Michigan Artisan; 1906-04-10

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty_sixth Year-No. 21 APRIL 10. 1906 Semi-Monthly A PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION Makes the Strongest. Most Economical and Most Accurate Case Construction Possible It is Entirely Automatic .. It Clamps. Mortise. and Retea.es. Completing the post In less time than the Material can be clamped on other Machines No. 119 ,Mulliple Square Chisel Mortiser WYSONG &. MILES CO., CEDAR ST. & SQ.R. R. GREENSBORO, N. C. A MESSAGE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA: Do you '''>'ishto lessen the cost of handling your pro. duct by the use of light running, long lasting axles? If so explain to your wagon builder that Gillette Roller Bearing Axles are inexpensive to buy-easy to install-simple in con-struction and highly effective in reducing the draft-that they can be made a part of YOUR vehicle at OUR risk as we ship on approval to responsible persons. And ask him to write to uS-,-or "do so yourselves. IT WILL PAY YOU. YOUTS for the cheapening of manufacturing costs, THE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING CaMP ANY Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. BEAUT'IFUL HARDWOOD FLOORS To obtain the most satisfactory and durable results fill with Wheeler's Patent Wood Fill« ond fini'h with a <oal 0' Ecoioig', Floo, Po);,h, Om P'''''''ple i, to walk on the wood, not on the finish. TH&.,BRIDGEPORT WOOD FINISHING CO.New Milford. Conn. 70 W. Lake St.• Chicago. 41.43 So. 3rd 5t., Phtladelphl.~ IN TUE llMELIGUT Within the past year THE MARlETT A PAINT & COLOR COMP ANY has occupied a prominent place in the eyes of the Furni-ture Manufacturers of the country. Its Stains and Fillers have attracted Wide attention for their practical and highly superior qualities Among those which have been accorded the greatest recognition are "GOLDEN OAK PERFECTED," "MAHOGANY SP ART AN STAINS" and "EARLY ENGLISH OAK SPARTAN STAIN, No 830." And this recognition has been of the most substantial character. The Marietta Paint &. Color Co. MARIETTA, 0"10 M M THE , Need to be , Put BENKDICT BOX SEAT Together CLAMP Right Helps ~ ~ BOX SEAT CHAIRS Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company '30 So. Ionia St" GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of Hand Screws, Cabinet Makers' Benc-hei. Factory Trucks, etc. t" J ISOMET"ING NEW 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 fiNISHING 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 is 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 confidence in the pa~t 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 "Lindeman the filler Maker" DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND COMPANY MAIN OffiCE and fACTORY, Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVE. PHILADEPUlA, PA. CnIC40GO FACTORY, Nos. 61-63-65-67 NORT" AS"lAND AVE. CHICAGO,ILL 2 ·§t~MI9 ..HIG7}N JUST Here is our Dew automatic Band Rip Saw, No. 180. Feeds 30, 60 and 125 feet per minute, faster if desired. It takes 2+ inches between the fence and the saw blade and material up to I 2 inches thick. A earn lever releases, moves and clamps the fence, accomplishing all adjustments more quickly than by any other means yet devised. 'Yheeh are +2 inches in diameter. entirely ofiron and steel. Upper wheel has our improved straining device. This straining device has forward, backward and side adjustment. It is a great help to the perfect working of the machine and protects the saw blades absolutely. The saw guides have sectional hardwood blocks that allow the slightest wear to be taken up. Send for Circular, Band Saw Book and Catalog, Feed rolls are adjustable up lIod down instantly, or they may be raised from the board, instantly stopping the feed, or lifted out of the way fQt uee as a hand· feed rip saw. All hand wheels and levers are convenient to the operatGt. Brietly, this machine is far superior to all others because it is safer to operate, less kerf is removed, wider and thicker material ripped~ less power is required, work is accomplished more rapidly and operation is easy and economicaL J. A. fAY ~ EGAN COMPANY 505-525 W. front Street, CINCINNATI, 0"10. The World's Standard for Woodworking Machinery. I --~, GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 26th Year-No. 21. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., APRIL 10, 1906. $1.00 pe' Year. NEW GLASS MAKING METHOD. Belgian Invention For the Manufacture of Glass Plates. Vice-Consul Bock, of Nuremberg, reports a new invention in the glass-ptate industry, concerning which he writes: Should it really possess the advantages claimed for it ·would cause serious damage to the blowing glass-plate in-dustry in this district, ,,,,here "}4" glass plates arc chiefly manufactured. So far two methods have been employed in the manufacture of crystal plate glass and mirror and win-dow glass, namely, that of casting and blowing. The new third method is the invention of :rvIr. Fourcault, a Belgian, who has sold his patent to the European syndicate of plate-glass manufacturcrs for $952,000. This syndicate consists of German, French and Belgian manubcturers and cnc Bo-hemian factory. Until now, in the making of window glass, the molten sub-stance has been blown into cylinders by glass makers' pipes and subsequently flattened, while in the making of plate glass the viscid mass was cast from the pots and rolled. The new invention dra"vs the molten subst.ance from the pot and conducts it bet-ween t'ollers lying side by side. Seventeen pairs of these rollers are built up towerlike above the pot. The liquid mass cools on its way between the rows of rollers and comes out from them polished on both sides, in any de-sired thickness (this being regulated by the relative position of the rollers), beautifully flattened and ready for use. 1\t present dimensions of from 157.48 inches to 39.37 inches can be made, hut experiments are being conducted to allow of the manufacture of from 98.42 inches to 68.90 inches as v,reH. It is believed that this invention ""villbring about a revolution in the trade. One early result would he that the manufacturing of plate glass of 157.48 inches and less would undergo an entire change, as the making of glass plates would come chiefly within the scope of the plate-glass fur-naces. Splendid as this invention appears, it may greatly injure the pJatc-gla~s industry in the Bavarian city of Fuerth. as it would be impossible for the glass blower to compete with a simple and cheap process of drawing out the glass me-chanically. Give Your Business Personality. There have been many instances of advertising absolutely revolutionizing store methods and store policies- ..store per-sonalities- and creating a good will of enormous value on a foundation that had to be rebujlt to keep pace with advertis-ing. One of the most conspicuous instances of this class is th::tt of a great retail concern in New York, which 10 or 12 y.ears ago did business safely on its reputation of a "cheap" store: Its advertising, says Ben T. Hampton in System, \',ras devot-ed entit'e1y to impressing the public with this one idea of "cheapness." A ncw advertising manager came into power -a man of ability and breadth. He proposed to improve the methods of the store-to make its personality cleaner and brighter and better, to sell bettet' merchandise, to improve the salesmanship and to attract a better, more stable class of trade. The proprietors approved his suggestion and gave him an opportunity to experiment. He did away with the form-er style of advertising which announced "a $19,00 baby buggy marked do\\'n to $3.49," and substituted for it live, interest-ing store news, and once .in a while jn an editorial he told the public of some of the store's hopes and ambitions. I suspect that he had a hard job, but the victory was mag-nificent. T\'v"Oor three years ago that store moved into one (If the greatest buildings in New York, and today it is one of the most wonderful retail establishments in the world. Today it is known as a thoroughly reliable store, selling for cash only, the best merchandise at the very lowest prices. In all the excitement produced by trading stamps this con-cern has sailed serenely onward, declining to engage- in premiums, believing- them to be a part of the "hysterical" methods it discarded long ago, and in spite of all competition its business has steadily increased. Now, the interesting part is that not only docs this store make more money than it did under the old system of fran· tic cheapness and frenzied advertising, but the good will of the trade name is immeasurably more valuable than it was before the days of sane advertising and sensible store meth-ods. THE CORRECT Stains and Fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MAHUTACTU"CD aHLY U Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. 2.59·63 ELSTON AVE."'2.·16 SLDA.N ST, CHI CAe o. aran~~a~MsDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ TIlE latest device for handlin~ shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. Our eighteen ye-aTs 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. OUf Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this Cllt\ is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Citizens Phone 1282 Bell, M..In 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FI1RNACE FEED SYSTEM 5 The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURERS AND JOllBERS 01" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves Our facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: New York Roston Phlla.delphia. Burfalo Cincinnati 5t. Louis MinneapolIs Atlanta. Kokomo. Ind. Ford City, Pa. High Point. N. C. Davenport Crystal City, Mo. factories, extending Also, our 22 jobbing houses carry heavy stocks in an tines of 1!1a'Ss,paints, varnishes and brushes and are located in the cities named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALO -372-4-6-8 Pearl Street, BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLYN-635 and 637Fulton Street. CHICAGo-442-452 Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA'--Pitcairn Building, Arcb and CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUIS-Cor. 12th and St Cbarles Streets. DAVENPORT-4IG-4I6 Scott Street. MINNEAPOLIS-sOG-SIO S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-I49-SI-S3 Seneca Street. DETROIT -53-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-I608-IG-I:2 Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-IOI_I03 Wood Street. ST. PAUL--349-SI Minnesota Street MILWAITKEF:, WIS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA,-30, 3:2and 34 S. Pryor Street. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH, GA -745-749 Wheaton Street. and Exch.ange Sts KANSAS CITY~Fifth and Wyandott Sts. BALTIMORE-22I'223 W. Pratt Street. RTR"M"INCTHAMA.LA.-2nd Ave. and 2<jth5t. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing direct] y with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND RATS. C"AS. E. fRANCIS &. BRO..e Veneer Presses, all kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc.. Etc, These Specialties are used all Over the World f-::::=====.-------==: Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applied for). Single double and combination. Hand Feed Glueing Machine. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and Sizes. Wood· Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 419-421 E. Eighth St. CINCINNATI, o. No.6 Glue HeMt"r The Universal Automatic CARVINO MACfllNE PERFORMS THE WORK OF ====, 25 HAND CARVERS Anti does the Work Better than it can be Done by Halld ===~=~-MADE BY======= Indianapoli.t Indiafta Write for Information. Prices Etc. 6 The Gillette Roller Bearing Company. Manufacture a dry kiln truck that is so pede..:.: in c.very Vi::}' t~J<.,t il is not surprising" tbai' it is I;omlii~ into ::{cneral l.1SewhFHvcr woodworking factories are ill operation. It has an angle steel and malleable iron frame. It is indestruc-tible, takes up so little space as to largely increase the ca-pacity of the dry kiln, and therefore will soon pay for itself. This company also manufactures an all steel factory truck, which is fitted up with Gillette's Roller Bearing Axl'e, which greatly lengthens the life of the truck, makes it run so much easier than the ordinary truck that no Oile ever wants to go back to the old kind 'If tel' ha\Cing a few of these trucks in the factory. The Gillette Roller Bearing company is one of the most important and prosperous manufacturing concerns in Grand Rapids and their busincss is steadily growing and expanding year by year. The ShapeI' Renamed. A man may work about the machines for years and then have some old duffer come in and with great fainiliarity call some of his machines by names he never heard of. Just the other day one came along and seeing a man raising panels on the shaper, said: ;'You ain't got a panel raiser? I see you raise your panels all the frizzerl"-Wood-Craft. Demand For American Furniture in Chile. The American consul in Chile reports that furniture made in the United States is 110t sent to Chile in any quantity. Ger-many being the largest exporter of furniture to that coun-try. The latter's share is 44 per cent of the total, France sends 24.6 per cent, England 14.6 per cent and the United States least of alt, 10.8 per cent. American made office furniture and upholstered goods are in increasing demand: Austrian bentwood furniture is -also in demand. The im~ pmt duty is 60 per cent on a valuation. A Good Table Leg Machine The C. Mattison Machine Works, Beloit, '"'Vis., manufac-ture a patent table leg machine that should interest every manufacturer of tables. It is designed for turning heavy table legs and other work of irregular shapes. It will take in stock from 20 to 8 inches in diameter up to 32 inches long, making a turning the full length. Its capacity is from 400 to 2000 pieces per day of ten hours .. depending upon the size and style of work to be turned. It is a thoroughly good machine in every way. For full description of this machine-write the C. M:lttison Machine Works, 363 Fifth street, Be-loit, Wis. All illustration of this machine may be seen in their advertisement in this issue. Progress in Furniture Making in Canada. Harvey "Vonderly of the Grand Rapids Veneer works re-turned from a tour of Canada recently. "The Canadians are improving the quality of their output very much," remarked Mr. "Vonderly. "They are using better materials than for-merly and taking more care with their construction and fin-jsh. At Berlin, the Grand Rapids of Canada, three factories are in course of erection. J. S. Anthes, who retired from the trust a few years ago, has a large plant in course of erection and wilt engage in business shortly. Palmer, Cowan and company and Wanderer Brothers will own and operate the others. These will be modern plants in every respect." Trade Schools to Become Compulsory in Germany. A bill has been introduced in the Landtag of VVurttetn-berg providing that every community having 40 male laborers under eighteen shall be obliged to establish a commercial and trade school with compulsory attendance for the men for a space of three years. In smaller places the government will establish schools. This plan would be a good one to t:-y in this country. 0:.Z• F~G. 14.-EvoUlTlON OE AN ARTIST FROli Bru:SR AND PAINTpOT.-From Fliegende Dliitter. IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES DETROIT FACTORY CANADIAN FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE FULL POSSIBLITIES OF THIS CLASS OF GOODS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, NEW YORK .OSTON ""'ILADELPHI~ B~LTIMORE MANUFACTURERS CHICAQO VARNISH ST. LOUIS CiNCINNATI SAN 'RANCISCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FAOTORY.WALKERVILLE. ONT. They All Meet at Grand Rapids FROM EAST, WEST, NORTH SOUTH Not a representative Retail Store in the country that is not represented by its buyer in this Market. If you have got good goods to sell---SHOW THEM in a market that is not sectional, but national. Permanent salesrooms~~~openthe year round. If interested in desirable space, write at once, as the amount available is limited. FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Cost of Carelessness Carelessness is often as costly as false economy. It is nothing less than carelessness for the Manufacturer of Furn-iture not to fit up his drawer work with the Tower Patent Fasteners, that prevent pulls and knobs from getting loose and marring the fronts of the drawers. As these fasteners cost nothing there is no reasonable excuse for any manufacturer not using them. The Tower Patent Fastener IS MANUFACTURED UNDER THE TOWER PATENTS BY THE GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan. lI8,.. 8ear in mind they cost you nothing. ------- 8 -~~MI9 ..HIG7}N Dodds' Patent Jable=lef Doyetailer We find upon investigation that our Dovetaililllit" Ma-chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cut3 Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts T eoons to fit the Top Cuts Tenons to fit the Cleats Adjustable to k.eep MOI~ tise and Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapest Joint Made Will tum oul 250 10 300 Small Parlor Tables in 10 Hours The Dodds Tilting Saw TlI.hle has more practical features and good points than any other saw table on the market. MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids, Michigan, U. S. A PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps TABLE. LEGS turned with this machine cost less than any you ever made. 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 what we guarantee it to do. The main features of the machine lie in the patent CUTTER HEAD, the VARI-ABLE FRICTION FEED, and the OSCILLATING CAR· RIAGE. A hdl description of this machinewilJ interest you. May we send it? ' c. Mattison Machine Works 363 Fifth St., Beloit. Wisconsin. Are the most su ....e5sful PlUng Cla.mps Made For the followlDi ..ells-on.. They clamp instantly any width of dimension stock; no adjuo;tilJg damps to fit the work, they hook at once to the desired width. Released instantly-throw out the lever and take tht;:m off. The work can be removed as fast as it can be handled. As the clamp is lJlaced over the work and locks into the one helow it the draw is alike rm hoth sides, prevents aU SPI inging no matter how wide the Stock may be. Impossihle for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge awl cannot be moved when clamp is closed, hammer all you like, Unlimited power; great streni!th and durability; malieable iron alld stet'lj the knUCKlejoints are socket joints,. not rivets. Although the best they cost YQUless_ For further information askfor catalogue No.4. A. E. Falmer. Norvel. Mich. WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. . MANUFACTURERS OF DROP CARVING AND GENERAL EMBOSSING MACHINES Dies for all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second SI., LAFAYETTE, IND. 7IR-'T' I k5' A.l'l 2 7 't. 9 Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. I OKAnO RAPIDS WOOD f1nlSnlna CO. I EXCLUSIVR MANUFACTURERS OF" WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our specialty. We confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Furniture Wax al,d FinishiuK Supplies. We are the originators of \Veathered. Alltwerp and Mission Stains in Oil. Our shades are llbsolutely correct. \Ve ale authority on Earlv English, Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, alld will match anv particu· lar shade desired. . Office and Faclory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. BOYNTON ex. CO. Mfrs. of Embosse:d and Turnl!:dMouldin,gs, Porch Work. Wood Grills, and Auto· matlc Turnings We also manufac-ture a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS for ~ou~h work. Send for illustrations. S:'RND FOR CATALOGUE Removed to 419-421 W. fifteenth St, CNICAGO, ILL ------ ----- B. WALTER & CO. IVNADU~~ M'nuf"ture" of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT If your DESIGNS are right, people want thl!:Goods. That maku PRICES right, ~[arence lR. bfUs DOES IT 11\3Madison Avellue-Citizens Ph,.,ne 1983. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 9l/ammoth fj)rop~Carver, 9/0. .:1 Thi~ 111achine weighs about one tOll. Has a trav~lit1g tahle, is reversed and staned from a cuunter shaft, which is includ_ ed with machine Hollow steel mandrel 3% inches in diameter. We furnish burn· er for inside or ontside heat-ing for either gas or gaso-line. Size of machme. i ft 9 in. high., 3 ft. 10 In. long, 3 ft. wide. We guarantee this milchine. Price. $225; without trav-eling ta.hlc, 5200, Mammoth No.4, same as machine No. ii, driven with longitll de shaft only; pulleys at right allg- I cs; needs 110 counter shaft. Price $20'>; with-out trnvel· in g t8hle, £170. Send for fnll de-scription and list of ot!l{'r drop carvers we build. Bl\l~ Print Designs Free to the Trade. JNO. P. DENNING 208 S. FIRST ST: TERRE: HAUTE. IND 1Louisbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citi~ens' Telepholle 1702. 10 .~~MIFrIG7JN , Globe Vise and Truck Company OFFICE 321 S. DIVISION S'I'. • GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of HJGH GRADE Wood Worllers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity in construc-tion enables us to give quality and durability. and meet all competi. tion. Writ"j"r Prices. Es:cels aU hand screw clamps in adaptatlcm to work, convenience -of handling and quick adion Especially at;lapted to Vetteerlnd PaneUft8 and all work requiring long broad jaw. COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Furnished 45 Center St. Batavia Clamp Co. BATAVIA, N. Y. Mention Michigan Artisan. No. 21, Roller Bearings. Same style Trucks No. 24,without Roller Bearings A Veteran in the Trade. Probabl'y the oldest man in continuous service in the fur-niture manufacturing trade of Grand Rapids is Frederick Spraker, the lumber buyer for the Berkey & Gay Furniture company. Thirty-odd years ago he was employed in the capacity of superintendent of the company's factory. With the steadily increasing business of the company it became necessary to place the work of buying the lumber needed in the company's business in competent hands, and Mr. Spraker was chosen for the place. John Mowatt succeeded Mr. Spraker as superintendent. Mr. Spraker has bought the largest quantity of lumber for use in the manufacture of fur-niture of any man In the world. His purchases called for the expenditure of millions of dollars. He has traveled to almost every part of the continent in the performance of his duties. He is still hale and hearty. A Silver Medal Award. Alexander Dodds, the well known .manufacturer of patent gang dovetail and other woodworking "113chmes,made an ex-hibit of a dovetail machine last year at the Universal and In-ternational Exposition in Liege, Belgium. /\ Few ~ays since he was notified by his Belgian agents that he had been award-ed a silver medal on his exhibit. Mr. Dodd said to the Arti-san that his sales so far this year are more than double those of last year up to March 31st. He has shipped four 25- spindle dovetailers to Germany, this year, as follows: Janu-ary 22, February 27, March 3 and March 31. The sale of saw benches, swing saws and other machinery is steadily increas-ing. Mr. Dodds has just issued a new illustrated catalogue of his machines, attachments and cutters, copies of which may be had for the asking. A Growing Business. The shipments of the Grand Rapids Handscrew company for the month of March came within less than fifty dollars of breaking the record. This company manufactures all the various styles of furniture and chair damps made under th"c Benedkt patents, having purchased the interests of the Bene-dict Clamp company last year and taken over the whole busi-ness. This, in addition to their carvers' and cabinet make,s' benches, handscrews and factory trucks, enables them to pretty nearly fit out a factory. Illustrated catalogues of their factory furnishings will be mailed on application. Doing a Good Work. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester company is working on some very large jobs of piping. One of them is the new maple flooring plant of Mitchell Brothers at J cn-nings, ~jch. Another is the Standard Sanitary Manttfactur-ing company, manufacturers of sanitary plumbing woodwork at Detroit, Mich., beside several other jobs, In the factory fitted up by the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Ar-rester company the "'Norkis so thoroughly done that it is very seldom that anyone else is considered whenever another job of piping is needed. MACHINE fiNIVES PERFECT QUALITY PROMPT SERVICE RIGHT PRICES ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads, Miter Machines. Universal Wood Trimmers, Boring Machines, Etc. FOX ~ACHINE CO 185 N. F,on' 8t. L'-'" • Grand R.apids, Mich. WEATHERED OAK OIL STAIN Fast Color. Correct Shade. Most Penetrating Stain Made. WILL NOT WIPE UP WITH WAX OR SHELLAC. AD-EL-ITE FINISHING WAX Dries Harder Than Ordinary Wax. For Use on Weathered or Mission Finishes. SEND POR SAMPLE PANELS AND PRICES. Ask for our "STANDARD STAINS BOOKLET," real wood panels showing twenty-one Fillers and Stains. The finest booklet ever supplied. Dept. ,. ~ CHICAGO. 'The Ad-eJ-ite People. DID YOU EVER FIGURE THE COST OF THAT LAST BLOCKADE IN YOUR CABINET ROOM? NO SOR' STOCK DO'S NOT ACCUMUCAT<'N OUR CAB'NET ROOM. W' USEA Bls DOUBLE CUT OFF SAW AND ALL OF OUR DIMENSION STOCK IS ABSOLUTELY SQUARE AT BOTH ENDS. BUSS MACHINE WORKS, HOLLAND MICH. (THE BIG BUILDING) NINETY-FIVE PER CENT OF THE FLOOR SPACE IS RENTED. NECESSARY FOR ANY MANUFACTURER TO HURRY IF HE WANTS TO BECOME A PART OF The Chicago Exhibition Thirteen Nineteen (1319) Michigan Ave., Chicago. Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Co. CHICAGO Diagrams and Descriptions Ready for Applicants. OFFICES,---------------- _ Boston New York JaDle5town High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago St. Louis MlnneapoU. Associate Offices a.nd Bonded Attorneys In all Principal cities WE PRODUCE RR:SL"LTS WHERE OTHI>J;.S "AIL WRITE POR PARTICULARS AND \OU WILL SEND US YOUR BUSIN ESS. Our Complaint and AdJustDlent Departmeftt Red Drafts Collect NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DRY KILN REQUIREMENTS WE CAN FILL THEM In some instances it is necessary to have comparatively small quantities of a number of different kinds .of lumber, in varying degrees of dryne<;s. In such cases the "ABC" APAR TME.NT IULNS are successfully employed. Note the exp€'rience of the Hale~& Kilburn Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. "You recently illstalled for us a seven compartment 'Moist Air' kiln which has proven very satisfactory Our re-quirements are unusually exactiny, manufacturing, as we do, furniture and interior bank and office fittings, and interior woodwork of the highest class, and our lumber must be thoroughly dried in such condition as to be sus-ceptible to the highest finish. These conditions have been very well met by your kilns. "Your service has been prompt and satisfactory, and we heartily recommend you and your kiln to anyone whose requirements are similar to our own." AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY NEW YORK, CHICACO, ATLANTA, LONDON Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools r~:."il'!,;~}:,~~,~;;:t Baldwin. Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand R.aplds. Mich. Filers. Setters, Sharpeners, Grinders. Swages. Stretchers. Brazing and Filing Clamps. Knife Balances. Hammerinlf Toots. Investigate our Line. New 200 paKe Ca(aloj!'ue for 1905Free. Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws % inch u~. B. T. & B. Strle D. Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry 13 14 INSIST ON HAVING MorrisWoo~3 Sons' Soli~ St~1 OlueJoint (utlers for there are no other.r UjUJ"t a.r good." They cut a clean perlect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only hy us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting. up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS ThirtJ--one years at 31..33 S. Canal Street~ CHICAGO. ILL. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collecrors, Automatic Furnace Feeders, Sled Plate Exhaust Fans, Exhaust and Blow Piping . Com"lo!o ""~ ...... «1. rnaDufactured. inatalled and ~teed. Old 6)'81eJl19 remodeled on modem !iDee 00 IZWII: ecoo<nJJical P]am. Supplementary I YI t e m t added where preseut IY$- lems are outarOWD. De. feclive systems c:onected and put in propet WQfkina order. 70 W. Jackson Street. CHICAGO. - ILL. IWrite for Price to I ITHE CHAUTAUQUA VENEERING CO. Manufacturer. or VENEERED TOPS. FRONTS and PANELS In All Woods JAMItSTOWN. NEW YORK G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago ------------- Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO 12.35 Noon Buflet Parlor Cat> Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun " .. 12.01 Noou Ar. CHICAGO •.....•.•.• "..••.•••• " .• 4.50 P. M. Parlor aDd DlnlnS: Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping eM" .Phone Unloa. Station lor Reael'Vationa To Grand Rapids Lv_ CHICAGO • .8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS •.••••...•.•.•.•.••. 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ~ihCSt~:E:~x.~S~u:n 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .••• " . • • • •. • . . •. • 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Cap Lv. CHICAGO, ~bCst~~~E1x:.~Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ....•.•.••••.•.••.• 10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dillin. Car Lv. CHICAGO, 1M2.thCb. itR. S.Itla,toie,"D, Dat'1y .. .. .. . .'11 55 N'19 ht Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .•..••.•.••.•...... 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted S)eepln'- Car Phone Mlcblga.n Central City Ticket Office for Rea.... atlolll •• 119 Adame Street \ 15 QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE; .. E;XTRA WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana NEW YORK AND PHILADElPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids , _.. 2:45p. m. 7:05p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. AT New york 4:30 p. m. 8;40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. STllffORD fURNITURE ENGRIlVING Our half tOdes are deep sharp, cleal"; giving them long wear and ease of make-ready. Every plate is precisely type high, mOllnted on a perfected squared, SeaSDI]- ~d block trimmed to pica standard. All are proved and tooled until the best possible printing quality is developed. Specimens mailed on request. Stafford Engraving Co, "The House Of Ideas·· INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back SCroll Saws, any length and '( gauge_ Write us for Prto e List and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST•• GRAND RAPIDS unmown PAnu AnDyrnm COMPAny :(Incorporated) Ma.nufactul'ers of Veneered Panels and Table Tops Largest Stock of Veneers MAHOGANY. QUAR.TERED OAK. WALNUT. BIR.D'S-EYE MAP LE. CUR.LY BlkCH. P LAIN OAK PLAIN BIRCH. MAPLE, CROSS BANDING The Best Workmanship and Finish Office, 50-58 Steele Street. Jamestown, N. Y Two Large Factories: Jamestown, N. Y. Ashville. N. Y. Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere. Samples on Application Step~enson nr~.CO. South Bend, Ind. Wood T umings, Tumed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufac-turers on Application. Folding Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. B. WILLIAMS 3812 Vincennes Ave.• Chicago. Manufacturer of Hardware Specialties for the Furniture Trade. Established 187B BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY A well located and old established firm in Michigan with a well equipped factory now doing Mill work, Store fixtures, etc., and with ample room in vacant buildings adjacent thereto, having a surplus of cuttings in Oak, Ash, Maple and Birch, would like to negotiate with parties thoroughly posted in the manufacturing and selling of Furniture. One who has a small amount of capital or a line of desirable furn-iture specialties and can furnish unqualified references as to to responsibility and efficiency as a manager. To one wishing to develop or enlarge an established and growing line of furniture we can offer inducements worth investi-gating. Address "OPPORTUNITY," Care Michigan Artisan. 16 ~M.19f1IG7J-N $ Up-to-Date Cabinet Clamps STRONG. LIGHT. QUICK. MANUFACTURED BY BlacK Brothers Machinery Company Mendota. Illinois. U. S. A. COMBINE!) MACHINE. No.4 SAW (ready fOTcross-cutting) W. F. & JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby SI., Rocldord, III. HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW. MORTlSRR NO.3 WOOD LATHE. ~:~~'~. HANO AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER: HI!:can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can mak~ more money with less capital invested. He can hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good sl:llle and finish, and at as low cost, as the fa.ctorles. The local cabinet maker bas been forced into only a dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manufactured goods of factories. An :>uuit of Barnes' Patent Fool and Hand-Power Machinery. rein-states the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors. If desiled, these machines wlll 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. DnSCRIPTIVE CJiT ....LOGVB ....ND PRICK LIST FRRB. FORMKIl: OR MOULDER. IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAISING Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Be~t Hand Power for Furniture Stvres ~end for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBALL BROS.CO., '067 N;.'h St•• Council Bluffs, la. Klmba.1I Eleva.tot" Co., 3Z3 Prospect St" Cleveland,O.; 10811th St., Omaha, Neb.; 12(1Cedar St., New York City. HA.ND TBNONB:R. No, 4 SAw (ready tor rIpping) No, 7 SCROLL SAW. WHITE PRINTING CO. We: pRINT THE Mlc"rOAN ARTIS ...N, ANID MAKI:: A SP£CIALTY Of" CATALOC;UI::5 FOR THE FURNITURt: TRAI;>E. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH A COLONIAL HALL. 18 Irish· Glue. R. E. Finegan, of Lincoln, England, is on his semi-annual tour through the United States and Canada, representing B. Cannon and company, limited, the famous glue manufacturers of Liucoln. Mr. Finegan spent several days with \Valter Clark, their Grand Rapids agent, whose office is 533 Michi- R E. FINEGAN gan Trust Building. The head offices and principal' fac-tory of B. Cannon and company a,e located at Lincoln, and the company are much the largest manufacturers of glue in Great Britain. They manufacture and have imported into this country for nearly forty years tIle well known brand of IglL Irish Glue, which has st~lOd the test for over a genera-tion, and is today more largely used in Europe and America than at any former time. For many years the business of B. Cannon and company was represented in the United States by agents, but about eight or nine years ago the im-portance, in fact, the necessity for being personally on the ground was realized in Lincoln, and since then Mr. Finegan has visited these shores twice each year. The business has in recent years steadily' increased, and nowhere more than in Michigan, so much so as to tax the Lincoln factory nearly to its utmost capacity, so that when the long established factory in Dublin, Ireland, where the leiIrish glue has been produced from time out of mind, cam~ into the market the Mcssrs. Cannon of Lincoln promptly purchased it, with its good will, trade marks, processes, etc .. so that today they arc the sale owners and importers of the only two brands of genuine Irish glue. :Vlr. Finegan, as well as traveling ex-tensivcly in this and other countries, is a pract,ical glue manufacturer, and takes a share in the management of the factories when at home. He considers the acquisition of the Dublin plant a very pronounced advantage to his house. The possession of the two factories, located as they are, should tend in a marked degree to the production of an evell bctterquality of glue in both Lincoln and Dublin. Their interests in this territory, as stated above, are handled by Walter Clark, and everybody knows \'\ralter. For the pur-pose of prompt delivery, so necessary to users of glue, a large stock is carried in their warehouses in Grand Rapids and New York, from which shipments may be made on a mo-ment's notice. Mr. Finegan is a gentleman of strong per-sonality, thoroughly versed in every department of his work, and few, if any, representative business men 'are given a more cordial welcome in Grand Rapids than he. . Weathered Oak Finish. The Chicago \-Vood Finishing company, 259-263 Elston Avenue,Chicago, makers of varnishes, fillers, stains and a complete line of materials for finishing all woods in every style of finish, have in their weathered oak finish, one of the most satisfactory offered today to the trade. This finish is employed in the same manner and for the same purposes as weathered oak finish. They give the foll'owing directions for producing the fin-ish when their Cathedral oak oil stain is used. If their Ca~ thcdral oak spirit stain is employed, the directions are used which apply for producing weathered oak finish with their \veathered oak spirit stains. They'issue separately a folder 011 weathered oak finish which they will mail on request. Tht use of oil stain obviates -the sand-papering of the work and therefore is the stain most largely employed. The directions for using this finish are as foHows: After the wood has been sand-papered and the sand dust thoroughly cleaned out of the pores;'acoat of the Cathedral oak oil stain is applied with a bTl1sh. The stain is allowed three to five minutes to set and is then wiped over with waste or a rag to produce a uniform color. The stain is permitted to dry over night and a coat of very thin white shellac applied. The shellac should have a few hours to dry, be lightly sand~pap-cred and thcn a coat of their prepared wax for finishing ap-plied with a piece of waste or a rag, the wax being. rubbed on in a light coat, evenly, and rightly wiped over with a clean piece of waste or a rag producing a dull finish or "wax finish.'" A coat of Colonial wax llnish may be easily and quickly applied over Cathedral oak stain with a piece of cheese cloth or a brush. This will produce. a finish similar to that obtained with a thin coat of shellac and a coat of wax. Colonial wax finish, ,unfikevarnish, is a serf-leveler so that it requires only to be 'a'pplied with a cloth or brush to produce an even, hard-wax~'finished appearance. One gallon of Co-lonial wax finish will cover one thousand square feet or over twice as much surface as one gallon of varnish. Colonial wax finish wiII not scratch or mar white~ In order to pro~ duce the best results, the cloth or brush after being dipped into the Col'onial wax finish should be squeezed out so that only a very thin coat is applied; if applied in a heavy coat, a bright polish in place of a dull one, will be obtained. Austrian Off For Europe. "AI" Austrian, the well known salesman for the Shelby-ville Jines, accompanied by his daughter, Bernice, will leave on April' 15 for a tour of E,urope. It· will be the first time Me Aus-trian has visited the ()ld :world in twenty-eight years and the countries he will visit ~~e Germany, Austria, France, Holland, Switzerland and Belgium. Mr. Austrian has two brothers and three sisters living in Germany, Austria and France. VvThileabroad he will visit the stores and factories in each country. IV!r. Austrian expects to return to the United States July 5. Annex to the Morton Block. The Hotel Morton. long- a favorite resort for furniture men sojourning in Grand Rapids, will be enlarged during the current year by the erection of a building adjoining the main structure. \\Then completed the house will be run on both plans. A splendid cafe will be one of the new attractions. The new building will be ready for occupancy in the fall. St. Louis Has a New Traffic Bureau. The Business Men's League of St. Louis has decided to establish its own traffie bureau to care for the manufacturer's and jobbers of St. Louis and a traffic commissioner will be appointed. The new organization will' be called the Shippers' Association of the Business Men's League of St. Louis. B. CANNON &. COMPANY, Ltd.- Factories in Lincoln, England and Dublin, Ireland. EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF THE GENUINE IRISH lsLand @] GLUE LARGE STOCKS WAREHOUSED IN NEW YORK CITY and CRAND RAPIDS R. E. FINEGAN, Manager Jor America. Office 88 Gold St., New York City. Walter Clark, Grand Rapids Representative. Office535 Michigan Trust Building. A careful test of this CLUE is worth your while. 20 ·~~MI9«HIG7!N , ESTAElLISHEO 1880 PUBL.I$He:O BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10THAND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE--2-20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. EIHERED ~~ MATHR OF THE SECOl<D CL,o.SS The several organizations of manufac.turers of lumber are likely to stir up a hornet's nest if the members thereof COll~ tinne to advance prices for boards and veneers. Canada i3 not far away and free trade in lumber may be demanded of congress. Besides, consumers of lumber may be impelled to engage more largely in the business of importing logs and cutting veneers. Quite a considerable number of manufac-turers of furniture are already engaged )n the business of manufacturing lumber._ Our contemporary of the gentler sex, the Furniture World, is working overtime on the graft question. She sees graft in every business transaction and having exhausted her ideas in prose, has bmken into Silaswegian poetry. Jt is unfair to assume that the makers of varnishes and the sellers there-of are dishonest or that the foremen finishers are grafters. There may be exceptions to the rule, but experience is suffic-ient to demonstrate the fact that most men in business are honest. A manufacturer of 1\ew York proposes that a stamp tax equal to at least 25 per cent ad valorem be plae~d upon all goods manufactured by prison laborers. This will equalize the cost of production with the manufacturers who employ free laborers and prevent speculators who employ convicts from underselling the market and thereby destroying the prices of honest made goods. The suggestion is a practical one. An Englishman has discovered that common wood "is a valuable food, if cut small and eaten." Fancy a breakfast menu that should include chilled quartered oak, shredded birch with cream, followed by a sliver of broiled beech, some hashed white pine and black walnut balls, or even some hamburgcc1 mahogany. Rather give us the hem~ock! Nine new life insurance companies are ill various stages of promotion and organization in Chicago. Most of these propose to operate on various forms of the plan under which insurance is sold in connection with stock in the insurance or allied companies. American hotels arc said to get their ...~. st waiters from the ranks of exiled noblemen. They are certainly tip top. Coal operators afC about the only olles to make money with their hands in their pockets-coal pockets of course. McCURDY'S $100,000OFFICE DISMANTLED. White Enam.el and Gold Gets Coat of Paint. The magnificently furnished offices occupied by Richard A. l\'lcCurdy when hc was president of the Mutual Lifc, have been dismantled and the floor space rcnted to the Delaware & Hudson Railroad company. The furnishings, which were imported from Francc at an expense to the policyholders of almost $100,000, have been stored away in the Mutual build~ ing. It is not known what will be done with them ultimately but the present management of the company will unc1oubted~ edly take steps to dispose of such of it as is not available for use. Only a comparatively small number of people ever saw Mr. J.'1cCurdy's offices until after he retired from thc company. Visitors in search of the presidcnt had to pass muster before a series of gray uniformed guards before they reached the inner offices, and most of them went down and out before they got anywhere near the chief executive. The offices were finished in Renaissance style. The wood-work was painted purc white and highly polished. The walls were white and gold and heavily set with medal'lion work. In renovating the rooms for the railroad company the ex~ pensive gold work has all been painted out. Even the elec-tric light fixtures with which the room was furnished were imported from Paris. To fit out the offices it is said that something like twenty-three cases of furniture and twelve cases of electric light fixtures were brought over. The recent report of the Truesdale investigating commit~ tee said that this furniture was paid for out of the funds at the Paris office and that the payments were never passed on by a committee of the board of trustees. The report recommend~ ed that the responsibility for the extravagance ought to be placed definitely. An Experience Not Forgotten. The head of a large manufacturing house was in a talka-tive mood w hen a representative of the Artisan called. "We formerTy had twenty regular customers in the state of -- Now we haven't five. You see, it worked out this way. A committee representing the newly organized state association of retailers asked us to pledge our·selves to sell only recog-nized retailers; to close our doors to dealers with a customer in hand or a man with an order for furnishing an hotel, a club, church or other public institution. We pledged ourselves accordingly. What was the result? The twenty trans-ferred their trade to other manufacturers from whom they could buy goods cheaper and inferior to outs. One day a dealer came in with a hotel keeper. We had furnished two hotel's for him and he liked our work. In fact, he would have no other. We noticed that the man was not 1n a very cheer-ful mood and the cause of it was manifested before the day closed. "Having him to myself for a moment, he asked: 'Say. what do you suppose that big sucker is urging me to do?' 'I can't imagine,' I replied. 'He wants me to go to Chicago and place my order.' What do you think of that? Ought we to longer support the plans of the retail association? Ought we to double our subscription to the fund for enter-taining the members of t.he association, when they meet again in July? I anticipate your reply." Improvement at Omaha. Since the founding of the city of Omaha, named in honor of a famous Indian chief, the city has been subjected to the buffetings of fortune as no other city. It was platted by a party of land speculators early in the fifties and "boomed" without reason. The tide of humanity from the eastern cities was so great that the city was unable to house them and the owners of steamboats plying all the river found it more pro· fitable to tie up and Use the same for temporary hotels than for making trips. In the year 1857 uthe bottom fell out" of the boom and the Omahas rclttctantly entcred the "slough of despondency." Since that year the city has been either "up, up, up," or "down, (lown, down." At present it is "up." C. B. Parmenter of the Michigan Chair <"-ompany,who re-turned from a tour of his territory recently, stated that the furniture merchants of Omaha are very prosperous. An im-mense building for the use of Mill'er, Stew?rt & Beekman is under construction and the Hartman Furniture company have taken possession of the store formerly occupied by O\'chard & vVilhelm, the latter moving into a new and commodious store. Stocks were fair and trade active. ~l'1!IprIG7!N A Thirty-Inch Band Saw. For a large variety of light work, this machine is undoubt-edly perfect in both principle and construction, and has been proven by actual work to be a mechanical success in every re~ speet. Like many other up-to-date tools that have appeared recently, it is the work of the J. A. Fay and Egan company, and possesses all' the improvement that place their larger saws in the front rank. The column is a '>ubstantial cored casting, of such a form as to give greatest freedom 01 move-ment to the operator. The wheels me thirty inches in dia-meter. The upper wheel is carried on a saddle vertically ad-justable by a hand wheel, convenient to the operBtor, for varying lengths of blade. The Fay and Egan patent strain-ing device maintains an even tension at all times and greatly prolongs the life of the blades. The lower wheel is solid webbed and by its weight continually c01ltrols the lighter up-per wheel. The iron table is 24 x 26 inches, may be tipped to any angle up to 45° and can be securely locked in any posi-tion. The upper guide is the new roller type and is carried on a square bar, insuring permanent alignmellt. Any reader who cou1d use such a machine to advantage should obtain fur-ther information from the]. A. Fay and Egan company, 505- 525 vV. Front street, Cincinna!i, O. Circulars and catalogues are sent free on request. An Industry That Failed. The manufacture of combination billiard tables, undertaken in all parts of the country a few years ago, seems to have failed. The combination pieces ,",,'ere heavy and ungainly-looking, and with beds of wood and inflexible rails, were un-fit for use. The skilled billiard or pool player requires a per- ART I0'AJ"J ttZ ±.m 2e* 21 feet table. The cheap, fake combainations introduced a few years ago did not satisfy his requirements, while for the ama-teur they were useless. Turpentine Declines. It is evident that unnatural conditions are affecting the market for turpentine, both in thc south and in New York. A depressing situation prevails. The nominal price in the New York market was 690c, April 8, hut lnsome quarters 1t was sh,aded ?ic. There was no interest manifested at this re- A Japanese Interior. duct ion, and business for the day consisted only of small sales. According to the 11aturat run of things, a decided upward ten-dency should be in evidence on account of the shortage of stocks, and the reported near arrival of the new crop. Sa-vannah quoted 66c throughout the day. Spirits in cases for export aL:;o showed a decline, again being quoted at 74c. Death of W. P. Harding. v\Tilliam P. Harding, formerly general sales agent of the Vlilliamsport, (Pa.) Furniture company, died recently. His A Japanese Interior. death is a shock to many friends, with whom he was very popular and well-liked. He formerly was with the Bern-stein Manufacturing company of Philadelphia. Worthy of Investigation. On another page, under the heading "Business Opportun-ity," an attractive proposition is presented to persons desiring to engage in the furniture trade, 22 ·:f'~MI9rIG7fN , Various Matters. "The furniture trade lost a very useful man when the late D. M. Estey retired from busincs;,," remarked M. M, Peck of the Charlotte Manufacturing company. Mr. Peck was for a number of years associated with the C. P. Limbert company handling the Estey and other lines, during which time he became intimately acquainted with Mr. Estey. "He pos-sessed not only business a.cumen but gre<it energy and deter-mination. Quick to see and take advantage of a point, the great Estey company grew rapidly in importance under his direction. An incident of one of the selling seasons of a few years ago furnishes an insight into his character. Trade on the Estey line had not been very brisk, when a call on the tele-phone from the Estey office reached the Limbert salesroom. '\\That is the matter in Grand Rapids? \Ve are not receiv-ing the orders we exptcted,' remarked lilt. Estey. 'There is trouble here in the shape of an ash suite for $9.50 made by the "Vest Michigan Furniture company,' Mr. Limbert re-sponded. 'I will arrive in Grand Rapids on the next train,' remarked Mr. Estey, and a few hours later he entered Mr. Limbert's office. A conference was held and with the aid of friendly buyers a fairly good description of the West Michigan suite was obtained. Mr. Estey then called up the factory and gave orders for a sample suite to be made, fin-ished and shipped to Grand Rapids by expres'!! at .3 o'clock on the following morning. The order was complied with and the suite was on the floor of the Limbert wareroom when the early buyers arrived on the following morning. The sale was limited to ten suites for half car lots and twenty suites for full car orders at $9.50 per suite. It had a 22 x 28 plate a beveled rail on the foot, tasty carvings-in fact it was better than the \Vest Michigan sujte in several partkuJars and we captured the trade. The season, a record breaker for the company, must have failed but for the sagacity and energy of D, M. Estey," "On another occasion," continued 1\1"1'. Peck, "a heavy buyer from the west announced that he had determined to drop the Estey and take up the Luce line. The Limbert salesmen were unable to dissuade the buyer from his pur-pose, and the fact was reported to Mr. Estey. The latter sought an introduction and soon had the buyer. interested in the Estey line. The merits of the Crapt> drawer gUide were explained and in nO time the nicely creased trousers of the fashionably dressed buyer were moping up the dust of the floors, as upon his knees he followed Mr. Estey while making a ,pr;~ctical demonstration of the construction employed in the manufacture of the Estey goods. Dripping with perspiration and puffing with the exertion, the tired but satisfied buyer emerged from the wareroom and upbraided Mr. Peck for steering him up 'against a whirlwind.' Mr. Estey booked or-ders from this man for two car loads and he has continued to buy the Estey line heavity since." "I had a stiff competitor a few years ago," remarked a manufacturer of upholstered furniture. "If I made a piece that promised to yield a good margin he would duplicate it and offer it for a lower price, and then I would pick out one of his good things and do a little price cutting or el'se offer a better article for the same money. The result of this com-petition need not be explained, so after thinking the condi-tions over carefully I resolved to visit my rival in trade. The following day witnessed my arrival at his office. I found in him a sensible, reasonable man and we soon entered into a frank, yet confidential discussion of the policy we had pursued in the past in marketing our goods. I knew thatjlJ certain details of manufacture he had me beaten, and that I could give him pointers in the construction of other parts of our respective lines. Finally he took me through his shop, explaining every proce!5S employed -as we proceeded, and when I left him it was after I had extended an invitation to him to visit my plant, which he accepted, and a few days lat-er I hag the pleasure of welcoming him to my office. I led him through the shops and explained my system, and before we parted we had become warm friends. I learned that my competitor was not a deep-dyed villain, and he seemed to have the impression that I was not altogether a bad fellow. Vife have been friends since then. We exchange letters fre-quently and our rivalry is of a friendly nature. The day when I resolved to visit my rival was as fortunate for him as for n1e." Not many years ago furniture ornaments were made of wood. Drawer pulls, escutcheons and other necessary at-tachments were eut by band. A furniture worker, employed in one of the great factories of Grand Rapids, conceived the idea of cutting escutcheons by machinery, and in a short time brought Ollt a machine that would cut automatically a larger number in a day than a workman could cut in a year. Other machines were perfected to cut rosettes, commode locks a.nd other trimmings, which were successful1~- used. Out of these inventions grew the great Waddell Manufacturing com-pany, at the head of which is John Waddell, the furniture worker referred to above. \\rilliam Holt, designer for the Grand Rapids Chair com-pany, is very entertaining in his "shop talk," which he rarely indulges in, however. A representative of the Artisan gained a few moments of his time recently, when he re-marked: "The best samples of fumed oak are stained. The fuming box is done away with. When a lot of oak lumber is taken from a box, after having undergone the fuming pro-cess, the colors are varied and irregular. ::VIuch of it must be 'touched up,' on account of the chemical's and the quanti-ties of the same contained in the stock. When subjected to the box fuming process the pores or openings in the wood are rendered much darker than the solid surfaces, and clean-liness and uniformity of eolor docs not result. With a stain properly prepared and administered the imperfections of the box fuming proeess do not appear." '~Weathered oak continues to hold its place in the favor of the buying public, but there is a growing demand for the early English finish. The golden oak seems to be firmly estab-lished, although many have predicted that each succeeding season of the past two years would be its last. Weathered oak is highly esteemed by the manufacturer on account of the rapidity with which furniture can be finished." «Black or Berlin iron is used to a limited extent on missiol1 furniture, finished with weather stain. Hammered copper is much preferred to black iron, although the latter should not be regarded lightly from the standpoint of the artist. Copper sheets are Cllt up into sizes n.eeded with the ordinary factory handsaw, as easily as if the material was baSSWOOd." "In metal trimmings there is much of rnterit to choose from in the regular stocks of the manufacturers. The busi-lless is in the hands of five or six manufacturing houses, and the pirating of designs is not so noticeable as formerly. I saw a bail pull designed by myself the other day for use upon a line of good furniture, intended to be cast in brass, reduced to the cheap iron class of handles. :vIantlfacturers arc 'l.'ery accommodating, however, in the ma.tter of exdus-sive sales of a design, the amount of an order -for the samr making it an object for their doing so. Occasionally I get out a design which our company desires to control. In such instances the company pays for the patterns," The question under consideration by the convention of office clerks was the annoyances ereated by the traveling salesmen upon their return from their trips. "Why did you make a price of $17.00 net on our 444 sideboard when I quot-ed $18.00, five off?" "Why do you not send all' inquiries from MY territory to me?" "Why did you ship that mahogany 679 music cabinet to Smith of Burlington, when it was ordered in quartered oak?" "\Vhy did you sell Bouorsox of Sioux City? Don't you know that I gave ]'vlilJer our line exclusive:" And other like impudent and perplexing questions fired at the humble and confiding ofl1ee clerks bad been duly served and commented upon. "Say, fellers, we have in our employ a traveling salesman who is a dandy_ He never hangs around the office, pawing over th" S~11pping books, the ledger and the cash account. He is consideration itself. He never finds fault with anyone or complains of the little things that annoy most men. In fact, he is a bird of noble mould and hrilliant plumage. Only once in the fifteen years he has rep-resented our company Oil the road has he asked a question about business that belongs to the office. Approaching the president of the company one day )lC politely .<lskcd: "Can yon tell me why, when a decent. respectable, responsihle, en-terprising dealer writes a lettel' addressed to this office, ask-ing why yOll do not ship his goods, yoU do not deem him worthy of a reply?" "Because," remarked the president, "if we should write a reply to a decent, respectable, responsible, enterprising dealer, telling him why his goods had not been shipped, he woul'd cancel his orc1e,l". V'le wish to fill that onler, thereiol'c it would not he \lli,sc to reply to his letter.' " The clerks voted in favor of a resolution calling for the erection of a lock-up in all furniture manufacturing centers to he used for the incareeration of traveling salesmen during their stay at home. A New Toilet Screw. Here is a picture of the new wood knob toilet screw (pat-ent pending) with the Tower Patent fastener, to match the wood knobs of the same make. The knob is made in se- 23 and the stations in orange wood. The wood in the table was brought fro111all parts of the earth. The idea of making the table came to Mr. Dayisson as a' means to pass away his idle moments while he was superin-tending the construction of the waterways and lagoons at the \Vorld's Fair grounds under the direction of the Morrison Construction company of St. Louis. The entire ta.ble is his own handiwork, "Illd he has just completed it, having worked on it in his leisure time ever since the \VorId's Fair. opened. Lumber Trade of Belgium. Oak and walnut imports of Belgium in 1904 were about .176,000 sqttare feet exports, 17,100 square fcet. Other woods for building purposes nearly 4,000,000 square feet; exports, about 32,000 square fcet. In woods for cabinet-making- the imports were 21,232.815 pounds; exports, 831,600 pounds. The value of manufactured wood imports· were $333,343; exports, $1.962,954. Other lumber imports were $3,296,278; exports, $163,725. It will be seen that nc1~ium has impo'"ted I"um-ber to the valne of about S4,OOO,COO in round numbers. Oak cl11dwalnut. all of which is imported, command big prices. Furniture Display Rack. A il1rnitl1l"c display rack, for which letters patent have heen issued to J, McLaughlin of Sedalia, 1v10., is described as follows: "The rack comprises vertical stanclards, spaced apart and having horizontal feet for supporting them. Bars connect their tlpper ends and are spaced apart and adapted for vertical adjustment on the standards, and brackets hav-ing" lHll-izontal and vertical memhers. TIle former are pro-vided with hooks to engage the top bar, the horizontal mem-hers projecting laterally from the top bar to adapt them to leeted fancy mahogany, to match cross-b:LI1de<1veneers and the knobs on tbe dra\vers. Toilet screws with 174' to 2 inch knobs can be furnished to order only, with standard' bolt 3}"2 inches long, and patent drive nut and washer. These toilet screws may be ordered hom the Grand Rapids Brass company or ,,\Taddell Manu-facturing company, of Grand Rapids. Unique Table Exhibited In St. Louis Store. A table has been on exhibition at the Georgia-Stimson Furniture company's store in St. LouisA lately, the top of which, 40 x 3;4 feet, represents a complete map of the \Vorld's Fair grounds, madc by J. l'vI. Davisson of ~lt.Vernon, Ill. The map is made of inlaid wood of forty-flve different species and sixty varieties, upon a solid base of white ma~ hog·any. There is Prima V{~ra wood from Missouri, Osage orange from Illinois, Amorcth wood from New York, Cam-phor wood from Pennsylvania. The black walnut is from the old Cahokia court house. at Cahokia. The top alone contains over 5,000 pieces. A11the grounds are made of mahogany and the drives in bird's eye maple. All paved walks, steps, bridges, and approaches to lmildings are made of ash, while the waterways and lagoons are shown in coeobola, the flower gardens in rosewood, the intramural railway rails in walnut, support articles of furniture, the vertical members bearing the lower cross bar of the frame. The brackets may be placed at different distances from each other, all the ends of the frame. Insurance Company Refused to Pay Floater Claim. The Chicago Silk & Novelty Manufacturing company has stled thc Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance company for non-payment of their floater claim. The company car-ried $3,000 insurance on a stock of goods which is carried all over the country. \Vhile unpacking the stock after re-turning from a trip it ",;as accidentally set on [Lre by a match and destroyed. The insurance company would not P'U'" the floater claim, as the policy covered only accidents which take place en route. The A. F. Burch Company Doing a Fine Business. The J\. F. Burch company, 15-17 Park street,Grand Rap-ids, are rapidly building up a fine jobbing trade in upholstery goods and furniture supplies. They carry a large and com-plete line of plushes, coverings of all kinds, gimps, nails, to\,v, moss and everything need cd by the manufacturer of up-holstery goods. A postal card will put you in touch with them, and they will' promptly attend to yaur wants. 24 Cutting Holes. To make a hole, make it accurately, economically, and in the right place is the purpose for which the Cordes man- Rechtin company, 25 Butler street, Cincinnati, brought out their NQ. 2 horizontal boring machine, illustrated herewith. This machine is solidly built, the iron frame being cast in one piece. It bores 10 inches deep, two inches in diameter, and has an iron tilting table. The fence of the table may be "If American manufacturers will furnish this consulate with catalogues of office furniture and fixtures, especially those above referred to, together with prices and discounts, r will place them in the hands of an interested firm. Their sale prospects are good, as this firm will handle American makes if they can be had at prices that win compete with imi~ tations made in Norway. These quotations should include packing and f. o. b. charges New Yark, or, better, Bergen. angled also. The table is 18x 20 inches, is adjustable verti-cally by a convenient crank handlc, operating a screw as shown in the cut. It is a useful machinc, compact and thor-oughly well made, and a time and money saver in any fac-tory where boring is to be done. The Cordesman-Rechtin company manufacture several styles of bench, horizontal and post boring machines, full particulars, with prices of which may be had on request. American Office Furniture Wanted in Norway. The American consul in Norway writes that the city of Bergen is a good field for the sale of office furniture, including desks, cabinet files, sectional bookcases, and so on. He writes as follows: "There is no dealer in modern furniture and fixtures of this kind in Bergen, and I have often thought that a good busi-ness could be done here by a wide-awake man. Recentl'y a stationery dealer took up the subject with the idea of carry-ing such a line il] connection with his business. He wants to see if he can sell American furniture instead of the desks now made in Norway called "American desks," or the files and sec-tional bookcases made "after the American system." With the exception of a great number of real American roll top desks, usually bought in Germany and Great Britain and im-ported by the users, American office furniture is not in use in Bergen.- Its excellency is so well known, however, that cer-tain manufacturers in southern and eastern Norway manufac-ture desks, files and bookcases in imitation of American arti~ des and advertise their sale as "American desks," or as "made after the American system." These roll top desks have long been manufactured in Norway, but the files and section-al book cases have just been put on sale in Bergen for the first time. If only New York, full advice should be given as to shipping dimensions, so that a correct estimate may be made of what the freight will be to Bergen. The u'et weight of each article must also be given, since the duty is assessed at $3.54 per 100 pounds, and the matter of tariff constitutes no smaH item in the cost when imported for sale." Open All the Year in Grand Rapids. Manager Phil Klingman announces that the Furniture Ex-hibition Building in Grand Rapids will be open all the year after July 1, to dealers only. The samples on exhibition wiii not be moved out till the samples for the succeeding spring season shall be made ready for inspection by the trade. The Furniture Exhibition company's salesmen will be in charge of the lines. In the past the lines of the Nelson-Matter Fur-niture company, the Berkey & Gay Furniture company and others have been open for inspection every day of the year, and by the -addition of the out-of-town lines to the permanent exhibits, Grand Rapids will become a very important open-all-the- year market. Beside, the lines in the new Manufacturers' Exhibition building will be on sale all the_year. Adams & Elting~s Stains. In the manufacture of wood stains, fillers and other ma-terials used by finishers of woods, the Adams & Elting com-pany of Chicago have ranked very high during the past twen-ty years. One of their specialties, a weathered oak oil stain, for producing the popular weathered oak finish, i~ especially worthy of the attention of wood finishers. Samples and instructions for using the same may be obtained by address-ing the company as above. I I I 25 SUGGESTION FOR A DINING ROOM. J 26 Interesting Booklet Issued by the OtiB Manufacturing Com-pany. The Otis Manufacturing company of Chicago and New Or-leans, manufactl1ref~ and shippers of mahogany, have issued a neat 3D-page booklet. It is illustrated with cuts showing the processes pursued in the handling of mahogany from the time it is cut until it is "delivered to the consumer. Each step in the process is explained and illustrated by :-.ttractive Cllts, home. The Japanese laborer works on an average 26 days each month, and his hours are ordinarily from SUll to sun. He doesn't work as hard as his brother in the west, he doesn't accomplish as much in a given time, not by any means; but he does his work thoroughly, he is efficient as a rule, and his pay has always been sufficient for his needs. He lives in a neat little house of two rooms, spotlessly clean and simple to absolute bareness. For this he pays After a tree has been located by a "hunter," the men. uaPIl "machetes," cut their way to it throusb the thick underbrush. The tree is then felkel. trimmed. cut ipto convooient Ienllth~ ami hauled II) the nearest creek to await the-flOOl4Yo hicb will bring it to the maip river. making the booklet a valuable acquisition to every manufac-turer. The Otis company have devoted their time and en-ergies for twenty years to the study of mahogany exclusively and their business has been very successful. SIMPLE LIFE OF JAPANESE WORKMEN. Light Expense- for Rent. Fuel and Food-Modest Pleasure;~ That Cost Little. The average mOtltl11yincome of the Japanese workman i3 now something less than $8, And this is a high a""l'ragc. On this a Japanese of the laboring class can keep a iamiJy of five or six in comfort and cleanliness and enJf)Y all the simple pleasures dear to the Japanese hea"t. The.-;.epl'c:1S-mes do not consist, says Eleanor Franklin in Leslie's \Veekly, of feasting and drink:ng to exce~s and going to places of amusement, but are the pleasures afforded to a peculiar and complete love of nature in all her moods. "Flowers-gazing" is the Japanese expression, and "!lower-gazing" costs nothing to the family that is willing to tramp any number of miles to reach SOnie spot particularly beautified by a l'uxuriant display of one of the season's flowers, which, in their turn, fill every month from the new year to the new year. On these expeditions, which we would can picnics, the family takes its allowance of rice, tea, fish and small pickled vegetables, and its feast is only such as it usually enjoys at something like $1 per month, and, thanks to the kindly cli-mate of his land, he knows nearly nothing about the expense of fuel. A little charcoal for a tiny hibachi is all' he needs, and his cooking can be done on this or on a less ornamental one in a wee bit of an additional room called a kitchen. He charcoal and light together cost him less than $1,25 a month, and for this he has all the ful and light he finds necessary. He knows nothing about the sting of rigid economy. Rice costs him more than a,ilything else. He has to pay about $3 for enough of this commodity to keep his family a month, and his only hardship really is that his income is not sufficient to provide for him the little luxuries of diet that his more for-t1- mate brothers enjoy. And he has his fish and vegetables, too, each costing him a little less than $1 a month; and afte; eve~ythjng is paid for he still has enough left for a sm ,1.1 supply of sake, for tobacco, hair-cutting and shaving, for the hair-dressing of the women of the family, and for the d~',ily hot bath in a neighboring public bath-house that is so neces-sary to the well bejng of every Japanese. Considering all this, it is easy to see how much can be done with the funds so generously subscribed by Americans in answer to the ap-peal recently made by the .president.-Ex. Touring the East. David II. Brown, secretary of the Century Furniture com-pany, has been making a trip through the east, which includ-ed Washington, ·"~MI9.HIG7}-N The logs are flaated down to the mouth, o! the rivers in rafts and piled on the beach to await a veuel for Ioadinll" 27 • The lumb,o;rwhen cut is piled in the open air to &eaooDfrom fouT to nine months, acoordinlt to the thickness. As soon as the raft is made fast alonll$ide of the vessel, the "slinlJlllen" get down on the logs and the work beains of rushing all possible cargo aboard while 1il00dweather lalltt;, ILLUSTRATIONS FROM CATALOGUE OF OTIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 23 Brief Mention. The name of the Teale-Hills Furniture company in Seattle, \Vasl1., has been changed to the Hills Furniture & Carpet company. The Economy Furniture company of Los Angeles has been organized to deal in furniture. Capital' stock $10,000, all paid in. Waldheimand company, well known furniture dealers in Milwaukee, will occupy the Espenham store in the Black A. F. BURCH CO. 15-17 Park St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. =====Jobbers of===== Upholstery Goods and Furniture Supplies 'Call Long Distance Citizens Phone 1123. Bell 1223. We solicit your inqulrie •• building with 48,OCO5fjlUtTC feet of floor space. The present quarters will be abandoned. The yearly rental of the new store is $12,000. The Gibbs I-lome Furniture company, Omaha, Keb., will occupy as soon as finished, a new $50,000 brick building. E. J\L Hanson's department store in Nome, N. D., will be enlarged by the addition of a furniture department. Fire in Brandon, ]Hanitoba, caused $18,000 damage to the furniture stock of 111e Vincent & MacPherson company. Three young men in Newton. Kan., have been arrested for robbing a furniture store. The proprietor, \"1, G. Keu-neke, is the loser of $117. A new furniture store in Seattle, \Vash., is called the Val-dez Furniture company. Capital invested is $15,000. The Fort vVorth Furniture company have a new two-story brick structure in course of e _ection to cost $5,000. The Seattle Furniture compauy has been organized. Cap-- ital i, $50,000. Thc Silver Bow Furniture & Carpet company is the name of a new retail store in Butte, ll'lont. The Boston Distributing company of New York wilt deal in household furnishings. Capital is $50,000. T. Ashley Dent is president, Charles B. vVingate treasurer, and E. 13. Church salesman, • fOUR TRAINS TO AND FROM Lv Gd. Rapids '1:10am Ar ChicagO' 1:15pm Lv Gd. Raplds 12:05nn Ar ChicaEO 4:50 pm Lv Gd, Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Ch~CO 10:55 pm Lv Gd, Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe lIervice on . all day trains. Service a ta carte, Pere Marquette Parler cars on all day trains. Rat. r~uced to 50 cents. TItREE TRAINS DE T R 0 I T TO AND FROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:1.5 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:1.5 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:2(1 pm. Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meala served a la carte on -trains leaving Grand Rapids at ll:~ am. and 5:~ pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all lrains; seat rate, as cents, "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DI$TIUCT PAUENGER. AGKNT, PHON&: t t68 Grand Rapid., Mic.h. The Dodge Furniture company is a new retail establish-ment in New York, capitalized at $30,000. Morris Shapiro, a furniture dealer of Louisville, has been arrested for selling goods under false pretenses, Mrs. R. F. Miller alleging that the goods purchased were not what he represented them to be. Shapiro refused to return the money paid for them. The Jefferson Chair company of 'Carthage, N~Y, will en-large their plant by an addition 50 x 350 feet. The addition is made necessary by the increased business of the company, The entire output for a year from July 1, 1906, has been con-tracted for. The Christian Schmidt Furniture company will manufac-tureand deal in furniture and household goods in Newark, N. J. . Capital is $15,000. The Greenburg (Ind.) Table company will move to An- :·derson, Ind. The Bay State company of Kittery, Me., has been organ- .ized to manufacturc and deal in furniture and household goods. Capital stock is $46,000. The Ahnapee Veneer & Seating company's plant at Rice Lake, Wis., was recently totally destroyed by fire. A new factory will be erected immediately. The Best Chair company has been incorporated with <' capital of $10,300 in High Point, N. C. There are good prospe~ts of the establishment of a furn:- ture factory in Waco, Tex. The Cronch Mill' & Furniture company of Bolingee, Ala., sued the Otsego (Mich.) Chair company for a carload of lum-ber said to have been sold them through William H. Boland. Boland, it is claimed, invoiced the goods in his name, which GRAND RAPIDS CARVED MOULDING CO. front and Myrtle St.,. Grand Rapids, Mlch. Manufacturers of Caned MOuldings and rumlture Ornaments. Write for pictures and prices. he had no right to do, hut later the fact that he was not the owner was made known to the defendant before payment wa:, asked. Rustic chairs wilt be manufactured in Huntsville, Ala., where a factory will be established by Robert Dickinson and George Boyle. Hickory lumber will be the matcrial used in manufacturing. The Herbert Furniture company of Cincinnati will manu-facture furniture in addition to the present retail business. Capital stock has hen increased from $25,000 to $150,000. The Lawrcnc~ Chair company will move to Laporte, Ind., from Chicago. The Joernig & Pelshman furniture plant in St. Louis, suf-fered loss to the extent of $6,000 at a recent fire. The Jamestown (N. Y.) Co-Operative Cabinet company sustained a !O"l:> of $5,000 in a fire, recentl)_ The Canisteo C:.J. Y.) Table company have an order for five thousand tables, to be made for the mail order house of Scars, Roebuck and company of Chicago. The Rochester (N. Y.) Bookcase company is lately or-ganized with $12,000 capitaL A chair factory will be located in Ladysmith, vVis. Killian Brothers & Somma, manufacturers of furnitme and mantels, have incorporated tlleir business. ClpiUd stock 1S $70,000. Newberry Brothers & Cowell have purchased from the re-ceivers the plants and machinery of the Oregon Chair com-pany and the Dunn Safe & Table company ~lt Dunn, N. c., for $75,000. The two plants will be operated by Ncwberry Brothers & Cowell in addition to their plant. The Olympia Furniture & Canting company has been in-corporated to do manufacturing in l\~orth \Vilkesbarre, Pa. The Columbus (Miss.) Chair factory has been sold at auction by the receiver to H. Stokes. It is said a new com-pany will be organized to operate tlle factory. The Vlarren \Vood \Vorking company, ll12.l1ufacturers of '.vardrobes, mantels, etc., Belvidere, N. J., will rebuild pL nt and install new machinery. .. The Asheville (N. C.) Veneer company will soon estab-lish a plant, capital stock will he $30,000. The Abbeville (S. C.) Furniture company has been grant-ed a charter to manufacture and sell furniture; $25,000 is the capital invested. The NCI'.- Orleans Chair company has been established at Algiers. La. The factory is 60 x 240, three stories. Foster Brothers' iron bed and mattress factory in L~tjca, N. Y., was destroyed by fire recently. The Rochester (N. Y.) Bookcase company ha~ been in-corporated with a capital of $12,000. The National Cabinet company 11a5 been incorporr>.tec1 at Hilbert, \Vis., with $25,000 capital. A site has been purchased for a nev,,·plant for the DcFrchll Chair factory in Johnstown, Pa., to gi\'e increased fo1cilities for their growing business. The Kemalsvillc Chair company, Peru, Ind., will construct a factory building to CO!-it$20,000. The Liberty B,,[/sS Red Manuf:Jcturing company ha!-ibeen incorporated in Bayonne, )1". J., with a capital of $20,COO. Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac· tories, wbich will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available ill our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial Agent, WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE, ADIII"t. M. A. HAYS. Aoent, 622 Chemical Buildina. St. Louis. Mo. 225 Dearborn St.. Chicago. III The YV.alsh & Perry company will manufacture furniture in Carthage, N. Y. Capital is $25,000. The Henry J. Knapp company, Fayetteville, N. Y., has been incorporated with $20,000 capital to manufacture furni-ture. The Jamestown (N. Y.) Chair company has been jnco~, porated to manufacture chairs and furnitlJre. Capital is $50,~ 000. The Automatic Folding Bcd company of Port Huron. 3.1ich., is incorporated with $7,000 capital. The Avery Specialty company of Three Rivers, v;..ris.,",,·ilf manufacture tables and wooden specialties. B. F. Huntley, Vl,T. P, Hill, M. D. Stockton and R. J. Rey-nolds '''ere the purchasers of the \\Tinston Furniture company, \Vinston-Satem, t-.~. C. The company formed will be called 29 the B. F. Huntley Furniture company with authorized capital of $125,000. The American Furniture company will manuhcture furni-ture in l\lartinsville. Va. The Fisher Furniture company is a new corporation about to enga.ge in manufacturing in Rochester, N. Y. The Lebanon, Pa., Chair \-Vorks & Iron company has been orga.nized with $25,000 capital. The Oswald Furniture Manufacturing company has been Our Unhreahahle products can be glued and nailed, filled or fin· ished same a&wood, with oil, water or spirit !'Stain. No. 139 A No. 152 E BETTER THAN WOOD Much stronger and more durable. full depth of grain. A perfect reproduction of hand carving which absolutely defies detection. Send for Sa.mple. Send for CATALOGUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO, Twelfth and Fori Streets. 0rganized at Oregon City, Ore., with $9,00 capital. All kinds of furniture and ~voode11goods will be manufactured, Tariff Reduction on Lumber Entering United States. A lumber company 110\.,,- operating mill~ in the state of \\.'ashillgtoll has lately ;\cqui,'ed seventy-fiv~ square miles of timber limits along tlle northern coast of British Columbi:l. The opinion prevails that this purchase was m:'.dc because the conce:-n anticipates <1,nearly removal of the duty upon lU11lhe' entering the L"nited States, and that they would not have taken the step, had it not been their intention to erect one or more large saw-mills. The company pays $140 a year for every square mile of timber limit, which would amount to a lee of $10,700 for the whole. It is reasoned that the company cannot long afford to pay this sum annuall'y without some return, \vhich can only be secured, under present laws and regulations, by cut-ting and manufacturing the timber. Two Cents Per Mile. Granting the request of commercial travelers, the SOQ J .ine placed on sale a 5,000 mile book at the flat rate of $100, or two cents per mile. This is the first western road to take favorable action upon the request of the travelers to sell' them a ticket without requiring a deposit to protect against fraud-ulent use. The Rocker Pleased Mrs. Longworth. Tbe Plymouth (\iVis.) Chair company have re.ceived ac-knm'v" ledg~ment from Mrs. Nicholas Longworth for th.e rock-ing chair sent her for a wedding gift. The employes of the company were the dOllors. A ne"w rocker ""rill be called the Alice rocker. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon< S,ulh, m 1414.1416 Wabash Ave" CHICAGO - -~-"---- Designs by W. L. Kirnerly, Grand Rapid •. 7'IR'T' I l5' JI.2'l" 4 7 e· 31 Otis Mfg. CO. New Orleans. Chicago. r, BURLAP MARKET REMAINS QUIET, BUT PRICES VERY STRONG. Practically No Goods Have Arrived Past 10 Days-No. Ar-rivals Expected for Another 10 Days. The burlap market during the !-iccond week of April has been quiet. The demand for heavy-weight has been moder-ate, but as there is practicall.y no stock here, the demand, even though light, is in excess of the supply. The request for light-\veight burlaps has been mOTe active than it was a week ago. Prices for 8 oz. Calcutta goods in carload lots l10W stand all a basis of 4.70 to 4.73 cents. In 10 bale lots the goods are being held at 4.80 to 4.90 ccnts. The sales of heavy-weight burlaps have been very fc\\', and in each in·· stance transactiol1S have occurred 011 a basis of 6.10 cents for 1O~~oz. and 6 cents for 10 0:"::. These prices apply to spot goods. There have been no arrivals of burlaps in this market for the past 10 days, and importers here do not expect any arriv-als at this port for at least another 10 days. Under these conditions, it is but natural that the consumption has over-taken the available supplies here. It is believed that during the coming week a much larger spot demand will be in evi-deice in this market, but sellers are wondering 'where the supplies are coming from to meet these demands. In Dundee prices remain decidedly firm on both burlaps and yarn. Jute has advanced and is higher than it was a week ago. Manufacturers of burlaps in the Dundee market are now unable to accept any further orders for early de~ liveries. The mills arc sold up as far ahead as next Septem-ber. In spite of the great dem;md for burlaps and the will-ingness of would~be buyers .to pay higher prices, the mant1~ facturers cannot accept orders for the deliveries required, with a guarantee that those deliveries will be made. Adviees from Calcutta received on Saturday state that prices for jute in that market have also advanced, and that the price of bur-laps is extremely firm at quot;odions which are as high as any made during the current season. Chicago Office and Distrib- Importers and Manulaelurers 01 uting Yards: 2257 to 2267 LUMBERST. R, S, HUDDLESTON MAnOOAnT MANAGER Buyers who made contracts with speculators for burlaps, tbe deliveries 011 which are nmv falling due, arc wondering whether they v,fill get even a small portion of the goods on order. In many instances these speculators went short on the market under the belief that prices would decline, and that they would thereby be able to make delivery of the goods when the time arrived, and pocket a handsome profit. As the situation stands today, tbe:r \",ill be compelled, if they live lip to their contracts, to purchase the goods at prices which arc higher than those which prevailed when they accepted the orders. Casters With Brackets. Before the year when Vl. R. Fox of Grand Rapids invented and patented t11ecaster socket and the long stem to fit it, cas-ten; were attached to furniture with screws. It was not al- \-va:ysan easy matter to attach the same firmly al1d one of the many annoyances housekeepers were often subjected to was the breaking away of casters. \Vhcn the pieces were U11- commonly heavy, large, clumsy brackets, to which the casters were attached, were used. The wheels of wood were not in~ frequently from two to three inches in diameter and while not pleasing to the eye, the casters were practical in that the heavy weighted furniture in which they were placed could be moved easily. \Vhel~ Mr. Fox introduced his caster he did not realize the great s{'xvic.e he had done the world at large. R. S. Huddleston Reports a Heavy Trade. The Otis Manuaeturing company of Chicago, dealers in mahogany lumber, arc having an tlllusually large volume of trade from all sections of the country. Manager R. S. Hud-dletcm reports that the months of February and March were equal in volume to the best six months in the year 1905. Busy on Lodge Work. The Retting Furn-iture company of Grand Rapids are bus-ily engaged upon large contracts for lodge furniture. Their orders from the reg-ular trade are also heavy. JUHN DUER & SUNS BALTIMORE, MD. C:abinet Hardware and Tools Etc., Upho'stered Goods Handsomest PuD OD the Markel for the Money Write fOT prices and Sample Correspondence Solicited No. 1.5'73 ALHO~ MANUFACTURERS ..r.lll DEALERS IN HIGH GRADEBAND AND SCROLL SA'V\/S REFAII'tING-5ATI5FACTlON GUARANTEED \ CIT1ZENS FHONE 12.39 27 N MARKET 5T ~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. '--. 32 ~Mlp.rIG7J-N Spratt's Furniture Directory, The 1906 edition of the Directory of Furniture Manufac-turers of the United States issued by Mr. Charles E. Spratt of )[ew York has reached the table of the Artisan. It is a beautiful volume and shows great improvement over former i~sues of the directory, both in mechanical appearance, paper used, compilation and other respects. The book is certainly a splendid example of the printer's art, ~nd reflects great "RELIABLE" ROLLS EXCLUSIVELY THE "RELIABLE" IS THE BEST THE FELLWOCK ROLL & PANEL CO.· EVANSVILLE, IND. credit, not only on the publisher, but on the \~Thite Printing company of Grand Rapids, 11ich" \vho did the mechanical work. It speaks vcry highly of the ability of this printing company to do so large a job in such a short time and in such excellent manner. The directory itself is very complete, giving as'it does in the A., B., C. matter the name, address, articles made, salesmen, ,,,,-here samples arc shown, whether catalogue is issued or not, and other information about every furniture manufacturer in the United States. The second part of the book is c1'assifled under more than two hundred different headings, sbmving the manufacturers of each article. The third part of the book gives the name and address of every furniture salesman in the United States. A new feat-ure added in the 1906 book is a list of aU of the designers of furniture in the United States, commercial designers being designated as such. Jt certainly is a valuable book and worthy a place on the desk of every furniture dealer, manu-facturer, salesman, and supply man. Mr. Spratt, the pub-lisher, was very fortunate in having associated with him this ycar in the publication of the directory, George A. Mc- Intyre, of Grand Rapids, his western representative, who had the actual work of compilation and publishing t1llder his per-sonal supervision. :Mr. McIntyre has been a resident of Grand Rapids for upvmrJs of eighteen years and in that time has .been closely associated with furniture peopl'e of all classes-manufacturers, dealers, ~alestnen and manufacturers of sup-plies. This long acquaintance of th. McIntyre has shown itself in the compilation of the book. Hassler's P. F. & M. Polish. Hassler's P. F. & lII. polish, manufactured by the Owen C. Hassler company, 1543 Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, makes everything look like new. It is used for pianos, furniture, fixtures, metals, hard wood floors and all highly polished wood work. It contains no acids, lye or grit. \-Vill not scratch the finest finish. The best polish for restoring the luster to fur-niture and fixtures of banks, hotels, offices, cafes, public build-ings and private residences. It docs not injure the hands. The directions for using are as follows: Stir well alw,ays before using; use but a small quantity. Hassler's P_ F. & M. deans and polishes with a soft cloth or waste; rub all parts thoroughly, only cover small surface at a time, wipe off all material and clean out all corners, mouldings and carvings, rub thoroughly and polish vigorously, only with new cloth or waste. Same use for metals. Hassler's P. F. & M. polish is the world's best cleaner and polish for all new as well as used furniture and fixtures, It cleans a.nd polishes thoroughly, removes and polishes over all polish able sur-faces, smoky, grease, dust, dirt; removes shipping marks, scars and scratches. Shellac in the New York Market. New features of interest are lacking and the market re-tains a tame appearance, but conditions are satisfactory and prices remain unchanged. Orange Shellac- Ordinary T. N _ _ -- . . . . . 43 @ 44 Bright orange grades , _ , _.. .. .. 46 @ 50 Diamond I 55 @ v. S. 0...... _ __ _ - . . .. . . . 55 @ 56 D. C. __ _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 @ A. C. Garnet lac , . . . . 43 @ Button lac ···· .. ······ 34 @ 50 Bleached shellac, wet .. - " , ' .. 40 @ 41 Kiln-dried _. .. .. .. 50 @ 51 , Alcohol From the Manioc Root. Consul Hunt of Tamatave, says that a recent number of the Bulletin Economique (Madagascar) reports that practical experiments madc for the manufacture of alcohol from the manioc root (jutropha manihot) have given promising reSUlts. From a sample (quantity not stated) of absolutely dry manioc root was produced 95.5 per cent of sugar. This large per-centage, which varies according to the degree of aridity of the manioc, has naturally attracted the attention of distill'ers. In commcrcial experinlents from 220 pounds of manioc root about 10 to 13 gallons of crude alcohol were produced. Con-sequently, by reason of its low price, several large Paris dis-tillers have adopted the use of manioc in their distilleries. Manioc root is already used extensively by starch and glucose manufacturcrs and furnishes food for both man and beast; therefore this new use for for manufacturing alcohol' bids fair to place it in the front rank of colonial products. Furniture Makers in Politics. The recent elections held in the cities of Michigan re-sulted in the choice of a number of furniture _makers. HOll. Bids for Metal furniture Solicited. Office of the Controller of Allegheny Co.} Pittsburg, Pa., April II, II)06. Sealed proposals, accompanied, by detailed plans and specifications of metal furniture, will' be received at this _office until twelve (J ~) 0' dock noon, Saturday, May J:1., J906, for gallery, tables, and metal cases for office of Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County. All bids shall be accompanied by bond of a surety comptlny in the amount of the bid. The successful bidder shall give bond in double the amount of the bid conditioned on the faithful performance of the contract. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of· the County Engineer. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. F. P. BOOTH. County Controller. Jacob Van PutteD, president of the Holla.nd Furniture com-pany, was elected mayor of Holland. Ald. "Ed," Rigley was returned to the council in Owosso and Hon. Matthew Stoll was chosen mayor of Niles. In Grand Rapids two of the four candidates for mayor :were furniture makers. Neither landed the prize. 33 , THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE The LYON Furniture Agency Grand Rapids Office. 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVESt Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE . THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS ~Ii,,~~ Double daily train service to New Orleans. Send for a free descriptive booklet. Connects with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tickets, rates, etc" of 1. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON, PASS. TRAFFIC ""OR" OI-lIOAOO. S. G. HATCH, GENI';RAL PASS. AOE:NT, CHICAGO. COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY- REUABL Y FOR 50 CENTS \Ve will mail the Factory Edition of the Michigan Arti~ san to ;my address in the united States during the remain-der of the current year. Remit wjth order ,. MICmGAN ARTISAN CO. Gnmd Rapids, Mlch, Green, Gold and Brown .. Daylight SpC'Cial" - elegant fast day train. "Diamond Special"-fallt night train-un8ur~ passed for convenience and con.lort. Buff<lt-Ilb,ary C<\'5, complete dining cars, parlor cars, duwlngo _room and bUllet sleepiog cars, ~cUnlnll chair can. Through tickets. rates, etc., of I. C. R, R. agents and tbese of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON, OEN'L PASS'A ACT •• CHICAOO. MISCELLANEO US ADVERTISEMENTS \V Al"."TED-RSTABI,ISHEJ) CO)HnSSIOX 8."-r.E8:\IRX To earn: our line of llbrary and pnl'IOI' tables, in 'Yisconsln, Minne:;ota, Iowa, Da-kotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri. Texas, and in Pacific coast states, Exclusive ter-ritory. Fur llartleulars address Stebbins Manufacturing Co., Sturgis, Miell. -i-l0-tf It-'AXTEU-LINES. For ,Tunc, 1906, on commission. Long ex-peri(; nce, flxten:;[vc acquaintance. Address Box 273. carp of Michigan Artisan. 4-10, 5-10, 6-10. FOR SALE:-l'opuJar reu and Wllite oak lumber, plnln or quartered, al80 dimension. Stock. Corre.\;pondcncp, solicited. Aloert R. Kampt, 47 Board of Trade. I:Hdg., Louls-vllle, Ky. IH-2-lI) \\·.-\.~TEn. Partner for superin!pn(1ent or manager of factor~', who has a profltablp article or linl~ to rnanufnctul'e. Addrcss G, :\:!. Shirk, ~~~ 51st. St., ChiCago, Ill. 4-10-tf. lrAVTl<;D-:Uadliue 'loom Fureman, In tablc factory making line of extension parlor and library tabks. Stat(· salal'~' wanted ano. g11"e l'efel'ence. Address Fore-man, cal'e of ),fichigan Artisan .. Queen Mfg., (:'0" LoUdonville, O. 3-110, -----~~-- lVANTED-Traveling Siliesmen. To the furniture trade. Pick up their ex-pense:; and more too, taking orders for OUI' patent medicine cabinets. Salesman's out-fit free. V,rr!te for it today, Spencer Cabinet Co., 456 Ogden Ave., Chicago, HI. 1- 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 -" - 6111 lV A:STED: Hoe to Sell. For Chicago and vicinity tu handle 11 line of dressers by one of the best salesmen In tbis territory. Ad,dress salesmen, care of Michigan Artisan, 1319 Mich., AVe., Chicago, Ill. 3-10 It. I"on SALE:-1-3U in. 3 drum. InviIlCii'le sand paper machine in first class con,llUon. Burt Brus .• No. 2000 E, Ninth St, Phlladel-phia, Pa. 2-10-3-10 W;\NTF;D_UNES TO SELL. ny 11 wplJ known salesman living in Cbl. <::ago and having" the <l.cquaintance of nearly all of the large15t bllyers, several lines to s,~ll to the Chica.go and Milwaukee tra.d.e. Dressers, chiffoniel'S, parlor, library and ex-tension tables, or tl. first class line of chairs and rockers, a Monis chair preferred. Ad-dr"' JlS Salesman A I, care. of Michigan Arti-san, 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, IlL 40,10, 5-10-2t. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS Adams & Elting Co ,·····l1 American Blower Co 13 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton 13 Barnes Co., W. F. & Jno 16 Barrett & Co., M. L , .. ······ 34 . Barrett-Lindeman Co., The 1 Batavia Clamp Co. . 10 Berry Bros. Co.. . . . . . . . .. . 6 Black Bros. Co 16 Booth, S. P · ·· .. · .. 32 Boynton Co.. . __. . . . . . . . .. 9 Burch Co., A. F 28 Buas Machine Works 11 Business Opportunity 15 Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co. Cover Cha$e, Ro herts & Co Cover Chicago Mirror & Art Glass Co. . .. 9 Chicago Wood Finishing Co ,. 3 Chautauqua Veneering Co .. _ 14 Cordesman-Rechtin Co., Cover Cannon. E., & Co., _... . 19 Cyclone Blow Pipe Co , 14 Denning, John P.. . 9 Dodds, Alexander .. , 8 Duer, John, & Sons.... ." .31 Edge Frank, & Co.. . 15 Fay & Egan Co · 2 Fellwock Roll & Panel Co 32 Fox Machine Co.. _ 10 Francis, ebas. E., & Bro. _ - 5 Furniture Com. Ag,ency Co•....... 13 Furniture Exhibition Building Co.. 7 Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & D. A. Co 4 Grand Rapids Brass Co _ , . .. 7 Grand Rapids Carved Moulding Co. 28 Grand Rapids Dowel Works .. _ 12 Grand Rapids Electrotype Co .. _ 9 Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co .. Cover Grand Rapids & Indiana R'y ... _.. 14 White Printing Company Engravers Printers Binders Electrotypers CATALOGS COMPLETE 2 to 20 Lyon 51. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co .. 9 Grand Trunk R'y.... .. .... . 15 Gillette Roller Bearing Co .. _ Cover Globe Vise & Trunk Co. . . . . . 10 Hoffman Bros. Co .. , · .15 Holcomb, A. L., & Co 31 Hahn, Louis .. _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 Hills, Clarence - R , - 9 Illinois Central R'y ··· 33 Jamestown Pan~l & Veneer Co 15 Kepperling, D. A _ 29 KimbaIl Bros. Co , .. , ' .,16 Lyon Agency., ,···· .33 Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Co. , 12 Marietta Paint & Color Co Cover Mattison, C.,. Machine Works.. . . .. 8 Memmer, George, & Co,... 9 Michigan Artisan Co.. . 33 Michigan Engraving Co Cover Miller Oil Co 33 Miscellaneous _. . . 33 Ornamental Products Co. . .29 Otis Manufacturing Co.. . 31 Palmer, A. E........... .. .. . .. 8 Pere Marqu,ette R·y ... _. . ... 28 Pittsburg' Plate Glass Co _.. 5 Shimer, Samuel J.• & Sons 9 Schmidt, W. K., & Co Cover Southern Railroad Co .. _ ' .. 29 Stafford Engraving Co , 15 Stephenson Manufacturing Co 15 Union Embossing Machine Co.. . .. 5 Waddell Manufacturing Co Cover Walter. B., & Co., _ 9 Ward, O. A: ".10 Williams, F. B , 15 White Printing Co 8-16-34 Wood, Morris, & Sons 14 Wysong & Miles Co , , Cover GUM SHElLAC WHITEZORANGE WOOD STAINS ORANGE or 8LEACHED DRY OR LIQUID ALL SHADES SHELLAC VARNISH - WH ITE and ORANQE A SHELlAC VARNISH PUMICE STONE WOOD ALCOHOL SUBSTITUTE SECOND TO NONE Etc. ASK FOR PRICES, SAMPLES OR FURTHER INFORMATION M. L BARRETT & CO. MANUFACTURERS'ND IMPORTERS CHICAGO ,, See the Difference? $2.00 for cuts like this. $3.00 for cuts like this. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Confidence! If you werecon6dent that you could purchase a Saw Bench which was a high grade tool, which would do perfect cross· cutting, ripping, mitering, boring, grooving, dadoing, ete. , which would require but little room and pawer at a small cost, would you hesitate about buying ond OUf No.2 Dimension Saw is made to meet these requirements. If there is any doubt -about this in your mind write us and be convinced. It saves your .temper and its cost in acompJlratively short time. If you are in need of a good Saw Bench or anything else in the woodworking machinery line,:: and are seeking thoroughly good tools, advice us of your,requirernems. THE CORDESMAN-RECHTIN CO. I 25 Butler St., CINCINNAT', OHIO. ! ! --------,. _ ..~._------_~---~-.,--- GRAND RAPIDS PUB ,. Manufacturing Company Made In Five Sizes···] In., 11·4 in.• 11·2 In., 13·41n. and 2.ln. Patented· All Knobs ."e Turned Acro8s tbe Grain. THE "NO-KUM-LOOSE" Natural Wood Knob. Made ill Mahogany, Quartered Oak, Maple and Birch., .'Ve are now putting on the market a beautiful turned Drawer Knob, which has a veneered face, and the splendid effect obtained makes a very handsome appearance, and in every respect a strictly first class piece of work. Notice the section showing how they are applied to the drawer front. which makes it impossible to work. loose. Tne nut is turned or riveted over a recess in the wood, be~ fore the veneered face is put in, and there is no way it can be pulled out. Also note the two spurs that come in contact with the fronc of the drawer, which prevents the turning of the knob, thereby pre\'eming the screw from getting loose. The washer that comes in contact wi(h the screw has a corrugated face that fits into a like corrugation in the screw head, so that when screwed to place insures a permanent fastening, which we call a "No-Kum-Loose" Knob, which is protected by patents. We-put them up in half gross boxes. with screws to fit 7-8th to 1)( fronts. Longer screws for thicker fronts can be furnished to order. Samples will be furnishedon application.. AddressWADDELL MANUFACTURING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., manufac-turers of Hand and Machine Carvings of every description, Embossed, Turned and cut Moul4ings, f\utomaric Turned Work, Desk Handles, Etc. Send IS centJ plutage for 0"."" Illustrated Catalogue. EARLY ENGLISH APERFECT stain which produces the correct shade-,-and directions for manipulation to produce cor_ reet finish. Sold only in powder form; does not fade-penetrates the wood. Get our circulars and booklet that puts you next to the best ways for producing ~~~FUMEDOAK~~~- Walter K. Schmidt Company 8+-86 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "KISMET" RUBBING ANI:> FURNITURE; V,l\RNISHI:;S CRASE:, ROBE:RTS eX CO. W.•• BEAMER, A!lent, Mlddgan Trust Building. Grand Rapids. Mich. bong Island €lty. N. Y. '------------- ----

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