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1. Michigan Artisan; 1907-02-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-se.enth Year-No. 15 FEBRUARY 10. 1901 Semi-Monthly A PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION 'It; :f,.:' Makes the It is Entirely J Strongest Automatic. It Clamps, ',;i Most Mortises and \: Economical Releases, ~ Completing ;}", and Most the Post in .,:; Accurate Less Time Than the Case Material can Construction be Clamped on Other Possible Machines WYSONG &. MILES COMPANY, NO. 119 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER CEDAR ST. AND SO. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. I A Voluntary Letter of Praise J. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING co. PIANO CASES, BACKS, BRIDGES, and STOOLS.. Cortland. New York, Oct. 24th, 1906. Gillette Roller Bearing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dear Sirs:--Replying to yours of October 17th, your trucks are certainly O. K. One man can move a load of 3000 pounds wb.i.le witb. tb.e other trucks it takes three men. We give trucks very hard usage and the othel makes are continually breaking. As fast as they break we propose not to repair them, but put them in the junk heap and replace them with your mak.e. Meantime, the trucks we have recently received from an_ other concern are for sale at half what they cost us. You may enter our order for six dozen to come at the rate of a dozen a month. Thls will take care of the breakage and in time we will have them all replaced. Before this order ls filled we will probably give you another one as we have no doubt as we use your trucks more, we will decide that we cannot alford to keep the 'old ones, and will find this way too slow a process of replacing the ones we have. Very truly yours, Didal.,] }. E. D. ]. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO., J. E. Davis, Pres. ___Tru_ck_Fra_mes_Ste_el o_r W_ood_---y_our choice. IE WHEELER'S PATENT WOOD PILLER Forms a permanent foundation. Brings out the full life and beauty of the wood. Goes further, and saves labor and material, hence cheaper than other fillers. The Brlllueport Wood Fini~hinQ Co.• New Milford. COl\n.~55 Fulton St.. New York; 70 W. Lake SI. Chicago; 41·4a South 3rd St., Phila-del~ lIia; 48 Corn hill, Boston. ======== Three Vital Principles Underlie the Manufacture of ======== Andrews' Polishing Varnishes CHICAGO IA/ORK.::i AMERICAN WORKS NEW YORK-BUFFALO-CHICAGO BUFFALO WORKS FOREIGN WORKS LONDON-PARIS-HAMBURG NEW YORK WORKS FIRST: They are produced from the best raw materials obtainable. SECOND: They are the result of an experi-ence of over half a century in the manu-facture of fine Varnishes. THIRD: They are thoroughly aged and test-ed before being placed on the market, therehy guaranteeing to the user absolute uniformity and constancy of quality. Andrews' Polishing Varnishes should not be confused with the ordinary Polishing Varnishes on the market. They are made on different principles and produce results. not obtainable by any other line. They please the finisher because they work and rub easily and do not sweat. They please the manu-facturer because they harden up quickly so that work can be put through with dispatch, and at the same time they are proof against water and will positively not check or crack. In addition, they produce a beautiful, full, polish which holds. These results could not be ohtain-ed were it not for our peculiar system of manufacture through which all our Var-nishes are purified, thus overcoming all tendency to cloud or bloom. If you are not at present using- Andrews' Polishin,;! Varnishes drop us a line at any of our factories and we will have one of our representatives call and see you. Pratt 8 Lambert VARNISH MAKERS New York London Buffalo Chicago Paris Hamburg 71RTloS A2\f t $". 1 THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR COMPANY Is now offering To the Furniture and Wood Finishing Trades ••ART"'"'" w.. ,,,", "m'." NOUVEAU" NEW PATENT CEMENT STAIN-FILLER (PATE:-;rTED JANUARY 13,1907) ART NOUVEAU is the very newest thing in Mahogany finishing. By this new patent process w~have revolutionized the art of finishing as far as Mahogany is con-cerned. With ART NOUVEAU you can produce in one operation the same results you now secure with four. This Stain-Filler dries hard in five hours and can be shellaced and varnished the same day if desired. (AhJoJutdy 1m! color.) Do not fail to 'wrile for full par/hulan, and samplea! once. MANUFACTURED Paint and BY The Marietta Color Co. MARIETTA, OHIO SPARTAN TURPS SPARTAN TURPS is one of our own products. and is undeniab.ly one of the best things known to the finisher for reducing varnishes, stains, paints, etc. It is not in any sense a substitute for turpentine, having properties exclu-sively and peculiarly its own. It is bet-ter than turpentine for many reasons, one of the most important being that it is TH E MOST PERFECT SOL-VENT KNOWN, while it is an enor-mous money saver. A POST CARD \ / WLll bring you detailed information regardIng any wood finish desired, or if there is a stain or filler you wish to try I we shall take pleasure in sending you a sample with full instructions for using same. Hand Feed Glllelng Machine (Pat. pending,) Eight styles Rnd sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies These Specia.lties a.re used aU Over the World Veneer Presses, all kind.s and sizes. Veneer Presses Glue'Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Elc.. Etc. Power Feed Glue Spreading .Machine, (Patent applied fur.) Single, Double and LET US KNOW Combination. YOUR WANTS C"AS. E. FRANCIS &. BRO.D 419-421 !:. !:Ighth St. CINCINNATI. O. No. 6 Glue Heater. Do You Want The Originality of our work is one of its chief characteristics. WE BUILD HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE No. 20 Glue Heater. Something Original? ENGRAVING PRINTING BINDING White Printing Co. 2 to 20 Lyon Street GRANDRAPIDS, MICH. 2 The HOrJdsStandard for HOodworkingl'lachinery: r'...D..-... ''.J.[\ !,i-"\ ~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., FEBRUARY 10, 1907. ====c===== _============ 27th Year-No. 15. $1.00 per Year. HOW TO HARDEN BRAZES. Various Methods by Which the Desired Results May Be Effectively Accomplished. There arc many log band and band resaw filers who now consider it good practice to harden their brazes, and the fol-lowing are some of the different methods employed to ac-complish the desired result. (1) A band saw braze may be hardened by taking a piece of flat iron about one by two and a half inehe;:; ill slze and heating it to a good bright red, then with saw on level-ing block propped up with sticks to keep it off the block, rub the hot iron over the surface of braze until it is heated to a dull red, then quickly drop the saw on leveling block, put a cold iron on top of it, thus suddenly cooling it, and the braze will be no more likely to bend than the rest of the saw and will last much longer than a braze not so treated; (2) After the braze is properly fitted, tensioned, etc., take a short iron about the same size as you use for brazing, and make it about six inches long. Bend it in the shape of a part of a small circle, say of eight or ten foot diameter, and heat the iron to a cherry red. Lay the saw on hammering bench, holding the saw up a little, and pass the iron back and forth over the inside of the blade until it turns to a straw color, leaving a strip on both edges, not tempering too close to the extreme edges as your saw is liable to crack in the braze if you do. This operation should be performed as quickly as possible. Then run the saw around so that the braze comes exactly in the end of the plate, soon as you can, after the tempering is done, and still hot, as in doing this it will cool in its natural position. It will be found necessary to level the braze on the inside, as the heat will dish the braze a little. This process should be done every three or four months, it being only a temporary process in the art of tempering and will not last permanClltly. Soft brazes can easily he overcome if a per-son ·will exercise a little care and not leave the iron on too long. A braze that will bend ,,,,,hen the saw is being handled on the bench shOUld be tempered again. Some brazes are made too soft by using too heavy irons and having to apply them several times, in order to get the braze to hoid; for every time the saw is subjected to these conditions, just so mueh softer the braze is apt to be, as the extreme heating of the saw burns the life out of the steel and leaves the braze practically ·without any strength at this point. Sometimes the flux used for brazing purposes will leave a soft braze, no matter how you try to guard against it. Borax used in cer-tain form. will do this very thing, still a great many filers will not use anything but borax for brazing. In the process of hardening a braze considerable care is necessary in the process to avoid too great a heat, as other-wise blue spots \'I/ill re~;ult. (3) A third method is to lay the saw on bench on top \vith braze over leveling slab. The braze is f1rst tensioned, leveled, etc., after which raise it say three or four inches by putting blocks under saw OIl each side of braze, then holding an iron say 1 x 2, (three or four inches longer than width of saw), heated to a bright red, the full length under the braze and far enough below same-say from one-half to one inch-so that it takes about two minutes for the straw color to show on inside of saw. More or less moving back and forth up and down the saw is necessary to produce the straw color over full width of saw, after which remove blocks and allow braze to lie on leveling slab, placing a straight faced anvil face down on same as quickly as possible, allowing it to re-main there until cold. A£ter following this method a marked difference will be noticed in the tendency of brazes to open or crack, as a result of constant bending and straightening of the saw on the mill, which like a,nnealed wire, will Ultimately disintegrate the fiber of the steel. (4) Another successful plan used is not a "temper" but a "stiffening," by tensioning a little more each side of braze, with very little tension for about a four-inch strip where the braze is discolored. As high tension tends to pro-duce a limber blade, it naturally follows that a short space with little tension will be more rigid or stiffer than the more highly tensioned parts on either side. (5) For hardening a braze some find the use of a gas-oline blow torch better than the use of hot irons, for with (Continued on Page 6) THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISF ACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes M,IINUFACTURcn DHL~ BY CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZSg·63 ELSTONA.V[m2·16 SLOAN ST. CH I CACO. 4 GLASS KNOBS This Pattern Made in Three Sizes We will make you INTERESTING PRICES FOR QUANTITIES JOHN DUER &. SONS, BALTIMORE', MD. Cabinet Hardware, Tools. Etc FOLDING BED FIXTURES Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble, They are made by Folding Bed \Vitliams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, e1e New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. 8. WILLIAMS 3812 VINCENNES AVE .. CHICACO Manufadurer_olllardware Specia1tif's lor tbl~F umitule -! mde. Established li;"8. Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 and Up GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for SOc is the fiNEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. The White Directory =====OF MANUFACTUROBF=R=S=== FURNITURE, PIANOS, ORGANS, IN-TERIOR FINISHES and Kindred Indus-tries is now ready. Send in your order. Price ~5.00 Wh'It e pr'lOt'log CO. PPRUIBNUTSEHRESR. S.ENGBRIANVDEERRS",: 2-20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. An Improved Groove Cutting Machine. All sorts of devices ha Vt been made for cutting grooves 10 wood. A good many of them, 11o\,,.'e\,c1',have been con-structed with a misconception as to the nature of the work they had to perform. K0 sensible person would think of using nothing but a saw of some type or other for cutting a piece of wood in two. Exactly the same principle is involved in clitting a groove, except that the sa\v kerf is extra wide and the piece is Cllt only panially in t\\'o. \Vhat is thus proven to he true in theory is proven by experience to be a fact, viz: there is nothing and can be nothing that will work so satis-factorily for grooving work as a dado head made only of saws. The Fox <!.djustable saw dado head has been made with an idea of furnishing a satisfactory head which would em-body the principles outlined above. The most popular No. 1 type of head is constructed with two cut off saws for cutting down the side walls of the groove and having two wabble saws het".'een the two straight cut off saws for removing the center. The right hand cutting off saw and the right hand 'rvabble saw are bolted to the same collar, thus they always keep in the same relative position. The left hand cut off and the left hand wabhle saw are also bolted to a collar in the same way. These coltars arc threaded on the inside and the right and left hand pairs of saws are connected by a sleeve or center which has right and left hand threads on the out4 side for fitting inside the collars. The center of the sleeve is boreJ to fit the saw arbor on which it is to fun. By turn-ing this sleeve the space between the 1\vo wabble saws is made large or smaller thus varying the width of the head for different '\vidths of cut. Each head will cut aIly given width to twice that width giving the greatest range furnished with any perfectly adjustable head. It can readily be seen that the matter of adjustment is such that absolutely ally width can be handled within the range of the head. Jt is not limited to jumps of one-sixteenth or one-eighth of an inch. It is always self contained and can be adjusted with the utmost ease. The manufacturers claim tlnt these grooving heads will cut an absolutely smooth groove with flat bottoms, free from ridges and perpendicular side walls, cutting either with or across the grain 011 either hard or soft wood. They also claim thztt the machine can be stopp(~d, the width of groove altered, and the machinE'. be running 3gain at changed width of groove inside of thirty 5cco11(ls. The heads are becoming more and more popular as they are better known, but they deserve to be even more widely used than they are. They are manufactured by the Fox Machine Company, lSti X . .Front street, Grand H.apids. }lich., who will he glad to send c:ttalog describing them to interested parties. Will Continue Tourists Rates. Railroads in the \Vestern Passenger Association, have agrecd not to retaliate for the enactment of tVv'o-ccnts-a-mile Jaws by refusing to make special rates fOT tourists next sum-mer. Some of the roads have been in favor of cutting out the tourists ratcs entirely, hut the majority decided other-wise and the excursions \""ill run as usual. Postal "Reform" Postponed. Representative Overstreet of rndiana, chairman of the house committee on postofl-ices and a member of the postal commission that drafted the bill proposing regulations de-signed to curtail the second class mail privileges, says that no effort ,,,,ill be made to pass the measure during the present session of congress. Two features of the commission bill, however, will be in-corporated in the postoffice appropriation bil1. One of them provides for the weighing of the mails for a period of six months aud the other authorizes a comprehensive investi-gation by a Congress committee into the business methods of the Postoffice Department. The rest of the commission bins will be pigeonholed, in-cluding the bill which provides that any ne,,,,spapcr or trade periodical in which the advertising space exceeds that de-voted to news or other reading matter shall not be mailable as second class matter. Michigan Shippers Favor Federal Law. A delegation of 1Jichigan shippers are to have a hearing before the Senate committee on railroads at Lansing soon. They will oppose the enactment" of state laws intended to relieve the annual shortage of freight cars. "\-Vhat shippers are asking," says Arthur L. I-Tohnes, secretary of the 1Jichigan Lumber Dealers' Association, "is the passage of a federal law. The matter of shipments within the lines of anyone state is a comparatively sma1l item and a state law would be of little consequence." Form(',r railroad commissioner Atwood also favors the passage of a federal law, providing that cars must he returned to the initial shipping point as soon as possible. This would compel all the railroads to purchase a sufficient equipment to handle its business without keeping cars from other roads. 5 Loyalty Better Than Cleverness. If you work for a man, says Elbert Hubbard, the Roy-crofter. in heaven's name work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you your bread and butter, work for him, speak well of him, think well of him, stand by the insti-tution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, but all of the time. r would give an undivided service or none. If put to a pinch an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn and eternally discourage, why, resign your position, and when yOU are outside damn to your heart's content. But 1 pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the institution, not that, but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part you disparage yourself. Plans to "Bust the Lumber Trust." Congressman Lacey of Iowa, recently introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish mills and engage in lumbering operations on government lands and offer the products in open markets, with a view of bearing prices and thus breaking up the so-called lumber trust. He attempted to secure a vote on his measure on January 29, but it was ruled out on points of order. Mr. Laccy is chairman of the committee on public lands which has approved his bill and it may be voted on later. A proposition to permit the forestry department to develop the national forest reserves by engaging in the lum-ber business and thus maklng the lands a source of revenue is also pending in congress, the purpose being to cause a de~ cline in the price of lumber. Lignine Carvings Unbreakable 4]" Perfed reproduCtions of hand carvings. Full depth of grain. Will not CHIP, CHECK, CRACK nor SHRINK. 4]" Stronger than wood. g No wa§l:e in your fadory. 4]" Are applied the same as wood carvings. by nailiIl$(or gluing. gNo heating nor Sl:eaming. Finish with filler or §lain. Write for sample and catalogue showing Capitals, Heads, Shields, Scrolls, Claws, etc. Consider LIGNINEcarvings on your new creations. ORNAMENTALPRODUCTS CO., 551 West Fort St., Detroit, Mich. KNOXVILLE CARVING AND MOULDING CO. KNOXV LLE, TENNESS EE Manufacturers of SrIKDLE and H AND CARVINGS, R 0 P E, BEAD and EMBOSSED illOULDlNGS, HANDLES, Etc. It ·rite Jor IUustrated Circulars and Prices. 6 -" (Continued from PaKe 3) this one gets all evener heat ·without the danger of getting too 111uch in any one ~)lace. If the tOTch \\'orks well it will not discolor the steel and the co [or can be easily seen. After dre;;sillg and tensioning the braze, put it on the leveling block or near the middle of the block, and place a block of wood or piece of iron on each side of braze to raise it off the table one or two inches. Then throw a torch ila111e from one edge of the braze La the other, until it assumes a blue color, heating the saw evenly as possible. \Yhen the braze is a nice blue color, pull out the pieces that keep the S<t.w up off the bencb, and allow it to lie Hat on leveling block. Then jJlace a small anvil or block of iroll directly on braze and let it cool. Dress the braze one gauge thinner than halance of saw, 8nd you ,vil1 find that a brazc so litted will neither bend or break Adams & Elting Co's Annual Convention and Banquet. For several years it has bcen the custom of the Adams & Elting company, of Chicago, to call in its entire force of traveling- men at the end of the year, so that the members of the firm, department heads and salesmen may get together for the discussion of manufacturing, selling and thc future of the "Ad-el-ite" line) and all othcr matters of importance which arise from time to timc. This custom takes the form of an annual convention, lasting two or thrcc days, in which all the men participate, or more, in fact, oue of those little "hean to heart" talks \vhieh arc so beneiicial to elnployer and employee, and SG necessary to promote perfect harmony and mutual under-standing, The Fourth Annual Convention was held recently in the assembly hall of the ne"v offices of the Adams & Elting Company. ~dallY new employes "vere present and it was pronounced in many ways to be far ahead of any former convention of this company. Philip L. F. Elting presided, and after a brid address of greeting spoke of the extremely gratifying results ac~ complisbed durillg the past year, and attributed the enormous increase in business to the progressi,'e methods of thc firm and its employees. The tlrst day of the convention 'was given over to prac-tical talks and dcmonstrations of hllers and stains, enamels, penetrating reducers and other ".'ood hnishing materia1. and it was shown by comparative tests of several competing lines that the "Ad-cl-itc" brand leads in point of quality. Of the many hrands of wood finishing material on the market "Ad-el-ite" is the most ulli"ersally used among the furniture manufacturers and the constantly increasing de-mand for higb grade material will eventually make it the leading brand for all purposes. The second Jay 'was taken up with a general discussion of ways and means and practical talks on selling by many of the salesmen, AIr. Elting spoke of the bigh quality of the .. \d-c1-ite" paints and paint specialties and mentioned that the phenomenal increase in sales last year was due to the superior merits of the goods. inasmuch as they sold at a uni~ formly higher price than other brands, The announcement that the company would continue their strellUOUS advertising- campaign ,vitb a very much in-cre; lsct! appropriation for 190'7 met ''''ith hearty applause from everyhody. The convention concluded with a banquet at the Ham-ilton Club, of Chicago, ,vitb the room decorated for the occasioll and COYers v..'ere laid for many guests. \V. p, Adams. president of the company, was the toast-master, and thefe \vas much enthusiasm and many good res- PANELS Elm, Gum, Sycamore, Cottonwood Quartered Oak, Plain Oak, Ash, IN THREE PLY Also SaolUng for Mirrors. Bookcases. China Closets and Bin Bottoms In 2 Ply. 5t Louis Basket & Box Co. Write for Prices. Second and Arsenal Sts., St. Louis. Mo. o1t1tions for the new year. The banquet broke up about mid-night \vith three cheers for "Ad-el-ite" and the Adams & Elting Company. Beautiful Advertising Poster. \Ye ,\1'('. in receipt of a very handsome advertising poster j~sucd h:y the ~Tarietta Paint & Color eomp;l11y of }-!arietta, Ohio. The building up of this institution with its rapidly g-rowing business is one of the \yondertul achievements in a remarkable era of industrial prosperity which this country has enjoyed in the past live years. This company is today not only recognized as authority on stains and tll1ers but onc of the largest exclusive manufacturers of "vood finishing materials in the world. The poster referred to is a strong piece of advertising. It is printed on fine paper and gives a beautiful birdseye view of "Old Marietta,"which, by the way, is the oldest city in the great north\vest territory, The company is preparing S0111e extensive advertising for the present year. 7 THE KNOB THAT WONT COME OFF NO-KUM-LOOSE WOOD KNOBS CUT shows the construction of our line of Wood Knobs. The metal nut is clinched into the wood at its front end, pre-venting turning or pulling out. To the back end of the nut is riveted a steel base, having projecting spurs which enter the drawer front. The knobs are held in place by a screw and corru-gated spur washer, which avoids any possi-bility of unscrewing. All goods are smooth-ly sandpapered, and shipped only in the White. Regular screws furnished will take drawer fronts ~ to 178 thick, long-erscrews to order. Stock knobs will be kept in mahogany only. Other woods to order. 2 inch "A" The face of knob "A" is veneered with specially selected fancy stock. same as used in making crossband veneers, .presenting a beautiful and attractive appearance when finished. TOILET SCREWS: 1% to 2 inch knobs can be furnished as toilet screws to order only with standard bolt 3}'f inches long and patent drive nut and washer. Section of "A" GRAN 0 RAPIDS BRASS COM PA NY, Grand Rapids, Mich. ====MANUFACTURERSOF==== Furniture, Pianos, Organs, Refrigera-tors, Chairs, and Interior Finishes, read this, the Factory Edition of the Artisan. It is not mailed to dealers. Our edition for February 25 is mailed only to dealers. 8 Poor Finishing Goods Unprofitable. "It is never profitable to use chen}) finishing goods," rc-marked a veteran in the furniture manufacturing business. "Cheap varnishes contain a large percentage of resin. ~i11d its presence GIll he easily asccrtail1cd. \\'l1ell a piece cov-eTed with low grade varnish is scraped. tbe finish comes off in the form of dust. A. good mediulll or high grade varnish will peel under the scraper like the skill of an apple. The expense of nnL"hing a table wilh varnish that cos.ts $2.50 per gallon over the cost of Ilni~hing' the same piece ,vlth a varnish purchnscd for $1.::::5 pCI' ,gallon is so small that idatiolls 11ave been made under the la'w and, if it shall be declared unconstitutional great confusion will prevail in their affairs. Depleting the Canadian Forests. American COil suI E. A. \Vakeueld writes from Orillia that an estimate of the quantity of timber which will be cut in the forests of the province of Ontario during the winter of l!)OG-i has been made by tIle officials of the department of lands. forests and mines. It is believed that more lumber will he taken nut this spring than was taken out last season. Shop \Vork- Eighth Grade. !\Ianlla] Trahlillg Depallillent, Grand Rapid~ Public Schools. it is not 01lly unprofitahle hut brtd policy to use it. .:\ot Ie"s than four weeks time should be take I! in tinishillg mahogany goods." Testing a Corporation Law. The New York law 'which allows the owners of two-thirds of the stock in a corporation to sell all the property to an-other corporation, domestic or foreign, has been attacked by the Attorney-General who claims that while the law is sup-posed to have been enacted for the purposes of preventing merging and protecting minority stockholders, in practice it has an opposite effect. The case has been argued berore Supreme Court Justice Betts whose decision is a\vaitc(l with great interest by officers and stockholders of corporations that will be affected thereby. Several important consol- 50 PER CENT of the circulation of trade papers (excepting tbe MICHIGAN ARTISAN) is mailed to manufac-turers, designers, shop hands, commission men, jobbers of factory supplies and others who do not sell furniture and kindred goods. To reach tbe largest number of retailers use the Michigan Artisan's Mercantile Editions MAILED TO RETAILERS ONLY. It is said that the lumbermen will fell 1,000,000,000 feet board measure, this year, 70,OOO,ouu feet of hemlock, 1,500,000 feet of spruce, 1,2:)0,000 cubic feet of s(jt1(ll"e timber, 100,000 cords of pulp wood and 4,500,000 raih-vay ties. The acti\City in railway construction throughout the country ha:,; created a great de-mand for ties, and tbe productioll ill Ontario will in conse-quence increase this year. Mutual Insurance Move in Minnesota. At the recent annual meeting of the l\lillIlesota Furni-ture Dealers' Association a plan for the organization of a mutual insurance company was adopted. The action was taken at the instance of L. C. Pryor of l\1inneapolis, who had just completed the organization of a mutual association for the ~Iinnesota Implement Dealers' Association. Me Pryor's offn .vas to organize the company tor the furniture dealers without cost to the association on condi-tion he be allowed to take the insurance at board rates and carry it till the llumber of policies and amount of insurance shall comply wilh the legal requirements. The business and insurance will thell be turned over to the Furniture Dealers' Association. Taxes and Reforestration. Tn his address of welcomc to over 200 members of the :\lichigan Retail Lumbn Dealers Association ill Detroit last week, "\Tayor Thol11pson suggested that the association use its influcnce to i11(1uce the state to apply the money novv being expended ill advertising tax sales of the pine barrens toward the rcforestration of the barren tracts, stating that in the last twenty years the state had expended $:160.000 in an effort to collect the taxes and had collected only about $ll,OOO. His suggestion was enthusiastically received. (PATBNTBD) Improved Cydone Dust Collectors, Automatic Furnace Feeders, Steel Plate Exhaust Fans, Exhaust and Blow Piping Complete systems de-signed, mlluu(ac-tured, installed and guaranteed. Old. s]'!!!- tems remodeled on modern lines 0 n m 0 s t economical plaus. Supplemen-tary systems added wbere present SY8- terns are Olltgrown. Defe('tive systems corre('tc<I and put in proper working or-der. 70 W. Jackson Street, CHICAGO, - ILL. BOYNTON eX CO. Manufacturers vf Embossed and Turned Mouldings, Embo8sed and Spindle Carvings, and Automatic Turning'S. We also manu-facture a large tine of Embolllled Orna_ ments for Couch Work. :,ENlJ FUk ·.. 3 CATALOGUE 419·421 W. fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. "RELIABLE" THE FELLWOGK ROLL AND PANEL GO, VENEERED ROLLS ROLLS EXCLUSIVELY The "Reliable" Kind The "RELIABLE" is the best. EVANSVILLE, IND. 9 Describes His Aspirations and his '~hinks'" A German cabinet maker employed- in one of the inland factories of Pennslyvania, who labored under the impression that his aspirations ano his talents were not appreciated, recently addressed the following amusing letter to the prin-cipal of a school of industry. The principal in replying, suggested that the writer adhere to the German language when he takes his pen '·'or his keyboard in hand:" Principal School of Industry, Columbus:-My thinking is in your city, and so I remembert on your letter last fall. 1 read them over again. Your offer is ver gaud; your sistem is nesseary to raisen the public Art. The laws of the Art is hart to learnig whit all the styles. My will is gooo, my last work is. My posititian in the facktry is no good. I was looking over do-day many pices as my Ide, the did not pay one cent for it! Mr. Bob Chones can te'll yoU, how I am working. know, well, all styles. I ondstand Plaster-paris work too! That I gab no answer I have always hope he pay me, but what is the Result? He says: and you work the ceap stuff what 00 the orther one. The money: I work pices work, I do the satnple work, the carver vorman makes the price then I have to work for Sample work price inter-fenten 230c. I have a house in Indianapodlis and have to pay them off. 'When I can do it I am willing to give that to my sons but nov\... I have no money over. To-morrow I pay $90.00 und that: \Vhen I learn First Drcssing my boss pay me not, I made some drawings he would not take it. What is to do? In the sample work the come on and say: put some an on that! and my Ide sells good! last faH the was affraid to get to mueh carving work. I wisch to come away from here. \A/hen the plain poor style go publiek well, it is always the same, a table, a chair, a writing tables, a chiffoneur, an bed and a wasch stand wetl. The body, sides, drawers and doors scratches is all right but were get the IdY5? I have plenty stuff for this. Anatomie it is hart, but it is nothing hart for me. I work stone too, and stone and mabie. Macke somting out me, I come to nothing here. It is a shame when I stay longer. Now is' the expositian open, what do this good to me, and I be sure, we get plenty orders. Please give answer.' I am free thinking! Respectfully, John Ebel, Comcor Furtv Co. Advantages of the Case Clamp. The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Hand Screw Company is turning out a case clamp that is finding favor from manu-facturers of case goods wherever it has been introduced. The device is intended to do away with the use of hand clamps or hand screws in putting up case goods and it fills the bill com-pletely. The operation of a lever, after the pieces are placed in the clamp, draws the parts together absolutely square and holds them Firm until the operator can drive such screws or nails as are necessary. There iij a revolving arrangement, which is governed by a lever, and the clamp can be stopped in any position desired. Small hand screws are tightened when the top is placed on the case to hold it in place while the clamp is turned, after which such screws as are necessary may be driven in the top from the frame of the clamp. The prime feature of the device is the toggle-joint arrangement by which the lever is operated in such a way as to make the face of the clamp move absolutely true and square. There is no possibility for stock to be otherwise than perfectly square after it has been passed through the clamp-an advantage that is fully appreciated by all cabinetmakers. The clamp saves timc-v.<lich is money-and at the same time enables the operator to do better work than can be done in the old way of setting up by hand. 10 Longfellow's Arm Chair. The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Long-fellow, which occurs on the 27th of this mouth, will remind many men and women of a delightful event in the POCl'S life -an event in which these men and WOlllell had ;1 part whel1 they were children in Cambridge. The great POet'S love for" children was olle of the line ,lnr] beautiful traits ill hi5 character, says St. :\"icholas. He W,lS never known to be unkind to a child. He OftCll inconvenienced himself tklt he might oblige children and give [hem pleasure. l\Iany of Longfelknv's most popular p()cm.~ are fOllnded on feal events, real places and fcal things. Hi~ "\'illagc blacksmith" was a realm;lll in Cambridge. and the "spreading chestnut tree" under which his smithy stood \-vas a n'ry fine and old one that LOllgfellO\v l()\'(~d, for he wa" a great 10\'er of trees. \Vhen the street In Cambridge in which Lhe 0..7IR.T I.s A2'J ..4o:wtt T $' Sri cntcrl<lincd, by importers and jobbers since early last fall, but they are still quoting eight-outlce goods at 5.40@:"i.45, :,Ild lell-OUllce at lIgures belo\-\-" seven cents. Shellac is reported higher in London and Calcutta. In .c\meric;Ln markets it is strong, but there has been no material a(h-;lllCe recently. :.Je\v York dealers quote ordinary grades at -1S((j'-1~)c; bright orange, ti:2({i'j4c. Linseed oil is reported clLtll in the eastern markets at -U cellts for raw, 4:~ for single boiled and 44 for double hoilcd. These figures are for five-barrel lots. For smaller ord(:rs add on(' cent per gallon. Turpel1til1e has advanced about 10 cents per gallon in tbt' pa,;!, three 111onths. TL is now quoted ill 1\~ew York at '."i(ti 7;");/2 cent,;. Price,; 011 varni,;h gum,; h;\\'e beell strellgthened by an illuC:Ls(:(1 demand. Hath Kauris and Manilas are higher~ A Tasty Modern Interior. ;;spreading chestnut tree" stood was ahout to be \vidcncd by the city, Longfelo\'" protested to the utmosl against its being cut down. His protest, however, did 110t keep it from being felled, much to the regret of Longfello'w. Theil some good friends of his had a "happy thought." It occurred to them that it would be a pleasant thing if the children \'iould have a chair made of som(' of the wood of the old chestnut tree and make a present of it to S'lr. Longfellow on his ap-proaching seventy-sccond birthday. The children of Cam-bridge fell in very heartily with the idea <llld nearly 1000 of I them gave ten cents each to pay for having- the chair made, and it is a very lundsoll1e chair indeed. It \V~lS designed by the poet's nephe\v. Thc wood \vas ebonized so that it waS a dead black. The prescnting of the chair wa,; \vhat the children always enjoy, do "surprise pre;iellL" ),1r. Long-fellow did not know anything about it until he found the gift in his study on the morning of the 27th of February. in the year 187\), and as that was twenty-eig"hl year,; ago, the boys and girls who gave their dimes for the ch;lir are now Inen and women. Gleaned From Market Reports. The "sharp advancc" in prices of jute products, pre-dicted repeatedly lJy the importers has not matcri:l!izei! Just 110\'/ tbere is declared to he a shortag'(' ill burlap,; in the New York market <lnd "it is believed that price,; 11111,;t advance in the near future,'" That same belief has heen Kauri Standard, BG@38c; manila, Standards, 9@10c; pale, lli(ii [8e. Chilla wood oil is steady poce,; during the past month, (<:L8 c. without material change in ::1e.v York quotations, 7}4 Andrew Carnegie says he would gladly give $200,000,000 for an addition of ten years to his life. 1\lany a man has been gn'cn Len years or more for less money. A. L. HOLCOMB (;j CO. Manufaclurers and Dea.lers in HlGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL Repalrlng •••Sa.ttsfactioD guaranteed. Citizens' Phone 1239. 27 N. Market St., Grand Rapids. Mich. WHITE PRINTING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PRINTERS OF CATALOGUES and everything needed by business men IF YOU WANTTHE BEST fURNITURE PHOTOGRAPHS WRITE M. P. THIELE &. CO., 242 S. Front St., GRAND RAPIDS, MIC". SPECIAL ARTICLES IN FURNITURE ====HARDWARE ==== Door Catches in great variety The Tillotson Toilel Fastener Push Butlon Catches, Wardrobe Rods and Hook. Desk Lid Supports Toilet Hinges, Shelf Support•• Dowel Pins Enamel Knobs and Automatic Wond Trimmings Hardware Supply Co., G"ft,fRap;d~, M;ch. T"E GRAND RAPIDS PANEL CO. A. n. SHERWOOD, Manager MaRufacture ... of fl4STlC GR411111111GPl4TfS GR411111111GM4CI11111fS GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICHIGAN. tr your DESIGNS are right. people want the Goods. That make, PRICES right, ~larence 1R.bills DOES IT 163Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. An Irreparable Loss. Probably the most valuable collection of antique fur-niture in the world was lost in the fire that completely des-troyed Lindhurst, John \Vanamaker's pa'latial country home at Chelton Hilts, near Jenkintown, Pa., on February 8. The house alone cost a million dollars and the contents, furniture, tapestrjes, paintings, bric-a-brac, etc., had cost nearly as much more. There were over fifty rooms and each room was furnished in distinctive style for Some period of the world's history. Many of the furnishings were collected from the homes of royalty and cannot be replaced at any price. Mrs. \Vanamaker's collection of Venetian glass was lost. The paintings included severa"! by Vandyke, Rigaud, Law-rence, Reynolds and many other famous artists and only a fev,,' .vere saved among the latter being Munkacsy's "Christ West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, Gleason Patent Sectional Feed Roll, WEST SIDE IRON WORKS, ORAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. We caD help you. Time saved and when done leaves are bound (by your~' " self)andindexedby floors or departments. BARLOW BROS.• Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE RIGHT NOW. SYDNEY J. OSGOOD S. EUGENEOSGOOD OSGOOD & OSGOOD, Architects. FACTORY CONSTRUCTION AND DESICNINC A SPECIALITY. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Michigan Art Carving Co. FOR WOOD CARVINGS of all k;nd .. MentionMichigan Artisan. GRAND RAPIDS, M;ch. -SEE:===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co" ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for I1IGI1 GRADE PUIIICl1fS and DIES. MICl110AN ENORA VINO CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. BNO~AVB~.s BY ALL P~DCBSSBS. Before Pilate," and "Christ on Calvary/' valued at $100,000 each. - --'.'.'.-.--- Would Fix Pullman Rates. Representative McCullagh of Pittsburgh has introduced a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature to fix rates for aCcom-modations on Pullman cars on all railroads in that state. It provides that the maximum rate for sleeping car berths shaH not exceed a ha'lf-cent a mile for each lower berth f.or bile' or two persons, and three-eighths of a cent a rnile,for the upper berths. An optional minimum rate of $1.25 a lower berth and $1 an upper is also made. The bill also fixes the minimum rate for parlor cars at one-third of a cent a mile, with a minimum rate of twenty-five cents. It is also provided that, when the upper berth in a sleep-ing car is not sold, but the lower is, the upper berth shall not be made down. TtiE CREDIT BUREAU OF TtiE FURNITURE TRADE 12 The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO, E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY· REUABLY VARIOUS MATTERS. E. M. Hulse, president of the E. ),J Hulse: Company, although still young in appearance and just over the line dividing youth and age, has had a long and varied exper-ience in the furniture business. He has passed through trials that sap the energy of most men, and came Ollt, like the individual sung about in the comic opera years ago-he "bobbed up serenely" in every tn:;tance. :\ 0 man in the trade has tested the value of the trade papers as a means rOT drawing business more thoroughly than he, and his deci.sion is that the trade mediums are useful and valllaLle. Certain journals he esteems more highly than others, as a matter of course. A few years ago he engaged space in a'll the trade papers, taking a page in each, and offering one dollar for every coupon which formed a part of the advertisement, returned to his office. The maiIl attraction was a very good Turkish rocker, in leather, for $25.00. It was illustrated, described and guaranteed as to value. In printing the ad-vertisement an error occurred in the price of the rocker in one of the trade papers employed by )'lr. Hulse. His feel-ings upon reading the offcnding publication in which the $25.00 rocker was offered for $L5.00, can be more easily im-agined than described, and when the stenographer was called into Jlr. Hulse's office the vcry atmos.phere was Idled with resentment. In brief, yet pointed language ?l1r. Hulse in-formed the publisher that he would fill every order for rockers sold through the medium of the journal for $] 5.00 and would look to the publisher to make good the difference. ::'1any ordcrs were taken on account of the advertisement in the other trade papers, but not one ever reached his office for a rocker for $15.00. 1\1r. Hulse was dumbfounded, and \vhen he recalls the incident he is inclined to go into a dumb-founding mood. "Every mall has a hobby," remarked an eminent min-ister of the gospel. \Vheu asked to name the particular hobby uuder which he labored, he replied, "/\. single-jointed stove pipe hat." The minister in question \vas seldom seen without a shining head piece. D. \V. Kendall's hobby is painting; he bas an annex" to his particular affectation, however; it is playing the. fiddle. Formerly it was a bull dog. \Villiam \Viddicomh lik~s to make speeches before assemblages of business men. He acquired thi,~ hobby in the common council many years ago. His remarks arc never dull or without interest. A good horse delights John Mowatt. He is never without a fine roadster. E. H. Foote seems to give most of his time and thOUg:lb olltside of his business to the 11ichigan Soldiers' I-Tomc-a hobby he is proud of. A plantation on the island of Cuba, is the source of pride for John D. Case, ""hile Johu Sball;l1,an delights ill sailing a naptha launch. David E. Uh] is too bus}C to give much time to a hobby, but a good horse pkases him as much as anything. \V. H. Gay. Ralph Tietsort, "Rob" Irwin. ::'fi-oer S. Keeler, \V. A. GUll11 and John S. Shelton dote OIl automobiling white A. \\T. :Hampe would rather sail a fast single sticker than sign a check for a million. His business associates, J\lessrs. Irwin and Tietsort would leave their automobiles standing in the road if Mr. Hompe should bear down upon them under the power of a stiff breeze. The manufacturers at Jamestown, N. Y., are fully sup-plied \vith hobbies. Charles \V. Herrick. of the 1bddox T~l.Jle Company nnds rest and recreation (the term is used ad \'isedly) in the study of finance. Probably no man outside of \Vall street, in the greaL Empire state, has stowed away in his brain as much ir,tormation as he regarding stock cor-poratioru and securitit-::i. He reads prominent newspapers devoted to finance, the letters of Henry Clews, Holden and other monctary authorities. He is an official of a prosper-uus bank and a director in several corporations, hut having entcred a banking house when a boy his mind natura!ly clings to the influences of his earlier employment. A beau-tiful summer home on Lake Chautauqua and the ncw home he has under construction in Jamestown caU for the full em-ployment of his mental and physical energies. A story is told of a farmer "who aroused his SOil at four a. m., and direet-e.: 1 him to feed the horses, milk iourteen cows, split a cord of \""ood, shovel the snow OUt of the paths, build the nres, feed the chickens and the hogs, and while resting before hreakfast, to peel the potatoes, grind the coffee and bring water from the well. Like the farmer's son 1h. Herrick is the busiest "rester" in Chautauqua county. "Tom" Crane knows the history of every actor worth mentioning since the days of Shakspeare; Frank O. Ander- ':;011 is a skilled navig-ator; L. C. Stewart smilingly ackno,v!- edges that his wec.k old daughter is a good enough "hobby," while :"lr. Corne"ll of the Jamestown Lounge Company fairly "gloats" over beautiful painting. \V. ]. Maddox, of the :"faddox Table Company has a hobby which he employs in promoting the business of his company. 1-1is "mad ox" is known to everyone in thc trade. A few months ago he con-ceived the idea that a large white ox in action could be made useful, but \,,"as unable to find any among his large force of caners who were able to execute the animal in wood . .finally his brother, J. Vi. ::'I.1addox, undertook the task and turncd out a \'ery good specimen of <111 OX in pine. It attracted much attention at the late exposition at Grand Rapids. 1\lr. ).1addox decided to have the specimen repro-dt~(' ed in <\ smaller size ill plaster and callee! in all artist from sunny Italy to make a mold. Many attempts resu1ted in failure, the curling tail of the imitation animal breaking off, repc'atrell}". Finally, ~dr. )'laddox suggested that wire be used to support the tail, I~'hell the efforts of the artist \vere successful. and a considerable !lumber of casts were made. The artistic spirit of the Italian conceived the idea that an ox could not be enraged without an object to excite his resentment, so he brought to ::'1r. Ivladdox various casts to St1PP'y the deficiency. A girl in a red skirt was suggested and rejected. An ugly looking Turk followed and 1Jnally a crocodile was presented hut ,dl were rejected by the exacting lITr. 1Iaddox. The artist is still busy with his brain and hands, and promises to exhaust the animal kingdom in an effort to please his employer. ~D:~~~!Tt.: FILLERS AND STAINS CIRCASSIAN OAK STAIN SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW AND ORIGINAL IN FINISHES Light Oak. Dark Brown Oak. MADE IN FOUR SHADES. Light Oxidized Silver. Dark Oxidized Silver. FOR USE ON QUARTERED OAK ONLY. ~CHICAGO Sta. E. Balked at the Red Tape. I knew of a firm recently that lost one of the best sales-men in the country, all on account of an expense book and red tape. The man was a high-priced salesman whose ser-vices they had solicited. He agreed to cover a certain ter-ritory, and if to his liking was to sign a three-year contract. Vlhen he was ready to start the cashier handed him an ex-pense book, with every conceivable item of expense enumer-ated, says a writer in The Selling Magazine, with instruc-tions that at the end of each week upon receipt of his book a check for the next week's expenses would be forthcoming. Then they handed him a form sheet upon which he was to give the name of each person called on daily, and if he did not sell why not, and a lot of other unnecessary red tape. The salesman was nonplussed and at the same time insul-ted, and going to the head of the house said: "Gentlemen, you hired me to sell goods. That is my profession and I have been doing it successfully for ten years. I am not a bookkeeper or accountant, or I should have applied for that position. If you have no confidence in my integrity why did you seek my services? T shall be pleased to look after your interests to the best of my ability, communicating such information as is of importance, but as for rendering an itemized expense account and a report such as your cashier insists upon I shall never do it." The firm was obdurate, and the next day the man signed a contract with another concern at $5,000 a year, with the privilege of extending the contract to five years and an increase of salary. Nelson-Matter Improvements. To meet an imperative demand for power the KeJson- I\.'1atter Furnitttre Company of Grand Rapids, rvIich., has installed a new Corliss engine, replacing the old machine which has been used for many years. To make room for the larger engine an addition to the factory was built last sum-mer. The new engine is the best of its kind and it is large enough to supply present needs and a considerable amount of reserve power, which may soon be utilized as the growth of the company's business is likely to require the installation of additional machinery. The old engine was one of the best in its day but it has been overloaded for the past ten or fifteen years. New boilers were put in five years ago which with the new engine not only furnishes ample power for operating the machinery, but also steam for the dry kilns and heating purposes and enables the company to run its own lighting plant. Washington's Enormous Lumber Cut. The 'lumber cut in the state of \Vashington for 1906 was more that 4,000,000,000 feet, board measure, an increase of 200,000,000 feet over 1905, while the output of shingles is placed at 10,500,000,000, or 70 per cent of the total production of the United States, an increase of2 per cent over the year before. Census returns show that Washington is easily the leader in the lumber production, as is it also in lath and shin-gles, and 1~1mbermell say that with adequate transportation facilities the output in 1907 will show relative increases over 1906 as the last season did over 1905. Mills are being en-larged and others are being established to begin cutting next spring and summer and there is every outward indication that the cut this year will be near the 5,000,000,000 mark. Makes a Change. Wm. A. McGlinn has severed his connection of thirty-two years standing with \Vidmyer & Co., Lancaster, Fa., and wilt hereafter be associated with Hoffmeier Brothers as salesman. Mr. McGlinn served the \iVidmyer company in various capacities from apprentice to manager and buyer. 13 This is one of the most beautiful and unique stains ever placed on the market. The principal characteristic is that it produces rich, subdued tones, which like changeable silk, vary in color when viewed in different lights and positions. This stain has already met with favor from several of the leading furniture man-ufacturers and we believe it will prove to be fully as popular as the Mission finishes. If you have not seen samples of this finish you. should write today for panels showing the various shades on oak. 14 ESTABLISHED 1860 PUBL.ISHEO BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2·20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERED AS !¥lATTER OF THE SECOND CLASS A well organized movement to investigate the fire in5ur-atIce business in :\Tassachl1sctts and bring about needed re-forms, has progressed so far as the introduction o( bills in the legislature. The movcment was started by the Citizens' Trade Association of Cambridge and it is heartily supponeJ by other commerci81 organizations in the state. The bus-ine, s::; methods of the companies arc attacked. They are de-clared to be unfair and needlessly extravagant. The bills introduced aTC intended to enlarge the pO\'\..e.rs of the state insurance commission in the matter of Ilxing rates and to fur-ther publicity as to the business methods and fInancial tran-sactions of the companies. It is charged-and the charge is undoubtedly true-that the insurance men have used the San Francisco i.li~aster as an excuse for un rea SOIl able ad-vance in rates, thus unjustly taxing property on which the risk has not been made more hazardous, and have also nu-posed conditions that, while they may be reasonable in some instances are entirely uIIcalled for in the great majority of risks. Policy holders, generally, will hope that the I\1ass-achusetts movement may succeed and that it may extend to other states, for the need of fire insurance reform is not con-fined to the Old Bay State. *1* *1* *i* * * :t\'ew York's anti-tipping law is said to be a failure so far as the purpose for which it was intended is concerned. It does 110t prevent the tipping of sleeping car porters, waiters, etc., because it is not enforced in then line, hut it promises to be effective in correcting more abuses than those at which it was aimed. A case mentioned hy the Xew York papers of J anuary ~6, shows that it may be used to stop the grafting methods practiced by some buying agent;; and the species of bribery resorted to by some s:l1esmen. The case referred to is that of Soloman Ballin of the firm of J. I-I. & S. Ballin, shirtmakers, who wrote a letter to J. lvL Guinness, a shirt buyer in a Fourteenth street depart-ment store, offering him a commission on all goods sold tht' store through Guinness. The buyer showed tbe letter to the store manager. and a complaint was made against Ballin who pleaded guilty und \vas sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or go to jail for thirty days. \Vith such an application of the law, the Xew York manufacturers will have little \vorry about tricky salesmen bribing their buyers. The varnish man or seller of other materials will not carc to take chances by offering a bribe to the factory foremall or buyer. *!* *1* *1* *!* For several years there has bccn 110 material decrease in the cost of anything used in making illruiture, except alcohol. YeZlrs ago grain alcohol, uo;ed for cutting shellac, etc., cost $2.HI pef gZlIJ011. Then wooel alcohol was intro-duced and sold ZIt $1.2:), gradually decreasing to 00 emf! finally to 7,"\ cents Xow. as a result of the b.w removing the tax on alcohol not usecl as a beverage. manufacturers get the clenatllred article at ~:5 cents per gallon, and it is predicted that if regulations call be lnade that will allO\v the farmers to nnke the '>tuff the pricc will go down to ~;"j ccnts. Of course alcohol forms a vet")' small proportion of the material that goes into a piecc of furniture, but the reduction 7IR T 1.5'A.l'l . 0/ f: • in its. COSt win help to offset the advanced cost of other material" and, \vith adohol at 2;) cents per gallon ne\'\" uses will be found for it that may be of great benefit to the country-it may soon cm a great figure in the cost of heat-ing and lighting-. *1* *1* *1* *!* According to the report of the State bureau of labor there arc 10:3 furniture factories in :.rortb Carolina, 1,.vith a e<tpital stock of $2,H98,201 and employing 6,19-1- persons. Some of the f<tctories arc mZlking goods for the export trade. A large toy factory has aLso been in sllceessful operation at Salisbury for over a year. From this it appears that if the Xorth Carolinians can increase the size of their factories and raise the grade of the product they may soon be able to dis-card the appellation of Tar Heel and have their common-wealth known as the FUnliture State. *1* *!* *1* *1* The manufacturers of Rockfor.:l do not cater to the mail order houses liar have they encouraged the efforts made by certain promoters to establish a factory in that city to man-nfacture low grade mail order furniture. Representations thal ha\·e been published in the news ancl trade papers that the manufacturers of that city were catering to thc trade of the mail order houses \"'cre erroneous, based upon false. infor-matioll, and the Artisan cheerfully publishes this fact be-cause all injustice has been inflicted upon a manufacturing community that should not have been suhjected to it. *1* *1* *1* *1* _\ sensational repoft is ;11 circulation involving the prac-tices of certain manufacturers of mirrors. It is openly charged that the strikers formerly employed by the mirror makers of l\-ew York, Chicago and of severa"! other places, have heen supported by liberal contributions from the funds of distinguished gentlemen engaged in the sale of mirrors. The Artisan has detailed one of its staff to investigate the ma lteT. *1* *1* *1* *1* The two-cent passenger rate rule is 110t to be confined to states east of the T\fississippi river. A bill fixing the two-cent rate on all main lines in }Iissottri has passed both houses of the legislature and the governor has signed it. Judging from Ohio's experience tfissouri roads may now expect an increase In passenger earnings. *:* *1* *!* *1* The year 1907 y.,··ill have to hllstle if it beats the record of HJ06 in the matter of increase in the amount of America's trade-exports and imports combined. The increase during the past year was over" <I million dollars for each working day. That is certainly an enormous increase but, great as IS is, it is much less than the increase in clomeo;tic trade. *1* *1* *i* *1* The Furniture \Vorker, arguing for "on('. line a year" mentions among _exposition expenses "repo1ishillg at the dis-plays which has to be done about every other day." \iVonder who makes furniture that. in order to be presentable, has to be repolished twice of three times a week? *!* *1* *1* *1* Since the completion of the trolley line between Chicago and Rockford, Chicago papers refer to Rockford as "Chi-cago's thrifty suburb." V/hen the Grand Rapids Chicago electric line is completed Grand Rapids will also have a big thrifty suburb just around the head of the lake. ** ** ** '\otwithstandillg an investigation of the various com-binations that control the lumber market has been under-taken by the general government, prices tend buoyantly upward. *,., ** ** L\pparently one of the "most profound est" thinkers of the age is employed on the Baltimore American. which declares that "destiny is the irrepressible fate of mankind." 15 This is a Sample of Our Work Let us make a room sceue for you. Prices upon application. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING COMPANY, 2 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Massachusetts Investigators Modify Their Ideas. The :dassachusetts Board of Health which, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the legislature, began an inves-tigation of conditions affecting the health of factory workers and recently made some startling statements in regard to the employment of child labor and also some radical rec-ommendations, has now issued an exhaustive supplementary report in \vhich the ideas and suggestions made in the first seem have to been moJified considerably. The latest report s1<lte5 that the investigators found factory conditions, as a whOle, quite satisfactory. They recommend that laws be made "to require that the conditions affecting the health of lhe \yorking flcoplc in the poorly managed establishments be brought up to conditions existing in the class of estab-lishments doing similar work in similar huildillgs where their health is most carefully protected and that it be the duty of inSflcctors to see that the laws are enforced." The report treats the subject of consumption af length, "!ld emphasizes the need for prevention of spitting. The report also recommends amendment to the laws regarding nre escapes, prohibiting the obstructing of egresses, corn~ pelling their good repair, and providing that a sign shall plainly indicate their position to a person thirty feet away. 16 GLOBE VISE ---AN 0--- TRUCK CO, Manufacturers (II Strictly up-to-date quick-acting- Wood \Vorkers' "vises. They are time savers and make a barrel of monev for those that lISCthem. Out" prices are the best. 'ATrite for them. "VI'e also make a complete !im: of factory ano warehouse tmcks. Our circulars are cheerfulh· mailed upon req'uest. GLOBE VISEand TRUCK CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Slep~en50nMr~.(0.1 South Bend, Ind. Wood T umings, T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Ma.nufac-tnrers on Application. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. "·rite us 10l" J>rke List and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST •• GRAND RAPIDS IMPROVED, EASY all.d EtEVATORS QUICK RA IST'NG Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBALL BROS. GO" 1067 N;,th St.. Gouncil Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Coo. 343 Pro~pect St., Cleveland,O.; lO!lllth St., Omaha, Neb,; l2il Cedar St., New York City. State Insurance Scheme in Wisconsin. A bill has been introduced in both houses of the vVis-eonsin legislature providing for the appointment of a com-mission of t\VO senators and two asselnblymen, which may enlist the services of two or more experts, and shall \vork out a system of state insurance to be recommended to the next legislature. The recommendation of the system shall include: First-A system of life insurance based on the recog-nized principles of modern insur;:tncc. Second-A system of old ag"C ancl invalidity insurance for people \vha have been rc~idents of \Visconsin for ten years and l1:n·(, led soher and industrious Jives for five years past, and shall never have been found guilty of a civil or criminal misde111eanor Third-A sy,~tcm of sickness and accident insurance with proper rcstrictions. Th(, hilt" hav(~ heen ref(~rred to committees which are ex-pected to rcport f:lvorably after ",·\lieh amendments wil1 be offered providing for the organization of a State fire insur-allce system. Jury Overrules the Judge. \Vhen ] udge \Vhitson of San Francisco charged the jury 1ll the case of Thomas 1. Bergin vs. the Commercial Insur-ance Company of T ,on cion, he told them that the policy cov-ering Bergin's building contained a clause under which the COlnpany could not be held for a loss caused by an earth-quake; that the evidence shO\ved beyond any doubt that the fire vvhich destroyed the building \vas due to the earthquake and therefore they must return a verdict in favor of the company-"no cause of action," The jurors, however, did lIot see the matter in that \vay. They promptly rendered a verdict in favor of Bergin for $6,788, the full amount of his clairn. The case will be appealed, but it is claimed that the Supreme Court under such conditions can not reverse the verdict-that it can only send the case back for re-triaL This May Help a Little. rVlanagers of the Chicago & Northwestern railway are conducting a campaign of education among shippers with respect to loading and unloading cars. Agents at all sta-tions are USlllg their personal influence and arguments with shippers endeavoring to induce them to cease making stor-age warehouses of cars and to unload them promptly. France Oppressing British Capital. The British Chamber of Commerce in Paris is endeav-oring to obtain modifications of the provisions of a bill con-cerning foreign companies trading in France, which has re-cently been introduced in the French Parliament by the min-istry. One of the provisions complained of compels al( com-panies having branch offices in France to register and to pay a registration tax of one-quarter per cent on the whole of their capital, and another compels the publication of the an-nual balance sheet in one of the official journals. The British Chamber of Commerce says that it is an organization cOm-prising companies with a capital of $10,000,000 or over, whose turnover in France represents but a small portion of such capital, and to tax these companies with registration fees would be a gr05s injustice and would be contrary to the fiSC;ll principle by which the "taxe de dividende" is only levied on a certain proportion of the capital of foreign companies es-tablished in France; that, further, the registration tax is es-sentially a transfer tax imposed upon the transfer of prop-erty from the vendors to the company, and that such tax, already paid in the company's country of origin, can 110t be equitably imposed in France, where no such transfer has taken place; that the imposition of the tax will lead to its evasion by perfectly legal means and v,rill seriously hamper the development of important industries. The publication of balance sheets is a matter le5s capa-ble of adjustment than that relating to the registration tax, though the companies classed as private are not likely to see their way clear to comply with it, but as all French com- HAND CIRCULAR. RIP SAW. MORTIStlR COMBINED MACHINE, Complete Oull8 of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER. He can save II. manufacturer'l'! proflt a!!l well as a deaIer'l'! profit. He can make more money with less capita] invested. He can hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers. He can lnannflldure In as good style llnd finish, and at as low cost IHI tbe factories. The IfJca! cabinet maker has heen forced into only the deal-er's trade and profit, because of machine manufactured gOOd8 of factories. An outfit of Blll'OeS' Patent Foot and Haud-Power l\lachiu- I"ry, reinstates tbe cabinet maker with advantage8 equal to hl8 competitors. If desired, thel'!e machinel'! wm be >lold OY TRIAL, The purchaser can ba,\'e ample time to tel'!t them iu his owo shop and on the work he wi"hes tbem to do. Descriptive cata-logue and price list free. No.4 SAW(ready for ct'o5s-euttlng) W. f. S. JO"~ 84RNES CO.654 Ruby St .•Rockford. III. 17 panies without distinction are subject to this formality it is hardly likely an exception will be made in favor of foreign undertakings. Put Your Ideas Into Practice. Have yOU an idea-in your mind for improving your work? Have yOU an invention simmering in your gray matter? Do you think you have a special aptitude for some vocation? If you have, then remember that if yOU don't act yOU likely will see some other fellow with a little more nerve than you get ahead, and (eave yoU wishing yOUhad paid more attention to the promptings of your mind. "If you stand near a good thing," says Andrew Carnegie, "plunge well into it. Fear is old-womanish; it has kept un-told millions from making fortunes." 'Vha has not heard some man in an office or store say, "\\I"hy, I had in my head that idea for which Willikens got promoted. "Vhat an idiot I was for not speaking up!" The world is full of such loiterers. Often laziness of mind prevents a man from acting. This fauft is common with nearly everyone in dealing with the urllried and the unknown. Goethe said to a man who con-sulted him about an enterprise but mistrusted his own pow-ers: "Ach! You need only blow on your hands!" If you think you arc a genius in any direction, either as a poet, inventor, or "improver" in any way, get busy. The needs of the world are great, and if your idcas are valuable they are in demand. But see that you make a start. You can't make any journey if yOUdon't take the first step, FORMKk Oll MOULDKIl. HAND TBNONEJl. No.4 SAW (readytor ripping) No.7 SCJlOLL SAW. 18 Ch-icago, Feb. S.-The midwinter Furniture exh-ibitioH in Chicago came to a close January :31 after what is gcncr::tlly termed <.l very sati:;tactory scason. The scaSOll ,vas LttC in starting and it \Vas thought for a time that hl1sincs.s \\-oull! not come up to cXJ.Jectatioll:-', but after the S('CO]H] week affairs took on a businesslike appearance and good results were obtained. 3lany maullf;J.cturcrs have equalled their sales for last January, hut very few have exceeded the vol-nme of business done last July. ~early all lines seem to fl<:lVCsold well 8nd a feature of the exhibitioll was the lack of price-cutting and slashing which too often prevail ill close competition In point of number or buyers in the lllarket. the season just closed is ahead of any previous ;;ea:-;011, ap-proxi. mately 1700 furniture men having \"isi.te(l the huil(ling.;; during the month The greater part of the buying was d01l(' the second and tbird weeks altllOugh cOllsiJerah1e selling" h;1.S been {\on(', ('yen -intO February. Factory conditions in Chicago remain much the saIne as for the pre\"ious three month;; .. \11 are busy in getting out what orders they have matcr-i;11 for. The 'work of the clilro,l<\ companies and the interstate commerce COIllltlission ill all WAXED PAPERS For FURNITURE Pre,.-::nts varnish from printing. Keeps u"~ moisture. Will not <.cratch the highest finish. Excellen'~ for wrapping mouldings and green varnished goods. Rolls or sheets. \VRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. H. P. Smith Paper Company, Sacramento and Carroll Avenue •• CHICAGO. effort to relicve the car shortage seems to havc had little effect in the matter of shipping. Supplies from the northwest have practically given oUt and materi,Ll from the- we:st and south is difficult to obtain. There is, hmvever, material enough in the city to keep up the factory work for somc tilllc to come, or at leClst until the car shortage mCJ.sures ha\"f~ had sufficient time to remedy the situation. Frank Bassett Tobey, president of the Tobey l-"11rniture Company, this city, was recently honored by the l.egal .\id Society of Chicago by being- elected their President. He has been in business in this tit:)' since JRtii and was closely allied with thc anti-slaver}' movement and also "\'rote the caP for the first Republican convcntion held in his nati\'e town. Dennis, I\Iass. .-\t the C1nllll;ll meeting of the directors of the Spencer & Barnes Company, at Benton Harbor, :'lich., n. H. Spencer. vice-president of the concern sincc its illcorpor:ttioll in lS'Jo. was made president, 1rvel1 Spencer was made vice-president <Iud :'.lary L. Spencer was re-elected to her positinll a;:; seer-tary and treasurer. 1Iessr;; Spencer anti Barnes began business in Buchanan, 11ichlgan, <ll1{l in Hi\)f, removed their bctory and oftices to Benton Harbor where .:\lr. Barnes was made president. Sillce .71R T I .sJIZ\! r rtf cr9'nm=- 0/ 't f* th:tt timc \[r. Spencer has gradually acquired the cOlltrollinp; interest in the business ~~~ld his ekction to the presidency is the result. The .:\ apervillc LOLHlg<:> Company, \'vhich now has it new factory at Binghamptoll, 1\. Y. in the COLlrs~ of erection, ex-pect:; to be able to begin eastern business the lirst of April. The nnv quarters arc an exact duplicate of the present fClc-tory at Xapcrville, 111., the dimensions being 7"6 x 100 feet, and gi\·ing employmcllt to nearly 500 men. Thc output 'will he illCl"C<lsed 100 per cent and 1ll(\ke the -:\aperviHe one of the brg-.:st IOllnge companie:". ill the eoulltry. 11 cllry Schrnll1cr, maker of bed springs and cots has becn suffering from a hU1"1l on the left \VrLst which 11(\s rdused to heal. 11e is ahle to attend to his Cll1,d street business but fears that he I1wy have to reson to the grafting method be-fore 11l' is rid of tlH~ trouh1t:-. .\ \-isit to the S. E. Overton \\'00(\ Carvil1g factory, ns C,lrroll avclIue. pro\'es that the wood enrvil1g industry in Chicago. ,It least. is l\1l\llillg to c'lp;\.city. The Overton plant i" Ol1e of t~je 1110st complete of its kind in the COlllltry a11(1 tl1eir facility for turning out order,; is excellent. The year has started well with }[r. Ovcrton 'vho is. already planning ad-ditions alld improvernenb. Some of t\1e mo"t artistic and original carvings knowll to the craft have he(']1 !Uncle at thi" plant and the -quality and appearance morc thal1 ;lnyt11ing else ,Ire responsible for the illcreased lJllsincss. The new O\'ertoll catalogue of latcst designs "".-ill SOOI1 he re;:dy for distributioll. Following a custom tstalJlished scveral ye:trs ago by the Adams & Elting Company their entire selling force came to-gether in Chicago in January for the ;lI1l1ua'l conference and round-up. The meeting convened in the a.;;sembly room of the ncw offices and P. L. E. Elting made a hrief address to bis hustlers to ,,,,ham be attributed the success of the com-pany. Occasion "vas taken to demonstrate the superior qual-itie,; of the .-\dams & Elting Illlers, stains and wood finishing 1ll,tteriak Thc discussion of tile llew ,year's work, tile selling of the .-\del-ir(' )-';oods, and a general polishing up on a11 points was ,l1so illilulg-cd in during the timc the men were at the 11011)(' office, from ;111 of wl1ich profit wns derived. The con-ference concluded at the Hamilton Club ,,,,here \V. L P. .--\danls. president of thc company. was the toastmaster. The plant of the Spencer Cabinet Company, 2217 Archer avenue, is now heing removed to Palos Park, Ill.. vvhere new quarters have heen built for tbis grO\ving concern. IVIr. SpenCEr stcltes that the e!lnn.({C' will be beneficial ill mal1y res-pects and increase the f;·jcilities at least fi\'e timcs. Folding" bed and fllrllitllre fixtures ~lfe important items in the maIlufacture of beds and 011C of the successful makers of these articles is Frnnk B. \Villiam:-;, 3312 Vinccnnes avenue, Chicago., \",110 has becn ill the business "ince 187H. 1l'Ir \Vil- Iiams has a complete equipmcnt "vith spccial machinery and skilled \\"orkmel1, awl his years of experience enable him to markct Ilxturcs of the higllcst grade at a moderate eosL. TIle new \Villiams catalogue should he of interest to all bed rnan-ufaeturcres as it covcr.~ lhe complete li:-;t of lixtllres to he u~ed in that Ene and shows many new ivnproVCI1Wn\S in style.S and II11i"h. .:\1 r. \Villiall1s ill\'ites the correspondence of in-tere,:; ted partie~ and will chcerflllly give detailed information \\hCI1 dc~ircd Prosperous Piano Makers . The Ann \rbor O'1ich.) Organ Company has increased its capital stock from $100.000 to $150,000. The directors authorized the sale of $2;'),000 worth of the stock. which is e.\:pccted to be taken up by the present stockholders. The compall)" has paid an annual dividend of six per cent ;md has a sLlrplus of $45,000, which will remain undisturbed. By the nrst of June the outpUt will be twenty pianos a week, instead of eight as at present. To Our Western Patrons NOTE: There has been no change in the management of our CHICAGO FACTORY. the same practical men who have brought it to its present high standard continue in our employ. BE NOT DECEIVED. WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING I FILLER BONE HARD OVER THAT Will DRY NIG HT The great majority-in fact just about all of the manufacturing trade ask for a filler to be hard dry the day after filling. We can do better than that. USE OUR FILLER AND YOU CANNOT DIG IT OUT OF THE PORES THE ====NEXT DAY==== IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR VARNISH TO PENETRATE THE SURFACE IT SANDS OFF IN A POWDER THAT. WILL LEAVE YOUR SAND PAPER CLEAN AFTER THE WORK IS DONE. The Barrett-Lindeman Company IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The l.Jawrence-McFadden Co., Ltd. 61·63-65-6No1. Ashland Ave•• CHICAGO. 1400-2F·4rankford Ave., PHILADELPHIA. 19 - --------- 20 OLD PAINTED FURNITURE. Modern Imitations of Eighteenth Century Pieces That Were Made by Masters of the Craft. Painted furniture, of the kind that was decorated by famous artists in the past, is offered for sale in such quantity as to indicate a revival of the taste that 'ntroduced it, says the New York Sun. Some of it comes under the classification . 01 antique and is genuine; other artie-ks afC obvl0uslY of modern origin, though the dealers may not admit it. .From the Jays of the R(;n;\\ssancc lnltaly \ill well within the nineteenth century the soft and stainy surface of l-inc woods was used by the artist as a background {or the cxhib-i-tion of his skill. The antique chest or coffer used by the Ven-etian bride in the: "Golden Age of Italy" was a favored article for decoration, and specimens are yet to be had in which the color is tempered into a mellow glow by the f1jght of time, and the fine gilding adheres only to the cracks and crevices. Some of these coffers, when used for jewel caskets, were not more than sixteen or twenty inches long. They were cor-respondingly high, and on this small surface was crowded the work not only of the artist, but of the carver as well. Grinning masks, Cupidons, bows and arrows, flowers and garlands were carved all about the chest and heavily gilded, and on such smooth spots that remained the artist wrought little scenes with Loves sporting about, or if the chest was done to order some incident in the life of its fair owner was used for decoration. Inside the cover was a pon-derous lock stoutly made of wrought iron. Collectors hunt eagerly for these coffers now, and they are to be had, the faded ve'lvet with which they arc lined shabby and' frayed, and the lock no longer in working order. You may follow the development of the chest right up to its final absorption in the chest of drawers, and in all coun-tries, including the United States, you will find that color has been used in its adornment. In the 'long Italian "cassani" sometimes the whole sixty-six inches of their length was covered 'with a procession of painted figures. From time to time these dower chests come into the market, to be eagerly snapped up by "uch collectors as have long enough purses. On the. Dutch chests you may find a conve.ntional form of floral design, generally presenting the tulip, and the dec-oration is not unlike marquetry in its generaL appearance. In the panels of tall Dutch hutches or standing coffers will sometimes be found paintings of the Dutch interiors, and Rubens himself did not hesitate to decorate some such objects. It was in France and England during the eighteenth century that the painting of furniture reached its greatest heights. In fact, that century may he termed the golden age of furniture. The first great name among furniture makers in France is that of Andre-Char'les Boulle, who died in 1732. It is interesting to note that in his patent conferring on him the appointment of maker of the royal seals he is described as "architect, painter, carver ill mosaic, artist ill cabinet work, chaser, inlayer and maker of figures." During the Regency, Charles Cressent was the particular star. Later in the century the two Caffieri 'were famous ior their decorati.ons. and the three :"lartin brothers hecame so famous for their skill in the application oi a varnish rh:lt the)' were taken under royal protection. Not very much of their work remains, but fire screens, little cabinets, some state coaches and snuff and patch boxes display their handiwork Their chid excellence lay in the way they used the greell varnish as a background for cupids and fic,vers, or used it alone in a waved, striped Or flecked pattern. \Vhert Robert Martin d.ied in 1765 the skill ne.Ci'ssary to carry out this work was lost, and Hvernis-]l,![artin" became hardly more than a name.. 7IR.T I.s A.l'I • go Q 'It Ie' During the reign of Marie Antoinette, styles of furni-ture changed greatly. The whole surface of the woodwork was painted or gilded, and the decoration was of more con-ventional character. For the Little Trianon the great Riesener made some of his most beautiful pieces, many of which were destroyed or stolen during the Revolution. But today pieces by him are being reproduced, and you may buy copies of Riesener's masterpieces which are almost as costly as those that the master made himself . In England tbe same use of the artist's brush was de-manded as in France. It was the four Adam hrothers who, starting as architects, finally became designers not only for the house but at so for everything that should go into it, that created the rage for painted furniture. They dre.w upon classical sty'les for many of their de-signs, and in order to harmonize their rooms the furniture in them was often entirely painted a pale green, white and blue, or \vhitc alone being often employed. Later they used satinwood for whole sets of furniture, and on the smooth surface presented they had painted groups or single figures, garlands of flowers or groups of or11aments, musicaL inst1't1- ment~, flambeaux, classical arms. etc. They had in their employ Mi.chael Angelo Pergolesi. who in his turn engaged such artists a5 Angelica Kauffmann, Cipriani, Antonio Zuc.ehi and many othe.rs of lesser fame. to carry out his designs. Angelica Kauffmann not only painted panels on furniture but also painted the ceilings in the rooms where it went, and in London in the neighborhood of Soho Square are still to be found some of these adornments. Hepplewhite, Sheraton and the less known Shearer used point-where other casters refu!te to t\ttn-is. f5he Point with The Faultless Pivot Bearing Caster lh. FAULTLESS r.eelved Ih. Hlgh.sl Award at the World's Fair, 1904, over all other east.rs. Itissupplied wit h Faultless Pat e n t Steel Spring Sockets. The Faultless is interchangeable; will fit six differ-ent sizesof Iror~ bed sockets. ;-: TbeFault1eos has no weak spots-n 0 mechanical flaws--it's Fault-less in name-in action-and as a seller :-: "." If you are after a money maker, write to 75he Faultless Caster Mfg.Co.. Nebra.ska. City, Neb. They only manufacture the FAULTLESS 7IRTI.s'.7I~ ¥ ? ,.+ 12 PROPERLY DRIED Throwing Money at Birds Is not as foolish as investing it in the ordinary Dry Kiln that bakes instead of dries the lumber; that does not extract the tannic acid and acetate of lime from the pores of the wood; that leaves kinks and checks around the knots, and checks the ends of the boards, so as to cause a loss in lumber every year more than suf-ficient to fit up your kiln, so that your Lumber will come out III half the time it requlCes to do it by your present method. If you want to know more about this, and save from $2,000 to $5,000 a year on every kiln, write the GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORI\S G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N. That you read this in the MICHIGAN ARTISAN'S Febuary 10th issue, and that you want to know if it is all a bluff or real facts, If FACTS, then you want to be put next. satimvood for furniture and also had it embellished with painting. They too employed Angelica Kauffmann and h::r associates, and table tops and commodes, sideboards and candle stands were painted with geometric patterns, wreaths, festoons, garlands and medallions of figures, the veneered satimvood shO'.ving a variety of color which shaded from palest gold to red. Hepplewhitc made many of these little settees for which he was famous, with shield backs many of them, and here too were painted the same designs which are associated with the name of Kauffmann. The commodes, which were shaped like a half circle, not only had a painting on the top but on the two doors of the lower part, and painted panels were in-serted in unlikely places, as in the backs of state beds, alcove beds, sofa beds, library bookcases, Pembroke tables, pier tables, sideboards, dock cases, knife boxes, standards for busts, all of which are shown in the designs in the makers' pattern books. Not only are the patterns for decorating the furniture gi.ven in the books but explicit directions for making the articles of furniture themselves, so that any cabinet~maker can follow them easily. The result of these concise direc-tions has been unfortunate for the modern collector. These beautiful pieces of old furniture have come into favor and the modern cabinetmaker has reproduced them in such abundance that there is a glut of them in the market and the unwary witI have them .palmed off on him at every turn. There is one thing, however, that cannot be reproduced and that is the soft mellowness that the paintings which were made a hundred years .ago have assumed, The crimsons and reds have almost gone and the other colors are so blended that they almost float into one another, You wiU not find drops of glue on the underside of a.ny of the old pieces, nor any nails, wooden pins only being used in the old furniture, There is a certain irregularity, too, which is lacking in the machine made reproductions and which is quite apparent in the real antiques. Sheraton in his "Cabinet Dictionary," published in 1803, mentions another style of painted furniture and one which is not often met with over bere. He says: "Hall chairs are generally made of mahogany, with turned seats, and the family crest or arms painted on the back." New Buildings and Fire Losses. Records and tabulations just completed show that the peop'Ie of the United States invested $604,960,000 in new buildings in the year 1906-a gain of two per cent over 1905. During the same year the fire Josses on buildings amounted to $500,000,000, which is larger than for any other year in the history of the country. F. Vv'. Fitzpatrick, president of the International Society of Building Inspectors, declares that nine-tenths of the losses in 1906 were due to faulty construc-tions. In otber words, had the buildings been of modern fire-proof construction the losses would have been about $50,000,000- instead of $500,000,000. Me Fitzpatrick claims that of the $226,000,000 invested in new buildings in Greater New York during the past year less than $25,000,000 was put into buildings that are even partially fire-proof. May Lobby Against "Reciprocal Demurrage," Western railroad presidents and officers of the Chicago Commercial Association are on record against the "reciprocal demurrage" laws proposed in congress and several state leg-islatures. At a conference held in Chicago recently they declared that the proposed law would be impracticable and would not solve the car shortage problem. Another con-ference is to be held soon to consider the matter of sending committees to Washington and to several state capitals, to oppose the proposed legislation. The LION VARNISH and SHELLAC WORKS KAREL DE LEEUW, Manager. 1475 State St., CHICAGO, ILL. ONE OF OUR SPECIAL TIES Lustreless Special Finish for Mission and Fumed Oak Furniture. Does not retain wax. A quick dryer and does not stick. Samples Furnislzed Oft Request. BRITAIN'S COMPENSATION LAW. Stringent Measure That Is to Become Operative July 1, 1907. Consul Albert llnl~t(:ad. of Birl11ingilam. submits ;t re-port OIl the enlarged ,.;cope oi the Dritish workmen':, com-pensation acl, which becomcs opcr:ltin' un July 1. The main features ,Ire <I.., 10][O\V';' The new act extend" compc!l;:;atioll ior illJuric:, to al-most the \vhole population, instead of the li11li:l'd \\"(ni{l'rs in dangeruus occupatioll";. It bring." CcrLlill di,,:c;t,:.:e'i \\-itlli1l the category of ·'accidcllts." It takes ;IW:t~ th~· Vt"l'';('l,t right of the employer to ,.;et up ,!S a c]cfen:-ie in e,lSes 1\·lJere de(1tl' or serious permanent IJlsabilit}· hilS resn)red from the :Icel-dent that the workman by \Ii:', :,>crions wll\ll\_\ m~:,>cO\v..lUct brought about the accidellt and the llljllry. The amOl,n[ of compensatioll \·ari,-,-,-; according to the' injtwy "nd the wages earned. If tlle ~lljlHY C\ebb dc-atl .. and the workman leaves p('rs()n~ wholly depeildent 011 ili:,: ~'arll-ings, the amOUI"H is a sum equa] to the wages e«rned ill the same ernployrncm during the three preYiOl]:', years. or $,:W, \-vhicl1ever is the greRlcr \Vherc the accident causc,.; total or partial dis;tbicmeill. a weekly payment 110t cxceetling it ($4.86) is provided, but othei'wisc i.t llliL}' 1)(' ally :',Ulll up to half the aver;lgc' weekly ea:'ning,; of the \\·orkman. The act m:ty at lirst \york S01l1~' hardship :'Llny :;iJ1illl shopkeepers or householder:" m;\y fee: it \'cry incolln'nicllt to lnake a \veekly p'.lymcnt of $:2.1." or $:!,--I-:; to some injured servant Thcre is no w,ly of making- it ;'. it'i'm in the C()l1tl:lCt of employment that r:o C0I111)('1l."al;on ."1J;dl be p,:y;dJ1c or tlHlt the sen';lllt is to lake all ri"ks, ,wd the aiterllatin' to d;rectJiability in some form of in~L1rance. Employer:; l111ht, therefore, take steps to PUl leir hOl1sc" in ortll'r·· dl1ril~f{ the next felv illollths. The Binnillg::latn Cham])':!" ()f COtHllle,:c(" 1JrOjlo,:('.~' tC, urge nation,l] in;;ur;\llce 011 the Gcrlll,lll pl;lll :IS ,I sl1b;;titutc Another Point to Remember If you place YiJur announcements in the MERCANTILE EDITIONS of the ARTISAN they will be read by DEA.LERS in fURNITURE and KINDRED GOODS ONLY. fo~' the nc\v law, and mellloliaL~ looking l11ereto arc to be :Iddrc;;;;cd to the Govern11lent officials. 111 Germany the employer be"r." a;1 the co:,t 01' accident insurance; thc work-men Iw,lr two-thirds of lhc co:,:t of sickness insurance, the remaining one-third falling on the employer, an.:] the State ,;u!J,;;dizes the old-ag-c in~t!rance funds contributeJ by thc working· classes. Manufacturers Urged to Visit South America. I·' L. RocJ,;\,·o()d, .\mericall vice Consul-C;eneral at Bo-gota, Columbia, writcs the Bureau of ::V1allufactllrers at \\'ash-ingtoll, calling" :Ittelllion of manufacturers to the imparlance of making- personal visits to South America portS He says: "l-Jeads of .-\merican linns making such visits would ple'l::.e the importers. merchants, and bankers, and they wouid recein' a welcomc that could not be accorded to a traveiing representative, and the effect aftet\'vards would ahva)-:s be in their favor. "Ye,~, we know bim personally." is far-reach-ing \vhen Olle understands the customs of the Spanish-Amer-ican race. l'ersonally knowing and seeing these South Amer-ican centers, [he heads of the firms would be enabled to act intelligently, with a clear understanding of the conditions al1d needs. it would also prcvcnt conhtsed and crroneous idc;t-~, alld furnish a kflO\vledgc that would enable them suc-ce~ sfllily to win the markets and hold them. "To ,\meriC<lllS living in the South American rq:rubli.c5 thc past ten years has shown that the American 111lionaI cn:nrs hayc been directly rending to muke us more and h,:ctter blown in SOlHh America, strongly hdpcd by tile lar-':-ilg'1tcJ ;lC;lds of OtH cOllntry, who ;Ire opening the way and urging the attention of the /\merican manufacturer to the great com-me rei,,': hattle ground of the Twentietb Century. Tltos'o' who \\";11 visit ;lIJd become known personally will benefit them-seh'e~ and their country' There is ;l wcekly p".,;sCl1gcr steamshi.p servicc from \T (;w York to San Juan. Porto Rico: CU:',1CHl, Dutch \Vest Tl1dies, aIllI L;l GU<lir;l. Venez~tc:la '\ connecting line of ste;t1ncrs nil,S to l\lerto Cabello and \Jaracaibo, Venezuela. O~her lines and coastwise steamers ellable Americans to reach most uther Iloillt~ in northern South \mcrica. German Workingmen's Insurance, CnilC(l St,l[e~ Consul Ilallllah. writing from .\Iagdel-llltrg-. ~ays ,1J;lt the twcnty-I:lfth annivcrsary of the founding e,f tbe \\-nrkillgmcn's ill:-:l1L\l1Ce hy Emperur \Villi;'1ll I. \Va,;: n'l·~'lltly cc·kbrated Thi:,: i1l~tlr:-lllCc, -which i,; compulsory. i" designed to ~lssist the laboring c:asses w~len t'ley are inca-p: lcitated for \vork, owing to acc:denl. sickw'ss or old age'. :111.1h,lS grUIyIl ill the pa"t t\\"cnty-ilve ye;Hs to he one of the large'S! ;111(.1lllo,;t benciicial system;;; of insurance evcr cle\'iseJ [)urillg: this period over $:Li:2.()()()jl()O has been paid ont to (i'UJOIi.OOO jleople. The sm;,lI premiums for this insuranc{' arc paid by the cancellation of stamps. 23 Out' Chunps reoeived GOLD MEDAL at World'. Fair. St. Lout •. 'Write for prices and particulars. BLACK BROS. MACHINERY CO. MENDOTA, ILL. VENEER PRESS (Patented June 30,1903.) CHAIN CLAMP (Patented Ju.ne30,1903.) CABINE1' CLAMP. WADDELL MANUFACTURING CO., GRANDRAPIDS,MICH. SAY YOU SAW THIS AO IN THE MiCHIGAN ARTISAN, FEBRUARY 10TH E.DITION. "No-Kum-loose" Mission Knob (PATENT APPLIED FOR) This is the latest style in Mission Knobs. It is m;,.de in plain and quartered oak, and takes the same finish as the drawers it is designed to go on. We make a toilet screw to match. We also make the uNo-Kum-Loose" Knobs in birch, maple, walnut and mahogany in many sizes and styles, and carry in stock a full line of Quartered Oak, Walnut and Mahogany, 801l0n Band Saw Filer lor Saws % inch up. Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools lr;e"~!;~la~~~,~~~t Baldwin. Tuthill eEl. Bolton Grand Rapids. Mich. Filers. Setters, Sharlleners. Grinders. Swages. Stretchers. Brazill" and Filing Clam~s. Knife Balances, Hammering fools. [nvel:tf:~~our New 200 page Catalogue for f'~o6Free. B. T. 8& B. Shle D. Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry ___ . OFF[CESi------~----------~-- B08ton New York Jam.eatown High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grabd Ra.plds Chicago St. Louis MlftfteapoU. Associate Offices BondBOftded AttOl'De:r8~In all Prlftclpal clUea REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC· TJONS MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT •.. WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHKRE: OTHERS FAIL WRIT!! FOR PA.RTlCULARS AND '"OU WILL SHND us Y OUR BUSINESS. Our Com.pt.lnt and Adjustment Department Red D1-att. ColJect H. J. DANHOF. Michlg"" Manager. 24 A New Year Pointer Get in line with new year methods. OUf machines have valuable features that can't be shown in pictures that greatly increase production and give uetter quality of output. WHY NOT WRITE TODAY? STURGIS MACHINE CO. STURGIS, IIIICH. THEY LEAVE NO STUMPAGE. Lumbermen Whose Business Depends on the Vagaries of the "Big Muddy." The "Old }[issunri" is a ra\'CtloltlS creature. It thinks nothing of devouring a whole farm, crops and all, in a single month. It has been known to nibble away at a tract of tim-ber or at a fertile cornfield for years until it had eaten it alL One of its dirty tricks that counts, says th>2 "Omaha VVor1d-Herald," is to bur,y huge block::; of \vood for 11l1lldred,.; of yc,al'3 until they arc: "vell seasoned and then, during the June risc, triumphantly wash them out again ;we! deposit them on a handy bar for some fortunate lumberman to tie up and saw into valuable lumber. Marshall Hamilton and his brother, C. C. Hamilton, have a s.aw mi1.l 01' the river front cast of F\on:ncc, "\\"here they sa\-v the logs they catcb in the drift when the June rise comes, Aoating the big prizes down the river. It '..V8.S back in the early '60s when ~Ltrshall IIamiltoll and his father were rafting up the river that he made a dis-covery- a disco\-ery that rne;:l1lt money for hinl.. "You sec." he said, "the :l\Iissouri Riner is worse thall a woman for changing her mind abOllt things. She'll run along peaceable enough for a year or two. rippling away o\'cr t11e bends and curves as happy as }Iike \vith Jake's boots all. Then, aU of a sudJen, she'll takc a big bend ,:Lnd <::ut right tlnough it and make a new channel, lea\'ing the dead, clear water to lake care of itself. Tint is how <Ill these lakes were former! aroUrld here. She'll eat out big trecs and they'll fall and sink to the bottom and ten or a dozen years later, or maybe fifty or a hundred, she'll romt'ern out ~lgaill and send 'em floating down the river as drift, "'Long in the GOsmy father and T noticed a bi.g cotton- ·wood tree growing out of a tangle of logs. The roots had twined down ;'end around those logs like the love vine crawls around the weeds in the timber. The tree itself ·was fully 1M! years old. counting its rings. It ,vas just "vest of here, right near where Florence is, and \ve examined it with interest. The river was having onc or its sulky lits [ll1(J making up lts mind to Cllt a new dlanncl 'l.11d to 1ea\'e the old one. YVe watchc(l it day by day until the vigorolls cotion,vood was washed. out and. fel1 into the river. Then carne the June rise, and when it was over nearly two dozen big co!ton\\rood logs rose out of the bank where thcy lwd been buried more than 100 years and came floati.ng down stream. ''It didn't take us long to tie tl"1C"ml.LP ;l" fast as tbe .... carne. They cut up into beautiful logs and dressed into one lumber with a peculiar hluis11 tint. Some of those logs ran all the way from 1,000 to 1.400 feet. being three feet in diameter. I've been at the work ever since. \Ve put up our own saw mill and last year I sent om 40,000 feet of lumber. "How do we catch them? \,Vell, we watch the bars for them. As the river encroaches on onc side it recedes from the other <111<th.1e "ubmergcd logs are ..v.ashed out. A pecuL-iarity abol1t [hem is that the soil seems to have some property that preserves them pedeetly. They are hard and firm when we dig them out. The bluish tinge comes from a kind of blue clay in which they are buried. This 'lumber takes '1- hne polish and rni.ght he used for many th~ngs. So far we have sold it only for boxes and saddle trees. There is a sa~ldle tree company in East Omaha that uses it almost ex-c: lllsively, claiming that it makes the very finest of trees, "Then it goes into boxes of different kinds. ?v1any a box made out of cottonwood logs that had been bur1ed 10l"1g before the Lc·wis and Clark expedition through here went ovn to the Boer war and to ~lanila and Cuba filled with things to eat. "The man who discovers the log and 'ties it up,' as we say. is the owner of it. Some SCa5Dl1S when the June rise is 011 we get the logs as fast as we can tie and go after them. Sometimes they come two or three apart and we must be ready and waiting for them. vVe generally know where there is a lot of the submerged ones and calculate just how far they will drift and where they will land. "The 1Jissouri River is famous for its big cottonwood trees First, there comes a growth of willows abollt. a new bend in the ri\'cr aml after awhile these seem to die out and the cottonwoods take their place, They grow rapidly .l.ud soon form a dense timber. Yes, indeed. I often look at thc.~e big logs as we saw them up and think of the many years they haH been buried 'in the mud and of the tragedies and comedies they have witnessed in the days before the white man fdled the country. Mr. Dryden Goes West. .A.s a result of negotiations conducted during the January furniture sea"on, E. E. Dryden, the well-known Grand Rap-ids de~igner. has gone to San Francisco, where h(', is con-nected 1vith the firm of D. ='f. & E, ""Valter, one of the largest fUtl11ture hm,ses on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Dryden began designing furniture in Grand Rapids twenty-two years ago. He kcpt pace with the progress of the business and had much to do with the constant improvement of the grade of Grand Rapids flll'niture. II e was employed first by the Phoenix and later by the Stlckley and \Viddicomb co1t1panie.s. DU!lng the past four or five years he has worked independently for (~rand Rapids and outside factories, In San l'"rancisco his lield will be broadened as the \Valtcrs' are now giving much attention to special contracts for complete interior designs for finishing and furni5hing in the styles of various periods and as 1{r. Dryden in addition to his experience as a designer, was educated and had early training as an architect, he is well fitted for such work. -- --------------------------- 25 Qran~Uapi~sDlow Pipe an~Dust Arrester (ompan~ THE LATEST device for handling-shavings and dust from all wood-working machines. OUf eighteen years experience in this class of work bas brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we ha've several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed Systew, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for OUf prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX· PENSE,TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 206-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICtl. Cltizen. Phone 1282 OUR AUTOMA.TIC URN ACE FEED SYSTEM. 26 WE ALWAYS HAVE IT IN STOCK WALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 ROTARY CUT BIRCH VENEER In thickness 1-30", 1-28', 1-24' and 1-20'. Other thicknesses cuI 10 arder. THE BEST BIRCH THAT EVER WAS CUT. G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N FURNITURE FRAUDS. Tricks in Trade Practiced by Sharpers Who Trap the Unwary Bargain Huntf:r. Olh~ day there came: lllto the \\';lrcr00111S of ;l jurniture manufacturing e;,:,t~blishmellt in an E'1.stern city a lllan VdlO asked to see parlor~sl1ite frames, aud. havi.llg been shown them, selected it cheap 5et and inquired the price of iL made up ill showy, incxpeIlsiH' co\"cring :11lr] "tuffed \\'lth k:y. Tile surprised salesman lleYCr had recei,'cr.! StH.:h ~lll order ]lCturc. but, there heing 110 good rea.~(1n why he should not till il if the customer so desired, be named a price, which. alter ",owe haggling, was accepted and the bJ.rg~in closed. The suite was duly finished and sent C. O. D. to'd \'aCL\Ht house in a good quarter of the city, where it was n'cci\'ed by the buyer ill person and paid for. It wa;; not till se\'cr(1J weeks later, and by accident then, that the furniture firm di:"- covered just \vhat tlle purcllaser was up lo. It seemed that he was in the habit of hiring-tor a few (bys unoccupied hOllses in respectable localities, stockillg tl1(~rn hurriedly 1vit11 trashy but outwardly attractivc furnishing,;, «11,.1 thell advertising: ;\ forced sale of thcm at a11 enOfmous s<lcrifice Oil tlte r(:l1fe-sentatiol1 that the OWlier either died or had beell obliged to leave to\Vil suddenly, or that for sO!11e other impcrati,·c rca-son the contcnts of the !louse must be disposed of ;It once quite regardless of eost. It i:-; hardly necessary to ;;;IY that the buyer was the victim of the "sacrifice." Another easy g;flllle, played some ti.me ago on tllc too-credulous houscv.'ives in a certain surburball COH1l11111lity, though not fillUl1cialIy serious ill its COl1"eql1Cl1Cb, wa,,; rati\(;r humiliating to the victims, Thc example more il11111ediZltely under notice is thi,,: One en'ning, \vhen the n1(l1l of the house retnmed from his <laily grin(l in t)]e city, he was grcet-ed by his wife with a rad.i;\llt Lice and the glad announcement that she had sold all "that old furniture that had ben1 cum-bering up the attic for years-~and <It pcrfect1y :splendid price:-;, too," It appe;ucd that an itinerant dealer had called al the door and asked if they bad all:y old furniture they would like to sell, As there happened to be in the house cOl1.;icleral)]e lumber of that desc:ription she had il1\"ited him il1 and had sold it to him \Vi.th astonish-illg rcadillb5 he 11ad bOllgl1t two bedsteads at five doibrs each, and a dOl/<'n cane-seated chairs at 1\.\'0 dollars. "Did you get yuur money:" ;\sked the ;;u,;;piciollS lmsb'l11d, wIlen the glowing recital W8S finished. ";\0, nol yet-except a dollar for tint old broken table that stood -in t11C corner of the sitting-room: he touk Lll;\t with him and said he WOl,.itd call for the other thing-.; later ,Iud pZly thcn" Ah. I sec," C011l111ellted the suddenly-enlightened mall of the house; "\'ery much later it \Vill 1)e, r t!jillk .you'll lind:' His surmise \Vas correct. The broken table wa;,; a gen-uine antique and, with a little repairing, coulJ prob,\bly be , sold for twellty dollars or more; the other al'licles were al~ JllO~t absoLutely valuele~.s except as brewood; and it is necd~ ]e.~;; to add that the vV'ily dealer, having secured the only prize in that trusting <.lame's collection, entirely omitted to call fot' tlte trash he had pretended to huy at such generous prtces, Death of Charles A. Greenman. Charles ..\.. Greenman. a prominent furniture manufac-ttlrer of Grand R.apids. :.\Jich .. died at lJis hOtlle in that city all Jalluar.y :;0. nged fony-;;ix- years. He was (I victim of typholll {eyel'. ),[r. Greenman had E'I'ed in Grand Rapids siller he ,vas eight years old and most of his life was spent in the furni-ture factories, After \\'orkillg in 'various factories until hl: gained knowledge of nea rly all methods and details of the business he engaged in !ll1sine,,;,,; fOJ" himself and for the past few years was president find manager of the Charles A, Greenn1an Furniture Company and the Gr<lwl Rapids "Vood Carving Company, both s\1cceS3i\ll concerns. ::'Ifr. Grcenman \vas also vrorninent in Hntnictp<l1 affairs. He had servcd acceptably as a member of the Board of Pub-lic \Vorks. a most important branch of the city government, since :.\1ay. 1906, having been appointe,1 to the position by lI.1ayor Ellis. \11'. GreCl11l1an was born in 18,i() near TJtin. ); Y .. and his parents moved to Grand Raplds i1lISGS. T-Ie was mar-ried in 1,;.;86 to }[attic A. Dosch who surYlves him with two d<ll1ghtcrs and one son, The funeral took place on Saturday, Febrnary 2, under the alLSpices of the }Tasonie order in \v1Jich lie had reached the rhirty-second degrec He was also a member of tbe Forc-:'>ters 'illll the tIodcrn Vi,:oodmcn W110 \vere largely represented at the funeral ;,s were the nHll1iclp;\\ officials. Michigan's New Railroad Commissioner, :'Ilichigan has a new railro;ld <:ommissloner-c. L. Glas-gow- who has promised to give at least half of his time, nights, Sundays and holidays cxcluded. to th~ duties of the office. J-Ie anllOtlncCS that he will begin by tackling the ca.r s110rtagc problem and hisl1rst move will bc to ask the rail-roads what llas been done and wl1at they afC now doing to correct the trouble. "J witt also take. cognizance," says 1Ir. Glasgow, "of complainrs thal Slnne large shippers are bei.tlK ShO\V11 [0:\\-,01'5. and that ill S0111e places where there arc 110 competing "ail-roads. cars arc denied shippers of hay and produce when they arc furnished for competing shipments in large cities." The ncw commissioner sees the rorcc of his predeces-sor'" argurnellt that cars shm:l\d be returned to tl1e roads owning tllelll, but declares that if the railroads are compe11ed to ren1l'1l them empty the capacity of the roads fot' handling loaded shipmenls \,,-ill be diminished just that much. - - ----------------------- 27 Grand Rapids Parlor Frame Co. Designers and Makers of High Grade Parlor Frames Period Styles in Mahogany Parlor Suites, Davenports, Couches Write for STYLES and PRICES FACTORY: Corner Front and Myrtle Streets. Gtizens Phone 1107. / 10 Spindle Machine Al&Omade with 12, 15, 20 aDd 2,.. Spindles. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACl1lNE Thi!l little machine has done more to perfect the drawer work of furnitlll"e manufa~turer8 than RllJ'thing else in the furni-ture teade, }<'Qr l1iteen yellrlJ it bas made peJ'1e>ct-.fittinZ, -"ennin-proof, dove-tailed stock a possibility. 'J'bls has been aC(~omplisbed at rednced cost, as the machine cuts dOl'e-tails in glUlgS of frOnl 9 to 24 at one oPeration. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand Rapids. Mich. Represented by SCHUCJIAROT it SCHIITTE at Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm and 8t. Petersbnrg. Represented by ALFRED H. SCHUTTE at Cologne, Brus-selB, Ljege, PariB, Milan and Bilbao. TABLE LEGS That is the question; and a big one, too. How do you turn them? How many does one man turn a day? How good are they and are they uniform? Just take a little time and let these questions soak in. Because you may be making the tops pay the -expense of the manufacture of the legs. Your profits are -then cut down. Make thecoJit of manufacture of the different parts balance. One man with a No.5 TABLE LEG MACHINE will turn out more and better work in a day than can possi-bly be done by six hand turners. The saving in time anti labor is what makes that balance we were just talking about. Now, don't say "lilat sounds pt'~tty goOd"and let it shp your mind. JU8t write us today, C. MATTISON MACHINE WORKS, 863 FUtb St •• Beloit. Wis. 28 P. H. Reddinger Carving Worl\$ (Formerly Oincinnati Ca1'1;ing Works of Cincinnati. 0.) CAU"I::NGS IInd VrRNITURE ORNAMENTS of all kinds, l!:VANS\'II.LE. IKD. By sending me a small order J will convince YOll that I am the man who can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THE BUSINESS. INSIST ON HAVING MorrisWoo~a ~ons' ~oli~ ~teel OIueJoint (uNm for there are no other.r Of ju.rt a,J' good." They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD &. SONS Thlrty.two year'll at 31-33 S. Canal Street. CHICAGO.ILL. "Rotary St"le" tor Drop Car,;ings, EmboB8ed :Mouldiogs, :Panellil. EMBOSSINC AND DROP CARVINC MACHINES. llachines for oIl purposes. and lit prices within the reach of nil. F~vel'YmachIne hils our guarantee IIguiust brfOft'kftgefor one year, "Laterlll Style" for huge (~lllllldty heavy Can'lug .. IInd Deep J<~mlo....ing!4. 'Ve have the l\-!lIchhle you want at a saU ..factory price. Write for descripti\'e circulars. Also make dies for ull makes 01 Ma-cbines. UNION f'MBOSSING M~C"INf' CO" Indianapolis, Ind. MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER &. VENEERS SPECIALTIES: ;AL,,('fE:TIQUAR. OAK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main St., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 29 USE A MORTON KILN IT WILL END YOUR DRY KILN TROUBLES Does not warp or check lumber. THE MOST PERFECT MOIST AIR KILN ON THE MARKET. TRUCKS, CANVAS DOORS, RECORD-ING THERMOMETERS and other sup-plies. Write for catalog H which tells HOW TO DRY LUMBER. MORTON DRY KILN co. 218 LA;SALLE ST., CHlCACO. PALMER'S~~~- Patent Gluing Clamps Are the most successful PtUng ChkmPBWade For the followin. reasona They clump lnstantlly any width of dimemdon stock, DOad~ justing clamps to fit t,he work, th8Y hook at once to the desired width, Released Instantly-throw out the lever aDd take them ote. The work Cfl,Dbe removed as flut as It can be handled. As the clamp is placed over the work and lockll Into tbe Doe below it, the draw is alike on botb side>!, pl'evtlnts aU springing no matter bow wide the stock may be. Impossible for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge and CIlUDot be mo'\'ed when clamp ilj (~llJEled,hall1ll1er all you like. UnUmited power; great strength and durability; malleable lrOD and steel; the knuckle joints are socket Joints, not rivet&. Although the best they eQSt you Jes8. For furthi'll' information 8Elk for catalogue Ne:-. 4. A. E. Palmer. Owosso. Mich. (Engine Pa.tented.) Engine Satisfaction Assured by the use of our VERTICAL, SELF-OILING ENGINES (Type A). Regarding their experience with them the Marietta (Ga) Cbair Co., write: "In regards the TVPE A Engine of your make that we are using, beg to say this engine has been in operation for about fourteen months, and has been the most satisfactory. piece of machinery we have ever run for that length of time. \Ne use it to drive two light dynamos, and are get-ting most excellent results from it," Our descriptive matter i. yours for the asking. American Blower Co., --DETROIT--- New York Atlanta Lon(lon 30 FREIGHT RATES FINELY FIGURED. Loss of a Mill per Ton per Mil~ Would Bankrupt Many Railroads. .i\ddrcssing the Railway Employes' Transportation Club of Chicago, recently, :\, B. Stickney, president 01 the Chicago Great \-Vestern R"ilway, a mall noted for his conscrvati\-e views, declared that a reduction of freight rates of one mill a ton a mile \'.1ould ,:\'ipc Ollt a1l the dividcnds earned by the greatest and most prosperous r<lilroads in the country. After quot11lg ngures Sllowi11g the average T3te of interest on bonds: and dividends 011 stocks pai,j by the leading rail-ways, AIr. Stickney showed thal in IS9~, the year of greatest depression, the average ratc of interest ,..'as 4.2C1 per CCllt. <llH] the average dividends 1.93 per cent. [n 190,j, the most pro:-;- perous year, the average interest rate was :Ujti pCr cent and the average dividend rate 3.0::! per cent. "There is no other business in tl1e cOUlliry," he said, which is done on so small C\ l11ar~ill of protit as ;-\.02 pcr cem dividends. 1\0 other invested capital get:- :-0 small returns as the capital invested in railroads, and the tonnage carried 1S so large that a reduction of the insigl1ificallt a1l1011l1l of half a cent a hundredweight on a lOO-mile lwul would deprive the stockholders or railways of all dividelH.ls. "Such a decrease of one mill per ton mile would have substantially the same effect upon all the great lilles, and pnt into bankruptcy mo.~t of the rninor lines ill the competitive t('{"r1tory e.xtending from the AtI<:Illt\(' to tll(' ~r\s::;,o\\Ti riVeT and from the Gulf to the Great Lakes' Heavy Disbursements This Month. Xcw York dividend and interest payments ior February \vill far exceed similar disburscments in the qm(' month a year ago, the total being $82,927,48;). Tile agf);regate of diy-idend stockholders will recei\'e this month $;'Hi,26-1-,-1-99. as compared with $31,697,Hi4 a year ago, while that of interest is $;!6,fHi2.986. as against $21.6,'1,1,874 in the corrcsponding month of 1906. Tl1(' difference in favor of this year is $:!D.- 540,047. Of these amounts, the steam r<lilroads will pay Ollt $25,- 417,708 in dividends.: the. tndllstri,d"" $:~;\,Rg7.jW,\. :\IH'\ the traction and lighting- companies, $-1-.9UI,OR2 In intncst thl steam railroads \\.'ill disburse $18.437,909, and miscellaneous corporations, $H,22-1-.087. The largest payment to be made by any 011(' corporation is that of the United States SteeJ Corporation, which "....il1 disburse $fi,30-1,!J16 as the preferred dividend The Great Nortl.H'_rn Railway Company pay~ $:-\,-1~14,864; Amalgamated Copper Cotl1[)any, $:U77,7110; Atchison, $2,85-1-,343; KortllerIl Pacific, $2,712,500; Boston & ::\ilontana Copper Company. $1,800,000, and the Pullm<:ln Company, $1,480,000, these all heing in dividends. 0111 interest paymcllts the !\ew York Celltr~l1 Jc'lds with $1,D2-1-.495. the Central Pacific coming next \vith $1 J02"ff\0. :L\lany increases in dividends are noted, the \malgam<.\led Copper COHl.pany and the Boston & };lonL':.ila Copper Company being the most prominent. Factory War on Commmption. Prominent mill and bctory owner.~ of Rhode Island and Southea::;tern 3.Tassachnsetts held a eonference recently and decided to unite in a movement to prevellt the spread of tuberculosis rtmong their cmployes, 1Nitll the hope that it rnay be ballished entirely. Among the leaders were representa-tives of the Lonsdale Cotton Company and the proposed method of procedure is illdicated hy notices postcd ill the Lonsdale mills. re(\ding as follmvs: Thi" c011l1l<\ny cksin.'s to do cH:rything in ilS l)Qwcr to c:xtenninate the disease of consumption among its employes. If proper precautions are exercised, this disease call be cured in its early stage." and its spread prevented, To this end the follnwing rule." are adopted: l'irst-That spitting" upon the Ooors of this mill 15 ab-solutely prohibited. Second-Thal all per:-ons troubled WitIl a cono.;tililt cough shall ~o report to the ovcrseer of the department and re-ceive from hinl a ticket for consultation with a p)lysici<lll at t\-"lC, expe1"l;>e of tlle company. Consumption becomes incurable only when it is neg-- Iected, and employes must see that it i~ greatly to their ben-dit to seek treatment and ({ch·ice which \vill not cost thet11 anything. It is hoped that all will co-operate with thc com-pany in its efforts to extcrmltute this disease. The LOl1~dalc Cumpany. Million Dollars for Each Work Day. The total value of tbe foreign trade---exporb and im-ports- of the United States in the calendar ye'lr HlOfi W:lS $:l,118.h57,lD:1. according to it bulletin is,~l1ed by the lnue;w of strttistics of the Department of Commerce and T ,abor. This "vas. an Increase of $:n~.8:~_l,8..J-8 (wer the 10LI1 ioy the prr-ceding year. of which $171,2:i7.HS was in exports ilnd $111, 51\4.700 ill imports. ),Janufactured articles exceeded those of the prC\'ious year by $57,()2R,2f1(), while articles partly man-ufactured increased $53,244,462, and crude materials for man-ufacturing increased $4:3.361,066. The exports of manufacturer! articlcs sho\ved a com-parati\" e increase of $50,251,-1-5<,). amI partly manlliaClnr(;(\, S:El.iS8.858, while foodstutYs, crude and manuL1ctllrec1, gained $[10. IClO.\I('\1 , BOBTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE. CANADIAN FACTORY, WALKERVll.U: ONTARIO CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, ST. LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO. BERRY BROTHERS' Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE TODAY FOR INFOFlMATION AND PFlICES. FINiSHED SAMPLES ON REQUEST. BERRY BROTHERS. LIMITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT NEW YORK, -- -- ------------------------------. 31 T"E BEST IN fACTORY TRUCKS IS REPRESENTED BY OUR No. 20 TRUCK. WHICH WILL BE - ---- ---- -- ~_. __ ..~---- .~._- ... _.- -_....._-._-._-. __._.~ ~FO-U-N--D--~JU-S-T~-T_H.E_-T-H--IN-G FOR GENERAL FACTORY USE Write fir New Catalog of Clamps, Cabinet Benches, Hand Scrrws, Etc. Making 'Trucks 'The Result of Fifteen Tears Experience 130 South Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY Johnson's Tally Sheet ----,FOR---- HARDWOOD LUMBER NOT LIKE OTHER TALLY SHEETS. C. A. JOHNSON, Marshfield, Wis. SEEKING A LOCATION? Do you want a point where an almost unlimited supply of oa.k, elm, maple, cntlOIlWOCld and gum timber is procurable nearby at n,asanable cost; where aistributing facilities to reach the prindpal markets of the COUt1tryare excellent; where Jabor conditio)]s are favorable and liberal inducements will be J1:'ivenby local parties to secure FURNITURE FACTORutS of all kinds. We could place ~'01.l to excellent advantage at one of the especially attractive op~iugs III Missouri and Arkansas, comhinlng the above leat~res along the ... \Ve will cheerfully answer inquiries reg:ardiog factory locations, etc.. thr()ughout the seveuteen States and Territories traversed by thc lines of the Rock Island-Frisco. Send for a copy of "Opportunities' and other literature regarding industrial openings, M. SCHULTER,Industrial Commissioner, Rock h;land~Frisco Lil\es, Frisco BUilding. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. Bear This Fact •In Mind YOU can present your claims lor trade to a larger number 01 buyers! 01 furni-ture and kindred goods through the mer-cantile edition. 01 the Michig!,n Art-i. an (mailed to dealers only), tha" is possi-ble by the use 01 any other lurniture trade paper. Write for rate carll. MACHINE I1.NIVES P£;'RFECT QUALITY RrGHT PRICES PROMPTi SERVICE ABSOL TE GUARANTEE Dado OJ'Groo",lng Heads. MUel' MaQblaes. Universal Wood Trimm rs, Boring MachInes. Etc. FOX ~ACHINE CO ,IS. N. F, •• , St. .1"".1. . • G!rand R.lllpid•• Mlch. ...-----------------------~--- 32 The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS O!" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets, Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves. OUf facilities for supplying furniture ma.nufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: extending New York Buft'alil ::\liullelipulis Ford Cit.v, DfJ,'eJlport BostoD Pbiladell)hia Cincillnnti St. T"ouh Atlanta KokolUO, Ind. Fa. High Point, l'to-. C. Crystal (:lty, l\fo. Also, our 22 jobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass, paints, varnishes aDd brushes a.nd arto located ill the cities nallH~dbelow: . New York-RudMll\ aud l':lJ.lldam StE>. Butrul~312-4-6-8 Pead st,reet. Dostou-41-49 SUdbury, 1-9 Bowker. sts. :Brooklyn-6S5 and 637 Fulton Street, (:hil'ago-H2-452 "'aba!lh A,'enue. I'hiladelphia-Fitcah-n Building, Arch ('In<'inllati-BroadwlIv and Court Sts, and Et,wenth Sts. St. I.ouis-Cor, ,th and I\larkct St8, Da"'cnport-HO-416 Scott Street. 31Innea(lotir;;-MO-510 8. Third st. ele\'clu;nd-149-51-G3 Si.',1l.eca.Street, netrolt-5;~-/'i5 Larned st., E. Omaha.-1G08-10-12 Harney 8tt'eet. Pittslmrgb-l<a-lU3 Wood Street. St. 1'aul-319-51 llUonesota Street. ~'IiIwaukee, 'll"is-492-494 Market 8t. Atlanta, Ga,-30, &2 and 34 S. Pryor St. Rochester, N. Y.-Wilder Building, I\lain Savannah, Ga.-745-749 Wheaton Street. and Exchange Sts. Kansll" City-Fifth and Wyandottli'J sts. Baltimor_221-22j W. Pratt Street. Birmingham, Ala.-2T1d j\.V(l.and 29th St. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGItNTS ,"01\ THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND RATS. WABASH INDIANA GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK CO. Office 321 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mfr5, af High Grade Wood Workers Vises AND Faclory Trucks Ouality and Price lalk in factory trucks ilnd we (311 interest you. \Vill you send us your address aod let us write you about them? Write/or PrieM. B. WALTER & CO. ~,""fa""""01 TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PR.ICES AND DISCOUNT SOMETHING NEW WE have perfected a new GOLDEN OAK OIL STAIN without the use of asphaltum or acid. This stain is the strongest and most pene-trating stain on the market. It entirely pene-trates the wood, leaving no surplus on the sur~ face to penetrate with the filler. Samples furnished on application. -- -~----- -=- \Ve ha'"e over 121lifferent styles of factory and warehouse tTucks to offer. also a complete lil,e of woodworking vises and benches. CRAND RAPIOS WOOD FINISHINC COMPANY 155-69 ELLSWORTH AVt .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Indianapolis. Indiana Write lor InformatlGn, Prit:es Etc· The Universal Automatic CARVING MACfflNE =::-:c=::: PERFORMS THE WORK OF =-:.----= 25 HAND CARVERS And doe$ the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand _____ . MADE BY -- --- Changes in Firms, Transfers, Etc. H. A. r .eete succeeds :\100re & Leete, Greene, 1a L. G. Cover, Dow City, la., sold out to \iV. C. Rolls. J. H. Hillen, Red \Ving, 11inn., solJ out to G. H. Cook. e. F. :VTumrna, Eagleville, 1'\10., sold OUt to F. Hitchcock. T. E. Cole, Grafton, "V'l. Va., succeeded by Cole & Cruise. George H. Hode succeeds C. \V. Golrnert, ]';ord}lcim. Tex. Belden Bros., Dalton City, Ill., sold Ollt to G. H. 'Nilson. 'Vm. (1'reen & Son, Eldorado, Ark, sold out to C. D. BaTton. Schab & Dixon, Beyer]y. 0., succeeded by Dixon & Twiggs. A G. Robinson, )l"elson, Neb., sold out to John A. Sheele:y. Solomon Bros., Lake Odessa, Mich., succeeded by O. .1\1. Bacheler. E. A. \Veng-ler.. Glasgow, Mich., succeeded by 'N. \Ven-gler & Son. J. B. Dillman & Son, Bloomington, Ill., sold out to Geo. \7'v'. Alexander. Vincent Griggs, Rockville, 110., succeeded by J. ),1. Griggs & Son. Sammons & Patillo, Stamford, Tex., sold to Morris, Means & \Vhittington. Gttthman Bros. Company, YoungstO'lNll, 0., sold out to the II. :rvlcElroy Company. T. E. Davis, 1Iiles Station, Tex., succeeded by the: J ones- McFadden Furniture Company. Cireat Success Furniture Company, Baltimore. Md., solJ to Stern & Co. of Philadelphia. Henry Kassing, St. Louis, ~10., incorporated as the Kas-sing Housefurnishing Company. Vilausatl (V'Vis.) Furniture Company, Harne changed to John Kiefer Furniture: Company. DQrne:r & Sappington, Kingman, Kans., succeeded by the Sappington & Eggleston Company. Klett Bros., Detroit, .Mich., succeeded by Klett & Cain. J. ""V. Hall (Snohomish Furniture Company) Snohomish, \iVash., sold out to Kinch & Son. Furni tune Fires. Devine & ),'IcGrail, cabinet makers, K ew York. R. E. Lewis, Fort \;Vorth, Texas. Loss, $2,500. Thomas ::\lurphy, Old Town, Maine. Loss, $8,000. Sl1llivan & Co., River Rouge, IHich. Loss, $4,000. Keller & Co., Eau Claire, vVis. Loss not reported. Schroeder & Dickinson, St. Pau'l, ]'\1inn. Loss, $3,500. Bell Dana Company, Columbus, Ohio. Loss, $32,000. Syracuse Bedding Company, Syracuse, :\1". Y. Loss, light. B. F. Lockwood, Alliance, :\"eb. January 18. Loss severe. D. L. Foster Furniture Company, Lafayette, Ind. Loss, $200. Robbins Table Company, Owosso, Mich. Dry kilns burned. Horrocks Desk Company, Herkimer, }J. Y. Dry kiln burned. Shilling & Da\'v'son, Gallitzin, Pa. Loss, total; partially insured. H. L. 1I·1cElroy & Co., Youngstown, Ohio, January 20. Loss, total. DuBois & Dickinson, Los Angeles, Cal., ] 8.nuary 19. Loss, $7,500. George Goldenberg, Norristown, Pa. \Varehol1se. Loss, total. Insured. Thomas Kelsall Company, 'Cincinnati, Ohio. Factory plant destroyed. 33 Blow Piping. The advantages of baving a woodworking factory properly piped up for disposillg of the shavings and dust are so many that it is surprising· that even now one occasionally meets with ;J mon \vho is not suFficiently owake to realize it, Then there are otbers who, in their anxiety to save a few hundred r!o11;lrs\vill httllt for the firm or company who will give them the lowest prices. These finns are usually long on promises and short on fulfillments ready to promise anything in order to make a contract, and then in order to save themselves from loss put in poor Inaterial and still poorer construction. ..:\.case in point came to the .v..riter not long since. A cer-tain manufacturcr asked for lIgures from the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company for piping a furniture
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