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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••MAY 14.1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ......... .. -_.._. -_.'-' LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY II I I I III ,I II IIII I II I• I II II •I· .•....-..-.-.-..-.-.-.-..-._._.._.._-_.._. -.-.-..----.--- .-_....----..-_._---_. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. •• a __ • ._.- _._ ••••• Luce ..Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Btrd' J Eye Maplf Btrch ~u4,.tt,.ed Oak and etrC4lHan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. . GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRJRY 30th Year-No. 46 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• MAY 14. 1910 Issued Weekly WOULD ABOLISH PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX New York Merchants' Association Favors a Bill for That Purpose Now Pending in the Legislature. The Melchants' association of New YOlk City have en-dOlsed the btll, mtroduced in the leglslatUl e of that state, at the request of Mayor Gaynor, "Whlch, If passed, will abolIsh all taxes on personal pi operty, except local taxes on bank stock and state taxes on the stock of trust compames The mattel was referred to a committee with mstructlOns to con-sIeler the btll and repOl t upon ItS mellts and the committee submitted the followmg report· To the Boal d of Directors of the Merchants' AssoclatlOn Your committee on finance and taxatIOn ha~ conSidered the bill provldmg for the exemptIon of personal property from taxatIOn, vvhlch has Iecently been mtroduced mto the legis-latIon at the request of Mayor GaynOl, and begs to leport as folIo'" s A genel al ta'\: upon personal propel ty, although on ItS face an effort to secure the equal taxatIOn of all CItIzens, has everywhele proved a failure and m most of the cIvIlIzed countnes of the wodd has been abandoned The purpose of ta"atlOn IS to secure revenue and the aim of a Just tax la", IS to make evelY cItIzen contnbute m proportIon to his abilIty The tax upon personal property m New York City has failed 111both these lespects It is not a relIable source of revenue a'1d It does not fall eqUltably and justly upon all classes of cItIzens For these reasons your Committee beheves that the bill now under consideratIOn m the legislature should be-come a law. The tax on pelsonal plOperty had ItS ong111 m the early stage'> of cIvIlIzatIon Then nches were local, for \\ ealth consJsted mamly of tangible goods, and all of a man's plOp-erty could be taxed wIth some degree of fairness and com-pleteness. The nch man and his possessIOns were u~ually m the same place. In the present day, however, on account of the complexItIes of mvestment that have attended the development of credit and corporate entel pnse durmg the last century, only a very small part of any nch man's personal plOpel ty IS tangible or vmble to the local assessor For thl~ reason a tax on such property now reache~ only the poor, the Ignorant, the ultra-conscientIOus, and the heil s of te~tators who were not shrewdly adVised by lawyers The experience of ~ ew York City dunng the last ten years fur111shes abundant eVidence of the evIls entatled by rehance upon thiS tax First, the tax has not been and cannot be collected The City now carnes as an asset over $30,000,000 of unpaid pel sanal tax assessment and these are absolutely un collectable EvelY year thiS amount IS bemg mcreased by some $3,000,000 01 more of uncollected personal taxes, \\ hlch probably never "Ill be collected Second, the tax has been the cause of an unnecessary and lamentable increase m the city's indebtedness. In the tax leVies prior to 1906 the provIsion for deficiency was insuffi- CJel1tand the revenue from the tax uniformly fell several mil-lIons short of the estImate The city has therefore been oblIged to authonze an Issue of corporate stock to make good the defiCIency, and on account of relIance upon thiS tax has borrowed between $30,000,000 and $40,000,000 for the pay-ment of current expenses ThiS practIce places an unwanant-able burden upon future generations and at the same tIme senously damages the credit of the City, for among investors It has earned the reputatIOn of lIvmg beyond ItS means Thlrcl, the tax cannot be faldy leVied and hence bears most heaVily and unjustly upon the few people who are un-able to evade It Most of these are persons whose ownershIp of !JersonalIty IS a matter of court record, their property hav-mg come to them by mhentance, and many of them are \\ r ow') and orphans entIrely dependent upon their mcome from pelsonal property The majonty of busmess men belIeve they are justified in adopting measures to reheve them of the tax or reduce It to the mmlmum, and some of them regularly em-ploy accountants and la", yers for thIS purpose. That thIS I') the practIce is common knowledge throughout the city There I') the same lack of compunction 111 the concealment from the assessor of the vanous f01111Sof pllvate property, such as jewels, valuable works of art, vehicles, horses, etc No man lIke...to pay the taxes of other people, and smce every man feels morally certain that nobody "Willfully reveal hiS property to the VIew of the assessor, each feels abundantly justIfied m concealmg his own. Fourth, thiS tax keeps from the CIty numerous busmess and industnal establIshments which "Wouldotherwise be located hel C, addmg to the value of the city's real estate and giving employment to ItS increasmg populatIOn. Many a business ma'1 dislIkes to be subject to an mqUlSltIon which he believes to be unjust, or shrmks from dodgmg a tax by methods which are at least tech111cally dIshonest, or IS oblIged to carry constantly on hand a large stock of merchandise which can- WEEKLY ARTISAN ____ ~.~._. __ ._m_. . _....I -------- WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES ...- Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting In a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. I.. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~s~~:~~;~~:~:~orMUSKEGON, MICH· New York Ofhce, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager ....t. not possIbly be concealed Such men no" shun ~ e" YOlk CIty and mvest theIr capItal m nelghbormg states, "here they are exempt eIther by statute or by cmtom from the an-noyance of such a tax ThIS sItuatIOn e,plams m pal t the great progress whICh has been made m recent }eal" b\ the mdustnal centers of Pennsylval1l3 and ~ e" J erse} FIfth, the tax has dnven mal1\ "ealtln men "ho"e busllless and mam mterests al e III Ne;v York Clt} to t'ake up residences III other localttles and III othe1 states This fact IS notollous and has subjected the voluntalY "exIles" to pelen-nial abuse and cnttclsm \Vhethel 01 no a good cltl7en IS Justified mleavmg a CIty because he dms not ltke Its ld"" 01 the manner of theIr enforcement, msteMl ot o,ta}IIlg on the ground and fightmg f01 Implovement. IS a questIon not at Issue here, but everyone must adl111tthat ala" "lllch drn e" rich men from a cIty ought to hay e both Ju"tlce ann e"pec11- ency on Its SIde beyond all question Kew YOlk City's expenence "Ith the personal plopelt} tax IS not exceptIOnal It has been tIled m e\ el v state ot the union, and m some of them most dl d"t!e and mqms1t01I.tl measures have been adopted III ordel to "ecure a Just a%ess-ment and levy Everywhere It has resulted m fa 11me and be('n a som ce of fiscal confUSIon, and e\ el \ \\ hel e. both b\ economIsts and by practIcal men Iespon"lble t01 ItS ,ldmml"- tration, It has been condemned as an UI1\\l"e, unJu"t, mettec-tIve tax In Europe the genel al taxon per"Ol1dl pi opel t\ hel..,been abandoned as Implactlcable SpeCIal fOll11"ot pel "onal plOp-erty are taxed, but the genelal ta'\: has chsappealed Of all Enghsh speakmg countI les the U11lted States IS the onh one III which thiS tax IS still retamed Canada \\ Ithm the last dec-ade has III provmce after provmce shaken off thiS \\ or"e than useless tax and substituted f01ms of taxatIon mOle cel tam III their lesuIts and less hable to check the glo" th of llls IIldu,,- tnes While the U11lted States IS behmd Europe III the leform of its tax system, nevertheless III many states stead} progl ess IS belllg made and the personal property ta'\: IS gl ad uall y chs-appeanng In Pennsyh a11ld. fOI example. It hds a1lead\ been abohshed The mchffel ence of the people ot the l:'11lted States to the subject of tax lef01m has plobably been due 111 palt to the fact that their plospenty has made then tax burden relatI\ ely hght, and partly to a vague notIOn that the tax on personal property IS one that the Ilch man, "lth hiS sto~ks and bonds and sumptuous fur11lshmgs. cannot escape Ex-penence, however, has proved that It IS the easiest ot all taxe" to evade. and that the nch contnbute far less to It than the poor When the people are conv1l1ced of the tI uth of that statement and realtze that the fault hes, not \\ Ith assessor" elnd tel, boalCls. but m the natUle ::Jfthe tax, It Will be "tllcken h om the "tatutes of every State 11l the Umon ~Yo IIlCi ease of Real Estate Tax Necessary 1he e,emptlOn of personal propel ty m )J ev" York CIty, 111 ('Ul opmlOn \\ 111not rendel necessary any IIlcrease III the late of ta"atton upon lealt) In-tead of be1l1g detnmental to the mtel ests of the m\ ners of rea 1 estate, we beheve such ex-emptIOn "Ill result positIvely to their advantage through the enhancement of lealty values Many lalge owners of real estate understand the sItuatIOn tb01 oughly and al e cordially supportmg the bl1l for the abohtIOn of the tax on personal pi opel t} The Iecelpts from the tax on personal property are so small that "e do not be1Ieve It ,,111 be necessary to prOVide a substitute d" a "OUlce of revenue The resultmg mcrease m the value ot the propel ty \\ III III all probablhty save the munICipal tl eaSUl} from any loss Should events prove, hm\ e\ er, that a substItute IS needed, It \\ III surely not be chfhcult to fllld one the yield of v\hlch \\ 111be the deSIred Ie\ enue, not defiCIts. mendaCity and 1I1Justlce JOSEPH FRENCH JOHKSOK, Chairman. E R \ SELIGMAN, ROBERT C OGDEK, \\ ILLIAM R HOWLAKD, HERl\I 1\ ~ A METZ 1he Boald ot Dnectors, after calefully wnsldel1l1g the toreg 01l1g Iep01t. b} a unammott> vote accepted and approved It, ;Cindm'otructecl that the view', of the AS::'OClatlOnbe com-mUl11cated t,o the proper C0l11l111tteeosf the legIslature ~. .---_ .._---_._---- ...._ ..-... UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets I Bookcases II I~--------_._-----_.-.__.__ .._ ...._ ..... _. . We lead in Style, ConfuudIon and Fmish. See our Catalogue. Our hne on permanent exlubl-lion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg,Grand Rapids. I.. WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- --., I•••• --------_._._.~---------------------~~ Chicago Notes. PresIdent \V H Reddls of the Reddls Lumber & Veneer company wa" m ChIcago on vVednesday The OhIO Iron and Brass Bed company of Eaton, OhIO. WIll exhIbIt theIr lme of goods m July at the Fourteen Eleven btl1ldIng Theodore EIChelsdorfer, deSIgner of the ShelbyvIlle hnes "pent Tuesday and \Vednesday In ChIcago ~r Elche1sdorfer reports all of the ShelbyvIlle factOrIes busy Coppes, Zook & Mutschler of Nappanee, Ind, manufac-turers of kitchen cabInets, etc, have taken space for the July season on the thIrd flOOl of the Fourteen Eleven btl1ldmg. Lou HotchkISS, the "ell known Iepresent;l tIve for the Upham Manufactl11mg company In the south and southeast, was m ChIcago thIS week Mr HotchkJ% reports a satIs-factory season's bus mess m the Upham lme. Born ApI Il 27 to Mr and Mrs Frank Billmgs, a nme pound baby gIrl Mr BIllmgs IS one of the tIavelmg repre-sentatIves for the Udell WOlks HIS joy IS saddened by the death of hIS mother v\ hlch occurred here on the same day t~at gave hnn the httle daughter ... --- .... . *.., Henry ScLmit 8 Co. " - HOPK:INS AND HAR.R.IET STS. Cincinnati. Ohio makers of UpLol.stered Forllitore for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM Fusion in Wisconsin_ The headlIne does not refer to the politIcal movement but to a sort of trade merger The WIsconsin Furniture Dealers aSSOCIatIOn,the \Vlsconsm Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' aSSOCIatIOnand the CommerCIal Agents' club of \Vlsconsm, have agl eed to hold a jomt conventIOn at Fond du Lac on August 1, 2, 3 and 4, and they expect to make the four days exceedmgly pleasant and profitable for all members af the orgamzatlOns An elaborate program IS being arranged and extensIve preparatIons are bemg made for the receptIOn ,and entertaInment of members and mVlted guests William Mauthe of the Mauthe FurnIture company, IS chaIrman and. o J Kremer of Kremer Bros, IS secretary and treasurer of the local COnll111ttee,havmg charge of the program and ar-rangements for the JOInt convention Succeeds Howard. P Bert Markoff, late WIth the Barnard & SImonds com-pany, IS the successOl of J B Hovvard, as western represen-tatIve of the Grand RapIds FurnIture company. FOUR NEW ------ --_._._--- -------------_._------------ TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. ~r~ The Ad-el:ite People ~ EverythIng In PaInt SpeCIaltIes and Wood FInIshing materIals. FIllers that fIll, StaIns that satisfy. CHICAGO-NEW YORK ,..... ... • •• -. La La ••••••••• 5 I • 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests;you will then know what you are gettIng. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Rauroad Companies, Car Builders and others wul consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnishedin rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. MANUFACTURERS IN CONVENTION. .. Members of the National Association Put in a Busy Day in Chicago. Chicago, ;'Iay II -'l he a111malllleet1l1g ot the :\ atlonal Aswclation of Furl1ltm e Manufactm e1:o \\ as held toda) 111 the Audltormm Hotel \\Ith about a hunched membels 111 at-tendance Two seSSIOnsone at 10 o'clock \\ ednesda\ ll101n- 111gand at 2 o'clock the same aftel noon \\ el e held the \\ 01k bemg completed in the t\\ 0 seSSIons A banquet \\ as also g 1\ en at T 2 30 \Vednesday The executl\ e commIttee \\ as 111 ses- SIOnTuesday makmg arrangements and lecommendatlons for the annual meet mg. At the session of the Executive comI111ttee,R X ColI) el chaIrman of the Uniform ClassIficatIOn CommIttee appeared bnefly to confer \\ Ith them regal d1l1g a plan \\ hel eb\ the National AssociatIon of Fmmtm e ;'lanufactm el s \\ ould co-operate WIth his committee Iespedmg the classIficatIon of furniture; also the ploper pack111g of fmmtm e mmlll.ml11 \\ eIght on straIght car loads of ~ur11ltUle and m1l11lllUl11 vvelghts on mIxed cal s ;'11 Colh el 1eque"ted the aS"OCI-atIon to app01l1t a cOlllI111tteeto act \\ Ith the L-mfol m CIaS"I ficatIon ComI111ttee m framing up the des11ed cla"slficatIon prO\ISIOnS on case goods, and m comphance thelewlth a commIttee of five \\ as appomted Iepl esencl1lg the South the ~ ew England State", l\IIddle Sates and the tcrntol \ \\ est of Pennsylvama PI esident A F Karges and SeCletal) J S Lmton p1e sIded at the seSSIOns of the annual meetmg The plmclpal questIon for conSIderation was the cost of pioductIon Blne pnnts together WIth cost figures £Iom \ allons manu fa:::tmCIS throughout the U111ted States had been secmer! ,Iml have heen placed 111the hands of a specIal corl11111ttee\\ ho WIll at once plOceed \\ lth the \\ oik of plepallng cost figmes on the vanous al tlcles manufactured by membel s of the associatIon Con- "Ielelable emphasls \\ a" lalel upon thIS bemg a matter of ut-mo" t Imp01tance to e\ el y manufacturer and of incalculable benefit 111aldm!2,hIm to know accurately the cost of his goods L he electIon ot officel s 1esulted as follows: PreSIdent, A 1" Kalges, Kalges Furl1lture company, E\ ,1I1S\llle, 1ml , \ lLe plesldent, F. R Upham, Upham Manu-factmmg compan), ;'Jal shfield, \VIS ; treasurer, George G. \\ 111t\\01th. Belke) & Gay Furmtme compayn, Grand Rapids, \J Ich PI actIcall) all the members of the old executive com- IllIttee \\ el e 1e-elected It \\as decided to hold the next meeting on the second \ \ ednesday of next ::'-J ovember at St. Louis, Mo. The banquet at 12 30 \Vednesday \\as held on the ninth flu)l of the \Uchtollum Hotel, PreSIdent Karges presidmg \\ Ith secI eta 1y Lmton at hIS left An excellent menu was "e1\ ed. the dIsposal of \\ hich required an hour and a half K0 ,Ittel dl11nel pI Ogiam \\ as gwen, the assoClahon 1esum111gltS 1)11"111eI"m"mechateh aftel \\ ards Following is a list of those 111 ,lttendance at the banquet -'\r Kalges, Evanslvlle, 1nd ; J S. Linton, \VIlliam \\ Icldlcomb, '\ S Goodman, Korman ::'vIcClave, Geon;e G \ \ Illt\\ 01th, Jolm JIoult, Fl ed \Y. Tobey and E K Pntchett, Cl,111<1RapIds, lUIch ; A S Steinman, CmcmnatI, 0 H D GOlbeck, ChIcago, G Koestner, Plymouth, \VIS : 1\ Koenigs-bUIg Shebo) gan, \VIS ; \V H Coye Ste\ ens Pomt, \VI'; : F J Luger, ~I111neapohs. Minn ; Fled Kamer, NeIllSVIlle, WIS , C V McMIllan, Fond du Lac, \\-IS ; \\T. B Shober, Chatles-ton, \Y \Ta, \ Kuoolhui7en, Holland, ::'vIlch; Benjamm C \ an Loo Zeelanc1. ;'IlCh ; J 1\ Elenbaas. Zeeland, MIch. I I 111kR Upham. ;'[ar"hfielcl, \VI~ , Charles Elmenclol f, Ma111- -------------- ------------------- . - . _. _. - - . - -----~ -~ Pitcairn Varnish Company I I Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality - Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturmg Trades Dep't. .... ....... . - - - .- - - - .----- ------_._-~_._--_._---_._ - - Manufacturers of ..........I Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. WEEKLY ARTISAN "tep :\llLh , Chades E Rlgle), O\vOSSO,Mlch ; J J Hall, Chl-ca~ o, H P. Hall, Chicago; Otto Grantz, Rockford Palace FUdlltme company, Rockford, III ; SCHall, Hall & Lyon Fll1mtUl e company, \Varren, NY; Clarence H Burt, Burt Bros , Philadelphia, Pa ; H A Barnal d, Barnard Coke l\Ianu-factmmg company, ::Ylmneapol!s, M1I111, J August Johnson, l\Iechamcs Furlllture company, Rockford, III ; A E Johnson, Rockfol d Chair and Fur11lture company, Rockfol d, III ,E \v S\\ enson, Rockford, III ; 0 E SandstI om, Central FurllltUl e company, Rockford, III ; W. A Brolm, Skandia FUl11Iture compan), Rockford, III , J E S\\anson, Rockford Standard FUlllltUle company, P D FranCIS. ChICago, John L Jackson, Herzog A.rt Furmttlle company, Sagma\\, Mlch ; C A Schu and H H Schu, Clescent Furmture company, EvanSVille, Ind , G VV Chusty, Anderson-~Tmter Manufactunng company, Cl1l1ton, Iowa, A D Reukuaf, H vVolke Bro, LOUIsville Kv ; George P Hummer, Holland, MICh ,J A Peterson, BI eed-J ohnson Furniture company, Jamestown, NY; George H Ehvell, Mmneapolts Furmtut e company, Mmneapohs, Mmn ; C S. Horner, \Valren Table \Yolb, \Vallen, Pa , Pelcy Ray, vVolverme Fur~lture company, Zeeland, Mlch , Charles FOIgsen, Golden Furniture company, Jamestown, N Y.; A C Korqutst and George \V. Meyer, )Jorquist company, J ame::,tm\ll, NY, Chades M Friese, vvodd Fut niture com-pany, EvanSVille, Ind; Benjamin Bosse, Globe Furniture LOmpany, EvanSVille, Ind ; Edward Ploeger, Bosse Furniture conpam, EvanSVille, 41d ; Irvin Spencer and F T Plllnpton, Spencer, Baines company, Benton Harbor, Mlch ; LoUIS F Greenman, Se) mour, Ind.; George H Beck, Umon Furniture company, BateSVille, Ind ; J. A Steenmeyer, Petel s FmnitUl e company, St Louts, Mo,; VV.L Hagedon, \Vestern Futmture company, Indianapohs, Ind ; C P McDougall, \1cDougall company, FI ankfOl t, Ind : A VV Cobb and Frank BIllmgs, Udell \Vorks, Indlanapolts, Ind ,H DeKlluf. Colomal ::V1anu-factmmg company, Zeeland, Mich. New Furniture Dealers. S \1 rooth IS a ne\, fUlmture dealer at }\l10r11stown,S D CI al y & Lockal d al e to open a new furmture stOle at HClmgton, Kan The A DOlney FutmtUlc company have opened a nc\\ , '-,t01e in Allentown, Pa. C F Smith \V III engage 111the turmtm e and undcI tak1l1g btb111ess at Ponca, Okla G F Cuthbert & Co, have opened a new furniture and cat pet StOle at Medford, Ore H J Henry Schwartz WIll add a stock of furmture to their genelal stOle at Bowlus, :\1111n )J Lebenson, a well-know n upholstel cr of Grcel1\\ Ich, Conn, has opened a \\ ell-stocked fUlnlttu e StOIe 111connectIon \\ Ith hIS upholstenng business Matthew Bolton, v\ho untIl Iecentlv conducted a second hand store at Mena, Al k , 1'-, fitt1l1g a st~re, 111the same town, m which he \\ III open a stock of new furmture C. P \Vise, for fort) years a grocer at Tmner's Falls, l\la::,s, has sold out and m pal tnel ship \\ Ith hiS slstel 'v III open an antIque fut mtm e store at Hyan11lspOl [, 1\1ass The Co-opelattve Society, capltah7ed at $IO,OOO \vlll open a general StOIe \\ Ith a fm11lture department, at PlttS-fielu, Mass Earle G \V111ston IS president of the company SebastIan Rau\Volf, Flank Romchek and RUdolph Strauss have mcorporated the Jefferson Furniture House to deal in furmture on \Vest Madison street, Chicago Capital scock, $2,000. DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and 8HEEP SKIN8 Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ......-.... --- ... -.. -.. ----- -------------~---.-..I ... .- ----------------~----_. -- -----------_._._----_._-------------.., ,III I - -- ..-.. Palmer's Patent GluinJ!Clamps The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and showl the range of one lize only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make six other sizes, taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick. Ours is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time, Hundredl of factories have adopted our "ay the past year and hundreds more will in the future. Let us show you. Let us lend you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way Is the best. A post card will bring It, catalog inclUded. Don't delay. but write today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Projectlle Co., London. Eng-land; bchuchardt 111; Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Paris, Brussels. Llece. Milan, Turin, Baroelona. and Bilbo&, .... ._ .. _a.. we -_.__._.""''''' ..... _ ••••••• ,. be ... 7 -- ... ._. -- .. 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... THE ONLY nORTISER 1 That does not require material to be marked off. Makes each and every mortise accurately and perfectly. Each spindle instantly adjusted by hand wheel. Automatic Spacing Gage. Patent Automatic Stroke. Patent Adjustable Chisel. No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel Mortlser. Ask for Catalog "1" .... • • ••• ••• • I ••••••••• WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. ......... .•.......... ~ Conroy a Punster. A J Conroy the bIg furmtUle retaIler ot Cmunnatl I~ a punster A sample of 1m, ablhty m that pal tlculal. dell\ el eel m a welcommg speech to the XatIOnal Hal d" ood Lumbel aSSOCIatIOn, IS as follO\\ s "Thel e al e fil "t" seconds and thirds m everythmg, and It \\ a" \\ lse to select Cmcmnatl as a place to hold thIS conventIOn, because thIS Clt) I" fil "t among the hardwood lumber to\\ n" of the wuntl \ ThIS h not a tree-mendous charge, and It 1'3 not a chestnut elthel You men look well sea~oned. clean-cut and fine g 1amed and \ ou were fortunate m commg to thl'3 hotel "hel e ,) ou al e mcel) quartered" Moving Into a New Plant. Boynton & Co, the well kno" n manufacturers of mould-mgs and carvmgs, of ChIcago, are about to mo\ e mto then new factory at 1725-39 DIckson street-a ..,hort ~treet "e"t ot Ashland avenue, runnmg from Bloommgdale load to \\ a-bansio avenue The new plant has been bUIlt e"peClalh tor theIr use The mam bUlLlmg IS 80 x LiO feet, three "tone" whIch wlll gIve them much mOl e space than the) hay e had in the old bUlldmg They \\ III hay e an ImprO\ ed dn kIln and power house and the ne\\ plant \\ 111 be eqUIpped "ah the best of modern machmery GrandpaCurby. C E Curby, secretary of the SmIth & Da\ I" "jlanufac-tunng company, I" the proud one-he's a brand ne\\ grandpa for the first tune. A baby boy \\ as born to hIs "on Clarence Curby, also wIth the SmIth & DavI.., company, on Tue~day. May 3, 1910 And thus IS the brass cnb market boomed and Grandpa Curby t'ik"es on new hfe -St LouIs Fur111tul e X e\\ s ".... REVERSIBLE AND ONE-WAY CUTT£RS The Shimer ReverSIble Cuttero for Smgle Spmdle Shapers, Vanety Moulders or Fnezers, are carefully moulded opposite to the shape of the mould to be produced, m such a \\ ay as to have only the cuttmg edge touch the lumber They are complete-mexpensn e-tlme savmg We abo manufacture One-Way Cuttels for Double Spmdle Shapers They are used m palr'3, nght and left, one Cutter of each shape for each spmdle In ordenng speCial shapes not listed In our catalogue, send a wood sample or an accurately made drawmg Addreos Death of Mrs. Rosa Fleck. "jh s Rosa } leck, owner of a house fur111shmg busmess at R51 Kml1lckm111C avenue, -:vIlh\ aukee, and '3lster of Goerge I Prassel of George I PI assel & Som, fur111ture and under-taking of the "ame cIty. (hed on Thursday at her home. at 655 Clmton Stl eet. aged 68 years and 6 months She \\ dS b01 n 111Bavana, Germany, on Oct 28, 1842 She Cdme to the U111ted States 1111861, and was marned m the same ) eal to }llchae1 Fleck, who (hed seven years ago An Echo of the "Frisco Quake. 1he clcum" of eIght plOperty ow nel '3 aga111st the A.lltance, CommerCIal "l'l11on and Palatme fire msurance compal11es, all Enghsh, aggregatmg $122,015 as a result of the fire of 1906, ha\e beE;n glanted by a lury m the federal dlstnct cOUlt. at San FrancIsco The compal11es based theIr defense on the earthquake dame There are still pendmg agamst the same compa11le~ SUlts brought by the Cahforl11a Wme Growers' as"oclatlOn for cla111b aggregatmg almost $1,000,000 Favors the Bill of Lading Bill. "\d\ Ice" tram II ashmgton '3tate that a favorable report on the hanker'" blll ot ladmg measure makmg order bIlls nego-tIable and reqUlnng the promment stampmg of "not negoti-able' on "tralght laJmg bllis has been O1dered by the hou'3e mter"tate commerce commIttee The blll wa" amended m commIttee '30 as to "tnke out the apphcatlOn to foreIgn bllis of ladmg ancl the cnmll1al penalty features, whIch belong to the state ----~.............................. -- .... ., I B. WALTER & do. II ~~ T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively I WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ... • •........... _. t· . I .-4 WABASH INDIANA ....-_._.--~._-_.-._._.~.~-.--_.~---_._---- III I ·····1····· _-.., 1Loufsbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN .. SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA. I -------._...... .._-. -------------_._._-------+- . CitIzens' Telephone 1702. i ._---4 WEEKLY ARTISAN Lower Prices on Carpets and Rugs. The offiCIal openmg of the fall carpet and rug season In New York last Monday furm"hed a surprIse to the trade 0\\ ing to the great success of the auctlOn sales last week a reductIon m pnces f01 the openmg of the new season wa" not expected It had been predIcted and sharp cuts wele ex-pected up to May I, but the Idea \Vas dIspelled by the eager buymg and hIgh pnces paId at the auctlOn sales As com-pared \'dth the pnces that had prevaIled smce January TO. the figures fixed for the ne\\ season, by the Alexander SmIth & Sons Carpet company last Monday show sharp cuts on prac-tIcally all o.f the fabncs handled by thIS company Large sIzed rugs were reduced from 82 cents to $300 each, small rugs from 20 cents to 40 cents each, and carpets from 10 cents to 90 cents a yard. It was further announced that the company reserves the nght to \\ Ithdraw all pnces WIthout notice Some of the heavIest reductIons made were on Ax-mmster fabncs where 14-4 1ugs were reduced from $2465 to $22 per rug, 16-4 Z Smith Axmmsters m 12 x 13 ft 6 m SIze were reduced from $27,00 to $25. IS, and 16-4 rugs from $3°75 to $2775 In the carpet lmes velvet 4-4 stall' goods suffered the heavIest reductlOn, bemg marked down from I 260 to I 17 cents a yard WIlton velvet carpet was reduced from I 23 cents to I 180 cents per yard, and 5-8 goods from I 18 to I 1376 cents Best tapestries 4-4 staIr carpets remaIned at the old pnces named January IS, and also 5-8 and best "tap" re-mamed at old pnces Axmmster fabncs also shared Ll lhe reductIon, as dId Savonnene fabIIcs \VhIle It was not admItted by other selling agents that the prIces announced by the SmIth company \\ ere a surpnse, the reluctance on theIr part to make publIc theIr prIces was ,,..--------------------_ ..... _ ......... I I 9 Each Net I ....... _.- -._ - --_ ..-- .._--- .... deCldedly marked In almost every quarter the statement was made that prices had been named and busmess was pro-ceeding satIsfactorily, although the prices named were not for the general public. The terms announced by the Smith Company are Sep-tember, 4 per cent, IO days. After September I the dating wIll be first of month following date of 111VOIce.Anticipation penmtted, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Remittance must be 111 New York funds, all goods sold f. o. b. MIlls, Yonkers, N. Y BIll of lading constitutes delivery. Orders wIll be executed up to October 3 I, so far as the abIlIty of the mIlls will permIt at the prices at whIch they are accepted. The company re"erve" the right to withdraw all pnces without notice Any patterns not selling up to the company's expectatlOns may be sold as a job without rebate SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ $2~ Each Net to WEEKLY ARTISAN .~.-.--.-.--------------_._.--_ .......•.....•.•..... ---~ Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 We take pleasure In mtroduclllg to yoll our' new Saw Table The base IS !nmdar to what we have been u3mg on our No 4 Saw Table, only we have made It larger on the Roor The raIsIng and lowenng devIce IS the same as we have on the No 4 Machine, with lever and pItman The lever IS made of steel The arbor IS made of 1 % Inch steel, runDlng In long lIng Oiling boxes. and IS for 1 lOch hole In saw We furniSh one 14 tRch saw on each madune It Will carry a 16 Inch saw If demed Table IS made with a center slide 12 Inches WIde wIth a movement of 21 Inches It has a lockIng deVIce to hold It when you do not wish to use It, and has a detachable mitre guage to be used when usmg the shdmg table Can CIOSS cut WIth table extended to 24 mches, also np up to 24 IOches WIde Table has a removable throat that can be taken out when USlOg dado It also has two mItre guages for regular work and a two Sided np guage that can be used on ("Ither SIde of the saw, more especially when the table IS tilted also a hhlOg np gauge to be used to cut I bevel worl< when you do not WIShto tilt the table The toP IS 40x44 mche. Counter.haft has T & L pulley. lOx 14 mche., and the dnve pulley 16x5 mche., counter I shaft should run 800 Makmg In ~nabout as complete a machme as can be found and at a I reasonable pnce W nte us and we Wlll be pleased to quote you pncea Address, ----_.--. ------------ ------~ ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., 181-183 Canal St , Gralld Rapid., M.cI.· ---- ---------~------_.-._. -~-----..,.- Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GRO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592 .Absolute Ventilation the Year .Around. The' Sl1 occo" electnc fan and all punfier i<; a device de- \ eloped b) the !\mencan Blovv el company, DetrOlt, Mlchigan, and Troy. "\ CV'. York, u'-,mg a "Slrocco" (trade mark) <;tan-dard turbme t) pe, lmpeller wheel but 3 mches m dlameter a" the ba<;t:, for bnngmg the fan "y<;tem of ventilatlOn Wlthm the reach of e\ e1yone u"mg dectnc current The small "pace olcupleu and the hght \\ elght combme to make the SlrolCO' dC\ lce portahle and aUl dctlve On account of the 111gh effiClenu of the "nocco" fan, the electnc motor is small (one seyentleth of a hOl sepoVver) and the electnc current re-qUlrement almost lll",lgl1lficant The complete outfit can be lllstalled upon the wll1dow slll by the office boy or stenogra-pher, \\ 1thout tools The' Slrocco \\ 111 supply 5,000 CUblC feet of fre<;h, filtered all e\ cry hour, dlffu~ll1g same throughout the room or in any dlrectlOn at \\ 111 or deflected through radlator for wmter ven-tllatlOn D) the slmple 1 ever"lllg of a small lever, without changll1g the pO'oltlon of the outfit or StOpplllg the "Sirocco" \\ 111 exhaust tram the room the dead "used up" a1r m the .same large volume It 1S not a mere agltator of the a1r in an apartment and lt \Soes beyond any other ventllatll1g device ) et maJe The deslgn has been perfected and patents apphed for and manufactunng facllities are bell1g hurrled into shape for the plOductlOn of these remarkable umts by the thousands. This lS but one of the late~t appllcatlOn", of the famous "Sirocco" turbine fans, which al e now bell1g applled for the ventllatlOn of kJtchens, telephone booths, laundries, and toilet rooms on land, shlpboard and on wheels. "Slrocco" fans are used almost to the exc1uslOn of any other type for ventllatmg, coolll1g and mechamcal draft on lthe modern battleships, crmser:o, destlOyers, etc , m the Britlsh, German, Italian, Rus- Slan, Japanese and Ul1lted States navies The Dmted States North Dakota and Delawal e. whlch on recent tnal developed such wonderful speed, d1d so under forced draft supplJed by "Sirocco" blowers, and the U. S S Flonda and Utah, now under constructlOn, are l)emg eqmpped both for hull vent1- latlon and mechal1lcal draft wlth "Sll occo" fans. WEEKLY ARTISAN Parcels Post in Germany. Robert P Skmne1, Amencan consul-general at Ham-burg, havmg been asked for mformatlOn as to the workmgs of the parcels P0'3t III (Terman), "tate, that the exact date when the sendce v, as maugl11 ated IS unknown In all EU1'Opean countne" pdlceb ha\ e been hdndled by po"t for "0 long a tIme that no drguments tor or ag,un'3t thl<; "en Ice, such a", one hears m the L t11ted ::-,tates, are e\ er ralseJ If It should be propo<;ed m Germany to abolIsh the parcel" po"t (a most unthlllkable propositIOn) loud com plamt would, no doubt, be heard Immediately from the people of the "mall towns and farmmg populatIOn, who ship to the cities their butter, egg", 'egetables and flowers to actual consumers, thu" competmg directly With the 1 eta II prOVlSlOn establIsh-ments of every city Thou"and" of Hamburg famIlies prob-ably receive thell JaIl} pat of fresh butter from the parceb postman, who",e eXI"tence rendelS It pO'3slble for the farmel m ::\1ecklenburg to VI<;lt the CIty once a year fo findmg cu" tamer", returnmg to hI", home With the knowledge that hiS trade wIll be served Just as con",clentlOusly a" though he were located m the heart of Hamburg The rates ch,uged b} the German government for the shipment of parcels wlthm ItS own terntory and to Albtna, which have been effective smce 1873, vary accordmg to the length of the haul In France an unvarymg rate I" chalged, whether the parcel be tramporteJ 1 mIle or 600 miles \!Vlth-m the limits of Germany and Austna the rate chalged for transportmg a parcel not exceedlllg 5 kIlo<; (11 02 pound<;) m weight a distance of 75 kIlometer" (466 Imlles), which con- "tItute, Zone I, IS 25 pfennlgs ($0059) Above the dlstanc named the rate for the first 5 kIlos IS 50 pfent11gs ($0 119) VVhen parcels exceed 5 kIlos m weight, the ongmal charge for the first 5 kIlos mcreases about 2}2 cents for each addi-tIOnal kilo The German post was establIsh eel m 1615 betVvcen \t len-na and Brussels The first mentIOn the wnter finds m regard to parcels goes back to 1782, when postmasters were requlfed not to accept packages m localItIes m which contdglOUs diS-eases pre' aIled, suggestmg that they must have been trans-ported dunng a long tIme pnor to the year named The busme,s has contmued to mcrease untIl It has reached enor-mous proportions Hints on the Care of Mirrors. Mllrors of all kmd<; detenorate If they are not carefully placed \' 0 mlrrOl <;hould be m "ueh a pO",ltlOu that the full glare of the sun falls upon It :\1lrrors should be washed With cold water, usmg a chamOIS leather anJ <;oft cloth They polish more bnghtly 1f v, ashmg blue 1" added to the water, or better stIll, 1f a lIttle wood a"h IS tIed up m mlblm and allowed to dissolve through The me of a paste of whltmg 1'3not to be commended An old Silk handkerchief makes an excellent polI"her for mirrors, as doe" lIkeWise tl"",ue paper of good qualIty. They Want Mahogany Rates. Complamt has been made to the mterstate commerce eomml "SlOn agamst the Boston & l\Iame and other mterstate carners, by the Furnace Run SawmIll & Lumber company of :\few Jel sey, for makmg lower 1ates on expen",lve Imported woods than on less costly lumber It 1<;declared that a Jomt through rate of 14 cents per hundred pdt1t1ds 1S chalged on mahogany from Boston to Toledo, as agal11st 19 cents on :opruce lath anJ lumber from Canada via the same hnes to the same destmatlOn 11 rII I . ~ No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE. WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG 185 N FRONT STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ...I FOX MACHINE CO. .. . ... ...---_._~--_.__._._. ---_._---_._-----~ 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 U8 for PrIce LIIIt and dl8COunt 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. '-------------- --.-_---------------_-.-_-------_-._~.... r Manufadurers of EmboOled and Turned Mould-ings, Embos .. ed and Spindle Carvin ... , and Automatic Turnin ..s. We aIlO manu-fadure a lartze hne of Emboaaed Ornamenta for Couch Work. BOYNTON & CO. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. " .- .. .I. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN .- • • •• • _. _... • • ._. • 4 . ._ .. --.., You cannot find better Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer than we could furnish you right now. Write us. WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY __ ../0 ~----- -------._._. ------~-~.~-_._._._--.-.-_--.-_-_. -------------- An Improved Cutter Head. Herewith IS sho\\ n a fool that I~ kno\\ n \\ here\ er \\ ood IS worked by machmely-the Shimer cutter head It I" nO\\ about forty years smce these tools were put on the market of the parb other than that reqUlred to sharpen the bits, \"hlCh reqUIres about the same 51011as that of fihng a saw To promote the \\ ork of a machme, manufacturers should use the Shimer cutter heads, as it tests the capacity of any Figs. 202 and 208 with Four Bits each and the ExpanSion Feature. and although the first heads vvere crude m de"lgn as com-pared with the head of today, some are still 1D sen Ice and do-mg good work. The changes and Impro\ emenb that ha\ e led up to the present heads were made step by step a" expenment dnJ practICal use suggested \c fir~t the heads \\ ere made princlpally for matchmg Then the Flea was extended gradu-ally until almost every phase of machme wood-workmg has Its Shimer cuttel heads to save the time of the men and to make a more perfect product Expenment with different metals resulted m the adoptIOn of the steel forgmg for the head proper. Steel with 60,000 pounds tensl1e strength IS forged and shapeJ under a pm\ erful steam hammer until the gram 15 further sohdlfied and refined, makmg a tool which has no equal fm strength The adoptIOn of this metal necessitated a change of methods m manufac-turmg and the estabhshment at heavy expense of a special department for their manufacture The Shimer cutter heads are made upon the 111telchange-able plan for quick chang111g from one class of work to another without altenng mach111e gUides or (lJ~tUlb1l1g ahgnments They are also made with a complete expansIOn feature \\ here-by the cut of the bits can be expanded or contracted to SUlt different classes of work or matenal without takmg the heads off the spindles. All cutting bits are of high grade tool steel, tempered to file They hold an edge exceptIOnally \\ ell m \\ orkmg wood of every class and their Circular outhnes mamtam umform shapes and patterns of the filllsh product X 0 filmg or fittmg machme and m"ures an output that IS dlstmct as to fimsh and \\ orth as a marketable product. These toob al e manufactured only by Samuel J Shimer & Sons, :-lllton. Pa , to whom those mterested m havmg fur-ther mformatloll may wnte ~-- _ .. - ..... --- We Manufacture tlte Larlleat Liue of rOlDlna ("AIDS In the Unlted States, sUltable for 5 u n day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubiJc resorts We also manufacture Brass Trtmmed I r 0 n Beds, Sprtng Beds, Cots and Cribs In a large vartety S.nd ror Catalogu. and Prtces to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO -----""--1 I I __ oS WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 ,.....-.__....-. ------------------_._----- -- _._----------- -----_._---------------., These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue S~readine Machine. Sinele. Double and Combination. (atented) (Size, 12 in. to 14 in wide.) VeDeer Pre .... , d,fferent kind. aDd sizes (atealed) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. -- -" fI ~ Hand Feed Glueine Machine (ate.t pendinl.) MaD,. ,t,.le, and ,ize,. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS ------------~_._---_._------ - - -- -- - - - -- CHASe E. IrRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glue Heater. PLANNING TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS Ten Thousand Employers Promiise to Co-operate With National Manufacturern Association. The fact that preventable accident, Injured more than 500,000 workmen and entailed a loss oj $250,000,000 dUrIng 1909, has caused the KatIona1 assoClatlJn of Manufacturers to send out urgent InVitatIOns to manuhcturers and employ-ers generally throughout the country to attend the associa-tIOn's annual convention at the VVa1dorJ -AstOrIa, New York, May 16, 17 and 18, when the questIOn of the prevention of accident" and 1l1dustI la1 lIabIlity Insurance Will form the prin- I clpal subject:, for discussion Among the speakers wIll be PlOfessor FrederIck R Hut-ton, of the Amencan Mu"eum of Safety, and MIles H Daw-son, ""ho l11vestIgated habllty l11surance abroad for the Russell Sage foundatIOn A report wIll be made by a speCially ap-pointed committee consisting of John Kirby J r , president of the associatIOn James W Van Cleav ~, D A Tompkins, Charlotte, 1"\ C, H E M1es, RacIne, WIS, Henry B. Joy, preSident of the Packard Motor Car company, Detroit, and F. C Schwedtman of St Loms The great interest now being shown is eVInced by the fact that pract cally every manufac-turer in the metropolis has Joined the movement Among the plants which have adopted plans for pre-ventmg aCCIdents as \',ell as some form of compensatIOn, and have promised to co-operate are the following' RemIngton Typewnter company, Fairbanks company, Steinway & Sons, pianos; NIles-Bement-Pond company, machInery; Mergen-thaler Linotype company, Watson-StIllman company, Ludwig Nlsson company, American Cotton Oil company, Corn Pro-ducts Refining company, Dodge & Olcott company, Church & DWight, Charles A Schiern & Co, Yale & Towne Manu-facturing company and Herring, Hall & VIarvin Safe company. The committee appomted by the as',ociation, In preparIng for Its report, communicated wllth 25,000 employers In all parts of the Ull1ted States, as well as 250 national, state and local orgall1zatlOns of employers Every state legislator was also WrItten to Special correspondencl' was carried on with American and European experts and al"o With the officers of various societies and organizations interested in this work. A little more than 10,000 replIes to the vanous communi-catIons were received Among these, only three protested, ven m a mild manner, against taking up the question of em-loyer's liability and the prevention of accidents _4 Among those who are expected to attend the convention are Card111al Gibbons, Speaker Cannon, Mr. Nagle, secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, J. Pierpont Mor-gaD, E H Gary, Paul Morton Senators Root, Nelson and Borah; Congressmen Denby, Fordney and Fassett; Charlels E LIttlefield, former Senator Hemingway, former Congress-man James E. Watson. Attention Will be given to uniform state laws, banking and currency, merchant marIne, national conservatIve, immi-gration, fire preventIOn, industrial education and national in-corporation ReducinK Fire Insurance Rates_ In his annual report on fire insurance, Insurance Commis-sioner Blake of Missouri, advocates state supervision of rates. He holds that a property owner wants to know whether he is paymg more than enough to carry his insurance He recom-mends that the insurance department be authorized to review the rates charged by the fire insurance companies, basing Its actIOn on the broadest pOSSible clasSificatIOn The report notes a further reduction 111 the average rate of 6 cents during 1909. In 1908 there was a reduction of 21 cents. For over a year re-ratjng has been in progress and re-ports have been received from 269 towns in which the work has been completed It is shown that the average reduction is 10 cents. It is announced that the commissoner will re-fuse to lIcense companies whose promotion expenses are ex-cessive. Buyers in Grand Rapids. The follOWing prominent buyers spent a part of the week 111Grand RapIds' R L. Barker, McCreery & Co, Pittsburg. J A. Malone, Jordan, Marsh & Co , Boston. George ClIngm:'in, Tobey Furniture company, Chicago. A W. Cleveland, New England Furniture company, Min-neapolIs. .. . "II II your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (!Iarence lR. bills DOES IT 163 MadIson Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes, ChiffonIers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In ImItatIon golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Made by 1 he Karges Furntture Co Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards m plam oak, ImItation quartered oak, and sohd quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChiffonIers In lffiItatIon quartered oak, u"(utation mahogany, and Imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dining and Dressmg Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. Cnbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots. Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. ~-------------------_._._-_.-----_.. - - - .-. -. - _. - _. .. .t. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 Made b~ World FurnIture Compan~. Made by Bosse FurnIture Company. Made by Bockstege Furnlture Co. .Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. .... . -------- ---------, 0_- __ 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. uaL.,'sHEC EVERY SATURDAY .V THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SU.SCPlIl'T10N $1 80 I'E'" YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE'" COUNT""ES 52. 00 I'ER YEAR. SINGLE COl"ES , CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE. 108-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. A S WHITE, MANAGING EOITO'" Entered as aecond cla .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds. MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E. LEVY Half a mIllIon wOlkmen \\ele aCCldentalh 1l1jt1le<111l thl~ country 1111909 and the great ma lOllt\ of the accldent~ \\ el e preventable, that 1S due to ca1 elessnes.., 01 lalk ot pi opel I ule"'. regulatIOn or safegualds The aCCIdents cau~ed a loss or at least $250,000, a large pal t ot \\ hlch v, as su"ta111ed 1n em-ployers Surely the pi ev entlOn of accldenb "hould be ,I matter of great 111terest to emplO\ el" e"peclalh to the 0\\ nel .., 'Or manage 1s of factones Thel dore all emplO\ el.., \\ 111be interested 111the annual meetll1g of the ;\ atlOnal A ""oC1atlon of Manufacturel ". which IS to be held at the \\ aldOl f \<;tOlla New York, elullng the vveek, when the preyentlOn of dCCI-dents and Il1dmtnal habllIty and 111surance \\ III be the pll11- ciple topics for (1ISCUSSlon 1Ianufacturer" of ft1l11ltUle al e not dlone ,1I1 attl1bl1tlll" ~ the eXlstll1g dullne..,s 111tl dele to the extl av agelllce of the peo-ple 1'llP" abloael, jO) nclll1g and lIke pleasure.., elle ll1clul~ecl 111by many \\ ho lM\ e mOl tgageel then home", pled~ecl then hfe msurance and \\lthcha\\n their sa\lI1g'" hom the bdnb The spectacle IS astounclll1g Huncheds ot m1lhom or dol-lars are squandeled annually on automobtles and the out-come of the craze for high speeders no one can perd1ct \\ 1th safety The natlon IS on wheels and there seems to be no means avatlbale for check111g ItS <;peed The committee on finance of the Merchants' assoClatlon of New York have made a stl ong argument 111fay or of Ma \ 01 Gaynor's plOpositlOn to abohsh taxe<; on personal pi ope; t\ Their report, as apPlOved by the board of dnectOl::' of the associatIOn, IS published 111full 111 thIs echtlOn of the \\ eekh Artlsan Thoughtful reade1 s \\]11 SUIel) 1ecog11lze the fUlle of the statements made by the committee and 111\estlgatlon \\ 111 undoubtedly 'Show that they are as true of othel c1tles a<; of Nevv York Havll1g determll1ed to produce the "upphes neces::.al \ fOJ feedmg the passenge1 s travel111g on the GI eat ;\01 theln' 1al1- roael by establlsh111g farms, stock yal c1sand grazll1g 1an~ e'S 1ll ItS ten 1tory, 1t would not 'Surprise an) one If J 1111 HIll.., ne"t enterprise vvould be the creatlon of manufactmll1!S Illclustlle~ to produce everythll1g needed 111the eqUIpment and opel atlOn of hiS lme" J1m HIll mattl ess, chall cal seat. table and k1l1c1- dred factones may be antlc1p~ted for the near future "What have we done?" asked Leonard Bronson, 111an address to the NatIOnal Hardwood Lumber Manufacturer~ associatIOn "Not a great deal, very llttle in proportion to the magmtude of the Vvork to be done" Mr. Bronson's answer ]S l11"uffiClent The assoClatlon has developed a larger number of long talks and frequent banquets than any trade 111 Lhe country So far the only objections to the proposItion to abohsh taxes on pel sonal property 111New York come from men \V ho feal that It \\ auld lead to adoptIOn of the single tax theory ad\ ocated by Henry George Thelr fear IS not vvell founded, ho" e\ el A.bohshment of personal taxes does not mean the c\.cmptlOn of bUlldll1gs and other Improvements on real estate The sum of $80,000 1Sspent by a noted retailer m ChICago on hI" \\ 111clO\\dl"play'S annually It pay'S handsomely Re-taIlers located 111smaller cltles could use their w111dows vvlth gl eat profit to themseh e" by adopt111g the methods of the Chicago merchant, so far as the1r stocks would prem1t ::'IanufactUl el 'S of hardwood lumber vehemently declare \\ Ith \ Olce and pen at every. opportumty that their orgam- / cltlon I~ not a tI ust Let's see, what lS the name of that 111dl- \ ldual of \\ hom Shakespeare, or John Mtlton, or Patsy Bohvar ~ald "He doth protest too much?" \n unauthenticated rep01 t . Charley Spratt 1S negotla-till!.; t01 the pm cha::.e of the Emperor's palace at Potsdam He \\ ould add 1t to hI" collectIOn of magmficent trade structures 111course of erection 111N ew York It IS pi oposed to establlsh a factory to manufacture "ke) <;" and gate'S to our city," for the use of mayors 111ex-tend111g the glad hand to Vls1tor<; to convention c1ties \\ hen the C111c111natl expOSition shall be opened It IS understood that bU'i111eSSw111 not be allowed to 111terfere With the pleasme.., of the lunch hour Keep1l1g "tock:, 10\\ and 111motlon 1'Sgood merchandising ~e\ el a1 p10m111ent me1 chants 111 New York t11rn their stock 0\ er once a month Salesmen \\ ho \\ ould rather face a hon in the desert than a buyer m hls office are not unknown 111the furniture tl ade A cool clean, well-llghted 'Store is the source of pleasure to the tradmg publIc 111the good old summer tIme RetaJ1er~ \\ ho hay e rea'Son to be proud of their stores lo"e nothmg h) te111l1g customers about it ;\Ianufacturers of spring beds vv111sell m car lots-when 01ders fOI dozens a1 e not offered If you ha\ e "the best store" m yom to\\<n, all the town's people \\ 111knO\\ It Co-operatIOn between manufacturer and reta1ler up-bl1llds tl acle The \\ heels \V III not turn very long If they fail to turn out profits Push the sale of the profit make1 s on your floors the hardest WEEKLY ARTISAN Summer Furniture. vVl1low furmture IS espeCIally pleasmg for summel homes, says one of John Wanamaker's publIcity agents, wntmg for the New York StOIe EIther m natural color or enamelled to follow any color scheme, this ware IS sometImes upholstered wIth adjustable cus11l0ns, the dal11ty COlO1s of the cretonne'i harmomzl11g wIth the wIllovv One set of whIte enamelled IV IllO\v conslstmg of com-fOltable, stIalght chalrs, rocker'i, and ea'Sy davenports, 'Settee, tabourette table and dear knows what all ha'i also a large WIllow desk, contammg four draV\el s The large flat LOpI'i chanmngly covered wIth cretonne, whIch m turn IS prote::ted by a glass ThIs 1" both effectIve and practIcal There are several old pIeces made m thIs "ale, as for mstance the "la7Y person," or the tea table rack. conslstmg of three tIers for the muffin and toast plates ThIs comes m tvvo sIzes, one for the table, or the other to stand beSIde the table on the floor, \V hlCh latter, of course, IS much hlghel and larger Another novelty IS the "Hong Kong," half steamel chaIr and half MOlns chaIr Made of dark gI een enamelled wl1loV\ upholstered m artIstIc cretonne cushIons, at back and on seat, nothmg could be more comfortable fOl a qUIet after-noon's readmg or "forty wmks." One more WIllow attraction IS the beach chaIr, large and commodlOUS, really lalge enough for four to SIt m ThIS chaIr IS made \V Ith back, SIdes and canopy m one It certainly commends Itself to the sea SIde advocate A most comfortable wicker armchalr m the natl11al color, may be had for $500 and that Isn't all eIther, for a lovely cretonne covered cushIOn, to make thIS an even more com-fortable and luxunous chall, goes Iv Ith It The cretonne bemg left to the purchaser'S selection SUIely an offer worth vvhl1e. The cedar tl undle box mu"t surely be a joy to hel V\ ho ISlamted for space There ale many apartment house dwellels who are forced to stow boxes under the bed because closet room is scarce But boxes are not all tIght, nor are the) SIghtly, and really are nothmg more than dust catchers, but the trundle box, 10\1, flat, and on vvheels I'i a bles"mg m chs-gUIse It can be trundled m and out eaSIly, and bemg lmed WIth cedar, IS moth proof The outer covenng IS of fine Japanese mattmg and the frame work IS of bamboo Cer-tamly a practIcal and handy thing to have around the bed-room An Experiment. The Fergu"on Bras Furmture company of Hoboken, N J, trIed an experiment WIth the Grand RapIds Veneer Works dry kilns with the followmg result Hoboken, X J, Mar 14, 1910 The Grand RapId'S Veneer vVork'i, Grand Rapld'i, MlCh, Gentlemen -vVe some time ago m"talled one of your dry kIlns at Hoboken as an experIment We were takmg from ten days to two weeks to dry 4-4 red oak After havmg gone 1l1to the matter fully, 111 trylllg out your kIlns, we find that we can thoroughly dry thIS stock 111 seven days vVe kIln-dry 6-4 oak 111 ten days, 4-4 basswood 111 five day sand 4-4 N C pme in four days vVe have "mce 1l1- stalled two addItional kilns WIth a capaCIty of five cars each Our first two kIlns had a capaCIty of SIX cars They are workmg very satisfactorIly Yours truly, FERGGSON BRaS FURNITURE MFG CO. (Signed) W. W. Wagner. Built with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS ,--------O-F--GR-A-N-D -R-A-PI-DS-, -M-IC--H--. .---_--4 ...- .,..-- I, II .._---------------- -----------------------~,I ,,I I Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. ...••• a ••••••••••• aa _. ••••• _. ........ 17 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. "" - - - ---~,---~--__. -.----------- -- ----------- Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON & CO ChlcaRo III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the [') dozen Clamp FIxtures "\"hlch we bou~ht of you a ltttle over a )tear ago are gIVIng' excellent <;eVICt" \\ t: are well satisfied wIth them and shalt be pleased to remember you \';'hene",er we \..ant anythmg additIonal m this Ime YOtilS trulv SIOUXC.tv Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO ~--.--------------- _._..--------_. THEY DON'T FEAR THE COMET. The Interstate Table Makers' Association to Meet at Indianapolis on May 18. Members of the Interstate Table ::vI:akers' assoClatlOn, or the officers at least, do not expect to be s\\lshed oft the earth to the SWIpe of the comet's tall, that IS scheduled for \Ia) 18, else they would not have fixed upon that Jate for the opening of theIr annual conventIOn, to be held at Indlanapoll" The call for the meet111g 111dIcates that they are not e\ en 111- c1111ed to gIve the comet',; taIl senous conSIderatIOn It IS profusely Illustrated wIth representatIons of ,cene" that are expected to be wItnessed g0111g to or returmng from the meetrng The cartoons are easIl) under",tooJ but the text of the document may need 111terpretatron to those who are not famIlIar wIth the language and style of the table mak111g trIbe ThIS IS the way It read,; Oh, Ye :vranufacturers of Table", Kno\\ Ye' Kno\\ 1. e I That we, of the Inter-state Tnbe, \\ Ish de"Ire, \\ ant and de- 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack ~ Vises .-. . ... ., !I I I,I IIII E. H. SHELDON {"g CO. I 328 N. May St .• Chicago. --- " Sold on approval and an uncon-dItional money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sollc.t pnvilege of sendtng samples and our complete catalogue RAPID ACTING WOODWORKER S VISE No 3. mand, that yom laIr Dames, bodIly and 111 actIve spInt, de- 11\er you at the Ostelery Claypool 111 the merry month of ~Iay. on the 18th There ,,111 be somethmg domg m the table lIne Sur-pnses are 111store A rousing welcome awaIts you Things \\'111 be on the Wlllg that WIll remove the sawdust from your lungs \\ c \\ 111 accept nothing short of your presence Ha,;te Thee I Haste Thee I Busmess "Ill beg111 at 9 A :VI, Wednesday, May 18th Let" sprrng a surpnse on the boy,; by be111g on trme You don't need to bnng much money WIth you Just attend to busmess The Fun don't cost anyth111g Our banker is all rIght \.,0\\ S111g' (~eng) He's a Jolly good fellow That Cle, eland meetmg stIll lIngers in memory. But ~a\ , 'OU \\ 111never ~orget IndIanapolIs Enterta111ment and Fun 1-\N"hIle we have lots of senous Dus111e,;s to accomplIsh, we all recognrze that "all work and no pIa: make" Jack a dull boy" \Ve shall have entertainment for the ladle". and tun for all You can't afford to miss it ~-----_._~-------------_-.---~._----------_._~--- -------------------------- ~ No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 New designs In the Louis XVI Style. . WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. .. ....I ..... __._---,. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ... ...~ STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted celluloId as a base for OUf l.d<.,tt'f Cup.:; makmg the best cup on the market CelluloId IS a great llnpl (JveJllt..llt over bases made of other matenal ""hen It 15 necessary to illt.. \ e d plt"ce supported by cups with cellulOid bases It can be done with ease .-1.<;; the bases are per fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the u'e of these cup' tables are never marred These cups are filllshed III Golden Oak and White Maple filllshed light If you wtll try a sample order of tluu goodsyou wtll d"tre to handte them tn quantttus PRICES, Size 21{lllches $5.50 per hundred. Size 2){ lllches 4.50 per hundred. .. fOb Grand Raptds TRY A SAM.PLE ORlJER - - .- ..- .. ....... Our commIttee IS alfangmg a pI ogl am that wJ1l appeal to all, and cl~Sl11e" VOll of the time of yom hfe, ,,0 ,lon't fall to be among those who are gomg to sample the hospltaht) of the HOOSIer City There wJ1l be somethmg dom~ every mmute. Chips and Sawdust. It ) ou should evel happen to catch our preSident makmg sIgn" wIth hIS hands, don't thmk anythmg of It You know hIS name IS Jacob Abraham Have you noticed the Robbms thIS "pllng? That 1e-mlnJs me that Joe WIll be chaIrman of the Committee on Ram Checks, as usual Detl Olt has Its Seger, Indlanapohs 0'" n" a Reger eWell, am't I a poet)) Grandpa l\Iesser estabhshed the reputatIOn of bemg the Great American Sleeper whJ1e on his trip abroad 1'\ onder what he dId with all those pipes? 5temmetz? Oh yes I II ell, hone"tly, I would not try to get one off on John He IS such a modest, retlnng boy, and --- --- \Vell, "enoug-h IS enough" ::'I1r Chalfman I mo\ e you Sl', that a commlti.ee be ap pomted whose Juty It shall be to see that J\Ir l\Iunz and hiS party do not get lost en route homeward -Regel New Trans-Atlantic Freight Rates. \ new sen Ice of freight steamers to ply I eglliarly be-tween Rotterdam and PhJ1adelp]lla via London, has Just been announced Fom Bntbh steamel s have been placed on the yo • THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receive descriptIVe circular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes With prICes. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. I.._ .. a.a ._ ••• . ~- II .... -_._._-- -------------" II II • ON CARVINGS OF ANY KIND SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. 1 .. ~~~io~e ~ E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALLE AN, MICH. •. ---_._---------,------------~ schedule to mamtam a regular two-weekly service as the PhJ1- adelphia Trans-AtlantiC lme These ships, operated by the Norfolk & North Amencan Steam Shlppmg Company (lim- Ited') Me the :-JDl th Pomt, Eagle Pomt, East POInt, and Lro\i\ n Pomt, each of about 3,300 tons net The sen Ice f10m Rotterdam to PhJ1adelphla IS already good, the HollanJ-Amenca hne and the Cosmopohtan lme hay mg- regular sailmgs \0\1lth the entry of another fleet of model n freighters mto thiS btL,me;,s, PhJ1adelphla wlll enJoy exceptIOnal freight faclhtles v.lth thIS part of the European contmE'nt The new lme wJ1l, of course, be obhged to enter mto competition '" Ith a strong combmatlOn of pool hnes Howevel, expenenced shlppmg men are managing the new serVice. A New Addition. The 1;1,addell Manufactunng company, Grand Rapid", are b111ldm~ a tvvo story bnck additIOn to their factory The fir"t story IS for a dry kiln and the second fOJ a machme shop, where the} wJ1l repair any machme that gets out of order anll also to make new machmes John \Vaddell has a great penchant for gomg fishmg and ",hen he IS in a trout stream waiting for a bite, he IS hkely to have a new machme biting hIS blam, and ",hen he gets home he hIes hunself away to hiS WOIkshop and proceeds to put hiS Idea into practice Then there b no re"t for John till the patterns are wOlked out and the machll1e made That's why the \Vaddell Manufactunng company ha" many machll1es Il1 their factory that cannot be found m any other factory Il1 the worLl SAWED AI\ID SLICED } QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS I AND MAHOGANY I ---_._._- ~-------_. - .. . .. 20 I No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES NASHVILLE, MICHIGAlIt WEEKLY ARTISAN ..------------_. ------------_._----- r-~-ent~..~i~ -~iX -----------.-.-- ..----------------------1 , I• II ,I ,, ,• II ,, ,II,I I: Lentz Table Co. I Navy Yard and Truck Farmin4. Norfolk, Va, May II-T111'; IS not a ];:uge manufactuI-mg or wholesale center. but has a good sized IetaII tt ade. whIch is augmented by the navy )ard and the 1l11lnemebthl-ness of truck farming There are thousand" of truck tal mel" who buy their suppltes hel e and "ell \\ hat the' Ialse malllh in the north The populatton of the Clty ncm i~ about 80.000 and with the annexatton of Pot t"mouth. \\ III be 110.000 It is a very pretty city and presents a good busmess appearance The cltmate is deltghtful. a happy medIUm bet\\ een cold and hot As a bus mess centel It I" gI 0\\ mg and I" taklll~ on the all' of the northern uttes The Old Dommlon Table \\ otb Iecentl} otgallll.:ecl, with a capItal of $25,000, \\ III erect a h' O-SCOI}hllck facton at Port :0Y orfolk The} \\ III make a speClalt} of oak pede<;tal tables The plant \\ 111 be opel atecl b} electnClt} The officeI" are, VV A Hall, plesident. E Rhode", 'Ice prewlent. B \ Hall, secretary The Sliver Dollar Fm111ture compan, of Pot t"mouth has been incorporated \\Ith $25,000 capital o,tock. headed O} W. D Joyner, S H YVhlt1ey and H L Trll11}er PhIlip B Levy & Co, "ho hay e a hand"ome furnIture store at 203 Church street, are moy ll1g to a fine HE \\ bmme"s block on Granby street Thlo, IS one of the lal gest firms hel e m C1 ny line of busmess The Philltps Furmture CorporatIOn, Samuel C PhIllips, presIdent, are selling out then "tock and are g0ll1g out of busmess altogether The PIOneer Anttque company of 58 Charlotte o,tteet, sa} thelT are bringmg m more anttque goods than eyer One re-markable piece sold not long ago \Vas a Chippendale bureau which was sold m England once for 460 pound" and thiS firm sold It to a Philadelphia house for $425 The remark-able featm e about It was that the party who "old It to thl" firm did not know ItS value and sold It for $1 00 The Hoffhelmers have boguht a piece of property on Granby street, on which WIll be butlt a model n theatre It is probable the CIty WIll soon butld a handsome audI-torium and convention hall to seat 7,000 people C. G Smith, propnetor of the Ponce de Leon Hotel at Roanoke, WIll erect an addltton to the hotel, \\ Ith 60 extra rooms, at a cost of $175,000 New York, May 12 -CondItions m the furmture trade have been somewhat qmet of late, all business hnes showing II,I II ,IIIIII II, II I •• --01 Ie"" ,olume than that of 1906, but probably up to that of last year or the year before There IS no dIsposItIon towards general buying on the part of the public or among the whole- "ale or retail trade \\ Ith the manufactm ers. There is no general stockll1g up and buyers are taking hold only a" theIr nece"sIt) reqmre" The business IS in fairly good condItIon hm' e, el and IS about normal The Onnoco FurnIture Co, of Columbus, Ind, have appomted Harry Emerson as theIr local representattve. He also sells for Spen y & Beale Hem y }Iely Ille has been appomted receiver for F. Mohr ~ Co. manufacturer:'> and wholesalers of fine furniture at '1 hn ty-fourth street and Broadway and factory at 507 yVest ThIrty-second street The factory used to be on \iVillow a, enue, the Bronx, and the sales rooms were moved from Fort} -second street The hablhties are $125,000 and assets $60.000 Bmmess ha" not been good and competition was strong The Houston Metal Furmture company has been incor-porated \\ Ith a capItal of $25,000, by E J. Forhan, J T Harper and G F ::\Iartm of 154 Nassau street. J J Johnson and T. McGovern have opened the Stan-dard auctton funuture room" at 1589 Fulton street, Brooklyn The appraIsers have decided that the Buhl furniture \\ hiCh was Imported by 0 G Hemptsead & Sons shaH pay a duty of 35 per cent mstead of that WhIChthe collector wanted, of 45 per cent It 1" household or cabmet furmture orna-mented \\ Ith metal The predommant matenal is wood The Kmdel Bed company have remodeled the new fac-tory and put m new machmery for the makmg of the "Km-del Somersaulttc Bed," the new factory 15 a four-story building 90 Y 100 feet in SIze J Garland" ho ,vas WIth H A Baker & Co. and Abra-ham & Straus. ha" "ucceeded B Scanlon as beddmg and up-hol" tel} bu) er fot }IcPartland & O'Flaherty Isreal MayeI, manufacture' of picture frames at 100 Fulton "treet, has filed a petItIon in bankruptcy, with ltablh-tIes of $3.14° and assets $1,500 \YIlltam S Sandford has been appomted receiver for Israel }'Ia} er, fur111ture dealer of roo Fulton street. A representatIve of the Mernll Patent FurnIture com-pany of ChICago IS here arranging for an exhIbit of their ltnes at the Real Estate and Homes show to be held at Madi-son Square Garden, May 16 to 25 They will show furniture WEEKLY ARTISAN that In the day tIIne wIll look Ilke a book case, buffet and cen-ter table and at mght can be turned into a complete and up-to-date bedroom suite The Flank A Mason company has been Incorporated to make cabmets, mouldmgs, woodvvork and cases, vvlth a capi-tal of $100,000 Frank A Mason, F Leon Shelp and John P Broomel are the mcorporators The Cobb Construction company, Incorporated with a capital of $100,000, to deal In furmtUle, by George Cobb of Brooklyn, C A Flynn and J Malone of Manhattan The assignment of the New York MouldIng Manufactur-ing company, shovvs habdltIes of $16,843 and assets of $2,550. Frank Haggman, formerly 111the furmture department of Pnce & Rosenbaum, IS now WIth John O. Schwartz. Sutherland D Smith has been apPo111ted recelVer for Snyder & Ridgeway, furmture dealers at 152 West Thlrty-fourth street. The habdltles are $25,000 and assets $12,500. The Veneer Seating company's plant at Jersey CIty, whIch burned not long ago WIll be rebUIlt I George W Raymond, for 14 years 111charge of the car-pet department of Jorden, Monarty & Co, and Frankl111 D. Seward, have opened a bed and bedd111g hpuse at 143 East Twenty-third street Sheppard, Knapp & Co, of Thirteenth street and SIxth avenue wl1lmove theIr store to 39 West Twenty-thIrd street. The FIbre Seat Novelty company IS a newly l11corporated concern at 100 yVest Houston street The Marshall Furmture company of Lestershlre, NY, manufacturers, are retiring from bus111essand considerable of theIr stock has been sold here The EmpIre Furmture company of Yonkers, NY, has been 111corporated to manufacture and deal 111household furniture, WIth a capItal of $20,000, by Arthur W Schurburg, Charlotte Schurburg and WIlham RIce George W Keeler has started a new auction furmture bus111essat 70 LIberty street. Ed Mornssey and Marsh Mdler have left the SIdney Mercantile company, and are now together handling the Lloyd l111ein New York and New England and WIll take some other l111esalso Sam Rothste111 & Bro, manufacturers of pIcture frames at 20 Allen street, have filed a petition in bankruptcy, WIth habl1ities of $23,923 and assets at $6,500. Schedules 111bankruptcy of Herman Wiesner, furmture dealer of 38rr Third avenue, show habIhties of $12,929 and assets of $4,345. Jack Hollywood, late WIth A PIser of the Bronx, is novv furmture buyer for Sand J. Bauman, One Hundred and Eif;hth street and Third avenue John McKee has bought the 111tere~tof Mr Cooper 111 the McKee Refrigerator company, 114 Lawrence street, Brook-lyn Too Many Idle Cars. For the fifth consecutive fortmght the Isemi-monthly bullet111 of the American raIlway assocIation shows an in-crease 111the number of idle freIght cars on the radways 111 the United States and Canada The surplusage or cars from 77,357 on Apnl 13 111creasedto 96,319 on Apnl 27. This is the largest number of idle cars reported at any tllne S111ce Sept I last Practically all classes of eqUIpment were in less demand at the end of Apnl than at the mIddle of the month, the mcrease 111the number of idle box cars being larger than the 111creaseIn any other one class of eqUIpment The steady Increase m the number of Idle cars empha- SIzes the very apprecIable curtaIlment of activity which has 21 DetrOIt, MIch., Feb. 20, 19) 7 Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen'- We have your favor of the 1st and are very glad to adVise you as to the manner m which the two dry kilns you mstalled are handhng our lumber. We Installed these two kIlns about three months ago, accordmg to spedica-hons furmshed by your Mr. Thwmg and we have been operatmg them con-tmuously With exhaust steam dunng the day and hve steam at mgh!. We have been drymg one mch plain whIte and red oak from SIX to ten months old, and each of the kilns have furmshed us one truck of lumber per day, pOSSiblyWith one or two excephons when we got a car of lumber and that was very green, in those cases we requIred eight days. The lumber comes from the kiln in very nice condition and we have made several tests by soaking the lumber in water for ten hours after it was dry and we can safely say that it does not swell. Our tests have all been made with boards six inches wide; in some cases there was absolutely no swelling and in others so little that it could not be detected without calipers. We Will be very glad to give these facts to your prospective customers at any tIme. Yours very truly, HUMPHREY BOOKCASE CO. taken place in the last two months The record wa'S Influenced to an Important extent by the fact that up to Apnl I there was an abnormal demand for coal cars because of the Impending suspenslOn of mining In the bItum1110us dIStlICt, but the in-crease In the number of Idle coal cars whIch followed' im-mediately the clos111gof a number of In111eSon Apnl I dId not cease '<\11ththe close of the first fortnight of Apnl, but con-tInued, as the statement shows, 111tOthe second half of the month. Death of Henry C. Colby. Henry C Colby, president of the firm of John A. Colby & Son, 148 \;Vabash avenue, ChIcago, dIed at hIS home, 1220 Judson avenue, Evanston, on May 6 He had been ill but three days. It '<\as the first tIme In hIS lIfe he had suffered a senous SIckness and hIS death came so qUIckly relatives and fnends were stunned by the announcement Mr Colby had been a member of the furmture firm started by l11sfather, John A Colby, for about thirty years, and was one of the most vvIdely knovvn furniture dealers in Chicago. A brother, who also V\as a member of the firm dIed ten veal'S ago, and Henry C \vas the last of the male ~embers o'f the famIly He had been preSIdent of the furmture company S111ce 1908 He was born at Kenosha, \;Vis, and V\as 49 years old IMPROVED, EASY AND El EVArO RS QUICK RAISINO Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for Catalogue and Pnces. KIMBALL BROS, CO., 1067 Ninth St.. Council BlUffs, la. Kimball Ele ...ator Co.. 3:13Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; 10811thSt., Omaha, Neb., 129Cedar St , New York City. .. . . . --- .....•...•.. - .. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe ,\Till Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. There are pl.:nt\ oj dd~~lCl d(hertl~lmtnt" tll,\ll tlhl"c the He}mdn COmpdn\ the hut] 11 \entUle thc d"~elt1"n thd not man} ale mOte Ploclultl\e (It hlg le"ult~ ihl !fl\l1ldn company appeab to the mIddle dd"" ot people, and the} talk to them m the \IV ay that these people undehtand-the kmd of tdlk that reaches home There dre "ome fine p01l1h ldck1l1g m these Heyman ad" but one thmg \\ e m11't 1em Cll1bu ln advertlsmg and that b that 1lSUIt" ale to be con'lCluul ill,t and tech11lcal pomt" aftel \\ ard The J lc\ man cumpan\ 1)e ohe HEYMAN store \\flll help any man [0 make '1 new home or n1'1ke J better home The He\ m'1n easy to pa~ plan places cuell a homL wuhm vour reach NOW tod wand you enjoy it '211: once The pay mems ean be made a little eaLh week .. or month so llttle ) ou em hardly notice If THIS HEYMAN STORE stands for fur dealing' all goods are marked at a reasonable price and In plam fJ .. ures \Vrong-" or errors are made nght qUlCk or )-our mone\ back for the '1SklOg-does this hind of a store appeal to you? Davenport or Bed I Garden 47"f.#¥ I I Hose I Don', buY cheap hose: SoUd Oak ChiC (ODler,. (rom $1to $29 ~ ~ 1----=-----·. $;O~ ~[q~.:.~a thatl. right $100 a week $3 25 up to "6 I of course, we'll charge it , Company, 47-61 Canal lleves m and use lalge spdce, anel the} ,11e 110t atrdlc! tu spread out and use bIg, clear t} pe 1he} under"tand the value of whIte space as few ad\ ertlsers seem to The adve1- tlsement here replOc!uced l~ a t}p1cal page "ad" oj ,vlllch the} use man} In lookmg 0\ el thIS aelvertl~el1lel1t ho\\ C\ L1, I ,\111 C(Jll-stramed to w1sh that the arL1~t 1 e'>jJon~lble lor the' clecordtl\ c ~cene had carned O'lt the 1dea he so splel1lhdh began at the nght We see the young man e\ldently about lead} to ~:l\ somethmg Important to the youn~ lad} If mdeeJ he had not already done so "uw It appear;, to me m tIll;' connectIOn, If he had only cut out the table and Its tangle 01 pI ett} llb-bon, and put m Its place a pretty httle cottage bmlt for t,vo he would ha\ e lone ~omethmg worth \\<hlle Then the Pll-ture would ha\ e been complete The man and the glrl, the house m whIch they are to >tart lIfe, anJ the goods attlactn e-h ,h,-p),\\ eel ,md j)llLed to !m11l"h the home Am J nght? J he tlOuble \\ ah ,\1 thtS IS that they lack the commerCIal JJ1,tlllct 1 hl\ Cdn d1d,v a1tl"tlc stuff, but they need a man \\ lth the pa~"lOn JOt dollar" and cents and yet WIth a fall amount of a1t 1ll IllS makeup, to stdnd ove1 them, cut out the trd,h an 1 coaA out the pIctures that bung home the money 1 Lan t help \\ 1shmg too, a3 I look at the headmg, that 1t ll<1<.1 that lJcme ot lums," follovved by "or the home you drc dlJOut to '-et up can 1Je~t be fm11lshed at the H~yman Semi-Annual Dollar Sale One Dollar Brings Any Article of Furniture 10 Your Home ~~;;~~~~ h oO;n;O:hwn:.~ h'wMd:wJfZ ua~o,::,,:; :o~':~:.::~,ng C~!!Iooo~ " go u h gee I< Th ° ond f k ho.' ok n"d "nagef h, ••• em "nnOo e .ns n hopoo h ~ a n Jon h. hronl<bo '" o",a u o. h. w.k You w d t d"ndnehbo.h. O.d ~:0: 0 .n UJl:hob ntw hy u Moke y u • n hand h•• a •• ",,,n "d Ii. a ew b. de d a ne oyo~ horn. Tokeo .a opay I "0"" ~ h."o d ~ n w w w • a. hemfa y"" " eead .. .. m yo. "aany" a a •• F S OOd w MAIJ,ORD£RS a ~mp 0 ed ~ ~ a p ~ k • • a~ au • a "d dg~ d , II.. mp.. of" .and mo Aldlfeen p c~lo~l~ from Send II you name andle! II rnalyoua om plele]$1and le,ms _Outfit Buyers _ 6 Complete Oulfils Take advantage of a g Sale 5elec yow 011I! now and get the benef I of theoel.bemllerrrl.' ~tln c, ' thth ,uhordll1,ltll1g the name of the ~tore to the th1l1g hemg talked about But I must qUIt It':-, easy to cntlclse, and aftel all 1~ Sdld ancl done, Heymdn' > ' ads" pay anJ that 111 the last dnal} "1" I;' all that counte, \nother lar~e ad, el tl"el who know" hm\< to spend money tu ,lCh anla~l l~ the llJUng &. Chaffee Fur11lture company ()nl 01 the be"t dds' 1 ha\ e 110tlceJ for some week" 1S here lcplOduled 'Uld It WIll pay you to study 1t carefully from c\ el \ \ Il \\ P nnt II hIll It ha" not the fOlceful, easy, fam-lltdl heal! to heal t '01\ Ie at the Heyman copy, 1t excels 111 1,nUlll and III the \\a\ the ~pace I;' utlhzed 'lhe room scenes at uthu ~)(Ic ok the top ot the "ad" show ca1eful and thought-tul tl eatment I hke the nameplate Jeslgn too, and as I ha\ e "tdted be10re III these lolumns, the fur11lture man vvho 0\ edook" the \ dlul ot a ch"tll1cln e name plate deSIgn IS snTI-pi} 10Slllg pal t ul th e tOl ce of 111;'advertlsements WEEKLY ARTISAN Meeting Catalog Competition. The followmg from the dally Tnbune of Fremont, Ne-braska, shows that a furmture house of that cIty IS USlllg the ,flllnesota method of meetlllg mall order competltlOn wIth grabfYlllg success A Fremont furmture house has adopted a umque ,IS well a:o sImple plan of competlllg wIth the catalog hou:oes wIth sIgnal success The propnetors make It a rule to keep them-selves supphed wIth the pnce hsts and other advel tlsmg mat-ter sent out by the mall sales firm" These are always ready for reference There are numerous httle detall:o cancel nlllg the manu-facture of fUl mture, '" Ith regard to matenals and mEthod" that are apt to be mIsconstrued by pro:opectlVe purchasers, who are led to beheve by the elaborately pnnted descnptlOtlS, that they are afforded opportumty to purchase a really fil st class article at a surprislllgly low pnce. On the other hand an expenenced furl11ture man can tell by the same perusal that the article concerned IS gotten up m the cheapest way Imagmable In furtherance of its plan of combating the catalog house, the Fremont firm carne" a "mall amount of the cheap furmture whIch It uses for demonstration purposes and wIll gladly sell If a customer inSIsts By thIS method, when the clerks are confronted by the statement of prospective purchasers that certalll pIeces of furnIture can be bought from Sears, Roebuck & Co , reference IS at once made to the catalog and a demonstratIOn anJ explanatIOn follows. Recently a Fremont man who wanted to buy a leath r Morns chaIr, dunng an lllspectlOn of the stock at the Fr - mont store, made the statement that he could buy one for $505 from a certalll catalog house It happened that the Fr - mont house had a chaIr of the cheap variety III stock It wa built WIth "statlOnary cushIOns and Imitation leather" an happened to be almost IdentIcal m appearance to the plctur of the catalog chan The pnce of It quoted by the Fremon store was $450, dehvered at the door of the purchaser. ,f h wanted It, WIthout a cent for freight or express The pros pecltlve customer was consIderably surpnsed to learn th dIfference III vanous grades of leather anJ "nllitatlOn leather' He was almost dumbfounded when he found out that th chaIr he had pIcked out III the catalog could be duphcated I Fremont at a pnce even lower, to say nothlllg of the cost a money order, postage and transportation and the danger fron delay or damage III transIt He concluded that after all h dId not want the cheap arbcle, but selected a chair fimshed III genull1e leather and was gIven thIrty days' bme by th Fremont merchant III whIch to pay for It. This method of lllvlbng C'ompetltlOn WIth the cataloo houses has netted the Fremont firm that has adopted It a good many sales In one recent lI1stance a $97 bedroom sUIte was sold by It The quotatIOn of the catalog house for the "ame sUlte, the finest one hsted, was something over $100 The Fremont firm dId not have the SUIt m stock, but agreed with ItS customer that It would order the pIeces deSIred and If they Jld not prove equal m every respect to those descnbed m the catalog, the customer was at hberty not to take them He was hIghly satIsfied when the goods arnved and declared he beheved the sUlte to be supenor to the one he had mtended to order at the hIgher figure Some More Good Contracts. The Grand RapIds Blow PIpe & Dust Arrester company IS fittmg out the Traverse Clty Refngerator company WIth a complete eqUlpment, mcludmg plpmg, dust arrester and furnace feedmg The same company IS fittmg up the new maple floonng mlll of Carry & Welch of Reed City, Mlch, WIth a full eqUlpment Drying Furniture Stock If the information contained in this book would save you a carload of oak a year, would it not be worth reading through? Not a common catalog, but a book of information, containing practical suggestions really valuable to men interested in lumber drying. A complete treatise on Forced and Nat-ural Circulation Kilns (progressive and apartment types) with details of equipment. A book you ought to have. Sent postpaid to any address. Where shall we mail your copy? AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY ----DETROIT. MIeN USA Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC"roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. "Detroit" Return Steam Traps. 23 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~Buildings That Will Need Furnitute. Residences-Berte Forde, 5703 \Van\ Ick a\ enue, Ul1ca-go, $4,000, Albert Rambow, 2050 \i\ aveland avenue, ChIca-go, $5,000, Anton Drabek, 5637 Honore street, ChlCago, S-1-,- 000, John Worddock, 225 Broadway, Pltbburg. Pa, $-1-,500, \iV J McConnell, 486 CaIro street, Pltt'3burg. Fa S-1-,OOOr H Vltte, 202 Natchez street, Plttoburg, $3,500, Thoma~ J Morn'3on, 1014 Jancey street, Pltbl;mrg, $-1-.000, } lo} d C l-.leeder, Dawson sheet and EdIth place, Pltt~burg $4500 S R BeIdler, 1631 South V,Tater street, 1,1,lChlta. Kan, 53.- ~500, VV S Maple .. 92 Douglas a\ enue, 1,1,Icll1ta, $6,500 Nancy McBnde, 2443 LIster street, Kansa~ Clt}, ::\10. S3.- 500. Echvard LIttrell, 5032 \Valnut stleet. Kdmas Clb 53· 000; Lena Belle Cartm, 439 Vv'est Delavan avenue, Buftalo, N. Y, $5,800, Mary G Comasky, 250 Pro'3pect Park, 1,Ye"t Brooklyn, NY, $6,000; Geo A :dorns Jr, 9219 Avenue G, Brooklyn, $5,000, Mrs \V PAllen, 804 B street, \Y ashmg-ton, D. C, $8,-000, Fred B Rhodes, 3006 \lbemarle "treet, Washmgton, $7,500, ElIzabeth H Coulam, 1130 LaIrd a\ e-nue, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, $4,000, George Coulam, 11-1-5LaIr,] avenue, Salt Lake CIty, $3,500, 1,1, Y Young, 212 1,Vest :-lont-rose avenue, Salt Lake CIty, $3,500 , James Cm\ an 929 South Ninth East street, Salt Lake Clt). $3,000, J H 1,1,heeler, South Eleventh East sheet, Salt Lake Clt\. $-1-.000. L E Anderson, 932 Brooks, avenue Salt Lake CIty $3600 F P McCabe, 5956 Cate Brl1lIante,' St Lams, ::\10~$5,000, Joseph Habermehl, 4240 Arsenal street, S Lous, $4,000 , John Lam-beck, 3348 South Grand avenue, St LOUIS, $6,800 C \ Freudenstem, 3201 Lafayette avenue, St Lam", S9.000 r A Ulrich, 2001 SalIsbury street, St Lom~ $-1-000, rlIzabeth \VJ11Jams, 3907 Palm street, St Lom", $5.000, J L \1, \ land 1383 Temple place, $13,400, J F Kruz, 3816 St LOUb, a\ e-nue, St Lams, $5,500 C \V Palmer. 5203 1,1,a'3hm~ton a\ e-nue, St Loms, $10,000. Carne Ferl11ch. 3938 Hartford "tree t. St LOtlls, $12,000, \ mcent Hauck 2917 Lata\ ette a\ enue St Loms, $6,000, ElIzabeth Courv l11e, Be\\ Ick st-reet dnd h..cr~ cheval avenue, DetIOIt, ::\Jlch, $5,800, F H \ allmer. lIanll]- ton and Calvert streets, DetrOIt, $5,350, B F Stephen"on. Longyear and Helen streets. DetrOIt. $4.000, John J Halt Cass avenue and Duffield "treet'3. DetrOIt. $31.000 Dlanc1le Davenport, 922 Shendan street, RIchmond, 1nd, $3.000 . \ W. Gregg, Randolph and 1,1,est Flr~t "treet~, RIchmond $3 000, Herman F PIlgnm, 432 Pearl ~treet, RlChmond $5,000, Harry W nght, 1215 Garfield avenue, Topeka, Kans, $3,500 Geo P 1,VIllIams. 1319 Buchanan sheet Topeka $3000. F H RIppetoe, 415 Lane a\ enue, Topeka. 53.000 Hrm ard Zachannas, 5808 Darlmgton load, Pltbburg Pd. S; ;00 H F Matthews, 5721 DarlIngton road, PIttsburg, $::;.000 C H Salyers, Lorenz and ;\loran street", PIttsburg, $10,400 ::\lrs P M Kane, 7245 Saybrook avenue, PhIladelphIa, Pa $10, 500, J E ~1cClees, 1507 \Valnut street, Phl1adelphla. $-1-,000, Charles Yundt, Ashdale and Fifth '3tree1", PhIladelphIa, $7,- 200; G A FIsher, Kew Rochelle, ~ Y, $65,000, E J Louper, 1819 Mt Curve avenue, MmneapolIs, ]\1mn, $17,000. F G Howard, 1781 Logan avenue, Mmneapohs, $10,000, E \1, Alfnend, 460 Ivy street, Atlanta, Ga, $15,000, E- P \nsle\, Prado and MaJdox dnve, \tlanta. $25.000 1,1, E Ha" k111". 284 Maddox dnve, Atlanta, $5000, Jesse E Robel bon, 312-1- Dodge street, Omaha, K eb , $6,000, 1,1, J \dd}, 350-1- ~her-man street, Omaha, $12,000, D C Patter~on, 317 ~ orth ThIr-ty- eIghth street, Omaha, $7,500, L J 1,Vantland, 30-1-Blrk ,hIre, street, San Antol11o, Tex , $3,300, H G DeJ aqua", 371 Berk-shIre street, San Antol11o, $3,500, S J McCullough, 216 Presa street, San Antol11o, $3,000, Mrs A B Barley, 1437 1,Vash-mgton street, Denver, Col, $4,500, G F Long. Lafa) ette and FIfth streets, Denver, $3,500, Eugene S Co"ad, BIrch and Twenty-fifth streets, Denver, $3,000, Gay E Burnett, Dexter ~treet and :-lontVlew boulevard, Denver, $4,000, Clyde H Lanctot, 3-1-Laurel street, Buffalo, $3,700, Mrs Hllda Caser, 589 1,1,est Ctlca street, Buffalo, $6,800, Mrs Robert Hoe, 133 Greenfield street, Buffalo, $3,500, Henry F J erge, 803 Hum-boldt street, Buffalo, $3.000, LoUls Oberhofer, Aver anJ Thir-t\ -fourth ..,treets, :-ll1waukee, 1,VIS, $4,300, Frank W utchek, 3::;() T\\Cnt}-fir~t avenue, MIlwaukee, $3,000, Joseph Stemer, 820 Flr~t ~treet, :-111waukee, $7,500, Bertha Nlmz, Brown and Garden streeb, ::VI:Ilwaukee, $4,000, Gearge SchmIdt, North a\ enue and ThIrd street, MIlwaukee, $12,000, Arthur Hoff-man Elm and 1" enty-seventh streets, Mlh,aukee, $4,000, 5-1-,000 \ D :-los~, KatlOnal and Twenty-fifth avenues, ~111- "aukee. $5,000, John FIala, 7042 :\1arshall FIeld avenue, ChI-cago, $4,000. ::\lrs. K ellIe Reidy, 6532 Drexel avenue , ChlcaOb"o, $0.500. \\ F Render, 2019 Estes avenue, ChIcago, $3,500. .\Ugtbt Hemmmg, 7124 Carpenter street, ChIcago, $4,000, C J :\lcGee, 3449 1,Vest Monroe street, ChIcago, ChIcago, $5,- 800 P C Peterson, 3711 Osgood street, ChIcago, $14,000; C. E Byrket. 111 South Ele\ enth street, New Castle, Ind., $3,- 200, C H Beard, 226 South Matn street, New Castle, $3,500; \ B Barnard, 178 South Eleventh street, New Castle, $3,000; Harold X E'3t}, 176 1,i\mc.;or street, Buffalo, $18,000; G. T. Ell\\ ood. 35 Parker "treet, Buffalo, $6,000; J H Estes, 78 \lIlth "treet, .\tlanta, Ga, $5,000, :\1rs E L Cox, Cascade a\ enue. \tlanta, $12,000, J \v Henry, 212 North Lincoln street, '\herdeen, S D, $3,500, Mrs Maude Bell, 80 Lincoln street, Abercleen, $3,000, George Schwensberg, 108 East 1,Vhlte Stl eet, ChampaIgn, Ill, $4,000; John HIrschfield, ThIrd and \\ hlte "treets, ChampaIgn, $4,000, A F Frick, IllInOls ancl EIghteenth "treets, Indlanapolts, $6,000; Marion R Raber. 3-1-Xorth Tremont street, Indlanapolts, $3,500; VV G Cook, 2950 ::\lcPherson street, Indianapolts, $3,000; Frank B Ro"", 11111101'>IllInOl'3 and N meteenth streets, Indianapolts, 83,200, Eml1 Peterson, MadIson anJ SIxteenth streets Denver lll] , 5-1-000 Hem) \ranoff, Grove and SIxteenth streets: Dem el $-1-.000 Eugene Tolln'eI, Eagle Lake, Tex, $3,000, HollIe \1, alter" 200 SIxth street, Fargo, N D, $7,000, Mayme BllSb111, :-Ia111and MadIson streets, Aurora, Ill, $3,500; Mrs Lena Chamblee, 46 EuclId avenue, Atlanta, Ga, $6,000, F H Hobbs. 666 \1, esto\el ayenue, Norfolk. Va, $6,500, C R Lll \er lull~\ and 1,Ye~tover avenues, ~ orfolk, $9,000 MIscellaneous Buildings-The Hebrew Congregational church are bul1ding a synagogue to cost $75,000 at 3756-8 Grm e a\ enue, ChIcago \V L Lane, A L. Buey, D M Per-kill'" \ T ThreadgIll H A Allen, J H 11art111, F E Curits an 1 S 1~ Tavlor are bUlldUlg cottages to CO'3t$3,500 to $4,500 each on nora HeIghts, Fort \A, orth, Texas The Flr'3t Meth- OdIStS of Stamford, Texas. are bUIldmg a church to cost $65,- 000 E T B oulkes, archItect of San FranCISco, IS advertis-ing for bId, for the erectIOn of $200,000 hotel 111 Fresno, Cal A $40,000 theatre IS to be bUllt at Tooele CIty, Utah The U l11ted Brethren are bmld1l1g a $30,000 church at Redondo Beach, Cal Ontano, Ca], IS erect1l1g a school bUlld1l1g to cost $30,000 \\ 11 Daniels, new propnetor of the WIgwam theatre of Phoelllx, Anz , w111remodel the budJ111g and double 'the "eat111g capacIty .- ... - .... ------_. _. r-- .. --.------_---_---- ..~ A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE GROOVING SAWS DADO SAWS ... -- .- WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 JUNE 24 is the opening date of the Grand Rapids market for the coming midsummer exhibit. Every buyer is urged to attend, as this will be the biggest event in exhibition history, both in the number and character of the lines shown. The Big Klingman Building will be filled with 150 lines of real merit, and everyone of them is worthy of the most careful inspection. THE KLINGMAN FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING. There is still a very limited amount of good space open and every manufacturer not now showing should take advantage of this opportunity to meet the increasing number of buyers visiting the Grand Rapids market. Furniture Exhibition Building Co. of Grand Rapids 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN • •• •• .• . ~~ ~ • _. • ---- _. - - • 1 .. NO OTHER SANDER No. 111 Patented Sand Belt Machine. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. ---- -- -_.- .... _----.---. . ~_~ ~ • • .__• ._._. • - - - - - - - • - - -.0 _ OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Second National Bank Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGO--14th St. and Wabash Ave. GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--Chadakoln Bldg. HIGH POINT, N. C.--N. C. Savings Bank Bldg. lo_ • MANUFACTURERS WILL PROTEST. To Meet in Chicago and Take Action on the Pro-posed Advance in Freight Rates. The Illmois ManufactUl ers' AssoCIatIOn has called a meeting in Chicago, on May 17, of shippers and commercial organizations from all parts of the country, to pi otest against the general increase in freight rates now being made The call, sent out by Secretary Glenn says' "All last year, and in fact since September, 1908 the net earnings for all the roads in the country, as compal ed "Ith the corresponding month for the year before, Ian from $3,- 000,000 to $19,000,000 ahead In November, 1909, the 111- crease over November, 1908, was $18,995,000. For the yeal ended June 30, 1909, 66 per cent of the raIlroad stocks palel diVidends aggregating $386,000,000, or 791 per cent, for the stock which paid dividends That is better than am othe1 line of inJustry, and raIlroadmg is the 1110Stprospero~ls blh-iness in the world" Young Roosevelt in Business. Theodore Roose, elt, F. has left Thompsom Ille (01111 aftel a Ieside11ce of neally t\\ 0 years. He came to to\\ 11111 September, 1908, and v,ent to "ork in the cal pet I1111hof the Hartf01 d Carpet Corporation, assortmg wool, \\ hel e hI~ lO-lab01ers received about $8 a week. He donned a blue :,>11t.11 and 0\ el ails and worked hal d wlth the 1est of the men m . this depal tment, and soon advanced from one depal tment to another unttl he became a carpet weaver, whose pay en elaged about $18 a week He had the honor of makmg pal t of the lan~'est carpet ever made, the order be111gfor the dl111n~loom r"· II II I• can possibly do the variety of work that is being accomplished on our machine. Our No. 171 Sander is positively superior to all other methods on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings. Ask for Catalog "E" I II II• --~I of LaSalle Hotel of ChlCago After lealning the weavels ttade he put in sevelal months in the office of the company, domg del ical work, and last" ent to the shipping department and stayed thele untIl his departure for New York on May I Roose, elt \\ III be mal ned to Miss Alexander on June 20. and \\ III soon aftel leave for Cahfor111a, and become a carpet salesman fOI the Hal tford Carpet CorporatlOn with head-quarters in San FI anClSCO New Factories. The II mflee-StlOther Fur111ture company, capltahzed at $30,000 to $50,000 IS to estabhsh a new factory in Lynchburg, Va IV R IVmflee lS presIdent and Frank Stevens, secretary John CHase, Fled E Mefford and James C TeJlborg, ha, e mcorpm ated the IVestern Refrigerator company, capica-h7ed at $100000 to establish a factory at Colorado Springs, Col B) subscllbmg f01 $5,000 m stock the chamber of com-mel ce of 1\ IChlta Falls, Tex. lS to have a new fur111ture fac- 101, m that tO\, nIL Blm, an expenenced furmture sales-man I~ the plomotel Buildin4 Gains in April. "\n mCIease of 8 per cElnt in buIlding- operatIOns for the la'it month over those 111April, 1908, are shown 111official rc-pOlts to ConstructJOn Kews, covenng 47 clties of the country, \\ herem 19,311 bUlldmg permIts, mvolv111g a total estImated outlay of $69,301,489 were issued as against 18,338 permits, aggregatmg $64,345,553 for the same month of last year. In-crease.., are observed m 32 and decreases in 15 CItIes, the ac- Tn Ity at all pomt'i of the country bemg 'ipasmochc rather than contmuou s III one du ectlOn or the other. ---~ II The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service embracing the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System." --- -- ------------- Collection Service Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. i._a •••• - - •• • •• .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Dealers' OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R Taylor, Lake Benton, Mllln , VIce·PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mllln , Treasurer, B A Schoenebergcr, Perham, Mmn , Secretary, W L. Grapp, JanesVille, Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Chairman, Geo Klem, Mankato, MInn, 0 SImons, Glencoe, MInn, W. L Harns MlIllleapolts, MIllll ,C Datuelson, Cannon Falls Retail Furniture Association BULLETIN No. 142. Announcement. In comphance with the resolutIOn passed at our last conventIOn and various other I easons, the pnce, quoted 111 our future bulletms III this department Will be 111 our own private cost mark "hlch we ha, e sent to .111our members Be sure to Iemember what the word, al e If, at any tnne, you lose the key to our cost mark, send to the secretalY for another Do not fOlget to follow the suggestion that our cost mal k Imphes Our Department. Do you know why we are publtsh1l1g thiS department? For you, just for you We want to mterest and 1I1StlUct every fUll11ture dealer m the state If you don't subscnbe for It, we both lose The e\l110unt of dues alone Will not pay for what has been expended 111 expOSlllg- catalog- house ITI1Sreplesentatlon, to say noth1l1g- of the SCIENTIFIC SALESMANSHIP. An Address Delivered by John S. Taylor at Our Fifth Annual Meetin~ in Minneapolis. l\lr Presldcnt, Ladles and Gentlemen of the ConventIOn Last Suturday mor11lng your secretary called upon me at my office, re-questmg me to say somethmg to you today along the hnes of sCien-tific <;alesmanshlp I am gomg to attempt to demonstrate to you some negative and some posItive elements which enter mto success and salesmanship The questIOn has frequently been asked, "What IS Salesmanship?" Salesmanship IS .1 professIOn as well as Law or Medlcme What IS Salesmanship) Salesmanship, as I understand It, IS the sCience and al t of selhng goods at a profit, and the ablhty to mfluence people to How does thiS appeal to you? Why and where do you suppose thiS store ISbemg transplanted? WatCh thiS picture grow each week. It teaches a lesson worth heeding. other c~pen"es connected \~Ith tll1~ depal tment Thel cfore, \\ e hope each member'" III show hiS sympathy with our work by prO,ldmg himself with thiS paper ThiS IS the only way to keep yourself 1ll touch with what we are d01l1g T111s department w111be sent to you I eg-ularly for one yeal Tbus fal the expense of tllls department bas been bOIne by the bUYlllg committee Over half of the depal tment 1', used fOi the diSCUSSion of tOPICS that really belong to association expense Because of thiS, a motIOn '" as made at our last meetmg to the effect that our member'i pro",de themselves With th" source of 111formatIOn If all our n embers Will do th", '" ~ un bnng to \ ou much useful lllfOrmatlOn which It would be ,ely diffIcult to get otherWise For lllstance, anyone "'Ishmg to employ a good me,n, dny one Wishing to dispose of a lme of fixtures or anyone Wlshmg to buv or sell .1 busmess can make their wants known thru thiS dc-peL! tment Vle ",ant to make our 1I1formatIOn 'iO helpful thdt It 1'1'111 be a financial loss not to recel, e It regularly \"1e he,ve now 111 COUIsc of preparatIOn ,anous articles on bookkeepmg, fo11oW111g-Up "ystems, stock-keepmg, follow-up 1I1stallments, etc Anyone of them Will be WOIth much more than tbe yearly subscnptlOn of $1 If you helve not already pro> Ided yourself With thiS paper, kllldly send your SUbscliptlOn to the secretdT) elt an early ddte INe wdnt to help yon build up a bUSllle'iS to be proud of vVe Cdn t make you I ead thiS department any more than'" e can mdke you stop readlllg It If you once begm Don't you th111k you ougbt to do your part by senchng m yoU! subscTlptlOu by retul n mall? th1l1k as I thmk and do as I ~ant them to do You have the money and I huH the ability If I am 100 per cent salesmdn, I take that money away from you and gn e you my goods 111 exchange S1I1ce knowledge IS powel, tbe man who possesses knowledge IS the mall who usually knows how to apply It so that If we are to take the three essential, '" hlch represent success 111 a live salesman, we take knowledge, bustle and gnt When", e say knowledge, '" e want to cover the entire terntOlY which knowledge represents and which It means We must, there-fore, have a picture of a man Cheel fulness IS tbe first I eqmslte Second, hopefulness, third, ambltlOn, fourth, rebabl!lty, fiftb, actIOns, sl~th, confidence, seventh, truthfulness, elgbth, enthUSiasm and nmth, leason-and we have a picture of a man, and that man IS repre~ented by c-h a-r-a c t e-r Character IS man's gl eatest asset It IS thdt "tone '" hlch 'icratches all otber 'itones The man", ho ha'i chal acter, the man who has knowledge IS the mdn ",ho has abl!lty What bU"I-ness IS lookmg tor today IS the man With the ablhty, the man With the steam and euer;!y dnd power to do thmgs-the man who IS not all ambition but who can do thmgs 111 !lfe If you have a man who show'i he has character I" ambitions and Intel ested 111the bus1l1es" but lacks knowledge, educdte 111m It h .1 first class 1I1vestment vVhen you have educated tbdt man, you have 'iomethmg worth while The successful man IS the one who knows how to meet people-he IS the fellow With tbe broad gage slmle That IS the man who makes you feel optllTI1stic and 27 28 WEEKLY "IIIIII II I I I I II ARTISAN Waddell Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigan TURNED MOULDING Co. Samples of our The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. ~----- ---- - - .----------------- _ .... ---- - .. -_._---- ._-------------~I Joyful '" hen he come, llltO your place of bus1I1es, He IS the m 111 who give, } ou new Ideas and new Impressions 111your bus111es, hfe The Just th111g a man'" ant, to learn to do h to get up nght 111 the morn111g I '" onder how many men are l1dndlcapped gettl11g up nght 111 the morn111g Do you take three m111ute, more or get nght up when yon wake' Do yOU commence to vvhbtlc or S111g; be fore you put on your clothe,,' Get up 111 the morl1ln,); feehng good Say to yourself, I gues, I "'Ill go and hke ,1 dnnk ot optimism and get nght With myself T t IS hne-hnest th111g'ou ever tned 111} our lIfe EnthUSiasm does thiS It IS the spnt every man must get 1I1to hIS bus111es~ Just say you Will do a lIttle bIt better tomorrovv than today, 111other words I am g0111g to get 111tOthe game I I am go 111gto get all that I can out of Me Maybe ",hen I come to thmk the matter over, I diSCO>er that I have some negatl\ e traits, grouchl ness, Ill-temper lack of selt control Hov\ man, have yOU got~ How many have I got' That I' the thmg vou v\ant to knO\\ Get nght WIth your~elf Even thmg b possible to h11n vvho does toe tlung he know 'I he ought to do Then there IS the fellow who I, always wIlhng to hU'itle and v\,.It All thll1gs come to him ",ho J1ustle, and Walts-not SImply '\,11t<; But we find that there still another element to be conSidered fhl" 1<;the fellow WIth the' yellov\ streak,' v\ho m 1y po"e<; abllItv but 1<;careless and ll1dlfferent ,md wasteful He b the danger "lgn 11 to you Even busmes, man should assemble hiS men together and gl\ e them heart to heart talks on busll1ess methods 1here IS nothl11g m the world hke the personal touch vve find mal1\ men v\ho get up ll1 the morn111g feehng bad He IS dy~peptlc contemptIble and sour Ju,t thll1k of that kmd ot a man Isn t he a handsome fellov\ to have around your place ot bu,mes' Get nd oj h1111 Get It out It hIS <;ystem Make a man of hIm fhe v\orld 10\ e, ,I man ft h !lere you get the successful salesman-the man "ho 1Ike, to do thll1:;" The man who 'iells good, becau'ie he loves to Then there IS the dIshonest fellow who ha" a vel} pleasant per ,onallty, IS good, whole souled, kno\\ s Just ho\\ to get ne'<:t to yOU, Wll1'i your heart and get, your bus1I1es, He probably ha, v\ntten 10, 15 or 20 per cent of the ordel s m hiS book Just to ,hO\\ hO\\ he IS, compared With the other fe11ov\s That I, the black hearted fellow who never gets but one round I hope that each one of you Will ;set from thIS talk Ju,t the, en thll1g that every man need" to get When yoU get up In the morn111g say, "I am gomg to busll1ess 111a happv mood Then} on v\III be ll1 conditIOn to do It ~1any men do not 111tend to be gronchv but \\ orry gets such a hold on them that It racks the brain, paralvze, the bodv and unfits the man for bu,lne,s When we have health, character and per,onalIty we ha' c the comb111atlOn the bus111es, \\ Otld IS 100k111g for today Put I sign out-one hundred clerks wanted $600 a '" eek-ho\\ many would ap plv for the positIOn' About 2,500 Put a sign out tomorro\\- wanted a first class salesmdn, WIll pay $5,000 per yedr-hovv m,t11\ would apply? Every bus1l1ess I~ hungry for the man v,ho can do th1l1gs, the man who ha, studied human nature, the man v,ho knov\, 1110re than the other fellow Seventy-hve per cent of the ~ale~men fall do\\ n becau,e they are afraid of the merchant He -teps up to the merch, nt and looks half whipped before he begm" to talk He lacks the power and strength of per'3onaltty The ,ucee",hll s"lc, man studies hiS prospectl,e cn"tomel He look" "tl,ught ,It hIm H~ can tell pretty near what to say to hl111 We must study the fundamental plmclples of ,ale,manshlp The first step h that of attentIOn It the salesman IS tram ed, he m stantly proceeds to secure your confidence If I am demonstrat Ing my Ime and creatmg a deSIre for It and discover ,ome competl-tor , lIne ,hould 1 remark Do you handle Bill Jones 1m2?" How do yOU suppo,e ,uch a questIOn WIll stnke the denIer? I have no bu"mes, to refer to IllS goods By d01l1g that, I am casting reflec-tIOns on the dealer s Judgment III bUY1l1ggoods The thlllg for me to do IS to put 100 per cent of my time on my goods Hundreds of men have lo,t order, through lack of self control, permltt1l1g them-selv e~ to be dr,lwn 111tOan argument 111 whIch warm words are ex changed and the ",de I, never made :,ometl1nes I find It nece",ary to employ tad vVhatever you do, e,erChe Judgment It IS a necessity you cannot get along Without Couple Judgment WIth deterIntnatlOn and you have a cOmb1l1atlOn that I' hard to beat You know what Paul Jones ,aid when called upon to surrender He remarked,"Surrender I I have Just begun to tIght I That IS the time to get busy That I, the time to do busI-ne" but It take, a fund of knowledge and If you haven't It, you ,ue g01l1g to lo,e out But If you have It, wh,lt a power you are I Ho\\ v\e enjOy domg blhmes, With such " man' !\nother Important factor IS concentratIOn Keep your m1l1d on } our purpo,e vv hen you are demonstratlllg to a man, hold hIS at-tentIOn Do not say are you gOll1g out to the ball game thiS afternoon" A. man who Will do that IS a 50 per eent man Pe~slmlsm I' one of the worst qualttle'3 a man can have. There h on Iv one place for the peSSImIstic Illd1vlelaul, and that IS SIX feet llnder ground There IS certa1l11y no place on top of the ground for 111m He" a mall "omethlllg after thiS Idea-be nothlllg, do notlung, ,a} nothmg and know nothlllg There are three ddsses of men 111 all orga111zed boche' There IS the man \\ ho throws Ius whole heart and soul 1I1tOthe propOSItion to make good There 1'3 the fellow who ,ays, "all rIght, boys, Just \\ hatev er yOU do I am rIght With you When you want any money send tor It, and 1 WIll send you a check" The other J~llow never payS nothll1g, h alway, on hand, al\\ays find1l1g fault and never offer-mg support and always cntlclsmg everythl11g done Be lIke the httle boy The lIttle boy wa, Sltt1l1g on the CO\\ c,tcher of an engl11e Someone asked hl1n why he dId not get III the tram, and he said, "I V\8.nt to get there first The man v,ho wants to get there first must get there honestly ,me! that IS the kllld of man who IS gomg to get thmg, tor you and do t111ngs for you The qualttle~ neces,ary to " salesman are reltablltty, wllll11gness, 199reSSI\ enesss mtmtlOn and suggestiveness If a man IS rehable he h everythmg If you send a man down to the post office, and he h dov\ n around the corner talkll1g to ,ome man and wastmg your time ho\\ long \\ III you keep 111m' But If he has mtmtlOn, he IS a man v\orth whIle Educate him Get hIm up where he belon?;6 Let us m,uk the thm" that makes hfe worth while The th111g that ;2,oe, the farthest toward makmg hfe worth wIllie, That cost the least and does the most, IS Just a pleasant smtle The smtle that bubbles from a heart that love, ItS fellow men \\ III dn, e a,\ av the cloud of gloom ,Ind coax the ,un agalll T t ~ fnll of worth and goodness too, With md.nly kmdltne,s blent It, v\orth ,I millton dollar, and It doesn't co,t a cent" " . III II...- ...- ..... We can help you. Time saved and when done leaves are bound (by your-self) and mdexed by floors or departments. BARLOW BROS.. I Grand Rapid•• Mich. Wr.te R.gktNow ••• _..a Minnesota Retail urniture Dealers' Association. ULLETIN No. 142. ThIS week we present a lme of ad\ ertlsmg umts fo our member" who have house furmsbmg g-oods connected wIth tbelr busmess ThIs lme of goods IS one of the hardest there IS to advertIse and get cuts for We have found that whenever we wanted to advertise anyone of these staple Items" e had to plan ahead at least three or four eeks m order to g-et thf' L ut" If you adopt the umt ~Ize system all you have to do IS to select the umt \ ou want and It WIll be mallf'd to you for much less than the (uts would co~t \ ou Not onl, that but the average small prmtlng ofhce wIll not "et these umh "Ith the "mall ty e or arrange tbem a" "e hay e tbem They are all mortl~ed wbere the space IS left for the price so that the umts can be u'3ed at any tIme an PrlC e" chang-ed to surt the member ,Ve have ~elf'cted 'ltaple artICle'3 whIch are m ev-elY '3tore handling thl'3 class of goods To 11lu'3trate the value of thlb umt '3v'3tem 'luppo'3e yOU "anted to advertlbe some cha~r "eats clothe" bar clothe'! baskets or spIce cabmets Where would yOU get the cuts' It you turn to your catalogs you WIll find that the cuts about ten tlme'3 larger than neces"ary If you used one of them the cos for newspaper "pace" ould be greater than the cost of these umts and so on down the hne of Items bhown on tIllS page Thelefore we ha,e pr pared these umb becau'3e "e want to sene our member" In every way pos'!lble, so use a'3 many of them a" 10U can to help thIS work along and t the same time make ,our ddvf'rtlsements better '£hls WIll result m a bigger and more prosperous busmess Yours truly High Grade Wringer and Strong Clothes Liue. Gord. Serviceable Wash Boards wJ have washboards mOfe'll pengSraIvdees tofrothme tehxe tra strong durable on s Our brass wa hboards WIll not wa p corrode or cr ck We also han-dl~ the best zmc and g 1 ass washboards m de You WIll find wiat you "ant here The s e wrIngerS are ea<:sy run-mng and the flnebt and best wrlngel<:;; made The rubber roll" are made oft h e best quahty rubber Note the holdfast tub clamp'3 111'0. 516. Our glas'3 washboard'3 hay e a dovetaIled hardwood frame and Crimped gla"s rub-bing ~urface They are the best boal ds on the market at the price These clothes hnes are strong and durable and an excellent value for the price _ 111'0. 511. ----------- I ~~~;;'w-~I ruit aud Vegetable Presses. tove Shovels and Fry Pans. :c v e r} kI tc hen sh 0 u 1d have one of these f r u I t and leg eta b 1 f' Once used, always and tr} It Price Rolling Pins. Potato Mashers and Clock Shelves. These roll- Ing Pln~ are all made of hard wood and are first ('las" m ev-f'rv rebpect PII('e 10, 15 and 115e. I 'ilour Ime of fry pans IS hIgh grade eyery respect \V e have them m ~he~~r;;~~ ~1~~Sgrap;~ces i':o':X come A full lme of potato mashers Some wood some WIre Price 10 and 15e. They are well an antl-rU6t fin '£hose need Ing clock shelve", WIll fIn d whdt they want here VarIOUS kmd" of woo-dprlces-ac('oIdlnglv 111'0. 514. 111'0. 513. 111'0. 518. Send All Ord rs to the Secretary. Janesville. Minn. Paiuts. Paint and White Wash Brushes. Get your ('old water wall fimshes from us pice Cabinets and Chair Seats. ne of these ~plce cabinets 1'3 very j'befUl 111 any Itchen They are Ighly \ arm shed nd have eIght rawers marked for contents A lace for every-hmg and every-fhmg m ItS place Our llne of whl t ewash brushes IS now ( omplete Prlce~ range from If yOU are m need of paint, come and see us We have a fine assort-ment Also a full lme of varm~h ~tams and furmture polIsh Let us bupply your wants '1' he s e perforated wood chaIr seats are very ~ervlce-able They C0111e Jll dIfferent sIzes Easy to put on A varIety of "hapes to fit a.lmost any kInd of chaIr PrIces from We have a full lme of paint brushes PrIce~ 10, 15, 25, 30c and up. JIl"o. 517 THE ADVERTISING COMMITTEE Clothes Bars and Baskets. Clot h e s bars are one 0 f the ne-cesslb es of every horn e Come III see our I I n e Made of h a r d- \\ ood. v e r y ~mo 0 t h and holds a lot of waslung rl'ry one These clothes baskets are eAtra strong and durable Only the best material IS used They are made Jll several ~ 1 Z e s Prlce& range from 111'0. 515. EnaIlleled Kettles. Dish Pans and Stew Pans. Thes" Berlm ket-tles are very pop-ular on account of theIr cony ex shape as the contents WIll not slop to tlw outsld€' as they do m the or-dmary kettle These stew pans are of the best qualtty and an ex-ceptIOnal qualt ty for the prIce These dIsh pans are deep stam-ped and enam eled both In- "'de and out- SIde The y come In varI-ous SIzes and are an excel-lent ,alue for the prIce PrIce& from 111'0. 512. --------- -- Serviceable Dust Pau and BrooIlls These brooms are tho r 0 ugh I y sea- '3oned and WIll not come off the han-d I e s anI y h I g h grade mater lal IS used In theIr con - s t r u c-t Ion P I Ie e s from 25, 30, 35, 40 and 50c. These extra quahty whl'3k brooms from 10c up. These corru-gated Japanned dust pans are of the best quality PrIces 5c up. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The Robeltson-'lapp FUI111lLlleu)""yal1, vf \ustm, 'Ie"\. , has been dIssolved WIlham D Fitch. undel taker, of :Y1achson \\'IS. (hed suddenly on May 8 The Hall Chan' company of Ben111ngton, Vt, ale Du11cl-l11galaI ge addItion to theIr fact01 y Charles Flynn has purchat>ed the 1etall ftll nitUl e DU"ll1e"" of IV. S Bonner at Seneca Falls, i\ Y R E Lowel y has ptll chased the stock. good \\ Ill, etc. of the CIty FurnIture company of Tuscaloosa, Ala The Klauss Furniture company of Cleveland, 01110. have reduced their capital stock flam $5°.000 to $5,000 The Camp FtIl111tme company of Jackson. ~1lt>", ba" been mcorporated wIth capItal stock hn11ted to $2 S,000 J C Jones, fur111tme and hardware dealer of Cushl11g, 10\\ a, has traded hIS busmess to Fred BuroYv for a farm The POItable 1\1nrm company of 'Yeatherford. Tex. have mcreased theIr capItal stock from $10.00:) to $25000 Clarence H Young, plOplletor of the Trmmph Couch Berl company of Boston, ha<:;sectued a patent on a cot bed P H Englehalllt has pUIchased the ftu 111tme store, kno\\ n as S S Groscong's branch house, at ,Yaubay, S Dak The Co-Op FUlllltme compam of Salt Lake Clt} are 1emo lelmg then StOle and \\ 111 (louble then \\ arehou"e capa-city The Dunn Chan' company, maunfactUlers, of Keene, :.\T H , has been mcorpm ated \\ lth capItal stock fixed at $7°,000. all paId m The Thoma S\ Ille (Ga) Chall company al e Inuhll11g an adclttlOn to then plant \\ hlch \\ III II1CIea se theIr capaclt} fifty per cent The Ideal Fm11ltme company, dea1els, of Incl1anapohs, Ind, has been mC01p01ated by Henry Bucknel, C L ::.'\orchke and L A. Hodges The Fnel Fmn][ule and Hald\\ale company of Sulphur. Okla, has been mcol porated by G C, L H and ~I D Filel Capital stock, $IO.OOO \VaIter H Lammg and Ida G Fanel have mcorpOlated the Fanel Fm11ltme and Undeltelkmg company of Huntmg-ton, \V Va. Capital stock, $10,000 Otto Hellman has pmcha<:;ecl the lllLele"t of \\ ~I Gruenebel g, Sr, 111the ftU111ttlle and halCh\ al e bus mess of Gltlenebelg & Bnese of Beaver Dam, \\ IS George McLean, a.., trustee for creclltols, has ~old the furnIture factory opel atecl by Shope & Coleman at Shlppen-bun?;, Pa, to John L Balnel for $1,950 cash DaVid E Heaton. Peat! f' Knkendall and John Kat!e have 111C0p1Olateel the Heaton TZnkendall P11lleHak111g com-pany of St Joseph, 1\10 capltahLecl elt ~IO.OOO Robel t \V Hampson. Jame" LeRoy :\Imt1e and Edmond J Abb'Jtt. have 111C0p1Hated the Hampson "Imtle Fm mture company of \\ atel bUly, Conn CapItal stalk. $10,000 The De\\ end & K uSlhman I l1l111tl1el compam decllel" of ~\101me. Ill. al e to have ne\\ qual tel s soon. ll1 a thl ee- "tOly bU1lclll1gthat 1" bell1g el ected f01 tl'em b\ 111 \ H Arp The Rubel Fl1ll1ltl1le company. \\ho hd\e a lalge ~tole 11l l\lmneapoht>. 1\1111n,have made all ang emenb to open an-other m Omaha, ~ elH . whICh \\ 111be managed by E S Rubel The i\ew England Chan compan}. \\ hose factOl \ at Ke\\ Haven, Conn, \\ as \)1.1n1ed 1ecenth, empltH ed Pl1S011esl 111 the CJU'1t} jail unde1 cont1act Kow an attempt is being made to prevent the company from secUl1l1g other quarters 111 the Clt\ WIth a vieV\ of abohsh111g the contract system of em1Jloyl11g conv1ct labol GU} P Hatlet has IeSlgned h1S pOSItIon as sec1etary and managel of the Eln1l1a (~ Y) Table company and IS now at the head of the Hatlet-Mc::'\ulty Table company, a $500,- 000 COIpm atlOn of Canton, Pa 1he fUlmture house of P 1\1 Schneck & Co, of M1l- \\ al.lkee are celebratl11g the SIxty-first annn ersary of then house thiS \\ eek Jacob Schneck estabItshed the business on the slte no\\ occupied by the store on May IO, 1849 The "X 01 th\\ estern Fmmture company" whlCh sold from facto1 y catalog ues and photographs m Detroit, proves to have been a swmelll11g conceln The manager has skipped out. lea\ ing many "dupes" among the poorer class of people The GI amte Furniture company of Sugar House, Salt Lake CIty, has been mcorporatell With J A. Rockwood as pres1dent. \\ B R1chards, vIce pres1dent, EItjah Thompson, seClcta1Y and \YllItam Thompson, treasurer CapItal stock, $30,000 The firm of B1yans & Kennedy. fUlmture dealers, under-take1 s and theatre manage1 <:;,of LemoOl e, Cal, has been chs-soh eel \1' J Bryans takes the fUlmtnre and theatre busI-ne% \\ h11e J H Kennedy WIll be sale propnetor of the undertakmg pal 101s The \Y VI vVood company, veneer manufacturers of Raymond, \Yash, are bu11dmg a large (addItIOn to the1r plant \\ hllh \\ III be eqLupped WIth basket makmg machinery. They ha\ e a contI act that reqUlres them to make 20,000,000 bas-kets pel } ear for fi\ e ) ears r\ .YIe111ecke& Son, manufacturers of toys and \\ 1110\\ \\ are, ~Ilh\ aukee, have moved then' plant from Front street to RlCha1ds siteet near the north cIty lmuts V\ he1e they have an e"\.tenSl\e SIte and rallroad faClI1tles that WIll enable them tu hetter meet the 111creas111gdemand fOl theIr plOducts The :McNIchols Furmture company of St LOUIS, 1\10, celeb1ated theIr forty-fifth annlYersa1Y last Vveek The house \\ as estabhshed 1111865 by Henry McK lChols who was the plOneer mstallment dealer m St L01.11s The foundel (hed 111 1902 and the busl11ess IS no\v managed by hIS son. Hemy J Mci\ Ichols \Y. A. Barker of Barker Bras, Los .\ngeles, Cal, ac-compa11led by J H. Holmes, lessee of the new U. S Grant Hotel of San D1ego, is m the east selectmg furniture. carpets, cItapenes, etc. for the Grant and sevel al other hotels MI Ba1kel lS e'i:pected to place orders aggregat111g over $70C),oOO dlll111g IllS tllP S S :\Iax\\ell, the furl1lture dealer of HuntsvIlle, Ala, \\ ho \\ as jaIled at Nashville, Tenn, charged w1th obta111ll1g goods on fdbe pletenses, secmed hIS freedom through a wnt of habeas corpus and has started SUIt aga1l1<:;tthe J ones-Hop-kll1s company of Nashv1lle, clalmmg $5,000 damages for 1,11'>ell11pllSOnment. The]\1 A Gunste111Furmture company of Seattle, 'vVa~h, \\ as 01 gamzed le<:;sthan a year ago and began bus111ess in the Columb1a block, fOlmerly occupIed by the McCa1 thy D1Y Goods company The bus111essof the Gunste111 company has 111Celased so rapIdly that two stones are be111gadded to the bUllcl111g\\ hlch v\III be remodeled and WIth the ll1stallatlOn of eleltnc e1e\atol s and other modern conve11lences 1t WIll be I)ne of the lal gest and best eqmpped furmture stores on the Coa"t - -~~---~-------~-- WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for Februaryt 1881. A fnm m Balt1l11Ore sold 2,800 marble top tables last ~ 0 I walnut lumber is quoted at $9000 pel ::\J , 11J Balt1- l110le A "l\1ortuorion" has opened a stock of coffin-o111 \llSI'n, Te"as P Belvm, RIchmond, Va, IS enlal g111g hIS ±urmture factOl V Hall & Stephens hay e opened a stock of fml1ltm e 111 Bo~ton Gllman, Tuttle & Co, of Boston, mannfactm e thIrty pat-terns of tables Coombs & Co, of NashvIlle, Tenn, undertakers, ha\ e added furniture. L. Morse & Son are about to erect a furtllture factory III Leol11lster, Mass Charles VV. Bebche has en£;ageJ 111the manufacture of parlor frames 111ChIcago Streit & SchmItt of C111c111natl, hay e taken possessiOn of a large and new factory F Koemg & Son ale about to commence the manufactme of furmture 111St Loms Charles Kaiper 1S the lead111g manufactm er of uphol- <;teleel furmture 111CincinnatI F. Meyer & Co , whose factory 111ChIcago \\ as destroyed by fire recently, WIll rehmlel at once George and James H Ford have commenced the manu-facture of furmture at Rockford, :Yl1ch The furmture manufacturers of Boston ha\ e slgned a pe-titIOn asking congress to enact d. bankrupt law. Eltas Matter, of Nelson, Matter & Co, has returned £1Om a \ 1sit to the tI ade 111the \\ estern states Sh1yock, GIbson & Co, have commencf'd the manufac-tm e of a patented reclmmg chaIr 111Meadv 1He, Pa "l\Iorns" Chall s a1e manufactured b) the Geldmv sky FUlmtUle company of Boston, for the London market John I Hand of GeOlge C Fl111t& Co, placed a num-belt of orders dutIng hIS stay 111Grand RapIds last month. Uphobteres are paid $1600 per vveek 111 St Loms, fore-men $2000; 111Cleveland journeymen, $15,00, foremen, $19 \V J H1SS, late of the pension bureau, 111\Vash111gton, 1" about to engage 111the manufacture of furmture in Balti-more A E Ohlander of Montgomery, "\la, llas been enga~ed to represent the Phoenix Furniture comnan) 111 the southern states. C VV and \V H Jones of the two PhoemA.es-cha1r and fU1mture, hdve 1eturned from a successful toUl of Cah-forma The MItchell & Rammelsberg Furniture company of Cin-cinnati, have changed theIr name to the Robel t MItchell Fur-niture company. G B LeWIS, a vetelan manufacture, has purcha"ecl an mterest in the New England Furniture company anJ w111trav-el m Ohio and Ind1ana. Frank L Bercry, of the Grand RapId'S ChaIr company, \vas buned m a snow bank for one week whIle travelmg on a 1a1lroad m the west recently. J F 1edenck Baal s, J r , has sold IllS interest 111the \V Icld1- comb Furmtme company John \V1dchcomh succeeds \11 Baal s as secretary of the company. Chades H Perkins, formerly with Nelson, l\fatter & Co, amI 1ecently engaged in railroading and pohhcs, has returned to the employ of the firm. He is a widely knmvn and popu-lar salesman Charles Dewey of Dewey & Stone, has started for Grand Rap1ds He WIll not arrive until September next, when the fall season opens. His route is via Sidney, Hong Kong, Sumatra, Port Said and Liverpool George Kmckerbocker of the Knickerbocker Furniture company, M111neapolis, arrived in Grand Rapids on Februal) L.(. and spent the day m 'Selecting stocks at the wareroom5 of the Phoemx Furniture company and the Wolverine Manufac-tunng company. The Valley Ctty Manufacturing company is the name of a ne", corporatIOn which proposes engaging m the manufac-ture of furmture m Grand RapIds ere long. W H. Andrew" IS jhe preSIdent and S E. Curdy, late of the Grand RapIds Chau- company, secretary and treasurer. Judge Tuley of ChIcago has decided that Jacob \Virts, IS the sole proprietor, general manager, superintendent and f01eman of his own name. John A. Colby sought to use \V1rts n

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