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Weekly Artisan; 1910-09-24
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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
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LUCE FU~~!~~~~CH.COMP ANY I
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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.
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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 ...
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\ 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.
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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.
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GEO. SPRATT
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SHEBOYGAN, WIS.
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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
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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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
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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
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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
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FOX MACH I N E CO 185 N fRONT ST"HT,
I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH
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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
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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.
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Lentz Big Six
No. 694, 48 in. top.
No. 687, 60 in. top.
Others 54 in. top.
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CHICAGO DELIVERIES
Lentz Table Co.
NASHVILLE, MICHIGAlv
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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"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.
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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,,-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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"
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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.
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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
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"ABC" Engines require only one-half
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Consume only one-fifth the usual amount
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The wear is so slight that adjustments
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Efficiency
of the "ABC" Engines IS the very high-est
attainable.
Friction loss less than 4%.
Will run constantly at higher speeds
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Lubrication
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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
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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
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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
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~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
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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.
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'\ 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~
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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
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Buffets
Bookcases
We lead In Style, ConAru~on
and Finish. See our Catalogue.
Our line on permanent ahlblo
bon 3rd Floor, New Manufacto
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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"
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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"
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CIrcular of Glue Heate ...
Glue Cookers and Hot
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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.
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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"
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WABASH
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HOPKINS AND hARRIET STS.'
Cincinnati, Ohio
makers of
Upholstered Furniture
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LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR,
LIBRARY, HOTEL and
CLUB ROOM
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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
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Veneer Pre •••• , different kind. and .ize. (Palealed)
Veneer Presses
Glup Spreaders
Glue Heaters
Trucks, Etc.! Etc.
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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.)
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Hand Feed Glueing MachIne (Palettl
pendmg.) Many sty Ie. and aizel.
Wood·Working
Machinery
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YOUR WANTS
20 Glue Heater CHASe E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No 6 GlueHeat.r. ---_._----------_._----------------.-#
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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
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Made by Bosse FUIlllture Company
;\fade by World FurllItme Compau).
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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
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, 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
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fI CO 'n-h'5 ,,,"de a'd 2 wchos t'J. ck Curs is the mcst II
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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
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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,-
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New designs In the Louis XVI Style.
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WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES.
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- Date Created:
- 1910-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 30:65
- Subject Topic:
- Periodicals and Furniture Industry
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- © Grand Rapids Public Library. All Rights Reserved.
- URL:
- http://cdm16055.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16055coll20/id/21