 to 17) \mu l,ltJ "tll' tJ ,1lH! also in returnable steel drums of 150 to 200 -\mellldl1 ~dl Ions. I inseed oil comin~ mto thIS LountIy from the LontI nent is almost invariably sent 111barrel, but a part ot It 1, imported in steel drums Assummg- 7}i pound" to he the equivdlent of an American gallon 1 hundled\\CH;ht ~112 pound~) is the equIvalent of 15 gallons and a ton 01 2240 pounds is equivalent to 298 gallons. "The present supply of linseed oil is by no meoln,< nor-mal, and has not been dUllng the \\ hole ) eal the demand far exceeding the supply, and it IS saId that thrs ~ltuatlOn ap plies not only in the United K111gdom but to all part~ at the world. The linseed crop 111 the Ulllted States IS Just now becoming available for oil; the ne\\ crop from Argentina will not be available in the United Kinf;dom 01 111the l~lllted states until early in the year 1911, whIle the ne"l fnclldl1 crop will not be a,ailable for OIl untIl Apnl 01 ::'IIa\ 1911 "The bulk of the linseed ImpOl ted 111to Em ope 1~ pIa duced in Argentina and India; small shipments are occasion-ally m~de from Russia, and also from the UnIted C;tate~ but shipments from the latter have ~laduall) deCleased 111 \01 ume. The "hortage of linseed. hoth 111the L111ted "tdte" and Argentimt, became appal ent at thL beg-mnin~ of the (t111e11t year, c,ncl pllces he~al1 ad\ a11U1H; ,lCCU]dlll~h hoth f(]J the seed and for the 011, until 1n \plll .1 II~e 111OIl ot '-()j11( Sill "fhe RUSc,lan flax ClOp of 1910 IS medmm 111 quantity, but ,,()ml qualItv 1he bUY111g-price at present is 20 per LUlt hI~h(] than 111 1909, oLLdslOned prlnclpdlly by the Lll"l '\.j)()1 t denund and the lImIted stuck of the European nlll' DUllng -\u~ust dnd September there were few clear-dnll, of '-toe k on ,lccount of exp01 ters having succeeded in ~et~'n~ holdels to ~II e way m pllce, but in many places the full askmg prlle \\ as paid As a rule dealers have been and are L >\\ holdms; firmly to the little flax they have to sell. A pl011l111ent house leports as follows: , \ ITC elle not) et in a position to form a definite opinion as tu th" yield LOmpared with last year, taking Russia as a \\ ho· c hut \\ e al e mdll1ed to the belief that the 1910 crop \\ III ch('\\ a model ate e,-cess There has been an increase 111 the total of btbll1ess call led through 111 the consumll1g couLtrles blOlH;ht about, not h) any ~eneral buying but by sam ~ larglsh deal ancc of stocks of cel tain descriptions, chief-ly '2ter retted, pI iLes have fluctuated to a slight extent, hut the last sales 1eached the hig-hest fil.;"ures paid. There hd" 1 een a fall numbel of 11 an solctlOn s itl. tows; a good deal more \\ auld have been done If there had been a greatel ChOll e at qualIh 01 If sellers had been more amenable as I egarcl~ price. '\ few sales of new crop Slanetz flax have bee 1 me-de at pIICCC,whIch ale decidedly under the ideas of the lllal( rIh of "ll1ppels IVe ha,e not yet been able to trace anI ales of thb Ical's \\atel letted fla,-" The Boothe Pottel Furnit1tl e com pan I are new furniture ,llld ,alpet dedlu'- at 131 Bank street. XCII London, Conn . SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. The sensation of last season's furniture exhibition and the "last word" In parlor bed construc-tion. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUS TRA nONS AND PRICES Fullime show"l during January, 1st floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., ChIcago FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer- of Upholstered Furniture Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 IT'S A HANDY PLACE TO GET OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH and GUM VENEER VARIOUS THICKNESSES. ALWAYS READY TO SHIP. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: WALTER CLARK VENEER co. SOUTH IONIA AND PRESCOTT STREETS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Roughly Treated by Furniture Movers. MI" Isadore Bryan of 1937 ,Vest TaylOl street, who Sd) ':> "he was beaten and abused by men who came to hel flat lot, ke away fUlllltUl e bought from an msta11ment house, was ~tJ11 confined to hel bed ye"terday, m the care of Dl. M .l\Ieyerolltz of 572 ,Vest Twelfth street, says a ChIcago papel of l'ccember 18. ),frs JenlllC Isaacson, owner of the bUlldmg in which :\1rs. Bryan lives, and other neIghbors corroborate ;\frs DrYdn's statement that the fUlnitUle men struck and kicked hel, rendenng her unconsuou" She cal nec] hel fOUl-month" old baby m her al ms, she sa,\ s, when she" as set upon The attack was made and the flat c,tllpped of It" con-tents although, Mrs 111)dn sa) ", she tendered the $6 whICh "as in an ears, and ]\11" I c;aacson "ay s she, too, offet ed to pay the $6 and guarantee futUl e l)dyments The total bIll was $200, the Bryans say, of whIch $130 has been paId "The first I heard of the mattet ," "aId Mr. 131yan yester-day, "was when some one telephoned to me where I am em-ployed and said that my WIfe had been beaten by fUlniture men I hurrIed home and found her lmconsclOUS "I have consulted an attorney and am fSomg to mstttute pl0ceedings at once agamst the furllltnle concern The day after the $6 payment was due I "ent to the company's branch on Blue Island avenue and told them the stove one of the articles taken, "as out of I epair and that I would leave the $6 to be collected by the man who fixed the stm e "But the next thmc, the furllltm e people did wa" to hrnta11y beat my "lfe dnd e;tnp my flat of the goade; fOl \\ hlch I had paId much more tl1dn half" \n offiCIal of the fur11ltnl e lompany "ald the men sent to the Blyan flat 1\ el e \\ Ithm then lIghts undel the con-tract." Familiarity With Your Varnish. Ii Ie; an old sdymg that fanllltallty breeds contempt, and tll1S Play be true I ee;pectmg \ allllsh-some kmds But of the t, ue kmd the more one becomes acql1amted with It the more one respects It It IS not ah\ay~ \VIse to c11dnge brands once one understands a bl and m use, for thel e IS danger of los111g somethmg, whIle at the Sdl11e tn11e nothl11[?,"may bL c,amec~ II hlle CltftClent make" ()f ',ll nlsh 111tcnded fOI one pm po,:>e al e pI esumed to be made npon one fOJmula, or plac-tIC, I11\ "a sttll thel e al e fal tOI " m the (ae;e that Vv III materially dltel the ploduct as compal cd \\ Ith ,mathel bl dnd. Olle of the nlO"t ImpOl tant thm!Ss I" that \ ,lrlll"h "houlc1 have ac:e '1hIS IS costly to the' allllsh-makel as It medn::. the laymg by of capItal that IS plachcall) domg nothmg Some let the \ arlllsh Iemam in the tank longer than a com-pehtm \\111 and yet both hlande; n1d, he made aftel the samc form'lla That would make a chffet enle In the two, the ae,e Then thue is a cltffel eme ma) be In the quahty or choice of the ~UJ11used whel eb) a cheaper 01 cleal et selectIOn of a gU1l1 may ht' emplo) eel TIlle; 1l11c,-htmdkc "ome dIfference Then there 1e; the OIl nseel. and e;o on. c;ayl11[?," nothl11!S of the e;klll empl,)) ed in the makmg -IX I C111th ,Yalren, r rand .;\111dlcd Anelel son al e new fnl mtnl e dealel e; at B1111ey, Icld nudel the name of the War-len .'..nderson I'Ul111tt1IC lOmpan) inc01j)vatu1 \lith $10,000 l apltal e;tock. • WEEKLY ARTISAN Nearly all of the (xl and Rapids factor) n:lllblb vIIII be ready for inspection by the ealhe"t ]n1\ el" f01 thc \\ 111tu "de'i season of 1911 :\lost of them ale ledch today 'llHl111C uthu:o lack only fimshlllg tOllche'i \\ hiLh v\ 111hc applle,l dm1112, the coming week. So fal as ha:o been I epOi ted none of the Grand Rapids manufacturer'i have made any 1 adlcal chdnc;e" 111theIr lines, though all hdve made ne\\ pa tteln" and thel e m,\I be some surpnses fOi the buyel'i :\lam of the tactm v "how rooms have been changed. Some have been located 111ne\\ buildings and many have been enlal2,ed and ncal h ,dl have been re-decorated and le-ananc;-ed \" a II hule the eh"pla} of furnitme made in Grand Rapid" II III ])( III ,llUlul 111111the progre'is of the industi\ 111thc utv- \\111 hc Idl~L1 \)t Ill_hel quality and bettel in even sen"e than 111anI jlll\Wl1" "la" n * * * * ' Unless a blizzard OJ 'iome othel tiouble tie'i up the laII-roads during the com111g week the exhibItors 111the dOl\ n tOl\ n buildings will al'io hay e their dlspla) s 1ead\ felr 111"peUlOn at the opening of the season-a \\ eek from ne"t \londav Good'i have been arri\ ing for a month 01 1110re and al e ncm con1111Q with a rush. Some of the dl"plays are no\\ completeh ,II ranged and barring unexpected dela \ s 111 tl an ,;porta twn all will be put in read111e,;s dm ing the C0111111\2\, eek Pl ac tludh all available space will be filled and hke the 10lal dI'ipL\I" the so-called outside exhIbits \\ ill be lar2,eI 11101c atti act1\ e and better than ever. From this it I'; ev Ident that 'ill tal a'i c, hibit'3 are concerned the wlllter sale's 'iea,;on 111 the Gl and Rapids market will eclip,;e all of its pI edeces'iors * * * * The lunch r00111 for employes 1ecenth e,;tahhshed ])\ thc Sligh Furnitme compan) has proved a complete 'itllces" It is so well patronized by the workmen that the eOok1112,and serving facilities have had to be largel) inClea'ied The'iulles,; of the restaurant and the appl eClatIOn of the I ead1112,loom and card tables, manife,;ed b, the 111en led the 111anaQel'; of the company to inaugurate anothel entertain1112, featul e T dSt week the men were inYited to brinQ the11 \\ 1\ e" and e the1 members of their familie,; to the factOlY on tlldav evening when they were given a 111u,;ical and litelan entel ta111111ent that \\ a,; hic;-hly appreciated ]YI an audience of m el t\\ 0 ll\111 dred The pt02,ta111 con';l,;ted 01 ,;on2,'i \\Ith plano acc0111p,1ll-iments, violin 'iolo'i, recltation" etc ancl ,;elel tH)l1'; hI the Sligh fmnitme OIchestia which is c0111po,;ed of men el11plmed in the factory The enterta111111ent \\as ';0 thOloue;hh enimed by the WOlkmen and theil faI111he,; that It \\ 111bl follOl\ eel ])\ other" of a "ilmliar natul e cJUllllQ the \\ inte! Indeed It t'; plOhable that the social entel td11111lent 1111Qht\\ ell belome a weekly featUJ e at the Slil;-h factorY * * * * The Luce lurnitUJ e company 11dve cha1H;ed thcil pLlll" in regard to the use of the thil d ,;t01 v that \\ a" added to the hie; factory building clUJing- the pa,;t ';U111mel Thev ]lad 111tended to use the north half of it fm ,,11011 100m'i ])\1t latel decided to u,;e the entire tlm'd floor f01 factOl v pUI po,;e,; and locate the show rooms on the north end of the ,;econd flom 01 er the of-fices The 'ihow room'i occup, a ,;pace of 1;0 A 200 feet T]'ev are finished in tena cotta. with ';Cleen pal tlt1On" ha11ll1l111/Jn" with the color of the \\all" "',t the hcad of thc 'itall Ildv II ((I int; up fr0111 the office" thel e 1" ,l ] eception 100m filll"heci ill oak ,1 doak ]OOlll and aelJdcent, IS the dlll111g room, ",hele lunchuJll" II III hc "Ll \ eel dll1ln2, the sale,; seasons, and the Lltc11cn \\ hlth h eqll1pped \\lth the latest ImplOved electncal luoklJl~ app;ll atu" The "hlppm(~ department occupIes the "pdCc t01lllel1v tbed t01 "hOl\ 1 ooms on the first floor The tl1l1 d "to] v delC]" a tlllrel to the fm mer flom 'ipace, and almost ,b much to thc capautv and II lth the rearran~ement of the depal tlllcnh the LUle tactor) 1'-, one of the lan?,est, most com-moc! Ious and most cony elllent 111the cit) * * * * \\ 1I11a111'-, 1111cllateJ ha,; SIgned and rettuned hlS annudl umtlcllt WIth the \da111'i &- E1tJn~ company, to represent that lOlpOlatlOn m the "tdte,; of ::\IlChH?,an and \\ lscon';111 dunng thc com111g ,e,ll 10m teen) cars ago he entel ed the employ of the lompam and lS the olde"t 111P0111t of service of the J11dm I epl e"elltatll C'i of the company He has aIded 111de-velopme; tll( bU'ime,,'i ±1om almo,;t m ';Igmficance to mll!Ion-d'Jllal pI opm tlO1h * * * * 1 he C S Pame lompdn I have enQdged the sen lces of ff C \ll \ddm" f01mel1v \\ Ith \lal,;hall Fleld &- Co, Chl-cae; 0, to repl esent their lme 111the l111ddk AtlantIc ,;ta tes and Penn" vh allla I "}! \\ Ilham" v' III look a ftel theIr trade \\ l "t oj (hE \,,) lJl( luc1111l..the loa"t '-tdte" and L A Dowel IV III lOl Ll thc la"tl1n "tate" and \IetlOpo11tan dIStllct * * '" * ! hc 'I1Ilhl(,,111 1)l"k lOmpan\ \\ho had ,111c"hlbit down t()\\ 11 Lht v (,,11 \\ 111"lw\\ thc11 h11c 111 the factOly, corner of Cln,d and C:;1,th ,;tl eeh thh "ea"on The) occnpy what is kncl\\ n ,,~ the old Com"tolk facto!, and have recently made l1l]JI I (ment" that 11111enlal~e t1lell capdclt) conSiderably. '" * x >t The "1and RdPld,; C:;hen" Ca,;e compan) have 1ecentl) ()lJlncO "ale,; and ~toclc room,; 111ChIcag-o and Kansas City 1 h LV 1e])cJlt ,lll lJlU ca "L of en el 2') pel lcn t 111thei! bu sine,;s tell thl" ve,l! ,'" c01l1palec1 \\Ith lCJOC)dnd anticipate even ,1 lal ~el 11111ea"c llJ 1911 >I- 'I< * * \\ 111 P () nl1cn "nlc<!etl-, 1\ llhd1l1 T II al"h a,; leple 'Cl1l,lt1\ l of the Cllltnl \ 111lnit111e C01l1Pd11\ 111 the east, but Ill" tUl1tllil duc" llol llJdndC' thc J\1"ctIupohtdn di"trilt WEEKLY ARTISAN • Court Ruling Favors the Tyden Lock. EchtOl \V eekh ~I tlsan 1he sult fOI 111fnngement of the ong111dl T)den table lock pcttent ~o 073,311. whIch has been pend111g 111the Lmted States clretllt court 111ChIcago for thl ee ) eal s past, blought by I'mll T, den agam st cel tam users of the so-called Arnold Lock, and \ H.;orousl) defended on behalf of John L Amold. the patcntec and at that tllne manufacturel o± "aId lochs, VI' a" deuded on Decemhel 10, 1910, by Judgc lhll"tlan l Kohlsaat 111an O])mlOn "u"ta111- mg saId 1'yden patcnt \0 671,177, a" to all the "e,en claIm" sued on, findmlS the \1 nold Lock an mflmgment of all saId claIms, and grant111g a perpetual 111JunctlOn alSa111st the de-fendant;, 1'he opmlOn 1ende'l ed IS m part as follm'V s "Defendant claIms to opelatmg sub"tanttally under pat-ent i\0 R52,01l gl anted to J L ~1 nold, Apnl 30, 1907 In the above named cause befOl e the llrcUlt Court of ~ppeals for the SIxth C11unt, It "as held that the defendant, who was operatm:; under patent;, No 772,010 and 778,471, grantcd to J F Arnold m 1904, clId not mfnnl:;"e The deVICe now m "Ult 1" to all mtcn±:'> and purpo"es the same as that of 1')- den Thc pnnuple IS the "ame and the only dIfference con- SIstS m the substItutIOn of one well kno"" n form of level f01 another The Tyden claIms can he read upon the l\lnold de' ICe To con"tt ue Tyden ,,0 nallowly as to exclude the Arnold arrangement of elemcn t" 1" to destroy It-, ,alue en-ttrely- a resuIt whIch under the Clrcumstances m eVIdence does not commend Itself to the m111dof the court "1') den was the first to effect the complete clo'iml:;" of the pedestal "cctlOn" by thc mm cment of a Ie> e1 Thc table ~------------------------ ----- . ... !I DRY LUMBER I Like you want it- When you want it. I KNOXVILLE FURNITURE COMPANY. KnOXVille,Tenn., December I12th, 1910. Grand Rapids Veneer Company, Grand Rapids. Mich. Gentlemen Replymg to yours of Dec. 9th, Will say that we do not know of any thmg at thiS tIme that we can add to our former letter m regard to the satIsfactIOn your drymg process was glvmg us. Smce wntmg thiS letter, the wnter has been very busy at our KnOXVille plant, and unable to give our Chnton mill any attentIon. Weare expectmg very soon to have our Mr. Kelley go to the mill at Clmton and look over the kilns very thoroughly. After he does thiS he Will pOSSiblybe able to get you up a letter more m detail as to the results we are obtalmng. Yours very truly, KNOXVILLE FURNITURE COMPANY. Signed, Jas. J. Pnce, PreSident. GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORKS DRY KILN, I• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH • constt uLted undc1 hIS patent held the market for several ,ear" and became an extenSl\ c feature m the table market. Thl" I" pot condu"l\ e C\ 1dence of mventlOn, but It IS very persuasIve It IS chfficult to conceIVe of any vahd mventlOn however narro\, whIch would conta111 so many elements of self-constructIOn as T) den's would, were defendant s' constructIOn thereof to prevaIl The rehef prayed for IS granted " \\ lulc tlm" lefellmg to the matter of thIS deCIsion of the DUlted States urcUlt court we take occasIOn to add that the language of the opmlOn 'iecms to us to md1cate that any lock located m the pedestal at the substantIal dIstance helm" the top, and whIch 1'i all anged to be operated at the top of the pedestal fOJ dlawmg the same together at the bottom, "Ith leverage on the dra ,'Vmg 01 connectmg de" Ices, "J1l be held by thIS court to be an lll±nngement of the Tyden patent, and smce these al e feature, of sub"tanttall) all (h~ pede"tal lock" now made, It seem" that all pI udent table manutacturer'i de"ll111l; to put out dIVIded pedestals should dVOlc! the me of an) lock not made under the Tyden p'ltent<; ) Olll s ,ery truly, THE SENG COMPA.:"JY, Pel Frank J SenlS, PI e<;ldent Phonographic ~Iusic at a Funeral. l'honol:;"rapillc mmK took the place of musIc at the fnneral of \11 s Bvron \kClelland, \\ Ido" of a w!Clel) known turfman and one of the wealtllle"t women 111 the ,c.,outh, at LeXIngton KV on December ] I Shortly beforc hel death :\ rrs :\IcClelland heard a phono-gl aphll I econl o± "acred mthlc b) a qual tet at noteel smgers, and she requested that the machmc be med at her funeral It ,~as the only mUSK at the serVIce SEND FOR Manuladurm 01 Embo •• ed and Turned Mould. in .... Embo .... ed and Spindle Caryin .. , and Automatic Turnin ••• W. aIao manu-ladur. a Jars. Ln. of Emboued Omamenu for Couch Work. .....t 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO,Ill. • - -- - - _.---------, Rockford 'Chair 8 Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN "".fixed-Prices" ~Iay Be Outlawed. Thele are sIgns m \Vashmgton that the bIll torbldmg the so-called "fixed-pnce plan" or agl eement bet\\ een manutdc-turer and retailer or between Jobber and 1etaIlel or bet\\ een manufacturer and jobber-m bnef, the pnctIce undel whIch cut-rate pnces by retailel s are made pI actIcally impossible wIll be pushed vIgorously for passage by the present Con-gress. There are not wantmg those who contend that not only the Sherman <"antI-trust" law but the common law as well make thIS unlawful~the theory bei'lg, of course, that the pursumg of such a plan whether by dlrec1 agreement or otherwise constitutes an act m 1estraint of trade and that the partIes to It constItute a "combmatlOn" as defined b\ the Sherman act. It IS extremely doubtful, howe\ er, If a Federal court would ever convIct and fine as a la\\ -breakel eIther the manufacturer who pnnt') on a can of soup lts retdil pnce and refuses to sell It to any retaIler who will not agree to stick to that price or the retailer who does not stick to it under such an arrangement. A promment Wa.shington attorney has been quoted as saymg that, although the "antI-trust" la\\ of 1890 was enacted to protect trade and C0111lnecie dga.m" re-stramts and monopolies and conspiraCIes and struck hard at them in its penaltIes, It dId not attempt to define a "trust" nor dId it make It unlawful to fix, control, mamtam 01 regulate the price of any article of trade. "If it had gone that far," he argued, "the wholesale merchant 01 mdnutacturel \\ auld never have obta1l1ed such a hold on the retailer as the Cah-forma decision has given him." That was a ruling by the ~,---------------------- ._---~ i It •IIII I I II• II". I I RITE TO tl(lHJCA60 MIRROR E.ART6LASSCQ ~ 2J7 N.Clinton street.Jl1 '\ -~Chic,ago~, Ills., U.S.A. -~~~ DINING FURNITURE BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES. LIBRARY FURNITURE DESKS, TABLES, COMBINATION and LIBRARY BOOKCASES. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. ~UPIeme court of the state sustaining the legahty of the "fixed pi Ice plan" The necessity for further Federal legislation of a mOle specific character is obvious. fhe Bo'\ el s bIll~so called because Duke C. Bowers, a cut-I ate retaIler of Memphis who operates thirty-two stores, had It drawn up and mtroduced in Congress~is aimed direct-ly and squarely at the "fixed-price plan"-would make it un-lawful to engage m It and proposes heavy penalties for vio-latIons of the law. It seeks protection for men who are able to conduct their business profitably without having to resort to the expedIent of combinmg with their competItors. It dIms at preventmg combinations among competitors and at pi e\ entmg the fixmg of prices by such combinations on food pi oducts and general merchandise. It proposes to create a "ltuatlOn wherem the law of supply and demand shall fix the pnce thereby permlttmg the consumer to get the benefit of it. :\1r. Bower's testimony at the last session before the house commIttee then mvestigating the "high cost of living," cold qora~e, pnces and so forth was illuminating. He showed by ;,peClfic CItatIOns that retailers all over the country are tied up \\ Ith the manufacturers and jobbers in such a way that many kInds of goods cannot be sold by them 'mless at the price fixed by the producer or his agents-his customers-and that in consequence retailers who do business by fixing their own pnces cannot purchase such goods at all. \Vhen, for instance, an optician pa} s a manufacturer thirty cent') for a pair of eye-glasses and must sell them for $3 or be barred out from handlmg" the goods-a clear profit of 900 per cent-the fact· demonstrates most forcibly that retail buyers or consumers are sorely in need of some sort of protection by law. That allowing the consuming public to take advantage of prices fixed only by the owner of the goods-that is, the retailer-can be made to pay gets a good illustration in the case of the Bowers ')tores in Memphis. Each of the thirty-t\\ 0 managers is paid a monthly salary, the owner of the busmess fixing it according to his judgment as to the man's \ alue to him; then at the end of the year the manager gets his pro rata of the profits of his store; on Thanksgiving Day, the close of the "fiscal year," the owner distributed $14,665 on this profit-sharing plan some of the checks heing, for sums m excess of $1,000. IIII• I I• IIIII .I. A dealer in St. Louis advertises an "altitudinous sale"-':- must have a mountain of stickers on his floors. WEEKLY ARTISAN r N~thi~--~t~-E~~ai"O-- ~;V~l~es' OFFERED IN THE MARKET Let us show you these and other . at.tractIve p.Ieces In our line of UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE 5.00 extra in Oak. Ruffled Front, 1.50 extra. This 3 Piece Suite PRICE No.1 Leather, 52.50 No.2 Leather, 47.50 PanPlush, 51.50 . Exhibited only at our Factory, 1113 West Washington Blvd., Chicago. Enterprise Parlor Furniture Co. MANUF ACfURERS j .. . . . .. .. ..... ..... .. .... 11 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN HIGH ART IN MANTEL BUILDING The Fireplace Now Cuts a Great Figure in the Decoration of Fashionable Homes. Thanks to the demand for handsome mantels the fil cplace has come back to ltS own 111 1\ew York. and ae cordmg to one expert lt IS only \wthm the la "t half el07en \ eal" thelt the Im-portance of the mantel III the 'ocheme oj mtenOl cIec)J atton 1M' been fully I ecogl11zed Persons who can afford It no longel al e content \\ Ith com monplace manteb m r('oms furmshed to mcltcelte a cel tam pel 1- ad \-\Then buymg a house, often \\ hen lca,m~ ,m apartment they are apt to pull out the mautel the) tll1cI and Ieplace 1t \\ ah one more dlstmct1ve, coc,tl) and expl eS'1\ e oj ll1d1\Idual LI-tc even though that taste ma) not ahv a), please the decol dtOI The other day, for Imtam e, the purchaser of eI spleneltdh carved ver) black oak mantel \\hllh \\as to be plaLedll1 eI fo' cr hall, l11s1sted that the huge fil eplaLe "hould be ltnecI \\ 1th hlome color desplte the fel vent a"cnrance" oj thc decO! ator th,lt to hL 111 harmony w1th andIrons, ..,ettmg" etL It \\ a'- 111lpo"lble tu use other than a black 11l1mg The decoratol 1'0 LOJbolm~ hllll-self wIth the reflectIOn thdt probahl) none of the \ hltrJl" to that house WIll be aware of thIS departtlle fr0111 ,ll tt-tlC con,htenL\ 111 the mantel Features whlch have helped to mCIea"e the numbel ot \\ on-detful mantels recently set up m tim, ut) ,ll e the mcrease m the number of pnvate houses \\ hlch mclude a vel) lal ge cltmng room or ltbrary or drawmg room or foyer sometImes all four and the tenclency to pay attentIOn to penoel, m jurJ1lshm~ the-e rooms Thel care Lomp,natlvel) new houses, such for l11stance as that of Senatol Ualk, buIlt \\Ith nLl11Yloom) chnnneys and whlch l11clude a halt d07en or mOl e manteb of costly construct1On rep- I e"entl11g dS many penods of house decoratIOn, Italtan and I rench Renals"ance, Eltzabethan, Tudor, l-<rancls 1, Old Eng- It,,h, Colomal and so on, made of can ed woocl, Caen stone, all SOlb of marble or ant1que ltmestone, the latter havmg a con- SplCUOU"plaLe m the 1eproductton of 111QStof the at1tlqu.es These are it 0111four to ten 01 twelve feet hl~h, accordll1g to the deSIgn ,ll1d thc 100111where It IS placed, and the cost lS an)\\hoe £10111$l,(}OO to $10000 accorcltng to the fittmgs, fac- Il1g" ancltrons and other access ones In many Il1stances the and- 1ron" are work, of art, eI few bell1g ventable ant1ques Such thll1gs cost 1110ne) ElabOl ately wrought ornamental lron lS combmed \\ lth bronze 111 some speclmen", others are of bronze, of bro117e and brac,s combmed, of brass, of metals overlald with gold Some are three feet, others five feet tall The ltnll1g of the SIX by four fireplace of an Italtan Renals- "ll1e e mantel of cal ved oak I ecently put m a } l£1h avenue Itbrary alone cost $()OO ~ ,uperb mantel costll1g $2,000 before bemg put up \\ III eelsll) Lost $ ~oon a decorator saId, before the last deteld 1'0 Lompleted 1f dntlques are mSlsted 011 Satt~fied With mot e modern moulltll1gs the total wl11 be a good deal less and the ettect prechel) as good to the average eye \t the que"tlOn, "Is one style of mantel more popular than mother: the expert explall1ed that aSIde ft am the fact that m the ver) large n1dl1tcl, used m ltVll1g rooms, spacIOus dmmg rooms and ltbranes the ldrger mtmber Il1stalled were of wood, there was no preference for an) one kmd of mantel, the selec-t10n dependmg all the st) 1e of the room or rooms, "1 here are more new houses of the Colomal style now m "e\\ York than there were half a dozell 'Years ago even, and 111 ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Our New Factory is shown here. ROCKFORD SUPERIOR FURNITURE CO. Buffets, China closets and Library Cases Our full line is shown in Grand Rapids only, first floor, Furniture Exchange Building o. HALL, F. CARLSON and E. SAUNDERS in charge. Library and Dining-Room Furniture WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 For quality goods, visit the Fourth Floor of the Blodgett Building in January, and purchase our Dining Tables, fitted with the latest devices and locks. And leave your order from the largest and most comprehensive designed line of Office and Directors' Tables, Costumers, Waste Baskets, and Bank Check Tables offered for sale. And buy the Perfection Banquet Table Top, which IS in great demand at this season, and which is fully exhibited. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. rooms dIstInctIvely Colomal of course none but a Colomal mantel w1I1 do For that reason art dealers are endeavorIng to get the most beautIful speCImens of Colomal mantels extdnt not on I) to sell but to reproduce A few weeb ago I was lucky enoclgh to secure fIom a 1\orthampton, :'IIass , re~Idence a Vel) bcauiI ful example elaboratel) ornamented WIth apphed cal Vl11gs,. Compal ed, however, WIth the nme and ten foot hIgh heav) oak mantels, some examples of whIch have a ~upcrbly carved projectIng canopy the Colo11lals seem mode~t, and theIr prIce except 111the case of a genu111e antIque IS relatlvely low One of the IEnghsh mantels seen at a decorator's and ~oon to be moved to a house east of Central Park. comb111es convent SIenna mal ble and whIte mal ble, an exqUIsItely can ed twenty-inch plaque of Cal rara marble cross111g the black and yellow marble lust belo\', the shelf. whIch IS of Carrara The carv111g represents cherubs and flower garlands. A :\ew York woman who spends most of the year at her X ev. port house, has her CIty headquarters 111a large FIfth ave-nue apartment where she spends perhaps two months of the yea 1 The fur11lsh111gs of thIS department are extremely artIstIc, and 111 order to have three of the rooms absolutely harmonlOus 111 every detaIl, the occupant had three mantels mstallecl a few weeks ago whIch are reprocluctlOns of Itahan, French RenaIS-sance and LOUIS XVI styles, the first of gray Caen stone and the others of whIte marble elaborately carved \s p0111ted out b) the decorator, perhap~ the most wonder-ful feature of the stone and marble mantels more 1ecentl} de- ~Igned IS that certal11 reproductlOns made of antIque hmestone and cement are not to be told from the ong111al by an} but em expert and 111beanty ale cqnal~ of the ongmals In these, as 111the copIes of ongmal.., made of marble etnd stone of stone and of colored and whIte marble combl11ed, the color, or rather the dIscolor, IS preCIsely that of an antIque Clas~lC heads, Atheman carvlllg.., WIth the shadows and stams 111clClentalto tIme are ~een also l1l the cople~ The art of the WOlkman gIves to the nmtatIOns the ~ubdned shadmgs, the mellO\~ tone~ dssoclated only wttth mantels of venerable age, Even to the ChIPS dnd ImperfectIOns on exposed corners and edges the reproductlOns are exact In fact these Imperfections are artful!} and faithfully created after the model \ 1ecent great find from the standpoint of an art dealer \~dS a mantel stored III ~ome out of the way corner of Europe, made of I taltan marble and design, and a mass of splendid carvmg whIch m 1557 had been dbcovered m a BelgIan theatre and before that had occupIed a place of honor 111the chateau of a BelgIan nobleman ~ drawlnlS of thIS antIque was made from whIch a reproductIOn of the mantel, whIch I~ about SIX feet hIgh IS bemg constructed 1\ ~ ew York house WIll soon boa~t a 1eproductIOn of a man-tel taken from a VIennese ducal palace ThIS WIll go In the drawmg room ~t the atelIer where these remarkable repro-ductIOns are created ElIzabethan, Enghsh and French GOthICS WIth and without hooels, the latter 111~ome deSIgns ShO\',111ggra} tones only, FrancIS I fuclm and Lom.., XIV XV and XVI, mantels are 111proce~~ of b'1l1c1mg to fill the orc1ers of house 0\\ nel s 111thI-. and othel C1tIe~~ \ ere J 01 k Sun ::\IaUllCe and Emma Lazal e and DOl a Long are new fUl11ltUl e dealel c'-, 111 ChlLago, undel the name of the Co- OPCI at!\ e Home Supply II OlI:oe, ll1corp lratecl WIth $2,500 r--~-------------------_._------c-ap-Ita-l -S-tO-l k---------------------------.-.-.. I II IIII I I• COME TO THE GREATEST MARKET IN THE COUNTRY FOR UPHOLSTERED FURN1TURE and view our NEW CREATIONS in THREE PIECE SUITES, ROCKERS, CHAIRS, DIVANS, ODD PIECES, and the best line of TURKISH CHAIRS AND ROCKERS ever offered. Our recent removal to a plant where we have trippled our capacity, enables us to manufacture a larger line, and affords us faCIlitiesfor improvement WITHOUT increase of price. Shown during~January on the 4th floor, 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago. Factory and Office, CHICAGO 2599 Archer Ave, III II I _... MAURICE TAUBER & CO., New Catalogue now in preparation. ----_.--' -- . . ------ .. .. .. . 14 .. WEEKLY ARTISAN These Specialties are used the World Over. Power Feed Glue Spreadinlr Maehine. Sinlrle. Double and CombInation. (Patented) (S,ze. 12 In. to 84 JR wIde.) Trouble With the Fan Driver. In most wood-working institutions the fan used for hand-ling shavings is one of the most difficult drn es m the plant. It must run at high speed to create suction sufficIent for taking up the shavings and the pressure for carry mg them to the collecting bin To get this pressure means high speed, and often, to get the high speed, small pulleys are used, with the result that at times it is pretty hard to keep a belt in good enough order to do its work properly when dl g'ing the fan. While but little expression has been heard on the sub-ject, it is probably safe to assume that the new patterns of fans designed with a view of permitting slower speed and yet get the same surface, strike a responsive chO!d of favor in the public mind. In fact, anything that tends to ease the ten-sion of driving should be vvelcomed in connectIon \\ ith the use of the fan. Sometimes it looks hkc one might II el1 use a larger fan with a larger pulley. This begets excess of belt travel, but one can use a light belt well balanced with high speed better than a stiff belt running over a small fan pulley even at a somewhat slower speed. Electric transmission has helped out considerably in this respect, for if there is one place that an electric drive should be more welcome than in another, it is in connection with a fan, because here is a chance to relieve d troublesome belt An electric motor is natmally inclined tow~rd high speed and is therefore the proper thing to hook up to a fan It 1" pH,b-able that the moto! has been a gI eater relief in fan dn\·ing than any other one class of work about the ayerage factory. Veneer Pre .... (Serew and Hydrauhe) Veneer Presses, Clamps, Glup Spreaders, Glue Healers, Trucks, Elc" Elc, .. ! ~ Hand Feed Gluinlr Maehine (Pa""'t pendJa•• ) Many .tyle. and .i",e •• Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS N. 20 Glu. Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF CLUE ROOM EQUIPMENT. No.6 Glue Heater. It may have certain weak spots or objectionable features to 0\ elcome but just the same It otters a rehef from one of the hardest belt dnves m the factory, and should be made free use of for the fan, if for anything. The use of fans and compressed air in one form and an~ other IS mcreasmg right along with every wood-working in-stitutIOn, and with all of them, last and all the time, the most dIfficult problem has been the problem of driving, be-cause of the speed involved. Som~ day we may entirely revolutIOn17e the fan busmess and get a fan construction that wIll take a slO\\, 1atJOnal belt dnve like an ordinary machine. AJready some steps have been made' in this direction, and thel e 15 scemmgly 100m for more. Anyway, in connection 1\ Ith the use of fans It IS well to bear in mind that one of the SellOt1'3problem,; IS that of driving them at proper speed con-tmuou,.,]), and s;n e proper consideration to this in installing the eqUIpment, so as to minimize the trouble of maintenance. -LotHs C Kelsey, in the Wood-Worker. MANUFACTURED BY THE 'U"':ndtlpARLOR 1 =wA...U BED f'''-::~~ ~..~~ Need not be moved .s.'J -/0 .,. ~ ~~ ~ """?4.''l.;~ from the wall <"I '" ~ .... ~~ ~~" ~ ~r"'-~f, !~ 1 Always ready With f-:"- ~~'::_\ ~"'1 beddmg in place. ~--{ ..~ 111} J So Simple, so easy, a 1 ... 't ~ 'If, Y1) child can operate It. 'L_---' ~v Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie & Sedgwlek ~, NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor. I,. "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp,t Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you WIll then know what you are gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, RaIlroad Compames. Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. A1w Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnIshed in rolls or reams. H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third Ste, Philadelphia, Pae I .. d WEEKLY ARTISAN Buy the INVlNCIBLE Line of SPRING BEDS AND BE PREPARED TO FILL THE WANTS OF YOUR TRADE FOR Standard Quality Solid Comfort Honest Values Durability SEND-FOR CATALOG CONTAINING OUR LINE OF Spring Beds, Steel Folding Couches, Davenports, Cots, Cribs, Cradles, Mattresses, Couch Pads, Etc. MANUFACTURED BY HENRY SCHOMER COMPANY, 533-534 So. Canal St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~_. ----a-a-- a__a. __ J FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BAR 0 NIA LOA K ST A IN in acid and oil. F LAN D E RS 0 A K S T A I N in acid and:oil S M 0 KED 0 A K S T A I N in acid and oil. EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. Send for. finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held flrst place m the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Pamters. In addltion to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beauttful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICA.GO-NEW YORK Everythmg m Pamt SpeCialtIes and WQIOdFIU1shmg materials FIllers that hll Slams that ;,ahsfy ..------- -----~---.-..-.-- .. ...-~----------------------------~ 15 --, III I II,, II, II II, ,,I , II I,I 16 l hl \ alul of goldcn oak h11l~h \\ as 'ienously dIscussed ten \ edl, ago It \\ ae, not r apturotle;l) rlcelVed bv the buyers anJ the pI cehUH 1 \\ d'i frequentl) uttlred that It \\ auld not last h n~t1 tlUll one 01 t\\ 0 ~ea'io11'l 'J hc manufacturers of stain,,; \\ ell ljt11lk to moehf) ,md Improve the fil1l~h, and It IS 'itIlI pop-ubI I t11ned amI weathel ed oak faIled to ,upplant It and It ,eem" probable that the golden fil1l'ih \\111 be med as long as oak I' ueed 111the lon"t1ultlon of furlllture WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED e;VERY SATURDAY aY TH~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 eo ~ER YEAR ANYWHI!:RE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER Ye:AR. SINGLE COPII!:S SCENTS. PU.L.ICATION OP'P'ICE, 101-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST, GPlAND RA~IDS, MICH A S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second cla .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapid. MlchlC'an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE, I!: LEVY When the bu} eh commenled Cl)m111~to (J 1and Ra ]Jld- thll t \ years ago the manufactUlel~ 01 lUll11t111Lehel not have dt thell command the modeln \\a1eIOOm" that all u"ed tllda\ e,,-- ples:'>l) tor the purpo,e ot cl1'ipla)111~ ~oo(b \0 lunlhl" \\ell served at mld-da} and no lal nage~ \\ el e pI U\ J(led tOl tJ1( iJ l1h portatlOn of the bu) el 'i to 01 from the Ltct1J11e, 1 he hlld, (Jt the manufactunng firm" ()J lorpOlat101b lhualIv 0\\ led ,l 1J(I-l and carnage and when neal one at thc hotl!, the O\\llel ~lllel ally stopped to learn lf there \\ ere bm el, jJ1V,tC1l1\\ 110 e e,11ed to nde There wele no telephonh In u-e anellJ1c;agemlllh \\Lle personally arranged or b) letter Occa~lOnalIv the nunULtltulll would convey two buver'i 111hiS 'imgle seat hugg\ h1111'elt 'It ting on thell lap" \t the factOl) the buy er' \\ ould be led through all department'i, m'ipectlllg a bed here 01 a 'Ideboal d there, placmg their {)1 ders 111 the meantIme There \\ d~ not much varIety m the ,t) les but there \vel e \ an 1l1g \\ lc1th, ,mc1 heIghts to be con'ilc1erec1 ~ large pel centage ot the goode, wel e ~hlpped, unfi111shed m bundles, crat111~ not hay 1112, been llltlLJ-duced to any con ~lde1able extent \ 0 ca~teb \\ ell t11111-1heel and a number of manufacturcI" shipped thell ~ood, \\ Ithout 111n rors or the marble top, that \\ ere genel allv placed on table, dressers and Sideboards IIahogal1\ lumbel CAI~ted b\ IepO!t only, but walnut WIth \mencan burl veneers and ln COmbllMtllll1 WIth whlte ash cherI) and maple \\ ele consumed eAChbl\ eIv m the cuttmg of stocK Black ash, bIrch and oak \\ ere not con sldered SUItable for use 111 the manufacture of fur111ture D\ contemplatmg the"e facts the reader \\ 111be enabled to form an ldea of the advance that ha'i been made 111 the mdustn The men who establIe;hed the fur111tllre manutactllrIn2; 111 du,try 111 Grand RapIds \\ el e m then eal Iv manhood 'hup hands The IV111chester~ \ 13 Pullman rohn \ f11111ham VhllIam George Haln and John \11'lclIcomh 11111l1''luke\ Eha,l\Iatter \\Ilhdm \ BelKev fohn IfO\\.ttt I II ]C)Jll Charles R Shgh 'vV S Fme1\, H If ~nNkn J rLCklllK Ilml-ler. Lon Hod2;e, Thoma'i D HaIght John \\ dddc 11 and other, vvhom the \\ 11tel at thh moment does not rleetll. ,en ed time 111 the 'ihop, and .tcclUlreel through cApenenle kno\\ ledge that proved 111valuable m late1 -'ea1 , IIo"t of thecl mell hay e pa "lei a\\ay, but whIle among the hvmg they tlalJ1ec1men tor thell 'u cessors, and the industn ha~ apparenth ,uRe1 eel but Iltth, through thelr lose; The factones of (Trand RapId" .tre Ua1111nc; a largc number of young men \\110 \\ III be the manager- ot the future In evel) hne of bU'lJ1ec~ men mu,t be tra111ed to take up the work of tho"e who \\ III pa'i5 a\\ a\ It the hll,mhs h to hl mall1tal11ed I (0), out t( I the mcmbel ot the "do\\ n and out club" \\ ho \\ ant::, to tell -'OU hlm to sucleed TheOrIes al en't worth mue h It they \i\i on t \\ 01 k Of course there'~ e;uch a thmg as prohUm; b} ml"take" ot the past, but ad\ Ice from a man who ha" been "Ull e""ful 1" l1"ually preferable to the hne of dope hand oc/ out b\ a man \\ hose efforts hay e alway" ended m t,lIll11l \ perpetual mventor} ,,}stem, covenng all departments of alai ge furmture manufactUrIng plant, located ut the state of IIldllgan and damaged b\ fire recently enabled the adjusters to "lule the 10"" 111 a fe\\ hour" The lanb " "ays Sy~tem mag-d7111e contamed a descnptlOn of every Item affected by the DIe I hl \ eal no\\ dl a \\ mg to a close hae; been a fairly good (me !( II the 1\11 111tUIe I11dustJ) :\lthough the opening was \1 eak tlade glacluallv gamed ~tJength and closes with a ,plenchd 1elmd f01 "ale" \l11eteen-ten WIll be long and ta\()Jabh lemembe1ed. Pullman nppel berths al e loml11g dO\Nn The movement tu compel Pullman to keep hIS nppel berths up when not in lhe \\ 111be I ene\\ ed The pubhc calls for .1n up and down "el \ Ile 111 the ~leepel s HIgh PO\\ el all lamps are not fit to use m exhlbltmg sam-ple, of tnr111tul e The glar~ of the lamps, reflected by the 111ulnp1l11t\ ot p01l-hed surtaces, u eates confUSIOn. ITam ot the OppOl tU11ltJes enjoyed by the successful tl a\ ell11g "ale"man \\ el e created by hImself. I hL ",tle'iman who I" Kno\\ n mamly for quahties of good tellcm "ll1P doe" not sell man} goods Must Control or Own. Bell1g 111tCI v1e\\ ed \\ hIle 111~ e\\ YOlk the othel day, ex- (rO\ el110r HOlh OJ Kansa" deda1ed hImself ~twngly m favol ot 2;0\ elnment lonU 01 of publIc utilIties as oppo'ied to govern-mlnt 0\\ ner,hlp He belIeves that un1c,,, ~overnment control h adoj)lul on ,l b1oMle1 ~cale than .tt present the people WIll be alou,ed to clemdlld gm el nment CJ\\ nel ,hIp but he does not be-he\ c th'lt gOYU lll11cnt 0\\ nel ~hlp hold'i d 'OlutlO11 to the COUll-t!, , gleat proh1em- I clo not hebe\ e III It belau~e It \\ 111tend to stIfle com-pctlttcm but 1 1'0 th111k that govelnment lontrol h necessan both for the protel!lOl1 of the publIc and the pre~ervatlOn ot the corporatlOn~ them-elves,' he e,ald "I beheve In corpol-atlO1h I am convmced they are d necessary part of our system, hut I am also ('onvmced the) ,hould have gOyernment "upel- \ l"lOn much dS the natIOnal bal1k~ have" GO\ el nor Hoch vI~orou~ly advocate'i publICIty of corpora- !l(nl finanlc" 'hi" he "a\ " (1" demanded 111 the interests of the publll ancl the l1ltlre,i-, of the pubhc mue;t dIv\ay~ be para-mount WEEKLY ARTISAN DAVENPORT BEDS and COUCHES V!~~~n J~teres! la!'ge ~d small ~uyer~. Don't f~il t~_see ~ur ~xE-f~~~t at 1319 M~higan_ Ave., 6th floor, CHlCAGO, ILL, January. 1910. Write for Prices and Cuts. Write for Prices and Cuts. No. 1218 EXCELLO DAVENPORT BED. Seat revolves and makes bed. Loose mattress is placed inside. Looks hke single davenport. Thos. Madden, Son & Co. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Line shown on the top Floor of Furniture Exhibition Building, GRAND RAPIDS. D. L. CONREY FURNITURE CO. SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA Makers of THE FACTORY Makers of CHINA CLOSETS THAT MUSIC CABINETS LIBRARY CASES IS ALWAYS RECORD CABINETS COMBINATION CASES BUSY MUSIC BENCHES Try 12 samples and you The line that makes Why? will then buy many more. money for the dealer. : ~-.srrr It will pay you to send for Catalog and see the reason. 17 ..- _-- ----- ._-., I UNION FURNIR!c~!!L~O. I , I I, China Closets Ii II Buffets II I,I Bookcases, I I • ,,I ,II ,I '----_. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ._ . . a_. •• ••. •• ••• r" GREEN MANUFACTURING CO. I Manufacturers of , PARLOR FURNITURE FRAMES OUR NEW LINE IS READY FOR INSPECTION AND WE COR-DIALLY INVITE THE TRADE TO SEE IT AT OUR FACTOR}!, 1500 NORTH HALSTED ST., CHICAGO, ILL. ============= OR SEND FOR BLUE PRINTS, ============= WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF INVENTIONS American Life Revolutionized by Labor Saving Machinery Since the Civil War. (By Frederick J. Haskin.) It would be difficult to overestimate the part which the inventor has played in the material progress of the United States, and it is equally hard to picture the full effect of his work upon the lives of the people, individually and collective-ly. The economists attnbute two-thIrds of the \\ ealth of tIllS nation to the creations of American inventive genius. It is only 60 years since manufacturing bE-gan to be one of our national activities. Since that time the value of our manufactures has inCleased more than 15 folel the \\a~c, ot the employes of the country's Llctones ha,'e been multiplied by 10; and the number of men and women finding employ-ment hac; quintupled. The inventor has made 1110<;tof tIll, possible, just as he has increased the products of the farm and of the mine. Many industries have been called into existence through the work of the inventor. One of the most pn fitable of these i'3 the use of electricity in the commercial \\ orld In less than 40 years the activities of inventors in the field of electrical application have built up an industry with a total investment of $7,000,000,000. The products and Ievenues of the electrical industries aggregate a billion dollars a year, and the 700000 people who find employment annually receive wages and salaries aggregating half a billion dollars Jnvention is the one wonder-worker which may take a\\ a) from and add to at the same time. It solves the old problem of eating cake and having it. It makes labor-saving machin-ery, at the same time adding to the demand for labor It '3l1b-tracts from labor's opportunities for profitable employ ment in one place, and, by the same process, multiplies its oppor-tunities in another place. One railroad train takes the place of a dozen stage coaches or hundreds of wagon teams; } et there is more work for horses and men in the transportation world than ever before. The day was when one man could turn out from 42 to 48 yards of shirtinlS in a week. Now, at-tending six power looms, he can produce 1,500 yards. Yet there are more men making shirting toda v than ever before A century ago it was only the well-to do who could enJO\ the luxury of a bountiful supply of clean 1:>edlmen. It took the earnings of 30 days of common labor to buy a smgle lmen bed c;heet. Today they are within the reach of even the com-paratively poor. A century ago it requil ed the earnings of from four to twelve days to buy a gridiron. Nnw, by working We lead in Style, COnftrudtOIl and F mish. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent exhlbi. bon 3rd Floor, New Manufad. urers' BUlldmg, Crand Rapid.. ,,• -----.... an hour or two, one may earn enough to buy a good one. The ayerage individual in those days had a scant supply of cloth-mg He could not have frequent changes, and, consequently \\ as not physically as clean as he is today. The rise of textile machmery has changed all this, and today the very poor, may enJoy as good clothing as the moderately well-to-do did in, the early days of the republic. The very first problem that faced mortal man was that of clothing himself. Until a century or two ago the activities of half the civilized world \\ el e ehtlrely absorbed in providing raiment for civilization. Toda} only a small percentage of the people are so employed, and the others gn e no thought to the subject, except as they come 111contact with the problem at the retail counter. The statIsticians have attempted to figure out how many people It would require to produce the entire output of the Amellcan manufacturing establishments, working under con-dltlom \\ hlch obtained a century ago. They figure that at least 100,000,000 employes would be required. Five million are now so employed. According to this ratio between man-ufacturing employes and population, it would require the po-pulatlOn of the entire globe to give us 100/]00,000 workmen in our factories. Dinner Tables Affected. Even our dinner tables have been affected by the inven-tor One may find on the dinner table the products of the \\ hole world-grapes from New York, bananas from Central A.mellc<l, oranges from Florida, raiSllls from California, nuts £lom Europe, figs from Africa-most of it made possible by lInproved method'3 of transportation Not only thIS, but summer's dehcacies may be served in winter, and the winter's ~ood th111gc;kept 0\ er fOI summer. The cold storage ware-houses of the LT111tedStates a1e sa1d to conta111 $3,000,000,000 -----_._----., II III i.- . .-----.---..--.-~----,----. J Take any car west to Halsted St and transfer north on Halsted to our door Only 10 mmute. rIde from loop. Or North western" L" to Halsted St statIOn and walk sout to our door ..... .. . WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 worth of products every year, a great proportion of which are food products awaiting the demands of the American kitchen Labor was at one time bitterly opposed to the labor-saving machine. The inventor was looked upon as an enemy who would take from the laborer's children the very bread which they ate. The textile workers in the days of Kay an~ Arkwright would have destroyed every machine such men brought out. Even in our own country the dawning of the age of agricultural machinery aroused the agricultural laborer to a high pitch of indignation. He saw in it a movement to deny him a part in the harvest operations, or a chance to earn a few dollars at seed time. Sometimes his opposition took the form of sullen mutterings. Sometimes it went so far as an attempt to destroy the machine. In those days he got 50 cents a day and his board, swung a cradle all day, mauled rails or ripped new ground. Today he does not work so hard and gets from two to four times as much for his labor. Formerly his family ate old-time middling meat and cornbread, with coffee as a special Sunday treat. Today his table woul.d put to shame the rations of the mansion house of the early days. Man can scarcely turn but he finds something for which to thank the American inventor. Whenever he buys anything from a house to a pencil, he finds that the inventor has lowered its cost. Every time he steps on a street car he must pay mental tribute to the inventors who enabled him to ride so cheaply, so comfortably and so quickly. The elevator that carries him to the fifth story of the apartment house and to the tenth story of the office building has made those struc-tures possible. Even the city where he Q,"ainshis livelihood might never have been more than a village but for the rail-roads which came that way. Investigation made by Congress in 1891 led to the con-clusion that the average mechanic was then getting twice as much wage as in 1840. He is now gettin~ twice as much as he was in 1891.. It will, therefore, be seen that wages have practically quadrupled since the age of labor-saving machin-ery dawned in America. Statistician Powers of the twelfth census declared that the $25,000,000,000 of national wealth added between 1890 and 1900 represents a greater saving than all of the people of the continent were able to save from the day that Columbus landed on American "hores down to the outbreak of the civil war. He further assf'rted that it repre-sented houses, buildings, tools. machinery, clothes and means of transportation of greater value than the savings of the human race from Adam to the Declaration of Independence. Queen'May Start a Fad. Rumor says that Queen Mary is going to have a black carpet in her boudoir in Buckingham palace and if the rumor is true black drawing room" will speedily hecl,me the fashion in England. Some fifteen years ago, there was a temporary ltkl11gfor black carpets. and sma)t people fitted up rouge-et-noir salons in their houses, but the fashion quickly died out. It was found that black as a back ground for certain varieties of furniture or pictl11es onIy appealed to certain tastes. Al-though gilt furniture goes very well with a black carpet, it is next to impossible to have any light or delicate colors in the room where the floor is a dead black, and the effect in a small house is apt to be depre'3Sing especially in Lcndon. Besides a black carpet wears very badly, the slightest speck of dust or footmark sho""s. It is a carpet to look at, not to walk on -New York Sun. Costs a Lot Our Claim Less for MARIETTA SOLVENT I~For many years we have made it, used It, sold it..·with unvarying sat.. isfaction to our customers and ourselves. Marietta Sol.. vent WORKS EQUAL .. LY WELL IN OIL STAINS, PASTE FIL-LERS and VARNISH. Especially effective in oil stains containing asphaltum, gums, etc. A perfect sol.. vent for varnish, making it work freely and still retain the necessary body and dry-ing qualities. It means money to you to keep it in your finishing room. W rite for sample to desk No.3. Marietta Paint & Color Co. Marietta, Ohio. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN By :E. Levy, Representative. '\ new lme of extensIOn table'S manu1actUl ed m Ch1ld~O wl1l I'~' C'xh1h1ted th1'S "ea'Son m the ::\[anufadul el" h1111d111"; Grand Rap1ds, 111 chal ge of Edga1 II ~lOtt It \\ 111bl (11l of the mo"t elegant dhplay" of d111111ctd; lJle" C\ u "hll\\ n dnd "tand'S ln a cla"" b) Ihelf [h" 1111l o( tdble" U 111p1hllH., abotL a dozen pattel n", 1'0manufactu1 ed b\ the r ean n 11a" "ewe, company, 2416 and 2418 Ind1ana a\ enue and h the mitIal l111e that thh company '11a" made f01 sale to the i1,\fle Realiz;ng that thele IS a demand 101 table::, "ueh a" thl \ show, from the splendId bm111e", thl} hal e e"tablhhC'd 111 theIr ye:Jrs 01 exper Ienle m 01 del 1101 k, the} detell11l1Jed to make up a hne for the tIade J he} al e lHlllt \\ Iih ,j paten ted construcilOn, are centlalh halanled and "l1JlJlI\1ted "II th It a 60 tn' h top, extended ten flet, h a" IIc;Id ,h ,l ll"ULllh litlllt tahle Vihen closed 1'he1c h d tla\ 1ll the eultll 1l~t1)]" on the ba'St, 111 whIch can be plaled ,\11 ,hbe"tlh tdhlc 111at table cloth, etc These tahles are 11ldlH1tddl1l ed fJ om the finest selected mahogany, ever} one 1eee ved the jPl' 11al "upervl'SlOn of Mr Ha"se,\ el and ihe Jllodm t fl0m the 1 ol1~h lumber to It'S fil11sh IS the acme of the cab111etmakel " (1 att All the patterns ale 111 Colomal q,le d11d the finhh I' \11 done h\ hand and the be,t that ldn be plodnled The \clalr company repOl t a lOmpetltlOn ot thcll UJ) poranon, WhlCh wa" 1 ecentl} 01 ~anl/ed Illth ,l paId up l dp1 tal of $.;,000 The \11eOlp01at01, dIe Tame" r "'-dall PIl~1 dent. J r Bwmehter vIce pI e'Sldent and '-, lIlluel nl1llllel" ter, 'Secretary The\ al e p' oceed111c; 111th all pO'''lble "peed to g2t theIr neVi quarteI'" at 1418 \\ abash al enue 1ll re"dl-ness for the cOl11mg exhIbItion sea-:on and the "JUrnlttll e Shop," a" they Vi111call It, WIll conta111 the11 l1lle of fUllllture speeidltie'S. tastefully and al ti'StIcalh all an~ed 111 then 'Shlll\ rooms or parlors so dlstnbuted as to ,hem to aell ant,lge the11 man v n velties 111hammered h1as'S etiects, uphohte1 cd nO\ el tIes, ete which they WIll hal e l~adv bl the opell111~ of the exhIbition season The Freedman COl1veltIble dl'. ,111 hed II111lh \\ ,h phl dl on the 111alket la"t 'Sea"OI1 ha" met \1 lth l11(ht ,,1 atlt\ 1l1" .sneees" It 1'Sa paIlor hed \\hlch 1'S"we to ~10\\ 1111a\I)) d' It bee'Jl11e'S bettel kno\1 nIt'S al lIOn IS ca"l 1t 1" "lmpl( 111 COll'ot1Llciwn and II hen opened m,1kee, a pel fed hed t()lll teet ----------------.---.-~-·--.---~-~-~----~1 II IIIItIiI I-----------_.~I The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. IIII I,I "- For Many Years Made Excluslvelv by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for \\'oodworkmg factories Send for Catalogue FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for sample. of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every partIcular Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mf", of band saw blades and tools 1717-1719 W AdamsSt. Chica08 \\ Ide L he} II III "he)\\ d 1111cof the'oe dn ,1n bed" 111 thell "paLe on the tu st ftoOl of the \[annfdcturer" ExhIbItIOn butl(ll11~ 131C) \11lhli.?,an a \ enue, (hila\; 0 dunng ranuary, \\)v 1 e It" mall\ alii anta~eo, as a pallor bed and 1tS utthty II III h, demon"trated The bed when c1o"ed shows a beauti-tul f 111 toot dn dll and chall sand lockers are made to match Il10duc111g \\ hat, to all appearances, IS a regular three pIcce ~l'lte, \ et 111addItion, a comfOl table bed. opening out tlOm ,hr 1\ all aga111c,t wh1eh It IS placed by a double move-ment \\ jrIch a chIld can manage I'he hed need" to he "een to he appreuated. e de"k hel e "hO\I n 1" fl0m the hne of \ Peterson & CfJ ..pi) \1l11fJUl "tied md I" but one of theIr many o,taple d"'1\;11' that hcl\e PIO\Cl1 pop,llar "ellel" :\11 Petersen ha" hecn th\. ul1c;111atlJI (ll mam lle\1 alld good Ideas that have been embodIed 111de"k hmld111g, and the hne they mannfac-tUll h amlll1g the he"t 111the country He IS a "de"k" man ut 111,1'1\ } car, c'CpellenCl and hlm"elf look" 0\ er every plece betol (. It leal (." the11 fae t01), 111a1<111o\;,ure that ever) detaIl WEEKLY ARTISAN OUR NEW PATTERNS Are the highest achievement of the designer and the skill of the best cabinet makers and finishers. With an equipment for the special pr9duction of EXTENSION TABLES LIBRARY RESTAURANT CAFE BAR PARLOR AND DINING CHAIRS IN CHEAP AND MEDIUM GRADES WE OFFER EXCEPTIONAL VALUES. Shown throughout the year in the Furniture Manu~ facturers Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago, in charge of Peck & Hills Furniture Co. SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOG. NIEMANN TABLE COMPANY Factory and Office, 77th St. and Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. ha~ been taken care of 111the most pam stakmg 111a1111el 1he, ha\ e put out a large numhel ot ne\\ desIgn" for the comm!,; ~ea"on and al e at \\ 01 k on d new catalog whIch \\ III shovv the efltne Ime :Val,ae,el'; of the estate of Henry Schome!. Canal and Harn..,on "t1eets. Chlca2,o, ha\e a,; theIr trade mark, the hgnr ~ (f . TypIcal ChlCdgO." on theIr 1m mClhle" spnng bed, dnd ha\ e made a £,1eat success of that 111gh qua11tv spllns; fhe busmes" ha" been conducted unde1 the manas;e-ment of F T Dorle) fOJ mOle than a } ear and has prospered \ ery c;atJsfactOll1y fhey are DCm prepanng a new catdlog WhICh WIll be out early 111 1911 He"lc\e~ 111anufclctunng the "Invlflclhle" 11ne of spllng bed" the) do a 10bbmg tlade m ,;teel da\ enports, cots, cnhs n on beds and tahle,;. whIch are shown 111 theIr cataloe,ue C J K mdel of the Kmdel Red company, 400 'vVe,;t Erie street. ha" returned from a tnp to the east. \\ here he has been lookmg after theIr mtel e,;t" m theIr New York and Toronto hranches They ha\ e had a very succe,;sful yea1 's busines,; and feel elated at the way the dealers all over the country have been dl"POSl11g of the Kmdel da\ enport bed. They re-cently Issl,led "ome \ e1Y good ad\ el bsmg matter WIth cuts of the Kmde1 bed. fOl dealel s who deSIre to use them i'n aIding to explOlt tll1" pal101 bed whIch IS Illustrated on a folder, and any of them WIll be ,;ent free of charge to dealers mqUl1mg for one 01 more "'\ttention I'; called to a three pIece parlul "111teoffered in thiS Issue by the Enterpnse Parlor Fnrmture company, 1113 \Vashmgton bouleval d ChIcago, \\ hich they claim is very good value as priced. The rockel here Illustrated b the11 number 58 It is man-ufactured m mahogany fimsh and oak They are offering thIS rockel m mahogany fimsh covered in number one leather at $950 and m number t\\ 0 leather at $8.50. They also 21 make It m oak at SO cents extla and have chairs to match. \\ '\ \\ hltmg, \\ estel n representatlYe of the H. B. ~l11lth :V[achme company, whose office and warerooms are at 558-60 \\ ashmgto11 bouleva1 d, has recently "old an eqUlpment of machl11ery for the new facto! y of the Khoeh1er Manufac-tUlll1g company, Bradley, Ill. Among the machines is a Smith 48 mch tnp1e drum sander, two self feeding rip saws, one sectlOnal roll surfacer and many other machines. He has also 1 ecently sold a number of machmes to the McDoug-al company, whose factones his company has eqUlpped with most of the machmes there installed. ________ J 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,..- . - ... -- . . ., I B. WALTER & CO. WABASH I INDIANA I WRITR FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT S Ij TABLE SLIDES EXCLUSIVEL Y jj I ,,~. --- .. • .& IndianapolIs, Ind., Dec. 13.-This city has blossomed out almost over nrght wlth a profusIOn of Chllstmas gI eens un-known and impossIble in cities farther north, where the heavy snow fall lllcldent to the season is apt to make outdoor adornment a bedraggled ImpossIbIlIty. The favonte method of decoratlllg here is the use of southern laurel woven into verdant ropes and of thIs countless thousands of yards are used. Every busllless house down town, many m the outly-mg distncts and many pnvate houses are lIberally adorned wlth the laurel whlch Iemams green for a long tIme. VV111- dows are outlined with It, cornices are fl escoed and great festoons of It are stretched gracefully from lamp post to lamp post along the business streets. Clusters of mistletoe, red Christmas bells, crosses and stal s and wreaths of holly hang in many a window and the streets are filled wIth the chatter and mIrth of the Chnstmas shopp1l1g ero\\ d The store::, are struggling with immense crowds, the buyers are spending liberally. "There isn't as much in all this talk about high prices and the high cost of lIvmg as It would seem," saId George A. Gay president of the Pettis Dry Goods company, operating the New York store, to a representative of the Weekly Artisan today. "Goods are cheaper now than they have ever been be-fore, at least for many years back. Thel e IS of Course some advance along the line of groceries and meats, but I am\ speaking of other commodItIes partIcularly textl1es Never before have all classes of dry goods including silks and ""oolens been so cheap. By cheap, I mean good value for the money. And I can see no immediate prospect for an 111- er ea~e 1I1 pnces except possibly in cotton which is showing an upvvard tendency Just now. "vVe do not handle the cheap grades of furniture as our trade calls for medlUm to hIgh priced goods, but our prices CJnthese have not been advanced and will not be unless there should be a sharp advance among the manufacturers. Nor have we found any matenal advance in the cost of operating WafT\.;:a:'re a lIttle hIgher, it is true, but other expenses are about the same." ?\Ir. Gay was asked what he thought about concerted ac-tIOT} m splmg and fall opelllngs and he said: "Per::,onally I do not favor It. For a number of years back there has been more or less talk among the down town merchants about combming for sImultaneous openmg days, both sprmg and fall, but nothing has ever come of it though It mIght not be wIthout ItS advantages. The difficulty would be to select a date or dates which would be convenient for all and that seems to be next to impossible. A date conven- Ient for us might be too late or too early for neighboring firms or VIce versa. I really think it will be a long time be-fore anythmg of that sort materializes. "I do not approve of a co-operative delivery system with unmarked vehIcles as has been suggested." Etta S. Wilson. TURPS-NO. The Only Perfect substitute for Turpentine. Contains No Gasoline, No Benzine, No Headlight Oil. For use in reducing Varnish. For Use in CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. TRY IT. The results speak for themselves. Barrel sent on approval. THE LAWRENCE·McFADDEN CO. PHILADELPHIA LPA. WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW EXHIBITORS IN CHICAGO " The Deimels Make Positive Announcement of Their Retirement From Business. Chicago, December 22-The statement that the Na-honal Parlor Furniture company WIll wind up their af-fairs and qUit busmess, has been confirmed by the principal proprietors, Jerome and Rudolph Deimel, ,\ ho have formally announced their mtention to retire as SO'1;1 as the business of thl'i well-known upholstenng house c.w be wound up. Orders will be taken in January at their di'iplay, 1411 Michi-gain avenue, for such parts of their hne as the stock on hand at the factory WIll work up and as this is one of the most varie1 hnes of parlor goods m th~ country buyers may se-cure a good assortment, notwithstanding the limitations set by the Deime1s for their actiVities dunng the next few months The Fourteen-Eleven bUilding has just undergone its semi-annual redecoratmg and affords a bnght and f1 esh m-teno, for the arnvmg samples for January's exhibition. The lunch room has been greatly enlarged and ~he retrenchment of Oliver Bros. & company on the sec0nd floor has made room fo'- a few new lines here as well as on some of the other floors. Following IS a complete list r,f factones whose samplf"s will be on view at "1411" which were not there last season: Crown Table and Specialty company, Argos, Ind., fancy furlllture. Banderob-Chase company. Oshkosh, Wi3., dressers, chif-foniers, etc.. Buckstaff-Edwards company, Oshkosh, Wis., chairs and ro..:k~rs. Northwood Furniture Company, Chippewa Falls, WiS, dressers and kitchen cabinets. Paoli Cabinet Co., Paoli, Ind., Exten",ion tables. -;Drague & Carleton, Keene, N. H., dot1b1e cane porch furllltnrc Wmnebago Furlllture company, Fond du Lac, Wis., of-fice desks. Hastmgs Cabinet company, #Hastings, Mich., kitchen cabinets Greemann Bros. Manufacturing company, Batesville, Ind, chamber and dmmg room suites. Tne Louis F. Greemann company, Seymour, Ind, dres-sers. Home Furniture company, Muncie, Ind, Htchen cabinets Mellon & Storm Manufacturing company, St. Louis, Mo., metal beds. 'vV. S. Milne, Cleveland, Tenn., chairs and rockers. The Billow-Lupfer company, Columbll'>. 0., mattresses and pillows. Dewey-Levi Manufacturing company, Chicago, dressers. Ft. Smith Refrigerator Works, Ft. Smith, Ark., refriger-ators. Champion Stove company, Cleveland, 0., stoves. Sturkin-Nelson Cabinet company, Logansport, Ind., kit-chen cabinets. Friends of John Clyde Murray, assistant secretary of the Fourteen-Eleven building, were much shocked recently to hear of the death of Miss Genevieve Marion McAnsh, whom he was to marry next June. This young lady was the daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Medill McAnsh, of Montclair, N. J., formerly residents of Chicago. Her death occurred in Paris, France, where she was to spend the winter completing her If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. <rlarence lR. bills DOES IT i63MadIson Avenue-CItIzens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, 1I.ICH .. musical educatiOn as a harpist. The family and friends of Miss ;V1cAnshwere wholly unprepared for the news of her :,udden death. The announcement that she had con-tracted a cold came III a letter, which was C'Ulcklyfollowed by a cablegram informmg them of its development mto pneum011la, whIch resulted in her death, Sunday, November 28. The young couple had planned to reside m ChIcago, where Miss McAnsh lived during her school yea1s, before her father went to New York to engage III the lmportmg busllless there. They had selected a home in ChIcago before she saIled for Pans last summer and "Jack" Murr.lY has been busy all fall havmg her Ideas for Its furn-ishing carned out to the letter. These circumstances in par-tIcular caused everyone, who knew these young people both m the trade and out, to feel a deep sympathy for both her parents and Mr. Murray III a grief that must seem to them almost too hard to bear. Several eastern roads have announced sharp reductions to take effect soon m fares to New York. This will be re-ceived WIth acclamation by the furniture trade-makers, salesmen and dealers. Since special rates are so difficult to obtam of late years this voluntary reduction, resulting from a rate war among the eastern roads, is bound to increase the attenrlance at the three big exhIbitions. A few dollars clip-ped loft the ticket to market often decides the" to go or not to go" Issue with many a dealer who has not yet acquired the Iegular market habit. The most notable absentee for the January season in the Chlcaso market WIll be the twin Shelbyville lines that have occupied a good part of the top floor at the Thirteen-Nineteen bUild1l1gfor several years-the Conrey-Davis company and the l.Javls-Birely company. These lines will be shown only III Gr.md Rapids this season, Tv those who pass the new Karpen building being erect-ed on JYhchlganavenue, the race for completion between this skyscraper and the new twelve-story exhibition building bems bmlt by Mr. Spratt, in New York, is interesting. Both bUildmg', were slow m gettmg above the basement and sub-basement floors, because of the peculiar difficulties in each of these undertakings. Mr. Spratt's office is diligently send-ing broadcast photographs showing the progress at regular intervals. The Karpens have not adopted the visualing plan yet, but their contractors are "sawing wood to beat the band," as Chicago residents can see every day. Before many weeks a list of to-be tenants of the new Karpen building beginning May 1, next, will be made public. Over at the new Munn building on Wabash avenue, al-most directly west of Karpen's new building, a good string of furnit.ure exhibits IS being put in order for January. These are thr- Kimball & Chappell company's and Knapp & Tubbs' hnes, F. J. Barnes' chair lines, and Ketcham & Rothschild's dIsplay of fine parlor furniture, until this month shown in the Ford & Johnson bUilding. VIsiting buyers should bear these i emovals in mind as they will "save steps," as the kit-chen calJinet man says, by getting the removals for January propedy mapped. ... N0- fium- Loose Fasteners WEEKLY ARTISAN !: I,' WAD"DELe MGraAn'd~UF~CTU~ING ~~'~-'II Rapids, Michigan All Knobs and Pulls have the I The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. ~-_._._._------_.---- ---------- ------- ---_._-----------~-------._---- --- -~--='-======= System in Christmas Shopping. Storekeepers aglee that the real Lru,h of holllla, ,hopjl1l1!2, occurs m the last SlX 01 seven dal ~ ]Jeforl l hll stmZl' 1h1' week has been no exceptlOn and 111 'plte ot ,dl pI edChmg () th contrary, lS bound to be ~o fOl t\IO leason, The lank 1I](1hlc of persons who buy comparativel) 101\ pncec! gltt, u,ualh ',11 e up for the purpose and \1 alt untIl the sllrplu~ h neal h eqll d to the demand, and a Llrgc majont, of ,11Oppel' cannot Ul \\ III not make up thelr l11111c!,I\hat to bm untIl Chl1'tm,h h at their elbows. "Can't help It,'' sald a StOl e managel II ho was tel1111g of the steady 111crease 111the sIze of the hohda) shoppmg clO\\ds. "There lS no wayan earth ot prevent111l:f jam, 111the more pnp ular stores Juc,t before the hohda) s Xo wc,tem hac, 'ci. been lI1vented to keep ShOppCls from II m\ dmg Ulto cllta1n dCj)alt-ments and 111 Vanoth pOlnts 1'':1 ,onalh I thmk I leu gc pu centage of women prefer to shop 111a crOl\ c!ccI ,tOl e 1he \ hke crowds, seem to get mot e ftm out of them ThIs) ear the crowds Just before Chnstmas are hkeh tu be larzel than e, el whethes the sales are or not ' A saleswoman who wa" SUle that the m,ll1ager hall 'lzed up the sltuatIOn correctl), told of a customel \I ho h,h managed t) come through wlth fl) mg COlO1" "I knO\I thl s shoppel pel ~o1 ally, and when I noticed last I ear that she ('allIed a stllp of paper WIth three articles sometimes more, \\ ntten oppo'Ite e\ ery name on the hst, I was cunous, know111g that to zn e onE present to each of a long hne 1\ as all her pocketbook \\ oul,] stand. I asked her about 1t and thIS IS what I learned "For a week or so she stuc1Jes over the awful problem II hat to gIve to each of hel husband s relatIves and to each )± hel relatives that wlll LOme w1thll1 a certam pnce gettl11§, help often by walkmg through a shop or 100k111g m shop windows When she thmks of somethmg \\ h1ch 111lght Sl1lt Lncle Henr) or Aunt Jane or A..unt Jane's young daughtel she puts It down opposite the person':> name and "hen she has got down the h st, begins all over again, Jottmg down an altel natn e A.. tlJlrel time she goes over the hst Wlltll1g dovvn a tlllrd artIcle agall1,t each name unless she IS certall1 that one ot the t\\O thln~, al-ready listed WIll please the person who gets It "Making thIS hst takes some tlme, she sa)s and It 1S done mostly at mght, but 111 the end 1t saves her a lot of time \nel the presents always turn out ver) satlsfactonl) fm dll can cerued, wh1ch is saymg a good deal I tell he1 A..bout one \\ eek before Chnstmas, never sooner, she starts out \\ 1th hel ltst about 10 or 10 30 in the mormng-she couldn't get a\\.:1\ trDm home earlier-goes to some one store, shops till a1xJut 12 anel goes home again on account of her small chIldren In that tIme plobctbh she goes through WIth two, three or four names on her hq, ma) be 11101 e L he next da \ ,he I epe"ltc, tIllS p10gr,1l1ll1le, choosmg ma)- be a)]othu ,to! c \ eve1 m the ~al1le mormng does she ~o to 1ll0l ethan <'Jne stOl e 'tIld by the wa}, If every woman would 'tll k to tllclt ltlle It \\ onld save her tIme and strength a lot TInt \\ lthont ,t lht It \\ ouldn t be easy to do thl" ITel e I' \\ ha t the customer w1th the list does Suppos-mg d ,J1, el PlCtUle fI ame a fancy neck chain, a work basket ,Ire agall1~t one name Of COul se I don't know that these three thll1gs IIould e, er be hned up together But supposll1g they \\ el e The ~hoppel looks fil st at sIlve1 frames and finds that the as,,01 tment doe" not mclude one that pleases her at the ]Jllce ,he can attOJ d to pa) Instead of running to another store te) hunt PICttll e 11 ame, ,he ~oes to the neck cha111 department Ind choo,e, one IIIthl,l the h.gure she has apportioned to that present 01 not hndmg '1 ch,un to her hk111g, she looks at work ba,keb and pI obabh ~elcch one H,n 1l1~ settled that entry on her hc,t, she goes on to num-hel t\\ 0 or numbel ,e\ en accord111g as the artIcles opposite those numbel s al e the mOle hkel) to be found 111the store she h In C:;omestol es have better a~c,OItments of some goods than other- as most shoppel s soon find out "Last) ear the lady WIth the hst made all her purchases m th1 ee_,tares and In five days shopPl11g only m the mornmg, and the re,u1t IIa, so good tllat ,he "Ill follow the same plan thlS \ ear "I have another customel who~e plan IS absolutely ddter-ent but she says It \\ 01ke, out all nght and that she means to .,tICk to lt C:;hepnh dm\ n on a pIece of paper the names of ,dl the persom ,he I11cmc, to remember at Christmas and the amount she can d1£01d to spend on each but that IS as far as ,he ~ets WIth a list Except m a few mstances she has no Idea what she i::,gomg to bm untIl she gets m the StOIes She told me that shel de-pends for m Spll atlOn on vlSltmg the StOles \Vhen she sees a prett, tnfle she hke, she gets out her list, looks at the names, -a) ~ There, that \\ III be nIce for "0 and so and the price I~ nzht too, and buys it "Then she sClatche., that name off tlle list and waits for ,mother 111SpllatlOn 'Hel plan 1'- better than to have no list at all, but she spends double the time m e\ her shuPP111g that the other customer spends, and I don't thmk hel selections are so good eIther "\;ot one shopper 111 fifty has any list at all and many spend days 111 the shops before makmg up theIr minds about the most Important purchases." WEEKLY ARTISAN THE MOST DESIRABLE LINE OF fRAMED MIRRORS and HANGING HAT RACKS IS shown throughout the year on the 2nd Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO with Foster Bros., and In our catalogue, sent to dealers on request. Many new and beaut-iful designs added this season. GALLOWAY GLASS CO. Office and factory, 406 No. Uncoln St., C"ICAGO,Ill. New Factories. The Stockwell-HalC) company, recently incorporated, are 11l1lld111£; a lan~e mdtt1 es'o factlllY at Los \ngeles, Cal james Ludden and ,Y1111am Sab111 ha\e formed a pa1tner- -,111])to e'3iah11:"h a maitre'3'3 facto1), undel the name of the Samta1Y J\Iattres'3 company at \\ 3U'3aU, \ViS, \V T D1Ck'3on, A D Rcm land, \1 D1ckson, C C Bec1- n1an dnd J '\ D1shlan hd\ e 111COplotated the Standa1 d Up-hol' 3te11ng compam to e'3tab11'3h d facto1Y 111Mansfield, Oh1O H C Jone'3, H J ,Ya~cl11cr :'IIa1tin Ihgler and T F, ::\lcCullol1~h, ha\ e 111co1pOlated the Gland Raplds Upholster- IDe; and J\Ian11factu1111C; compan\ lap1ta11Led at $10,000, to l '3t<11)11'3hd ne\\ fdctOl \ 1I1 1Iemph1'3, Tenn [he Cemal '\Ietal Bed C0111pal1\ llds heen 111unpotated to c"tab11'-,h <1ne\\ fdct01} 111\' e\\ Y01 k C1t\ -Bdl net \hap11 0 ewd ::\10111" l'01'-,l1e1 of BlOOkh nand {"Idc,] n Bendler of "N L\\ Y01 k, \\ ho hold :t)Q, 000 01 ~12 000 CdP1tdl stock a1e the 111U))pOl dtors New :Furniture Dealers. J 1 \\ ebh &- '-lon" d1C ne\\ fUrlllil11e dealels at \lpha1- cttd, Ga D ,Y, DedI ha" opened a ne\\ fl11111tme stot e at \Valker-ton, Ind \V1111a111Po'-,pe"al 1" a ne\\ fm11ltme dealer 111 ClC\e-land, Ohio \1 13 Calhoun has opened a ne\\ fUI niture and ca1 pet '-,tOle at Barl1\\ell, C; C The 'V01Lester T1 ad111l5 company are new llOuse-fu1 n- I'-,he1s 111\ Y01ccste1, Conn 1\el ,;on ~ !\nder'-,ol1 ha \ e open cd a la1 iSC fU1nitm e and cdrpet h011SCelt 1135 Mal ket strect, S,lll Franusco, Cal Hally L1Sha\\ ltz, Loms Tolen, J. JU. Mendelson, A. L. Dlet7 and -:\1. P. Goodman, have 111corp01ated the Lishawitz- Tolen compan), cap1ta11zed dt $10000, to engage in the retail fU111ltUlc bLhl11es" 111Clc\ eland Ohio. Furniture Fires. Cl1ades Joh11son's furmture store dt Ludll1gton, Mich., \\ a" burned on December 16 Loss partlally covered by in-surancc Roy Olney, tm mtl11 e dealel and undertaker of Mendon, 1\11c11, \\a" burned out on Decembel 14 Lo"s, $3,500; in- S111ancc, $2,000 1he \ppltton (\\ IS ) Chall company'" plant was burned on Dtccmbu Ie) fhc 10'-,", almo'-,t total, 1'-,e"i1mated at $25,- 000, etlld 0\\ 111<:; tu the Ide t that thc company expected to mm c m fdnUdl}, 11edl1y all of tht tll"l11anCe had been dropped. iJy carrying the ONE-PIECE PORCELtlINllNED WONrIRD CLERNRBLE WR ITE FOR CATALOGUE GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR CQ GRAND RAPID."3. f\IICH. 25 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES OF REfRIGERATORS CHALLENGE REFRIGERATOR CO. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. AT RIGHT PRICES ::'t<ND F, R 1'.EW CAT~LOGl'E A"'D LET US NAME YOU PRIel< Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Reszdettces-Atlanta, Ga - J C Rathers, 5 Gal den street $2,500; C. F. Rogers, 196 Oak "tl cct, $2,500, ~II s T D, "on, 236 Atwood stleet, $2,500, III"" L Helma, 140 Clescent a,c-nue, $4,500; D. H. ~Iean", Racmc st! eet, $3 500 1 ::\1 Bl 0" n 816 South Gordon stl eet, $4000, ::\lrs C H Dozlel, 76 Washington street, $6,500. BIGcklyn, N Y -IVlllIam IVagnel, 599 BushwICk clve-nue, $3,000; J. F. Kendall. 330 East Ei~hteenth Stl eet, ~8 000. M F Torpe}, 5S:; Pro"opelt a, CI1l1C $5,000, F 0 POlL', 34 TIffany place, $5,000, M lhenenstock, 1238 Thlrt}-cll.;bth street, $7,000, A J RadclIffe, 1934 rledford el\ U1UC, S4, ;00 Canton. Ill- [' 11 Chapman 11m St1cet ,md c.:,u (11th avenue, $3,000 ChIcago, Ill-John Splrkel, 4447 \01th l\lUltna ~tl('ct $5,500; EdwalCl E ('aIrIer, 1420 II est Se,ent\ fil~t qreet $3,000; Leon Levy, 21;9 L\ddison a\ el1lle, 9;6,800; \u~ust Dickenson, 4143 Nnt th Flftv-first avenue, $5,000; Charles Holman, 4508 West End avenue, $12000, l\lcholas II ,df, 4030 Clarendon avenue, $12,000, Leo KipkO\\ skJ 1'lot] \nrth Paulina street, $9,000; Joseph 1 Vtlna, 4317 \\ est Tackson street, $4,500; Dr. :McGlenn, 4330 IVashlllgtc1J1 houleval d $8,000. CinCInnati, O.-S D Cooper, Cltfton and 110erlIn a, e nues. $6,000; Louise Klein, Jerome and 'Vatfield a\ enl1e~ $3,000; George Haas, Knox avenlle and Beekman "otlct $2- 500; MI' L \V vValdron, Palk and }\[yrtle avenlles 9); 000 C~e\eland, 0 - \meha illurman 3236 ,Vest lourteenth street, $.\000; Charles Hearn, lOS;; Remmgton street, $2500 Anna L Taylor, 12601 Launcelot a, enue, $2. SOD rrank Hal t man, 1605 East Ninety-seventh street, $5,000, Hem) Hart man, 1107 East BOlllevard, $10,000, C \ Ta) lor, S16 Ea"t 108' h stl eeL $6,000, Dl C Dlfford, 2266 West Nlllety-eighth st! eet $3000 "-(,], mbu~ 0 - II all.;alet 0 Rockwell, 61 Sherman street, <::;2~00 D1 f'dmstun, 961 West Iltoad stIeet, $6,000; J II DlCh 1 ..,~2 ] a..,t Second dVenue, $2,500, \1' 0 Ferrell, 2300 Sulln ,\11t ,1\ enue, $2,500 l)el1\ Cl, lul-R liT. SmIth, Gaylord and Twenty-sixth Stl ee', 5;2500 J W Fletchel, South Ogden and Arizona ~U('ph S.? :;00, ITIS H. \Ihuckle, South Ogden and Kentucky "tlept'-, ~2,:;00, \ L. Woodhdm"o, Suuth YOlk and Alameda "tr ell' S;,OOO, ILLY Lehman, rOUl th dvenuc and DetI Olt stl cd" S::3,000, :Nfls T C 11lOwn, 628 Logan street, $2,500 !1l1r(Jll Illd> -C!Jadcs T Duff). [101ton street and ()akL nd d\ U1UC "'~,f)00, ~ F. Larpentel, 448 Twenty-third sUept S?600 \ B Palke, Gal field elVentle and Ellery street, $4 :;10, Tohn ~he\\ It/. Ll\lll~"ton and IIastl11gs streets, $6,- 200, 10hn VIUlI, 1403 IVabash a,enue, $8,000; Lilhe Belle Camp ')ell. Cavall) and Cadet streets, $4,000; E H Brown, 218 ::- ( t 'en street, $6,000, T J Fnt/, 174 Baldwlll street, $3,000, Tohn P Dinan, Porter street and Trumbull avenue. <:I;9,00l' Grand RapId" MICh --11r" A r Spauldmg. 244 Gld-dlllt;" e1\ fnue, $2 ;00; Toseph London, 29 Na)lm avenue, $7,- 500 I B Peck, 204 Eastern avenue, $2,500; Jacob Baker, 148 I llamas street ~2,500, S \ Swalt, 39 \fa~old street, $4,- 000 T r 1 hOl11p"on, 29 \Ve1l1l1gton place, $2,500 Tlou~ton, 1 (" - II' T 'Yllson, Cong-I e"os and York street, ~2,:;00, II llltam \ \Vllson, Fuc1id avenue, Wood-land ,fttg-ht" $4;00, ld,\ald Daltholomew. 780 CapItol ave-nue S.? ;00, C III Bocock 217 ['1 anns street. $2,500 Indlanapohs, Ind--Iv H Pfeffley 355 Bancroft ')treet, ~3,20 '. ( B Spann, 2935 IVa"ohll1l.;"tonboulevard, $4,000, Vl WEEKLY ARTISAN A. B",nda, East Mlchigan t>treet, $2,500; Edmund Itel, Isa-bella 'lnd Twenty-fifth Stl eets, $2,500. Hntc-hl11son, Kan - '\ J \Vilhams 392 Felt>t Eleventh e1\enllC, $2,500, 'IV If Cald\\ eU, 42; \\ est C::eHnth avenue $2,500 Jacksonv11le, Fla-J\I P \ndel, Cleveland sUeet and Kl11g'o load, $2,500, G F Yngent, Oak street and Kl11~'s load, $2 SOO; R. A. Kornegay, 227 Hubbard stleet, $3,000 W J Cowels, Seventh and Laura stl eets, $.3,500, T 11 Blodgett, Cedar and CarDEn a streets $12,000 L011sville, Ky - \Vllliam Klem. 518 Third stJ eet $4,000 I 0" Angeles Cal-I:d\\ 111 Dentha111, 4S49 Lockwood a\ en11e, $2,500, Charles Campbell, 1009 Los '\ngeles "tl eet $3,500, A A Hopkms, 744 rast T\\ ent) -fifth "treet, $2,500 ::\11s II D \V11ha111s, 761 Otta\\a stleet $2,100, CaIne J <::)1111t9l\05 Hal \ al d st1 eet. $3,000, C F I \ baJ Q er, 944 F1an C1SCOstleet, $2,100 L Paullahn 1841 IfontJu:Uo avenue $3,SOO \Tmneapohs, 11111n -Don~Lls \ Flske, 14 tIC,hth "tJ cd $13,onf); D H DUl)Ca, 34S3 FJC1110nt a\ cnlle, 9)2 SOO C; 1 Bakke, 2604 Clm3:';o 3\ UHle $6,300, ,Tl s lhIda l' \'n"Llf "on, 2g?? JIumboldt el\ eUllC, $2,500 011 e,ha, '\I'eb1 -0 C B1adfOld 402 South Thi1h nmt11 street, $10,000, Charles D McLaughhn, 3184 Larimore a\ e nue, $2,500; Paul Bogard, 3408 Cass avenue, $3,000 Philadelphia, Pa -Dorothea Rlllger, 894 North Slxth street, $3,000; Philip Cohen, East\\ ick avenue and Eighty-fourth street, $4,800; George F. Heath, Eighty-fourth "treet and Bre" ster avenue, $4,500; Harry Eisen, 28 "AIest Columbia avenue, $3,000 Portland, Ore,-Martin Johlbon, East Twenty-third and Sumcer streets, $2,500; D H Ryan, East Forty-sixth street and Sandy road, $2,500; T H Harnos, 891 \Vlihams avenue, $4,800; A. L Mc-Kenzal, 408 East Twenty-fourth street, $5,- 000. Sal+ Lake Clty, Utah -Frank Do} e1, 669 G Street. $2,- 500; A ugust Matson, 1098 South \Vl11dsor St1eet, $2,500; C E. Carlson, 1132 East FoUl th stJ eet, $3,000, J ol1n Coulam 60 Sc uth Eighth Fast street, $4,000 S...tn Diego, Cal- T. ::VI: Rarnhart Third and Spruce streeb, $5,000; \ M .McCorkle Thil tJeth and Redwood streeet -', $2,500, Henry Pun lel, Campus and T) leI streets, $6,500. San AntonlO, Texas -:\11'5 Pearl Coleman 111, :\Ilstletoe a\ enue, $2,800, \\ "Y Hood, 327 Tamauhpa::, '-.trect, $3,000, J\Il" \ B Caldel, 272 SKmne1 a \ cnne, $4,000 "ou1h Bend, Ind-LOllI" HlcKcy, 52 S01lll '-,treet. $6,- 399 Young"town, 0 --Kaney Thompson, 216 l\Jarwn elvenue. $2,500; J E Kanc, 422 Lexm~ton a\ enue, $3,000 Miscellaneous Building- -I~c\ P \ Flanag-an has a pel ln1t frj a $15,000 church to be bUllt on FCJ\\ler and Twent)- eighth "tJeets Omaha, Nel) A pel1111t has heen l""ued fO! the el ecl1011 of the Lhlllc11 of the \tonemcnt at 5757 Ken mOLe a\ enue, rhlcd~o eo"t $18,000 The L n10n of Amell ean Hebre\\ a"SOCla110ns al c el ectmg an ad 111 1111 stratlOn buildtnS;, hbraly, chapel, ete, on Chiton a\ enne, Cincll1nati, 0, at a cost of $200,000 \Vllham Bnrblldge l~ bl1llehm; a $100,000 hotel on Clay and Fors)th '-,tlects Jad,sol1\ lUe, Fia Contracts ha\ e be<>n a\\ al decl fell the ClectlOn of a court hc\) "e at Portland, Ore at a co"t of $22S'000 W. C. Baer & Son have opened a new furniture store in York, Neb. THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt With double arbors, shdmg table and equipped complete With taper pm guages carefully graduated. Th:s machme represents the height m saw bench con struchon It IS deSigned and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write us for descriptiVe InformatIOn. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN. --~_._._.--_.--- I• II I POLISHES Quality and Economy I,: Two excellent reasons for using the II Excelsior or W'orld s II I Fair Polish I I II I III II I IIII on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 2S years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices a ld send for sample before placing your next order. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. I COMPANY, I 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. II I,. .. 27 " 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Upper Berths '~Till Cost Le~s. Dl"patche,; flam \\ a"h111"tUl1 "tdte that the nu\ Pullman ,.,leepmg car lates vVlll pl0babh ~u mtu ehee t thl()u~h JUt the U11lted States on or hefOlC TanUal\:?O Ihc Illtu~t,ltC Com-merce CommlsslOn toda\ handed elm\ n Ib I u1ll1i:; h"1l1"': the chal ges f01 uppel Pullman bel ths at 80 per cen t ol thc eh<llbe made for lowel bel ths and ha" gl\ en tent,ttl\ e appl (]I ,d to a new schedule of lates filed]y\ the Pullman company tu ~(\ 11110 effect thlOlHshout the entll CL l11tecl State" Ol1Ol lxtOl c the date named The Pullman compam ha,; accepted the COil elu ~tr J11" of the comml';';lOn 111\'vhat a1 e kl1o\\ 11d" the T uttu" ca"c, tllctt the I aies fm lonf; db tanle" on 10v\et bel th s ,,110\11(1be 1ed ue eel and that alluppet-betth" lates should be teduecc1 It 1':0 c"tl mated that the lcdultton \\ hlch melude" ,d1 ol thc 1118.11lt1l1e lalltoads of the L11lted States e,cept1l1g the \e\\ lld\ Cll I 18.r1. $5.25 EACH Quuter sa""ed veneer back and seat Height of back 26 IOche' Wld,h of "'at. 20 mches Fmls~ed Golden Oak PolISh d Sh,pped K D No. 420 Oak Rocker flat Weight. 27 rounds 'JIorw/lfaflukctun/lR co.. Grand Rapjds,Mich. tht (,1 Lelt \urthClll a11C]the \lthvdl'kee & ~t Paul, WIll effect ,l nc t I edncilOn of 11e'tlly $1 '100,000 annually 111the company's ~!(h" ll1C0l11C fhc rZoch \\ ell ),Ial1utaltullng C011lpany of ),1alvel11, Ark., h,1\ C clbpoe,ecl o! then "creen busmess at that p0111t, having "old to othel "C1 een 111telce,ts They have retamed their plant 111iact dud al e um"tdell11g a PlOpo';ltlOn to manufacture t111nlt111e j hie plant n{ !11e \me1llan ParlOi Flame company at Ph mouth \\ 1" \\ a" comp1ctely destroyed by fire on De-l unhu 13 I 0"" $18,000. m"lll anLe. $14,000 The factory, \\ hlc h h,td ]JCen m opel a tlOn onl) a fev, months WIll be re-lnlllt A, PETERSEN & COMPANY Manufacturers of the BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of Office Desks In the Country, Large number of new patterns now being added, ready January 1st, will be shown in our new catalogue. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 430 Arlllour St., CHICAGO, ILL, 111~ IS nO\\ occcupied, most of the Ime" "hown are made in CmcmnatI, but se, eral southern bl tOIles a1e 1epresented. The People's Fmmture and Ca1pet company and the U11l0n Outfittm~ company of Omaha Neb, hay e heen con- "ohdated under the latter name, and" 111mm e mto a new hll11dinc; on c,lxteenth and J acl,.son stt eet" eally m Tanuary A t the annual meetmg of the Ohio Hotel association in Dayton, Decemhe1 IS R. F. Somerv111e, seCletary of the Oh1O Lomme1 ual Travelers, delivered an add1 ess, in which he m g cd the hotel men to p10vide nine-feet sheets and in-d1\ 1dual towel" w1thout hemg 1equired to do so by state law. Representat1\ es of commercIal organizations, wholesalers and retaIlers, from Kansas C1ty. <::;tJoseph, Sioux City and other points on the :M1ssotll1 11\er, held a secret meeting at Omaha on Decemhe1 15 fm the purpose of considering ways and means to force a reduct10n m ratlroad freight rates be-b\ een lVI1SS01lnri, er points and the Atlantic coast cities CmcmnatI manufacturers are reported as having had a husy fall Most of them have had much better business than VI' as antIcipated at the close of the summer sales season, among thes ebemg the Sextro .Manufacturing company, the Modern rur11ltme company, the SchIrmer Furniture company, Phoe11lx l\lanufactunng company and Charles Kaiper's Sons The t\lgentme Mm1st1Y of Agnculture states that 13,716,- OOS aC1es have been SOVvn with flaxseed th1S season, and that ov\m~ to droughts there wIll be only an average crop of about 800,000 tons, the quantIty avaIlable for export bemg about 700,000 tons A promment Buenos Aires cereal exporting firm estimates that about 900,000 tons will be avaIlable for exp01 t. TheIr harvest comes in January. Charles M. F1isse, a Democ1at, elected to represent the EvansvIlle d1StllCt m the Ind1ana leg1slatm e, is a promment fm11ltm e manufacturer He has been the head of the World Fwmture company, recently merged 111 the Globe-World- Doose company Mr Fnsse IS brw,ht, keen, ene1getlc and capable m e\ e1y sense and hIS man) hlends e'Cpect him to make a bIg mark on the HOOSIer statutes. \ Vholesale mall 01der houses ha \ e f01med a strong as-socIation wIth Ed\\ard D Butler of Butlel Bros, Chicago, as presIdent for the purpose of opposmg" the parcels post. Their alleged mot1ve IS to prey ent the ehmmat10n of the country merchants The orgam7at1On was completed at a meetmg held m ChIcago recently. It IS called the League of Ameri-can vVholesale assoclat1Ons and IS saId to have about 300 members. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS ] Tolmes Batle, has pUll hased Fl ank Fowler's furniture 'Ot01e at F1t-.her, III F VV. Km~don has pt1llilased the undertakm~ business of F. R Blatt at Cullom, Ill. Biebel t 8-. 11lesen hay e suc-ceeded T K T·Ll!den furni-ture dealel at He1hert, Saskatcl1e\\an Easte1 n manufactm ers and ]ohbe1 s 1eport something like a revlVal m the demand fm hrass heds The Fvan svtlle, Ind, furnitl11 e fact01 ies al e nearly all 1unnm~ full tIme Wd.h a full complement of men A C Robertson, furniture deale1 of vVinnipeg, Man, is closmg out hIS stock and wtll retn e from the business. Palme1 8-. vVebel succeed Bel g eron ~ Malloy in the re-taIl fm mture and ha1 dware busmess at Rancier, 1\1mn The t\l1mgton Refllge1atol company of \rlington, Vt, have opened a New YOlk office at 7 East Forty-second street. vV G KllH;. mattress manufactt1ler of Ham11ton Ont. has made an assu;nment to l' T l\1lddleton. Llah1lities $1,600; assets, $1,100 Tile Economy Fl11mtul e company of Cle, eland, heen mcorpOl ated hy t\1fred t\ Benesch and others stock, $10,000 The Henderson hy Edwa1 d Ploe~e1 ItS full capacity. F1nest KnH"ge, Hem y Moh1 hussen and De1l1ard Schmidt have pl11chased George B Hoppel's furmtme and hardware busmess at Lagrange, Te'C. The addItIon to the plant of the vVorld-Bosse-Globe com-pany of Evans\ ille, Ind , is now occupied, 150 additional men ha\m~ heen added to the force A new hotel erected at Port \ntonio, Jamaica, furnished and owned hy Amellcans, wtll open f01 busmess about Janu-dry 20 The cost of the building V\ as $175,000 The plant of the l\1uskogee Fl11mture company at Musk-ogee, Okla , wtll be enlal ged and eql11pped \\ lth ne\\ machin- (1) m the neal futl11e T. H Dedellis the general manager. The Stemm an & Meyer Furmture company of Cmcinnati, 0, are bmldmg a five-story addItion to then factory on Y01k street. It WIll be 60 x 67 feet and of fire-proof construc-t10n The SkandIa Furnitm e company, the Ro) al Mantel com-pany and the Co-operative Furniture company of Rockford III , will show then Imes m the l\J ew Yark Furmture Exchange next month. Manufacturel s are hUSlly engaged m closing up the year's business w1th the semi-annual tak1n~ an account of stock d1rectly m hand Samples for the sprin~ season also claIm atten t10n Carl, Hall y and Oscar, retaIl furl11ture dealers of Hop- .. kms'l11e, Ky, hay e 1t1corporated the11 bl1s1l1ess l1nde1 the name of the Keach FUlmtme compan), \"lth cap1Lal stock fixed at $42,300 Fme furmture \\ as ,ery ececttvely dIsplayed in the up-holstery and rug depa1 tments of N evvcomb, Endicott & Co's. department store, DetlO1t, on the occasion of the opening of their new building. The Preston Furniture company, dealers of Birmingham, Ala, who were burned out recently, have had their insur-ance adjusted and hay e resumed Dl1SmeSS WIth a larger and better stock than the) had before the fire. R W. FIske, manager of the Ohio Valley Furniture ExhIbition, Cincinnati, reports that a11 space in the big build- 0, has Capital (Ky) Desk company's factory, managed of E\an-,vllle, Ind, is now 1unning to II'yOBll i%tn1e7yCYgarnitilre~ f!/Oll willezyoy.Pe11ing the Line 0/ GRAND RRPIDS FrIN CY FURNITURE C~ -GE-T--THE CRTHLOGUE GRRND RlWlDS,MICH. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---_._----------------_.-- . I QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'T IT TOO BAD-People wonder where theIr prohts are gOIng when the trouble usually hes In poor eqUIp-ment. A little foresIght In the begInnIng would have saved them dollar,--a httle more money In-vested at the start in "OUVER" "QUALITY" eqUIpment Some manufacturers of wood workIng tools shght theIr output by puttIng m poor matenals-emploYIng poor workmen-sImply to be able to make a httle more proht. "Ohver" tools are bUll, along machIne toollmes-careful-accurate -durable-safe. Some purchasers fall to InvestIgate thoroughly before plaCIng their order Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase somethIng-they go ahead-hnd out too lak they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thmkmg-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No. 61 Surfacer A Sample of Good Salesmanship. Old fashIOned metal or glass handle~ are belL bttle n~ed 111 tnmmmg f Ull11ture " prom1l1en! 111annfactm cr \\ d~ caught wlth several hundl cd dl essel s on hand when the wood l~llob came so suddenly and so generally mto use and could not dIspOse of the same. They encumbered the floors of the wareroom and were a source of expense and annoyance Upon the occasion of a VISIt of one of the salesmen to the factory the proprietor spoke of the unsaleable dressers and asked the salesman to make a speCIal effort to move them. A few weeks later the salesman learned of an order that would be placed by the budder of a hotel located 111 another state and re-solved to visit hIm. Arnv1I1g 111 the cIty of the hotel bUIlder he called upon a local dealer and learned that he had not at-tempted to secure the order. "Let's go and see the man. I think we can sell h1m," the trave1111g agent remarked. The hotel budder had receIved sample cases from a number of manufacturers and hJ.d abom deCIded to place an order, but would consider what tht ne"" arnvdl had to offer. The ments of the speCIal lot of cases were dIscussed and a pllce named that sounded good, but the hotel bUIlder dId not feel dIsposed to consIder cases that were proVIded WIth brass ball handles 111- sitead of wood knobs Then the travelmg salesman played his trump card. "For ordinary use," he explained, "wood knobs on drawers are desirable, but for hotel purposes the brass ball IS superior. The drawers of hotel furniture are used much more than the drawers of case work 111 the pnvate home. TranSIent guests are not always careful Now I'll show you how eaSIly the wood knobs will break." The young man possesses a sb ong arm and a very power-ful grip, it is well to explain. Going to one of the sample cases submitted by a competitor of the job, he took hold of one of the OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES " I III III II I,I!•!I CO., :.1 "" W~>T om,l. $C, to. A.," ••, <:'1. I PaCIfic Btd .... Seattle. Wash , II -~ "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT. OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES- 1&tNatIonal Bank Bldg. ChIcago. tu No 50 Church St. New York CIty. \\ood hnobs, clushed It, \\ rung H from the case and threw It on the floor r he hotd budc1u \\ a" conVInced ,ll1d bought the case, WIth the brass handles 1he \ oung salesman remarked later that luckIly the knob was cut out of rotten wood, else he mIght not have taken the order. The local agent "came across" for the usual commission M. Bromberg is a new furniture dealer at Roseville, Cal. ~------------ -- 4 _ ,1 ,,•I II1I ,II I II1I II I~----------._-------------- We Manufacture tlJe Larl!ett LlDe of Folding Chairs In the Umted States, sUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-crs and all pub1Jc resorts We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Sprmg Beds, Cots and CrIbs m a large varIety Send for Catalogue and P,.tces to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO I.. WEEKLY ARTISAN '1 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG m JANU1ARY 15th If you place the order with us by December 27th W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRApE. I 32 • WEEKLY ARTISAN ,...-------------_. ------rl-.---. -- ..lilL.ifilli .... '" lil • .., I Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED POSITION As supenntendent of furlllture factory, by man now em-ployed Large expenence m case work Address "A B," care MIchIgan Artisan. 12 24tf COMMISSION SALESMEN WANTED For MIchIgan, Oh1O, IndIana, I1lmOls and all western tern-tory. Parlor and LIbrary Tables, Bedroom Furmture, Dm mg ChaIrs and KItchen Cabmets HIgh grade lmes at nght pnces. Address R & M , care Weekly Artisan 12-23 4t WANTED Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mall. Our course of instruction is just the thing for superintendents. foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing. Dept. L.• Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o w. tf WANTED CombmatlOn salesman, manager and estImator for bank fix-tures and cabmet work plant m Mmneapohs. State expen-ence, salary and reference Address M. A. T., care Weekly ArtIsan Co. 12 17-24-31 FOR SALE We ha"e a fully equIpped Boat Factory situated in the heart of the lake regIOn of Wlsconsm and SUItable for the manu-facture of large pleasure crafts. Also SUItable for any hght manufactunng busmess. Good shlppmg faclhtIes and well lo-cated. Will sell cheap Here IS your chance If you mean busmess, address for full partIculars the Rhmelander Boat Company, Rhmelander, WIS 12 17-24-31 1-7 WANTED. Supermtendent m furmture factory wants pOSItIon, mIddle aged man of vaned expenence, good mechamc, draftsman and machine man. Conversant WIth all kmds of cabmet work Address "Craftsman," care Weekly ArtIsan. 12-10tf WANTED. A No. 1 men to handle strong and complete lme of spring beds as SIde lme, for Iowa, Wlsconsm, IllinOIS, MIchigan, Ohio. Must have acquamtance WIth furmture trade. Ad-dress "Spring Beds," care Weekly ArtIsan 12-10tf WANTED. CommercIal salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and hnes car-ried. Address "Map", care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelinl?; salesman to carry a lme of Reed Rockers and Chairs in IndIana and Illmois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near", care Weekly Arttsan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishin2; best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York states and can guarantee results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michi2;an town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. • New York Markets. New York, Dec 23-Dullness IS expected in the hard-wood lumber trade at the close of the year and the current month has been no e'\.ceptIon to the rule. The dispositIOn on the part of buyers to hold off untIl after the holidays is even more apparent than usual. vVhIle some reports from the south and west mdlcate a shght llTlprOvement m the demand, It is evident that there \\ 111be no general mcrease m activity until about the middle of January or perhaps latel At pre,,- ent "waiting for the new year" describes the condition of the trade thoughout the country. Linseed oIl is still a matter of much mterest The in-terest, however, is not of the kmd that makes business It IS of the inactive kind that simply induces men to \\ atch the market. Business IS of small volume, ~ith the buyers \\ altmg for lower pnces. The card 1ates, based on 93 @ 94 cents for both city and western raw have not been changed thIS week, but crushers are known to have shaded theIr figures a cent or more without increasing their sales. "I••I• II ••I European plan-$100 I and more Every modern I comfort and eqUIpment. : ThIS hoslelry has created I a new standard III Grand RapIds It has been aptly II called "the somewhat dIfferent holel .. II.. 11;rr ktmrr :Afaximum Comfort at :Arinimum 1L;ntrl 1L;rrktmrr GRAND RAPIDS. MICH Co s t Old EnglIsh. Colomal, and MISSIOnDeSIgnrestaur-ants. CUIsme and serVIce of marked excellence Moderate prices,-- everything rrght. You can pay double our rates for your accommodahons, but you can't get anythmg belter. 11;ntrl Convement to Umon Stahon, shops, theatres, furmture bUlldmgs. etc. mam car hnes to all parts of the CItypass our door TUlpentme has been steady throul',hout the week the only change m pI ICes bemg an advance of half a cent on Tuesday Today's quotatIOns are 79 cent:" here and 7S}4 @ 76 at Savannah Thele is a steady demand WIth a faIr vol-ume o± lmc,l11ess at these pnces "heILl( and vaIl11sh gums are dull at fmmel quotatIOns, lIttle mtel e~t bel11g malllfested m elthel commodIty QuotatIOns 011 uJldalSe are higher The demand from COlbUl1lCl~ IS !I~ht and trade m the johhmg lme IS dull India tllme \0" -1-V to 6, IS qnoted at 8 @; 80 cenb, !IiSht, 9; hlle \ ° 18 11 @ lly B C twme, No 18, 1S0 @ 16 Jute \\ 1appm~ t\\ mes, 2 to 6 ply, 9;10 @ 10 cents Enrlap,,; al e eaSIer WIth a shght dec1me m pllces on 70- ounce ~ood,,; \\ hleh al e now ,,;old at 360. EIght-ounce goods al e stIll held at 37; and lO)/,-ounce at 47; The volnme of bn,,;mec;::, I~ !I~ht thou~h an mcrease in the number of in- Cjl1111esIS 1epol ted . "heet /mc tm \\ h1(h 10\\ Cl pnces have heen predIcted is ~tlll film at S77; pel cnt fob PCln Ill, \'Ith 8 per cent (!I,,((mnt Index to Advertisements. -\l11n c; L~ J Ii y to> Comp'lJl\ D 11it n II H &. c:,on ( H1PdJl' Bo\ niol1 cl( Co (e-ntw\ 1Ulnltule C'Olnpan-\ (hlC<.le,O 1\111101 nl ~ll Gl'1.<::c;(omp'l.rn C'llllSUanSPl1 ( C01110\ D L ulmtUJe (o-rrDanv EniflpJl<;P PallOl tUJl tne C'om.p"Ll1J Fr'll1Cl <; Char Ies 1'..... Campau\ FreeDman Brothll <; (ompanJ Galloway Glas~ C01npan-\ Grand RapIds Brass Company Gr'lnrl RapIds Chall Compan\ Gland RapIds Fanc\ FUlllltule Com.p'll1} 01 eon l\.Ianufactunng (ODI)) Illy C'1 CLn{lTIaplds Refl1g 1'ltOl (ompal1\ GI and RapId.:;;: veneer "\\ 01 ks HIlls Clarence R Hotel lIerklDleI TInpel13,1 rurnltUI e Compan\ Karpen S 8.., Bras L'l" 1enC'p VI:cF'1c1den Compdn-s Lucp rurnlturc Company LuC'c HenT'10nc1 ChaIr ('or:rp in \ \{ac1uen Thomas Clan ~ ( ) "\!'11lf'tta PaInt a 1( (010 C'01npa 1\ ,T II \ 01 1tianufaC't 11111 (oDlpan "\[lchl~an Ch'lll (oDlp<.ln\ "\1 clllg' 1I1 r::n~l 1\ 11..., (ompanv "\11">('lIqneous '.,pISOll l\I.lttel J< UJ mtul ( (o111pany '.,lemann T'1ble ('amp r\ '.,orthpl11 rUlll1tul (Offill"\ l' te ~Pll \ <-'L Co r 1 I J 1 (h'll ll1 I I u mtule C'omp'll1\ T'o 1 fm 1 ....,IPCllOl r1..l! ItUIP ({) llpau, Po 0:11 Ch'll ()111p un Po a.l T Ulnltulc (Olupar" ....c.1.. 011(>1 Henly ('0111pdn\ ...t.o..\.\ 'L Da\ s "f.Ulwtll (OlllPl11\ ~~ it ~lank ~ & Son Tauber "\1aullcP <-'L ('0 ~l1lOn rUl111tUT( (ompan\ (Rockfold) Waddell Manufactul1ng Company Walter B & Co Walter Clark Veneer Company ........ 1 1, 20 13 18 24 22 7 15 .. 14 9 8 10 20 17 11 14 6 25 Cover Cover 29 18 2') 9 23 32 28 Cover 4 4 17 19 28 1 (lover 32, "1 COVPl 28 10 12 o2 ----------- No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN , . ..I ,8e-ecia/ists fQ tneJi'urniture TPade. ; MICHIGAN E,NGeAVING CO.GRAND RAPIDS. ,.... , - ,... t ---_._--- -- ------,--------------_._----------- ,I• SENSATIONAL NEW OFFERINGS I BIG PROFIT IN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY I• MEDIUM PRICES !•f •III I II I• I II• I pay BECAUSE THEY DON'T SELL. The North- I,,,III,i I I I II during the past" year, has almost entirely made over our line, and we shall show at the winter exhibitions at II Grand Rapids, New York and Chicago, I,I• ,, II!I II I,fI •III If you want to make money in the furniture business, buy quality, brain labor-durable fin-ish, artistic designs, prompt (expert) shipments. Cheap imitations at a few cents lower price never ern motto- "WE SELL ONLY QUICK SELLERS" means expert workmanship, no more cost to you, and two or three dollars more from your cus-tomer, with a quick sale. OUR NEW DESIGNER SOME STRIKING NOVELTIES that every furniture buyer will want to see. Half our new catalogue to be issued in January, will show new designs. These new offerings will only emphasize and develop to a sensational point the fresh and popular styles shown last summer-such as our white enamel bed with cane head and foot boards, our bpautiful colonial bed in imitation mahogany on gum, to which the retail trade has taken very readily_ Our forthcoming designs are SIMPLE, CLASSIC, ATTRACTIVELY NEW, we shall show finishes never before offered in medium grades of furniture-in short, we shall give you BRAINS FOR YOUR MONEY, and make the NORTHERN the LEADING BEDROOM FURNITURE HOUSE as for years it has been head and shoulders above all competitors on dining room suites_ I III II i ~--------------~---------------------------------~_._.-----------------------------------------~ NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It began publication in 1936. and MAGAZINE F. W. de la MARE . . . versatility built at the bench (See page 17) Two dollars a year 20 cents a copy AUGUST • 1937 Grand Rapids, M i c h i g a n l1TIWIITiTTmiViirm*iiCMrhHir'rt"rfiTlPiii i'TIHill IITTII PRESENTING New Interpretations of the Old Masters THERE is no substitute for careful thought and thorough research behind quality furniture design. There can be no concession to hurried, harried "mass" production methods in the lexicon of our master craftsmen. Every John Widdicomb creation must ring true to our every exacting test . . . to our severe requirements for sound, seasoned woods; for sturdy and enduring structure; for life-long beauty of finish; for pre-eminence of interpretative designs. JOHN WIDDICOMB COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. Factory Showroom, 601 Fifth St. New York Showrooms No. 1 Park Ave. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE NOTICE—- All prices quoted on illustrative and advertising pages in Fine Furniture are "number"-(double whole-sale)- thus making the.; cost to legitimate home-furnishing merchants one-half the quoted prices, subject to regular terms. PLEASE REMOVE THIS SLIP— upon opening Fine Furniture so that the magazine may be used freely with the consuming trade. Due to price increases announced by manufac-turers, prices quoted are subject to change without notice. to the HUNDREDS of Representative Buyers from 44 states, the District of Columbia and three Provinces of Canada, who visited the 120th semi-annual mar-ket in Grand Rapids and purchased THOUSANDS of dollars' worth of the Nation's finest furniture • • . Thanks a MILLION GRflfiD RflPIDS fURfllTURE EKPOSITIOn flSSOCIATIOn HENRY III:K>I \ \ CHAS. F. CAMPBELL President Secretary We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURXITURE FINE FURNITURE CHARACTER IN FURNITURE FINISH Is that undefinable, illusive some-thing that hallmarks better finished furniture with a higher degree of appeal. CHARACTER FINISHED FURNITURE radiates distinctive individuality — uniqueness in charm. Inspires last-ing pride of possession. THIS UNIQUE CHARM — INDIVIDU-ALITY— CHARACTER IN FURNI-TURE FINISH IS ATTAINABLE WITH OUR CHARACTER BUILT-IN PROD-UCTS and simple ivorking instructions — with materials formulated to meet most rigid requirements of exacting furniture craftmasters. The present day demand for better finished jurniture is greater than ever before. We are prepared to help you fulfill that demand. Let our Finishing Laboratory assist you in solving your finishing problems. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan FlN€ FURNITURC the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center of America VOLUME 2 1937 NUMBER 8 GEORGE F. MACKENZIE. President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE, E d i t o r -AUGUST-The Boiling Wake 4 Page Nine 9 Confidence in Fall Business Keys Summer Markets, by Rod Mackenzie 10 Chinese Motifs Aid in Selling, by Phyllis Field Cooper. . . 13 The Sketch Book, by Frederick de la Mare 17 When We're "In On the Finish", by Ruth Mclnerney. . . . 18 Customer Control and How to Handle It, by Ralph Spangler 19 Courtesy Pays Dividends 22 Colonianna 23 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 25 PWA Projects Open New Markets 26 Of Screen Protectors, by Chet Shafer 27 Homefurnishing News 28 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: R.K.O. Bid., 1270 Sixth Ave., Room 906, New York City, phone CIRcle 7-4339, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CJENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE f o r AUGUST, 1937 So are your customers! ESTEY'S new Eighteenth Century groups insure acceptance by your better clientele, because every requirement of style, construction and finish has been achieved, through improved production efficiency, thereby making possible superlative values at practically the same prices. DISPLAYED IN WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING ESTEY MANUFACTURING CO. OWOSSO MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE THE BOILING WAKE The Pleasure Is Ours I want to express my appreciation to you for the splendid article about me that ap-peared in the June issue of FIXE FURNITURE magazine. It is almost embarrassing to be so flattered and featured in one's own busi-ness circles. The whole thing comes at a very opportune time. F. E. H.. Hastings, Mich. A "We Are Six" Scores I read AVith much interest and enjoyment the article, "We Are Six." by Ruth Mclner-ney, which appeared in your June-July issue. I think the sales tips could very well be used in selling other lines of merchandise also, and am adding the article to my per-sonal file. This "Customer's Viewpoint" series is cer-tainly a good idea. Nothing quite like get-ting outside of your product and taking a good look. It is a bright spot in your very readable book. R. X., Chicago. We're Overcome To my way of thinking, the value of any publication, national magazine or trade journal, is in direct proportion to editorial content of that publication. Having just finished looking over carefully your June- July issue. I feel that it is outstanding in its interesting features and really packed with important helpful editorial matter. For this reason I feel it not only shows splendid progress, but that it is definitely outstanding in the monthly field. (3. A. \V., Grand Rapids. Are You Sure? Your new feature entitled ''What Do You Know?" is both interesting and educa-tional. It is also extremely aggravating, as many of the questions are actually easy, but under pressure of bearing down for the test we have lound that those of us who worked on it. missed out '.m several obvious answers. Keep it up. L. B. T.. Jackson, Mich. To the Deserving We are in receipt of your recent letter and wish to tender our thanks for your recom-mendation of our merchandise to the R. L. Stephens Department Store of Dublin, Ga. \\ e. quite naturally, feel that our mer-chandise is of superior quality and that dealers could do no better than to deal with us; but that you. who must have a rather vast store of information pertaining to all types of furniture, should care to recommend our product to inquiring dealers is extremely gratifying. We are sincerely appreciative and assure you we will justify your action by our service and good furniture. May we again thank you and assure you of our cooperation at all times. F. C. C, Chicago. 0 Quiz Scrapbook As a suggestion for salesmen's scrapbooks, we would like to offer this one, namely, that they keep the questions and answers of your •'What Do You Know?" feature. We hope you arc going to make this a regular one. M. X., Tulsa, Okla. Lighting Is Illuminating We found the article by Helen McKinky on using light to increase sales as most illuminating. (We didn't mean to become facetious!) More articles of this nature would be welcome, we are sure, and espe-cially when written by an authority such as Miss McKinlay. One of our problems has been the lightmg of our store windows, avoiding reflections, etc.. and we think articles along these lines would be greatly appreciated. R. A. S., Schenectady, N. Y. ENSATX Of the Grand Rapids Market A REAL PROMOTIONAL GROUP Our construction cannot be beat; solid mahogany frames, moss and hair-filled, springs tied eight ways, ' M I ' ' ' . • ' - - .-. 1 "'l i!' I . I K ' M I J . •>.! -:en platform • i ' ' i i i i •>." I . I i . 1 ^ ' . - . DISPLAY 6th FLOOR FINE ARTS BUILDING WRITE NOW FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRICES J. BART UPHOLSTERY COMPANY, Inc. ^ GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw tins in FIXE FURNITURE { o r A U G U S T . 1937 r ! Flexible space arrange-ments which are spa-cious, well-lighted, and concentrated. The club room illustrated is com-fortably and tastefully arranged and furnished. TRAFFIC IS HEAVIEST where the STRONG LINES SHOW in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING . . . EXHIBITORS . . . Allen Chair Co., West Concord, Mass - Third Floor, East Arcadia Furniture Co., Arcadia, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Atlas Furniture Co., Jamestown, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Bechtold Bros. Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. First Floor, North Half Bromberg Galleries, Birmingham, Ala Second Floor, North Half Brower Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fifth Floor, East Half Brown Brothers Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, East Butler Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Half Cochran Chair Co., Aurora, Ind First Floor, North Half Conant-Ball Company^ Gardner, Mass Fifth Floor, South Half Davies Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, East De Boer Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y First Floor, South Half Doezema Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half Dutch Woodcraft Shops, Zeeland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co., Grand Haven, Mich. First Floor, South Half Estey Mfg. Co., Owosso, Mich First Floor, North Half Falcon Mfg. Co., Big Rapids, Mich Fifth Floor, South Half Ficks Reed Co., Cincinnati, Ohio -Third Floor, South Half Fine Arts Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Grand Ledge Chair Co., Grand Ledge, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half G. R. Bedding Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, South Half G. R. Lounge Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half G. R. Fancy Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Grand Rapids Furn. Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, North Grand Rapids Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Sixth Floor, South Half Hart Mirror Plate Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Hekman Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Third Floor, South Half Herrmann Lamps, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Holland Furniture Co., Holland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Iredell Sales Co., New York, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Half Jamestown Lounge Co., Jamestown, N. Y Third Floor, North Half Kozak Studios, Grand Rapids, Mich Second Floor, South Half Kuchins Furn. Mrg. Co., St. Louis, Mo Third Floor, South Half Lentz Table Company, Nashville, Mich Fifth Floor, South Half Loeblein, Inc., Kent, Ohio Second Floor, South Half Mahoney Chair Co., Gardner, Mass _ Third Floor, East Manistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich Third Floor, South Half Mentzer Reed Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Murray Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, South Half National Chair Co., St. Louis, Mo Fourth Floor, North Half Nagel-Chase Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111 Fourth Floor, North Half F. A. Nichols Co., Gardner, Mass Fourth Floor, North Half O'Hearn Mfg. Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, South Half Piaget-Donnelly Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half A. S. Payne, Inc., No. Bennington, Vt —Second Floor, East Rand-McNally & Co., Chicago, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Red Lion Furn. Co., Red Lion, Pa Fourth Floor, North Half Red Lion Table Co., Red Lion, Pa Fourth Floor, North Half Rockford Chair & Furn. Co., Rockford, 111., Fifth Floor, North Half Rockford National Furn. Co., Rockford, 111 Second Floor, South Shaw Furniture Co., Charlotte, N. C Second Floor, South Half Skandia Furniture Co., Rockford, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Sligh Company, Charles R., Holland, Mich., Fifth Floor, South Half Henry C. Steul & Sons, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y Fifth Floor, South Warsaw Furniture Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ky., Fourth Floor, North Half West Michigan Furn. Co., Holland, Mich., Third Floor, North Half W. F. Whitney Co., So. Ashburnham, Mass. Fourth Floor, South Half Williams-Kimp Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half Wolverine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich Second Floor, North Half « YOU'LL FIND IT IN— THE WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING" We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE English Occasional Table, No. 112, made in walnut, carved, walnut veneered top, retails at $26.40. PEERLESS for STYLE CONSTRUCTION FINISH SALABILITY are tables by Duncan Phyfe Lamp Table, No. 191-H24, is made in solid mahogany, with swirl mahogany top and rim and retails at $16. ROCKFORD PEERLESS FURNITURE COMPANY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS v i / S >•>•>•I PERMANENT BEAUTY Presenting a complete line of occasional, office chairs, rockers, diners and chairs for the bedroom and hall that is unequaled in price and quality, the B. R. Smith Co. offers chairs that assure customer satisfaction. No-Sag spring construction, fine, dur-able fabrics, frames of Solid Walnut or Solid Mahog-any, insure beauty as well as comfort and solidity. 1708 Merchandise Mart — Chicago R. SMITH CHAIR COMPANY OWENSBORO ,NcoHPoRATEn KENTUCKY We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE , . - • " / , raft i - * ill FINE ARTS BUILDING Newest and Most Modern Exhibition Building in Grand Rapids Directly Across the Street from Pantlind Hotel YEAR ROUND EXPOSITIONS DAY OR NIGHT Your product shown in the FINE ARTS BUILDING, Grand Rapids, is on display in a "hotel" for merchandise. Constructed for furniture display, it is the only building in Grand Rapids devoted exclusively to furniture exhibits. Floor arrangement, lighting, ventilation and the highest type of general service is conducted in the interest of the furniture and housefurnishing exhibitors. Fine Arts operating F i n e A r t S Ufld Corporation r 6 Pantlind Exhibition Buildings liiiniiiniiin • • iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiipin We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE THE SIGN OF in FINISHING MATERIALS NEW FINISHES ECONOMY METHODS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE f o r A U G U S T . 1 9 3 7 PAGE NINE MEMO To: Retailers of Furniture From: Editors of FINE FURNITURE Magazine Subject: Business during Fall and Winter, 1937 Because the Supreme Court packing bill is definitely dead as a dodo; because the strike situation is ameliorated to a great extent; because John L Lewis is being generally dis-credited by even his own organization; because of bumper crops; because a pent-up demand for new merchandise being held back temporarily by labor and governmental troubles is becoming swollen and is ready to break the walls of its dam . . . For these and many other reasons, FINE FURNITURE pre-dicts a surge of consumer demand that will test the resources of retailers and manufacturers to supply. Get set for it by making sure you can get plenty of new merchandise and get it quickly! ff AGAIN — "NAME THE WOODS" Any suggestion or request contributing to better and more nearly ethical practice within the furniture industry is worth serious consideration on the part of manufacturers. Especially so when it comes from retail associations honestly striving to elevate this profession of selling furniture. And so, the recent resolution by the retail furniture association of Columbus, O., that manufacturers "name the woods" on the pieces shown and sold must not be disregarded or laughed off. If it is practicable — if it can be done, then by all means it should be done, for merchants' organizations in other centers probably will repeat, sooner or later, the re-quest of these Ohio merchants. SATURATION BUGABOO ff Just how important is this "saturation point," anyhow? Figures prove that it is a much overrated bugaboo. Con-sider the lowly sadiron. One would generally assume that every home in the country would have an iron, and that's practically true. Market analysis shows that the saturation on electric irons is 93.2% of the wired homes in the coun-try. But what happened in 1936? Almost four million elec-tric irons were sold . . . the second largest and most profit-able iron year in history! There's a vast opportunity for alert retailers to get in on an almost certain boom in electric cookery this year and for many more to come. There were approximately 1,750,000 electric ranges in service the first of this year, yet the mar-ket is only 8% saturated. For the last several years electric-range sales have increased at a rate of more than 50% per year. A conservative estimate for 1937 range sales has been placed at 425,000 units . . . a potential market of $12,600,000 in which the furniture retailer not harassed by too unfavorable competitive conditions should be able to share. There's a vast market still existing for both major and small appliances. Whether it will break wide open this Fall or a bit later remains to be seen, but it might be a good idea for the furniture merchant to prepare for it NOW. MAJOR APPLIANCES? ff Though other pages bare the minds Of many men, the credit or The blame I'll bear for what one finds On this, Page Nine.—The Editor. and protracted headache, particularly on refrigerators, during the summer months. Generally, what promised to be a sen-sational increase in the sale of refrigerators was suddenly and rudely interrupted in May, improved a bit in June and again went into the doldrums during July. This, following a spurt of Spring selling when refrigerator volume almost doubled that of last year, was admittedly discouraging. Lack of public confidence in economic conditions and a renewed fear of unemployment are believed by many mer-chants to be reasons for the summer drop-off in sales, although the majority are convinced that the market for appliances is THERE. This was brought home to the retail-ing world very forcibly in June when new car registrations hit a new high. With Congress adjourned soon, and perhaps with some settlement of the Supreme Court fight in immediate pros-pect, it is entirely possible that Fall selling may come back with a surge. If so, you, as a retailer, are going to experience some brisk demand for the many new major appliances being daily pro-duced by ingenious manufacturers . . . and for appliances that are erroneously construed to be approaching their "saturation point," too. ff The Fall appliance season is just ahead. Many a retailer has his fingers crossed as he views the prospects for the mer-chandising of major electrics, having experienced a severe "That table you sent was made of green wood." 10 FINE FURNITUHE CONFIDENCE IN FALL BUSINESS KEYS By ROD MACKENZIE Editor. FINE FURNITURE FROM an actual buying standpoint in dollar volume, the summer market, just closed, failed to reach former peaks. In the matter of attendance, however, the various market centers reported that they were more than satisfied. As a matter of fact, the American Furniture Mart attendance record showed that the summer market drew more visitors through its doors than any previous one in the building's history, and the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition Association expressed itself as gratified in many respects. Smaller Buyers • Although many of the large eastern and western representatives failed to put in an appear-ance, an encouraging feature was the increased number of buyers from the smaller stores throughout the coun-try. Quite naturally the large attendance was reflected in the number of orders placed, although individual sales were too small to boost the volume to new levels. Fall Optimism • The increased number of buyers representing smaller stores was taken as an indication that the long-awaited building program is now begin-ning to show signs of activity, having its effect on the homefurnishmg industry. Unanimous was the opinion of manufacturers, dealers and salesmen in predicting an unprecedented fall and winter business. Crops • Orders placed by representatives from the agricultural areas furnished a forecast for the status of the farm product situation. The highest prices in years are expected to be reaped from bumper crops which induced buyers from these trading areas to place orders with more confidence than their brothers from the industrial sections of the country. Volume • However, with the lifting of labor trouble clouds from the industrial horizon, plus gains in the Richard Wheelwright introduced new twin-full bed, at top of page. Georgian breakfront secretary. No. 443, by Warsaw Furniture Mfg. Co. W. F. Whitney Co., Inc., manufactured the Early American group at lower left. Winnebago Mfg. Co. made the solid mahogany, 18th Century English bedroom group, below. •X-^r'-J-.' • • * * • f o r A U G U S T , 1937 11 SUMMER MARKETS stock market, the closing of congress and the settle-ment of the Supreme Court controversy, increased volume is expected to swell the total inaugurated by the farmer-buyers. In fact several times the remark was heard .that it might be extremely difficult to secure merchandise during the latter part of 1937. Prices Up • Price advances remained generally un-changed since the spring market, although many manu-facturers placarded their spaces with signs indicating that prices would not be guaranteed beyond the mar-ket. Although recent labor agitation may have been responsible for small increases in production cost, other materials are reported to have eased off on price rising programs. Nevertheless, it is a pretty safe bet that furniture prices will be higher by December. Styles • Continuing to dominate the style scene was the element of elegance and increased refinement that made its renewed appearance a year ago. A^ore faith-ful adherence to period detail was noticeable in a majority of the 18th Century, English styles. Due undoubtedly to the fact that a preponderance of Chip-pendale and Georgian interpretations had made its appearance in recent markets the more delicate cre-ations of Hepplewhite showed increased strength. That controversial style known as Modern showed signs here and there of increased strength, although many manufacturers have completely abandoned mer-chandise of this character. Concerns that have estab-lished a reputation for the creation of Modern designs showed a desire to deviate from the severe contours, waterfall fronts and other familiar features that have had a tendency to defile this type of furniture. Victorian that entered the style scene with such a flourish two or three markets back continues its surge toward popular acceptance, but solely through the "Forest Hall" chair and Early American grouping by H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co., at top. Blond bar by Rock-Ola Mfg. Co. Mahogany Victorian chair and table created by Pullman Couch Co. Federal American bedroom group by American Furniture Co. 12 FINE FURNITURE medium of upholstered and occasional lines. Case goods manufacturers having spent considerable thought and energy in an attempt to keep abreast with the apparent desire for Gay Nineties furniture, showed signs of weakening and several prominent concerns have discontinued their groups. The blond that made such an auspicious debut two or three markets ago also appears to be joining the has-been ranks. An occasional high grade suite executed in exquisite fashion made its appearance, but on the whole, completely blond or bleached suites were noticeable by their absence. Frequently light and dark finished woods were combined in the same piece, or some color had been added, affording a warmth or honey-tone effect that modified the appearance of a strictly bleached wood. Federal and American Empire showed considerable progress but Colonial Maple, as ever, leads the tradi-tional American furniture forces. Stricter adherence to authentic motifs and details was evident in many Colo-nial interpretations. Finishes, of course, varied accord-ing to the whims of the respective manufacturers, but predominant was a new gray-brown finish. Noticeably absent was the old familiar red maple coloring. Dealer Helps • Of added interest were the numerous furniture dealer-help programs in the form of national advertising, mat and copy service for local use, direct mail pieces, etc. Manufacturers once more appear eager to assist the dealer in the distribution of their product, are anxious to cooperate in getting the story of their respective products across to the consuming public. Furniture Week • However, a financial summary of last fall's National Furniture Week promotional cam-paign brings to light a decided lack of interest and enthusiasm on the part of the manufacturer for this particular event, throws the burden of carrying the expense on the dealer. Retailers spent approximately $3,000,000 for news-paper advertising, radio programs and contributions to local cooperative efforts during the 1936 Week, while manufacturers anteed approximately $1,100 to help defray organization expenses. Such a disparity of fig-ures exhibits little interest on the part of the producer. Factory executives are reported to have approved of the plan, its purpose, the method in which it is han-dled. But they haven't said it with assisting funds. Comedian to Furniture REVERSING the formula of the redoubtable furnitureman-comedian Parkyourkarcas who went from furniture to theatrics, Jerry Lipman, salesmanager ex-traordinaire for the reorganized Charles P. Limbert Co., started life as a comedian and switched to furniture. Born in London, England (the year is a dark secret for unre-vealed reasons), and boasting no college education, Jerry's theat-rical conquest brought him eventually to America where he became associated with the early comic movies. Questioned for an excuse for deserting such a prom-ising career he slipped us into his confidence. "In those days I was a bit handsome and the ladies made such a fuss over me that my di-rectors complained about my work, and I was fired." This was all very interesting so we questioned further. "How did you get into the furniture business?" Related Lipman: "Preparatory to returning to London following my dismissal from the moving picture industry I met a friend in New York associated with the furniture business. 'Stick around,' he said, 'I'll help you get a job selling furniture.' That was 30- odd years ago —• I'm still at it. JERRY LIPMAN . . . the ladies made a fuss. Checking reports emanating from the Charles P. Limbert Co. space at the recent market, we find that Lipman as salesman-ager and creator of the new line is very much "still at the furni-ture business." In rebuilding a furniture line, directing its distribution, Lipman has chiseled out for himself a Herculean task. But judging from his past accomplishments nothing in the line of furniture creating, manufacturing or sell-ing is too tough for Lipman. His past experience includes the operation of factories in France, Belgium, Italy and Spain. He made and shipped some of the first Modern art fur-niture to be imported to this country 18 or 20 years ago. In addition, he has organized suc-cessful sales forces, but is espe-cially proud of the fact that he is a creator of successful furniture lines. Having traveled in every country in the world with the exception of China and Japan— why he missed these we failed to inquire—he has an international acquaintance. To meet the affa-ble Lipman and discuss furniture problems with him one readily discovers that there is nothing he would rather do than his present occupation. For one who has such a busy background it is natural to won-der what interests him particu-larly. In Jerry's case we discov-ered there were three elements of more than passing interest—wo-men, theatres, and baseball. Questioned regarding his choice of a public personage he replied with a twinkle in his eye that he played no favorites, but that he had great and enduring admira-tion for the man who laughs. f o r A U G U S T . 1 9 3 7 13 CHINESE MOTIFS AID IN SELLING by PHYLLIS FIELD COOPER rPHERE is scarcely any line of J. decorative merchandise that does not embrace to some extent the de-sign motifs of the Chinese. Since these motifs each bear a symbolic meaning intimately linked with China's early mythology and leg-endary heroes as well as her three religious (Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism)—what interesting stor-ies every rug, wallpaper, upholstery, drapery, furniture, lamp, china and artwares salesman has to tell his customers! Chinese Influence • To know some-thing of the symbolism of Chinese design gives a salesman the oppor-tunity of "selling" an absorbing story along with his merchandise, which in turn, will place in the eyes of his customers, greater value upon that merchandise. It has been our personal experience that such infor-mation goes a long way toward "clinching" sales with the "shall I, or shall I not buy" type of vacillat-ing customer. It also provides sales-men with keener interest in the sell-ing of their merchandise, be it a Chinese rug, a cloisonne vase, a Chippendale side-chair with its fretted back and damask uphol-stered slipseat bearing the influence of Chinese design, or a Ming porce-lain lamp base of the 14th Century. In so short an article we can only touch upon this most interesting subject but there are worthwhile books to be read that deal with China and her arts, the names of which we will be glad to furnish our readers upon request. Motifs • Though the motifs in antique Chinese art are numerous, the following seven are the most often employed today: the Chinese Fret (often called the Greek Fret or Key), the Swastika, the Circle of Happiness, the Butterfly, the Drag-on, the Sh'ou, and the Bat. Other symbols used are: the Peacock, the Lion, the Phoenix, the Tortoise, the Sacred Urn, the Sword, the Gourd and many, many others. • PHYLLI5 • FIELD-COOPER-'193 7 A BAT MOTIF The Fret • (See No. 1 in sketch) is found more often in Chinese art than any other motif. The Swastika • A symbol of "good luck," has for centuries been a much used motif in art with many peoples in remote parts h ld I i d i d Chinese art motifs and their symbolic meaning can be means of furnishing most interesting "sales talks" and ideas for sales promotions. p of the world. Its name is derived from the Sanscrit (ancient sacred language of the Hindu) word "Svasti" meaning "good pretense." It has also been used by the ancient Greeks, Egyp-tians, Japanese, Chinese, East Indi-ans as well as by the Aztecs and our North and South American Indians as a "good luck" symbol (see No. 2. The Circle of Happiness • (Some-times referred to as the Wheel of Law), is usually represented by a perfect circle or sometimes an ovoid, within which are various Mongolian floral and animal motifs. Since Buddhism embraces reincarnation, it is supposed that when Buddha turns this wheel, a soul passes from one phase of life into another. Thus this wheel symbolizes "eternity." While speaking of circles, we might mention the one representing Yin and Yang, those dual cosmic forces that brought forth the man P'an Ku who shaped chaos into a world for mankind (see No. 3). Chinese mythology has it that the divine dragon, tortoise and phoenix aided P'an Ku in his colossal task. There is much more to this interest-ing story of how the world came to be, according to the early Chinese and it is exemplified in a great deal of their beautiful art work, both ancient and modern. The Butterfly ' Symbolizes "vanity" and is frequently associated with 14 FINE FURNITURE flowers and bats. The Peacock rep-resents "beauty." The Dragon • The Chinese symbol of "sovereignty" and "divinity" is the five-toed Dragon, formerly re-served for the use of the Imperial family and palaces, only. The man-darins were allowed the use of only the three-toed Dragon during the Imperial reign. It is a fabulous ani-mal, scaled like a crocodile, and is usually represented either holding or guarding (from the demons) a round object, the so-called "chin" or pearl of purity. The Shou • Of which there are more than one hundred forms, is a symbol of "prosperity" and is said to signify "Good Wishes of Longevi-ty." Of its many decorative forms, there are three most commonly seen in Chinese rugs, embroideries and porcelains (see No. 4). The Scarab • Or Beetle in Chinese art symbolizes as it does in Egyp-tian art, "creation — resurrection — new life," and is often simulated in these Shou motifs. The Bat • "Happiness" is symbol-ized by the Bat and if five of them appear together, they signify "health," "longevity," "riches," "love of virtue," and a "peaceful end." The Sacred Urn • The receptacle for the ashes of Buddhist priests, is is another motif (much used in rug designs), usually surrounded by a ribbon and other symbols equivalent in meaning to the halo of our Christian religion. The Lion • A fabulous and ferocious appearing animal acting as defender of the law and protector of all sacred Buddhist temples represents "strength," "power" and "author-ity," while the Phoenix, a fabulous bird, signifies "goodness," "benevo-lence," "a bride," and portends "good times" and "happy events." The Tomoye • Is a circular motif used by the Chinese as well as the Japanese and Koreans and repre-sents some ancient idea of elemental forces (see No. 5). The Sceptre • Represents the "Su-preme Deity of Heaven." Its head is a cloud and means "May all Good Wishes be Fulfilled." The Knot • Various formations of the Scroll are said to represent the "sun." Clouds and mountains bear traditional religious significance as does the Knot of Destiny (see No. 6), Bow Knot, Basket, Umbrella, Conch Shell, Canopy and the sacred Buddhistic emblem—the Lotus flower, meaning many descendants, as does also the Bee. The Deer • (Stands for "success," too), the Stork, the Turtle and the Tortoise stand for "longevity," the latter including "immortality," while the Peony signifies "wealth and official power." We would like to add many more symbols and their meanings to this list but limited space prevents us. Factoring—Its Function TT'ACTORING service to members -T of the furniture industry has not been used to any great extent. Not having had occasion nor opportunity to employ such a service—a prac-tice that has been in use for over a hundred years in other industries —there have been frequent ques-tions concerning its application. Most common of these refer to dealer reaction. Howard R. Sluyter, resident manager of the Iselin office in Grand Rapids, has the following to say regarding this vital factor. "It is completely wrong to assume that acceptance of factoring service creates any condition to which the dealer can take exception. On the contrary, the whole idea of the serv-ice is based on the known willing-ness of dealers who join forces with manufacturers in its general adop-tion. I am not speaking of furni-ture dealers specifically but of mer-chants in other lines of business. "When the furniture dealer—who is just as human, honest and intel-ligent as dealers in other lines— has been made familiar with factor-ing operations he will be equally cordial. Factoring could not have endured had this condition not been generally correct. "And why does the dealer accept it so cordially? Candidly, for selfish reasons! Logically, because he realizes—soon or later—that it holds many definite values for him as well as for the manufacturer. Broadly, because he is learning that factoring is looming large in the modern scheme of business economics. "A good dealer is a good business man, with the ability to realize the problems of the other fellow. He is fully conversant with the long-term sales conditions in the furniture in-dustry. He realizes that the furni-ture manufacturer's capitalization must be based on something more than its relation to manufacturing volume. He understands that these relatively large capitalizations result from setting up provisions to finance dealers in the form of long-term credits. And from this he truthfully reasons that the cost of this financ-ing— including its by-products of bad debts, collection costs, book-keeping, etc.—must be added to the cost of the merchandise. "Let the manufacturer be freed from this burden of finance, reasons the dealer, and right away that part of his capital long frozen by long-term credits is diverted to the more advantageous uses of manufacturing and selling, which will in turn bene-fit the dealer. He can buy more ad-vantageously; improve his line; de-velop his markets; render more sales cooperation to his dealers; ship more promptly, and be in posi-tion to cut economic corners in other ways. In all respects, a better manufacturer with whom to do business! "The dealer reasons along this line," explained Sluyter, "with the distinct knowledge that when the manufacturer accepts factoring serv-ice, he—the dealer—continues to re-ceive the customary credit terms that he has always enjoyed—nor is his relationship with the manufac-turer in any way disturbed. His own financial position is affected not one iota except to his possible advantage." Key to Merchandise Shown on Page 15 1 — Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich., patio group in wrought iron and glass, leather-seated chairs. 2 — Autumn-leai maple group, "Eastern Shore," replica of model found on east-ern shore of Maryland dating back to 1740, manufactured by H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co., No. Bennington, Vt. 3 — Louis XV chair and buffet No. 579, Circassian walnut, marquetry, solid walnut, by the Rockford Superior Furni-ture Co., Rockford, 111. 4 — Mahogany corner cabinet by Drexel Furniture Co., Drexel. N, C. 5 — 18th Century mahogany table and server No. 953, by Grand Rapids Chair Co, 6 — Leather covered chair. No. 3OIIV2, by Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. 7 — Statton Mfg. Co. grouping in Stat-ton House, Keeler BIdg., Grand Rapids. 8 — Blond dining room group by Tom-linson of High Point. f o r A U G U S T , 1937 15 frfl -i : 16 FINE FURNITURE 1 i! J .-' ~ —r" Z. £ v .v • I € 'r. J •...' ,-, r »• T H t ; ^ f o r A U G U S T . 1937 17 THE SKETCH BOCK . . . WINNER OF BRITISH DESIGN AWARD INTERPRETS MODERN MODERN furniture design has traveled many and devious routes since the Paris Exposition in 1925. Although this exposition cannot be given credit for supplying the stimulus to Modern design, it did furnish the spark for the Modern movement of the past ten years. What the current exposition will do, of course, still remains to be seen. From Australia comes our Sketch Book design for this month. Designer-artisan Frederick de la Mare, in his interpretation of a Modern sideboard, reaches back into the pages of 18th Century design. In so doing he indicates the trend current in America to escape from the boxy contour that has characterized much of the American Modern during the past few years. The use of curved shapes, the absence of solid bases and the application of low relief carving affords a pleasing deviation. His use of exotic woods such as Macassar Ebony, cross bandings of this wood and walnut, reverts back to American designers' efforts to achieve unusual effects through the use of colorful veneers. However, the application of Georgian motifs in the carving portrays the English ancestry of this Modern piece. For American consumption merchandise of this char-acter and size is not applicable as is proven by the recent efforts of American designers in scaling-down furniture that is more adaptable for our Modern small homes and apartments. man on the cover ROMANCE of far places is woven into F. W. de la Mare's prize-winning designs. Born in New Zealand April 8, 1904, he was educated in his na-tive land, attending Canterbury College, where swimming, foot-ball, and playing the piano were his favorite extra-curricular ac-tivities. In 1922 he started work at the cabinetmaker's bench in one of New Zealand's largest fur-niture factories. Three years later he became a designer for this factory. The exquisite beauty and artistry of his work brought him first prize in the Australasian competition held in Melbourne, Australia, two successive years; the next year he won the most coveted award for furniture de-sign in the British Empire — the Owen Jones medal. Out of 200 entries from all parts of the Em-pire, de la Mare's designs were unsurpassed. In 1927 de la Mare left New Zealand to go to England, where he continued his designing career at Waring & Gillow's, finding op- FREDERICK de la MARE . . . his interests are diversified and broad. portunity during those four years to visit France, Germany, and America. He returned to Aus-tralia via New Zealand in 1931 to fill his present position as ad-vertising manager and art direc-tor at Watson & Co., Sidney. Like most other men who have achieved, de la Mare pos-sesses a charming modesty and a winning personality. His favorite sport is swimming; his hobby, landscape painting in water color. His pet Scotch terrier is his com-panion during leisure hours. The diversity and breadth of his inter-ests are indicated by others of his favorites: chicken a la Maryland, corn fritters, "The Life of Louis Pasteur," Chopin, Eric Linklat-er's novels, Noel Coward's plays. In his opinion, "After the Thin Man" ranks highest among re-cent movies, and he greatly ad-mires the Duke of Windsor. His ambition is to have his own manufacturing concern. His counsel to those interested in learning his profession is to commence at the bench and ac-quire a thorough, practical knowl-edge on which to build a success-ful designing career. And who could be more competent to ad-vise than de la Mare, who, him-self, has followed that very course to recognition and honor in his chosen profession? 18 FINE FURNITURE WHEN WE'RE "IN ON THE FINISH" by RUTH McINERNEY OHE is one of your custmers and she was saying kJ with a glimmer of glee in her eye: "Junior had tipped over his cup of piping hot choco-late on the new dining room table. Ha, ha, ha. It was funny. Friend Husband, over-exuberant at our Sunday evening supper, upset a tall glass with a tall story. Did I worry about the alcohol cutting the polish to the quick? Not I. I giggled and poured him another. When guests set damp liqueur glasses on chair arms, it bothered me not. Pity • "Even when extra wet weather made other people's bureau drawers stick, then give suddenly, I felt free, easy, immensely superior. Yes, and I pitied other hostesses who knew that dignified guests would be sure to stick to varnished chairs. I felt light as an egg-nogg. "You see, my dealer had let me 'in on the finish'. I knew the bitter and the sweet ends about furniture finishes, and also about the beginning of a good finish. If you start with a good finish when you buy furni-ture, ou needn't worry about the end. You'll finish where you start — the furniture looks as good as the day you bought it. Knowledge • "My dealer had said, 'Madam, a good lacquer finish on a piece of furniture resists alcohol, hot dishes, acids, water, hot liquids. It seals the surface better and thus resists warping. A good synthetic var-nish will do the same. It dusts off easily — just wash quietly in soft soapsuds, rinse thoroughly, polish actively. And the gleam is still there. " 'Notice how all parts are coated with varnish, lac-quer, or shellac to protect against moisture, dryness, insects — inside as well as out, back as well as more evident parts. " 'While the durable is often beautiful, there are fine points besides. Henceforth, our store, instead of hand-ing down finish secrets from father to son, is handing them down from customer to customer. So, if you want a finish that conceals dust, fingermarks, scratches, dents, try the eggshell, satin or semi-gloss finishes. High gloss is like a mirror — reflecting the defects, actually doubling disfigurements. Lovely in the right environment, high gloss was not designed for animated family life. " 'And the grain of exquisite woods shows through clear as sky in summer air. As George Lamb says about mahogany: "the beauty of light and shadow that is the glory of mahogany and the despair of the imita-tion." Poor wood can't live in the rarefied air of a clear finish but must be obscured with thick, heavy stains and varnishes. Superiority • "The carving is clean and free of tool marks, smooth all over, in invisible as well as visible parts. There are no drip marks from the varnish. The furniture has had better preparation, better finishing, better cleaning up. And the hand-rubbed surface is something only skilled human muscles can produce with tireless, patient fingers. "'Why does this finish cost more than that? There are twenty to twenty-two operations in the finishing of a piece of well-finished furniture — about half this number in cheaper pieces. There is less sanding, fewer coats, cheaper materials that do not resist wear as well; there is less of that precious hand polishing, that skilled human element that shines through with the years as though part of the craftsman were embodied in the work. " 'It's with you in love and spirit every minute.' " Living room combining light and dark finishes — blond and darker mahogany. The tables are blond, other furniture, dark. The wall is a blond mahogany veneer. Dinette suite oi blond mahogany, satin finish—uphol-stered in black horsehair. Seen at New American Home, 11th and Michigan Ave.. Chicago. f o r A U G U S T , 1937 13 CUSTOMER CONTROL-AND HOW TO HANDLE IT By RALPH SPANGLER Sales Promotion Manager Harbour-Longmire Co., Oklahoma City Continuing his dissertation on the "Worth of Your Old Customers," Mr. Spangler this month presents a few suggestions on the handling of this important phase of store manage-ment. OXCE a customer is classified as a good prospect for more busi-ness, by some method, mark that card for receiving each general pro-motion mailing piece planned for customer lists. Some stores have periodic "Old Customer Nights" and frequent premium offers which pull a tremendous response. Other stores give their customers the advantage of special buys, courtesy days for sales events, etc. — offers that are not made to the general public. Try, as much as you can, to make them feel that there is an advan-tage in being a customer of your store. Next stage • in the Customer Con-trol Plan . . . is that in which an ac-count nears its final days. It is a distinct advantage to keep good ac-counts active. Once good customers get off your books they are any store's prey. AND IT COSTS YOU MUCH LESS TO SELL TO AN OLD CUSTOMER, THAN TO SELL A NEW CUSTOMER TO TAKE THE OLD ONE'S PLACE! Make a definite effort to sell addi-tional merchandise before the first account is paid out. Proper "NO PAYMENT DOWN" offers bring huge responses. Begin two or three months before the closing date. To those who do not respond to the first effort — mail a second letter a month later. Many stores use a series of three to four letters before they file this name for the last stage of the follow-up. Many stores, when the good ac-count is paid out, mail some sort of a preferred customer card—with a special letter. In the final stage • of Customer Control, "good paid-outs" deserve some sort of a selling effort regu-larly, for months to come. Most stores allow a "good-paid-out" name to remain in their files for two or three years, before finally giving up. All effort need not be made by mail. When the dull season comes, what better group of outside pros-pects could your salespeople call on than "good-paid-outs"? An alert clerk in charge of your Customer Control system can frequently en-list the assistance of the salesman in securing an "add-on" or a "reopen". Department stores frequently car-ry Customer Control through an-other stage than those just listed . . . that in which they endeavor to get the customer who trades in only one or two departments to trade in other departments. So much for the plan of Customer Control. Now for some ideas to go in the actual mailing pieces. Examples • Haverty's (Atlanta, Ga.) start one "Thank You" letter, signed by the Vice-President and Manager, with these words: I want to express my personal appre-ciation for the purchase you made at the store the other day, and welcome you as a new customer of the Haverty Furniture Company. North-Mehornay (Kansas City) in a letter by their president, for the same purpose, say: Personally it affords me real pleasure to welcome you as a new customer, and to acknowledge with my sincere thanks your recent purchase. Naturally, I am anxious to know if our service was pleasing, and if your transaction was satisfactory in every manner. If not, won't you please let me know? And about that same time another letter from the office manager, which started like this: Thanks very much for your nice order. We appreciate it greatly, and want you to feel free to consult with us at any time, whether buying or merely planning. Your first regular payment will be due July 1st. The amount—$15.00. If payment date arranged is not conven-ient, we shall be pleased to rearrange the date for you. We do not send no-tices before each payment. Many stores, which do not main-tain extensive Customer Control systems, send out double postcards, or reply cards, asking the customer to fill in the answers to such ques-tions as these: 1. Was our service satisfactory?. 2. Were the deliverymen careful?.... 3. Did they place your furniture where you wanted it? 4. Did salesman show interest? 5. Was credit department courte-ous ? 6. If you have a complaint, please write it here Another store, seeking to be sure there was no dissatisfaction lurking in the customer's mind, writes: It is the sincere desire of those of us who direct this institution, that each customer be so pleased with what they buy here, and with our service, that each time he or she needs anything for their home, they will think first of . We will appreciate the following infor-mation: 1. Did your purchase reach you on time ? 2. Was it delivered complete and in good order? 3. Comments Pre-Closing • When an account is 60% to 80% paid, it's high time to get busy. Haverty's (Atlanta) have a letter which says: The most important file we have is our list of good customers—friends of our store we are anxious to serve again in adding comfort to their home and enjoyment to their families. Of course, your name is in that file, and we want you to know that we would welcome any additional purchase 20 FINE FURNITURE of furniture which you want to make . . . etc. Another firm that is well within the big store class, has a pre-closing letter that reads like this: It may be of interest to you to know that your account, which has come un-der review by our Executive Committee, is one I personally prize very highly. Periodically, our Executive Commit-tee reviews our accounts and discusses our friends whose accounts have been satisfactory, that their good names may be added to our list of thousands of Preferred Customers," to whom we ex-tend very special credit privileges and service. I am particularly pleased to tell you that your name has ben selected and entered upon our list of "Preferred Customers" and to express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the highly satisfactory manner in which you have conducted your part of our mutual transaction. Your account has but a short time to run, and to you we offer the special privilege and decided advantage of mak-ing further purchases now, without any outlay of cash, no red tape, or any questions being asked . . . etc. (Signed by credit manager) A follow-up letter to be sent if they do not respond to the first car-ries this paragraph: Please remember—no cash necessary —your credit with us is established— no delay, no red tape—just choose any-thing you wish to the amount of your past purchase without any cash outlay —NO MONEY DOWN—buy any rea-sonable amount on the most convenient terms, paying later as best suits your convenience. Paid-Outs • Whose records are good, frequently receive some sort of courtesy cards, as the one pic-tured here from Peterson's (Chi-cago). With the Peterson card goes this letter: Our credit manager has been saying som awfully nice things about you. He tells me that you've made all your pay-ments right on the dot, and that your account is "absolutely O.K." To show you my appreciation for the prompt and courteous way in which you have met your obligation to us, I have obtained permission from Mr. Jurgen Peterson to send you the enclosed "President's Courtesy Card." For the next 30 days, this card enti-tles you to purchase anything in our store'up to $100, and pay'XO MONEY DOWN. Just come to the store, pick out what you want and have it charged to your account. No down payment whatever is necessary. Remember, this card is good for 30 davs onlv. and is not transferable . . . Another store tells the same story in different words: May we pay you a compliment? Every time a payment was due on your account, it reached us right on the dot. It is a mighty fine thing to say of anyone: ''He meets his obligations the minute they become due." To show our appreciation of your promptness and our faith in you, we are making what is, for this store, a very unusual offer, one you can be sure we would not care to broadcast indis-criminately. No doubt you plan to get more things for your home soon. You can select them now, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PAYMENT DOWN, and divide the paying, much as you did before. May we suggest that you bring this letter when you come to select the furniture and that you show it to the man who waits on you when you figure the budget terms . . . for this privilege is extended only to those who have really earned it. This letter will identify you as one of that group. There is no end to the variety of wording that may be used. Many of these letters are combined with a paragraph on some current mer-chandising promotion (which may or may not be wise). The number of pre-closing letters, and the number of paid-out letters you use is a matter to be determined after a study of your individual problem. It is not difficult to check results on this type of advertising, and eventually, by the trial and error method, you can determine when it is most profitable to begin your campaign, and to close it. The story of "Old Customers' Nights," premium checks, and the circular type efforts that can be used effectively on your Preferred Cus-tomer and Good-Paid-Out lists, is subject matter enough for an article by itself. Qtf KEY TO MERCHANDISE SHOWN ON PAGE 21 1 — Bookcase No. 545, made by the AHegan Furniture Shops, AUegan, Mich., displayed in the Fine Arts Bldg. 2 — Chippendale davenport No. 344, by E. Wiener Co., Milwaukee, exhibited in the American Furniture Mart. 3 — Hall clock and leather chair manu-factured by Colonial Mfg. Co., Zeeland, Mich., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. 4 — Chair No. 57, made by the Wolver-ine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids, dis-played in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 5 — Room grouping in the new Statton Mfg. Co., house, displayed in the Keeler Bldg. 6 — Pie-crust table No. 5521, created by the Mersman Bros. Corp., Celina, Ohio, exhibited in the American Furniture Mart. 7 — Coffee table No. 440, by the Falcon Mfg. Co., Big Rapids, Mich., displayed in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 8 — Tilt-top crotch mahogany table No. 1211, manufactured by Wood Products Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich., displayed the Keeler Bldg. 9 — French chair No. 1430, by the Schoonbeck Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., displayed in showrooms of the Imperial Furniture Co. 10 — Occasional table No. 2016, made by the Lentz Table Co., Nashville, Mich., displayed in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. 11 —Leather covered desk chair No. 879, by the Jasper Chair Co., Jasper, Ind. 12 — Bridge group No. 7159-7158, by the Ferguson Bros. Mfg. Co., Hoboken, N. J., displayed in the American Furniture Mart. 13 — Modern cocktail table No. 2065, manufactured by Michigan Artcraft Co., Sparta, Mich., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. 14 — Victorian chair No. 1954, made by the Charlotte Chair Co., Charlotte, Mich., displayed in the Fine Arts Bldg. 15 — Kneehole desk No. 703, by Kam-man Furniture, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. l o r AUGUST, 1937 21 4 4 P V • * • • . • • 11 IO M&V >:• K, "' STC T.-. •••H 22 FINE FURNITURE COURTESY PAYS DIVIDENDS IN DOLLARS AND KNOWLEDGE rTlHE traveling salesman calls from time to time upon X the retail furniture proprietor or buyer for several reasons: First. He is employed by the manufacturer to find outlets for the manufacturer's products. Second. The salesman has to make a living for himself and naturally enjoys courteous treatment. Third. The traveling salesman is performing a real service for the retailer by coming to his place of busi-ness and by giving the business man an opportunity to buy without leaving his store or office, and to get posted on what's what. Salesman vs. Buyer • It is obvious that the traveling salesmen, then, is an important link in the chain which has its beginning in intelligent workmanship activities somewhere, and ends ultimately in the consuming public. Cooperation is a helpful factor. In a certain city which is well supplied with furni-ture stores, traveling salesmen find that they meet with altogether different treatment in two of the leading-furniture establishments. The owner of one of these stores we will call "Waterby" for the sake of identification. John Waterby inherited the business from his father and with it a good deal of money. If it weren't for that, it is a question whether he would be in the picture very long, although at the present time his stock is large and apparently he is fairly prosperous. Spurning Solicitation • The trouble with John Waterby is that he has earned—and well-earned—the dislike of nearly every traveling salesman who calls upon him. There are a good many who give his store a wide berth. Now as most of us know, a traveling salesman for furniture lines expects to average four or five calls a day. Some days he will make more and other days he will make less. His business is to bring to the attention of the dealer, seasonable and meritorious offerings of merchandise, and then to go on to the next prospect. "Be Seein' You" • When traveling salesmen call upon John Waterby, he is quite in the habit of saying, "I'll be busy for a short time, but if you'll have a seat, I'll see you as soon as I can." Then he'll go into his office and be occupied for some time, giving directions, open-ing his mail, checking up on certain affairs, perhaps going to different departments for some reason or other. The morning will roll away, and perhaps John Waterby will pass very near to one or more traveling sales people several times. Then as likely as not he will pause, pull out his watch and say, "I'll not be able to see you before lunch. Drop in after lunch and I'll try to be at liberty." Many and many a time the waiting salesmen are held up and given a very short, brusque interview late in the afternoon or just before closing time. Possibly all that interview will amount to will be something like this: "I'm afraid I'm not in need of anything from your line today. Perhaps I'll do business with you some other time." Indignation Rife • When the sales folks get together and compare notes on their treatment by John Water-by, they wax more and more indignant, and some of them have cut him out altogether, especially as he seems to be buying of houses selling low-priced and rather showy goods. Is it to be wondered at then, that these men whose time, as well as John Waterby's, means money, for the most part detest him? Traveling Educators • The other furniture man whom we will call "Richard Rugby," began, as it were, on a shoestring. His ambition was to build up a following of customers who would appreciate quality merchandise fairly priced. He was perfectly well aware at the first that he didn't know much about furniture buying or old or new furniture. He was wise enough to look upon each traveling salesman as some one from whom he could learn something. If one of these men came in during the morning and found him busy, he would stop long enough to extend a friendly greeting and to say frankly, "Now I'm going to be busy for the next hour and a half or two hours. If you have any other calls you want to make, go ahead, then come back and see me later and we'll decide what's what." The result of Richard Rugby's policy has been to make friends of the traveling salesmen. They like him personally. They know that they will always get a square deal. At first, his orders were of necessity small, but as business has increased and he has become estab-lished, his stock has become better and better balanced, and quality goods only are to be found on his floors. Courtesy Pays Off • Many a time a salesman has given him a helpful and money-making tip, such as, "The price on this line of mattresses is to be increased the first of next month. If you can handle a larger order now, you will be prepared to keep the price where it is and to get busmes which otherwise might go to competitors." Richard Rugby has built up a fine business among people of discrimination, and has featured the slogan: "Where Prices and Quality are Right." Cooperation • Richard Rugby finds that it isn't so hard to please people and to satisfy them at the time of the sale, but what really counts is keeping them satisfied and pleased as long as the furniture is in use. He has found also that the matter of price after a time is forgotten, but that quality and appreciation both tell their own story as time goes on. The customer who buys a certain expensive or very comfortable chair or studio couch today may not be in the market for one like it very soon, if ever. But having confidence in his dealer, he will return to him. And so Rugby has applied practices with his cus-tomers learned in his dealings with traveling salesmen. It certainly pays to be considerate of the traveling men who are in the field permanently and who can be depended upon to do their best for the retail dealers, who in their turn give them a good break. f o r A U G U S T , 1937 23 COLONIANNA— MERCHANDISING COLONIAL IN A COLONIAN COMMUNITY WALTER C. CROSS, native Virginian and for the past eight years active head of the J. S. Crawford Co., leading furniture dealers of Portsmouth, Va., came naturally by his interest in Colonial furniture, because of the fact that "Ole Virginny" once was the seat of Colonial culture and today is the repository of many priceless relics of the early days of the English Colonies. Whether his interest was strictly aesthetic at the start, or whether it had a strong basis of business acumen, matters little, but what is important is that he put his knowledge of Colonial furniture to a very practical use and is leading the way for other retailers to take advantage of the opportunity to build up a strong trade in authentic reproductions. Colonial Conscious • In Cross' opinion Colonial furniture has the advantage of an appeal that knows no seasons. Coupled with styles that have endured for three centuries with growing popularity, Cross consistently has plugged Colonial, is convinced that the results warrant all effort expended and expense incurred. Background • The Portsmouth furniture dealer is widely known in the trade because in addition to his more than 13 years' expe-rience in the retail end, he put in 17 years as the representative of leading furniture manu-facturers. In his experience of 31 years Cross had an opportunity to study the furniture trade from start to finish. He took full advan-tage of this background and as a result when he became active head of the Portsmouth concern seven years ago he brought with him valuable knowledge of sources of supply, personal acquaintance with manufacturers, plus a deep knowledge of what constitutes good furniture, what makes inferior furniture a liability to sell. Toward the close of the depression years, Cross canvassed the situation facing himself and all other retail furniture dealers. States Morton • "My observations convinced me that it would not be possible for my busi-ness to grow, or even to exist as it was, hold-ing its own, unless new business was created." Although knowledge of Colonials and an-tiques was general in his trade territory, Cross decided that more specific knowledge must Entrance to Colonial Galleries, J. S. Crawford Co., Portsmouth, Va., where a successful merchandising plan was developed for the promotion of Colonial furniture by Walter C. Cross, (center) president of the concern. Grouping (below) shows corner of interior of Galleries, illustrating typical merchandise. 24 FINE FURNITURE be given the public to arouse and maintain interest. Preparation • Despite his years of experience in the furniture field, he realized first off that he must equip himself so as to be a few jumps ahead of the customer and able to intelligently answer all questions. He spent many months in the win-ter of 1935 and the spring of 1936 adding to his already well stocked fund of Colonial design, becoming familiar with details of styles that mark different periods and those niceties of construction that mark the difference between the carelessly-manufactured, alleged Colonial re-productions, and the authentic copies. Historic public buildings, national shrines and even private homes in Virginia, North Carolina, the Dis-trict of Columbia and Maryland were visited by Cross during this period of personal preparation. He conferred with manufacturers, selecting authentic reproductions al-ready in production and encourag-ing the making of others. He as-sisted manufacturers in the impor-tant task of locating desirable pieces of genuine Colonial furniture to be reproduced. Finishing his personal training and completing the task of estab-lishing a dependable source of sup-ply, Cross established his "Colonial Galleries," where furniture is dis-played in appropriate surroundings. An entrance to the galleries was constructed in the store near the main entrance in the best Colonial design. In various rooms set aside for the purpose, splendid pieces of quality furniture faithfully copying the best items of the three periods of Colonial design, were displayed with the proper setting of rugs, lights and wall coverings. Showrooms Sell • Cross states that by displaying Colonial ensembles he has done a real favor to his cus-tomers, reducing their shopping task, making it possible for them to visualize how the pieces will look in their own homes, encouraging them to add to what pieces they now have. With all other arrangements com-plete. Cross turned his attention to the public. He sponsored several bus trips by parties of 30 ladies, wives of successful business and professional men, club leaders and SIMMONS CHOSEN HEAD OF MART R. M. Simmons, vice-president of the American Furniture Co., Mar-tinsville, Virginia, has been elected chairman of the board of governors of the American Furniture Mart of Chicago for the new year. Joseph Lane of Chattanooga is new vice-chairman. Simmons, long identified with the furniture manufacturing industry in this section, becomes head of the governing board of the firm oper-ating the American Furniture Mart building. FURNITURE MARKET DATES MIDSEASON MARKETS Grand Rapids November 1-6 Chicago November 1-6 BOSTON FALL FURNITURE SHOW Mechanics Building, Week of Aug. 30 women prominent m the trade area. The trips were to Williamsburg, where Rockefeller millions have re-stored the ancient capital to its for-mer beauty. There genuine Colo-nials were seen in natural settings and interest was aroused to a high pitch among the women of the community. Colonicmna • Climaxing all that had gone before, Cross invited the public to attend a formal opening of the Colonial Galleries. He im-ported speakers of acknowledged preeminence in the field of Colonials and antiquities. Visitors to the store on opening night were welcomed by young men and ladies in Colonial costume. There was music by a Negro string band and songs of the old South. Chief advantage of the entire pro-gram, Cross believes, is that it has definitely established in the public's mind that his store is the logical place to shop for authentic Colonials. One of many new Eighteenth Century bedroom suites introduced at Summer Market by John Widdicomb Co., Grand Rapids f o r A U G U S T , 1937 25 furniture frolics FURNITURE PESIGNER, GRANP A DESIGNING PENCIL WJTH A TOUCH OF KING MIDA5, SUCCESS WITH EVERY STROKE. A POPULAR. FELLOW, GOOD AH/ER, LOVER CF FUN AND WHAT HAVE YOU. A FASH'CN PLATE OF HAWKS EARL M. JOHUSON SEC- t-TdBAS. JOHNSON FURAl. CO-jOHA/ SON-WANPLEy-JDH/VSON AMP SAME. OFFICE WITH 6. R. FURN- MAK£RS G^"-P- PRODUCTION OPERATION, HIS SPEC/ALTy. SPORT ENTHUSIAST 'N SPITE OF ALL HIS ACHIEVEMENTS- A GRAND RAPIPS VARNI5H CORPORATION-A VERITABLE DYNAMO EITHER. AT WORK OR PLAY. FISHES, GOLFS, HUNTS, WV1LS, ETC. AUTHORITY ON FURNITURE FINISHES. POSSESSOR OF A HOST OF FRI£NP5 ANP A PERSONALITY THAT HOLDS THEM. JUST ANOTHER. yOUN6 BO1/ ON THE WAY UP ED6AR (Pxf) BENHZTT J.F 5ENNETT STUVIOS, TOLEPO, OHIO. A /MERCHANPISIN6 EXPERT/ AMALYST OF FURNITURE PCSI6N ANP STORE OPERATION. HAS A FANCY FLARE FOR-. WRITING F-URNlTURe ARTICLES. A KEEN KNOWLEDGE Of THE FURNITURE (SAME &ACKED UP BY A SPLENPIP REQU1SITE-THE FLAVOR-Of A DECIDED HUMOROUS TWIST FINE FURNITURE PWA PROJECTS CREATE MARKETS •"THOUSANDS of families, in the X past denied all luxuries and many of the bare necessities of life, are now moving into the spic and span slum-clearance projects built by the Public Works Administration in 36 cities. A number of these big housing communities have been completed and families are living in projects in Atlanta, Miami, Mont-gomery, Ala., and Atlantic City. Tenants for many more are now be-ing selected. There are 51 of the big developments in the national program of PWA, which will accom-modate close to 100,000 persons. Most of these families moving into these low-rent and slum-clear-ance projects will have the advan-tage of "middle class" living condi-tions, including well-lighted and heated quarters that are clean, eco-nomical, and comfortable. These families will also become acquaint-ed, for the first time, with such con-veniences as health-giving super-vised playgrounds for their children, food and money-saving electric re-frigerators, actual adequate phys-ical space for decent and wholesome living, and other conveniences to raise their standard of living. As many of these projects near completion they are arousing inter-est, not only among the prospective tenants and inhabitants of the com-munities in which they are located, 19 E 1.467 0 1.853 jQ 660 f ] • IILWAUKEE.W1S 0ETBOIT, MICH CLEVELAND O BUFFALO NY / " U IENECTADY,NY 1.022 0 'BOSTON, MA5S ,47 0 STAMFORD, CONN 2.124- B NEW YORK N V CAMDEN.N J 278 0 ATLANTIC CITY N J 259 0 275 WASHI* 122 COLUM 214 aJGTON D C RBIA.S C 0 Showing where 16,697 electric refrigerators will be installed, and how many families will benefit by them. This government purchase was the largest order ever recorded in the history of refrigeration, and is indicative of the seriousness with which Uncle Sam is entering and considering the housing question. but among the members of the ar-chitects, builders, contractors, and would-be homeowners. With the domestic building program going far ahead of previous years these low-rent and slum-clearance houses have come in for a lion's share of atten-tion, as they incorporate many new and interesting features of building and housing. One of the outstanding contribu-tions to better living in these PWA projects has been the installation of planned kitchens, with electric re-frigerators. The government pur-chased 16,697 electric refrigerators from one manufacturer to install in these dwellings, and already several hundred of these units have been sent to the various projects and in-stalled, ready for the new tenants. Electric refrigeration was supplied to these dwellings, not as a luxury in any sense of the word, but because this method of food preservation was more economical, convenient, and healthful than any other means known. TRAILS NEW SALES WITH TRAILER IN an effort to increase business, Hummel's Furniture store, Potts-ville, Pa., has organized a home service division to sell refrigerators, ranges, radios, washers, vacuum cleaners and other electrical appli-ances throughout their trade area. Salesmen in this division work outside the store, in order to take their products closer to the prospect, use a commercial trailer coach. 0. Lee Hummel, store official, is enthusiastic over the new service that the trailer enables the store to provide. When the trailer was first placed in service, newspaper adver-tising told readers to watch for the coach in their neighborhood. The city was invited to examine its spa-cious interior, which was fitted with the newest things in electrical appli-ances. A gleaming white refriger-ator, a simplified and thrifty elec-tric range, a new washing machine, and vacuum cleaners were included in the trailer display, as well as sev-eral radios. All that it was neces-sary for citizens of Pottsville to do, if they cared to examine the trailer, was to telephone the store or write and the coach would call at their door with its experienced operators ready to show the superior features of 1937 electrical appliances in the trailer. "Unquestionably," Mr. Hummel said, "taking merchandise directly to the prospects frequently closes many sales it would be impossible to make with catalogs and pictures." f o r A U G U S T . 1937 27 OF SCREEN PROTECTORS by CHET SHAFER Three Rivers, Mich., July 22. (Spe-cial dispatch to FINE FURNITURE) — Just the other day I started to go down to interview Roody Culver again—down at his Undertaking & Embalming Parlors. And I was about halfway down there when I suddenly remembered that we got into quite a mix-up about Roody last year—just about this same time. I was trying to think just how that untoward incident came out—prob-ably a Red Letter Day for the City News Bureau—when I ran into Al GREENSIDES. You don't know Al from Adam's Off Ox, which, I have learned since, was named Adolph. But Al works for Uncle Chancey Orton, who lives in the big brick house down on the Anglin' Road. And Al gave me an idea which I think will be of inter-est to your readers. AI's Idea • Al said he and Aunt Addie —• (that's Uncle Chancey's wife — she was a Barton)—were rummaging around in a cupboard the other day and they came across some screen protectors for roasts and side dishes at the dinner table. He said the protectors were in various sizes, and were covered with wire screening—and had handles on them—so they could be set over the steaming dishes during fly-time. "Mighty handy, they were," com-mented Al. I told Al I couldn't remember of my folks ever using any such con-traptions. Said I: Society Screens • "We just fought off th' flies — an' when th' meal was over my Mother spread out mos-quito- nettin' t' cover ever'thing — peaked up by the castor with th' vinegar cruet." Fly-time Boon • Then I told Al I was out watching Clive Rockwell out in the Knobs west of town do his milking the other day and I thought maybe somebody could in-vent a screen protector big enough to set over a cow—during fly-time—• which is pretty much 24 hours a day on a farm. But Al came back and said the thing to do was to try and endow a cow with some of the attributes of a pug-dog—so it would have about V/i to Z'l/i spiral turns to its tail— and then it would not switch the milker in the face. So—that's what I'm trying to explain to you, Mr. Mackenzie — and that's that it might pay some-body to either start making screen set-overs for dining room tables— or else screen set-overs for cows. And any retailer who'll display a line like Al says is down at Uncle Chancey & Aunt Addie Orton's, will be conferring a priceless boon on humanity. And you'll agree with me that what humanity needs today is more priceless boons — especially in fly-time. yrs (sgd) Chet Shafer. The One-Time Wolf of Wall Street. In reproducing this unusual selection of fine 18th Century pieces, LENTZ offers the dealers of America a type of merchandise that is admirably suited for promotional purposes. The individual pieces are exquisitely executed and have been carefully selected from the most authentic sources. The name LENTZ guarantees the most discriminating customer accurate English adaptations. Two finishes — the Old World and LENTZ — insure lasting beauty LENTZ TABLE COMPANY NASHVILLE MICHIGAN L ^ ^ ... . . . . . . We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 28 FINE FURNITURE HOME FURNISHING NEWS Eagle-Ottawa Exhibits More than $11,000 worth of leather and leather merchandise was exhibited recently by the Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co. in col-laboration with manufacturers of leather products, at the Hatton Recreational Hall in Grand Haven. Particularly interesting to the thousands of visitors were the leather fitments, cos-tumes and equipment used by prominent screen stars in recent movie productions. Among the most notable was Cardinal Richelieu's saddle, a leather belt and dagger sheath worn by one of the Mauch twins in "The Prince and the Pauper," Charles Laughton's whip used in "Mutiny on the Bounty," leather articles from "The Garden of Allah," and a number of popular "Westerns." More than 300 leather hides of different grains, grades and colors, a descriptive out-line of the manufacturing processes, an enormous stack of tanbark, presented a com-prehensive picture of the leather industry. A world map aided in visualizing the dozens of foreign countries to which Eagle-Ottawa leathers are shipped. Commercial products exhibited included shoes, furniture, luggage, sporting goods, bus seats, desk accessories and wearing apparel. Object of the exhibition was to acquaint employes of the company with the diversity of finished articles that they help to manu-facture in Eagle-Ottawa plants. Angle Elected by Carrom Co. James L. Angle has been elected to the board of directors, as vice-president in charge of production, of the Carrom Co. of Ludington, Mich. The firm, long known for its line of game boards, card tables and chairs, and other game room equipment, presented a new line of period designs in card tables and chairs with a new type con-cealed hardware at the July market in the American Furniture Mart. They also showed for the first time a most complete baseball game combined with the Carrom and Crokinole board. Business Scenes "Behind the Scenes of Business," by analyst Roy A. Foulke. Dun and Bradstreet, is a comprehensive study of 47,980 balance sheets taken over a period of the past five years, containing 60 sets of important bal-ance sheets and operating ratios among manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers as against 54 lines covered in the previous edi-tion. Widely applied in business, the tables have also been introduced m economic classes in leading American colleges and universities. The effects of age and over-expansion in business enterprises, the need for a personal "conscience" in the management of larger corporations, are included in new chapters in the current edition. Says Foulke: "Xo individual can antici-pate trends of the next year or next decade by the evidence now in hand. The best antidote for business conjecture is hard work." Substantiating this statement the author points to a group of companies who made money every year of the depression while concerns in similar lines were involved in serious losses or failures. ELECTRIFIED KITCHEN TREND GROWS Information received from fifty-three utility companies represent-ing all sections of the United States shows that a total of 25,647 home kitchens were modernized electrically by customers of these companies during 1936, the National Kitchen Modernizing Bureau reports. Of these kitchens, 15,784 were electrified by the installation or range and refrigerator, while in 9,863 other kitchens, electric water heaters were installed in addition to the electric ranges and refrigerators. All-electric kitchens open for inspection by the public played an important part in achieving this result. A total of 370 such kitchens were reported in the areas served by the 53 compa-nies, or an average of seven kitchens per company. CLASSIFIED ADS FOB SALE • Complete furniture plant equipped with woodworking tools, spray booths and all accessories necessary for the manufacture of furniture. Plant switch con-nected with two railroads. 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STORAGE MOVING Packing Shipping Phone 9-3293 • BLODGETT PACKING & STORAGE CO. f o r AUGUST. 1937 29 TALBERT LUMBER & VENEER CO SARDINIA, OHIO Manufacturers of WALNUT AND QUARTERED OAK VENEERS WALNUT AND QUARTERED OAK LUMBER HIGH GRADE WALNUT LUMBER AND VENEERS We specialize and have our Own Band Mills HIGH GRADE QUARTERED OAK LUMBER AND VENEERS NOT NEW—BUT NEWS! There's nothing "new" about Moleather. It's still the same eye-catching, long-wearing, leather-like fabric it al-ways was. It still offers a wider range of fast, uniform colors and the added advantages that make such good dealer selling points. What's NEWS about it is that every furniture manufacturer who ever tried it, still uses it—most of them in ever-increasing quantities. May we send YOU details and swatch book? ASHER & RORETZ, Inc. COATED TEXTILES Dept. C, 900 Broadway New York, N. Y. KCV6D TO voLume Poster beds by Patton-McCray are admirably suited to constant use and profitable promotion — can be used frequently as attractive leaders. Yet they are fine merchandise, sturdily built by master craftsmen. Your customers, as well as your store, are fully protected by our well-known policy of "Satisfaction Guaranteed." No. 372 Poster Bed $21.70 each packed two in a crate PfiTTon-fllcCRflv Compflnv Bluffton, Indiana We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 30 FINE FURNITURE Available wm~ A FEW CHOICE FRANCHISES One of the world's leading typewriter manufacturers has a few choice fran-chises available. THE LINE in question has been strong-ly advertised both nationally and locally for many years. It appeals to every price class. It is a wonderful account opener. WIDE PROFIT-MARGIN is offered. Granted you have a conveniently locat-ed store and a record as a successful merchandiser, you will make money handling this line. If interested, write at once—no obligation. Let us show you what many other stores in your line have done. Address Box F. F. 7, FINE FURNITURE, 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. ADVERTISERS' INDEX Asher & Boretz, Inc 29 Bart Upholstery Co., 1 4 Blodgett Packing & Storage Co 28 Buyer's Guide 30 Estey Mfg. Co 3 Fine Arts Building 7 Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition Assn 1 Grand Rapids Varnish Corp 8 Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co 2 Iselin Co., William 31 Irwin Co., Robert W Back cover Kimerly, W. L 28 Lentz Table Co 27 Lynch Sales Co., Joseph P 32 Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency 30 Patton-McCray Co 29 Perkins Glue Co 31 Polk Co., R. L 28 Resinous Products & Chemical Co 31 Rockford Peerless Furniture Co 6 Smith Chair Co., B. R 6 Talbert Lumber & Veneer Co 29 Waters-Klingman Building 5 Weiman Company Inside back cover Widdicomb Co., John Inside front cover Credits and, (g/lecfiom LYON LYON URtJnURf MERCANTILE AGENCY S 3 ARTHUR S. LYON, General Manager Est. 1876—Publishers of LYOTS-RED BOOK The nationally recognized CREDIT AND COLLECTION AGENCY of the FURNITURE INDUSTRY and trades kindred—Carpet—Upholstering—Baby Carriage — Refrigerator — Stove — Housef urnishing and Undertaking BOOK OF RATINGS—CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS N.w York, N. Y.. Boston, Mas*. Philadelphia, Pa... Cincinnati. Ohio.... Chicago, Ill Grand Rapids, Mich... High Point, N. C Loa Angelas, Cal. OFFICES 185 Madi.on AT.. —North Station Industrial Building 12 South 12th St. , 6 E, Fourth St. .201 North Walls Street ...Association %i Commere* BIdg. Wachovia Bank Bldg. 12th St. at Broadway I I JANUARY 1937 REVISION NOW READY of the BUYER'S GUIDE For Twenty Years the ONLY Com-plete and Authentic Reference Guide in the Furniture Industry with listings of all Furniture, Bedding and Uphol-stery Manufacturers . . . Established Trade Circulation . . . A limited number ONLY of sale copies available . . . Forwarded upon receipt of $3.00 and returnable with refund if not suited to your needs. THE NATIONAL RETAIL FURNITURE AGENCY 314 Anderson Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r A U G U S T , 1 9 3 7 31 Tutnltute Manu-kactu.te.ii Vo A/ot A/eed EXTRA-CAPITAL • What many of them DO need is the more advan-tageous use of their present capital. • Too much is tied up in financing. Too little left free for manufacturing and selling. • Giving long-term credits may be traditionally cor-rect. But, from the viewpoint of modern economic practice, it is WRONG. And quite unnecessary. • Doing business for spot cash will release—for diversion to more productive purposes — that part of your capital now frozen by finance. • You CAN do business this way by Factoring your sales. You get your money at once; dealers get the customary long-term credits. You have no credit losses and no collection costs. • Factoring Service — long and favorably known in certain branches of the furniture industry — is now extended on a broad basis to manufacturers by a company in business for 129 years. Write or wire for particulars or arrange for an interview. - 7a dot6- 357 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN TRUST BUILDING HOWARD R. SLUYTER, Resident Manager Why Stumble or Hold Your Breath hoping for good results, when there's a smooth road, with freedom of mind, that will give you glued-up constructions that are a pleasure for everyone? We prefer to show you how good we can glue up YOUR constructions, the money we can save you, plus the addi-tion of the requirements you would like rather than taking your time in telling how BIG we are and how BIG the other fellow is we sold last week. We are sure we can please you "tickle" your Cash Register. and know PERKINS GLUE COMPANY Originators and Manufacturers of Vegetable and Coldide Glues Manufacturers of Casein Glue LANSDALE, PENNA., U.S.A. TEGO-BONDING FULFILLS A REPUTATION PLYWOOD bonded with Tego film has now been long established as a mate-rial in a class by itself. It is not simply "resin-bonded" or "hot-plate plywood": it is the product of an efficient production method based on the resin film adhesive specifically de-signed for it. In demanding Tego plywood, the mar-ket expects performance otherwise unobtainable. For it carries the repu-tation created by millions of square feet produced monthly for scores of uses from coast to coast. It also carries the reputation of the maker of Tego Resin Film, a pioneer in the entire broad field of synthetic resins. Tego Resin Film is manufactured by The Resinous Products and Chemical Company, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. RESINOUS PRODUCTS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 32 FINE FURNITURE IMPROVED BUSINESS AND PROFITS Through Ethical Sales Events In Your Store The Joseph P. Lynch plan of success-fully merchandising furniture and housefurnishings merits your very careful consideration, for the follow-ing reasons: JOSEPH P. LYNCH . . . president of the Joseph P. Lynch Sales Company, who personally supervises all sales plans of his successful sales company. I You will convert merchandise into cash, with a satisfactory • margin of profit, more quickly than by any other method. 2 At the same time that you are reducing inventories and build- • ing up your cash balances you will be increasing the popu-larity and prestige of your store in your community. 3 Your sales-people will receive training in merchandising • through association with the Joseph P. Lynch experts that will be of inestimable value to you in the months and years following your sale. 4 You will be dealing with an organization that has been • successfully conducting sales of retail furniture and house-furnishing stocks for over a quarter of a century for many of the leading stores in the United States and Canada. A letter will bring uncontrovertible proof of the success of these sales events. 5 There are no reactions after a Joseph P. Lynch sale. There is • an increasing daily sales improvement as compared to the previous year. Such a sale has a vitalizing effect on your entire store personnel and is equivalent to a course in merchandising for your entire sales organization. When you attend the Grand Rapids Winter Show you are cordially invited to visit the Joseph P. Lynch Sales Company offices and discuss your merchandising problems with our Mr. Joseph P. Lynch. If you will state your problems fully and frankly he will give you his best judg-ment and advice without any obligation on your part. JOSEPH P. LYNCH SALES COMPANY General Office 148-154 Louis Street Grand Rapids, Michigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It began publication in 1936. and DECEMBER • 1936 CHARLES ELMENDORF . His friends helped celebrate. (See page 28) Two dollars a year 20 cents a copy Grand Rapids, M i c h i g a n DISCRIMINATING DEALERS KNOW 3 for DlSTINCTIVENESS Founder member G. E. Furniture Makers' Guild TRUE GRAND RAl'IDS APID48 Wide range of decorative possibilities has been made avail-able in the new Fleetwood group, manufactured by Mueller Furni-ture Co. No discriminating demand will go unfulfilled if you stock Mueller groups, for we offer the finest in selected uphol-stered pieces in price ranges that insure customer satisfaction. In its traditional lines, Mueller will continue to show the dis-tinctly individualistic patterns which have made them recognized as masters of design. MUELLER FURNITURE CO. 6 0 0 M o n r o e A v e . , G r a n d R a p i d s , M i c h . We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r D E C E M B E R . 1936 A. Your inventory dollars/ TT h e l l / O U ^" ^°Ur ^°Pe °* pr0^itS/ • C. Your customer's satisfaction and influence, i n V I £ ! > l • • • D. Your executive time, E. Your salesmen's morale and earning power, you will be alert to knowingly seek satisfactory evidence of proven consumer interest which will be confirmed when you contact Federal American dining room ensemble, traditional of Colonial Virginia, consisting of 28 correlative pieces made of rare Cuban Mahogany. THE WARWICK 18th Century Dining Room group of 21 correlative units exactingly reproduced from master-pieces designed by those renowned artists, Chippen-dale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Made of Cuban Mahogany, finished in a rich brown color with a velvety smoothness. THE CHARLESTON Bedroom ensemble of 18 correla-tive pieces, made of Cuban Mahogany, styled in the most romantic period of the romantic South. This group recaptures the gracious charm of Virginia Manor Houses of the days preceding and just after the federa-tion of the American Colonies. The three groups possess outstandingly the same fascination which a woman enjoys when she begins to buy a fine set of china in open stock pattern. In choosing the different units to furnish "her" dining room or bed-room, she experiences the thrill of a creator. This is fine furniture of the yesterdays, today and to-morrow — priced to capture consumer interest and desire to possess — today! Founder member G. R. Furniture Makers' Guild GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR COMPANY Showrooms at the factory only—Take any yellow Cab TRUE GRAND RAPIDS A ?ID48 We appreciate your mentioning vou saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE WHEN THEY^ASK FOR SOLID ~SHOW CHARLOTTE'S MAPLE AND WALNUT No. 217 dresser base and mirror in solid blonde maple, solid wood dust-proofing, wood pulls with chromium bandl Three pieces, $132. Four pieces, $192. Enlightened customers, cognizant of the importance of painstaking construction and durable materials/ are demanding the best in SOLID maple or SOLID walnut. Keen merchants with an eye to future profits based on customer satisfac-tion carry Charlotte suites, recognizing smartness of design and style as com-bined with faultless construction. Com-fortable stability is synonymous with Charlotte furniture groups. DISPLAYED IN AMERICAN FURNITURE MART CHARLOTTE FURNITURE CO. Charlotte Michigan FlN€ FURNITUR€ the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center or* America VOLUME 1 1936 NUMBER 8 GEORGE F. MACKENZIE. President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE. E d i t o r K. C. CLAPP, Merchandising Counsel DECEMBER-Boiling Wake 6 Page Nine 9 Building vs. Trailers, by Rod Mackenzie 18 Merchandise Illustrations 19, 35, 37, 46 Customer's Viewpoint on Buying Linoleum, by Ruth Mclnerney 20 Simplifying Stirs Sales, by J. J. Sherline 22 The Sketch Book, by William Hoffmann 24 Science Builds a House, by Virginia R. Ulrich . 26 Man on the Cover 28 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 29 Retailing Tips 30 Benbough's Remuneration 34 Why Veneers? by Harvey Kimerly 36 Your Ad Man Can Produce Business, By Joe Lynch 40 Shafer Confesses 42 Pageantry of Coronation 44 Metropolitan Pieces 45 Homefurnishing News and Reviews 50 New Stores 56 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 1S5 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: 545 Fifth Ave., New York City, phone Murray Hill 23909, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning you saw tins in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER, 1936 A. Your inventory dollars, V T h e n # o u ^- ^our 'lope °^ pro^itS/ I C. Your customer's satisfaction and influence, I I • w ^ l • • • D. Your executive time, E. Your salesmen's morale and earning power, you will be alert to knowingly seek satisfactory evidence of proven consumer interest which will be confirmed when you contact Federal American dining room ensemble, traditional of Colonial Virginia, consisting of 28 correlative pieces made of rare Cuban Mahogany. THE WARWICK 18th Century Dining Room group of 21 correlative units exactingly reproduced from master-pieces designed by those renowned artists, Chippen-dale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Kiade of Cuban Mahogany, finished in a rich brown color with a velvety smoothness. THE CHARLESTON Bedroom ensemble of 18 correla-tive pieces, made of Cuban Mahogany, styled in the most romantic period of the romantic South. This group recaptures the gracious charm of Virginia Manor Houses of the days preceding and just after the federa-tion of the American Colonies. The three groups possess outstandingly the same fascination which a woman enjoys when she begins to buy a fine set of china in open stock pattern. In choosing the different units to furnish "her" dining room or bed-room, she experiences the thrill of a creator. This is fine furniture of the yesterdays, today and to-morrow — priced to capture consumer interest and desire to possess — today! Founder member G. R. Furniture Makers' Guild GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR COMPANY Showrooms at the factory only— Take any yellow Cab TRUE GRAND RAPIDS A 21 We appreciate your mentioning you saiv this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE WHEN THEYJASK FOR SOLID ""'SHOW CHARLOTTE'S MAPLE AND WALNUT No. 217 dresser base and mirror in solid blonde maple, solid wood dust-proofing, wood pulls with chromium band. Three pieces, $132. Four pieces, $192. Enlightened customers, cognizant of the importance of painstaking construction and durable materials, are demanding the best in SOLID maple or SOLID walnut. Keen merchants with an eye to future profits based on customer satisfac-tion carry Charlotte suites, recognizing smartness of design and style as com-bined with faultless construction. Com-fortable stability is synonymous with Charlotte furniture groups. DISPLAYED IN AMERICAN FURNITURE MART CHARLOTTE FURNITURE CO. Charlotte Michigan FlN€ FURNITURC the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center of America VOLUME 1 1936 NUMBER 8 GEORGE F. MACKENZIE. President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE, E d i t o r K. C. CLAPP, Merchandising Counsel DECEMBER-Boiling Wake 6 Page Nine . . . . 9 Building vs. Trailers, by Rod Mackenzie 18 Merchandise Illustrations 19, 35, 37, 46 Customer's Viewpoint on Buying Linoleum, by Ruth Mclnerney 20 Simplifying Stirs Sales, by J. J. Sherline 22 The Sketch Book, by William Hoffmann 24 Science Builds a House, by Virginia R. Ulrich 26 Man on the Cover 28 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 29 Retailing Tips 30 Benbough's Remuneration 34 Why Veneers? by Harvey Kimerly 36 Your Ad Man Can Produce Business, By Joe Lynch 40 Shafer Confesses 42 Pageantry of Coronation 44 Metropolitan Pieces 45 Homefurnishing News and Reviews 50 New Stores 56 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: S4S Fifth Ave., New York City, phone Murray Hill 23909, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning YOU saw this hi FINE FURNITURE To build (|ii;i!it\ in any product requires more Hum intention*. .Mersman sets high standards— sin;! meets them by caroful organization to check and <louhk< check all drtails of materials smd manufacture. All tables must pass rigid tests l>\ tlu> inspoclion de-partment alter each operation, lint, in addition. Meisman holds each plant foreimin fullj roponsihle for the quality of every piece of work done in his department. (heck and double check is the polic.\ that guards Mcrsinsin Qualit\. Mr. Herman Vielkind, Foreman Veneer Dept. ERSM AN We cordially invite you to visit our displays at the January Markets. We offer an unusually large variety of beautiful new table patterns in 18th Century and Modern. If you want quality tables at prices that only volume production can furnish, the most profitable anwser is MERSMAN. In Chicago — Space 924. New York —Space 1110-1116. ->•,. i • Chippendale Gallery Top Coffee Table No. 5469 with Glass. Swirl Mahogany Veneered Bed. Duncan Phyfe Gallery Top Coffee Table No. 5498% with Butt Walnut Veneered Bed. Also in Mahogany as No. 5498. Both with Glass. zu FINE FURNITURE QUALIFIED PRESTIGE .. Leader in quality, the John Wid-dicomb Company is synonymous with the best in furniture endeavor The acme of quality may be established only by those who are equipped for the distinguished art of cabinetmaking. Since 1865, we have built up our prestige by the artistic beauty, exquisite craftsmanship and enduring service which are embodied in John Widdicomb pieces. Illustrative of our aim to furnish the mer-chant with profitable and creditable mer-chandise is the bedroom group pictured. The beauty and chastity of design is en-hanced by the absence of ornament and by rare handling of woods. JOHN WIDDICOMB COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS Showrooms at factory, 601 Fifth St. MICHIGAN New York Showrooms, No. 1 Park Ave. We appreciate your mentioning you sazv this in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER, 1936 West Michigan of Holland will have the Largest Exclusive Exhibit of Bedroom Furniture at the Grand Rapids Market Signs indicate that we may be headed for another seller's market. With the memory of the last one fresh in the retail mind, the importance of establishing connections with a strong, experienced firm which can be relied on to maintain quality and keep goods flowing cannot be over-estimated. West Michigan has the resources and facilities to take care of the requirements of its dealers. The reputation we have in the trade for protecting our dealers is a source of pride. Come in and see us in the Waters-Klingman building. We have a broad line distinguished by a freshness of design and a smart use of woods. It fits into those price levels where the bulk of your selling is done. The trademark found on furniture in homc\ of good laste. The Half Century Shop of Dutch Craftsmen on the Shores of Lake Michigan We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE THE BOILING WAKE Prints Pull In your November issue you show illus-trations on page 26 of Currier & Ives prints. We are interested in knowing from what sources they can be obtained. J. R. W., Auburn, N. Y. Please advise us who publishes the Cur-rie & Ives prints illustrated in your Novem-ber issue. R. K., York, Pa. Hed-Faced Pages Bravo! Glad you had enough guts to admit a mistake. Your reprinting of the merchan-dise that was incorrectly priced in your October post-market story was a most com-mendable gesture. B. L. T., Davenport, la. Just finished reading your "Red-faced" pages in the November issue. Everyone makes mistakes but few admit them. D. K., Boston. 0 Shctfer Scores Admire Chet Shafer's spirit. He's a man of vigorous decisions. I'm proud of him— that he defied us readers, and I hope he goes down to Roody's when he gets damned good and "roody." C. S., Three Rivers, Mich. Worth While Congratulate you upon the good-looking publication you are turning out, which I read with interest. Grand Rapids certainly needs a furniture paper and you are giving them something decidedly worth while. G. D. C, Chicago. Ours is Readable . . . I got a kick out of your page nine, Octo-ber, where you referred to "furrowed brow . . . weary eyes . . . blinding 8-point of a pulp paper weekly." Took occasion recently to write said paper suggesting that they take pity on their readers and use a mechan-ical set-up that we could read. R. S., Oklahoma City. Clever Cartoons Ray Barnes' page is certainly very clever. After such information on my qualifications as a pianist has been disseminated, feel sure that my services will be in great demand for concert work. C. C. R., Knoxville, Tenn. 4-Market Complaint What are furniture markets for anyway but primarily to show new designs? If a buyer were not looking for something new and different, he would only have to re-order from his old stock; he certainly would not be liable to visit a market just to see what had been previously shown to him. It is obvious when manufacturers have to prepare new samples four times a year that they cannot do as good a job — and it is far too expensive a procedure for the average manufacturer. If there were only two major markets a year, there would be time to prepare something really worth-while. The designer would have time to do some study and research work after which he would confer with the manufacturer and carefully lay out plans for the new line, having ample time in which to make cor-rections or improvements. Probably the four markets a year, as now conducted, has done more to cause "close out" jobs and cut prices than any other one thing. It is placing unnecessary expense on both dealer and manufacturer, often making a pattern bought at one market obsolete before the dealer has it on his floor. When furniture markets are primarily to show new designs, why not make them worth while style shows and not markets for job hunt-ers? W. L. K., Grand Rapids. Market Habits We are in favor of one market in Janu-ary and one market in July and hope that you will enter our "vote" accordingly. Our opinion is based on long experience, and the fact that it is a mighty difficult thing to change "buyer habits." Here in New York as well as in Chicago, we have been sub-jected to any amount of experimentation over the past 25 years. This seems to be an age of experimentation anyway, so we are not surprised that the National Furni-ture -Manufacturers Assn. is trying to make over human habits once more. Your maga-zine is better than ever. D. K., New York City. Trade Masterpiece Each month I look forward with much interest to receiving FINE FURNITURE. It is a masterpiece in trade journalism. I par-ticularly like the profusion of photographs of such splendid examples of fine furniture. Such illustrations will help to train the eye of the uninitiated in design and advance the taste of the average consumer. Another excellent feature which I note you have added to the many others, is the page of Metropolitan Museum examples of fine furniture. This is a splendid idea and I hope that it will be continued with ex-amples from other American museums when you have fully covered those m the Metro-politan Museum. This feature offers an opportunity to the dealer to sell more readily the better style furniture on his floor. Though a woman might know little or nothing about period furniture, she is bound to be more interested in the authentic and adapted reproductions shown by the furniture merchant, providing he can show her museum specimens which inspired finer things that he displayed. There is always pride in owning anything which has a story or history back of it and certainly faithful reproductions as well as adaptations have an interesting story. P. F. C, Winnipeg, Canada. Wanted: Spanish Oak Please let me know where I can buy an oak dining room suite in Spanish oak with credenza buffet, refectory table and spring seat chairs. Also where I can get a good line of dinette suites in enamel finishes. J. A. W., Lacon, 111. Objects to Personalities As a designer of furniture and a contrib-utor to furniture magazines, I do not like your designer's page — the Sketch Book. It is all too terribly personal. L. M., New York. Enjoys Ribbing In reply to your communication of the 19th, will state that my attention has been called to the drawing you made of me and placed on one of your pages in the October issue. Many thanks for your kindness in this matter. H. C. C , Batesville, Ind. » More Bouquets We acknowledge receipt of your splendid magazine containing the article on Market Centers of the West. We appreciate very much the manner in which you covered the story of our operations and of our impend-ing expansion. The article, I think, was very well written. We will keep you posted as our program develops H. J. M., San Francisco. Supporting Salesmen Thanks for coming to the defense of the traveling salesman in your editorial on "Page Nine" for November. For too long, and especially during the past few lean years, have we been buffeted about by high-hat buyers, made to wait hours and then told the big shot was too busy to see us. Your anonymous manufacturer who realizes that the peddler actually is a clearing house for ideas, has every license in the world to be successful. He deserves it if for no other reason than appreciating the fact that his competitor may be able to teach him some-thing. Much obliged for the moral support. H. J. M, Tulsa, Okla. That's Our Aim Certainly enjoyed Harry G. Corot's article on building a medium-sized floor covering department. This is the type of article that really benefits the small fellow, or we who have ideas of becoming store operators our-selves some day. Material like this can be filed and kept for future reference. There are plenty swell ideas in your hook. H. H. M., Los Angeles, Cal. Picture Article Pleases I was glad to see the article in your November issue on pictures. This section has been giving me a headache for some time and I was glad to get a little dif-ferent slant on the merchandising of this article. By the way, who publishes the Currier & Ives prints illustrated in this article? Q Metropolitan Page Registers For those of us who have not been for-tunate enough to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, your page of Metropolitan pieces is of more than passing interest. It furnishes the salesman with authoritative ideas on correct furniture details. J. V., Seattle, Wash. Short and Snappy Was much amused by your editorial, "Pettifoggery," in the November issue, in which you took the promotional tactics of a certain big store for a ride. Such advertis-ing certainly gives rise to little but scepti-cism on the part of the customer and is more than disturbing to the smaller mer-chant. Your editorials are certainly short, snappy and to the point. Keep on making 'em readable and "meaty." V. R. M., Chicago, 111. f o r DECEMBER, 1936 ecreating Wlictorian No. 276 Chair, $74 base cover No. 283 Chair, $115.30 base cover I No. 358 Setlee, $137.60, base cover ,HE swing of the pen-dulum brings the vogue for the ele-gance that was Vic-torian. Decorators, usually the arbiters of furnishing styles, are leading the trend in the resurrection of this dignified old style of a former genera-tion. In the larger home-furnishing stores throughout the country complete Victorian rooms are recreating the atmosphere of this charming period. These designs are all reproductions from originals in the possession of the Michigan Furniture Shops. Representatives: A. L. Brackett E. C. Gamble G. R. Gamble R. D. Thomas W. C. Evans No. 275 Rocker, $51.10 base cover No. 273 Chair, $82.50 base cover MICHIGAN FURNITURE SHOPS, INC. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Displayed at the Factory Show Rooms of Grand Rapids Chair Co. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNJTURE •;* OUTSTANDING FEATURE ON RETAIL FLOORS So enthusiastically has the new Berkey & Gay line been received on retail floors . . . so featured in hundreds upon hundreds of dramatic, aggressive retail newspaper advertising promotions . . . that active production has been started in plant No. 3 (augmenting plants No. 2 and No. 5 which have been running to over-time capacity) in order to assure for Berkey & Gay dealers large volume, prompt and satisfactory shipments for the coming year. New for January New for January will be a selection of suites in merchandising price brackets for volume promotion, as well as many others not shown in November. Promotion Program and National Advertising Presented, also, will be an outstanding promotion program backed with aggressive national advertising in GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, TIME, THE AMERICAN HOME, and HOUSE AND GARDEN, a dramatic promotion and merchandising feature for Berkey & Gay Week, April 10 to 17. furniture's Proudest Coat-of-Arms f o r D E C E M B E R , 1 9 3 6 NINE PROSPERITY BOUND It doesn't take a person with physicist power to read the future of the furniture industry. Every home in America needs new furniture and with over thirty million homes big and little this constitutes an enormous potential demand. New home building in 1937 and 1938 will equal if not exceed this replacement demand according to all reliable predic-tions, and with these two large demand factors literally upon us, manufacturers should not find it difficult to keep the wheels humming for several years to come. And remember, there are only about 60% of the factories that were oper-ating in 1929 that are set to supply this great prospective demand. Statistics indicate that only about half of such factories have a capital structure making it possible for them to operate their plants to full productive capacity. If the furniture industry does not enjoy an unprecedented pros-perity for the next five years it will be the fault of the in-dustry itself. The manufacturer who goes after it is going to get all the production he can handle, but the tight and timid ones who are afraid to let the trade know what they manufacture, and try to remain incognito behind their rip saws, will not share in the golden harvest. From now on fhe assets and profits cannot be concealed and liberal spending will be the order of the day. The manufacturer who puts plenty of his dollars into sales promotions and advertising publicity will find their brothers will roll back into his coffers in droves. QUALITY YEAR ff The most hopeful factor the furniture industry has experi-enced since the beginning of the big wind some six years ago, is the demand for better standards of quality by the buyers. From now on, it won't be a matter of how cheap we can make it and how low we can get our prices, but how much quality we can inject and how far we can safely step up our prices. This will prove the turning point of the indus-try from profitless production and profitless merchandising, dissatisfied customers and a general low morale, to profitable manufacturing and merchandising. Ring in the new year at the January markets by making 1937 a year of black ink, with higher standards and more satisfactory returns. 12-MONTH'S PROMOTION ff Finally, retail members of the home furnishing industry are awakening to the fact that securing an increased represent-ation and a profitable portion of the consumer's dollar is not achieved by pitch and toss promotional methods. Conse-quently, and motivated primarily by the progressive thinking of C. Niss of Milwaukee, past president of NRFA, a year 'round promotional program is in the formulative stage; a program that will encompass the sales promotional efforts of ALL allied homefurnishing units and concentrate them under one banner carrying one word, "Home." Considering the numerous "Naturals" throughout the year in the line of homefurnishing events upon which the mer-chant can hang his special promotional flag, a time-tested, properly planned, twelve-month campaign, should pale past promotional now-and-then activities. The volume of ammu-nition released by such a program, simultaneously, in every sector of the country, would have a cumulative effect bound to result in attracting an increased flow of Johnny Q. Public's bucks to the homefurnishing merchant's coffers. Though other pages bare the minds Of many men, the credit or The blame I'll bear for what one finds On this, Page Nine.—The Editor. For unlike other industries of national importance, the makers of furniture extend an almost negligible amount of money on national advertising. This throws the burden of promotional activity directly upon the retailer. Therefore, if this weak link in furniture merchandising CAN be bolstered, such a plan as that proposed by NRFA should go far in doing the job. ff HAND-TO-MOUTH Generally speaking, the furniture industry is behind on deliveries. This situation is pathetically evident in the frantic pleas for merchandise emanating from department and fur-niture store buyers. A recent survey estimated that leading retail stores will lose about fifty million dollars volume due to the shortage of merchandise for Christmas selling. This situation does not, however, preclude red figures for the last quarter of 1936. To the contrary, profits for the latter part of this year are reported as being the best since 1930. However, this situation has a significance of great import to those engaged in buying and selling merchandise. It means that the period of hand-to-mouth buying that has existed for the past few years is at an end. A seller's market is inevitable. Buying practices will have to change. In the first place the rising power of consumer demand is just beginning to gather momentum. On the strength of this condition price increases will be accelerated. Continued and perhaps in-creasing delay in delivery is a foregone conclusion. Accord-ingly there is a definite tendency toward advanced buying and increased size of initial orders. This situation naturally gives rise to speculative buying which in turn creates a desire and a necessity on the part of the merchant to estab-lish a profit on his inventory. This is ever the picture in a rising market. This move from hand-to-mouth buying is naturally reflected in the manufacturer's activities as well. Increased manufac-turing programs have of necessity reduced cautious buying habits enforced during the depression. Pertinently stated, the National Association of Purchasing Agents recently said, in part, to its members: "Inventories are being increased whenever protection is needed against delays in delivery or transportation and in some cases as protection against price increases." Obviously a new era is at hand. The old order changeth. Prepare for a seller's market. ff SO WHAT? Evidently we're going to have to eat our words on no further editorializing on the W. K. market situation, because, up pops two-thirds of the 42 members comprising the execu-tive committee of NRFA with an endorsed resolution approv-ing two furniture markets a year to be held in May and November. Endorsements favoring the reduction of markets had been supported previously by two manufacturing asso-ciations. These groups, however, are championing the one-market season extending from May to July. But due to the fact that January and July have ever been the big markets for the bulk of the furniture dealers, the resolution of NRFA's executive committee is significant. Where now? ff T r ' • " - • - r r ; • • ; -1 ^ s •*' ?' l o r DECEMBER, 1936 11 Imperial Furniture Company cordially invites all of its many friends to trie house warming of its new • • • modern snowroom all during trie January market in Orand Kapids Imperial s complete new line or tables ror Spring 1937 will be on display 12 FINE FURNITURE t * 1 ! \ 5 I .: 1 \ \ \ nta//tte, a of h OPPORTUIIITY 1937 will be a big year for furniture merchants. The great forward sweep of national recovery is gaining momentum every day. And with it, the desire to re-plenish and refurnish homes with good furniture is being translated into active, cash-on-the line demand. That's why the kind of furniture for which the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition is traditionally famous, is getting the call today. Thousands of progressive deal-ers can substantiate that fact. Right now, a greatly increased business in Grand Rapids exhibited furniture is being done on a nation-wide scale. And accord-ing to all reliable indications, this decided trend is bound to continue with greater impetus during 1937. At the January Market in Grand Rapids, you'll find the creative styling and quality construction that defi-nitely set the pace. And there will be an unprece-dented array of good promotional merchandise . . . furniture that will run your volume sales to new profit peaks during 1937. Attendance at the November mid-season Market in Grand Rapids showed a 100% increase over the cor-responding market for 1935. There must be a reason! Come to the January Market and make the most of a golden opportunity. Jan. 4th to 16th inclusive GRAI1D ROPIDS FURMTURE k&ji4A/ni6ukjL \^af2Mal erf •vrvnjzAACCi. Exposmon associflTion f o r D E C E M B E R . 1 9 3 6 13 invite you to see this superb rendering of the FRENCH PROVINCIAL January Market Bedroom Group Also in the Same French Provincial THIS is but one of the new things we are adding for January to our assembly of hun-dreds of historic oak pieces for the dining room, living room, bedroom, hall, library, private office, studio and club. A visit to the Carved Oak Galleries — and no trip to Grand Rapids is complete without such a visit — will reward you with a new conception of its merchandising possibilities. Thousands of families have an instinctive and inherited preference for Carved Oak. Its historic past, its cultural background, the splendor of its carving and the integrity of its mellow, fine-textured surfaces give it a matchless rating. It looks like a big year for Carved Oak — and for those stores who carry representative displays. GRAND RAPIDS BOOKCASE AND CHAIR CO. The Oak Masters of Hastings We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 14 FINE FURNITURE THE ROMWEBER INDUSTRIES Products whose standard of excellence are nationally recognized. Quality and style are synonymous with our Productions j^-t Space 1722, Merchandise Mart, Chicago One Park Avenue, New York AMERICAN FURNITURE CO. BATESVILLE CABINET CO. BATESVILLE, INDIANA We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE t o r DECEMBER, 1936 15 THE ROMWEBER INDUSTRIES . . ': 'I '..-• i (* / ; m 11 11 . ' • ' ; • • - . Group of Scandinavian Masterpieces by Romweber on display in the Sterling & Welch Company store at Cleveland, Ohio. MASTER MADE FURNITURE by ROMWEBER The SCANDINAVIAN line of The Romweber Company consists of over 350 correlated pieces that offer a limitless opportunity for the most critical individual selection. In these lines will be found furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom, hall, boudoir and rathskeller in a selection of charming suites and pieces that instantly get customer attention. A group of these Scandinavian Masterpieces in your store will prove a distinct consumer attraction. Space 1727, Merchandise Mart, Chicago One Park Avenue, New York THE ROMWEBER COMPANY BATESVILLE, INDIANA We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNIT 16 FINE FURNITURE A GOOD CHAIR LINE by A GOOD CHAIR MAKER B. R. Smith, president and general manager of the B. R. Smith Chair Co. has been making good chairs for over fifty years and is thoroughly conversant with what constitutes good chair construction, finish and fabrics. "In my long years of experience in chair production," says Mr. Smith, "I have never produced a line that equals the new line of the B. R. Smith Chair Co. All frames are of solid mahogany and walnut, no substitute woods being used. No-Sag spring con-struction is used throughout the line and no more solid and comfortable spring units can be secured." The line is complete with occasionals, office chairs, rockers, diners, chairs for the bedroom and hall. ; 1—Martha Hixon rocker. No. 700, may be had in mahog-any or walnut, priced $25.90, 23.90 respectively. 2—Reception room chair No. 511 in solid walnut priced at $11.90. 3—"Magic Posture" hinged back swivel. No. 1936, in walnut, $63. 4—No. 506 in solid walnut is priced at $12. 1708 MERCHANDISE MART CHICAGO AT THE JANUARY MARKET SMITH CHAIR COMPANY INCORPORATED We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER, 1936 17 THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY WILL GREET NATION'S BUYERS AT THE MERCHANDISE MART FURNITURE MARKET JANUARY 4-16 INCLUSIVE T tr V( P1 Pi tt N hi m r INTERNATIONAL HOMEFURNISHINGS MARKETS JAN. 4-16 „ THE MERCHANDISE MART • CHICAGO THE GREAT CENTRAL MARKET • WELLS ST. at the RIVER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE Unloading part of the 200 truck-loads and 12 carloads of furniture that will be shown at this great event. 18 ! isbeing set for another of X I mauk e t ' b u t t h e tempo of the show has been accelerated ?mce January, 1936, and in m a ! ^stances roles have been r e V fW ^'here last year the merchant told he manufacturer that he wanted his or that suite, the manufacturer tins market will tell the merchant. ,uL i 1S a Vltahzing condition. It stimulates imagination, incentive and promulgates confidence in the popular belief that business i bet-off t h l Y ,? t h e r u b b e r b a n d oft the bank roll and indulging in longest-due necessities, even a ^ Buying Surge . A great t J b bi BUILDING vs. TRAILERS By ROD MACKENZIE Editor, FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE t i « J Uy/S beinS leased tice the crowds on the streets In the stores. And economic i Zll to f a c T n u e d and surge of purchasing Of maj0r i n t e r e s t t o t h g m e r c h of homefurmshmgs are the echoino-repom of a building boom, £ the Sanmgf a C r ° S S ^ count tfte tune of an estimated 25™0 0'0o0 residential units in 1936 Predic - it comes to furnishing than sitting tight until the 1' Vi v^aS r e a t0 turn on the ngnts, the modern-geared merchant architect J ° b . a b o u t a? s o ° * as the Madame on the advisabilitylof having two windows on that wall or runnmg a bank of them around the corner. In fact, manv progres-sive: dealers have instituted advisory bureaus, complete with architectural advice, decorators' service, et "l •I his service is of particular value i l l°-lt u COntemP1ate remodel-mj; with subsequent refurnishing, in • upon shooting the works in ^ complete new home" Such a s rvice estabhshes i n the minds of the p o- Ple thus served the dominant fact ino- }^°AT S t°r e 'S t b e homefurnish-t, leader in your immediate mm munity. "" Results Real . Sponsoring mcxH (s°eUeSeS ^ee _ pDaagee^ C12r 6^ of t^hi s ^ivssiudeu) a f s housing concerns such as General Houses, lnc., A r c y c ^ others has proven beneficial to par-ticipating merchants. Many a r e the sales of furniture, draperies, floor coverings, accessories and appli-ances that are traced directly 0 such combined promotions. ' Minus Furniture . An interesting and unusual demonstration house event was that of Frederick & Nel son Seattle, Wash., wherein the model home Was shown minus fur mshings for a limited time; first reason to permit study of architec-tural features; major reason to emphasize the fact that hom° aacctutaullayt Ttra' ns7foUr-mc h0as ehno. uaser ei ntwo haa\ withnd 1° k gOeS' T h e m e r c h a n t with f keen sense of promotional possib.ht.es in the home-boom tie' up, supplying complete home-makers service, is grabbing the bulk of this business. He is contacting owners persuing building contrac-tors and architects, rather than s.tt.ng m the back office, bewilder-mg himself with housing statistics. Johnny's Bucks . A terrific conflict !S bei,nf, waged for Johnny Q Pub-uc s dollar and the home'furnishin-merchant ,s soon to discover, provicf-o t h ^ - r y a W a r e o f i t ^ h a t othei mdustr.es are equally deter-mined to secure their share In this respect, the proposed resolution of 1NK1A t0 consolidate all home-turnishing industries under one ban- S f extend,:ng Promotional activ-ties from the scattered efforts now m vogue, to a concentrated 12- month p anned campaign, is timely andmevrtable. For ovef the h o S cl H T " m a k m g b u s i M s s looms a cloud. It, too ls a form Of home, Challenging Chariots . that within 20 years more t h a n S h population Of the United States will be hvmg m trailers, Roger W BabSon, nationally known economist and analyst, hurls a challenge at the home urnishing industry and £ younger brother, the prefabricated home. Asserting that his predictSn « not idle chatter but based on s u r K T of D n L atlonal conditions, Fore-boder Babson says: "The e x X from the American home creates a new manufacturing industry." ? f . Onf * J^t how severe a rthTis UinfranCt ifndlufsthry will be on homefurmshing industry is difficult to ascertain at this stagi Obviously, thousands of dollars are pounng into trailers at the present T [ 3 t ° ; d m a r l l y WOuld have Furniture Out . As far as the eqUlpment itself is concerned, small opportunity is afforded the home- ™ f ? ^duS,t ry t 0 benefit, aside trom the development of studio couches, bedding arrangements po" 'bly apphances. Fabricated after the m a n n e r of automobiles and Yachts, interior trim constitutes the nearest relationship to the manu-facture of furniture. Yet the popu-larity of the trailer presents a def-inite problem to the merchant and manufacturer of fumiture a n d a £ Z dr - R e " n t automobSe shows with great public interest in rolling homes, amazing increase in Srert6- °f ^ ^nSaS turers, obviate the slightest let-up ot relaxing of merchandising actiV ; i e s r ? p a r t of deai ^ me ? i n d u?t r i e s inevitably emerge depressions. The trailer, obvi-ously tracing its heredity to the ^ d f ^ t „ , ui ^uuuimi. travail rbbis?c SOrat°aUofaS-aChallengeto home. for DECEMBER, 1936 19 1 — Popular blond mahogany bedroom group featured by Tomlinson of High Point in their mer-chandise Mart dis-play. 2 — Modern walnut cocktail table with cigarette compart-ments at each end, by the K r o e h l e r Mfg. Co., is display-ed at the American Furniture Mart. 3 — Buffet, No. 315, by the Penn Table Co., Huntington, W. Va., is shown at the American Furniture Mart. 4 — Twin studio couch. No. 42, de-signed by F r e d a Diamond for Sleep-er, r e t a i l i n g at $52.50. 5 — Dinette in naut-ical d e s i g n is a charming group by Luce Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, and is displayed in their showrooms at the Merchandise Mart. 6 — Modern maple chair by Heywood- W a k e f i e 1 d Co., Gardner, Mass., and Modern maple table by Sandel Mfg. Co- Chicago, a r e dis-played at the Amer-ican Furniture Mart. 7 — Louis XV bed-room suite by Win-nebago Mfg. Co., R o c k f o r d. 111., is shown at the Amer-ican Furniture Mart. 8 — China cabinet, manufactured by the Penn Table Co., is exhibited at the American Furniture Mart. i l i M; : i 20 FINE FURNITURE CUSTOMER'S VIEWPOINT ON BUYING LINOLEUM by RUTH McINERNEY •"PHE lady was trying to buy linoleum. At least the X signs were unmistakable. She had said to the sales-man: "I'd like to buy a linoleum rug for my dinette." Therefore, we can assume that she wanted to buy linoleum. But the salesman was not as simple-natured. He had a choice set of obstacles which he always made it a point to place before each customer who tried to buy linoleum. If they hurdled these hazards, then he was ready to take them seriously. If they walked out, dis-couraged — well, the old law of the survival of the fittest customers may be a hard one, but it's all in the red among ledgers. Why waste time on a customer who didn't have the stamina to stand up and fight for the right to spend money in his store? So the lady asked, "What do you think would go nice in a dinette?" Sales Stops • The salesman led her to a department that was just a few degrees removed from an out-and-out stockroom. Rolls of linoleum stood around in a glum group on a bare wooden floor. There was a dusty piece of promotion on a post, "Newest patterns of 1935," but it hung on one tack, and the buyer's desk —well, was even more buyerish than usual, cluttered and frantic. "For a dinette? Oh, any of these patterns—marble, floral, Persian, blocked, modernistic." Said the lady, "Well, the room is furnished in rather modern style, blond woods and vermilion dado with beige upper walls. Would a russet rug be appropriate?" "If you like russet," replied the salesman. "Russet's nice. Sell a lot of it." "I wonder how vermilion and russet would look together?" she asked. "Is there any way you have for helping me tell how they would look together?" "They'll look all right." She questioned, "Maybe I ought to select a cooler color. Should I?" "Cool colors are nice. Sell a lot of them. Sell a lot of greens this year." "Why do some floor coverings cost more than others?" the lady wondered. "They all look the same." "Some are better quality," he replied. "Oh. Wear better?" "Yes. Wear better," said the salesman. "Oh. Do you think I ought to select inlaid instead of printed linoleum?" "It's up to you, lady. We sell a lot of inlaid." The lady trying to spend money, tried another ave-nue, one that looked as though it might be better lighted. "How do you think I ought to take care of linoleum in order to make it stay beautiful longer?" she asked. "Like ordinary floors," he replied. "Wax it or varnish it if you want." "Which is better?" But the salesman was too good an international dip-lomat to be cornered in an admission. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1936 21 "We sell a lot of both." And so the lady went home and painted the old floor over instead of buying a new floor covering. Display Appeal • Why one must have a warehouse feeling when one enters a linoleum department, re-mains one of the mysteries of the business. We are supposed to form a judgment of the goods as it stands upright in its narrow, close rolls. A man, purchasing a suit, usually trys it on for fit. How many linoleum rugs are tried on for desirability? To judge a piece of linoleum, a good-sized strip of it should be placed on the floor, next to a panel colored to resemble as closely as possible the walls of the room at home. It's very difficult to compare colors mentally; most of us need to have the colors right on hand to inspect. Sets of screens, painted in leading key colors used on rooms, could be shuffled around to aid the customer to visualize wall and floor combinations. Even before the customer thinks of price, she is puzzled about correct interior decoration technique. She wants smartness and correctness, with individu-ality. When in doubt, darker floors prevent a room becoming off-balance. Also, figured rugs for plain walls, plain rugs for figured walls are safe rules. To make a room look larger, and most customers want this, a wall to wall rug does the trick—also helps sell a larger rug. Rug-ed Individualism • People who sell linoleum floor coverings are now in the unique position of being able to offer custom-tailored rugs. Personalized floors is the biggest news buzz of the moment, one which dealers have yet to turn to real profit. We see the monogramed floors, the personal design of individual home-makers, at the home shows. We see a recreation room planned with a floor containing scudding sail-boats, flying fish and backgammon board designs—the particular hobbies of this home-owner. But we shrug and say, "Not for those of us with limited budgets. A personalized floor—why, it must be the ground floor of luxury!" And, of course, you dealers know it isn't at all, that we may have individual floor patterns of our own crea-tion with only moderate additional cost, that designs may be cut and set in the floor, neatly, fascinatingly. Tell us more about it. Make it the thing that will auto-matically out-date all the mediocre linoleums on our floors. New walls, too, of the linoleum type materials may be had. Square corners become round, dustproof; walls are different, easily kept immaculate, will not crack nor fade, always look fresh and come in such interesting patterns as knotty pine, natural wood, marble. We've been looking at them yearningly in model home shows. It's up to the dealers of the nation to put the informa-tion about new floor and wall personalities into every home. Dura-Beauty • The modern Scientific Shopping house-wife searches for dura-beauty. The old-fashioned housewife was contented with something that "lasted." But the present home-maker shops for beauty which lasts. We buy good inlaid linoleum because the pat-tern, going straight through to the back, mellows with age, grows old gracefully, will not chip off and harbor unlovely soil, will not make scrubbing harder, always looks better through the years. We buy good printed linoleum because its heavier weight resists tearing, be-cause its colors last longer, because its smooth surface will not harbor soil, because keeping it clean is easier. Poor linoleum is not only expensive, it is unbeautiful and a continual nuisance to have around. It tears easily, the colors wear off soon, soil collects in cracks, disfiguring the surface and making scrubbing more fre-quent and fruitless. A housewife will put up with a little extra cleaning effort if the work is repaid in aesthetic satisfaction. But no amount of scrubbing can restore poor linoleum; it is thankless. It makes your next sale of linoleum harder. It's part of the sales resistance of the indus-try. One rug of cheap linoleum is enough to under-mine linoleum good will in an entire family and its branches. Good inlaid and good printed types are the ask-the-woman-who-owns-one of the industry. Linoleum Lingo • How shall linoleum be laid? The selling job isn't over with the making out of the sales check. Besides, here is an opportunity to sell us dead-ening felt and waterproof cement. For what kinds of situations are the new adhesive-backed linoleums advis-able? Why bother with special laying methods? Be-cause if properly laid, the linoleum floor will be given greater resiliency with regard to the shrinking and swelling of the wood; it will not work loose or buckle or curl at the corners; greater quietness is added; its beauty is under-written by proper laying. Embossed pattern 5460, in canary yel-low and black, offset by plain walls, makes an attractive and liv-able room of this attic corner on the right. The copper kitchen on the left is en-hanced by a linoleum of dura-beauty in pattern 5520. * • - >' 22 FINE FURNITURE And Protection • How shall the linoleum be cared for? To avoid come-backs, to encourage renewed sales, help us to treat linoleum cor-rectly; explain the necessary avoid-ance of abrasive and alkali cleansing agents which scratch or destroy the linseed oil content; stressing the importance of using mild suds, rins-ing thoroughly, drying completely, and following with two thin coats of wax. The wax facial is necessary once a month for kitchens, every two months for other rooms. Rest-ing chair legs in bakelite cups, cuts down cleaning time and preserves the charm of the surface. A floor can take on a new uplook on life with intelligent sales help directing a customer's purchase. Dramatized Displays ON the opposite page are six floor covering and drapery ensembles, dramatizing ways in which retailers can stimulate holi-day business. The attractive corner setting, No. 1, is a diagonal cut upholstery, irregular striped velvet, made by Collins & Aiken Corp. No. 2 features yellow and white in the make-up table and modern chair by the Vogue Mfg. Co. "Put a price on the whole as a gift package with small budget payments," is the plan suggested for the modern bedroom ensemble. No. 3 emphasizes blond maple furniture with texture rug in mulberry color. Another novel dis-play is No. 4 in which a nautical setting by W. J. Sloane is featured. No. 5, a bedroom display, shows the Gainsborough pattern, recently developed by Witcombe, McGeachin & Co., in draperies and bedspread of DuPont rayon. The attractive Christmas packaging of rugs is par-ticularly well demonstrated in dis-play No. 6, in which a large rug in modern design serves as a striking background, furniture pieces pro-viding a home atmosphere. SIMPLIFYING STIRS SALES 'T'HE Globe Furniture Co., San i. Diego, CaL, has attempted to simplify their display methods by enlarging and rebuilding their floor covering department. According to manager J. J. Sherline, the)' now have 180 rug arms for displaying stock of large rugs, of which they carry over 360 patterns. In addi-tion to 16 broadloom racks of the roller type, a long platform is em-ployed for displaying approximately 1000 samples. Said Manager Sherline, "These samples are of the standard rug size •—27 x 54 inches, and give customers a better idea of patterns and color combinations than can be gained from smaller swatches. After these patterns are discontinued, we sell them as rugs, for, being standard rug size, they lend themselves nicely to small settings where we wish to show the rug with a piece or two of furniture and a drapery treatment." Samples are marked with full roll prices, cut order prices, and the widths in which they are available. All samples of a given brand are kept together, care being taken to keep all samples clean and neatly stacked. Salesmen may take sam-ples out to homes to aid in selection of pattern or color combination, signing for samples when taking them out, and being credited with them when they are returned. Added Sherline. "When a saks-man takes an order for one or more rugs, he immediately consults our Pacific Coast distributor's stock sheet—which we keep up to date— and finds if the rug is in stock on this coast. If it is not, he refers to Typical floor covering display at Globe Furniture Co.. San Diego, Cal. J. J. SHERLINE . . . Making rug selection easy for the customer eliminates lost sales. the mill sheet and finds if the rug can be secured at that point — usually it can. By doing this before the customer leaves the store, he can tell her whether or not he can secure immediate delivery or if it will be necessary for her to wait IS days for delivery from the mill. This enables her to make another selection, or, if not desiring this, it prepares her for waiting, and ex-plaining the delay thus, makes pleased customers and eliminates lost sales." By these methods, Manager Sher-line believes that they have invited the furniture salesman to the rug department by cooperating with him in putting every effort into the plan of helping him to make sales, and excellent results have thereby been obtained. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1936 23 24 FINE FURNITURE FAMILIAR DESIGNS, INTERPRETED By F A M O U S DESIGNERS Totnpeiian Wrought Metal by WM. HOFFMANN POMPEIIAN design and decoration lends itself ad-mirably to the fabrication of modern and traditional furniture in wrought metal. The artistry of the Pom-peiians and the early Egyptians has never been excelled. This is particularly true in metal work. Recognized as one of the foremost centers of Roman culture and basking in luxury, their artistic senses were highly developed. Discovery of the Roman city of Pompeii in 1754 stimulated an artistic interest that had a definite effect on 18th Century English furniture designers. The Adam brothers in England incorporated many of the Pompeiian motifs in their architectural renderings and furniture adaptations. In France the Pompeiian influ-ence was not discernable until the Louis XV period when people tired of the sensuous lines of this feminine style and sought a more enduring form of line. With the advent of modern manufacturing methods such as die-casting and the bending and shaping of tubular and flat chrome-plated steel, metal furniture embodying Pompeiian influence is being re-created, and production methods have brought this type of furniture within the reach of the average consumer's pocketbook and desires. The illustrations of the chair and the plant-stand on the opposite page, designed by William Hoffmann, are exquisite examples of modern adaptation of Pompeiian design. Furtherance of modern metal furniture devel-opment has been possible through the introduction of contemporary materials. New accents are permitted in a combining of wood, glass, copper, cork and chrome steel, and new discoveries in the fabrication of light weight metals allows many unusual and interesting forms to be developed. CAMOUFLEUR TO MEDALIST OOMEONE has said that it k_) isn't what men take in that makes greatness, but what they exude. Being a bashful soul, William "Bill" Hoffmann will probably not okay this brief biography. As a matter of fact, it's his retiring disposition that is responsible for the absence of his portrait, thus breaking a precedent established over a period of eight months with The Sketch Book. Beginning his career with architectural aspirations, Hoff-mann enrolled in the Cooper Union Institute, New York, in 1916. From there he moved to the Beaux Art Institute, and in 1920 and '21 achieved the dis-tinction of being a Beaux Art medalist. His experiences in the realm of furniture designing had their inception with that foun-tain head of furniture craftsmen, W. & J. Sloane. Following several years of in-tensive training in the designing of interiors and furnishings, Hoff-mann migrated to Grand Rapids, and for over a decade produced successful designs for Robert W. Irwin Co. Severing his connec-tions as staff designer with Irwin four years ago, "Bill" has since created designs for such concerns as Johnson, Handley, Johnson Co. and Berkey & Gay of Grand Rapids, and Saginaw Furniture Shops of Saginaw, Mich. Versatile, talented and tech-nical, Hoffmann is equipped with an understanding and knowledge of furniture design as related to modern production methods and merchandising perception, only possible to one thoroughly found-ed in design fundamentals. Hoffmann offers a rare sense of enthusiasm to any subject be-ing discussed, has a sense of hilarious humor, except at times when he draws to an inside straight — which he frequently does—unsuccessfully. Occupying his time with con-stant efforts to produce well-styled, saleable merchandise, "Bill" does manage to devote a few hours to his family, and his hobby, which is a cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan. How-ever, his work more than often follows him to his lakeside re-treat and it is with difficulty that his friends are able to secure his services in a horseshoe foursome, a sport at which he is particu-larly adept. During the war "Bill" exhibited his artistic wares in the creating of camouflage for the protection of AEFers, a serv-ice which substantiates our con-tention that Hoffmann is a retir-ing soul. l o r DECEMBER, 1936 25 PoMpFJAN ).•: I-To R u H. - - * MF •" '~ ': ff»- ' i '-IV 26 FINE FURNITURE SCIENCE BUILDS A HOUSE THEN WURZBURG'S BUDGET PLAN TURNS IT INTO A HOME FOR $1300 by VffiGINIA RUTH ULRICH IN 22 states, General Houses, Inc., is erecting model "over-the-counter" houses. In practically every in-stance, furniture merchants and homefurnishing de-partments of department stores are aligning themselves with the builder in some form of promotion. That homefurnishing stores are planning to take advantage of Federal forecasts predicting the erection of six mil-lion new homes in the next ten years, is evidenced by promotions of this nature being staged throughout the country. Macy's built a $9000 house, completely fur-nished, on its furniture floor; Wanamakers. Phila-delphia, furnished 17 model homes resulting m an approximate attendance of 500,000. Numerous other establishments are conducting similar enterprises with highly encouraging increases noticed in their furniture, drapery, floor-covering and accessory departments. Low-cost Homes • In the medium-priced class, the product of General Houses, Inc., appears to have the field to itself with prices ranging from $3500 to $9000, houses being available in arrangements adaptable to even the most Modern-minded home-maker. However, even a structurally modern house can have a tradi-tionally furnished interior, as is the case of a model recently erected in East Grand Rapids, Alich. Built by William D. Tucker, furniture designer and architect, and furnished in collaboration with Wurz-burg's (Grand Rapids department store), the house was furnished originally in contemporary tempo. Fol-lowing a two-week public display period, Tucker in-stalled his own furnishings which are completely traditional, effecting a transition so complete that the entire appearance of the house was altered. Said Tucker, "This house is not a house of the future. It is not a visionary ideal to be hoped for at some future day; it is a reality and can be had in this community by anyone who is seeking a modern, uo-to- date house. The unusual changes embodied are the Grand Rapids Lounge Co. supplied the dav-enport, r e t a i l i n g at $149.50; H a s t i n g s Table Co., the modern coliee table at $24, end table priced at $18; and the Thomas-ville Chair Co. manu-factured the walnut dining room suite. buffet retailing at $52,50; table. $29.50. for DECEMBER, 193b 27 Blond bedroom suite by West Michigan Furniture Co., retail price, four pieces, $193, has proved immensely popular. result of scientific application of present day materials to present day living standards. One of the outstand-ing features of the house is the almost complete elim-ination of waste space." In this respect the house, which is 48 x 32 feet, effects a saving of space equal to one large bedroom and two closets when compared to an ordinary struc-ture built of traditional materials. Asbestos cement board walls, sound-proof, insulated against winter cold and summer heat, prefabricated into panels that d fy time and labor in construction, account for the fact that only five weeks ensued between the time the first framework was erected until the decorator hung the last curtain. At a cost under $6000 for actual con-struction, including a complete heating unit with air-conditioning, water heater and double laundry tubs. and, in the kitchen, a cabinet-based sink, and including furnishings such as draperies, floor coverings, furniture, appliances, totaling slightly under $1300, the house is an inducement to the potential home-maker of mod-erate means. Financed under the Federal Housing Administration plan this type of residence is expected to figure prominently in the building boom now under way in many sections of the country. Decorator Maude Miller avers, "We have found a definite increase in sales in the homefurnishing depart-ment since the opening of the House of Science, many of them directly traceable to this promotion. This has been true, not only in direct sales from the furnishings displayed, but because seeing Wurzburg's name in connection with the decorating, has perceivably put me in the minds of people who desire an interior decora-tor. The first two days after the opening when several thousand visitors viewed the house, we had calls for various lamps which we had used and a goodly num-ber of draperies were sold, while the furniture depart-ment reported sales and inquiries regarding merchan-dise of that nature. Decoration • Credit should be given to Wurzburg's in their presentation of a charming and delightful interior in this five-roomed house, which has still been kept well within the limits of the average budget. The living room ceiling is beamed, breaking the severe wall effect and adding to the length of the combination living and dining room. Walls are a pastel pmk and the furnishings range from ivory to a deep rich brown with an occasional touch of green for contrast. The floors, which are cement throughout, have been covered by two layers of felt over which Amhaco Broadfelt Carpets (Clinton Carpet Co., Chicago), in a soft dull green have been laid. The davenport, Grand Rapids Lounge Co., is a coffee brown and beige curly mohair, in front of which stands a low coffee table manufac-tured by the Hastings Table Co. Opposite, is a mirror-flanked Benjamin Franklin fireplace, on one side of which stands a modern knee-hole desk (Charles R. Sligh Co.), and in the cozy corner of the other side, a light wine and beige chair from the Grand Rapids Lounge Co. is sided by an end table in modern style. Neither shades nor glass curtains are necessary at the corner windows in that sufficiently heavy embroidered casement cloth in brown and ivory has been employed. The decorative lamps, modern contrasts in dead white, green, and soft brown were manufactured by Max Horn & Bros.; Lightolier Co.; Rosenfield & Co.; Art Lamp Corp., and the Arton Studios, $50 covering all lamps in the house. Squared off from the living room is the dining room in which identical drapes have been used at the corner window and the carpet has carried through so that all can be converted into one large room if so desired. The Thomasville Chair Co. are the manufacturers of the modern dining room suite used, including buffet, table and chairs in light walnut. Blond Bedroom • In the master bedroom, the popu-lar blond furniture, West Michigan Furniture Co., has been used in a three-piece suite, including a full-sized bed, vanity and chest. The rug is modern in two-tone brown and pink beige, and pure white sheer drapes at 28 FINE FUBNITURE the corner windows increase the light effect of the room. A white tiled bathroom adjoining, is opposite the other bedroom which has been furnished in maple, the bunk-tiered beds made by the Grelick Mfg. Co., the vanity and chest having been manufactured by Jennings Furniture Co. The two beds plus a Cape Cod lamp, cost about $26.50 complete and many sales have been made on this attractive but economical room. Gray carpet forms an interesting contrast to the maple, and color has been em-ployed in the yellow, brown and gray of the drapes and in a wing chair spring rocker from the Thom-asville Chair Co., which is offered for $16.50. Kitchen Clicks • One of the most commented-on rooms in the house is the kitchen, which room has be-come increasingly important to the modern home-maker who seeks to combine both utility and beaut}*. Light and airy with many windows, it is completely white from the Magic Chef range, gas refrigerator, to the metal built-in cupboards. The only color accent is in the Kirsch \ enetian blinds which are taped in brilliant red. and in the floor-cover-ing of Armstrong linoleum. Con-veniently small, and with built-in equipment, this kitchen has been de-signed for step-saving economy. The utility room adjoining the kitchen, is conveniently handy, has built-in laundry tubs, modern gas heater and air-conditioner inclosed in a light green metal cabinet; may also be used as a store room. This room has been greatly discussed by house-wives and is making great appeal to them in that they feel it is a time and energy saver to have the "heart" of the house so conveniently located. A BIRD'S-EYE JUBILEE {The Man on the Cover) FLOWERS and blonds (with the blond being made of bird's-eye maple) constitute an appropriate background for a man who has spent the major part of his long and very active life in the manufac-ture of maple furniture. Charles ("Charlie" to you) Elmendorf, gen-eral manager of the Manistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich., rates the cover position this month, because, during the Fall Style Show in Grand Rap-ids, fellow exhibitors in the Waters- Klingman Bldg. learned through the market grapevine that "Charlie" turned the three-quarter century mark November 7. With congratu-lations the order of the day, his friends staged a congratulatory re-ception in the Manistee space, pre-sented Elmendorf with a beautiful autumn bouquet. Wrapped in the stems of the flowers was an object that tinkled—but that's supposed to be a secret! "Charlie" Elmendorf for a num-ber of years has been regarded as the last of the Mohicans when it came to manufacturing bird's-eye maple furniture for the bedroom. Tomlinson of High Point made this bedroom suite, naming it for Su-sanna Allen who conducted one of the early taverns at Williamsburg, Va., in 1715. The architectural treat-ment is of espe-cial interest due to its marked Wil-liamsburg charac-ter. Displayed in the Merchandise Mart. In recent years, however, he has branched out and his line now in-cludes modern and traditional solid maple bedroom groups. His blond suites were outstanding features of the recent mid-season market. Long a hard worker, attentive to details, Elmendorf at 75 can review his business career with satisfaction, having directed its course in a sane and profitable manner. A great out-door enthusiast, playing a fine game of golf, "Charlie" expects to carry on indefinitely and die with his boots on. Breslaw's on the Air '"PHAT commercial radio adver- X tising had a future was realized by Jacob Breslaw, president of Breslaw Bros. Furniture, N. Y., in 1929, when he began an intensive radio campaign which has helped to make them one of the largest and strongest retail furniture stores. It was among the early concerns to sponsor a program over WGY, pioneer station in Schenectady, reaching an audience in up-state New York and western New Eng-land, Breslaw agreeing to a one-year contract, being willing to gam-ble on the results, necessarily un-certain at that time. His gamble was well founded. One announce-ment on the modest program with which they started the radio adver-tising drive, sold 87 porch gliders. Another sold 57 sets of dishes. Customers began to drive in from many miles away and patrons in certain sections became so numerous that additional stores were added. When the campaign began, the Breslaw organization had three stores doing the proverbial "nice little business;" today, it embraces seven stores doing a million dollar business. This phenomenal growth cannot be attributed entirely to radio ad-vertising, of course, but the fact that Breslaw Bros, not only re-mained on the air in a continuous seven-year campaign but gradually increased the amount of time pur-chased, is evidence of the impor-tance of this form of merchandismg. On all Breslaw broadcasts, specific items of merchandise and their prices are listed and repeated; three "radio specials" each week are usu-ally offered and frequently a "free offer" campaign is begun. Topical and timely slants are given to the advertising such as, "Get Your Bonus at Breslaw's" and "Buy at a £2,000,000 Merger Sale to Beat the Rising Market." J o r DECEMBER, 1936 29 FurnitureFrolics JOSEPH D&AH Of H.y, FUP-NITUP-E HE SHOWED HIS FAITH IN THE FUTUP-E B / OPEHIHO HI9 STOR-E THE MOP-NING OF 1HIOAY WHEN ALL £>ANK& THROUaHOUT THECOUHTli/ \A/£P-£ CLOSED - - ED.H. &EEN AT C E . M N A . C ' H I O . FOP-TIRELESS - FISHERMAN AND HUNTE.R-- • HE LOVES THE OUTDOORS, ESPECIAU.y IK HoRTHEP-M A/1)CH!6AN, DUP-lNCT THE HAY FEVE-R-LJR/ tnu t^APlDS „„ ANO C i v i c LEADER-. ACTIVE, IN ESTADLISHlNCi P&SIDN PIP-AC1/ PP-OTE-G-nON. . OUTDOOP-EN-THUSIAST. /4S A PU&LIC3PEAV-EP-HIS P-AN^INO IS H(OH - .DAVID L."PRETTY Boy' E-VAN5, FUP-HITURE D t - SIONER. ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING CP-EATOP-S OF THE PP-OFESSION. £-X- PP-ES. 6 . P ^ . FUP-HITUP-E CBSI6NER-S /45SN. HAS CREATED SUCH FAMOUS LINES AS C ENTURy AND "OUlDDlCCMB, EVEN FASHIONED SOME FURNITURE IN HIS HOME. " E.MCHAMAPA. BUYER- FOR THE MILWAUKEE BOSTON 5TORP. NATIVE OP CONNECTICUT. PLAYS LOTS OF CJOLF AND SOME z,P-\oot. WANTS TO PLAY MORE CiOL-F WHEN HE RETIP-ES. 30 FINE FURNITURE Designed by Robert Heller for A. C. Gilbert Co., this chrome-plated, black enameled base toaster re-tails for about $3. Low-Cost Posters T IBERAL use of multi-colored J i posters for furniture promotions is possible at low cost if the silk screen process is utilized in produc-tion, according to Robert S. Leo-pold, display manager at H. Leh & Co., Allentown, Pa. Leopold's strik-ing poster designs have done much to develop sales volume during special furniture promotions. Said Leopold, "When poster costs run too high, the display depart-ment is inclined to economize to the point that it does not get its mes-sage across. For a recent furniture sale we produced 100 seven-color posters in four hours with our silk screen equipment at a cost of less than $10. A year ago we had 100 similar posters made for us by a printing plant at a cost of $91. The screen method facilitates the use of a greater number of posters which results in better response to store promotions." Leopold uses a strong wood frame over which the screen silk is stretch-ed with thumb tacks. The silk used is very sheer with great tensile strength and a very fine mesh through which paint can be squeezed. The frame is hinged to a flat board of equal size and blank cards are later inserted between the screen and the board. The design outline is drawn on the silk, the space outside is covered with paint-impermeable glue, after which paint is applied over the design. The poster card having been inserted, a squeegee roller is employed whxh forces the paint onto the card. In the production of multi-colored posters, the same procedure is fol-lowed, one color being impressed on the poster card at a time; it being RETAILING TIPS . . . Low-cost Posters Possible—Valuable Names—Appliances Segregated-—Shack Spawns Sales—Unique Remuneration Plan—How Do You Say Frise? necessary to block out all remaining parts of the design with glue each time a color is added. The glue and pamt are removed with turpentine from the succeeding parts of the de-sign on the screen each time the new color is applied. This pro-cedure is followed until the design has been completely transferred. Leopold finds it convenient to have three different sized screens; the one used most frequently for store posters is about 30 by 50 inches; the larger screens are used for extra large cards and c.oth banners. Discounts in a Name ANOVEL, yet practical and profitable method of increasing sales for popular-price instalm nt furniture stores in reviving inactive accounts, was recently originated and copyrighted by Charles E. Coykendall, direct mail specialist in Chicago. This plan is in the form of a letter to be sent primarily to customers who have not been using their charge accounts as freely as might be wished. Letter Specialist Coykenda'il has worked out a percentage value of all the letters of the alphabet on a scientific basis and in his form letter asks the customer to figure the purchasing value of his last name according to this scale. A special discount is offered by the store according to what his last name is worth when computed on this basis. To figure the purchasing value of his name, the customer is first asked to figure the percentage value of each letter; secondly, to divide the total percentage by the actual num-ber of letters in his last name. The result will give the special discount entitled to the customer on any merchandise. Assuming, for in-stance, that the letters in the name "SMITH" have the following values —"S" 8%, "M" 13%, "I" 2%, "T" 9%, "H" 7%—the total would be 39%. The name "SMITH" con-tains five letters; thus, 39% is divided by five and "SMITH" will have a special discount of 7%. Fractions over equal divisions are not to be counted according to this plan. The customer is, of course, asked to bring his letter with him to serve as identification. A promotion of this type if used primarily as a direct mail propo-sition has the virtue that it re- - • • • • : • - ; : £ • This Modern dining group by the Grand Rapids Chair Co. is featured in the Masonite House at the Texas Centennial, Dallas. Decorative accessories and dining service by Arthur A. Evarts Co. carries out the simple dignity of this modern dining room. for DECEMBER, 193S 31 quires no large additional advertis-ing expenditure. When making in-quiries, the maximum discount which the merchant is willing to offer to a group of inactive cus-tomers should be stated. Further information concerning this plan can be obtained by writing FINE FURNITURE Magazine. — Ed. Note. Double-Store Plan SEPARATION of its appliance department in another store brought an increase of 40% in elec-trical sales to Chalker's Furniture Co., Huntington Park, Calif. At the same time furniture sales jumped 25%. "Furniture, we found," explains H. Vanderhook, manager of the appliance department, "detracted from appliances and appliances from furniture. Most larger stores have their electrical departments closely related to the furniture division. "Theoretically, this should pro-duce feeder business both ways. But for us it didn't. The furniture customer would see a new electrical appliance and waste our time and hers looking at it when she had not the slightest intention of buying it. The same principle worked in re-verse with electrical customers. Now there are no distractions." Vanderhook also points out that by having a seperate shop, appli-ances can constantly have window display space all their own. "They assume more importance than when displayed as mere accessories." A location near the main store is Blond mahogany bedroom suite by Tomlinson. with blended, hand-waxed lacquer finish which preserves natural beauty of the wood. necessary for success in this two-store selling, Vanderhook believes. It is only a half block from Chalk-er's main store to the appliance location so it is no task to exchange customers. Several large rugs hang m the appliance store, creating sales in that item. Small, occasional pieces of furniture take away the usual appliance store bareness and tie the store in with the parent furniture store. Shack Spawns Sales AN old shack remodeled as a . model home, set up in the busi-ness section of Salt Lake City, was visited by 63,000 people during the Bed by John Widdi-comb Co., with all carvings and mould-ings gold burnished, the head board cov-ered with blue silk. first ten days it was open to the public. A'lanager George A. Williams, Williams-Nibley, Inc., said, "We completely furnished the little house and it was the finest publicity we ever received. Total cost of reno-vating each room and cost of each item—furniture, rugs, drapes—was listed separately, so that whether a person wished to completely re-furnish a room or merely purchase a single article, the exact cost was immediately available. Explanatory folders were presented visitors as they departed. "Since we cater to a most exclu-sive trade in Salt Lake City and vicinity (one of our recent home refurnishing jobs amounted to $9000) many people were reticent in consulting us on small jobs for simply furnished homes, and it was to appeal to our citizens as a whole that the folder was issue. We said: 'Because this firm is patronized by people of distinction throughout the State, it is believed by many to be high-priced, exclusive, and catering only to a wealthy clientele. This is an erroneous idea. Many patrons have only limited incomes, but know that here they can have their homes decorated attractively at no great cost. Consider the furnishings in this house. The curtains in the bedroom cost only $8.75 per pair; the rug $15. The two-piece suite in the living room is covered in blue crushed mohair. This covering will last for years, and the suite is only $173.50.' Radio, sparingly, and newspaper advertising were employed in at-tracting attention of both old and new customers." 32 FINE FURNITURE heather i s BUT BE SURE IT'S EAGXE-OTTAWVl leather £as this quality. It is good leather because over a period of years the Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co. has kept apace of changing trends, they have given initial tests to new methods of production, tanning, coloring. When found practical they have been incorporated in the manu-facturing of BETTER leather . . . Mer-chants, leather-wise, INSIST upon Eagle-Ottawa's product because it insures customer-satisfaction and re-peat business. Leather today is unlimited in its scope when hand Jed by master designers. 1 raditional or Contemporary furni-ture finds the use of good leather ac-ceptable. Because it is more than a fad. GOOD leather is enduring, comforta-ble, stylish, practical. Top, leather Chippen-dale chair, by Baker Furniture Factories, Inc.; dining chair, Chippendale leather-seated by Century Furniture Co.; occa-sional leather chair (left), by Barnard <S Simonds and modern chair, covered with leather, by Mueller Furniture Co. EAGLE-OTTAWA LEATHER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r DECEMBER. 1936 33 IN DEMAND Good LEATHER Originally found only on seating pieces, furniture merchants visit-ing the various furniture market centers of the country find leather on head and footboards of beds, table tops, chairs and davenports, drawer and case fronts of dressers, chests, bookcases, desks, buffets. In a wide range of colors and tex-tures, the buyer is afforded unsur-passed opportunity for injecting eye-appeal into his furniture dis-plays. "There is nothing like leather . . . providing it is GOOD leather." Bridge set (at top), by Sikes Co., chairs leather covered; modern bed employing leather on head and loot boards, by Berkey <£ Gay Furniture Co.; leather top, drum table by Fine Arts Furniture Co. and leather covered bed by Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. if-Atti Main Office: GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN Tanneries: GRAND HAVEN, WHITEHALL, MICHIGAN Branches: 912 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago 2 Park Avenue, New York City 1602 Locust Street, St. Louis 1012-14 Broadway Place, Los Angeles 615 Howard St., San Francisco Phillips-Davis, Inc., High Point, N. C. Mosehart-Schleeter, 211 Caroline St., Houston, Texas J. J. Smith, 123 8 N. W. Glisan St., Portland, Oregon > COMPANY WORLD'S LARGEST TANNERS OF UPHOLSTERY LEATHER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 34 FINE FURNITURE BENBOUGH'S REMUNERATION Plan Is Unique, Practical APLAN of sales remuneration which is not only unique and interesting but practical as well, has been devised by H. L. Benbough who established a furniture store in San Diego, Cal., 30 years ago on a capital of $500. He has prospered and grown until today his store occupies six floors and basement of a building 100 feet square; he em- H. L. BENBOUGH . . . "Our plan seems to average for salesmen and store in satisfactory manner." ploys 115 people, 14 of whom are furniture salesmen. Convinced that cooperation be-tween the employees of his various departments would be the keynote to success, Benbough has planned always with this end in view. The store is divided into five depart-ments, namely: Furniture, Carpet, Office Equipment, Drapery, and Electrical Equipment. The only de-partment in which the furniture sales force makes direct sales other than in its own is the Carpet De-partment. In the event of a furni-ture customer being interested in the purchase of merchandise in any of the other three departments, namely: Office Equipment, Drapery or Electrical Equipment, the cus-tomer is introduced by the furniture salesman to a member of the sales force in the particular department in whose merchandise he is inter-ested, and the salesman in that par-ticular department carries on. If a sale is made, both men receive full credit for the sale in volume. At the present time, Benbough has 14 furniture salesmen, each of whom is rated and re-rated accord-ing to the volume of his sales per month. Number 14, the lowest in the scale, is paid $100 a month; each succeeding man up to the top receives $12.50 more than his pre-decessor so that Number 1 receives $262.50 per month. When an addi-tion is made to the sales force it automatically increases every sales-man on the floor $12.50 a month as the low man still receives $100 and each man is increased as shown by the following schedule: Sales Remuneration Present 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14-. Schedule $262.50 250 00 237 50 225 00 212 50 200 00 187.50 175.00 ... 162.50 ... 150.00 13750 . 125.00 112.50 100.00 Add 1 . ? 3 4 5.. 6 1 ... 89 10 . 11 12 . 13.. 14.... 15 ing One Man $275.00 262.50 .. 250.00 237 50 225 00 212.50 200.00 187.50 175.00 . .. 162.50 150 00 . 137.50 125.00 112.50 1.0.00 If it became necessary to cut down on the staff, each salesman's pay would likewise be decreased $12.50 a month. Hence the incentive to aid new men in making sales. Says Benbough, "We find our present system to be working out in a highly satisfactory manner and all of our furniture salesmen are on their toes in an effort to either be top man for the month or as near to the top as possible. Wh'le our present plan benefits the salesmen when business is poor, the store benefits when business is good, so it seems to average satisfactorily." While this plan is not intended to be a competition, yet the salesmen consider it so and work hard to attain high ranking each month. Salesmen are paid twice a month. For the first half of the month each salesman receives $50. At this time the salesmen's ranking is posted so that each salesman may see where he stands and thus know his ap-proximate pay for the month. They are eager to help each other in the different departments due to the benefits received if a sale is made. The worry of repossessions is eliminated as Benbough believes that it is the duty of the credit de-partment to determine a customer's rating, not the salesmen's. Say What You Mean FRISE (pronounced "free-zay") is a fabric having a loop pile surface. The word is a French adjective indicating yarns looped, curled, or frizzled As applied to upholstery fabrics, common usage gives the term acceptance as the name of a cloth. Frieze (pronounced "freeze") is not a looped pile fabric but is a heavy woolen fabric having a nap produced by teazling, and is exten-sively used for overcoatings. Friezette is a flat weave and should not be confused with "frize." Friezette is a rep fabric, the rep weave being used so that when the fabric is woven, small ridges are formed. Benbough's store in the days of horse and and Golden carriage, "speedy" brass-lamped autos Oak sets. for DECEMBER. 1938 35 1 — Sofa. No. 1350. is made by Ralph Morse Furniture Co. and is shown at the Keeler Bldg.. Grand Rapids. 2 — One of Coch-ran's line of chair specials. No. 2808. in silk damask, is shown at the Wat-ers- Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids. 3 — This charming Early American maple group by W. F. Whitney Co.. Inc., South Ashbumham, Mass., is shown in the Waters - Kling-man Bldg., Grand Rapids. 4 — 18th Century wing chair by the S. J. Campbell Co.. Chicago; Duncan P h y t e mahogany table, A m e r i c a n Furniture Novelty Co.; and ivory table lamp, mahogany floor lamp by the Rembrandt Lamp Co., Chicago, are all displayed at the American Furniture Mart. 5 — Blond sectional pieces. No. 4587, in Modern s t y l e are manufactured by Weiner & Co., Mil-waukee, and are exhibited at the American Furniture Mart. 6 — Fireside chair. No. 40, made by the Grand Rapids Lounge Co., is ex-hibited in the Wat-ers- Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids. 7 — M a h o g a n y couch, by Schoon-beck Furniture Co., is shown in the showrooms of the Imperial Furniture Co.. Grand Rapids. 36 FINE FURNITURE WHY VENEERS? HOW often have your customers asked the ques-tion, "Is this furniture solid or veneered?" And upon being told that the flat surfaces are veneered, make some disparaging remark as if their intelligence, as a furniture buyer, had been insulted? The truth of the matter is that many of the buying public are obsessed with the idea that veneered construction is a sign of cheap, inferior furniture. One of the most dif-ficult problems confronting a retail salesman is that of reasoning with a customer who has already convinced himself that lamination is just another term for subordination of quality. They do not seem to realize that the salesman on the floor is trying to help and advise them in making the best possible selection for their money, rather than brow-beat or cajole them into purchasing an inferior grade of merchandise. They seem more inclined to take the word of an uninformed friend rather than that of an experienced manufacturer with years of study and experiment behind him. There-fore the entire issue narrows down to the fact that the salesman understands the conditions leading to the de-velopment and use of veneer, and that it is his job to convey that understanding to the consumer. Confidence vs. Cockiness • To gain the confidence of a customer in your ability and knowledge of furni-ture is of major importance in making a sale. They should be made to feel that they are talking with a person who has a thorough understanding of the busi-ness, rather than a robot merely repeating memorized words. by HARVEY KIMERLY How often have customers asked you, "Is this suite made of solid wood or is it veneered?" And immediately upon mentioning the word veneer have the prospect launch into a tirade censoring your establishment and everyone in it for handling such an inferior line of merchandise? Such a situation narrows down to the salesman's own ability to comprehend the use of veneer, and also the fact that certain types of furniture are more in keeping with their character and period when done in solid wood. Conveying this understanding to a veneer-complexed customer is an important part of your job as purveyor of furniture. Imagine, for example, the consternation of the young salesman just breaking into the game who, upon the arrival of a large, luxurious-looking sofa at the store, asked the question, "What style is that?" When told, with apparent seriousness, that it was a genuine Aphrodisiac, he decided to incorporate the term into his sales talk. Several days later a stately old couple entered the store, became interested in the piece and asked its style. Hoping to make an impression with his knowl-edge of furniture the young man stepped forward, and with a sweeping gesture said, "This is a GENuine Aphrodisiac." The story is old, but illustrates the ad-visability of using original and intelligent sales talk. Veneer—1000 Years B. C. • The arguments for the use of veneer are many, without disparaging fine fur-niture that is made of solid woods. Veneer itself is not a new development. It was known to the early Egypt-ians a thousand years before Christ, and those pieces of veneered furniture have stood the test of centuries. The eighteenth century masters, such as Chippendale and Sheraton, were also advocates of this laminated construction and their choice has never been bettered. The reasons for the use of plywood are not complex. Throughout the world are found many types and species of wood which may be used as a furniture material. However, only a few have all the properties desirable. The value of some woods lies in their char-acteristic color, figure and beauty of grain. Other types are valuable because of their physical requisites rather than decorative qualities. Therefore, combinations of these woods are used in order to produce furniture having both strength and beauty. It is the same method employed in the manufacture of fine jewelry. Platinum, for example, a very soft, ductile metal, is blended with irradium, which is known for its tough, durable qualities, thus producing an alloy with all the beauty and brilliance of platinum plus the service-ability of irradium. Consumer Skeptical • The method is the same in fur-niture. Hickory and ash both make excellent shovel handles or, in furniture, excellent frames for chairs and davenports. On the other hand, burl walnut and crotch mahogany, while unsuitable for shovel handles and frames, have beautiful figures suitable for smooth, flat surfaces where a fine texture is paramount. For this reason the practice is made of cutting the finely figured and more valuable woods into thin sheets of veneer, for DECEMBER, 1936 37 1 — Combination book-stand and table. No. 5-116, and the hanging bookrack. No. 5-103, are made by the Romweber Industries, shown in the Merchan-dise Mart. 2 _ No. 415 buffet is by the Bates-ville Cabinet Co. and is displayed in the Merchan-dise Mart. 3 — The American F u r n i t u r e Co. manufactured the modern bedroom group, twin-beds. No. 945V2- vanity No. 9451/4, which are shown at the Merchandise Mart. -rj 4 — Vanity, No. 221, retails at $40; mirror priced at $18, are made by the Charlotte Fur-niture Co. and are shown at the American Furni-ture Mart. 5 — No. D 785 chair, retailing at $58, by the Mich-igan Seating Co., is displayed in the Fine Arts Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 6 — Modern chair No. 1284, outside width 33 inches, is by the Wolverine Upholstering Co. and is exhibited in the Waters- Klingman Bldg.. retailing at $63. Un-numbered mo-dem combination desk and cabinet by the B. P. John Furniture Corp., Portland, Ore. 4- 38 FINE FURNITURE which are then glued onto the less attractive but stronger wood. Obviously enough the consumer has probably never given thought to this line of reasoning and ma}- be satisfied with the explanation offered. However, a great many are unduly skeptical and suspicious. Why Veneer? • Of great importance to the buyer of household furniture is the lasting service made pos-sible with three- five- or more ply veneer. As an illus-tration, take a panel faced with a highly figured veneer. To begin with there is the core stock—a thoroughly dried piece of some tough, sturdy wood; then comes a layer of glue, and a layer of cross-banded veneer with the grain running at right angles to that of the core; there follows another layer of glue then the face veneer with its grain superimposed over that of the preceding strip. Cross-banding, or the superimposing of succeeding sheets of plywood gives the desired strength, as it tends to prevent the panel from warp-ing or changing its shape due to the absorption or giving off of moisture, for wood will naturally shrink or expand in varying degrees throughout the grain. The gluing together of the various sections with the grain running in different directions prevents distortion, for as one sheet starts to warp it is automatically checked by the cross grain of its adjacent sheets. This method of construction is especially valuable in the changing atmospheric conditions of the modern home. There is still another pertinent physical factor in favor of glued stock. Since the World War glues have been evolved which are as strong if not stronger than the wood itself. Quite often glued stock, when sub-jected to severe strain, will fail in the wood rather than the glue. A properly laid veneer panel is approx-imately 80% stronger than a strip of solid wood of equal thickness. To illustrate this point take two strips of plywood and place them together with the grain of each running in the same direction; they can be easily broken. Now superimpose these strips and you will find that twice the strength is required to break them. In late years a casein glue, made of sour skimmed milk, has been produced and has proved superior to the vegetable glue in that it is waterproof. The vege-table glue made from tapioca, is soluble in water if left submerged over a period of time; the casein glue is unaffected by water, retaining its original strength and preventing the veneer from springing apart. $15,000 per Log • To the manufacturer, and indirectly to the consumer, lamination offers yet another saving. Quite often wood, valued because of its beauty of fig-ure,, is too costly to be used in making solid furniture, for veneer logs have been known to sell on the London market for as much as $15,000. Therefore, the utility of these logs is greatly enhanced by cutting them into thin sheets rather than into lumber. Trees producing really excellent logs of this type are rapidly becoming scarce. The use of laminated construction also proves eco-nomical to the customer in that it helps save a great deal of breakage in small, finely built pieces. Also, in using other than veneered construction on a curved surface, the joints or ends may be exposed, thus spoil-ing the effect of a smooth flowing line. From the artistic or aesthetic point of view the use of veneer is responsible for many beautiful and unusual decorative effects, as it is possible to secure patterns of intricate design by the use of mottles, bird's-eyes and curly grains. The veneer may be cut as thin as 1/30 of an inch, enabling the strips to be matched accord-ing to grain and producing the exquisite swirls and crotches so treasured by manufacturers. "GO-GUTTER" SALESMAN HARVEY KIMERLY . . . believes that home portrays char-acter, personality oi individual. ^ 1 HATTING with a couple of re- \ / tail furniture salesmen recently, the subject arose of how to handle customers who believed that veneer-ed merchandise was inferior to solid wood pieces. Long a topic of dis-cussion on retail floors, we asked one of the salesmen to express his views. Hence this article by Harvey Kimerly, associated with Klingman Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. "Kim," with a background of fur-niture, based on his father's and brother's long activity as furniture designers, while he himself served an apprenticeship in a designing studio, is qualified to write intelli-gently on the subject. Deserting the production end of the business for the retail sales, Kim-erly feels that his former training is a genuine asset, as his thorough knowledge of historical influence on style changes equipped him with ammunition that should be included in retail salesmen's vernacular. Diversifying his hobby of collect-ing old coins by hunting and read-ing, versatility is exhibited in his musical selections, running the scale from the melodious waltzes of Johann Strauss, Jr., to the rousing "Song of the Vagabonds" and the inspirational religious march, "On-ward Christian Soldiers;" is an ad-mirer of Edward VIII; has covered the U. S. from coast to coast; and when retirement time arrives, wants to raise chickens. In listing his most interesting ex-perience with a customer "Kim" admits being somewhat of a "go-gutter" salesman. Having conducted some New York sophisticates on a tour of local exhibitions, the party was returning to the visitors' auto-mobile, when a traffic tie-up enforc-ed a temporary delay. Kimerly, while standing in the gutter, took advantage of the blockade, sold the party a bedroom suite they had just seen. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1 9 3 6 39 Done by Dutch Craftsmen ASSURES RELIABILITY OF WORKMANSHIP AND STYLE REPRODUCTIONS . . . Our line of 18th Century living room repro-ductions, exquisitely interpreted from carefully selected authentic sources, guarantees your most discriminating customers' accurate replicas of New England furniture. MERCHANDISING . . . "Biographical" sketches of historical interest have been attached to each individual piece, thus affording your salesmen assistance in selling this merchandise. DINING ROOM . . . New dining room groupings shown for the first time in November have been augmented and now include a comprehensive selection of Modern and traditional ensembles. DISPLAY IN WATERS-KLINGMAN BLDG. The 18th Century buffet above, Suite No. 87, is of mahogany veneer, mahogany construction. The cocktail table below, No. 125, of mahogany, is 44"x21", 17" high; the drum table, No. 120, also being of mahogany, is 30" x 30" across with a height of 29". DUTCH WOODCRAFT SHOPS, INC. ZEELAND MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE . . . Says Joe Lynch YOUR AD MAN CAN PRODUCE BUSINESS IF— 7\ RETAIL merchant cannot ex-x i . pect his advertising manager to produce business-getting adver-tising unless it is based on a solid understanding of store arrangement, stock arrangement, advertising mediums, sales resistance and, most important of all, a thorough under-standing of buying nature. In order to create productive retail advertis-ing there must be co-operation from the president of the concern down to the delivery man. The entire organization must be sold on the idea of what the advertising is de-signed to accomplish and the part each one is to play in making the sales of the advertised merchandise successful. Buy Through Eye • A retail store advertisement may be beautiful to look at, it may carry an appearance of dignity, it may tickle the mer-chant's vanity, but, if it lacks the proper selling assets the advertising expenditure is wasted. Of what we learn, 95% comes through the eye; 95% of what we buy, we buy through the eye. The first aim of an advertisement must be to attract the eye. When that has been done the remaining selling assets that should go into it are as follows: Arouse curiosity, drive home econ-omy, create desire, use the proper merchandise in the advertisement and build up store prestige. Display Supports Ads • The next step is to back up the advertising by the proper display of the adver-tised merchandise, making it easy for the customer to buy and reduc-ing responsibility of inexperienced or indifferent sales people. Many good advertising men who have written excellent copy have been blamed unjustly because results did not come up to expectations, not due to the advertisement at all, but be-cause the organization itself was not properly sold on it, and because the merchandise was not properly dis-played in the store so as to get a volume of sales in accordance with the advertising expenditure and the possibilities of the advertisement. False Dignity • Few of our retail merchants are advertising and mer-chandising men. In contact with stores throughout the United States and Canada, we find that in too he has cooperation irom the president o£ the store on down, if the entire organi-zation is completely sold on his campaign. He can produce results if his adver-tising program is supported by a cooperative display scheme. He CAN'T build volume if the boss insists upon high-class advertising for cheap merchandise thus creating an atmosphere cf high-hattishness and establishing a definite sales resistance. Finally, says Lynch, "I would spend one month every year visiting as many retail stores in the same business as I possibly could, exchanging ideas, absorbing policies and methods." many cases the merchant dictates the advertising policy with no thought of building a large volume of business, but rather, in hiding behind a false dignity. In many of the stores that we operate, we find that the merchant in years gone by has been very successful, built up a large volume of profitable business in price lines and has arrived at a point where he is considered finan-cially and socially a leader. Then the thought occurs to him that his business is not in keeping with his social position, and immediately he installs new fixtures, new front and insists on so-called high-class adver-tising that is lacking in all selling elements, buys high-priced mer-chandise and attempts to compete with stores selling higher priced merchandise and practically, though wholly unintentionally, decides that the customers who built his busi-ness, made him his money and made his social position possible are not good enough to trade in his high-class store. In fact, he buys the type of merchandise that they cannot afford to buy, his overhead is increased, slack months come along, and he wonders what has happened to his business. 91 7/10% on D. P. Plan • He for-gets that the store using so-called high-class advertising with no selling assets, that buys and displays the highest priced merchandise rather than medium-priced and cheap merchandise, creates the impression of being a high-priced store, caus-ing a very strong sales resistance which is hard to live down even after the policy of lower priced merchandise has been adopted. He forgets that there are ten thousand buyers of cheap and medium priced merchandise to one of high-priced merchandise. If he happens to be in the furniture business he decides that he is going to do a thirty- or sixty-day charge account business. Here, again, he forgets that statis-tics show that actually 91 7/10% of the furniture business in the United States is done on a deferred payment plan of from nine to eigh-teen months. By actual analysis the long deferred payment plan is more satisfactory than the short thirty or sixty day charge account. 4-point Merchandising • Success-ful merchandising means, first, the writing of newspaper advertising that attracts the eye and advertis-ing merchandise of such a price that attracts the great mass of the lower and medium class of buyers; sec-ond, creating an atmosphere of friendliness in the store and dis-playing the merchandise so that it is easy for the customer to buy; third, adopting a policy of money refunded on any article that does not give satisfaction and fourth, selling of every advertisement and what it is to accomplish to the entire organization itself first. The advertising should be delib-erately designed to bring people to the store in great numbers for cer-tain advertised items. Experience has demonstrated time and time again that they will in addition, purchase items other than those ad-vertised. For instance, in a sale that we conducted for Brushaber's furniture store in Detroit, we used a double truck as a merchandise ad but did not advertise floor, bridge or junior lamps. Regardless of this, and because of the great number of people who came to the store for advertised items, and the fact that the lamps were properly displayed, we sold 268 lamps in one day. Visit— for Ideas • Finally, if I were a retail merchant, I would spend one month every year visiting as many retail stores in the same line of business, as I possibly could, absorbing as much of the different methods and policies as possible. Then I would return to my own store and make an analysis of my own business, based on what I had learned. TDWERinG ABOVE 16 • 1937 S\ \ !•. I i m i - . U H I i n f • 1 1 1 - \ | i \ r n i i c c / i i r ; i l i i i i r \ u i i r l u i \ i 11_•_• i n l l i i " \ i u c r i c . i M I- u M M i i i ! ' • • M ; i i l . . . l ) 1 | M T r c t i l o ! l l i i " i w i l i i n i ' . - I "II V <"I"r- t i n . I > u \ I I O I I I i h f i i m r c i l i i i n T'lil r \ h i l i i i m > w h o i p d i i i | i r i r - r iht-w o r l d r ; i i c ; i l c > l h o m e l i i n i i » l i - i iiu— m a r k i ' l . // rilr n.iii lur icliiiillniK <• I ' i i r n i t i i i c . . . l l d i i r r i i \ c r i i i i ; - . . . I it. • 11 [ »=— . . . l n \ - . . . i i | i | i l i . i i i n ' - . . . h d i i - r I u r i i i - h i i i u - . ; i l l 1 !•• — = - m i l l I M ; I N \ u l l i r r - w i l l l i e n i l i | ' ~ - I In U> P^^^^^^^^^^B:V-~ -•-^ -:'-9| isii 42 FINE FURNITURE SHAFER CONFESSES "LAZIEST HUMORIST IN THE WORLD" ADMITS DOWNRIGHT ORNERINESS Three Rivers, Mich., Dec. (Special dispatch to FIXE FURNITURE). I just got to thinking that maybe I did wrong in the November issue— by defying the Readers. After all — (I'm thinking out loud, now)—a reader has some rights — even if they ought to be of the last, sad variety . . . (spelled "rites"). It was a dull autumnal afternoon up here in the palatial, semi-arabesque headquarters of the City News Bureau & The Big-Link Sausage Company—when I got to thinking like this. What sky I could see through my window overlooking the back end of Mallabone's Hard-ware & Impl'm't Store was gray. The radio down in the Wittenberg- Boys' Newsstand — (advt) — was providing a sad orchestration of "Long, Long Ago." Sob Stuff • So a lump came up in my swan-like throat and I grew re-morseful and tears started to course down my case-hardened cheeks. I kept on thinking about how abrupt I had been—and how crude—and how downright ornery I still am— and probably always will be. And then in the gloaming I had a vision of all the stunned and bereft readers of FIXE FURXITURE —all the 480,000 Readers—and I leaped to my feet in a sudden re-solve to undo my wrong — and to henceforth lead a cleaner, purer and more upright life. Not only that, Mr. EDcutter, I determined that—come what may! —irrespective of the result of your nation-wide Scoop Poll on how the readers feel—regardless of any con-clusion— Do Tell • I WOULD GO DOWN TO ROODY CULVER'S! As I made my decision the patch of gray sky that I could see seemed to be suddenly a-glow. My step — though firm — was lighter. I breathed freer of the crisp air. My shoulders were back further than at any time since the signing of the Armistice—I fairly fled down the main street—down past the Old Snug Restaurant—down past Fred Rohrer's Cigar Store! At Last • Roody's sign, on its rusty hmges, was creaking on the iron standard out over the sidewalk. My goal was in sight! At last, I was nearing the end of my journey. I fairly ran. I surged up against the front door. I pressed down on the latch! But, Mr. Wooditor, the door didn't give a whit—NOT SO MUCH AS A HALF-WHIT! I peered inside—for the first time noting that the interior was dim. Just one one-fingered lamp was burning—back in the office—beyond the shadowy heaps of furniture. That was all. I rattled the door. "Hey, you. in there—ROODY!" There was no response. Foiled • I was about to crash my weight against the glass when I heard a still, small voice. I had heard the voice before. It was the voice of Nightwatchman Earl Houghtaling—one of six brothers— Earl being the oldest and the one who was thrown out of the surrey that time his mother drove up from where they lived down on Badger Island when their horse—Old Kit —shied at a chicken-wagon. "What's the idea?" asked Earl. "I want t' see Roody," says I. Then Earl said: "You'll have to wait until tomorrow. Roody don't keep open on Sunday." Tsk] Tsk! Chet . Now, Mr. Wood-seth, if you ask me, I'd say this was a pretty lousy piece of copy to send in for your December issue. If I was an edismith, I'd toss it back to its proud parent on its father's side. But there's no telling now how your vote will come out—and if there are more readers who would rather see me not go down to Roody's than there are who favor the trip—it is just as well that it was Sunday. yrs (sgd) CHET SHAFER. With another Hey-Nonny-Nonny! But not quite so much sody this time! The tabulation of balloting in the nation-wide Roody Culver poll was nearing a decision when word was received that Shafer had confessed—"The readers HAVE some 'rites.' I'll go to Roody's." With the strain of the eight months' campaign end-ing so dramatically, FINE FURNITURE'S staff relaxed, burned the ballots, indulged in a game of chess and a skittle of beer. f o r DECEMBER, 193 6 43 GRAND RAPIDS' MOST POPULAR EXHIBITION BUILDING Here you will see the lines that represent the cream of the furniture industry. In the Waters-Klingman Building are housed FIFTY PER-CENT of all the exhibits in the Grand Rapids Market. EVERY BUYER who has attended the last two Grand Rapids markets has paid at least ONE VISIT to the Waters-Klingman spaces. Why ? Because only in the Waters-Klingman Building can he find a complete assortment of decorative home furnishing merchandise to meet his every requirement. «YOU'LL FIND IT /iV— THE WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING" EXHIBITORS^ 5655* ALLEN CHAIR CO. ARCADIA FURNITURE CO. AMERICAN AUTO-FELT CORP. BARTON FURNITURE CO. J. BART UPHOLSTERY CO. BECHTOLD BROS. UPH. CO. BOBB FURNITURE CO. BROWER FURNITURE CO. BROWN BROTHERS CO. COCHRAN CHAIR CO. CONANT-BALL COMPANY CUYAHOGA FURNITURE & LAMP CO. DA VIES FURNITURE CO. DOEZEMA FURNITURE CO. DUTCH WOODCRAFT SHOPS EAGLE-OTTAWA LEATHER CO. ESTEY MFG. CO. FALCON MFG. CO. FICKS REED CO. FINE ARTS FURNITURE CO. GRAND LEDGE CHAIR CO. G. R. FANCY FURNITURE CO. G. R. BEDDING CO. GRAND RAPIDS LOUNGE CO. GUNN FURNITURE CO. HART MIRROR PLATE CO. HEKMAN FURNITURE CO. HERRMANN LAMPS, INC. HOLLAND FURNITURE CO. ICOVE MFG. CO. JAMESTOWN LOUNGE CO. KOZAK STUDIOS KUCHINS FURN. MFG. CO. LENTZ TABLE COMPANY LOEBLEIN, INC. McKIM & COCHRAN FURN. CO. MANISTEE MFG. CO. MENTZER REED COMPANY MURRAY FURNITURE CO. F. A. NICHOLS CO. O'HEARN MFG. CO. A. S. PAYNE, INC. PIAGET-DONNELLY CO. RAND-McNALLY & CO. RED LION FURNITURE CO. RED LION TABLE CO. ROCKFORD CHAIR & FTJRN. CO. SHAW MFG. CO. SKANDIA FURNITURE CO. CHARLES R. SLIGH COMPANY STICKLEY BROS. CORP. THANHARDT-BURGER CORP. U. S. FURN. SHOPS, INC. WARSAW FURN. MFG. CO. WEST MICHIGAN FURN. CO. W. F. WHITNEY CO. WILLIAMS-KIMP FURN. CO. WOLVERINE UPHOLSTERY CO. WOODARD FURNITURE CO. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this xn FINE FURNITURE 44 FINE FURNITURE PAGEANTRY OF CORONATION COUPLED WITH EDWARD'S CONNUBIAL COUP PRESENTS KEEN MERCHANDISING OPPORTUNITIES DESPITE ABDICATION, CROWNING OF YORK NOW that the pressure is off David Windsor is no longer the unaatainable masculine ideal of several continents, secretly adored in numberless feminine hearts, erect-ed upon a hidden shrine as the epi-tome of perfection and acceptance in the eyes of the world's women, rich or poor, international calm and fine furniture will rule again. With the new king, George VI, a homelike family man, the pagean-try of the coronation, its attendant glamour, color and romance, will revive the spring promotional activi-ties in retail homefurnishing estab-lishments throughout the United States. The poignant drama of Ed-ward's abdication, his betrothal to Mrs. Wallis Simpson, American commoner, King George VI's pre-cipitous ascendancy to the throne, will all lend drama to merchandis-ing activities, opportunities to those able and eager to capitalize on them. Marketing Natural • Visualizing this intense interest in the corona-tion of the new King of England ..V The Gainsborough bedroom of the Berkey <£ Gay Coronation group. This, No. 1001. and its companion Coronation dining room. No. 2019, will be given powerful pro-motional push in newspapers and national magazines between now and next Spring. Both will be shown for the first time at the January market in Grand Rapids. Top, adaptation by Berkey & Gay of the true Prince of Wales plumes (be-low). This design motif embellishes both suites of the Coronation group. next spring, Berkey & Gay of Grand Rapids has consummated one of the marketing ten-strikes of the decade in its timely introduction of its Coronation suites . . . dining and bedroom. Seldom in the memory of merchandisers has such a "natural" fallen into the laps of furniture re-tailers, and it is expected these two groups, with any sort of advertising effort on the part of merchants will establish all-time selling records. Individual dealer-effort behind the groups is to be buttressed by substantial advertising in national publications, and stores will be fur-nished plenty of tie-in material such as suggested ad layouts, window cards and other aids. The suites comprising the group are the Coronation dining room and the Gainsborough bedroom, both all mahogany. A choice of two tables and two sideboards is available in the former. Spiral turnings on the legs of both the dining and the bed-room group are distinctive, special machines having been purchased by Berkey & Gay just to make them. In order to give the retailer an attractive profit, Berkey & Gay pur-posely has priced both suites to fall in medium rather than low or pro-hibitively high ranges. f o r D E C E M B E R , 1 9 3 6 45 HISTORIC EXAMPLES from the METROPOLITAN WITHOUT fear of contradiction we can state that there is no subject in the realm of furniture history that bears such a paucity of information as bedsteads. In fact, authorities state that 17th Century early American bedsteads have com-pletely disappeared. Reserved for the lord of the man-sion, beds were often built into the walls, placed in alcoves; frequently they had boarded sides and ends, with tiled roofs, indicating use out-of- doors. The wooden sides were replaced with tapestries and other fabrics, eventually being scaled to present day proportions. The bedsteads illustrated are (1) an English Charles II bed, about 1685, known as the Rushbrooke, made of oak, upholstered in velvet and embroidered in satin; (2) an American about 1800 from Salem, after the style of late Sheraton, with tester, carved and decorated with gilt and paint; (3) an early American bedroom in Haverhill, Mass., about 1818; (4) an early American bedroom from Hampton, N. H. •:.M (1)—Sofa No. 892, by the Lakeside Upholstering Co., Chicago, down-filled, all fine horsehair, covered with antique-figured velvet, with adjust-able arms, retailing for $220. (2)—Maple desk and chair No. 6012, by the H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co., N. Bennington, Vt., displayed in the American Furniture Mart. Desk re-tails for $59.50. (3)—Early American maple bedroom suite by Sikes Co., shown in the Merchandise Mart. (4)—A French provincial dining group, the "Picardy." by the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co., Hast-ings, Mich. This group marks a de-parture in form or style of the firm's customary popular XVI and XVII Century English oak groups. Receiv-ing its inspiration from an imported French provincial table, the group-ing appears verbatim in motives and line. Shown in the Keeler Bldg. (5)—A mahogany 18th Century Eng-lish bed fashioned in the expert manner of John Widdicomb Co., displayed in the factory showroom. (6)—A commodious and fine piece of 18th Century English furniture, by the Colonial Mfg. Co., Zeeland, Mich., displayed in the Keeler Bldg. a ss HG» f o r D E C E M B E R , 193S 47 WINTER MARKET G. R. Entertainment Set Changing the pace of former market entertainment programs, the Grand Rapids Furniture Salesmen's Club, under the chair-manship of Edward Ransom, has scheduled a diversified ten-night show for visiting fur-niture buyers' amusement. Included m the round of festivities will be amateur boxing and professional wrestling, an old-time smoker with free lunch an i beer to lubricate throats long since rusted, but joining the famous Schubert Club in never-forgotten melodies. Sophisticates will find a well-balanced professional show equal in cal-iber to past market performances. Saturday evening, January 9, the annual Furniture Frolics Ball will hold the spot of honor, with dancing in the Pantlind Hotel supplemented by additional orchestration in the Black and Gold room of the Civic Auditorium. Ten door prizes will be awarded, including a bedroom suite, a dining room suite, living room ensemble and other pieces of furniture. Assistnig Ransom in directing various com-mittees, is Clark Beiriger, chairman in charge of the combined furniture industry and civic ball. Official opening of the mar-ket and greeting of the visitors will be con-ducted by civic officials and leaders in the furniture industry. McKay Obtains Englander Payments were made at a New York meeting early in December to all classifica-tions of creditors of the Englander Co. un-der a re-orgamzation plan so that the com-pany is now in a cash position. Thus did Frank D. McKay and his business associ-ate, Abe Dembinsky, complete details of the EDWARD HANSOM . . . Directs tun-making ior Furniture Frolics. acquisition of the Englander Spring Bed Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Xewly elected officers and directors were: president, Max Englander; vice-presidents, Ben B. Englander, E. A. Kann and Joseph B. Englander; secretary, Abe Dembinsky; treasurer, PVank D. McKay; assistant secre-tary and treasurer, Benjamin Bachrach. The board of directors includes: Max and Ben Englander, McKay, Dembinsky, Bach-rach, Ivan E. Hull and 0. F. Beemer. A financing program essential to the man-agement's plans for expansion and national distribution was completed. Part of the plan includes a national advertising pro-gram and the return to national distribu-tion. Sales during 1936 totaled more than £1,000,000. Business in excess of £5.000,000 is anticipated by the management with the launching of the new expansion program. Present operations are concentrated in Brooklyn but as volume warrants, the firm's plant in Boston will be re-opened. McKay announces that the new line will be also displayed in Grand Rapids at the January market. The Englander Co. produces springs, mattresses, studio-couches, metal beds, porch and sunroom furniture, metal hospi-tal beds and institutional merchandise. The company has been in continuous operation since it was established in 1885. Witman Joins Bechtold Charles T. Witman, Grand Rapids free-lance furniture designer, recently announced his association as staff designer with Bech-told Bros. Upholstering Co. of Grand Rap-ids. In addition to his duties of developing the line, he will be in charge of sales in the company's exhibition space in the Waters-Klingman Bldg. Landstrom Resigns from B. & G. Edgar A. Landstrom presented his formal resignation as general manager of the Ber-key & Gay Furniture Corp., to officials of the company on December 4th. As Landstrom has been with the com-pany since it started operations under the new reorganization by Frank D. McKay and Abe Dembinsky, his resignation came as a decided surprise to furniture circles throughout the country. When questioned concerning his future plans, Landstrom said, "I have three very definite propositions. I am considering and expect to be in position to make an an-nouncement within the next thirty days. I will probably remain in Grand Rapids." Thornquist Heads Designers Russell Thornquist, designer for the Grand Rapids Fancy Furniture Co., End Aulsbrook Jones Co., Sturgis. Mich., was elected president of the Grand Rapids Fur-niture Designers Ass'n. at a dinner meet-ing of 25 members in the Mertens Hotel Dec. 8. Mr. Thornquist succeeds David L. Evans. Other officers elected were: vice-president. Henry Warren, Hans Berg Studios; secre- EDGAR A. LANDSTROM . . . Resignation surprise to industry. tary, Lambert Mulder, Kirkpatrick & Kirk-patrick Studios; and treasurer, William Kimerly, associated with the Wolverine Up-holstery Co. Committee chairmen appointed were: Clayton Hawks and A. Bevelacqua, enter-tainment; Charles T. Witman, memberships and Rod Mackenzie, exhibits. Plans were discussed for the second fur-niture designers exhibition which would be a feature of the July furniture market. A Waters-Klingman Bldg. Filled The following new exhibitors in the Waters-Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids, will make their initial showing in the Winter Market January 4th to 16th inclusive: Cuyahoga Furniture & Lamp Co., Cleve-land, Ohio; Icove Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio; McKim & Cochran Furniture Co., Madison, Ind.; O'Hearn Mfg. Co., Gardner, Mass.; A. S. Payne, Inc., North Bennington, Vt.; U. S. Furniture Shops, Inc., Hoboken, N.J. H. H, Masten, manager of the building, reports all space will be occupied in the forthcoming market, and that record sales were recorded in the Fall Style market in November. 0 Bethlehem in Keeler Bldg. The Keeler Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich., through its manager, James J. Ryskamp, announces that J. S. Goodman, of the Beth-lehem Furniture Corp., Bethlehem, Pa., has leased footage on the third floor of their building for the January market. They will show a high grade line of bedroom and din-ing room furniture during the coming win-ter market season. B & G Personnel Changes With the opening of plant No. 3, the early part of December, the activity of Berkey & Gay has been enlarged. Due to 48 FINE FURNITURE Homefurnishing News and Reviews re-allocation of personnel responsibilities Frank D. McKay, chairman of the board, avers a sincere and intense interest in build-ing steadily for the furniture success of the business. Arthur Gommesen has been appointed head of the B & G designing staff, will be responsible for the creation and styling of the line. Augmenting the staff will be Wil-liam Hoffmann and Leonard Fuller. From time to time other prominent free-lance de-signers will contribute. Arthur Bowen, experienced in B&G cost and production, will have charge of these departments. Veteran superintendent, George Vander Laan, will have charge of all manufacturing, assisted by Frank Berquist as superintendent of re-opened plant No. 3. In charge of merchandising activities will be experienced Walter Fulton, also man-ager in direct charge of sales. ''Extensive plans have been developed for 1937," states W. J. Wallace, president. "Xot only will shipments be greatly accel-erated by expanded production facilities but our national advertising program will stimu-late the demand for Berkey & Gay furni-ture." A Western Exchange Grows Members of the Western Furniture Ex-change Assn. are unanimous in anticipating that they will act as hosts to an even larger group of dealers and buyers of the West at the Spring Market, San Francisco, Feb. 1 to 6, 1937, than that which attended the record-breaking market of last August. This belief is based on the fact that in recent weeks business has surged forward in all sections of the country; a booming stock market, wage increases, year-end bonuses. and extra dividend payments being released by the nation's leading industries, which assures a greater purchasing power in 1937 than has been enjoyed for many years. The Spring Furniture Market will be the 42nd consecutive semi-annual event of its kind, again to be enhanced by the ever improving Floor Covering Opening, Radio and Appliance Show, Curtain and Drapery Show and Lamp and Giftwares Show. Educational events of proven value will also be provided for Market visitors. Auerbach Heads Furn. Club Designated as president of the Furniture Press Club, which will hold its annual meet-ing Jan. 4, is Alfred Auerbach, editor of Retailing, Home Furnishings edition. Southern. Retail Assn. Meets Taxation as applied to the furniture store was the subject of a speech given at a dinner meeting of the Charlotte, N. C, Re-tail Furniture Assn., by John A. Gilmore, secretary of the Southern Retail Furniture Assn. Following an informal discussion of the Social Security Act, problems of the retail furniture trade were studied at the monthly meeting at which 75 furniture dealers were present. The next meeting will be in High Point, N. C, in January. Bigger Buyer Attendance Considerable increase in buyer attendance at the Los Angeles Furniture Mart for the first ten months of this year as compared to the same period for 1935 is shown by the records, according to A. V. MacDonald, managing director. Among October buyers were listed foreign retailers who had made their initial visit. Max Levy, buyer for Quigley. Ltd.. Auckland, New Zeeland, showed considerable interest in chrome fur-niture which, he said, has not been popu-larized in Xew Zeeland. A. Baird, manager of Hudson's Bay furniture department, Van-couver, B. C, and J. S. Adair, manager of the furniture department for Hudson's Bay, Victoria, B. C, were interested in Early California furniture, wishing to introduce it in their respective stores. United Reorganized Recently, B. C. Philpott and associates, former owners of the United Furniture Co., Lexington, N. C, which was destroyed by fire on May 1, announced the purchase of the Elk Furniture Factory, Lexington, which will go into operation under the United Furniture Corp. banner on Dec. 1. An entire new line of bedroom furniture will be shown at the American Furniture Mart in January. Philpott has been connected with the fur-niture industry 32 years and was president of the United Furniture Co. from 1921 until the time of the liquidation this year. Two sons. H, C. and B. C, Jr., who were connected with the old company, will also be members of the new organization. "Stuffed Flats" Out Through the efforts of the Chicago Retail Furniture Assn. and the Chicago Better Business Bureau, leading Chicago news- Izolin Process papers have agreed that all ''stuffed flat" advertising must be designated by the word "dealer.'' Use of such terms as ''Home Furniture Sales" or other misleading descrip-tions of the "stuffed flats" will be pro-hibited. Herman Schoonbeck upholstery line, also contains foyer, oak-paneled 17th Century English tavern dining room, pantry, kitch-en, lavatories, coat rooms, powder room for ladies. The fourth floor is entirely storage space. Other facts concerning the new exhibition building: Air conditioned and heated by Carrier Co.; ten-inch well, 326 feet deep, supplying 32S gallo
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••NOVEMBEU 5. 1910 YOU CANNOT WRITE YOUR OWN NAME without drawing every curve used in the Louis XV styles of ornament which is the most curved of all ornament. (jf I have had my greatest success in teaching those who admit that they can not draw a straight line. (jf I will make a furniture designer of the dullest furniture worker in the United States, providing he wants to be one. (jf Don't be afraid. (Fear is our low-est of passions.)1 Come to ~meif you wish to be a foreman, superintendent, or designer of furniture. You can take this course by mail or attend, local classes. ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK INSTRUCTOR AND DESIGNER OF THE ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK GRAND RAPIDS SCHOOL OF DESIGNING 540 Houseman Bldg., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "THE PORTER" Jr. 5 INCH JOINTER IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG l\1ACHINE ON THE MARKET. It is built with the same care, accuracy, and feat-ures that are embodied in "The Porter" Hand Join ters which are known the world over. The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing inclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical features of the larger machines. When furnished upon the iron bed (shown in cut), any style of motor can be attached. The style of current, cycle or phaze is immaterial. The machine is furnished with or with-out the countershaft, or stand, just as is desired. IT IS THE IDEAL MACHINE for the cabinet room, pattern shop, manual training school or any place where small or narrow jointing or buzz planing is done. It requires but little power, small space and runs at high speed; and say -don't you know that 50% OF YOUR WORK is within the range of this machine. You ought to be inter-ested in this machine and our catalog T. will tell you all about them. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--------------------------'-" .~..--- _._---------_.----------, No 83. .. ....._- _._.- ... GEO. SPRATT & CO. HERE IS A CHAIR THAT'S A SELLER WRITE FOR THE PRICE SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ----------~ I II II 6-- ...... ...__ ••• ..... CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO., CHARLOTTE. MICH. For $9.25 we will ship this Dresser in Satin Walnut or Mahog. any finish. Chiffonier to match.l I Mail your I orders ! promptly to I I I I I I I I I I I I II• II I• I I "EFF and EFF" HOLIDAY NOVELTIES! the Holidays. Conceded to be among the best, if not the very best Money Makers for Furniture Dealers during Do not let this money.making season pass without getting your share of the business. The "EFF and EFF" Line sells in all localities to the great middle class. . GET OUR CATALOGUE and pick out some of the bnght. unique and popular novelties. Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. ROCKFORD, ILL. 1 ..... . - 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN p , I I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY i GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. :I:I I III:III I:III II Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. •• 4 ~. Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eye Maple Birch !'<..uarttrtd Oak and ClrcassllJn WAlnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 31st Year-No. 19 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. NOVEMBER 5. 1910 Issued Weekly TRADING STAMPS AND RAILROAD RATES Court and Commission Rulings on Two Important Matters Reported From Washington. Among the decIsions handed down by the SUPI erne court at \VaShIn£;toll last week \\as one of gleat ImpOltance to mer-chants The Supreme court I efused to revIew the decI'310n of the DI"tllct of Columbia COUIt of Appeal'3 In the so-called trading stamp cases The result of such I efusalls to leave the deci'3ion of the Court of Appeals In full effect, and, as that de- CISIOn was adver"e to the lll;ht of the tIadIng stamp com-pa11les to conduct theIr busmess m the DIstrict of ColumbIa, It wIll be necessal} to wmd up theIr affaIrs '30 far a" the dlstnct IS concel ned The case as;amst the compa11le'3 was mstItuted last Tanuary The first heanng was m the polIce COUIt, where the tradmg stamp concel ns ,'\ on out In behalf of the dlstI ICt an appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals In an opmlOn handed down by ChIef JustIce Shephel d, the appellate bl anch reversed the ruling of the 10\\ el court ConSIderable comment was caused at the tIme of thIs de-cision, as both the maJonty and mmonty opmlOns suggested the advIsabIlIty of the U11lted States Supleme COUlt revlew-mg the Important legal questIOns plesented by the case ThIs the Supreme court has now refused to do In arnvmg at its deCISIOn. the hIghest tllbunal m the land makes no comment which would mdICate a reason for ItS actIOn Washmgton retaIl merchants al e rejOlcmg over the out-come of thIs controversy They declare that the tl admg , stamp and all othel schemes of the kind are now dead Issues in \Vashmgton, and that merchants who stIli use them to attract trade must cease their use and as the I ulmg of the Supreme court wIll undoubtedly be obsel ved by state courts the effect of this decision wIll be far-reaching. However, an officer of one of the pnnclpal tradmg stamp companies concerned mtimated, shortly after the action of the Supreme court became known, that it would be only nec-essary slightly to change his company's plan of business to continue it within the law, and that thIS change of method already had been deCIded on Should such actlOn be attempt-ed, It is stated, the DIstrict of ColumbIa wIll at once institute restraint proceedings and agam carry the case to the court of last resort. Developments m the rallI oad I ate cases during the past week have also been of mterest and importance to merchants and shippers. Reports, wIdely dissemmated in financial cir-cles, apparently WIth a 'Iew of boosting the stock markets, that the members of the Intel state Commel ce Commission have reached a tentatli e undel "tandmg that model ate m-creases in raIlroad Idte" be allcm ed all 0' el the country, have been emphatICally de11led by Chall man Knapp of the Comnlls-sion. Heallngs are '3tIlI bun£; held at se\ el al places m the country, and i would thel efOl e be Impo"'3lble, accordmg to Mr Knapp, fo the CommiSSIOn to 1each any understandmg beforehand "here is positively no ba"I'3 of tI uth whatever m the I eport," IS the definite declaratIOn made by the chall-man of the Co mIssion. c\ deCISIOn that would seem to refute thl" Idea ot "(om-proml' 3e" was I eached by the Intel state Commel ce Com mls- "Ion last Satur ay m what is popularly known as the Reno late case The CommIssIon announced that ItS Oldel m thIS case IS to become effectIve on December 1 ThIS decI"lOn aftecb all class rate'3 on both eastbound and \'\e'3tbound tIaffic destmed to Nevada common pomt'3 Matenal I eductlOns are made m all those lates. Comudentally WIth thIS Reno late annuuncement came the announcement that the COmmlS'3lOn would make ItS 01 del s, to be Issued a few month'3 hence m the other PaCIfic Coast case'3. effectli eon l\lay 1 neAt It IS plObable the orders wIll be promulgated about Malch 1, 1911, so as to afford the mtelested call1elS and shlppels at least sIxty dav's notIce of the findms;" and reqUIrement., of the COmml'3SlOn It IS con-fidently expected that this rulIng wIll make a matellal reduc-tIOn m rate'3 Want Better State Laws. UnifOlm State legislatIOn for the regulatIOn of mtra-state lallroads, and all the problems m connectlOn WIth the states' control ovel theIr common carnelS, WIll engage the attentIOn of the ~atlOnal AssocIation of Raili'\ay Comml'3slonels whICh meets in \Vashmgton on NOvember 1~ PI actIcally every state m the tmlOn wIll be I epl esented at thIS conventIOn, and ItS progless WIll be calefully followed More effectn e and comprehen'3lve legl'3latIon affectmg-the railroads IS the mo.,t ImpOl tant questlOn to come befOl e the Comnllssionet s An attempt to blmg the ,allOUS state raIlroad laws more in line i'\lth each othel WIll abo be under-taken by those present at the comml; meetIng In addltlOn to legislatIOn, the a"soclatlOn i'\ III conSIder the questlOn of shlppel s' claims on common carners, sllnphfi-catIon of raIlway tariffs, rates. and rate-makmg, u11lform classification, car "ervice and demunage, and the broad que,,- 4 --~---_._---~ I•• I•I• I II I IIII I •,• ,I II I I I II I II• I•III•II ---------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------~----------- -------------------- Lentz Big Six --------------------------------------------- III II•• ,I I I• I• I• II No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAlv t1On" of laI110dd taAe" dnd 1,UlJO,ld \dll1dtwl1 aI11Ll1(1111el1t" t the act to lee, 111ate commen e The memhel" ot the T I1tel "tate l om 111Lleel ommh"H 11 are actJ\ ely as'-,oclated \\ lth thc ~tatc oEhu"l-- 111 tl11" I I ~d1l1 /atlOn. and \\ork \\Ith them 111 the dillt to "lel1ll blttll legulatlOn and contlol of mt1 a-"tdtl ,h \\ dl a" 1I1tLl,tate carner" New Furniture Dealen •. J ( Clone h a ne\\ 1111 111t11e1 de,J!el ,It 1 a \\ tl \ [la \Y J' Hlamble \\ 111open ,\ nu\ tl11111tll1l "tOIL at 1\1\ al lup, \\ dsh, on ::-J()\ emhel 14 J C F1lhgan ov\ n" the second ne\\ t1111l1tlll e "tl III l IPCll ed at A.da, Okla, 111 the past month H (Ta1he1 I:--.. Co, halt. openld a nl\\ h0l1"e-[tl)111"h11l~ store at 1090 l\1a1l1 "tleet, Ird1tfOld Conn ::\1 B Calhol1n h expected to open ,I nu\ tll11l1tll1l ,111cl ca1 pet store at Ba1 m\ ell S C 111 Deccmbel J G Blandon, fmmerlv l [ I o~an"p()lt Ind hd" lIb! opened a nevI f111111tl11e"tOle dt Ro\"ton (,a Levv1s Condel, T 1I l\l( hlc\ and T \\ PC1\\ el" h,1\ C ( )- galllzed a company cap1tdlJ7ed dt SlO 000 to dedI 111 !l11nlttll e and \ eh1cle" at Ker"I1a\\, S C 1', L Da\ lS, Ii E \\ IllJam" '\ n Dllhe\ ,111d C '\ Hubel, hay e 1I1corpora ted the \nchOl rl11111tll1 c comlJdn \ to open a new store at P1I1e Bltlff, \1 k Capital "tock S1; 000 County TI eastll cr, 11 T oel Mc:\I l1llen and County Com ,r-.------------------- --------------.---~- II II I• I I I I Don't Burn~Your - . ---~ Moulding. Blackened edges so often found m hard wood 1\1ouldmgs II1dlcate the use of mfenor tools, which fnctlOn and burn because of their faIlure to have proper clearance The Shimer ReverSIble and 1\on ReverSIble Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by expenenced workmen In deSIgn and con structlOn they are supenor to anythmg on the market They cut well and retam their shape until worn out Send us drawmgs or wood samples for estimates on special cutters. Many useful de Signs, with pnces, are gIven m our catalogue SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the ShImer Cutter Heads for Floonng, Cel1mg, Sldmg. Door'l, Sa'lh, etc ..---------_._----- I1lh,,10nel \\ \\ \\ h1telll11"t, ale Olgamzm£; a company to lll~cl"; e m thc t1.11111tle1l and hou "efl1l mshmg business at Lar-go, Fla \ I J l1ldholm and James II Neal, both expenenced m thc tl1l111tUIe tl dde \\ III enc,a~e m the reta1l busmess at 150 [ llh ~tl eet "'an II anusco, Cal ] hey w1ll d1splay samples 111 the stOl e and fill 01 del" from warehouses of factories. "BEAVER," "GINDEREllA," "DOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "THE LINES THAT SELL" NoleIMPERIAL BEAVER-one of many. Best, They Stand the Test, THIS IS the IMPERIAL BEAVER. It IS the finest cooking range made anywhere In the world We thmk so, and so WIllyou when you see its advantages: Study the above picture. The glass oven door is guaranteed not to break. Na heat lost when you look at your baking. This range holds Its heat longest, saves 25% m fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It IS the best lookmg range bUIlt-and wears as well as it looks. Send for samples and see 1t-but we warn you that no other kind will ever satlsly you again, If you do I W. D. SAGER, 330-342 No.Wafer Sf., CHICAGO WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 Londoners COpy American Methods. That AmerIcan department "tore "hopping methods will plevall In London hereafter IS estabh"hed, says a letter from the ",orld''3 large"t city The most slgmficant ;,utrender to the onslaught led by Harry Gordon Self! Idge, the Chicagoan who e'3tabhshed an AmerIcan store there les" than two years ago, IS that of the fn m of \Vhltely, one of the hest known 1D London John Lawlle, the managing dll ector of \Vhlteley's makes no seu et that he 1" takmg ovel the AmellLan depart-ment store Idea with all Its chalacterI;,t!c featmes Selfndge has 100f gardens and restamants With musIC; Lawlle IS to hdve them Selflldge says to the pubhc, "come in and look a<; much as you hke and go av,ay Without bUying If you see nothmg you want to buy," Lawlle no", says the same thmg, althoul!,h befm e this 1ule was applted hy an Amell-can 111 London bU;,1l1es" men thel e "aId It mH~ht ,,01 k well on the other Side of the Atlanitc, but was Inapphcablc to the Bllttsh pubhL, as It V\auld hi m~ 111 the 1Iii t dff dnd so keep the leal plllcha<;el" dv,ay Lawne, hke Ml Selflldge, 1" to ha, c 1est and '3l1ence looms, pubhc telephone", an informatlOn hUl eau, a wmnan's club, a high c1a"s concel t hall, free to customel s, a gl eat cen-tral dome !Sivm!S a ,lev, of all the flom s, and a Wireless statlOn by which incoming people may book hotel room;, Attendants vv111be prov ided who v, 111 accompany foreIgn customers about London m search of board and 10dg1l1~ Whitely's, by the way, are to have the lalgest store buIld-ing 111 the world It will be knoV\ n as the \T eV\ EmpOllm11 It Will have a flontage of 600 feet, a depth of 3S0 feet, five "tones and the central dome Will be modeled ltke that of the Santa :;\Jl:ana della Salute of Venice. Clark's Veneers. The \Valter Clal k Veneer company have someth1l1~ to "ay on another page of thl<; is<;ue of the \\ eekly Arti;,an that IS well worth lookmg up \\·alter IS all llght on oak. poplar, llllch and gum, eneerS and a;, for mahogany "ask the man An Important Insurance Decision. \ most 1111pOI tdn t deustOn on the in SUlance of mel chdn-dise was ~l\en b, Tud~e \Valtel '\ PoV\ell m the ClrcUlt comt dt Kan"ds CltV, ::\To la"t Tuesday CLhe deo'-,lon affects e, el y mel chant 111 the State o± \I!sSOUll V\ho eanes InSUl ance on 111"stock The ddu"e that 1"lw)V, In"elted In all Missclt1l1 merchandl"e pohue" deeldl e" that the msurance eompames at e hable fOI only 011 ee-fou1 tho; of the amount f01 whlCh the good" ale 111sured Tudc;e 1'm,e11 declaled tllls clause vOld Hel eaftel all eompd111e" ,\ III be hab! e fel the full amount of 1l1"l11ancc the case 111 POll1t \\dS In the "l11t of R L lOlnott a cln ~ood" mellhant at Blaynet, \Io, a!.;alll"t h, c 111S1a1n1ce companle" (01 noti\ stC're b11111ed thc I11c~ht of TdnUar) 21, 1910 l11s steck was ll1sl11cd at S20000 111 {l\ c eompame" They 01del cd him settlement at the thl ee-fourths c1au'oe, 01 $1 :;,000 He 1efused and blought "11lt Judc;e Powell 01 derecl thc compallles to pa v tb e f1111$20,000 Windfall for Sears-Roebuck Stockholdl"rs. !\ rIse of nead y tIll ee pam ts 111 Seal ,,-Roebuck stock on the ChlCa1So exchange thl'o week I" clttnb11ted to the presel1lc 111 that city ot a Ke\\ YOlk partnel of the Ell 111 of Goldman, ~alh~ &.- Co, whllh BOdted the COlpOI atlOn 1'111<;lSentleman a"smed 111'.,"e"tell1 blend" that the "toLk WIll cia"" 200 "011 ItS mell±;'" 1\1enb 111thiS 1D stanle 8.1 e "uppo:::.cd to mean a "talk distllh11twn 111 the lled1 futm e ~o notll0 ha" been IClel\ul h) the dnedOl>" of a "plLld! mLct111!.; \\hleh lS to <1,,,,1 \\ Jih ,1 \\ 1l1clfaII, !Int the ,h"l1l11ptwn h qj()ll~ that dl1 I ~ $2.00 ·1 }tARVE!; ::~::~' o U S ~::=::;:;;~ seat HeIght of back 24 mches. Width of seat 18 Inches. Fm.shed Golden Oak. Shipped K. D. nested Weurht 19 pounds. ~rJ&j IIalJulaetunlJRCo, Grand Rapjds.!1ich. IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS. DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and GlJlDES for Extension 1abies. Also special stampings in steel and brass. Write for NO.KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent allphed lor samples and prices 465 N.Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ...----_._-----------------_._---------. I ., 1, II II II III II ,I , II II I II I, II,I II I _____ ~ ._.4 LEXINGTON HOTEL 500 Rooms. Michigan Boulevard and 22d Street. EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. New Cafes. New Grill Room. Offices and Rooms Redecorated. Absolutely Fire Proof. "YOU WILL LIKE THE LEXINGTON." HORACE WIGGINS. JCHEA.RMLEOSNTMROcHSUEGH } Propr>etors ASSIstant Mgr. Also opetatIng Hotel Montrose. Cedar Rapids, Ia I Roek Island House, Rock Island, 111 I..-------------- extl d dlstllhl1tlOn V\ 111he made 111rthel more, the company \\ 1l! "h. 1\V, aCUll elm!.; to dn 111 'older. a pi ofit of 20 pel cent (Ill the (U1111l1011 "tode HI the l \111 Cllt iI"ul! ) cat 6 SHOPPERS WHO ORDER FOR CASH WEEKLY ARTISAN How Wives of Penurious Millionaires Mana2e to Obtain "Pin Money." xow that make~ $20 ,\ 01 th of 1:;ood~ doe"n t 1t a "ked the 11Chlv ~O\\ ned lady to the head ca~h1el at a Idl ~e dOLIn-town depaltment ~tOle a" she "toad 111[lont of hI" '\111dOl', penc11 and pad 111 hand "Yes, madam' 1ephed the la"ll1el ence sho\\ n onh to the lustomel \\ ho::>e whose pdY 1S cel tam "I,I, hat else"' "Let me "ee" mu::>ed the lad, 1eflect1\ ell che\\ 111...t',he end of her penul '1 \\ ant $2; , put dOlI n f1\ e pall ot those two-dollal -a-pa1r hose I "a\\ on the countel up on the "elond floor, that \\ 111make tlm b then \\ on t 1t- The cash1er nodded assent "Then that w111 just ahout make t\\ ent, -in l U)mlll~ to 1ne, \\on't it?" "Tha t ,1111 he ell tll eh "a tJ"tal tOt, to t1"> tha 11k 'au" ans" e1ed the la"h1el \\ lth a 1e"pel tful n{Jd But" 111t\\ en-ty- fn e he suffiuent t01 ,OU1 need" ~ lOu kno\\ ,(Ill L"n ha, e all you wish," "\A,Tell ma, he I had bette1 nlctke tl1clt fitt\ P1lk me out $30 worth of a""01 ted hnge11e and put 1t dcm n "\Y1th plea~ut e ' 1etul ned the la"h1el III the \\ a\ \\ e hale just lecei,ed flom Pall" "omc hCdlltJtlll de~l~n, 111th1" same 1111ge11ethat 1 knOl\ \ on lllt11d not 1e"1">t Pl1J I hd"111~ if you sa\\ 1t \Ytll \ on not 111"ptLt Ot1! "tolk The lady lame back 111a fell m111ute" it om hel e,anl1- nation of the 1l11gcl1e 'You Ian ~end np the al tIde" T hd\ e selected flam that ~tolk It b e'ljlllqte \01\ to ~u balk to bus111e~s, the1l'~ nl11eb dollal" \\ 01th I hat ...',td dlto~ethel 01 this thirty dollal" \\ 01th 1" to be "ellt home T llSt let me hay e the fifb on the othe1 Sl, 1., and" e \\ 111be "qual e ' "That 1S COIlect, mddam 1eplted the la"hlCl bOI\ 1n1:; 10\\ \V1th that he lonntcd out 11\ e ten-dollal btll~ and placed them 111he1 hane! \\ 1th d "h~ht nml ot thank" "he swept out to he1 antomob11e "Odd SOlt of d melcantlle tl an"dctlOn 1\ a"n t 1t T1I11111-1,e ~aid the I ash1el to a fl1end \\ ho tlom d pO"lt1On "lth111 the grating, had me1heald the entlle lOl1\el~atlOn W\\ ell 1t "me looked "ome odd to me \\ a" Tlmm1e's lcph "C;eemel hJ,e that \\ omdn "a" buy 111~ a lot ot ,tuft flom you and then IOU hun around and ...',l\e hel ncatl\ as much cash as the good" come to fO! bn\ 111~ them \I hat dId )'OU ~1\ e hel monel fOl \\ hen "he" the one that otH'; h t to be pay l11g } OU -, \\ he1 e do the c;ood" C;O \\ hel e dOL" the moncy go \Yhat" the an",\ el to Ihe "hole thm-., "It does look peculta1.' laughed the cd"lllel, that 1" un ull you undel "tand 1t, then It" qultc "lmplt J Telc" the dn- S\\ e1 as you call 1t \\ lih that e!etel-b111" al e 1dl~t ,md "That 1\ oman 1S the wife of a promment downtown lawy-el WOI th mal e than a mdllOn He is a model husband in many respects, perm1ts her to hay e unl11nlted credIt here- "hlCh she ne\ el falls to take ad\ anta1:;e of-and never scruti 1117e~ the monthh bIll merely gettmg her 0 K to it and "endmc; Ih a lhelk at onle But he falls down m one 11npol t-ant pal tllulal of marned life-he ne, el gl\e:o hiS w1fe a cent of la"h She may come m here and order a thousand-dollar lot ot Im:;elle and he'd ne, er murmm-but If hel automobJ1e "hclt11d hI e,Lk dOli n whlle she wa" gomg home 1 doubt If "he d ha, e ca1 fal e \" 01, \\ hlle an unhmlted credIt at half a dozen of the blgge:ot St01 es m town 1<.,a ml1:;hty comfortable thmg, no amount of It takes the place of a few gI eenbacks tucked away m a "ate 101 nel of yom clothes agamst acc1dents, The lady m hel e told me that she couldn't count the number of times that "he bad been put m the most embanassing positions mereh t01 \\ ant ot a dollal-OJ maybe only a quarter, and the ~mallel the sum needed the 1:;leater the mortification, He" not a "tm:;} man tJllS hu~bano, as you can see, but \I hen "he a"k" hun fcn a little pocket money he answers as a pal ent \\ ould an""el a chl1d that a<.,k" fm something not good tOl 1t that ~he has e\ el vthmg she \\ Ishes and wJ11 just throw ,1\\ a\ the ca"h T doubt If "he has a dollal a week to spend as "he choo~e" '\lthout h1~ knowll1g where it goes I he little ~ame she )U"t played thlough my assistance I" thl" She lome~ dcm n hele when she wants twenty or th11t\ dollal" dnd bu} s, appal entl), g-oods to the value of that dmount ph1" "c)me 20 pel lent The goods are chalged on hel blll She then sIgns a I ecelpt fOI the !Soods and I pay htl out the monev "he II ants I add, a:o I sav, about 20 pel lent \\hllh 1" th~ a\elage profit on the goods of the quality "he hm " -\t the eno of the month hubby gets the bIll, flmgs It lal e1e""h au (\"S the bl eakfa~t table for hel 0 K, \\hich "he C;l\ e~ ot caul "e and \\ lite" hel out a check for the amount p,nable to the company, not to her By thIS means "he b endh1ed to :;et a lea"onable supply of pocket money at \I hat appeal" to hel a 1easonable rate of mterest; we are pCltelth "atJ"heJ \11th the 20 pel cent on the deal and hubby -\I ell hllbln doe"n t know and so It can't hurt him It 1~ a \ el) common method of raising cash quickly ,Ullon2, the 111\ e" of \\ ealthy men, who<.,e hubbIes al e hke thiS one'" and you would be SUlpllsed to know how many Ilch men al e of this t, pe There are fully fifty ladles whom we dccommodate and the othel bIg stores have a proportlOnate numbel I thmk 1t petfecth leg-Itlmate for the WIfe who IS thu" tleated b\ hel hu"band to le"ort to thIS means How, umld a "omdn 11\e up to hel $10000 automoJ)lle With onlv lR ccnh 111 he! pockct"' \Vhat cloe" hubby say "hen he finds It out - \\ ell 1\ e ne\ el known of a casc yet, but "hen I do 1 11 phone, ou to come 'lound and I'll 2,1\e } ou a couple of u,]umn" of stl UluOU~ lOP} "'-1\ e,v YOlk TImes ~It II II, I II Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture., IE H SHELDON & CO ChIcago, Ill, I Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the l'l dozen Clamp Fixture. \\ hlCh we boucht of you a httle over a year ago are glV1n.g'" excellent serVJce \Vr are well sattsfie:d With them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want \ anything addItional In thIS line Yours truly, I SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO A- • • •• ._. ._._._._. __ ._ •••• • , =- ..._ ...... .. Wood Sar Clamp Flxturea, Per Set SOc. 1III IIIIfft I...I 30.000 Sheldon Steel Rack Viaea Sold on approval and an uncon ctltlOoal money back g-uarantee SHELDON'S STEEL SAR CLAMPS, Guaranteed Inde.tructlble. We SOhClt pnvllege of sending samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON ill CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. i • WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 ,....-... .. ... . ....... ... ..... 1 QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'TIT TOOBAD-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor eqUIp-ment. A !lule foresight in the begmning would have saved them dollars--a lIule more money m-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" equipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools shght their output by puttIng in poor materials-employmg poor workmen-slmply to be able to make a little more profit. "Ollver" tools are bUIlt along machine tool lines-careful-accurate-durable - safe. Some purchasers fall to Investigate thoroughly before placing their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase something-they go ahead-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thmking-saved them money. .------ ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. , , II I:I ,, I 1125 Weot TempI. St., Loo An.eleo, Cal. I Pacific Bid •. , Seattle. Waoh. I ____"O_L.IV_.ER_" _No. 61 Surfacer . . .. ---l SAW BENCHES SWING CUT.OFF SAWS BAND SA WING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS ViSES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "0" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot National Bank Bldg , Chicago, Ill. No 50 Church St, N.... Yo,k City. Sued a Furniture COmpany. New Y OJ k Hel aId-An 11repres"lble conflIct between the artI-,tIc temperament of a teacher of French and the lou\Sh. not to say con ugated tempet ament" of city marshal" and the11' hel edltal y alhes, fur111tu re 111mel s, was descnbed 111the SUPI eme court ye"terday by lVI1-,,, Helen McGI ath, the teachel She IS pla111tIff 111a Slllt fm $10,000 damac;e" aga111st a fUrl11tUle company whICh she says i" responsible for the \'V I eckmg of her apartment and her peace of mmd "DI eadful, h0111ble and atloclOUS ml"takes," IS the mIld est pllla"e she used m her bIll of complamt m alludml; to thE "ene" of unwelcome VtSltS of cIty marshals and furmtllrt movels to her apartment "\hout the only P01l1t on ""hlch ShE and the defendant fmmtme company agrees IS that MIs-, Me Grath got the fl11l11tl11c ham -:\lalY Foc;alt), that ~lar) Fo~al ty had got It hom the cumpany and that thel e wa" a clI-,pllte about the payment" Then lamc the CIty m<u"hal" J\1I-,-, l1c(Jlath c1c-,Ulhe" the \ l"lt of one of thc"e 111 the followlllg language "Coulc1 .)OU hd\ c "een the mal "hal lolhng 111 a lhau Ill-sultlll~ a )ouns \\Oman hoaldel, who. It I" ncedle"" to say, I'3 as sweet and I efined a .)oung yyoman a" It IS pOSSIble to find, you, yourself, If you haye a partIcle of manhood in you. would have felt 1I1clIned to knock hun head 0\ er heels" 1'hl" descllpt10n of the uty mal shal was conta1l1ed III a lettel 2\;IIS" McGrath saId "he wlOte to the fur111ture company demand1l1g that It lompen"ate her for the "honol s of the reple\ III " "I need a lalge quantity of fUt nitme," she wlote. "and $2'1,000 worth would be none too much Then I ""Ill not sue you, ThIS propoSItIon may-nay, will, If accepted-save your house from an awkwald, pel,hanL<: a dal1gerou", pOSItIOn. "At first I thought the replevin was a joke. When I found It was not, I bm "t into a fit of hystencal laughter for the first t11ne 111 my lIfe and laughed three hours by the clock" ::,he saId that a-, a I esult of thIS prolonged laughter ""omethllll:; Clacked 111 the top of my head." The court lefu"ed MISS McGrath damages for the injury alle~ed to hay e been cau'3ed by her fit of laughter and held that she mu"t look to Mary Fogarty for damages caused by the Iemm al of the furl11ture. The Girl's Smile. The ,Yaddell Manufactullng company al e havmg a fine trade III can mgs and wood ornaments All theIr knobs and wood pull" are fa"tened WIth the no-kum-Ioose fastener-the k111d, lIke the glll's "mIle, that "won't come off." ,. . , II II II II III II ,I II II For Many Years Made ExclUSIvely by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for woodworkIng factorIes Send for Catalogue '!I _.... 1II W _ ........ a WEEKLY ARTISAN PARLOR FRAMES which is larger and more effeclive than we have yet offered Now ready for inspection at our factory T.ke Southport Ave car to Greenwood Terrace, thence west to factory, or Clybourn Ave car to A.hland Ave, thence north to Greenwood Terrace Npw Factorips. Challes Ildel" h,\" e"t,\hlhhUI ,1 "nLlll dldll !,lltllJ \ at Ellijay, N. C. Work has been stal tec1 on clealm~ th e ten-au e slte t01 the plant of the Texarkana Seat company at Texalkana fe.>-- Ark The N e\\ f'ngland Cdhmet ,VOJk" capltal17ed dt S2:; 000 $400 paid 1l1, wlll bulld a plant and manutactl11 e turl1lture and office fixtures at Portland, :\Ie Wllham J Huff Toseph C;chanzel and T D Ilekhtel, have incorporated the C olc)1ado Refn~elatOJ compam capl tahzed at $20,000. to estabhsh a ne\\ facton 111 Dem el Citizens of Buchanan. Ga are O1gal1lZ111~a compam to estabhsh a coffin factOJ} 111thelr town The\ plOpose to fix the capital stock at $2~,000 of whICh 20 pel cent has heen subscribed. The Worthm01 e Dedd1l1~ compan}, capltali7ed at $3000 have established a ne\\ facto! v in CinC1l1natl, 0 :\1 D Hatch, Loms Phlllips, \1 C Henchell and T L Phllhps al e the stockholders \iV. H. Ragan, J H 1hllel, E '\ SnO\\ and T L Kn k-man have incolpOlated the GIant FUll11tl11C compam to es-tablish a new plant and manufdctul e "all kmds ot TUlnltl11e at Hlgh Pomt, N C CapItal stock ~1:;0 000 \\ lth $60,000 subscribed and $30,000 paId up Jacob and G P Reelman ot Gland Raplds \hch \ L and J P \\ alCl and B \ Pltlmmel ot Malletta 0, 11<\\e l1l cO!po! ated the Valley Fm nlture and ::'vIanufal t1111l1~C0111pan} to manufactl11e chans and fl11nlture nove!tle" at :\fdlletta They wlll 1emodel an old bmlc!lnl?, that ha" bccn \ aC,ll1t 101 ::,C\ el al } eal s Cdpltal stock. ~40 000 .... I II II ,, -~----_.---------- ---------------------------.,_ .... Chica~o' s Best and Most Effective Line of Can be seen throughout the year at J. J. Hall & Son, 137 Michigan Ave., Peck and Hills Co., Wabash Ave. and 14th St. and in Our Catalogue, sent to any furmture dealer on request THE V".1ndtlpARLOJt NEW...I..'" BED toIeed not be moved from the wall. Alway. ready with bedding in place. So .impl., 10 easy, a child can operate it. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Em' & SedgWIck NEW YORK. Norman & Monitor. ~-------------------_._--------_._--------- .., A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. II I,I I,,hI 27 N.Market St.. Grand Rapid •• M~ich. ManUfacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS CItizens' Phone 1239 ""The Express Strikebreaker. , rhe e"p1 ess stllkebl eakel that wlll bl eak the mIghty ~ J lp of selh:oh monopoly lS the pal cels post," declal ed Fred-f'llCk C Beach, edItor of the SClenbfic Amencan and president of the Postal Progl e~s League, at d meeting of that organiLa-tlOn 111Xe\\ YOlk, last Thursday "It IS a proper function of the Postoffice Depal tment to carry small packages and the l?,"0\ e1nment can do lt for one-half the rates of the express companies sa\ 111gshIppers and the people the great dividends of those COI poratlOns and at the same time gaining suffic1ent 1 e\ enue to place the Postoffice Department on a paying basis," he contmued "An extended parcels post law such as our lea~ue ad\ ocates WIll glVe the government sufficleent profit to make the 1 cent letter postage a practical proposItion, and it \\ III also do away WIth all thlS agItation against publishers' 1 a tes of postage" Reduced Return Rates Disapproved. The Intel state Commerce Commission has announced lh find111gs 1111egal d to 1educed rates on return slllpments lln all lOad" 111\\ esteln das"lfication territory. The opmlOn 111l?,enclal c!J"appu)\es of the letmned shipment lates, hut lu..,tlfies redl1led lates fOl the retmn of freight which has heen 1efu sed by the consIgnee 'Tlan"lt dllangemeents 111 then common f01m," says the l omml":OlUn, al e susceptible of defcnse only upon the theory that the 111bound and outbound movcment-, al e part of a "111c;le tl ansactlOn, but thel e 1S no 1 eal connectIOn betwecn an outbound :::,lllpment toddy, and a 1etm n shIpment one year hence" BEDROOM FURNITURE ID M.hogany. Walnut. 8m:!'s Eye Maple and Ouarrered Oak I-I I,,I ..-- .. HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 1114-1156 W. Superior St., Chicago. ---------~_._---~-_. _. -_._---------------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ·'THE PORTER" Patented Rouad Safety Cylinder. CONSTRUCTION-These heads are made of high grdde machmery steel, forged to size and are of one piece Slots are milled on t\'\ a opposite sides for the knives at such a distance from the center that the knives will do the best \'\ 01 k The chip breakers or back k111ves, as they are sometnnes called are mserted m the head as the cross sectional view shows, and are made of spnng steel They weal longer and better than the ordmary soft steel chip breakers and are easl1y kept shal p or replaced when so necessary These heads take the same style of k111vesas the ordmary squire head V\ hlch does away with all bother caused by ha\ mg to have speClal parts The kniVes are from 14 inch to :Vs inch m thickness, and on account of this thickness, It IS Impossible to cloVvd chips m unde1 them, which IS hable \'\lth the tilln k111ves They are held down hy collar bolt'i V\ 111ch ha\ e a ~reater teml1e strength than the ordmary planel bolt The k111vescan he set forward by usmg a punch m the httle holes directly m redl of the back of the knn es The side or end flange'i are made of steel and are put on the head as an extra support or precantlOn 111 case of d bolt breaklllg On aCCOUl1tof these and because the cap mer the k111vesbe1l1g a part cf the cylmdel which IS sohd, It IS Imp os- 'ilble for the k111feto pull off (If securely bolted) or an)thlll~ to fly out This IS (!lfferent than all other heads The anI) stram on this cap 1Sthat caused by centnfugal force On the regular cyhnder for Jointers. V\ e put the cap on the pulley end only so a" to allow rabbetlllg Very short stock can be planed on these cv hnders, end'i of stock can be planed, heavy cuts, and Irregular work such as champenng, cuttlllg corners, etc, can be done Mouldlllg knives for speClal work can be used on these round cylinders, but we do not advise their use, as the cylinder'i are not slotted for the bolts, as they should be for this work How to Treat a Mongrel. Pointing to a sample ladles' desk (a composite of l\IlsslOn, English, Colomal and Italian Rena1ssance) the supel intendent of a leading furniture factory asked "\iVhat shall I do w1th it? It looked very good on paper, but now it is a shocklllg thing to look at." "Put it under the ten-ton hammer of a pile driver and let the hammer hit it once," the dealer in furniture to whom the question quoted was addressed, replied. ...- .. ------ .. .. -_.-------- Quality and Economy Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. III I• II I GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, -23-1-2-W--. -V_an Buren St., CHICAGO. .I. .._._.-- _.-----------_ .... r-----·-----· --,---------.-------~ . ShelJoygan Novelty Co. fJ[ Order your hol- Iday goods early, so as not to be dls-appolllted III dehv-ery. Our SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Lady's Desk No. 305. ---------_.- _._-------_. _. _. ---------~I.. Music Callinets, Ladies' Desks, Bookcasee-, etc., are Just the thmgs for holiday gIfts. WrIte for Catalogue. fJ[ Lady's Des k No. 305 IS a good one, but we have many more to select from. 10 \\ ay of tellmi:, the Pope and the people that he was empelol and" ould make hImself so, all self, all Napoleon. It can be tluthtull) 'iald 01 'Japoleon a'i it is of Ceasar, that it cost a 11111110Inn es to nuke h1m emper01. This is why so many hi'i-tOllans in compalmg him with Caesar refer to Napoleon's study of thl'i great fighter of a fighting age. Napoleon vvas a man in whom two passions prevailed; nameh, vIC10usness and greed, but he used the fight within hIm to satIsfy hIS desIre for power. According to Greek m) thology, he was ruled by Mercury and Mars. Mercury, ) au ,,111 I emember, was the god of the merchant, banker and lObbel and }Ial s was the god of war Mercury rules every-thmg that l'i i:,reedy and graspmg m nature, and Mars rules Iluou;,ness and fight Character of the Times. In a further study of the period from a character stand-pomt, we find the licentious ideal of the Louis XV period U1tll eIv \\ Iped out, as Napoleon consIdered women only as bl eedel" that the; would stock France with larger armIes to "athh hl'i dmblt10n f01 power. He divorced Josephine f01 the ;,ake at a famIly, and recognized only women who were apPloach111g motherhood, and even the statutes of the period II el e modeled to the same effect This shows that the sixth law ot nature had developed to Its extreme height ,and was Clushed by the FI ench revolution, and that Napoleon was the fil'it gl eat leade1 of the bus111ess age, or the age of greed for po" er and gl eed for gold H1S conception of the power of mane} was ;,hown when he was asked what was the first 1equll ement of war H1s answer was "money." What the "ecund, 'mane) " dnd what the third, "money." Thus we see. "lth the UShe11l1~111of the age of greed, the first gl eat bU;,l-ness man, v; ho made a business of war for the sake of power, I ecog1117ed as the essence of all greed and power, the posses- S10n of money. WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE DESIGNS AND HISTORY Napoleon"s Characteristics Reflected in Decora-tions of the Period Patterns. (By Arthur Kilkpatnck) The Empne style was a del elopment or cont111udt1On of the same penod of rela'\: as that of LOLll'iXYI but the efleets "ere concentrated upon the cha1acter of a s111gleman 111place of the more general chal acte1 of the French noblht" as \vas the case in the Lotll s XVI pellod These pel lads of 1ela" have appalently produced r:,-Ieat chalactel 01 hd\e been the 1esult of bringmg to the 110nt i:,1 eat leadeb 01 men fhe death of Juhu'i Caesa1 "as the chma,- at a pellod ot actl\lt) and the beginnmg of a penod of I ela '\. I ha \ e shov\ n hm, the Arthur KIrkpatrIck Louis XVI sty Ie lS a cop, of the Pompelan 1Ull11tUle, and I now plOpose to dl aw pal aIle!;, between the characters of Caesar and Napoleon, and the fUll11tUle at the French em-pIre and that used In Rome at Caesal'S tIme Cae;,ar hved 111the age of \ lUOlbness, so much so that he was mU1dered by V1C1OUSconsplrat01;, m the Roman senate chamber The gl eat pI eponderance of the decoratlOn on furnitul e and m archItecture vvas emblematIC of wal and the vICtone;, of war } \ ery \ Ictor) gamed b) Ceasal was paid for m blood, and e\ en at pIa} the most refined at Roman society sought en tel ta111ment b) "a tchmg t\vO gladIators fight "ith daggers as long a'i they could stand \Vhen one finally dId fall and pleaded by slQ;ns fm hfe, they often an-swered by turning down the11 thumbs, slgnifymg, ktll h1m, as though their \ ICIOUSnatures CIaved even hIS last famt strug-gles w1th death Napoleon lned m the eady star:,-e of the plesent age, that of busmess or !:ileed, and he appal entl) 'iau Ihced all the finel qualtties of natm e to fatten thl;, one Ideal the gl eeel 101 power. He saw whele he could u"e the V\ arhke attttude of Caesal to ~I atlfy hi" 'ielfish amblt10n f01 pm\ el ~ ate, too, the selfish attttude of Napoleon 111111Spul ;,U111gand accept111g the Impenal clown 1hnce had the crown been offered to Caesar and thllCe had Caesar refused it. Not so \\ Ith Xdpo-leon. ,V-1th almost fevensh eagerness, he relle\ ed the Pope of the cro", n and clapped It on hIS own head, and then took It upon hImself as hIS first offiCIal duty to make hIS \'Ilfe queen by crownll1g her. However, he cared httle for cro", ns and costly robes. What he wanted \\ as po" er, and he took this Furniture of the Times. -\s tIll" chle1 character was an imitator of Cae"ar in war, so \\ as the 1m 11ltUIe an inutation of the claSSIC Roman effect of Caesal's time The business age had dawned but was not £;enel al enough to be an ideal of the people as a whole. There-f01e, the effects of a warhke age were forced upon the people h} the stlong character and wJ11 of Napoleon. The features of the decoration were emblematic of glory, pmver and vICtory. The flaring, clean cut, brass mounts which decorated the SUIface of the sombre shaded mahogany were the chIef decoratIve embellishments and were composed of flamll1g torches, the crown, helmets, eagles, garlands, mytho-logIcal :olgns and wreaths of laurels, centered WIth a large capItal K ThIS capItal N and the empire star were supposed to leplesent Napoleon, but it seems to us that a shooting star would be more fittmg and appropriate. The drapery was of a heavy matenal producing a rich classic effect. Bees woven m the cloth was one of the favorite patterns. We suppose these were to represent Napoleon's active soldiers, and their ."tm£;ers the bullets However, this is but sUpposItion, and it nM\ be that the bees were to typify the mdustrious people of France. The leading designer of the French Empire was Jacques LOlllS DaVId, 1748-1825, who 1S called the dictator, but in reahty It was Napoleon who dId the dictating. David was a pam tel "ho adm11ed the classic Roman art of Caesar's time, e\ en as Xapoleon adm1red Caesar. He also admired Napo-leon, 101 the anI) pIcture we ever saw of David had his right hand tucked 111 the front of his coat with much the same effect as Kapoleon, but pliant in character and imitative in attitude. The next deslgnel of Importance was Lienard. . WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Indlanapoh,>,Ind Nm 3 -The sel vmg of hot dmnel" to the WOlkmen 111 then emplov was commenced eleven ) edrs ago by the T n Laycock 1\Ianutactunng company of thIS Clty The senlCe ha::, plO"en satlsfactOly to the company and then employes It IS not a money makmg enterpnse, but takes cal e of Itself finanClally The bene1t denved by the company IS m the nnplOved efhclency of the WOlkmen vVell fed men take a keener mtel e"t m theIr dutles than pootly or underfed, and by ~lvm£; the best serVIce they are able to pel-form, the employes show theIr appreuatlOn of the meal serVIce furlllshed by the company. In the fir::,t yeals of the expen-ment two bnds of meat, vegetables, bl ead and coffee constItu-ted the menu, but It "as found nece:,sary to add ml1k and pastl y latel:Many of the young people dId not care for coffee, and wanted a bIt of cake or a pIece of pIe and mIlk The adc!ltlOn of the"e artIcle::, 1equired more labol, but the em-ployes were satl::,fied wIth the food fUllllshed, whIch was the pmpo::,e the company sought to accomphsh The food IS dIshed out III hberal quantItIes and the workmen can purchase a good hot dIllner for tv" eh e or fifteen cents. Marott's department store III Indlanapohs IS not located III the "shoppmg dlstnct" In fact It IS qUIte oUblde of that favored reglOn J\Iarott, however, adopted a sensIble plan to blmg shoppers to hIS StOle. Purchasmg a numbel of bllS and handsome automobIles he nOtlfied the ladles of the CIty that whenever they deemed to shop m 111'>store he would send an automobIle to theIr homes and bnnf; them to hIS store when-ever the ladles would request hnn by mall or telephone to do so. Marott's store IS one of the populal houses of the CIty and ItS 10catlOn IS no hmdrance to hIS trade In many factones fUllllture III plocess of constructlOn IS pushed across the floOl '0 fIom one department to another, as may be requned Man) of the lIght pIeces so handled are mounted on runners, but \\ hethel mounted 01 not consIderable damage IS done before the good:, 1each the packmg room. Superintendent WIlson of the Udell Works, IndIanapolIs, by using two wheeled trucks, has practlcally removed the cause of damage to goods by handlmg m the factory. BeSIdes, the work is quicker and more easIly accomplished An Illterestmg and valuable e2--hll)1t of a part of theIr line was made recently III PIttsburg, by the Thomas B. La)- cock Manufactunng company. Twelve brass beds with plaIll ----------_. --_._------- panels wel e shIpped to Kaufman Brothers, who set apart one of theIr bIg shO\\ wmdows for the purpose of enablIllg an artlst from the Laycock factmy to decorate the panels wIth brush and pamt, m the presence of thousands of people. The :,treets \\ ere so clOwded wIth people that at tlmes the artist \\as compelled m response to a request of the polIce authon-tles, to suspend hel work untl1 the crowd dispersed. The plan \\ as well concel" ed and effectl\ ely car ned out. The exhibition lasted one week. J FI ank Lmdley of the T B Laycock Manufacturing company IS spendmg se\ el al weeks on the Pantic coast and m the mountam states He expects to arllve home shortly before Thanksgn mg \\ hen he V\ 111follow the custom that has been presel ved for many) ears by entertaming the Lindley Laycock-L)tle famIlIes on that day Mr Lytle ,,111 entertaIn as usual on Christmas and Mr. Laycock on New Year's day The WIves of these gentlemen al e SIsters. The manufacturers of furniture 111 IndIanapolIs took plOmment pal ts m the mdustnal parade held m that CIty 1e-cently. Mr La)cock, Mr Cobb, Mr. Emnch and others were among those who Olgalllzed and carned on the en tel pnse All the manufactunng 111dustnes partIcIpated and the real of the plocesslon passed the pomt from whIch the advance started aftel a mal ch of four hours One hundred and fifty thousand people \ Ie\\ ed the parade. On His Own Account. J G Marshall, formerly a buyer for Hugh McElveen of PIttsburg, has epgaf;ed 111the sale of office fUllllture 111that Clty. He WIll handle especlall) the lIne of the Standard Desk company Mr Lappe IS bUYIllg f01 McElveen . ..- ---------_._----- FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supercedes all otber Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upbol.tered Furmture Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. . .. - - - - -----------, 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN TURPS-NO. The Only Perfect substitute for Turpentine. Contains No Gasoline, No Benzine, No Headlight Oil. For use in reducing Varnish. For Use in CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. TRY IT. The results speak for themselves. Barrel sent on approval. THE LAWRENCE·McFADDEN CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. The New Rector's-A Record in Rlipid BuildiIl£. A new record for speed of constructlOn has been t~tlb- Iished 111 Kew York m the bU1ldmg ot the ne" Hotel RectUl now approachmg completlOn On Jannar) 31, 1910, the aIel Rector'~ was closed awl the new hotel ,,111 be opened betl lIt January 1, 1911 Charles E Rector, the o"nel, has spaled no e"pen,e to make hIS cara,ansary complete m e, el) detatl Jt :,tancl~ on the corner of Broad" ay and Forty-fourth stl eet dnd "Ill be up-to-date m evelY respect The fir:ot three :otoncs ale ot Bedford stone", the 12 stolles above of bllck "lth tetra-cotta trimmmgs and the roof IS a cnl \ ed mansard The mam dmmg-room on the first floor occuple:o. the "hole Bl oad" a) frontage and the color scheme uscd IS gold and gra) 1he LoUls Quator7e style IS followed The drapellcs and nphol stenng are 111a nch French cdrd111al rO:o.e colol Llble~ al e of specIal deSIgn In the mam lobh) Itahan \\ alnut and ItaItan velvet covenngs are employ ed f01 the tUll11tUl e The bedrooms upstalr~ have been planned to harmol11ze m the11 floor co, ering~, \\ alls, furwtul e and dl apenes Cll caSSlclll walnut and mahogany are the "oods used The upholstcl v fabncs were all purchased ot Stern Brothel sand amuunted to over 12,000 yards The brass bed" to be used dre of ~peual design and of a style never betore u:o.ed m a hotel and the best mattresses and box springs ,\ dl be u:o.ed The cafe IS fimshed m L11CaS"lan walnut The tables have Clrcasslan "alnut bases and the tops are of black Austnan glass WIth SIlver mountmgs The chall:, have upholstered seats and backs The banquet 100m seats 150 people and its color scheme IS gold and gl a) There are three pnvate dining-rooms, one m red, one m green and one m brown, with furnishmgs to halmonize. In the ladies' parlor the I OUh XI I st, Ie I" followed with Clrcassian walnut furlll-tUl e dnd s;old and pearl color wmdow hangmgs On the 1[' //,l1llne 11001 l11ere 1~ a ladles' parlor decorated in red and sold ,\ hlch "Ill contam mahogany furniture with covenngs ul antique, eh et 1he IT otel Relt01 ,,111 be a splendid addItion to New \ ulk OJ lalge numbel of fine hotels Cheap Help Not Always Profitable. Good reItable machmes are not mfrequently condemned on account of the Ignorance or laz111ess of the men engaged to opel ate them," remarked a manufacturer of wood-working machlner) 'Manufacturers of the penny-wlse-and-pound-fooItsh class um'ls(1) place machmes that cost, in some 111stances, a thousand dollars m the charge of men who are paId Ham $9 to SlO pel week when competent men could be employed for ttom $12 to $15 per week The delays and 1epdl! e"penses resultmg from the employment of cheap and 111competcl1L men more than offsets the difference in the wages "d \ ed ' FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every partIcular Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON MErs. oE band saw blades and tools 1717·1719 W. Adams St. Chlcag. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 r, --------- I II II No. 550 Price $8.75 Palmer Manufadurin~ ~(ompanJ~ 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, DETROIT, MICH . ----~I II I I,III I •I ...--------~-----------~.---_.,..--------- I WA'DDELL--MA~U-F ACTURING"~-o·.l I Grand Rapid., Michigan I I All Knobs and Pulls have the I 1 Zeeland. Mich.• Factory Notes. Zeeland, Mich., Nov 4 -The Zeeland Furlllture company are having a good trade, October havlllg brought them a larger business than any other month in the year Mr Ray, of the Wolvenne company, 'iays bU'illleS" has been excellent, so good that he abandoned the idea of gettlllg out a catalogue this year Mr Elenbaas of the MIchIgan Star company IS very busy When seen he Just had time to say, "busmess IS fine" The Colomal compan) WIll "how on the thIrd floor of the Furlllture Exchange, Grand RapIds, III January They wJ11 show 100 patterns of hall clocks and twenty smtes of lIbrary furniture The caller was permitted to see qmte a number of these pieces and can testify to the beaut} of the deSigns and the excellence of construction The hbral} fur11l-ture IS m mahogany, dnd many of the pieces al e mlald The bookcases and desks wJ11 command dttentlOn and mVlte the dosest scrutllly -C ::vf Holland. Mich.• Factories. f lolldnd, Mlch, N0\ 4 -The nay V lell rl1l111t\1le (om- , pany's ne" bmldmg IS completed. all hut the office~. "ll1ch "Ill be oce upled before the first of the, eal They" III haye as fine a ..,et of offices as an) In Holland Thell trade III extension tables is good They will show their line on the second floor of the Furlllture Exchange, Grand Rapids, with quite a number of new patterns added to their present excellent exhibit The Holland Fur11lture company is having a good trade, and wtll have a fine lot of new patterns to show in the Manu-facturers' building, Grand Rapids, in January. Mr Wlll~ of the Ottawa Furniture company, said busi-ness was good Manager Bus'i of the 13m,; Machme Works, said business "as fair He 1:-. puttmg many of hIS new and Improved planers III the GI and Rapids factories -C M. Wellman"s Cat and Life Boat. '1 he hfe boat and the cat that were saved flam the wreck of \\ altel "\\ ellman's Ill-fated aIrshIp. "Amenca" were exhi-bIted m one of the wll1dows of GImbel's great New York '-tore la'it "eek The lehc'i In the wllldow attracted a crowd that blockaded the "ileets until the pohce authontles ordeled them 1emm ed \\ hen a card wa~ placed III the wllldow an-nounun~ that the cat" as holdlllg- a reception III the StOIe the bll1ldmg VIa..,clOVlded by thol1c,ands, most of whom gave the s to! e a thO! ong-h III"pectlOn before lea vIllg. No-fium-Loose Fasteners The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Woed in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. .... -- . I •• ••• ftP. • • -- ~~~-· ~ 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN METAL USED IN SOFA PILLOWS -~---~_.------...--------_._~ Unbending Styles Intended for Ornament Rather Than Use or Comfort. It is a long time since so mam stIff dH;mfied unbend-ing and costly sofa cushions "e1e 111cluc1ec1am\1l1~ the tall models deSIgned f01 best 100111S dnd c11ess up occaSIons Fortunatel} "unbend1l1g" does not apph to bed100m cushlOn'o varieties ""h1ch are as puff, case, and comt01 t,lble a~ ('ne could wIsh But In the mOl e fm mall oom" the Cu~1110n 1ule seems to be the costlter the less 'lelc1111~ \iVhethe1 ftom FIance Japan m L\me11ca 1he latbt "ofa pillow of h1C',h de£;lee e),.p1ec,ses a 2,lade of ma2,mficence c,uffi-cient to repel 111ttmate ad, ances LIke mOo,t \\ 01ks of a1t It is meant to be v1e"ed at a 1espectful d1QanCe 10 d1eam )f tucking a corner of one of the~e a1t oblect" unde1 one s shoulder blades \\ ould he sau 11e2,e and to attempt tn s11t1s2,le a cheek aga111st Its impos111£; St11face \\ auld be-\\ ell It \\ auld not be good f01 the comple'ClOn A woman who undertook to cop, one at the"e models to install in he1 dra \\ 1112," 100m succeeded, e1, \\ ell 111all but one thing The cushIOn In spIte of all she could do ,\ auld upon p1essure assume a cllOOP "\nd I spent S10 on It \\ 1th my work thrown 111," she maUl ned "Never mind," saId a f1iend, "one ltl,e It bOU2,ht m a store would cost at least $30" Three out of fOUl cushIOns at thIS 1ank \\ III 2,1\e an aIr of elegance to a 100m not to be dupltcated at a ltkc cost by any other article 01 a1ticles, an uphol" tel e1 told a hou;-,e-keeper who was funllsh111£; an apa1 tment 01 11, 1112,to at a low cost, and fo11O\\1112,hIS acI'lce she ~elected a pLlll1 mex-penSIve sofa and a1m chan s and placed UPll2,"ht 111one corner of the forme1 a splendId sofa p1110\\ T\\ a almost a" "plend1d p11lows dec01 ated b\ ° of the chan s \\ 1th the 1esul t that callers went aV\ay \\ 1th an 1mp1 eSSlOn of sumptuousness ('ut of all propOl tion to the qualtty of the tU1n1ttll e The sofa pIllow was oblon~, about 27 hy 18 mches [he 0thu ~ \\ e1e square and about 24 111ches lone; one of them bemg Japanese in design. The oblong shape, it IS leal11ed, IS a bIt mOl e st, ltsh than the squa1 e, some val ieties bem£; about one } d1d Ion£; and twenty inches WIde, others twenty mches lon~ and t\\ eh e ~· --- IIII •• III• I• II •IIIt I, •II• IIII ~- UNION FURNITURE COe ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead In Style, ConftrudJon and Flmsh See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhibi-tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urers BUlldmg. Grand Rapid •. II ____ .4 1l1che, Ii Ide Many of the handsomest are oblong, and the mnst nottl eahle feature of the newest of them is the large quantIttes of metals used 111conjunction with fabrics through \\ h1ch 1'111threads of gold or sIlvel. :\Ietal tapestry of the stand alone qualtty 111floral and com entlOnal des1£;ns and of seve1 al colors combined; heavy, fi2,Uled tapestry 1 eproductions of Aubusson and Flemish pIeces, the fi2,U1es reduced to Immature proportions; four and f1\ e 111chUletal galoons, the gold and silver in some instances t111ted and descllb111g a pattern, narrower gold and silver ga-loom. metal fnnges of many colors, edgmgs patterned like lace but made partly of metal th1 eads, and of materials equal-h hea" but a tIIfle mOle plIable, all these are among the ne\\ pIlIO\\ matenals They a1e combmed m turn with many kmds of ,cIvet, satm, suede, satm brocade and art woolen tah11l s Tn some cushIOns the arrangement of materials ~1\ es a patchwork effect. \bnut 1\\ cI\ e mches of the centIe of an oblong pillow \\ d s made of hea, II} hrOl aded tapestI y combil1lng SIlk, wool ,md metal th1eads, the p1evaIlIng color of which was sage ~1een (In eIthe1 SIde of thIS vvas eight inches of SImIlar tap-cstn of \ alle~ated calms, bnght green in the lead, each piece dl\ 1decI t)(1111the centte hy a three inch wide band of flat ga-l DOll C10SS111f;tb e pIllow perpendIcularly. The thI ee sectIOns 01 tapeo,t1' and the two bands of galoon were in turn crossed "bout SIX mches ft am one edge of the p11low by a one and a half lllch \\ Ide band of gold ~aloon. The entiI e pIllow, which .. ._--------------- ---- --------_._-_._-----., PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS CO. LARGE:8T ,JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS in the world, Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass, WIRE GLASS, Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. (jf For anythtng tn BUIlders' Glass, or anythtng tn Pamts "armshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of whIch ISgIven below JrEW YOaX-Hudson and Vandam St •• BOS'1'ON--41-49 Sudbury st., 1-9 aowker at. CKICAG0--442-452 Wabash Ave. cmCINNA'l':l-Broadway and Court Sb. ST. LOVIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce St •. MDrNEAPOL:rS--500-516 S. Third St. DETB.OI'l'-53-59 Larned St, E. GB.A:NDaAPIDS, llItCH-39-41 Jr. Divi.ion St. p:rTTSBl1aGB-IOI-I03 Wood St. MILWAl1XEE, WXS.--492-494 JIlarket St. B.OCBES'l'E.,N.T.-WUder Bldg., Main '" Exchanll'e St •. BAL'1'D!lO:aE-310-12-14 W. Pratt 8t. CLEVELA:ND-1430-1434 West Thld .t. OMABA-ll01-ll07 Boward St. ST. PAlJ'L--459-461 Jackson St. ATLANTA, GA.-30-32-34 S. Pryor St. SAVANNAH, GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. XANSAS ClTY-Pifth and Wyandotte St •• BIB.MDrGBAJII, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. BtJPFALO, N. "1'.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BB.OOKLYl'l-'1'hird Ave. and Dean St. PB::rLADELPBIA-Pltcairn Bldg .. Arch and 11th DAVEl'lPOa'1'--410-416 Scott St. OKLAKOJIIIA CITY, OKLA., :310-212W. First St. .._......_--------------------------------------------------~ J WEEKLY ARTISAN was about 28 by 18 inches, was bordered with a two inch metal gl een fnnge. An effectIve square pIllow was covered partly with wood brown tapestry patterned with miniature knights in armor, and partly with heavy deep red satin crossed and recrossed wIth narrow open work gold galloon, wider metal trimming edging the cushIOn and the tapestry sectIOn and stiff brown and gold narrow gimp lace edging the pillow. A third of one pillow, which combined green, gold and warm red tones charmingly, was made of metal tapestry of beautiful quahty The mottled green velvet covering the remaining two-thirds was tnmmed with a lattice of gold and green metal gimp less than one inch wide which stiffened the velvet to about the firmness of the metal t.lpestry. The pillow was bordered with nal row green metal fringe. Less expensive and very effective examples combine a small square or oblong of tapestry with satin, velvet or heavy Ottoman silk, the latter criss-crossed with narrow bands of metal trimming. The bits of tapestry in this ca se are woven to show a woodland scene, a group of human figures. mount-ed horsemen and so on, and these are placed at one SIde of the cushion, not in the centre. In some of the French cushions segments of brocaded materials and of wide ribbed SIlk merge without showing a dividing line, and these too are elaborately trimmed with applications of gold and of silver and vari-colored metal bands and bordered with a narrow metal lace or fringe, shading often to old rose. In cushions of Japanese designs perhaps two-thirds of the covering is stiff silk and metal brocade of gorgeous color, the remaining third of scarlet or of peacock blue satin, being ornamented with gold galoon. The edging is heavy, stiff cord. Cushions of allover silk and satin brocade of superb quality are of course still included in the drawing room assortments, but these with few exceptions are now touched up with corners and borders of metal, a two inch wide metal ribbon in some of the best examples bordering the entire pillow. A variety which looks well both in library and drawing room and which is less costly than some of those described and could be more easily duplicated by the amateur is made mostly of suede. One of the most effective examples was composed of a three inch square of red suede joined with over-hand stitch of metal thread. Very narroVv gold gimp joined the diagonal green, suede strips composing the covering of another cushion, and in both cases the edges of the cushion were lashed together WIth a stout suede lacing of contrastmg color. A third example of dark brown suede with a narrow metal fringe border was slashed every five or 'Six mches to describe a tuhp, a scarlet lining under the slashes bnnging out the flower. Suede cushions tnmmed with a three inch band of plain leather of the same COIOl or a tnfle darker and edged WIth metal galoon are also easy to copy. General utIlity cushions for hbraries and In 111g looms combme heavy woollen art matenals m plam colors, wood brown, grass green and ecru in the lead, with dIagonal stnpes of wool tapestry which are outl111ed with stIff cur-tam glmp which contams gold threads, the same glmp fin-ishing the edge. Cushions of the plain woollen art goods embrOIdered m bold conventional desIgns have corner tassels and an edging of metal gimp. Printed tapestry squares ranging from 10 to 22 inches m sIze and copies m some cases of celebrated French tapestnes when bOl dered WIth a band of metal or part metal trimmmg and edged '" Ith the new style stIff glmp, which looks hke dull gray ,ery heav y lace. are good ImItations of some of the more expenslY e models. ._~--~_.., PALMER'S PATENT GLUING CLAMPS I I• ,II II II,,,II I ~---_. ---------- --- ,• II,II II 1 IIIII The above cut is taken d1rect from a photograph, and shows the range of one Slze only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make SlXother sizes, tak1ng In stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 1nches thick. Ours is the most pract,cal method of clamp1ng glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more wl1l in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factones (only a fraction of our llst) who have or-dered and reordered many t1mes. proof pos,t,ve our way 1Sthe best. A post card WIll brmg it, catalog included. Don't delay, but wr1te today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: The Projectile Co., London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, Berlm, Ger-many: Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Par1s, Brussels, Liege, M1lan, 'l'unn, Barcelona and Bl1boa. ~_________________ • _ •• Ii • • • .. ., I I I I • f , I I I I ! I ! I: II I • I l I I I ! II •I I I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frl~'~N~I~~ / I ELtO:""Ni'i'LL'E'R'd&:U'co.1 II EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I Wnte for cuts and pnces I I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EX CHANCE, EVANSVILLE. I ,. ------- -- ...... 15 >=4 II hen the manufacturer seeks the traveling salesman a ~ame of checke1 s can be pIa, ed upon the coat talls of the latter If the formc1 makes the proper demonstratlOn 111hIs ~eek111£; 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUE5LISHED EVERY SATURDAY .Y TH~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 I"ER YEAR ANYWH!!:RE IN THE UNITED STAT!!:S OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YI!:AR. SINGLE COPII!:S 5 CI!:NTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST, GPlAND RA .. IDS, MICH A 5 WHITE M ...N..... INQ EDITOFI I:nterea .. second clalS matter July 5, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapid. l.hchll'an under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPAI!SI!:NTATIV~ E LEVY Little th111gs count f01 much 111thc (pelatwn ot a tl11111 ture factory. A manufacturel at small C,bC \\ 01k \\ as "ub-jected to great annoy ance and e"pcn"e b\ tbc sC1atch111g and brUls111g of fi111shed dOO1s, desk hds and othel stock usually stored 111racks bef01 c the final assembhn£; of the parts that make a complete p1ece of fl11111tme II 01 kmen al e carcle,,~ and the cost of productIOn \\as mate11alh lal.:;el on that ac count. Finally the "upel111tendent dec 1dcd to U1\ el all pal b of the storage racks \\ 1th \\ hlLh th e hd" ,U1d de"k tcJp" came into contact in the coursc of hancll111g \\ 1th "ott uphulstel \ matenal, and the1 eb, soh ed the manufaclUl el " problem By takin£; advanta£;e of \\ eak pmnts 111 the Intet "tate Commerce la" and rene\\ ine; the t'l[~ht 0\ e1 the "0 called \It,,- souri river rate cases the 1a1h oad s a1e m g enth 111,1hnS; mOl e stringent legal reg-ula tlOn of thcn buslll ess boost1l1£; the cause of socialism and encouraging the people to IllS1"'! on government control and 0>., nelship of all publtc uhlttle" fhe mana15els of the lOads aflected b, the \I1SS0l111 Inel deu"HIll \\ ould ha, e better served not onh the Ultel c"h ot then stock and bond holders, hut the mtet csts ot all 1allt oad" and the country as a whole, b, acceptlllg the dec1slOn 111good talth as a final settlement of the controve1 sv Amon£; the 1 etatle " complamts IS that ahout thc un-salablc C'OPClition of e;ood" I ccen cd flom mantlfactul CI" III OIdel to lu"h O1dc1S It IS ~lanl1cd tl1dt \\olk IS sh~htecl1l1 thc IIl11shlllg loom These complamts 1ecall to m1nd thc plodmt of a I11cU1ufactUlel of DetrOIt \\ ho e"pended mOl c monc\ III thc fil11sh111gthan ln the constructIOn of hIS g-ood" 'If I make nn work shine hke a plano," hc remarked "I can sell it castly" It needs no al gument to prO>.e to the e'(penenced manufactmer the value of a g-ood fil11sh 111the fUlniture trade Dr Elhot of Han ard' UUl\ el "11\ sa\ s thc 111crca"ed cost of ltvmg- lS duc to the "comb111atlOn eftected h\ the unlOn" and jobbers and Ul110ns Clnd employers of labor' The combm-ation," he expla111s (the comb1l1e m plumbel" supphes f01 instance) "is able to rob the consumer because lt practlcallv secures a local monopoh The 1111lOns rob the consumer because they cause grcat \\ aste of hme" fhe doct01 s e'(planatlOn IS exphClt and seems to he tlue 1\11 uphohterel clnd 1 C'pcllret of fU1111tUIe 111Indlall Ipoh" ,Hh ("IUse" h1S shop a" ,1 '\urg1(,11 111"tltUtC" I hc ('0111HI lll)l1 het\\cen hIS olcupatlOll and h1s ,l(hutlscment lS haHlh 11\ e\ Idence. ]oh lot 1)11\ ers al e touf1ng the" estern markcts, but the demclnd t01 !S0ods 011 regular terms IS so good that there IS hut httlc trade 111"close outs" 1 he dC"loncl \\ho can make hlS emplOyer feel that hc b kI101\" 1110le about the fUlmtllle bus111ess than the men who make fllll11t111e IS a s;el11u-, ] he tal1ft hO;l1d has deCIded that planas are not "house-hold t flee b alld theref01 e al e subject to a duty of 45 per cent ,1 d \ aIm em II hen the bl1"lness office and the factory office ale out of h,111110n\ the manufac-tm e of furmtUl e IS a precarious occupa-tlOn Thel e b the l:;1eatest difference in the world III the goods \\ c hu\ and the goods \ve think we buy \ [one\ talk" especlall y \\ hen the manufacturer IS ove1- stocked '·Tolu" Ranney Gone Over. C. T Ranne\, bettel known as "Tom" Ranney, of Green- \ llle 'fich, died suddenly of heart disease last week Friday TIe \\ c1Ssl1penntendent of thc \ve11 known Ranney refriger-atol fH t01"\ the largest mdustn of the Clty, and was so hig-hly esteemed. that when hlS death was announced the 400 em- 1'10\ e" qlllt \' 01k III a body and insisted that the factory be shut do\\ n until after the fune1 al. which took place last Sun-da \ 1111dcI'II a som c auspices ::\11 Ranne\ \\ as 62 yeal" of ag-e and lived in Greenville tm mam \ ears asslstin£; with his brother in building up the iaC~OI\ \\ hlCh is one of the mamstays of the city He was of a ]'111d and s;el11al dlSpo"ltlOn 1m ed b) everyone with whom he came 111 contact and e\ el ready to hold out a help111g-hand to thosc 111nced OutSIde of busllless affiairs, he found time to enter into the puhltc affall s of the community and \\ as one of the he"~ mayors the city e\ el had. Under his £;llIdance the refill:; era tor plant g-Iew until it was neccs"ary to add to 1t and hut a shol t tlmc clgO the capacity was doubled by the erection of another lar~c buildin~ lIe was considered one ot tIlE' to\\ n's fO!emost benefa('tol" for by prm ldmg- em-ployment for an incI easm~ numhel of mcn 111 his factory, he added to the prosperity of the people clnd bus1l1ess interests in g-eneral. Cor Loading Association in St. Louis. "t LOlll" \To 'JO\ 3-l\s the 1esult of a mecting of the '=;t LOlliS FllIl11ture Boald of Trade, an org-anization to be knm\ n a" thc Centlal Car Load1l1~ and Furniture Furnishing d"SoclatlOn \\ 111be established here This w111 be flllnlture "hlpp1l1l:; he,ldqual tCI s for the benefit of the dealers who at pt esent shIp 111 q'lantltles less than cadoads I\ccorcIl11£; to H C; Tuttle, general manager of the Furni-tlll e 1\oard of TI ade, the LOst of shlpp1l1g or e'(presslllg furl11- t111e h hlghel than nead} an} othel commodity, such as dry [Cood" \\ hen sh1pped by othcr than calload lots, 1t IS VCI} C,pOl~n e to the dealel M1 Tuttle says that on $2,000 \\ 11] th of fUl111tu1e the ('ost of shlpping i" about 10 to 20 1'("] ( ll'\ 01 Its \ ,lltl,ltlOll I he l1l \\ 01g:all173tlOll \\ 111be <'ll11llcllto tho5e o[ Evans \ tlh lnd dnd ChIcago WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Big Catalogues Free. Thc Idca that a dealer can sa\ e money by using loose-led! catalogue" does riot seem to be apprO' ed or practIced by "ome of the lan:;cst and mo"t successful house" m the coun-l! y The accompanymg ad \ ertIsement. reproduced flom maga- WANAMAKER Catalog is a Store in Itself WITH It you" shop at Wanamaker's" just as though your reSilIence were III New York SIt III your easy chaIr, compare the latest Paris and i\ ew York styles and prices-then send ma trIal order WewlJ] see that you get exact!y what you want Goods must be satisfactory, or we want them back dently thmk that though a person may have in mind only a "mgle artIcle, he or she IS quite lIkely to find somethmg else, desnable, by lookmg through the book, or is lIkely to keep It untIl some other artIcle IS wanted It will be noted that all the ach el tI"ements emphasIze the fact that the catalogues /lnes, mellcdte that Macy's of Kcw York, vVanamaker's of ~ e\\ Yark and PhIladelphIa, C:;peal's of PIttsburg and Hart-man's of ChIcago. do not belIe\ e m the loose leaf theory. That IS they do not reply to requests or mquiries by sendmg a leaf ar two, but send theIr catalogues entIre and as will be seen m the ad\ ertIsements they are enormous books of several l1l1nelled pa~es filled wIth thousands of I1lmtI atlOns. The size ()f the book" IS mdll dted b\ the cuts m the ad\ el tIscmcnts and thdt of \\ anci1l1akel's "hows that It IS mtcnded to mclnde the ent11e stole E\ Identl) the managers of these great houses beheve It pays to send Qut complete Liltalogues They eVl- -, I ~\IDCC;V~FALL CATALOGUE L/lV\j~_.ai~~_Is Ready lor You We want to sen I a copy of our new Fall and \Iv nH..r a a ague to e er) reader of th s publ cat on It s a bIg book Just f 0 n e pT nler s h n Is com pletely lustrated splendidly p oted and we have t ou!>ands rea Iy to ma 1 FREE AND POSTPAID The Macy ea a.logue for Fall and \ u e S by far the best book we have "ve, ssued It s the most mpo tant ell. a ogue sen out of New York Our nes ha e been ex euded You WIll find greater va e y n a I the goods shown by us than eve before It g'IVes you such a age n p ee as 5 su e to enabe you to bUY111stwhat youwa ta ap C'evouw Ibewllng o pay The very newest b ngs the very ate tsyes as de eloped n pans lle n and New ~~~~5 C;1 ~:a~rou~n ~st~~ p~;esa~a compete aeuaedeerptons whch en ble ,>0" 0 ahop noTe sa sfadon) and more eConon ell. yat Maeya han vou can shop n yo" own borne town We gve you a he seasons bell. IInd newell. th ngs a p cell. below the pr cea asked by 0 he ~ ores for goods ofony ordlnary qUd Y and 5 yle You Will Save at Least One-Fourth at Macy's est v':Y~:~ ~~fa?nU!bf';~ t : ~e~? -r.ea;t: te~~a a1,;'~Il~ tea :~~I~af s"t. ~'J~~~~eget OU ~~~BbaU~~ 11.° rfh za 0 0 pur ~~ e~;:'ed~ I~~:no y b~~~ ~a~1t~~~pt~n~sl~~aente~ ~f s eh olume ne e yl netha we e e epr e ou ne chandae the Vf. y at ate prees advantages fo p odu e '" <'\ u anufa ure "h ha ""I) pre a an thepromptanda no enJOjed h tbeord n so he ead I fa j e e e dered I OIl"antgO d van apc-s we pa~s on to j he to It f of h g 5t qual y de v~ ed ou p On p ~~";:~ol~'te fO~~:~ ~~/~~~1 ~~ta~ ~~~y se :~~: fie ~a~~ tsb" :~~ e (> m u ke 5:/ 0 and II mil. y nstan ell. eveu greaer savngs!as l' can get esewhe e fOT on" d a 0 eW~hd 0bu ~s:~5m:;~abl 51 cd mote than half ~ta 0: ~ f~rb;"1 1~~3;dnt.:' lle uew Ma y ThiS New Catalogue Brings ThiS Great Store With Its $5,000,000 Stodu Right Into Your Own Home on en:; ed.;> ~dP:;dna~::\_:~~p k,j"'rad h '1:hYq,nn:ofan,J ~~i:~~1~~l;~w'r~~;:i~':~~~~r;f:~~li:;!¥tii:~!?~rf:~~~R. H. MACY & CO. Br<Je.dway at 6th Ave and .iSth St New York Cdy are free for the a"k1l1£; If theil theory IS correct IS should apply to mdnufactu:ers as well as to dealers. r--------.------ I II III I.. ..., IMPROVED, EASY AND EL EVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectrIC and Hand Power. THF BEST HAND POWER FOR FURNITURI: STORES Send for Catalogue and PrIces KIMBALL BROS. CO" 1067 Nlnlh 51, Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co •• 717Commerce Bldg. Kan,as City, ..I Mo I J Peyton Huntel TermInal Bldg. Dallas fexas Western EngIneenng SpecJaltles Co, Denver, Co10 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS AT RIG"T PRICES CHALLENGE REFRIGERATOR CO. Sf<.ND FuR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. Manufacturers Busy at Shelbyville. ShelbyvIlle. Tnd \0\ 3--The C H Campbell FUl111tUle company have had a very active season of hade The c,le,tth enlarlSed faclhtle'i of the company's new factol} al e ha1Clh sufficient to meet the demands of tl ade PI e'ildent Camp-bell states that the ne\" 11l1e of desks t01 ladles had greath pleased the trade In hall furnitUl e -;alee; hay e been hea\ \ The new line wIll be on sale in Gland RapIds and ChIcago during January, 1911. Lee DavIs. of the Conrey-DavIs ManufactUlll1£; company, reports that bus1l1ess had been active since the open1l1l:; of the season. Heavy shipments were made 111 Septembel fhe company wIll exhIbIt theIr 11l1e, dUl1l1!.; the exp0'iltlon 'iea sons in Grand Rapids, exclusively hereafter. Charles L. DavIs, the presIdent of the Davis-Birely Table company was out of tOV\n \\ hen the \\ Iltel called Bus1l1es" ~,---------------------------- IIII II IIIII III•IfI .. RITE TO CHICA60MIRROR&ART6LASSCO. \ 217 N.Clinton streeu. \ Chicago; IIJs.1 U.S.A. ~r~ IV a ~ I epO! ted C, ood fhe company WIll exhIbIt their lines in Gland RapIds anI} dUllng July and January. PI eSldent Charles E. Karmire reportes an active demand 101 the desks and office furnIture manufactured by the Shel- 1)\ \ Ille Desk Company. 110'3t of the manufacturel s of ShelbyvIlle are first class e;,desmen \\ hen ChaI1ey DavIs of Davls-Bnely Table com-pany ~oes to the market fully detelmined to outsell the rep- I esenta tn es of his company he never falls to do so. He IS a tireless w01ker and is ever found on hIs job. Jay P. Root IS a 1 emal kabl} 'iuccessful sale'iman whIle Charles H Campbell, Lhalle\ C'plec,le, "Tdke" Comey and "Joe" HamIlton are ,UllOllC, the best ~I("rchants Beware. 1 he TOUInal undel '3tands that a concern gomg under the title of "1 he umted States School of C01 respondence" IS askll1l?, mel chdnts f01 credIt I atll1g'i of ll1dlvlduals. Then headqual tel s al e supposed to be 111 ChICago. Vie have it on \\ 11dt "eem'i to be c,ood duthO!lt} that thIS concern IS con-nected 111 some \\a\ \"Ith the maIl Older concern of Spelgel, lId} '-,telll &- La \gdll1 let 11':>\Aarn the mPlchant to let all lOlKeln" \\ ant1l1g rdtmgs absolutely alone -Merchant:,' J lade J oUlnal -1 IIf II• •III• I II ••• I• I I III .I. Problem Promptly Solved. 'The o,t} Ie" of £;oods \"e have 111 stock m lalgest quantity ~dl thc "IO\\c"t lemalked the managel of a factory operated 111 thl manufactul e of fancy fUlmtuJ e 'How do you account j( 1 thdt")" "B} ,In attack of fredkmess on the bram of the de"lgneJ 01 hoob\ 01mlt1':> m the make-up of the sc1l1l1g" dgents,' a ,,} mpathlz111g manufal'tUl CI !ephed . WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 STAINS WORK Weather Beaten Finished Furniture in Paris. He IS a pamter who has vIsited Pans more than once and he was tellmg of haymg hIs memory pleasantly refreshed there last summer as to the provelllence of some of our antique furniture. "I had forgotten the slmphclty and dIrectness of those dear people, the French," he said "I suppose because I've necessarily been Immel sed more or less m our methods of busmess 0'. er here HCI e I'ye known about the fine antiques that are made m Emvery lofts and sold m the avenue shops as precIOus finds from the older lands, but the process of makmg has ahvays been hIdden hel e and a mystery "So I was a httle surprised, but surprised mto a smJ1e, when in wandenng back to the nelghb01hood of an old studIO I used to occupy in the Montparnasse qual ter 1 saw ham;mg from wmdows and dIsposed about the courtyard of one of the buildmgs fl eshly made chairs and tables of ancIent pat-tern, put out theIr to go through lam and shine and become 'antlquc' Nothmg hIdden about it at all. Some of the pieces hung flom fourth story wmdows. And I found myself humming Raymond Hitchcock's old song with only a word changed 'Am't It funny what a difference just a few show-ers make?' Although I guess they have to watch their weathering pretty carefully You know I thmk It IS a virtue of the French, their wJ1lingness to reveal plactices which we conceal; It seems to me our way is the more gmlty." Must Fight Again. The vlct01Y for the shippers m the Mlssotui nver rate cases, announced last week, IS not to be permanent. On the contrary it appears that the lower I ates fixed by the Inter-state Commerce CommIssIOn and approved by thc Supreme court, ale to lemain m force only 35 days. The Supreme court's decision put the new rates into effect on October 25. On Octobel 31 the raIlroad compallles mvolved filed notice WIth the ~nterstate Commerce CommlslOn that on Decembel 1, they wJ11 raIse the lates agam to the old figUles, clalmmg that reccnt changes m condItIOns make such action necessary ThIS means that the Missouri river rate cases whIch wel e started m October, 1908, and Ieqmred two years to reach a deCISIOn m the Supreme court, wJ11 haye to be fought over agam and the chance" are that another period of two yeal s wJ11 elapse bef01 e another deCISIOn IS reached. Furniture for Uruguay Schools. F. ,Y. Godmg, American Consul at Montevideo, Uru-gua}, rep01 ts tha~ the government of Uruguay has accepted the tendel of Carhsle, ClOcker & Co., for supplymg the furlll-tm e f01 210 new rural schools in that repubhc. The tel ms of the speCIfications reqmre that North Amellcan models shall be followed, and the above-mentIOned firm, I epl esentmg one of the largest houses in the United States, secmed the contlact f01 48,894 pcsos ($50,556) ":Many other contlacb nught be secured by Amencan firms If they" el e propel I} I epresented here," says Consul Godmg. A Good Indication. One of the best mdlcatlOns that the fmlllture bu sme"s I~ on the gam is the fact that the Grand RapIds Blass com-pany's busmess £01 the ten months endmg WIth Octobel was e,e\ e! al thousand dolla! s gl eate! than that f01 the \\ hole yea! of 1909, theIr bu~mess bemg mostly WIth the £urlllture manufacttlrers. The great mcrease stuel} shows tlut the furlllture busmess IS m pretty good shape. OUR They don't raIse the grain. They re-produce exactly the finishdesired. They are the products of practical men. Modern facilities and expert knowl.. edge go hand In hand here. Above all our staIns practical. are Put this state .. ment to the test by putting our stains to the test. You'll find they ALL work ALWAYS. Write for sample panel to desk No.3. MIIA&RI5Ei~T!T;A~~HPJA~INOITI. 20 ------- ---------------~ ~, - ._--------~--_._---- :I Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Park wood Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN .,,, I, I I I,I iII By E. Levy, Representative. ChlCago, ~ 0\ 3--\t the fdc tm \ of the Standal d Pallo! FUlnitUle company thele have been a numbel at chan~es Ie cently. R Ddlgatz fmmeI!\ of the Dalgdt7 PdI!OI Framl company IS no\v m cha1 g e of then 1eclll1ll1g chan depd1 tmen t Rudolph Strau,;", \\ho \\a,; 1ep1esentll1g them on the lOad has resigned IllS posItIon dnd l!,one ll1to the 1etal! tml11tme business at Sr\.tv-thlld a\ enue dnd ha" pmcha~ul all h1o, pal lor goods flam hiS fUl mel emplu\ el " "" 11hdm C ()n~e1 \\ ho was a member of the Sch\\ al / ]310S company nO\\ out lIt busllless, has been engaged 111Ifr StIdUSS' place to 1epresent the Standard Pad or Fm111tm e company on the road One of the successful busmesses connected \\ Ith the furniture industry, that your Call e,;pondent ha~ ~een ~ro\\ from its beginn1l1g, IS that of the Sulll\ an Ya1111~h Company of 410 Hart Street Mr Sulll\ an was a practIcal \ a1111sh man who took to selhng \ ar111sh for a larg e Chicago house and after a number of yea1 s branched out for himself The plant on Hart Street has grown mamfold from ItS ong1l1al capaClt\ and Mr Sullivan is doing an excellent bus1l1e",s 111high ~radc varnishes, of which they make a specialty Mr Sulll\ an l~ thoroughly posted on every detail of the bus1l1ess. from the buying of the raw matenal to the mak1l1g and selhng of the finished product Joseph S Meyer, preSident of the ::\1anufacture1 s £\.hl bl-tion Building Company, 1319 MichIgan !\\ enue 1:0 ea",t on a business trip Mr Jackson secreta1 y of the company states that the demand for space has been espeClal!v good this season and that there wl1l be some new faces on the floors representing 11l1es that are 111thiS market for the first tIme, and some that have returned afte1 an absence at a season or more PractIcally all \\ hose lease" eApned la "t season have renewed them and some hay e secured more "pace than before Among the ne\\ exhibitors t01 the com111g season wl1l be the Tell City Chair Company, the Tell C1t\ Furmture Company, the J 1\1 Deutsch Compan), the Old Hickory Chair Company, the Mount t\lry Fm mtu1 e Compal1\ the New England Beddlllg Compal1\ and a numbo of othe1 s A t the factory of the t\nel II ood TIed Company \ am correspondent found Mr Vall englOssed In the matte1 of de';lgning and planmng f01 the com111g season ::\i[ r Y dl1 1" known to the trade from coast to coast as a "bed" man, havlng We are now puttl1lg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever oflerea to the trade These are fimshed In Golden Oak and White Maple III a lIght fim,h The,e goods are admIrable for polIshed floors and furn Iture re,ts They will not sweat or mar PRICES SIze 2U Inches $4 00 per hundred SIze 2%'Inches 5 00 per hundred 1'1y a Sample Order FOB &rand Rap,ds heen \\ th the Simmons Manufactunng Company for manv \ eal ~ Hb mal1\ ne\\ Ideas 111deSigns for their "Ariel" 1111e hay e dene much tm\ al ds ItS success "Vve expect to exhibit 111the --ame space as heretofore, 111the sixth floor of 1411 IIlchlgan t\ \ enue, and our hne \\ l!l be larger than ever and conta111 some speCIal new features," said Mr Vail "I am no\\ e\ o!v 111g them, and V\ e wl1l be ready 111ample time for e\.hIl)ltlOn In Jdnua1 \ " R C Repen11lng of the Metalhc Fold111g Bed Company ha" retm ned ham a tnp south and southeast, where he has had a \ e1y satisfact01Y bus111ess and reports the trade out-look for those sectlOns as excellent The company are manu-taeture1, at cdl steel mantel and cdb1l1et beds, metalhc day en-ports or "ota beds and other metdl fur11lture, and their l111e 1" hoth U11lque and e"c1USl\ e Some of the metal cases of theIr heds ale fimshed 111ImltatlOn of mahogany and quartered oak, and \\ 1th a plano fi11lsh so that It takes an expert to detect It trom the ndtural \\ ood -\t the \lemann Table company's plant they are engaged !ll pi epal atlOn~ for a handsome ne,\ catalogue which will be Issued ahout the 1TI1ddle of Decembel They have added a hne of c1111lngchall s to match man) of their exten"lOn tables dnd thoc,e \\ III abo be Illustrate'l 111then ne\\ book S111ce the \ 1e1l1ann" hay e occupied theH factory at Seventy-seventh ~tl eet and Cotta~e Gnp e avenue they IM\ e not only made l11dn\ 1mp10\ emenh h\ the election of adchtlOnal bmld1l1gs the la\ IllS; of cement \\ alk", etc, but that entire sectIOlJ ha" l!,1eady 1mpl0\ ed alJd changed 111 appeal ance Dozens of house" Ita\ e been hmlt sheets graded and cement Sidewalks Id1d and the Idte"t Imp10\ ement h t' e pav111g of the a"enne '" . --_._----_._----_._-------~I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are gettIng. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, Railroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others WIll consult theIr own interests by USIng it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished In rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED B\ H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. II , ---- - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 IT'S A HANDY PLACE TO GET OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH and GUM VENEER VARIOUS THICKNESSES. ALWAYS READY TO SHIP. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: WALTER CLARK VENEER co. SOUTH IONIA AND PRESCOTT STREETS. from Seventy -fil st to EIghty-ninth streets, the portion between the track::. n01v be1l1g done It IS only to let the grad1l1g settle and become film when the remainder of the work wIll be completed Cottage Grove avenue IS one of the widest in the Clt), and IS dest1l1ed to become one of ItS greatest bus1l1ess thoroughfares A new catalogue IS also to be Issued by Olbnch & Golbeck, when they have gotten out a number of new pat-terns that wIll be Illustrated m the book and sho,v n m theIr exhIbIt at 1319 MIchIgan a\ enue the com1l1g season ThIS IS one of the hnes that IS left mtact at the exhIbition bUlld1l1g, It bemg m charge of Fred Me Read) between seasons Although the Pullman Couch company added about 50 per cent to then plant last spnng, they are still somewhat handicapped fm 100m, and they have taxed theIr resources and mgemllty to theIr fullest to keep up with their orders Mr SchnadIg of the company reports theIr trade this season by far the best they have yet done The Marshall Vent11ated Mattress company is erecting a new factory m what is known as the Central Manufactunng District The building IS 65x175 feet, and three stories high. It faces on Thirty-seventh street, and is near the corner of Center avenue. There are now other factories connected with the furniture trade in that district, among which are the Kinney-Rome company and the Haggard-Marcuson company. In the building occupied by the Geo. D. Williams company, 1300 Michigan avenue, R. Hufford of that company says they will have a number of lines not shown there before. Among those are the Illinois Refrigerator company, Kala-mazoo Sled company, Atwood Furniture company and the Seeley Mattress company. A new corporation has been formed in this city for the manufacture and wholesaling of furniture. J. P. Adair, for many) ears WIth the Ford & Johnson company, and H. A. Bender are among the mcorporators and stockholders. They have secured pI emIses at 1802 vVest Twelfth street and will have salesrooms m the Kohn Dudding, 1414 Wabash avenue, where the) WIll show d general hne of chairs and rockers, shirtwaIst boxes, screens, etc They will have their line ready for the January market. Vhlham Horn, son of John Horn of the Horn Bros. Manufactunng company, has returned from his wedding trip to the western coast and IS at hIS old post in the office, where he IS as bus) as ever. They are now getting up their new patterns for the com1l1g sales season. Great Demand for Coal Cars. Traffic officials of ChIcago raIlroads have issued appeals to shippers to load cars WIthout unnecessary delay, so that as man} cars as pOSSIble may be available for coal shipments. Operatmg forces are trymg hard to move coal freely, so that no famine may occur. Coal dealers have expresed fears of a famine, and some have stated they are short as much as fifty cars a day on orders The raIlroads dIscarded many cars during last winter, and for various reasons the usual amount of money to replace these has not been expended On the other hand the Illinois Central, Its offiCIals say, now has about 750 cars of coal tied up by a lack of motive power. r B. WALTER & CO. . -." WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNTS ... TABLE SLIDES EXCLUSIVELY .. . 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Frieze for a Southern Dining Room. An mteresting eAll1!)]t of a selles at pamtmgs 101 a flleze wele shown recent!) m the R\ ebon Pubhc Llbral \ Grand Rapids The) al e the WOlk 01 G II FOld, vvho o ..e-cuted them for a house 1ll Chattanooga, Tenn, of whIch he was the archItect. The owner, Mrs Shaw, at first ordered a painting for her library and later one for the den of her beautiful new house She l'ias so well pleased WIth them that Mr. Ford was commissIOned to palllt the fneze for the dining room. There ale eight pamtmgs whIch will form a continuous scene around the room. The largest will fit over the mantelpiece The subject is an Italian garden The colors used are soft and mel ge lllto the brm\ ns to match the mahog-any woodwork, paneling and beamed cellmg The old 10- mantic Italian houses, CYPIess trees, old bndg e", mountams r . I II I II "" ..... . ...~ A. PETERSEN &CO., CHiCAGO I MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the fimshed product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. IN THE COUNTRY. I I II I ..-_ .i. .. and lakes tell aces stan ways and urns full of flowers give the plOpel atmosphel e Floods of soft light give the scenes the tl11tc; 01 -'pnn~ and early summer and the profUSIOn of llo,\ el 0, ane! sll1ubbery add to the beauty of the whole. ::\11 FOld saId that the southern contractors are so much easIer to deal WIth than the northern. that he was only obliged to make t" 0 tnps to inspect the work as it progressed. Un-doubtedh the fUlD1ture WIll be "Grand Rapids' finest" and -,c the hou<e \\ III be "a thlllg of beauty and a joy forever." Slap It On. Such Ic; the headlllg of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works ad' thIS ,\ eel-. It refero, to Ebonoid, the coating for dry kIlns Look up theIr "ad" and read It carefully. It is short ,1l1d lIght to the pomt ----------~, FOUR NEW • BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in aGid and Dill in acid and oil. in acid and oil. TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held fIrst place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Pamters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el·ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK EverythlUg lU Palnt Speclalhes and Wood FlmshlUg matenals. F111ers that fl11. Stalns that sahsfy WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 YOU CAN I MAIL YOUR CATALOG DECEMBER 1st If you place the order with us by November lOth PRINTING COMPANY GRANDRAPIDS, MIC". I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN To Be the Highest in the World. Mandel Brothers, Chicae;o, dry goods and fUlmture mer-chants, have made anangements to build a new busmes" home for themselves and they plOpose to make It the hH;-hest bul1d-ing in the world devoted to mercantIle busmess The building will go up on the present site of the firm's estab-lishment at the northeast corner of State and Madison streets, and everything w111 be in complete workmg order fm the fall trade of 1911. Work will be commenced on the foundation shortly after the coming holiday season. The area of the site is 149 feet on State street and 150 feet on Madi- Leo Mandel son street. The store will be 247 feet high, with eighteen stories all told, three bemg belm" the ground level. A lease for ninety-nine } ears from the Marshall FIeld estate of 53 feet on State street and 150 feet on MadIson street, at an annual rental of $50,000 completed the acquirement of prop-erty not already possessed by the firm necessary for the pro-ject. The front elevatlOn wl1l be of an imposing character, huge granite pilasters at the base and an arcade of Corinthian columns just below the skyllght bemg features Representa-tives of the firm have visited Paris, London and every other locality in the world where ideas or suggestions might be Mandel Bras BUlldmg,ChlCago gleaned for applicatlOn to their new establishment. The Parisian feature of more tables for dIsplay and less shelving will be adopted Goods are to be assembled m natural se-quence so that shoppers will not have a lot of useless ground to cover. An innovation will be the mstallment of complete lava-tories and cloakrooms for employes on evelY fhor, instead of at one central pomt on one floor, as at present olJtains in most establishments of the kind. Exceptionally wide aisles will be the rule, with no blockade because of th estereotyped bargain counter. The structure will contain 1,000,000 feet of floor space and wl1l cost just about a dollar for each foot. Among the prominent features will be a dining room which will occupy 40,000 feet of floor space which is more than IS devoted to such a purpose by any hotel in the city, thus showmg that a restaurant with a large dining room has come to be consid- ...-,•••t II• It,• •,,•,,•• It •• ••• I• ••,•• ,• •,• • •,I•t •,It •t •t IIt tt ~ T ., SLAP IT ON I IT'S CHEAP I, Ebonoid Kiln Coating protects headers, pipes, trucks and buildings from that destructive, acid-laden vapor which comes from lumber. All kilns and equipment should have a coat of Ebonoid once a year. I t seals the pores, saves heat and prevents depreciation. Brick and concrete need it just as badly as wood and iron. INQ!IIRE TODAY. Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I II .. "' el ed a most ImpOl tant featul e m a mercantIle establishment. \\ hlle the nevv bmldme; IS bemg constructed the various clep,u tmc11h \\ 111 he londensed and crowded mto the smaller adl 0111me; b11lld111 S v\hel e the enOl mous business of the firm II III he 1LUh,ll ted d11l1l1e;the c;reatel portIOn of the coming vedl Furniture Fires. \\ IIham Em~te1l1, f11l111t11ledealel of 2\;hlwaukee, WIS, \\a" lJlllned out ()n October 28 PartIally mS11led. C H ran and f11l111tUel and hard", are dealer of Dick1l1- son, 1\ Dak, suffel ed a small loss by fire on October 28. PIen e 7 Hebert's furmture store, 300 Aiken street, Lowell, Mass, \\ as sllc;htly damaged by fire on October 29 The Deal 1\JattI ess company of Plymouth, N. H., lost 86000 01 $8,000 by fll e in their factory on October 28 About half 1l1sured Fire in the plant of the Dmon Curled Hair company, H vde Pal k. "las'> caused a loss of $1,500 on October 28. rulh msured The plant of the Clescent Fixtures company of Grand-ville \11ch a suburb of Gl and Rapids, was badly damaged by ill e last ::\londa} l11ght. The loss, estimated at $20,000 to 325000, IS partIally insured. Several hundred vvagon loads of furmture and nearly one h undl ed planas were destroyed in the Coon Storage and Furmture company's warehouse at Fort \iVorth, Tex., that was bUl ned on October 27. Loss, $150,000; insurance $90,000. ::\la} , Stern & Co.'s five story warehouse in Pittsburg, Pa, \\ as badl} damaged by fire that started from an unknown SOUlLe, on ThUlsday night, November 3. Loss on building and stock, estImated at $65,000 to $75,000 fully covered by msurance. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 The Marvel Manutactunng company have enjoyed a tl uly mal velous experrence durmg the11 first year in business rn Gland Rapld~ It IS not vely often that a new institution can make such a showrng Most furnIture manufacturers start a busrnes" WIth the Idea that it wIll take tIme to estab-lI" h themselves m the estrmatIOn of the furniture dealers The :YI:arvel com pan} , howey er, showed confidence in theil abIlIty as producers of chaIrs and rockers by purchasing the Immense bUIldrng and ground" formedy occupIed by the Halllson \Yagon \Yorks, hay rng flool "pace of \ el y nearly 1 SO,GOOsquare feet, and completely equIpped It V\ Ith the late ..t.. implmed cha11 mak1l1g device" ThI"" ll11medlately gdve them an output of flom SOO to 800 (hallS and lockers pel day The selling problem wa~ dI"po"ed of by hIring filst-class chail salesmen on salal v A" the indIviduals composinlS the com-pan yare thaI au ~h lSomg chaIr men and as the dIrector v of the business is in the ha~ds of Joh'1 Thwaltes, formerly ~ith the YpSIlanti-Reed company, and the MIchIgan Seating com-pany, all of the details of the selectIOn and pricing of the lIne were handled with the skill possessed only by those who have for years been in close touch with the trade. The Company's July exhibIt of samples was complete in all that is considered essentIal and many orders were placed. That the line has made good is now being proven by the mail orders which are received daily from dealers who placed their first order m July It is said that It is unusual ),![onday morn-ing which does not bring them in maIl ordel s for a thousand dollal s The company's lIne at the present time consists of about eighty patterns in dIners and rockers About fifty new pieces are to be shown to the January tr ade They will ad-here to the present range of prices During July Manager Thwaites engaged D C McNamara to direct the company's sale.... "Dan," as he IS knowu from coast to coast through his many y eal s of travel for the c;.unn Furnitm e company, is lSeneI ally recognized as a \ ery fortunate selection Through his e'(tenSl\ e acquaintance he has been able to materially strengthen the companv's sellmg force * * * * 1\'"eady all of the GI and RapIds factone ....al e getting out new sample" for the January sales season Some of them hay e theIr lmes practICally completed and could easIly make their dIsplays ready for 111spectlOn on Decembel 1, or next week, If it were nece"sary to do "0 AJI v\ III be 1eady to en-tertam hUyeI ~ at the opemng of the season on Monday, Janu-ary 2,1911. So fal as known thele \'TIll be no Ia(hcal changes from the patterns and desilSns shown 111July, though some of the old styles" 111 be changed considerably Nearly all the factorIes WIll show new deSIgns and there \\111 be some marked changes m fimshes. Very few of the pIeces that" ere shown In July have been dlopped entrrely, nearly all ha\mlS met WIth approval from dealers Twenty-fi\ e or th11ty Grand RapIds manufacturers al e expected to attend the semI-annual 111eet111gof the NatlOnal A.~soclatlOn of Furmture Mannfacturels', to be held at the J effer~on hotel, St Lom s, M0, on 1\'"0\ embel 1; and l6--a week from next Tue ..d..ay and \Yednesday There Will also be a number from CadIllac, Mam"tee, l\Iuskegon Holland and other pomt ....m the we~teln pal t of the state If It appeal s (hllmg the comIng week thdt thllty Ol more ale sure to ~o a ..p..ee Idl un ma) be ~e(.med fur the t11P to leave thIS (.1ty on THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt With double arbors, slidmg table and equipped complete with taper pin guage, carefully graduated. Th:s machme represents the heIght In saw bench con-structlon. It IS deSIgned and bUIll to reduce the cost of saWIng stock. Write os for descriptive Information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~rt~gMPIDS, Monday, Nm emher 14. As stated last week, no formal pro-pam WIll be al ranged for the 111eetmg The principal topics of dlscus..,ion WIll he the 1eports of the committee on cost schednle and committee on uniform claSSIfication, shipping rules and freight rates and It IS expected that important action WIll be taken on all of these matters * * * * Roy S Barnhart, treasurer of the.Nelson-Matter Furni-ture company, will leave the CIty Monday for New York whence he WIll sdil for Livelpool on Wednesday. He ",ill go direct to London where he WIll meet Stewart Edward White, the famous woodsman and st01Y writcr, and jom the party to ~o to Afnca on a hlg ~ame hunting expedltlOn. Mr. Darnhal t who ha" had the trip planned for some tlme had been booked to saIl from N cw Y01k next Saturday, thus enabl111g hIm to cast hIS \ ote before leav111g, but he received a "hm ry up" rcque ..t.. from Mr ~ hIte and decided to sail on \\ edne ..d..ay He IS 111tensely 111terested 111politics, having been promment m the management 111 the state league of RepublIcan clubs, and hate ....to lea\ e before election but rather than delay the plans of the hunters he deCIded to miss voting for the first time smce he attamed hIS majority. * * * * Gland RapId" 1'; to hay e more competItIon m the veneer dealmg concerns m the CIty, but as In the furmture manu-factunng busmess, there are men who thmk there is room for one 1110e1 at lea ..t.. The F S Torrey company capItalIzed at :t2,;OO, hac, Ju ..t.. been organIzed to do a JobbmlS busmess 111 \ eneers, With headqual ters m thIS CIty F. S. and Gussie Toney, Horace L loote, Frank \V Hme and the \'"Ichols & Lox Lumber company dl e the stockholders Mr Torrey will be the i:;cneral managel and Mr. Hine WIll act as attorney fOI the company. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Are Offered by the Buyers I II II I III I.. THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Ch,ffomers. Odd Dressers. Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m ImItation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds. Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak. imitation quartered oak. and sohd quartered oak. Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers. Beds and ChIffoniers in unitation quartered oak, lJlutatlOn mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supenor" Lme of Parlor, L,brary. Dmmg and Dressmg Tables THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by fhe Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. ......--•"••"*'-----_.._._------------------_._---ri b--., --•• -•-------' WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 III ~I I•• II I• I•I• II• I,III If I,III I......--. . Made by Bosse Furmture Compau) Mdde bv \Vorld ~ Ul tIlture LOI11Pdll) I1 II .........J Made by Bockstege Furniture Co ...-- .... . T T Cro"by IS now sole propnetor of the Crosby Furni- 1m e lompany of FOl th Meade, na. having purchased the mtel est of J H ''\ToIf who has I etm ned to hIS former home m '\ e\\ YOlk leI dmand r LtH?,er foundel of the Luger Furnitm e com-pany, c1ea1els, of lalgo, N Dak, has been seriously ill for "e\ el al \\ eeks, and as he is 0\ Cl 80 ) eal s of age there is little hope tOl hIS I elm el y C T I enmal k 8-- Co. undel takers and uphobtel el ~ of I au (Iall e \\ I" ha\ e decIded to dIvIde theIr business by 111mm~ the undel tak111l.?,part of It to the west side of the 11\ el The name of the film ha.., heen changed to Lenmark K C::on tIll IluntILl l'ulnl1me lOmpan)'" hLllldmg. 1\1a111and llnppl \\ a "tl eeh Buffalo. \; Y has heen completely re-mudded and It h nlJ\\ lon..,ldcl ed one of the most commod- IOU" and be"t al lan~ed hOlhe-furmshll1£?, e"tahhshments 111 the Clt\ FI ank c:; Cohen '\10111:' Eisenshat and ~braham StolIn \\ III deal 111 fUI11Itm e manufactm ers' supplIes 111Bndgeport, ( ann under the name of the Boston Furniture Supply com-pam mcOl pm ated CapItal "tack, $5,000; suhscnbed and paId m The Boston ExcelSIOr company's buIlding at Eastman Fall S IIass. \\ as placed on rollers and mm ed, intact, over a mIle to a ne\\ sIte the old "Ite ha\lI1£?, been sold to the Boston K I[ame 1 allIoad company, who WIll use It 111enlarging their \ ell d faCIlItIes The L S Donaldson company of 1\1inneapohs, Mmn , have lea"ed the F H Petel "on propel ty on SIxth street and have also pm chased the hmld111l.?,\ alated by the F H Peterson lUlmtllle and Calpet camp an) They ",ill take possesSIOn T anual \ 1 1911 The Temple Stell art ChaIr company, whose plant at last Pl1I1ceton, =--Iass , was bmned 111 September, have finally deuded to mm e to Daldwm\ llle, Mass, where they WIll oc-lUP) a plant fmmed) used as a tub factmy by the Harns & ]Tolman company Paul L Hakel has 1 eSl~ned the po"t of general "uperin-tl11dlnt ot the Glctlld LeacJCl (the SIlL, Hael & Fuller DIy ()()od" company), St Lom". whIch he had held fOl neatly ::;\ lal" to take a "lll1llal pOSltlO11\\ Ith the Da)ton Dry Goods lUll,pan\ ~I1l1neapolI" 1'1101 to hI" eonnectlOn vvlth the MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS John He1l111gel has pm chased \\ IllIam TustI'" immtme stm e at Pocahontas, Ill. J 1\1 Jensen IS successol to L !\ Petel son immture dealer of RlI1gsted, Iowa John Petry. fUlllltlll c dealel and undel takcl ot \I£?,oma Wis., died on October 26 John Hanks has sold hIS undertakll1g busll1ess at ~f ar-shall, III to Bubeck & Gallagher Caleb Mahel has purchased the 1etall fU1111ture bU~1I1e"" of p, N Crawford at Delta, Colo Artz Bros. succeed II R '\ eut 111 the fut1111l1lC and un dertaking business at Can 011 10\\ a SmIth Blo", fUI nlture dealel" of ColumbIa c:; C' ha\ c added an undertak1l1~ depal tment to theiI hU..,ll1e"" The Travelse CIty p.llChJ Chall lompam ale plepal111" to elect a lalge lement and hI Ill~ dddltlOn to then faLto! \ The wea v1l1g depal tmen t of the TIle;e10\\ Cal pet compam at ClInton. Mass, ha" been 1unnll1g nIght and da\ SInce the middle of October The SpecIalty Case company of Kendalh dIe Ind ha\ e taken a contract to futl11sh "mall cases amountm£?, to 530 000 to a jobber m ChlcalSo H. A Taylor, fUll11tm e dealel on uppel Ilam strect 111 ColumbIa, S C', has opened a blanch stOle at 933 Genal" street in the same city Carter & Camphell, leed chall and ~o-calt facton at 'iVinchendon, Ma"s, has been 1unn1l1g- thl ee hotll s 0\ eI tlmc for the past three weeks The Peerless Furl11tut e compam I ecenth 01 £?,al11zed at Jamestown, NY, is opel at1l1g the plant ot the defunct Cen-tury Furniture company The old Pal k Hotel at Dela\ an 'YIS \\ hlCh ha.., been \ alant for some tIme wJ!l be lam eI ted 1I1tO a tactol \ by the Delavan Upholstenng company The addltlOn to the plant of the \Tortheln Casket com-pany, Fond du Lac. ,VIS, IS completed. except the 1I1stallatlOn of the heat1l1g and sprinkl1l1g system The Dewend & Glllk Furnitul e and Cal pet company of Davenport, Ia, ha\ e takcn posses"lOn of a nc\\ fOUl stOl \ and basement btllldll1g, el ccted at a cost of $32,000 on a S0000 "ltC The film of Musk (~ LII11s. fUIl11tUIC dealels of La\\len(J 2\la"s. has heen dl"soh ed The "enlO1 membel WIll cont1l1ue the busmess undel the name of the Hem y \ \1 Usk com pam Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, LIbrary T ables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN . ., Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITY of Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that it counts for or against your future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant advertisement of your reliability. Our tables resist wear-quality is built in, along with the style and hand rubbed finish that make our designs so attractive. Our new catalog, showing some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders diners ever bUilt,is in press. You Will Just naturally want these tep-notchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. (,I and Leader, MI Dakel was with such promment firms as Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Reading, Pa. , and Goldsmith Bros. c;udnlon, Pa He was also associated for a time with the 1\atlJ'1al Cash Register company, Dayton, O. The Furniture Manufacturer:o' Sample House is the name of a new mcorporatlOn in San FrancIsco, Cal Capital stock $10,000 m shares of $1 each all subscribed and $3 in each $10 paid m A. C Chamberlam, R Matheson and R H Barnard are the mcorporators. At a special town meetmg next .:vronday the taxpayers of Brattleboro, Yt, Will vote on a propOSitIOn to exempt the property of the D. W. Felch Chair company from taxatlOn for a penod of five years. Pubhc sentiment is reported as strong-ly m favor of the proposition. Lauren M. Follansbee for thirty-two years foreman and supenntendent for the Fletcher Novelty Walks of Peter-boro, N. H , has I eSlgned to accept the management of the Phemx Chair company, recently organized to establish a new factory in the same town. \iVtlham R Hotchkm, for many years adveltising mana-ger far the New York store of John \Vanamaker, and for ,,;ome time past sales manager for that establ1shment, has been appomted advel tlsing manager for the New York store of Gimbel Blothers, succeedmg George H. Peny The stnkmg upholsterer:o of San FranCISco, Cal , have re-turned to '" ark on the same conditions under which they were working a month ago, With the agl eement that their al-leged grievances shall be settled by an arbitratIOn committee of wluch Mayor McCarthy is to be a member. TI'e Muse, Faris & Walker company, proprietors of the I'lt'h "treet stOle, Los Angeles, Cal, mamtain a "school of :oale..,1l1a.nshlp"from which eleven young men and women \\ ere ~raduated recently, receiving diplomas showing that they had completed the course which IS arranged by the com-pany. Irving M. Winslow, preSident of the Winslow Furniture and Carpet company of St Paul, Mmn, which went into the hands of a receiver over a year ago, has filed a personal peti-tIOn in bankruptcy, with a view of avoiding liability on the company's notes which he endorsed. He schedules his liabili-ties at $55,000 and assets, all exempt, at $6,500. George W. Pickering of Wayne, Ill., made a bid of 15 cents at an auction sale on an old couch. His bid was accep-ted and hiS fnends who had dared him to bid thought he had been "stung," until he npped the cover off and found $200 m coms and a number of valuable jewels and trinkets, all of which he returned to the famtly who were "selling out." ~----_.. I• •• I• •I IIo LOUIS HAHN 154 Llvmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DESIGNS and Details of Furniture CItIzens Telephone 1702. 1 ...._-----------------------------------------------------., WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~S~~:~~;~M~U:S~K:E~GoOrN, MICH. I New York Office, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager Io. ...,. • 1 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Crl and RapId,: IIICh -S\ bl cmt Po~tma 443 Broadway, $3,000, G II Cdvedy, 148 Cadton a\ enue S2 ~OO 1 II Keeler, 195 South ColleL;e a\ enue 813000, Rohel t f Scheiren, 497 Rose ,:treet, $2, SOO, Roman 1Iarb)J \\ ,:kl Se\ en-th and DaVIS sh eets, $4,000 ChIcago, IlI-Kathenne Stockes 621 II e"t 1 hll t\ -fil ~t sheet, $14,000, ::\Iary I Gav, 2434 Se\ cntlcth a\ cnuc S3 775, W. M. Dle\\el, 7220 Pnncton avenue, $5,400, I[alle II Creal\ 6601 N01th Lmcoln :,h eet, $3,000, Mal} R} ne, 412~ ITan al d street, $4,300, J. P Andel:oon, 6718 St LOUIS a\ enue, $4,000, Isabella Duncan, 1028 ::\Ionticello a\ enue, $18,000, ~ndl e\\ Sundene, 3902 Lmvell avenue, $7,000, T C Schaumbul S; 2740 ·West Polk street, $4,000,::\1 G Dub]):" 9368 Long\\ood a\e-nue, $3, SOO, J A Augustme, -1-736II e'3t IIontlcello a\ enue $7,600; Frank Deck, 2121 Glace sh eet, $4000, Chade" D Gano, 1408 Shen\ m avenue, $10 000 Atlanta, Ga -C L Bm aId, 147 ChelOkee avenue 84000, C. A. SmIth, IYIlhams ::\1111load, 88, ~OO ::\11'3 J II' Old-know, 426 Pulham Stl eet, 83,250, C 17 CI usse 286 PI ed-mont avenue, $2,750 Columbus, 0 -D C Palkhurst, 536 Remhald avenue, $3,000, E. L McVey, 1638 Parsons avenue, $3,200, A H Marquart, 67 Twelfth avenue, $3,500; Leonald Duggan, 1611 North Fourth sheet, $3,000, Charles Slatel 27 Ogden a\e-nue, $3,500; C C. Shepal d, 965 Dryden lOad, $9,000, Elmer Wilson, 1167 Oregon a\ cnue, $3,000. Binghamton, N Y --Flank Crossett, 39 East Catherine "treet, $3,500. Lincoln, Neb -Charles Stual t, 1830 E ,:treet, $'1,000 Houston, TeA -Joseph GI eenhJ1l, 429 Mason street, $3,- 000; Albert Banng, A\ondale, $4,000, ::VID GeOlge, 284 IIc Kinney avenue, $2,500 Center, Tex -WIle} Watts, 186 COla sheet, 83000 Cinclllnati, O.-Spencer 1\1. Jones, 2558 Tre\ OJ sU eet, $2,500; S. M. Cooper, ::VIi Hope road and Dl1'3hnell avenue, $8,500; Clara Shinkle, 2489 Rmg place, $2,500, LOUlse M Moser, Suire avenue and Eighth street, $4,000 ; Joseph :vreltus. Hearne and Burnet avenues, $7,500; Flank GIlplllen, Donald-son place and Langland avenue, $4,000: Thomas Leicht, Klotter and Chfton avenue, $4,500. Kansas City, Mo.-G. C. Anderson, 134 South La\\n street, $3,000; Ed. Neal, 7114 Lydia street, $3,000; W. H. AND THE RICHMOND, IND. Lampson 5418 Cenhal avenue, $6,000, JO'3eph J. Magill, 340 Gal held ~t1 eet 83,000, S A. PIerce, 17 East Fifty-fourth ':tJ eet S-1- 000, T \ Ta} lor, 2736 MadIson avenue, $3,000; J. "\1 Iluth. 2649 ] ocktldL;e ':tteet, $7,000 Indlanapoh,:, Ind-E T Santa, New Jersey and Thirty-second ,:Ueet\ S3,087, R D BI ent, Graceland avenue and 11111 1.\ -els;hth 'otleet $3300, J B Gnffen, Broadway and Thn tv hI st ~Ueet, $3,000, Pall y Brunson, vVashington street and \llll1L;ton a\ enue, $3,700, VV C Pearce, 3101 North Illi-nOh '3tleet $3,000, "Jam v SmIth, 3337 West Tenth street, $2,500 Topeka Kan -C F Rlckenbacher, 1607 Central Park a\ el1lle £2 SOO 1\11': l1arbal a Hahn, 1413 Boswell avenue, 2 ;00 IIlI1neapo!Js, ::\lmn -I,I IV HIll, 4736 \Ventworth ave-l1lle 82800, Chll':tll1a KlI1Q;,2046 Crystal Lake avenue, $3,- 000 \ l' Petu "on, 2737 Pleasant avenue, $4,200; H. A. c.;angel 312-1-Gatfleld avenue, $3,000, E EAddy, 2715 West ] akc of the l~le'3 a\ enue, $3.500, .M D. Purdy, 5024 Forty- "eumd a\ enue 5;1S,OOO, 011\ er R Bryant, 3160 Chicago ave-nue, $3000 MIl" aukee, \iVI': -Charles F menke, 52 Pabst avenue, $4,000, Oman Nelson, 489 Thlrty-fil st street, $2,500; Edward T Sch" ab, 1320 FI edellck place, $2,500; C. J. Austrup, Clal ke and Thlrt} -fOUlth stt eets, $4,000, Ferdinand J. Hintz 101 tv-eIghth Stl eet and Pabst avenue, $4,500. Dallas, Tex -]\Ils C. 0 Taylor, 223 Annex avenue, $3,- 000, F. A YeaL;er, 95 Sunset avenue, $2,500; Mrs. J. S. Terry, 219 South H any ood sh eet, $2,500. DetrCllt, ::\llch - H S Angstman, Jefferson and Ker-- che\ al avenue, $2,850, BaSIl Clenck, Pennsylva11la and Mack avenue, $2,800, Jacob SeIdel, 1212 Beaubien sheet, $3,000; \\ Illtam Schwanteck Canton and St Paul streets, $3,450; O. J. Dartll1g, G! eem\ ood avenue and Stanley street, $2,800; E. H Roger:" \Yaterloo street and Kercheval avenue, $3,000; ::\1ary F IIelH;h, 248 Lelcestel street, $3,000; E. C. Pokorny, 315 :Me!nck :,treet, $9,000, Cassy J. Boydell, 79 Virginia stl eet, $11,000; COIa \Y MOll IS, 40 HolblOOk street, $4,100. New Ha \ U1, Conn - H e11ly Dupee, 438 Winchester ave-nue, $5,000, Joseph Surpllse, 47 Downmg street, $3,000. Denver, Col-:Morns Fern~tein, West Colfax and King streets, $3,000, ::\Irs MIlton E. Bat.es, Manon and Seventh St1eets, $7,000, S. A. BaIley, Kentucky and Race streets, $3,- WEEKLY ARTISAN E.ach Net SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ E.ach Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis 000; Han y Newcomb, CoHaA and York st! eets, $6,000; A. S. McGIbbon, Josephme and SIxth streets, $4,000, P M. Fel gu-son, 1996 Colorado boule" al d, $8,000 Duluth, Mmn-E DOlmedy, \Vest SIxth street and Forty--,eventh a\enue, $4,SOO, Yllgl11la Grady, East SIxth "treet and Twenty-foul th a\ enue, $5,000, E. G Erlanson" 3106 RaleIgh st! eet, $3,000 Salt Lake CIty, Utah -E. L VVIlhamson, 1446 Holly-wood avenue, $4,000, Ethehn Potter, 1822 South EIghth East street, $2,500. J G Kel-,on, 965 Ea-,t SIAth South street, $2,- 500, Laura Chft, 736 South ThIrd Ea:ot street, $2,500. St LOUIS,Mo -M. Cohen, 3928 MIchIgan avenue, $3,915 ; o P Blllkhardt, 3929 Iowa avenue, $3,500, J F Fram, 4321 \Val11e a\ enue, $3,400, \Vllham Urban, 5783 \Vaterman ave-nue, $6,000. LOUISVIlle, Ky -EmIl Peters, 2015 Garland avenue, $4,- 000, MI -, N elhe We17el, 1435 Sixth street, $3,000; A. J. Thom-pkm-" 2700 Twenty-seventh street, $3,000, Fred \Vessmg, 1626 rlfth sheet, $3,200. Fort Wayne, Ind.-M. D Shoyel, 1026 Ba)er aHnue, $7,000, L C Delagl ange, 212 vVest Berry st! eet, $4,000. \VIc1llta, Kan -\V J Flazier, 727 NO!th Emporia ave-nue, $4,800; 1'Irs Glue, 152 North Topeka avenue, $3,500; A A DunmIre, 198 Munson avenue, $2,500 Los Angeles, Cal-S E Hopes, 3010 Olive avenue, $3,- 600; J. H. Taylor, 1231 South Forty-fifth street, $3.500; Charles Benson, 142 South Spring street, $3,000; A. A. Max-well, 4203 Brighton. avenue, $3,400; H. G. Spaulding, 300 North Fremont avenue, $7,500; H. B Ainsworth, 2190 Adams street, west, $10,000. Schenectady, N. Y.-Samuel Dlckhoff, 819 State street, $4,000; J. W. Veeder, 469 State street, $3,500. Oakland, Cal.-Dr. W. O. Smith, 806 Grand street, $7,- 053; Malwme I3lOtlSOn, Santa Clara avenue and Burt street, $4,000. Miscellaneous Buildings-A wealthy Amencan is plan- 11lng the building of a new town m Lower Califor11la, on the San DIego and Arizona raIlroad near the boundary hne. The town is to be known as New Tla Juana and the bUlldmg plans call for a modern hotel, a theatre, pavIlIOns, lecture hall and two churches Dr. L C. Smith, the multi-11lilltonalre type-writer manufacturer of Syracuse, N. Y., has asked for a per-mIt to erect a forty-story store and office buildmg in Seattle, "Wash., at a cost of $2,000,000. It will be the highest budding west of New York and second hIghest in the world. John Barton is buIlding a two-story hotel at English avenue and Leota street, RIchmond, Ind. Methodists are budding a $10,- 000 church on Bland avenue, EvansvIlle, Ind J L. Hahn is buIlding a $12.000 theatre on Thirty-fourth street and North avenue, Milwaukee, WIS. The FaIth Lutheran congl egatlOn of MIlwaukee, \Vis., has laId the foundation for a $25,000 church at Twenty-first and Mmeral streets. Margaret Meyers IS buIldmg a $15,000 theatre at 230 Oakland avenue, Detroit, Mich. The SIsters of Lorretta are building an academy at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania streets, Denver, Col., at a cost of $110,000. The GIbson Heights U11lted Presbytenans are erectmg a $25,000 church at 1017 South Taylor avenue, St. Louis, Mo. F. E. Goft IS addmg two additional stones to his hotel at 418 South Fourteenth street, Omaha, Nebr. E. Caste-lano is buIlding a $15,000 theatre at 515 North Main street, Los Angeles, Cal. The MethodIsts of Youngstown, 0., are bUIlding a $25,000 church on Delanson avenue. The SImpson Methodist church in Fort Wayne, Ind., is bemg rebuilt at a cost of $5,000. 31 32 .. IIII I, ,I,I ,I IIII I I I,I •••I,I•I I II, 'ikm mal ket thl'i week, but prices are firm on all varieties, except ::'vIaracalbo'i, whICh ale vveak at 27 @ 28 cents, Mexi-can fl ontlel s dl e "tIll quoted dt 33 @ 34; Monterey, Tampicos, etc , 43, San LUlS, Zacatecas, etc, 44; Vera Cruz, 47 @ 48. Buenos ~} I es 38 @ 39, Paytas, 42 @ 42,0; Haytiens, 45; Drazlls, 64 @ 67 The demand fOl varnIsh gums IS st1l1 remarkably light, even mqullles bemg few and far between Pnces have not changed matenally fOl man} weeks, except Manila, which ha-, advanced about a cent pel pound on all grades. '[ he hal d" ood lumber trade IS stIll unsatisfactory from the sellel'" pomt of vleV\ ~ fev" of the large western and southel n utIes repOl t a con"ldel able Improvement, but com-plalllts of dullnes<' and disappomtment ale more numerous than they wel e a month ago. WEEKLY ARTISAN Miscellaneous AdvertiseIllents. WANTED SUPERINTENDENT A thoroughly expenenced and reliable man famlllar wIth modern factory methods and successful m handlmg men For factory manufacturing school furmture, located In a fine country town, employmg eIghty men Must have some knowledge of draught mg. State expenence, salary expected and references. Address F. S. P, care Artisan, 11-5 POSITION WANTED. A successful salesman wIth 25 years establIshed trade m Central Terntory IS open for a pOSItion January 1, 1911, Wlth a good case goods or chaIr house. Have the very hIghest recommendatlOns. Will go mto any terntory. Address W. H. J. care Weekly Artisan. 11 5-12-19. WANTED. Salesman for medlUm pnced line of diners and rockers on salary for South and Southwest and Wisconsm Address M. C. R care Weekly Arhsan. 11-5 ~~--~-~ ~-~ -~~~ WANTED Superintendent. One who thoroughly understands bank, office and store fixtures, and specIal order work. To the nght man thIS is a rare opportumty. Address, (statmg expenence and where you have worked), "Superintendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand Rapids, MIch. tf "\\A'ITED Cabinet foreman in chair faLtory, State experIence JIU!!lt gl\e refer-ence. Address D. A. R" care "\\eekly ArtIsan 10 22-29 11-5 WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and lines car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelinl{ salesman to carry a lme of Reed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illinois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near". care Weekly ArtIsan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York states and can ~arantee results. Address C. A. R.. Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. S-28tf. .. New York Markets. New York, Nov 4--The recent demand tOl hght "eIght burlaps has reduced stocks consIderably, but the} v\III be repleted by al rn als dunng the commg week The supply has run so low that large buyers have been unable to secure car load lots for qUICk shIpment Bag makers are showmg increased interest m the market For the first tIme m man} months they are qUIte eager to place orders for tuture dehvery at current quotatIOns whIch are 3.60 for 7,0-ounce, 3.70 for 8-ounce and 4.70 for lO,0-ounce Calcutta goods. The turpentme market has been qUIte steady thIS week prices rangmg from 79 to 81 cents Today's quotations are 80,0 cents here and 76 at Savannah, the margin between the two points having WIdened again to over four cents. The volume of business IS not large. Weakness is noted in the linseed 011 business "Official" quotations have not been changed, but the demand has de-creased and several transactIOns, even m small lots are known to have been made at a cent or mOle below card rates, Raw oil, both city and western, IS quoted at 97 @ 98 cents; smgle-boiled 98 @ 99 and double-bOIled $100 @ $1.01. Calcutta OIl, raw, firm at $1.06. Shellac is firm WIth a tendency to higher pnces. D. C. is quoted at 27 @ 28 cents; V. S. 0., and Diamond I, 24,0 @ 25; fine orange, 23 @ 24; bnght orange, 21 @ 22; T. N. in cases, 19,0 @ 20. Bleached fresh, 20 @ 21; kiln dried, 25 @ 26. There has been, apparently; no competition 111 the goat- Index to Advertisements. ~cLlm, &. Ilt1l11!;Comp'lny ~Llskd Rdllgel ator Company B,lrne, \\ F & John Company Barton H H &. Son Company Bcnnett, Cbdrlc, lurmture Company BIg SIX Cal Loadl11g \SS0cldtlOn Bockstege lur11ltl1l to Company Bosse Fur11lture Comp'lnY Buss \Iachl11e \;V orks Cballenge Refngel atol Company ChIcago Mltrol and '\1 t Glass Company Chnstlansen, C Doetsch & Bauer Fnedman 13lothers Company Globe Fur11ltul e Company Grand RapId, Ca,ter Cup Company Grand RapIds Veneer \,y 01 ks Hahn LOUb Holcomb, \ L & Co Horn Blo, \1 'lnut lduIl11ng Company Idcal Stampl11g and 1001 Comp,l11y Kar!SLs Furl11ture Company KImball Brothel' Company Kl11de1Parlor Bed Company Klrkpatllck '\rthLll L n\ rence \ICldclden Company LentL Idble Company Lcxl11gton Hotel, CblCdgO LIght George \\ \1anuladunng Company Luce Fur11lture Comp'lny Luce Redmond Chall Company \Ianetta Pal11t and Color Company ::'Llf\ el ::'IdnuLldunn-r Company \Ietal Furnliul e Company \Idler, ElI D & Sons "\ orthern F11l11lture Company OlIver ::'1achl11ery Company Palmer, A E & Sons Pdlmer Manufdctunng Company Peterson, A & Co PIttsburgh Plate Glass Company Porter, C 0 Machl11ery Company RIchmond ChaIr Company Rockford ChaIr & Fur11lture Company Rockfol d Fr,lme & FIAture Company Royal Cbatr Company Sager, W D Shebo) ~an N0\ elty Company Sheldon, E H & Co ShImer, Samuel J & Sons SmIth & D,nls Yranufact11ll11g Company Spratt George & Co StO\" & Da"b Furl11ture Company Swett, Frank W & Son Tannewltz Works Umon Furl11ture Company (Rockford) Waddell Manufactunng Company 'Walter, B & Co . Walter Clark Veneer Company.. . '" " " World Furniture Company ........•...•....................... 22 29 Cover 20 I 26-27 26 26 Covet 18 18 78 11 26 20 24 29 885 26 17 8 Cover 12 4
- Date Created:
- 1910-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 31:19
- Notes:
- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
- Date Created:
- 1941-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 9, Number 2
- Notes:
- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and fI -;RANr- RA\.=>!f): pn'QT It; J ~RP! f\V ....... ---.- - ~~~~ / F/ / GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPTE~lBER 4. 1909 -------~-- ----------------- ._---------.,III :II I I I:IIIIII• I I• I It• I It I •t!II! 11I I•I II IIt ~IIII I 1I -.......... ..... ,.--_ .. Ij jI IIIIIIjIIIII IIII• j IjI Ij I,• IIIII II , III IIII I• "THE BETTER MAKE" WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM al~d DINING FIJRNITURE ROOM ~UITES TO MATCH FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALER'" NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I~~------------------------------_._. I . .. .. ... ..\. AMERICAN BWWfR COMPANY "SIROCCO" TR,\O[ MARK ANY EFFICIENT GENERATOR 'ABC" SELF OILING ENGINES dIrect connected to an " ABC" SELF OILING ENGINE are generating thousands of kilo-watts all over the world, and each engine is paying for itself every year in savings of fuel and oil. will electric light your plant, run fans, etc., and if you are now buying current, will pay you in savlllg (Exhaust Steam is Available for Heating and Drying) ThIS plant runnlnU In IQUITOS, PERU. WE DIRECT CONNECT TO ANY GENERATOR 25% PER ANNUM ( Wrtte for proif if above.) WE WILL GLADLY QUOTE YOU, WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOU TO BUY GENERAL OFFICES, DETROIT, MICH. NEW YoRK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURC ATLANTA CHICACO ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE ._~._. ----------- -----_. . -- .. . ... .. II l!' ••• - _ •• 1iI III I 1 SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON OESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a casttr yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three Sizes· SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICgS No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. II I I I IIII r WEEKLY ARTISAN ...__ •••••••• _ •• ._ .... _ ........ aa aa ..... • • ........ _.a •• • ... aa .... • .------ .----------.., These Specialties are used all Over the World ........ -_... --·1 I Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent pendlDll.) Many styles and oizeo. - Veneer Preooeo, d.fferent kinds and sizeo (Potented) Wood· Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine, Single, Double and Combination. (Potented) (Size. 12 m. to 84 in wide.) - CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glue Heater. No 20 Glue Heater. . .............. ...................................... __ .a .... ..... .. .... ....... .. .. .... ... ... ... . ...- a_ • _. __a_a ----- -- -_._._._. _. _. - ••_--- ._.- •• _.-. _•• _. _.-. _.-- ----- - . I MARIETTA FUMED OAK ACID STAIN To the finisher who has been using the fuming chamber to produce his fumed oak our Fumed Oak Acid Stain is a revelation. This stain is in no wayan experiment but practical working stain, producing a more uniform color, and giving to different grades of oak the same shade. It is a strong, penetrat.. I ing stain, going into the wood and yet it can be used without injury to the I hands. This is not a substitute for fuming. The stain actually fumes and is permanent, but it fumes in obtained on red as well as a different manner....s..aving white oak. The most con.. the cost of a fuming cham.. vincing evidence of the per.. ber and the time required feet working qualities of this in fuming by the old pro.. stain will be manifest in a cess. Unlike the Fuming single trial. Write us for a process good results can be sample. THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO., Marietta, D. THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO" Marietta, D. ~.- - ................................•.•....•............ - , ...........• t' - ••••••••••••• .. .. -- -~~~~~ ~chm~t· ~ ~~~-·1rI-",....,...-~----~-.... Upholrtere~r Furniture 1 1 :1\ LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM Ao---------. --- --- ---- -_.. ..,.."' _..-- -.-.--.------_-__._.---.---... . . HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati. 01,,0 makers of 1 ....~ ........ 2 \;VEEKLY ARTISAN I /J--------------------,I I IIIIII j ...... .-..-..-.-~-------_... ,. - .,. - .,. _ .. TI ~, .'l ;....... KI THE EMBLEM OF SUPERIORITY Two Winners I•n Varnish This is the verdict of the manufacturer who knows. Paradox Rubbing Is the best high-grade, quick-rubbing varnish ever pro-duced. Can be re-coated every day and last coat rubbed safely in three days. Ti-ki Lac Is our high-grade first or second coat varnish. Dries hard to sandpaper over night. Last coat can be rubbed in twenty-four hours. The man who knows is the man who wins. VARNISH DEPARTMENT Acme White Lead and Color Works DETROIT, MICHIGAN ....._---------- _....-.. ....- ... ... II II I II I IIIIIII I I I III III ,II ,I II III IIIIII ,.-----------_ ..._------ ---._-_ ....-..-_. __ .-..~ 1 II II , Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-flve years Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5t08-5110 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. ~......•..•....... _----.-_ ..... - •..•..... _- .. ~ This little machme has doue more to perfect the drawer work of furm ture manufacturers than all) thmg else In the funuture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect httmg vermm proof dovetaIled stock a POSSI blllt) ThIs bas heeu accomphohed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dov~-tads lU I('augs of from 9 to U at one operatlOn It s what others see about your busmess rather than "hat }Oll sa) about It that counts In the cash dray\,er Jt b the thrill of enthusIasm and the true rtng of truth }OU feel and hear bad, of tbe cold type that makes you buy the thlllgadvertlsed ALEXANDER DODDS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN R~pr~senled by Schuchart & Scbutte at B~rl1D. V,enna. Stockholm and SI Pelenburi Represented by Alfred H Schulle at Coloine. Brusselo. ueie. Pans, Muan and Bllboa Repr...,nted 1DGreat Bnhan and lroland by the OlIver Machm"rj Co • F S Thompson. Mllr • 201.203 DeaD>liate. MancheSler. EnQland • rI I I WEEKLY ARTISAN Grand Rapids Benches Are Best BEITER MATERIAL---BETTER CONSTRUCTION-~-BETTER WORKMANSHIP There are several reasons why you should use the "Grand Rapids Benches." They are built to stand hard usuage. They won't warp or split, are built of well seasoned Mich-igan hard maple. Write for catalog showing full line. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jetferson Avenue Grand Rapids, Mich. Bnllsh Representatives Ohver Machine Co., Ltd., 201 Deansgate, Manchester. England. ~ •• _ •• ••• a.a _••••• - aa ••••• .. ... ... . . ..-_.. . - - .. -- -.., LUCE~REDMOND CHAIR CO., Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Buch, BIrd's-eye Maple, ~artered Oak and C,rcasslanWalnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufacturers' Building, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ....-. ••• ••• a •••••••••••••••••• , La ••• _ •••••••••• 3 ._ ... 4 .._ _ _ -----~-,_._._._..._._. _.._.._._. _._.-. _. _._-------_._---------- WEEKLY ARTISAN THE LueE ........... ·_-_·······_-_·--···-1 Many New Patterns In Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids lu(e rurniture (0. LINE h_ •••••• __••• _ •••••• ...'I" '\ N r ?,,.- FILLER The FILLER that FILLS. The L. Mac. E. Fillers are noted for their Uniformity. They work properly, packing well under the pad. They dry hard over night They will not Shrink as we use a water floated Silex, WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING. The Lawrence-McFadden Company PHILADELPHIA, PA. y,f{Ar," ~pnnT~_TJ;' _f_IR~ P__ i l1V.. 30th Year-No. 10 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 4,1909 Issued Weekly MOST EFFECTIVE ASSOCIATION WORK An Exam.ple of What the Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Organization is Doing in the Way of "Helps." The Mmne,ota AssoCIatIOn of RetaIl } ur111ture Dealers whIch IS one of the best and most ucce~~ful m the country, has a commIttee on advertI smg, whIch IS WOlkIng on progre~slve hnes m the \vay of V\hat the} call "a~soClatlOn helps, ' that I~, helpmg the members to Improve theIr store management amI aclvertl~mg methods As an example of theIr "as OClatlOn helps' read the follow1l1g, whIch wa~ recently pnnted 111 CIrcular form under the tItle, "AI e You for a GI cater Bmmess Futm e? If Noi, \i\'hy 1\ ot?' and ~ent out to all members' "Arc} ou llllllchng for a lSTeater future? If not. "hy not ?" TIns should be the earne~t questIOn that evelY member IS a~kmg hImself K 0 doubt your first ImpuLe WIll be to ~ay "Of com se I am \Vhat a foohsh questIOn fOl a secretar} to ask" nut the expenence V\e have been gCttL1g through the ~ecretar}'s office has prompted us to ask It If} ou are really bmlc!JnlS for tuture s~lccess, V\hat we al e gOIng to say and do for you v\1l1 help you so much more If you have not been glvmg thIS cubJect the thought It deserves, we hope tl1dt our a~soclatlOn helps "Ill stnnu-late you to greater actIon \Ve know that If }ou WIll adopt the advertIsmg helps we bnng }ou, }ou can acomph~h more, and for 111uch less cost to you, than }ou could If }ou attempted to do an} tlung along these 11l1esalone The vItal problem WIth the dealel IS How can I devise Ideas and plans that \\ III bnng me l1cher dIvIdends? It IS only natm al for the bus1l1ess man to long for larger profits and greater success No one has and no one Lan have a moaopoly 111 these thmg", and no bar or padlock can stand between you and the Ideals of your ambItIon The door of opportu111ty b always open, and you may enter If }ou can show the passport of compe-tenc} But do not forget that success has Its pnce whIch you must pay L~e the successful thoughts of others and make them Jour own Proper advertIsmg IS the qmckest and surest lOute to larger success, and IS only IUl11ted by the abIlIty of the advertIser hIm-self \Ve, a~ an a~soclatlOn, beheve tl1dt thIS phase of our asso- ClatlOu V\ork should have the hIghest consIderatIon What IS advertIsmg) \Ve are told that the word "advertIse" IS denved from two latm "ord~, "ad" "vertere" mea111ng "to turn,' thus advertl~mg ~Imply means to turn people's attentIon to the artIcle offered for sale \Vebster puts It, "to mform, to gIve notIce, etc ' Sheldon told us at om last conventIOn, that the dealer who has decIded to advertIse IS confronted by two problems: FIrst To tell hIS story as bllefly, attractIVely and conv1l1c-mgly as pOSSIble 'second To place what IS advertIsed, before as many people as posGlble for the smalle~t pOSSIble cost The assoCIatIOn has prepaled a number of advertIsmg units proofs of whILh are pre~entcd to yOU \\Ith thh Olheet. Study them care full} You WIll 110tIce that they are mortIsed so that prices or other mformatlOn may be msel ted to smt your needs No matter VI' hat} ou are plaul11ng-an advertLement or a Clrcular-b} the me of these umts, satIsfactOl y results may be obtamed m a very few mmutes BesIdes the advantage of havmg your matenal ready pre-pared, you V\III note the great sav1l1g 111 cost Through co-opera-tIon, we are able to fm111sh you for 40 cents what, 1I1dlvlClually, would cost} ou $1 tlO The further advantage is that these U111tS mal be used aga1l1 and agal11 at ~mtable mtervals After the fn st cost of the U111tS,the expense of a CIrcular for mstance made up of these IS practIcally hmlted to presswork and paper,and then, by the use of these e~tablbhed sIze U111tS,your advertIsement al-way s appeal s u111form and gIves your advertIsement an mcl!vI-duaht}, not eaCJly u111tated by others. In the constructIOn of these U111tSwe have not lost SIght of the essentIal prinClple~ m advertIsmg of first, credtmg attention; second, creatmg a desll e, and thlnl, creat1l1g a re~olve to buy, which fact IS often lost by the ca~ual advertIser In concldel1ng the advantages of these advertIsmg helps, do not fall to conSIder the sav1l1g of neV\"paper space, whIch we all know costs conSIderable monel PIck up any country newspaper and study theIr "ads ,. You Villi find, tune and tune agam, that the cuts used occupy ~everal tIme~ the space necessary to Illustrate the artIcle. Then by the tIme the average small pI mt1l1g office has added a descnptlOn of these artIcles (mvanablly usmg larger type than IS necessary) you can readIly ~ee that the cost of the space they occupy IS two or three tImes the first cost of the mc!Jvldual U111tSwe furmsh you. Thus \\ e feel that our assoCIatIOn can through ItS adver-tIsmg helps, save you at least 75 per cent your present cost of advertIsmg hardly pOSSIble of obtammg m the old way There-fore, \\ e hope that our 111embels WIll avaIl themselves of thIS op-portu111ty to go aftel bus1l1ess thIS fall, whIch ought to be one of the most prosperous seasons we have had for many a year. Reap portIOn of the plant and put It out of busmess There remains a two story bnck warehouse 80x100 feet (and platforms) con-tammg about $1 (),OOO worth of goods, four-tenths of whIch IS Iron, \\ l110w goods, beds, cots, chairs, spnngs, etc The factory output whIch \\ as pnnClpal1y K D needs assembling and re-burm shmg of the matenal on hand, and offers a good fal1 and \vmter Job for a couple of capable men to shape up for the market and mCldental1y may present a desIrable opemng for restockmg the plant BeSIdes the above there IS 13 acres of land w1thm ten mmutes walk of the bus mess center, and two blocks of the electnc belt car". It 1" entered by two raIlroad hnes connecting \\ 1th eIght other" chvergmg m al1 chrectIOns The b011er and shay mg houses, both of bnck, are mtact, also the blO\\ pIpe receIve 1, and pal ts, and a 100,000 bnck cemented ustern The foundatIOns of the factory 88x180, WIth the debris of a t\Vo story and basement bnck are awa1tmg reconstruction and the '230 H P Corhss engme IS restmg on ItS foundatIOn shghtly damaged by fire and exposUl e A1110cated in tern tory four-fifths Vll gm forest of the vanous classes of pme, oak, gum, ash, poplar, 'y camore maple magnoha, hol1y and other hard and soft timber, m \\ h1ch mnumerable saw 111111plants are bemg mstal1ed and opel ated I deSIre the trade to kno\\; the plant here IS part1al1y destroyed and out of busmess, to save them farther waste of hterature and postalSe, as \Vel1 as to sohClt the attentIOn of the men needed. Very truly and respectful1y A CURRIE 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN the full benefit of active assocIatIOn work and co-operatIve methods. If any other mformatIon IS deSIred, address the seCl etan . W L Grapp, at Janesv111e, Mmn. Yours for a hearty co-operatIOn, The AdvertIsmg CommIttee By the way the mIdsummer meetmg of the ;\Imnesota Re-tal! FurnIture Dealers' AssoClatIOn IS to be held at \Imneapohs on Wednesday of the commg week-September 8 C\S there \\ 111 be only two seSSIOns-mormng and afternoon-the program w111 be devoted mamly to routme busmess, 1eports of office1 sand commIttees, but It provIdes fm two addresses George J H11h el of Wmona wtll tel1 "What the Co-opelatIve Catalogue S\ "tem Pubhshed by the Merchants, Is Domg for \\ mona L Da\ HI son of Cannon Fal1s w111speak on "How and \\ hat "L-se 1 am Makmg of AssoClatlOn Helps," and the meetmg \V111c!o"e \\ lth a general diScussIon of "\Vhat \V III Bnng the Greatest Gooel to our Members at the Next c\nnual ::\Ieetmg m Janual y The reasons for holchng thIS l111dsummel meetmg a1e \\ el1 stated by PresIdent Buenger and Secretary Grapp m the Gl eet-mg" that serves as an mtroductlOn to the pnnted program sent out m advance m which they say A few years ago \\e \Vould not have beheveel po,slble the helps that our assoClatIOn has been glvm~ 1h member-, dunl1g the past half-year Helps that can be ~ecured by the 1eta11 de,tlel through no other agency, and that are a con"tant 1em1l1dCl ot what co-operatIOn m assocIation \\ ork can and doe, do "Owmg m a large measure to eAceptIOnalh lSood ClOp" we are now entenng upon one of the most pro::,pelous season, that Mmnesota has expenenced amI our patI on::, are ~01ng to hay e money to spend thIS fal1 How much of thIS cash busme~" are you gomg to get? How wel1 prepal ed are yOU for the b1gg e, t fal1 busmesss that you ever had? How much thought are \ ou glvmg thIS matter of gomg after busmess as yOU never have be-fore? "The fact that the big mal! order houses are cogmzant ot thIS Immense bu"mess outlook b mamfe~t by the unusual quantlt\ of advertIsmg matter whIch IS bemg turned out at their pnntmlS estabhshments To keep our merchants m touch \\ 1th \\ hat IS gomg on and to help them to put themselves m a posltlOn to "meet and bear' thIS game when It comes, are the pllnclpal rea-sons that have mftuenced our officel s to hold a m1d"ummer meet-mg. "We cannot tell you about it here, the most we can say IS, that It IS deCidedly to your best mterest to come to thh com en-tlOn " HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. Capable Men Wanted to Handle the Remains of a Southern Furniture Factory. The fol1owmg self-explantory letter, the \\ lltel of \\ hlCh b a real estate dealer, WIth offices m the First ::\atlOnal Bank bUlld-mg, Shreveport, La, IS pubhshed WIth the Idea that It may be read by some man or men who would be pleased to accept\\; hat b ap-parently a good opportumty to enter the fUlmture manufactUlmg busmess m the south Shreveport, La. -\ug 2G, 1()O£) Vveekly Artisan, Grand RapIds, l\I1ch Gentlemen -Your favor of the 21st mst addressed to the Queen CIty Furmture Manufactunng Company, received by me as successor to the ownershIp of the pi operty, whIch I acqUlred at receIver's sale, after a fire whIch destroyed the manufactunng A Modest Advertiser. 1he fol1O\\mg appear" as a standmg advertisement m the Gazette of Phoemx, Anz ,I deSIre to thank my many fnends and patrons for the ex-cel1ent patronage given me at my new store, corner of Fourth a\ enue and \\ ashmgton "treet, and to say I wil1 contmue to put torth e\ ery effort to please and w111at al1 times sell anythmg m he turmture Ime at satisfactory pnces " "CH-\S DONFRIO" ~. . ..- -- - --- .., A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS .. - ..-- ... ---- up to 5-16 thICk. ---- Repai ..ing•••Satlsfaction gu....anteed. CItizens' Phone 1239 ,-~--~_._~.__.2_7----N-.-Ma..ket St.. G..and Rapids. Mich. --_. - - - - - - - - - - ~ ROLLS THE "RELIABLE" KIND THE FEllWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. SOLVES AN INSTALLMENT PROBLEM Massachusetts Furniture Dealers Find Difficulty in Complying With a Stringent But Defective Law. Massachusetts has a stnngent law regulating the sale of goods on the mstallme~1t plan It reqUIres the dealer to fur-msh the buyer wIth a copy of the contract at the trme of sale and III case of default he must gIve the buyer thIrty days' no-trce, furmsh hIm an ItemIzed statement and make a written de-mand for the balance due before he can legally take posseSSIOn of the goods Another prOVISIOn, WhIch has proved unsatrs-factor y reqUIres that m case 75 per cent of the contract pnce has been paId the goods must be advertrsed and sold at auctIOn, the buyer to receIve any surplus over the amount due and the cost of foreclosure The law IS so loosely drawn and so vague that members of the Home FurnIshers.' Association of Massa-chusetts have found great dIfficulty In trymg to comply wIth ItS prOVISIOns, m eIther letter or spmt One of the most difficult problems is how to make a contract cover addItional purchases WIthout dlsturbmg the nghts of eIther party under the original contract or lease ThIS problem was submitted to Alonzo E Y ont, attorney and secretary of the aSSOCIatIOn,who deCIded that the best way to solve It IS to make an addItIOn to the original lease in the followmg form whIch he has publIshed in the Home FurnIsher, a bulletm Issued monthly to members of the asso-ciation: ADDITIONAL LEASE AND CONTRACT. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that I and receIved of have thIS day hIred. the following artrcles which are to be added to and made a part of my lease No. .., dated. .. , agreeing that the goods herem named together WIth all other goods prev JOusly delIvered to me under the provI::,ions of said lease, shall remam the property of condItions of thIS or any prevIOUS contract relating thereto untrl the performance of all the For the rent and use of all the goods now leased me, I promise to pay the said ., . . ItS successors or assigns, at their office, the sum of dollars per . untIl the amount paId shall equal the sum total of the above schedule and any prevIOUS agreement herein refer-led to, mc1udmg the adclItIon of five per cent on the price named m thIS schedule and also five per cent on the balance 1emaming unpaId one year from thIs date and at the end of each and every succeedmg year I agree that scl1d . may Insure these goods for their full Jylaluc for its benefit or for whom it may COn-cern and add the expense of such 1l1surance to my lease, whIch I agree to pay. I AGREE THAT THE GOODS NAMED SHALL NOT BE MORTGA..GED, PLEDGED, SOLD, RE-LET, DAMAGED OR INJURED, reasonable wear excepted; NOR REMOVED WITHOGT THE 'WRITTEN CONSENT of saId . .. '" . . .. . ..... . . . . . , . be first obtamed thereto I agree that If I fall to make payments as herein promIsed, or to per-form any of the condItIOns of thIS contract, then saId. may re-take all of the goods herem mentIOned wherever they may be located WIthout bemg gUIlty of any trespass or tort I further agree that If the goods mentIOned shall be re-taken by saId . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. and there re-mam<; a balance unpaId after credltmg their fair value, less the cost of expense of re-taking, to my account, I will pay such balance on demand. I agree that said . . . . . .. ..... . .. may cancel thIS contract at any tIme before delIvery of goods. As further secunty for thIS addItIOn to said lease, I have this day de-pOSIted the sum of . . .. , .dollar::" which is exclusively for and on account of the goods herem mentioned I have carefully read th1s add1twlt to lease before signmg and have received a copy of same. Signed by . 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN r-·····--········-·----·-·-·---·~·--·---······ ... . --- .. ----4f e • I ._-_._ _-----_ -_ . OCTAGON ~EDESTALS AND TABLE LEGS That 18 the question. and a big one, too How do you nlake them? How much do they cost you? How good are they, and are they unIform? Just take a lIttle time and let these questlOns soak in Becanse you may be wasting on the manufacture of the Pedestals and Legs what you save by eco-nomIcal Manufacture on the Tops Your profits are then cut down Make the cost of the dIfferent parts balance One man "lth our LEG AND PEDESTAL MACHINE WIll make Octagon and Polygonal shaped turnings at one tenth to one twentIeth of what it costs by hand round ones at one-sIxth to one-tenth The savmg In tIme and labor IS what makes that bal-ance ",e ",ere Just talking about Now, don't say that sounds pretty good," and let It sUp your mInd Just Write us to-day C. MATIlSON MACHINE WORKS 863 Fifth st., BELOIT, WISCONSIN. ~_ . .-.. . .... --_._.-.-.~._._._-_. ----_.-_.__.-._-~.--_. ._._--..-._._---------------' ... Hoosier Capital Notes. Indianapohs, Ind, Sept 2-The K1 amer \Ianufactunng Company, are sendIng out tvvent) -fi\ e hundred ot theIr tall catalogues, whIch are gotten up 111 excellent ::,t) Ie 1'h1::, company makes a 'ipenalt) of da\ enp01 t"l ancl PI e"'ldent Andrew Kramer reports the tIade \\ 1th the company fine the factory havmg been rUll on full tIme all ot tll1') \ ea1 ] he corrt,pany recently buIlt an add1tlOn to theIr uphobtenng de-partment wluch faClhtates the manufacture of then hne to a conSIderable extent. Manager Chatle'i Da) of SmIth Da) &. Co chan manu facturers, report'i bU"111e"" \\lth hI') film a" t\\ent)-fi\e pel cent better than the same penod of la"t ) ear :l\fanager 1\. L Hagedon of the II e"te1n Fur11ltUle Com- I I l [ I I I From Suite 1545 by the Nelson-Matter Furmture Co.• Grand Rapids. pany states they have all the busmes'i the) can handle th1'i year, the plant bemg taxed to Its capaClty Hageman Brothers IS one of the new veneer firms of Indlanapohs, who have been 111operatlOn "mce J an 1 The firm IS composed of A J Hageman and A E Hageman and both are expenenced men 111the bU::,111e"s The firm reports an excellent trade. PreSIdent J. D Man" of the Ind1anapoh", Sa \\ eel Veneer Company reports the v olume of busmes::, WIth hIS com pan) such that they are unable to keep up \\ Ith It. The udell Works have just Issued an eIghty-eight page catalogue that IS the finest productlOn the company has yet put out The pages are of the hIghest quahty of enamel and the half-tone::, are the best obta111able The CO\ ers are em-bossed and of Herculean stock One hunch ed ne\\ deSIgns are shown; the catalogue sho\\ 111g::,heet musIc cabmets, plano player roll cab111ets, cy1111der and chsk record cab111ets, lache,,' desks, hbrary book cases, medlC111e cabInets, commodes and !old111g tables "\ speCIal feature conSIsts in the catalogue be111g arranged ab::,olutely for the benefit of the dealer and made up "0 as to be a sales help to hIm ThIS also applies to the arrangement of the pnces. SIX thousand catalogues WIll be maIled at th1::, tIme The 'Cdell \\ orks have also just mail-ed t\\ ent) -fi\ e hundred of theIr new thIrty-two page music ub111et catalogue, and a1e hav111g five hunch ed speCIal cata-logue",. pnnted for theIr eAport trade, whIch extends into ~outh Amenca, Cuba, MeXICO and the PhIlhpmes Manager Cobb 'itate" that theIr exhIbItIon sales 111July were very grab- 1\ 111g and In \ 1ew of the fact that the company's sales force a1e "'end111g In large 01del '0, and the company's catalogues not) et all 111the hand" of the trade, the condItions are such that the L-dell II orks WIll have all the business they WIll be able to handle The Quiet Way. IYhat's the use of worrY111g, Of hurry 111g, And scurry111g, Everybody flurrying, And breakmg up theIr rest, \Vhen everything IS teachmg us, Preachmg and beseech111g US To settle down and end the fuss, For qUlet ways are best? The rain that trickles down in showers A blessmg brings to thirsty flowers, And gentle zephyrs gather up Sweet fragrance from each bnmming cup, There's ruin in the tempest's path, There's ruin in the voice of wrath, And they alone are blest vVho early learn to dominate Themselves, their violence abate, And prove by their serene estate That quiet ways are best. The bUlldmg f01metly oocupied by the Grand Rapids Fur-niture Company 111Youngston, Ohio, has been remodeled and IS now occupIed by A Leopold, who has moved hIS stock frOTh 2G3 \Vest Federal street, where he had been in the retail furni-ture business for five years. WEEKLY ARTISAN .. iIIf III III II I I I I If It If I IIIf '--------_._----_._-~_.--- .. -' ----~-----_._._---_.~----- . . .-- _. . ---_._._._-- Crooked Buying. Dunng the 111Id-summer sellrng season the representatn e of a cel tarn manufactunng house exhlbltrng a lrne of furl11ture rn, It matter" not III what market, "a:o approached by the re-presentatlVe of a corporatIon manufactunng factory suppl1e'3 "Do you sell-of-?" namrng a plom111ent dealer dOIng busI-ne" s 111a promrnent CIty, the suppl} sale"man enC]mred 111the cour"e of a conversatIOn '1\ 0, I hay e never got a 'look m' wIth the buyer He :opend" a gl eat deal of t me 111 the market, but ne\ er "eemlng-ly, has had time to look at my hne." 'He IS now m a recept1Ve mood, and WIll make a date wIth yOU, If you lll\lte hun to do :00," the :oupply salesman con-t111ued In a day or two the buyer appeared III the s:llcsroom of the manufacturel m questlOn, Inspected the hne carefully and placed a liberal order. Defore tak111g hIS departure he de-clared that he would use a great many pIeces contaIned 111the lIne dunng the holiday sea:oon. Accordll1g to the "frame up" It was then 111order for the supply salesmen to appear on the scene Gorng to the office of the manufacturer of furnIture he explamed the ments of the supplies he was selhng, and when 111formed that the man-ufacturer dId not care to change the maten",ls he had used, the supply salesmen enqmred "Y ou took a good order for furnr ture from-- (nam111g the buyer) In July" "Yes, a very good order," the manuafcturer replred "You are rndebted to me for that order The buyer b a fnend of m111e He placed It With yOU upon my requ~"t." The manufacturer ll1tllTIated that there was "nothlllcrb dorng" and the salesman departed In less than one "eek the 01der for furniture was can-celled. The buyer 1:0 well-known and the "alesman represenb a promment firm Legal means should be proVided for the punishment of such crooks. .... Ii . -- .----.----.-..._._---_._-_._. __.._------~ i ...II II your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. <rlarence 1R.bills DOES IT 163 Mad"son Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS MICH 9 This Group for ~51 Solid Oak; French Plates; Any Finish Desired Wardrobe Dresser Combination Dresser Commode - - - - - Dresser ChIffonier Bed $18.00 650 400 8.75 775 6.00 FI\lISHES-Golden Oak Gloss Dull Golden Early Enghsh. Weathered or Fumed FOB. Mamstee. Manistee Mfg. CO. ____. MANISTEE,.MICH..----..4 New Factories. The Po~ey Soundmg Board Company of HoqUIam, Ore, has sta1 ted operatlOn~-manufactunng plano sounc11l1g boalCls- WIth a m111that has a capac It} of ~5,OOO feet pel day The ProgrcsslVe League of Alexander, La, ha" closed the negot1atrons by whish a chall ±actory WIll be estabh"hed 111that town. From SUite No 1545 by Nelson-Matter Furmture Co, Grand Rapids. James] rLlemper is mak1l1g arrange111ent~ to estabhsh a mat-tress factory at Helena, Ark. The Guthne (Okla ) Desk and 1:' urmture Company are now expected to start work 111theIr new factol y on September 21. H M. Wellman has orgam7ed a company and w1ll estaD-lish a factory at Oshkosh, VVIS, to manufacture a lowenng de-vice for caskets that he has made at South Doardman, M1Ch, for the past ~ix or seven years The DI unswlck- Balke-Collander Cornpany have bought the Lake Independence Compan} 's property at BIg Bay, M1Ch, where they Will establIsh a bow lrng p111factor}. The Escanaba VeneeI Company, recently incorporated w1th $25,000 capital stock, all paId m m cash, vnll establIsh a new factory and conduct a manufactunng and mercantile bUSIness at Escanaba, Mich. ~ ~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---- r . .. ... 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF I Circassian, Mahogany, I and I Estab!~~B3~lbro I.. Gum Oak, Poplar Veneers. Veneer II I'" One Town and Another. Strange, how the travelmg man Journeymg along the raIl-road map 1Salways really m the same town Oh of cour"e theIr names are drfferent and they may vary occaslOnalh 111"Ize but you could sh1£t the depot slgns 1n man) an mstance, and so tal as the observer 1Sconcerned, 1t would make no chfterence The tram leave;, the cornfields and slows up along b) the tall red elevator, the ~ ater tank, the coal sheds and the 10\, rooted statlOn The same sort of fellow calls out the bus that leach to "the best hotelm the C1ty" The same cut-up boy ndes up on the hmd step of the veh1cle You rattle along past the Implement shops, the hvery barns and on past the clatter at the smIth) s hammer to the pubhc square, opposIte wh1ch IS sItuated "home sweet home" wh1le you are 111the burg Then the same sort of slckly lookmg chap takes ) our gnp He looks as 1f he had had no sleep m a month and the pallor at h1S countenance sets h1m apart from the b} ;,tandmg farmel Just behmd h1m at the office desk 1Sthe artlst1cally lettered mm 01 decorated w1th ads of firm" most of whom have long '111ee gone out of busmess LJp the ,\orn plush carpet stan \\ a, \ all are led to your room~always the same square, hlc1eou"l) papel ed bo"'- w1th the water p1tcher greetmg yOU from the cheap dres;,er and the bed suggestive of creepmg thmgs At dmner, you are glVen an opportumty to flIrt \\ Ith the gIrl who asks you If you WIll take "tea, coffee or Ice tea, and you have occaSlOn to come m contact \\ Ith other guests from the out-slde world, who have lent glamor to the place~the mlll111el tnmmer out from ChIcago, the horse buyer, the members of a v1s1tmg ball team, the local edItor who has come up to take a portlOn of h1S advert1smg bIll out m tIade, and occas1Onah, the show troupe bIlled that mght for stunts m the hall aba, e the drug store Then there 1Sthe call upon the fellow \\ ho has come 111from the farm and bought out the town restaurant, He ah\ a} s has a bunch of kJds romp111g around the counter, to ,\ ham )OU mu;,t first pay attent10n Talkmg w1th a it avelmg man 1s a bH'; event w1th him You can tell tlMt IJ\ the ,elf con,c1OUS SIde glance, that he makes to native, who are loafmg lust bac k of you and who are slzmg up your clothes a, }ou take out \ OUI goods - And evemng-1sn't 1t clehghful m the,e places where tWIIH';·:lt falls so sllently that the croak of frogs out m the mar;,hes dnfb to your ears, uncannily A s you stand out m front of the "CommercIal Home," the people of the to\\n dnft by They form a pageant of characters such as you have met m all the other towns you have been m-and, of course, not among the least of these IS the young lady who doe5n't take mto conslderat1On the fact that you mIght be marned, but who wants to take a stlo11 down the back street w1th you over towards the cemetery. You Co. CINCINNATI. O. are thOl oughly famlhar w1th the ;,ort 1f you have been on the road long TheIrs IS the sort of romantIC nature to whIch a stranger appeals \nd there IS also that chance of gettmg mto a game WIth ,ome local shark, or gomg down to the grocery store to tell stones 01 predIct to the long beards' how the elect10n IGcom1l1g out But what} ou mvanably do when the strenuous day IS done IS to get off mto a httle corner of the readmg room to wnte to the house and to "her Then you beard the crcepmg thmgs m thur laIr only to Jump out at an ungodly hour to make an-other to\, n, \\ hlch WIll be Just hk~ one you have left~O Fred ~')\\eet 111 Travchng Salesman Circular Doesn't Worry Freight Rate Refornlers. BUSIness men of Denver have receIved an anonvmous Clf-cuLl! \\ hlch declares that freIght rate reformers are' domg the 'ltuatlOn much harm and permanent mJury may be wroug1-Jt to Colorado and Ltah The author predIcts the closmg of the Gah eston gate\\ a} In tll1s C011nect1On the statement 1S made that all-I all tonnage from Atlantic seaboard to Colorado has de-crea" ed from tJ() to J:J per cent of the total, and that tonnage vIa (,alveston has deClca5ecl from 35 per cent of the total to about Adopted by the Grand Rapids Furniture Association are produced With our: Golden Oak Oil Stain No. 1909, Filler No. 736. Early English Oil Stain No. 55, Filler No. 36. Weathered Oak Oil Stab No. 1910. Mahogany Stain Powder, No.9, Filler No. 14. Fumed Oak (W) Stain No. 46. ~I II per cent wIllIe tonnage V1a South AtlantIC ports has 1l1creased tr01l1 about 1() per cent of the total to practICally 50 per cent The'" nter further ~tates, and not WIthout truth, that becausf' of the g-reat dmO\.1l1tof freIght be1l1g handled through the South -\tlanttc ports by rea;,on of the dIfferentIal rate now 111 force, the al1-Tatl routes arf' 111 a cond1tlOn of unrest and WIll welcome the first opportu11lt) to aboh~h the dIfferentIal The CIrcular IS not causmg any \\ orry, however, and the reformers are gOl11g nght on \\ Ith theIr \\ ork Onh a fool woule! pel sume to guess at the age of an egg- or a woman ------------------------------------- - WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood workmg tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood- 109 the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor UObver" New VarIety Saw Table No 11 W,ll take a saw up to 20s d,ameter Arbor belt IS 6' WIde Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, U. S. A BRANCH OFFICES-Oher Machmery Co. Hudson Termmal. 50 Church St. New York, Ol,ver Machmery Co , FilS! NatIOnal Bank Bmldmg, ChIcago, III , Ohver Machmery Co , PacIfic BUlldmg, Seattle, Wasb , Ohver Machmery Co • 201-203 Deansgate, Manchester, Eng " Time "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches Made wIth or WIthout motor dnve Me t al lable 36"x30" WIll take , 8" under Ib e gUIde lilts 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car ... nes a saw up to 1 %1' WIde OutsIde beanng to lower wheel shalt when not motor drIven WeJgh. 1800lb. when ready to shiP FEARS THE EFFECT OF STRIKES Sensible Ideas Expressed by a California Furniture Dealer. "Strikes may cause bus1l1e~s depre%lOn 111 some of the eastern CItIes," declaled H K Jackson, presIdent of the Jackson Furm-ture Company of Oakland, Cal, on hIS return home from the Grand RapIds, ~ew York and ChlLago markets "Even a threat-ened stnke IS bad for any commul11ty, ' he IS quoted as sa}1l1l5 "There IS nothmg that so completely paral)Zes bus1l1ess and cloes It so qUlckly as a strike The large cO!por atlOns m most mstances are to blame They are lllvarIably III a pro"perous con-chtlOn and m the long run profit by a strike whl1e the common people lose, and III such a way that they can neve 1 recover then losses "These bIg cO!pOifatlOns declal e fabulous chvldends that create Immense mdlVldual fortunes Take for example the anthraCIte coal compames and steel compame of Penns} lvama By reducmg theIr chvlclencls Just a trifle not enough to make an} chfference to theIr stockholders, and add It to the wages of thclr under-paId employes they would elmllnate all posslblhty of a ctrIke, and by so dOlllg create better employes, better cltl7ens, and msure busmess condItions "The threatened car stnke m ChIcago hau everybody III the Clt} frightened There IS onl} a small wage lllcrease asked b} the men Surely that could be settled al11lcably WIthout lettmg- It come to a strike whIch would Jeoparchze the mterest of e\ er} merchant m the Clty of ChIcago and gIve the bus1l1ess Interests a set back that would take years to overcome 'I have been an employer fOJ many yeal '0, and found If yOll are inclined to play faIr, yOll WIll have no dIfficulty WIth labor " Tempers " Cost In fact all strikes could be avO!ded by usmg a httle chplomacy and meetlllg the men half way You cannot convert a stnker by beatmg hIm over the head Cornpulsory arbltrabon estab-hshed by the law IS what It IS eventuall} comlllg to "Travel IS exceptlOnall} heavy, Pullman accommoclatlOns thIS SIde of ChIcago havmg to be engaged days ahead Heavy travel 1~ alwa} s a good SIgn and 111chcates that people are prosperous " In spIte of the fact that love is popularly supposed to be blmd, man} a fellow hac; fallen 111love WIth a gIrl who IS a SIght. Those '" ho are rollmg in wealth might find a better use for it r--·~------------~-~~-----·-·-------·, II III II I III I I THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receive descrlptlVe CIrcular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes WIth prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid •• Mich. ..... - - ~~------- ----------------- Rotary Cut Plain Oak Veneer 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN If You Want One Crate or a Carload of Write us. We have it, red or white, crated and ready to ship. Walter Clark Veneer Company 535 Mich. Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EBONY ON THE RIO GRANDE. A Fake Story Brings Out Some Interest-ing Information. The St LouIs Globe-Democrat, about the fil..,t \\ eek 111 August, publtshed a story from :\[I"SIO n,Tl, to the errld that large quantlttes of mesquIte and tl ue ehom could hl found m the lower \ alley of the RIO (,rande r1\ el. that 11111C11 of It was be111g de"tlo\ ed-bl11 neel In "lttlcl'" III clca1llng-then farms-and that II tllta111 T TII\ an \\]w 0\\ n.., a Cjnd1 II sectIOn of land dOI\n thele \1 d.., thl hl,t to cll"'lO\ 11 the11 the t1111berwa" valuable and to make l1"'l oj lt \[1 1\1 \ dn all l1cl mg to the stor) , sa\ed the mesCjmte and II um log" tll"t \\lle cut on hl'i land, "hIpped "a lOUple ot car load~ t,) a <"'t Lams factory, and \vas to hay e them \\ olkecl up 111tOt\\ 0 i1111 sets of h011seholc1 fnrl1ltuf(~, one set to he l1"ed 111hh l1l\\ home and the other to be pI e'ientecl to one ot hh claughtll" ThIs was declared to be the fir"t tl111l that a lOl11plul ..,U oj furl1lture had been made of ehol1\, \\ h1lh I" one ot the haHI-est woods and IS extremely ehfficult to \\ork The Globe-Democrat's story has appeared III se\ e1al other papel", Inclndmg tI'e (hrhtal11 C::C1ence\[Ol11t01 ot l\CJ" ton, whIch had :\fr TI1\ an 'i 10Q"'i'ih1pped to a \[lc1m~an j,ll-tory 1l1stead of 5t Lom" l hur"cla\ 111Inlng oj thh \\ eel, 1t appeared In the (,rand RapId" Herald, \\h1ch In mde1 to aId local 1l1tere'it to the ) arn had the log" slllppec1 to d G1and RapIds fml1lture factOl}, tho11Q"h 1t publtshed the 'itor} nnder a 5t Lotus date Reahzlng that an} factO! \ ma1{1lJg ebony furl1lture for :\Ir Bryan \v1tho11t ache1tts111Q" the fact was neglect111g an excellent Opp01 t11111t}, a rep1 esentat1\ e of the 1\'ee1dy Arthan, made a httle 111\ e ,tH:;at10n He first called up AddIson 5 Coodman of the I uce rur11ltm e C 0111 pany. \\ho l'i p1e"ldent of the C1anc1 Rap1c1" I U1111!llll \Ll11u-facturers' ~ssoC1atlon ~rr. Goodman ehd not kno\\ of any local factory ha\lng lece1\ul an O1c1el £Iom \11 1:31' an dnd eApre-.sed the Idea that the "to!y nw;ht hay e blen ofUS-lllated In the unaglllatton of "Ollle lOll e"ponrlent \\ ho \\ a.., "h01 t ot matenal II Ilhalll IVldchlomb of the Illddllol11h I m111tu1e Company. \\ho IS knO\\n a'i an eApert on furl11tme \\ood.., was next called upon and he gal e hh 0pllllOn "ub'ita'1t1alh a'i follow'i "As T under"tancl It ebon} I" a p11reh tropIcal ploc111ct I do not th111k It IS found 111 l'e.xa" 01 northern \lexlco 1 do not kno\\ ot an} f1lll11ture facto!} In the count1 \ that the" It 1 '-,uppo'ie It could be used. though It l'i hal d. hea\ \ anel e,- tremel} chfficult to \\ or1<. I ne, e1 'ia\\ but one pIece of It 111 the rough and that was a httle crooked log, 111 ~ e\\ York, that came from somewhere In Central or South Amenca, I th111k It IS altogether hkely that the story about Its groW111g along the RlO Grande IS an example of the versatthty of some penn} -a-1111er The (J"rancl Raplr1s Brush Company must use "ome of the \\ ood. Better call on thelll, perhaps they can tell \ au all about It ' ~t the bru"h factory, the 111qlll"ltor was shown samples ot ebon), and told that It grow" only It the tropIcs-the best come" from LClL111tne"near the equator In Its natural state It IS dalk 1>111not ah\a}" black and has a beautIful gra111 It h denc,e hard and hea\}, but I" ea'ill} "tamed Not\\ Ith- ..,tanc!tnC!,1h haldne"" the "tam gocs throu~h It and "La} "-1'i pel manent 1t b "'olel not by the foot nor by the ton. but by lhe pound and 1l lom"" In "tllks rathel than m logs The blu"h maker" and other manufalturer" \\ ho u"e It for small al tlcle" buy It from ll11porter" 111~ ew York and BO'i10n. The be"t qualtty-the black-and the lal ge'it "log,," come" from 111Chclanel le} lon, anel e\ en 111 those C011ntne" It IS a rare tl ec 1 he "pelle" founel 111Centrdl and South Amel1ca IS not t1 ue black ebon \ It 1" dark, but l'i often staIned to make 1l black and then can be d1'i!lnglll'ihecl from the gemune only b\ e'pcrts. It I" almo"t as expensne a", that flOlll the East Incites Furniture Fires. The :'-lanl11ng 1·urmture \\ as bm ned on ~m;mt 2cl 111.., urecl. James Coombs, furmtnre dealer of Malden. :Vlass lost $-WO or $300 by fire 111hI" store home on Reserve "treet last Sunday rull} 111sured 5 J Fe}, funllture dealer and undertakel of Lora111 0, "uffeleel a loss of about $2,'500 b} fire 011 \ugust 23 HIS 'itorehou"e \\ as bm ned amI hIS uncle 1tak111Q"lOoms badly dam-factory at Sulphur SPI ings, Tex, Loss, $10,000 or $12,000, parttally aged. Good Business Opportunity. 1 he recen er" "ale of the \ ent} -Ca-.well property of Portland, :'-1Ich.. announced on another page, WIll afford a ~ood opportunlt} for 111Ve'itment by men famlltar WIth the fur11lture 111anufdctunng bU"111es" There IS a factory well eC[lllpped \\ lth modern lllalh111el}, a cOll"lderable amount of fil11~hed, partly fil11"hed ancl unfi11lshed "tock, WIth lumber and Othll ..,upplle.., enough to enable the purcha"er to be~111 busI-ne..,,, at once, and the prodult:-, of the old company have a gooel replltatlOn The sale 1:0 to take place at Portland 0'1 1 uesday, September 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN A Practical Cutter Grinder. MOIrh \Iood & Sons of 271G \Vest Lake Street, CJl1cago, manufacture a large Ime of wood cutters and abo the TwentIeth Century Cutter Gnnder a practIcal, useful, money-sa\ mg tool The manufacturers arc tdhmg man} Olden for thIS machme, at> well as for other toob of theIr manufacture and have been compelled to operate theIr factor} ll1~hts m ordel to take Cdle of theIr mcreasmg trade Effective Helps to Sell. Frederick Arnold Fall aI, advel tlSlng manager fOl the Adams & Elting Camp an} , "The Ad-elIte People," has pro-duced one of the best thmgs 111 the way of a catalog lle or adver-tIsing magazme, evel sent ant to dealers. It contains t\\ eh e pag e" about the SILe of Le"lIe's or CollIel' s pnnted m colors on enameled papel and IS mtended to show dealers what the" \d-el- ite People" dre clomg to help them sell H yglell1c Kdlsonnne. Ad-el-Ite, J\1JsslOn wood fill1shes and other of the company '" products It IS entItled, "Helpmg Yon to Sell-Co operatIOn That Counts," and It certamly sho\\ s that the Adams & Fltmg Company are co operatIng effectIvely \\ Ith dealers who handle theIr good", b} advel tIS1l1!?,extensIvely m the best mechums and hl1ll1shmg beautIfully colOled cards and ha1H;ers for store or wmdow sIgns and chspla}s and cuts for me 111 local papers Evel} dealer \\ ho handles wall, floor and fl11ll1tm e fill1"hes should have a copy of the" \(l-el-Ite People's" Ull1que catalogue Ad-dress the Adams & Elt1l1g" Compan}, advel tI S111gdepartment, ChIcago or New York Salesmanship Compared. In c!Jscuss1l1g sdlesmdnshlp the manager of a ~reat maml-factc11111g busmess III Inchanapohs recalled an Illstance where an alleged salesman talked a dealer IlltO t>\gmng an 01 der for a lot of dwarf bookcase~ of S\7e<; more generally 111 demand When the stock was receIVed and deposited III tLe wal ehouse a slllgie piece was placed 111an out-of-the-way corner of the show room and forgotten \\ hen thIS dealer was called upon later he condemned the goods, havlllg made no efforts to sell the same A competItOl III a neighborlllg street bought the good" because he was convlllced he had a market for them, and when receIVed he chsplayed promlllently the entire purcha"e He so1cl the lot and duplIcated the order Dwarf bookcases an 1 magazllle cablllets are very handy and useful far the apart-ments of young women. Then use enables the 1l11SSeSof a household to propelly care for then books and magaz1I1es With-out gomg to the fal1111yhbrary. Good "alesmanshlp can find a market for many bookca<;es III small sizes. r--.~..-·_._--~--------_... - . - ..- - ---- .._ ..--. II I "There's ,II , II•I ,,I I• I,,II I I t. ----------- • - -- •• - _ ... ~,--------------------------------------------~ THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND PROFIT WINNERS No Stock complete WIthout the Eli Beds m Mantel and Upnght ELI D. MILLER & CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. ~..---------------_ ..... . . ------_ .. -~ 13 ~- -~--~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~---- 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ----- ------_. .--_._._-_._._---_ ..----------.._. ._. -_-.-.----....~ VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We wl11have the nght styles at the nght pnces and made to give ~atJsfactlOn. Don't miss commg to see the lme, It will pay you. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers ~ .;. ~ Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis,Ind. -----I~ Edward Malley's Estate and Will. Edward .Malley, dry goods and fur111tm e dealer ot "e\\ Haven, Conn, who dIed recentl), left an e~tate e,tnnatecl at $2,000,000, whlCh he dIsposed of 111a pecuhal \\ III -\fter ch,,- pos111g of about $20,0000, 111small bequests to \ anou" challtdble orga111zatlOns, fnends and I elatIves ::\1r :\lalley becllleath~ to l1l" grandson, Wallace Malley, the 111come from $23 000 for hfe The rema111der of the property, both I eal and per~onal, IS dIvIded 111tofour trusts f01 the use of hIS three chllch en, \\ alter, Arthur, and Jane Malley J'\ one of the chlleh en can recen e the pnnclpal form any of these trusts dunng then htetIme In dlSpoS111gof the bus111ess that bears hIS name '1[1 :\lalle\ provIded as far as possIble that the firm should be cal ned on 111- defimtely by hIS mdle descendants The stock h dry Ided 111to three trusts for the use of hIS clnldren In adc!ItIon thIrty ,har e" of the stock of the Edward Malley Company IS put 111trust £01 Wallace Malley The 111come from thIs stock I" not to be paId to Wallace Malley untIl he reache~ the age of 23 ) ears and tLen he IS to receIve the 111come only so long as he rema111S1I1 the em-ploy of the Edward Malley Company \Vhen he reaches the age of J5 years \Vallace IS to recen e thIs stock If preVlOlb to that tIme he has been for seven years In the employ of the Edward Malley Company PractIcally the same provIsIOn IS made for the son -\rthur '" . IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectrIc and Hand Power The Best Hand Power for Furnzture Stores Send for Catalogue and PrIces KIMBALL BROS, CO., 1067 Ninth St.. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co.. 323 Prospect St, Cleveland, 0 , l081lth St., Omaha, Neb., I:l0 Cedar St , New York City - .. ...-..~ '-------------._-_._- ---- -- . .. -_._._._._-_ ... Ilalle) If he ha" not served at the tune of reachmg 35 years the 'II aIle) Com pan) fOl se\ en years hiS share 111the 1l1come from the I [dlle\ "tock 1" to 1evert to Jane l\Ialley Something New. .'-It Elmo l\Iassengale, of somewhere down south, read a paper before the ~ssoc1ated AdvertJs1l1g Clubs of Amenca at LoU!w111e la~t \\ eek 111wh1ch the products of the fur111ture fac-t01les of l\ 01th Carolma were extolled A short extract serves to 1e\ eal 1tS slg11lfance The charge that Grand Rap1ds b1ands "orth Ldrol1l1a fU!11ltUle, as ItS own before sell111g It would make a \\ ooden Indian laugh "Over 111~orth Carol111a, nght 111the center of the greatest hard\\ ood sectlOn of the South, are a score of factones where fur- 11lture equal to any made 111tl11s country, IS be1l1g turned out every day, the sectlOn IS second only to Grand RapIds 111the amount of annual output 110m HH~-h POint ::-J C, and from surroundlllg C1tJes are sent every season great quant1tJes of furl11ture to Grand Rapids, or are e,h1ppecl to Chicago and other markets on the orders of Grand RapIds Jobbe1 sand manufdcturers These goods are sold under the b1and of Mlc.h1gan factones and North Carohna loses the creellt and the profits whlCh should be he1S "If the fur111ture makers of HIgh POlllt would adopt a trade mark, 1£ then the) would advertJse that trade mark, If they would make known the quahty of their goods und<cr that trade mark, or trade marks, and th1'; quahty has already been endorsed by Grand Rapids and by consumers all over the country, the profits dccru- 111gto the south would mount into the mllhons annually, whlch now go dsewhere and to more far-seeing merchants" WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 "THE ,.--------------------------------------. -------_._._._- ------_.---------- ., • BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. I i I _______ • • • __ • _ _ • • .~ •• • •. • .4II Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories. Sash and Door Mills, RaIlroad Companies. Car BUIlders and others wIll consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnIshed m rolls or reams. MANUl-ACrURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pat ~----_...-- GOSHEN AND STURGIS. StUlgIS, Mich., Sep 2 -President W C Grobhlser of the Grobhlser Cabmet Compames left last Saturday on a three weeks' westeln tnp The Royal Chair Company are plannmg to bUlld an additIOn to their plant next spnng which V\ III be 70xl00 feet m dlmenslOn:o two stones high to be used as a shlppmg room The company I::' now erectmg a second story additIOn to their office quarters Managel J F Walton states that the company IS crowded at present WIth orders beyond their capacity The Royal ChaIr Company are now mallmg eight thouusand fall catalogues to the trade. The catalogue IS a splendid productIOn m make up and covers the Royal Lme in a comprehensive manner The Stebbms-WIlhelm Burmture Company, manufacturers of high grade tables have m process of erectlon a one story structure GOxllS feet m dimenSIOns whIch to be used for a shlp-pmg room and for office quarters. The office quarters wIll oc-cupy a space of 16x60 The new bUllchng will be read} for oc-cupancy September 15 Secretary -Treasurer E B Stebbins, havmg returned from a four weeks' busme~s tnp m the states of OhIO, Kentucky and West V Irgmla, left Monday for a four weeks' busmess tnp through western Pennsylvama The Aulsbrook & Jones Furmture Company are remodelmg their veneer plant and enlargl11g the same to such an extent as to double its pi esent capacity. The Aulsbrook- Jones hne has been made over and IS entHely c1rfferent from former productIOns A speCIal feature of theIr lme of chamber furmture IS their Clr-cas sian walnut department which was added m July. The com-pany are havmg a better volume of business thiS year than any precedmg year and have an estabhshed trade from coast to coast A very handsome catalogue has Just been Issued of which three thousand copies are bemg mailed. The Sturgis Machine Company, establIshed SiX year::. ago, has Just moved mto a new bnck bmldmg 50x84 feet m size George F. Smith and Albert E NIcholson compose the company Mr. Nicholson was formerly connected WIth Wilham E Hill, the well known saw mill manufacturer The new plant afford:o double the capacity of the old plant and IS located on West street. President Harvey F Bdnta, of the Banta Furmture Company Goshen, Ind, IS makl11g a busines:o tnp through the principal cltles of the vvest and on the PaCIfic coast Mr. Banta left Augu:ot ± and IS expected to return about September 20. The Santa Furl1lture Company report busmess as good thiS year The company has a large trade whIch comes from all sectIOns of the Ul1Ited States PresIdent MCDow of the Goshen Veneer Company says theIr busmess was very good up to July 1 Since then orders placed have not been so heavy cl he company, however, had an accumulation of orders which they are now able to catch up with The I X L Furl1lture Company, manufacturer:o of kitchen cabll1ets, cupboards, wardrobes, desks, tables, medlcme cabmets, etc, are plannll1g to buIld an extensIOn next year which wIll be 60x120 feet, to be used as an additIOn to theIr fil1lshll1g and 11lachl11ery departments Secretary James A Arthur .states that ever smce the company began operatIOns away back m 1879, the factory has never been Idle but has been kept runnmg 10 hOUls every day President Hawks of the Hawks Furniture Company reports a satisfactory busmess thiS year and states the volume IS forty per cent better to date than the corespondmg penod of last year H J. D. What is Saw Dust? Whether sawdu"t IS lumber or fuel IS a questIOn which the Interstate COlTIlTIlSSlOnIS mVlted to answer m a complaint filed With that body m which a vIOlatIOn of the rate law IS alleged. The complamant IS the Plummer Company of MIlwaukee and the pomt at Issue IS a rate charged by the Great Northern for the transportatIOn of a carload of sawdu~t from MIlwaukee to H~t-tmger, N D The railroad held that sawdust was lumber and consequently charged lumber rates on the product. The com-plamant avers that sawdust IS fuel and therefore entitled to a lower rate The complamant requests that If the commIssion decides that sawdust IS fuel l11stead of lumber the Plummer company shall be awarded reparatIon m the :"um of $31 80 I have heard It saId that a woman never knows what she wants That IS a lIbel on the fair sex She always knows what she wants when she realIzes that she can't get it. l"-~~~~~~N~~~~~~=~~~ iII iEverything in Equipment for the Woodworker. I Offi_~'_. I 58 South Ionia St., Opposite Union Depot. Wood Working Machinery Factory Equipment Machine Knives, Bits, Etc. McMUllEN MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPID, MICH ". _ • _ •• • --.-~ -_ ..........•.•..__•i ------------------------------------ "upe1 \ 1"1011of the manufactunng of woolmattre:,<;es IS equally a" t;leat 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEC STATES ,OTHERCOUNTRIES $2 00 PERYEAR. SINGLE COPIES SCENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS, MICH. A S WHITE MANAGING ECITOR Entered as second class matter July i, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapids. Michigan under the act of March J 1879 The Artisan repnnted an Item last \\ eek, wIthout comment, ham 1\lodern \lethocl", a bU<;111e:,,,pubhcatlon, to the effect that "a department stOle ln Ch1CdgO "ells at retelll dpp10" 1mately $300,000,000 \\ 01th of good::, annually \ 1nencl 01 the ArtIsan, pos~essed of an anal) tIcal m111cl, favOl ed the Artisan wlth the followmg comment on the Item. "1he com b111ed sales of Mal shall 1'1elcl & Co., 1 he I"aIr, Carson, Pme ~cott & Co, SIegle, Cooper Co, (ChIcago ancl '\e\\ YOlk) John \\Tanamaker, (~ew YOlk and 1'11lladelph1a) probabh \\Oldd not reach the amount mentlOl1ecl The a\ erdge Income of the l:'111tecl States gm ef1lment per annum lS about S300- 000,000" E\ 1c1entl) the amount <;tated 111.:\lodern \lethoc]" ancl repnnted 1n the Artt <;an was an en 01 Those fur11ltUl e dealer" of \lmllesota are e\ 1dentl) \\ l(le awake. They know that owmg to en0l1110US crops mal e fm-mture 1Shkely to be solel clunng the com111gthree 01 foUl month" than in any prevlOus fall season and to prey ent the mall OU!c1 houses from tak1l1g more than a :tan sha1 e ot the ha1 \ e"t t11C11 a ssoclatlOn WIll holcl a speClal meet111g Clt\lUH!," tDe Colllm!:; \\ eck to deVIse way s dncl means fOl boO"tlllg the :tedl tl acle Slllllla' cond1ttons eXIst 1111\J1ch1gan anel other states but nO,1e e"cLjY' the l\!l111nesota assoClatlOn has announced el11\thm!:; hke ,( "pe cial effo1 t to "make hay \\ hen the "un ~ll1nes ' A bUSllless man of DetrOlt sa) s, "the1 e are th1 ee kmcl" of men 111the \\ orld-the k1l1d )OU have to tell once to do a thm!:; and you can bet your hie lt \\ 111be clone, the second kllld \ ou have to tell th1ee or fOUl tImes, ancl the thIrd IS that great bUe;] ness producing class of men who clon't have to be told The) know what to do and go aheacl and do It \\ 1th the 111lttatn e quality the man of bus111ess is enabled to take up untned proh lems and solve them." If an artIcle of fur11lture prmes to be as goocl as re presented hy the sales agent the buy er recen es no mal e tlnlJ \1e IS entItled to But 111case the artIcle lS found lacking 111 the quahty claImed f01 It the huyer \ er) propetly e'(erC1se, hIS hea\en born pl1\11ege of plac111g hlS orders \\lth anothe1 manufacturer. Compld111t lS made of the use of 1nfenor stock by manufac-turers of cotton mattresses, on account of the hIgh pnce of the staple and some sort of regulatlOn lS demanded The need for Sale"men tray ehng out of St LOUIS WIll compete for pnzes ofterecl In manufacturer" of that CIty for the be:,t humorous stones of the road The conte<;t wdl p10bably prove that the he"t ::.ton-teller 1" not edvvay" the best story-wnter '\ a bUSIness coulcl surV1ve one year WIthout aclvert1s111g 111 "ome f01m \n) k111c1of an announcement by a merchant or manufactUler 1'0 aclvertIs111g, yet many hl-b111e% men U"111g ~uch announcements are unconSlOUS of the fact. 111reless telegrams of the news of the day WIll be cle- 11\ered to passengers on tra111S of the Great Northern ratlway ±1 ee of cost Change::. of styles by manufacturers of furmture \\ 111be reported three t1111es each day '\ ea11) a \\ eek has pas"ed S111ce the announcement of look" dl"lO\ e1\ \va" puhltshed, ancl yet no one has suggested that a turmtl11e e,<posltlOn for the benefit of the Esquimau be opened at the north pole '\ 0\\ that the pOSItion of the north pole has been defini- 1eh "ettled the furmture t1ade WIll probably re::'l1111ethe cl1" cU,,"lOn 01 that \ er) Important problem, "one hne a year" \1 ade In St Lam",' has been adoptecl as a slogan by the man utactu1 e1" of the met10poll', of 1\11ssoun It lS a borrowecl Idea hut It" !:;ood If apphed to well-made pro luch Duphcate orele1 s are ql11te es"entIal In the fur11ltl11e man-ufactunng bU"111e::." ] he first CUtt111g cannot bear the ex-pen" e of 111troduung new patterns 1\ Ith the 1eturn of the "ummer re"orter" to thelr home", an lmj)10\ ement 111the sale of house fur11l::.h1ng good::. m8y he c"lllC ted ] he manufacture of furmtl11e ddapted for u"e 111aIrshIp, pr0l111"e" to become dll lmportant 111dust1y Jt 1<,eas1e1 to md"ter the tech11lquc of bn::'111e"s than to ma"te1 the tech11lqne of men 111 bU::'1ness. Successful salesmen say only the nght thmg to customers American Investments in British Columbia. Consul Abraham E SmIth, of V1ctona, reports that ~111encan" hay e recently macle large 111vestments 111 BntIsh ColumbIa tImber, \ 17 On Vancouver Island, 110,000 acres, saId to conta111 13,000,000 feet of lumber, for WhICh large mIll<; WIll be erectecl the 111vestment to reach $5,000,000, on COW1- chan bland, 16.000 acres, est11nated to contalll 3,000,000 feet of tImber, on .:\Ioresby and Graham 1s1ancls, t1111ber land'> \ alued at 0\ er a mtlhon dollars, whtle at the recent sale of town lots at Pnnce Rupert, the new western term111US of the Grand Trunk PaClfic Ratlway, three-fourths of the purchase'> \\ e1e for Amencan account MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. The Carnes Fur111tm e Company of Atlanta, Ga, has b~en adjudged bankrupt. The Onental Upholstenng Company of Ca!l)Oncble, P d has gone out of bus mess H L X oecker & Son, furmture dealers of DauberVIlle, Pa are bmld1l1g a large warehouse Herbert Sexton succeeds vv alter Porter m the retaIl fur-niture busmess at BoonvIlle, 0J Y C J Harvey, fUlmture dealer of Seattle, \Vash, has filed a voluntary petItIon 111 bankruptcy The Flonda Movmg Van and Storage Company of J ack-sam IDe, has been declared bankrupt The Medford (Ore) Furmture Company are bUlld1l1g a warehouse 50 x 150 feet m dImensIOns. A F. RoellIg succeeds the late WIllIam Wagoner as buyel for the J B \ an SClver Company of PhIladelphIa. The fall dIrectory of permanent exhIbIts 111 the New York furniture exchange IS bemg maIled to the retaIl tI ade Lachman Bras have opened theIr new furl11ture store Oelt m what IS known as the \T1SSlOn dlstnct of San FrancIsco LoUIs Helstell1, flu mture dealer" of Hlbbll1g, ::\linn, \\ as marned to MISS \Illll11c Fncdman of MinneapolIs, August 2+ Luna, OhIO, ha:o a bed spnng factory owned and success-fully operated by two colOl ed men, Edward Adams and Charles Young RetaIlers of New York state, m :otate conventIon in ALH;l1st, adopted resolutIOns oppos111g any eAte11SlOn of the pal cels post service. Buyers regIstered at the N ew York Furl11ture E'Cchange Slllce the close of the summer season have avelaged seventeen per day The Herzog 1\rt Furniture Company of Sagmaw, l\IIch, are erectlllg an adchtlOn to theIr factOl y bl11ldmg, two stOlles. bG x 9G feet. Local business associatIOns 111 '\ ew York \\ ill raIse fL111C]s for the support of the state aSSOCIatIOnby glvmg entertamments to the public. The furniture and halClware busmess of thc Dlam-My natt Company of CI awfordvIlle, Ark, has been placed 1'1 the hands of a receIver. The Holmes DIsappearing Bed Company of Seattle, Wash, has becn mcOI ported by Lawrence Holmes and Horace G Stu-art CapItal stock, $100,000. DeVere England, furmture (lealer of \Voodland, J\Ilch, is clos1l1g out the stock in the store fOlmerly run by hIS father by advertls1l1g "slashed" pnces \VIIlIam G Pnce, presIdent of the Knoxvlllc, (Tenn) Fm-nitme Company, dIed last Tuesday from 1I1Juries receIved 111 an automobile accIdent ::\IonddY mght The Rockford (Ill) FurnIture Company have completed the addItIon to theIr factory whIch doubles theIr capacIty and "Ill almost double theIr workmg force The Oxnard (Cal) Furl11ture Company is now located on both SIdes of FIfth avenue-half of the stock on one SIde and the other half in a store dIrectly opposIte. The FrontIer Furniture Compa'1y of Buffalo. ~ Y, offers free marriage lIcenses to those who need them, If they purchase theIr household outfits at the company's store. The CalIforl11a Fur111ture Company, Los Angeles, i:oto move soon mto a new seven story bmld1l1g WIth a frontage of GO feet on Broadway between Sixth and Seventh. The affairs of the Tennessee Fur111ture Supply Company of Johnson CIty, Tenn, whIch was adjudged bankrupt last spring. have been wound up The credItors receIved 72 cents on the dollar Arthur J GIrard, for fourteen years connected WIth the fLu11lture bm1l1ess 111 \Vare, hds taken a posItIOn WIth the Met-ropolItan Furl11ture Company of Spnngfield, Mas:". The practIce of placmg the retaIl sellmg pnce upon the label of any artIcle of merchandIse by manufa,turers has been disapproved by the mercantIle assocldtIont> of 1\ew York. George F ClIngman of the Tobey Furl11ture Companv, ChI-cago, has been m Grand RapIds thIS week plac1I1g orders for goods that hIS house wIll need to meet the mcreasing fall trade After fourteen yeart> m theIr present locatIOn \V nght Bros & RIce, furmture dealers of Pomona, Cal , are to move mto larger quarters m a bl11ldmg formerly occupIed by the Orange Belt EmpOrIum. The Palace Fnr11lture Company, dealers at Center, Conn, have sold out to KeIth & Post, furl11ture dealers of Manchester, Conn, \\ ho assume all lIabIlItIes and \\ ill close out or transfer the stock to theIr Manchester StOle Thc Rock. Island raIlroad company last Saturday placed an order WIth the Brooks plant of the American LocomotIve company at Dunkilk, 0J Y, fOl 30 comohdated engmes to be dehveled in October and November The Carter & Campbell reed chair and go-cart factory at \Vinchendon, l\1ass, whIch has been run11lng on short time for ov CI a year, stal ted on full tIme V\ Ith a full force last Monday WIth orclers enough to keep It busy for several months. The Ford & Johnson Company have acqtllred tItle to the bl11kllllg at 213-227 West Twenty-sIxth street, K ew York, where they WIll estahh~h the large~t furnIture warerooms in the eao;t and wIll usc them malllly for the dIsplay of dmmg room ..,ets. The T B Laycock l\IanufdcturIng Company of Indlanap-ohs, one of the most extensIVe makers of brass and iron bed- "tea(h and mattres ,es 111the country, wIll open a t>alesroom an(l a (hstnbutlllg house at J\Iemphls, Tenn , 111 the near future. The ShelbyVIlle (1ml) 1\Im or Works owned by Enos Pot-ter and Frank Rembmh. have bought out theIr only competItors 111 the bus1l1ess m that CIty, and wIll merge the other, the Ams-ley & Son ::'11mor \Vorb, mto theIr own plant, enlarging their facIltIes Hem y G. McKenzie, undertaker of Irvmgton, Ind, made complete arrangements for hIS own funeral, went mto hIS chapel and commItted suiCIde by finng a bullet mto his temple. He left a note declal111g that he had become 111sane because he had no fllends 'I he 'PacIfic coast plan" of plOteciIng retaIl sell111g pnceo; has been approved by the Merchants' Association of New York The plan proVIdes for the fixmg of pnces for whIch goods shall be sold at retaIl by the manufacturers ploducmg or the Jobbero; clistrIbutmg the same Burglars recently made an attempt to loot the office of the Doernbecher Furmture ::\Ianufactunng Company of Portland, Ore. They bound and gagged the _watchman, earned hIm some dIstance away from the factory. Then they spOIled the safe \\ Ith three charge.., of mtro-glycellne but were fnghtened away before they got mto the strong box The Standard Furmture Company of Seattle, Wat>h, have theIr mne story bmlchng trImmed WIth thousands of whIte and red Incandeo;cent lIghts It 1<; saId to be the most magnIficent electrical (h"play ever made by a busmess house, can be seen for mIles in the country ancl from away across the bay and the "flashes" furmsh no small part of the entertamment enJoyed by tOUrIsts and vIsItors to the Alaskan-Yukon exposItIOn ~ - ~ -~.~~~---~~~-------------------.- Ul WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. Good Free Advertising. The Pennsylvania raIlroad IS gettmg some valnable ad\ r tIsmg free of cost, so far as publIcatIOn IS concerned The report" of ItS "surpnse effiCIency" tests are mterestmg to neatly all read-ers and they are publI~hed more or less fnll} b} many ne\\ paper" trade Journals, etc. More than 15G,000 efficIency te~b \, ere made by the Penns\ I vania in the first SIX month~ of thIS year, and practIcally a per-fect record was made by the employes, as shO\, n by the report Just I~sued The average number of tests made each day \\ as 8G2, and of the total of SIX month~, 99 G per cent wa~ perfect In the O.c! per cent of faIlures are mclucled In casE's \\ here enlS111- men passed smgnals by d fe\\ feet before ~toppmg theIr trams and SImilar cases, whIch thongh technical VIOlatIOns, \\ele not such as would make possIble an aCCIdent to a tram EffiCIency, or surpn~e tests, are conducted by offiCIals of the Pennsylvania, who at unusual tIme" and places, set sIgnals at ,. ... . .. _ ... - ._ .._--~ II I E. S. STERZlK. Pre I, • • _-4 We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Company Manufacturers of all kmds of NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER Crawfordsville, Indiana. ~ - _. ..-- --- - - - - . cautIOn or danger, ext1l1qUlsh sIgnal lIghts, dIsplay fuses, 01 place torpedos on the track, WIth a VIew of keepmg- engmmen constant-ly on the alert for any and all sIgnals In conductmg surpnse tests the offiCIals sometImes extmgUlsh sIgnal lamps, and whIle engmmen may stop at the SIgnal, faIlure to report the dark lamp at the next statIOn lays them hable to suspensIOn FaIllure to observe any of the rule" regal dmg the operatIon of trams IS dIS-ciplIned. 1'he \ e\\ York dlvlslOn~the lme between .N ew York and 1)l11ladelphla~showed a pel fect record m all sIgnal tests, as dId the Cresson and the Central dIVISIons ~me of the 26 dIVISIOns 1eported perfect observ at IOn of all block sIgnal rules, five were perfect m other sIgnals, '21 111trams runnmg ahead of schedule tunc, and ten m sIgnalmen relIev1l1g each other Fast Mail West. The Po~toffice Department has announced the schedule of d new tram operated over the Northwestern and L'nlon Pacific bet\\ een ChIcago and Portland, Ore, whIch matenally Improves the mall serVIce between those pomts and more promptly advances the maIls accnmulatmg from eastcrn pomts Westbound 9Y;; hours tnne IS saved between ChIcago and Portland. Eastbound a gam of about 18 hours has been effected between the same P01l1ts Heretofore, maIl chspatched from ChlqagO lbetween '2 -Lj a m and 11 30 am, say Tue--day, would reach Portland at 6 p m Fnday It hereafter WIll reach Portland at 8 -30 a m Fnday Lake Shore to Lose Fast Trains. B} double track1l1g the "I all~ branch" between Sanborn and \Iagara I"alls and between AlbIOn and Medina the New York Central wIll shorten the dIstance between Klagara Falls and '\lbany .lG mIles \iVhen the work IS completed the fast trams bet\\ een ChIcago and N ew York now runmng over the Lake Shore route WIll be changed to the ~I1chigan Central, runmng to SuspenSIOn BrIdge and down the Falls road to Rochester, thus reducmg the tnne between ChIcago and N ew York 45 mmutes and, perhaps an hour 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ~--_._._-------- , ---_._.- -------------------_._----------------- . .._ ... No,57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Richmond Tablet Arm Chair RICHMOND, INDIANA I I I II IIII II t JI DOUBLE CANE LINE " SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatmg. Catalogues to the Trade. TEN THOUSAND FOR A SETTEE Price Paid for a Genuine Chippendale at aRe· cent Sale in London. The1 e 1S a pomt some\\ here, however hard to define 1t nlcl) be, where a p1ece of furmture cea"es to be furmture dnd become" a work of art As a matter of fact old furn1ture 1" none the better as furmture for 1ts age It may be much the worse, for age detenorates \v oodwork, but m proportlOn as 1t "uf'Fprs de-terioratlOn m strength 1t very frequently gams 1ts appeal ance For mstance, there 1S no color qUlte hke that of old mahog-any, says the Gentlewoman, of London, Eng, and genu111e old oak, although of course 1t 1S ll111tated, has a depth of tone and nchness of appearance never seen 111new work But even artIst1c ment 1S111suffiClentto account f01 the huge pnces wlllch are constantly be111g pa1d for old furmture at auctlOn Only a week or two ago a Ch1ppendale settee reahzed £2,0-t7 (about $10,000) at a sdle m town a cabmet on the same OCCdS1onbe111gpUlchased for £1,4~0, an old Enghsh Ch1ppendale small clfcular table for £ 315, and old Enghsh Ch1ppendale clock for £ t8c1 and a set of Queen Anne chall s for £ 36') 10s. seem almost mS1gl11ficant by companson, ) et they a1e' worth 1e-cordmg as mstances of pnces reached for old furmture th1S year "OV\, cons1dered as furmture pure and slmple, these artIcles were no better than hundreds of others made and sold w1thout comment every day of the week 111the besLshops, but they v. e1e rare, and masmuch as the1r h1story could be traced they were gemunely the product of the penod to wh1ch the) were ass1gned Niles, Buchanan and South Bend. :t\ lies, J\f1ch, Aug 27--1 he ~ompass & ~tall Company of N lIes are plannmg to bUlld an add1tlOn 50x50 to the1r factory although the work w111not be begun th1S fall. 1\Ir Stall abu states they are contemplat111g the use of e1ectllc power to some extent 111runlllng the1r plant The company has done a very satIsfactory volume of busmess th1s year, the1r trade commg from all sectlOns of the country The plant has been kept ft1l1111ngten hours a day all of this year The Buchanan Cabinet Company, manufacturers of k1tchen cabinets and desks have been sendmg out a number of supplements No. 100 cO the1r 1908 catalogue. Th1s company have a large trade from all sectlOns of the 1.Tnited States and Secretary-Treasurer R1chards reports a satIsfactory seasons trade thus far th1S year The com-pany has been established for about slxteen years The Sh1dler Brothers 1\1anufactuftng Company, of South Bend are sendmg out twenty-five hundred cop1es of the1r cata-logue to the1r trade It 1S handsomely gotten up and covers the Sh1dler lme of tables 111a comprehenslVe manner ~---------_._'--------_._-----., I I ... We can help you. Time saved and wh en don e leaves are bound (by your-self) and mdexed by floors or departments. BARLOW BROS., Grn d Rapid., Mich. Wrtte Rtght Now =====-SEE,===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for mG" GRADE PUNC"ES and DIES ----~---__..--------- WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA ~~ T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively 1 WRlTE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT r-------- .--_..-------------------j II 1..ouis 1babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Ltvmg'iton St. GRAND RAPIDS, I\hCHtGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702. ~-.-----.-.-.-.-.-_._..---_. .. .. . .. III ....-...I 20 Here are the Exact Shades adopted by the ------------------------------~ I WEEKLY ARTISAN Qran~Ra~i~sfurniture Manufacturers' Association Their "Golden Oak Oil Stain" is our No. 3424. Their "Early English Stain" is our No 3425 Oil Stain. Their "Weathered Oak Stain" is our No. 3426 Oil Stain. Their "fumed Oak" is our No. 3427 New Process fuming liquid. Their "light Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3428 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Their "Dark Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3429 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Send for Samples and Information. WE SUPPLY EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE fiNISHING ROOM. CHICAGO ,~-------------------------------------_.--_.---_.---------------------- II• III•• II IIIII I• II• : II I• I I I II• II• I III •• III I• I:I III ~-------------------------------------------------------.---------------------------------------~ NEW YORK THE AD-EL-ITE PEOPLE New Dealers. Kellman & Halc!t have opened a new fur11lture store dt 1olleston, Ind. • E. H. Hess has ]ust openec! the first fur11ltm e store at Lake Henry, Mmn The Irwm Furmture Store IS the name of a retaIl house recently estabhshed at Bradford, OhIO Abraham OppenheIm and SU110n Sclm art? bave opened d new fur11lture store m Cambndge, }\II~s Under the name Premlel }urmture Company, C r Schau-bacher has opened a new furmtne store at IG(\ SmIth street Brooklyn, K. Y. The Crescent Store, Spokane, vVash, has added a depdl t-ment devoted to arts and craft~ and ocld pIeces but \\ III not put in a general stock of fm mtm e at pI esent The Van Buren Furmtl11e Company, capltahzed at $10,000, are new dealers at \ an Duren, Ind E vv' and E 13 Landess and \V J Cllclersleeve are the 111COplorators Four eastern men are to estabhsh a new fl11mtUl e store dt Santa Barbara. Cal, in the bl11lclmg now occupIed by the H L Brandes ramt Company, \\ho have moved across the street Thos J Nolan, Moses r KIrwin and others have organ- Ided the T. J K olan Company of Alban), K. Y . to deal m fur-mture, clothmg ami general merchanchse CapItal stock, $5,000 J. A v\ erwmskl, \V. F vv'lggm'i and Korman Ross ha\e m-corporated the St Joe Furmture and Carpet Compan), capItal-ized at $25,000, to cleal m furmtm e, carpets etc , at South Bend, Ind. The Sm111111tvllleFurmture & Wall Paper Company, mcor-pOl ated, wl1l open a new stack at Sm111111tvllle,Ind Incor-porators, R H Greenslade, J G Lawrence and others. Clj)l-tal stock $3,000. VV Ilham Sum and 13 F Hurt of Chnton, Mo, have formed <1 co-partne! ~hlp under the £in11 name of SIms & Hurt and WIll engage m the furmtl11e and undertakmg bu;,mess They have led sed the -\dler bllck bmldmg on ~orth }\[am street, whIch WIll be rembodelecl The L H Sopel Company, general dealers of \Vaterville, Colo, ha~ I ented the thIrd floor of an ad]Olmng bmld1l1g and filled It \\ lth a stock of furmutl e The company has been con-templatll1g the adchtJon of a fur11lture clepal tment for some time but \\ as hampel ed b} lack of 100m Queer Ways of Canadians. \n -\mellcan ~ale'iman SO]ourn1l1g in Canada, met WIth qlv'er eApellel1CeS v,hlle 'ipendmg a day or two at Gananoque Gomg to the eatIng house of the Grand Trunk raIlroad and askmg for a meal, he \\ as mfonned that the rules of the house \\ ould not permIt the attendants to sel ve hIm before the arrival of a passenger tram, when he could take a place at the tables \\ lth the travelers leavmg the cars Later he accompanied an acquamtance, gamed after hIS arnval m the VIllage, to a meat market and learned that the butcher served customers 01ly wltl} sllch meat as he had on the blocks If he was selling beef \\ hen the customer arnved, for mstance, he would not supply pork or mutton, safely sto! ed m refrigerators, untIl the beef e"posed had been sold How long \\ auld a commul11ty m the ~C111tedStates submIt to sllch a nonsensIcal rule? Some men never mal ry because they beheve It IS best to fight lIfe's battles s111gle handed rI WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 -------~~-------------------- Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oak Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Maple Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak -------------------------------~ Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. ,--_ .. ----------- .. -----~.. ---------- -------~--------------------------------------~ New Buildings in the Far West. Residences-O J FIsk, C L Carhsle, Vv W Boyd, J E Shappe, Davis Embree, Carl Laux, lIrs E11zabeth Granby, ~llss Sarah S. Ross, John P. Gardner. 0 '\ ::\1l1ler and 1\lrs /\11ce May Coulon, all of LO'i Angele~, Cal ; J\Iary E Gaary, Pasa-dena, Ca!.; 1< rank Bundy, Ocean Park, Cal ; C ::\1 Grow, San Bernardmo, $6,000, Charles Stone, Ocedn Park, $3,000; J\Ir~ James Dodson, San Pedro, Cal ,J Hoyt SmIth, Los Angeles, $'W,OOO; 0 E Moxley, RIverSIde. Cal, $1,000, S S Crow, Los Angeles, $10,000, W S CI ane. Los '\ngdes, $.3,000 I'lab, Apartment Houses, etc -The FI dnk Hogan Com-panv, Pasadena, Cal, ldrge apdrtment bUlldl11g to be ccllleu "The J\Iarylanel,' cost $-t5,OCO ~I rs 1\1yra Conkll11, San DI-ego, four-famIly flat, $8,000 James Courtne}, Salt Lake CIty. Ctah, apal tment house, $16,000. Theatre~-Wm Monl~ and assoclate~ WIll bUlld d vaude- VIlle theatre on BroadV\ ay, Los Angeles, Cal, at a cost of over $200,000 Plans have been completed for the erectIOn of an elegant thedtre \\ith seatmg capaCIty of 1600 at the cOIner ur C and FIfth streets, San DIego, Cal The 'Jorthwestern The-atncal ASSOCIatIon WIll bUlld a theatre In Og,len, LTtah, at a cost of $50,000 or $60,000 R \leAamlei G.ant represents the bUIlders in Ogden Publtc BUIlchngs-Calexlco, Cal, 1" to lINest $30,000 or $60,000 in a bUIlding to be used as a cIty hall, JaIl and en~l11e house. Hotels-Managers of the \Vaucoma Hotel, Hooel RIver, Ole, are plan111ng a fOlty-room addItIon to be fi111sherI this fall George Adams, proprietor of the Ll11d~a} Hotel, of Lindsay, Cal, whIch was totally destroyed by fire on Au~ust 21, states that he \\111 rebmld d" soon as po:.slb1e heel Acker-man WIll erect a concrete hotel bUlldmg at PorterVIlle. Cal Clubs, Halls, etc -The Odd Fellow" at Rosenbelg, Ore. have laid the cOIner stone of theIr new temple It w1Jl he th~ first three story bUlldmg 111 the town Rlvel slele, Cal h;:1s roted to I~sue $1,")0,000 111 be 11(ls fOl the erectIon of d ne\\ uty hall Telegraph Companies Concede a Point. The We:.tern Union and Postal Telegraph compal11es have decided to postpone the enforcement of a recent order restnet-ing the length of telegi aph code word~, e"cept 111the '2ase of or-c11l1ary cltctwnaly worc1~, to five lettels The order was to take effect September 10 ThIS decI~lon 1:-' tIlt' re.:;u1t of nu-merous prote~ts receIved by the compames from bus111ess or-ganizatIOns, notably the 1\dtwnal ASSOCIatIOn of Manufacturers. of whIch John KIrby, J r., is preSIdent. The associatIon's board of dIrectors conSIdered the new or-der of the telegraph compa111e", of such Importance to the 3,00:) manufacturers fonmng the as~oClatlOn that the_ adopted reso-lutIons protestl11g agal11st the date, September 10, as selected by the telegraph compames for the enforcement of the new order The resolutwll5 \\ ere pi esented to PreSIdent Clowry of tl1e \Vestern LTmon and General J\lanager Bruch of the Postal The former saId that he reahzed that the tIme ltlmt was too short and Mr Bluch also agreed to a po:-,tponement untIl December 10 These deClswm WIll gIve the busl11ess l11terpsts of the coun-try at least three month:-, 111 \\ h1(h to prep'lre for the cl1anb"c "The notIce Is~uec1 by the Postal company show.:; that the telegraph compame:-, are nght 111the ma111pI enllse," "~ys PresI-dent Klrb} "There IS no doubt that the me of telegraph code words has been abu:-,ed The notIce quotes the me of such 10- letter artIfiCIal word:-, as 'Ilpofkapay' and 'blleafmusp,' whIch the compames have been asked to ,end at the rate of one Wot d " New Upholstering Company. O:-,cal '\ amI Leota K KeIl, Irv111g T and Margaret 1\1 '\nway, have orgal11zed dnd m~orpOlated the Kell-Anway Com-pany. capltahzed at $10,000 WIth $4,000 paId 11 and are fitt111g up a new factory at 18 Huron Street, Grand Rapids. MI:::h J\Iessers Ked and Anway dre men of expenence 111the factory end of the bus1l1eCs, hav111g worked for sevt-ral years for l\lueller 8- Slack and other proclucer~ of upholstered good~ Mr Kel1 was one of the ong111al members of the Mueller & Slack Company They WIll put out a ltne at meclium awl higher grades loose cu~hwn chaIrs and rockers of speCIal de:- sIgns drawn by l\1r Kell 111medllll11 or Improved Engltsh pat-terns. The new style WIll be called '\nglo-American -------------_. __._------_._._._-----_---.-.-...._-~ I JUST A COOL NIGHT'S RIDE IN A LARGE I AIRY STATEROOM between I CHICAGO AND GRAND RAPIDS I II II II I~.--._----_.----------.-------------:::r.~ I FARE I $2.00 one way; $3.75 roundtrip I I Goodrich Boats I Re,en e bel ths and secnre tIckets at CIty TIcket II office 101Ad..ms 5t or docks foot of MichIgan Ave ChIcago 91 Monroe 5t Grand RapIds. Mlch·; .'.i , .. J4 on the boats that have every convenience Lea' e Chicago 7 4") everyeveruog. I eave Grand RapIds "a G R h H & M Ry 800 e,er) evenmg, connectmg '\\Ith boats at Gland Haven 9 Ii p m ---_ . ARTHUR S WHITE PreSIdent ALVAH BROWN. Vice P<esdent HARRY L \\ HI fE. OleLy Treas p WEEKLY ARTISAN ----- ----------------------_._._._._._----------- ~--- ....-_._--------- ,I III IIIIII I I IIII IIIII IIII III The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. 23 - - --- - - .----~ tIIiIII I II II I I II I IIIII ,I II Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW & Df\VIS fURNITURE, GO. City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~--------------------_._-_._. ---._---------_._-----------------------------------~--- Bugs Close a Packing Room. Bugs and beetles wIth varYing complements of legs, anten-nae, probosces and plnchers were found In the East Bottoms after the recent hIgh water, says the Kansas Ctly Times It re-mains for a furmture company, however, to tell the pnze Insect story of all And the flood wasn't at the bottom of It A quantity of grass pad used for packing was received by the Abernathy Furmture Company the first part of last week The packing was unloaded In the company's chaIr bmldlng at 910 Wyoming street When workmen began to make use of the grass padding a few small, ordinary black bugs were found In the mIxture. Last Wednesday the workmen began to notIce the bugs crawling on the floors and tables on the first floor Thursday they had made the aGcent as far as the fourth floor and on Fllday the whole bmldlng was possessed of bugs Complaints were made by the workmen to the officers of the company and there ",ere whispered threats of a stnke F L Hall, manager, thought the Invasion of insects of such moment that he su~pended opera-tions In the chaIr bmldlng Saturday and Sunday Doors and Windows were sealed tIght shut and a powerful gas generated by mlx1l1g sulphunc aCid and cyamde of potasSIUm "The gas did the work," said Mr Hall yesterday afternoon, "and we haven't been bothered wIth the bugs since I showed specImens to several men, but none could recog11lze the vanety It was Just a common small black bug, very ord111ary except In ItS powers of multiplYing ., New York Will Advance Opening Dates. The N ew York Furmture Exchange announces, that on the opening of their new home the dates for the holding of theIr semI-annual eXPOSItIOn;, WIll be advanced from July to June dnd from January to December Thle change IS expected to cause a largely Increased attendance The spring and fall ope11lng~ and sales of the carpet and up-holstery manufacturers are held In l\lay ancl December of each year and are attended by from SIX to eIght hundred buyers flom the middle and far west 90 per cent of whom are also Interested In the fur11lture trade and but very few of these buyers could afford the tIme to walt in New York for the ope11lng of the past fur11l-ture exposItions WIth the change of date, however, to the first Mondays of June and December, whIch is about the end of the carpet and upholstery sales, they Will all remain The last exposItIOn held wIth Its largely increased atten-dance over previous July exposItIOns proves beyond questIOn the popularity of 1\ew York as a fur11lture market The great draw- ••••••• __ a ••••• _ -------~ back whIch has prevented It from taking ItS nghful place as the greatest furmture exhibition center In Amenca has been due to the lack of a proper bUIlding In ",hlch the exhIbIts could be shown, whIch has now been remedIed, and In the new b1111dlng ample space and unexceptIOnal faCIlItIes WIll be found for the transac-tIOn of bUSiness and the conve11lence of buyers and exhIbitors alIke .Killed No Passengers in a Year. DUling the fi~cal year Just ended the Burlington raIlroad oper dted ItS passenger trams wIthout haVing kIlled a smgle passen-ger Thl~ remarkable record was equalled, so far a~ knvvrn offiCIally only by one other road, the Pennsylva11la It IS estImat-ed the Burlmgton carned dunng the year more than 20,000,000 passengers ThIS indIcates that the raIlroads are progressiJ1g 111 the art of safe operatIOn And It IS generally acounted fn b; the e:Ate11'ilOnof the blo-:::k-qgnal system, better dl'.,Clpl111Ca'1d Im-proved methods of track -:(fl'-truction and mal,'t,I'ance A woman is always more economical than a man Where a man wIll manufacture a lIe out of the whole cloth a woman WIll use the remnants. ~, -----_._-~-------- ------------ ------., tI III III I IIIIIII I I I~._--------------,------_._--_._---.. We Manufacture tlte Larl!est Line of fOlDlno ("AIDS III the UnIted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, H ails, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, SprIng Beds, Cots and Cribs In a large variety Send {or Catalogue and PrICes to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO III I I I I III IIII I IIIII• II I I 1 II II I I.. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN r - . . . . . . .' . . . ----- - - .. . . .. .. ~ I THE BIG WHITE SHOP I ..... ---~I II I I I~-------------------------- ,I IIII I II IIII ----------------~---- ---- We Furnish Every Article of Printing Needed by Business Men WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. II-I THE BIG WHITE II --- . ... ----1 SHOP ..... . .. , "" ..... "" "".... a_a. . """" I. "" ••• I ••• "" "". F~--------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN EVERY FURNITURE MANUFACTURER should have the Weekly Artisan List of Dealers and Buyers. It contains the names of all dealers in furniture rated from $1,000 up, satisfactorypay. Approximately 15,000 DEALERS are listed. The list is revised semi..annually. Cost for the two editions .. .. .. $1.00 52 issuesof the Weekly Artisan coSts 1.00 Total .. .. .. .. .. $2.00 We will send the Weekly Artisan one year and the $1.50 complete lists for Or we will send either the Eastern, Central, South-ern or Western List the Weekly Artisan one $1.00 year for - - - - - - - Can you afford to pass up this opportunity? Send in your Dollar. You'll not regret it. WEEKLY ARTISAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 25 ordll1al y prudence would suggest that the operator be given ..,ome lI1structlOn as to the plOper way to manage the machll1e or be furl1lshed \\Ith a helper to aVOId the danger of the end of the wood bell1g sawed from bell1g thrown up so as to throw the hand of the operator on the saw "The defendant s ,upenntendent demed havmg instructed the plall1td't to operate thIs machme, but It is nowhere denied that there I' as danger of an operator's hand bemg thrown on the .,a\v by reason of the wood bemg thrown up m consequence of the movement of the machme, and the fact IS that the table was only four feet long, \\ hlle the boards to be sawed were eight feet long. "It was certa1l1ly \vlthm the provmce of the jury to say that 111 senc1mg a man to operate such a machme for the first time the employer 01 supenntendent was bound to gIVe hIm such Imtl uctlOns m relatIOn to the use of the machme, or such aSSIstance 111 the I' ork that he wa.., to do, as to mil1lmlze the danger of 111Jury The questIOn of whether or not the plaintiff d,,,umed the Ilsk of mmg thIS mach1l1e was for the Jury, and upon the I' hole case I do not th1l1k the verdIct was agamst the I' eIght of eVIdence . The ch,sent1l1g opmlOn, lead by Justice McLaughlin, took the ground that the pla1l1tdf was gUIlty of contributory negli-gence because he knew even m the absence of any previous m-structors that he \\ould be mJured If he allowed hIS hand to come m contact V\Ith the saw. "The plamtrff's testimony that he dId not know thl' is mcredlble and the court was not bound to submIt It to the Jury," says the chssentmg op1l1ion. "lIe was charged \\Ith knO\\ ledge and presumed to know that If his hand came m contact \\<Ith the saw he would be mJured Upon his 0\\ n testimony the pla1l1tlff was not entitled to recover, and the eVIdence does not .,ustam the verdIct A wItness ought not to ha\ e been permItted to state that It would be unsafe for any one e:\.cept an expert man to sa\\ a ,tnp eIght feet long WIthout assIstance at the back of the table It was for the Jury to say under all the facts, whether the method adopted was safe or un-safe, as I' ell a~ the ,kIll reqUIred by a person sawing the stnps." LACK OF WARNING HELD AS NEGLIGENCE Court Decision That Should Be Studied by Factory Foremen, Superintendents, Mnn-agers and Owners. Last Monday the Court of Appeab of ;\ e\\ York 11dnded down a deCISIOn that has been awaIted \\<Ith great mterest, not only by the parties of record, but also the hablhty uncler\\<nters who had msured the defendant agamst damages for mJunes ,uf-ferecl by employes m hIS factory The actIOn was for $3,000 damages on account of the 10.,,, of the use of hI, nght hand by the plamtlft. DaVId Imkelste1l1 a RUSSIan Jew about 19 years of age He \\ as a carpenter and at the time of the aCCIdent had been m thIS country about I1Ine months He was employed m the cabmet factory of Da,vld Kramer, the defendant, usmg ordmary carpentel', tool, On the day of the mJury he was chrected by the factory .,upenn-tendent to make a rough crate for a desk, uS1l1g a CIrcular sa\\ WIth a four-foot table for cuttmg plank, about eIght feet long The testimony ,hoV\ ed that It reqUIred an expert to run thIS saw, espeCIally a., the table on whIch the eIght-foot pla'lk rested \vas only four feet long The defendant had no prevIous tla1l1mg I-h., nght mde',. finger was amputated and hIS thumb so badly cut that he has been totally dIsabled ever smce The Jury gave 111m a verchct for $2,500. The defendant moved to dIsmISS the case on the ground that there was no eVIdence to show that he v\as neghgent. and that the plamtlff had faded to show lack of contnbutor) neg- 1igence on hIS part. The court, of five members, V\as dIVIded, three to t\\ 0 Justice Ingraham, who ,poke for the maJonty, ,aId "I think there IS a questIOn presented for the Jury to con-sider whether or not the defendant's supenntendent wa., negh-gent m dlrectmg the plamtlff to work at a machme of thIS char acter WIthout any mstructlons or warnmg or WIthout the assIst-ance that the proper workmg of the machme reqUIred It h qmte true that the danger of the plamtlff's hand commg m con-tact WIth the saw was qmte apparent, but I do not thmk It can be said to be apparent to a person who IS not accustomed to the use of machmes of thIS kmd that a board when extended 0\ er the table would "Jump" up so as to thrO\v the operator's hand against the saw. "When sendmg a man who was entirely unaccustomed to operating a machme of this kmd to operate it for the first time SEND FOR CATALOGUE. A woman IS never flattered by a photograph that looks like her WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-..- --_._.~__..~._._-•_._._._._. --.~._.-_. ---_.-._._._---_._. _._.~._._._-. -- - . I III•~---_...._ ..••...••.. Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. ~------------------------ ..- .---~ JJ;1 or ton House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel Pantlind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dmner Served at the Panthnd for 50c IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. ~-----,--- ........ ._~ ------ _._._.__._._.-.-.-.-.-_-.., I THE Wellin~ton notel Remodeled at a cost of $150,000 Hot and cold running water and long dis-tance 'phones in all room&~ 200 room. 100 WIth bath Stnlide or en sutte. Rate. $1 00 and upward. One of the most unique dmmg rooms in the country. Our famous IndIan Cafe NOTED FOR SERV CE AND CUI SINE McClmtock and Bayfield PROPS. .."t' ..~....... .e6...,.~., ~ """"'- .. . -:;,';'" ~1 '...,,. Cor. Wabash Ave & Jackson Boulevard CHICAGO ... _ .... ri OVER 15,000 OF OUR STEEL RACKVISES IN USE 25 doz Clamp FIxtures bought by one mIll last year. We shIp on approval to rated firms, and guarantee our goods uncondl lIonally. Wr,te for 118t of Steet Bar Olamps, V,ses, Bench Stops, ete E. H. SHELDON &. CO. 283 Madison St. Chicago. 27 .... , Price $2.80 to $4.00 PLATE II .....• Indianapolis Illinois and New York Sts. 6 Blocks from UnIon Depot 2 Blocks from Interurban StatIOn 250 Rooms All Ontslde, wIth FIre Escape j elephone In Every Room. European Plan Rate' 75c to $2. 00 Per D"y Dmmg Room In Connection SpecIal Rates to Famlhes and Permanent Guests Ladles TravelIng Alone WIll FInd ThIS a Ven DeSIrable StoppIng Place .. ..._--- GEO. R. BENTON Lessee and Manager ___ • __ ._._._._. • -_._._. '"1 WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller ......~ I I• I.I , '----------_.----- ._-----------'. I .I.-_._._.----_._--- New and Absolutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. and Park St. In the Center of the Theatre. Shop- PIDR, and Busmess DlStnct. A la Carte Cafe Newest and Fmest GrIll Room m the City. Club Breakfa.t - 40c up Luncheon - - - 50c Table d'hote Dmners 75c MuSIc from 6P M to 12 P M ,I III ........I .... ---- . GLASS Every room has a. private bath. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates' $1.50 per day and up. L. W. TULLER. Prop. M. A. SHAW, Mgr GLASS COMPANY L.ARGE8T .JOBBERS AND MANUFAOTURERS OF IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for ShelYes, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything in BUilders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is glVen below' NBW YOBX-Hudson a.nd Vandam sts. BOS'l'ON-41-49 SudbUry st., 1-9 Bowker st. CHICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. CmCINNA'l'I-Broadway and Court sts. S'l'. LOUIS-Cor. 'l'enth and Spruce sts. MI:NNBAPOLI5-500-516 S. 'l'hird st. DB'l'BOI'l'-53-59 Larned St., E. GBAND:RAPIDS,MICH-39-41 N. Division st. PI'l''l'SBUBGH-101-103 Wood St. MILWAUXBB,WJ:S.-492-494 Market St. BOCHBS'l'BB,N.Y.-Wilder Bldg., Main &; Bxcha.ngests. BAL'l'IMOBB-310-12-14 W. Pratt st. CLEVELAND-1430-1434 West 'l'llird st. OMAHA-1101-1107Howard St. S'l'. PAUL-459-461 Jackson. st. A'l'LAN'l'A,GA.-30-32-34 S. Pryor st. SAVANNAH,GA.-745-749 Wheaton st. :KANSASCI'l'Y-Pifth and Wyandotte Sts. BIBMmGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. BUFFALO, N. Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl S1;, BBOO:K:LYN-635-637Fulton st. PHILADBLPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th DAVBNPOB'l'-410-416 Scott St. O:KLAHOMACI'l'Y, O:KLA, 210-212W. Flrst st . Sts. .._. ____.~ _._._-.--.-_-.-_--._--.---------------_.-.1 \\ ord., the court-, uudo the present System are dOing about as much regulation of lal110ad" a" the commISSIOn ThIs SItua-tIon make., rate conchtlOn" uncertam both for the ral1roads dnd tor the shlppmg publI" It IS the opmlOn of Senator Cum- 111111S that thl'> cannot go on 1l1defil11tely and that It IS t11ne to de\ be a ne\\ plan \\ l11ch \\ 111 do away wIth most of the ex-ht111l::( uncel ta1l1t\ and much of the eXlstmg controversy It b not eApected that the CummIns plan wl1l be adopted at the ne"t se"SlOn, It It ever IS TIut It IS lIkely to be WIdely chscn:osed m \ lev\ of the fact that 3hlppers are clamoring for further legIslatIOn, and of the feelIng that such deCISIOns as that ot Judge Gro..,scup \\eaken the authonty of the commi3- .,lOn though It \\ 111 not admIt thIs and expects to win in the L l11ted States SUPI eme Court. ]jut It l'-, learned that the plan of having a general sched-ule ot late" put mto tOice b} the government 13 not by any WOULD ADPOPT THE ENGLISH PLAN How Senator Cummins Would Solve the Railroad Rate Problem by Giving the Interstate Commerce Commission Absolute Authority. IN ashmgton ach Ices '3tate that at the ne"t '3eSSlOn ot Con-gress Senator Cummms of Iowa, b to 111troduce a 1)111 gl\ mg the Interstate CommIssIOn power to estabhsh a general sched-ule of freIght rates for the entire country 111much the ~ame manner as now IS done 111 Lngland It \\olIld make the 01de! ... of the commIssion a'3 to rates final, e'(cept that an appeal would lIe m case the constItutIOnal Cjue"lOn ot confiscatIon ot property was mvolved Senator Cummms would have all the raIlroads on 01 be-fore October 1, 1910, report to the commISSIOn theIr schudelcs of freIght rates In under"tandable form The commIssIon then would take LIP these schedule" to detel mme \\ hether modficatlOns ought to be made and, hd\ mg made an} needed changes, would declare the rates In fOl ce ~ othmg lIke the constructIOn of an entire ne\\ fabnc of lates for the \\ hole country would be neces"ar} It IS ::'enatOi Cummln" Idea Madc by Mamstee Manufacturmg Company, Mamstee, Mich. that 111 most cases the eXIsting rates would be allo\\ed to stand unless some good rea'3on for changmg them was shown Once establIshed, accorchng to the bIll of Senator Cumm111s, rates could not be changed \\Ithout the approval of the com-mISSIOn It IS expected that In most cases the comml"SlOn would gIve ItS approval, but If a change for any rea-son chd not appear warranted, It \\ ould be up to the raIlroad company to make a Show111g as to why the rate should be modIfied. Now, the burden of mak111g a shOWIng as to why a rate should be changed IS on the shIpper. In the plan pro-posed, It would be placed on the raIlroad. Senator Cummms takes the VIew that the present rate sItuatIOn cannot contmue He holds that somethmg must be done to gn e It more stabIlIty Now, the commISSIon IS at-tacked by court proceed111gs from every qual ter IVhen an order IS Issued there IS no certainty whatever that It WIll be enforced. An mJunctlOn may tIe It up completely. In othel means opposed by all ral1road men. Some of them have dls-cu.., sed It WIth Senator CUmm111'3,and have saId that some way ml1:ot be found to remo\ e the present complIcatIOns and uncer-tamtles WIth the endless cham of lItIgatIOn now attendant on the proceec!Ings of the commIssion Trouble IS the most accommodating thing in the world to those who are lookmg for It. There are lots of th111gS we could do today that we should really put off mdefi111tel} The fellow \vho IS always formmg new resolutions needs reforming WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 New York Markets. Kew York, Sept 3-Turpent1l1e rema111S firm at 59?~@60 a httle above la'it weeks' quotations, but bU'iiness IS exceed- 111gly lIght, OW111gto the general SUspIcIon that the advance of 4 cents, noted last week wa'i due to mampulatIOn of the Sa-vannah market, rather than to an actual shortage 111the supply. Shellac IS stead} at a slIght declIne m pnces, wIth no de-mand for large lots Quotations on 'imall orders for immed- Iate shIpment are 17@17~ cents for T N cases, bnght orange grades, 18@20, chamond I, 25@26, Bleeched, 17@17~ kdn dlled, 20@21 L111..,eed 011 buyers arc still shy, apparently expecting lower pnces, when the new crop reaches the market Pnces are firm at last "eeks' quotation", wIth slIght conceSSIOns on car load lots. \;\{estern raw 56@57 cents, wIth a cent added "uccesslvel} for CIty ra", boded and double bOIled, 59@60 be111g the figures for the lattcr Burlaps cont111ue qUIct at 360 for eIght-ounce and 460 for 1O~ ounce goo:is Jobbers 111~IStthat these pnces vance PIttsburg notes a marked increase in the demand for low grade oak and shghtly hIgher pnces for the higher grades. Ash, gum, bIrch, beech and maple are In good demand, wIth a wIde vanatIOn 111pnces at dIfferent pOInts even when the cost of trans pOI tatlOn IS consIdered Rushing Cars to the West. The raIlroad n1dnagers are mak1l1g all pO;,;,Ible prepal atlOlls for mov111g the crops from the great gram belts of the l11hldle west Accordmg to the fort11lghtly report of the commltt"p on relatIOns between raIlroads of the Amencan RaIlway AS-sociation, a great supply of surplus box cars already IS In the section of the country wl1l':.:hwIll first feel the demand for cars and 111whIch the most senous car shortages Q( cur The re-port al~o fur11l'3hes a possIble means of estnuatmg tne extell: to whIch the wIdely dlscU'3sed revIval 111bus mess ha'3 extpllcL:d. The latest report of the COlmmttee shows that throughout there are 139,424 ;,urplus cars, a decrease of 93,379 from the A Group of Dressers From the Line of the Michigan Star Furniture Co, Zeeland, Mich. do not exceed the actual cost of the goods laid down In thIS market Owmg to the contInued hIgh pnce of turpent111e, the de-mand for varmsh gums IS merely normal and trade IS at a 'itandstIll Kaun 1\0 1 IS held at 42@48 cents, No 2,20@24, No 3, 16@18 Extra brown ChIpS at 13@17; J\1amla pale, 14@17, .:\famla d.ark hard, 12@15 LIght receIpt;, retard bU'ime;,s m the goat 'ikin market . .:\Ie:Xlcan", e~peclally are "hort, but pnces ha' e not been mater- Ially affected J\Iexican flOntIeis are quoted at 33 cent~; Buenos \yre'i at 42@45 and Curacaos at 52@54. Reports of hIgher prices In Brazd have not affected the trade here Sheet /Inc IS steady at last weeks' figure, $750 f. 0 b at Peru, Ill, WIth 8 per cent dI"count Lumber. The hardwood lumber market IS still 111an unsettled con-clItIOn ~o far as pnces are concerned. General Improvement In demand 1" reported, but pnce" stlll take a wide range. St LouI;, notes an 111crease m the demand from furmture manu-facturers and better demand WIthout matenal change in pnces. dlscnbes the conclrtlOn at all southern pomts Dealers, how-ever, dec1me to accept order" for future deli vel y at current quotations Cleveland report,; 111creased actIVIty with a ten-dency toward higher pnces, but falh to note any actual ad-correspondmg penod In 1908 The largest decrease was 111 box cars, 111whIch class the surplus was reduced 21,141 The surplus number of thIS class of cars IS about 80,COO, and half of these are 111Iowa, Illm01", Wiscons111, lVI111nesotaand the Da-kotas, known as group G, awaIt111g the call for crop-movmg purposes Defore the crops really beg111 to move a stIll greater number WIll be sent west to meet the estimated demand. Illustrates a Very Large Line. The J K RI"hel Fur11lture Company of vVIlhamsport. Pa, have issued a catalogue conta111mg 12J pages Illustrating and descnbing one of the largest lines of fur11lture manufactured in the world for the bed room, the office and the dI11lng room. The company operates two large factones and has been very successful under the able management of J K. RIshel Exhibition Space. Only one floor rema111;, unoccupIed m the Leonard Fur-mture ExhIbItIon Buddmg. Any good manufacturer desll-mg to exhIbIt 111Grand RapIds should wnte for space rate;, and a"certam the hIgh standmg of the other tenants in the "ame buI1chng. Sept 4 T. F. -~~------------------ 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- .-- ..------------------ ._- ----_.-.__..----_--.-.-.--...... Spiral Grooved and Bevel Pointed DOWEL PINS ~- -- IIIII ,I STEPHENSON MFG, CO., : ---- ---------- ... ----I' Note how the glue in the Spiral Groove forms Thread like a Screw Bevel Pointed, easy to drive Straight so will not split the frames Prices and discounts on application SOUTH BEND, IND. ~--_. .. -_ _----------_ ..••...•.••.•. --~,I II III III• •,I• •II III _ _ _ . UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. We lead m Style, Construdlon and FIOIsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exh,b,. tlOn 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. China Closets Buffets Bookcases I~-_...-.. -_._._--- .. ~.~.:~ - ""j f . I I II II I I I I I I II III II __________ •_._.__. ----- •_••• --' h ._._. _ " .. I I MACHINE. t\NIVES PERFECT QUALITY RIGHT PRICES PROMPT SERVICE ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads. Miter Machines. Universal Wood Trimmers. Boring Machines. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO 185 N. Front St. • Grand Rapids, Mich. b. _. •• - • •• -------------------------_. ---- - .... HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER These saws are made from No.1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write us for Price List and discount 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MIen. -.-_ ..--..--.. BOYNTON & CO. [;~ SEND fOR ~~_--CATALOCU=E=.===== Manuladurers of Embo .. ed and Turned Mould ioga, Embos.- ed and Spindle Carvings, and A.utomatic Turning8_ We also manu-fadure a large hne 01 Embossed Ornaments for Couch Work. CH ICAGO, ILL. ,-_ ..... ..-.---------- _.--.---_.----- III ... ~-------------------------------.._- II I III• II II•II• II• I• ~!-------------_._-_.------_.- .._ ...-._- .- ._._~ I 419-421 W. Fifteenth St., WOOD fOnnlnO (UTUnS ..~ --_ ...I ..... . .._---_ _--.- ... As only the edge outhnes of the Cutter comes tnto contact wIth the lumber, there IS no friction or burn-tng of the moulding~ when made wIth the ShImer Reversible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to SUItyour work, and are very complete, tnexpenSlve and time-savlllg tools. We supply special Cutters of any shape deSIred and of any Size to SUIt your machine spindles. Let UShav~ your specIficatIOns. For odd work not found m our catalogue send a wood sample or drawlllg. SAMUEL J. SHIMER S. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the ShImer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceding, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc . II WEEKLY ARTISAN SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom ------ .., .......I IMedIum and FlUe Quahty I Office and Salesroom corner Prescolt and Buchanan Streets, Grand RapIds, Mich. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. ..... .. ..•... _- ..-.- ..._--.-_ .... ~ _---_._._ - --- --_._._. -~ I Palmer's Patent Gluinl! Clamps --------_._-_._-------_._---------_._----_ . Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT (5 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. :No. 592. ... . The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. "'e make six other sizes, taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick, Ours is the most practical method of clamping glned stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more will in the future. Let us show you Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included. Don't delay, but write today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Projectile Co., London, Eng-land: I>chuchardt & Schutte, Berhn, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Liege, Milan, Turin, Barcelona, and Bilboa • ',,--~- ---.-------------_._-_... -- ... - ..- .- . - - - - 31 ....... ---~----~----~------_._._._-----_._._._._-~ 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN Free Wireless Service for Passengers. The Great i\orthern latlroad, whIch has the dmtmctlOn of beIng one of the greate'ot carners of wheat m the \\ otId and coarse lumber, Iron ore and a few other COl11moclItle" \\ ll1ch help to make tonnage, IS gOlng after the pa"Olenger bu"me,,~ 111 the same aggre"slV e way that chal actellzes all Its bus1l1eSs-gettlng campaIgns \Vltllln the past few weeks sevcral 1I1nO\atlOnt'> ha\ e becn 1I1troducecl on the Onental LU11lted B) "peClal all angc-ment news bulletIns are flashed three timet'> a clay to the tl a1l1S from headquarterOl In ~t Paul, thel eb) keep1l1g tl a\ elel" In-formed of the latest events of Importance Telephone" ha\ e been mstalled1l1 the observatlOn car, and on the arrn al of the tram connectIOns are made WIth the Clt) CIrcUIts at ChIcago. St Paul, Spokane and Seattle It I" planned to e\.tencl the sel-vIce to other CItIes Vacuum clean1l1g macll1ne, are no" part of the tram eqlllpment and carpet'->, seats, upholster) chapel-les, etc" are cleaned every clay, Between 4 and J o'clock each afternoon tea IS sen ed m the compartment and standal d sleepmg car, There IS no charge for thIS sen Ice ,..--_.- ... - Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED-POSITION. In progressIve furmture factory, makmg case goods, beds or tables by a competent supermtendent havm~ ten years' ex-perience. Thoroughly famihar With all branches. Address "W" care Weekly Artisan, 9 4-11-18-25. BUSIINESS CHANCE. For sale, woodworkmg plant, SUitable for cabinet or special furniture; located in Indianapohs; about 12,000 square feet floor space; eqUipped with dry kIln, railroad sWitch and ma-chmery ready to operate; easy terms; great bargam. CHAS. O. BRITTON, Receiver, Fletcher Bank BUIldmg. Indlanap-ohs, Ind. 8-14, 21, 28; 9-4, 11, 28. WANTED. Commission man for Misssolln and Kansas representm~ five furmture factories. SplendId mixed carload lines. Adress, Ballman-Cummings Furmture Company, Fort SmIth, Arkan-sas. Aug 7, '09 WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For Indiana and Illinois to sell our Suites, Dressers, Chiffon-iers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKIm & Cochran Fur-niture Co., Madison, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimIt-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a line of Extension Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes and KItchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lines you handle and Territory desired. Address Koenig Furmture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. Louis, Mo. WANTED. A good cabinet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabinets. Address B. S., care MichIgan Artisan. 6-1O-2t. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class running condItion. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-2Itf WANTED. PositlOn as superintendent, foreman or furniture draftsman; am thoroughly acquainted with all classes of furniture, hav-mg been m that Ime of business all my hfe. For certain rea-sons, WIsh to make a change. Best of references given. l' or I informatIOn address "W" care of Weekly Artisan. 8-21 8-28 I .. • •••• _ a •• • ----.'" ... ..-_. . ...- -_ ...- .... ---- . RECEIVER'S SALE. In the Distnct Court of the United States for the West-ern Dlstnct of MichIgan, Southern DiviSIOn-In Bankruptcy. I n the m,ltter of the Vellty-Caswell Table Company, bank- 1upt notIce IS heleby gIVen that the asseh of ~ald bankrupt, conSlstlllg ()f manufdctunng pldut and machmery, Ul11shed md unhll1,heJ tables, unfill1shcd ~tock, fill1shed and unfin I,hcd clothcs IMngers, lumber, supplIes dnd accounb re-cel\ Iblc Will be offered by me for sale at publIc auctIOn, dC-cordIng to the order of ,aId court, on Tuesday the 14th day at September 1909 dt 2 30 111 the afternoon of ,aId day at the Llcton ot '3dld bdnkrupt 111 the Yllldge of Portland, J\llch Thc selle \\ III be subject to conhrmatlOn by the court The Ill\ en tory ot saId ,losets may be seen at my office, at the Portldnd \LlI1ufactunng Co, Portland, Mlch, or at the oftIce ot the Hon KIrk F Wlck~ Referee 111 Bankruptcy, Hou'iemalJ buddlllg, Grdnd Rapld'i, Mlch Wm W Tenff, Recel\ er Peter Dor dlJ 1\ tt V f01 RecelV el DateJ ,It Portland, IC111la Co, J\llch, September 1, 1909 1.--._------ ..- .__ -Sep 411.....I .... ----_ .. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Acme White Lead and Color Works Adams & Eltmg Company Albro Veneer Company Amencan Blower Company Barlow Brothers Barnes, W. F. & John Company Barton & Son Company Boynton & Co Buss Machllle Works Dodds, Alexander Edge. Frank & Co Fellwock Auto and Manufactunng Company FranCIS, Chas. E, Company Fox Machllle Company Coodnch Boats Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand RapIds Brass Company Grand Rapids Electrotype Company Grand RapIds Hand Screw Company Grand RapIds Wood Flllmshmg Company Hahn, LOUIS HIlls, Clarence R Hoffman Brothers Company Holcomb. A. L. & Co Holden. Henry S., Veneer Company Hotel PantlInd Hotel Llllden Hotel Tuller Kauffman Manufacturmg Company KImball Bros. Company Lawrence-McFadden Company Luce Furmture Company Luce-Redmond ChaIr Company Madden, Thos., Son & Co Mamstee Manufactunng Company Manetta Pamt and Color Company MattIson Machme Works McMullen Machmery Company MIchIgan Engraving Company Miller, Ell D. & Co Miscellaneous Montgomery Hardware Lumber Company Morton House Nelson-Matter FUr!lture Company Oliver Machmery Company Palmer, A. E. & Co PIttsburgh Plate Glass Company Receiver's Sale (Venty-Caswell Table Co.) Richmond ChaIr Company Royal Chair Company Schmidt, Henry & Co Sheboygan ChaIr Company Sheldon, E. H & Co ShImer, Samuel J. & Sons Shgh Furmture Company Smith Davis Manufacturing Company Spratt, George & Co Stephenson Manufactunng- Company Stow & DaVISFurmture Company Umon Furmture Company Walter, B. & Co Walter Clark Veneer Company Ward, O. A Weatherly Company Weekly ArtIsan WellIngton Hotel West MIchIgan Machme & Tool Company WhIte Pnntmg Company Wood, Morns & Sons 2 20 10 Cover 19 Cover 15 30 Cover 2 30 6 1 30 21 Cover Cover 13 10 19 9 30 6 21 27 27 27 23 14 44 3 14 9 1 8 15 22 13 32 18 27 Cover 11 31 27 32 19 13 1 26 27 30 31 18 31 30 23 30 19 12 30 11 25 27 19 24 2
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- 1909-09-04T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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