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Michigan Artisan; 1905-12-10
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and r
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SPARTAN PASTE FILLER
Made in Marietta.
A High Grade Article in Every Respect. possessing qualities that put it easily
ahead of other fillers from the fineness and character of the
ingredients that make up its composition.
We produce this in all of the leading shades. including our
FAMOUS GOLDEN OAK
IMITATION QUARTERED OAK
"tRY OUR SPECIAL FILLERS AND STAMPING INKS
We are producing the goods of this nature that bring results to perfection. Sample our Fillers
No. 800 and No.810 and our Inks Nos. 5. 6 and 11.
In OIL STAINS. remember, we lead! Our Golden Oak and Mahogany Stains stand
without a rival. Write us for samples and full informatiun.
The Marietta Paint and Color Co.
MARIETTA. OHIO.
THE HAND SCRE.W
WITH THE SAW·CUT THRF:AD
THE BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY
OUR Hand Screws, Cabinet Makers' Clamps, etc.; is the result of fifteenyears experiencein this class
of work. Our Spindles with the Saw-Cut Threads will wear fully 50 per cent longer than the
ordinary spindle with the Lathe-Cut Thread. We use only the very. best second growth hickory in aU
our spindles and the jaws are the best Michigan maple, sanded and oiled. We make all the standard
sizes and can furnishthem promptly. Give us a trial.
We make a complete line of Cabinet Makers' and Manual Training Benches, Factory Trucks,
ete" Write for catalog.
Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company
130 South Ionia St.. Grand Rapids. Mich.
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These Specialties are used all
Over the World
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VM1eer Presses, aU kinds and sizes
Veneer Presses
Glue Spreaders
Glue Heaters
Trucks, Efc.. Etc.
Hand Feed Glueinl{ Machine, (Plltent
pendinl?;.) Eight Styles and Sizes.
Woud·Working
Machinery
and Supplies
Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent
applitd for). Single, douhle and combination LET US KNOW
YOUR WANTS
419-421 E. Eighth St.
C"AS. E. FRANCIS &.. BRO.B CINCINNATI. O.
No.6 Glue Heater
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
MANUFACTURKRS AND JOBBERS oIl"
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 tbat we have 10 Glass fa.ctories,
from Pennsylvania to IHissouri; and 13
Mirror plants, located as foHows: .
NeW"York Roslon f' hlladelphia
Buffalo Cincinnati St. Louis
Minneapolis Atlanta. Kokomo, Ind.
Ford City. Pa. High Point, N. C.
Davenport Crystal City, Mo.
It needs no argument to show what
advantages may be derivt'd from deating
directly with liS.
extending
Also. our 22 jobbing houses carry heav~ stocks in all lines of glass. paints. varnishes and brushes:
and are located in the cIties named below:
NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALQ-;;7z-4-6-8 Pearl Street.
BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9Bowker St. BROOKLYN-635 and 6?'7FuLton Street.
CHICAGO-442-4SZ Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Building, Arch and
CINCINN ATI- -Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets.
ST. LOUIS-CoT. 12th and 5t Charle9 Streets. DAVENPORT~4IO-416 Scott Street.
MINKEAPOLlS-SQO-510 S. Third Street CLEVELAND-149"51-5.3 Seneca Street.
DETROIT -53-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-1608-lo-12 Harney Street.
PITTSBURGH-wl-lo?, \'Vood Street. ST. PAUL-349-51 Minnesota Street.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA'-30, 32 and 34 S. Pryor Street.
ROCHESTER, N. Y,-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH, GA -745-749 Wheaton Street.
and Exchange Sts. KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sts.
BALTTMORE-221-223 W, Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM. ALA.-2nd Ave. alld 29th St.
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AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS.
The Universal Automatic
CARV/NQ MACHINE
-,--,---= 'PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== 25 HAND
CARVERS
And does the Worli: Better than it can be Dcne b~ Hand
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Indianapolis, Indiana
Write for Information, Prices Etc.
26th Year-No. 10 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 10. 1905. $1.00 per Year.
Furnishings of the State Apartments at Windsor Castle.
\Vindsor, the residence of the kings' and queen",' of Ellg-
Lind {or generations, is one of tll{~ most picturesquely situated
as well as 011e of the handsomely furnished palaces of Europe.
The castle stands 011 a terrace high above the Thames river
and from the top of the tower a fine view of the "Long
\Valk" (three miles long) the manllsoJc\1tn 0'£ Frogmore, and
in the distance the house where \Villiam Penn was born arc
enjoyed. The country is very green and woo4ed, the Thames
winds in and out for miles. Across the river from the castle
is Elan, the fa"molls school for boys.
The public are allO\'Vcd to walk through the state apart-ments
conducted by a g"uic1e. The rooms secn include the
Throne room, banqueting hall, reception room, vVaterloo,
H.nhens. Van Dyck. and others
The Throne r,)(Jlll bas a blue carpet, the woodwork or
handsomely carved oak, the walls are covered with blue bro
cade. Portraits of fonner kings' and queens' adorn the \,valls.
The Throne chair rests on a rose velvet carpet and a canopy
of the same is abov.e. The chair itself formerly belonged to
the king of Candee and is of silver gilt, a design of thistles
covers it. The top of the back is encrllsted with diaUlOtHls
aud sapphires with sapphire knobs at the comers, upholstery
of old rose brocade.
The reception rooms are all very elaborately fl1rnisheJ,
one decorated with much gilt in I.ouis XV style, the furniture
of the same period. A Louis XIV tortoise shell cabinet is in
another room, the walls and Llpholstery of rose brocade. Rc·se
must have been Queen Victoria's favorite color as her apart-mel1ts
are furnished exclusively in that tint. The vVaterl-:HI
room has portraits of \Vel1ington and other famous o ..o..lJle
such as the first duke of 1Iarlboro and Pope Pius VII. The
latter is one of Van Dyke's best paintings. The panelled
walJs of this room are much carved and gilded. At each e:'H!
is a gallery for musicians. The state theatricals are always
held here. There are Gobe[in tapestries in many of the
rooms. The Rubens' room ha.~ portraits e.xeJusively by him.
The carpet was a present from the Shah of Persia. The
banqueting hall is two hundred feet long, thirty-fom feet high
and thirty-t\vO feet wide. Suspended from the ceiling· are
twenty-six flags belonging to the original knights of the
garter. Portraits of monarchs from James I down to the'
present, adorn the walls. The long table seats two hundred
and fifty people. Louis XIV tanks stand along the walls. thl~
furniture is covered with rose brocade. One sees the Frellch
mattas I-Toni soit qui mal y pense and MOil Dieu et Mon Droit
conspicoously displayed. The entrance hall has a grand
stone staircase and armor of many Jifferent centuries
and cOl1ntries. After being hurried through :so many rooms,
one experiences a feeling of regret at leaving so soon and a
wish to study the grand apartments at on(','sliesure.
Grand Rapids Will Supply All Grades of G~ods Wanted.
The manufacturers of Grand Rapids haVe promised to
st!pply everything needed by the buyers. If the withdravva) of
the lines of several manufacturillg corporations, making cheap
furn iture, from the expositions should create a scarcity of
cheap ftITnittITc, the manufacturers of (l·rand Rapids will sup-ply
the need ..
Ticket Scalpers VictoriouS".
Under a judicial ruling ill Texas all raiJway passenger as"
sociatiolls are declared illegal ttl1"-tS and l1'ot enLitled to pro-tection
from ticket scalpers. The ,so;alpers exper~enced a
thrill of joy in their winning a vital' p'oint in the complaint
they had lodge.<l against these associations when the latter
sought to drive them out of busine5s.
No Bad Debts Show What?
There is one rinn in London which has not mad.: a single
bad debt in the \vhole course of its fifty years existence.
Just what this demonstrates is l1nCertaill. \Ves~"e'rn New
York had a merchant a few years ago who made a similar
hnast, but incidentally was knO\,Vllas the 111etdlest and hardest
of his COmll11ttlity.
\Visconsin mantlfacturers are preparing to fight against
prison-made goods. They wish to have a law compelling
the labelliug of all "goodti made ill prisons, as they claim
competi.tion w~fh such goo(ls~s Hl\nous . .The House of Cor-rection
in Mihv<Lukee is ~)nc of the strdilgest competitors.
It is useless to fight convi.;;t labor. Dealers outside the state
CUllerase marks and mauufacfurers will help them to do it.
THE CORRECT
Stains and fillers.
THE MOST
SATISFACTORY
first Coaters and
Varnishes
MANUFA<TURCD UNLY -,,-y-- ~
CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CD.
Z59-63 ELSTONAVE."'Z-16 SLOAN ST.
CH I CACO.
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We carry a line of RebuiltWood-
Working Machinery for Pattern
Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash
and Door Manufacturers, Car=
penters, Planing Mills, Etc.· Jl .II
When in the market let us send you our list of machines and we are
~ure that we can interest you ill prices and quality or machines oHered
EDWARDS MACHINE CO. 34·38 W. Washinoton St.
CHICAGO. ILL.
PALMER CLUEINC CLAMPS Patented, April 11, r893; May 16, 1&)q; March 22, 1'lo4.
Improved damps have now become an absolute necessity.
\Ve believe OUfS meets aU reguirements, and why?
F1RST- They have unlimited strength and power; damp Jn~
. scantly, yet securely, instantly released and the work re-moved
as fast as it can be handled.
SECoND-They will adjust themselves to any width or thiclt-ness
(not to exceed the limir of size clamp used) and
can be used to put a truck load under pressure while still
on the truck.
THIRD-Very durable~ being all malleable iron and 5teel~
and not easily broken or got out of order under any con-dition~
no matter by whom or how used.
Catalogueexplains all-write f()r it.
A. E. PALMER NORVELL, MICH.
Jackson County
INSIST ON HAVING
Morris Woo~ a Sons' Soli~ Stetl Glue Joint (utters
for there are no other.,. .. jUoI"taJl good ..
They cut a clean perlect joint always. Never burn owing
to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by
us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time
wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes.
Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices
on appJication.
MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS
Thirty_one years at 31·33 s. Canal Street_ CHICAGO. ILL
Spindle Carving and Hand Carving,
For Furniture, Caskets and Fixtures.
411work guaranteed to be first Class.
Send us your Samples or Sketches for
prices and Samples.
Knoxville Carving and Moulding Company, Knoxville, 'Tenn.
NO! IT is not a new STAIN or a new FILLER or a new SURFACER,
Only a New Departure
We have realized the necessity for a long time, of getting nearer to our good
friends in the WEST and NORTHWEST. Not nearer in spirit or confidence, for we
feel that we are very close to our patrons in that way already, but nearer in actual
mileage. We have just opened a new factory for the manufacture of our line of
WOOD fINIS"ING SUPPLIES at
Nos. 61-63-65 and 67 North Ashland Avenue
C"ICAGO, ILLINOIS
It is fully equipped with all modern machinery, and the plant more complete
in every way than the home factory. We will there manufacture and carry in stock, a
full line of our
Antique and Golden Oak fillers
Japan Coaters
Surfacers (Mineral Base)
Water and Oil Stains
Enamels, Lacquers,
and in fact everything that our good friends in the Central West and North West may
call for, and if you want a special shade, we can only reiterate what we have claimed
with confidance in the past
WE CAN MATC" ANYT"ING
We want to tell you about our No. 390 and No 397
NEW PENETRATING GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS, USED IN CONNECTION WITH OUR
NO. 611 and NO. 512 fiLLERS.
We will gladly furnish samples, and also send copy of our little book
"Lindemanthe filler Maker"
DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND
T"E BARRETT-LINDEMAN COMPANY I'''''IN OffiCE and FACTORY,
Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVE.
PUiUDELPHIA, PA.
c"neAGO fACTORY,
Nos. 61-63-65-67 NORT" AS"LAND AVE.
CHICAGO, ILL.
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Burlap Prices Lower.
Cables from Calcutta received Saturday, report that the
price of burlaps in that market for December shipment has
declined in value as a result of speculators offering goods
for resale. The mills, however, have hetd very firmly to
their prices, and refuse to make concession of any sort. III
addition to this, jute has again advanced and is now within
five shillings a ton of the highest prices reached this year.
III the Dundee market burlaps are reported as firmer, if any-thing,
and supplies very short. In the market here the de-mand
for cloth has been more active, wi: h many requests
coming forward for carload lots, which cannot be filled. Sev-eral
carloads were disposed of late last week at 5.10 to 5.I5C
for 8-oz. and 6./5 to 6.25c for IO~-OZ.
The shortage of goods jn thi5 market continues in spite
of the arrival of two 1:ihips carrying Durlaps, within the past
week, and many importers are totally unable to fill orders
which they now have on hand. These orders include weights
ranging frm 7 to 1O-0z. The demand for heavyweights is
just starting; the season is opening up very well, and an un-usually
heavy demand is expected during the next ten to
twelve weeks. Estimates by conservative consumers arc to
the effect that lightweights will be in larger demands than
during the next three months indicate a large demand, with a
during he next three months indicate a large demand, with a
very short supply.
Fire which hroke ont on the steamship Neuenfe1s, lying at her
pier in Brooklyn, has not helped to ease the situation allY.
The cargo consists of jute anrI bmlaps, and late Oil Saturday
the full extent of the damage done had not been learned.
The bllflaps Wl1ich comprise part of the cargo arc hadly need-ed
to help out snpplies in this market, and owners of the
goods are wondering to what extent they Inve been damag-ed.
In additi Ii to this the jute which forms a large part
of the cargo 's also badly needed by manufacturer!;; lt1 this
country to filliorders that are now delayed.
Death 01 S. J. Burlord.
S. ]. Burford, secretary of the Rhbde5~Burford company
of Louisville, died Nov. 21st, at French Lick Springs, th~
cause of death being pneumonia, following all attack of rheu-matism.
He was forty-one years old. He conducted a fur-niture
store in ;Cairo, 111., for several years, but moved to
Louisville where he established a large furniture store with
several branches. From that beginning he added other
stores until now there are a chain of forty-three scattered in
cities around the country. Mr. Burford 'was very popular.
The funeral services in charge of the Masons was largely
attended. The' furniture trade will also feel his loss, and
extend their sY1:npathy to his bereaved family.
To Abandon the Expositions.
The decision of forty table manufacturers belonging to
the association 0f table makers, not to exhibit in any market
for two years, will not affect Grand Rapids as not more than
one or two have exer exhibited here. A number have ex-hibited
in Chicago but it is not likely to affect that- market
very much.
Sprinklers Failed to Save Property.
A total loss 011 the sprinklererl saw mill is reported from
the Converse Basin, Fresno County, Ca1., where the Sanger
Lumber mill was destroyed. The mill was equipped with
460 Grinnell heads, supplied by two tanks of 20,000 and 25,000
gallons capacity. The insurance amounted to $53,850.
THE IRON
OF QUALITY
No. 10 Tilt and No. 30 Adjustment.
Sizes13J4 in.-15~ in.-16~ in.-·17~in.-19 in.
WfSTfRn"AllUDlf I O~HIRon"to. co.
MilwaUkee, Wisconsin.
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THE DAILY
ARTISAN ~RECORD
for the mid-winter season of 1905-06
will be issued from the office of the
FURNITURE RECORD
Some Preferred Space Is
Still Available
for exhibitors who desire to secure the
eye and ear of the buyers who go
to the markets. Write for rate sheet.
ADDRESS
DAILY ARTISAN-RECORD
Grand Rapids. Mich.
That's our TRADE MARK, and it means that every pull or knob
fastened with the
will NO-KUM-LOOSE, and it
Costs You Nothing
Tower Patent fastener
BEWARE
of Loose Pulleys that wear out like
this one. Get the NELSON and in'
cidentally get rid of bushing, babbitt-ing
and the expense and delay ac-companying
these.
WILMARTH & MORMAN COMPANY
153 CANAL ST.
GRAND'RAPIDS, MICH.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS WRITE THE
No-Kum-Loose
GRAND 'RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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Saw and Knl'fe FI't'tlng Mach'lMeryan d T00 IS TUhoeeBMigg.nesut faan"d",dBe.st
Baldwin, Tuthill ®. Bolton
Grand Rapids. Mich.
Filers. Setters.
Sharpeners,
Grinders,
Swages,
Stretchers.
Brazina and
Filing Clamps.
Knile Balances.
Hammering
Tools.
Investigate our
Line.
New 200 pag-e
Cataloj{Ue for'
1905 Free.
Bollon Band Saw Filer for Saws h inch up, B. T. & B. Style D, Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dr)".
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Bostl[)D New York Jamestown High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago 51. Louis Mlnneapoll&
Associate Offices and;iBonded AttoMlleys in all Principal Ules
The Furniture Agency
REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET
HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC_
TIONS MADE BY AN UN,RIVALLED SYSTEM
THROU(;H OUR COLLECTION DRDARTMENT' •
WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHEIlE OTHEKS lfAIl. WRITH FOR
PARTICULARS AND 1o'OUWILL $ENO US Y OU R B 11SIN ESS.
Our Complaint and AdJustDlen1
Department Red Drafts Collect
-""'=~L, J. STEVENSON. Mif,higan Manager
BE UP-TO-DATE, Get one of the New Electric
Spindle Carvers
and keep abreast of the times. You cannot
afford to let the "other fellow" have the
WOTkyou should be doing. The Electric
Caner will keep the rrade you have and get
more for you. Our carving Cutters are of
the best.
West Mi{~i~anMa{~ineand ToolCo.. ltd.
GRAND R.APIDS, MICR.
BUll~UP PANELS AND VENEERS FOR FURNITURE, MANUFACTURERS
We can furnish you 2, 3 or 5 ply Panels in Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Plain Oak Ash,
Elm, Birch, Maple or Basswood, and guarantee same in every respei:t. We Use high' grade
Glue in our work and our Ven~ers are thoroughly dry and our Machinery up-to-date.
Our 2 and 3 ply Drawer Bottoms and Glass Backs are the finest on the market.
\Ve can also furnish you with Rotary Cut Maple, Birch and Elm Veneers in 1.30, 1-20.
1·16 and 1·8 inches thick:. All of our Veneers are dried in the new Coe Roller Dryer, and
lay flat and are free from crinkle.
If you wish to buy Panels and Veneers that are RIGHT AND THAT WILL STAY
RIGHT, give us a chance to figure with you and submit samples and prices.
We do not cla.im to be'lower
in price, but we do claim
our pa.nels are cheaper in
the long run, a.....they A .A A
THE GORHAM BROS. CO. Do YOU see the point""
Submit your wants and let us make you happy. MT. PLEASIlNT, Mle".
TABLE LEGS
turned with this machine cost
less than any you ever made.
.. ReliaMe" Rolls
.. Relia~l( Panels
THE FELLWOCK
ROLL AND PANEL
COMPANY
Mfrs. of "ReUable" Built
lip Veneered Rolls and
Plural Ply Panels for all
purposes. Correspondence
solicited,
EVANS\'ILLE, IND.
Sle~~en50n Mf~.co.
South Bend, Ind.
Wood Turnings,
T umed Moulding.
Dowels and Dowel
Pins.
With it one man will do the work of six to ten skilled Hand
Turners. The quality of work can't be beat, and we would
like to have you judge of it for yourself, by sending you a
sample of W}13t we guarantee it to do. The main features
of the machine lie in the patent Cutter Head. the Vari-able
Friction Feed, and the OscUIa-tingCarriage.
A full description of this machine will interest yOll. May
we send it?
C. Mattison Machine WorKs
863 Fifth Street
BELOIT, WISCONSIN
Catalogue to Manufac-turers
on AppliC"ation.
THE "PORTE R"
1his cut rep-resents
0 u r
12. 16 a np
20 in. Jointer
--MANUFACTURED Ey--------- ------- c. O. & A. D. PORTER, 182 North Front Street,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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This bedroom was occupied by
Qyeen Victoria of Emdand on the'
occasion (If her visit to the Grand
T rianol) in 1840. The upholstery
and draperj"3 are of rose satin
brocade.
The Bedroom of Francois I,
Musee de auny, Pari,.
""~MIF,HIG7fN
Two Per Cent-Ten Days.
This phrase, so commonly used ill the export trade, fre-quently
becomes most bewildering to mally manufacturers
as a result of their dealings with export commission mer-chants.
The term is usually intclldco to convey the mealling
that the customer is expecled to pay his bill ten days from
its date, deducting the two per cent cash discount.
This also is the meanillg of the term among the commis-sion
honscs, but unfortunately for the reputation of all the
commission houses many of them are extremely lax in their
attention to the ten-day part of the deal, but equally zea]o'.ls
in observing tile two-per-cent feature. In other \vords. cer-tain
of the commission houses regard it as their privilege to
fxtend the ten days indefinitely l1p to thirty days, but still
consider themselves entitled to the two per cent. They
justify this attitude on various grounds, none of which would
be wholly acceptable to a first-class credit man.
JVlanufacturers who have dealings with exporters who
take advantage of this cash discount allowance are amply
justified in insisting upon their rights, and declining to allo\','
the di"count unless the payment is made strictly at the ap-pointed
time. It is another matter if some other interpre-tation
is given to the ten-day clause, but ten days from date
of invoice is what is commonly understood ill the absence
of any sJlecially arranged interpretation.
A Cincinnati Patent Attorney in Greensboro.
The \\tysong & IVIiles company of Greensboro, N. c., in-vented
a sand helt machine some mOl1ths ago and employed
C. H. I\·liles, a prOlninent patent attorney of Cincinnati, 0., to
visit Greensboro and prepare the drawings and necessary
papers for taking out patents on the machine, since which
time the machine has become the most useful and popular
one ever introduced. It has come to the ears of the \Vysong
& ),Jiles company that attempts have been made by others
Grand Rapids, Mich.
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White
Directory
(POCKET EDITION)
of makers of Furniture, Pianos, Fixtures, Show
Cases, Interior Wood Work, Cabinet Makers,
Upholsterers, Bedding, and Planing Mills, con-sisting
of approximately 6000 individuals, firms
and corporations (revised to May 25, 1905), is
ready for delivery, and will be sent to any ad-dress,
postage paid, upon receipt of
Price$5.00
Address orders and inquiries to
MICtllGAN AI\.TISAN CO.
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to use their invention, and they at once 110tified their patent
attorney at Cincinnati of the facts and he is collecting the
necessary data to promptly prosecute infringments on the
rights of the \Vysong & Miles company.
Walnut Timber Trade Not Dead.
It seems that it is by no means true that walnut has dis-appeared
from the list of staple commodities in the lmnber
trade. As a matter of fact, ",,'alnut is ont of the rarest species
of American woods and ill recent years many tirms making a
specialty of ·walnut have been obliged to go out of business
because of the small quantities of the commodity obtainable.
That it has Hot entirely disappeared from thc market, hmv-ever,
is evident from the announcement that there has re-cently
gone from a Virginian saw mill to Furope an im-mense
shipment of walnut log~ of superior quality.
Had Joyful Hour.
On November 21, the manufacturers and retailers of
Philadelphia enjoed a banpuet at the Bellevue-Stratford
hotel in that city, and took preliminary steps to form an as-sociation.
There were two hundred present and after a fine
mcnu thc matter of organization was discussed by a number
of represcntatives of different firms. The benefits to -be
derived by both the manufacturers and dealers would be
mallY, and better social relations established, prodtlCing more
harmon}' in trade. These restl1ts v..·.ill be obtained no doubt,
throllgh the organization in the near future.
Space in City Apartments Valuable.
Dining room and other furniture is designed to occupy·
the least possible space in the city apartments. This is due,
no doubt, to the requircments of flat dwellers to whom every
inch of space is of value and usc. China closets are made
just large enough to fit in a earner. For bedroom are chif-foniers
24 inches long, barely largc enough for a man's shirt.
/\. large size bureau takes 11]) llearly the whole space in a
bedroom which is only large clloug-h for a hed and chair. Flat
dwellers must learn to dispense with bureatls and often use a
hanging mirror and shelf.
'fhe Niagara Bedstead company, of BLlffalo, N. Y., has pur-cbased
the stock, plant. and husiness of the Empire Metallic
t'.edstead company, cOlltinning the amnufacture of the former
line of brass and iron beds, adding thereto from time to time
such styles as demanded by trade requirements.
Joseph Haberhasch and C. R. Funk have organized the Hab-erbasch-
Funk Furniturc company, in Hamilton, Ohio, and will
engage in the retail btlsiness. Mr. Haberbasch was formerly
with A. J. Conroy & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
aran~ Da~i~sDlow Pi~e
an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ
THE latest device for handling shav-ings
and dust from all wood wood-working
machines. Our eighteen years
experience in this class of work has
brought it nearer perfection than any
other system on the market today. It
is no experiment, but a demonstrated
scientific fact, as we have several
hundred of these systems in use, and
not a poor one among them. Our
Automatic Furnace Feed System, as
shown in this cut, is the most perfect
working device of anything in its line.
Write for our prices for equipments.
WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL
DET AIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE
TO OUR CUSTOMERS
EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE
BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK
Office and Factory:
208-210 Canal Street
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
Citizens Phone 1282 Bell, M ..h:l 1804
OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM
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WABASH
B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA
M'nnf"lm,nof TABLE SLIDES Exclusively
'''.!RITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT
If your DESIGNS art right, people want the Goods.
That makes PRICES right.
(tlarence lR. bills
DOES IT
163 Mad ison Avenue -Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
berman Scbaubel,
Ilrar"ra' SlttrlKs aid llttalli ALLE~TOWN,.PA.
'l1Iammoth 1Jrop-Caruer~ 9/0. .:J
This machine weiJ':"hf; about
one ton. Has a tran:JinJl:tahle.
is reversed and started from a
counter shaft, wnich is indud-ed
with machine. Hollow
steel mandrel 3% inchl:'S in
diameter. We furnish burn-eT
for inside or outside heat·
ing, for either gas or gaso-
Hne. Size of machine, 4 ft.
9 in. high, 3 H.lD in. long, 3
ft. wide. vVe guarantee this
m~cbine. LPrice,
$225; without trav-eliug:
table, $200.
Mammoth !\I o. 4,
sam e as machine
No.3. driveh wilh
long:itude
shaft only;
pulleys at
riRht a 1Ig:·
Ie;;; need s
no ('ounter
shalt. Price
$;::00; with·
out travel·
inK table.
$170. Send
fOT full de-scription
and list of
other drop
carvers we
build.
Blue Print Designs
Free to the Trade.
'l.Ollts babn
Engraving, Printing
Binding
CATALOGUES A SPECIALTY
DES1GNS AND DETAILS
OF FURNITURE
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154 Livingston St.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
W. P. WILLIAMS, Manufadurers'
Ag~nt.
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91 Campau St.
, Grand Rapids,
Micbillan
BaRRY BROS. (Ltd.) Varnishes and Shellac.
JACQURS KAHN. French Mirror Plates.
CORBIN CABtNET LOCK CO., Locks.
AM GLUU:Co.'s Union Garnet and Flint Sandpaper.
B. CANNON & Co., (Limited), Irish Glue.
S,H.t'!. CABOT, House Stains ar? ",uilding Quilt.
WHITE PRINTING co.
]NO. P. DENNING
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Michigan
Central
208 S. FIRST ST,
TERRE HAUTE, IND.
LEAVE Nov. 27, 1904 ARRfVE
6:55 am Detroit Express.. 10:45 pm
*n:OO u'n New York Special. .* lAU pm
5:30 pm New York Express.. 9:55 am
1>1hlO pm Night Express .... * 6:30 am
*Daily. All olher trains daily except
Sunday. Detroit sleeper on night train.
New York sleeper and fine cafe coach on
noon train. Partor car on morning train.
II O. W. RUG(;l.ES, G. P. & T. A., Chicago. The Niagara falls ~oute II i
GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS
C. B. CLARK, Proprietor.
Manulacturers of
Cut and !l'olnted Dowel
Pins and Dowel Rods
-~I ~~>-~ 91 Sixth StreEt, GRAND RAPlDS. MICH.
IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS
QUICK RAISlNG
Belt, Electric: and Hand Power.
The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores
Send for Catalogue and Prices.
KIMBAll BROS, CO., 1087 N;nlh St.. Council Bluffs, la.
Kimball Elevator Co.• 32.3 Prospect St., Cleveland. 0.;
l{l81lth St., Omaha, Neb.; 120 Cedar St., New York city.
Cili~etls Phone 558U. 2 to 20 Lyon St., GRAND RAP(DS, MICH.
Varnishes. Shel.
lacs and Sandpap~r
carried in Stock
B0YNT0N eX C0. Mfrs. of
Embossed and
Turnltd Moulding"
Porch Work. Wood
Orilles. and Auto·
matic Turnings
Vie also manufac-ture
a large Iiue of
EMBOSSED ORNA·
MENTS [or couch
work, Send for
illustrations.
SEND FOR
CATALOG-UE
Removed to 419·421 W f"ifteenth 8t
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Advanced Prices on Furniture.
Prices on furniture have advanced ten per ccnt. in most
lines. The chair manufacturers are considering the propo-sition
of advancing prices. LTpholstcred furniture has not
advanced. The latter business is of a some.vllat different
type from the others. Many of the mal111f8.cturers make
simply the frames and the dealers \\'110do their own upholster-ing
are enabled to make their prices correspond ""itlt the
cost of the raw material and withont announcing <111y general
advance. The cost of leather and the big demand for hides
should naturally call for an advance in certain classes of up-holstered
goods. It is quite likely that this increased cost
in the production will be cared for in the quiet manner out-lined.
The advance in all these articles of furniture is absolutely
legitimate and just. The prices of ra,,, material, the various
veneers and the cabinet 'Noods have been moving upward
stea-dily for some time past and labor has also become a
heavier item in the expense list with the manufacturers. Deal-ers
as a rule are registering no objection to the increased
cost to them, according to men \vho come closely in touch
with the retail trade in all portions of the country. The con-sumer
\vill be the one who will foot the bill, and a,,- he is \\.5\.\-
ally tractable even when not entirely reasonabk, the added
Senes, Spanish, Egyptian and statuary. ,On the next
story, after going lip interminable stairs, one finds the royal
apartments. The furnishings do not as a whole, impres8
one as much as those at \Vindsor. The rooms aIten,ate in
colors varying from red to rose, yellow, blue and gleen in
succession, brocade hangings are modern and gaudy. The
noors arc marble. The paintings are such fine trea~lIres a~
I~otticelli's l\ladonlla of the Rose and some of Carlo lJolci's
heautiful work. Florentine frames are very grand anJ encas~
mirrors which g-iYe four reAeetions when placed opposite.
The Throne room is in red, all the hangings and upholstery
matching. The Throne itself is an ordinary 100ldng red-draped
affair with no jewels of any description to enrich it.
In some of the rooms arc degant tortoise shell cabinets in-laid
with ivory. lupus lazuli and columns of alabaster-a very
rich effect indeed. Tables arc inlaid with marbles vt~different
kinds.
The Quecn's rooms cotltain the most interesting·furl11sh-ings.
The bedroom is in pale blue, the bed has silk hangings
and spread. .:\ green malachite secretary furnishes the only
touch of varying color in this room. The dressing rOom
adjoining is oval shaped with Japanese satin "'mbroideTed
hangings in yellow. A beautiful silver mirror was on the
Inahog,my dressing table, but the best thing was a cheval
These rare pieces sUllgestcomforatnd inspire admiration.
price to the articles which he desires for the furnishiug of
his home will be forthcoming as readily uuder the new condi-tions
as undcr the old.
The increased cost of thc raw material is something
well known to the trade, and as to the item of increased
labor cost a man who recently had the opportunity of inspect-ing
a pay roll of a plant making medium priced sideboards
and buffets. This factory, which has an output of buffcts, says it
showed heavy increase. This factory has an output of $250,-
000 annually and the increased co~t of its labor this year was
$25,000 on this output, just the ten per eenL advance deLerlll-ined
upon. What is true of this establishment is l111douhled-ly'
true of others and demonstrates the manufact11t·ers have
been most reasonable iil their action.
Furnishings of the Pitti Palace of Florence.
The Pitti palace is the residence of the Ki:lg and Queen
of Italy, which they occupy whenever stnprillg in F!,_)ren,_e.
It is not as fine as \~'indsor, England, that, 1 s1tpp();;e should
not be expected. The huilding is of stone and is on a hillside
overlooking the city. The Roboli gardens behind it riSe in
terraces to a great height, from which at the top of an obser-vatory,
a fine view of Florence may be had. III the buiLJing
itself the first story rooms open to the public, arc devo(eo to
a display of gold plate, many rare kinds of china, inclUding
•
l .
g-lass three feet wide of Inahog:any with gilttrJ1umings with
sconces holding C<l11dlesou each side at twodifterent heights,
the lowesl all a level with the hem of a lady's gown, make
it very convenient for view'ing the train. The King's room
is in yellow- satin, the bed gilded.
The family dining room table has a beautiful silk em-broidered
table cover, formerly owned by the Medicis. The
dt'.sig;n is 01 birds and -flowers in colnrs on a black ground. The
chandeliers are magnificianl rock crystal and Florentllle gilt.
Another part of the palace is used for an art gallery, such
magnificiant paintings as the well known Madonna of the
Chair by Raphael, C1copatra with the Asp and the artistic
dancing· gronp of Apollo and the Muses being among those
Hated.
Mr. Barnhart Expects a Lively Season.
Roy S. Barnhart of the Nelson-Matter Furniture com-pany,
allticipates as good, if not a better season of January
buyillg, than 11s11a1.The advallCC: in prices will make no dif-ference
in the attendance or purchases of buyers. Southern
buyers may decide not to come hut that would have no effect
locally. Tn spite or rumors about one exhibition a year,
the January season continues to be well patronized and
attended. Space in the Klingman huilding is reported to be
all occupied .
Quality and Finish.
An instructive illnslratiol1 was givcl1} by the trade in
machetes in a district in Central America, of the value of
high qua.!ity combined with a fair !iuish in goods used by the
\vorking people.
German machetes of good shape, niekcl-plated and pol-islled
nlltil they glittered like new silver, \vere pushed upon
iljc trade. At the same time a dealer, who knew their super-ior
worth, imported a lot of S\vedish machetes of temper so
lIne that one could and did actually take a shaving of the Ger-lHan
implement, as a knife 'A'ould take a shaving of( the sharp
COrner of a board; but these tools of tine temper were rough.
To save on duties, blade and horn handles had been sent
separated. to be riveted together by the dealer, who had no
time nor inclination for the job; or by the user, who had
neither skill nor tools for that task. And the horn handles
themselves .\'ere not polished smooth.
Nlachetes of American make outsold the others more
than a hundred to one, although the Yankee toob were tar
behind the German in glitter, because the American wer·~
superior in quality of steel, and therefore in p'ractical vailic.
They outsold the Swedish, despite the fact that these ·were of
better steel and temper, because the Ne\v England irnple~
ments had halJdle.s securely fixed in 'place, and so shaped aud
polished that they would rasp no skin from the hands of
users; and the finish of the whole was fairly attractive.
Better in Quality.
American mallufacturers have never bad time to lcarn
the art of making flimsy, cheap alld almost worthless thLngs,
such as arc sent it! <-glantities to the people ol little-developed
countries by SOlue European COllcerns, because 111 A..merlc;l
manufacturers have heen making things for people who 1<1leW
the wisdom and economy of buying thing::; Ul goon ijllalily.
and were able to pay for and have ahNays lllslsteCl that they
should get quality for their cash.
Some Europeans have, on the contrary, seemc(l to ;;tnv\.:
to excel in the art of making goods of fair appearance and u!
little or no real worth. T t is to be hoped that this art \vil!
never become. common in America, if for no other reason,
than because there is ample cause for thinl<tng that so long as
American goods shall bc of superior quallty, OUf tra,k \vith
other cOlllHries will continue rising 111 relative pOSItion as
well as in actual value.
In many parts of Latin America, 1ll China and japan, as
elsewhere, O\1r trade has been growing more rap](Jly ,han has
that of other nations, and this because Ameflcal1 .,oods are
better in quality for the price than arc those at others. It
certainly call not he beeaus(~ American salesmen Have snr-passed
those of Europe.
Odd Things in Bedrooms.
Americans travelling in Europe have occasion to notice
many odd things in bedrooms. For instance. there are
always a great llllmber of pieces of furniture containing many
drawers, even the wardrobes sometimes have three drawers.
In Paris wardrobes instead of hooks or stretchers for cloth-ing,
one finds a number of shelves. The chiffoniers with
shallow drawers are a great convenience for holding small
articles of wearing apparel and ""hen one is in a hurry arc
so easy to find. Deep dra·wers arc Rood to lose things ill.
\Vhen called on to pack articles for travelling' use, it is rather
a funny sight to see a la"y rllmmaging in dra\vers tucked
away in chiffoniers, lablc,:" wardrobes and so forth, to try and
collect them and pack them. Nothing makes a woman feel
more cosy, comfortable and at home, than to be ahle
to unpack several stlit cases and a trunk and scatter things
around in drawers all ovef the room. but when it comes
time to IIl1L1them all Ollt again, "that\; another story."
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Peace on "Both Sides:'
A traveling salesman died suddenly in Pittsburg, Pa.,
and some of his friends telegraphed to the undertaker an
order to make a large \vreath. Investigation showed that the
telegram ordered a wreath bearing these words: "Rest in
peace" on both sides of th~ ribbon: if there should be rOom:
"\Ve shall meet in heaven." The undertaker was out of town
and his new assistant handled the job. It was a startling
f10fal piece which tttrned up at the funeral. The ribbon
was extra wide and it bore the inscription: "Rest in peace
on both sides and if there is room we shall meet in heaven."
Death of a Worthy Young Man.
The death ofF. P. Tawse, jr., in Chicago recently, came
;:tS a great shock to the fl1rniture trade. He was well known
and populat· with all and he was a representative of the Furni-tnre
\Vorker of Cincinnati. He was the son of Frank P.
Tawse of Grand Rapids. His illness was the result of ser-vices
in the Spanish-American war, and his death came after
two months' sufferillg from cancer. His lvife and two small
children survive him.
"It would cost our company $25,000 a year to exhibit our
Jines at the expositions in Chicago or New York," remarked
the secretary of a large manufacturing establishment in
Globe Vise and Truck Company
OFFICE 321 R. DIVISION ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH·
Mallufacturers of
The Best
Factory Trucks
SimpJidty in conSlruc-tion
enables us to give
-qualityaud durability,
and m{:et all competi-tion.
Writefor Prices.
No. 21. Roller Bearings. Same style Trucks No. 24, without Roller Bearihgs
Grand Rapids. "Our samples '~over $10,000 square feet of
floor space and the expese in addition to rent, wonld reach
the Sl1m stated. We have carefully investigated this matter
and shall continue to exhibit our lines in our factory ware-rooms.
1f the time should ever come when it should seem
ucces5ary to pInce onr line on sale in New York or Chicago
alld incnr thereby the expense we have estimated. we wonld
go out of the furniture manufacturing business and use our
plant for some other purpose.
The low back dressing chair for ladies was first sug-g('
sled hy the daughter of a noted chair maker of Michigan.
The daughter was about to wed, and the indulgent father in
making a list of articles which he deemed necessary for the
home of the future bride, included a dressing chair. The
daughter requested that the chair be constructed with a IO\.\,
back, that hex hair might be combed more easily than would
he possihle while using a chair with a high back. The sug-gestion
""vasof practical valne and the (ather has since made
il1Ld sold thousands of low hack dressing chairs to the trade.
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HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW.
No.4 SAW (ready forcross-<:ulting)
.7IR T I k5' 7I.l'\T
? 7 r·
MORTISER COMRINKD MACHINE. No.3 WOOl> LATHE,
~:~~'::' HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY
WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER:
He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a uealer's profit.
He can make more money with. less capital invested.
He can hold a better and moresatisfactorv trade wilh his customers.
He can manufacture in as good style and -finish, and at as low cost,
as the factories.
The local cabinet maker bas been forced into only a dealer's trade
and profit, because of machine manufactured goods of factories.
An ::mtfit of Barnes' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states
the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors.
If desioed, these machines will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser
can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he
wishes them to do. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE: AND PRICE L(ST FRgK.
W, F. & JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby SI., Rockford, III.
FOR1"n-~R OR MOULDRI{. HAND TENONKR.
Do~~s' Pattnl
TaMt=lt~ DoYtlailer
w~find upon investigation
that our Dovetailin~ Ma-chine
patent covers t his
machine nicely.
Cuts Mortise in the Top
Cuts Mortise in the Cleats
Cuts Tenons to 6t the Top
Cuts Tenons to 6.t the
Cleats
djustabte to keep Mrn:_
tise and Tenon at a
Standard size
The Cheapest Joint Made
Will turn oul 250 to 300 Small
Parlor Tables in 10 Hour$
Tlle Dodds Till iliK Saw Table has more practical features
and good points than any other saw table 011 the markf't.
MA:-UE'ACTURRD Al\:]} FOR SALE BY
ALEXANDER DODDSGrand Rapids
Michigan, U. S. A,
No.4 SAW (ready tor ripping)
No.7 SCROLL SAW.
JUST AN AVERAGE
"CUT"
MADE
Just as we make
hundreds of furniture
"cuts"f or man-
•
ufacturers in all parts
of the United
States and Canada
Write for Prien
MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.
GOOD
PRINTING AT
RIGHT
PRICES
Has built up our business until we are
now operating one of the largest and
best equipped printing offices in the state.
LE'T us FIGURE
WHITE PRINTING CaMP ANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Nine-Tenths of Our Business Comes
From Customers Whose Business IS
In Other Cities
WHY?
BECAUSE our 200 employees work under better condition, sunlight, blue sky, pure, fresh air.
BECAUSE these conditions-onr equipment-mean better engraving, typography, presswork,
and binding.
Our customers don't pay light bills and high rent for us-we have neither.
Type, ink, paper-isn't printing.
There's something more.
Your little job printer might satisfy you in running five thousand hand circulars.
Would you want him to print a three~color sixty-page catalog?
We can handle your catalog from the designing and engraving to the printing and binding.
We can't blame your engraver for delayed cuts if we do it ourselves.
That means you get delivery ON TIME.
Write us for samples and figures.
~raUll 1Raptllntunrautug <nn.
THE CARGILL PRESS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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Rare Old Furniture in the Home of Sir Walter Scott.
The home of Sir \\ralter Scott at Abbotsford, Scotland, is
rich in hi~torical associations.1 t is owned and occupied by
Sir \Valter's great grand neice the Honorable 1I1r5. 1\f8.x\\'c11-
Scott. who has preserved all its treasures and furnishings as
they were in the poet's time. There is a large collection
of armour which was gathered from variOl1S p,lrts of Fl1l"OpC.
ing" cOlilltry and no doubt received inspiration from its
beauties.
Bllt to rctl1r11 to the furnishings of the house. which is
sl1rrOllnclcrl by beautiful gardens. The entrance hall is very
imposing \vith its trophies of war hanging on the walls.
The panelling ;" of richly-carved oak from the ancient Kirk
at Dunfermline. The carved stone fireplace is a model of
the ":\bbott's Stall"" in the cloister at Melrose. A Louis
Libr",ry in Sir Waller
Scott's home ",t Abbots·
ford. His SOD'S portrait is
over the mantel. The
bust af Sir Waller by
Chantrey is al the end af
the room.
Sir Walter Scott's Study
in his home at
Abbotsford, Scotland.
The furniture of Course is of special interest, each 1'00111 con-tains
valuable pieces.
Sir \Valter spent eleven years superintcnding and de-signing
the building of his home and borrowed {t'cely from
Melrose Abbey, a few miles away, the design of the curly
kale being much used. The home itself is picturesquely sit-uated
in a valley, 011 the hanks of the Tweed river. The
Eildon l1iJJS rise behind the house to a comma.nding height.
At the summit Sir \Vatter used to sit and view the surrol1nn-
XIV clock said to have belonged to Marie Antoinette adorns
the malltclpiccc, also models of the skulls of Robert the
Brucc and other". At the left of the fireplace stands the
"Mistletoe Chest." Tn this, according to legend, a bride hid
on her wedding nig-ht. The carving is of the mistletoe design.
The floor is paved with black and white marble from the
Hebrides. Round the cornice are blazoned the arms of the
Border CJal1S. The Arms of Sir "Valter's ancestors occupy
the shields running down the centre of the roof.
The drawing-room, which overlooks the river contains
many interesting objects. The walls are hung with hand-painted
Chinese paper given to Sir Walter by his cousin,
Hugh Scott, of Raeburn. The portrait of Sir V\falter adorns
the wall above the fireplace. There are other portraits of
members of the family, also of Nell Gwynne, Oliver Crom-well,
:r,.'laryQueen of Scotts, and others. A to'l"toise shell
cabinet said to have belonged to the great Marquis of ),'Iont-rose
is a very v(tlllable possession.
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boxwood chairs are said to have come ~rom the Borghese
Palace in Rome. They were presented to Sir Walter by Mr.
Constable. A glass covered table in the bay window con-tains
many valuable treasures, such as .:\I"apoleon's blotting
book, a gold snuff-box presented to Sir Walter by George
IV and mally minatures and other things.
The stnoy lS a small room lined with books, a gallery en-circles
it half way up. From this gallery a door leads into
Sir vValtcr's bed room. The study contains a writing desk
Drawing-room at Abbob-ford.
Sir Walter Scott',
portrait by Sir Henry
Raeburn hang, above the
fireplace.
Hall at Abbotsford.
Curly kale design on fire_
place is copjed from
Melrose Abbey.
On a cabinet is a bust of Shakespeare copied from the
monument at Stratford~on-Avon.
The library \",hich contains 20,000 volumes, is forty feet
long by fifteen broad. The richly carved ceiling is copied
chiefly from the roof of Rosslyn Chapel. The bust of Sir
vValter by Chantrey occupies a niche at the end of the rOom.
The portrait of the eldest son of the poet is seen over the
mantel. The writing table is of carved ebony. Two carved
made from pieces of wood belong-ing to the ships of the
Spanish Armada. The Wallace chair, made of wood taken
from the house of Royrohstoll, the sccne of Wallace's he-trayal.
A horse hair chair which belonged to :Mr. Lock-hart,
the author's son-in-law, is here, too. A snlall turret
room opening from the study "vas called by Sir Walter
"Speak~a-bit:' an allusion to its convenience as a place for
tete-a-tete.
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ESTABLISHED 1880
PUBLISHED BY
MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO.
ON THE IOn. AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH
OF"FICE-2·20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ENTERED AS MATTER or THE eECO~D elMS
State Factory Inspector ]. E. Vallier denies that childre1l
are employed illegally ill \~Tisconsjn ft1rl1itme factories and
paper mills. In a recent trip throngh the northern part of
the state :\'lr. Vallier said that he found but one case
Representatives of eight leading cbair 1l1all11taC1nrillg
concerns met in Detroit the last ·week ill November to COI1-
sider the matter of advancing pnces. An advance of tell
per cent. on chairs and tables is contemplated bllL not decid-ed
definitely.
Another advance in prices should he made in Jalltwry.
The conditions of the trade and the conntry \varrant if.
The people are rich and growing" richer. They are willing
to pay a fair price for goods. Tn the past prices have been
unfair-to the manufacturer.
Perseverance counts iTl husiness. The ability to stick to
one thing until S\1ccessful i" the main necc,:;sity. ITcliry
Rogers, said to be the force behind Stardanl Oil. compares
success to a postage stamp-a very good comparison, illdeed,
judging by his own expericllcc.
At this season of the year sCllesmell are looking' for new
jobs, and employers for new salesmen. lI1any shifts are re-ported
and in January the Clir of the exposition buildings
will be filled with statements as to the causes of the many
changes. Thc tea kettle will try to nHke as much noise as a
storm at sea.
In the past four years there hCls been a large increase in
the !lumber of manufactllring ent('l'prises ill the South; the
amount of money invested is $TI6,7RS.ooo. .L\lany factories
are of small size bul in time will grO\v and rlevC'lo]l by
means of the increase in their own earnings. This is a promis-ing
field for investment. Among the most pros-perOllS of these
enterprises is the manufacture of furniture.
Space has been taken in all the exposition l)11ildings of
Grand Rapids for the January season, and the same is true
of the buildings in Chicago and l'\e\v York. ]\1aIlY OCCllpants
have signed leases for periods runnning from three to live
years, and it is presumefl it is the illtelltion of the leasol's to
use the same. The abolition of the expo"itiolls will not he:
accomplished in the near future, if ever.
"\¥hen we take an inventory wc ;clways estimate the
value of manufactured goods below the cost of proollction,"
remarked a tllanllfach,rer of forty years o[ experiencc, re-cently.
The reason is plain. 1£ the goods \\'(~re priced at
their actual cost and hy a slump in tllc markt:'L we ShOll1d
be compelled to sell the same for less than inventry prices,
we would lose monc}". If the goods \vere priced below
cost the probabilities are that ·we WOllld save lo~ses. At 3.11Y
rate, we consider anI' plan the best. It is a safe plan.
Vintofl and company of Detroit. are the successf1l1 bid-ders
for the order for the new special furniture of the city
hall of that city. The appropriation is (or $40,000, There is
considerable dissatisfaction over the order; felt in the trade
lIninlls. a" their contention is that Vinton and company are
builders, llot fU[11it11rcmanufacturers, and the work will be
j'lhh'(] outside o[ Detroit, and so Detroit mechanics and C011-
C('l'IlS will gel I:Ulhjng. "Vinton atld company were the lowest
hidders, arc a responsible iirnl, and I do not see how the
cOlllnliUee and the council can rei11se to give them the con-
Irati, llnder the law," said Chairman Br07;O of the committee.
The manufacture of cheap and medium priced case goods is
growing ill volu111eat Rockford. Two factories just commencing
business will hring ant lines of sideboard, buffets and music cab-inets,
to be added to the many lines of bookcases, china closets
and kindred goods mallt1£aetll,.,~d in that city. A quarter of a
cCl1tmy ago the factories, with a single exception, of that city
manufactured luw and medium priced chamber suites and cylin-
(leI' bookcases in walnut. Parlor furniture was produced by the
Excelsior Furniture cOlupauy. the exception noted above. When
the c01111linalionhookcasc made its appearance it was quickly
,Hlopted lly the manufacturers of Rockford, who have made and
sold them by tlle hundreds of thousands.
Charley Cox, of the ~lichigan Chair company, was in a
rcminiscellt mood when he recalled a strike of upholsterer5 in
:-Jew York ,t few years :lgo. IVlr. Cox was a-;sociated with
the house of :\ledicns at. the time, and when the ,~trikers
walked out, the head of the 11OtlSe,Henry VV. f\.fedidts, re-cent]:)'
deceased, \'1'110 was a practical t,pho15tet:er, took charge
of the shop. I\lr. lvfcdicl.1s had learned the uphblsterers' trade
while in the employ of Lord & Taylor many years ago.
"Vith the deparlure of the strikers ·Mr. Mediclls became ver~t
mt1ch interested in his work and v.:hile he bent springs into
place, stnffed seats and hacks and attached coverings, he
whistled Clnd sang merrily. He declined to leave his work
for ally purpose and when the strike ended with a victory
for the em players. he declare(l that he had never spent his
time more pleasantly. ;\ change of work is the most pleas-allt
and satisfactory form of recreation.
l\hl1ufactnrers of fmnitme and kindred goods have been
raided and plundered ttlthlessly by a coterie of schemers,
backed IIp in several instances by the retail associations of
the several states, with \vorthless advertising publications.
Souvenirs, directories and other issues of novaltte except
to the publisbers Jnvc heel] forced upon the attention of the
manufacturers, and in many instances means employed to
(Jln:.,in ad\'ertisillg contracts that would do credit to the inge-lluity
alld the effrontny of a highway man ·0£ the Claude
D\1val and "Sixteen-String Jack" type. The manufacturers
have ever at. their command high grade influential journals
through \vhich to express their views, putposes and desires
to lhe trade. There is no reason \vhy they should be bled
by schemers.
Tbe manufacturers of Grand Rapids have promised the
trade that everything needed would be supplied if the market
shmtld be weakened by lhe \vithdrawal of certain out-of-town
lincs. No\" is the time to fulfill this promise.
Mirrors Used at Windows and Doon; in Europe.
J\Tirrors of small size hung outside the windows and so
placed as to give a good view of the pedestrians on the
streets are a very common sight in some foreign countries,
notably Belgium and Holland. Of course when one desires
(0 see the front dOOI' of the house and especially when
strangers or callel's make their appearance, the little mir-ror
is put to a vcry good use. Americans might do well
to copy this idea. No doubt the women of the country
would be delighted \"ith the handy little aids which enable
one to see and not to be seen. Dealers in mirrors, no
d0ubt. \vould approve the plan.
EVANSVILLL
The P. I-I. Reddinger Carving ·YVorks, formerly the Cin-cinnati
Carving \\.'orks, is one of the latest industries added
to the big list found in Evansville. This. cotnpany started
four months ago, awl is managed by P. H. Reddinger, who was
originally from Grand Rapids, Mich. The Reddinger Carv-ing
\Vorks is one of the biggest plants of its kind to be fonnd
allywhere, and js 60 x 100 in size, and equipped ,'vitlt ccment
floors. Trade is pouring in from all sections of the United
States. The plant includes tbirty carving machines, ten
spindle sanders, 1J'"e band 5a".'5, three rounders, planer, rip
saw, jointer, s\ving salV, turning lathe, and ~{ll1jng'outlit.
The Evansville Vencer company have just completed a
large two story addition, 5" x 110, to be used as a \varehotlse
and dry hOllse combined, and have p1.trclns,(?,d addition a]
grotllld on thevVest Side of their present l()cation-~the size
of the ground pm"chased beillg 245 x 270 feet; this gives the
Evansville Veneer company a tot;t[ of 550 feet front on the
Belt railroad, and a depth of 270 feet. The location is one
of the finest on the Delt linC'. The compally is now adding
a rotary maehinC', and is now receiving- about eight car loads
of logs per day, in orcin lo he prepared for their winter
supply. "\lanager C. \V. Talg-c, reports the business of the
company as being very good.
GERMAN TRADE-MARKS.
Foreign Goods Bearing a Trade-Mark Protected Theye
Liable to Seizure.
The Imperia! German cOllrt has decided that foreign goods
bearing a trade-mark protected in Gennall)'", no matter how
long the foreign firm may have Llsed that mark, are liable
to seizure on importation iuto Germany.
All American house shipped to T-lamburg, on the order of a
German buyer, a consignlnent of lubricating oil in barrels
bearing their old trade-mark; bllt as this particular mark
happened to have been protected in Germany by a German
Grm hvo ycars prior to tIte importation, the oil was seized
by the Hamburg Custom House officials--·of course, at the
instance of the German ''1,'ho had registered the mark.
The !\mericans' allS\Vcr was alL action for wrongful seizure,
and a claim for damages. In the Strafkalllmer the seizure
was upheld, and the Imperial court, to which the A11lericans
appealed, took the same view oithe case. Section J 7 of the
German trade-marks act, of I\.Iay 12, 1894, gives a German
t:ourt pO\'V"er to uphold sllch a sei7ure ill the interest of
German traders <lgainst foreiguers. It is thus open to ally
unscrupulous German firm to reg-ister in Germany the trade-mark
of a reputable foreig-n house, work it at home for all
it is worth, and also get the goods of the foreigl1 house
seized should they be imported into Gcrmany.-Ex.
Wives as Partners-Importance of Signatures to Orders.
At a meeting of the Credit lIens' Association, of Grand
Rapids, held recenlly, a statement was made by an attorney
present that is of interest to every manufactufer and jobber
concerning the taking of orders. Under the statutes of many
states no order UpOll the purchaser of goods valued at a sum
greater than $50,00 is binding upon the purchaser. unless his
'written signature to the ordcr has been obtained. Goods
may be fdllscd after shipll1e~lt, or returned at the -wilt of the
lHlrc,I\(\ser. As prohahly cight-tenths of tl1('. goods sold hy
jobbers and manufacturers ;"lfC shipped llpon l1nsigned orders,
the risk involved becollles apparent.
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A paper was fead describing- tbe relations of man and
wife when engaged as partners in business. Under the com-mOll
bw a man and his wife are one; the wife is absorbed in
the composite individual. A wife haviTlg property in her own
right before marriag·e may legally manage the same, hut she
could not he. held responslble for any partnership contract
eTlt('red into by herself and husband, as man and wife. The
members of the association were advised to be on their guard
against husband and wife partnerships. As a general propo-sition
it is not wise to deal with such a combination.
Will Move to Canada.
The "\VolverLne Reed company, employing eighty hands,
will abandon theil' plant in Detroit and move to Canada,
announcing as their reaSOll, inability to compete with the
prisoll made goods turned out, mainly in the state of Michi-gan
The policy of selling the labor of convicts to manu-factl:
rcrs by the state has ever proven disastrous to manu-
Carved by Hand in Florence. Italy.
factllrers emp[o:ying free labor, and the course of the Wolver-ine
Reed company in abandoning the important business they
have built up in the United States to engage in an effort to
establish trade in a foreign state is not surprising.
Information Not Forthcoming.
Some time ago Commissioner Folk called ~Tpon the mutuai
cOlupanies doing business in Tennessee for a list of their
Tennessee policy-holders, with the address of each. So far
no responses have been received, and the questions involved
in the matter are now being considered by the attorney-general
of the state.
Sprinklers Saved a Store.
The efficacy of an automatic sprinkler waS shown recently
III a large dry good;.; store in Roston. One of the heads
sprung a leak, and the water dripped on the motor. This
caused a ShOft circuit, which set the automatic sprinkler sys-tem
at \vork. which extinguished the fire.
D. A. KEPPERLING
Commercial Photgrapher
Phone South, 709 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO
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Are You Next?
A young man's cnaracter and hahits of hie arc either a
help or a detriment to his advancement in business. His
employers consider morals. ubi!;ty and persona) appearauce
to be of the first importance. Oftentimes a young mall in
a subordinate position may sneldenly be promnted to a
much better position and sabry. In every e;1.seit is betatlse
Excels all hand
screw clamps in
ad.aptation to work,
convenience of
handling llnd
quick action
F:spedafly adapted
to
Veneering
Paneling
aud all work
requiring
long hroad jaw.
COLT'S
UNIVERSAL
CLAMP
Catalog alld Price
List Furnished
Batavia Clamp Co. 45 Center St.
BATAVIA, N. Y.
Mention Michigan Artisan
of his possessing the q\lalilicatiollS lllClltiolled ahove. In thi,.;
connection the follo'.ving story may be mentioned:
\Ve were coming over the road Hot long ago in :::L special
One of our officers (we will call 1JillJ :loLl'. \-V.) said to a
party of liS as we sat in the ohservalory I"oom of his car:
"Now, gentlemen, 1 \-"F<'llyltour opinion nil a matter th<1t
concerns my departmcnt. The next stop will he X. \V('
will remain there abol1t a half-hout". \Vatch me as we all
get out on the platform and cast yonI' eyes over a young
man whom I will greet and shake hands "with. He will
hand me an envelope, and when \ve return to the car gl\'t'
me your individual opinions of him."
Everything passed off as ~{r.\;V. had planned. \-Ve were
introduced to a number of persons at the station. Chhers
were known to us; !'iOIl1C of them good and faithful fel-lows,
Fortunately, all of us met and shoook hands with
the young man who had been outlined to llS hy l'vIr. VI.
We were anxious to know \vhy ollr 0PI111011 was desirert
\A/hen the special pulled Ollt we all g-athcrer! again in the
big observation room of the car.
""Vhat do yOll think of him?" asked !lh. \V.
The answers came thick and fast.
"I noticed he was cleanly shaven."
"His 5110('8 \vert': nicely polished."
"His linen V:...as fresh and clean."
"He had a bright eye."
"His clothes were modest, alld no grease
"vVhen he shook hands he took hold
meant it."
"He was very courteous."
"He was not forward."
"He looked like a boy of characler."
"He didn't have a cig-arette in his month or a tobacco
cud."
"He looked like a gentleman."
After all had passed their coml11ents and jndgmellt, r-o.T\rv. .
remarked: "That settles it. J am sure T made a wise choice.
The boy doesn't even dream of the good Jilek in store fOl'
spots on them."
as thongh h('
him. But utltside of yO\1l' decisions or opinions I have made
il1(j\1iries as to his habits, and linel that he is the support of
a widuwed mother. He is never Seen hanging around sa-lO('
lb ur billiard rooills. J-T e is home with his mother eve-ll!
ugs. Sunday morning he is at church with her, He has
a good ("1C'an record."
"\:Ve arc ahol1t to make an important appointment, and
while this yO\1ng man is filling a position where the salary
is small. \1'<: are going to promote him to the place I have
mentioned, at a great deal larger salary than he now re-
("elves. OUT desire W<lS to select. a young man from timber
of Oln' own road and your good opinions to-day have set-tled
the matter."
The challg'e has been made since this was written and
r am glad to be informer! by i\h. W. that the young man
h8S been eminently satisfactory, says the writer in the
Erie Railroad Employes' ]'vlagazine, This is a short story,
!Hlt there is lots of meat in it; Is your record clean?
Business Men Should Dress Well.
External appearance is lhe only way in which one man
C[lll judge al10tber in bllsilless, and when a mall'S appearance
is Hot pleasing' the judgment will be against him. As one
progresses through the lower ranks and gets nearer to the
place whudrolll ~t\ccess; tllay be easily reached, the effect
O! p('l"sonal appearance grows in value, A clerk or other
1111i10r employe may do well withont paying any particular
attentioJl to his appearance. so long as he does his work
salisfactorily. nut when he rises to a position near the top
of the ladder, he will find that it is a question of appear-ing
well or giving" IIp his chances for a future. Look into
the general ()ffice of any large enterprise. The men who
arc employed therein. from tJ]e office boy to the general
tllanagcr. :ne all well dressed in appearance, They are
clean, their clothes arc neat. it 110t expensive, and the en-tire
cHen of their appearance is pleasing. How much of
thvij- success they owe to this bct it is hard to say. Cer-tainly
the)' owe <.t greal deal. No employer selects for
])I"{111l0tiOall man ';vhose appearance will not be a credit to
hi~, busine,.:,s. A man may be a good salesman, b\1t if he
Our
UnbreaKable
proaucts can be glued
and nailed, filled or fin-ished
same as wood, with
oil, water or spirit stain.
f\o. 139 A No. 152 B
BETTER THAN WOOD
Much stronger and more durable, full depth of grain. A
perfect rep,.oduetion of hand carving which absolutely
defies detection. Send for Sample.
Send for CATALOGUE.
ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO.
TweHth aM Fort Street.<;· Detroit. MidriiaD.
dre:-;scs jjkc :-t POOl one he 'wilJ hardly be given a chance to
show that he is able to fill any position above t.his, A care-le~
s man may manage to act successfully as the manager of
a bl1sinl'Ss where his duties take him in contact only with
his immcdiate oth('e force, bUl v.·hen a promotion to some
hi.>rher place i,.; 10 be made he will find that some one
else, possibly a little less able than he, possibly of a lower
rank, whose appearance suggests that he is of a bright
progressive disposition, is chosen.
The Chicago doctor who discovered that the automobile
IS a ctlTe for dyspesia should make it clear whether he
meant for the man in the machine or the man run over.
~Mlf ..HIG7fN 23
INCH POPLAR for DRAWER BOTTOMS
JOSEPH ROSS & COMPANY 223 SDulh SecDnd SI., Philadelphia, Pal
MILLS: CHESAIS, S. c.; THOMASVILLE, N. C.
CUT TO DIMENSION
KILN DRIED
10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE
Large Demand For Hardwood Lumber.
The raising of the quarantine ill Tennessee, 1\Jississippi
and Arkansas, where tile regulations were 1110re stringent
tha1l elsewhere, has ~cn('d greatly to stimulate the demand
[or hardwood lumb(·r and at the saille time to faciliatc the
movement thereof, according to lV[emphis, advices. The de-llland
is now better for southern hardwoods 111<111for eighteen
months, but the domestic call is large Cll01:g-h to take every~
thing available at constantly advancing 1n[«'.",. Thlycrs. aTC
nn hand in large 111ll11bcrs from a11 (WeT the NOrih find East
and arc scol~ring- the coen',ry millillg sections throl1ghout
the Ivlemphis bard wood territory in tl1eir seaTch ror dry
111l11ber.
Conditions l1nder which production ha:-; he en carried on,
hOl;vcvcr, have heen ql1ite lllllavorable, ,11le! for this reason
offerings are very light ;t11e! all lumber is iirmly held Price.-;
afC higher now than they have been for a nl1111bcr of lTlOllLh"
,\11<1 the move1l1('nt is jn:st ao; large as the limited dry stncks
and the congestec! conditio11s of railway traffic will adlnit.
The {()reign demand is -rat hey slow a~, h.as hec~l the eai;,('
ior a nllmber of nlOllths and yet holders, iuc!tHling both
mallufadtlrers and v,rhoIesalcrs, are so strollg" in the convic-tion
that prices ,,,ill go still bigher that tlley an, not pl1shing
anything for sale. The trade ·will go into the willter with
the smallest amount of timber in hand for years and like-v,'
ise ,vith the lightest stock they have possessed fOf a num-her
of scaSOlls.
The demand for plain oak in all grades and lengths is
very aei-ive. The supply is inadequate and prices are as stiff
GLASS BACKS
BACK PANELS
as call ,vell be imagined. There is likewise a large call for
ash and cypress in all grades and dimensions and holdings
arc not large. Cotto1lwood is scarce, firm and ad'lancing in
response to the improved demand. Th-i~, -is 111QSt prononnced
ill the higher grades including boxboards, but the lower
grades including box material, are ml1ch firmer than hereto-lore.
There is a good demand for high-grade popl.ar and
considerable quantities of rcd gum are being sold, mostly in
thill stick. The lower grades of gllm are rather unsatisfact-ory,
the demand for these being only moderate. The same
state1l1cnt, too, is partially true of hnv-gradc poplar, thol1gh
the demand for this is relatively better than that for gum.
Will Pass Through Forests.
;\,rexico\; forests equal those of the entirc United States
1ll extent, arc rnllch more varied ane! include, ill large quanti-ties.
the coveted mahogany and rosewood. "\vhich the United
States is obliged io import. Owing to the fact that hOllses,
hridj2;cs, dc" were constructed of stOllC and that the Grst
railrm.cls built i.nMeKico chosc for thei.r ront,,',s "tock and
agriClJ1tl1ral districts, the forests were left almost t111l01lChed.
Howevcr. there are now projected and l1lH1cr construction
in that republic HlOre than 4,000 miles of railway lines, the
most of \lI,7hich will pass tbrough extensive forests, as well
as rich mincntl and agricnlturallands.
Life insurance is just philanthropy, says one of the pres-i-dellts.
\;Vc1J. we're glad it isn't the itch'. Tt would be so
irritating.
Our Clamps received
GOLD MEDAL
World's Fair,
St. Louis
PILlNG CLAMP
CHAIN CLAMP
Patented June 30,1903,
BLACK BROS.
MACHINERY CO.
MENDOTA, ILL.
VENEER PRltSS
Patented JUlie 30, 1903
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A Statement by the ]. A. Fay & Egan Company to the
Trade.
J. A. Fay & Egan Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, statenlent to the
trade:
It may not be 0\11 of jl]ace to anllounce to the trade that
many makers of machinery, most of them ,vitb old fashioned
traps, are trying to impress their salesman to say their
machines are about as gOO(] as Fay & Egan machines.
Don't be deceived by this class of people. There is 110
machinery made in the United SUI.1.es or even in the world.
equal to our latest design. \Ve have been workillg whiie
others have been blo-wing.
A Money Saving Machine.
Every wood working plant handling long stock should
h-ave a double cut-off sa..\.'. By its use lumber can be eco-nomically
handled and a great saving effected in the matH'r
of time. These machines are so well made and card1l1i:r
adjusted by the Buss .Machine \Vorks of Holland, l\lich.,
that pleasure as well as profit is derived from their opcra-
Will Build a Factory at Buchanan.
The Btlchanan, IVlich., Cabinet company, havingre-ecived
a liberal bonus from the municipality, will erect a fact-ory
in that village to replace the one recently destroyed by
lire. J t v"ill be ready for occupancy early in the coming
year.
l\ot many years ago Buchanan was an important furniture
rnanllfactllring" cenler, with six factories, e~ploying 1,000
me11. \Vith the disappearance of the timber of southwestern
:\Iichigan, anu the appearance of the bonus distributor, the
to\vn lost its industries. The Buchanan Cabinet company.
the sale survivor, bas prospcrcd under the management of
A, A. Richards.
A New Enterprise in New Albany.
The Roberts & Conner company, manufacturers of
yellecrs and lumber, is the name of one of the latest con-cerns
to be included in the best of industries in New Albany,
Incl, The plant of the company ocupies an acre and a half
of 11001' space, and started operation December 1st. The
tion. They arc constructed of the best material obtainahle
and so well finished as to prove an attraction in a \vood
working shop. Built under the expcricilted an (I caref\11 eye
of W. R. Buss, these u").<lchines IlC\'cr fail to satisfy the
purchaser_ A full delailed deSC1-iption together with price
and terms may be obtained by addre:-ising the Buss J)..'Iachinc
V'o.T arks, Holland, IvliC'.h.
Loose Leaf Catalogues.
The use of loose leai cataJog1les has heen auopted by a
considerable number of manufacturers. Their cost is 1111.1ch
greater in the first instance: than the oid style book, bUl ill
the end much cheaper. John Lewis, the secretary of the
Ranney Refrigerator, Greenville, l\lich., in discussing the sub-ject
of the cost and use of the loose leaf book said: "The
coverings should be of leather, substantially made in the
expectancy that the book will outlast the ledger, the jOllrnal
or other book, subjected to cr)J1.stanl use in the office, As the
tine is changed from time to time new leaves afe mailed
t'o the holders of the catalog-Ilc~, to be substituted for
those illustrating a.nd describing goods \vhic11 it has been
determined to discontinue." The R;l1l11ey Refrigerator com-
. pany's catalogues cost more than $1.00 each.
plant is a full fledged and 1110stcomplete one with an output
of frOtH 6fty to seventy-five thousand feet per day. Forty-five
hands are employed, and the plant will cut rotary sliced and
savved stock. The company is offiqred as follows: Presi-dent,
John Roberls; Vive-President, John N. Roberts, Sec-retary
and Treasurer, ]. \V. Conner.
Hood & Wright, Big Rapids, Mich.
l\hllttfacture veneers and thin lumber of high grade.
They make a specialty of fine quarter-sawed oak and birJ's
eye: maple. They have had l11.anyyears experience, and their
trade cxtends over a very large section of country. Just at
the prcsent time it is very difficult for manufacturers to get
orders for quarter-sawed oak filled promptly, and it would
he 10 the advantage of all such to correspond with Hood &
\Vright.
"Bob" Lind Honored.
Robert C. Lind, secretary and treasurer of the Rockford
Chait' & Iollfniture company, has been chosen a director of the
Third National Bank of that city. Mr. Lind holds a number
of prominent offices. being president of the Union Furniture
company and Royal 1VT antcl & Furniture company.
Trade Notes.
Geo. S. Clark & company, will manufacture chair stock in
Bennington, Vt.
The Nall- \\rheelcr Furniture company of Evansville, Ind.,
have organized ·with capital of $10,000.
The De Long Furnitl1l'e company at Reading, Pa., will
have a new mill, modern in every respect. New machines
are ill process of installation.
The Tennessee Furniturc Manufacturing company. of
Knoxville, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,-
000 to manufacture bedroom furniture exclusively.
The \Vestcrn Chair IVlauufacturers Association, at their
monthly meeting in }lilwallkee, decided 110t to advance prices
on chairs. No action .was taken against prison made goods.
Zion City is soon to have a large fllTniture factory which
will be O\vned and operated by a number of wealthy men in
the town. The site will be near the northern limits of the
city.
The Decatur, Ill., Furniture c0111pany's factory canght nre
from flying emhers from arlOther building and the loss be-
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\Vo!f Levy, onc of the oldest pioneers of Chicago, died
recently. I-Te established the \Volf Levy Furniture company
which he COll(lucted for thirty years, retiring ten years ago.
1.fr. Levy introduced the credit system into the fmniture busi-ness
in Chicago.
The Andrews Office Fllrniture company, of Chicago, are
about to move to Toledo, 0., and will occupy the Peter plain-ing
mill, which tllCy have purchased. The three large build-ings
cover a square, will be remodeled extensively. Four
ht111dred skilled mechanics will be employed.
The plant of the Orient :'danufacturing company at Char-lottee,
N. C. has been sold at auction to the Calvine Manu-facturing
company for $250,000. The sale \'Vasthe result of a
suit against the company ·which called for a receiver. The
sale was made by the Superior Court.
\V. S. and VV. L. Alexander, of Charlottee, N. C, have
pllrchased from George \V. Vanderbilt timbered land from
his famous forest preserve, the consideration was $2,000,000.
It will take twenty years to t('.\ll.Ovc the. timber. A fllrnture
factory and tannic acid plant will be established.
J. D. Froman and T. ),'1. Lenham, Vevay, Ind., have in-vented
a bed which can be combined with a bookcase, settee,
wardrobe, dresser, and various other kinds of furniture. The
principal objects are to provide for folding a bed in such a
manner that it will occupy much smaller space than has been
th(: case heretofore, and especially to reduce the vertical space
occupied by the bed in folded position.
:rvluuufacturers of wagon and furniture wood stock, met in
Chicago on 1\" ovember 21, and formed a temporary organiz-ation
;'The output of oak and hickory within the last year
ha.~ been curtailed throughout the country," said James E.
Gatewood of St. Louis. As these are the principal woods
used in /ntr factories we must hnd some way to increase the
product. Another meeting will be held in January.
The Knoxville, 'Tenn" Furniture company have won their
suit against the Knoxville \Vater company. The Knoxville
Furniture COITlpany sought to enjoin the "VVater company
11'0111 making an excessive meter rate charge at its factory
on a sprinkler system which the furniture company was in-stalling
to afford the factory bettcr protection against fire.
The flltniture company filed an injunction bill in the chancery
court against the water company, and has won the fight in an
important suit.
MarieJ Antoinette's Chamber, Palace (If Petit Trianlan. The L'ph(l!5lery and Hanl;:ings ate of Blue and Cold Brocade.
fore the flames were extinguished amounted to over $20,000.-
00, insured.
The storehouse used by the Bnwswick-Ba1ke-Collender
company in Kansas City, Mo., was destroyed by rlre NOV
29. The loss is $25,000, mostly caused by water. Inslltance
covers the loss.
The Alhernathy Furniture company lost $(0,000 as the
result of a fire \vhich destroyed furniture stored in the old
Dold packing house in Kansas City, Mo. The J. H. Vanden
Boom Furniture company also suffered loss.
A manufacturing firm in Greenwood, l\'fiss., have com-plained
to one of the sOLlthern railways about the high freight
rate from that city to Atlanta and !H)\'v" the railway makes the
announcement that an investigation will be made.
Charles B. Ford, a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets in
Kalamazoo. ),lich'J has formed a stock company '\vith an anth-orized
capital stock of $30,000 partly paid in. The name of the
company will be the Ka1ama:Loo Manufacturing company.
The Spencer Cabinet company, of Chicago, report [me re-
SllltS from their advertisement in the special 19,000 edition of
the Artisan isslled September 20. A number of orders re-sulted
and applications for catalogues continue to corne up
to da e.
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Peter Cooper's Glue
If you have any trouble with your glue, has it uccurred
to you to use Peter Cooper'.? When other manufactur-ers
or agents tell you that their glue i~as good as COOPER'S, they
admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his product by comparing
it with 3'1 inferior article. Cooper's Glue is the world's standud of ex:-
cellence. With it all experiment begins, aU comparisons continue, and
aU tests end. Sold continltously since J820. Its reputation, like il~eJf,
STICKS- Peter Cooper', glue is made from selected hide stock, care-fully
prepared. No bones or pig stock enter into its composition. fn
strength it is uniform, each barrel containing the same kind of glue that
s in every other barrel of the same grade.
ORIN A. WARD, Grand Rapid. Agent
523 Pythtan Tempi.,
Citizens Phone 3333
CyClone Blow Pipe Co.
~-~-----
Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic
Fwnace Feeders, Steel Plate Exhaust Fans,
Exhaust and Blow Piping
Complete: syste:rnsdesigned,
manufactured, installed and
guatanteed. Old SY3tems
TePlodeled on mcdern lines
on mosl economical plans.
Sdf.p]emenlary s y s t ems
~em~ar:h'::I1:;,~~t B';~
fective s y s t ems corrected
and put in pr()per workinll
order.
STAffORD
fURNITURE
12and 14 S.ClinlonSt.
CHICAGO, ~ ILL.
ENGRAVING
Our half tones are deeD
sharp. clear; gMn,t them
long wear and ease
of make-ready.
Every plate i~precisely type-bigh,
mourHed 011 a perfectly
squared. seasolled block
trullmed to pica standard. All
are proved and tooled until the:
best possible printing quality is
develof>ed. Specimens mailed
on request.
STAFFORD ENGRAVING CO.
"The House oj ideas"
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
MACHINE ffNIVES
PER.FECT QUALITY
R.IGHT PRICES
PROMPT SEI\.VICE
ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE
Dado or' Grooving Heads, Miter Machines.
Universal Wood Trh1l11lers.
&orlng Machines. Etc.
FOX MACHINE CO 185 N. F•• n' St.
• Grand Rapids. Mich.
IOO~6ONINVESTMENT
Doesll't sound reasonable in connec-tion
with a piece of machinery, but
the annual saving in cost of operating
our TYPE A Engines over others of
similar rating, figures out that way.
Isn't your curiousity sufficiently arous-ed
to prompt you to ask for circular
No. 18S-F explaining this?
All facts---N 0 fancy theories.
American Blower Co.
DETROIT, MIOH.
NEW YORK, CHICAGO, ATLANTA, LONDON
·~r;..Iff'HIG7f-N
He Executed the Contract.
"It LS futile for the (lId-time dealers. to protest against the
business methods pursued by the scheme houses," re-marked
a prominent manufacturer. "The soap boilers. the
ftavoflng extract disti1Ie-r:;, the medicine makers and other
distributors of pri7-cs have the coin and will never lack
for goods' needed for prizes." And then he took from a
drav,"er contracts for $110,000 worth of goods, one of -which
he signed, sealed and mailed to a great soap manl1factllf-ing,
prize distribution company widely known and gener-ollsly
denounced by regular dealers.
A New Automatic Gage Lathe.
This is olle of Fay & Eg-an gag-c lathes for chair stock, bal~
l1sters, spindles, etc., and guaranteed seccl1ld to HOlle. Tts wide
usage proves it. It is their latest development in this type
of machinery, and is thoroughly up to date in features and
improvements. Circulars more fully describing it call be had
by sending a Jlostal to the makers. \Ale will just glance over
a few points: It is called a No. 35 automatic gage lathe.
and made \n sizes to turn 30, 42 and 48 inches long, and up
to 3 inches in diameter. Great speed combined with fi~le
accnracy in tl1rlling Ollt the work can be attained. The few
adjt,.,.tmellts are qU1ckly rnade, the carriage lUOVCS with e:.\sC
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sense oj visitors. rather than affront them with signs moni-torial.
The sign vvc.nt: up immediately after an officious call-er1eft
the shop in search of a surgeon gifted in the use
of the closing needle. One of the saws in the factory is a deli-catc
little buzzer. designed only for cutting grooves and
protllde;; barely a quarter of all inch above the table on
whieh it operates, It is noiseless and in manners unassum-ing.
i\l hoth respc,c.ts differing (rOI11 the, obtrusive VtSltor.
This individual, 8iter meddling abo\1t the shop and buzzing
the busy \vorkmcn till "veary, finally approached this par-ticular
table. turned his back and plac.ing his hands on th~'
edge, J"8ised himself to a sitting as the loafer in the country
store helps himself to a seat on the cOllnter next to the
cheese and herring-. He was scarcely seated than he ut·
tered an exclamation and sprang to the floor. He had
been in.iured--n01 dang-erollsly, but uncomfortably. He had
not seen the saw, but the saw was there and moving at
high speed in its modest W8)'. The seat of education is n"t
a1ways in the brain,
An Addition Under Construction.
In order to adequately care for their continttally increa~-
ing business the American Blower company of Detroit are
erecting- a three-story addition to their plant. This particlI-lar
addit10n is re1Hlere(1 lH~cessary by the g~owing popnb,it~·
Fay & Egan No. 35 Goige Lathe,
and without looseness, and its operation is at at! times under
instant control for suiting" it to different lengths of stock
turned. The back-knife gate slides in heavy ways planed
perfectly true, and is connterbalanced. It is fitted with ~
special knife shaped to conform to finished work, and plaeed
in an inclined vertical position. It works automatically
on the back of the piece being turned. so that as the tool
carriage moves forward the knife is fed gradl1ally dO'wn and
immediately follows after the ronghing CllttcrS, giving a very
smooth shear cnt. A spec.ial adjt1st1l1ent sets the kn-ife in
or out to compensate for wear on its edge. Further par-ticulars
and terms can be had by v..riting the makers, -who
advertise in every issue of this paper, J. A. Fay & Egan
Co., 505 to 525 "lv' est Front street, Cincinnati. They send
fl"ee of charge their catalogne of wood-working machinery,
or books on band saws, sanders, and universal wood-work-ers.
Concerning the Seat of Knowledge.
"Beware of the buzz-saw" is a warning sign conSpiC\1011S
1y posted in a Saginaw shop. The 1113nagement bad felt
until recently that something shonld he left to the common
of their type "A" enelosed, vertical, self-oiling engine which
was placed upon the market SOlne 1\"0 or three years since,
meeting witb immediate favor. The building will be of
;;tecl and hrick construction. Thetlrst floor will he m,ed
for erectillg and testing engines, a very complete new out-fit
beillg pnt in for the latter purpose. The power from
engines llllder test will he ahsorbed by generators and air
C01l1pressors. All electric. crane will form part of the
equipmcut ill this department. The second floor wilt be
IIs(:d for ~t()ring engine parts and painting the completed
engines, and the third f100r wil he utilized for storage pur-poses
entirely.
Singcr & Donnell, formerly dealers in furniture in '¥iehi-ta,
Kas .. after a long rctirement will ag;ainenter into the
business. They have, for a number of years, been conducting
a warehouse business, but found such a quantity of furniture
\dt on their hands by people leaving the city and selling
samc, that they decided to reopel1 a retail furniture business
to which thcy cxpect to devote all their energies in future.
ing- is sold. but 11Chas a Iew choice spaces in the annex at his
disposal.
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Fumed Oak, How to Make it.
There are more than a hundred difTerent shades of Fumed
oak, from the partially fumed, down to the rankest concep-tion
of a stained '; Fumed oak," .HanuIacturer.s are spend-ing
more time and taking more care to get the right finish or
color today than they did a few years ago. They have founel
that there is a possibjJjty of elegance in a _I\dission finisb 25
·well as in a varnish or gloss iinish.
To many the mentioning of a fuming box-or anytbing
that required the use of a fuming hox-was met lvitll a 1to.<:L
1£ Fumed oak had to be made: it ,..-as duplicated with a slain _
"vVe can't afford to put in a {uming box." Tn some: it meant
the building of somcUlillg- like a valdt, to o1hers the j)nldllC-tion
of but one shade and because there was bllt 011(' sbade
and that not much in demand, fuming \vas not cOl1siriered.
Those that did have a fuming 1;0>:: found that the jHOCCSS
produced a color base upon w-hicb a litlle sta;ning produced
many different shades. These people have produced some
beautiful effects, making some decided hits
But notwithstanding the opposition found, Fumed oak has
been increasing and next season ;t prom;ses to rival E<i.rly Engl;sh
in popularity. The only regret is that up to this '\vriting
manufacturers have not adopted any particular shade. becaUSe:
of so many different processes employed to secure a coloT.
The writer is of the opinion that if local makers of £urn1tl1rc
would adopt one shade, they would do a good deal to
strengthen this market
The problem seems to be what method is best to produce
Fumed oak. We say, by ftmling process. This brings us
face to face with the fmTliug box propositioll, wbich, if the
following suggestions are employed, is com para! ively easy.
Construct a frame of 2 x 2-inch stuff. UStwlly lOx T6, and R
feet high, faslen to floor 1;vithhingec';. Then cow~r with ordi-nard
unbleached sheeting, care being taken to lap 011 floor, so
as to avoid draft. After the sheeting- is all placed coat \vith
silicate of soda (liquid glass), giving' it 2 or 3 coats and care-fnlly
coating all joints. A coat or two of paint on top \vill
doubly assure a gas proof box. The door is preferably built
wedge shape so that when it is closed it is air tight. The
little opening is a "testing box," or a controller, being- so ar-ranged
that when th~ fumes are 011 a piece of board can be
subjected to the fumes and watched through the glass
duoe Suppose one \vishes to remove this. Drop the rear
door and open the front. Examine the control piece and re-
TJlacc without loss of fumes or disturbing the process.
The ammonia tank is a common ,) gallon galvanized iron
oj! CBlJ to tlle faucet of which is fastened a rubber tube,
which c3.rries the ammonia water to the first pan, These
pans arc ~-inch deep. \Vben the first pan is' full it runs over
into Hnmber two and so on till the whole series is filled, then
the Hol-.·.' of ammonia is redtleed to dropping which allows a
greater escape of the fumes,
To free die box of 1he fumes there are two methods. One
is to connect the box \vith a blower, sucking the fumes out,
or to put in an ordinary stove pipe leading it to a window.
These, hmvever, must be fitted with a tight shut-off to pre-vent
escape of the gas during the process.
Another, but not so well understood or known process,
is to obtain the gas from anhydrous ammonia, This is liqui-tieu
amlIlonia gas and is furnished by the Michigan Ammonia
\Vorks in irO!l cylinders.
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There seems to be very little difference in the cost of the
gas, whether derived from the water or from cylinders, with
the preference greatly in favor of the water by those who
have fuming outfits. Particulars regarding the use of the
anhydrous ammonia will be cheerfully ft.frnished by the writer,
A third method-but not recommended-is the employing
i)f carbonate of ammonia. This, however, by actual expet'i-l11ent,
is more costly than either of the above.
T11edescribed process takes from 24 to 48 hours to pr?dtlce
the deepest possible shade of Fumed oak, and it has been
found that the shade thus produced has not been deep
ello11g"hto take "dth the general buying public, and that is
why f'umed oak (real f'umed oak) has not taken as well as
that ",:hich ",;as fumed and then darkened with a stain.
The writer has therefore had a series of laboratory ex-periments
conducted with the results of a chemical com-j)
ot1l1ri-which was cal1eri ;;Fnmine"-and by the use of which
any 3.mOl1ntof brown shades can be produced in from 2 to 4
hours. Many arc still skeptical. The whole fuming process
is nevI" to them, they look upon it as an expensive venture.
Hut here \VI: have it, a fuming box for $15.00 to $25.00; the
process cnt down to one~tellth of the time with these
results:
Any shade of brown. greyish or reddish,
A warer proof color,
A spirit proof color,
An oil proof color,
A color that can't wear off.
One process,
One handling,
A color in the wood not on top,
A color that beautiGe:, with age,
A color that has style, e1<'~'lnce. and will rival the
popularity of golden oak.
\Vhen T say \vater proof, spirit proof and oil proof, I
mean that your salesllull has the greatest talking point about
finish that ever \vent with a sale of furniture.
A brokcn botde of gasotine witt remove a '\'lax li\\\sh-bnt
not the color. Simply wax it and yOll can't see the spot. A
glass of wille is spilt, it \iI.'ill C11tthe wax and the shellac.
Simply put on a little shellac and wax. Y (HI can't find the
spot. Remove the entire finish and water can't touch the
color,-Fuminc made the color and the fuming proccss pro-duced
a chcmical chang;e in the wood which is inel(:strllct-ible.
The shade produced is absolutely in y011r control. Fumine
is il1Yisib1e in water. Usually one part Fmnine to lOllr of
water, the stronger the mixture the darker color and the
strenglh of the solution employed makes the color. Not the
length of Fuming, that'" why yOl' can fill Y0\l'f fuming box
at night and take out the work the next mornillg, or yon
can !cave it in over Sunday. YOll can run a batch every two
to four hours according to your streng; h of gas, and it will
go so far and 110 farther. The strength of yOl.::r Fumine solu-tion
makes the color. It means further that yOll can match
any fumed oak Oll the marKet. Snj)j)ose yon have three
shades to make, you filld by employing ymtr test box that
one requires a one to four solution, one a aile to eight and
a thin! a one to ten solution of Fumine. Yon coat the work
with the different indicated strength. put the whole lot in
the box and ;1\111 them Ollt. Each one has the required
depth of colol".
Can any maker of furniture deny that this process is not
the most np-to-date, scientific, way of producing the no"v
popular shades of Fumed oak. Does any process enable the
production of many shades? Ts there a'1y coloring process so
silllple and yet so durable? 1t is applicable to all kinds of
lHrnitnre and -..vorks on oak, ai'h. chestnnt and maple.
The expel1SC docs not e([ual any other finishing process
and as soon as it becomes generally understood \vill find
immediate favor. Jl'lany manufacturers have already
adopted the above describcd method, and as Fumed oak
promises tn he the coming style, the al:ove will be of vahle
to the mannfa,:,t'cwer. ~o far every line that we h~l"veheard
of will show the new brcn ...n. shade of Fumed oak.
WALTER K SCHMIDT.
His Salary Raised After Losing $I5,OOO.
\Vhcn in a reminiscellt mood E. H. Foote, the treaS\.lrer
of the Granu Rapids Chair company, is a bighiy entert<tining
gentlemen He has been engaged in the industry over forty
years, rising from the shops to the manager's office. For
more than twenty-five years he has been in the sen'ice of the
Grand Rapids Chair company and much of their prrr.;perity
is duc to his energy. intelligence and good judgme!1"!". "J
lost $15,000 for thc company in the year 1880. 1t \Va" my
first year in the officc of secretary. lVly losses werc con-siderable
Jess than my precleceS5or's and for tbat reason the
board of directors voted an increase of 111Y salary at th c end
of the year. Commoll chairs were the only produce of the
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factory and the output was sold largely to jobbers. In the
year ISSO I sold 45 car loads to Col. Abernathy without a
profit and increasing the total sales $8.1,000. In that year
the price lists were prepared by a committee of the \Vestern
Chair '[\'Iakers' association, and in marketing the Olltput of
our company I was confined to the association prices. Our
directors were SOon satisfied that no money could he made
III the business of making common chairs and we abandoned
it, i:iLlbstituting a line of furniture."
NO' Cancellations.
!vlanufactllTers of furtlitme derived great benefit from the
action of the National Case 11akers associatloll in adopting a
resolution calling for an advance of ten per cent. in prices at
the convention held in Chicago, early in November. At
that se,lSOl1 of the year dealers have quite generally pursued
the long established custom of cancelling orders not Jilled by
the manufacturers. The effect of this custom was the
leaving of a Jot of goods in the hands of th('. rnanldactnrers
to be disposed of as jobs. There 'were no cancellations this
year. A politician once complained that the colored dele-gates
to a natoinal convention would not stay sold after
they had sold their votes. In the ft1fniturc trade it is differ-ent.
The goods stay sold.
New Shuttle Block Company.
The \.Vorth-Sherwood Shuttle Block company of Greens-boro,
N. C. recently made application to the secrct~ry of
state for a charter. H. B. \Vorth, ':\'1. S. Sherwood and 0.
C. VVYSOllg are the incorporators. The CO'l1pany will get o~1t
shuttle blod~s for the Sherwood Bobhn t'b.mlfadnril\g cmn-pany
and other concerns manufacturing sh111tles and bobbins
for cotton mil1s. The authorized capital is $'2~.ooo. b\1t the
company wili begin business as soon as $.1,000 is paid into
the treasury. The main offices will be located ill Greensboro.
Early English
A perfect stain which pro-duces
the correct shade-and
directions for manipula-tion
to produce correct finish
Get our circulars and book-let
that puts you next to the
very best ways for producing
Sold only in powder form;
does not fade--penetrates tl~e
wood.
FUMED OAn
WALTER K. SCHMIDT COMPANY
84-86 CANAL STREET
GRI\ND RI\PIDS, MICI1IG4N
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INSURANCE POLICY LIMITATIONS.
All Ambiguities in Policy Must Be Settled in Favor of
Insured.
A lecture upon "The St'HlcJard Fire TnsuraJlce Policy" was
delivered by Morris Plltnam Slevens, professor of law of lire
inslIrance at the New York University, before lhe Insurance
Society of New York recently.
Mr. Stevens called attention to the use of the word,
"while" as contained in the clausc of the polic.y, which pro-vides
that the insured property shall be C!lyerec! "whiJ(' lo-cated
and contained as described herein, and llot eL,,;('\yhcre,"
and stated that any change of locatioll of the insured prop-crty
without the consent of the company would relic.;:e the
company from its liability 111 case ()\ i'.1.1bt'ctj\1cnt l()s~.
\Vhether the (kscriptioll in a policy covers or fairly de,;eri\)c;;
the property intended to be insured is a matter flC fetel whieh
in the evcllt of an action is for the .illry to delt:rmilll', and
the terms of the policy are to be rea:c.onahly C()ll:-:.Lnlcd \\"ith
referellce to the whole subject maHer.
Insurance contracts differ from urdinaty cUllt1'acls in (111(:
!:itriking particular. If the contract is ambiguous a,; to loca-tion,
description, or ally othet- matter, it \\'i11 ht: cOll:c.lrtled
liberally ill favor of the insured and strictly a~:raill;;t the com-pany.
If its terms are stlsecpl'ih1e of two cOllslructinll:-; with
c(jcal certainty, that COllslrltction which is the lllllrc h.\·()r-able
to the insured will always he adopted.
Parol testimony is admissible to explain a bt<'llt ,11lJbigll
ity in regard to the merchandise iutended by thc partie:c. to be
embraced within the policy, anll so the cUl1yersatinlls of the
insured with the agent. correspondence, etc" would he re-ceived
in evidence for the p\1rpose of explaining the meanillg
of the terms of the policy as to desniptioll, etc,: {nr example:
\Vhere the in.sured property wa"" described <IS " lJ.1yand graill
in barn," and there were two barns. it \\"as helel that parol
evidence was admissible to show which h'1.rl1 was 111eant, 111
which the hay and grain V1'Cl-C to he insured.
Wherever there appeClr illCOllsistel1cies 1)('( W('el1 \\TI1\<,,'11
and printed clauses of the policy, the printed iOr1n 11l1lSt yield
to the more careful and deliberate written langu;lge of the
parties in describing the subject of the insttrC(1. If a policy
is effected O!1 the materials used in a btlsiness, it includes
and authorizes the l1se of S\1ch material,", as an' cllsto11lary,
and which arc in ordinary use therein, though the llse of th('
same be prohibited by other portions of the pr;ntcd policy.
and though other materials, 1I0t prohihitcd, might haye been
substituted therefor.
Thc term "stock ill tradc" in a :-ipecitied hl1:-iille:-i:-i when
tlsed as a matter of descriplion in a policy of illSl1rallCe ill
7I R....'T'1 t-..5' .A..N
$ 7i 71t
• .
eludes, besid<'.'-i materials, everything necessary for carrying
"n that bl1silles:c., and if the policy is issued upon the stock of
gll()ds in a :-;pecified business, the underwriter is presumed
ill kfl';"\' \dla( goods are llsually kept by those engaged in
tInt l111siness.
\Vhile parol evidence IS adrnissible to explain and
to effectltate a polity of insl1rance,i where there i~ any
amhig11iLy or indefinitness, yet if the contract of insurance
rel:1tes to Ol1e definite and distinct subject it cannot be turned
illlo a contract ror the insurance of another and different sub-jcct
and parn[ evide!1re will not be received to chauge, to
\-ary the written contracl.
[11~urallce on stock "malll1tactllred or in process of manu-lact11rc"
C()\'ers raw or unmanufactured stock. Insurance 01.
a stock uf gl)Or!S, which is being constantly solid and replen-i:
c.hed CUycrs new IHlrchases as they arc made, provided they
become part oi the general stock.
The <1e.~criptjoll sometimes covers the property of the
illsl~red. ""hi:c. o\vn or held by him in trust, Of on commission,
"1' slJ1d alld delivered but l10t removed." Here are used
special \\,()td,~ coYering property ill the possession of tht:
insured. whether the oy\,l1el" thereof Of not. "Ile1dil1 trust"
means simply goods in the custody of the insured. Tht.
phrase j~ not 1Tsed ill its stria legal meaning.
Upon the sl1bjecl ot the mcasure of damage, Mr. Steven~
:-itatcd [hat in case oC loss or damage by fire, the company's
liability is limited to the actual cash value of the propery at
Lhe time sllch loss OL- dal11ag-e occurs. The market or eash
\'alue at the time of the fire rules, and the cost price is re-levant
only as bearing thereon. The difference between the
actHal (ash valne of the property just before the fire, and
its value after the lire is tbe measure of indemnity where
the pruperty has been injured and not destroyed. If during
the pendency of the risk there has been more than one loss
ItlHler the puliey, recovery in the aggregate is limited to the
face of the policy, and so payment of a partial loss operates
to reduce the am0l11lt of insurance by the sum paid.
A '"yalllerl policy" is olle where the' face of the policy
i"ixes the amount to be paid in case of total 10ss_ The meas-me
of clam age in the case of the destruction of leasehold
pruperty: wl)jch has been insured, may be determined in two
Ivay,",: [,'irst:. (--;y asking the question, how much would be
.Q'j,·cn in llloney for the nnexperienced lease when the fire
O(ClllTed? Second: By ca.lculating the difference between
Wh;lt the illsured \V0111d pay to his landlord, and what he
would receive from the sl1b-tenants during- the balance of
the tenn uf the lease. It is probable that a compromise be-t
\\'eC11 these extreme methuds would arrive at a more
c(jl\itablc determinatiun of the a11l0Llnt to be paid by the in-surance
comp:'\Jly in case of loss upon leasehold property.
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IT GOES TO RUSSIA.
Dovetailing Machine from Alexander Dodds.
Grand Rapids machinery continues to invade the Ettro-pean
factories and not only this, bl\t is {(mnd to be so effect-nal
that duplicate orders are steadily received by the makers
of such products. Alexander Doddg is experiencing a con-stantly
growing business from the foreign field and 1as1
Saturday shipped a second dovetailing machine to a Il1fLll-tUfe
iactory in St. Petersbnrg. This Inachinc is a fOlIrtcell-inch
device and ,;",ill do the work of some forty men. Previ-ous
to the introduction of these machines all the dovetailing
was done by hand. This is not the only foreign order
which has recentl:y been received by 1\-11'.Dodds, for he i!-i
now engaged ill makillR two twenty-four i11Ch machines of
the same tYPf as the St. Petersburg shipment for factories in
Cologne and 'Berlin. The former goes to C. & L. Bornheim,
who iostalled one of these machines a year vf so ago, an([
'who ha ve fount! its working mllch to their liking.
How Bed Rooms Are Furnished in Europe.
The beds used in Continental Ellrope are mostly single.
They are built up high \'"ith several mattresses, a bolster or
two and crowning all two large square pillows, the cases of
which arc elaborately scal10ped and embroidered. Some
times m01lOgrams arc emhroidered on them, too. The
small feather beds to put over one's feet are very commonly
used. They are oftentimes covered with lace over red
cases. \-Vhen tv.,o beds arc placed side by side, the sheets
and other coverings are large enough to co\'er the two,
going across both beels. The beds themselves are often
iron ,""lth head and foot boards of sheets of that material
and heill~ painted black seem rather funereal. Tn Eng-land
the old fashioned canopy top beds are used, the bell
cord suspended over the sleeper's head. The furniture is
very heavy and of old mahogany or oak. The dresslng table
is always placed in fro11t of a window. The v,7ardrobes are
devoid of hooks, clumsy stretchers taking their place. In
Italy, an observer ,viI[ notice when '''alking through streets
where poor people live, that no matter how much filth and
dirt is about, the beds are al",'ays clean. The aile room in
which a family lives overlooks the street and is used to
cat. sleep, cook and live in.
T11 Paris the Napoleon bed in wood is found, the mat-tresses
are (lpt to be lumpy and han!. 1\'lar1le top tables
abound here. hut dressing tables seem to be unheard of.
Our rocking chairs. too, arc almost unknown in Europe.
Taken altogether our American bed rooms are the morc
comforta bIe and better furnished than European.
Morris Rockers.
\Villi:tl11 J\Jorris. the originator of the I"Iorris chair, ·would
look with disfavor upon the ::\lorris rocker, recently intro-duced
to the trade. l'vtnrris was an EnglislHnan, and rock-ers
of any description are seldonl used in Ellgland. The
Englishmen are 1lot so high stt"lltlg, so llervous and so re,~t-less
as the American. In a chair they seek solidity ann
steadiness. A rocker, or "an American chair," to employ the:
Englishman's desig-oation, does not look comfortrrble. there-f(,
re their sale is limited to sucb people as make a business
of entertaining citizens of the United States. The !\lorri.~
rocker is an ill-looking, ill-shapened thing. The l\Iorris
idea is not adaptable to rockers and should not be so ern
jJ!oyed.
The C;oulds do not intend to relax their grip UpOll the
business 111('11 of St. Louis. They ahsolute1y refuse to abolish
the arbitrary charges 1n addition to the regular rates on flll
freight and passenger traffic passing over the two railroad
bridges into S1. Louis. Their attitude will tend to strengthen
the growing demand for public ownership of public utilities,
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and the day is not distallt when the aid of congress and the
legislaturers of Missouri and Illinois' will he invoked to break
the monopoly. The Goulds are tryillg to choke the good old
French town to death, but, in the language of the English
cockney, "they will 1I0t be let."
Higher Prices for Belting.
The Leather Belling .1Valnufaeturers have advanced prices
10 per cent.. the reason gi ven for so doing was the ad-
\'a11ce in the cost of hides and leather. The ,i\.ssociation met
in New York at the Fifth A·venue Jlotel rceently. There
\vcre sixty firms represented and melilbers of five new firms
wcrc elected to membership.
Improvement by the Retting Furniture Company.
The Retting Fmniture Company of Grand Rapids, are making
important improvements in thcir plant by the erection of an
addition to their power house and the installation of an addi-tional
boiler. C. B. Rctting says the company's business this
wear is sixty per cent. larger than last year, which was a very
prosperous one.
Heavy Export Shipments.
The Grand Rapids Carved .\lol1dillg company are having
a i1ne export husiness. l'v1anag-cr S. L. King reports ship-ments
of beavy rnoo1dings for int(~riors were made this \veek
to Loudon, Liverpool al1d Glasgo,,\'. also to Johannesburg,
So. Africa. The latter comprised tell boxes.
WOOD CARVINGS
If you don't buy them
right this season it will
not be our fault.
WRITE FOR ESTIMATES
Our work and prices
will both surprise and
please you
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY
JOHN DUER & SONS Cabinet "ard"'BI"e Bnd Tools
Etc., Uphof!otered Goods
Handsomellt pun on lhe Markel for the
MoMY
Writ",-{u-r
pricefland
Sample
BALTIMORE. MD.
Corr<::.spondence
Solicited
No. 1573
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The Weatherly
Individual
Glue Heater
Send your address and
receive descriptive cir-cular
of Glue Heaters,
Glu~ Cookers and Hot
Boxes with prices ...
Weatherly s.. Pulte
Grand Rapids. Mich.
These saws are
made from No. 1
Steel and ,ve war-rant
every blade.
V"le also carry a full
stock of Beveled
Back Scroll Saws,
any length and
gauge.
Write us for
Pde e List
and dIscount
31-33 S. FRONT ST .• GRAND FlAPIDS
MANUFACTURERS OF
DROP CARVING AND
EMBOSSING
GENERAL
MACHINES
Dies for all kinds of Machines.
At lowest prices.
7 Second SI., LAfAYETTE, IND.
fOUR TRIlINS C" I CA GO TO AND fROM
Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am At Chicago 1:15pm
Lv Gd. Rapids lZ:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:5{J pm
Lv Gd. Rapids 4:lSpm Ar Chicago 10:55pm
Lv Gd. Rapids 11:3()pm daily Ar Chitago 6:55 am
Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30pm train ever~' day. Cafe service all
all day trains. Service a la carte.
Pere Marquette Parlor cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. •T
"REE TRIlINS DE T R 0 I T TO 4ND FROM
Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:.55 am
Leave Grand Rapids n:Z.5 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm
Leave Grand Rapids 5::ID pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm
Meals served a la carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:2S am and
5:20 pm, Pere Marquette Parlor Cars all all trains; seat rate. 25 cents.
"ALL OVER MICHIGAN"
H. J. GRAY. DISTRICTPASSKNGRR AGENT,
PHONE 1 t 68 Grand Rapids, Mich,
QUARTER-SAWED
INDIANA
WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE; :: E;XTR<I. WIDTHS
When writing for prices, mention widths required
and kind of figure preferred.
HOFFMAN
BR.OTHERS co.
Fort Wayne Indiana
Wood
Forming
Cutters
\Ve offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-
\iVay Cutlers 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.
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QRAnID RAPI DS WOOD finIS "In fi co.
EXCLUSIVE MANU!'ACTURERS 01'
•. WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS
That is our specialty. IWe confine our business to Fillets, Stains, Polish
Furniture \'I.'ax alld Finishing Supplies.
We are the orig:lnalors of ¥leathered. Antwerp and Mission Stains in Oil.
Our shades are absolutely correct. We are authority on Early English,
Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar
shade desired.
Office and Factory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave.,Grand Rapids, Mich.
Buy your GROOVED and POINTED~DOWELS
and DOWEL RODS of
A. FALKEL, 31'd and Dewey Sts •• Gt-lIu),dRapids. Mich •
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA,
Via
GRANO TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE.
Three fast trains leave Grand Rapids 9:30 a. m. daily,
except Sunday. arrive New York 10:30 a. m., Philadelphia,
10:30 a. m. Leave Grand Rapids 2:45 p. m. daily except
Sunday, arrive New York 4:30 p. m., Philadelphia 3:40 p.
m Leave Grand Rapids 5:30 p. m. daily except Sunday,
arrive New York 8:4fI p. tn. I Phiiadelphia, 7:25 p. ID.
Sleeping car Detroit to New York on 9:30 a. ID. train; sleep-ing
cars Durand and Detroit to New York on 2:45 and 5:30
p. m. trains.
C. A, JUSTIN. C. P. & T. A.
To Dissolve St. Louis Terminal Company.
United States Attorney D. P. Dyer of St. Louis has filed a
bill in equity in the federal circuit court to break the so-called
"terminal monopoly," The action is directed against the Tenni-nal
Railroad Association of S1. Louis and its directors, the sub-ordinate
corporations of the association and the fourteen rail-roads
owning terminal stock. The comt is asked to dissolve the
combination existing between the defendant concerns, to enjoin
them from voting stock in one another's meetings and to take
such other action as is necessary to the complete abolition of the
unlawful conspiracy alleged to exist between the railroads and
several terminal companies, The defendants are required to
ans\ver the petition on the first Monday in January. A temporary
restraining order is asked pending thc final decision of the court
on the petition for a permanent injunction,
Timber is Scarce and Expensive in Michigan.
The manager of a large wood-working plant, employing
three hundred hands, located in the western part of lvlichigan, in
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ceivable, and pay all its liabilities. The Cordes man Machine
company has gone out of existence.
Peter Best, jr., a chair manufacturer, of Lewisport, Ky ..
IS looking for a new location for his factory as the present
quarters are outgrown. Owensboro, will probably be the
city selected by him. The factory employs one hundred and
fifty hands and manufactures double bottom' cane-seated
chairs, Rockers and straight back chairs will be made,
The Rockford, Ill., I\lantel company will, on January
I, become a part of the Rockford Cabinet company, the
business with that of the Haddod! Piano company will be
controlled and operated from one office. Secretary Hult, of
the Rockford 1'lantel company, will take up another line of
business in the furniture field.
"It is not advisable to take all the moisture out of glued
up stock before the fin\sh is applied," remarked an experienc-ed
factory superintendent. \Vithont a reasonable amount of
Napoleo,,'s Bed Cbamber (Little Grand Trianon Ver5ailb), France.
discussing the scarcity of timber, said: "Vv'c consume vast quanti-ties
of native timber but it is becoming so scarce and so expensive
that the end of our career in business seems to be uncomfortably
nigh. If we could obtain timber for moderate prices \ve might
continue, but under the exsisting conditions our fires will be put
out for all timc a year or two hence." A listener to the remark
suggested that cheap timber in abutludance could bc found in
Canada and that if reciprocal trade relations could be established
between the Dominion and the United Slates many wood-working
industries in the state of Michigan might be preserved.
Average Accident Claims.
The Massachusetts Insurance department has recently pre-pared
data, from which it appears that the average accident
claim ranges from $30 to $35 and the average policy settle-ment
under suit from $500 to $600,
The Corde"man Machine company, of Cincinnati, 'will
hereafter be known as the Cordcsman-Rechtin company,
the business to bc lmder the same management. The pur-pose
of this change is to increase the capital and expand the
business. The new company will carry Ollt contracts made
·with the old company, collect all its aCcolints and bills re-water
the glue crumbles and loses strength, when it is worth-less,
IIIII
ALHOLCOM~&CO.
MANUFACTURERS ..r.1l> DEALERS
IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL
SA~S
REFAIRI NG-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED
CIT1ZE:NS FHONE 1239 27 N MARKET ST
~,GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
34 7'l R'T' I IS' JI.l'I
• 2S*
BUSS
MACHINE
WORKS G:~'
HOLLAND, MICH.
Manufacturers of Latest rro-proved
WOOD WOR K I NO
MACIUNERY.
Special features it! Planers.
Vertical Sanders and Glue
Joint.ers·
Write for Descriptive Circu-lars
and I1lustrations_
BETTER TIMBER.
Lengthening the Life of Wood by Special Treatment.
Reference has already been made to the new process for pre-serving
timber under exploitation by the Powell \Vood Process
Syndicate of London.
The process 1S extremely simple, and .adds very little to the
cost of the timber, it may be explained that it is one which rapidly
seasons newly cut timber, and unlike other systems, improves,
toughens, and strengthens the wood, enhancing" the appearance,
and resisting the attacks of dry rot, which in temperate cOtlntries
is the equivalent of termite. This is accomplished by boiling the
timber in a saccharine solution, which extracts the air and coagu-lates
the albumen in thc sap. In cooling, the air spaces ate filled
with saccharine matter, which in large measure is analagous to
the fiber of the timber. The timber is dried in faidy high tem-peratures,
and becomes a homogeneous vegetable substance, which
does not expand, warp, contract, or !';plitlike ordillary timber.
A revolution in the export timuer trade to trupical countries
is likely to ensue. In tropical countries where termites ahount,
soft woods will· now replace the more expensive hardwoods. The
cost of building permanent raihvays, bridges, piers, etc., will be
greatly reduced, and the anxieties attending the inroads of the
white ant will be eliminated.
Contract With Soap Company Unprofitable.
A large fumture manufacturing company recently completed
the filling of a contract with the Larkin Soap company, extending
over a series of years, and declined to consider a proposition to
renew the same. "We furnished 12,000 bookcases to the soap
company," remarked the manager of the furniture manufacturing
company, but did not realize a dollar of profit. The advances in
the cost of material and the higher wages paid to workmen
swept away the small margin of profit we had calculated upon
when we signed the contract."
"A friend of mine," remarked a well-known traveling sales-man,
"has just entered into a contract to deliver the entire output
of his factory, located in V\Testern New York, to the Larkin com-pany.
He makes but two patterns-a bookcase and a desk. They
are made as cheaply as possible. because the soap company gives
the stuff away as prizes to purchasers of soap. The factory's
output is valued at $150,000 per annum and as the contract has
sevcral yeats to rUI1, the success of the ,manufacturer depends
entirely upon the cost of producing the goods. ,
It is a self-evident fact that the prize distribution houses call
not handle well-made furniture. Cheapness is the only considera-tion
with SllChtradesmen.
Sawmill Machinery'in Demand.
kIanufacturers of sawmill machinery, and other equipment,
used by sawmill interests in the Mississippi valley, say their
sales have been larger this season than ever known and that there
is still a good demand for everything in this line, according to
:'vTemphisadvices. This is due to the formation of a number of
new companies in Arkansas, Mississippi, West Tennessee and
Louisiana, growing out of the rapid advance in the price o{ all
kinds of lumber and especially of Southern. hardwnnof> and
yellow rine. Roth are now at the highest level for the year and
for a lltlmber of seasons, and in both pine and hardwoods there
is a marked scarcity of offerings of dry stock. There is a rapid
influx of lumber interests from other sections to (he ttrritory in
1l1iCS,ioll, and 8S their macbinery has been used lur a long while
in the old locations, they are buying new equipment.
Alcohol and Turpentine From Sawdust.
Patents have been taken out by a Tennessee inventor for the
production of turpentlne from sawdust and chopped t1p slabs at
the rate of two gallons per ton of sawdust. Methyl alcohol is
likewise obtainahle by the process covered by the above patents.
It is estimated that a mill cutting 60,000 feet of lumber per day
can thus make $52 net profit per day out of what is now waste.
The cost of the machinery necessary for a mill of the above ca~
pacity is estimated at $<),000..
Boynton & Company's New Line of Manufacture.
Boynton and company of Chicago, manufacturers of plain,
emhossed and turned mouldings, have recently added the manu-facture
of pressed carvings. They have new machinery installed
especially for the purpose and are in position to turn out goods to
compete with those already on the market.
High Grade Factory
WE MAKE A COMPLETE LINE OF IT.
Equipment
GET OUR NEW CATALOG AND PRICES.
OUR REGULAR BENCH
We make Benches with Iron Vises. We Catalog Twelve Styles of Work Benches.
GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY
130 South Ionia Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
G. R. ~ I. fLYERS
BETWEEN
Grand Rapids
and Chicago
To Chicago To Grand Rapids
Lv. GRAND RAPlDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M.
Ar. CHKAGO , 12.35 Noon
8"fl •• Parlor Car
Lv. CHICAGO 8:45 A. M.
Ar. GRAND RAPlDS .•................. 1:50 P. M.
Lv. CHICAGO. fJih(~t~~1E~x~.I~S~un 1.15 P..M.
Ar. GRAND RAPlDS .......•.....•.... 5.50 P. M.
Buffe' Parlor Car
Lv. CHICAGO. 1~illl~StR~:E~;x7.~S~un ... , .. 5.30 P. M.
Ar. GRAND RAPlDS .....•............. 10.25 P. M.
Parlor and Dlnlb.g Car
Lv. CHICAGO, ~ibC~t~~:::D-ta1i:l~y ..... , .. 11.55 Night
Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ......•............ 6.45 A. M.
Electric Lighted SleeplDg Car
Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun ..... , 12.01 Noon
Ar. CHICAGO , ...•. , 4.50 P. M.
Parlor and Dlnlna Ca..
Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily , 11.50 Night
• Ar. CHICAGO 7.15 A. M.
Electric Lighted Sleeping Car
Phone Unton Station for Reservations Phone M'chl!i&'DCentral CItJ' Ticket Office
for Reaenatlons, 119 Adams Street
36 7I1'<-'T' I.s Jl.l'l
'st 2 %$ +'
TtiE CREDIT RUREAU OF TtiE FURNITURE TRADE
The LYON
Furniture Agency
, ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager
CREDITS and
'COLLECTIONS
Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman Bldg.
GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager
CLAPPERTON & OWEN, CouttseJ.
THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK
CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS
CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE
THE MOST REUABLE CREDIT REPORTS
A Whole Day for Business
Men in
NewYorh
Half a day Isaved going and coming by
taking the new
Michigan Central
"WOLVERINE"
Leaves Grand Rapids, 11:10 a. m, daily;
Detroit 3;40 p. ro.; arrives at New York,
8:00. a. m.
Returning, THROUGH GRAND RAP-IDS
SLEEPER leaves New York, 4:30
p. m., arrives Grand Rapids 1:00 p, m.
Elega.nt up-to-date equipment.
Take a trip on the Wolverine.
COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE
PROMPTLY - REUABLY
fURNITURE PLANT fOR SAlE
300 H. P. plant, Built only 3~ years ago. Electric transmission
of power. Complete arc and inca.ndescent lamp lighong system. Splen·
did fin:-hose system; 50,000 gallon tank. Underwriter". fire pump.
steam heatl (;omplete telephone system. Band saw mill, pond with log
haul, latest filing-room outfit, blacksmith shop, foundry, machine shop,
bending room wirth dry-kiln, barns, sheds, dwellings, supeiintendent's resi-dence
(cost ~b.,5ool, commissary, store house, separate office building,
side tracks with sted railroad from mill to yard, equipped with push cars.
About 50 acres of land. Plant located on a river in the heart of the
Oak and Hickory district of East Tennessee.
Everything is new and up to date. Hundreds of machines in pllrfec:t
order. Thi~ plant has cost over $100,000 and is in perfect running order.
Eleven \'aluable woodworking patents go with the plant. Cheap labor,
cheap materiaL .
This is a grand opportunity for the right party. Contracts on hand
for all next year's output. $30,000 will buy it. The locat banks will
carry $I5,oOO of this as long as desired.
For detailed information, address E. B. WEBSTER, Bristol, Tenn.
WHITE PRINTINC CO.
GRANO RAPIDS. MICH
We PRINT THe M,CH,CAN ARTIS,oN. "NO
MAKE A sPECIALTY oF" CATA ...OOUE:lI
FOR THE FURNlrUR£; TRADE
See US now for
ORA WER BOTTOMS Basswood, Yellow Poplar, Birch, Cottonwood and Gum
"THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM"
535 Michigan Trust Building
Citizens Phone 5933 WALTER CLARK
G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N
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Otis Mfg. Co. Chicago Office and Dislrib· Im~orters and Manofacturers of
uUng Yards:
MAnOQAnT 2257102267 LUMBERST.
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New Orleans. Chicago. R. S. HUDDLESTON
MANAGER
DON'T READTmS
unless you are a MANUFACTURER,
MILL-MAN Of BUSINESS MAN, in
which (ase you would do well to carefully
consider the following facts.
The St. Louis &. San francisco R. R.
better known as the
has built, or added to its system, over 1900
(nineteen hundred) miles of new railroad
during the past five years and all tTJversing
newly settld sections of the $nothwe;;t.
NOW is the time to locate your taclOry or
mllI in this most prosperous section. It
will repay you to wtite TUDA Y for full
particulars regarding inducements offered,
abundant raw materials, excellent markers,
etc.
lliu,tral~J hDOUU "OpPQT:uni,;c,."
sent/ret.
M. SCItUL TEll.,
Industria. Commissioner.
Fri~co Bldg. St, Loals, Mo.
Green. Gold and Brown" Daylight Special"
-elegant fast day train.
"Diamond Spectal"-fast night train-unsurA
paned fur convenience and comfort.
Butlet.library ens, complete dIning cars,
parlor cars. dra-..ing- room and bUffet
sl~plDg cars, reclining chair cars.
Through tickets, rates, etc., of I. C. R. R.
agents and those of connecting Jines.
A. H. HA.NSON, (;.r.H'1. PMllO.'R Aa'T, , CHICAGO.
fOR SAl[··W",TE OAK
We have the following dry Ohio
White Oak, widths of the finef.t and
standard lengths.
Good figured Quartered Oak
10 cars I iach Firsts and Seconds alld No.
t Common. 3 caTS of IJ{ inch Fil'"Sts and
Sec.,nds aud No.1 Common. 3 cars 1% inch
Firsts and. Seconds alia No.1 (' ommon. 3
cars 2 inch, all Firsts and Seconds (very
flne). ~-car 2J4:illch. all Firslsand seconds
(very fine). 2 cars 3 inch, 'all Firsts al'ld'
;econds (very fine).
Plain Oak
4 cars 1 inch Firsts and Second~. 5 cars 1
inch No.1 Common. 2 cars 1M' inch Firsts
and seconds. 2 cars 1% inch Firsts a"d
Seconds. 2 cars 2 inch Firsts and seconds.
4 cars 3 inch Firsts and Seconds. 2 cars 4
inch Firsts and 5ecollds.
Also big stock dry Yellow Poplar and
Mahogany.
Call ship mixed carS. Write us.
C"ARlES f. S"IElS &. CO.
Cincinnati. Ohio
MISCELLANEOUS ADVER TISEMENTS
WAJ.III''l'.E:U-Xoines to Sell HALF TONE CUTS
By experIenced salesman; first-class
lines on commission, for January, 1906,
Address Box 278, care of Michigan Arti-san.
9-10-1I-12-m
SI'l'U ATION WANTED-By Sz.perienced
E'orem.a.n Finisher.
Now holding an important position.
Satisfactory reasons for desiring a
change. Address "Finisher," care Mich-igan
Artisan. 5-10tfm
Factory Wanted.
Lakeview, Michigan, offers factory build-ings,
power, dry kilns, elevator, shafting,
etc. HS inducement. for some labor em-ploying
industry. Now operated as fur-niture
factOl'Y employing 50 men. Va-cant
Dec. 1st. Machinery can be bought.
Address Scott Swarthout, Village Clerk,
Lakeview, Mich. 12-10 it
WANTED,
An ASj!,jstant Foreman for Table FactoI)", one
who understands the manufacture of tables and a
bustIer for machine room. One who is willing to
stan for reasonable compensation. A good pos-ition
to the right mall. Address, Tables No, 24,
care of Michigan Artisan.
WANTED-Position as Salesman.
Experienced finisher of all grades of
furniture desires position 11:< traveling rep-resentative
for manufacturer of wood fin-ishing
material. JDxtensive acquaintance
among foreman finifihen.; in 1l.Iichigan fac-tories.
Addre~:,) Royal No. ,;:1, ca.re of
Michigan Artisan. 12-1Q
WANTEO-Salesmen.
Good, live, commission salesmen, to
handle best line Metal Reds and Spring-s,
in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Aiahama,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana., Nebras-k,,,
\\0\11 D-akota. A(ldl'l'"sS No. 32, c;,\re of
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