Michigan Artisan; 1906-11-10

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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.seventh Year-No.9 NOVEMBER 10, 1906 Semi-Monthly SANDED AND POLISHED TO A HIGH FINISH BY UNIVERSAL SAND BELT MACHINE G H R I l E Q A H T p s 0 -I p l: E I E S D H 1_ A!k for Alkfor Cota!ogue Cata!()gue ~~E" "E" WYSONG &. MILES COMPANY, ~- GREENSBORO, N. C. A Voluotary Letter of Praise J. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO. PIANO CASES. BACKS. BRIDGES. and STOOLS. Cortland, New Yo,k, Oct. 24th, 1906. Gillette Roller Bearing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dear Sirs:~_Replying 10 yours of October 17th. your Irucks are certainly O. K. One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it lakes tluee men. We give trucks very hard usage and the other makes are continually brMking. As fast as Ihey break we propose not to repair them, but pul them in the junk heap and replac.e lhem wilh your make. Mea.n\ime. \he \rudt~ we have Iccendy received from an-olher concern are for sale at hall what they cost us. You may enter our order for six dozen to come at the rate of a dozen a .month. This will take care of the breakage and in time we will have them all replaced. Before this order is filled we will probably give you another one as we have no doubt as we use your trucks more, we will decide that we cannot afford to keep the old ooes, and will find this way 100 slow a process of repla~ the ones we have. Very truly yours, J. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO., Dictated J. E. D. J. E. Davis, Pres. ___Tru_ck _Fram_es_Ste_el or_Wood--·your choice. ,E WHEELER'S ., PATENT WOOD FILLER Forms a permanent foundation. Brings out the full life and beauty of tbe wood. Goes further and saves labor and material, ltence. cheaper than otherfl1lers. The Bridoep~rt. Wood Finishina Co .. New Milf,rd •. Conn.: II Fulton St.. New York; 70 W. llike SL Chicago: 41-43 South 3rd St, PhIla-delphia: 48 Cornhill, Boston. -~ ======= Three Vital Principles Underlie the Manufacture of ======= Andrews' PolishintlVarnishes CHICAGO WORKS AMERICAN WORKS NEW YORK-BUFFALO~CHICAGO BUFFALO WORKS FOREIGN WORKS LONDON-PARIS-HAMBURG NEW YORK WORKS FIRST: They are produced from the best raw malerials obtainable. SECOND: They are the result of an experi-ence of over half a century in the manu-facture of fine Varnishes. THIRD: They are thoroughly aged and test-ed before beiug placed on the tnarket, thereby guaranteeing to the user absolute uniformity and constancy of quality. Andrews' Polishing Vamishes should not be confused with tbe ordinary Polishing Varnishes on the market. They are made on different principles and produce resul ts not obtainable by any other line. They please the finisher because they work and rub easily and do not sweat. They please the manu-facturer because they harden up quickly so that work can be put through with di~patcb, and at the same time they are proof against water and will positively not check or crack. In addition, they produce a beautiful, full, polish which holds. These results could not be obtain-ed were it not for our peculiar system of manufacture through which all our Var-nishes are purified, thus overcoming all tendency to cloud or bloom. If you are not at preseut usiu/l:Andrews' Polishing Varnishes drop us a line at any of our factories and we will have one of our representatives call and see you. Pratt 8 Lamllert VARNISH MAKERS New York London Buffalo Paris Chicago Hamburg WEATHERED OAK We want Furniture Manufacturers to write for samples and try our One-Coat Weathered Oak Stain This is a finish that will give perfect satisfaction for a cheap grade of Weathered Oak Furniture. It produces a velvet finish with only one coat and has sufficient binder to make the color per-manent. Weare prepared to match any shade desired. WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICES ON BARREL LOTS. THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. These Specialties are used all Over the World --- Hand Food GIuelng Macblne (Pat. 1J~nding.) Eight Iltylesand sizes. Ven~r Preslolcs,all kinds and sizes. Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders Glue Heafers Trucks, Efc" Etc. Wood·Worklng Machinery and Supplies I'ower Feed Glue Spreading Machine, (Patent applied for. Sinll;h~.Double and Combination, LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 419·421 1:. I:lghth St. CtiAS. E. fRANCIS &. BRO..e CINCINNATI, O. No. 20 Glue Heater. "No. 8 Olu('l Heater. Do You Want Tile Originality of our work is one of its chief characteristics. WE BUILD HIGH GRADE Something CAT ALOGS COMPLETE Original? ENGRAVING PRINTING BINDING White Printing Co. 2 to 20 Lyon Street GRANDRAPIDS, MICH. 1 GRAND RAPIC~ PUBLIC LIBRARY 27th Year-No.9. FROM AWAY OUT WEST. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. NOVEMBER 10. 1906. ~=~===~~== $1.00 per Year. Mr. Sligh Talks of a Recent Trip on the Northern Pacific Coast. Charles R. Slig-h, president of the Sligh Furniture Com-pany, Grand Rapids, Mich., spent most of the month of Oc-tober, with U. J. Clark, also of Grand Rapids, ill Oregon, Washington and Northern California, looking for timber in-vestments. \i\lhilc talking of their trip, IVlr. Sligh said: "Vve foulld plenty of timber, there's lots of it out there, but most of it has been picked up by investors or speculators. Eastern or )[ orthcrn lumbermen and other capitalists have bought immense tracts and the price of stumpage has doubled or more in tbe past year or two. Of course, a large number of homeste8-ders have taken up claims in the past fe",'" years and there is a large amount of valuable timber Oll their holdings, but it will not come into the market right away-they will require from fourteell months to five years to prove up and secure their titles, Timber conditions out there arc much the same as they were here twenty-five or thirty years ago, except that the country is over-run with land-lookers and the timber is being picked up much more rapidly than it ever was in Michigan. "The coast cities of Oregon and Washington are having more than their share of the country's prosperity. The San Francisco disaster has thrown a large amount of business to Portland and Seattle that they would not have gotten hut for the earthquake and fire, Several San Francisco wholesale houses have established branches or moved temporarily to the northern cities and they arc doing enormous business. They intended to stay there only until they could rebuild in San Franeisco, but the chances are that most of them will become permanent fixtures in Portland and Seattle. "Seattle is having a great boom. They now claim over 200,000 inhabitants and real estate is sold at New York prices. I saw a piece of property that was sold recently for $:::,000 pcr foot frontage, and it is not on a main street either. The to\',,"nis certainly wild on real estate values, but it is claimed that presellt conditions and indication for the future justify the enormons prices set 011 all kit1ds of property. . "We did not go down to Sa11Francisco, but judging from what we heard from there'I think it will take twenty-rn.'e years to rebuild that town, or even make it 'what it ,vas in the way of business before the earthquake. They have built a large numher of 'shacks' and it will he hard to get rid of them." The Situation at Rockford. Latest reports from Roekford, Ill., state that the Larkin factory to be estahlished in that city is not to be controlled by the Buffalo soap makers but will be built with local capital and operated by the Empire Manufacturing Company, recent-ly incorporated by three Rockford attorneys-No P. Nelson. L. M. ReckhO\v and E.' D. Reynolds-who, with Rockford furniture men, 'will hold all of the capital stock. The Larkin company ""ill take the products of the factory under an ar-rangement similar to that which exists between the Illinois Cabinet Company and the Sears~Roebuck Company. It is also stated that thc Illinois Cabinet Company is not the only Rockford institution that is making furniture for the Sears-Roebuck Company. On the contrary, it is declared that half a dozen other factories in that city are under con-tract to make furniture for mail order houses. There is a difference of opinion as to the wisdom of the policy adopted by the Rockford factories. It is urged that it will surely hurt the reputation of Rockford furniture, but the managers of the factories declare that they have consid-ered the matter carefully and have reached the conclusion that as the big mail order concerns are bound to have the furniture they might better make it than to ha ...e..new factories established for that purpose. Effect of the Rate Law. Secretary of the Interior Hit(".hcock is reported' as saying: "The new railroad rate law has proved a tremendous suc-cess. There have been more reductions in rates since Aug-ust 29, the date on which the amended act became effective, than in all the twenty years preceding. In one day the in-terstate Commerce Commission received 5,000 schedules pro-viding for reductions in rates.' THE CORRECT Stains and· fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANurAt:TIJ~C:" UNLY fir CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CD. 259·63 ELSTONAVE"'Z-16 SLOAN ST. CH I CACO. 4 TO OUR WESTERN PATRONS NOTE: There has been no change in the management of our CHICAGO FACTORY, the same practical men who have brought it· to its present high standard continue in our employ. BE .NOT DECEIVED. WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING FILLER BONE HARD OVER THAT Will DRY N I G H T The great majority·-in fact just about all of the manufacturing trade ask for a filler to be hard dry th ~ day after filling. We can do better than that. USE OUR FILLER AND YOU CANNOT DIG IT OUT OF THE PORES THE =======NEXT DAY==== IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR VARNISH TO PENETRATE THE SURFACE IT SANDS OFF IN A POWDER THAT WILL LEAVE YOUR SAND PAPER CLEAN AFTER THE WORK IS DONE. The Barrett - Lindeman Com pan y IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The l.lawrence-McFadden Co., Ltd. 61-63-65-67 No. Ashland Ave•• CHICAGO. 1400-2-4 Frankford Ave,. PHILADELPHIA. 5 Over 150 Representative Manufacturers ARE LOCATED IN THE MAMMOTH FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING AT GRAND RAPIDS. THEY ARE THE KIND THAT CUT SOME FIGURE in the furniture world. To be sure their lines are good---but the real business-getting feature is the fact thai they are shown in the Market where the country's best buyers (from every section) look for and expect good things. Keep abreast of the times. Fall in line. Complete information diagt'am8~etc. of choice locationa if you write at ODCI\'. FURNITURE EXHIBITION BLDG. CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -----------------OFFICES------------------ BostOD New York Jamestown High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago St. Louts Minneapolis Associate OUices and Bonded Attorneys in all Principal cities REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC-TIONS MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED SYSTEM TH:ROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT •. WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHERr£ OTHE"S FAIL WRITE POR !'ARTICULARS AND ,-ou WILL SEND US Y OUR BUSINESS. Our Complaint and Adjustment Department Red Drafts Collect H. J. DANH~F, Michiga.n Manager. Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools n~.",1!~~~a~~~'~J~t Baldwin, Tuthill a;l. Bolton Grand Rapids. t.Uch. Filers, Setters, Sharpeners, Grinders. 'Owages. Stretchers, Brazing and Filing ClamlJS. Knife Balances. Hammerinll Tools. Bolton Band Saw Filer lor Saws Va inch Ul). Investigate our Line. New:MO page CataloJrue for T90fi Free. B. T. & B. Style D, Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or tlry ricant bills are to be secured. It must be borne in mind, however, that the cost of lubrication is the cost of the lubri-cant plus the cost of the friction accompanying its use. The cost of friction is measured in fuel; in wear, in repairs, in delays, and in depreciation toa very great extent, all of which exceed the cost of lubricants many times over, so that it may be stated that that lubricant is the best and the cheapest that reduces friction to the lowest point almost with-out regard to its market price. Two classes of lubricants have long been in general use; fluid oils and greases. From a purely theoretical standpoint, oils would seem to be the better lubricants, because the frie"'- tion of an oil-lubricated bearing is less than that of the same bearing lubricated 'with grease bccau·se oil is thinner than grease and has less viscosity or internal friction with less re-tarding action. On the other hand, practical experience strongly ,favors. greasc for certain situations because of its superior cleanliness, because it is easily applied and because grease tubricadotl is more or less automatic. For instance, 110 lubricant is consumed except when the bearing is turning; when thc shaft begins to turn, the grease is cool and stiff in the cup. As the shaft rubs on its box, heat is generated by friction, warms up the grease and softens it, so that it feeds to the bearing and reduces friction. If more heat is gener-ated, the grease flows faster; if less heating occurs the lubri-cant feeds slower. Thus the lubrication is virtually auto-matic and the hearing maintans a practically uniform temper-ature. However, the same friction which melts the grease is an extra drag on the engine or machine, and it is now a well es~ tablished fact that grease-lubricated bearings, particularly those on which hard greases are used, wear (by reason of this friction) far more than where a suitable oil is the lubricant. So, therefore, the advantages of grease in cleanliness, sim-plicity and reliability are attained at a certain sacrifice of power, fuel, wear and renewal of worn parts. Oils drip, spatter and cause annoyance and expensive dam-age to clothing and fixturcs. Oiling devices are very apt to get out of order and to fail at a critical time. Again, so much oil is wasted outsidc of bearings and around an engine that its use is not always an economical method, viewcd from the cost of lubricants. It has been estimated that for every drop of oil that is actually worn out in lubricating a bearing at least three other drops either never reach the surfaces or pass through unused. Nearly every machinery operator knows of his own experience that all oil-lubricating machinery gener-ally needs wiping more than oiling. 6 LUBRICANTS AND LUBRICATION. Matters That Deserve Attention From Those Who Have Charge of Machinery. Perhaps no greater error can be made than one which is too often made by the amateur machinist of assuming that oil is oil and grease is grease, and if only enough high-priced oil or grease is applied to an engine or machine, good lubrica-tion must result. Good lubrication involves many points in addition to merely keeping the bearings from overheating by the application of abundant lubricant. The followin_g ob-jects are sought in lubrication in the order of their actual im-portance: First-To prevent "cutting," "gripping" or "seizing" of the bearing, or, in other words, to enable the engine or ma-chine to be run without serious injury or positive destruction. Second-When the first objed has been attained, the lub-rication must be good enough to prevent overheating of the bearings. on a continuous run. Third-The lubricant must be capable of keeping the rate of wear as low as possible. Fourth-The losses of power (and fuel as the source of power) must be reduced to a minimum for the attainment of the full capacity of the engine for doing work; in other words, the friction must be as low as possible. A good lubricant must possess ma.ny characteristics and qualities in order to qualify as a good lubricant for the pur-pose for which it is intended. It must have sufficient "body" to resist being squeezed out of the bearings; it must be as limpid as possible consistent with the first requirement, so as not to put unncessary drag on the machinery; such comes from the use of a heavy, stick oil or grease on a light, high-speed bearing. It must retain its normal body while in act-ual use, and not turn thin or watery and lose its lubricating value as the bearing warms up during a hard run. A lubri-cant ought .always to be free from any tendency to gum or turn rancid and cause clogging of the bearings and corrosion of composition metals; it must have a vaporizing or "flash" point (the temperature at which an oil gives off inflammable vapors) higher than the greatest temperature encountered in service, and a congealing or "freezing" point below the low-est temperature encountered, so that it may be depended upon to feed under all conditions. All lubricants must be abso-lutely free from all gritty foreign matter, and, lastly, (and quitc as important as other conditions), they must have spec-ial qualities of adaptability Jor the work to be done in eaeh case, so far as is possible. Broadly speaking, nearly all lubricants which are sold by reputable and responsible manufacturers may be used without fear of their containing gritty matter or excessive amounts of gumming matter or corrosive acids, but if the best results are to be secured the elements of suitablity and adaptability must be carefully sought. The best steam cylinder oils ever refined are not at all suitahle for gas engine cylinders; an oil that shows excellent results for general bearings may fail to pro-vide good lubrication for gears, and the grease that leaves nothing to be desired for a constantly cool bearing may melt and rapidly waste away on another bearing exposed to heat from surrounding parts, such as the cylinder of a gas engine. It is of the highest importance, therefore, to remember that an oil or grease that may be of the highest quality for one engine or one type of bearing may be of little or no real value on an engine or bearing of another type. It is always a profitable investment of time to experiment with different lubricants until one is found that fulfills the requirements welt, and then to stick to that one brand. Within reasonable limits, bearings may be classified and a limited number of greases and oils produced which will cover all practicable requirements. The choice of lubricants is, nevertheless, a matter that deserves close attention if the best in speed, freedom from wear, and repairs and economy in lub- Different Qualities of Mahogany. To those who are not in close touch with the furniture business and even to many of those who handle the finished product, mahogany is mahogany, whether it comes from Cuba, South or Central America or Africa. To the factory men, however, there is a great difference in the qualities of the wood. The toughest mahogany comes from Cuba,. but, lik~ that from Mexico, it has little figure-it is very plain. The African mahogany has the best figure, but it is too brittle. The laying of veneers made from African crotch mahogany is considered a good test of a cabinet maker's skill and abil-ity. Comparatively few men are able to do it successfully. Few dealers or users of furniture have anything like an ade-quate idea of the difficulties encountered in making a perfect piece of furniture and the time, expense and perseverance that have been put into experimenting with different methods 111 order to attain the desired results. ]. H; Mackin & Co., installment dealers, Philadelphia, are in financial difficulties. At a meeting Of their creditors their liabilites were reported at about $8,000. The assets consist of $2,000 in book accounts and stock which inventories at $6,000 at eost prices. - ------------------.. The Universal Automatic 7 CARVINU MACHINE ==== 'PERFORMS THE WORK OF 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than if can be Done br Hand ------- MADE BY Union [n60SSlna MACnlnr Co. Indianapolis, Indiana Write lor Information. Prices Ele. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURHRS AND JOS.SERS 0'" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves Our facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: extending New York &don Philadelphia. Ruffalo Cincinnati St. Louis l\Iinneupolis Atlanta Kokomo, Ind. :Ford CityI Fa. lligh :Point. N. C. Davenport Crystal Cit,.·, ]\[0. Also. our 22 jobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lints of "Hass, paints, varnishes and brushes and are located in the cities named below: New York-Hud$on and Vandam Sbl. BuffIl10-372-4-6·8 Pearl Street. Boston-U-49 Sudbury, :1.-9Bowker. sts. Brooklyn---4j35 and 637 Fulton Street. Cbieag0-442-4G2 Wabash Avenue. Philadelphia-Pitcairn Building, Arch Cincinnati-Broadway and Conrt Sts. and Eleventh St.!. st. Louis-Cor. 7tb and ~Iurket Bts. Davenport-410·416 Scott Street. Minueapolil.-500~!'HO B, Third 81. Cleveland-149-51· ..m Seneca Street. Detroit-53-55 Larned St" E. Omuha-1608-10-12 HaJ"ne.)' Street. pittsburgb-tOt_I03 'Wood Street. St. PauI-349-l'lt J\.lmnesota Street. 'MilwauKee, Wis--4tl2·494 Market St. Atlanta, 6a.-30, 3~ aod 34 S. Pryor st. Rochester, N. Y.-\l'ilder Building, J\.lain Savannah, Ga.-745-749 Wheaton Street. and Ex('hange 8tOl. Kansas City-Fiftb and WYandotte Sts. Baltimore-221-22S n'. Pratt Street. Birmingham, Ala.-2nd Ave. IInd 29th St. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. Silex Wood ~ GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK CO. Office 321 South DivifoionSt., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mfrs, of High Grade Wood Workers Vises AND Faclory Trucks Qualify and Price talk 'in factoT'y trucks and we can interest you. Will yoU sendu$ YOUTaddress and let us write }'OU about them? Wriltfor Prices, FuDled Oak Oil Stain (Original production in oil.) No more luminfl. No more sandinll. This stain can be shellaced over in 30 minutes after it Is applied. Every pice of furniture on "..bieh it i8 used can be ftn-ished and chipped the 811Jlle day. We are the originators of Weathered, Early English, Antwerp and other Jli!;Il'lionoil stainlil, Samplesfurmsked on application. Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA M,nufa,",,,,,, of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT We ha ..·.e o...er l:!< d.iffeTcnt st}"les oi factory and wan:house trucks ~o ofter, also a ('omplete lit.e of woodworking vises and benches. Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE LATEST device for handling-shavings and dust from all wood-working machines. OUf eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It i~no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor oue among them. OUf Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut. is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRE..,SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 206-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Cltlzen. Phone 1282 Bell. Main 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM EASY MONEY IS MADE BY USINO THE ENTIRELY AUTOMATIC BAND SAW SHARPENER - MADE BY US -.----~------ There is no need of spending money year after year in having your band sa ....s. hand filed, when by paying us only a little more than the cost of hand filling one !law fOf one year you Can own an autumatic machine that will last a lifttime, and with practically no repairs. Why not write us and tlnd out about it ? We also make aUlomtllic hand saw sha~pfnen, alld automar;( circular saw shorp/mers. ROTARY FILE & MACHINE CO., 581Kent Ave" BROOKLYN, N. Y. SOUTHERN AGENTS: AMERICAN MFG. CO" ATLANTA, GA 9 Our Clamps received GOLD MEDAL at World'. Fa.f.., St. Loula. VENEER PR£SS (Patented June 30,1903.) CHAIN CLAMP (patented June 30, 1903..1 CABINET CLAMP. Write fOT prices and particulars. BLACK BROS. MACHINERY CO. MENDOTA, ILL. HAND CIRCULAR. RIP SAW. No.4 SAW (ready for cross-cutting) No.2 SCROLL SAW. MORTrSER COM81!'lKD MACHINE. Camplele Outfit af HANO aRd FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY "'HE CABINET MAKER. He ('an sa"'e a ruanufacturer's profit a8 well as a dealeJ"s pl'oflt. lIe can make- ill{l.l'e money with less f',apital invested. He can hold a better and nUll'(' satisfa<'tory trllde with his customers. He can manufa('ture in as goud st.rle and fioilih, and at as low ('ost a·8 the factol'les. The local cabinet maker hliS been forced into only the deaI-er's tnulc and profit, because (If machine manufactured goods of faetories. An outfit of Barne8' Pntent Foot and Hand~Powct" l\(achin- ~, relnlibrtes the cabinet maker 'with ad"\'antage8 equal to his competltor8. If dcsil'ed. tbese nlachine., will b€l flold ON TRIAL. Th€l punha8er can ha \'(~ample time to wst them in his "'WB shop u.nd on the W(lrk he wi.8heS. them to do. ne!\(~l"illtive cata-logue and pri('e list tree. W. F. & JO"~ B~RNES CO.654 Ruby st .• Rockford, III. FORMKR OR MOULDER. H ....ND T.a:NONHR. No.3 WOOD LATHE. ~ No. 4SAW (ready tor ripping) No.7 SCROLL SAW. 10 ~1'1.19jiIG7}-N , The Proper Drying of Lumber. The proper method of drying lumber by artificial means is a question that has' been under discussion and experimenta-tion in recent ye<lfS by some of the most prominent users and manufacturers of lumber in the country; many expensive experiments have been carried on by lumber ma'l1ufacturers, the railroads a11(1others, and the.pnihlem has even been, taken up by the government. Vv'hen it is taken into consideration that the moisture in green lumber amounts to from one-third to one-half of its total weight and that all this moisture must be expelled before the lumber is in condition lor com-mercial use, the task of accomplishing in a few days by the use of a dry kiln the same results which nature takes as many months to perform, will be seen to be of vast impor-tance. It has taken much time, thought and money to analyze this question and devise a system to meet all the varying con-ditions of nature. A few years ago, when hardwood was plentiful, and all the yard stock was air-dried the question of removing the mois-ture remaining in the lumber was a different proposition from that to contend with tod-ay. Oak and other hardwoods have been consumed at an enormous rate, and a manufactur-er at the present time is considered very lucky if he obtain-; from the mill lumber that has been piled on the yard more than three or four months. The progressive and up-to-dat .... manufacturer of dry kilns has endeavored to meet the~;~ changes, and has been continually improving his product 50 as to offer to lumber manufacturers a dry kiln as nearly per-fect in its results as money can produce. Without doubt no other concern has been more aggressive or invested mor~ in experiments to reach the highest point of success in dry-ing lumber than the manufacturers of the well-known Mer-ton Moist Air Down Draft Dry Kiln-the Morton Dry Kiln Company. Thirty years' experience has given this company knowledge that could have been obtained in no other way. The Morton kiln is based on the moist air methnd, vmich has long been conceded the only means of successfullly 31l'1 quickly drying all kirids of lumber. H. J. l\'lorton was the first to exploit this system of drying. When this method was first suggested as the proper means for seasoning lum-ber, it was declared to be an impossibility to dry anything in moist air. However, Mr. ll'lorton's faith in this new de-parture was only, made stronger by the skepticism with which it was received. Since the Morton moist air dry kiln was placed on the market, the idea has grown until at the present time nearly all of the dry kilns manufactured are based on the moist air system. Perhaps the most convincing argument that can be offered in favor of the Morton kiln is a reference to some of the large woodworking concerns in the United States that have adopted the Morton kiln in preferel1ce to all others. The Pullman Car Compal1Y, Pullman, Ill., about three years ago, tore out the various dry kilns it was using, almost every conceivable style, and put in a battery of twenty Mor-ton kilns, ranging from eighteen to twenty-six feet in width and seventy-two fed in length. The kilns are -{ireproof, and constitute one of the 'finest and largest batteries of hard-wood kilns in existence, having a capacity of nearly 1,000,000 feet of lumber. This is a good illustration of the range of the Morton kiln, as the Pullman Company uses everything from heavy yellow pine car beam timbers to the finest cabi-oet woods, and the larger portion of the material .passes thwugh the kilns before being used in the manufactured product. Other users of the lI:lorton kilns are: Allis Chalmers Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; ""'estern Electric Company, Chicago, Ill.; Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa.; Lake Shore & )1ichigan Southern Railroad, Cleveland, 0_; The C, B. & Q. railroad, Aurora, IlL, and Hannibal, Mo.; Canadian Pa-cific Railroad Company, Montreal and Winnipeg, Canada; The Mitchell Brothers Company, Cadillac, Mich., and the Arthur Hardwood Flooring Company, Memphis, Tenn., may be mentioned as among the users of l'-1ortoo kilns for seas-oning hardwood flooring. There are thirty-five Morton kilns in operation in furniture factories at Rockford, 111., tlfteen at Grand Rapids, ~'Tich., and numerous others throughQut the United States and Callada. Prior to the first of the year the :~.,Jorton Dry Kiln was manufactured and sold by another Chicago house, but early iu 1906 the Morton Dry Kiln Company was incorporated to take over the entire business and it now has complete control of the patents. 'H.]. 110rton is president of the new company and B. D. Curtis, for many years connected with the manu-facture. of Morton kilns, is secretary. The company solic-its correspondence from all interested in dry kilns, and will take pleasure in giving further information and mailing its catalogue "F" upon request to the office, 912, 218 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Two-Cent Rate Will Prevail. A special meeting of the mileage bureau of the Central Passenger Association was to have been held in Chicago all October 23, but it was postponed indefinitely and it is con- De.ian by Hem-y De Loof, a Student of the Grand Rapid. School of Furniture De.igning. ceded that no further effort is likely to be made to prevent the inauguration of the flat two-cent rate by all lines in the association on November 15. General paSSeJlger agents of the trunk lines are said to be of the opinion that the two-cent rate will prevail on all roads east of the Missouri river before the end of 1907. P. H. Reddinger Carving Worhs (Formerly Cincinnati Carving Works of Oincinnati, 0.) (lARYINGS and FURNITURE ORXAJffiNT8 of all kinds. EVANSVIU.E. IND. By sending me a small order I will convince you that I am the man who can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THE BUSINESS. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Furnace Fe«Iers, Steel Plate Exhaust Fam, Exhaust and Blow Pjping ....•. Complete systems de-s i g n ed, manufac-tured, iustulled and guaranteed. Old sys-tems remodeled on modern Jines 0 D In 0 s t economical plaml. Supplemen-tary systems added ""'here present sys-tems are outgrown. Defcf'th;e s)'stems corrected and put in proper working or-der. 70 W. Jackson Street. CHICAGO. • ILL. MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER &. VENEERS SPECIALTIES: ~1."Y'fE~QUAOR.AK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main 51., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 71R..'T' I.sJIJ"iI 1 2F. 11 / 10 Spindle Machine Also made with 12, 15, 20 and 26i Spindles. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE This little Rllu',hine biUI done more to perfect the dl'&wer work of furniture manufa~turel'S than anything else in the turni-tU1'( l trade. For fifteen years it bas made perfect_Otting, vermin-proof, dove-tailed stock a possibility. ThIs b_ been accomplished at reduced cost, as the machine cut!;l dove-tails in gaug8 of from 9 to 24 at one operation. ALEXANDER DODDS. Grand Rapids. Mich. Represented by SCHUCHARDT If, SCHUTTE at Berlin, Vienna" Stockholm and St. Petersburg. Represented by ALFRED H. SCP:UTTE at Cologne, Brus-sels, Liege, Paris, "Milan and Bilbao. FURNITURE FACTORY OPENINGS. Excellent opportunities for furniture factories ex-ist in cities and towns of the Southwest along the lines of the... An ample supply of hardwood timber, besides most of the soft woods, are procurable at low cost and within a short distance of these locations. Full par-ticulars upon application. Send for booklet about factory openings along the Rock Island-Frisco. Frisco Building. M. SCHULT&R.lndusltial Commissioner, ST. LOUIS.Mo. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Leave Grand Rapids., *2:45 pm AT Philadelphia ., ,." *3:40 pm Ar New york", , ,*4:30 pm *Daily except Sunday. **Daily. Service unsurpassed. For further information ap-ply at City Office, Morton House Block. **7:05 pm **7:25 pm **8:40 pm c. A. JUSTIN C. P. & T. A. 12 MANUFACTURER.S OF DROP CARVING AND GENERAl EMBOSSING MACI1INES Dies for all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second SI., LAFAYETTE, IND, If your DES\GNS aft right, ptoph: ·want the Goods. That mak .. PRICES rlgh~ . (t{arence,1R.bills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. BOYNTON eX CO. Mfrs;of I:mbossed and Turned Moulding~. Porch Work. Wood GrUIs. and Auto· matk. TUfl\tnSS We also manufac-ture a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS for couch work. Send for illustrations. SEND FOR CAT,41.0GPE Remo.ed to 419-421 W. Fifteenth St., CtIICAGO, ILL Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spinw dIe Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYlVANIA, U. S. A. Folding 'Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to u~e are those which give the least trouble. Thty are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every Folding Bed Manufacturer. Furniture Castings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constant-ly being added to the line. F. S. WILLIAMS 3812 VlnoeDDea A..-e•• Chicago. Manufacturer of Hardware Specialties for the Furniture Trade, Established 1878 ~~~----------------- Fine Service MICHIGAN CENTRAL Grand Rapids .a Detroit .a Toledo THROUGH CAR. LINE Solid train service with Broiler Parlor Cars and Cafe coaches running on rapid £chedule. Through sleeping car to New York on the "Wolver-ine/' making the run in nineteen hours and fifty min-utes. For full particulars see Michigan Central agents Or E. W. COVERT, C. P. A., O. W. RUGGLES, G. P, A., Grand Rapids. Chicago. Sft~~tn50nMf~(0. South Bend, Ind. W ood Turnings, T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pius. C;ttalogue to Manufac-turers on Application. "Rotar~' Style" for ])rop Carvings, Emblt8~eil .i\loulding~, Punch;. EMBOSSINC AND DROP CARVINC MACHINES. MllA:'hinesfor all purposes, and at llricelol within the reach of all. Every m!l(~hine hils our guar:totcc againllt breakage tor one year. "I.ateral Style" for large capal~HY hea,'y (~arving" and Deep Embos$ings. you want at a sati!lfactory price. "'rite Alsl) make dies for all makes of l\Ill- 'Ve haye the Machine fpr de!lcrlpti1re cil"Culan;. cblnes. UNION EMBOSSING MaC"INE CO., Indianapolis. Ind. FOUR TRAINS 10 and from CHICAGO • Lv Gd Rpds 7;10 am Ar Chicago Ly Gd Rpds 12:05 pm .Ar-Chicago Lv Gel Rpds 4 :25 pm AI' Chicago ~Lv Gd Rpds 11:30 pm AI' Chicago ~ Daily. Pullman Skeper-, on 11:30 train opell 9:00 pm. service on all all-}' trains. pere Marquette Parlor cars on all day trains. to 50 cents. THREE TRAINS 10 and from DETROIT and TOLEDO 1 :15 pm 4:50.1)111 10:~~ pm 6;'lJ am A Ia carte Cafe Rates reduced Lv Gd Rapids 7:12 am Ar DetroH 11;55 am AI' Toledo 1:00 pm "-LvGd Rapids 11:10 am AI' Detroit 3:05 pm Ar Toledo 4:15 pm Lv Gd Rapids 5:Z0 pm Ar Detroit 9:Z0 pm Ar Toledo 10:~5 pm .. Dail}'. . ).jote Jo'arotTime Made by Both :Midday and EYening Trltin. Meals \Served a ia carte on tratns leavlng Grand Rapids at 11:10 am and 5:20 pm. PeJ'e Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains. Seat rates, 25 cents. "ALL OVER MICHICAN" H.• J. GRAY, District Passenger Agent. Phone 1168. GrlUld Rapids, Mich. 13 INSIST ON HAVING Morris Woo~ a Sons' Soli~ Stetl Olue Joint Cutlers for there are no other.,. .. Ju..rt a.r Bood.n They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never bum owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutterE. 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 Thirty-two years at 31.33 S. Canal Street. CHICAGO. ILL. PALMER'S Patent Gluing .Clamps Are the most successful Piling Clamps Made For the followln.i reason. They clamp instantlly any width of dimension stock, no pd- Justing clamps to fit the work, they hook at once to the desired width. Rele!!!led instantly-throw out the lever and take them off. The wurk can b0 removed as fast as it can be ha,ndled. A8 the clamp Is placed ""\fer the work and locks into the one below it. the draw ill q,Uke on both sides, prevents all springing no matter how wide the stock mq,y 00. Impossible for them to sliP: the wedge bas serrated ~c1ge and cannot be moved when clamp Is closed, hammer all you like. Vnlimlted 'Power; gr;at strength aud durability; malleable trOD. and steel: the krtuckle jOint8 are J10cket joints, not rivets. Although the best they east you lesS. For further infonnation ask for catalogue No.4. A. E.. Palmer. Owosso. Mich. • A decline is shown in the chief producing states of Austral-asia, Ncw South \Vales and New Zealand. The oroducti011 of Belgium has dropped from 23,380,000 to 21,844,000 tons and of Russia from 19,318,000 to 17,120,000 tons, but the ex-ceptional factors that must be taken into account in the latter case arc of course obvious. 14 ~MI9HIG7}N , 7'I~~I'{-f£4.'J .... - The Sand Belt in Chair Factories. The sand belt patented and perfected by the Wysong & Miles Company of Greensboro, N. c., which has met with ex-treme success on chamber suite work and tables has just been very successfully introduced into the chair factories, and the accompanying illustration gives but a faint idea of the large variety of work it is capable of polishing in a far snperior manner to the machines hcretofore in use, but also with far greater rapidity. It is already admitted by practical people that a sand belt will give more rapid results and a better finish than a drum or spindle and there is no work in the chair factory where a drum or spindle can be used that the belt cannot be used far better and far more profitably. The New Furniture Company. The Luxury Chair Company which has been making 1'lor-ris chairs in Grand Rapids, lVlich., since last April, has been incorporated with capital. stock fixed at $25,000, of which $15,000 has been subscribed. The incorporators are Robert Ramsey of the Ramsey-Alton Manufacturing Company, newly patented sand belt machines brought out by the Wy-song & Miles Company is so designcd that it is adapted to any shapes whatsoever in a chair, the photo-engraving show-ing only a·few of the many shapes for which it is quickly ad-justed. Especially is it extremely profitable on all scroll sawed edges, even on sharp curves and corncrs whereevcn a small spindle cannot be used, but also on all saddle and other shapes of wood seats, also the flat surfaces of bent chair bark, etc., securing thc highest polish- possible to be obtain~,j on wood and in the quickest space of time. The World's Coal Production. The latest statistics available of the coal production of the world in 1905 put the total at 929,623,000 tons, as compared with 867,021,000 tons in 1904, or an increase of 7}4 per cent. lVIost of thc producing countries share in the advance, the notable exceptions being Belgium and Rus5ia. The grcatest gain is exhibited by the L~nited States, whose output has jumped from 318,276,000 to 352,694,000 tons, or rise of 6y,j: per cent. America is now by far the largest producer, though the United Kingdom is no mean second and still re-mains the biggest exporter. The production of the United Kingdom, according to British official figures, was 239,889,000 as against 236,147,000 tons, or an advance of 1.% per cent. Germany, the third" largest producer, mined 173,664,000 tons, as against 169,448,000 tons, or a gain of ZY:;;per cent. The output of India increased from 7,682,000 tons to 7,921,000 tons and of Japan from 11,600,000 to 11,895.000 tons. At1stria~ Hurigary's total is 40,725,000, as compared with 40,335,000 tons; and France's contribution is 36,048,000, as against 34,- 502 DaD tons. The yield of Canada has grown from 6.814,000 to 7,959,OCO tons, and of South Africa from 3,015,000 to 3,- 219,000 tons. Spain's output remains at about 3,200,000 tons. Portland, Mich.; \Villiam C. Grobhiser of the Grobhiser & Crosby Company, Sturgis, Mich., and Henry C. Dykhouse, Charles F. Young, Will. E. Ryan and Charles B. Kelsey of Grand Rapids. Mr. Ramsey is president and general mana-ger, Mr. Dykhouse vice president, Mr. Young treasurer and Mr. Ryan secretary, and the officers with· Mr. Grobhiser constitute the board of directors. The directors hold $7,000 of the sto~k, the other $8,000 subscribed being taken by Mr. Kelsey and others. The re-maining $10,000 will be sold and the business, which has been very satisfactory through the summer, will be pushed and enlarged. The Fort Smith (Ark.) Folding Bed and Table Company desires the addresses of manufacturers of imitation carvings from "wood pulp. WAXED PAPERS For FURNITURE Prevents varnish from printing. Keeps out moisture~ Will not scrat.ch the highest finish. Excellent for wrapping mouldings and green varnished goods. Rolls or sheets. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. H. P, Smith Paper Company, Sacramento and C.....oll Avenues. CtllCAGO, -- -- -----------, 15 GERMANS NOT SO SLOW. trade. The German manufacturer, too, is generally morc willing than anyone else to deal direct with Egypt. As to trade credits, the German, in order to get into the country, is willing to be kept out of his money longer than the usual custom-provided his funds will allow him tl) do so. Further, the readiness of the German to supply the shapes~ sizes and patterns the market requires, rather than the goods the manufacturer primarily wishes to sell, has played an im-portant part in the development of Germany's trade with Egypt, The appreciation of the German that a smart, cap-i i How They Hustle for Foreign Trade, Regardless of First Cost. It is always an interesting diversion of the British and American consuls to study German export methods and place on record some description of the almost superhuman efforts which the Germans afe making to secure foreign tradc" It seems to be the German idea -to get foreign business at what-ever cost may be necessary to start 1t. Any proposition which will secure an order may be expected from the Ger-mans, if all we hear is trUe. No American manufacturefs would for a moment consider granting the terms, and throw-ing out the inducements which are customarily offered by the Germans, and there would be no export business from America at all if export business had to be conducted on such a basis. What the Germans are doing in all parts of the world can well be illustrated by their present efforts in Egypt and Bulgaria, two 11atlons whose trade has never been particularly attractive to Americans. Not only do the principal German importers have capable agents established in the more impor-tant towns throughout Bulgaria to push the sale of their goods, but they also scnd at regular intc.rvals experienced travelers, who thoroughly investigate the commercial condi-tions of the country in its various trade centers, take note of the wants and requirements. of the population, and enter into direct relations ,"vith the retail dealer. They are, moreover, instructed to do business at any cost, and are authorized to give credit for a year or even longer. By their readiness to accept the smallest order, by scrup-ulously adhering to conditions and specifications, and by strictly supplying goods according to sample approved, Ger-man importers are. now reaping the fruits of a painstaking and methodical commerclal policy, which menaces even Austria- Hungary's hitherto unassailed supremacy in Bulgaria. By the employment of commercial travelers, the translation of their catalogues, if not into Bulgarian, at any· rate into French or German, the use of the metric system of weights and meas-ures, the conversion of sterling into francs and centimes, and by giving longer credit-by these means only can American or British merchants hope to compete there successfully with their German rlvals. The reasons for GermaJ1Y's successful efforts to obtain a place in the Egyptian markets are, in the matH, che:ipnc:;s and long credit. ,\Vith regard to the former, she has been great-ly assisted by her steamship companies, and the better facili-ties she possesses for quoting through rates from the bctory to Egyptian ports. In fact, the consistency \virl] which the Germans quote Co i. f. prices materially assists him in secufing De.!lign by Henry De Loof, a Student of the GTand Rapicb School of Furniture De.ti21lill8. able traveler is a good investment also assists his t.rade to a considerable extent. Finally, there is the question of rate of commission paid to the agent The Germarl figure is us-ually nearer Jive per cent than the rate by the English house. In cases, too, where EJ1glish and German lis.t prices are identical, the discounts all()\ved by Germany to a mer-chaJ1t who buys fur his own account are on a more liberal scale than those g,·anted by Great Britaln. BERRY BROTHERS' Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE TODAY FOR INFORMATION AND "'RiCES. FINISHED SAM"'l£.S ON REQUEST. BERRY BROTHERS. LIMITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT NEW YORI( 80S,.0l'l PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE: CHICAGO rlNCINNATI ST. LOUiS CANADIAN FACTORV, WALKERVIL.l..E, ONTARiO BAN FRANCISCO 16 ·~~MI9rIG7}N THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL GLUEHEATER Send YOU'" addl'esl'> and receive de8e:rip~ tive clrcular l.lf Glue Hellterll, Glue Cuok-ers and Hot Boxes with prices. WEATH~Rl y CO. GRANO RAPIDS. MICH. COLT'S UNIVERSll CUMP :Excels aU band 8(',I'eW clamps in ad~ aptlltlou to work, ;onveuhmce of haud-ling and quick sc· thm. ,E.specially adapted VENEERD\'(} PA.NELISG And aU Wl)rk -re-quiring long broad jaw. ----_. __.-_._-------------- ----- These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. 'Write us 161' Price Li8t and discollDt 31-33 S. FRONT ST.• GRAND RAPIDS 10u15 babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHlGAN Citizens'Telephone 1702_ Factory Location5 There is in the various offices of the Land and In. dustrial Departments of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first dass locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Factories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon application. An invitation is ex· tended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and markets avail-able in our territory.. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS. land nd I"d"strial Avent. WASHINGTON. D, C. CHA$.. S, CHASE. Agent. 824 Cbemical Building. St. Louis. Mo, Ask Tur Catalog'ue No. 135· Batavia Clamp Co. Mention Michigan Artisan. 45 Center St. BATAVIA. N. Y. JOHN DUER & SONS BALTIMORE. MD. Cabinet Uar(hu,re and Tools Et&., UphOlstered Gooas Haod6omest Pull on the Market for the M~y Write for prices and Sample Corre3pondence Solicited WHITE PRINTING CO. CRAN'D RAPlDS. M 'CH WE I"FllNT THE. MICHla",N AFlTIS,lN, AND M"'K& A 5P&C,,,,L.TY OF C"'TAL.Oau£'s FOR' THe FURNJTU·RIt TRAOE:. IMPROVED. EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAISl"NG . Bl:1t.Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power /01" F#rnitur~ SWyeS Send for Catalogue and Pric~. KIMBAll BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth St•• Coupcil Bluffs, la, Kimball Elevator Co•• W Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; 10811th St., Omaha, Neb.; 1~ Cedar St., New York City. - - -- ------------------., 17 VALVES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THE trade journal that distributes fifty per cent of its editions to manufacturers, designers, shop hands, commission agents, traveling salesmen, jobbers in factory supplies and freight solicitors is not so valuable an aid in promoting the sale of goods as a journal that is mailed exclusively to retailers in furniture and kindred goods. Do you see the point? In the first instance fifty per cent of your expenditure is paid for a worth-less circulation---in the other full value for money received is returned. The mercantile editions of the Mich-igan Artisan are mailed to retailers only. Stick this in your hat. 18 7'119-.T I.s ..7U'l 1 s,* Barred by the Union. Detroit, Micb., Nov. B.-Labor of all kinds is scarce in this city and the unions are more than usually arbitrary. An example of their methods is given by a manufacturer of up-holstered furniture who says he had been advertising every-where for help and could get none, A strong young man came to his place from a carriage shop, where he had been working on carriage cushions, and he set him at work driv~ iug tacks. He was handy with the tack hammer, driving more tacks than any man in the room. It was not 101ig be-fore "the committee" informed him that he must discharge that man because he did not belong to the union. The mana-ger said: "Well, he drives more tacks than any of you fel-lows, why don't you take him into the union?" "Oh, we can't do that," was the reply, "bet::ause he is not an upholsterer." "1 would give $5,000 to see such tight times that not one of those men could get a day's work in a year," said the man-ager. "My new man did not want to get into trouble with the union, and so quit his job. It was not a question of wages, and 1 el,.en urged him to join the union, which he was ready and willing to do, but they would neither take him in nor permit him to work. outside. That is enough to exas-perate anyone," ..;.= IrN ... l. _ ;, t Ol-hCe lIJ-riC f= + + Floor Plan of Southern Fumiture ExLiLitioD Co. Buildin&'.Atlanta. Ga. : - ----- -- ----- ALEX LAWRENCE. Jr., PTelident. Successful Combination. The consolidation of the Barrett-Lindeman Company with the Lawrence-McFadden Company (Ltd.) both manufacturers and importers of ·wood fillishing supplies, etc., Philadelphia, Pa., which was effected last March, seems to have been a happy combination. The consolidation necessitated addition-al capital and the stock was increased from $75,000 to $100,- 000. Extensive improvements were made in the factory of the Barrett-Lindeman Company at 1400-02-04 Frankford ave-nUe, Philadetphia, but the old La\vrcnce-McFadden factory was retained. The consolidated company also continues to operate the branch factory in Chicago. That the consolidated concern has been successful in hust-ling for business is shown by the fact that, with one set of salesmen instead of two, the sates up to November 1 were more than twenty~five per cent over the sales of both com-panies in the same months of 1905. The name and style of the company is "The Barrett-Lin-deman Co. in consolidation with the Lawrence-McFadden Co., (Ltd.)" and the officers, of whom pictures are herewith presented, are: President-Alexander Lawren('.e, Jr. Vice President-Bruce C. IHcFadden. Treasurex-L. T. lHcFadden. Secretary and Assistant TreaslIrl"r-Archie A. Getty. President Lawrence has charge of the factories. He has put in new machinery and adopted improved methods for ARCHIE A. GETTY. Seely and Ag't Trea5. 19 BRUCE. C. McFADDEN. VICe President. making and h;wdling the goods, thereby increasing the capac-ity of the plant fully 100 per cent. Vice President l\IcFadden manages the sales department, spending a large part of his time on the road, looking after the salesmen and dipping in whenever and wherever he feels that his efforts may assist them in securing orders or settling accoU11tS. His ability is proven by the amount of the sales. Treasurer IVlcFadden, though only 29 years old, has been cashier of the First National Bank of Canton, Pa., for the past seven years and was recently elected treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bankers' Associaticill, an honor rarely conferre'l upon a man of his age. As his duty to the bank pr~v("l!ts him from taking an active part in the manage:ment of the factories, the finaueial interests of the consolidated COJi1"pany are handled by Ard11e L. Getty as a5sistant treasurer. Mr. Getty, in addition to seeing that the cash comes in properly and is properly disbursed, also discharges the duties of secre-tary, looks after the bookkeeping, etc., and has charge of the advertising. The success of the company may be due largely to the efforts of the capable managers and their "team work," but it goes without saying that the quality of the goods they are putting on the market has much to do with the pleasing re-sults. That their goods possess the merit of superior qual-ity is indicated by the remarkable increase in sales and the fact that they are more and more attracting attention in aH parts of the country. L. T. McFADDEN. Treuurer. 20 ~MI9J-iIG7J-N Sawed and Sliced Cut OAK VENEERS QUARTERED ----=~===~===~. ALWAYS IN STOCK ===================~ You May Come and Select it for Yourself or we will do it for you. wALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN TROUBLE AT THE TERMINALS. An Ex-Railroad ManagerTells What Causes the Car Famines. S. T. Crapo, formerly general manager of the Pere Mar-quette railroad system, is now cl1gaged in a business enter-prise in Detroit which gives him a shippers' view of the car shortage problem. On being asked for an opinion as to the principal causes of the car famine, he made a reply that \"jl1 be of interest to shippers not only in Michigan, but in all states. lIe said: "The American railway rule on the borrowing of cars of OTIe road by another is that the borrowing road shall pay 20 cents a day for the car for thirty days and $1 per day thereafter, but if the car can be turned over to another road within the thirty days then that road may have thirty days at 20 cents a day, a small rent in times like thtse. "Michigan suffers greatly under the rule. The run of many western cars terminates at Duluth or other lake ports. :Many eastern cars terminate runs at Buffalo or other Lake Erie port. Then these cars go back and do not come near Michigan. On the other hand, Michigan cars go to these .. Dl!illiKftby Henry yan~1l, Student in thl!i Gl'and Rapid .. School of Fumiturl!i Detlignill8'. terminal points east and west, where the cars are appropriat-ed O'nthe 20 cent rental basis and used away from this state. As cars of other states do not come in Michigan, as in Buffalo or Duluth, we have no chance to even up by taking others. Therefore there is a const.ant drain of cars from Michigan. "The way to overcome this injustice to Michigan is by a diversion charge, of say $1 a day should,acar after unload-ing be used on a route other than one' that would head it home. This matter is one for discussion at the American Railway Association annual meeting in Chica,go later this month. "The general condition which is chiefly responsible ior th-e delay to the movement of freight cars is the congestion (In the tracks of the larger cities. The business done at these centers is constantly increasing and doubling. The tracks from which the public can reach the cars to load and unload their fn,jgilt cars are increased comparatively little, becat Sp-of the great. cost of acquiring the real estate in the !1t:art of the cities and difficulty of obtaining permission to cross ex-isting highways, At these points are the most aggravated cases of delay. tlI believe the main Irack capacity, generally speaking, 15 sufficient to handle many more trains daily, thus increasing the use of a car, if terminals were increased, and more cars made accessible for loading and unloading at the same time." Prospects for the Alcohol Industry. Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the American bureau of chem-istry, has issued a bulletin to farmers in which he advises them that the manufacture of alcohol on a small scale is not likely to prove profitable because of the regulations under -which the farmer would be obliged to conduct his still, if he engaged in the manufacture. He further says: "The principal uses of industrial alcohol are- illumination, heating, motive power and the manufacture of lacquers. var-nishes, smokeless powder, medicinal and pharmaceutical prep-arations, vinegar and ether. When industrial alcohol is made at a price at which it can compete with petroleum and gaso-line it doubtless will be preferred for the purposes' above mentioned because of its greater safety and more pleasant odor. Under the present conditions it is not probable that industrial alcohol can be offered on the market at much less than 40 cents a gallon of ninety-five per cent strength." Dr. Wiley expresses the belief,however, that by paying attention to unused sources of raw material and with improved methods of manufacturing this price can be diminished. A statement prepared by John L. Griffiths, of Liverpool, has some fig'ures showing the relative prices of alcohol and gasoline in England, In each case the price must be under-stood as from manufacturer to first hands, such ?_s whr)!c-salers, large manufacturers, etc., and the unit of quantity is the imperial gallon. Wood alcohol is from 46 to 48 cents per gallon. Apparently very little grain alchol is -used. The price is 24 cents per proof gallon, and 30 cents when it is 25 degrees over proof. The oil will be delivered, plus the eo~t of the casks, at the prices named to steamers at Liverpool. The price of gasoline is 34 cents per gallon. Gasoline is used simply for lighting purposes. Motor spirit, fuel gasoline, is 23 cents per gallon. There is practically no demand in England for alcohol to be used as fuel for engines, automo-biles, etc. -.. _. THE TOWER PATENT FASTENER is the only device that makes it absolutely impossible for the Knob, Pull or Toilet Screw to get loose or come off. As they cost the manufacturer absolutely nothing at all, no manufacturer can afford to trim his furniture without using these fasteners. Manufactured under the Tower Patents only by the GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GLOBE VISE --'NO-- TRUCK CO, manufacturers of Strictly up-la-date (luick-actin~ Wood \Vorkers' Vis e s. Thev are time savers and make a barrel of lllOllev for thos~ that usethern. OUT prices are the best. Write fOT them. We also make a compLete line of factory and wareholJse trllcks. OUf circulars afe chcerfulJy mailed upon request. GLOBE VISEand TRUCK CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. "RELIABLE" ROLLS EXCLUSIVELY The "RELIABLE" £s the best. THE FELLWOCK ROLL AND PANEL CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. Morton House Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind Rates $1.00 and Up GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. American ......Plan European ......Plan The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 50c is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. • 22 Effect of the Bulk Sales Law. A correspondent wishes us to state on what grounds we urge retail dealers to support legislation designed to create bulk sale laws. He has apparently fallen into the common error of regarding such laws a'; restr ll·tt:,g the rights of tradesmen. While admitting t!nt 1...:.","3 gQ\.·r'rniT'.~;bujk sales afford protection to wholesale t:ade fa·:t·)J3 he 1, 1111abieto discover wherein they are ,)f benefit iu the retail de<ller. While there may be some remote advantage, he says, it is not sufficient to offset the disadvantages of complying with the law's requirements. He believes that dealers shollid oppose rather than support measures which will, if V~~sC'd compel the would-be seller of a bulk stock to furnish the pros·· pective buyer with a list of his creditors and require the bi.iyer to notify each creditor of his intention to purchase the st0cic The best answer to the question asked is that dealers should favor bulk sale laws because they prevent commercml dishonesty. But this answer is of too general a nature to sat-isfy the tradesman who, being honest himself, has not the remotest intention of making a fraudulent sale or of other-wise defrauding his creditors. It ought to be sufficient to say of the bulk sale law that it will help e,,·ety wholesale tradesman to get his just due, but the average man wants to 1II1IIIIII adopted in many states. Such a statute, at a single bound, re-lieves wholesalers, in particular, of an ever-present factor of doubt and hesitation. The Pennsylvania bill fixes a maxi-mum punishment of $5,000 fine and six months imprison-ment upon a dealer who sells in bulk or in large part, his stock without notifying his creditors at least five days before the sale takes place. The sale, too, may be made void or voidable. A few more drastic measures .like this, and the commercial atmosphere will be wonderfully c1eared.-Mer-chant's Guide. Timber on San Domingo Island. A. W. Lithgow, Amerlcan vice consul at Port Plata, Sa.. Domingo, makes the following report in regard to timber on that island: "Those chiefly imported are cedar, mahogany, lignum vit<.~ lancewood, fustie, greenheart, and· mora. The largest di<: meters procurable are, in cedar, sixty inches;mahoganl thirty-five inches, and in lignum vitae ten inches. On th. northern side of the island quantities of large timber can t procured about ten miles from the railroad. It is expensh to draw out the wood, as there are no roads, and paths ha' Designed by W. L. Kimerly, Grand Rapids, Mich. know wherein he is to be benefited either directly or indi-rectly. This knowledge is sometimes gained through an unpleas-ant lesson. A dishonest competitor with the intention of de-frauding creditors transfers his stock to an accomplice. The latter offers it to the consumer at ruinous prices "to close," and the honest dealer must meet the competition or lose num-erous sales which he would otherwise have effected at a profit. After an experience of this kind the dealer invariably becomes an earnest advocate of bulk sale laws. That exper-ience is another answer to our correspondent's question. An ounce of prevention is ,vorth a pound of cure. That which prevents loss to the dealer is a benefit. The bulk sale law safeguards credits. It warrants the larger extension of credit to honest dealers. This is of bene-fit when credit is not abused. It is especially beneficial to dealers whose stock Cllstom has decreed must be sold on long time, to which class oui correspondent being an implement dealer belongs. He and others sharing his v.iews should re-member that the law we advocate does not hamper the trans-actions of honest dealers. Failure to comply with its re-quirements as to notifying creditors carries no penalty unless fraudulent intention is shown, therefore the law offers no disadvantage to honest tradesmen. The guiding hand of the Credit Men's Associations is to be se.en in the "sales-in-bulk" laws which have been enacted in Maine, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and are being gradually to be cleared through the forests. The people usually dr<-... the logs with bulls, but the more intelligent use two largw wheels on an axle, on which they hang the timber. Road~ could be made in the woods for wagons, but as this would b\ expensive it would all depend on the extent of the enterprise "In some sections there are rivers on which the logs ma) be floated, but one has to wait for a freshet, whith often de~ lays 3 years .. The facilities and price of getting out the wood depends entirely on the location. Where one owns the trees, the medium cost of felling, squaring, hauling from the forest, railroad freight and delivery alongside ship is about $30 Am-erican money, per I,OCD feet (mahogany or cedar). Trees can be bought standing at from 25 cent~ to $1 per tree, de-pending on the size, condition and location. It is preferable to purchase the right to fell over an extent of land, tirst going over same to estimate the amount of timber that can be got-ten out, or one can buy it at the rate of $5 per 1,000 feet. "A foreigner who attends to his own business is perfectly ;;afe, both in life and property. The only inconvenience that would be experienced is that his laborers would leave him when a disturbance is going on in the district where he may be working to avoid being impressed, either' in the govern-ment or revolutionists' ranks. After this danger is passed he will return to his work. For this kind of work laborers can be procured at $1, American, per day. The price of labor is higher in this class, for it is considered harder than the ordi-nary run and as requiring more skil1." DADO HEADS GREATEST RANGE FOX SAW SMOOTHEST GR.OOVES USEA MORTON KILN QUICKEST ADJuSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE FASTEST CUT IT WILL END YOUR DRY KILN TROUBLES::: LEAST POWER PERFECT SAFETY LONGEST LIFE Also Machine Knl"eJ'. Miter Machin •• , Etc. We'll .llilad)y t.n you. all about It. PERMANENT ECONOMY 185 N. Front Street, FOX MACHIN£. CO. Grand R.aplds. Mlch Does not warp or check lumber. THE MOST PERFECTMOIST AIR Johnson's Tally Sheet KILN ONTHE MARKET. ---FOR--- TRUCKS. CANVASDOORS, RECORD-ING THERMOMETERS and other sup-plies. Write for catalog F which tells HOW TO DRY LUMBER. HARDWOOD LUMBER NOT LIKE OTHER TALLY SHEETS. MORTON DRY KI LN CO. 2i8 LA SALLE ST., CHICACO. C. A. JOHNSON, Marshfield, Wis. Longitudinal Circulation is Employed Only in The "ABC" Moist Air Dry Kiln ITS ADVANTAGES ARE: FIRST-It is possible to have varying temperatures between the two ends of the Dryer, which is absolutely necessary to dry stock in the best manner. SECOND-It is often convenient and sometimes imperative to shut down for a night or over Sunday. With lateral circulation, disaster is certain if the kiln is full of lumber; no harm, however, is done with the longitudinal circulation. This is only one of the many superior features of these kilns. Our catalog calls attention to many others. May we send it? ~BW YORK CHICAGO AMERICAN BLOWER CO., Detroit,Mich. ATLA~TA LONDO~ THE CREDIT SUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE 24 The LYON Furniture Agency ROBRT P. LYON,General Manager CREDITS and. COLLECTIONS Grand Rapids Office, 41 2-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAvES. Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST REUABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY- REUABLY Danger in Real Estate Speculation. One of the most prominent :.rew York bank presidents stated in a reccnt interview: "The business conditions con-tinue satisfactory, and from inqniry of leading houses in the trades the present volume is expected to continue for at least nine months more. There are only two elements which are the result of prosperity which have a tendency to offset it; one is speculation in real estate, and the other is extrava-gance. The latter is manifest on all sides, and as it has been the forerunncr of unpleasant conditions in the past I do not see why it should be an exception in the future, if it is per-sisted in." Credit men should give heed to the warning thus sounded. The failure of severa~ fl11ancial institutions whi"ch have stag-gered under a load of speculative real estate will probably have the effect of curbing if not curing the real estate craze which has run wild for the past year or two. Small dealers have possessed themselves with the idea, and not always an erroneous one, that a block of real estate, be it good or in-different, is a valuable item in a showing of assets. That this is a condition and not a theory may be confirmed by an examination of the records in insolvency cases. Real estate values have been puffed up to the top notch, producing as an effect illegitimate equities, which have disappeared in the crash like melting ice. Creditors have found so-called valuable real estate so plastered with mortgages, liens, unpaid taxes and interest that recovery was Ollt of the question. Thc tendency to speculate in real estate has not been con-fined to any particular class. The clerk and the laborer have tried their hand at it. Five-doltar-a-month lots 011 Beautiful Heights has bcen the bait which tcmpted. This article is not intended as a scare, but the fact never-theless, remains that there is a cloud on the horizon. Those loaning on real estate have already begun to draw the purse strings tighter, valuations are being scaled down, and inter-est rates raiscd; loans are riot being renewed with any dc-gree of liberality. Credit men shoud use more than due diligence in passing on credits where rcal estate with any speeulative taint is in- Yolved.-Credit 1'len's National Bulletin. Paid Dearly for Being Convinced. :M. L. Andrew & Co., Cincinnati, are manufacturers of boring machines and special machinery. Not long since, a Chicago man who rUl1Sa wood working plant, sent to Andrew & Co. drawings for a special machine which his expert draughts man in Chicago had prepared for hin1. Andrew & Co. examined the plans and sent back word that they would not work-that thE',y could make the machine, but it would be worthless, as the plans were not right. The Chicago man replied rather warmly that he knew betterj that the draughts-man who prepared the plans was an expert, and said the machine would work, and he knew it would work, also. Andrew & Co. replied that the machine could not be made to work from the drawings sent, but if the sender of the drawings wished to assume all responsibility for the success of the machine they would build it for £0 much. The ncxt day the Chlc.ago man walked into the office of M. L. Andrew & Co., hot under the collar, and with words in his mouth. ""',That do yoU luean?" said Mr. Chicagoan. "That draughtsman has been in my employ for twenty years, alld sayS that machine will work, and I say it will work." "Very well, sir," said ~Ir, Andrew. "If yoU say so, \ve will go ahead and build the machine exactly according to the plans, and charge you so much an hour for time, besides cost of material, but before you go ahead come out into the shop with me." They went into the shop, and Mr. Andrew proceeded to lay on the floor various gears and pieces of metals that would correspond with the drawings, and when the whole thing Dry Ohio White Oak lumber --- AS FOLLOWS: --- Plenty of 14and 16ft. lengths lillt; good widths. 1,% carloads 1 inch Plain Sawed Furniture Common. 4 carloads 1 inch Plain Sawed Firsts and Seconds. Very fine Also dry 2~, 3 and 4 inch stock; 3x3 and 4x4 White Oak Squares-long lengths. :---c:---c----- 4 carloads 1 inch Common Quartered. Very fine. 4 carloads 1 inch Firsts and Seconds. 4 carloads 1~ and 2 inch Quartered Stock. S carloads dry 1 inch Soft Yellow Poplar, Selects and No. 1 Common. C"ARLES f. SmELS So CO., Shipment!! from Cincinnati Yard. Cincinnati. Ohio. was laid out, said to his visitor: "There you see, those gears right at this point block and will not work." The Chicago man looked at the thing in astonishment, and finally said: "It cost me $16 to come down here and back to Chicago, besides my hotel bill, and I am out $25 besides loss of time in order to learne what a d--n fool I was." A Heavy Buyer of Lumber. Bcnj. Bosse, of the Bosse Furniture Company, Evansville, Ind., is thc manager of the Globe Furniture Company and the buyer of hardwood lumber for a number of corporations cngaged in the manufacture of furniture, with whieh he is as-sociatcd. In this capacity he inspects and buys 6,000,000 feet annually. \iVhen the fact is considered that a considerable part of this quantity is purchased in small lots, the labor and the responsibility involved is suggested. Mr. Bosse is one of the liveliest of the many live men who have built up the furni-ture industry in Evansville. Mrs. M. Neiling 01: Little Chute, Wis., had a grand open-ing of her new furniture store on October 15. - - - - - -- - --- ---------------------, THIS MACHINE' MAKES THE MONEY ===BY SAVING IT=== It makesa PERFECT IMITATION of any open grainbecauseit usesthe wood itselfto print from. and one operator and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so-called machine or pads on the market. Tha\'s why it's a money maker. It imitates perfectly PLAIN or QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, WALNUT, ELM, ASH or any other wood with open grain. Write the Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co., Detroit Mich. FOR PRICES AND FULL PARTICULARS. MENTION THE MiCHIGAN ARTISAN. 25 26 ~MlppIG7fN Methods of Unprincipled Promoters. Lawyers should warn and protect their clients and ac-quaintances against the depredations of a class of unprin-cipled promoters and so called "business opportunity" finan-ciers who operate somewhat extensively in New York City and less important fmanciat centers. These are they who pretend to possess or be able to control unlimited capital for the cstabl~shment or development of "sound" commercial or industrial enterprises, but who in reality subsist on advance fees and an unsuspected share in the charges of experts, ac- Bennett &. Witte MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBE.R For Furniture Mft'S•• Car &ullders and Carriage Trade. Sl~~t~~W~}hite and R.ed Oai\. ~J~~il~:r~~ RED and SAP GUM Poplar, Cottonwood, Ash, Elm and Chestnut. A Full Line of Southern Hardwoods. Export a.nd Domestic. WRITE EITHER OFFICE. Branch: Memphis, Tenn. Main Office: Cincinnati. O. We sell on National Hardwood Lumber Association insp~tion only. tountants and even disreputable members of the bar .. with whom the busint:'-ss opportunity shark is too often in league. The capital, of course, is never furnished. If the "come on" appears to be an easy mark, very en-thusiastic about his project, or betrays- the possession of a handy balance in pocketbook or bank, an adVaJ1Ce charge is generally made by the "broker" to be deducted, of course, from his commissions, "when the deal goes through." This payment, is required, It is affably explained, JUSt as an evi-dence of the applicant's good faith, or as proof of his confi-dence in his enterprise, or to defray initial expenses of some sort or other-anything that is credible or even swallowable under the circumstances. Then begin the charges for audits and examinations by "experts," as exorbitant as the subject, who by this time has probably told everything about himself and his affairs, can stand-for, of course, it is explained, both the broker and his yet invisible capitalist require an investigation by persons of their own 'nomination, in whose judgment and opinion they have "confidence." The greater part of the fees paid for such services comes, of course, s~vift1y and surely into the pocket of the clever business broker, generally fol1owed by an apparently favorable report upon the property or pro-pos~ tion. The next step is probably to suggest the incorporation of a company, if the applicant has not incorporated, or to pro-pose a bond issue if he )las, or the consolidation of two or more companies if several are involved, or a fabulous in-crease of capital stock-anything that requires the ser~·jces of a lawyer. Here again the broker naturally nominates his own attorney, a liberal fee is paid in advance by the vic-dm and divided between the conspirators as soon as the check can be rushed to the bank. After everything that the avarice and ingenuity of the ((business broker" can deyise has been done to separate the se~ker after capital from what little ready money he has, the capitalist, who either has not materialized to the victim or been impersona.ted by a dum-my, loses his money in Wall street, dies, changes his mind or something else most unfortunately and unexpectedly hap-pens to prevent the final consummation of the deal. The broker pretends to be heartbroken. The victim is literally broken, in purse as well as in spirit.-Bench and Bar. Denatured Alcohol Regulations. John D. Yerkes, commissioner o( internal revenue, with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, has issued the department regulations controlling the making of denatured alcohol, the handling of same and its uses. The regulations follow and render effective a law enacted by the congress at its last session, and provides for the with-drawal from bond, tax free, of domestic alcohol, when same is rendered unfit for beverages or liquid medical uses by the admixture of suitable denaturing materials, and for the use of the denatured article in the arts and industries, and for fuel, light a.nd power. The law becomes ettective January 1, 1907. In discussing the new regulations Mr. Yerkes said: "This denatured alcohol will be a competitor with illumi-nating oils, gasoline and coal. "There will be two classes of uenatured alcohol: First, that 'completely denatured,' which will pass into general use for general consumption, can be purchased at the stores without limiting regulations as against the private consumer, and, second, 'specially denatured,' in which the material de· manded by the needs of manufacturing interests will be re-garded. "For the completely denatured article ten parts of wood alcohol and one-half part of benzine will be added to 100 parts of ethyl alcohol; in other words, to every 100 gallons of ethyl alcohol will be added ten gallons of wood alcohol and one-half gallon of benzine. The denaturing process will be accomplished on the dis-tillery pn?mises, where the alcohol is produced, in specially bonded warehouses designated and used alone for denaturing purposes and for the storage of denaturing materials. These buildings and the operation itself will be under closest gov-ernment inspection and control. "Denatured alcohol will supplant very largely the con-sumption of wood alcohol for both domestic and manufactur-ing purposes, '''While the price of the cnmplete1y denatured product can-not now be definitely stated, it is believed it will not be more than 35 cents a gallon." Morton Kilns in Demand. B. D. Curtis, secretary of the l\.forton Dry Kiln Company, was in Grand Rapids the forepart of the month and reports that he dosed a contract with the Grand Rapids Show Case Company for two Morton kilns seventy"-:,six feet long. He Sussealion for Carved Chair of Preaiding Officer of a ParliamentarY Body. also reports that they are erecting for the Grand Rapids Chair Company four Morton kllns seventy·six feet in length. The Morton Company reports an unusual demand for dry kilns during the year and have had avery successful year's business up to the present time. , . EARLY ENGLISH OAK OIL STAIN The most popular and up-to-date finish of the season. Brings out the natural beauty and grain of the wood and gives a beautiful and permanent finish. The strongest and most penetrating stain made. Will not fade or wipe up with wax or shellac. Send for sample panels and information. Ask for our Standard Fillers and Stains Booklet. Real wood panels showing twenty-one Fillers and Stains. Finest booklet e'L'ersupplied. ~~Cf>H~ICAGO Sta. E. Manufacturers of Wood Finishers' Supplies. ARTHUR S. WHITE. President. ALVAH W. BROWN. Vice President. HARRY C. WHITE, Secretary-Trea8urer. ASSOCIATE CORPORATIONS, WHITE PRINTING CO.. Printers and Elecltotypers. MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO., Publishers. 28 ~MI9J-iIG7J-N Piano Manufacturers use our Table Leg Machine For turning the delicate patterns of pillars used on fine piano work. . Doesn't it stand to reason that a machine capable of producing work good enough for their use, ought to be a "top netcher" for turning out Table Legs of a high quality. It has a large capacity, too, doing as much work as six to ten hand turners. Our large (Jireular de8crib~8 tne Machine in good shape. .A re(ju6st will bring you a copy Of it. c. MATTISON MACHINE WORKS No. 5 TABLE LEG MA.CHINE. 863 5TH ST.. BELOIT, WIS. EAST ROBBING THE WEST. their charges, they will issue an imperative order that under no circumstances shalt their respective cars be transferred to any other company; that in every case through freight shall be transferred at the terminal of their road to a car furnished by the road by which the freight is to be forwarded. Tnffic officials of the western line5 say that, regardless of the trouble and expense which may result to commercial interests from an increase in per diem rates or the refusal to let their cars leave their own rails, they must pursue the methods which will enable them to furnish the cars demanded by their patrons Not only the farmers, but lumbermen and manufaetun~rs the West are clamoring for more cars, and are suffering heavy losses daily because of the inability of the roads to furnish them. Some of the biggest westeni systems, which say they have spent millions for new cars delivered to them by the makers, actually have fewer cars on their own rails today than a year ago. This, they say, is because the eastern railroads are holding the western cars, and paying 25 ccnts each day for them, and earning from $2 to $5 daily with every car. It is conceded that the rental rate has been too low. At 25 cents per day a car would have to be used eight or ten years 1n order to earn its cost, therefore, it seerns to be cheap-er to pay the rental than to buy new cars and many of the roads appear to have adopted"'that idea. At any ratc it is said that the roads that buy new cars are able to use them only until they are billed to a point off the line when they are retained or sent away in any direction except toward home. Car Famine Likely to Result in Advancing the Per Diem for Rental. Traffic managers of the great railro<d systems in the \Vest, in order to relieve the car famine have agreed that on and after November 10, the charge which railroads make against each other for using or retaining possession ')f freight cars shall be raised from 25 cents to 75 cents per day. Tile eastern roads refuse to adopt the_new figure and say the wes-tern roads can not cnforce their agreement. They-the C. L. Retting's Summer Home on Spring Lake. C. L. Retting, president of the Retting Furniture Com-pany, Owns a tract of ground on Spring Lake, in the suburbs· of Grand Rapids, upon which he has in course of erection a commodious and handsome summer house. It will be quite large and contain everything necessary for the comfort of Mr. Retting's family and guests. A verandah 15x 60 feet in size, a large living room and a splendid dining room will be features. A billiard haB and lounging room will be made especially attractive for the men of the family and their friends. The building will be ,supplied with baths, gas lights, fed by plants located on the premises and the grounds filled with flowers, ferns and shrubs. Mr. Retting owns a modern naphtha launch, and the coming summer will witness his enjoyment of that ease and- comfort that the man who has given many years of his life to the upbuilding if the fur-niture trade is entitled to. Designs by E. A. Hake, Grand Rspidll, Mich. eastern managers-treat the matter lightly, declaring that it is one thing to charge 7;')cents a day for the caTS and another thing to collect that rate, which is three times the rate adopt-ed several years ago by general agreement, and they contend that a general agreement must be reached before rates can be advanced. The western roads declare that they will advance the per diem rate, and· that, if they have any trouble in collecting A. A. Hughes of Easton, Md., suffered a toss of several thousand dollars from fire in his furniture store on October 16. 29 . Otis Mfg. Co. New Orleans. Chicago. Evansville Observations. The Evansville (1nd.) Bookcase and Table Company have sold their output on contract, which is not a bad plan when the times are prosperous. It might he surmised that the contract is not between the company and retailers of furni-ture. ** *'" ** The Fellwock Roll and Panel Company of Evansville, Ind., are fully employed 011 orders. Their foIls and panel stock afe substantially constructed. .** ** ** "Ben" Fellwock, as his many friends call him, is a very busy man. He is manager of the Bockstegc Furniture Com-pany, the Fellwock Roll a11d Panel Company, a director of the Commercial bank, a dealer in automobiles and a builder of tonnea~ts for runabout automobiles. *'" ** ** There are two companies engaged in the manufacture of furniture under the name ;;lndiana." One is located at Evansville, the other at Connersville. There is, as a matter of course, considerable mixing of the mail matter of the two companies, but as one establishment produces furniture for the dining room and the other for the chamber no ill feeling results from the mistakes of customers and the postal em-ployes. It remains for the state authorities to explain how it is possible for two incorporations to use one name in common in the state of Indiana. It would be impossible in another state. But then, the Hoosiers arc different and perhaps wiser than the people of other states. ** ** ** The Standard Chair Company of Evansville have com-menced the erection of a large factory on the bank of the Ohio river within the city limits. l\Ianager Reitz expects to put the plant into operation early in the coming year. ** ** ** As a varnish salesman waited for a street car in front of the Union depot in Evansville, his eye rested upon a display of bottles filled with intoxicating liquors in the window of a saloon acros.s. the street. Havlng had a little experience with the cup that not only cheers but inebriates, he mentally calcUlated the nmnbcr of drunks contained in the bottles. At first he contemplated purchasing the lot for the purpose of ascertaining by a practical demonstration the actual llumber of drunks the bottles contained. His mind recalled the names of a number of men he had met in the furniture trade who would willing'ly aid him in the disposal of the product, but this ,vas speedily abandoned when he had finished his computation, which proved that the window c.ontained fisc hundred drunks. I-Tad the experiment been undertaken coffins and hearses for a number might have been necessary. Bills of Lading for Coal. If the orders of the Ohio state railroad commission are obeyed railroads will hereafter have to give bills of lading on coal 10a(le<1in open cars. Heretofore the railroads have not done this in that state, a simply way bill being given, which guaranteed neither weight nor condition on arrival. To provide for any loss the railroads have ..e..en billing coat an agreed amount under weight. In some cases this was 500 pounds a car, in other~ Chicago Office and Distrlb-uling Yards: 225710 2267 lUMBER ST. R. S. HUDDLESTON MANAGER Importers and Manufacturers of MAnOQAnT 1,500, and in some 2,000, while other districts were not under-bitted at alL Dealers who have been receiving the coal have long complained of short weights, the coal having been stolen from the cars in transit. As there were no bills of lading the railroads refused to make good any short weights. Through the Wholesale & Retail Coal, Dealers' Associa-tion of the state, an appeal was taken to the state railroad commission, and on October 29, aftef hearing the arguments of the dealers, the commission decided that the railroad companies hereafer must give bills of lading whenever de-manded . Yellow Pine Transactions. Enormous activity and growth of the yellow pine lumber industry in Georgia and Alabama is shown by the fact that capital increases aggregating $475,000 wen reported in those two states during the last week in October. Of that amount 225,000 was minimum authorized stock of new companies alld $250,000 was newly issued stock of c.ompanies in opera-tion. About 40,000 acres of timber lands changed owners in those states during the same week. The Faultless Pivot Bearing Caster The FAULTLESS received the Highest Award at the World's Fair, 1904, over all olher caslers. Itissnpplled wit h Faultless Patent Steel Spring Sockets. The Faultless has no weak spots-n 0 mechanical flaws--it's Fault-less in name-in action-and as a seller :-: ~-: point wbere other casters re{l.1seto tut'n is 75he POint with The Faultless is interchangeable; will fit six differ-ent sizes of Iron bed sockets. :-: IE you are after a. money maker, write to 'Eihe Faultless Caster Mfg.Co•• Nebraska City. Neb. They only manufacture the The LION VARNISH and SHELLAC WORKS KAREL DE LEEUW, Manage •. 1475 State St., CHICAGO, ILL. Special attention given to Air Drying, and backing Lacquers for all kinds of metal work. Also manufacturers of Stains, Wax Varnishes, Shellac Varnishes, Turpoline Bronzing Liquid for oil stains. 30 ·"~MIF]iIG7}N Dept \. Samples for test parposes will he gladly sent upon tIpplication. REFRIGERATORS IN FRANCE. Vice Cons.ul at Nice Makes a Successful Experiment With American Goods. Vice Consul A. Piatti makes a report from Nice on the use of refrigerators, which had been ve.ry lihlited in southern France, but is now becoming more general, owing to the in-crease in the manufacture of ice, with the resulting reduc-tion of its price. Mr. Piatti writes: Up to the present such use is confined to private families, as large refrigerators are articles which, in the present con-dition of the trade, would be very expensive. They are, therefore, practically unknown. The refrigerators sold at Nice at present are of the most primitive types in all respects and resemble those sold in the United States half a century ago, and for such as they are represent a very expensive ar-ticle. With catalogues at hand, and unable to induce inquiring dealers to purchase a sample lot, I prevailed upon a private party who appeared interested in the matter, to bring over 3. sample lot of five of various si7.cS and qualities. An ac-count of the result witt, better than aught else, indicate the conditions existing. The five cost, f. o. b. at ~ew York, about $60. The frcight direct to the dock at Nice was about $30, and the duty another $30, making the total cost of the five $120, or an average of $24 each. On arrival it was found that. owing to careless packing, some damage had been done to the outer woodwork and varnishing. and this was repaired at once. The refrigerators themselves were a revelation to the impor-ter, and the fact was established that the artide sold here could, in no sense of the word, be compared to the new ar-rivals. In the first place, those on sale here are in no way built on scientific principles, nor do r think that they make any pretense of having any special system of isolation, of ventila-tion, or of furnishing a maximum of cold air with a minimum consumption of ice. As to their appearance, the American article is a hansome piece of furniture, while tl~c one in u!)e here looks vcry little better than an ordiJ13ry packing box. Comparing the matter of cost is not an easy matter, because an art ide that might be compared with the Ameri-can refrigerator does not exist at any price, and today could not be had unless specially ordered from a cabinetmaker. To illustrate; The smallest of the five mentioned above was 42 x 26 by 18 inches and its share of the total cost was cer-tainly not more than $14. I take this as the smallest current size in the United States, while the corresponding size here is an article 26 x 20 by 16 inches and which is retailed at $20. Comparing the two in appearance and without taking at all into account the practical superiority of the American article, any expert would declare the value of the latter to be not less than $50, taking as a basis of valuation the price of$20 of the former. It should be added that by exporting in larger lots a re-duction of first cost, as well as of freight and attendant charges, could be obtained, and that the facilities for a direct bill of lading to Nice contribute to placing this article in the position of competing with absolute success with any other of the kind to be found in this market. In fact, I may assert, that once introduced here any other sold in this part of France up to the present time would be practically unsaleable at any price, and I wOl\\d commend this fact to the earnest attention of American manufacturers. New Lumber Company. The Rapides Lumber Company is the name of a new cor~ poration which has been organized by W, O. Hughart and George Kendall of the firm of Hughart & Kendall of Grand Rapids, Mich. The company, which has been capitalized at Deligned by BerDard Zierleyn, Gl'aod Rapid .. Mieh. $100,000, has purchased 15,000 acres of hardwood timber lands in Rapides parish, Louisiana. Following are the stockhold-ers: E. W. Stile, Robert Shanahan, Maurice Shanahan, Butterworth & Lowe, J. Edward Earle, Van A. Wallin, N. F. Avery, E. H. Barnes, Ralph W. Widdicomb .• A. M. Coit, Thomas Peck and Hughart & Kendal. 31 SOUTHERN FURNITURE EXHIBITION =====ATLANTA,GA.,===== A PERMANENT SHOW at the GREAT RAILWAY, TRADE and POPULATION CENTER THE GATE CITY of the SOUTH 285 BY laD FEET IN THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. 172-178MARIETTA ST. OPEN DECEMBER 1 LEADERS·--see the great opportunities in this properous, rapidly developing section. Those already on the ground have multiplied their trade many times. t]' THOUSANDS OF DEALERS who never visit the Eastern and Western markets will come here. IJI GET IN THE V AN---the furniture van. Space is now open for selection and is being quickly taken. If you have not received floor plan and particulars, write at once. SOUTHERN FURNITURE EXHIBITION CO., Atlanta, Ga. 32 ~MJffIIG7!N , SAW LOGS BY WEIGHT. Veteran Lumber Buyer Gives Some Interesting Information About Circassian Walnut. "Yes, I've been buying lumber for a good many years," said Fred W. Spraker, in response to a suggestion made by a representative of the Michigan Artisan. The talk took place in the lumber yard of the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich" and the suggestion was made with a view of inducing Mr. Spraker to tell something of his ex.per-iences in buying lumber for a furniture factory_ 1h. Spraker is not loquacious, but as he is, probably, the oldest lumber buyer in the west, and thoroughly understands his business, it was thought he might say something that would be of in-terest to furniture dealers. In reply to further questioning he said: "1 have been buying lumber for Berkey & Gay since 1876. I have becn with them since '59-nearly fifty years. Before '76 I was in the factory, but for thirty years I have had so so little to do wjth the factory that I am not posted on the new methods and improvements. Of coursc, there has been great changes in the factory and there has been a great change in the lumber business. "In the early days we used Michigan lumber, almost ex-clusively. We got it from the mills near the city. Gener-ally went out and bought the logs in the winte.r and used only the best. \Ve did not have to use culls or even com-mon stuff. We had the logs sawed to suit the purpose, stacked the lumber up ad let it stand until the next winter, when it was hauled in on sleighs. Every year we had to go out a little farther. The supply near the city was soon cut out and then the lumber came in on the railroads. 'iVhcn walnut was in fashion we had to go down into southern Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and farther. "In those days the factory made all grades of furniture and we could use most any kind of lumber to advantage. Later years they made only the finest and that change in-creased the distance we had to g~ for lumber until now it comes from all parts of the world. We use some Michi-gan lumber for inside work, but with the exception of birch and bird's-eye maple nearly all of it comes from outside the state, We get the oak mostly from the south, mahogany from Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba and Africa, and we use a lot' of Circassian walnut, which comes from Asia Minor." On being told that the writer had never seen any Circas-sian ·walnut, Mr. Spraker said, "Well, come out here and I'll show you some of it," and he led the way to a yard alley, lined on both sides with inferior-looking stuff-the last thing tha't a .novke would select as material for fine furinture. It was of irregular widths-had not been edged-and the lengths v.uied from seven to twelve feet. It looked some-thing like hardwood culls or odds and ends, but it was care-fully piled. "There it is," said Mr. Spraker. "It is not nice-looking stuff and I don't like it, but it makes fine furniture and it is the most expensive lumber we use. There is more waste in it than in any other kind of lumber. By the time it has been cut up and is ready for the machines it has cost about $1.25 per foot, board measure. "That stuff is imported in logs and they are sold by weight -by the ton. They can get only one log out of a tree and to get all of it the trees are dug out roots and all and eATen then the longest log is not more than twelve feet. Most of them are only seven or eight feet. Of course, it is sawed very carefully, but the boards are wide at the butt end, nar-row at the top and very irregular between and that makes great waste in cutting up." When asked about the supply, Mr; Spraker said he did not know how soon the Circassian walnut would be exhausted. 7lR..'T'I.5'~ 2 zee "1 don't care much .." he said. "1 would rather handle some thing else, but Mr. Gay says we must use Circassian walnut and must have more of it than we are getting." Mr. Spraker is exceedingly loyal to the Berkey & Gay factory. In conversation he conveys the impression that it is the greatest furniture in~titution in the world. His loyalty, with his undoubted ability, is probably responsible for his having been with the firm and company for forty~seven years. Dumped Into the Basket. "\Ve are being flooded with these advertising letters and circulars," said President Robert W. Irwin of the Royal Fur-niture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., as he dumped a lot of the stuff into the waste basket. "We receive thirty or forty circulars every day," he continued. «Many of them Designed by E. A. Hake, l$and Rapid .. Mich. are long, and as we can't take time to read all of them, most of them go to the waste basket. I suppose others are hav-ing the same experience, but I think that is a poor kind of advertising. It must be ql1ite expensive, too, for those who use much of it must have to keep up a special department in order to get it ont. "1 do not believe it is effective. Men don't pay much at-tention to circulars, or even to personal advertising letters nowadays," declared Mr. Irwin. "Those who use them must know that hundreds of others are doing the same thing and I think they wonld do better by putting their faith and money into catchy announcements in the advertising col-umns of the trade papers. II Scarcity of Michigan Hardwood. At a meeting of the Michigan Hardwood, Manufacturers' Association, held at Lansing on October 31, the market com~ mittee reported a great scarcity of hardwood lumber at all northern points, maple being exceedingly $carcl;;';. The new system of grading, presented by a committee and discussed at former meetings, was adopted. News, Notes and Comments. A. F. Howard, furniture dealer, l1unising, ~lich., has sollt out to Gate & Bowerman. Johnson & Young furniture dealers of Danville, Ill., have sold out to John W, Osborne. The Scott Dry Kiln CompallY of Detroit, lIich., has been in.corporated with $150,000 capital. G. VV. Dana is building a much needed addition to h1s f .\.l.niture factory at Camden, N. Y. The Royal Chair Company of Sturgis, Mich., has just com-pleted a large addition to its plant. F. L. Stolle succeeds C. B. Sheets in the furnitur~ and un-dertaking business at Hedrick, Iowa. King Brothers' furniture store, Brazil, Ind., was damaged to the extent of $1,000 by fire on October 17. Hamilton Bros., furniture dealers of Indian Head, Sask., have sold out their business to Scott & Millar. E. S. \Veimer & Co. of Supbury, Pa., have purchased the furniture and stock of J. R. Smith & Co. of Milton, same state. George YV.Rand & Son, furniture dealers, Hanover, N. H., were bU1'1ledout on Otcober 30. Loss $10,000; half insured. Two Hundred and twentylnmates of the VVisconsin In-dustrial School for girls are now employed in caning chairs. The Kewanee, (HI.) Bargaiil Company, recently organized has purchased the furniture department of Lowe Brothers of the same town. The plant of the Richmond (Ind.) Chair Company was damaged by fire to the extent of $6,000 or $7,000 on October 22. 1nsllfance $4,000. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against Harris Friedman & Co., jobbers in furniture and carpets at 124 East Broadway, New York. Sheppard Knapp, head of the finn of Knapp & Co., New York, died October 26. He had suffered more or less for a year with heart trouble. J. H. \Vymall, head of the "\Vyman & Rand Furniture Company and the oldest merchant in Burlington, Iowa, died on October 26, aged 69 years. The Nationat Wire 1'1attress Company of "\J\.l"aterbury, Conn., has been absorbed by the National Spring Bed Com-pany of Kew Britain, same state. Jacob M. Schlanger, furniture and carpet dealer of Hanni-bal, Mo., has made an assignment to William F. Chamber-lain. as trustee for the creditors. The Marshall (Mich.) School Desk factory is so husy that it had to "turn down" an order from the government for 2,000 desks to be finished in ninety days. George Holtgrewe. president of the Missouri Furniture Company, and one of the ploneer furniture maTI11facturers of St. Louis, died Ot1 October 19, aged 70 years. Edward J. Conlon, secretary of the \Vest Side Furniture Company, Chicago, eloped with Miss Lillian Langley all Kovember 4. They V'v-eremarried at Niles, Mich. George C. Flint & Co., New York lost their six-story furniture w'arehouse on West Twenty ninth street, by fire on November 5. The loss. $130.000, is covered by iowrance. R. N. Richmond. furniture dealer of Adams, Mass., called a meeting of his creditors to consider his financial condition. After investigation they advised him to go into bankruptcy, George Barber, Kenosha, \Vis., has closed out his stock of furniture at auction, and gone to California with the hope that the change in climate will benefit Mrs. Barber's health. G, W. Christy, by purchasing the stock owned by H. A. Gabriel, has secured a controlling interest in the Anderson & Winter Furniture 1VTanufaeturing Company of Clinton, Iowa. Harrild & Sons, furnitur'e manufacturers of Spokane. W;l.sh., have found it necesS;lry to enlarge their plant. They will huild a large addition and invest $10,000 in new machin-ery. John S. Ross of Galena, ll1s., has sold his furniture and undertaking business, which was established fifty years ago, I 11uI Ii, IIIiI .. 71 R'T' 1...5'.7I.l\J t Z 1: 33 to Uehren & Furlong-vVilliam A. Uehren and James E. Furlong. The Judkins Folding Bed Company, Chicago, lost about $3,000 by fire on No\'ember 2. The loss was due largely to the fire engines being delayed in reaching the factory by mud in the streets. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against J. & T. llcDonough, furniture dealers, Philadelphia. The petition-ers charge the firm with having illegally transferred a por-tion of thir stock. Taylor Brothers, dealers in carpets, rugs and wall papers in Indianapolis, Ind., have added three stories to their build-ing and will use the additional space secured for displaying and selling furniture. The Owen Bearse & SOil Company, Boston, manufactur-ers of mahogany and hardwood lumber, have moved their offices from 50 Congress street to ne,,\' quarters in rooms 111 and 112, at 33 Broad street. S. D. McKenzie, furniture dealer of Grand Forks, N. D., has bought the stock and good will of his competitors, the Edwards Furniture Company. He will run both stores until he can find suitable quarters in which to consolidate them. H. M. Foster, furniture dealer of Leominster, Mass., made an assignment to David 1. Walsh, an attorney of Fitchburg. Then the National Casket Company and other creditors asked that he be declared bankrupt. Liabilities $8,000; assets $3,- 000, inclUding book accounts. The Reliable Upholstering Company of 434: Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, I\l".Y., has been forced into bankruptcy by creditors. Moses Landau appears as the proprietor, but it is alleged that his brother-in-law, Philip Landermann, is the real owner. Liabilities $4,200; assets, $1,600. Creditors of the Pioneer Supply Company, furniture deal-ers, 108 South Robert street, St. PaUl, Minn., have asked that the company be declared bankrupt. It is claimed that a pan of the assets were illegally transferred to the Hawthorne- Shehle Manufacturing Company. Fire that started in Oliver Rothert's furniture building, Altoona, Fa., October 19, destroyed the building, the theater adjoitling and badly damgaed the Elks' temple, the total loss being over half a million. Mr. Rothert carried $155,000 in-surance, but that will not cover his loss. Chicago police authorities are looking for a woman who "faints!! while in a street car ;lnd picks the pockets of those who attempt to assist her. G. R. Wilson of the Cedar Rap-ids (Iowa) Furniture Company is reported in the list of her victims. He is said to have lost a check for $100. The furniture and undertaking firm of Lamm, Landkamer & Hohmann of Lake Crystal, Minn., has been dissolved, OJ'" divided. Joseph Landkamer takes the undertaking business and Otto Lamm and John H, Hohmann will continue the fur-niture business under the firm name of Lamm & Hohmann. ., Another of our students who is successfully bolding a position as furniture de-signer with the Charles A. GreenmanCo.• Grand Rapid., Mich. Grand Rapids School of Furniture Designing A. KIRKPATRICK. In.truc:tor. 34 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBl.IsHsD IIY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-20 LYON ST., GRANO RA.PIDS, MICH. ENTERED AS M,o..rnFl OF THE &ECOND CL/l.llS American Consul Albert Halstead of Birmingham, Eng., reports that fOUf large manufacturing concerns with factories in that part of England have within a year or eighteen months started branch factories in the United States. Tl:cy are \V. & T, Avery (Limited), manufacturers of weighing machines and scales, now building at South Milwaukee, v'lis.; Albright & Wilson (Limited), manufacturers of chemicals and phos~ phorous, located at Niagara Falls; J. & J. Cash (Limited), manufacturers of fancy cotton goods, South Norwalk, Conn., and ]. Grove & Sons, manufacturers of pearl and horn but~ tons, at Baltimore. Each of these companies became con-vinced that they could hold their American trade the better by manufacturing their products for the American market in the United States; that in this way they" could meet American competition in the American market more successfully. They calculate that the cost of production in the United States will be Jess than in the United Kingdom when the freight charges and the tariff duties are considered. The managers of the factories named by Mr. Halstead may be rjght in their calculations, but their theory would not apply to the furniture industry. There is too much difference in the styles and finish of American and British furniture to allow the Brit-ish furniture manufacturers to operate branch factories in this country successfully. Some of the furniture trade publications are inclined to frown on Atlanta's permanent exposition pr-oject. There is no reason or excuse for an attempt to discourage the under-taking. If reports sent out by managers of New York, Chi-cago and Grand Rapids exposition buildings are true, space is at a premium and there is no chance for Atlanta to injure either of the three big shows by competition. The south-ern exposition will undoubtedly attract many buyers who do not visit the northern cities and it will deter very few from making their regular trips to the northern shows·. The south-cners, instead of being discouraged, should be encouraged and congratulated on their enterprising action. They have selected the proper place for their show, and in establishing it have displayed energy that is sure to make it successful. American Consul Jesse B. Jackson of Alexandretta, de-scribes the method in Asia Minor of providing a substitute for ice as folIo\vs: "S110\,\; is gathered in the adjacent mountains and packed 1I1 a conical pit, tamped ill tightly. and covered with straw and leaves. At the bottom of the pit a well is dug with a drain connected at the bottom to carry off the. water formed from melted S110W_As the cost of collecting- and storing is very small, the only labor is in delivering'" to the consumers v:hi:h ~s accompTishf:d by pack h'lf::.(':>. The selFlIr; pece is 10 to 25 cents per hundred pounds, and often cheapc;-" Now if some Enterprising Yankee would go over there and teach those Asiatics how to convert the snow into ice he might create a demand for American refrigerators, Numerous cases of advancing wages by railroads, mining ?ud manufacturing corporations have been reported during the past month. Higher rents and increased cost of living arc given as the reasons for the advances, which in several instances were made without demand from the employes. In most cases the advances are small-from 2 to 10 per cent. Howevcr, they are large enough to indicate a continuation of good times and the fact that they have been made without serious strikes or disorders shows a pleasing improvement in the relations of capital and labor. Higher wages, like higher prices for materials, also mean that manufacturers must soon demand higher prices for their products. Judge Perkins of the Kent County Circuit court, Grand Rapids, has made a ruling on the Michigan "bulk sales" law, to the effect that only judgment creditors can take advantage of its provisions. A petition had been filed asking that a cooperage company be put in the hands of a receiver for vio-lating the "bulk sales" law. The court denied the petition on the ground that the petitioners had not put their claims into judgments. From this it appears that only creditors whose claims have been adjudicated are protected by the law. Ohio seems to be leading the way in the matter of forcing reform in railroad affairs_ The Buckeye two-cent fare law has already caused a reduction of passenger rates in other states and is likely to bring about the two-cent rate all over the country. Another Ohio measure of great importance to coal dealers and consumers is an o'rder from the railroad com-mission requiring the issuing of bills of lading:, for coal, an order that will correct a grievance and abuse of long standing. An urgent demand for labor, both skilled and unskilled, is reported all over the country except in the large cities_ From this it appears that the man who can devise means to induce men to leave the .great centers of population and distribute tl1emselves in the country and smaller cities would be a public benefactor. London doctors are said to be recommending the "smile cure" for the ills of the body as well as of the spirit. Make a habit of smiling, they say, and your ailments will vanish. This may be true as to the smilers, but the effect on the- beholder of a perpetual grin may be different. It may incite them to crime. An advance in prices is declared to be necessary by the t11<llll1facturersof case goods. Members of' the association will meet in Chicago November 12, when the advance, which - is certainly justified by the present conditions, is expected to be ag-reed upon, to take immediate effect. 1\lel1 who have been wondering why. they did not get re-turns from advertising circulars will have no reason to wonder after readjng a little talk on the subject, which appears in this number of the Michigan Artisan. Of course the car famine is aggravating and inconvenient, bl1t it is better t() have a shortage than to have the side tracks full of empty cars, rhcre is nothing. in the resultsnf the November elections to c;J.isturbthe, financial, business or industrial interests of the country. Hunting for Cars. So great is the scarcity of cars for the shipment of furni-ture that the manufacturers in several cities of Indiana em-ploy men especially to hunt up cars for their use. One firm needs seventy-five cars to ship out goods already manufac-tured and sold for delivery during the remainder of the CUr-r. ent month. • Southern Energy. The promoters of the Southern Furniture Exposition, to he held in Atlanta, Georgia, seem to be handling their enter-prisE'. with vim and energy that would hardly be e-:<:pectedout-side of Grand Rapids or Chicago. They bave applied for a charter for the SOllthern Furniture Exhibition Company, to be capitaliud at $~~5,OOO,with privilege of increasing to $30(l,()()O, and as will be seen by their advertisements in this number of the Artisan, their show will be open On December 1. The incorporators are T. D. Meador, Charles A. COl1klin, E. P. Black, Sam D. Jones, ]. W. Ellglisb, Charles E. Harman, Frank E. Dunn, J. J. Haverty and E. H. Thornton. Mr. Meador, who is vice president of the Lowry National 13al1k of Atlanta, in an interview recently outlined the com-pa. ny's plans and expectations as follO\vs: "It is the purpose of the company to have a permanent exhibit of furniture manufactured in every section of the country. Other cities, notably Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Chicago, bave such permanent exhibits, alld they do a great 35 is interesting because a large part of them are used on up-holstered furniture. There Are More Like Her. ;;1 make rne $1,20(l !\.fr. Superintendent," remarked an in-dustrious and frugal I-Iollandcr, employed in one of the fac-tories of Grand Rapids. "1 am pleased to learn of your good fortune, John, How did yOll make it?" the good natured superintendent replied. "I build me two houses this summer and sell them. l\Jy wife shc boss the jobs. 1 work in the factory." There are many wives that only await the opportunity to boss jobs that wOL1ldpt1t $1,200 in the pockets of their hus-bands. in Grand Rapids. Still Another Lumber Company. The Gogebic Lumber Company, with a paid up capital of half a million dollars, has been organized in Grand Rapids, My! How YOU'vE GROWN! ~ .. amount of good for the cities· "':!lich have instituted them. Such a permanent exhibit means that all partics III the south-ern states can come to Atlanta and find thc products of all furniture hctories where they can see them, and make their orders. It ,vil! save them the expense of going to New York and other northern markets, as they can find in the exhibit samples of everythtng they want. We are now taking con-tracts for space, and expect to be open by the first of De-cember. ll Enormous Increase in the Importation of Goat Skins. Thirty-two million dollars' worth of goat skins were im-ported into the United States in tile liscal year 1906, against $10,000,000 worth in 1896, only a decade carlier. These arc of course, round f\.gnres, the e-:<:actflgmcsof the. Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor being. for 1906, $31,773,909, and for lR9G. $lO,80..J-,~95; hut a statement that the value of goat skins imported ill 1906 is more than three times as great as that of 1896 would be accurate and .rvfich., for the pltrpose of dealing in hardwood lumber and timber lands. The- compil.11Y OwnS a large tract of timber in Gagebie county, Mich., but the headquarters are in the 11ichigan Trust Company's building, Grand Rapids. The officers are Albert Stickley, president; and E. L. Maddox, vice president, al1d ]. K. V. Agnew, secretary and treasurer. The capital stock is nearly all held by the officers, Presi-dent Stickley owning a majority of the $500,000. Furniture Men Indicted. F. B. Cole, Jean Reinhold and H L. Ziegler, furniture man-ufacturers of Newman, Ga., have been indicted by the federal grand jury at Atlanta on the charge of peonage, preferred in behalf of German immigrants who were brought from New York. by the Southern Immigration bureau. It is alleged that false pretenses, w~rc lIsed to induce the Gcrmans h) ,·,iqll contracts, that they ~hav~ heen badly used and unlawfully compelled to work in a· furniture factory. ...------------------------- -- 36 WALNUT PIPE DREAMS. Much Misinformation Spread Over the Country by Books and Newspapers. There is no native wood concerning which so much gen-eral misinformation obtains as oUr American black walnut, says the St. Louis Lumberman. Its present very limited and scattering supply is a matter of common knowledge, and that fact in the minds of many who knew it in the days of comparative plenty has somehow induced the belief that its market worth can be estimated only in fabulous figures. This j5 particularly the case among farmers and other small land owners from whom walnut must now be very largely sought, and who have noted its disappearance from many places where it formerly grew, under the searching quest of buyers. Knowing practically nothing of market conditions, they have assumed that this activity in seeking supplies of walnut has been prompted, and maintained, by an omnivorous conSUffi-standing that the latter had realized a good price for his hold-ing. For this state of things there is a contributing factor in the fairy stories regarding walnut that creep into newspaper print, and somtimes find their way' into higher class publications, The patent insides of countt;y newspapers every once in a while contain accounts of th1 sale of a walnut tree at prices which fairly stagger the im~gination-with the result that the reader who happens to be: the owner of any standing wal~ nut is persuaded that he has ~ small fortune in the same. His paper doesn't tell him what it:should-that walnut trees which bring fabulous prices are rare discoveries, and that the aver~ age buyer doesn't come across their kind more than twice or thrice in a life-time. Such specimens of tree life are curly walnut, giving a fine figure, and are sold for veneer-making purposes. They are in relation to the average walnut tree something like a diamond to a chunk of anthracite coal-both of which are members of the family of carbons. But there is vastly Jess excm,e for the spreading of misin- ••, ....................... Deaps by Arthur Kirkpatrick. Gl'and Rapid., Mich. iug demand, halting at no price when it is collected in the dealer's yard and offered for sale. Any walnut buyer can tell astonishing stories regarding the exaggerated price~views which owners of walnut trees not only sometimes, but frequently, entertain; and even the small mill man who has cut up a few walnut logs, more often than not feels that he has been robbed when he is compelled to accept a fair price for the lumber. To such an extent are the bargaining troubles of the walnut buyer multiplied that .. after undergoing the ordeal of making a purchase, his nen'ons system is sadly in need of a rest. As illustrating how ',,'earing is walnut-buying, a 51. Louis-an said that he was taking up !'lame very ordinary walnut stock at a small place in Illinois not long ago while there was a polititcal meeting in progress in the town. All the candidates for county offices stopped at the mill, as welt as many prominent old farmers from round-about and everyone of them had something to say regarding the stock and the practical extinction of the walnut supply. The comments were generally to the effect that "walnut is now worth its weight in gold," an observation which he, the buyer, felt sure was as salt and pepper to the raw hide of the sener, notwith-formation regarding walnut from sources which pretend to be authoritative; and yet this is not an uncommon thing in high quarters. For instance, we have before us a book entitled "New Creations in Plant Life," by W. s. Harwood, just pub-lished by the MacMillan Company of New York, in one of whose chapters the author, discussing the planting of walnut trees, says: A t the end of twelve years each tree will offer a clear trunk without branches which, when striped of its outer slabs and squared, will be at least fifteen feet long by a foot and a a half square. This will give 300 feet of clear timber, board measure, per tree. Black walnut lumber has been steadily disappearing from the market. Year by year it has as stead-ily increased in price until it has now become one of the rare woods, running in cost from $200 per thousand feet, board measure, to $600 or $700 per thousand feet for particular~y fine pieces. Taking but $250 as the average price of black walnut lum-ber per thousand, certainly a conservative figure, at the end of the twelve-year period each tree is worth approximatel" $80. The acre yield would be $2,880. For an average farm of 160 acres the revenue for the twelve years, with no outlay save the cost of pla.nting, not over 25 cents per tree, taxes upon the land, and interest upon money involved, would be a little over $460,000. This does not take into account the 37 vaiue of the bra;ches, and the refuse slabs of the mill-saw-ing, which for fuel would amount to at least four cords per tree-about $24,000for t1,e total farm, or a grand total for the 160 acres for lumber and fllel amounting to $485,000. These figures seem absolutely preposterous, but it must be borne in mind that the trees are now to be seen growmg at the eud of a fourteen-year period, and that every ltCl)l 'nas been carefully verified-hence the conclusion is legitimate, even jf staggering. Nclturally, should everybody go 111hr hybrid walnut raising, the price of this now rare lumber wduid be reduced, but, so valuable is it in so luany ways-for tnrni-- ture, bank alld office furnishings, dwelling interiors, for wain-scotting and ceilings where costly woods are sought-and ~o remarkable is it as a producer of wood for fuel, it is nol likely that there would soon be a glut in the market. How anyone could write such stuff as the foregoing pass-cth understanding. It should have occurred to the author that in this day and gcneration .. when capital is seeking in-vestment in all directions promising rewards, the opportunity to get-rich-quick which he so enthusiastically paints would not be over10oked for even a brief time, much less for the many years it has beckoned to the thrifty, inviting them to reap riches beyond the dreams of avarice. The Standard Oil and DeBeers diamond trusts have known of no proposition so alluring as that which Mr. Harwood has laid beforc his readers. But we are compelled, in the interest of truth, to rudely disturb his pleasing pipe dream. His rate of growth for walnut is much too fast. His trees that would square a "foot and a haW! at the end of twelve years would, as a matter of fact, square not to exceed eight inches at the expiration of that period, under normal conditions of growth. There is a small grove of walnut trees at Glencoe, near St. Louis, which has been kno·wn to old residents for at least forty years, and the trees therein have, on the average, a diameter of not more than twenty-four to twenty-six indH:s. And they are healthy specimens of the walnut species, too. As to prices of sawed walnut, MI'. Harwood's claims are Cabinet Hardware --AND~- Factory Supplies . New IlD~land FIiDt Paper. Wood Screws. Barton Garnet Paper. CoachScrews. Douhle Faced FIiDt aDd Liquid Glue, Casters. Gamet FlnishiDg Paper. I Upo' o Isterer 'TsaCKSr. Brass Bults. I I La'"l!e Head Burlap Tacks. Wrou~ht Steel Butts. I Wire Brads. Cahinet Locks and Keys. I StaDdard Nails. Gold Plated and Gilt Cab- I iDet Keys. I Cement Coated Nails. Bench Vises. Ill[,ow Catc[,es. Bolts, Washers, Zincs. Door Catcltes,etc., etc. Our large and complete assortment of general hard ware is at your service. Correspondence solicited. Inquiries for prices will receiv~ careful and immediate attention. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. even more absurd. The prices paid at points where walnut is pic.ked '\.\pthrotlgh the country as approximately as follows per thousand feet for inch lumber: Firsts and seconds, $75 to $77; common, $35 to $37; cull, $15 to $17. vV.ith the cost of transportation added, and his 0\\'11 profit figured in, the dealer sells the same grades of stock in a retail way from his yard at about $88, $48 and $28. High>?,rprices, of course! may be obtained for extra good stock, say as much $100 for first ;-Iad second clear in some instances, and even $12iJ for the same grade for the export trndc. But these are outside fig-ures. It is possible, of course, that a particutii};'fm.e specimen of the walnut tree may, through the veneer n:f't.e, be made to bring' as much as $2.,00to $?oo a thousand,b,ut instances in which such prices can be realized are so ext"remely rare as to be hardly worth noting. Not one time in a thousand, if that often, can this happell. Instead of "$250 as the average price of black walnut lumber per thousand," 1h. Harwood \v()Uld have been very liberal in his estimate if he had named $50. Australian Timber Industry Controlled by Trust. Harry R. Burrill, special agent of the Amencan Depdrt~ ment of Commerce and Labor, has sent in a long re·port o'u the trade and resources of Western Australia, in which he has

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