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1. Michigan Artisan; 1905-12-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and r r I l SPARTAN PASTE FILLER Made in Marietta. A High Grade Article in Every Respect. possessing qualities that put it easily ahead of other fillers from the fineness and character of the ingredients that make up its composition. We produce this in all of the leading shades. including our FAMOUS GOLDEN OAK IMITATION QUARTERED OAK "tRY OUR SPECIAL FILLERS AND STAMPING INKS We are producing the goods of this nature that bring results to perfection. Sample our Fillers No. 800 and No.810 and our Inks Nos. 5. 6 and 11. In OIL STAINS. remember, we lead! Our Golden Oak and Mahogany Stains stand without a rival. Write us for samples and full informatiun. The Marietta Paint and Color Co. MARIETTA. OHIO. THE HAND SCRE.W WITH THE SAW·CUT THRF:AD THE BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY OUR Hand Screws, Cabinet Makers' Clamps, etc.; is the result of fifteenyears experiencein this class of work. Our Spindles with the Saw-Cut Threads will wear fully 50 per cent longer than the ordinary spindle with the Lathe-Cut Thread. We use only the very. best second growth hickory in aU our spindles and the jaws are the best Michigan maple, sanded and oiled. We make all the standard sizes and can furnishthem promptly. Give us a trial. We make a complete line of Cabinet Makers' and Manual Training Benches, Factory Trucks, ete" Write for catalog. Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company 130 South Ionia St.. Grand Rapids. Mich. , 7I R'T' I >5' JI.l"l ? fa? T ,. • These Specialties are used all Over the World 1 VM1eer Presses, aU kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Efc.. Etc. Hand Feed Glueinl{ Machine, (Plltent pendinl?;.) Eight Styles and Sizes. Woud·Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applitd for). Single, douhle and combination LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 419-421 E. Eighth St. C"AS. E. FRANCIS &.. BRO.B CINCINNATI. O. No.6 Glue Heater The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURKRS AND JOBBERS oIl" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves Our facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state tbat we have 10 Glass fa.ctories, from Pennsylvania to IHissouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as foHows: . NeW"York Roslon f' hlladelphia Buffalo Cincinnati St. Louis Minneapolis Atlanta. Kokomo, Ind. Ford City. Pa. High Point, N. C. Davenport Crystal City, Mo. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derivt'd from deating directly with liS. extending Also. our 22 jobbing houses carry heav~ stocks in all lines of glass. paints. varnishes and brushes: and are located in the cIties named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALQ-;;7z-4-6-8 Pearl Street. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9Bowker St. BROOKLYN-635 and 6?'7FuLton Street. CHICAGO-442-4SZ Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Building, Arch and CINCINN ATI- -Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUIS-CoT. 12th and 5t Charle9 Streets. DAVENPORT~4IO-416 Scott Street. MINKEAPOLlS-SQO-510 S. Third Street CLEVELAND-149"51-5.3 Seneca Street. DETROIT -53-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-1608-lo-12 Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-wl-lo?, \'Vood Street. ST. PAUL-349-51 Minnesota Street. MILWAUKEE, WIS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA'-30, 32 and 34 S. Pryor Street. ROCHESTER, N. Y,-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH, GA -745-749 Wheaton Street. and Exchange Sts. KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sts. BALTTMORE-221-223 W, Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM. ALA.-2nd Ave. alld 29th St. I AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. The Universal Automatic CARV/NQ MACHINE -,--,---= 'PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Worli: Better than it can be Dcne b~ Hand ======~-MADE BY Indianapolis, Indiana Write for Information, Prices Etc. 26th Year-No. 10 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 10. 1905. $1.00 per Year. Furnishings of the State Apartments at Windsor Castle. \Vindsor, the residence of the kings' and queen",' of Ellg- Lind {or generations, is one of tll{~ most picturesquely situated as well as 011e of the handsomely furnished palaces of Europe. The castle stands 011 a terrace high above the Thames river and from the top of the tower a fine view of the "Long \Valk" (three miles long) the manllsoJc\1tn 0'£ Frogmore, and in the distance the house where \Villiam Penn was born arc enjoyed. The country is very green and woo4ed, the Thames winds in and out for miles. Across the river from the castle is Elan, the fa"molls school for boys. The public are allO\'Vcd to walk through the state apart-ments conducted by a g"uic1e. The rooms secn include the Throne room, banqueting hall, reception room, vVaterloo, H.nhens. Van Dyck. and others The Throne r,)(Jlll bas a blue carpet, the woodwork or handsomely carved oak, the walls are covered with blue bro cade. Portraits of fonner kings' and queens' adorn the \,valls. The Throne chair rests on a rose velvet carpet and a canopy of the same is abov.e. The chair itself formerly belonged to the king of Candee and is of silver gilt, a design of thistles covers it. The top of the back is encrllsted with diaUlOtHls aud sapphires with sapphire knobs at the comers, upholstery of old rose brocade. The reception rooms are all very elaborately fl1rnisheJ, one decorated with much gilt in I.ouis XV style, the furniture of the same period. A Louis XIV tortoise shell cabinet is in another room, the walls and Llpholstery of rose brocade. Rc·se must have been Queen Victoria's favorite color as her apart-mel1ts are furnished exclusively in that tint. The vVaterl-:HI room has portraits of \Vel1ington and other famous o ..o..lJle such as the first duke of 1Iarlboro and Pope Pius VII. The latter is one of Van Dyke's best paintings. The panelled walJs of this room are much carved and gilded. At each e:'H! is a gallery for musicians. The state theatricals are always held here. There are Gobe[in tapestries in many of the rooms. The Rubens' room ha.~ portraits e.xeJusively by him. The carpet was a present from the Shah of Persia. The banqueting hall is two hundred feet long, thirty-fom feet high and thirty-t\vO feet wide. Suspended from the ceiling· are twenty-six flags belonging to the original knights of the garter. Portraits of monarchs from James I down to the' present, adorn the walls. The long table seats two hundred and fifty people. Louis XIV tanks stand along the walls. thl~ furniture is covered with rose brocade. One sees the Frellch mattas I-Toni soit qui mal y pense and MOil Dieu et Mon Droit conspicoously displayed. The entrance hall has a grand stone staircase and armor of many Jifferent centuries and cOl1ntries. After being hurried through :so many rooms, one experiences a feeling of regret at leaving so soon and a wish to study the grand apartments at on(','sliesure. Grand Rapids Will Supply All Grades of G~ods Wanted. The manufacturers of Grand Rapids haVe promised to st!pply everything needed by the buyers. If the withdravva) of the lines of several manufacturillg corporations, making cheap furn iture, from the expositions should create a scarcity of cheap ftITnittITc, the manufacturers of (l·rand Rapids will sup-ply the need .. Ticket Scalpers VictoriouS". Under a judicial ruling ill Texas all raiJway passenger as" sociatiolls are declared illegal ttl1"-tS and l1'ot enLitled to pro-tection from ticket scalpers. The ,so;alpers exper~enced a thrill of joy in their winning a vital' p'oint in the complaint they had lodge.<l against these associations when the latter sought to drive them out of busine5s. No Bad Debts Show What? There is one rinn in London which has not mad.: a single bad debt in the \vhole course of its fifty years existence. Just what this demonstrates is l1nCertaill. \Ves~"e'rn New York had a merchant a few years ago who made a similar hnast, but incidentally was knO\,Vllas the 111etdlest and hardest of his COmll11ttlity. \Visconsin mantlfacturers are preparing to fight against prison-made goods. They wish to have a law compelling the labelliug of all "goodti made ill prisons, as they claim competi.tion w~fh such goo(ls~s Hl\nous . .The House of Cor-rection in Mihv<Lukee is ~)nc of the strdilgest competitors. It is useless to fight convi.;;t labor. Dealers outside the state CUllerase marks and mauufacfurers will help them to do it. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANUFA<TURCD UNLY -,,-y-- ~ CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CD. Z59-63 ELSTONAVE."'Z-16 SLOAN ST. CH I CACO. l 4 We carry a line of RebuiltWood- Working Machinery for Pattern Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash and Door Manufacturers, Car= penters, Planing Mills, Etc.· Jl .II When in the market let us send you our list of machines and we are ~ure that we can interest you ill prices and quality or machines oHered EDWARDS MACHINE CO. 34·38 W. Washinoton St. CHICAGO. ILL. PALMER CLUEINC CLAMPS Patented, April 11, r893; May 16, 1&)q; March 22, 1'lo4. Improved damps have now become an absolute necessity. \Ve believe OUfS meets aU reguirements, and why? F1RST- They have unlimited strength and power; damp Jn~ . scantly, yet securely, instantly released and the work re-moved as fast as it can be handled. SECoND-They will adjust themselves to any width or thiclt-ness (not to exceed the limir of size clamp used) and can be used to put a truck load under pressure while still on the truck. THIRD-Very durable~ being all malleable iron and 5teel~ and not easily broken or got out of order under any con-dition~ no matter by whom or how used. Catalogueexplains all-write f()r it. A. E. PALMER NORVELL, MICH. Jackson County INSIST ON HAVING Morris Woo~ a Sons' Soli~ Stetl Glue Joint (utters for there are no other.,. .. jUoI"taJl good .. They cut a clean perlect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices on appJication. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS Thirty_one years at 31·33 s. Canal Street_ CHICAGO. ILL Spindle Carving and Hand Carving, For Furniture, Caskets and Fixtures. 411work guaranteed to be first Class. Send us your Samples or Sketches for prices and Samples. Knoxville Carving and Moulding Company, Knoxville, 'Tenn. NO! IT is not a new STAIN or a new FILLER or a new SURFACER, Only a New Departure We have realized the necessity for a long time, of getting nearer to our good friends in the WEST and NORTHWEST. Not nearer in spirit or confidence, for we feel that we are very close to our patrons in that way already, but nearer in actual mileage. We have just opened a new factory for the manufacture of our line of WOOD fINIS"ING SUPPLIES at Nos. 61-63-65 and 67 North Ashland Avenue C"ICAGO, ILLINOIS It is fully equipped with all modern machinery, and the plant more complete in every way than the home factory. We will there manufacture and carry in stock, a full line of our Antique and Golden Oak fillers Japan Coaters Surfacers (Mineral Base) Water and Oil Stains Enamels, Lacquers, and in fact everything that our good friends in the Central West and North West may call for, and if you want a special shade, we can only reiterate what we have claimed with confidance in the past WE CAN MATC" ANYT"ING We want to tell you about our No. 390 and No 397 NEW PENETRATING GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS, USED IN CONNECTION WITH OUR NO. 611 and NO. 512 fiLLERS. We will gladly furnish samples, and also send copy of our little book "Lindemanthe filler Maker" DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND T"E BARRETT-LINDEMAN COMPANY I'''''IN OffiCE and FACTORY, Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVE. PUiUDELPHIA, PA. c"neAGO fACTORY, Nos. 61-63-65-67 NORT" AS"LAND AVE. CHICAGO, ILL. 6 igf\?piQs.f\ic~ Burlap Prices Lower. Cables from Calcutta received Saturday, report that the price of burlaps in that market for December shipment has declined in value as a result of speculators offering goods for resale. The mills, however, have hetd very firmly to their prices, and refuse to make concession of any sort. III addition to this, jute has again advanced and is now within five shillings a ton of the highest prices reached this year. III the Dundee market burlaps are reported as firmer, if any-thing, and supplies very short. In the market here the de-mand for cloth has been more active, wi: h many requests coming forward for carload lots, which cannot be filled. Sev-eral carloads were disposed of late last week at 5.10 to 5.I5C for 8-oz. and 6./5 to 6.25c for IO~-OZ. The shortage of goods jn thi5 market continues in spite of the arrival of two 1:ihips carrying Durlaps, within the past week, and many importers are totally unable to fill orders which they now have on hand. These orders include weights ranging frm 7 to 1O-0z. The demand for heavyweights is just starting; the season is opening up very well, and an un-usually heavy demand is expected during the next ten to twelve weeks. Estimates by conservative consumers arc to the effect that lightweights will be in larger demands than during the next three months indicate a large demand, with a during he next three months indicate a large demand, with a very short supply. Fire which hroke ont on the steamship Neuenfe1s, lying at her pier in Brooklyn, has not helped to ease the situation allY. The cargo consists of jute anrI bmlaps, and late Oil Saturday the full extent of the damage done had not been learned. The bllflaps Wl1ich comprise part of the cargo arc hadly need-ed to help out snpplies in this market, and owners of the goods are wondering to what extent they Inve been damag-ed. In additi Ii to this the jute which forms a large part of the cargo 's also badly needed by manufacturer!;; lt1 this country to filliorders that are now delayed. Death 01 S. J. Burlord. S. ]. Burford, secretary of the Rhbde5~Burford company of Louisville, died Nov. 21st, at French Lick Springs, th~ cause of death being pneumonia, following all attack of rheu-matism. He was forty-one years old. He conducted a fur-niture store in ;Cairo, 111., for several years, but moved to Louisville where he established a large furniture store with several branches. From that beginning he added other stores until now there are a chain of forty-three scattered in cities around the country. Mr. Burford 'was very popular. The funeral services in charge of the Masons was largely attended. The' furniture trade will also feel his loss, and extend their sY1:npathy to his bereaved family. To Abandon the Expositions. The decision of forty table manufacturers belonging to the association 0f table makers, not to exhibit in any market for two years, will not affect Grand Rapids as not more than one or two have exer exhibited here. A number have ex-hibited in Chicago but it is not likely to affect that- market very much. Sprinklers Failed to Save Property. A total loss 011 the sprinklererl saw mill is reported from the Converse Basin, Fresno County, Ca1., where the Sanger Lumber mill was destroyed. The mill was equipped with 460 Grinnell heads, supplied by two tanks of 20,000 and 25,000 gallons capacity. The insurance amounted to $53,850. THE IRON OF QUALITY No. 10 Tilt and No. 30 Adjustment. Sizes13J4 in.-15~ in.-16~ in.-·17~in.-19 in. WfSTfRn"AllUDlf I O~HIRon"to. co. MilwaUkee, Wisconsin. ~4'- THE DAILY ARTISAN ~RECORD for the mid-winter season of 1905-06 will be issued from the office of the FURNITURE RECORD Some Preferred Space Is Still Available for exhibitors who desire to secure the eye and ear of the buyers who go to the markets. Write for rate sheet. ADDRESS DAILY ARTISAN-RECORD Grand Rapids. Mich. That's our TRADE MARK, and it means that every pull or knob fastened with the will NO-KUM-LOOSE, and it Costs You Nothing Tower Patent fastener BEWARE of Loose Pulleys that wear out like this one. Get the NELSON and in' cidentally get rid of bushing, babbitt-ing and the expense and delay ac-companying these. WILMARTH & MORMAN COMPANY 153 CANAL ST. GRAND'RAPIDS, MICH. FOR FULL PARTICULARS WRITE THE No-Kum-Loose GRAND 'RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 8 Saw and Knl'fe FI't'tlng Mach'lMeryan d T00 IS TUhoeeBMigg.nesut faan"d",dBe.st Baldwin, Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand Rapids. Mich. Filers. Setters. Sharpeners, Grinders, Swages, Stretchers. Brazina and Filing Clamps. Knile Balances. Hammering Tools. Investigate our Line. New 200 pag-e Cataloj{Ue for' 1905 Free. Bollon Band Saw Filer for Saws h inch up, B. T. & B. Style D, Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dr)". -~-'---OFFICES'--------- ~ _ Bostl[)D New York Jamestown High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago 51. Louis Mlnneapoll& Associate Offices and;iBonded AttoMlleys in all Principal Ules The Furniture Agency REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC_ TIONS MADE BY AN UN,RIVALLED SYSTEM THROU(;H OUR COLLECTION DRDARTMENT' • WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHEIlE OTHEKS lfAIl. WRITH FOR PARTICULARS AND 1o'OUWILL $ENO US Y OU R B 11SIN ESS. Our Complaint and AdJustDlen1 Department Red Drafts Collect -""'=~L, J. STEVENSON. Mif,higan Manager BE UP-TO-DATE, Get one of the New Electric Spindle Carvers and keep abreast of the times. You cannot afford to let the "other fellow" have the WOTkyou should be doing. The Electric Caner will keep the rrade you have and get more for you. Our carving Cutters are of the best. West Mi{~i~anMa{~ineand ToolCo.. ltd. GRAND R.APIDS, MICR. BUll~UP PANELS AND VENEERS FOR FURNITURE, MANUFACTURERS We can furnish you 2, 3 or 5 ply Panels in Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Plain Oak Ash, Elm, Birch, Maple or Basswood, and guarantee same in every respei:t. We Use high' grade Glue in our work and our Ven~ers are thoroughly dry and our Machinery up-to-date. Our 2 and 3 ply Drawer Bottoms and Glass Backs are the finest on the market. \Ve can also furnish you with Rotary Cut Maple, Birch and Elm Veneers in 1.30, 1-20. 1·16 and 1·8 inches thick:. All of our Veneers are dried in the new Coe Roller Dryer, and lay flat and are free from crinkle. If you wish to buy Panels and Veneers that are RIGHT AND THAT WILL STAY RIGHT, give us a chance to figure with you and submit samples and prices. We do not cla.im to be'lower in price, but we do claim our pa.nels are cheaper in the long run, a.....they A .A A THE GORHAM BROS. CO. Do YOU see the point"" Submit your wants and let us make you happy. MT. PLEASIlNT, Mle". TABLE LEGS turned with this machine cost less than any you ever made. .. ReliaMe" Rolls .. Relia~l( Panels THE FELLWOCK ROLL AND PANEL COMPANY Mfrs. of "ReUable" Built lip Veneered Rolls and Plural Ply Panels for all purposes. Correspondence solicited, EVANS\'ILLE, IND. Sle~~en50n Mf~.co. South Bend, Ind. Wood Turnings, T umed Moulding. Dowels and Dowel Pins. With it one man will do the work of six to ten skilled Hand Turners. The quality of work can't be beat, and we would like to have you judge of it for yourself, by sending you a sample of W}13t we guarantee it to do. The main features of the machine lie in the patent Cutter Head. the Vari-able Friction Feed, and the OscUIa-tingCarriage. A full description of this machine will interest yOll. May we send it? C. Mattison Machine WorKs 863 Fifth Street BELOIT, WISCONSIN Catalogue to Manufac-turers on AppliC"ation. THE "PORTE R" 1his cut rep-resents 0 u r 12. 16 a np 20 in. Jointer --MANUFACTURED Ey--------- ------- c. O. & A. D. PORTER, 182 North Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 10 This bedroom was occupied by Qyeen Victoria of Emdand on the' occasion (If her visit to the Grand T rianol) in 1840. The upholstery and draperj"3 are of rose satin brocade. The Bedroom of Francois I, Musee de auny, Pari,. ""~MIF,HIG7fN Two Per Cent-Ten Days. This phrase, so commonly used ill the export trade, fre-quently becomes most bewildering to mally manufacturers as a result of their dealings with export commission mer-chants. The term is usually intclldco to convey the mealling that the customer is expecled to pay his bill ten days from its date, deducting the two per cent cash discount. This also is the meanillg of the term among the commis-sion honscs, but unfortunately for the reputation of all the commission houses many of them are extremely lax in their attention to the ten-day part of the deal, but equally zea]o'.ls in observing tile two-per-cent feature. In other \vords. cer-tain of the commission houses regard it as their privilege to fxtend the ten days indefinitely l1p to thirty days, but still consider themselves entitled to the two per cent. They justify this attitude on various grounds, none of which would be wholly acceptable to a first-class credit man. JVlanufacturers who have dealings with exporters who take advantage of this cash discount allowance are amply justified in insisting upon their rights, and declining to allo\',' the di"count unless the payment is made strictly at the ap-pointed time. It is another matter if some other interpre-tation is given to the ten-day clause, but ten days from date of invoice is what is commonly understood ill the absence of any sJlecially arranged interpretation. A Cincinnati Patent Attorney in Greensboro. The \\tysong & IVIiles company of Greensboro, N. c., in-vented a sand helt machine some mOl1ths ago and employed C. H. I\·liles, a prOlninent patent attorney of Cincinnati, 0., to visit Greensboro and prepare the drawings and necessary papers for taking out patents on the machine, since which time the machine has become the most useful and popular one ever introduced. It has come to the ears of the \Vysong & ),Jiles company that attempts have been made by others Grand Rapids, Mich. 15he White Directory (POCKET EDITION) of makers of Furniture, Pianos, Fixtures, Show Cases, Interior Wood Work, Cabinet Makers, Upholsterers, Bedding, and Planing Mills, con-sisting of approximately 6000 individuals, firms and corporations (revised to May 25, 1905), is ready for delivery, and will be sent to any ad-dress, postage paid, upon receipt of Price$5.00 Address orders and inquiries to MICtllGAN AI\.TISAN CO. 11 to use their invention, and they at once 110tified their patent attorney at Cincinnati of the facts and he is collecting the necessary data to promptly prosecute infringments on the rights of the \Vysong & Miles company. Walnut Timber Trade Not Dead. It seems that it is by no means true that walnut has dis-appeared from the list of staple commodities in the lmnber trade. As a matter of fact, ",,'alnut is ont of the rarest species of American woods and ill recent years many tirms making a specialty of ·walnut have been obliged to go out of business because of the small quantities of the commodity obtainable. That it has Hot entirely disappeared from thc market, hmv-ever, is evident from the announcement that there has re-cently gone from a Virginian saw mill to Furope an im-mense shipment of walnut log~ of superior quality. Had Joyful Hour. On November 21, the manufacturers and retailers of Philadelphia enjoed a banpuet at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel in that city, and took preliminary steps to form an as-sociation. There were two hundred present and after a fine mcnu thc matter of organization was discussed by a number of represcntatives of different firms. The benefits to -be derived by both the manufacturers and dealers would be mallY, and better social relations established, prodtlCing more harmon}' in trade. These restl1ts v..·.ill be obtained no doubt, throllgh the organization in the near future. Space in City Apartments Valuable. Dining room and other furniture is designed to occupy· the least possible space in the city apartments. This is due, no doubt, to the requircments of flat dwellers to whom every inch of space is of value and usc. China closets are made just large enough to fit in a earner. For bedroom are chif-foniers 24 inches long, barely largc enough for a man's shirt. /\. large size bureau takes 11]) llearly the whole space in a bedroom which is only large clloug-h for a hed and chair. Flat dwellers must learn to dispense with bureatls and often use a hanging mirror and shelf. 'fhe Niagara Bedstead company, of BLlffalo, N. Y., has pur-cbased the stock, plant. and husiness of the Empire Metallic t'.edstead company, cOlltinning the amnufacture of the former line of brass and iron beds, adding thereto from time to time such styles as demanded by trade requirements. Joseph Haberhasch and C. R. Funk have organized the Hab-erbasch- Funk Furniturc company, in Hamilton, Ohio, and will engage in the retail btlsiness. Mr. Haberbasch was formerly with A. J. Conroy & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. aran~ Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE latest device for handling shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. Our eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DET AIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Citizens Phone 1282 Bell, M ..h:l 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM 13 WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA M'nnf"lm,nof TABLE SLIDES Exclusively '''.!RITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT If your DESIGNS art right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. bills DOES IT 163 Mad ison Avenue -Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. berman Scbaubel, Ilrar"ra' SlttrlKs aid llttalli ALLE~TOWN,.PA. 'l1Iammoth 1Jrop-Caruer~ 9/0. .:J This machine weiJ':"hf; about one ton. Has a tran:JinJl:tahle. is reversed and started from a counter shaft, wnich is indud-ed with machine. Hollow steel mandrel 3% inchl:'S in diameter. We furnish burn-eT for inside or outside heat· ing, for either gas or gaso- Hne. Size of machine, 4 ft. 9 in. high, 3 H.lD in. long, 3 ft. wide. vVe guarantee this m~cbine. LPrice, $225; without trav-eliug: table, $200. Mammoth !\I o. 4, sam e as machine No.3. driveh wilh long:itude shaft only; pulleys at riRht a 1Ig:· Ie;;; need s no ('ounter shalt. Price $;::00; with· out travel· inK table. $170. Send fOT full de-scription and list of other drop carvers we build. Blue Print Designs Free to the Trade. 'l.Ollts babn Engraving, Printing Binding CATALOGUES A SPECIALTY DES1GNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE -- --- -- ------ 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN W. P. WILLIAMS, Manufadurers' Ag~nt. --- -----------1 91 Campau St. , Grand Rapids, Micbillan BaRRY BROS. (Ltd.) Varnishes and Shellac. JACQURS KAHN. French Mirror Plates. CORBIN CABtNET LOCK CO., Locks. AM GLUU:Co.'s Union Garnet and Flint Sandpaper. B. CANNON & Co., (Limited), Irish Glue. S,H.t'!. CABOT, House Stains ar? ",uilding Quilt. WHITE PRINTING co. ]NO. P. DENNING ---- -- Michigan Central 208 S. FIRST ST, TERRE HAUTE, IND. LEAVE Nov. 27, 1904 ARRfVE 6:55 am Detroit Express.. 10:45 pm *n:OO u'n New York Special. .* lAU pm 5:30 pm New York Express.. 9:55 am 1>1hlO pm Night Express .... * 6:30 am *Daily. All olher trains daily except Sunday. Detroit sleeper on night train. New York sleeper and fine cafe coach on noon train. Partor car on morning train. II O. W. RUG(;l.ES, G. P. & T. A., Chicago. The Niagara falls ~oute II i GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS C. B. CLARK, Proprietor. Manulacturers of Cut and !l'olnted Dowel Pins and Dowel Rods -~I ~~>-~ 91 Sixth StreEt, GRAND RAPlDS. MICH. IMPROVED, EASY and ELEVATORS QUICK RAISlNG Belt, Electric: and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBAll BROS, CO., 1087 N;nlh St.. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co.• 32.3 Prospect St., Cleveland. 0.; l{l81lth St., Omaha, Neb.; 120 Cedar St., New York city. Cili~etls Phone 558U. 2 to 20 Lyon St., GRAND RAP(DS, MICH. Varnishes. Shel. lacs and Sandpap~r carried in Stock B0YNT0N eX C0. Mfrs. of Embossed and Turnltd Moulding" Porch Work. Wood Orilles. and Auto· matic Turnings Vie also manufac-ture a large Iiue of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS [or couch work, Send for illustrations. SEND FOR CATALOG-UE Removed to 419·421 W f"ifteenth 8t 14 Advanced Prices on Furniture. Prices on furniture have advanced ten per ccnt. in most lines. The chair manufacturers are considering the propo-sition of advancing prices. LTpholstcred furniture has not advanced. The latter business is of a some.vllat different type from the others. Many of the mal111f8.cturers make simply the frames and the dealers \\'110do their own upholster-ing are enabled to make their prices correspond ""itlt the cost of the raw material and withont announcing <111y general advance. The cost of leather and the big demand for hides should naturally call for an advance in certain classes of up-holstered goods. It is quite likely that this increased cost in the production will be cared for in the quiet manner out-lined. The advance in all these articles of furniture is absolutely legitimate and just. The prices of ra,,, material, the various veneers and the cabinet 'Noods have been moving upward stea-dily for some time past and labor has also become a heavier item in the expense list with the manufacturers. Deal-ers as a rule are registering no objection to the increased cost to them, according to men \vho come closely in touch with the retail trade in all portions of the country. The con-sumer \vill be the one who will foot the bill, and a,,- he is \\.5\.\- ally tractable even when not entirely reasonabk, the added Senes, Spanish, Egyptian and statuary. ,On the next story, after going lip interminable stairs, one finds the royal apartments. The furnishings do not as a whole, impres8 one as much as those at \Vindsor. The rooms aIten,ate in colors varying from red to rose, yellow, blue and gleen in succession, brocade hangings are modern and gaudy. The noors arc marble. The paintings are such fine trea~lIres a~ I~otticelli's l\ladonlla of the Rose and some of Carlo lJolci's heautiful work. Florentine frames are very grand anJ encas~ mirrors which g-iYe four reAeetions when placed opposite. The Throne room is in red, all the hangings and upholstery matching. The Throne itself is an ordinary 100ldng red-draped affair with no jewels of any description to enrich it. In some of the rooms arc degant tortoise shell cabinets in-laid with ivory. lupus lazuli and columns of alabaster-a very rich effect indeed. Tables arc inlaid with marbles vt~different kinds. The Quecn's rooms cotltain the most interesting·furl11sh-ings. The bedroom is in pale blue, the bed has silk hangings and spread. .:\ green malachite secretary furnishes the only touch of varying color in this room. The dressing rOom adjoining is oval shaped with Japanese satin "'mbroideTed hangings in yellow. A beautiful silver mirror was on the Inahog,my dressing table, but the best thing was a cheval These rare pieces sUllgestcomforatnd inspire admiration. price to the articles which he desires for the furnishiug of his home will be forthcoming as readily uuder the new condi-tions as undcr the old. The increased cost of thc raw material is something well known to the trade, and as to the item of increased labor cost a man who recently had the opportunity of inspect-ing a pay roll of a plant making medium priced sideboards and buffets. This factory, which has an output of buffcts, says it showed heavy increase. This factory has an output of $250,- 000 annually and the increased co~t of its labor this year was $25,000 on this output, just the ten per eenL advance deLerlll-ined upon. What is true of this establishment is l111douhled-ly' true of others and demonstrates the manufact11t·ers have been most reasonable iil their action. Furnishings of the Pitti Palace of Florence. The Pitti palace is the residence of the Ki:lg and Queen of Italy, which they occupy whenever stnprillg in F!,_)ren,_e. It is not as fine as \~'indsor, England, that, 1 s1tpp();;e should not be expected. The huilding is of stone and is on a hillside overlooking the city. The Roboli gardens behind it riSe in terraces to a great height, from which at the top of an obser-vatory, a fine view of Florence may be had. III the buiLJing itself the first story rooms open to the public, arc devo(eo to a display of gold plate, many rare kinds of china, inclUding • l . g-lass three feet wide of Inahog:any with gilttrJ1umings with sconces holding C<l11dlesou each side at twodifterent heights, the lowesl all a level with the hem of a lady's gown, make it very convenient for view'ing the train. The King's room is in yellow- satin, the bed gilded. The family dining room table has a beautiful silk em-broidered table cover, formerly owned by the Medicis. The dt'.sig;n is 01 birds and -flowers in colnrs on a black ground. The chandeliers are magnificianl rock crystal and Florentllle gilt. Another part of the palace is used for an art gallery, such magnificiant paintings as the well known Madonna of the Chair by Raphael, C1copatra with the Asp and the artistic dancing· gronp of Apollo and the Muses being among those Hated. Mr. Barnhart Expects a Lively Season. Roy S. Barnhart of the Nelson-Matter Furniture com-pany, allticipates as good, if not a better season of January buyillg, than 11s11a1.The advallCC: in prices will make no dif-ference in the attendance or purchases of buyers. Southern buyers may decide not to come hut that would have no effect locally. Tn spite or rumors about one exhibition a year, the January season continues to be well patronized and attended. Space in the Klingman huilding is reported to be all occupied . Quality and Finish. An instructive illnslratiol1 was givcl1} by the trade in machetes in a district in Central America, of the value of high qua.!ity combined with a fair !iuish in goods used by the \vorking people. German machetes of good shape, niekcl-plated and pol-islled nlltil they glittered like new silver, \vere pushed upon iljc trade. At the same time a dealer, who knew their super-ior worth, imported a lot of S\vedish machetes of temper so lIne that one could and did actually take a shaving of the Ger-lHan implement, as a knife 'A'ould take a shaving of( the sharp COrner of a board; but these tools of tine temper were rough. To save on duties, blade and horn handles had been sent separated. to be riveted together by the dealer, who had no time nor inclination for the job; or by the user, who had neither skill nor tools for that task. And the horn handles themselves .\'ere not polished smooth. Nlachetes of American make outsold the others more than a hundred to one, although the Yankee toob were tar behind the German in glitter, because the American wer·~ superior in quality of steel, and therefore in p'ractical vailic. They outsold the Swedish, despite the fact that these ·were of better steel and temper, because the Ne\v England irnple~ ments had halJdle.s securely fixed in 'place, and so shaped aud polished that they would rasp no skin from the hands of users; and the finish of the whole was fairly attractive. Better in Quality. American mallufacturers have never bad time to lcarn the art of making flimsy, cheap alld almost worthless thLngs, such as arc sent it! <-glantities to the people ol little-developed countries by SOlue European COllcerns, because 111 A..merlc;l manufacturers have heen making things for people who 1<1leW the wisdom and economy of buying thing::; Ul goon ijllalily. and were able to pay for and have ahNays lllslsteCl that they should get quality for their cash. Some Europeans have, on the contrary, seemc(l to ;;tnv\.: to excel in the art of making goods of fair appearance and u! little or no real worth. T t is to be hoped that this art \vil! never become. common in America, if for no other reason, than because there is ample cause for thinl<tng that so long as American goods shall bc of superior quallty, OUf tra,k \vith other cOlllHries will continue rising 111 relative pOSItion as well as in actual value. In many parts of Latin America, 1ll China and japan, as elsewhere, O\1r trade has been growing more rap](Jly ,han has that of other nations, and this because Ameflcal1 .,oods are better in quality for the price than arc those at others. It certainly call not he beeaus(~ American salesmen Have snr-passed those of Europe. Odd Things in Bedrooms. Americans travelling in Europe have occasion to notice many odd things in bedrooms. For instance. there are always a great llllmber of pieces of furniture containing many drawers, even the wardrobes sometimes have three drawers. In Paris wardrobes instead of hooks or stretchers for cloth-ing, one finds a number of shelves. The chiffoniers with shallow drawers are a great convenience for holding small articles of wearing apparel and ""hen one is in a hurry arc so easy to find. Deep dra·wers arc Rood to lose things ill. \Vhen called on to pack articles for travelling' use, it is rather a funny sight to see a la"y rllmmaging in dra\vers tucked away in chiffoniers, lablc,:" wardrobes and so forth, to try and collect them and pack them. Nothing makes a woman feel more cosy, comfortable and at home, than to be ahle to unpack several stlit cases and a trunk and scatter things around in drawers all ovef the room. but when it comes time to IIl1L1them all Ollt again, "that\; another story." 15 Peace on "Both Sides:' A traveling salesman died suddenly in Pittsburg, Pa., and some of his friends telegraphed to the undertaker an order to make a large \vreath. Investigation showed that the telegram ordered a wreath bearing these words: "Rest in peace" on both sides of th~ ribbon: if there should be rOom: "\Ve shall meet in heaven." The undertaker was out of town and his new assistant handled the job. It was a startling f10fal piece which tttrned up at the funeral. The ribbon was extra wide and it bore the inscription: "Rest in peace on both sides and if there is room we shall meet in heaven." Death of a Worthy Young Man. The death ofF. P. Tawse, jr., in Chicago recently, came ;:tS a great shock to the fl1rniture trade. He was well known and populat· with all and he was a representative of the Furni-tnre \Vorker of Cincinnati. He was the son of Frank P. Tawse of Grand Rapids. His illness was the result of ser-vices in the Spanish-American war, and his death came after two months' sufferillg from cancer. His lvife and two small children survive him. "It would cost our company $25,000 a year to exhibit our Jines at the expositions in Chicago or New York," remarked the secretary of a large manufacturing establishment in Globe Vise and Truck Company OFFICE 321 R. DIVISION ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH· Mallufacturers of The Best Factory Trucks SimpJidty in conSlruc-tion enables us to give -qualityaud durability, and m{:et all competi-tion. Writefor Prices. No. 21. Roller Bearings. Same style Trucks No. 24, without Roller Bearihgs Grand Rapids. "Our samples '~over $10,000 square feet of floor space and the expese in addition to rent, wonld reach the Sl1m stated. We have carefully investigated this matter and shall continue to exhibit our lines in our factory ware-rooms. 1f the time should ever come when it should seem ucces5ary to pInce onr line on sale in New York or Chicago alld incnr thereby the expense we have estimated. we wonld go out of the furniture manufacturing business and use our plant for some other purpose. The low back dressing chair for ladies was first sug-g(' sled hy the daughter of a noted chair maker of Michigan. The daughter was about to wed, and the indulgent father in making a list of articles which he deemed necessary for the home of the future bride, included a dressing chair. The daughter requested that the chair be constructed with a IO\.\, back, that hex hair might be combed more easily than would he possihle while using a chair with a high back. The sug-gestion ""vasof practical valne and the (ather has since made il1Ld sold thousands of low hack dressing chairs to the trade. 16 HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW. No.4 SAW (ready forcross-<:ulting) .7IR T I k5' 7I.l'\T ? 7 r· MORTISER COMRINKD MACHINE. No.3 WOOl> LATHE, ~:~~'::' HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER: He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a uealer's profit. He can make more money with. less capital invested. He can hold a better and moresatisfactorv trade wilh his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and -finish, and at as low cost, as the factories. The local cabinet maker bas been forced into only a dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manufactured goods of factories. An ::mtfit of Barnes' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors. If desioed, these machines will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE: AND PRICE L(ST FRgK. W, F. & JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby SI., Rockford, III. FOR1"n-~R OR MOULDRI{. HAND TENONKR. Do~~s' Pattnl TaMt=lt~ DoYtlailer w~find upon investigation that our Dovetailin~ Ma-chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts Tenons to 6t the Top Cuts Tenons to 6.t the Cleats djustabte to keep Mrn:_ tise and Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapest Joint Made Will turn oul 250 to 300 Small Parlor Tables in 10 Hour$ Tlle Dodds Till iliK Saw Table has more practical features and good points than any other saw table 011 the markf't. MA:-UE'ACTURRD Al\:]} FOR SALE BY ALEXANDER DODDSGrand Rapids Michigan, U. S. A, No.4 SAW (ready tor ripping) No.7 SCROLL SAW. JUST AN AVERAGE "CUT" MADE Just as we make hundreds of furniture "cuts"f or man- • ufacturers in all parts of the United States and Canada Write for Prien MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. GOOD PRINTING AT RIGHT PRICES Has built up our business until we are now operating one of the largest and best equipped printing offices in the state. LE'T us FIGURE WHITE PRINTING CaMP ANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Nine-Tenths of Our Business Comes From Customers Whose Business IS In Other Cities WHY? BECAUSE our 200 employees work under better condition, sunlight, blue sky, pure, fresh air. BECAUSE these conditions-onr equipment-mean better engraving, typography, presswork, and binding. Our customers don't pay light bills and high rent for us-we have neither. Type, ink, paper-isn't printing. There's something more. Your little job printer might satisfy you in running five thousand hand circulars. Would you want him to print a three~color sixty-page catalog? We can handle your catalog from the designing and engraving to the printing and binding. We can't blame your engraver for delayed cuts if we do it ourselves. That means you get delivery ON TIME. Write us for samples and figures. ~raUll 1Raptllntunrautug <nn. THE CARGILL PRESS GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 18 Rare Old Furniture in the Home of Sir Walter Scott. The home of Sir \\ralter Scott at Abbotsford, Scotland, is rich in hi~torical associations.1 t is owned and occupied by Sir \Valter's great grand neice the Honorable 1I1r5. 1\f8.x\\'c11- Scott. who has preserved all its treasures and furnishings as they were in the poet's time. There is a large collection of armour which was gathered from variOl1S p,lrts of Fl1l"OpC. ing" cOlilltry and no doubt received inspiration from its beauties. Bllt to rctl1r11 to the furnishings of the house. which is sl1rrOllnclcrl by beautiful gardens. The entrance hall is very imposing \vith its trophies of war hanging on the walls. The panelling ;" of richly-carved oak from the ancient Kirk at Dunfermline. The carved stone fireplace is a model of the ":\bbott's Stall"" in the cloister at Melrose. A Louis Libr",ry in Sir Waller Scott's home ",t Abbots· ford. His SOD'S portrait is over the mantel. The bust af Sir Waller by Chantrey is al the end af the room. Sir Walter Scott's Study in his home at Abbotsford, Scotland. The furniture of Course is of special interest, each 1'00111 con-tains valuable pieces. Sir \Valter spent eleven years superintcnding and de-signing the building of his home and borrowed {t'cely from Melrose Abbey, a few miles away, the design of the curly kale being much used. The home itself is picturesquely sit-uated in a valley, 011 the hanks of the Tweed river. The Eildon l1iJJS rise behind the house to a comma.nding height. At the summit Sir \Vatter used to sit and view the surrol1nn- XIV clock said to have belonged to Marie Antoinette adorns the malltclpiccc, also models of the skulls of Robert the Brucc and other". At the left of the fireplace stands the "Mistletoe Chest." Tn this, according to legend, a bride hid on her wedding nig-ht. The carving is of the mistletoe design. The floor is paved with black and white marble from the Hebrides. Round the cornice are blazoned the arms of the Border CJal1S. The Arms of Sir "Valter's ancestors occupy the shields running down the centre of the roof. The drawing-room, which overlooks the river contains many interesting objects. The walls are hung with hand-painted Chinese paper given to Sir Walter by his cousin, Hugh Scott, of Raeburn. The portrait of Sir V\falter adorns the wall above the fireplace. There are other portraits of members of the family, also of Nell Gwynne, Oliver Crom-well, :r,.'laryQueen of Scotts, and others. A to'l"toise shell cabinet said to have belonged to the great Marquis of ),'Iont-rose is a very v(tlllable possession. 19 boxwood chairs are said to have come ~rom the Borghese Palace in Rome. They were presented to Sir Walter by Mr. Constable. A glass covered table in the bay window con-tains many valuable treasures, such as .:\I"apoleon's blotting book, a gold snuff-box presented to Sir Walter by George IV and mally minatures and other things. The stnoy lS a small room lined with books, a gallery en-circles it half way up. From this gallery a door leads into Sir vValtcr's bed room. The study contains a writing desk Drawing-room at Abbob-ford. Sir Walter Scott', portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn hang, above the fireplace. Hall at Abbotsford. Curly kale design on fire_ place is copjed from Melrose Abbey. On a cabinet is a bust of Shakespeare copied from the monument at Stratford~on-Avon. The library \",hich contains 20,000 volumes, is forty feet long by fifteen broad. The richly carved ceiling is copied chiefly from the roof of Rosslyn Chapel. The bust of Sir vValter by Chantrey occupies a niche at the end of the rOom. The portrait of the eldest son of the poet is seen over the mantel. The writing table is of carved ebony. Two carved made from pieces of wood belong-ing to the ships of the Spanish Armada. The Wallace chair, made of wood taken from the house of Royrohstoll, the sccne of Wallace's he-trayal. A horse hair chair which belonged to :Mr. Lock-hart, the author's son-in-law, is here, too. A snlall turret room opening from the study "vas called by Sir Walter "Speak~a-bit:' an allusion to its convenience as a place for tete-a-tete. 20 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE IOn. AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OF"FICE-2·20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERED AS MATTER or THE eECO~D elMS State Factory Inspector ]. E. Vallier denies that childre1l are employed illegally ill \~Tisconsjn ft1rl1itme factories and paper mills. In a recent trip throngh the northern part of the state :\'lr. Vallier said that he found but one case Representatives of eight leading cbair 1l1all11taC1nrillg concerns met in Detroit the last ·week ill November to COI1- sider the matter of advancing pnces. An advance of tell per cent. on chairs and tables is contemplated bllL not decid-ed definitely. Another advance in prices should he made in Jalltwry. The conditions of the trade and the conntry \varrant if. The people are rich and growing" richer. They are willing to pay a fair price for goods. Tn the past prices have been unfair-to the manufacturer. Perseverance counts iTl husiness. The ability to stick to one thing until S\1ccessful i" the main necc,:;sity. ITcliry Rogers, said to be the force behind Stardanl Oil. compares success to a postage stamp-a very good comparison, illdeed, judging by his own expericllcc. At this season of the year sCllesmell are looking' for new jobs, and employers for new salesmen. lI1any shifts are re-ported and in January the Clir of the exposition buildings will be filled with statements as to the causes of the many changes. Thc tea kettle will try to nHke as much noise as a storm at sea. In the past four years there hCls been a large increase in the !lumber of manufactllring ent('l'prises ill the South; the amount of money invested is $TI6,7RS.ooo. .L\lany factories are of small size bul in time will grO\v and rlevC'lo]l by means of the increase in their own earnings. This is a promis-ing field for investment. Among the most pros-perOllS of these enterprises is the manufacture of furniture. Space has been taken in all the exposition l)11ildings of Grand Rapids for the January season, and the same is true of the buildings in Chicago and l'\e\v York. ]\1aIlY OCCllpants have signed leases for periods runnning from three to live years, and it is presumefl it is the illtelltion of the leasol's to use the same. The abolition of the expo"itiolls will not he: accomplished in the near future, if ever. "\¥hen we take an inventory wc ;clways estimate the value of manufactured goods below the cost of proollction," remarked a tllanllfach,rer of forty years o[ experiencc, re-cently. The reason is plain. 1£ the goods \\'(~re priced at their actual cost and hy a slump in tllc markt:'L we ShOll1d be compelled to sell the same for less than inventry prices, we would lose monc}". If the goods \vere priced below cost the probabilities are that ·we WOllld save lo~ses. At 3.11Y rate, we consider anI' plan the best. It is a safe plan. Vintofl and company of Detroit. are the successf1l1 bid-ders for the order for the new special furniture of the city hall of that city. The appropriation is (or $40,000, There is considerable dissatisfaction over the order; felt in the trade lIninlls. a" their contention is that Vinton and company are builders, llot fU[11it11rcmanufacturers, and the work will be j'lhh'(] outside o[ Detroit, and so Detroit mechanics and C011- C('l'IlS will gel I:Ulhjng. "Vinton atld company were the lowest hidders, arc a responsible iirnl, and I do not see how the cOlllnliUee and the council can rei11se to give them the con- Irati, llnder the law," said Chairman Br07;O of the committee. The manufacture of cheap and medium priced case goods is growing ill volu111eat Rockford. Two factories just commencing business will hring ant lines of sideboard, buffets and music cab-inets, to be added to the many lines of bookcases, china closets and kindred goods mallt1£aetll,.,~d in that city. A quarter of a cCl1tmy ago the factories, with a single exception, of that city manufactured luw and medium priced chamber suites and cylin- (leI' bookcases in walnut. Parlor furniture was produced by the Excelsior Furniture cOlupauy. the exception noted above. When the c01111linalionhookcasc made its appearance it was quickly ,Hlopted lly the manufacturers of Rockford, who have made and sold them by tlle hundreds of thousands. Charley Cox, of the ~lichigan Chair company, was in a rcminiscellt mood when he recalled a strike of upholsterer5 in :-Jew York ,t few years :lgo. IVlr. Cox was a-;sociated with the house of :\ledicns at. the time, and when the ,~trikers walked out, the head of the 11OtlSe,Henry VV. f\.fedidts, re-cent]:)' deceased, \'1'110 was a practical t,pho15tet:er, took charge of the shop. I\lr. lvfcdicl.1s had learned the uphblsterers' trade while in the employ of Lord & Taylor many years ago. "Vith the deparlure of the strikers ·Mr. Mediclls became ver~t mt1ch interested in his work and v.:hile he bent springs into place, stnffed seats and hacks and attached coverings, he whistled Clnd sang merrily. He declined to leave his work for ally purpose and when the strike ended with a victory for the em players. he declare(l that he had never spent his time more pleasantly. ;\ change of work is the most pleas-allt and satisfactory form of recreation. l\hl1ufactnrers of fmnitme and kindred goods have been raided and plundered ttlthlessly by a coterie of schemers, backed IIp in several instances by the retail associations of the several states, with \vorthless advertising publications. Souvenirs, directories and other issues of novaltte except to the publisbers Jnvc heel] forced upon the attention of the manufacturers, and in many instances means employed to (Jln:.,in ad\'ertisillg contracts that would do credit to the inge-lluity alld the effrontny of a highway man ·0£ the Claude D\1val and "Sixteen-String Jack" type. The manufacturers have ever at. their command high grade influential journals through \vhich to express their views, putposes and desires to lhe trade. There is no reason \vhy they should be bled by schemers. Tbe manufacturers of Grand Rapids have promised the trade that everything needed would be supplied if the market shmtld be weakened by lhe \vithdrawal of certain out-of-town lincs. No\" is the time to fulfill this promise. Mirrors Used at Windows and Doon; in Europe. J\Tirrors of small size hung outside the windows and so placed as to give a good view of the pedestrians on the streets are a very common sight in some foreign countries, notably Belgium and Holland. Of course when one desires (0 see the front dOOI' of the house and especially when strangers or callel's make their appearance, the little mir-ror is put to a vcry good use. Americans might do well to copy this idea. No doubt the women of the country would be delighted \"ith the handy little aids which enable one to see and not to be seen. Dealers in mirrors, no d0ubt. \vould approve the plan. EVANSVILLL The P. I-I. Reddinger Carving ·YVorks, formerly the Cin-cinnati Carving \\.'orks, is one of the latest industries added to the big list found in Evansville. This. cotnpany started four months ago, awl is managed by P. H. Reddinger, who was originally from Grand Rapids, Mich. The Reddinger Carv-ing \Vorks is one of the biggest plants of its kind to be fonnd allywhere, and js 60 x 100 in size, and equipped ,'vitlt ccment floors. Trade is pouring in from all sections of the United States. The plant includes tbirty carving machines, ten spindle sanders, 1J'"e band 5a".'5, three rounders, planer, rip saw, jointer, s\ving salV, turning lathe, and ~{ll1jng'outlit. The Evansville Vencer company have just completed a large two story addition, 5" x 110, to be used as a \varehotlse and dry hOllse combined, and have p1.trclns,(?,d addition a] grotllld on thevVest Side of their present l()cation-~the size of the ground pm"chased beillg 245 x 270 feet; this gives the Evansville Veneer company a tot;t[ of 550 feet front on the Belt railroad, and a depth of 270 feet. The location is one of the finest on the Delt linC'. The compally is now adding a rotary maehinC', and is now receiving- about eight car loads of logs per day, in orcin lo he prepared for their winter supply. "\lanager C. \V. Talg-c, reports the business of the company as being very good. GERMAN TRADE-MARKS. Foreign Goods Bearing a Trade-Mark Protected Theye Liable to Seizure. The Imperia! German cOllrt has decided that foreign goods bearing a trade-mark protected in Gennall)'", no matter how long the foreign firm may have Llsed that mark, are liable to seizure on importation iuto Germany. All American house shipped to T-lamburg, on the order of a German buyer, a consignlnent of lubricating oil in barrels bearing their old trade-mark; bllt as this particular mark happened to have been protected in Germany by a German Grm hvo ycars prior to tIte importation, the oil was seized by the Hamburg Custom House officials--·of course, at the instance of the German ''1,'ho had registered the mark. The !\mericans' allS\Vcr was alL action for wrongful seizure, and a claim for damages. In the Strafkalllmer the seizure was upheld, and the Imperial court, to which the A11lericans appealed, took the same view oithe case. Section J 7 of the German trade-marks act, of I\.Iay 12, 1894, gives a German t:ourt pO\'V"er to uphold sllch a sei7ure ill the interest of German traders <lgainst foreiguers. It is thus open to ally unscrupulous German firm to reg-ister in Germany the trade-mark of a reputable foreig-n house, work it at home for all it is worth, and also get the goods of the foreigl1 house seized should they be imported into Gcrmany.-Ex. Wives as Partners-Importance of Signatures to Orders. At a meeting of the Credit lIens' Association, of Grand Rapids, held recenlly, a statement was made by an attorney present that is of interest to every manufactufer and jobber concerning the taking of orders. Under the statutes of many states no order UpOll the purchaser of goods valued at a sum greater than $50,00 is binding upon the purchaser. unless his 'written signature to the ordcr has been obtained. Goods may be fdllscd after shipll1e~lt, or returned at the -wilt of the lHlrc,I\(\ser. As prohahly cight-tenths of tl1('. goods sold hy jobbers and manufacturers ;"lfC shipped llpon l1nsigned orders, the risk involved becollles apparent. 21 A paper was fead describing- tbe relations of man and wife when engaged as partners in business. Under the com-mOll bw a man and his wife are one; the wife is absorbed in the composite individual. A wife haviTlg property in her own right before marriag·e may legally manage the same, hut she could not he. held responslble for any partnership contract eTlt('red into by herself and husband, as man and wife. The members of the association were advised to be on their guard against husband and wife partnerships. As a general propo-sition it is not wise to deal with such a combination. Will Move to Canada. The "\VolverLne Reed company, employing eighty hands, will abandon theil' plant in Detroit and move to Canada, announcing as their reaSOll, inability to compete with the prisoll made goods turned out, mainly in the state of Michi-gan The policy of selling the labor of convicts to manu-factl: rcrs by the state has ever proven disastrous to manu- Carved by Hand in Florence. Italy. factllrers emp[o:ying free labor, and the course of the Wolver-ine Reed company in abandoning the important business they have built up in the United States to engage in an effort to establish trade in a foreign state is not surprising. Information Not Forthcoming. Some time ago Commissioner Folk called ~Tpon the mutuai cOlupanies doing business in Tennessee for a list of their Tennessee policy-holders, with the address of each. So far no responses have been received, and the questions involved in the matter are now being considered by the attorney-general of the state. Sprinklers Saved a Store. The efficacy of an automatic sprinkler waS shown recently III a large dry good;.; store in Roston. One of the heads sprung a leak, and the water dripped on the motor. This caused a ShOft circuit, which set the automatic sprinkler sys-tem at \vork. which extinguished the fire. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photgrapher Phone South, 709 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 22 Are You Next? A young man's cnaracter and hahits of hie arc either a help or a detriment to his advancement in business. His employers consider morals. ubi!;ty and persona) appearauce to be of the first importance. Oftentimes a young mall in a subordinate position may sneldenly be promnted to a much better position and sabry. In every e;1.seit is betatlse Excels all hand screw clamps in ad.aptation to work, convenience of handling llnd quick action F:spedafly adapted to Veneering Paneling aud all work requiring long hroad jaw. COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog alld Price List Furnished Batavia Clamp Co. 45 Center St. BATAVIA, N. Y. Mention Michigan Artisan of his possessing the q\lalilicatiollS lllClltiolled ahove. In thi,.; connection the follo'.ving story may be mentioned: \Ve were coming over the road Hot long ago in :::L special One of our officers (we will call 1JillJ :loLl'. \-V.) said to a party of liS as we sat in the ohservalory I"oom of his car: "Now, gentlemen, 1 \-"F<'llyltour opinion nil a matter th<1t concerns my departmcnt. The next stop will he X. \V(' will remain there abol1t a half-hout". \Vatch me as we all get out on the platform and cast yonI' eyes over a young man whom I will greet and shake hands "with. He will hand me an envelope, and when \ve return to the car gl\'t' me your individual opinions of him." Everything passed off as ~{r.\;V. had planned. \-Ve were introduced to a number of persons at the station. Chhers were known to us; !'iOIl1C of them good and faithful fel-lows, Fortunately, all of us met and shoook hands with the young man who had been outlined to llS hy l'vIr. VI. We were anxious to know \vhy ollr 0PI111011 was desirert \A/hen the special pulled Ollt we all g-athcrer! again in the big observation room of the car. ""Vhat do yOll think of him?" asked !lh. \V. The answers came thick and fast. "I noticed he was cleanly shaven." "His 5110('8 \vert': nicely polished." "His linen V:...as fresh and clean." "He had a bright eye." "His clothes were modest, alld no grease "vVhen he shook hands he took hold meant it." "He was very courteous." "He was not forward." "He looked like a boy of characler." "He didn't have a cig-arette in his month or a tobacco cud." "He looked like a gentleman." After all had passed their coml11ents and jndgmellt, r-o.T\rv. . remarked: "That settles it. J am sure T made a wise choice. The boy doesn't even dream of the good Jilek in store fOl' spots on them." as thongh h(' him. But utltside of yO\1l' decisions or opinions I have made il1(j\1iries as to his habits, and linel that he is the support of a widuwed mother. He is never Seen hanging around sa-lO(' lb ur billiard rooills. J-T e is home with his mother eve-ll! ugs. Sunday morning he is at church with her, He has a good ("1C'an record." "\:Ve arc ahol1t to make an important appointment, and while this yO\1ng man is filling a position where the salary is small. \1'<: are going to promote him to the place I have mentioned, at a great deal larger salary than he now re- ("elves. OUT desire W<lS to select. a young man from timber of Oln' own road and your good opinions to-day have set-tled the matter." The challg'e has been made since this was written and r am glad to be informer! by i\h. W. that the young man h8S been eminently satisfactory, says the writer in the Erie Railroad Employes' ]'vlagazine, This is a short story, !Hlt there is lots of meat in it; Is your record clean? Business Men Should Dress Well. External appearance is lhe only way in which one man C[lll judge al10tber in bllsilless, and when a mall'S appearance is Hot pleasing' the judgment will be against him. As one progresses through the lower ranks and gets nearer to the place whudrolll ~t\ccess; tllay be easily reached, the effect O! p('l"sonal appearance grows in value, A clerk or other 1111i10r employe may do well withont paying any particular attentioJl to his appearance. so long as he does his work salisfactorily. nut when he rises to a position near the top of the ladder, he will find that it is a question of appear-ing well or giving" IIp his chances for a future. Look into the general ()ffice of any large enterprise. The men who arc employed therein. from tJ]e office boy to the general tllanagcr. :ne all well dressed in appearance, They are clean, their clothes arc neat. it 110t expensive, and the en-tire cHen of their appearance is pleasing. How much of thvij- success they owe to this bct it is hard to say. Cer-tainly the)' owe <.t greal deal. No employer selects for ])I"{111l0tiOall man ';vhose appearance will not be a credit to hi~, busine,.:,s. A man may be a good salesman, b\1t if he Our UnbreaKable proaucts can be glued and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. f\o. 139 A No. 152 B BETTER THAN WOOD Much stronger and more durable, full depth of grain. A perfect rep,.oduetion of hand carving which absolutely defies detection. Send for Sample. Send for CATALOGUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. TweHth aM Fort Street.<;· Detroit. MidriiaD. dre:-;scs jjkc :-t POOl one he 'wilJ hardly be given a chance to show that he is able to fill any position above t.his, A care-le~ s man may manage to act successfully as the manager of a bl1sinl'Ss where his duties take him in contact only with his immcdiate oth('e force, bUl v.·hen a promotion to some hi.>rher place i,.; 10 be made he will find that some one else, possibly a little less able than he, possibly of a lower rank, whose appearance suggests that he is of a bright progressive disposition, is chosen. The Chicago doctor who discovered that the automobile IS a ctlTe for dyspesia should make it clear whether he meant for the man in the machine or the man run over. ~Mlf ..HIG7fN 23 INCH POPLAR for DRAWER BOTTOMS JOSEPH ROSS & COMPANY 223 SDulh SecDnd SI., Philadelphia, Pal MILLS: CHESAIS, S. c.; THOMASVILLE, N. C. CUT TO DIMENSION KILN DRIED 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Large Demand For Hardwood Lumber. The raising of the quarantine ill Tennessee, 1\Jississippi and Arkansas, where tile regulations were 1110re stringent tha1l elsewhere, has ~cn('d greatly to stimulate the demand [or hardwood lumb(·r and at the saille time to faciliatc the movement thereof, according to lV[emphis, advices. The de-llland is now better for southern hardwoods 111<111for eighteen months, but the domestic call is large Cll01:g-h to take every~ thing available at constantly advancing 1n[«'.",. Thlycrs. aTC nn hand in large 111ll11bcrs from a11 (WeT the NOrih find East and arc scol~ring- the coen',ry millillg sections throl1ghout the Ivlemphis bard wood territory in tl1eir seaTch ror dry 111l11ber. Conditions l1nder which production ha:-; he en carried on, hOl;vcvcr, have heen ql1ite lllllavorable, ,11le! for this reason offerings are very light ;t11e! all lumber is iirmly held Price.-; afC higher now than they have been for a nl1111bcr of lTlOllLh" ,\11<1 the move1l1('nt is jn:st ao; large as the limited dry stncks and the congestec! conditio11s of railway traffic will adlnit. The {()reign demand is -rat hey slow a~, h.as hec~l the eai;,(' ior a nllmber of nlOllths and yet holders, iuc!tHling both mallufadtlrers and v,rhoIesalcrs, are so strollg" in the convic-tion that prices ,,,ill go still bigher that tlley an, not pl1shing anything for sale. The trade ·will go into the willter with the smallest amount of timber in hand for years and like-v,' ise ,vith the lightest stock they have possessed fOf a num-her of scaSOlls. The demand for plain oak in all grades and lengths is very aei-ive. The supply is inadequate and prices are as stiff GLASS BACKS BACK PANELS as call ,vell be imagined. There is likewise a large call for ash and cypress in all grades and dimensions and holdings arc not large. Cotto1lwood is scarce, firm and ad'lancing in response to the improved demand. Th-i~, -is 111QSt prononnced ill the higher grades including boxboards, but the lower grades including box material, are ml1ch firmer than hereto-lore. There is a good demand for high-grade popl.ar and considerable quantities of rcd gum are being sold, mostly in thill stick. The lower grades of gllm are rather unsatisfact-ory, the demand for these being only moderate. The same state1l1cnt, too, is partially true of hnv-gradc poplar, thol1gh the demand for this is relatively better than that for gum. Will Pass Through Forests. ;\,rexico\; forests equal those of the entirc United States 1ll extent, arc rnllch more varied ane! include, ill large quanti-ties. the coveted mahogany and rosewood. "\vhich the United States is obliged io import. Owing to the fact that hOllses, hridj2;cs, dc" were constructed of stOllC and that the Grst railrm.cls built i.nMeKico chosc for thei.r ront,,',s "tock and agriClJ1tl1ral districts, the forests were left almost t111l01lChed. Howevcr. there are now projected and l1lH1cr construction in that republic HlOre than 4,000 miles of railway lines, the most of \lI,7hich will pass tbrough extensive forests, as well as rich mincntl and agricnlturallands. Life insurance is just philanthropy, says one of the pres-i-dellts. \;Vc1J. we're glad it isn't the itch'. Tt would be so irritating. Our Clamps received GOLD MEDAL World's Fair, St. Louis PILlNG CLAMP CHAIN CLAMP Patented June 30,1903, BLACK BROS. MACHINERY CO. MENDOTA, ILL. VENEER PRltSS Patented JUlie 30, 1903 24 A Statement by the ]. A. Fay & Egan Company to the Trade. J. A. Fay & Egan Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, statenlent to the trade: It may not be 0\11 of jl]ace to anllounce to the trade that many makers of machinery, most of them ,vitb old fashioned traps, are trying to impress their salesman to say their machines are about as gOO(] as Fay & Egan machines. Don't be deceived by this class of people. There is 110 machinery made in the United SUI.1.es or even in the world. equal to our latest design. \Ve have been workillg whiie others have been blo-wing. A Money Saving Machine. Every wood working plant handling long stock should h-ave a double cut-off sa..\.'. By its use lumber can be eco-nomically handled and a great saving effected in the matH'r of time. These machines are so well made and card1l1i:r adjusted by the Buss .Machine \Vorks of Holland, l\lich., that pleasure as well as profit is derived from their opcra- Will Build a Factory at Buchanan. The Btlchanan, IVlich., Cabinet company, havingre-ecived a liberal bonus from the municipality, will erect a fact-ory in that village to replace the one recently destroyed by lire. J t v"ill be ready for occupancy early in the coming year. l\ot many years ago Buchanan was an important furniture rnanllfactllring" cenler, with six factories, e~ploying 1,000 me11. \Vith the disappearance of the timber of southwestern :\Iichigan, anu the appearance of the bonus distributor, the to\vn lost its industries. The Buchanan Cabinet company. the sale survivor, bas prospcrcd under the management of A, A. Richards. A New Enterprise in New Albany. The Roberts & Conner company, manufacturers of yellecrs and lumber, is the name of one of the latest con-cerns to be included in the best of industries in New Albany, Incl, The plant of the company ocupies an acre and a half of 11001' space, and started operation December 1st. The tion. They arc constructed of the best material obtainahle and so well finished as to prove an attraction in a \vood working shop. Built under the expcricilted an (I caref\11 eye of W. R. Buss, these u").<lchines IlC\'cr fail to satisfy the purchaser_ A full delailed deSC1-iption together with price and terms may be obtained by addre:-ising the Buss J)..'Iachinc V'o.T arks, Holland, IvliC'.h. Loose Leaf Catalogues. The use of loose leai cataJog1les has heen auopted by a considerable number of manufacturers. Their cost is 1111.1ch greater in the first instance: than the oid style book, bUl ill the end much cheaper. John Lewis, the secretary of the Ranney Refrigerator, Greenville, l\lich., in discussing the sub-ject of the cost and use of the loose leaf book said: "The coverings should be of leather, substantially made in the expectancy that the book will outlast the ledger, the jOllrnal or other book, subjected to cr)J1.stanl use in the office, As the tine is changed from time to time new leaves afe mailed t'o the holders of the catalog-Ilc~, to be substituted for those illustrating a.nd describing goods \vhic11 it has been determined to discontinue." The R;l1l11ey Refrigerator com- . pany's catalogues cost more than $1.00 each. plant is a full fledged and 1110stcomplete one with an output of frOtH 6fty to seventy-five thousand feet per day. Forty-five hands are employed, and the plant will cut rotary sliced and savved stock. The company is offiqred as follows: Presi-dent, John Roberls; Vive-President, John N. Roberts, Sec-retary and Treasurer, ]. \V. Conner. Hood & Wright, Big Rapids, Mich. l\hllttfacture veneers and thin lumber of high grade. They make a specialty of fine quarter-sawed oak and birJ's eye: maple. They have had l11.anyyears experience, and their trade cxtends over a very large section of country. Just at the prcsent time it is very difficult for manufacturers to get orders for quarter-sawed oak filled promptly, and it would he 10 the advantage of all such to correspond with Hood & \Vright. "Bob" Lind Honored. Robert C. Lind, secretary and treasurer of the Rockford Chait' & Iollfniture company, has been chosen a director of the Third National Bank of that city. Mr. Lind holds a number of prominent offices. being president of the Union Furniture company and Royal 1VT antcl & Furniture company. Trade Notes. Geo. S. Clark & company, will manufacture chair stock in Bennington, Vt. The Nall- \\rheelcr Furniture company of Evansville, Ind., have organized ·with capital of $10,000. The De Long Furnitl1l'e company at Reading, Pa., will have a new mill, modern in every respect. New machines are ill process of installation. The Tennessee Furniturc Manufacturing company. of Knoxville, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,- 000 to manufacture bedroom furniture exclusively. The \Vestcrn Chair IVlauufacturers Association, at their monthly meeting in }lilwallkee, decided 110t to advance prices on chairs. No action .was taken against prison made goods. Zion City is soon to have a large fllTniture factory which will be O\vned and operated by a number of wealthy men in the town. The site will be near the northern limits of the city. The Decatur, Ill., Furniture c0111pany's factory canght nre from flying emhers from arlOther building and the loss be- 25 \Vo!f Levy, onc of the oldest pioneers of Chicago, died recently. I-Te established the \Volf Levy Furniture company which he COll(lucted for thirty years, retiring ten years ago. 1.fr. Levy introduced the credit system into the fmniture busi-ness in Chicago. The Andrews Office Fllrniture company, of Chicago, are about to move to Toledo, 0., and will occupy the Peter plain-ing mill, which tllCy have purchased. The three large build-ings cover a square, will be remodeled extensively. Four ht111dred skilled mechanics will be employed. The plant of the Orient :'danufacturing company at Char-lottee, N. C. has been sold at auction to the Calvine Manu-facturing company for $250,000. The sale \'Vasthe result of a suit against the company ·which called for a receiver. The sale was made by the Superior Court. \V. S. and VV. L. Alexander, of Charlottee, N. C, have pllrchased from George \V. Vanderbilt timbered land from his famous forest preserve, the consideration was $2,000,000. It will take twenty years to t('.\ll.Ovc the. timber. A fllrnture factory and tannic acid plant will be established. J. D. Froman and T. ),'1. Lenham, Vevay, Ind., have in-vented a bed which can be combined with a bookcase, settee, wardrobe, dresser, and various other kinds of furniture. The principal objects are to provide for folding a bed in such a manner that it will occupy much smaller space than has been th(: case heretofore, and especially to reduce the vertical space occupied by the bed in folded position. :rvluuufacturers of wagon and furniture wood stock, met in Chicago on 1\" ovember 21, and formed a temporary organiz-ation ;'The output of oak and hickory within the last year ha.~ been curtailed throughout the country," said James E. Gatewood of St. Louis. As these are the principal woods used in /ntr factories we must hnd some way to increase the product. Another meeting will be held in January. The Knoxville, 'Tenn" Furniture company have won their suit against the Knoxville \Vater company. The Knoxville Furniture COITlpany sought to enjoin the "VVater company 11'0111 making an excessive meter rate charge at its factory on a sprinkler system which the furniture company was in-stalling to afford the factory bettcr protection against fire. The flltniture company filed an injunction bill in the chancery court against the water company, and has won the fight in an important suit. MarieJ Antoinette's Chamber, Palace (If Petit Trianlan. The L'ph(l!5lery and Hanl;:ings ate of Blue and Cold Brocade. fore the flames were extinguished amounted to over $20,000.- 00, insured. The storehouse used by the Bnwswick-Ba1ke-Collender company in Kansas City, Mo., was destroyed by rlre NOV 29. The loss is $25,000, mostly caused by water. Inslltance covers the loss. The Alhernathy Furniture company lost $(0,000 as the result of a fire \vhich destroyed furniture stored in the old Dold packing house in Kansas City, Mo. The J. H. Vanden Boom Furniture company also suffered loss. A manufacturing firm in Greenwood, l\'fiss., have com-plained to one of the sOLlthern railways about the high freight rate from that city to Atlanta and !H)\'v" the railway makes the announcement that an investigation will be made. Charles B. Ford, a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets in Kalamazoo. ),lich'J has formed a stock company '\vith an anth-orized capital stock of $30,000 partly paid in. The name of the company will be the Ka1ama:Loo Manufacturing company. The Spencer Cabinet company, of Chicago, report [me re- SllltS from their advertisement in the special 19,000 edition of the Artisan isslled September 20. A number of orders re-sulted and applications for catalogues continue to corne up to da e. 26 Peter Cooper's Glue If you have any trouble with your glue, has it uccurred to you to use Peter Cooper'.? When other manufactur-ers or agents tell you that their glue i~as good as COOPER'S, they admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his product by comparing it with 3'1 inferior article. Cooper's Glue is the world's standud of ex:- cellence. With it all experiment begins, aU comparisons continue, and aU tests end. Sold continltously since J820. Its reputation, like il~eJf, STICKS- Peter Cooper', glue is made from selected hide stock, care-fully prepared. No bones or pig stock enter into its composition. fn strength it is uniform, each barrel containing the same kind of glue that s in every other barrel of the same grade. ORIN A. WARD, Grand Rapid. Agent 523 Pythtan Tempi., Citizens Phone 3333 CyClone Blow Pipe Co. ~-~----- Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Fwnace Feeders, Steel Plate Exhaust Fans, Exhaust and Blow Piping Complete: syste:rnsdesigned, manufactured, installed and guatanteed. Old SY3tems TePlodeled on mcdern lines on mosl economical plans. Sdf.p]emenlary s y s t ems ~em~ar:h'::I1:;,~~t B';~ fective s y s t ems corrected and put in pr()per workinll order. STAffORD fURNITURE 12and 14 S.ClinlonSt. CHICAGO, ~ ILL. ENGRAVING Our half tones are deeD sharp. clear; gMn,t them long wear and ease of make-ready. Every plate i~precisely type-bigh, mourHed 011 a perfectly squared. seasolled block trullmed to pica standard. All are proved and tooled until the: best possible printing quality is develof>ed. Specimens mailed on request. STAFFORD ENGRAVING CO. "The House oj ideas" INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA MACHINE ffNIVES PER.FECT QUALITY R.IGHT PRICES PROMPT SEI\.VICE ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Dado or' Grooving Heads, Miter Machines. Universal Wood Trh1l11lers. &orlng Machines. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO 185 N. F•• n' St. • Grand Rapids. Mich. IOO~6ONINVESTMENT Doesll't sound reasonable in connec-tion with a piece of machinery, but the annual saving in cost of operating our TYPE A Engines over others of similar rating, figures out that way. Isn't your curiousity sufficiently arous-ed to prompt you to ask for circular No. 18S-F explaining this? All facts---N 0 fancy theories. American Blower Co. DETROIT, MIOH. NEW YORK, CHICAGO, ATLANTA, LONDON ·~r;..Iff'HIG7f-N He Executed the Contract. "It LS futile for the (lId-time dealers. to protest against the business methods pursued by the scheme houses," re-marked a prominent manufacturer. "The soap boilers. the ftavoflng extract disti1Ie-r:;, the medicine makers and other distributors of pri7-cs have the coin and will never lack for goods' needed for prizes." And then he took from a drav,"er contracts for $110,000 worth of goods, one of -which he signed, sealed and mailed to a great soap manl1factllf-ing, prize distribution company widely known and gener-ollsly denounced by regular dealers. A New Automatic Gage Lathe. This is olle of Fay & Eg-an gag-c lathes for chair stock, bal~ l1sters, spindles, etc., and guaranteed seccl1ld to HOlle. Tts wide usage proves it. It is their latest development in this type of machinery, and is thoroughly up to date in features and improvements. Circulars more fully describing it call be had by sending a Jlostal to the makers. \Ale will just glance over a few points: It is called a No. 35 automatic gage lathe. and made \n sizes to turn 30, 42 and 48 inches long, and up to 3 inches in diameter. Great speed combined with fi~le accnracy in tl1rlling Ollt the work can be attained. The few adjt,.,.tmellts are qU1ckly rnade, the carriage lUOVCS with e:.\sC 27 sense oj visitors. rather than affront them with signs moni-torial. The sign vvc.nt: up immediately after an officious call-er1eft the shop in search of a surgeon gifted in the use of the closing needle. One of the saws in the factory is a deli-catc little buzzer. designed only for cutting grooves and protllde;; barely a quarter of all inch above the table on whieh it operates, It is noiseless and in manners unassum-ing. i\l hoth respc,c.ts differing (rOI11 the, obtrusive VtSltor. This individual, 8iter meddling abo\1t the shop and buzzing the busy \vorkmcn till "veary, finally approached this par-ticular table. turned his back and plac.ing his hands on th~' edge, J"8ised himself to a sitting as the loafer in the country store helps himself to a seat on the cOllnter next to the cheese and herring-. He was scarcely seated than he ut· tered an exclamation and sprang to the floor. He had been in.iured--n01 dang-erollsly, but uncomfortably. He had not seen the saw, but the saw was there and moving at high speed in its modest W8)'. The seat of education is n"t a1ways in the brain, An Addition Under Construction. In order to adequately care for their continttally increa~- ing business the American Blower company of Detroit are erecting- a three-story addition to their plant. This particlI-lar addit10n is re1Hlere(1 lH~cessary by the g~owing popnb,it~· Fay & Egan No. 35 Goige Lathe, and without looseness, and its operation is at at! times under instant control for suiting" it to different lengths of stock turned. The back-knife gate slides in heavy ways planed perfectly true, and is connterbalanced. It is fitted with ~ special knife shaped to conform to finished work, and plaeed in an inclined vertical position. It works automatically on the back of the piece being turned. so that as the tool carriage moves forward the knife is fed gradl1ally dO'wn and immediately follows after the ronghing CllttcrS, giving a very smooth shear cnt. A spec.ial adjt1st1l1ent sets the kn-ife in or out to compensate for wear on its edge. Further par-ticulars and terms can be had by v..riting the makers, -who advertise in every issue of this paper, J. A. Fay & Egan Co., 505 to 525 "lv' est Front street, Cincinnati. They send fl"ee of charge their catalogne of wood-working machinery, or books on band saws, sanders, and universal wood-work-ers. Concerning the Seat of Knowledge. "Beware of the buzz-saw" is a warning sign conSpiC\1011S 1y posted in a Saginaw shop. The 1113nagement bad felt until recently that something shonld he left to the common of their type "A" enelosed, vertical, self-oiling engine which was placed upon the market SOlne 1\"0 or three years since, meeting witb immediate favor. The building will be of ;;tecl and hrick construction. Thetlrst floor will he m,ed for erectillg and testing engines, a very complete new out-fit beillg pnt in for the latter purpose. The power from engines llllder test will he ahsorbed by generators and air C01l1pressors. All electric. crane will form part of the equipmcut ill this department. The second floor wilt be IIs(:d for ~t()ring engine parts and painting the completed engines, and the third f100r wil he utilized for storage pur-poses entirely. Singcr & Donnell, formerly dealers in furniture in '¥iehi-ta, Kas .. after a long rctirement will ag;ainenter into the business. They have, for a number of years, been conducting a warehouse business, but found such a quantity of furniture \dt on their hands by people leaving the city and selling samc, that they decided to reopel1 a retail furniture business to which thcy cxpect to devote all their energies in future. ing- is sold. but 11Chas a Iew choice spaces in the annex at his disposal. 28 Fumed Oak, How to Make it. There are more than a hundred difTerent shades of Fumed oak, from the partially fumed, down to the rankest concep-tion of a stained '; Fumed oak," .HanuIacturer.s are spend-ing more time and taking more care to get the right finish or color today than they did a few years ago. They have founel that there is a possibjJjty of elegance in a _I\dission finisb 25 ·well as in a varnish or gloss iinish. To many the mentioning of a fuming box-or anytbing that required the use of a fuming hox-was met lvitll a 1to.<:L 1£ Fumed oak had to be made: it ,..-as duplicated with a slain _ "vVe can't afford to put in a {uming box." Tn some: it meant the building of somcUlillg- like a valdt, to o1hers the j)nldllC-tion of but one shade and because there was bllt 011(' sbade and that not much in demand, fuming \vas not cOl1siriered. Those that did have a fuming 1;0>:: found that the jHOCCSS produced a color base upon w-hicb a litlle sta;ning produced many different shades. These people have produced some beautiful effects, making some decided hits But notwithstanding the opposition found, Fumed oak has been increasing and next season ;t prom;ses to rival E<i.rly Engl;sh in popularity. The only regret is that up to this '\vriting manufacturers have not adopted any particular shade. becaUSe: of so many different processes employed to secure a coloT. The writer is of the opinion that if local makers of £urn1tl1rc would adopt one shade, they would do a good deal to strengthen this market The problem seems to be what method is best to produce Fumed oak. We say, by ftmling process. This brings us face to face with the fmTliug box propositioll, wbich, if the following suggestions are employed, is com para! ively easy. Construct a frame of 2 x 2-inch stuff. UStwlly lOx T6, and R feet high, faslen to floor 1;vithhingec';. Then cow~r with ordi-nard unbleached sheeting, care being taken to lap 011 floor, so as to avoid draft. After the sheeting- is all placed coat \vith silicate of soda (liquid glass), giving' it 2 or 3 coats and care-fnlly coating all joints. A coat or two of paint on top \vill doubly assure a gas proof box. The door is preferably built wedge shape so that when it is closed it is air tight. The little opening is a "testing box," or a controller, being- so ar-ranged that when th~ fumes are 011 a piece of board can be subjected to the fumes and watched through the glass duoe Suppose one \vishes to remove this. Drop the rear door and open the front. Examine the control piece and re- TJlacc without loss of fumes or disturbing the process. The ammonia tank is a common ,) gallon galvanized iron oj! CBlJ to tlle faucet of which is fastened a rubber tube, which c3.rries the ammonia water to the first pan, These pans arc ~-inch deep. \Vben the first pan is' full it runs over into Hnmber two and so on till the whole series is filled, then the Hol-.·.' of ammonia is redtleed to dropping which allows a greater escape of the fumes, To free die box of 1he fumes there are two methods. One is to connect the box \vith a blower, sucking the fumes out, or to put in an ordinary stove pipe leading it to a window. These, hmvever, must be fitted with a tight shut-off to pre-vent escape of the gas during the process. Another, but not so well understood or known process, is to obtain the gas from anhydrous ammonia, This is liqui-tieu amlIlonia gas and is furnished by the Michigan Ammonia \Vorks in irO!l cylinders. -.==-= There seems to be very little difference in the cost of the gas, whether derived from the water or from cylinders, with the preference greatly in favor of the water by those who have fuming outfits. Particulars regarding the use of the anhydrous ammonia will be cheerfully ft.frnished by the writer, A third method-but not recommended-is the employing i)f carbonate of ammonia. This, however, by actual expet'i-l11ent, is more costly than either of the above. T11edescribed process takes from 24 to 48 hours to pr?dtlce the deepest possible shade of Fumed oak, and it has been found that the shade thus produced has not been deep ello11g"hto take "dth the general buying public, and that is why f'umed oak (real f'umed oak) has not taken as well as that ",:hich ",;as fumed and then darkened with a stain. The writer has therefore had a series of laboratory ex-periments conducted with the results of a chemical com-j) ot1l1ri-which was cal1eri ;;Fnmine"-and by the use of which any 3.mOl1ntof brown shades can be produced in from 2 to 4 hours. Many arc still skeptical. The whole fuming process is nevI" to them, they look upon it as an expensive venture. Hut here \VI: have it, a fuming box for $15.00 to $25.00; the process cnt down to one~tellth of the time with these results: Any shade of brown. greyish or reddish, A warer proof color, A spirit proof color, An oil proof color, A color that can't wear off. One process, One handling, A color in the wood not on top, A color that beautiGe:, with age, A color that has style, e1<'~'lnce. and will rival the popularity of golden oak. \Vhen T say \vater proof, spirit proof and oil proof, I mean that your salesllull has the greatest talking point about finish that ever \vent with a sale of furniture. A brokcn botde of gasotine witt remove a '\'lax li\\\sh-bnt not the color. Simply wax it and yOll can't see the spot. A glass of wille is spilt, it \iI.'ill C11tthe wax and the shellac. Simply put on a little shellac and wax. Y (HI can't find the spot. Remove the entire finish and water can't touch the color,-Fuminc made the color and the fuming proccss pro-duced a chcmical chang;e in the wood which is inel(:strllct-ible. The shade produced is absolutely in y011r control. Fumine is il1Yisib1e in water. Usually one part Fmnine to lOllr of water, the stronger the mixture the darker color and the strenglh of the solution employed makes the color. Not the length of Fuming, that'" why yOl' can fill Y0\l'f fuming box at night and take out the work the next mornillg, or yon can !cave it in over Sunday. YOll can run a batch every two to four hours according to your streng; h of gas, and it will go so far and 110 farther. The strength of yOl.::r Fumine solu-tion makes the color. It means further that yOll can match any fumed oak Oll the marKet. Snj)j)ose yon have three shades to make, you filld by employing ymtr test box that one requires a one to four solution, one a aile to eight and a thin! a one to ten solution of Fumine. Yon coat the work with the different indicated strength. put the whole lot in the box and ;1\111 them Ollt. Each one has the required depth of colol". Can any maker of furniture deny that this process is not the most np-to-date, scientific, way of producing the no"v popular shades of Fumed oak. Does any process enable the production of many shades? Ts there a'1y coloring process so silllple and yet so durable? 1t is applicable to all kinds of lHrnitnre and -..vorks on oak, ai'h. chestnnt and maple. The expel1SC docs not e([ual any other finishing process and as soon as it becomes generally understood \vill find immediate favor. Jl'lany manufacturers have already adopted the above describcd method, and as Fumed oak promises tn he the coming style, the al:ove will be of vahle to the mannfa,:,t'cwer. ~o far every line that we h~l"veheard of will show the new brcn ...n. shade of Fumed oak. WALTER K SCHMIDT. His Salary Raised After Losing $I5,OOO. \Vhcn in a reminiscellt mood E. H. Foote, the treaS\.lrer of the Granu Rapids Chair company, is a bighiy entert<tining gentlemen He has been engaged in the industry over forty years, rising from the shops to the manager's office. For more than twenty-five years he has been in the sen'ice of the Grand Rapids Chair company and much of their prrr.;perity is duc to his energy. intelligence and good judgme!1"!". "J lost $15,000 for thc company in the year 1880. 1t \Va" my first year in the officc of secretary. lVly losses werc con-siderable Jess than my precleceS5or's and for tbat reason the board of directors voted an increase of 111Y salary at th c end of the year. Commoll chairs were the only produce of the 29 factory and the output was sold largely to jobbers. In the year ISSO I sold 45 car loads to Col. Abernathy without a profit and increasing the total sales $8.1,000. In that year the price lists were prepared by a committee of the \Vestern Chair '[\'Iakers' association, and in marketing the Olltput of our company I was confined to the association prices. Our directors were SOon satisfied that no money could he made III the business of making common chairs and we abandoned it, i:iLlbstituting a line of furniture." NO' Cancellations. !vlanufactllTers of furtlitme derived great benefit from the action of the National Case 11akers associatloll in adopting a resolution calling for an advance of ten per cent. in prices at the convention held in Chicago, early in November. At that se,lSOl1 of the year dealers have quite generally pursued the long established custom of cancelling orders not Jilled by the manufacturers. The effect of this custom was the leaving of a Jot of goods in the hands of th('. rnanldactnrers to be disposed of as jobs. There 'were no cancellations this year. A politician once complained that the colored dele-gates to a natoinal convention would not stay sold after they had sold their votes. In the ft1fniturc trade it is differ-ent. The goods stay sold. New Shuttle Block Company. The \.Vorth-Sherwood Shuttle Block company of Greens-boro, N. C. recently made application to the secrct~ry of state for a charter. H. B. \Vorth, ':\'1. S. Sherwood and 0. C. VVYSOllg are the incorporators. The CO'l1pany will get o~1t shuttle blod~s for the Sherwood Bobhn t'b.mlfadnril\g cmn-pany and other concerns manufacturing sh111tles and bobbins for cotton mil1s. The authorized capital is $'2~.ooo. b\1t the company wili begin business as soon as $.1,000 is paid into the treasury. The main offices will be located ill Greensboro. Early English A perfect stain which pro-duces the correct shade-and directions for manipula-tion to produce correct finish Get our circulars and book-let that puts you next to the very best ways for producing Sold only in powder form; does not fade--penetrates tl~e wood. FUMED OAn WALTER K. SCHMIDT COMPANY 84-86 CANAL STREET GRI\ND RI\PIDS, MICI1IG4N 30 INSURANCE POLICY LIMITATIONS. All Ambiguities in Policy Must Be Settled in Favor of Insured. A lecture upon "The St'HlcJard Fire TnsuraJlce Policy" was delivered by Morris Plltnam Slevens, professor of law of lire inslIrance at the New York University, before lhe Insurance Society of New York recently. Mr. Stevens called attention to the use of the word, "while" as contained in the clausc of the polic.y, which pro-vides that the insured property shall be C!lyerec! "whiJ(' lo-cated and contained as described herein, and llot eL,,;('\yhcre," and stated that any change of locatioll of the insured prop-crty without the consent of the company would relic.;:e the company from its liability 111 case ()\ i'.1.1bt'ctj\1cnt l()s~. \Vhether the (kscriptioll in a policy covers or fairly de,;eri\)c;; the property intended to be insured is a matter flC fetel whieh in the evcllt of an action is for the .illry to delt:rmilll', and the terms of the policy are to be rea:c.onahly C()ll:-:.Lnlcd \\"ith referellce to the whole subject maHer. Insurance contracts differ from urdinaty cUllt1'acls in (111(: !:itriking particular. If the contract is ambiguous a,; to loca-tion, description, or ally othet- matter, it \\'i11 ht: cOll:c.lrtled liberally ill favor of the insured and strictly a~:raill;;t the com-pany. If its terms are stlsecpl'ih1e of two cOllslructinll:-; with c(jcal certainty, that COllslrltction which is the lllllrc h.\·()r-able to the insured will always he adopted. Parol testimony is admissible to explain a bt<'llt ,11lJbigll ity in regard to the merchandise iutended by thc partie:c. to be embraced within the policy, anll so the cUl1yersatinlls of the insured with the agent. correspondence, etc" would he re-ceived in evidence for the p\1rpose of explaining the meanillg of the terms of the policy as to desniptioll, etc,: {nr example: \Vhere the in.sured property wa"" described <IS " lJ.1yand graill in barn," and there were two barns. it \\"as helel that parol evidence was admissible to show which h'1.rl1 was 111eant, 111 which the hay and grain V1'Cl-C to he insured. Wherever there appeClr illCOllsistel1cies 1)('( W('el1 \\TI1\<,,'11 and printed clauses of the policy, the printed iOr1n 11l1lSt yield to the more careful and deliberate written langu;lge of the parties in describing the subject of the insttrC(1. If a policy is effected O!1 the materials used in a btlsiness, it includes and authorizes the l1se of S\1ch material,", as an' cllsto11lary, and which arc in ordinary use therein, though the llse of th(' same be prohibited by other portions of the pr;ntcd policy. and though other materials, 1I0t prohihitcd, might haye been substituted therefor. Thc term "stock ill tradc" in a :-ipecitied hl1:-iille:-i:-i when tlsed as a matter of descriplion in a policy of illSl1rallCe ill 7I R....'T'1 t-..5' .A..N $ 7i 71t • . eludes, besid<'.'-i materials, everything necessary for carrying "n that bl1silles:c., and if the policy is issued upon the stock of gll()ds in a :-;pecified business, the underwriter is presumed ill kfl';"\' \dla( goods are llsually kept by those engaged in tInt l111siness. \Vhile parol evidence IS adrnissible to explain and to effectltate a polity of insl1rance,i where there i~ any amhig11iLy or indefinitness, yet if the contract of insurance rel:1tes to Ol1e definite and distinct subject it cannot be turned illlo a contract ror the insurance of another and different sub-jcct and parn[ evide!1re will not be received to chauge, to \-ary the written contracl. [11~urallce on stock "malll1tactllred or in process of manu-lact11rc" C()\'ers raw or unmanufactured stock. Insurance 01. a stock uf gl)Or!S, which is being constantly solid and replen-i: c.hed CUycrs new IHlrchases as they arc made, provided they become part oi the general stock. The <1e.~criptjoll sometimes covers the property of the illsl~red. ""hi:c. o\vn or held by him in trust, Of on commission, "1' slJ1d alld delivered but l10t removed." Here are used special \\,()td,~ coYering property ill the possession of tht: insured. whether the oy\,l1el" thereof Of not. "Ile1dil1 trust" means simply goods in the custody of the insured. Tht. phrase j~ not 1Tsed ill its stria legal meaning. Upon the sl1bjecl ot the mcasure of damage, Mr. Steven~ :-itatcd [hat in case oC loss or damage by fire, the company's liability is limited to the actual cash value of the propery at Lhe time sllch loss OL- dal11ag-e occurs. The market or eash \'alue at the time of the fire rules, and the cost price is re-levant only as bearing thereon. The difference between the actHal (ash valne of the property just before the fire, and its value after the lire is tbe measure of indemnity where the pruperty has been injured and not destroyed. If during the pendency of the risk there has been more than one loss ItlHler the puliey, recovery in the aggregate is limited to the face of the policy, and so payment of a partial loss operates to reduce the am0l11lt of insurance by the sum paid. A '"yalllerl policy" is olle where the' face of the policy i"ixes the amount to be paid in case of total 10ss_ The meas-me of clam age in the case of the destruction of leasehold pruperty: wl)jch has been insured, may be determined in two Ivay,",: [,'irst:. (--;y asking the question, how much would be .Q'j,·cn in llloney for the nnexperienced lease when the fire O(ClllTed? Second: By ca.lculating the difference between Wh;lt the illsured \V0111d pay to his landlord, and what he would receive from the sl1b-tenants during- the balance of the tenn uf the lease. It is probable that a compromise be-t \\'eC11 these extreme methuds would arrive at a more c(jl\itablc determinatiun of the a11l0Llnt to be paid by the in-surance comp:'\Jly in case of loss upon leasehold property. IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING POLISHING VARNISHES " DETROIT FACTORY YOU HAVE AND CANADIAN FACTORY YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO F"ULL POSSIBILITIES OF" THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER7 OF" GOODS NEW YORK BALTIMORE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS PHILADEL.PHIA CHICAGO ST. LOUIS CiNCiNNATI 8AN FRANCisCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN 'ACTOII". WALKERVILLE. ONT. IT GOES TO RUSSIA. Dovetailing Machine from Alexander Dodds. Grand Rapids machinery continues to invade the Ettro-pean factories and not only this, bl\t is {(mnd to be so effect-nal that duplicate orders are steadily received by the makers of such products. Alexander Doddg is experiencing a con-stantly growing business from the foreign field and 1as1 Saturday shipped a second dovetailing machine to a Il1fLll-tUfe iactory in St. Petersbnrg. This Inachinc is a fOlIrtcell-inch device and ,;",ill do the work of some forty men. Previ-ous to the introduction of these machines all the dovetailing was done by hand. This is not the only foreign order which has recentl:y been received by 1\-11'.Dodds, for he i!-i now engaged ill makillR two twenty-four i11Ch machines of the same tYPf as the St. Petersburg shipment for factories in Cologne and 'Berlin. The former goes to C. & L. Bornheim, who iostalled one of these machines a year vf so ago, an([ 'who ha ve fount! its working mllch to their liking. How Bed Rooms Are Furnished in Europe. The beds used in Continental Ellrope are mostly single. They are built up high \'"ith several mattresses, a bolster or two and crowning all two large square pillows, the cases of which arc elaborately scal10ped and embroidered. Some times m01lOgrams arc emhroidered on them, too. The small feather beds to put over one's feet are very commonly used. They are oftentimes covered with lace over red cases. \-Vhen tv.,o beds arc placed side by side, the sheets and other coverings are large enough to co\'er the two, going across both beels. The beds themselves are often iron ,""lth head and foot boards of sheets of that material and heill~ painted black seem rather funereal. Tn Eng-land the old fashioned canopy top beds are used, the bell cord suspended over the sleeper's head. The furniture is very heavy and of old mahogany or oak. The dresslng table is always placed in fro11t of a window. The v,7ardrobes are devoid of hooks, clumsy stretchers taking their place. In Italy, an observer ,viI[ notice when '''alking through streets where poor people live, that no matter how much filth and dirt is about, the beds are al",'ays clean. The aile room in which a family lives overlooks the street and is used to cat. sleep, cook and live in. T11 Paris the Napoleon bed in wood is found, the mat-tresses are (lpt to be lumpy and han!. 1\'lar1le top tables abound here. hut dressing tables seem to be unheard of. Our rocking chairs. too, arc almost unknown in Europe. Taken altogether our American bed rooms are the morc comforta bIe and better furnished than European. Morris Rockers. \Villi:tl11 J\Jorris. the originator of the I"Iorris chair, ·would look with disfavor upon the ::\lorris rocker, recently intro-duced to the trade. l'vtnrris was an EnglislHnan, and rock-ers of any description are seldonl used in Ellgland. The Englishmen are 1lot so high stt"lltlg, so llervous and so re,~t-less as the American. In a chair they seek solidity ann steadiness. A rocker, or "an American chair," to employ the: Englishman's desig-oation, does not look comfortrrble. there-f(, re their sale is limited to sucb people as make a business of entertaining citizens of the United States. The !\lorri.~ rocker is an ill-looking, ill-shapened thing. The l\Iorris idea is not adaptable to rockers and should not be so ern jJ!oyed. The C;oulds do not intend to relax their grip UpOll the business 111('11 of St. Louis. They ahsolute1y refuse to abolish the arbitrary charges 1n addition to the regular rates on flll freight and passenger traffic passing over the two railroad bridges into S1. Louis. Their attitude will tend to strengthen the growing demand for public ownership of public utilities, 31 and the day is not distallt when the aid of congress and the legislaturers of Missouri and Illinois' will he invoked to break the monopoly. The Goulds are tryillg to choke the good old French town to death, but, in the language of the English cockney, "they will 1I0t be let." Higher Prices for Belting. The Leather Belling .1Valnufaeturers have advanced prices 10 per cent.. the reason gi ven for so doing was the ad- \'a11ce in the cost of hides and leather. The ,i\.ssociation met in New York at the Fifth A·venue Jlotel rceently. There \vcre sixty firms represented and melilbers of five new firms wcrc elected to membership. Improvement by the Retting Furniture Company. The Retting Fmniture Company of Grand Rapids, are making important improvements in thcir plant by the erection of an addition to their power house and the installation of an addi-tional boiler. C. B. Rctting says the company's business this wear is sixty per cent. larger than last year, which was a very prosperous one. Heavy Export Shipments. The Grand Rapids Carved .\lol1dillg company are having a i1ne export husiness. l'v1anag-cr S. L. King reports ship-ments of beavy rnoo1dings for int(~riors were made this \veek to Loudon, Liverpool al1d Glasgo,,\'. also to Johannesburg, So. Africa. The latter comprised tell boxes. WOOD CARVINGS If you don't buy them right this season it will not be our fault. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES Our work and prices will both surprise and please you ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY JOHN DUER & SONS Cabinet "ard"'BI"e Bnd Tools Etc., Uphof!otered Goods Handsomellt pun on lhe Markel for the MoMY Writ",-{u-r pricefland Sample BALTIMORE. MD. Corr<::.spondence Solicited No. 1573 32 The Weatherly Individual Glue Heater Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glu~ Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices ... Weatherly s.. Pulte Grand Rapids. Mich. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and ,ve war-rant every blade. V"le also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write us for Pde e List and dIscount 31-33 S. FRONT ST .• GRAND FlAPIDS MANUFACTURERS OF DROP CARVING AND EMBOSSING GENERAL MACHINES Dies for all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second SI., LAfAYETTE, IND. fOUR TRIlINS C" I CA GO TO AND fROM Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am At Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids lZ:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:5{J pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:lSpm Ar Chicago 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:3()pm daily Ar Chitago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30pm train ever~' day. Cafe service all all day trains. Service a la carte. Pere Marquette Parlor cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. •T "REE TRIlINS DE T R 0 I T TO 4ND FROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:.55 am Leave Grand Rapids n:Z.5 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5::ID pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served a la carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:2S am and 5:20 pm, Pere Marquette Parlor Cars all all trains; seat rate. 25 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY. DISTRICTPASSKNGRR AGENT, PHONE 1 t 68 Grand Rapids, Mich, QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE; :: E;XTR<I. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BR.OTHERS co. Fort Wayne Indiana Wood Forming Cutters \Ve offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- \iVay Cutlers for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U. S, A. --------- QRAnID RAPI DS WOOD finIS "In fi co. EXCLUSIVE MANU!'ACTURERS 01' •. WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our specialty. IWe confine our business to Fillets, Stains, Polish Furniture \'I.'ax alld Finishing Supplies. We are the orig:lnalors of ¥leathered. Antwerp and Mission Stains in Oil. Our shades are absolutely correct. We are authority on Early English, Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and Factory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave.,Grand Rapids, Mich. Buy your GROOVED and POINTED~DOWELS and DOWEL RODS of A. FALKEL, 31'd and Dewey Sts •• Gt-lIu),dRapids. Mich • NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRANO TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Three fast trains leave Grand Rapids 9:30 a. m. daily, except Sunday. arrive New York 10:30 a. m., Philadelphia, 10:30 a. m. Leave Grand Rapids 2:45 p. m. daily except Sunday, arrive New York 4:30 p. m., Philadelphia 3:40 p. m Leave Grand Rapids 5:30 p. m. daily except Sunday, arrive New York 8:4fI p. tn. I Phiiadelphia, 7:25 p. ID. Sleeping car Detroit to New York on 9:30 a. ID. train; sleep-ing cars Durand and Detroit to New York on 2:45 and 5:30 p. m. trains. C. A, JUSTIN. C. P. & T. A. To Dissolve St. Louis Terminal Company. United States Attorney D. P. Dyer of St. Louis has filed a bill in equity in the federal circuit court to break the so-called "terminal monopoly," The action is directed against the Tenni-nal Railroad Association of S1. Louis and its directors, the sub-ordinate corporations of the association and the fourteen rail-roads owning terminal stock. The comt is asked to dissolve the combination existing between the defendant concerns, to enjoin them from voting stock in one another's meetings and to take such other action as is necessary to the complete abolition of the unlawful conspiracy alleged to exist between the railroads and several terminal companies, The defendants are required to ans\ver the petition on the first Monday in January. A temporary restraining order is asked pending thc final decision of the court on the petition for a permanent injunction, Timber is Scarce and Expensive in Michigan. The manager of a large wood-working plant, employing three hundred hands, located in the western part of lvlichigan, in 33 ceivable, and pay all its liabilities. The Cordes man Machine company has gone out of existence. Peter Best, jr., a chair manufacturer, of Lewisport, Ky .. IS looking for a new location for his factory as the present quarters are outgrown. Owensboro, will probably be the city selected by him. The factory employs one hundred and fifty hands and manufactures double bottom' cane-seated chairs, Rockers and straight back chairs will be made, The Rockford, Ill., I\lantel company will, on January I, become a part of the Rockford Cabinet company, the business with that of the Haddod! Piano company will be controlled and operated from one office. Secretary Hult, of the Rockford 1'lantel company, will take up another line of business in the furniture field. "It is not advisable to take all the moisture out of glued up stock before the fin\sh is applied," remarked an experienc-ed factory superintendent. \Vithont a reasonable amount of Napoleo,,'s Bed Cbamber (Little Grand Trianon Ver5ailb), France. discussing the scarcity of timber, said: "Vv'c consume vast quanti-ties of native timber but it is becoming so scarce and so expensive that the end of our career in business seems to be uncomfortably nigh. If we could obtain timber for moderate prices \ve might continue, but under the exsisting conditions our fires will be put out for all timc a year or two hence." A listener to the remark suggested that cheap timber in abutludance could bc found in Canada and that if reciprocal trade relations could be established between the Dominion and the United Slates many wood-working industries in the state of Michigan might be preserved. Average Accident Claims. The Massachusetts Insurance department has recently pre-pared data, from which it appears that the average accident claim ranges from $30 to $35 and the average policy settle-ment under suit from $500 to $600, The Corde"man Machine company, of Cincinnati, 'will hereafter be known as the Cordcsman-Rechtin company, the business to bc lmder the same management. The pur-pose of this change is to increase the capital and expand the business. The new company will carry Ollt contracts made ·with the old company, collect all its aCcolints and bills re-water the glue crumbles and loses strength, when it is worth-less, IIIII ALHOLCOM~&CO. MANUFACTURERS ..r.1l> DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAIRI NG-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED CIT1ZE:NS FHONE 1239 27 N MARKET ST ~,GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 34 7'l R'T' I IS' JI.l'I • 2S* BUSS MACHINE WORKS G:~' HOLLAND, MICH. Manufacturers of Latest rro-proved WOOD WOR K I NO MACIUNERY. Special features it! Planers. Vertical Sanders and Glue Joint.ers· Write for Descriptive Circu-lars and I1lustrations_ BETTER TIMBER. Lengthening the Life of Wood by Special Treatment. Reference has already been made to the new process for pre-serving timber under exploitation by the Powell \Vood Process Syndicate of London. The process 1S extremely simple, and .adds very little to the cost of the timber, it may be explained that it is one which rapidly seasons newly cut timber, and unlike other systems, improves, toughens, and strengthens the wood, enhancing" the appearance, and resisting the attacks of dry rot, which in temperate cOtlntries is the equivalent of termite. This is accomplished by boiling the timber in a saccharine solution, which extracts the air and coagu-lates the albumen in thc sap. In cooling, the air spaces ate filled with saccharine matter, which in large measure is analagous to the fiber of the timber. The timber is dried in faidy high tem-peratures, and becomes a homogeneous vegetable substance, which does not expand, warp, contract, or !';plitlike ordillary timber. A revolution in the export timuer trade to trupical countries is likely to ensue. In tropical countries where termites ahount, soft woods will· now replace the more expensive hardwoods. The cost of building permanent raihvays, bridges, piers, etc., will be greatly reduced, and the anxieties attending the inroads of the white ant will be eliminated. Contract With Soap Company Unprofitable. A large fumture manufacturing company recently completed the filling of a contract with the Larkin Soap company, extending over a series of years, and declined to consider a proposition to renew the same. "We furnished 12,000 bookcases to the soap company," remarked the manager of the furniture manufacturing company, but did not realize a dollar of profit. The advances in the cost of material and the higher wages paid to workmen swept away the small margin of profit we had calculated upon when we signed the contract." "A friend of mine," remarked a well-known traveling sales-man, "has just entered into a contract to deliver the entire output of his factory, located in V\Testern New York, to the Larkin com-pany. He makes but two patterns-a bookcase and a desk. They are made as cheaply as possible. because the soap company gives the stuff away as prizes to purchasers of soap. The factory's output is valued at $150,000 per annum and as the contract has sevcral yeats to rUI1, the success of the ,manufacturer depends entirely upon the cost of producing the goods. , It is a self-evident fact that the prize distribution houses call not handle well-made furniture. Cheapness is the only considera-tion with SllChtradesmen. Sawmill Machinery'in Demand. kIanufacturers of sawmill machinery, and other equipment, used by sawmill interests in the Mississippi valley, say their sales have been larger this season than ever known and that there is still a good demand for everything in this line, according to :'vTemphisadvices. This is due to the formation of a number of new companies in Arkansas, Mississippi, West Tennessee and Louisiana, growing out of the rapid advance in the price o{ all kinds of lumber and especially of Southern. hardwnnof> and yellow rine. Roth are now at the highest level for the year and for a lltlmber of seasons, and in both pine and hardwoods there is a marked scarcity of offerings of dry stock. There is a rapid influx of lumber interests from other sections to (he ttrritory in 1l1iCS,ioll, and 8S their macbinery has been used lur a long while in the old locations, they are buying new equipment. Alcohol and Turpentine From Sawdust. Patents have been taken out by a Tennessee inventor for the production of turpentlne from sawdust and chopped t1p slabs at the rate of two gallons per ton of sawdust. Methyl alcohol is likewise obtainahle by the process covered by the above patents. It is estimated that a mill cutting 60,000 feet of lumber per day can thus make $52 net profit per day out of what is now waste. The cost of the machinery necessary for a mill of the above ca~ pacity is estimated at $<),000.. Boynton & Company's New Line of Manufacture. Boynton and company of Chicago, manufacturers of plain, emhossed and turned mouldings, have recently added the manu-facture of pressed carvings. They have new machinery installed especially for the purpose and are in position to turn out goods to compete with those already on the market. High Grade Factory WE MAKE A COMPLETE LINE OF IT. Equipment GET OUR NEW CATALOG AND PRICES. OUR REGULAR BENCH We make Benches with Iron Vises. We Catalog Twelve Styles of Work Benches. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130 South Ionia Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago To Grand Rapids Lv. GRAND RAPlDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHKAGO , 12.35 Noon 8"fl •• Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPlDS .•................. 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO. fJih(~t~~1E~x~.I~S~un 1.15 P..M. Ar. GRAND RAPlDS .......•.....•.... 5.50 P. M. Buffe' Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO. 1~illl~StR~:E~;x7.~S~un ... , .. 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPlDS .....•............. 10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlb.g Car Lv. CHICAGO, ~ibC~t~~:::D-ta1i:l~y ..... , .. 11.55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ......•............ 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted SleeplDg Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun ..... , 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO , ...•. , 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlna Ca.. Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily , 11.50 Night • Ar. CHICAGO 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car Phone Unton Station for Reservations Phone M'chl!i&'DCentral CItJ' Ticket Office for Reaenatlons, 119 Adams Street 36 7I1'<-'T' I.s Jl.l'l 'st 2 %$ +' TtiE CREDIT RUREAU OF TtiE FURNITURE TRADE The LYON Furniture Agency , ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and 'COLLECTIONS Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, CouttseJ. THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST REUABLE CREDIT REPORTS A Whole Day for Business Men in NewYorh Half a day Isaved going and coming by taking the new Michigan Central "WOLVERINE" Leaves Grand Rapids, 11:10 a. m, daily; Detroit 3;40 p. ro.; arrives at New York, 8:00. a. m. Returning, THROUGH GRAND RAP-IDS SLEEPER leaves New York, 4:30 p. m., arrives Grand Rapids 1:00 p, m. Elega.nt up-to-date equipment. Take a trip on the Wolverine. COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY - REUABLY fURNITURE PLANT fOR SAlE 300 H. P. plant, Built only 3~ years ago. Electric transmission of power. Complete arc and inca.ndescent lamp lighong system. Splen· did fin:-hose system; 50,000 gallon tank. Underwriter". fire pump. steam heatl (;omplete telephone system. Band saw mill, pond with log haul, latest filing-room outfit, blacksmith shop, foundry, machine shop, bending room wirth dry-kiln, barns, sheds, dwellings, supeiintendent's resi-dence (cost ~b.,5ool, commissary, store house, separate office building, side tracks with sted railroad from mill to yard, equipped with push cars. About 50 acres of land. Plant located on a river in the heart of the Oak and Hickory district of East Tennessee. Everything is new and up to date. Hundreds of machines in pllrfec:t order. Thi~ plant has cost over $100,000 and is in perfect running order. Eleven \'aluable woodworking patents go with the plant. Cheap labor, cheap materiaL . This is a grand opportunity for the right party. Contracts on hand for all next year's output. $30,000 will buy it. The locat banks will carry $I5,oOO of this as long as desired. For detailed information, address E. B. WEBSTER, Bristol, Tenn. WHITE PRINTINC CO. GRANO RAPIDS. MICH We PRINT THe M,CH,CAN ARTIS,oN. "NO MAKE A sPECIALTY oF" CATA ...OOUE:lI FOR THE FURNlrUR£; TRADE See US now for ORA WER BOTTOMS Basswood, Yellow Poplar, Birch, Cottonwood and Gum "THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM" 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 WALTER CLARK G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N 37 Otis Mfg. Co. Chicago Office and Dislrib· Im~orters and Manofacturers of uUng Yards: MAnOQAnT 2257102267 LUMBERST. --- New Orleans. Chicago. R. S. HUDDLESTON MANAGER DON'T READTmS unless you are a MANUFACTURER, MILL-MAN Of BUSINESS MAN, in which (ase you would do well to carefully consider the following facts. The St. Louis &. San francisco R. R. better known as the has built, or added to its system, over 1900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroad during the past five years and all tTJversing newly settld sections of the $nothwe;;t. NOW is the time to locate your taclOry or mllI in this most prosperous section. It will repay you to wtite TUDA Y for full particulars regarding inducements offered, abundant raw materials, excellent markers, etc. lliu,tral~J hDOUU "OpPQT:uni,;c,." sent/ret. M. SCItUL TEll., Industria. Commissioner. Fri~co Bldg. St, Loals, Mo. Green. Gold and Brown" Daylight Special" -elegant fast day train. "Diamond Spectal"-fast night train-unsurA paned fur convenience and comfort. Butlet.library ens, complete dIning cars, parlor cars. dra-..ing- room and bUffet sl~plDg cars, reclining chair cars. Through tickets, rates, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting Jines. A. H. HA.NSON, (;.r.H'1. PMllO.'R Aa'T, , CHICAGO. fOR SAl[··W",TE OAK We have the following dry Ohio White Oak, widths of the finef.t and standard lengths. Good figured Quartered Oak 10 cars I iach Firsts and Seconds alld No. t Common. 3 caTS of IJ{ inch Fil'"Sts and Sec.,nds aud No.1 Common. 3 cars 1% inch Firsts and. Seconds alia No.1 (' ommon. 3 cars 2 inch, all Firsts and Seconds (very flne). ~-car 2J4:illch. all Firslsand seconds (very fine). 2 cars 3 inch, 'all Firsts al'ld' ;econds (very fine). Plain Oak 4 cars 1 inch Firsts and Second~. 5 cars 1 inch No.1 Common. 2 cars 1M' inch Firsts and seconds. 2 cars 1% inch Firsts a"d Seconds. 2 cars 2 inch Firsts and seconds. 4 cars 3 inch Firsts and Seconds. 2 cars 4 inch Firsts and 5ecollds. Also big stock dry Yellow Poplar and Mahogany. Call ship mixed carS. Write us. C"ARlES f. S"IElS &. CO. Cincinnati. Ohio MISCELLANEOUS ADVER TISEMENTS WAJ.III''l'.E:U-Xoines to Sell HALF TONE CUTS By experIenced salesman; first-class lines on commission, for January, 1906, Address Box 278, care of Michigan Arti-san. 9-10-1I-12-m SI'l'U ATION WANTED-By Sz.perienced E'orem.a.n Finisher. Now holding an important position. Satisfactory reasons for desiring a change. Address "Finisher," care Mich-igan Artisan. 5-10tfm Factory Wanted. Lakeview, Michigan, offers factory build-ings, power, dry kilns, elevator, shafting, etc. HS inducement. for some labor em-ploying industry. Now operated as fur-niture factOl'Y employing 50 men. Va-cant Dec. 1st. Machinery can be bought. Address Scott Swarthout, Village Clerk, Lakeview, Mich. 12-10 it WANTED, An ASj!,jstant Foreman for Table FactoI)", one who understands the manufacture of tables and a bustIer for machine room. One who is willing to stan for reasonable compensation. A good pos-ition to the right mall. Address, Tables No, 24, care of Michigan Artisan. WANTED-Position as Salesman. Experienced finisher of all grades of furniture desires position 11:< traveling rep-resentative for manufacturer of wood fin-ishing material. JDxtensive acquaintance among foreman finifihen.; in 1l.Iichigan fac-tories. Addre~:,) Royal No. ,;:1, ca.re of Michigan Artisan. 12-1Q WANTEO-Salesmen. Good, live, commission salesmen, to handle best line Metal Reds and Spring-s, in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Aiahama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana., Nebras-k,,, \\0\11 D-akota. A(ldl'l'"sS No. 32, c;,\re of M
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