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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and 26th Year---No. 7 ,- - --- /B ~ OC;-;~30,1;7' PGneRqAllaNf PDer ~aR~ APID>::~;. y ~~ SECTIONAL~BOOKCASES MAY ALL LOOK ALIKE, TO YOU AT THE FIRST GLANCE! INSPECTION AND COMPARISON, WILL CLEARLY SHOW YOU WHEREIN OURS IS SO DIFFERENT, IN CONSTRUCTION AND RESULTS, AS TO PUT IT IN A CLASS BY ITSELF. The Finish and Workmanship are Equally as Good as the Best WHILE THE UNITS ARE TAKEN APART, AND PACKED FLAT IN A BOX FOR SHIPME.NT, IT GOES TOGETHER WITH IN-TERLOCKING GROOVES, IN THE MOST SIMPLE MANNER, AND WHEN" SET UP IS SURPRISINGLY FIRM AND SOLID. A Strong Feature, and One Not Possessed by any other, IS ON ACCOUNT OF THE RIGIDITY, AND AS CASTERED, CAN BE MOVED AS ONE PIECE, SAME AS THE OLD STYLE CASE, AND WITHOUT DISTURBING THE CONTENTS. NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~====::::~~=~J - ,.. --- ..,. .....- - Thomas Madden Son & Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Manufacturers of the Best Davenport Bed IN AMERICA. Construction and Workmanship the Best. Prices to Suit All. Davenports, Adjustable Sofas, Parlor Suites, Odd Divans. Odd Chairs. Leather Library Suites. Chairs and Couches. Write for Catalogue, just out, and see what we are making. Show Room 35 to 41 N. Capital Avenue. r Twenty Million Women reading every month in the leading magazmes about McDougall Kitchen Cabinets Many of these women live right in your town, and are only waiting to see exactly what a McDougall Kitchen Cabinet is like before buying one. By making a display of McDougall Kitchen Cabinets in your store, and announcing this fact to the women of your community by means of our special newspaper advertising service, you can make many sales and win new customers. Shall we send you detailed particulars about the McDougall Selling Plan? G. P. McDougall & Son, 572 Terminal Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. l GEAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 26th Year---No. 7 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 30, 1905. BULLOCI. WAltOt co. IIIHO I. OOOlII... n It. (110110"00. A Sample Scheme House Advertisemellt. The Furniture Dealer and the Felt Mattress. In r852 it was first discovered that a mattress composed of inter-lacing fibers was far superior to a mattress made from the same fibers put in at ralldom. It was at that time that the patent ,vas issued on this form of const-ruction viz., layers or sheets of material in the form of soft elasti~ felt laid or built up to make a mattress of the desired thick-ness. The merit of the article ,vas entirely due to two facts; TITst,that the process of inter-lacing the fiber guaran-teed absolute uniformity of distribution and second that to the fiber thus inter-laced ,vas imparted' a lateral or ;ensile strength VV'hichwould prevent it from separating when in ordinary use. The truc reason why this meritorious inven-tion- was not uniformly adopte.d for more than thirty years aftcr it was discovered is unknown. One thing is certain, the furniture dealers did not take it up, and, therefore, the consumer or user of mattresses knew nothing about it. \Vith the proverbial perception of the Yankee it was taken l1p by two young men who, knowing of its merits, devLsed a way of imparting this information to thc consumer through the medium of the press, and thus diverted from the chan-nels of the legitimate furniture trade immense profits which eOLLldhave been elljoyed by that trade. The foregoing bit of history sho'ws the importance and necessity of careflll and persistent study on the part of furniture dealers to keep abreast the times and maintain their patronage and position. The modern furniture dealer is the legitllnate offspring of the cabinet maker, and for this reason applies most of his 'time to the study nf woou -finishing and wood working. Few fl1Tlliture dealers, prior to the last three years, realized Lhe trtlc importance of the mattress business as a branch of their trade, and many dealers who I'"ealized this im-portance have not been favored with opportunities which would enable them to arrive at a thorough understanding $1.00 per Year. of the real points which contribute to the value of the cotton felt mattress. 1t is obvious to everyolle that a granular material like salld cannot be inter-laced or inter-twined. The ideal material for the filling of mattresses is a resilient fiber curled in the form of a spiral spring, either by tlatllre or process in such a way that countless numbers of these spiral springs will inter-lace and form all elastic mass. It is a well known fact that stiff curled hair is the most resilient, and if proper-ly cleansed, the best material known for mattresses, but owing to the fact that stiff hair which is sufficiently long to admit of proper curling, has a comparatively high market value for other purposes. Sheep's wool after having been scoured and cleansed, is the next best known material but this also can only be used by people in easy financiai circumstances on account of its cost. Therefore, the cot-ton fiber was adopted for the making of felt mattresses which could be produced at such a figure as to be within the reach of people in moderate circumstances. One of the peculiar properties of the. cotton tlober, (being the same in the wool), is the .tendency to curl naturally and inter-lace "vith the fibers around it, but one can readily see that a very short fiber of cotton would not be nearly so valuable in its use as a fiber of much greater length. Furniture dealers who have spent their life in the cotton belt have a great advantage over the northern brethren in the judgment of values in coHan felt mattresses. Their daily contact with the commodity and with the experts who buy, sell and classify it, is in- itself a school of experience. There are abollt eighty-six different grades of, cotton from the highest to the lowest, each one of which has a different price or value on the market. From this it will be seen that a line of cotton felt mattresses embracing all these different classil-lcations would consist of eighty-six grades. The fiber, (called staple), of the highest grades of cotton will measure about IY; inches in length, while the fiber or staple of the lowest grades is not over 78 inch in length; 90% of the value or cotton liesirt the length and strength of the "staple," and 5% only in the color. Each fiber of natural cotton in its most valuable and useful condition, is a microscopic tube filled with a natural oil which gives it strength and life. Natural cotton is not pure white as many people believe, and can only be made so by the pro-cess of bleaching, which detracts greatly from the strength and elasticity of the fiber, and at the same time it is render-ed readily absorbent, while the natural cotton is compara-tively non-absorbent, as a mattress material should be. A dealer should arrive at his judgment of the value of a felt mattress from the same standpoint that he arrives at the value of a feather pillow, viz. relatiVe weight and volume. A very poor pair of feather pillows might weigh 8 lbs, while a very fme p'air would only we1gh SIbs. yet the volllme and elasticity of the SIbs. pillow would be far greater than the 8 lbs. A cotton felt ~rlattress might weigh 50 lbs. and not be worth half as much as another which would weigh only 40 1bs. C. A. FISHER. 4 A Chicago Plan for Selling Merchandise. Expert Salesmen Employed to dispose of Dead Stock. BY FRANK G. LAJ:\DIS. It is a truism of trade that a Chic.ago man can sell a bill of goods under circumstances which would daunt the citizen of a less aggressive town, and no,\, this axiom has fOllnd a new and practical application. ~len who ha\'e traveled through the middle west lately have noticed in many towns store frouts decked 'with Ted and white ban- Hers announcing that all goods wjthin the place <Ire for im-mediate sale, and that the business is being closed ouL Norm::tlly there is no reason for this, be calise trade condi-tions .1r(' good and there exists no necessity ior the t'_,- tremely large ll\lmbcr of special sales \vhich dol the land-scape. But there are in Chicago seve,'ll firms witll oltlccs high IIp in skyscrapers that can furnish the sol\1tioH. These linus, which are an illllO\'atioll, and which are also stern competitors v,rith one another, have discovered a new field for workers. The schelne is to take from the hands of a COlll1try or small town merchant all his stock, or that part of which he is most anxiolls to dispose, awl to sel1 it for him in his own town, but by Chicago methods The periection to \vhich lhe plan has been brought dur-ing its ",hmt life speaks a lot for the aggressiveness and persistence of the mell who are engaged ill the diff(~rellt firms. lJEMA:-rn MANUFACTT:REll IN CHICAGO Of eomse, for the plan to bring in the $1,000 whi(~h it does there mluit be a demand for it. This demand is. strangely enough, manufactured here in Chicago. The operation of anyone of the flrms is typical of the operations of all of them, so a description of the w8y 111 which one of them docs the work throws sllfficient Jiglll upon the manner in which all of them do it. In the. office of this particuar firm the country papers are zeal all sly read. The nal1les of the merchants <ind their fll1anciaJ standing are known. I\·jcn travel throngh the states of the middle \Vcst on behalf of the Chicago tirm. They are belped hy re-ports hom the Chicago ofllce, which reports are based \1{)on the newspaper clippings and general correspondence. A man tra\'eJing for the Chicago firtn will drop into Blankville, 1a. He will call upon the principal merchant. He knows the business of merchandizing from the grOl\lHI Hp, and he can tell pretty accurately the status of the busi-ness of the merchant l\pon whom he calls. He will see that the Inerchant is loaded up too strongly with boys' clothing, for instance, or stoves, or hoots and shoes. 111 m:1ny cases he fillds that the merchant has come to such a crisis in \,vhich he must fall into bad fortune unless he can exchange for cash a large amount of goods that is upon his shelves. PROPOSES TO TRY CHiCAGO PLAN. Sometimes the agent finds that the whole stock could be sold with profit. .He propo:-:cs to the merchant that Bl.'llJkviJ)e he given a sample of the \\.'ay goods are sold ill Chicago. He does not want a cent until all the goods have been sold, The merchant docs llot have to advance him a penny. All that he has to do is to turn tbe store over to the Chi-cago men. The Chicago firm, if satisfactory arrangements are made, sends to the small tmNll a corps of experienced salesmen. \~Vith them goes an expert advertising mall. Tn nlany cases one of the salesmen has this advertising faculty. 1£ he has he is l1sc(l, and the expenses to the merchant are reduced. The Chicago people take entire charge of the store. They hang their hanners on the outer walls, and in the space which the merchant has been using in the local L papers 'with his Old stereotyped announcement that he is still in bllsilless at the old stand they place live, lip to date advertising. The merchant would have to pay for the space ;..,.nyway. Btlt his eyes hegin to open when he sees the crowds COl11e into his store in response to the new style ot advertising. CLERKS KNOW HOW TO SELL GOODS. The clerks that are sent from Chicago know the busi-ness of selling goods from A to Z. They dress well, live well in tile town ""here they are temporarily at work, and create a favorable impression among the townspeople. Their leader always is a man of much tact and he realizes <1;; well as anybody else tllat there is always a certain amOHllt of prejudice against an outsider in a small toV\.'n vvhich 111ust be overcomc before the best trad~. results arc possible. That he is able to overcome this prejudice IS one of the things ""hich makes him valuable enough to re-ceive a large salary. Tl1<'lt jhe scheme .....vhicb 11;"15 been extraordinaril.y Sllccess-ful. is in no sense a Ry by night arrangemcnt, is evidenced by the fact that at the duller seasons of the year some ont of town merchants have sent of their own volition for the services of the Chicag·o men time and time again. Vacations as Investments. I-1a ..v. many employers consider vacation an expense and a tlseJess olle at that? A pretty large number, we fear. A more mistaken idea never gained lodgment in a business man's mind. If yon pay for and expect only mechanical ;;ervice-if you hire oilly the hands and not the head of yom clerk or W01"k]11:1n there may be some possible reason [or your belief, bllt even then it is doubtful. But how many of yOllr employes can find 110 use for their brain in the work they do for yOll? Look over yom force. Note the vigor with which a clerk 01' salesman nttacks his or her work upon returning from a vacation. 50111(' of the vigor will remain for many months) Is it worth anything? asks the Business Men's Magazine. If it is of any value vncntiOlls arc good investments. Try one yourself. J t is not too 1atc,. These October days are t11(: most invigorating: of the year. Get out and breathe the frec;!l air and let the SUl1 shine 011 you. Store lip a fresh supply of vigor and energy against the trying days of winter. E-vcn if it is bllt t\VO or tlne(: days yOll will see a marked benefit. Don't make the mistake of going to a "resort." Get out where yOll call be alone or as nearly as pnssihle. llnnt where there i" nothing to kill, or Ilsb where ynl1 can- 110t catch anything. Get acquainted with yourself. Try tbinking when~ there is r00111 to think. It's a safe bet that you wilJ come back ,\'ith an appetite for \...o.rk which will surprise you. Don't \vait to prepare--don't wait to clean up your work. but drop things where they are all<1 get ont and string three or four Sundays together for the good of yom n1<'ntal machinery. The value of the name "Grand Rapids" is recognized genendly il1 the fl1rniture trade. Jamestown claims to he the Grand Rapids of the ea,<;t; Hig;h Point claims the same distinction for the sOl/th; Evansville for tbe middle "vest and J'()rtland, Oregon. style" itself '\he Grand Rapids of the ,vest." Really a good 11a111(' is invalu:c!b1e as an asset in trade, The manufactl1rers of the original and greater Grand Rapids will never permit it to fall into disrepute. And That's Good Business. l\'Tr. Snooks-To 'what, :;ir, do you attribl1te yO\1!" :;tle-cess as a salesman? .\11". SeIlem-- -Tf a cllstomer doesn't see ,vhat he wants, 1 Inake him want what he sces. The new furniture company, at Portsmouth, 0., is known as the Wait-Fuller Cabinet Company. --------- -~----------------....., This IS one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables THESE ARE 'THE ONLr TABLES 'THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTR UCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT 'TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NO'T FAIL TO ORDER ONE No. 340 Price, $19.50 Choate-Hollister Furniture Co. JANESVILLE, WIS. The Club Table That Satisfies Everybody EASILY FOLDED SIMPLE, STRONG Size 32 in. lonBI 27 tn. wide: 27 in. high Covered with Leather or Felt COOK'S PATENT FOLDING ATTACHMENT :~~~St'::le:t~if~~c~~~~~ of the table, as shown In the illustration. OUf tahles are made of hardwood, and covered with green felt and leather. The cross-piece or cleat on end of table keep:i the top from warping, and is so arranged that a person can sit close to the table without cnuilping the knees, The felt used on this table is of extra thickness and made special, and is much better than padded tables where cotton batting is used and inferior quality of felt. Very useful and convenient, for card parties, children's games, ladies' fancy work, or tea table. BELDING~HALL MANUFACTURING CO. BELDING, MICHIGAN WAREHOUSES-I96 Monroe Street, Chicago. 213 Canal Street, New Yark 6 Up to Date Shipping Improvements. Mr. Calder, of the Furniture Clearance House, is directing a good deal of time and attention to the improvement of shipping facilities to those western and southern dealers, \",ho have to depend upon carload rates to keep their freight within reasonable limits. The method hitherto in practice. has been for the buyer, in placing his orders, to make arrangements with some one or two factories to load 1ll cars for him, not only their own, but also the products of other factories. The loading faclory, anticipating the date of their own probable shipment. vvould 110tify each of the other factories to he illcludcd in the car, their inlentiotl to load on a certain day. Such factories as could be ready wOldd on that day deliver their goods to the car. Such as did not happen to be ready, had to lose the opportunity, or if thell- g-oods were particularly '''anted by the hl1.ycr, the delay would cau,;e a rlc1ay to those ,yho tverc ready. Compclillg factories loading together would often manage to leave one another behind Possibly the goods. for which there was not room ill the car, or "which failed to get there 011 ti111e, "..·.c.:1'c the ones most Manufactured by Bosse Furniture Company, Evansville, Ind. heeded by the dealer. Failing to get their order into this car the factory not knO\ving when another car would go, "would allow these goods often to fill the order of some other dealer. ~'1eanwhile the factory lost the opportunity to get dllpli- (~atc business 011 these l1nshipped goods. and the western dealer lost the chance to make a profit on them. TIle loading factory fol' the sake of g-l~tting a sympathetic Or grateful larRcr share of the business. loarled for nothing the goods of other factories. After it became Rener:l.l for one factory to do the loading for a number of others. it was a difficult matter to stop, even although at times it became a .7I~T 1>5' A.l'l • lwk cl-m 7 $' @' burden. for the reason that the buyer must have some method of getting his goods cheaply. Some factories, not having car loads, Or not having the opportunity to get into a pool car, or, having remnants of orders, shipped these to Chicago to he loaded out by the car-loaders of furniture who shipped mixed pool cars to the variolls W(~st('rll cities fnr a small charge. These orders Manufactured by Century Furniture Company, Jamestown, N. Y \\rOl\ld have to stand the Chicago freight, and await the o])jlortllllity to get into a car g'Oillg their way. This some-times took t>everal weeks :llld ill some instances months, th~' dealer meanwhile havillg he<':ll charged with aml having paid for the invoice. Tn times past there have bec1l attempts marie to operate a uHloading husitless direct from Grand Rapids for the benefit 1110re particularly of the western dealers but nothing evel" l'allle of it. The Fl1rnitl1rc ClcaranceHol1se, howe"\rer, ha\'c taken the matter in hand. and it is appare-'Hly quite another matter. Carloading- can be as scientifically carried on, and as carefnlly attended to as the selling in a retail store. There is no reason ,vhy snch an important part of the busi- 1less, so vital to both factory and dealer, should be left to chance. under the guidance of day "workmen. Some of the most prominent factories of the city, rea1i;,:· ing the immense imjlortance of proper and prompt shipment, are detailing their executive officers to the ,supervision of the sJ'lippiJlg room. There are now operating from Grand Rapids three ear-loading concerns. The Trans-Continental Freight Co., which loads solid cars direct from Grand Rapids to the west and sotlth, the American vorwarding Co., which load cars for Chicago, there io be reloaded to destination, and the Over-land Co .. which also loads for Chicago, there to be reloaded for San l'rancisco. The opening of these agencies has been of great advantage to many of the Grand Rapids factories, and "without doubt a benefit to the dealers as it has practically done away with the necesi>ity of paying open freight to Chicago to catch a car starting frQm there. This boom in c,ar]oading is a result of the Furniture .Clearance House, which is making strenuous efforts to remove the defect, and get a thorough system in operation. That western and southern dealers are giving it good support demonstrates the necessity of a system. It frequently happens that two different carloaders will each have less than a carload for the same city. Neither can ship until a car is completed, aggregating generally a minimum of 12,000 lbs. A combination of the two lots 'would perhaps make a full car, and enable the goods to move, hut, being fierce competitors, this is seldom accomplished, partic-ularly as the carloaders care very little for, and know less of, the necessities and requirements of the dealers who, as a result canIJot gel' their goods after having paid for them. The clearance House proposes to eliminate this, and several similar snags, by getting as many dealers as possible to order their goods shipped in its care rather than in the care of the carloader. The Clearance House thus becomes the shipping agent of the dealer, and in such capacity will ship goods by the car-loader, who il.,;ready at the time, or whose car is nearest ready to move. It, rather than the dealer, can better specify the carloader. The distant dealer can know nothing of these conditions, and apparently should welcome the entrance of the Clear-ance House into its hipping interests. There is little doubt An appropriate Christmas Cift-Udell Works, Indianapolis, Ind. that sufficient increase in direct shipment from Grand Rapids can be secured to repay the Clearance House which makes no charge for this service, but is taken care of, out of the usual earloading fee. Eastern carloading is seldom attempted for the reason that the difference between open and carload rates is so small. The present method is for the railroad to notify the various factories that a car, to which they may contribute, will leave for certain cities on certain dates, consigned of course, in deference to the Interstate Commerce Law, to one dealer. The growth of the carloading business will be watched very carefully in Grand Rapids, as it was very much needed to round out its prominence as the furniture city. Factories throughout Michigan and the east will, as well, feel the ad-vantage, since it will enable them to get to a car for less money, and also give such of them as manufacture light weighing goods the benefit of getting in cars with heavy Grand Rapids case goods, ,vith which minimum car load weights are more easily made. Undoubtedly certain local 7 factories would welcome any innovation, which would relieve them from dOtl1gfor nothing, that which costs them time and trouble, and which since done for nothing, can scarcely be criticised by the dealers when slips occur. One of the Few Good Folders on the market. ) 0 stylea of IDEAL Folding and Reclin-ing Go-Carts and Carriages to choose from. Also Doll Folders. DETROIT FOLDING CART CD" Detroit, Mich. STATION A5. Thc BOllse Furnishing company, organized in St. Louis, by Horace A. Proser and others, capitalized at $10,000. will deal in house furnishing goods. The Lawrence Chair company, organized recently in La-porte, Ind., with a $75,000 capital, have commenced the man-ufacture of Morris chairs Manufactured by Doernbec:her Furniture Company, Portland, Ore. The Troy (Ind.) Chair company is defending a suit for damages amounting to $10,000 by Mary E. Jerger, on account of the killing of her husband while in the employ of the company. 8 UGLY HOMES AND BAD MORALS. Furniture As a Cause of Shattered Nerves. "Inartistic homes ruin our manners and morals ano wreck our nervous systems," said 1-11'5. Herbert Nelson Curtis, who is earning l,er living by teaching" people how to make their homes beautiful. "Fussy, nervous looking rooms make fussy, nerVOllS people; gloomy rooms make gloomy people, and vltlg-ar rooms make vulgar people. "It I1sed to be in my copybook that "evil associations corrupt good manners,' but I maintain that, primarily, it is evil surroundings that corrupt good manners. In his essay 'On Going to Church' Bernard Shaw says that all the vulgarity, savagery and bad blood that have marred his literary work were laid llpon him in the ugly church where he was forced to sit and listen to sermons whcn he was a boy. The letters and autobiographies of great men are full of such confessions. Tf we only knew it, T am thoroughly convinced that half the people who are suffering similarly from had hlood, vulgarity and savagery are doing it from a similar cause. "Pieces of furniture are like llcapk. They have sep-arate and distinct character. individuality and atmos-phere of their own. Some have a dig-nity and llobility that radiate digniiied and noble inflnenccs to the people about them. Some have a gloom and S;1.Y8gery that spread a pall of gloom and savagery over everybody ·who comes within t.heir reach. "Probably the very worst inflncnces, howe\·er, arc .7IR T I 0'712'il pm>? 1 7$". 1n many houses where I have suggested the sacriflce to taste of some elaborately inappropriate object and been l"net with the information that its possessor's husband had paid hundreds of dollars for it in Paris, I have not hesitated to inquire whether the mistress of the house intended to destroy the harmony of her rooms because ber husband happened to buy something expensive. "I have vvorked out the theory that it is not enough that people should have growll out of their In-discriminate grouping of unrelated objects into the ac-ceptance of some such general rule as that American Colonial <lnd French Renaissance and mission and Chip-pendale furniture do not go in the same room. It is just as uagerolls to assume that you have a beautiful room because you have all Heppelwhite, all Sheraton or all Japanese furnishings as to assume that you have a beauti-ful room because everything in it is expensive. "Th'ere is no reason inherent in periods why the articles of furniture of different ages and nations cannot go together. It is only when these articles introduce l~()nflicting lines, or, what is worse, conflicting ideas, that they cease to be harmonious. "Generally speakin!{, elabnrate pieces of furniture arc most dangerot1s because they are most aggressive to the eye and, therefore, most distracting to the mind. Come ·with me, and I will show you an example." Mrs. Curtis led the way into the big parlor of the uld Colonial h'onse at Rye which she uses as shop and showroom for the antiqne furnitllre she collects and ap- Ve'lNall~ of the l'uTlliturc Tmdc-]OHX B,\Ri\ES and B. H. SPE:\CER, of Spellcel & Barnes Company, Benton Harbor, Mich. imposed b)," Ollr heterugeneously f11rllished homes for instancc. a room in an average fht. a room hIll of pieces of furnitllre, each Ol1e suggesting· ferent idea. "Fvery article pulls upon the rnind 111 a and in a different direction. ):'on are easy. You cannot sit still. "It does not seem a great deal to ask that every room. every house. ShOlllti have an idea for its basis. and yet there is hardly a hrll1se 1 go into that appears to have been founded on <lilything but chance. The rooms are jumbled full of all sorts of things-most of which have no meaning or significance in themselves and no mean-ing or significDllcc \vith l'eferece to each other. "In nine cases out of ten the first thing I want to do when I go into a room, is to take everything out of it. Take, crowded a dif-diffcrenl rest1c!"s, I L \Vay Jllie~ to her missionary work. Just swept her hand over the room with ture ;Jnd ."lain to her visitor': "No ..v.. tell me whatllrst attracts your eye." "0;' exclaimed the visitor instantly, "that French LOllis XI V. affair. It's inevitable." "Fxactly," said Mrs. Curtis. "Nil1C persons out of ten see it before anything else. ]t is striking. It is in-teresting. ] t is even beautiful in its way. The carving is exquisite and the rose'iNood as fine as any T have ever seen. But-do you think it would wear well?" "No," said the visitor turning away with a laugh, ''I'm worrying abollt what I should do with it already. It is one of those pieces of furniture which would a1- \vays look very fine if you could do something e1,"e with it." inside the door a comprehensive she ges- 1111- "I know," said Mrs. Curtis. '\4.. woman said the other day that it would be perfectly beantiful if it were only gilded. I agreed with her perfectly-and, oh, how I did wish that she would take it and gild it and get it ont of my sight forever." The visitor's eyes roved over the room, taking in Hcppelwhite, Sh'cratoll, ChipPclHlaJe, Empire, American Colonial and Renaissance articles of furniture. but re-turning time after time to a ·white wood mantel of sim-ple lines and reserved design against the opposite wall. "1 see you like the mantel," said ~1rs. Curtis. "Do 1?" asked the visitor." "\Vell, T helieve I do. As a maHer of fact, I know I do. For the last five minutes that mantel has been growing npon me and I didn't realize it. It has a marvelous charm. j\/ly eyes could rest upon it forever without its ever obtruding it-self upon them. 1 could live in the room with that mantel." "1t ·wa., put in at the time the hOl1se was built. more tItan a hundred years ago, and many an architect and de-signer has copied it since," said Mrs. Curtis. "There you have my illustration. The simple charm of this mantel has worn a hundred years. You were impatient wjth that French piece in6ve minutes. "Now J say that a house full of elaborate objects of this kind produces a strain upon the nerves and brain. 1 maintain that the manufacturers and dealers who turn oul and put upon the market cheap, gaudy pieces of furniture and force them upon the public are actual enemies of society. "The conglomeration of aggressively ugly obje.cfs ,vhich people collect about them creates a restlessness and t1l1easiness which, if not actually sowing the seeds of Bernard Shav...··s vulgarity, savagery and bad blood, produces nerves, irritability, bad manners and a hun-dred other evil effects."--Ex. An order for a Jot of dining room furniture ordered by government. has been shipped to Panama by the Ohio Valley Fllrnjtt~re company, of Charleston, \V. Va. 9 Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS REVERSIBLE BEDS MAKERS OF )\. METAL WITH Ir' .y N". 328 $Q. 75 All Iron V. net Pillars, 1 1-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. Weight, 67 lbs. STANDARD RAILS Standard Reversible Rail SOLID :: .. RIGID REVERSIBLE Patented J lily 15, 190Z. No. 701-702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used ,eiJher side up and enables the dealer to make one set of rails answer instead of having two stocks, one of regular, the other inverted. BEDS THAT DO SOME OF OUR. NEW DRESSER.S -Ma.de in Quarter-Sawed Oak. Oval or $qua.re Ola... NOT WIGGLE HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO. ILL. MANUFACTURERS OP Chamber SUites. Odd Dressers. Chiffoniers LADIES' DRESSING TABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Maoogany Ven ...e.red. Birdseye Maple. White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish. We also mak.e Q line of PRINCESSDRESSERSfrom $13.00 up, In Quarter·Sawed Oak. Mahogany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If yOIl bave nol re~ived onr Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL &. KNAPP, 187 Micbigan Avenue, Chicago. 10 Profit and Loss in Advertising. It is now the fashion to advertise. There ,lre :t g-teat mall,Y peorle adyenising, ,."ho are doing so simply to be in the fashion, and because, in these days, it is the thing to do, The word advertising to me is con-nected with getling- the result, putting before the public a statt'xnent, which whether uue ur !lOt, will be sufficiently believed and depended upon to get prominence or tnldc. There is another kind of advertising '",hich i.s llegativc, and might better be called badvertising, "...h.ieh is not taken seriollsly, or not believed which gains the ,vould be ad-vertiser notoriety, rather than advertisement. The attitude which some men have toward advertising is most peculiar. In all other thillgS they may be shrewd and calculating- 11101H'y handlers, weighillg lbe chances before spending, nn(\ getting 11111results before thqr let g'O of a propositioll, If they buy a piece of properly or ~(I:llC mC'rch-andise, they know to a dot just what they shall do with it. Nothing is left to chance. They take into aCOl1nt every phase of human nature: in actually m,lking their tr;u1es, or in 7lR'T'Ik5'~ ? rf{ii;;;;;; 0/ ,. ,. finds them, without havil1g to be introduced to them by someone who has to talk himself hoarse proving them to be bargains. Now that is not auve:rtising. Tt is simply yapping. Tf yOll happen to he one of the yappers, and the furniture busi-ness is simply bilious with them, sit down with 111eand lets figure it Ollt. The only trouble is that advertisers of this sort ;11"eso cock sure they are the whole thing, it is very diHic\\lt to revuse them. They are up human nature, as if advertising were a new thing to the pUblic, instead of an old moss coyered bucket, \vhich has gone into the \vell so often they know just how much \vater it will carry without slopp-ing over. The negative advertiser, who g-ets into the "claim every-tlling" rut, is like the seveuth day advcntist who knows the worlrl is coming to an end on the twentieth, The proper, and ill fact only time to argne ,,,,ith him is on the twenty first. Yall call sometimes get the car of the b;Ldverliser, 'after it lias dawned on him tbat the public is lang-bing at him and does not ta1,e his badvertising- serionsly. Vv'hen this comes to pass ... AI",ays ~ Ibe Lead are we with (lllr Low-Rent Prices, which mcalls a saving: of 25 per cent. Don't be baited .by 3 or 4-toom advertilement. such III $39.00, $42.00, $49.75, etc. Whal lhaestores adweJ1lse.!hey won'l do. We allow you a liberal credit on all goods bought of us. We silow the finelt line of Furniture, Carpets and Sto"es in the State. cash or easy credit, A SPECIM.EN OF GOOD ADVERTISING. providing for future trades, b11t when it comes to advertising tlley are 01..\( in the rain without an "L1mbrella waiting to be ,,;oaked. Everybody advertises, therefore the~' must; everybody' claims to sell cheaply and have big bargains, therefore they must, and, to go everybody one better, they claim the biggest bargains and greatest sales and let it go at tl1at. Their main idea of advertising seems to be to hire a Space fr0111 the newspaper and fills it up with claims and repetitions, and grandiloquent statements in flo,,,,ery English, coupling words -in an unusual -way that sounds well enough, but means nelh-ing, particularly if you happen to know the man, and recog-nize the maketlp. If by any possible chance one puts faith in the badvertise-mcnt and calls around [or some of the bargains, one never L he is very apt to go to the otber extreme aud insist tbat advertisil1g is a waste of money. Vcry often he is right, for in a goodly proportion of instances advertising is like putting money into a slot machine wilho11t drawing anyotlt, The public who happen to see you, know you are feeding" the mac,hine, as the publk who happen to read your ads, however poor they may be, get to know at least that you are in busi-ness. It is generally recognized now that the. old style of superfluous announcement of superlative adjectives is barren of resl1lt in the '''lay of trade, except with the class of people who are still ignorant of the gold brick The essential thing is to make the public think yOlI are telling the truth. If you are not, and they see thrD' you, your advertisement had better have remained unwritten. Numerolls stores, who are fake advertisers are successful, 11 so are numerous boodlers still out of jail. round some businesses so favorably they spite of mistakes, but the every day store confidence of the public to gain ground. Retaining the confIdence of the public is nothing morc than informing Mrs. Casey thro your ad. that durillg your salc, clearance, fire, alteration or 'whatever it may be, she will be able to get a twenty dollar chiffonier for sixteen, which when she calls she finds to be believably true and so informs Mr,;;. Tracy, who calls also and buys. If you fool 1Irs. Casey with a badvertisement which she cannot sv,:allow, you Jose not only her but Mrs. Tracy and l1llmer .. OliS other links of the endless chain. Conditions sur-will succeed in must retain the 400 Pieces of Parlor and Library Fumiture Consisting of Colonial Repro-ductions. Odd Piece' and Suites in Louis XV, Louis XVI, Sheraton, Heppelwhite and Chippendale Designs. Also large line of Leather Rockers, Chairs and Couches. If, every Sunday morning, you are 011 deck with a tremen-dous sale, each succeeding week being the greatest in yOllf history, and each offering unprecedented opportunities for depen dahk fl1rniture merchandising, or some such verb;.d labyrinth, unaccompanied by no such avalanche of price Clltt-ing as an ordinary morlal would 'be led to suppose existed, it will not take very long for the pnhlic to be reminded of .'£sop's fable of the hoy "vho cried "\Volf! wolf!". There can be no better ,vay of advertising possible than to reproduce in print the line of conversation which you use to cuslomers in the store when selling. If your convcrsation is over their head, or unreasonable in view of the price tags, or a mass of superlative hoasting, you soon ntHl it ont. \Vhy then should you advertise in such language in your ads through which lies the oppol"tunit:y to convince a hundred prospec-tive customers to ,,,,,hom you cannot talk. In furnitllre more that in many other husiness, the public bust does not demand that an article he sold for less than its value, if it did the price would he continually falling;. The valuc is not what yOll ask, or what y011t- cust0111er offers, but 'what the average sale brings. The most effective advertising; in f\lrlliturc, and one which can be repeated over alld over to the poillt of monotony ,.".ith ehang-e only of picture and dcscriptioll, is the llse of zinc etching illustrations of popular priced goods you actually ha~'-e in the store, together with fu)) description and meas-urements, a heading calling attention to the particular class of goods and a uniform footing with whch the pubic should be eome familiar. If the style is pleasing and the prospective eust0111er likes it, and the j)rice is about her size, that's all there is to it. If you say it is forty and marked thirty, it will be believed or not, accordillg to your habit of sellillg acknowledged forty dollar articles for thirty. It is generally conceded that a 110nday ~ale or a special article sale some reglliar day, is a benefit, provided always the specials be genuine bargains 110t pared but slashed in price, and recognized as pure inducements, to visit the -store. Numberless other ardcles bearjJ]g a profit will be sold as the bargains become acknowledged as such and draw. There is no doubt in the world but that the public is demanding truth in advertisements, and, while you may for a time get the credit of exaggerating when you are telling the truth, you will not get the credit of telling the truth when yOLl are exaggerating. The public isn't half the fool it appears. The public is you, and I, and Mrs. Casey, and some others. Mrs. Casey ,vants some furniture. \\,Trite your ad for her. J. C. M. CENTURY FURNITURE CO. I59 Canal Strut, Grand RapidJ, Mich. The T. B. LAYCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Brass Beds, Cribs Child's Folding Beds, Spiral and Woven Wire Springs Cots, Cradles, Etc. TO MAKE MONEY, HANDLE OUR GOODS CATALOGUE ON REQUEST EVERY DEALER SHOULD HAVE ONE OR MORE OF OUR No. 550 MATTRESS AND SPRING DISPLAY RACKS. WRITE FOR BOOKLET ILLUSTRATING IT .. The W. B. \;Yood company, capitalized at $100,000, will man-ufacture office and library furniture in Newark, N. ]. Warren 'Williams proposes the establishment of a factory for the manufacturer of furniture in Denver, Colo. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. The United States Chair company will erect a factory and engage in the manufacture of chairs in Corry, Pa. 12 Beauty in Our Homes. There are few people who are altogether indifferent to the beauty of their homes, hut perhaps the majority care more abo11t comfort than about beauty, and to many the as~ociation of the familiar objects around them with the happy days th~t are past and the dear ones they have lost, means far more than any intrinsic beauty they may possess. But there is no reason why beauty should be disassociated from comfort, and there is 110 reason why cherished as-sociations should not add a new beauty to objects already beautiful in themselves, whilst it must be a gain to live amidst surroundings which please and charm the eye, and help to keep the mind serene. It is a mistake to suppose that only the rich can hope to have beautiful things around them, and it is equally a mistake to slIppose that there should be a fashion in beauty. Before all things. the h'orne should be an expression of its owner's minds, should speak to liS of them. It is a pity that so many homes should only tell us that their owners have utterly _conventional minds, and have never troubled to have a taste of their own. Someone was consulting me the other day about the decoration of a new house, and in speaking of some detail of ornament, h·e said, "But, will that be the right thing?" To which I could on1-., _'eply, what could it matter whether it were the right thing, so long as he was sure he liked it? But he remonstrated that it was so difficult to have the courage of one's taste, a "Iti so vexa-tious after one h'ad decorated one's house to have people coming in and- telling one that this or that was not right. I do not think the real difficulty is having the courage of one's _taste, but forming a taste at all, an'd knowing what one's taste is. Anyone who really admires, and knows his reasons for admiring, will not be shaken because he finds that others do not admire where he does. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, SEEK ADVICE. Yet we must own that there are many who hs,"e no capacity for forming a taste of their own, and these .1ced not be ashamed of seeking guidance. It seems a pity that they should be so often willing to be guided by the man in the shop, who tells them what is quite new, or what is most sold, or gives them some other specious reason for getting them to take his particular goods. Th·e knowledge of char-acter shown by the salesman is indeed admirable. He knows when to sympathize with a desire already formed, when to guide a vacillating mind, when to express scorn for the com-monplace, when to plead the authority of fashion, and when he may hope to persuade th-e weak minded to discover that something hitherto ul1saleable is just what he has always wanted. But if we have not clear views of our OW11 as to what we like we might at least try to exercise judgment in our choice of those by whom we will be guided. It is even possible for all to arrive at least at some principles of taste for themselves. Increased facilities of production and communication have multiplied the objects with' which we can adorn our homes. We have more things and cheape'r things than our forefathers had. Their tables and wardrobes lasted for generations, and still adorn many of our homes_ The drawing-room and bedroom suites which we buy hardly last one lifetime, and make the home of OUT old age often look little better than shaboy hotel. If we care about beauty of OUT homes, the first thing we should remember is that we must buy nothing that is not good and, if possible, beautiful in itself. Why should we want to have everything at once? It is possible to live with very few things, and these if they are carefully chosen, ""·ill give aIJ fhe more- delight b"ecallse they are few, and because they are beautiful. Then there will always be the pleasure of adding as we can afford it to OUT treasures, adding only aftcr much thought,much trouble to find exactly what we want, and so getting the fullest pos-sible enjoyment out of each new possession. The thing that we are able at last to acquire will be all the more precious because we have done without it so long. Again, anything th-at is really good will only gain an added beauty by age. The carefully kept, thin, Persian rug is even more beautiful than when it came first from the loom in all the glory of its new color. No rooms have the charm of the quiet old sitting-rooms of remote country houses, with their chippendale tables, their faded damask, their worn carpets, all subdued into quiet harmony by the passing of the long years during which they have not only been used and worn but cared for with tender love. Are there many of our fussy, modern drawing-rooms ",,-hichwill in the same way ·grow more beautiful with years? Besides, not only is it a mistake to buy many things rather than few because the thinKS in themselves will be less precious, but the appearance of our rooms is nearly always spilt by crowded furniture and a profusion of often meaningless ornament. In thi!) we might surely learn a lesson from the Japanese. \Ve arc told that the man who has a fin~ collection of china will only have a few pieces out in his rooms at a time, so placed that they can be well seen and enjoyed. Instead of crowding masses of flowers into numberless vases of all possible shapes and colors, the Japanese will carefully select a few blooms or branch'es to be arranged with the most deliberate thought, in vases specially adapted to their particular color and shape. Our profusion of decoration and ornament defeats its oWn aim and ends, by ceasing to ornament. OUf rooms are restless and fussy,no single object stands out so as to be clearly seen, there are no restful lines, no great masses of color. \\Tearied by a display of meaningless detail, we gain no definite impression from most modern rooms. Not only so, but in our town houses all these ornaments and draperies are only receptacles for dust; and as we look at th<emcannot fail to sllggest the presence of dust. In towns, rooms should be as scantly furnished as pos-sible so as to make it easy to keep them thoroughly dean and fresh. They should suggest sweetness and cleanliness at least, however simple they are. But of course if there are to be few things, it becomes all the more important ,that they should speak to 11S of the tastes. even of the character of their owners. J n a scantily-furnished room also the color of the walls. and of the carpets assume a special importance. The carpet can be well seen, and it is worth while if possible to have a really beautiful carpet. Your carpet will probably meet your eyes more often th'an any other object in your room. and may grow to be almost a friend. A good carpet may live with you all your life, and in your old age, still beautiful in its old age, may speak t.o you of the children who have played on it, and the dear feet which have trod-den it. The decoration of the walls needs also much considera-tion. Before we bewilder ourselves with books of patterns from the paper-hangers, let us try and discover what we really want, and not be merely guided by fashion, which one fears may tell us to have a paper covered with peacocks and poppies, and another year to cover our walls with brown paper. If we happen to possess many pictures or engravings, the decoration of the walls must be decided so as to make a good backRrOlmd to them; if there are few things to hang on the walls some may like the decoration of a well-de-signed wall-paper. But in choosing let us remember how often we shall look at that walt-paper, and that in most cases a quiet soothing effect of color is likely to rest us more than a luxuriant growth of scarlet flowers, or a frieze of purple mountains with pine trees standing out against a crimson sky. The arrangement of our pictures also needs thought. To begin with they should be hung low enough for us to see them. It is difficult to imagine why it sh'ould be so com- man to hang pictures high above the line of the eyes near the ceiling. The frames should be well Inade, and suited to the picture. V've' should not be tempted by the cheap and tav.:dry frames, which quickly fall to pieces and let in dust behind the glass. \lile need not speak about the hanging of really finc paintings, since few are so fortunate as to possess them. and moreover they may almost be said to hang them-selves, as it is impossible to spoil them. But in these days it is possible for almost anyone to have at least a few photo-graphs or engravings of really fine pictures, and the choice of these should reflect the taste of the owner. Pictures likely to be of general interest should adorn th'e living rooms. The faded photographs, the awkward groups, the little feeble view of house or garden which may 13 mean EO nl\.\ch to eyes that understand, should hang in some sanctllm or secluded corner. The effect of many rooms is quite spoilt by the endless photographs that are stood or hung about. often faded, dropping to' pieces in soiled plush frames, fat babies lying on cllshions or simpering bride.s and awkward wedding groups. They may' have been in-teresting once; but the time has eome to put them away in a drawer. Some principles, at least, must rule us if we care for the beauty of our homes. Let such things as we have bc good of their kind, useful for their pllrpose, chosen because they mean. some-thing to liS. Let liS not put ornament for the sake of orna-ment, a meaningless addition to something that would be more useful with'out it.-Ex. Good Samples of Advertising by Prominent Retail Firms . .--'=Wi ~~~~ gg[illiBABJ8~ BBBBBBBBBBB STUPENDOUS OFFERING.OF FIVE (S)kJOBBERS' BBBBBBeBe8£1B1BBB88B8B8 Sample FurnIture Sloe s 88888888888 • • 8888888888B AIPraellcan Ball e 88BBBBBBB88 Tomorrow, Monday Mornin8, at 8 O'Clock, We Shall Place on Special Sale Exactly 197 Pieces of Altogether Desirable Furniture, Manu-facturers'Samples, FromThe Factories of the FollowinSWell Known Manufacturers of High Grade Furniture: IRED c. GENGE COMPANY JNO. WlDDICOMB COMPANY BANDEBOBoalASE CQMJtAIt'Y BAlLEY.JONE9 COMPANY NATIONAl. PARLOR FURNtTUllE. COMPANY T1l& CI/l.TfERS" COMl"AIIY ImIlUY li. GAt tIJJi!UlOHl COMPANY The Goods wUI be found conveniently Displayed in our FIrat Avenlle Show WindOM and Sixth SIreet Main Floor, Each Piece Plainly Marked with Ibe Regular PrIce, also the Special Sale PrIce. BBBBB8BB BBBBBBBH ~u~~n BBBBBBBB TH N N Our USUlI.lTenD.!. Ap.~I.Jj 'I1.Z .• "l't\OM l'trllU-. wl!.ellltr "~ C"'~11ur S<;.lltl1wf;d P"'~Il\f;M"'. "'\W:I!. ..,tll But SUU tllit ln4l.laal Qm..eg,. ltllCt of &ll~1I. Pllrl:bl$er. We Appelld ComplelO:: LI81, a.do OllJ~ willh lb!ll, Instead or 19i P'le~5. Iben we,.. Tell1'UDe", TllatNItlllHr; HI JI b Dutleull,lD the",e limU. of P'rosptrb,.lo gtl bold of aDJ larile amount or Goo(1$ undtr Price:. 1\ 1,5Neeliltll8, Wli lru&l, let IIlale thll W. Sulogs. as In(lLcattd.art klouL New England Furniture CompanY, Minneapolis. Peoples' Outfitting Company. Indianapolis. 14 fIR.'T' IIS'7I~ 2 3 r. BISSELIJS BRANCHES, 2.5 Warren St., 18 Pearl St" NEW YORK. TORONTO. LONDON. PARIS. Is the only carpet sweeper on the market sold at fixed retail prices, and the value of this policy [0 the dealer in making his profits both good and secure, is well understood by the trade generaJly. One large retailer said to a certain manufacturer recently: ''If you will agree to maintain a nJ:ed selling price, J wiJ) buy a carload, but 1 will not put a ten cent piece in your goods if later I may have to sell tbem without profit, to meet competition. " Here is a strong endorsement of OUT price maintenance policy, and is precisely what we have advocated for over twenty years. A fixed. retail price is all that guar-antees to the dealer profit in the sale of a commodiiy. Please remember the Bissell is tbe ONLY sweeper sold under a c.arefulJy devised and rigidly enrorced ptice mainte-nance policy. Bissell Sweepers are sold at the following fixed retail prices. "Grand Rapid." (Japan) . .. .. (Nickle) .. "Gold Medal" _ __ ::Supe,:!or, .. Prize. . . ::Welcom~:' Boudoir. .....". "Prem.ier." .:ldea1o'· - _ i . American Queen, ..,' . "Elite." _.. ._ . ::Parlcr Qu.~en"'_ ..8up.!n·~~, . Grand •............ "Club," "Hatl.·· . __$250 .........3..00 .300 . __ .. 300 ...............3 00 300 350 300 ._3 25 . 360 . 375 .........400 ...._ 0 00 . 450 . _6 00 .... 750 In the extreme western and southern states our fixed retail prices are fifty cents higher than those given above. Write for oW' special Christmas offer, the most liberal we" have ever made. Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Grand Rapids. Mich. (Largest sweeper makers in the world. Established 1876.) OUR NEW CATALOGUE SHOWS A MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF Dressers and Chiffoniers In QUARTERED OAK MAHOGANY VENEER BIRDSEYE MAPLE CURLY BIRCH Not a Sticker III the Line LIBERTY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Northern Line The Line of MANY GOOD QUALITIES The Dealer who possesses one of our. Catalogues and is Familiar with their Contents is reaping the reward in Profits Sells along the "Lines of Least Resistence" FULL'SWELL W rite For Catalogue Plate IS.d2 Top 22x40 Fillighed Golden Oak, While Maw. lmilation Mahogany Northern Furniture Co. Office 830 South Water Street, Sheboygan, Wis. Manufacturers Of Bed Room Furniture Dining Room Furniture and Kitchen Furniture Northern Furniture Co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. FULL SWELL Plale 12x18 Top 19x32 Finisbed in Colden 01\11., While Mapl~. l.wtillion MahOlilany I" THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will HOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Caster CUD, a Furniture Protector and a Rest We guarantllte perfect satis-faction. We know we have th~ 0tI1y oeri"ect cuter cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes, as follows: 2~ inch and 3 Inch, and we usetbe cork bouom. You know the rest Small size., $3.50 pet 100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 Try it and be convinced. F O. B. Gm.nd Ra.pids. Ollr Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the sur-fate, bUl upon the rim, permit. ting a circulation of air under the block, thereby preventing moisture or marks of any khld. Tbls is the onl}' card block of its kind on the market. Price $3.00 \J9I' 100 Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo., 2 Pa,' ... d A'a .• Grand Rapids, Mich. AIS/) can be bad at LUSSKY. WHITE & COOLIDGE, 111-113 Lake St., Chicago Morton House American .....Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind Rates $1.00 and Up European ......Plan The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind lor 500 is the fiNEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. P....p. Tbe New "PERFE.CT" FOLDING CHAIR PATl!NTKD OCT. 2{)',19Q3. Comfortable Simple Durable Neat The Acme of Perfection ill the line uI Folding Cbairs. PERFECT COMP....CTNESS wben fQlded. Hard maple, natural finish. WRITE FOR PRICES. OM PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. No. 51 North Manchester, Indiana fOUR TRAINS C" Ie "60 TO AND FROM '" Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago- J:lSpm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05nn Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd, Ra~ids 4:25pm daily Ar Chicaa-o 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30pm daHy Ar Chicago 6:55am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00pm Oll 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on aU day trains. ~rvke a hi. ~rte. Pere Marquette Parlur cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to SO cellts. •T"REE TR41NS DETROIT TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapid, 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit lO:{l5PIlI Meals served a' Ill-carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:2.5am a.nd 5:~ pm. Pen Ma~qnette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rate, 25 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT, PHONE t 168 Grand Rapids, Mich. Oliver Bros. Company LOCKPORT. N. Y. AU Hlib Grade Bra •• aDd lroD /BEDS Chicago Salesroom!' moved to Fumi-ture Exhibition Building, J411 Michi-gan Avenue New VOTk Salesroom, 125 E. 42d Street. F_ M. RA~DALL IF VOU DON'T ViSiT THE: MARKETS OUR CATALOGUE WILL INTERRST YOlT. QUARTER-SAWED IN~~~~OAKVENEERS CHOICE FIGURE: :: E:XTRA. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of :figure preferred. HOFFMA·N BR..OTHERS CO. Fort Wayne .• .• .. Indiana ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE, neOij S(~midtI (0. tlopkilUl ud ftarrlet SU. Clodonall, 0 UPHOlSTEREO FURNITURE .oa LODGE AND PULPIT. PARLOR LIBRARY, HOTEL AND CLUB ItOOMS. MEN AT THEIR BEST AFTER FORTY. Many Responsible Places Filled by Men in Middle Life That Young Men CouId Not Occupy. Should a man he relegated to the backgrOll11d after having passed the age of 45 years? Perhaps you are one of the many who concur in this belief. If so, 1 am sure I shall cOtwincc you that the healthy man of 45 is better physically, mentally, and morally than the man twenty years his junior. 1'\'fyattention wa!'; called to all advertisement ill the want column of a newspaper to-day: SQLTCITOR \VANTED- --As assistant to Inanager; must be under 40; position of responsibility; good wages, etc. r claim that the man who depends 011 his brain for bis living and has been on earth for forty-five years conld, providing he is pOi'isessed of that peculiar ability that cotliititutcs a solici-tOf, fiJl the ahove position to perfection, and to better advan-tage than the man under 40 years of age, because a Illall 40 years of age is in the prime of life. He has twenty long years still before hin1 that he can de.- vote to business. He has the advantage of a much larger ex-perience than the younger man. He has enjoyed a splendid education (perhaps not theoretically), as thorough as the young man, but by attending that great school of learning, Style Louis XIII. practical experience, and grinding away side by stele with the experienced business man, he is in my opinion a far better salesman than the young fellow, who usually thinks he knows it all. Older Man Has Advantage. The youngster may be a great talker, and at times grow eloquent. H o-wever, the man at 45 and older has the judg-merit, and useii strategy in order to secure business, and is not so liable to make the mlstake of talking too muc.h. The old fellow can effect a sale often when the young fellow fails, because his experience has taught him to llse diplomacy. Ii his customer by taking the opposite view in an argument be-hap- s on religion or politics, the old sa\eslnan Joes not differ from his customcr's views, but deftly leads him hack again and secures the order. The yOll11ger man often antagonizes his customer by taking the opposite view in an argument be cau;;e he TC:alizes that he is right. Experience has tallght the old time salesman that although his prospective customer may he making an ass of himself he ShO~lld not inform him of that fact. but when the time comes will present the contract and. secure his signature. The man at 45 should not he relegated to the background, for he is a better worker than the yotlng man. T-T c tlsl1a!ty loves his work and puts his heart and soul into it. The people he comes in contact with place more confLdencc in his state- 17 ments than they do III the younger and inexperienced man. The man at 45 has finished sowing his wild oats; he carries himself with more dignity than the younger man. He is possessed of too much sense to approach a customer with a cigar in his mouth or with a whiskey breath. Sense of Duty Grows With Age. You will seldom fmd the man of 45 years of age shirking his duty; yon witl not so often find him at the matillee, orat a game of ball, or at the races, when there is work to do. Tn fact, the man of 45 is far more reliable than the man under 40, alld should be given the preference, as he can read-ily demonstrate that he l1sually eaf11S more than h~ is paid, To demonstrate the truth of the above, I shall relate a re-cent expericnce that occmred in my life. Last January I was residing in the state of Ohio. and decided to locate in Chi-cago, as the opportunities in the metropolis of the west were, according to my ideas, better for a man at 45 with ability than they would be in a smaller city. Upon leaving my former home I informed friends that [ was confident that with my thirty years of experiente as a salesman and solicitor .r would filld no diffiCtllty in obtaining employment and be able to provide for my familv as good and even better than heretofore. Learning that several of the bm;iness colleges were 111 need of a good solicitor, I offered my services to the principal of a college that had a good reputation. My duties were to en-roll students by seiling certificates of education or scholar-ships to tlH'. yOHng people, or rather their parents or guard-f" OUNDED lAA8 Reduce Your StockII at a good profit or selt en-tire stock at cost. "T"QNEW·IDEA MEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MA~A.GERS WRlTE FOR TERMS. lans. The salary was good, and I commenced WOrk on a trial of three months. The class of work is mostly house work, or calling on families. It requires strict application to business, and also necessitates calling- at night after working hours. I fOllnd competition in the city was fierce, but believed my schooi was the best on earth and told the people so; the result was that r "made good" hy "delivering the goods." Man Over 40 "Makes Good." The management appreciated my efforts by increasing my salary and making n. long contract with me. Now, this was accomplished nnder difficulties, as I did not know one street from the other, and, of conrse,was compelled to familiarize myself with my territory and the city. The col-lege I represented employs a number of other solicitors who are YOllnger than I, all experienced with the work and city. Now, in working side by side with these men, all good faith-ful workers, I, whom some people wanted to put away on I.he shelf, made as good a record as the best solidtvr, and in less time than it required the younger men tda~complish the same amount of work. I have no hesitancy in saying that my age is a great factor in my work. No matter what his calling, man, like good wine, improves with age, Lyman G. Bloomingdale, the installment dealer in hons(' fllrnishing goods, \vho died in New York recently, not only provided well for his family in his will, but a patronage in perpetuity of the Metropolitan Musenm of Art. By thi,,:; act his memory vv-ill be remembered and cherished long after tl1e mOllument that marks his grave shall have crum-bled to dust. ,....---- - 18 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE: 10TH AND 25TH OF" EACH MONTH OF"F"fCE-2-20 LYON ST .. CRAND RAPIOS, MfCH. ENTERED .loa MHTER O~ THE 8ECOND CL.o.SS Because he vetoed an act of the Wisconsin legislature reducing the amount of garnishment exemption from $6 to $30 a month. Governor La Follette was severely censured by the three hundred merchants, assembled in convention, in Milwaukee recently. The association has 5,000 members but as La Follette will soon take a seat in the senate of the United States fot six years, he need'TIt fear the vengence that would naturally find expression at the polls. Oh yes, there will be an exposition of furniture in Grand Rapids in January. The local manufacturers will show one of the-ir "largest and best" collection of lines, "e ...e.r produced." Out-of-town manufacturers are deter-mil, ed to obtain a share of the business and have leased every available foot of space in the city_ The lines from High Point, from Gallipolis, from Holland and from Owosso, in which towns the "one exposition" OT "no exposition," idea took strong foot, will be shown as usual. The retailers of house furnishing goods in Columbus, 0., through their secretary, have engaged a number of prominent business men to deliver addresses to their association from time to time during the winter. The topics selected by the speakers are of interest to every business man. H. M. Patton of the freight department of the "Big Four" will discuss "Freight Claims;" F. L. Schneider, a bank cashier, "Modern Banking in Relation to the Merchant;" the g{'neral freight agent of the TOledo and Ohio Central railroad, "Freight Rates and Classifi-catlOn of Merchandise;" Henry Bahl, "Return of Personal Pro-perty for Taxation." A hint to the other trade organizations is furnished in the above. Thc "cute" little gentleman who was so busily engaged for a time in mailing unsigned letters to the manufadurers of fur-l1itl1re presenting "arguments," if his peculiar statements might, by a stretch of courtesy, he called such against a continuance of the furniture expositions seems to have hroken his typewriting machine and given up his self-imposed task. E..i.d.ently he has learner! that the men who buy the goods would not COllsentto the abolition of the expositions; furthermore, that the manufacturers of Grand· Rapids wilt ever have fresh, clean and attractive lines to offer so long as the dealers may desire to con-tinue c011'ing to the market. The "cute" little gentleman may find consolation in the fact that if the manufacturers shaH con-tinue to show their lines in the exposition, it will not be his fault. \Vho pays thc costs of the expositions, anyway? Not the l11anufacturers, nor the retailers. Th('. C011sumerpays thc entire cost. Reducing Retail Stock. On another page considerable space is given to a new plan for clcaningottt unsalable goods and reducing stocks originated and carried on bya firm of experienced and suc-cessful salesmen, having their headquarters in Chicago. G. E. Stevens, of Stevens & Co., of the firm recently discttsserl the plan in a reCe.nt issue of one of the newspapers of Chi-cago, as follows: "Merchants who win success in country town:" and small cities do so through wide awake management and seldom through luck. Tf a m~rchant goes to sleep his clerks fol-low suit, then the stock joins in and degenerates to what is termed "stickers," and they stick to him until the day of his funeral or failure. The wide awake merchant will not allow his stock to become cozy corners and reception seats for the prowling dw:;t or sleepy clerks. He installs the spirit of life and vim in his derks, who in turn interest themselves in the stock, customers, and affairs in general of their different depart-ments or sections. The clerk's delight is to be kept bllsy waiting on trade, no matter if his sales amount to $10 for the day. It is joy to them even if their interest in the same merely equals $1 of the 101 and $T as a day's pay. The wide awake merchant in these days of modern mer-chandising finds it policy to put on a little extra burst of speed and steam in order to keep his clerks busy, partly be-cause of competition with local merchants, and partly be-cause of the great supply houses at Chicago, which are pro-selyting a part of the trade from all merchants in all sec-tions of the country. The enterprising merchant should use every means in his pOwer to keep his clerks busy, In order to do so and to combat successfully with conditions as they exist today he must fire his strongest ammunition over the heads of his competitors into the ranks of the ~onsumers. He also should reduce his stock twice a year, then fill in with new goods, fresh from the great wholesale houses. The art of reducing stocks of merchandise to the extent it should be is an art indeed, and diffie-nIt to accomplish, although many merchants succeed in this without calling upon the specialists in this line of work. Most merchants, however, find it pradicable to employ the services of an ex-pert with new ideas for moving stock quickly and surely. There are some very clever men engaged in this business. It behooves the merchant to procure the best services ob-tainable, as like all other business, novices will crowd in with loud claims of ability, etc. The best in this line is a power for good to the merchant and should be seriously con-sidered. The business of reducing stocks is positively legitimate, and everyone along the line of action profits through their operations, more especially so in case such as frequently come under our notice in a business way. For example; When a merchant is heavily jn debt and his stock represents his entire capital, or he cannot call in his outside invest~ ments to meet his obligations to the wholesalers. bankers, etc. Instead of hanging on the ragged edge of failure for some timc and eventually going into bankruptcy the wide awake merchant will employ an exper"t to sell enough of his stock at a. small profit or cost to payoff his creditors. This is a benefit to all parties concerned, arid adjusts matters nicely without legal intervention. The merchant's patrons or his competitors are not neces-sarily obliged to know the reason for this heavy sale of stock. The clerks, the traveling salesmen (the jolly knights of the road), the credit man, the wholesalers, the jobbers and bankers are naturally pleased with an adjustment of this nature. Further particulars in regard to the plan may be obtained by persons interested, by addressing Stevens & Co., Chicago. Wabash, Ind. Vlabash, Ind.-The Wabash Cabinet company, manufac-turers of office filing devices, have purchased of J. H. Stig-gleman the sole right under his patent to manufacture the Stiggleman sectional -bookcase, B. Walter & Company, manufacturers of table slides, have had a good year of business. While the trade during two of the summer months was quiet, the year as a whol~ has been satisfactory. Retting Furniture Co. Successors to RETTrNG & SWEET 3 B Strut Grand R8pids Michigan FINE Parlor Furnitur, Odd Chairs, Divans, Co-lonial Sofas, Library Suits, Morri, Cbairs The moat appropriate de:rigns, best materials. construction and Jinish. lodge furniture. Club Furniture Pulpit Furniture Design8 and eslimatea furnished fot Fine Ordered Work. CatalollUe of Lodge and Church F umiture on app]ic>ltion No. 1607 --------- Makel"llaf -------'--- LADIES' PARLOR DESKS, MUSIC CABINETS, LIBRARY BOOKCASES, HOUSE FURNISHINGS FURNITURE SAMPLE ROOMS, NEW YORK OTY-New York Furniture ExchaIllle. 428 Lexington Avenue, Fifth Floor, Space 33, in charge of Eastern Representative, Geo__C. [}Yet. CHICAGO-Furniture Exhibition Building, Fourth Floor, in charge of Roth & Sullivan. THE U DEL L W OR K S INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA .I WRITE FOR CATALOGUE .... 19 TheA. C.NORQUIST CO. ==============JAMESTOWN, N.Y.============== DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plait! dnd !Z.fJ4rtered Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Map!e. PERMANENT EXHIBITS -----AT------ Chicago and New York MANUFACTURERS OF 20 Strong Construction has been the ATLAS hobby for twenty years. Some of the most ex-acting buyers in the country have been con-tinuous purchasers of A'ILAS goods during all of that period. This demonstrates that the designs and prices have always been "right," as well as indicating satis-factory and pleasant business relations. ATLAS FURNITURE COMPANY, Jamestown, N. Y. A Stub-Toed Truth This is the Famous Rockford Line, That shows the spirit of the time; That gives the merchant joy and ease Because it's made to always please. It's full of perfect Art in wood Pronounced by every critic good. The finish shines like polished glass, And outwears any of its class. Ws merit's sung from shore to shore By those who use it more and more, You're kindly asked to join the thrung, So let your orders come along. The Music is in Our New Catalogue. Ask for it Will AIzo be SUlI{lby OUt Jolly SaJes;men Parlor Cabinets Musie Cabinet. Dinlns Cabinets H,,11 S.... ts Hall Racks Framed Mirror. ROCKfORD. ILL. Sh"vlng Stands Cheval Mirrors Dressing Tables Dressing .Cba.irs With Pal.eLll Adiuetahle Mirroq, DOCftfOfiO fDAnr AnD flXTUfir (0, ROCkFOR.D. ILL. No. 99 Reclining Rocker Anol~er "American" Yiclor~ is the Triumph of our "SIMPLY PULL UP THE ARMS" A TRADE: Our BIG CATALOG fol' yOur Little Postal No. 19 /\.fusion Rocker Prices and Good. "will do the rest" '%- rnf AMfDlun mAID (ONPAnr Seymour Indiana A TRADE:. Our BIG CATALOG for your Little Postal No. 124 library Chair 71R T I k.5' A.I'l smiqi 1 "5 $ 7: • "Wylie" Adjustable Chairs and Rockers Leading Retailers are sendimg in re-orders daily for the UNGER IMPROVED HIGH CHAIRS Mothers will ~Iadly pay 25c more for the protection afforded their babies. Cost to you only 8%3c over the old style. Order a few Il8 a starter and you win do the High Chair business 01 your city. Any of these electrotypes furnished with each order upon application. Patents granted and pending in the U. S. and Foreign Countries Showing how the children slide down and ont of the old style chair. Showing High Chair Tablewith Guard attach ed Showing how the child cannot possibly slide out or sland up in chair. If your manufacturer (loes not make th~m, order from 1\lURPHY CHAIR CO. Detroit, :Mich. AMERIC'N GO-CART Co Detroit', Mich. \VALDCUTTER & Co. Toledu, O. E. L. THOMPSON & Co. Baldwinsville, :'vIass. NICHOLS & STONE, Gardner, Mass. The]. S. FURD& JOHNSON CO. Chkago. G~:o. SPRATT & Co. Shd>oy~all, Wis. BUCKSTAFF, EDWARDS & Co. Oshkosh, Wis. Canada Furniture Manufacturers, Lid.. Toronlo, Onl; _____ ---.:.A::"::y::"::'::lh::'::'''--ew:ill see your wants supplied. I. UNGER, Patentee. Iron Mountain. Mich. 21 22 ~MIfrIG7!N The High Reputation of the Alaska Refrigerator IS SUSTAINED BY ITS MERITS ONLY ===='=::;;;==== Economy, simplicity and dnrability are combined to make a PERFECT REFRIGERATOR. When in the market let ns hear from you and we will be pleased 10 mail catalogue and quote prices. The ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. New York Office, 35 Warren St. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON. MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers ------- A180 Manufactu~n and UJ)OI'teIS of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM Our Muskegon Letter. The manufacturers of furniture and kindred goods are closing one of the most successful years since our city as-pired to distinction as a furniture mant1factmin~ center. The goods made here are mainly of the medium grade which find a ready !'laIe. The largest output is office furnitllre; three large factories contributing to the volume. In the manu-facture of bedrQom furniture the Muskegon Valley Furni-tme company ranks very high, and the same estimate is placed upon. the products of the Sargeant Manufacturing company_ \Vork is about ~o bc actively commenced upon the factory of the Brunswick-Blake Billiard Table company. \Vben completed it will add very much to the manufacturing importance of our city. An Old Dutch Cabinet for Green Bay. It is now assured that the Tank marquetry cabinet, 011e of the finest examples of ancient Dutch furniture now ex-tant will be taken to Green Bay and placed in the museum of the Kellogg Public library. Tbe cabinet belonged ori-ginally to Mrs. Tank's ancestors in Holland, and· has been Odd Dressers Muskegon Valley Fumiture Co. ------ MUSKEGON, MICH. ------ Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies· Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods ... in the family for more than three-hundred years. At the time of the famous auction held in Green Bay in 1891, this cabinet was considered by Mr. Frey, a well known curio col-lector from the east, as the rarest and most curions article among the many on exhibition at that time. It is a wonder-ful piece, perhaps seven feet high, inlaid in intricate design with contrasting woods .•and finished with greatest nicety. The interior is fitted up with numerous receptacles, shelves and drawers, each keyhole finished with its bit 0"£ handsome inlay. For the last twelve years the cabinet has stood in the art institute. in,:ehicago but Mr. Porter, ex.ecutor of the Tank estate; now wishes to dispose of it and feeling that Green Bay has the first right to its ownership has made an excep-tionally good offer, with a view to having it placed perman-ently in the town. The local Shakespere club has under-takn to raise th,e. necessary funds, and the cabinet will be shipped within a few weeks. The Wisconsin Chair company are ever looking out for additional plants to absorb. Their latest purchase is a big factory in Two Rivers, Wis. It was bought for a song. AN EXCELLENT TALKING POINT. A well known business 111an of Grand Rapids, not a lUalll1- facturer of furniture, was recently visiting friends inBoston. One of these friends is a prominent furniture merchant of the Bub, and knowing his friend was from Grand Rapids, took it for granted he either knew something about furniture, or at least was in-terested in it, invited him to visit his store, \vhich the visitor was glad to do. The store is an immense establishment, filled with t1ne furniture from leading factories, Having spent some time in inspecting the displays in the various rooms, admiring the beau-tiful woods, tine finishes and handsome trimmings, the Grand R.apids mall asked the rnerch:mt if he did 110t sometimes havc complaints about loose drawer pulls and more or less marrillg of furniture because of it. The merchant frankly admitted that he had. "Well," said the questioner, "perhaps I can aid you in a measure to avoid this. :Kow, here is a fine mahogany dresser; just notice how that loose pull has marred the finish on the drawer," said he. "With a critical buyer, that would either ruin the s<tle of the piece or compel you to deduct at least $10 from the price. l-/ere is another. Let LIS examine it," and pull-ing out the drawer he showed the merchant that' the pulls were supplied with the Tower patent fasteners, made by the Grand H.apids Brass cOl1lpany, and explained to him that these pull.s could never get loose or mar the furniture "in any way. ··It strikes me," said he to the merchant, "that youI' salesmen could 110t have a better talking point in showing it to a customer; and, besides, I was told in Grand Rapids that these fastcners do not cost .you anything. because they do not cost the manufacturer of the furniture anything, but are simply userl by the Grand Rapids Brass company to increase the sale of their goods." There's no Ring around this Moon and the only storms brewing are those which are in store {or dealers who lzave to "go up against" Moon f<!fality and prices. Its the line to jight the Mail Order houses with. Proif if this state-ment costs but the price if a postal request for our cata-logue. MOON DESK Co MUSKEGON, MICH. '-1 declare," said the merchant, "that is a good thing, sure enough, and I was not even aware of it. You know, I leave :--tll the buying to my buyer, and I am not sl1I'e that even he is aware of the existence of these little fasteners. lwill call his attention to it, and give instructions that every salesman shall be Manufactured~by:Americall Go-Cart Compally, Detroit, Mkh. fully posted 011 this important matter, and also that the manu· facturers -....vepatronize must .put them on all drawer work." Alld so he found out that the Grand Rapids man, although not a ma11ltfacturer of furniture .. was able to give him a valuable pointer, and an excellent talking point. KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOO WARDROBES QOODSTTLES CONSTRUCTION FINISH Prices right WRITE FOR CATALOGUE KARQr~ fURnlTURf (0. EVANSVILLE INDIANA GL OBE SIDEBOARDS In WTlting mel1tion Michigan Arti"an Are the BEST ON THE GLOBE lor the money GET OUR CATALOG, Mention Michigan Artisan when writing Furniture Company Evansville, Indiana BOCfiSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE. IND. 48 in. diameter, made of Plain and Quartered Oak Makers of the "su PeR lOR" Extension, Parlor and Library T9bles NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE nusv.ILIB runsvlllr rUDnnURr co. rVANSVILLr, IND. QUALITY OUR FIRST CONSIDERATION That is why OUT line is justly named the "Good Value Line." y.,'e have :made a complete chan~e of .J:!atterns for 1905. and If you want ,!toads that are mad!,"; J'i~ht Ilnd at the right pnces, call and see Bedroom Suites Dressers Washstands and Chiffoniers Assorted Car Lots and New Stocks A Specialh OUR NEW catalo~ has just been Issued and sent to the trade. If you have tlot receh'- ed it, Wl ite tis. It shows the larg-est line of mOn-e,. milkers ever offered Line Shown at Michigan Ave. 2d Floor Chicago .Ill. Also at our own sales rooms at Evansville. Indiana. We also job a complete line for making up mixed carloads. The "ELI" fODING LBEDS ~~~Fi'rR~I~N~~~ No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mantel and Upright ELI 0• MILLER &. CO. WEvritaen.fvorllcluets, aInnddpiraicneas "WARDROBES TO MATCH Chamber Suites made by all leading manufacturers, may be procured of the "end'erson. Ky. ACTOSSthe River from Evansville Mixed cars loaded with Evansville goods 1858 1905 E. Q. SMITU CU41R ===COMPANY=== MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, SPLINT, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER, TUfTED LEAT"ER SEAT C"AIRS AND ROCKERS No.145 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Flllished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill,. Foot of Oak St. ______ IEVANSVILLE,IND.------ 21, EVRNSVILLL The Intellectual and Material Forces of a Great City Makers of Furniture Rank Very High No city in the United States is more favorably situated for carrying on the business of manufacturing articles for domestic use than Evansville, Indiana. When nature' commenced plan-ning this wondrous world, she stuck a pin in the southwestern part of Indiana and then proceeded to make a channel through the hills and valleys through which the Ohio river might pass. Pleased with her work and feeling in a generous mood, she opened another stream and called it the Green and bade it' nnr-lure and enrich the soil of Kentucky. Vast forests grew upon its batiks; great beds of coal were planted beneath the earth's surface and the soil is· filled with materials that forever ensured heavy crops of grain and fruit when the hand of man, directed by an All-Wise Providence should open the soil and fill it with the seeds and plants it was desired to grow. To the west of Evansville, the Wabash, the Tennesse and the Cumberland were brought to the mighty Ohio ann bade to empty their waters into "that stream. When the white man entered these naturally rich \'alleys and the Indian turned his footsteps toward the setting sun the work of developing one of the most attractive sections of this fair world commenced. Toward this favored land came the thrifty, industrious German with his faithful frau and Roose-veltian family; the keen witted, speculating Son of New Eng-land; the high-minded, conservative uusiness man of the south; the hardy fearless young man, reared in the forests of Ohio and Kentucky; the Celt, the Scandinavian and the descendants of the men of Scotland, England and the continent all imbued with one purposc. The building of a city; the betterment of their material welfare as a whole and the obtainment of a heritage for their children. Evansville was needed and its place on the map was made permanent and secure by those who followed the Indian trail over the prairies, across the mountains and through the valleys, in the middle of the past century. The development of the city was not rapid, but its growth was sure and substantial. It is a solid town in many respects. On every hand unmistakable evidences of wealth and culture impress the sojourner with the fact that the men who made Evansville knew what they wantcd and right royally did they preform their task. Evansville is the center of a great railroad system, embracing many thousands of miles of trackage owned by the Illinois Central, the SOllthern Railway, the 'Frisco and the Louisville & Nashville with its associated corporations, and with the river to provide raw material-coal, timber and metals-the advantages for manufacturing and distributing the goods needed hy mankind are greater than many another city, aspir-ing to attain greatness in the world of commerce can ever hope to possess. Evansville is alive with manufacturing industries. In no one line of production have the people centered their efforts, but shops to work in metal, in wood, in wool, cotton, flax and other liures have been established. Probably the most important of the wood working shops are those operated in the manufacture of furniture. About thirty in number, giving employment to sev-eral thousand workmen and making a grade of goods that de-serve a place in the storc of dealers in every section of the United States, Evansville has reason to be proud of this industry. In the beginning the factories were small and the product confined to low priced goods. With prosperity naturally came the desire .For larger shops and better things, and these have been supplied g<:nerously. The manufacturers of Evansville are as generous-ly and as well housed as any class of men in the wood working industry could wish, and with the comforts and the freedom of action with the erection of mammoth plants bring the manufac-turers of Evansville sought to employ every agency and every ma-terial at their command that would improve the quality of their goods. In this, as in everything undertaken they have been suc-cessful. No class of citizens have labored more intelligently, more willingly, more persistcntly and more to the purpose of mak-ing Evans\'ille the rich, thc handsome and the attractive city that it is than her manufacturers of furniture. When the record of those who have served the city faithfully and well shall be written, the names of the manufucturers of furniture should ap-pear all the first page. s. A. w. Factories Busy at Marion, Ind. The United States Specialty company, Marion, Ind., are starting the erection of another addition to their plant. which it is expected will be completed in ninety days. The old plant consists of two buildings, 50 by 125 feet, and another building 40 by 90 feet, all three being two stories high. The new addition will be 50 by 125 feet and two stories high. The company is also using their old plant on Western ave-nue for storage purposes. The O. H. Kellar Chair company, one of the oldest in the business, will exhibit their line the coming January season at the Chicago Furniture Exposition. The Kellar goods em-brace a list of from eighty to one hundred patterns. YOU HAVE YET TO. LEARN THE WHY NOTI:PUT 1"1' TO F'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF' THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH OF' GOODS NEW YORK BOSTON MANUFACTURERS PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE CHICAQO ST. LOUIS FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CINCINNATI SAN FRANCiSCO CANADIAN FACTO"y WALKERVILLE. ONT. ·!'~MlfrIG7JN , for Careful Buyers New Sty.le', New Design" Old Reliable Qyalily, in this Season's Offerings in REED FURNIIURE OUf line insures you a profitable business and Satisfied Cnstomers. No. 349-$7,00 Write for Catalogue "A" American Go=Cart Company DETROIT, MICH. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH. A COMPLETE LINE Pioneer Mfg. Co ... DETROIT. MieN. Rccd Furniturc Babu Garriaocs Go-Garts Our gDods will be show" at PECK & HILLS, Manufac-turers' E~hihilion Building, 1319Mkhl5an Avenue, CHICAGO. lLLINOI!O 27 The manufacturers of Detroit, are closing one of the most successful years' in the history of the industry. Most of the lines manufaeturered are desirable for holiday trade, a fact that retailers throughoLlt the United States know and ap-preciate, Fancy tables, hall furniture, fancy chairs, library and music room. furniture in a great variety of styles are lnade -in large quantities. and a great volume of trade is t1stlally anticipated at this season of the year. Retailers report a heavy demand for goods resulting from the rapid growth of the city. More buildings have been erected than during any year of the past, and the furnishing of these have kept the salesmen and the delivery men very busy. The manufacturers arc busily engaged in preparing new lines [or the spring season of trade, most of which will be placed on sale in Chicago. COMMITTED SUICIDE. J R. Carpenter, the eastern representative of the Stickler HI·others company committed suicide in New York on No\'ember 1. Deceased was widely and favorably known in the furniture trade. He leaves a wife and three children as the immediate mourners o,f his death. 5MITU, DA13 CO. One of the most complete expositions of cheap and medium pnced C"AIRS and ROCKERS IN THE COUNTRY SENT TO DEALERS ONLY UPON REQUEST DETROlT. MICH. Sendfor our New 150 Page CATALOGUE INDIANAPOLIS. • INDIANA. BALDWINSVILLE. .. MASS. ItOOKWOOD and a general line of ff\NG Y Tf\BlES Write for Cuts-alld Prices. PALMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1021 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. 28 THIS AND THE FOLLOWING PAGES CO:'llTA!N GOOD SPECIMENS OF ADVERTISING. ~ 111m, T'bllS 11,0 1&SilO ~ Mission BIIlIc... 15 'e 130 8olltolSll llUO II 1150.10 e"olui, 110.00 10S95,00 Comfortable library for the Winter S•• ,on TIM oeuon ia .' bind _hen m<>lt al the time trn\I' b. ope1lol b>~ 1<Xl4I, portion '" it in the I.,ibwy. It is 'lDporuont .hll lhII ,_ be made c<>:nfgriobJe, <:<>orand anra«1" •• _By so :;~.M~~pa~tib~~r:.::~e=: "". .m..-nt UI<i .1l1tunl. . o. ~ of FurllitlIn lor .be Ubro<)' nevet _ 110 Iv&" .. it illIOW. W. ha~. aoek of OaveJlparl.S, Coudl•• Itocllcn, !dorrla CUlrs, Turldah Chainl, Sleepy HollDW CIttin, L;b(ary T.bks, ~ et"- ~ve .noU&h 10 ~ nlcecioo> eay, ~ ..:~;;::;\~-:'-"":i-u::.:n~~t::;:=~:':: prion ... low eno"lb 10 -la )'DW" l*tn>Uflt". at*" lh<t _ IlI.-oqll and e<ronplne CIlmpU'i....,1 II«; maoo. "'" inlJ'l>'1iOll.. 1ri!lc:oonilll:e,.,lI, Sleepy HOllo. Chilfs 11~00 '0 S25.0lI OUR BOOKS ARE OpeN TO ALL I And whatever your wants mo,.,be in furniture. Carpets or Stoves WI!' MI!' willing snd ilIIn"iousto open an BUouol with you, 00 terms to suit ,"our CA)M'erl!eru::e."("(,8oge the pat-ments weekly, semi-monthly. monthly. or i.n tact. in any way so 10Ag liS yOu are plea~ed. "there is ill more cony~OIent way o' buyiog house'broishiogs it bas ~er been introdut:ed in tbis tity. Our stock is complete in ewery way and goklen oppor-lURllreSawait. )'0 .. here-opportunities which we SlJbmit to your judgment and which tertainh< &Qt.itleus to your p6tl"ODage. 29 ....... MR.STORK:-Oue itL all right. '11AHTMAN fea.th-ered the f\eoSt~• W&FarnisIJ Homes onCredlt AllOver tbe (lnlled States. No milttllr how far dlst"nt you live you , may open an account .. t H.art· I'I'1'IIn'.;and enjoy the ,.rut ,1Invltnl· "'''ce afforded by our 111081. generous part payment credit plan. IMonday's Special Bargains I 30 OWOSSO, MICH. A pleasant half hour was sl)Cnt with Charles E. Higley, president of the Estey Manufacturing company, who had jllst re-tilrtled from a trip to North Carolina. Mr. Rigley is a dose ob-server, and if the Artisan was permitted to print his remarks it would make mighty interesting reading and open the eyes of some people. The Estey Manufacturing company is very busy, and the demand for their Roods wa:) nc\'er better. In such times They will add a number of new pieces to the line, which will he shown with T. Ashley Dent's other exhibits on the third floor of the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapid!>, in January. The Robbins Table company are having a fine trade. Their new nOll-dividing pillar is one of the greatest successes in their line. It is selling much better than was anticipated. This com-pany will bring out an entirely new line of patterns of tahles Manufactured by The Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich. as these it is inevitable that large "hurry-up" orders will find some pieces missing, but the merchant who has handled EsteJ furniture for years will content himself with partially filled orders. The two big factories-A and B-never turned out orders with better satisfaction to customers. The WOOdard Furniture company is another basy one. in January, ranging from $8.00 to $25.00, and will illustrate them in a new catalogue. The newly organized Rockford, Illinois Fur..iture Com-pany, wpl enlarge the plant recently purchased and erect new dry kilns. IT IS NOT TOO LATE to order for the Holiday Trade our great line of Oina (Iosets Parlor (a~inets AND li~rarJ(ases which fill the wants of dealers for the Holiday Season. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE . Skandia Fumiture Co. Rockford. Ill. VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. NIICH. No. 557 Best Selling Up-te-Date OFFICE DESKS In the Market The Profitable kind to buy r Hence the Profitable ones to Sell. YES I We are the only specialists in the manufacture of Office Ddts in Grand Rapids. Why not drop II postal card fot Otll' new faU Cataloguo!} Mailed to dealers only. Mention Artiian. Kauffman Mfg. CO. AS"LAHD. 0"10 WE manufacture the larg-est line of FOLDING C? A IRS in the United States, sUitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all PUblic Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass 'rrimmed Iron Beda, Spring Beds. Cots and Cribs in a lar~e variety. . . . Send for Catalogue and Pri~es to THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as OfIioe. DUllng and Directots' Tables are our sp«ialty Stow & Davis Furniture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Wri~ EorCQtaloi\!6.Gel BaI1lpb! of BANQUET TABLE TOP Catalog free Write to us at once for our new and beau-tiIully aInstrated Cata-log, showing Dressers and Chi/loniers Q I original designs made in Oak, Birdseye Maple and Mahog. any; also Plain and Quartered Oak Chamher Suites. Everything except Plain Oak goods are Polished. Empire Furniture Company JAMI:STOWN. N. Y. BralS Trimmed Iroll Bed No. 3800. Price $1.15 A Bra9S Bed No, 2074, Price $24 00 Art Style AND Quality These iIIu!lraliol1llwow fouT of our"be.t Sl.'lJillllIron and Brass Beds, They tlrc unusually handoome, dean and graceful det.i.'iIK: l'mI)' the best malerial used and. like our entire line. perH fedly constructed. Our new calaloli:ue No. 18 i. beautifully illustrated in four colors, cuis 9Jr' I and will be sent to any Furniture De a [e r upon request. ART BEDSTEAD CO. 3710-20 Rockwell st. CHICAGO, ILL. BrallS Tr;RlII1ed Iron Bed No, 3790, Price $8 00 _ All Brass Bed No. 1862, Price $26 00 WINI1 SIGN FRAME.S The object of a Show Window Display is to SELL GOODS The WinK Sign Frame is a scientific goods seller. It is a unique, ar-tistic' bulletin holder, ornamented with elec-tric lights, which flash out and on. WE SELL THEM M. B. WHEELER ELECTRIC CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 34 Doing One's Best. Knowledge of good work accomplished the best measure of reward for all effort. In conversation with a prominent buyer from a flourishing eastern city during the recent sum-met sale the subject of attention to business was brought forward. By this is meant the desire on the part of em-ployes to thoroughly understand their business in detail and in whole in contradistinction to the mere time serving which has been so often noted. That inclination to do only just sufficient work to hold a position, the principle idea seemingly being to hasten the moment when the pay envelope came round. Latterly, this class of employe has been described as the man who watches the dock. The buyer referred to, has been at the head of the furni-ture department of the eastern house with which he is identi-fied for something more than a year now and the head of t.he house being through failing health, unable to give the close perscmal attention to his business affairs he formerly did, this same buyer is accorded by his fellow workers the position of the second in command. This is tantamount to an admission that he has made good in the position tll which, he was called such a short time ago. To which he was called is the term most wittingly used in this connee.tion for he occupied a fairly responsible· position with another furniture house in the same city when his present employer sought him out for succession to a man who was considered one of theoest in his line in the country. "I knew to tbe older men in the house and to a certain extent to even the youngest boyan the floor I should be considered something of an interloper," he said. "I knew 1had my work cut out for me. No matter how well I should do that work there would always be plenty of eyes with a more or Jess greenish cast in them, glaring in any-thing but approval upon my every movement. As soon as I had gotten my bearings and had become upon fairly friendly relations with my assistants, I called them together olle day and said: '1 am by appointment of the man for whom we h!1 work, the head of this department. That man you all know and esteem whatever may be your feelings towards me. I will say right here, I want your friendship and con-fidence. I can only su(',ceed and \ve can all only attain that measure of success we owe Mr, Brown, by working together. IIe would not have selected me for this position had he not had confidence in my ability. I want to demonstrate to him that that confidence is not misplaced and this I can only do with your hearty assistance.' "This little talk did more than anything else to plate me on a friendly footing with my assistants and these pleasant relations have continued since that day. It was not long bdore Mr . .Brown was taken jll aml forced to go abroad for a long rest. The furniture department is but one of many in our establishment, and yet, it seemed to lie' felt I was lhe chief in his absence. This forced upon me a responsI-bility which I did not court. I had to assume -it and am glad now that I did for it ,.,'as of great value to me in husi':' ness growth. "Our men and especially those in my own department, seemed to ,'vork with greater energy after our talk and after Mr. Brown's absence had forced me into the lead. All ex-cept one man, and he was my chief assistant. I do not know what his value had been before my coming, but in view of the fact that I was taken from another establishment to be chief of the furniture department, when the place by reason of seniority belonged to him, leads me to believe he had not given the heed to his own progress which a man should. He was a young man and a good house salesman to a certain extent. I noticed at times though, that he did not seem to have much heart in his work; certainly he was making no apparent effort to extend his knowledge of the business. "Only a few weeks ago he came to Q1e and said, 'I have an order for a mahogany dresser to fill out a chamber suite and we haven't anything in stock which will answer: I asked him where he had found his bedstead and he said on the third floor, mentioning the section. I told him that right across from those bedsteads were a number of dress-ers, just the thing he wanted, and that they had been upon the floor for two weeks. I had to take him to the spot and show them. I said nothing at the time) but that evening, just before closing, I called him to my desk and said, 'Jones, when Me Brown selected me for this position, I was with a rival house. You had been here for some ten years grow-ing up in the business. You and I know Mr. Brown too well to believe he would seek a successor to his old depart-ment head, if he had a man in his employ whom he could promote. That promotion would have been yours, and the position which I hold to-day would be yours, had yOu shown that you were interested in your work. I have noticed for a long time that you seemed to care only sufficient to enable you to hold your place here. You have shown it most conclusively to-day by ignorance of stock which has been upon the floors for two weeks, and which I believe every other man in the establishment knew of.' "He had bridled t1P at this and was on the point of saying something sharp, but I stopped him with an admonition not to talk back at that time. To go home and think the mat-ter over. I told him he was not to take my words as _a call down; simply as a friendly talk. If after- thinking the matter over he considered I did not have warrant for my remarks, he was at liberty to tell me so. He took the advice and some days later, again at closing time, came to my desk and said, 'I was pretty angry at yOll the other evening and came near throwing up my position. I thought over what yOU had said, all that night. I have thought it over since. and I want now to thank vou for talk-ing to me as you did. Every word yOU said w~s the simple truth. I see where I have made my mistake.' "This is the instance of the time server. who by a few friendly words was changed into the sort of worker many employers are seeking. Not aU, but many for Mr. Brown, which is by 110 means his name and the reason for not disclosing the identity of the respective parties, is self ap-parent, is not alone in the business' world in his deSIre cO advance the interests of his helpers. "There is much cant, jn the idiom of the day, tommy-rot, connected With the assertion so often reiterated that the employers of the world ate seeking, and often in vain for the right man for the right place. The man whom they would raise to the highest pinnacle of preferment and reward. ;;Again, I have never been quite conten~ed with anything I have done. I have always wanted to do better. The contented man .is he who has about reached his limit. It isn't at all necessary to be discontented, yet an absence of contentment augers' th ..t a man is not ql1ite satisfied with what he is doing and it most naturally follows that he will . endeavor to improve in the future." THORNTON PRESCOTT CRAFT. The furniture expositions will be held as usual in. January. The usual llttmber of lines will be shown, and all the fuss and bother about one exposition or no exposition a year will be· forgotten. The prpmoters of the no exposition movement will continue to deal with scheme houses and seek government contracts, and the market bUYc='rswill, as ever, hold the bulk of the trade in their home towns. Of one thing the retailers should take notice. The manu- ~aeturers are det.e~mined to ask higher prices for their goods In January. Falhng to make sales for prices that will af-ford a reasonable margi-n of profit, they will clost their fac-tories and engage in the Life Insurance business. POOL CARS FOR PACIFICCOAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. SAN F'RANOSCO, CAUFQRN1A. make a specialty of distributingpool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARL Y, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloader in Chicago Carloader in Grand Rapids ]. M. Welling, 633 So. Jefferson Street Gelock Transfer Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE LUCE FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Makers of Medium Priced CHAMBER AND DININ.G FURNITURE E.N SUITE. SEND fOR CATALOGUE Mention Michigan Artisan $1.85 A pair for a Genuine AIl-Geese Feather Pillow, size 20 x 26 inches. A. C. A, Art or Linen Ticks, any color. Terms, lelis 5 per cent for cash 10 days. Order direct under our guarantee of satisfaction. H. B. FEATHER COMPANY Mention Michill"an ArliiiaD GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN • 35 , 36 Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 25, 1905. The Indianapolis manufacturers of furniture are having (l very big demand made on their plants this season. Trade is good with all factories and seems to be coming in from all sections of the country. The outlook for the coming year is favorable. It has been the good fortune of the Artisan's representa-tive on a recent visit to the plant of the T. B. Laycock Manu-facturing company to look over this big plant and at the conclusion of same made up his mind that the trip was an exceedingly interesting one. The methods emp[gyecl in re-lation to their department of labor is certainly most effective and progressive. Shown abollt by Mr, 1. :V1.Dean, who has charge of the company's johbitlg trade from coast to coast, the visit was' most profitable and interesting. A special feature of interest in addition to the various factory depart-ments was found on the fourth Hoor. Here is located a dining room, sample room, al1d officers' club room and a ladies' club room. The dining room provides for the serv-ing of most substantial and excellently cooked meals, to the entire force of the Laycock plant, a fact to which the Arti-san's representative can fully testify, having sampled the "Laycock goods" to a vcry matcrial extent during the dinner hour. The officers' club room is a most comfortable abiding place for the officers to meet in and enjoy moments of leisure during the noon bOHr. This room is effectively furnished with mission furniture. The-ladies' club room ,vas a rcvela-tion. Here was found a complete system of tub and shO\vet· baths, the tables provided with the best kind of reading matter, including all the latest magazines; also a nlll11bel' of couches affording plenty of opportunities for rest to the yOUflg ladies employed by this thoughtflll company. The young ladies of the Laycock factory have a Tho.,;. R Laycock literary club and also a vocal club under the direction ot IHrs. Hankenmeiet. The vocal organization was organized by Miss Fletcher, the matron. This club gives concerts hvo or three times a year. A number of the young men of the factory are also members of the vocal dub. It is also the custom of the employees to have a field day in July, at which "Rotary Style" tor Drop CarvinGS. Embossed Moulding, Panels. Etc. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. "Lateral St~le" for LarGe Capacity Hea_y CarvinQ! and Deep EmbOSSinQl We have; the Macbine YQUwalrt at a satisfactory price. Write for descriptive ciTCulars, time athletic sports take place and prizes are put up for the bencfit of the victors, The bowling club is another or·· ganization which belongs to the Mamlfacturers Bowling League. It has been determitled hy the T. B. Laycock Manufactur-ing company to convert their present factory into a power plant. About three months ago the T. B. 'Laycock Powel' Honse company was organized and with additions that are to he erected on the west side of the present plant, will occupy in all a square hounded by Tenth and Eleventh, Missouri and Fayette streets. The T. B. Laycock );lanufacturing company started plan'> last spring for a new factory to be located at Brookside Park, in the northeast section of the city, on the -;'Big Four." the Panhandle and the Belt Line. Ground was broken the middle of September and the entire plallt will he completed next spring. It- will he ncarly fire proof, is to be built of brjck walls, cement floors and the structural work will bc of steel. The new plant will be in the shape of an H. 1t wil1 be ninety feet wide and eight hundred and eighty two feet long. It wilt be a one-story structure with the exception of one portion of the plant, where the two big wings join. This will be three stories and will be devoted to the use of i{ sample room, otTices and welfare room. The capacity of the new plant will nearly double 111atof the old. The present capacity is 1200 spring beds, 700 woven wire cots and 700 iron beds per day. The new site consisted originally of 120 acres, of which twenty-five or thirty acre~, will be retained. the balance sold for lots, on which many of the e111ploye~ of the company will erect homes. Ten or twelve aCTes or the twenty-five or thirty will be converted into a garden, lawns, and an artificial lake, fed by springs. Manager Laycock, when questioned said, "vVe have been having a good trade from al1 sectiolls of the country. The south has not been so good on account of the yellow feaver in Louisiana and Mississippi, but it is now improving," Fire broke out in the works of thc National Dry Kiln company at about I:.10 o'clock A. M., Oct. 20th, anti con-siderable damage was inflicted. The plant is valued at $50,- 000 and the loss was placed at abont$30,ooo, The fire i.:;; sUPlwsed to have originated in the boiler room, which is situated in the west end of the building and the ,heaviest damage was in that part of the structure. The b'uilding was of frame, a story and a half high and abotlt 200 feet in length. The works were operated as two separate depart~ ments. One department was devoted to the mal1ufaeture of Embossinu and DrOD Garvinu Ma6hln6S Machines for a" purposes, and at prices within the reach of all. EveryMachine has our guar-antee against breakage for one year 7IRT I15'AJ"l PSi? $"ffl 37 YOURS FOR THE ASKING A CATALOGUE OF The Estey Standard Line Large and complete and can't be beat. Drop a postal card to ESTEY MANUFACTURING Co. owosso, MICH. kilns used iOt drying brick and lumher and the other was the boiler-making department. VV'. IVI. Jillson is president of the company. The other officers are: Edward Gerrard, vice-president; D. C. Jillson, secretary, and C. H. Gerrard, manager. It is reported lllat lske Bros., h,tllit\.ue dcalen, are con-templating disposing of their fetail business and embarking ill the manufacture exclusively of upholstered furniture. The \-Vestern Furniture company, lU<ttlttfacturers of cham-ber suites and chiffoniers, is one of the Indianapolis plants which is being taxed to the utmost this Season. !d,lnager \V. L. Hagedorn says a hig dcmand is coming frolll all sec-tions. The J. CFliTschman company, manufacturers of mat-tresses ;111dbedding, arc also ll:tving a big trade this year. The company's business comes principally from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and lndlana. The company occnpies at pre-sent a very substnntial and nnv plant ·which was built espec-ially to cllable tllC company to make use of the hea\'y mach-ines they operate. J. G. Flaherty, of Smith, Day & Company, chair manu-facturers, made an Ollt of town business trip during the mid-dle of October. This well known company has been rlllllling nights in order to meet lilc demands of their hig trade. The Udell vVorks, (A. \V. Cobb, manager), are getting- 011t a lot of new samples for thc January sea~Ol1 and their Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Best Made, Bell Finished. B~I Values, All Made (rom Th01"<J.ugbly Seas.<:.ned Stock No. 435 Dining Table Top 54)[.54. Made in Quartered 0&11. and Mahogany. Full PQI-ished. Nick.el Casters . . LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN. exhibit will be again al 14Il Michigan aventJe, Chicago, on the fourth floor, during the Jattuary season. The display will he larger than ev<:;rbefore and Manager Cobb says there \"ill be some radical changes and some decided surprises. "If the demaud keeps up we win have to run nights," said ~iIal1agcT Cobb. The .Pie! Brothers Manufacturing company, corner 3.1ad-iSOll avenne and Ray streets, are erecting an addition 80 x 35 feet to their pfant. The same will he used for warehollse purposes. This company is having an excellent trade) the south being well represented in the demand. M. Clllne & Sons, manufacturers, is another Ol1e of the Indianapolis houses that has been kept very bllSY. The hulk of this campallY's tradc comes from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentncky. The company is getting out another big line for the coming year. The Central Chair company have been funning their new plant nights for some time past. Old Hickory's Improvements. The Olel Hickory Chair Factory. of Martinsville, Ind., have b<.:cn incrcasi"g their power (hwing the. summer months and also added several dry killl,S The trade of this com-pally has been very satisfactory during 1905, says Mr. Shire-man. 38 UNDERTAKERS CORNER. Facts and Incidents Pertaining to the Profession. An Ionia, Mich., undertaker, who has been 46 years in the business, made the first "what-not's" and the first round-cornered spindled beds ever built in Ionia and Greenville, and also put on sale the first coffins in the county that were not made to measure.. In the funeral line, were all his sub-jects to rise and congregate in one place while he sang the lusty song, "I Gather Them In," it would reqllire an attdi-totium capable of holding 6,800 persons. • • • Those Indiana undertakers are so hot after business that one of them replevined a corpse from another the other day. It may yet become necessary for Indiana pedestrians to fur-nish positive proofs of life in order to get past the embalm-ing parlors. • • • In addres~ing the state undertakers Governor Hoch of Kansas told them he would not crack any jokes upon such a grave occasion. Hence his address was rather a stiff talk that will never be embalmed in the casket of memory. • • • "There are too many undertakers in Milwaukee for the amount of business here.." said C. B. Bi.rong, a casket sales-man from Chicago, in Milwaukee recently. "The vital statistics the past two months both in Chicago and Milwau-kee were awful-so low. Milwaukee is one of the strongest towns for cremation, too. The undertaking bpsiness hcre is in the hands of a few of the largest undertakers. They complain, too .. that money is tight. Money is often tied up in the settling of estateS. "Cremation will not do away with the demand for coffins, because they must be used in transferring the body to the crematory. But cheaper caskets are used for this purpose." "Casket manufacturers are meeting in Chicago to agree upon a raise in prices. They have been cutting prices for ninety days and wish to restore them. The idea that there is a large profit in caskets is erroneous. It originated from some poor widow's buying a too expensive casket." • • • The embalmers of the state of Michigan have received orders from the State Board of Health, to asset"'hle in Lan-sing on November 15th, to qualify for the pract\ 'Of their profession. • • • The pastors of New Albany, Ind.,have resolved to \::onduct no more Sunday funerals. That does not matter. The funeral director who cannot put up a Sunday funeral service bHter than any clergyman, does not amount to much in his business. • • • Oakland, Cal., is greatly agitated over the opening of an undertaking shop in·the fashionable Lakeside district of that city, by one John E. Anden:;on. Mass meetings of the resi-dents were held, h\lt he paid no attention to them. An 10- jtlllction against him was then obtained, but it was dissolved. Then an ordinance was passed, providing that no under-taking establishment should be established inside of the fire limits. This ordinance, if enforced, would compel Henderson to close his place of business, unlesf! he obtained a permit from the Board of Public Works, and this, it is understood, he can not do. He says, however, that he will continue to do business in spite of the ordinance, which he claims, is invali.d. The residents around his lllace are determined that the ordinanc,e shall be enforced and Henderson may be ar-rested. He has announced that if this is done he will appeal any decision 2.gainst him to the Supreme Court, jf neces-sary. Southern Growth. The report of the SO\lthern Railway Company is all inter-esting document. Tape readers, of course, will fasten eager-ly upon the statement that its net income and surplus over charges each increased about a million dollars. Truly this is an e'ncouraging statement, but interest in it is narrow com-pared with facts affecting the territory which the railway serves. Thus we learn that "along the lines of the Southern Railway Company during the year ended June 30, 1905, there were completed and put into operation 46 textile mills, 34 fur-niture factories, 38 iron industries, 6 tanneries, 77 stone quar-ries and coal mines, 13 cottonseed oil plants, 8 fertilizer works. and more than 500 smaller industries. Over 250 previonsly existing plants were enlarged during the year and 54 new industries were under construction at the close of the year." All this along the lines of only 7,000 miles of railway! \iVhat must have been the growth along the aggregated 200,- 000 miles and more in the United States? And what do the>ie dull figures mean in men and money? Every mill re-quired capital and operatives. Captains of industry trans-late sueh facts into terms of immigration and investment which spell wealth not for the railway primarily, but for the community. Nor is this the top of the boom in the opinion of the men on the spot. The report continues: "Underlying conditions are favorable to further increase in industrial de-velopment along and adjacent to the company's lines." This is what the cotton crop is doing for the South and it" railways in a yellow fever year. The permanenCe of growth of this sort is its most im-portant characteristic. All wealth comes from the soil, but it does not come equally in all years. In business, too, there are fluctuations. but with a difference. When a mill is b11ilt, when an immigrant settles, it is something like insurance of permanent addition to thc resources of the d.istrkt, as well as the rai1way. Thereafter their interests are indis-soluble, The mill may make more or Jess money; but like the railway, it cannot be removed. Nor do settlers upon the soil move easily. Their roots are set deeper than the forest king's. They can only prosper by finding a market for their products, and for that they are dependent upon railways. But they must get a dollar before the railways can get a share of it. It is .1 maxim of railway administration that no railway can prosper in the adversity of its customers, and that their prospcrity must precede the railways. No money is made upon passengers and freight which are not carried, and no railway traffic moves unless there is profit in it for the shippers as well as for the carrier. Yet there are those in influential places who seek to antagonize these hand-in-hand interests. It is portentous to think of damage to rail-way investors through damage to railways. It is calami-tOllS to think of the results to communities if railway enter-prise is paralysed by confiscatory or benumbing legislation. The Southern Railway and its tributary region are doing so well together that it is prudence to leave well alone, lest it be worsened by departnres framtried and proved policies. -New York Times. One of the secretaries of the Japanese legation Silent a few days in Grand Rapids recently studying the business of manufacturing furniture. The doors of the hig shops swing open for his entry withotlt question: The secretary went home with the determination to establish a furniture factory in Tokio, and in the course of time the Japanese will compete with the manufacturers of the United States for the trade of the Pacific Coast. Christopher Blake, deceased, formerly manufactured fur-niture in Boston. Five grand-children have united in an action to break his will. Deceased left an estate valued at $1l7,ooo. As has been stated above, he was engaged in the furniture business and many in the trade have repeatedly demanded a reply to the question, "How did he get it?" - -- ------------------------ HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CUICAGO. ILL. MANUFACTVRERS 'OF Chamber SUites, Odd Dressers, Chiffoniers LADIES' DRESSING T4BLES to match SOME OF OUR NEW DRESSERS-Made in Quarter-Sawed Oak. Oval or Square GIa..8 Maae in Golden Oak, Genuine Mahogany Veneered, Birdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish. We also make a line of PRINCESS DRESSERS from $13.00 up, in Quarter-Sawed Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If you have not received our SpriIlg Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS Ut9 Mi~hlp.n AnuM, and HALL & KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Do You Use CLAMPS? We now own the BENEDICT PATENTS and make all kinds of CLAMPS FOR FURNITURE WORK. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 130 South Ionia Street, GR.ANDR.APIDS. MICUIGAN. RICHMOND RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN 39 -------------------~--- The Wholesale Furniture Exhibition Building 1323- I 325 Michigan Avenue CHICAGO A BUILDING DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO THE EXHIBITION OF FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE EN T IRE YEA R ==========~lINES READY JANUARY IST, 1906========~ ABuilding whose lines A FEW FEATURES will be kept intact the year round, enabling furniture dealers t 0 make their selections, at any time they may c a II, from complete and unbroken lines. i § § i lIJEJIiIl11tijt =.1iiilliiiiJ[jfi I ! PERMANENT DISPLAY IDEAL LOCATION INDIVIDUAUTY NO CROSSING OF ALLEYS OR BRIDGES WELL LIGHTED FRONT ENTRANCE ALL.FLOORS FACE THE AVENUE No sacrificing 0 f samples at large dis-counts with only two months service. A competent corps of salesmen in charge at all times. ~WRITE FOR FLOOR DIAGRAM Some good space on a few floors still for rent. Apply before it WHOLESALE FURNITURE EXHIBITION is all taken. -BUILDING- 1323 AND T32S MICHIGAN AVENUE, Containing a comprehensive and complete display of all lines of furniture. embracing Parlor Furniture, Metal Beds, Chamber Suits, Dining Room Furniture, Chairs, Rockers, and everything going to make up a Complete exhibition. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO GEO. D. WILLIAMS COMPANY, lessors Wide~Awake Furniture Merchants Will Always Have OUR BIG NEW CATALOGUE 17 On File for Instant Reference. Frequently customers cannot be sold from stock on hand. Then turn to our Catalogue. Nine times out of ten, the most exacting customer will make a selection from it. "Nothing Succeeds LiKe Success" Keep in close touch with the best selling line of Couches. Sofa Bed", Davenports and Adjustable Sofas. We make a long, strong line of Leather work in "Reliance" and natural grain leather. We guarantee "Reliance" Leather to be the best made. Our "Chautauqua" Box couch is a mar-velously quick seller at retail. It should be a staple in every stock. "Simplicity" Sofa Beds are sold from coast to coast. "Kingspring" Couch construction is the easiest spring work ever devised. Our goods are the recognized standard for style and quality. Send for our big new catalogue 17. It is full of money makers. Send now. JAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, CANNOT TELL YOU the details of our NEW LINE for the coming Season of trade Laraest Factory In the World devoted escluslvel,. to the production of Chamber Furniture. It Will be worth coming thousands of miles to see. In the meantime we have GOOD THINGS on hand for early shipment. Write us for particulars. COMPANY of Everything for the Bedroom GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SLIGH FURNITURE. Makers 42 Busy Factories in Shelbyville. Shelbyville seems to be a beehive of industry. Such was the observation made by the l\Jichigan Artisan's representa-tive on the occasion of his visit here a few days ago. Re-ports from every furniture factory were such as to show that it would scarcely seem possible for the furniture in-dustries of this thriving city to do more than they arc dojn~~ at the present time. Many of the plants halle been obliged to rim their factories not only in the day time, but for a certain number" of hours each night as well. Certain it is that Shelbyville-mauufactmcrs seem 19 be getting more than their share of the patronage from the furniture trade. It was the -privilege of the Artisan's reporter to visit the hig plant of the Conrey & Birely Table Co., manufactun·.rs of center and library tables, toilet tables, pedestals and tab-ourettes. This mammoth plant is being taxed to the utmost in order to get out the orders that have been poring in upon them. President and manager, CharJes L. Davis, t'eports that trade with his company has been a wonderful one this year, the east and west contributing to a large extent to the big volume of business dpne. Trade in the south also has been very good notwithstanding the yellow fever epidemic. The Company is now getting out their January patterns, all of which will be seen at I3I9 Michigan avenue, Chicago, this coming January season. The Conrey & Birely Table company have a force of three hundred and fifty men employed the year around and the company's business is increasing year by year. Notwith-standing the erection of a hig four-story stnlcture as an ad-dition to the already big plant, the demands of their trade has been such as to keep this big institution busy all through the year, The company's lumber yard covers an area of from ten to fifteen acres. Thirteen cars of furniture are 10aderl daily and such is the system in the packing and assembling-rooms that without a qucstion more stuff is turned out by the Conrey & Birely Table company than by any other furni-ture plant in the country. The Conrey-Davis Mfg. Co., mallufacttlfers of extension tables, costumers, plate racks, medicine cabinets, etc., have been running nights for some time past. Secy.-treas. Lee C. Davis, states that they are oversold .to tJJe 1st of January. The day force. has been employed to do the night work as well as· the day, but as the demand was too much upon them the work of running nights was discontinued tempo-rarily. This company huilt a dry kiln in June, installing also a ·lot of extra machinery, thereby increasing their ca-pacity by one-third. Yet the situation remains the same, vii. that they are still oversold. This company is getting auf their line of January patterns, which will be shown on the 8th floor of Manufacturers Exhibition Bldg., 1319 Michi-gan avenue. The C. H. Campbell Furniture company, manufacturers of hall furniture is another concern that has been running nights, but because of the demand made upon the day force, who were doing the night work also, President Campbell says the night work was given up. Trade with this company has been very good in every section of the country and in fact, has been more than they could take care of. The plant employs 125 hands, A fine line of new patterns will be shown in January. l\h. Campbell states that the demand seems to center on weathereu, golden and English oak finishes. Another stri
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Ninth Year-No. 15 FEBRUARY 10, 1909 Semi-Monthly ~----------_._-----------,-------- I I I!I III ,I!II ·TH.ROW OUT All Disk, Drum and Spindle Sanders are money wasters. ---------------., !I There is not a piece of sanding that our PATENTED SAND BELTS Will NOT POLISH BETTER AND FASTER 400 machines already in operation. Why give your competitor an advantage over you in this department? No. 171 SAND Bl!:LT MACHINE. JanItATENTED 12th. 1897 May 17th, 1904 Novomb", 14th. 1905 Febiuary 13th, 1906 October 2nd. 1906 Will sand and polish flat surfaces. all irregular work in your sanding department. Ask for catalogue E. WYSONO« MILES CO., Cedar St. and !'ou. R. R. OREENSBORO, N. C. The Best"Truck--The Strongest Truck Tbis is the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds whUe with the other trucks it takes three '!:nen." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleabie iron fork. This is tbe truck YOU are looking,for if you wish to invest in ratber than waste 'money on factory trucks. I Gillette Roller Bearing CO. ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIOAN The Lightest Running, Longest Laating " 1 , I "ABC" Vertical Self-Oiling Engine_ are Arr,QDged for Direct CoDneetion to Any Make of Generator ''The highest quality of material, workmanabip and finish ever embodied in steam engine con-struction." "ABC" Questions on Lighting if you need a boiler to run your engine and you use Ex-haust Steam for heating and drying, how in the world can any-one sell you electric current for lighting your mill, fal:tory and yard as cheaply as you can generate your own? Can you affird to belt a generator from your line shaft or can you direct connect a dynamo to any ordinary steam engine when an "ABC" VERTICAL ENCLOSED SELF-OILING ENGINE WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN ONE YEAR IN SAVINGS OF OIL AND FUEL? rou can affird an "ABC" ENGINE and we can prove it. Write us number of lights or kilo-watts wanted, together with steam pressure carried- for proposition. Get catalog 232 M. A. anyway. ~ II."""I".II· '1Il,I'!"'III\I, ,\1""""\1\, '111""""'11 '1,111"''''''''11" "'''''''''''1'1. . Principal Office: 1'\' , . 'F+r' DETROIT, MICH. I 'I I 1 . Works • \\1",.,1,',,, I,lll~" Illh""",llllh',."", 1",,,,,,,,'111 DETROIT, MICH. and TROY, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS MENOCISLTOSAEIDR DSERLYFKOILIUNNSG. ENGINES. "DETROIT. · ."NONS_ERPEATRUARTNING TORf'APS. HEATINGAND VENTILA1"INCAPPARA1"US. AU1"OMA1"ICRETURN'RAPS. 1New York. Chkago, Sales Offices St. Loui •• philadelphia. . Pitttburw. Atlanta. "ABC" ~-_._----_._---------------_._--.... SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furn-ished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. • • No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls, GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN • --------- :'llCHIGAN ARTISAN .--._-- IIIIII III Iv ~.~. ,-, II II ::::!!~~~ No 20 GlueH•• 'e.. CHAS. E, FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville,lnd, No.GGlueHe., ... ~----------------------------------_._---_! .... I I II ,j Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Etc., Etc. These Specialties are used aU Over the World Power Feed Clue Spreadinlr Machine, Single, Double aDd Combination. (P.IItenled) (Size8 12 in. to 84 in wide.) THE ADOPTED Hand Feed GlueiD8 Machine (Patent pendiDll.) Many styl •• and aize .. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS ._-_._-------------------------_._-----. II II I I• !, I REGARDING SHADE OF The ALI1"ietta Fumed Oak Acid stain will produce perfectly that g-reenish brmvn tint adopted by the Furniture ~lallufactttrers' Associa-tion. It is also made to match any special ",bade desired. Stains red and white oak alike aiving a uni-form color. It raises the grain so little and penetrates so deeply that it can be sanded perfectly smooth without cutting tllroug-h the stain. \\Trite for sample panel or a sample of the staill. MARIETTA PAINT and COLOR CO. MaRIETTa. 0"'0 ~-------------------------------------- .---------- ,! IIIIII ,III III IIII FUMED OAK ~ A Perfect ~~ Stain ~ GOLDEN OAK / / Try / This NEPTUNE LIQUID WAX A superior preparation ready for use that will be found practic,al and economical where an economical wax fin-ish is desired. It is a coater and a wax combined produc-ing a finish impervious to water. writ. for Sample. \Vhethcr yon want the Grand Rapids shade of Golden Oak, or any other shade, ,ve CUI match it pedcctly jn our liamous Golden Oak Oil Stain This is a p()\verlul, penetrat-ing stain. write for Sample. .---- i WHITE PRINTING CO. I I I I GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I I . HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COnPLETE I• I ,I ---_._----------------_._-----_._----~ .. z MICHIGAN ARTISAN [THE)3I~ WHITE~SHOPl I - ,I We Furnish Every Article of Printing I Needed by Business Men I I I i I I I ' I I : I I I I I I ! I j : ! : I II WHITE PRINTING COMPANY I,I I r THE BIG WHITE- SHopl , :;; .. Grand Rapids, Mich. 108, 1l0, and 112 North Division Street, ~--- --- GRAND RAP!:::3 29th Year-No. I5. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .. FEBRUARY 10. 1909. =====~.~==== ==== $1.00 per Year. The Death of Competition. ::\Jr. Carnegie had such a merry time with the \-Vays and Mcans Committee that he wishes to repeat it before a Com-mittee of the 'Vholc of all Americans upon the state of t:1C Ullioll. 1\Ir. Carnegie casts his eagle eye ahead~a long way ahead-811d sees the d;:i'\Nllof a new era, in which all prices ,,,,ill be regulated by an industrial court. \Vith profound solemnity he rcmarked--- Jookin:; out of the other eye-that the most momentous change in history is now working- itself out. The change from the system of home VI/ark, each man owning his tools and his product, to the factory system, when he sells his labor instead of his product, beCatlse he \vorks with another m;:t11'stools and produces for the aCCOunt of the owner of the tools, "vas less momentolls than WJlat IVIr. Carnegie detects as no-w proceeding. This is a bigger prob-lem- and therefore a merrier jest--than even the tariff prob-lem, about which 1\fr. Carnegie succeeded in settillg the COUll try laughing, although some of the smiles were all the wrong side of the mouth. VI/ e need borrow no anxieties. Me Carnegie is going to have the tariff settled bv a com-missi01l, and after we get the nC\V tariff the trltst~ will be compelled to sdl their products at prices satisfactory to all The trusts will still exist, since "ve cannot abolish them. But we can control them. A supreme industrial' court will have to be created, and eventually will have to pass upon prices-disguise this as we may. This is even a larger question than the tariff. It is. /\lso it is the biggest question save one. There is nothing more fundamental than the Cjueston of prices. save the question of morals. Some, especially the Socialists. have thought the question of morals included the question of prices, but Mr. Carnegie Jistinguishesand settles the ques-tion of prices upon purely economic considerations, begin-uing by abolishing competition. Personally competition ",,'as good enough for him. \A/hen he was ill trade "he cut prices to keep the mills going.." but 110\'" the Steel Trust "refuses to make any concessions which will put their idle men at \vork" The Steel -Trust is practically omnipotent. hence the industrial cOllrt to arrange prices for it and its con-sumers "to their mutual satisfaction. It would be a pity to discuss seriollsly this newest devel- OpmeJlt in the new era in ·which old principles are of no ac-count. Speaking solely according to tradition it will be recalled that the era of unrestricted and uneconomic com-petitioJl v,,"hich 111'. Carnegie recalls \vith such unction satis-fied nobody hut himself. He sold cheap goods for a profit, and his wages aggregated less than his prices, as app<2ars from tile fact that he did not go broke. I-T e never saw the day when he could prodw:::e so cheaply as the trust of to-day. After the orgy of cheapness from which )"Ie Carnegie emerged triumphant the country required alrnost ;15 many years for recuperation as it is now taking months after a worse depression. and the result was the establishment of the trust. whose. trade, Mr, Carnegie says,. will' be regulated hy a COllrt of prices. )'h. Carnegie's plan is, of' course, beyond criticism. al-though el-'en he admits th.9.t,Hke the I~1ter-State Commerce Commission, his court of prices "mav make mistakes.'" He takes no individual interest in the effect of his plan. It is, therefore, ,,,,ith entire detachment that he witl take tIle few hurdles before his plan can be accepted in its entirety. \Vill his court of prices settle the prices for all sellers of iron, for instance, or only for the trust? If the prices are as low as the trust can afford it win do all the business, since there cannot be two prices in the same market. Thus the com-petitors would be starved to death. Or if the court's price is high enough for the trust's competitors to thrive the trust \"'ould be aggrandized intolerably. Suppose the court's price failed to revive trade-would th1O'court mandamus con-sumers to buy? Snppose the unions advanced wages-would the court advance prices? Or would the court fix wage$ as well as price.s? In that caSe would not the court of prices be abollt aU there is of the United States Government? \"'Y" e SuppOse, though, that }lr. Carnegie spoke rather as a prophet than as an advocate of price regu[atioll.-N. Y. Timcs. @ * @ A Shop Mark Campaign. Vi,Then a malHlfac:turer decides that the quality of his work is so high that it deserves an emblem or name by ·which consumers may distinguish it from other makes and futly resolves to enter upon a campaign of publicity, he should take into consideration the condition of the market and the strength of the dealers selling his goods. He should count upon strong opposition from the start, as the dealer holds steadily to the right to purchase goods from whom he pleases and to conceal their I1Cimes. 1\"ot infrequently dealers inform patrons that the stock they purchase is mallufactured by themselves. In discussing t:le experiences of a large manufacturing corp,oration in enforcing the po!"icy of shop marking their goods. an official of the same said: "vVe COllllted the cost carefully before we entered upon the campaign, expecting to Jose considerable trade, alld sevcral of our oldest and most valued customers closed their accounts. But having determined to attach Ollr trade mark to cvery piece we turned out, our only course "vas to pursue that policy to the end. A great deal of corres-pondence resulted, ill which we set up the claim that having expended vast sums of money in perfectitlg our line aod in prcsenting its quality to the public through the employment of the magazines, it would be unjust to ourselves to permit the lll.arketing of our goods unless our shop mark had been attached to the same. '1'"\\'0 prominent firms joined ill a demand that their orders be filled with unl11arked goods or cancelled. \,Ve promptly notified the orl11s that. while wc greatly regretted to do so, their orders should be cancelled. Vie recognized the fact that the firms would have no difficulty in obtaining goods, but not our goods." @ * @ Improvement Predicted. Secretary Linton of the National Case 1Iakers' Associa-tion reports t]wt the sales of case goods during the month of January in the United States amounted to seventy-five per cent of a normal amount, He thinks there will be an im-provement in sales with the opellillg of spring. 4 MICHIGAN •,I I ARTISAN Cut Drawer Bottoms Write us for Prices on Rotary I ! in BASSWOOD, BIRCH, POPLAR or GUM FOUR CHAIRS SOLD FOR $7,200. Top Price at the Auction of Talbot Taylor's Furniture. A suite of four chaiTs of the 'period of Louis XV., with carved and gilded frames, upholstered in Hauvais tapestry, formed the chief feature at the closing sess;on of the sale of the Talbot Taylor collection in New York. The designs of the tapestry represent scenes from La Fontaine's Fables after Oudry. The bidding started at $2,000 for the lot and rose quickly to $7,100. There was a pau,se of nearly a minute and ther! H. O. Watson said $7,200 and no one went any higher The next piece sold was a.threefold srreen of the same period iti a gilded frame of similar design, with glazed upper panels and lower panels in Bauvais tapestry in designs copier! after pastorals by BOllcher. This went to r. J. Smathers fo!" $2.450. He bought in addition to the screen two chairs of the same period similar to the Duvcen set, for which he paid $3,600, a,nd some notable specimens of Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Flemish and Italian Renassance furniture. as well as some wood carvings of an earlier date. Notable among these was a divan of the period of Louis XIV., with carved oak frame, taper legs and shaped stretch- <>rs,upholstered in old tapestry au point. for which he p~i1 $$25; a French divan of the seventeenth century, resembhng somewhat in design the old alcove bed and upholstered in t!,c verdure Flemish tapestry, which he secured after a spiriteli c-9mpetition f()r- $400, and a French four-post bedstead of the fifteenth century, with carved panels which were originally part of a judge's tribunal in a provincial court of justice, which cost him $395. Another of Mr. Smathei's purchases \yas an elmwood (Irawiilg table of the LouisXIV period, with turned and twist- ...d legs and extending leaves. It was started at $100 a.lld brought $315. He bought also the only specimen at the sale of sixteenth century Italian carved oak, a massive arm chair, with high back, ormnamellted with cheruhs' heads in relid and conventional foliage and upholstered in red Genoese cut velvet This chair, although it was specialTy praised by the a.uctioneer, hung fire ;tt first and it was with considerable difficulty that an offer of $25 was secured for it. Three or four persons discovered at this point that they wanted it badly, and it was fina.l1y knockf<'d down for $37{). He secured also one of the armchairs upholstered in old Cor. dova leather, five of which were offered. This was a IlwingeJ 3rmchair" of unique design, and had it not been for the fact that the leather on the seat was split would have brought the Hghest price of the group. It went for $1_~5.while all of the ethers brought more A. C. James paid $210 for one and $170 for another and $200 for a third. and Eastman Johnson se~ cured one which had been purchased from Duveen Brothers for $145. . A slxteenth century Flemish table of carved elmwood went to J. H. l\forgan for $400 and J. T. Tower paid $130 for a H'lemish armchair of carved oak, with caned seat and back. The only piece of Chippendale offered was a mahogany cabinet, carved in Chinese style, with canopien top and glazed front. It was divided into three compartments and stood on ('ight legs It was a combination of two designs figured by r:hippendale on plates CIX. and eXI. in his "Gentleman and Cabinetmakers" published in 1754. It was purchased by J. O. Wright, a dealer, for $1,000. J. B. Leaventritt bought a c'haise longue of the period 0" T ouis XIV., upholstered in tapestry au point. which was said to be one of the earliest existing examples, for $365, and Mrs. E. H. Frisbee secured for $800 a pair of console tables of the period of Louis XV. of carved and gilded wood with tops of Volette Breche marble. 1-1rs. Frisbee bought also several specimens of early wood carvings of saints and angels, among 'vhich were two of the seventeenth century with polychro-matic decoration, for which she paid $95 each. A. V. Dick-son bought two plaster panels of carved oak in Italian Ren-aissance design for $170, and a French panel of the fifteentr century representing the IILord's Supper," for $85. One of the best-of the Louis XVI. commodes, of which ~('vera I were offered. was bought by Worting-ton Whitehouse fo!' $165. It was the work of a provinc.iaI ...a.binetmaker, and was inlaid with apple. pear and peach woods. A Louis seize divan of carved oak with festoons around the lower .rail and loose cushions of old red cut velour went 10 P. Armour Valentine for $375. R. S. Knight paid only $170 for a commode of tulip wood nl1d marqueterie with ormolu mounts, which the auctionee" said was worth $2,000, and Worthington Whitehouse was tho:. ."'l1ccessful bidder for a Louis Seize boudoir suite of walnut ,vith carved seats and back. It cost him $180. Another commode, of the Louis Quinze period, went tn ),frs. H. S. Philips for $100, and Mrs. C. D. Dickey purchased a Louis Quinze sofa in a caned, gilded and painted frame, witb, loose cusiohn is onld hrocade, with two armchairs and three side chairs to match, in separate lots for $295. An escritoire, style Louis XV., sold for $560; a small sofa, 'with Oriental carvings and Beauvais tapestry, for $1,950; a fourfold screen for $1,950; and a threefold screen for $1,200. The total amount realized by the sale was $100,000. Miss Hamilton paid $167.50 for a Louis Seize carved wal-nut side chair upholstered in old Flemish tapestry and a Louis freize armchair with shaped walnut frame brought $130. It ,vent to L. W. Sprague.-New York Sun. MICHIGAK ARTISAN 5 ~• ------- -----------------------~I I =SEE I -- I West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I .I._--- f~or -"IG-"--GR-a-D-E -PU-N-C"ES and DIES J I j r------- A~~~~~~~Ai~o-1.:1~?H~~ OROOVINO SA WS I I I up to 5-16 thick. I I R,ffpafrlng.....Satisfactlon guaranteed. I Citizens' Phone 1239. I 21N.Msrke'S ... ""sDdRsplds.Mleh. I I 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS ~------_._--- ---' .-------_._-------- ..... --------------------~ IMPROVED. EASY 'ND ELEVATORS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electric and Hand Power, The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue alld Price,;. KIMBALLBROS. CO., 1067 N;nlh St.. Council BlUffs, la. I r Kimball Elevator Co.• 3~ ProspectSt., Cleveland,0.; I 108 11th St., Omaha, N~b.; l-WCedar St., New York City. ...----- ---------- ...... , -'" IB. WALTER & CO. fNAD~~~~1 M,nDf"",'w 0'- T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively I _____________ --4 I WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ~------ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. lbills •,I ,I , !I .--------------------.~ ! I I I I II West Si~e 36 Inch Ban~ Saw Machine, ! ,--- Gleason Patent Sectional Fee~ Roll, I ;;s~;~~U~'~TW~(~)RDKS..;Y I I CRANO RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. I AGE ....TS, Chicago Machinery Exchanll('; Eby. Machinery Co., 3:'·41 Main St., San hancisco, I I ea!; H. \V. Petrie, "Il-Ill foc Canlld.-o/Ji(f·s" t I T oTonlo, Montreal and Vanc<JlIver, : ~------------------------ --------~ ~f ------T-H-E-------------------------------~ : ! Wellin~toft notel I i f::k~~baB~uf:v~r~ ; I ::'n~Lf,<~;a:~, I , $i 50,000 I Hot and cold running II water and long dis-tance 'phone .. in aU I:: rOioo" rooms, I00 with I bath. Sinllie or en Illite. Rates $1.00 and upwards. One of the mosl unique dininll rooms in the country. • OUT famous Indian Cafe. I • ~OTED FO~ ~£RVICE,"0 CUI~IN~ • I McClintock and Bayfield ~ •"-________PR_O_P_S_. ---.IiI --_._-----_. ---_.-., -~ These saws are ,I made from No.1 Steel and we war- : Tant every blade. : We also carry a t full stock of Bev- : eled Back Scroll : Saws. any length I and gauge. 't ,, I Write Oil for Price LIst aod dl8COunt 6 MICHIGAN ARTISAN KNOCKERINO WANTS FACT. He for One Would Not Hurt Another Man's Credit. Mr. Kllockcrino walked \'Vit:lOUt knocking into the office of a busy acquaintance, deposited himself on the edge of the busy acquaintance's desk, lit a cigarette without asking the typewriter girl whether she liked Turk smoke and unfolded himself: Hay-a, there, old workhorse! See you're working your head off, as usuaL Bad habit. Injurious. Oilght to relax. \Vhy don't you take a little trot down to Florida? Or Cuba? Or Porto Rico? How's that? Haven't the time? That's what they ail say. That's-- Oh, say, talking about Florida, d'je know tilat Jim-- Oll, well, I guess Jim'll Slip me the money some old time, hut they teU me that Jim i~m't such a prompt slipper as he might be. Jim's all right, 1 guess, and all that. Jim thinks, I im-agine, tbat just because he's been having a bit of trouble with his wife-huh? Hadn't heard about it? \\lhy, everybody knew all about that" I thought-that he's excusable for over-looking these little matters, but~ By tlle way, talking about the domestic. gag, have you heard that Ed Giddap's wife's gone back to her folks out west somewhere? Had a wireless on that last night. Didn't knock me off the bench or anything, that new". I kind o'[jgurcd right along that sOoner or later Ed would be nailed with tlle goods. Ed, you know, had been handing it out to his wife for years that his every night downtown moochngs around were due to the fact that he belonged to a whole passel of lodges and things, but a ""vhileago, it seems, she sort of wised up and found that Ed didn't belong to any other lodge except the Tenderloin Sleep Duckers Associa-tion and the Bed Haters Society, and from hitting that trail "he got hep to all the rest of it, so that when Ed' got home to the flat from his office ,one evening last week he found little l\lrs. Helpmatie had done gone away from here, and Ed went roaring and blubbering around and telling every-body his troubles, including the janitor and 'the cop on the beat, about his troubles, and he ouly got the hoot, of course, which a fellow is bound to get when: he becomes bleaty about his family troubles and all 0' that. General opinion seems to be that Eddie got just what he's been due faT <l. long while,. She took the young 'uns along with her, and that made Ed cra7.y of course, and he's been walloping the old redeye to beat the band ever sine.e it hap-pened, and the first thing he knows he'll be holding down one of those little ""hite cots with the green rabbits doing wing dances for him on the foot board. Say, I see you've got one of those calendars of the San LUls Oblspo Gold Mining Company stuck lJp over your desk. Did you bite on that stuff too? Ha, hal \\leU, well! So you got busy- with your little nibbler and took a knaw on that bait, hey? Ho, ho! ig~piQs,f\ie~ Wen, you haven't got anything on me. T bought ahout fourteen pounds of those shares for seven cents a share, waiting for that sure thing rise to 80 e.ents within siKty days, hut I haven't got it any more-leave it to 'your little play-mate Ethelbert not to have any of it any more. I stuck around for about a month with mine and then '1 sold it to Jack Sophtsky for nine eents a share, and ever since then Jack has been staking me to the Peary glare every time he's seen me, Don't think, old horse, that I'm trying to tip you off that Jack is the dandiest little COffi.:onon the whole Isle of 1'Iall-hattan, but if you happe1f-h<1, 11aI-to have any old pttnker-ino certificates for anything from a patellt chimney clean(~r to a borax mine in :':0 1\l<1n'sLand kicking around and wallt to unload the stuff why all you've got to do-ho, bo!-i3 to pin Jack against the wall in some shadowy corner and tell him what grand p"-pcrs the.y are, and he'll-- Talking abont grand papers, I was in a little game of draw the other night, and At Noluck was in the game, and, say, you ought to've seen the cards that fellow pulted from olle end of the evening to the other, and yet he was the biggest loser of the session. 1 never saw such mitts as felt· that guy's way during that seane.e, but he always caught the fine finfulls when nobody else had a thing, and you could have heard his wailings for Mocks. One time he picked up a pat straight flush, trey to the seven ,of he:Jrts, and though there were eight of us playing nary a one had anything worth making it good enough to stick along when AI opened tlle pot, and talk about the noise the cat allimals get out of their systems when they're tossing raw meat into the e.ages! Al just stood up in his place and bellered like a bull' buffalo in a horn to horn scrap with the next in line as boss of the herd. Fellow hasn't got any right to play cards at all if he can·t make up his mind to stand the gaff when the-- Say, that girl that does your typewriting-sh-sh! lower, please-pianissimo-she's ~ind of a looker, isn't she? Sly dog, old boy-naughty, naughtyl Leave it to you not to have any valentines around you in your hours of labor. But watch out, old top, have a care, have a care! Hc.ar about Freddy Cuttupp? Vv'ell, l'reddy came real close to what Freddy said in explanation, anyhow-ttlat's what they losing his bappy home and things over that peacherino of a typewriter girl he had in his office till about two \vecks ago. Yon see, she came down to the office one morning with a fine and dandy Directoirc dress under her coat. She was going to a party or something after office hours-that's al1 say-and so she wore the s\vell' Directoire scenery to the office so's she wouldn't have to go home to change. But Freddy's wife happened to zephyr into his office along toward the noon hour. First time she'd been in Freddy's office for a month of Sundays, and of course she had to pop in when Freddy's shorthand girl looked like the Queen of Sheba .on her way to a clam chowder party. Freddy's wife took one peek at the - - ---------------------------- ~- ~ PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY I MICHIGAN gorgeous ,\pparitioll in the Dircctoirc ilxings and the11 she let out a series of piercing remarks that almost blew Freddy out of the ,,,-indow, and as for the dreamy eyed typewritist, why, she just picked up her doll rag:; and did <l ):Iarat:101l 'witham stopping to send a C Q n, and she l1asn't come back yet, they tell me. Freddy's wife's dope was that the typewritcst ..v..as all togged up that way so's Freddy could take her out to luncheon in style ami things. \Vell, yOll know Freddy's 'wife is the one with the bank l,'lad-she put Freddy' in business, you know. for he didn't have a change of cuffs when he mar-ried her-and Freddy bad to do the marrowbones thing th(:11 ,tnd there until fOtH dollar~.; worth of arnica didn't do his knees any g60d after he began tn t<:ke tr('atm{~nt for it, and Cver since he's been going arollntl looking' likc a 'vVi:,;consin lumberjack on the blacklist and the winter half over. Say, y'ought to see the t.Y1)c\'\Titist he':,; got in his off-ice now! If she wasn't born at least nille years bdore I':dgar Allan Pac ever saw the light of day then she was horn l;lst Tuesday week. ;\11d y.ou can hear her creilk as she walks. She's got a chart on her that looks like a Cape I-Lttera,.; storm signal, and when Freddy dictates a letter to her she's so deaf that she has to reM her head 011 the top hllttO!l of his vest to hear him" and oh. it's great, tine-ho, 1101 Serves him right fm letting his wife visit him at his office. ),1an who permits hi" \vife to visit him at his office is bOllnd to have to l1udge across with a he;\I1 of explaining; sooner or later, and- But here I am forgetting all about the thing that I just h;IPPClled to bret';.:e ill to ask yon abollt. No ..~·, I hope you'll get me right, old chap, \vben I tell yOu tlJat I never in an)' eirC1l111stances df) tlle slink thing- to find Ollt <lbo11t;\ 1l1~lJl'S husiness and his credit and all like tInt, but this is ;\ pbce where jt's a matter of dollaT.';-;lJJr! fjllitc .sCHlIe dolbr.s-and evervhody appears to have a better line on tIl(' th;no' than I've -gut, amI h stfllck HI(' that l1l;Jybc yOU were hC);~)eril1o to some of it. It's tbis \va)': Joe Opellmitt's bccll slinging il proposjtjon at me latdy that sounds good from a whole lot of angles fa;· a money thi1lg. .'lnd I've been d()jng plenty of listcning to him, at that, only-- \\7e11, you know how it is. These yarns rcach a iC))f.HV, you know, and they sort of nwke hJm fee! like ducking. no matter how good the thing looks. Xo ..". I don't kllli\V .rrnytiJing ;lhout Joe's l1.'1bit5 or any-thing of that sort, but since I've been ]islening to his hot line of guff about this good thing he wants to han:' me join along in with him why I've sort of kept my ears and eye~ open. yOU know, and there are some fellows W}IO spin it that ARTISAN 7 Joe's chid asset is that ability of his to turn loose a lot of south breeze. }let two or three people who told me in so many 'words that Joe planted the hornet on 'em when they wcnt. intu good looking things ''lith him, and these folks were there wilh the mallet for Joe bigger than piledrivers. ~ ow I bate to listen to this kind of stuff and 1 make it a practice to sort of heat it away from where such talk is go:" ing Oil, but of courSe when <'me of these fellows went ahead ,!lid unreeled it that Joe before he came to New York at all had got ilHO some kind of trouble with the authorities out in C;llcinnati over some queer paper that -he sifted around among his friends, ,."by, T clad to listen to protect myself, didn't I? I<ellow t11<.ttold me this appeared to have all of the details clown paL <!l1dhe said that Joe had had to fight like a wildcat to keep out of a suit of striped clothes on that occasion. \,Ve1] this sort of gave me some jolt, I'm free to admit, and the11 whell I heard that Joe bad gone thr.oltgh with some deal with you, why -- How's that? Joc's all to the good, and as, honest a man as e\'cr you did business with, and you'd trust him with everything you had, and all like that? \Vell, b'gec, I'm sure glad to hear that, I honest am! :\ow that yOll say t.hat I'm sorry I mentioned those little bits .of information that drifted my way, really. It docsn't make any difference now, either, that one fenow sort of binted to me that Joe, who's married and keeps a svvell establishment here, you know, has a wife and cbildren diving in poverty O\tt in Omaha right at the present time. and I dOll't believe a word of it, even if this fellow that did slip 111ethis piecc of information claims to have been acquainted with Joe twclLty years or so. Dar1l(:d peCUliar, isn't it, how these strange yarns get around about a man? They just seem to be in the air, that's all. :\:'obody e,·er repeats \~111, except in the strictest con-tidcllce, as I am now, bt1t still they noat around, and the first thing yOll know they're public property jllst as much as if they'd becn Jlublished in the newspapers. "·ell, old pal, dOll't feel bad about it because you've nearly talked 111e deaf, dumb ;111dblind, because I aSSUre you I like it, and the only reason T am ]]OW going to beat h is because --ha, ha i-you appear to've told me about all you kno\v. \Vell, s'long. @ ". @ To Manufacture Seats. The Imperial Seating Comp;jjJY, recently organized in Chicago, capitalized fat' $,)0,000, will manufacture and sell furniture of evcry kind. L.ARGEST ..JOBBERS ANO MANUFAOTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD I Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art Glass, Brnamental figure~ Glass, Polished and ROlgh Plate Glass, Window Glass II WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks an~ Tables Tops, Carrara Glass more beautitul than white marble. I CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS, g For anything- in Builders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Painters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses) a list of which is given below: NEWYORK-Hudson and Vandatn Sts. ROSTON-4h49 Sudbury St.• 1_9.BoWMerSt. CHICAGO 442-4S2 Waballh Ave. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Cc»url Sis. I ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth a.ndSpruce Sts. I MINNEAPOLIS-SOO_SI6 S. Third St. DETROIT-53-59 Larned St., E. GRA-.lORAPIDS...MICfJ.-39-41 N. Division St. ! PITTSBURGH-J(U_I03 Wood St. MILWAUKEE, \VIS.-492-494 Market St. RBAOLCTHJEMSOTRI!E.R-3.1N. 0Y-·1-2W_1il4deWr .PBrladtgt .,SMt. ..ln tSJ E.Chan_._e_s_,_e_. . .•,1 CLEVELAND-1430-1434 West Third St. OMAHA-1I01_1107 Howard St. ST· PAUL-459·461 Jackson St. ATLANTA, GA.-30-32.34 S. Pryor' St. SAVANNAH, GA·-745_749 Wheaton St. KANSAS ClTY-P'lfth and Wyandotte Sf". BIRMINGHAM. ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. BUFFALO. N. Y.-312-74_76_18 Pearl St. BROOKLYN-635-637 Fulton St. PHILADIl;.LPHIA-Pltcah·n Bldg•• Arch and 11th St•• DAV!tNPORT-4l0-416 Scott St. ~._-_._----------_._---~---------------..., j I I I I I I I ! I I : I ,I,- I -' 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Table Legs and Pedestals Round, Square, Octagon or any Polygonal Shape ~ Turned on the MauiooD Leg Machine al a fraction of what it costs by hand. Every piece comes out smooth. true and exadly alike in size and shape, no matler how de~cate the pattern. I] It is sold on the condition that if after it has been run in your own facttJry. you do not bnd it to be in every way as represented. we will tak.e it bat.k and pay freight charges both ways. (]I Better send for a copy of our lar%e circular and let us tell you what the machine will do for you. C. Mattison Machine Works 863 5th St., Beloit, Wis. AN ARTIST IN TIME. The Old German Clcckmaker Whose Heart is in His Calling. Only a few minutes walk from the heart of the Tenderloin lives and works the German clockmaker. He is an arti~t ~ll his attitude toward his trade and he looks like a poet fed upon centuries of German romanticism. Like his old friend. the retired German cabinetmaker, he has an expensive habit of refusing to do bad work. Alter all, perhaps it is a mistake to call him a dockmaker, He IS rather an artist in time. It is not a particular mechanism that interests him! but the broad principle of time measure-ment. In his humble and reverent way he is a disciple of th'ose celestial time ineasurers, the sun, moon a.nd punctuaL stars. They have their trifling aberrations, like the delicate watches which he joys to regulate to the fraction of a second. He knows no other rivals and is free from professional jeal- (}usy, for what terrestial mind could be jealous of the stars in their courses? Even a poet and artist in time must' have meat and an oc-casional glass of beer so this one condescends to make and mend for common mortals. Strangers seldom understanl him. If you come in with a cheap watch in hopelessly bad order he is as like as not to hand it back with the comment that he could not repair it for le~s than half its original cost. If you tell him, though, that it happens to he one of those cheap watches that are close timekeepers he is at once inter-ested. He cannot lower his price unless you happen to be reaHy poor, but he will take that six dollar watch and over haul it with the conscientious care that he gives to a two hundred and fifty dollar repeater, for who knows but this cheap and accurate timekeeper may thro'W some light upon that ever perplexing problem of time measurement? If the watch is real1y what you think it he will hand it back at the end of so many days regulated down to its fmal fraction of a second, and as he gives it the final tender caress you'll see a far-away look in his mild and still young; bra' .·.". eyes that reveals the ideal of the inner man, Those coarse th'\.\mbed folk who are always measurin[ things by material standards never know iIlhat to make of this man whose husiness has to do with one of the most elm.· ive and ethereal of human ideas. Two youngish men from out of town came in one day apparently bent upon buying a wedding present. TheY;' looked around. the dustless littk shop. heard the banjo docks in chorus on the wall, staren with blank amaze into thesphinxlike face of ~he Chinese time .. l:iece and at length priced a fine mantel (')flck in a faultless mahogany frame that would have delighted even the critical German cabinetmaker, The proprietor named his price $30 or $40, and the cus· lomers looked over the clock with care asked a few ql1estiol~S ~lnd offered $10 less than the price named. There was just the dawn of a smile in the clock maker's eycs as he repeaterl in polite, low tones the price originally ,)skc(l. The pair looked at one another, gave the clockmaker [l glance of sur-prise and went out, while he turned unperhtrbed to his wort~. You might as well try to buy postage stam.ps of Unc1-e Sam at a discount as clocks of him at less than his named price. He ,,,Quid as soon do a bad piece of lNork a:; higgle uver prices The laborer is worthy of his hire. Of course, if yon m\lst have a cheap dock he'l1 sell it to you, but with an air that makes you feel as if both you and he had sacrific.ed seH-respect. He c'ven takes the works out cf the cneapest small clocks and puts them into tasteful little cases, for the sake of those who like a pretty thing at a low price. When yOUbuy it you know just what you are getting, but somehow when you think of the pitying- c;mile with which he looked tha.t pretty little mechanical liar in the face YO~l ever after feel that there is a sort of mOl<1lobliquity in its errors. Nothing tires the clockniaker so much :1S to be asked to repair those hideous and ulltrllthflll clocks that some' person'). rive as wedding presents. It n:ay have been the Germag C'1ockmaker who invented the aphorism about the futility of looking a gift dock in the face if )'OU wish to kl:OW the time of day, One of these da.y:;hc "vill illfallibly throw some such clock at the head of the astonished Qwner.--Sun. @ * @ A Few Dont's. Don't worry-the boss does that. Don't work too hard-yo\.'\. may get tired Don!t get things accurate-you·wil1.be discovcred. Don't im?rove. your time out of workin!!. hours-you may 'get a raise. Don't be observing-·-you may get an insight as to how things are done, Don't stu'dy the whys and wherefores-you may become a boss yourself. Don't take an interest in your work-you may learn to !ike it. Don't try to be original-it may get you a better position, Don!t save money-yon may want to go into busine55 some time. Don't retire early at night-you might be able to do :l good day's work next day. Don't be neat and accurate about your work-you will be thought finicky. Don't help a fellow workman-he might return the favor some day. 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Lincoln's Otfl.ce Ohair. ___________ ..i •II II I i - - --- ------------ --- --- --- ~11CI1IGJ\N ARTISAN 11 BEDROOMS OF THE FLAT. Conditions That Might Make One City Lover Move Into the Country. If anything could mnke me want to move into the COUll-try," she said as she turned back the bedclothes of a bed she had jtlst made at 11 P. ~I. in a city fiat, "it WOllld be this end-less, eternal making up oi beds at night- "The time to make up a bcd, of course, is in the morning. Yon throw back the hedclotb(;s first to give the bed ~t good airing and then wllcn you get to it you make up the bed, and there it is finished and \vith cverythn:; trim and neat and inviting; ready to he slept ill a.nd grateful ill its iJlvitntlolJ, and yOlt call gel into it without p-rc\iminary trouble. "So in the country, where yon have rerd bedrooms hiR enough to contain real beds and in which you can make up the beds in the r~gular, usual, orderly way, following a cus-tom inbn~d in women, lwnded do~vn to them through m;l1ly Sketched by Clarence R. Hills, Grand Rapids, Mich. generations from which it is hard to depart. But now see what we have to do in our flat. "\iVe have only 011e bedroom ill ..v..hieh we have a regl\lar bcd, and that is a single bed. Vle can make it up in the mornlng in the regular proper ,"vay, and really J like to go in and look at it after it is made lllJ. Al\ tbe rest of Ql~r beds arc couchcs or lounges or bed.'; of some sort that yon have: to dismantle in the morning and make up at night. "\-Ve do ait- these beds, to he sure, but then \VC have to fold up the bedclothes and store them ill the bed or lug them off to some storing place, not to he brought out again till it's time to go to bed. 1'\ot until then can we begin the hedmaking in the flat- "Thell when it \vould he a great ealtTl pleasure to walk off into a pleasant bedroom and there find the bed ready and ..v..ating for yOll simply to jump into it you have to get up and drag out bedclothes and lug- them around from roo!\l to room and (lrag out coudles nn(\ lounges and twist and turn and dig over them to make up beds hefore you can \ic in them. "So it goes every night, night after nig-ht, endlessly; and this making up of the beds at the wrong time, with its endless dull' routine nigbtly labor grind,'; on me; T hate it. Still we stay here, and here 1 SuppOSe ..v..e shall stay, because \ve love the city and its life and light. nut if anything could make me want to move into the country it would be to escape this everlasting endless making up of the beds in the city flat at night."-Ex. ...------------------ .. II MORRIS WOOD &. SONS' I, LATEST PRODUCTION I I t I I, II ,, I! Write for prices and Catalog No, 35A. MORRIS WOOD &. SONS I 2714-2716W. Lake St. Chicago. Ill. I ~.---------------------------------------~ The result of thirty-five years of Cutter making ex-perience. Insist on having your new jointer fitted with the genuine 110rris vVood & Sons' 20th Century Solid Steel Glue Joint Cutlers, for there are no others just as g·ood. They cut the same perfect joint, when new, partly or fully worn out. They never bUrrI. Require les!::>grinding than any other make, saving time and cut-ter. No time wasted setting up as with knives, and cost 110 more than other makes. Try a pair and be con-vinced. ~- --------.. 11 . , ! ralffi6r'S rat6nt ijlUino (jlamos ! I I I IIIII TIle llbore ('lit is taken dlrN't from Jl photOgTllph, aDd l!lhowS the range of one Mbe only, our No.1, 24'iuch Clamp. "",'e make 8ix other sizes, taking in filtock up to 66 ill(~hes wid., and 2 inches tbfck. OUrs is th\'i DlOlit prn:ctical methOd Q1 clamping glued lotock in use at the pre!lent time. Hundreds of ta(-tories have adopted oor way the llllst yeal' Ilud bundl'eds more will in the futl.re. Let us show )roo. Let os send you till! names of n\'illrl)' 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have lU:-deredand reordered many Urnes. .PrQof posiU,,'c oUr way is the best. A post ~ard will bring U. ~atalog .included. Don't delay, but \\Tite toda~·. 4. E. P41MER &. SONS. Owosso. Mich. J<'oreign Repl"Clwmtatiyes: The Projectile C6., L6od6n, Eng-land; Shcnchul'dt &, Schutte, Berlin, Gennany; Alfred II. Sol'butte, Cologne, Paris, BrlUlseis, I.lege, Milan, Turin, Bal'oolon8, "---,aDd Bilbol!. ~ ....i• 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING at Right Prices PROMPT I)ELIVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. WORK GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN j------------ 13 ----_._-_._---~ III! BARNES' ! ... HAND and FOOT POWER . I MACHINERY! II ,II !III II I I I II• --------------------------------------------~ Our New "and and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strOIl.l!:eSl,most powl!rlul, and in e...e.ry way the best machine of its kind ever made, for tipping,:cross-ctttting-, boring and grooving. Cabinet Makers In these days of close competition, need the best possible eqUipment, and this they can have in Send for Our New Catalogue. w. F. & John 654 Barnes Co. RUby Street. Rockford. III. ~------------------------------_.------ I ~,----------------------------------------~ • MANUFACTURERS OF I, I I I I HARDWOOD I LUMBER &. II , I I II VENEERS III I I I SPECIALTIES : I I I ~'l.v.;"fE.gQUAR. OAK VEN EERS I II II I MAHOGANY VENEERS II I I I I I HOFFMAN II I I I BROTHERS COMPANY II I II 804 W. Main SI., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I,I ~-------------------------~-------------~ r- 11)SPINDLlt MACHINE / ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE. -rhis little machine has done more to perfect the'! draw~r work of funliture manufacturers than anything else in tbe furniture trade. Fnr fifteen years it has made perfect-fittil1g, venlliu-pr()()f, dave.- tailed stock a possibility. This has heeu accomplished at rer!ucl;>d cost, as the wachine cutS dove-tails ill gangs of from 'd to 24- at one operation. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand RapMs, Michigan. Repreaented by Scbucbart & Scbutte. at Berlin, VieQIla, Stockholm and St, PeteqbuUI. Repreaentaliveby Alfred H. Scbulle at Col~ne, 8(1118el.,Liege, Paris, Milan and Bilboa, Repr".ent>ed in Great Britian and lrdand by the Oliver Machinery Co., F, S. Thompson, M~T', 201-203 Dean.gate,' M!\Rchclter, England. ,,..._------------------- ------------------- ..,. I hI orton House I : ( AmericanFlan) Rates $2.50 and Upa J ! Hotel PantJind I : (EuropeanPlan) Rates $1.00 and Up. : I I I , ! I ! J. BOYD PANTLlN~: prop.l ;.._________________ --..a GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served. at the Panllind for 50c THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. 14 ~ll CHI G A I\' ARTISAN ~----------------------------------------------------_._------------------------------~ ! "~ .S t ~0.. • 0 ~ ~ • • ,:l -0 .9 -0 0 ~ ~ >l ~0 • 5 "8 .~ ~ 0 a ;l • • MICHIGAl\' ARTISAl\' 15 y; !:Ii I BARRETT'S PRIME SHELLAC VARNISH !:Ii l!fi !:Fi made from strictly pure Shellac Gum cut m Specially Denatured or !:Fi !:Ii Wood Alcohol. The results of 25 years' experience in the importa- tion of gums, in the use of solvents, and in the manufacture of varnish !:Ii embodied in "Barrett's Prime. " Ask for samples and prices. !:Ii !:Ii y; !:Ii 1M. L. BARRETT & CO., I !:Ii y; 219 LAKE ST .• CHICAGO THE FURNITURE TRADE OF ST. LOUIS. By George T. Parker. The year of 1!HJ8 in the furniture and kindred lines has been one of spasmodic activity, manufacturers and buyers baying conducted their operatioils with extreme caution, eliminating almost entirely any fenturcs of speculatioJl, hut aggregating a total business of approximately $:~2,700,OOO. The February trade week attracted to this market a largely increased number of buyers, but their orders were small, tb(~~;cconditions being repeated at the August trade week; the fall buying by the country trade showing f\ grati-fying increase in the number of ncw buyers, nevertheless, the Hggrcgate orders for tlJe yeHr being a considcr<lbJc Joss in comparison wit:h the year prior. The fifty city factories had periods of half-time funning, some of them having full shut-downs, ..v.hich twice w~s util-ized for improvements, as the feeling has been optimistic at all times 8S to the future. . The best figures obtainable as to the total St. Louis fac-tory output, are an aggregate of $;),;)00,000 for t]le year. The factories have kept their seventy-five hundred flands well employed, expending in wages upwards of $2,,500,000. There have been noted increases in the fac.ilities for handling furnitu're in quantities, and in mixed carlo;lds ship-ments have become common; [oedity huyers have not been slow to take advantage of a low rate of freight upon large cars to a central distributing point, paying local nltes thence to destination. At no time has the wholesale and manufac:turing furniture business been so eminently fJtted for a prompt handling of all business entrusted to them. Among the rdail 3tore3. a notabre addition wa<; made on lhoadway. by an entire ne\".. store. most tastefully fitted up, introduci1Jg eJltirely Jlew features. The furnishing of the many new residcnces. of , ...h..ich there were miks built. ;md the apartment houses, \\'as a soun~e of considerable business, new oFfJce, mUllicipal anJ school buildillgs, as well ;\s a number of beautiful churches, were completed during the year, and required furnishing. The Coliseum, a new theatre, and many moving picture auditoriums, bave been seated, requiring a large outlay for this kind of fmniture. The styles of furniture increase ill elegance and good taste. even the wants of the buyers of inexpensive pieces de11131Hling quality and good finish, in simple designs; a remarkabl"e advance has there been in the education of buyers _over years past- this refers in a general v.'ay to the large city as n.-ell as to the small to-"'I'n customer. The styles sold mostly are Colonial', Louis XIV <1nd Louis XVI, with ,Arts and Crafts still popular fol' the living room and den, tapestries, brocades and velours being the most chosen covers for upholstered pieces, with leather for the library. Mahoganv remains the supreme \"iood for fme pleces, Circassian ..~. alnut following, but quartered oak is tile 1110St poptllar and longest in use, the nC\v and rich tone finishes having increased its desirability. Each year develops an increasing number of new trade channels for furniture, especially to foreign countries. Recog-nized as a center for cabinet woods and manufacturillg coals, with transportation Jines oaering through bills of lading, many countries and localities new to the tl'ade of St. Louis have become customers. The aggregate of this business is difficult to seCUre, because of the manner of keeping the con-sular records. :vIexieo continues as the largest buyer, C1lba and the Central American Republics being also liberal pur- Ch'L~('TS. The lax c01ldition of the home trade has given the manufacturers an opportunity of pushing the sale of their products in many foreign lands, with most satisfactory results. Office furnitude lines have been given greater attention, the 51. LOllis factories producing qualities equal to any; the State House of Representatives and Senate awarding their exccll'cnt refurnishing to a St. Louis factory. The stocks carried are very extensive, and contain many new office requisites, a popular feature being those con-stntcted upon sanitary principles. 1Jost prices have been slightly lovv'er, although factory costs and materials have been upon the increase, which will have an upward tendency for 1909. There hal'e been no failures, nor have there been impor-tallt lIe\-\' enterprises launched. Of strikes there have been nOne. The St. Loui:" Perman-ent Exposition has, in its seventh year, been a great aid in attracting buyers to the makes of St. I.ollis factories shown there; othel· flll~niture eXJlositions are open January and July only. 51. Louis has all all-tht-year exposition, attracting buyers Oil their way to otller markets, and at oth<?r times as well. The St. LOllis Furniture Board of Trade. for twenty years the mouth-piece of the furniture and kindred interests, strengthened the utility of its organization by establishing an Tnfonnation Bureau, dividing the membership into classes: (1) St. Louis l\Janufacturers; (2) Representatives of \A/orks in other Cities. This yenr's effective work .of this board in removing discriminations and securing proper rating for shipments from S1. Louis, is of untold trade value, especially for the futHre. Employed capital in the furniture and kindred lines. is estOlated at $5,000,000. @) * @ i \V;llkcr & Blltler of Lebanon, Oregon, !uve soJd their furllitllrc and hardware bu~iness to S. Labbe & Son. @) * @) ; Crawford & England of Le Grand, qregon, are succeeded in the retail furniture business by C. A, England. I ,------. 16 :111 CHI G A N ART I SAN •:II I II I III , , I I I II• ~ CO., JII Spiral Groovedand Bevel Pointed DOWEL PINS Notehout the _ue in the Spifal Groove forms Thread like a SCrew. Be\'el Pointed, eas)' to drIVe. Straight so will not split the frames. PriCe. and discounts Oft application. STEPHENSON MFG. SOUTH BEND, IND• ".Lateral Style" for large capacity heavy CarvlDp add DeeP EmoolUllop. We have the Machine you want at a atlsfactof7 prkle. Write for descriptive cireulart!l. Ahlo make dle8 tor all makes of Ma-ohl .... UNIONEMBOSSINOMlCUINE CO., Indianapolis, Ind. "Rotary Style" for Drop Carvings. Embotlged Mouldings, Panels. Macbioetl for all purposes, ,and at prices within the :hlilch 0' all. Every mQ.chine haM our paraotee n.galullt breakQ&'8 tor oOl" yep,r. ----_._----~II I II Address • SAMU~l~O}~E~~!t!~~A'~S.ONS I ......_----- ---.... f-------- !II I ,~ood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way C~tters for Single and Doubl~ Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. The "RELIABLE" Kind. THE FELLWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE. IND. ----------'--. HEADSj GREATEST I RANGE I QUICKItST I ADJUSTMENT , LEAST TROUSoLE PERFEC"f SAFETY •I TOX SAW DADO Also MachlDe KnlveJ'o Miter SMOOTHEST GROOVES FAST£ST CUT LEAST POWER. LONGEST LIFE 1== IWeoU Itladbt teU t You all .bout It. Macblfte.o Etc. l l>B.llMA.NlI.NT ECONOMV I TOX MACHI Nf: CO 185 N. Front S_.'. + . • Grallld Rl!!I.Dlds. Mlcb r..-----~------- -- B0YNTON <5' e0. Manufadurersof Emboued and Turned Mould· in e' &. EmbO&8- 5 END YO R ed and SpiiWle Carvinp. -It. tt d Aulomali('; Tumings, CATALOGUE Wealsonw.UII-fadurea brae li~ I of EIPb.oued Orne.tnents fo.. I C~ohWork. ! 419-421 W. fifteenth St .. C"IClGO. ILL. , . - , ~~~>. ~._-''-''~r'':'~- .. ; .. ''.... -'': ...... -".~~'' /. :MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~------------------------- •/III III I III II I I III -----...------ ..... "GOING SOME" But whether going or coming, or stayi~g at home, young men with ambition and a desire to imJprove their spare moments may take our course of pra:~i.,cal Furni-ture Designing, that will be of inestimal~e value to them. Our course (which may be taken ,at home if desired) is thorough, embracing the princilples as laid down by all of the old masters and best aUfhorities on furniture designing. I I Write 115 [or full partiatlars. 17 tI The Grand Rapids School of Fumit~re Design II ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK. 1"''''''''0' and D";gnr, I 542.545 Houseman Bldg., GRAND RAPID~~MICH. I ~--------;~;:~;------ fnl meptlOm =:=:~:e11lahl' iLhncs, The q,:i: households, which have defied the misSlOrl Invasion and looked upon the colonial as pnmcvlaJly out of Idate are now calmly finding thcmselYcs on the bounduncs 1of good style again. This s,vmg of the pendulum the older generation will prob-ably accept as unemotionatly as it accefted the s·wing in the other direction, For it is merely stan1ing still. But if OUf felicitations upon their quiet vi11dicatiolJ ::are not out of place, l-THE- NEW-~~ANJ-;~PIDS 1 I MACHINERY SifORE I Here in ti,e lllU5ty attic air \Vhere gray \\'ebs quiver to and fro, I slowly climb the creaking stair I knew so well in time agO. And there bcside the papered pane \Vhcre sunlight shifts its misty rays, I find ;m old friend once again The trnndle bed of childhood days. o trundle small, T hold so dear, Half hidden is yOur nut brown wood; The soft gray dust of yesteryear Ea,>; draped yon in a velvet ho ,(!. The spiders toil \'lith steady zeal, And as they sv,;iitly rise and fall They link yoU with the spinning' \"heel That r~st5 beside the 111lJt11dy w;dl. o treasured friend of other days vVhat memories yon nOW awake; I \vatch (in dream) tile sun's last f'l.yS, And figures wierc1 the shadows make. .And once again I'm tucked away A-laughing, romping'. (luilted hc;tp. And hca,r once more through twiJi~,'bt 3Tay A dear voice singing me to sle(1). @ * @ Amusement for House Furnishers. Under the title "Old Fashions and -:.rew," the Chicago Evening Post of April 27 \velcomcs the return to that city of the manllers and customs of the early seventies, when walnut furniture, marble mantel pieces, ill looking hat racks. excelsior mattresses and ingrain carpets wcre used in old fashioned houses, with basement dining-rooms and long, na.rrow front halls. The remarks of the Post upon this subject affords aIllusement to modern home furnishers. OlJe paragrapb cou-tained in the article reads as follows: "With the old fashions gO a calmness of outlook. a serene creed and a serener disrega,rd of all troublesome modern facts. It is possible that this serenity is the attraction which is draw-ing present interest back to its physical surroundings. At any rate, there is a decided turning toward the marble man-tels, the heavy silver .. the china and any of the really beauti~ Wood .Working Machine,ry Factory Equipm~t Machine Knive~,Bits, Etc. Everything in Equipment for th~:Woodwotker. --_. ! Office and Store. 58 South Ionia St .. OppO$ite Union Depot. I McMULLEN MACHINERY CD, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ! .-..-------------------t --1 n'c would ljke to tender then"l most heartily to the old fashions alA hope, for a while at least, that they may save us from the nC'w." I ®*€l' A Change in Manag1ment. lIfr. C .c. Nevers, who recently assumed the managemcllt OJ: the Grand Rapids division of the .f!Ynn Furniture Agency, has had a large experience in credit a,n~ collection agency bus-iness and is a man of high character. i He is well acquainted with the m<lUllfactllril1g industries in /Grand Rapids and will give prompt altcnton to all h,,,;n",, c 1trnstcd to his hands. @ * @ I Veneer Factory Bu, ned. The factory of the Reed City (:i\.lich.) Veneer and Panel Company \vas destroy-ed by tire on tli~ morning of February 7. Loss $70,000; insurance, $60,000. I ;:Fred S. Torrey and H. S. Holden, of Grand Rapids. a<e ;,,,errsted in the company. II 18 MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED 1880 PU1lt.llllHI!D • .., MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE lOTI'! ANC25TH 01" EACH MONTH OP"ICE-108,110, 112 NORTH OlVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. !NT!UlED IN THE POSTOFFICE AT ~iII"'ND RAPIDS, MICH., AS SECOND O~A8& M,l,l'Tl!A. A convention of manufacturers has been called to meet at Indianapolis on February 16 for the purpose of promoting the movement to obtain from the congress of the United States an act to create a permanent non-partisan tariff commission. Jt is said the going and the coming president favor the plan. In the past a number of such bodies created by congressional action have handled the tariff question without result. COll-gress will be as slow to surrender its prerogative as a t,lrift making body as it has and ever will be to submit all amend· ment tD the constitution, under which the people of the several states might elect their senators by direct vote. If congress shall deeni it wise to postpone tariff legi~lation a number of years, the proposed commission would serve its purpose well. + + A prominent manufacturer of Grand Rapids objects to th{~ blowing of whistles twice every week day calling workmen to the shops. He declares that whistles are no more necessary for the purpose mentioned as a part of the equipment of ·1 factory than for a department store. Life would seem hard-ly worth living without the morning chorus of 500 whistles to which the populace is accustomed. To dispense with the whistles '"auld effect a saving in coal but the people would be in doubt as to whether the manufa.cturers were prosperou3 or losing money by the failure to operate their plants, Th~ sound of the whistles at 7 a. m. daily is an indication of pros-perity. + + It is claimed by those who ought to be fully informed on the subject that the manufacture of looking glass plates is not, and never has been, a profitable 'industry in the United States. The erection of additional plants for the purpOSe of expanding an unprofitable industry goes on, however, anti more millions a.re added yearly to the ill-spent millions of the pa.stevidently for the purpose 'of increasing the losses annual-ly stlstaiJ1cd by millionaires controlling the industry. Gooi money is thrown after had by millionaires, perhaps-not. + + l\hoy foremen fail to satisfy their employers not becaus~~ they do not know their trade but because of their inabilty to explain to the men under their direction the: details of the work in hand. OfteH this is due to impatience or ill-will harbored toward the workmen. Successful foremen never leave a man to whom they are imparting instruction until they are satisfied the man comprehends the end desired, + + The prospective arrival of an heir to the throne of Hol. land has created great interest in the minds of the people of that nation. The gifts that have been forwaded to the queen would fill an ordinary sized pala.ce. A suite of chi.td's. furniture in white enamel and many playthings form a part of the articles received. + + It 1S said that Elsie De\Volfe, an actress who deserted the stage to engage in household decorating, copies famous rooms or styles from the pala,ces of Europe, She has not attempt. ed to fUrllish anything original. ARTISAN The house of Mary E. \Voolley, president of Holyoke (Mass.) College has been redecorated by two American girls, who recently engaged in the business and are winning sUcceSS. + + Applica.tions for 75,000 square feet of floor space in the new f.urniture tcmple, Grand Rapids, have been received, The erection of the building during the current year is assured. + + The Michiga.n Seating Company will move their manufac-turing business from Grand Rapids to Jackson, Mich. Prison labor will be employed, + + Albert Stickley, the furniture manufacturer of Grand Rap-ids, will represent the manly beauty of Michigan at the Taft inaugural ball. @ * @ Will be Made in Grand Rapids. An official of one of the furniture manuf,Lcturing: houses of Grand Rapids visited Chicago recently, and seeking the aid of a local dealer, called upon the owners of a hotel now under construction, The architect of the structure was called in. and when the furniture maker and seller made known their desire to furnish the hotel, the architect remarked: "No good cabinet work is manufactured in the west. The best furniture for hotels is made by W. J, Sloan & Co. of New York." The manufacturer and the dealer exchanged smiles, ",,"Vould you advise giving the contract for the furniture for this house to that firm?" "Certainly,1 "Perhaps you do not know that Sloan & Co. buy the goods they handle-that the firm does not manufacture?" ~ "Indeed?" "Further, and that the firm purchases a large part of their stock from my company." The architect adroitly switched the conversation from fur_ niture to carpets, rugs and curtains, and it was generally con~ ceded that the Sloan com-pa.ny should be considercd when placing orders for such goods. Thc furniture will be made in Gral1d Rapids. @ * @ Patriotic. That Kentuckians have a very high regard for their native state is illustrated by this anecdote told by on('. of them: Once a Kentuckian died. So a l1ear relative went to the local tomhstone artist to arrange about .lt1 inscription on the deceased's tombstone. After due cog:itation the near relative said: "Carve all it: 'He's gone to a better place.' "I'll carve 'he's gone to heaven,' if you want me to," rc marked the tombstone ::irtist, "but, as for that other inscrip tion-there'sno better place than Kentucky'" @) * @ Advance Datings. in conversation with a leading manufacturer of furniture in Grand Rapids recently, he remarked: "A great many dealer" are asking for advance datings on orders, but when they are informed that the shipping of the goods will be 'at our con-venience,' they usually say, 'Oh, well, send the goods alollg as fast as possible; don't delay our shipments.' This fact in-dicates that ma.ny merchants are not overstocked with goods." @) * @) Manufactures Parlor Furniture. Elizabeth Simmet is a successful manufacturer of parlor furniture in Shnmokin, Pa. MICHIGAN ARTISAN t ---------] List of Buyers i I Do you want It 1 I I List of Buyers I Do you want It 1 I• List· of Buyers II Do you want It 1 If so send in your order with 25 cents at once. List of Buyers Michigan Artisan Co. liON. Division SI" Brand Rapids, Mich, • 19 BENCHES FOR AlL KINDS OF WOODWORKERS , I; I! Designed by Bench expert$. " i Made of the most carefull~ seasoned Michigan Hard Maple! I Built by skillful, well pail: workmen -not boys. i Recognized for years as l~aders. I, No. 101 shown in the lillustration has conveniently fitted 1rawers and cupboard for the safe [keeping of valuable tools and unfinished work. All are fitted with strong locks. A rugged, substantial b~nch which is giving splendid service and sat- . f . I IS actIon. i i Your bench needs shouldibe supplied by selecting from our I very com-plete and well illustra~ed catalog. A line from you todaYIiwill bring it tomorrow. ;, i I i GRAND RAPIDS HAND ~REW CO, 918 JEFFERSON AV 'NUE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I• 20 BIG MERGER OF BLOWER COMPANIES. M I CHI G A N A RT I SAN American Blower Company and Sirocco Engineering Com-pany Consolidate. Little short of consternation has reigned aJl10ng th~ maIl-ufacturers of fans and blowers and much interest evidenced by the leading architect-engineers, cOl1sp,lting engineers, heating, ventilating a~ld power plant cnginc,e'ts'- and contractors since the introduction and sale in this coilnJry of the famous "Sir-occo" blowers. The fact that the American Blower Company, the leading interest in that line of manufacture in this country, has con-solida. ted with the Sirocco Engineering Company of New York constitutes an announcement in engineering and com-mercial circles of exceptional note. "Sirocco," in the ordinary applicatiOl~ of the word, is the name of the hot and frequently scorching winds which blow over and from the. stm-baked deserts of northern Afrlca and India. Mr. S. C. Davidson, of the Sirocco Engineering COl11- pany, Belfast, Ireland, a.fter spending many years in India as a teagrower, devoted his energies to the invention of im-proved and sanitary methods of manipulating and drying of tea, having designed and introduced a drying apparatus which operated by a naturally induced draft of pure, hot air passing through the leaves. As the inventor had personally exper·· ienced the "Sirocco" winds during his life in India, the simi-larity of the hot air blast which he was employing for drying the tea with that of the "Sirocco" winds led to the adoption of the name "Sirocco." Mr. Davidson soon found that eaell new apparatus from his "vorks was being defined as a </Sir-occo" invention---:-thus the application of the term as a trade mark name for all his specialties evolved itself as a natural consequence. About 1897 Mr: Davidson il1Ycnted this radically new type of centrifuga.l fan. The </5irocco" fans were patented in England in 1898, in the United States in 1900 and in 1902 they were introduced on the American market by the Sirocco Engineering Company of New York. To the American fan manufacturers the fan was an. unwelcome competitor for ob-vious reasons. To the engineering fraternity, with their Own ideas of fan proportions based primarily on what had been for half a century the accepted standards, the "Sirocco" type of construction was confusing. From its first entry on the- British market, the history of "Sirocco" ha.s been one continu-ous advance, and in spite of the competition from all blower manufacturers in this country each pla.cing themselves on tb~ defensive, 'ISirocco" fans have won their deserved place into specifications for many important installations, and have in all points-to use. our now common expression-"made good:' Briefly, the distinguishing fe;;llllres of the "Sirocco" fan reside in its blast wheel or rUnner. This is of drlllil form with a large inlet chamber enclosed by numerous blades which are very long, but narrow, and arc curved forward. Illstead of having eight to sixteen blades, it usually has sixty-four. In-stead of these blades being about the same length and width, they are usually sixt to nine times as long as they are wide. Instead of being flat or backwardly cun'ed, they are forward-ly curved. The results of these changes are radical. For a given size of wheel at equal speed, the "Sirocco" discharges about four times the volume of air as former standard types of steel plate fans. For a given duty, the "Sirocco" turbine wheel is only about one-half the diameter of the former standard paddl02 wheel. The 4OSi1'occo"fan occupies only half the space. saves one-third the weight, and one-fifth the powa, and does its work silently, In public buildings having low ceiling basements or suh-basements, in tunnels where the space for fans must be exca vated for, in crowded boiler rooms, and particularly for marine applications .l10thing' in the same li'ne heretofore pro-duced will meet to a nicety such complicated conditions. It n1ttst eventually be admitted -·thatMr. Davidson h<1., done nearly all of the original work in blower design for the past quarter of a century. He has met with marked snccess, all(I has gained control of the blower business to a large de-gree throughout the world outsidc of this country and her possessions. By this consolidation, therefore, the American Blower strengthens greatly the position they already cnjoy in the latter field, as their engine, hcat and steam trap de· partments will receive an impetus by the increased demand for "Sirocco" blowers, due to the fact that the Sirocco En-gineering Company did not manufacture engines, heaters. steam traps, etc., so universally used in connection with fans and biowers. In acquiring and holding the broad patents covering the principle and construction of the "Sirocco" type blower; also the trademark "Sirocco," the company announce that suits now pending against infringers of Mr. Davidson's patent Sketch by Clarence R. Hills, Grand Rapida, Mich. rights will be continued, and they will prosecute with in defat-igible vigor all further attempts of imita.tion or infringements. The "Sirocco" patents have been adjudicated in the COllrts of several countries, and have everywhere been sustained. Doubtless no step has ever been taken in the history of the blower business that will approach this consolidation in im-portance to blower manufacturers, but of vastly more impor-tance to the specifying and pnrchasing public is the question How will it affect us? The joining of these engineering forces will provide a fulcrum, so to speak, by the use of which thosc interested can pry out of the mass of conflicting and confusing technicalities, unbiased and authentic data reduced to a. eoml11on working footing. Engineers C<ll1specify with absolute surety and 'without hesitancy from tables and data now available at the hands of representatives of or direct from the combined companies. Users of blowers and fan systems can purchase any ap-paratus under the "ABC" or "Sirocco" trademark with as-surance of having embodied in the construction not only the highest quality of material and workmanship and highest efficiency, but every latest patentable feature, without fear of patent litigation or lengthy discussion of constructional de-tails so often tiresome points to the layman. The magnitude of this move is only' in keeping with the rapid growth and development of the American Blower Com· pany, one of Detroit's leading industries. Imprcssions Upon visitors to their plant are striking and lasting; the varieties of type and styles of apparatus built for heating and ventila-tion, mechanical draft electric lighting, and for the brick, wood-working, iron and steel industries: are a great surprise to many. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 21 THE EMBLEM OF SUPERIORITY This is the verdict of the furniture manufacturer who KNOWS Is the best high-grade, quick-rubbing varnish ever produced. Can be re-coated every day and last coat rubbed safely in three days. Is our high-grade first or second coat varnish. Dries hard to sandpaper over night. Last coat can be rubbed in twenty-four hours. Paradox Rubbing Ti- Ki- Lac Color Works The man who KNOWS is the man who WINS VARNISH DEPARTMENT, Acme White Lead and DETROIT, MICHIGAN ! .. • . ~ __ ...1 Report on the Condition of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Com-pany. John Pitcairn, chairman of the board of (1ir('ctors, has sub '1litted his annual report to the stockholders of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, covering the busine<;g of the company fur the year 1908 as follows: ASSETS. December 31, 1908. Investment,.... . , ,.. .$17,057,971,59 Stocks: Plate glass, window glass and paints . . . . . . . .. ' .. $2,923.255.14 Material and working accounts. 1,766,103.13 Casb, bills and accounts recei\'abk .. 4,650,531.18 Quick assets . , ... _........ 9,339..889.45 LIABILITIES. Capital stock., .. ,$17 ,500,COO.00 Bills and accounts payable: Bills payable .. _. Sundry credits .... Tnsurance fund ... ~'inking fund, Chicago and Cleveland buildings .. C;urplns, January 1, 1908. .$5,463,525.77 Profits. 1908 1,313,275.09 .... , .. $3,090,000,00 556.793.16 3.646,79.1.16 275,828.7~ 41,749,63 Total .. . . Less dividends, 1908 . Depreciation ..... Surplus .. .$6,776.800 86 1,2.12,500.00 610,811.44 1,843,311.4; 4,933,489.42 $26,397.861 04 26,397,861.04 Our net earni'lgs of $1,313,275.09 for I90R were $906,194.41 kss than for 1907. Thi~ showing, however, is regarded <is satisfactory considering the adverse business conditions gen· erally and particular>v the very depresscd: eondition of the plate glass industry, l~rices for this produ~t havin5' been the lowest in the history of the business in thi'i country. Tha~ \ve wcre able to earn slightly more than Ollr dividends is due to a considerable extent to the following causes: The collee-tion of account.~ charg,,:d off at the dose of 1907 a.s doubtful or \vorthless; the improvement in the dem~nd and prices for \vinc1ow glass and the consequent recovery of depreciation charged thereon 1a5'. year to meet the low :market prices pre vailing- at that time; the profits on our coal mining operations; our usual commercial department e<\rnings and substantial • FOR SALE-Fully Equipped Woodwor1ling Plant Suitable for planing mill, box factory,' furniture manu-facturing or any kind of woodworking business. Splendidly located in Michigan. Better than a bonus. Investigation solicited. Addre .... L. M. M., care M:chig~, Arti.an. I~----- ~ dividends received upon our stock ill:crestsin subsidiary com panies, particularly our Courc{']le~ "3el~ium, plant, on which, notwithstanding the business <1 1,ression abroad, we have realizcd a much lar/5er proportioll;'~(: profit:than has been pos-s; ble upon our plate glass fa.ctof) :nvestm~nt in this countT\'o -Glass Vv~orker . Will Build a Factcry.! The Century Furniture Company of jGrand Rapids ar,~ ;)repa:-ing to build a factory, having o,'tgrbkn the Gay build-ing, a fjve-sto1'Y strt1cture, liow occupied.! I Their plans win be made public \",hen completed. i i @ * @ Vv'ben you hear a man exploiting eYen~s of the past just recollect that it's easier to remember than ~Pthink ! I 22 MICHIGAN ARTISAN .._..--~---_-'O'_--- . ) --i -------------------- --- --- -- MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----------------------_ .. SECOND HAND "Moore" No- 3 Double Belt Sander, "Maddox" Rubber and Polisher. "Buss" 30 Inch Cabinet Planer, Sectional Roll, "American" Combined Scroll and Band Resaw, MACHINERY FOR SALE. "Berlin" Cabinet Makers Double Cut-qlf Saw, "American" Double End Tenoning Machine, "American" No, 4~-30 In. Cabinet PIlsner,;;:~~~. "Berlin 36 Inch Triple Drum Sander "lnYincible." THE ABOVE MACHINES ARE IN FINE ORDER. I C. C. WORMER MACHINERY CO., 98 W, WDodbridge SI., Detroit~Mich. I "-------------- ' .... JACOBEAN STYLE_ By Grand Rapids School of Designing, Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. There is such a varic.ty of character in the United States, made up as it is of a combination of all other nations, there neces5arily must be a variation of effects ;n the designs of furniture to meet the demand of this vari<\tion of character, ARTHUR KIR1{PATRICK There is, for instance, a class or grade of character tha.t de-mands decoration or some sIlo"v of elegance or gnwdeur that is not found in the sombre, shaded mahogatlv of the Colonial: nor straight and upright frames and uassul11ing tinish of the 1.'1odern English, Ars a,nd Crafts or .Mission; nor can this demand be satisfied by the ovenvorked LOllis XV. For this demand of a straight. upright and honest vrandellr to which T refer, the Elizabethan seems to fill every requirement, for there .is decoration and rich show in the carved columns, arches and moulding and a quiet grandeur in its dull shaded surface. The Elizabethan, Jacobean and English Renaissance are but different names for the same pel-iod style; the "Elizabethan preceding the Jacobean, but the two wer('so closely identi lled as to make them practically synonymoUs. As early <1<; Henry VIII skilled workmen from France, Italy and Flan Jers were im-ported to enrich and adorn the cathedra.ls, castles and mansions of the nobility and add grace and dig-nity to the English court. Thus, this reirhnJ.l or period af activity that we call English Renaissance :~ad a progrcssiv2 growth through the reigns of Henry VIr I, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth and JameEi L This ",,-as a peri,)d that produced great men in nearly e\'ery profession and walk of life_ Such hist.oric fignres as Sir \;\,Talter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake and S.h'akespeare were products of this period .....if'~rinling Gibbons. 1648-1721, W;lS the most prominent sculptor, arver and design- ~r in England at this time. His work is of: 'ueh a high stand. :lrd that it is "till used as models by the Elh .lish draftsmen. This style when carried to perfection;i every way pro duces an effect of e!('gancc, The walls \\~,re generally pan e.led from floor to ceiling in a rectangular Pl,ttern. The ceil·· ing "\,.,asalso paneled, but in geometric pat.;.~erusthat were in keeping with the over doors and mantles. ,The furniture wa" elaborately ciLrved and is admirably snit d for beds, case work. tables and mantles. Chairs ":"ere b a solid and snb-i; tantial construction, hut give one the i~:pressi()n of a stiff "nd rigid uncomfortable seat. : : The accompanyin~ plate page shows 'the treatment of a dining hall, sllitable for a fine residence. 'or country seat, of which so many excellent examples are springing up all ove1' the country today. This room is intended to run through: :two· stories of th,: house, as .v..as the practice ill the larger; bar6nia.l halls all'] wanors of England of the pefied to whicL we refer. Tll\: rharacteristic featurc, namely, the Hlu/,ici<:w's gallery, is shown in onf sketch while the blank wall 'above the ma.ntle i" covered with a tapestry, showing a medi~val I1ttnting- scene The mantle and shelf should be marble; ~but it would look well carried out in oak. The sideboard; ;although Jacobean in chiLracter, is designed to meet the modcirn requirements of the dining 1'00111. It is not intended in our illustration to'reproduce faithfully an existing model, hut simply to show tlj.e adaptation of th1:-, period of design to the heautifying of a modern and up-to date residence. ~---------------._----. I !.ou{s; :babn ! ! I' DESIGNS AijD DETAILS OF~ITURE ... 23 24 MICHIGAN ARTISAN -------------------_.------~ ~------------------- ,II "ere are the Exact Shades Adopted by 'the I Oran~Rapi~srDmifurt Manufadurtrs'Ass'n IIII ,,I II III , III ,i Their "Golden Oak.Oil Stain" is our No. 3424. Their "Early English Stain" is our No, 3425 Oil Stain. Their "Weathered Oak.Stain" is our No. 3426 Oil Stain. Their "Fumed Oak" is our- No. 3427 New Process Fuming liquid. Their "Light Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3428 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Their" Dark Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3429 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. ----------------------" II ,I I,!I I,,,t I,If I .' Send for Samples and Information. WE SUPPLY EVERYT"ING NEEDED INT"E FINIS"ING ROOM. C"ICAGO ~------------ Leads in the Manufacture cf Pianos. Chicago is the acknowledged leader j'n the production or pianos. Of the 310,CCOpianos manufactured in the United States during the. past year, 80,000 were produced by the fa~ tories of Chicago. Considering the fact that the industry iT' r:hicago began in18S4, this advance of the industry to a posi-tion of preeminence within tv.renty-four years is surprising. '\t that time there was a well defined preil1dice against the Chicago piano and the establishment of a market for the pro· duct \-vas a difficult proposition. The geo~Traphical position 'If Chicago, its unsurpassed transportation facilities and the rapid settlement of the west, were factors which assisted in ~he development of the industry along prol'itable lines .. A prime factor which enters into the .favorable considera- 1 ion of the Chicago piano is the high character of the manu factured article. Vv'ithin the past ten years this standard of oualityhas been improved until tod<!-ythe eastern manufac-turers admit the merits of the article. Three of the best known piano manufacturers are locateo in Chicago. In addition to these there are half a doz~n others who produce an eminently satisfactory article and who <ssist in s''''elling the annual output to figut es which advance' Chicago to the position of supplying one-fourth of aI1 the pianos manufactured in the United States. The advent of the player piano, or thf" instrument with . he playing mechanism in its interior, is 'largely augmenting ~he' annual prod'tlctlon 'of· pianos in Chicago. Its SUeees" has been s'o marked that competent judges assert that within the next tcn years the total output of pianos will be swellcd to at least 5GO,OOO a ye.ar. Assuming that the retail value of the 'entire output of "!1ianosin the United tates is $90,000,000 a year. the volumc of business done by the Chicago manufacturers annually will n:Jt £:111 far short of $23,000,000. The' value of musical instn1- mcnts manufactured in Chicago in 1908 .wa" $30,070,000. NEW YORK To Chicago belongs the credit of introducing to the piano trade an eighty-eight note player piano. Prior to 1902 the \J1;idest range possible in these players was sixty-five notes. As only ten per cellt of all musical compositions are written for a range of sixty-tive per cent, it will-be at once understoo •.: what an important place this eighty-eight note innovati011 immediately secured in the realm of musical art. To the lay man this fact will be better appreciated when the statement is made that ninety per cent of all music must be rearranged, transposed or otherwise mutilated to get (hem within the range of the sixty-five note player It is an absolute nece.,- sity if one desires to hear this ninety per ce11tof music inter preted as it was written to use the eighty-eight note player. The piano manufacturers of the country are graoual!\' making the eighty-eight note player a feature of their business simply because they recognize its great superiority. But the fact should not be lost sight of that the eighty-eight note Jlayer is a Chicago invention, and that it.~ inventor enjoyed n monopoly of the field at home and abro:Hl for nearly 5i0( vears. i I I S~~~e~~~~gth~t?:a~~~: c~~:e~t~ adoptedby the ManufacturersA' ssociationofGrandRapids, I Th::d::I:: ~:ilP::=::~ ::: :0:FiJI~ N~ 736. I Bad,. EDSl'Ii.h-Oil Stain N~ 55 .nd FiBer No. 36. Mahoa-ad,.-PowderN~ 9 and Fille1'No. 14. Weathe...,d Oak Oil St";'" No.·281. Fumed Oak-Acid Stain No. 45, Place your orders with us and get the correct shades. I GRAN~~~.~AV~~~~!!~~~-~CIO~.~~ -- -------------------------- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 25 THE LATEST device [or handling shavings and dwt from ail wood- 'u'orkillg machines. Our nineteen 'J.'ears experience in this class of 'If,)orl~ has brought it uearer perfection than any other system on the 1narket today. It is no c/rperinuJlt, but a denwJ1strated scien rific fact, as we have sc'veral hUJ/- dred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them.. Our A1ttonwtic Furnace Feed Systenl, a.r shown in this cut, is the Nwst perfect '({lorking device of anything in this line. rV"ite for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS SURE BLOWERS STOCK. AND PRES-ALWAYS IN ,..----_.------------------------ ;III II• II I• II II i I aran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e ! an~Dust Arrester (om~anl I IIIII !II I IIIII• Office and Factory: 20&-210 Canal Street Gl'..AND l'..APlDS. MICH. --------_ ..... OUR AorOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM III !! I! I !!j I I II 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • OUR SPECIAL TV : 'IRD'S EYE MAPLE1 (Made and dried rightt and white. Samplesfurnished on apPlication.) I ,500,000 ft. 1-20 inch Quarter Sawed Oak carried in stock. Come in and see it. Birch and Poplar erossbanding and rotary cut Oak. Birch, Maple, Basswood, Poplar and Gum Drawer Bottoms. PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOOK. ! FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY. WA.LNUT. QTR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH. : I:I • j II :>H--E--NRY S23.SCRHIBNOERLSTD., GERANND RAPIVDS,EMNICHE. ER CO --C. • -.oi OUR LONDON FURNITURE LETTER. The Trend in English Modern Furniture Styles; Popular~ty of the Antique; the Queen Anne Period; Austrian Furniture; "Modern English" Styles; L'Art Nouveau and Its Dread Influences. By George Cecil. At the commenCC:111cnt of the late Queen Victoria's reign, the furniture in the living-rooms and that which was used fOr the. bedrooms-especially the latter-followed closely the lines laid down by the furniture makers of George IV and \Vi11iam IV reign. It W<IS well made and simple in effect, while that aketoh by Clarence R. HlUe, Grand Rapids, Mich. which was of a decorative nature was in llerfect taste. In the course of a few years, tradesmen pined for something more pretentious and a pa.ssion for (much dreadful) gilding set in, with the result that early Victorian furnture (in com-mOil with early Victorian art in general) has ever ·been an eye-sore to welI~broug:qt up people. In the late fifties, things took a turn for the better, and many of the bureaus which were made at that time" are· treasured today while the wardrobe and dining room tables of that date convey an ad-mirable object lesson to those Philistine fumiture makers who have done so much to lower artistic prestige in this country. In this connection it may be mentioned that the large estab-lishments are not free fr9m the taint of Philistinism. though the trend in modern English furniture styles is either to copy the antique, the Middle Ages, Or the Queen Anne or Geor-gian period. Some adopt the. "Modern English" style, while there is a small demand for Austrian furniture. Fortunate-ly for one's comfort, "the antique" models are not in general demand. The guileless designers, believing that Luct111t1s and other bon vivants knew how to make themselves com. fortable, have carefully copied. the un'comfortable couches, chair~ ant;I stoQls which. were, in use amongst. the Romans. One finds the result of their perverted imagination in certain suburban homes-the misguided mistresses of which are too easily led astray. That is to say. being incapable of think-ing for themselves, they blindly entrust themselves to the guidance of some oily young floor-walker whose business it is to sell unsaleable stock at the highest price. Fortunately for the shop~keepers,' suburban ladies ha.ve an amiable habit of di.scussing their pmchases with sympathetic friends, all of whom are fired with a jealolls desire to be known for their expensive furniture. Consequently, if the wife of the local mayor learns that the neighboring alderman's spouse has bought a set of antique stools, she loses no time in providing herself with a similar' seL So much for the "modern an-tique." The furniture makers draw upon examples of the middle ages when they are asked to design specially strong arm chairs or tables. For instance, the hall stools with which the nouveau riche likes to furnish his newly acquired (and newly built) country house, are copied from the monastic stools and benches \"hieh are associated with the reign of Henry IV. The Elizabethan shovel-board tables a]s oare reproduced to the order of these. people, and many modern dining room t:lbles .are <l1n::cst exact replicas of those around which our Georgian ancestors sat until, overpowered by innumerable bottle,S of claret, they gently sought a resting place on the floor. Popular, too, are the "Queen Anne" models. An astonisbing number of loog-glasses and wardrobes are mad,:, in this style, while many f the London equivalent for the American "smart set" ask for Queen Anne dresing tables. There also is a. growing demand for genuine antique furni-ture; it is preferred by a great mally people to modern bed-steads, tables, chairs, and so forth. It is pa.rtly owing to this craze-for it is little'less thana craze-that an enormous quantity of antique dealers have started business al over the country. Many of these people, calmly manufacture "an·- tiques," which they succeed in seHng to guileless American multi-millionaires, as well as to their English customers. Ha.v-. ing made the table or chest of drawers, they bury it in tin back garden, digging it up after it has lain in the earth for some weeks. It is then well belabored with a poker, to give it an added appearanee of age, and after it has had a few charges of smaU shot fired into it to procure the necessary worm-eaten appearance it is buried once more. After its final disinterment, it is cleaned and "sold to the high~ est bidder." It must not, however,be:supposed that every collecter is easily gulled. Mr. Alfred de Rothschild is a particularly knowing bird, while the great' Wertheimer is more than a match fpr the most astute rascal who ever "made to order" a Bible box or a coffin stool. So keen are some col-lectors of the furniture of o,ther ages, that nothing. will.. in-duce them to have a single modern piece in their.houses. Some enthusiasts even go the length of providing th'e servants' rooms. with ancient. bedsteads, washing ...s.tands,. and chests of MICHIGAN drawers. while the children of the house take their meals off a shovel-bo<1,rd table and sit up in Charles I cane seated chairs. In such e~tab1ishments tl1C fenders, fire-irons and grate are in keeping. Conseqttently, there is rlO little demand lor Sussex fire-dogs, pop-cranes and hangers, and other .!lre-place fur-nishings. The modern English style is, generally speaking a thing to avoid. It is designed by persons who, having enjoyed the supplementary edl1cation furnished by well-meaning- (but somc\vhat stupid) pbilanthropists, gi\re vent to their appalling want of taste. They have the suhlime impudence to take a ARTISAN 27 niture is the solid mahogany furniture, which is in vogue in certain circles. Popular, too, arc the inlaid mahogany bed-steads, and other bedroom furniture. Some of these are pro-vided with carved splats. The simplicity and gracefulness of the pierced rails are much in evidence ;-ili fact whether the modern bed is in oak, mahogany or any other wood, pierced rails usually are insisted upon. Greatly sought after also are the white ~namel suites of bedroom furniture, while a few people set tht::ir affections upon white enamel ..v..ith enrich-ments in reJie£and gilded cane panels at the head and foot of the bed. Such furniture is greatly in request amongst the I[ELRN GEORGE BERTHA Children of Geo. A, Wright of the Hood & Wright Co., Big Rapids, Mich. ROBERT beautifully carved Swiss chair, and to inlay it with cheap, tawdry modern enamel which is a remarkably long way after the cloisonne of which it is supposed to be a copy. Other incongruities also are theirs. They think nothing of pro-viding a simple Dutch bedstead with a. shapeless carving, white the modern Queen Anne furniture can, if carried out by an injudicious designer, be an eye-sore. The lower orders wealthy lower class who arc willing to pay an extra price for an "uld.itioI)"d.amount of gilding. At the present moment, there is a considerable sale for solid black oak dining chairs with turned legs and under framing, "..l..lile the fumed oak dining chairs upholstered in tapestry, besides those ,'vhich are provided with rush scats, find many purchasers. Sometimes they are upholstered in KORMAN DAK Chtldren of F. E. Hood of the Hood & Wright Co.. Big Rapids, Mich. ."14:!J.RION TOM amongst the disciples of L'Art Nouveau also have great faith in the allurements of velvet plush, and painted flowers. A good deal of the modern Sltting and bed room furniture, besides that which is tltiljzed for the dining room, the study, and the hall-way is of fumed oak. A great many English people are much pleased with the effect, but those whose taste is irreproachable object to it because of its painfully ne.w appearance. The sa.le of it however, 5s enormous, and if it is decorated by means of beaten copper or brass, or with quantities of gaudy enall1('.l.it appeals strongly to the Philis-tine hearts of people whose artistic education has been lleg~ lected. In agreeable contrast to the fumed oak bedroom fur-roan leather, or morOCCO. The roan tint certainly has .a very pleasing effect under certain conditions, and when these chairs wt~re first introduced they met with considerable StlC-cess. One also COlIles acrOss dining chairs of Queen Anne design, the turned under-framing of which is a specialty. In this connection, the Queen Anne style has a considerable vogue, and applies to dining room furniture of almost every description. This style is particularly effective when allied \...-ith Italian walnut. while the Chippendale designs also (l,re made in this ,"vood. One also finds Jacobean styles in dining chair:,:. file models being faithfully copied-even to the velvet and the fancy bandings. 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN U you do not know the "Oliver" wood workilll! tool., you had helle, give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tool., the first cost of which i. considerahle, but which will make more profit for each dollar inveSted than any of the cheap machines flood. ing the country. "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11. Will lilk.e II saw up ID zo~di.'\Mlet. ArOOt heh il 6& wide. Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointer., Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sander•• Tenoners. Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders. Work Benche., Vise&,Clamps. Glue Heaters, etc., ete. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Wl)I'!ta u.d Gent:l'al Office_ at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• U. S. A. BRANCH QFFfCES - Oliver Mo.dulle(y Co.., HUI:hmlTemlinal, 50 ChllfCn 5,., New York.; Oliver Mae!.inetY Co.• Rnt National Bank Building, Chicas<!. 10; Olivet Madunery Co., ....__P.aci_fic B-uiJd-isg. Se.a.tI_1e,Wu-ll.; -Oliv-et M-adU-ner-y C_o, 101.-20_; De-anq'ate, Manchester. EOIl. Mail Order Banks. The mail order banks and trust companies are making in-roads into the deposits of country banks and unless some means are taken to check them the 103s to the country insti-tutions will. he as gr.eat as the loss the country merchants ex-- pericl1ce from the inronds of the n:ercantile catalogue hallse competitors. It is t1l1derslood th'l.t besides the banks already organized it is contemplated to form others in the l<trge cities, such as Kew York, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, and San Fran-cisco, thus covering the entire country. These mail order banks offer four per cent on savings ac-counts. while banks of the west give hut three. These in-stitutions are only under the control of the state where they are located hut many dra.v their deposits from all over the country_ There is a movement on foot to secure legislation to reg-ulate them and force them to pay a state tax in every state where thE'y accept deposits_ @) * @ Name Unchanged. For many years the Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company has transa,cted a lar:ge and ever growing business in the man .. ufacture of cabinet' benches, factory trucks, furniture clamps, hand screws and kindred articles of factory equipment, sup-plying wood workers at home and abroad. A sllbsidiary company, known as the Grand Rapids Fixtures Company, has been engaged in the manufacture of show cases and stor~ fixtures successfully. Recently the name of the latter corpora_ tion 'V<lS changed by the <l,doptioll of an amendment to the company's articles of ~lssociation and is now and will here-after be known as the Wilmarth Show Case Company. of whieh Mr. O. R. "Vilmarth is the official head. The business of the Hand Screw company will be continued under the old name, Oliver Tools "OLIVER" No. 16. B.lld SIlW 36luch_. Made wilb or wifuout motor drive M e Ia I lable 36"); 30". Will tale 18" upder I h e 8uide - tills 41) ~e6 ODe way and 7 dellfee$ lhe otMr way. Cat-riesa IlIIWl)p kt 1}f1l wide. O",tside bearing 10 lower wheel shaft when IIotmmoldDven. W~B 1800lb. when ~tomip. Save Labor Time Tempers CO" ._----_._---_._----_.~ A Useful Catalogue of Carvings and Mouldings. Boynton & Co., manufacturers of embossed, plain and turned mouldings, embossed and spindle caI"vings, automatic turnings, 419-421 \Vest Fifteenth street, Chicago. have issued a. ca.talogue alld price list containing sixty-four pages alld up- ,vards of 1,000 illustrations of their products. A great range of work is embraced in the styles and all improved forms of ornament are represented. This interesting book should be Sketch by Clarence R aUle, Grand Rapids. Mich. in the hands of every manufa,cturcr of furniture -and kindred goods. Copies may be had upon application to the com pany. (§) * (§) Some men use the past from which to- draw conclusions ;md obtain guidance for the .future. Others use the past from which to gain fear of the future. p-------------------- - --,--- -1 I THE 6 FINISHES YOU WANT I !, THE GRAND RAPIDS STANDARD SHADES t 1 IIII II !II ,, II II! II The Lawre~~~L:!~t~CAom~p~an~yn ~f ----------,------- MICHIGAN WE HAVE ARTISAN MATCHED THEM GOLDEN OAK---No. 1919 Stain and No. 1702 Filler. EARLY ENGL1SH---No. 1652 Stain and No. 506 Filler. WEATHERED OAK---No. 1649 St.i•. FUMED OAK···No. 547-8 5t.i •. MAHOGANY···No. 1017-D Stain and No. 29 Filler. TOONA MAHOGANY ·.No. 1658 Stain and No. 1564 Filler. NOTE: We will send you working samples with full instructions for use. AliIi'ofinished pieces which will.show you the correc:t shades. Write for samples. -_._---------- Ready for Business. The :\lc":\lullen Macllinery Company arc settled in their ne\", maehinery store at No. 58 South Ionia street directly across from the Ull(m depot, Gnmd Rapids. This company "\vas organi:led by G. K. lvlcl\Iullen for the purpose of estab-lishing' a wood 'working machil1cry depot. They ,,,ill carry considerable stock and arc in position to fumish to advantage wood working" machinery for every pllrposc, factory equip-ment, mac1line knives and bits, ill fact everything in equip-ment for the wood worker. They will cater to 'western and northern l\Iichigan trade. 11r. G. K. :\TclVftllkn, the presi-dent and mnnager, was, l.1ntil l'ecently, nnd for over ten yeare; past, with the Fox JVfachille Company; )>1r. A. C. Hindman, the vice pn>sidellt, is a, local attorney; J\h-. B. D. Smith, the secretary and treasurer, was formerly secret,lry of tbe Steb hillS l'v[allulactllring Company of Sturgis. J\Licll. COllsiderillg the fact that Grand Rapids and surrounding territory, whith tlley will cover is a "very extensive wood working scctitl\1. <lod tha.t there js no other 'wood \vorking machinery dealer estahlished directly in thi's field, this enterprise should prove profitable. As a local institution they will undoubtedly re-ceive the hearty support of the wood workers in this terri-tory. Anyone manufacturing equipment which they desire to illtrodllce or pnsh n thi:'i territory would do well to cones pond with tile company, @ * @ Roll Top vs. Flat Top. There are those 'who daim that the roll top desk is \van- Ing. I'ersullal1y we have always liked the l'oll top with it<; convenient pigeonholes and its protecting sides against whicb you can shove an accumula.tion of papers. But a number of business offices rlre takillfT out their 11e:\r ly new roll tops and putting in flat tops. .!'~dvocatcs of thi~ move say it keeps you from letting' tile pap<~l'S <1.Ccufllu1ate. fultivates dispatch and gets the work throu"{h faster. It seems that wl1atever tends to put /-he work tbrollZh faster has the tirst ("all these clays but thr-re are certain ad- \'antages to the roll top which should not be overlooked-es pecially the place on top ,vhere you pile up the dictionarit>s awl directories and baskets and magazines and newspapers and ,.ackages and other things ,\Vbi)c the oceuIX-ints of f],;H top desks may have fewer things piled around ~hey have not as a !'"uJe succeeded in explaining to the roll top man just ,,,,here they put them.-Colliers. @ * @ A New Factory in Portland, Ore. At Portland,. Oregon, the new Hlctory of the Carman ~I anl1fa.cturing Company. said to be tb.c best of its kind on the racific coast, has gone into operatiolJ. It:; size is 100 x 100 a1Hl contai11s nine floors. Sprinklers, dlHt conveyors ;11'.-} like 1110dern appliances, metal door and Wil,dow cases alld wire glass make the plant a modern one in every re,c;pcct. ~--------.------ I TUE UERKIMER I Hotel and Cafe, Grand Rapids I 130 rooms with run Lngwater, telephone, electric light, steam heat, etc., in each room. Many with private bath. English, Mission and Colonial Cafe Service a la cart. 7 <I.. m. to 12 p, m'l 50c Table d'Hote. Dinner, 5:30 to 8 p. m., Sundays inclUded. ! Rooms up to $2.00 per day for one person. I~-----'---------------' South bound Wealthy-Scribn ..r car from Union 01" Grand Trunk st3lions. • 29 • 30 ---- ----- ----- ---- MICHIGAN Trials of the Manager. Take it from traveling salesmen and no mal1ager has rights ,,,bieh those having things to sell are bound to respect. If he shuts himself away in a private office with <t husky bouncer at the outer door he is unprofessional. If he flees in a cab when the tourist salesnw.n spies him on the street, he is a crank. If he resorts to a dub or police call when a mission-ary representing something he doesn't want gets to him by fraud, he is a grouch. The successful traveling salesman has three rigid rules which be insists on. I have forgotten the first two, but the last one is that the manager must listen to his talk whether he wishes to buy or not. That is all right, from the salesman's voint of view, but what abollt the manager? It is to be supposed that the mall-a, ger has something to do besides listen to men who are out after orders. If he is stocked to the roof with brass fastcners what is the ltse of his spending an holtr telling the brass fas-tener salesman that he doesn't want to buy? \Vhy not send back the card of the brass fastener man with the information that there is nothing doing? This would scem to be a fair way of saving the time of two·busy men, but it is not popular with the man who has to sell goods or go to the scra.p pile. Edwards was a manager himself, and felt sorry for otbe;' managers. He admired the nervc and resourcefulness of th(: salesmen who camped out by 11isbig desk, but he went home night after night leaving ..v.ork undone just because of this nerve and resourcefulness. Therefore he cautioned his own mcn against fighting their way into a private office, especially ,..·.here there was no chance to sell goods. He wanted his salesmen to do their best to get an audience with the Pres-ence in ewxy case, but he said it wasn't l'I.ecessary for them to get the door open by means of dynamite, or anything like that. One day ,..,hen Edwards had been annoyed and harrassed by salesmen he went out to give Parton his parting instruc-tions for an important trip. The boys in the office caHNl DON'T BUILD NEW KILNS Let us remodel your old one. The invest-ment will be smaIl and will yield ONE UUNDRED PER CENT in increased output, saving of waste Inm~ her, greater capacity of men and machines and s~ving of i,nsnrance. GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORKS GR4NO R4PIOS, Mien. ARTISAN Parton the Missionary. This was becaus~ he was meek of manner and because he went forth into heathen communities where the civilization of the natives was not yet up to the standard of the Burbank Put-Ern-Together bookcase. Par· ton was a good salesman, a painstaking man and a persist-ent one. He had been known to ascend a fire escape and apptar before a buyer through an open w~ndow. It was said of him that a long, cold night on a doorstep was like a picnic if he caught the buyer c{)ming out in the morning. Owing to such endeavors in the interest of trade there had been com-plaints against Parton, and Edwards was now to give him fresh instructions. "Look here, Partoli," said Edwards, "you're getting too strenuous. I'm getting letters about you. For instance, the Inland Furniture Company man takes it to heart becaus'c' you blundered against him at the ferry a.ud tipped him into the 'water." "Well," said Parton, looking both grieved and surprised, "I can't see where he's got any kick coming. I couldn't ger to him in any other way. He had a man from County Cork ~--_._----_.---------_.~ WANTED CABINET MAKERS; at least one who can do carving, MACHINE MEN, and CUTTER. STEADY WORK. .. Write D. W. UHRICH, Atchison. Kansas. at his door and I couldn't trace him to his home. Besides-, I got him out, didn't T? Jumped in that cold river and fished him out by the hair of his hea.dl I'd like to know what a man wants? If he didn't like my ways, why did he buy of mc.? Perhaps he thinks I ought to remain at a hotel and wait for him to serid for me!" "You must be morc careful," 5aid EdwaI"ds. "Some of your methods would do credit to a Jimmy tough in a Fourth ward cattcus. vVe managers ha,ve many duties, and it natur-ally gives one a start to see a traveling salesman crawling in through the transom. Do the best you can for the house, hut let up on the managers a little. I wouldn't get any more of 'em out by turning in a fire alarm, if I were you." "Oh, you're referring to Richards now," said Parton, with a grin. "Say, but that was funny! It was business, too. Richanls ma(~e a thousand dollars by means of that deal. YOil can call me 011t by d' false alarm any day for a thousand." "In futt1rc.," C"ontil1ued Edwanls, "you'd better-bettcr-well, favor the managers a little. A man can be persistent and still be a gcntleman, can't he? You try it for one trip, anyway. The directors are getting next to some of your trade-marking expedients, and first thing yOU 'know you'll be in the disc8,rd. You must he more conervativc in your meth-ods. Sec?" Parton said that would be all right and went off on hi.:; trip with a hUllch that he wouldn't make good. He was so dowllcast on the trip that Hawkins of the Co-Opcrative Book. case Company roasted him to a Him and suggested that he get a, line of casket8 to match his face. Edwards opened his mail many mornings without finding an order from Parton Then he sent him a wire as follows: "\Ve have several trainloads subject to order. What's thl;': matter?" Parton answered that evening: "Am favoring the managers." Edwards thought that a little fresh, but he considered the situation and said nothing back. He waited some marc dayi-' {m orders from Parton and then sent another wire: "\Vhat are you at? Have you prospects?" Parton shot back: "Waiting for Dutton to hire a doorman I can lick. Don't you think the managers have been sufficiently favored?" Edwards gritted his teeth' at the impertinence of the mes- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 sage twd kept Oil opening orderless letters. At last he v..-ired Fartoll : "Sell goods jf you can. If you can't come in and pile lumber.'· Parton scratched his red hair ,...1.1cn he got that. ""Ko".·.,." he mused, "1 'wonder if that take~ off the qnaran-tine? If I go at 'em on the strength of that, wilt Edwards give me another talk for tliY m"/n good?" At last he sat down and wrote a card to Ed ..v..ards: "Does everything go?" The reply came back by wire, day rates, paid: "Orders or lumber: I'm just telling you ""vhat Edwards wrote to Parton, who had been out two "\veeks 'without sending in a single order. Tt is not likely that Edwards meant to recant all he had said to Parton about f~lvorjl1gmanagers. ,\Vithot1t doubt he still clung to the belief that managers have 1'!ome rights which even tourist salesmen are bound to respect, just as stated at the beginning of this veracious story, but, (hen, you see, he H'<1l1t~dordersl Look 3t HIe matter aHy way you like, man-agers and their rules ahout seeing salesmen OURht to be re-spected. Edwards kile\\' this, He \vas a manager himself. But, then, he l1ad to have orders, didnt he? \A.lhere was th~ use in keeping Parton on the road if he handcuffed him and gagged him and bound him in gallows style, with order'> about being kind to inotIensive managers? Anyway, he wrote that card, "Orders or lumber,' and left it to Parlon to translate, \iVhen P~trton received the card he filled his vest pockets with black cigars and went over to pay his tenth daily visit to the offices of the Lohman House' Furnishing Company, where, as usual, he found the manager in hlding and the as-sistant manager powerless. The company had four stores and ~old everything from art glassware at a dime a throw to kitchen ranges with thcrmomet('Ts on the meen donrs. They conld sell a carload of Burbank hookcases every thirty days if they tried, and Parton "\vanted them to try. v\Then Parton found that he couldn't coax the ;LSsistant manager into making a contract, he headed desperately into the long hallw;ly from which t1,e door of DUltOIl, the Pres-ence, opened. Assuming the air of one going home for a long-delayed blessing, he swung open the door and came fac,~ to fa.ce with the man from County Cork. "Annointm~nt," he said. briskly, makiHg for the sacred inner door. County Cork took him by the arm and \'>'alked him back toward the entrance. "Yott're 1'e t'ird lhe day." he said. "The nixt gets his neck druv up on the brieJ.;:s heyant!" .He waved bis haud like a scoop shovel at lhe alley wan «(TOSS [rom the lNil1doHiS of the room. P;J,rtolJ took Ollt ;1 black cigar ancI a $5 banknote. He wraplkd the banknote carefully around the cigar, took a match from his pocket, il1'- scrted it in a fold of the note and held the tempting thing Ollt to County Cork. "Have a smoke:''' he asked. "Do you often bump up a,gaii1st cigars that In<lke a noise like that?" County Cork took tl'c nanknotc off the cigar and shoved it into his vest oC'ket. Then 11e lit the cigar and began ]Hllllping smoke into the air. "Tt';; a broth of a bel ye arc," be said, \vith a slow wink "Be off wid ye!" "Bul,_ bnt, but-" said Parton. County Cork grinned and opened the door ill response to a timid knocking. The wife and daughter of Dutton, tlw Presence, triped daintily in and lllndc for tlle il111er door, which Parton had failed to 111110ckwith a $5 banknote and a cigar that eost a quarter. On the way across the room a white eat with a blue ribbon abotlt its neck leaped froUl the dau,!2'hter's .arms and sought the acquaintance of Parton, "\Vhy you naughty thing!" cried the child, and followed her mother into the place where the Presence hid. Countv Cork grillned again, and Parton pointed out into the alIey~ V\.'hiIe he looked Parton shoved the cat into a pocket, wound the flap of his coat ahout his hand to impede egress on the part of the ielille .and went out; went out with an unholy joy in his orderless heart. When he got to his room \\iith the cat he touched the bell and brdered a "hop" to bring a chicken crate from the basement and incarcerate the cat in the same, regardless of feline appeals, mental, vocal or physical. "If she annoys the people on the floor," be said to the bel! hop, "'come in and turn the hose 011 her. This is my aunt's cat, ran ;1 \vny from San Francisco, and I'm going to remove the stains of travel from her before my aunt gets in on a speciaL" \A.lhen the bell hop got outside he whirled his hands abont his head, buzzed like a saw cutting knots, and pointed to the traveling man's door. "T-T c's got 'em 1" he said, Then he put the dollar hill Par-ton bad given him into his pocket and went down stairs <Jod explainc(l to a bench of wondering bell hops that there was J. traveling man up in room twenty-three whose shingles were leaking-. It is a question whether Parton would not have agreed ~'\-'ith him. The <1dvertisement for a lost cat was ill the morning news-paperS, just as Parton had anticipated, and a reward of $20 was nffered for the rdurn of the beastie, Either because of the hankootc, or bcca.tlse of a racial antipathy for cats, Coun-ty Cork had evidently kept his faee closed on the subject of the larceny of puss. "Hello, Dutton," said a voice at the 'phone, about as soon as the Presence reached his private ffice; "I think I've got a c<lt of yours over at the Smith House." "Take it up to the house," snarled the Presence. "\\That do you mean by taking up my time with a cat?" "'If you want to continue tbis cat as a l"l.1ember of your fam·- iIy," said Parton, "yO!! come in person .and identify it, and 11;1\,e some 011('; take it away. It is too refined a creature to he out in the streets '.vithout a chaperone. I'll swipe it if I get a chance." "I'll send someone," snapped the Presence. Parton refused to deliver the cat to a 111t:ssengcr, and ,th~ Pers,ence. h0t under the collar, went Over after it, taking COUllty Cork Wit1l him. As soon as he looked at the beastie he pushed a $20 note toward Parton. "N ever mind that," said the missionary; I might have ae~ quired that hy going up to the house with the cat. One thing T wanted to see you about was the Rurba.nk-" "T stlspect that you stole t11<1tcat!" flashed Dutton. "If I felt quite sure, I'd-" "\Ve have chosen your house to represent us here," said Parton, '-'anc!-" "Tf I bad proof tlJ;lt this \vas a trick," began Dutton, but rarton wel1t on: "T don't think you're very grateful to me for returning the cat, 1\ow, abollt the Burbank bookcases. \,Ve'll make a rate that will curl your hair." "Yon may as 'well come over to t11e office," said Dutton. "If all traveling salesmcn had your nerve, and Daughter had a few more cats, I guc,ss r wouldn't cia nl1.H::hbut buy goods. vVhcrc did your people find you?" Parton didn't say. He looked innocent and gave COl1nty Cork another bal1knote when he was passing out with a large oreIer. \\Tben he went in again, Edwards observed that it secmed easy enough to Kd business by gentlcma,nly means when it was get O'rders or pile lumber, and Parton agreed with all he said about the rights of managers and all that. He explained he would he ~'s good to managers as the exigen. cies; of the business would WJ.ITant, but it was orders he went out after. And this is the way all salesmen look at the proposition of managers' rights.-A, B. Tozer, in· j\'!odern Methds. 32 -~--------_. MICHIGAN ARTISAN ------------. -----------1II !, !IIII!II !I II THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY , I II III I I IIIII ,, I I I i Plain or Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Walnut, Elm. Ash or any other wood with open grain. Write the IPosseliuBsr~S;k~~~~!~~~M:~~f~CcO!~. D~Mi~nt.t,gI , . It makes a perfrct imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so called machine or pads on the market. That's Why It's a MoneyMaker. It Imitates Perfectly. 50 Machines Sold last Year Useful Wood Working Tools. Morris \\Toad & SOilS 2714-2716 "VVcst Lake street, Chi~ eago, have just issued catalogue No. 25A illustrating and de-scribing wood workillg tools, drills, bits, cutters and machines. Among some of the most recent tools which the firm has brought out is the cutter grinder shown below, and fully de· 50 More Satisfied Manufacturers A Test That Failed. A prominent dealer, while sojourning in Grand Rapids in January, related an incident in connection with the sale of a line of arts and crafts furniture as follow5: "A customer f;xaminillg 3. chair, in \vhich the front legs were constructed ..:eemingly to project above the arms, expressed the opinion that the construction was fraudulent Although I have sol(~ furniture many years and claim to have some skill in detect-ing bad work by the manufacturer, the piece looked genuinc, ;:nd I expressed confldcnce in the manufadurer. 'I would like to hit that block just once with a hammer,' the cus- ---------~I , Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Co. Mallufacturersof all kinds of Crawfordaville. Indiana. NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER E. S. STERZIK, Pre •. • tomer rcmarke.d. 'If it is an honest leg I will pay for the chair,' he continued. .My curiosity was aroused and believ- ~ngthat I could not lose in such a trial, I handed the man <:.' !ntchet. Striking the piece it smart blow, -the block on the .arm of the chair flew to pieces and proved that the ma.n was ;ight. The block had been Slink into the arm over the leg. I reported the incident to the manufacturer of the chair "...ho sent a new p.-ieceto replace the one damaged by the man scribed in ther catalogue. Anyone call sharpen cutters on "\-viththe hatchet." tbis machille without previous experience, as the machine can-not be set to grind wrong. The thumb gauge is slowly turned against the back of tooth until properly sharpened. Then a lever is pulled back and the next tooth is placed for sharpen-ing, arid so on until all six teeth are sharpened, thumb gauge remaining where set. Result is all cutters are in :lbsolutely perfect balance and condition. @ * @ Browers Engage with Woodard. John E. Brower & Sons have entered into a eontractwith tl,e Woodard Furniture Company of Owosso; Mich., to design their lines of medium and high grade bedroom furniture in the future. The first line from the crayons of the Brower:s will be ready for ex.hibition in July nex.t. MICHIGAN ARTISAN [ ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VAINISH White-the Emblem of Purity--our r.ite Maple Polishiug Varnish is Pure-and the WHITEST GOODS ou the market. I dries to recoat every other day; can be rubbed and polished in four to five days. Ask or testing sample. VAR~' ISH. C.OMPANY TOLEDO, OHIO '------------_._--- ------~----------..... ROYAL Trials of Winter Travel. j The following letter from James B. J-To\',;ard, middle vest representative of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, urll- IShe.5 an account of the trials and hardships traveling s les-men are not infrequently subjected to: ··I-Iave just passed through a trying experience CmpiJlg from St. Paul here, haYing be('11 snow bound for three nilghts I and -t\\'O d-a-ys near a little to\VTl called Vv'jndo111, Minn. The train fall into a :-inow bank at eleven thirty l\lollday li.ght and got stllCk. lJy morning the snow was banked as hi -"h as the car window~. Assista.nce reached us Oil Tuesday noon in the form of nne rotary snnw plow, fonr eng·ines and bout twenty shove1<..'rs, They had to pull the train Ol1t on[ car at a time which cut us off ironl tlle c:\fe car and as ill luck would have it, in trying to pull that tar out, they broke the draw hend which c:'l1sec1 a rlay's delay and Wilde it nccelssary for everyone tn forage for something to e'H. T .ate i 1 the afternoon some farmer boys came to our rescue with hard boiled eggs, cold fried sallgage and nearly hot coffee. T .ast night we managed to get away, arriving here earl this tnorning." @ * @ Death of Fred W. Spraker, On the morning of February 12, Fred. Vv'. Spraker, form-ly superintendent of the Berkey & Gay T<\lrniture Com-pany's factory. and later employed as a lumber buyer f r the same comp:my, passed out of life, aged 74 years. _ 1\lr. S raker was ..v..idc1y known and highly esteemed. On the occas'on of his retirement from the superintendency of tIle Ber ey & Gay factory, four hundred of his former workmen isited • his home in a body and presented him with a gold watch as a token of esteem and aff.ecti.on. The presentation speech n'as made by John Mowatt, designer for the company @ * @ Will Manufacture Clocks. The Puritan Clock company has filed 'artc1es of incorpor-ation at Lansing with a capitalization of $3,000 paid in. The purpose is to manufacture and deal in furniture and house furnishings, operations being carried on at Jamestown, N. Y., with an oHi.ce ill the 1\1ichigan Trust buil'dnig, Grand Rapids. Those interested are E. H. Vv'il1iams, Grand Rapids; Edward J. Kuhne. Boston, and Paul B. Rosencrantz, Jamestown, \vith $1,000 each. @ * @ Alexander Dodds Reports an active trade in woodworking machinery. Among his recent shipments was a large gang dovetail machine to St. Petershurg. Russia; another to ~'1ilan, Italy, and a 1\:venty-five spindle machine to Germany. He also reports the sale of nine swing cut-off saws to one factory in North Carolina. This surely indicates a steady improve-ment in business. @ * @ The West Side Iron Works. During the year the \·Vest Side Iron ·Works, of this city have bought out several new ,,,,'aod working machines-belt sanders, saw tables, etc. They are now at work on a large machine that will take several weeks to bring out. A full description, when it is ready to be put ou the market, will be published. 33. 34 MICHIGAN I MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS I WANTE...,D=----- __ . _ WANTED-EXPERT OPERATOR un sand belt- machine, one qukk and capable. GCl% salary t6 a. capable man. Address "G. M. G.," care of :Michigan Artisun. 1-10-2t WANTED-A COMMISSiON MAN To sell our line of upholstered furniture in Ohio, Indiana aDd Michi-gan. Must be Al and know buyers well. Address, Buffalo Lonnl'e Company, Buffalo, N. Y. WANTED-AN EXPERIENCED FOREMAN To take entire cJm.rge of' the mRchme floor In a table factory located I.D. Cent..al Pennsylvania. Position pe:nnaneDt and open at once t01' the right man. Address, E., cure of· Michigan Artisan.---_. WANTED-POSITION BY DRAFTSMAN. Special furniture d.mftsman desirell position as draftsman or Sal68- man; thoroughly experienced and competent, change deslt'ed durin. June. Address "K, 4," care of Michigan Artisan. S-lO-tf WA101TED-SALESMEN To handle a fu'St-claS8 line of sectional bookcases. Camden Cabinet Company Camden N. Y. 9-10-3t. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMAN To handle line of high grade bJ'ass candl<icks on commission as side line; one ealling OD the furniture trade preferred.. Send ftIferenee8. Address "A," care of· -Michigan Arliggn. 3-1G-4t. FOR SALE FOB SALE. The Fnrniture Factory occupied by Blum & Company, Hamilton, Ohio is for sllle.-Correlilpondenee solicited byE. F. Blum, Mgr. 1-10-4t ARTISAN WANTED-POSITION AS SUPERINTENDENT OR MANAGER. At present time I am superintending large factory making special cabinet work. For private reasons desire change. Address M. M. M., care of Michigan Artisan Co..... 2-1O-2t. WANTED-POSITION BY MACHINE FOREMAN With large experience in machine and veneer room; also un-derstands millwright work. At present employed, but wishes to change ... Address W. A. J., care of Michigan Artisan. 2-IO-lt. WANTED-SALESMEN To handle first-class new line· parlor furniture, medium and high grade ... This is a first-class opportunity for enterprising men. Address Box F., care of Michigan Artisan. 2-10-3t. VIANTED-SALESMAN To sell French and German mirrors on commission. Write to Benjamin Griffen. 40 Vestry street, New York city. WANTED-COMPETENT COMMERCIAL PHOTO-GRAPHER. Must be experienced in the furniture line. Address "S" care of Michigan Artisan. 1-10-2t. WANTED. Expert Commercial· Retoucher' and Blocker. care of Michigan. Artisan. Address "S" 1-10-2t WANTED-POSITION. By an experienced superintendent in the manufacture of case work and tables. Address K. E. W. care of Michigan Artisan. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Acme White Lead and Color Works 21 Adams & Elting 24 American Blower Company. . _Cover Barlow Brothers _ _. . . . . . . .. 5 Barnes, W. F. & John Company .. -.,., 13 Barrett, M. L., & Company :. _ _. . . . 15 Boynton & Company _ 16 Buss Machine Works Cover Cordesman-Rechtin Company .. . Cover Clark, Walter, Veneer Company_ _ 4 Dodds, Alexander __ 13 Edge, Frank & Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Fellwock Auto & Manufacturing Company 16 Fox Machine Company _ _. _ _.. . .. . 16 Francis, Charles E., & Brother _. 1 Furniture Commercial Agency 9 Gillette Roller Bearing Company Cover Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester Company 25 Grand Rapids Brass Company , _ Cover Grand Rapids ElectrotYpe Company..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company 19 Grand Rapids School of Designing. . .. _ 17 Grand
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-sixth Year-No. 25 JUNE 10, 1906 Semi-Monthly WYSONG & MILES LEE AND .JACKSON STS. CREENSBORO. N. C. 100% to 200 % PROFIT PER YEAR on this Sand Belt. The investment is a small one. The few months you are getting along withollt it is losing you the entire price of it. HUNDREDS MOST~~RTo':.:iNENT FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS using this Sand Belt state that these claims fall short of the real merits of the machine. IT HAS THE DESIRED ADJUSTMENTS QUICKLY MADE Our claims are that.it will sand with _thegrain and require no retouch~ ing by hand the following: Mirror frames, round oval,- any shape; drawer rails; drawer fronts, base rails, dc., serpentine, ogee, round or swell; straight veneered or cross veneered; ogee, round, bevel or straight edges of dresser or table tops, of round) square or scrolled patterns; table tops. of round, square or -scrolled pat. terns; table rims, dresser posts; veneered rolls or columns; straight, ogee or round· ed mouldingli; raised surfaces of panels; spirals of table legs; curtain slats for roIl-top desks; spindle carvings; french table legs; plumbers' wood work; etc., etc. No. 164 Sand Belt Machine. A MESSAGE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURERS ,OF AMEIHCA: Do you wish to lessen the cost of handling your pro_ ~duct by the use of light running, lOIlg lasting axles? If so -explain to your wagon builder that Gillette Roller Bearing Axles are inexpensive to buy-easy to install-simple iu con-struction and highly effective in reducing the draft"'-that they can be made a part of YOUR vehicle at OUR risk as we ship on approval to responsible persons. And ask him to write to U5-or do so yourselves. IT WILL PAY YOU. Yours for the cheapening of manufacturing costs, THE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARINGCOMP ANY Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. BEAUTIFUL ARDWO OORS H OD FL . To obtain the m'ost satisfactory and durabJeresults fill with Wheeler's Patent WoodFill" .ndnn's' wit •• coat of Bce;oJg'.FJOOT.PO];sh. OnTp"n"p";' ,. walk on the wood, not on the finish. THE BRIDGEPORT WOOD FINiSHING CD., New MiUord. Conn.; 70 W. Lake St •• Chicaao; 41.43 So. 3rd St., Philadelphia; 48 Cornhlll. Boston. '.; GOOD FINISHING Is the most essential part of the business of FURN-ITURE MAKING. Our WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS are not only good-they are THE BEST. You need not take our word for this---you can PROVE IT FOR YOURSELF. Write us for samples of any ot our products. We shall be glad to send them to you. The Marietta Paint al Colo..-Co. Marietta. Ohio A Few of Our '" Products That Have Been Tried and Have Become Famous for Their Practical Merits: GOLDEN OAn A PRACTICAL OIL STAIN EARLY ENGLISH OAn SPARTAN STAIN WEATHERE.D OAn OIL STAIN No. 700 FUME.D OAn AN ACID STAIN For Heavy Work Use the BENEDICT CLAMPS Grand Rapigs Hand Screw Company 130 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers of Hand Screws, Cabinet Makers' Benches, Factory. Trucks, etc. DOUBLE CASE SECTION CLAMP. . ,. i' ' 7IR-T I.s AJ"J" 'Rij q 7T+ • 1 The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MJo.NlJl"ACTUaEllS AND JOBBERS 01' Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves Our facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, extending . from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: Also, our 22 jobbi.ng houses carry heavy stocks in all lines oj glass, pai.nts, varnishes and brushes and are located in the cities named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALG--S7:l-4-6-8 Pearl Street. BOSTON-4l-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLYN-635 and 637 Fulton Streel. CHICAGo-442-45:l Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Building, Arch (tIIll CINCINNATI~Broadway and Court Streets, Eleventh Streets. ST. LOurS-Cor. 12th and 5t Charles Streets. DAVENPORT-4Io-4J6 Scott Street. MINNEAPOLIS-SQO-SJO S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-149-SI'53 Seneca Street. DETROlT-S3-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-I608-Io-12 Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-IOI-103 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349:-SI Minnesota Street. MILWAUKEE., WIS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA'-30,32 and 34 S. Pryor Stn·('t. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH, GA·-74s-749 Wheaton Streel. !londExchange Sts. KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sis. BALTIMORE-221-223 W, Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2ndAve. and 29th St New York So.ton Philadelphia Suffalo Cincinnati St. Louis MtnneapoU. Atlanta. Kok.omo. Ind. f'ord City. Pa, Hi8h Point. N. C. Davenport Cryatal City. Mo. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. Veneer Presses, all kinds aud sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders 81ue Healers Trucks, Elc.. Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World ::::::::==-===.:---------::::: Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applied for!, Single doublealld eombination. No. 20 G"lu.f!: Heater C"AS. E. fRANCIS &. BRO.D Hand Feed Clueing Machine. (Patl:'nt pending,) Eight Styles ana Sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 419-421 E. Eighth St. CINCINNI\T1, O. No, 6 Glu~ Heater The Universal Automatic CARVING MACffINE ==== 'PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== 25 HAND CARVERS Anddoes the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand ====== MADBEY====== UnIOn [MDOSSlno MAcnlnr (0. Indianapoli8. Indiana Write for Inlormation, Prices Etc. -- 2 Che YEARS' SUCCESS In the designing and constrnction of woodworking machinery is the lasting guarantee of abso-lute satisfaction and unwavering dependableness that backs up every Fay and Egan ma-chine everywhere. It is the spirit that is daily pushitig Fay and Egan machinery onward and upward to the ideal of tomorrow, and forever raising that ideal higher and higher, so that judged by present standards, Fay and Egan machines are always at the pillnac1e of perfectioll. No matter how large or small your business may be you want to be free from the worry alld waste of inferior machinery, you want to be sure of the loyalty of your'meehanical helpers, you want to know that under the most tryillg conditions, they will always stand stanch and true, and never desert or lower your standard. Here is one of the tested and tried Fay and Egan machines. It is a modern inside molder that will do the finest and the most work continually and is especially adapted to furniture factories. Works 12 or 15 inches wide and up to 6 inches thick. Send for Circulars .on any Woodworking Machine. Catalog free. 505·525 W. front St., CinciI\.l'.O.ti.Oh.io. US.A. 26th Year-No. 24. GRAND RAPJDS, MICH., JUNE 10, 1906, $ 1.00 per Year. Handling Labor in Germany. Consul Harris, writing from Mannhei1l1, quotes ;l German manufacturer whose products go to all quarters of the globe, and whom he heard say that it ""vasnot their patenls, nor their technical force, hut their workmen which gives them a com-manding place in his trade. Although German wages are low, Mr. Harris enumerates some of the advantages which Cerman laborers enjoy, as fotlows: Many GeTman concerns own dwelling houses, and rent them to '..·.orkmen at actmd cost. Th:::y p~ovidc restaurants and meals at actual en'lt, fU':l\lsh fucl at \\.hoksale cost, g-lvc transportation ill whole or part to employes living at a dis-tance, pay pensions in certain cases, and work people's read-ing rooms, baths, hospitals, savings banks, and cooking schools for girls are maintained. The annual report of tbe imperial 'insurance department for 1905, recently submitted to the Reichstag. shows the sums paid to beneflcaries untler the compulsory insurance laws in force for the protection to wo,kmen. For accident injuries $32,415,UOO was pa.id to 1,- 034,773 persons injured or their dependents, an a·verage of practically 011e out of evry sixty of the total population of the empire. Sick and indigent pen;ons re'ceived last year $38,080,000. Annu1ties were granted to 145,412 persons, To these sums is to be added $40,460,000 paid yearly from the local sick funds (krankenkasse) throughout the empire as sick bene tit, burial charges, etc., m3king a total of about $1l1,R60,OOO annually paid as benefits under the \vorkmen's insurance laws now in force. During the same year 200 con-cerns employing labor paid in gifts to workmen ami in perm-anent funds and other provi,,,ions for their "ielfa:'c, apart from "",ages, $27,608,000. Reference is fllso m:J.de to the measures adopted by the department of mining in Prussia for miners' homes, of which 8,636 with room for 18,962 fam-ilies, have been provided wholly or in part at state ,expense. Thi.ty-b\'O bUlltl-ings, with 5,Ojl beds, have ,been provided fOl' unmarried mine employes in the same manner, and are fur-llished at low prices. It is perhaps too SOOIl to determine how these forms of state and. private 1>enevolence may fll1ally come to be viC\ved by \vorkmel1. Large mauufacturing' con-cerns, from ,,,horn much attention has bt.:en given the class of w{)rk referred .to, have not ·wholly escaped labor trouhles during tbe past year. The employe dass have in senne cases sben'n an apathy toward present advantages and future re-wards for f:J.thfu\ service, and have resorted to strikes and other means to securc higher wages or shoo tel' llOurs of labor. 1t can at all events be said that the state has with much ingenuity and skill sougbt to lessen the dist~ess due to accident, disease, 'and old age among its wage earnes, and that in all parts of the empire private enterprise has done much toward the same end. The results, worked out under conditions differing much from those in the United States, are thus far for the most part satisf;-lctoi'}'. Immigrants Unevenly Distributed. The real trouble in immigration, thinks a large manufac-turer, lies not in the fact that immigrants are not coming to our shores fast enough, but in tbat they do 110t get to the sections of the country where they are most needed. If some intelligent methods we,'e devised to hand~e our ineom-ing- gl1e~ts and steer them in thosc directions '" here there is a real demand for them, the so-called immigration ques-tion would be completely solved. \-Vhat would facilitate and prevent tbe unnecessary return of undesirable immi-grants would be the reqltt __ ement from an immigrant of a cei-tiilcate fro in the consul of each district of embarkation show-ing a clean bill of health and such other qualifications that would be fIlled ot~t, and this cl:rtificate being .presented to the officials of Ellis Island, would go Llr toward corrl'cting one of the greatest immigration evils. The national gov-enltnent, he says, v.rill have to take' up this matter sooner or later, and it alone can be trusted to handle it with thorough- He:;,;. Canadian Anthracite Coal. The discovery of anthracite coal in Canada was announced by the minister of mines in the legislature of Ontario, re-ports Consular Agent 1turphy, from S1. Catharines. 'The re-po: t is that extensive heds of anthracite exist on the Hudson Bay slope in the neighborhood of Albany River, which forms the dividing line behveen Onta:'io and the Northv.;est Ter:-i-tory. 'JI" THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters Varnishes 4 B0VNT0N eX C0. Mfrs. of Embosltd and Turned Mouldings. Pordt Work. Wood Orllls. and Auto. matlc. Turning. We also ll1anufac· tur~ a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA-MENTS fOr couch work. Send for Illustrations. Removed to 419·421 W. fifteenth St., C"IC400, ILL SEND FOR CAT~ALOGUE If your DESUiNS art right, people want the Good •• That make. PRICES right, (t(arence 1R. bfUs DOES IT 103 Madison Aventle--Cit'izeml Pbone 19&1. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. MANlJFACTURBRS OF DROP CARVING AND GENERAL EMBOSSING MACHINES Die' for all klnds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second SI" LAFAYETTE, IND. Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA. U. S. A. ORAnD RAPIDS WOOD f1nlSnlnO (0. ItXCLUStVE MANUFACTURBRS OF WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our specialty. We confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Furniture Wax alld Finishing SnppJies. We are the originators of Weathered, Antwerp and Mission Stains in Oil. Our shades are absolutely correct. We ate authority on Early English, Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and SHver Maple Stains, and w1JJ match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and Factory, 55, 57,59 Ellsworth Are., Grand Rapids, MiGh. B. WALTER & CO. Monufa,",,,,, of T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT FaIding :Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. 8. WILLIAMS 3811 Vlnce:n:neB Ave., Chloago. Manufacturer of Hardv.'STe Specialties for the Furniture Trade. Established 18'18 Sfep~eDsonnff. (0. South Bend, Ind. W ood Turnings, T umed Moulding, Dowel. and Dowel Pin•. Catalogue to Manufac4 turers on Application. .5 1Loutsbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702. JOHN OUER & SONS BALTIMORE. MD. GBblnet "ardware Bnd Tools Etc., Upholstered Goods Ha.ndiorIlell PuB on the Market for the Money Write for prices and sample I-------~---~--- ----- • fOUR TRAINS TO AND fROM CmCAGO Lv Gd. Rapids 7;10am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar ChicaIO 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm At Chicac-o 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am PuUman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Service a la carte. PNC Marquette Parlor cars on all day trains. Ra.t. reduced to SO cent •. T"REE TRAINS DETROIT TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapid, 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand RapidS 11:15 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:~ pm Arrive Dctroit 10:05pm Mealilerved a la carte on traiJls leaving Grand Rapids at 11::15am and 5:20 pm. Pete Marquette Parlor C.rs on all trainl i seat rate, 25 «:ents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DlllTKIer PAIIIlXNCEIR.AGENT, PHOKE 1168 Gand R-.pid.,),II1•c. : THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL GLUE HEATER Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices. WEATHERLY CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. These sa ws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war~ rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Sc(oll Saws, any length and gauge Write us (or Price List and dl.count 31-33 S. FRONT ST •• GRAND RAPIDS Correspondence Solicited JAnmown PAnn AnD vrnrrn conPAnT (IncorDorated) ManufaClurers of Veneered Panels and Table Tops Lardellt Stock of Veneers MAHOGANY. QUAR.TEREDOAK. WALNUT. BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE, CURLY SIR.CH. PLAIN OAK PLAIN BIRCH. MAPLE, CROSS RANDING The Best Workmanship and Finish Office, SO-58 Steele Street, Jamestown. N. Y Two Large Factories: Jamestown, N. V. Ashville, N. V. Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere. Samples on Application Excels aU band Icrew clamps in adaptation to work, convenience of handling and quick llction Especially adapted. to Veneering Panellng and all work requiring long broad jaw. 45 Center Sl BATAVIA, N. Y. COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Furnished Batavia Clamp Co. Me-nUbn Micnigan Artliilan. 6 Death of E.dward C. Gerwig. The furniture t;ade will be shocked and grieved to hear of the death of Edward C. Gerwig, of Parkersburg.' He was ill only three weeks, but death was not unexepected. His connection with the furniture hminess dates back to thit'ty years ago, when with v\lilliam Bentley, he en:sagcd in the retail furniture business in Parkersburg. In 1880 Bentley & Gerwig purchased the Shaefer Furniture factory and h11S1- /les.", has been vcry sueccssfl1L Mr. Gerwig was Leasurer and gene,al manager and to his efforts a large part of the success of the enterprise is due. The Parkersburg Up-holstering company is another factory in which IHr. Gerwig had an interest. He was also prominent in the municipal affairs of Parkersburg, having served several terms as a member of the city counciL lIe was likewise a member of the 'Vest Virginia commission of the Lousiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. Mr. Gerwig [eaves a wife :lnd four children, besides a number of brothers and sisters, to mourn his Joss. Hotel Ottawa to be Opened on July 1. The big summer hotel Ottawa on Lake Michigan, thirty minutes' ride from Grnnd Hapids, the resort of many furn- 7IR T 1.5'A2'1 t , ,.. The Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton's 1906 Red Book. Balctwin, Tuthill & Bolton Jwve issued a new 168-page catalogue of saw and knife fitting machinery, the 1906 edition of their Red Book. There are 250 illustrations of machines for filing room use adapted variously to the fitting of band saws ran;:{ing from one-eighth up to eighteen inches. wide, ci~cular saws up to seventy-two inch diamtcr, gang saws any length or width, machine knives up to thirteen feeCt]ong, cutter heads. etc., a showing that is by far the most compre-hensive of the kind put out to date. The company have been in business seventeen years man-ufacturing saw and knife fitting machinery, and from the or-iginal Rhodes circular saw swage have developed a large var-iety of specialties. Their goods have found a market in the Cnited States, Canada and many foreign countries where saw milling or wood l,vorking is carried on in a crude way. Fifty thousand catalo6ues will he issued this year either in complete or sectional form and best suited for practical purposes, and anyone writing for them is voelcome to what-ever" one he wishes. The tiling room of any mill O~ factory is of the utmost im-vortance in the production of results as regards quantity and quality of the output and it is remarkable that so many op-erators or buyers are so heedless of this fact and indifferent itute buyers during the mid-summ-er market season, will be opened for the receptiqn of gu(:'sts on July 1. Manager Pantlind has had a gang of decorators ancl repairers at \vork on the main structure and annex during the past_two-months. Lost Motion. Lost motion means a ·defect in the machinery_ It is energy going to waste, and true principles of economy for-bid ..'.f.asted energy. It is not an infrequent thing to discover lost motion in business as well as machine,y. 1\:laoy a_busi-ness mall finds his business machinery going alon-g voith a . limp and a jerk, indicating that there is waste energy some-where. The engineer at the head of the concerti may he crowding all a full head of steam, but the transmission of the power is faulty and results. are not achieved. Maybt: the old machinc needs a general tightening up; wo:nout COg~need replacing with neW ones; "perhaps the belt needs tightening. The busin('.ss machine may be clogged with goods that we:e bought because they looked like a bargain; but th~y refuse to move on out through the legitimate channels of trade. It is an old saying that "goods well bought are half sold," and "well bought" does, not necessarily mean cheap bought, for, unless the quality is there, goods will fail to turn over readily, and they cannot "be reckoned good assets. about the equipment of their filing rooms in an up-to-date manner. However, the greatly increased demand for their equipment from companies in all lines of lumber manufacture or conversion, demonstrates that their ~fforts in what may be termed an educational way, have met with a ready re-sponse, and the freedom from complaints from customers reJ~ ative to equipment furnished, is a demonstration to' this company that their machines are efficient and desirable. Practical saw bIers writing to the company for the same, will be gladly furnished with a catalogue. Water Powers' in Canada . Commercial Agent Shotts reports from Sault Stc. 1Iarie growing interpt in the water powers of Canada. 1lany plants are now utilizing the power and othe:-s are being built or "planned 'which, all told, will form a very small percentage of the availahle"power. The CLllladian Pacific and the Grand Trunk railways are planning to use some of this power for running trains on branch lines and possibly in some cases on the main lines. Americans might find it profitable to develop some of these water powers, as concessions are readily grant-ed by the government of Ontario, Jnd power will be in de-mand for the large numbers of mines and other develop-ments. New Band Rip Saw. The Fay and Egan No.1 band rip saw has been te5ted and tried with the greatest satisfaction and profit by fUI"'11- itttre factories everywhere, and now that this progres'sivc concern has bn)U'lht out a new band machine modeled along the same lines as the ;.J o. 1, but greatly improved through-out, it is rcadily seen that the newcomer must be a very su-perior tool. The small illustration will give some idea of its general ap-pearance, but interested readers should send to the J. A. ray and Egan company, 505-525 Vi. Frallt st. ed, Cinc:nllati, Ohio, for descriptive circulars giving larg'e views ()f both sides of the macbine and full specll1cations. As an outline of the capacity of this saw, it may be said to lake t\venty-four inches between fence and saw and ma-terial up to bvelvc: inches thick. An adjustments are most conveTliently made so that no time is lost by the operator. A single movement of the long lever adjusts the rolls up an:! tlowrl instantly. or raises them out of the way for use as a hand-feed rip saw. The Fay and Egan patent straining de-vice permits the lightest blade,., to be run at the highest spetd without the slightest danger to saw or operator and increases the general efficiency of the machine many fold. Up-to-date shops should know exactly ",-hat this ma-chine will <10. Complete information may be ohtained from the makers. Saved Himself Humiliation. Several years ago John )'10watt, vice president of the Grand Rapids Chair company, \'\.'as employed by a manufac-turer of furniture to order, in the city of Boston. Among the furniture manufactured was a large lot of "dog's head" chairs which were held in high favor by the students attend-ing Harvard, Dartmouth and other colleges located in the eastern states. The chairs wec'e ornamented with carved dogs' heads \vhicb were artistically cut bya former partner of the Boston manufacturer. The bloeks we:--e shipped to Dedham, where the carver lived, and the expense for the freight both ·ways, shared equally by the proprietor and con-tractor, amounted to a considec'ab1e sum. One day, when business was quiet, Mr. Mowatt and the }Yr"oprietordiscussed the matter of the cost of the dogs' heads and Mr. MO\,\,att re-marked that, having plenty of time to spare, he would cut the dog's heads if the proprietor desired. Mr. 1·Iowatt ex-pressed satisfaction with the price, $2.CO per head, rnid [')1' the work and on the f()1J,)wing day, by the desire of pis e'n-player, he cut the first head. The work met the approval of the proprietor and Mr. Mowatt was directed to eut the lot for the price agreed upon-$2.00 per head. Mr. Mowatt cut 7IR T 1.5'JI2'J' '4# zfbm Trte 7 1\.voon the second day, three on the third, four on the fourth and {lye on the fifth, making the sum total earned in five days $30.00. By this time the 'proprietor was beside him-self. "You are making too much money," he remarked tCJ llr. 1Towatt. "I am eafl1ing no more per head than your friend in Dedham earned," Mr. Mowatt repr'ied. But the old Scotchman could not take a reasonable view of the matter, and when the job was completed a readjustment of the ","age question followed. Later, when MT. Mowatt came to Grand Rapids he offered a place as foreman in the factol'y' of the Grand Rap-ids Chalr company to his old employer,'then in reduced cirCtltllstanees. It was refused. "You once· worked under me," he wrote 1\'11'. 1-Iov"att. "I have a reasonable am.ount of pride, ~111dw, hlle I am poor, I could never humili-ate myself by taking a place under you." Alcohol's New Day, The unanimous vote by ·which the senate pa.ssed the bill freeing from taxation denatured alcohol not only marks an important industrial and commercial change, but· is partic-ularly welcome at this time when the "muck-rakers" and even more conservative critics of the upper house of.congress have been doing mnch to undermine confidence in the senate as a body responsive to public sentiment and demands. That the senate has, in this matter-never mind guessing at the motive-list.ened to the demands of the people rather than to the wishes of vested business interests i,., very manifest. Incidental disturbance of important industries and of local distrilmtiol1 of labor VIi ill, of course, follow t.he use of untaxed alcobol. as is necessarily to be expected. The manufactur-ers of wood alcohol, whose business rested upon the tax im-posed on grain alcohol, will probabl"y have to curtail or ahan-don production. Already the growers of the woods used in \'.'ocd-alcohol manufacture are preparing to cut no marc. It i.~pessible that a limited amOrJ.nt of the wood product may be used in denaturing the g:-ain alcohol. This process is merely such t-eating of the grain alcohol, under the personal supervision of revenue officers, as shall spoil it for use as a bc\'crage or medicine, and insure its use pU:'ely for industrial ptlrposes.-Ex, Forests Disappearing. The National Hardwood Lumber Association at its recent meeting in l\lcmphis adopted a report that presented the dire possibilities of the destruction of the forest in the short period of thirty-five years. It was estimated that there now stood in the United States in the neighborhood of 1,475,000,000,000 feet of lumber, but that 45,000.000,000 feet of lumber was being cut every year. The report recommended that something mmt be done and done immediately. Recommendations were made by the repo;·t for the prohibitiun of log exports and exemption from taxes of tree plantations. Attention was called to the desirability of state legal enactments along the last line and some constitutiQnal provision by the general government of like eITect. Mention was made of the custom prevailing in France of requiring a tree to be planted for every tree cut down. Born to the Trade. E. D. Bolger of the Hoffman Brothers company, Fort \Vayne, Ind., \vas born into the lumber and veneer trade. His father, Ed\'Vard Bolger, one of the most popular gentlemen known to the traveling fraternity ten years ago, was an offic-ial of the old E. D. Albro company, and when his son had arrived at an 2ge when he could leave school, he \~as set to work in the factory and soon learned all the details of the veneer and lumber business. He is doing excellent work' for the Hoffman Brothers company, and among the pleasures of his occupation is the meeting of old friends of his father, all of whom hold his memory as something worth keeping. 8 MICHIGAN "If i fiR..T I.s A.l\J 4? Tt'S* HAND CZRCULA.R RIP SAW, N(), 4SAW (ready for cros&<utling) MQRTISI!"JI COMBINIW MACHINE. ~:~~HA'N=D.AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABIN£T MAKER: He can save II. manufacturer's profit all well 89 a dealer's profit. He can make more money with leas capital invested. He can hold a bettel'"and more.atisfactory trade with his £ustomers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low COllt, as the factories. The local cabinet maker has been forced into only a dealer's trade and profit; because of blacbine manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Barnes' Patent Foot-and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states the cabinet maker with advantages equatlO his competitors. If desiJed, tbese machInes will b4! sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop .and on the work he ....ishes them to do. DES(;RIPTtVE CATALOGUE ANDPRICK LIST FREB. W. F, & JOHN BARNES CO,. 654 Ruby SI.. Rockford, III. FOR.MER. Oll. MoULDER. HAND TSNONBR, No.3 WOOD LATHB. No.4 SAW (ready lor~ripplng) No.7 SCltOLL SAW. WHITE PRINTING CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH IMPROVED, EA.SY and QUICK RAISING B~t. Elettric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Bend for Catalogue aDd Prices. KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067 NInth St. Council Bluffs, la, KhnbaJl Elevator Co. 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; IOSllth St., Omaha, Neb.; 1:;WCedar St., New York City. We. PRINT THe. M1CH10AN AftTISAN, ANO MAK~ A SF"a:CIAL.TY OF CATAL.OC;YES FC)R THE F ....RNITURE T"ADE.. ELEVATORS New YOl"k -------------'-----OFFICES-------------_-i- __ Jameatown High Point Clnclnnatl Detl"(llt MlnneapoU. Anoelate Offices and Bonded At1OPDe7. &oston Grand Rapids Chicago St. LoUI~ In aU Principal clUes The Furniture Agency REPORTING FURNITURE. UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC-TiONS MADE BY AN UN'RIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT • , . wR PItODUCE RESULTS WHERE OTHERS FAIL WRIT!!: FOR P....kTICULARS AND YOUWILL SEND us YOU k B0 SIN E SS. Our Complaltlt and Adjustment Depariment Red Drafts Collect L. J. STEVENSON. Michigan Manage.. 9 Qran~Dapi~sDlow Pipe an~Dust Arrester (ompan~ THE latest device for handling shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. OUf eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it uearer perfection than any other system on tbe market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic F'urnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its liue. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DET AIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMBRS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Fa.ctory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. CItizens Phone 1282 Bell, M..ip 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM 10 Stringent Reforms Demanded. June 1, 1906. Editor Michigan Artisan :-At the present time there is much being written about the question of refo:-m, throughout the country, which effects not only the political but business organizations. The people are giving much attention to these questions, and there is a current of thought permeating the entire country demanding stringent reforms along many lines. Tn our own state of Michigan we find a menace to the men who are engaged in the manufacture of furniture. About three years ago a corporation was formed known as the Yp-silanti Reed & Rattan company, which had been located at Ypsilanti, Mich. With the connivance of men who con-trolled the political party of our state, with some outside as-sistance, they took into the fold a small firm, and secured various concessions in the way of contracts from the state, to employ convicts in the Ionia penitentiary. As far as can be learned they paid SS cents per day for each convict em-ployed and are now giving employment to about 300 convicts manufacturing rattan chairs 'and other goods of a similar character. vVhat is the result of this competition? One firm in Detroit has been driven out of business, who em-ployed eighty men. How is it possible for a manufacturcr who employs, for an example, 100 men at an average rate of wages of $2.23 per day, tv pay the same for raw material as the favorcd prison contractor? Thc prison contractor pays no taxes, while the manufacturer employing free labor pays taxes. The one pays each day $2.25 per man for J.1bor, while the other pays 5.5 cents per day, in a single month a difference in wages of $4,250 and in one year a difference of $51,000, who employs 100 men outside of the penitentiary for more than the favored contractor pays for the same number of men inside of the penitentiary. How long will it require an outside manufacturer to exhaust his capital? There has recently been established in the penitentiary at Jackson, Mich., a company known. as the Federal Table company, which came into life during the time that Mr. Vincent was warden, and relatively the same condition ex-ists. That convicts should be employed at some work is without doubt an economic question, which has been de-bated for many years from various standpoints and the con-census of opinion is that they should be employed at some work which ..should benefit either the state or the public at large. The various states have endeavored to pass laws which in some manner would protect men who are engaged eithcr in manufacturing, or are employed in the factories outside of the penitentiary, that are in competition with the contractors, WJ10 employ prison labor? There is now being agitated throughout the country the question of a direct tax: to be imposed upon all products made in the penitentiary. This tax should be from twenty-five to fifty per cellt ad valorem on all goods manufacturcd by state prison labor, and it seems that this is a feasible plan to dispose of this question, which is a menace to all manufac-turers and men that are employed in thc facto:-ies that arc in competition with prison made goods. Another __point is t? ·have all goods stamped in large letters where they" may be seen by the purchaser, with the words, HMade in Prison," and added to these words the state where-in the goods are made. This will protect in a manner not only the consumer of prison made goods, but also the man who is engaged in the various depa rtments of manufactur-ing that come in competition with prison made goods. We have laws far-reaching in their effect, to protect labor throughout the United States from the cheaper employed labor of foreign countries, and at the same time there is not adequate protection at home against prison made goods. It lias been almost impossible to secure the enactment of laws, either in Congress or through the state legislatures that produce any favorable results, which protect the outsidt> producer. It is hoped that the manufacturer and all men who are interested in the production of manufactured goods, that are in competition with prison made goods will appeal to t.heir congressmen and to the members of the state leg-islature to have laws passed which will protect them fully in their business, so that they can compete with the p:-odu:::- tion of prisons, and that all who may purchase prison made goods may know that they are supj::orting a system which would mean starvation to outside labo:' .• were they paid no more for a fair day's work than what contractors pay for the convict labor, that is performed within the watts of the penitentiary. This question is of more vital importance to men who are engaged in the manufacture of furniture than anyone commodity that is now being made in ,the state of Michigan, and should be taken up by them and a relentless battle waged until' these laws are upon the statute books and are enforced. The evil docs not end with what is produced and placed on the market by prison labor, because the goods are sold at slightly less p:-ices than commoditie.s made by. manufacturers employing outside labor, and there is a tendency to contin~ ually lower prices on what is made outside in order to lTLeet this destructive competition, and keep wages down to a lower scale, in all factorics making similar goods to those made in the penitentiaries. If the goods made in prisons were taxed and b:"anded then the purchaser would know what he is buying, and, as a rule, would give preference to what is made by free labor, even at a higher price than to buy prism1 made goods, which ought to sell at n1uc'h smaller prices than they are selling, as a rule, because contracts owned by com-panies employing convict labor pay a much greater profit, ac-conlinci to the capital employed, thari .a concern can make that employs the same number of men making similar goods with outside labn:-o Hence, under existing conditions, the people do not ltet the benefits of cheap goods made by pflson J'<lbor It goes to the men who have a "pull" with the party in powe· in the state that he may, or may not reside in, and is kept by judicious management until oftentimes outside manufac-turers are }Jushed to the wall, or cease to make the products of prisons, owing to the question of cost of labor alone, tht" average cost of labor being aJi the way from forty to fifty-five per cent on the dollar, for what is made, making a difference in favor of the prison contractor of more than two-thirds of the cost of labor entering into the article made. He has a clear field to dispose of his prison products, which no outside manufacturers can meet, and which is a positive injustice to not only the manufacturer, but to every man employed by him, and to the buying pUblic, as wen. Discrimination against capital and labor of this character is grossly wrong. and their rights are entitled to protection, and any unjust infringement on those rights should be speedily corrected. Very respectfully, F. T. PLIMPTON. Cox's Styl.e is Strong, Yet Chaste. Should "Charley" Cox of the Michigan Chair company ti"e of selling furniture and seek another occupation (a con-tingency not likely to occur) he would have no di:TIculty in nnding employment as a writer of advertise--nents. He writes the advertisement for the Michigan Chair company as a diversion. His style is chaste and the v.; ords he employs to express his ideas are happily chosen. He is a master of the King"s English, as wetI as the art of salesmanship. Death of George F. Buss. George F. Buss, formerly of the Buss Machine works, Grand Rapids, widely and favorably known by the -..vood working trades, died recently after a l~ng illness at a sani-tarium in East Grand Rapids. The funeral services, at the home of his b!"other, W. R. Buss, were under Masonic aus-pices. Deceased was generally respected and highly es-teemed. . 11 July Visitors will Find in Our Warehouses a Large and Carefully Selected Stock of VENEERS • -lD- • Quartered Oak Plain Oak Figured Birch Plain Birch Bird's Eye Maple Plain Maple , Poplar Crossbanding We Also Want to Quote You On BUILT-UP STOCK OF ALL KINDS We Will Make It Worth Your While to See Us. WALTER CL·.ARK 535 Michigan Trust Building . Bell Phone Mam 428. Citizens Phone 5933. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12 P. D. Reddinger Carving Worhs (Formerly Oincinnati Carviuy Works of Cincinnati, 0.) CAR.VINGS and FURNITURE OR.NAMENTS of all kinds. EVANSVILLE. IND. By sending me a small order I will convince you that I am the man who can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THlt BUSJNESS. New Styles in Table Letls I IS it not a big advantagct not only in the selling of your product, but In the prices you command, if you are able to keep changing the style and getting out something new right along and without any extra expense in tlu Cost? OUR NO.5 TABLE LEG MACHINE will turn, not only round, but octogon, hexagon, square or any irregular shape, and all with the same cl.lttcr hl:ad. It, capacity is equal to eight or ten hand turners, and it is guaranteeq to do the work sucl;essfully. WOULD IT NOT INTEREST YOU TO KNOW MOttE ABOUT THIS MACHINE" THEN DROP US A LINE. C, Mattison Machine Works, F1FT·.:'':.T., Beloit, Wis, MACHINERY FOR TURNING WOOD. The • DAILY ARTISAN· RECORD WILL BE ISSUED AS USUAL DURING THE MID-SUMMER SELLING SEASQI'J Daily Artisan - Record 20 Lyon Street. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Golden Oak Oil Stains STRONGEST NOW ON T"E MARKET 1914 1916 1917 DARK BROWN BLACKER BLACKEST All of which produce a rich black brown effect, increasing· in blackness as indicated above. WILL NOT CURDLE Leaves no deposit or film on face of wood. Leaves flakes clean and white, more especially when used with our 20th Century Stain Solvent which is for use with all Oil Stains and costs very much less than turpentine. Write for samples. The Barrett Lindeman Co. IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The Lawrence Mcfadden Co. CHICAGO, III. 61-63-65-67 Ashland Ave. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 1400 and 1402 Frankford Ave. 13 14 Changes in Uniform Lading Bill. GuaHled expressions made within the past week by rail-road men in a position to know have led the shippers and bankers of Chicago to believe that the unifo:'tn bill of lading proposed by the special committee of ra~L-()ad men of which Frank J. Firth of Phil'adelphia, is chairman, will be withdrawn and a form submitted in its stead wh:ch will prove satisfac-tory to all interests concerned. Relying on the eorrectness of their information, the committees of shippers which have the matter in charge have ('.cased their activities in opposition to the proposed bill and are quietly awaiting developments. Just what changes \\iill be made by the railroads could not be learned here recently, but it is altog2thc-- probable the "non-negotiable," feature "..ill be the most import;::nt dealt with. Th e attitude of the banks as to accepting bills of lading as the American Bankers'Association. No meeting of the committee has been held recently, it being deemed advisable to await the promised action of the railroads.-Ex. Thin Veneered Furniture Not Durable. There is very little solid furniture made or sold in Mu-nich, Bavaria, practically all being veneered, and the veneer used is of poor quality, very thin and 110tdurable. The nat-ural result of the use of this thin veneer is that after very short use it warps and cracks and the furniture becomes val-ueless for ornamental purposes. Furniture dealers demand and obtain profits which to the American merchant seem in-crc'dible. The system of quick sales and small profits does not appeal to the more conservative Bavarian who prefers to obtain a large profit all one sale, which causes him less SUGGESTS COMFORT AND GOOD CHEER. cot1ate~al has caused much concern recently to the intci·esh behind the unifo:-m bill, it having heen suggested that banks, bankers and trust compani(~s jointly and severally agree that hereafter. bills of lading or carrier's rccepts for the trans-portation of me~chat1dise, 'will not be accepted as collateral or otherwise J1('xotiated 'W17(,I1- 1. The wo,ds "not negotiable" or theil equivalent appear at any place on such papers. 2. vVhen such bills bear changed dates or other material alteration. 3. When issued on so~callcd "uniform bills of lading." 4. When jointly signed by carrier's agent and shipper, the latter party to the contract when so signed waiving his com-mon law rights. 5. When signed hy carrier's agent in any way than wjth ink or indelible pencil. President Pierson of the National·Exchange Bank of Kev.- York is chairman of the Co_~mittee on Bills of Lading of l··ouble than a small profit on many sales, which latter, of coul-se, would extend his husiness more raridly than the for-mer method. A feature which must at first, at least, be reckoned with, is the system of long credits obtaining in that part of G~rmany. It is the custom for the tradesmen there to setHI their customers bills about every six months, and many firms send out bills only at the new yea.(. This system naturally caUSes a larger proportion of bad debts, and therefore increases the cost of the goods sold, but that t he cash trading system can be inrtoduced is indisputable, a5 bas been proved by the department: stores selling for cash. Uses a Pocket Mirror. "In doing somc kinds of work one is sometimes obliged to get down on his back to put in a screw or to see that every-thing is right," writes one of our readers, "for this purpose I often use a small pocket mirror having a handle and .ioint fo: turning it to any position." 15 • M. P. Michigan Artisan Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen, - Your esteemed favor of the 4th is just received and carefully noted and we would ask that you give us the top half of the back outside cover. We wish to insert in your next issue on the front cover the ad. for our Sand Papering Machine and on the back cover the ad. of our Multiple Mortiser (see ad. of the Multiple Mortiser in your April lOth edition). This will give us the Sander on the front cover and the Mortlser on the back cover. We are glad to state that we find your Michigan Artisan a first class advertising medium and we expect to carry both of these spaces indefinitely and may see fit to even increase this space a little later and we can recommend your paper in the highest terms to anyone wishing to place fUrniture machinery before the practical furniture men. We appreciate, also the kind consideration you have given us in all matters 'Ie remain, 'tours trUly, Wysong & Miles Co. 16 THE FINEST ESTABLISHMENT IN THE WORLD ----- - 0 FIT SKI ND---- --- ---- --- WorM's Qrealesl (alalo~ue GRAND RAPIDS ENGRAVING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DRY KILN REQUIREMENTS WE CAN FILL THEM In some instances it is necessary to have comparatively small quantities of a number of different kinds of lumber, in varying degrees of dryness. In such cases the "ABC" APARTMENT fiILNS are successfully employed. Note the eXpE'rience of the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. il¥OU recently installed for us a seven compartment 'Moist Air' kiln which has proven very satisfactory OUTre-quirements are unusually exaetinz, manufacturing, as we do, furniture and interior bank and office fittings, and interior woodwork of the highest class, and our lumber must be thoroughly dried in such condition as to be sus-ceptible to the highest finish. These conditions have been very well met by your kilos. I'Your service has been prompt and satisfactory, and we heartily recommend you and your kiln to anyone whose requirements are similar to our own." AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY NEW YORK, CHICAGO, ATLANTA, LOND·ON .7IR T 1..5'AJ"J 1 5 e t& Dodds' Patent TaMe=le~ Dovetailer We find upon investigation that OUT Dovetailing Ma-chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts Tenons to fit the Top Cuts T enOllS to fit the Cleats Adjustable to keep Mm. t~e and. Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapest Joint Made Win turn out 250 to 300 Small Parlor Tables in 10 Houn The Dodds Tilting Saw Table has more practical features and good polnts than any other saw table on the market. MANUE'ACTURRO AND FOR SALE: BV ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids, Michigan, U. S. A. 17 WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps Are the Dlost successful PlUna Clamps Made For the followIng reasons They clamp iMtantly any width of dimension stock: no adjusting damps to fit the work, they hook at once to the desired width. Released instantly-throw out the lever and take them of!. The work can be removed as fast as it can be handled. As the clamp is pLaced over the work and locks into the one below it the draw is alike on both sides, prevents all springing no matter how wide the stock may be. Impossible for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge and cannot be rno'ved when clamp is closed, hammer all you like, Unlimited power; great stren.l!th and durability; malleable iron find steel; the knuckle joints are socket joints, not rivets. Although the best they cost you less. For further information ask for catalogue No.4. A. E. Palmer. Owosso. Mich. . NEW YDRK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY RDUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p.' m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:4() p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. Fine Service MICHIGAN CENTRAL Grand Rapids .!l Detroit .!l Toledo THROUGH CAR LINE Solid train service with Broiler Parlor cars and Cafe coaches running on rapid schedule. Through sleeping car to New York on the "Wolverine," making the run in nineteen hours and fifty minutes. For full particulars see Michigan Central Agents. Or- E. W. Covert.C. P."A. Grand R.aplds. O. W~Ruggle&. G· P. A. Chicago. . 18 Aging Oak With Ammonia Fumes. Strong ammonia fumes may be used for aging oak, says the Manual Training Magazine. Place the piece to be fumed, with an evaporating dish containing concentrated ammonia, in a box and close it air tight. Leave for twelve hours and finish with a wax polish, applying first a thin coat of paraffine oil and then Tubbing with a pomade of prepared wax made as follows: Two ounces each of yel1o.w and white beeswax heated over a slow fire in a clean vessel (agate ware is good) until melted. Add fOUf ounces turpentine and stir till entire-ly cool. Keep turpentine away from the fire. This will give the oak a lustrous brown color, and nicking will not expose a different surface, as the ammonia fumes penetrate to a COll-siderable depth. A Good Rip Saw. The ,Cordesman-Rechtin company, Cincinnati, manufacture the long wood frame rip saw illustrated herewith. Like all of theit' machines, it is made on honor-a machine calculated to more than pay for itself the first year. Every wood work-ing factory must have a rip saw, and only a good machine, Wertheimer In The West. Harry Wertheimer, one of the members of the corps of salesmen for some time past with the Yeager Furniture com-pany, has accepted a position as salesman with the National Parlor Furniture 'company, to take effect June!. Mr. Wer-theimer will cover the territory from Chicago to Denver; tak~ ing the territory formerly covered by Karl' Steenberg, de-ceased. Returned From California. Willard Barnhart, pres:dent of the Nelson-Matter Furn-iture company, returned recently frOm Califo'-nia, after spend~ .ing the winter at Pasadena. Shortly before his return he was joined by Roy S. Barnhart. the treasurer of the above com-pany. A tour of the timber districts of the coast con-sumed several. VY"eeks. New Factory in Huntington, W. Va. The Penn Furniture company, of Conneautville, Pa., manu-facturers of tables, chairs and lumber, have commenced the erection of a factory in Huntington, W. Vd., which will be that does its work well; seldom or never gets Ollt of rcpair; that can be used every day in the year, is cheap. That's just what this machine is. For full particulars and prices write the Cordesman-Rechtin company, Pearl and Butler streets, Cincinnati, O. Prone to Slight the Glue Kettle. "Cabinet makers, especially those employed on contracts, are disposed to slight the glue kettle whe 11 framing tlP case ends," remarked a factory superintendent. "When gl'ue is applied liberally or in proper quantity, to mortised and tcn-oned stock it oozes out of the joints and considerable time is required to clean .the stock. When but little or no glue is used, the time that should be spent in cleaning the cnds ~s saved to the cabinet maker. Unless the joints are properly glued up the ends will soon part and then trouble ensues for the manufacturer-" D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon< Sou'h, 709 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO operated under the direction of Charles Philadelphia, in the manufacture of tables. the secretary of the corporation. Svobody, late of R. R. Knapp is Samples Cut in His Youth. Among the treasures possessed by John IVlowatt, vice p'fes-ident of the Grand Rapids Chair compa!1YI.isa:~mal1 collec-tion of carved birds and heads of dogs, cut byliimseIf years ago when he was an apprentice in a carving shop in Toronto, Canada. He pri~cs the collection very highly. To Test Turpentine. To test the purity of turpentine drop a small quantity on a piece of white paper and exp?se to the air. No trace will be left if the turpentine is pure, but if it contains oil or other foreign substances, the paperwiJ1 be greasy. Green and Purple Intermix.ed. Manufadurer-"My indigestion is becoming chronic. At night I dream of purple covered sofas and green porch chairs." Salesman-"What do you do in the day time?" Manufacturer-"I spend most of my time reciting my dreams to my manufacturing friends, and they mix their new finishes to correspond with the colors of my dreams." WEATHERED OAK OIL STAIN Fast Color. Correct Shade. Most Penetrating Stain Made. WILL NOT WIPE UP WITH WAX OR SHELLAC. AO-EL-ITE FINISHING WAX Dries Harder Than Ordinary Wax. For Use on Weathered or Mission Finishes. SEND FOR SAMPLE PANELS AND PRICES. Ask for our "STANDARD STAINS BOOKLET," real wood panels showing twenty-one Fillers and Stains. The finest booklet ever supplied. Dept. 5. ~ CHICAGO. 'TIle Atl-el-ite People. Phone Union StaUoo for Reservations G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago To Grand Rapids ----- - -------------- ---- Lv. GRAND RAPIDS. Ex. Sun.. 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO ..... , . , ..... , .... , ...... 12.35 Noon Buffel Parlor Car [,v. CHICAGO , , , 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPII)S _ " , .. 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ~ihCSt~::lWE~x~. Sun.. 1.15 p~M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS _ 5.50 P. M. Burret Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGOi,~ihcBr~~~tlE~x~. Sun. . .. 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS. . . . . . .. .. . . ' , .10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlne Car Lv. CHICAGO, NibC;;t~S~D~:a~ily, - .11.55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS , 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted Steeplnll Ca.r Lv. GRAND RAPIDS. Ex. Sun . ,., 1201 Noon Ar. CHICAGO _ , 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dloln, Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily _ 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO , ,. _ , 7.15 A. M. Ele~trle Lighted 51eeplns Ca.r Phone Micblgllrs Central City Ticket Office for ReeervattoDe. 119 Adams St ..t:=et 19 20 ESTABLISHED 1880 Pl,lBLlSHao BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-ZO ...YON ST., GRANO RAPIDS, MICH. ENURED "S MUTER OF THE SECOND CLASS Manufacturers and merchants in the southern states have asked the railways of that section to discontinue summer c'x-curSlOllS. Complaint was made that the frequent excursions run in past years out of commercial centers invited the work-men to leave the mills and stores during the hot weather, cutting down the number of men employed. The railroad officials have decided that the freight business was more important than the passenger and this summer will run only one excursion out of each commercial center. '~Mahogany is the most satisfactory wood known to the manufacturers of furniture," remarked the veteran manufac-turer. "It not only improves with age, but when it is desired to ornament the wood it can be canoed twerity-flve per cent cheaper than oak. The. finish will look as good ten years from now as when it is first applied. How is it with oak? No oak finish yet discovered remains in favor more than on2 or two years." Consul James c. McNally, of Liege, Belgium, writes that creosote injected into wood has the well-known preserving effect, but as injected under a German process, according to The Tramway, the effects are considerably enhanced. It is said that this process has succeeded in submitting the resin-ous woods to the action of creosote, heretofore considered re-fractory. An Omaha refrigerator manufacturer announces that he IS about to put on the market a fireless stove. If he would stick to his own business and give us an iceless ice-box-not like the one that is iceless because the ice is priceless and the dough-bag is doughless, but one that wculd freeze things without ice-he would be doing a much greater service just now. One of the large furniture manufacturing corporations of Grand Rapids sells annually goods valued at $650,000. Of this amount $250,000 is sold during the exposition seasons. Who questions the value of the expositions, when such results can be 'shown? The buyers coming to the eastern markets during th ~ next month from San Francisco and· vicinity will undoubted-ly bring many orders for chun::h, lodge and hotel furniture. There's a great day coming fo;- the makers of such furniture. The federal court of Iowa, in a damage suit against th~ Big Four, ruled that cars loaded in one state carrying com-modities to another are engaged in interstate commerce and cannot be attached.' This makes a common practice illegal. The state board of trade of Pennsylvania will sternly op-pose every candidate for the legislature who does not favor a passenger rate of two cents a mile. It is estimated that the coal supply of the world will be exhausted in two thousand years. Send in your orders early. What a salesman is going to do never increases the-bus-iness of his employer nor his own bank account. It is not necessary for a man to take a job traveling on the road in order to' become a successful liar, The less a man knows about making furniture the marc he want!; to tell it. Praise has spoiled more designers than criticism. A poor superintendent remains poor all his days. First Thing to do in Case of Accident. Keep cool. Summon a surgeon at once. Send a written message, describing the accident and injury, if possible, in order that the surgeon may know what instruments and rem-edies to bring. Remove thc patient to a quiet, airy place, where the tem-perature .is comfortable, but· never to an engine room, and keep bystanders at a distance. Handle the patient quietly and gently. Arrange the injured person's body in a comfortable po-sition; injuries to the head require that the head be raised higher than the level of the body; when practical, lay the patient on his back, with the limbs straightened out in their usual natural position. Unless the head be injured, have the head on the same level as the body. Looscn the collar, waist-bands and belts. If t.he patient should be faint have his head rather lower than his feet. If the arm or leg be injured, it may be slightly raised and laid on a cushion or pillow. \~'ateh carefully, if unconscious. ~If vomiting occurs, turn the patient's body on one side with the bead low, so that the matter vomited may not go into the lungs. If a wound be discovered in a part covered by the clothing," cut the clothitl3" in the seam. Only remove sufficient cloth-ing to uncover and inspect the wound. In case of burns, pour lukewarm water containing a little baking soda over the clothing before attempting to remove it. All wounds sbould be covered and dressed as quickly as possible. If a. severe bleeding sbould occur, see that this is stopped, if possible, be-fore the wound is finally dressed. Do not touch the wounds with the hands either during examination or while appl'ying dressings, unless they h_avebeen previously been made. surgi-cally clean, After dressing a wound, do no more to the pa-tient unless necessary to restore him to consciousne'ss or relieve faintness. If sufiering from shock, place him in a comfortable position and await the. arrival of the surgeOll.. Meeting of Southern Manufacturers' Association. The Southern Manufacturers' Association met in Chatta-nooga in May and considered many topics of interest to the furniture men. A banquet and automobile rides were pleas-ant diversions. The el"ection of officers resulted as follows: president, Captain A. 1. Gahagan of Chattanooga; vice. presi-dent, J. Cal Sterchi of Knoxville; secretary-treasurer, Wil-bur Jones of High Point, N. c.; board of governors, 1. Temple and Robert Morrison of Chattanooga, Rohert Morrow of Memphis, S. Papenheimer and Otto Swab of Atlanta, and J. Cal Sterchi of Knoxville. To Test MUeage Ticket Law. The Northern Central, one of the Penns.fl'vania's lines, re-fused to sell a thousand-mile ticket to Aaron R. Anders and he began a suit to recover $50 damages under the provisi~ns of _an act passed by the Maryland legislature, of which Mr, Anders was the author. The Northern Central has applied for a writ of certiorari to take the case into the circuit court. It is believed the litigation will go to the court of last resort to test the constitutionality of the law. 71R'T'I.5' A.2'l ? 7 eri 21 Otis Mfg. Co. New Orleans. Chicago. MANAGE;R Crude Oil for Power. An announcement has just been issued by a western finn describing a device whereby crude oil is enabled to furnish the source of pmver for gas engines. The mechanism and principle involves a horizontal rotating drull1 with interior spiral ribs, enclosed in an outer casing. The crude oil ell-tel's the drum at one end and by rotation and the spiral ribs, is'carried slowly and uniformly through it. ""hile the oil is passing through the drum, it is exposed to sufficient heat to generate gas, ,...h.ich is drawn off and utilized by the engine in proportion to the amount generated, and the residue is discharged. The heat is supplied by the exhaust of the en-gine, v;hich passes between the drum and the outer shell and keeps the drum at a certain t~mperature, just high enough to get all the gas out of the oil. The rotating drum stirs the oil, turns it over and over, carries it in a thin sheet up on the sides of the drum, and exposes it to the heat. By this method the gas is generated without an excessive amollnt of heat, the residue is discharged as' soon as the gas is extracted, thereby obviating the necessity of the continuous cleaning heretofore necessary, while it inSt11-eSa regular uniform sup~ ply of gas to the engine. The diffe:ence in cost between gasolene and crude oil compares as ahout 18 to 4 cents. South's Huge Riches Revealed. The rich south supercedes the penniless south. Vv'ith a population of 5,OUO,000 or 6,000,000 less than the population of the entire country in 1860, the "vealth of the fourteen south~ ern states is no\',' greater than the wealth of the entire coun-try in 1860. The average increase per year between 1900 and 1905 was more than three times the average increase per year between 1890 and 1900. The advance in ·southern wealth since the turn of the century is immcdiate.ly connected with the betterment of the cotton situation, through the systema-tization of making and handling the cotton crop. Since 1900 the output of :;l9uthern coal mines has increased from 49,000,- COO to 70,OOO,{J{JO tons a year, the oil wells from 17,000,000 to 60,000,000 barrels. Agriculture, mining, lumbering and man~ ufaeturing, based upon _these elemental il1dustries, railroad construction, internal trade, and foreign commerce added last year to the true wealth at the rate of $2,750,000 a day. MAnoaAnT Chicago Office and Dlstrib· Importers and Manufacturers of uting Yards: 225710 2267LUMBER ST. R. S. HUDDLESTON A Perfect Shellac Varnish Substitute. On another page of this issue will be found the ad of M. L. Barrett and company, in which they lay special stress on their shellac varnish substitutc-Zaco. They make some rather strong claims for this product, but, neverthel'ess, they are all hacked up with facts and figures which cannot be ques-tioned. One of the strong features of Zaco is. its quick dry-ing properties. \Vithin an hour after applying, tb~ wood is perfectly dry and can be treated in any manner desired. This is a very desirable feature especially when rush orders must be shipped on short notice. The cost of Zaco is approxi-mately that of a good shellac varnish and its use elimi-nates a large item of expense. It is now enjoying its tw'Clfth year of uninterrupted success, and from latest reports orders are coming in thick and fast which is a pretty sure indication that it is backed up by quality, The Barrett people are also extensive manufacturers and importers of furniture manufac-turers' supplies, such as gum shellac, shellac varnish, wood alcohol, wood stains, pumice stone, etc. They are an old and reliable concern, and yOll can "bank" on what they ten you and that, you will receive better sati:sfaction than you ha-d anticipated. A trial order is the best way to get ac-quainted. Cement For Belts. Cook thoroughly six OUllces of Peter Cooper's white or cream glue aud when it is well done add two ounces of powd- -ered white lead. :vIix well. Use same propo:tions for larg-er quantities. For use for any length of time in summer leave thick and thin .down with alcohol. ¥lhen thoroughly cooked turn out into something to cool. Cut off a piece as wanted. In applying, make the splice the same length the belt is wide, hammer it well together and the belt can be used in onc hour. Thick Veneers. It is said that the Hoffman Brothers company of Fort vVayne, Ind., were the first to introduce thick veneers of ma-hogany. For several years in the past they have cut twen-ty- six veneers to the inch, and when desired, stock cut twen-ty- four to the inch, will be supplied. IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES OETR(lIT FACTORY CAKADIAN "ACTOI'll' YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE FULL POSSIBLITIES OF THIS CLASS OF GOOeS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, NEW YORK .oeTON PHILADELP'HIA BALTIMORE VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO .T. LOUie CINCINNATI eAN FRANc'eco FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FAC-TOlIl' WALKERVILLE. ONT. 22 ~l'1.IP]iIGJ(N 2 The Toles Rapid Acting Vises. T'he \v. C. Toles company, In.,ing Park, Chicago, Ill., manufactll ers of "Rapid Acting Vises" for wood workers and manual training benches, is one of the companies widely known in the trade. For morc than twelve years they have been engaged in the manufacture of their rapid acting vises which have been tested under every known condition without a failure.' Their manual training benches are meeting every requirement for manual training and arc being adopted as a standard for grammar school, military and trade schools, high and normal schools, colleges and universities evcry-whe:" e. One of the strongest evidences of the hold the Toles that over 6,000 of their products have gone into the manual training schools and more than 600 of the 'Toles Rapid Act-ing Vises" have been shipped to the Philippine schools of arts and trades_ The Toles company claims their vise to be "The king of rapid acting vises for wood workers," and their bench "The king of manual training benches for schools." The factory of the Toles company is located on the line of the Chicago & Northwestern raihvay at Irving Park, Chicago, Dependent Upon Imported Skilled Artisans. The matter of industrial' training is to come to the front 111 the next few years in a ,:vay that it has not come in the past in this country. 'vVe note in various states the stir being made by a spre:Hli,;g demand ior more industrial schooJs, and manufacturers arc rather more insistent even than in previous years, judging from the res.olutions adopted at their conven-tion in urging a training--up of industrial experts instead of a continu~~d importation thereof. The commission appointed by Massachusetts to look into this matter has reported that the Bay State industries arc ';lamentably" dependent on im-ported skillet! artisans. The commission, at the same time, reported that as far back as ten years ago Prussias special schools of an industrial character numbered th:-ee thousand, with an aggregate attendance of over 200,000. Massachu-setts sho111d,on a like basis, have three hundred instead of her meagre ten, and an attendance of twenty thousand. Some, of the other states are discovering equally lamentable conditions, and it look:~ as if, with all onr commercial p:·ogress and our rare development of industries employing \,,:tst capital, the in-dustrial schools will engage our attention in a much more general and practical form during the ncxt few years. No, 65 Rapid-A<::tinlMapl,.,-Faoed Vite with Bench Stop a.ad Front Jaw Ova. Manufactured by W, c. T ol,.,sCompany, Irvilli: Park, ChicalilO.III, with adequate shipping and receiving facilities. It is located but a short distance from the Mayfair Junction of the Chi-c, ago & No. thwestern, the Chicago, I\1ilw<ltlkee & St. Pad railway and the belt lines connecting with every railroad en-tering and leaving Chicago. Shellac in New York. Continued strc,ng markets arc repoj·ted, but the~c is Ild further quotable change in values. Orange Shellac- Ordinary T. N . Bright orange grades... . . Diamond T ..•••••••• , • , , • . . , ........•. ., .441i]45 ..46iDSO . 55@ .. v. s. . 55@5" n. c. Bulton Lac. A. c.'Garnet lac_. Bleached shellac, Kiln-dried 0 .. ....... 60@._ ....... 34@50 . .43@ .. ............ 40@41 .... 50@51 wet. --- ---------- Etchison Retires. ::\1. L. Etc.hison, for a number of yea~s employed as buyer for the Robert Mitchell Furniture company, will retire from the employment of that company on July 1. His successor will be Robert Mitchell, who will have the assistance of \v. B, :Richards in the conduct of the business. Mr. Richards has been in the employ of the firm twenty years, lately as cor~ respondent. It is the purpose of the manag·ement to add a foreign and domestic rug department, discontinuing their mantel business. The second floor \ovillhe devoted to the new department. Grand Rapids Furniture in Mexico. \v. R. Penney, who represents the Nelson-Matter Furniture company the ?'ilichigan Chair company, the Imperial Furn-iture company and the Grand Rapids Desk company, In Mexico, is having great success in introducing Grand Rapids goods to the trade of old ~\'fexico. He says the -Mexicans prefer heavily carved to plain goods, ..... ~MI9]-ilG7JN 2 Various Matters. Charley Retting of the Retting Furniture company, hav-ing had years of experience in the taking of special o~-ders, has a mind well stored with interesting incidents of his business career. \""ihen the cares of the clay arc thrown aside and the genial Mr. Retting finds himself the center of a group of friends, with a pLentiful suppLy of cigars and fuscs, his talks are yery entertaining. ·'A. B. and E. L. Shaw sent me to a city in Connecticut a number of years ago," he remarked upon a festive occasion a short time ago, "to meet a commit-tee having in charge th(~ selection of furniture for a masonic t~lllPIt:.'. S. C. Small of Boston, who died the other daY, was a competitor and was favored by one of the committee. The second favored my firm, while the third was non-committaL He was a colltractor and builder and in the discussion I gained an insight to his position by a question asked. Our firm mortised and tenoned the joints of our seats while Small used dowels. "\lv'hieh makes the strongest joint, the mortise or the tenon ?" the contractor enquired. "Our firm have al-ways used the mortise because it considered the strongest and the best. ,\That do you use in your buildings? -When you frame a house do you dowel or mortise the timben:; you use?" "1 use the mortise of course," he replied, and when the Yotes were taken on the question of letting the contract, he voted fOJ" our linn. His judgement may have been at fault, for by this enlightened generation the dowel is considered the st:·ongcst for use when jointipg seats for cha;rs." The life and character of a prominent salcsIll_an in the. furniture trade, l;ltdy deceased was under discussion, when one of the trio remarked: '·He was very independent. If a buyer entered his exhibit during tile exposition season from some point outside of the territory covered by the deceased he would not show his lines. "vVhy should I spend any time with you?" he asked the buyer. HI have these lines exclusively in my territory, and 1 decline to sell you. Look around? Yes, you can look through the samples if you wish, but \\,11at good would that do you?" Deceased was regarded as a suc-cessful salesman and yet I can but regard his policy when dealing with the trade as a mistake. If he had lived longer and in the course of time been transferred to other territory he might have met the buyers be had treated discourteously ill the market and found that they still resented it. Politi-ness and gentlemanly consideration, costs nothing and he who treats those whom he meets in a manly, cordial way ever p~-otits by his conduct. Our late friend might have referred .:he huyers whom he could not sell to others handling the lines or advised them to e<rrespond with the manufacture:·s di:-cet, and gaillccl the good ",,·ill of l1'len who had written him dc)\i...n. as discourteous and uncivil. ** ** ** "1 never knew a cabinet maker to amollnt to much who worked with a collar on," remarked the veteran superintend-ent. A few weeks ago a well dressed, clean shaven, active young man applied for work in our shop. His appearance and conversation created a good impression and I gave him a bench. vVhell he removed his coat and put on an apron, hut failed to take off his collar, I feared he would not do_ Ilis work was poorly done and the end of the week witnessed his departure in search of another job. Give me the collar-less cabinet maker in preference to the dude." ** ** ** The disaster at San Francisco reminded Charley Retting of the Johnstown flood and' of the mistake he made in "cut-ting out" that tOWll. "I was selling medium and high priced stuff, when the flood oc.c\1rred and reasoning that only cheap goods would be required during the time that would neces-sarily -be taken ill rebuilding the town and probably for sev-eral years following, confined my travels to points in the vicinity of Pittsburg while touring western Pennsylvania. 23 , In the course of time I entered Johnstown, however, and learned that the dealers had enjoyed a very large trade in goods of the class my firm was making. It was explained that owing to the generosity of the people throughout the wuntry in contributing sums for the relief of the sufferers, Johnstown had never had so much money before. Every sufferer was royally cared for, th03e in 'charge of the relief funds sttPplying medium and rille furniture to replace the cheap stuff that wcnt down stream." *of. ** ** The bankers of the statc of Alabama are stirred up over a decision of the supreme court of that state to the effect that when a bank takes over a draft and bill of lading and pays the drawee it becomes responsible for the safe de-livery of the goods as to quantity and quality. In other wo:-ds the bank is in the place of the shipper and the shipper is by the transfer of the invoice, draft and bill of lading, relieved of responsibility so far as the consignor is concern-ed and the hank becomes obligated to deliver the goods contracted fo;- between the original shipper and the customer. ** ** ** Do yOU kllOW that the man who invented the a.uger got his idea from an insect he had studied th:·ough a microscope? J-T e observed the work of the insect carefully and the auger be constructed later was almost an ex('ct copy of the boring machine he had studied under the microscope. The patent Our UnbreaKable products can be glued and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. Xo. '39 A No. 152 B BETTER THAN WOOD Much stronger and more durable, full depth of grain. A perfoct reproduotion or band carving which absolutely defies detection. Send for SlUI'lple. Send for CATALOGUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. T weUth aod Fort Sb'eet!l. Detroit, Miclqan. upon the auger which he obtained later proved of great value but history fails to record that the insect benefited from the invention. Run System Mad. ",Ve '<vill devise a system, submit designs and a report to any reputable individual or company," is the burden of many communications reaching the hands of business men every day. T t would seem that a large number of men have engaged in the labor of attempting to show men of business, no matte!' hmv great has been their success, that they really do not know the rudiments of business. "For $200.00," one systematizer writes, "we will give you the benefit of our expe;·ience and a system inexpensive to operate. In addition to submitting all of the designs, ruled in colors and engrossed exactly as they will appear when printed, and our report ex-plaining the workings of the system and describing proper methods of distributing indirect exper.ses according to each claS:-i of husiness, we also a:"sist the management in connec-tion with any matters that come to light in the course of in-stalling tIle system." System is all rigbt wben it is original and put into force by a man who has knowledge of his own business. No out-sider can gain such an intimatc knowledge of a business as the man who c:-eated it. System bids fair to run mad unless checked by common sense. 24 SKETOiES BY H. N. HALL, GRAND RAli"lDS. MICH. SKETCHES BY H. N. HAu.., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ....,.-0 __ ~~--~- ~~=- 25 26 "THE NEW WAY." An Old Way and a Bad Way. A mail order house in Detroit has discovered "a new way of making furniture to be shipped knock down." The way employed is an old way and it is not a good way_ Thc, man- Detroit Wholeaale Price $10. New Way Price $3. Whole.ale Price $15. New Way Priee $4.75. ufacturcr proposes to teach the buyer of a table, a bedstead or whatever else he may order how to set up, trim and finish the piece and save a lot of money fo:- himself. Troubles in-numerable are in store for the manufacturer should he StlC-Wholesale Pric<i!I$30. New Way Price $10. eeed in interesting the public in his scheme. The first trouble will be caused by the swelling of the wood containing the grooves in the piece illust,ated on this page, making it im-possible to erect the piece or pieces purchased. Innumerable troubles will follow the efforts of the unskill'ed in their attempts to finish the goods. More tremble will be raised, when the purchaser learns that he has paid an exorbitant Wbote.ale Price $18. Detroit Whole.ale Price: $21. New Way Price $6.25. New Wa;. Price $7. price for an inferior article. The bedstead in oak or birch illustrated on this sheet the manufacturer declares would be cheap if bought of a wholesale manufacturer for $30.CO. The Deb'oit Wholesale Priee'$20. New Way Price $7.50. fact is that a splendid full panel'ed bed, in mahogany can be purchased at wholesale for $25.00 and $17.00 will buy a very handsome spindle bed in mahogany. The: illustrations and Wholesale Price $]o. Construction. New Way Pric:e $3.25- prices shown in this number illustrate the impracticability of the scheme. The manufacturer reveals his pian as follows: Our plan is to build the parts of the furniture in such a THE "NEW WAY" OF SETTING UP AND FINISHING FURNITURE. manner that any person ('.an put them together, ship these parts packed in a crate, knocked down and unfinished with a set of instructions ior setting up and finishing. There arc no fake dowels and mortises, imitation tenons and keys glucd on the outside to give the article the appear-ance of Mission work. No veneers are used" Wholesale Price $10. New Way Price $4.50. The parts arc mostly made with lock grooves, dowel pins, mortises, tenons and keys so that they slide together, but wherever screws are needed the holes are properly bored and th~ heads sunk. :.r 0 glue is necessary c:xcept on dowel ~1'1is. Improvements in Furniture Hardware. Tn the fall season of 1900 the Hardware Supply compauy of Grand Rapids placed before furlliture matlufacturers ;j Ilew device in a fastening for doors of bookcases, cabinets and other pieces where the doors do not need locking for the sake of security. This was a simple" ptlsh button" catch to be used in connection with a finger pull. The new' fastell-- ing soon gailH'd favo· with the t ..ade <l:-.d the demand grt:"N to such prapo: lions that other hardware manufacturers SOO,) began making silililar goods, and during the past four or five years several different styles of catches of this sort have been made from time to time, but now the I-brdware Supply company has brought out the. neatest one yet made, and it is beiug placed all furniture sampks for the July sale. A good market is al:-eady assured, one of the largest factories having placed a vcry large order for its fall supply. The same com-pany has gotten out a ne\"" extension hook for wardrobes, a steel dowel and socket for extensio11 tables, and a cheap support for book case shelves. Catalogues Complete • WE Photograph Max Thiele in Chal"se Engrave Michigan Enl"ravinB" Company Print and Bind White Pwointiq Company LET US FIGURE. THE WHITE COMBINATION H. C. WHITE; Secretary Grand Rapids, Michigan Buyers of Fumiture. We have published the LIST for June, 1906. IP IP DO YOU WANT IT? IP IP WRITE us. MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 27 28 ·f'~MICHIG.7I.N 7iR.TI S'..7I.l'J ..~. 1'lIf,. i 2 ,. S,.. Bennett &. Witte MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER For Fu.rniture Mfrs.. Car Sullders and Carriage Trade. Plain8nd I Wh't d D d 0 'lr j Plain and Qu;uten~d I 1 e an ....e.. . au. .,Quartered RED and SAP GUM Poplar. Cottonwood. Ash. Elm and Chestnut. A Full Line of Southern Hardwoods. Export and Domestic. WRITE EITHER OFFICE. Branch: Memphis,Tenn. Main Office: Cincinnati, .0. We sell on National Hardwood Lumber Association illspection only. Richey, Halsted & Quick, CINCINNATI, OHIO OAK-Plain and Qyartered.~ POPLAR---Soft andYellow. The No-I\um-Loose TOILE.T SCREW" IS THE LATEST DEVICE TO BE FITTED WITH THE Tower Patent Fastener Toilet Screws with Ij.( to 2 inch knobs can be furnished to order only, with standard bolt 3}f inches long, and patent drive nut and washer. Remember that the Tower Patent Fasteners on these toilet screws, as well as t,he brass, glass and wooden knobs and brass pUllscost the manufacturer nothing. The sales of all goods with the Tower Patent Fasteners is rapidly increasing, and they are daily growing in popUlarity because they are the only practical devices ever put on the market. that absolutely prevent Knobs, Pulls and Toilet Screws from getting loose. The Grand Rapids Brass Company GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. QUARTER-SAWED IN~~~~OAKVENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and. kind of figure preferred.. HOFFMAN BR.OTHERS co. Fort Wayne Indiana Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the.Land and Industrial Department of the SouthemRailway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furnituret Chair and other Woodworking Fac-tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers· upon· applica-tion. An invitation -is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial Aaenl, WASHINGTON, D.· C. CHiS. S. CHASE. Agent, _ _622 ChemioatBuirdina~ St. Louis.- Mo_ M. A:. HAYS. -Agenl, 226 Dearborn St.• Chk:aQt. III 29 Cool Comfortable Inexpensive Goo d Service "RELIABLE" ROLLS EXCLUSIVELY Chicago and Grand Rapids FARE $2 ONE WAY " ~ $3.7S ROUND TRIP THE "RELIABLE" IS THE BEST THE FELLWOCK ROLL & PANEL CO, EVANSVILLE, IND. Leave Chicago 7:45 p. m. Leave Grand Rapids 7:55 p. m. dairy. Reserve berths at docks, foot of Michigan Ave, or City Ticket Office, 101 Adams St., Chicago; 91 Monroe St., orB! LYOllSt., Grand Rapids, w. C.TOLES .Box 25, IRVING PARK No. 20 Rapid Acting Vise FOR WOOD-WORKERS COMPANY = CHICAGO, ILLINOIS InvestiRate our Line. CATALOG Of this Vise and forty other different Styles sent to any address on application. The best Vise in the world tor Cabinet-Makers. Sawan d Kn"fl e FI"tt'109 Mach"Ineryan d T00,S TLihoeeMBaoigufga~cttu and..Bd~. t Baldwin, Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand Rapids. Mich. Filers, SeUers. Sharpeners, Grinders, Swages, Stretchers, Brazina and Filing Clamps, Knife Balances, Hammering Tools. New 200 page Catalogue for r906 Free. Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws }'S inch up. B. T. & B. Sl~le D. Knile Grinder. Full Automatic. ,Wet or dry MICHIGAN .... W f Oppose the Introduction of New Processes. 'No kmen, ~specially of the old fogy class, stilt oppose the introduction of new processes in manufactu:·c. There is not so much opposition to the installment of improved ma-chinery as formerly, since it has been demonstrated that new machines make more work and call for a larger number of men to take care of the output than was possible in the d::tys when machinery was first introduced to slI!-,plant hand labor. The superintendent of a large furniture factory 'who owns the patent for a vcry successful process for the treatment of the various kinds of cabinet woods, was visited a few months ago by the owners of a large plant operated in the manufac-ture of pianos. Their purpos~ was to make an investigation of the new process owned by the superintendent. When they had satisfied their minds as to the practicability and value of the process, they purchased a shop right and returned to their home. Calling the heads of several departments to the office, they revealed the process ar~d explained how it should be operated, and ordered the subo:·dinates to install the same at once. The men expressed doubts as to their The party wi.thdrew, the workmen very much crestfallen <Iod the proprietors in an unsettled state of mind. An hour or two later one of the proprietors returned to inform the superintendent that his lecture had affected the men very seriously-that they had determined to make one more effort to put the process iuto use. Nothing more was heard of the firm for several months, when a letter came to the superintendent reading as follows: "Eureka! \file have conquered! Process installed. '''larking beautifully. \Ve are making the handsomest pianos in the world. Nothing is too good for us. When you have another good thing, wire usY Prosperity for Manufacturers. The manufacturing industries of the nation were unusual-ly prosperous last year, and will be still more prosperous this year. Reports from Chicago atid other western cities arc to the effect that up to the present time busine,ss is 5 to 15 per cent ahead of last ycar's large aggregate, and similiar reports come from the East. The weather enabled the spring An Attractive Interior. ability to carry out the orders of their supcrio: s and, shaking their heads dubiously, left the officl.'. A few days later the men reported their inability to install the p~ocess, greatly to the disappointment of the heads of the company, when it was resolved to pay another visit to the home of the super-intendent, the officials taking the shop men n':th them. '''hen the party arrived at the office of the superintendent the shop men wcrc imroduced and then the snperintendent asked the eldest man: "How long have yOll worked for this firm?" "Twenty~eigllt years," the man replied. "And how long have yon been wit:, the lirm :" tl:rning L, the other. "Twenty-t'11ree years." "If yOU were in my employ I would discharge yOIl without a moment"s \.varning. You and your class have bl'come fossiliz-ed. You are secmingly incapable of learning anything and have outlived your usefulncss. If the world depended upon men of your class. there would be no prOgress-no improvement. If your shop mates are of yonr dass I would fire the whole crowd and look for a crcw of workmen who were not loafing in the world for the sole purpose of delaying the work of the undertaker. The process you have been o:-dered to install is a very simple one, and you can make it work if you try to." business to begin two weeks earlier than usual. The farmers did so well last year that they buy more'liberally, and con-snmption has increased, according to the rcports from all sections. The foreign trade also show a relative increase. Imports at New York since Jan. 1 have been greater than for the corresponding time in any other year excepting 1905, when they were sli'ghtly above the figures of this year. Ex-ports also make a good showing. From All Over t~ Country. The West End Furniture and 'Carpet company of Wil-liamsport, Fa., published an advertisement several weeks ago announcing their purpose to meet the competitioll of a soap prize distribution house. The advertisement was copied in the Artisan of April 25, and attracted so much attention that the \-Vest End company, to quote their exact language have received letters from every section of the United States "signed by dealers" who had read the Artisan and desired fwther particulars. This fact indicates, in a measure, the esteem in which the Artisan is held by dealers in furniture and kindred goods. Manufacturers who desire to keep ill touch with the many thousand readers of the Artisan use its advertising paK'es. Importance of Constructing Fire-Proof Buildings. The trouble with fire-proof buildings has been the great amount of wood furniture and trimming. Recently much success has 'heen attained in the substitution of 111linft8m-mable compositions for wood in the manufacture of furniture doors, wainscoating, etc., and two of the newer hotels in New York are believed to be really fire-proof, while the owners of a third arc so sure it is fj;-eproof that they have refused to insure it. The mint and the postoffice in San Francisco are but little damaged, and several of t1le privately owned buildillgs only suffered from fire in the interior; the walls stood earthquake and fire with very moderate damage. In this fact there ties the promise of really fireproof cities in the future, but private prudence and municipal supervision should combine to secure fire-resisting construction in future buildings witfiout waiting for genc:'al devastation. Saw Grinding Machine. A new machine for sharpening the inserted teeth of high duty saws. has just been placed on tl~e market. This grindel-is particularly effective at moderate speeds. The frame is of cast iron, the arm being cast on the base in one piece, so as to insure perfect rigidity. An adjustable s:tddre moves along the arm of the tool so as to enable the f::p·inderto he used on saws of different diameters, and after being placed in the position desired, may be fastened rigidly to the arm by lock l1uts. A short slide operates in grooves along this saddle. This slide is surmounted by a disk having " raised center, on which the saw to be sharpened is placed al~d held in posib)ll by suitable bolts. Perfect ttniformityof depth and 8ngle of the cutting tools is claimed to be iusured with this tool, which is TI(HV being made in three sizes to take Sa\'\'5 t1p to thirty inches 111 diameter, from thirty to forty-eight inches <lnd irol11 forty-e:ght up to sevent/-two inches (rameter. Is Now the Parkersburg Plate Glass Company. At a speci8\ meeting of the stockholde-s of the Colonial Plate Glass comp<lny, held recently at Parkersburg, \V. V:1, it \Va., decided to complete the plallt res soon as possih1c. It was given Otlt that :\ llew comp<lny 'with a cap;tal qock of $4GO.COO or $500.000 is to be organized under the n8mc of the. Parkersburg Plate Glass company, :lnd itwiH be under this name that the c.oncern will be operated. Plate glass will be manufactured under the same manner and process pro-posed by the old company, and Colonel 1'1. R Peppers has been chosen as sl1pcrintelldcnt. Freights by -Water to Chicago. CaPtain "Rob" Irwin. as his many friends affectionately call him, real'ized the ambition of many yea··s, \\'hen the' steamers "Grand" and "Rapids" of the Grand River Trans-portation company, of which he is the president, commenced making regular daily trips between Grand Rapids. Grand Haven and Lake Michigan. The boats are s\vift and drawing but twenty-two inches of water, "vill make t'ips without in-terruption when the Vij ater in the river is :1t its l<nvcst. A g-reat deal of furniture and kindred goods will be shipped to Chicago and 1'lih".·aukee by water. No Time for Visits. The buyers in the big stores of Ncw York transact busi-ness very rapidly. They have no time for visiting. The: .. treat all salesmen courteously, but never lose- command ')f their time. In the evening they arc consideration personi-fied. It is then that "Lheydon the dress suit and the social side of their natures shine resplendent. In the \'!,-est th.-; buyers are ready for a visit every hour in the day, and their time so spent is not lost. From the traveling salesmen they gain many ideas of value when put into use in their own business. 31 Keep Oil Out of Boilers. l\1any hoiler experts insist that oil or grease inside a boiler or heatillg surface is far worse than the ordinary scale de-posited from the water, in cutting off heat from the water and ove- heating the boiler plate. Tests have been made to show this. Vlben the temperature of the water was made to rise rapidly in a clean boiler, the difference in temperature between the hailer plate and the wate;· did not increase at the same rate, showing that the heat passed through the water Ilea ly as fast. as received. "\lith a ,rery,high evaporation of steam per hour in a clean boiler there was little .danger of overheating the metal. But covering the inner surface of the metal with a thin layer of heavy mineral oil and evap-oratillg about as much steam as in the first place, 'the fire side of the boiler plate was 392° botter than the water side. The plate itself must have stood a temperature of about 6300 F., at which iron and mild steel weaken and are easily broken. Any ftav....in the plate would, oi course, add to the danger, Hence, for safety and economy, when exhaust steam is mixed \vith the feed water, use feed water heaters in which the steam is on one side of the tubes; and the water to be heated on the other, if possible. A Growing Business. The business of the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Du:,t Arrester cotHpany is'larger this y('ar than ever. Among the recent orders, several of which are welt under way, are for th~' new Illinois Cabinet company of Rockford, Ill.; C. P. Limbert company, Holland, l'dich.; tlce Fuller & R1ce Lumber company, Grand Rapids; C. A. Sauers, }\.1n Arbor, :vIich.; the Standard Sanitary company, mal~ubctl1rers of sanitary supplies. Det:-oit: l\-litchell B-others (maple flooring plaut) Cadillac, 1\-Ticb.:the Detroit Shipbuilding company, Detroit; and the Otto Body company (automobile bodies) Lansing, \Tich. Several otber large jobs are in sight, and prospects are h:·jght for a heavy business during the rest of the year. . They All Want Them. Alexander Dodds of this city received orders on the first day of June for three of his patent gang dovetailers, a~d one swing iOaw. The Dodds dovetailer is a first class machine, and the demand is constantly increasing for it. When lHr. Dodds first broug-ht Oftt his dovetailer, it was made with nine spindles, with an occasional o..-der for an eleven spindle machine. Now orders are for machines running from t~11to twenty-fonrspilldles, and the large machines work as perfect-ly as the small ones. No m;l11ttfacturer of case Vi'ork can af-ford to he witlJotit one. III, ALHOlCOMD &CO@ MANUFACTURERS "tlD DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAIRI NG-SATI5FACTION GUARANTEED CIT1ZEN5 PHONE. 1239 27 N MARKE.T ST ~ GRAND RAFIDS, MICH. "- 32 "Rotary Style,. for Drop Caninas. Embossed MouldiDIlS. Panels. EI<:. fMBOSSING and DROP CIlRVlNG MIlC"llllfS Machines lot all purpo5eli\ and al pnce. within the reach of all. Every Machine ha, our lPIaranlee against breakage for ODeyear. . "Lateral Style" for ~ Capacity Heavy Carviop and Deep EmbosBiovs. We have the Machine you wanl al a satisl:actory price. Write for descriptive circulars. Alao make dies for aU makes of Machiriea. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO" Indianapolis, Ind. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Furnace Feeders. Steel Plate Exhaust Fam, Exhaust and Blow Piping . Complete systems c!~¥Jledl manufactured, insla11ed and guaranteed. Old s~lems remodeled on modern lines on mosl economical plans. Supplementary s y s t ems added where presomt !Ws-reml are OUtvrovrn. De_ fective I y S I ems conecled and pul in proper waTkins ."""- 70 W. Jackson Street. CHICAGO. • ILL. GLOBE VI.S."E TRUCK CO. Grand RaQids, Mich. l\fakers of the BEST Quick Acting VISE Our mustrated Circular will teU you all about it. INSIST ON HAVING Morris Woo~ 3 Sons'Soli~ Stetl Glue Joint Cutlers for there are no other.,. ..ju.rt aJ" good." They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made thi, 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 Qe convinced. Catalogue No. -10and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS Thirty-one year. at 31.33 S. Canal Street. CHICAGO. ILL. PER.FI!;CT QUALITY RIGHT PRICES MAClIINE. I1.NIVES PROMPT-SERVICE ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads, Miter Machines. Universal 'Wood Trlmm.ers. Boring Machines. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO. Gr~~~.~i3~.'JI";'. ·J'~MlfrIG7}-N t 7lR..T I.s A.l'J J t 7e'+ 33 Our Clamps received GOLD-ME'OAL at World' .. F.fl"". St. Louis. V&N'ItER Pkl!:SS (Patented JUlle30. 1903.) CAIUNET CLAMP. Safety Fire Bucket Tank. The lIre bucket is a COllstant tempta-tion to the workman who happens to lleed <t pnil and- can"t fi1ld Oil;.' handy. Th~' 6re bucket.s to be of use when really Heeded must be in h?nd~r phlces. r f tlH:y are set around on. thc. flo.0.r they are either in the W.:ly or soon disappear. If hung up Otl nails or hooks Of placed Oll shelves, they dry out and are often fOllOd empty and ready to fall to pieces when the fire comes. All ea.,:tern concern has conceived a pC'actical solution of the fire pail problem by using" (\ galvani%ed iron tallk partly tilled with vorater in which tht' pails are kept. A lid to the tank keeps o!'t dirt and prevellts e'l<J.poratiou. Handy Beit Clamp. This simple ilnd convcnient clamp is made of one-half inch by two inch iron and is intended for belts not larger than twelve inch,'s wide aud three-eights inch thick. The <limellsiolls of the clamp call be increased in proportion for largoer belts, hOWCi'CT. The side bolts of !he clamp are o{ seven-eighths illCh stOCh:, twenty-fnur inches long- and the bolts ('Jamping the cro~spieces are of olle-half inch stock. two and one-half inche.s IOlJg 1','Lth square heads. In taking the clamp off, first slacken up on the long bolts, then 011 the small bolts and take two of them out. An Adjustable Horse for Paint Shops, ,-\ pair of adjustahle horses, like the one shown lt1stratiol1, will b(~ found convenient in many shops. in the il~ A plank should be laid across to form the staging. is cxpl"aincd by. the ~ketch. The construction ! Write £o:r prices and particular4- BLACK BROS. MACHINERY ~O. MENDOTA, ILL. !, Emptying an Oil Barrel. The illustration shows a method of emptying oil tram the lH\rrc:l that "",ill do the \-'lark in from ten to fifteen !minutes. ! I I I I Tht· apparatus illcllldes the following parts: A, pubp (all:Y nld pump \vil1 do); B, hose; C. bush on hose; D, oi~ barrel; E, large bushing·; F, three-fourths inch pipe; H, thrcf-fourths inch elbow; T, o-il tank, The oil is forced out by air. Hints Qn Glue. It requir('s more water to dissolve good glue tha 1 to dis-solve pOOr glue. The best glue will require from I ol1e~half to more than Jouble the water required for pDor glue; Good glue breaks hard and tough, with a splintered edge, I Cleanse the glue kettle often. Frozen glue is so pOl'"OUS thit it can be made up at Once. I I 1 [ the representatives of the people reaDy wa something for their constituents it would be a goo eliminate seeds and distribute free pianos, or Qed r or partor furniture. GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK C Office 321 South Divillion St., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, I ! Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE Waad Warkers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity In construc-tion enables us to .':ive quality and durability, and meet aU competi· tion. Write for Priees. No. 21,.Roller Bearings. Sante style Trucks No, 24, wlth()utRollet t to do plan to am sets Tings 34 Black Brothers' Pioneer Moulding Sander. The illustrations below represent the Pioneer )"Joulding Sander for sandj'ng crooked or straight work. The firm was awarded a gold medal by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition on account of the merits of tIlls machine. The manufactur-ers have introduced new features in the machine and claim it is superior ill construction and operation. An important feature is the revolving belt or cushioned pad. ~hich runs under the sand paper belt. It can be run norma~ty slack or tight, as the demands of the work in hand may re'uire. The pad eliminates all friction and forms a backing or ~urfacer for I the sand paper belt to run UpUIl. The manuiactuters furnish revolving cushions of various thickness, and- the 'cuts shown herewith illustrate th~ three different ways in which the ma-chine may be set up. The centeT' roners, 'OVCT 'wh-ich --the sand pap\'x belt 0, cushioned pad runs, <:.al1 be used either straight. convex or concat·e. The rubber friction drive for the sand paper belt is an importallt feature, in that it permits the operator to run the'beltat almost any degree of slackt1es~ as the various kinds Of;work handled may require. Cut No.1 carries a belt eight inches wide and is practi-cally adapted ior doing swell drawer frollts, chair anus or other work _of like nature. Cut No.2 has a belt four inches wide, and in the position in which the machine is set a great variety of work in furn-iture and kindred plants may be performed. This machine is manufactured by Black Brothers, Mendota, Ill'. Linseed Oils. The .:-.JewYnrkmarkct for linseed oil au June g was quiet. An improvement is expected, but present conditions are rather uncertain Prices remain unchanged, however, upon the ba~is of 38(Q\Nc tOT state and western, and 40't(41c IUI fa"\' city oil. City raw, ;\merican seed, 5 bhl~. or more. T.ess than 5 oble,. City, double boiled, /\mcrican . Less than 5 .bbls. \Ne~te;n raw . 40((iH J . 41 (il)42 seed, 5 bbl"s. or more 42@43 ... A3@44 ........... . .38@39 Factory Notes. The Marion (Ind.) Iron & Brass Bed company will erect seven new fire-proof buildings to be used for their manufac-turing business. A contract was signed with the Commercial Club agreeing to erect these buildings and have the plant in operation by September 1, 1906. A wire bed spring factory v;i11 also be constructed. Thc company agrees to begin operations with one hundred men and guarantees to increase the force to 250 in eighteen months. The consideration given is that the company is to have a bonus of $15,000, pay~ able twenty-five per cent on September 1, if the factory is completed and in operation, and twenty-five per cent every tlJirty days thereafter until thc entire amount is paid. Thc Heron Iron Bedstead company of Chattanooga, Tenn., will extend its foundry at a cost of $2,500. The Dargatz Parlor Frame company has bcen organized \vith $2,500 capital to manufacture furniture in Chicago. A. 'VVierzba, formerly foreman of the vVinnebago Furn-iture company, Fond du Lac, \~'is., ,,,,-illconduct a furniture factory of his own. The Spokane Show Case & Cabinet company has heel1 organized with a capital of $25,000 by the following: R. E. Fisher, J. W. Evans, C. E. Rodes, \l\'. H. Plummer and Thomas Hye. The 1Iichigan Steel Boat company of Detroit are about to engage in the manufacture of knock down furniture. The Minneapolis Desk company sustained a loss of $25,- 000 as a result of a fire in their factory. The damage will be repaired at once. The Art Metal Construction campa}' of Jamesto\\n, N. Y., has been awarded the contract for furnishing steel furniture for the new courthouse in Des Moines, la. The price paid i, $40,325. The Illinois Cabinet company of Rockford, Ill., have in-creased their capital from $25.000 to $50,000. The company's business is increased to such an extent that additions to the plant wilt have to be made. The Tomlinson Chair Alanufacturing company of High Point, N. c., have begun work on an addition to the bctory. The Tennessee Furniture ]'l'1anufaeturing company of Nashville have changed the firm name to the l'vlarfJeld Furn-iture Manufacturing company. The S. A. Cook company, Medina. N. Y., have purchased a shoe factory and will add it to the present plant. George H. KnoJ1enberg has bought a controlling interest in the Rowlett Desk lTanufacturing company, Richmond, 111d. The recent election of officers resulted ill the follow-illg: President, George H. Knollenberg; secretary and treas-mer, Walter KnolJenberg; superintendent, J ohll Lindstrom. The Proctor Furniture company of Knoxville, Tenn., have added the manufacture of offiee desks to their present line of goods. The \Vhitney Furniture Manufacturing company, Detroit, 1\lich., have filed a mortgage showing $10,000 indebtedness. the Detroit Trust company being appointed trustee. The Sheffield (Ala.) Furniture factory was burned recent-ly. The main building was saved. Losses a!4g'regate $7,000. The factory of A. C. Burt and company, Chester, Fa., has shut down, owing to financial difficulties. Indebtedness is $20,000. Fire in the Rockford (Ill.) Cabinet company l'eslllted in $1,200 Jo". Gavin Ritchie '& Sons purchased the machinery and fix-tures of the Battle Creek (.\lich.) Iron Hed company recent-ly at auction. The' Haley Furniture & Manufacturing company's plant' in Sheffield, Ala., was damaged $5,000 by fire, partially in-sured. Bristles may be stiffened by immersing them in cold alu-tn water for a short time. 35 A gill of shellac added to a gallon of asphaltum is a good hardening agent. The color of common mahogany may be improved by ap-pl'ying a solution of potassium hydrate, or lye, to the surface. To determine the required strength of the solution test on a piece of waste stock of the same kind before applying. Fill with a dark paste 1,-'lood-filler,va.rnish and polish with sheJl.ac. Coal containing a large amount of ca:bon gives the best heat, the oxygen being combined with hydrogen as water is of no value. An excess of hydrogen in gas coals, however, is an impo:tant item in the production of heat. In lacing belts the pointed ends of the laces may be ~ti:ff-elled and made easier to insert by burning them, One cubic foot of steam is produced from one cubic inch of ..v.ater evaporated under ordinary atmospheric pressure. "Tops of glued~up stock should not be planed within five days of the date when it is taken from the vises," remarked the veteran superintendent. "If such tops be planed before they have had time to seaso'n properly, every joint will show through the finish." A chair factory wiJJ be established in Owensboro, Ky., in the near future by capitalists from Lewisport, Ky. The McCray Refrigerator company of Kendallville, Ind., arc building a factory in Detroit, Mich., to employ from 600 to 1,000 men and turn out 100 refrigerators a day. The Graham & Davis Manufacturing company will manu- A. F. BURCH CO. 15-17 Park St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. =====Jobbers of===== Upholstery Goods and Furniture Supplies Call Long Distance Citizens Phone 1123. .. Bell 1223. We solicit your inquirie •. facture tJw Davis kitchen cabinet in Windfall, Ind. The cotnpany has been organized with $7,000 capital. \ViI'liam Horrocks has bought out his partner, John Metz-ler and wilt continue the business of the Horrocks & Metzler company in Herkimer, 1\, Y. The Florida Chair company has been organized in Jack-sonville, Fla., with $25,000 capital. The New Chair company will manufacture chairs, office amI bank fixtures in New Orleans, La. Capital is $50,000. The Knoxville (Tenn.) Table & Chair CQmpany have doubl'ed their capital stock in order to increase their output. How to Recut Old Files and Rasps. Dissolve four ounces saleratus in onc quart water and boil the files in the solution for a half hour. Remove the files, wash and dry them. Then to one quart of water slowly add four ounces sl1lphuric acid. Immerse the files in this prep-aration and let stand from six to twelve hours, according to the fineness or coarseness of the files. Earthen vessels only should be used for the acid preparation. Bottle the liquid and it may be used again; but be careful in handling it, as it is poisonous. "Out" West. Charles R. Sligh, president of the Sligh pany, is making a tour of the Northwest. before the session opens. Furniture com- He will return 36 Causes for the Great Annual Fire Loss. Carefully compiled statistics show that fire annually de-stroys one hundred and fifty million dollars worth of pro-perty. Many seem to see it/'" this awful record merely an unavoidable condition with which a country as great as ours 1111.1St ne.cess<l-ri.'y be content. And this absurd and hurtful idea is entertained not alone by those irresponsible and ignor-ant, but also by those in whose eharge are vast property in-terests and .vhose very names seem to compel success. These last are those who appear to think that just so long as their investment in a manufacturing plant sbows a profit, or that the buildings they -erect and rent to tenants are money makers, it doesn.'t matter how hazardous the process of manu-facturing, or how dangerous may be the stock merchandized so long as fire insurance is obtainable. They seem blind to the fact that a premium on a fire insurance policy is a tax no less than any other tax, and that it will increase and be-come more and more burdensome as the fire waste increases. The cause of many fires has been explained by, "a rat. he gna\"'ed a match," but p-rovidcntially losses from ~uch an ori-gin are in the minority. In the majority of instances they are due in the first place to improperly guarding against loss by fire. In these days of hustle, directly against the archi-tects' advice, many buildings are erecte<l without loss of time but with a corresponding loss of intcgrity. A brick build-ing is hurried up with weak walls, unprotccted iron posts and girders, thin floors, and is topped hy a roof which w1ll at least keep out the rain. It is heated variously by gas, steam, and ;;cannon ball" stoves. It is lighted by "juice" from the trolley circuit. Electric wiring, not always in accordance with the National Electrical Code is mazed throughollt the building. Electricity furnishes power to run the elevator, and when J6illl Doe and company inhabit the structure with their machinery, it runs that too. Doe and company are away behind on orders, and are altogether too busy to bother v,:ith the gasoline can, or oily waste, or to clcan out the foot of the elevator shaft, or even to sweep the floor. If the boys tear do,vn the wires of the lighting circuit and hang them on nails so they can "stick right on the job" in the winter after-noons, why, what matter? The engineer can put the .\rires back when the rush is over. The englueer, mind you, knows all about installing electric systems, if he didn't he '''''ouldn't have a patent on a lightning rod! The inevitable result of alt this carelessness is a t1re- "cause unknown," and right in the midst of a busy season Doe and company find themselves out of business with a per-plexing fire insurance adjustment on thcir hands. The in-surance companies settle with all the, haste compati.hle, with good business usages, the actual cash value of the property destroyed or damaged, but however short the time this takes may he, or how good the settlement obtained, Doe and com-pany discover, that by reason of interrupted business. with its many kindred contillgellcies, they havc sustained a CQtlse-quential damage not at all covered by thc insurance policy. And all of which mi.ght have. been avoided by a little. prndent, careful foresight. It is quite probable that ninety-five per cent of all fires that occur, could in their incipiency, be quenched by a gallon of water, and this is a cogent reason why all inspectors are sticklers for some simple method of individual fire protection. Outside of sprinkler equipment, which is the highest degree of such 'Protection, or stand pipe alHI hose-which is w:~)';.tin point of effectiveness, chemical extinguishers and simple barrels and buckets of salt water distributed have proved their usefulness. The barrels and huckets are a 1110st handy combination for the reason that the most ignorant operative," whom, when excited, valves on extinguisher tanks might delay, would hardly fail to get a bucket of water quickly. The efficacy of barrels and buckets is universally endorsed by fire underwriters, but in the case of at least one risk in the city of Buffalo the extreme of such protection has been reachcd. The superintendent of a certain foundry was re-quested by the inspector to provide six pails for ea..:-h barrel ·which is the standard requirement. One very material fact was overlooked, however, the number of barrels, of which there are 'ilearly fifty. After the superintendent had com-plied with the inspector's recommendation he found himself nearly crowded out of the works. He has festoons of ar-tistically galvanized iron pails in every department, and has unpacked crates of tbem for which he has 110 room. \\Then the writer introduced himself as a fire insurance inspector, he waS led to the door of the shop, the superintendent waved his hand toward the buckets and swore comprehensively and me-l" odiously. But this was merely a ludicrous hlunder. If property owners will follow out the advice given by the average in-spector the annual fire loss will show a gl'atifying decrease. Be a "good houseKeeper." Keep the manufactory clean. And be sure that when the decrease in the annual fire loss spoken of above obtains, a lower rate of insurance will obtain.- Buffalo l\Janufacturer. Walter Clark, \Vhose office is 533 Michigan Trust building and warehouse on Prescott street, loaded a car of selected quarter-sawed oak veneers June 4 for the Doernbecher Furniture company, Port-land, Oregon. That is about as far west as his trade extends; but he has a nice trade in the New England states; in Canada; and all over the midd.le and western states. Mr. Clark has a very large and carefully selected stock of ",enee'·s in quarter-saw and plain oak; figured and plain birch; bini's eye and plain maple and poplar erossbandiJ1g. He is also prepared to quotc prices and fill orders for built-up stock. RichmondSafety Gate Co. RICHMOND, INDIANA q Manufadurcn Exclusively of Automatic Elevator Gates, Automatic Hatch. way Doors, Underwriters' Gravity Fire Doonl, Rich-m 0 n d Counterbalanced J r 0 n Doors, Richmond Horizontal Trolley Doors, Automatic Division Wall Doors and Shutte1'$. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 37 THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand Rapids Office. 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES. Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel The LYON Furniture Agency THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST REUABLE CREDIT REPORTS ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS W,"-NTEH Cabinet ltJaker~ and gene1'al lIlachine hauch,. Address l\111skegonValley ~'t11'niturf' ('om-pany, 1I,1\l~k",.g-Gn. lI.Ii~1). 1)- Hi It. "" A:S'l'EH---T,int's. }o'o)' June, l:ti)Il, on eommissiorl. Long ex-pel'jenc"". extensivr acquaintance. Alldl'cSS Box 273 ear" of Miehig-n,n Arti>5<lIl. 4-10, 5-)'\ (i-l0. FOR 8AI.F.. Poplar. F,d .and white oak !umt:lPr, plain or quartr]'ed, also dimension stock. Cor- ~·esponde.ll.e(' s0licited. }\\.b~rt R. Kampt, ~7 Board of Trade Building Louisvill!~, Ky. 6t-2 10. \l'ANTJ!:D-Trll"eling SalNllnell To the: fUJ'niturp. trade. Pick up their ex-penses and mOl'e too, taking order", for 0'''' patent medidn<? cabinets. Salc!!m.en's out- :ilt free. VlTrite for It today. Spencel' Cab-inet Co., 456 Og-den ,\.\'('. Chicago, III 1-~-3-4-" 6-6m. l\'AN'l'J<:U-Venur jUan. ).fail to take charge of venfH'r room work-ing ten mfm. 1I'111St be f.amiliar with ve-neering case goods and beds, in mah<)gnny. bird':; eye maple, dc Must 1Ia\'e g'ood know}f\(lge or cutting and matching. .'\.d-oJ'ess 0., NIxe o{ Michigan _'\rtisan. ltj-, -1ll tt. ~""l~~ Double daily train service to New Orleans. Send for a free descriptive booklet. Connects with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tickets, rates, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HA.NSON, P"ss. TRAFFIC MClR., CHICAOO. S. O. HATCH, OENERAL. PASS. AGENT, CHICAGQ. COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-REUABLY "",,":NTEH-.U:.nHgt'l' of FUrJliturl!' nctJll1't-lllent, v.re are desirous of gdling a good II'; ..', wlt1e-awake luan to nutnflg-e our furui.ture OBpa,rtment, to tltke charge of sa]('l':, h;(')J stoek and help us out In our advel'ti~lng. The Street & Hal'per cornpan~", OklailOlila City, 0, T. ----:-c-~--- \\-','\:'Ii'l'ED-BclPlS Cabinet .\laker. Practical workman to lake e]Hlxge of cab-i. net rOflm, OIl. beu l'<lom furnHur\i', Hl.elliu-m gl'ade. Must Irarn to handle: abol!t :':5 men. Will give assistance for a reason:oLblc tlmf'. A.(ldn·ss 0., ell""'" of Miclligan Artisan 6-10-7·10 ~t. \\'A'STED-Positi41ll liS Salesman On salary with some f",dory to travel In Ohio ant)' \H,~te"'n Penm';ylv7l.n\.a. \\iiU make liheral cOJ[traet jf permit led to calTy a sjde line. A.ddress Val D. eeron, 6803 Frank,<;- town An'" Pittsburg, Fa. "l-l'agon<\[all:t>rs :\fachinery for Sale. Big 8argllil1~. McGovenl cOlllpr<'ssion tire settcr, spoke lennonf~T Dolt thread f:\ltter, tire bC1Hler, punch and Sh"'(I,I'S, all up-lo-llat.", machinery; ::10 horsep()\ver engine: 2 14-feet b(1il"rs, 42- Inch, 2~r~_inell rlue. Must be sold, ""a-tional \Vagou company, Baflkrupt; \Vm. r. l"esbitt, Trl)stPl', Big nap!([s, Mich. ii-11l, 6-10-:'t. ----~--- FOR 8iH.t<:-Ollf< 60 N. r, Engine. Atl,'tS ALlto.rnatie eut-off eng-ine in flrst-class CO/l<litlon. Karges .Wut'niture company, R,vansviH(', 1ri\1. C-IO-lt, fOR 50 CENTS We will mail the Factory Edition of the Michigan Arti-san to any address in the United States during the remain-der of the current year. Remit with order _. MIC"IGAN ARTISAN CO. Grand RapidS, Mich. "l-l'A]o,-TED-Commission Salesman To ca1'1'Y medium prked line of sidebolLl'ds, Chiffoniers and dressers in state of Ohio. 'Vhen applyinl!; state what liue,s you are now carl'~·ing. Addl''''SS "Furniture," cat·e of Michigan Artisan. 6-10-3t. l\:A;."VTRD-Expert ~'uremaD Cbnir Fjnisher. GOod wages and permanent posHion for a COlU\.lct",nt, reliable man, Address ","-urora, Chair COmpany, Aurora, Ind. 6-10-tf. WANTED-(}abinet \\'tlI'kers and Jrlaebiu0 ][unds, Also common fad.or)' handS, Steady work all yF.Rr l'Dull(l and at g-ood wages. Address 'l'he Hamilton Manufacturing company, Two Rivers, \V[s., or call at theiJ· factory at Two Rivers. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10 3t. WANTED-Cabinet )[akenl Awl mall thoroughly eompetcnt to run sticker. AddrF.ss, stating experience and salary ,van ted, The T. X, L. & Goshen Pump company, Goshen, Ind. 6-10-lt. WA)'lt,TTJ!:D-Posltion. By expel'ieneed foreman finisher nQW holding an important position. SatisfactoQ'reasons for d~si:rin~ a cl.HtngP. Adllress E. T., care of Michigan Artisan. _-,,:- _ ~IA:NC¥AC,TrRl:N(; OPPORTUNITY. i'iIew, splendIdly equipped furniture fac-tory for sale, raw material eOJlYenient, abun-dant and (:hcap. Local capital will take an interest lf desired. n. B, Chaffin company (Inc. l, Richmond, Va. 6-10-25-2t. W,\'STEI>-FlnJsber. I<~irst class man to take charge of finishing room, OlW good coat.er, one good rubber and polisher for wood manlel factory. Address i'iIo. 82 G.. Mlcl)igan Artisan. 6-1(l-lt. 'WANTED-Position A spindle C1Ll"Ver of twelv\\ YC\\,l'S \i!:lI:J}er-lence desires position as foreman in cal·V-ing department. Can furnish good r<~fer-enees. Address Cl\l.'ver, care of Michigan Artisan, 6-10-lt. --~-- "'-~-\NTEn-SI,l~an Aequa.intcd with factory trade, to hanClie our line of trucks and speeialties, on salarY 0\· l'.ommi\\15ion. Mlcy,lgan Manufacturing & LUlll,ber compaTJ~", Hotly, Mich. 6-10-tf, WAWTED--Po"ition by :E~peJ't Bookkeepel". Fiftep.n ~'ear", fact.ory accounting. High-est. references. For personal int.erview fLd.- dress "I. G,," care of Mjchlgan Artisan. 6-10-25-2t. SllM)IER COTTAGE FOR RENT • .'\..rare opportunity to rent one of the finest fully furnished summer cattages at Otta- Wa Beach, Mich.; has living room, dining room, kitchen a.nd six bed room!!-for July; also one for entire Mason. Particularly de-sIrable for a fUl'llitun~ man obllged to he ill Grand .Rapids, at the July sales, to enjoy a summer outing for himself and fam.uy. Ad-dress D., care of Michigan Artisan. 6-10-H. We Teach fURNITU~E DESIGNINli, ROD MAKING, and ~TO(K8IlLlNG By Mail.------ We find positiomfo .. CotnpetentStudenu. Orand Rapids School of Fumlturl!: Dtsignlng Houseman Building, OrandRapids.Mich. A. Kirkpatrick, !nstTU{1f1T. 38 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS AdamI'; & Elting Co. American BloweI' Co. .lD Globe V18e &I; Tru:mk Co ... Goodrich Transportation Co. HoftmaD »rOB. CO. Holoomb, A. L., ,i; Co Hahn, Louis Hardware Supply Co. Hills. Clarence R. Illinois Centrlll R'y .. Jamed"own PRnel 8J "elH!6l' eu; . Kepperling. D. A. KlJnbaIlBros. Co. .1. Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton. Burnes, \\'. 1'~.& Joo" Co. Barrett, M. L" &I; Co. • .88 .1S • ...•..•.• I> . .. 28 White Printing Company Engravers Printers Binders Electrotypers CATALOGS COMPLETE 2 to 20 LyonSt. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Ward, O. A. , .. Weatherly Co. Williams, F. B. Whfte Printing Co. Wood. Morri$ & Sons. Barrett-J ..indeman Co., The. Bata"\'la Clamp ell .... Bennett & Witte .. Berry Bros. Co.. Black Bros. Co.. Boynton Co... Burch, A. F., Co.. Buss l'lacblne 'Works .. . 21 . .. 33 • . .. 35 Lyon .Agency Marietta Paint & Color Co., l\lattison, C., Co., Machine l'\'Ol'ks. Memmer, George, &: Co. .Cover Brldgepol't "","QDd Jo'ini!lhlng Co ... Cha~e, lWberh & Co.. ChIcago MIl'l'tll' &: Art Gla88 00 .. Chieago 'Wood :Fillishlng Co. Clark, Walter CO'l'desman-lWchtin C(). Cyelllne Blow Pipe Co. Dully Artisan-Record Dodds, Alexander .. .Cover 4, ..... 11 Michigan Artisan Co. Michigan Central B'y. l\IiChigun Engraving Co .. MlBl'eJlan60us . Ornamental Products Co. Oti$ Manufacturing Co. Palmer, A. E .. Pere l\larqnette R'y .. ptt~burg Plate Glas8 CD... ROOdlng$'l', r. H., Carving ',"orks. Richey, Halsted &: Quick. Richmond Safety Gate Co. .Cover . .... 32 .12 . Duel', John, &: Sons. 5 5 2 .2. Edge, Frank, & Co•.... Jo'aJ" & Egan Co... }'ellwock Roll & Panel Go.. Fox. Maehtne Co •. . .32 Frauds ('bas. E., & Bro. Furniture COUl. Agency Co•. 1 • Shf:mer, Samuel J., && SODS. Southern Railroad Co ... Stepbenllon Man-,rl'aeturing Co. Toles, R'. C., Oompany ..... , .. llnl.on Embossing Macbine Co .. Walter, B., 61: Co.. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe &: D. A. Co.. 9 Grand Bapids n..aJls Co. . ~8 Grand Rapids Eugra-,.-ing Co. ' 16 Grand Rapids Electrotype .:co. 4 Grand :Rapid!! Hand Screw Co.. . ... Co-"'eJ' Grand Rapid$ & lndlana R'y. . .. 19 Grand Rapldhi ~kbool IIlf Furniture De-tIIignins: .37 Grand Rapidllo Wood Finilolhing Co. • ... 4 Grand Trunk R'y.. . ,17 GWette Boller Bearing Co.. . .... Covel" ·WY80ng & Miles Co. .. 32-33 ..9ft .28 .31 5 . ('..over • ' .. 37 .IS • ...... 87 .Cover .12 • .27 · .17 .27 '. _.37 . •. 23 ... 21 . ..... 17 5 1 ..12 . .. 28 ... . .. 4 · .28 4 · .29 .1-32 • .S< 5 • .S~17-S8 .. 32 . .. Covel' Cut Your Shellac Varnish Bills •In Half By using ZACO. It will do the work as well, quicker and at half the cost of shellac varnish. ZACO has been on the market for 12 years-increased sales proves its true worth. If you don't use ZACO its because you have never tried it. Send for sample and prices. Wit CAN ALSO SAVE YOU MONEY ON: I Wood Stains Dry or Liquid Wood Alcohol Pumice Stone Shellac Varnish White and Orange Gum Shellac Orange or Blea.ched SEND FOR. SA,MP LES and PR.ICES. M. L. BARRETT ®. CO. 219 Lake St••Dept.G. CHICAGO Did You Ever Figure the C~t of That La.t Blockade in Your Cabi-net Room? No Sir! Stock Does Not Accum-ulate in Our Cabinet Room. We Use a BUSS DOUBLE CUT OFF SAW and All of Our Dimension Stock is Absolutely Square at Both Ends. BUSS MACHINE WORKS, Holland, Mich. How Are YOU.Doing Your Re-Sawing--How Long Does ItRequire to MaKethe Different Adjustments. All realize the importance of a Band Re-Saw in furniture factories, but many do not give the adjustments the necessary attention-a thing that should be seriously considered. If you could secure a machine on which all the adjustments necessary to he made while the machine is in operation could be manipulated by the operator instantly and with-out leaviug his natural position wouldn't it be a profitable investment? Consider This-. On The Cordesman~Rechtin No. 3% Band Re-saw the rolls may be Instantly spread or closed, are self-cen-tering or one set can be locked stationary for sawing stock to a given thickness; feed Instantly stopped or started, and speed of same Instantly increased or de-creased: feed works instantly tilted for siding; top guide Instantly adjusted to any desired position; both guides may be Instantl'Y swung aside to give free, access to saw, as in changing blades; top wheel Instantly ad-justed to give desired lead to saw-in fact every ad-justment is Instantaneous. Machine weighs full 4200 Ibs.; carries a 4 In. blade; re-saW5up to 24 loe,," wide and 8 lo&hu thick. THE CORDESMAN-RECHTIN COMPANY Dept. A, CINCINNATI, O. No. 3J' SAND RE·SAW. tilts installation means profit:- I l A Perfect Case Construction Makes the It is Entirely Strongest, Automatic. .It Clam.ps. Most Mortises and Economical Releases, Completing and Most the Post Accurate in less time than the Case Material can be Construction Clamped:on Other Possible Machines ~ ~ No. 119 N!ulUDleSqua.I'~'Chl.el Mortl~er Wysong &. Miles Co.•CedarSt.andSo.R.R. Greensboro. N. C. A New Dowel and Socket FOR DINING ROOM TABLES ~ Both sides bored with the same double bit-only one handling of stock when boring. !!I We have also the very latest thing in Push Buttuu Catchesfor Book Case and Qabinet Doors. The best thing yet made in this line.
- Date Created:
- 1906-06-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 26:23
- Notes:
- View of the rear of the Sligh Furniture Company, factory located at Logan and Buchanan, Grand Rapids. The company operated from 1880 until 1932. Photo circa 1918.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ----- ----~ GRAND RAPIDS Twenty=Eighth Yea.r-No. 6 SEPTEMBER 25. 1901 Semi-Monthly , Colonial Dining· Room Pieces FROM THE LINE OF' t "THE ....-: BETTER MAKE" I &- ~ WE HAVE OVER400PIECESIN OURLINE· Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture ----SUITES TO MATCH---- NELSON~MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Factory and Salesroom. 37 Canal Streel Catalogues 10 Dealers. on Heavy Plate Paper. I A Brand New Line of Library Furniture Beautiful PiecBs·Moderate Prices Have you st"enour handsome new catalogue of Mission Library Furniture? It shows some of the prettiest designs that ever met your eye. You know that Mission Library Furniture is al1the fad just now. Every-one wants it if he can get it cheaply enough. On this page you will see some very pretty and popular pieces at very moderate prices. You will certainly want a few on your floor, even if you do not put in complete sets. No better workmanship can be had in this country than you will find up-on these very library pieces. The workmanship will Slltisfy the most exact-ing. You can sell our lower priced articles easily where you have bet'inin the habit of selling higher priced, and you wiII find a new market that you have . not yet been able to touch. Drop us a postal card today (or the Complete Spedal Catalogue of MiJSirm Lihrary Furniture just issued. NnRTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSrN - - ------------- 1 Our New"_ntl and Foot Power Circular Saw No. 4 Tb~ strongest, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cros.-cuttlng, boring and grooving. Cabinet Makers In these days of close competition, need the beat poslilib:le equipment, and this they can ha.ve in . . • • BARNES' Hand and Foot POWER Machinery Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. at JOHN BARNES CO 654 I\..uby Street. I\..ochford. Ill. The White Directory CONTAINS A CAREFULLY COMPILED LIST OF MANUFACTURERS OF FURNITURE, PIANOS, ORGANS, INTERIOR FINISHES AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES Now Ready. Send inyour order. WHITE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS, ENGRAVERS, PUBLISHERS, BINDERS 2-20 LYONST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH, A COMPLE.TE LINE. MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD ~~~~~~~ SPECIALTIES: g1'Y'WEM&QUAR.OAK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY BD4 W. Main SI" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA SPRATT'S CHAIRS ARE THE JOY OF THE CHILDREN. Our new CHILD'S MISSION ROCKER was a winner from the starr. Wril~for (Atal~ut ami prim. Our line is large and prices are right. We make CHAIRS fo' GROWN· UPS as well aI CHILDREN. GEORGE SPRATT & CO. Sheboygan, Wis. Say you Jaw thir ad in tbe M;chiglJn Arti-fan, Robbins Tabl6 60. Owosso, Mi6hlaan No. 3HI. AMERICAN OAK. 44x48 IN. TOP, AMERICAN BASE. 7 IN. PILLAR. Sligh's Superior Styles Sold All Through the Season Dull Trade is Unknown by Dealers Handling the SLIGH LINES. 'II THE JULY SEASON'S SALES OF SLIGH GOODS A RECORD BREAKER. lJ CORRECT STYLES, GOOD MATERIALS AND HONEST WORKMANSHIP, STRONG FEATURES fN THE SLIGH LINES, SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY, BUCHANAN STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 28th.Year-No.6. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 25, 1907. $1.00 per Year. THE TELEPHONE IN BUSINESS. Should Never Be U~ed in Deals of Supreme Importance. "The telephone is of incalculable benefit to the bu"incss man, but it is like all other good things. It must be used ·wisely and temperately." Thus Robert Garland, president and gencral manager of the Garland Furniture Company, jobbers, addressed l1imseH to a coterie of chums. "For instance ?" This from Hadley, who, somehow. had a knack of excit-ing contention whenever opportunity offered, 'The tekphone," contil11.tcd Garland, "is all right in its place, but it has its limitations. Here's your 'fof ill stance,' Hadley. If you wanted to touch a man for ten, a man who had no special interest in you, you would hardly ask for the favor over the "w.ire? Eh? You'd be certain to be turned down. \Vbcreas, if you met him face to face and gave him a good talk, al1d hypnotized him \"ith your personality, you might succeed in separating him from his money. This is an instance whcre the 'phone -is a rank outsider, (',xcept to the touchec." "Your argument is all right," ueclared l"feyers, "only you don't go far e()ough. For instance, if yOIl wanted to secure an order fro111.an uncertain firm, or collect a bill, you wouldn't go at it by 'phone, would you? To my mind, the telephone is a nuisance in a bU1;iness office. How maIlY times have you, talking face to face with a buyer, got him dmvl1 to the order point, and had him called away to allS..,Ner the 'phone. And when lJC returned it was all off. I won't bave one of the macbines in my office." "But you might be the one called <lway from the enter-prising salesman." cut in Hall. "'Then the 'phone might !',ave you money." "Oh, we've got to have the :->crvice/' said Garland. "I've got my clerks trained so that they ne~'cr use it ex<:.ept in ca!',cs of importance. I'll fire the j"irst man I c1tch cDllect-ing, soliciting or talking privately over the 'phone. They all understand it, too. They know me." "You think you have." laughed I-ladley. "but you just sncak into your place some day <lJ1dsee wbat is going on over the wire. The telephone is a mighty handy thing, but office people have a habit of ,',..orking along the line of least resis-tance. You try it, Garland." This is why Garland stole into his place of busitles~ one day and sat dO,""n in a corner ,""here no one saw him. He wanted to prove to himself that his office employes were loyal to orders and all right generally. One of his city salesman sat at the telephone table, palm of hand on cheek bone, receiver to left ear. His whole at-titude cxpre~sed luxmiolls ease and utter lack of haste or hurry. His hair was nicely parted in the middle, his coat was free of dust or ..,,,rinkle, he talked into the transmitter in a drawling tone ,,, ...hicb \vas not at aU like brisk hllsiness con-versation. In a moment Garland realized that the fellow was soliciting orders by telephone! l'\ow, Garland is a red-headed man, Besides being red-headed, he has reddish mutton-chop whiskers thriving on his square jaws. The hair was pushed forward in front of his eats, while the mutton-chops were brushed forward. He was Quick and energetic in movement, and, as he moved ahout, he gave one the impression that somewhere in his rear there was a strong gale blowing him forward. He almost foamed at the mouth as he heard the sale!i'man soliciting orders and jokil1g-aciually joking!-over the tele-phone. "Say," said the voice at the 'phone, "if you want"another lot of those oak chairs you'd better get a move on. Ever hear the story of the somebody or other who was late ~t the wcddillg? 011, the:re's no wedding. That was just a joke. You've just ordered from the Boston man? Well, 1m sorry, but I couldn't get over there thls mOTnlng. You don't give orders by 'phone.? Quite right! Save the next one for nle." By this time Garlanu was puffing with suppressed wrath. He opcned and shut a pair of powcrful hands, following the animal instinct of a strongman in anger, and would have thrown something .at tlle salesman, only he wanted to remain unnoticed a little longer. So this was his well trained officc OUUSP[CIAlIMPtRIAl wrATnrUrD OAK Oil STAin is the standard all over America. Are YOli using it? 4 force? The salesman was losing an old customer who might have been retained in a personal interview. In fad, the man at the other end had said that no orders were given by 'phone. Garland mentally said things about the 'phone and about unruly salesmen, but kept his seat- The salesman called another number and dropped into his drawl again. Then: "HeHo! Is that Maybury & Co.? That you, Billy? _",There did you go last night? Oh, I guess you wasn't the .only one in the Bad LandE>! I reckon the sidewalk was tip-ping some! Pardon me! Thought it was Billy. Just a joke we have between us. Ko, I didn't see him last night. Called you up to ask aboLlt the chairs. We have a new lot out, and if you want-" The red-headed mall almost bumped his head against the wall. Here was another order lost! His fingers ached to get at the salesman. Personally, he never used the 'phone except ",·,rhenhe hadn't the nerve to countermand an order in person or turn down a request for financial assistance or to inform his wife that he would not be home until late. and here was'this salesman-. vVell, he WQuld soon see where he got off! The salesman called another number. said: "Hello! Dalton &. Co.? This is Garland's. Thought I'd let you know that the new chairs are out. Oh, I can drop over there Hnecessary, "!?ut-. What? You have giv-en the order to Sliver & Co.? Tl1at's too bad. See you future.~' The salesman rung off. Three good customers and not an order! Garland's hair and whiskers now stood out like a cyclone from the vicinity of Medicine Hat \"la5 urging them forward. He could stand it no looger. With a rush whi{".h knocked the salesman from his chair, he grabbed the receiver. "If I had a dozen like you," he shouted, "I'd be out on a blind siding somewhere making bark furniture. How long have you been running this salesman act by electricity? Get out!'! The salesman picked himself up and tried to say some-thing, but there was a strange contraction in his throat and his lips were too dry to form the words he sought to use. If his hair hadn't been plastered down 50 securely it would have stood on end. There was a call from the 'phone and Garland placed the receiver to his ear. The call was from the factory. "Say, that was your fault about these tables," said the voice of the superintendent. "You did say curved legs in-stead of carved legs, and I've got to make them over again. I don't know what the old man will say. You want to cut out this giving information by 'phone." Garland felt like beating the salesman over the head with the recei·,ier. In fact. he might have done so, only for an~ other can of the 'phone. "Hello! Say, you old lobster, come over here Clnd take those buffets away. r wouldn't exhibit them at a dog fight. If you can't-" Garland rang off and turned to the salesman, standing cowed and ashamed before the desk. "You're a peach," he began, and then the bell rang. Won-dering if the 'phone was always in action, he Hstened. 'IYou're a nice old skate," came over the wire. "If I catch you about my daughter again, I'H hand you a few good ones. I don't know how you got out, but you'd better go back to your old room at the Zoo." Garland looked like a man about to throw a fit. pounded the receiver on the desk and said things which were long remembered to his discredit by the office girls. He shouted: "Hald on! Who was it? This is what he Central! Get that number for me again. Oh, yeu don't think you know] How would you bke to sit on a rock and play goddess of liberty? This thinking part you seem to have is too strong for you. Oh, you'll report the 'phone, will you? All right. Now, you may go back to your dream of little Reginald." Garland turned to the salesman. "You get out," he said. "I want the space you occupy. I'm going to put this telephone in an air-tight closet, and the man who uses it will have to show the head bookkeeper be-fore he gets in. I've been beaten out of a thousand dollars' worth of orders by it, and called a lobster and a skate. 'Get out." The salesman left in a rage, and flOW the man who uses the 'phone at Garland's must simply make a date for a per-sonal interview, if necessary, and ring off. All of which goes to show that Garland was right. A telephone is a handy thing, a necessary thing, 1n an office, but it must be used sparingly and with good judgment. A business 'phone is not for lovers, or order-seekers, or col-lectors. It is just to say thing;s to people when you haven't got the moral courage to face them! At least, that seems to be an important function of the machinel ALFRED B. TOZER. Keep Cool and Watch for Opportunities. Business hysteria is bad, no matter which form it takes, whether it leads its victim to recklessly plunge on toward the foot of the rainbow, or solemnly assures him that the country is on the high road to destruction Yet this SOTtof hysteria runs in epidemic form all over the country rq,rularly. The men who retain their m(',utal equilibrium are the ones who are able to reap fortune no matter which form the hys-teria takes. Keep cool and look out for the opportunities which bob up continually. It may be referred to as SELECTION "0", withoul special" ly naming Grades and 0.lJantities. SEND US AN ORDER FOR SELECTION" 0" ~~'\\~~~.-<:\ • He 24~255 So. c.nal St.. ·r_ -:. CHICAGO. ILUNOIS like cui, K, D. .FREE Wilh an order for Ihe fonowing 50" lection of 'SANI!~~ PILLOWS we will include a SANITARY DISPLAY RACK 3 Pl"S. 6 lb. Cbeny @ 95c .3 pl'1l. i lb. Olive@$I.3.5 3 pn. 611:.. Peach (i.ij \.7S 3 prs. i lb. Pear @ 2.10 3 )m. b lb. Plum @ 2.40 This Rack will in~ crease your Pil~ low Sales 100% 5 HAND CIRCULAR RlP SAW MORTISER COMBlNED MACHINE No.4 SA\'1 (ready for cross-cutting) Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY - WHY THEY f'AY THE: CABINET MAKER He call savo;:a maIlufa~turer's profit as wen as a dealer's profit He call make more loOney with less capita] invested He,can hold a better and more satisiilCtl)fY trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish. and at as low cost as th(>o factories. The local cahinet maker bas been forced illto only the dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manUfaCl\lred g-oads of fact.ories. An olltfit of Barnes Patellt Fo<.>t and HalH1-Power MachLnery, reinstates the cabiuet mak,,"r with adv:.Lntag:es equal to his competitors. If desired, these machines will be sold or~trial. Tbe purchaser can have ample time to tes! t1~em in hl« own shop !!"nd~11the; work he wishes them. to do. Descnpttv, catalogue and prtce /tst free. W. f. &. JonN BARNES CO.,654 RUby St._ Rockford, III. FORMER OR MOULDER ART IN TRADES CLUB FORMED. Employes of Furnishing Houses to Give Course of Lectures. One hundred representatives of leading dry goods, decor-ating and furnishing houses of :t'\ ew York have just formed, with tbc snpport of their firms, an Art in Trades Club, with quarters at the Vv'est Side Y. ill. C. A. The club, which is composed of the graduates of the night cout"ses 1n art in house furnishing and decorating, "will offer post-graduate courses in artistic and technical education as applied to the selling of decorative material and costuming. The club will hold fortnightly meetings, at "which the speakers will alter-nate between leading artists, designers and architects, who will disucss theories of art, and experts from the various trades .• vho will take up applied art. A larg"e number of firms have each volunteered to lend aid to the club, and alsO'the regular class in art, furnishing $1.000 worth of material for use ill practical demonstrations. The officers of the club are: President, \V. S. Coffin of Vll. & J. Sloane; vice president, George Snyder of Flint's; treasurer, Rutledge Smith of Altmal1's; secretary, Edward Hammett of J. H, Thorpe.-New York CommerciaL Did Not Get Cash Enough. Strange as it may seem, we recently noticed a cash-only store closed up, and bankruptcy proceedings have started. This is a seven-days' wonder, for we have been given to un-derstand that a cash business would lead to all material pros- HAND TENONER No. S WOOD LATHE No. 4, SAW (rea.dyfonipping) perity and give the possessor health, happiness and all good things along ,,,.·ith fortune. Yet here was one who failed ignobly. How did it happen? V'le do not know the par-ticulars, but we presume that he did not get cash enougll. That is the main drawback to a purely cash business. Vve adhere to our belief that the bulk of the business of the world will continue to be conducted along credit lines, and that the problem of credits lies in improving the system rather than abolishing it entirely. Cash stores are all right, but their ["le1dof operations is restricted and limited.-Oregon Tradesman. No, '1 SCROLL SAW Expert Legal Advice. HIt's this way," explained the client. "The fence runs between Brown's place and minc. He claims tlUI! I en-croach on his land, and I insist that he is trespassing on mine. ~ow, what would you do if you were in my place?" "If I were in your place," replied the lawye.r, "I'd go over and give Brown a cigar, take a drink with him and settle the CClltro~'-ersyin ten minutes. But, as things stand. I advise you to sue him by all means. Let no arrogant, domi-neering, insolent pirate like Brown trample on your sacred rights. Assert your manhood and courage. I need the money."-London Tid-Bits. "Honest merchandise has something else than price. It has quality, grace, strength and fashion, and, if it is wholly right, a touch of art." 6 WARNING! No. 50. Imitation Spanish Leather Velour Plain Imitation Leather Embossed Imitation Leather Spring Seat $5.50 5.50 5.50 5.75 6.25 WARNING! We are the owners of the patents and design patents of this line of K. D. Rock.- ers. No one has authority to make these Rock.ers and we will prosecute all infringers and deal-ers who buy of in-fringers. Send. your orders direct to us by mail or give them to our salesmen who are covering tbe entire United Slates, WARNING! No. 52. Imitation Sptlnisb Leather Velour Plai.n Imi.tation Leather Emb~ed Imitation Leather Spnng Seat $6.50 6.50 6.50 6.75 7.25 STANDARD CHAIR COMPANY, EVAN5VILLE. INDIANA. ago, wh"en for the 'steenth time I was hunting rooms in New YorkJ I learned of the possibilities of the commercial fur-nished apartment and since that time, whenever I have found myself in for a several months stay in New York, I've hunt-ed up a neat little furnished flat alJd lived in comfort. "The flat I now have is in a very decent building, with tel-ephone and hall service, in a very decent Harlem neighbor-hood. It contains four good light roon:.s of a respectable size and rents for $40 a month." The New York woman paused, but the woman from the West still sat wrapped in thought. At last she looked up. "Well," she remarked slowly, "it's a discovery. I shall cer-tainly made it <;I. point to interview that phenomenally intelli-gent and scrupulous agent of yours without delay, but I con-fess that I could consider the arrangement only as a mere temporary expedient. "I can't conceive how you can put up with such a way of life as a permanent, established thing. Don't you sometimes long for a real home, a place where you can have your own things about you and which you can invest with your own charactcr and individuality?" "Not 11" ejaculated the New York woman, promptly. "To me the idea if getting together the heterogeneous collec-tion of things that makes up a h~:)Usekeepingoutfit and then sitting down in the midst of it for the rest of my days, even to invest it with character and individuality, constitutes my conception of Egyptian bondage. "Long ago I made up my mind that money that could be spent to bring me the spiritual delights of music, books, pic-tures, travel and the theatre, was absolutely wasted on ma-terial joys such as Turkish rugs and old mahogany. I want to be free to move around, to go to the country for the sum-mer, or to California for the winter without having to pay double rent or without having to worry about finding a tenant who will not pour boiling water over my cut glass or use my embroidered napkins for dish towels, and to change my abiding place without l1<lvingto call in the expensive assist-ance of the moving van, if the man across the way sets up a phonograph or the woman next door invests in a parrot. "Personally, I believe that the time is coming when we shall be able to rent most of the necessary equipment with our dwellings quite as a matter of course. Vle already rent our cook stoves with our flats. "It seems to me perfectly logical to look forward to a day when we shall rent our pots and kettles with them ,too. In many of the better class of apartments a beginning has al-ready been made in tile sldeboards that have been built into the walls. Why shouldn't the dining table and chairs be added? "The humblest flats nowadays have the refrigerator and the window shades furnished. Why shouldn't the flat of the future be equipped with beds and tables and chairs and win-dow curtains?" ")'[ine wou't," said the woman from the West, nrmly. "Oh, yes it will," smiled the New York woman, "And, furthermore, when you have become reconciled to the comfort and convenience of having a ready-to-live-in home you will be setting your face with determination against a movement that will then be threatening to take away from you even your rented kitchen utensils. ffSome of these days, sure as you're born, your food will be cooked not in your own little private kitchen, but in a gigan-tic public kitchen on the top floor of your apartment build-ing and sent down to you between hot covers on a dumb waiter." "Not mine/' said the woman from the West, setting her lips firmly. "Wait and see," said the New York woman, with a smile. -Sun. SMILING AT WALL STREET. What E. H. Foote of Grand Rapids Says of Conditions on the Coast. "Oh, I had a fine trip, everything was lovely and T enjoyed it immensely," said E. H. Foote, secretary and treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair eOmpall)', who had just returned 7 along-lots of it. The cities farther north, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and the smaller towns are also flourishing, They are growing wonderfully, and their growth is of the permanent kind, not a temporary boom. "I did not hear anything about· tight money, a haIt or re-action in business in the Wcst. The people out there simply smile at the troubles of the Walt street speculators. They have not felt the scarcity of money that is reported in E. H. FOOTE. from a flV0 weeks' trip in the "Vest, most of the time being spent on the Pacific coast. "1 ,vent for pleasure and did not pay much attention to husiness affairs," he continued, "but I can assure you that conditions arc good in the 'lv' est, especially so in the cities on the coast. "Things have settled do·wn somewhat in San Francisco. They have labor troubles there yet-seems they always will have them-but they are doing business of all kinds right the East and they do not expect to, so they arc not worrying. \Vhy should they? A flurry in \Vall street does not mean what it did a few years ago to the rest of the country. That is ~ g'ood feature in the present situation, a11(1it promises well for the future. The \Vest has become quite independent in a financial ,vay. It will require something more serious than a decline in Wall street securities· to call a halt in the business operations and general prosperity of the 'Great West:" 8 -"'~M.19.HIG7!N $ A WONDERFUL BEDSTEAD. Inventor Worked in a .Combination of Fire-Escape and Burglar Alarm. He was long and lean, and looked like he had been starv-ing on the meagre lunch route for many moons. His clothing was all to the bad, and his face looked as if the bunch of hoboes he had been touring with had lost their only razor. He walked wth an uncertain step, doubtess caused by long practice on the ties which railroad companies persist in dis-tributing along rights of way at unequal distances. He was Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood Avo., Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now putting on the best ("aster Cups with cork bases eve-r offered to the trade. These are finished III Goldell Oak and While Maple In a light finish. These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn-iture rests. They will not sweat or mar. PRICES: Size2U iuches...... $4.00 per hundred Size2%inches" -.• - 5.00 per hundred Try a Sample Ot'r:ler. F. O. B. Grand Rapidl. a tramp, all right, but he had the appearance of being a su-perior sort of a tramp, one given to talking much and toiling not at all. Kennett, designer at the Oakville factory, found him sit-tillg by the long table when he returned from the manager's office. The long table was well covered with sketches and plans, and the designer's first notion was that the visitor was there to absorb some of the designs, which were about ready for the market. ""Vhat do you want here," he demanded. ;;Just dropped in."- "vVe11, suppose yOti just drop out. "Ve do not receive guests here, and, besides, this is not 'visitors' day_ Get out." 'T'm a furniture man myself, sir, and 1-" "Where is your factory?" asked the designer. "I haven't got a factory-yet! I'm an inventor." The visitor paused to rub one side of a broken nose with a long and dirty forefinger. He looked like_he hadn't slept in a month, and the spot under the rope which held up the waistband of his trousers was of the ingrowing kind. He looked hungry as well as sleepy. The office cub drew a pencil sketch of a bum asleep on the sunny side of a haystack, with a drove of pigs nosing about him, and threw it over to Kcnnett. "If you are 311 inventor," the designer said, "you must have something to show me. Of c'ourse, you came up here ~o show me how to make furniture." "I've got something to show," said the tramp, with as-sumed dignity, but before I do so I want you to promise me that you won't use the idea without sharing the profits with me. I want my bit out of this." "All right," rcpficd the designer. thinking that the easiest way out of the scrape was to listen for a moment and then turn the· proposition down cold. The visitor took a roll of paper from his pocket. As he spread it out on the table the designer saw that it was dirty paper, worn almost through here and there where anxious and impatient hands had dwelt UpOllit. It v,:as covered with marks which represented a cross bctween a bedstead and a nightmare. "This," said the visitor, "is a patent bedstead. got the patent yet. I'm waiting to interest some party in the invention It costs a lot of money ents." I haven't responsible to get pat- Then the designer: "You don't call that a bedstead? What are those funny little attachments for?" "This one," replied the tramp, ;;is the burglar alarm. ~at-urally, when a burglar enters a house to burgle he approaches the bed whereon the master of the house is sleeping. I have heard that people having money to carryover to the next day place it under their pillows. I have never had exper-ience carrying money over to the next day. Well, when the burglar approaches the bed he naturally touches this front rail as he bends over to search under the pillow. Now, here's the beauty of this part of the invention. When the burglar touches the rail, this little kedewy reaches out and grabs him, and-" "Does what?" gasped the designer. "Reaches out and grabs him. Throws out these strong steel arms, represented here by red lines, and seizes him around the waist, pinning his arms to his sides. Then the sleeping man awakes and does the rest. Now, this feature of the invention is nqt the most important one, as you shall soon see, but it ought to be sufficient to make the fort:unC' of any company making those bedsteads. I'm thinking of putting in an attachment which will blow chloroform in the face of the burglar and put him to sleep if he becomes vio-lent." The designer threw -himself back in his chair and laughed. "Ah," said the tramp, ;;you may· make merry over the idea if you choose, but think, think, young man, of w'hat might be your fate should a burglar come to burgle' your house in the dead of night, and creep, creep, creep through the dark rooms and stand in silence beside your couch-and you with-out this patent, adjustable, sure-thing, quick-action burglar alarm." "I don't see how I've got along without one as long as I have," said Kennett. The visitor failed to fir:d the frost in the voice and the face Made by Palmer Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich. of the designer. He took a stub of a pencil frottl his pocket and traced another set of lines on the rough drawing. "Here is the most important feature of my invention," he said. "When you comprehend the mighty possibilities of the thing you cannot refuse to put it on the market. Joined to the comfort of a superior bed and a money-protecting burglar alarm, we have' here a patent, neck-saving, fire-defy- ing Gre escape-all in one bedstead, the place of rest, the burglar alarm and the fire escape." The designer bacl«~d ;nvay for a moment, but the fellow looked harmless eHoug'h, so he stepped nearer to the draw-ing. "So that is a rlre escape?" "The best one ever invellted, sir." "How does it \vork?" "You see these lines? Yes. vVell, they represent coiled ,wires. This black mark is the end of tbe coil. Observe thi;; spring. You \·vind this spring with a key. For a big lTlilll you wind it just so tight, [or a thill man not so hard. See? "I presume that tbis machine w·ill wake you out of a sound sleep when the hntlse bIkes fire, carry you to the window, and Made by Woodard Furniture Co., OWOBBO, MIch. let you dowll to the gultmd without a jar. Haven't you got an attachment concealed somewhere that ,,,ill go back into a burning" house and bring oUt a lost dog or a bundle of valuable papers ?. The tramp looked da7ed for a moment. but \vent on with h1s explanation, draV\ling his pencil over the half-obliterated lines. "These wires," l~c said, ;'are coiled under the inattress. Vv'hell you awake in the night and hear the flames roaring outside your door. when you see death in the form of smoke creeping toward Y01.\, you dump the n"lathess off the bedstead, take hold of this el:d of the wire coil and hasten with it to the window You thrm,v it Ollt, place your feet on this bar. and dO"I'·nyou go." HAnd the ambulance does tbe rest?" "No, sir, you drop down like a child asleep in a swilLg. The coil Ullwinds ;lnd bnds yOLion the gTound without a bump. Think of the lives tbat l1~ight be saved by this anti-lllll"g-hr, anti-suffocation bedstead on the market. vVill it sell? "rill any sane man buy an:y other when he call get tbis one ?" Don't you think it is--er-rather complicated?" "As ,;imple as a haby's dream, sir! The wires never get crossed, the spring never balks, the action is ever perfect. Em ....much royalty will yOIl give me per dozen?" The cub designer dro;-wa picture of a man falling out of a tellth story window with a tangle of wires on top of him and threw 1t over to tl1l2boss. "V'>le have our designs out for next year," said the de-signer. "Suppose I put an attachment on here tbat will get up 7I1'<.-T I .sJU\I i 9 7 e 9 in the night and walk the floor with the pride of your heart. \Vould that make any difference?!J "I'm afraid not." "The possibilities of the tbing are incalculable," pcrsisted the visitor. "If I put in a little device for making the morn-ing cocktail, would that help any?" The designer sbook his head, and the cub drew a picture of a bedstead with the head of a bear and tbe tail of a ser-pellt. "The trouble ,vith you furniture makers is that you follow beaten trails," argued tbe tramp. "Some day some fellow with red blood in his veins will start a factory and put yOti all to the bad. Do you think you could loan me a dollar on these drawings? I want to wire a man who wants to put a half million into this thing." ';Not today." The cub drew a picture of a lean bedstead looking in at a restaurant window, and tossed it to Kennett. ''If you had a meal ticket, or something like that, 1-" Kennett threw out a quarter. "This is for the entertainment," he said. "Yes," said the inventor, "I thought so. The drawings are winners! Ta-ta-ta! They may serve again." ALFRED B. TOZER vVe imagine that the postmaster general thought he eould placate tbe retail dealers by offering them a parcels posts rneaBure with a limit set at ten pounds. If he did, he has made a mistake. Ten pounds ,viI! be enough to ruin a good many merchants and place a terrible handicap upon them in their struggle with the mail order hOllses.-Oregon Trades-man. The prices charged for carrying ten poundB, or any num-ber of pounds, for that matter, by the express companies, will ruin any business, if long contiuued. If ruin is to come, wou1d it not be just as well jf it were handed out by the gov-ernment as by the express trust? c. n. Moller's Sons of Cambridge, l\.lass., derive much publicity by driving a van through the several Cambridges, Arlington, \\iinehester and other towns of the neighborhood, upon which is placed a "box scene," to employ a theatrical term, containing a completely furnished parlor, bedroom, din-ing room or library. A large placard reads: "Save your dollars; trade at .:'oilo11er's." Prosperity will not attelld the merchant who allows too much latitude in bis book accolmts. The D. & B. Line Steamers leave Detroit weekdays at 5:00 p.m., Sundaysat4:00 p. m. (central time) andfrom Buffato daily at 5:30 p.m. (e~lsterntime) ~ reaching their destinationthe next ,,- morning. Direct connections with early trains. Lowest ratcs and superior service to New Yark, Boston, Philadelphia,Atlantic City, all poi-nts east. 1" Popular week end excursions to ~' Buffalo and Niagara Falls, leave Detroit every Saturday. RAIL TICKETS AVAILABLE ON STEAMERS All classes o'f tickera sol<! reading: via Mkhi~n Central. Wabash and G1'lInd Trullk railwa}'s between Detroit and 'Bllffalo in either direction will be accepted for transporta!lon on D. '" B. Une Steamers. Send 2c. stamp for illustrated pamph)etand Great Lakes m:lp. Address: L. G. LEWIS, G. P. A. DETROIT & BUFFALO STEAMBOAT CO., Delroll, Mich. PHILIP H. MCMlI.LAN. VICE·PRE$. A. A. SCHANTZ. GEN. MGR:, 10 THE READY-TO-LIVE_IN HOMES. Renting Furnished Flats a Business in New York-Every-thing the Nomad Needs in His Temporary Quarters. "Why don't you rent a furnished apartment?" said the well seasoned New Yorker to her. green fri,end from the West in answer to a bitter complaint in regard to the difficulty of finding living accommodations. "Chiefly because 'llObody wants t~ rent an apartmcnt for the winter," replied the other, "unless New York is different from any other city I have eyer lived in." "That's just the point; it is," said the Kew York woman. "In New York when we waut a thing we don't have to rely on the lucky chance of somebody else wanting to get rid of it. Vl,lejust step out and get what the evolved commercial-ism of the metropolis has pTovick~d for the filling of every human need. "If you want to rent a furnished apartment you don't have to go prowling around among your friends and acquaintances for a chance to sub-let. You go to the renting agencies. They have furnished apartrr,ents in all styles 'and sizes and STAR CASTER CUP CO. NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, "-'leM. (PATE2'lT APPLlE:D FOR) We bave adopted cellulQld as a base for our Casler Cups, makillg the best cur on the market. Celluloid is a great improvem~lll over bases made 0 other material. When it is necessary to move a pi. ce supported by cups with celluloid bases it can be done with ease, as the bal'es are per-fectly smooth. (·elluloid dot's nol sweat. and hy the use of these cup~ tables are ne"",r marred_ These cups are finished in Gold"'l1 Oak ~nd White Maple, finished light. If you will try a sample order of thelle yooels you will desire to halldle them, in q-uantUtu. PRICES: Size2}.J: Illches $5.50per hUlIdred. Size 2U inches , .. 4.50 per hundred. f. o. b. Grand Rapids. TRY A SAMPLE ORIJER. they will rent them to you by the week, month or year at prices ranging from $30 to a couple of hundred a month. "The best part of the scheme is that you don't have to camp down in the midst of some other person's intimate be-longings or promise not to use the best silver or the linen napkins_ The apartments are furnished with essentials only and you can import your own gimcracks and geegaws and be monarch of all you survey. aYes, and pay more for the privilege than it would take to buy the whole outfit. Not I," sniffed the woman from the West. "I krlOW your Ncw York specula toe He doesn't get me into his toils." UNo, reaHy," expostulated the New York woman. "You do the furnished apartment renter an injustice. It is true that formerly the business was in the hands of a rather un-scrupulous set of people, but recently it has become respect-able. "Some of the big real estate companies are going into it and furnishing apartments for housekeeping in the better class of houses in first rate style. The furnishings are not only not cheap and flimsy, but thcy are chosen with taste and discernment. "The dining room and kitchen equipments are usually surprisingly well balanced and complete. Silver, table linen, towels, china and bedding are included, and as a rule, they are of exceIIent quality. "Furthermore, the agents, who are chiefly women, by the way, seem to have discovered the important fact that in renting a place furnished people want to be as free as possible from the idiosyncrasies of pronounced individual tastes. Most of the better class of apartment that I have seen, and I flat-ter myself that I have seen a good many, for I have just rented one for myself, are decorated with the plain carton papers, furnished with good, plain pieces of Flemish oak built in the simple obvious Jines, hung with draperies of plain denim, curtained with dainty white muslin and carpeted with rugs of inconspicuous pattern and harmonious color. "This sort of equipment gives just the neutral and non-committal background against which the bo.oks and pictures, the objects of art and other small personal belongings that even permanently homeless people usually carry about with them, can be made to show np in such a way as to give real character and individuality." "But even so," said the woman from the Wcst, "don't you think that it's an extravagant way to live. Don't you think that one would pay more for her furniture in rent than it would cost her to buy it?" "Very probably," said the pose you don't want to buy want to own anything? "There are literally hundreds of people in New York ...no don't. They are all fully alive to the comfort and con-venience and cheapness of light housekeeping over any other way of living, and yet, for one reason or another, they don't want to lay in the necessary equipment. ""Some of them are people in your position-people who have come to New -York to seek their fort'une and who arc not yet ready to bring on their goods. Others belong to the great nomadic herd of writers and artists, musicians and the-atrical people who do not want to be hampered in their movements by a lot of possessions "It is no economy {or these people to buy things, because they don't want the things. .If they buy a complete house-keeping outfit one season they are as likely as not to have to pay storage au it next. It is really cheaper in the end for these people to pay rent for their housekeeping necessaries while they want them and to be able to get rid of them eas-ily when thcy need them no longer." The woman from the 'VVcst made no response and the Kew Yorker continued: "Take my case, for instance. I have to live jn New York just So much of my time. I can't afford to stay at a hotel. I loathe boarding houses, and my digestion has rebelled ag-ainst myoid system of ea6ng my dinners at restaurants and getting my other meals over a chafing dish in my fur-nished room. "On the other hand, I don't want to lay in a domestic out-fit because I never stay in New York longer than I have to and to trail about the country dragging my pots· and pans after would make me feel like an Indian. A couple of years New York anything? woman. Suppose "But sup-yOU don't tlopklnl aRd"a"llt Sb. Cincinnati, O. "enry Schmit &. Co. UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE FOR LODGE AND PULPIT. PARLOR LIBRARY. nOTEL AND CLUB R.00M 11 The ROYAL • IS the Original Push Button Morris Chair MORRIS CHAIRS ---FROM-- $6.25 to $30.00 CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION Royal Chair CO. STURGIS. MICH. Chicago Salesroom; ht Floor, G. D. Williams Co., 1323 Mich. Ave., CHICAGO. lti.. Two-Ct:nt Ratts and Mileage B\Joks. Traveling men have been anxious since the llew two-cent legislative fares have begun to go into effect 111so many of the states to knO\'V to what extent, if any, stich rates \vi11 influence the railroads against the continuance of the priv-ileges and conveniences afforded by the interchangeable mile-age book. In \Visconsin, where the ne.\, two-cent law be-came effective August 15, the Chicago & Northwestern and the Chicago, 1Jilwaukee & St. Paul railroads promptly COI11- plied with its provisions, hut decided to discontinue the sale of SOD-mile books, good for the use of one person or the members of his family, and also interdicted the use Ideally in states where there is a two-cent passenger law of inter-changeable 2,OOO-milebooks. The position of these roads with regard to the matter is that of the \Vestern Passenger Association, the lines members of which will now issue only system mileage books, applying to interstate travel and not good locally within states in which two cents is made the legal fare. The result is, of course, that everybody \vho journeys by \Vestern Passenger Association roads now buys a ticket in preference to investing $50 in a 2,OOO-milebook, with a final refund of $10 against the outlay. In Central Passenger Association territory, however, in-terchangeable mileage books have suffered no impairment of their value to the traveler. They are accepted, as heretofore, in satisfaction of local fares in states in which two cents has been made the legal fare. Whether, though, this order of things will be continued is a matter of doubt. St. Louis traffic officials who have been consulted on the point say it is impossible to foretell what may happell. as the new two-cent laws have. thro",vll passenger ratcs into a chaotic condition in all of the states where they have gone into effect. The carriers are disposed to accord the traveling public all the. conveniences and privileges practicable with due regard to the avoidance of burdensome complications, and from what we Bii!L( Years of Test Have BstaLlished 11:8 SlIprelila<:y. All OiLers. are lmitalors. No Others So Good. THE" ROYAL PUSI1 BUTTON MORRIS CHAIR can gather it is not unlikely that ·some of the roads which have placed restrictions Upon the use of mileage books will take the initiative in an effort to establish some form of trans-portation book that will he sellable and wilt afford its buyers some of the privileges now abolished. It would be well, however, for traveling wen's associations to bring· to bear all the influence they can command in be-half of the continuance of illterchangeable mileage books, good whenever and wherever presented. Frank N. Snell of I\lilwaukee has, very pertillelltly in this connection, called at-tention to the importance of united effort upon the part of salesmen's associations to prevent hampering restrictions be-ing placed upon interchangeable mileage. As IVlr. Snell has well said: "u a traveling man or any person who travels considerably, has .to go to the ticket window and exchange mileage strips for a ticket in the case of each and every journey he desires to make from one point to another, he would have to be more of a philanthropist than lever expect to be, to purchase in advance $40 worth of transportation at two cents per mile, giving the railroad companies the use of the mOlH'y, without getting any possible benefit or con-venience in return; tor if one must go to the ticket window in each case, he can just as readily and easily purchase his ticket in each case as to let the agent tear out mileage strips, in lieu of money, in payment for the ticket." In view of the great convenience of interchangeable mile-age to traveling men and others who move about a good'deal on the railroads, Mr. Snell adds that it is his belief the car-riers can well afford to allow the use of that form of mileage without restriction, for the reason that the use of a vast sum of money invested in mileage books-and that, too, without interest-would abundantly compcnsate them for any little bookkeeping or otha expense attached to the auditing of the mileage strips and getting the money returned from the line \vhich originally sold the book. 12 MUSKEGON, MICH. The Alaska Refrigerator Company have enlarged their manufacturing facilities largely and have entered upon the most extensive campaign for business in their history. Their's is the largest plant in the world devoted to the man-facture of refrigerators exclusively. Secretary Kanitz of the Muskegon Valley Furniture Com-pany reports a full book of orders to fill and that the factory is in full operation. C. W. Cunnigham had as much on his hands as the aver-age man would care to be responsible for in the management of the Sargeant M.anufacturing Company, but when the stock-holders of the Atlas Furniture Company found. that their craft was drifting down the sea of trade stern foremost, it was but natural that they should look about for some one to set the ship right on her course and sail it with a master hand. Although not seeking the added care and responsibil-ity, Mr. Cunningham took hold of the Atlas and has put the company on a paying basis in less than one year's time, With the Sargeant and the Atlas well in hand, Mr. Cunning~ ham has earned a period of rest. But will he take it? His friends say he will not so long as he can find work fol" his hands and head. Work is his recreation. The Moon Desk Company has been very successful with their new line of "heavies;" their line of low priced desks is also selling well. Trade in desks started slowly with all manufacturers, but Manager Stephens has no reason for com-plaint on account of the voluine of busi\leSS at present. . Keep busy'. Discontent don't strike in very deep on a busy man. When he gets discontented it simply means that he is getting more ambitious. CHARLOTTE, MICH. BEST LINE OF OAK DRESSERS COM-MODES and CHIF-FONIERS ON THE MARKET PRICES $8.75 to $13 CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO. WILL SOLVE CAR SHORTAGE. Railway Association Board May Recommend Increased De~ murrage Rates. Long and continued howls of shippers the country over, because of the shortage of cars for moving the freight of the nation, is the main subject of discussion by members of the commi8ee on car service of the American Railway Associa-tion. Plans for the raising of demurrage rates that would force quick unloading of cars by shippers is believed to be FOR SALE -.c.- Stock of House Furnishing Goods. I have for sale a stock of furniture and stoves, a few rugs and. a small and chea.p as!.ortment of c::hina and crockery. The goods. are medium priced and were pur-chased for the installment contract business. The stoves are Buck's Stoves and Ranges. This stock was formerly the property of Baldwin~Standish Co.• and the business is fairly well advertised through the Upper Peninsula of Mich-igan. The total inventory of the furniture, stoves, rugs and crockery is 88,611 92 and the stock is in an excellent location. I would like to sell the stock as it stands and solicit inquiries. MARSHALL N. HUNT, Trustee, Sault Ste. Marie, MichigaD one of the matters to be recommended and plans for forcing immediate return of cars loaned to other lines by their own-ers will also be recommended. Big railroad J.I1enwill probably take a crack at the private care industry, which has become a menace to the transporta-tion world and strictures may be placed on the privileges now allowed to owners of big refrigerating and other car systems owned by semi-private syndicates. An Eight.Year Test Has Proven Its Value. When Manager Walton of the Royal Chair Company, Sturgis, Mich;, added the push button to his Morris chair, eight years ago, the skeptical doubted its utility. But time has proven its value, and not a day has passed that did not record an increase in the demand for the Royal Morris chair. A catalogue containing full information in regard to the com-pany's line is mailed to applicants for the same. Chairs are priced from $6.25 to $30.00. Heavy Sales of No-Kum·Loose Knobs. The Waddell Manufacturing Company of Grand Rapids are turning out the wood knob No-Kum-Loose drawer and door fasteners by the hundreds of thousands, also magnifI-cent specimens of architectural work for some of the finest homes in Grand Rapids and other cities. They make a spec-ialty of grills and have a fine display at the Jamestown Ex-position. A successful merchant said not long ago that his most profitable ideas for the improvement of his: place of business came to him when he laid aside his prepossession and walked past his place, putting his mind as nearly as possible in the attitude of a disinterested observer. He tried as honestly as he knew how to see his business and its surroundings and methods as others saw it, and he had the courage to face down his prejudice and make ,the changes he saw were heed-ed. This idea of looking over yourself is full of possibilities for the progressive man. "The man who takes up store keeping while looking for a cinch will find he has lost one guess." DRESSER No. 734~GoJden Qy.artered Oak. $30; Mahogany, veneered, $31; Bin:keyeMaple. $31. CHIFFONIER No. 76-Mahogany, veneered. $21.50; BirdSl:ye Maple. $2 \.50; Golden q".rte<ed O.k. $20.50. DRESSING TABLE No. 174 ~Golden Quartered Oak, $18.50; Mahogany, veneered, $19; Binbeye Maple, $19. Write for .new catalogue, -- -~---~----------------..., 13 THE QUALITY KIND IS MADE BY THE Horn Bros. Mfg. Co. 281 to 291 West Superior St., CHICAGO,111. Bedroom Furniture Our Specialty CAUGHT AT ANCHOR. Toll That One May be Called Upon to Pay for Looking in Show Windows. "One thing I am apt to forget," said Mr. Jawginson, "is that I must look out for beggars when I stop to look in a \",indow. For, you see, -in such a situation, the beggar has the advantage of you. aIf ';.,,'henaccosted, you are walking along the sidewalk, as you might say under way, Y","hy, then you are like <l ship in motion, you are under control and you are more likely to have your wits about yOll and you can sheer off or speed up and get away. But it is different when the beggar catd1es you looking in at the windo,,\', as beggars aTe very apt to do. "Then, you see, you are intent upon what you are look-ing at and so you are off your guard. You are taken. as it were, while at anchor. "Thus surprised aDd practically captured, you are not unlikely to give up something to your <::aptor. "Experience has taught l11ethat ·when I halt to look in at a window I want to keep a weather eye out for piratical craft. that come alongside very siletltly, never haiting till they come to close quarters, and so making it all hut impossible for me to escape. I keep a weather eye out, I say, as a rule, and r QRAnOTUUnn Ul. STSUM MOST ATTRACTIVE ROUTE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION Tickets on sale daily until Nov. 30, 1907. at very low rates. Pas-sengers have choice of several routes. On season and sjxty~day limits, liberal stop-over. Passengers may go one route and return via another. Full particulars at City Ticket Office, 97 Monroe street. Phones-Citizens, 5516; Bell, main, 576. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. sometimes T can see 'em coming by their reflection in the glass, and then, as if r bad heen just about to go, I start up easily, witb my eyes still on the things in the window, but with myself gatherillg headway all the time, and sail on, and 50 elude the pursuer, who is himself perhaps this time a little surprised. "nut sometirncs 1 forget. and then I am likely to have to pay. Yesterday, for instance, I stopped to look at two no-tices pasted on an office door and I quite forgot. Then I heard a voice unmistakable, thmlgb this was a very low voice and I couldn't make out what it said, and turning I saw a woman, a smaH, slender woman in black dress and black shawl and with head to one side and hand extended-the at-titude of a beggar, tllouglJ truly she didn't look like one, "Of course, 1 gave something-not much, but something-and she said 'Thank you,' in the same low voice, and then we passed on our respective ways along these now all but de-serted street!-i. "So, you see, I had been caught off guard again; and still, after all, I Suppose it is little enough that I pay as a penalty for the pleasure of stopping to took in at the windows." Spokane Merchants Object to Trunk Lines Abolishing Rates. Furniture dealers and other merchants in Spokane are Eguratively up in arms over the action of the trunk lines cast of Chicago III abolishing" number of commodity rates. They have takCJ) up the matter with ofllcials of the Great Korthern railway, requesting them to intercede with the ';."·estern aml east~rn lines to restore through commodity tariffs from eastern points to this city. According to a tuiff effective September 1. the minimum raised from 20,000 pounds ~o 24,000 pounds for a 36}'2 foot car and 43,200 pounds for a 50 foot car, the rates being reaehed by adding the eOll1- commodity rat~ east of Chicago, but instead will he forced modi ties of the western lines for the remaining distan<::e, ,"..-hichmeans that the Spokane cOllsignee will not have the to pay straight class rates from eastern points These are much lighter th~n the cOllllllodity (-ate. The Value of Competition. "Competitjol1," remarked the manager of a large manufac-turing plant. "is merely the natural warfare of business. There can be no business advancement without competition and certain healthful striving. Competition keeps us from being satisfied with what we are doing. Every time a sales-man meets competition and overcomes it we are adding to the volume of business generally, because our competitors aTe COnlDdled to get out something better than he had offered which in turn spurs our company on to greater effort, and thus the constant advancement of our business is assured." 14 ·f'~MI9jiIG?JN of the requirements of the trade and the ability to satisfy it. The Bosse Furniture Company is well satisfied with the condition of the trade. There is ever a strong demand .for the company's kitchen cabinets and wardrobes. The Globe Furniture Company manufactures a quick-sell-ing tine of cheap and medium priced furniture for the cham-ber and the dining room. The company never lack for or-ders. "The dealer who sells any old goods in any old way, Is the very same dealer who, on some dark day, Will fmd his busine.ss does not pay, And that his trade is going, day by day, To the dealer who sells the Evansville goods .In a new and better way." FELL ~rOCK, the Furniture Poet of Evansville. Wireless Telephone Range is Short. Wireless telephoning has been making steady progress of late, although its achievements are still far behind those of wireless telegraphy. The range of practical wireless tele-phony is as yet only ten miles. One reason for this is the feebleness of the elcctric currents used in telephonic conver-sation over wires,as· compared with those that are capable of being used in telegraphing, either with or without wires. Telephonic conversation has never yet been successfully car-ried to a distance of 100 miles of submarine cable under the ocean. The limit of telephonic range over such cables has been about sixty miles. Consequently wireless telephony does not have to be carried to many times its present range in order to beat wire telephol"Jy on submarine cables. I. The conditions are, however, very different over land. Wire tele-phony is commercially practised up to distances of 1,500 miles, and is capable of being extended by sufficient expendi-ture of money on the wires, to 2,500 miles or even more. Wire-less telephony has, therefore, to be vastly extended in range in order to beat the record of wire telephony over land. While there is l10t the precipitate rush to engage in the mal1ufacture of denatured alcohol' that promised to follow the recent action of congress considerable progress has already been made and it is probable that in all parts of the country there will he factories in operation in the near future. Evansville, Ind., September 24.- The Bockstege Furni-ture Company will soon issue a catalogue illustrating .. de-scribing and pricing the new line of tables brought out by the compal1Y. Manager Fellwock is receiving mal1Y congrat-ulations on the line. The Karges F"tunitnre Company is well supplied with or-ders and the mammoth factory is in full operation in the production of furniture for the chamber and the dining room. The Evansville Metal Bed Company is enjoying a very prosperous season of trade. Manager Koch is a very busy man, the affairs of the Metal Bed and the Metal Furniture Companies demanding an his time. Mr. Koch is young, hearty and vigorous, and is capable of handling any amount of hard work. The Buehner Chair Company will erect a factory and pre-pare for greatly extending their business. The Smith and the Buehner companies are the oldest chair manufacturing houses in the- state of Indiana. The Standard Chair Company have booked many orders for rockers with leather seats and other features of their line. Their new factory is nOlle too large for their trade re-quirements. The World FUflliture, Company, recently organized by the Messrs. Karges, Bosse and their associates, have prepared a new line and will soon be prepared to fill orders. An addition to the large plant of the Bockstege Furni-ture Company has been decided upon by the officials of that company. Harry Schu has returned from his vacation trip and is giving close attention to the work of preparing a new cata-logue for the Crescent and the United States Folding Bed Companies. Eli D. Miller & Co. find a ready market for all the folding beds their capacious factory can turn Qut. Mr. Miller is an important man in his line of trade· as he has ample knowledge No. 384% DlmoinjTable. OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY Dining Extension Tables Are Be!t Made. B"" Fm~bed Val.",. All Made from Thoroughly S....,ned Stoel. No. 3&4~Dining Table Top. 48x48. Made in Qyartered Oak. Full Pobohed. Nidal C....... No. 3M. Same style as above wIth square top. LENTZ TABLE CO. '=.:. (NASHVILLE. MICH. "Wiping Out" the Parlor. A newspayer pUblished in Cleve,bnd disc-Ot1rscs, ,vith the wisdom of all (H'll, as follows all the topic quoted above: "Thc Ca,'c Dweller had Olle great advantage over the man of today. There was no parlor to his house. It was all One living rooUl, and if he bad progressed far enongll to take pleasure in life-archeology 1S s11ent on that point and thc llovelists, \\-'aterloo, London and l\forris, are likewise dl1mb-he probably entertained his callers with thrilling tales of good fightillg and better feasting. "The modern parlor, though not as extensive a social bliglH as it was a Score of years ago, is still altogether too much of a killjoy. For the past few years architects have labored to do away with it by planning houses in which space was far too precions to he tied up in such a room. They ha\'e been measurably successful, but tradition is a hard thing to upset. The parlor is one of tbe cherished traditions of our down east ancestry. "\Vhen Moses Cleveland (the founder of the city of Cleve-land) landed on \Vhisky Island, or opposite it, the first thing he did was to have a town meeting.; the next to huild a house with a locked-up parlor. Then he furnished it with a chro-matic carpet that brought blind staggers on all \vho saw it, shiny horsehair chairs, as slippery as IHayor J ohn5011'S methods, and, as culmillating horrors, he hung "The Voyage of Life" upon the wall and put a stuffed bird and a wreath of flowers in wax under glass globes on the cellter table. Then he turned the key in the door. And it has been there ever since. "Such a room should he locked. If it were shut off from the world all the time there would be uo complaint. But a sort of atavistic hospitality, an echo of those grim times when Cotton .3i1ather called on his parishioners and talked of the abominations of the scarlet woman and "vas given cider and doughnuts. in the best roon"), prompts the modern house-wife to open the door and pull tlp the curtains at certain sta-ted intervals in th(', calendar of the year. Anyone who has attended such a festivity would rather sit in a dentist's chair with a rubber dam in his mouth and several of the real ki11d in his thoughts, than go again. "Such a man, and his name is legioll, will pray that the '~ampaign of i\hs. Curtis Guild, wife of the governor of Mas-sachusetts, may be· extended to the V\-'estcrn Reserve. She has begun a crt1sade on the 1\- ew. England parlor, that veri-table chamber of horrors, alld promises to fight it out 011 that line if it takes all her husband's term of office. She rails at the horsehair, she fulminates against the "v"axen treasures, she has only words of hissipg and derision for the pictures, and she caUs Upon her hearers to tbrO"\v a"1,"'a)' the key to the door. "Better still. she begs her sisters tu tear clown the parti-tions, to throw the parlor into the 'sittin'-roOln' ancl make one big, comfortable, companionable room of them both, with light and sunshine and spaciousness to cOlllmend it. Put the piano there and the writing desk, give the sewing tnachine a place in the corner, if room cannot be found elsewhere; make the room the heart of the house in ils activities and its pleas-llTes. "Marc power to the elbow of Mrs. Guild; lllore length to her stride, that she may reach here the sooner." The cranky old bachelor and the scrumptious Mrs. Curtis Guild are not "stlch-a-much." If either were the parent of six or seven blooming daughters, he or she would find his or her household at "sixes~and-at-scvens'J when those darlings ,'"ere old enough to receive compal1Y. Suppose six or seven Sweet \Villiams '.",ere to call on the six or seven bloomers night after night and expected to hide a·way behind a sliding door, where the gas might be turned low and a hand squeez-ing contest engaged in without hindrance. \Vhat then? A part of the "bunch" might giggle and hug in the hall; others 7IR. T I oSA.l'l "4? 'l e te. 15 might perch themselves on the stairs, but none would care to invade tl;e "big comfortable, companionable" room domi-nated by "pa" and "ma" and a crowd of noisy "kids." As a matter of course, the "grumpy" olJ editor who would destroy the parlor never had the pleasure of sitting on a hair covered divan built for two, and it must be inferred as \vell that 1\1,-. Curtis Guild was an unusual sort of lover, who did most of his sparking through the telephone or in the visitors' room at the young lady's academy, where the fair one av.'aited his coming. There 'vas a misconception evi-dently of the proper plan for negotiating a 1ll.atrlmonial en-tanglement on the part of Guild, els'e he <:ll1dhis wife would defend the old fashioned parlor, rather than attempt to de-stroy it. 11,'11'5.Guild had better take herself to a nunnery. Every u111narried girl would rejo:ce over her departure for such all institution. and e\'ery llnmarried mat] would "hite his thumb" in contempt of the cranky old editor of Cleveland. The parlor will remain so long as Cupid's torch shall burn. Youth demands it and ,viII not be denied. The rapid destruction of the forests in America will event-ually make furniture of oak more valuable than mahogany furniture. Ri(~mon~ (~a;r(0. RICHMOND, INDIANA Double Cane Line SEE OUR NEW PATTERNS CATALOGUES TO THE TRADE FroID. tht:!lLine of the Ford & Johnson Company, Indiana a.nd Sixteenth Streets, Chicago, IlHnois. 17 Write for Catalogue. THE SEXTRO MFG. CO., Cincinnati, O. MAKERS OF MEDIUM and FINE Dining Tables AND Hall Furniture THE SEXTRO MFG. co. CINCINNATI, OHIO MOSTLY BY "HANDY MEN." How Grand Rapids Retail Furniture Dealers Make Repairs. "Do you m~IL.lntal11 a repaIr. department. '" T 0 tl'lIS ques-tion D. l\'L \V~;g-ner (Jf ¥/cgner Brothers, installment dealers of Grand Rapitls, replied: "Vi e have nothing that can be properly considered a repair department. \Ve have more or less repairilig to do, but not enough to necessitate fitting up a regular department. vVe have a 'handy man' who can fix scratched or marred finish and make it as good as l1e\v. Sometimes he is kept busy and at others he has little to do in tllat line, 111case of breakage we ('jtll;::r scnd the chair. table or \\'hate'ver it may be back to the factory or perhaps order a duplicate of the broken piece OT pieces and have our man put them'together. It would not pay us to \"l1n a re-pair department, even if we had it equipped lvith tools and machinery. Y('s, I think some dealers make a btlsine"s of repairing, but) doubt that it is profitable.l think one of the largest houses in Jackson, 1lich., have titted up a repair shop and arc ;lot only doing their own ,vork but arc adver-tising for gcnc;ral work in that line." 0-0-0 Re[)lyillg t~) the same (luestion, Frank B. \Vinegar of the Vlinegar Fumiture Company talked very much as did l\lr. vVegner. "vVhen furniture is damaged in shipment," he said, "we notay the factory and if it badly smashed we send it back immeliatc1y. ff it is nothing llrore than a broken leg or a spindle we may order the piece and we have a man \'.:ho can put it in. He can also fix up blemishes in the (in-ish if it is not too bad. The best way, however, is to in-spect the goop-s carefully on arrival and if they are not right in every parti;,cular, send them back." 0--·0-0 Owen R. Chaffee of the Young & Chaffee Funlitnre Com. pany said: "Vife ~lo not have what yOU would call a re-pair department, but we do our own repairing and give it special attention. We make it a rule to make and keep good, for a reasonable time, any piece of furniture that· we sell. Vv' e have a couple of 'handy men.' One of them is one of the best all-around cabinet makers in the city-he was for-merly with the Nelson-Matter Company-and when anything goes wrong "with a piece of our goods, whether in stock or after it has been sold and delivered, he gives it his immediate attention and if he is unable to make it right it is promptly replaced. He is always ready to respond to the can of our patrons to fix anything that may need attention. "Ve find that h pays to attend to repairs. By giving" them prompt attention and making every piece completely satisfactory. we turn 'kicks,' which are few and far between into good ad-vertisements." 0--0-0 "We bave a complete repair department," said Morris Heyman of the Heyman Company. "In fact, it ;s more than a repair shop-it might be called a factory. It is not equip-ped with much machinery, but we have the ,tools and appur-tenances and employ regularly a force at" cabinet makers, finishers and upholsterers. \Ve have the machine work done outside, but we make many of the frames "we use. We buy much of our furniture in the white and do the assembling, finishing and trimming ourselves. \"rith our facilities we are able to do repairing or make new pieces eom~lete "and have the ';Nork done right. \Ve have never offered to do repair-ing for others and have no desire to branch out in that line, because our fadlities are taxed to their full capacity, as they have been for several years." Late Christmas Shopping. If it had not been for that summer vacation some of us might. do our Christmas shopping early. 18 ~STABUSHED 1880 d , ~, <" " " . ~' "~ ~." ~ - / - I"UBLl:PttEtl .. .,. MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 2"TH Oil' EACH MONTH OFFICE~2-20 LYON ST., GRANO RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERED AS NATTER OF TIoIE SECOIolD Cl.A88 A retailer, who operates an upholstering and repair de-partment in one .of the cities of the east, mailed broadcast re-cently in his trade territory a postal card giving five reasons why he declared himseH to be deserving of business. The first reason read: I'Because I employ experienced workmen, use sound materials, charge moderate prices and get out work without delay." The second, third, fourth and fifth reasons were the same. The cards brought many calls for the dc-livery wagon and filled the shop with work. *1* *)* "'I'" *J* i\ liberal exchange policy i~profitable during the holiday season. A merchant doing busin-ess in a western city wrapped his bllndle~ in strong paper last holiday season UpOn which ",ras printed these words: "The contents of this package will be exchanged for other goods in John Jones' store, if desired." To large articles, such as sideboards, dressers and cabinets, cards were attached bearing the same inscription. - The- plan paid the enterprising merchant. *1* *1* *!* *1* No more attractive display can be placed in a window than a dining room suite with a dinner ready to be served. A well-roasted turkey, surrounded with vegetabes, fruits, pastry and the usual attractions of the dining room, including a plen-tiful display of flowers, is appropriate for Thanksgiving week. The food may be sent to a charitable institution after it has served its purpose in attracting trade to the store. *1* *1* *1* *1* Premium tickets are distributed to customers by a retailer of a southern city. When a certain number have been col-lected the holder is given the choice of a number of useful articles of furniture. Under this plan a $25.00 parlor suite marked up to $95.00 might be given away with every $500 purchase. ·"'1'" */* "'1* *1* The carpet departn:ellt of a large department store converted into an ice cream parlor during the months of July and August, where cream was served, drew crowds of ladies. Twenty-five per cent of the receipts were donated to charity. *\* *\* *1· *\* Showering the floor with copper coins two or three times a day during the week preceding Christmas, and allowing children, when ·accompanied by parents, to scramble for the same, has been proven profitable by a merchant of Chicago. *1* *)* *1* "'J* The manufacturers are cutting stock of spriilg lilles uf fur-niture. Dealers should kc.ep this fact in mind and· strenu-ously endea ...or to clean out the stickers now on their floors, to make .room for better things. *1* *!* *1* "-1* Have you given any thought to the subject of a novelty in the dressing of your windows for the holiday season? "'!* *!* "',. *1* One thotlsatd miniature airships were distributed to chil-dren by a merchant of Rhode Island upon which were printed a list of articles suitable for gifts during the holiday season. *1* *1'" *~**1· A catalogue of holiday goods, distributed from house to house, draws much trade in many cities. *1* *1* *1* *1* "Satisfie,:l. customers are our best ~dvertisers," remarked the head of a retail house in Omaha. ./* *1* *J'" *1* The annual business scare has passed, to return next year with the presidential election. *1* *1* *1* *1"- Cedar chests are suitable holiday presents for the fair sex. *1* "'1* *!* "'1* How's your stock for the holidays? The gaze of m~ny pedestrians may be gained, and a great amount of low-cost advertising as well, by placing a mirror in a show window, which no woman would pass \Vithout tak-ing a glance to see if her hat was on straight. In an-other window a clock might be placed, which men would consult. Taking out a watch is such a bother, and Smith likes to know how many seconds he has in which to keep his appointment with his friend Jones, or how much· time has passed since he "killed a snake" by swallowing it. While the gift house schemers are ever busy, the legIt imate merchant should keep his "think-tank" bubbling. A live merchant, having the prize distribution scheme un(jer consideration, was inspired by a "happy thought" which he caused to be printed and hung conspicuously over the ent-rance: "Do we give things away? Not on our life. We deliver goods to you for cash, but we give you full value on your purchase. Isn't this game a good one?" Unless he is running a second-hand store, no moclern shop keeper should try to do business in an ill-lighted room. Poor light breeds suspicion among the better class of cus-tomers, and drives them to stores with better lighting facili-ties. If the merchant is forced to occupy a poorly lighted storeroom, he should see to it that the plv.ce is nooded with artificial lifht. Darkness and modern business methods do not go well together. Many orders for furnishing the homes of newly, or about-to- be, wedded couples ean be gained by the employment of salesmen who are popular in society By as'~ertaining the dates of the matrirr.onial "events" of the city and the neigh-borhood, the dealer may "get next." -.Many a good salesman has helped his employer's business by t; lking anout the store to his friends outside. The feHow who never peeps abotlt the store when he is away from it, cannot be very full of his work. A man talks about the thing he is interested in. Sell the better goods. High-gKde good get the high~ grade prices. Kinety per cent of the stores can sell better goods than they ever handled, and not cater to the ex-clusive class, either. It is largely a question of educat-ing the buyer. Close buying and good selling abilities are rarely com-bined in one person. Hence many buyers fail to meet the demands of their employers. IN OLD DETROIT TOWN. Detroit continues to thrive, and every Detroiter is filled with enthusiasm over the growth of the city. It is becom-ing contagions and to see Detroit the largest city between New York and the Pacific coast, ,>,lith the single exception of Chicago, is not only the dream but the expectation of every resident of "Detroit, and nOlle will admit but that the time for this accomplishment is very far in the future., with business for every business lllan in the city, whatever his occupation may be. Of course, the furniture business is good-not onty with the manufacturer, but the retailer as well. One of the encouraging features is the optimism of the manufacturers of furniture. It is cheering and helpful. The smile on one's face is sure to bring the smile to another. Following is an extract from a letter from President Fred-erick B. Smith of the \\lolverine 11anufacturing Company re-cently mailed to his corps of salesmen: "\lVe have had a very satisfactory August business, and look forward to Sep-tember business with confidence. As a matter of interest I am enclosing clippings from One of the papers, showing the optimistic views that the press generally throughout the country are taking and they arc thoroughly justif-ted in doing so under the present conditioll,s. There is 110 reason in the world why the country should not consider itself prosperous when it is actually so, and the merc fact that there is some tcndcl1cy to tight money in districts, there is no reason why business should be impaired by it unless people create such conditions by constantly talking 'hard times.' This is well illt1st~aled by the fact that talking to a mall who is perfectly well will make him feel he is sick, and talking about business conditions will bring about hard times, if the talk is contin-ually along that lil1e. The pres!'; have taken a very sensible view of it under the actual conditions that exi:;t. You can-not talk a sick man well, but you can talk a well man sick, and I hope that we may join hands so far as tl1e representa-tives of our company are concerned, in optimistic talk. It all heips. The July, August and September trade with the Possel-ius Brothers Furniture 101anttfacturing Company v,,·as up to the best in any formcr year, and the grcat line of Victor a11(l round extension tables madc by this company continue to grow in popularity. They are good tables, as every dealer handling the111is ever ready to affirm. Here is a short story that illustrates human natnre very well: "A carpenter and his son were \',:orking on a job by the day, and after they had been employed many more day~ than thejr llboss" thought necessary .. the latter ,vellt over Full line shown on second floor. ] 3 ] 9 Midli~an Ave.. Chi-ca~ o. In January. Pioneer Mrg. Co... DETROIT. MIC". Reed furniture BabU Garrlaocs Go-Garts 19 to see about it, and finding the boy at work alone, remarked to him: "Boy, how much longer is this job going to last?" "\\leU," said the boy, "1 dunno; Dad's gone to hunt another job, and if he find:; it, we'll be through today." Manager Farrell of the Safety Folding Bed Company, in discussing the condition of trade, said: (lOur business is very satisfactory. The first six months of this year was the best in our history, and the last six months bid bir to exceed the 6rst." The lockless safety folding bed made by this company is simple, safe and sanitary. No locks or weights of allY kil1d are used on this bed, and when folded all· of the bedding is kept in place and in the best possible position to receive the advantage of every breath of air that is circulat-ing. Its construction is entirely different from any other folding bed on the market. The Palmer Manufacturing Company have comp1.eted a spring bed factory v.·hich greatly relieves the pressure on the Palmer Mfg. Co. DETROIT. MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD AND IRON FRAME Wire Mattresses SPRING BEDS. COTS AND CRIBS. ALSO PARLOR AND UBRARY TABLES. Write for Illustrated Circular. WE'VE GOT THE GOODS. L departments, and trade promptly. they are now taking care of their The table department was never the other l\fichigan so busy. The Pioneer Manuacturing Company is having an excel-lent trade in reed and rattan rockers, baby carriages and go-carts. This company make a large and superior line of these goods. C. D. liVidman & Co. report an excellent demand for hall furniture and mirror5. Of course, the Murphy Chair Company is busy. It wouldn't be the :rv.lurpby Chair Company under any other c011Clition:;. It's the biggest concern of its kind, and has to be busy. J. C. 'VVidmal1&Co. are also among the big, busy, boom-ing concerns of Detroit. One would think that they could turn out a sufficient number of hat ra~ks, china closets and huffets fo supply the ,,,hole country. Horn Brothers Of Chicago manufacture a fine line of bedroom furniture wor-thy of the attention of every dealer. Mahogany, golden oak and hinl"s-eye maple are the -woods mostly used by thi!'; com-pany and the cOllstruction a]1(l finish, as well as design leave nothil1g'"to he desired. Then He Looked For a Job. "You'd make a pretty good clerk," said the employer, sarcastically, "if you only had a little common sel1sc." "Indeed!" replied the clerk. "But did it ever occur to you that if I had a little more common sense· I wouldn't be a elerk :;;;tall?" liVhen a buyer is given the power to fix the seller's priceJ the confidence of the buyer is lost. 20 Something DiffERENT No. 155 WOVEN WIRE COUCH in Couches $4.00 Net We have made for some time, Couches aud Davenports with woven wire tops. Our latest essay in this line is DiffERENT. Made and shipped K. D. Easily set up. 1\ trial order will convince. SMITU L DAVIS MfG. CO., St. Louis. 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 rantlind for 50 .. is tho fiNEST IN THE WO~lD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. The New Banquet Table Top asweDill OFFICE. DINING and DIRECTORS' TABLFS are ou~ Bpei:ialty. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO.• ~~"'''' Write for Cataloaue. Get llI.IIlp!eI of BANQUET TABLE TOP, WE manufacture the larg-ut line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, suitable for Sunday School_, Halla, Steamers and all Public Resorts. . • . . We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cot. and Crib. in a lar~e v&riet,.. . . • Selld for Cataloplt alld Prices to Kauffman Mfg. Co. ASnLAND, onlo UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Colllilrudion and Finish. See our Catalogue. OUI line on permanent exhibi-lion 7th Flool't New Manufact_ . urers' Building, Grand Rapids. 21 CHAS. A. FISHER & CO., 1319 Michigan Ave .• Chicago. WRITE FOR BOOKLET AND PROPOSITION W ttrehou&el: ST. LOUIS. MO. KANSAS CITY, MO. PEORIA, lLL LINCOLN, ILL. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. CHICACO, ILL. HIGHER CARPET PRICES. Advances Will be Made on Some Lines. Higher prices for th(,. coming faH and winter season are being discussed ill the carpet trade and there seems to be nO doubt hut that the mauufacturers witI narne senne Sll;l.tp ad-vances Oil the various lines which have been in heavy demand during the past serSOH. The mills are no\',' re(Jorted to he exceptionally busy on duplicate orders and to be having C011- sidcrable difficulty in living up to their contracts. At the same time they arc .nlso cngag-ed in getting together new lines for the coming' season, \"...hich will open carly ill Nov-ember. 1\1uch sati.-;factiol1 is expressed among the manu facturers nyer the fact that 'wool price.-; seem a little easier .,nd they hope t.n be <lhlc to cover their requirements for d1e cnming season Oll a Im·ver price basis. vVhether thi.-; will be so or not Temains to he seen as the concensus (If opinion in the carpet wool m;:rket seems to be thitt allY concerted buying movement will re.sult ill immetliakly sti.ff-ening- up on soft spots J]ow in evidcnce. From all quarters reports coming to hand colltinuc to speak of the enonnous rug sales tbat have been made and the fact that retailers i.re now prepa.ring for an 1l1111Sually busy fall and winter season. Buyers representing' some of the large retail establishlilellts in the country state that they arc having much difficulty in securing anything like a suffi-cient an~()unt of i\xmillister rugs \'",ith which to meet their requirements. The dem,nc] for Axministers has been stead~ ily increasing, while the output has not shown any incre:J"-" 11 is true that mOTe manufacturers are now turning ont Ax~ minister rugs an<\ carpets than was '~he case in former sea-sons, but the output h',.s not kept pacc wi.th the demand ,mcl the looms running at the present time are totally insufficient to turn out all the goods wanted. Senne. of the 1arg(~stcarpet manufacturers ill this country arc having Axrnil1stcr looms instailed and expect to have these rcc;cly to turn out goods during the coming season. Retail buyers claim that the variety of rugs HOW turned out in this market is more than sufficient to meet Lhc consumers' demand, and that if some of the mills abandon the maoufacture of rugs that are not selling and turn their attentioll to the goods that arc in demand, the situation \-vill be greatly improved. Some even go so iar as to S'. y tllat rugs have been overdone atld that the dcmand will drop off to a I'narked extent during th.e coming season. This, hovv-c\' er, is tlot helieved to be possible, as the consumer, is thor-oughly \,vell aware of the fact that rugs are not only cheaper, but more conVc11iettt than carpet>t, can be easily and more frequently c!e;necl, and altogether are better as a Hoor cover-ing tlnn carpets Smyrnas, ,Viltons and Brussels afe also selling well, while the demand for grass mattings and rugs lws shown ol remarkable increase.-N. Y. Commercial Profit Insurance. Unfortunately there has not yet been devi.~ed a plan by \vhich a tllerehant call undcnvritc his profits and make slire tllat, regarclless of t11e COlldnct (If his husiness, he can reap linallci~:l1 rewards. There is only left to him the old con-dition of risking' ll1s sneees::; on lljS O"yn best judgment 28 to \vbat merchandise will prove salable after looking \""ell to Mada by Charles Bentl~tt Furniture Co., Charlotte, Mich. the economical directioll of his husiness There is still an anchor he can cast 'to windward, hcl\.... ever, by Jlutting his capital into goodsth[,t have proven themselves not only salable but reliable. Under this policy profits will be satis-factory and they will be more certain, and in the end will prove the best profit insurance available.· 22 ·~M.J9[ilG7JN , IT'S A WOODARD Therefore It's the Best MEDIUM PRICED BEDROOM FURNITURE IN AMERICA No. 44 Bed; 1044 Dresser; 2044 Chiffonier; 3044 Dressing Tahle, make up this sui te. Made in Circasian Wal-nut, Figured Mahogany, Golden Quar-tere" Oak and Birdseye Maple. Woodard Furniture Company owosso, MICHIGAN Nashville, Mich., Has but one furniture factory. It's the biggest thing in tJle town. It is known to all the furniture world as the Lentz Table Company. Dining extcllsioIl tables are made in this factory and they are well made. The only trouble the fur-niture merchant has with the Lentz tables is to get enough of them. "J()e" Robbins 1\lakes dining ex!ension tables. He has a big factory in Owosso, ?o.lich.,and had to double his capacity this year in order to take care of his trade. Robbins tables are a:rt'J.ong the most salable tables on the market. Write to the Robbins Table Company, Owosso, for particulars in regard to their line. A Nice Way To show pillows is to use the Sanitary Feather Company's display rack You can halre one free by writing to the San~ itary Feather Company of Chicago and complying with th~ conditions in tlleir ad in this issue of the Michigan Artisan. Oak Dressers, Commodes and chiffoniers, from $8.75 to $13, are made by the Charles Bennett Furniture Company, Charlotte, Mich. It is mighty good furniture for the prices charged. A prize contest that attracts much attention is the publi~ cation of a quotation from Shakespaere in the newspapers, with the announcement that $5 will be paid to the writer of the first letter reteived giving the name of the play, and the act in which the quotation appeared The contest creates interest in the plays of the Bard of Avon, and therefore serves fl ~ood purpose and advertise'S the merchant as well. Buying Hotel Furniture. During the month of September a large amount of hotel furniture has been purchased in Grand Rapids through local retailers. Among the buyers were Colonel Parker of the Gayoso Hotel, ~Iemphis. Tenn. The Gayoso is the leading hotel of Memphis and has recently been overhauled and re-fitted. Colonel Parker was a liberal buyer. A. M. Goodhue and J eanGerard Drake bought a large bili for the Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, Cal. Edward Norman bought furniture for the Hotel Sherman, St. Paul, :\Iinn. ilr. Benjamin of Kansas City, Mo., representing the Fred rlarvey COmpalJy. who manage the eating houses along the line of the "Santa Fe" railroad, bought for different houses under their control. In discussing the subject .of "leaders," a shrewd buyer remarked: "I purchase leaders only from bargaining man-ufacturers. I cannot place confidence in the remainder of the line offered and I often l~ck the confidence in the 'bar-gains' purchased to sell them properly, The most helpless young business man is the one' who goes along from year to year imitating his competitors, in-stead of getting busy with the game and outstripping them. It is the fellow who dares to put into motion his new ideas that gets there. A display of picture cards attracts many people to the show windows of a furniture store. The cards fill only a small part of the space; the remainder contains bargains or other attractions, No bargain is good that does not bring the customer back - - -- ------------------- Valley City Desk Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. One hundred and eighteen differ-ent patterns in cheap, medium and high grade Office and typewriter Desks comprise this extensive line of every day sellers. We are placing on the market an especially designed Desk that can he used for the holiday trade-suitable for students, salesmen, etc. Write for print and price of this ex-ceptionalo. ffering. Ask fir catalogue of complete line. Mailed to dealers only. No. 54. DAVENPORT BEDS Destin t~e Worl~ 35 to 41 North Capitol Ave. Th M dd S & C INDIANAPOLIS, OS. a en, on o.INDIANA ...• ---al--- Prices to Suit All We also show the larg-est line of Loose Cushion Parlor Suites evershown, also Leather Suites and Couches. Don't fail to see our line at our Show Rooms. Over 8,000 ft. of floor space. 23 NG BEDS RE BREAD AND The "ELI" fOLDI . ~ROfIT WINN<RS . bout the Eh Be d's m Mantd and Up';gh!. Nn S'o,k romplete w>t EvaD•• ute, IDdl~D: ELI D. MILLER & CO. Writelo«nt",.dpnc Price $18.50. No. 257. and is HighlyPolished. H,," In,hTop, 5Legs . ." One of the "SUPE~IOR ~=-=.=-- It's =--.:---:=:=-==-. .. - 11 Peaches, Pie and There are m~ny mor~ a e and get a taste. Pudding. Send for Ca ogu TUE BOCKSTEGE fURNITURE CO. fVANSVILLf IND, Globe Side-boards Are 1M ReSI on me Globe lor me Money GET OUR CATALOGIJE Menh.on theRMTIICSAHIN-CAN A .. when wntm~. Globe Furniture Company EVANSVlLLE. IND . Cupboards Kitchen Cabinets and. K.6. Wardrobes. [s all we mak e bul we make lots of them. Get Catalogue and Prices. The Bosse Furniture CO EV ANSVlLLE. IND.· ~ar~es War~ro~es are Good Wardrobes GOOD Style Construction Finish PRICES RIGHT Kalges FUlDilule Company, EVANSVILLE, IND .. 2fi BIRDIE'S FURNITURE. She Made a Lot of It, But the Factories Are Still Running. She was just a little streak of blue and brown. Blue eyes and blue costume-shining brown hair. The bride of a month, Hubby was always at her side, looking as if he could eat her up, shining hair, blue costume and all. They were furnishing the cutest little flat in the city, and that required a good many visits to furniture stores, for HUb- Made by Woodard Furniture co. owosso. lI41cb. by wasn't a 'Ihillionaire, nor yet the seventh son of a sev-enth son and able to wish furniture into the flat during the night. "I suppose," suggested happy I-Iubby, "that we'll have to buy a couch for, the sitting room. I don't see anything for less than $15, but we've got to have the thing, so let's pick one out today." Birdie hesitated, 011e white palm to one pink cheek. Al-though ,she had been married a whole month she hadn't for-gotten how to blush. Bcsides. blushing became hcr won-derfully! The salesman pushed the couch they were look-ing at out into the light. "This is a bargain," he said. "You'll find the frame strong, the springs good for a dozen years, and the uphol-stery durable in color and material." "U-m-m-m-m 1" said Birdie. "Do you like the shade?" asked Hubby. ""Why, I think it is perfectly lovely," said Birdie, diplo-matically. Then she turned away to inspect a gorgeous thing for the parlor. And the salesman followed them about the better part of one forenoon without cinching a single order. Furniture salesmen have trying days, just the same as other men. "Why not order that couch for the sitting room?" asked Hubby, a trifle conscience stricken over the outcome of the salesman's half day. "Not now," replied Birdie, and she backed him into a corner and transfixed him with the sweetest blue eyes in the world. "I don't think it right to pay so much for a couch," she said, "when I can make one just as good." Hubby stared incredulously into the pink face. "When you canqa what?" he demanded. "Why, make one," repeated Birdie. "It is just as easy! These furniture men ask such awful prices for their things." "But-er-yau haven't got any steam engine, dear, or any saws or glue pots, you know. I reatly can't see ho'w you are going to make a couch for the sitting room without buy-ing a Jot of things." Birdie laughed. When she laughed she showed two rows of white teeth and dimples came to her smooth cheeks. "Oh, yOU silly," she said. "Lots of women save money for their husbands by making furniture for the house. You buy a goods box for a dollar and knock it a.part, and cut the boards the right length, and nail them together, and put on some pretty cloth .. and you've got what you want for almost nothing." Hubby saw what he was up against, but he is a wise man and said nothing. So the box was bought, ~n:d that night there was pounding and sawing in the little flat, and the people living below pounded on their ceiling with mop-sticks and suggested that Hubby and Birdie go out on the highway to complete their hen house. But Hubby and Birdie turned the sarcastic re-marks away in fine scorn, and went art with their work. "l'\ow,''' said Birdie in the morning, "you send up a piece of nice blue cJoth for the cover and we'll put it on during the evening. And you might stop at the drug store and send up a bottle of arnica. Do you think this bruise on my arm wilt ever get well?" So Hubby kissed the rounded arm and said that would make it well, and went off to his work, ordering $5 worth of covering for the couch on the way. "Birdie may have the furniture makers beat to a frazzle," he thought, "but I wish she wouldn't scatter so when I'm holding nails for her to drive!" And Hubby nursed a bruised thumb tenderly. vVhen he reached the flat that evening Birdie wa.s putting the finishing touches on an ice box. It was a shoe box. trimmed in violet, with rows of brass nails around the top. "I went down to look at refrigerators," explained Birdie. "and you'd never believe the prices theY-ask for them. DO;l't FURNITURE POLISH We offer a polish guaranteed to T;>roducea BRILLIANT and PERMANENT lustre on any fimshed wood. A dealer's trade builder. Send for sample M. groSS, $3.15. Our Superior R.epair Finish never fails to remove burlap marks and mars; and, used with crystal shellac and a set of our colors. [aniline, to match any finish] will repair deep scratches and jams, and reproduce the original finish, at once. A boon to factory or store. Repair outfit complete, with colors, one $~25 quart finish, and instructions for use, U. Send for Samples. Grand Rapids Furniture Polish Co. 24 Miltoll A. ...... Grand l\aphb. Mleb. A.. tomatlc Phone 8:1:16. you think you've got a saving little woman to make so many pretty things for you?" You know what Hubby said! They had been married only a month! "After dinner," continued Birdie, wh~n hubby had made prompt response to her inquiry, "we'll tack the covel" on the couch. I couldn't get sqme of the joints to match, dear, but tbey'll be covered up, you know. Don't you think it will be a pretty couch?" "\Vhy, of c.o\.use, (h',ar!" "I've got a surprise for you," Iblushed Birdie. "You know we talked of fitting it out with a stuffed mattress? V\Tell, I found the cutest lot of springs down here at the second hand store for only four dollars, and so I bought them. Now v,,'e shall have a realty-truly, couch. Aren't you glad?" Hubhy made a mental note of $5 for the cloth, $+ for the springs, and $1 for the goods box, and admitted that he was glad. Of course he might have bought a cheap couch for $15, and then- "V'v'e must be a little careful when we fix the cover on," remarked Birdie, as they re-opened the furniture industry. "The frame is just a little wiggly. 1 guess the glue hrrsn't !'.e1 yet. Oh my~ DOl,'t h1t so nard, lovel There! Did yon hit your poor thumb again?" Hnbby threw the hammer up ag;ainst the '...a.ll, sma:;;h-ing a statuette of the value of $6; but he covered his rash act by pretending that the tool flew out of his hand. Of course he promised Birdie a nicer statuette in place of the broken one, making a mental note of $16 couch looked like a camp-meeting rostrum gone to the bad." "T think that is just [ovely," observed Birdie, putting her head to one side and gazing admiringly at the monstrosity. "And you'll think a lot of it just because we made it, won't you, dear?" Hubby nursed his bruised thumb and declared that he would think of nothing else for several days to come. "And 110\V," said Birdie. "vv"e'l1put the oil cloth in the ice box and put the meat and butter and milk away for the night. I guess the furniture men are glad that all the women don't know about making things. I'm going to put the ic(~ box upon a chair, and put a pan under it, so that if it should happen to leak there will be no damage done. Of course it 'will not leak. You ought to see how I pounded the seams together. V\'hen you go to work in the morning you might order another saw. I broke that old thing we had. T never saw anything act so. I'm going to make a cozy-corner for the hall." So they bound their 1,.vounc1swith cloths saturated 'with arnica and suspended operations for the night. During the restless hours just before davv'l1 Hubby dreamed that he was building a ten-story building with three matches and a battered case knife. He had the structure up to the roof when a pair of bedsprings from a second-hand store flew out of a red cloud and sent the building down with a eTash. Awakened by the vividness of his dream, or something ebe, ,he sprang out of bed and 1:itepped out into the sitting' room. Arrived there his first impression was that the power canal had climbed up the fire escape and distributed its waters over the floor. He turned on the gas, glared about for a moment and sank limply to the gandy surface 01 the wife-made cotteh. There follmved a creaking of deformed joints, a grinding of boards in process of separation, a tearing of cloth, and Hubby found himself on the sitting room carpet, 'which was saturated with water, and butter and milk and lots of things which had been confided to the home-made ice-box the pre- VIOUS evening. \\J'hile he was choosing words out of his limited vocabu-lary to express his sentiments coneering the situation, Birdie came out alld looked reproachfully illto his face. "You never went and got on that couch?" she said. 1IV\:'hy,you knew the glue wasn't hard. Now, you've just ruined it, and all my work gone for nothing. And I just believe you've been spilling water on this new carpet." Hubby p01nted to the ice-hox., 'which had tumbled off the ~hair and landed just inside the sitting room door. The 27 meat, the butter, and the milk 'which it had held were distrib-uted impartially over the red and green carpet. "And you've gone and tipped over the ice-box," wailed Birdie, "and it's all broken up! It must be awful to have such a temper." Then Hubby arose and pitched the couch and ice-box, and the meat and things out into the alley, and ripped up the carpet and hung it out to dry. "You're a dear little girl, Birdie," he said, coaxing her not to cry, "but what you don't know about making {urnitme would make a whole library. We've lost about $20 running opposition to the furniture factories, and that is enough. You buy a couch and a refrigerator today, and sell your tools to the first chump that comes along." And Birdie promised, but there are others! '\Then you see a woman making furniture~,vel1, buy arnica and look for an alley to dUll1P the- product in. ALFRED B. TOZER. Stebbins & Wilhelm Manufacturing Company. C. \Vilhelrn, for seventeen years last past the superinten-dent of the Grobhiser & Crosby Furniture Company of Stur- KlS, Mich., has purchased stock in the Stebbins Manufacturing Ma.de by Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich. Company of that city and undertaken the factory manage-ment of the business An amendment to the articles of as~ sociation adopted by the stockholders recently changed the name of the corporation to the Stebbins & Wilhelm Manu-facturing Company. Dey ain't no use to grumble kase de weather's dark an' b8.d, Au' dey ain't no tlSt~ to worry till yer out 0' sorts and sad; Mister Sunshine might he hidin' for a minit thro' de day- But he's bound to shine upon you-gwine to guide you on de way. You will fiud plenty of people who are willing to tell you all they know, if you wiil tell them all you know; but the great drawback to the trade will be found to be that they don't know much. 28 MICHIGAN Gave Wings to all the Hours. Be mirthful now, for nothing st; ys, OUT go()d and evil both are brief. Capricious fate leads many ways. Sometimes to joy, sometimes to grief, And is no friend to constancy. Listen, rttllv,ihose lives are bright. For the lllH'.ertain hours be \\Tinged for flight. Do not repine, since nothing stays; \-Vhat matter if it chance at last That unexpectedly our days By CTUe! sorrow are o'ercast? Upon this changeful earth of ours. The gods from p, in took half its stings \A/hen alike to all the hours They gave wings. "Stock Limit." A writer in a magazine of business has suggested a method of looking after and replenishing the stock of stationery in a large office, that might be applied to stock keeping meth~ ods in stores, particUlarly among staple goods. The first condition is to have all the reserve stock carried in one place, so that no confusion or misunderstanding can result. The next step is to separate a resonable amount of the goods from the rest and mark them plainly "stock Limit." In-stnlctions should be given that when this stock limit is reached, the sales person, or stock keeper, is to first advise the buyer, or supply man, of the fact before this stock limit is broken in upon. By using judgment in estimating the running demand for the goods, and the usual time required to secure a supply, the establishment is kept reasonably sure of always having this particular staple on.hand. This system also does away with a great deal of the record keeping that may be necessary in keeping staple supplies Up' to the house standard. Variations and modifications of the idea will make it available for very general use in mercantile estahlish-ments' as well as manufacturing plants. Uniform Classification Will Soon be Adopted. As the result of a conference in Chie<lgo of representa-tives of eastern, western and southern lines, definite. action has been taken in response to the wish of the Interstate Com-merce Commission for the adoption of a uniform classifica-tion. The work of harmonizing various interests and f()rmtilat-ing a plan that will be' satisfactory to all concerned is to be (ESTABI,.ISHED 1SSS) It is ~asy to remember Hard and hard to find anything as easy as our Beds and Bedding. Price $5.50. ICrib U. Sides 24/1 spindles 3M inches apart. AU cast-ings~ alleable iron guaranteed for 25 years against breakage. FiniJhed by 3 COilts porcelain enamel, each baked on. I ~ARDN·MFG.caco·~ , BUFFALO. N. Y. BERRY ROTHERS' Rubbing and POlishing Varnishes MUST BE USED IN FURNITtEOWORK TO BE .APPRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNIS QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE F Ft INFORMATION, FINISHED WOOD S.~PLES" AND LITERATtlRE. BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED VARNISH M NUFACTURERS DE ROIT THIS IS THE CAN AND LABEL. New York 262 Pearl 51. Boston 520 Atlantic Ave. Philadelphia 26-28 No. 4th St. Baltimore 295. HallOVe\"51. Ul1dertaktn by a standin.g. (',~.lmmittee o.f an ~qual number. of experts lorn the three diVISIOns of terntory In each of whIch there is nO\\' a separate classification. The railroad men know th t the commission is earnest '<lnd determined in re-gard to his matter and will brook no inexclt:=J,able,' temporiz-ing methbds. Some I months ago it gave notice that unless something practical was done promptly it would formulate arnd make ef-fectivea uniform classification. Present conditions govern-ing class fication are a source of dissatisfaction among ship-pers and the ai-,USC of many complaints. The new plan is in-tended tr put an end to it all. Carrel t goods speak for themselves in all languages. C~~t°Lake SI. Cincinnati 420 Maio St. St. Louil 112 So. 4th St. San Francl.co CANADIAN FACTORY, WALKERVILLE ONTARIO 668How~ 51. Be a Person, Not a Pay-Roll Number. "I want to fmd a \vay of getting acquainted with all the employes in my store," says the managTr of a large depart-ment store. "Knowing them personally, I can hav{: 1110re sympathy with them and they will h; ve more interest ill their work. ;'The reason so many girls work at $6 a week," this man affirmed, "'is that managers do !lot know the girls in their stores as human beings, but think of them ;IS parts of a p :y-roll. \Vhen the pay-roll for 1<1 week becomes too big tht: manager proceeds to cut down his force and substitute $5 girls for $6 girls and $6 clerks for those who have reached the $B mark. The results are (lisastrous, ;'YVhcn you are known to your employcs as a human be-ing," he said hlrther, "they <Irc interestccl in you and enjoy co-opcrating vvith you. If yOll show them human symp;,thy you will get the best tbere is in them, Theywi11 H;:;pon(\ to you unconsciously, They 'rvill he attentive and congenial with C'vcry patron and will make sales without any tbought of immediate returns or rewards." How to get into close contact with employes has been solved to a great degree of s().tisfaetio!l ill one of the largest mail orders houses in Chicago, writes Sam L. Low in the \\Torkers' \1agt'zine. All the new clerks <:Ire put into classes for the nrst few d;,ys of their employment, and the manager who ..v..ants to know each eInploye, conducts the.,;;e classes personally. He talks to his "pupils" upon variOL1S topics, such as "The Appeal of the Clerk to the Customer," "The Treatment of a Prospective Customer, "Genial Ckrks<.:lHl Fastidious Buyers." "The Value of Observing Human Nature" "The Customer as a Subject for Stud}"" "A Study in the \'Va11ts of a Customer," on thc location of the various depart-ments in reg-ard to the catalog-ues of the house, and on any other subject that may be of value to the particular class he is instructing. In this way he le;trns the names and faces of his young men and women ![ 11<1becomes knov>'11 to them as a hum;w being possessed of the faculties of inteJlig-cllce, sym-pathy, consideration and everything that is admirable in a man. After his "pupils" are placed in the different departments the manager visits them fr{'Qlw.ntly, but always with the at-titude of teacher and adviser rather than sulky 11agnus. wbich so many employers consider necessary to dignity and impOT-tant in gaining proper respect from employes. In the course of a few weeks this manager knows his m~n intelli-gently and wins a personal regard from his employe ",,'hich is of great value. To sho''''" appreciation and further personal interest in his employe the manager sends out the foHn-wing circular \vhen ,;;n employe makes good: "You haye been connected with Our institution for a few weeks, and T am sending this letter to you that you may have further assumnc-e tllat no matter what your work l11a}' be, by performing that \vork ,veIl, every day, your ultimatt reward is cerbm. "One accomplishes two things by doillg his best. First is the most important, earnest work is in itself eH1ednGlt\on. "Second, work well performed attracts the management to worthy people, \VheH positions of trust and responsibiJity are to he filled the management seeks those who ;:ilready have been doing their duty. "'Among the many things which aid us ill our efforts for advancement, character is of course first and foremost. Two other qualil1cations :-tand out prominently as essntials. Otle is knowledge, the other is obedience, "It is oUr hope that ('.;::eh employe who cnters our institu-tion will enter it with the idea of amounting to something worth while and of obtaining a position up to the limit of his real ability, I do not kllOW how this can better be ac-compEshn\ unless the employe is wining to make a study of the affairs that he comes in contact with. It of course is 29 nonsense for uS to promote into positiollS of trust and respon- 3ibl1ity any m,tn or v>'Oman who has been so short-sighted as to overlook the opportunities for self-education. "This letter, tlH:r'<:forc, is somewhat of a plea to you that' you add every day to your knowledge of this business, so that if the. day COt11CS whcn opportunity presents -itself for your <lrkanCerllcnt, you will not be found wallting, but will have been wise CilOugh to prep;HC yourself for better thi.1tgs. "The quickest advancement comes to him ",,'ho ;<!oes with his n,ight what his hands find to do,' \Villing obcdience to perfectly rea;;;c)]lable rule" of our establishment is evic1t;:nce of a good soldier, anrl you can depend UpOll it that when pr01110~ tiOl1S cotlle from the ranks it is the soldier \\rho hi. s shown ,vilJingl1css to obey 'rvho is given an opportlmity to c0111malH!. "\Ve hope that yon wi1.1 grow <:Iud prosper in this institu- Lion, and that your advanccment \'vill come just as you deserve it. The actual genuine worthl1H's5 you po~seS'j for recugl:i-tio11 is the best argument in the world in your favor," Snch a letter is encouraging and strengthens the relation-ship of employe to employer. Knowing that he is remem-bernl by his manager the employe does not find himself a Why Not Order? Say a dozen or more Montgomery Iron Display C.ouch Trucks sent yOLi on approval ~ If not satisfactory they can be returned at no expense to you whatever. while the price asked is but a trifle, com.. pared to the convenience they afford and the economy they repre$ent in the aavin$ of floor space. Thirty-two couche$ mounted on the Montgumery [run Display Couch T ruc.lu occupy the same floor space as twelve dis.. played in the usual manner. W rile for catalogue giving fun descrip~ tion and price in the different finishes. to.. gether with illustrations demonstrating the use of Ihe Giant Short Rail Bed Fastener for Iron Beds. Manufactured by H. J. MONTGOMERY PAT6NTEH Silver Creek. New York, U. s~A. Dennis Wire and Iron Co., Canadian MUlu. facluren, London. Ont, mere cog ill a large IHClchine; aware of the fact that his efforts are recognized by dt1C rewards he is inspired to strive for the highest gifts withill his reach. That sueh a circular is ap-pealing to the employes is proven by the replies the manager receives, One of tbe Innst characteristic of these follows: "'\'uur lett<:r about my connections wi.th your firm wached me with Illy pay envelope today, In reply 1 ,..·i.sh to thank you fot" the valuClble ill formation contained in it. "1 am glad to hear that there is a chance for promotion in your hOllse. To deserve it T will do all I can. ;;1 realize that it is 1ieccssary to know all about the house that it is possible to learn. and so T am trying hard to famil-iarize myself v,..itb the ·work of the department inwhkh 1 am workil1g and others I happell to be near to. "1 realize also th::r,t for higher work T shall have to have a better education. I therefore am studying evenings with a private tutor, who teaches me English, letter writinga11d arithmetic. "T hope that SOlne d:~y you will fmd in me one of your most trusted soldiers." This reply is from a young fellow about 18 years, who started out ;,s an "order picker" in the hOllse. Ttwas filed by the m;,nager with other data hearing on the standing of the young fellow. "Be sLlre you are right. and then go ahead;" but, in case of doubt, go ahead anyway. 30 THE LEXINGTON 1\Ii,,"- Blvd." 22d "'. CHICAGO. ILL. Refurnlsbed and re-fitted throughout. New Management. The furniture dealers' head-quartet'S. Most con-veniently situated to t b e furniture display houses. Inter-Slale Holel CO. (lWNER It f'ROPRlIt1'OR E. K. CrUey. Pres.; T. M. CrUey, V. Pres.; L. H. Flrey,Se~Treas. THEY CLAMOR FOR MAHOGANY. One Marked Fashion in Furniture This Fall. The semi-annual openings of the furniture manufacturers in New York may be viewed by dealers in furniture and their representatives only. \VIlen asked why not let a few house-keepers in, the manager said: "There is scarcely room to accommodate the buyers who attend. it. There is no room left for the general public. "The public doesn't understand the stupendous amount of work required to get one of these semi-annual openings ready Every manufacturer who wants to exhibit hires from 2,000 to 5,000 feet of floor space and then sends along his stuff, All the goods, thousands of pieces there are, have to be put in place and made ready for inspection in less than two weeks. One thing New York may pride herself on is that on the opening day her furniture show is always ready down to the last table and chair. "A few years ago we had no permanent exhibit here at all. From opening to opening ther~ was nothing doing, and six-teen years ago there were no openings. Now we have three floors in commission all the time and keep them filled with samples of the latest output of the different manufacturers, who find it pays to change the styles every few mont\hs." According to the catalogue, when Mrs. Housekeeper re-turns from the country ~I.t:dstarts for her pet store to buy some new furniture she \vill have to make her choice from something like thirty-nine new styles in dressers, nearly as many in chiffoniers, buffets showing twel1ty or more new touches, a score of new rockers and dozens of new chamber and dining suites. That she will fall an easy prey to their at-tractions is vouched for by a salesman of twenty years' ex-perience. Unlike the European housekeeper, this salesman says the American woman has no sentimental objections to changing her house furniture every few months. One reason doubt-less is the lack of heirlooms. The American woman con-tinues to spend for furniture, with the result that the manu-facturers continue to flourish. According to the salesman referred to one retail furniture concern of New York sold in fOUf weeks preceding Septem-ber 4 nearly a quarter million dollars' worth of furniture, and nearly every stick of it was of domestic make. "There is a belief," said this man, "that American made furniture is not so well made as that sent from European markets, that American workmen are less skillful than work-men on the other side. \Ve have customers who will buy nothing of domestic make. Those persons arc both right and wrong. "Take art nouveau furniture made by hand and carved by 7IR.. T I..s' .7U'J • Sf:· Lockless Metal Folding Beds -M.lLDufactured by ~ SAFETY FOLDING BED COMPAl'<t'Y (Ltd.) DETROIT, MICH. It Mil. long p_sed the experimental point, and is now l'~'e-ognized as perfection in bed manufactUring. It bas been in practical use in thousands of homes for the past $1::1 ]o'ea1'Sand ea<lh yea.r its popularity bas Increased. It hI an e'8tllbUshed fact that METAL Beds are the most SaIlitaq, and that Folding Met-al B6ds are the most desirable for many reatJous. It hatJ beeo 001' aim to produce a Folding Metal Bed that combines all the qualities of the ordi-nary si:.aUonary bed,. and io addition have the folding ftlatul'e simple and safe. It is as impossible for a "Saf~y" bed to close np when ocen-pied 38 it would be 101' the ordinary bed. .. In fact, the more weight Is in it, the lUore rigid it is. There are no weights or complicated moohanismaboot the "Safety"; It is simpIfcity it~lf. It ntfflds ortly to be tried to be appreciated. A whole bed when you want It. One-third of a bed when you don't, ll'heo closed it can 00 moved about as easily B8 a baby carrIage. The bedding is not disturbed and when eovel'ed bed stands baek agaiD.!!Itthe waJl. leav-ing the floor space for other uses. The Improvements during the past YOOr cover nearly every point iu mechanism, construetion llIld Ina-tel'!: al. There has been absolutely noth-ing left undone that could add to the de~ sirability of the "Bafe-ty." A Point tbRt we wish to call your at-tention to, and one which every house-keeper will appreciate is this: There Js no trouble in handling the mattress, covers or pillows, as they are at all times securely fastened to the bed~ The "Safeh-" doe'8 not monopolize a whole room when in use It folds UD to one-third lh, size when opeD occupying a sPae~ 14 x 82 inchetJ. Witb tbJs bed n pW'lor or sitting room may be ?sed as a sleeping apa,rtment witbout the slightest inconven-ieDCe or discomfort. ll'hen it's oPen· It JOOk8like a bed, n6t tbe great cumber-some, unwield_y, un-sightly thing of the ]'RBt tbat used to be called a folding bed. S tee I. MaUeabll;l Iron and High Car-bon Angle are used throughout. thus a.s~ 8ltring a I;trong, dur-able bed that will hult It lifetime. Each bttd, regard~ less of design, price or size, hlUl the same "EaIQ' Lift" mechan-ism, ball bearing cas~ tel'S, tubular spring frame with ela.liitie fabric. whIch not only insures comfort but extrt'lme ease in operation. No locks or weighttJ of any kind are used on the bed. None are needed. , Standard 8.1z e s of spring 11"8m.e arB made in the following width: 4 feet 6 Inches, 4. feet, 3, feet 6 Inches and IS ftlet, all 6 feet S- inches 11)ng unless other-wise ordered. Mat-tre_ of standard length and width can "b"ee used on our beds. do nut oocommend any Pftyttcolal' style or thIckness. Write for DESCRIPTn'E CIRCULARS AND PRICE LIST. I hand, and America: can't ,hold a candle to Europe, for the reason partly that skilled labor over here is so much dearer that the cost of protluction would be far greater. But only a small percentage :of the art nouveau style of furniture is bought in New York. It is more and more the custom for traveled New Yorkers to huy it is Europe, "Leather work, tpo. and mallY examples of leather chairs are made better in Europe than here, even to the big morocco down stuffed kind, Jashiollable now for library and dining rooms, vVe keep ip stock the best of the imported and of H~e domestic make 'fuel the difference in quality is quite ap-parent. "But where mactineTY is llsed it's different" In every large city in the W(ir1d machinery is used now in furniture making, and when lit comes to a question of machinery, America leads by a good dea.L Kearly every New York fur-niture house keeps some imported machine made goods in stock and when shown side by side with the American dupli-cate even I can't see'l much difference, and the wearing quali-ties of one are just as good as those of the other. "Twenty years ago I couldn't have said t'hat. The im-ported article still costs more than the domestic on acconnt of the thirty-three per cent duty. "Just now dome~tic furniture is nearly thirty per cent higher than it was tv.ro years fl.go, but the increased demand for it is simply enonlnous and quite out of proportion to the increase in popu1atibn. Persons of ordinary means are spending more for fu~niture and demanding more artistic fur-niture than they used to and they are getting it, too. "Ten years ago eyen the majority of ordinary price chif-foniers were of ye1l0w oak and nothing else. Persons of moderate n::eans bought oak dining and bed room suites of typical American pa~tcrn and Were satisfied. Today enor-mous quantities of oridinary oak furniture arc made and sold. but the person of mogerate means doesn't buy it. He wants something marc disti!lctive, more artistic. "Housekeepers nOF talk of periods and styles of woods. and the oak they select is dressed up out of all resemblance to its humbler relations! Instead of carrying in stock half a dozen styles, say in the more expensive chiffoniers and din-ing suites and two of three in the commoner lines, we now are obliged to keep just as many artistic examples in one as in the other and a fa~ larger variety of the medium than of the other. "\Vhat caused t'he' change? The customers themselves. not the manufacturers, and indirectly the periodicals and newspapers which m~ke a feature of giving advice on the subject of house funiishing. A dozen years agb these be-gan to be plentiful, ~nd, loaded with the information they gave, shoppers would Idescend on a clerk asking for furniture of a certain make and ia particular kind of wood an'd get cross 'when they couldn't fi~d them. "Time and time algain I have soothed one and another young housekeeper br suggesting: that we could order the style she described. lA.tsuch times the firm always stood by me and before l()l1g We had a good many such orders, and takillg our cue we began to keep that sort of furniture in stock. "Other dealers did Ithe same, dictating their wishes to the manufacturers, with the result that today the latter turn out, even in furniture of quite 10\..-cost, designs of almost any period and calculated ita appeal to seekers aftCT novelty. "Michigan is the gljeatest furniture tnaking state, but from almost every state COlinedesigns semi-annually which appeal to 1\ ew York buyers. i "The :Morris chair: is essentially an American product-we export many of thtilTI to other c0l111tries-but barring that one design there arc i few articles of furniture now in the market but owe somet')ling to designs in vogue centuries ago. Fortunately for the trade the New York woman is changeable 31 and the styles ill favor one year are not always in demand the next. "For example this season mahogany is more popular than it has been in thirty years, especially in dining and bed room sets and fOThalls and vestibules and living rooms. And the Colonial period leads witb tbe Georgian period second. There is little difference between them in looks. "The Cromwellian period comes third. In this the col-umns arc serpentine and brass knobs are used instead of glass. Heavy and simple, either of the.se is handsomer in mahog-any than in almost any other wood. At any rate at present we are sending out uncommonly large orders of mahogany furniture of high grade. "The Addam and the Sheraton styles are also much in de-mand now, and thesc, like the Cromwellian, are carried out very successfully in dark oak. Rut in and near New York city our customers who can afford it are clamoring for ma-hogany furniture of the Colonial or Georgian period."-New York Sun. THE CONFIDING DAGO AND THE THRIFTY LAND-LORD. Escuse me dat I don'ta mak' You we1com' here, signor You see, r 'fraid for mak' me.estak'; I gota stung bayfore. Ees notta man 'lvlerican- Oh, verra verra few- Dat com' to dces peanutta stan' An' say, "Hello!" like you. You speak so fine, you know so mooch, Ees hard for me to see \-V'at for you want be frand weeth sooch A dumha man like me. Las' week grand man like you ees com' An' maka fra11dly so. I am so proud-but, oh, so dumb- I tal heem all I know. He ees so eentrest een me An' speak so kind, so sweet, am so proud as I can be An' brag a leetla beet. tal how mooch I mak' a day An' w'at I savin', too, An' weeth my bigga maul' I say )'.1ore theengs clan w'at ees true. Now. who you s'pose ees dee.s unknown. Gooda, kinda frand to me? Ees president for bank dat own All deesa property! Today dees killda man he sent To me hees agent man. To say I gotta pay more rent For dees peanutta stan'. Baycause I mak' so beeg meestak' An' gotta stung bayfore, Escusc me eef I don'ta mak' Mooch talk weeth you, signor. T. A. DALY. The form of the couch has been preserved from ancient times. It is the chair without arms elongated. Its value depends upon the upholstery, as does that of the modern stuffed arm chair. No. 568. The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON, MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks Extra Large Chiffoniers ___ Also Manufacturers and Exl;lOrterlof --- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism. both for house and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM Moon nfSK (0. MUSKEGON. MICH. OFFICE DESKS NEW STYlES for FAll SEASON Muskegon Valley Furniture Co. Muskellon. Mic~•• Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods Ladies' Desks Music Cahinets WHITE PRINTING CO. 1 1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE _I Inset. , aran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE LATEST device for halldlill!!; ShmIZllgs and dust fr01n. all wood- 'zvorking InachzIlcs. Our nhlctcen ]/cars experience in this class of 7J)ork has brought it nearer perfection than a'llY other s}'steul on the lnarket today. 1t is no expcrimellt~ bIlt (l demo/l strafed scientific fact, as 7:('e!ul've sc'ucral hun-dred of these sJ/slcms in 11i':C, and not a poor one muong theFl1. Our Automatic Fttrnacc Feed S)'stcNI, as sho'i);Jn 1'n this cut) Lr the most pe-rfeet '((.Ior1dug de7)ice of Q11}lthing hI this linc. rVrite (or our prices tor equipntents. WE MAKE PLANS AI'\D DO ALL DETAIL ,VORK WITIIOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST PANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS AHVAYS IN STOCK. Office and Fa.ctory: 20&-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICll. CltlzellIa Phone 1282 Belt, hbln 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM Inset. ~r;.I94PHIG7}N Our Clamps received GOLD MEDAL .t World'. Fair. St. Loul •• .. •.~"' •~. , • , e •,, VENEER PRESS (Patented Junc 30,1903.) CHAIN CLAMP (Patented June 30,1903.) Write for prices and particulars. Black Bros. Machinery CO. CASINET CLAMP. MENDOTA, ILL. Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools l~:,B.:r"'::'a~~~,:r.t Baldwin, Tuthill Q;). Bolton GrlUlld Rapids. Mich. Filers. Setter •• Sharpeners, Grinders. Swages, Stretchers, graling and Filing Clamps. Knile Balances, Hammering Toola. Investigate our Line. New 200 page Catalog-ue for I9fY1 Free. Bollon Band Saw Filer for Saws !4 inch up. B. T. & B. Shle D. Knl'e Grinder. Fun Automatic. Wet or dly. ------------------OFFICES----------------- 8.o.ton New York Jame.town High Point Cln(:llnnatl Det1"oU Gr.nd Rapid_ Chicago St~ Loui. Mlnneapolle Associate orfloe. and Bonded Attorne,... In all Prlraclpal clUe. REPORTING FURNITURE. UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC~ TIONS MADE BY AN UN'RIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT •.• WE PltOIJUCE RESULTS WHERE OTHHBS "AIL. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS AND YOU WILL SEND US YOUR BUSINESS. Our Complaint and Adju.stment Department Red Draft. Collect H. J. DANHOI'. Mlc:hlg..n M..nage •• 447 aDd 348 Housemara Building. Grarad Ra.plds. Mich. Why Worry with the Roll Question ----?---.--- Wood Forming Cutters VENEERED ROLLS The "Reliable" Kind Leave that to us. We are prepared to solve it quicker and ~tter be-cause we bave the knowledge and ~quip-menlo We use nothing but cheatnut in 0 u r cores. Writeforprices. 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 The. fellwock Auto. mobile
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- 1907-09-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS, :MICH., .JANUARY 8,1910 THE COLONIAL BED COMPANY ALLENTOWN. PA. Various styles in Oak, Mahogany, Imt. Mahogany, Bird's Eye Maple. Circassian Walnut. BEAUTY STRENGTH DURABILITY SANITARY On exhibit in The Yeager Furniture COlllpany space, "Head and Foot Posts are a.sembled with steel rods to Insure durability and strength." 4th Floor. Leonard Exhibition Buildinli. Grand Rapids. BRASS MOUNTED. ~- The Best Truck---The Strongest Truck This is the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck---the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak---the truck that has an unhreakable malleable ironfork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wish to z'nvest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. Gillette Roller Bearing CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ..... I E The Lightest Running, I Longest Lasting Truck r POSSELIUS BROS. FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO. DETROIT, MICH. Jllst a few of our new patterns of DINING EXTENSION TABLES The entire line will be on exhibition on the second floor of the MANUF ACTURERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO In charge of F. A. Kuney, ]. O. Kemp, H. J. Armstrong. Our new catalogue will be ready for mailing by Jan. 1, 1910. WEEKLY ARTISAN s 1 "Alaska" Refrigerators METAl lININ6 INSIDF ~ATCHEO CASE - CH~RCO~l SHEATHlN6 \\oOVEN nEATS PEBBl[O OIARCOAl CHARCOAl SHEATHIN6 OUTSIOE PANEllEO C~SE IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN "ALASKA." STUDY THIS CUT SHOWING OUR PERFECT IN-SULATION, AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT THE "ALASKA" IS SUCH A GOOD SELLER. WE SELL TO DEALERS ONLY. GIVE THEM EX-CLUSIVE SALE, REFER ALL INQUIRIES TO THEM, AND SUPPLY THEM WITH ADVERTISING MATTER, AND ELECTROTYPES LIBERALLY. WE MAKE THEM IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES, WITH ZINC, ENAMEL, PORCELAIN AND OPAL-GLASS LINING. Write for our I9IO illustrated catalogue. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS Muskegon, Michigan New York Office, 369 Broadway, L. E. Moon, Manager. r 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN - 1 / 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... . . ...__ . ....-.- . .-.., 81II II IIIIIII I II I. 18 I Have you had anything from The Luce Furniture Co. lately? Bedroom and Dining Room equipment in profusion. III II II I I I I Time---Now. Place---Grand Rapids. I I ~-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REFRIGERATORS AT RIGHT PRICES SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE, C"ALLENGE REfRIGERATOR COMPANY GRAND "AVEN, MIC"., U. S. A. 30th Year-No. 28 GRAND RAPIDS. 1\IICH.. .JANUARY 8. 1910 Issued Weekly 'VRY NOT WEAR WIGS AND KNEE BREECHES? Great Possibilities in a Suggestion Made by a Buyer After Inspecting the Grand Rapids Market. As he was about to lea\ e one of the many "penod looms" whIch f01m a very attractn e feature of the Grand Rapids market a buyer 1emalked "There I'S nothing needed to make the dIsplays of furmture in these rooms perfect except111g the adoptIOn and use of penod cloth111g and ornaments by the salesmen 111 attendance to hal momLe the sett111g A snuff brown bus111ess SUIt does not look well 111a room filled with whIte enameled 01 ~old plated furmture, Y\ Ith rugs and wall decoratIOn" that hall110m?e \\lth the color'S and f01m'S of the gooer., dl'Splay ul " \Vhat an Idea I \\ hat h thel e 111It? \Vould MI Buyer be satisfied tf a salesman weanng a lemon colored SUIt, a baby blue necktIe and broken bnck Ice cream calm ed shoes should greet lum m a whIte enameled apartment? \\ ould he admue an Eb7abethan room tf such an attendant as Dert Hathaway were dres'Sed 111the attIre of SIr \\~ alter RaleIgh? If "Bob" Calder wore the robes of \Ydham of Olange, who:',e Dutch 'Snb]ects ong111ated the Queen Anne 'Style would the cntlcal bnyer quoted buy mOl e hberally than If the dough-ty scot'Sman \\ ere deCal ated 111the plaIds of the "Hielandel ?" \\ ould he buy mOl e colomal stuff If Bob \N alton were garbed 111the raIment of the Puntan,,? If Ralph Tletsort wore the robes of the gl and monarch WIth the crooked name (Qnatorze) wonld MI Buyer purchase LoUIS XIV stnff 111 car lots? If "Abe" ] emung" were to decol ate hIS handsome figure WIth the Rococo 1111e" of LoUIS QUlnLe, If Seal Rey nold s should pnt on the wa\ 111£;nbbons of Chippendale and endea- "or to acqUll e the bandy legs, the ball and claw feet of that famou" de'ilgnel , Jf Dennv Graham 'ihould acqUIre the swell flOnt. the cros" bandlll£; and inlay eJ:fect'S of Sheraton 111 decoratlllg hI" person, If George Keck were to as'Sume the festool1'i and dc\ clop the tapenng legs of Robert Adam, If WI om" Crane 'ihollld assume the fret work, the shIeld or 0\ al shaped back and spade-'Shaped feet of Hepplewhite, If Btlly AYles played the dlllclmcr and decorated his ponderou'S figure WIth the tape'Stry WIeaths and festoons that LoUIS X VI Slend, tf Palll :\Iarkoff \\ 01e the co'Stllme of the "LIttle Corporal". the chapeau, the bUl1ch of haIr blsect111g hIS noble bro" and the Greek emblems of the EmpIre, If Edgar II Scott plea'Sed hI" fanc) WIth a collectIOn of cattaIls, water hItes, odd shapes and p ofane colors and called h1111sel£ the ong111al old Al t J'\ 00-V00, If Ted Gamble had adopted the simple garb of the Spa111sh J\IIS'ilOn-ary, and If Charley LImbert" el e able tu hang as many sp111dles on hIS person as IS deemed nece"sal y 111con ect arts and craft, would Mr. Buyer pay mOl e attentlO11 to the furmture shown 111 the pellod rooms? "\\ ould he endea\ or conscIentIOusly to sell the many hnes of wluch he has exclUSIve control ? Would he abandon IllS habit of klck111g over tnfles and pay hIS bIlls when due; would he- But what's the U'ie" Let ;'1[. Duycr try hi" schcme On 111Sretad salesmen Will Fight the Advance in Price. 'Ho" ale \\c gOing to handle the pnce muease?" quer- Icd E \ \ Rltclne of the Homer S \VdItams company, Youngs-town, 0 , "why we 111tcnd to combat It As to the how, we haven't made up 0111 ml11d" but we don't feel qUIte nght about pa""mg along dddittonal co"t to 0111 fllencls among the con- "umel'S They may not know anythmg about the 111crea.'oe and pel haps may not care \ ery much If they do know It but we knovv It and that's .'oufficlent" Mr Rltch1e Lome mto the City fOI the openmg of the sale w1th J \\ ReId) of the "ame house and they are makmg the1r home at the Pantlmd They vvIII be here fully a week and whether pnces ad\ ance or not Jt IS eVIdent they mtend to place some gene; ous 01 ders for they are confident the spnng season IS to bnng them a large \olume of trade The V\111- lIams estabItshment IS one of the retad stores which reflect credIt upon the cIty m wll1ch they are located It does a glOW1l1g bU<;111essand 1S alIve to the sp1nt of the ttmes m all that goes to\', ard ad, anc1l1g the cause of merchand1<;lDg "Youngstown 1S an lDdu'Stnal center In which JJ onwork- 111g is the chIef element," contmuecl MI R1tchie "The demand for Iron products IS generally known to be generollS WIth a cel talDty that 1t IS to mC1ease bberally with a tendency toward fittmg up comfortable home" That makes bUSIness fOl deale1 s in OUI 1me v\ e had a sp1encltd fall trade and we are confident we shall have a big Spl111g business whIch of necessIty obltges us to buy goods All conditions in and about our CIty are m a flollnsh111g condItion There 1S not a melchant or bus111ess man lD Youngstown "'ho is not feel- 111ggood over thc pa<;t and the outlook for the future This pnce incI ease lS the only thl11g that IS CauslDg U.'oany annoy-ance and i\ e belIeve \\ e shall be able to work the matter out m a form that WIll prove satJsfact01y VVhether we can oppose It successflllly or not IS hard to say at thIS moment That 1S the way we feel about It but lD any event we lDtend to keep right on dOlD!S business 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN EVIDENCE OF GOOD TIMES Wysong and Miles Company Get Results From Advertising in the Weekly Artisan. \Veekly Artrsan, (rlancl RapId". '\[lch Gentlemen It 1'-, never a "er) hald mattel to hnd ..,Ol11l one who 1S contwua1ly harp111g hald tunes, and 1t 1S equalh easy to fire! some lJr('Qlctmg gnarl tl111CS \\ e d1e glad to ..,tall that at the p1etoent tU11e we belong to the latter class \\ l honestly belteve that 1910 w111 be one of the b1ggetot ) ear.., generally in the Illstory of our count1y, and we expelt to get our full share of the busmetos Now, we do not mean to leave the lmpresslOn that our bUSllWS" 1S a barometer of the general bUS111essof the country, but w(' do say that the conc11t1On" that govern the volume of OUl bus111ess abo govern the volullle of busll1ess of other concerns, and1f we are "uccessfnl, "e ha,e every reason to belteve that hundreds ot othe1 concelns throughout the country ,v1]] be succes..,ful dbo To show that VI e have some grounds for expect111g a lalge bus1l1ess dUlJng the C0l11111g,car, ",e gne the followll1g fic,- ures: DUl1l1g the year 190~ ",e recelved orders f01 ?18 "and belt machines, not 111clud111gour double belt dla",el fittCl, and of this numbe" 13)' orders", ere rece1ved dUrIng the last ll' c months. The orders for our patented mortlsll1g ll1achll1ery for the) ear show the same proportIOn of bus1l1ess for the last fi, e months FlOm thl:> you" 111 see that seven t\veltths ot 0111 bus1l1ess '" as booked 111 the last h\ e months of the y ea1, dnd on this fact we base our hopes tor the commg vear, conhdenth cxpect1ng thlS 1I1crease of bl1S111eSSto cont111ue dUrIng the ~Tear 1910. We hay c stIll another reason for bel1ev1l1g VI e \V 1]] "CClUe more bUS1ress (lUrIng 1C)1IJ than \\e (hd the pa"t year vYe have sold m the past Sl': years 838 sand belt mach111es, and oi th1S number more than onc thnd were sold dUrIng the pa:o.t year, and tIllS shows that our mach111es ale becol11mg more popula1 w1th the trade, and '11 e bell1g adapted to a gl eatel variety of \\ ('Irk. The gCl' el al wood turn111g tl ade throllf;hollt the Umtfd Stqtes and (anada are fast a\\akel1lng to the fact that we are tIlt' leadmg mannfacturers of sand 1Jelt machmer) . and that OUf methods are f1111) patented, and that the results obtained by the nse of our mach111(" cannot be obta111ed b) any other method. I\re we not Just1fied 'n clcl1nllng to be the ledJmg manu-iacturers of paieniul sandllH; l1lach1l1ery \\ hen Ollr sales a1 e 8veragll1f! l1lnre than one machmC' per day, and surpass by tal the 011tp11t of anv (),~ler conceln -----_.- -~ THE Hlndtt KINO THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Protects covering by turn· Ing cushions Is so simple and easy a child can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box under seat. Comprises three articles for the price of one. Is fitted With felted cotton mattress. Has LuxuriOus Turkish Springs. Is always ready With bed-ding In proper place Is absolutely safe-cannot close aCCIdentally. Saves rent by saving space \\ e feel that a pari of 0111 success has been due to our ad- \ 11tlsemC11b '11 ,0111 paper. as they have br'lllght us d numbf'r ot 111qU1l1f.,- thl ee dllnng December. \\11th best wishes £01 a p1Ospero11s l\Jew Yea", we are, V ClY tr111y your", WYSONG & MILES CO Crccl'sboro, N. C, Jannary 1, ID10. The Rush Fiend There is a general rising 111 protest in all well regulated business concerns against the rush fiend. The chap who for distinction or fancied llnportance, marks all his orders "rush." Business is not run on low speed any more under the most leisurely conditlOns; and the word become" irritating to those who are already 1unning their energies in the third notch. An-other thing: "rush" seldom means more speed after all. It more often means panic, pandemonium and paralysis. People lose their heads under "rush" and start a riot that does not mean qlllck performance or anything like it Poor work 1:3 not always the result of inabihty or unwiilingne::,s but because of a caSe of "rattles" superinduced by a too free sprinkling of the \\ orcl ' I'llsh ' throngh the ll1structions. The wh1p-lash does not drive-It staIb The time limit acts like a strait-jacket on many a wiillllg worker. The rush fellow is the inconsiderate felImv-the fellow \V ho 15 short slghted. Emergencies some times arise; but seldom; but whether they do or not, there is always the frenzied person with a colored pencil ready to write "rush" all over the fair face of business. Lets' all agree to cut it out. Let's look ahead, plan some and let business take its nOl mal COUIse-which 15 not so slow after all -----------------_._--------------_._-------------_._----_.-- , "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, RaIlroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others will consult their own interests by using It. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .'.-- -.-.---_----._-----~----~-~-~----_._-~-~- ._...- - ..- _. - - - .. 1 WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 .. - - . ..----------------_._-----_._-_._--- - . . -- .. ..- -------- .--_. .., In GRAND RAPIDS Only, January, 1910. OLD SPACE, Furniture Exhibition Bldg., Fourth Floor. I II The UDELL Line I I MANY NEW ONES in III ,I II Library Bookcases, Medicine Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Commodes, Sheet Music Cabinets, Folding Tables, Piano Player Roll Cabinets. A Lme whIch IS well worth gomg to see A Lme that you should have a complete catalog of. fhe fact that you havr not our catalog can only be rectIfied by wntmg for your copy to day THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND ~.-_- -----_.--- -- -----------------_. ----_._._-------------------------------..-- - .. Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-W. J. Forbes, Ingelhart street and Le:xin~toll avenue, St Paul, Mmn, $.3,000, A.ndrew Lee, Lmcoln and Pascal streets, St. Paul, $3.300; IV. B. Charlton, Homewo0l1 avenue and vVellesley sheet, Toronto, Ont, $4,300, F. W. H1ll, Rowden and Hogarth streets, Toronto, $7,000, E,hYltl Bell, Yonge street and Roxborough avenue East, Toronto, $10,000, ::\1elvin Jones, Bernard near St George street, Tor-onto, $25,000, W. B. \V11kmson, St Cla1r street and Russell H1ll road, Toronto, $5,500, J Castleman, Fa1rv1ew and St John road, Toronto, $4,200, H J enn1l1gs, west slde Deer Park, Toronto, $4,800; vv. ]. Slanker, Avenue and Foxhar roads, Toronto, $5000; James Brown, Clarendon avenue and Russell H1ll road, Toronto, $]~,000; IV D. Best, 3048 Belmont street, Chicago, $5,500, 1\1. K. Hmscher. 1415 E1sles avenue, Chi-cago, $6,000; S. H. Gunder, 6217-21 Shendan road, Ch1cago, $20,000; G. W. Paule, 348 E Stxty-first street, Ch1cago, $25,- 000; vVlll1am Gardner, 1710 Park place, W1ch1ta, Kans, $4,400, E. D Egbert, 37 Stoner street, Wichita, $3,000; Herman L. Rob1l1s, ,V 1ck Oval, Youngstown, 0., $3,000; Amos Wel1mg-ton, 88 VI arren avenue, Youngstown, $3,000, Paul G. Jackson, South Caroltna and Scott streets, Mob1le, Ala., $3,500; Mrs Nt E. BosargE', Selma and Oakleigh streets, Mob1le, $4,000; F. A. Bather frumbull avenue and Selden street, Detro1t, M1Ch, $18,000; Geo. A. Kennedy, 104 Webb street, $3,100; Mrs. M. E. Moylon, 92 Westmm1ster street, DetrOlt, $3,200; LOUlse Fle1:,clter, 113 Garfield avenue, Detro1t, $5,000; H. G Bass, 67 Chf'rokee avenue, Atlanta, Ga., $4,000; Ramonda Nle:,- .,meo, 222 Central avenue, Passa1c, N. J, $7,000; J. H. vVeatherford, 1420 Goodbar street, ;\lemph1s, Tenn, $5,500, W. B. Ballard, 1069 '!\T1llett street, Memph1s, $3,000; Martm Malony, Philadelphia, Pa , nme two-story dwellmgs, $72,000; Albert Donath, Forty-second street and Pabst avenue, M1l-waukee, WIS., $4,000; J. P. Ntmesgerm, Th1rty-fourth and Wrigh-l.::streets, M1lwaukee, $3,;-;00; Ben] L Carter, 11212 ~sh-bury avenue, Cleveland. 0., $6,000; John R. Ra1ble, 4310 Raible avenue, Cleveland. $5,000; J. P. Cockran, t06 l\Torth Boulevard, Atlanta, Ga., $4,500; E. F. Daley, West H1ghland avenue, Redlands, Cal , $10,000; R C. Cunningham, Cajon street, Red-land~, $R,OOO; Myron Thompson, F1fth avenue and Twenty-first street, Los An~e1es, Cal, $20,000; ~\Irs A Cooper, Hope and Twenty-th1rcl strpeb, Los .-\.ngeles) $1'2,000; C. IVesley Roberts, Berkley Sq'tare, Los Angeles, $22,250, Peter Sando-m1re, Dar1mgton road, near Shady Lane, P1ttsburg, Pa., $42,- 000, Forest Adall, Atlanta, Ga, $22,500, John Clenden111ng, Augusta, Ga, $5,000; John McLaughlm, Isle of Hope, Savan-nah, Ga, $5,000; James A Lewis, Mobile, Ala., $3,600; Mrs. A. B. DuTeil, Lincoln, Nebr , $3,500; C. A. Sigfried, Ashland, 0., $3,000, Slmeon Snuth, Alma, Kan, $4,000; Sigm11l1d Hecht, 4533 N Clark stt eet, Ch1cago, $35,000; Martin Hohngren, 6421 Langley street, $3,000, S Harnstrom, 5301 Kenmore avenue, Chicago, $35,000, Thos J. Owen, 4533 Gladys avenue, Chi-cago, $10,000, Charles Nagel, 2259 Montrose avenue, Ch1cago, $6,500; F. Grab111e, 6328-36 Ingles1de avenue, Ch1cago, $400,000; J. W. McGraw, '2865 Kinety-filst street, Chicago, $4,500; Mrs. Made by Stebbins-WIlhelm Furmture Co., SturgIS, MICh• 1\1ary Brunner 3032 Flonda avenue, Kansas C1ty, Mo., $5,000; Mrs. C. L Hare, Merid1an and Forty-second streets, Indian-apolis, Ind , $15,000, James White, 1138 Twelfth street, Wash- 1l1gton, D. c., $16,000. Miscellaneous Buildings-The Blackstone Company is to burld a four-story theatre at 15-21 Hubbard place, Ch1cago, at a cost of $500,000. The Catholtc Cathedral, at Carson City, ~ ev, recently destr oyed by fire, w1ll be reburlt at a cost of S>175,000 \V. J. Connor and N. J. Skinner have purchased the Redondo Hotel, Redondo, Cal, :ll1d will spend $75,000 in re-modelmg, refufl11sh1l1g, etc. Holtv1lle, Cal., will invest $30,000 111a new high school budding. The Fresno Hotel Company, cap1talrzed at ~200,000, has been orgalllzed, to build a hotel at f'resnC', Cal. Work on the $500,000 theatre building to be erected by J. D. Spreckles, 1n San D1ego, Cal., is to be started on Febl uary 1 Tnnity Church, Los Angeles, Cal., is to erect a new $100,000 church burlclmg. 8 WLEKLY ARTISAN 1910 Start the New Year Right! 1910 GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE STEBBINS-WILHELM LINE STURGIS, MICHIGAN LIBRARY TABLES AND DESKS TO MATCH Also Tables for Office, Parlor, Bedroom, Den. Sewing Cabinets, T abourettes. "all furniture All in Latest, Popular Sty les New Catalogue February 1st Salesroom: GRAND RAPI DS only 1st Floor Manufacturers' Building John Shank } John Shelton In charge No 478 Quartered Oak, Mahogany NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. Mr. Roziskey Says the Advance in Prices Will Not Curtail Business. 'IV A Rozl'>kev- 1n- rea:oon of 111Sfanl1ha"lb - vvlth the sellmg and bll)mg eneb m the furmture bu:omes" and 111" clearne"s of 'ISlon upon trade matter" feels a:o:oureel the pnce WIll ha' e 0 eftect whate\ er eIther upon the sales maele elm mg thIs l111elwmter season nor upon the purchasmg pm' el 01 mc1matlOn of the retaIl traele "~o one can e"pect a hlll11- ture manufacture! an) more than an) otl1el pruc1ucel to contmue selhng hIS gjod" at the old pnce \\hen everythmg that en tel s mto theIr productIOn has ad-vanced,' · "ald l\f r Rozl:okey m the Pan1md \ estelC1a \ "Through the mcreased cost of hv m~ has come the necesslt\ for advancmg the wages of the WOlkel:O m furl11tl11e fact01le"- and it IS a matter of common knowledge thdt ra\\ matena1 has advanced 1he '3ellmg cost has al"o shO\\l1 an Imp1(1\ c ment for the men engageel m that end of the bus111e",s hay e had to subm1t to an mcreaSe in thell mellvldua1 1n Ill~ cost and thus they must have more 1evenue wIth \\ 111ch to meet the advanced hvmg cost The furmt,He manufactUl el ha'" never carried hiS bus mess upon an extra, agant margm of profit and 1t IS but reasonable after analyzmg all that enters profit and 1t IS but reasonable after ana1yzmg all that enters pnce fOI hIS good'" than he obtamecl under the old condItions It is the ultImate ccnsumer who foots the bIlls and he Will do so in the present mstance There is nothmg m the "'Itu-atlOn for the dealer to v\orr) over He WIll pdY the advance asked, \\hlch m all consCIence 1S not gleat, and marking hiS goods hIgher to care for the advanced cost to him, the con-sumer WIll pay and never bother hiS head about the mattel 1t he can t aftonl dn article he Will go wIthout but there WIll he enough who can afford to pay a I easonable mcrease to keep the bade hus) "ThlOughout all of my terlltory I have found condItIOns to he upon a healthy ba"ls with a general report of a big t ade £01 the fdll and hchday penods All dre lookmg for- \\ al el to a fine spnng busmess and I am confident the market thl" \\mter \\111 1011 up a volume of general sales whIch w111 make a ne\\ I econl f01 GI and Rapids The imerest m the malket 1'3e\ leIent from the manner m whIch dealels and buy-el' 3 are flocL1l1g III for the opemng anel 1t IS w1th the mtentlOll of buy mg as well a" 100Lmg 0\ er the lmes that they are now hoe I have nn el known m my connectIOn with the bUSI-ness such a fil:ot day arrn a1 as has been reglstel ed this wmter and eel tam1y hay e ne\ el seen at thIS stage of the season men and 1eaclel ~ from so manv WIdely scattel ed parts of the coun-tl) as ale now hele" The Snare of Incidentals. There is many a mel chant or dealer who finds at the end of the' eal that a good part of his year's earnings have gone for "InCIdentals." He has, on the evidence of his records, bought more incIdentals than anything he can see on the books. The trouble comes in allowl11g a deceptIve general term to creep into his account111g and distort his calculations The remedy is to 1110re closely analyze thIS incidental account and re-classlIy That WIll bnng to ltght the pOSSIble b1oocI-suckers in the CJ~I-ness organizatIOn SLevvart &- ~ncllcott, furniture dealers of Atlantic City, N T hay e l11corpo! ated d'" the Stewart & EndIcott Company CapItal stock, $6,000 WEEKLY ARTISAN Last Year Up to the Average. A F. Shlvenck, vice presIdent of the Tobey Furmture company, Chicago, sa} s that volume of trade trdnsacted by the company last year was up to the average The furmture business for the year 1909 has a, eraged faIrly" ell he says The early months of the year were dlsappo111t111g and It looked as though the improvement that began m the fall of 1908 "ould not be mamta111ed, but about the mIddle of the year business began to imprm e and the fall months were remark-ably good The manufacturers for the last fe'" months have been taxed to their capacIty and most of them have had more orders than they could fill Business in the 111lddle west has been more satIsfactory than in other parts of the country ThIs was true during the dull tImes in 1907 and 1908, and whIle there has been an im-provement 111both the east and far west, those parts of the country have not yet returned to the prosperous condition that prevails m the dlstnct, that generally speaking is within a radIus of 500 mIles of Chicago. Owing to the advance in practically all kinds of raw ma-terials there has been a steady advance in the cost of furniture, but no mOl e and probably not as much as in other articles of consumption The outlook for 1910 is very bright and pre-paratIOns are be111g made to take care of a larger volume of business than ever before. Brains and Ideas. \ prom111ent bus111ess man saId the other day· "I can get 'brains' for $15 a week. I am willIng to pay $100 for 'Idea" ' " There is a lot of meaning 111the dIstinctIOn thele drawn Ev-eryday intellIgence is not so I are. Brams are pretty lIberally distributed and modern education is helping to keep up the sup- "----------- ---------------------., II ~ . ,,,II• II• ,, III,• I:.._------ .... is at the HOTEL CRATHMORE, GRAND RAPIDS, with an amplitude of Bird's-Eye Maple stocks. Best ever. Heaviest Bird's-Eye Maple on the market-l.24" thick. Filled with beauti-ful eyes and figure. ,,I:I :I :II ----------- .I. 9 CALL, PHONE OR WRITE WALKER VENEER & PANEL WORKS, HOTEL CRATHMORE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ply. But the Idea-man-the CIeator of thmgs IS as rare as HI. robm red-brea"t at Chllstmas There IS no conSIderation of loyalty and fnendship that can alter the fact that there are two kinds of service. The kind that works WIth the materials at hand and the kind that furnishes fresh and valuable matendls To the man with a clear, actIve think-piece there is constantly coming up fresh, valuable ideas, sometimes strikingly original, that may be turned to account. They apply to the manufactur-mg, the sellIng or the advertIsmg ends. No matter where they fit, present them. Turn to account for your firm and for Y0ul self. Don't be department bound Pass along your good thoughts Good Ideas are not as elucive as some people thmk· but it can be said that they are more lIkely to be hatched out by the man who lives with the business than by the man who shuts his desk down on his business at night and forgets all about It until tomorrow. THE "EFF & EFF" LINE ============== 0 F =--~ China Closets and Buffets, Parlor Cabinets, Music Cabinets, Hall Seats, Hall Trees, Hat Racks, Shaving Stands, Framed Mirrors, Dressing Tables and Chairs (WIth Patent Adjustable Fixtures) WILL BE SHOWN AT GRAND RAPIDS Furniture Exhibition Building Specialties in all kinds of Mirrors, unexcelled in style and finish. Any shape Mirror can be had, or chair to match any table in our line. Either high or low base chair. CHICAGO Furn. Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St. ROCKFORD FRAME & FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ~- ]\11t1'h d1--CU--"1111th:;e cu"tome1, II e need to be beUe1 Jud~e" (! human ndt111e II e ml1',t be able to lead type, tempe1d-menh hab1ts, ,Ulcl 1deal" of people better lIe mu"t q111t maLlllg the"e f()(,h"h m1"take", hanclbng el er) body abke "omebc cl\ come" 111tOy 0111 "t01 e, one of these slow talk-lll':: ,Uld ,,10\\ n10\ I11g pel,onat;es You "tart to show them --omc tIll 19 It \ ( u talk to them 111a rap1d nunner they can-not toll )\\ \ ou bccau"e the} tl11nk "lowl}, cOl1sequently they Cd11t bc llnp1e----ecl \\1th \\hat \'lU sa} ()11 the othu hand he1 e come" one of tho"e 11\elv, ene1- ....,111(.jJu-on" man 01 \\Om,Ul 111a hun), e\e1} moment 1'0 11l1l11ul If \ (u "td\Hl there and da\Hlle 111Y0ul talk vdth them -,,10\' 111 \\ 0 d" dnd dLtlOn, 1n about t",o 111l11utesthev get dn 1tchll'g of the foot, that the\ \\ ould hke to "WI11l?,w1th ) ou as the ob1cct1\ t P0111t It 1'0a bad m1"take to handle e\e1} cus-t0111U 111ke It 1" a bad m1"tdke to handle a selfish pe1son a-- \ ou \\()\dcl an un"elfi"h one 'lhe1e are se\ en cltstl11ct t\pes ol pcoJlle thom:;h 110 b\o of u" ale e"actly ahke I\htle \\e hay c bCC11bu"\ 111our O\\n work able men have been de\ot- 1111:;the\\ hfet1mc to a suent1fic "tud) of human J1atUle '1llougl 1\ pes tempe1a111enh hab1t" 1deals, etc, and they hd\c H\calecl tll u" knO\\ledge that \\ould be of 111csbmable \ ,tlue 1t \\ e \\ ould but "tud} and apply that \\ l11ch they ha\ e j0\111d I ut Co 1111111t:o; the 1:;00(1" \\ lMt 1" the \alue of "C1ence there? In "hI \\ llJ£; U" ho\\ to logkalh 1'1esent the p0111tS of \alue 111 thc 1:;ooc!" Stuch the £;ood" for p0111h that wtll appeal to thc cue,tome1 l'eoplp a1 e tnecl of l?,01ne,-111tO a store and "lmph ]Jel11£;told the p11ce The\ al e brtd of sllnply belllg \\ a1ted 0n rut the\ \\ ,lilt to be cony I11ced as to why they "h uld PU1chase 1 he} \1 ant the "tor} of the g-oods, the1r \ ,due the I11te1;:?"bng 1'01nt", p01nt", pOUlts I don't care 1f \ I U a1 ( olllY ~dl1n1:; mud It 1" full of I11te1est111l?,p0111t3, points Jl( 11lh dl1Clthat 1--\\hat the cu"tomer \'Iallts The pubhc he>" a 11ght to demand that the people who wait on them a1e eApe1 t ad\ 1"e1", that the) know what they are "ellln2, kno\\ then \ alue", know the1r h1"tory, know their a--~oc1at101n knO\\ then uses to \\ h1ch they ale to be put Thc \ hay e a ng h1 to demand that Salespeople who can do thl-- do "omethl11g ]Je"lde" "lmpl} take o~ders, It I \\ alk Ulto }OU1 "tore and say I want to buy a spool of cotton, and the de' k \\ a1ts on me and let" me go out, he actuallY comn11ts ,1 b\b111es" C11me \\ h} ? F01 he Slll1ply \, ,llb 011 me ne has 110t made any attempt to sell me any-thl111:; 1he depd1tment 1Sfull of lllterest111g things that would dppeal to a cn,,'omer 1f h1" attention was called to them If \11 \!em on the lOad knew h1" l?,ood" \\ell enough he could put up a selhng talk that \\ ould com mce an} reasonable man that he knew 1t \va" to hh mterest to buy Stnd} } our e,-ood" and then ,tud y how to expla111 those p01nts Stud} e"presslon, the \\ (V d", so that you can get 1t ont 111clean cut p0111tS, p0111tS, points So few people really know the stock It rem111cls me of an Illshman who got a Job 111a ~tOl e --\ mdn \Vent 111thel e ,Ind \'1anted ten cents WOlth of ])11 d seed ' \\ hat? Ten ccnts \\ 01th of b1rd seed Oh, go on I' 'Don't \ on sell b1rd seed? I \Vallt ten cents worth" , Oh I ) ou go on," he "a} s, 'don't} au suppose I know b1rds come f10m eg~s B1~d" don't come f10m secd" 1he1 e are not mdn} people hke that, of course, but after all thcre at e lots of people who know Just as lIttle about the1r ~ooc1s d" that man So "tudy the e,ood" StUdy how to talk them Be loglcal th1111,.er" and talkers 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN -----------------------~ I II , I I IIII ,,• ,II• I II I•, :,, ,, IIIt I •I,, ,I •I ~, _._.._---------------- I •II I• Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas m fme labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS I 1508-1510 W, LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. I• ~_... ---------------------------------------~ SCIENCE OF SALESMANSHIP A Few Paragraphs From An Article Written for the New York Commercial by J. D. Kenyon. Cons1der the gleat --\mellcan eagle He ~lb on h1gh, calm serene, pOlsed He kno\\" \\ hat he Wdnts, \\ hen he \\ ants 1t and he gets 1t He scan~ the honzon, ca1efull} \\ atche" and when he sees hIS prey, he "alls 0\ e1, C11cl111gnea1 e' and neare1 and finall} , \\hen he 1'0read} to stnke, dO\\n he --\\OOps, and 1f he nusses h1m, doe" he act hke "ome people \\ e knO\\ at who ,fa1hng 111then ertOl t", Slt dO\\ nand C1\ 'Dad conld not send me to school, and I hay e not an} chance 111hfe am how," or somcth111g of that k111d? 1\0, he commences to C11cle aga111, and then he gets h1" e} e on hIS prey and dO\\l1 he "woops aga111, and he get" 111m D1d } au eler see people hke that? They v\ 111 :\Ien of ch01ce, men of actlOll, mell of pOlse, men of dec1slon Thel e IS not one of us that call110t cultl\ ate It Fxerc1se \\ 111cultl\ ate an} mu"cle of the bod} E"e' C1se of the bra1n 111the 11ght \Yay \'\tll cultl\ate dny faculty and quaht} there The fonr "leep111~ giants Ah, m} fnend", \\ ake thcm up I Call them 111to act10n Steady yourself, :\It G1ant of :endu' ance, \'1ake' J\Ir G1ant of A..b1ht}, \\ ake I \11 G1ant of Re-hab1hty, \vake up I J\Ir GIant of ActlOn, wake up I Glac,p hands and we \YIII W111in spIte of an} oppos1ilon 111the \\ orld, \'1111success, and snccess 1S health, long hfe, monev, hon01 happiness Now, so much f01 the "ale~111an I hay e talked Ion gel than I 1l1tended to 111g-ht,but I want to say lu"t a fe\V \\01 d" 11101e on the cnstome1 Yon see I hay e taken all tIll" tl111e to talk abont the "alesmdn becau"e he is the 1mpO' tant faetOl I t a man is tra1l1ecl nght the sales wlll take care of thcmselv es Goods \ ,duecl at $95400,000 were sold by the mail order hou~es of Clllcago dUllng the year 1909, an increase of six per cent 0\ e1 the preced111g year ------------------------------------------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 r' - - •• _•••• - • - - - •• -- --_.-.----_.-_-.------------------- .-------------------- __. 1 I .... Th6 MRNISTEG MRNUFR5TURING 50. MANISTEE, MICH. NE,W THINGS DillIna Room furnitur6 We can mterestyou If you wIll call at 1319 Michigan Ave., 6th floor, where our full lme Is shown the year round. We Rre Making f\ LOT Of In Golonial and Mission B~aroom and No. 355. Top 22x42. Glass 24x30. Our new supplement is now ready to mail. Let us have your inquiries. No. 157. Top 20x33. Glass 14x24. 60_. -----_. _. • a _ •• SAGINAW'S FURNITURE HISTORY Old Time Lumbermen. Lacking Experience. Were Unable to Score Success in the Industry. Two or more decades ago a party of wealthy lumbermen arrIved In Grand RapIds frOIn SagInaw and sought information in regard to the bUSIness of manufacturing furniture "JV1Jke" Jeffers, a Mr CornIng, W. L ~T ebbel, Dr. Potter and other leading CItizens of the Salt CIty had determined that fur11lture could be manufactured m SagInaw profitably and theIr viSIt to Grand Rapids was made for the purpose of acqmring detaIls of the business. They called upon a number of Grand Rapids' successful manufacturers, among whom were James M. Nel-son and Elias Matter, both of whom have since passed out of life. Mr. Matter conducted the VIsitors through the plant of Nelson, Matter & Co and recited details of the trade that astonished them Later in the day Mr. Nelson met the Sagi-nawians at the Morton House and discussed the financial shippIng and unsalable stock problems with them The fre-quent changes In styles seemed strange to theIr u11lnformed minds There were no such changes In the lumber business, and they could not find a logIcal reason why the style of a bureau, a table or other al tIdes of furmtul e should not re-mam unchanged in SIze and form foreyer The Sagina \\ Jans returned home and discussed the proposed enterprise thor-oughly and then abandoned it During the years follOWIng FeIge Brothers, J\IeuIlI & TIllotson, StengleIn, Beckman, Chapin & Lockwood, Sl1lsbee and others tried to establIsh the business of manufacturIng fUlniture in that CIty, but faIled every In'itance FInally a practical manufacturel from Grand Rapids, John Herzog, started a modest little factory in Sagi-naw and in a comparatIvely short period has built up a gl eat -- - .. ...------------------------~ industly, operatIng t.wo plants under the names of the Hef70g Al t FurnIture company and t.he Saginaw Table company. Advertises Premiums Far in Advance. \Voodward Store at Chad burn, K eb , believes in the prem- Ium method to such an eAtent that it advertises its premium offers weeks In advance One of the ads says: "If you don't manage to secm e one of the handsome $4500 drop-head sewIng maduue:-, absolutely free of charge, and if your ticket doesn't secure a dInner set fOJ you next week, save your ticket and you may get a clock \1. any rate, save all your tickets and get a beautIful premlUm ft ee " ~._-_.--------------- ---_._---_._---._-.-.-_-..-..-..-. ., :fft~ouINTERESTING PRICES g~~~Vk~~~ SEND SAMPLES. DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. , ALLEGAN. I MICH. I I j,.. - - - - • - --- - ••• • - - •• -- __- ._. ~~~k,f :~E.:P.. ROWE CARVING WORKS, ._---_.--.----1.. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN -- .- -- .. .-- ---------- r ~._ --- . .- . -- ----- ." Perfect Case COIlstrnction I Our nultiple Square Chisel lIortiser tIIIIII II II IIj IIII I WYSONG & MILES CO., c~::~.;G~dreensboro, N. C. I ~-_.._._---- .....- •••....•.•.....• . .... ... ~------------------------------------- -.-._ ..~ No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. Ask for CATALOG "J" HANDY HANDBOOK SOUVENIRS Convenient Guide for Chicago Visitm's- .Mo1·e Exhibition Buildings Suggested. Chicago, J an 4--Furnlture buyers, and nldnufadurel ~ also, who VISIt ChIcago thIs season wJ11 find a ,er} com elllent httle handbook of ChIcago wlllch IS bemg CIl culatLd g I a tIS by the ChIcago As~oClatlOn of Commerce It I" called a "Guide to Chicago" and may be had by applymg to the clerk of any of the 1eadlllg hotels 111the cIty '"'..lthough thele ha\ e been several gl11de books oftel ed to ,I ~Itors 111 Ullca~o at various sorts and pnces thIs htt1e hook IS mOl e comprehen"l\ e and accurate than anyth111g of ItS k111d y et I~"tlecl Both the busmess man and the ca"ual slghtseel WIll find It ,aluablc a" It covel s every Item of mterest from the Fort Dearborn ma:o-saere monuments and a sketch of the "fir:ot \\ hlte child horn 111Chicago" to the Union Stock Yareb and ChIcago'" other great industnal entel pri ses A departure is made hom the usual scheme of stlch pubh-cations in arrangmg a senes of street car ndes abotlt the Clt, These cover virttlally all the ma111 pomts 111whIch the, I"ltOl would naturally be Illterested and a detaIled account of each place and thlllg accompanies the route gmdes An llllUSuall} exhaustive indeA enables the "stranger III ChIcago" to learn much about the th111gs that have made ChIcago gl eat \\ hlch the average nattve elthel takes as a matter of course or knoyv s almost nothing about Elaborate 111SttuctlOns abo are ofrered for finding the locatIOn of streets 111ChIcago under the ne,\ numbering plan which IS enforced under the ord111ance 'v hlch went into effect in September last The map" accompanV111g the guide also WIll prove of value for this purpose to the stranger The locatIOn of the streets not otherwise easily Makes the Strongest, most economical and most accurate case construction possible. It is entirely automatic. It clamps, mortises and releases, completing the post in less time than the material can be clamped on other machines. We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extreme-ly profitable to chair manufacturers. ascerta111ec1 ma, be determ111ed by lefernng to the hsts of stlceh and a\ enues 111the ChIcago cIty dIrectory The fi! "t furl11ture show for 1910 111 ChIcago has not blought nearly so manv changes in exhibIts as was threat-ened, m rumors at least, a few months back. The lme of bIas" and 110n beel" of the Plttsburgh-Hlck"on company has mo, cd hom the "1411' 1JU11dln~ to "1319", occupyIng the "pac e fOlmerh dc, otee! to the Y eag er 1111e,now shown 111 Grand RapIds --\ J Johnson & Sons are now show111g theIr 1l11C at 1()2 \IlcllIgdn a, enue, 111the butlclmg f01medy occupIed by the SImmons l\TanufactUlml..; company, which now has Its own cltsplay bUlldmg almost next cloor to the "1319" budd- Ing The Ford & Johnson bt1l1cltng, 1433 \\'ahash avenue, still I ema111s the "ame as It ha:o been f01 SC\ eral years About half the space 111thl" bU1ld111gIS occupIed by the firm's several thousand sample" of seat111g fur111ture and the rema111cler leased to Adams & \\Testlake, Ketchum & Rothsclllld, and the Greenp0111t 1Ietalhc Bed company Jacob & Josef Kahn contmue to show then 1111eof Imported hent wood fur111ttlre at then o\\n bUllcll11g, 1414 \Vabash avenue, 111tOwlllch the com-mISSIOn firm of F n Sulll\ an & Co, have Just moved then string ot standbys l\Ianufactm el s all IV lIlg 111ChIcago the past few day s are 111c1med to "peak hopefully of a new dIsplay bmldlllg m ChI-cago One Rockford pIOneer p0111ted to the several new bU11dmg" eJ ected and filled speedIly in Grand Rapids and p0111ted also to the fact that several ltnes whose bus111ess affin- ItIes should keep them m ChIcago V\ ere forced to move to Grand RapIds becausc satbtact01} space (one floor) could not he obta111ed 111 am ChIcago bmldl11g Unless the hU111- ture lIldustl, I ecen es another setback It seems probably that ChIcago ,\ III soon see a new "fur111tUl e temple" built WIth "one 1111eto each flool" A well k110\\ n ChIcago manufacturer WEEKLY ARTISAN stated the other day that an exclusive Chicago-make-goods display buildmg would have been undel taken just before the recent pamc but for the fact that some of Its plomoters would not assent to "open house" between seasons Just where whole:oaling ends and I eta1l111gbegms in the open warerooms IS a que'ilon that has tloubled an entile generation and is not ) et :oettled The Stteator Metal Stampll1g company, manufactUlels of the Sterling and Stt eator sweepel:O, ::,tt eator, Ill, Will ex-hibit their strong l111e of sweepers and pelambulators and go-carts at 1421 Michigan avenue, with Rufus T. Brady agent, In charge. In September 1904, the Streator Metal Stamping company fir:ot pi esenteel to the trade their hne of Sterhng 'Steel carpet Sv\eepers, whICh were at once accepted as a dls-tlllct noveIt) in sweeper constructIOn The company ha'S lately made wonderful improvemenb and the success of the:oe "weepers has proven conclusively the C01 rectness of the mecha11lcal pnnClples Illvolved in their manufacture In the pi oductlOn of their hne of "Sa11ltaire" steel sweepers the company's effm ts have also been very successful, no attempt hav1l1g been made to bung out any freaks or expenments, but aftel exhaustive expenments the) have produced many de-cided llnplO\ ement'S which gl\ e numerous advantages over every other method of sweeper construction The mall order hou'ie of Montgomery Ward & company broke one of Its cu:otoms the other day when it ordeled a large announcement run In the K ew Year's number of the Cll1cago Tnbune An IllustratIOn shov"ving the new bUlldmg of this concern at the Chicago Avenue bndge on the North Side l'i accompa11led by the statement that It IS the "largest concrete structUl e in the world and has floor space of two mllhon square feet" The directory of the Chlca!:;o fur11lture malket issued by the Market Association last season £1lst cldlmed anI: 100,000 square feet for furniture samples in ~,--------------------------- ..._-------_.- ..._.~, ,,I 'I' I I I, 'I , I !, II t f I I I I t I I I t, tI I I I I I I I t I I t I I I I I t I j I I I t I I I t I I t I I t , I I t • I I ! I : I ,II rUE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~tfr.-R~I~N~~~ I No Stock complete WIthout the Ell Beds m Mantel and UprIght , i ELI D~VA~~'~~~~N~ co. I : WrIte for cuts and pnces I I ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. I t~---- ~ -------_.- ------~• 13 Chicago, but tIllS estimate was later raised to one million It IS a rather sad circumstance that the bu,,111e:osof this mall order house should require Just tWice as much floor space as all the furmtul e samples m Chicago This firm also an-nounces that It s01lclts orders from customers chrect, resid111g 111any quarter of the worlel out:Olde of Cook county, for every class of mel chandlse, 111cluding groceues. S111celeaving their more expensive quartels 011 Michigan avenue, in the heart of Chicago last fall \Vard & company have provided gasoline 'I ubber wagons" to haul t\\ienty or more customers at a time to and from the depots in Chicago The furniture buyer \lvondels If some benevolent manager of an exhibition build-ing Will some day install this convenience between the loop district and the Michigan avenue display bulld111gs The Chicago order book was issued toddy and shows a good assortment of lines 111Chicago thiS 'ieason. Also the bUlldmg dlrectones of both "1319" and "1411" were out nght on time ThiS promptness on the part of the compiler of these books IS to be commended, as the Chicago Furniture Sho\lv nearly always has a number of stragglers who ,vait until late to engage space in the bUlldmgs or decide at the last moment to "swap spaces" with some other house, or, as often happens to sub-let a fraction of their floor to some "short 1Ine," J\i10st manufacturers have been more punctual than usual in getting their samples started to Chicago, but the recent bhzzards resulted 111such a congestion of Chicago freight) ards that the teammg companies have been 'up in the air" for several days Ed Hntschmidt, the old time sample hauler of the Chicago market, yesterday gave as his opinion that one great cause of delay III locating cars is the fact that many manufacturers consign to themselves, without proper notification,. With no street address and absence of infor-mation in the Chicago city directory, the arrival notices are often delayed. Vlsitol S 111the Chicago display bUlld111gs yesterday found several old faces 111new places The Kinney-Rodier company of Chicago has added t\lv0 new sale:omen, George Swartz, fOimerly of the Enterplise Bed company, Hammond, Ind, and E R Gardner, fOlmerly of the M L Nelson Furniture company, Chlca\So ]\11' Swartz will have practically the same terntory he catried for the Enterprise people and 111 pal t of their tel ntory he Will have as his competing salesman, hiS son, FI ank B S" artz, who will cont111ue on the road as eastern salesman for this house MI Swartz, Sr, will also handle the !tne of the Dixie Cotton Felt Mattress company, of Chicago .\ H Andrews, the pIOneer desk manufacturer of Chicago v\III ledve thiS week fot a two or thl ee months SOjourn at ),[agnoha Springs, Alabama, which is a winter resort south-ea" t of l\IolJlle ]\11' Andrews i:o still an ardent fisherman and look.., forward to a pledsant escape from the zero weather An a~gl esslve fUllutUl e looker 111 the 1411 bulldmg created somewhat of a sensation yesterday by sending out two youn!:; men m ]\llclllgan avenUe in bnght red umforms beanng the motto, "Fol Daby's Sake" The other half of the lettenng :ohowed at another angle, "Cse the Thompson Go-Cart" A nval manufdctm el in the 1319 bmldmg has 111stalled a lalge electnc sign fitted With the new Tungsten bulbs, so that even the most casual viSitor on his floor cannot help but notice the dlc,play Free Fares Draw Buyers. Mllton Strong of Hanmbal, Mo, is getting a great deal of hade from both sides of the river by advertising as a pi emium cel tlficates for railroad or ferry transportation to and from the store In addition, every customer receives rebate certificates entitling him to what amounts to a cash discount. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENCE Furniture Manufachu'ers' Supplies of All Kinds Show a Tendency Towards Higher Prices. Phlladelpll1a, Pa, Dec 29- Talk y\ lth tb e leadm~ furl11- ture manufactulels hele leveals the fact that thev have had a good year 1\1o..,t of them have heen v e!} 1usv and ..,ome have been unable to fill all theIr ordel" Thev mav not have made as much money as m 1907, as matellal" are 11111ch11H.;hel, a general advance of 10 per cent m pllces 1.., due and If clll wlll do that l11stead of cuttmg each othel's throah the com1l1~ year WIll yIeld better I e~ults The! e vvIII be a lull nO\\ 1m a tIme Inventones ""111 be m Older and lepatr" and chan~e.., will be made Spnng hnes hay e been v\ orked out anr1 the year of 1910 promIses to be one of unequalled plO"pellt} There has been some ach anCe 111pnces on cabmet hal d-ware, screws, nalls, tack", brass and steel goods, ete, le-cently Cotton goor]c, are way up-enamel, ducks, etc I a..,t years' contJacts have 11111out and nu new ones ,Ire bCln~ made Stock" al e shOl t and anI} small stocks al e kept at thc mills There lS talk that the cotton 111Illsand fur111tule tIade~ wlll get togethel and agree on a ma"1l11Um and m111ImUl11 price Tapestnes, dama~ks velOUI.." plushmg ~eneral l111e 01 furmtl1le can111gs, findIll~" ilmge-" r:;lltS, lords, ]luHon.., etc ale all up and \\111 go blghel '1 he demand h fllm ,md e\ C1\- thing 111the tape~tl} ltne ha.., £.,onc up 30 pel cent dUl1n[?, the past year There I'" a Iev1\al of plush and \ehet lIn1l1g whIch havl been dead f01 yeals, O\vl11g to the hard tImes It IS saId The mIlls hay e been sold out SIX months ahead and are vel \ much eneoUlaged on \eloUle; The east hae; heen the best fOI thesc l111e"hut the we"t b plckltlg up now 1 he hest trade h m the fall The spllng hade h not so shong and the \\ llltel I" slow Pnces have made ,l g enel al aeh ance ot 20 pel cent caused by the aell ance m lotton \ ,ll n, the bIg demand and lImIted supply ThIS CIty IS d bIg produc1l1g malket for all acces"one"- to the furl1ltule tIade Real leather I" ..,calce and has gone up and has created more demand fOl the 1111ltatlOn leather AJ-though hIdes are free, the price of leather has steadlly ad-vanced This is the dull season but trade WIll begl11 to pIck up 111 Febl uary. The manufacturels of FI ench 11111 ror plates hay e made an advance in list pnce" of 20 per cent, on plam and beveled, m order to conform to plate glass 1\ hlch IV as affected b} the I eVISlon of the tanff That is fOl small SI7e" the lau:;e ~IZ('" were not affected so much Table tops IV el e not changed The demand IS good all around, or has been up to date, but IS expected to fall off some now TImber has been 111strong demand, the general scarcIty has caused a raIse 111pnces, particulally on good grades The common grades have been used a t;reat deal for cheap furl1l-tnre and the pnce is also hIgh Mahogany IS firm and high and may go stIll hIgher The Pluladelphla Tapestry MIlls, manufactunng tapes-tIy, table COIers, CUItams, couch covers, plush fabncs and upholstery goods, have hUllt an addItion to the factory, a six story and basement bmld111g 50 A 60 feet, add111g 10,000 square feet of floor space E A Lloyd, formerly WIth the Pooley Furniture com-pany here and the A.1111onecompany of Kew York CIty, IS now manager of the contI act furniture department at "\Vana-makers. The val nish manufactUl ers who held a conventlOn here not long ago, object very much to the proposed law to com-pel them to put theIr formula on all canS or packages One K elV Yorl~ manufacturer "aId hIS formula was worth to him 5;100000, as dn asset, and deCIdedly objected to publIshing it LUCIen H Berry, IV ho wa.., WIth the AtlantIc Manufac-tunng company and got up man} mventlOn" useful to the tIade passed aV\a} to the gleat beyond The I-an 5C1\ er film at Camden, ~ J, across the lIver and pdI t of thIS dIstnct, hay e fixed up a waltmg room for tl av ehng "-ale<"1l1en fhel e are nnmerous convenIences and paper., and m,Hia71ne" fOl them to lead whIle waltmg This firm recenth Lelebrated theIr 28th annl\ ersalY 'f hl Hale & KI11111rn ::\Iannfactmmg company, furl1lture 111clntltdCtlllCI" al e bUlldmg a large factory at GlenSIde avenue and \Ialgle .,treet, to be L .,haped, 195 feet long, 150 feet deep John G BlOwn dlew the plans and has the bUlldmg contract E ::\1111er,who has 11een in busmess a few months, at 1007 Spnng GallIen e;treet handles ilOn beds and makes mat-tIe..,.., e-, It I" a 11e\\ lll1e of buc,mess for Mr ::\1I11er The KnOl\ lton ChaIr company, at Second and Race <.,tleeh, al e bus} and have tVlent} hands at work '1 he beddmg manufacturers here recently enjoyed a ban- Cjuet I \ IT Go"ne11 of 207).T Seconcl street says busmess is plcklllg np lSenerall} It looks lIke a big output for the com-mg y eal, IV Ith a 10 per cent I aI.,e m pnces He is nOw gettmg 1 e,HI} f(J1 "tock takmg and wlll he closed down for a short tIme 11Iss Gosnell IV ho IS llls "nght bower" does all the buymg, pncmg, dlctatmg, etc The De Armond company, upholstery and cabinet hard- \\ al e supplIes, on '\[ch street, have fixed their store up like 'nevy, enlan;ec1 the place and made other Improvements Fvery mch of space I.., utIlIzed now, and more IS needed 1 he Thomas Glas~ II orks of Race street say they have been leI} busy all the yeal with the furl1ltnre tlade and they locJk fOl a 1m.; v ear m 1910 Sldnev De rurl~ upholstery supplIes and cahinet hard- \\ are, of .\rch street, sa} s the supply of most goods are so shOl t that one has to walt some tIme before gett111g order" filled The mIlls used to keep certain stocks on hand but they say It does not pay them to do so now, a" the market changes ,,0 frequently XoblIt Bros \v holesale cabmet hardware, 222 S Second Stl eet, report a genel al ad\ ance in pI ices and that they have done a bIg year's business The firm of James Al mitage, 249 S Second e;treet, are handlIng lal ge amounts of velvet and plush. The salesmen go out 111 the e;pung, about May, se1l1l1g fall hnes, James \1l111tage bavels through the west and ,Y. S Baker travels 111 the east \iVillIam Grant & company, now on Race street near Tenth street, retall fUlmture, wIll soon move to their new bUlldUlg at 1025 Arch street, where they have four floors Thev ""Ill increase theIr lines of stock and have 40 per cent more space. The new location is a great improvement. They v\111add a l1l1e of better class furniture. George Rodan has given up the Readsboro (Vt.) line of portable seating chalrs, and now has the Gardner line of go-carte;, etc IVIlham S Athey, 42 years old, treasurer of the J B \'an SClver company of Camden, ~ J, dIed recently at his home 812 N FIfth <;treet He l'Vas with that concern 15 veal s' and was well and favorahly known in the furniture trade S. The buyel s for the KeIth Fnrl11tnre company of Kansas City expect a Biggar trade this year. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 ,_ a • .. .. ._. •••• a.a .. -., IIIII II III a- ~._._. _. _ DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST "QUALITY" LINE of DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. ._-~------.--..---- .--- -------_. ._- - -.-~.--.-.-- .-.-- .--_...-. Busy Booming Birmingham. vVhell Joseph H Loveman of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, Binmngham, Ala, ,,\ as in the mal ket last season he wasn't talkmg prospenty m large sIzed capItal" or m black faced type NeIther was he Utlhzmg a trumpet to tell of hig bUSI-ness returns for hIS house in the retail season then just past. It need not be assumed that Mr Loveman was in a pessimistlc frame of mind for he wasn't Ire had had a faIr measure of busmess; perhaps all he consIdered the tIme warranted. Times have matenally changed since then and coming into the market jU3t prior to the opening of the mIdwinter season with a firm and steadfast mtentlOn to repeat the visit before that same season became vel y old, he was prone to tell of the good thmgs ""hleh had come to his house In the ,ery 1ecent retaIl season and of the bnght outlook not alone for the house but for the CIty of Dmnmgham as well Somebody who knei" the facts "aId to the 1\.1 tIsan-Record man Vi lt111n the past year that If the ore underly mg BJrlTI1ng-ham was \vOl ked as Its i\eaIth JustIfied, PIttsburg would quickly be takmg the c;econd place as the great steel and Iron manufactunng center of the countIy Be thIS as It may, Blrmmgham, for years deCldedly plOmment m tIllS industry, IS to show a most radlcal lmplOvement m the very near future and thIS must 1edound to the benefit of the Lo, eman, Joseph & Loeb mterests as rL Ii 111 to ei ery merchant m that Alabama Clty "Our steel mdustnes have taken on new life WIthin the last half year," said Mr Loveman, whIch lS natural conslder- ~ .... _----------------- IIIlIII :II ) -- ... ., HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. I FT. WAYNE, IND. I I IIII IIIIIII II II • • -4 I HARDWOOD LUMBER I II SA~~D} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY I I~-- --_._._._------------ .. _ .. lllg the lmmense demands whIch al e being made for steel. But the new hfe means much more than temporary benefit to us, for thIS Ul1lted States Steel corporatlOn intends to matenally mCI ease Its lllvestment III the Birmingham dIS-trict dunng the next two years. In fact It has taken active steps along these l111es already. The corporation is now engaged upon the constructlOn of two new plants which will cost between two and three mIllIons of dollals to complete and eqmp, and WhICh will gIve employment to 8,000 men As a gleat many of these men are at the heads of famihes it means a dIstinct gain in our population and a lot of new busi-ness for our merchants The corpOl ation also intends to C1 eate an oil reserVOIr there of great capaCIty The place in which the plants are to be located WIll be known as Corey and is wlth1l1 the COlporate hlllltS of Bm11lngham This place will be a second Gary accOld1l1g to the mduccments made us, and wlll open up Vvlth fully 50,000 populatlOn This addItIon yOU can readIly see wlll mean a lot to our merchants "As "howmg i,hat our own house thinks of the future we ha'. e begun work on a new home which we Intend to oc- CUpy m the fall of next year ln ample tUlle to care for our holIday bm1l1ess Thls V\ 111 be a modern stone and steel stI ucture, WIth every attentlOn to the economy of business conduct and attractIveness of our dIsplay roon;s. It will be 130 x 400 feet 111ItS dlmenslOns and complete with the fine neiV stocks whIch we 111tend offenng our customers will 1epl esent an 1l1ve"tment of $1,000,000 This will glVe us gl eatly increased faclhtI-eS 0, er our present 10catlOn and much larger stocks than we now carry, but we are confident our bus1l1ess future wal rants thIS step The impetus given to the steel industry m BIrmingham and the possibilities offered 111that new settlement of Corey will mean a lot of new bmld111gs in our CIty, a lot of new people coming in to serve the steel corporatIOn and a lot of merchants and busi-ness men com1l1g in to serve these people. Birmingham was never upon a bettel footing than it now is and it never had a tIme when the future was so bright WIth assurance, not merely pr0l111se, that the city was to grow rapidly along every line. Trying to Tax Trading Stamps to Death. An ord1l1ance has been pI esented to the Baltimore CIty CouncIl whIch would compel all compal11es issu1l1g trading stamps to stores to secure a hcense costing $10,000 annually and the distributors to secure one costing $5,000 16 \\1 E E K L Y ART I SAN PUBI-ISHEO EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES 52 00 PER YEAR. SINGL.E COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST. GRAND RAP DS. MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR !entered as second class matter July 5, 1909 at the post office at Grand RapIds \Ilchlgan undel the act of March j 18i9 VV hat does the salesman do "hen customel" 1efu se to bu) goods? The1e ale many k111ds of salesmen and each one lIkes to have hIS own "a} Thel e lS the sale"man ,,, ho get" SOle and gruff, and refuses to speak to a man who has earned hIS dIS-pleasure Ire make" a m1stake Thel e IS the salesman ,,, ho hangs on persistently, a man of one Idea HIS Idea IS to wear the customer out and sell that blt of mel chandl"e 01 dIe 111the attempt Thel e IS the scllesman \\ ho h 1u ':lt as pel sIstent. but offensIve ahout It Thele 1:0 the e;ale':l111an,\110 sneel s at the customer There is occa:ol0nalh the e;alesmcll1 who cheedully accept;::, the dIctum of the cu;tomel ,,, hen he sees that the customel IS detel m111ed, and tactfullv tUlns the attentJon of the posslblt bu} el to :oomethln~ ehc, 110t hap-hazal d, but \\ lth delIbel ahon clnd cal e, 1est111i..;1m, chOICe on lOgIC clnd a kno,,, ledge of human 11cltl1le He Ie; the successful :oalesman The Chicago Fl1ll1ltl1le JOlllnal sa}S the f1lll1ltllle manu facil1l ed 111 Ch1cago la:ot ) eal \\ a" \ alued at $17,000,000, the ChIcago IIelcdd places the, aluahon at $2-1-.500,000 \ II Revell values the output at ~33,OOO,OOO,\\ hI1c \ 1 SI11\ ellCk of Tobey's expl esses the op11110n that the output eCJualee! that of the yeal pI ecedmg DefOl e the July season opens the govelnment cen 'ous takel'o \\ 111tl) to 1epot t the e"act \ alu-ation of the output of all the fUl111ture centels Undel the captlOn of "The Mlc1wmter Exhlblllon," the Fl1ll1lture vV 01 kel of Clllclllnatl publhhes a 1Jst of furmture manufactmels who WIll show at the markets" The Gland Raplds l1'ot does not conta111 the names of the 1\ ebon J\Iatter Fl11111tme com pan} the Shgh F11ll1ltm e compan}, the Gl and Rapids Chall compan\, the Luce 1111lmtUle coml,any, III fact none of the gleat houses that CAhlblt then ll11es 111 theIr own btl1ldll1gs The hst lS ll1welfect and theref01 e useless Only college gl aduates al e employed in positions not classed as menial, by one of the great mail order houses of Chicago In dlscussing thIS £CICt,\Vllham E Curtiss, while admitting that self educated men often achieve success in the business world, the educated man learns to perform his duties in any line of business more easll} and quickly than his less fortunate brothel 1 he educated man is t;h en the 1'1efel cnce by lal ge employers of labOt m many lines of trade Some of the trade papels chscuss at length \\ hether It pays to b01 row money to pay cltscounts It 103mel ely a mat-ter of a little arithmetIC. Money is to be used "\Yhere can It be employed to caIn the most" If a melchant can bOllOW money for a late of 111tere:ot amountmg to less than his dis-count, then 1t \\111 pay hlm to do sO If he cannot, then 1t WIll not pa, 111m ,Ianutacturel s of CmcmnatI have uncler conSIderatIon a plopoe;Itlon to erect a omlcltng and e"tao11sh a fUll1lture expo- SItton m that city Se\ e1al un succe"sful expositIons were held 111that Clty a decade ago Not all of the local manufac-turo: o pal tIclpated, and but a small number of "outsiders" contllbuted goods to the show If all could be assembled the} \, ould fill a larg e sued bmldmg To make sales at a loss of money is rarely permissable, and) et many merchants do that vely thing. They regard a sale as a victory, no matter how It is made A victory tl11ou~h a sale is won only when the concern or individual mal"1l1Si it has made a fair ann honest profit. There is no need for discouragement when a mistake is made The most successful of the world's great men have made mistakes and many of them But invariably they have been of the type who can get up after fallmg and proceed as fast as ever An exhibltor of a line of elm dressers made in Wisconsin dec1al es that the lumbel of which the goods were made was run thlough a clothes II llnger befOl e it was put before the saws, therefore It must have been drv. \ a1l11shes \ alued at $4,350,000 wel e manufactured and sold b\ the varl1l'oh bOllos of ChIcago last year-an amount suffiuent to put d poltsh on the town Two 111llhon and fonr hunch ed thousand dollars worth oi glue lias made III Chlca~o last year The city is quite "'tnck up 0\ er thIS shm'111g" ARIZONA WILL ASK ASSISTANCE "'~ould EstahIh.h Factories and a Furniture Ex-position Like GrandRapids. Tuc'-,ol1, J an 6---Allzona has learned of the fame of Gl and RapId" a" a fmmtm e manufactUrIng and expositIon tm\ n. and :oeeks to strengthen her manufactunng and mer-can tile mterests b, plomot1l1g the manufacture of fUll1lture and the estabhshment of an exposltlOn WIthin her borders A tJ act of fOl t.\ aCl es of hardwood has been dlscussed and It IS e;,lId b} pel "ons II ho assume to be posted on the subject that \\ Ith a plentlful snppl) of putty and pocket knives thIS timbel II ould be sufficlcnt to keep l\"enty factOrIes 111 operatIOn man\ ) ear:::, It IS saId a J0111t lesolutlOn will be intIodnced In the te1l1tollal councll Jequest1l1g congress to pass a bill to plm HIe a suhsId.\ to encom a~e the estabhshment of furniture f actOlles m '\rJ/ona The modest reward of one cent per 1 e" olutIon of each dIn mg \\ heel of an eng1l1e u"ed 111 a furll1- ture factot) ,,,ould undoubtedly ae;SUle the establlshment of the numbel of factOlies deslled 111 the territolY The people ot I\r17ona "ould uPcloubtely enter mto contract to supply a quantlt.\ of putty and pocket kl11ves, and to prOVIde an e"posltlOn hl1lld1l1~ Ko doubt 1'0 eApressed over the succes::. of such an entupllse c1'o Its estabhshment \\ould attract the attendance of buyers from westeln Texas, Southern New ,Ic'cico and the 1'1'01 l11ces borclellng upon the rivers 111 old ,I ("(1('0 REGIN ALD HOOPENDYKE SMITH WEEKLY ARTISAN SPOTTED BY A DETECTIVE Professional Decorator Tells a Girl Friend of Her Experience While Shopping. "Ii I had (lJ eamed tlui a course 111mtelJor decorating mcluded hem!.; tlu eaiened with all e~t by a store detectlve, I ,duall) helle\ e-" . 'fy dear, you don't mean that-how cbd It happen-tell me about It I ' 1he can \ el "ailon hegan 0\ er the tea cups in d n01SYlunch 100m of one of the well-known art schools of New York "" ell, you know that for ever) problem of decoratmg gl\ en us we have to go shopp111g for e\ eryth111g needed to fur-l11sh the hou"e 01 apartment, hang1l1gs, carpet'S, rugs, paper, fm niture, llght fixtUl es-e\ erything complete, all wlth1l1 the amount named 111 the problem, five hundred dollars or fi\ e thousand" " You don't actually buy all tho"e things? " the other girl asked, 111 amazement " Of cour:oe not-that", Just the point-"" e have to select n eryth111g very carefully, 'So that It will all harmonize, and then ask for sample~ at paper, and hangmgs and th1l1gs of that sort, and put dov\ n the pnces and figure up the e"timates, so that the cost will be within the amount named, and what is harder, remember how the thmgs all look " ,IVell, I went down yesterday with a plOblem to furl11sh five rooms in an apartment, at a cost not to exceed $'2,000. ilfy dear, Imagine pncmg $2,000 worth of furl11"hmgs-and dressed m last winter's smt and thiS fnght of a hat I " "I don't 'See how you have the nen e to ask them for samples," remarked the other girl. "Oh, that part's all nght," was the reply, "the) 'Ie per-fectly fine about that-and it's so funny , you see, they tlunk you'le gomg to get married, and that you're domg your own plan111ng I alway s let them thmk so. I wish I were going to ~et 111alned-lt \Vould be much more fun than 'ihoppmg for "ome one else, or JU5t workl11g out a ]1lOblem ,Vell, I was plck111g out the fm111ture and I had kept one 'Salesman alone hu"y for thl ee-quarters of an hour-he was really very nice about It-my dear, the bedroom that I planned would be a dream. The smte \\ as to he-" " Oh, tell that part later, I want to hear about the detect-lYe," l11teflupted the oLher girl "Oh, yes \Vell, all the tlme I \Vas selectl11g the things the salesman wa" so pohte. and I \V ant to tell you what he told me about a girl vvho ho d been m a few day s ago with her mother ond had become so enthuslasilc that she picked out iwo hundred dollars \\ 01th of fur11lture befO! e 5he left, for whIch her fiance wa" to pay." .• Ilut what about the detectlve? " " Oh, that wa" afterward I had selected everythmg 1 v. cnt back to take another look 1.t the :Oldeboard, and I hap-pened to 1emember that T had my note book along, and It oc-curred to me to make a sketch of the tlung-the de"lgn was "0 plea "mg", but hard to remember I (h(ln't get vel y far with that "ketch The fil "t thmg I knew there \Vas a hand on m) shoulder. and I \Vas 100k11lg mto the face of a store detective He asked me what T vva" dom~. and I stammeled out that I wasn't dOlllfS anythl11g '1hen he told me thai If I made an-other attempt to take "kC'tche" of the furmture he \\ auld have 111eane'ited, and then he VI' ent 0\ el and p01nted me out to t\'\ 0 ftoor-walk('r" They dldn't v\atch me long" .• But what harm was there m makmg the sketch:l " a"ked the other gil J .. I found out about thot after\" ard. You "ee, sometimE''' 17 f --~r~~~--~aPi~~--Ca~-~e~~"~-'~-~".1 1 I 2 Parkwood Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. II f If I We are now putting out the best Caster Cups with cork bases ever I offeree to the trade These are fiUlshed m Golden Oak and WhIte Maple m a light fiUlSh These goods are admirable for polished lIoors and furn- Iture rests TheywlJlnot sweat or mar. PRICES Size 2.J( mches ... $4.00 per hundred Size 2ji mches .. 5.00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB. Grand RaptdB '----_._-_._----_._---_. ------, --------- ... other firms "end people around to copy the designs that have been successful, which they imitate It's really stea1111g, and they have to watch very carefully. The \'\OI:ot of It IS that I won't dare ~o 111"irlethat store a~am, and they do have the best bargam counter sales of shIrt wal~ts." New Bedford Merchants Oppose Premiums. New Bedford, Mass, merchants recently passed reso-lutions condeml11ng the practice of giving trading stamps. A trading-stamp concern, recently entered the field, and it is said a large number of merchants signed contracts to use the stamps The rest took fright and began to "resolute" against s11ch permciotls enterpnse 'Twas ever thus ROYAL MANTEL CO, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Show Line at CHICAGO 6th Floor 1319 Michigan Avenue NEW YORK New York Furniture Exchange I ~--------------------------------------------~-~ I-I 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN I I Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building I 1 Evansville. III II ,II I, III !I I IIIIIIII II j I• I••• ••I I III II• I IIIII II TH!:m.~,~~.~~~"w~,~. <o~~I!'~~~~S2':b~ II I THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of KItchen CabInets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In ImItatIon I golden oak, plaIn oak and quartered oak. I THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght FoldIng Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, ChIna Closets, Combination Book and LIbrary Cases. Made by The K,llge, Furmture Co THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards In plain oak, imItatIOnquartered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers In ImItatIOnquartered oak, ImItatIOn mahogany, and imitation golden oak Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . ..- ..-------~---- .. ---------------------------------------------------------.. .. ~ THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supenor" LIne of Parlor, LIbrary, Dming and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, WIre Springs and Cots. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 Made b) Bosse Furmture Com pan) Made by Globe FUl mture Company. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Funuture Co a.. • . - • - - • - _. •• • _.. • .• - ••••••• __ . • _ • •• •• _ _ _ __ _ •.. _ • . • ."' ,.---------------------------- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... . . ..- - ---.. ... ...-- -------._._-_._._-_ _-------_..- .._. .. --_... . .--" I FLANDE~S OAK I I IIII III The Our Flanders Oak Stain is correct in color and works perfectly. The furniture manufacturer who expects to enter the market with his line complete will find himself out of the race if he has not the "FLANDERS" design of finish. To be sure of being right get the MARIETTA FLANDERS OAK. The MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. I~ QUERIES FOR FURNITURE MEN Mr. Wegner Mentions Subjects That Should Be Discussed During the Sales Season. D 1\1 ,Yegnel of \Yegner Bros can usually U11nk of some mterestmg tOpiC:' anent the fl11mtl11e bus111ess \\ hlch are worthy the conslderatlOn of hi:' fello\\ dealers ACCOld111~1:, at the behest of the Artlsan-RecOl d, he bOJrowed a htUe time from 111svery busy moments dUI111g the hohday I ush and pro-pounded these queries for the dealels of America and such foreigners as may be here dUring the mldw111ter season to give their views upon. "Advertlsmg IS one of the greatest factols 111successful le-taJ1ing now," said Mr. Wegner, "and anything bearing upon tll1~ subject especially as to Its cost and results must appeal strong- ROLLSI For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & Mfl!. Co. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Absolute Perfection in Color and Finish is assured with these stains. FUMED OAK: An acid stain pro-ducing uniformity of color. A pract-ical stain. STRATFORD OAK: One of the popular new stains. EARLY ENGLISH: The rich beauty of our Early English stains. MAHOGANY STAINS: For genu-ine or imitation Mahogany. FREE. A copy of our booklet "Hints For The Finish-ing Room" mailed to your address upon request. I ____ • a ._ ••••••••••••••••• _ •• _~ ly to all merchants regardless of the class of goods in which they deal. I know of no class which is more particularly con-cerned with this subj ect than the retail furniture man. I should hke to have as many as possible give me and the rest as well, an idea of what percentage to their gross sales they annually invest in advertismg. I know you have taken up this subject before, but it IS a vital matter and worthy of agalll drawing forth opinions, pal tlcularly as advertising is growing in popu-lar estimation among merchants and is also being taken up by the wiele a\\ ake manufactUl ers. I am confident that any mer-chant at all abreast of the times will discover that outside of his payroll the largest fixed charge he has today is hiS advertising It is larger than rent or any other one item save the payroll. "We are all \\ ell aware that the manufacturers have ad- \ anced the price of their goods to the reta11er. VI e have not .\et made an advance on our prices but Will naturally have to do so 111 the conllng seacons. I want to know how the trade will equallze thiS matte I With the customer. It may not amount to much \\ Ith the bu} er of the 11lgh grade wares but take the low pi Iced al tides and If the consumer has noted the advance I be-heve he speedily Will do so We pay, say $10 for an article and sell It at $15. Now if we hdve to pay $11 for the same ar-ticle, we must get $lG 50 for it to break even as we figure our mal gill of conducllllg business at a reasonable profit. Will the consumer pay thiS wllhngly and If not how is the trade of the country to work out the new problem? "There is a pi evalcnt Idea that a parcels post meaStl! e wJ11 be mtlOduced 111 congl ess If not at tbis at the next sessIOn The lI1aUel or POSSlblllt} has been widely conSidered by trades or-ganizatIOns and commerCIal assouatlom as well as by individ-uals and It is the concemus of opinion that such a measure if enacted into law would become an additIOnal and powerful weap- WEEKLY ARTISAN on 111the hands of the big mall order houses to wipe out the earth with the ordinary dealers. It we take the ordinary means of combatting such unfair competition we must put in mail or-der departments and this is an utter Impossibility to the average retail dealer. It might work out in the big cities where they have such a great trade they can buy 111Immense lots but wIth the bulk of us we should be out of speCIfic goods before our catalogs became WIdely CIrculated. Not having a contract with manufacturers for an unlImited amount of various articles we should have to state we were out of the goods and immediately the customer, in nine cases out of ten, would say, 'of course they haven't. You can never get what they advertise,' thus do- 111ga permanent 111Jury to our business. To my mind the bulk of the retaileiS of the country cannot successfully engage in a mall order campaIgn and our polIcy I belIeve should be to prevent a parcel:, post act. The most effectIve way is for us as 111dlvlduals, through our business organizatIOns of trade, to file our protests wIth our home congressmen. This is my belIef and I want to know what others think of it. "vVIth the general run of mall order business we do not have to contend here, although I belIeve that no retaIl dealer, even in the largest cities IS entirely free from such competition. The best we can do under the present circumstances is to Im-press upon our trade the fact that they can see the goods they are buying upon our floors. That if at any time anything is wrong we stand ready to rectify the error or return the money. Buying from the mail order house as a rule is 'buying a pig 111 a poke.' For all this knowledge has been disseminated we are all so embued with a desIre to get things at a cut price that we take chances and speedIly forgetting how we have been tnmmed in certain 111stances come back for another dose of the same med- ICIne. Probably this condition will always exist to a more or less pronounced extent but I think the best way for the dealer 21 to do is to keep his goods up to date and displayed in a manner which WIll attract attention. Getting this it WIll be a compara-tively easy manner to teach the customer the difference between his frIend and neighbor who wants hIS good opinion as well as his trade and the corporation which cares nothing about him but getting his money. "I want to say at this time a little something on the worth of these furmture exhIbitions and semi-annual sales, especially as they apply to the retaIler 111the small city and town. The man ll1 the bIg place knows their worth. There is no dealer, 1egardless of the volume of hIS trade, who cannot afford to visit these sales at least once a ytar. It will be still better for hU11 If he come to each semI-annual sale. He comes into contact WIth men engaged 111the same class of business from all over the country and frequently from foreIgn cities He also comes into touch WIth manufacturers and their selling forces and the fund of valuable 111formation he can glean from such contact IS impossIble to estimate. He sees a vast vanety of furniture, dIsplayed in the most attractive manner. He gets new ideas for display in his own store and he gets the trend of thought per-vadIng hIS busll1ess He cannot fall after a visit to the market to be a broader business man Hence I declare with the solemnity of firm conVIction that every merchant should visit the furm-ture sales, make the rounds of the exhibits and factories, talk with his fellow dealers and even though he doesn't buy a stick of furniture the visit WIll be worth all and more than it cost him. I think the majority of dealers coming here will indorse my views but you might ask them and tell us all through the Artisan-Record what they think." In speaking of lInes "Stuff" has been dIsplaced by "Dope" and sellIng agents are dopesters EJA PEDESTAL EXTENSION TABLE This table is made throughout of thoroughly seasoned oak. Has a 45x45 quarter-sawed oak top and highly finished; has a quartered moulded rim. The pedestal is fluted, 9 inches 50 in diameter, supported by heavy 11- legs with claw feet. A bargain ==== at the price. Price 6 foot. . . . . Each Each additional 2 foot extension $1 25 more. Uave We Met Yet If Not--LET'S. ?• SPENCER TABLE co. MARION, IND. Extension and Library Tables KENT FURNITURE CO. LENOIR, N. C. Dressers and Chiffoniers TIDIOUTE FURN. MFG. CO. TIDIOUTE, PA. Dressers and Chiffoniers TELL CITY FURN. CO. TELL CITY, IND. Bed Room Suites C. H. HARTSHORN, GARDNER, MASS. Reed Chairs and Rockers WE CARRY A COMPLETE SAMPLE LINE Of THE GOODS MADE BY THE WELL KNOWN fACTORIES ON OUR fLOOR ALL YEAR ROUND SMITU-TUOMPSON CO., NOT INC. 1411 MICHIGAN AVE., 4th Floor, ====== C" ICAGO ====== 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN No. 1949 No. 1954 STAINS STANDARD SHADES FLANDERS OAK STAIN STRA TFORD OAK STAIN FUMED OAK STAIN No. 547=0 EARLY ENOLISff OAK STAIN No. 1719 WEATHERED OAK OIL STAIN No. 1725 aOLDEN OAK OIL STAIN No. 1919 MAHOaANY STAIN No. 1017=D They are correct in are, without a doubt, THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA NOTE: We desire to call your attention to the above mentioned Stains. tone of color, and by the L. Mac. E., IMPROVED METHOD of stain making, the BEST working Stains on the market. SEND FOR SAMPLE PANELS, ALSO WORKING SAMPLES. TO CONSUMERS OF LUMBER Asked to Join With the Manufacturers in Re-vising GradingRules. 1"0110\\ mg IS a copy of a self exp1anator.) letter that has been mal1ed to manufacturers and othel consumers of lumber and to officers of theIr 01gam7atlOns m all sectIOns of thL country and It IS undelstood that the 111\ ItatlOn also apphes to all consumel sand orga1l1ZatlOns of consumers \\ ho ha\ e not receIved a copy of the letter Dear Sll - I take the hberty of address1I1g .)ou upon a matter that I regard as of paramount mtel est to all con-sumers of lumber as well as to the manufactm ers The Hard-wood 1\Ianufacturels' \SSocldtlOn of the L"mted States IS m-vltmg yOU thlough me to attend theIr annual meet1l1g. \"hlch ----_._----------------_._---... -~ I DETROIT, MICH. I I HOTEL NORMANDIE I ! C~~~~~d~~r:Iv~!~T I I • I Amen can Plan, $2 50 per : I Day and upwards. I I European Plan, $1 00 per : I Day and upwards. I I I Hot and Cold Runmng Water I I ~~In~all~Rooms II II A High Grade Cafe. 'I Restaurant and Buffet 10 connechon • I GEORGE FULWELL, :: Proprietor. &.--_______ . _'". _'".. '" . '"'"'"'" '"'" '"'". '"'"'"'" "'.. __...4 .... -- . -_ .._-~.--- '" -- '" '1\ 111 be held at the ~mton Hotel, C1I1cmnati, OhIO, on Febru-al \ 1, 2, 3, 1910 It IS the pm pose of our aSSOCIatIOn io frame a rule that \\ 111be Just and fall both to the consumer and manufacturers \nd to bnng aboui thIS result we have asked the consumer of lumber io become members of our association, assuring them that they wl11 ha\ e a faIr representatIOn on the execu-tn e gl admg commISSIOn \\ e now take a step further and ask.) OLll Olga1l17atlOn to appomt a competent person to meet II lih the e'cecutrve gl ading commissIOn a few days before OUI annual meet111g and go over the rule that we now have 111 fOlce and suggest such changes if any that we all mav th111K necessary to make the rule just and fair to th-e consumel and to the manufacturer. I will call a meeting of the e'Cecutn e grad111g commIssIon at CincinnatI on Monday January 31 to c011'3lder such changes as may be proposed ThIS would gIve l1'3 thlee days 111whIch to consider the mat-ter and by dn Id111g the work we w111 have ample time to accomphsh our purpose I hope you will accept this invi-tatIOn \Ve \\ III be very glad to meet the consumers of 1um-bcr at our annual meeting, especially the authorized officers and commIttees that may be appointed by the different organizatIons HOp111g to hedr from you favorably 111regard to this mat-tCI, and \\ Ith hIgh respect, I am, Yours \ ery truly, R. H VANSANT, Chairman ExecutIve Grading Commission, Hal dwood Manufacturers' Association. Dec 31, 1909 Ii I" sur.;ge'ited that several hundred furniture factories he erectcd 111Older that 'iamples may be produced to fill the contemplated furmture expo~itlOn buildings WEEKLY ARTISAN Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oak Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Maple Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak -------_.-------------., .. __ .... _---_._._._._.----- AS MR. REVELL SEES THINGS Thinks Furniture Dealers Are Due to Enjoy Several Years of Prosperity. ...-------_._._._._. __._--------_._-_._- ---------_._._------- II, I,,II!I to-- •••• __ A H Revell, the head of '\ H Re\ ell & company of ChIcago, when 111tel, lewed recently, saId busmess durmg 190) was con"ldelable larger m volume than 111 1908, whl1e 1910 ought to vdtness gl eat actn Ity 111 all hnes of trade He th111ks, but does not pUl pose basl11g hi::. thlllks on statistical 111f01matlOn, that the fur111ture manufactured 1ll ChIcago last 'year v, as V\ orth $33,000,000 He modestly dec1llles to th111k about the value of the fur111tUle sold by retail dunng the same pCllod The' e are Letween four and five hundred re-tal1ers of fUl111tUlc in that CIty 1\11 Revell says the e:Xbting condItlOns 111bus111ess are satIsfactory and hke ::\[r ShIvenck of the Tobey com pan} , V\ hose VIews were pubh::.hed yester-da}, he IS decIdully optImIstIc 1111 egal d to the outlook for gcnelal plOspellt} not only for 1910 but for ~everal 311C-cced111g years Stricken With P31"alysis. rr<mk '\ Crone, eastern leple~entatlve of the Rockf01d (Ill) ChaIr and }< U1111tnre company, suffered a stroke of paral-ySIs V\hlle m Chicago, on hIS V\ay to Rockfold from New York last FIlday 11lght He V\ as m a barber shop V\ hen stncken and v\as unconscious for 0,er an houl. \Vhen he had recovered his Ii -------------------------------.. Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. ,cn'ie" hi CXpl (',,,cd a de'iII e to go to Rockfold, declanng that he preferred to die m Rockford rather than 111Chicago, and \\ as taken to the tram, but was strIcken aga1l1 before he reached Rockford, the second attack paralyzmg hiS entire nght Side, and the doctors express vel y httle hope for his recovery. :Mr. Crone's home IS In New York, where he hat. a WIfe and famIly. He has been WIth the Rockfol d ChaIr and h1r111ture company almost t\\ enty-fi\e years, ha'1l1g entered theIr employ 111the sprIng of 1885, and IS one of the best and most favorably known among the eastern fur111ture men. Monthly Sale Days at Denison. Texas. One of the most Important points 111north Texas i::. Deni-son, the "gateway," so-called, flOm ChIcago, St LoUls and Kansas CIty to Aust1l1, Dallas, Fort \Vorth, San Antonio, Houston, Galveston, \Vaco and other thnv111g Te:xas places The Demson Board of Trade IS fully aware of the importance of hve promotion V\01k and has orgamzed a senes of local events to dlaw the farmers to De111son stores. Various con-tests have been conducted With great success and excellent results have been noted Pans, Texas, also V\orks along the same plOmotlOnal lme and much trade is drav\n to the Clty that mIght go to the maIl order houses but fOI the develop-ment of local splnt Even when a man can't count on IllS fllends he can count on his fingers ~-- .- -------------------------------- -------_. .. - I Pittsburg Plate Glass Company L.ARGEST ..JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything in BuIlders' Glass, or anythmg in Pamts, Varnishes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a !1st of whICh ISgIVen below' NEW YO:RX-lludson and Vandam Sts. CLEVELAND-1430-l434 West Third st. BOSTON-4l-49 SudburySt., 1-9 :Bowkerst. OMAlIA-110l-ll07 lIoward St. CKICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. ST. PAUL-459-46l Jackson St. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court Sts. ATLANTA,GA.-30-32-34 S. Pryor st. ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce sts. SAVANNAH,GA-745-749 Wheaton St. MINNEAPOLXS-500-5l6 S. Third st. XANSAS CXTY-l'ifth and Wyandotte Sts. DETROIT-53-59 Larned st, E. BIRMmGHAM,ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. G:RAND:RAPIDS,MICH-39-4l 1ll'. Division st. BUl'l'ALO, N. 11'.-372-74-76-78pearl St. PITTSBURGH-10l-103 Wood St. BROOXLYN-635-637 Fulton St. MILWAUXEE,W'XS.-492-494Market St. PEXLADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th St•. ROCHESTE:R,N.Y.-WilderBldg., Main It Exchange Sts. DAVENPO:RT-4l0-4l6 Scott St. BALTXMO:RE--3l0-l2-l4W. Pratt St. . OKLAHOMACITY,OKLA, 210-212W. FIrst St. 23 I I , I' Ii I ...._.----_._._._._-_._._._. _._._--------------~-------- ~--------- .. ..--------~---~_._----~ ~- ---------~~~---- 24 W~EKLY ARTISAN f produces on any oak results equal in every respect to those obtained by the old tedious and expensive actual fuming method. This especially prepared material when applied to any oak acts with the acids in the wood and produces that peculiarly beautiful, brown-ish effect known as "Fumed Oak." Nothing affects the finish, which may be thoroughly sandpapered without fear of cutting through. Send for FREE sample. We supply everything in Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. iI IIIII --_. _. _. -- -----~._~--~--_._.__.__._.~I CHICAGO ~ -_. -- ---------------- . NEW--PROCES·S"j FUllING LIQUID Furniture Fires. The Atlanta (Ga), Loung-e Company lost a few hundred dollars by fire on December 2() Insured. The New York Furl11tl1l e Co, of ProVIdence, R I, sut-fered a small loss by fil e on Xew Yeal s e, e The Allen Furmture Com pam of K1U£?,S,dIe, TeAac, lo"t ubont $8,000 bv nre on Decembel"2,'i Insured for $-1-,800 \V. VV. Fl"h, fur11lture dealer and uudel taker, of Freeport Mame. lost $100 by fire on December 29 tully 1l1sured [he \\ ate'r Valley (II1"S), Fur11lture CO'11pany, lo"t about $10,000 by fire on December 2b In"urance $, 000 The Dumm Fllll11ture Company, of Topeka, Kans, ~uf-fered a loss of about $'2,500 from fil e 111then wal ehou"e In-sured Herbert Elhott's stock of fllrmture, at r\llegan Ir1ch, ,va" damaged by fire to the ('Atent of about $iOO on Dcccmbc1 2'; Insured I· ire caused a loss of $C)O,OOO 111the hou'3e fl11mslung StOl e of Sam J \Vtlha111s" Gah e"ton, 'I c'Cab, all Dccembcl '29 In- "urance, $55,000. \Vllham R. La"rence ~ cah111et shop, at Somendle, l\Iass, was damaged to the eAtent of $1000 by fire, on December 28 Lo"s partIally cm ered by 111,>urance 1he \Vtlson FU1mture Company, of Inchanola, 111'0'3, "ere losers to the e"tent of $?,OPu m a hre that destroyed a large section of the town on December 2() Insurance, $1 ?OO Colonial Bed Company. The Colomal Bed C OmDany, of \l1entown, Pel 1\ 111eA-hlblt then ncyV 1111efor the spnng at Grand Rapld'3, lth floor Leonard FUlluture I:xh1bltton r,tt1]clm~, Otta\\ a Market and Ferry streets, 111the Yeager Ftlll11lUre Company space. NEW YORK fhlS !t11e ~as heen e'-tdbhshed on record, and stands on theIr own ments II hel ever placed. representmg elegance m dec,l'S"n and Pf'l fectlOn m construction. The square post de- -,l£?,nscZ'n be used m r00111Sof modern furmture, arts and crafts 01 1111'-,,10ntl pc and tor a SImple, strong and "amtary arttcle, ,hel" h notLmg on the malket to equal It Bun£?, made m l1111tatlon mahogany, sohd mahogany, c.;olclen oak, "eatlwred oak. bIrd's-eye maple and Clrcasslan 1\ alnut tr1mmecl ,\ 1th dull bras:'. mounts, they match up ll1cely \ 1th fur111t'1re of 1110dern deSIgn, and are stlltable to be used m cnl111eCflOt1 wlth any cldss of bedroom furll1ture 10 msttl e dnrab1ltty and strength, all head and foot boards cere ,1ssemhlecl"lth stpel rods not, lsab1e to the eye, so there \\ 111be no pO,",'31blcchance for loosenmg. ~l ll!o, al txle I" ,,('11 found to be used in connectlOn WIth lJU2h £?,ll Ie hultoom ftlll11ture, and we mVlte all dealers to in- "pect om "JPce, \\ hlch we kuo\\ ,,111 prove mutually bene-fiual New Factories. \' ee-ot1<tt10,lS dre pencltng for the establtshmeni of an ex- LelslOr an,' cotfm factory at \lacon, Ga. The h eys -:\IaUress Company, capltahzed at $20,000, has 1)een mCOlporated. to estabhsh a factory at Macon, Ga. '\ company capltaltzed at $50.000 has establtshed a veneer null whIch WIll 500,1 l)egm operattons at Savannah, Ga '1 he CommercIal Club, of Orange, Texas, has about com-pleted arrangements whereby Chicago partleb WIll e..,tablt"h a ch211 01 f'tll1tltnc factory at Orange J R Pollock and E S Bruce WIll establish a plant at Long Beach, Cal, or perhaps ebewhere, to manufacture a '3\\ eeper on whIch the) have secured letters patent MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS 111(' f'1rt1lll11(c stOle of M \ Rader, Pendleton, Ore , ha~ b 'en clo~erl Hayden L 0", iur111ture dealer" at l\Iacllson, 1\111111 , have solel OUl to Jam(" J Llttle. fhe Chautauqua Folclll1f; 1able Company, of Buffalo, NY, lS reported bankrupt fohn C. Fvan", ,1 plOlle(cr furllltl1re dealer of \tlanta, Cut, ched reccntly, aged ~o yedf~. John J Hoal 1" the new propnetor of the Dubuque (Iowa), undeltakmg ParlOl" August Hel dc, fur111ture dta1cl and undertakel, at Schuy-l(' r, Xeb, ha" sold out to p r Can \Valter &. Castnu, fur111ture and hardware dealer.." of \Iarcellus :\Itch, ale succeeded by rred Detnck The Brattleboro (Vt) Cabmet Company, and the \\ 111te Rn er (Vt) Chan Cnll1pall} , have been consohdated The Nowack-Schmutzler Company, fur111ture dealels, at \Vatertown. \Vl'O, are slleceedecl by Sclll11utLler & Knel The Valhant Hal dwal e &. Furl1ltm e Company, of Val hant, Oklahoma, ha<, been mcolporated Capltal stock, $1 J,OOO The undertakmg esta1Jh<,hments of Paul C Stader and \V. C. Lohmeyer, m Spr1l1gfIeld, 1\10, have been consohdated Kordlck & Haddock, fm l1ltm e and genel al dealers, of Bndgewater, Iowa, have been succeeded by \\ tlham Gentle John Mesberg, the pIOneer furl1lture dealer on the NIesaba Range, IS bmldmg an addItIon to hlS store, at \ lrgnlla, J\1Jnn L C. Locey, \Thal1'1, Cal, has j)urchacecl the fml1lture and undertakll1g busmess that he lecently sold to L. D Mar-tm. A petItIOn m bankruptcy has been filed agam"t the Boss Fur111ture Company, \V. A Murphy, plOpnetor, of Gulfport, 5ibss. P. E McCarty and other" have mcorporated the Boule-vard Furmture Company. of St. Lams, :\10 Capltal stock, $3,500. The stock of the BUt) rus (OhIO), Furmture Company, bankrupts, IS bemg closed out at retail by C. H. IVlyels, the recelVer. .a..l., •..! J. R Emory has purchased an ll1terest 111the C B \dams Furniture Company, La Grange, Ga, and IS glvmg hIS atten-tIon to the management. A. C. Mlller has purchased an mterest In the Fond du Lac (WI;'.) Church FUf'11S111ng Company, 'lnd vvl11 take an actne part in the management, The NhS 1"un11ture l ompany, of Mtlwaukee, wJ11 rebUIld the addItIon to then store that ~dS recently burned, and wlll try to make the new bUllchng fil e-proof The l\IcCassey ,':,110WCase Company, of Cl11Cl11natl, capl-tahzed at $30,000, has gone mto the hands of \Y A Geoghe-gan, as recelver Llablhtle-., $30,000, a"'lets, $20,000 Claude SmIth, for sCveral yeal'> manager of the Duane ChaIr Company, nt Dalton, La , lS l11terested 111 the new chalr factory thaI IS to be estabh-.hcd at Chaitanooga, Tenn Morgan & Atchley, fur11lture dealer" of Portland, 01 e , have mcorporated under the nd111Cof the Morgan & c\tchle) Fur11lture Company, V\ lLh capItal stock fIxed at $2:50000 JOi:eph U,d111 has re-.u;ned hlS posliJon as foreman for the Ymccnncs (In,l ) } ,lrmtl/ft' Compaln, and accepted a slll1lLn P0'lltlOl \v 1111 ell(' Kan;es rm111ltlr(' Company, of Evansvtlle The ex \~ Bent C01l1pdny, mattress manufacturers, who have a branch fcCtOly at Auburn, Maine, will establIsh another at Lev'l..,'on cnd ll10\ e then he:ldqual ters from Boston to LeWlc,Lon, :\La111e. Ije11Jamm \La), of \1a"on Clt}, "\1Jch, has purchased the lcd'>e, ',lOck and good '\111 ot the Dt'lbelt Greaser Burmture Con1]/a11}, ~orth F 1<:11(1\, enlle, r 0" \ngelec" Cal, p'lylllg $1 J ,(JOO for the hU'-ll1ess, wl11ch he wlll manage fOJ hImself \L,Uhe,i\ J \VhlHall, of \VOlcester, .:\Iass, the lalgest carpet manufacturer III the Cl11ted States, has reduced the hams of J11.., 1,'l()ij employe" h0111 58 to ,'56 per week, WIthout ;U1\ 1( clutLlon 111,v,t~c,> J h~ plece workers get an lllCl ease of J pet cent l'a"quale \loHa fllrllltlJ1 e dealel at 1'-,1 Sulln an "heet, \ ew York, has been sent to Bellevue HospItal for observatIon ,\" to h1" '-dmt) He 1lllagllles he IS undel contracl to k1l1 all l1lackhanc1er"," and dec1al es he In" already ktlled tVlient}- 'lllle of them 1he Le\) U10" } l1rmtu' e Compan}, and the Home Fur-lllL11re C0111pa11\, of Oklahoma CIt}, Okla. have been can soh-dated The cOlllb1l1ed blh111tSS wlll he lllanaged by l\Iar'l: Lnv and R J acohson, former plOpnctor" of the Home Company, hut Vlctor 1ev} \V 111r('tm n a thn c1 lllterest 1he contract for fm n1Sh111l?,the" ood and metal fllllllture and nxtLues for t11C new Imlhon dollar Harns County Court House, at Hou':otol1, Texas, has bef'l1 ~marded to the Art .Metal ConstructJon Compan), of J amestcwn, NY, throngh C. H 1\1) er'l &. Co, dealel ", of Hoclston The (ontraer calls for ilbout ;j;Jb,OOO vlorth of ftllmtm E and fi'l:tures New Furniture Deale1·s. III Bpwser: 1'>it ,lew ftllnltUl e de,t!er at It:> l\Ianon street, Plattshurg, N Y E H Soper has opened a stock of furmture and hardware at l\Iarshfielo, Ore Clarence l\IcK1111ey IS a new fm nitm e dealer and under-taker at 1"Olest H111, Cal L E Goodman and olhers have 111corporated the Pal t I\rthur Iiurmtm e Company, to dealm furl1lture and household goods, at Pal t Artlwr. Te"as Capltal stock, $2,300 The Home Suppl) Company, capltahzed at $3,000, has been challercd to deal 111 ftll mtm e 111Charleston,,':, C. The George Hlllver Fl1rmture Camp an) , capltahzecl at $23,()OO, wlll deal 111ft'll1lture and other household goods, at \V111ona, M1J1n \V. H GnfflJl vi\lll open a stock of furl1ltUle at K111gston, G2 , as an actdltton to a s~ock of hardware and StOVES that he 1 ecent1y pm' hased from \\ \Y Ramey rREVERSIBLE A"NO ·ONE :WAY-cu·jT~RSI II The Shlmer ReverSlble Cutter~ I for S1l1glc Spllldle Shapers, Variety I I Moulders or FneLers, are carefully I moulded 0pposlte to the shape of I • the mould to be produced, ln such I I a way as to have only the cuttlllg I edge touch the lumber They are complete-mexpenslve-tlme I savmg I We al~o manllfactl11e One-vVay Cuttels for Double Sp1l1dle Shapers The} al e used 111 palrs, nght and left, one Cutter of I each shape fOl each spllldle In ordellng special shapes not II hsted 111 our catalogue, send a \\ ood sample or an accurately made drawJl1g Addl e~s SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, I MILTON, PENNSYL VANIA. I 1.- • -41 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN CHOICE Oliver Tools Save Labor "OLIVER" No 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made wIlh or without motor dnve Metal table 36"x30" Will take 18" under I h e gUIde- hit, 45 degree, one way and 7 degrees the other way Car rIes a saw up to I ~" wIde OUhlde beanng to lower wheel ,hah when not motor dnven Weighs 1800 Ib, when ready to shIP TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood workmg tools, you had better gIve us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothmg but Quality tools, the first cost of whIch IS consIderable. but whIch will make more profit for each dollar mveSted than any of the cheap machmes flood-mg the country. "Ohver" New VarIety Saw Table No. 11 WIll lake a ,aw up 10 20" d",meter Arber bell IS 6' wide Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and General OEf,ces at 1 to 51 Clancy St GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. 5 A BRANCH OFFICES Oltver Machmery Co. Hud'on Termma! 50 Church 5t. New York Ohver Machmery Co. F"'ll NatIonal Bank BUlldmg, ChIcago III Ohver MachInery Co PaCIfic BUlldmg, Sealtle, Wa,h . Oltver Madunery Co , 20 I 203 Dean,gale, Manchester Eng NEWSY PARAGRAPHS FROM NEW YORK Furniture Manufacturers and Dealers Expecting Prosperous Business During the Year 1910. New York, January 5 -Now tbat 1909 is no morc nearh evervbody IS ')a} 111fi the} ear was satIsfactory dnd the atten-tIon of the trade 1'0 bem~ chr('cted to 1I1ientol} and 1 epan ii ork, m order to be m shape fOl what IS preclJcted to be a i en pI om- Ising seat>on, thp ) eal of 19]0 Bu~mess m all hnes IS qUlet lust flOW, and ""Ill be for a few weeks, but all the manufactur-ers and wholesalel s are pI epanng for a bIg year's busmess The South and \Ve'it are repOl ted as buymg hberall}, and the East IS ShOWlIlg ImpIo"ement S W eisgla ss has had such good success in makmg spnng'i and bra'iS and Iron beds, that he has erected a neii bwldmg, which takes m the entire block at Java, \Vest and Kent streets Brooklyn f'eLx Hdlf & Bro'i, the iie~tern rlpresentatt\Ps, will have charge of the Chicago exhlblt, and ,. Joe".l\f ReI".., WIll be 111charge of the local exhlblt ,Vll1Jam ROJ1'iky, who was on the road for the Broob Furnlture C01l1pan} , ii 111handle the Englander goods 111 the NeiV Enghnd States The Level FWl11ture Company have btlllt a large adchttoll to then' factory, at Jamestown, N Y. Thonet Bros hay e the contract for the 2,000 'ieat') 111 one of the local theatres Ferd111and Grossma11, Broach" ay, Brookl) n, has madL many improvements to hIS place, The U. S Bra"s Bed Company has stal ted m busmess, headed by A C RO'3enthal, 13. l\1ark'i and Lows Rosenthal Ml Schult7 m the pIcture frame bU;,1I1e"sat 2,1;'?fjSecond a"enue, and who runs the RelIable l\fattress Company, at 13'/2 (, Tempers " Coit FIfth a', enue, Ius opened a new fWl1lture store at No. 1403 flfth avenue The Mlchlgan Fwniture Company, of Harlem, and George \1. Ilshel, propnetor, are takmg another large five-story bUlldmg, as an additlOn to theIr present quarters Ihc l~aac \Jason Company, Myrtle avenue and Bndge ~trect, Brookl) n, are putting up a new bwldmg, havmg out-glOii n theIr present quarters. 1he Indlan Splmt Manufacturmg Company, of Geneva, "Y Y, 2.re addmg fourteen neVi pIeces to then line of no" elty goods. :\1rs S Peppercorn, of Lotllsvllle, Ky, has sold out her mterest.., thel e, awl started in the furnIture busmess at No 570 St :\1alY''3 avenue, the Bronx. Loul'i Dorfman, '" ho had a fur11lture store at 138th street and vVdhs avenue, has opened a new stOle at ~o 818 ,Ve'it-chester avenue. J HOl1lg & Son') have closed out theIr store at ,Vebster, :'IIass , and have opened up ll1 the furniture busmess at 135 Columbus avenue. ::Vlorns Kanaler, who built up a bIg furl11LUre busmess at Ozone Park, Long Island, ha'i erected a large three-story lmildmg, 25 x 100 feet The New York Table l\1akmf.; ASSOCIation has been or-ganized by Jacob Nathanson and Jacob Rotheman B. G. Latimer & Sons have redecorated thelr store at Fulton street and FlaLbush avenue. Brooklyn \li/anamaker's '3tore hE're had the Curtl'i,) flymg machme as an exhIbIt, 'lnc1 at the 'ito! e 111 PhiladelphIa they had the DIenot machine Alexander & Perlmann hdve ~ucceeded Alexander Bros, wholesale drapers. upholstery, furnishings and art needlework, WEEKLY ARTISAN at 32 Umon Square Lester Alexander vva" m the furniture hne before, and he wIll ha\ e charge of the home office. Lams \lexander and Isaac Appel w111do the buymg The Supennr Furmtm f' Company have been m busmess m Jamestown, N. Y, only two years, yet have mcreased the Made by Stebbms-WIlhelm Furmture Co, SturgIs, MlCh capItal stock and doubled theIr busmess Dunng the past year the output" a" $50,000 worth of extensIOn tables Charles Green. who \\as m the furniture department of Fred Loeser & Co, Brooklyn, IS now With Fraas & M111er Samuel Adler hac; "tarted m mall ufacturmg bed spnngs. at 219 Bowery. --SIROCCO" FUNDAMENTAL CENTRIFUGAL PATENT SUSTAINED BLOWER The Long Island Deddmg Company have mOved from the tempol ar) factory to their new factory bmlding, at 114 Fulton avenue, Astona, Long Island. Their busmess has made ra pld ad v ances the last feVvyears. fbe Ph11lp Sallow Company ha.., been mcorporated for ;1;2,500,to man ufactm e mattresses. Smce Jnly. 1 :JOO clealel s have regIstered at the Furmture Exchange. Adam "\Ial q uaratI ha" started m tile furmture busmess at Oyster Bay, Lon~ 1"land. The Sprmg Bed Makers' Umon has been a branch of the Amencan FederatIOn of Labor 318 East Hanston street. Chades J. Hobe (heel a short lIme ago He was an old fllrmture manufacturer, and was spcretary and treasm er of the East New York Savmgs Bank Robert Rothberg has succeeded L L Healy as assIstant buyer for the furmture department at the 14th street store. 1\11' Healy WIll m the future repl esent the Mersereau hnes. T and Cathenne Eckhaldt, late with the Faeklener ftll-mture house, have started a furmture store at 2942 Third ave-nue, under the style of C Eckhardt. Eel FranCISco, late assIstant buyer for Bloomingdale Bras' furmture department, IS now bUyer for Diamond & Sons, of PrOVidence, R. I. Zuckerman & vVltzendhs IS a new furniture firm Essex St. 1eorgamzed as They meet at The Artlsan-Record's representatIves in New York and Philadelphia report that dealers in furniture and kmdred goods enjoyed a heavy hohday trade, and Will need a large quantity of goods for the spnng season, AGAINST DEMURRER ATTACKING ITS VALIDITY In a SUIt by the SIrOCCOLngmeenng Company (one of the constltuent compames of the piesent Amer- Ican Biowel Compdny) agamst the B F. ::,turtevdnt Company, for Infnngement of the DavIdson reIssued let-ter" patent Nos 12,796 and 12,797, be1llg reIssues of the underlyl11g ong1l1al patent dated November 27, 1900, covenng the "SIrocco" type of centnfugal fan or blower, a deCbIOn has Just been rendered by HIS Honor Judge Hough In the U S CIrCUIt Court f01 the Southern Dlstnct of New Y 01k upon a. demUl rer by defen-ddnt alleg1llg that the reIssued patents were VOId , ....._ ~ ~ The Court ahel des,cnbmg the multi blade or 'sqUIrrel Cdge' fan at the ong1llal patent says The patentee dlbcovered (as he ongmally asserted) that by provldl11g a 1eldtlVely large 1l1take chamber practlcally unobstructed by the prOjectIOn mto It of blades or other parts, dud by emploY1l1g blades whIch extend as short a dIstance from the penphely of the fan 1llward as IS conSIstent WIth stl ength of constl uctIon," that vlbl atlOns dnd eddIe:3 were mIm-mlzed and the "VdOCIty and volume of flUId dIscharged for a gn en speed of revolutIOn (were) greatly 1!1creased" This was the kernel of complamant's Invention, In othel words, the dIscovery consisted m provldmg a means of constructmg and operating a centrally rotatmg narrow bladed fan or pump of cylmdrical form with a large unobstructed aXIal intake chamber. 1he patent covered a large vanety of forms, allcyhndncal, all wIth large 111take chambers, dll with narrow blades, all a'(Ially 10tated and dIffenng trom each other only m the shape and 5Ize of the fan blades, theIr relatIOns to edch other 111penpheral or cIrcumferential adjustment, and the reldtlOn ot casmg to tan or pump After statmg how the ongmal patent was dIVIded mto three 1 ebsued patents, the Court says I do not thmk It would have been possible for any form of drum-shaped, aXIally rotatmg fan wIth narrow blades and a large unobstructed aXIal mtake chamber to have been constructed whIch would not have been eIther an infrmgement or an anticipation accOi dmg to the time of ItS de,Ismg The only effect of these h\ 0 reIssue" IS to separate that form of fan In whIch the blades are as nearly parallel to each other as cyl1lluncal construct10n wIll admIt, from that 111 w 111Ch co nc a, e blades are so arranged as to be nearer edch other at theIr onter edges than they are at theIr Inner ConstrUIng the reu,,,ued patents, the Court holds The reIssues 1ll que"tlOn are not broadened, that IS, everytD1llg cl<.umed or descnbed m eIther of the reISSUes 1ll SUIt was fully de"cnbed and (111my opmIOn) claImed 111 the ong111al patent But neither ha, e the claims been narrowed, tha.t 1S, the sum ot the three 1ebsues IS exactly equal to the ongmal patent ' ¥ x , >I- " ~ l' x '!' " I know of no de- CISIon 111which the effect of several reIssues, 111the aggregate exactly equal to an ongmally well drawn patent, ha:3 been con-sidered, and counsel hd' e not been able to bnng any such decisJOn to my notIce For myself, I thmk this original patent good on its face, wIth well drawn speCIficatIOns and appropnate claIms. I am, hO'NC\er, qUIte unable to see what good or harm has been done to the patentee or the pubhc by these reb5ues and (so far as the Court I" now mfOl med) the detendant IS not hal med, nor are there any kno'N 11 mtervemng nghts The COUlt accordl11gly overrules defendant's demurrer wIth lea, e to ans" er on payment of costb vVhIle thiS deClSJOn 1S not a 11l1aladjudIcatIOn of all questIOn" ansmg m thb mfnngement S\11t,yet It disposes of detendant's attdck 1alsed by demurrer upon the, ahdlty of the reissued patents covenng the SiroCCO fan The Snocco fans or blowers are manufactured 111the Ul1lted States solely by the AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY General Offices: DETROIT. MICH.• U. S. A. b- 27 at 118 S. WEEKLY '\RTISAN ~Iinnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OF~ ICIcRS-Presldenl LOUISJ Buenger No" DIm Vice Pre"denl C Danielson Cannon Falls Treasurer o A 0 \foen Peter,on Secretan W L Grapp JanesvIlle FXECUTIVE COM'\lITTEE-D F Richardson l\mthfield Geo. Kime. Mankato, W L HarrIs Mmneapolls, o 'irnnn G ellcoe "'1 I KlI H:" '-t Peter BULLETIN No. 66. ANNUAL CONVENTION" FEBRUARY 7 AND S. GREETINGS. Another yea I has come dnd "-one and dQ,dln wc <IIe look111£; tor Wdld to our dl1nual L()J1\el1tlOl1 e dre tl) 111Q, to mdke the se 111" l 111gSmore plofJtable dl1d 111tetest. « L,ely )edl I am sure th It III tho~e who "I'ere l'et e last yeal 'vlll dgn'L th It thell time "Iv1, \vdl spent, nd +hdt they I evelved many good practlL ,1 'lH,ge,tlOl1', \vhleh put mOl1ey 111to thel" poclet tll1' p 1St) eal vVe dIe dl! antlclpatm!; much itom thl~ L01nentlOn l11d the 01 heel s plomlse tholt \\ e sh tit not he dlSdPPOlntecl The a,,,OClatlOn h I apldly de"le10p111g ,m 1 'v L hopL to meLt ,dl om 111ember~ ,t con ventlOn so th,!t "lve Cdn dC111on,tr lte \\ hIt \\ L h,1\ e beLll dolt12,' \11(1 plan whdt \\ e arc gU11114to do m thc tutm e Vve \\ant to "ho\\ ,dl of you ho\\ V\C arc hdndlmg the 111\11or der PIOposltlon ,md fu"nl'h yUU mdtendl ,md 111spJr,tlOn to 2,0 an(l do hke\\ he' V\ e ha"lU1 t SpdCe to tell It <Ill here dlHI anv\\ d) ~eL I11g I' behe\ 111g' so come dnd ,ee \,hat 'I'lL Ild"le done Our o..pu' ure of the 0\ erdr,lwn JJICtl11e'i In the mall ordel cat,llogs ha, 1)[0\ ed ,ery effectrve and "1\ e ,11e 1;01l1g to t "p lam to you )\1st ho\\ \\ e do thIS vv e all want to sell 0\1 met chdne!Jse ,It pnces \\ hlch \\ III £;1\e u, a re2so11able plant dId we hd"lC sucu'cded 111 gettIng ~ome ()1 the most lm;hly ll1tellectucll men to tLlI us hm\ to do thh 1 he t dl, alone "1\ III more thdll 1epav YOU fOI COl111l1g,to 'I) nothmg at thc othu fe Itme'.; whlLh \\111 be plcsentecl lYe hope to nnke tll1s the lllgge,t COln entwn \\ c h,lve L, II held Re,pu tlnll) VOl1l, L J 13Ul NGI:R PIC' 'Jew DIm, Mlllll Attest W L GRAPP Secy, J dnesvllle, 1\£llln PROGRAM FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING. rollowll1g' IS the program for the dnnnal meet111g of the l[ll1ne sota RetaIl I, nr11ltul e DealeJ s' '\",oelatlO11 to be held 111IIll1ncdpo lb on Monday dnd 1 ue,d,,), [ebltnry 7 allli 8 It may be nLce, sary to make a fe\\ change, If '0 they \\ III be dilly lnnounced i\s \\ III be 'ieen the plogram IS lengthy, but It IS behe\ ed th It e\ ely numbe, \\lll be ll1terestll1g-lt IS proposed to male It ,a-and the man who 'takes It dll 111" WIll '311lcly be benefitted a, \\ ell as en tertall1ed 1 2 First Day, ~Ionda:h February 7. Morning SesSIOn. Meetll1g of the exeeutn e commlttce Meet111g of the follow111g commIttee S to pI epal e theIr 1epol b «1) Ad, eltls111g Committe (b) Cooperdtn e BUYll1h L01lllTIlttee (c) Insurance Comlmttee (d) Soap Club LVII Comnllttee (e) CommIttee on I'raudulent Advel tJ 'll1g (f) Committee on Open Sho\\ Room (g) Legl'3latn e CommIttee (h) By Idw, and Con,tltutlOn COmlTIlttee QuestIOn Box Payment of Dues InspectIOn of Co oPU atn e BllYlllg SamplL s Afternoon SesslOn-l o'clock. Opel1lng lde!Je'iS of cOIn cntlOn by pI LSldellt Addl C','i of we kome by I[ayol J C H,lyncs Re,ponse by J R T.lylor of I,ke Benton Pleslclent's .lnnu d mL~s.lge hy L J Buengll, of '\ew Dim, 3 45 I 2 34 Mum 5 App0111tment of commIttees 6 Practlc,ll demon~tl atlOn of ne\\ method of 1ep.llllllg deep scratches on lllghly polt,hed fur11ltUl e whlLh secI et I'.; sold to the tJ, de f01 $2S You can get th1" method \\ tthout co,t by COlTIlng to the LOll\ entlO\1 Thc grLatest help C'"I er blou,s-ht to the it1111lturc dealel 7 "Sellll1g Goods at a Plofit ,nd thc bL'it Ilethod ot \cLom plJShlllg tll1s,' by lIt folle, ot the Sheldon ~lhool ot BU'iI\1l ," ChIcago, III Evenmg SesslOn-6:30. '\ vISIt to one of the T\\111 LItle, I;leatlst 1et,lll "tOIC" \\hue men \\ ho lno\\ WIll gIve pi actlcJI su;;gestlOn, on ,alesnun,hlp DetaJ10 of thh \\ III be gl' en later Secon(l Day, Tuesday Fehruary 8,1910. Morning SesslOn-lO :30 I 1'1actlcal demonstntlOn of ~alesmansll1p, USlllg methods of tt 1ch111%])l10111e..,smen employed by the 1\ atlonal Cash Reglster com p lll\ sales managers, whose methods dl e conSIdered the finest 111 the \\ olld 2 Paper by a tlavehng man 1 I:xpenence Hour, led by:r H Boley of Wheaton. J\Illln, loplc 'Vv hdt \\ ,1'3 the most sl1cces~ful bIt of advertls111g that yOU e\ el dId?" 4 PI actrc,d demon stl dtron of ho\V to 1epalr sltght damage, 111 uphnlsteled I;oods and the showll1£; of the actual dIfference 111the \ anous gradL of upho!stellng leather by Mr Bertsch, foreman of thl C,fdU CUt tIS factor) :5 1he lesults oj the "VVlllona Co operatIVe ILall Ordel CdLl 1 )1;' by Geo J HIll) er, Wlllona, Mum Afternoon SesslOn-l o'clock. I PI actlc tl demon,tl, tlOn of 'Settll1g up ach ertlsements used b\ the a\ e Igc omdll dealer and the prepanng of cuts and what IS 1 lee" \rv to prLpare LutS ' by the hea,l pllnter of the A..mencdn J \ pc I oundl) Company 2 P,per on '1 hc QUlLke,t Vvay to get Co operatl\ e Leglsla t1\ c 11clp by Selntor John \Ioonll1 1 '\\ h) Ule mal1Uf,ILtUl el s cannot fltl111Sh competitive leadel S dnect" b) l manufdLluI ('I 4 unfil1lshed l11d ne\\ bus111e'" S RepOlt of seclct,l'y ,11ld tleaSUlel G Report of commIttees 7 'The keepll1g of stock and btore mandgement,' by 11art111 Schoen of Ortom dIe 8 'Ho\\ to al rn e it the proper OVCIhead and I un1llng expen- ,cs of <l bU'i111ess," by ~J I 1ol1es of Sheldon's School of B1h1l1e'is, ChIcago III 9 The election of ofhcel sand deleg,ltes to the natIOnal con \ l ntlOn 10 unlll11,hcd ])lhmc" mstal1ment ot ofhcel' and appollltment ( f commIttee, Evenmg SesslOn-6 o'clock. I Luncheon Comp11men t, of 'PI hctlla " I n.;land 2 Addre" bv GoVefl1Ol I'berlnrll 3 'The shortcommgs of the d\ el Ige country store," ,is seen bv the j)ub!J,hel Mmd of the N"ew NECESSITY OF ATTENDING CONVENTION. It 1'3necessary fOl 110dl! to understancl the l111portant featm e~ of the m ,11 order pt Oposltlon \\ e !lave been dOll1g our best to male tbl.., CIe'll thru the ,I ttclLs pub110hed 111our depal tment but ,lHer all, the only" ,1.\ to get , perteLt understandll1g of thIS and other que, tl( lh undo lh'cus..,lOn IS to Lome to the conventlOn where )OU Lan he 11 1t dl"lUS'Cll trom ,dl ,llies and get 111formatlon first hand J \ L1) de,tlel m\ e, It to hImself to be iortlfiLd WIth al gumellt" me! not tl u,t to 111,plr l,lOn to gUide hIm w!len a m,nl 01 der custo 111U prc,cnb 1115111\e ot tdlk Some of these mdll Older people ale pi ett) shrL \Vel The) seUll to ha, e an answel to every POll1t made b) the dc<tlu dnd be ,blc to pIck out every weak spot Il1 the dealer'" ,lgUl11Cl1t VVL c,n 'oupply )OU WIth pOll1tels fOI any st Itement "ll1ch they may make vVe \\ lllt to bhow )OU ho\V to boost" VI e lfe ~oll1g to 1)1eSLnt to you I good '3tlrl1ng ltne of t.ltk willch \\ III CdUbe e\ eryone to \\ dke up and stnke the pace Soh.lkespeare oct)" 'It IS not In our stars but 111ourselves that we a1 e underhngs' J-J e \\ a, the hrst llal 'boostel \Ve must do our \Vork as If \\e \Vere g01l1g to dIe tomO!fOW and thLn-not (hc All of 110 ha"l e good 111tentlOn~ but ,ome of u~ are dreamllJ:; thmg, ll1stedcl of dOIng them and \Ve nLver yet 'idW a ddy elJL,lm that pdlfl dnlc1encls f01110rrO\\ md neAt yedl men nevel LlomplJ,h dnyth1l1g Some busl1les, n en ,eUll to thll1k that \\e e'11 \\ III tll1tJl the people get tlrul ot the cat.dog honse, but most of 110 ( 111 t \;(1 L,lt man.\ pdtrOlh of I at 1101; houses \\ 111never \Set tlrecl untIl tIll) de sho\\l1 the LlIOl ot the11 \\ay~ \\ l 11n e been mlLlng ,I ,tudv of thh slllljed and hdve ,ome ({ooe! pI ctInl ,ugge,tlOn, to offLr We furnIsh the matenal to our membel" '-( th It thl.\ \\ on't hay e to go s]dsh111g ahead any old WdY 111then 111 III 01 del c,lmpalgn Vve hope that all OUI members \\ III ----------------------- - - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 make use of thc 111<lte11dlwluch "C p10v1de unlcss they havc ~omL better suggestIOns of theIr own, f01 tll1S "Olk must be well planned \Vhat k1l1d of a house would a carpel' tel bmld If he dIdn't figure It out ahcdd? If '"e want our assoc1dtlOn to ,{10", WL must hdvc a lot of confidence In It dnd sho" tlMt confldencc bv taklll\S ddvantd'~L ot suggcbtlOnb offe1 cd now-not "abte tlmc th1nktn\S of thc bIg th1l1gs wc are g01l1g to do bye d1ld byc Don't erLt YOU ,L1£ nl1xed up wIth thc dass "ho al e ,tl" dy" 'JUbt ~c 1l1\Sto' Tbc tIme to d) th1l1g" IS nght now and \, e dre hold1l1g thIS com cnt on to ,how you ways and means of dOlng them If you have somc suggeotlOns don t be afrdld to offer thcm The man who IS not af1atd to try somethIng he 1 ever saw done somctIme, comes out ahead of the cardul fellow Of LOUlsc WC do not w,mt to do anytbl11g 1a"h Our "ork IS bcg1l1111ng to count, l11d fo~ thdt rCdson "c must bc ,I lIttle Ld1eful about wh 1t "c do 110\V' It 1" somLlblll';; lIkc Inllld111g 1 toy hou'-c out (If bloLk"-L,I") cnoug:h dt fir"t but 1 tbe1 a tlLklI"h Job \\hcn ) ou get It up ,I \\", Ife help, bcot \\ bo bclp" h1111'-Lf so It you belp yom "df b) l!,01l1g to con\ LntlOn, ) oU wIll ,tlbO help the wbolc dbboclatlon TblS 1" dn dge of L0111bl11dttOn "\ Ov\ wc f01mcd a combl11dtl0n not to dcmand blg pnce", but on the contrd1 y, to 1uluce lhL u '>t of OU1 lmc ot goods \Ve h,\\c sULcculed 1n dOlng tb1S to I 1tl",e e"tLl t but thelL 1" stdl room f01 111P en ement al'J we want e Ich me1ybcI to consl'1C1 l'llll,df ,I COl, m1ttee 011 way" dnd 111e\l1S an 1 1epo1 t dt thc con, entlOn Vvc W \11t to make the manuf letm Lrs \\ ho "upnly 111a1lordcl houscs 1caluc th,t the, 1T'll,t choose bet\\ een om t1dde , nd tll, t of the mdl1 0 der hrube ALIke them 1C'l117C tbat tbOSL \\110 mdke cont1dcts \\lt11 111a1l Oldel bouocs ba\e s,t dO\\l1 het" Len h\ 0 eh Ph Vvheu the Ulllted 'State, \\,IS yOlng they n ade ttl1ff h\\s to ploteet hOlT'e rranufaLtUlers v\ Ildt \\e necd 110\\ lS son C kll'1 of leg1,htlOn to p-otCd n elLh,l11ts ,md \,1'0 IS gOln, to teke ',je), \11 th s (ltrectlcn but b0111e de tlLrs then sclvc,? \'ve neLdn't th'nk f01 a lT11nl'te that ,ll) one d'L IS g01l1, to b 0111 h1msclf 1n om be' ,lf TIlL) 1 n e thell 0\\ n ,11 111s to ttel 1 to \\ L do nrt s } tllat ,\ e L,11 lr1\ e t'1e e It do" ]Hwsc out ot h hI ne,s but tIlt} L"l1 OJ } h,lll(l1c such ltne, ,h the} m InuLlllu e thc111 ,d,e, 1111S \1111 Ieduce t]'el1 qLe ,md lllfluence tlemel1dou~l) 1\ C dLalers h l\ e too mULh ,It ,tcke to deLle, sc my of our cnen;y and uJthu'lasm at thIS st2gC ot the gdn e Buss Machines Improved. Ihe Hu'-,'-, l\Idchllle \\ OIb \\ho llldllufdcttUC d full Illlc of wood workmg machlllel y and faciO! y tJ uck\ 1M\ e I ecently made a number of 1mplovements on many of theIr machll1es He1c IS a p,llagl,lph whlLh \Vas publt,hec1 two 01 thlee }ealS '[go In the Comme1 ual ~ ews It ong111ally dppeal ed In the Appa1 ell Ga/cttc. ChI Cdgo "Montgomery \Vard & Co Ch1cdgo -'\ permIt has been taken out by l\IontlSomery \IV arc1 & Co f01 "hdt IS belteveJ to bL the ldrgest bmlc1111g 111the "olld The fcc pdld to the bU11c!111gdep,trt mcnt, \Vhlch 10 g'overnul by the Slze of the struLlm e, and not thL cost, "as the lars-ebt 111the lllstory of the office dmountJng to $1, /-10970, bell1g ,It the rate of 10 cents for cach lOCO cubIC feet of sp,lce vVork has begun on tl'e toundatlOns of the structure, whIch WIll be loe,lted at 1 29 Lanabe street' How does thIS look to you and remembcr ,dl th1, happened two 01 tl11ee year~ ago But tl115 subJcct I, not the only one we ate g'OIng to dISCUSS It 1b only one of them Vve cem glVe on1) an Ide,1 hel e of thL ,arIOUS LjuestlOns \V111Lh ,\ III be brougllt up ,0 LomL ,llld hnd out ,\11 ,lbout It by g-cttm ~ yom mf011111tJon hI st hand YOlllS tIu1} I J nUr"\GiR,plLS ASSOCIATION .JOTTINGS. \Vhv not lUJ1111e thc h,\blt of m:,,, enng matte th'\t come, from thL ,lS'oouatlon the 111mute yoU r~Len e It' It only takes ,\ mmute ,md helps thmg, , long \\ ondel fully 2 If any membe1 hd' d sl12;gestlOn to mdl,e, suggest It 1 Some member, get m(,l e 'alue-cold dollal'3 and cent, val ue- out of the a,souatlOn than others do, th1'3 IS W01th rememberIng: fO! If you tredt the a '3,oU It10n 11c1ps III el cal cles'3 w,ty, YO\1 cannot e"pcct to derne t,le same bencht as the man "ho hke, enougn m tCI e--t to tryout the methods suggested 4 Do} ou kno\\ that th1s Lomn1g Lonvent1On means money n , kmg- Ided'3 and plan" for you-ldeas that me,dl a 131gel and more pI ohtable bus111es~? 5 Do yoU kno\\ that tl'c l~s~uatlCln 10 at \\ ork the whole yea1 "round for you 100km'( lllto the tuture and pl,d1nll1g fo }our Pl0~ 1 Ll1ty and pel n1<\11CnC)? 6 "1ou \VIll gct dltolm,ltlOn ,1bout late Ideas best bus nco, n ethods ac!vel tJS111g phIlo ,md s'lle"manslllp at con, cnttOn 7 '1' ver} m, n I '11eet lS my 111,1ste1In some POl11t ,md 111that I learn of hIm' 00 be ,U1e to cone to e011\entlOn w1lere \\C L n ,tll ';-d pOlntcrs t10m eeleh other t herc eLlC dIt Cdd) ,t ~lldt man) III u"e, h,t" pI 0\ cel d'-, one of Ih U"(1, ,dId, , \ tln ,trIke," JOI them, etS 1'-, het,', lllercet"ecl no~ makc double ~pmelle ",hapers m four SlLec" thus all kmd" of work, such as 1~ found III fur111ture factOrIes, to the hedvlest as well as brmgmg out some cnttrely new dec,igns They may be handled to advantage The~e hed\ y shapers calfY lal ge four-sided hcad~ from ten to fiftcen mchcs m length They have also brought out many new features on theIr cah1l1et planers The new '3cctlOnal ChIphI eakcr, of whIch k111d of work requued to be done 111automobtle body plants, the capacity on nallOW stock at least 50 per cent The present out-look for blhme,,~ 111the wood workmg machmel.> hne IS very good, and the TIuss Mach111e Work" antiCIpate a busy year 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. Have you evel passed d confectlOnel'S 01 baku's 1\ mdo\\ and felt Impelled to ~o m and purcha"e some of the damtles? Of course you hal e, and so hal e I '1 hose bakers and con-fectioners were ~ood 3c1\ ertlsers '1 hey advertlsed-sllenth wordlessly, It IS true-but nevertheless It was good aeh ertJ,,- ;ng, because It c, pulled" They put that element 111to the11 ehspla) that brought 111the mane) \Ve see plenty of 11'0- plays, hut not all appeal to 11" \\Tll1dow chspL1Y aclvertl"mg does not consist J11 meff'ly c, puttmg somethmg m the I\m-claw," hut rather 111 harmomous settmg-s, that shall capture the eye, charm the "('nses andmspne a desne to pOS'3ess There IS a splenehd opoortumt) f01 fnrl1ltl11 e dealel s to mst11l this elemen t 1,1to 'he lather co 1111110pnlace '3ettme, '0 so commonl} used It IS no unusual Sight to see adminng throngs about the shop \\indows of dry goods stores, habel-elashety e"t<lbhshments, etc, dttracted b) the slollful and at-tracLi"" eLsp13) s set forth HaUl" and haUl s al e spent 111 thIS work b" men ,,\ ho are paid good s:tlanes for then efforts It pays, and p8vs IHg, or shrwd propnetors would not con-tmue d1e pract'ce But we must all of us confess that few turmturc displa} s command much <lttentlOn Yet there IS nothing more beauhful than good furmture m Its proper "ettine, \Vhy not elahorate loom '3cenes, \\ orkecl OLlt IV lth hghts anel accessories, that wonld accentuate the b('auty of the furniture ~ \Vhy not havp carefull} arranged 2,"lon))" "pn mg to thlOw mto relief and plominence the beauty ancl chal111 of table, chair, clavenp01 j or suite ~ \\Thy not infuse into 10Ul Ivmc1o'v dlsplavs those '3nhtle ch<lrms that dra~ the dollab from thf' pnrses of the ]wholders, and th8t make them desne the fUL1ltnrC' H"ore tha11 the monev? If It pays the elr) good" merchant, why not the fnrmtl11c nan ~ And who 8mcmg retdilci s, as a Inle, have l10re oppor-tunities f01 tl1<"se things than the fl11111t11reman 0 CUSt0111US rIa not crowcl in bv scores, as they do where artIcles at tnfl111e, expC'n se ale sold Hen ce more tim e for tl 1111 mmg \1111UO\vS Develop) onr wmdow displa) s Let your wmdows W111 ) 0,1 doll? rs. J ink YOllr "vinelow dIsplays in the chain of ) 0111 1910 ddvertts111g Let them '3llpplement your ne" '3papel clrculal auel )tltel aeh trilS11'g" Lt'i them he the proltfic source of reI ell11e at whIch tlwy are c'lpable T."rIns, E",pressions, Types, Borders, Rules, Etc., Used in Advertisin~. 2 pOInt rule. 3 pomt rule. 4 pomt rule 6 pomt rule (or nonpareil). 12 pomt rule (or pica). ~tllactlOns under the managell'ent of 6 pomt type (or nonpar,e],.). lalge mtakC' chamber, all WIth 8 pomt type (or brtlvler) the lcnt Dearhorn md,,"dcrc 10 pomt type (or long primer) Oak and Mahogany 12 point type (or pICa) Walnut and Maple 14pomttype(orgreatprImer). Lost and Fouod 18 pomt type Tomorrow 24 pomt type Maple 30pOlmtype Birch 36 pomt type <...,hOn\\ d1)01 ( al" the mo"t commonly used rule and sIzes ()t 1\ pp used 111 aeh Lrth111g By cltppmg out thl scolumn and pasLlng It on a card ) ou \\ III hal e a ready reference of sizes and ter 11" that \\ III be of I alue m makmg up your copy J he use oj t\\ O-P0111t rule 111 newsp8per advertlsmg ,houlc] be confilH cl almo"t en1trely to border;, for very small ---- -- --- ------ . ~ LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF I Circassian, Mahogany, Oak, and Gum Veneers. The Albro II ~... . Established 1838. Poplar ,,, I Veneer Co. ICINCINNATI. o. I .. . . . .... WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 ;tds, and as cut-off or dn Iding lines, In large ads. It is also the proper size for border around groups of items in large ads, where It IS desired to set off each article clearly and dis-tinctly by itself Thi5 is good style The ordinary two-point rule is made wlth two different sides One shown as above, and one which w111 pnnt a fine litle-like this------ The black is ordlnanly best for such coarse work as new"- paper ads, but the other effect may be secured by simply specifying it. There IS hale to be "aid £01 three- and fom-pomt 1ule5 They are both good 'Sizes for border work on small ad'S, but arc too heavy for dividinlS lines or boxes They al e shown here, so that those who prefer 50methmg III between may have it. Six-point, or nonpa1eil rule, is the most heavily worked piece of bra'Ss in new'Spaper offices the country over It serves a'S border for the large maJonty of ads plmted In fact. It I" vsed too much for this purpOStc Six points is the usual ma1- gin allowed between wonling or cuts, and border, In all sizes of ads, but should be confined to anythmg under 5 inch double column. Large ads need more white space to be most effect- Ive, but spl(10111get it A "pIca" (or twehe-point), is one-sixth of an inch In ads of 5 inch double column, or over, It IS always well to "pecify that a pica space be left between wording Of cuts. and the bot der, or column rule, If thel c be no border There are tv\O rea"011" for this One IS that nine out of ten adv
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- 1910-01-08T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ~\~ 26th Year---No. " --y- • Elegance in Desks No. 1t 2 La.dle." Desk This unusually graceful Ladies' Desk is 40 inches high, 28 inches wide, and 16 inches deep; has a swell drawer front and is finished dull or polished. In Mahogany Crotch Mahogany $12.75 14.25 We ship (promptly and guarantee careful inspec-tion of every piece before it leaves the factory. Cadillac Cabinet Company Detroit, Michigan HAVE YOU RECEIVED THIS NEW McDougall Catalog? - j Write today for this catalog showing twenty-five original and beautiful designs of McDougall f\.itchen Cabinets at a wider range of prIces than ever before offered to the furniture trade. G. P. McDOUGALL ®. SON INDIANAPOLIS u.s. A. 2 The Ford al Johnson Co. Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers. Our Dining Room Suites include Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak, all finishes; also in Solid Mahogany. SAlESROOMS: Chicago, New 1'0,.-1, BfJstOfJ,MOJJ., Cintinnati, 0., Frankfort, Ky., .Atlanta, Ga. MANUFACTURERS OF "Fiber Rush" and "Malacca" Furniture ALSO No. 3579% GENERAL OFFICES: Sixteenth St., and Indiana Ave••CHICAGO. ROCKFORD FRAME AND FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, PARLOR CABINETS MUSIC CABINETS DINING CABINETS HALL SEATS HAT RACKS HALL TREES SHAVING STANDS CHEVAL MIRRORS LADIES' DRESSING TABLE LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESK GRILL CABINETS [, LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS L SEND FOR CATALOGUE , 26th Year-No. 18 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. FEBRUARY 25, 1906. $1.00 per Year. THE RELEASE FROM BANKRUPTCY MADE MORE DIFFICULT. Bill to Amend National Law Provides for Delay of Hearing for Cr!editors' Benefit. A bill introduced in congress to amend the national bank-ruptcy law will gTeatly strengthen the prescllt measure. Sel1- [ltar Palmer of Pennsylvania introduced the bilt. The Palmer measure specifics that the p,ovisiol1s of the amendatory act shall not apply to bankruptcy cases pending \VhCll the new act takes effect, but stich cases shalt be adjudi-catc(! and disposed of conformably with the provisions of the act approved July 1. 1898, as amended hy Inc act approved Feb. 5, 1903. One of the oj-astic provisions LJ[ the a111.cnda-tory law is that c--ec1itors shall not he slopped from cnte,'ing their appearance a11(l joining in the petition or from Gling an original petition by reason of the fact that they havc as-sented to, or become partir,s to, a g"eneral assignmrl1t. OJ any other instrument or any proceeding for the pU;'posc of dis-posing 01 a ballkrupfs prope:-ty fa. the benefit of his credi-to: ·s or any of them. Mr. Palmer's bill will make it more difficult to procure the dismissal of a voluntary or involuutary petition ill bank-ruptcy for wallt of prosecution 0:' by consent of parties until after notice to creditors. To that end, the court shall, before entertaining- an application for dismissal, require the bankrupt to file a list unde .. oath of all his creditors, vvith their addresses, ;U1d shall causc notice to be sent to all such creditors of thc pendency of such application. The hearing will then be delayed for a reasonable time to aJlo\\' all creditors and parties in intcrest opportunity to be heard. Section 10 of the present law dealing with preferences is chang-ed so that where a preference cOllsists in a transfer, the period of four months shall not expire until after the date of the rc,cording or registering, if by law such recording or registexing is required or permitted, or if not required or per-mitted" from the date when the benefIciary takes notorious, exclusive or continuous possession of the property transferred The wag"e clause of the present act is amended so as to in-clude the salaries of the traveling· and city salcsmCll. Handling Customers With Complaints. Probably the greatest test of business capability and character is the treatment of customers who come to the store with complaints. Into!e'·<l.nce of complaints and display of temper Otl slight provocation always reveal a lack of the equanimity of temperan_cnt necessary to success ill retail business. In justice to the pitblic. it may be sai(l that fev\,' of them make com paints except for cause, and the manne, of their treatment Oil these r8fe occasions determines \",ltether yon are to retain their good wil1 and trade 01" fodeit both. It pays the:'efore to suppress all feeling of resentment, whether the complaint be justifiable or not. A little reason-iug and consideration will rectify the trouble in most cases \vithollt loss of trade or prestige, and not infrequently the po-litic rectification of a difficulty of this character will make the customer a friend for all time. He is the most successful dealer who makes even his own mistakes serve a business purpose. See to it that your clerks thoroughly understand your policy in this matter, for the tact-lessness of clerks is often responsible for the loss of CtlS-t0111ers. The dealer might \.vell take a lesson f am the depa~tment st()~-e in the matter of handling complaints. The big stores recog"llize that almost every complaint has an educational value. Ct1st~)111erS"vitb a grievance sometimes reveal incapacity or ca;·elcssllcsS where least expected, and the revelation may p;'ofit the merchant many dollars. They a~'c an eITective check on 10o~e bu,'-,iness methods 0;- slipshod workmanship, awl it is both just and politic not only to rectify the difficulty, but also to thank the complaining customer for calling the matter to your attention. Those who take a pleasu;·c in making complaints arc too few to merit consideration.-Ex. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANUFAr::TUIT£O UIfl.Y 8 Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. Z59·63 ELSTON AVEm2-16 SLOAN ST. CH I CAe; D. HOW MANY CALLS FOR INVALIDS' CHAIRS DID YOU HAVE LAST YEAR? Do You Know Where to Gel Them? We Manufacture the Largest and best line of these goods on the market. We furnish you catalogues free. Write us today. THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO. 619-631 N, Halsted St., CHICAGO. WOODARD FURNITURE COMPANY WOODARD FURNITURE CO. OWOSSO, MICH. Have you received our 1906 catalogue? II not. you should send for it by first mail. It shows the best values in medium priced bedroom furniture. in all the fancy woods and finishes. ROBBINS TABLE COMPANY owosso, MICHIGAN No. 402. Leaves stored in top. 1906 CATALOG MAILED ON REQUEST No. 301. Center column does not divide. L Patents that "old -------------- THE Posselius Bros_Furniture Manufacturing Company, of Detroit, Mich., would have everyone in the furniture trade to understand that their patents on their famous Victor Extension Tables are valid, and that they are determined to protect their rights against all infringements. The order of the United States given herewith is self explanatory. At a session of the _Clreuit Court of the United 'SteJtee for the Eastern DilBtrlct of Michigan GOntInu8~ and held. pursuant to adJou1"MIont, at the District Court. FOODa,in the city or Detroit, on Monday, the Elgnth day of January, 1n the year one ~housand nine hundred and six. Present the Honorable Henry H. Swan, District Judge. CHARLES W. NtINZ and POSSRLIIJS BROTHERS FURflI'l'URE: W\NUFAr.TURING CO:MPANY. Cl"lmplainantll In Equl ty • No.~'i':5 LINDOW EROTIUmS - BEERS COMPANY, nef'endant. This Cl!1l1secomin;:: on for haorine on this dll:/'. on pleadint:;s and [IT'()ofs, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed, that United States Letters Patent No. 546,447, ~rantad OctOber 22, _1895 to Charles W. Funz, i6 1I [':ood lInd valid patont. and the exclUB1ve d&!IS the:""in aI'e vested 1n tho cOl'lplainllllt.s. That \he e)(t.ans~ol\ tollles ",ade and sold by '.he defendant, 11k" tile slll!lple offered in (lvil1ellce, jnfr'inl~e cJ nim one (If 5aid patent. It is f\ll"ther ordered, adjul1r;ed a~l(l l1ecr'o0.d that the said defendants, their counsellors, atto!"neys. 1l01lci'lOl'S, nc;er>ts, S8l""llHltBand workmen, bO, ..n..d thel' are each and ever.y one of then perpet\lall~' anjoined fl"OMthe m3"'lufacturtl. fille or \ISO of' tnh]t1A. embodyinBin their structure tho 1n'lentl.on O~ the hereinbefore montioned patent. It. La furthor ordered, edjudcerl and dellre0d that the eOt'l[llalnanta ~'ecover age nst the SElid defendur,t the costs to ba taxed, IInd I.hM, t.he said. eOl"lpll11nantahave exeeut.ion lhel'ef',!ro THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT WILL NOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Caster Cup, a furniture Protector and a Rest We guarant~e perfect satis-faction. We know we have the onl~ perf~t ca~ter cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes, as follows: 2~ inch and 3 inch, and we use tbe cork bottom. You know the rest Small size, $3.50 per 100 Large size, 4.50 per 100 Try it and be convinced. F O. B. Grand Rapids. OUf Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the sur_ . . .. face, but upon t.he rim, permit. llllg a clfCulatH;ln of :ur .u~der the bluck, thereby preventing moisture or marks of allY kmd. ThIS IS the only card block of Its kind on the market Price $3.00 per 100 . Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo" 2 .,,'wood A,... Grand Rapids, Mich AlilO can be had at LUSSKY, WHITE & COOLIDGE, llM13 lake St" Chicago Schultz & Hirsch Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FEATHERS FEATHER PILLOWS and BEDDING SUPpLIES 260 and 262 Soulh Desplaines Street CHICAGO ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCK1'ORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets \Ve lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. 5 L 6 New Go-Carts and Children's Carriages FOR THE SEASON OF 1906 Everyone connected with the furnitu:-e husiness knows that Detroit is one of the important manufacturing towns for furniture in the United States, and the business is growing ev-ery year. The Pioneer Manufacturing company is having a remark-able trade in children's carriages and go-carts, as well as reed and rattan rockers. It's '\vorth while to keep in close t011ch with this line. The Posselitls B~os. Furnitu:-e Manufacturing company, make:"s of the famous Victor "and other dining extension tables, aTC having great sales 011 these goods this year. They are leaders in dining tables. The Cadillac Cabinet company have an inte;-esting page advertisement in this i,.,511C. Keep tab on the Cadillac Cabi-net company and the \Volverine ~:lant1factllring company as well. The American Go-Cart company make go-carts that are sold all over the country_ Their children's carriages and reed and rattan chairs are also in the stores of many of the leading merchants. ItOOKWOOD and a general line of fANGY TABLES Write for Cuts and Prke5 PALMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1035 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. Our new catalog, ready January 1st, contains the finest line of Go-Carts and Children's Carriages it has ever been our pleasure to present to the trade. See our line at the Chicago exhibition, 1319Michigan Ave. WRITE FOR CATALOG' A. American Go-Cart CO. DETROIT, MICH. The Palmer Manufacturing company is having a splendid trade this spring-heavier than ever for this season of the year. They brought out a large number of new patterns in January, and they are appreciated by the dealers every-where. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICN A COMPLETELINE Pioneer Mfg. Co... D~TROIT. MIC". R6lld furnitur6 Babu GarriaU611 Go-Gal1ll What Becomes of the Annual Output of Furniture. The furniture output of America for one year has been variously estimated from forty to sixty millions. The true amount is probably, now at least, nearer the latter figure. Grand Rapids alone furnishes ten millions of this'total, and that of a class of goods in the minority, as far as consumption goes, for the greatest s<lle of almost any commodity variable in g:-ade invariably comes f,'om tb(~ cheap and mediu-m grades. and medium grades. It is doubtful if over Fifteen millions of "vhat might be called guod furniture is sold 1n this country. As the con-sumers of this class of furniture are as a rule in easy circum-stances, there is ve;·y little of it destroyed. Fire, the great business promoter, plays kss havoc with the hOllSCS of the well-to-do than with those in moderate cir-cumstances, and the poorer classes. As a matter of fact, this fifteen millions of rille furniture sold last vear will be found nearly intact a year hence, during which time another fifteen millions will have been ;Hlded. One \vould. therefore, ordinarily suppose the time would come when everyone needing fine furniture would he supplied or at least so supplied as to decrease the demand. \Vbile prmperity stnys with 11S, <IS it has during the last live years, ell(lIlgh medium furniture users are oecoming wealthy, or 'well-to-do, to absorb a good share of this yearly Olltput of high gLade furniture. Such people do not continue to huy, but being furnished, remain so. Consequently the customers for each year are only in small part those of the preceding year, and the sale of fine furniture depends almost wholly Oil prosperity. Tbilt being the case, and the causes of destruction of such furniture heing limited, it remains that we are piling up in this country a stock of hig'h grade goods that must some da~y reach the limit. In other words, the fine furniture of tell yenrs ago, five years ;lgO, last year is still in use and the people who are buying snch today arc not those who buught before. 011 the other hand, assuming the output of furniture to be about sixty millions, of which forty-five millions consists of cheap and medium grtldes, destruction by one means or an-othcr is running a elose race with production. Firc, it is estimated, wipes out each year twenty millions of household goods, of 'which certainly fifteen millions is fur-niture. The ordinary process of wear and tear would eliminate nearly as lllUCh morc, and the new homes and additions to old homes, take care of the balance. It is :I cU.-ious p!l;lse of J1Uman nature that the well-to-do are the largest use:·s of insurance. The poor dealer with a small stock is not so apt to be fully insurcd as the rich dealer with a large stock, altha the small dealer with small credit, needs the insurance the most, if fire occurs. In the days then, whell prospertiy halts, the sales of fur-niture will dv,...indle very noticeably. The high grade stores will lower their grade; the medium grade stores wilt do the same, awl the cheaper o.nes will sell less and less. until the dangeT point puts them out of business. One quarter of the yearly output of furniture then is burned. Anothcr quarter is "vorn out. One-half remains jn.e~isteJlce. Tn otller words, we are adding each year thirty mll110ns to our stock of fUi"Iliture. How l011g can we keep it up: Just as long as the country grows bigger, and the people grow richer, and in precisely the same proportion. Emig:-;:lIlts of the peasi:wt class coming to this country use very little furniture. They kIlO\\, of few needs in such things beyond a table, a chair or t"vo and a rude bed. The second generation of snch people become furniture buyers. and are the largest patrons of the installment store". V cry often the thi,·d generation furnishes manv of our 'welt-ta-do and wealthy citizens. It would seem, therefore, that the acquisition of foreign population is a matter upon which furniture deale;-" should ha ...e. strong views. 7 The exports of furniture, compared to the production is trivial. Manufacturers in prospcrity pay tittle attention to any otber than home trade, but Vv'e hold the)' are making a serious mistake in neglecting the oppo;-hmity to export. Let there be a lull fo, only a year in our wonderful prosperity, and this fact 'will be brought strongly to them. The dealer has little or no chance to export, this being, of course, the province of the manufacturer, yet it is undoubtedl), to the advantage of every dealer, that there should be a large export business in furniture. No dealer yearns for low prices, al-though he, of cour"e, wants the lowest price at which an ar-tide is being sold. A lull in prosperity l;yould mean a less-ened demand, that is, a greater fight between manufacturers for that demand, concessions to get the trade and that means reduced prices. As the dealer adds a percentage to cost to get his pWht, that me:t11s profits reduced still fur-ther. In such an event an export trade fills the vacancy. Beyoud a few- office desks, and equipment, we export scarce-ly a million dollars worth. Vo.' e should ship at least ten mil-lions ot evcry sixty out of the coutltry. Twenty-five years ago the average house was considered suitably furtlished at a great deal less value than the same a vCLagc house of today. The working man of 1880 ha\'ing possibly furniture to tJle value of two or th1"(~e hundred dollars, considered himself well equipped. Today the working- man is satisfied with scarcely less than a thollsand dollars ·worth. Luxuries of those days are necessities today. You can filld pianos in morc than half the houses in America, and whih~ mother llsed the tv,,-enty-flvc cent broom. sister tod;}y use.s both t.he broom and the c:trpet sweeper. \Vhat becomes of clothes we can readily see, ""'hat be-comes of crockery, of carpets, of stoves, of bicycles and bug-gies is equally apparent, hut wbat becomes of furniture, to enable mOT(~ furniture to be sold, is ;m enigma to ninety-nine ont of the hundred. Some day, if we get Interstate Com-merce working smoothly, and railroads out of the coal busi-ness, and tl]c senate less of a commcrcial club, eve:-y house will he sumptuously fwnished, and what becomes of furniture 'will be beyond our knowledge. \V, ]. Calder, We Need More Furniture Cars. Almost eve;-y factol-y in Michigan, and probably many elsewhere, is se;-iotlsly handicapped in shipping by the lack of furniture cars. At certain times of the year this is more markc(l than at others. rn September for instance the movement of the peach crop in idichigan in'terferes large~ ly, not (111)' with the supply, but with the movement of cars At present the western :oads seem to have hidden their car~ from the factories, and we hear grumbling from all sides. )''fany of the cars are being used to move the spring supply of carriages. Cars have not been built espcial1y for th"e handling of automobiles, furniture and vchicle cars arc being pressed into service to the ddriment of the fU:'niture trade. This in t.ime, will of COHrse right itself, hut meanwhile the trade will have to possess its soul in patience. -"e~tln.' _Sch-mit s.. Co. "opklnl ud "a"liIt st.. Cincinnati, o. MAJC:lIltS 0 .. UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE 'OR LODGE AND PULPIT, PARLOR LIBRARY, KOTEL ND CLUB ItOOM This is one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables Price • • $21.50 THESE ARE THE ONLY TABLES THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTRUCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO ORDER ONE Choate~Hollister Furniture Company JANESVILLE, WIS. I, 5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators Opatite Lined Rnameled LineJ Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Send for new CATALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator CO. GRAND HAYEN, MICH., U. S. A, • The Northern Line Increases Your Sales Which is its great Business Building Quality and makes it a Permanently Profitable Proposition The NEW LINE shows many of the BEST VALUES FOR THE MONEY ever offered. If new CATALOGUE does not reach you, advise us and you will be supplied. Northern Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN. Manufacturers of Bed Room, Dining Room and Kitchen Furniture. rf 10 How to Attract Customers, In the olli.ee desk of a lnJH who sells cllrnplctc stores to people starling up in business for the first time there i.~ a drawer full of cards bearing in plain, black type, the inscrip-tion, "Keep YOUI' Store Looking Busy." To the retail 111ct"ch;111t this is especially applicable, says an exchange. The crowd follo,,"vs the C1'o\"d. The doctor, delltist, \:1\\'- yeT or Inerch,lllt, who seems tn bayc a slc<lc]:r fnll of p;ltrol1- age is the one ,-vila is going to Ret the scalteril1g" trade tll:lt eventually evolves itself ill to established customer,;. It may be that the appearances that lead people to helieve that a mer-chant is doing \vcll at the outset are llothing more th:l11 ,lp-pearanccs. It may be that he himself is w()lldering where the n(~xt month's rent is corning; tronl, and if Sl1ccess is ;:11- ways so hard for the begillllel' to Will; but that is entirelv ill-consellut'llti'll. The people who are Roing to make ;'onr trade, or not make it, do not know the condition of vl)ur a f fairs. They can and do judge only by extcrnal appe~lrallc(,s. If the merchant looks prosperous himself it is a Rood sig,tl. People do Hot like to have their purchases handled -hy a man who looks as if he needed the price of :t He\\' suit, or a liheral application of soap ,\llc! water That vour cnst()t1l('r,~ 11;\\-1..' confidence in you is OIlC thing that is ah-solutel\, (':".scnti;:l! be-fore you call \""in their rc:".pcct and business, ;;nd to win thc confidence of anyone it is necessary that you have the assur-ance of personality that comes of a "get husy" look and a g"en-e~ ally p:-osperotlS appearance:. P(ohably after the 1ll;\11 hilll:".lJf C()111CS the' Ijuestion or the store nppearnnce. The value of a clean, bright store to a 1l1erch;\1lt is so universally recoglli:-:ed as to need no comment hut there is Ol1e thing that the merchant can do with profit. TIc call put a "keep looking" busy" card on his desk and heed its advice to the lette'·. The merchant sitting in his store \vith his feet 011· the edge (It his desk waiting for business to come to him is not onE: to inspire with con6dence a prosepective customer who comes to his door. The sight or an idle man instamly cre-at\':". a bad imprcs.-;ion on the caller. The thought naturally ari:".es that the merchant is either incompetent or otherwise 1;\cks the (jl1alities that attract and retain patronag·e. But if he ··looks btl.sy'· 'when they c~111the impression is at once cre-ated that he is reliflble, and they give him their business. How a 111;111 may kcep himself alld his place of business lookillg bnsy i.~ a qucstion that will natumlly arise. Any 111;lnshould he ahk to concoct some scheme for the deception oj' his tracie, cn'l1 WC,'C this lH'cessary, which it is not. Rut if he he a man of resource, the kind of man to whom success is pos:".ible, he will P(l:"'sc,~sthe n~q\1isitc ingenuity to in some way cOllvey the "busy" impression to those who step within the door:". of his place. Tt may he that he will do, or it may he tha1: he will jndiciollsly stretch out the work in hand so that cllstomers may li11d him at it when they come to his store. .\ Y<~ryinteresting collection of very old furnituH' is con-tained in the museum of tine ;cts in St. Louis, 1\10. It is w():·thy of the attelltioll of manufactwcrs and designers vis-iting- that city. • HO"W IS THIS? Full Swell Front Quartered Oak' Polished Tops Send for our Catalogue of Dressers and Buffets just issued. Chas. Bennett Furniture Company Charlotte. Mich. No.340. Pdce $9.50. F. P. Mirror 14x24. Top 19x34. No. 341. Pdce $10. F. P. Mirror 16x24. Top 19x34, MAKER OF BOOTH'S COFFIN DIES. Man Who Prepared Assassin for Burial Dead at Washington. \Villiam ThoWBS Joy, the cabinet-maker 'who measured Booth, the a~sassin of Presic\('.nt Lincoln, and made the casket in which he was buried, died at his home in \~rashington Feb-ruary 2J, at the nge of 87 years. He \vas born in St. Mary's county, Maryland, and came to \Vashing·ton when 7 years old. He had Jivc(l there cOlllinonsly since. /\t the time he made the casket in which Booth \-vas huried. he 'was (~mploycd as a cabinet maker in the navy yard. Nashville, Mich. Michigan is famons fOT its dining extensi.on table makers, and one of the best of the hunch is the Lentz Table company of Nashville., Last year's husiness \vas the heaviest in the history of the house, and the orde;'s received for the first two months of this year exceed those of any similar months in the past. Thirty-five new patterns have heen added to the 7IR'T' I15'JI.l'l ? 7$· 11 lishes confidence and commands his trade. Several of our competitors offer customers discounts from card prices, but such offers usually create suspicions of unfairness in trade, and the would~be patron comes to tIS. It is the only propel' system for selling goods and is followed strictly in all depart-ments of this establishment." The Value of a Good Front. If a business man look prosperous it is a good sign. That your customers and business associates have confidcnc.e in you is one thing that is absolutely essential before you can win their respect and business, and to win the confidence of any 011('. it is necessary that you have the assurance of personality that comes oJ a "get busy" look and a generally prosperous appearance.-Ex. A Few Points to Remember. There is no advertisement for a business house like having men g·oing around bragging because they are working for it. A single talent man snpported by great self-confidence will No. 513 Dinin'i: Ell:lension Table, mamuactured by the Lentz Table Co., Na~hville, Mich. lme for 1906 and their new catalogue has been l~sncd. A ne..v wing on the south side of the factory, SOx50 fect, two stories high, "will be erected in the near futu:"e: also a new d,·y kiln with a capacity of 50,OeO feet. The company will ;11so put in a comj)lete ;.ltltomati\~ sp_·inkler system tlc·oug-hout the plant. A full line of dining extension tahles in quarter-sawed oak and lnahogany is manufactured find the company's sales increase stcndily every year. One Price Plan the Best. "\Ve adopted the one price plan to all, years ago," re-marked F. F. HUl1n, of Chamberlain, Johnson & DllBose, At-lanta, Ga" "and our experience has confirmed our belief that it is the only leg·itimate plan for selling goods. The man v.·.h. o trades ..',lith a two-priced merchant never knowOi whether he is paying high or low prices for his purchases. If he pays the low price, the concession obtained llltlst be taken out of some other customer who pays the high price. \Vhcn these facts are presented to a customer propei"ly the logic of the argument appeals to his reason and in most cases estab achieve more than a ten-talent man who does not believe in himself. Poverty and failur(~ are sclf-iu"!'··ited. Fear of failure is one of the most potent causes of failu:·e. Habit is a second natu:·(~; it is ten times natt1:-c. It never lets go of a man even in business. The need of sccnring success at the outset is imperative. T'ailurc at fust is apt to dampen the energy of all future at-tempts, whereas past experiences of success nerve one to future vigor. Discouragement is a ball and chain on the ankle of activ-ity. It prevents the wearer from "hiking" over the prison walls and is a badge of his own degradation. ~len ".·.j.th ability have their minds t;·aincd to observe and to make quick and accurate judgments. \\;hether correct or not, first impressions usually are last-mg. Hold your word as sacred as your oath. It is well to attempt much, providing one can do it well.- Ex. ------T"f ------ YEAGER fURNITURE CO. ALLENTOWN, P A. Upholstered Parlor furniture and Novelties A Large New Line of Upholstered Rockers and Wood Seats H We Make Our Own Frdt1JeJ', EXHIBITS C"IC4GO l'.Janufacturers' Exhibition Bldg, 1]19 Michigan Ave. 7th floor NEW YORK 333 to 14.1 Fuurth Ave., Corner 25th St. 2-d Floor VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 541. One of our new styles. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFICE TYPEWRITER AND STANDING DESKS IFfi/e at Mia far ttf'U.! Spring Cata-log! It'. MtJiled f!J dNler" onl)'. QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA Wt1ITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA WIDTHS When writing for prices., mention widths required and kind of :figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana Factory Locations There is in the various otlices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railmad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tioll. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Aaent, WASHINGTON. D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE. A~.nl. M. A. HAYS, A~ent, 622 Chemical BUildin~. St. Louis, Mo. 226 Dearborn St, Chicaco. III ______ .... 1 Thos. Madden, Son & Co. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Best In America Our New Line of Davenport Beds are the very best that can be made Styles and Prices to SUIt Everybody Par lor Sui tes III Two, Three and Five Pieces made in Stationary and Loose Cushions One of our Big Sellers Our new line ready about January 10th and will be shown only at our Show Rooms 35 to 39 North Capital Ave.• Indianapolis, Ind. Write for Catalogue. J 14 Brief Mention. The Home 1Ial1ufactu:-ing COlllp:lIl)', YOltllg>\"illc 0 .. \\"ill manufacture furniture. Anderson & \Vintc;', mamtfaclul"c's ill Clilllull, T;~, il:l\'i.; new factory costing" $35,000. The Kendallville (Ind.) Chair cOlllpall:,:'s 11('W factory and pmvcr plaut wil! cost $20.0::10. The Gem City Cahinet company oj Quine,Y, 111., h:1S beell incorporated with $5.000 capit:!!. The Greenpoint lIJctallic Bcd comp:lI1y's lJLlilding 11J Chi-cago was damaged $6.000 ill a reccnt fire. A new factory will SOOl] be constructed ill .:\nv .\Ib'llly. Miss., of which C. \V. Young is president, The \Vhittemo--c Furniture c01l1pnny. :\Iilll):'d. X. 11 \\";1;; recently organized to Ill<lIlUfacture ftll'nitllrc. H. J, Sohrn wil1 nect a building two stori(':', llig'll to be used as it furnitu:·(, stlJ:'C ill Spokanc. \-Vasll. The \Vest Belmollt Furniture company, nl"g;Wlz('d in Ch\- cago on $6,000 capital, will 1l1;lIlLLiacturC fmllitt1rc. Himebaugh B:'os., ]amcstmvn, K. \'" lost their Llct{jry in a 6.re recently, Loss is $30,000, insurance almost totaL Rockford ",vill have a new furniture factory to be known as h::nutsson & Lundell. \Tission furniture will be manufact-ured. The factory will be ill the southern part of the city, and will employ one lWllu:'cd workers. It will be 150x128 icd, tll1"<2Cstories high. Op'CTation 'will be begun next fall with l\f 1'. Klll1t.~son as ll1;lnag·cr. ,\rthm Spieg-cl is the defendant in jlvc sllits fo:' damage.s hruug"ht by IOrJntr elllploycs of the Spiegc! House Furnish-ing: C01llP;llly of Chicago. Tile plaintiffs afe \Villiall1 S. I-Iut- Sfln. lacl)b Bcliuas, Owen :\fcCusky, S. V\'. De Vcre and A. l'ders. ;llld \vert:' liled by AttorJley Jacob Le Bosky. III their declaratiUl1s the men assert that :.'vfr. Spiegel sought tu compel them La \\"(lrk longer hours for less mOlley, and whcn t!ley rdused to do so, tIley declare he discharged them Since tltCll, they dcclan', they have been 11l1able to ohtain etl1- plo.Y1l1ellt. The Duke of Durham. Thc late \fr. \Vasbington Duke of Dnrham, :.\forth Caro-lin~ l. at lWllle known :IS "uncle \Vash.," 'who mauufactured tobacco products so extensively for a quarter of a century, t ~.". \ ~•. ,~ Manufaclured by Ndwn-Malter FUfnilure Co .• Grand Rapids, Mich. The Prescott Furniture :\:lallllfaetltrilig CI)[l1pany. whose factory was recently burned, will locate in \fah'('rn, /\rk The Pooley Furniturc company's facton' in Phil,l(lclphia will have a second story addition J50xlOO fcc"t. costing $1'<COO. Agitation fo:' a furniture i'actory in Salt Lake City !l:lS been started hy the lILlllufacturers' ,lnt! .\1e"ch:lllts' il.~Si)cia-tion. The Salamanca (N. Y.) Veneer and Panel COlllJl:tll)' was rc-cently organized and incorpo:';ltcd to manufacture panels and veneers. The new Stebbins 1.fanufacturing cOlllpally's plant HI Sturgis, Mich., has beg-ult operations. The floor space is 40,000 square-. feet. The receiver for the Majestic Bed :lllr! l\lallufaeturing COlll-pany, Springfield, 0.. has made llis fi:'st report and a dividCll(l of 44.95 per cent is declared. S. Karpen & Brothers had (I strike of s110rt c]llr,ltio!1 in their factory in Chicago. Employes \Hntcster! ,(gainst thc. installation of the piecewo~ k s:rstem. The company acccdo.:d to the demand of the employes. i" , " used to tell a quaint story 011 himself. "The first timc I t:-avcled abroad,'" he said, "I visited Brus-sel...;. nnu w("nt to see all the sights. In one of the public buildings 1 fOLlnel an ordinary armchair c<lrefully railed oiY and willi ;1 ck1in auoss its front. 'Being tired \",ith a hard morn-ing of tramping. T stepped O'\TCr the fence, let down the chain ill1(L with a big sigh of relief, dropped into this chair, the only one T h,l(l seen in the biulding, A guard in lace and buttons was 011 me ;It once . ., 'So sitting ill that chai.r.' lte hlustered, 'See the c.<lrd on the back? The Duke of \Vellington once occupied that chair!' "'\Vell. w"hat of it?' I returned as cool as a cucumber. 'I'm Dnkc of Dul"lwl11, and alive at that]' "This settled the matter. Du\;vn to the ground went that ilulikey. brushing the dust from my heavy American shoes with !lis hanclke"chicf of l-eal European linen, A way-up Fngllsh title \::<\tdlt's th(:1""(1\~\'uy time. I lwd my rest out in t1l;It solid old chair of the \Vatel-loo hero."-Sattlrday Even-ing Post. •., f" • -§t~M.J9HIG7}N Antiques. The table in our sitting room is 1110stlynude of glue, And if you put a book on it you'd break it right in two, The davenport's so wobbly that my mother has a fll Vv·henever callers .happen in, for fcar they'l1~sit on it. And when a fly walks up the wall the old piano creaks. There's nothing new in our house now~just shaky old antiques. The broken woodell trtll1dle bed where baby t~lkcs his nap \-Vas thro"·...n away when \\rashington was just a little chap. The dock looks like a cofflll, and its wheels arc made of wood, Tt's older than the Pilgrims, but it isn't any good. There's horsehail" all around the floor-the sofa always leaks. T wish we had some furiliturc tbat wasn't an antiques. Before tHy mother got this "vay our parlor thilLgS ,",,"as 11e\,,,· And yOU could sit on some of them ·without your g01l1g throug-h. But all the comfortahle stuff she's lately gone and sold, And ".·.o. n't have nothing in the house that i~n't ages old; 15 It is a small matter this, but it shows that we cannot begin building a house at the roof. The structure of science must start with a foundation ai1d the wal1s must rise upward in nn orderly manner and be buttressed on every side by la\v and principle. This is not a teaching that may be crowded into shreds and scraps of rhcto:-ic. The science of business is gold to him who masters it, but he will always have to Iny tl1e price in studY1ng a complete system and giv-ing it time for mental assimilation. The day is not yet come when "fixin's" can take the place of turkey. Right Smart "Crackers." Retailers in many parts of the south are "right smart chaps." \Vhen a farmer has had a particularly fortunate year with corn, sugar, fruit or cotton and feels like "swelling out." it is not unusual for him to go to his retailer and ask to be shown better things than the dealer carries in stock. "Yotl jes' go to Birmingham or Atlanta or 1Iemphis and look through the stocks of the big dealers and when you find a pic:ce tbat yOll want, get the name of the maker and the num-ber. I. will order it for you and save yoU money. The big No. 130 bed. manufactured by the Woodatd Furniture Co.• Owosso, Mich.. And if she gets much worse I know in just a few more weeks She'll take us children to N cw York and trade us for antiques. -Chicago .·\meriC.'Ill. Personality Come:; First. A salesman who kno\,.,.·shis goods and has mastered the art of presenting them is confidently aggressive in his work. lIe is said to have a forceful personality. Now this seems a case of putting the ca.rt before the horse, It is not alone bccaltse he knows his goods a1ld the art of presenting them that the salesman becomes a confident and aggressive \'v'orkcL Keither is it because of any such evolu-tion that he attains a forceful personality. The reverse of these things is nearer to the truth. It is in the p;-ocess of upbuildillg a forceful persona.lity that the saksman gets the knowledge of his goods and how to present them and thus gains the spirit of real seH-confidence, said a trade publication the other day. The personality is the root of all, because it is the expression of the man's high character in body, mind and spirit. It is in developing this character that he "Vins the mental force or influence which enables him to "make good" in every emergene)". dealers in the city must charge a larger profit than you would have to pay me. Ask to see the catalogues they keep on hand. Often you can obtain the information yOU need ;n that way," the country merchant urgcs. The plan has worked relnarkahly well in some sections, but the big dealers are learning the wisdom of concealing their catalogues and such information as the well-to-do farmer would obtain for the local dealer. A Successful Woman in the Furniture Business. VVaydown in Texas is a young lady in the furniture busi-ness. The store is locatcd in a tm"rn of the romantic name of San Angelo. Miss 1lamie B. 1\;orton is the owner and manager. This is as it should be. \-Vho can be a better judge of the furniture suitable for each room of a house? A woman in the furniture business? By all means! 1'I'by thcre be more of them. THE HAWKEY" KITCHEN CA&JNltT Original features. Desi,;tn. fillish Bnd cabinet work the best on earth, Prices range from $3.00 to $52.50. Exclusive sale given. Sold to dealers only. Price is a good salesman. Quality is a better one. We have them both Catalogue on application. Union Fu.rnlture Co.• BURLINGTON, IOWA: -- - -------- - No. 526. No. 525. White Printing Co. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~~,~ I THE UNION DAVENPORT BED JJJt:.L~~ I OUR LATEST AND BEST PRODUCTION ~~~--~=- __ -_. ------=-=--=--- =:..c:::::: Its operation is simplicity itself. Is strong and serviceable. Makes an excellent appearance with its handsome cushions. Has high grade spiral springs throughout, and spring edge all around. A PERFECT PARLOR BED Without being moved from the wall opens into a perfect bed. Send for descriptive matter and prices. We want you to handle this excellent article. UNION WIRE MATTRESS CO: 187-188 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO Metal Beds, Woven Wire Mattresses, All Steel Springs and Metallic Couches. L~ -~ JAMESTOWN, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain dnd ~artereJ Oak, Mahogany and BirdJe~ye Mapie. PERMANENT EXHIBITS -- A,. Chicago and New York , Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH In QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK The Best Medium and mgh Priced Refriger· ators on the Market Ranney Refrigerators and Kitchen Cabinets are shown during the wimer furniture expositions at CHICAGO, New Exposition Building, 141 I Michigan Ave.; NEW YORK, Furniture Exchaoge, 43d and Lexington S"eets, A FULL LINE OF SAMPLES AT EACH EXPOSITION AND COMPfTENT SALESMEN IN CHARGE. SEE T"E SEVEN LINES LAPLAND CHIEF, OAK, Tile Lined. CHARTER OAK, ENAMELED, ASH, Whire Enamel on Galvanized Iroo. LAPLAND, OAK, Galvanized Iron Lined. MONITOR, ASH, Galvanized Iron Lined. CHARTER OAK, ASH, Galvanized Iron Lined. All with metal Ice Racks, Ajustable Shelves, Self Closing Doors, Removable Ice Chambers, and other improvements. MASCOT, HARDWOOD, Galvanized Iron Lined. RADIUM, HARDWOOD~ Galvanized Iron Lined. RANNEY REFRIGERATOR CO" Home Officesand Factories, Greenville, Mich CATALOGUES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION 'TO THE HOME OFFICE. POOL CARS FOR PACIFICCOAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. SAN FRANCISCO, CAUFORNIA. make a specialty of distributingpool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet s or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloaderin Chicago Carloaderin Gr~d Rapid. J. M. Welling. 633 So. JeffersonStreet Gelock TransferCompany, 108 So. Ionia Streel. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE Davis Mfg. CO. ST. LOUIS Smith & Patenlw July 15, 1902. No_ 704'~. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of rails answer instead of having two stocks, one of regular, the other inverted. .... .,.It 'IT .... F No. 328 $3.75 All Iron net MAKERS OF METAL BEDS WITH STANDARD REVERSIBLE RAILS Standard Reversible Rail SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE BEDSTHAT DO NOT WIGGLE RICHMOND Pillars, 11-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches_ Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. \Veight, 67 Ibs. Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND, The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Write for Catalogue. Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN 18 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-20 LYON ST., C;RAND RAPIDS, MICH. EIiTERED AB MATTER O~ THE SECOND CU"S Trouble is a great thing. It keeps us going. When a man is busy he has little time to act mean. The unsuccessful man in btlsincss is he who fears to risk failure. By the furniture expositions he attends, the wise dealer is known. If a man has money to burn, it's because he was too wise to burn it. Many a girl has secured a man' wages in an office by mar-rying him. Any time is joy-time to the man who looks for only the sUllny side of life. To keep a job, a salesman must not try to do less work than his associates. The wise man is not known by, the frequency of his ap-pearances in the bucket shops. A man named Pray recently desired to engage in a part-nership that offered great advantages. He would· not stand for a sign and for office stationery bearing the firm name of O'Neill & Pray. The manufacturers of furniture in Atlanta, Ga., have with-drawn from the furniture expositions. The great prosperity in the southern states renders it unnecessary for the manu¥ facturcrs to send their lines to the ex:position towns to find customers for their output. It is generally admitted that Grand Rapids is the lead-ing market of the world for case work. As case work em-braces about everything manufactured in the shape of fur-niture except metal beds and chairs, the rank of the market is the highest. "Quawality Kounts," is a "catch phrase that is used in the advertising of the Kennedy Furniture company of Chicago. Does it? Bed spelling does not serve the purpose 50 well as correct spelling. "Quality Counts" would look better and serve the purpose better. Retailers of furniture derive a substantial income from a well-equipped repair shop. A number advertise this depart-ment of their business. Following is a sample: Furniture Re-Upholstering. V'le wilt upholster a five piece frame parlor suite, clean and repair the frames, furnish gimp co:-d, sp:ing and filling at the undermentioned low price. The coverings are of fine art tapestries and Verona velours-a wide range of pat-terns to chose from. Workmanship guaranteed satisfactory in every way, $27.50. 7iR T I ~.7U\1 .",..,. , , 2 r. The Grand Rapids Furniture company of Thirty-fourth street, New Yrok, recently published the following well writ-ten advertisement: "The charm of a Louis XVI bedroom gathers beautiful ex-pression in our reproductions from this essentially French style. The twin beds, paneled in cane, the long dressing table with triplicate mirrors; the roomy chest of drawers; the Chaise lounge, in cane or upholstery, are all distinctive for a sense of absolute refinement and perfect taste, all bearing that certain hall mark of the G;·and Rapids Furniture company." Instead of supporting the movement for a parcels post law, President Frederick of the Kentucky Hardware assoc-iation urged the metnbers, at their annual convention, held in Louisville recently, to lend their assistance to the passage of an amendment to the postal laws providing for the transmis-sion of letters for one cent, and claimed that while matter of the first class represented bu.t a small proportion of the total weight of the mails carried it paid more than three-fourths of the total receipts of the government for carrying the mails. In his opinion, the parcels post would, if put in operation in this country, endanger the interests of jobbers of hardware. Is President Frederick in league with the express companies? The exorbitant charges enforced for services by the latter has caused the demand for a parcels post that will eventually be granted a patient and long suffering people, Quick wit is partly a natural and partly an acquireet gift. fhere is no man so bright, but that by the exercise of his brain he may become brighter. There is no man so dull but that he will grow duller if he does not cultivate what .wits he has. The story is told of a boy working for a mer-::hant who was sent to collect a bill from a firm known to be on its last legs. He realized the necessity of baste, and he urged payement insistently, Finally a check was given for the amount-some $250. He hastened to the bank, and it was almost closing time. He presented the check and was told that the firm did not have sufficient funds to meet the de-mand. He asked how much short the account they had there was and was informed that it amounted to $7. He had that much in cash and hastily deposted it to the debtor's credit. Then he drew the full amount and took the money with him. The next morning the firm which owed the money failed. Other creditors got little or nothing, but owing to the ready wit and promptitude of the boy, his company secured nearly all that was due. If that boy was not promoted he was not appreciated by his employers.-Oregon Tradesman, ANTIQUES FOR MRS. CARNEGIE. Rar.e Old Furniture Is Left Her by a Woman on Long Island. Some rare old furniture is left to Mrs. Andrew Carnegie hy the will of l\/lrs. Elizabeth ]. Vernon, which was offered {o, probate at 11ineola, L. 1., recently. :\hs. Vernon left an estate of $5,00;) real and $300 personal {Voperty. To Mrs. Carnegie and a Miss V'tlhitfield is left the fll: niture ~f a farm house at ~1i1l Pond Hollow, L. 1., and the will provides that Mrs. Carnegie shall have whatever furniture she may ·select, The furniture comprises many articles of old and rare design. To Henry D. \~rhitfield is left the farm. The money goes to the husband, Townsend Vernon. Will Fight Premium Houses. The retail furniture dealers of Ohio to the number of 200 met in Columbus recently to devise ways and means to pro-tect themselves against the inroads made in their business by the premium stamp and catalogue houses throughout the country which make a practice of giving fu:-niture as prem-lums. The Youngest Furniture Salesman. Here is the picture of Robert Pier \Voodard, three and a half years old, son of Fred B. \Voodard, president of the \Voodard Furniture company, Owosso, Mich, He is un-dt1ubtedly the youngest furniture salesman on the road, or rather, wlJO want!'; to go on the road. The grip he carries is a present from his grandpa, and he is as proud of it as though he had carried it fifty thousand miles, He is a bright little fellow and when he grows up to be a man he will make a record for himself and make the lll"oodard Furniture com-pany still nlOr.e famous as makers of good furniture, Retailing Furniture in Atlanta. The furniture department of the general store of Chamber lain. Johnson & DuBose, in Athlllta, Ga., occupies abollt 35,000 square feet and at its head is F. E. HUl1l1, formerly of Hart-ford, Conn. Fine and medium pri~ed goods are carried in stock mainly, which inventoried $60,000 on February 1st of this year. Tn the stock solInples of the best work from the factories of the l\elson-11atter Furniture company, the John \'Viddicomb compan.y, the \Vi\liam A.Berkey Furniture com-pany, the Oriel Cabinet company, the \Viddicomh Furniture company, and the Sligh Furniture company of Grand Rapids also from the factories (if prominent manufacturers in New York, Chicago and Iudianapolis \verc noticed. "Our trade comes from all parts of the south," :Mr. Hunn explained. "\~lithin the past week \"ie have filled orders from South Caro-lina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. and in each sale high g-rade goods were disposed of. \Ve keep a few cheap goods just to help customers in the store. These we purchase in Mt. Airy and othet' points in the south. The rate from Gr;tnd Rapids to Atlanta is $1.50 pel- hundred, a measure of protec-tion to the manufacturers of cheap furniture in the south. Vv'e purchase some heavy \.vork in Batesville for the counLy people that have gained riches by the cultivation of cotton and V,dIOSC ideas of the value of a piece of furniture are based upon the quantity of lumber used in its construction." The firm sells a great deal of mahogany and gold work, and there is a demand for a fair quantity of weathered and fumed oak. The people of Atlanta aspire to possess large aml costly houses. I t is not uncommon for a business man to put a large amount of his capital into a home. When he 19 makes such an investment, no furniture made is too good for him 01' apparently beyond his resources. Prices of Jute Advanced To Highest Mark. Reports from Dundee state that prices have again ad-vanced, jute sells at 21 pounds per ton, the highest price in tvvcnty years. The remarkable advance in the priee of jute has caused con:-iiderable comment in this country, and there is no doubt that buyers who looked for lower prices, owing to the large crop, are now placed ill a very ;nvkward position as their contracts for manufactured goods arc due. It is stated by responsible parties that JUany of the bag mills sent out their salesmen with instructions to take orders based on a belief that the very large crop of jute in India would enable them to secure supplies of ra\'.·.. material at a low figure. Many (ln1cl'S were booked, but \vhen manufacturers entered the market {Ot' raw materia1. they came face to face with the fact that not only would they be unable to get jute at low prices, but that they \vould have to pay very heavy advances O]l all raw lnatcrial purchased for early 5hipment. Believing that these prices would not be obtained they refrained from operating, and held off thc tnarkct, hoping that later on sup-plies of raw material would be obtainable at much lower pl"ices. The position wllich these manufacturers occupy is plainly shown when the course of the jute market during the past fev,r months is examined. Prices have steadily ad-vaned, although some of the conservative members of the trade believe that these prices are somewhat inflated; still it rC1l1rtinsa fact that jute cannot be purchased unless the high prices demanded are fully met. Contracts for bags and bagg-ing nre rapidly falling due, and if the manufacturers purpose living up to their contracts, they can only do so at a loss. Cables state that in Calcutta prices are extremely strong for all forward deliveries, and that supplies are by no means large. Short sellers of jute in the Calcutta and Dundee markets were wiped out sometime ago, and even the most conservative houses failed to provide for advances of such a l-adicat nature as those that have taken place on jute. Many buyers were caught short, as the large crop turned out by Bed "C:' manufactured by Charles Bennett Furmlure Co,. Ch81lolte, Mich. India upset their calculations, and those who figured on the natural results attending a large crop have found that they were entirely out in their calcul.ations. Albough the price of jute today is £21 per ton, conservative houses in the trade predict that further advances will be seen before a downward turn takes place.-N. Y. Commercial. 20 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO •........................ 12.35 Noon bulf.t Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor a.nd DIDln' Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Ca.r To Grand Rapids -------,--------'- Lv. CHICAGO , .8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ....•........•. , 1 :50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO. ~ihCSt~::~E~x~. Sun .. _. .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS.. • • . • • • . • • • . . . .. . 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, i:ihCst~~~}:'Et1x~. Sun 5.30 P. M. AT. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor aDd Dining Car Lv. CHICAGO, ~iI1Clilt~~lD~~aily , .11.55 Night AT. GRAND RAPIDS ....••••........... 6.45 A. M. :Electric Lighted SI•• plnS Cat" Phone MlchlSa.n Ceatl'a) City Tlohet Olflce Pbone Union Station for Reeervation. lor Reaervatlon •• 119 Adam. Sl:I-eet Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 and Up The Noon Dinner Served al (he PantJind for SOc is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE, Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids :. _ 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m, Ar Philadelphia _ 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. AT New york -" _._ 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. WE manufacture the larga est line of FOLDING CH AIR B in the United States, suitable lor Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers3nd all PUblic Resorts. . • . . We also manufacture Bra,s Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds. Cots and Cribs in a lar2"e variety. . . . •. Send for Catalogue and Prices to Kauffman Mfg. CO. AS"LAND, 0"10 • FOUR TRAINS CmCAGO TO 4ND fROM LvGd.Rapids 7:10am ArChkago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn AT Chicago 4:50 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Cbicago 10:55 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Pl1l1n:an Sleeper, open 9:00 pm all 11:30 pm train ev~ry day. Cafe service on all day trains. Service a la cart~. Pere Marquette ParlQr cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. TItRff TRAINS 0 ET R0 I T TO-AND FROM Leave Gund Rapjds 7:10 am . Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Gund RapIds 11:15 am dally Arrive Detroit 3'25 pm Leava Grand Rapids 5:.lO pm Arrjve Detroit 101Js pm Meats served a 1. carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 am and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat TIlte, 25 «IIts. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H, ,. GRAY, DInltlCT PASSENGER AGKNT, PHONE 1168 Grand Rapida. Micb. Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No.4 The strongest, most powerful, and in ~very way th~ best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cutting, boring and grooving. CABINET MAI1ERS In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in • • . . BARNES' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Rockford. Ill. OUR NEW LINE FOR 1906 CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW AND NATTY CON-CEITS IN THAT "A LITTLE BETTER THAN SEEMS NEC-ESSARY" FURNITURE. Our Salesmen Have Photos. We Mail Catalogues. ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Refrigerators Yukon " EGonomiG AND 6hilkoot ZINC LINED AND WHITE ENAMELED '. There are excellent 'j' reasons why you should buy the above. The catalog tells you what they are. Send for one. The Michigan Barrel Co. 670 CANAL IT, GRANO I{APIDI. oIIIC". 22 The Hotel Knickerbock in New York to Be One of the Best. The Hotel Knickerbocker the latest Astor venture, now in course of erection at Broadway and Forty-second street New York will be a beautiful structure extc;rnally and its interior will be fitted up in very handsome style. Tbe building itself will be fifteen stories high, two stories being below the street level. In the basement will be a fine grill room. The ground floor cntnlJlce from Forty-second street leads into a spacious lobby, the attractiveness of which will immediately impress upon the visitor the artistic spirit dom-inating the whole hotel. Leading off th('. lobby is the main restaurant. This room is about twenty-two feet high, of-fering an opportunity for large sweeping effects. The ,"valls are in eaen stone and marble, hung with Flemish tapestries. The ceiling is in the style of Henry II. Tn the dining room are to be placed two electric fountain~ of colored marble and bronze, designed by Frederick l\.hc 1Ionnies, the famous sculp-tor. Adjoining the restaurant is the spacious flower room, in which a Francis 1 treatment has been used. The detailing is highly elaborate. On one of the walls will be a picture, ca~'ved and decorated arching beams. The hotel will have special facilities for serving large organization dinners in the banquet room. There are a number of private dining rooms on the sec-ond floor for parties ranging from ten to seventy-five covers. These are richly treated in cherry enamel in the Louis XIV and XVI periods. The contract for furnishing the hotel was let to the Pooley Furniture company. E. F. Pooley, president of the com-pany, has given the Knickerbocker order his special attention, in connection with his designer, Mr. Duer, devoting much time and thought to the proper selection of materials. Cir:... cassian walnut, prima vera., (white mahogany), French wal-nut and red mahogany are the principal woods used. Every piece of furniture has been carefully designed to harmonize with the decoration of the room in which it is to be placed. The question of the proper selection o~ chairs is one of the most important that arises in the equipment of a large hotel. Before awarding the contract for :5Upplying the Knickerbocker with chairs, Mr. Regan gave the matter his most careful attention. Sketches and samples of chairs were No. 513. Man~ured by the Palmer ManwactufiDgCo .. Detroit. Mich. "The Masque of Flora," painted by James "Vall Finn, with the assistance of Henry Fuller. A bas relief of Aphrodite by John Flanagan, a pupil of Saint Gaudens, will also be in this room. The ladies' reception room is in Louis XVI style, decorated in enamel and gold. On the Broadway side is the men's cafe. It is in French Renaissance, and will have, as a leading featuure, a large painting by Maxfield Parrish. The barroom on the first floor is in English Renaissance, calling for massive treatment and rich detailing. The offices of the hotel are located on the mezzanine floor. Here the woodwork is of mahogany, richly. but conservatively treated. The crowning work of the decorators is in the banquet and ball room, on the second floor, which will be without ex-ception the richest room of its kind in New York. It meas-ures 105 by 48 feet-one of the largest hotel rooms in the country. It has a seating capacity of 550, and the gallery will accommodate many mote. It will be in Italian Renais-sance, with beautifully enameled woodwork. The balcony, with entrance from the grand staircase, will be supported by submitted to him by the leading manufacturers of America. The contract was finally given to the combination of P. Derby and company and Ford & Johnson C01l1pany. In addi-tion to being artistic in design the chairs are of the most practical and durable workmanship. Many Df the ideas as to style, shape, finish, etc., are original with Mr. Regan. The designs are totally different from those used in hotels up to the present time. A Course In Salesmanship Would Be Beneficial. A number of Boston merchants have petitioned the school board for a course of salesmanship. This has incited the keen newspaper men, and their fancies have made many laugh. Yet the idea is a good one. Surely a large propor-tion of the young men and women in the schools will be~ come salesmen. Why should they. not learn something of benefit to them-something which they can apply directly -while in school. The suggestion is an excellent one, and might be wisely considered by school boards everywhere.- Ex. The T. n. Laycock :\1anufacturing- company have pur-ehase< l thirty acrt'S of land in Brig-htwuud, a suburb in the northeastern part of the city, and are building what will probably be the hlrgest factory in the country for the manu-facture of brass and iron beds, ' ..o..ven wire mattresses. cots and cribs. The buildlngs will be one story high, and already two million brieb have heen laid. It is expected they will be located in the new factory early in June. Smith, Day amI company will soon commence the erection of a large building in the rear of their present building on East \Vashington street. The new building is made neces-sary because of the consolidation of the Detroit branch with 23 assigned for the engagement, The recipient of the mes-sage meant to keep the appointment and wired that he would be on han(1. But he forgot to wind his alarm clock with the result that he overslept and missed the train he should have taken. It was a little thing-only the winding of a spring in a clock. Yet when he took the next train and hunted up the man who had written for him, he was informed that he would have been offered a $5,000 a year position had he kept his ap-pointment, but since he did not come, it had been assumed that he did not take any interest in the matter and another mall had been appointed in his stead. Another instance of where a little thing lost a man a splendid position and a prob-able fortune.-Ex. N~waTk. Ohio, Furniture Company's Handsome New Cata-logue. The Artisan is in receipt of a beautiful new 46 page cata-logue for spring issued by the Newark (0.) Furniture com· pany. Cuts of extension dining tables fitted with the Tyden No. 190 drew'r and No. 290 chiffonier, maDufaclu~d by Woodard Furniture Co., OWOSSCl, Mich. the Indianapolis branch, :rnd will be twice as large as the present building. Smith, Day and company have been very successful, both in Indianapolis and Detroit, and by uniting the two houses they will have one of the largest chair busi-nesses in the west. The main factory is at Baldwinsville, Mass., whence the chairs are shipped k. d. to Indianapolis, set up, finished and upholstered. The ne'.\' building will be ready for occupancy in Mayor June. Importance of Loo~ing Aft,er the Little Things. The salesman can ill affo:-d to allow the little things to take care of themselves. In the first place, they witt not do so, and in a short time they will become his maiiter. In the second place, learning to attend to them on the moment drills him into the habit of doing things immediately, which is when they should be looked after. This is one of the things which makes a successful life. It may seem unim-portant to keep an appointment to the minute. Yet there is a well authenticated case on record where a young man was asked to meet a prosperous business man, no reason being lock are numerous. The cover design is very attractive and artistic, being in colors-black, blue and gold on a white onyx paper. New Stations for the Louisville & Nashville. Official announcement is made by the Louisville & Nash-ville that twenty stations will be established on the Knoxvilte- Cartersville line, south of Etowah, where the old Atlanta, Knoxville and Nashville lines diverges to Blue Ridge and Ivlarietta and the new line goes direct to Cartersville. Five sta~ tions wilt be in Tennessee, onc on the state line to be known as "Tennga," a combination of the statc abbreviations, and fifteen in Georgia. Station houses will be erected at the ma-jority of the points, but some will be mere flag stations_ The principal Georgia stations will be: Kilburn, Oran, Chatworth, Ramscy, Fairmount, vVheeler, Canis ton, Ranger, Bolivar, Rydal, White and Aubrey_ When the new .line is open to passenger service the through trains will operate over it, and a local passenger train ,..·.ill be run from Knoxville to Blue Ridge_ The schedules are now being prepared. KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES Prices rl.!lht WRITE FOR CATALOGUE KAROfS fURnlTURf (0. EVANSVILLE INDIANA In writing mention Michigan Arti!\an GLOBE SIDEBOARDS are tbe BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GET OUR CATALOGUE. '\lention the Mighigan Artisan when writing. GLOBE FURNITURE COMPANY EVANSVILLE. INDIANA BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TABLE. TOP 2Ox40. FRENCH PLATE 22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED. Makers of lhe "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor and libraryJTables NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE E. Q. 1906 8MIT" C"AIR MAKE MONEY ====COMPANY MR- DEALER 1858 MANUF ACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LE4T"ER 4ND VENEER SEAT C"4IRS AND ROCKERS No. H5 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Wareroomsl Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. -----EVANSVILLE,lND.,----- BY SELUNG THE D055f KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOAROS SAFES and WARDROBES Besl Boods lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evans¥iUe, Ind, The "Ell" FOLDING BEDS ~~tf:\R~,~,~~~ No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mant~1 and Upright ELI 0 MILLER & Co E.an .. ma.'ndlana • • \\.'rite for cuts and prices hmville Furnilure CO" Evansville. Ind. Manufacturers or tbe "Celebral1d Flowered White Oak Boods," BEDROOM SUITES CHiFFONIE.RS ODD DRESSERS; WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Somethina Entirel} New Goods shown ill January ex-hibit at Chica-go. Ill., at No. 131"'Michi~an Ave., Jd Hoor and also at our factory s.al es-room at Evans-ville, Ind_ New Catalogue ,just issued. 26 Sorrows of the Auction Sale. When yOll desire to get a real interesting, cheap and at-tractive piece of furniture, try the auction sale. Such furni-ture oftentimes becomes interesting becau.se of the inhabitams in it. It is cheap because all people who attend auctions ex-pect low prices to prevail. The auction furniture, if specially made for auctioneering purposes, is as a rule pretty to look upon, hut is of a tinsel nature and the beauty is not likely to hold. But seriously .. there aTC some good articles of furni-ture avaiable at the auction ~ale. But these pieces are rare, and the patron who makes a practice of buying up second hand stuff must expect to buy considerable questionable stock before he gets a genuine bargain. Let us look at the different types of furnitu:'c sold at auction. It may be divided into several classes, Sometimes the home of a prosperous man ;s closed and the goods are advertised to be sold at auction, The placards are put out. The crowd comes and it is safe to assume that the highest bidders will secure some very good pieces of furniture, no doubt at very reasonable values. Then again it happens that first-class furniture dealers often want a <::lea'ringOllt of stock and they place their shop-worn atticlesin the auction room and sel{ them to the highest hi'dders. The buyers under these conditions usually get their money's worth. But there are auctions which are in-stituted solely for the purpose of disposing of auction-made furniture, just as there are men who make a business of auctioneering cheap and auction·made watches and suits of clothes. This is the kind of furniture yOU have to look out for. Then there js another class of second-hand fUl'n.iture which sells at low values in the auction room, including the kjnd gathered from the junk shops. This sort of furniture is of the lowest type. It is unclean and. usually infested with insects. In every city we may find th.ird and fourth rate second-hand furniture stores, and the articles or' furniture on snle in some of these places are of a questionable nature so far as neatness and real practical worth are concerned. The auction-made and the auction-sold furniture is not appreciated by the patron, even though it may have been purchased at a very small cost. For illustration, a friend of mine was obliged to sell some of his furniture at auction. lIe needed the ready cash. In a though less motn~nt, in his desperation, he closed a contract with an auctioneering firm. The firm quickly put out advertising matter of the character ex.hibited in figure 1, with the name of the firm added. My friend wJlOm we will call Mr. Sold, awoke one morni'ng to find him-self freely advertised as a seller of auction goods and all this was to occur from his reputable store direct. The 'advertis-ing was out and there was no help for it. The auction sale began and the crowd with its muddy feet and vile remarks tramped over the store, sat in the chairs, spat tobacco juice on the curtains,. and spoiled much material. Valuable pieces of furniture were ridiculed and sold at a third actual cost 01 making. A dozen times 1h. Sold would have stopped the sale and driven the mob out, but he needed the money, and besides he had made his contract with the auctioneer. The sale closed and a year passed, before Mr. Sold recovered from the effects of the auction sale on his business, Patrons were lost. Dishonest people claimed that certain articles purchas-ed at the auction sale were fraudulently made and in order to save tronble, Mr. Sold exchanged new for old goods in sever-al instances, because he afterwards learned that the auction-eer had, "run in" a number of pieces of "outside" cheap stock, (0 sell on the reputation of Mr. Sold's house with the regular goods. One of these "run in" pieces of furniture is shown in figure 2 and the panel work was in process of peeJing off when sent back to the store.Mr. Sold sent a new one in its place and said "never· again,". In figure 6 we see a copy of some signs he himself put out to try to make the public for-get the auction sale, Speaking of funny things in connec-tion with auction goods, one party upon opening a drawer ·in a stand he had purchased, found a little coffin packed therein with excelsior as in Fig. 3. The coroner was notified and upon opeing the casket it was found to contain the remains of a pet cat. Investigation showed that a lady's cat died and she arranged to have the casket for it and supposed that it had been buried. The servant had placed the casket in his wash-stand, intending to see about the hurial Hext day. Some-thing occurred in the meantime and the servant left. A few days after the goods went to the auction rOOIll.. In another case, a friend had purchased a bureau and oue morning while he was reading, puffs of smoke came forth from the drawer as pointed out by the arrow in figure 4. He opened the drawer and found a can o{ carbide. It seems that SOLD AND Co., HAVE" NO MORE AUCTION COODS. Au fNlnMo the llllrcatt forme.ly bclollp;cd to ;lll automobile ellthusiast. He kept the c;l:'bic1e ill the drawer for his acetylene gas light for the machine. The cover of the can had worked free and the moist air caused the carbide to send forth fumes, ·which if ignited \vould have produccd an explosion. Figure 5 illustrates the old story of the auction-made goods. Auction-made furniture is the the kind made to hold together until you get it home and set it up. After that, the length of the life of the article is indefinite. An acquaintance tells me that when he was poor he bought a bedstead in an auction house, and that on the very first night he us.ed it, the sideboards broke and he was tumbled to the floor as in figure 5. "An ObsNver." RETAILERS OF ATLANTA. Retailers of Atlanta Lack Taste in the Display of Furniture. Atlanta, G,L, contains fifty-two furniture. stores. Al-though lhe population of the city is but 100,000 the owne;'s of these stores see.m to he vexy prosperous. Thi.s i.s 8.i:> counted for hy the fact that a great mally retailers of fumi-tureitl Georgia and adjoining states carry small and infel'ior stocks and the prosperous growers of cotton, corn and irtl~t are compelled to visit Atlanta to find what they want. In many of the stores the stocks are not displayed to advantage. Lack of taste in displaying the goods is noticeable every-where. A few excellent examples of good work in this re-spect are noticed, however. The warerooms of the Walter J. \\Tood company, located on a corner, have an tire frontage of glass. From the street every piece on sale may be seen. Effective displays are made by M. Rich & Bro., the Car-michael Furniture company and the Rhodes Haverty com-pany. Money is plenty, collections are easy, the crop pros-pects good, and the conditions for a successful year of busi-ness perfect. The names of the retailers of furniture recent-ly compiled by the publishers of the city directory arc as follows: M, H. Abbott. F. W. Anderson and company. J T. Ash, Atlanta Wreckage company. L. S. Banknight. Bazaar Furniture company. S. Boostein. 21 Brown & Catlett. CarnpbeH & Brownlee. Carmichael company_ R. W. Coats. ]. M. Cooley. VV .C. Drake. J. C. & J. P_ Evins. 14 erring' Furniture company. J. T, Jones. Kentucky Furniture company. McDonald Furniture company. Chamberlain, Johnson & DuBose. M. Rich & Brother. H. A. :r'l'Iartin and company. C. H. Mason. J. A. Mason. T .E. Matthews and company. :vIatthews & Lively. Benjamin ~Iaxwell. J. A. :Minor. Morris & Byrd. G. N. Morris and company. New Home House Furnishing company. 11. H. ""'issenbaurn. J. T. Patterson. People' Furniture company. j, K. Polk. Porter, \\lrigley and company. Rhodes-Haverty company. J. C. Shirley. P. IT. Snook. Shirley & 11iddlehrooks. Ralkel- & Rhudy. A. Springer. A. J. Stewart and company. J. T. Stewart. L. & C. Furniture company. H. 1. Taylor. Thomas Furniture company. J, B. Turner company. \Vhite & Yancey. \Valter J. Wood_ G. H. Noodson. D. S. Wright and company. O. Zaban & Son. -- ------------------------ 28 HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 10 291 W. Superior SI., CtfICAGO. ILL. M;lNUEI'ACTUREItS OF Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Chiffoniers LADIES' DRESSII\IGTABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Mahogany Veneered. Birdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish. We also make a line of PRINCESS DRESSERS from $13.00 up, In Quarter-Sawed Oak. Mahogany Bnd Birdseye MiIIIDle. Veneered Ii you have not received our Spring Suppl~ent, ask for it, SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL & K,.NAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Beat Ma.de, Bw Fillished. Best Values, All Made from Tho~Ollllhly Seasoned Srock No. 435 Dining Table Top ;4x54. Made in Qllarlered Oak ami Mahollany. run Pol_ ished. Nic:1releaffers • NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN Shelbyville DesK Company MANUFACTURERS OF Office Furniture MAHOGANY AND HdlTATION QUAR..TERED OAK, PLAIN OAK In Three Grade~' A fUll Line, Up-to-Date, EXhibited 1319 tl' EIGHTH FLOOR. Michigan Avenue CHICAGO tl' Write for Latest Catalogue. Shelbyville, Ind. ATLAS FURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y, DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send for Catalogue No. 88-Child's High Chair with Unger Safety Guard. Century Furniture Co. Factory and Salesroom 153-159 Canal sl., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF FINE Parlor and Library Furniture Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Exdmive and PlJre in Daisn INCREASED FACILITIES LARGER LINE We Would Like to Get Closer--to You Suppose now you were the boy and we the girl and you wanted to get a little -closer. '\Tell now suppose you do-we will tell you how. Buy a pair of our 5 pound Genuine 411Geese feather Pillows, size 20x26, A. C. A. Art or Linen Tick, any color, for $1.85. You will get closer to us and we will to you. Terms 5 per cent for cash 10 days. H. B. FEATHER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. THE HAND SCREW ====WITH "THE SAW-CUTTHREAD"----- THE threads on our Hand Screw Spindles won't strip because they are SAW CUT. They will last 50 per cent longer than the ordinary spindle with the lathe cut thread. We use the very choicest second growth hickory in all our Spindles and the best Michigan hard maple in the jaws. A trial of these goods will convince you of their merits. Send in your order. MANUFACTURERS OF CABINET BENCHES, FACTORY TRUCKS, ETC. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130S. Ionia St.,GRANDRAPIDS, MICH. Koenig s.. Gamer furniture Co. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA. COMBINATION, UPRIG"T and MANTEL folding Beds Odd Dressers, !'rlnlless Dressers, Napoleon Beds in Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird'. Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 Mlllhlgan Ave. Offtce and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III. Factory No. 22 to 48Pratt Stud Catalogue ready March. nt. Sendfor it and mention the An;son. Tbe New 31 THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as Comfortable Simple PATENTED OCT. 20, 1903, ..PE.RFE.CT ff FOLDING CHAIR Th~ Acme of Perfeetioll in the line of Folding Chairs, PERFECT COMPACTN~SS whO!n folded. Hard maple. natural finish. \VRlTK FOR PR1CRS. 15M PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North M.anchester.. Indiana. DON'T READ THIS unless you are a MANUFACTURER, MILL-MAN lJf BUSIN"ESS MAN, in which case yOll would do welJ to carefolly consider the following facts. The St. louis i.. San Francisco R. R. betta known as the has built, or added to its system, over J 900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroad during the past five years and a1l traversing newly settled sections of the Southwest. NOW is the time to loc,ate your tactory or mill in this most prOSperous section. It will repay you to write TODA Y for full particulars regarding ind\lcements offered, abundant raw materials, excellent marken, etc. Illul/l"aud hooklet "Opporlllr.it;el" UW(fN~. M. SCHULTER, Indu.trlal Comndssloner, Fri ...... BldR. St. Loulst M~. Durable Neat are our specialty Office, Dininil and Directors' Tables Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for CatalOllue, Get lIlunpleuof BANQUET TABLE TOP DECORATIVE FLOWER!PLANT TREES fRANK NETSCm::RT CO 34 BAReLA Y STREET NI'W YORK ==, .=.----===----- Ask us for our Illustrated Catalogue No. 10. fRANK NETSC"ERT CO 34 BARCLAV STREET NI'W YORK HANGING BASKETS ELECTRIC DISPLAYS ETC. Embossino and DrOD Garvino Ma6hin6S Machines for a II purposes, and at prices within the reach of all. EyeryMachine has our guar-antee against breakage for one year "Rotar)' Style" for Drop Caf"vlngs, fmbossed Mouldings. Panels, UC. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Double daily train service to New Orleans. Send for a free deseriptive booklet. Connoots with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tickets, l'8tes, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON, PASS. TRAFFIC MaR .. CHICAGO, s. G. HATCH, GENERAL PASS. AG£NT, CHICACO. "lateral Style" for large CapaCity Ueavy Carvings and Deel;l ""f:mbosslngs. We have the Machine yOU want at a satisfactory price, Write for descriptive circulars. ------" I L 32 The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TllADE. MARK REGlSTU'.ED.) Th, t,,, i, NOW DEMOC;STRATED hevond a:l daub: that the sale ot O~E REX hl;ler Tllftd Mattress \yil~ cause inquiry suHicient to sell T\VO and so it goes on growing and enlarging ~'our business as ours has enlarged-OUR HEST TR,\DE. \V1'::c ~or our nc\v booKlet I'The King at Tdts," and learn al: aboul tbis Sp:cndic!. Mattress. We furnish these bealllifi.l1 little 20 page hooklets to Clls:omer~ fllld licensee! agents. Ge: om (erlI1~, 'twices, etc. \-Vrit\": right llQ\V. Don't ,Yait. A care: wi;] do. Anything- to sho\'," your interest. CHARLES A. FISHER & CO. 1302 Michigan Ave •• CH1CAGO. 1LL. PEORL1, ILL. :)T. LOUIS, MO. I.JNCOLN, ILL. MiNNEAPOLIS, .'I5/NN. Soil' l',1allt~f{i{ttl,-err under Lhen.!! Amerium lIJattreJj and CtiJbicJn C:;mporry. Old Furniture and Modem Copies. Genuine antique fumiture of the early art periods is be.- coming so rare th;lt few of the shops pretend to offer relics of the past, contenting themselves with excellent copies of well-known pieces of furniture by artists ..v..h.o in their day es-tablished a standard of excellence rarely reached hefore or since. There are antique furnishing articles, presented in large quantities in second-hand sta.res, but it should be re-membered that these, for the most part, possess none of the characteristics of beauty, without which an article is of little DrawinR-RoOIll of a New York HOUlle. value. There were periods in our own history, and in that of France and England, ,...h.en art was at a low ebb. Un~ scrupulol.ls dealers may dispose of such goods to the unslts-specting', but in the eye of a conlloisseur they would be quick-ly condemned. It is due to the scarcity of genuine colonial furniture to-day tJlat lD'J.nufactnrers have set themselves the difficult task of reproducting in solid wood the best examples of this period. Not ouly this, but the old English furniture, from which the early colonial makers drew a good deal of their inspiration. is being copied, and reproduced in all particulars, as pcrfect as the originals. The revival of the furniture-pieces of stich styles founded by Sheraton, Heppc1white and Chippendale dates partly from the time of the coronation of King Edward. That Cerel1l0lly stilTed all the old families to ransacking garrets and cellars for antique articles of ornament and use. A great many exquisite pieces of old furniture were brought out and exhibited for thc first time in a century. A few of the Sheraton and Chippendale pieces exhibited at the coro-nation were marvelous productions of these. two master artists in wood. Copies of them have since bccn made which will serve to establish a new popularity for this style of furniture. Imitation antiqlle furniture is shoddy and is of little value. Perfect copies of antiquc articles, made with the same care a11<1effort, in solid wood, even to the minutest carvings, are fully as worthy of our admiration as the originals. In fact. it is the only way that mo.;;t of us can enjoy these exquisite pieces of furniture, and '\,\,C must rest content with snch repro-ductions. There can he no Question about the artistic ;U1(l utilitarian value of the modern copies of the old-fashioned hall-dock, \\'hich to-day,· sell as high as $500 and $1,000, The mechanical movements of thc clocks are superior to the ancient time-pieces. They are made in solid mahogany, oak, or rosewood, and they possess the characteristics of the old pieces. Likewise the carving of the modernized English Btyles of furniture is as perfectly done as any shown on the few pieces of the original Chippendale or Sheraton. The essen-tial point to observe, however, is that the copies are genuine. 7lRTI..5'A.N ~. e • 7 ee 33 Imitation of the old furniture will not count, for such work can be done by inferior wood-workers without catching in any degree the spirit of the founders. It requires nearly as much taste and skill to make a modem copy of an old Chippendale or Shcraton chair as it did the Qriginal. It is owing to the genuine merit that the modernied antique furniture of the classical Eng{jsh types is found among those who appreciate tasteful environments in the home. The revival of these early English schools of furniture car-ries 'with it a knowledge of artistic surroundings, and some taste in disposing of the various articles in a room To carry ont the effect properly, it is necessary that there should be harmony in detail aJld environment. A room furnished with Chippendale table, T-Iepplewhite chairs, and Sheraton rocking chairs, with a nearly colonial sideboard, would hardly produce a pJe;lsing effect. It is better to fur-nish each room with the furniture of one period, carrying out the scheme of decoration as far as possible in every detail. This calls for money and a good deal of work in collecting It is 110t possiblc to go to any store. and select all of the appropriate artides for such rooms, but with a httle patience study, and proper selection, an old English bed rom, a Flemish dining-nlolll, and a library or parlor of colonial fUrlliture m'ay be rcproduced. Chippendale htrnitnre is best suited for the parlor and one or more bed roms. Copies of the original pieces abound in exquisite p<:ttlerns in eanred wood, suggesting very strongly the decorations of Louis XV furniture. Thomas Chippendale, the father of the style which bears his name, was greatly in-flueneed by the Frellch school of decorators of that and previous periods. He was a consummate artist and work-man, and instead of merely reflecting Frcn~h influence in his .vork, he fOl1nded a distinct school of design and crafts-manship. There. ,",'as a delicacy in his work which won genuine admiration. i\ good fleal of the so-called modern Chippendale. pieces arc far from possessing any of the original characteristics of the style, and they are not even attempted copies of tJH; genuine. Excellent copies of Chippendale chairs can be ob-tained to-day from $20 to $50 upirard, and when the room iiS entirely decorated \...i.th appmprintc furnishings of that period, Library of a New York Houlle. The furniture harmonizes well with decorations suggestive of the Frcnch the effect is excellent. modern wall-papers and SdlOOI. Even the upholstered scats in tapestry effects, if rightly selected, carry out the atmosphere of the Chippendale period. Sheraton fUI'niture is even more difficult to obtain that Chippendale, and many designers of modern furniture are forccd to wpply reproductions of the articles published in a few books and periodicals of Sheraton's time. There are 34 several elaborate books with excellent colored plates, dealing with Sheraton furnitu;'c, hut these books axe almost as costly as some of the articles of furniture. Only a few cop-ies of these rare editions are in existence, and some of the best modern copies of Sheraton chairs and tables were made from the designs thus furnished in book plates. Sheraton wascof.a little bter period than Chippendale, but llC represent-ed a distinct school of his own. His furniture is made princi-pally of mahogany and satin" .·.o. od, and inlaid work distin-guished most of 1t. NeaTly all of the 1111aidwork is of lighter colored woods, and 110t of ivory 'or other material which the orientals used for this work. Tbe wood was carefully se-lected and cured before being used for furniture, and conse-qJ. 1ently it seldom shows warping or cracking through years of con~tant use. Th,e sma)} pieces of ",..·ood used for inlaying were also thoroughly cured, and they have shown themselves to beproof against time and weather. In the Sheraton furni-ture _we find the decorations tending toward delicate lyre-like and twisted flute design:s, with the legs of tables and chairs turned and carved. A peculiarity of both the Sheraton and Chippendale furniture is the 1l\.lmbcrof secret drawers and shelves, many comparhnents being separated by double ' ..a..lls, with ingenious places between for hiding artlcles of value. Secret springs and catches hold these false sides togetheL For centuries! valuable possessions have been held in these secret drawers, and the articles of furniture have passed from oue family to another with no suspicion of the existence of the great compartments. Material for many good romances has thus been unearthed by the unexpected discovery in a secret drawer of a Sheraton desk or bureau of some will or valuable paper document. The modern sideboa.:rd was not in existence in the days of Chippendale and those said to be of this school were made in later times. The sideboards of that period were simply tables intended for holding a few glasses and plates. Sheraton probably designed the first of the modern English style of sideboards! and his designs were of a rather simple nature, compared to the elaborate affairs in vogue to-day. Sheraton furniture is as eminently designed for bedroom and parlor .as the Chippendale. They also fit well in some dining-rooms and libraries, but, as a rule! they appear too rich and delicate for such use. Better adapted to library and dining-room is the furniture of the, Flemish school, which has become in recent times ex-tercmely popular. Here the severe simplicity and solid com-fort so essential to the library and dining-room reaches its artistic development. The Flemish- -furniture is distinctly simple ami artisbe, and above all representing just what it is. There is no inlaid work to suggest the cunning hand of the artist in colors; no delicate legs and chair arms to make one uncomfortable when leaning the whole weight in chairs or rockers; no pretense to ornate hand carving so fragile that a rough hand might mar it. Onthe contrary there is >itrength and solidity, comfort and ease, in the strong, square legs -of chairs and table, and true beauty in the bold handcarving fashioned to suit the weight and siu of the furniture. One should not associate copies of pure Flemish furnittl'."c with cheap, hand-carved, clumsy tables and chairs. On the contrary, everything is in the right llwpmtion, and suggestive of early Dutch ease and comrort. \Vith the dining-room all(l library furnished with such articles. the walls decorated with handsome Delft ware, the windows leaded and small, and shaded with short quaint clirtaills, one realizes that the Dutch atmosphere, \'vhich must penrade the place, is both easing to the mind and eye. After the garish colo'·s and bright lights of the more modern rOOI11S,it is restful to re-tire to a library hlTn-ished 111 such Flemishcom{ort or to l~at a peaceful meal amid such surroundings. The great lesson5 to be learned from the early English furniture arc abundant enough if oueha!> the taste and money to select pieces copied according to the original designs. There is harmony in all of the· decorations, and not dis-cordant lines and curves drawn without reason 0, purpose. There is a dominant central motive in all of the designs of these early schools, and this is constantly kept ill view, and not overshadowed by minor details. There tS sitnplicity in structure as well as artistic carving and decoration, and notwithstanding the patterns of elegant inlaid work, there is no showy effect which blinds the eyes to the intrinsic worth of the omamentation. The colorings, whether of the natural woods highly polished, or of paints and stains judic-iously used, are all subdued and quiet in taste. There is no confusion of glaring effects in reds, blues and pinks. The net result is that the furniture is restful to the eye. If we accept as true, that colors, as well as music, have a psychological value in influencing our nerves and mental state, we should make a more judicious study of our physical surroundings . It is said that our sleep, appetite and mental activity arc all affected by our color surroundings to such an extent that nervous disorders can often be cured by making the_ right 5clections. This has been tried ill London hospitals with ex-cellent success. Why should we not, therefore, find in our homes the best method of favoring our nerves and minds by improving our environments according to well-defincd laws (>f natu:--c?-House Beautiful. • IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING 'poIiSDHING VARNISHES " OI:TFlOIT "ACTORl' GOODS CANADIAN "ollCTOl'll' YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO I1'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF 'fHIS CLASS OF THE TEST BY GIVING Us A TRIAl- ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED. NIW YORK "'HILADE-LPHIA BALTIMORIl FAOTORY AND MAIN OFFIOE, DETROIT CANADIAN 'ACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT • .- VARNISH MANUFACTURERS (OHIO .... CINCINNATI SAM 'R"NCI.CO WE HAVE GROWN TO THE LEADING POSITION AS MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBER FURNITURE BY MAKING THE BEST SELLING LINE -a line good enough for the most exacting and not too good f01" the average trade requirement. We issue no catalogue. Our salesmen show photos. SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SAVE FREIGHT Why go west for CASE GOODS when the BU RT LINE will satisfy tbe bulk of the trade demands of tbe average dealer, witbout necessitating delays in shipping. Chamber Suits, Sideboards, Chiffoniers. Dresser. and Toilets. Write for Catalo..ue. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. - -------------_ ..... _.- -- --------------------- 36 "Cyco" Bearing SWEEPER The kind with the demand established and constantly being expanded. Not the "Just as Good" kind. but the BUT. The kind that sells ItSelf and always pays the dealer a good profit. Our line for 1906 will be the largest, most complete, (and contains more valuable mechanical improvements that experi~ ence alone can produce) .that has ever been o:lf"eredto the trade. You don't have to waste your· time talking the Bind! to sell 'it, as its reputation i. too well known. The adverti'ements of the Bissell in high class magazines and newspapers for the year 1906, will practically reach the entire reading population of the United States and Canada. Write for our spring offer. BISSELL CARPEr SWEEPER CO., GrandRapid., Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World.) B'RANCHES: NEW YORK (Eastern office.; saleSloom and export dept.) 'Jol) Wauen St., LONDON, ENGLAND (Officeand warehouse) 38 Wilson St., FlnsbUty, E. C. TORONTO, CANADA, (Office and factory) 18-20 Pearl St. PARIS, FRANCK, (Officeand factory) 42 Rue des Vinaigriers. LUCE No. 121 BUFFETS possess the Individuality of desigu and the careful construction which is characteristic of the Grand Rapids product. CATALOGUE UPON RE&(UEST. LUCE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-- The Fable of the Lady in the Moon. A few years ago it was discovered that the man in the moon has a companion, and of course it is a woman. Since then it has been discovered that the man aforsaid is a busi-ness man, and that the young lady is his stenogrnpher and typewriter. Now this young lady is a steady reader of the Lunar )ilorning' Ke\vs, and having read that her sisters in the same line of work on the earth were supplied with typ~- writer desks, she demanded of her employers a six weeks leave of absence: in the famous new airship Neptune that she might make an investigation for herself, ami purchase whatever seemed best for the office. Of course her request was granted, so she started one mOOIl-light night, and early the next morning landed in )'l11skegon. Immediately after walking down the gang plank from the ship she looked up and to her astonishment she read the sign on a great factory building "The Moon Desk Company," and manager Stevens, hat in hand, standing in the door-way ready to gored her. Of course Stevens was as surprised as the young lady, but when was he ever known to be any-thing hut the politest of gentlemen, especially La the ladie,.;, She handed hin} her card, was invited into the office and show rooms, '..a..s delighted at the beautiful roll flat top and type-writer desks, made a selection of a half dozen of the fllW::.i took a sail on 1\.fuskegon lake with 1\.'lr. Stevens, dined ,vith him at the Occidental; said she did not care to visit any other places on earth as she did not think there were ,l1ly so charm-ing as lvluskegoll any\vay, and took the same ship she ...:.ame on back to her home, "vhere she landed next morning and surprised the man in the moon with here wonderful experi-ence. Of course the g'oads were packed and shipped by the same ship, and by ten o'clock in the morning they were unpacked and set up and the happiest man between Mars and Jupiter was the man who has in his employ that steno- . grapher and typewriter. Obituary. Earl Theodore Church, for thirty-two years president of the Charlotte, Mich., ::\.'lanufacturing company, died recently. As he was riding home to his farm, about one mile from the NO. 714. Has raised panels all around and between pedestals; wide pedestal drawersjcenter drawer with flat keyed lock; double writing beds; heavy pilastersand roll top arms. Drawers varn-ished inside, have movable par-titions, deep drawer partitioned for books. Overhanging or bracket front. Golden oak finish, rubbed and polished. Very heavy massive desk. Pigeon hole case is supplied with card index drawer with follow block attachment; letter file drawer with index, J2 all wood pigeon hate boxes, private compartment with flat ke~'ed lock. [.MOON DESK ,COMPANY Muskegon, Mich. city, on February 6, his horse became frightened and ran away, throwing him from his buggy, and he received injuries that resulted in death on \Vednesday, February 14th. He was 71 years old, and had been a resident of Charlotte since 1854, and was one of the most honored and respected busi-ness men of the city. Fa,· nearly twenty years he was president of the Merchants National Bank and president of the Eaton County Saving Bank since its organization. He ,vas deeply interested in everything for the betterment of Charlotte, and freely gave his time, money and talents to that end. He \vas prominent in masonry, having filled many of the chairs in blue lodge, chapter and commandery. He leaves a wife and one son. The business of the Charlotte 1bnufacturing company wilt not be' affected by,the passing of M!". Church as it is one of the best managed and most substantial institutions in the state. .Messrs. Smith and Higbee who have been the active managers of the business for years, will continue in their respective positions. A good man has gone to his rest and reward, and his memory will be kept fresh in the millds of many who are left to mourn his departure. SLIDING SHOE. Something New Under The Sun. The Onward 1lanuiacturing eOl11pnayof Streator, Ill., will within the next sixty days begin the manufacture of a sliding-shoe to take the place of the old style wheel caster, for use on furniture, etc., and which can be lIsed in hundreds of other places where the ordinary rolter or wheel caster is a nuisance or cannot be used. This new device consists of a circular disc or shoe of stamped, pressed or cast metal, highly polish-ed or enameled, or of porcelain, with flat bearing surface and edge turned up all around. \Vith these sliding shoes the heaviest table or piano will move easily and smoothly on a wood floor without marring it in the least, or 011 a carpet or deep pile rug without a wrinkle when rug is laid on highly polished floor. O. C. Little of Menasha, Wis., is the invent-or. 37 . 38 The Refrigerator Season will be here very soon. If you have not yet receiveda set ofour CATALOGUES and PRICES for 1906 a postal card will bring them to you by return mail. We make a full line of Zinc-Lined, White Enamel, and Opalite lined, and Porcelain lined Refrigerators of any size desirable. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. New York Office,35 Warren St. MUSKEGON, MICH. Muskegon Mich. There is ahvays something doing- ill :\1tlskegoll. It'.-; a city filled with enterprising hn:-iin('ss tHeH, who think th('l"(' is nothing too good for ::Vfuskegou; ilnd if there is a manu-facturing concern any\vbcre that is looking for a better location, their town is the place to locale. Today 11uskegon has a number of very large m;\1wfacturing institutions. and they are all flourishing and prosperous. Among these m:I.Y' he mentioned: The Alaska Rdrigerator company, which came here [rom ;\·Tichigan City, Jnd. Cnder the skillful management (li' J 1-1. Ford it has g-rOWIl to he one of the larg'est refrigerator manufacturing' concerns in the world. To empty their gTe;lt warehouses vV(juld require a train nf freight c,lrs more than a mile long, and they arc fl1led :ltH.! empted l'\'cr)' yeaL The IVlliskegon Valley FlIrllitllre company has long- been famous for the beauty and excellence of its ware;; con,~isting of odd dressers, chiffonier;;, wardrobes, ladies toilets, dressing tables, etc., in the finest figured quartered oak and inlaid ma-hogany. This company, h<l\'ing tired flL "paying tributl' Muskegon Valley Fumiture Co. .-- MUSKEGON. MICH. ------ Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods unto Cae:'iar," in the shape of rent for space in Grand Rapids rwnitl1re exhibitiol1 buildings, \vere anlOllg' the ijrst to gO into the ('nterprise of putting- \1P a huilding for themselves, ;ll()ng with other enterprising manufacturers, frOlll Greenville Sntrgis, and otber cities, and the result is the llew manu-facturing" huilding on Ionia street, Grand Rapids, which 11a,,; ;dread:y reachecl the sixth story, and will have 011e or two morc. Tt will he completed in June ready for the July exhibits. The :\Iuskegon Valley Furnitl1re cOlllpany always at the top of the heap, \vill locate on the top oor, and have a show room alld a display of goods that will be the envy of many others who boast (d their sl1periority in all things pertaining to rurnitnrc. 'rile Sargelll manufacturing" company manufactuTe all ex-cellent line of bacheloT's cabinets, ladies desks, extra larg-e chiffoniC'r". r,dling chairs, etc. They arc enjoying a fine tra(\t'. The industrious salesman has hut little time in vI:hieh to pound hi:-; ri\'al with a hammer. The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON. MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers ------ AIIlO Manufacturers and Exporlers of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM Vat Uer Matter Is? FIans Hammerschmidt had a grievance against a iurniture merchant in his town~August Hunsberger, and proc.eeded to expres." himself after this manner: "I dold yau vat del" matter is. :'I.'1r. HUlls berger. Trec weeks ago .l l>oughtan e1eg;l11t mahogany dresser, chiffoJlier and gomnlOde to go 1llit del' brass bed. uod paid you h'('c hundred and fedty dol-lars for him already. You dold me everytillg" aboud dat fur-niture was der very best dot lJlOJlC}" could puy. Now.l gOll1e in to tell you dOlt t\vo oi uer drawer pulls Oil del' dresser, olle ORRUGATIONS ou del' cbiffol1iei' ;Lud (lile tIll the g0I1111HH..h!eai aL-eady got lnuse and COl1leoff arld spuiled der drawer fronts h~rscratch-illg. dem so hadly dot dey looks like del" duyvcl h'Hl been nc-cllpying dot hcclruoll1 illste8.d uf me unci my vife. Nnw. V,lt you going to do apullt it, already? You either lied to me or you daml kno-w your pceSHess, by jimminy! Did you n,ever hear of (kr ]"O\"'Cf patent drawer pull h5tener madc by clcr Grand Rapids Brass gompany? Der dam.age to dotfurnittuc is at least sdenty-five dollars. and if you had sold me furn\.- tUfC mit dem Tower fasteners on der polls dey would neter haf come off, und I would haf no gomblaint to make. Gus-taf Kllol1enberg, "...ho keeps der furniture store up der street. told me aboud dis, and showed me der leetle fastener's, and how dey are put all and hold de pulls so dightly dot noddings but a nre ()r an earthquake can loosen 01' make dem gomc off- And Gust(lf totd me dey co::,t him noddings at all, and so yon must bay 111esdenty-:five. doltars, or Twill neier 1my anoda dollar's vorth of goods from you agalu, but will gif rtll my drade to ~fr. Knol1enberg." The eut shown here'''''ith illustrates the Tower patent iast-eller, the absence of which on J\Jr. fJanunerschmidt's furniture c8.used ;ill the trouble and cost August HUllserger $ 75. The hil1dsight of "ome furniture dealers is rather expensive, but it's a good <:d1..\c\tor. A Visit to Klingman's New Store. lit the Ill'W Klingmall retail store one finds a very pleas~ ing' arrangement of fUTl1ittlfe. The various styles of furni-ture ;lre shown in their proper setting. The l\,'fissiotl furni-ture is displayed, for illstaltCe. in a room with red burlap 011 the w~tl1s. plate rails, with steins and other appropriate pieces of c]lill<Land proper pictures, thus showing the intend· ing purchaser the fUl"lliture as it really looks in a 110llie ;\t- 11losphere. Z\Iany other rooms are furnished with pieces of differcl1.t pcriods, each kind in a ruom by itself. 011 ;111 UPIH:r!lO()t· there is :t series of room::, il1u:;trating fine pa:'lor hrnitllre. The DuBarry r(lOll"t with its I"ose tapes-try w;:dl eoyering and gold furniture is very attractive. Din-ing rool11s ill old Ellglish and 1\fissiotl style are also hand-some. The bedroom furnished in Circassiall walnut is soothing in tOlle. A display of fwe upholstered goods was very in-viting, the softness of the upholstering of a beautiful dan,:!,· port w-ith its brocaded satin and velvet design was v.::r)' V'/t>1- come to a tired sight~{'.er. A hedroom furnished in tuna mahogany W;lS seen but not admlred as much a:; th.~ ()t\H~rs The leather goods was very fittingly placed in a room with restful green walls. The store is certainly kept 39 tip III a p1c,lSillg way, ;Llld appearances count for much in the :;<\\C o[ guods. Trade Notes. Joseph Kolmus, a cabinet maker of Utica, N. Y, died re-cently. The rea cock Couell company of Lexington, N. c., has been org,mized to manufacture couches. The Mississipi Seatillg company, Jackson, Miss., has been organized to manufacture desks and chairs. The Rodkev Table & Furniture company will manufacture ttlrniture in Pittsburg. Capital involved in $40,000. The Root Furniture company of Shelbyville, Ind., is or-ganized with a capital stock of $15,000 to manufacture furni-ture. Tbe William A. Berkey Furniture company of Grand Rap-ids have extended their corporate existence t ..,ienty years. Capital stock is $85,000. \\rilliaIll Alward, nigllt walchman at the St. Johns Tab)e company, St. Johns, Mich, fell down the elevator shaft and was injllred internally. Recovery is lhought to be certain. II ellr)' P. \Vetmore, for a long time (oreman of the Smith, DolY and C0111pallY'sfactory in Detroit, died a io... weeks ago of heart disease. He original1y came from Os-wego, N. Y., and was employed ill the Jirst furniture [;.lctill"Y· in Detroit. . The Purniture 11allufacturers' Association of Evansville has elected new officers as follows: President, John Jour-dan; vice president, Gus Stoltz; secretary and treasurer, J..l. VV. Breger; directors, A. F. Karges, F. A. Riehl, Harry Schu and \tV. A. Koch. It was stated at the meeting that the Evansville export furniture trade for J;lI1uary this year shows Manufactured by lhe Century Furniture Co .• Grand RaPIds. Mich, a gain of 14 per cent over the same month last year. All the factories have orders eu{mgh to run them six months to a year. The uprooting of jealousies among competitors; the recog-nition of the fact that marc profit would result from seiling goods at a fair margin than by engaging in a senseless wa:'fare in prices; friendly co-operation under which business can be trans,)eted npon a healthy basis, should be the aim of the re-tail associations rather than in engaging in fruitless efforts to des.troy the catalogue houses. _. - -_. _.- -------------------------- 40 ·:f~MIF ..HIG7fN 7IR- T I.s'.7I.N \Clt<I!P:t. e sr- ~ SAMPLE OF GOOD ADVERTISING. L Sofa Bed KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LINE THAT SELLS AND SATISFIES. The following new catalogues are now ready: No. 17-B WARDROBE COUCHES No. 17.0 DAVENPORT SOFAS No. 17_L LEATHER WORK No. 17_M MISSION and ARTS & CRAFTS No. 17-8 "SIMPLICITY" DAVENPORT SOFA BEDS Review your files and if you lack any of the above. ad-vise us and we will supply the deficiency. Our goods glVe the dealer highest profit and prove a lasting advertisement. Jamestown Lounge Company, JAMESTOWN. NEW YORK Miuiotl Davenport -.. 41 Goods Bearing, This Trade Mark are Profit Getters for You. SUITES. SIDEBOARDS. BUffETS. BOOKCASES. "All RACKS. Blue Prints for'"the asking, Manistee, Mic:1. The ::\hnistee Matlllf,lCltlring company·s catalug1.lc for 1906 is ollt, .11H] shows mally new patterns in sideboards, buffets, chiffoniers, dressers ,princess dressers and eot1l-llHldcs. .:\!;-\l1'lge;· Chas. Elmendorf sai(l "our sales in Chicago in )al1l1:tr}' were douhle those of ally previous <:xhibit at any espo."itiol1, and Fcrlmray (J:"de:·s have exceeded those of any February ill the history of (mr company. Vie have engaged the services of a lWW s<.\.leSm;111 in ChicagD. T-inlothy O'Donnell. <l youllg ellcrgetic s,desman, who is doing finely, lnaking 10t:-; (If hicnds ,l11d :-;cllding In mally orders. Not- ,,'ithst<lllcling Grand R<lpids is kllO\\'ll the world o\'e;- as the Furniture City, we 1wve a jim' trade \vith the retail stores the,,, who frequcntly hlty in car lOb. They know how to app;'eciate good l'dichig,lll .\lade furniture.'· Built for the Grand Duke Alexis. .\1r. Htl11J1 (Ii Atlanta was ill a reminiscent mood recently, ;1I1(1 the visit of the Gr:llld Duke Alexis of Russla was re-called. "Tt Wib more than thirty years ago when my father, (11C11 the 1H:ad of the ILfm of Hnnll, Spencer & Smith, engaged in the Jlllsill;:SS of malluf:!ctllrirlg furniture in Rochester, N. Y. r('cei\"t~d;w order to build a clJilmber suite, to be used by the dnke dnril1g: his stay at Cine of tlw hotels at Nia!!::l','a Falls. Tilt, linn 1llimIJtactu;·"d only higb g'-ade work, and occupied t1,I: lactor}' reC\~nt\y sold by Copeland & Durgin to Lal1gs1ow, I'(iwler & Cn. Dnrgin was in the employ Of the firm as a fnreIll;lIl. The WO'-klllCll were mostly Germans-men highly skilled in the t'·adc. A snile was designed that r.epresented a ('olllhil1:ltl()]1 of Ii Ill' cahinet work. ornamented with carv-in~"" tapi.':-:.tries ,mil panels covered witll blue silk. in hox plaits. One of these p<lue!s, the lal'gest of three placed in the he,lcl and in(lt rcspectively, we~e ornamented as stated, affording relief to the clark wal11l1l wood used in the construc-tion. The t-irm rect;ived $1.500.80 fnr the suite." THE LEXINGTON 1\;1"0 ,iga~ Blvd. &: 22d 51 CHICAGO, ILL. RetuTnisllf.ld and le-fiu~ ·d :IJrollg!w":. :"f\\- :\1 ~lln.v:ell\ ,,;1 t Th' fllnlillJr" dCXt:"TS'llCS,-i-i. 1.01"l\tr~. :lli)sl con \'el\iel\;I~' sit><8ied t () 1 h <' ill ,II: \lr~ ,\i~J'la\' hO'Jses. Inler-State Hotel Go, E. i-'::. ~_:nle\ Pres.: T :vt. Lliler. V. Pres.: L. I£. h,-ey, Sel"' rre:'\~. Chicago Lct'.er. TI1(' dlic;lg(' lll:' keto ill P~'nc(-rl1l :l11lC r); mind ;11 thi~ writing tlH~ F,,!lr\1<l'-" .:;t'!nl l·:\\ill.l~· sucn'<..'d,,('l 1:,1<..' ,,",r~'HI' Utt" J"1l\1;L":Y 1'\\ lliln:-l' ~C"~"l1 I."r,"al 111:lllttr:I\'tul'r,; - "~I' \.vit.hOl\L l':\cejJti()n 1H-,':'y (nl lh", 1,,1 U l \ 'I ill " dUll il 111 1"- prcssiOll~ j'card all :\1e ;qJlilni:~lil' :,\)"tll thl' "ttt!'Hlf,; {"t" 19C{), The deaih of JO,"Cp)1 Phil1ipc;I"J. prl.'pn~'ii'l· ld :\\"J w~ll known Chicag(: ,dep,,· tH1Cm ~1'iH'~, :~t lllTlitll lla]';;tcd ~l n:t~ and Jeffv;'<.on :-,-t1"('et ;llHl 11',;:)[t11 Vi' 'U·. ,."c((pied at ] 1';1, SJlril1g~, .\: k" Ull lilt: 2hll ill~r Tlw (hTl;I'-'erl h,ld hL'L'11 suffe;'n from diabite:,> fl,r ",'tlwtI1l1C .\1 Ph:,lLpi,l1 \...:' 11ighly rl.\"lH'c/l'd awl kid bri'l1 ;Il h\1~inL'''''- tllt' jla_~t \\\'e11.>, year;;. II ... wa~ !'onh:r-lh c',' yc;lr~ ul 'lg'..: ;end l~;I\T~ widuI\ alld (Olll' c:hildn:'ll Tlrv FUllL" :t! t ~kL"~ I'I,'/ce rht,',~o:I:IY from the hume 4327 (j ;;11d Ulll1lcI·<Lrd. I'l\ The I'::nl \let~ll H('d ,>:,nlp<t11y OJ;, l'alD, !~l.;Ir,' ll()\\ 111 tlh' h;:wd,,-, "j' ,<eCC1\'er.;I, petlliull 111 ]);lllkrnpICI 11:1\'il1;'>:"1;('(':\ iiled ill ll1(' L'nitcd Statc:-; CUll'! 1U Sprillglle\d. Il', hy "i-'IlL' of the cn'ditOLs, '1'li<.' :1:;S('l~ (Ii tJkqid CPlI1lP;ilJy :lr\' rl'}><!n-cd al $12,COO an(l it"; !iabiliti..:s ;Il $2\)"C(L:, r II Urdl'; t" <"::01 this cnmp,llly to mil,';: iu phnl ("':In Plano (,' l'a11:l. r111111- her ",f citizC'J1S in the latt\", l'lty ~\.1b"l'hihc(l t,: t!l(' :clli,:,1 stock, not knov"i11g anytbing alvl\1( the C(\llqnIlY'" li;\hiht\ ..,~ IV. I. 1:e1lar, secrt;Hy of tll(' (',)1]'p:ll1y \\"<1"- ill Cllicl.'02·' lhi~ week, and staled th~ll \\-. J, Farl-,rbl' 11l(l\'ll1p: ~l)l·lt ,h, defullct company is no,\" nllt nt lbl' cUlIlpany. :(lld t1J;' ,17(· husincs,; will be continucd alld tbe name changed to the Pan:) },\cta\ Bed C()1l1P;IIlY He ,,;\y tile nc\\' ceoI1lp:l 11.1 \\'il; p.1y tllC c\;lilll," ill illil. R. A, Ford, genera! ,,:l!c:, nHllagc' all'! ptl -ch;LSing- :I~l'l' of tIll'. Ford & ]o]rll:-ion COJll[,:Ull}' iICC<dllp;JJlied hy .\Jrs, Fr)ni has becn stopping in Fl ra~(), "1'",;1", and \'lunlty ",uu January 1. <111(\ is, expcctl:d til rcturn t" Chi,'ag" ;<I)"11t \') iI The Fo,"d & Johnsoll CI)llljl;,lly arc l1l:tkiug lwtabL iw pl"o\-"cmellt.-; at \lichigal1 City, hy the ;)(lditiCln I\i ;ltl"Ull'r story to lactory C, the st nl~tnrc ~tt prcsellt being n,"'l s[llrie,~ ;lIH! in size sixty-tin' by three hundl"t'c! seycll(yll\",' -reet Thl' plant i'1r111crly belong-cd tu the \VeslL'l'n CauL' S('ating com p;.I11y, ;\11<[ i" 111)\\" de\"oted t,) the l"I:'1111);\,:tufe "f the I,h-e rHsh, lll:l!<lCCa, and mi,,,,,j"l1 \U niL1 l·. al~lo El;ll;:illl.( diuini.: room blbles, buffeh ,llHl china Cdlilll'\s ill ~{)'Iid mahogany L ,~l·lld':11'.!.' ,,\;l t1:cil' llC\\'·']xt;: :) ,gL' Ci!:,I'<Oil' ii' l~hv t ',tell' The .."L'l1tr;ll ii'll' ha~ added lll:lny 11C\\" p,llterll"- tn th,er ,Iqnrt- IH<.'11T ,'1 "jll t(OP rlc,~ks cS]leeialiy 1',1 {lle 1')1\' nJlk The c' 01111',II;, ll;l" llC\\' line 1:1 l::-'j.H'W" 'tl'l" c:ahi11l:> ,~1l(! ~L:',lld,~ \\ilil:h \\,\\1 illtn('<.t tll..: lr;"l\e. ,~illll)licit'y and ~l ','n:..;t11 ~''''1Ilin6 [1;' --ked fCiltUtC." "i these g'"1(]'-' Thcy al"e l~ladc ill phil ;,IH1 ',lIan,'rc'd ,qk "nl! hirch alltl l11al](1<;l:lY Tl:e depanmeJlt (of "r'til~": dlai -,:; i:-,- ;1]<.0 big ,UI(/ tlll' lilh' rjl iice /;Ihlcs i,,-, I;,rgc Ii':,'] ("'t·;· \ new "tille of t'.'ach~'--s deck~ in ',k i" :-;til', ;11t- .II't'1' eatn1"\'. Pi\"e thOl1S;llHl c: P~l'" Ill' [fit' c t:l!c-g-,,~' wil! !>(' '('I,t lJlll: hy tlJl" (:'01l1P;U1.y I l;lll!'l' 1:\ r,,:-'-, , ,lrl' now "l'IHlill,Q' l\tH tll\,',r lk\I' cat:d(lR\H~ to tI',l t1'adl'. The cl!;lm1Jcr :-;uite Lilt" i~ ;:~I;,rgc :1:-; CCllHllli\t1d r'tw,I line (If desks in ([u:I"tcl"l'd I>,\K ha~ be('11 ('nl,:,:-g:cd, llan'I,,' Hr')~ .. ;1:(' 1ll,lilillg S;n~l11il'''- tl) the l":!ck of illitatilJ/J ";l;I,-tl"'" <l,\'ecl '1;1];:" printed (11"]J;ll;l'~- ,',~ it is used on cert"in Pll''''L'~ <,' tl1l'ij- I,ine \11 (Ii tilL' Il,lll];:C ;.;':')(1." a;-c 1l1,'Jk ll\ ~,,!id q],; I',-,,(,d, the bene!" g';:r!t' heing of solid gennine 'l:~' cl' -:';I·...·..:cl ll;]];:. while The pl;\in, (l,lk pi('l:es a1"(' printed ::Ild lil"i"!red \\';tI1 their select i11l':u:tiull (waner ~a\\'ed oid( l\:'illterl {[i,-,'l'tly (ill tlle \\"(jud, S;'Yi111lt'~ (lll;s!r..:cl nil the \I'"c,d \\'ill ;~l~" 11": ~"'llt upon application 'j ']e I]l'\\ ctral"gllc of tl1C F,,'(] S-.:. JuhnS(lll COlnp;ll1Y will Ill' ':e t ",,,111 and \,.-ill be tlle "alll..: ill f~\rm a11(:] cove,"" as their ;l!\LS ~n'l)lJk1t1l'l1t The wlj'l!c I:',I-'! & JolllJ,~()lJ CiJllllXlllY line \·,il': Ill' ,,-ho;\\'11 C()11lplctc ;11](1 l'In1J:'(jCL' "brJlll t,\'O hlllld:'ed lU'-'.'L'~. T'"c;l"l1rer \Y I,'. J<'1111:-'-(011 s;ly"- th ... J;\lll1ary :-,ca':;(H1'S ]lll."iJh''';~ i", ;J!tc;cd Ilf :\ }'l';lr ag,) :lEd he\icI'cs tbe voll1]l1e {il \l\1~illl>" lhi" yca-- \\":Ll1 he exceplilmaliy ~t:()llg f! \. _-\linL:ll1 ()f Alimal] & SchncideL CloJlH)lissi(Jn 11lU"- ,-1l;lllt, "p,'nt till' ]lr,~t:l1l month ;,11Ohio, [lldi;\ll<l al1dKent'.1cky. \\,- \"t~111<11l ~ay~' .. ] 11:1\"1.I.'ud ;1 vcr}- slati~iactory t;-ade 1>t1l 11 ll:1,~ be,'11 CIIIlI~l1ed tel the l<lrg<'r cities. 'r1';ltle {,11 cas( ,~'''lU~ lr<l'-" hCCll !i.g'ht (lll aCCillllll of the a!l\';ITlCl':'-' nude, ;HH! ,II ;-ilt' c'm:t1icl' citic;.;" f i!jl1l1d tlJe (\":11e1':-; had ~t()ckcd up on ..-:l"-l' L(""lds hefore tll(' ;'ai"-c. SCC-(.l<I1'y (:-red Sike::; on t]I\' Sike,; Chair" C(\ll1p;tliY . durl1cd ll1,' 2Uth i1ht. hum a (\\'., \l'eek tnp ill the e;l:-;\' \h Sikes "ll('lIL "-",11dil\),,: at tll..: l'(llll11any'" [;ICtOry and ,!i;-;, , \'isill,'c! a FOll NDEn HIS8 Reduce Your Stock at a good profit Or sell en-tire stock at cost. "THE NEW.IDEA MEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO WRITE FOR TERMS. :1L:l1lhn of die iarger cities, "\\'e h;lve bccll ch;\llgll1g tlling-s :11 "!11)(] ;;r ,:lll p1:11lt SI, tll,a ol.1r capaCity will bc incr<.'aseU clll1sider:,hly" said he. "The t"ad~ outlook intht~ e<ht is ..:,;:cdlcl1t. L,"cT"yb,'xly is <lllticip:,:tiJlg ;, hig spring husincs;-; , ['-, T, Plimpton leaves ~ILardl ht for :J.' trip to Oril,aha. _\lillueap()lis. St. Lonis and othcr c.itics. T1H.' Casb Rn,yers t:'lliun First :\ati',nal SociClj-", one of the lwst \()),,\\"11 Chicago COI1CCnb in lhec()\1ntry i,:; ill the hanr.\;.; ,,[ ;l 1·,·..:o.;ll"C:" lhe Unitcd States Ci!llT"t. l!'l\'ing" ;IJlPointed Ld\\'ill l);lY tu t!l,lt positiol1 :'<Ir 1);iS, "tale;; thal ~250,OCO '"epi"t'Sl:lll" the ;\SSe[S in 111e,"chnlldi'::L' :tnd that therc 1."- an l";ltal al1Hll1nt in liabilities, T11(' Ca"h Buyers' t~lliun is the largest e,,-opcr,lti\"c COH-eeI'll 111 .\nlcrica. 11 \vas organized lhree years ago in the 'il1<->, it W;l" ,,;aid, of the ~Tanchcste1- Co-operative society of EIlg'I:l11d Shares were s(lld at :510 each to farmers and others t\J1"i!11~:\1"I\t lh..: u,untr)'. [t is said $1.027,000 or st.wk wa,., ,::(j'1 ,! Charles A. Fisher & company are sending out six thousand return poo;tal carels to the fll'11itllre trade, the cards showing several of the \vel1 known cuts of the COmpil1l)'. Julius Kahil, the bead of the concern gave up ;; position as departnH:llt m;l11a.c;er f,)r Sears. H.oehllck & Co" to o;'g'an-ize the Cash nt1y('r:~' Union lie took the old ulliull, i)rgan-ized in IS::.;5.and got ;\ :\ew Je"scy charter for his company of $5,000,:1CO. lie divided the ."tock eqnally in preferred and COOlmon swck, selling the prdencd to shareholders Kahn controlled the company lie p;'ovided that the common stock, which he resen'cd as paymcnt fnl' his services in promoting tl1l' COllce:"ll. ilave equal voting powers A ]apanCiIe Interior with the preferred, :\ small sh:neholdcr, Cbades Smith, is secretar:y of the C0ll1P;\I1y The 'llll::;,-other director lives in Orange, :\. J. l1is residence in \;ew Jeney being a necessary charten pru\"isiull The Sanitary Steel Folding Bcd company. 12 sOllth Jefferson street. Chicago, is removing its plant to Elklnrt, Ind., nnd wiil occupy tbe big plant fornlerly operated by the Elkhart Raihv'lyFrog' company. The company will he ell-tirely recognized and he;"eafter \'v·ill be known as The Sanitary Specialty J\Hg-., eOmp'I1lY. The officers of the tlel,.Vcompan:y will be as fnllnws: president, ClJarles Sidway; vice president and sales manager, L. X. Bachand; gC!l('ral m;llJaget·, L E. Grotenl1 n:"s Tile l1el~' COTupall)' ..v.ill commence operations about "[\1:l1'el, 15- and will be in full s\ving about April 15. A force of OIlC hundred twenty zl'e men v,rill be en1.ployed. Xew machil1cry will be instailed. TlJ(' Sanitary Steel Folding Bed company bas been located in Chicago the past f-ive years, and \'ice president l1achand, who v,'-as the head of that company says the moye to Elkhart is the reSlilt of strikes with which Chicago i.~ so frequently afHicted. The iittle cla,~silie<1 direeto:-y of the Chicago furniture n1.arkct heretofore k1lown as "3,Ianahan's Director)"" is now issued under the name "Red Line Directory.'" lIolinger Seymore botlght the bouk of C. F. ~I'[anahan bd,,)t'e the Jaltuary seaSll1l and will continue it on more aggressive lines. The Director}' has been puhlishe(l and distributed at thc Chicag-n e"hibits [0:' nineteen years and furniture buyers have come tn rd('r to it as a lived habit. The booklet is thoroughly indexed and classified so that the list of Chicago manufacture,s of any particular furniture article can be "spotted" almo."t instantly. The Red Line Directory is puh-lished at 303 Security lmilding- city. Lyman L:nhrop of the Lathrop company is making a short trip through the cast. Ed. Dwyer of STcAnsh Dwyer company, accompanied by "Hank" Johll~on, will spcnd a week at ~It. Clemens early tn 1\'1arch. 1\[r. Dwyer at thi.'" w"itillR is havi11g :l touch of rheumatism aud \\"ill have it built out at !lIichigan's famous ,\'~tc.''' ·,"esort. The New Somersault Davenport, The Fnion \Vin: IVlattress company 184 ~'lichigan Ave" Chicag'o, with it:-' usual enterprise. is Ollt with anot'her novelty, This time it is it davenport bed, of a high order o.f merit. Il' is equipl1ed '''lth tel11pore(l spiral spi'ings, throughout, with "spring edge" all aroun(1 and is complete with extra quality luxurious eusbions. The cOllstructlon in hygeuics throughout, \vith cushions arranged so tlnt they can be easily removed. \\"ithout being moved from the wall, it can be quickly transformed [rom the d8yenport into as perfect a bed as one could desire. The advance sale of this excellent article is very large and there is every indication that the sale for 1906 will be ,a record breaker. Full de:-:crij1tioll and prices ,vill be mailed promptly on application. The new c<ttal,)gue is in the printer's 118nds and will be mailed about April ht. It ,,,,ill s110w a large number of new pattern 111 artistic ir011 beds :ll1d children's beds with a Hlltrlbet" of Hew articles ill the line of springs. Good Stuff. ffi The l'\ational Furniture company of Atlanta, Ga., has steadily incresascd its otltpl1t of chamber suites, sideboards, hall racks, parlor desks, and ki.lHlred goods in 111ahogany, and JJg"lll"edo8k, and lInds a ready sale for the same in the sonthern states. The styles are attractive and the work sub-stamially constructed and well linished. Over 200 hands are employed. Rich Japanese Furnishings, The homes ot Japan are noted for their lack of fUfnish- 1l1g' /\dvoc8tes of tbe simple inexpensive plan of furnish-ings \\"uuld bc gratiiJed Ivith the appearance of rOOtrls like those of a \-,"calthy lad)" of Japan illustrated below. All AmcriC;ln manufacturer with a lllOdern p'lant would probably be ahle to :=.upply all the furniture needed in Japan. Commodes with toilets a:'e greatly" preferred by the peo-ple of the southern states. "Fully ninety pef cent of OUf sales of chamber suites contain commodes with good-sized mirrors. mostly of the landscape pattern." remarked the man-ager of a large furnitme factory Hear Atlanta. "'The suites cost the huyer C(msiderably more than suites without toilets, we 1Ia\"e no re;J.son for objecting- to the preferences of those \,",,110 eventually hu}' the good,;: for lIse." j , 44 Koenig &. Gamer furniture Co. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA, COMBINA nON, UPRIGHT and M~NTEL folding Beds Odd Oressers. Princess Dressers, Napoleon Beds in Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 MiGhigan I\ve. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago. III. Factory No. 22 10 48 Pratt Street Catalogue rUl<{)' Aiarrh NT. &nJ for ir alJd melilioll the Anisall. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS American G;)-Cart C~ 6 Alaska Refrigerator Co .38 Atlas Furniture Co. .29 Barnes Co., W. F. & J.. . . .21 Bennett, Chas., Furniture Co. .10 Berry Bros. 34 Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co .36 Bockstege Furniture Co... .24 Burt Brothers ... 35 Bosse Furniture Co. .25 Cadillac Cabinet Co. . . .. Cover Century Furniture Co., Gd. Rpds .. 29 Century Furn, Co., Jamestown. Insert '-~hallenge Refrigerator Co... 8 Choate-Hollister Furniture Co. 8 Chicago Wood Finishing Co.. 3 Evansville Furniture Co.. 25 Evansville Metal Bed Co. . .. 24 Fisher & Co., C. A. . .32 Ford & Johnson Co. 2 Friscc System. ' ._ 31 Globe Furniture Co. , 24 Orand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 5 G. R. & I. Railway.. . , 20 Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co.. 30 Grand Trunk Railway. .20 Hoffman Brothers Co. 12 Horn Bros. Mfg. Co. ,28 30 ..31 4 . .. 41 .43 .24 . .. 20 Ca. , .. 30 28 . .... 36 1 .13 . 21 . 25 .. 44 37 20 6 Hot Blas~ Feather Co. Illinois Central Invalid Appliance Co.. rater-State Hotel Co. Jamestown Lounge Co. Karges Furniture Co. Kauffman Mfg. Co.. Koenig & Gamer Furniture Lentz Table Co Luce Furniture Co. McDougall & Son. G, P.. Madden, Son & Co. Michigan Barrel Co. Miller Co. Miscellaneous Moon Desk Co. Morton House Murphy Chair Co .. Muskegon Valley Furn. Co. National Furniture Co. Netschert Co., Frank Nelson·Matter Co, Norquist & Co.. A. C. Northern Furniture Co. 9 Overland Freight Transfer Co .... 17 Palmer Mfg. Co. 6 Peabody School Furniture Co.. . .31 Pere Marquette Railway .20 38 .43 .31 .. Cover In3ert Pioneer Mfg., Co.. 6 Posselius Bros. Furniture Mfg. Co. 5 Ranney Refrigerator Co Insert Richmond Chlir Co.. . 17 Robbins Table Co 4 Rockford Chair & Furniture Co ... 21 Rockford Frame & Fixture Co. 2 Rockford Union Furniture Co. 5 Royal Chair Co Cover Sargent Mfg. Co.. .38 Sheboygan Chair Co. .16 Schultz & Hirsch Co.. 5 S-helbyville Desk Co .28 Sligh Furniture Co.. ..35 Smith Chair Co. . 25 Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. . 17 Schmidt & Co., Henry.. 7 Southern Railwa.y Co. . .. 12 Spratt & Co., Geo. . ..... 29 Stow & Davis Furn. Co. . .31 The New Idea Men. . ,41 Union Emb:::lssing Machine Co ,31 Union Furniture Cc. . .. 15 Union Wire MJ.ttre;;s Co. ., 16 Valley City Desk Co. . 12 White Ptg. Co. . 16 Woodard FurnLu~·e Co. 4 Yeager Furniture Co. .12 MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS Good Commission. On side line of (llnliture specialtes. Big sellers fot' holiday trade. Address ('[;'Iir ::\-111nson. Clinton. Iowa. 9-25 if. \\_\:'\TEU:_._\ :-",1. 1 FurllilurE' Man t.o rHK' \"Ilar,'-:" (It fUI'ni\tll·,· ,],.'pal'lllwnt in 1arl<", 0.'1, l,nrllr,'nl Bon·, 1~ ll'i.Io-~ fl")l1l \'lli(-a"',1 )'I"'H Iw ,1Ill,· I." siwak C"l'ln'll, "",,1 " Ih', ~',ilp;;n"," .,\rldrf's!'. I,;(l\\-C\l'd I' ]\-rllH~n). Hamm'lnd. Ind. ~-~,-)-lr When You Think About Publishing a New Catalogue Think of Us. WE MAKE THE BEST ENGRAVINGS. WE DO THE BEST PRINTING. WE BIND SUBSTANTIALLY. WHITE PRINTING COMPANY. 2 to 20 Lyon Street. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. f,,'------ • THIS PUSH BUTTON DISTINGUISHES THE Royal Morri
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- 1906-02-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRl\ND RAPIDS r fUllLIC tE;Ul~RY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••MAY 7. 1910 NELSON -MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Oak. If you have not one in yonr store, a simple reqnest will bring you ourm.agnificent new Cataloatue of 12x16 inch page groups, show" in4 suites to match. With it, ~ven the most moderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. ~ •• a.a a.a p •• • •• _. •• •• _. ._.._. i··· ... --.., LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. .. .Cat.alo-g-u.e-s-.to De-al-e.rs- -On.ly...---..- ..----. _.. -- _. .. .- ..--.. ---------------- - - .._~ Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bini' J Eye Maple Birch !Zu4rtered Oak and ClrC4JIIan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS PUllLIC LIEnARY 30th Year-No. 45 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MAY 7,1910 Issued Weekly SPANISH AND MOORISH FURNITURE Historic Styles That Have Exerted a Great Influence on Most Modern Designers. ~pal1l"h fUl rllture r" '>0 ,h ,trnctrve, ,,0 unIque, "0 ')panz,lh, that It hardly need" to be labeled "made 111 ~paIn" -Whether old or new, It proclaIm" Itself as truly as do ca'3trneb and lace mantl1las Those who are very fortunate may own an occasIOnal pIeCe, other", less ",0, find VISIts to museums and "hops of 1l1terest Pos"essIOn IS not always nrne pornts m the hapP1l1ess of a lover of old fUl1nlture, and thl3 is well, for the collector's spInt IS more umversal than the collector s purse The amount of old furmtul e, Spalllsh or otherWIse, berng relatIvely small, It IS perhaps proVIdential that all are not PIerpont Morgans Collect1l1g would be even more dIffi-cult than It IS now, and the profes'\wn of ye fakrr of antIque" would put honest men out of busrness As It IS the supply IS never qUIte equal to the demand, so there IS always the Lest of pur"urt, and no really fine pIece ever goes beggrng All aUf Important museulms have collectlOns of furnIture whIch rnclude Spamsh examples, usually cabInets and chest'3 SpanIsh furnIture may be seen from tIme to hme rn pnvate collectIOns and many people own old chaIrs whIch show Spal1lsh mfluence Most of the artIcle,:; belong to the Span- Ish RenaIssance and WIth the pOSSIble exceptlOn of the chaIrs are more or less Moonsh in feeling. The :Yroorrsh element rn the furnIture of Sparn gIVe'3 It a dlStl11Ct character and I" the chIef rea'>on for ItS great tascrnatlon Spam~h drchltecture, pottery, metal work, etc, are rnterestmg In the same way, It IS ImpOSSIble to separate from them that atmv,phere of 10 mance assOCIated WIth everythl11g HIspano-.:vlore"que Spam rn 'her glory seems to !rve once more In thos~ mar-velous cabmeb of wood and metal, and to Ibrrng before the eye of the beholder the days of FerdmanJ and Isabella, of Charles V and Phlhp II, and If the hIstory of the Moorrsh mvaSlOn and expulSIon be of mterest, such romantIc figure'> as Ibn-Al-Ahmar, Abu-I-\Vahd-IsmaIl, Yu",ef II, Abul- Has-san, and the great BoabdII, and others WIth names dIfficult to pronounce and almost Ilillpossible to spell Some one has saId that all Moorrsh archltecl ure IS a '3ort of "grandlo",e Jewelry," and thIS IS true of a great deal of furnI-ture found m Spam, partIcularly of cabmets and chest'> where fine metal Vv ark IS usually conspIcuous The ~abmet elevated on hIgh turned or carved columns IS a characterrstIc pIece and as one or more examples are ltsually found m ('very museum and in many prrvate collections, IS as typIcal d specImen a" could be selected ArtIsts often brrng back from sketching tripS such pIeces, and the mere possessIOn of otle m no wIse mdlcate'> a mllllonalfe There IS, naturally a great difference rn the relatIve beauty, rarrty and value of the,:;e artIcles. Some are much more elaborate m deSIgn than others, also there IS a ,.Ieal of dIfference rn the materrab used \Vood, Iron, and horn, for Il1stance, are a less costly combrnation than wood, ivory and SIlver Gold, lrkewbe IS an expenSIve addl- TYPICal Cab~net of the Spanish Renaissance tlOn There are many varratrons and many subdIvblOns of thIS partlculal style The cabrnet Illustrated IS an interest-rng example of the can ed Renals;,ance ty pe One type I" qUlte plarn apparently, but the whole front lowers at the turn of a key and reveal:" an exqUlslte ll1lay of ivory and metals wlth ornamental bosse", And there are many vanatlOns of thi" beautIful style. Iron IS used most attractively at tImes and the rnlay includes bone, horn, shell, and occaslOl1ally pa1l1ted decoratlOns Color IS sometlme3 in-troduced beneath the shell in the manner 0 late Boulle and 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---, ..- _._ .. - t and the effects thus obtallled are extremely \ aned The general construction IS much the same, namely an elevated chest-in fact, the connectlOn between the chest and the cab-met seems to have been closer 111 Spalll than elsewhere Many cabllleb were then, and are still, called chests, as for mstance, the elaborate piece of furnIture III the Sutton col lectlOn whIch IS l1lustrated here ThIs suggesb a chest ot drawers rather than a cabmet, although It has the dmp leaf which IS found on the chest-cabmet Every part of the workmanahlp IS exquIsite and meludes llllay, pamted orna-ment, llltncate metal work and an elaborate llliay of '>11\er, ivory and shell. From her possesslOns m the onent Spam Imported ebon, and Ivory and other co~tly adjuncts to furnIture makmg The elaborate metal work which today IS the 1110",tmtere"tmg part of a great deal of this furmture 1<; Spa111 " mo..,t Important Lon-tributlOn to furmture maklllg \fany chapter" couLl bt \\ rIt-ten of ::\foorIsh metal work and ItS relatlOn to the SpanIsh RenaIssance Dama,:>cenlllg, melo-work, and kmdred crafts had long belonged to Spam, follow1l1g clo"ely on the \loon..,h lllvaSlon In Granada, the city of the \foor'> \'> ere fa"hlOned many of the most elabOlate chests and cofter" and long after the MOOrIsh expulSIOn, GranaJa \vas "tIll the centel at fine cab met V\ ark Those who VISit the \lhambra toda \ can trace many slmllantlb between the V\all decoratIOns of thIS famous palace and the embelhshmenb of old Spam"h £1..11- mture The Gate ot JustIce and the Gate of Judgment recall m a grander, bigger waj certa1l1 mot1h m mla\ and metal rehef, and whole arch1tectural and Jecoratl\ e ~cheme brIng.., to illllnd the compan",on already Cited that It IS all a grandlO..,e kmd of Jewelry In some of the most t) plLal cabmeb, the deep hd when lowered reveals I111mature arche" colonnaJes. and doors, suggestmg that much of the furniture h arch1tec-ture in lIttle A famous Enghsh CrItiC m cle"cnbml; '>uch spec1mens says, "They are blzan e and altogether rather bar-barous, but nch and effectn e" Barbarous they are undoubt-edly, but w1th such a fascmatmg quahty that many collector", would rather own one than a whole colon) of other cabmet~, although the work of France, Italy, Holland and rlandcr" 1'3m no way d1sparged Spam owed much to the"e countne"', par-ticularly m the sixteenth ancl seventeenth centunes Charle" V, anxlOUS to outdo h1S rOj al [yrother-m la \'V, FranCIS I. and reluctant to be snrpas",ed by Hem) V III, both great patron" of the arts, mVlteJ v\ orkmen from all the llTI-portant centers of Italy, Flander~ and France In the c1tles of Seville, Toledo, Valladohd and Vargas, \ Is1tmg artlsam establIshed their crafts, and amon~ the number were \\ ood carvers, tapestry weavers, marqueter" anJ goldsm1th" 1lem-l" h and ItalIan lllfluence are consplCUOU'i In much of the fur11l-ture of th1S penod. on the othe1 hand, Spa11l~h mfluence I~ ~ ... _8- ... DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. OAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. .. -----_.----------• .a ~een m a1mo~t as great a degree m certam FlemIsh des1gns Charle" \, 1t \\ 111be remembered, wa" a composite royalty, be111g kmg ot Spam, Emperor of Germany, Count of Flanders and Duke of Burgundy The 111tercour~e between the CQun-tnes, pohtlcall) speakmg, was close and this re1atlOn natur-all) 111fluenced more or less all the arts Se\ eral turl11ture de'i1gns appear to have traveled back and forth, as 1t were, gammg and losmg \\ 1th the process, particularly the "tra1ght-back h1gh chalf of the seventeenth century The 111fluence of the Flem1'ih cane cha1r on the furl11ture makers of Europe has been mentIOned The leather cha1r of Spa111 equaled 1t 111 1mportance Both had hIgh backs and carved legs and braces, but there the resemblance ended The Spalll"h des1gn cons1sted of a sturdy frame of oak, chest-nut or v\ alnut, a back completely encased m leather, turned Manufacturers of -.,..------------------ ------_._--------- -- -- -- -- ---._-_._----------_ .._--------_. -- - - - - - - - - ... Pitcairn Varnish Company ... I Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. ... __ .a_a_ .. _ ...... t -- ... - _. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 • _ ••• •• a.a ••• __ •••••••• Ash for Catalog "J" ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. • Let us tell you about it. jII I•t II t fII I •~- No. 181 Multiple Squ.re Chisel MortiseI'. WYSONO « MILBS CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREBNSB OR0, N. C. -- ..~ ---_._----- -----_. __. stretcher"" a carved underbrace and hoof feet The leather was usually decorated Cordovan held 111 place With large natls In the pure Spalllsh type the seat was hkewlse of leather An lllterestlllg fate pursued thlb chair, together with the cele-brated Flemlbh deblgn Enghsh furlllture makers combined the back of one With the feet of the other, ",ometlmes usmg cane, sometimes leather Amenca 111 the late seventeenth century usually had Spalllsh feet grafted on Flemish frame-work With a back and a seat of cane The blendmg of the Made by Upham Manufacturing Co • Marshfield, WIS. two models usually worked for good. for m the hands of skIlled craftsmen the best pomts of the two were retal11ed The SpanIsh foot was more graceful than the FlemIsh, whIle the general constructlOn of the FlemIsh chair was better E nghsh furniture makers gamed lll'ipJratlOn from both m t<helr famous Jacobean designs of VI ood ancl Cdne A Span-i'ih "peClmen IS now III the Mu 'ieum of Fl11e Arts, Boston It has the hIgh back of leather, the hoof feet, the carved under-brace, the beautIful nall headb and other dlst1l1ctIve features It IS a fine example of an mterest1llg type Another chair [S ••••• _ •••• a.a _ •• as ._ of Enghsh 01lg1ll and shows a mmglmg of Spal11sh and Flem- Ish motifs The feet are Spa1113h, the frame and other details are pure FlanJerb ThiS attractJlve piece IS now spending a comfortable old age m Salem 111 company With other seven-teenth century things .:vIahogany was known 111 Spam at any early date, and Esther Smgleton, m her big furniture book, gives an inter-estmg quotatlOn beanng on that pomt In a dialogue in an old Spalllsh book pubhshed late m the "Ixteenth century she finds the followmg "'How much did you pay for thiS escntOl io?' "'More than It was worth forty ducats' " 'Of what wood IS it?' " 'The red IS mahogany (caoba) from Ha\ ana, thiS, which IS black, 1:0ebony, and the white is Ivory' ., 'It IS certa1l1ly very cunous, and the marquetry IS beau-tifully made' " 'Here b a buffet (bufete) of a better workmans'hlp , " '\\There was that made?' " 'The buffet and the chairs came from Salamanca'" "Another author of the same penod tells us," writes Miss ~l11gleton, "that furniture makers Imported from the Indies much ebony and mahogany, of which they maJe escntorios and mesas (tables) of the most beautiful workmanship "Thus we have dJrect eVidence that mahogany was used by Spalllsh cabl11et makers before 1600 It has been sug-gested that, In consequence, v"hen furl11ture was made of ma-hogany, dunng the next century, ~t came to be called by the name of tho'ie who fir"t used that wood. and that the 'Span-hh' table wab merely a mahogany table" An early reference runs m thIS way "Set me fine Spal11'ih tables m the haIl, See they be fitted all Let there be room to eat I\nd order taken that there want no meat See every sconce and candlestick made bnght That Without tapers they may give a hght Look to the presence are jihe carpets spreacl, The dalb o'er t'he head, The cushIOns on the chaJrs, And all the candles lIghteJ on the stairs? Perfume the chamber" and in any case Let each man gIVe attendance m hiS place" In thl'3 old rhyme an entire mtenor IS depicted-the daiS, the cushlOned chalfS, the carpets 'ipread, the Ibnght sconces and pohsheJ candlesticks, the hghted tapers-and Imagina-tion Will add the people and the costume", a brave, gallant company m very sooth - Vlrgmia Robie, 111 "The House Beautiful," Chicago , 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN .- ... NO OTHER ._._-_ -..~.__ .._. . . -.. SANDER ... .... . makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No. 171 Sander produces a finish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Catalog 'IE" No. 171 Patented Sand 8elt Machine. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C.. t ~ Grand Rapids Personals Thirty Years Ago. (From the MIChigan Artisan December 1880) H. G Dowell has engaged With Frank ~Ienter of ChICdt;0 for another year. Wl1lIam H Jone", of the Phoenix FurnIture compam. I~ cnroute to CalIfornIa M. L FItch of the ::-Jelson-1Iatter com pam ,1'0 pa"'''lI1g thL holiday season 111 Grand Rapids E H. Foote, secretary of the Grand Rapids Chair com-pany, has returned from a tnp to Iowa George D Conger of the SlIgh lurl1lture companv re-cently toured \lVlsCOnSIl1 anJ 1\IlI1nesota W A Drown, travelIng salesman for the \ e\\ England Furniture company, is at home for a few Jay'" R \IV Corson of the Berkey & Gay FurnIture lompam is preparing for a tour of the markets 111 thc eastern "tate'" Frank Bercry and A -\ Barber, tray elIng "alesmen at the Grand Rapids Chair company, are at home for a fe" da\ ~ J H Bell of J H Bell & Bro , Pittsburg, paid a \ ISlt to Grand Rapids recently, and placed lIberal orders for furniture A S Herenden of t'he Herenden FurnIture com pam Cleveland, was the first buyer to arrn e 111 Granel Rapids tIll" season. George I Bicknell ha" retIred from the "en Ice at the Phoel1lx Furmture company and returned to hIS former home in Boston. Charles \\T Jones, a successful "ales man, has engaged to travel for the Phoelllx Chair company of Shebm gon dUrIng the coming year C H. D. Arcus, supenntendent of the Grand Rapid'" Chair company, was presented With an elegant "Ih er tea ser- VIce by the employes of the company on Chnstmas day E N Foss, agent of the St '\lban" (Vt) \IanufacturIn~ company, IS 111 the City, "ellll1g the Common Sense dry kIln (\1r Foss \va;, elected to a ;,eat 111 congre'3S In :Ma;,;,achusetts recently -Ed ArtIsan) An Incident of Thirty Years Ago. \ dealer 111 furl1lture from a bIg town m the MISSissippi \ alley, wIllIe enjOy mg an after-dll1ner Clgar at the Palmer house, Chicago, was approached by a manufacturers of desks "I have a good lme of office desks I would lIke to show you." "\\ here are the "am pIes ?" the dealer inqUIred '\t my \\ arerooms on the west Side," the manufacturer IemarkcJ The man from the big town on the rivel encompassed hlll1..,elf \\Ith a long overcoat and went out to face a ragmg storm \\ Ith the manufacturer After a street car nde and a long \\ alk, the\ "topped before a rIckety old IbUlldmg, when the manufacturel led the way up several wmdlillg stairways to the 10ft, dark and Jirty. "Here the) arc-fifty m number," the manufacturer re-marked "ThrO\'\ open a wll1dow or two and let a httle lIght mw the room," the dealer requested \\ hen thiS had been done, the clealer looked the stuff over and shook hIS head "The panels are warped," he remarked "I can soon repdJr them," the manufacturer replIed "But quite a number of panel" are splIt, I notIce," the dealer contIllued "I don't thmk you could mterest me in \ our cle"ks l\Iy adVIce to you IS to rent a store and sell the desk" at auctIOn You could not expect to sell [he lot to the trade The manufacturer deCIded to accept the advice glven- \fJchlgan :utIsan, December 1880 -----------------------------------------------------... "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY .... H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .,. ..... . . WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 " 1 .....---- -.., You cannot find better Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer I than we could furnish you right now. i Write us. I WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH . COMPANY .._------------ ---- - - ---------- . Fighting the Demurrage. }I1chlgan shIppers are not alone m the1r Oppos1tJon to the code of demurrage rule., sanctlOned by the mterstate com-merce comm1S~10n and adopted by the vanous state railroad comml"slons Protests are heard from shIppers in all parts of the country. PartJcular obJectlOn IS made to the clause requJr1ng shIpper" to gIve bond for the pay ment of accrued charges It 1S branded as an ImpOSItIOn LOUIsville shlpper~ have Jeclded to fight It Protests have been met by railroads flor freIght charges which are declared to be Illegal under the mter~tate law The:t\ ew England Board of Trade of Boston has appomted a commIttee of SIX to prrotest to the mter,>tate comml"SlOn against the rules whIch allow only two days free tll11e for unloadmg cars It IS probable that the commISSIOn WIll take the matter up in Washmgton Junng the commg week when the commIt-tee appomted by the Amencan Railway AssoclatlOn will meet m Washington to prepare a ,>et of mstructlOns to be 1ssued by the raIlroads m connectIOn with the operatIOn of the rules About the same tJme a commIttee of private car owners WIll meet m vVashmgton to present a petJtlOn to the com-misslOn askmg that body to modIfy the rule3 WIth respect to cars pnvately owned. Procter & Gamble are takmg the imtiatJve m the matter, and 1t will be argued before the comm1SSlOn that when a pn-vate car IS stamlIng on the side tracks owned by the company whIch owns the car, It IS no longer in publIc servIce and It is nobody's busme",> when 1t IS unload~d Followmg the adVIce of the commIssIOn, the raIlroads have refu"ed to make any change'> or any exceptIOns in the demurrage rules upon the theory that change'> mIght be em- " - ------------------~ played to bnng about dl~('1lmmatlOn m favor of ,>olmeshIppers if any change" are made 1n the rules, 1t WIll Le by orJer of the commbSlcn or of a court Recalls Marcus Stevens. One year ago Marcus Stevens, leadmg dealer m furmture 111 DetrOIt, dIed and was buned by many mournmg fnend~ and acquamtance" Before passmg out of life he prov1ded m h1S w1ll for the contmuance of hIS bus1l1es~ for the term of five year'>, the actJve management to remam 111the hands of h1'> trusted lIeutenant, C A. Brockway and :\I[r Chidsey The hou"e plOspered but recently vahd cla1ms agamst the es-tate amountmg to $30,000, unknown to the executors of the Ii\ Ill, were filed w1th the commbSlOners of the probate court and allowed The presentatlOn of these cla1ms wh1ch are held by ~Irs Stevens and other relatJves of deceased, will ne-ce'> Sltate the cIosmg of the ibusmess, the ,lebts of deceased are '>0 large that the a~sets w1ll be absorbed It 1S hoped that cap1tal may become 111tere;,ted so as to penm1t the bUSI-ness to contmue WIth Messrs Brockway and Ch1dsey -}I1ch- 19an Art1san, February 1881 Metal Veneers. Fredenck Koskul, the deSIgner employed by the Berkey & Gay FUr11ltUl e company, has 1I1vented anLl patented a pra-ce"" for producmg metal veneers A metal fUll b pa1l1ted or lacquered, then varmshed, then mounted and subjected to hydraullc pre~sure The process 1S a novel one and should prm e of gl eat value to the owner -~lch1gan ArtIsan, Janu-ary, 1881 .......- .. .. ... ---------------.. .._---_._._. ----------- ... _- ... MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT I....----- MUSKEGON, MICH. . ---..---_. -----------------------------------4 •• f 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------- ... _.. ...-_.. 1 F. Parthi~~--1 1034 Grand Avenue CHICAGO WAY DOWN IN OLD VIRGINIA. Somethinli of Richmond and Its Furniture Man ufacturing Interests. RIchmond, Va, :.vIay 4 -RIchmond 1:" a prett, Clt, of 100,000 inhabItants and wIth the annexatlOn of th~ suburb Manchester, wIll have 130,000 It IS bUllt on selen hl1ls and the people here are nearly always gomg up 01 dOl' n a h111 A large manufactunng and whole"ale bus1~ess IS done through the south, but It IS not especIally noted m the furnIture hne The retaIl center 1:" a busy place, ha' mg t,,,o bIg busme<;.., streets, Ma1l1 and Droad :\Ionument a, enuc, the be'3t re'31- dence street IS one of the finest m the countr} The CIty 1:" gr'OW1l1grapIdly and 1,0 show1l1g much of the northern enter-prise. There ane about 50 fUlmture concerns J01l1g a bUSI-ness of about $1,000,000 a year There seems to be a good openmg here for manufactur-ers of brass and 11 on beds, furmture and other such lInes The south IS a large field and well worth gomg after The six trunk lIne ral1roadi3 gI" e ample :"hlppmg faclhtle". "I/'h the James nveI, makes watel connectlOns "lth ~ orfolk, Bal-tImore, \Vashmgton and other pomts The bankmg accom-modatlOns are first class and the chamber 01 commerce IS very energetic m boommg the CIty. The clImate i" very good The wmters are nllid and the summers are pleasant and not too hot There IS practlcally no wholesale furmture trade here and there IS room for a house of that kind. There are wholesale hou"Jes m almost every other hne of business The RIchmond \Voodworkmg compan}, 14 ~ orth Seventh street, has a factory at lVlancheste1, mak1l1g "aI ehobe-" offie c .,'."...""--------------. __.--_._._-----, Doetsch & Heide r Co. Telephone, LIncoln 796 1534-1544 Greenwood Terrace CHICAGO Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames TO Reach OUR FACTORY Take Clybourn Avenue car to Ashland Avenue and walk three blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then turn East Into Green-wood Terrace. Or, Clybourn Avenue car WIth transfer on South-port Avenue car, thence over Southport Avenue to Greenwood Terrace and walk West ... . .. . Manufacturer or Willo'" Furniture SEND FOR CATALOGUE tables and de:"ks They have put m new machmery and sell all over the country They have been out of the casket mak-mg busmess for a year, but are now makmg them, as well as tobacco retamel s George Pope IS pre"Ident, Everett B :\100re 'Ice pre"Ident, RIchard H :\100re secretary and treas-urer R G Lowman 15 the new general manager ThIS plant 1:"qUlte complete and 1'3kept busy The :\1anchester Furl11ture company, a branch of the RIchmond Cedar company, at J\Ianchester, gave up bu.sines'3 about a year ago and the plant IS st111Idle The James Rn er Furmture and Mattress company at l\fanche<;tcr make" 10unge'3 and couches and has put on a new hne of parlor SUItes They al e domg a very good business LeViIS SmIth who"VVas "Ice preSIdent and general man-ager of the RIchmond \Voodworkmg company, has left that concern and 1<;now WIth the government sh1pbUllding depart-ment m the PllllIppmes The ;\mellcan Cabmet :\Ianufactunng company of Man-chester, are makmg kItchen cabmets and .school desks The .\mcllcan FurnIture and FIxture company, 2817 Les-ter <;treet are makmg office and bookkeepers' desks They ha' e recentl} enlarged their fonce and made many changes in the plant Bl1'3mess IS saId to be so gooJ that they can hard- I} keep pace" Ith the orders Charles G Eckert, a cab1l1et maker here, recently cele-brated h1.o 95th bIrthday He has lIved 58 years in Rich-mond and expects to reach the century mark He walks six ml1es a day, does not use glasses and is strong and hearty. The Home Furmsh1l1g company of 217 West Broad street, are gett1l1g ready to move to theIr new store at 123 Broad street, where they have a larger bU11d1l1g. The '\ ocll-Anderson l\Ianufactunng company of Dan- ,Jile \~ a , mak1l1g fllrl11tllre, have made an aSSIgnment, with habJiltles and assets each about $40,000 TheIr capItal stock IS $100,000 The Mayo SpeClalty Manufactunng company has been incorporated '''Ith a capital of $5,000, to make a patent com-b1l1ed invalId chaIr dnd bed They wJil buJid a factory S P Mayo IS preSIdent and treasurer, Harry B Owen, .secretary, ACTa} lor, manager Toler & Sons are making a hne of furnitUl e at Man-chester The PItts Furl11ture company, retaIl dealers of 1429 East Ma1l1 street, have recently moved to theIr new location, at \Vest Broad and J effersol1 streets The firm recently 111- creased theIr capItal ~tock from $30,000 to $75,000 \Ian) a fellow get:" a skate on who was never 111 a rmk ll1 hIS hfe ~-------------------------------, factory at EnnIs, Tex, whIch was about to be moved to Ternll, Tex Lauerman Brothers, fUl111ture dealers, have foreclosed a chattel mortgage on the fUlnitUle, bedding, etc, m WhIte's Hotel of l\lannette, Wb The goods were sold at auctlOn and bId m by the mortgagees. The Century FurnIture company of Grand RapIds, MICh , have theIr new factory nearly completed. They have let con-tracts for the dry kIln to cost $2,000, engme house, $2,000 and a coal house that wIll cost $500. The Fred STucker Fur111ture company of Colorado SprIngs, Col, are remodellllg theIr store V\Then the Improve-ments are completed they wIll have two floors and basement, 50 x 190 feet clear of obstructIOns. It IS claImed that the Stearns & Foster company of Cm-cmnatl, 0, makes more than four tImes as many mattresses dS any other mattress makmg concern m the w01ld TheIr factory was establtshed SIxty yeaI sago. E E Thompson, a wealthy farmeI, has bought an mter-est m the retaIl furnIture store of Hawkms Bros, of Sprmg-field, Mo. The firm has been reorganized and is now called the Hawkin" Bros' House FUl111shmg company. Raubold & Lambm, manufacturers of fancy fur111iure, pIcture frames, etc, of ChIcago, have mcorporated, WIth capI-tal stock fixed at $30,000 J. B. Nachsheim, F. J. H. Lambm dnJ Albert F Sauer appear as the mcorporatlllg stockholders C H ArmItage, representing the MIchIgan Fe1tlllg company, of Grand Rapids, is gomg about the country Jem-onstratmg the manufacture of felt mattresses He occupIed a wmdow m Foster's fur111ture store, Terre Haute, Ind, last week. The Atherton-Byard Furniture company of HaverhIll, Mass, have offered a SlIver cup for tlhe wmners of the pen-nant m the Grammar School Baseball league, composed of club" representmg eight towns in Mame, Mas"achusetts and New Hampshl1e. The Wlsconsm ChaIr company of Port Washington, VVIS, propo'Sed to bUlld a large warehouse on the opposite side of the nvel from theIr factory, provldmg the CIty council WIll grant them pellTI1ssion to connect It with the mam factory by a covered bndge. The Etowah Fur111ture company of Gadsden, Ala, whIch recently 'Suffered a small loss by fire, has been incorporated by SIX brothers named Howle. They WIll enlarge theIr bus-mess m Gadsden and may establtsh a branch store at Ala-bama CIty CapItal stock, $4,500, all paid Ul. The I X. L. Furniture company of Salt Lake City, are just completing the largest warehouse m that CIty It is located m the rear of the store, built of reinforced concrete, six stories, 87 x 165 feet, has metal doors and window casUlg~ and is supposed to be absolutely fire proof The cost WIll be $85,000. On complaint of several manufacturers and Jobbers, S. S Maxwell, a furniture dealer of Nashvl!le, Tenn, was arrested and jal!ed on a charge of obtaining goods by false pretenses Tlhe complamants allege t'hat he lllduced them to gIve him creJlt by misrepresenting hIS finanCIal ablltty He was re-leased upon givlllg ball for appearance for trial The retal! furnIture Ibusiness of C C. Fuller & Co, Hart-ford, Conn, has been taken over by the C C Fuller com-pany, incorporated under the laws of Maine by A L. and Sherman Lougee of Salem, Mass, and Henry Betson of Dan-vers, Mass Mr Beston is in charge of the store The busi-ness was establtshed by C C. Fuller, formerly of Willimantic, Conn., in 1878. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS L J O'Bnen of Ansoma, Conn, has been granted a pat-ent on a foldmg stool C G TohI11 "ucceecb T. C Clark m t.he undertakmg bUSIness at Bethany, fl't'"' J 13 Jetton "ucceed" J. J\I Love m the retal! furmture busmes" at Mayfield, Ky. Charle" S Fame, manager of the C S. Pame company, Grand RapId", b tounng Europe. The Palace FunlltUl e company of Manchester, Conn, has filed a cel tlficate of c1I~solution. Theodore Kyson has purchased the furniture store of Andl ew Peter'3on of Rousseau, Mml1 The ~Watertown (WIS) Table SlIde company has let the contract for a new dry kIln to cost $4,000 rl he Badger }< urmture company of IndIanapolIs, has filed notIce of an Issue of $30,000 1ll preferred stock. C A Baker ha" sold hIS furnIture store at Holdredge, \Tebr, to J R Roseborough and 13 A Dausken. Em ton ~ \ \ hlte has succeeded Charles C Pollllll a" manager of the Bustol (Conn) Fur111ture company. A LudWIg and J A Cook of Mbsoula, Mont., has pur- I chased the furUlture store of E. L Russell at LeWIston, Ida Fredellck I"orsythe has purcha'Sed the Dewey interest m the retaIl busllless of Dewey & Mann of vVatertown, N Y The ~partan FurnIture COUlpany of Spartanburg, S C, ha\ e moved mto the store formerly occupIed J. W Alexander 'vV J, ),1 Sand J R CallIson have Ulcorporated the CallIson FurmtUl e company of J\1Jddlesboro, Ky. CapItal "tuck $50,000, WIth $35,000 paId m The Valley CIty Desk company, Grand RapIds, has let the contract fOI a new dry kIln to cost $3,000 The Taylor Beddmg company of Taylor, Tex, has been mcorpOJated by Amor Forwood, D. F Forwood and J. J Thames. S D SmIth, formerly of the People's store of Rockwood, Tenn , has pm chased the new furmture store of l\I C Kmg In the same town. 1"he plant of the Eagle Furmture company, bankrupts, of Green"boro, N C, IS to be advertIsed and sold at auctIOn by order of the court. H L Han"en ha:; sold tlhe Lltchvl!le (N Dak) furmtUl e stOJ e to Sarsten & Sortland, a new firm composed of S G Sarsten and S J. Sortland. The manufacture of 1attan furniture has reached con"Id-el able ploportIOn:; and is expected to become an Important llldustry in the PlulippInes. S Davidson & Brothers, wholesale and 1 etaIl furmture dealers of Des MOInes, Ia, have Incorporated a" the Davld- '3on Bros' company. Capital stock, $350,000 The Emahizer-Splelman Furniture company of Topeka, Kansas, have let the contract for the erectIOn of d two story warehouse on Jackson street, to cost about $3,500. The VVIl1Jam Prufrock FurnIture company of St Loui3, Mo, are clOSIng out their retaIl busllless and WIll hereaftel elevote theIr attention entIrely to manufactUrIng furmture A II Benedict, formerly a furnIture manufacturer of Del-aware, 0, conVIcted of having deserted his WIfe, IS servllIg a term of SIX months in JaIl m default of $550 fine and costs The McKIbben FurnIture and UndertakIng company of Eatonton, Ga, will soon move Into a new bUIldIng, three stories and basement, that has been erected especially for their use. A company has been organized, with $10,000 capital stock, to take over the Perry-McCullough glove and mattress to WEEKLY ARTISAN ••• _a •• _ ••• - ••• - _----.-------------------.------- .. _.-_... ..---------------------1 WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the" Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~~::~~:~M~U:S~K:E:GoOrN, MICH. New York O£hce, 369 Broadway, L E Moon, Manager Il • __ -4 .... ...-_. -------------------------- ------~---------------- .... ... --- HORSELESS. HEARSELESS FUNERAL Big Black Automobile Carries the Corpse. rnder-taker and the Mourners. bemg buned hel e Only the falmly comes with the body and the} \\ ant to be taken qUickly and qUIetly to the ceme-tery \Ye can make Greenv\ ood 111 less than an hour In t\\ 0 hours the} can be on the tt am gOll1g home again. "Of course there are "till some persons who find 1t hard to accept 1t 111 place of the old way they have known so long One man 1ecentl} complall1ed that It didn't seem solemn enough and seemed ltke tak1l1g ltberttes with the dead, but to one such compla1l1t we ve had any number Qf congratula-tion" on the ne\\ method from people \\ho have said that It has ,lone a\\ a} with the most trYll1g features of what has aI'.\ a} s been such an ordeal, namely an out of town funeral "Before long the hearse" wIll begin to go Just hke the hansom cabs though for big local funerals I suppose hearse" \\ 111be used for a long time yet" •• a.a •••• - - a.a •• a.a •• - • Grand Rapids Crescent i TUB WORLD'S BBST SAW BENCH I Thel e was a horseless funel al at the Gl,ll1cl Cent I al "tatlOl1 the othel da} says the '\ e\\ 101 be ~un -"'u un u"ual was the o,cene that almo"t e\ er} hud} ~eell1ecl to £;1\e lt .'l0me attentIOn and e\ en the hOi '3e" '3J1ltted dt the ~trange looking vehicle, perhaps v\ Ith fee1111g" 01 ] ealou,,) at tlll'- l.\t est eVIdence of the pass111g of theu usefulne"" The center of mtere"t was the funel al car, a blg black automoblle bmIt some\\hat on the l111eo>01 .'1 1 lith d\ enne motor bu" It was an lmmen"e machlile and a.., It dre\\ up :'llently at a slde entrance other traffic had to halt fhe solemn black of It-> big ltmousme bod} ploclalJlleJ lh pnr-pose 111a way, but except for the tact that the drl\ er s ~eat was unusually hIgh, It nllght ha\ e passed tOi an e"U aOlCh-nanly large hmous111e car As soon a" the car had leached the CUl h the dr!\ el ahghted and stood ,leterentJall} at the 110nt ut the llJaclllne A moment later thele appeared the hmerdl pal t), led b} the undertaker and hIS men beanng the coffin The mourners, ,I paltv of ten, took thelr '-eab In the cdl these seats bell1g Illdl\ ldual chalrs ot black le,lther Ihen the front of the machll1e undel the ,111\ el " ~eat \\ a.., upened, the coffin was hfted up and shd 111 :\ e" t -om e tlO\\ tr~ \\ el e ---- put 111 the hearse part of the car and the front doOl s dosed Then the drl\ el and the nndertaker mounted the flont sea t, there wa" the "harp llng uf d \\ alllll1g bell, dnd a.., t Iaffic hdlted agalll the blg funerdl car ,,\\ ung around dnd mtu rOI-ty- second "tl eet. Thls -funel al car had sea b tOI t \\ eh e mOUl nel', 11l It-hmouSll1e part and coulJ Calf} thl ee on the dn \ el ~ '-Cdt Hence lt takes the place of a healse and thlee calflage" "'vVe ha \ en't had thlS very loilg," saId the dll\ er Ju"t before the funeral part} appeared, "but V\ ere already kept busy wlth lt about all the time. Only thlS mOJmng, fOJ ex-ample, we took a funel al to Ehzaheth and now thls aftell100n we are bound for Greenwood. "Yon see it fits III pretty mcely III the case ot long ell~- tance funerals Take the case of a funeral at Kenslco, up III Westchester or even \\T oodla \\ n Before lt used to be ne-cessary to take a tram, which meant a hearse and can lageo> at both ends, to say nothmg of the pUbltClty of lldmg m a rallroad car, that i.'l, unless the party was large enough and could afford the speClal funeral car the raIlroad operate'3 N ow we take the entJre funeral, ca"ket and dll. 1rom the hon"e or church to Kenslco m less than three hour" "Take the case of a person d} mg 111some othel Lit) and Built with double arbors. sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS ~. ._-_-O.F -GR.A.N..D_R_AP-ID-S-,-M-I-C-H-. -------.-..·..1. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 THE L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLA T ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-J AP ANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical expenence with the Furmture, Plano and kindred lines of manufacture enable us to know Just the kind and quality of varnIshes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already estabhshed trade with thiS class of customers through visiting them with fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes without additional ex-pense to us, whIch advantage we are dIsposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us aTrial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Al ways All Right. Here IS somethmg from the E Ingraham Clock company, of Bflstol, Conn, that IS WOlth reac!Jng "AI~ ay:, all fight" come" \ ery near perfectIOn Bnstol, Conn, Sept 20, 190J Mr Z C Thwmg, Manager Grand RapId:' Veneer \York.." Grand RapIds, 11ICh, Dear SIr -vVe have your favor of the 17th, and note what you '->ay regardmg the 1mpOI tance ot keeping kIln record~ As a general propositIOn, your stand-pomt IS undoubtedly correct, but our kiln dryIng for the past two years ha~ been so UnIformly "atJsfactory that we have found It unnecessary to keep up the practIce, so far as the humIdIty and admISSIOn of fresh aIr are concerned. Of course we would not th111k of dl~pensmg ~ Ith the use of the record111g thermometer, and frequently test stock for dryne.,s when tak111g it out. The foreman 1J1 charge of thIS department IS thoroughly relIable and competent, much mOl e so that the general run of men who are entrusted with this work \ve are dr,ymg 1" plam red oak anJ yellow poplar in 5 to 7 days In vIew of the universally satIsfactory results obtamed smce mstall- 111gyour sy"tem It seems hardly necessary to keep a continu-ous record of the condItIOn, outsIde of the temperature To quote the old proverb, "The proof of the puddmg I~ m Lhe eat111g." If yOU desire, we will send yOU samples of our stock be-fore and after drY111g, that you may iudl!e of the results ~e are getting The writer recalls WIth much pleasure his viSIt to your City, and take" thIS occasIOn to extend his personal regards to Mr Thwing Yours truly, THE E INGRAHAM CLOCK COMPANY Philadelphia Base Ball Breaks Up a Home. Ju!Jan S GIbson, president of the GIbson Furmture com-pany of St. LOlliS, Mo, has filed across-bIll, in answer to his ~ Ifl'S applicatIOn for dIVorce, In whIch he alleges that his wIfe's attentIOns wel e alIenated by the Amencan League Baseball Park She gave hIm and her household no attentIOn, he saId, when the Browns were at home. He stated that Lloyd Rickard, secretary of the Browm, 'llgned the paS'les whICh gave hIs wife ac!J11lttance to the game'l and since 1905 she had been a constant "deadhead" patron of Sportsman's Park and became so constant 111 her attendance on the ball games that she was a queen among the looter:, and be-came known as a "fan." Whtle attendmg the hall games and watchl11g the fdmou,., "Rube" and actIve "Hobe" Ferns, he says, she neglected to take care of theIr home and thmks he should be gIven a decree l\Fr~ GIbson's charges against her husband are of a more sellOUS nature. Precaution A)1ainst "Dead Beats."' For the purpose of checkmg the operation;" of "dead beats," the common counCIl of Richmond, Ind , passed an or-dmance requiring the owners of moving vans to report to the poltce dally the names of all persons whose household effect, they have moved. The pohcp department promptly reports the names so receIved to the dealers m house furl11shmg goods and supplies The sy {em is working well A clock has more sense than a man \Vhen it's all run down it stops working Pleasure's almost anythmg we can't afford ----------------------- ---------- Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. 12 WEEKLY AR1ISAN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture- LIbrary Desks, Library Tables. LIbrary Bookcases, Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire line wIll be on exhibItion in July on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. CURTAINS AND PORTIERES. Suggestions as to Selections for Parlor, Library and BedrooIU. In fm mer tlme" pm tIel e" and curtam" '1'1 e1 e u"ed mOl e wIth the Idea of keepmg out dlaughb tl1<1n ten dCU)ldtl\C eftect, whIch b then chlct pm po"e toda'l \ bou t thc tlluc of Henry II of FIance the \\ melo\\ treatmenb begdn to assume a style that added beaull to the 100111,11 \\ hlch the) were hung, anJ each ::,uLceecl1ng 1 rench pcnod had a :ot) Ie ot Ib own, u::,uall} eldborate, e-,peClalh m the 1egllnc ot the LOUIS, whIch was -he chma" ot the decoratl\ e pellOc]" l1l hangmgs, tapestnes, fur111tul e, \ubu"..,on cal pet", etc In England a much hecll leI style \\ as In 'Iogue Those w\ho can atfol\l to do ::'0 often 1ely upon the h1~h class decorator::, f01 the selectIon and all ang emen t ot thell house drapene.., Qmte a:o good I c:oulb can be seClllcd l1l most cases b} the exerCIse of llld1\ Idudl good ta"te Hel e al c thl ee thmgs to be Iemembel eel b} tho"e \\ ho hke al thtlc thmgs yet cannot pal an eAtla\a~ant cleL01atOl :0 pnce 1. Penod st} It of hangmg::, belong onl) m a room where ever} thmg ehe h 111keepmg 2 Don't make the mIstake ..,0 C0111mon ot u"mg 11 tnch drapelles m a nonde::,cnpt loom no mdttcI ho\\ muLll the'l may appeal to a woman::, ta-,te, the) ale ll1Conglou,:> 3 Go as far a v'lay from them a-, pO""lble, no mattel what an uphobterer, vvho often calls hlmselt an mtenol dCLOl-ator, may tell you, for the effect, If } ou tdke hI;, ,,0ll1eumes en oneou.., adVIce, WIll be 111halm01110us Have harmony by all mean" 111the cnsemble, and d" cnr-tams add much to the decoratl've scheme, hay e thtm llght. and 111S1Stupon lt As an lllchca tlOn ot a propel decOl a t1\ e "cheme take a parlor for mstance Fll::,t select a matenal that I" 111peltLct accord wIth the wall" and be sme It IS the 11~ht color lor the 11ght, whether north, ..,outh, east Ol \\ e"t 1 hdt 10 a mattu ot VItal Importance as color mf1uences ) our c;en"e" to a v en great degree One color 1-' restful and anothel aggre"sn c Everyone vvIII recall be111g m looms \\ h1ch e'l en the OCU1- pant saId "worned her, she dId not kno\\ \\ h\ but the) got on her nerves" '1 Ie rea,on vvas slluple enough to the c;kIlled decorator, who knew that she haJ struck the \\ rong note ot color. In a sunny room perhaps "he had cl "trong, blatant red, when lt should have been a le..,ttu! COIOl lolol affech people more than the) reahze The parlol then may be suppo"ed to be a 100m facmg the south \\ lth cl pale de11cdte pmklsh glay on the walls, either paper or other matellal. For the wmdows use the same tone of gla) m SIlk, motre or whatever your purse can afford, anJ make the curtams long and straight. Down the front dnd dClO:o:othe bottom place a rose colored border and loop them back \\ nh a band of the same For the partleles take a ro"e COlOlcd ma tellal of the same shade Then there WIll be har-mon) , "tlength and contrast 1l one loom opens mto another have a perspectlve effect, dnd cion t the 111one room a colOl that Wll1 clash With that In the other, or thc effect vvIII be rumous to both Another room has a north hght, whIch IS cold and need::. \\ an11lng up A nch golden yello\" would be a correct C0101 note here tor ",alb and w111dow hangmgs. A golden brown \ alance \\ ould add to the effect.., of the curtams The por-tlCl e-, could be made of the same brown stuff, they could be plam 01 embelhshed With apphque, for tihere are many wa) 5> ot treatmg them. In the stores al e many temptmg matenals that al e mex-pen: on e, and a woman of dlscnmmatlOn should be able to se-lect the nght thmg For a hbrary take a color that IS restful, fOl here tlred dwl 0\ en\ 10ught nerves often need soothmg Hele have no tanc) drapelles or portieres, but "Imple, qmet elegance alone In bedrooms your fancy can run not for wmdow curtams, but be sure ot appropnateness and harmony, for that is e::.- sentlal \\ hen slmphclty 1S reqmred India stlk or pongee make prett) , soft hang111gs Cretonne IS appropnate, and llllen tapestn wlth cut out chmtz borders IS not new but good Japane:oe cotton crepe is 11ght and aIry, and fine un-bleached muslm w1th bands of cretonne m hlac pattern acros::. the top and bottom and dovvn the front and edged '1\ 1th ball 11111geIS extI emely effectIve. It hghter curtams stlll are reqmred a fine cream coloreJ "cnm \\ 1th a border of medal110ns of 1m1tatlOn \ alenclennes ldce under \\ 11lch a pale colored chma SIlk IS placed and an edglllg ot the valencIennes about four mches w1de sewed on lull gn es a 1abot effect that 1Svery cLllnty for a country house .:\Iam mexpenSlVe lawns anJ organdIes can be uttllzed as \\ ell \\ lth ruffled edges-for lace 111sertlOns You can get re-sults from dress goods as well as the 1egular drapery ma-tellals -X e\\ York Sun Xo man can m'l ent an eAcust: ongmal enough to be patented WEEKLY ARTISAN New Factories. MCDow of Ch1cago, proposes to cbtabhsh a veneer cuttlllg plant at Augusta, Fla John Mc1I111an 1S to manage a largc veneer plant that 10, to be estabhshed at Stockton, Ala The All R1ght Seat company cap1tahzed at $50,000, has been orgamzed to estabhsh a factory at Greensboro, N C The Kronhelln-S1ksy Ded-Chall company, capitalIzed at $10,000 has been lllcorporated to establish a factory III Cleve-land, Ohio Mach1l1ery 1S being installed in the plant of the Acme Manufacturmg company of San Marcos, Tex, wh1ch will be put in operation about the first of June. They will make fur- 111ture and show cases. The Commercial Club of Orange, Tex, have not yet se-cured the furniture t1hat they have been trY1l1g to get for a year or more They are now negotiatlllg wlth four dJfrerent M'1de by Upham Manufacturmg Co., Marshfield, WIS. concerns, in northern towns, that propo"e to move to Orange lf proper ll1ducements are offered. As a probable slght for another furniture factory, the "Blg SlX" furmture compames of Eva1bvllle, Ind, have pur-chased a plece of land flOm Dr "Theeler of Portland, Me, 0pPoslte the E Q Chalr company factory, near the Maryland street brhlge The land toucheb the Big Four railroad nght of way Furniture Fires. The Rehable Furmture company of Paterson, N J, lost about $15,000 by fire 111 thelr StOIe on Apnl 28 Fully imured Shtldneck Bros, fl1rmture and hardware dealers at Slame, Nebr, were burned out with a loss of $16,000 on Apnl 29 Partlally insured The plant of the VY1SCODbl11Chalr 'IVark", at Mound Clty, pi, was completely de",troyed by fire on Apnl 30 Loss, about $35,000, less than half insured. A factor} bUlldll1g u ~ed as a storehouse by A VV. B1Ck-rord & Co, carpet and rug manufacturers of Danvers, Mass, was burned on Apnl 30 Loss, $3,500; 1l1surance, $2,000. 13 DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION. Detroit, Mich., Mar. 25, Grand Rapids, Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen:- For the past eight months we have had in operatIon here one of your Patent Kilns and the results obtained therefrom have not only fully met with our ex-pectatIons but have far exceeded same. We have had no difficulty whatever in operating the kiln and the lumber carried through it is returned to us in fin0 conditIon. Yours truly, J. L. McDONELL, Supt . • 0U . :c CJ 'OOi .,C..~... ~ s,.c 0~ "o"lIil= to! ~ • G cO ,.. 0 <lot '0 q;; C II '0 ca S 0 ~ ~ ~ C') Z ... () 0 s.c - ~ 0 .... .. t-. e .I.I 0 ~ ..... ... ~"' 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN TRUCK TALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity ot construction fea-tures-- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get ou t ot order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Screw Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. Keep line thll1~ 111 mll1d alway s, colol hdnllony, and don t ha\ e an} thl1lg ebe Don t use small low pIeces of fu rl1lture lf tall people are t,) II1hablt the place or where there are very hIgh ceIlIngs, for the proportIOn IS bad \Vhen human Ibemgs are of aver-age SIlt ha\ e the thmgs they desIre to take comfort m butlt to SUIt theIr needs, or look about, lf you go to a dozen places, tlIl } au find the rIght thmg Everyth111g m correct furl1lsh-mg lS a matter of proportlOn, and that one ldea should be kept firmly 111mind Don't use canopied bed" 111 small rooms You need all the ozone} au call get to a\ Old a sleepless l1Ight Don t use a double bed If two are to sleep 111the same room Ha\ e t\\ 111beds They are much more healthful, for lt one IS re"tless and dlsturbed the other lS not kept awake, and If one lIkes plenty of warmth and the other doesn't both can be satlsfied-dnd be the happler for It Don't hang plctures "tIt-LIt-toe," all 111a row" It becomes monotonous to the eye Don't pnt a plctnre wlth a \\oman ganbed 111 a vlvld scarlet ChantIcleer calm ed dl e% next to a pmk one Remem-ber color harmon} dga1l1 and hang one so as to offset the other and m an IIregular manner A good way to do IS first to pIck out the pIctures for each room, place them on the floor agam"t the wall where they are to go, and get the effect 111} our mmd's eye If the first effort IS not pleas1l1g change tlll the nght result lS obta1l1ed It wlll come wlth a ltttle practIce, and have the "ubJects correct for the drfferent rooms For a d1l11l1groom or ltbraly etchmgs, engravlngs and photo-graphs are alw a\ s good The parlor can be more preten-tIOUS In the Jm1l1g room cheetful } et dlgnified selections can be made For the bedrooms da1l1ty figures of pretty wo-men and chIldren should predam1l1ate Hints on House Decorations. \Vomen when on a hunt for \\ all paper otten get l ()n fused because they see such a \ allet), and finall} become -0 be\\ Ildered at the array that a wrong seIectlOn lS made ~\ small but lmportant hmt for the \\ onld-be buy er IS thb Flrst, ask far a d,lfk green paper, and look at lt \\ hether } on want it or not, slmply to focus the e} e~ In a fe\\ '-econds the sight wlIl bee ome rested and the \ arIetles that are pro-duced wlIl look better Every now and then turn to the green paper to relteve the stram on the e} e~ Don't select a large pattern for a small room. for It \\ III be out of proportlOn and decrease Its sue In a place ot thl" kll1J choose somethll1g small and damt} and the charm \\ 111 be enhanced Don't put hed\ y toned colors 111dati\. 01 mednlm ltg-ht rooms, no m.atter how much} au ltke them Often the sales-man, not know111g where the ltg-ht comes trom 01 ho\\ the room is situated, in ardel to make a sale 111 ges \\ hat he sees the customer fancies Don't me a striped papel 111 a pIdce \\ lth a hIgh cellm\:; A room of that descriptIOn "hould ha\ c a figl1l ed ;,Ide \\ all WIth a pattern of generou" proportIOns If the space admlt~ ot that treatment The same adVlce applte'o to matenals Don't use a carpet or rug that does not tone 1Il \\ lth the the walls Good decoratlOn should start from the floor up If the rug- lS green, the wall" could be a tone or two ltghter thus maklllg a gradual shad1l1g which IS 1Il good taste and harmonious The old time flowered carpets \\ Ith then \ anegated hues are accounted OD)ectlOnahle by modern standards If YOU have a carpet too good to throw a\\ a} "end lt to a dyer and have lt made the same color as the \'<all co\ enng selected 01 a little darker. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 -~~----- -~~~- I - [I It's not difficult to produce the popular effects required for MISSION FINISHED PORCH FURNITURE But Porch Furniture demands more than the mere effects. It demands durability under outdoor conditions. I I AURORA PORCH STAINS have been perfected after much study and experiment. They meet the NEW need. They resist the weather hke first class paint, yet retam the transparent beauty of high grade stain. WEATHERED OAK, MISSION BROWNS, MOSS GREENS, DULL BLACKS, SOFT REDS, AND OTHER POPULAR EFFECTS. W r;te for sample panel. To faclhtate prompt attenlion, address Desk No.3. MARIETTA PAINT 8 COLOR CO., Marietta, Ohio. Detroit Industrial Exposition. The great mdustnal exposItion to be held m Detroit June 20 to July 6, "nll be a mmlature world's fair A huge tem-porary expositIOn bUlldmg anJ the Wayne PavJ1lOn wJ11 con-tain an eleetncal sho~, a machmery display, a transportatIOn exhibit, a pamt, 011 and varmsh exhibitIOn, a food fair, an automobJ1e show, a textile exp0:OltlOn, a furmture dl.-.play and a host of novelties and speCIalties It IS estimated that the total value of exhibits wJ11 be between $1,000,000 and $1,500,- 000 Thel e will be more than 200 exhibitors anJ the splen-did support given the project assures the fact that the ex-hibitIOn wJ11 rank with Cleveland's expositIOn of last year as the two greatest CIVICexpOSitIOns ever held The temporary structures are to be hurned to comple-tion so that there wJ1llbe ample time to carry out the preten-tIOUS decorating and lighting plans that are to make the dis-play one of un:ourpassed beauty A great electnc tower Will be one of the many features of IllummatlOn and wJ11 attract the attentIOn of the hundl eJs of thousands of passengers on the boab pa..,smg up and down the Detroit nver. So that there may be no doubt concermng the meanmg of the towel, one of the largest electnc signs m the wodd wJ11 be set in place on the nver front, announcmg the name and dates of the exp0'oltlOn m herOIc letter') that Will be plamly vl:Olble from the Canadian shore That the exposItion Will be the greate"t CIVIC event in DetrOIt's history IS assured and the preJlctlOn IS freely made that more than 300,000 vIsitors wJ11 be attracted The pro-cesses of manufacture as weU as the prodlH'ts of Detroit's factone" wJ11 be displayed and the Iunmng machmery wJ11 I have a musICal accompamment from t~o large concert bands I No effort IS bemg spared by the committee of 275 manu- I facturers whose companies represent a capital of $150,000,- 1_- 000, to make the DetrOIt expo:Oltlon the 1110StImpOl tant epoch m the clty':o hlStOly. The Kendallville Cataloai. The Kendallville Furmture company ha:o Jl1'3t l'isued d catalog sho~ mg a lIn c of chairs and rockers for the I ecep-tlOn room, bed rOOPi, dmmg room and hbrary \\ 11lle t111, company does not make the lalgest lme m the country, the) make one which 1:0 ~ ell dlver"lfied as to style'i In Which the goods are produced, embodymg as It doe'i Chippendale, Co-lomal, Art'; and Crafts and Flanders \v hlle the fancy rocker lmf !>hows thirty odd deSigns, It IS ev Ident that they are all I" extensive demand Ev Idently the sellers of the company/s lme The receptIOn and bedroom chair "ectlOn Illmtrate'i twenty odd pieces, from which It seems that al-most any dealer could select goods Which would meet the re-qUlrement'i of hiS trade The dmmg room chair diVISIOn consists of some thirty odd piece", sevel al of which are CQ-lonial The bulk of this diVISIOn are m 'iuch active Jemand as to be con'olderecl staple 'oellers In the library diVISIOn the Flanders patterns are given pr0111mence and occupv some three page" which are followed by the ::\Il:oslOn patter~ls A few tables are made to match up With the good:o of both styles of design It is very e'ldent that the company has not tried to 'iee how big a lme they could make but selected pieces which are in steady demand from dealers generally m which they have apparently succeeded very well The catalog Will cloubtles'i be maJ1ed to all furmture dealers who are mterested The average clerk has hiS hopes raised more frequently than hiS salary 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SU.SC"'P'TION $1 eo P'E" YI<ARANYWHERI< IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHE" COUNT"'ES $2 00 P'E" Y.....R. SINGL.E COP'lEa SCENTS P"uaLICATION OFI'"ICE. 108-112 NOPlTH DIVIS/ON ST, GPlAND RAI"IDS, MICH, A S WHITE, MANAGING EOITO" Entered as lecond class matter July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE 10 L.EVY The raIlroad managers advance" age" about 6 pel cent on the a, erage, and stralgh" a} raIse heIght 1ate" eIght, ten or fifteen per cent, thus pass111g the load to the ,lwulder~ of shIppers The shIpper", are expected to pa"" It along to the consumers or make up by cuttmg wages 01 m case they buy what they ShIP, bve stock, gra111 and farm product" !Or m-stance) by lowellng pnces paId to the productr" ~uLh "hIp pers may be able to pa} hIgher freIght 1ates "Ithout le,,"e111nc, theIr profits IncIeed, the} hke the 1aIlroad'" may 111Uca"c their profits b} fix111g a wlde1 ma1g111 beh\ een them~eh C" and the producers \\ hell Iequllcd to pa, tcn PCI Lent mOlL freIght the} may cut pllces paId to plOc1ucCI. fiJtCLll pC1 Lcnt Thu'i the traders ma, make mone: b} the ach anLe 111 trclght rates But how about manufacttll el ~? 01 d111dllh I hc\ \\ oulJ be expected to pa",s the Increa "cd ])lll den dlo11g to thc retaIler" and they to the consumers That the: can do so under present condItIOns IS extremely doubttul Pllce" ha, e been advanced to a conSIderable extent and the LOlbUt11er" are not m the humor to stand much more Further ad\ ancc in prices WIll cause them to buy less In fact It 1;0 probable that hIgher pnces are largely responsIble tOI the pre"ent un-satIsfactory condItIOns of trade B} advanCIng \\ age" the raIl-roads WIll also make trouble for manufacturel ~ 111another \\ a} Factory employes WIll want hlghel vvage", to tollo\\ the e'(am-pIe of the raIlroads Be111g obhged to pa, hIgher trelght rate" and hIgher wages and at the same tIme unable to 111C1ed'e pnces on theIr products places the manufacturer" at a great disadvantage. TheIr profits hay e been 10\\ tor se\ el al } eaI" and novv they seem lIkely to be "Iped out enU1 eh 'j hell only hope IS that the 111ter",tate Lommel ce lom1111'''Ion ma \ refuse to approve the advance 111f1 eIght 1ate" o H L \VeIl11cke put a ne\\ one allcI a <;ood one 0\ el the retaIlers of South Calol111a recently \\ hen hc c1eLla1ed that "thel ene, er have bcen p10duced t\\ 0 a1tILle~ of ftll111- ture that were exactly ahke TherefO! ethel elan he no e,,- cuse for sellIng a s111g1epIece of fur111tu1c t01 the "allll pIlle as another' In other words, e\ e1y plcce IS a nO\ eln \a-ture make" no duplIcates 111wood ;\0 t"o "quare 111che" ale ahke There b also a dIfference 111the te"ttll e ot the £;1a 111 It is never the samc" Thele IS a ~ood "ell111g POl1lt In thl above How many sale'imen WIll recog111Le and u "e It" If congre'i'i enacts aId" authollLlng the Inte1stdtc Com-merce commISSIon to make a phySIcal \ aluatIOn of raIlroad property there WIll probably be a matellal cut 111 heIght Iates In the neal flltme r1 eIght rate" shollId be hIgh enough to pa\ faIr d1\ Idend" on 11\e capItal, but manufacturers, shIp-per" and con"umers 'ihoulc1 not be reqlllred to pay interest 011 \\ dtCI ed ,toch" and bond" nor on mane) lost 111any year", ago t]11ollg11 bad management or Ull\\ I"e raIllOaJ 111vestments I he Inter"tate Commerce C0111111ISi'llO\\n111 be fully JustI-fied 111 1etu"lllg to app10i e the aJ\ ance III fleIght rates Most ot the 1aIlroads hay e been and are 'itIll mak111g more than fdll plOfit", Then I eports show that they can well afford to ach ance \\ ages "Ithollt 111C1 ea "ing rates And an advance 111 1ates \\ 111probably decrease the, olume of theIr business and thui'l cut theIr 111come I hc C:;up1eme Court of the U11lted States ha", c1eclaled the l\etdI1eI Lumbc1 Dealers' a'iSOClatIOn of LOlllslana alld MIS- '1""lppl a trU'it-dn orgal11ZatIOn 111re",tIa111t of trade The r1eC1"IOn should sen e a'i a WaI11lng to SImIlar orga11lZatIOn3 111othel states and to some that cOver more than two states Tudgll1f; from present condItIons congress IS ltkely to ad-llJUln \\ !thout dOIng anythll1g of great Importance How-e\ cr. the} \\111, probably, ru"h through a lot of half-baked bIll" Jur111g the clOS111ghours of the seSSIOn and thus make mOl e \\ ork f01 the courts B(n d T\ll1tl.nd \\ III set a ~ang of men at W01k "pollsh111g ujJ thl handle ot the bIg flnt dool ' of the Hotel Ottawa, plepaldlOl \ to the openll1~ of the fUlll1tule sea",on, early In the comIng month \' e1\ C0111 pllll1 eniar} 1 em arks are heard concernIng the management of the John \\'Iddlcomh company The wise polICIes ll1augura ted by the fOl1ndel a1 e stnctly adhered to The fur11ltUl e coml111111lty at Sprlllg Lake, ::\IIchigan, is bu "II} engaged 111 sheanng hogs, ll1cl1lbat111g fish baIt and pI epa1111g to enJoy the open sea~on for mosqllltoes Those Kew England rallroad'i, when advancl11g passen-gcr 1ates, seem to g1\ e i'lhort hauls undue prefel ence They make the gl eater advance~ on the long haul.,. Charle\ Spratt was l11vltecl to the EmperOl's palace In Uerl111, to tell \ \ Ilhelm hI" plans f01 manag111g the ftU11l-tUle e"po~It1Cln 111Kew York 111the future. Insurgents 111the fUnlltllre trade can be quickly recog- 1117Cdby the dlscotlllt they offer to Job buyer'i TheIr 111sur-genc} I" aga111st a fall marg111 of pIOnt QUIte a number of the manufactUl ers of furl1lture are fill- 111g 111the dull sea'ion of traJe by opel at111g paI1:o of thell plant" on 01del ed work \\ III the Ie e"tablI'ih111ent of the lIquor trade 111 Rock-torclmake thai uty mOle attlactIve to the furllltulc 3alesmen? FIObabl} not The Doss (e) of the furlllture manufactunng InJl1stry ltves 111EvanSVIlle He is a competent boss, too WEEKLY ~RTISAN 17 Advancina Passenger Rates. Advances III pa'iSenger rates by the Boston & Mallle amI the New York, New Haven & Hal tford rallroad compames announced for adoption in the very near future are provOklllg splnted cntJClsm III the New England newspapers, and .'l0me doubts are expressed as to whether the Interstate commerce commIssion, vv1th wh1ch the proposed new rates must be filed thirty days before they can become effective, wIll applOve of the advance and whethe1 or not the courts would permIt 1t to .'ltand were a test case to be made The lllcrease 1S to be made III order to meet the cost of the 1ecent advances in wages to the company'~ employes, as frankly stated by the the rallroacl employ c" aclvanced wages, If the plOpo~ecl rate~ qhall stand It l~ conceded 111 1', e" York that the l'enn"ylvailla and othel "e"tern r(lads t ha 1. ha, e 1al "ed \\ ag e", are expected to take aciJon s1l111lar to that of the Ne\\ England roaeL New Furniture Dealers. Frank Burnett lS a ne\\ furmtUl e dealel at (;rold 11111, Ore The CentJal lurmture company ale new de,tle1s 111Lex-ington, Ky. A ~ ThO! stad \\ 111open a new fUl11lture "to! e at Star-buck, 11111n. Made by Lentz Table Co , NashVIlle, MICh. management, and 11.wlll probably range a10und 10 per cent, but it is not applicable to suburban passenger rates From Boston to Bangor, Maine, for 111stance, the raIse WIll be from $575 to $627-Just 10 per cent, to Portland, from $230 to $253, to Keene, New Hampsh1re, twenty-three cents, to Northampton, twenty-one cents, and so on, but on the long hauls the advance wlll be the more keenly felt, and pomts in Maine will, of course, suffer mon than any of the others reached by the Boston & Maine hnes; 11.1S est1mated that the passenger traffic in and out of Maine w1ll be forced to "give up" many hundreds of thousands of dollar" a year to offset P. Levy & Co, hay e opened thell new furmture store on Gl anby street, f\ orfolk, Va. B D Valverde & Sons a1 e new furmture dealers at Scran ton, M1SS Thomas 0 Loveles.'l has 1eSlgned h1S posltJon with the Rhodes-Pealce Furmture company at Tampa, Fla, and wlll open a furmture store for ll1mself 111 the same town Henry Levy, for ten years manager of the Rehable Fur-lllture company of Des Momes, la, has reslgned h1S pos1tJon to engage 111 busmess for hlm"elf He wlll open a new fur-mtUl e store at 207 \ \ alnut stJ eet, Des M0111e~, 111 June. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestion !II and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Se1."vice.Help Us to Malie It So. Just what B1Shop, ach e1tlS111g man hoped to an umph~h by the chmbmg ro~e~ he ha~ used ~o protuseh 111 the ach ertl ,e ment rep10duced elsewhere 1s more than I IM\ e been able to figure out It look~ to me hke one of those helO1c "eftort~' to "do somethmg" that mo~t al~ ays end~ 1ll a farce and a decldec1 lack of 1esult, \t an open111~, 01 fOl the ach ert1s1l1g of a 'ipeclal event where flowers \>,ere to be glven a\\ a\ thb des1gn might FOII'tIlt!! beDefit of oat of taWli ClUtom ...... we: eoaduct a completely CJl'famzod cor r.pondence ~t. and haYt! __ a "-ubful portfobD. ~ ~er 1000 .utharitaJlve .tyl. In Fltle furnltare. We Mbd tIuI p,..pud to your.dcIre. _ receipt of 25 cem. m pcII-tap. BISHOP'S Dining Room Furniture Sale Offe:rs ,ou the pm lege of mspcctlD~ th(' htrger"t and fiDe~t 110e (If r Ian Gel'SFurmtme In (land Raplds togrther "lth magmfitcnt hne" of 'la hoganv and Quartered Oak Dmmg Fmmturc In all the pop t1arshadc" and fimsh("s -dud III e, en \\ orth\ sh lc from the clas<l1C Sheraton,' the dlgm fied ·0010111al and the sImple homehke • MissIOD to the masterpIeces of modern dC"lgn Unbroken lmea o1fer unhnutcd ch01C(' ): ou can sel~et somcthmg ex aeth to "our taste and "'e "Ill set It &'ilde for dehverv when deSIred PrIces WhICh sa'\c ...ou from 2.J.to 33c-o dunng tills sale made JXlSSlblc b\ the large cash and quantth dIscounts at WhICh v.-e pUl'ebased these llIle<; gO'ern e'\erv grade of ful'Illture from complete "mtes In \llsslOn st,lc at $4lJ 00 and Ole Gemlme \fahogs1l' SUItes at $125 00, to sumptuous Chi nesc ChIppendale Mahoganv sUltes at $300 00 and up Some of the speCIal attractIons are ChIna Oabmets 1Il Quart(,l't'd Oak $1f 50, $21 00, $24 00, $28 00 and stIll finer ones at $32,00, $36 00 $tO 00 and up Butteta, QuarleJ'('d Oak $15 00 up Mahogam $27 00 up BnellS10n Ta.bles, Quartered Oak, $12.00, $18, $2l, $2i, $28, $3l and up 'lahogan' ""' $48, $M and up THE lIA ~pg():ME Q't ARTER !JAWED OAK EXTE ....SIO ... TABLE at the l~rt... _t,,, De ....... , .. he" towel HU ""n ..... e.. rr<>Ck .. ",hjl>boldlhelo;> "nd pfldeataJ I!I'Mly loplh,,~ II. ~h Y n.su..,d ,,00II: fl"t1'1!ct ...orkrn..... hp .... dbe ..ulfu nn." ."mbne quO with a n"''',l< ""y o.... prlee..OI\Y B/shop Furniture eo. IONIJI STRE.E.T "Just on tbe Way to tile Union SUltIOll" $29.50 have pac~ect, butlm m) Judgmcnt, d'i a LOl1lpelllllg teature for ,I dm1l1g room £urplture ~ale, It I~, to say the least, hardl) appro-pnate Anotherl "'eak pomt m tll1~ "ad' h thdt the l110~t mtel-est1l1g news £rol'l1 the buyers standpoll1t h m~erted at the \ en bottom If the I panels at the top and bottom l1dd been tran,,- posed, and the word1l1R started "$2950 for the handsome.' etc II1terest ~ould Inave been aroused "nght off the bat \~ 1t I ""finegar'sNew Warehouse. The furnltulre ~arehou'ie mentlOned b, the \\ eekh \r-tl~ an last ,v1l1t~r as planned by 1\ d1l,1l11 S \\ 111egar of the VVlllegar FUlnJture company, dealero, of Grand Rapld'i \v111 be completed elrlv III the summer It l'i located at the corner of Prescott and) S;uth Ioma ~treets, wdl be of hea\ y nl111con- II I I I 1~ a \ e1\ e:>.pen'l\ e acl start~ off \\ Ith a notice to out of to\\ n cuqomer~ That I enough to kill the mtere~t of local people nc:-ht a\\ ,1\ and ot cour'ie the paper circulates much more large-h m the Clt) that It does out of town The wordmg In the body of the advertl'iement I~ vcry pretty lIldeed Reads Just as smooth and mce as can be, but) ou must do more than offer people the 'pnvllege of 1l1spectmg , You mu~t make them ~lt up and take notice of what you have to offer ,1l1d 111 mlghh COI1\mung language at that fhe pnce~ quoted are too high The wnter understand~ Jlcrtecth that Bhhop handle~ 11H;h grade £urmture, but he abo knO\\ s that he ha~ 1Il0c1erdte pnced plece~ and these are the one- to thlo\\ up to catch mterest 1hen good salesmansh1p m11't lead the cu~tomel aWd) frum these and artfully show hm1 \\ 11\ the other'i al e much more to be clesJred \ 0\\ I have gOlle after thiS "ad" pretty hard, but not for mallce or because [" e a grouch on 1 have done It slll1ply be-cause tlll~ ach ertl~ement t) p1fies the sty Ie of 'dd' co many adver-tIser, affect and then \\ onder \\ hy results are so meagre For ~o()(ll1e,~ ql-e \\ hen \ ou \\ nte an 'dd", S \ Y SO~IETHIKG I \\ hen \ ou ~o attel a ,ale perconall) you can t su-:ceed by desul-ton tactIcs Sa) ~ometh1l1g' Truthtul but convmcmg Force attentIon (reate 1l1tere~t \\ here there IS only mdlfference The mo,t ~ucces~ful sale h that one \vhere someth1l1g not thought of I~ ~uggested and the su~gestlOn acted upon by the purchaser \ ou don t ha\ e to offer people on "opportu111ty to examme," etc \ \ hcn they \\ ant to do that they Will come Without an mVlta-tlOn " hat) our "ad' must do to bnng home the money Is to create de'me for ~omethmg not senously thought of Play It up ~o It w1ll be wanted "VVhen a person wants somethmg, he \\ III get It some wa\ So make your "ads' 1Ive and vlnle I \\ Ish some of you men would send m some "ads" and sug-ge~ tlOn~ Here I bang a\\ay every week, and nobody says a \\ ord '\ 0\\ 1t IS certam that you don't all agree with every th111g I Sd) and 1t\ still more certam that we could stir up a 11\eh helpful (h~CUSSlOn 1f somebody would start something 1 Il gladh gl\ e \\ a\ to am bod) at an) tIme, 1£ they wdl but send 111the ~tuff I am atrald that some of you would hke to, but ha\ en t bn1'hed up the nerve to break mto pnnt That remlllcls me of the first articles I offered £01 publica-t10n I had the matter 111 my head for a year, but put it off thmkmg that I "as exhlbltmg too much nerve to expect to get an) thmg pnnted Flllally one mght I sat down and rattled off a fe\\ page~ m an hour or so. and behold the pubh~her accepted it fhere you see I hac! lo~t a yeal of tlme-a year of confidence Don t let an) thm~ Ilke that keep you back You know I think ,ome 111lght\ clever Ideas are lo~t to the world because the man \\ ho th1l1k~ them hides thcm under a bushel \\ ell, as the ~treet faker says, "\iVho ehe want~ to say some-th111g' qructlOn dnd pral bcally fire pi oof It'" III be fOUl StOlleS, 75 x l3S feet, and the ",alls \\111 be faced w1th 1Ight red bnck to harmomze \\ Ith the Century Furmture company\ new fac-tor.' \\ hlch qanc!:" on an opposIte corner \Valter Clark, the well known veneer dealer, will occupy a part of the Winegar bUlld1l1g WEEKLY ARTISAN ~------------ •••• ---- ••••.••• ------------------- •••• -----------------------------------. 1 19 I~.-- ------------ ,---------------,-- -- _. -- ---------- -- . REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for December. 1880. F D lIJ1ls will travel for D H Selleg this year. \,,[ebblng is down from ninety to seventy-five cents The Inanufacture of tables i'3 a new line at PIqua, 0 E 13 :'lann succeeds Charles Be"cher, at Boone, Iowa E H :'lahoney IS eqUIpping a new furnIture factory m Bo;,ton Mahnke & Lartz ;,ucceeJ the ChlCdgO PallO! Furniture company. E S Hemenway of Boston, IS on the road with a lIne. of parlor frames Stampen, Lee & Co, of ChIcago, have added parlor fur-lllture to theIr line Streit & SchmItt of CinCinnati, are m'italllng machinery In their new factory. J H Robbins has commenced the manufacture of fur- 11lture at Ossowo, Mich. P H Snook has erected a large additIOn to IllS furlllturc warerooms in Atlanta, Ga Charley Cox of New York, wdl handle Frank Rhoner'" goods exclUSively next year. Shearman Brothers succeed Shearman & Lakin, uphol-sterers, of Jamestown, N Y. LOUIS Ottenaud of St LoUIS, IS prepanng to engage in the manufacture of furniture. Bruschke & Ricke of Chicago, have Introduced horse shoe ornaments in their parlor frames. The HughesvJ1le (Fa) Furniture company have com-menced the manufacture of furniture George \N Archer, of Rochester, manufactUl es plano stools annually to the value of $25,000 J G Sextro, a manufacturer of fUI111ture 111 CinCinnati, l'i makmg a tour of the southern states Four thousand hands are employed UI Chicago';, one hundred and thirteen furniture factories Thomas Pickering of Pittsburg, Pa , failed so disastrous-ly that hIS creditors WIll not receive a cent A. H. Davenport of Boston, IS prepanng to manufacture ordered work, and has fitted up a factory for that purpose. Mr StebbinS of Holton & Hddreth, ChIcago, who manu-facture parlor furniture on a large scale, '" as In Grand Rapids recently A company has been orga11lzed In Rochester, NY, to test the practicability of uSing compressed air as a motor for machinery The Onel Cabinet company have completed their new GLOBE VISE and TRUCK CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the price, $12.00 (Subject to discount) This bench is 34 inches high, 6 feet, 3 inches long-front I5 inches; made of thoroughly kIln-dried hard maple strips glued together, 2 % inches thick. The balance-I 3 inches is soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. --------------------------------~ factory and wIll ha\ e a new lme of 'iample;, for the spnng season' of trade Henry Hermann of ?\ ew York, ha~ dl'ichalged four hun-dred men and closed a part of hiS furniture factory on ac count of dull trade. Philadel phI a con tams 3,680 hands are employed were \ alued at $5,201,830 Gee, ge \\ SmIth & Co, of PhJ1adelphIa, wJ1l budd d place on thc rl\ er font, announcmg the name and dates of the operatlOll of theIr factory on January 1, 1881 Stock" ell, TIYIne & Co, of Gl and RapIds have JI'3'-,olved, A \\T TIYlne, JennIe Byrne and \lr'3 R \V :Uorns retmng C E Belknap had purchased a large mterest In the buslne'is Dunng the pa'it vear the Grand Rapld~ Chair company turned out on an a\erage of 1,121 chall' per day ThIs out-put wJ1l be 11l<..rea"ed to 1,500 per day dunng the com1l1g year BO'iton ha" a new chaIr company capItalIzed for $100,- 000 Cym" \\ akefield 1" the preSident of the corporatIOn The old W1l1Chestei factory at South .\;,hburnham has been acqUIreJ Seven manufacturers of furl1lture 111 Toledo, 0, employ 133 men, to whom IS paId annually $39,700 Il1 "'ages The capital Ime;,ted 111 the bU'i1l1ess IS $151,250 and the value of the product IS $136.000 LOUIS Wrampelmeler, preSIdent of the Wrampelmcler Fur111tUIe company, LOUISVille, ha'i e"tablI'ihed a '3chool of deSIgn for the workmen 111 hiS factory Le'ison'i are gIven to apprentIces outSide of work1l1g hours 221 furlllture factones 111 which The goods produced last yeal r·~r~~~--;aPidS cas~~~~p- CO.-1 2 Parkwood Ave., Grand RapIds, MIch. We are HoW puttlllg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases eVt'f offeree to the trarle These are finIshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple '" a light fin"h The,e //:,oodsare admirable lor polished floors and lurn 'ture rests J hey wiIJ not sweat or mar PRICES $4 00 per hundred 'i 00 per hundred FOil GNlnd RapId'. Sl7e 2~ Inches SIze 2~ \IIehe' Try a Sampl. Urder ..------------_. -----_._._._----- _.__._._------~ Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN OFfiCI Rc,-PTeSld~tlt T R Ia\lor Lake Benton \flOo VIce President D R Thompson Rockford MInn rrea~urer B \ ';choeneberger Perham \llnn Secretary W L Grapp Janesville Mtnl~ ' E\.FI L rl\ Ie CU\!\lIT r~ ~ ChaIrman Geo Klelll M~nkato \!mn 0 Simons Glencoe M111n, W L HarTIs \lmneapolls l\1mIl C Dalllelo:;on Cannon "ails BULLETIN No. 140. Association Jottings. The procled111g, hay e been 1l1dl1ecl 110\\ Ju \ uu I1ke them ~ If y Oul clue" al e 110t palcl no\\ h the tlml to do It 1\ 111 ) ou? Ans\\ el "Ye'3' ancl do It Ha\e yOU sent 111 \OUI sub"cllptlOn 10r the '!lcl1H::,ll1 Artisan so that you Lan !;et thiS department le!;u!ad\ TI not, attend to It today Any member hay 111g legl~latl\ e matter 111m111d "houlcl '3end It to the chaHmdll of the le!;I:-.latl\ e C01llmlttee at onLe nus I" \ elY Important \ttend to It no\\ 1\ hen you hay e d fight111!; chance, fi!;ht \pph thh tJ mall order competItIOn It yOU \\111 fight \\nh the matClI,d the assoCIatIOn fur11l"he", \ ou can do It \\ nh a "mile and a lIght heart and ha\ e the con"uoue;lle"e; that \ ou ale truh ,I bus111ee;s man and 111a"tel ot the conc1ltl0n 111\\ l1lLh \ on find ) our<,elf The soap club COm1lllttee \\ onld lIke to ~et the Jdta 111 the number of "oap dnlh m the to\\ n" ot 0111 \ allOU" me111- bere; It \\III ollh tdke a fe\\ 11111ll1te-,to find out ~o lonelh drop a carel to the "euetal\ \\Ith thl" 111fol111<ltlOn '1 hI" may not "eem Imp01 tant to \ 011 but It 1-' to the Ul111111ntce You are the onh <,OUlce th1U \\ll1ch \\e call get th1' 111101m,1 tIon Nm\ that all the COI1\entlOn 01del <,hay e heen delI\ e1ecl we can proml'3e our membels prompt ,hlpmellt on fill-111 01- ders II e hay e maJe !;ood on facton contract" and the de-layS \v1hlch have Clept mto OUI \\01k have been calhed b\ the a e;sembhng of cars ancl the conchtlOn ot calload t1 affic IIm\ - e\ er, local shIpments are COm111!; thru \\ nh I ea,onable promptness II e are espeCIally an:A10Ue;to gl\ e factone, No 8, 10, 14 and 2'1 an e~peualh large volume ot bU'3111ee;" thIS year All goods ordel ed at COI1\ent10n ,hould nm\ he dell\ el ed except111g F33 and ['4 and the goods that are bell1g lllclCle 101 ue; m FI0 1\ e want to cautIOn our membeh \\ ho hay e he-come a lIttle ImpatIent ae; to the dell\ en at the"e factone, 1\- e must rememher that It Ie; no ~mall Item to Iun '-penal deSIgn s thru '\ 0 facton \\ III guarantee Jell\ en 01 speual ordel good" m Ie ,c; than "l:At) lay s and It u ~ualh takes d lIttle longer The goode; made 1111<8, ee;peualh the bookca"e", \\ ele run tlhru the factor) m e;Lxty clave; and are nm\ 111tlane;lt A car of F33 is also m transIt In reference to the !;ood<' from F4, wl11 say that at can ventlOn tIme, we \\ ere not ad\ ]"ecl that thev had changecl thell patterns Cone;equenth \\ c made up our car orders from the old photos II hen the facton ad-vIsed us of the change, It was nece",san to \\ a1t tOl ne\\ pho-tos before orders could be filled whIch has Jela) ed thle; cal unt!l now They prom1:oed to make e;h1pment \pnl 29th The ach ertIsmg commIttee want:" to prepal e alaI ge Ul cular '3howmg up the \ anou e; 0\ er dl d\\ 111g, of themal1 01- der house matter II e want to u ,e alar!; e bOl der e;11Owmg the places of busmee;" of our vanous membel" 111 01der to show that the "mall dealer", can Jo as lalge, It not a Idrgel busmess, than the mall order house Our pre'3ent Idea b to al ran!;e a 111ee hordel ot the \ a110U'3 stores of our memher'3 a t the ba se of \\ h1ch \\ e \\ an t a small pIcture of the propnetor The'3e e;tores WIll be 111ten\0\ en m a landscape etchmg replc- ,entmg the ,tate 01 :\Imnesota Of course, we cannot do thh unle~, our member" 1ur111sh us WIth a pIcture of theIr ,tlJre and allo\\ u-, to get a half-tone cut made of It As a plC-tu re ot \ au I bu "me".., place Ie; a good thmg to have, we trust that the membel'3 \\ ho are 111tele,ted 111thIS movement wIll ha ',ten to send u ~ a pIcture of theIr \ allOUS stores ancl also 01 them,ehe, ]t \\e have enough co-operatlOn m thIS mat-tll \\ e \\ 111promlc;e to get out a pIece of ad\ ertIsmg lItera-ture that \ ou \\ 111be proud of Of course, 1t wl1l take several mO'1th, to prepare thb as It takes tIme to get cuts and draw- 111C;' made, but \\ hen fi111shed, we wIll be able to fur111sh them to Ollr member" for the cost of pres'3 work, papel and mk I he (omm11tee \\ ould lIke to have the OpmlOl1S of the vanou" memhel' \\ ho al e llltel ested111 thIS mo\ ement <,0a<, to pI ocluLe the he-,t campaIgn an,l cduccltlOnal c11Utial e\el hsued to the IUInltu1 e tIade J hc ploceecl111C;" hd\ e Ju"t been sent \ Ol! II e a"k our 1l1l!l1bCl-, to be Slll e to place them on file \,,dth the proceedmg" 01 )Olml1 \ eal " "Il that they al e hand) when you clee;lre m-j( l1matlol1 111legal d to the COl1\entlCln, the by-la\\ s or the lc ' l1,tItutllln S·uch the reports of the commIttees carefully 111\ our qlllet h0\1I becau,e the mag111tude of the work carned on at the usual com entlOn cannot be fully realIzed at the t1111ebeeau'3e of the hustle and bustle that go WIth conven-tIon, It \ ou are on an) commIttee, we want to urge you to m,lke 11 \ OUI speual bus111ess to see that the work entrusted tl) \ ou I, carned out II e all realI7e that unles" the work is clone, the m1t1at1\ e whIch our as",oclatlOn has taken wl1l not hay e the deSIred effect Carefully glance over the ItemIzed ~tatement of e:Apenses and receIpts whIch ,,111 show you, pos- 'lbh as \ au hay e not I ea1I7ed before, What It costs to run a pI Ogl e-,-,1\e as'OclatlOn If, by chance, your dues are not paId -,ee that they are '30 that the co"t of mal1mg and pnnt- 111gthe procee Img:o can be plOmptl) met If all OUI membere; clo th1e; \\ e can meet our obhgatlOns promptly Doe, the dealel \\ ho huys hIe; couches from a factory whIch 1" controlled bv Sear, Roebuck & Co thmk he IS gct-tmg hIe; couches at the same figure that Sears Roebuck en- JO\ ~ 1f he doe'3 not, why does he gl\ e them hIS busmess to el1able them to ncle t\\O hOlses at the same tIme ancl thus b\ the plofit that they al e mak111g off tlhe dealers, enable them to make ~eah Roebuck a closer pnce because of hIS busmess '\ ot anI \ that but bv gl\ mg such lactonee; hIS ~UPPOIt he IS made tel 1alC a pha"e (,f competItIOn that othel wIse woulcl not be II In ~uLh "IJ()!t-"Ightednes" ~ Notice. ()ne ot our member'3 \\ oulcl hke to be put 111 touch WIth a good mdn to take charge of a fur111ture and undertakmg busI-ne,," He WIll gl\ e 111ma good ,alan or a workmg mterest \n\ one knowmg ot such a man \\ III confer a favor by send- Ulg hIS name to the secretary \ ' ~~~ r 39 No 8-11 ThIs go cart has an enameled ~teel frame and com-pletel y closed bod V wIth raIged sIde9 and dash '1 he edge9 ha, e a mckel plated steel nm '1he pushel s are al~o mckel plated and there IS a fancy cross handle It has 10 Inch tmned wheels wIth '12 Inch rubber tnes i he body IS 14 Inches '" Ide and 24 Inches long The seat 19 6 A 9 Inche~ It ha~ an adjustable leatherette hood "lth plated hood spreaders With type 40c WIthout type, 2'5c Pnce of go-cart to our members $4.72 An Ideal Collapsible Go-Cart. F39 No 2 11 ThI~ go (art has an eAtta strong reInforced steel trame It ha9 double axes and braceb It IS 24 Inches long and 15 lUches WIde when open and 27 mches long 17 mches WIde and 7 mches deep when tolded It IS 34 mches h,gh to the top of the handle The seat IS 1 J Inches WIde It has round wood SIde ralls WIth Ulckel tIps The adjustable hood ha9 bnght plated hood spreaders WIth type 40c WIthout type, 25(' PlIce of go-cart to our members $3.95 A Splendid Value in Go-Cart. F39 No 4-11 ThIS collapsIble go-cart has an extra strong reInforced steel frame It has double axles and braces and contmuous mckel plated or fancy cross handle It has a reclmmg back WIth brIght plated steel rim edge and adJust-able dash for sleepmg purposes The round wood SIde ralls have mckel tIPS The adjustable hood has bright plated hood spreader When It 1S open 1t 1S 24 Inches long and 15 Inches WIde, folded 27 Inches long, 17 mches WIde and 7 mches deep With type, 40c Without type, 25c Price of go cart to our membels $4.20 -~ ~ - --------------------------------------------. ASSOCIATION ADVERTISING HELPS. To really apprecIate the value of thIS advertIsIng help department sit down and wnte up and layout the unIts dIsplayed on thIS page and see how long It WIll take you Then SIze up thIS page and see how long It ,",auld take you to get up an ad by USing these unIts Not only that but by USIng our uniform SIze of unIts, your ads are always unifolm ctnd you savf" In newspaper qpacE' In one Issue the cost of any one ot thesp unIts The average cut furnIshed by manufacturers takes up tw Ice as n~uch space by the tIme the pI inter sets up the de sCrIptIon In the average large type the space costs J. ou much male than these unIts do and your ad would look no bettpl ~ why ~t~dopt~hlS ~n~~z~~n your advertlSlng,_? _ A Collapsible One Motion Go-Cart. A Big Value Go-Cart. F39 No 6 11 ThIS collapsIble go-cart ha9 an enameled steel f,ame WIth closed bIdes and d<lsh It also ha~ double dAle and braces and an extra reInforced &pnng under the seat It haq a recllmng back and adJubtab1e apron front for sleepmg purposes Note the contmuous steel Pllshers The foldIng hood has brIght plated hood spreaders When It IS open It IS 24 Inches long and 14 III ( he" w1de folded 28 mcheb long 16 mches WIde and 8 'h mche~ deep F39 Ko 8 01 ThIS go cart IS up holstered In leather cloth whIch can be llad m green marOon or tan I he remfOl cl"d steel frame IS extra 9trong It has double axles and brace9 and contmuous stel"l pUbhers Tt has a reclmmg back and adJuqt able dash WhICh may be lalsed 01 lowered for sleepmg purpose" The flat steel raIl" ha, e tancv scroll ends The adjustable hood has "nameled spreaders It ha9 10 mch wheels WIth 'h Inch solId rubbel tlres ,Vlth type 40c W,thout ty pe 2r;c \Vlth type 40c Pllce ot go cart to ou! ml"mbers 'WIthout typl", 25c PrIce of go cart to OUr members $315 A Larje, Massive China Closet. A Napoleon Bed. rs No 3- 172 Th,q chma closet IS made of qual tered oak m the golden fin- Ish The desIe;n IS re-fined and artlstlc The closet 19 Velj> lughl y polIshed It has bent glas" end 9 and door French legs and I a r g e c cL r v e d claw fee t The top IS ornamen ted WIth a mll-lor of extra quality The frame 1S neatly caned All slwh es are adjustable It IS made by a factory wInch employS ~~~i1e i~;;orn.;bl~m~~f:11enced hIgh WIth t,pe, 40c rs No 9 - 6 2 1 T h 1 q beautltul Napole on bed 19 made of large f I a k y quarter - ed oak It IS 53 Inches hIgh and )4 lllch-es WIde and very hIghly polIshed '1'he roll at the head and foot IS Vel Y hea, v Thl~ IS a ver3- artIstIC' deSIgn 1 hese beds are made by a factory \\ hleh employs only lugh glade workmen and there are no defectq In materIal or workman9hIp It IS flmshed In golden oak and "'ll add tone and refinement to any bedloom 'Ylthout type, 2r,c Prlce of chma closet to OUI mem-bers $12.00. W1th type 40c vVlthout type 25c PrIce of bed to our members $9.92. ---------------- A Neat, Artistic Combination Case. I A Larlle Quartered Oak Writing Desk F8 No 0 01 natIon case ThiS combl IS made of quarte_ed oak The door has a ~well shaped glass 'l'he deSIgn IS ex-ceedInglyar-tIStlC and or-namental It IS neatly carved and tmlshed m a high grade manner The desk IS neat- 1, arranged WIth pIgeon holes and drawer Be-low the desk IS a swell top dm wer and a large cupboard The upper part contaIns a good 12 x 12 French bevel mnror The shelves are all adlustable A very practlcal pIece for the llvmg room F8 No 101 'Ihls wo t-mg desk IS made of larg'e flaky quartered oak and IS very neatly carved '1 he door IS well made WIth shaped swell tront and all "hel-ves are ad Justable 1'he desk IS nIce ly arranged WIth pIgeon hole" and drawer Be-low the desk I~ a swell s hap e d dra" er and a large cupboard It has heavy claw feet and the upper part IS ornamented WIth a 12 A 12 French bevel mIrror. WIth type, 40c W1th type, 40c W,thout type. 25c. PrIce of combmatlOn case to all! members $6.98, Plain Glass. $7.48 !'ancy Glass. vVlthout type, 25c Pnce of tlns wntmg desk to Oll! rnembf'rs, $ 9.75, Plain Glass. $1l.45, !'a.ncy Glass. Send all all orders to the Secretary, Janesville, Minn. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN No.9-Porch Chair No lO-Porch Rocker No ll-Porch Settee. Large size Oak Stat Green or MIssIOn FWlsh. Larg< size Oak Seat Green or \flsslOn FIlllSh Seat 40 wches long 17% Illches deep Oak Seat Green or Weight, 20 pounds WeIght 21'Iz pound. MIssion filllSh Weight, 32 pounds RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND, INDIANA Buildinas That Will Need Furniture. Residences- J C Danziger, 305 Durn" ",treet, DetrOIt. \llch, $10,000, John H Connor, T,veltth and Bagg ~treet"'. DetrOlt, $6,700, James Dunn, Comonwealth a, enue andFore"t "treet, DetrOlt, $6,750, Thomas R Sharp, 144 Palmer avenue, DetrOlt, $5,000, Herman KrolIk, ~lack street and )IcClellan avenue, DetrOlt, $6,000, C \\ Rodgel", Kel che\ al a\ enue and Gtlbert street, DetrOIt, $6,000, L C PokOl n), 321 )lel-nck street, DetroIt, $8,500, Anna Curner, 480 Grnmmond street, DetrOIt, $4,200, \\ IllIam Anderson, Oak Lane, Tren-ton, N. Y , $5,000, Charles EuslIn, 212 \\ alnut a, enue, Tren-ton, $4,000, :Mary V .:'v1cDonald, Oak Lane, Trenton, $3,500 Peter Thompson, 58 \Nll1tmore street, Harttord, Conn, $4,- 500, Mary Hogan, 102 )ladbon Stl eet, Harttord $3,500 )lr~ LIllIan Drake, 913 Freeman street, ~ eV' lork,), l, $9,500 MIchael J ::V1ulvehlll, 111 East 168th sel eet, ~ eV' York, $6,- 000, Mrs Charles Dickel, \\ hlte Plallls, ~ Y, $28,000, Rob-ert Young, 362 South T\\ elfth street, K e\\ ark, ~ J, $6500, E VV Scudder, Parker street and Ballant1l1e Park \\ ay, '\ e\\- ark, $26,000, \\ IllIam- S Harbholne, :;91 RIdge avenue, ),e\\- ark, $9,500, R A Heller, 904 DeGraw avenue, ), ewark, $6 000, George S Hobart, 599 Mt PlO"pect avenue, N eV'ark, $17,000, Henry Allsopp, 601 ClIfton a\ enue, ), ewark, $7,500 L E Roush, 17 Scheel a\ enue, '\ewalk, $5.67=), \\ L \\ al-nngton, Callnen and LIberty streets, Jacksom Ille, rIa, $4,- 000, A J Stnckland, FIfth and LIberty streeh, Jacbomllle. $3,000, CatholIc Bishop, 3647 \\ est '\ orth a \ enue, Chicago $15,000, Mrs :1'-lcBell, 201 East Alexander "treet, -'\tlanta, Ga, $5,500, A C I' oru, 164 Oak street, Atlanta, $3,500; E J. Clancy, 104 Booker street. Little Rock, Ark, $3,000, u H 1,orlaw, 214 East Third "treet, Little Rock, $3,000, G F Coober, 2906 Benton street, Kansas City, Mo, $9,000, J G ::vl urphy, 3621 Harnson Boulevard, Kansa" CIty, $7,500, Charles Morns, 3116 Central avenue, Kansas Clt), $4,000, Ida o Taylor, 319 Denver street, Kansas City, $3,000 C J Du--s, 3630 Park street, Kansas City, $3,500, \\ alter H Yas", 1258 A"hland street, Richmond, Va, $3,000, Ed", ard J Cook, 320 North Third Stl eet, Richmond, $4,800, Thomas Danaker, 2296 Lake of the bles boule\ ard, )'1111neapolIs, )l111n . $14,000, \\ J Keith, 421 Cl1l1ton avenue, M1l1neapolIs, $10,000, Victor J Anderson, 2020 Penn avenue, :MlllneapolI", $5,000, )1. I Go-etzenberger, 2621 South Emel son a, enue, )llllneapolI:::., $-1-,- 000, \\ H Evans, 2556 South Colfax a, enue, )I1l1neapolIs, ~4,2oo \lr:::. )1 L Stt wart, 625 \\ e"t EIghteenth :::.treet, Okla-homa LIt), Okla. $4,000, H S McKeever, 719 'Iv est Twenty-fir" t Stl eet, Uklahoma City, $3,500, J M Trenary, 1327 West ex V'enty -tourth Stl eet, Uklahoma CIty, $6,500, Frank Ulm- "chneldtr, Cramer and Falsom streets, J\ltlwaukee, WIS, $4,- 000 )lo~e.., Haa"e, 695 Orchard street, Mtlwaukee, $4,500 I ~arah "leI arland, 4030 Easton avenue, St. LoUIS, Mo., $6,800, H E Bruckner, 2261 Holly place, St LoUIS, $8,000, August Peopmuller, -J.520 Glb~on avenue, St LOUIS, $5,500; Gertrude Schuette, 223' -\delalde avenue, St Louis, $5,000; J. W. Fer-guson, 6232 ;,lcPherson avenue, St LoUIS, $18,000; W. H Rooney, 110 East 117th street, New York, $8,000; Anllle K SullIvan. 418 Ea"t Se\ enteenth street, Portland, Ore, $3,750, B T Stapleton, 600 East Sixteenth street, Portland, $4,500, )lr:::. Gel"ler. )Iaple and Palm streets, Portland, $3,500, G \V ;,Ieeker, 1940 C street, Lmcoln, Nebr, $6,000, George Jo,,1, 1725 Q "treet. L1I1colll, $3,000; N \V. Peterson, 1112 NOlth street, Peoria, Ill, $3.500, A F. \Vard, 900 East Nebraska a\ enue, j)eOlla, $3,000 E L Cottrell, Fall and Talbott streets, lndlanapolb, 1nd, $7,500, C A ShetzlIne, Leonard and IIel-lei man ..,tleets, Phtladelphla, Pa, $6,000; Leon Braker, St James ancI SixtIeth streets, Phtladelphla, $17, ~OO, Jacob Pott-man, 2808 Ken"mgton avenue, Philadelphia, $22,250, C C lam, Conklm and Cedar street." Philadelpilla, $5,000; P. J . \ld ...e..m. a. 7-J.h2 ShenJan road, Chicago, lll, $15,000, Arch-bIshop QUlgle), 123-J.\Vest Fifty-second street, ChIcago, $20,- 000, Charle" \1 Chamberla1l1, 5849 Ene street, Chicago, $4,- 000, C P Perne, 3217 Prospect avenue, LIttle Rock, Ark, $4,000, LOlus Hill, 2012 ~ orth Twenty-fifth street, Omaha, 1\ eb , $3,500, Charles L. Glasson, 2230 South Thirty-second "treet, Omaha, $3,000, Bhss H Headley, 1809 LalrJ street, Omaha, $3,000, A E Wiskstrom, 2402 South Thirty-first "treet, Omaha. $3,000, Joseph P. Reed, Dallas avenue and "IeacIe street, Pittsburg, Pa, $9,400, Dr. Thomas Hogan, Mc- UUI e and Shad) a\ enues, PIttsburg, $8,000, MISS F MeIster, 616 BrooklIne boulevard, Pittsburg, $3,500, P. J Fmnegan, 1 Balle) a\ enue, Pltt"burg, $3,500, 0 S. Parker, Gaylord street and :\ Inth avenue, Denver, Col, $7,500; B. W. Akers, 517 East Hill avenue, Knoxvtlle, Tenn, $-1-,000, Fntz Breest, "mth and Locu"t streets, ~ltlwaukee, Wis, $4,500; Joseph PfeJi'fer, Homer aId \VtllIams streets, Mtlwaukee, $4,000; Chnst1l1e Lendlll1g, PIerce and Hadley streets, Mtlwaukee, ,...--- .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 ---------_._------_._--------------_._._-------- These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue S.readinc Machine. Siucl •. Doubl. and Combination. (alented) (Sizel 12 in. to 84 in wide.) Veneer Pre ..... different kind. and .izel (ateated) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. t . - ... f ~ Hand Feed Glueinc Machine (ale1ll llCumull.) Many Itylel and lizel. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 GI.eHeater . .• --.... _ ••• a_ •• $4,000, E P Fntsc!lle, 818 ~'fcT'ar1ane avenue, Cmcmnatl THE MACEY COMPANY WINS OUT. U, $4,500, LOl1l"a Ble"l, 32Y \\ e"t :'Id1Jllan "treet, Cmcm-natl, $6,000, G :'1 Rogel", \\ oolper "tIeet and Calthage pIke. CmcmnatI, $6,500, E \\ Brooks, Uak Knoll, Pasadena, Cal , $3,500, A A NI"ser, Oxford Square, Los c\ngele", Cal, $40,- 000, J F Burton, Ardmore avenue and l'lfth street, Los An-geles, Cal, $15,000, B \V Frees, Rlbldoux Helghh, RlVel- "Ide, Cal, $10,000, :'Ir" Lawrence, HIll ancl 1hlrd street", ~anta l\!onlca, Cal, $8,000, D :'1cCarthy, 3514 \\ est Jackson boulevard, ChIcago, $26,000, .:\1r-, A F Carr, 6130 Rhodes avenue, Chicago, $6,000, Ronald c\ Foster, Pennsylva111a and Thirty-eIghth "treets, IndlanapolI", Ind, $5,800, James H Robert"on, 650 Congre% street, Indlanapolb, $4,000, S S }IcCOI el, Cla) and Bon Ton streets, St Joseph, Mo, $23,000, c\rthur Groben, 54 HIghland street, Buffalo, K Y, $7,500, Cathenne E Booth, 280 Bayne" street, Buffalo, $3,400, Rose FlIlkenstem, 31 SupellOr "treet, Buffalo, $10,000, Eclward (,attie, 443 ), orthampton c,treet, Buffalo,$3,500, \\ m P. Land-graf, 135 Hedley street, Buffalo. $3,500, George Fntz, 38 Leanllngton street~, Buffalo, $3,500; Mrs Augu"ta EndlIch, 994 Grant street, Buffalo, $6,800, Samuel S \\ Ilmer, Benner and Marsden streeh, PhIladelphia, Pa, $9,700, John ~1 Sn}- del, Butler and :bghteenth "tl eets, PhIladelphIa, $50,000, H L Dennett, 626 Carolme "treet, HOt1'3ton, TeA, $6,500 MiscellaneolUs BUl1dmgs-The CatholIcs are b11l1clmg a 'j:7'i,000 church and "chao] at 36-1-1\\ est North a\ enue, Chlca-gu addl ec,,, CatholIc BI"hop of ChIcago The \Velsh Calvm-l" tlL \1ethodl"ts are ]Jlulc1Jng a church to co"t $25,000, at 2917 21 11ftecnth a\enue, }1mneapo1Js, M1l1n The Dus1l1e"s Wo-men'" Club of LOlll"\ Ille, Ky, wIll erect a five story blllldmg on \\ alnut "treet at a cost of $lOJ,OOO The Lutheran Gal-gotha :'II""lOn IS buIld1l1g a church on Chnst1l1e Lane, 1\[11- waukee, at a co"t of $40,000 Paul :;,\lo21ck IS ImIldlllg a bnck hotel on Plankmton a, enue, MIla wUkee, to cost $22,- 000, \\ hlttler. Cal, has voted to Issue $80,000 111 bonds for a new hIgh school bUlld1l1g to be completed by September 15 \\ ea, er Blerre I" to bUIld a concrete theatre at Safford, Anz, at a cost of $40,000, Lehl, l:tah, has Issued $50,000 111bonds to! a new hIgh "chool bUlldmg St Andrews Cathobc church of Battle Mountam, 1\ ev , wIll buIld a parsonage at a oost of $25,000 A five story additIon to the Hamplen Arms Hotel, r~o" Angele", Cal, IS to be completed by September 1. The Palace Theatre company has a permit to buIlcl a theatre at 1137-47 Blue Ic,land a\ enue, Chicago, to LOst $125,000 South Bend, Ind, i:o erecting a "cho01 buIld1l1g, three stories, 78 x 100 feet, to cost $50,000 An Important Decision in a Case Involving Con-spiracy and Infringement. The more or less famous case of the Globe- W erl1lcke company of Cll1cll1natI aga111st the Macey company and Pres- Ident 0 H L. \Venllcke of Grand Rapids has been decIJed by the C111ted States court of appeals m favor of the defend-ant", the pl3Jl1ItIff'" bIll of complal1lt bel1lg dismissed for lack of eqUIty The deCISIOn IS of great Importance to Mr \Ver- 111cke and the Macey company anJ of conSIderable Il1terest to manufacturers of patented articles In an 111tervlew on the subject, last Monday, ::VIr \Ver111cke said' "ThJS SUIt was commenced several years ago on the al-leged ground" that the }Iacey company and myself had en-tered Il1to a conspIracy to 111frmge the Cll1cll1natI company'" alleged patent on sectIOnal bookcases and other acts contrary to law and conscIence The SUIt was so Widely heralded by I epresentatlves of the Globe- \Ver111cke company as a body blow that would put the Macey company out of busll1es" and pI event ItS customer" from obtall1mg addItIOnal sectIOns of ItS bookcases m the future, that we feel JustIfied m glvmg con- Siderable pubhClty to the deCISIOn at tl11s tune, 111 order that :'lacey dealel sand theu customers may kno\\ that we have not been gUilty of the acts alleged and that evel} customer. of Macey bookcases b fOI'e, er free from annoy mg thl eats by competitors. "Aftel I severed my active connectIOn With the Globe- \\ ell1lcke company and Sll1ce hecommg preSIdent of the \[acey company, myoId concern developed wbat seemed to be a mama for suing us upon vanous pretexts The deCISion and opmlOn of the CIrCUIt court of appeals leaves Ilttle or no room for doubt 111 my Judgment that the"e SlutS were com-menced With no hIgher motive than to ll1Jure me and prevent the Macey company from becommg a formIdable competItor. "Always conscIOUS of our legal and moral rectitude in every matter pertamll1g to <;lUr busmess, we are content to lea ve these questIOn" to the verdict of the courts and the sober Judgment by those of our friends who by their llberal patronage contnbuted to our success Weare pleased, of course, With the outcome of the IltIgatlOn, but It IS only such an outcome as we have anticipated from the first and it is certainly an equal pleasure to know that our efforts to do busi-ness on the square have always met with a hearty re3ponse from the trade and the public" 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN --~_._----._--~--------~ I• • I• I I• •I• IIt • •I II It II II II• - --~•i ManufadureR of Emboued and Turned Mould. lOCI, Embo ... ed and Spmdle CanIDR'I, and Automatic Turn,nCI. We also manu fadure a Jaree hne 01 Embo .... d Oroamenta for Couc.h Work. '256-'258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. " ._--------- _. .------~~~.---------------------------~~·1 FOX SAW DADO HEADS I,III I• I• I I,,I• I FOX MActii;~NT;;~".Y185 N. Front Street. ! I Grand Rapid., Mlch ! ,,- - - - ---- - -------- -- . .- - - - ---~ ~-- - I SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine Knlv..... Miter Machine •• Etc. We'll gladly tell you all about It. ~,-------------------------------------~ II HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. I III I• •t II II I,II III I II II• ..I. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SAWED l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLiCED fAN D MAHOGANY I"-----_._-----' ---------_._-------~~---~ ( Amencan Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up, Hotel Pantlind I I I J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. I 'A-- • . • • _ .. (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dmner Served at the Panthnd lor 50c IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. " - -- Shippers 'ViII Have to Pay. She ralh\ a\ wage ad\ ances, already made or to be made blt"l e the end 01 the} eal, are estll11ated at $100,000,000 hy II l Hro\\n ple~ldent of the r\evv York Central, who 111- dude" man} dlh ances v\ hlCh ha\ e not yet been settled WIth the 111ter"tate l ommerle lOmml'nlon statlsttcs as a basis, rall- \\ a\ \\ dge" undel the nevI' SCdle WIll reach $1,227,233,000 a \ ldl I h1" 1" all1\ ed dt b} e..,tlmdt111g the operat111g ex-jJln" e, ()t the ple"ent fi"cal yeal hom the monthly reports rI I : I l II J._JII ~: DeSIgned by C. H Chatfield, Grand RapIds, MlCh. 110\\ el\ aJ1able dpph 111gthe percentage of labor cost to total UjJLldtll1g e" pen "e" 111 1908, the latest year for whIch wage hgl1le~ lta\ e been pubh"hed, and add111g the $100,000,000 es-t1111dteJ ach ance 111 wages thIS yeal The $1,227,233,000 compales \\ltJh $1,072,233,000 111the fi"cal year 1907, whIch hoLl" the I ecord \1 ages \\ ere not leduced atter the 1907 panic, so that thl" } edl'" dClYanc( s dl e on top of those which were made in 19(){)and the earl} part of 1907 l'he proportIon of labor cost to total operat111g eApenses has 111creased steadily for several yeals Lumber Trust Must Be Dissolved. Last Monday the supreme court of the U11lted States ren-llel ed a deCISIOn declanng the Grenada Lumbel company and ,,()l1le ;; othel reLul lumber dealers 111MiSSISSIppI and Louis- Iana to be a con"plracy 111restraInt of trade and commerce and 111\ IOlauon of the :\IlsslsslPPI antI-trust statute This affilm'o the Judgment of the MISSISSIppI supreme court order- 111g the dl""oluttun of the trust The deci3ion is not ex-pected to hay e ally matenal effect on bhe pnces of southern lumber becau::.e thl" outcome of the case has been generally expected an\.l the dealers had been prepared for it It is said the Southern Pllle assocIation WIll be 1eorganized on legal hnes CARPETS AND RUGS AT AUCTION WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------._.-._---~---._- ----_. - . - -., Large Attendance at the Opening of the New York Sales. The carpet and Iug auctIOn of the Alexander Snllth & Sons' company openeJ la'it ::'ifonday before what was esti-mated as the largest gathenng of buyers m the history of the carpet and rug trade Representative" of both wholesale and retail hou'ies wele pre'ient from every sectIOn of the country, and were active blJders on the lob offered The first lot of-fered, consl'ited of one bale of 12-4 Nepperhan tapestry rugs 9 x 12 feet, all m one piece, three rugs to a bale I twas purohased by FreJencl<: Loeser & Co, of Brooklyn, after the goods had been bid up to $3100 The blddmg VI' as ac-tive for the honor of the first purchase, and m spite of keen competitlOn the first lot was secured by t'he above Brooklyn firm. There were 20 lob of 12-4 Nepperhan tapestry rugs be- Sides many duphcate lots, runnmg from 34 to 101 duplicates, in addition to the trr egular numbers of the catalog. The goods brought pnces rangmg froth $10 to $11 25 The next on the catalog consisted of 12-4 colomal velvet rugs, 9 x 12 feet, l11c1udl11gmany duphcate lots Pnces on these ranged from $15 to $1525. On the next offenng m the catalog, conslstmg of 12-4 Saxony axmmster rug.." 9 x 12 feet, the bidding was quite active, and pnces ranged from $13 to $13 50, one buyer tak-mg 27 lots at $1290 Rugs compnsed a large part of the first day's offering", and when pnces sagged off, large buyers were qUlck to step m and take up the good;, m bulk Several excellent bargains were picked up in the well known Nepperhan tapestry rugs, 12-4 good3, sizes 9 x 12 feet, bnngmg pnces as low as $10 to $11 25 each, as agamst a ltst pllce of $1225 Colonial velvet rugs, 9 x 12 feet, 12-4 goods, brought $15 to $15 50, as agamst a lIst pnce of $18 10, whlle 12-4 Saxony sold at pnces rangl11g from $1290 'to $13 50, as compared with hst pnce on Jan 1, 1910, of $17 Accordl11g to the terms of the sale, whel e carpet and ?Is borders are 30lJ together, 2,% cents less than body Will be charged on Saxony Axmmster border, extra Axmmstel bor-der, Savonnene and wllton velvet border. On velvet border, Paltsade border, best tape;,try, B Pahsade, and F PahsaJe border, 2 cents le'iS than border wlll be charged On 6-4 carpet and 6-4 stalr, double the pnce of 3-4 wldths Among the most actn e bldJers at the first day', "ales were the .;\ifalson Blanche. New Orleam, Fredenck Loe"er, Brooklyn, NY, Glmbel Bra", Philadelphia, Abraham & Strauss, Brooklyn, the Chicago House vVreckmg company, Chicago, the "Hub" of Washmgton, DC, J\I Donohue, Pittsburgh, Bernheimer Bros, Kan..,as City, Boston Bargam House, Dry Goods l:"mon, Hager company, Jame'i H Dunham, City, Acme Dry Good'i company, Sterltng Furmture company and J oske Bros company, of San Antolllo, Texas Other buyers were the Dayton Dry Goods company of Mmneapolts, Wilham H Block company, Incltanapoh.." Stlx, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods company, St LOUIS, Lowenstem & Bra, Memphis, "\V H Howlett, Kansa3 City, Mo ; Alman & Matt, Chicago, III , 0 Rot'hert, Altoona, Pa, Sanger Bros, Dallas, Texas, J H Hartley & Sons, Falrmont, W Va ,H D Thoma'i company, Seattle, vVash , Sterll11g Fur-lllture company, San FranCISco Practically the entire mtel est of the carpet traJe was cen-tered m the auctIOn sale Buyer;" 'however, VISited the other sale3rooms throughout the market dunng the day for the purpose of loob'ng over the new hnes shown W. & J Sloane 25 We are Special Tool MaBufacturers for the Wood Working Trade. Our SOLID STEEL MOULDING GUTTERS are the Best in the World. I I II SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson BlVd., CHICAGfl, ..--_... SAW, KN,_IFE AND_wT_OOL ..MA_NUFACTURERS __ .• announced that their complete hnes were on view and that prices had been named, but were subject to change at any mmute Without nottficatlOn It was stated that slight ad-vances 'had been named on tapestry rugs and velvet carpets Just what the advances amounted to could not be learned, however, for pubhcatlOn At salesrooms of the BIgelow Carpet company no prices were named dunng the day, and It was stated that It had not been Jeclded as yet when pnces would be offiCially an-nounced Buyers VISited the salesrooms m large numbers dunng the clay to look over the new hnes WhICh are on VIew and orders when placed were accepted subject to pnces to be named later. On Tuesday the attendance was well up to that of the first day, and blddmg was bnsk on most of the lots offered vVhenever pnces ..,lumped off, or blddmg became slow, rep-re3entattves of large concerns stepped m and placed bids for large lots, often secunng the same at pnces whwh Immediate-ly renewed the mterest of othel buyel s. Good progress was made m disposing of the goods, and m addition to thiS the numbers m the catalog were reduced by the WIthdrawal of certam goods Dunng the morll1ng hours of the sale, offenngs of large axmmster rugs were disposed of, and brought excellent auc-tIOn pnce'i On 12-4 aX1l11ll'3ters pnces ranged from $13 to $1475, and on 11-4 from $11 to $11 50 Pnces on 16-4 rugs were also deCldedly good, and some buyers who expected to pick up cheap lots, were dlsappomtecl At the afternoon sessIOn carpets were reached, and re-newed mterest was shown Iby those buyers who were walttng for these goods to be offered There was a long h3t of Pah- 'iade carpets, mcludmg duphcates These goods met WIth a ready response from buyers, especially where the patterns and coloring were good Next on the ltst came Manor tap-estry rug", rangmg from 12-4 through to 8-4 good3 These goods were followed by Phllhpsburg tapestry rugs in 12-4 to 10-4 goods Pnces on many of these ltnes were surpnsingly good, and well on a level wlth those of the first day's sale Late m the afternoon tapestry carpets were reached, and buyers settled down to work m earnest Best tapestry goods sold at pnces rangmg froill 48 to 69 cents a yard, and staIr tapestry from 45 to 50 cents In one or two cases, where the patterns ""ere poor, and colors off, pnce3 dopped as low as 38,% cents, the goods bemg taken m bulk by large buyers, such as Mal shall Fleld & Co Other buyers who purchased goods m bulk, when pnces dec1meJ were the Syndicate Trad- 111gcompany, Bloommgdale Bros, R H Macy, Martin Dry Goods company, A D ::\Iatthews' Sons, Fredenck Loe3er & Co. and the Adams & Doepke company The largest pur-chases were made by Marshall Field & Co 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN -----------------_._--------------- ---------------------- jU_ pi~~~i~p~i;~g'~~ L-AF'tGEST,JOBBERS Glass COlIlpany ANO MANUFAOTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art 6lass, Ornamental Figured 6lass, Polished and Rough Plale 8lass, Window Blass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautifullhan white marble. CENERAI. DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anythmg m BUilders' Glass, or anythIng In Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or PaInters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of whICh IS given below • EW 'rO.E-Hudson and Vandam St •. B08'r0.--41-49 SudbuQ' St., 1-9 aowker St. CJUCAG0-44Il-451l Wabash Ave. CDl'OJ .. A'.rI-Broadway and Court Sts, S'.I.":.LO'U1S-Cor. '.I."enthand Spruce St., JIIDJIl'.EAPO:LJ8-500-516 S. 'rhird st. DE'rBOJ'J."-53-59 :Lamed St., E, GBA1IIDBAPJDS, IIICH-39-41 •. Divl.ion St. PJ'J."'rSB11BGH-IOI-I03 Wood St. JIJ::LWA'UKEE,WJS.--4911-494 lIarket st. • 0CKESo.n:.... T_WUder Bldg., 1Ia1n II BKohan..e sta. BA:L'rDI0.Z-310-11l-14 W. P1'att St. A Get Toliether Function. The epIcureans of the Seattle RetaIl Furniture Dealel" aSSOcIatIOn treated themseh e'3 and a number of gue,h to a fine banquet in the CommercIal Club room" reLenth t\fter the repast and the attendant flow of \\ It and humor, the pre~- Ident introduced S T Hills of the F S Hannon company, the guest of honor, who addre'3sed the banqueters on 'The RISing Cost of I\ulllture," a subject of ImpOl tance not onh to the buymg publIc but also to the furnIture dealer, for the greater the co,t of the fur'lllture the les'3 profit to the dealer Mr HIlls dlSctlSSed the pa,;t and present methods of cut-ting timber 111 the Ulllted States and commented on the enor mous and shameful waste of good timber by such method'3 He stated that the timber IS cut three tllne" a, ta"t a" the trees grow and that the annual cut IS about 430000.000 acre" He said that the estimate of standmg hardv ..ood timber m the Uillted States today IS 400,000,000,000 feet and that there dl e 25,000,000,000 feet cut annually, whIch means that the suppl) of hardwood timber m the LillteJ States, at the present rate of cuttmg, WIll be completely exhausted m the "hort penod of sixteen years Mr Hills "aid the CO'3tof fmillture IS n~mg and Will con-tlilue to nse mdefiilltely, and contended that the princIpal cause of thl'; rbe is the present method of deva,;tatmg the timber resources of thIS country He spoke ot the method of forestry In vogue m Germany for the la"t three ht1l1dred year'3 and that only by a s1l111lar method of forestratlOn III the United States can a rapidly approachlilg tImber famllle be averted. The speakel dl'3cu,;sec1 the ,;ubJ ect of "~peClal '3ale,;" and saiJ if any prospective Ibuyer of furllltUl e "ould walt until C:LEVE:LAJfrD-143O-1434west '.I."h1I'4 st . OllABA--llOl-llO'1 Howa.rd st. S'r. PA'UL-459-481 Jackson St. A'r:LA1n'A, GA_30-3lI-34 S. Pl:J'or st. SAVAJrB'AK, GA.-74S-749 Wheaton St. KAB'S.&s OJ'.I."T-Plfth and Wyandotte st •. BDJIIDJIl'GKAK,ALA.-lInd Ave. an4 89tl1 St. BVP:PA:LO,•. T.-371l1-74-78·78 Pearl St. BBOOB::LY1II'-'rh1rdAve. and Dea.n St. PJa:LADB:LPJDA-Pltca1zn Bldg., "'~b and 11th DA.VB~0.'r--410-416 Scott st. OKLAJlOJIIIAOJ'.I."Y, OE:LA"lillO-1l12W. :Plrst St. st •. ....I .J anuar) or } ebruaf) of each) ear, he could get any artIcle 111 the furl11ture 1ll1e at almost hl~ own figures He contended that the feature ot ",;peCial sale~"'had outworn 'IlS usefulness }Ir Hill -., addre-.,s opened new avenues of thought for furl11ture dealer" and wa'3 greatly appreciated by those pres-ent Ile re-.,ponde,l to a unaUlmous vote of thanks for his re-mark' 3 b) extendUlg an IllvltatlOn to the members of this as- "ocla tlOn to be the guests of the :l\Ianufacturers' associatlOn at a banquet -.,ome time III },Iay, whIch IllvitatlOn was prompt- I) accepted on the part of the retail furlllture dealers. The "get together" "pInt ha~ certaUlly seized the progressive fur- 11Iture dealers of thl'3 city WIth a firm gnp -PaCific FurnIture '[ rade Glorious Arizona. "It "a~ the first real vacatIon I ha\ e had S1l1ce I was a bO\ , . declared Charle" R SlIgh, pr(~'dent of the SLIgh Furni-ture com pan) , Grand RapId,;, who ha,1 Just returned from ArI-zona where he ,;pent about two months WIth Mrs SlIgh and thelr children "For wmter clImate," he contmued, "1 don't thlllk an) place III the V\;orld can beat Anzona It IS away ahead of Southern Caltforma The atmosphere IS warm and soft and "0 clear that human VISIOn IS much stronger than at an~ other place III the country That's why the astronomers go there to make ob~ervatlOns that are difficult m any other part of the countl \ \\ e ..,aV\;the comet there, qUite dlstmctly, \\ Ith the nakecl e) e long before It was VISible m other parts of the country It I'; ~ure1y a V\;onderful clImate The moon-lIght lllghts are ~ll1lply mdescnbably beautIful i'Phoel1lA I~ havmg a boom The government ha'3 been spendll1g eIght or ten millIon clollal" m IrngatlOn work there, Wood Sar Clamp Fixtures Pel' Set sac. . .. . -------------------------_._--_._---------- Sheldon Steel Rack Vises "t IIi Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H. SHELDON & CO ,ChIcago, III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bought of you a ltttle over a year ago are gIVIng excellent service We are well satlsfied w,th them and shall be pleased to remember you wbenever we want anythmg addItional m thIS !tne Yours truly. SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO .- -- _. __ . -_ _-- 30.000 Sold on approval and an uncon-dItional money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Inde.tructlble. We SO!tCltpnvllege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON & CO. I 328 N. May St., Chicago. I .. .. . .. - - - - ~~~~---------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO. MARSHFIELD, WIS. No. 2228 Toilet T.ble. SEND FOI{ OUR Dressel'S Chiffoniers Dressinli Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. M.de in o k, Bird's-Eye Maple, Mahol;!any, etc., and All Popular Finishes OMPLETE whIch will reclaim about 250,000 acres of land. .:\Iost land has been under IrngatlOn before, but the dam~ an VOlrs were not properly constructed, washed out fre uently and were not dependable The government IS dOIng t e work nght From my ob~ervatlOns I think the money expe ded In reclamatIOn work, not only In Arizona }but elsewhere, h S been well mvested Had the government used the hund eJs of mIllIons that have been spent in the PhIlIppmes m rec aImIng the and lands of the west it Wlould have done muc better for the country-It would have benefited whIte m n who know how to apprecIate advantages. "BUSIness m Anzona IS all nght as It IS m near! all of the far west I went to the coa',t anJ heard no complaInts, except In San FranCISCO where It IS rather dull In mo t hnes "Here at home our busmess IS good, we have sold mor goods thi<; spnng than m any prevIous ~eason." No. 2240 Toilet Table CATALOGUE an Increa"e In passenger rates It has been e'3tllnated that the mCI ease m wage<; granted raIlway employe" m the past <;IX months wIll amount to $48,000,000 per annum, whIch Advancing Freight Rates. Last .:\londay the Interstate Commerce Commls ion re-ceIved a batch of freIght tarIff<; from carner<; In the mIddle west wIth ea<;tern connectIOns, and the check111g of th tanff'3 <;0 far mdlcate<; an mcrea<;e all along the lme It IS eheved by the commiSSIon that before June 1 there WIll be Ina e \\ hat amount<; to a ul11form mcrease in freIght rates throug out the United States vVhen the demand" for Increased wages of raIlw y oper-ative" were met by the carners, some of the rallwa T pre'31- dents sad that in order to meet thIS new draIn on th Ir reve-nue' It would be necessary to Increase rates and thIS IS now bemg done The New York, New Haven & Hartford ecently granted an increase in wage<; to ItS trammen and t e "tate-ment was ma.de that the mcrea"e on thIS road alone a ounted to $500,000 per annum. The New Haven road promptly made Made by Manlstee Manufacturing Company, Manistee, MlCh. probably means that the pubhc WIll have that amount to make up for the can Ier<; The mterstate commls<;IOn WIll adjourn for the summer recesj) some tIme between June 1 and 15, and the new rates, If attacked by shIppers, WIll have to remam m force nearly a year before a decbion can be reached 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK Theatres. Churches. Schools. Hotels. Etc.. That Will Need Furniture. New York, :May 5 -"'\mong the bUlldmgs to be erected here that w1ll all reqUIre furmture of \ anou 5 bnd 0, there are about a hundred theatres and about 500 bUlldmg" for mm-mg p1cture shows Damel ['rohman h headmg a lompam to bul1d a ~ atlOnal theatre neal Central Park, "outh to co"t $500,000 It wl1l have club and lecture room" and \\ 111be controlled mamly by actors' "ocletles ~Iax R \ \ lIner ot the ThalIa theatre W11lbmld a JewIsh theatre and wof garden at Second avenue and F1rst street. whIch \,,111'Oeat 3400 people, to cost $650,000 The Parks and Play ground" a"'iOClatlon will bUIld a five story theatre to co~t $100000 at Rn lllgton and Cannon 'itreets Howard Broadstreet I~ "ecretary Percy W1lhams of the Colomal Theatre company will erect the largest vaudevIlle theatre III -\.menca. at 110\\ arel avenue anJ Mad1son street, Brooklyn The Phoelllx A.mu"e-ment company WIll bul1d a three otory theatre at -\.m'iterJam avenue and 149th street, from plans of archItect Thomas \\ Lamb, to cost $150,000 \V1llIam H "M:cElfatnck has pre-pared plans for a theatre to be bmlt at Seventh a\ enue and 123d street, to cost $650,000, fm ] ohn H Spnnger of the Grand Opera House It w111be eIght stones hIgh and "eat 3,300 people Adolph Zucker w111 erect a theatre and roof garden at Delaney anJ Suffolk 'itreets, to "eat 2,500 Schu-bert Bros are plannmg to bUIld a new theatre at 113 \\ est Forty-thIrd street AdelaIde P Ehnch, Jame'i 10' ~Ieehan and Edward S Slmon '" III erect a theatre to co~t $125,000 and seat 1,500 persons at 160th and Pro"pect "treet'i Fneden-rich, Gerston & Baer w1ll bUllll a $100,000 theatre at f'ru,,- pect avenue and 160th street, from plans by arcllltect E C Horne. The followmg schools are projected ~Irs Hetty Gleen ha'OgIven $500,000 for the -\.mencan Gnn er~It) of Chn~topher Columbus, to be erected on Fifth avenue at Central Park. to be free of all cost to pupl1s Later a great palace of art \\ 111 be added Countess Anme Leary has charge at her home 1032 Fifth avenue The Roman CatholIc church of the GuardIan Angel, 511 West Twenty-th1rd street wIll alter the rectory mto a church and school to cost $40,000 \rchltect Joseph H :0.IcGUlre has plan" for a fi\ e ~tore parochIal school at 79 Jackson street for the CatholIc church of St :0.Iary, cost $50,000 C B J Snyder, archItect, has plans for a CIty publIc ~chool K0 102 to be five stones, at 113th 'itreet and Second avenue, to cost $339,000 St Peter and Paul CatholIc church wl1l bmld a $140,000 school on Brook avenue near 159th street. from plans of ArchItect M J Garvlll The public schools to be bUllt are K0 95 at Clarkson and \Vest Houston streets, to cost $416,000, X0 10, an addItIOn, at South Third andKeap streets, Brooklyn, to cost $216,000 ~o 17 at Schenectady avenue, Eastern Parkway and Llllcoln Place, Brooklyn, to CO'it $300,000 and 1\0 165 at Lott and Hopkmson avenues, to cost $200,000 ArchItect C 0 Rich has plans for enlargmg Barnard col-lege by a two story addItlOn, at Broadway anJ 119th 'itreet, to cost $200,000 The New York InstItute for the Blmd at ThIrty-fourth street and J\mth avenue, have bought a farm of 110 acres on Central Park avenue between Yonkers and New York, on WhICh WIll be bUllt a senes of structures for theIr use ArchItects McKIm, Mead & \"'hlte have plans fOI three new bUlldmg:o for Bellevue hoslptal. to cost $2,750,000 The Skm and Cancer HospItal at Second avenue and Xmeteenth -------_._._----- -- -- - - ...-----------.., THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete I,ne of sam-plea are displayed In TLe Ford 8 JoLnson BuildlDl!, 1433.37 WaLuL Ave., in-c1udlnil a spec,al d.splay of Hotel Furniture. All furmture dealers are cordially invited to visit our building. .I. --_ ......I street, w'Ill enlarge the hO'ipltal, to cost $10,000 The 1:\ew York PolyclJmc ~ledlcal school and Ho"pltal have bought a plot fOl an addItIon to be 100 x 204 feet, on F1ftleth 'itreet. The ~Iontfiore Home ha'i bought 115 acres of land m the vvest Bronx and \\ III erect new bUlldmg'i as a home for aged people The follo\\ mg churches are planned The FIfth avenue Baptbt church, Rev Charle'i FAked, pastor, ha'i plans from -\.rchltect Bo"V\nrth for a new church to co",t $500,000, at For-t)-' 01xth "treet and Flfth avenue CongregatIOn B'NaI Rap-peport wIll remoJel the bUlldlng at 207 East Seventh street mto a :oynagogue It WIll cost $15,000 Harllson & SackhellTI have plans for a three story synagogue at Jefferson and MadI-son streets, to co~t $25,000 CongregatlOn B'~Ia1-Jeshurum WIll buJ1d a synagogue at Central Park \Vest and EIg<hty-seventh street The church exten:OIOn commIttee of the New York Presbvtn "'Ill erect a church and Sunday school at ave-nue D and "Fa'urteenth "treet, GlllOnport, the Bronx Holy-rood church at BroadvV1ay and EIghteenth stIeet w1ll erect a new church bUlldmg at Fort \Vashmgton avenue and l79th street The church extenslOn commIttee of the New York Pre'ibytery WIll bul1d a bnck church to co"t $85,000, at Pros-pect avenue and 1~5th street The Baptl'it church of the Re-deemer WIll bUlld at Valentme''i Lane and LeIghton avenue, South Yonkers, a church bUIld1l1g to cost $50,000 St PhIlips P E church WIll buIld a new edIfice to cost $150,000, at 213 \Yest 133d street Hotels- The Rlt7 Carlton Hotel company IS buIlding a 'iIxteen story structUle at MadIson avenue and Forty-sIxth street and WIll also erect another addItIOn next door Plans have been dra'" n by F ~I Andrews of 3 West Thirty-third street, for a ne", co"tly hotel at BroaJway and ThIrty-fourth street, to cost \\ Ith SIte, $10,000,000 George F Con~ldme WIll bmld a SlX story hotel at 147 WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. Oliver Tools "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 WIll take a saw up to 20' d.ameter Arbor belt IS 6' WIde Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Worka and General Officea at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .• U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES - Ohver Maelunery Co.. Hud.on Termmal. 50 Church St. New York. Ohver Maehmery Co. FIrst National Bank BwldlOll. Clueallo. Ill. Ohver Maehmery Co • aClfie Bu~dlOll. Sealde. Wash. Ohver Maelunery Co .201-203 Deanallate. Maneheater. Enll We"t Forty-thIrd street. to cost $250,000. from plans prepared by Architect George F l'Ilham ArchItects George and Edward Blum have filed plans for a ten story fire proof hotel at 128 West Forty-seventh "tI eet, to cost $160,000, for the OlympIa Realty & Construc-tIOn company, LoUI" Pmcus presIdent Robert F ::YIurphy, Embossed Mouldtng Made by Waddell ManufactUring Co, Grand Rapids, MIch. of the Hotel Albany, has ha,1 plans drawn for a projected $8,000,000 hotel at Broadway and FortIeth street ArchItect J C Cooker has plans for a $25,000 hotel for Rogan & Callen-der, at Tenth avenue and 207th "treet B EbelIng, archItect, has drawn plans for a $25,000 hotel on Castle HIll and vVest-chester avenues, fo
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I THIS IS THE MACHINEThat Brimrs lottors liko tho Followjmr: •! I• I ~!HOLLAND, MICH. ~- ..-.--------. ---.-----------.--- . ... . ----_.-.1 Buss ],I ohlna Works, Holland. !lich G9'1,tlemen We wish to compliment JOU on the wor.lung or Jour ne ... +4 Planer J .IS installed for us This machine does the best. wo"'k of an; pl.mer we he.ve eve" seen, aoo we are frank to sa! so much be't't."r than we expected, th t owo torelllll\ $<tld 18 simpl; cO.lld no ge" along ¥lthout It.o.nd wue sure J.t. \lfoulO pay he price of itself withJ.'1 a 'leal" in l/oI"k sa ed on /D,llchlnea fo ..l..o.l11! Wls"ling JOU dese"'ved success 1<,tth this new patt.ern. va remain, Yours va ...). truly, Robb ns TabLe Co BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. The Buss Machme Works are havllIg marked SUcce~s WIth this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltmg-feed gears machme cut-together with the steel sprIng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectwnal chipbreaker, make a cabmet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the times with machmes of great effiCIency Woodworker s of all kinds will not make a mistake by writing direct or to theIr nearest selling representative regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the !lve woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .-..-.--.-------.-.--.-.---.-.-------.-.-------.-----------------1 I Cabinet Makers In these days of close compel1tlOn, need the best possible equipment, and thiS they can have III BARNES' === HAND and FOOT POWER === MACHINERY Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strongest, most powerful, and In every way the best machme of Its kmd ever made, for rtpping I cross-cuttIng I honng and groovIng Send for Our New Catalogue. w. P. & John Barnes Co. 654 Ruby Street, Rockford, Ill. '-----_.---------- _._._._----._-_. ----------- .. .. ) /" I ' 30th Year-No.1 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 3.1909 Issued Weekly UNPROFITABLE MANUFACTURING. "That IS vvhat we al e up 3~al11"t dll the tune," saId one of the (lId lIme furlllture manufactlFers cf IndIana to the new'i-paper man, as he weanly leaned back 111 hl5> chaIr, handIng over a lettel fO! 111mto lead It was fIom a lalge catalogue house, and 'itated that the company wanted to make a deal wIth the manufacturer for cel tam goods There was a tab- Idated 'itatement of the number of the pleCe'i, how many the company could U"oeto a month, and the amount they \,;ould pay Remember, no que"tlOn wa5> a"oked for a bId, 01 how much the stuff would cO"ot SImply a "tatement of how much they would pay The rranufacturer saId the concern had been uSl11g a com-petltor\ -tuff, but wanted to make a change The contract, If made al the pnces named, would amount to about $jO,OOO a month vVnh the lettel was one of the company's catalogue" showmg IJ1u"tratlOns of the pIeces, or alleged I1lustrailons-the kmd that are chopped out of a pIece of vvood wIth an axe, so that no CU5>tomer can ab'iolutely tell whether he gets \,,,hat he pays for or not "I have figured out three separate pIeces," "oald the manu-factUlel, when the wllter had read the letter, "and] find that each one cf the three would cost me from 7) cents to one dollar more to make than the pnces oft-ered, WIth not one cent for profit The anI) way I could pas SIbI) do It would be to layoff my "oe\cnty-two expellenced workmen and go mto the streets and pIck up any old laborer", who would work for any old pnce; dIp these goods In dump \ arll1sh Instead of filllshl11g thE m, and tm n out a class of goods that vvould rUI11 my busme'i'i forever WIth reputable dealers Yet thl"o IS the kmd of stuff whIch other mall or del hou"es are furlll"hl11g theIr custol11er'i I'll not do It," and a reply was sent ac-cordmgly Yet some manufacturer WIll fill that contract Dunng the hfe of V\T H Barnhart, well known as a buyel for Clllcago c'nd N e\\ York furlllture houses, vvho 10'it hIS hfe m the Park i\venue Hotel fire, he conducted for a time the factory of the Nash-Knox and Hubbell Company, now the Banta Furnitnre Company, of Goshen One day Barney got a letter from a bIg dealer m the east, statmg he wanted 500 tables as per sketch and specIfications enclosed, and offering $775 for theIr Barney figured these out and found It would CO'it $87j to make them, WIthout one penny of profit, "and yet," Sdld he, dlscussl11g the matter afterward, "some d--n fool made those tables for that pnce " One of the large houses of the country some years ago had a contract WIth a bIg premnun house to furnish a cer-tam bookcase m quantities of five hundred per month at $700 each The contract had been runnmg a number of months when a propo'iltlon vvas made to a manufacturer 111 the north-west to take 0\ er part of the contract and make the stuff 111 IllS factot) so as to save the prel11lUm house freIght, He figured the case \ ery carefully and announced that It would cost hIm at least $800 to buIld, to say nothl11g of any profit Thl" cau"ed the othel concern to open ItS eyes The super- Illtenc1ent \\ ho had made the pnce on the case was called in and after gomg over 111'ifigmes, decIded he had made a mIs-take, and the company had been 10sl11g over a dollar a case, whIch amounted to 0\ el SSOO 00 a month on that one article alone It cau'ied dn upheaval 111 the plant The superintendent lost h,.., Job and the conceln escaped bankruptcy simply be-caU" oe 5>ome mOllled man came to ItS rescue Sl11ce then the company has worked out beautIfully, but the executive officers now do the fig U1mg :"'11 of thl'> ral"oes the query, "When wIll furlllture manu-factUJ ers begm to run theIr own affaIrS and quote theIr own pnces on theIr product::, ?" M. A -------- False Economy It IS the extreme of poor economy to employ a hIgh salaned decO! ator and then handIcap hIm WIth a too meager allowance. A good decorat01 can, no doubt, make a great deal out of very httle, but he can accomphsh much more if he has the proper matenals to work WIth He must have fixtures and figures and decorative matenal at hand to draw upon. Then there al e many httle mCldental expenses for whIch a faIr allowance should be made Of course, a 1l11e must be drawn some-where The expenses must be kept down to the lowest reason-able amount, but If it goes below that, the windows are likely to lose 111 attractiveness far more than the merchant will gain by hIS savmg An extra dollar spent on a window trim may add the finishmg touch that IS necessary to change a mediocre dIsplay into an attractive one -Merchants' Record. SOME EVANSVILLE IDEAS Advertising Appropriations, Window Displays, Fixed Prices, and Co-operative Delivery. Evansvl1le, Ind, June .30 -1' erd Gumberts of the Rand G Furlllture Company, who IS one of the most progres"lve retaIl furlllture men of thIs sectlOn,~ ~ays It IS hIS behef that at lea'it ten per cent of the sale~ expense of the :,tore should be devoted to advertlsmg "Some spend more and some less," he saId, "but a progressive dealer WIll spend ten per cent or even more" \Ir Gumberts beheves 111 ac1verh"mg and hIS firm does plenty of It 111 the course of a year Mr Gumberts WdS asked thIS questIOn "Is It proper for d retaIler of cheap goods to ehsplay medIUm or fine goods lt1 hl'i wmdows and if so, why? In reply to thIS :\Ir Gumberts saId "The show WIndow'i shotlld alv\ a) s 111 my OpInIOn, reflect the character of the good'i on the Inqde It would be a form of de-ceptwn. I beheve, to dl'iplav goods that yOU dId not have on the inside for sale and the retaIler" ho ehd thl'i "ould soon lose ant I beheve" Mr. Gumberts saId hl'i firm had 'iome experIence in the co operative dehvery of goods and ehd not find that the scheme \\ ae., exactly a good thll1g He e.,ald theIr expenence to a hmlted e" tent proved very ~atlsfactor) but he \\as of the opmlOn that thl scheme if made to mc1t1de all the dealers of the Clt\ 111lg ht not prove a good one Ed Geigel of GeIger & Sone., one of the largee.,t film~ ot retail dealers of thIS Clt\ saId that a retaIl turlllt11l e hIm should be liberal in its advertlsmg but he dId not exactl) knO\\ what pel cent of the sale'i expense should be devoted to deh ertl"mg He thought this would depend altogether on the kll1Q of 'itore and the sort of goods handled Mr. Geiger, in response to the questIOn "Is It proper f01 a retail dealer of cheap goods to ehsplay medIUm or fine goods 111 his show windows and if so why? saId "I th111k It "auld be bad business polIcy for a I etailer to sho\\ g-ood:, 111hl'i "111dO\\ 'i that he did not have on the Inside of hIS store Bm ers "auld be quick to notice the deceptIOn It pays to be honest 111 ehs-playing your goods amI merchants "ho are not honest In dam!:; thl'i do not la'it long It has alwav~ been our pohc\ to sell the kmd of 'ituff we aQvertl'ie and whenevel we dIsplay a mce pIece of furmture the buyer can re:,t assured that we have a'i gooel 01 better on the inside of the store" Mr Geiger was asked thIS que'itlon' "Would It be practIcal for retaIlers of EvanSVIlle to an ange for the co-operatl\ e de-livery of goods, usmg unmarked conveyance~")' He said 111 leply' "T do not beheve thi'i would prove a Wl'ie thl11g- 111the long nm !\~ a rule a retaIler does not want tbe othel fello\\ to see what he sells J f all the fil111'ihid tbt 'iZLll1ecompam to deliver theIr goods there "ould be more or le~e.,p'lbhCltv about the matter in my 0pl11IOn ThIS the retdllers \\ ol1ld not lIke I think the plan of havmg every firm clehver Its own !:;oods much the best I believe the plan you sugge'it would not proye sah" factory here in EvanwIl1e v, here the retaIl trade l'i 'iO 'ipht np and where competition is '0 fierce" Mr Gelgel ehd not thl11k It "auld be a gooll t111ng for l1lcln ufacturers to fix the pnce'i for which good'i shall be 'iolel hI the retaIlers In hIS 0plmon If the retaller'i entered mto a combinatwn WIth the manufacturers to 'iell certal11 artIcles dt certain pnces some of them would be 'iure to break the agree-ment "The scheme would never work satisfactorily here," said Mr Geiger -\rnold Elmendorf of the firm of -\rnold Elmendorf & Co , IS one at the n "111!:;young buslne~s men of the commumty and IS the manager 01 the above named firm, whIch has been 1ll busllle:,~ 'imce last Septembel and hac; a large :,tore on Mam street near SIxth and the) are domg a mee bU'imess :\Ir Elmendorf was seen b) the -\1 hsan corre~pondent and asked thl::, questIOn "\\ hat proportIOn of the sale, expense should be devoted to ad-vertlsmg") In response he thought a wIse merchant would set a'ilcle at least ten per cent for advertlsmg :\Ir Elmendorf saul that too man) retaIl merchant::, \\ ere a tnfle close when It cam, to advertIsing theIr wares 1\1r. Elmendorf saId he thought It mIght be a good Idea for a retaIlel of cheap goods to dIsplay medlt1m or fine goods In hIS -how \\ mdO\\" 'T heheve thIS could be done and the retatler would not have to practIce any form of deceptlon eIther," saId \Ir Elmendorf "ThIS polIcy would tend to brush up a le-taller's stock When one came Into the store the retailer could convmce hl111111all probabllItv that he had 'iomethlng 111stock that he \\ anted and the buyer would leave well satIsfied WIth the pnrchase and he would return aga1l1 when he wanted some thl11g m the furmture Ime ' \1r Elmendorf belIeves the scheme of co-operatIve delIvery 01 gooels IS all nght "I belIeve It could be worked out all nght here 111EVdnsvIlle sald:\lt ElmenclOl f "Vie use the system 11ne and 111 fact have qnce \\ e 'tartecl 111 busl11ess la'it fall and tl11cl It \\ orks all nght The beauty of the scheme i'i we can have as mam delIvery \vag-on'i as Vve want If we want one \\ a!:;on or "1'( \\ e ma) have them and we do not hay e the ex-pense of keepl11g the teams" III ElmenclOl f was next asked this question "I 'i It prac-tlca] for manufacture! s to fix the pnces for which goods shall be "old b\ I etaIler" and Vvould the EvansvIlle retaIlers co-oper- ,lte In sustammg "uch a pohcy?" He saldm reply to thIS "I do not thl11k thIS would prove a good pohey. It has been tned here to some extent The retaIler 'ihould neve1 be hed down to an agreement to sell any artIcle at a certaIn figure Suppose a man come:, mto the store and 1)'1\" a bIg order of goods The merchant feels lIke he wants to cut on some artIcle provldmg the bIll he IS selll11g IS large enough and the buyer might ask for a cut on the verv artIcle which the manufacturer tells him he must sell at a certam pnce If he could not make a cut on thIS yery artIcle the man who l'i bUyl11g the ~ood:, mIght become dis- 'iatl'ified and lea\ e the store without bUyl11g an) thl11g !\ retailer 'ibould be fl ee to make his own 'ie1lIn!:; prIce He IS often forLecl to cut clc)\\n on one artIcle and md\ be on th"':'next artIcle he "ell'i he \1 III 111ak<a hand"ome plOfit \ wIse r('taIler WIll not sell dt a los:, ho\\ e\ er as \\ e are ,111 In busl11e,-s to make ,l profit 1 do not belIeve the retaIlers of EvanSVIlle as a rule \\ ould enlel an agreement to SU'it,nn 'iuch a polIcy as you "'H~- gest ", If am of thL retaIl mel chants hel e WIll go to Grand RapId:, in July to attend the 'ieml-annual Furmture ExpOSItion and some of them are large purchasers In that market Ju:,t now the re-taIl trade in EvanSVIlle IS shghtly off Some attnbute the dull "pell to the stl eet cat 'itnke that has been on for four weeks whIle others say that b1Jsmess is bound to pIck up after harvest Crop conditions are very promising just now and the farmers are busy harvesting their wheat which is a bumper crop. J ARTHUR S WHITE, PreSident ALVAH BROWN, VleePreSidenl HARRY C WHITE. See y-Treas I iii (,ii \ f 4 WEEKL\ \RTIS'\~ .. - - - - •• - - • .. II • - - - •• -------------------------~ 10 THE LUCE LINE 0 I I Mmy I I New Patterns I I I I m Dming Room I and I Bedroom I Furniture II ~~ I Fall Season. Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids lu(e rurniture CO. ....---- - - .- .... ------------ ------ ------- ....... ------------- I! IIIII II II I II ._ .I.. ~ .. -- ---------------------------------_ _ _. ----_ ~ DID YOU I HAVE OUR MATCHED Buffets, Chinas and Pedestal Dining Tables1 WEREN'T THEY SELLERS? But whether you had them last season or not, call at our exhibit and we will show you NEW PATTERNS you will sure! y want. I Rockford Chair and Furniture Company I Third Floor, Blodgett Block, GRAND RAPIDS II • ---- ..••• _.a •..• __ ••.... ~ , , fA era I Mr Deale_r~ You don't havve :toe" tj)lRk" -y,ouJr IINJo wo~nder p'eople want ReoyallChalirs-eno wrond.er t:hey~ • head off to sell ~ Chairs. won't take any other Read whatC. F Jackson, Norwalk, You don't have to .. waste" time on "r r-nechs." OhlO,wrote us. We send custo'ners to your store convInced ready to buy. ..We cannot.sell any other chair.s here. Good ad'<lerti.sinl! and ·;i~:::N;;"/olial AiivertiSiiig·:~;~;c is a tremendous sellm!; force. 25 MIllion A. E Millett, Amada, MIch., bays people are readIng our advertlsement3 every ••.Your Chair.s are rapid.,f,re .s e 11e r.s. month they appear We use such papers Send laJt order quicf(." as Saturday Evemug Post, Ladles' Home Wehelp youm other ways as well Drop Journal, Woman's Home CompanlOn, Cos- usalmetoday-getour"busmessboommg" U'vpolltan, LIterary DIgest, Munsey's, Sue- proposltlOu-lt's a lIve wIre that gets the cess, Review of RevIews, Everybody's, trade-makes your store popular McClure's and many others. CO., Sturgis, Mich. ~------------~-~---- ----- ------_.-.------_. ~heCelebrated EFFand EFF Line ..~fORD fRAME AND fIXTURE CO., Rockford, W. . ~ "'" . of Excellent WorkmanshIp and Finish, consIsting or Parlor Cabinets, Music Cabinets, Hall Trees, Hat Racks, Shaving Stands, Buffets, China Closets, Gilt Mirrors, Dressing Tables, Chairs, and Adtu.st;able. fixtyteli • . ..·.·.I..t..~::::"··'.:: :: :_:.:.::::e-::.- . '.. .., DiSPLAYS . .. ::- ·taGt R.l·ND.R.A~ii>!::sicon&Flo~r::~rn: ."-:: : l~~.ii~tHln •.at%il.ll'g..: • a •••• ••• •• CHICAGO-All the year round, ChIca-go Furmture Exchange, 14th and Wabash Ave. and lD the New York Furmture Exchange Will make'the finest dis Ilay of +'~tDINING EXTENSIO . \ I, r't '. , \ , \ . I" 4-I TABLFS I ever offered by us, at our dis 1ay rooms, 2d floor, Manufacturers' Exhib Ilion Building, 1 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago j \ I ..• .:••.• .: :••:••• :.fl.. :•.. :••.: •....• :..:: : :. : ..,.. .::.:..;.: e.. :._..- :.~. :••.•.:~ :•• :~•.•. : ~: :: . I ~ AUof our pedestal tables are fitted ~th the~ou .- DUO-STYLE LOC$ ,. I I" WEEKLY ARTISAN ...-._-------_. --_._..----- III I•j I -- ..-------~,I IIII I,,II The Ford & Johnson Co. CHICAGO I II IIII t I, II I II I I f I --~----------_._._.. -----------_.~.1. I~ This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chaIrs are found 111 all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a vtry complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dilling Room fUIniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. All furmture dealers are cordtally inv~ted to visit our buildtng. Tlw Art of Decorating a Window Per Se The v"mdow dIsplay IS an acknowledged attnbute of trade wmnIng It IS the merchant's closest connectmg lmk wIth the publIc, and In the category of essentIal aIds to the bmldlng up of a retaIl business, none can gIve more credIt for direct re~ults than the display behmd the glass Many a retaIl busmess stands or falls accordmgly as the show wmdow attracts or repels customers; for, by the show windows the pubhc will Judge the store On fir-,t thought, advertIsing and selhng goods would appear to be but very dIstantly related to art, but actual demonstratIOn proves the contrary The supreme test of ment in a show window IS that It WIll advertise and sell goods A windov" In whIch proportIOn, harmony, ornament, color, size and symmetry have each re-ceIved proper attentIOn alway~ proves a wmnIng advertIsmg medIUm, and the secret of ItS success hes m Its artIstIc make-up. The general pubhc IS composed entIrely of pos"Ible cus-tomers, but only the pleased element thereof may be conSId-ered as prohable customers It is a great mIstake to uwler-rate the knowledge of the masses m art matters, or to pre- "ume upon theIr Ignorance People may not all be cntIcs, but they have an innate sense of the aesthetIc and of the "fitnes~ of things," whIch IS an unernng gmde to their Judgment The fact that a wmdow tnm constructed on artIstic lines wIll dttract favor:lble attentIOn IS sufficient evidence in itself If It dId not so attract. by reminding of something wanted, creating new wants, or mducing ImmedIate sales, no returns could be expected A complete lIne of sam-ples are <hsplayed in The Ford fJ Johnson BuildInI!. 1433·37 Wa/,ash Ave •• In-c1udIne a speCIal dIsplay of Hotel FurnIture. III I~-- ~-------------------------- I ----- ..--" II II I, II, ,I TUE 4RE BRE4D 4ND "ELI" FOLDING BEDS PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete wIthout the Ell Beds III Mantd and Upright ELI D. MILLER & CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. If the pubhc concen es a favor dble impreSSIOn of the store by a passmg glance at ItS ~how wmdows, one mISSIOn of the tnm has been fulfilled; because, as possible buy ers, they have been brought to a condItIOn of mind which must always pre-cede a purchase Just what that favorable impreSSIOn, or good WIll, may be worth to the merchant in any gIven case, it is ImpOSSIble to estImate \Ve do know, however, that "good wIll" IS often the most valuable asset in a merchant's busi-ness, and that thousands of dollars are spent to obtam it In this, It is fortunate for those concerned that there IS harmony between the artIstIc and the practical The mer-chant IS benefitted, the pubhc IS plea"ed, and the tnmmer is placed on a hIgher plane, where the name "mercantIle de-corator," by whIch he I~ begmnInR to be known, 1" no mIS-nomer The expert decorator ha" become a recognIzed nece~:-'Ity even 111smaller stores. the propnetors of whIch a dozen year" dgO, would have laughe'] at the Idea of spendmg so much money on wmdow dlspldy -From The Art of Decorat111g ShO\\ \Vmdu\\" and IntenD!" Man 1" a creature of habIt He gets accustomed to ~01n~ to a certa111 store and he keeps on gomg there untt! some sud-den Jolt rouses hIm That Jolt WIll break hIS habIt. It may be a dIspute over a mmor charge, It may be an exceptIOnally attractIve offer from some other place of busmess \Vhat-ever It IS, untIl somethIng Jerks hIm out of hIS rut, he WIll not be apt to change NIcholson & MIller have opened a stock of furnIture m Hunton, Okla. 7 -- ...I \\ EJ:<.KL'l \ R'1 IS \ '\ ENTERTAINED BY SALESMEN Furniture Men of JaIllestown~N. Y.~have a Pleasant Saturday Afternoon and Evening 'The Furlllture Salesmen's AssociatIon chartered the Steamer City of PIttsburg for their annual outmg up the lake Saturday afernoon. They took as their guests the furlllture manufacturers and visiting salesmen The boat left Celoron at 1 30 with about 125 in the party. The tnp up the lake was enjoyed beyond all expectattons as the day was one of Chautauqua Lake's ideals. The boys had engaged the Gustaf-son Symphony Orchestra and the music furmshed on the up tnp was entrancing. Light refreshments and cigars were served and everything had a tendency to successfully make everyone at horne Landing was made at Chautauqua and A. N. Camp, who was one of the guests, photographed the party on the boat; ture company. Joseph Himebaugh made a sensation by turn-mg a double somersault at the fimsh and wmning the booby prize. The fat man's race was the feature of the races. This was won by D A Curtis, and there was not one of the spectators who will ever forget the sight of Glenn Brown's little legs pounding down the field The salesmen's race was next and was won by E. J. Mc- Gee of Shearman Brothers company The free for all race was won by George Himebaugh. The final heat of winners was concluded with Bloomquist first, McGee second and Curtis third Next on the program was the best amateur baseball game JAMESTOWN SALESMEN S OUTI~G PARTY ON THE BOAT other photographs of the party" ere taken at the Colonnade. All then wpnt to the ball grounds, where athletIc games were started. The first was a tug of war between the manufac-turers' team of twelve men cap tamed by F. M. CurtIs and the salesmen's team of twelve men captamed by E. J. McGee. The manufacturers won thIS event more on account of the exceed-ingly heavy weight members of that team. The next event was the manufacturers' foot race, 25 con-testants bel11g entered ranglllg from the age of 18 years to 60 years. This was WOn by Mr. Bloomsuist of the Level FurnI-ever WItnessed. The manufacturers' team was captained by Lyle HImebaugh and the salesmen's by Glenn Brown. The feature of the game was Captain Brown's telephone calls to UmpIre H H. Roberts. The game ended in the manufacturers' favor by a score of 9 to 8. The battery for the manufacturers' was Bloomqmst and HImebaugh and for the salesmen, McGee and Swanson. The party then returned to the boat and the trip was made to Bemus Point where the banquet was served with the orches-tra playing throughout. This banquet was a credit to the boys. 4 rI 10 - - - ~~-~---~~~~~~--------------------, \\EF1.I\ \RTISL\:-, Hafner Fumiture Company ESTABLISHED 1873. 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers CATALOG UPON REQUEST Samples shown at Manufacturers' Furn- Iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. No. 3064 No 3064 Davenport.-~lze 78 1I1che" long ThIS Davenport IS of the old colo1llal "t} Ie upholstered pla1l1 seat back dnd arms Front of seat ha" a 1uffled honler The fi1l1l1g 1" of tow. 1110% dlHl eldstlc cotton felt top Tll1rt) SIX double cone spnngs, each "pllng "ecmely tied eIght tunes ]y\ hand con"tltute" the COlhtructlOn 1'hl" Davenport fmJ1l"hed elthel 1Il "elected nOIthem IJ11ch mahogaln hnhh 01 111 genulIJe quartel ed sdvved lldk fi1llsherl f?,olclen \\eettheled 01 Earh Enghsh \\ eIght packell, read) JOI "lllpment about 2jO 1h" Price No. 1 Leather $42.00 At the conclUSIon the p117e" fOl the lSames wele awarded r 1\1 Curtis recelvmg a 11Ice bIg JIl1C\ lemon for the tng ot \\ I'll J\1r Bloomqmst an automobtle WIth goggles, E J \IcGee a beautIful dIamond nng. D A Cm tIS a bouncll1g rubilel doll and Joseph HImebaugh, the booby pn7e of that somersault a beautiful cut glass punch bo\\ I WIth glasses The e\ enll1g ended WIth the dehghtful retUln tI Ip do\\ 11 the lake landIng at Celoron where the part} dl"embarked and took a specIal chaltered cal to Jamestowll \mo1H; the \ISlt-ll1g salesmen were E J l\Iackey of Los L\ng eles CahfOl J1Ia represent1l1g the Empu e Fm11lture Comapn) on the PaCIfic Coast, \\1 C Da\ IS of Phtladelphla, Pa, represent1l1!:; Barcalo l\1anufactunng Company of Buffalo, A C 130\\ man of Chl- !'ago, Ill, representllH; the Man el Fm11lture COm])dll} Thome" Crane of ,",pnng-field ITa"", leple"entlng the I[dd do'\: "I etble Compall\ dnd P I, C:;tlom of Rlookl) 11 leplt"cllt- II1g the \ C \OlqUl"t COmpdll\ dlld the L nlon l~mnlttlle Company 'salc"men of other I1I1e" pI esent \\ Cle ] led hottmelel and A J BI adstreet of Kew York, and II H Roberts ot Buftalo dnd John McLaren, bu} er for J \ \c1am & Compall\ Buf-falo one of the chIef guests The CalIfornia Cloth1l1g company, II1corporated In Ro-chester, New York on June 22 WIth $15,000 capItal WIll deal 111 fur11lture, glassware and clothIng The 111corporators are Samuel Ask111, J oseph1l1e Manne and Clarence S D111kelsplel all of Rochester, New York ... New Corporations H & \\ Basket Company, Manhattan, N. Y, capItal stock $1,000, WIllow, leed, rattan and rush baskets and other household artIcles Incorporators, Harry and Teresa Herz- IIch and Isak \iV el11man John L Rademacher Company, New York CIty, capItal stock $50,000, bedd111g, mattresses, pIllows, etc Incorporators, John L Rademacher, James HamIlton, FranCIS J Archer and others Kann Tradll1g Company, New York CIty. capItal stock $5,000, retad furmture. Incol porators, Emanuel Klem, LOllI:> C Hertz and N G Goldberger Boston Department Store Company, Bo"ton, l\Iass, capI-tal stock $jO 000. mercantlle PI eSldent, J a"on S BaIley, 61 S \iV asillngton "treet R IIo111lJ.n ComlMny, Chelscd, l\[a"" Cdj)ltvll "tock, ~nO,- 000 mClulltlle, Plc"lllcnt Rl1fth Holn1vln StOIC rt"\.ture" Company, Ke\\alk,K J, cdpltal "tack, $25,- 000 \\ aov\\ ork, office and store fixtures J ncorpOl atOl '0, Sell-del Ehlenktant7, l\Iorn" Greenberg, Leon Darban and Max Brown Amcncan Dlrect01Y Cabl11et Company, New York CIty, capItal stock, $25,000 cabmets for cltrectone", theaters, hotels, etc Inc01 pm atOl s, Eugene Inge Ashton Parker and AI thur o Frnst The way of the transgres"or I" hard, but most men seem to Itke a hard road \\ E E K L Y ART 1 SA K ~, - _-----------_ --------._._----------------------------------- II I IIII I III I I III f I IIII IIII IIII II II IIII Get Next to Mechanics Art in Plain Dress .... :.. :" :.~:..": : ...-...:.::.e ..e:.r..-.:-.;::<:.t·. ~....: ,..". :..:... ::~ .. ... . .. .. :t CHICAGO. 1319 Michigan Avenue. 3rd Floor. n'" •• '. ~ ... :: .. ::. NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE. Space 10. 6t~ iroo.::,: :'": .... VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS: MECHANICS FURNITURE I 6. ••••• _ Complete Suites for the Dining Room, Penod and Colomal De'lgns at Popular PrIo..e-; Full hne of MusIc Cabmets wIth Our Patent AutomatIc Shelves also for all bnds of Records 11 co., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS - ---- - ----_._.-._._.--._._._._.._.__._.,-------------------------------.-.-..-.-.-... -~ Recollections of Oakley Starkwather. ~ Master Salesman. } Many gaps have come mto the ranks of the fur111ture boy" \J m the years that have gone Few seasons roll around but that the "boy,," are saddened by the removal of some well known figure In the bu"me"s It ha" been a Harvey Beasley, a ]lm vVheelock, a JIm Shelle}, a George Stoddard, a George Dar- "to", a MIke Fahan, and now It IS an Oakley Starkwather Oakley vvdS one of the best known of the old bmers-not makmg qUlte so much nOlse as some of the other", but a suc-cessful saltsman, a congel11al compa1110n and always a gentle-man Some very lal g e deal" were engmeel ed by hun Some men dl e afraId to go after the bIg thmgs, others seem to he pIkers-and as Count Oppel 'lays, "T hate a plkd" Oakley Wd" dfter the bIg one" dl1d I" "a,d to hay e been m"tl umentdl m gett111~ the bl~ ~O\elnment COlltldct fOJ the Luce FUrl11tUlc Compan} Odkle} Wd" 11ldeed dn old bmel lIe came to Gland Raplcb hr"t t" enty } ear" dgO vvIth DIck Peclr!ecord of the old Decatur Ll1r111tl1re (ompdn) ctJ1d ne\ Cl mIssed a 'oea"on aftel that untd thIS one A bumh of tld\ehng fUll11tUIL salesmen sat dlound a table 111the MOl ton H Ol1se the other evenmg dlscussmg Oakley and talkIng about lal ge orders that have been placed m tunes past After some tIme one of the party spoke up and "ald he thought the palm would probably go to Starkwather If all the orders could be recorded so that they mIght be seen It was the good fortune of Mr Starkwather once to take an order for $1,000,000, and so far as known It 1" the largest order f01 wood work e\ el taken The contI act v\ as made about seven years ago wIth the S111gel SewIng Mach111e Company, and was for 200,000 ca"e" of one pattern Mr Starkwather made a deal wIth John \\ Iddlcomb of the John ,\'lddlcomb Com-pany to buJ!d the cases fhat gentleman purchased the then Idle plant of the Kent Ii'l1rl11ture Company, and \\ a<, about three years and a half complet111g the order The contract was made 111the name ot Mr Starkwdther, and was found carefully presen ed 111a safety depOSIt bOA along wIth some stocks, bonds and other valuable papers '1 he wood work111~ plant of the S111ger company IS located 111South Bend, Tnd and IS saId to be one of the larg est of ItS k111d 111the worU ] udges say that all the furl11ture factone" 111Grand RapIds could find space un del ItS roofs The bl11ld111g" conta111 about fifty-fi\ e acres of floor space In thl" Immen"e fact01y dre madc all the ca"c" u"ed by thc company 1t ha" to be In d pOSItIon to supply the den1dnd fhe branches draw on the South Bend plant for theIr ca"e", Just as one bank draws on anothel for money About seven years d~O the company who \\ el e then OCCUpy111g a comparatl\Teh "mdll plant 111South Bend, deCIded to Cled thIS ma111moth affaIr There could be no let-up 111 the fur111"h111g of cases, and so the company began 100k111g around for someone to budd some for them whde the btllld111g and mov111g were g0111g on Mr Starkwather was fortunate enough to learn of the condlbons, went after the contract, and landed It The Amencan MIll and Lumber company wJ!1 engage in the manufacture of fur111ture at Eugene, Oregon. 12 \\ E E K L ): ~_._-~----~------------- ----_._. -- _ ... --_._._._.------------_._._._----_._~---------- ARTI5:JA..\ VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVE1~,F?ORT BEDS :.:..:. :.:'.,:,..':.,.:.::,.:.::.,.:I~.i.tfitE...~.~RkET " ~e\~i1ft;;J ie.Jgh:~;Y~s aii;~~I~~:rirlces and made to gIve satIsfactIOn Don't mIss ~(,"~rng·t"o··~eethe Ime, It Will pay you III --~_..-----_._-----~------'-'~-_._._.-----'---_.--_._-~. --._._._- ------~ Parlor Furniture Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. Couches Leather Rockers t THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. ..-----_ .. ------_._--- Old English Furniture. "An IntroductIOn to Old Enghsh FurnIture," b\ \\ E Mallett IS a book of especIal Interest for the study of sty 1es and theIr evolutIOn BegInnIng WIth the Tudor and 5:Jtuart "ohd oak and walnut furnIture, the dIfferent "n les al e clts-cussed In detaIl The next penoel, that of the Dutch Influence, followed from 1670 to 1710 The earh Han-overian penod was from 1715 to 1750 ThIS wa" fol-lowed by the classIc revIval, the second penod of Enghsh veneer, 1770 to 1820 Style" of furnIture suc-ceed each other In waves In the 1udor penod al-most everythIng was made of sohd wood and though the decoration vaned, the whole of thIS soll'1 v,ork \\ a'3 dependent rather on form than color for It" effect Later thIS 'va'3 "uc ceeded by a tIme In whIch, dunng the Dutch Influence, e\ el)- thIng wa'3 veneered and form, to a certaIn eAtent became subservient to color The earl) Hano\ ellan penod \\ a" a returnIng caused by the introductIon of mahogany, to sohd work, and once more form, In"tead of color, \\ as rehed on to produce decoratIve effect About 1770 ta"te once more changed ThIS sohd furnIture was dlscal ded \ eneers of neh woods, gIlded anel even painted surface" agaIn a"serted the claIms of color, untIl the "ty1e from beIng \ aned and 10\ e1) became impractIcable and \\ a" I ep1aced b\ the \ el \ useful but clumsy sohd \\ork of earl) \-ILtonan day s These altel atlOns from the use of form for the attaInment of beauty in the sohd furnIture to the use of color for that purpo'3e in the veneered and paInted are the keynote of every change Each mode of decoratIOn at the tIme it was abandoned seemed .. to hay e exhausted the resources whIch were contaIned In It of further development, but after beIng superseded by a n\ a1 method of constructIOn for a long tIme It returned and achIeved another success, developIng fresh forms of beauty, and suc-cumbIng to Its r1\ a1 as soon as It showed sIgns of staleness In the earl) penods of Enghsh furnIture, European woods, oak \\ a1nut and elm were almost exclusively used, oak plain and sohd or "hght1y InlaId, WIth sycamore and yew beIng maInly employed The most elaborate and beautiful work In oak dates from the end of Ehzabeth's tIme to nearly the end of Charles II Later It was used In place of more costly woods Few fine oak pIeces for receptIOn rooms are found later than 1680, though In the reIgn of George HI a great deal of nice \\ork vvas made Mahogany then became :.0 cheap In pnce that It supplanted oak The GothIC Influence was apparent In the early specimens of thiS style, later the Itahan Influence crept In Carving was the pnnclpa1 decoratIOn, Inlays of sycamore and later panelling "uperceded carvmgs The Dutch Influence began to be felt about 1670, when 'eneenng became popular Inlay:. ",ere used. Panels were used, begInmng about 1700 on surfaces of cross-cut walnut or laburnum, so arranged as to produce oyster or shell designs, takIng the place of the more ornate marquetry Many of the cabInet" and escnt01res of thiS descnption are very happy in theIr tone of C0101, and produce somewhat the general effect ot fine old leather \\ ork The furmture of the earl) Hanovenan penod was almost the most ueautlful and satIsfactory In the whole history of WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,- --- .. j Michigan I 13 .--- .- .~ Furniture Company I ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Manufacturers OJ CHAMBER FURNITURE in Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak. Odd Dressers in BIrch and ImitatIOn Mahogany. The best goods for the price on the market. Write for prices. ~-- _. - _ .... ------- English furlllture It began 111 the edrltest .}ears of the eighteenth century, and was e\ olved "ery gradually from the precedmg style, many of the forms muse 111the reIgn of Anne penetrat111g far into that of George III Mahogany was then for the first ttme imported 111large quanttttes The Queen Anne style was unsUlted to mahogany In the use of the latter cabmet makers soon found that desIgns sUlted to English walnut would not do So ltghter forms were used, mOle open spaces, plercmg and carvmg V\ere 111dulged in Tables and chans were made WIth cabnole legs, WIth claw and ball or scroll feet, the shoulders bemg decorated WIth carved shells or acanthus leaf Bureaus WIth panelled or nl1rrored tops had been 111troduced m the latter part of Anne s reIgn The Hogarth secretanes had very beauttful and cunous pedllnents To the later Hanovenan penod, 1750 to 1775, Thomas ChIppendale and other well known desIgners belonged ChIp-pendale IS noted for hIs versatihty. He dIpped mto all sty les and everythmg he made bore an 111dlvldual stamp of hIS gelllus He borrowed from the French, Dutch, Chmese and the GothIC styles His fi111shed work always surpa;,;,ed hI" ongmal de-sIgn on paper Some of the finest thmgs, though they are Chmese or French 111a sense, are nevertheless first, ChIppen-dale In lookmg through hIs book one nottces that the work he produced was more fanCIful than the strong, dlg111fied fur-lllture made up to thIS ttme The most dlsttncttve character of his design is the lavish use of fretted carvmg and open pierced work as decoration, the former bemg generally ap-plted to the cornices of the larger pIeces, and to the frames of tables -----_. -_. _._._. ----- . ... .. .. . ..I The next change m styles of Engltsh furlllture corresponded to the slmJ1ar development of the LoUIS XV. and XVI The period of Classic Rev IvaI, 1770 to 1820, was called that on account of the discovery of Pompell, whIch made possIble true reproductIOns of old Roman classic work The Adam Bros, Hepplewhlte and Sheraton were the exponents of thIS style It was about 1760 that the importance of the desig111ng and makmg of every adjunct to a fine house was recogmzed The great arttsts devoted themselves to the paintmg of fine pIeces made by the desIgners Angelica Kauffman was one of them Furmture became very sumptuous for receptton rooms of dwelltngs Sat111V\00d, tuhp wood, ohve and light mahogany became very popular. Pamtmg on panels became qUIte general and was mostly employed on satmwood. Hep-plewhlte's furlllture was light and elegant Its pnnclpal beauty was m the shape and color, the draw111g and color were both emphaSIzed by bandlllgs of wood following the outlllle and contrastlllg in color with the rest of the pIece HIs furmture is SImple and practtcal Sheraton's work resembled that of hIs contemporaries, but was more onglllal A great variety of furmture was made by all of them The EmpIre style lllfluenced desIgners to the detnment of furmture The strong drawing of the early Hanovenan penod was lost W ritlllg tables became spmdley and unsteady, and so small as to be cramped. The book is Illustrated V\ith excellent drawings of the dIfferent periods and styles in English furniture showing the developments of each period for better or worse. 14 "" E 1~1, L \ \ l\ 1 1 '" \ " Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, cata-logues illustrating, pricing and describing the Quick Selling Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Association will be forwarded. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes. Wardrobes, Chlftonlers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in Imitation golden oak, piam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Foldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and LIbrary Cases. I THE CLOBE FURNITURE CO, t Manufacturers of SIdeboards m plam oak, ImItatIOn quartered oak and sohd quartered oak, Chamber SUItes, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIf-fOniers In ImItatIOn quartered oak, Imitation mahogany and ImitatIOn golden oak. THE BOCKSTECE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dinmg and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, WIre Springs and Cots. Made b) The Karges Furnilure Co \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN I III II III IIIIII II II, III ,I II f •t t,• II ,II I•f IfI IIIf I,II ,,• ,II III Made b\ Bockslege Furllllule Co. Made by Globe f< urmlme Co Made by Bockslege Furlllture Co Made by World Furllllure Co ----~-_._--...... ..- .. . ------ --_.._-.. PUBL.ISHED E:VERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPT'ION $1 eo PER YEAR IN ALL COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL Ur.ION $1 50 PER YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS. MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOIO THE WEEKLY ARTISAN Due respect for its readers requires the Michigan Artisan to explain why it has been changed from a semi-monthly to a weekly publication. The explanation IS not difficult. The material available for a monthly or semi-monthly furniture journal is divided among fifteen or twenty publications. Any-thing in the line of news must be stale before it can be used in a monthly or semi-monthly, therefore the supply of good material is limited and it is difficult fOl each and all to obtain exclusive or original matter. For a weekly the supply of mate-rial is much greater-the field is not crowded or overworked. News matter can be used in a weekly before it becomes stale, and with advantage and benefit to both readers and pubhshers. Confronting these conditions the publishers of the Artisan decided to abandon the semi-monthly field, where from neces-sity it was obliged to devote much space to discussions of economic subjects and trade topics, and enter the weekly field, where the paper can be filled with live news matter, thus making it more valuable and much more interesting to readers. The end of the first \Iv eek 111the Grand RapIds mal ket fine" all of the exhIbIts complete Even those who never get then goods to market in time to be hsted 111the BUlld111g Dnec-tories are ready at thIS wnt111g. All of the ExhIbItion BuIld-ings, with the exceptIOn of the Leonard BuIld111g, have been compelled to refuse admisSIOn to a number of manufacturers whose apphcatIOns were receIved after the mIddle of June The Leonard Build111g thIS season shows but one hne-that of the Brown & SImonds Co of Somerville, Mass ThIS ex-hIbIt IS prov111g a strong draw111g card, first, on account of the excellence of the hne of d111111gtables there dIsplayed. and second, on account of the fact that the company has per-fected a patented lock111g devIce, also a patented knock-down construction whIch appeals very strongly to both the furl11ture dealer and to dil11ng table makers Mr Leonard has receIved calls from a number of manufacturers who contemplate show- 111gtheIr exhibIts 111hIS bUIld111gnext January The number of outsIde exhIbItors showing 111the Grand RapIds market this season IS larger than ever before The market acquiSItIOns 111the way of new hnes are 111the ma111of the better medmm-grade-such lines as the furniture trade naturally assign to the Grand Rapids market Needless to say that the exhIbIt as a whole constitutes by far the most com-plete exposItIOn of furl11ture ever shown PractIcally every department of furl11ture mak111g IS represented 111such a way as to completely cover the sub1ect The separatIOn of the exhIbIts 111tothe classes of goods shown discloses the follow- 111gnumber of exhIbItors Chamber FUIl11ture 42 KItchen Fur11lture 4 Chans and Rockers 26 LIbrary Furl11ture 41 Com ertible Furl11ture 5 Metal Furl11ture 6 D111111gFur11lture 27. Morns and Recl111111gChaIrs 6 Fancy Fur11lture 11 MISSIOn Fur11lture 7 Fancy Tables 11 Office FurnIture 6 Hall Fur11lture 6 Summer and Porch Furniture 6 Upholstered Furl11ture 11 MIscellaneous and novelty hnes about 25 ThIS enumeratIOn does not take into consIderatIOn the dIf-ferent kInd'i of goods made by many manufacturers except 111 the case of LIbrary 1< url11ture ThIS table practically amounts to count111g only one l111eof goods to each manufact-urer \;\Then It IS remembered that there are many hnes shown whIch embrace two or more kinds of goods, It wIll readIly be seen that 111fact there are many more exhIbIts in the vanous k111ds of furnIture than the figures enumerated above ThIS computatIOn I'i entIrely exclUSIve of the l111esmade 111Grand RapIds In refel ence to the Grand RapIds hnes, It can truth-tully be saId that the usual progre'is has been made, and that the manufacturers have demonstrated theIr abIbty to cont111ue the hot pace whIch they have heretofore mainta111ed. The fact that the open111g day of the season was four days later than It was a year ago seems to have proven perfectly satisfactory to all concerned A companson of the number of buyers whIch attended the exposItIOn last year and thi::. indI-cates that the attendance tor the penod before the 'Fourth of July thIS year wIll aggregate about the same for numbers as It dId last year, when thIS penod was four days longer. The four days' conceSSIOn on the part of Grand Rapids manu-facturers 111the opemng date wIll no doubt be the means of afford111g consIderable economy to the outsIde exhIbitors, as It shortens the pellod of expense by about one-eIghth. A good many of the out"Ide exhibItors have evidently come to the conclUSIOn that the bus111ess whIch they have heretofore taken from the buyers who come to market before the Fourth of July has not ]u;,tified the expense 111cident to 100k111gafter thIS part of the bus111ess, consequently a rather large number of manufacturers made no effort to get theIr hnes ready before July 1, and very few of them are due to arnve 111Grand Rapids until the fifth of July QUIte a number of salesmen dId not arrn e on the scene untIl July 1 Quickness is a valuable asset for a business man, but quick-ness should be preceded by certainty. The way to win trade IS usually a deliberate, earnest, solid sort of progreSSIOn. First see the thing you aIm at and then go after it quickly l\lanufacturers of upholstered furmture compla1l1 of the dIffi-culty of obtaining and keeping upholsters on account of the steady growth of the automobl1e industry. Why not petition congress to remove the alien laws on upholsterers? WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 ---------------------- - . -----_._----_._--_ ..-----. .. ..-- .- .- -----. I Sligh's Select Styles Sell and Satisfy Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom [ MedIum and Fme QualIty ] Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE co. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-_._---------------------_._--- ----- ..-- .-------------------------- .... Furniture Notes and News. A modern hotel wtll be erected III Cortland, Arizona. Alfred Johnson, a dealer in furniture in Sun Prairie, Wis., IS deceased. Macey Brothers have engaged III the sale of furmture at Yamhill, Ore. Andrew Carnegie has contributed ten thousand dollars toward the erectIOn of a lIbrary at EI Centro, Cal The Johnson Chair Manufacturing Company succeeds the Johnson Chair Company III Chicago The St. Manes, Idaho, Furlllture Company will soon take possession of a new store buildmg erected for their use. Bowden Brothers, furlllture and groceries, Brownwood, Texas, suffered a loss of $7,000 by fire recently Insurance $4,000 The Elks of Santa Barbara, Cal, will erect a lodge and club house, the Masons of Roswell, N. 'vV , a temple for the Masolllc order. It is reported that Corbett & Vangreason of Roff, Oklaho-ma, have filed a petition in bankruptcy. Their assets are estimated at $2,000 The foundation walls for a new furniture factory at Guth-rIe, Oklohoma have been laid and the superstructure will be completed with all dispatch The manufacture of furniture IS to be revived in Youngs-town, OhIO, by the stockholders of the Forsythe Pattern Com-pany. The factory has been shut down snce the panic of 1907. Frank Sheridan of Cleveland and other out-of-town capltahsts are interested in the reorganizatIOn. Chairs and furniture specialties will be manufactured. The Empire Furlllture Company, under the management of Bert McCloud have opened a stock of furnture III Monte-rey Cal. Goods wIll be sold on the lllstallment plan. The Mendlan (MIss) Furniture Company which has been shut down for several months, has resumed operatIOn. Ad· dltIonal capital wIll be employed and the factory enlarged. A report from LOUIsvIlle, Kentucky, represents that the Albin Company manufacturers of furmture, have filed a peti tIon in bankruptcy with lIabilItIes amountlllg to $17,139.48 The Standard Chair Company of Evansville, Ind , has been reorganized under the directIOn of F. J Reitz A factory has been leased and busl11e"s Will be resumed In the near future W tllIam Hartenstein, doing busl11ess 111 Youngstown, OhIO, under the name of the Grand Rapids Furlllture Com-pany IS clOSing out and wtll retire from bUSIness on account of ill health Work has resumed on the U S. Grant hotel In San Diego Cal. It Will cost SIX hundred thousand dollars. Traveling salesmen VISlt1l1g that CIty should bear 111 mmd the fact that furniture WIll be required for this house The New York burlap market IS reported qUIet-almost lIfeless. OWl11g to good prospects for the new Jute crop In IndIa lower prices are expected and buyers are inclined to postpone all orders except those necessary to meet present demands. SUGGESTIONS BY MR. WEGNER Methods of Paying Salesmen, One Line a Year and the Advertising ~fanagement. D 1\1 1\ el:;ner, of \\ egner Brother", who offered anum ber of tOpIC" dt the begmn1l1g of last "ea"on whIch brought out some \ er) helpful talk;, on the part of dealer;, 111all part-> of the cOl111tr} '3ald he had been so hu,,} \'11th a h\ ely sprmg and "ummer season that he had not had tnne to gl\ e to th111k- 111gup new tOpIC;' Still hI" suggestlOn" of 1d"t "ea"on \\ lth the resultant dlscu,","lOn;, hMI Leen hlghl) henehClal to h1111and he beheved he had a few thoughts to advance tal the con-templat10n of hIS fellow dealer;, II h1ch mIght he mutua11} lJene ficla1 "The bIg men 111thc ..,ell111gend at the i Ull11t1.11e game those connected \\ 1th the fdct011e", "aJ(l Ilr \\ eg Ilel \\ or k almost eAc1usl\Tely upon a commlS'olon bd">l:-> I knOll ot olle man tra\elmg from thl" Cl1\ \\ho IS currently lep01ted to ha,e an mcome of $lX,OOO a ) edl from hIS \'lark He a","'uredl} 1" a bIg money maker, \\ hethel the $18,000 IS the actual figUl e 01 not Now thl'3 IS a man \\ ho IS placttcalh 1111msl11ess f01 h111 self, and neIther he nor any other man 111hIS c1a"s II auld con- SIder f01 one moment a straIght salary oftel Lil"e the man ufacturers sell111g forces thIS comml"S10n bas1s 1'0becom1l1g a more genel a1 thmg WIth the 1etader deale1 s who a1e conc1uct111g houscs of any S1ze and especIally 1:'>thIS true of tho"e \\ ho do d general house furm'oll1ng busl11ess It I;' true \\ 1th us dm1 as I all11 to keep m touch \\lth all that affects m) Ime of 1HI"- mess I know It to be tI ue of a large percentage of fellO\\ dealers. "Nelthcr myself or others :'>0far a'3 I knO\\ depend saleh upon the comm1""1On baSI" fOl the I emuneratlOn at Oul se1Img forces The stI a1ght comm1,,'lOn 1" confined to se\ el al of our 111gh grade salesmen, the top notchers as 1t were They ha\ e the call upon all bus111e"s whIch comes to the store The) would no more thlllk oi accept111g a "d1ar) 01 ..,ald!) and commIssIon than would the h1g Sell111g agent" of the mdl1l1- facturers whIch IS the text for thIS talk Othe1 s at our men are upon a "alaI \ and COllllll1""10n lJa"J", the JOll11e1 bClI1g JIl the naturc of a gua1antee to care for then 11\111g c\.pense:'> whde thev are buhehng up a chentele whICh \\ dl make the "tra1ght C0111m1%1Onthe UlOle profitdh1e .stdl othel.., an 1 they naturally the beg111ners of unknown db1htv 111thc selhllg hne are gettmg the straIght salary 0:"ow thIS offers a tOpIC for (om1del at10n on the part of m\ fellow 1etad furl11t1.11e dealers and home f1.11m"her:,>m partIeu1a1 "How do you pay yom salesmen, sa1ar) and comm1S"10n 01 ..,tra1ght COJl1Jlllss1On) L pon \\ hat ba"Js do } au figure that comm1SS1On and what \ olume of sales "hou1d a capable. average salesman t1.11n111tOthe store In the cour"e of a year) \\ h1ch do you con'3lder the mo"t effectIve way of produc111g busll1es" and whIch the mo..,t vdluable to the sdle'3man, the customer and the house) "I believe a lot of mtere.,tmg and 'aluable mformatIon can be adduceQ through th1" selle" at que~tlOn'i I belIeve the really efficient salesman WIn rehsh any change m bU'3mes" methods whIch \\ oull1 eIther gn e h11n d straIght commlSS1On, a'oslllmg propel compemat10n for hIS trade pullmg ablhty or at least the com1111S"lon \11th a faIr guraantee to tIde over th,c dull months of the year The drones would not care for an} such change but the hve man who IS of value to the house and to hU11'3elf cel taml) II ould In m) opmlOn ThIS behef 1" h<hecl upon m) 0\\ n pel "anal expenence \nothel tOpIC may not finu favor m some quarter", the quen a" to ho\\ many dealer'i are favorable to one hne a year It JS not absolutely essentIal there should be but one sale a year although I do th111k thIS would he ohnoxJOus to the man-ufactll1 ers and the t1 ade at large Each) ear It IS becommg mOI'e appa1 ent the retaI1 sellmg sea-on IS largely confined to the fall anu hohday penoel WIth the buymg m the "pnng months bec0111111gles" and Ie"" vV1th but one Ime a year the dea1el \\ ho tJe" up hIS money m stock has a much longer penod 111\\ h1ch to dIspose of the goods It IS true the styles ha \ e shO\, n 410 I ad1cdl change" for a number of years past but thel e IS no tellmg when the} wIll do so and WIth radIcal chan~e.., hahle to C0111etWIce a }edr we should rather have our ,'\ 01k cut out for u:-> "In Gl and RapIds the CIVIC"p111t of progress IS uppermost In the m111ds of an 11\ e cItIzens The CIVICreVIval of a year dgO ha" been an awakcmng factor for the commumtIes of the entlfe country \"\ e ha\ e taught others through our own 1110\e111ent man) thmgs whIch WIll serve to make the re:'>- pectl\e cItIes hetter places m \"hlch to lIve \Ve can Just as 1 cacl1h leal n ft 0111other" as they £lom us dnel I should hke to hale the dealer" quenec1 as to what IS takmg place along such lmes In the11 0\\ n home" and how the11 C1tl7cns vIew the fO! \\ al cl mo\ emell t " \lh eJ tJ,",lJl~ I" ah\ d) '3 a hve tOpIC no matter how much It lIas becn d1"'Cll"..,ed III the pa"t The u"e of cui'> 1'3becol11mg mOl c and more a most Important Item in att! actmg the at-tentIon of the lonsumel to \\ hat you have to after It IS my c'\.penencc that "tacK cuts are of lIttle if any value You 111U.,tpI esent a cut VI hlch is the fac sl11111eof the goods you ha\ e for ~ale and when} au get the customer 111 the store don't trv to sell hIm Just as good, but be prepared to gIve hll11 the gooch vou have adverbEled dnd Illu:'>trated and at the pnce pro- 111l--eel Your aeh II t1Sl1l~ matter must be dependable, 1t must bl ab"olutlll truthful The only permanent busll1es'3 IS buIlt lip on "quare c1edlm~ and absolute honesty Thl" apphes lu"t a~ fulh to \ am alh e1tlsmg matte1 as It doe., to \Ollr spoken 1\ ord f01 the del, e1tISll1g dec1dratlOn IS the \ o'ce of the housc dnc1 h "0 taken h\ the 1earler I should hke to know ho\'l mam dea1e1" a1e US111g'3tock cuts for IllU'itratlOn and ho\\ mam are spend1l1g money for the cut'i that repesent the ac-tual goods they are offering upon any occasion "I belIe\ e that Jf you get answers to all of these you wdl have hrought out a lot of op11110ns and expresslOns dunng the "eason whIch wl1l pro\ e of hIgh value to the trade of the \\ E E h L 1: i\ RTIS ~ 1\ r-------- ----_._._._------------------------- _----------------------------- -- . Il II IIII II ••I III III I I.._----------------------------------- ------.--- The season for banquets IS now here Our Banquet Table Top IS just the thing for banquets. country ThIs I take It IS the mISSIon of the Dally ArtIsan-Re-cord for I know It has brought thlOugh ItS lllterV1e\\" III the past a lot of mformatlOn valuable to my-;elf dnd m) brother dealers" Heavy Sales of Lodge ~Furniture One pecuhar thlllg about the busllle'os conchtlOns of the past ) ear and a half 01 two year-; 1" the fact that the 1e seems to ha \ e been no let-up III the bullchng of 10dfSe houses f01 fra-terndl and benevolent SOClet1e" Lodges seem to ha \ e flOUl- 1shed hke the pnn erL1al £;1een hay tree The Masons, Elks, KnH~hts of PythIa", Odd Fello\\ sand 'oC01es of frdternal lllsurance "oClelles hay e been lllCreaS1l1g by leaps and bounds As a 1e-;ult the bUllchng of homes to house those bodIes has been "ometh111g a'otounchng All hay e had to hay e furl11ture, and man) a factory ha" been kept bom£; by Its 01der'o for lodge furmture The old hou"es ale st1l1 at It, \\hlle many a new RIchmond 1" III the runl11ng Among the mo<;t 1ecent to ~---------------------------------------- ..... Sh61huvill6 D6Sk 60. SHELBYVILLE, IND. MANUFACTURERS OJ<' = OFFIGE = FURNITURE, WrIte for latest catalogue ..-~-~~._._.------------------------------------------- ~----_._._._._------------... OUR LARGE NEW LINE OF CIty Salesroom. 4th floor, Blodgett BId g. III I III IIII .- I .. DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prIces and qualIty are consIdered. Stow & Davis Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -----_._._._._. _. _. -_._._._._._. _._.-_.------.-. ente1 the hst 1'0the Ford and Johnson Company of ChIcago, who secured the contract f01 the new ~cottI<;h RIte Temple at n Ii\, ayne, Tnd The Stebb1ns & \Vllhelm Company 1<; al"o dOln£; 'oomethmg along thIS Ime, whlle dll the old hou"e" a1e \ ery dctn e Amon~ these dre the Rettlllg Furn1tUl e Company, S Ka1pen and Bro::" L \V OU ),Ianufactunng Company. A B & E L Sha\\ Company and others Bes1de the regula1 regaha houses who bulld furl11ture, dre M C L1lle) and COmpdn) of Columbu". Hender'oon Ames and Com-pan) dnd Ihllllg BlOthe1s &. E\e1a1d of Kdlama7oo, and other" "\lVe'll get It for you," "ays the salesman to the custome1, when asked for an artIcle not 111stock That's the way to talk It sounds good It shows the customer that here IS a store wh1ch may not be as large as some, but whIch lacks none of the faC1ltties for secullng whatC\ er the custome1 may deSIre It cult1vates confidence and 111sp1res respect It 1Sthe way to do ------------------------------------------~ IIII II IIIII II I I II I . • • •• .• _4 19 .'-" 20 \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN FROM THE NEW LINE OF NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN ". ... - ...-- ---------- - -- ..... - . '" --.- - -------~ We offer you 500,000 feet of Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer to select from, personally if you wish. We cut to size, when desired, I Yellow Poplar ~ Birch Crossbanding and have log run widths and lengths always in stock. Did you ask for Poplar and Gunl Drawer Bottoms We have them, machine dried. And the Old Reliable Irish ~ Land leI Glue Imported and always in stock. Walter Clark Veneer Company II 535 Michigan Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I ....... - _. ---- .. ... .... ...... ----.. . . . ....... . ... ... ... _.. ----...-.-.---. ...... ..... t 21 22 \\ EELL\ SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Selling Methods Changing. Nothmg warms the cockles of the a, erage keen buslnl'-,'-, man's heart so much as to take up a pi 0po~ltlOn m a snapp), Impersonal, expedient way with a keen man" ho knm' s "hat he IS talkIng about and keeps his ,-"old close to the 1Ine and "ho gets up and goes when a defil11te result IS I cached, and who makes no attempt to "play" him personally The jI1stant that a man begins to use 111':;goo Q,'oo e) es 111';bunch ot loke--- and his "magnetism" to land an 01del, and 1.1 les the ma£; 1- clan's tnck of dlvel tlng attention fl0m the 1 eal, halll, mattel-of- fact Issue, that instant he start;, resentment 111the m1l1d of your keen, level-headed bus1l1ess man The whole scheme of salesmanship IS rapidly ch'l!1£;lnc; m thIS country, along these l111es That tI achtlOn of the last half century, the Jovial, St01y-telhng, entel ta1l1111g cal etull'. dressed dl ummer who meandered ll1S snl1hng way ft om town to town and blabbered hiS gel11al '" ay mto the hearts of the trade, is now fast becommg only a trachtlOn HIS place IS be-ing taken by the snappy, al gumentat1\ e sClentlficall'. tramed OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EXTENSION TABLES ARE BEST MADE BEST FINISHED VALVES All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Slock LENTZ TABLE co. NASHVILLE, MICH. tech11lcally expert salesman £lom "hom the trade aLtuJ.lly leal ns somethll1g fhe old mednt that a busll1e'-,s man 1 arely sa \\ salesmen unless he had time to waste or to be amused 01 ",I" 1.1 Ilkcd 111tOg 1\ Inc; ,l!1 1I1tervlew-now the keen hUS1I1ess man \\ c1lolllee, ,I lh,lnle to gl\ e a httle tunc to the keen qles-man \\ ho Cdn tell h1l11 someth1l1g new But he doesn't want ,my "good-fellow" paLlver passed out to 111m, he does not call' hm' the salesman looks, he has no time for Jokes or gOSSip, and no patience \\;Ith chplomatlc "magnetic" eflorts to play on IllS hohby 01 hiS va11lty The ne" 1) OIga11lzed \iVabash, Indiana, Cab111et company Ilds purlhased the plant of the old corporatIOn paymg $75,- 000 tOl the same '\ mortgage on the plant to secure a bond I%ue amountll1g to $200,000 has been filed Cl'. de L Kmg, formerly assoClated wlth]\l[ N Bllll1g~ 111 the turmture bus1l1ese, at ChJ111cothe, OhIO, has entered the emplo) of Pansh & Company, Columbus, OhIO ._~---_._---., I IIIIIIIII •I •II II II I III III I __________________ ~ _.....l.II ,,..-_._~----~------------------_._--- -~------- I,I I• •I,I ,II IIII II , I I~ . ..-_._.~---- WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE NO. 1018 BY SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 23 EDUCATING EMPLOYERS. At a recent meeting of a manufacturers' assoClatlOn a mem-ber, who is an employer of ~IX thou~al1d hands, saId "Outside of a few hIghly-standardIzed 111dustnes, I am con-vinced from statements by expert accountants and sY'item-atizers, and by my own observatlOn, that the productn e capacity of mechanics and laborers IS fully one-tlllrd belov\ what it could be under the leader'ihlp of effiCIent employ er'- and managers." If this i'i true, in any degree, It is not merely the personal affair of the manufacturer It IS a publIc calamIty, not only for the waste involved 111mIsdirected energy, but 111 the poor traimng receIved by young men who ~tart on theIr Careel'i 111 such establishments One of the foremost busll1es~ ,-ystematlzels. \\ ho has 111the last twenty years pulled scores of ~mall manufactunn~ and lPmmercial men out of ruts and started them upon the ne" road of efficient development, emphatIcally a'iserts that "The fact that a mechanIc or a store clerk has sa\ ed a lIttle money and started a bus111e'i'- tor hIm'ielf IS no 111dlcatlOn whatever of his abIlIty to do bU'i111e'3" Very often he knows nothIng but illS U'A< n partIculai '>peclalty The Important matters of efficIent equIpment, effectn e control of men. de-tailed accountIng and advanced method'i of advertrs111g anO sellmg br'ing entrrely beyond hIS knowledge and often be} ond his comprehenslOn Many such men meet with what may be called sucCess because It IS not absolute faIlure They hold their own because of tremendously hard work and grinding economy; but they are by no means gettIng the besl results out of themselve'i or their capItal or the men \\ 110 \\ Olk for them, because they don't know how" What IS often estImated as success is, In realIty, rank ulure when the opportunIties are taken Into conslderatlnn !,_ storekeeper In a small town had sold about the same lme 'f g-oods, and by the same methods for nearl} thIrty year'- 'lis total accumulation was the store and a resIdence; a Sl' trained m hIS father's ways must be mcluded Twenty mIle'i away ",as a larger town to which many shoppers went when they required a greater choice of goods than they could find at home Then a department store was opened by two bnght young graduate" of a great city store In two years they controlled the trade, kept the shoppers at home, and cleaned up a larger net profit than the old storekeeper had made IP his entire business career A manufactUler of picture frame moldings, employmg about one hundred hands, always lost hIS temper when his drummer called his attentUll1 to any new deSIgns or new material which he found on the road "I'm not paying you to tell me what to make!" he would exclaim petulantly; "I'm paying you to sell what I make" Of course this independence extended to his factory He was using old-fashlOned heavy shaftmg and pulleys, and wasting power, and much of his machinery was out of date. Production there was easily thirty to forty per cent below ItS pOSSIbility It IS In manufactunng, rather than in distnbutlOn, that wasteful, ineffiCIent methods cause a loss to the whole country. as well as to the owner of the factory. The man who IS burning five tons of coal where four tons would do the work is wasting a natural resource. The employer who secures only seventy or eighty per cent of the possible productivity of his employees I~ caUSIng as great a loss to the natron as the farmer who raIses only fifteen bushels of wheat to the acre on land \\ hlch could yield twenty-five bushels. Intensive farming IS attractmg the WIdest attentlOn and the most urgent encour-agement; but mtensive manufactunng IS a term whIch the \\ nter has never yet seen m print, not heard, except from piofesslOnal business systematizers StIll, It IS being practiced In many of the larger plants, and the dIrectors of others are bemg constantly aroused to the pOSSIbIlIties of far greater output from expenSIve eqUIpment than they are now obtaIning. To secure thIS an expert me-chaIncal engIneer IS sometImes called In He WIll probably rearrange the entire plant, so as to faCIlItate the handlIng of material He may also regulate the speed of machines, and thus effect large saVIngs III the amount of power used. Some-tImes, again, an expert accountant is engaged, who devises a system of detal1ed shop-accounting which WIll indicate, InfallIbly, leakages as well as profits And agaIn, a factory "ystematIzer may be secured who WIll mtroduce methods of paYIng hands by pIece work. or bonus systems which WIll encourage stronger, steadIer and more Intelhgent effort In fact. It IS on labor that by far the greatest gam has been made m large plants a twenty to forty per cent mcrease m output, Vii lthout an) Increa~e of labor cost, hemg no uncommon result of the mtroductlOl1 of ~cIentIfic and broad-minded wage systems The introduction of these specialists or educators mto a manufactunng orgamzation means nothmg more nor less than the educatIon of the executIves m new and ad\ anced methods ,... . ._~~-----~---~ Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GHO. SPRATT f5 co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. :No. 592. \\ L h ~ L Y ~---------_.._- ...--------------_ ... III••• II III I \R"IIS\K 25 ---------------------_ ....---------------------------------~ RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" -the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND, INDIANA •I I -------------------------------------- ...-----------------------------_ ..-._----~ I '--------- -lll llltenSl\ e manufactunng. But very often the efforts III thIs dlrectlOn are nulhfied by the antagomstIc attitudes of the pt.pds. An engmeer of hIgh reputatIOn, but whose prac-tice for some years has consIsted almost entirely of developmg higher efficiency m eqUlpment and men, makes a statement regardmg hIS expenence which IS here presented 111 his o~ n words' "The modern shop or mdu'itnal orgamzatlOn IS an evolu-tion from the pnm1tIve shop of one hundred years ago, m whIch the maste1 wa'i supreme SlmJlar organizatlOn eXIsted m the allTIleS and navIes, all of these belllg lme orga11lzatlOns "Pilotage fir"t, and later steam, forced the 'itaff as an ad- Junct to the hne upon "ea-golllg ve<;'iels It wa'i \ on YIoltke'" greatest claim to tdme that he forced staft "kill on the Pn1s<;lan hne and demonstrated that It would work" "Amen can and other mdustnal enterpnses are, as yet, deficient in staff \Vhde real staff does not dIsplace lme, It knows, momentanly, more than the lllle; the pilot bemg an example No pdot can force a captalll to enter any given port, but", hen the captalll deCldes to enter that pOlt, he must, for the time, defer to the staff 'ik111of the pJlot a" to what channel he 'ihall follow "Most managers m shops and othe1 mdustnal undertakings have not grasped this Idea of staft hm1tatlOn", staff scope and staff authonty. They resent the assumptlOn that any staff member can know more than they do about theIr own busi-ness They object to his exerc1smg any authonty, and even when th1" authonty IS exerClsed, as It often can be through the lllle offiClals, the later 1e"erve to themselves the nght to pass on the value and practIcab111ty of staff requests "Lllle managers, as a rule, OWlllg to their m1Stlllderstandlllg of staff methods and staff conventions, cannot get over the Idea that there IS personal disgrace to them"elves III adm1ttlllg that anyone else can produce better results; personal dIsgrace III acceptIng any man's plans; partIculady personal dIsgrace III allowmg hettel re'iults to follow the apphcatlOn of these plans "Some of m} personal expenences are a<; follows, each one referring to a different plant '1 T wa'i appomted pre"ldent's assistant m a plant manu-factU1mg a speCIalty which was ne", to me The local man-ager remarked to hIS men that It would not take hun long to 'make a monkey of thIS butter-m ' "2 After an mten 1e~ WIth the board at directors and offiCials, at whIch the pos'olbdlty of a twenty-five pel cent reductlOn 111co"t was outlmed, the supenntendent 1emal ked 'It WIll be a gleat dl'igTace to u" If we allo~ any such re'itlIt to be atta111ed by tim, man' "3 I ",as appomted on the pres1dent''i staff The man-ag er under hIm y\atched for any hlllts and 111stantly put mto effect changes before deta1l'i could be conSIdered "4 I ~as on the Hce plesldent'" staff The 'iupermtend-ent under lum-wlth an office fiye hundred nule" away-ob-jected to any sugge"tlOn of mme to any worke1 as to the angle at whIch a tool ou~ht to be ground or set, unless my 1ecommendatlOn had first been submItted to hIm m wntmg and approved offiClally That th1" would have taken several month'i, and m mo"t ca'ies hay e been refused, and that the thousand W10ng method'i could never hay e been corrected m th1'i manner YVd.'; a small nutte1 to hIm. compared to the ap-parent afflOnt to hIS "Upl emacy "5 ;\ supenntendent v\ho;-,e 'ihop method ... we were e'\.- peeted to reorga111Le stated, In conference, that hiS ldea of the proper way to effect betterment was to gn e hIm a g ene1 al ldea of what was wanted and let him "elect asslstants and determine what method 'ihould be adopted, and how they should be 111stalled "6 Some cases are almost pathetiC "\ manager had been at the head of a plant fOI twenty yea1 s For the same output I recommended a reductIOn In force of twenty per cent He said that he would take thIS 1ecommendatlOn under adv1 'ie-ment; that he dId not th111k we understood the conditIons; that he was responsIble, that he would have to be shown first Nothmg was done for seve1 al weeks \\ e were then gIven authonty by the pre;-'ldent of the company to act, and the force was rapJ(ll} reduceel forty per cent, the pi om1;-,ed economle ... were effected, the manager ",vas dIscredIted, and now hiS su-penor officers a1e wondenng how many hundred thousand dollars the firm lost dunng the twenty years of the supenn-tendent's control The supermtendent did not play hIS own 26 II EEKL\ \RTISA)J FurnIture Bu) er:o and the l\Iach111e 1\ hlch Cal ned 1hem trom II a"hlllgtOl1, J3altlmore and PhIladelphia to Grand Rapid;;, Dnvlng-Mr H E l\Ieyel, \\ ash111gtolJ, D L Front '-"eat- \Ir E T Tremble\, Baltlmore Center Seat-D H Low-man. PhIladelphia Rear Seat-Mr S "\ Gusdloff BaltImore game wl'3el} He should ha\ e ",ald Here ale nel\ metho I., only recently come mto eXI.,tence and T 1\ elcome the chance to apply them' 'vVhen we saId t\\ ent\ pel cent reductIOn he should have urged at once try mg thlrt\ per cent, 01 ha\ e accepted twenty per cent and forced alom~ to fort \ pel cent thus provmg hImself the man of greatel COUlage, bettel Judg-ment and supenor executn e abIllt} " Although SImIlar mstances are related h\ e\ en expert engmeer, accountant or adJu'3ter \\ Ith \\ horn I ha\ e had the opportu111ty to talk-and the\ are mam -It IS not Intended to convey the ImpressIOn that all or e\ en a large proportIon ot executives assume thIS attItude In fact, In the great estab-hshments these men are usually very receptlve to ever} sug-gestIOn of betterment proces:"es They are the men who read closely and under:otandmgly the trade and sClentlfic htel ature and the} keep m",tantl} alert to the slIg-hte'3t change" ot man-agement or policy One of the great COmpa111e'3 whIch emplo} s t\\ enh -hI e thousand hand." has a lerlger account deSIgnated EducatlOIJ It aggregates many thousands of dollar;;, \ earh expended In :"end1l1g ItS supenntendents and as'3Istants It engmeers and department ChiefS, to conventIOns and to mspectIOns of other plants, often m entIrely dIfferent lInes at manufacture A lIbrary IS ma1l1ta1l1ed WIth a salaned lIbranan, whose duty It IS to tabulate and 1I1dex ever) magaLme artJc1e, and e\ en par-agraphs whIch have any beanm; upon facton opel atIOns This 1I1dex and the magaz1I1es are open to the executl\ e", e\ en down to the ;;,ub-foremen E\ ery summer a small pal t) of the high offiCIals and eng1l1eels IS :oent to England and Gelmany on a tour of mvesbgatIOn '-,tllh method., pal The president of that company ha", ne\ el been heard to lament the lack of good men; and, 1I1CI-dent all) , dUllllg twenty -five) eal s of Its eXIstence, no serious lahar dI'3turbance has occurredmlts plants That IS the hroad gauge of manufactunng The nano\', ~am;e IS era\\ ded WIth small men to whom the fine develop-ments of productIOn, dlstnbutIOn, eqmpment and by-products al e unknown To them, detaIled shop accountmg IS but red tape, eost reductIOn begm;;, and ends WIth wage-cutt1l1g Sell- 1I1g b\ JUdICIOUSad\ ertlsmg, attractIve lIterature and effectl\ e folIo\', -up S}stems IS sneel ed at as bemg theoretJcal and cum-hersome Offenng an extra fi\ e per cent dIscount IS the way they land customers These men resent, sometJmes wrath-fully. the suggestIOn that any outsIder can gIve them pomts I They assert that the) kno\\ thell busmess and pay theIr bIlls, and the .,lHshte'3t hl1Jt at 1mprOl ement IS denounced a" Im-pertmence ~ manufactllrel of fl1rmtul e had at some tIme dunng 111'3 <- a 1eLl run an 0'3" a phra'ic \\ hlch :"tuck by hllTI Addmg a negatn e II Ith the 'iame dI"reganl of ac1apta1)llIty whIch chaI-actenzed hIS management he \\ ould turn down any sugge"tIOn for Improvement-even from 111'3foreman-wIth the bland assertIOn "The conclItIOns of no two factones are rarely alIke !" He dIed, and a '3tock company wa'3 orgal11zed to contl11ue the busl11es'i The new manager, a brIght) oung man tral11ed 111 one of the great Grand RapIds factOrIes, found to hIS dl'i-may ab;;,olutel} nothl11g 111the '3hape of shop aecount111g The bookkeeper-an old young man and a deep student of con-servatIOn of encrgy, whIch he pelsonally applIed-could enter I WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-~'~~~~-F~~N~1~~~':E~:-1 [I "~'~~DViONUFOA~~~:~~China Closets I I I Buffets I, I I' I SPECIAL TIES Bookcases ! ~1.\~?PE.gQUAR. OAK VEN EERS ! , MAHOGANY VENEERS I I , I , I HOFFMAN ! II BROTHERS COMPANY I, 804 W. Main St., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA , I I l ~----------------------------------------------~ ~---------_ _----------- . ~ G~~n~.~-.~pi;~~as t~';~"~.~...~·::·'llll~-·-- -----.. ------------- ---- ---------- .. 2 Parkwood Ave. Grand Rapids Mlch , I j , II •I ,I I' I I I I I I , I I I I I II I We lead 10 Style, Confirudlon and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhIbI-tion 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids ,,- We are now pnttlllg out the best Caster Cups wIth cork bases ever offeree to the trade. These are fimshed 111 Golden Oak and WhIte Maple 1Il a lIght fimsh These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar. PRICES Size Zji lllches ... $400 per hundred ~:"zeZ%:lllches 5 00 per hundred ~_.T_ry -a-S_am.p._le 01der FOB Grand Rap,ds .._------ ...... _------ figures and foot them up correctly. All that the previous manager had reqUIred \\ d-, thdt the cash book '3hould balance The monthly totals WLre entered 111the ledger under the general head of Disbursement'-., the Items of expense, matenal, and wages be1l1g lumped togethel Thel e were absolutely no cost statistics The new manager had to Il1dke an entirely new start, but 111 two years he had doubled the output \\ lthout any 1l1crease 111 power 01 eqUlpment Tn a MaIne vlliage is a modest woolen mlll whICh has been operated by steam for twenty-eIght years The propnetor own'3 a farm within a mile of the mIll Across this farm runs a rapId stream, the outlet of two lakes havmg a total area of over twenty thousand acre" And although he knew there wa., water power there he dId not know untIl recently that he CI'uld turn that power 111tOelectnc current and WIre It across to hI~ mlll The knowledge dId not come from an} techl11cal readmg, nor dId It come from mve~tI~atlon of other plants He ne\ er left hIS \ dlage except for an annual \ ISlt to hIS '3ellmg agents at Boston and a little JOy trIp among the theaters It IS not unusual for a man's e} es to be opened by a popular magazme or newspaper, though he would never subscribe to a trade 01 techmcal Journal A door and sash manufacturer had reached d pomt whel e he reqUIred more power An ad\ ertlse-ment of a power-transmIssion System m thIS maga7ine at-tracted hIS attentIOn, chIefly because of ItS unusual em Iron-ment He sent for and received some excellent descnptlve literature and decided to try the system, whIch consIsted of 27 Plonrm Manufadurin~ (om~any rIII ,I II ,ItI I,II I,I I I I, I I III II •I I.I Dl1;'l'ROIT, MICH. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts W l Full lwe shown only __~_~:~a:~~ ~__ a rearrangement of modern hne-shafting and pulleys. The elim111atlOn of unnecessary friction gave him sufficient power to run tV'.enty-five per cent more machinery, whIch was all he then wanted Here agaIn was a conservation of a natural resource-power from coal It is highly probable that the attentIon of small employers IS frequently drawn to better methods of and apphances for busmess by the magazme which reaches the home, rather than by that one which reaches the office There appears to be a certam state of m1l1d which 111duces a man obsessed by self-suffiCIency to lIsten indulgently to a layman when his antag-on'sm would be instantly aroused by a profeSSIOnal Tt ha" been SCIentifically demon"tI ated that tl1e clouds of black smoke emeIgmg from the factor) stacks mean coal gOlllg to wa'te Flnng by well tramed men \\111, and does, effect alar se a \ lng, but the common practlce 1'3 to take a lumper from the,} ard.., make a chalk mark on the steam gauge at whIch he I" to hold ..,team, and anothel on the water gauge at whIch he IS to hold water, then order hIm to shovel away and earn his dollar-se\ enty-five I The ne\\ manager of a great bndge con~tructlon plant effected a savmg of thIrty pel cent 111 coal con'3umptlOn by the SImple process of convmc1l1g hl'3 ast011lshed firemen that the less work they dId the bIgger pay they would receIve ThIS was theIr first mtlmatlon that qualIty, rather than quantity, was desirable m the art of shoveling coal On one of the dlvi<;lOns of the Northern PaCIfic Railroad 28 \\ EEKL" ------.-..-._----- - ... - ----------------------- _.-._._-------_._---_ ..-.--_. --lOUR LINE OF-- CHINA CLOSETS BUFFETS AND BOOKCASES is more complete and up-to-date than ever before. Samples shown in Chicago only, 1319 Michigan Ave., Manufact-urers' Exhibition Bldg., first floor, opposite elevator. In charge of exhIbit· F. P. Fisher, N. P. Nelson. Ferd Luger. \ \RTJS-\;'; .- ---~ I I••• I II I ---------------------~I Rockford Standard Furniture Company, Rockford, Illinois ~--_._--_.-._.-_._-----_. _. --------------- --- as large a sav111g has been effected by e"tabhsh111g a tray el111~ lecture car for firemen and awardmg pn7es for result-, For a quarter of a century It ha" been practJcalh demon- ~trated that at lea~t ten Del cent more lumbe1 can be "eel'l cd from a glVen run of 1m;" 1)\ the hanel-sa\\ than by the circular But, except 111the larger mdl", lumbe1 1S bemg cut today b\ the wasteful circular or gang-saw Three-e1ghths of an mch of good lumber 1S turned 111to sawdust for every one-mch hoard cut It has choked "treams and anmhllated fish In view of the rap1d denl'datIon of the fore"ts this waste 1:0 a natJOnal calam1ty It is generally a"sumed that 1f a man keep~ thE: wheels tUfl1lnJ:; rl'1d ]Jay" hi" 1)\11., he knows hiS busme~" Dut 111 many 01 the small e~tablI~hment." If mterest on capital and a pelcentage for depreClatJOn were chan;ed up, there would be nothing shown for the propnetor'~ or manager''i salary Or, If h1s salary were chan;ed up. there ~ auld be nothmg fOl mterest on cap1tal and depreCiatiOn It 1" all deSignated "profit" and If It 1-, there. no mdttel 110\\ .,mall. he keep" hI" head above V\atel anel IgnOle., the PIOhdhlht\ of la1~e1 1etUln" by better method., To such a man the substItntlOn of a hu;hh -effiClent ma-chll1e for an out-of-date one mean" pay 111lSfor It out of hi" annual mcome, and that 1'0hke hay II1g a tooth pulled without an anaesthetiC The resulb of apparently \ er) .,hght 1mplO\ emenh 111hn"l-nes~ method'i al e otten mal \ elou., T\\ 0 01 three ll1"tallcc" are selected ham a lar~e lJumher, d1leA\ hecan.,e they 1elate to comparatively small e",tabhshment., The propnetor of an Ind1ana wagon factor} sou£;ht the adV1ce of an e"pert upon a method of elimmatll1e; V\a.,te on lumbe1, \\ hlch he felt sure eX1sted but could not locc>te A standard schedule wa" drawn up, fixmg the exact amount of matenal necessary fOJ each job, and a stock clerk \\ as en-gaged, \\ hose dut} 1t V\as to measure out accurately the re-ql11red quant1tIe" a., called fOJ from da} to day 111 the shop The re"ult \\ as a "a\ m~ of tweh e per cent of h1gh-grade oak and hlckon -a total of el~hteen thou.,and dollar., for the fi1st year In a mach111e shop where two hundred and hfty hand" were emplo} erl, men had to go to the tool 100m £OJ dnlh d1e" and other small tools and part-, a., 1eqUired b} the \ anOll~ Job" they had 111hand Thl" meant a wdlk acro-.-. a laH;-e .,hop and £lequently 'ic\eral ml11utes' \\alt ~whIle the tool clerk wa" at-tend1l1g to othe1" \ new"} .,tem wa" deVised by which the VIorkman recen ed, with h1., Job OJdel dnd bluepnnt, a basket contal11lI1g all the necessary tools and parts tor the work As a \ er) effiClent tIme-check1l1g 'iystem was 111 operatIOn 1t was ea,,\ to figure the time say ed b} the ne,\ plan It amounted to 0\ er -.e\ en per cent ] n t11l" ",hop, a '0 111 mam ot hel., w hcre the eqUlpment I~ not abnormally e\.pen"nc, the annual wa~e total VIas fully as la1ge as the cdp1tal employed Chere£ore, that seven per cent saV1l1g wa" eqlll\ alent to an extra ",e\ en per cent dividend on the capital -C::aturda\ E\ en1l1g Post Samuel :\Idler, a dealer 111 fU1111ture 1n Manon, Ohio, has made an assignment M1ller ownes real estate valued at $6,- 500, hut 11ls stock of furmture 1S of but little value Charles A. 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If after examination it does not prove satisfactory, upon the return of the book, express charges paid, we will be pleased to return all of the $3.50 The book consists of over 400 pages, bound in cloth and is profusely illustrated. The two opening chapters of the book are reproduced on another page of this issue. PRIZE CONTEST The Weekly Artisan will give away $32.50 in money each month for the best Window and Floor Displays of Furniture Contest open to both Subscribers and Non-Subscribers. Are you good at arranging window and floor displays? Then here's your opportumty to capture from $1.00 to $10.00 every month. Beginning with this number, the Artisan will conduct a series of prize contests for the best window and floor displays of furniture. The rules are simple. Anyone conducting a furniture store may enter the contests, the only pro vi-don being that each contestant must enter a GOOD plate of his exhibit and a brief description of how it was accomplished, especially where technical or mechanical contrivances are used in pI eparing the display. That is all. The decisions will be rendered by a committee selected for the purpose, and all awards will take into full considera-t10n the natural difficulties whIch it was necessary to overcome in order to produce the results shown. For instance, the small or medium sized stores will not have the advantages of the larger ones, and the excellence of the small store work will be judged accordingly. Thus all will have an equal opportunity and an equal chance in the distribution of prizes. 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize $10.00 7.50 5.00 4th Prize 5th Prize Next 5 $2.50 2.50 1.00 each Each month the winning dIsplays WIll be reproduced in the Weekly Artisan, which will afford an excellent oppor-tumty for readers to study each other's store methods. We aim to make these contests of more than monetary interest; they are designed primarily to stimulate superior effects in display and to offer a source of education along these lines. Good window and floor displays require serious study. The advertising value of well kept windows and floors cannot be over estimated. If you present to the multitudes who daily pass your windows, an attractive setting, you will arrest their attention and admiration, and while they may not draw every passerby into your store at once, they are nevertheless doing a helpful work, and one which pays in the long run. When space permits, it is a good plan to reproduce room scenes, thus suggesting to the prospective purchaser how she may obtain good effects in her home. This plan is carried out very suc-cessfully in large cities. Now, then, brothers, send in your photos, and go after the prize money. All who wish to enter the August contest must have their photos in by July 25th. Address WEEKLY ARTISAN, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2CJ RETAIL FllRNITURE ADVERTISING A DEPARTMENT OF HELPS FOR THE ADVERTISER Conducted by ChIef of the Advertisin4 Departm.ent, Furniture City EngravinJi Company MARLIN L. BAKER J hay e been asked to conduct a department at aeh el tl';ln~ helps and cntlclsm,; for the beneht of the I eta]l turl1Jture deale I and I take up the ta"k ~ladl} teelln~ that It I am able III some small wa} to as:Ol"t m ral<;mg the "tandard and eftectl\ e-ness of fUll1Jtlll e ach erthln~. 1 "hall be amph 1epald for m\ efforts Inabmuch a:o It 10, Impo""lble t01 me to kno\\ ) Oll all pel ':.ondll) and to talk \\ Ith \ ou It I'; m} \\ Ish that these column" be made a" 111formal ab po"o.lble, 0.0 that at lea,;t some of the dIstance betVveen us mal be bndged The msplratlon and help that ma} come from thIS depal t-ment wdl depend largeh npon the "pInt In \\ hlch } ou dll take hold It remall1s for \ au to make It \ aluable-not for me So, then. :oend m } our "u~ge:obon:o. Ideas and sample ad- \ ertlioements, that the} ma} be dl"cll"bed and passed on to your brother furl1JtUle man 1:-\ el) week reproductIOns and cntl-clsm of ad\ ertbemenb \\ 111 dppear. \\ hde the altellla te \\ eek" WIll be gIven largely to ad\ e1t1blllg and :Odle:otalb III genel al It WIll be mamfestly llUposs1ble to reproduce all ot the ad" whIch WIll be sent Ill, but thoioe best sUlted to brmg out pomt"- of mterest and value wJ1l be selected All commumcatlollS should be addre,,:oed to ::\Iarhn "- Baker, 423 :YIuna} Ihuldll1g, Grand RapId", ::-Ilchlgan If thel e 110one thmg more than another that 1 \\ auld Im-press upon the mInd of the furmture ad wnte1 It IS the \ alue ot white space. l ro\\ dmg the ad o.eemb to be a unn er"al \\ eak-ness among ad \H1tels III all lines of tl ade If the) could onh come to realize that whIte space IS a<; \ aluable as the pnnted word, the effectl\ eneio" of thel1 \\ ark would be greatl} en-hanced Don't try to "a} too much In one ad Remember there are many day s coming In \\ hlCh \ ou call COyer ) our tOpIC thoroughly "'" CI0\\ ded black maioS at ty pe and cub wdl not catch and hold the mtereiot nearly ab qmckl} as \\ dl a well balanced arrangement WIth generoub portIOns of whIte paper loommg up here and there La) out) our ad carefulh <;0 that the whIte ,;pace IS e\ enly dIstrIbuted \\'hen \ Oll A Good Manager. A real malla~ er doe" not tl} to shouldel all the \\ ark m the hou"e He knov\ s thdt allno,;t e\ en hom at the day the1 e I" ,;omethmg g01l1g to tm n up whIch wdl req lIn e hIS be:ot Judg-ment, and tIme to consIder It thoroughl) He cannot do that and at the :oame tIme tdke care of a mass of detail \\ ork J f he attemptb It, he 1:0not a real mdnagel He may be filling a manager'b chaIr and drawll1g IllS pay, but he IS really nothmg but a substitute for a manager, or a manager In the kmdel-gal ten stage Thousands of good men are today toolmg themselves mto the belief that the} are properly managmg a \he a b01 del, lI1:otluct the pnnter to leave at least a "pica" lone-sl,th of an mch) bet\\ een the border and the body matter The next most Important pomt IS the cuts. Use good cut,; and plenty of them Do not try to advertise thIS year's gOOdb \\ Ith last year's cuts Cuts change In btyle and character the bame as furniture. and} au need new gO<'ld ones Just as you need ne\\ deSIgns In furmtm e You want cuts that posses,; the quallt} 01 buggebtlOll m a mal ked degree, cuts that wdl mspll e a deSIre to buy Good stock cuts can be had at vel} reasonable pnces Then lao.t, and whde \ ery Important, I place It last-the \\ ordmg I attach the least Importance to the wordml?:. be-cause \\ Ithout good whIte bpac1l1g and attractIve CUI~ the chance" for the word111g to llupre:Ob are few And do not let that statement beguIle you mto the thought that the \\vld1l1g does not need most skIllful treatment Valuable as are whIte "pace and cut'i, then effect1venebs can be largely thwarted b) poorly expl essed saleb talk Make the talk forceful, tel se and tl uthful Don't try too hard Just talk Be earne'it about it If \ ou feel that these th1l1gb are beyond you, and that you need help, don t heSItate to get 111 touch with those that are trall1ed to the 1\ ark Then help wdl be worth many t1meb the co~t Look \'>ell to the advertIsmg of your bus1l1ess It holds great loss or profit for you accord1l1gly as you handle It He1e 10a little sentiment that 110 mIghty good, and ItS ap-p1JcatlOn to ad\ ertIs1l1g 1'i so pert1l1ent that I want to gIve It to yOU STICK I Men fall because the) begin somethmg .Men 'iucceed becau'ie the} finish a defil1lte th1l1g ::,t1ck I That IS the fir:ot law of w1l1n1l1g :'II'itakes ma\ mark) ou back Men may m1bjudge you The half-\\ d} :,pmt may tempt} au The fight may tJre you nut to W1l1 pu"h the th1l1g throllgh, fi111sh1t- "TICK I" -Courtesy of "System" lm:0111ess. \\ hen m fact, they are slaves to the detaIled work ot the bm1l1eso. cJ he) fear to delegate authonty to theIr sub-old1l1ateo.. \\hen 111reaht} that IS exactly what should be done \11 "orth} subord1l1ates al e anxIous to shoulder responslb1hty, kno\\ 111'gthat theIr real value depends upon such actlOn, and a JUc!ICIOUbselectIOn of aSS1stant'i IS one of the maw dutIes of a real manager On June 22 the Frederick Gall Fur111ture company was 1I1corporated 111 New York CIty, capitalized for $50,000 The company WIll sell furmture by retail. WEEKL\ ~--_._._._------------------ III I ••II f II!IfI/ I f I I, II I Here's a Bargain That is a Bargain PALMER I,, I I II• I III I II I I IfI IIf 4 I IIf 4, III I MANUFACTURING CO. I•I .....------..I.. No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIs fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIs and orher good tlungs we have to show you. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. '"--_._._~--_._---- Planning a Window There are two ways to plan a wIlldow One IS to draw on paper a dIagram of your framework and layout your plan a<, carefully a:" an arch1tect Will deSign a house Another IS to plan as you butld, and gradually add to your wIlldow unttl It IS completely tnmmed Both ways are practIced by the best tnmmers, and each method has been defended by 1tS votane:" as the best At first thought It would seem best to make a WOlkIllg plan of your wmdow, but ;;,ometlmes It Will not look so well when completed as the plan would seem to mdlcate And, agam, If you butld up a wIlldow Without any forethought, It IS Just a:" ltable to be a disappOIntment as a <,uccess Perhaps It I" best to have ;;,ome plan formulated, If only III your mIlld, and then WOlk as closely to It as your wIlldow and your matenal Will allow If you see an opportul11ty to Improve It as you work, you may eastly do so \Vorklllg In thiS way, a tnmmer often may, after haVing carefully thought out a des1gn, and gettmg fairly started, change 1tS plans by degrees untIl the fil11shed trnn IS totally d1ffe1ent from that first mtended. For a symmetncal wIlldow a centerp1ece IS always neces- "ary It may be an arch, a pa1r of steps, a c1rcular recess, or whatever} au choose, but the center 1S always the most 1m-portant pomt of your tnm Good wmdows are sometImes made by butlding out the sldes uniformly and drawmg them toward the center, but 1t reqUlres much skill to do this successfully, and even then you can not 19nore the center, where the eye of the observer rests first and most frequently This 1S the reason a small wllldow 1S often as effectIve as a large one A large wIlldow can, of course, show more goods and more de-tatl, but all thiS IS accessory to the centerp1ece, and the mam 1dea of any large wIlldow can be 1eproduced m a smaller one by leaving out some of the deta1ls and accessories, and perhaps, \I{TI~A.N 31 --.,I II III I •II IIIIII --~---_-.------ --------------., IIII ,I II III ,I• I• ,I I I III II Sectional Bookcase Up to date; making the dealer a profit of 55%. All woods and finishes. Write for catalogue. Lme on sale in FurnIture Excltanl!e, Grand RapIds; Manufactnrers' Exlt.bItlOR Buddin!!. Cltical!O and FurnIture Excltan!!e. New York. No. 10.F. Ouartered Oak. Order sample List $16, less 35%. at once. "umphrey-Widman Company ====== Bookcase Detroit, Michigan I educlllg the sue of the centerpiece C'trc1e:" or :"ectlOn" of Circles are best for frame-works, for nothlllg 1S so graceful as ,1 cln..le Squares, tnangles, etc, are ;;,bff as compared to CIrcle", and a1e cltfficult to tnm Even steps, OJ sene'i of 'ihelv111g, are best made In cIrcular form Pdlar'i are useful In many ways They support arches or platforms, and may be used 111dependently fOl many hnes of goods A" a general rule have the heav1est pa1t of your tnm 111the centel The extreme :"1de:", or end", of your vv111dowsmay be next heav1est or flllle;;,t Bet" een the cente1 and the end" the tnm should be hghte'it, but thl:" depends consIderably on the shape of } our w111dovvand the character of the tnm If you have no Judgment, don't attempt to tnm w111dow'i Aslde ft om an artI:"tIc eye and deft workmanship, the onl) othe1 re-ljUls1te of a successful tnmme1 IS common :"en:"e Do not place your tnm too near the wllldow pane ] t de-stroys the effect of the best d1splay Unles" the goods are ver) small 111deedthey wdl look better the farther they al e remm ed from the glass The floor space 1n front of the mam tnm n13) al" ays be utd1zed to good advantage And, speak111g of floor", aVOId excluslVe "floor tnm'i" 111 any 1111eof merchandise They do not attract one llnles:" he c1ehbera1.ely stops and gaLeS lllto the w111do" and fe" people do that 111th1S busy age Ra1se your tllm to the center of the "llldovvs, even 1f It 1'0composed of "mall ware", and then It wdl arre"t the gaLe of the pa":,,er-b} The suggestlOns here offered are, of necessity, general 111 the1r scope Study all good w111dows you may see Don't be content to copy them, however, but 1mprove upon them Some other man's 1dea;;,\-\111frequently glve yOU an Idea of your own that 1;;'vastly better Ong111ahty alone does not always win It IS better to copy a good w111dow than to onglllate a poor one A.nd to onglllate a good one IS better yet -From The Art of Decoratmg Show Wmdows and Intenors ~~-------- INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 32 WEEKLY ARTIS~;\ EXTERIOR AND TWO INTERIOR VIEWS OF STORE OF JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA American Blower Company Bockstege Furniture Company Bosse Furniture Company Clark Veneer Company Ford & Johnson Company Globe FurnIture Company Grand RapIds Blow PIpe & D. A Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Hafner Furmture Company Humphrey-WIdman Bookcase Company Karges FurnIture Company Lentz Table Company Luce FurnIture Company Madden, Son & Company, Thos MechanICS FurnIture Company Metal FurnIture Company MIchIgan Engraving Company MIchIgan FurnIture Company MIller Co., Eh D Nelson-Matter Furmture Company Palmer ManufactUring Company Possehus Bros., F. M. Co RIchmond ChaIr Company Rockford Frame & FIxture Company Rockford ChaIr & FurnIture Company Rockford Standard FurnIture Company Royal ChaIr Company Sheboygan Chair Company ShelbyvIlle Desk Company S1Igh Furniture Company Spratt & Company, Geo. Stow & DavIs FurnIture Company Umon Furniture Company (Rockford) WhIte Printing Company WorId FurnIture Company Cover 14 14 21 7 14 Cover Cover 10 31 14 22 4 12 11 14 3 13 7 Coyer 31 1 25 2 4 28 2 22 19 17 24 19 Z7 _ Cover 14 .,...-------_.-_.__.__ ._-----------_._-------.-. •II I IIIItt It IIItt tI I I I I I I I •. 'I I I t I , I I I t I I I I : II I• I I I I • I I • I I Ao-----------.----.-.---.-- ------.---.-------.- - - . - ... - .. Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For IndIana and Illinois to sell our SUItes, Dressers, ChIffon- Iers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKIm & Cochran Fur-nIture Co., MadIson, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and whIte oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock m well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a line of Extension Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes ard Kitchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lines you handle and Territory desired. Address Koemg Furmture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. LOUIS,Mo. WANTED. A good cabmet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabmets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. FOR SALE FOR SALE. One Seaman Carving Machine, in excellent condition, with center attachments. Has four cutters 15 inches apart. Bed IS 8 ft. 2 Inches long, 4~ ft. wide. Can be had very reason-able. If interested write at once to Langslow, Fowler, Co., Rochester, N. Y. 6-l0tf.
- Date Created:
- 1909-07-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 30:1
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and // GRAND RAPlr: GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JANUARY 1, 1~ NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE GRAND RAPIDS9 MICH. co.~ < ' .e.. ..... . ... :..: ::.:: :. : ....:.::... :.... . :.: .:...... :... ..:...•..-..:. .... ... . < I , , ............:.....:....:.:.."... .:...-.-....:.. :.. :.:. ...... l ----------_._-------- --_._~----_._-_._. --- II Great Improvements in Refrigerators for 191 0 I I II II ! i IIII II I II III II II SEE THE NEW LEONARD WATER COOLERS FOR REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE ENTIRE NEW LINE OF SATIN WALNUT REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW COMBINATION-REFRIGERATOR AND KITCHEN CABINET! SEE THE NEW ROUND CORNERS ON THE "LEONARD GRAND RAPIDS!" SEE THE NEW WOVEN WIRE SHELVES IN OUR ENAMELED LINEl SEE THE NEW CHEAP LINE OF "NORTH POLE" REFRIGERATORSl SEE THE NEW ALL PORCELAIN REFRIGERATORS-INSIDE AND OUTSIDE! LET OTHERS FOLLOW-IF THEY CAN. WE LEAD SEE THE NEW HOME OF THE LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATORS. The largest and finest refrIgerator factory In the world It IS only 111such a factory that the best good" can be made for the least money, and ordel s promptly filled ThIs mammoth plant IS at ) our service for the askIng Send for our 1910 catalogue vVe make nearly everythIng that "e use The Porcela1l1 Enamel for L1l11l1gs-the T1l1necl \\ 11e Shelves-the Locks-the II111ges-the \\'ater Coolers-the ne\\ deslgn~ and fi111shes are all made In thIs wonderful factory Our assortment IS enormous, rangIng tram the, en cheapest to the finest And best of all we help) au e;ell the goode;' The' Leonard Cleanable" reputatIOn IS beh1l1d them Our magaLlne ad, el tle;l11g and our store sel11l1\?,plans \\ 111 bl1l1~ ,ou mal1\ customers ..::.::.:.:..... .. ••• c. •• • . . . ..: :-..:.:.. Satin Walnut, with Water Cooler. Kitchen Cabinet and Refrigerator. GRAND ~ . WEEKLY ARTISAN Our Specialties ~for 1910 will be as follows and we shall have an immense quantity of each from which to supply you. Drawer Bottoms and Glass Backs in Gum, Poplar and Basswood. Crossbanding and Backing in Poplar, Birch and Gum. Quartered and Plain Oak Veneer Sawed, Sliced and Rotary Cut. Irish Glue Imported and Always in Stock. We wish you a Happy and Properous New rear and while thanking you for the trade you have given us we solicit your further inquiries. Walter Clark Veneer CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1 2 IV E E K L Y ART I SAN l WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM ALL ESTABLISHED IDEAS AND DESIGNS WILL BE SHOWN IN TUE NEW SPRING LINE -Of LAYCOCK BEDS THE T. B. LAYCOCK MFG, CO., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -A NEW AND DISTINCT TYPE -Of METAL BEDS Every dealer should see this different line before placing Spring orders. Nothing ever shown like it before. New Designs. New Finishes. Exclusive Laycock Ideas. You will want this line. It will create a sensation in your town. MANY NEW DESIGNS IN BRASS BEDS FOR 1910. The Laycock Brass Beds have a reputation for Q!ality. We will show in January a hun-dred patterns 10 brass, from the most ornate and decorative to the more severe and classic models of Mis-sion and Colon-ial designs. LAYCOCK'S No. 545-Square Steel Tubing; 2 Inch Posts. finish. You can get these only of the T. B. Laycock Mfg. Co. You need them for Spring. you. This line not shown in any Market. THE LAYCOCK WOODFIN. ISH (Mahog-any and Golden Oak) is the only dependable wood finish. The only wood finish on Metal Beds that has stood the test. Laycock Beds in wood fin-ishes were the success of the Fall Season. Beautiful soft toned, dull Ma-hogany; also polished, flaky, quarter-sawed Golden Oak Our prices will surprise FURNITURE DEALERS invited to inspect our line at Factory. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. Catalog sent on request. Indianapolis, Indiana Co., WEEKLY ARTISAN -~---_._._-_._------------------ • _. ••• • - - ••• - • - - -1 • IIIIII II I I II III II II II .1III III III ,III I,III III I I Have you had anything from The Luce Furniture Co. lately? Bedroom and Dining Room equipment in profusion. Time---Now. Place---Grand Rapids. ~--_..._--_ ..- --------------------~-------------------------------------_.----- ••• •••• ._ ••• a __ a ••• ~--------------------------- MR. FURNITURE DEALER: New Line Madden's Excello Loose Mattress of Davenport Beds If you are interested in a GOOD LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS I DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR EXHIBITS I in Janual'Y at 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, 6th Floor, or 37 to 41 North Capitol Ave., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. I IIIII II IIIIII: Davenport Beds IIIIII New Line of Automatic with Make application for Catalogue No. 28. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis,Ind. I ...--------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ..- .. .----------.... -- .. .. .~ ---------------, 26 GRAND RAPJ~ PUBLIC LIBilA~Y ( 1l.f. I { 30th Year-No. 27 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JANUARY 1. 1910 Issued Weekly PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS A Little Book That Should Be Kinds Studied by Employers of Factories. All The Fldehty and Casualty company of New York have sent out to theIr pohcy holders and others a pamphlet or book of nearly 200 pages that ought to be of mterest to all employers and espeCIally to the owners and managers of mllls and factones The book IS entitled "The PI eventron of In-dustna1 Accidents" and ItS purpose IS to furnIsh adv Ice and mformatron that may benefit both the pohcy-holders and the msurance company The mtroductron IS devoted to stailstlcs relatn e to industl ial aCCIdents and the loss that they Impose upon employers and employees The cau<;es of aCCIdents classIfied accordmg to German reports are gIven, from whIch It appears that 42 per cent are due to ordmary nsk and 58 per cent to lack of skill, carelessness, faulty factory equip-ments, etc, and are considered preventable The total num-ber of factory accidents in the United States IS estimated at 30,000 to 35,000 per annum, of which at lea<;t a thIrd al e con-sidered preventable The book IS chvlded into several chap-ters The first, devoted to "Care on the Part of Emp10yels and Employes," reads as follows "Not only the safety of workmen, but the maximum out-put of the plant, are promoted by makmg the phySIcal SUl-rounchngs of the workmen as comfortable as possIble Plenty of hght, good aIr, safety, and comfort pay m a financIal sense Statistics show that the greatest numbel of aCCIdents occur dUl mg the months of dnTIlmshmg hght Dn ty wmdo" <;and insuffiCIent artificial IlluminatIOn often make condItions much worse than they need be Great Improvement m 11lummation may be had by whltewashmg the walls of a dalk room at least once a year. ThIS a1<;0sa, es much on the cost of artlfical Illu 111matron Consldelatlons of economy often lead to the overclOwd-mg of machmery, that i<;, too many 111achmes are placed m a grven space The WIdth of the passageways between the machines is thus reduced to the point of danger Any undue CUItallment of space mterferes WIth the proper handlmg of the Ulach111es and adds to the risk and probablllty of aCCIdent, owmg to the operator bemg exposed to contact with gears, pulleys, belts, and other moving pal ts, for even where guards are provIded in fullest measure, it is ral ely possible to eh-minate absolutely all danger Space should not be held of more value than safety. Shppery floors constitute an element of danger, especIally in conJlll1ctIOn WIth unguarded mach111ery And even where and Employees in a Shppely floor IS not m plOAlmlty to an unguarded.machllle, It may cause a had fall, resultmg m senous llljuries ThIS IS hke1y to he the ca:oe where vvork111en are engaged in carrymg hea, y matenal JVlany aCCIdents, and, ery often those of a senous nature, are due to the u;norance of the workmen New hands are put to "olk on dangerous machme" WIthout proper prell1nin-ary tramlng or :ouffiClent m"tluctlOns, new hands should never-thele<; s wOlk WIth and under the mstructlOn of expenenced hands until there can be no questIOn of theIr competency All wOlkmen should be carefully mstructed, m language they can understand, the proper and safe way to do theIr work "EspeCial care should be cxcensed m the case of mlnol s employed as opel atn es on dangerous machmes. Some ma-cll1nes al e too dangerous e, er to allow a young person to operate them The monotonous nature of the vvork, so con-tlary to the natUla1 active plOpensliles of the young, wlll lead to a moment of thoughtles"ness m the operator, and that to a grave aCCIdent "The Importance of thIS fedture cannot be overestimated In Germany "out of 45,971 aCCIdents noted in the mdustna1 aCCIdent statistics for 1897, there were 9,363 caused by the 'ImproVIdence 01 mattentron of the workmen,' 533 cases by 'frivolous beha, lor,' 2,422 case<; by actmg m contladictlOn to mstluctlOns,' 861 ca"es on account of 'non-use of eXIsting de-vIces for protectIOn,' and 220 cases by 'unsuitable clothmg' " Probably m the case of Amencan workmen the consequences of lack of dlsclphne are an even mal e prolific source of accI-dents Under the condItions the employer is warranted in mak111g stnct ru1e<; £;0\ elnmg the employes in hIS plant In fact, It 1<;hl<; cIuty to cIa so Dv the mamtenance of dlsclphne, to whIch pU111tn e measures are added where necessary, many aCCIdents may be pIe, ented DIsobedIence of orders <;hould not be tolerated "Ragged sleeve ends, loose cravats, and coats or overalls not properly buttoned often catch on movmg parts of ma- Chmely and cause serious and fatal aCCIdents It IS a wise precautIOn In many classes of \\ ark to roll the sleeves of all garments up ahoye the elbows Female operatives with flow mg hair 01 loose blald<; are constantly in danger from moving he1ts and spmcIles and revolvmg shafts They should be re-qUIred to wear the haIr as close to the head as possible The \1orkmg dres,,; of females should be a<; cIosefitting and SImple 6 , WEEKLY ARTISAN .,..----------------_._.---- -------------------_._---_._-_ . III III II•• I II• ••• III III £-_---- The season for banquets is here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. ...... --..., Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW &. Df\VIS fUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. c.ty Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. as IS practicable rlO\v ll1g ;,lee\ es and l()n~ at)lon :o>tllngOl are especlall) to he a\ mdcd "Very often v\ 01 kl11en \\111 obJed. to thl nse of "dle~naJ(l~ provIded, c1almlll~ that the\ 111te1±cIl \\ ah (jnantlt\ oj ont-put and ;'0 cnt elm\ n theIr ealll1ng" 1hI', b lIh.eh to be th e case partlcularh "Ith plece-\\ork By the e:Aeru"e ut a lIttle lllge11tllty, howevel the guard may often be adapted to pel-form It;, function and) et not lllterfere wlth the speed ot the WOlk ::\0 guard shonld he condemnecl "lmpl y becanse the workmen at the ontset object to It" nse Rathel thlS "hould lead to furthel "tnd) of the mattel and l11ochfic,IUon ot t]H ~nald to '3111tthe londltlOns "Fatigue leads to cal eles"ne"", and lon~ honl" of lahOl wIthout I e;,t are re"ponslble fOl l11an\ acudlnt" (h lrlook1ll~ workmen should be avOIded \\ hel e\ el jlos"lble \ contJl1noth supply of pure aIr IS no doubt of gleater ImpOltancc trol11 the ..,tandpOlnt of mamtenance of health than It I" tl( 111 the "tand pomt of pI ev entJon of aCCldent, bnt the t\\ 0 dl e I elate c1 \Vhate\er lowers thc \ltalIh ot the \\Orkl11dll. deuea"e" hI', alertness and watchfnlness to a\ Old aCCldent T mjlllre all ga"es, vapor". dust, and "moke thcI efOl e all ml1case the chance" of aCClc1ent. Jl1 adchtloll to 1l11pelll11lg the health 01 workmen \\There\ el p(J-,"lble, lt I', ach I;,able to jll0hlblt ab:o>oluteh .... ----------------- _._._._._.-._._--_. __ .~.~.~._._._._._----------.-.-.-. -.-.-.~--' the dnnkll1g of 1I1toxlcant;, dunng workmg hours No man nnc1el the mf1uence of hquor, even shghtly so, should be per-l111ttcd to I ema1ll III the \\ 01 k", much less to wOlk Kor should d l11,1l1"hosc nel\e" have been rendcred unsteady by the hahltlldl use of alcohol or h) a recent c1ebauch be permitted to operate dangerou" machmery, or to carryon dangerous \\ 01 k He endanger;, not only hIS own hfe, but also the ltves of others \Vhether aCCldenb are frequent or unfrequent WIll de-pend 111no small measure npon the character of the super- \ 1"10n and management If those m pOSItIOns of authonty are lal etnl and plndent, thelr conduct \\111 be reflected 111the con-duct of the workmcn, who WIll tend to be careful and prudent also L ncon SCIOUS ImItatIOn I;' one of the strong est force" tha t mold men TmltatlOn grow" 111tOhabIt. Managers, super- 1lltcndents, foremen. and others 111 authonty then, should be person s of e'(pedence and gl\ en to exercls111g a high degree of ldl e m all that the) do The ntmost care ..,hould be taken 111"electll1~ them 'The educatIOn (·f the w01h.mgmen m proper and safe pI actICes \\ 111 be promoted h) the postmg of pnnted rules re- ~al c11ll~ the thmRs thn should a\ Old d01l1g, and the pre-lantlon,- thC\ shonld take to a\ Old aCCIdents In the case of e,,]wualh dangeJ(lll" machll1es, It IS ac1vbable to furmsh the ... j I I ----------------------------------- No. 70 RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatIng. Catalogues to the Trade. -------. ------ . -_.. .. . .... ----1 IIII II I,I I I II II,I ,I IIII II I RICHMOND TABLET ARM CHAIR The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money GENUINE LEATHER SEAr ----- .. . ... WEEKLY ARTISAN ____ 4 _ ---------------------_._--.-..~.., In GRAND RAPIDS Only, January, 1910. OLD SPACE, Furniture Exhibition Bldg., Fourth Floor. The UDELL Line Library Bookcases, Medicine Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Commodes, Sheet Music Cabinets, Folding Tables, Piano Player Roll Cabinets. A Lme whIch IS well worth gomg to see A Lme that you should have a complete catalog of [he fact that you have not our catalog can onlybe rectIfied by wntmg for your copy to day THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -~~_-.-------- operatn e,; ,\ Ith 'SpeCIal rule" and instructIOns relatIve Ito theIr opel atlOn It I" al"o pal tIcularly ImpOl tant to warn workmen of dan£;el" not apparent e.. cept to expenencecl and mtellIgent men, and to "how them how such dangers may be aVOIded "Regula! and frequent Il1spect!ons by cOlppetent men should be made of all the way", works, machmery, and ap-plIances, :'0 that defects and unsafe condItions may be dl:'- covered promptly and remedIed "The furthel care and precautlOns reqw"Ite to be taken for the pre, entIOn of aCCIdent::, are set fOl th m the "ub"e-quent chapter~, along WIth the descllptlOn of the proper de-sIgn and constructIOn of \ allOUS applIance:, used m mdustnal works, of the safety de\ Ices regarded by u" as sUItable and effiCIent, and of the use of 'Such de,lces , "othmg of COlll.,e h a complete 'Substitute for aIel tnes" and watchfulness m operatmg dangerons machmery, ne\ er-theless there are numerous safetv de,Ices that are effiCIent aIds m the ple\ ent10n of aCCIdent,; The expen,;e of man} of these de,Ice" I" but tllfImg m compan"on WIth the secunt} they affOl d And e\ en \\ hel e the e"pen se IS consIderable, the} WIll as a Iule be found to pay £01 themseh e:, m the long rnn " the FldelIt} and Ca"ualt} company, 103 Cedal street, ~ew YOlk YVJ1lIam Ro\\ e IS a new furl1lture dealer at Montfort, \\ IS. "l he safety de\ Ices treated of al e grouped under the folloy\ m£; head" ~team TIOllers, Jngme." Flcctncal \ppaI-atn s, Ele\ aim s, 1 he 1,actOl} and \\ oocl- \\ orkm£; Machmel y and each I:, gl\ en tledtment at lenlSth. WIth l1lImerOlb lllus tratIOn'S CopIes of the hook may be obtamed b} addressing Made by the Mamstee Manufacturmg Co. Mamstee, MICh. ~, I •I• •,• •I I• •I IIIII ..'_._._._._------_.---- --_.~---,-~-- The Proof of the Chair is the Use of It There are higher priced Chaus on the market, but NONE BETTER. Our full lme on exhibitIOn on the hrst Boor Nor t h H a IfF urniture ExhibitIOn BUlldmg In charge of H J. RINGOLD. E B. SPENCER, P. M. ELLISS. and COL. J. N. MURRAY. KEIL and ANWAY COMPANY ---------- ......----- --------- - . - 7 I III ..... III I IlIII ,IlI II II I I I, II I,• • 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ROYAL MANTEL CO, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CHICAGO --.-~ I II " • ••• •• • •• - -- • -----~ -yo .~. __ • __ • __ •• _.-_. _._. --_ •• --._-----._. I This Cut Represents I I Keil-Anway CO. No. 115 I I I I II ,I I I II I• I I I : I ! I • ! I I! I, I , I • I I I I I, I• I I II ,I I , I , I ! I I ' I I A better Cushion Chair is not to be found 10 any exhibit. II I Our full line will be seen during the January season on the first floor, north half, furniture Exhibition BUilding,in charge of H. J. 'I,' Ringold, E. B. Spencer, P. M. Ellis, and Col. J. N. Murray. I To miss seeing this line is to miss the opportunity to put money in your bank. I I '-.... - .... - ..- ~ .. .. _. ..._ .. -_ .... ~_.. Show Line \ at 6th Floor 1319 Michigan Avenue "----- NEW YORK New York Furniture Exchange I •••• ••• • •••• - ••• - ..---- .--...& THE "EFF & EFF" LINE ============ 0 F - ---=------=-----=----=---= --= -- ---=-= China Closets and Buffets, Parlor Cabinets, Music Cabinets, Hall Seats, Hall Trees, Hat Racks, Shaving Stands, Framed Mirrors, Dressing Tables and Chairs (With Patent Adjustable fixtures) =========WILL BE SHOWN AT GRAND RAPIDS Furniture Exhibition Building CHICAGO Furn. Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St. Specialties in all kinds of Mirrors, unexcelled in style and finish. Any shape Mirror can be had, or chair to match any table in our line. Either high or low base chair. ROCKFORD FRAME & FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS , WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE Holiday Trade Was Good and Business in All Lines Is Steadily Improving. New York ,Dec 29 -The hohday tl ade here has been very good, the furnIture stOt es were well patro11lLCd and the busmess done was about equal to that of any other year The demand for good furniture has shown an Improvement hut cheap and moderate priced stock has been selhng strong Business IS Improvmg m all l111es of trade, the people are more steadIly employed, wages are not 111gh, but the workmg class have been bUyIng 111neatly the usual quantltIes The hIgh pnce of hV111g, food, rent, etc , has plobably to a certa111 extent cut off theIr bUyIng powel 111 other l111es, but the conc!ltIOn IS soon readjusted so that It IS not felt to any mal ked degree Gimbel Bros new store gOIng up at Sixth avenue, thlrty-second and ThIrty-thIrd streets, IS progre"s111~ rapldlv and the total cost, mdud111g stock WIll amount to $17,000,000 Thc C01nerstone was recently laId by Jacob GImbel before 125 PhIladelphIa and New York guests and he said, "This store WIll be a tnbute to the new plOff-,sIOn, merchandIsIng, the last of the five great profeSSIOns, law, medlcme, theology, iournalism and merchandI'i111g A great modern store helps more than anyone influence to develop a country's manufac-tures It IS a great U11lVerslty for the it ai11lng of charactel s, the development of talent and 111stIIl111gof honesty and 11))- lIght deahng 111the mInds of those who come mto bus111ess relatIOns v,Ith it "ThIS congress of stores IS to become one of the 111Stltu-tlons of the uty, one of the sounes of CIVICpnde to dll New Yorkers \ \ e appreuate hIghly the v" ek011le that has been eAtended to LIS by other merchants of thIS city. and I take pllde in using that welcome to illustIate the fact that whIle other profeSSIOns hay e JealOUSIes, merchand1Smg. though it has its rn allles, is freest from 1ancors " Afetr the C01ner stone had been laId a luncheon was giv cn at the vValdod-A"toria Among the hmldings, to be elected soon that vvIll requue some fur11lture al e the following St Pll1lhps church will buIld a new edIfice at 210 \V 134th street, an dnnex to the pubhc school number 132, on Wadsworth avenue, to cost $105,000; the E\ angehcal Lutheran Church of St Matthew WIll erect a new church bmld111g on Wash111gton HeIghts, the New York Post Graduate MedIcal SchOOl and Hospital WIll spend $1,000,000 111 buildmgs at Second avenue and Twentleth street and there wIll be additions built to the Meilopolitan Museum of Arts to cost $500,000 each year, to cover a pel iod of ten yeals GI eellfield & Freednun, mdnu±actureI'i of bed springs, wele bmned out at 680 Flushmg avenue, Blooklyn N. Y Alfred G. J Muller & company, cabmetmakers, 506 East 1\ Ineteenth street are in finanCIal tlOuble Their liabihtles are $17,000 distributed among 56 CIedItors A H Koteman, wholesale fur11ltm e, 15 VV Twenty-fourth stl eet, talks of enlarg111g his warelooms by takmg another lal ge 10ft and if he does WIll have one of the larg est and best saleslooms m the CIty Simpson & Crawford have the fmmtm e conil act f01 the new hotel Clinton at East Orange, N J The Grand Rapids Fur11lture compdny have Joined hands with the FIfth a\ enue associatIOn, orga11lzed for the improve-ment of Fifth avenue Frank W Randall, furnIture dealer, has leased the new twelve story and ba'3ement bLllldmg at 136 \V FIfty-second street, for 20 yea1 S IIe WIll occupy three floors hImself and use the balance as a fur11lture exchange or exhibitIOn rooms There wIll be d pubhc hall 111 the center and all arrangements for USIng It a" d dlstnLmtmg centle f01 the trade It IS in a good locatIon as busme-,s 1<, g0111g up that vvay farther every year The bmldmg vvIll be completed ~ug 1, 1910 and WIll be modern and fireploof The Amellcan Bamboo}; ur11lture company IS a new con-celn to manufacture bamhoo and Ieed furnIture, at 2405 Ful-ton street, BlOoklyn, WIth a capItal of $5,000 J Look IS preSIdent of the company The follovv 111gfur11lture men vvere entertd111ed by GImbel Bros at theIr COInel stone laymg \1 Ilha11l Gygel of the Lmcoln };urmtm e company, Gustave A Kuemmel1e of Bod-enstme & Kuemme~le of PhIladelphIa, \\ Ilham Gay of Berkey & Gay, Charles 1\ Bldck of the Onel Cab111et company, \NIl-ham II Iddlcomb, Charles R Shgh and Ralph P Tietsort of Grand RapIds, A D SIkes of the SIkes ChaIr company, Buf-falo, " Y, Adolph Karpen of S Karpen & Bra and Clay-ton BaIley of the TIaIlpy-J ones company Butlel Bros, 49') Broadway, wholesale household goods, have added fm nlture to theIr hnes and WIll handle large amounts as they do a hIg busmess Charles G Lane, one of the oldest manufacturers of furn- Made by Shelton and Snyder Furmture Co , Grand RapIds, MlCh Itm e on lowel Fulton street, dIed recently at 105 Adelphi street, BrOOklyn Ford & Johnson are 111 then nev, wal ehouse on Twenty- SIxth street Stearns & Foster wIll be 111the furlllture expOSItIon on the hfth floor, Depew place sIde, Hubbald, Eldredge & l\Itller wIll be on the fIfth floor, Lex111gton avenue SIde IAI1I-ham Howe WIll be on the fifth floor, WIth the Cowenango and Conant lines Space 111the e'CposltIOl1 lull IS at a premIum and some films have been offered a 2S per cent, ad\dnce on what they pay 111ordel to get 111 rl he show wIll be open 111tIme and WIll be the best ever held Isadore BnnlJaum of the detL111ct BIrnbaum company has opened another store 111the same locatIOn B. B Zippert, WIth the Henmann },ur11lture company and :-Jew York Desk and Dming Room Fur1l1ture company, as credIt man and treasurer, IS 75 years old J & MOlds" 111gIS the name of a new pIcture and car-pet firm at 1056 Broadway The Hudson & Kdne company of Amenca, hdve been 111- corporated to deal in upholstely mdtenals, with a capItal of $25,000, headed by ~I :Newman and H Payben of Brooklyn. S Many a glll who looks hke a peach IS really a lemon in di sgm se " to WEEKLY ARTISAN Th6 Mf\NISTEG Mf\NUFf\5TURING 50. MANISTEE, MICH. No. 355. Top 22x42. Glass 24x30. We f\re Making f\ LOT Of NE,W THINGS In Colonial and Mission BtlOrOOm and Dinino Room furnitur6 Our new supplement is now ready to mail. Let us have your inquiries. HINTS FOR THE VARNISH WORKERS ~-------------~-------------------------------_.~----------_.---., 1 I I I ! I II 1 II IIII III II I II I I II III• II I I II I I~-------------------------------------_._--------~--------------------------------------~ I We can Interest you If you wIll call at 1319 MIchIgan Ave., 6th floor, where our full lIne IS shown the year round Suggestions That. If Prope1'ly Heeded. ~lay Pl."e-vpnt Annoyance and Unpleasant Results. ~tlalll all varl11sh, lubblllg Ol TIl11"h1l1g le~alclless of the maker'" name It IS a preLauttonal \ meast1l c dncl that ~ \\ hat I" needed 111the varl11sh 100111 Spots of knovvn or unkno\'vn (l] 1~ln ma) 111"ome Cdse" be 1el110ved and 111others made less (11stmct by mal stenmg \\ Ith a 111lXtt1le of equal parts of ra\\ l1l1seed oJ! tUl pentme and pure gram alcohol ~ ppl) \\ Ith a soft cloth, and \v hen the "pot" are obltterated, or removed a" fal a~ pO-''olble Iuh ovel Itghtly WIth a clean pIece of blott111g papel Thl" I" not an 111fallthle emedy, hut 111man} cases It wIll effect a cure The varl11"h room should hay c plenty of eftectn e \ eutl latton And It should have faclltttes for eltY111gthe dlr 111cac,e an 0\ er supply of mOIsture b present "'IfOlsture conclens111g upon a "arl11sh not thoroughly hdl d cau c,e" the "arl11sh to bloom RapId change of temperatt1le. 01 the pre"ence of fcttd fumes ale also qUltc Itkely to cause the val111c,h to bloom It IS lare that wash1l1g the "UtfdCC \\ 111 cure a \\ell dc\ elopcd case of varl11sh bloom111~ FIre checks 111a reccntl} \ arlllshecl sutface are not Infre quently caused by the sudden drop of the temperatUl e l1l the varnIsh room, thus chJ!ltng thc \ arl11sh, and forCIng It to con-tract to the extent of devclop1l1g the fine, thread-ltke fissure" characten"ttc of thIS form of surface ttactures Permlttmg the varl11sh to become thorou~hl} df}, lec,ulfacmf?, and re \ al nish111g WIll effect a cure Despltc the adVIce sometllllc" cheetfulh (?,"l\cn, do not attempt to change the qualttv 01 Lharactel of \ our \ al Ulsh b) mlxll1g or thml11nc, It \\ Ith lll1'oced 011. turpentIne 01 am No 157. Top 20x33. Glass 14x24. othe1 thl11nlllc, mcd1ll11l l se the val111sh sit alght as rc- CU\ eel flom thc maker, and then hold hIm stnctly re:opon:olblc f01 Its qualtt}, \\ 01kmg ell} mg and othel propertle" l~a1111"h the "urface rubbed upon varnish the same day~ \\ Ithm a fe\\ hours, In fact~of the final rubbIng II hel e an mtel \ al of "e\ eral hours, or the 111ght hours, al e allowed to clclp"l heh\ een the rubbmg of thc \ ar111sh dnd revarlllshlnc,- a ,llfficlent c,cum ur p01sonuu" "uhc,tance IS sure to accummuldte to mJl11c or 1 endl[ \ Old the follOWIng coat of \ arl11sh A lIght ruhblng of the surface offels a cheap and eftectlVc preventtve of var111sh mbhaps due to the above partIcular condltlOn of the surface OccasI011dll} the fOl ce of clrcum"tances compel rubbmg the \ arl11sh hefore It IS thoroughly hal d, whIch, of course, ought ne\ el to bc done \Vhen thIS I ubblng take" place the pumIce stone flour I" Itkely to be lSlound l11to the sutface unttl It shows a mtlky appearance To eltmmate thIS wash the rnbbm(?," pad free of all pUl111ce stone flol11. and then wet-tmg It up well WIth clean \\ater, "water rub" thc \ arl11sh unttl all traces of the pll1111CCstone (ltsappeal A..ll first c1a"s \ all11shel s recoc,-nize the value, 01 I athcr the necc"stty of \\ ashm(?," the SUlfdce ab'iolutely clean of all "edllnent, dust and uthel mattcI ll1 pleparatlOn for thc suc-ceedm~ coat of \ arnlsh Around all moldmgs, CUIV111g and edc,-e" the wash tool should he carefully used m connectIOn WIth plcnty of wate \\ ashm(?," IS e\ en more Important than dustmg and both are Clmte lI1dl"penslhle, a" the premIer \ armshers Wll1 tell you \ pI aLtlLe uf dustmg and cleanmg the sm face observ ed h, "ome finhhcl" con'ol'its of fir"t g0l11g 0\ el the surface m a \ CI \ thOl ou~h \\ d \ \\ 1th the duster, aHel WhlCh, \\ lth a pel fectl) clcan pIece of "Ilk, It 1'0\\ Iped carefully over for the WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 ~ I_~._- _.. ~ ~__....••. _._ .~ . ,~_. ~~ __~~ __~ __ I The Herhimer Hotel I I. GRAN~R~P:~;~~NMICH. II RunnIng hot and cold I YVater, tel e p h 0 n e Old En Rll.sh,. • .!dl~... :.: : -. clothes closet electrIc ~ ••'2c.;,.:l,~,,'",> C) siolf. ll.n)\.. ".: : •• I light steam heat etc '~h-1J2- ..... _T" C 1 AI'''' t " • In each room 0 onley. -\",oJ' es •• • I . . .... Immaculate tIled de Sen.ler., l~ C~rtt!... • • tached tnd p r 1 \ ate ', .tt..-.. .. I baths 6 a. m. >V ]0, It v'· • • i" ArtIstIC and pel fecth Table J HO:~' D:,~;er' •• I appoInted Bilhald Hall 530 \08 pm. dally at • I Lonnglllg Den Buber • Shop Ete ')0 cents. I., Take sout~:::~S~e~t~~?s~~b~=~Oc~r~~~ ~n~~ or Grand I K,WNRIT O £ EWIRL£ OaR PEHOoN£ CFOROPARMTICpUlAA"SN' y I I Trunk stations. Five Main car lines reach the door. • : J I CHICAGO NEW YORK TORONTO i ~-- - . _.--. ------ ..- " ~~_._.-._.---.--_._------------. .. ..-- . .. - -.. pUlpose of L,'tch1ng up all e'X1'Stmg fl( LU1lcnt 'Suhstances Then 1mmed1ately apply the v,lrl11sh \vOld all fussy operdtlOns about the vallllsh room vVork 1n thh dpartment a" you would m any other one about the ))a111t "hop-that IS, m a pelfectly bus1ne'-,,,-ltke ",ay The nu\ou", fuss) J<lckln-thebo:x. "Olt of man ha'o ne\el yet ))lmed n01 lS he ltkeh to prme a successful ,a11Jhhel The \ al rl1"h 1(Jom 10, no sau cd 1101 my stenous pl,\( e Lrv e flesh and-blood men al e IH)(1 to mhab1t It Only by aLtlng and "orkmg and thmk111f; mal atlOnal way, and usmg the best p(Jss1ble '01011 and putt111g a.,lde all th1S palaver about mag1c ,lnd tlp-toe antICS, may we hope to aCh1e\ e succe'Ss 111the val 111sh room -The Hub ··Bright Spot of Fort Wayne." 1he Inchana I'111111ture Company of Fort II ayne has Just taken posse,slOn of then handsome ne\\ store at 121-3 Ea"t ,- \lam street, \\ h1ch 1" "a1d to be the large'ot butld1l1~ m the , state nov\ occup1ed 1n retdtl fur111ture dealers The nev ~;- J bUlld1l1g ha'o Sl:x.stOlle" and ba'Sement, stone and bnck front, conCI ete floors and b eqUIpped w1th all modern conve11lences It I" cons1dered fireproof, e\ en the wmdow frames being of metal It b ltghted b) 0\ er 1,400 forty watt Tungston lamps ,lnd hac, se\ e1al featurec, that arc not found 1n an) other bl1lld1l1£.; 111 the Clt) 1here are 300 elect11c ltghb on the ft ant of the bl1lld1l1g dnd on the roof the word "Ind1ana" appears In electnc letters 18 feet 111 heIght The llghts hay e caused the b1111d1l1gto be called "The J3l1ght Spot of F01t \1 ayne" THEHindel KINO THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Protects covering by turn· : InU cushions. ': Is so simple and ean a child can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box under seat. Comprises three articles for the price of one Is htted with felted cotton mattress. Has LuxuriOus Turkish Springs. Is always ready WIth bed· ding In proper place. Is absolutely safe-cannot close accidentally. Saves rent by saving space ...---..., An Undertakers' Experience. An tAuted ,lnd md1gnant w011lan hurned 111to the office of d p10mment undertaker 111Grand Rap1d" and breathles'Sly exc1a1med ' You (ltd not bury my husband my ne1ghbors say :>GU b1111Ul d c,tunc and "h1pped my hu"hand to a medIcal college" "Yon nelghbIls '-,a:> 'So, eh? vVe v."lll not dISCUS'S that mattel Lome w1th me tu the cemetery and 'oee about 1t I ~h<111exhume the body and charge you $10 00 add1tlOnal for my sen lees You w1ll have to pay the grave d1ggers, too." the undertaker rephed La1Ill1g a hack the undertaker rode w1th the ",oman to the bundl sp(A of her husband and set the dIggers to work The casket \Va'o uncm ered afte1 a half hOl11''S shove11l1g and the undertaker descended mto the eAcavdtlOn to loosen the COyer of the Ld"ket Calltng the woman to \\J1tne~s the proceed1l1g the cm er v\a" 1emo\ ed when an unbearable stench filled the ell r 'Does tl1dt smell ltke a stone)" the undertaker dsked. "Oh, no, cover 1t up qUlck QUlck" The story of the c,eml-annual 1\ ew Y01 k e:x.poslt1on IS <l h1»tOl \ of cont111ued and growmg succe'3'3 In the 38th, to be open f om Januar) 17 to l~ehrudfy 5, two hundred and fifty manufacture1 s vv111e'Xhlb1t the he.,t and the newe'3t 111fU1n- 1ture Lots of v\omen feel that they would r,lthe1 d} e th,ln hay e gray hailS SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN (llnamenh and plenty of t1Jtlll upon the fUl111tme they han-dled and It \\a, d qUC.,tlO11"hethel the dedle1o, would permit the substltutJo11 of the ne\\ Olnament fm carvll1gs J\11 h.endall hdd fdlth 111the p1actlCdl \ alue of the 01 nament, :'Ill Ga\, alwdys COnc,elVatl\e, wa" e;omcv\hat doubtful of Its bell1g \Vhlle tlavelmg to\'-.a1d ~e\\ tOll,. t;-'.~l1n,:eah ago, the \\or1h), \\hlle '\Jl Bennett ancl othtrs tXplee;sed themselve" late Tulms Berkey notIced a ne\\ et11c1a t t.r~i1ie: ;lia:ln t:!4cor'" • ll~ i.a\ or of glVlllg it a tIlal C nderh111 wae; engaged and atlo~ on the ce1hniS of the coach III \\ 111ch.i~~.~\'a~ ricr;ng"'Ev~A f·# :'.~t~:hti¥ten wel e fitted up III the factory f~r hle; me qUlck to 1ecogl1lze the \ a1ue of a11\ thll~ bta~t'idI:d'rf~ :l1se:ful.. The (h1~H;'ent \\ ae; apphed by the ue;e of stenclls and blUshes ::\lr Berke\ at once deueled that the n~\; o{l1·a·h'\·e'1~:~ciu.lr€b~.:: It e,htGliui :{dc,e1111Jlethe pa111tecl \Vork turned out under the utll1zed Ul the manufdctUle of tUIl11LUle \\hl1e lookl1lQ tOI i1:tli1(~·bf·~·coiteH!.e fl11l111Ule." at \1 Jlhame;port, Grand Rapids, the name of the h1111dCl of the LOele11hL tOUl1el el meted pIeltL 01 111.,e\ eldl tem ne; loedted m the ~e\\ Engldnd states A flOm whIch he leal nul thdt It \\ dC, hUllt 111 the .,hups of the 1ll1e of pel fectly pld111 :,l11te" \\ as hrought out by the compdny i'Jew York Lentra1 Ral1road at C,chenectcld}, Xew YOlk and upon the panels of the becJe,tead:, and the flonts of the \Vhen the conductor passed through the coach a few mom- c1rawe1 s, upon mahogany stamed back grounds, Underhill ents later::'lff Berkey asked and lecel\ eel a stop-over check applJed the ornament The figures used wele branches of for Schenectady By makm~ mdn} mqmnes::\11 Berke} apple blossom-;, fern" and maple led\ es In the vanous t111tS, leal ned that the chIef decOl ato1 m the employ of the com- It'sult1l1~ from the touch of frost In the fall months of the pany was a man named LncleJ11l11 GOIng to the home of } ear The eftect \~as satle;fymg and beautlful The com-the man afte1 the c!oc,e of the clav., \\ork, \11 Berkey tllecI pan} adveltlsed the lme exten:::'lvely as the "apple blossom to learn the plOce.,,, <:'mplo\ ed to ploeluce the 01 nament, offel- lIne" ancl heavy sales vvel e made UnderhIll soon became 1l1g a substantlal ll1ducement fOl the same Emplo} e., ot the ellssatlsfied \vl111e labollng unclel the SUsplcion that employes rallroads a-; a lule are uncle1palcl. anel \It l ndelhl1l had long of the compal1\ \\e1e endea\oring- to acqmre hIe; art Com-been d1;,satlsfied \\ Ith the II a~es palcl 111111 b\ the lorporatlOn petmg manllfactm el c, anx10US to learn the secret of the deco- He c1oo,ecl the clI:,cuse;lon h) ft ankh :,tetilng thelt Il the Berkey 1ailve process ot! el cd h1111employment and m a short t1111e & Gay Furl1ltme C0111pany \\ould pa, hI111 a stdted "um and he enteled the emplm of the \1cCord & B1adfield Furmture pe1111lt hl111 to clo llle; \\Olk 1'1 a seuet chamhC'l he \\ould (ol11pam The \llclchLol11b I mmture company developed entel then el11plm p10Le.,see; fm ploduc1l1~ l-neleJ11111 clLCOlelted Stl1tes and the 1\11 Berke\ eont111llul 111" lCJmllU to \n\ YoI1~, but tll1ee corpOlatlO11e; supplIed the cle111elnel.,of the market fOJ a upon hI;' retm;1 to (11 cll1cl RapId c, hc called \J 1 Ga \,:\It \ Cell OJ tv\ 0 The Lnele1hlll proLesses 1equll ed cone;lde1 able Holt, 1\11 Kendall,:\J 1 BLnnett and othel head" of depal1 more tl111e than 1;' necessary to fil11s11a smte in the usual vvay, mente; tog ethel and submItted the PIOpo"It1On fOl then con and the bu~mcs" d1d not prove so remune1 eltive as had been slderatlOn In those day " the tJade dcmanc!ul hand Lell\ ed e "pected ON THE REMINISCENT ORDER Story of the Underhill Decorations and Berkey & Gay's --Apple Blossom I.ine,'· ._~-_._---------------------., I I I I II I I I r- ••••• - III IHE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dllll11g Room ft11111tllre, Reed and Rat t a 11 furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete line of sam-ples are dIsplayed In The Ford 8 Johnson BUilding, 1433·37 Wa&ash Ave., In-cludlnl! a speCIal display of Hotel Furmture. IIt IIIt •III• IIII• I I II I I II III I II II II IIII I• I• • ••• _..l All !urmture dealers are cordzalty mvzted to visit our building. ..----_. ------------- New Furniture Dealers . S M Po~t \\ 111open a new fUfl11ture store 111 Morristown, 5 Dak C 'IV. Spen cer 1\ ill open a new furniture store m Rut-land, Vt De:'l1arsh & Ca-;avant are nev, furl1lture dealers at Her- 1'1l11er. Y Y C E ]\1el tz lS to open d fm nl1m e St01 e at Nemaha, Iowa, on J anual y 10 A..ngle BIos a1 e ne\\ fm11ltm e dealers and undertakers 111Tampa Fla Depo<;t & Osborn ha\ e opened a new ft.1111lture store at rdg-ev~ood, III John Bntler has em;-aged 111 the retaIl furmture business elt RIverside, Cal '\ C Pm\elc, hac, opened a new f1l111lture stOle at \Vhite 1\.\\ el JundlOn. Yt The :\J c \J Ichdcl 111cldcn company dl e nc\'-. ftl1 nlture deal- (1 s 111 \helnathy, S Dak Roth & Co, fI0111 Stdnford Ill, are to open a new fUll11tme e;tole at ::\IoOle, ::\1011t The ~e\\polt FUl11ltUle company ale plOprietors of a ne\\ ..,tole 1ecentlv opened at XevvpOlt, 1\ a:::,h DavId F Healey ha" opened a new ~tore ill Taunton, \Idse; , unclel the name of the \ntJquc Fml11tme Lompany GeOlge C Smlth h plepdllng- to open a ldl~e fur11lture store m a four-story blllldll1l:; at 220 II est Fa\ eUe street, Baltl11101e, Md Dr "\Y L D1ckel son, sIlent pal tllel 111 thp firm of Fay & Dld~ehon at Long Beach, Cal, has sold his ranch and 1eSI-denLt nea1 Ontallo, Cal for $15,000 He wlll move to Long ];each ,llld the film \\ 111add a furmtul e de pal tmel1t to then bl1sme-;s WEEKLY ARTISAN Fine Furniture Woods. Gland RapIds and \Ve"tern J\Ilchlgan Ius long been fam-ous for the manufacture of fine ±url11ture Thel e are nearly fifty fl11l11tl11e factories m Gl and Rdpld s usmg fine woods whJle Hastmg", .KashvJlle, Charlotte, Holland, ~turgls, Ben-ton Harbor, Muskegon, BIg RapIds, \Ial11stee, Traver'le Clt), Lansmg, Grand Ledge, Owosso and Corunna are all m the Grand RapIds dlStllCt, and all have flom one to a half dozen furl11tl11e factolles, consequently \\ est :\Ilchlgan IS the great-est market m the wodd for fine ftl1111tl11e lumber and veneers ThIs prehmmary leads to the mattel of fUr111shmg supphes and m thIs connectIOn the \\1 eekly \1 tlsan IS plea 'led to note that lTpteglOve & Beckvvlth, of "e\\ l' O1k and Gland RapIds al e among the greatest Imp01 tel" and manufacturel" of fine fur111tl11e lumber 111thl'l couni!) TheIr Grand RapIds office, 13 manufacturers or thell buyers selecting what they want Mr. BeckWIth for tvventy or mOl e ) ears has been selling these goods 111the west, and his pohcy has been to gIve hIs custom-ers the very best goods at reasonable prices and so retam not anI) theIr respect but confIdence 111hIS Judgement and fail deahng, and 111thIs way has seen hIS busmess grow steadJly from year to year untJl the name of Uptegrove & BeckWIth has become the standard for cverythmg that is best 111fur111- ture lumber and veneers Furniture Fires. John DavIdson, fl11nitule dealer of Guelph, Ont, lost hl'l entire stock by fire I ecently. Lo'ls $14,000; fully 111sured The I-I1ggmbotham hardware furl11ture St01 e In Dubhn, Tex, was bl11ned out on December 24 Loss, $4,000, partially msured O'ReJlly & Son, furniture and crocker) dealers of Medina, N Y suffered a los3 of $2,000 by fire on December 22, Fully 111sured John McGee's furl11ture store m Fhnt a suburb of Fall RIver, Mass, was badly damaged by fire on December 24 Lo"s fully Insured. The fl11111tUle stOle of Andelson & vVander, Red Lake, 2\1:111nwas totally de'ltroyed by iiI e on December 23 Loss $7,500, insl11 anCe $5,000 The plant 111c1ud111gstock on hand, of the NatIOnal Ad- Justable Chall company at Greenfield, Ind, was burned on December 23 Loss $6,500, 111Sl11anCe$3,000 The Rhodes lurl11ture company's store on K111g street, Charle'lton, S C, was almost totally destroyed by fire re-cently The loss wa'l partIally cm ered by m'lurancc J D Oclel, fl11l11ture dealel of Lee's SummIt, near Kan-sas CIty, Mo, lost about $2,500 m a fire that destroyed the best part of the busmess sectIOn of the VIllage on December 23 Mr Ocker's loss IS fully covered by msurance The plant of LudWIg Zodlkow, manufacturer of parlor fUll11ture on the East SIde, .Kew YO! k, was destroyed m a fire on December 23, that caused a total loss of $250,000 Mr. Zodlkow's loss 13 about $110,000, pal tially msured Edward B Jordan & company's cabmet fact01y m Brook- I) n, N. Y., was damaged to the extent of $90,000 by fire on December 18, and two employe'l lost theIr hves by suffocatIOn. The blaze IS supposed to have started from a cIgarette care-lessly dropped In the shipping department Made by Stebbms-Wllhelm Furmture Co, SturgIs, MICh. at 22 Pearl street WIth vvarehouse and yards at Court and ShaVVll1Ul avenue ale In chan~'e of John 13 BeckWIth who vvlth an able corpe; of a"slstants, IS prepaled to supply the tlade WIth the vel y chOIcest African, MeXIcan and Cuban mahog any lumbe1 and veneers, the ch01cec;t of Clrcae;slan walnut and quarter-~awed oak, and m fact, everythmg that IS best m fine fl11nltUle and plano lumber and veneers So well known to the manufactUl el s hae; thIS become that one may step mto theIr storage rooms any day, and almost at any hour, and find ..... ------------------------ MOON DESK COMPANY I II II I II II I I II III~--------- Grand Rapids Exhibit, January, 1910, 3rd Floor, Manufacturers' Building. R. E Moon, F M Barton, D. L McLeod, In charge OFFICE DESKS ._--_. ------.,II Six Styles of Double Flat Top Desks. MUSKEGON MICHIGAN ._---- . .- .__._._--_._.-.__ ._. .------------------ I4 " 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~------_.--------._-----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ t I I I III III IIt II I I I, PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION Our nultiple Square Chisel llortiser .. - ,II I I A No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. Makes the Strongest, most economical and most accurate case construction possible. It is entirely automatic. It clamps, mortises and releases, completing the post in less time than the material can be clamped on other machines. We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extreme-ly profitable to chair manufacturers. Ask for CAT ALOe HE" •,,-----------------._----_._--- -------- •• •• _ ••• _ a ••• I ...... -- ---------- - - - - .----------_._---..-. _ ....... The Home-Like Herkimer. '\ l"ltllJg lepresentatl\c, ot the t11l11ltt11L tlade to the (,1111c1 Rapld, market c1W111gthe Jcll1Ual\ e'.hdllt!on ill It a 1\ "C,l") 1 of the year \\ 111find that the Herl'llllel hotel trJo cl, fil t (Ll', Made by Mamstee Manufacturmg Co , Mamstee, MlCh accommodatIOns \vlth the hIghest (lc:glee of L0111f01t 11110pop ular hostelry concluded on the European plan ,1ft01 els the 11M'.1 mum of comfOl t at the m111lmUm of co,t and IS eql11pped \1 lth attractlve, hght, alry, tastefully furnIshed rooms provIded \\ lth dedI lL 11gb!.'>,,teclm hedt, clothes dosets, hot ,1l1d cold run11lng \\ atel telephones, fire escapes, restful beds, etc Some new feat ure<., "hlch have Just been llJstalIed con,lst of d perfectly ap p0111ted bl1hal d room m chal ge of John Thomp'on a 10une;lllg c1Lll barber shop aud pubhc tOllets. '\ ne\\ Oth F1ectllc ele \ ator IS abo bemg put m The cafe has Fnghsh, \11os1On alld C olo111al r00ms and the CUbllle 1<.,of the best The Herklmer 1 ,1 ,elect hotel t01 transient and permdnent guest,. qmet h,l111e hke chcen, ,ome\\ hat dIfferent and 111 some p:trt1cll1ars ql11te \ mqne It IS the latest of modern hotels m Grand Rdplds and tv el \ detaIl looked afte1 a~ to fil1l.,h, artlst1~ tredtment of clecor- ,tt1On", model ate 1ates, cal efnl management l he cafe snpphes the ]Jab on of the Herk1mel WIth good fooel, properly Laake! ,lm! IV ell sel \ ed all at model ate pnces The regnletr serVIce Dr the Late IS 110m 6 a m to] 1 P 111 ,md a let Cdlte at all honr~ C lnb breakfasts, c1nb 1nncheon5, etc lIve COUf.,e t:lbL c1hotl dmnel, Sundays mc1nded, from '5 00 to R 0 do~k, at ')0 Architects Fail on Furniture. \.s a rnle c\lcllltech fall d" desH:;ners of fUl nlttll e 1hel "eem to be no more quallfiecl to deSIgn fn'1llture C01rectly than a mll1111el to pro(luce a (hes:o ~tllt fOl a gent1emdn Thl' <:;1 eat \elam Brothers \\ e1e arc1lltects, but they employ eel expenenced deSIgners to draw the fl1rl11ttll e that won the11 tame There 1~ a fad for "bUllt In furl11ture," promoted b} the archItect, that 1<.,spreadmg rapldly The mcompetency of the des1Rnel" IS demonstrated at a glance at the c. bt11lt 111 tnr11ltl11e" seen Jll many house, Retalle1 s of fnr1llture would --en e thelr best 1I1telec,t<.,by teadllng the puhhc the dJfierence l)e1\\ een fur1lltnre dec,lgned and built by manufacturers tra111ed ancl skilled 111 that mdustry and fUll11ture c1eslgnecl by arc1ll-tects and bullt by carpenters WEEKLY ARTISAN Special Rates to New York. The customaly merchants rate" to New York flom the trunk l111eand central pa"'"engel terntones hay e been author- Ized fO! the "'pl111g, 1910, meet111gs of the },[erchants' AssoCIa-tIOn of 1'\evv Y OJ k Tho specIal fare, effectIve undel the cer-tIficate rlcll1, \\ III be a I ate and one-half for the lOund tnp Thel e wJ11 be sIxteen sell111g date", arranged 111four ::,ene" of f0111 each, to accommodate mel chants 111the vanous trades who de"11 e to v 1'3lt the '\ ev\ York market 1he selhng dates al e as follows Trunk L111eTernto! v- JanUclf} IS-18, Inclu'01\e, rebluary 19-22, 111cluslve, Ma~ch S 8, 111c1u"'1\e, },Ial ch 1<)22. Inclu"lve-all wIth a fifteen day letull1 lunIt Cenilall'a..,,,en:sel lerl1to.y-Jal1ual} 15-18, Inc!u"l\e 1 ehlUdr} S-8, Il1clu"1\ e, I, ebrual y 1C) 22, 111c1us1\e },lal ch 5 8 IIlC!JI..,1\L-all \\Ith a thIrty day return lumt I he trunk 1111eten It01 y, roughly descnbed, 111cludes the ..,tdte.., of J\ew York, Penn,,}lva1l1a, New Jersey, Delaware. .!\ [dl} land, a lanse pa' t of \ V e"t " Irg111la, V Irg111la north of and 0'1 the 1111eof the Chesapeake & OhIO raIlway, and the dlstnct of ColumbIa In thl" "ectlOn the rates does not apply from pc 111t"Ie"" than olle hundred mJ1es from X ew York CentIal Pa""engel i\,,"oclatlOn ]un"dlctlon IS be"t de- ",cl1hed a" follo\\" POInts \\C"t of (but not ll1c1udmg) Buf-falo, NIagara rail", Su"penslOn Bl1dge and Salamanca, ~ \ , Plthburg and Alleghany, Pa , BellaIre and Manetta, 0 \\ heelll1g, ChaJleston and HuntIngton, \V Va , and pOInt" on and north of the OhIO 11\ el and edst of the MI::''3I''''lppl r1\ U, and "outh of an Imag111ary 1ll1e flom Keokuk, Ia . to ChIcago, Incluchng C111Cll1natl, LGuI'3vllle, all to\\ ns 111 Kentuckv 011 the Che::,apeake & OhIO lalh\ a} , St Lows , Keokuk , Chlcao~o Southern Penll1,ula of l\Ilchlgan and Canadwn tm\ n" on thc \111111gall Cenilal rculroad and the \Vaba"h raIlroad The 1\[erchdnt" AS'3oclai!on call" speual attentIOn to the plan to be Inaugurated WIth the Spnng, 1910, meetll1gs, whele by bu} e,,, takll1g advantage of the rate" to N nv York wJ11 On1) be lequired to nuke one tl1P (lI1,tead of t\\O as hereto fore) to the a"soclatlOn s offices for the vall datIOn of the I eturn trip certIficate The ob] ect of the new plan 1'3 stIlI further to mll1lmlZe the '3hght mCOnvemence In the lo"s of tune ditendant upon the use of merchants' rates To canv thl'3 plan mto effect, the aSSOCIatIOn's reSIdent member" v;IlI be "upphed a ne\\ and speCIal IdentIficatIOn card One of these, plOpeI1y filled out and SIgned, must be obtall1ed by edch bUyer 111 1\ ew York, plIO! to reglstenng at the aSSOCIatIOn'" office" If the IdentIficatIOn and the return tny certIficate are le:sulal 111every lespect, the laitel WIll at once be valIdated, aftel whIch the return transportatIOn called for by he \ ah- '" ~ ' I~" '-~ " II I"II ! I I I I, \11 I ft I I \ l \ II \ I \1 I \ ~ \ 11 '<:.--~ -- ( """ 160 Rockford 15 dated certIficate \vIlI be sold vvlth111 the return hmlt b) the local tIcket agent on the day 01 one day 111ad\ ance of the buyer'" depal ture from New YOI k Arrangements have also been perfected whereby all the local tIcket office" and depots wJ11 make the deSIred Pullman reservatIOns for a merchant shOWIng a vahdated return tnp certIficate Out-of-town merchants are urged to obta111 the identI-ficatIOn card from a reSIdent member ancl VISIt the aSSOCIatIOn's cffices as soon a" pOSSIble after al nval In town, thereby glv111g tIme 111whIch to secure the correctIOn of any pdtent el ror 111 the I eturn tnp certIficate, a" well a'3 affO! cl111g opportul11t) promptly to obta111 Pullman' e"enatlOn" fOl the return tnp, ahel the cel tIficate ha'3 been valIclcttecl Line of Loose Cushions. The Kell-Anway Company hay e a 1111eof loo"e cu"hlOn::, fo, seat" and backs of loc:Zer", that wIll be sure to please every bu) er who sees them, the cut herewltll '3hows a good specImen of thIS lIne The \\ hole 1111ewIll be exhIbIted 111 Grand RapIds on the fil "t floO!, north half of the FurnIture EAhlbltlon buIldll1g, formedy occupIed b} the Mueller & Slack company The Ked-Anwav company are rapldl} com111g to the flont a" one of Grand RapIds leadmg uphol<;ter- 111g concel ns, and thell 11l1e of samples wIll lZreatly add to their trade and reputatIOn The best way to manage a husband I::' to select one who doe'3n't need managing. Furniture ..---. ... ----~I,II I I ~ ,I ,II II II IIIIII I.-- ..... --------~I National Company and Manufacturers of HIgh Grade Furniture in Selected Quarter Sawed Oak and MAHOGANY Our fullime Will be on exhibition on the 4th Floor, North Half, Library Dining Room CbiRa Cabinet 186. FURNITURE EXCHANGE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Buffet 286 16 vVEEKLY ARTISAN "'UBl..ISHe:O EVERY SATU~DAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY ---- -~ ~- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $200 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. -- -- -- --- --- ~- --- -- -- --- PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP'DS, MICH, A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter Jnly 5, 1909 at the post office at Grand Raplds Mlchlgan nnder the act of March 3 1879 T""o decades ago a neatly dlessed, 1I1telhgent young Inshman alfnecl1l1 Gland RapIds Calf)1I1g a roll of govelll-ment 1ssne:o that \\ auld fill a length of ::,tm eplpe and an-nounced that he v, as the prcs1dent of the Dnluth FU1mtl11 e company of \Vest Dulnih, \lmn He trankl) stated that h1S ob] ect was the employment of the best desIgner, the best superintendent and the best foremen employ ed 111 the factones of Grand Raplch 1he clas::, of men he deslfed to confer \\Ith we1 e mamly under contract, but not to be uefeatcd m 111'0 purpose he engaged \\ H Redmond la competent "upenn-tendent), \\ C Horner \\ho had j11',i entereu upon hIS career as a deSIgner and a numbel of other", \\ ho 1110\ ed to \\ (::,t Duluth and entered npon their dutle." \1 r Hornel jJlOducecl many "ol1gmal" desH; 11s and the tI ac1e kno\\ " \\ hat ha ppCI1" when sprout1l1l:; gen111s 11peno, al'd IS I cach for jJJ(.J.,1I1£; 1 he goods were not 111such dcmand 111 the \\ e:ot as to I eqUlre the operatIOn of the factOl) ovel tl1l1e and the companv deuded to dump the stuft on poor old, patlel,t, lon£;-snftellll£; \e\\ l.Olk To save expense 111 Shlpp111£;, the £;'00c1" \\ 11 e loaded on a vessel and se\ eral \veeks latel I eached the docks ot X e\\ 1. ark \\1 hen the packmg had been taken olf thel e \\ el e rev ealed fea-tures 111constructIOn, the deslgnel h',l-d not planned :\Iam of the panels had assumed conca\ e shape" Bed lalls \\ ele a" clooked as a rall fence and the aId of a CI0\\ bar or a stick oj dynamIte was necessary to opel1 the cha\\ els The onh parts of the pIece.., that had not taken on ne\\ ."hapes \\ ere the casters and the ml1 ror plates The backel ot the entellJll "e ,I wealthy S\\ echsh ~entle1l1an, \\ ho 0\\ ned the £;round on \\ hlch \Vest Dulnth \\ as located gay e the ) onnl:; I1lsh son 111-la\\ other employment and the factory \\ as closed fore\ el The po..,tal defiClt of nearly $18,000,000 1" dne mamh tL) carry 111g mal.;a71n es as second cIa ss maHer and to the enOl-mous cost of the rurdl free dehven sel \ Ice Thel e are 0\ el forty thousand f, ee rural deh\ ery route." and the cost of ma1l1ta111111trthem IS 0\ el $28,000,000 per annum \\ Ithout the nllal servIce the postal department \\ould o,hO\\ a ]JlOfit of $10,000,000 pel) ear From tll1S It appeal;:, that the rural h ee deln eq busllless has been overdone It has surely been extended be) ond the necessity line In many localIties and It IS probahle that some of the routes wlll be consolIdated III order to cut down the total e"pense The sen Ice hO\\ e\ e1 IS not hkel) to be CUItalled Rural f1 ee deln el \ plea.,es thl people and It will be extended until It reaches pI actlcalh all at them The postal department Will contlllue to do bU::,llle::,s at a loss unless the defiCit can be made good b\ ralslllg the rates on second class matter, by chang111g the clas..,lficatlOn 01 by cutting down the rates paid to the ral1roads for carrying mail Conslderahle uneaS111ess eXists III n)USlneSs circles on account of the threats of orga11lzed employ es of the railroad corporatIOns to stnke for hIgher wages Conferences of the partIes III lllterest held to adjust the matter of a new scale falled of an agreement It is reported that the government al bltratlOn board \\ III he called upon to settle the dlfferences \\ lth the e'\:pectatlon that a I esuIt lIke that which followed the '-tuke of the coal mlller" a few) ears ago will be reached A.. stllke at this ilme \\ auld affect all l111es of business disas-i1ou '01) Buyers of fur11ltl11e WIll safeguard their hest lllter-e" ts b) ordenng goods lIberally for early shipment The popular da\ enport bed \\ as manufactured 111Grand Rapids tv\ enty-fi\ e years ago It was not named 111honor of :\I1 Da\ enport, of Boston, the gentleman who 1S cred1ted \\ Ith the responslblhty for the success of the bed III recent \ ears The first of the da\ enport patterns was manufactured b) S L Km~ hut the people preferred the upright folder at that time and the r"ml.; Davcnp01 t did not sell well. It was placed on the market and thoronghly advertbed, but the up-nght was too \\ ell grounded III the favor of the public to permIt success for the da\ enport The orders, rules and I egulatlOns I elatlve to collection of the corporatIOn lllcome tax, promulgated by the internal levenue department are so comphcated that they form good l:;rot111d f01 a suspIcIon that some of the \Vashington authon-tic" are tl \ mg to make the tax more obnOXIOUS than is 1eally nece"sal \ Thel e \\ 111be no I eason for surprise 1f the law is amended hcf01 e the supreme court has a chance to pass upon It,, \ ahd1t), and the amendment may result 111postponement of the fil st collectIOn f01 a year Puce card holdel" III ."e\ eral forms have been sold suc- (essfull) dunng recent years These useful little al ticles "el \ e the purpo"e" of the retader best when placed behind the cloor~ of chllla closets, buffets, parlO1 cablllets and lIke goods Retdllel s compla111 that chl1dl en frequently m1X them when \\ Ithm thel1 reach The ca1 d holders seldom fall to attract the attention of httle people when placed on the tops of tables, (11e."Sel" 01 commodes The Grand Tnanon at \ el sa1lles, F1 ance, 1S to be re-st01 ed The Fl ench al tIsts who are leadmg the movement e"pect to place the1r 01 cler for genullle French furmture for t he palace \\ Ith manufacturel s of Grand Rapids The l111es are 111 place on the floors; the factory cafes are '-tocked for the "eason. the sale"men and a conSIderable num- 1)el ot bll\elS have annec! and the Gland Rapid.., market 1S t01ll1alh opened '1 he annual dlllner to SOjOlU11lng pail ons of the Grand RapIds Chall COmpdn\ wlll be served today The bluffer puts up a good front to compensate for hIS Llck of backing. Look out for the fellow whose record won't bear looking into. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS James W Campbell of Germantown, NY, has patented a knockdown desk The Pass ChaIr and} ur11lture company of \ntwel p, ).J Y, has been mCOlpOlated E. PElley, furmture dealer of :\hlskogee, Okla, has sold out to A S Lannmg John F11ndall of ChIcago has been granted a patent on a combmation couch and chaIr H n Arnold of New Brtlam, Conn, has been granted a patent on an e:l.tenslOn bed VlclOl A. Olson. fUlmture dealer of Yankton, S Dak, has sold out to P C Nehon Guthne & J ennmgs have purchased the furnIture busmess of Haynes Bro:" at \Vhlttles, Va L D Buffmgton, furmture and hardware dealel at Bok-oshe, Okla, has made an assIgnment Joseph H Hl:"cock of Mmneapo11s has secured a patent on a knock-dov' n wal drobe and cupboard The Kmg Furniture company of \Varren, Ohio, have mcreased the capItal stock from $60,000 to $85,000 J. T. MartIn &Co, ftllmture dealels of Sulphlll, Okla, have been declared bankrupt on a voluntalY petltlOn. D. C Slxbey ""ho has been X eIA- England manager for the Lyon Furmture Agency retlres from that posItion today Henry F Kesel, furnIture dealer of Rochester, N. Y, has made an assIgnment to V\! 19bel t Irank as trustee for lhs creditors The North Texas Furniture and Coffin company of WI-chita Falls, Tex, has suspended opelatlOns and given notice of dIssolution. The Mls<;lOn Fl1l11ltUle company of Dayton, OhlO, has been placed m the hands of a I ecelver on a petItion filed by local credItors The Cream City Bedcbng company, capltahzed at $150,- 000. has been incOl porated "lth offices at Houghton, J\Iich , and Milwaukee, \VlS Luckey, Platt & Co, genelal dealels of PoughkeepsIe, N Y, al e blllldmg an addltlOn vcdllch will enable them to enlarge their furmture department Fred Reinsmlth, furmture dealer and undel taker of Allen-town, Pa, IS el ectmg a ne"" three-story bnck bUlldll1g that he WIll occupy in February The A Leath Fl1111ltlll e cornpany of Rockford, Ill, has dropped the WOld "ftlr11lture" out of the name and IS now called the A Leath company The bU1ldmg permIts Issued In Boston dunng the past thI ee months have e'(ceeded an) sllmlar penoel m the past ten years m both nUUlber anel cost The Charles J Anderson company, cabmetmakers of \Vebster avel1L1e, New York, have been adjudged banktupt, Llabllttles, $9,509, as:"eh, e"tllnated, $7,250 The Bronson Desk company, Los Angeles, Cal, has moved into a ne" seven story bUllchng on Seventh street Their lease IS for ten years at a total lental of $141,000 J H Fl aser has boulSht the mterest of hIS partner E. T Houghton, deceased, m the firm of Houghton & Fraser fur111ture manufacturers and upholsterers, Springfield, Mass, and WIll contUlue the busmess under the name of J H Fraser & Co. The Amellcan 1'oldUlg Bed company of Sheboygan, \Vis , are completmg lmprovemenb that WIll Ulore than double theIr capaCIty and ,,111 add dll1mlS room furmture to their 11ne of products. W J MacInnes who for a number of years was the treas-urer of the Gunu FUlmture com pan) and m chalge of the company's advertlsmg campaIgn, ha:o recently been engaged by the General MotOl s company, for work m the advertIsmg department Samuel H. Frumpkm and Samuel Rmlin, domg a retaIl furlllture business under the name of the BerkshIre Furmtm e company, 111 PIttsfield, Mass, hay e made an aSSIgnment to theIr landlord Corneltus \V \I\Tnght, whose stock they bought two veals ago LIabIlItIes, $15,000, assets, about $7,000 F ,y [<'lench, fmmellj 11ujer for BroV\n, Thompson & Co of HaltfOld, Conn, and latel WIth L DImond & Sons of PI OV ldence, R I, WIll sell the lInes of the \lValt FurnIture company of Portsmouth, 0, the EmpJre Couch company of ::\Ied 111a, NY, and the C H Campbell Furniture company of ShelbYVIlle, Ind , 111the :.'\e,,, England terntory dUlmg the comlllg season An agreement has been recalled between the Belknap Hardware & Manufactunng company, of Loubvllle, Ky, and the Standard Furlllture company, of NashVIlle, Tenn, that the salesman of the fil st concern travellllg in teIrltory more accessIble to KashVIlle than LoUlsv llle, WIll sell fllrllltUl e duect from Nasl1Vllle, and that all tld' ehng men of the Hard-ware company WIll can y '" Ith them the Standard Furnitm e company's catalogue Twelve stockholders In the Standard Chair company, EvanSVIlle, Ind, ,,,,ho purchased $15,000 worth of stock from Robert A ReItz, pnor to the filll1g of a bankruptcy petltion 1ll federal court by that company are entItled to the return of their money accord111~ to a I uhng of Judge Anderson of In-chanarolls Y\ hich upholds the deCISIOn of Phelps Darby, referee m bankl uptcy, 1endered se, eral months ago Relt7, when he sold the stock owned all of the outstandlllg stock e'(cept two shares. May Mean Higher Price fOJ.· Coal. Rumors of a gIgantIc comb111atlOn of bitummous coal compal1les opelating 111 Mdryland, ·VVest Virg111la, Pennsyl-vallla, Kentucky and OhIO 1ll which the Consolidation Coal Co v\ ill play a leadmg part, has been reVIved dunng the past week WIth an advance of 6 pomts m the pnce of ConsohdatlOn Coal shares on the Baltullore Stock Exchange BeSIdes the ConsohdatlOn Coal company, the PIttsburgh Coal company, vvhlch also holds a large area of coal land, the Berwll1d & \Vhlte company, the JamIson Coal & Coke company, and the holcltngs of J. S & \V S Kuhns of PIttsburgh are saId to be among the properties WhICh vvlll be taken over These reports "" el e strengthened at a meeting of the du ectors of the Georges Creek Coal & Iron company, when an offel made by the] amlson Coal & Coke company of Penn-sylvallla to buy the Geolges Creek company was accepted, subj ect to ratificatIOn by the du ectors The price offered was $150 a share, payable partly 111 cash and the rema111der m bond" There has been consldel able quiet buymg of coal lands In \V cst VirgInia, Pennsyh ania and Kentucky 1ecently, and agents of the promoters of the coal comb111atlOn have been for months obtall1111g optlOns on coal lands III those state", Henry Clay Fnck IS saId to be one of the movlllg spmts 111the coal deal, and allted WIth him are saId to be U111ted States and Standard OIl interests For months, It IS saId, J\Ir Fnck and his aSSOCIates have been qUletly bUY111gthe stock of the PIttsburgh concern, though checked In theil attempt to obtalll a ma]onty by the refusal of the Scott and Taylor estates to part WIth theIr holdmgs MONEY MERGER MOST DANGEROUS 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ".-_ . .4 II If ( IIIIII4 II --------------------------------1 Here is III• IIIII III I III , III III II II IIIII I a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ,,IIII I• III ,, I I• I,III I No. 592 I ~----------------------------------------------~ ~i----------------------------------------------~ : I : I ~~~A~B·:AsRGAIN I I I I I 4I I' 4• •I I l I I I I I I I,, II IIII• I II I,I III II ,IiI II : II ,III I I ------ -- -- ----._._---_. ------------------------~I No. 537. 28x42 top Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIs fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIS and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. "a . Business Interests of the Country at the Mercy of l\-Iorgan. Rockefeller. the Guggcnheims and a Few Othel·s. The follO\'vmg quotdtJOn" ale not fr0111 \Ir Bnan, n01 110111the speeehe'i 01 \\ lItmg'i oi Jel ry SImpo,on, Sam Car), [om \\ ato,on, Gen \\ ea\ eI, Senator Peffer O! a,l) other Pop-ulbt but the, 'itate idC±:' and call attentIOn to conchtlOn" that 11111"tbe recog1117ecl a" a 'ienou" menace to the busIlles,; mter c"h or the countr), by all thou15hfulleaclel" 1hey elle from ,\ 11 celltunal that 1ecently appealcel III \\ hat I" c;entl alh con- "ddccl d Lon"enatne pelpel-the DebOlt \C\\'l laPltetl 1" the hfe blood of 1)11'i111e", It 1'0 also an ele- 111tnt \\ llIch hke hre 111<1) be a c;ooel 'iet'vant emel a ternble lll,htcr Franc1'o Bacon once "atd "]\Ien 111great place dIe thrIce sel \ anh-"eI \ e\11tsot the '00\ el clgn 01 "tate, 'iel \ el11t"of tclme dnd o,eI\ ant:, of bUo,ll1e'i"" But rt IS the Lammon a111bI-t10n of "men 111gr cat place" to play the master There IS \\ ar- Idnt then fOl general \ IgIlance lf not appI ehen"lOll at the -,pectacle no\\ on \ le\'v lD the financlal \'vorld \\ hen J Plel pont \[ (lr~an, the Rocketellel", the Guggenhelms, the \ dnelel-bllh I nck CleO!£;e r I3dkel and "c\ eral other financler" at the hi "t magnltudc seem to be poolIng thell strength of capttal, the 1e"t of the \\ mId 1t1st1t1ctn ely calls to mmd both the \ 01- tllnc and the PO\\ er of such an alhance of wealth It. means that not only the nchc'lt dnd ablest finanCler'i of the \\0 ld are lJl etllrance, hut that the 1t1iet e'its \'vhlch the) com 01, banklD15, tlansporatIon, mlt1ln£;, pettoleum dndlIfe ll1'3urance asset'i e11e hem£; hrought ll1to a 'i111gle cont'ol \n dg~regatlOn of 'iuch powel can be a 1111ghtv 111fhlence I(ll tUlthellng the £;cnelal \\elfale, OJ It can hc a" cLlI1£?,eroll" ,1" ,1 mael do£?" If 1t "hOlllel he tncllneel to 111bChlef Tn genetal It llld, be saId iha i ther e e11e two pnnclpal \\ a \ s of mdk111g monn Qne \\ a\ l'i b) useful sel \ Ice to one" fellow men the elthel 1'0 by la)111£?,onc " tcllow 111enunder fOlced tubutc [he fil "t method I" a llttlc '010\\, but Ii IS a noble ewd plal'ie\vorth) td<.,lwlll \\ Inch gn h el fall e(jIll\ alent, fOJ all sen Ice and makes c \ Lt \ man happlel 1 he .,econd method I" CjUIcker It he" 111 \\ cut to tal~e ad\ antd[?,e of the dlstre%ed, and, \\ hen 111en try to conduct themsel\ tS ,,0 dI'icleeth that they avOId the orell l1al \ mIshaps ancl plttalh of hU'3lnc'" lIft the "ccond fashlOn of malon£?, money 1'3 ll) pI cpal e tl dp" \. hlch \\ 111catch hath the \\ an ancl the UI1\\ al \ J he ca'ilt"t and "\llC"t of "llch Laps IS a money pa111C Such a cnSI" bnng" to hl'3 knee" C\ClY man "ho ha'i been clCln£?,husme"'i on cledlt, anel those \\ho he 1n \\eut can take U"t!l\ of thelr fellov\ men on dlctatonal term" This Olga111- /dtj(J11 ot lapltal reachee, mto the b1g-est bank'3 of the natlOn ,11](111 Cdn dlllelte thul poltCles It can order a 1 ecluctlO11 of loan" to the ex,ent of hundreds of m1lhons and tlm" preclp1tate "uch a sCldmblc fe)! money that men V\ III pay any pnce to ..,a\ C theII cred1t lInn the men \\lth leach cd'ih, helc1111leserve for "uLh a monH nt can 1eap 111a \\ eek, ploilt'i of e"tOl tlon that 1he\ could not s.;a1hel In )eaI'i hy Oldlnal) bU"ll1c",'i Thue 1" ell1\,n, a tClllptatIon fOl <1 powetful man 01 01 ~al1lZatlOn of men to tryout theIr powel The temptatIOn 1'0 not alwayS hene\ alent Such an organ1L:atlol1 could b) mere decree eIther mdke money plentIful 01 so ...caree a'Oto caU'ie dl"a-,ter The money "uppl\ I'i ploportlOned to the blb111C'S need::, of the natIon llIuch d" the hreeul "upph I" ]llO]1Olttoned to the mouth" of tlw pOOl ()ne Ce111call',t hungel anel hard'ihlp by merely holdln£; up el "mall ploportlon of the supply of bread A l11onC\ panIc c;(n he hlou£?,ht ahout 0\ e' l1Ight that WIll stan e d thou'3anc1 ll1elu"tlles Into a shut-down and \\ 111compel thou WEEKLY ARTISAN ,~----------------------~------ II IIf III I I I II I• I II II IIf IIII III III II II III '-------- 19 -----------~--------------------------~ III I II•I III I If I III IIIf f IIIIf IIII I II I I If •II Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 m. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAft. ----~-----------------------------------------------------------------~ <"tncl<,of mel1 \vho hay e pled~ed \ aluahle collatel al ,,<, <,ecullt) f01 loal'<', to dcln er the collateral 0\ er to the nlel1 behmd the panIC a<, the pI Ice of soh el1ey and busme<,s honor 'These men hay e more power than 1S good for man, f01 \Vlth 1t comes grave 1esponslbI11ty \Vhat the1r purpose may be It lS ImpOS'31ble to dn me, at the present moment, hut that aggregallon of wealth, and bal1kmg power must Lertaml)' command aHenllon \V hen the congl ess undertake'3 to 1ev Oltl UOI1Ize our CUll ency and hankllll:; S) stems Perhap" that !<,Ode of the pl11poses hack of the mone\ mel ~el LookIn£; ,It !t 111 the h~ht of the p,I'3t and wIth the common uncle I sLll1cllng c [ hU111"n nature, the genelal effect mlht be <'ll"i'luon and "ppl ehenslOn It I" not well f01 an} n"tIon that a few men <'h"ll be posses<,ecl of <,uLh finanC'lal pm\ er that the) can decree prchpenty or hal d llme<; WIth ab'3olute authont}, and take then toll of eIther conclltlOns " Had to Ask the Girl. "Hello, ::\Jr John'" WhaP The combmallon? \\ "It a mmute tIll I thmk I have It Turn to the nght three tImes ane! '3top at 20 Then left pass 20 t\\ Ice and "top at S3 Back to the fllSht to 10 and the left to 7 " The abo\ e mes<;age wa s phoned trom the bOA office of a 10Lal theall e hv a young lady \\ ho had been Lalled out bv an ~------------------------- ----------------..,III I III II II II II• II •II I II I II I I I III II .. , II I III IIII III IIII• I IIIIII •I,I II I fob &rand l.'apu18 ..-------- --------- STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRANO RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups makmg the best cup 011 the market CellulOId IS a great unprovement over bases m1.de of other matenal When It IS necessary to move a pIece supported bv cups WIth celluloId bases It can be done WIth ease, as the bases are per fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are fimshed m Golden Oak and WhIte Maple fimshed ltght If you w,ll try a sample order of these !lood8 ?Iouwzll des,re to handle tn-m ,n quant,lte8 PRICES: Size 2}i !nehes $5.50 per hundred. Size 2){ mches 4.50 per hundred. TRY -1 SAMPLE ORDER ado! uncle! the CllCUmstallce" which "how that a fOlgetful man "honlcl 'Ilvva) s Call} the combmatIon of hIS safe J1l ]11" lIl"Ic1e pocket accordmg to a story that comes from Flmt, the Mlclll-gan ~uto CIty The man at the other end of the phone IS m blbmes" m Lapeer, l\Tlch, and the ) otmg lady 1S his bookkeeper She Made by the Udell Works, Indlanapol1s, Ind had been £;Iven a :,hoPPl1lg holIday and came to Flmt to "I<,lt 1 elatlve<, Her employel declared he could run the place Without hel for a day, and he managed to do <'0 untIl the m!d-dIe of the aftelnoon vvhen he had occasIon to go to the "afe He foulld the thmg locked good and lIght and the mOle he tned to remember the combmatIon the farther he got from It Reahzmg that he must open the safe In order to Lon- <,ummate a busmess deal he finally called up the parents of the young lady and from them learned whom she was VI'3ltmg Then he glued hImself to long distance and the faIr cnstodlan of the combmatlOn of the safe was traced through hel relatIves to the theatre and when the box office was appealed to one of the actors was asked to announce to the auchence that 1\11S" SO and So was wanted at the phone She 1emarked ahel she hung up the recen er that the next tIme '3he left Lapeer she vvould paste the combmatlOn on the safe above the door ~linnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN orB leERS-PresIdent LoUIs J Buenger Ne\\ Llm VIce PresIdent C DanIelson, Cannon Falls, Treasurer, o " 0 \!oen Peterson Secretan W ! Grapp JanesvIlle E-XECL [Iv E CO\!\!! fTEE D F RILhardson 1\00thfield Geo RIme, Mankato W L Harns Mmneapohs, o SlltlOn.., G encoe .1\1 L KlIne St Peter BULLETIN No. 65. OUR NEW YEAR'S GREETING We Hope That Members of Our Association Have Had th.. Best Year's Business They Ever En-joyed and Our Eal.·nest Wish Is That the Year Starting Today May Be Still Better--And We Promise You Better Service Through the Conling Year. JUST A FEW AFTER CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS. At least the Cll1!stmas rush ,llld hustle IS 0\ er 1\ e enJO) ed a good Chnstmas trade and hope yon dId the ~,nne But 'ipeakmg at trade rem1l1ds us of the old, old proble111 \\ hlch \\ e h l' e been try 1l1g to solve ,,0 long-the mall ordcl plob1em \\ e dl e Ielat1l1g some ct our expellences here for thc benefit of the dSSocl"tlOn The firot two al tlcles ,\ Il1ch we \\ lote to e:>..pose nnll o1(lel hathe method" blought fortll tv\O letters \\l11Cll \\e publtsh hele '\ ou have ,dl hnrd the old but tI ue Sd) mg, 'The l11t bll d Hutto" ' ,nd theoe lettcl' show that we ha,e nude somc "ooc1 she to ,t the mlll O1Ull hou,e When a blg coneeln v\lth hundrLlh ot clell,,, ll1d cmpll\ c, 1\Lc- thL trouble and tlmc to keep 111touch \\ Ith I lntlc 'SOCIltlln ItLe 0\11' It means that we dl e accompltsh1l1g 'i0111eth111g 1hh ou"ht to \\ lLe up the small dealer vvho has compardtn c1), lots ot tllne ,111d1l1tel k111d and 1111bt lted In Ib tl ue proportIOns By slow, ldbonou'i \\ 01k \\ e 11'1\ e 11l1a11jworked out ,l system by \\ hlch we Cdn supply oUt members \\ Ith the mel chdndlse \\ hlch thev need to meet the edt,tlog can petItIOn fl e ne"\.t thll1g to be W 01ked out IS a system of self protectIOn II h"t h l, tlan5pll((1 In the last sIxty dayo makes the cartoon IUUS tnte 1 helc \llj ,pphc,b1c to our conchtlOn lIe are not la,\yers, but Jl slIce ,nd cummnn sense would say that Uncle Sam never 111 tendec1 t h l\C 111~copjll,;ht "0 con,tlued as to help anythll1g whIch h h the e 1111IIk" ol II ll1d IV l do not In e In MISSOUri, but we W oulel hLc to he sho\\ n \\ h) hus111ess mcn ha, e no light to plotect t!Jemsch es q 111Stflcludulent method, IVe Will take our chances III ,In '-Ir l1~ht legltlmdte competItion If a competitor has fore-lhou, iht, bl,lns d'ld ablhty to get merchandIse for le~s than we can, tl1 It h hh "oael f01 tunc and we Cdn S IV nothl11g aga111st It NeIther \\ ould ',\ e \\ bh to fO! we are not ~o narl ow 111111dedthat we cannot cld1111resupellO! bus111ess ablhty \\ e ,ue clh\d\ S ready to 1001, dt dll 'Ides of a questIOn and do not \\ ,nt to nunp at hasty conclUSions but everyone must draw the 1111esome\\ bel e and ',\ e (11aw It on deceptIve competitIOn It would be reall} 111telcstlll~ to takc one of the 111,1101 del catalogs ,md see ho\\ many 0\ el drclwn plchn es could be found We behevc therc IS 1 le"ltnrnte pletce fO! the 111all ordel house Som.e one must ~up-ply al tlclcs \\ hlch ,ne not kept 111stoeL 111 IUt al dIStrictS, but goods must be I epresented clS they I eall) are The mdll ordel house IS hke some gIgantIc octopu~ whIch, not content "'Iih reachlllg evelY ,Illage lS gOl11g I11tO the large CItIes vVe beheve that the) mU'it ha,e started 111 bus111ess WIth tbe motto "Get busl11ess honeoth It ) ou can-but get It" Judgl11g from theu Illustl dtlOns they seem to be "gettIng Ii" The C<lftoon expl esses It e"\.,ctl) 1 he ,n1'111dealel gets hiS gooels from the Jobbcl and the Jobber ~cb hiS flam the n1'1nl1hcturer By the tune the Jobber dnd manu LlcturCl ha, e made then profit and the I etall dedler has ,ldeled hIS bl1sl11ess and legItimate expenseo, he IS not able to compete \\Ith a hlln ,\ hlch cuts out all these expense" It IS thIS condItIOn whIch ROOT, "LITTLE HOC," OR DIE. est hun tn such \11 c"\.tent thdt he wIll bc T ohnn, on the Spot" for anythl11g whIch \\ III help hl1n to protect ()) unprm e hIS blbllleos Perhap~ ~ome of ) ou ·wIll SlY th"t yOU do not ',\ ,lilt to !?,et mIxed Up ln any troublc Nuthcr do "e II e all ha\c enou!?,h iloublc ',\ lthout hunting f01 It, but ',\ hen It IS pla1l11y ,hO\\ n tInt the mal! order house IS I11J111111ygoul blhl11ess, wh,t then) 'Jo man ever be-came pr0111111entwlthont makJn~ cnemles "'-11people of "tlon~ chal tctCI lnvc enemIes and thIS apphes to hlms " \\ ell as 111<:n VIc bdlc, e In e, ery one tcndlll,s to IllS 0\\ n busllless but \\ hcn , com-petito! uses doubtful methods to get tradc which llghttull} belong" to yoU, don't j au thl11k It thcn becomes your busll1c"o to e:>..po"ethc methods employed? Don t ) au thl11k yon 0',\ e thl" much to ) OUI self and your fellow dealers? "~o man hveth to hlm"elf alone," md If all of us were to attel,d stnctl} to our 0\\ n bUol11eso wlth no thought of anyone else, thIS would bc a very cllsa!?,"e1eab1e \\ arid ThIS IS a frec country but no man 01 fil111 Ins I ll~ht to do that whIch 111Jurcs anothcl The succes,ful busllless man IS not sLll centued lfe 111U,t be brold 111111dedenough to seek methods \\ Inch \\l!1 benefit nnt hb bUSl11CSSalonc, but hIS busl11ess In "cnCl t1 OUI aSooclatlOn h In a pOSItIOn to help our membels meet and bcat "ny catalog pllce t rat IS brought to them, provldl11g thc Item 111 competItIOn h the s lme WEEKLY ARTISAN make;, the ('\I"tcuce of nl.lll 01 del hUlI<,es pos'lhlc IlllS I, thc SIt uatlOn \\ 111ch\\ c mu~t 1 UJl((h J llh I" thc kq to tllC m,lll ordel ploblem If \\e Cll! fwd some \\d) oi CUttIU,!,oui the"e,2;o bct\\ee11s the rest IS edSY f01 \\ C Cdn turnhh hI"h class goods No film C111 do a "uccc"ful bUSI11CS""Inch doc" \ )t Slthf} It-cu" tomel" L\Idently thIs h d fact w,11ch thc m"II O1du house nevel heald or else has long '>1nce f01gottcn 1 he Chdl1CL".11 e t1nt they would not beheve It If they dId hCul It tOI they "eem to t1 rne, but sueh succes~ cannot be pu m lllcnt Of course It IS not S) es-sential fOl them to remembel thIS Item '1'0 It IS for the home de 11el for theIr clbtomers al e sCdttered .111 0, er SE'\er 11 states and kIck, com111g from ;,0 far al e not, el} effectn e 10 be 51\1e, "ort'e of the11 customers dl e "atl"hed becalhe they In, ene, el compared th\1 goods WIth those of the hon'c de leI If, ou \\ Ish to plotect ,OUI ll1terests, It 1" } 01\1 bu"lne" to 111 lkc them ,ee tlll' dlffel' n,c By lbl11g the Illlbtr,ltlOns ,\Illch \\e fUlll1SI], }OU Cll! do tllls \\JtllOut sayl11g too much We Inust d\Old mdkl11g ,t ltUl1lnh \1111ch \\ L C ln110t p1<p.c lHlHth,,,ntl'II1'llJ ctr('I &- (!lu. ~~{~,e~N;~~CA~,"G%O;;:a::K,ANS .....S CITY ~~:rlt;T:;~~~1l:S~;ESS December 2nd, '09. Mr. W. L. Grapp, Secretary, Minnes~ta Retall Furniture Dealers Association, Janesville, Minnesota. Dear Slr'- We have before us advertisements of yours taken from the Weekly Artisan of Grand Raplds, Michigan, whereln you quote re-productions of our catalogue quotations, offering the Ckts of said quotatiors, together with our descriptive matter, at certain prices. Our catalogue is copyrighted. Your aets are clearly vlola-tlcns of our rlghts under the copyright laws; and our pkrpose i~ writi~g is to demand that you immediately withdraw the obJectIon-able quotations, ~oti~ying us to that effect, Or we shall commence proceedings to protect ourselves by injunction and also seek tre othar remedies that exist. Your immediate acknowledgement of thls communIcatIon , together wit~ siuniflcatlon of your intent to comply herewith is requested. We register thls letter that we may Obtain your receipt for the same. Yours very truly, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. ~r. -, Kccp yOUl C)es open and yOUl mouth shut until you see something 'lnd then get 1I1dlsputable proof o£ It In clOS111gtblS drtlclL \\ C S,ly aga111 th'lt the I nnedy t01 thIS condItIOn of aff'lIrs IS to cut out tbe middle men, do busmess dHecth WIth the fact01Y and buy 111large Cjuantltlcs We ha\e statcd some plalll fdLts hele and 1e,n e you to rcad between the hnes and dra\V \ our 0\\ n I11fereneeo IVe lrust that" (' ha, e suggested some ['ood thoughb to ) OU \\ hich you \\ 111'lct upon and then gT\ e the dSSOCI-atlOn the benefit of your cxpenence If yOU have different or better suggestIOns of your own, let us h 1\ e them The time Ins come "hen It IS a C'lse of 'root ho~ 01 dlC \\Ith ns \5 su~gested by the caltoon r ct us ,dl SllIt 1910 I1ght by 1e,ul\ lIlg to '\\ Ille thl11gs \\ 01 th leadlllg 01 do t1l1ngs wOlth \\Iltln>.; about tIll', cOlmng }llr \1 IltC ,ome al tides, send In some su~"est1ons tell \1S "hat yOU h we done IE } ou knew how much the StCIet,lry dppl lUdle, a httle help dnd how It encoUl ages hnn \\ e ,ll e SUI e you ,\ uuld '111 m 111,w;eto con tI1bute somethmg Vve "'ould hke 10 heal flom nCI) 111cmbel of the assouatlOn sooncI or later-soono we hope SIGNIFICANT CORRESPONDENCE. Hcrc" Ith are reproduced letters I eceIVcd h 0111 '\fonU;omel' \'\Tard & Co, that should be of 111tele"t to membels of om as,OCIl tIOll They show, at least, that OUI "ork has bcen and 1S cffectn e They should also be Instl uctlve for they shO\\ t hit the mlll 01de I housc, deem It necessary to kcep III close toueh WIth dc, c10pments that may affect theIr busl'1ess and dl e ready It all times to protect the11 I11terests If such a polIcy 15 good for '1 concern of ,;uch mag; mtude as Montgomery Ward & Co, It 11111stbe good fOi smdller concern~ and indIVIdual dealers The letter show that OUI hten ture has been effective, e1,e the mall order houses would h"ve I?- nored It-they would 1l0t have consldercd worth while an efIol t to head It off or counteract Its effect We do not entertain the Idea that \"e hd' e thrown a bomb Into the mall order houses nor laId a m1l1e under them, but WIll say that our ammUl1ltlOn has not been exhau,ted and \\ e expect to gIve thcm .1 fe" mOle effcetlve shots In the medn time If ,mv member has any suggestions to make as to the 10admlS or ainllng of our guns, 21 \\C \\ould plc'lsed to heal flom him ,ublect Gn C ns ) OUI l(1cd<, 011 the ASSOCIATION HELPS. HOUle ~ferchants Are Your Best Friends. 1he gl cat mall OHler lWlbC IS not thc fllcnd of the fal mel, nOI anyone else, a" t pI dends to be It cannot sell goods, on thc el, er do-e at I ates lover than the 1etaller can offel the S'lme (juaht) "h;n'the Item of freIght IS conSIdered ThIS ha" been demonstrated mal c than once, and can be demonstl dted at any time If the custo mer \\111 take 11l~ catalog pnee dnd the cost of tlanspol tmg 'lnd com pal e the total WIth thc home mel chdnt's pnce fhe caLJ10g house IS und",r hedvY eApense for advCl tlsmg Thb eAj)ense mnst comc out of the plofits Can It ,1ffonl to meet these glCdt lchCltlsmg IJ111, 'lnd ,dso dcltv(l the gooeh ,old b) the retdllel) Dc SIde<, tl11s, It h undel 1111111ense expense f01 ontldy" III <,tock, tc\"(S, scll il](" cllHl othel Item" \\ hlch the leLnle! doe" 110t ha' c to melt Ob,IOU,1y Its c" pen;,es al e enormous I ompal cd \\ Ith thc I etadu s b111 In adchtlOll ::tiHullfgoJnI'll! 1IlJar'i'l & <!Tu. CH CAGO & I'CANSAS CITY ~~:~H~~C~~~EK~':":q::;1IMGR ORIG;1!-::;'ORS (j~r.{~.'.:..~~EEs:s~~":.,,§ C~TALOGU.E BUSINESS 1I01lT,J f<QRk • ...,,~ Sf¢<" <!!lttrugrr. December 2, 1909. Mlchlgan ArtIsan Co., Publ l-shers, 20 Lyon Street, Grand RapidS, Mich. Gentlemen:- We have before us two recent Issues of your paper contalnlng the advertIsements or the Mlnnesota Retall FurnIture Dealers ASSOclatlon. Ou!" AttoY7'ev advlse.e us trat these ad.rertJ.se .. mG'1ts are clearly nolatJ.ons of oU.r "'Ights under the copy ..:rig11t laws. Our cat1llogue is copyrIghted and no inf'!"actions such as these WIll be permitted by us V'lthout recourse to oUx' remedIes. Our purpose in wrltlng .t0U 15 to dena'1d that you witndraN from your col..lmns such of.f'e'1d1ng matter referred to; and It is also proper that .IOU correct your rYl'lstake by In-serting 1n the next lssue of"-your paps'>" a statenent, to occupy a place of' equal promlnence as the OrigInal matter, to t~e efrect tl1at It is not your purpose to offend agaInst tre rlghts of otners and that Montgomery Ward & Co.'s catalogue beIng copyrig'1ted, further quotatlons of the 8dvertlsements of the MiTl.nesota Retall FUl"nitul"e Dealers ASSOClat:l.On that copy the cuts ana descrlptlve matter of' our catalogue wlll be withd""'awn. It 1S OUl"purpose to follO\t this matter closelj by conflscatlon of future ed1tions of your pap-er, If necessary, and other remedIes wlll be SQught to protect out" rights against such vlolat~ons. Your i'l'lmediate :reply is requested. We reg~ster thlS letter that we may secure you!" l'6ceJ.pt for the same. You:r-a very trl.41y, ~"~ Vlce ..Pres't. &: Cen'l. }!.gr. It takes the pdtron's moncy dnd does hlm no favors The retatlel WIll, If 1equested, lend one of hI, rehdble customers a sum of money tor a few day~ Vv III the catalog house do thIS? The retaIler ,hows hI" goods before one buys The catalog hOl1;,e does not 1 he retdllel s reputatIOn IS bchmd e\ ( I) Selle be makes The cata log- hou"e IS beyond the llldl\ Iclu,t! u itlChm L he ret,111er pdyS thc Ll1111eJalmost as much tOI hI, ploduLe ,IS the ftnner lMy, the IC t'l11el £01 l11s purchascs The Cat llob l'ouse cannot do tll1", 'lnd \\ ould not If 1t could Tn short, Jt I' .1 cut thlOdt Insiltutlon con ducted by shl ewd 111enwho ,ll c out £01 the monq ,md nothmg c1se fhe sooncr these facts cHe dpprecldtcd the bettel the people who now deal WIth them WIll be betie! off The mall ordel houses do not sell any cheaper than }am home mel clnnt but they do destroy } OUI home town lvely good (ltlZen vvho IS oppoocJ to the ev1]" of Cdj)ltdl, com merc1al and mdu~tllal concentl atlOn m the III ge CIties, and the bUIld me; up of Illegal busll1esscs that work a>salllst the 111terec,ts ot the ma"ses, should calmly consldel the fach tInt every system of buSI-ness that depletes a sectIOn of country of the wca1th It produces 'itrengthens the so called capltalbtlc powers One of the most bane-ful systems that at pr",sent IS work111g ,lgamst the llltere,;ts of the smaller CitIes or dra1l1111g\\ ea1th from 'lgncultura1 cOmmU11ltles, IS the box car plan of domg bUSIness From rural tovvns 111the west from 40 to SO per cent of the trade goes to the"e concerns H thIS trade were confined to the home to\\ nIts bu,lness wouJd be Im-mec1ldtely doubled-employment gIven to more people, the protts accrumg from mercdntlle bus111ess \\ ould seek mvestment, and WIth In a few years the populatIOn of the 10wn V\ auld be more than doubled and ItS o-rowth be commensurate WIth mdu'itnes that would gn e the people ~mploymc)1t (Copvnghted hy D IV Reid) Thh 1S the time of the yea I to pay} our dues 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe ~~ill Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. \\ hen 11101e tl111e and tllOlH:;ht 1~ "pent on cup, <l1HlIt" allangement, thue v"dl he a mOle cheeliul pa, mlnt ot thl monthly bIll<, fur space 'II, hen mOl e tl11111ture dealel s Lome to 1eahze that the money the} 1m est 111ach el tb111g can he made to produce an actual steady profit Ju",t the "ame a<; money 111vested 111 stock etc, they ",111 gIVe It the same 11IE Bl;Ft'Al0 rOtlI'lrn %"1>.D\1. DrIT'"\[PLr I) 1'1,", A Crowning Effort in Grand Value Giving! No 1 thought and ;:,tudy that they do the othel Too man} conslClu money laId out mad, ertls111g a~ "50 much money thlO\,n away," and they look sour and grouchy at the, er} mentIOn of the \Vord Then attitude 15 plamly 1eflected m the" t} Ie of copy they run I wlll not say that the man Vv ho pI epa! ed the "ad" marked No lIS of thIS c1a<;s, but I am compelled to ;:,tate that he certamly \Vas not gettmg hIS mone\'" \\ 01 th That "ad" 15 a bIg one and co"t a !Soocl lotmd sum no doubt } et, !t 15 entIrely U111n\Itmg I am confinmg m) ClltI-lh11l ot thl t\\() ~peumen" c;ho\,n thIS \\ eek entnely to ap- )llal,ll1ll ,111(1 nut to lUP\ f01 \,ll1le good copy IS a vItal nCClS,,!t,. d "Uong st1\km~ lll\ lt111g layout l~ cel tamly of tundamental ImpOl tance 1he Items and cuts m "ad" No 1 "ho,,, that \ er} httle care 01 chscretlOll wac; u~ed 111makmg up The anangcment 1~ Jumbled, you can only follow the sugges- 3, THE DETROIT FReE PRESS SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 1909 No 2. tIUlh \\ lth chfficlllty Thoe 15 no attcmpt at da~51fic<ltlon 01 1 eaclableness \0\\ tUln to \0 2 Thele appears at the top a "vcll \\ 01 decl openIng paragraph and then follow" 111 ('rde , each Item b, It,,elf, the article the ac1vertJ~er \\ l~hcc; } au to notIce One "ad' "as "thrown together" the othel carefully. "klilfully pLiIlned r do not kno\\ the re"ults from eIther of these "peCl-men, hut I c1 f;amble that;\Jo :2 finIshed way 111the lead It IS a regrettable fact that there are more furmtUl e 'ads" lIke WEEKLY ARTISAN '\0 1 th.l11hke 1\0 2 The bettelmcnt of yom "ad:o' lS bound to be a matter of study You spend hours l!1 plannIng your PU1(J1d~C~, } au go hundredc, of 111l1e<;to market 111Oldel to pUL,onalh <;elect the be:ot ftul11tme for yOUI customer'3, you pnde } our:oelf on } am fine Judgment and on your c'\:cellent ~tock, you 2.range your floor dhplays v,Ith lale taste and '3kIlI and then you go dehberately to work and knock lt III the head ,\ lth ahomlllable CUb, poor copy and eye-confusml:; dls-pLn e, lOU 111U,;tdo one of t\'lO thmgs Hue a man ,,,ho can \\ lIte the k1l1d of "ad,," that get the bU'3lllee,<;01 do lt yom- ,;elt If yon do do It \ oUhelf, l.;lve yom "elf Ume to pl.1n cal e Julh Do lt 11Ie,hts If nece,;"aly It WIll pay Ad, ertJ"111g 1C,1l t mellC} thlo\'ln aV\a}-It lsn't an expense It'" .1n mvest-ment and "hould so be tteated on the books You can make It pay three, fom, flYe, or twenty-fi, e per cent accordl!1lS to vvhat you put In It Co-operation is Necessary. Jt ha,; been saId that "competIt1c n I'; the hfe of t ade," r "ho llrlhke to change It to "co operatIon Ie, the hfe of trade" lbe m.1ttcr of healty co opuatlOn betvveen manufacLtller and Ittallel I'; .1 \iltal one ~ot all manufaltmer:o ale n,lt!onal ,1ChCItt"eI s StIll e,0111Ca1 e and .111al e deeply llltel e~tcd In L,tell1g the e,0()(15th.lt ,au ptllcha,;e of them, move \'ltb Idj)ldl-t} rboe,C' V\ho ad\ ertle,e natton.1lly al e affOl dll1g } ou a ~plell cllClopportulllty fOJ tr.1d1l1e, on the pl e,;tIge they create and l!1 m} Judgment the dealer who 0\ ellooh or IS mdiffel ent to theIr efforts m hI'3 hehalf 1'3 hlmdll1g hImself to 0pp01 tU1l1t} \\ hen a plece of fur1l1ture 1:0 trade-marked and adverilsed, It 111U"tstand or fall by that lClentJficatlOn and few lf any manu-facturer<; would have the tementy to attempt to foist an un- \\ 01 th, artIcle upon the dlscnmmatmg publIc Every reput- <lble magaLlne protects 1t'3 1eaders flOm aelvertIsll1g frauels TI1l1'; ,ear b} } ear the confidence of the pubhc IS beIng lSamed, ,ear b) } ear the demand for ad, ertI:oed goods 1<;bemg m \. 1 ea,;ed, \ ear by \ eal It becomes eaSIer for dealers to ,;ell them \\ hen vou Identify} our store WIth vvell known, adver-tlc, ed hnes of furnIture, you are but addIng to your reputatIon for relIabllIty-and thai',; a mI~hty 1mportdnt considel atton \nd so I S.1Y, make good U'3e of all thI'; publicity Use the dealer',; help,; prepared at great cost of tIme and money Do mOl C Don't merely accept them Ask for them Suggest how they may be made more profitable for both you and the manufacturel The manufacturer lS trying hard to help you-glve h1111credlt fOI that, but he could help you mOl e mtellI-f5ently If you would warm up to hIm W nte hlm once 111d '" ll1le, sugge<;t, cntlclse, anyth111g to increase effICiency Don't ';tand off, don't doubt, don t let him have to coax Take hlm at hIS word Jom hands \\ Ith hIm 111the common aIm of 23 to - • _. • I I\IIII ; HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED AND SLICED . ~ ,;elhng more fur111ture \Alhen he hands you a "lemon" It 13 tIme enough to stIffen But untll he does-and he won't-pItch m and co-opel ate not to help hIm make money, but to help yourself Pull together 111the traces (o-operate-It<; great! Make Your "Ads" Distinctive. You meet a man on the "treet He Ie, ordInary Ordll1aly In dre,;s, carnage, depOJ t111e11t Hence you never noilce h1111 You meet .1nothel You notice He h.1S a dI'-,tll1ctton, a new ~t) Ie, a manner all of hI'3 own You do not know hlm, but you 1 ecog11lze hIm easIly agall1 on the clOwded ,;tI eets He IS not flashIly dressed He lS dlglllfied 111actIOn Yet, he stands out, he is conspicuous i\ow hken your "ads" to the..,e tw otypes of men \Vhlch 1'0 yours hke ~ And whIch, thll1k } au, should they be hke? Thel e 1" but one answel to that ljUestIOn, of course Yes, make) our "ads" dIst!nctn e \lake them cal ry VOlll per,;on-ahty, the Splllt, the atmo,;phere of your ,.,t01e There are man} wa}:o of dOl11g thls-di,;tmct!ve types, b01 ders, l111u,;ual dI<;- pIa} s, etc, and a partIcular style of copv But the one I want to dwell on here IS named cuts A ten-dollar blll wlll hu} the draw111g, angInal ZInc etchll1ge, and electrotype~ for pel 1, 2, 3 and 4 column advert!sments \n} good eng1aver will be glad to submIt d1"tlllctlVe desllrns of your name and address, for yOlll approval ; design of th1:o nahn e used consIstently e1ther at the top or bottom preferably at the bottom, of your "ads," wIll soon cause them to be IdentIfied qUlckl}-slllgled out from the mass of ordll1ar} "ads" ThIS lS a very valuable feature m advertIsll1g and IS lf common use among the larger advert! sel s 111 all lInes e,;e a name plate cut It lL,one of tho,;e lIttle thll1g~, but It pays "THE BEST IS ...----------------------------_._--_._. --_.-----------_._-~--~---------~ I THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own mterests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ..- .. . _. -_._------ -~------- ------ ..l 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--~_. ---~_._-~---~-------_._-----~ I Metallic Folding Bed Co. Jefferson and 21 st Streets, I CHICAGO I II, III III I II• LINE SHOWN AT 14ll MICHIGAN AVE., 5TH FLOOR DURING JANUARY SEASON 1910, SEASONABI.E INCIDENTS Record of a Few Minutes Spent in the Lobby of the Morton House. "Car load" \Jolle} entered and was wal ml} f;reeteel by II Parker Robm<;,on "Cal load" expl e')sed doubts" ahout the expected activity of the JanUdr) fl1Jl11tme SCelson \!fan\' buyers had ,Islted the l11ell1ufactmll1g- Ceutels c1Ul1l1gthe past ')Ixty clays and JVII .Molle) v, as undel the lUlpl eS,)lOn tl1dt they had stocked up qUlte fully "But thel e were no 'Jobs' on the mall<et' d thll d membel of the part) remarked "Perhaps not, hut there I" ne, er a time when a bin el can not hu) regulal "tack" was the rej0111del MorIey had not .,een the nevv t:;1l11100m and \\ a" led to its entldnce dnc1 tmned loo-,e "Sam' Cld} , the attolney of KC\\d)~O, ')bolled m dl1d asked questlOn') about Holsapple, Icade1 of the "d1Y" Side of the local option campaIgn If there IS a flaw 111 the 1ecorel of the man "Sam" wanted It How \\ as Hobapple paid:J Had he heen bounced from a church) \ \ hat does he look hke and what is his st}le? Thele 1" more cltunkenne"s 111Newaygo county than bef01 e the people \ oted to aboltsh the saloons Empty bottles we1e found e\ erywhele, they mlght be found under the cushlOns of the church pews for all he knew The ltquor IS shipped 111from ChIcago, Grand RapIds and other points There are no prosecution", and there WIll not be under the present occupancy of the plOsecutor's office It was suggested that prosecut1l1g attorne\" occasIOnally prosecute to acqUIt as \'\ ell as to C011\ ICt (Sam' admitted that it was true "I tell you the place to teach tempelance IS at the fireside begmn111g \\ 1th the chllch en The appetites >.- - of gl 0\\ n people Cdll not bc 1eg uldted by leglslatlOn," "Sam" 1emarked dnd thel1 II en t out to I emspect the new gllll room \\ S Emer) lame 111 "I am look111g for Rush Hewitt" hL I emdlked, . and 1 "uppo,e he I" m the gnll room " \Tanagel Rathbone Wd" remmded thdt a young woman had called up the \Jol ton House a few hours earher and \I anted to talk \I Ith "Rush}omt ' },Ir Rathbone could not uanslate the lemalk It mlght have been a lequest from the 'Ot111£; lach to \[1 Rathbone to 'Rush 1t," or put her into Lom el "atwnal umnectlOn \!11th Rush E H e\'\ Itt, or It mlght ha, e heen a 1equL~t for per111I"-,lOn to 111')pect the gnllloom II L1\ Itt 1\ a~ ~ull1moned to the \\ 11t dnd d few moments later <- \1lLl ~ ed flom thL hooth ,veal111g hi" he"t Sunclay-go-w-meet- 11l~-aIld-"ltt111g up \llth-the-glll "mtle He found Emery In the gnllioom \Jana!:;er Rathbonc, who ne\ er finds fault with anythmg 01 anvhoch gleatlv ap]JIO\ ed a -,ug-g-est1on that colleges be estahltshLCI to teal h ladltS ho,y to use the telephone Observ- Cl s of the g 1111 ]Jdttrl1117111i:; gender al e ft equently amused by \\ Itnessmg the eft orb of \!I omen to make themselves under- "tood b} talkmg 0\ el, ul,del or acro"" the transmittel Emel \ I eturned \!11th a sm11e that wa" msplred in the gnll room and pi oceeded to I elate how he had prospe1 ed in I eg-alml1g Ilj"t boclth stl ength by taking plenty of exerClse 111the open all DLl1111t;the afternoon he had removed several tons of lce from the loof of hi" house With an ax and shovel, and \I hl1e ChOpp111gdose to the telephone hne had aCCidentally -"e, el ed It \ man from the eAchalH:;e called and repall ed the In e,lk and then I epOl ted to the company's office that "a d--n fool had cut It 11lt\\ 0 \\ lth an aA' and then Emery st~rtecl back tn find He\lltt \l1l(J had UlteJed the g-nlll0om fhc ,oung 111el11 \1110 u"c-, Clt;dlettC<;' and "edts hlll1Self ]11 thL WH\ e!co111LlJl e"enLe of the young "oman who attend') the tdephone hooths entel eel and blowed smoke mto her face TIb ldcl\. of ~oocl hreecltng \\ a" plamly eVident and the stories he poUted 111tOhe1 1111\\ Illing ears were to her pa111fully dls- ,gU-.,t111g The yOU11t; \loman I" the proud possessor of a ( steady". IIIIII ,,• IIItI! I\III I I III• I I,,III I •I I IIII II• I,I I• , ~ ~ew ]1actories. GeOlgL <\ A"hley and Arthm J Johnson ale estabhshing a cabmet fad01 I 111'\ ashua, N IT C 0 Ira s"elhal th manufactm er of heels and bedd111g, of \lbany, '\ \ \\111 estahhsh a blanch factory at \Vayneshoro, Fa under the name of the IIasse1barth 13edchng company J II Parham, Claude Smith, J H Kuhlman, C ]\if Pre.,- ton and J B Cantrell have incorporated the Chattanooga Chair compan} and \I III estabh"h a factory in 01 near Chatta-nooga, Tenn Capital "tock, $25,000 The Independent Refn~elator co l1lp elllY, cd]Jltaltzed at ~150,OOO ha-, been Olganued to e"tablish a factory and manu- Llcture refllgelat01,) In Plttsbuus, Pa, T A. \Veb"ter, S A 'II cClm g, J I , J elO111e A Mtllet. c:; 1\1 Dunbar and T E Renton, Jr, are the incorporatols The Gross-Bro\l n l\Janufactunng company, I ecently or-g- anized with capital stock fi"ed at $50,000, wlll establish a factOly at Galesburg, Ill, and 111anufacture a combined refn-t; erator and ice-ci eam freeTer invented and patented by C TI 13rO\\ n of \Vate1100, Iowa The Stlel1111 Plano company I ecently orga111Led, has taken out a permit f01 the el ection of a factory building on Ylc- Klssock avenue, St Louis, Mo The building is to be of brick five stone') hl~h and Will cost $27,000 ThiS It 13 sald, will be the first blllld111g ever erected for the manufacture of pianos \\ est of the :2IIls"i"c;lppi livel The company proposes to start w1th a force of 120 skilled workmen and to have their plOduct in the hands of dealels hy the first of May WEEKLY ARTISAN Whatever IS BEST In Design---W e have it. Whatever IS BEST In Lumber and Fine Cabinet Woods---We have it. Whatever IS BEST In Construction--- W e have it. Whatever IS BEST In Fine Finishes--- We have it. Whatever IS RIGHT In Price---We have it. TH E WH AI TI S II 01 E V I) EI R LINE THE LINE THAT EVERYBODY BUYS Shelton & Snyder Furniture Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan Qur fulilme on exhibition on the FIrSt Floor of Manufacturers BUlldmg [west front], Grand Rapids, in charge of John Shank, East, Chas. G. White, Central; ]. R. Shelton, West. NEW PATTERNS NOW READY YOU ARE INVITED TO SEE THE STEBBINS-WILHELM LINE STURGIS, MICHIGAN LIBRARY TABLES AND DESKS TO MATCH Also Tables for Office, Parlor, Bedroom, Den. Sewing Cabinets, Tabourettes. "all furniture All in Latest, Popular Sty les New Catalogue February 1st Salesroom: GRAND RAPIDS only 1st Floor Manufacturers' Building. John Shank } John Shelton In charge No 496. Quartered Oak, Mahogany. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN SANTA CLAUS SEES FRENCH STYLES Finds Old Gold. Rose and Green the Preyailing Colors in Fashionable De('orations. It \\a" a 11 enchIf1ed '-,anta Lldu'O that came to the ~nJ\\ n up people of \ew york thl" Lhn..,tma.., ..,ea"on "'a)" d \\Iltel 111 the Sun TIe wa" plObabl) ga bed In a I OUh ,,\ f uhtuml and he cert,nnl) cal ncel umfectlon.., \11,1<ll111 1',11h ,11HIlld(\ lent of I o~e" Xat to be I'rench "0 fal as the po""e""lOn ot 'Om h tiling'" goe" It not trul) to Il\e 111 \lanhattdn thl" \\111tel ])1,t\\It1£; room" andll\l11g room" newl) con\ertedlnto lople" 01 rnglhh apal tmenh dcmand ornamenh of ", mpathetlc chal adu ,\\ld Frame "upplle" the..,e By dddptdtlOn ,1I1d htne"" to ..,u lotmd 111g'Othey ale I:.nglI..,h too, appropllate allkl to an \dam ell;].\\ 111g 1( om d Cll1ppendale 11\ Ing loom ,111dd Louh X\ T bou-dOIr Dl"tlngUl"ll1ng COI01" 111 the"e lontectlOn,; trom Pall'O dIe a dellcdte deddlo,e, d dull te,1 £;leen and old gold 01 tall1l"hed gold, a" It I" calleel The"e soH old COI01'0 blend exqUlslteh and cony e\ an ImpI e,,"lOn of antIljUlt) 1t IS a" though one opened a dam upon ..,ome cham bel of the pa "t and dl "c!o"ed d11lt'; po"..,e';';lon", a lIttle fadecl 1)\ tlml hnt tl e"h m 10\ elIne"" and no\ el to d geneldtlon nl1<1ccu"to1l1ed to It'; fCl11l1"matell,d" and use" Only UI object-, made for Colol1lal 100m" ale clear and "ome\\ hat bll£;ht co 101'0 found Tn e\ el \ othel m"tance all the hue" are ,;oft and old and to the "ea-,on ne\\ The\ hdr-mOl1lze perfectly wIth room" fitted aild furl1l"hed 111 old mahogany and £;ra\ C'llca""lan \\alnnt-the ta..,hlOnahle \\ood" at pI e"ent-and \\ It h the I e\ 1\ ,d of old 1l1atellals and color" In hangllJg" of "Ilk. \ eh et ,md 1)locack SanLI Clan" ha" dhCCl\ CIed tl1<1tC\ e' \ thmg m ,1 boudon mu"t match. flom thc blOcade CO\elcd ",pllJclle le~~ed che..,t of dra\\ CI", \\Ith Ib ,,\\ ellIn<; fI ont. httlL £;Ia"s knob" and £;old glmp tnmmllJg", to the maUlCIll e "et and \ eIl glO\ e. handkel clllet or COlldl hox \\hlch le"t nl,on It \\ hat \\ould \falle ~nt0111ette hay e thought of a sUlall \\ atel coolLr ';\\ athecl III old blocade and topped 1)\ ,I l I cnlh pnnt I e"tlll<; upon ,1 what not) One h 111chncd to fann the \\ atel cooler more "Illted III SILe to othel contents r t h preth enough ancl T'rench) enotH;h to hold any thlll~ Bandon altlcle" alc \\Ieathed amI pCl\\cll,ed O\el \\Ith loses ()ne expecb to findllJ the deadlo"e" at 1rench EmpIre the elu"l\e tJagldme that heleng" to faded ro,;e lea\cs '-,1l1,dl and compact and made of "ott tattet,1 "Jlk ()J dull fi11l"hul "atJn dIe the"c lo"e" rl he\ alc ah\a\" oi the onl ()"~ Unt and ';lllgle shdde of green and are m1l1gled \\ lth fohage and looseh tv'lsted "tUll" of the £;1een "Ilk, \\ hlch h clho \hC'd 111 ~,-----------------_.~--------------------------~, , I I UNION FURNITURE CO. : : ROCKFORD, ILL. : I • I China Closets !• Buffets :I Bookcases :I I I I,I -- ... --~ We lead m Style, Con~ruchon and Fmlsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-lton 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg. Grand RapIds. ~-------------------------.------- bdll<l". putiI11~", loop'" ho\\ " dnd td'>"elled U1 knotted cnd" 111 \ dllOU" 1I1ethods of decoratIon \mencans \\Ill sel7e upon rIbbon as a matenal of \\hlch the"l \\ I eath" and "Pld) ", clu"tel'O and tSarland" of lose:,> 1I1a) be la"hlOned The Sclme effect Cdnllot be produced 111 an)- thm~ L'Ccept the "oft bId" "Jlken loops and loo"e fold" em- 1'10\ ed1)\ the 1 I ench The"e al e cleverly run through meshes ot ~()Id lac e and canght down upon foa1l1y bands of old lace 111gl cl\ hh 1\ 01 \ 'l11d ueam) t\l1lS l pon ,I un I ecth appo\l1ted dressmg table wIll be 1\ I eathed trav" bo'Ce", C,I:'>e~,"tands for hatp1l1" and halrpm:'>. le\\ tl ho"e" dnd hang1l1tS ohJecb for contam1l1g artIcles of the imlet ,dl coy el ed WIth the same brocade \l1 ro<;e, green, 11e"h COlOl, old 1\ 0\) 01 "ome Sl1ndar unnsual and faded hue, pel hap" ellllched \\ Ith t1l1) spnng s of flowel'O or "mall WIeath s ot these emhlOldeled upon the heavy sIlk Hand mlrrOI, hrn "he" and ImHeh 1\ III he u)v el eel \\ Ith thc "a1l1e matenal 01 \\ III be 111 old £;llt ('1 1 eal ~old \\ Ith Howel s and French "crolh\ ork upon them Photoglaph flame" too WIll appear \l1 thIS medIum, shaped to conta1l1 one 01 1110re pIctures and tend1l1g to oval forms and gracefnl pI OpOltIuns It I" npon largel obJech, "uch as the catchall, waste bdsket 01 tahle and tdll 'Otand for Idrge flowers that flounce'O ot lace appeal I he dog ba"ket, for 1I1"tance, has such a flounce depend111g trom a wreath of rose" Rose colored SIlk flu"he" through the lace and tIacene" of tmsel mesh and gleams ot gold glmp m1l1gle WIth green lopes and soft pIllk bow" to make ihe dog s "leep1l1g couch a bIt of art rl hat doti basket and \\aste ba"ket mav not boa"t of dll the decoration" e'Cpended upon the basket" r The clothes ham pel I" lO\ eled \\ Ith 11ench blOcaded "Ilk decorated \\Ith gold lace and e:>,Jl1blb a realI, I ench pr1l1t 111 the lovehest "epla t1l1t" 0\ el the top On "tand and mantel are va"e" CO\ cred too \\Ith flol\eled blocclde and cdged wlth narrow glmp Some ,Irc fm thel ac!olned WIth slde loop" of gold 01 traJl1l1g spngs of lo"es In tll1s \\a\ e of }'Iench decOlatlOn.., tor \mellcan h01l1e" the talll1shed gIlt pIcture frame IS made to sen e many a pur-pose be"lde" ihat of fram1l1g a PICtlll e In '>mall size" It "upphe" a bOl del fOl hand mIn 01", tI a)" and box iOps. \l1 lal g e tOl m" the PlLtlll e frame become.., the SUppOl t of a table ,111d taholll eite top cl cah111et and d han~mg gla"s, to '>d\ nothmg of It" thCS a" "mgle or fold1l1g "CIeen hames and an edge to the bIg dressmg tahle and desk trays now m \ ogne The French cahmet ha.., the appearance of a hl0cade cov el ed hat bo" of c!Jmen..,lon" sllltdh1e fOl umt,l1111ng a modl"hl) bl~ bll111med l11gh CO\el ed hat Ih round top con Sl"is ot a 1 I ench tmt mounted upon 1)'ocade dnd surrounded bv a "ub"tdntlcll ~Ilt pIcture framc 0 It" "Ides dl e dotted \V Ith gIlt loops 01 Uny knob", a" one pled"e" \\ hlLh \\ hen pulled drav'v out sectIOns of the SIdes and dhc!o"e small dra \\ er" of dIfferent shapes and "17e" and doors tha t opcn l1]JOll shal1o\\ sheh e,; 'I hl "e cahmeh are fittecl \\ Ith111 to sel \ c n1cllllfold n"e" ,1l1d al e monnted upon ~racefnl "p111dle legs enccl..,ed In "Ilk or \ elv et \\ Ith the 1I1C\Itahle tonch of <;old glm]J To mIrrors enclosed 111j)ICtlll e frames IS often added a deep, thIck putt of ..,at111of the prey al1111gcolOl 111 the boudOlr' ~ decOl dtlOn" Dles"mg table ancl clesk tIa\s whIch are covelecl by glass I ecommend themseh e" to some per"on" who are able to wIpe the gld"" e\ el \ dd\ \\;Ithout 111Jlllmg the appearance of the heantIful I Iem h em bl Oldel\ 01 flO\\ ered hrocade whICh form" the bottom of the tl a) Cu ..,hlOn CO\ers 111 a loom "npphed WIth French fabnc artIcles must I epeat the fabnc Indeed to be 111 the lead of thIS WEEKLY ARTISAN fashIOn one mu"t hd\ e d bedloom to hallllonlze wIth the boudoIr and a bed spread over wIth a gorgeous coverlet of old lOse "atm lattIced wIth bands of gold lace set \ ery far apart and laId on 111wavy hnes Sm h a cm erIet IS bOl dered WIth cream cololed lace applIed upon a hroad band of gold and bIrds of whIte shaded 111 dehcate co10r:-, are worked upon the \ alance, whde ~pra) s of "mall flower" enn,h the large top of the "pread One glance at a French pnnt of ",ome beauty 111the C01l1 t of LotH" XVI framed In sIlk Io"e" and hanglllg be"Ide the dressIll£; table atta,hed to a COJnucopIa COvered WIth brocade and", I eathed around the top WIth "Il11dar ro..,e" "\\ h) the cornucopla~" one a"ks Sh-h I \\ Ithm Its depth" hIde a pall of ctH1IllR lron~ and the"e WIll be vvlped upon the "heeL-, of "oft papel concealed at the back of the 1'rench heaut) '" hame It 1" Ju,;t pO""Ible that a vvOll1dn may deSIre a loom 1ll "traw color or hght blue In"tead of the ptevaIlmg old rose "Ith Its gI een and ~I1t accompd111ment In such a case the artIcle" to be CO\ered arc done up m brocade WIth gIlt and lace t11m-mmg", or what 1" mal e fashIOnable the sIlk IS embrOIdered O\eI \\Ith tll1Y \\reath" and clusters of flowers wOIked 111 Iahed 1'lench andllbbon embrOlc!elv 1, IOlll haIr blush to veIl and ",pon£;e Cd"e e\ erythlllg mu"t ha\ e the same embloldered coy eI, and these are as cost1) a" the) are love I) Model n luxury has evolved an endless number of ~mall acce"sones to room,; and these no", take on a beaut) of form and embelh"hment ne\ el seen In New York before SUIted to othel rooms than the boudOIr are the Lams XVI and EmpIre tables of decorated ::;dt WIth large tops formed of a wreath of meda1holl portI alt,; of the 10) al famIly and beautIes of the Flench comt In the tIme" of the Loms and of K dpoleon. These tables al e InuIt to conform WIth the dIffer-ent styles of the old and new empIres and are nch 111 coloring and graceful 111 form Hal m011l7111gWIth these are fernenes as large as a small dmner table set wlth111 a broad gIlt band decorated WIth fig-tl1 es be10ng111g to the };rench penod III vogue The band IS somet1lne.., of wlOught l)1as~ and alway s mounted upon gIlt or bras" leg" 111table effect One seem" to gaze upon an ornate table heaped WIth fern.., or flower.., Instead of upon a hollow 1eceptacle fOl sUpply111Q, earth to one and water to the other In real gold and gilt, 111qua111t deSIgns and colors reVIved 111 table", al e, draw111g 100m bnc-a-brac and faIence generally thI" sea"on ha" 1I1troduLed a flood of re\ Ivals of the past that are planned m a happy medIUm of COIOI and "ty Ie which enable" the po"sessor to employ them m either a French roOm or an EnglIsh one of the pre"ent mode, IV 11lch has a subtle French es"ence m the dehcac) and gracefulness of all its ll1tenOJ treatment and furmshmgs Kaiser a Furniture Connoisseur. F erdmand LlI1ke, ,l famou" al t and deCal atn e furl11tUl C manufactUl el of the Place \ endome and the Faubourg St ';'ntolne, Pans, recently returned from Berlm whIther he had been summoned by the KaIser, V\ ho had remarked m BerlIn the exhIbItIOn of Mr Lmke'.., \v ork and had expressed a WIsh to meet the Pans deSIgner In partIcular the KaIser was taken WIth speCImen" of LotHS Xl V, LOUIS XV and LoUls XVI styles, of whIch he has some notable pieces hImself ~Ir Linke 1eports that the Kalsel showed aver) 1l1tlmate know-ledge of the cabmetmaker\ art and <l mce dI"cnmmatlOn of artIstIc values 27 SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis r--- WEEKLY ARTISAN Oc __ Made by PosselJus Bras FurnIture MEln ufacturIng Company, DetrOlt, MICh WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire hne will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY Without It There Is Little Chance for Success in ~lanufacturing Furnihue. Inexpellenced 111dJ\Iduah al e sometImes boldly Imposed upon when engagmg 111 the manufacture of fur11lture. Havwg nothmg but ca::,h and a double ue"ll e-to help the town they lnc 111 and to acqUIre lalge (hvldends upon their mve"tments -they ,t1 e ca"tly phIcked by un "crupulous tI aclesmen Vi! hen thc \lu~kegon "alley FU111lture C01l1pdny orgalll7ed f()! the pUI pose of engag 1I1f; 111the manufd( ture of fur11ltUl e, an ad-vertIsement wa::, pubhshed In the tI dele papers offellng em-ployment to a supenntendent \s u"ual a number of rephes were recen ed from men whose expenence 111 the bus111ess dId not extend beyond the knowledge acqUlred whIle working upon the bench of a cabll1etmakel, a filllsher or the operation of a s11l1p1evvooel cuttm::; machme Possessed of monumental assurance and a ready, \ olummoth flo,,- of langauge many of thls cIa ss of lI1d1\ Iduab ha \ e ;:,ecUled l:;ooel pOSItIons, to be lost In a short tIme on account of thell mcompeteney \Vhen the bU"lne"" of mannfdcttll111g fUr11ltule \vas started 111the "outhern "tate::, a few} eals ago, 11ldlly lI1compeient:o from the north secured good posltlOn" at lI1gh POlnt, ThomaSVIlle, :\H Alry and other town::, of North Caroll11a, Vlrgmla and GeOlgJa HandIcapped by the lack of expenence m manu-factnre and With mcompetent help It 10,surpllsl11g m spIte of the large number of fallures, thdt so many manufacturers SUl\ 1\ ed the tllal of then mental dnd finanCial resotll ce'S <'\11 111expellencec! and lncompetent ::,upenntendent \\a" eng-aged by the manager of the 11('\\I} orgdn17ed :\1u"kegon Valle} FunJlture Co, a gentleman b) the wa), whose know-ledge of the busl11e"" of mal1ufactunng fur11lture Wd" ac qUIred vvhlle keepml.S a set of books for a blewery Un- "crupulous agent" of "upply houses vl::'lted the '-,upellnten-dent and proceeded to unload thClr "cats and dog,," upon the company at fancy pnces Se\ eral }'ears before the company engaged In busmess the mIrror plates almost excIusJ\ ely u::,ed 111 dre~::,ers meas-ured about 30 x 60 111ches, whlle the "lZe'3 ~eneral1y used when the :Vruskegon Valley Furmture company engaged ltS super- I11tendent were IV hat \Vas known as landscapes, the plates were not so high but V\ Ider than the 30 x 60''S used in the toi-lets of French dres'Ser~ "\ lan;e number of these odd sind plates and many other arilcIes fully as valuable 1\ ere un-loaded upon the company and when B N Bal11es succeeded the I11competent supenntendent a year later he faced d most cltfficult problem-how to com ert the lt1l1k 111tOcash 1 :i\1r Barnes 1" an ll1gcmou" man-a salesman as well as a manu-fact111el, and finall} dIsposed of the plates b} buddIng speClal al tlcles of furmt111 e fOl barbel "hop", saloon::, and hke places of busll1e;:,s Yeal s of tune VI' ere 1 eqmred to clean out the encumbrances New York Markets. New York, Dec 31-The u"ual hohclay "Cd::'OIl dullne;:,s ha::, pre\dlled thl" week 111all the malket" Hut are of "peLlal mtelest to f111111t111emUl Even the lumber tIade 1<., reported as dull, but ad\ lees from lntenol POl11ts ImlJcate I11creas111g firmness wlth an expectatIon of a n::,e 111 price;:, early 111the new} ear, though the snow over the northern states l11::,ures a larger supply of logs than has been cut 111 any w111ter S111ce 1904 Tmpentine is steady on hght bus111ess wlthout change 111quotatIOns here notwlthstandl11g a rise of a cent at Savan-nah The figures are 57 @ 57Y;; here, 54 @ 54~ at Savannah The trade 111 shellac 1" stIlI confined to samll ]obbll1g order" T N 111 bags IS quoted dt 155':; 0), 16 cents, case::, 16 @ lOA, bleached, 16 @ 17 cent'S, ktln dl1ed, 21 (ij; 22, DC, 24 @ 25 Varnish gum~ are 111 fair demand wlthout change" in quotations The demand fOl 11l1'3eedOIl b light, but pnces are firm, a concl!tlOn that tends to confirm the Idea that the recent ad- \ ance wa" due more to speculatIOn tlun to a shortage l!l the ~upply of fldx"eed Consumel" arc not I11chned to buy at curtent pllCes which lange fr0111 69 @ 70 fOJ "estern law up to 72 @ 73 for cIty double hOlled There I" d fau" demand for goat skJn;, and pnces are firm, espeCIally for Lat111 Amencans, 1\1- eXlcan fronilers are sttll quoted at 34 cents, Buenos Ayre", 42 @ 45, Paytas, 42 (iiJ 43, HaytIens, 50 @ 51 Curacaos, 51 @ 52Y;; Cordage of all kll1ds IS strong In sympathy, slight ad-vances m rdW matellals, but pnces have not been changed materially IndIa twine Nos ..J-Y;;to 6 1'3 quoted at 8Y;; @ 9 cents, light 9 @ 9Y;;; fine No 18, 11 @ 12;1;;. B C TW111e, No 18, 16 @ 16Y;; cents QuotatIons on sheet 71l1C rema1l1 unchanged at $8 pel 100 pound::, fob Peru, Ill, "ith 8 per cent dIscount and extras unchanged NIckel, In large lots is quoted at 48 @ 50 cents, less than ton lots, 55 @ 60 r MAKING GOOD FURNITURE OUT OF THE BAD Changes by Which the Capable Artistic Decorator Makes Great Improvements in the Appearance of the Rooms. ( By Ekin Wallick in The Ladies' Home Journal. ) I'the I1llhtl Ilion on the lelt the 111111lture ,t1 though ,uh"t,wtlal I" POOl III deSIgn 1he "Ideb )<!td dnd eha11, e,11] be lmprm cd by the remm al 01 the urna ment, as shown on the light The uppet portIOn 01 the 'ldeboard IS ehsearded and the oblong m1110r l' 1e framed and hung on the \\all '\ cabllletma~el \\ III be able to substItute the tdpellng; Sheraton lcg;s tor tho,c 10\ 11l erly used The chan s ,l\ e \ e ,tamed. a \\ aluul brown the '3ame a" the SIdeboard and a tapestn cm eong \- u-ed 1\1 -tedd 01 the nmtatlOn leathel ~ paneled effect IS ploduced by fir,t cOvenng the \Vall \\\th unbledched musltn \\ ood stnps are placed about two feet apart, fOIm1l1g pan-e!, whIch are pa1l1ted whIte O~lhe left the hVlng room 1'3 crowded wIth mappropnate fur11lture The gnlle over the door and the .,howy chma lamp on the un<;ubstantlal center table "hem lack ot ta,te The oppo,lle IlhhtratlOn ~ho\\ s the plb,lblhtIL' 01 the Sdme loom If ta"tc and e!Iscnmma tJOn are u,ed The mantel I' deprn ed of ItS machme-caned ornament ,Ind 1<;pamt eel an n or} tone end the tiles \l e e t1umlllec1 1 he gnlle 1" lemoHd 110m ILe c1oof\\ d} ,Ine! lhe pOItlere-dre hung II um ,I bras, pole '" small eLI\enport b on onc ~1c1eof the rrJ()m ,t nght ,lll gle, to the jJ1 epLlee 1hel I h nu Ittempt dt eltaped hdng 11lg, dt the \\ 111(10\\" [he pld1l1e, IIC hung \\Ith lell! enee t,) the 'ILe o! thl \\ tll spaces FOR d bedlO0111 wlllch suffel s 110111<I nU111bel of odd ,llld ends of hnl11ture, a" lhe one on thl left shm\ s, the follm\lllg change<; \\eIL ,ugge~ted The 11111101dnd superstruc ture 01 the bureau wel e re moved, new legs added and the body of the bUIedU was used as a chest of dra" ers The mlrrOl \\ a <;then framed 111 dark oak The <IIehItec turdl ped11uenb of the bed were remm ed and the 11Igh headboard \\as cut do\\n to the level of the footboard '\ SImple valance treatment 111 cretonne v. as used at the w1l1do\\ s In place ot the cheap combmatlon de~k and bookshelve~ a "nt1l1g table \\ as substituted The wood work was pa111ted whIte, and a Fl ench stnped paper was used below the pIcture raIl WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Bert Badgley, 1339-41 Glendale avenue, ChI-cago, $7,;00, J DRoop, 1444 BIrchwood avenue, ChIcago, $5,000, VI ank Vander Ploeg, 262 West 104th place, ChICago, $8,000, \largal et Jacob~, 4034 ~ \Iozart a\ enue, ChIcago, :[:6,000, Emma 1\ :\Ieyer'3, Irv111g street and ThIrty -second a \ enue, Dem er, Col , $4,400, (TIant McA \ Oy, :\[arshfield, \ \ IS , $3,750, L :U :\lcCloud, )JoIfolk, Va, $3,600 C :\! Hunt, :ZOOO South EIghteenth street, L111coln, '\ ehr, 5;3,000 FI eel 1loldel 381; \\ ee,t 11m teenth "tl eet, LIttle Rock, \1 k , $12,- 000, Dr D (Jlaham, Central d\enUe and Dnstole,tleet, Duluth :\1111n, $8,000, John"\ Lagd, 436 Chene e,treet, DetrOIt, :\TICh $4,000, \\ Ilhd11l If art, 1174 BlOOkl) n e,treet, DetrOIt, $16000 The \II%eS Cha11lbe, Canfield and C011111Ssh eets, Deh OIt, $4,700, John Owen, GratIOt a\ enue dnd ChIppewa st1 eet, De-trOIt $6,000, \\ P Scott, 130ulevard and Shady Lane, DetrOIt, $6,500, J A l'erguson, 700 \Yae,hmgton street, Denver, Colo, $7,500; S \\ SullIvan, 33 AIYItIe street, Atlanta, Ga, $3,500; \\ Ilha11l Lennox, East St '.'Iam street dnd Nevada a\ enue, Colorado Spnngs, Colo, $10,000, E J i\ ewcomb, 402 NIchol" a\ enue, K \\ \\ aslungton, DC, $4,000, II A KIte, 1222 Kenyon street, X \Y \Yash1l1gton, $30,000, :\1ary ~ KeefeI, 2727 Thirteenth street, X E V\ ash1l1gton, $3,500; Wilford Harns, 3612 Cl1l1ton aevnue, Mmneapohs, Mllln, $14,000, Helen J Holmboe, 2210 Tvventy-first street, M111neapohs, $8,- 800, ::\lrs Ella T PI endergast, 3543 Humboldt avenue south, \Imneapoh3, $4,000, F G Cole, 2918 Columbua a\ e, :YI111l1- apohs, $3,000 , Rudolph HantL'3ch, SIxteenth and TIOga streets, PhIladelphIa, Pa, $8,000, :\Iorn'3 Levelson, CreIghton street and Parkslde a\ enue, PhIlacIelphla, $21,200, Elmer H J ohn- "on, 309 Orangewood avenue, PIttsburg Pa, $4,000, KIrk D BIgham, 312 LaBelle street, PIttsburg, $3,600, Mr" L B Langford, 536 CapItol avenue, ;'\!tantd, Ga, $3,300, Judge Cotteral, 51h Cleveland dvenue, Guthne, Ukla, $3,500, Charles Sny der,624 \Ye"t ?\ ohle "treet, Guthne, $3,000, Rn erslde, Cal , $4,000, 1\11'3 \\ ROdne, T and Twenty-Second streets, Sacra-mento, Cal, $10,000, J D \\ arfield, 1831 Kenwood aveuue, $; 000 A. () Treganza, 614 East SIxth sheet, South, Salt Lake LIt}, Ctdh, $14,000, c\ S Ellck<;on, 1258 East FIrst street, south, Salt Lake Clt}, $7,500, 11 ank Sh and, 408 ThIrd street, Duluth, 1\lmn , $4,000, C C Todd, San Antonio, Tex, $3,800, A A Franke FI edellck and 1\ewbern "treets, :\IIlwaukee, \\ IS , $5,000, ':\Irs JennIe S GaUl e}, 728 Che"tnut street, St LoUIS, :vIo , $6,000, :\fI s ::\1argael t Hanselman, Eureka street and Haberman a\ enue, PIttsburg, Pa, $4,200, Isabella S \nderson, 200 Osgood stI eet, PIttsburg, Pa , $4,000; Sarah H Kennedy, BerkshIre and QueensbOlo streets, PIttsburg, $4,500, \lISS Lena Feeock, 16;5 Garfield boulevard, ChIcago, $7,800 \VIll A Peans, 3021 K111gman street, Des :\IOlnes, Iowa, $3,800, H J Howc, 2911 K111gmdn street, Des M0111es, $4,000, Leorgae M PIlmer, 9;9 '1 wenty-fire,t "trect, De'3 M0111C."$16,- 000, C T Rathke, Cannon }lIll Park, Spokane, \Yash , $4,500, ::\1 J FltLpatnck, 10014 Ostend dvenue, Cleveland, OhIO, $4,- 000, Carl Sward, HawthOl ne and \Nalsh streets, St Paul, M111n, $4,000, J\' P Holmberg, Ashland avenue and Dewey street, St Paul, $5,500, X elIte B Rob111son, Snellmg street dnd Portland avenue, St Paul, $3,000, Georgc McDonald, )J ewell street dnd Park Front, J\IIlwaukee, \\ 1<,, $5,000, T L SmIth, Hadley and ThIrty-second streets, ::\lilwaukee, $10,000 WIlham DIehl, Maple and ThIrtIeth streets, Erie, Pa, $3,600, AJfred Brelsford, 121 East Blake ayenue, Columbus, OhIO, $3,000, W L RecI, 77 \Varren stret, Columbus, $6,500, John Henry Craven::" ColonIal avenue, Dallas, Tex, $3,400, Charles \Voods, 151 Beckley avenue, Dallas, $3,000, Mrs Patton, Hollywood, Cal, $12,500; A \\T Redman, ·West Adams Heights, Los Angeles, Cal, $20,000; G L Summers, Holly- II ood, Cal, $5,500, H I Stuart, San Rafael HeIghts, Pasa- 31 ...----------------- --- ---------_._-----., I ----_ ... :fK1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~X~,?vMt~~ SEND SAMPLES. DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. 4-. _ II I -4 CWartiatleogfuoer. \I E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS, AL~fStN. - --- ------------ -- -- -- -- ---._- ._--~ elena Cal, $8,000 l hal lee, \ Chatham, R1\ erslde a\ enue, Jacksomille, Ila, $3500, John Koehler, }ern and ::YIobIle streets, New Orlean." Ld, $31,000, H J Carey, Morgan boulevard and Orlean" street, \ew Orleane" $-+,000, ~-\ J Roe, 216 \Vest Kennedy street, :='yracu"e \ Y, $7,500, E E Eu? Lard, 112 Onondaga st! eet Syracuse, $5,000, "IV r Bacon, 11111101"and \ ermont e,treet<;, 1nchanapohe, 1nd, 5;6,000 G II Baird, Dalrd-.to\\ n, Cal, bungalo\v, $5,000 Miscellaneous Bmldmgs-1 he '\Iernt Pldce .:\! ethodl"t'3 of Indlanapolh, Ind, arc bUIld111g d church to co"t $30,000 The '3chool board of :\1l11neapoh" Ie, constructmg an adchtIOn to the Bl elmer "chool at d coe,t of $74,000 \ fiftv thousand dollar court house 1e, bel11~ blllit at Deml11g, ~ :\Iex The 13aptI"t., of 1'o111ond, Cal, haye adopted plane, for d church to lOst $50,000 Chne,tlan SuentIsts V\ III buIld a church 111Clg-den, L"tah to co"t $35,000 Samuel K ewhouse IS to bUIld a theatre 111Ogdcn, Utah at a cost of $230,000 Trustees for the Carne~Ie hbrar} to be erected at EI Cent, 0, Cal, are dCh ert1s1110 for b1ds OJ] the constrnctIOn of the blllld111g '1 he Pasadena b(Cal) Realty company V\ 111mvcst $60,000 to $75,- 000 111a theatre bUIldmg The Los Angele" (Cal) AthletiC Club ha\ e adopted pldm for then dub home buildl11g whIch IS to cost $650,000 The lrl110n League Club of Los Angeles, Cal haye started the comtructIOn of theIr ne wbmldl11g whI~h 1<;to cost half a mIlhon dolalrs The CIty hall at San Pedro, Cal , is to be remodeled at a cost of $26,000 It's when he 10, up agamst it that a man 11eally feels cIowncast ~, I!II IIIIIIIIII IIII I I I A High Grade Cafe. t Restaurant and Buffet 10 connectmD I GEORGE FULWELL, I II ME""" '0' Proprietor. I .• -.__AG<.;;Y -H't.--------------- __ - .. -~ DETROIT, MICH. HOTEL NORMANDIE CONGRESS STREET Near Woodward Avenue Amencan Plan. $2.50 per Day and upwards. European Plan, $1 00 per Day and upwards Hot and Cold Runmng Water In all Rooms. Rooms WIth Bath extra. · ....- .....-...- ..._._---_._-_._----~ 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN Miscellaneous Advertiselllents. WANTED Commission men for the states Michigan, Iowa, Missoun, Nebraska and Kansas. also for the western states or Pa-cific coast, to carry our li
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 30:27