Weekly Artisan; 1909-07-17

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 17. 1909 ~ ... . ~a_a.... . I ----- _ __ ~ --THE BETTER M A K E" WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES TO DEALERS ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH • .. ... ...-_....... . __ . , . , l A BIT OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Are You Running an 1860 or a 1910 Plant? In 1860 cottonseed removed from the bOll by gmnmg was garbage-thrown away. By 1870 gmners managed to conVInce some people that cottonseed was good fertJltzer. By 1880 It was con~ldered good cattle food and m 1890 It \\ as bemg used as a table food By not utlhzmg all the cottonseed m 1900 (one )ear) twenty-sIx mllllOn dollars that someone could have had, was thrown away [he CItyof Gla'igo\\ Scotland, gets 9 000 horse-po\\er elery dav-free b) catchmg and u tIl ILlt1gfurnace gases lormcrly \\a'it,d. The steel corporatIon \\111 hght the to\\ n at G'lr) T rd , at d run all street cars \\ Ith energy that would otherwIse be \\ asted and belched out o' UrIl"ce -t c, ~ If you use steam lor heatIng a d dr\ lIIg ll1d yOll ,11101\ aliI (' ndensatlOll to go to \\aste-you are losing money. Put all your condensatlOn back mto the holler wIthout pumpmg-and 1 kr II ill I I lIlII,) II I h I tl II 1h "Detroit" Return Trap PATENTED "DETROIT" Automatic- Return Steam Traps Manufactured and Guaranteed by ~itk~c~~ III 111:1 (lil l il I" I III II ,1111 II --ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS-- "ABC" Moist Air Dry Kilns. "American Sirocco" Slow Speed Exhaust Fans. General Offices: Works' ------..,II I I! IIIIII IIII IIIII II III IIII II IIII I II III II ....I DETROIT, MICH. DetrOit, Mlch and Troy, N. Y. ,,- ._--~---------- ._--------------_._---- SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened wIth flat head wood screw and furni'lhed in three sizes SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES I I III II" No 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW YORK~S NEW FURNITURE EXCHANGE BUILDINGS Covering the entire blocks frOIllLexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 48th Streets Each building 200 x 275 feet in size and 12 stories high 1,,300,,000 Square Feet or Nearly 28 Acres Floor Space THE LARGEST AREA WHOLLY DEVOTED TO WHOLESALE SALESROOMS IN THE WORLD WILL BE READY FOR OCCIJPANCY DECEMBER 1st., 1910 Applications for space should be Illade to CHAS. E. SPRATT., Secretary NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE ARTHUR S WHITE. PreSIdent ALVAH BROWN. VleePreSldent HARRY C WHITE. See y Treas .••••...•. - .--~ I Get Next to Mechanics Art in Plain Dress II IIIf II I !I IIII II WEEKLY ARTISAN .,.. IIIII•I•I IIIt II It I IIt I I II•I I• I• •t I II• I II VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS: CHICAGO, 1319 Michigan Avenue, 3rd floor. NEW YORK fURNITURE EXC"ANGE, Space 10, 6th floor. Complete Suites for the Dining Room, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 3 Penod and Colomal DeSIgns at Popular Puces Full Ime 01 MUSIC Cabmets wIth our Patent AutomatIc Shelves also for all kmds of Records. co., . . .I. ~'lAJIiJ~' ~ i You don't have to" talk" your No wonder people want Royal Chairs-no wonder they head off to sell Royal ChaIrs. won't take any other Read what C. F Jackson, Norwalk, You don't have to •• waste" tIme on "rubber-necks." OhIO,wrote us We send custo'ners to your store convinced-ready to buy. ••Wecanno/Jell any other chairJ here. Good ad"'ertiJing and We sell Royal Chairs for you, OUf 'REAL merIt ha"'e made 'Royall crac1(er-jack JellerJ.·· ';;,;,t:; National Ad"ertisingu:€::~L is a tremendous selllllg force. 25 MIllion THE PUSH BUTTON A. E. MIllett, Amada, l\heh , says people are readlllg our advertIsements every XINP ",your ChairJ are rapid.,fire Jell e rJ. month they appear We use such papers Send last order quick. ... as Saturday Evenlllg Post, Ladles' Home Wehelp you IIIothe~,waysas well. DraB Journal, Woman's Home Compamon, Cos- us a lme today;-get our buslllessboomI~g mopolltan Literary DIgest Munsey's Sue- proposItIon-It s a lIve WIrethat gets .he cess, Rev'iew of Revlew~, Everyb~dy's, trade-makes your store popular , McClure's and many others. CO., • Sturais, MIch. MECHANICS FURNITURE ~ ----------_.-._._._.--------------------------------------. 4 ~\VEEKLY ARTISAN ~, --... -------- -------------~- I- f I• I• IIII• I• I •••• I, •,I•••••• II I•I III ___________________ • • 1 _I II Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand RapIds luce rurniture (0. of Excellent WorkmanshIp and Fmlsh, conSIsting or Parlor Callinets, Music Callinets, Hall Trees, Hat Racks, Sbaving Stands, Buffets, Cbina Closets, Gilt Mirrors, Dressing Tables, Cbairs, and Adju.rtaMe Fixtures THE LUCE LINE DISPLAYS GRAND RAPIDS-Second Floor, Furn Iture Exhlbltlon BUlldmg CHICAGO-All the year round, Ch,ca go FurnIture Exchange, 14th and Wabash Ave, and 10 the New York FurnIture Exchange _______~_ ~ . .---- -..-.-.-....-------_. . -----1 The CelelJrated EFFand EFF Line I ROCKfORD fRAME AND fiXTURE co., Rockford, III . ~ .. .---------- --------_. ..-.--_. . .------- ... - . _. ---- ---- ... - .-- .... GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRA~Y 30th Year-No.3 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 17. 1909 Issued Weekly PROGRESSIVE PEDDLERS. "\\e ha\e the bonu" ,,_\,tem for the mo\ement of hwbh grade goods, but only to a paltlal extent, . saId IT \\ Hub-bard of the.M RIch & Bra" Company, Atlanta, at the Pant-lmd, where he I" makmg ll1S home dunno hI" "tay m the b - market "1 have heard of Its bemg 111 use m othel e"tab1lsh-ments, but cannot say how It works out m general In fact It,> tnal by u'> on such pecuhar lme'> that there IS no <bYen-eral "olutlon III It It h employed wIth a couple of men from our carpet department, who help out when neededlll the fur11l-ture depal tment These men talk nothmg but hIgh grade goods when called upon to a"sl"t, and they make sale" by theIr method", and of COUIse secure the bonuses "As a general proposItIOn we pal our men straIght salanes, and the p01lC} of the house has been qUIck recog11ltlon and re-ward fOI good work vI, e endeavor to get the best help and m my department our men make from $125 to $200 a month, accordlllg to ablht} Mr RIch, the head of the house, ha" frequently remarked that he owes the bUlldmg up of the es-tabhshment to the faIthful men he grouped about hIm; that III no other way could he have made the progress "You may not know It, but the firm members have no fo01lsh pnde, but rather take pleasure m the good fortune VI hlch has come to them, and so ha\ e no heSItancy when talkmg of theIr busllless growth III lettmg It be kno\\n they arrl\ed m Atlanta wIth packs upon their backs, ha\mg walked all the way from NashvIlle The) vvere peddlers, and started In a small way m Atlanta As they grew they drew about them men who helped them de\ elop \Ve ha\ e a great de-partment "tore, and It IS due to the co-operative splnt whIch has prey alled betVl een the film and ItS men "The amount a good a\ erage salesman should sell IS de-pendent largely upon local and house condItions, and wIth our e:,tabhshment I should say off hand, $40,000 annually The answer whIch an) one man may gIve to thIS query wlll only apply to hIS 0\\ n hou"e, or at best to hIS own CIty, and III but few mstances to the lattel, for each house has an entirely dIf-ferent settmg, Influence and trade posslblllties "\\ Ith our ad\ ertls111g there IS but one mednlm employed, and that I'>the dally ple..,s :\o~ I am talkmg about our own house and as the pubhclty posslblllties apply to It Cuts al e u"ed hberall), and the) al e never of the stock order, but made for the particular tIme and article for vvhlch they are used They do not cost much at the best, and the senSIble economy IS the proper cut f01 each al tide, and ItS use for nothlllg else An Enormous Output of Seconds. The man who was domg the talkmg runs a comparatively small table factory He has been In the bus111ess a good many years, and thu'> ha'" qUIte an extensIve acquamtance among some of the older dealers of the country Dunng the past spnng order" fell off, '>0that he thought he would make a call on some of hIS old acquallltances III the trade, and pIck up a few orders The first town he went mto he found out that a large table factory not \ ery many mlles away had been dls-poslllg of VI hat were deSIgnated as "seconds," and that the dealer upon vvham the httle fellow had counted for an order \\ as "loaded to the guards," so that he dIdn't dare "look a table In the face" The small table manuiacturer found that the same condItIOns prey alled In almost eve Iy store he went mto 111three or four cIties \Vhen he got through he figured up that the large manufacturer had dIsposed of no less than 7.200 tables as seconds The httle fellow now beheves that sellmg goods as seconds IS SImply another way to cut the pnce, as the goods were all sold at 2S per cent off Why the Line Did Not Sell. The '>elhng agent of a company manufactunng a very strong Ime oi case work, becom1l1g chssatlsfied wLth the "low movement of hI" goods OIl a cel tam floor of a certam gl eat hou"e fur11lshmg merchant, called On the buyer and beg-ged permIssIOn to 1l1terVlew the sale"men employed WIth the purpose of learnmg the cau..,e of the mactlon PermISSIOn VI a.., granted and the sellmg agent qUIckly granted and the selhng agent qUlckl) learned that the "alesmen had not stud- Ied the lme, that ot the speCIal ieatures contamed therem they knew nothmg J n a good natured, Jollymg the agent took the sale::,men through the ll11e and explal11ed to each I11dlvldual the "e1l111gquahtle" the pIece" possessed The salesmen took a hvel) 111terest 111the remarks of the agent and the goods have moved Iapldl} and ea"lly Sl11ce pealed to the Intelstate Commerce Commission and that body has ruled that the junsdlctlon of the State Railroad Commis-sIOn does not extend over demunage aCCrll1ng on mterstate traffic In Chlcago the carners aIlow, on gram, one day for inspec-tIOn, two days for disposItion or sWltchmg orders and three da} S for unloadmg, on coal the roads aIlow two to four days free time at storage or sWltchmg yards for disposItion; in Mm-neapolts and St Paul a Slmllar alIowance lS made In Xe", York, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvama and :-Ian land the carners have had m operatIOn for several years a t\\ enty-four hour average plan, which the shlpper may ad-opt by contract wlth the carner On cars released withm 24 hOUls a credit IS alIowed of one day that may offset any de-tentIOn of other cars handled wlthm the same month to the same e'Ctent In Mlchlgan and New England states the aver-age plan IS m operation on the basls of 48 hours free time. t;nder the 24 hour average plan only the larger shlppers or those handltng commodltles that may be loaded or unloaded \\ lth the greatest faClltty may operate to advantage as the a\ erage ft ee time on each car lS only 36 hours and to ga111any advantage the recel\ er or shipper must release more than 50 per cent of hlS cars wlthm 24 hours. The 48-hour average plan lS more fay orable and offers a most practlcal solutIOn of the entne demunage problem Some of the demurrage bureaus all ow the free time from 7 am, foIlowlng the actual or constructive dehvery of the cal s \\ hlle in other distncts the free tlme commences at noon lt the cars are tendered Or placed before that hour The Ohio Rat/road CommlsslOn provlded for the latter method but the carnero, 19nored -,ame and have aIlowed free time from the 7 a m folIowmg In larg e termllldls lt lS practIcaIly unposslble to obtain a checl of the "torage yards and deltvery tracks at noon or tVvlLe each cla}, 'iO that a double or overIappmg period is dif-ficult to enforce and the bureaus have, m mO'it 111'itances aban-doned thls plan The vanou'i '3tate ralltoad commlSSlons havL, m many in- '3tances, 1efused to recogmze or assume any j unsdlctlOn over demurrage because of lack of speClfic authonty, the carriers, have opposed such leglslation and little progress ha'i been made III thls dlrectlOn In sevel al states, however, the CommlsslOns have as-sumed jUllsdlctlOn over demun age, even to the extent of pre- -,cllblllg demurrage rule'3 '" Ith ",hlch the carners have refused to comply Vanous orgamzatlOns of shippers have expended much tune and money m the endeavor to establish demurrage rules upon a fair and eqUltable basis and while ready to ad-mIt the justlce and necessity of a reasonable charge for the undue detention of cars have combatted many of the prescnt rules and pI actlces as bemg arbItrary and unjust. At the present time demurrage IS a subject that IS of VItal Importance to every receIver and shIpper and should receive undIvIded attention At the last annual meeting of the Na-tlOnal AssoClatlOn of Rallroad Commlssoners, 1ll October, 1908, a commIttee compo'ied of one representatIve from each rat/- road commIssIon and one representative of the Interstate Com-merce Comm1sslOn, to be known as the NatlOnal Demurrage CommIttee, was appomted and mstructed to draft a set of de-murrage rules that may be applted on all traffic, state or mter-state supersechng all present rules THE DEMURRAGE QUESTION Mr. Ewing Te-lls Why Uniform Rules Can Not Be- Fairly Applied to All Shi}Jpl"rs. Unlike other items of freight transportatlOn chargcs, de-murrage was not entIrely expenmental m ItS first appltcatlon to shIpments transported by rail but had ItS ongm m the old mantIme practlce of chargmg for the detentlOn of a ve"sel be-yond the tIme for whIch ongmalIy chartered. It was 11l 1887 that the first demurrage bureaus, termed car servIce assocIa-tions until recently, were orgamzed and smce that time the history of demurrage IS one succeSSlOn of expenments There are, at present, forty demurrage bureaus m the Umted States, each operating under an md1v1dual set of rules These bur-eaus are mamtamed j omtly by the raIlroads operatmg \\ 1thm the tern tory of each, are 111charge of a manager and hIS corp" of assIstants m each instance and are supreme m the handhng of all matters pertaullng to the detentlOn of cars 01 the storage of freIght In the warehouses of the earners No other Item of transportatIOn charge has resulted In as much contra\ ers}, lttlgatlOn and legIslatIOn as has demurrage and thiS IS largely due to the fact that, pnor to the year 1906, the rules \\ ere not ng1dly enforced The Interstate Commerce CommiSSion, under a stnct 111- terpretatlOn of Sec 6, of the Act to Regulate Commerce, as amended June 29, 1906, ruled that the demurrage rates, 1ules and regulatlOns of each carner must be embodIed 111thelf publtshed tanffs or reference to separate tanft contammg same must be shown and that hay mg published theIr demurrage rates, fat/ure to assess and coIlect same would constitute a vlOlatlOn of the act That rulmg IS absolutely fall and Just and should meet WIth the approval of every receIver and shIpper of freIght m carload 10t'3 The true pnnc1ple of demurrage IS absolutely benefiClal to 1eCe1Ver'i and sh1pper'3 masmuch as It llnposes a penalty for the undue cletentlOn of a ca1 heyond a 1easonable time for loading or unloadmg Tt has been estnllated tIut the apphcatIon of demUll age has 111creased ca1 efficlenc\ ;0 per cent and eve 1y receIver or shIpper who has 'iuftereel lo"s because of car shortage can appreClate any mcrease 111 car effiCiency. As previously state,l the1 e are approximately forty de-murrage bureaus 111the United States The 1egular free time aIlowed for the 10ad111gor unloadlllg of cars IS 48 hour'3 There are, however, some notdhle cxcept10n'i to thIS alIo\Vance In New England states four days free tIme IS aIlowed for load 111g, unload111g or 1econs1gnment State la\vs 111 ConnectI-cut and Vermont aIlow thIS penod of free time and 111the other New England o,tateb the carllers have \oluntanly made the same aIlowance m antIClpatlOn of the adoptlOn of Slmllal laws by the other states In MIchIgan, \Tug1l1Ja, 1e),a'i, Cah-fornia and in New Orleans, ::\Ioblle and some othe1 sect10n'i 72 hours free time IS alloY\!ed on coal and coke and In St Lows on b1tum1l10us coal Vanous local and "tate rules and la\\ s allow 72 hours on lumher and cotton seeel and It" products The "limIt" IS 111 Texas \vhere the Rail lOad C01111111sslOn authonzed an aIlowance of tcn day s On nee and cotton seed products, on local bllhng at gulf porb In -\laba111a and Ten-nessee addItional free time IS allowecl 011 eel ta1l1 C01111110dlt1e<., whe1 e more than three cars are recen eel in one clav m el one load The State RaIlroad Conll111sslOn of OhiO dcloptecl 1ules allowlllg 72 hours for the unloadlllg ot cars contallllng more than 60,000 pounds of any commodity hut WIth this and othe1 rules So adopted the carners have refused to comply, hay e ap- WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 The NatIOnal Demurrage CommIttee appomted a sub- LOnU11Itteeof bve and the most drastIC' set of rule~ ever Imposed upon the ft eIght payers of the countI y has been compIled and subl11ltted 1he calnelS, always opposed to an average plan of handlmg demurrage 01 any s11mlal concessIOns that have been gained by the recelvel sand shlppel s, are entIrely favOl-able to the adoptIOn of the new rules but the committee recog-l11Z111gthe nghts of the shIppers to be consulted 111regard to same, granted a public heanng at Washmgton, June 4 and 3, whIch was lal gely attended. The 0pposltlOn to the new rules was so strong that actIon on same was deferred until July 13, pnor to which date the recelVers and shippers of the country were invited and requested to file with Franklin K. Lane, Chair-man of the NatIOnal Demurrage Committee, Washington, D c., briefs settmg forth theIr vIews and objections. As the new and ul11form rules will entirely supercede all present rules and WIll mcrease the amount of demurrage now collected by the carners, estimated at $25,000 per day, to probably tWIce that amount, the receIvers and shippers should arid must take action at once and make very effort to obtain a more reasonable set of rules. In view of the fact that demurrage is not a transportation charge but IS a charge made for a service that either precedes or follows the actual transportatIon service, is absolutely sep-arate and dIstinct from the transportatIOn service and is en-tIrely subJ ect to local condItIOns at pomt of 10ad111g or unload-mg, It deles lot alpear reasonable or pOSSIble to devise or Im-pose d u111fOlm set of rule~ that may be apphed to every com-modIty m every localIty WIth JustIce to all Local conchtlOns ~urround111g the loadmg and unloadmg of vanou" commodltle" 111vanou" localItIes dIffer to an extent that ~hould not be IgnOl ed m the applIcatlon of demurrage rule~ 111 the new rule~ no allowance I~ made for varY111g con-dItIons In any complamt, deal111g WIth the reasonableness of the trelght I ate upon any com!n1ochty or where the freIght payel attacks the I ea~onablene~s of the I ate, the usual defense of the Cdrnel I" an exhau~tlve I eCltatlOn of the condItIOns sur-loul1d111g the 11ampOl tdtlOn of that partIculdr commodIty, en-tn ely ))eLuhal to tlIat commodIty or the locahty 111whIch same l~ tramported and absolutely JmtlfY111g the ImpOSItIOn of the I,lte m force I" It Lonsl~tent, then, to IgnOl e such facts and conditIOns 111the applIcatIOn of clemun ag e) Is there any conSIstenCy 111 demurrage I ule~ that, hke a postage stamp, cover the entIre country and 1ecog1117e no vanance 111commodItIes or the con-dltlom undel whIch same al e handled? \nother important factor IS the varY111g size, capacIty and style of the eqmpment fur111shed by the carners and the condI-tIOns of same when supphed The law requires the carriers to provide cars suitable for the safe transportation of the com-modItIes whIch they engage to transport. The cars furnished may be of smtable style and not be m a suitable conditIOn Certain commodIties require the preparation of cars before they may be safely or profitably loaded or transported therein and the can lers do not so prepare the cars nor would they pay claIms for loss or damage arising from the refusal or the fail-ure of the shippers to so pI epal e the cars Refngerator cars supphed by the carriers for the loading of perishable fnnt 111the season of frost must be warmed be-fore loadmg or the freIght would be damaged before the load-ing of the car was completed. In the season of heat refrig-erator cars must be cooled Cars in which salt, lime, brick or coal have been previously transported must be thoroughly cleaned before other freight may be loaded therein, and other cars require lining and blocking, stock cars must be cleaned and all box cars must be prepared for the 10ad111g of any bulk freight. The carriers do not ma111tam certain descriptIOns of cars for the transportatIOn of each of the above mentIOned com-modIties, to any great extent, and the time consumed in pre-panng same f01 loadmg WIll correspondmgly reduce the free tIme allowed the shlppel to load hIS freight uncler the new I ules. The solutIOn of the demurrage problem does not lie 111the apphcatlOn of any new or u111form set of rules Every point that has been gamed by the shIppers WIll be lost if the proposed rules become effectIVe It cannot be del11ed that the present methods and rules are not satisfactory; the controversy result- 111g from the apphcation of same is suffiCIent evidence of their 111effiClency and best demonstrates the urgent need of reVIsion. In the final solutIOn of the problem one important factor will be the deten111natlOn of what IS a reasonable time in which to load or unload vanous commodItIes and cars of varying style and size under condltwns pecuhar to the tune and place in Richard Mahnke. Wcsteln Reptesentatlve of Jamestown Lounge Company whIch the load1l1g or unload1l1g IS to be accomplished. In deten111n1l1g all freIght rates the necessIty of classifi-cation has always been recogmzed by the carners and classifi-cation now forms the basis of the majority of the rates in effect. The same necessIty must be recogmzed 111 connectIOn with de-murrage and until it IS so recogl1lzed the proper adjustment will not be accomphshed Shippers and orgamzations of shIppers 111 every sectIOn of the country are filing with the committee briefs setting forth theIr vIews on the subject and It IS not probable that the com-mittee will not take final action on the matter until due inves-tigatIOn of condItions and conSIderation of the brIefs filed has been allowed. In the meantime every receiver and shipper should keep in close touch with the situation and be ready to combat the adoption of any I ules that are not absolutely reason-able and Just ERNEST LEWING. Grand Rapids, July 14, 1909 Buck Brothers are fitt111g up a factory preparatory to en-gaglllg 111 the manufacture of chairs, 111Sterling, Mass 8 y•o - - -- •I ,I III \\ E EK L y --------~~,I I,, I,,,,,,,I , II,I,,III ,I, II I,,I,t I,III ,, ,,• ,, II•It It II ,I ._---------_. ---- , ... 35% OFF LIST $16 I, I,I•I ,I I,• ,II 1._. • _ No. 10-F. Ouartered Oak. ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT The Humphre}-Wld-man SectIonal Construe tlOn has dust proof partlttons, Iron shelf support,> and a two Inch deeper case than othel s DEALERS' PROFIT .5.5% Lme on sale ,n FurD/lure Ex-chanlle. Grand RapIds; Manufact-urers' Exh,lntlOn BUildlUll. Ch,- calla and Furniture Exchange. New York. HUMPHREY -WIDMAN BOOKCASE CO. WRITE FOR CATALOCUE DETROIT, M,CHIGAN T1'adeNotes and News. W A Ketcham wl1l open a stock of furniture m ~larsh-field, Ore. The May-Stern syndIcate purchases furmture for tvventy-three stores. The NatIOnal Cotton Felt Company have commenced the manufacture of mattresses in Memphis, Tenn. The Robertson Furmture Company wl1l open a stock of furnIture m Lawrence Kan, on the first of August A modern hotel to contain sIxty rooms WIll be erected at St Maries, Ida The sum of $35,000 will be mvested in the bUlldmg. The Alta Club WIll erect an addItion to their club house in Salt Lake CIty at an erpense of $60,000. ConsIderable new furnIture WIll be bought ProvIded subscnptIons can be obtamed to the capItal stock of the company to the amount of $100,000, a furnIture factory will be located m Newport News, Va GRAnderson has moved hIS stock of furlllture, at Lltt'" Falls, Minn., mto a larger and more convenient bUlldmg The old store WIll be used for hIS undertakmg busmess A. Lamb and others have orgamzed the L"mted States Barber Manufactunng Company, to manutacture and sell bar-ber furniture and fixtures m ChIcago The capItal stock IS $2,400, W. L Morgan has under constructIOn a large bUlldmg m Portland, Ore, whIch when completed, early m December, wl1l be occupied by a wholesale and retaIl furmture estab- Ishment Harold McCormIck, a mllhonalre of Lake Forest, III , re-ceIved two full car~ of furmture made m Europe for hIS home on July 9. The furniture was Imported especIally for Mr. Mc- Conmck by the FrancIs-Bacon Company of Boston, Mass. ARTISAN ~--- II, ,I ,I II• I It I I,I I,II! ,, I,I,,I ,, , I,II IIIII I,, I I HERE'S THAT IS -----. .,.. _. _--.---.., I,I A BARGAIN I, I,IfI , I II ,II II II No 537. 28x42 top. II II I._----_._---- ..-.~I Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 Y"u can't make money faster than by buymg thIS line hbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thiS and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING CO. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. A representative of a Colomal furmture collecting com-pan), of Boston, IS vISltlng the farm houses and VIllage hoP]( s 111 and near Readmg, Pa, searchmg for old furmture and crockery. He secured a number of very valu8 ole pipct,:> at Joanna The Rhodes Furmture Company have taken possessIOn or a new bUlldmg contamlllg 30,000 square feet of floor space, In ~lemphls, Tenn The first floor IS arranged for the ad-vantageous dIsplay of furmture, WIth two mezzamne apart-ments, The second floor IS used for exhlbltmg bed room fur-mture and the thIrd for parlor and dmmg room furlllture. Lammert Furniture Company's New Store. Martin Lammert, J r, and Mr Hoevel of the Lammert Furniture Company, St. Louis, are spending a few days in Grand RapIds placlllg orders for furmture. The company have leased two large buildings on the southeast corner of Tenth street and Vvashington avenue and taken possessIOn of one of the same The other WIll be occupied by the company on January 1 next The gross rental for fifteen years amounts to $600,000, based on a shding scale which increases after each five year period The property embodIes two buildings each six stories high, containing one hundred and thirty thousand square feet floor space, or one third more than the company had in theIr old location on Fourth and St Charles streets The owners wl1l expend one hundred thousand dol-lar", m Iemodehng the bUlldlllg'" Plate gla~" front~ and 1111- pOSlllg entl ances on Washlllgton avenue and Tenth streets WIll be lllstalled and four hIgh speed electnc elevators will be added The Lammert FurnIture Company commenced busi-ness 111 the year 1861, and IS probably the oldest furlllture house In the middle west. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 TilE AUDITORIUM HOTEL~ DENVER. Oscar \\ Smith, of the Sl111th-Henson Hotel Company, of Denver Colo. owner" of the Hotel \\' est and the :VIadl:,on both m Den\ er, lS m the Clt) buymg furmture for the new \uditDrIUm hotel of Delwer, now bUlldmg The ~udltonum will have 250 room" >andWill be ready for busllless about Sept-ember 15 It ~Ill be noted from the arc1utects draV\mg re-produced here,,,, Ith that the bmldlng I" fi, e stone" 1ll h('lght floor, WIll be furmshed exactly ahke The same plan will be carned throughout The furniture, to be selected Will embrace reproductions from the French. Engh"h. Colomal and MIssion schools and the mahogany sUite" Will be purchased both 111light and dark fimshe:, ~Ir Smith ha" a hobby for harmonlUs furmshings, consequently wall hnts, the rug" and everythmg which goes Into the room" Will he 111colors to corre"pond with the pecu-har t) pe and color of the furniture purchased for that partt- It mea"ure:, 100x125 and I:' blult of bnck. "teel and terra cotta, 111the form of a capital H The first floor Will be devoted to the hotel office and dmmg rooms, of whclh there are to be two The upper floors Will be from one floor plan and correspond- 111groom" on each floor Will be furmshed exactly ahke In other word" the four "leep111g rooms 111the southea"t corner of the butldlllg, one each on the second, third, fourth and fifth I~1 -------------- .. _-_ ..._._----.., I IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR I i IT'S AN ALASKA I Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold sin c e I 878. Desirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: III ! I I ••IItIi The Small consumption of Ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity 01 operation. Perfect preservation of food. I fIII \\ e sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive R-"frigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. L. E. Moon, New York Manager. 35 Warren St•• New York City. ~._-. - ..._------------------- .. _-------- ...~ \ ~I , cular room Two out of every three of the rooms Will have a bath and totlet conventences It Will be possible to give large partles as many rooms as they may require up to the ca-pacity of the floor Groups of pohticlans or others attending com entIOn" who deSire to have their rooms adjoining and afforcltng 111tercommumcatlon are by thlS means afforded ac-comodatlOn and pnvac) The hotel Will be conducted on the European plan The Denver Dry Good:, Company secured the orders for the furmture for the Smith-Henson Hotel Company's other houses, the ~Iadlson and Hotel West as well as for the new Auclttonum H E Karns, the company's buyer, IS 111 the city asslstlllg Mr Smlth III the selectlOn of the furmture whlch wll1 be furmshed largely by the Shgh Furmture Company. Unexpected. ,.Does my whistle annoy you~" asked the Joker SOltCltoUS-ly The pleasant man put down hlb pen Not a bIt I" he protest-ed "\Vell, ,111 that case," remarked the Joker, "I'll try some-t1ung else" Look pleasant even though you may not be gomg to have ,our picture taken • - _•• ::_.\~~ I) ~:s~~~?,,~-~s~~~,:~o~~& Steenman furl11ture factory at Howard City, Mlch, each I bid to be accompdmed by certified clleck ot $100 as guaran-tee 01 good faith Bld~ to be opened by me on Thursday, July 22, 1909 Right re'i~rved to reject dny and all bids Thl~ I~ the gre,lte"t manufacturing plant bargam ever offereJ 111 1IIchigan TVI0 story frdme bUlld1l1gs, I-shaped, 168x153 dnd 262x153 111 good conditIOn, amply protected from fire by modern. prl\ ate and publIc water plants, heated by surplus ,tedm Inoluded IS 415 feet "hdftmg, 26 pulleys, 14 foot umnter~h.tft belt tightener, 3 blowers and 4,000 feet plpmg. elly kiln of 3 compartments all piped, 1.425 feet heatmg pipe, 200 h p eng111e,1l1dtwo Lan'i1l1g bOilers, a con,el11ent money makmg shop, 111 a good town. labor plentiful Two Side track.., from G R & I and P M Rys run to plant Wllte for further partlcular'i or send bid to BERT CRITTENDEN, Trustee, Howard City, Mlch II i I~.--.-._-.-.-.-..----..-.-..-------- _.. .....-..... ........ I 10 WEEKL\ ARTISA1\ HAFNER FURNITURE COMPANY Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers CATALoe UPON REQUEST Samples shown at Manufacturers' Furn- Iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. ESTABLISHED 1873 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO No. 3064 No. 3065 Davenport -Size, 78 Inches long This IS a substantIa! and beautllu! desIgn and umque pattern The thoroughly constrtlcted frame IS of selected northern bIrch and beautIfully fin1~hed III mahogany, rubbed and pohshed. The tlpholstenng ISplaID, seat, back, and arms With a ruffled border on front of seat The filling IS of tow, moss and elastic cotton lelt top The ~pnngs used In thIs Davenport are of highly tempered steel of the double cone ~hape [here are )6 spnng~ m ItS con~trtlctlOn, each spnng bemg secmely tied eIght times by hand Thl~ Davenport welgh~, ready for shIpment, about 250 Ibs Price No.1 Leather $42.00 Furnihll"e Not('~ and N'pws. '\ hotel to co..,t $25,000 v\ 111he erected 111 rerrd Uell'l Cal W L Hall will open a stoLk ot fur11lture III Kno,,- \ dIe, Tenn James B Trotter, a dealel In furl1ltl1l e In Ro,;c\\ ell \ II died recently Curtls & Curtls will engage In the sale of tl1lllltme at Greenville, 0 The Fond du Lac MIl rOl Compdny may 1110\e Ito; plant to Sheboygan W1'; F G Hurt has opened a stock of turllltul e ;tll(! cal pets In Lancaster, K} The Leather Furllltm e Company has en~al:;er1 In huslness 111 New Albany, Ind A fur11lture store h,l" been opened III l\,10rnc,town Tenn by Harrell & McCord " , A fur11lture and Cdlpet ,;tOJelM" opellcd In c.,1.cra111ento Cal , bv Clement & Dunn The "Vdlingham Ft1l111ture Compan} of .:\Llcon (Ga) IS conducting a rellloctellng- ,;ale \iV etherell & Reid, succeed \Vethe1 ell, ReId & Co 111 the furnIture busl11es,; at Tollet III Maxwell Brothers, of Augusta, Ga , were ctamal:;ect bv fire to the amOl1l1t of $5000 lecentlv - The Globe Furl11ture Company have engaged 111 the re tall furl11tllle hU';111e,;'i111 \i\Tynne Ark Frank l' \iV ood 'i, a dealer 111 fur111ttll e and decO! at1n" matenals In Kew YOI k IS a bank! upt '"' The Peck Dry Goods Company of Kan'ia,; Cltv has dl'i contllll1ed their fl1rmture department - The Stow & Davls Fur11lture Company WIll erect a large additlOn to their plant 111 Grand Rapid,; \lbert J\Ia) IS a';5lst111g T 'vV Flesh In sell111g the llne of the Clon-K11ls Company 111 Grand Rap1ds J L Met7's furniture factory 111ChIcago, was destroyed b) fire on [l1h 4 Loss amounts to $5,000 The Newman FurnIture Company is the name of a corpor-ation engag111g 111bn5lnes,; 111 Newman, Ga R Holman & Co , of Chelsea, Mass, have filed article,; of lllcorporatlOn The capital stock IS $20,000 c\ large thl ee story bnck bullcltng WIll 1Je erected 111Troy, \ C bv the Montgomery FUrl11tUl e Compan y The samples shown by the Shelbyvllle exhIbitors in ChI-cago n um ber t\\ 0 thousand five hundred pieces The Shank Furniture and Storage Company of Indiana-pOlS, have Illcreased their capital stock to $60000 Procced111l:;'; 1n bankruptcy 11dve been commenced ag:ll 1"t the Coppa~e I nlllltl1re Company, of lVI111neapolls 1 R Rd)11l0ncl bu}el fo. the InnIS Fur111ttllC Comjlllly of \A,i lClllta Kan, 1S plaCing orders 1n Gl and Rap1ds The ~lorn,;on-Phllllps Mercantile Company succeed Tohn A Fleeman 111the furmture hl1S111eSSat Atoka, Okla Joseph l'{ J erue has pm chased the furntture and under-tak111g' bl1S111eS';of A "V SIegel 111Cheney, vVash L N \\ 11ltman 1'i succeeded 111 tIlE. fnrl1ltl1rc and nndel-tak1l1g bUS111C%at F1 edenck,;burg, Iowa, hv A B Bnf The Nebra,;ka lUlmture and Cal pet Company, recently 111COplorated at S Juth Omaha, N eh , IS capltahzed for $100.000 S "\lV Klddcl of Kidder & DaVIS, Fitchburg, Mass, is ,;pendlng' the \\ eek 111Grand RapId", placlllg orders for furni-ture The Turp1l1 & Ingram Fur11lture Company, recently 111- corporated to do busllless in Nevada, OhlO, is capitalized for 8>20000 The M1chlgan Church Pew Company of Charlotte, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 has been sold out by the receiver The liabIlities amount to $16,000 Carson Bradford, manager of the Bradford & McKee Fur-niture Company, NashvIlle, Tenn , will spend the current week In Grand RapIds The Schwartz ManufacturIng Company of Plymouth, WIS, are bUlld1l1g an addItIOn to their factory, whIch will be used for shipp1l1g purposes The Salmon RIver Table Companv, of Pulaski, NY, have purchased the Pula'ikl Box \Norks from George \N Douglas" They have taken posesslOn The Havel ty f'url11tnre Company wtll erect an addition to theIr bUllclinl:; at the intersectIon of Pryor stl eet and Au-bUln avenue In Atlanta, Ga Very lmp01 tant "'Ifa).. Gutknowsky, the furniture dealer in ENOl walk, OhIO, has sold hIS sorrel horse to Georg-e Ever-ett, the East avenue butcher The Holland (Mlch) Cal v111g and Mould111g Company have increased their capItal stock frOm ten thousand dollars to twenty thousand dollars M T GlaVin, buyer for the Abraham & Strauss FurnitUl e Company, Brooklyn, NY, is spending his vacation at Sara-toga SpIl11g'i, accol1lpamed by hIS family Anthony LUClk, long engaged in the manufacture of fur-mture in C111cinnatl, 1S the lessee of the John Schrader FurnI-ture Company's plant 111New Albany, Ind Henry Haltzel, of Allentown, 1'a, manager of a cha111 of stores located 111 Pennsylvania, is spending the week in Grand RapIds, ChIcago and St LOUIS, plaCIng orders Walter Johnson, 111anager of the Atherton Furmture Com-pany of Boston, Mass, is spend111g the week in Grand Rapids placing orders for the company's several stores J. H Scott and others have 01gan17ed the Scott-Haggin Company, 111 \iVinston-Salem, N C, preparatory to engaging 111 the manufacture of the Scott collapsIble bookcase The factones at Rockford Il1., are going into operatlOn WIth a full quota of workmen on full tIme, necessitated by the volume of sale'3 made dUrIng the midsummer season An 111voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed ag-a111st Abraham Cameron, a dealer 111fur11lture 111 Crystal Falls, Mlch HIS liabl1Jties amount to $4,600; assests $1,200 A H Hotchloss. recently WIth R H \iVhite & Company. Boston, has been engag-ed a'i manager of the furnIture sec-tion of the Edward Malley department store in New Haven, Ct The Horn IUrl1lttl1e Company of vVaukegan, 111 re-cently dIsplayed a umque exhlb1t 111its show w111dow A mlnla ture park was lighted With two large horns, indicating the name of the company Leon Levy of Stern & Company, PhiladelphIa, wtll spend the current month in Grand RapIds, ChIcago, Rockford and St 1 OUIS placl11g 01 ders for fur111ture He \\ tll return to Phil-adelphIa on August 15 Mr Pozonanski, who recently purchased the plant of the ChIppewa Falls, (\VIS) FurnIture Company, will manufacture kitchen cab111ets and tables and gIve employment to from fifty to seventy-five hands. He w1ll change the name of the com-pany to the ImperIal or the Northwe"tern Furmture Company N VV Calk111s, who has been in charge of the furmture department of Crews & Beggs Company, 111 Pueblo, Cola, and, dUrIng the past ten years vIce preSIdent of the company, has reSIgned hIs posItIon and wIll spend several months on the PacJf1c coast E H Dav, advertising manager for the com-pany succeeds Mr Calkins as vice president. A semi-annual dIVIdend of ten per cent was paId July 1 The furnIture de partment of the company WIll be dlsronil11ued ~---_ __ . II , i•I I ---~IIIII I •I •I•I II III I• I I II THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This IS one of our popular Hotel chairs Our chairs are found 111 all the leadmg Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chaIrs, rock-ers and settees of all grades, D111mg Room fHl 11Iture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. I• I• II• I• I• I,,II ,III l II• II• I I• I I•It j~! I~---------------------- A complete hne of sam-ple. are d.splayed 10 The Ford & Johnson BmldlDl!, 1433-37 Wabash Ave., 10- c1udlDlI a speCIal d,splay of Hotel FurnIture. All fUl/lZtUl e deale! s are cordtally tnvzted to uzszt Ollr butldzl1g. II -_ ~ ~------------------------------------------~ III IIII I• IIt• Il•t II ••II I •!I I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frl~I~N~~~ I No Stock complete WIthout the Elt Beds 10 Mantd and Upnght • 1 ELI D. MILLER &, CO. I I EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I I Wnte for cuts and pnces I I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. 0 t l ~. ..---- ..------------~---------~---------~ ~----------------------------_ ..-..-..__ .._ .. -~ I I I I •I • II III 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN 1------::~~~~=:R~:---------l II II•• I• ,I ,• ,,• ,• I,• ,I II II ~--------..-- ---------------- ..... HARDWOOD LUMBER & VENEERS SPECIALTIES ~t\~?fErgQUAR. OAK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W, Main SI" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead In Slyle, ConSlrucbon and FInish. See our Catalogue. Our line on permanent exhlbl-lion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUIlding, Grand RapIds. ~----._--_._-------._I.---------_---..~_...·-_-·---- ...-•I. THAT NEW ALLIANCE List of the Members and Officers and Copy of the Contract with Manufacturers. Somethmg was saId III the columns of the DatIy -\rtban- Record recently about a new orgamzatJon of retaIlers to be known as the l~ur1l1ture Alltance The ltst of houces 1l1ter-ested, together wlth officers and the contract the) al e \\ ork1l1g wIth manufacturers al e herewIth appended R L Reynolds, -\lbany. '\ Y R \\ Soule Emponum, \ugusta, :'Ie Hanson & DIckson, Amsterdam, i\ Y "-\tkinson Furmtnre Co, Boston, "1Iass. Drake & Hersey Co, Boston. :'Iass Eldredge & Peabod) Boston, J\I as" C E Osgood Co Boston, :'Iass Shawmut Furmture Co, Boston. :'Iass Llagg & ,VIllls. Brockton :'Iass lIo'" al d Clark Co. Brockton, :'Iass Geo '\ othnagle & Son Blldgeport, Conn Rosenthal & Ruben, Dl11ghamton, "r\ Y -\ D Stetson & Son, Bath, -:\Ie C 13 ~'l1011er,Inc, Cambndge, :'Iass Phllltps Brm & Co, Cambndge, :'Iass John II Spence & Co. Easton, Pa R S Reed Co, Fall RIver, :'Iass J' D. Smlth, Menden, Conn C H Avery Co, Nashua, \' H Chambetla1l1 Fur11lture & l\Iantel Co, Xew Haven, Ct P. J. Kelle) I urmtnre Co, ;..Jew Haven, Conn Household Ft1111lture Co, )Jew Bedford, :\fass Herbert S. PIerce, New Bedford, ~Iass n C Porter s Sons, New Bnta1l1, Conn Sydnor & Hundley Co RIChmond, \ a \Veis & FIsher Co, Rochester, )J Y rImt & Bnckett Co, Spnngfield, ~I ass J IV. Hersey Co, Spnngfield, Mass KIdder & DaVIS, FItchburg, Mass De ,vandelalr & Gray, Fort Plam, N Y. J as Sunderland & Son, .f< all River, l\Iass. R E Berger, Glenn Falls, ~. Y. P II. Jones & Co, Gloversville, N. Y. Burns & Co, Harrisburg, Pa. r E Tucker & Son, Haverhill, :'lass C. C. ruller Co , Hartford, Conn. Flint & Bruce Co, Hartford, Conn. John TIlley & Co, Holyoke, Mass. \dams & Co, Lowell, 11ass Hobel tson Co, Lowell, .:\lass 13radfOld, Conant & Co, LeWIston, Me Plel ce Fur11lture Co, Leommster, ~Ia:.s. Dodge } urmtnre Co, Worcester, ]\![ass. rImt & Barker, \\ orcester, Mass rllley & Crane Co, Waterbury, Conn Home & Herrmann, Washmgtoll, D C Reddington & Co., WatervIlle, ~Ie. Lambson Furmture Co, vVestfield, .:\1ass \\ esterly Furmture Co, \IV esterly, R I Isaac .:\lason, Brooklyn, N. Y D B. H Power, Lynn, .:\las:. Rogers & Carleton, Sandy HIll, X. Y. Stover & Spence, Schenectady, ~ Y. R C Reynolds, Troy, 1\. Y. G :\1 Bntton Co, Readmg, Pa Ronan Bros , Oneonta, N. Y T. F. Foss & SOliS, Portland, ~le. Petersburg Furmture Co, Petersburg, \ a. J Samuels & Bros, Inc, Providence, R I Ceo Schlude & Sons. PoughkeepsIe, N. Y. ~tover, See:. & Spencer, PIttsfield, Mass Henry L Kmcaide, & Co, QU1l1cy, Mass. COpy of Blank Contract. The contract that manufacturers, Jobbers and other whole sale dealers are asked to sign, reads as follows: WEEKLY ARTISAN J. W. Chesebro, Pres. M S Davves, Vice Pres. THE FURNITURE ALLIANCE, (Incorporated.) E. E. Dodge, Secy. & Treas., C. J. O'Hara, Counsel. AGREEMENT. . ... 190 GIG Main St , Worcester, Ma~s. BLI WEE'- TnL r ~R!',11URL ALLIANCL and . . .. the undel sIgned have tIns day agreed to allow on all goods purchased of us dunng the penod starting from the rollcrtl'Zle sales reach the following amounts: Sales up to $ 5,000, a commission of % Sales up to $35,000, a commission of. . . . .. % Sales up to 10,000, a commission of % Sales up to 40,000, a commIssion of % Sdles up to 15,000, a commIssion of % Sales up to 43,000, a commIssIon of.. .. .. % S,tlcs up to 20,000, a commlSSlOn of % S,tles np to 50,000, a commis<;lOn of... % Sale~ up to 25,000, a commission of % S,tleb up to 7.3,000, a commis"ion of. ., .. 70 Sdles up to 30,000, a commission of % Sales up to 100,000, a commlSSlOn of. . % It is further understood and agreed, that a hst of the subsCl ibel s to The Furmture Alliance 'WIll be furnished . lrv the secretm y of the Furniture AllJance. All purchases 111ade by the sltbscnbers to be bliled dIrect to each subscribel It is further understood and agreed, that wtll turnzsh on the sales fOJ111 of The FU1111tUIe Allwnce, on the first day of each 1110nth. wlnle this contract is in force, a lIst of all sales made to each SubSC11ber of The Fur111tltJe Allwnce, and wIll wIth the lzst, forward to the treasurer of The FurmtuJ e Allwnce a cJtCcl<for 1% of all sales so Je- POIted, same 1% to be deducted from commIssions allowed by us as per schedules of this contract. It is further understood and agreed, zf the mlntmum q tan tIt\! as per schedule of thIS contract IS not reached, that no further dIscounts exceptmg the 1% paid to the treasurer of The Furniture Allwnce WIll be allowed, but in all cases where mi1l1mu1n quantity 11as been reached m anyone of the se'Zeral schedules, that the balance of dIscount after deduct-ing the 1%, shall on July 10, 1910, be mailed to each subscriber, the amount of commwon due said subsCliber on all purchases made by him and to whom shipments have been made. It is further understood and agreed, that The Furmture Alltance assumes no responslbiltty of any debts contracted by the subscriber. to the SUbscllbels at The Furmture Alltance, a discount date of tlus conti act, and endmg July 10, 19] 0, whose ACCEPTEDFOR THE FLRNITURL ALLIANCE. Signed .. .. ............................ .. . SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ Each Net Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. 13 r-----------------------------------~------------~--------.---------.---------------------------------~ I I : I III II ,III II II I II I II III III I II II I I,IIII I I 14 \\11],1\ \RI]S,\\ SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Everything for the Bedroom Many New Features Added for the Fall Season II I I I It! II II I II IIIII II IIII I IIt I III II I III II _____.~._._. _l [ MedIUm and Fme QualIty 1 WRITE rOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mlch I~----------------------------------------------- A Startling ExpericIl{'e. The remarkable eApenences at dlnmmet:o 111 thc11 '\'\dd chase after ttade <ound 111man'\ case'i stranO"el thall fiction o b A s they are fine em belli 'Shers ot e'\ en the actudl tlllng, II hlch COme up before them, It 1S not at all strange that the1r "tones hnd ~uch repetttlOn Here IS d. thlllIlllg st01 y as told b} a Georgla commercial drummer He was tt avelIng th i ongh a hack\'\ ood s cou ntry . shovlllg the bU'S111ess of hl~ hon~e 111tOe'\ el '\ UOS')1odd and vIllage and store, and late one 111ght eIJm e I11tO.1 --mall '\ 111age and put up at the ani} pldce of publIc entel ta111mcnt 111the town He asked f01 a 100m, beJ11g tIred and broken down, and dnAI0U'i to get to iec,t, and the hOll! bell1g 101te, after "np-jJtT, he Wd" told b'\ the old man II ho pld\ ed the pdrt at PIO-pnetor, to go up one flight 01 steps tmn to IllS 11ght, and he ,voule! fine! ll1'S100m He staItecl, bnt belllg ,el} t11ed he for got hIS dllectlOns, dnd tmned to the left afte1 i:S0lllg np the first flight of 'itall" \ lon~ chnnk of '\\ ood 111 d bl t plolLe fur11l'ihed the anI} lIght 111the 100111 and h, It he fonnd hIS way to a chaIr, glanced around and took 1n h1s surroundings He no±Jced that he would have a bed-fellow, and he laId on hIS back and kept hIS face covered wIth a sheet I t was no un-usual thJ11g for drummers to have strang e bed-fellows in places of the sort, and the traveler gave th1s mattel no concern As for the man 1n the bed hav111g ll1S face coveled with the sheet, that lTI1ght have been done to keep off the 111osqmtoes, 01 It mIght SImply have been a fancy to do this III the part of the sleeper The traveler d1srobed hImself and got 111tObed by the , de at hIS ~t1ent cOmpa111011 He had hardly done so before the cloor opened and a man and woman entered They drew theIr chairs close to the fire and commenced to talk 111 soft dnd 101\ tones ] he} hItched then chairs closer together, and thetla\ eler found h1mself forgett111g sleep Be was WIde awake and J11tensel} mterested m what was bemg sa1d The tones becdme 'Softer, 'SuggestIve of courtsh1p In fact so much so, that the GeorgIan nudged hIS s1lent bed-fellow, who made no response Presently the man's arm stole around the woman's waIst and the GeorgIan nudged hIS partner agam. By and by the man s head bent forward, and there was a sound of some-one sobbmg The Georgldn couldn't stand thIS He gave the sheet a flll t, uncovered the face of hIS bed-fellow, and broke out 111to a horse laugh The woman screamed and fled from the room , followed by the man who had sat beSIde her The GeorgIan looked around at hIS bed-fellow to see how he had enjoyed the fun He was a dead man that the man and woman had come m to Sit up w1th The ellummel' had happened 1n the wlOng room The I X L Furl11ture Company, of Salt Lake C1ty, wdl erect an aclehtlOn to the large store bUlldl11g which It now oc-cupIes, at an expense of $35,000 ] he bUllehng will have a frontage of ()8 feet and a depth of 272 feet \n m ertramed man IS a good deal llke an overtramed dory b' SometImes the best hunt111g dog won t work for a scent WEEKLY ARTISAN f------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE I BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS II II III IIII I I I 15 IN THE MARKET vVe will have the nght styles at the nght pnces and made to gIve satIsfaction. Don't miSSccmIng to see the hne, It \\ III pay you I Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. I THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO.,Indianapolis,Ind. I .--------------------------------_~ ~ J Parlor Furniture l<"ixingRetail Price~. c\ manufactullng corpO! atIOll located all the PLlufic COd't IS testmg the prdctlcabIhty of a plan to fiA p11ces upon then pIoLlucts to be charlSed bv letatlels ]hc lollO\vl11g letLer wa::, recently matlcd to the trade J t expla111, the ") 'item to be followed fully "Please note that all future sales to you of belO\v-named products of thiS company wIll be subject to the followl11g condItIons "You sha 11 not scll, 01 ca u sc or pc 1111t1 to bc sold, eI thcI cIJrectly O! 111chrectly, by means at gldtUltIes 01 othel Wise, any of saId products f01 le'iS than the current retail pnces estdb hshed by thIS company (Here follow p11ces ) 'The condtnons here111 named are for the express benefit of thIS company, and 111case of the breach ot saId conclttIon:::. by you 111 connectIOn of any pUlchase of such j1loducts from the undersigned, you shall pay thIS company for each c\11(1evel y such bleach the sum of $SO as the damages which It IS j1lesum-ed and agreed would be suffered by this company for every such breach, said sum to be construed as hquldated damages, and not as a penalty, It being recognized that any such breach would result 111 matenal damages to thIS company, the actudl amount of whIch It would be extremcly chfficult or llTIpractI-cable to fix ThiS company may prosecute any actIOn for such breach 111ItS own name. "The foregolllg cOllchtlOns shall apply to all of the saId products of thIS company that yOU may hel eafter purchase from the undersigned, or may now have on hand, and every future sale to you of such products by the undersIgned shall Couches Leather Rockers t 1 c '-ub]ect to the abCJ\e cOll(htlons, \vh,ch shaH form and be cl pal t of thc consIderatIOn fO! every such sale, whether sO stated at tJw tnne of the ~ale, 01 \\ hen thc goods al e ordel cd or llot All orders ft om ) au lor all) of the afore:::.ald goods shall be consIdercd a<, Call)lnlS \\Ith thcm an acceplance of the abovc condltlons " ThIs IS belIeved to be d legal and vahd contract· b111d111g ,lIl) dealel \\ho buys dIrect, at lCdst \\ e nnagll1e that be fore a gl eat vvhIle some opportunity WIll arise whereby the effect may be te:::.ted fullv, and the po\'\ er of the fixed pnce plan known Millions ill Sale&. c\ gcntlemdll well 1l1formed 111 legare! to the volume of bU~ll1ess transacted h) fhomds Smyth & Company, ChIcago, dealers In hou:::.e fuu11 shll1g good s, 'lays the fil111employs thirty salesmen anel that the sales of each averages over $60,000 per annun' The firm also sells goods valued at more than $1,OOO,OQO annually thlOUgh the maIls On the Trail of False Billel"s. \gents of the 111terstate commISSIOn are makll1g an 1I1vestI- -:;dtlOl1of allclSee! false bIllIng 111 ChIcago, whIch has depnvecl the I aI1lOdds, It IS stated of much legitImate revenue ProsecutIOn of the offenders IS expected as ::'0011 a<, eVIdence IS 111shape for actIOn. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~UBLISHI!D EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRI~T10N $1 eo PER YEAR IN AL.L.COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL.UNION $1 50 PER YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SINGL.E COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE. 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRANO RAP OS, MICH A S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOR Mr. Ewing's article on the demurrage controvelsy. which appears m this edltton of the vVeekly Arttsan, \\ 111 surely be of much interest to furmture men, for the profits of manufacturers, sellers and buyers are all more Or less affect-ed by demurrage rules and charges and they have not, as a whole, been treated fairly by the raIlroad" \\ hl1e It may be de-sirable to have more uniformity in the rules and regulatton'3, it is clear, as pointed out by ::\1r Ewing, that It IS ImpossIble to make rules that WIll prove fair and sattsfactor) to shIppers in all sections of the country. CondItions val y so much that what may be satisfactory and advantageous to shippers from some points would be almost ruinous to those III other sec-tions and the same difficulities arise in trying to apply Ul11form rules to all commodibes. As Mr. EWlllg states the matter IS to be settled soon and if the furnIture men WIsh to do an}- thing to protect their interests in this matter they should take action immediately And that action should be unanimous Neither the railroad managers nor the Interstate Commerce Commissioners are disposed to pay much attentIOn to demands or protests from indiVIdual shIppers, but If the furl11ture Ill-terests would unite in an expressIOn of theIr vIews on the subject their action would probably be effective. The efforts put forth by an orga11lzatlOn ot expOSItIOn bmldmg owners in ChIcago to mduce a larger number of dealer~ m furl11ture to become market buyers brought forth excellent re~ulb In no year of the past ha\ e so man} dealers appeared m the cIties of the furl11ture expo"ltlOn" The I e">ults attamed ">uggest that a great deal more than ha" been accom-phshed In the past mllsht be done b} the exhJl)ltmg manu tact-urers to mduce buyer'3 to \ ISlt the market" The J ame"to\", n Lounge Company used ItS monthly pubhcatlOn 'Profitable Furl11ture" very effectl'Tely for the purpo~e stated, and the mean"> at the command of all manufacturers" ho would aId m boommg the markets are many and \ aned FIrst m Import-ance I" the trade papers The large attendance of buyer'3 and the hberal orders placed assures the operatIOn of the furniture factones to full capacIty during the remainder of the current year The orders placed were generally for early shIpment and the ral1road corpOl atlon" \\ 111 ">oonfeel the Impul"e of nupro\ ement In the hOlhe fur11l~hm'S trade~ The country waIted long and patlent-h for the tmkenng ot the re\ enue laws, but finally becommg "atlsfied that no ~ood and not much evJ1 would re'3ult from leghlatI(l!1 In cong-re"s. ha" started m upon a fresh career of bu"me"" that proml:oe" to continue a long bme Heavy crops, eas) mone) and actl\ It) m the Indu"tne" wl1l make the people forget the late pal11Cm "IX month~ Courtesy ,,111 make more fnends than gIving away pre-miums, scanng horses WIth cnmson advertisements or seating sleight-of-hand artists in show windows These things attract attentIOn and draw people, but courtesy makes friends who will come back "ith their trade Courtesy includes knowledge, in thIS case at least A. salesman may sml1e and show attention and do everyth111g m hIS power to make a customer feel at home, but if he cannot answer questIOns regarding the goods, he falls 111hIS courtesy, for store courtesy imphes the supply-mg of everything that IS needful The grumpy merchant has only himself to blame if he loses custom He IS an extremist He fads to realize that there IS a mIddle course whIch is be~t to follow The man who IS over-effusl\ e, who talks when he has nothing to say, is a nuisance, but the man who says nothing and looks mad about It has erred, as well Say someth111g, make it bnsk and brief and to the pomt. and you \\ III get your heanng Se1ll11g a customer something which he does not want is considered good salesmanshIp in some stores. There is a fine distinction between selling a customer what he does not want and selling hIm something he does want but had not thought of before you expla111ed it to him. The moment a customer enters a store, some employe should start toward him, If possible. Nothing offends a cus-tomer so much as to enter a store and wait and wait for somebody to come to him and take his order Right or wrong, It makes h1111sore \\ hen all the furmture exp0:OltlOn bUlldmgs contemplated and under constructIOn ~hall be completed It wl1l be necessary to start two or three hundred furmture factone"> to manufact-ure '3amples to fill them The ClrcUlt Court of ~ ew Albany, Ind, has dechned to appo111t a receIver for the firm of Vetter Brothers & Lewis, dealers 111furmture The PromotIOn Club, of BraZIl. Ind., expects to establish a large factory In that city to be used III the manufacture of furniture John W. Kelley, a dealer in furmture, has been nom mated for the office of mayor of Marion, Ind , by the sociahst party WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE NO. 1207 BY SUGH FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 17 , r, PLANNING ~\HEAD. If you're the head of a bus mess don't try to do ~ 01 k that belongs to the hands and feet, that IS, not too much of It, or the bU"ll1es" won t have any head, says Old YardstICk. Your employes need the stImulus you can gIve them every now and then by "Jumpmg m" and dOlng somethmg y oL1r'3elfto 'ihow them holY you're not above It, but the more you ldn get employes d01l1g the work so you can do a lIttle thll1klllg, the bettel £01 you The m:1n \\ ho wants to ll1crea'ie hiS busll1ess must do some th1l1kIng, and he can't do that and everythll1g else at once ror Instance, get outsIde once m awhIle and see If ) our IIindows arc arranged a" 'A ell as they should be Call around A Lll TLE BLOWER \VI fH THF AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY on your competitors and see what they ale dOlng-a good general has his eye on the enemy as well as hiS own soldiers You can do a httle scheme about speCIal sales, get new Ideas mto your advertIsmg, examll1e the latest and best fix-tures and methods of handIng accounts When you get outside of your busmess a little in this way you'll see lots of thmgs you can't see from the inside. Ther"'s no profit m running the k1l1d of a store that fol-lows, h:rve a St01e that leads I have seen men who for-got all tbout holding seasonable sales at Chnstmas, Lent, house cIeaJ1lng time, etc, until Hie other fellow had his sale well started. Of course, nearly every store makes some feeble effort in these dIrectIOns, but what I mean IS a well thought out plan. And plans are needed to msure success Just to show you that thIS sort of plannlllg and thinkmg IS part of a big busmess that makes it big, let me call your at-tentIOn to the bIg department store WIth ItS sales at all sea-sons Some people actually thmk that such sales are made up of a lot of stale, shop-worn, "shelf stuck" goods that are pushed on to the people at a lIttle more th,an they are worth by USIng the season as an excuse I want to tell you this IS all wrong because I have seen the mSlde of the machme and know how e\ ery wheel 1ll It works and there's nothing of that to It at all The sale hunted for two weeks was planned and thought and bought for months ahead, S0l11etmes a \v hole year ahead, and thCl e l'in t d 'iln!;le element of accldeIL 01 hlt-and-m1'i'i about It It take'3 place a 1 a regular sche lulc The speCIal .Je!vert,smg and CIrculars and other announcements are alread\ lllannecl ahead The whole "ale ploceee!s systematIcaIly to It" end Often an amount of merchandIse IS pushed out mane at these sales that ten ordmary stores would not be able to sell m a year If yOU thmk thIS IS written just because it's easy to stnng ~ lot of words together ltke beads take the trouble to look mto the matter ane! find out as I dId You'll be ltke the people who \\ ent to church to f1chcule the new parson, who "came to scoff and rel11allled to pray" Runnlllg a successsful store has more to it than getting a bunch of goods together and sIttmg dov\ n to Ivalt for the peo- (lIe \ \ hen) au know how the big department store's furniture gnnds merchanclise mto money you'll feel faint at first and then you'Il chlrk up and get some ideas that will mean money to you Trv the thll1kIng stunt as they do Till He's Willing to Stay. You Lan take a\vay credIt and ca'3h and all that, You can make a man's chances '3eem utterly flat \Vlth your gOSSIp and malice his character flay, But a man I,;n't down tIll he's wil1mg to stay There are thousand'3 of feet always ready to kick, And more thousand'i of tongue'3 fairly ltchmg to pnck All the faces once fnendly turn coldly away, Bu t a man Isn't do\\ n tJ!l he"s wJ!llllg to stay If hIS spmt IS strong he's still good for the fight Let him vow to get up and put himself right, He can WIggle, tWiSt, wrestle and work up his way; For a man's never down tlll he's willing to stay. It IS human to whmc and complain of bad luck. Deep to S1l1k III the mire 1!l WhlCh you are stuck But It'S VI, l'3er and better to rise up and say, "Here I A man Isn't clown tIll he's willmg to stay" WEEKLY ARrJ TSAN r---- --------- ~----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I I Quarter Sawed III III We cut to size, wh~n desired, I Yellow Poplar ~ Birch Crossbanding 1 and have log run widths and lengths always in stock. II II IIIf fI Poplar and Gunl Drawer Bottoms ,I• II I I We offer you 500,000 feet of Oak Veneer to select from, personally if you wish. Did you ask for We have them, machine dried. And the Old Reliable Irish rClL and ~ Glue Imported and always in i stock. WALTER CLARK VF~NEER CO, I 535 Michigan Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, II ~--------- .... ...... .. .... .... .. ..... .... .... ---- ... -- ..... .. - .... ... ..... ... - ........ 19 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- . -----.., \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN ........ I MICHIGAN III IIIIIII FURNITURE COMPANY ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN PRICES FOR PRICES Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE In Mahogany, Qyartered and Plain Oak. Odd Dressers In Birch and Imitation Mahogany. THE Best Goods '---------------- EVANSVILLE. INDIANA_ ---- - - - - -------- -- -- -- -- _. --- ----~-~------ The bIg event of the week among furlllture men \\ as the formal opelllng yesterday and today, (Fnday and Saturda, Jul) 16 and 17) of the new Furlllture Exchange btlllchng- Thl,., For the Price On the Market Made by Luce-Redmond FUlllltUle l.o 1~ g R tPlO<" l\IJch opelllng \\;a,., for the cltl7en.., ot f\ an..,\ llle and ..,nnol111C1111g towns, as the bIg btllld1l1g \\;a,., formally opened to thc buy el ~ some weeks ago A receptlOn wa,., tcndered the pllbhc Fnday afternoon from 2 30 to 5 30 and from 7 30 to 10 30 111 the e, en-mg 1he larg e btlllchng was filled by the manufacturers of the cIty and then fnends and an orchestra was on hand. Each VISltOl was gn en a I11ce souvelllr post card show111g the pKture of the new htllld1l1g The openmg marks a new era m the ftlll11turc 111dust! l' of E, ans, Ille ThIrty-one of the lead1l1g turl11ture and stm e manufacturers of the Clty have theIr eAhlhlts arranged m the bUlld1l1g and they have attract-cd a g I edt deal of a ttentlOn among the buyers ~t the annual elcctlOn of thc dn ector" of the EvanSVIlle Ralh\ a,'" Compan, opel atlng h dctJon 11l1es from thl,., cIty to '\ e\\ btll g. Ind, and Rockport, Ind, held a few davs ago ~ F Kalge.., of the Karge" }url11ture Company was unal11m-on" h elected chaIrman of the hoard of dlrectol s John fT Roh,.,enhel ger of the Bnehner ChaIr Company "av" trade IS not a.., actn e at thl.., time as It onght to be. hut he th1l1ks thmg" look, el 'r enconrag1l1g for thIS fall and W1l1- ter 1he ne\\ catalog that the company sent out a few weeks dC,O ha.., bronght ..,ome lllce return.., \LlllufactUler.., report bn"llless fauly actne thl" week and "a, good ClOpS Inchcate that pro"'pellt} IS gOing to come to ..,ta, \ good man} of the local mannfdcturer.., are m Chicago attendlllg the exp0..,lbon among them he1l1g Elt D ::\fll1er, the \\ ell kno" n folchng bed man nfacturer, George Ford, of the £, an,." Ille Book Case and Table Company, Henry J Rusche, of the 'speClaht} } ur11lture Company, Oscar Klamer of the ~chelosk} Table Company and Gu" '\onwetler of the E, ans- 'Ille I, unllttll e Compan} John Hey ns of the Heyns Furl11ture Company left l\I on-day nIght for Chicago and Grand Rapid.., The follmiV1l1g well known furniture manufacturel" of thIS LIt} \'Vele on the btuldmg committee for the Furllltnre Ex-change, and It h due to theIr l)Usme",., Judgement and husthng qndhlJes that the btllldlng wa,., erected H 1I Schu, of the WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ~---_ ... -_ .... _. - _________________ • T 'lit ... , , __ .-.. II II It I II II II I ----- ...... ....-'1' OUR LINE OF CHINA CLOSETS, BUFFETS AND BOOKCASES MORE COMPLETE I ROCKFORD STj~l~!2~~£FURNITURE CO. 1 6-__ .a • • T_a •••• ._ • •• • __ • a_ ••••• -_ ••••••• -.. .-~ IS AND UP.TO·DATE THAN EVER BEFORE. SAMPLES SHOWN IN CHICAGO ONLY, 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE, MANUFACT. URERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING, IN CHARGE OF F. P. FISHER, N. P. NELSON, AND FRED LUGER. Crescent and 1!mted ~tates Funutnre company, A F Karge'i of the Karges Furmture Company; Benjamin Bosse of the (,lohe 1 Ull11ture company, Hem) J Ru~che of the '-,peclalt, Furmture Company, 'WIlham A Koch of the Evansville Metal Bed Company and Edward Ploeger of the Bosse Furmture Company Charb, Sallee of the Sallee Advertlsmg Company of this .....---_ ..- ---------... ... --_ ...--------..., i MUSKEGON VAllEY FURNITURE COMPANY Ii MUSKEGON I MICH .... COIOmol 8UlleS 1011POSI Beos 000 Dressers cnillOniers wnrorooes lames' 10lleis DreSSing ToOle8 MOnogony I 10101« GOO«s iI Line on .ale m Manufacturers' Buildmg, Grand RapId.. I '"'--------- -- ----------------_ ..... uty got Up a pretty cleslgn that 11111 be used by the Crescent City Mixed Carloadmg ASSOCiation of thiS city The design represents a tram of twelve cars leaving a large bunch of fur-mture factones and gomg to all parts of the world. In the Lorner IS a huge crescent and each car IS marked with the name of one of the tweh e fir111brepresented 111the associatIon. o :'Ionday, July 12, conracts for the new factory of the Never SplIt ~eat company were let and work on the plant Will "tart In a 'ihort tIme It wIll be JGO by GO feet In c!JmenslOn, and besIdes the big maw bmldl11g there wlll be detached stnK-hires contammg the dl y kIln" and power plant The bmldmg- Will be made of bnck "\ eneer manufact Irer, I epOl t busmess very good thiS II eek. Charles \'\ Talge say" the plant of the Evanwllie Yeneer Worb IS bel11g opel ated on full time and that a 111eelot of orders <tre bel11g I eeeived The blICk work for the new factory of the Schelosky T <lble company IS fi11lshecl <ts well a'i for the ma1l1 factOl v bl1llchng-of the 1= Q SmIth Ch<tlr coIPpam Retail fur11lt'11e tI <tele has been cnppled 11101 e or le"s dur- Ing the pest SIX \\ eeks b~came of the 'it! eet cal "tllke whICh '-tal ted the last Saturday 111 :'lay The dealer~ look however fOl th111gs to lIVen up some after harvest TI'e h<tnc!con'e l1e" reqdence of Vhlham \ Koch of the C, alW\ Ille ::\Ietal Deel company on UPP~I Second street IS neM-Ing LOmplctlOl1 It ,,111 be one of the finbt heme:">In that part of the CIty " W B CARLETON. The man who accompa11les hiS "lfe on her 'ilIoppmg tour IS almost as uncomfortable as the woman who accompan- Ies her husband to the ball game. 22 \\ Lr~kL\ \RTIS\~ Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, cata-logues illustrating, pricing and describIng the Quick Selling Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Association will be forwarded. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, ChJffomers, Odd Dressers, ChIfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Made b~ The Karges Furniture Co The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facil- , ities for shipping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great rail-road systems of the East, South and West. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m ImitatIon golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght FoldIng Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, ChIna Closets, CombInation Book and LIbrary Cases THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards m plam oak, ImItatIonquartered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers In ImItatIon quartered oak, ImItatIon mahogany, and ImItatIon golden oak ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~-~ THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of the "Superior" LIne of Parlor, LIbrary, DInIng and DreSSIngTables. I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, CrIbs, WIre Spnngs and Cots. WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 , I I IIII I IIII I III I I IIIII IIII ,III II III II II IIII II IIIIII III III•• I• IIII• I I I IIII I l\Iade h) Bockstege Furmture Co Made by Globe Furmture Co Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co Made b) World FurnIture Co I...------ ..... ---------"_. _. _. - •.....•.._--------------------------------~ 24 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. WEEKLY ARTISAN MISSION LIBRARY SUITES are one of the attractions contained in line of the new ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO. THIRD FLOOR, BLODGETT BUILDING Alaska Refrigerator Company American Blower Company Big Six Car Loading AssociatIOn Bockstege Furmture Company, The Bosse Furmture Company, The Eli D. Miller & Co. Ford & Johnson Company Globe Furmture Company, The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company Hafner Furmture Company Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company Hoffman Brothers Company Karges Furmture Company. The Luce Furl'lture Company Lentz Table Company Mechamcs Furmture Company Metal Furniture Company, The Michigan Engravmg Company Michigan Furmture Company Miller & Company, Eli D. Miscellaneous Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley Furmture Company Nelson-Matter Furmture Company New York Furmture Exchange Palmer Manufacturing Company Pioneer Manufacturing Company Richmond Chair Company Royal Chair Comtlany Rockford Standard Furmture Company Rockford Chair & Furniture Company Rockford Frame & Fixture Company Shelbyville Desk Company Sheboygan Chair Company Smith & Davis Manufacturing Company Stow & DavIs Furl'lture Company Sligh Furmture Company The Posselius Brothersg Manufacturm Company Thos. Madden Sons & CO'11pany Umon Furmture Company (Rockford) Walter Clark Veneer Company White Pnntmg Company World Furmture Company, The 9 Cover 22-23 22 22 11 11 22 Cover Cover 25 10 8 12 22 4 25 3 22 2 20 11 24 29 21 Cover 1 8 25 31 3 21 24 4 31 27 13 27 14 32 15 12 19 Cover 22 ,,..- .. .. I• II I •II, II • I• II•• ,,• II IIII .. - ..- ----_._._.--------_._----- -.. Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For Indiana and Illinois to sell our Suites, Dressers, Chiffon- Iers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKim & Cochran Fur-mture Co., Madison, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a line of Extension Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes ard Kitchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lires ycu hardle and Territory desired. Address Koenig Furmture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. Louis, Mo. ....... _ ••• a_a •••• ••••1• !IiI - .... WANTED-MACHINE FOREMAN. An up to date Machme Foreman for a factory making caSlt gocds, reference required. Address box number, care of paper. 6-10-2t. WANTED. A good cabmet maker; one who can detail and make clotbing cabinets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. WANTED-PQSITION AS MANAGER. A practical busmess man, familiar with the manufacturing of bed room furmture and who has a few thousand dollars to invest; can assume charge of one of the best furniture plants 10 the South. If interested, address "Business," Box 853, Greensboro, N. C. 6-10-4t \\ EEKLY ARTISAN ----------------- ~,, I•• I •I,II I I I III I,It III• III IIIIII ~ ._------_.----------- ~-~---_._----~---~----_ . TABLES ...--.. .._.... . I,,,I ,• ,III•t II ,I I•t II II I ,I LENTZ TABLE CO. I.I.-------.~---_. _. _.-------- OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EX TENSION ARE BEST MADE FINISHED VALUES Our Catalogue and Prices prove this statement. Yours for the asking. NASHVILLE, MICH 25 AnotheJ.·Organization of Dealers. Manufacturers of furniture in all sectIOns of the country are being confronted with another propOSlt10n to gIve the re-tail dealers a few extra dollars 111the way of dIscounts. There has been formed an associatlOn among about forty dealers pnnClpally 111New England, to buy together and thus save money. It is called the Furniture Alhance. J. W. Chesebro of Springfield, Mass, long the eastern representative of the SkandIa Furmture Company, IS president of the alliance and E. E. Dodge of the Dodge Furniture Company of Springfield, Mass., is secretary and treasurer As stated, outsIde of House & Hermann of Washington, Burns & Company of Harrisburg, R. C. Reynolds of Albany and Troy, the dealers interested are in New England. The claIm 1'3made that the alliance is in no way a trust or anythlllg of the k111d,but the fact IS quoted that there are a good many syndIcates whIch buy goods cheap-er on acccount of bUY111gmore largely, and then many of the department stores, it is claimed, get extra discounts on ac-count of the quantItIes of merchandIse they buy In brief, the manufacturer who gets into the thing, signs a contract to give the allIance an extra discount of one, two, five or any eJ\.tra d1'3count he pleases Thl'3 1'3paId to the treasurer and at the end of gIven penods IS dIstnbuted to the several mer-chants in proportion to the amount of goods he buys. This of ---. .-------- --_._-----------_. PIONEER MAnur AnURInO (OMPAnl l Full ttne shown only __ _ _ at the raClO: _ DitTROIT, MICH. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts ~ All Made From Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. ---------- ..--------_._-- course IS after the expenses have been paid It is not known to what extent the manufacturers are going into the scheme, but It 15 beheved that on account of the small margins in the furmture manufactunng bus111ess, not many of them will avaIl themselves of the opportunity. Sligh Will Enlarge Factory. The Shgh Furmture Company WIll enlarge theIr factory by the erectIOn of an addItIon 80x100 feet 111SIze and four stories hIgh. The Shgh plant already IS the largest in the world devoted to the manufacture of bedroom 'furnIture The AdaIr FUl11lture Company, of Llttl~ Rocl', 1\1k, arf' defendents in a SUIt f01 damages 111'" hlch H. \JY Beadle" seeks to recover $500 for damages alleging that a milk safe falhng from one of the defendant's wagons caused severe 111- Juries to hImself. The Spencer-Hunter-Stull Company of ChIcago JunctlOn, OhlO, 111corporated on July 9. wIth $10,000 capItal stock, wJ11 deal In fur11lture The 111corporators are C J. Spencer, L E Spencer, L M Hunter, E G Hunter, R. G. Stull and D J Stull • - - -1 , •, II ! I I I I I ---_._- _ . r-Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Parkwood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. .----_.-----.., ,I II• I I II II I ___ • .--.4 We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups with cork bases ever oflerea to the trade Ihese are finished m Golden Oak and WhIte Maple m a hght finIsh These goods are admIrable for pohshed floors and furn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar PRICES. SIze 2)( mches •. $4 00 per hundred SIze 2')i m~hes 5 00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB Grand Rap,ds ........... ~-------_...-----------_. 26 ----------------------------------------....., WEEKLY ARTISAN CHAS E K"'IGHT Ne\\ York qnd Ne\\ England RepcesentatlVe ot Coats ,Ianutaclunng Co \Vells'llle, N \ A GROUP OF FURNITURE SALESMEN F M. McCOY MR GILLIES PacIfic Coast Representative of C S Pame Co Gcand Rapids Mlch Central Replesentabve of Coats Manutactunng Co WellsvIlle, N Y .------ - - - - - - ----------------- -- - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 r-~---------~-· I,, II I,III III ,I I _._._--- ....-.- ..-----------------------------_ ....._---_.-_. __ .~ II,I,, I III , ._._ ....... I Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW & Df\VIS fUKNITUKG GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. City Salesroom. 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. ----.~~_._----- ture. Texas as a whole is in splendid condition with full crops of everythIng it produces promised from practically every sectIOn The CIty of Dallas IS growmg and every enter-pnse it possesses is apparently upon a very healthy basis. Con-fidence IS a dominatIng force among our people and that is more than half of the trade battle." Advel.·tising is Like a Salesman. "I beheve the placing of weights upon each package would prove helpful to the dealer," "aId H H CraU of Sanger BIOS Dallas, Texas, shortly after reglstenng at the Panthnd. "I apprecIate the fact that the ratlroads InSist upon theIr own weights being used but the shIpper could at least provide a check upon the raIlroad weights whereas at present there IS nothmg to do but accept what the latter claims unless you go to the trouble of weighing yourself Then there would be a fight on anyway. "With all of Our advertising we are hberal of cuts and each of these IS an exact representatIOn of the goods. The tIme has gone by when It IS necessary to use general stock cuts and no enterprismg dealer would think of doing so even were the cost radically reduced It is part of the fixed charges in doing modern business to make your advertising as high grade as the bvsiness you hope to do Your advertising is a salesman for your house and If pootly dressed or Inaccurate would get about as respectful a hearing as the individual <;alesman <;Imtlarly attIred and sllutlarly conveyIng informa-tIOn or rather the lack of It, would receIve. "For bUSIness In geneIal I can truthfully say it has been good In the spnng and we aI e confident we shall have a fine fall trade whIch wIll cont111ue to 111crease unttl after the holi-days Every sign of the times 1<;a Slue IndIcatIve of this fu- Manipulating the Burlap Market. By circulatIng a report of a shortage of six per cent in the new Jute crop, operators in the Calcutta burlap market suc-ceeded in boostmg pnces for a few days and made the New York market q1l1te interesting, during the latter part of last week. The report was not well-founded however and at the opening of the week prices had gone down to about the figures that prevailed before the scare-3.40 for eight ounce goods and 450 for 1O};:;ounce. This is the third time, since January 1, that the market has been excited and upset by false reports of condItions In the far East and some American dealers enter-tain the Idea that the false alarms were manipulated by New York Importers WIth accompltces in Calcutta. The flurry of last week dId not do any great harm, because American buyers dId not take hold at the hIgher prices-they SImply quit bUylllg unttl pnces had returned to what they considered a normal baSIS SEND FOR CATALOGUE. t'Aa of them rented and the Clgar store occup1ed the th1rd and dId a bIgger bus1l1ess than the drug 'ltore d1d 'store" should be on the street level and have a lot of 'A111- do'A "pace There should be no pdlars to ob"truct the space 111 ,tore" and merchand1'le "hould be near the door \ \\ ell dre""ed w1l1do\,; lS the be"t slgn board It 1" the th1l1g that the fore1gner first com111gto the Umted State", most \\ ant" to "ee He can "ee arch1tectUl e and statuary at home In our "tore V\ 111dovv'l he find" revealed the mtlmate hfe of the people as shown m the1r mtlmate needs The que"t1On of mcreases m salary 1San 1mportant and d1f-hcult one l\Ir \\'helan ha" a "ystem muse wh1ch has been \ ery "ucce""tul Each "tore ha" a manager who 1Sthe personal repre"entatlve of the company He hu e" all sale"men, fixe" "alane", mcludmg h1S own, m proport1On to the amount of bu"me"" tran"acted He u"ually takes "IX per cent of the gro"s rece1ph tor hll11"elf HIS report;., to the company are made 1egularh ,,0 tl1dt the firm know" that the 'lale"men are rece1V- 1I1gthe p10pe1 "alanes Th1s plan stlmulate" the "alesmen to ~reater act1\ 1t} Th1" 'lystem of mutual ownersh1p has splen- (hd 1e"ulb \ "ale"man does not ask for a ra1"e m salary, but 1" p10moted to a la1ger 'ltore, where the rece1pt" are larger I-I!" effiClenc) m hh first pos1t1On msures h1" promot1On to a bette1 one m due tlme Last year m New York the company d1d not lo"e a "mgle 'ialesman m two hundred stores Each manager end" h1" busme"s day at three o'clock m the atte1 noon, depos1t'i the rece1pt" f01 the day m the bank and "end" the deposn shp together \';lth the tape of the cash reg- 1"te1 to '\ ew York to the home office All salesmen are paId by Lheck trom )Jew York -\ "chool of "alesmanshlp IS another valuable help There lS no tUItIOn and the motto of the school lS "Thank you" Mr \\ helan behe\ e" the expre"s1On "hould be used after every sale and on one occa"lOn sent telegram" to everyone m h1S employ mqumng 1f he had u"ed the phrase to every customer that day "That mes'lage \'; as an un estment m human nature for J\1r \\ helan recen erl hund1 eds of rephes saymg that the wnter had not on I} sa1d 1t but behe\ ed 1111t as wel1" The messages plea'led the sale'lmen who felt the1r 1mportance m conductmg the bU'Smess of the company E\ ery apphcant for a pos1tlon w1th the company must be In "ound ph} slcal cond1tlon to be accepted Med1cal departments hay e been estabhshed m Ch1cago and New York Every sound man 1" worth blllld111g up m busme"s, but a slck man or one 'A1th a contag1Ous or fatal d1sease 1S not A man who lS dl cannot be cheerful and a good salesman 111UStbe Ch1ropod1StS to exam111ethe "alesmen'" feet are also employed A sale'lman cannot "tand al1 day unles" h1'i teet are 111fit cond1t1On -\s a result of the operat1On of the med1cal department only one-fourth as many extra salesmen are employed as before A manual of m;,truct1On 1" gl\ en e\ ery salesman who must read n and apply lt to h1S retad sel1mg The fact that m-crea" ed bU'l111e%mean'l mcreased earmngs for h1mself lS 1m-pressed upon h1'l mmd Increa"ed busme'l'l comes w1th an mcrea"e m the number of customers The way to mcrease patronage 1" to plea"e every customer so 'Ael1 that he wdl come agam and bnng h1S fnends Th1s h the sum and sub- "tance of "ale:"man"h1p Rule" about mak1ng change are very exphClt "~ale'lmen mU'it on rece1pt of money cal1 out the denoUlmat1On of the bl!1 1~RUSTMETHODS FOR RETAILERS. An mterestlng d1scuss1On of the abO\ e tOp1C appears m the July 10 1ssue of the Saturday E\ enmg Post, 'AnUen h\ Isaac F Marco"son Many practlcal 1deas on matters (Jf speClal moment to retaJlers are glVen The expenence'i of GeOlge J \Vhelal1, pre;,ldent of the Umted llgar StOll" ~ tllll pany, furm'lh food for thought H1" method" 'luppl) a le..,..,on for eyery "ale"man ] n an} retal! bU'lme% the first con"lderat1011 "hould be the C'llLst1On of the best "lte The ayerage retaller often thmb that any street where a crowd 1" b1g 1" a good bu:"me"" neH;h-lo- hood But crowds are deceptlve A smal1 but "teach L. Jwd lS much mOl e profitable for the retader than the grea. lush-hour throng becau"e the latter lS on the \va} to a traltl car or boat The le1"urel y crowd 1" the buy m~ cro'A d The best 10cat1On or next to lt 1" an excel1ent rule to go b) fhe 10catJon "hould be where the large"t numbe1 at people can be reached wlth the be"t quahty of good" A store on a corner 1" a headhght that aUlac±:" bU:"111e"" The value of a corner depends on the den"lty of the traffic passmg 1t Mr \\ helan posted ..,entlle'l to count the people wh1ch he deClded should a\ erage not le,,'l than one hundred all hour Mr \\'helan has "tore" m man} c1t1es He ha" a pel caplta :"y:"tem to find out Jf IllS bmUle"s 1'0 keep111g pace 'A1th the growth of each md1v1dual C1t\ The populat1On \ anes from month to month, "0 that "orne t1me" "ale'l 111crea"e. other tune" fall beh1nd Another cons1deratlO11 111 deCldmg on a locat10n 1" the fact that bank" retard the g1O\\ th at a 1etal! bU"111e".., i\ man "hould not buy a slte befnre kncm 111g\\ hat othe1 p1Op-erty 111the block Ol ne1ghborhood \\ JlI be occupIed b\ bank" On street;., where banks are located traffic 1" turned a"lde to other street" e"peClal1} afte1 bankmg hour" Bank budd111g" have made more one-street towns than an) other cause In Buffalo the b1g bank'l are al1 on "lam "treet It there had been b1g, 11\e retad "tares on the corner" that the banb occupy traffic would not turn at the corners and run to the :"Ide "treets and make them bus} :New retal! channels \\ auld ha \ e been created and these In turn would have dra\\ n upon others Real estate would hay e 1mproved and the \\ hole bU"lne":,, hfe of the commumt) broadened and benefited The "ame thmg ha'l been done mother ut1e" In order to get a COlner "lte ::-11 \Vhelan "ometlmes had to 'Aa1t, 111the meantlme 1ent111l; one or two store" near b} He formed real e"tate Lompame" to buJld "tore'l m de"lrable 10cat1Ons 1he) lea"ed the"e fir"t 'A1th the ob] ect of gettmg a first class locatlOn for themseh e" "econd, to obtam a slte equal1y good for some other bU"111e"s m ca"e they had the p10perty thrown back on the1r hand" for re-rentmg The"e compame" haye had to rent a whole "ky-scraper to get the corner store on the ground floor Th1s \\ a.., done m '\ ew York at Broadway and Cortlandt :"tJ eet where the rent 1S eIghty thousand dol1a1" a year Thus when well managed these budd111g:"proy Ided free rent for the Clgar "tore Too much space 111a stOle lS a bad th111g ::-Ir \\ helan be-heye" 1n "mal1 stores hecause the) bnng good" \\lth111 qUIck reach of the cu"tomer Th1" mean" ,,\\ 1ft "en 1ce and that pleases the cu"tomer l\lan) retaJler" hay e been rumed b\ bIg ~tocks 111stores that \\ ere too larg-e BI~ "tock" 1eqlure a large1 torce of clerks whll 1mpede rather than help bU"111e,,",and they cost money A. b1g drug "tore fa1led, the "tore wa" dl\ 1ded up 111tOthree 29 ...---------_---.-._...__.._-.._.--_._._._. __ .__._----- WEEKLY ARTISAN II II• II II I No 1133% •I II ~ •• _ • ~ w. a.a ._. -~~;;R~~~lPs~D~---------·11 IN EVERY MARKET UNDER THE SUN THERE IS A READY SALE FOR MOON DESKS No 1132%-51 mehes long, 32 mehes wide 43 mehes high Weight, 310 pounds No 1133%-60 mehes long, 32 mehes wide 43 mehes high Weight, 320 pounds. Quarter sawed White Oak Wntmg bed 5 plv, bUilt up SIX pigeon hole boxes Pnvate compartment" lth lock Card Index drawer Center drawer With lock Roll top sweep arms tIp top and wntmg bed 1){ mches thIck Square edge constructIOn See the Line in the Manufacturers' BuddIng, Grand Rapids MOON DESK COMPANY -------------------.--------_ .._._------- ...._----------~ Muskegon, Mich. 01 Lom recen ed from customer and the amount of the purcha'ie ThiS usually obv late'3 mlstake'3 a':oto the amount deducted and the money m hand In makmg change horn bdl':o of lalge denommatlOn'i such a':o five dollal':o and upward~ especIal care ~hould be taken "0 claIms of "short change" can an~e then and there wdl be no SuspiCIOn agam'it the store or the ':oalesman The money mU'it be placed eIther 111the customer's hand or on the mat before him N ever lay change on the 'ihowca'ie The mispronunCIatIOn of foreign name., by customer~ '3hould ne, er be corrected by the salesman unless m'lted to do so They mU':ot be sure they al e nght A 'iale"man 'ihould get the mformatton Imme hately from an a'3soclate or else-whel e He should never '3peak WIthout absolute kno,dedge of foreign Vv orels Knowmg the name':o of Cll':otomel ~ helps A fnendly greet-mg doe'i create a good ImpreSSIOn N ever ask a customer's name Play no fa' onttes ~ e, er dlop one customer to take up another Devote your whole attentIOn to the customer, ad\ Ises Mr \Vhelan N ever try 'iubstttutll1l2; other thll1gs for the artIcles asked for The phra'ie "Ju~t a'i good" should never be used Let the customer deCIde what he wants to buy "Know your stock a'i you know your way home" Remember your customer's wants; he Vv dl appreciate the fact that hiS preferences are kept ll1 mll1d "A sale~man's fnend., should be the store's fnend " 'HI~ht dust, It I.., the microbe of la.llne~':o " The salesman should read the trade journals and keep lxhLe i on the details of the bU':o111es~ The man who reahze'i he doe~ not know It all but take'i ad, antage of every oppor-tUll1ty to acqUIre u'ieful ll1fOrmatlOI1 l'i the one who ~ucceed'i ll1 any lll1e of bU'ill1ess "Step forward to meet your cu~tomer, ne\ er make hIm come to you .. "N ev er ask a cu~tomer to follow you to another part of a 'itore to see anythll1g for which he has ll1qulred or which you have sugge'3ted showll1g to him Bnng the arttcle to him and make him feel perfectly aware that thIS IS what you are there for" "It IS much easIer to sell goods after a customer has hand-led them The de'3lre for posse~slOn become.., much ':otronger then" A pleasant salesman creates a good ImpresslOn-a scowlll1g one never Talk WIth the cu~tomer, not at him or to him Treat him a'i you would Itke to be treated and keep thll1kmg what he Will say when he gets out of the ::>tore Use the word 'we' m talk111g about the busll1e~s because you are we " A salesman''i dlcttonary IS another aid It tell'i all the busll1ess of the company so that no salesman has any excuse for not knowll1g the facts about the goods he handles 1\ model store where practtcal lessons ll1 salesmanship are given 1'3fitted up m a regular store Here new salesmen are ll1structed and become thoroughly com er':oant With the busI-nes~ methods of the store There IS never a green salesman In the company's stores Oral eXamll1atlOn':o on the manual and the dIctIOnary are conducted At the"e exam111atlOn':o the ..,alec,men show how they approach cU'itomers, they are requll ed to say "Thank yOU" and finally are a'3ked to sign a paper stat111g they are ready for real bus111ess A senes of lectures on "Merchandl~e" and "Service" deltvered by the vlce-pre'ildent of the company I.., talked 111tO a phonograph and deltvered to '3alesmen 111 smaller place;, Mr Whelan's retaIl '3alesmen 'iystem doe::> not demand e:hpenenced men at the 'itart, but after g0111g through the prescnbed cour'ie they can be moulded 111tOgood salesmen The advlsablhty of adopt111g thIS or a Similar ~ystem 111all retatl bUS111ess orgalllzatlon-; was (iI~cu':osed by Mr Whelan who gay e It as hIS 0p11110n that wlth111 the next five year.., a complete revolutIOn wtll take place 111 the retatl bus111es':o Large LOmpalllec, operat111g many ~tores wdl be the rule The grocene':o and meat market::> come under thl'i head A Ulllform pnce for food 111~tead of a vanable pnce 111different locahtles wtll be the result A hotel to cost $45.000 Will be erected 111Pomona, Cal, dunng the current year The Rusco Funllture Company of Pomona, Cal . are con-ductmg a pre-mventory sale - -- -----------------------------------------, 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN \\ H HICKERSO,," CornrnlsslOn Salesman III Metlopollt'lll DIstnct A GROUP OF FURNITURE SALESMEN RAY HARRIS Representing YpsIlantI Reed Furniture Co Ionia Mlch In MIchIgan and WlsconslU W A HOULT Representing the Lute Furmture Co. Grand RapIds Mtch In Central TerrItor) v\ EEKLY ARTISAN 31 r SfiG6BYVILLE DESK CO. II , III I II I I IIIIII :I ,:I I~_.. SHELBYVILLE, IND. II•fII• f• •If I .- .. - ... --------------------_._._- ------~ ~----------------------II~ MANUFACTURERS OF OFFIGE-, FURNITURE Write tor latest catalogue. Matching a Broken Suite in Circassian Walnnt. The breaking of a chamber sUIte made in C1rcas'iian wal-nut, by the sellmg of a single p1ece, frequently causes much trouble. An instance occuring in Ch1cago recently, illustrates this point. A lady entered the furn1ture department of a large general store, and, finding a three p1ece chamber suite in circassian walnut that pleased her fancy, offered to buy the dresser but could not use the bed or the commode. The wood used in this suite was beautifully figured, and the dealer hes-itated before breaking the combination. Finally he priced the dresser at $9000, although its cost to h1m as a part of the suite was but $42. The lady bought the dresser and the deal-er ordered another from the manufacturer to match the bed and commode remammg The dresser f01\\I arded the dealer declined to accept, because the color of the wood and the figure was not in keeping with the other pieces Beheving that he could not sell the suite without another dresser the dealer mS1sted that the manufacturer "upph one that would match After overhaulmg nearly one thousand p1eces of C1rCa'i<;Janve-neer, the supellntendcnt wa'i enabled to obtam suffiClent mdtenal to bUIld, drc-,er thdt \\ OllIe! meel thc JCCjl11remen-,of the dealer Cons1derable tnne had passed before the broken suite could be reestabhshed, but a sale for 1t complete was ef-fected in the course of time An Interior Decorator Interested. William A. French, pres1dent of the W 1lliam A. French Company, of St Paul, Mmn, has returned to h1s home after spending a few days in Grand Rapids. Mr French is an in-terior decorator, who operates a factory employing fifty men in the manufacture of interior finishes and art1cles of furniture of special construction used in h1s busmess He was very much interested in the magllltude and character of the Grand Rapids market. While in the city he was entertained by E B Caldwell of the Grand Rapids Desk Company. J 0 \iV ood ward and others wJ!1 erect a large hotel m the near future 1D Fre:ono, Cal. RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. ~---_. --.----_ ..--------- '--~_._----_...-._.-.-._. -- -_._- .----------- ...... - ------------'I 32 II EEKLY \RTISA~ r-ThePosselius--iJros-:-Furniture-Mfg~ cu.-I DETROIT, MICHIGAN WE ARE MAKING THE FINEST DISPLAY OF DINING EXTENSION TABLES EVER OFFERED by us at our display rooms, 2d Roar, Manutacturers' Exhibition Building, 13 19 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. All of our pedestal tables are fitted with the famous DUO-STYLE LOCKS Representatives---Frank A. Kuney, J. O. Kemp, H. J. Armstrong. II~----_.. .------------------- . I _ •••••• •• a_a ••• •••••••• iii -- ..... I II III III IIII II II II I II II I III II I II !III

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