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- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
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- Volume 8, Number 6
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and i------. --' -____ .... .._. . . .... .... _...... .. _._.._........ . ...__ .. • ---- aa ad ad •••• •• ••• a •••••• a_a •••••• aa •••• • •• I ... 1---. I :II I•II •I II i 1~ :I II I••I . .-. --------------.------- --. . --. . _. ------------------ .. .-.., f• THE BIG WHITE SHOP I lo. -. a a.. . _ . We Furnish Every Article of Printing Needed by Business Men I I I I I WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE BIG WHITE SHOP J I •• ••• :oi ... I, f IIGRA~'lt _-------------------------- .PU~.~!~_~I~R!~ \ ~ ~--- - ardn~Dd~i~sDlow Pi~e dn~Dust Arrester (om~dnJ THE LATEST dcvtce for handlmf!, shavmgs and dust from all wood-workmg machmes. Our mneteen years expellence m thtS class of work has brought It nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It IS no expenment, but a demonstrated sClentdic fact, as '<:,'ehave several hun-dred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Fumace Feed System, as shown tit tIllS cut, ts the most perfect working deVice of ally thing in tIlls line. Wnte for our plices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DLTAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 20&-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CltlzeDe PhoDe 1282 aell. MaiD 1804 fo.. ..- .. - _ ... .. .... - .... . 1 7- " r OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM .. .... .. --- ........ :. c;RANf' RAPIDs PUBLIC LIBRA ~y ..- .. - .- -- - -- - - ---_. - .. -- ..- .. -- _ ...-- .... ., i A Perfect Case Construction I It is entirely I AutomatIc II ,,,• , I,I I Makes the Strongest Most No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. It Clamps Mortises and Releases, Completmg the Post in Less Time Than the Material can be Clamped on Other Machines Write for Calalog J Wysong & Miles Co., CedarSt.andSou.R.R., Greensboro, N. C. ~ ... --. . . . - - __ .. _ .. ~ __ .... - ... - - - .., . . . . - - _. - - - - .. - .. ..AI ~ Economical and Most Accurate Case Construction Possible Write for Catalog J ! t Their "Golden Oak Oil Stain" is our No. 3424. Their "Early English Stain" is our No 3425 Oil Stain. Their "Weathered Oak Stain" is our No. 3426 Oil Stain. Their "fumed Oak" is our No. 3427 New Process fuming Liquid. Their "Light Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3428 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Their "Dark Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3429 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. '-. - . Send for Samples and Information. WE SUPPLY EVERYTmNG NEEDEDIN TUE flNISUING ROOM. NEW YORK THE AO-EL-ITE PEOPLE "-- • • • _•• _. • • ••• a a •••• _ ••• ••••••••• llji1~.. .. r ,\ ", ------------------_._-_ -- _. . ...'" I THIS IS THE MACHINEThat Brimrs lottors liko tho Followjmr: •! I• I ~!HOLLAND, MICH. ~- ..-.--------. ---.-----------.--- . ... . ----_.-.1 Buss ],I ohlna Works, Holland. !lich G9'1,tlemen We wish to compliment JOU on the wor.lung or Jour ne ... +4 Planer J .IS installed for us This machine does the best. wo"'k of an; pl.mer we he.ve eve" seen, aoo we are frank to sa! so much be't't."r than we expected, th t owo torelllll\ $<tld 18 simpl; cO.lld no ge" along ¥lthout It.o.nd wue sure J.t. \lfoulO pay he price of itself withJ.'1 a 'leal" in l/oI"k sa ed on /D,llchlnea fo ..l..o.l11! Wls"ling JOU dese"'ved success 1<,tth this new patt.ern. va remain, Yours va ...). truly, Robb ns TabLe Co BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. The Buss Machme Works are havllIg marked SUcce~s WIth this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltmg-feed gears machme cut-together with the steel sprIng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectwnal chipbreaker, make a cabmet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the times with machmes of great effiCIency Woodworker s of all kinds will not make a mistake by writing direct or to theIr nearest selling representative regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the !lve woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .-..-.--.-------.-.--.-.---.-.-------.-.-------.-----------------1 I Cabinet Makers In these days of close compel1tlOn, need the best possible equipment, and thiS they can have III BARNES' === HAND and FOOT POWER === MACHINERY Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strongest, most powerful, and In every way the best machme of Its kmd ever made, for rtpping I cross-cuttIng I honng and groovIng Send for Our New Catalogue. w. P. & John Barnes Co. 654 Ruby Street, Rockford, Ill. '-----_.---------- _._._._----._-_. ----------- .. .. ) /" I ' 30th Year-No.1 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 3.1909 Issued Weekly UNPROFITABLE MANUFACTURING. "That IS vvhat we al e up 3~al11"t dll the tune," saId one of the (lId lIme furlllture manufactlFers cf IndIana to the new'i-paper man, as he weanly leaned back 111 hl5> chaIr, handIng over a lettel fO! 111mto lead It was fIom a lalge catalogue house, and 'itated that the company wanted to make a deal wIth the manufacturer for cel tam goods There was a tab- Idated 'itatement of the number of the pleCe'i, how many the company could U"oeto a month, and the amount they \,;ould pay Remember, no que"tlOn wa5> a"oked for a bId, 01 how much the stuff would cO"ot SImply a "tatement of how much they would pay The rranufacturer saId the concern had been uSl11g a com-petltor\ -tuff, but wanted to make a change The contract, If made al the pnces named, would amount to about $jO,OOO a month vVnh the lettel was one of the company's catalogue" showmg IJ1u"tratlOns of the pIeces, or alleged I1lustrailons-the kmd that are chopped out of a pIece of vvood wIth an axe, so that no CU5>tomer can ab'iolutely tell whether he gets \,,,hat he pays for or not "I have figured out three separate pIeces," "oald the manu-factUlel, when the wllter had read the letter, "and] find that each one cf the three would cost me from 7) cents to one dollar more to make than the pnces oft-ered, WIth not one cent for profit The anI) way I could pas SIbI) do It would be to layoff my "oe\cnty-two expellenced workmen and go mto the streets and pIck up any old laborer", who would work for any old pnce; dIp these goods In dump \ arll1sh Instead of filllshl11g thE m, and tm n out a class of goods that vvould rUI11 my busme'i'i forever WIth reputable dealers Yet thl"o IS the kmd of stuff whIch other mall or del hou"es are furlll"hl11g theIr custol11er'i I'll not do It," and a reply was sent ac-cordmgly Yet some manufacturer WIll fill that contract Dunng the hfe of V\T H Barnhart, well known as a buyel for Clllcago c'nd N e\\ York furlllture houses, vvho 10'it hIS hfe m the Park i\venue Hotel fire, he conducted for a time the factory of the Nash-Knox and Hubbell Company, now the Banta Furnitnre Company, of Goshen One day Barney got a letter from a bIg dealer m the east, statmg he wanted 500 tables as per sketch and specIfications enclosed, and offering $775 for theIr Barney figured these out and found It would CO'it $87j to make them, WIthout one penny of profit, "and yet," Sdld he, dlscussl11g the matter afterward, "some d--n fool made those tables for that pnce " One of the large houses of the country some years ago had a contract WIth a bIg premnun house to furnish a cer-tam bookcase m quantities of five hundred per month at $700 each The contract had been runnmg a number of months when a propo'iltlon vvas made to a manufacturer 111 the north-west to take 0\ er part of the contract and make the stuff 111 IllS factot) so as to save the prel11lUm house freIght, He figured the case \ ery carefully and announced that It would cost hIm at least $800 to buIld, to say nothl11g of any profit Thl" cau"ed the othel concern to open ItS eyes The super- Illtenc1ent \\ ho had made the pnce on the case was called in and after gomg over 111'ifigmes, decIded he had made a mIs-take, and the company had been 10sl11g over a dollar a case, whIch amounted to 0\ el SSOO 00 a month on that one article alone It cau'ied dn upheaval 111 the plant The superintendent lost h,.., Job and the conceln escaped bankruptcy simply be-caU" oe 5>ome mOllled man came to ItS rescue Sl11ce then the company has worked out beautIfully, but the executive officers now do the fig U1mg :"'11 of thl'> ral"oes the query, "When wIll furlllture manu-factUJ ers begm to run theIr own affaIrS and quote theIr own pnces on theIr product::, ?" M. A -------- False Economy It IS the extreme of poor economy to employ a hIgh salaned decO! ator and then handIcap hIm WIth a too meager allowance. A good decorat01 can, no doubt, make a great deal out of very httle, but he can accomphsh much more if he has the proper matenals to work WIth He must have fixtures and figures and decorative matenal at hand to draw upon. Then there al e many httle mCldental expenses for whIch a faIr allowance should be made Of course, a 1l11e must be drawn some-where The expenses must be kept down to the lowest reason-able amount, but If it goes below that, the windows are likely to lose 111 attractiveness far more than the merchant will gain by hIS savmg An extra dollar spent on a window trim may add the finishmg touch that IS necessary to change a mediocre dIsplay into an attractive one -Merchants' Record. SOME EVANSVILLE IDEAS Advertising Appropriations, Window Displays, Fixed Prices, and Co-operative Delivery. Evansvl1le, Ind, June .30 -1' erd Gumberts of the Rand G Furlllture Company, who IS one of the most progres"lve retaIl furlllture men of thIs sectlOn,~ ~ays It IS hIS behef that at lea'it ten per cent of the sale~ expense of the :,tore should be devoted to advertlsmg "Some spend more and some less," he saId, "but a progressive dealer WIll spend ten per cent or even more" \Ir Gumberts beheves 111 ac1verh"mg and hIS firm does plenty of It 111 the course of a year Mr Gumberts WdS asked thIS questIOn "Is It proper for d retaIler of cheap goods to ehsplay medIUm or fine goods lt1 hl'i wmdows and if so, why? In reply to thIS :\Ir Gumberts saId "The show WIndow'i shotlld alv\ a) s 111 my OpInIOn, reflect the character of the good'i on the Inqde It would be a form of de-ceptwn. I beheve, to dl'iplav goods that yOU dId not have on the inside for sale and the retaIler" ho ehd thl'i "ould soon lose ant I beheve" Mr. Gumberts saId hl'i firm had 'iome experIence in the co operative dehvery of goods and ehd not find that the scheme \\ ae., exactly a good thll1g He e.,ald theIr expenence to a hmlted e" tent proved very ~atlsfactor) but he \\as of the opmlOn that thl scheme if made to mc1t1de all the dealers of the Clt\ 111lg ht not prove a good one Ed Geigel of GeIger & Sone., one of the largee.,t film~ ot retail dealers of thIS Clt\ saId that a retaIl turlllt11l e hIm should be liberal in its advertlsmg but he dId not exactl) knO\\ what pel cent of the sale'i expense should be devoted to deh ertl"mg He thought this would depend altogether on the kll1Q of 'itore and the sort of goods handled Mr. Geiger, in response to the questIOn "Is It proper f01 a retail dealer of cheap goods to ehsplay medIUm or fine goods 111 his show windows and if so why? saId "I th111k It "auld be bad business polIcy for a I etailer to sho\\ g-ood:, 111hl'i "111dO\\ 'i that he did not have on the Inside of hIS store Bm ers "auld be quick to notice the deceptIOn It pays to be honest 111 ehs-playing your goods amI merchants "ho are not honest In dam!:; thl'i do not la'it long It has alwav~ been our pohc\ to sell the kmd of 'ituff we aQvertl'ie and whenevel we dIsplay a mce pIece of furmture the buyer can re:,t assured that we have a'i gooel 01 better on the inside of the store" Mr Geiger was asked thIS que'itlon' "Would It be practIcal for retaIlers of EvanSVIlle to an ange for the co-operatl\ e de-livery of goods, usmg unmarked conveyance~")' He said 111 leply' "T do not beheve thi'i would prove a Wl'ie thl11g- 111the long nm !\~ a rule a retaIler does not want tbe othel fello\\ to see what he sells J f all the fil111'ihid tbt 'iZLll1ecompam to deliver theIr goods there "ould be more or le~e.,p'lbhCltv about the matter in my 0pl11IOn ThIS the retdllers \\ ol1ld not lIke I think the plan of havmg every firm clehver Its own !:;oods much the best I believe the plan you sugge'it would not proye sah" factory here in EvanwIl1e v, here the retaIl trade l'i 'iO 'ipht np and where competition is '0 fierce" Mr Gelgel ehd not thl11k It "auld be a gooll t111ng for l1lcln ufacturers to fix the pnce'i for which good'i shall be 'iolel hI the retaIlers In hIS 0plmon If the retaller'i entered mto a combinatwn WIth the manufacturers to 'iell certal11 artIcles dt certain pnces some of them would be 'iure to break the agree-ment "The scheme would never work satisfactorily here," said Mr Geiger -\rnold Elmendorf of the firm of -\rnold Elmendorf & Co , IS one at the n "111!:;young buslne~s men of the commumty and IS the manager 01 the above named firm, whIch has been 1ll busllle:,~ 'imce last Septembel and hac; a large :,tore on Mam street near SIxth and the) are domg a mee bU'imess :\Ir Elmendorf was seen b) the -\1 hsan corre~pondent and asked thl::, questIOn "\\ hat proportIOn of the sale, expense should be devoted to ad-vertlsmg") In response he thought a wIse merchant would set a'ilcle at least ten per cent for advertlsmg :\Ir Elmendorf saul that too man) retaIl merchant::, \\ ere a tnfle close when It cam, to advertIsing theIr wares 1\1r. Elmendorf saId he thought It mIght be a good Idea for a retaIlel of cheap goods to dIsplay medlt1m or fine goods In hIS -how \\ mdO\\" 'T heheve thIS could be done and the retatler would not have to practIce any form of deceptlon eIther," saId \Ir Elmendorf "ThIS polIcy would tend to brush up a le-taller's stock When one came Into the store the retailer could convmce hl111111all probabllItv that he had 'iomethlng 111stock that he \\ anted and the buyer would leave well satIsfied WIth the pnrchase and he would return aga1l1 when he wanted some thl11g m the furmture Ime ' \1r Elmendorf belIeves the scheme of co-operatIve delIvery 01 gooels IS all nght "I belIeve It could be worked out all nght here 111EVdnsvIlle sald:\lt ElmenclOl f "Vie use the system 11ne and 111 fact have qnce \\ e 'tartecl 111 busl11ess la'it fall and tl11cl It \\ orks all nght The beauty of the scheme i'i we can have as mam delIvery \vag-on'i as Vve want If we want one \\ a!:;on or "1'( \\ e ma) have them and we do not hay e the ex-pense of keepl11g the teams" III ElmenclOl f was next asked this question "I 'i It prac-tlca] for manufacture! s to fix the pnces for which goods shall be "old b\ I etaIler" and Vvould the EvansvIlle retaIlers co-oper- ,lte In sustammg "uch a pohcy?" He saldm reply to thIS "I do not thl11k thIS would prove a good pohey. It has been tned here to some extent The retaIler 'ihould neve1 be hed down to an agreement to sell any artIcle at a certaIn figure Suppose a man come:, mto the store and 1)'1\" a bIg order of goods The merchant feels lIke he wants to cut on some artIcle provldmg the bIll he IS selll11g IS large enough and the buyer might ask for a cut on the verv artIcle which the manufacturer tells him he must sell at a certam pnce If he could not make a cut on thIS yery artIcle the man who l'i bUyl11g the ~ood:, mIght become dis- 'iatl'ified and lea\ e the store without bUyl11g an) thl11g !\ retailer 'ibould be fl ee to make his own 'ie1lIn!:; prIce He IS often forLecl to cut clc)\\n on one artIcle and md\ be on th"':'next artIcle he "ell'i he \1 III 111ak<a hand"ome plOfit \ wIse r('taIler WIll not sell dt a los:, ho\\ e\ er as \\ e are ,111 In busl11e,-s to make ,l profit 1 do not belIeve the retaIlers of EvanSVIlle as a rule \\ ould enlel an agreement to SU'it,nn 'iuch a polIcy as you "'H~- gest ", If am of thL retaIl mel chants hel e WIll go to Grand RapId:, in July to attend the 'ieml-annual Furmture ExpOSItion and some of them are large purchasers In that market Ju:,t now the re-taIl trade in EvanSVIlle IS shghtly off Some attnbute the dull "pell to the stl eet cat 'itnke that has been on for four weeks whIle others say that b1Jsmess is bound to pIck up after harvest Crop conditions are very promising just now and the farmers are busy harvesting their wheat which is a bumper crop. J ARTHUR S WHITE, PreSident ALVAH BROWN, VleePreSidenl HARRY C WHITE. See y-Treas I iii (,ii \ f 4 WEEKL\ \RTIS'\~ .. - - - - •• - - • .. II • - - - •• -------------------------~ 10 THE LUCE LINE 0 I I Mmy I I New Patterns I I I I m Dming Room I and I Bedroom I Furniture II ~~ I Fall Season. Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids lu(e rurniture CO. ....---- - - .- .... ------------ ------ ------- ....... ------------- I! IIIII II II I II ._ .I.. ~ .. -- ---------------------------------_ _ _. ----_ ~ DID YOU I HAVE OUR MATCHED Buffets, Chinas and Pedestal Dining Tables1 WEREN'T THEY SELLERS? But whether you had them last season or not, call at our exhibit and we will show you NEW PATTERNS you will sure! y want. I Rockford Chair and Furniture Company I Third Floor, Blodgett Block, GRAND RAPIDS II • ---- ..••• _.a •..• __ ••.... ~ , , fA era I Mr Deale_r~ You don't havve :toe" tj)lRk" -y,ouJr IINJo wo~nder p'eople want ReoyallChalirs-eno wrond.er t:hey~ • head off to sell ~ Chairs. won't take any other Read whatC. F Jackson, Norwalk, You don't have to .. waste" time on "r r-nechs." OhlO,wrote us. We send custo'ners to your store convInced ready to buy. ..We cannot.sell any other chair.s here. Good ad'<lerti.sinl! and ·;i~:::N;;"/olial AiivertiSiiig·:~;~;c is a tremendous sellm!; force. 25 MIllion A. E Millett, Amada, MIch., bays people are readIng our advertlsement3 every ••.Your Chair.s are rapid.,f,re .s e 11e r.s. month they appear We use such papers Send laJt order quicf(." as Saturday Evemug Post, Ladles' Home Wehelp youm other ways as well Drop Journal, Woman's Home CompanlOn, Cos- usalmetoday-getour"busmessboommg" U'vpolltan, LIterary DIgest, Munsey's, Sue- proposltlOu-lt's a lIve wIre that gets the cess, Review of RevIews, Everybody's, trade-makes your store popular McClure's and many others. CO., Sturgis, Mich. ~------------~-~---- ----- ------_.-.------_. ~heCelebrated EFFand EFF Line ..~fORD fRAME AND fIXTURE CO., Rockford, W. . ~ "'" . of Excellent WorkmanshIp and Finish, consIsting or Parlor Cabinets, Music Cabinets, Hall Trees, Hat Racks, Shaving Stands, Buffets, China Closets, Gilt Mirrors, Dressing Tables, Chairs, and Adtu.st;able. fixtyteli • . ..·.·.I..t..~::::"··'.:: :: :_:.:.::::e-::.- . '.. .., DiSPLAYS . .. ::- ·taGt R.l·ND.R.A~ii>!::sicon&Flo~r::~rn: ."-:: : l~~.ii~tHln •.at%il.ll'g..: • a •••• ••• •• CHICAGO-All the year round, ChIca-go Furmture Exchange, 14th and Wabash Ave. and lD the New York Furmture Exchange Will make'the finest dis Ilay of +'~tDINING EXTENSIO . \ I, r't '. , \ , \ . I" 4-I TABLFS I ever offered by us, at our dis 1ay rooms, 2d floor, Manufacturers' Exhib Ilion Building, 1 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago j \ I ..• .:••.• .: :••:••• :.fl.. :•.. :••.: •....• :..:: : :. : ..,.. .::.:..;.: e.. :._..- :.~. :••.•.:~ :•• :~•.•. : ~: :: . I ~ AUof our pedestal tables are fitted ~th the~ou .- DUO-STYLE LOC$ ,. I I" WEEKLY ARTISAN ...-._-------_. --_._..----- III I•j I -- ..-------~,I IIII I,,II The Ford & Johnson Co. CHICAGO I II IIII t I, II I II I I f I --~----------_._._.. -----------_.~.1. I~ This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chaIrs are found 111 all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a vtry complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dilling Room fUIniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. All furmture dealers are cordtally inv~ted to visit our buildtng. Tlw Art of Decorating a Window Per Se The v"mdow dIsplay IS an acknowledged attnbute of trade wmnIng It IS the merchant's closest connectmg lmk wIth the publIc, and In the category of essentIal aIds to the bmldlng up of a retaIl business, none can gIve more credIt for direct re~ults than the display behmd the glass Many a retaIl busmess stands or falls accordmgly as the show wmdow attracts or repels customers; for, by the show windows the pubhc will Judge the store On fir-,t thought, advertIsing and selhng goods would appear to be but very dIstantly related to art, but actual demonstratIOn proves the contrary The supreme test of ment in a show window IS that It WIll advertise and sell goods A windov" In whIch proportIOn, harmony, ornament, color, size and symmetry have each re-ceIved proper attentIOn alway~ proves a wmnIng advertIsmg medIUm, and the secret of ItS success hes m Its artIstIc make-up. The general pubhc IS composed entIrely of pos"Ible cus-tomers, but only the pleased element thereof may be conSId-ered as prohable customers It is a great mIstake to uwler-rate the knowledge of the masses m art matters, or to pre- "ume upon theIr Ignorance People may not all be cntIcs, but they have an innate sense of the aesthetIc and of the "fitnes~ of things," whIch IS an unernng gmde to their Judgment The fact that a wmdow tnm constructed on artIstic lines wIll dttract favor:lble attentIOn IS sufficient evidence in itself If It dId not so attract. by reminding of something wanted, creating new wants, or mducing ImmedIate sales, no returns could be expected A complete lIne of sam-ples are <hsplayed in The Ford fJ Johnson BuildInI!. 1433·37 Wa/,ash Ave •• In-c1udIne a speCIal dIsplay of Hotel FurnIture. III I~-- ~-------------------------- I ----- ..--" II II I, II, ,I TUE 4RE BRE4D 4ND "ELI" FOLDING BEDS PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete wIthout the Ell Beds III Mantd and Upright ELI D. MILLER & CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. If the pubhc concen es a favor dble impreSSIOn of the store by a passmg glance at ItS ~how wmdows, one mISSIOn of the tnm has been fulfilled; because, as possible buy ers, they have been brought to a condItIOn of mind which must always pre-cede a purchase Just what that favorable impreSSIOn, or good WIll, may be worth to the merchant in any gIven case, it is ImpOSSIble to estImate \Ve do know, however, that "good wIll" IS often the most valuable asset in a merchant's busi-ness, and that thousands of dollars are spent to obtam it In this, It is fortunate for those concerned that there IS harmony between the artIstIc and the practical The mer-chant IS benefitted, the pubhc IS plea"ed, and the tnmmer is placed on a hIgher plane, where the name "mercantIle de-corator," by whIch he I~ begmnInR to be known, 1" no mIS-nomer The expert decorator ha" become a recognIzed nece~:-'Ity even 111smaller stores. the propnetors of whIch a dozen year" dgO, would have laughe'] at the Idea of spendmg so much money on wmdow dlspldy -From The Art of Decorat111g ShO\\ \Vmdu\\" and IntenD!" Man 1" a creature of habIt He gets accustomed to ~01n~ to a certa111 store and he keeps on gomg there untt! some sud-den Jolt rouses hIm That Jolt WIll break hIS habIt. It may be a dIspute over a mmor charge, It may be an exceptIOnally attractIve offer from some other place of busmess \Vhat-ever It IS, untIl somethIng Jerks hIm out of hIS rut, he WIll not be apt to change NIcholson & MIller have opened a stock of furnIture m Hunton, Okla. 7 -- ...I \\ EJ:<.KL'l \ R'1 IS \ '\ ENTERTAINED BY SALESMEN Furniture Men of JaIllestown~N. Y.~have a Pleasant Saturday Afternoon and Evening 'The Furlllture Salesmen's AssociatIon chartered the Steamer City of PIttsburg for their annual outmg up the lake Saturday afernoon. They took as their guests the furlllture manufacturers and visiting salesmen The boat left Celoron at 1 30 with about 125 in the party. The tnp up the lake was enjoyed beyond all expectattons as the day was one of Chautauqua Lake's ideals. The boys had engaged the Gustaf-son Symphony Orchestra and the music furmshed on the up tnp was entrancing. Light refreshments and cigars were served and everything had a tendency to successfully make everyone at horne Landing was made at Chautauqua and A. N. Camp, who was one of the guests, photographed the party on the boat; ture company. Joseph Himebaugh made a sensation by turn-mg a double somersault at the fimsh and wmning the booby prize. The fat man's race was the feature of the races. This was won by D A Curtis, and there was not one of the spectators who will ever forget the sight of Glenn Brown's little legs pounding down the field The salesmen's race was next and was won by E. J. Mc- Gee of Shearman Brothers company The free for all race was won by George Himebaugh. The final heat of winners was concluded with Bloomquist first, McGee second and Curtis third Next on the program was the best amateur baseball game JAMESTOWN SALESMEN S OUTI~G PARTY ON THE BOAT other photographs of the party" ere taken at the Colonnade. All then wpnt to the ball grounds, where athletIc games were started. The first was a tug of war between the manufac-turers' team of twelve men cap tamed by F. M. CurtIs and the salesmen's team of twelve men captamed by E. J. McGee. The manufacturers won thIS event more on account of the exceed-ingly heavy weight members of that team. The next event was the manufacturers' foot race, 25 con-testants bel11g entered ranglllg from the age of 18 years to 60 years. This was WOn by Mr. Bloomsuist of the Level FurnI-ever WItnessed. The manufacturers' team was captained by Lyle HImebaugh and the salesmen's by Glenn Brown. The feature of the game was Captain Brown's telephone calls to UmpIre H H. Roberts. The game ended in the manufacturers' favor by a score of 9 to 8. The battery for the manufacturers' was Bloomqmst and HImebaugh and for the salesmen, McGee and Swanson. The party then returned to the boat and the trip was made to Bemus Point where the banquet was served with the orches-tra playing throughout. This banquet was a credit to the boys. 4 rI 10 - - - ~~-~---~~~~~~--------------------, \\EF1.I\ \RTISL\:-, Hafner Fumiture Company ESTABLISHED 1873. 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers CATALOG UPON REQUEST Samples shown at Manufacturers' Furn- Iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. No. 3064 No 3064 Davenport.-~lze 78 1I1che" long ThIS Davenport IS of the old colo1llal "t} Ie upholstered pla1l1 seat back dnd arms Front of seat ha" a 1uffled honler The fi1l1l1g 1" of tow. 1110% dlHl eldstlc cotton felt top Tll1rt) SIX double cone spnngs, each "pllng "ecmely tied eIght tunes ]y\ hand con"tltute" the COlhtructlOn 1'hl" Davenport fmJ1l"hed elthel 1Il "elected nOIthem IJ11ch mahogaln hnhh 01 111 genulIJe quartel ed sdvved lldk fi1llsherl f?,olclen \\eettheled 01 Earh Enghsh \\ eIght packell, read) JOI "lllpment about 2jO 1h" Price No. 1 Leather $42.00 At the conclUSIon the p117e" fOl the lSames wele awarded r 1\1 Curtis recelvmg a 11Ice bIg JIl1C\ lemon for the tng ot \\ I'll J\1r Bloomqmst an automobtle WIth goggles, E J \IcGee a beautIful dIamond nng. D A Cm tIS a bouncll1g rubilel doll and Joseph HImebaugh, the booby pn7e of that somersault a beautiful cut glass punch bo\\ I WIth glasses The e\ enll1g ended WIth the dehghtful retUln tI Ip do\\ 11 the lake landIng at Celoron where the part} dl"embarked and took a specIal chaltered cal to Jamestowll \mo1H; the \ISlt-ll1g salesmen were E J l\Iackey of Los L\ng eles CahfOl J1Ia represent1l1g the Empu e Fm11lture Comapn) on the PaCIfic Coast, \\1 C Da\ IS of Phtladelphla, Pa, represent1l1!:; Barcalo l\1anufactunng Company of Buffalo, A C 130\\ man of Chl- !'ago, Ill, representllH; the Man el Fm11lture COm])dll} Thome" Crane of ,",pnng-field ITa"", leple"entlng the I[dd do'\: "I etble Compall\ dnd P I, C:;tlom of Rlookl) 11 leplt"cllt- II1g the \ C \OlqUl"t COmpdll\ dlld the L nlon l~mnlttlle Company 'salc"men of other I1I1e" pI esent \\ Cle ] led hottmelel and A J BI adstreet of Kew York, and II H Roberts ot Buftalo dnd John McLaren, bu} er for J \ \c1am & Compall\ Buf-falo one of the chIef guests The CalIfornia Cloth1l1g company, II1corporated In Ro-chester, New York on June 22 WIth $15,000 capItal WIll deal 111 fur11lture, glassware and clothIng The 111corporators are Samuel Ask111, J oseph1l1e Manne and Clarence S D111kelsplel all of Rochester, New York ... New Corporations H & \\ Basket Company, Manhattan, N. Y, capItal stock $1,000, WIllow, leed, rattan and rush baskets and other household artIcles Incorporators, Harry and Teresa Herz- IIch and Isak \iV el11man John L Rademacher Company, New York CIty, capItal stock $50,000, bedd111g, mattresses, pIllows, etc Incorporators, John L Rademacher, James HamIlton, FranCIS J Archer and others Kann Tradll1g Company, New York CIty. capItal stock $5,000, retad furmture. Incol porators, Emanuel Klem, LOllI:> C Hertz and N G Goldberger Boston Department Store Company, Bo"ton, l\Iass, capI-tal stock $jO 000. mercantlle PI eSldent, J a"on S BaIley, 61 S \iV asillngton "treet R IIo111lJ.n ComlMny, Chelscd, l\[a"" Cdj)ltvll "tock, ~nO,- 000 mClulltlle, Plc"lllcnt Rl1fth Holn1vln StOIC rt"\.ture" Company, Ke\\alk,K J, cdpltal "tack, $25,- 000 \\ aov\\ ork, office and store fixtures J ncorpOl atOl '0, Sell-del Ehlenktant7, l\Iorn" Greenberg, Leon Darban and Max Brown Amcncan Dlrect01Y Cabl11et Company, New York CIty, capItal stock, $25,000 cabmets for cltrectone", theaters, hotels, etc Inc01 pm atOl s, Eugene Inge Ashton Parker and AI thur o Frnst The way of the transgres"or I" hard, but most men seem to Itke a hard road \\ E E K L Y ART 1 SA K ~, - _-----------_ --------._._----------------------------------- II I IIII I III I I III f I IIII IIII IIII II II IIII Get Next to Mechanics Art in Plain Dress .... :.. :" :.~:..": : ...-...:.::.e ..e:.r..-.:-.;::<:.t·. ~....: ,..". :..:... ::~ .. ... . .. .. :t CHICAGO. 1319 Michigan Avenue. 3rd Floor. n'" •• '. ~ ... :: .. ::. 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VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS: MECHANICS FURNITURE I 6. ••••• _ Complete Suites for the Dining Room, Penod and Colomal De'lgns at Popular PrIo..e-; Full hne of MusIc Cabmets wIth Our Patent AutomatIc Shelves also for all bnds of Records 11 co., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS - ---- - ----_._.-._._.--._._._._.._.__._.,-------------------------------.-.-..-.-.-... -~ Recollections of Oakley Starkwather. ~ Master Salesman. } Many gaps have come mto the ranks of the fur111ture boy" \J m the years that have gone Few seasons roll around but that the "boy,," are saddened by the removal of some well known figure In the bu"me"s It ha" been a Harvey Beasley, a ]lm vVheelock, a JIm Shelle}, a George Stoddard, a George Dar- "to", a MIke Fahan, and now It IS an Oakley Starkwather Oakley vvdS one of the best known of the old bmers-not makmg qUlte so much nOlse as some of the other", but a suc-cessful saltsman, a congel11al compa1110n and always a gentle-man Some very lal g e deal" were engmeel ed by hun Some men dl e afraId to go after the bIg thmgs, others seem to he pIkers-and as Count Oppel 'lays, "T hate a plkd" Oakley Wd" dfter the bIg one" dl1d I" "a,d to hay e been m"tl umentdl m gett111~ the bl~ ~O\elnment COlltldct fOJ the Luce FUrl11tUlc Compan} Odkle} Wd" 11ldeed dn old bmel lIe came to Gland Raplcb hr"t t" enty } ear" dgO vvIth DIck Peclr!ecord of the old Decatur Ll1r111tl1re (ompdn) ctJ1d ne\ Cl mIssed a 'oea"on aftel that untd thIS one A bumh of tld\ehng fUll11tUIL salesmen sat dlound a table 111the MOl ton H Ol1se the other evenmg dlscussmg Oakley and talkIng about lal ge orders that have been placed m tunes past After some tIme one of the party spoke up and "ald he thought the palm would probably go to Starkwather If all the orders could be recorded so that they mIght be seen It was the good fortune of Mr Starkwather once to take an order for $1,000,000, and so far as known It 1" the largest order f01 wood work e\ el taken The contI act v\ as made about seven years ago wIth the S111gel SewIng Mach111e Company, and was for 200,000 ca"e" of one pattern Mr Starkwather made a deal wIth John \\ Iddlcomb of the John ,\'lddlcomb Com-pany to buJ!d the cases fhat gentleman purchased the then Idle plant of the Kent Ii'l1rl11ture Company, and \\ a<, about three years and a half complet111g the order The contract was made 111the name ot Mr Starkwdther, and was found carefully presen ed 111a safety depOSIt bOA along wIth some stocks, bonds and other valuable papers '1 he wood work111~ plant of the S111ger company IS located 111South Bend, Tnd and IS saId to be one of the larg est of ItS k111d 111the worU ] udges say that all the furl11ture factone" 111Grand RapIds could find space un del ItS roofs The bl11ld111g" conta111 about fifty-fi\ e acres of floor space In thl" Immen"e fact01y dre madc all the ca"c" u"ed by thc company 1t ha" to be In d pOSItIon to supply the den1dnd fhe branches draw on the South Bend plant for theIr ca"e", Just as one bank draws on anothel for money About seven years d~O the company who \\ el e then OCCUpy111g a comparatl\Teh "mdll plant 111South Bend, deCIded to Cled thIS ma111moth affaIr There could be no let-up 111 the fur111"h111g of cases, and so the company began 100k111g around for someone to budd some for them whde the btllld111g and mov111g were g0111g on Mr Starkwather was fortunate enough to learn of the condlbons, went after the contract, and landed It The Amencan MIll and Lumber company wJ!1 engage in the manufacture of fur111ture at Eugene, Oregon. 12 \\ E E K L ): ~_._-~----~------------- ----_._. -- _ ... --_._._._.------------_._._._----_._~---------- ARTI5:JA..\ VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVE1~,F?ORT BEDS :.:..:. :.:'.,:,..':.,.:.::,.:.::.,.:I~.i.tfitE...~.~RkET " ~e\~i1ft;;J ie.Jgh:~;Y~s aii;~~I~~:rirlces and made to gIve satIsfactIOn Don't mIss ~(,"~rng·t"o··~eethe Ime, It Will pay you III --~_..-----_._-----~------'-'~-_._._.-----'---_.--_._-~. --._._._- ------~ Parlor Furniture Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. Couches Leather Rockers t THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. ..-----_ .. ------_._--- Old English Furniture. "An IntroductIOn to Old Enghsh FurnIture," b\ \\ E Mallett IS a book of especIal Interest for the study of sty 1es and theIr evolutIOn BegInnIng WIth the Tudor and 5:Jtuart "ohd oak and walnut furnIture, the dIfferent "n les al e clts-cussed In detaIl The next penoel, that of the Dutch Influence, followed from 1670 to 1710 The earh Han-overian penod was from 1715 to 1750 ThIS wa" fol-lowed by the classIc revIval, the second penod of Enghsh veneer, 1770 to 1820 Style" of furnIture suc-ceed each other In waves In the 1udor penod al-most everythIng was made of sohd wood and though the decoration vaned, the whole of thIS soll'1 v,ork \\ a'3 dependent rather on form than color for It" effect Later thIS 'va'3 "uc ceeded by a tIme In whIch, dunng the Dutch Influence, e\ el)- thIng wa'3 veneered and form, to a certaIn eAtent became subservient to color The earl) Hano\ ellan penod \\ a" a returnIng caused by the introductIon of mahogany, to sohd work, and once more form, In"tead of color, \\ as rehed on to produce decoratIve effect About 1770 ta"te once more changed ThIS sohd furnIture was dlscal ded \ eneers of neh woods, gIlded anel even painted surface" agaIn a"serted the claIms of color, untIl the "ty1e from beIng \ aned and 10\ e1) became impractIcable and \\ a" I ep1aced b\ the \ el \ useful but clumsy sohd \\ork of earl) \-ILtonan day s These altel atlOns from the use of form for the attaInment of beauty in the sohd furnIture to the use of color for that purpo'3e in the veneered and paInted are the keynote of every change Each mode of decoratIOn at the tIme it was abandoned seemed .. to hay e exhausted the resources whIch were contaIned In It of further development, but after beIng superseded by a n\ a1 method of constructIOn for a long tIme It returned and achIeved another success, developIng fresh forms of beauty, and suc-cumbIng to Its r1\ a1 as soon as It showed sIgns of staleness In the earl) penods of Enghsh furnIture, European woods, oak \\ a1nut and elm were almost exclusively used, oak plain and sohd or "hght1y InlaId, WIth sycamore and yew beIng maInly employed The most elaborate and beautiful work In oak dates from the end of Ehzabeth's tIme to nearly the end of Charles II Later It was used In place of more costly woods Few fine oak pIeces for receptIOn rooms are found later than 1680, though In the reIgn of George HI a great deal of nice \\ork vvas made Mahogany then became :.0 cheap In pnce that It supplanted oak The GothIC Influence was apparent In the early specimens of thiS style, later the Itahan Influence crept In Carving was the pnnclpa1 decoratIOn, Inlays of sycamore and later panelling "uperceded carvmgs The Dutch Influence began to be felt about 1670, when 'eneenng became popular Inlay:. ",ere used. Panels were used, begInmng about 1700 on surfaces of cross-cut walnut or laburnum, so arranged as to produce oyster or shell designs, takIng the place of the more ornate marquetry Many of the cabInet" and escnt01res of thiS descnption are very happy in theIr tone of C0101, and produce somewhat the general effect ot fine old leather \\ ork The furmture of the earl) Hanovenan penod was almost the most ueautlful and satIsfactory In the whole history of WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,- --- .. j Michigan I 13 .--- .- .~ Furniture Company I ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Manufacturers OJ CHAMBER FURNITURE in Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak. Odd Dressers in BIrch and ImitatIOn Mahogany. The best goods for the price on the market. Write for prices. ~-- _. - _ .... ------- English furlllture It began 111 the edrltest .}ears of the eighteenth century, and was e\ olved "ery gradually from the precedmg style, many of the forms muse 111the reIgn of Anne penetrat111g far into that of George III Mahogany was then for the first ttme imported 111large quanttttes The Queen Anne style was unsUlted to mahogany In the use of the latter cabmet makers soon found that desIgns sUlted to English walnut would not do So ltghter forms were used, mOle open spaces, plercmg and carvmg V\ere 111dulged in Tables and chans were made WIth cabnole legs, WIth claw and ball or scroll feet, the shoulders bemg decorated WIth carved shells or acanthus leaf Bureaus WIth panelled or nl1rrored tops had been 111troduced m the latter part of Anne s reIgn The Hogarth secretanes had very beauttful and cunous pedllnents To the later Hanovenan penod, 1750 to 1775, Thomas ChIppendale and other well known desIgners belonged ChIp-pendale IS noted for hIs versatihty. He dIpped mto all sty les and everythmg he made bore an 111dlvldual stamp of hIS gelllus He borrowed from the French, Dutch, Chmese and the GothIC styles His fi111shed work always surpa;,;,ed hI" ongmal de-sIgn on paper Some of the finest thmgs, though they are Chmese or French 111a sense, are nevertheless first, ChIppen-dale In lookmg through hIs book one nottces that the work he produced was more fanCIful than the strong, dlg111fied fur-lllture made up to thIS ttme The most dlsttncttve character of his design is the lavish use of fretted carvmg and open pierced work as decoration, the former bemg generally ap-plted to the cornices of the larger pIeces, and to the frames of tables -----_. -_. _._._. ----- . ... .. .. . ..I The next change m styles of Engltsh furlllture corresponded to the slmJ1ar development of the LoUIS XV. and XVI The period of Classic Rev IvaI, 1770 to 1820, was called that on account of the discovery of Pompell, whIch made possIble true reproductIOns of old Roman classic work The Adam Bros, Hepplewhlte and Sheraton were the exponents of thIS style It was about 1760 that the importance of the desig111ng and makmg of every adjunct to a fine house was recogmzed The great arttsts devoted themselves to the paintmg of fine pIeces made by the desIgners Angelica Kauffman was one of them Furmture became very sumptuous for receptton rooms of dwelltngs Sat111V\00d, tuhp wood, ohve and light mahogany became very popular. Pamtmg on panels became qUIte general and was mostly employed on satmwood. Hep-plewhlte's furlllture was light and elegant Its pnnclpal beauty was m the shape and color, the draw111g and color were both emphaSIzed by bandlllgs of wood following the outlllle and contrastlllg in color with the rest of the pIece HIs furmture is SImple and practtcal Sheraton's work resembled that of hIs contemporaries, but was more onglllal A great variety of furmture was made by all of them The EmpIre style lllfluenced desIgners to the detnment of furmture The strong drawing of the early Hanovenan penod was lost W ritlllg tables became spmdley and unsteady, and so small as to be cramped. The book is Illustrated V\ith excellent drawings of the dIfferent periods and styles in English furniture showing the developments of each period for better or worse. 14 "" E 1~1, L \ \ l\ 1 1 '" \ " Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, cata-logues illustrating, pricing and describing the Quick Selling Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Association will be forwarded. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes. Wardrobes, Chlftonlers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in Imitation golden oak, piam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Foldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and LIbrary Cases. I THE CLOBE FURNITURE CO, t Manufacturers of SIdeboards m plam oak, ImItatIOn quartered oak and sohd quartered oak, Chamber SUItes, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIf-fOniers In ImItatIOn quartered oak, Imitation mahogany and ImitatIOn golden oak. THE BOCKSTECE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dinmg and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, WIre Springs and Cots. Made b) The Karges Furnilure Co \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN I III II III IIIIII II II, III ,I II f •t t,• II ,II I•f IfI IIIf I,II ,,• ,II III Made b\ Bockslege Furllllule Co. Made by Globe f< urmlme Co Made by Bockslege Furlllture Co Made by World Furllllure Co ----~-_._--...... ..- .. . ------ --_.._-.. PUBL.ISHED E:VERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPT'ION $1 eo PER YEAR IN ALL COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL Ur.ION $1 50 PER YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS. MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOIO THE WEEKLY ARTISAN Due respect for its readers requires the Michigan Artisan to explain why it has been changed from a semi-monthly to a weekly publication. The explanation IS not difficult. The material available for a monthly or semi-monthly furniture journal is divided among fifteen or twenty publications. Any-thing in the line of news must be stale before it can be used in a monthly or semi-monthly, therefore the supply of good material is limited and it is difficult fOl each and all to obtain exclusive or original matter. For a weekly the supply of mate-rial is much greater-the field is not crowded or overworked. News matter can be used in a weekly before it becomes stale, and with advantage and benefit to both readers and pubhshers. Confronting these conditions the publishers of the Artisan decided to abandon the semi-monthly field, where from neces-sity it was obliged to devote much space to discussions of economic subjects and trade topics, and enter the weekly field, where the paper can be filled with live news matter, thus making it more valuable and much more interesting to readers. The end of the first \Iv eek 111the Grand RapIds mal ket fine" all of the exhIbIts complete Even those who never get then goods to market in time to be hsted 111the BUlld111g Dnec-tories are ready at thIS wnt111g. All of the ExhIbItion BuIld-ings, with the exceptIOn of the Leonard BuIld111g, have been compelled to refuse admisSIOn to a number of manufacturers whose apphcatIOns were receIved after the mIddle of June The Leonard Build111g thIS season shows but one hne-that of the Brown & SImonds Co of Somerville, Mass ThIS ex-hIbIt IS prov111g a strong draw111g card, first, on account of the excellence of the hne of d111111gtables there dIsplayed. and second, on account of the fact that the company has per-fected a patented lock111g devIce, also a patented knock-down construction whIch appeals very strongly to both the furl11ture dealer and to dil11ng table makers Mr Leonard has receIved calls from a number of manufacturers who contemplate show- 111gtheIr exhibIts 111hIS bUIld111gnext January The number of outsIde exhIbItors showing 111the Grand RapIds market this season IS larger than ever before The market acquiSItIOns 111the way of new hnes are 111the ma111of the better medmm-grade-such lines as the furniture trade naturally assign to the Grand Rapids market Needless to say that the exhIbIt as a whole constitutes by far the most com-plete exposItIOn of furl11ture ever shown PractIcally every department of furl11ture mak111g IS represented 111such a way as to completely cover the sub1ect The separatIOn of the exhIbIts 111tothe classes of goods shown discloses the follow- 111gnumber of exhIbItors Chamber FUIl11ture 42 KItchen Fur11lture 4 Chans and Rockers 26 LIbrary Furl11ture 41 Com ertible Furl11ture 5 Metal Furl11ture 6 D111111gFur11lture 27. Morns and Recl111111gChaIrs 6 Fancy Fur11lture 11 MISSIOn Fur11lture 7 Fancy Tables 11 Office FurnIture 6 Hall Fur11lture 6 Summer and Porch Furniture 6 Upholstered Furl11ture 11 MIscellaneous and novelty hnes about 25 ThIS enumeratIOn does not take into consIderatIOn the dIf-ferent kInd'i of goods made by many manufacturers except 111 the case of LIbrary 1< url11ture ThIS table practically amounts to count111g only one l111eof goods to each manufact-urer \;\Then It IS remembered that there are many hnes shown whIch embrace two or more kinds of goods, It wIll readIly be seen that 111fact there are many more exhIbIts in the vanous k111ds of furnIture than the figures enumerated above ThIS computatIOn I'i entIrely exclUSIve of the l111esmade 111Grand RapIds In refel ence to the Grand RapIds hnes, It can truth-tully be saId that the usual progre'is has been made, and that the manufacturers have demonstrated theIr abIbty to cont111ue the hot pace whIch they have heretofore mainta111ed. The fact that the open111g day of the season was four days later than It was a year ago seems to have proven perfectly satisfactory to all concerned A companson of the number of buyers whIch attended the exposItIOn last year and thi::. indI-cates that the attendance tor the penod before the 'Fourth of July thIS year wIll aggregate about the same for numbers as It dId last year, when thIS penod was four days longer. The four days' conceSSIOn on the part of Grand Rapids manu-facturers 111the opemng date wIll no doubt be the means of afford111g consIderable economy to the outsIde exhIbitors, as It shortens the pellod of expense by about one-eIghth. A good many of the out"Ide exhibItors have evidently come to the conclUSIOn that the bus111ess whIch they have heretofore taken from the buyers who come to market before the Fourth of July has not ]u;,tified the expense 111cident to 100k111gafter thIS part of the bus111ess, consequently a rather large number of manufacturers made no effort to get theIr hnes ready before July 1, and very few of them are due to arnve 111Grand Rapids until the fifth of July QUIte a number of salesmen dId not arrn e on the scene untIl July 1 Quickness is a valuable asset for a business man, but quick-ness should be preceded by certainty. The way to win trade IS usually a deliberate, earnest, solid sort of progreSSIOn. First see the thing you aIm at and then go after it quickly l\lanufacturers of upholstered furmture compla1l1 of the dIffi-culty of obtaining and keeping upholsters on account of the steady growth of the automobl1e industry. Why not petition congress to remove the alien laws on upholsterers? WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 ---------------------- - . -----_._----_._--_ ..-----. .. ..-- .- .- -----. I Sligh's Select Styles Sell and Satisfy Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom [ MedIum and Fme QualIty ] Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE co. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-_._---------------------_._--- ----- ..-- .-------------------------- .... Furniture Notes and News. A modern hotel wtll be erected III Cortland, Arizona. Alfred Johnson, a dealer in furniture in Sun Prairie, Wis., IS deceased. Macey Brothers have engaged III the sale of furmture at Yamhill, Ore. Andrew Carnegie has contributed ten thousand dollars toward the erectIOn of a lIbrary at EI Centro, Cal The Johnson Chair Manufacturing Company succeeds the Johnson Chair Company III Chicago The St. Manes, Idaho, Furlllture Company will soon take possession of a new store buildmg erected for their use. Bowden Brothers, furlllture and groceries, Brownwood, Texas, suffered a loss of $7,000 by fire recently Insurance $4,000 The Elks of Santa Barbara, Cal, will erect a lodge and club house, the Masons of Roswell, N. 'vV , a temple for the Masolllc order. It is reported that Corbett & Vangreason of Roff, Oklaho-ma, have filed a petition in bankruptcy. Their assets are estimated at $2,000 The foundation walls for a new furniture factory at Guth-rIe, Oklohoma have been laid and the superstructure will be completed with all dispatch The manufacture of furniture IS to be revived in Youngs-town, OhIO, by the stockholders of the Forsythe Pattern Com-pany. The factory has been shut down snce the panic of 1907. Frank Sheridan of Cleveland and other out-of-town capltahsts are interested in the reorganizatIOn. Chairs and furniture specialties will be manufactured. The Empire Furlllture Company, under the management of Bert McCloud have opened a stock of furnture III Monte-rey Cal. Goods wIll be sold on the lllstallment plan. The Mendlan (MIss) Furniture Company which has been shut down for several months, has resumed operatIOn. Ad· dltIonal capital wIll be employed and the factory enlarged. A report from LOUIsvIlle, Kentucky, represents that the Albin Company manufacturers of furmture, have filed a peti tIon in bankruptcy with lIabilItIes amountlllg to $17,139.48 The Standard Chair Company of Evansville, Ind , has been reorganized under the directIOn of F. J Reitz A factory has been leased and busl11e"s Will be resumed In the near future W tllIam Hartenstein, doing busl11ess 111 Youngstown, OhIO, under the name of the Grand Rapids Furlllture Com-pany IS clOSing out and wtll retire from bUSIness on account of ill health Work has resumed on the U S. Grant hotel In San Diego Cal. It Will cost SIX hundred thousand dollars. Traveling salesmen VISlt1l1g that CIty should bear 111 mmd the fact that furniture WIll be required for this house The New York burlap market IS reported qUIet-almost lIfeless. OWl11g to good prospects for the new Jute crop In IndIa lower prices are expected and buyers are inclined to postpone all orders except those necessary to meet present demands. SUGGESTIONS BY MR. WEGNER Methods of Paying Salesmen, One Line a Year and the Advertising ~fanagement. D 1\1 1\ el:;ner, of \\ egner Brother", who offered anum ber of tOpIC" dt the begmn1l1g of last "ea"on whIch brought out some \ er) helpful talk;, on the part of dealer;, 111all part-> of the cOl111tr} '3ald he had been so hu,,} \'11th a h\ ely sprmg and "ummer season that he had not had tnne to gl\ e to th111k- 111gup new tOpIC;' Still hI" suggestlOn" of 1d"t "ea"on \\ lth the resultant dlscu,","lOn;, hMI Leen hlghl) henehClal to h1111and he beheved he had a few thoughts to advance tal the con-templat10n of hIS fellow dealer;, II h1ch mIght he mutua11} lJene ficla1 "The bIg men 111thc ..,ell111gend at the i Ull11t1.11e game those connected \\ 1th the fdct011e", "aJ(l Ilr \\ eg Ilel \\ or k almost eAc1usl\Tely upon a commlS'olon bd">l:-> I knOll ot olle man tra\elmg from thl" Cl1\ \\ho IS currently lep01ted to ha,e an mcome of $lX,OOO a ) edl from hIS \'lark He a","'uredl} 1" a bIg money maker, \\ hethel the $18,000 IS the actual figUl e 01 not Now thl'3 IS a man \\ ho IS placttcalh 1111msl11ess f01 h111 self, and neIther he nor any other man 111hIS c1a"s II auld con- SIder f01 one moment a straIght salary oftel Lil"e the man ufacturers sell111g forces thIS comml"S10n bas1s 1'0becom1l1g a more genel a1 thmg WIth the 1etader deale1 s who a1e conc1uct111g houscs of any S1ze and especIally 1:'>thIS true of tho"e \\ ho do d general house furm'oll1ng busl11ess It I;' true \\ 1th us dm1 as I all11 to keep m touch \\lth all that affects m) Ime of 1HI"- mess I know It to be tI ue of a large percentage of fellO\\ dealers. "Nelthcr myself or others :'>0far a'3 I knO\\ depend saleh upon the comm1""1On baSI" fOl the I emuneratlOn at Oul se1Img forces The stI a1ght comm1,,'lOn 1" confined to se\ el al of our 111gh grade salesmen, the top notchers as 1t were They ha\ e the call upon all bus111e"s whIch comes to the store The) would no more thlllk oi accept111g a "d1ar) 01 ..,ald!) and commIssIon than would the h1g Sell111g agent" of the mdl1l1- facturers whIch IS the text for thIS talk Othe1 s at our men are upon a "alaI \ and COllllll1""10n lJa"J", the JOll11e1 bClI1g JIl the naturc of a gua1antee to care for then 11\111g c\.pense:'> whde thev are buhehng up a chentele whICh \\ dl make the "tra1ght C0111m1%1Onthe UlOle profitdh1e .stdl othel.., an 1 they naturally the beg111ners of unknown db1htv 111thc selhllg hne are gettmg the straIght salary 0:"ow thIS offers a tOpIC for (om1del at10n on the part of m\ fellow 1etad furl11t1.11e dealers and home f1.11m"her:,>m partIeu1a1 "How do you pay yom salesmen, sa1ar) and comm1S"10n 01 ..,tra1ght COJl1Jlllss1On) L pon \\ hat ba"Js do } au figure that comm1SS1On and what \ olume of sales "hou1d a capable. average salesman t1.11n111tOthe store In the cour"e of a year) \\ h1ch do you con'3lder the mo"t effectIve way of produc111g busll1es" and whIch the mo..,t vdluable to the sdle'3man, the customer and the house) "I believe a lot of mtere.,tmg and 'aluable mformatIon can be adduceQ through th1" selle" at que~tlOn'i I belIeve the really efficient salesman WIn rehsh any change m bU'3mes" methods whIch \\ oull1 eIther gn e h11n d straIght commlSS1On, a'oslllmg propel compemat10n for hIS trade pullmg ablhty or at least the com1111S"lon \11th a faIr guraantee to tIde over th,c dull months of the year The drones would not care for an} such change but the hve man who IS of value to the house and to hU11'3elf cel taml) II ould In m) opmlOn ThIS behef 1" h<hecl upon m) 0\\ n pel "anal expenence \nothel tOpIC may not finu favor m some quarter", the quen a" to ho\\ many dealer'i are favorable to one hne a year It JS not absolutely essentIal there should be but one sale a year although I do th111k thIS would he ohnoxJOus to the man-ufactll1 ers and the t1 ade at large Each) ear It IS becommg mOI'e appa1 ent the retaI1 sellmg sea-on IS largely confined to the fall anu hohday penoel WIth the buymg m the "pnng months bec0111111gles" and Ie"" vV1th but one Ime a year the dea1el \\ ho tJe" up hIS money m stock has a much longer penod 111\\ h1ch to dIspose of the goods It IS true the styles ha \ e shO\, n 410 I ad1cdl change" for a number of years past but thel e IS no tellmg when the} wIll do so and WIth radIcal chan~e.., hahle to C0111etWIce a }edr we should rather have our ,'\ 01k cut out for u:-> "In Gl and RapIds the CIVIC"p111t of progress IS uppermost In the m111ds of an 11\ e cItIzens The CIVICreVIval of a year dgO ha" been an awakcmng factor for the commumtIes of the entlfe country \"\ e ha\ e taught others through our own 1110\e111ent man) thmgs whIch WIll serve to make the re:'>- pectl\e cItIes hetter places m \"hlch to lIve \Ve can Just as 1 cacl1h leal n ft 0111other" as they £lom us dnel I should hke to hale the dealer" quenec1 as to what IS takmg place along such lmes In the11 0\\ n home" and how the11 C1tl7cns vIew the fO! \\ al cl mo\ emell t " \lh eJ tJ,",lJl~ I" ah\ d) '3 a hve tOpIC no matter how much It lIas becn d1"'Cll"..,ed III the pa"t The u"e of cui'> 1'3becol11mg mOl c and more a most Important Item in att! actmg the at-tentIon of the lonsumel to \\ hat you have to after It IS my c'\.penencc that "tacK cuts are of lIttle if any value You 111U.,tpI esent a cut VI hlch is the fac sl11111eof the goods you ha\ e for ~ale and when} au get the customer 111 the store don't trv to sell hIm Just as good, but be prepared to gIve hll11 the gooch vou have adverbEled dnd Illu:'>trated and at the pnce pro- 111l--eel Your aeh II t1Sl1l~ matter must be dependable, 1t must bl ab"olutlll truthful The only permanent busll1es'3 IS buIlt lip on "quare c1edlm~ and absolute honesty Thl" apphes lu"t a~ fulh to \ am alh e1tlsmg matte1 as It doe., to \Ollr spoken 1\ ord f01 the del, e1tISll1g dec1dratlOn IS the \ o'ce of the housc dnc1 h "0 taken h\ the 1earler I should hke to know ho\'l mam dea1e1" a1e US111g'3tock cuts for IllU'itratlOn and ho\\ mam are spend1l1g money for the cut'i that repesent the ac-tual goods they are offering upon any occasion "I belIe\ e that Jf you get answers to all of these you wdl have hrought out a lot of op11110ns and expresslOns dunng the "eason whIch wl1l pro\ e of hIgh value to the trade of the \\ E E h L 1: i\ RTIS ~ 1\ r-------- ----_._._._------------------------- _----------------------------- -- . Il II IIII II ••I III III I I.._----------------------------------- ------.--- The season for banquets IS now here Our Banquet Table Top IS just the thing for banquets. country ThIs I take It IS the mISSIon of the Dally ArtIsan-Re-cord for I know It has brought thlOugh ItS lllterV1e\\" III the past a lot of mformatlOn valuable to my-;elf dnd m) brother dealers" Heavy Sales of Lodge ~Furniture One pecuhar thlllg about the busllle'os conchtlOns of the past ) ear and a half 01 two year-; 1" the fact that the 1e seems to ha \ e been no let-up III the bullchng of 10dfSe houses f01 fra-terndl and benevolent SOClet1e" Lodges seem to ha \ e flOUl- 1shed hke the pnn erL1al £;1een hay tree The Masons, Elks, KnH~hts of PythIa", Odd Fello\\ sand 'oC01es of frdternal lllsurance "oClelles hay e been lllCreaS1l1g by leaps and bounds As a 1e-;ult the bUllchng of homes to house those bodIes has been "ometh111g a'otounchng All hay e had to hay e furl11ture, and man) a factory ha" been kept bom£; by Its 01der'o for lodge furmture The old hou"es ale st1l1 at It, \\hlle many a new RIchmond 1" III the runl11ng Among the mo<;t 1ecent to ~---------------------------------------- ..... Sh61huvill6 D6Sk 60. SHELBYVILLE, IND. MANUFACTURERS OJ<' = OFFIGE = FURNITURE, WrIte for latest catalogue ..-~-~~._._.------------------------------------------- ~----_._._._._------------... OUR LARGE NEW LINE OF CIty Salesroom. 4th floor, Blodgett BId g. III I III IIII .- I .. DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prIces and qualIty are consIdered. Stow & Davis Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -----_._._._._. _. _. -_._._._._._. _._.-_.------.-. ente1 the hst 1'0the Ford and Johnson Company of ChIcago, who secured the contract f01 the new ~cottI<;h RIte Temple at n Ii\, ayne, Tnd The Stebb1ns & \Vllhelm Company 1<; al"o dOln£; 'oomethmg along thIS Ime, whlle dll the old hou"e" a1e \ ery dctn e Amon~ these dre the Rettlllg Furn1tUl e Company, S Ka1pen and Bro::" L \V OU ),Ianufactunng Company. A B & E L Sha\\ Company and others Bes1de the regula1 regaha houses who bulld furl11ture, dre M C L1lle) and COmpdn) of Columbu". Hender'oon Ames and Com-pan) dnd Ihllllg BlOthe1s &. E\e1a1d of Kdlama7oo, and other" "\lVe'll get It for you," "ays the salesman to the custome1, when asked for an artIcle not 111stock That's the way to talk It sounds good It shows the customer that here IS a store wh1ch may not be as large as some, but whIch lacks none of the faC1ltties for secullng whatC\ er the custome1 may deSIre It cult1vates confidence and 111sp1res respect It 1Sthe way to do ------------------------------------------~ IIII II IIIII II I I II I . • • •• .• _4 19 .'-" 20 \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN FROM THE NEW LINE OF NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN ". ... - ...-- ---------- - -- ..... - . '" --.- - -------~ We offer you 500,000 feet of Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer to select from, personally if you wish. We cut to size, when desired, I Yellow Poplar ~ Birch Crossbanding and have log run widths and lengths always in stock. Did you ask for Poplar and Gunl Drawer Bottoms We have them, machine dried. And the Old Reliable Irish ~ Land leI Glue Imported and always in stock. Walter Clark Veneer Company II 535 Michigan Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I ....... - _. ---- .. ... .... ...... ----.. . . . ....... . ... ... ... _.. ----...-.-.---. ...... ..... t 21 22 \\ EELL\ SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Selling Methods Changing. Nothmg warms the cockles of the a, erage keen buslnl'-,'-, man's heart so much as to take up a pi 0po~ltlOn m a snapp), Impersonal, expedient way with a keen man" ho knm' s "hat he IS talkIng about and keeps his ,-"old close to the 1Ine and "ho gets up and goes when a defil11te result IS I cached, and who makes no attempt to "play" him personally The jI1stant that a man begins to use 111':;goo Q,'oo e) es 111';bunch ot loke--- and his "magnetism" to land an 01del, and 1.1 les the ma£; 1- clan's tnck of dlvel tlng attention fl0m the 1 eal, halll, mattel-of- fact Issue, that instant he start;, resentment 111the m1l1d of your keen, level-headed bus1l1ess man The whole scheme of salesmanship IS rapidly ch'l!1£;lnc; m thIS country, along these l111es That tI achtlOn of the last half century, the Jovial, St01y-telhng, entel ta1l1111g cal etull'. dressed dl ummer who meandered ll1S snl1hng way ft om town to town and blabbered hiS gel11al '" ay mto the hearts of the trade, is now fast becommg only a trachtlOn HIS place IS be-ing taken by the snappy, al gumentat1\ e sClentlficall'. tramed OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EXTENSION TABLES ARE BEST MADE BEST FINISHED VALVES All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Slock LENTZ TABLE co. NASHVILLE, MICH. tech11lcally expert salesman £lom "hom the trade aLtuJ.lly leal ns somethll1g fhe old mednt that a busll1e'-,s man 1 arely sa \\ salesmen unless he had time to waste or to be amused 01 ",I" 1.1 Ilkcd 111tOg 1\ Inc; ,l!1 1I1tervlew-now the keen hUS1I1ess man \\ c1lolllee, ,I lh,lnle to gl\ e a httle tunc to the keen qles-man \\ ho Cdn tell h1l11 someth1l1g new But he doesn't want ,my "good-fellow" paLlver passed out to 111m, he does not call' hm' the salesman looks, he has no time for Jokes or gOSSip, and no patience \\;Ith chplomatlc "magnetic" eflorts to play on IllS hohby 01 hiS va11lty The ne" 1) OIga11lzed \iVabash, Indiana, Cab111et company Ilds purlhased the plant of the old corporatIOn paymg $75,- 000 tOl the same '\ mortgage on the plant to secure a bond I%ue amountll1g to $200,000 has been filed Cl'. de L Kmg, formerly assoClated wlth]\l[ N Bllll1g~ 111 the turmture bus1l1ese, at ChJ111cothe, OhIO, has entered the emplo) of Pansh & Company, Columbus, OhIO ._~---_._---., I IIIIIIIII •I •II II II I III III I __________________ ~ _.....l.II ,,..-_._~----~------------------_._--- -~------- I,I I• •I,I ,II IIII II , I I~ . ..-_._.~---- WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE NO. 1018 BY SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 23 EDUCATING EMPLOYERS. At a recent meeting of a manufacturers' assoClatlOn a mem-ber, who is an employer of ~IX thou~al1d hands, saId "Outside of a few hIghly-standardIzed 111dustnes, I am con-vinced from statements by expert accountants and sY'item-atizers, and by my own observatlOn, that the productn e capacity of mechanics and laborers IS fully one-tlllrd belov\ what it could be under the leader'ihlp of effiCIent employ er'- and managers." If this i'i true, in any degree, It is not merely the personal affair of the manufacturer It IS a publIc calamIty, not only for the waste involved 111mIsdirected energy, but 111 the poor traimng receIved by young men who ~tart on theIr Careel'i 111 such establishments One of the foremost busll1es~ ,-ystematlzels. \\ ho has 111the last twenty years pulled scores of ~mall manufactunn~ and lPmmercial men out of ruts and started them upon the ne" road of efficient development, emphatIcally a'iserts that "The fact that a mechanIc or a store clerk has sa\ ed a lIttle money and started a bus111e'i'- tor hIm'ielf IS no 111dlcatlOn whatever of his abIlIty to do bU'i111e'3" Very often he knows nothIng but illS U'A< n partIculai '>peclalty The Important matters of efficIent equIpment, effectn e control of men. de-tailed accountIng and advanced method'i of advertrs111g anO sellmg br'ing entrrely beyond hIS knowledge and often be} ond his comprehenslOn Many such men meet with what may be called sucCess because It IS not absolute faIlure They hold their own because of tremendously hard work and grinding economy; but they are by no means gettIng the besl results out of themselve'i or their capItal or the men \\ 110 \\ Olk for them, because they don't know how" What IS often estImated as success is, In realIty, rank ulure when the opportunIties are taken Into conslderatlnn !,_ storekeeper In a small town had sold about the same lme 'f g-oods, and by the same methods for nearl} thIrty year'- 'lis total accumulation was the store and a resIdence; a Sl' trained m hIS father's ways must be mcluded Twenty mIle'i away ",as a larger town to which many shoppers went when they required a greater choice of goods than they could find at home Then a department store was opened by two bnght young graduate" of a great city store In two years they controlled the trade, kept the shoppers at home, and cleaned up a larger net profit than the old storekeeper had made IP his entire business career A manufactUler of picture frame moldings, employmg about one hundred hands, always lost hIS temper when his drummer called his attentUll1 to any new deSIgns or new material which he found on the road "I'm not paying you to tell me what to make!" he would exclaim petulantly; "I'm paying you to sell what I make" Of course this independence extended to his factory He was using old-fashlOned heavy shaftmg and pulleys, and wasting power, and much of his machinery was out of date. Production there was easily thirty to forty per cent below ItS pOSSIbility It IS In manufactunng, rather than in distnbutlOn, that wasteful, ineffiCIent methods cause a loss to the whole country. as well as to the owner of the factory. The man who IS burning five tons of coal where four tons would do the work is wasting a natural resource. The employer who secures only seventy or eighty per cent of the possible productivity of his employees I~ caUSIng as great a loss to the natron as the farmer who raIses only fifteen bushels of wheat to the acre on land \\ hlch could yield twenty-five bushels. Intensive farming IS attractmg the WIdest attentlOn and the most urgent encour-agement; but mtensive manufactunng IS a term whIch the \\ nter has never yet seen m print, not heard, except from piofesslOnal business systematizers StIll, It IS being practiced In many of the larger plants, and the dIrectors of others are bemg constantly aroused to the pOSSIbIlIties of far greater output from expenSIve eqUIpment than they are now obtaIning. To secure thIS an expert me-chaIncal engIneer IS sometImes called In He WIll probably rearrange the entire plant, so as to faCIlItate the handlIng of material He may also regulate the speed of machines, and thus effect large saVIngs III the amount of power used. Some-tImes, again, an expert accountant is engaged, who devises a system of detal1ed shop-accounting which WIll indicate, InfallIbly, leakages as well as profits And agaIn, a factory "ystematIzer may be secured who WIll mtroduce methods of paYIng hands by pIece work. or bonus systems which WIll encourage stronger, steadIer and more Intelhgent effort In fact. It IS on labor that by far the greatest gam has been made m large plants a twenty to forty per cent mcrease m output, Vii lthout an) Increa~e of labor cost, hemg no uncommon result of the mtroductlOl1 of ~cIentIfic and broad-minded wage systems The introduction of these specialists or educators mto a manufactunng orgamzation means nothmg more nor less than the educatIon of the executIves m new and ad\ anced methods ,... . ._~~-----~---~ Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GHO. SPRATT f5 co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. :No. 592. \\ L h ~ L Y ~---------_.._- ...--------------_ ... III••• II III I \R"IIS\K 25 ---------------------_ ....---------------------------------~ RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" -the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND, INDIANA •I I -------------------------------------- ...-----------------------------_ ..-._----~ I '--------- -lll llltenSl\ e manufactunng. But very often the efforts III thIs dlrectlOn are nulhfied by the antagomstIc attitudes of the pt.pds. An engmeer of hIgh reputatIOn, but whose prac-tice for some years has consIsted almost entirely of developmg higher efficiency m eqUlpment and men, makes a statement regardmg hIS expenence which IS here presented 111 his o~ n words' "The modern shop or mdu'itnal orgamzatlOn IS an evolu-tion from the pnm1tIve shop of one hundred years ago, m whIch the maste1 wa'i supreme SlmJlar organizatlOn eXIsted m the allTIleS and navIes, all of these belllg lme orga11lzatlOns "Pilotage fir"t, and later steam, forced the 'itaff as an ad- Junct to the hne upon "ea-golllg ve<;'iels It wa'i \ on YIoltke'" greatest claim to tdme that he forced staft "kill on the Pn1s<;lan hne and demonstrated that It would work" "Amen can and other mdustnal enterpnses are, as yet, deficient in staff \Vhde real staff does not dIsplace lme, It knows, momentanly, more than the lllle; the pilot bemg an example No pdot can force a captalll to enter any given port, but", hen the captalll deCldes to enter that pOlt, he must, for the time, defer to the staff 'ik111of the pJlot a" to what channel he 'ihall follow "Most managers m shops and othe1 mdustnal undertakings have not grasped this Idea of staft hm1tatlOn", staff scope and staff authonty. They resent the assumptlOn that any staff member can know more than they do about theIr own busi-ness They object to his exerc1smg any authonty, and even when th1" authonty IS exerClsed, as It often can be through the lllle offiClals, the later 1e"erve to themselves the nght to pass on the value and practIcab111ty of staff requests "Lllle managers, as a rule, OWlllg to their m1Stlllderstandlllg of staff methods and staff conventions, cannot get over the Idea that there IS personal disgrace to them"elves III adm1ttlllg that anyone else can produce better results; personal dIsgrace III acceptIng any man's plans; partIculady personal dIsgrace III allowmg hettel re'iults to follow the apphcatlOn of these plans "Some of m} personal expenences are a<; follows, each one referring to a different plant '1 T wa'i appomted pre"ldent's assistant m a plant manu-factU1mg a speCIalty which was ne", to me The local man-ager remarked to hIS men that It would not take hun long to 'make a monkey of thIS butter-m ' "2 After an mten 1e~ WIth the board at directors and offiCials, at whIch the pos'olbdlty of a twenty-five pel cent reductlOn 111co"t was outlmed, the supenntendent 1emal ked 'It WIll be a gleat dl'igTace to u" If we allo~ any such re'itlIt to be atta111ed by tim, man' "3 I ",as appomted on the pres1dent''i staff The man-ag er under hIm y\atched for any hlllts and 111stantly put mto effect changes before deta1l'i could be conSIdered "4 I ~as on the Hce plesldent'" staff The 'iupermtend-ent under lum-wlth an office fiye hundred nule" away-ob-jected to any sugge"tlOn of mme to any worke1 as to the angle at whIch a tool ou~ht to be ground or set, unless my 1ecommendatlOn had first been submItted to hIm m wntmg and approved offiClally That th1" would have taken several month'i, and m mo"t ca'ies hay e been refused, and that the thousand W10ng method'i could never hay e been corrected m th1'i manner YVd.'; a small nutte1 to hIm. compared to the ap-parent afflOnt to hIS "Upl emacy "5 ;\ supenntendent v\ho;-,e 'ihop method ... we were e'\.- peeted to reorga111Le stated, In conference, that hiS ldea of the proper way to effect betterment was to gn e hIm a g ene1 al ldea of what was wanted and let him "elect asslstants and determine what method 'ihould be adopted, and how they should be 111stalled "6 Some cases are almost pathetiC "\ manager had been at the head of a plant fOI twenty yea1 s For the same output I recommended a reductIOn In force of twenty per cent He said that he would take thIS 1ecommendatlOn under adv1 'ie-ment; that he dId not th111k we understood the conditIons; that he was responsIble, that he would have to be shown first Nothmg was done for seve1 al weeks \\ e were then gIven authonty by the pre;-'ldent of the company to act, and the force was rapJ(ll} reduceel forty per cent, the pi om1;-,ed economle ... were effected, the manager ",vas dIscredIted, and now hiS su-penor officers a1e wondenng how many hundred thousand dollars the firm lost dunng the twenty years of the supenn-tendent's control The supermtendent did not play hIS own 26 II EEKL\ \RTISA)J FurnIture Bu) er:o and the l\Iach111e 1\ hlch Cal ned 1hem trom II a"hlllgtOl1, J3altlmore and PhIladelphia to Grand Rapid;;, Dnvlng-Mr H E l\Ieyel, \\ ash111gtolJ, D L Front '-"eat- \Ir E T Tremble\, Baltlmore Center Seat-D H Low-man. PhIladelphia Rear Seat-Mr S "\ Gusdloff BaltImore game wl'3el} He should ha\ e ",ald Here ale nel\ metho I., only recently come mto eXI.,tence and T 1\ elcome the chance to apply them' 'vVhen we saId t\\ ent\ pel cent reductIOn he should have urged at once try mg thlrt\ per cent, 01 ha\ e accepted twenty per cent and forced alom~ to fort \ pel cent thus provmg hImself the man of greatel COUlage, bettel Judg-ment and supenor executn e abIllt} " Although SImIlar mstances are related h\ e\ en expert engmeer, accountant or adJu'3ter \\ Ith \\ horn I ha\ e had the opportu111ty to talk-and the\ are mam -It IS not Intended to convey the ImpressIOn that all or e\ en a large proportIon ot executives assume thIS attItude In fact, In the great estab-hshments these men are usually very receptlve to ever} sug-gestIOn of betterment proces:"es They are the men who read closely and under:otandmgly the trade and sClentlfic htel ature and the} keep m",tantl} alert to the slIg-hte'3t change" ot man-agement or policy One of the great COmpa111e'3 whIch emplo} s t\\ enh -hI e thousand hand." has a lerlger account deSIgnated EducatlOIJ It aggregates many thousands of dollar;;, \ earh expended In :"end1l1g ItS supenntendents and as'3Istants It engmeers and department ChiefS, to conventIOns and to mspectIOns of other plants, often m entIrely dIfferent lInes at manufacture A lIbrary IS ma1l1ta1l1ed WIth a salaned lIbranan, whose duty It IS to tabulate and 1I1dex ever) magaLme artJc1e, and e\ en par-agraphs whIch have any beanm; upon facton opel atIOns This 1I1dex and the magaz1I1es are open to the executl\ e", e\ en down to the ;;,ub-foremen E\ ery summer a small pal t) of the high offiCIals and eng1l1eels IS :oent to England and Gelmany on a tour of mvesbgatIOn '-,tllh method., pal The president of that company ha", ne\ el been heard to lament the lack of good men; and, 1I1CI-dent all) , dUllllg twenty -five) eal s of Its eXIstence, no serious lahar dI'3turbance has occurredmlts plants That IS the hroad gauge of manufactunng The nano\', ~am;e IS era\\ ded WIth small men to whom the fine develop-ments of productIOn, dlstnbutIOn, eqmpment and by-products al e unknown To them, detaIled shop accountmg IS but red tape, eost reductIOn begm;;, and ends WIth wage-cutt1l1g Sell- 1I1g b\ JUdICIOUSad\ ertlsmg, attractIve lIterature and effectl\ e folIo\', -up S}stems IS sneel ed at as bemg theoretJcal and cum-hersome Offenng an extra fi\ e per cent dIscount IS the way they land customers These men resent, sometJmes wrath-fully. the suggestIOn that any outsIder can gIve them pomts I They assert that the) kno\\ thell busmess and pay theIr bIlls, and the .,lHshte'3t hl1Jt at 1mprOl ement IS denounced a" Im-pertmence ~ manufactllrel of fl1rmtul e had at some tIme dunng 111'3 <- a 1eLl run an 0'3" a phra'ic \\ hlch :"tuck by hllTI Addmg a negatn e II Ith the 'iame dI"reganl of ac1apta1)llIty whIch chaI-actenzed hIS management he \\ ould turn down any sugge"tIOn for Improvement-even from 111'3foreman-wIth the bland assertIOn "The conclItIOns of no two factones are rarely alIke !" He dIed, and a '3tock company wa'3 orgal11zed to contl11ue the busl11es'i The new manager, a brIght) oung man tral11ed 111 one of the great Grand RapIds factOrIes, found to hIS dl'i-may ab;;,olutel} nothl11g 111the '3hape of shop aecount111g The bookkeeper-an old young man and a deep student of con-servatIOn of encrgy, whIch he pelsonally applIed-could enter I WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-~'~~~~-F~~N~1~~~':E~:-1 [I "~'~~DViONUFOA~~~:~~China Closets I I I Buffets I, I I' I SPECIAL TIES Bookcases ! ~1.\~?PE.gQUAR. OAK VEN EERS ! , MAHOGANY VENEERS I I , I , I HOFFMAN ! II BROTHERS COMPANY I, 804 W. Main St., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA , I I l ~----------------------------------------------~ ~---------_ _----------- . ~ G~~n~.~-.~pi;~~as t~';~"~.~...~·::·'llll~-·-- -----.. ------------- ---- ---------- .. 2 Parkwood Ave. Grand Rapids Mlch , I j , II •I ,I I' I I I I I I , I I I I I II I We lead 10 Style, Confirudlon and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhIbI-tion 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids ,,- We are now pnttlllg out the best Caster Cups wIth cork bases ever offeree to the trade. These are fimshed 111 Golden Oak and WhIte Maple 1Il a lIght fimsh These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar. PRICES Size Zji lllches ... $400 per hundred ~:"zeZ%:lllches 5 00 per hundred ~_.T_ry -a-S_am.p._le 01der FOB Grand Rap,ds .._------ ...... _------ figures and foot them up correctly. All that the previous manager had reqUIred \\ d-, thdt the cash book '3hould balance The monthly totals WLre entered 111the ledger under the general head of Disbursement'-., the Items of expense, matenal, and wages be1l1g lumped togethel Thel e were absolutely no cost statistics The new manager had to Il1dke an entirely new start, but 111 two years he had doubled the output \\ lthout any 1l1crease 111 power 01 eqUlpment Tn a MaIne vlliage is a modest woolen mlll whICh has been operated by steam for twenty-eIght years The propnetor own'3 a farm within a mile of the mIll Across this farm runs a rapId stream, the outlet of two lakes havmg a total area of over twenty thousand acre" And although he knew there wa., water power there he dId not know untIl recently that he CI'uld turn that power 111tOelectnc current and WIre It across to hI~ mlll The knowledge dId not come from an} techl11cal readmg, nor dId It come from mve~tI~atlon of other plants He ne\ er left hIS \ dlage except for an annual \ ISlt to hIS '3ellmg agents at Boston and a little JOy trIp among the theaters It IS not unusual for a man's e} es to be opened by a popular magazme or newspaper, though he would never subscribe to a trade 01 techmcal Journal A door and sash manufacturer had reached d pomt whel e he reqUIred more power An ad\ ertlse-ment of a power-transmIssion System m thIS maga7ine at-tracted hIS attentIOn, chIefly because of ItS unusual em Iron-ment He sent for and received some excellent descnptlve literature and decided to try the system, whIch consIsted of 27 Plonrm Manufadurin~ (om~any rIII ,I II ,ItI I,II I,I I I I, I I III II •I I.I Dl1;'l'ROIT, MICH. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts W l Full lwe shown only __~_~:~a:~~ ~__ a rearrangement of modern hne-shafting and pulleys. The elim111atlOn of unnecessary friction gave him sufficient power to run tV'.enty-five per cent more machinery, whIch was all he then wanted Here agaIn was a conservation of a natural resource-power from coal It is highly probable that the attentIon of small employers IS frequently drawn to better methods of and apphances for busmess by the magazme which reaches the home, rather than by that one which reaches the office There appears to be a certam state of m1l1d which 111duces a man obsessed by self-suffiCIency to lIsten indulgently to a layman when his antag-on'sm would be instantly aroused by a profeSSIOnal Tt ha" been SCIentifically demon"tI ated that tl1e clouds of black smoke emeIgmg from the factor) stacks mean coal gOlllg to wa'te Flnng by well tramed men \\111, and does, effect alar se a \ lng, but the common practlce 1'3 to take a lumper from the,} ard.., make a chalk mark on the steam gauge at whIch he I" to hold ..,team, and anothel on the water gauge at whIch he IS to hold water, then order hIm to shovel away and earn his dollar-se\ enty-five I The ne\\ manager of a great bndge con~tructlon plant effected a savmg of thIrty pel cent 111 coal con'3umptlOn by the SImple process of convmc1l1g hl'3 ast011lshed firemen that the less work they dId the bIgger pay they would receIve ThIS was theIr first mtlmatlon that qualIty, rather than quantity, was desirable m the art of shoveling coal On one of the dlvi<;lOns of the Northern PaCIfic Railroad 28 \\ EEKL" ------.-..-._----- - ... - ----------------------- _.-._._-------_._---_ ..-.--_. --lOUR LINE OF-- CHINA CLOSETS BUFFETS AND BOOKCASES is more complete and up-to-date than ever before. Samples shown in Chicago only, 1319 Michigan Ave., Manufact-urers' Exhibition Bldg., first floor, opposite elevator. In charge of exhIbit· F. P. Fisher, N. P. Nelson. Ferd Luger. \ \RTJS-\;'; .- ---~ I I••• I II I ---------------------~I Rockford Standard Furniture Company, Rockford, Illinois ~--_._--_.-._.-_._-----_. _. --------------- --- as large a sav111g has been effected by e"tabhsh111g a tray el111~ lecture car for firemen and awardmg pn7es for result-, For a quarter of a century It ha" been practJcalh demon- ~trated that at lea~t ten Del cent more lumbe1 can be "eel'l cd from a glVen run of 1m;" 1)\ the hanel-sa\\ than by the circular But, except 111the larger mdl", lumbe1 1S bemg cut today b\ the wasteful circular or gang-saw Three-e1ghths of an mch of good lumber 1S turned 111to sawdust for every one-mch hoard cut It has choked "treams and anmhllated fish In view of the rap1d denl'datIon of the fore"ts this waste 1:0 a natJOnal calam1ty It is generally a"sumed that 1f a man keep~ thE: wheels tUfl1lnJ:; rl'1d ]Jay" hi" 1)\11., he knows hiS busme~" Dut 111 many 01 the small e~tablI~hment." If mterest on capital and a pelcentage for depreClatJOn were chan;ed up, there would be nothing shown for the propnetor'~ or manager''i salary Or, If h1s salary were chan;ed up. there ~ auld be nothmg fOl mterest on cap1tal and depreCiatiOn It 1" all deSignated "profit" and If It 1-, there. no mdttel 110\\ .,mall. he keep" hI" head above V\atel anel IgnOle., the PIOhdhlht\ of la1~e1 1etUln" by better method., To such a man the substItntlOn of a hu;hh -effiClent ma-chll1e for an out-of-date one mean" pay 111lSfor It out of hi" annual mcome, and that 1'0hke hay II1g a tooth pulled without an anaesthetiC The resulb of apparently \ er) .,hght 1mplO\ emenh 111hn"l-nes~ method'i al e otten mal \ elou., T\\ 0 01 three ll1"tallcc" are selected ham a lar~e lJumher, d1leA\ hecan.,e they 1elate to comparatively small e",tabhshment., The propnetor of an Ind1ana wagon factor} sou£;ht the adV1ce of an e"pert upon a method of elimmatll1e; V\a.,te on lumbe1, \\ hlch he felt sure eX1sted but could not locc>te A standard schedule wa" drawn up, fixmg the exact amount of matenal necessary fOJ each job, and a stock clerk \\ as en-gaged, \\ hose dut} 1t V\as to measure out accurately the re-ql11red quant1tIe" a., called fOJ from da} to day 111 the shop The re"ult \\ as a "a\ m~ of tweh e per cent of h1gh-grade oak and hlckon -a total of el~hteen thou.,and dollar., for the fi1st year In a mach111e shop where two hundred and hfty hand" were emplo} erl, men had to go to the tool 100m £OJ dnlh d1e" and other small tools and part-, a., 1eqUired b} the \ anOll~ Job" they had 111hand Thl" meant a wdlk acro-.-. a laH;-e .,hop and £lequently 'ic\eral ml11utes' \\alt ~whIle the tool clerk wa" at-tend1l1g to othe1" \ new"} .,tem wa" deVised by which the VIorkman recen ed, with h1., Job OJdel dnd bluepnnt, a basket contal11lI1g all the necessary tools and parts tor the work As a \ er) effiClent tIme-check1l1g 'iystem was 111 operatIOn 1t was ea,,\ to figure the time say ed b} the ne,\ plan It amounted to 0\ er -.e\ en per cent ] n t11l" ",hop, a '0 111 mam ot hel., w hcre the eqUlpment I~ not abnormally e\.pen"nc, the annual wa~e total VIas fully as la1ge as the cdp1tal employed Chere£ore, that seven per cent saV1l1g wa" eqlll\ alent to an extra ",e\ en per cent dividend on the capital -C::aturda\ E\ en1l1g Post Samuel :\Idler, a dealer 111 fU1111ture 1n Manon, Ohio, has made an assignment M1ller ownes real estate valued at $6,- 500, hut 11ls stock of furmture 1S of but little value Charles A. GallIgan has opened a branch furmture store in ~ ew Bedford, Mass vv EEKL Y ARTISAN SUBSCRIPTION OFFER TO FURNITURE =======================DEALERS·==================== Through our ability to dispose of a large number of these books we have been able to obtain a price which enables us to furnish this fine work on Decorating Show Win-dows and interiors and send the WEEKLY ARTISAN one year at the price of the book alone. The Regular Price of the Book is $3.50 The Subscription to the Weekly Artisan one year is 1.00 Total, $4.50 We will send the book, express paid and the Weekly Artisan for one year for $3.50 Address all orders and inquines to the WEEKLY ARTISAN, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Parties desiring to examine the book before purchasing may do so by forwarding $3.50 for price of book. If after examination it does not prove satisfactory, upon the return of the book, express charges paid, we will be pleased to return all of the $3.50 The book consists of over 400 pages, bound in cloth and is profusely illustrated. The two opening chapters of the book are reproduced on another page of this issue. PRIZE CONTEST The Weekly Artisan will give away $32.50 in money each month for the best Window and Floor Displays of Furniture Contest open to both Subscribers and Non-Subscribers. Are you good at arranging window and floor displays? Then here's your opportumty to capture from $1.00 to $10.00 every month. Beginning with this number, the Artisan will conduct a series of prize contests for the best window and floor displays of furniture. The rules are simple. Anyone conducting a furniture store may enter the contests, the only pro vi-don being that each contestant must enter a GOOD plate of his exhibit and a brief description of how it was accomplished, especially where technical or mechanical contrivances are used in pI eparing the display. That is all. The decisions will be rendered by a committee selected for the purpose, and all awards will take into full considera-t10n the natural difficulties whIch it was necessary to overcome in order to produce the results shown. For instance, the small or medium sized stores will not have the advantages of the larger ones, and the excellence of the small store work will be judged accordingly. Thus all will have an equal opportunity and an equal chance in the distribution of prizes. 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize $10.00 7.50 5.00 4th Prize 5th Prize Next 5 $2.50 2.50 1.00 each Each month the winning dIsplays WIll be reproduced in the Weekly Artisan, which will afford an excellent oppor-tumty for readers to study each other's store methods. We aim to make these contests of more than monetary interest; they are designed primarily to stimulate superior effects in display and to offer a source of education along these lines. Good window and floor displays require serious study. The advertising value of well kept windows and floors cannot be over estimated. If you present to the multitudes who daily pass your windows, an attractive setting, you will arrest their attention and admiration, and while they may not draw every passerby into your store at once, they are nevertheless doing a helpful work, and one which pays in the long run. When space permits, it is a good plan to reproduce room scenes, thus suggesting to the prospective purchaser how she may obtain good effects in her home. This plan is carried out very suc-cessfully in large cities. Now, then, brothers, send in your photos, and go after the prize money. All who wish to enter the August contest must have their photos in by July 25th. Address WEEKLY ARTISAN, Grand Rapids, Mich. 2CJ RETAIL FllRNITURE ADVERTISING A DEPARTMENT OF HELPS FOR THE ADVERTISER Conducted by ChIef of the Advertisin4 Departm.ent, Furniture City EngravinJi Company MARLIN L. BAKER J hay e been asked to conduct a department at aeh el tl';ln~ helps and cntlclsm,; for the beneht of the I eta]l turl1Jture deale I and I take up the ta"k ~ladl} teelln~ that It I am able III some small wa} to as:Ol"t m ral<;mg the "tandard and eftectl\ e-ness of fUll1Jtlll e ach erthln~. 1 "hall be amph 1epald for m\ efforts Inabmuch a:o It 10, Impo""lble t01 me to kno\\ ) Oll all pel ':.ondll) and to talk \\ Ith \ ou It I'; m} \\ Ish that these column" be made a" 111formal ab po"o.lble, 0.0 that at lea,;t some of the dIstance betVveen us mal be bndged The msplratlon and help that ma} come from thIS depal t-ment wdl depend largeh npon the "pInt In \\ hlch } ou dll take hold It remall1s for \ au to make It \ aluable-not for me So, then. :oend m } our "u~ge:obon:o. Ideas and sample ad- \ ertlioements, that the} ma} be dl"cll"bed and passed on to your brother furl1JtUle man 1:-\ el) week reproductIOns and cntl-clsm of ad\ ertbemenb \\ 111 dppear. \\ hde the altellla te \\ eek" WIll be gIven largely to ad\ e1t1blllg and :Odle:otalb III genel al It WIll be mamfestly llUposs1ble to reproduce all ot the ad" whIch WIll be sent Ill, but thoioe best sUlted to brmg out pomt"- of mterest and value wJ1l be selected All commumcatlollS should be addre,,:oed to ::\Iarhn "- Baker, 423 :YIuna} Ihuldll1g, Grand RapId", ::-Ilchlgan If thel e 110one thmg more than another that 1 \\ auld Im-press upon the mInd of the furmture ad wnte1 It IS the \ alue ot white space. l ro\\ dmg the ad o.eemb to be a unn er"al \\ eak-ness among ad \H1tels III all lines of tl ade If the) could onh come to realize that whIte space IS a<; \ aluable as the pnnted word, the effectl\ eneio" of thel1 \\ ark would be greatl} en-hanced Don't try to "a} too much In one ad Remember there are many day s coming In \\ hlCh \ ou call COyer ) our tOpIC thoroughly "'" CI0\\ ded black maioS at ty pe and cub wdl not catch and hold the mtereiot nearly ab qmckl} as \\ dl a well balanced arrangement WIth generoub portIOns of whIte paper loommg up here and there La) out) our ad carefulh <;0 that the whIte ,;pace IS e\ enly dIstrIbuted \\'hen \ Oll A Good Manager. A real malla~ er doe" not tl} to shouldel all the \\ ark m the hou"e He knov\ s thdt allno,;t e\ en hom at the day the1 e I" ,;omethmg g01l1g to tm n up whIch wdl req lIn e hIS be:ot Judg-ment, and tIme to consIder It thoroughl) He cannot do that and at the :oame tIme tdke care of a mass of detail \\ ork J f he attemptb It, he 1:0not a real mdnagel He may be filling a manager'b chaIr and drawll1g IllS pay, but he IS really nothmg but a substitute for a manager, or a manager In the kmdel-gal ten stage Thousands of good men are today toolmg themselves mto the belief that the} are properly managmg a \he a b01 del, lI1:otluct the pnnter to leave at least a "pica" lone-sl,th of an mch) bet\\ een the border and the body matter The next most Important pomt IS the cuts. Use good cut,; and plenty of them Do not try to advertise thIS year's gOOdb \\ Ith last year's cuts Cuts change In btyle and character the bame as furniture. and} au need new gO<'ld ones Just as you need ne\\ deSIgns In furmtm e You want cuts that posses,; the quallt} 01 buggebtlOll m a mal ked degree, cuts that wdl mspll e a deSIre to buy Good stock cuts can be had at vel} reasonable pnces Then lao.t, and whde \ ery Important, I place It last-the \\ ordmg I attach the least Importance to the wordml?:. be-cause \\ Ithout good whIte bpac1l1g and attractIve CUI~ the chance" for the word111g to llupre:Ob are few And do not let that statement beguIle you mto the thought that the \\vld1l1g does not need most skIllful treatment Valuable as are whIte "pace and cut'i, then effect1venebs can be largely thwarted b) poorly expl essed saleb talk Make the talk forceful, tel se and tl uthful Don't try too hard Just talk Be earne'it about it If \ ou feel that these th1l1gb are beyond you, and that you need help, don t heSItate to get 111 touch with those that are trall1ed to the 1\ ark Then help wdl be worth many t1meb the co~t Look \'>ell to the advertIsmg of your bus1l1ess It holds great loss or profit for you accord1l1gly as you handle It He1e 10a little sentiment that 110 mIghty good, and ItS ap-p1JcatlOn to ad\ ertIs1l1g 1'i so pert1l1ent that I want to gIve It to yOU STICK I Men fall because the) begin somethmg .Men 'iucceed becau'ie the} finish a defil1lte th1l1g ::,t1ck I That IS the fir:ot law of w1l1n1l1g :'II'itakes ma\ mark) ou back Men may m1bjudge you The half-\\ d} :,pmt may tempt} au The fight may tJre you nut to W1l1 pu"h the th1l1g throllgh, fi111sh1t- "TICK I" -Courtesy of "System" lm:0111ess. \\ hen m fact, they are slaves to the detaIled work ot the bm1l1eso. cJ he) fear to delegate authonty to theIr sub-old1l1ateo.. \\hen 111reaht} that IS exactly what should be done \11 "orth} subord1l1ates al e anxIous to shoulder responslb1hty, kno\\ 111'gthat theIr real value depends upon such actlOn, and a JUc!ICIOUbselectIOn of aSS1stant'i IS one of the maw dutIes of a real manager On June 22 the Frederick Gall Fur111ture company was 1I1corporated 111 New York CIty, capitalized for $50,000 The company WIll sell furmture by retail. WEEKL\ ~--_._._._------------------ III I ••II f II!IfI/ I f I I, II I Here's a Bargain That is a Bargain PALMER I,, I I II• I III I II I I IfI IIf 4 I IIf 4, III I MANUFACTURING CO. I•I .....------..I.. No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIs fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIs and orher good tlungs we have to show you. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. '"--_._._~--_._---- Planning a Window There are two ways to plan a wIlldow One IS to draw on paper a dIagram of your framework and layout your plan a<, carefully a:" an arch1tect Will deSign a house Another IS to plan as you butld, and gradually add to your wIlldow unttl It IS completely tnmmed Both ways are practIced by the best tnmmers, and each method has been defended by 1tS votane:" as the best At first thought It would seem best to make a WOlkIllg plan of your wmdow, but ;;,ometlmes It Will not look so well when completed as the plan would seem to mdlcate And, agam, If you butld up a wIlldow Without any forethought, It IS Just a:" ltable to be a disappOIntment as a <,uccess Perhaps It I" best to have ;;,ome plan formulated, If only III your mIlld, and then WOlk as closely to It as your wIlldow and your matenal Will allow If you see an opportul11ty to Improve It as you work, you may eastly do so \Vorklllg In thiS way, a tnmmer often may, after haVing carefully thought out a des1gn, and gettmg fairly started, change 1tS plans by degrees untIl the fil11shed trnn IS totally d1ffe1ent from that first mtended. For a symmetncal wIlldow a centerp1ece IS always neces- "ary It may be an arch, a pa1r of steps, a c1rcular recess, or whatever} au choose, but the center 1S always the most 1m-portant pomt of your tnm Good wmdows are sometImes made by butlding out the sldes uniformly and drawmg them toward the center, but 1t reqUlres much skill to do this successfully, and even then you can not 19nore the center, where the eye of the observer rests first and most frequently This 1S the reason a small wllldow 1S often as effectIve as a large one A large wIlldow can, of course, show more goods and more de-tatl, but all thiS IS accessory to the centerp1ece, and the mam 1dea of any large wIlldow can be 1eproduced m a smaller one by leaving out some of the deta1ls and accessories, and perhaps, \I{TI~A.N 31 --.,I II III I •II IIIIII --~---_-.------ --------------., IIII ,I II III ,I• I• ,I I I III II Sectional Bookcase Up to date; making the dealer a profit of 55%. All woods and finishes. Write for catalogue. Lme on sale in FurnIture Excltanl!e, Grand RapIds; Manufactnrers' Exlt.bItlOR Buddin!!. Cltical!O and FurnIture Excltan!!e. New York. No. 10.F. Ouartered Oak. Order sample List $16, less 35%. at once. "umphrey-Widman Company ====== Bookcase Detroit, Michigan I educlllg the sue of the centerpiece C'trc1e:" or :"ectlOn" of Circles are best for frame-works, for nothlllg 1S so graceful as ,1 cln..le Squares, tnangles, etc, are ;;,bff as compared to CIrcle", and a1e cltfficult to tnm Even steps, OJ sene'i of 'ihelv111g, are best made In cIrcular form Pdlar'i are useful In many ways They support arches or platforms, and may be used 111dependently fOl many hnes of goods A" a general rule have the heav1est pa1t of your tnm 111the centel The extreme :"1de:", or end", of your vv111dowsmay be next heav1est or flllle;;,t Bet" een the cente1 and the end" the tnm should be hghte'it, but thl:" depends consIderably on the shape of } our w111dovvand the character of the tnm If you have no Judgment, don't attempt to tnm w111dow'i Aslde ft om an artI:"tIc eye and deft workmanship, the onl) othe1 re-ljUls1te of a successful tnmme1 IS common :"en:"e Do not place your tnm too near the wllldow pane ] t de-stroys the effect of the best d1splay Unles" the goods are ver) small 111deedthey wdl look better the farther they al e remm ed from the glass The floor space 1n front of the mam tnm n13) al" ays be utd1zed to good advantage And, speak111g of floor", aVOId excluslVe "floor tnm'i" 111 any 1111eof merchandise They do not attract one llnles:" he c1ehbera1.ely stops and gaLeS lllto the w111do" and fe" people do that 111th1S busy age Ra1se your tllm to the center of the "llldovvs, even 1f It 1'0composed of "mall ware", and then It wdl arre"t the gaLe of the pa":,,er-b} The suggestlOns here offered are, of necessity, general 111 the1r scope Study all good w111dows you may see Don't be content to copy them, however, but 1mprove upon them Some other man's 1dea;;,\-\111frequently glve yOU an Idea of your own that 1;;'vastly better Ong111ahty alone does not always win It IS better to copy a good w111dow than to onglllate a poor one A.nd to onglllate a good one IS better yet -From The Art of Decoratmg Show Wmdows and Intenors ~~-------- INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 32 WEEKLY ARTIS~;\ EXTERIOR AND TWO INTERIOR VIEWS OF STORE OF JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA American Blower Company Bockstege Furniture Company Bosse Furniture Company Clark Veneer Company Ford & Johnson Company Globe FurnIture Company Grand RapIds Blow PIpe & D. A Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Hafner Furmture Company Humphrey-WIdman Bookcase Company Karges FurnIture Company Lentz Table Company Luce FurnIture Company Madden, Son & Company, Thos MechanICS FurnIture Company Metal FurnIture Company MIchIgan Engraving Company MIchIgan FurnIture Company MIller Co., Eh D Nelson-Matter Furmture Company Palmer ManufactUring Company Possehus Bros., F. M. Co RIchmond ChaIr Company Rockford Frame & FIxture Company Rockford ChaIr & FurnIture Company Rockford Standard FurnIture Company Royal ChaIr Company Sheboygan Chair Company ShelbyvIlle Desk Company S1Igh Furniture Company Spratt & Company, Geo. Stow & DavIs FurnIture Company Umon Furniture Company (Rockford) WhIte Printing Company WorId FurnIture Company Cover 14 14 21 7 14 Cover Cover 10 31 14 22 4 12 11 14 3 13 7 Coyer 31 1 25 2 4 28 2 22 19 17 24 19 Z7 _ Cover 14 .,...-------_.-_.__.__ ._-----------_._-------.-. •II I IIIItt It IIItt tI I I I I I I I •. 'I I I t I , I I I t I I I I : II I• I I I I • I I • I I Ao-----------.----.-.---.-- ------.---.-------.- - - . - ... - .. Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For IndIana and Illinois to sell our SUItes, Dressers, ChIffon- Iers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKIm & Cochran Fur-nIture Co., MadIson, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and whIte oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock m well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a line of Extension Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes ard Kitchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lines you handle and Territory desired. Address Koemg Furmture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. LOUIS,Mo. WANTED. A good cabmet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabmets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. FOR SALE FOR SALE. One Seaman Carving Machine, in excellent condition, with center attachments. Has four cutters 15 inches apart. Bed IS 8 ft. 2 Inches long, 4~ ft. wide. Can be had very reason-able. If interested write at once to Langslow, Fowler, Co., Rochester, N. Y. 6-l0tf.
- Date Created:
- 1909-07-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 30:1
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and // GRAND RAPlr: GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JANUARY 1, 1~ NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE GRAND RAPIDS9 MICH. co.~ < ' .e.. ..... . ... :..: ::.:: :. : ....:.::... :.... . :.: .:...... :... ..:...•..-..:. .... ... . < I , , ............:.....:....:.:.."... .:...-.-....:.. :.. :.:. ...... l ----------_._-------- --_._~----_._-_._. --- II Great Improvements in Refrigerators for 191 0 I I II II ! i IIII II I II III II II SEE THE NEW LEONARD WATER COOLERS FOR REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE ENTIRE NEW LINE OF SATIN WALNUT REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW COMBINATION-REFRIGERATOR AND KITCHEN CABINET! SEE THE NEW ROUND CORNERS ON THE "LEONARD GRAND RAPIDS!" SEE THE NEW WOVEN WIRE SHELVES IN OUR ENAMELED LINEl SEE THE NEW CHEAP LINE OF "NORTH POLE" REFRIGERATORSl SEE THE NEW ALL PORCELAIN REFRIGERATORS-INSIDE AND OUTSIDE! LET OTHERS FOLLOW-IF THEY CAN. WE LEAD SEE THE NEW HOME OF THE LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATORS. The largest and finest refrIgerator factory In the world It IS only 111such a factory that the best good" can be made for the least money, and ordel s promptly filled ThIs mammoth plant IS at ) our service for the askIng Send for our 1910 catalogue vVe make nearly everythIng that "e use The Porcela1l1 Enamel for L1l11l1gs-the T1l1necl \\ 11e Shelves-the Locks-the II111ges-the \\'ater Coolers-the ne\\ deslgn~ and fi111shes are all made In thIs wonderful factory Our assortment IS enormous, rangIng tram the, en cheapest to the finest And best of all we help) au e;ell the goode;' The' Leonard Cleanable" reputatIOn IS beh1l1d them Our magaLlne ad, el tle;l11g and our store sel11l1\?,plans \\ 111 bl1l1~ ,ou mal1\ customers ..::.::.:.:..... .. ••• c. •• • . . . ..: :-..:.:.. Satin Walnut, with Water Cooler. Kitchen Cabinet and Refrigerator. GRAND ~ . WEEKLY ARTISAN Our Specialties ~for 1910 will be as follows and we shall have an immense quantity of each from which to supply you. Drawer Bottoms and Glass Backs in Gum, Poplar and Basswood. Crossbanding and Backing in Poplar, Birch and Gum. Quartered and Plain Oak Veneer Sawed, Sliced and Rotary Cut. Irish Glue Imported and Always in Stock. We wish you a Happy and Properous New rear and while thanking you for the trade you have given us we solicit your further inquiries. Walter Clark Veneer CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1 2 IV E E K L Y ART I SAN l WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM ALL ESTABLISHED IDEAS AND DESIGNS WILL BE SHOWN IN TUE NEW SPRING LINE -Of LAYCOCK BEDS THE T. B. LAYCOCK MFG, CO., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -A NEW AND DISTINCT TYPE -Of METAL BEDS Every dealer should see this different line before placing Spring orders. Nothing ever shown like it before. New Designs. New Finishes. Exclusive Laycock Ideas. You will want this line. It will create a sensation in your town. MANY NEW DESIGNS IN BRASS BEDS FOR 1910. The Laycock Brass Beds have a reputation for Q!ality. We will show in January a hun-dred patterns 10 brass, from the most ornate and decorative to the more severe and classic models of Mis-sion and Colon-ial designs. LAYCOCK'S No. 545-Square Steel Tubing; 2 Inch Posts. finish. You can get these only of the T. B. Laycock Mfg. Co. You need them for Spring. you. This line not shown in any Market. THE LAYCOCK WOODFIN. ISH (Mahog-any and Golden Oak) is the only dependable wood finish. The only wood finish on Metal Beds that has stood the test. Laycock Beds in wood fin-ishes were the success of the Fall Season. Beautiful soft toned, dull Ma-hogany; also polished, flaky, quarter-sawed Golden Oak Our prices will surprise FURNITURE DEALERS invited to inspect our line at Factory. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. Catalog sent on request. Indianapolis, Indiana Co., WEEKLY ARTISAN -~---_._._-_._------------------ • _. ••• • - - ••• - • - - -1 • IIIIII II I I II III II II II .1III III III ,III I,III III I I Have you had anything from The Luce Furniture Co. lately? Bedroom and Dining Room equipment in profusion. Time---Now. Place---Grand Rapids. ~--_..._--_ ..- --------------------~-------------------------------------_.----- ••• •••• ._ ••• a __ a ••• ~--------------------------- MR. FURNITURE DEALER: New Line Madden's Excello Loose Mattress of Davenport Beds If you are interested in a GOOD LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS I DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR EXHIBITS I in Janual'Y at 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, 6th Floor, or 37 to 41 North Capitol Ave., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. I IIIII II IIIIII: Davenport Beds IIIIII New Line of Automatic with Make application for Catalogue No. 28. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis,Ind. I ...--------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ..- .. .----------.... -- .. .. .~ ---------------, 26 GRAND RAPJ~ PUBLIC LIBilA~Y ( 1l.f. I { 30th Year-No. 27 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JANUARY 1. 1910 Issued Weekly PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS A Little Book That Should Be Kinds Studied by Employers of Factories. All The Fldehty and Casualty company of New York have sent out to theIr pohcy holders and others a pamphlet or book of nearly 200 pages that ought to be of mterest to all employers and espeCIally to the owners and managers of mllls and factones The book IS entitled "The PI eventron of In-dustna1 Accidents" and ItS purpose IS to furnIsh adv Ice and mformatron that may benefit both the pohcy-holders and the msurance company The mtroductron IS devoted to stailstlcs relatn e to industl ial aCCIdents and the loss that they Impose upon employers and employees The cau<;es of aCCIdents classIfied accordmg to German reports are gIven, from whIch It appears that 42 per cent are due to ordmary nsk and 58 per cent to lack of skill, carelessness, faulty factory equip-ments, etc, and are considered preventable The total num-ber of factory accidents in the United States IS estimated at 30,000 to 35,000 per annum, of which at lea<;t a thIrd al e con-sidered preventable The book IS chvlded into several chap-ters The first, devoted to "Care on the Part of Emp10yels and Employes," reads as follows "Not only the safety of workmen, but the maximum out-put of the plant, are promoted by makmg the phySIcal SUl-rounchngs of the workmen as comfortable as possIble Plenty of hght, good aIr, safety, and comfort pay m a financIal sense Statistics show that the greatest numbel of aCCIdents occur dUl mg the months of dnTIlmshmg hght Dn ty wmdo" <;and insuffiCIent artificial IlluminatIOn often make condItions much worse than they need be Great Improvement m 11lummation may be had by whltewashmg the walls of a dalk room at least once a year. ThIS a1<;0sa, es much on the cost of artlfical Illu 111matron Consldelatlons of economy often lead to the overclOwd-mg of machmery, that i<;, too many 111achmes are placed m a grven space The WIdth of the passageways between the machines is thus reduced to the point of danger Any undue CUItallment of space mterferes WIth the proper handlmg of the Ulach111es and adds to the risk and probablllty of aCCIdent, owmg to the operator bemg exposed to contact with gears, pulleys, belts, and other moving pal ts, for even where guards are provIded in fullest measure, it is ral ely possible to eh-minate absolutely all danger Space should not be held of more value than safety. Shppery floors constitute an element of danger, especIally in conJlll1ctIOn WIth unguarded mach111ery And even where and Employees in a Shppely floor IS not m plOAlmlty to an unguarded.machllle, It may cause a had fall, resultmg m senous llljuries ThIS IS hke1y to he the ca:oe where vvork111en are engaged in carrymg hea, y matenal JVlany aCCIdents, and, ery often those of a senous nature, are due to the u;norance of the workmen New hands are put to "olk on dangerous machme" WIthout proper prell1nin-ary tramlng or :ouffiClent m"tluctlOns, new hands should never-thele<; s wOlk WIth and under the mstructlOn of expenenced hands until there can be no questIOn of theIr competency All wOlkmen should be carefully mstructed, m language they can understand, the proper and safe way to do theIr work "EspeCial care should be cxcensed m the case of mlnol s employed as opel atn es on dangerous machmes. Some ma-cll1nes al e too dangerous e, er to allow a young person to operate them The monotonous nature of the vvork, so con-tlary to the natUla1 active plOpensliles of the young, wlll lead to a moment of thoughtles"ness m the operator, and that to a grave aCCIdent "The Importance of thIS fedture cannot be overestimated In Germany "out of 45,971 aCCIdents noted in the mdustna1 aCCIdent statistics for 1897, there were 9,363 caused by the 'ImproVIdence 01 mattentron of the workmen,' 533 cases by 'frivolous beha, lor,' 2,422 case<; by actmg m contladictlOn to mstluctlOns,' 861 ca"es on account of 'non-use of eXIsting de-vIces for protectIOn,' and 220 cases by 'unsuitable clothmg' " Probably m the case of Amencan workmen the consequences of lack of dlsclphne are an even mal e prolific source of accI-dents Under the condItions the employer is warranted in mak111g stnct ru1e<; £;0\ elnmg the employes in hIS plant In fact, It 1<;hl<; cIuty to cIa so Dv the mamtenance of dlsclphne, to whIch pU111tn e measures are added where necessary, many aCCIdents may be pIe, ented DIsobedIence of orders <;hould not be tolerated "Ragged sleeve ends, loose cravats, and coats or overalls not properly buttoned often catch on movmg parts of ma- Chmely and cause serious and fatal aCCIdents It IS a wise precautIOn In many classes of \\ ark to roll the sleeves of all garments up ahoye the elbows Female operatives with flow mg hair 01 loose blald<; are constantly in danger from moving he1ts and spmcIles and revolvmg shafts They should be re-qUIred to wear the haIr as close to the head as possible The \1orkmg dres,,; of females should be a<; cIosefitting and SImple 6 , WEEKLY ARTISAN .,..----------------_._.---- -------------------_._---_._-_ . III III II•• I II• ••• III III £-_---- The season for banquets is here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. ...... --..., Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW &. Df\VIS fUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. c.ty Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. as IS practicable rlO\v ll1g ;,lee\ es and l()n~ at)lon :o>tllngOl are especlall) to he a\ mdcd "Very often v\ 01 kl11en \\111 obJed. to thl nse of "dle~naJ(l~ provIded, c1almlll~ that the\ 111te1±cIl \\ ah (jnantlt\ oj ont-put and ;'0 cnt elm\ n theIr ealll1ng" 1hI', b lIh.eh to be th e case partlcularh "Ith plece-\\ork By the e:Aeru"e ut a lIttle lllge11tllty, howevel the guard may often be adapted to pel-form It;, function and) et not lllterfere wlth the speed ot the WOlk ::\0 guard shonld he condemnecl "lmpl y becanse the workmen at the ontset object to It" nse Rathel thlS "hould lead to furthel "tnd) of the mattel and l11ochfic,IUon ot t]H ~nald to '3111tthe londltlOns "Fatigue leads to cal eles"ne"", and lon~ honl" of lahOl wIthout I e;,t are re"ponslble fOl l11an\ acudlnt" (h lrlook1ll~ workmen should be avOIded \\ hel e\ el jlos"lble \ contJl1noth supply of pure aIr IS no doubt of gleater ImpOltancc trol11 the ..,tandpOlnt of mamtenance of health than It I" tl( 111 the "tand pomt of pI ev entJon of aCCldent, bnt the t\\ 0 dl e I elate c1 \Vhate\er lowers thc \ltalIh ot the \\Orkl11dll. deuea"e" hI', alertness and watchfnlness to a\ Old aCCldent T mjlllre all ga"es, vapor". dust, and "moke thcI efOl e all ml1case the chance" of aCClc1ent. Jl1 adchtloll to 1l11pelll11lg the health 01 workmen \\There\ el p(J-,"lble, lt I', ach I;,able to jll0hlblt ab:o>oluteh .... ----------------- _._._._._.-._._--_. __ .~.~.~._._._._._----------.-.-.-. -.-.-.~--' the dnnkll1g of 1I1toxlcant;, dunng workmg hours No man nnc1el the mf1uence of hquor, even shghtly so, should be per-l111ttcd to I ema1ll III the \\ 01 k", much less to wOlk Kor should d l11,1l1"hosc nel\e" have been rendcred unsteady by the hahltlldl use of alcohol or h) a recent c1ebauch be permitted to operate dangerou" machmery, or to carryon dangerous \\ 01 k He endanger;, not only hIS own hfe, but also the ltves of others \Vhether aCCldenb are frequent or unfrequent WIll de-pend 111no small measure npon the character of the super- \ 1"10n and management If those m pOSItIOns of authonty are lal etnl and plndent, thelr conduct \\111 be reflected 111the con-duct of the workmcn, who WIll tend to be careful and prudent also L ncon SCIOUS ImItatIOn I;' one of the strong est force" tha t mold men TmltatlOn grow" 111tOhabIt. Managers, super- 1lltcndents, foremen. and others 111 authonty then, should be person s of e'(pedence and gl\ en to exercls111g a high degree of ldl e m all that the) do The ntmost care ..,hould be taken 111"electll1~ them 'The educatIOn (·f the w01h.mgmen m proper and safe pI actICes \\ 111 be promoted h) the postmg of pnnted rules re- ~al c11ll~ the thmRs thn should a\ Old d01l1g, and the pre-lantlon,- thC\ shonld take to a\ Old aCCIdents In the case of e,,]wualh dangeJ(lll" machll1es, It IS ac1vbable to furmsh the ... j I I ----------------------------------- No. 70 RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatIng. Catalogues to the Trade. -------. ------ . -_.. .. . .... ----1 IIII II I,I I I II II,I ,I IIII II I RICHMOND TABLET ARM CHAIR The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money GENUINE LEATHER SEAr ----- .. . ... WEEKLY ARTISAN ____ 4 _ ---------------------_._--.-..~.., In GRAND RAPIDS Only, January, 1910. OLD SPACE, Furniture Exhibition Bldg., Fourth Floor. The UDELL Line Library Bookcases, Medicine Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Commodes, Sheet Music Cabinets, Folding Tables, Piano Player Roll Cabinets. A Lme whIch IS well worth gomg to see A Lme that you should have a complete catalog of [he fact that you have not our catalog can onlybe rectIfied by wntmg for your copy to day THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -~~_-.-------- operatn e,; ,\ Ith 'SpeCIal rule" and instructIOns relatIve Ito theIr opel atlOn It I" al"o pal tIcularly ImpOl tant to warn workmen of dan£;el" not apparent e.. cept to expenencecl and mtellIgent men, and to "how them how such dangers may be aVOIded "Regula! and frequent Il1spect!ons by cOlppetent men should be made of all the way", works, machmery, and ap-plIances, :'0 that defects and unsafe condItions may be dl:'- covered promptly and remedIed "The furthel care and precautlOns reqw"Ite to be taken for the pre, entIOn of aCCIdent::, are set fOl th m the "ub"e-quent chapter~, along WIth the descllptlOn of the proper de-sIgn and constructIOn of \ allOUS applIance:, used m mdustnal works, of the safety de\ Ices regarded by u" as sUItable and effiCIent, and of the use of 'Such de,lces , "othmg of COlll.,e h a complete 'Substitute for aIel tnes" and watchfulness m operatmg dangerons machmery, ne\ er-theless there are numerous safetv de,Ices that are effiCIent aIds m the ple\ ent10n of aCCIdent,; The expen,;e of man} of these de,Ice" I" but tllfImg m compan"on WIth the secunt} they affOl d And e\ en \\ hel e the e"pen se IS consIderable, the} WIll as a Iule be found to pay £01 themseh e:, m the long rnn " the FldelIt} and Ca"ualt} company, 103 Cedal street, ~ew YOlk YVJ1lIam Ro\\ e IS a new furl1lture dealer at Montfort, \\ IS. "l he safety de\ Ices treated of al e grouped under the folloy\ m£; head" ~team TIOllers, Jngme." Flcctncal \ppaI-atn s, Ele\ aim s, 1 he 1,actOl} and \\ oocl- \\ orkm£; Machmel y and each I:, gl\ en tledtment at lenlSth. WIth l1lImerOlb lllus tratIOn'S CopIes of the hook may be obtamed b} addressing Made by the Mamstee Manufacturmg Co. Mamstee, MICh. ~, I •I• •,• •I I• •I IIIII ..'_._._._._------_.---- --_.~---,-~-- The Proof of the Chair is the Use of It There are higher priced Chaus on the market, but NONE BETTER. Our full lme on exhibitIOn on the hrst Boor Nor t h H a IfF urniture ExhibitIOn BUlldmg In charge of H J. RINGOLD. E B. SPENCER, P. M. ELLISS. and COL. J. N. MURRAY. KEIL and ANWAY COMPANY ---------- ......----- --------- - . - 7 I III ..... III I IlIII ,IlI II II I I I, II I,• • 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ROYAL MANTEL CO, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CHICAGO --.-~ I II " • ••• •• • •• - -- • -----~ -yo .~. __ • __ • __ •• _.-_. _._. --_ •• --._-----._. I This Cut Represents I I Keil-Anway CO. No. 115 I I I I II ,I I I II I• I I I : I ! I • ! I I! I, I , I • I I I I I, I• I I II ,I I , I , I ! I I ' I I A better Cushion Chair is not to be found 10 any exhibit. II I Our full line will be seen during the January season on the first floor, north half, furniture Exhibition BUilding,in charge of H. J. 'I,' Ringold, E. B. Spencer, P. M. Ellis, and Col. J. N. Murray. I To miss seeing this line is to miss the opportunity to put money in your bank. I I '-.... - .... - ..- ~ .. .. _. ..._ .. -_ .... ~_.. Show Line \ at 6th Floor 1319 Michigan Avenue "----- NEW YORK New York Furniture Exchange I •••• ••• • •••• - ••• - ..---- .--...& THE "EFF & EFF" LINE ============ 0 F - ---=------=-----=----=---= --= -- ---=-= China Closets and Buffets, Parlor Cabinets, Music Cabinets, Hall Seats, Hall Trees, Hat Racks, Shaving Stands, Framed Mirrors, Dressing Tables and Chairs (With Patent Adjustable fixtures) =========WILL BE SHOWN AT GRAND RAPIDS Furniture Exhibition Building CHICAGO Furn. Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St. Specialties in all kinds of Mirrors, unexcelled in style and finish. Any shape Mirror can be had, or chair to match any table in our line. Either high or low base chair. ROCKFORD FRAME & FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS , WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE Holiday Trade Was Good and Business in All Lines Is Steadily Improving. New York ,Dec 29 -The hohday tl ade here has been very good, the furnIture stOt es were well patro11lLCd and the busmess done was about equal to that of any other year The demand for good furniture has shown an Improvement hut cheap and moderate priced stock has been selhng strong Business IS Improvmg m all l111es of trade, the people are more steadIly employed, wages are not 111gh, but the workmg class have been bUyIng 111neatly the usual quantltIes The hIgh pnce of hV111g, food, rent, etc , has plobably to a certa111 extent cut off theIr bUyIng powel 111 other l111es, but the conc!ltIOn IS soon readjusted so that It IS not felt to any mal ked degree Gimbel Bros new store gOIng up at Sixth avenue, thlrty-second and ThIrty-thIrd streets, IS progre"s111~ rapldlv and the total cost, mdud111g stock WIll amount to $17,000,000 Thc C01nerstone was recently laId by Jacob GImbel before 125 PhIladelphIa and New York guests and he said, "This store WIll be a tnbute to the new plOff-,sIOn, merchandIsIng, the last of the five great profeSSIOns, law, medlcme, theology, iournalism and merchandI'i111g A great modern store helps more than anyone influence to develop a country's manufac-tures It IS a great U11lVerslty for the it ai11lng of charactel s, the development of talent and 111stIIl111gof honesty and 11))- lIght deahng 111the mInds of those who come mto bus111ess relatIOns v,Ith it "ThIS congress of stores IS to become one of the 111Stltu-tlons of the uty, one of the sounes of CIVICpnde to dll New Yorkers \ \ e appreuate hIghly the v" ek011le that has been eAtended to LIS by other merchants of thIS city. and I take pllde in using that welcome to illustIate the fact that whIle other profeSSIOns hay e JealOUSIes, merchand1Smg. though it has its rn allles, is freest from 1ancors " Afetr the C01ner stone had been laId a luncheon was giv cn at the vValdod-A"toria Among the hmldings, to be elected soon that vvIll requue some fur11lture al e the following St Pll1lhps church will buIld a new edIfice at 210 \V 134th street, an dnnex to the pubhc school number 132, on Wadsworth avenue, to cost $105,000; the E\ angehcal Lutheran Church of St Matthew WIll erect a new church bmld111g on Wash111gton HeIghts, the New York Post Graduate MedIcal SchOOl and Hospital WIll spend $1,000,000 111 buildmgs at Second avenue and Twentleth street and there wIll be additions built to the Meilopolitan Museum of Arts to cost $500,000 each year, to cover a pel iod of ten yeals GI eellfield & Freednun, mdnu±actureI'i of bed springs, wele bmned out at 680 Flushmg avenue, Blooklyn N. Y Alfred G. J Muller & company, cabmetmakers, 506 East 1\ Ineteenth street are in finanCIal tlOuble Their liabihtles are $17,000 distributed among 56 CIedItors A H Koteman, wholesale fur11ltm e, 15 VV Twenty-fourth stl eet, talks of enlarg111g his warelooms by takmg another lal ge 10ft and if he does WIll have one of the larg est and best saleslooms m the CIty Simpson & Crawford have the fmmtm e conil act f01 the new hotel Clinton at East Orange, N J The Grand Rapids Fur11lture compdny have Joined hands with the FIfth a\ enue associatIOn, orga11lzed for the improve-ment of Fifth avenue Frank W Randall, furnIture dealer, has leased the new twelve story and ba'3ement bLllldmg at 136 \V FIfty-second street, for 20 yea1 S IIe WIll occupy three floors hImself and use the balance as a fur11lture exchange or exhibitIOn rooms There wIll be d pubhc hall 111 the center and all arrangements for USIng It a" d dlstnLmtmg centle f01 the trade It IS in a good locatIon as busme-,s 1<, g0111g up that vvay farther every year The bmldmg vvIll be completed ~ug 1, 1910 and WIll be modern and fireploof The Amellcan Bamboo}; ur11lture company IS a new con-celn to manufacture bamhoo and Ieed furnIture, at 2405 Ful-ton street, BlOoklyn, WIth a capItal of $5,000 J Look IS preSIdent of the company The follovv 111gfur11lture men vvere entertd111ed by GImbel Bros at theIr COInel stone laymg \1 Ilha11l Gygel of the Lmcoln };urmtm e company, Gustave A Kuemmel1e of Bod-enstme & Kuemme~le of PhIladelphIa, \\ Ilham Gay of Berkey & Gay, Charles 1\ Bldck of the Onel Cab111et company, \NIl-ham II Iddlcomb, Charles R Shgh and Ralph P Tietsort of Grand RapIds, A D SIkes of the SIkes ChaIr company, Buf-falo, " Y, Adolph Karpen of S Karpen & Bra and Clay-ton BaIley of the TIaIlpy-J ones company Butlel Bros, 49') Broadway, wholesale household goods, have added fm nlture to theIr hnes and WIll handle large amounts as they do a hIg busmess Charles G Lane, one of the oldest manufacturers of furn- Made by Shelton and Snyder Furmture Co , Grand RapIds, MlCh Itm e on lowel Fulton street, dIed recently at 105 Adelphi street, BrOOklyn Ford & Johnson are 111 then nev, wal ehouse on Twenty- SIxth street Stearns & Foster wIll be 111the furlllture expOSItIon on the hfth floor, Depew place sIde, Hubbald, Eldredge & l\Itller wIll be on the fIfth floor, Lex111gton avenue SIde IAI1I-ham Howe WIll be on the fifth floor, WIth the Cowenango and Conant lines Space 111the e'CposltIOl1 lull IS at a premIum and some films have been offered a 2S per cent, ad\dnce on what they pay 111ordel to get 111 rl he show wIll be open 111tIme and WIll be the best ever held Isadore BnnlJaum of the detL111ct BIrnbaum company has opened another store 111the same locatIOn B. B Zippert, WIth the Henmann },ur11lture company and :-Jew York Desk and Dming Room Fur1l1ture company, as credIt man and treasurer, IS 75 years old J & MOlds" 111gIS the name of a new pIcture and car-pet firm at 1056 Broadway The Hudson & Kdne company of Amenca, hdve been 111- corporated to deal in upholstely mdtenals, with a capItal of $25,000, headed by ~I :Newman and H Payben of Brooklyn. S Many a glll who looks hke a peach IS really a lemon in di sgm se " to WEEKLY ARTISAN Th6 Mf\NISTEG Mf\NUFf\5TURING 50. MANISTEE, MICH. No. 355. Top 22x42. Glass 24x30. We f\re Making f\ LOT Of NE,W THINGS In Colonial and Mission BtlOrOOm and Dinino Room furnitur6 Our new supplement is now ready to mail. Let us have your inquiries. HINTS FOR THE VARNISH WORKERS ~-------------~-------------------------------_.~----------_.---., 1 I I I ! I II 1 II IIII III II I II I I II III• II I I II I I~-------------------------------------_._--------~--------------------------------------~ I We can Interest you If you wIll call at 1319 MIchIgan Ave., 6th floor, where our full lIne IS shown the year round Suggestions That. If Prope1'ly Heeded. ~lay Pl."e-vpnt Annoyance and Unpleasant Results. ~tlalll all varl11sh, lubblllg Ol TIl11"h1l1g le~alclless of the maker'" name It IS a preLauttonal \ meast1l c dncl that ~ \\ hat I" needed 111the varl11sh 100111 Spots of knovvn or unkno\'vn (l] 1~ln ma) 111"ome Cdse" be 1el110ved and 111others made less (11stmct by mal stenmg \\ Ith a 111lXtt1le of equal parts of ra\\ l1l1seed oJ! tUl pentme and pure gram alcohol ~ ppl) \\ Ith a soft cloth, and \v hen the "pot" are obltterated, or removed a" fal a~ pO-''olble Iuh ovel Itghtly WIth a clean pIece of blott111g papel Thl" I" not an 111fallthle emedy, hut 111man} cases It wIll effect a cure The varl11"h room should hay c plenty of eftectn e \ eutl latton And It should have faclltttes for eltY111gthe dlr 111cac,e an 0\ er supply of mOIsture b present "'IfOlsture conclens111g upon a "arl11sh not thoroughly hdl d cau c,e" the "arl11sh to bloom RapId change of temperatt1le. 01 the pre"ence of fcttd fumes ale also qUltc Itkely to cause the val111c,h to bloom It IS lare that wash1l1g the "UtfdCC \\ 111 cure a \\ell dc\ elopcd case of varl11sh bloom111~ FIre checks 111a reccntl} \ arlllshecl sutface are not Infre quently caused by the sudden drop of the temperatUl e l1l the varnIsh room, thus chJ!ltng thc \ arl11sh, and forCIng It to con-tract to the extent of devclop1l1g the fine, thread-ltke fissure" characten"ttc of thIS form of surface ttactures Permlttmg the varl11sh to become thorou~hl} df}, lec,ulfacmf?, and re \ al nish111g WIll effect a cure Despltc the adVIce sometllllc" cheetfulh (?,"l\cn, do not attempt to change the qualttv 01 Lharactel of \ our \ al Ulsh b) mlxll1g or thml11nc, It \\ Ith lll1'oced 011. turpentIne 01 am No 157. Top 20x33. Glass 14x24. othe1 thl11nlllc, mcd1ll11l l se the val111sh sit alght as rc- CU\ eel flom thc maker, and then hold hIm stnctly re:opon:olblc f01 Its qualtt}, \\ 01kmg ell} mg and othel propertle" l~a1111"h the "urface rubbed upon varnish the same day~ \\ Ithm a fe\\ hours, In fact~of the final rubbIng II hel e an mtel \ al of "e\ eral hours, or the 111ght hours, al e allowed to clclp"l heh\ een the rubbmg of thc \ ar111sh dnd revarlllshlnc,- a ,llfficlent c,cum ur p01sonuu" "uhc,tance IS sure to accummuldte to mJl11c or 1 endl[ \ Old the follOWIng coat of \ arl11sh A lIght ruhblng of the surface offels a cheap and eftectlVc preventtve of var111sh mbhaps due to the above partIcular condltlOn of the surface OccasI011dll} the fOl ce of clrcum"tances compel rubbmg the \ arl11sh hefore It IS thoroughly hal d, whIch, of course, ought ne\ el to bc done \Vhen thIS I ubblng take" place the pumIce stone flour I" Itkely to be lSlound l11to the sutface unttl It shows a mtlky appearance To eltmmate thIS wash the rnbbm(?," pad free of all pUl111ce stone flol11. and then wet-tmg It up well WIth clean \\ater, "water rub" thc \ arl11sh unttl all traces of the pll1111CCstone (ltsappeal A..ll first c1a"s \ all11shel s recoc,-nize the value, 01 I athcr the necc"stty of \\ ashm(?," the SUlfdce ab'iolutely clean of all "edllnent, dust and uthel mattcI ll1 pleparatlOn for thc suc-ceedm~ coat of \ arnlsh Around all moldmgs, CUIV111g and edc,-e" the wash tool should he carefully used m connectIOn WIth plcnty of wate \\ ashm(?," IS e\ en more Important than dustmg and both are Clmte lI1dl"penslhle, a" the premIer \ armshers Wll1 tell you \ pI aLtlLe uf dustmg and cleanmg the sm face observ ed h, "ome finhhcl" con'ol'its of fir"t g0l11g 0\ el the surface m a \ CI \ thOl ou~h \\ d \ \\ 1th the duster, aHel WhlCh, \\ lth a pel fectl) clcan pIece of "Ilk, It 1'0\\ Iped carefully over for the WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 ~ I_~._- _.. ~ ~__....••. _._ .~ . ,~_. ~~ __~~ __~ __ I The Herhimer Hotel I I. GRAN~R~P:~;~~NMICH. II RunnIng hot and cold I YVater, tel e p h 0 n e Old En Rll.sh,. • .!dl~... :.: : -. clothes closet electrIc ~ ••'2c.;,.:l,~,,'",> C) siolf. ll.n)\.. ".: : •• I light steam heat etc '~h-1J2- ..... _T" C 1 AI'''' t " • In each room 0 onley. -\",oJ' es •• • I . . .... Immaculate tIled de Sen.ler., l~ C~rtt!... • • tached tnd p r 1 \ ate ', .tt..-.. .. I baths 6 a. m. >V ]0, It v'· • • i" ArtIstIC and pel fecth Table J HO:~' D:,~;er' •• I appoInted Bilhald Hall 530 \08 pm. dally at • I Lonnglllg Den Buber • Shop Ete ')0 cents. I., Take sout~:::~S~e~t~~?s~~b~=~Oc~r~~~ ~n~~ or Grand I K,WNRIT O £ EWIRL£ OaR PEHOoN£ CFOROPARMTICpUlAA"SN' y I I Trunk stations. Five Main car lines reach the door. • : J I CHICAGO NEW YORK TORONTO i ~-- - . _.--. ------ ..- " ~~_._.-._.---.--_._------------. .. ..-- . .. - -.. pUlpose of L,'tch1ng up all e'X1'Stmg fl( LU1lcnt 'Suhstances Then 1mmed1ately apply the v,lrl11sh \vOld all fussy operdtlOns about the vallllsh room vVork 1n thh dpartment a" you would m any other one about the ))a111t "hop-that IS, m a pelfectly bus1ne'-,,,-ltke ",ay The nu\ou", fuss) J<lckln-thebo:x. "Olt of man ha'o ne\el yet ))lmed n01 lS he ltkeh to prme a successful ,a11Jhhel The \ al rl1"h 1(Jom 10, no sau cd 1101 my stenous pl,\( e Lrv e flesh and-blood men al e IH)(1 to mhab1t It Only by aLtlng and "orkmg and thmk111f; mal atlOnal way, and usmg the best p(Jss1ble '01011 and putt111g a.,lde all th1S palaver about mag1c ,lnd tlp-toe antICS, may we hope to aCh1e\ e succe'Ss 111the val 111sh room -The Hub ··Bright Spot of Fort Wayne." 1he Inchana I'111111ture Company of Fort II ayne has Just taken posse,slOn of then handsome ne\\ store at 121-3 Ea"t ,- \lam street, \\ h1ch 1" "a1d to be the large'ot butld1l1~ m the , state nov\ occup1ed 1n retdtl fur111ture dealers The nev ~;- J bUlld1l1g ha'o Sl:x.stOlle" and ba'Sement, stone and bnck front, conCI ete floors and b eqUIpped w1th all modern conve11lences It I" cons1dered fireproof, e\ en the wmdow frames being of metal It b ltghted b) 0\ er 1,400 forty watt Tungston lamps ,lnd hac, se\ e1al featurec, that arc not found 1n an) other bl1lld1l1£.; 111 the Clt) 1here are 300 elect11c ltghb on the ft ant of the bl1lld1l1g dnd on the roof the word "Ind1ana" appears In electnc letters 18 feet 111 heIght The llghts hay e caused the b1111d1l1gto be called "The J3l1ght Spot of F01t \1 ayne" THEHindel KINO THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Protects covering by turn· : InU cushions. ': Is so simple and ean a child can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box under seat. Comprises three articles for the price of one Is htted with felted cotton mattress. Has LuxuriOus Turkish Springs. Is always ready WIth bed· ding In proper place. Is absolutely safe-cannot close accidentally. Saves rent by saving space ...---..., An Undertakers' Experience. An tAuted ,lnd md1gnant w011lan hurned 111to the office of d p10mment undertaker 111Grand Rap1d" and breathles'Sly exc1a1med ' You (ltd not bury my husband my ne1ghbors say :>GU b1111Ul d c,tunc and "h1pped my hu"hand to a medIcal college" "Yon nelghbIls '-,a:> 'So, eh? vVe v."lll not dISCUS'S that mattel Lome w1th me tu the cemetery and 'oee about 1t I ~h<111exhume the body and charge you $10 00 add1tlOnal for my sen lees You w1ll have to pay the grave d1ggers, too." the undertaker rephed La1Ill1g a hack the undertaker rode w1th the ",oman to the bundl sp(A of her husband and set the dIggers to work The casket \Va'o uncm ered afte1 a half hOl11''S shove11l1g and the undertaker descended mto the eAcavdtlOn to loosen the COyer of the Ld"ket Calltng the woman to \\J1tne~s the proceed1l1g the cm er v\a" 1emo\ ed when an unbearable stench filled the ell r 'Does tl1dt smell ltke a stone)" the undertaker dsked. "Oh, no, cover 1t up qUlck QUlck" The story of the c,eml-annual 1\ ew Y01 k e:x.poslt1on IS <l h1»tOl \ of cont111ued and growmg succe'3'3 In the 38th, to be open f om Januar) 17 to l~ehrudfy 5, two hundred and fifty manufacture1 s vv111e'Xhlb1t the he.,t and the newe'3t 111fU1n- 1ture Lots of v\omen feel that they would r,lthe1 d} e th,ln hay e gray hailS SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN (llnamenh and plenty of t1Jtlll upon the fUl111tme they han-dled and It \\a, d qUC.,tlO11"hethel the dedle1o, would permit the substltutJo11 of the ne\\ Olnament fm carvll1gs J\11 h.endall hdd fdlth 111the p1actlCdl \ alue of the 01 nament, :'Ill Ga\, alwdys COnc,elVatl\e, wa" e;omcv\hat doubtful of Its bell1g \Vhlle tlavelmg to\'-.a1d ~e\\ tOll,. t;-'.~l1n,:eah ago, the \\or1h), \\hlle '\Jl Bennett ancl othtrs tXplee;sed themselve" late Tulms Berkey notIced a ne\\ et11c1a t t.r~i1ie: ;lia:ln t:!4cor'" • ll~ i.a\ or of glVlllg it a tIlal C nderh111 wae; engaged and atlo~ on the ce1hniS of the coach III \\ 111ch.i~~.~\'a~ ricr;ng"'Ev~A f·# :'.~t~:hti¥ten wel e fitted up III the factory f~r hle; me qUlck to 1ecogl1lze the \ a1ue of a11\ thll~ bta~t'idI:d'rf~ :l1se:ful.. The (h1~H;'ent \\ ae; apphed by the ue;e of stenclls and blUshes ::\lr Berke\ at once deueled that the n~\; o{l1·a·h'\·e'1~:~ciu.lr€b~.:: It e,htGliui :{dc,e1111Jlethe pa111tecl \Vork turned out under the utll1zed Ul the manufdctUle of tUIl11LUle \\hl1e lookl1lQ tOI i1:tli1(~·bf·~·coiteH!.e fl11l111Ule." at \1 Jlhame;port, Grand Rapids, the name of the h1111dCl of the LOele11hL tOUl1el el meted pIeltL 01 111.,e\ eldl tem ne; loedted m the ~e\\ Engldnd states A flOm whIch he leal nul thdt It \\ dC, hUllt 111 the .,hups of the 1ll1e of pel fectly pld111 :,l11te" \\ as hrought out by the compdny i'Jew York Lentra1 Ral1road at C,chenectcld}, Xew YOlk and upon the panels of the becJe,tead:, and the flonts of the \Vhen the conductor passed through the coach a few mom- c1rawe1 s, upon mahogany stamed back grounds, Underhill ents later::'lff Berkey asked and lecel\ eel a stop-over check applJed the ornament The figures used wele branches of for Schenectady By makm~ mdn} mqmnes::\11 Berke} apple blossom-;, fern" and maple led\ es In the vanous t111tS, leal ned that the chIef decOl ato1 m the employ of the com- It'sult1l1~ from the touch of frost In the fall months of the pany was a man named LncleJ11l11 GOIng to the home of } ear The eftect \~as satle;fymg and beautlful The com-the man afte1 the c!oc,e of the clav., \\ork, \11 Berkey tllecI pan} adveltlsed the lme exten:::'lvely as the "apple blossom to learn the plOce.,,, <:'mplo\ ed to ploeluce the 01 nament, offel- lIne" ancl heavy sales vvel e made UnderhIll soon became 1l1g a substantlal ll1ducement fOl the same Emplo} e., ot the ellssatlsfied \vl111e labollng unclel the SUsplcion that employes rallroads a-; a lule are uncle1palcl. anel \It l ndelhl1l had long of the compal1\ \\e1e endea\oring- to acqmre hIe; art Com-been d1;,satlsfied \\ Ith the II a~es palcl 111111 b\ the lorporatlOn petmg manllfactm el c, anx10US to learn the secret of the deco- He c1oo,ecl the clI:,cuse;lon h) ft ankh :,tetilng thelt Il the Berkey 1ailve process ot! el cd h1111employment and m a short t1111e & Gay Furl1ltme C0111pany \\ould pa, hI111 a stdted "um and he enteled the emplm of the \1cCord & B1adfield Furmture pe1111lt hl111 to clo llle; \\Olk 1'1 a seuet chamhC'l he \\ould (ol11pam The \llclchLol11b I mmture company developed entel then el11plm p10Le.,see; fm ploduc1l1~ l-neleJ11111 clLCOlelted Stl1tes and the 1\11 Berke\ eont111llul 111" lCJmllU to \n\ YoI1~, but tll1ee corpOlatlO11e; supplIed the cle111elnel.,of the market fOJ a upon hI;' retm;1 to (11 cll1cl RapId c, hc called \J 1 Ga \,:\It \ Cell OJ tv\ 0 The Lnele1hlll proLesses 1equll ed cone;lde1 able Holt, 1\11 Kendall,:\J 1 BLnnett and othel head" of depal1 more tl111e than 1;' necessary to fil11s11a smte in the usual vvay, mente; tog ethel and submItted the PIOpo"It1On fOl then con and the bu~mcs" d1d not prove so remune1 eltive as had been slderatlOn In those day " the tJade dcmanc!ul hand Lell\ ed e "pected ON THE REMINISCENT ORDER Story of the Underhill Decorations and Berkey & Gay's --Apple Blossom I.ine,'· ._~-_._---------------------., I I I I II I I I r- ••••• - III IHE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dllll11g Room ft11111tllre, Reed and Rat t a 11 furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete line of sam-ples are dIsplayed In The Ford 8 Johnson BUilding, 1433·37 Wa&ash Ave., In-cludlnl! a speCIal display of Hotel Furmture. IIt IIIt •III• IIII• I I II I I II III I II II II IIII I• I• • ••• _..l All !urmture dealers are cordzalty mvzted to visit our building. ..----_. ------------- New Furniture Dealers . S M Po~t \\ 111open a new fUfl11ture store 111 Morristown, 5 Dak C 'IV. Spen cer 1\ ill open a new furniture store m Rut-land, Vt De:'l1arsh & Ca-;avant are nev, furl1lture dealers at Her- 1'1l11er. Y Y C E ]\1el tz lS to open d fm nl1m e St01 e at Nemaha, Iowa, on J anual y 10 A..ngle BIos a1 e ne\\ fm11ltm e dealers and undertakers 111Tampa Fla Depo<;t & Osborn ha\ e opened a new ft.1111lture store at rdg-ev~ood, III John Bntler has em;-aged 111 the retaIl furmture business elt RIverside, Cal '\ C Pm\elc, hac, opened a new f1l111lture stOle at \Vhite 1\.\\ el JundlOn. Yt The :\J c \J Ichdcl 111cldcn company dl e nc\'-. ftl1 nlture deal- (1 s 111 \helnathy, S Dak Roth & Co, fI0111 Stdnford Ill, are to open a new fUll11tme e;tole at ::\IoOle, ::\1011t The ~e\\polt FUl11ltUle company ale plOprietors of a ne\\ ..,tole 1ecentlv opened at XevvpOlt, 1\ a:::,h DavId F Healey ha" opened a new ~tore ill Taunton, \Idse; , unclel the name of the \ntJquc Fml11tme Lompany GeOlge C Smlth h plepdllng- to open a ldl~e fur11lture store m a four-story blllldll1l:; at 220 II est Fa\ eUe street, Baltl11101e, Md Dr "\Y L D1ckel son, sIlent pal tllel 111 thp firm of Fay & Dld~ehon at Long Beach, Cal, has sold his ranch and 1eSI-denLt nea1 Ontallo, Cal for $15,000 He wlll move to Long ];each ,llld the film \\ 111add a furmtul e de pal tmel1t to then bl1sme-;s WEEKLY ARTISAN Fine Furniture Woods. Gland RapIds and \Ve"tern J\Ilchlgan Ius long been fam-ous for the manufacture of fine ±url11ture Thel e are nearly fifty fl11l11tl11e factories m Gl and Rdpld s usmg fine woods whJle Hastmg", .KashvJlle, Charlotte, Holland, ~turgls, Ben-ton Harbor, Muskegon, BIg RapIds, \Ial11stee, Traver'le Clt), Lansmg, Grand Ledge, Owosso and Corunna are all m the Grand RapIds dlStllCt, and all have flom one to a half dozen furl11tl11e factolles, consequently \\ est :\Ilchlgan IS the great-est market m the wodd for fine ftl1111tl11e lumber and veneers ThIs prehmmary leads to the mattel of fUr111shmg supphes and m thIs connectIOn the \\1 eekly \1 tlsan IS plea 'led to note that lTpteglOve & Beckvvlth, of "e\\ l' O1k and Gland RapIds al e among the greatest Imp01 tel" and manufacturel" of fine fur111tl11e lumber 111thl'l couni!) TheIr Grand RapIds office, 13 manufacturers or thell buyers selecting what they want Mr. BeckWIth for tvventy or mOl e ) ears has been selling these goods 111the west, and his pohcy has been to gIve hIs custom-ers the very best goods at reasonable prices and so retam not anI) theIr respect but confIdence 111hIS Judgement and fail deahng, and 111thIs way has seen hIS busmess grow steadJly from year to year untJl the name of Uptegrove & BeckWIth has become the standard for cverythmg that is best 111fur111- ture lumber and veneers Furniture Fires. John DavIdson, fl11nitule dealer of Guelph, Ont, lost hl'l entire stock by fire I ecently. Lo'ls $14,000; fully 111sured The I-I1ggmbotham hardware furl11ture St01 e In Dubhn, Tex, was bl11ned out on December 24 Loss, $4,000, partially msured O'ReJlly & Son, furniture and crocker) dealers of Medina, N Y suffered a los3 of $2,000 by fire on December 22, Fully 111sured John McGee's furl11ture store m Fhnt a suburb of Fall RIver, Mass, was badly damaged by fire on December 24 Lo"s fully Insured. The fl11111tUle stOle of Andelson & vVander, Red Lake, 2\1:111nwas totally de'ltroyed by iiI e on December 23 Loss $7,500, insl11 anCe $5,000 The plant 111c1ud111gstock on hand, of the NatIOnal Ad- Justable Chall company at Greenfield, Ind, was burned on December 23 Loss $6,500, 111Sl11anCe$3,000 The Rhodes lurl11ture company's store on K111g street, Charle'lton, S C, was almost totally destroyed by fire re-cently The loss wa'l partIally cm ered by m'lurancc J D Oclel, fl11l11ture dealel of Lee's SummIt, near Kan-sas CIty, Mo, lost about $2,500 m a fire that destroyed the best part of the busmess sectIOn of the VIllage on December 23 Mr Ocker's loss IS fully covered by msurance The plant of LudWIg Zodlkow, manufacturer of parlor fUll11ture on the East SIde, .Kew YO! k, was destroyed m a fire on December 23, that caused a total loss of $250,000 Mr. Zodlkow's loss 13 about $110,000, pal tially msured Edward B Jordan & company's cabmet fact01y m Brook- I) n, N. Y., was damaged to the extent of $90,000 by fire on December 18, and two employe'l lost theIr hves by suffocatIOn. The blaze IS supposed to have started from a cIgarette care-lessly dropped In the shipping department Made by Stebbms-Wllhelm Furmture Co, SturgIs, MICh. at 22 Pearl street WIth vvarehouse and yards at Court and ShaVVll1Ul avenue ale In chan~'e of John 13 BeckWIth who vvlth an able corpe; of a"slstants, IS prepaled to supply the tlade WIth the vel y chOIcest African, MeXIcan and Cuban mahog any lumbe1 and veneers, the ch01cec;t of Clrcae;slan walnut and quarter-~awed oak, and m fact, everythmg that IS best m fine fl11nltUle and plano lumber and veneers So well known to the manufactUl el s hae; thIS become that one may step mto theIr storage rooms any day, and almost at any hour, and find ..... ------------------------ MOON DESK COMPANY I II II I II II I I II III~--------- Grand Rapids Exhibit, January, 1910, 3rd Floor, Manufacturers' Building. R. E Moon, F M Barton, D. L McLeod, In charge OFFICE DESKS ._--_. ------.,II Six Styles of Double Flat Top Desks. MUSKEGON MICHIGAN ._---- . .- .__._._--_._.-.__ ._. .------------------ I4 " 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~------_.--------._-----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ t I I I III III IIt II I I I, PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION Our nultiple Square Chisel llortiser .. - ,II I I A No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. Makes the Strongest, most economical and most accurate case construction possible. It is entirely automatic. It clamps, mortises and releases, completing the post in less time than the material can be clamped on other machines. We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extreme-ly profitable to chair manufacturers. Ask for CAT ALOe HE" •,,-----------------._----_._--- -------- •• •• _ ••• _ a ••• I ...... -- ---------- - - - - .----------_._---..-. _ ....... The Home-Like Herkimer. '\ l"ltllJg lepresentatl\c, ot the t11l11ltt11L tlade to the (,1111c1 Rapld, market c1W111gthe Jcll1Ual\ e'.hdllt!on ill It a 1\ "C,l") 1 of the year \\ 111find that the Herl'llllel hotel trJo cl, fil t (Ll', Made by Mamstee Manufacturmg Co , Mamstee, MlCh accommodatIOns \vlth the hIghest (lc:glee of L0111f01t 11110pop ular hostelry concluded on the European plan ,1ft01 els the 11M'.1 mum of comfOl t at the m111lmUm of co,t and IS eql11pped \1 lth attractlve, hght, alry, tastefully furnIshed rooms provIded \\ lth dedI lL 11gb!.'>,,teclm hedt, clothes dosets, hot ,1l1d cold run11lng \\ atel telephones, fire escapes, restful beds, etc Some new feat ure<., "hlch have Just been llJstalIed con,lst of d perfectly ap p0111ted bl1hal d room m chal ge of John Thomp'on a 10une;lllg c1Lll barber shop aud pubhc tOllets. '\ ne\\ Oth F1ectllc ele \ ator IS abo bemg put m The cafe has Fnghsh, \11os1On alld C olo111al r00ms and the CUbllle 1<.,of the best The Herklmer 1 ,1 ,elect hotel t01 transient and permdnent guest,. qmet h,l111e hke chcen, ,ome\\ hat dIfferent and 111 some p:trt1cll1ars ql11te \ mqne It IS the latest of modern hotels m Grand Rdplds and tv el \ detaIl looked afte1 a~ to fil1l.,h, artlst1~ tredtment of clecor- ,tt1On", model ate 1ates, cal efnl management l he cafe snpphes the ]Jab on of the Herk1mel WIth good fooel, properly Laake! ,lm! IV ell sel \ ed all at model ate pnces The regnletr serVIce Dr the Late IS 110m 6 a m to] 1 P 111 ,md a let Cdlte at all honr~ C lnb breakfasts, c1nb 1nncheon5, etc lIve COUf.,e t:lbL c1hotl dmnel, Sundays mc1nded, from '5 00 to R 0 do~k, at ')0 Architects Fail on Furniture. \.s a rnle c\lcllltech fall d" desH:;ners of fUl nlttll e 1hel "eem to be no more quallfiecl to deSIgn fn'1llture C01rectly than a mll1111el to pro(luce a (hes:o ~tllt fOl a gent1emdn Thl' <:;1 eat \elam Brothers \\ e1e arc1lltects, but they employ eel expenenced deSIgners to draw the fl1rl11ttll e that won the11 tame There 1~ a fad for "bUllt In furl11ture," promoted b} the archItect, that 1<.,spreadmg rapldly The mcompetency of the des1Rnel" IS demonstrated at a glance at the c. bt11lt 111 tnr11ltl11e" seen Jll many house, Retalle1 s of fnr1llture would --en e thelr best 1I1telec,t<.,by teadllng the puhhc the dJfierence l)e1\\ een fur1lltnre dec,lgned and built by manufacturers tra111ed ancl skilled 111 that mdustry and fUll11ture c1eslgnecl by arc1ll-tects and bullt by carpenters WEEKLY ARTISAN Special Rates to New York. The customaly merchants rate" to New York flom the trunk l111eand central pa"'"engel terntones hay e been author- Ized fO! the "'pl111g, 1910, meet111gs of the },[erchants' AssoCIa-tIOn of 1'\evv Y OJ k Tho specIal fare, effectIve undel the cer-tIficate rlcll1, \\ III be a I ate and one-half for the lOund tnp Thel e wJ11 be sIxteen sell111g date", arranged 111four ::,ene" of f0111 each, to accommodate mel chants 111the vanous trades who de"11 e to v 1'3lt the '\ ev\ York market 1he selhng dates al e as follows Trunk L111eTernto! v- JanUclf} IS-18, Inclu'01\e, rebluary 19-22, 111cluslve, Ma~ch S 8, 111c1u"'1\e, },Ial ch 1<)22. Inclu"lve-all wIth a fifteen day letull1 lunIt Cenilall'a..,,,en:sel lerl1to.y-Jal1ual} 15-18, Inc!u"l\e 1 ehlUdr} S-8, Il1clu"1\ e, I, ebrual y 1C) 22, 111c1us1\e },lal ch 5 8 IIlC!JI..,1\L-all \\Ith a thIrty day return lumt I he trunk 1111eten It01 y, roughly descnbed, 111cludes the ..,tdte.., of J\ew York, Penn,,}lva1l1a, New Jersey, Delaware. .!\ [dl} land, a lanse pa' t of \ V e"t " Irg111la, V Irg111la north of and 0'1 the 1111eof the Chesapeake & OhIO raIlway, and the dlstnct of ColumbIa In thl" "ectlOn the rates does not apply from pc 111t"Ie"" than olle hundred mJ1es from X ew York CentIal Pa""engel i\,,"oclatlOn ]un"dlctlon IS be"t de- ",cl1hed a" follo\\" POInts \\C"t of (but not ll1c1udmg) Buf-falo, NIagara rail", Su"penslOn Bl1dge and Salamanca, ~ \ , Plthburg and Alleghany, Pa , BellaIre and Manetta, 0 \\ heelll1g, ChaJleston and HuntIngton, \V Va , and pOInt" on and north of the OhIO 11\ el and edst of the MI::''3I''''lppl r1\ U, and "outh of an Imag111ary 1ll1e flom Keokuk, Ia . to ChIcago, Incluchng C111Cll1natl, LGuI'3vllle, all to\\ ns 111 Kentuckv 011 the Che::,apeake & OhIO lalh\ a} , St Lows , Keokuk , Chlcao~o Southern Penll1,ula of l\Ilchlgan and Canadwn tm\ n" on thc \111111gall Cenilal rculroad and the \Vaba"h raIlroad The 1\[erchdnt" AS'3oclai!on call" speual attentIOn to the plan to be Inaugurated WIth the Spnng, 1910, meetll1gs, whele by bu} e,,, takll1g advantage of the rate" to N nv York wJ11 On1) be lequired to nuke one tl1P (lI1,tead of t\\O as hereto fore) to the a"soclatlOn s offices for the vall datIOn of the I eturn trip certIficate The ob] ect of the new plan 1'3 stIlI further to mll1lmlZe the '3hght mCOnvemence In the lo"s of tune ditendant upon the use of merchants' rates To canv thl'3 plan mto effect, the aSSOCIatIOn's reSIdent member" v;IlI be "upphed a ne\\ and speCIal IdentIficatIOn card One of these, plOpeI1y filled out and SIgned, must be obtall1ed by edch bUyer 111 1\ ew York, plIO! to reglstenng at the aSSOCIatIOn'" office" If the IdentIficatIOn and the return tny certIficate are le:sulal 111every lespect, the laitel WIll at once be valIdated, aftel whIch the return transportatIOn called for by he \ ah- '" ~ ' I~" '-~ " II I"II ! I I I I, \11 I ft I I \ l \ II \ I \1 I \ ~ \ 11 '<:.--~ -- ( """ 160 Rockford 15 dated certIficate \vIlI be sold vvlth111 the return hmlt b) the local tIcket agent on the day 01 one day 111ad\ ance of the buyer'" depal ture from New YOI k Arrangements have also been perfected whereby all the local tIcket office" and depots wJ11 make the deSIred Pullman reservatIOns for a merchant shOWIng a vahdated return tnp certIficate Out-of-town merchants are urged to obta111 the identI-ficatIOn card from a reSIdent member ancl VISIt the aSSOCIatIOn's cffices as soon a" pOSSIble after al nval In town, thereby glv111g tIme 111whIch to secure the correctIOn of any pdtent el ror 111 the I eturn tnp certIficate, a" well a'3 affO! cl111g opportul11t) promptly to obta111 Pullman' e"enatlOn" fOl the return tnp, ahel the cel tIficate ha'3 been valIclcttecl Line of Loose Cushions. The Kell-Anway Company hay e a 1111eof loo"e cu"hlOn::, fo, seat" and backs of loc:Zer", that wIll be sure to please every bu) er who sees them, the cut herewltll '3hows a good specImen of thIS lIne The \\ hole 1111ewIll be exhIbIted 111 Grand RapIds on the fil "t floO!, north half of the FurnIture EAhlbltlon buIldll1g, formedy occupIed b} the Mueller & Slack company The Ked-Anwav company are rapldl} com111g to the flont a" one of Grand RapIds leadmg uphol<;ter- 111g concel ns, and thell 11l1e of samples wIll lZreatly add to their trade and reputatIOn The best way to manage a husband I::' to select one who doe'3n't need managing. Furniture ..---. ... ----~I,II I I ~ ,I ,II II II IIIIII I.-- ..... --------~I National Company and Manufacturers of HIgh Grade Furniture in Selected Quarter Sawed Oak and MAHOGANY Our fullime Will be on exhibition on the 4th Floor, North Half, Library Dining Room CbiRa Cabinet 186. FURNITURE EXCHANGE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Buffet 286 16 vVEEKLY ARTISAN "'UBl..ISHe:O EVERY SATU~DAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY ---- -~ ~- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $200 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. -- -- -- --- --- ~- --- -- -- --- PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP'DS, MICH, A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter Jnly 5, 1909 at the post office at Grand Raplds Mlchlgan nnder the act of March 3 1879 T""o decades ago a neatly dlessed, 1I1telhgent young Inshman alfnecl1l1 Gland RapIds Calf)1I1g a roll of govelll-ment 1ssne:o that \\ auld fill a length of ::,tm eplpe and an-nounced that he v, as the prcs1dent of the Dnluth FU1mtl11 e company of \Vest Dulnih, \lmn He trankl) stated that h1S ob] ect was the employment of the best desIgner, the best superintendent and the best foremen employ ed 111 the factones of Grand Raplch 1he clas::, of men he deslfed to confer \\Ith we1 e mamly under contract, but not to be uefeatcd m 111'0 purpose he engaged \\ H Redmond la competent "upenn-tendent), \\ C Horner \\ho had j11',i entereu upon hIS career as a deSIgner and a numbel of other", \\ ho 1110\ ed to \\ (::,t Duluth and entered npon their dutle." \1 r Hornel jJlOducecl many "ol1gmal" desH; 11s and the tI ac1e kno\\ " \\ hat ha ppCI1" when sprout1l1l:; gen111s 11peno, al'd IS I cach for jJJ(.J.,1I1£; 1 he goods were not 111such dcmand 111 the \\ e:ot as to I eqUlre the operatIOn of the factOl) ovel tl1l1e and the companv deuded to dump the stuft on poor old, patlel,t, lon£;-snftellll£; \e\\ l.Olk To save expense 111 Shlpp111£;, the £;'00c1" \\ 11 e loaded on a vessel and se\ eral \veeks latel I eached the docks ot X e\\ 1. ark \\1 hen the packmg had been taken olf thel e \\ el e rev ealed fea-tures 111constructIOn, the deslgnel h',l-d not planned :\Iam of the panels had assumed conca\ e shape" Bed lalls \\ ele a" clooked as a rall fence and the aId of a CI0\\ bar or a stick oj dynamIte was necessary to opel1 the cha\\ els The onh parts of the pIece.., that had not taken on ne\\ ."hapes \\ ere the casters and the ml1 ror plates The backel ot the entellJll "e ,I wealthy S\\ echsh ~entle1l1an, \\ ho 0\\ ned the £;round on \\ hlch \Vest Dulnth \\ as located gay e the ) onnl:; I1lsh son 111-la\\ other employment and the factory \\ as closed fore\ el The po..,tal defiClt of nearly $18,000,000 1" dne mamh tL) carry 111g mal.;a71n es as second cIa ss maHer and to the enOl-mous cost of the rurdl free dehven sel \ Ice Thel e are 0\ el forty thousand f, ee rural deh\ ery route." and the cost of ma1l1ta111111trthem IS 0\ el $28,000,000 per annum \\ Ithout the nllal servIce the postal department \\ould o,hO\\ a ]JlOfit of $10,000,000 pel) ear From tll1S It appeal;:, that the rural h ee deln eq busllless has been overdone It has surely been extended be) ond the necessity line In many localIties and It IS probahle that some of the routes wlll be consolIdated III order to cut down the total e"pense The sen Ice hO\\ e\ e1 IS not hkel) to be CUItalled Rural f1 ee deln el \ plea.,es thl people and It will be extended until It reaches pI actlcalh all at them The postal department Will contlllue to do bU::,llle::,s at a loss unless the defiCit can be made good b\ ralslllg the rates on second class matter, by chang111g the clas..,lficatlOn 01 by cutting down the rates paid to the ral1roads for carrying mail Conslderahle uneaS111ess eXists III n)USlneSs circles on account of the threats of orga11lzed employ es of the railroad corporatIOns to stnke for hIgher wages Conferences of the partIes III lllterest held to adjust the matter of a new scale falled of an agreement It is reported that the government al bltratlOn board \\ III he called upon to settle the dlfferences \\ lth the e'\:pectatlon that a I esuIt lIke that which followed the '-tuke of the coal mlller" a few) ears ago will be reached A.. stllke at this ilme \\ auld affect all l111es of business disas-i1ou '01) Buyers of fur11ltl11e WIll safeguard their hest lllter-e" ts b) ordenng goods lIberally for early shipment The popular da\ enport bed \\ as manufactured 111Grand Rapids tv\ enty-fi\ e years ago It was not named 111honor of :\I1 Da\ enport, of Boston, the gentleman who 1S cred1ted \\ Ith the responslblhty for the success of the bed III recent \ ears The first of the da\ enport patterns was manufactured b) S L Km~ hut the people preferred the upright folder at that time and the r"ml.; Davcnp01 t did not sell well. It was placed on the market and thoronghly advertbed, but the up-nght was too \\ ell grounded III the favor of the public to permIt success for the da\ enport The orders, rules and I egulatlOns I elatlve to collection of the corporatIOn lllcome tax, promulgated by the internal levenue department are so comphcated that they form good l:;rot111d f01 a suspIcIon that some of the \Vashington authon-tic" are tl \ mg to make the tax more obnOXIOUS than is 1eally nece"sal \ Thel e \\ 111be no I eason for surprise 1f the law is amended hcf01 e the supreme court has a chance to pass upon It,, \ ahd1t), and the amendment may result 111postponement of the fil st collectIOn f01 a year Puce card holdel" III ."e\ eral forms have been sold suc- (essfull) dunng recent years These useful little al ticles "el \ e the purpo"e" of the retader best when placed behind the cloor~ of chllla closets, buffets, parlO1 cablllets and lIke goods Retdllel s compla111 that chl1dl en frequently m1X them when \\ Ithm thel1 reach The ca1 d holders seldom fall to attract the attention of httle people when placed on the tops of tables, (11e."Sel" 01 commodes The Grand Tnanon at \ el sa1lles, F1 ance, 1S to be re-st01 ed The Fl ench al tIsts who are leadmg the movement e"pect to place the1r 01 cler for genullle French furmture for t he palace \\ Ith manufacturel s of Grand Rapids The l111es are 111 place on the floors; the factory cafes are '-tocked for the "eason. the sale"men and a conSIderable num- 1)el ot bll\elS have annec! and the Gland Rapid.., market 1S t01ll1alh opened '1 he annual dlllner to SOjOlU11lng pail ons of the Grand RapIds Chall COmpdn\ wlll be served today The bluffer puts up a good front to compensate for hIS Llck of backing. Look out for the fellow whose record won't bear looking into. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS James W Campbell of Germantown, NY, has patented a knockdown desk The Pass ChaIr and} ur11lture company of \ntwel p, ).J Y, has been mCOlpOlated E. PElley, furmture dealer of :\hlskogee, Okla, has sold out to A S Lannmg John F11ndall of ChIcago has been granted a patent on a combmation couch and chaIr H n Arnold of New Brtlam, Conn, has been granted a patent on an e:l.tenslOn bed VlclOl A. Olson. fUlmture dealer of Yankton, S Dak, has sold out to P C Nehon Guthne & J ennmgs have purchased the furnIture busmess of Haynes Bro:" at \Vhlttles, Va L D Buffmgton, furmture and hardware dealel at Bok-oshe, Okla, has made an assIgnment Joseph H Hl:"cock of Mmneapo11s has secured a patent on a knock-dov' n wal drobe and cupboard The Kmg Furniture company of \Varren, Ohio, have mcreased the capItal stock from $60,000 to $85,000 J. T. MartIn &Co, ftllmture dealels of Sulphlll, Okla, have been declared bankrupt on a voluntalY petltlOn. D. C Slxbey ""ho has been X eIA- England manager for the Lyon Furmture Agency retlres from that posItion today Henry F Kesel, furnIture dealer of Rochester, N. Y, has made an assIgnment to V\! 19bel t Irank as trustee for lhs creditors The North Texas Furniture and Coffin company of WI-chita Falls, Tex, has suspended opelatlOns and given notice of dIssolution. The Mls<;lOn Fl1l11ltUle company of Dayton, OhlO, has been placed m the hands of a I ecelver on a petItion filed by local credItors The Cream City Bedcbng company, capltahzed at $150,- 000. has been incOl porated "lth offices at Houghton, J\Iich , and Milwaukee, \VlS Luckey, Platt & Co, genelal dealels of PoughkeepsIe, N Y, al e blllldmg an addltlOn vcdllch will enable them to enlarge their furmture department Fred Reinsmlth, furmture dealer and undel taker of Allen-town, Pa, IS el ectmg a ne"" three-story bnck bUlldll1g that he WIll occupy in February The A Leath Fl1111ltlll e cornpany of Rockford, Ill, has dropped the WOld "ftlr11lture" out of the name and IS now called the A Leath company The bU1ldmg permIts Issued In Boston dunng the past thI ee months have e'(ceeded an) sllmlar penoel m the past ten years m both nUUlber anel cost The Charles J Anderson company, cabmetmakers of \Vebster avel1L1e, New York, have been adjudged banktupt, Llabllttles, $9,509, as:"eh, e"tllnated, $7,250 The Bronson Desk company, Los Angeles, Cal, has moved into a ne" seven story bUllchng on Seventh street Their lease IS for ten years at a total lental of $141,000 J H Fl aser has boulSht the mterest of hIS partner E. T Houghton, deceased, m the firm of Houghton & Fraser fur111ture manufacturers and upholsterers, Springfield, Mass, and WIll contUlue the busmess under the name of J H Fraser & Co. The Amellcan 1'oldUlg Bed company of Sheboygan, \Vis , are completmg lmprovemenb that WIll Ulore than double theIr capaCIty and ,,111 add dll1mlS room furmture to their 11ne of products. W J MacInnes who for a number of years was the treas-urer of the Gunu FUlmture com pan) and m chalge of the company's advertlsmg campaIgn, ha:o recently been engaged by the General MotOl s company, for work m the advertIsmg department Samuel H. Frumpkm and Samuel Rmlin, domg a retaIl furlllture business under the name of the BerkshIre Furmtm e company, 111 PIttsfield, Mass, hay e made an aSSIgnment to theIr landlord Corneltus \V \I\Tnght, whose stock they bought two veals ago LIabIlItIes, $15,000, assets, about $7,000 F ,y [<'lench, fmmellj 11ujer for BroV\n, Thompson & Co of HaltfOld, Conn, and latel WIth L DImond & Sons of PI OV ldence, R I, WIll sell the lInes of the \lValt FurnIture company of Portsmouth, 0, the EmpJre Couch company of ::\Ied 111a, NY, and the C H Campbell Furniture company of ShelbYVIlle, Ind , 111the :.'\e,,, England terntory dUlmg the comlllg season An agreement has been recalled between the Belknap Hardware & Manufactunng company, of Loubvllle, Ky, and the Standard Furlllture company, of NashVIlle, Tenn, that the salesman of the fil st concern travellllg in teIrltory more accessIble to KashVIlle than LoUlsv llle, WIll sell fllrllltUl e duect from Nasl1Vllle, and that all tld' ehng men of the Hard-ware company WIll can y '" Ith them the Standard Furnitm e company's catalogue Twelve stockholders In the Standard Chair company, EvanSVIlle, Ind, ,,,,ho purchased $15,000 worth of stock from Robert A ReItz, pnor to the filll1g of a bankruptcy petltion 1ll federal court by that company are entItled to the return of their money accord111~ to a I uhng of Judge Anderson of In-chanarolls Y\ hich upholds the deCISIOn of Phelps Darby, referee m bankl uptcy, 1endered se, eral months ago Relt7, when he sold the stock owned all of the outstandlllg stock e'(cept two shares. May Mean Higher Price fOJ.· Coal. Rumors of a gIgantIc comb111atlOn of bitummous coal compal1les opelating 111 Mdryland, ·VVest Virg111la, Pennsyl-vallla, Kentucky and OhIO 1ll which the Consolidation Coal Co v\ ill play a leadmg part, has been reVIved dunng the past week WIth an advance of 6 pomts m the pnce of ConsohdatlOn Coal shares on the Baltullore Stock Exchange BeSIdes the ConsohdatlOn Coal company, the PIttsburgh Coal company, vvhlch also holds a large area of coal land, the Berwll1d & \Vhlte company, the JamIson Coal & Coke company, and the holcltngs of J. S & \V S Kuhns of PIttsburgh are saId to be among the properties WhICh vvlll be taken over These reports "" el e strengthened at a meeting of the du ectors of the Georges Creek Coal & Iron company, when an offel made by the] amlson Coal & Coke company of Penn-sylvallla to buy the Geolges Creek company was accepted, subj ect to ratificatIOn by the du ectors The price offered was $150 a share, payable partly 111 cash and the rema111der m bond" There has been consldel able quiet buymg of coal lands In \V cst VirgInia, Pennsyh ania and Kentucky 1ecently, and agents of the promoters of the coal comb111atlOn have been for months obtall1111g optlOns on coal lands III those state", Henry Clay Fnck IS saId to be one of the movlllg spmts 111the coal deal, and allted WIth him are saId to be U111ted States and Standard OIl interests For months, It IS saId, J\Ir Fnck and his aSSOCIates have been qUletly bUY111gthe stock of the PIttsburgh concern, though checked In theil attempt to obtalll a ma]onty by the refusal of the Scott and Taylor estates to part WIth theIr holdmgs MONEY MERGER MOST DANGEROUS 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ".-_ . .4 II If ( IIIIII4 II --------------------------------1 Here is III• IIIII III I III , III III II II IIIII I a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ,,IIII I• III ,, I I• I,III I No. 592 I ~----------------------------------------------~ ~i----------------------------------------------~ : I : I ~~~A~B·:AsRGAIN I I I I I 4I I' 4• •I I l I I I I I I I,, II IIII• I II I,I III II ,IiI II : II ,III I I ------ -- -- ----._._---_. ------------------------~I No. 537. 28x42 top Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIs fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIS and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. "a . Business Interests of the Country at the Mercy of l\-Iorgan. Rockefeller. the Guggcnheims and a Few Othel·s. The follO\'vmg quotdtJOn" ale not fr0111 \Ir Bnan, n01 110111the speeehe'i 01 \\ lItmg'i oi Jel ry SImpo,on, Sam Car), [om \\ ato,on, Gen \\ ea\ eI, Senator Peffer O! a,l) other Pop-ulbt but the, 'itate idC±:' and call attentIOn to conchtlOn" that 11111"tbe recog1117ecl a" a 'ienou" menace to the busIlles,; mter c"h or the countr), by all thou15hfulleaclel" 1hey elle from ,\ 11 celltunal that 1ecently appealcel III \\ hat I" c;entl alh con- "ddccl d Lon"enatne pelpel-the DebOlt \C\\'l laPltetl 1" the hfe blood of 1)11'i111e", It 1'0 also an ele- 111tnt \\ llIch hke hre 111<1) be a c;ooel 'iet'vant emel a ternble lll,htcr Franc1'o Bacon once "atd "]\Ien 111great place dIe thrIce sel \ anh-"eI \ e\11tsot the '00\ el clgn 01 "tate, 'iel \ el11t"of tclme dnd o,eI\ ant:, of bUo,ll1e'i"" But rt IS the Lammon a111bI-t10n of "men 111gr cat place" to play the master There IS \\ ar- Idnt then fOl general \ IgIlance lf not appI ehen"lOll at the -,pectacle no\\ on \ le\'v lD the financlal \'vorld \\ hen J Plel pont \[ (lr~an, the Rocketellel", the Guggenhelms, the \ dnelel-bllh I nck CleO!£;e r I3dkel and "c\ eral other financler" at the hi "t magnltudc seem to be poolIng thell strength of capttal, the 1e"t of the \\ mId 1t1st1t1ctn ely calls to mmd both the \ 01- tllnc and the PO\\ er of such an alhance of wealth It. means that not only the nchc'lt dnd ablest finanCler'i of the \\0 ld are lJl etllrance, hut that the 1t1iet e'its \'vhlch the) com 01, banklD15, tlansporatIon, mlt1ln£;, pettoleum dndlIfe ll1'3urance asset'i e11e hem£; hrought ll1to a 'i111gle cont'ol \n dg~regatlOn of 'iuch powel can be a 1111ghtv 111fhlence I(ll tUlthellng the £;cnelal \\elfale, OJ It can hc a" cLlI1£?,eroll" ,1" ,1 mael do£?" If 1t "hOlllel he tncllneel to 111bChlef Tn genetal It llld, be saId iha i ther e e11e two pnnclpal \\ a \ s of mdk111g monn Qne \\ a\ l'i b) useful sel \ Ice to one" fellow men the elthel 1'0 by la)111£?,onc " tcllow 111enunder fOlced tubutc [he fil "t method I" a llttlc '010\\, but Ii IS a noble ewd plal'ie\vorth) td<.,lwlll \\ Inch gn h el fall e(jIll\ alent, fOJ all sen Ice and makes c \ Lt \ man happlel 1 he .,econd method I" CjUIcker It he" 111 \\ cut to tal~e ad\ antd[?,e of the dlstre%ed, and, \\ hen 111en try to conduct themsel\ tS ,,0 dI'icleeth that they avOId the orell l1al \ mIshaps ancl plttalh of hU'3lnc'" lIft the "ccond fashlOn of malon£?, money 1'3 ll) pI cpal e tl dp" \. hlch \\ 111catch hath the \\ an ancl the UI1\\ al \ J he ca'ilt"t and "\llC"t of "llch Laps IS a money pa111C Such a cnSI" bnng" to hl'3 knee" C\ClY man "ho ha'i been clCln£?,husme"'i on cledlt, anel those \\ho he 1n \\eut can take U"t!l\ of thelr fellov\ men on dlctatonal term" This Olga111- /dtj(J11 ot lapltal reachee, mto the b1g-est bank'3 of the natlOn ,11](111 Cdn dlllelte thul poltCles It can order a 1 ecluctlO11 of loan" to the ex,ent of hundreds of m1lhons and tlm" preclp1tate "uch a sCldmblc fe)! money that men V\ III pay any pnce to ..,a\ C theII cred1t lInn the men \\lth leach cd'ih, helc1111leserve for "uLh a monH nt can 1eap 111a \\ eek, ploilt'i of e"tOl tlon that 1he\ could not s.;a1hel In )eaI'i hy Oldlnal) bU"ll1c",'i Thue 1" ell1\,n, a tClllptatIon fOl <1 powetful man 01 01 ~al1lZatlOn of men to tryout theIr powel The temptatIOn 1'0 not alwayS hene\ alent Such an organ1L:atlol1 could b) mere decree eIther mdke money plentIful 01 so ...caree a'Oto caU'ie dl"a-,ter The money "uppl\ I'i ploportlOned to the blb111C'S need::, of the natIon llIuch d" the hreeul "upph I" ]llO]1Olttoned to the mouth" of tlw pOOl ()ne Ce111call',t hungel anel hard'ihlp by merely holdln£; up el "mall ploportlon of the supply of bread A l11onC\ panIc c;(n he hlou£?,ht ahout 0\ e' l1Ight that WIll stan e d thou'3anc1 ll1elu"tlles Into a shut-down and \\ 111compel thou WEEKLY ARTISAN ,~----------------------~------ II IIf III I I I II I• I II II IIf IIII III III II II III '-------- 19 -----------~--------------------------~ III I II•I III I If I III IIIf f IIIIf IIII I II I I If •II Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 m. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAft. ----~-----------------------------------------------------------------~ <"tncl<,of mel1 \vho hay e pled~ed \ aluahle collatel al ,,<, <,ecullt) f01 loal'<', to dcln er the collateral 0\ er to the nlel1 behmd the panIC a<, the pI Ice of soh el1ey and busme<,s honor 'These men hay e more power than 1S good for man, f01 \Vlth 1t comes grave 1esponslbI11ty \Vhat the1r purpose may be It lS ImpOS'31ble to dn me, at the present moment, hut that aggregallon of wealth, and bal1kmg power must Lertaml)' command aHenllon \V hen the congl ess undertake'3 to 1ev Oltl UOI1Ize our CUll ency and hankllll:; S) stems Perhap" that !<,Ode of the pl11poses hack of the mone\ mel ~el LookIn£; ,It !t 111 the h~ht of the p,I'3t and wIth the common uncle I sLll1cllng c [ hU111"n nature, the genelal effect mlht be <'ll"i'luon and "ppl ehenslOn It I" not well f01 an} n"tIon that a few men <'h"ll be posses<,ecl of <,uLh finanC'lal pm\ er that the) can decree prchpenty or hal d llme<; WIth ab'3olute authont}, and take then toll of eIther conclltlOns " Had to Ask the Girl. "Hello, ::\Jr John'" WhaP The combmallon? \\ "It a mmute tIll I thmk I have It Turn to the nght three tImes ane! '3top at 20 Then left pass 20 t\\ Ice and "top at S3 Back to the fllSht to 10 and the left to 7 " The abo\ e mes<;age wa s phoned trom the bOA office of a 10Lal theall e hv a young lady \\ ho had been Lalled out bv an ~------------------------- ----------------..,III I III II II II II• II •II I II I II I I I III II .. , II I III IIII III IIII• I IIIIII •I,I II I fob &rand l.'apu18 ..-------- --------- STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRANO RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups makmg the best cup 011 the market CellulOId IS a great unprovement over bases m1.de of other matenal When It IS necessary to move a pIece supported bv cups WIth celluloId bases It can be done WIth ease, as the bases are per fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are fimshed m Golden Oak and WhIte Maple fimshed ltght If you w,ll try a sample order of these !lood8 ?Iouwzll des,re to handle tn-m ,n quant,lte8 PRICES: Size 2}i !nehes $5.50 per hundred. Size 2){ mches 4.50 per hundred. TRY -1 SAMPLE ORDER ado! uncle! the CllCUmstallce" which "how that a fOlgetful man "honlcl 'Ilvva) s Call} the combmatIon of hIS safe J1l ]11" lIl"Ic1e pocket accordmg to a story that comes from Flmt, the Mlclll-gan ~uto CIty The man at the other end of the phone IS m blbmes" m Lapeer, l\Tlch, and the ) otmg lady 1S his bookkeeper She Made by the Udell Works, Indlanapol1s, Ind had been £;Iven a :,hoPPl1lg holIday and came to Flmt to "I<,lt 1 elatlve<, Her employel declared he could run the place Without hel for a day, and he managed to do <'0 untIl the m!d-dIe of the aftelnoon vvhen he had occasIon to go to the "afe He foulld the thmg locked good and lIght and the mOle he tned to remember the combmatIon the farther he got from It Reahzmg that he must open the safe In order to Lon- <,ummate a busmess deal he finally called up the parents of the young lady and from them learned whom she was VI'3ltmg Then he glued hImself to long distance and the faIr cnstodlan of the combmatlOn of the safe was traced through hel relatIves to the theatre and when the box office was appealed to one of the actors was asked to announce to the auchence that 1\11S" SO and So was wanted at the phone She 1emarked ahel she hung up the recen er that the next tIme '3he left Lapeer she vvould paste the combmatlOn on the safe above the door ~linnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN orB leERS-PresIdent LoUIs J Buenger Ne\\ Llm VIce PresIdent C DanIelson, Cannon Falls, Treasurer, o " 0 \!oen Peterson Secretan W ! Grapp JanesvIlle E-XECL [Iv E CO\!\!! fTEE D F RILhardson 1\00thfield Geo RIme, Mankato W L Harns Mmneapohs, o SlltlOn.., G encoe .1\1 L KlIne St Peter BULLETIN No. 65. OUR NEW YEAR'S GREETING We Hope That Members of Our Association Have Had th.. Best Year's Business They Ever En-joyed and Our Eal.·nest Wish Is That the Year Starting Today May Be Still Better--And We Promise You Better Service Through the Conling Year. JUST A FEW AFTER CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS. At least the Cll1!stmas rush ,llld hustle IS 0\ er 1\ e enJO) ed a good Chnstmas trade and hope yon dId the ~,nne But 'ipeakmg at trade rem1l1ds us of the old, old proble111 \\ hlch \\ e h l' e been try 1l1g to solve ,,0 long-the mall ordcl plob1em \\ e dl e Ielat1l1g some ct our expellences here for thc benefit of the dSSocl"tlOn The firot two al tlcles ,\ Il1ch we \\ lote to e:>..pose nnll o1(lel hathe method" blought fortll tv\O letters \\l11Cll \\e publtsh hele '\ ou have ,dl hnrd the old but tI ue Sd) mg, 'The l11t bll d Hutto" ' ,nd theoe lettcl' show that we ha,e nude somc "ooc1 she to ,t the mlll O1Ull hou,e When a blg coneeln v\lth hundrLlh ot clell,,, ll1d cmpll\ c, 1\Lc- thL trouble and tlmc to keep 111touch \\ Ith I lntlc 'SOCIltlln ItLe 0\11' It means that we dl e accompltsh1l1g 'i0111eth111g 1hh ou"ht to \\ lLe up the small dealer vvho has compardtn c1), lots ot tllne ,111d1l1tel k111d and 1111bt lted In Ib tl ue proportIOns By slow, ldbonou'i \\ 01k \\ e 11'1\ e 11l1a11jworked out ,l system by \\ hlch we Cdn supply oUt members \\ Ith the mel chdndlse \\ hlch thev need to meet the edt,tlog can petItIOn fl e ne"\.t thll1g to be W 01ked out IS a system of self protectIOn II h"t h l, tlan5pll((1 In the last sIxty dayo makes the cartoon IUUS tnte 1 helc \llj ,pphc,b1c to our conchtlOn lIe are not la,\yers, but Jl slIce ,nd cummnn sense would say that Uncle Sam never 111 tendec1 t h l\C 111~copjll,;ht "0 con,tlued as to help anythll1g whIch h h the e 1111IIk" ol II ll1d IV l do not In e In MISSOUri, but we W oulel hLc to he sho\\ n \\ h) hus111ess mcn ha, e no light to plotect t!Jemsch es q 111Stflcludulent method, IVe Will take our chances III ,In '-Ir l1~ht legltlmdte competItion If a competitor has fore-lhou, iht, bl,lns d'ld ablhty to get merchandIse for le~s than we can, tl1 It h hh "oael f01 tunc and we Cdn S IV nothl11g aga111st It NeIther \\ ould ',\ e \\ bh to fO! we are not ~o narl ow 111111dedthat we cannot cld1111resupellO! bus111ess ablhty \\ e ,ue clh\d\ S ready to 1001, dt dll 'Ides of a questIOn and do not \\ ,nt to nunp at hasty conclUSions but everyone must draw the 1111esome\\ bel e and ',\ e (11aw It on deceptIve competitIOn It would be reall} 111telcstlll~ to takc one of the 111,1101 del catalogs ,md see ho\\ many 0\ el drclwn plchn es could be found We behevc therc IS 1 le"ltnrnte pletce fO! the 111all ordel house Som.e one must ~up-ply al tlclcs \\ hlch ,ne not kept 111stoeL 111 IUt al dIStrictS, but goods must be I epresented clS they I eall) are The mdll ordel house IS hke some gIgantIc octopu~ whIch, not content "'Iih reachlllg evelY ,Illage lS gOl11g I11tO the large CItIes vVe beheve that the) mU'it ha,e started 111 bus111ess WIth tbe motto "Get busl11ess honeoth It ) ou can-but get It" Judgl11g from theu Illustl dtlOns they seem to be "gettIng Ii" The C<lftoon expl esses It e"\.,ctl) 1 he ,n1'111dealel gets hiS gooels from the Jobbcl and the Jobber ~cb hiS flam the n1'1nl1hcturer By the tune the Jobber dnd manu LlcturCl ha, e made then profit and the I etall dedler has ,ldeled hIS bl1sl11ess and legItimate expenseo, he IS not able to compete \\Ith a hlln ,\ hlch cuts out all these expense" It IS thIS condItIOn whIch ROOT, "LITTLE HOC," OR DIE. est hun tn such \11 c"\.tent thdt he wIll bc T ohnn, on the Spot" for anythl11g whIch \\ III help hl1n to protect ()) unprm e hIS blbllleos Perhap~ ~ome of ) ou ·wIll SlY th"t yOU do not ',\ ,lilt to !?,et mIxed Up ln any troublc Nuthcr do "e II e all ha\c enou!?,h iloublc ',\ lthout hunting f01 It, but ',\ hen It IS pla1l11y ,hO\\ n tInt the mal! order house IS I11J111111ygoul blhl11ess, wh,t then) 'Jo man ever be-came pr0111111entwlthont makJn~ cnemles "'-11people of "tlon~ chal tctCI lnvc enemIes and thIS apphes to hlms " \\ ell as 111<:n VIc bdlc, e In e, ery one tcndlll,s to IllS 0\\ n busllless but \\ hcn , com-petito! uses doubtful methods to get tradc which llghttull} belong" to yoU, don't j au thl11k It thcn becomes your busll1c"o to e:>..po"ethc methods employed? Don t ) au thl11k yon 0',\ e thl" much to ) OUI self and your fellow dealers? "~o man hveth to hlm"elf alone," md If all of us were to attel,d stnctl} to our 0\\ n bUol11eso wlth no thought of anyone else, thIS would bc a very cllsa!?,"e1eab1e \\ arid ThIS IS a frec country but no man 01 fil111 Ins I ll~ht to do that whIch 111Jurcs anothcl The succes,ful busllless man IS not sLll centued lfe 111U,t be brold 111111dedenough to seek methods \\ Inch \\l!1 benefit nnt hb bUSl11CSSalonc, but hIS busl11ess In "cnCl t1 OUI aSooclatlOn h In a pOSItIOn to help our membels meet and bcat "ny catalog pllce t rat IS brought to them, provldl11g thc Item 111 competItIOn h the s lme WEEKLY ARTISAN make;, the ('\I"tcuce of nl.lll 01 del hUlI<,es pos'lhlc IlllS I, thc SIt uatlOn \\ 111ch\\ c mu~t 1 UJl((h J llh I" thc kq to tllC m,lll ordel ploblem If \\e Cll! fwd some \\d) oi CUttIU,!,oui the"e,2;o bct\\ee11s the rest IS edSY f01 \\ C Cdn turnhh hI"h class goods No film C111 do a "uccc"ful bUSI11CS""Inch doc" \ )t Slthf} It-cu" tomel" L\Idently thIs h d fact w,11ch thc m"II O1du house nevel heald or else has long '>1nce f01gottcn 1 he Chdl1CL".11 e t1nt they would not beheve It If they dId hCul It tOI they "eem to t1 rne, but sueh succes~ cannot be pu m lllcnt Of course It IS not S) es-sential fOl them to remembel thIS Item '1'0 It IS for the home de 11el for theIr clbtomers al e sCdttered .111 0, er SE'\er 11 states and kIck, com111g from ;,0 far al e not, el} effectn e 10 be 51\1e, "ort'e of the11 customers dl e "atl"hed becalhe they In, ene, el compared th\1 goods WIth those of the hon'c de leI If, ou \\ Ish to plotect ,OUI ll1terests, It 1" } 01\1 bu"lne" to 111 lkc them ,ee tlll' dlffel' n,c By lbl11g the Illlbtr,ltlOns ,\Illch \\e fUlll1SI], }OU Cll! do tllls \\JtllOut sayl11g too much We Inust d\Old mdkl11g ,t ltUl1lnh \1111ch \\ L C ln110t p1<p.c lHlHth,,,ntl'II1'llJ ctr('I &- (!lu. ~~{~,e~N;~~CA~,"G%O;;:a::K,ANS .....S CITY ~~:rlt;T:;~~~1l:S~;ESS December 2nd, '09. Mr. W. L. Grapp, Secretary, Minnes~ta Retall Furniture Dealers Association, Janesville, Minnesota. Dear Slr'- We have before us advertisements of yours taken from the Weekly Artisan of Grand Raplds, Michigan, whereln you quote re-productions of our catalogue quotations, offering the Ckts of said quotatiors, together with our descriptive matter, at certain prices. Our catalogue is copyrighted. Your aets are clearly vlola-tlcns of our rlghts under the copyright laws; and our pkrpose i~ writi~g is to demand that you immediately withdraw the obJectIon-able quotations, ~oti~ying us to that effect, Or we shall commence proceedings to protect ourselves by injunction and also seek tre othar remedies that exist. Your immediate acknowledgement of thls communIcatIon , together wit~ siuniflcatlon of your intent to comply herewith is requested. We register thls letter that we may Obtain your receipt for the same. Yours very truly, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. ~r. -, Kccp yOUl C)es open and yOUl mouth shut until you see something 'lnd then get 1I1dlsputable proof o£ It In clOS111gtblS drtlclL \\ C S,ly aga111 th'lt the I nnedy t01 thIS condItIOn of aff'lIrs IS to cut out tbe middle men, do busmess dHecth WIth the fact01Y and buy 111large Cjuantltlcs We ha\e statcd some plalll fdLts hele and 1e,n e you to rcad between the hnes and dra\V \ our 0\\ n I11fereneeo IVe lrust that" (' ha, e suggested some ['ood thoughb to ) OU \\ hich you \\ 111'lct upon and then gT\ e the dSSOCI-atlOn the benefit of your cxpenence If yOU have different or better suggestIOns of your own, let us h 1\ e them The time Ins come "hen It IS a C'lse of 'root ho~ 01 dlC \\Ith ns \5 su~gested by the caltoon r ct us ,dl SllIt 1910 I1ght by 1e,ul\ lIlg to '\\ Ille thl11gs \\ 01 th leadlllg 01 do t1l1ngs wOlth \\Iltln>.; about tIll', cOlmng }llr \1 IltC ,ome al tides, send In some su~"est1ons tell \1S "hat yOU h we done IE } ou knew how much the StCIet,lry dppl lUdle, a httle help dnd how It encoUl ages hnn \\ e ,ll e SUI e you ,\ uuld '111 m 111,w;eto con tI1bute somethmg Vve "'ould hke 10 heal flom nCI) 111cmbel of the assouatlOn sooncI or later-soono we hope SIGNIFICANT CORRESPONDENCE. Hcrc" Ith are reproduced letters I eceIVcd h 0111 '\fonU;omel' \'\Tard & Co, that should be of 111tele"t to membels of om as,OCIl tIOll They show, at least, that OUI "ork has bcen and 1S cffectn e They should also be Instl uctlve for they shO\\ t hit the mlll 01de I housc, deem It necessary to kcep III close toueh WIth dc, c10pments that may affect theIr busl'1ess and dl e ready It all times to protect the11 I11terests If such a polIcy 15 good for '1 concern of ,;uch mag; mtude as Montgomery Ward & Co, It 11111stbe good fOi smdller concern~ and indIVIdual dealers The letter show that OUI hten ture has been effective, e1,e the mall order houses would h"ve I?- nored It-they would 1l0t have consldercd worth while an efIol t to head It off or counteract Its effect We do not entertain the Idea that \"e hd' e thrown a bomb Into the mall order houses nor laId a m1l1e under them, but WIll say that our ammUl1ltlOn has not been exhau,ted and \\ e expect to gIve thcm .1 fe" mOle effcetlve shots In the medn time If ,mv member has any suggestions to make as to the 10admlS or ainllng of our guns, 21 \\C \\ould plc'lsed to heal flom him ,ublect Gn C ns ) OUI l(1cd<, 011 the ASSOCIATION HELPS. HOUle ~ferchants Are Your Best Friends. 1he gl cat mall OHler lWlbC IS not thc fllcnd of the fal mel, nOI anyone else, a" t pI dends to be It cannot sell goods, on thc el, er do-e at I ates lover than the 1etaller can offel the S'lme (juaht) "h;n'the Item of freIght IS conSIdered ThIS ha" been demonstrated mal c than once, and can be demonstl dted at any time If the custo mer \\111 take 11l~ catalog pnee dnd the cost of tlanspol tmg 'lnd com pal e the total WIth thc home mel chdnt's pnce fhe caLJ10g house IS und",r hedvY eApense for advCl tlsmg Thb eAj)ense mnst comc out of the plofits Can It ,1ffonl to meet these glCdt lchCltlsmg IJ111, 'lnd ,dso dcltv(l the gooeh ,old b) the retdllel) Dc SIde<, tl11s, It h undel 1111111ense expense f01 ontldy" III <,tock, tc\"(S, scll il](" cllHl othel Item" \\ hlch the leLnle! doe" 110t ha' c to melt Ob,IOU,1y Its c" pen;,es al e enormous I ompal cd \\ Ith thc I etadu s b111 In adchtlOll ::tiHullfgoJnI'll! 1IlJar'i'l & <!Tu. CH CAGO & I'CANSAS CITY ~~:~H~~C~~~EK~':":q::;1IMGR ORIG;1!-::;'ORS (j~r.{~.'.:..~~EEs:s~~":.,,§ C~TALOGU.E BUSINESS 1I01lT,J f<QRk • ...,,~ Sf¢<" <!!lttrugrr. December 2, 1909. Mlchlgan ArtIsan Co., Publ l-shers, 20 Lyon Street, Grand RapidS, Mich. Gentlemen:- We have before us two recent Issues of your paper contalnlng the advertIsements or the Mlnnesota Retall FurnIture Dealers ASSOclatlon. Ou!" AttoY7'ev advlse.e us trat these ad.rertJ.se .. mG'1ts are clearly nolatJ.ons of oU.r "'Ights under the copy ..:rig11t laws. Our cat1llogue is copyrIghted and no inf'!"actions such as these WIll be permitted by us V'lthout recourse to oUx' remedIes. Our purpose in wrltlng .t0U 15 to dena'1d that you witndraN from your col..lmns such of.f'e'1d1ng matter referred to; and It is also proper that .IOU correct your rYl'lstake by In-serting 1n the next lssue of"-your paps'>" a statenent, to occupy a place of' equal promlnence as the OrigInal matter, to t~e efrect tl1at It is not your purpose to offend agaInst tre rlghts of otners and that Montgomery Ward & Co.'s catalogue beIng copyrig'1ted, further quotatlons of the 8dvertlsements of the MiTl.nesota Retall FUl"nitul"e Dealers ASSOClat:l.On that copy the cuts ana descrlptlve matter of' our catalogue wlll be withd""'awn. It 1S OUl"purpose to follO\t this matter closelj by conflscatlon of future ed1tions of your pap-er, If necessary, and other remedIes wlll be SQught to protect out" rights against such vlolat~ons. Your i'l'lmediate :reply is requested. We reg~ster thlS letter that we may secure you!" l'6ceJ.pt for the same. You:r-a very trl.41y, ~"~ Vlce ..Pres't. &: Cen'l. }!.gr. It takes the pdtron's moncy dnd does hlm no favors The retatlel WIll, If 1equested, lend one of hI, rehdble customers a sum of money tor a few day~ Vv III the catalog house do thIS? The retaIler ,hows hI" goods before one buys The catalog hOl1;,e does not 1 he retdllel s reputatIOn IS bchmd e\ ( I) Selle be makes The cata log- hou"e IS beyond the llldl\ Iclu,t! u itlChm L he ret,111er pdyS thc Ll1111eJalmost as much tOI hI, ploduLe ,IS the ftnner lMy, the IC t'l11el £01 l11s purchascs The Cat llob l'ouse cannot do tll1", 'lnd \\ ould not If 1t could Tn short, Jt I' .1 cut thlOdt Insiltutlon con ducted by shl ewd 111enwho ,ll c out £01 the monq ,md nothmg c1se fhe sooncr these facts cHe dpprecldtcd the bettel the people who now deal WIth them WIll be betie! off The mall ordel houses do not sell any cheaper than }am home mel clnnt but they do destroy } OUI home town lvely good (ltlZen vvho IS oppoocJ to the ev1]" of Cdj)ltdl, com merc1al and mdu~tllal concentl atlOn m the III ge CIties, and the bUIld me; up of Illegal busll1esscs that work a>salllst the 111terec,ts ot the ma"ses, should calmly consldel the fach tInt every system of buSI-ness that depletes a sectIOn of country of the wca1th It produces 'itrengthens the so called capltalbtlc powers One of the most bane-ful systems that at pr",sent IS work111g ,lgamst the llltere,;ts of the smaller CitIes or dra1l1111g\\ ea1th from 'lgncultura1 cOmmU11ltles, IS the box car plan of domg bUSIness From rural tovvns 111the west from 40 to SO per cent of the trade goes to the"e concerns H thIS trade were confined to the home to\\ nIts bu,lness wouJd be Im-mec1ldtely doubled-employment gIven to more people, the protts accrumg from mercdntlle bus111ess \\ ould seek mvestment, and WIth In a few years the populatIOn of the 10wn V\ auld be more than doubled and ItS o-rowth be commensurate WIth mdu'itnes that would gn e the people ~mploymc)1t (Copvnghted hy D IV Reid) Thh 1S the time of the yea I to pay} our dues 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe ~~ill Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. \\ hen 11101e tl111e and tllOlH:;ht 1~ "pent on cup, <l1HlIt" allangement, thue v"dl he a mOle cheeliul pa, mlnt ot thl monthly bIll<, fur space 'II, hen mOl e tl11111ture dealel s Lome to 1eahze that the money the} 1m est 111ach el tb111g can he made to produce an actual steady profit Ju",t the "ame a<; money 111vested 111 stock etc, they ",111 gIVe It the same 11IE Bl;Ft'Al0 rOtlI'lrn %"1>.D\1. DrIT'"\[PLr I) 1'1,", A Crowning Effort in Grand Value Giving! No 1 thought and ;:,tudy that they do the othel Too man} conslClu money laId out mad, ertls111g a~ "50 much money thlO\,n away," and they look sour and grouchy at the, er} mentIOn of the \Vord Then attitude 15 plamly 1eflected m the" t} Ie of copy they run I wlll not say that the man Vv ho pI epa! ed the "ad" marked No lIS of thIS c1a<;s, but I am compelled to ;:,tate that he certamly \Vas not gettmg hIS mone\'" \\ 01 th That "ad" 15 a bIg one and co"t a !Soocl lotmd sum no doubt } et, !t 15 entIrely U111n\Itmg I am confinmg m) ClltI-lh11l ot thl t\\() ~peumen" c;ho\,n thIS \\ eek entnely to ap- )llal,ll1ll ,111(1 nut to lUP\ f01 \,ll1le good copy IS a vItal nCClS,,!t,. d "Uong st1\km~ lll\ lt111g layout l~ cel tamly of tundamental ImpOl tance 1he Items and cuts m "ad" No 1 "ho,,, that \ er} httle care 01 chscretlOll wac; u~ed 111makmg up The anangcment 1~ Jumbled, you can only follow the sugges- 3, THE DETROIT FReE PRESS SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 1909 No 2. tIUlh \\ lth chfficlllty Thoe 15 no attcmpt at da~51fic<ltlon 01 1 eaclableness \0\\ tUln to \0 2 Thele appears at the top a "vcll \\ 01 decl openIng paragraph and then follow" 111 ('rde , each Item b, It,,elf, the article the ac1vertJ~er \\ l~hcc; } au to notIce One "ad' "as "thrown together" the othel carefully. "klilfully pLiIlned r do not kno\\ the re"ults from eIther of these "peCl-men, hut I c1 f;amble that;\Jo :2 finIshed way 111the lead It IS a regrettable fact that there are more furmtUl e 'ads" lIke WEEKLY ARTISAN '\0 1 th.l11hke 1\0 2 The bettelmcnt of yom "ad:o' lS bound to be a matter of study You spend hours l!1 plannIng your PU1(J1d~C~, } au go hundredc, of 111l1e<;to market 111Oldel to pUL,onalh <;elect the be:ot ftul11tme for yOUI customer'3, you pnde } our:oelf on } am fine Judgment and on your c'\:cellent ~tock, you 2.range your floor dhplays v,Ith lale taste and '3kIlI and then you go dehberately to work and knock lt III the head ,\ lth ahomlllable CUb, poor copy and eye-confusml:; dls-pLn e, lOU 111U,;tdo one of t\'lO thmgs Hue a man ,,,ho can \\ lIte the k1l1d of "ad,," that get the bU'3lllee,<;01 do lt yom- ,;elt If yon do do It \ oUhelf, l.;lve yom "elf Ume to pl.1n cal e Julh Do lt 11Ie,hts If nece,;"aly It WIll pay Ad, ertJ"111g 1C,1l t mellC} thlo\'ln aV\a}-It lsn't an expense It'" .1n mvest-ment and "hould so be tteated on the books You can make It pay three, fom, flYe, or twenty-fi, e per cent accordl!1lS to vvhat you put In It Co-operation is Necessary. Jt ha,; been saId that "competIt1c n I'; the hfe of t ade," r "ho llrlhke to change It to "co operatIon Ie, the hfe of trade" lbe m.1ttcr of healty co opuatlOn betvveen manufacLtller and Ittallel I'; .1 \iltal one ~ot all manufaltmer:o ale n,lt!onal ,1ChCItt"eI s StIll e,0111Ca1 e and .111al e deeply llltel e~tcd In L,tell1g the e,0()(15th.lt ,au ptllcha,;e of them, move \'ltb Idj)ldl-t} rboe,C' V\ho ad\ ertle,e natton.1lly al e affOl dll1g } ou a ~plell cllClopportulllty fOJ tr.1d1l1e, on the pl e,;tIge they create and l!1 m} Judgment the dealer who 0\ ellooh or IS mdiffel ent to theIr efforts m hI'3 hehalf 1'3 hlmdll1g hImself to 0pp01 tU1l1t} \\ hen a plece of fur1l1ture 1:0 trade-marked and adverilsed, It 111U"tstand or fall by that lClentJficatlOn and few lf any manu-facturer<; would have the tementy to attempt to foist an un- \\ 01 th, artIcle upon the dlscnmmatmg publIc Every reput- <lble magaLlne protects 1t'3 1eaders flOm aelvertIsll1g frauels TI1l1'; ,ear b} } ear the confidence of the pubhc IS beIng lSamed, ,ear b) } ear the demand for ad, ertI:oed goods 1<;bemg m \. 1 ea,;ed, \ ear by \ eal It becomes eaSIer for dealers to ,;ell them \\ hen vou Identify} our store WIth vvell known, adver-tlc, ed hnes of furnIture, you are but addIng to your reputatIon for relIabllIty-and thai',; a mI~hty 1mportdnt considel atton \nd so I S.1Y, make good U'3e of all thI'; publicity Use the dealer',; help,; prepared at great cost of tIme and money Do mOl C Don't merely accept them Ask for them Suggest how they may be made more profitable for both you and the manufacturel The manufacturer lS trying hard to help you-glve h1111credlt fOI that, but he could help you mOl e mtellI-f5ently If you would warm up to hIm W nte hlm once 111d '" ll1le, sugge<;t, cntlclse, anyth111g to increase effICiency Don't ';tand off, don't doubt, don t let him have to coax Take hlm at hIS word Jom hands \\ Ith hIm 111the common aIm of 23 to - • _. • I I\IIII ; HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED AND SLICED . ~ ,;elhng more fur111ture \Alhen he hands you a "lemon" It 13 tIme enough to stIffen But untll he does-and he won't-pItch m and co-opel ate not to help hIm make money, but to help yourself Pull together 111the traces (o-operate-It<; great! Make Your "Ads" Distinctive. You meet a man on the "treet He Ie, ordInary Ordll1aly In dre,;s, carnage, depOJ t111e11t Hence you never noilce h1111 You meet .1nothel You notice He h.1S a dI'-,tll1ctton, a new ~t) Ie, a manner all of hI'3 own You do not know hlm, but you 1 ecog11lze hIm easIly agall1 on the clOwded ,;tI eets He IS not flashIly dressed He lS dlglllfied 111actIOn Yet, he stands out, he is conspicuous i\ow hken your "ads" to the..,e tw otypes of men \Vhlch 1'0 yours hke ~ And whIch, thll1k } au, should they be hke? Thel e 1" but one answel to that ljUestIOn, of course Yes, make) our "ads" dIst!nctn e \lake them cal ry VOlll per,;on-ahty, the Splllt, the atmo,;phere of your ,.,t01e There are man} wa}:o of dOl11g thls-di,;tmct!ve types, b01 ders, l111u,;ual dI<;- pIa} s, etc, and a partIcular style of copv But the one I want to dwell on here IS named cuts A ten-dollar blll wlll hu} the draw111g, angInal ZInc etchll1ge, and electrotype~ for pel 1, 2, 3 and 4 column advert!sments \n} good eng1aver will be glad to submIt d1"tlllctlVe desllrns of your name and address, for yOlll approval ; design of th1:o nahn e used consIstently e1ther at the top or bottom preferably at the bottom, of your "ads," wIll soon cause them to be IdentIfied qUlckl}-slllgled out from the mass of ordll1ar} "ads" ThIS lS a very valuable feature m advertIsll1g and IS lf common use among the larger advert! sel s 111 all lInes e,;e a name plate cut It lL,one of tho,;e lIttle thll1g~, but It pays "THE BEST IS ...----------------------------_._--_._. --_.-----------_._-~--~---------~ I THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own mterests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ..- .. . _. -_._------ -~------- ------ ..l 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--~_. ---~_._-~---~-------_._-----~ I Metallic Folding Bed Co. Jefferson and 21 st Streets, I CHICAGO I II, III III I II• LINE SHOWN AT 14ll MICHIGAN AVE., 5TH FLOOR DURING JANUARY SEASON 1910, SEASONABI.E INCIDENTS Record of a Few Minutes Spent in the Lobby of the Morton House. "Car load" \Jolle} entered and was wal ml} f;reeteel by II Parker Robm<;,on "Cal load" expl e')sed doubts" ahout the expected activity of the JanUdr) fl1Jl11tme SCelson \!fan\' buyers had ,Islted the l11ell1ufactmll1g- Ceutels c1Ul1l1gthe past ')Ixty clays and JVII .Molle) v, as undel the lUlpl eS,)lOn tl1dt they had stocked up qUlte fully "But thel e were no 'Jobs' on the mall<et' d thll d membel of the part) remarked "Perhaps not, hut there I" ne, er a time when a bin el can not hu) regulal "tack" was the rej0111del MorIey had not .,een the nevv t:;1l11100m and \\ a" led to its entldnce dnc1 tmned loo-,e "Sam' Cld} , the attolney of KC\\d)~O, ')bolled m dl1d asked questlOn') about Holsapple, Icade1 of the "d1Y" Side of the local option campaIgn If there IS a flaw 111 the 1ecorel of the man "Sam" wanted It How \\ as Hobapple paid:J Had he heen bounced from a church) \ \ hat does he look hke and what is his st}le? Thele 1" more cltunkenne"s 111Newaygo county than bef01 e the people \ oted to aboltsh the saloons Empty bottles we1e found e\ erywhele, they mlght be found under the cushlOns of the church pews for all he knew The ltquor IS shipped 111from ChIcago, Grand RapIds and other points There are no prosecution", and there WIll not be under the present occupancy of the plOsecutor's office It was suggested that prosecut1l1g attorne\" occasIOnally prosecute to acqUIt as \'\ ell as to C011\ ICt (Sam' admitted that it was true "I tell you the place to teach tempelance IS at the fireside begmn111g \\ 1th the chllch en The appetites >.- - of gl 0\\ n people Cdll not bc 1eg uldted by leglslatlOn," "Sam" 1emarked dnd thel1 II en t out to I emspect the new gllll room \\ S Emer) lame 111 "I am look111g for Rush Hewitt" hL I emdlked, . and 1 "uppo,e he I" m the gnll room " \Tanagel Rathbone Wd" remmded thdt a young woman had called up the \Jol ton House a few hours earher and \I anted to talk \I Ith "Rush}omt ' },Ir Rathbone could not uanslate the lemalk It mlght have been a lequest from the 'Ot111£; lach to \[1 Rathbone to 'Rush 1t," or put her into Lom el "atwnal umnectlOn \!11th Rush E H e\'\ Itt, or It mlght ha, e heen a 1equL~t for per111I"-,lOn to 111')pect the gnllloom II L1\ Itt 1\ a~ ~ull1moned to the \\ 11t dnd d few moments later <- \1lLl ~ ed flom thL hooth ,veal111g hi" he"t Sunclay-go-w-meet- 11l~-aIld-"ltt111g up \llth-the-glll "mtle He found Emery In the gnllioom \Jana!:;er Rathbonc, who ne\ er finds fault with anythmg 01 anvhoch gleatlv ap]JIO\ ed a -,ug-g-est1on that colleges be estahltshLCI to teal h ladltS ho,y to use the telephone Observ- Cl s of the g 1111 ]Jdttrl1117111i:; gender al e ft equently amused by \\ Itnessmg the eft orb of \!I omen to make themselves under- "tood b} talkmg 0\ el, ul,del or acro"" the transmittel Emel \ I eturned \!11th a sm11e that wa" msplred in the gnll room and pi oceeded to I elate how he had prospe1 ed in I eg-alml1g Ilj"t boclth stl ength by taking plenty of exerClse 111the open all DLl1111t;the afternoon he had removed several tons of lce from the loof of hi" house With an ax and shovel, and \I hl1e ChOpp111gdose to the telephone hne had aCCidentally -"e, el ed It \ man from the eAchalH:;e called and repall ed the In e,lk and then I epOl ted to the company's office that "a d--n fool had cut It 11lt\\ 0 \\ lth an aA' and then Emery st~rtecl back tn find He\lltt \l1l(J had UlteJed the g-nlll0om fhc ,oung 111el11 \1110 u"c-, Clt;dlettC<;' and "edts hlll1Self ]11 thL WH\ e!co111LlJl e"enLe of the young "oman who attend') the tdephone hooths entel eel and blowed smoke mto her face TIb ldcl\. of ~oocl hreecltng \\ a" plamly eVident and the stories he poUted 111tOhe1 1111\\ Illing ears were to her pa111fully dls- ,gU-.,t111g The yOU11t; \loman I" the proud possessor of a ( steady". IIIIII ,,• IIItI! I\III I I III• I I,,III I •I I IIII II• I,I I• , ~ ~ew ]1actories. GeOlgL <\ A"hley and Arthm J Johnson ale estabhshing a cabmet fad01 I 111'\ ashua, N IT C 0 Ira s"elhal th manufactm er of heels and bedd111g, of \lbany, '\ \ \\111 estahhsh a blanch factory at \Vayneshoro, Fa under the name of the IIasse1barth 13edchng company J II Parham, Claude Smith, J H Kuhlman, C ]\if Pre.,- ton and J B Cantrell have incorporated the Chattanooga Chair compan} and \I III estabh"h a factory in 01 near Chatta-nooga, Tenn Capital "tock, $25,000 The Independent Refn~elator co l1lp elllY, cd]Jltaltzed at ~150,OOO ha-, been Olganued to e"tablish a factory and manu- Llcture refllgelat01,) In Plttsbuus, Pa, T A. \Veb"ter, S A 'II cClm g, J I , J elO111e A Mtllet. c:; 1\1 Dunbar and T E Renton, Jr, are the incorporatols The Gross-Bro\l n l\Janufactunng company, I ecently or-g- anized with capital stock fi"ed at $50,000, wlll establish a factOly at Galesburg, Ill, and 111anufacture a combined refn-t; erator and ice-ci eam freeTer invented and patented by C TI 13rO\\ n of \Vate1100, Iowa The Stlel1111 Plano company I ecently orga111Led, has taken out a permit f01 the el ection of a factory building on Ylc- Klssock avenue, St Louis, Mo The building is to be of brick five stone') hl~h and Will cost $27,000 ThiS It 13 sald, will be the first blllld111g ever erected for the manufacture of pianos \\ est of the :2IIls"i"c;lppi livel The company proposes to start w1th a force of 120 skilled workmen and to have their plOduct in the hands of dealels hy the first of May WEEKLY ARTISAN Whatever IS BEST In Design---W e have it. Whatever IS BEST In Lumber and Fine Cabinet Woods---We have it. Whatever IS BEST In Construction--- W e have it. Whatever IS BEST In Fine Finishes--- We have it. Whatever IS RIGHT In Price---We have it. TH E WH AI TI S II 01 E V I) EI R LINE THE LINE THAT EVERYBODY BUYS Shelton & Snyder Furniture Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan Qur fulilme on exhibition on the FIrSt Floor of Manufacturers BUlldmg [west front], Grand Rapids, in charge of John Shank, East, Chas. G. White, Central; ]. R. Shelton, West. NEW PATTERNS NOW READY YOU ARE INVITED TO SEE THE STEBBINS-WILHELM LINE STURGIS, MICHIGAN LIBRARY TABLES AND DESKS TO MATCH Also Tables for Office, Parlor, Bedroom, Den. Sewing Cabinets, Tabourettes. "all furniture All in Latest, Popular Sty les New Catalogue February 1st Salesroom: GRAND RAPIDS only 1st Floor Manufacturers' Building. John Shank } John Shelton In charge No 496. Quartered Oak, Mahogany. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN SANTA CLAUS SEES FRENCH STYLES Finds Old Gold. Rose and Green the Preyailing Colors in Fashionable De('orations. It \\a" a 11 enchIf1ed '-,anta Lldu'O that came to the ~nJ\\ n up people of \ew york thl" Lhn..,tma.., ..,ea"on "'a)" d \\Iltel 111 the Sun TIe wa" plObabl) ga bed In a I OUh ,,\ f uhtuml and he cert,nnl) cal ncel umfectlon.., \11,1<ll111 1',11h ,11HIlld(\ lent of I o~e" Xat to be I'rench "0 fal as the po""e""lOn ot 'Om h tiling'" goe" It not trul) to Il\e 111 \lanhattdn thl" \\111tel ])1,t\\It1£; room" andll\l11g room" newl) con\ertedlnto lople" 01 rnglhh apal tmenh dcmand ornamenh of ", mpathetlc chal adu ,\\ld Frame "upplle" the..,e By dddptdtlOn ,1I1d htne"" to ..,u lotmd 111g'Othey ale I:.nglI..,h too, appropllate allkl to an \dam ell;].\\ 111g 1( om d Cll1ppendale 11\ Ing loom ,111dd Louh X\ T bou-dOIr Dl"tlngUl"ll1ng COI01" 111 the"e lontectlOn,; trom Pall'O dIe a dellcdte deddlo,e, d dull te,1 £;leen and old gold 01 tall1l"hed gold, a" It I" calleel The"e soH old COI01'0 blend exqUlslteh and cony e\ an ImpI e,,"lOn of antIljUlt) 1t IS a" though one opened a dam upon ..,ome cham bel of the pa "t and dl "c!o"ed d11lt'; po"..,e';';lon", a lIttle fadecl 1)\ tlml hnt tl e"h m 10\ elIne"" and no\ el to d geneldtlon nl1<1ccu"to1l1ed to It'; fCl11l1"matell,d" and use" Only UI object-, made for Colol1lal 100m" ale clear and "ome\\ hat bll£;ht co 101'0 found Tn e\ el \ othel m"tance all the hue" are ,;oft and old and to the "ea-,on ne\\ The\ hdr-mOl1lze perfectly wIth room" fitted aild furl1l"hed 111 old mahogany and £;ra\ C'llca""lan \\alnnt-the ta..,hlOnahle \\ood" at pI e"ent-and \\ It h the I e\ 1\ ,d of old 1l1atellals and color" In hangllJg" of "Ilk. \ eh et ,md 1)locack SanLI Clan" ha" dhCCl\ CIed tl1<1tC\ e' \ thmg m ,1 boudon mu"t match. flom thc blOcade CO\elcd ",pllJclle le~~ed che..,t of dra\\ CI", \\Ith Ib ,,\\ ellIn<; fI ont. httlL £;Ia"s knob" and £;old glmp tnmmllJg", to the maUlCIll e "et and \ eIl glO\ e. handkel clllet or COlldl hox \\hlch le"t nl,on It \\ hat \\ould \falle ~nt0111ette hay e thought of a sUlall \\ atel coolLr ';\\ athecl III old blocade and topped 1)\ ,I l I cnlh pnnt I e"tlll<; upon ,1 what not) One h 111chncd to fann the \\ atel cooler more "Illted III SILe to othel contents r t h preth enough ancl T'rench) enotH;h to hold any thlll~ Bandon altlcle" alc \\Ieathed amI pCl\\cll,ed O\el \\Ith loses ()ne expecb to findllJ the deadlo"e" at 1rench EmpIre the elu"l\e tJagldme that heleng" to faded ro,;e lea\cs '-,1l1,dl and compact and made of "ott tattet,1 "Jlk ()J dull fi11l"hul "atJn dIe the"c lo"e" rl he\ alc ah\a\" oi the onl ()"~ Unt and ';lllgle shdde of green and are m1l1gled \\ lth fohage and looseh tv'lsted "tUll" of the £;1een "Ilk, \\ hlch h clho \hC'd 111 ~,-----------------_.~--------------------------~, , I I UNION FURNITURE CO. : : ROCKFORD, ILL. : I • I China Closets !• Buffets :I Bookcases :I I I I,I -- ... --~ We lead m Style, Con~ruchon and Fmlsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-lton 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg. Grand RapIds. ~-------------------------.------- bdll<l". putiI11~", loop'" ho\\ " dnd td'>"elled U1 knotted cnd" 111 \ dllOU" 1I1ethods of decoratIon \mencans \\Ill sel7e upon rIbbon as a matenal of \\hlch the"l \\ I eath" and "Pld) ", clu"tel'O and tSarland" of lose:,> 1I1a) be la"hlOned The Sclme effect Cdnllot be produced 111 an)- thm~ L'Ccept the "oft bId" "Jlken loops and loo"e fold" em- 1'10\ ed1)\ the 1 I ench The"e al e cleverly run through meshes ot ~()Id lac e and canght down upon foa1l1y bands of old lace 111gl cl\ hh 1\ 01 \ 'l11d ueam) t\l1lS l pon ,I un I ecth appo\l1ted dressmg table wIll be 1\ I eathed trav" bo'Ce", C,I:'>e~,"tands for hatp1l1" and halrpm:'>. le\\ tl ho"e" dnd hang1l1tS ohJecb for contam1l1g artIcles of the imlet ,dl coy el ed WIth the same brocade \l1 ro<;e, green, 11e"h COlOl, old 1\ 0\) 01 "ome Sl1ndar unnsual and faded hue, pel hap" ellllched \\ Ith t1l1) spnng s of flowel'O or "mall WIeath s ot these emhlOldeled upon the heavy sIlk Hand mlrrOI, hrn "he" and ImHeh 1\ III he u)v el eel \\ Ith thc "a1l1e matenal 01 \\ III be 111 old £;llt ('1 1 eal ~old \\ Ith Howel s and French "crolh\ ork upon them Photoglaph flame" too WIll appear \l1 thIS medIum, shaped to conta1l1 one 01 1110re pIctures and tend1l1g to oval forms and gracefnl pI OpOltIuns It I" npon largel obJech, "uch as the catchall, waste bdsket 01 tahle and tdll 'Otand for Idrge flowers that flounce'O ot lace appeal I he dog ba"ket, for 1I1"tance, has such a flounce depend111g trom a wreath of rose" Rose colored SIlk flu"he" through the lace and tIacene" of tmsel mesh and gleams ot gold glmp m1l1gle WIth green lopes and soft pIllk bow" to make ihe dog s "leep1l1g couch a bIt of art rl hat doti basket and \\aste ba"ket mav not boa"t of dll the decoration" e'Cpended upon the basket" r The clothes ham pel I" lO\ eled \\ Ith 11ench blOcaded "Ilk decorated \\Ith gold lace and e:>,Jl1blb a realI, I ench pr1l1t 111 the lovehest "epla t1l1t" 0\ el the top On "tand and mantel are va"e" CO\ cred too \\Ith flol\eled blocclde and cdged wlth narrow glmp Some ,Irc fm thel ac!olned WIth slde loop" of gold 01 traJl1l1g spngs of lo"es In tll1s \\a\ e of }'Iench decOlatlOn.., tor \mellcan h01l1e" the talll1shed gIlt pIcture frame IS made to sen e many a pur-pose be"lde" ihat of fram1l1g a PICtlll e In '>mall size" It "upphe" a bOl del fOl hand mIn 01", tI a)" and box iOps. \l1 lal g e tOl m" the PlLtlll e frame become.., the SUppOl t of a table ,111d taholll eite top cl cah111et and d han~mg gla"s, to '>d\ nothmg of It" thCS a" "mgle or fold1l1g "CIeen hames and an edge to the bIg dressmg tahle and desk trays now m \ ogne The French cahmet ha.., the appearance of a hl0cade cov el ed hat bo" of c!Jmen..,lon" sllltdh1e fOl umt,l1111ng a modl"hl) bl~ bll111med l11gh CO\el ed hat Ih round top con Sl"is ot a 1 I ench tmt mounted upon 1)'ocade dnd surrounded bv a "ub"tdntlcll ~Ilt pIcture framc 0 It" "Ides dl e dotted \V Ith gIlt loops 01 Uny knob", a" one pled"e" \\ hlLh \\ hen pulled drav'v out sectIOns of the SIdes and dhc!o"e small dra \\ er" of dIfferent shapes and "17e" and doors tha t opcn l1]JOll shal1o\\ sheh e,; 'I hl "e cahmeh are fittecl \\ Ith111 to sel \ c n1cllllfold n"e" ,1l1d al e monnted upon ~racefnl "p111dle legs enccl..,ed In "Ilk or \ elv et \\ Ith the 1I1C\Itahle tonch of <;old glm]J To mIrrors enclosed 111j)ICtlll e frames IS often added a deep, thIck putt of ..,at111of the prey al1111gcolOl 111 the boudOlr' ~ decOl dtlOn" Dles"mg table ancl clesk tIa\s whIch are covelecl by glass I ecommend themseh e" to some per"on" who are able to wIpe the gld"" e\ el \ dd\ \\;Ithout 111Jlllmg the appearance of the heantIful I Iem h em bl Oldel\ 01 flO\\ ered hrocade whICh form" the bottom of the tl a) Cu ..,hlOn CO\ers 111 a loom "npphed WIth French fabnc artIcles must I epeat the fabnc Indeed to be 111 the lead of thIS WEEKLY ARTISAN fashIOn one mu"t hd\ e d bedloom to hallllonlze wIth the boudoIr and a bed spread over wIth a gorgeous coverlet of old lOse "atm lattIced wIth bands of gold lace set \ ery far apart and laId on 111wavy hnes Sm h a cm erIet IS bOl dered WIth cream cololed lace applIed upon a hroad band of gold and bIrds of whIte shaded 111 dehcate co10r:-, are worked upon the \ alance, whde ~pra) s of "mall flower" enn,h the large top of the "pread One glance at a French pnnt of ",ome beauty 111the C01l1 t of LotH" XVI framed In sIlk Io"e" and hanglllg be"Ide the dressIll£; table atta,hed to a COJnucopIa COvered WIth brocade and", I eathed around the top WIth "Il11dar ro..,e" "\\ h) the cornucopla~" one a"ks Sh-h I \\ Ithm Its depth" hIde a pall of ctH1IllR lron~ and the"e WIll be vvlped upon the "heeL-, of "oft papel concealed at the back of the 1'rench heaut) '" hame It 1" Ju,;t pO""Ible that a vvOll1dn may deSIre a loom 1ll "traw color or hght blue In"tead of the ptevaIlmg old rose "Ith Its gI een and ~I1t accompd111ment In such a case the artIcle" to be CO\ered arc done up m brocade WIth gIlt and lace t11m-mmg", or what 1" mal e fashIOnable the sIlk IS embrOIdered O\eI \\Ith tll1Y \\reath" and clusters of flowers wOIked 111 Iahed 1'lench andllbbon embrOlc!elv 1, IOlll haIr blush to veIl and ",pon£;e Cd"e e\ erythlllg mu"t ha\ e the same embloldered coy eI, and these are as cost1) a" the) are love I) Model n luxury has evolved an endless number of ~mall acce"sones to room,; and these no", take on a beaut) of form and embelh"hment ne\ el seen In New York before SUIted to othel rooms than the boudOIr are the Lams XVI and EmpIre tables of decorated ::;dt WIth large tops formed of a wreath of meda1holl portI alt,; of the 10) al famIly and beautIes of the Flench comt In the tIme" of the Loms and of K dpoleon. These tables al e InuIt to conform WIth the dIffer-ent styles of the old and new empIres and are nch 111 coloring and graceful 111 form Hal m011l7111gWIth these are fernenes as large as a small dmner table set wlth111 a broad gIlt band decorated WIth fig-tl1 es be10ng111g to the };rench penod III vogue The band IS somet1lne.., of wlOught l)1as~ and alway s mounted upon gIlt or bras" leg" 111table effect One seem" to gaze upon an ornate table heaped WIth fern.., or flower.., Instead of upon a hollow 1eceptacle fOl sUpply111Q, earth to one and water to the other In real gold and gilt, 111qua111t deSIgns and colors reVIved 111 table", al e, draw111g 100m bnc-a-brac and faIence generally thI" sea"on ha" 1I1troduLed a flood of re\ Ivals of the past that are planned m a happy medIUm of COIOI and "ty Ie which enable" the po"sessor to employ them m either a French roOm or an EnglIsh one of the pre"ent mode, IV 11lch has a subtle French es"ence m the dehcac) and gracefulness of all its ll1tenOJ treatment and furmshmgs Kaiser a Furniture Connoisseur. F erdmand LlI1ke, ,l famou" al t and deCal atn e furl11tUl C manufactUl el of the Place \ endome and the Faubourg St ';'ntolne, Pans, recently returned from Berlm whIther he had been summoned by the KaIser, V\ ho had remarked m BerlIn the exhIbItIOn of Mr Lmke'.., \v ork and had expressed a WIsh to meet the Pans deSIgner In partIcular the KaIser was taken WIth speCImen" of LotHS Xl V, LOUIS XV and LoUls XVI styles, of whIch he has some notable pieces hImself ~Ir Linke 1eports that the Kalsel showed aver) 1l1tlmate know-ledge of the cabmetmaker\ art and <l mce dI"cnmmatlOn of artIstIc values 27 SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis r--- WEEKLY ARTISAN Oc __ Made by PosselJus Bras FurnIture MEln ufacturIng Company, DetrOlt, MICh WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire hne will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY Without It There Is Little Chance for Success in ~lanufacturing Furnihue. Inexpellenced 111dJ\Iduah al e sometImes boldly Imposed upon when engagmg 111 the manufacture of fur11lture. Havwg nothmg but ca::,h and a double ue"ll e-to help the town they lnc 111 and to acqUIre lalge (hvldends upon their mve"tments -they ,t1 e ca"tly phIcked by un "crupulous tI aclesmen Vi! hen thc \lu~kegon "alley FU111lture C01l1pdny orgalll7ed f()! the pUI pose of engag 1I1f; 111the manufd( ture of fur11ltUl e, an ad-vertIsement wa::, pubhshed In the tI dele papers offellng em-ployment to a supenntendent \s u"ual a number of rephes were recen ed from men whose expenence 111 the bus111ess dId not extend beyond the knowledge acqUlred whIle working upon the bench of a cabll1etmakel, a filllsher or the operation of a s11l1p1evvooel cuttm::; machme Possessed of monumental assurance and a ready, \ olummoth flo,,- of langauge many of thls cIa ss of lI1d1\ Iduab ha \ e ;:,ecUled l:;ooel pOSItIons, to be lost In a short tIme on account of thell mcompeteney \Vhen the bU"lne"" of mannfdcttll111g fUr11ltule \vas started 111the "outhern "tate::, a few} eals ago, 11ldlly lI1compeient:o from the north secured good posltlOn" at lI1gh POlnt, ThomaSVIlle, :\H Alry and other town::, of North Caroll11a, Vlrgmla and GeOlgJa HandIcapped by the lack of expenence m manu-factnre and With mcompetent help It 10,surpllsl11g m spIte of the large number of fallures, thdt so many manufacturers SUl\ 1\ ed the tllal of then mental dnd finanCial resotll ce'S <'\11 111expellencec! and lncompetent ::,upenntendent \\a" eng-aged by the manager of the 11('\\I} orgdn17ed :\1u"kegon Valle} FunJlture Co, a gentleman b) the wa), whose know-ledge of the busl11e"" of mal1ufactunng fur11lture Wd" ac qUIred vvhlle keepml.S a set of books for a blewery Un- "crupulous agent" of "upply houses vl::'lted the '-,upellnten-dent and proceeded to unload thClr "cats and dog,," upon the company at fancy pnces Se\ eral }'ears before the company engaged In busmess the mIrror plates almost excIusJ\ ely u::,ed 111 dre~::,ers meas-ured about 30 x 60 111ches, whlle the "lZe'3 ~eneral1y used when the :Vruskegon Valley Furmture company engaged ltS super- I11tendent were IV hat \Vas known as landscapes, the plates were not so high but V\ Ider than the 30 x 60''S used in the toi-lets of French dres'Ser~ "\ lan;e number of these odd sind plates and many other arilcIes fully as valuable 1\ ere un-loaded upon the company and when B N Bal11es succeeded the I11competent supenntendent a year later he faced d most cltfficult problem-how to com ert the lt1l1k 111tOcash 1 :i\1r Barnes 1" an ll1gcmou" man-a salesman as well as a manu-fact111el, and finall} dIsposed of the plates b} buddIng speClal al tlcles of furmt111 e fOl barbel "hop", saloon::, and hke places of busll1e;:,s Yeal s of tune VI' ere 1 eqmred to clean out the encumbrances New York Markets. New York, Dec 31-The u"ual hohclay "Cd::'OIl dullne;:,s ha::, pre\dlled thl" week 111all the malket" Hut are of "peLlal mtelest to f111111t111emUl Even the lumber tIade 1<., reported as dull, but ad\ lees from lntenol POl11ts ImlJcate I11creas111g firmness wlth an expectatIon of a n::,e 111 price;:, early 111the new} ear, though the snow over the northern states l11::,ures a larger supply of logs than has been cut 111 any w111ter S111ce 1904 Tmpentine is steady on hght bus111ess wlthout change 111quotatIOns here notwlthstandl11g a rise of a cent at Savan-nah The figures are 57 @ 57Y;; here, 54 @ 54~ at Savannah The trade 111 shellac 1" stIlI confined to samll ]obbll1g order" T N 111 bags IS quoted dt 155':; 0), 16 cents, case::, 16 @ lOA, bleached, 16 @ 17 cent'S, ktln dl1ed, 21 (ij; 22, DC, 24 @ 25 Varnish gum~ are 111 fair demand wlthout change" in quotations The demand fOl 11l1'3eedOIl b light, but pnces are firm, a concl!tlOn that tends to confirm the Idea that the recent ad- \ ance wa" due more to speculatIOn tlun to a shortage l!l the ~upply of fldx"eed Consumel" arc not I11chned to buy at curtent pllCes which lange fr0111 69 @ 70 fOJ "estern law up to 72 @ 73 for cIty double hOlled There I" d fau" demand for goat skJn;, and pnces are firm, espeCIally for Lat111 Amencans, 1\1- eXlcan fronilers are sttll quoted at 34 cents, Buenos Ayre", 42 @ 45, Paytas, 42 (iiJ 43, HaytIens, 50 @ 51 Curacaos, 51 @ 52Y;; Cordage of all kll1ds IS strong In sympathy, slight ad-vances m rdW matellals, but pnces have not been changed materially IndIa twine Nos ..J-Y;;to 6 1'3 quoted at 8Y;; @ 9 cents, light 9 @ 9Y;;; fine No 18, 11 @ 12;1;;. B C TW111e, No 18, 16 @ 16Y;; cents QuotatIons on sheet 71l1C rema1l1 unchanged at $8 pel 100 pound::, fob Peru, Ill, "ith 8 per cent dIscount and extras unchanged NIckel, In large lots is quoted at 48 @ 50 cents, less than ton lots, 55 @ 60 r MAKING GOOD FURNITURE OUT OF THE BAD Changes by Which the Capable Artistic Decorator Makes Great Improvements in the Appearance of the Rooms. ( By Ekin Wallick in The Ladies' Home Journal. ) I'the I1llhtl Ilion on the lelt the 111111lture ,t1 though ,uh"t,wtlal I" POOl III deSIgn 1he "Ideb )<!td dnd eha11, e,11] be lmprm cd by the remm al 01 the urna ment, as shown on the light The uppet portIOn 01 the 'ldeboard IS ehsearded and the oblong m1110r l' 1e framed and hung on the \\all '\ cabllletma~el \\ III be able to substItute the tdpellng; Sheraton lcg;s tor tho,c 10\ 11l erly used The chan s ,l\ e \ e ,tamed. a \\ aluul brown the '3ame a" the SIdeboard and a tapestn cm eong \- u-ed 1\1 -tedd 01 the nmtatlOn leathel ~ paneled effect IS ploduced by fir,t cOvenng the \Vall \\\th unbledched musltn \\ ood stnps are placed about two feet apart, fOIm1l1g pan-e!, whIch are pa1l1ted whIte O~lhe left the hVlng room 1'3 crowded wIth mappropnate fur11lture The gnlle over the door and the .,howy chma lamp on the un<;ubstantlal center table "hem lack ot ta,te The oppo,lle IlhhtratlOn ~ho\\ s the plb,lblhtIL' 01 the Sdme loom If ta"tc and e!Iscnmma tJOn are u,ed The mantel I' deprn ed of ItS machme-caned ornament ,Ind 1<;pamt eel an n or} tone end the tiles \l e e t1umlllec1 1 he gnlle 1" lemoHd 110m ILe c1oof\\ d} ,Ine! lhe pOItlere-dre hung II um ,I bras, pole '" small eLI\enport b on onc ~1c1eof the rrJ()m ,t nght ,lll gle, to the jJ1 epLlee 1hel I h nu Ittempt dt eltaped hdng 11lg, dt the \\ 111(10\\" [he pld1l1e, IIC hung \\Ith lell! enee t,) the 'ILe o! thl \\ tll spaces FOR d bedlO0111 wlllch suffel s 110111<I nU111bel of odd ,llld ends of hnl11ture, a" lhe one on thl left shm\ s, the follm\lllg change<; \\eIL ,ugge~ted The 11111101dnd superstruc ture 01 the bureau wel e re moved, new legs added and the body of the bUIedU was used as a chest of dra" ers The mlrrOl \\ a <;then framed 111 dark oak The <IIehItec turdl ped11uenb of the bed were remm ed and the 11Igh headboard \\as cut do\\n to the level of the footboard '\ SImple valance treatment 111 cretonne v. as used at the w1l1do\\ s In place ot the cheap combmatlon de~k and bookshelve~ a "nt1l1g table \\ as substituted The wood work was pa111ted whIte, and a Fl ench stnped paper was used below the pIcture raIl WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Bert Badgley, 1339-41 Glendale avenue, ChI-cago, $7,;00, J DRoop, 1444 BIrchwood avenue, ChIcago, $5,000, VI ank Vander Ploeg, 262 West 104th place, ChICago, $8,000, \largal et Jacob~, 4034 ~ \Iozart a\ enue, ChIcago, :[:6,000, Emma 1\ :\Ieyer'3, Irv111g street and ThIrty -second a \ enue, Dem er, Col , $4,400, (TIant McA \ Oy, :\[arshfield, \ \ IS , $3,750, L :U :\lcCloud, )JoIfolk, Va, $3,600 C :\! Hunt, :ZOOO South EIghteenth street, L111coln, '\ ehr, 5;3,000 FI eel 1loldel 381; \\ ee,t 11m teenth "tl eet, LIttle Rock, \1 k , $12,- 000, Dr D (Jlaham, Central d\enUe and Dnstole,tleet, Duluth :\1111n, $8,000, John"\ Lagd, 436 Chene e,treet, DetrOIt, :\TICh $4,000, \\ Ilhd11l If art, 1174 BlOOkl) n e,treet, DetrOIt, $16000 The \II%eS Cha11lbe, Canfield and C011111Ssh eets, Deh OIt, $4,700, John Owen, GratIOt a\ enue dnd ChIppewa st1 eet, De-trOIt $6,000, \\ P Scott, 130ulevard and Shady Lane, DetrOIt, $6,500, J A l'erguson, 700 \Yae,hmgton street, Denver, Colo, $7,500; S \\ SullIvan, 33 AIYItIe street, Atlanta, Ga, $3,500; \\ Ilha11l Lennox, East St '.'Iam street dnd Nevada a\ enue, Colorado Spnngs, Colo, $10,000, E J i\ ewcomb, 402 NIchol" a\ enue, K \\ \\ aslungton, DC, $4,000, II A KIte, 1222 Kenyon street, X \Y \Yash1l1gton, $30,000, :\1ary ~ KeefeI, 2727 Thirteenth street, X E V\ ash1l1gton, $3,500; Wilford Harns, 3612 Cl1l1ton aevnue, Mmneapohs, Mllln, $14,000, Helen J Holmboe, 2210 Tvventy-first street, M111neapohs, $8,- 800, ::\lrs Ella T PI endergast, 3543 Humboldt avenue south, \Imneapoh3, $4,000, F G Cole, 2918 Columbua a\ e, :YI111l1- apohs, $3,000 , Rudolph HantL'3ch, SIxteenth and TIOga streets, PhIladelphIa, Pa, $8,000, :\Iorn'3 Levelson, CreIghton street and Parkslde a\ enue, PhIlacIelphla, $21,200, Elmer H J ohn- "on, 309 Orangewood avenue, PIttsburg Pa, $4,000, KIrk D BIgham, 312 LaBelle street, PIttsburg, $3,600, Mr" L B Langford, 536 CapItol avenue, ;'\!tantd, Ga, $3,300, Judge Cotteral, 51h Cleveland dvenue, Guthne, Ukla, $3,500, Charles Sny der,624 \Ye"t ?\ ohle "treet, Guthne, $3,000, Rn erslde, Cal , $4,000, 1\11'3 \\ ROdne, T and Twenty-Second streets, Sacra-mento, Cal, $10,000, J D \\ arfield, 1831 Kenwood aveuue, $; 000 A. () Treganza, 614 East SIxth sheet, South, Salt Lake LIt}, Ctdh, $14,000, c\ S Ellck<;on, 1258 East FIrst street, south, Salt Lake Clt}, $7,500, 11 ank Sh and, 408 ThIrd street, Duluth, 1\lmn , $4,000, C C Todd, San Antonio, Tex, $3,800, A A Franke FI edellck and 1\ewbern "treets, :\IIlwaukee, \\ IS , $5,000, ':\Irs JennIe S GaUl e}, 728 Che"tnut street, St LoUIS, :vIo , $6,000, :\fI s ::\1argael t Hanselman, Eureka street and Haberman a\ enue, PIttsburg, Pa, $4,200, Isabella S \nderson, 200 Osgood stI eet, PIttsburg, Pa , $4,000; Sarah H Kennedy, BerkshIre and QueensbOlo streets, PIttsburg, $4,500, \lISS Lena Feeock, 16;5 Garfield boulevard, ChIcago, $7,800 \VIll A Peans, 3021 K111gman street, Des :\IOlnes, Iowa, $3,800, H J Howc, 2911 K111gmdn street, Des M0111es, $4,000, Leorgae M PIlmer, 9;9 '1 wenty-fire,t "trect, De'3 M0111C."$16,- 000, C T Rathke, Cannon }lIll Park, Spokane, \Yash , $4,500, ::\1 J FltLpatnck, 10014 Ostend dvenue, Cleveland, OhIO, $4,- 000, Carl Sward, HawthOl ne and \Nalsh streets, St Paul, M111n, $4,000, J\' P Holmberg, Ashland avenue and Dewey street, St Paul, $5,500, X elIte B Rob111son, Snellmg street dnd Portland avenue, St Paul, $3,000, Georgc McDonald, )J ewell street dnd Park Front, J\IIlwaukee, \\ 1<,, $5,000, T L SmIth, Hadley and ThIrty-second streets, ::\lilwaukee, $10,000 WIlham DIehl, Maple and ThIrtIeth streets, Erie, Pa, $3,600, AJfred Brelsford, 121 East Blake ayenue, Columbus, OhIO, $3,000, W L RecI, 77 \Varren stret, Columbus, $6,500, John Henry Craven::" ColonIal avenue, Dallas, Tex, $3,400, Charles \Voods, 151 Beckley avenue, Dallas, $3,000, Mrs Patton, Hollywood, Cal, $12,500; A \\T Redman, ·West Adams Heights, Los Angeles, Cal, $20,000; G L Summers, Holly- II ood, Cal, $5,500, H I Stuart, San Rafael HeIghts, Pasa- 31 ...----------------- --- ---------_._-----., I ----_ ... :fK1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~X~,?vMt~~ SEND SAMPLES. DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. 4-. _ II I -4 CWartiatleogfuoer. \I E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS, AL~fStN. - --- ------------ -- -- -- -- ---._- ._--~ elena Cal, $8,000 l hal lee, \ Chatham, R1\ erslde a\ enue, Jacksomille, Ila, $3500, John Koehler, }ern and ::YIobIle streets, New Orlean." Ld, $31,000, H J Carey, Morgan boulevard and Orlean" street, \ew Orleane" $-+,000, ~-\ J Roe, 216 \Vest Kennedy street, :='yracu"e \ Y, $7,500, E E Eu? Lard, 112 Onondaga st! eet Syracuse, $5,000, "IV r Bacon, 11111101"and \ ermont e,treet<;, 1nchanapohe, 1nd, 5;6,000 G II Baird, Dalrd-.to\\ n, Cal, bungalo\v, $5,000 Miscellaneous Bmldmgs-1 he '\Iernt Pldce .:\! ethodl"t'3 of Indlanapolh, Ind, arc bUIld111g d church to co"t $30,000 The '3chool board of :\1l11neapoh" Ie, constructmg an adchtIOn to the Bl elmer "chool at d coe,t of $74,000 \ fiftv thousand dollar court house 1e, bel11~ blllit at Deml11g, ~ :\Iex The 13aptI"t., of 1'o111ond, Cal, haye adopted plane, for d church to lOst $50,000 Chne,tlan SuentIsts V\ III buIld a church 111Clg-den, L"tah to co"t $35,000 Samuel K ewhouse IS to bUIld a theatre 111Ogdcn, Utah at a cost of $230,000 Trustees for the Carne~Ie hbrar} to be erected at EI Cent, 0, Cal, are dCh ert1s1110 for b1ds OJ] the constrnctIOn of the blllld111g '1 he Pasadena b(Cal) Realty company V\ 111mvcst $60,000 to $75,- 000 111a theatre bUIldmg The Los Angele" (Cal) AthletiC Club ha\ e adopted pldm for then dub home buildl11g whIch IS to cost $650,000 The lrl110n League Club of Los Angeles, Cal haye started the comtructIOn of theIr ne wbmldl11g whI~h 1<;to cost half a mIlhon dolalrs The CIty hall at San Pedro, Cal , is to be remodeled at a cost of $26,000 It's when he 10, up agamst it that a man 11eally feels cIowncast ~, I!II IIIIIIIIII IIII I I I A High Grade Cafe. t Restaurant and Buffet 10 connectmD I GEORGE FULWELL, I II ME""" '0' Proprietor. I .• -.__AG<.;;Y -H't.--------------- __ - .. -~ DETROIT, MICH. HOTEL NORMANDIE CONGRESS STREET Near Woodward Avenue Amencan Plan. $2.50 per Day and upwards. European Plan, $1 00 per Day and upwards Hot and Cold Runmng Water In all Rooms. Rooms WIth Bath extra. · ....- .....-...- ..._._---_._-_._----~ 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN Miscellaneous Advertiselllents. WANTED Commission men for the states Michigan, Iowa, Missoun, Nebraska and Kansas. also for the western states or Pa-cific coast, to carry our li
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 3. 1910 SENSATIONAL NEW OFFERINGS BIG PROFIT IN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY MEDIUM PRICES If you want to make money in the furniture business, buy quality, brain labor-durable fin-ish, artistic designs, prompt (expert) shipments. Cheap imitations at a few cents lower price never pay BECAUSE THEY DON'T SELL. TheNorth-ern motto- "WE SELL -------- 9J~T_L)_:_QIIIQ~~ELLEJ~S~ means expert workmanship, no more cost to you, and two or three dollars more from your cus-tomer, with a quick sale. OUR NEW DESIGNER during the past year, has almost entirely made over our line, and we shall show at the winter exhibitions at Grand Rapids, New York and Chicago, SOME STRIKING NOVELTIES that every furniture buyer will want to see. Half our new catalogue to be issued in January, will show new designs. These new offerings will only emphasize and dEvelop to a sensational point the fresh and popular styles shown last summer-such as our white enamel bed with cane head and foot boards, our beautiful colonial bed in imitation mahogany on gum, to which the retail trade has taken very readily. Our forthcoming designs are SIMPLE, CLASSIC, ATTRACTIVELY NEW; we shall show finishes never before offered in medium grades of furniture-in short, we shall give you BRAINS FOR YOUR MONEY, and make the NORTHERN the LEADING BEDROOM FURNITURE HOUSE as for years it has been head and shoulders above all competitors on dining room suites. NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS SEND FuR NEW CATALOGUE AN D LET US NAME YOU PRICE. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. CHALLENGE REFRIGERATOR CO. Order this Bed in Vernis Mar-tin Satin Brass Finish (Color 19). No extra charge. You will be convinced of its selling qualities. SQUARE POST STEEL BEDS are very popular and should be ready sellers durinlr the Holiday Trade. Wemanufac-ture a very complete line of Metal Beds and Cribs, all steel springs, woven wire mattresses, Metal Couches and Daven-ports, Cots and Hospital Furniture. Buy beds equipped with the Standard Rev. Rail. They are strong and prevent the bed from wabbling. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. No. 984. BRASS CAPS. Stock Color-White. VernJs Martin to order. PILLARS and FILLING SQUARE TUBING PIllars 2 m. Top and Bollom Tubes J Y2 m Filling I m. Head 60 m Foot 40 10. SIzes, 3 ft 6 m. and 4 ft. 6 10. Sh'ppmg weIght 154 lb.. Iron beds will be shIpped In whIte unless otherwIse ordered. Price $15 If our No. 35 Catalogue has not been received notify us. SMITH & DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis, Mo. WEEKLY ARTISAN ... ~ .- . - .-- ..-- ---'-- .-- _._- •._- _._.---..-..-..-..-.-..-. ..--.. .-.... "THE PORTER" Jr. 5 INCH JOINTER IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG MACHINE ON THE MARKET. It is built with the same care, accuracy, and feat-ures that are embodied in "The Porter" Hand Join ters which are known the world over. The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing inclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical features of the larger machines. When furnished upon the iron bed (shown in cut), any style of motor can be attached. The style of current, cycle or phaze is immaterial. The machine is furnished with or with-out the countershaft, or stand, just as is desired. IT IS THE IDEAL MACHINE for the cabinet room, pattern shop, manual training school or any place where small or narrow jointing or buzz planing is done. It requires but little power, small space and runs at high speed; and say-don't you know that 50% OF YOUR WORK is within the range of this machine. You ought to be inter-ested in this machine and our catalog T. will tell you all about them. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . .. - .--- . ..--- . . ~ 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN , LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I IIIII ,II,, II , GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ,-_-.-.-.--..-.-.._._-----------_._--_._-_._. __. --- ._-_._-----~ High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. tll Dark and Tuna Mahogany Btrd's Eye Maple Btrch iZuartered Oak and CtrcasJtan Wamut Our Exhibit you will find on the Fourth Floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICmGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. :J 1st Year-No. 23 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 3. 1910 Issued Weekly STATUS OF THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT Lacks Much of Having Been Adopted by the Required Number of State Legislatures--- Comments on Its Merits. Promoters of the proposal to so amend the Constitution of the Umted States that income and other "direct" taxes may hereafter be Imposed by the Federal government wIthout ap-portIOnment acc01 dmg to populatIOn-as the power is now 1e-stncted- are much gIven to "countmg noses" on the progress of the movement; that is. to countillg up the State legislatures that have already rdtlfied by the reqUlslte vote the amendment submitted to them by the SIxty -first Congress at its first session It reql11re~ favorable actIOn by thIrty-five States-three-fourths of the whole number-to make this amendment part and parcel of the fundamental law; and to hear some of its advocates talk one would get the impression that the goal was already in sight, that twenty odd States had already ratIfied As a matter of fact, the department of state at Washmgton has received up to date only four notIfications of action on the amendment by State legI",]atures, Illm01~, South Carolma and Maryland have filed notIces of her reJectIOn, and Rhode Island has notified the depart-ment of her rejection of the proposal. There ale probably several mstances of ratIfication not as yet followed by notifi-cation to the state department-as in the case of Alabama, wh-ose legislature was the first one of the forty-six to take up the matter and promptly ratified the amendment by a unani-mous vote in both branches Failure to notify the department ImmellIately does not invalIdate the legislative action, but the latter counts for nothing untIl the record has been perfected. The probabilIty IS that c-onsiderably less than a dozen states have up to date accorded formal ratification to the amendment Only three legislatures were 111 session in 1\)~9 following t~e actIOn by Congress-tho:,e of Alabama. GeorgIa and ConnectI-cut; the Georgia body refused to consider a favorable re~ort from the commIttee on the resolutIOn. and that of ConnectIcut ddJourned WIthout taking action on the subject Eleven legis-latures have been in session dming 1910, but several of them eIther took no actIOn or defeated the amendment-New Y-ork among the latter-and m Kentucky the legislature so mixed up Its action that nobody can at present tell WIth certainty exactly what it was But thirty-seven State legIslatures hold seSSIons dunng 1911, and thus the Iesue bids faIr to speedIly become a hve one in all sectIOns -of the country Commenting on the struggles that are expected to take place in the legislatures, the New York Sun gives many rea-sons why the amendment should be rejected, closing with the following paragraph: "The suggestIOn that by thIS amendment a power WIll be conferred upon our ndtIOnal government "now employed by every other SO\el ign natIon in the world" IS not a :,ufficient reason for ratify ing the amendment. That the national government's power of taxation is already broad enough to meet any emer-gency is well illustrated by the powerful argument -of Alexander Hamilton, who, wedded to the doctrine that the government's power of taxation should be commensurate with it exigencies, yet accepted and defended the present ConstitutIOn as ample in this regard, although the government's power of taxation is now fettered by the apportionment rule as to direct taxes, the uni-formity rule as to duties. imposts and excises and the implied prohibitions against the imposition of Federal taxes upon State instrumentalitIes, and although it d-oes not extend at all to taxes or duties on articles exported from any state Those who ap-prove this amendment must thus be prepared to grant the government an absolute power of taxation unrestricted by any rule. F-or there is no logical or economic reason for freeing the govel nment from the apportionment rule as applied to income taxes and leaving it subject to that rule as applied to land and capitation taxes If unlimited dhcretion is dangerous in one case, it is equally dangerous in all " The New York Commercial, also is a strong opponent of the amendment, says: "This old Constitution of ours has stood the test of more than one hundred and twenty-years it has been amended only fifteen times dunng all this long period, the first ten of the amendments having been adopted and declared to be in force as long ago as 1791 or only a very short time after the ratifi-cation of the original instrument by the thirteen 01iginal States; s-o in one hundred and nineteen years it has been possible to add to or alter the provisions of our fundamental law only in five partIculars It is an extremely dangerous proceeding to essay to improve thIS instrument, no matter who may call it 'obsolete.' Let 'every other sovengn nation In the world' tax incomes in its own way The Umted States can well afford to stick to its ori-gmal plan-and its pe-ople ought to 'speak well of the bridge that has carried them safely over.' " WEEKLY ARTISAN Mission. All quartered. Upholstered in genuine leather. No. 731. ~ilfl&lffolJulaetuJiIJR Co., Grand Rapids. Nich. .by carryingthe ONE~PI[CEPORCELilIN{INED ~ONRRD CLERNRBLE WR ITE FOR CATALOGUE CRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR Cg GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 1/you %ncy Baney garllitilre4-J f!/Ou will ezyoJ/j5'(;iling the Line 0/ GRAND RRPIDS FAN CY FURNITURE C~ GETTHECJ'lTRLOGUE GRRND RtWIDS. MICH. po ••• GRAND RAPIDS UOTElS J. BOYD PANTLIND, Proprietor. MORTON HOUSE (AMERICAN PLAN) HOTEL PANTLIND (EUROPEAN PLAN) Rates: $2.50 a day and up. Rates: I, $1.00 a day and up. The Noon Dinner served at the Pantlind for 50 cents is the finest in the world. .. I. •••• • • • The Grand RapIds ChaIr company recently put into use an unusually large furl1lture van de~lgned by superintendent, John Mowatt The wagon bed measures 8:Vz x 18 feet, and is so constructed that ram falling upon the bed quickly runs through the bottom, constructed of slats, to the ground. The corners of the pIeces composing the bed are rounded, permit-ing the water to run off quickly. This is the third delivery vvagon bUIlt for the company I11 twenty-eight years. Car load orders are loaded on the tracks in the company's yard, and the wagon IS used In the freight house service. It carries when loaded a suffiCIent quantlty of goods to fill an ordmary freight car 1\11 Mowatt has mvestlgated the economIcal value of power trucks and says such conveyances are money savers m a bUS111C~Sthat roqUlres more than one team to handle the freight. !III :\Iowatt mentIOned a grocer vvho had thed three single-horse cleltvery wagon~ and ~ought to economize hIS expense by the me of a gas propelled truck. The expenment proved un-plofitable on account of the many stops that were necessary to be made 111 the servIce. POvver trucks are not economIcal when not used f01 long hauls. * * * * Chas L. Grace, who formerly sold such well known lines as the West MIchIgan of Holland and the Logansport line of cl111111g tables, and, who, for the past few years has represented the Langslow-Fowler company, between Denver and the Coast, has accepted a posltlon wIth the Marvel Manufacuring Co., in southern tern tory During the many years that Mr. Grace has sold furniture he has traveled in all sections of the country and through hIS attendance at the Grand RapIds expositIOns during many seasons he has acquired an extensive acquaintance which cannot fall to prove of value to hImself and the Marvel com-pany in the southern field The Marvel line WIll be much stronger III January than ever before and WIll consist of about 125 deSIgns 111 dming chaIrs, rolled veneer saddle seat and cobbler rockers, as well as a few MISSIOn three-piece suites conslstmg of table, chaIr and tete. The lme WIll be shown on the first floor of the Furniture Exchange as before. * * * * Among the new exhibitors in the Grand Rapids market next month will be the Beecher Falls (Vt.) Furniture company, bed room furniture; the Glengary (Mich) Upholstering com-pany; the Clemetson Desk company of Chicago and the Voc;s l\Iantel company of LouiSVIlle, Ky, who recently purchased the equipment of the C. D. WIdman company and removed it to Louisville It is understood the Voss company wiII continue a part of the C D. Widman hne, the Widman plant having been converted into an auto-body factory. Among the lines formerly exhibIted here, but not shown for several years, that will be shown this season are the Hac;tlllgs (Mich.) Cab111et company; the Warsaw (Ky.) Furniture Manufacturing company and the Bogardus-McDaniel company of Warsaw, Ky ; the L. C. & w. L Cron company, Piqua, 0, and the Huntington (Ky ) ChaIr company. . " * * * * Reporters for daily papers are carelesc; of facts when writ-ing of furniture affairs and frequently make blunders For in- 'Stance one of the Grand Rapids' papers stated, the other day, that the Sligh company had just filled the largest single order ever secured-an order for $50,000 worth of bed room furni-.. ture for the Sherman hotel in Chicago-and that the order WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 .-------.-----.~-.-----.-.-.-.-.--. __•., George W. Calder will represent the John D Raab Chair company of Grand Rapids next year on the Pacific Coast, instead of the Grand Ledge Chair company. * * * * Theodore J Haven is now in charge of the Furniture Ex-change, lookmg after the electncal and other work, directing the reception of exhibits, etc. * * * * kept the plant busy for SIX months on full time, thus indicatmg that the capacity of the Sligh factory IS about $100,000 per year. As a matter of fact the capacity of the plant is about $700,000 and only a part of It was occupied about three months m fillmg the Sherman hotel order. The Sltgh company made only the dressers and chiffoniers. The wardrobes were made by the Muskegon Valley Furmture company, while the beds and chairs were made 111other factories. * * * * Second vice-president Sims, purchasing agent Spnng, hotel manager Kelley of the Delaware & Hudson Ra1lroad company, were in the Clty last Monday accompamed by D Edwards of Edwards & Son, and h1s buyer. D. Satterlee of Syracuse, lookmg for furniture for two new hotels, one on Lake George and the other on Lake Champlain, now under constructIOn. They traveled m a private car and after mspectmg several factory show rooms here, went to Chicago * * * * The Keil-Anway company, manufacturers of upholstered furniture, report that the1r busmess for November, was 111 per cent greater than for the same month of 1909 That is a remarkable increase, and 1t is keeping up so well as to seriously interfere with their gettmg out new patterns for the January season. * * * * E. H Foote, treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair com-pany attended the meetmg of the M1chigan Association of Manufacturers, held in Detroit, during the pa~t week He was accompanied by his wJfe, and v1sited a number of fnends re- ~ldmg in that city during the1r sojourn. * * * * The Co-Operative Furmture company of Rockford, 111., who have not exh1bited in this C1ty of late years, Will show their line with the Streit exh1b1t of Cincinnati, in the Leonard bU1lding, next month, Henry Ringold will have charge of the Rockford Co-Operative exhibit. ¥ * x * Secretary John A. Covode of the Berkey & Gay Furniture company informs the Artisan that the company will display a large line of new patterns on January 2, 1911. It is hinted in local furniture circles that th1s company will have some sur-prises in their exhibit. * * * * The Grand Rap1ds Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester company have just closed a contract for the installation of an entire new outfit of piping and furnace feeding of a large planing mill for the C. W. Kother ccompany of Detroit, Mich. * * * * It is reported that Oscar Hall, for several years with the -, -- ITET (HICAGtiltIRRORt. 217 N. Clinton Streett; ~hicago. ~IIIs.y ?~~E-~~_U.~S.A --~-----~-----~...-.-.... ----- ..._ .. . ... National Furmture company of Rockford, Ill, w1ll appear with the eochibit of the Superior Furniture company of Rockford, m the Furniture Exchange, next month. * * * * A. R. Wagenknight, representmg Marshall Field & Co., and W. T. Garrett, representing Sears, Roebuck & Co., were among the furniture buyers in the city this week. * * * * R F F111egan an Engllsh glue manufacture, VI as 111the C1ty th1S week visiting his agent, 'Walter Clark, of the \,y alter Clark Veneer company. I.. Mayor ;vrcCarthy of San Francisco has finally succeeded in effecting a settlement of the d1fferencec between the Furniture Dealer's assoc1at1CJn and the Upholste1e1s U1110n of that city, on telrms declared to be satisfactory to both sides . 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN CORPORATION STATISTICS Some Interesting Facts Divulged by Operations of the Income Tax Law. The aggregate capItal ~tock of all corporatIOns in the Untted States IS more than $,52,000,000,000, wIth a bonded and other 111debtedness of more than $31,000,000,000 The~e ll1tere~t111lS figures are conta111ed m the comml~SlOner of 111ternal I evenue'~ annual report. The stattsttcs appear 111 that part of the report devoted to the returns under the ncw corporatIOn tax law. The operatton of thIS has madc It possIble for the fedel al government for the first tIme, to obta111 accurate 111formatlOn a~ to the number of corporatIOns In thIS country and theIr financial standing. The figures presented by the commIssioner covel only the corporatIOns ,\ hlch have madc retm ns under the corpor-atIOn tax act But they can be taken tOughly as covering the entIre corporate field 111thl~ country, for there have becn only a velY few corpOlatlOn~ whIch faIled to make Icturn~ and the number exempted by law IS compalatlvely 111slgmficant The commlsslOnel's rCJlO!t sho\\ ~ that '2V2,-+OO CO!pOl atlOn~ scnt 111 returns and pelld taxes unde! the new la,v Thc exact amount of capItal stock repre~ented by these corporatIOns was $52,371,626,752, the bonded and other 111debtedness $31,383,- 952,696 and the net 111come $3,1'23 +8] ,101. TIllS shows that the 232,'190 corporatlOns-practtcally all 111the "Cmted States-in the agglegate made Just a tnfle less than 6 pel cent on the total capItal stock 111the fi~cal year ended June 30, last, whlC'h IS the period on which the commissIOner's report is based It has been known cver S111cethe corporatIOn ta'C law went on the statute books that New York state would pay a large part of this tax. The commissIOner's report shows that the EmpIre state contributed almost tWIce as much as any othel state to the total of $26,872,270 conta111ed under the cOJ1poratlOn tax law up to October 1, of the present year The tax assessed aga111st New Yonk state corporatIOns amounted to $3/172,650, 01 a httle less than one-fifth of thc total tax for the entll e country. Pennsylvama came next In the amount of total asse~sment, her figures be111g $3,356,003. The internal revenue commissIOner's report shows that New York state has almost tWIce as many corporatIOns as any other state. Returns were receIved ft om 31,132 corpOl atlOns 111that state. These corporatIOns have an aggregate capItal stock of $10,734,835,411 and a bondcd and other 111debtedness of $7,834,- 437,J73. The net 111come for the fiscal year 1910, of the 31,- 132 New York state corporations amounted to $6J6,222,192 Pennsylvama comes next to New York 111the total number of corporatIOns WIthIn her confines, 18,362 hav111g made returns to the 111ternal revenue commIssIoner. The Pen1sylvama cor- Jloratlons hdve an aggrtgdte capItal stock of $5,496,433,778; a bonded dnd other 111debtedne~~ of $2,669,1,5-1,489 The agg-re-g- ate net 111come of the Pennsylvama corporattons f.or the last fiscal yeal was $374,98J,-t28. IlhnOls I~ thIrd 111the total number of corporatIOns It has 11,908, \\Ith a total cdpltal ~tock of $3,99],058,968 and a bonded and other 111dehtedness of $3,G32,803,126 The net 111comeof the I111110lScorpordtlOns for the fiscal year 1910 was $27'1,321,933 The internal revenue commISSIOner's statement shows that 111the Umted States there are 29,812 finanCIal and commenal COIporatlOns, mc1ud111g banks, trust, surety and 111surance com-pamcs, subject to the corporation tax The I eport sho\\ s further that there arc 24,232 public ser-vIce corporations, ~uch as ratlroads, steamboat~, ferries, stage l111es,pIpe l111es,ga~ and elcctnc hght compames, transportation dnd ~torag-e compal11es and telegraph and telephone companies 111thc Ulllted Stdtes ~ubjcct to the tax The 111ttrnal I evcnue commISSIOn reports that there were 11101 t thel1l !()(),()()O COIporatlOns on the hsts whIch the internal rcv cnue lmreau had receIved from the dIfferent states. These, hO\\ ever, were found to be Imperfcct and the final reVISIOn with the corpOl atlOns that are exempt under the law brought the hst down to 262,-+90 The comml~SlOner says: 'Thele "a~ some delay on the part of the corporatIOns in n1dk111gthe I etmlh, due to the behef on the pal t of some that longl es~ V\ould take actIOn lookIng to a postponement in the colltction of the tax and thc further behef on the part of the othel s that the faIlure of the Supreme Court to pass on the Celses 111stttuted to dete1l11lne the constitutlOnahty of the tax l111ght 111some way po~tpone collectIOn The penalties collected for the fiscal year on thIS account, approxlmat111g $123,000, are thel efOl e beheved to be abnormal epon the whole the tax ha~ been collected WIth dS httle dIfficulty or fnctlOn as has been oc-ca~ lOned by the collectIOn of any 111ternal revenue tax." The commISSIOner glve~ the total receIpts of the internal revenue bureau for the la~t fiscal years as $28J,937,220 Of this total the! e was collected fro111 ord1l1ary sources $268,9917,436. dn 111crease of $22,784,717 over the prevIOUS fiscal year, and from the corporatIon tax $26,959,783 The total 111crease over the collectIOns of the pI evlOtlS fiscal year IS therefore $43,744,500 The collectIOns exceed the e~tlmates of November, 1909, by $21,- 93, ,220 1herefore It \\ III be seen thdt WIthout the corporation 1l1come tax the 111ternal 1 evenuc I ecelpts would have faIled to meet the e~ttmates. Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITYof Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that it counts for or against your future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant advertisement of your reliabihty. Our tables resist wear-quality is built in, along with the style and hand rubbed finish that make our designs so attractive. Our new catalog, showing some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders diners ever built, is in press. You Will just naturally want these top-notchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG JANUARY 1st If you place the order with us by December lOth WHITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MIC". I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I a WEEKLY ARTISAN By E. Levy. Representative. THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH ChIcago, Dec 2-The N elmann Table company ellC nO\\ ll]- gaged on theIr new catalogue whIch they wIll have completed and ready to mail by the first of January It wIll show tbelr full line of tables, including dll11nR extensions, parlor, hbral} , cafe, restaurant, and saloon tables, and their recently added 11l1e...... of dinmg chaIrs, made to match their extensIOn tables ---- BUIlt wIth double arbors, shdIng table and eqUIpped complete wIth taper pin guages carefully graduated. Th:s machIne represents the height In saw bench con-strucllon. It ISdesIgned and bUIlt to reduce the cost of saWIng stock. WrIte us for descrIptIve informatlOo. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~ft:.gJM:PIDS. whIch \\Ill be ~hown 111 the Furl11ture Exchange bU1ldmg, Wa-hash dvenue and ronrteenth streets, ChIcago, in charge of the Peck & I1Jll-, rnr11ltnre company. Their new catalogue will be sent to any deeder on request. John Klmmeth & Co. hdve begun to clear away the debris from theIr preml "es on VVood street, where they suffered a se-vere fire loss, SDme few weeks ago, and have in the hands of theIr architect, plans for the reconstruction of their new fac-tory, v,hlch \\ III CDon be commenced and go forward with all possIble speed They are at present occupying temporary quart-er., at 1436 and 1438 West Kmzie street The illustration here given IS one of the medIUm grade chaIrs. The Nelmanns have evel) facIlrty for producmg their goods at the very closest co t anc1 \\ Ith thelf many years ex-penence and other advantages thev are 111 positIOn to offer very good values This will be apparent to all whD see the lIne, Rockford Chair 8 Furniture Co. Rockford. Illinois DINING FURNITURE BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES. LIBRARY FURNITURE DESKS, TABLES, COMBINATION and LIBRARY BOOKCASES. Our entire Ime will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN • RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Veneer Thinness and Thickness. During these several years the tendency among veneer manufacturers has been to cut face veneer th111ner and thinner. It is getting to the point where considerable protest IS bemg made by veneer users, and where one may well ask the questlOn, how th111should face veneer be? At first glance one is not impressed with thiS fact from studymg the annual reports of the veneer industry as compiled by the United States FDrest Service, because the greatest quant- Ity of veneer cut 1~ 3-16 thICk, with }8 -occUpy111gnext place 111 point of quantity, and the % com111g 111tOthIrd place In other words, on <the face of the government figures the ma ;-ority of the veneer is cut thick ThiS IS rather l111sleacling on Its face, however, because It does not tell us anything about the thIckness of face veneer proper The great bulk of th10 (:omparatlVely thick stock is used as thin lumber m box shooks, package mak-ing, and various other purposes not regarded as face veneer. When we get down into face veneenng proper It IS eVident that the thickness is concentrated around 1-16, 1-20, and 1-28. This applies both in rotary-cut and sawed or sliced In the earlier days most of the sawed and sliced stock ~as from 1-16 to 1-20, but much -of the rotary-cut stock ran up 111thickness from 1-16 to}8. That is, of the stock for face veneering proper. There is still a large quantity of face veneer cut }8 to use in millwork and other places where the trade calls fDr plenty -of body in the veneer for facing off. But among the prinCipal face veneer woods there is a strong tendency to concentrate between 1-16 and 1-20 and It looks like another year or two Will see the bulk of all face woods cut 1-20 except mahogany and such imported woods which are commonly cut n-ow 1-30 Here dgam we see a tend-ency downward for mahogany was formally cut 1-20 and 1-28 with 1-28 as the mam standard Now, there IS 4, times as much mahogany cut 1-30 as IS cut 1-28 and very httle of It IS cut as thick as 1-20 In fact, mahogany has centered around the 1-30 thIckness and both 111r-otary and shced stock thiS may be ac-cepted as the general standard n-ow, which is at least two points down in thickness from what was the practice a few years back. So we have, as stated above, the question of how thin or how thick 'Should face veneer be? There IS evidently a tendency to thmning down thdt may go to an extreme and accordlllg to some veneer usel s has already gone too far, because it makes veneer using difficult and does not leave enough to glue up and No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT finish properly. On the other hand, it is argued that in the finest kllld of work all that IS wanted is a very thin face of ven-eer not thicker than a piece of paper after finish111g and the body work should be constructed independent of the face, properly cross-banded, and balanced up, so that the veneering is nothing more than a face decoration. It has no part to play in the con-structlOn work whatever, and because of this fact should be handled as a facing material only and to get the most beauty of face out of a gIven amount of wood it Will be cut just as thin as the nature of the work will permit. There is evidently room for some difference of opinion. There is already some difference in practice. The door and mill-work people generally use veneer }8 of an inch thick, also some of thiS thickness IS used in fur111ture panels, but in the finest furni-ture work as well as other high grade cabinet work, there is not much thick stock used. It is fine and thm and when finished off IS not much heavier in body than a good coat of paint or a sheet of paper. It IS likely that there Will be a good deal or argument back and fOlth before we do finally determine which is the best and most practical thickness for veneer. The one thing we do know right nOW is that the trade, espeCially the manufacturers, have been followmg the tendency toward thinner stock and some-where along the line there will have to be a halt called and a reckomng as to what is the best thickness to cut.- J. Taylor, in Wood Craft. AND THE RICHMOND, IND. 10 takmg up larger quarters at Grant avenue and Stockton street, Three yeal s later he removed to Tombstone, Ariz, and opened a branch at Phoenix. In lR8~ he \\ ent to San DIego and there started the Standard FurnIture company, of which he has since been the head. De-claring to frlenc}i that there were better prospects for a large busmess ventUl e m the north, he went to Seattle late 1111887, contl11ul11g the busl11ess and name he had adopted 111 Cahforma. c\t that tIme the streets were mudholes, and Herbert, Ralph and Berman, llls sons, bought the dirt from the cable lme then under consb uctlOn and shoveled It 111 front of the store for a Sidewalk The fire of 1889 destroyed the store and stock, but recover- 1l1~qUIckly from hiS loss, l\lr Schoenfeld took out a permit, and, electing a tent at Second avenue and University street, resumed blh1l1eSS HIs permit was the first to be Issued in the burned-over area, and the first to be revoked when the owner of the lots wa S I eady to bul1d One of l\lr Schoenfeld's happiest recollections was of Mark T\\am, when the great author was pilot on a MiSSissippi river steamboat and :Ur Schoenfeld was an under officer. When bed up ashore the two young men enjoyed many pleasant moments together. Both were poor, and Twam comparatively unknown. Later they met 111 SIlver CIty, Nev, where for a time Twain erhted the Silvel City Enterprise. and passed the first milestone of hiS fame 'Vhen freed of business cares Mr. Schoenfeld took the keenest pleasure 111readmg Twain's works, c\lthough he gave With a laVish hand to the deserving poor, ,Ir Schoenfeld never referred to his giftS, and even his sons "ere Ignorant of the names of the benefiCiaries, but it is known that ~everal famlhes were on hiS pnvate check book, and that 111the Christmas season his pocketbook opened wide. :'Ir. Schoenfeld was a thil ty-second degree Scottish Rite :Uason, an Elk, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and B'nal Bnth, a JeWish benevolent society. AN INTERESTING CAREER CLOSED WEEKLY ARTISAN Louis K. Schoenfeld, Prominent Merchant of Seattle, Wash., a Victim of Pneumonia. LoUIS Kenneth Schoenfeld, for many J ears head of the Standard Furmture company, dealers of Seattle, vVa~h, died on November 18, a victim of pneumoma, aged G9 years Mr. Schoenfeld was conscIous to the last and hiS \\ Ife and his sons, Herbert A, Ralph and Berman Schoenfeld, and his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Gardner, were With him at the end He called each member of the famIly to him and said goodby rol-lowing the final handclasps, he called the names of his 111bmate fnends one by one, and urged 111~ wIfe and sons to say fare\\ ell to them. Loms K. Schoenfeld was born 111 the prOV111ce of Hesse, Germany, November 30, 1840, and came to America alone, when 8 years of age, to ma,ke hl~ home WIth an uncle 111 Balti-more. Dunng the ante-bellum days hIS uncle and aunt were strong seceSSlOmsts but young Schoenfeld took up the Umon cause and tried to enhst at the fir~t call for volunteers Because of Ius foreign bIrth and the known prO-Slavery sentiment of hIS relatIves, he was refu~ed, and subsequently ran away from home gomg to St LoUl~ and from there to Davenport, Ia. Tales of nch gold dlscovenes brought by returning prospectors lured hl111to the West, and he went, overland to Sacramento. v,here he worked as a nver boy 11118Gl Hb brother, Barney Schoen-feld, who ched three years ago, ]omed hIm 111the west, and to-gether they worked on the trail over the Sierra Nevada range when the rush to the new mmmg fields began. Mr. Schoenfeld went to SIlver City, Nev., With the out-break of the Silver rush There he made hiS first busllless ven-ture III hiS own behalf, and laid the foundatlOn for hiS fortune. In partnership With hiS brother he opened a small retaIl furmture store under the name of Schoenfeld Brothers, III 1864, all their stock commg around Cape Horn from the east In those days the Mackays, Floods, FaIrs and other bonanza ml1honalre 111111- 111g men were strugglmg WIth the fronbersmen m the httle colony for a hvehhood, and Mr. Schoenfeld knew them as neigh-bors and co-laborers It was not unbl Vlrgmla CIty became the largest SlIver camp 111 the world that the fortunes of hiS miner associates grow to large proportions B. Hey111an present manager of the Tacoma branch of the Standard Furmture com-pany, later became a partner of Mr. Schoenfeld, and the firm was known unbl 1886 as Schoenfeld & Heyman. In 1879 Mr Schoenfeld removed to San Francisco and opened a retail furmture store at 7J9 Malket street, subsequently .. - FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Suc:c:eaa. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. " _. Orders for Dry Kilns. The GI and Rapids Veneer Works kIln department has Just received an order for two more kIlns from the John Bain Wagon company of Woodstock, Ontano ThiS is the third order from t1115house In their "ad" on another page of the Weekly Arti- "an Will be found a letter from the McAfee ManufactUring com-pany of Garnet, Kan , m "hlch they say they hke theIr kIln very much and another from the GreenVille Chair company of Green- Ville, Tenn ThiS was an order by telegraph reque"tmg a kiln shipped 1l11mecbately. The \Veekly Arbsan expects 111 the near future to make an announcement that WIll be of great slg11lficance to the users of dry kIlns . SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS-AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Uphol.tered Furniture. Factory, 717.731 Mather St., CHICAGO. .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Oriental Ru~s Still Popular_ --------_.------ --------_ - _. .. Those who, a few years ago, looked upon Oriental rugs as a craze or a fad and predIcted that it would soon dIe out have been dl~appomted Eastern papers declare that they are more popular than ever thIs season, that they are being used in many bed rooms and are bemg bought by many women who should not mdulge m such luxunes. Perhaps luxunes is not the word to apply m connectIOn wIth these weaves, for although the first cost seems exorblta lt, PersIan rugs WIll wear for 30 years and upward. So consldermg the number of dollars that would be paid during a lIfetIme fm other carpetmg that would qUIckly wear out at the ongmal pnces onental rugs may be bargains Some women may th111k the deSIgns of oriental rugs do not vary wIth the seasons, that IS, that the colOrIngs are practically the same every year But the fact is the motIfs change decidedly, for sometImes the medallion effects are favored, and during an-other season the border WIll be narrow or wide This winter the all-over pattern IS the popular one By all over, is meant, that the center and the border are alIke In other words, there is no center so far as the deSIgn is concerned. The borders are of medIUm WIdth wIth a four-inch edge in a solId color-the predommatmg tone in the rug-a narrower band of the same ~hade bemg used to connect border and center. The colonngs thIS year are exquisitely blended, as only the orientals can be The surface of the rug gIves a sheen equal to sIlk m ItS glossmess and velvet m its depth of tone If one fancies the oriental colOrIngs, but can not afford the genuine article, she may indulge su~h taste by selectmg copies of the eastern rugs. These come at popular pnces no more expensIve, in fact, than the ordmary deSIgns and colonng-s For instance, there are Bag-dad Brussels and Bagdad WIlton, almost exact copies of the real carpets, even to the all-over centers, and there are several designs to choose from Smaller rugs proportIOnately priced. In domestIc carpets the plam filling IS in favor, which will not be cheerIng news to those who have to keep floor coveri,lgs clean, for a woman wIll always find somethmg that needs remov-ing from these plam surfaces. For stairs and halls the Axmimter in pIam fillIng is used, while for rooms the two toned rugs make~ a pleasmg carpet. The plam, solid color is bordered WIth a deSIgn in a lIght tone, and a figure in the center or at the four corners carries out the same effect SometImes only the border is m two tone~. The rest of the rug IS plain. Axminster is also copied in the oriental colonng~ They will give excellent service in libranes, living rooms and bedrooms Crex rugs are used all the year round in dming room~ They are mexpenslve, always fresh lookmg and are so lIght that they can be frequently taken up and the floor beneath cleaned All these attnbute~ make such a floor covering deSIrable for a din-mg room Should they fade, a wiping with a damp cloth wrung through hot water charged WIth ammonia wIll usually restore the color For bedloom5 China and Japanese mattings are still in de-mand The fig-uled are prefel red, unless some small rugs are to be used In the latter case solId cream should be chosen ......... HERE IS A CHAIR THAT'S A SELLER WRITE FOR THE PRICE No 83. GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. A, _ - •••• a ••••••••••• _-.- ~-------- --------- .._ - ....•.... ~ II I I, II I I I, Nothing Betterlin Their Line_ Hood & Wnght, the veneer people of BIg RapIds, Mich, inform the ·Weekly Artban by letter that they are full of busi-ness and are manufactUrIng veneers and panels from all the popular foreign and domestIc woods, making blrd'seys maple a specialty They have one of the largest and most complete veneer mlIl~ in the state and there is nothing better than their product. ARE BREAD AND THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS PROfiT WINNERS No Stock complete Without the Eh Beds m Mantel and Upncht. ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Write for cuts and pnces. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVAN.VILLE. '6-..-.--. ----------_._---------------"' • 12 DINING SUITES WEEKLY ARTISAN "EFF" and "'EFF"in GRAND RAPIDS DURING JANUARY WE WILL SHOW IN THE SAME SPACE AS BEFORE, 2d FLOOR, KLINGMAN BUILDING, A STRONG LINE OF DO NOT FAIL TO SEE OUR NEW DESIGNS. as well as OUR SPECIA LTIES for the CHAMBER, LIBRARY, PARLOR and HALL Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS The Fireman ond His Worli.. It is begmmng to be recogmzed that the posItIOn of fire-man In the power plant IS one of utmost Importance It does not matter whether the plant IS of good or bad d~slgn. It does not matter whether the plpmg IS well covered and free fwm leaks or bare and leakmg at every 10l11t It does not mat-ter whether the engInes are of the best desIgn and call y eco-nomical loads or are "steam eaters," with loads whIch I ange from frIction to the limIts of possIble power. But thel e is one factor in the CQst of the steam and the power derived from it that is mal e important than all of the others. This is the fireman. If a change is made from simple to compound eng-mes a saving of ~wenty per cent may be effected, but by careless fir- Ing and neglect of proper handlIng ot the feed \\ dter t\\ enty-five to f{)fty per cent of the heat value of the fuel may be wasted. If an efficIent econom17er is bought, It IS for the purpose of extractmg a few of the escapmg heat umts from the gases as they go up the chimney. But If an IneffiCIent fireman puts so much aIr through the fire that the temperature of the gases IS so reduced that the economIzer has noth1l1g to do, then thIS state is worse than before the economizer was installed. Throughout the entire list of power-plant apparatus not an auxiliary nor an appliance can be named the benefiCIal effects of whICh cannot be nullified by an Ignorant or indifferent fireman. Wherever possIble, machinery is being installed with the inten-ti~ n of rendering human skill unnecessary and the myriad forms in which the automatic stoker appears is only one of the ways in which this trend is shown But the stoker with the others falls far short of its possibilIties in the hands of the man who will not, or cannot, be a fireman in all that the name implies. To be thl:> he must know how to burn coal in such a way as to get from It the last avaIlable heat umt. He must know how to so handle the bOIlers that the greatest possIble percent-age of the heat fIom the fuel wIll be transmItted to the water. He must know how to treat feed-waters WIth theIr varying scale makIng content He must understand the pnnciples of furnace constructIOn and opel atlOn. He must not only know all these thl11gs but must be able to use this knowledge. Such a man is a fireman and can go I11tOany bOIler room and exercise a greater 1l1fluence on the effiCIency of the plant than any man, however w( 11 eqmpped in any other department. That such men are avaIlable and are factors of importance IS be1l1g realIzed by power-plant managers everywhere, and the nMn who kuows and can produce results in the boIler room is UJ!1'llJg I11to his own. 1\'othwlthstandl11g the agltatlOlJ I elatlve to the conservation of the natIOnal resources and all the adVIce handed out gl atls to usel s of the world's natural products, there are those who stIll perslst 111 puttl11g meln to work 111 the bOIler room who are offel eel h ttle encourag ement to gIve much consIderation to con-oervation 'What fireman workIng for a elollar anel a half per day is gOlng to he awake mghts devlsmg ways and means of I educing the operatIng e"penses of the bOIler room? And, furthermore, how many employers are moved to substantIally recognize the fireman in a financial way when he does cut down the coal bilI? Plant owners naturally maintain that the firemen is paid to look after their interests, but if this is 'so, it would appear that a low valuation is placed upon the interests. As a matter of fact a fireman is looked upon by many plant owners as a man with plenty of muscle, capable of shoveling ten or more tons of coal per day and of handling the heaviest slice WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---------------_._---_._------_. _..__._-------- FULL LINE. A. PETERSEN & co. MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE AND LEADING LINE OF OFFICE DESKS IN THE COUNTRY Our attentIon to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the PETERSEN DESK its leadership. l.. RIGHT PRICES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 430 Armour St., CHICAGO, ILL. 13 .t. bar The question as to whether the man can handle boiler furnaces WIth the 111telligence necessary to produce the best results WIth the coal available is seldom considered. For 111stance, the chief engineJer of a certain power plant observed that one of his firemen was more capable and showed more interest 111his work than any of the others He, there-fore, recommended that the company increase his wages, which was done. After a time the other firemen learned of the in-crease and went in a body to the chief engineer to know why one of theIr number was recelvmg more pay The I eply was that the fireman was worth more than any of the others. These men then appealed to the manager for an increase in wage equal to their more capable companion, and the manager, be111g a Just but misguided man, granted the 1l1crease, saying that one fireman d0111gthe same k1l1d of work was worth as much to the company as another. It is safe to say that the poorer firemen were not overpaid even after their wages were raised; but if their less effective services were worth the hIgher prIce the more l11telhgent and effective service of the better man were worth still more If such service is to obtain nO recognition where i~ the encourage-ment to render it except in the fact that one owes it to himself and to hIS career to do the best he can in any position, and is the better man and probably the more successful man, in the long run, for so doing. Of two men dOl11gthe same kind of wOlk one is not always worth as much to the firm as the other. It is not the amount of work a man does that counts; it IS the way he accomplishes what he sets out to do Firing ten or twelve tons of coal may be a big day's work, but the man who fires that amount of coal into a furnace and keeps the steam pressure right on the dot is not worth as much to the company as the man who takes things easier and keeps the steam pressure on the dot by burning but eIght tons of coal a day He does not work as hard as the other man, but he does get better results, and this is wh,lt should count with the man who pays the bills .. Engineers are handIcapped in much the same way. There seems to be an undervaluation of the real worth of good en-gineers. The salaries of those who are capable of holding posi-tions are based largely on what it is necessary to pay low-grade men. Sixteen dollars per week appears to be a common wage for putting in from ten to twelve hours each day, doing repair work on Sundays and holidayS, besides working overtime when it is necessary. The employer of the unskIlled engineer will take the ground that he pays his man sixteen dollars per week, and that he is expected to keep the plant running If he has to work over-time, Sundays and holidays, that is his fault. Apparently the plant owner does not take the trouble to ascertain how much these hours of extra repair labor are costing him. An efficient engineer WIll have but little overtime work be-cause he will see that repairs are made as soon as the defects are discovered, so that he always has the machinery in the plant in first class condition The owner does not stop to make a com-parison of the two classes of workmen. He does not stop to think that his engineer is worth more to him than the other would be. The capable engineer may not work as hard as the other, but he is worth more to any plant 0\" ner because he is capable and saves expenselS in operation and repairs. An engineer or fireman should receive the amount of wage he is worth, based on his capabilities, and not On what a low-grade man in the same field would get -Editorial in Power. I.._.. . _... ..- ~ "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. 14 ...- .. WEEKLY ARTISAN ------_. _._------------------ -- _. _. -.~~_._-_._._._-----_._-_._.-- -- _. --------- Palmer Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 557 LIBRARY TABLE. I Nothing better in the market for the price. Send for it. lOur full line of Parlor and Library Tables, Pedestals and Reed Furniture on the 4th floor of the FURNITURE EXCHANGE, GRAND RAPIDS, IN JANUARY. - '. II '....----..--.-----_._----------._---- -- . . .. ------------ I -------_._----' Bertha Palmer's Cooking. FurnIture salesmen residing m Ch1cago speak In terms of praIse of the food cooked at the Palmer house, and It remained for Dan Allen, poet, wit and "cut-up" to suggest that the multI-mJ1lionalre'" leader of Chicago's aristocracy, MI s Bertha Palmer (rehct of Potter Palmer) had encompassed her ample form'" Ith an apron, rolled up the sleeves of her dress to the arm plb and Reduced ReproductlOn of a Good Stove 'Ad" taken possessIOn of the kitchen and 1tS vassals The dainty chicken pIe could have been formulated by no other hands than Bertha's; the bread WIthout questIOn was such as Bertha only could make, whIle the pies and puddmgs lacked only the Bertha trade mark. The report that Bertha, the "cUlsineel," par excel-lence had installed herself as queen of the kitchen spread rapidly and Berthanian dinners are sought by the peddlers of furniture, who dearly love good food "When seated in the capacIOus dmmg or club room of the Palmer house, the guest enqUIres of "George" the black waiter, if Bertha is well and 111 her accmtomed place IS the kItchen. George dutifully re-phes "Yas, SIr, Bertha 1S feehng very well, sir." "Did Bertha make the bl~cults thIs mornmg George ?" the guest continues "Yas, SIr, Bertha made the biscuits." "And did Bertha kill, clean and stew the chIcken, whose presence I find recorded on tl1f' Berthal11an menu?" "Yas, sir, Bertha killed and cleaned the chIckens," George rephes "And dId Bertha make the pumpkm pIe? ' "Y dS, SIr, Bertha made the pumpkin pie and the dpple pw, too" "Very well, George, I ",ill dme here to-day , "You may bring in---" ] he peddlers and the walters are having much enjoyment at the eApense of the d1stingUlshed lady and fears have been exmessecI that m an annoyed moment she m1ght order the Palmer house closed for all time. The story suggests that there a1e opportunites open for chstmgl11shecl lacbes m social hfe to make themselves uselful and to wm the achmratlOn, the gratItude and th~ undying affec-tIon of all mankmd ;\Irs Palmer 1S a charming w1dow A man's heal t IS easJ1y penetrated through hIs stomach The lad) IS not WIthout skIll as a penetrator. The Return Rates Problem. MercantIle mterests through the MIddle West are planning a conference WIth western raJ1road managers to ascertain what IS to be the statu:, of rates on returned goods in the hght of the recently announced ruhng of the mterstate commIssion. It IS now expected the conference w1ll be held 111 Chicago, early m the coming month China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Conitrudton and Fmish, See our Catalogue, Our hne on permanent exhibi_ tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldJlIi. Grand Rapids. .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 How Can They Do It? The advertl~ement of the Spiegel's stores shown herewith IS inchned to make the small furniture dealer Sit up and take notlce How many of them can compete with the several offers contamed 111this advertl~ement and sell the goods on $1 down and $1 monthly 111 addition to makl11g the purchaser a present of a carving set? SIX box seat dl11ers hke those illustrated and This Carving Set··~ Oiven FREE Saturday,atSpiegeJ's ~ With Evary Purchase of Any Ona of the Splendid Pre· T1Janksgiving &ay Svecials Described 8810w h Your $11 95 $1 CASH Choice • $1 MONTHLY ,; Ch... 4. Sold on IUu.etrated .. 1J<y, Fffe Trml S~/d ... Sef. <>f60,,/y Silt Dinlnl Cllliin-SIX Handsome D n ng Cha rS 1ke lug Four BiC Stores: -182-184·186 WabaSh Avenue -2023-2031 -9133-9135 Milwaukee Avenue Commercial Avenue "lear Ai1nitace South Ch,cago COME TO THE SPIEGEL STORE Ni:.AICEST YoUR HOME descnbed ord111anly wholesale at about $18 a dozen. When the charge for freight, cartage, handl111g and unpacking are added to this cost to say nothl11g about overhead expense for running a store there can be very httle profit left in the handling of these goods at $23.40 a dozen, especially when donating two carvl11g sets to the d07en. CompetltlOn of this k111dwhile perfectly legi-tlmate In every way would seem to be the mo~t difficult for a small dealer to compete with The~e goods ought to sell in com-panson wIth anythl11g offered by the mall order house. An un-usual feature about thiS advertlsement IS found 111 the offering Garnet, Kansas, 11/1/10. Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen: We have your 29th, and beg to that the kiln so satisfactory and trouble with it. very much. Yours J. letter of the say in reply far is very we have had no We like It very truly, Q. McAfee Mfg. Co. of a china cabinet, a d111l11gtable or six din111g chairs for $11 95. In other words a person can very nearly furmsh a din111g room with the exception of the buffet for less than $36 00. Of course, thIS naturally raises the questIOn as to the quahty of the goods. The IllustratIOns 111dlcate goods that are well designed. Cut· Rate Taxicab Service. A new taxicab service for the retail district of St. Louis, Mo, has been established by the Grand-Leader (Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co) for the exclusive use of its customers. Under the plan which has been adopted by the store taxicabs '-"Ill operate to and from the store for the benefit of patrons and only dunng bUS111esshours The service is hke that which has been 111augurated by large establishments 111other cities and the rates which are to be charged are matenally lower than those charged by the regular taxicab companies. r WA'-DD~LL'''MA'NUF ACTURING ~~'-l I Grand Rapids, Michigan ,I••• ,I•• I I,• •II I....----_._-_._.-.__._.--_ ....-----_._._---------_.-._.-. ------ _. --------_._--------_ .... All Knobs and Pulls have the N0-11urn-Loose Fasteners The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. -- _. _ ..... • oj 16 have been taken wIth a view of forestallmg the labor organiza-tIons who have been asking for such legIslation, but it was WI'ie even" hen vIewed m that hght A law fairly and clearly defi111ng the nght'i, resp0l1Clblhtle'i and habllity of employers is des1r dble dnd "ould be of great benefit to all concerned It \\ould not only do away \\Ith much delay and vexatIOus htIga-tlOn In the ~ettlement of cldlm'i based on accIdents, but would un-doubtedl} Chml111'ihthe number of such claml'i It would also tend to decrease the number of accidents, because WIth their responslblhty fixed by law employ ers would be inclined to use the best of safety apphances and workmen would be more in-duced to aVOId danger Such a law would undoubtedly be good for both employers and employes and would be obnoxious only to needy lawyers. WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY .v THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION 51 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHERCOUNTRIES 52 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOPITH DIVISION ST. GPIANO RA~IDS. MICH. A. S WHITE. MANAGINQ EDITOR Entered .. second class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds. Mlch'l'an under the act of March 3. 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E. LEVY. A great deal of money has been expended m recent years in teachmg the pubhc as to the beauty, utlhty and commercIal value of furniture representmg certain pen ods of the past. That the training of the public as to the merits of the work of the famous cabinetmakers of the old world has been of great value none will deny, but the question now arises, has not the end of this line of education been reached? Thousands of AmerIcans laughed at the beautiful examples of Enghsh and trench art, 'shown in the furniture sections of the world's faIr 111 1893, and at the same time pointed WIth pride to the crude compositions of American designers, with whjch they were famihar. In the efforts to produce "something dIfferent" many shocking com-posites were turned out which the public were urged seriously to buy, but the final acceptance of the period lines testified to the value of the educational campaign which preceded and fol-lowed their introduction The magazines and journals devoted to house furnishing and technical matters, the trade press and even the newspapers have aSSIgned thousands of pages to the illustration and discussion of the period styles, and it now seems that the minds of the public are in a receptive mood for some-thing else. This thought has not occurred to many writers of furruiture advertising literature, whose paragraphs are couched in language that would be suitable for reading by the children of the furniture kindergarten Can any good reason be ad-vanced why the public should not be taught how to discrimi-nate between good and poorly made furniture? Would the manufacturer of high grade goods stand any higher in the esti-mation of the general public if he should use the pages of the magazines to inform them how to test the genuineness of the wood, the requirements of good comtruction and finish? Should not the number of coat'i of varnish med be explained and the reaSOn for their me be 'itated? Should information be given why a wood knob is preferable to one of gla'i'i and a 'ihaped mirror used imtead of a 'iquare one? \re thel e not many fact, in regard to the comtruction and sale of furniture that would be of value to the public? The Artisan suggests that the one stringed furniture fiddle upon which the trade has played so long be laid aside and the orchestra of many instruments be brought into use to entertain and instruct the people on the topic suggested above. Members of the -:\1'ichigan Manufacturers' association made a wise move last \iVednesday when, at a conference held in De-troit they placed their organization On record in favor of ask-ing the legislature for the enactment of "an employes" compen-sation law" or "an employers' liability law." The action may RetaJ1ers often complain of the colors apphed to mahogany stained case work The drawers are usually stained in one end of the finishing department and the frame work in another. The ralls dlvid1l1g the drawers are by many cut out of bIrch which stains much brighter than mahogany. The result of thIS system IS not a color scheme as variegated as a barber's pole, but the vanations in the coatings of the several parts of the case are repellant to the artistic sense. The best way for a travel1l1g salesman to make his em-plo} er happy I~ to ,a} nothmg about an increase in salary or a lans er pel cen tage of commi ssion l\Ianl1facturers are inclined to rejOIce over the sIze of the profit" earned by fnendly competitors provided the amount does not exceed their own. Moncy talks, but the retail salesman in the expectancy of a raise 111 salary next year, says it is, as yet, inaudible. The day wJ1l come when the factory superintendent wiII know as little as the man who employs him. New Method for Dryinll Lumber. A new method for seasoning timber is said to have proved successful 111 France. It is known as the Nodon-Brottonneau method. As explained the timber is nearly immersed in a tank of water containing 10 per cent of borax, 5 per cent of resin, I and a little carbonate of soda, and rests on a lead plate connect-ed with the posItive pole of a dynamo. Another similar plate lying on the exposed surface of the timber is connected with the negative pole Thus a current of electricity can be played around the wood, from which it is said all the sap appears to be removed, whJ1e the borax and resin take its place in the pores. In a few hours the timber is taken out and placed in the dry kiln fm dnother few hour~ when it IS found to be thoroughly sea- 'oned The All-Round Mechanic. In this age of 'ipecialists we frequently hear it remarked that the old all-round man is a thing of the pa'St, and that Handy Andy is no longer appreciated. Yet upon inquiry it is quite common to find some good all-round mechanic who is thought more of and turned to mora frequently than any man in the place and is considered almost indispensable. So, if the ali-lound man passes away entirely it will be because the old ones have died out and the young ones have not qualified, rather than because there is no call for such a man.-The Hub. WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Granting Credit by Furniture Factories. (By Alexander T. Deinzer.) It is estimated that ninety per cent of the billions of dollars worth of busmess done in this cQuntry annually, is dQue "upou confidence," or a substantial belief in the written or implied promise of a dealer to perform at some future date an act that wIll fulfill thi::.promise. The credIt department is Qne of the most important of any connected with the manufacturing, wholesale or retail business. Many a shrewd merchant or skillful manufacturer has gone to the wall because his debtors could not or would not "make gQod." This department is now recognized of so great import-ance that it has been intrusted to the care of the individual known as the "credit" man This man must be scientific; he is judged by result~, and only science will lead to a determination of the re~idue after the facts are simmered and boiled down. He mu::.t know that a doubtful risk i~ not desirable nor should a desirable fISk be doubtful. The matter of granting credit is a <;erious question, and should have much careful consideration "A credit well made is an account half collected." In determining credit, the moral responsibility of the prospective customer as well as his ability to pay, how he has been paying our fellow merchants must be considered. The writer will here outline the method used by the Dein-zer Furniture company We have found this system very effec-tive for the prompt handling of work. When we receive an order from a new customer, unknown to us, our salesman gets all the information pos<;ibleconcerning him, as to where he buys his goods, estimates the amount of stock on hand, condition of same, who composes the firm, etc. We then get reports from the vanous commercial agencIes, banks, firms, or individuals that he wishes us to ask for infQrn1ation or experience. A blank statement is also maIled to the customer, with our request to carefully fill this, sign and mail same to us. This report is carefully checked, and compared wjth the statements we receIve from the commercial agencies. And this matter is put inside of a heavy manila folder. One folder is de-voted to elach customer, the latest report being on the top. These folders are filed in a vertical letter file, the indexes being arranged in alphabetical order, and the folder of any desirable customer may be found instantly. For convenience, we use, in addition to the above, a specially prepared card, giving net amount of assets, liabilities, manner of paying, and OUr experi-ence with the customer. These cards are filed in an ordinary card tray. No matter how good the rating of a customer, this same customer has hi<;misfortunes, and to draw the line at the proper time is the hardest proposition with which we have to deal. It I,',however, necessary to use good judgment and common sense in <;uchmatters. Human nature is sympathetic and our former customer expects us to share his mi~fortunes to the full. Yet We! must enforce terms and conditions. If we do not draw promptly, the result is a balance that is not only h~rd to carry, but which is quite frequently unpaid. Competition in the furniture manufacturing business has reduced the margin to such a point that if the business succeeds, it must conduct its every department with prudence, and in a manner in keeping with the later day necessities. The man-ager must be wide-awake, discerning, quick to accept the trend of business developments, and be with, and not behind the good in modern advancement. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN FANS H_rJ~pL1J ~ Fan and "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Steam Engine, for Induced or Forced Draft Plant. Can be placed in confined spaces which would oft-times preclude the use of any other outfit. FOR MECHANICAL DRAFT require small space and have immense capacities. Some idea of the great capacity of the "Sirocco" Fan may be had from the fact that given two wheels of the same diameter, producing the same pressure, the "Sirocco" wheel would have 64% greater capacity than the old style of fan wheel at a speed 40% less. "Sirocco" Fans have a high mechani-cal efficiencywhether running at low, medium or high speeds. Latest Bulletin No. 284 M A, sent postpaid upon request. AMERICAN BLO' "fERCoMPANY DETROIT ~ ICH U :J A Which Are YOU? The defimtlOn of a "bIg store" IS generally confined to the realm of huge stocks, lanse floor space, and an e},Jenslve store front, but there IS another element of "bIgness" whIch should receIve first conSIderatIOn. .Bor lack of another name, we WIll call It "big service." K0 store, considered large, ever grew, to such proportIons except by glVmg serVIce 111 good measure Even when Its greatness was achIeved, the pOSItIOn was malllta111ed by a con-tinuance of the pobCles that had been the foundatIon of success. No doubt you have seen the head of a "bIg store" worned by a small competItor ",ho lately opened a shop on a nearby corner True, tlm, competitor's place was small, hIS wealth of goods \\ as not alanmng, but he was gettmg the people Into hIS store, and they were buymg his goods. And why? Because hb stock" dS purchased WIsely Because he studIed people's needo, and deSIres. Because he made bUylllg easy. These small merchants "'lth broad, bberal ideas are bound to l~rJ~1!LY ~ Fan WheeL Rigid in construction and lightest, smallest and most efficient for any duty. Ablest Engineering Organization in the Blower Business, Operating Three Large Plants Devoted Exclusively to the Manufacture of Fan Apparatus and the AllIed Lines. .... - make theIrs the com1l1g "bIg store" The very bigness of a merchanb store WIll ~ometImes cause hn11 to rest on hIS oars, and stIll expect to go upstream, or at least not to drift down aga111. Take the les,on home. Look over your store Are you at-tentIve to the httle th111gs? Are you bIg 1ll floor space or big in sen Ice ")-Northern Furniture. Curbstone Dealers. Retallen of ChIcago compla1l1 that the card system of selling furmture I, grow1l1g 111volume and some vanegated conversa-tIOn IS floatmg upon the atmo~phere in consequence. Curbstone dealers turn the tlICk ancl the methods employed are creditable to theIr ll1genl11ty One lalge shIpment of hotel goods was de-hv lrc:cl 111 ChIcago and bIlled to a merchant lD one of the interior tm\ m of the state The curbstone broker and the country dealer e'Cchangecl checks, the latter receiv1l1g $10 for his accommoclat- 111!:i dI~posltion. Woocl!oar Clamp Fixture •• Per Set SOc. .. .. ... . . ., 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack f Vise. Sold on approval and an uncon dltlOnaI money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL !oAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Inde.tructible. We sohc.t pnvIlege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON l!J CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. -" WEEKLY ARTISAN TURPS-NO. The Only Perfect substitute for Turpentine. Contains No Gasoline, No Benzine, No Headlight Oil. For use in reducing Varnish. For Use in CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. TRY IT. The results speak for themselves. Barrel sent on approval. THE LAWRENCE·McFADDEN CO. PHILADELPHIA, PAs Another Move for Higher Freight Rates. Traffic managers, attorneys and other official managers of transcontmental railroads held a conference in Chicago, which adjournEd last 2VIonday, to conSider a propositIOn to advance freight rates between Atlanttc and PaCIfic coast points. The plan agreed upon by the conference, If mdorsed by the Interstate Commerce CommiSSIOn, Will prOVide for an increase of about 25 per cent Under ItS proVISIOns Chicago shippers will be bene-fitted in their competitIOn with eastern concerns for the Pacific markets, as the ratm from Chicago and N ew York to the coast have hitherto been the same, but under the proposed new sched-ule the rate from Chicago to the PaCific has been raised 50 cents a hundred pounds, while New York shippers will be compelled to add $1 to their freight tartffs The mottve of thiS actIOn IS said to be a desire to comply With the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law. At present the railroads are charging more than a legal proportion of the through rate on local shipmEnts and they pre-fer to raise the through rate rather than lower the local rates. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted in every par!lcular. Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfn. of band saw blades and tools 1717·1719 W. Adams St ,Chlcage The plan IS said to have the unalllmous approval of Chicago shlpper~, but Will be opposed by eastern shlppmg assoclattons and bv some of those at points between Chicago and New York. As Will be seen the Chicago shippers have a good reason for ap-provmg the proposition. A Retail Salesman's Advice. A retailer of furmture called hiS chief salesman into the office one mormng and remarked "George, I owe the manu-facturer~ $5,000 I have $4,000 In the safe; the stock is run dov.n and now IS the time for me to fail." "Yes sir," George dutifully responded. "But I want a reasonable excuse to give my creditors when they call for an explanation See if you can think of something that would do to-night and let me have it in the morning. On arnvmg at hiS office during the morning of the next day the retailer found that the safe had been opened, the cash gone and in the desk a note from the salesman, which read: "T have taken the $4,000 and sktpped My di~appedrance will be the be~t excme you could offer for your failure, so complete that creclttors cannot realtze one per cent on their claims." Hitchcock Favors Parcels Post. In his forthcoming report Postmaster General Hitchcock Will renew the recommendatIOn he made a year ago for the lll-troductlOn of a lilmted parcels post service on rural mall routes The postmaster general belt eves that as soon as the postal savings system is thoroughly orgamzed the postoffice department should be prepared to establish throughout the country a general parcels post. 19 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-Prelldent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mlnn, Vice-PreSIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn , Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville, Mlnn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klein, Mankato, Minn., 0 SImons, Glencoe, Minn. W. L Harris, Mlnneapohs, Mlnn , C. Danielson, Cannon Falls MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ADVERTISING HELPS. Bulletin No. 176. Cf all the merchandl"e the ASSOcIatIOn IS furnlshmg, mattresses and especIally the cheapel end of them, seems to be the hard problem to solve. There IS no other <;heap merchandIse connected WIth the furnrture busmess that can be jockled hke a cheap lme of mattresses and no one knows how cheap they are untIl they try them out. The buymg commIttee reahze thIS, as they have tried out thIS factory, WhICh IS a Mmnesota factory, for the last SIXmonths and whIle the pnces quoted m thIS bulletm may seem large, they are really below the market We have a membershIp now that IS large enough to keep a mattress factory gOln.g the year around, provldmg our members turn all theIr busmess to thIS factory And by gettmg the co-operatIOn of all our members, don't you thmk we ought to be able to get the best possible pnce to be had? And If we do get the co-operatIOn in thIS hne of goods as we have In all the others we WIll be able to bring to you gl eater savmgs than now. So don't you think it IS to your best mterests to throw a'3 much of your mattress busmess thru the A.ssoclatlOn account as possIble? When ordermg mattres"es always add 66c for burlap per bale of four Terms accordmg to As;,oclatlOn rules ~ote the advertlsmg helps on bulletm No 179, because '''lth them yOU can make your beddmg department pay you more than it IS now doing. Yours for hearty co-operation, THE BUYING COMMITTEE. This mattress is well filled and is the best cheap mattress it is possIble to get, has a SIX Inch box and IS unbound. Mattress No. 2 Tick No. B All SizeS \ Price $MOP This IS a well filled mattress, fully bound; six inch box, standard make Mattress No Tick No All SIzeS Pnce 3 2 " $M IP 4 3 ATP 5 4 " AMP 6 5 AKT Be "ure and give eXdlt SILe when ordenng Slight Decrease in Building Operations. The check to bUlldmg WItnessed 111the earher month~ of thIS year IS apparently stIlI in eVIdence, judgmg from the re-turns for October at lead111g CIties furnished to Bradstreet's The total expendIture" at 105 citIes for October aggregated $57,056,857, as aga111st $56,657,895 in September and $62,444,- 022 111October last year. There is here shown a gain of a frac-tIon of 1 per cent over September, but a decrease of 8 6 per cent from October last year Thirty-eight of the 105 cities, just about one-thIrd, showing gains over a year ago, whrle 67 show decreases For 10 months of the pre'3ent calendar J ear the total expendIture of bUIlding m the United States IS $695, 711,143, a decrease of 5 per cent from 1909. Six Acres in One Store. The propnetoI:-' of Bullock's department '3tore, Los Angele:-., Cal , have leased a sIx-story bUlldl11g which WIll add about 70,- 000 square feet of floor space The fact that the stOIe needs ~uch alaI ge amount of addItIOnal space withIn four and a half years of ItS estabhshment i:-. strong evidence of its growth. :i\luch of the credIt IS gIVen to J. G Bullock, the directing head of the concern The new buildmg, which has a frontage of 71 feet on Broadway, WIll be connected WIth the older section and new fixtures WIll be at once installed. When the addItIOn IS occupIed Bullock's WIll have a total area of SIX acres. "After inventory pnces" are not always low prices. Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers9 Association Advertising Helps. Bulletin No. 177. This IS an extra heavy felt mattress, 48 pounds. If wanted in two parts, 25c extra Mattress No Tick No 4-6 3-6 3-0 35 ACA, felt $0 TT $R PT $R TT 36 8, felt 0 AP R OP RAP 37 Royal art 0 AP R OP RAP If wanted 111three inch box, 75c less Well filled mattress with SIX 111ch box, bound Well filled mattress, six 111chbox, bound and side Mattress No. Tick No All Sizes Price leather tufting. 7 2 " $A.PP Mattress No. Tick No. All Sizes Price 8 3 " A.RP 13 3 " $KTT 9 4 " A.OP 14 4 " KMT 10 5 " A.FP 15 5 " KAT 11 Art Pattern " KMP 16 Art Pattern " KKT If Side tufting IS wanted, add 10 cents to above 17 7 " " KEP pllces. Great sel1er, made only in art tick, all sizes, six 111chbox with rolled edge. A combinatIOn mattress made espeCially for lllce trade and one that Will give good satisfactIOn Mattress No 18 A hummer for the money, splendid 45 pound mat-tress, If wanted 111two parts, 25c extra. Mattress No Tick No 4-6 3-6 3-0 22 5, carded felt $E AP $E TT $KOP 23 Art tick carded felt E ET E.MP KIT 24 7, carded felt E PT E.AP E.TT 25 Art special felt E.OP E PT E.AP 26 5, special felt E.OP E PT E AP 27 7, special felt P.TT E OP E.PT TICk No Art Tick All Sizes Price $KOP This mattress IS covered with AC or fancy tick-ing, bUilt up of layer of genu111e cotton felt A splendid 45 pound mattress If wanted 111 two parts, 25c extra Mattress No Tick No 4-6 3-6 3-0 28 ACA, felt $P OP $P PT $P.AP 29 7, felt R.TT P PT PAP 30 8, felt RAP POP P PT 31 Royal art, felt RAP POP P PT 75c less jf wanted 1113 1l1ch box. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN . .. ".--_ .......•• I QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'T IT TOO BAD-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor equip-ment. A little foresight in the beginning would have saved them dollars--a httle more money in-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" eqUipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools shght their output by putting in poor materials-employing poor workmen-simply to be able to make a httle more profit. "Ohver" tools are bUilt along machine tool hnes-careful-accurate-durable-safe. Some purchasers fall to Investigate thoroughly before plaCing their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase something-they go ahead-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thinking-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No 61 Surfacer. OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT. OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYUNDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot Nabonal Bank Bldg. Chicago, III. No. 50 Church St .• New York City. 1125 Welt Temple St .• LOl Angelel, eal. Pacific Bid •.• Seattle. Wash. ___ ~. ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ •__ • _._._._._ •. ..1 ~ ....__ .. Buildings That Will Need Furniture. RESIDEKCES-Atlanta, Ga -R S -:\Iorns, 39 ROyston street, $6,000, Mrs. Katie Cox, 117 Peachtree street, $5,000; J T Crass, 8 North PIedmont street $J,OOO; C. T Norns, 45 Gar-den street, $2,500, Z P Gunn, 97 Hurt street $3,000; J. W. WhIte. 288 WhItehall street, $8,500. Altoona, Pa -Solomon CassIdy, 2706 Seventh av cnue, $3,- 500; Frank Hastmgs, 2(J20 Broad avenue, $4,000, J K Olsen-berg, 30H Broad aveI1ue, $2,600. Bmghamton, )J Y -FaIth L -:\IIllard, 409 Davis street, $2,- 800. N. B MIllard, 40 Chestnut street, $3,000. Buffalo, N. Y - Charles F Pease, 83 Blame :,treet, $3,300; Albert \,yeber, 84 Horton street, $.3,000, GeOlge \V. Onmm, 34 Kannattan street, $2,800, Jdcob TruxIc, Jr , 14 1\meteenth street, $3,000, George D Lemun, 1 Humboldt street, $7,000, Thomas po- The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. For Many Y cars Made ExclUSively by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for woodworklllg factOrIes Send for Catalogue. A. FIsher, 11-1 Hutmgton street, $3,000; William Schramm, 214 Rano street, $3,000, James A Malhdy, 86 Eighteenth street, $3,000; Henry Walter, 35 TImon street, $2,500; Sol Rubenstein, 312 HIckory street, $3,000; Bernard H. Norcross, 1258 Bailey ..,treet, $3,000; H P Knauss, 855 Tonawanda street, $3,500. Cmcmnatl, 0 -WIlham Littleford, 2517 Salem avenue, $4,- jOO, :'v1IssEmma FICks, Sunset and Midland avenues, $5,000; John Blelman, Harnson and McHenry avenues, $4,000; S. D. Cooper, Ada and Ravme streets, $2,500; H. P. (Ellis, 826 Frances avenue, $4,000, John C. Ruckstuhl, 2331 Wheeler avenue, $4,- 200, RIch Beebel, Walnut place and Elberon avenue, $3,000. ChIcago, III -E V. Jones, 3654 Marshfield avenue, $3,000; Carl K Dames, 3330 West Belden avenue, $4,000; William Zuetell, 2330 North Forty-second avenue, $2,500; Gustaf Wal-lenclorf, 7229 Elhs avenue, $2,500; Charles Wheeler, 4635 North Forty-sIxth avenue, $3,500; Albert Keller, 5004 Lincoln avenue, $12,000; MISS Leah K. Moore, 844 East Fortieth street, $25,000 ; T B Swanson, 1057 Lawndale avenue, $45,000; P. O. Sand-berg, 5500 Haddon avenue, $3,000; Mary Trausch, 6732 North Robey street, $.3,500; Julie Zunn, 4057 Kemmerling avenue, $4,- 800, Charles Antoni, 4947 Woodlawn avenue, $20,000; A. Dalit-bury, 6734 North Marshfield avenue, $4,500. Denver, Col-W. F. PIgg, King and Twenty-fourth streets, $3,000, E A Houts, Archer avenue and Broadway, $3,000; A. B Phelps, 906 I\'"ewton street, $3,000; M. D. Tyler, 1400 Vallejo street, $J,500; Frank Johnson, South Ogden and Ohio Sts. $3 000, C. W Underhill, Cherry and Twenty-eighth streets, $3,- 730, Frank Anderson, 1728South Franklin street, $3,000. Kansas City, Mo -Mrs. M. Keck, Thirty-first and Wash-mgton streets, $10,000; J. A. Sieman, 3238 Walnut street, $3,000; Lewis SmIth, 2637 College avenue, $2,500. MmneapolIs, Minn -F. G. Cole, 3935 Columbus avenue, II , ... ~ . WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 -----~~------_.-__.._._._._._~.~~----_.------~---~~_._--------------------, FOUR NEW -EI:I TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in nid and oit in acid and oil. in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually bealiltiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. Everything In Pamt Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. FIllers that fill. - ... $3,500; John Larson, 3505 Thirtieth avenue, $3,000; T. W. Thompson, 2905 ThIrty-seventh avenue, $2,500; F. E Graves, 2520 NIcollet avenue, $6,000; J. H. Genest, 3900 Thirty-sixth avenue, $2,500. LOUlsvllle, Ky -Mrs Korst, 2009 Frankfort avenue, $2,- 800, C H Rwne, 650 South EIghteenth street, $2,500. Omaha, N Clb-Mrs. C. A Pralther, 914 South Thirty-seventh .;;treet, $3,000, Mrs K C. Morehouse, 3862 Harney street, $6,000, A Koppenhover, 1710 North Thirty-fourth street, $3,000 Plttsbl11 g, Pa -Morris S Martin, 606 Glen Mawr avenue, $4,000; Harry Kramer, 418 Atwood street, $4,450. Scranton, Pa -A. F. Duffy, 729 North Main street, $7,- 000; Thomas G Jones, 1309 Schlager street. $4,000; Dr Wil-ham Zachman, 9b2 Clay avenue, $10,000. Schenectady, N. Y-Edwin A. Fuller, 1370 Union street. $12,000, C W Haverly Dean and UnIOn streets, $3,500; C. P. Johnson, 11 Columbia street, $4,000; Vi. W. Stine, 517 Crane street, ~7,500; WIlham Bisgrove, Union and Livingston streets, $2,5(,0, Jacob Blsgrove. 418 Apple street, $2,500. Utica, N. Y -Phlhp Dc Staphanio, 198 Jay street, $4,800; Earle P W1111l1g,5 WhIte place, $3,250. Columbus, 0 -Peter Leonhardt, 27 Central avenue, $3,800; M J Durns, 2440 SummIt street, $2,500; J. A. Chambers, 2444 S1ll11l11ltstreet, $2,800; E L McYey, 1637 Parsons street, $3,- 000, J H 2\1cVey, 226 Innis avenue, $3,000; L. E. FItch, 763 vVa!ton avenue, $2,800; Charles EScott, 95 Odgen avenue, $4,000 DetrOIt, Mich -Frank R. Poss, 46 Edison street, $15,000; Jules T. Annul, 127 Garland street, $3,000; Albert Barbrake, Lafayette and Hubbard street.;;, $8,500; L. W. Burch, Fort and Cavahy .;;treet.;;, $5,000; Samuel E. Diltz, Commonwealth and Stains that satisfy. Calumet streets, $3,000; Charles L Miller, 229 Theodore street, $4,000; W. A Halman, 186 Burlingame street, $3,500; H. W. Baker, Cameron and Lynn streets, $5,400; D. F. Colwell, Hol-brook and Oakland streets, $5,500; Michael Caplis, Michigan avenue and MI1Jtary streets, $15,000. Philadelphia, Pa -John Rorer, Scott's lane and Cresson street, $4,500; Richard T. Ogdel11, Seventy-second street and Saybrook avenue, $8,500; E K. Price, 129 Bethlehem pike, $3,- 500. Indianapolis, Ind -M. E. McCord, 3028 New Jersey street, $4,000, Charles Langdon, 1026 Ewing street, $2,500; James R. MIlhkan, 1407 North Pennsylvania street, $4,000. Spokane, Wash -Karl J. Berggren, 1317 Maxwell avenue, $6,000; A M Wdson, 04411 Stevens street, $2,500; A. M. Fredericks, E3008 Indiana avenue, $2,500; S. ]. Davidson, E49 Walton street, $2,500. MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS-Members of the Order of Owls 111 Memphi.;;, Tenn., have taken a ten-year lease of a brick buildmg whIch they wiII convert into a "nest" that wiII re-quire about $8,000 worth of furmture. B Bornstein is building a $25,000 theatre at 425 South street, Philadelphia, Pa. The Spann Bl11ld1l1gCompany are building a $75,000 hotel on East and ~1assachusetts streets, Indianapolis, Ind. The CathQlic Bis-hop of Chicago has a permit to erect a three-story brick chapel at 3743 Schubert avenue at a cost of $32,000. The Capitol avenUe Baptist church of Atlanta, Ga., wiII be remodeled at a cost of $25,000 The PIlgrims CongregatIOnal society of Buffalo, N. Y. are building a church to cost $50,000. Thomas Maloney is build-mg a $10,000 theatre on Burnet and Hickory streets, Cincinnati, O. A permit has been issued for the erection of the Michael Reese hospItal at Twenty-ninth street and Groveland avenue, Chicago, at a cost of $65,000. The firm of Needham & Racer, furmture dealers of Dun-kirk, Ind, has been dIssolved. The business will be continued b) ~1r Racer 11r. Needham expects to go on the road as a furmture salesman. G F. Martin, E. L Forhan and H P. Jones of Tarrytown, \( Y, have lllcorporated the Eucalyptus TImber company, capi-tahzed at $50,000, for the purpose of growing and deallllg in eucalyptus timber and lumber. Stelllman & Meyer furniture manufacturers of Cin-::innati, OhlO, are asklllg for estimates on the erectlOn of a five-story addItion to their plant On York street The building is to be of fireproof comtruction, 60 x 67 feet. Harns Bartelstone & Sons, of New York, manufactnrer., of showcases, mirror plates, etc, have made an assignment to. Seymour 1Iark after failing to secure an extension of a year. LIabIlltIes, $16,500, assets scheduled at $15,,200. John Platt of the Legett & Platt Spring Bed Manufac-turing company of Carthage, Mo , has been in Canada recently looking for a desirable 10catlOn for a branch factory, which his company proposes to establlsh on the other side of the tariff wall. Jennie E Kimball, conducting a retail busI11ess at South Hadley Falls, Mass., under the name of the Hampden Furniture company, has made an assignment for the benefit of her credi-tors. T. D. O'Brien is her attorney and Robert Levin is the assignee. The Lougee-Robinson company of Latonia, N. H, made a large shIpment of furniture to the Bermuda Islands last week. They have a contract for furnishing furniture and bedding for the Prlllcess Hotel, one of the most degant WInter resort hotels in the world. Jonathan A Ravv son, J r, exporter and manufacturers' agent of 253 Broadway, N. Y, has filed a petitlOn in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $5,183; assets, $60, consisting of $43 in accounts and 390 photogravures valued at $17. He had $28 in cash which he claimed as exempt under the law. The contract for supplying furniture for the new tuber-culosis hospital at Lima, 0., has been awarded to McCreery & Co, of PItbburg, Pa, whose bids aggregate $2,100. The hospital was erected by commissioners representing a district composed of Allen, Augldize, Shelby, Mercer and Van Wert counties and is located on a farm near McBeth's lake. C. C. Bellows, for many years identified with leading furni-ture companies of Columbus, 0, now largely interested in the McAllIster-Mohler company, having reached the age of 76 years has decided to 1 etire from business and spend his declining days at hi., suburban home, Arlington His retirement \"ill necessitate reorganization of the McAllister-Mohler company A new method by which eleven department stores in New Y ark are said to have been swindled was exposed recently when a man who gave his name as Louis Jacobs pleaded guilty to a charge of theft His plan, it is saId, was to secure a posi-tion as salesman, and when he was paid for goods by a customer to say he was gOlllg to the cashier for change; then he would put on his hat and vanish. The stock of Arthur IE. Benson, furniture dealer of Water-bury, Conn., has been seized on attachment issued in behalf of credItors whose claims aggregate $2,500. The stock has been removed by the constable and it is not eJxpected that the store will be re-opened. Mr. Benson, who for several years was manager of John Moriarty's furniture store in Waterbury, at-tributes his faIlure to the "cold feet" of his backers, two He-brew capitalists. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS J. H Hersman is a new undertaker at Woodb111e, Iowa. G. H. Tuttle from Atlanta, Ill, has purchased the SullIvan furniture store at Benson, Neb Allen & Haylor have succeeded Granger & "\lle'l, fll! n,tnre r1ertlers and undertakers of Oberlin, Ohio. CredItors have filed a petItlOn in bankruptcy agalllst C VV Nuttle, furniture dealer of Parker, S. Dak. J W. Gunning of the firm of Gunnlllg & Purous, furnIture dealers of FnendshIp, Wis, dIed on November 25 Callh'velI & M<1llury have purchased the f";,117111" and ca'- 'lLl bUSI11nss of F. I PrentIce of G'1netbvIlle, (), , I A J Kapfer and Frank Zeaschka have purchased the retaIl furmture bus1I1ess of H P. Bohn at West Bend, WIS The Loy Furmture company have succeeded T E Jon( s 111the furniture and undertak1l1g bUS1I1ess at Upland, In ~ Charles A Bauch, a pioneer manfacturer of WIllow furm-ture of Boston, Mass, died on November 25, aged 82 years. The J F. Gage company, dealers 111 office furniture of M111neapolIs, Mllln, are reported as financially embarrassed. The W A Lehye Piano company of Dallas WIll open a branch house at Ga111esvIlle, Tex, WIth Owen H Heyer as manager. Theodore Kemmtz, a well-known contractor and promI-nent furmture manufacturer of Green Bay, WIS, (hed on Thanks-giving day. Alton G Eyles of Cedar Rapids, Ia, has Invented a table attachment for chaIrs, whIch he expects to exhIbIt 111 the markeb next month. A petitIon in bankruptcy has been filed by credItors against Segar Whitmg, trad1l1g as the Hampton FurnIture company, at Hampton, Va. The Nelson-Keenan company, furniture dealers and up-holsterers of PIttsburg, Pa, are closing out theIr stock and will quit business. Royce Brother<;, furmture dealers and undertakers of Wat-kins, N. Y., who failed recently are offenng to settle at 25 cents on the dollar. H. J. Volholm, leading furniture dealer of l\IontpelIcr, Vt, has purchased the Scnbner block on Main street and "Ill re-model it for his own use. The plant and all assets of the Brenham Furniture com-pany are to be sold at auction by the sheriff of vVashington county, Texas, next Tuesday. Charles Bronstein, doing busines" as the Acme Frame and Mirror company at 146 Friend street, Boston, Mass. has made an assignment to Julius Nelson. The name of the Northern Furmture factory, Il1corpOIated, of RIchmond, Va, has been changed to the \ Irgmla Coffin and Casket company, incorporated The Kennedy Furmture company, dealers and undertakers, of Birmingham, Ala, WIll close out theIr stock of furnIture and devote theIr entire attention to the undertaking busme<;s The Eagle Furmture company, manufacturers, of Athol, Mass., whose bmmess has been dec1ming for several years, have decided to close out the stock on hand and go out of busines<;. CredItors whose claIms aggregate about $600 have filed a petitlOn in bankruptcy aga111st the Newaygo (Mich.) Chair company. The total liabilities and assets have not been re-ported. The firm of Keena & Drake, dealers in office furniture and fixtures in Detroit, Mieh, has been incorporated under the name of George A. Drake & Co, with capital stock fixed at $50,000. WEEKLY ARTISAN Moderate Cancellation •• At this season of the year manufacturers expect and re-ceive a conslderable number of cancellations of unfilled orders. Naturally dealers in furl11ture do not deSire to take into stock goods that mlght not be sold before the openmg of the new year, when the spnng styles Will be 1eady for examinatlOn by the market buyel~. This season 1') exceptlOnal, however, in that the number of cancellatiom are remarkably small in num-ber, whlle shipments are heavy m volume A comiderable number of dealers have anived at the conclusion that goods of a certain standard in design and construction are as staple as granulated sugar in the ~tock of a grocer Charley Chase, of Chase & West, Des Momes, Iowa, recogl11zed thlS fact when he remarked' "A well made pure Sheraton sldeboard lS as good tlm year as It wlll be next, or the) ear after, or five years later. It will alway~ please the eye and satisfy the reqUlrement') of the user. If a man can sell the art of Sheraton to his trade, he need never cancel an order wlth the expectatlon of findmg some-thing that carnes the Sheraton motive better than the plece he has purchased." Right here a suggestion IS offered If properly made furni-ture of the penod styles may be regarded as staples, why should dealers ever find it necessary to offer to sell the same for cut prices? In discussing the subject of cancelldtions a prominent manu-facturer of Grand Rapids remarked: "Most of the cancellations are made by dealers who po,sess but moderate capital and not much business abl1lty. Real merchants seldom cancel an order for well bought goods" New Furniture Dealers. Reardon & Garvey have opened a new furnlture ,tore at Pleasantville, N. Y. Charles L. Hursey i') about to open a new furmture store at Shinnston, W. Va. The Troutman-Wrotton Furniture company are new deal-ers in Birmingham, Ala. Samuel J. and Herman Cohen and Jacob G Ripin, have in-corporated the Mohawk Furniture company, to engage in the retall business in Schenectady, K Y Capltal stock, $10,000. W. J. ::Vlarch, W R Ivey, W. J. Pritchard, F, M Iveyand L. M Rankin, have incorporated the Banner Furniture company, capitalized at $6,000, to deal in furniture in Nashville. Tenn Akad Hakall, a Syrian circus perfoP111er, has deserted the 25 /Uafalofjues sent" fa Uprospecfive(fusfomel's. Imperial furnifure @.• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. sawdust rings to engage in the Persian rug business at Streator, Ill. He alms to establlsh a distnbuting agency for several im-porters. New Factories. The Brown Furniture company, capitalized at $25,000, will manufacture Mlssion furniture at East Stroudsburg, Pa J. W. Bibble is presldent and W. E. Brown secretary and treasurer of the company Phihp Phipps, J R Stanton, D A Spayde, R S Hubbs dnd J H Downing, have incorporated the Butler Cabinet com-pany, capitalized at $50,000 to manufacture cabinets and interior finish at Butler, Ohio The A. L Sykes Manufacturing company of Cincinnati, 0 , has been incorporated by A. L Sykes, P. Lincoln Mitchell, VV. H. Han ison and Carl Jacobs, to manufacture fireless and elec-tric cookers. Capital stock, $50,000 Simmons· New York Headquarters. The Simmom Manucartufing company, brass and steel beds, wire mattresses, spring beds, and metal folding couches, of Ken-osha, Wis, have sent out a neat eight-page illustrated folder announcing the removal of their New York headquarters from J 55 West Thirty-fourth street to 334 Fourth avenue, corner of Twenty-fifth street. where they have established what is in-tended to be a permanent exhibition of their products, occupy-ing the entire fifteenth floor of an eighteen-story building. ..--.--_._.----------._----- _. -- . .....- -. . ...- --_._.__.__._._._---_. - ....-.... ..------ .. loJentz's Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. I NASHVILLE, MICHlGAh •--------------- ---.-_.-------------- ---.-.- ....-.-.~-------.------------------ .. _- _.44. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes. Chiffoniers. Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets. Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak. Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, illlitation mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor. Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center ofthe United States, made so by the Big Six Association, •• • •• • •• ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 Made by Bosse Furniture Company. Made by World Furniture Company. Made by Bockstege Furniture Co. ~. -._ •••• sa ••••• • •••• aT •••••••••••• . .. . . .........•............. THEY OPPOSE ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES Testimony Given by Grand Rapids Manufacturers Before the Interstate Commerce Commission~ Outrageously ~lisrepresented by Newspapers. The attltl1cle of the fl1rmtm e manufacturer~ of Grand Rap- 1(l<;and the testimony offered b) the C0l111111tteerepl esentmg the Grand Rapids Furmtul e a~soCiatlOn appeallng bcfOl e the Intet state Commerce CommissIOn at Wash1l1gton, ;{ oveJ11ber '21 and 22 111 relatIOn to the proposed advances 111 freight rates 111 official classification territory, has been grossly mlsrepre,ented by the newspaper,;, m all sectIOns of the countn The furmture manufacturers of Grand Rapids, hav1l1g a stnct regard for the general welfare of all classes of people, whether manufacturers shippers, earners or consumers conSider absolute Justlce to all essential 111 connectIOn With matters of such far reach1l1g Im-portance as the proposed advance 111 freight rates TIlt' atti-tude of the members of thiS aSSoCIatIOn IS that theY are not fa,- orable to any advance 111 freight rates unless the 1m e,tlgatlOn made by the commiSSIOn may show that after all pos-,Ible and practicable econ0l111es in operation and conservation 111 resom ces has been effected a reasonable retmn upon the capital actually mvested may not be realized by the carriers Without an mcrease in their revenues dependent upon 111creased frcI~ht rate, The newspapers of the C0l11ltly, however have tncd to make it appear that the Grand Rapids manufacturers arc I e<llly in favor of the propo"ed advances in freight lates and have intimated that they are work1l1~ \VIth the t ,tilt oael offil1al~ 1IJ 111- duce the coml11l,,,ion to approve the plOpo--cd 111( Ila--l' [11 their efforh to place the Grand Rapid" men m lolhlQoll \\ Itb the Associated Plees lepre"entative", the ne\"'llaj)l!'> not on1\ (1Js-torted and garbled testimony given before the COlTI1111s,ionhut misrepresented conditIOns under which the testlmon) \V as given Thev neglected to state that the real purpose of the appeal ance of Traffic Manager Ewing and the Grand Rapids l\Ianufaeturers in appeanng before the commission was to plotest against ont-rageom dIscriminations that are made against their cit_ r than to give their views on the proposed general advance in freight rates Instead they assumed that the only isc increase in rates and by taking a sentence hel f' and there in the testimony, without showing Its relation to the ~ubiect umlel consideration placed the Grand Rapids witnesse' In a false posi-tion and misconstrued the meaning of their testimonv The hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission are conducted very much lIke the proceedings in federal com ts The witnesses are sworn, make their statements and at e fjues-tioned Then they are cross-examined and bv simph ~i\ 11112a, few of their answers picked for the purpose it is ea,_ to gIVe their words a meaning directly contrarv to that mtenderl In this ca'3e. answers from cross-examinations "ere quoted and sent out by the '\ssociated Press and specill correspondents, without any explanation, even the question to which they" ere given being omitted, and when thus stand1l1g" alone had a mcan- IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS, DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and G\JIDES for Extension Tables. Also special stampings In steel and brass. Write for NO·KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent a\l\llled for. samples and prices. 465 N. Ottawa St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1I1g c1nectly opposite to the meaning and 111tention of the wit-nc~, es A. s ,tatec1 above the furmture manufacturers of Grand Rap- Ids are opposed to the proposed increases 111freight rates unless a thorough 111vestigatlOn shall prove that they are absolutely necessarv for the benefit of not only the railroads but for gen-eral bUSiness 111tercsts They aho oppose the discrimination that IS pi actlced aga111st (rrand Rapids. Their position was clearlv defined by Traffic :VIanager EW1l1g 111 the statement made when he introduced the Grand Rapids witness to the com-miSSIOn of whIch the following is a copy: MR EWI~G'S ST ATiEMENT. "Repl esentll1g the Grand Rapids manufacturers, I offer the tollo\Vl11g statements: "To all western territones, excepting PaCific coast points, our I ate" base on Chlcag{) or the Mississippi river. The pro-posed 1I1crease in the carload rate to Chicago IS four and one-half cents per hunrh ed pounds Present rate 21 Y;, proposed rate 2G Pel centage of 1I1crease 21 (See G R & I Ry Co, Tariff CFD 190i-ICC 1065, Issned Jnly 18, 1910, cancelling G R & I R) Co TarIff GFD 1543, ICC 9G3 effectIve Sept 15, 1909 ) 'Le"s than calloac1 shipments of new furniture are rated hi ,t del'" one anrl one-half times first cIas", donble and three tll11l-- £11 "t class The j)loposed increa"e means an additional LOSt of applCl"-ll11dtc1y ten cents per 100 pounds on less than cal]oad shipment" of furniture from Gl and Rapids to all western pOInts "Shipments to southern points are rated on the Ohio River Cro"'Il1~S 01 the Vlrg1l1a CIties, combinations when lower The pi oposed 1I1CIea ses 111 class rates in that direction are in pro-pOItIon to the 111creases to western poinb and equally disadvan-tageous "The pi incipal competitors of the Grand Rapids furniture manufactm ers are located at or near the boundary lines dividing the cla'1"lficatton territories, Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, L\ans\ Ille, Inrhana, C111cinnati, Ohio and other points, in Wis-conS111, Indiana and Ohio "Grand Rapids manufacturers have a natural disadvantage in shipping west and sonth because of their geographical lo-cation and have partly adjusted their business accordingly, but if the carriers are permitted to now increase by 20 per cent the Grand Rapids class differentials over and above the rates from competll1g' points of feu mture manufacture and sale to western and southern terl1tories, It is extremely doubtful if Grand Rap-ill<; can compete WIth Chicago, Cincinnati and iEvansvllle in the west and south, where, the greatest increase in sales might othcrwise be antICipated as the den:oity of populatIOn increases. "There are practically no special commodity rates apply-ing On furl11ture in any direction from Gmnd Rapids The lines lhrectly serving Grand Rapids have granted no preferential rates 111recognition of the extraordmary movement of fm niture fr0111 that pomt except the carload rate publtshed to Chicago, basecl on thlrcl class With an mcreasecl 111111I111U111 weight pro- 'ISiOn that almost off-sets the rate reduction. (See exhibit.) "Compet1l1g points of furniture manufacture enjoy special rate, not only to western and sonthern territories but to north-western pomts where Grand Rapids should possess a natural advantage "CommodIty rates apply from Chicago to all points south, west and northwest. Cmcmnati, Ohio, can ship not only south at a very natural adavntage, but because of commodity rates in WEEKLY ARTISAN effect can ship to St. Paul, Minneapolis and beyond, almost as cheaply as can Grand Rapids St. Paul, Mmnesota, can ship 20,000 pounds of new furmture to Peoria, I1l111OlS,for $5000, and 1t costs Grand Rap1ds $69 00 011 present rates Points on west bank of Lake MlCh1gan can ship 20,000 pounds of furm-ture to St Paul for $±O 00 and it cost Grand Rap1ds $123 00 The proposed mcrease w1ll not affect Wisconsin points on west-ern business but w1ll mcrease the Grand Rapids-St. Paul rate 20 per cent and that rate is the basis for rates to pomts ')e~lolld St Paul and mtermedlate V\ lth the PacJfjc Coast "The bulk of the furmture shipped to eastern puipt, from Cr l1Jd Rap1ds moves in less than carload quant1t1es and the pro-fGsed mcreases amount to from 10,Yzc to ;Z9,: IJ{'l 1f)0 pound" ell' if, c that' ca" JOdds and from 10 to 14 ::ents per 100 pound" OJl carloads. ,.Because of the eX1stmg ad]tbtments of eastern rates on the Ch1cago-New York bas1s and of the defined class1ficatlOn terntories, Grand Rap1ds now pays on western sh1pments tak-mg first class, 31,Yz cent" more than Ch1cago, and on first class sh1pments to the coast, takmg N ew York C1ty for l1lustratlOn, three cents per 100 pounds less thdn ChICago 100 mIles (hs-tance means apparenty three cents per ] 00 pounds east bound and ,3,Yz cents per 100 pounels west bound. "Ch1CdgO and pomts on west bank of Lake M1dl1gan can sh1p furmture east at rates only 2.0 and ,~ cent" more per 100 pounds than from Grand Rap1ds Cmc111natl and Evanwille rates 111all d1rectlOns are less than from Grand Rap1ds Grand Rap-ids furmture manufacturers have no terntory in whlLh they possess any freight rate advantage. "The roads directly servlCl11g furmture produc111g centers in Inchana and Oh1O have jomed the1r connectlO11S m estabhshing many special commochty rates from such pomts The hnes "erving Grand Rap1ds mamtain class rates w1th but one excep-t10n prev10usly described Not only m tanff rates but m the rules governmg the1r apphcat10n 1S Grand Rapids already d1S-cnmmated agamst in favor of competmg points. "Offic1al class1ficatlOn Rule 5-B and note (see ExlllbIt) re-stncts the appllcat10n of caiload rate On furniture to carload "h1pments of wh1ch cons1gnor IS the sole and actual owner. ThIs rule governs all sh1pments from Grand Rap1ds although sh1pments from Ch1cago to western pomts are not subject to such a rule Trans-Contmental tanffs name same rates from Grand Rapids to PaCIfic Coast on new furniture carloads as from Chicago, but contal11 a rule 1dentlcal with the offic1al classi-ficatIOn rule (See Exhibit) and by except10n the rule applies on sh1pments from Grand Rap1ds but not from Chicago. The carload rate to PaCIfic Coast points of $2 20 per 100 pounds covers descnptlOns of furniture that 1f shipped less carload would rate from $3 00 to $9 00 per 100 pounds mak111g It neces-sary to often assemble several small dealers' goods mto carload quantities. The carload rate applying on such assembled ship-ments from Ch1cago and not from Grand Rap1ds although the rate is the same from both pOlnts, necessitates sh1pment from Grand Rap1ds to Ch1cago at less than carload rates in order to assemble at ChIcago and obtam carload rate beyond. This already costs from 310 to 63 cents per 100 pounds and that cost WIll be increased 20 per cent if the proposed advances in class rates are permitted. "It therefore w1ll be apparent that the furniture manu-facturers of Grand Rapids paying the highest class rates in all d1rections m competitlOn with many preferential commod1ty rates and only allowed carload rates to western points under restrictions that do not govern their greatest competitors at Ch1Cdgo, Rockford and other centers of manufacture west of the western boundary line of Central Freight association tern-tory, cannot stand any increase in the class rates governing to We will not take part in the Furniture Exposition at New York, Chicago or Grand Rapids. COLLIER.KEYWORTH CO., Gardner, Mass. such an en01mous extent the sale and transportat1On of their product. "The raw materials that enter 1nto the manufacture of fUlmture and all of w h1ch are sh1pped mto Grand Rap1ds are not low graue commod1ties, but 1t IS possible that in the rates applymg thereto some mcreases mlght be made w1thout se.nously affectmg the furl1lture mdustry On the fil1lshed product al-ways rated second class and h1gher up to three times first class no 1I1creaSe can be made Without mthctmg serIOUs and Irrepar-able mJUlY and loss. "Most closely alhed w1th the furmture industry of Grand Rapids 1S the lumber manufactunng Inuustl y. I have present five furmtllle mdnufactUlers and one lumber manufacturer It will requn e but a very few mmutes for them to consecutively take the stand and 1 epl} to certam quc"tions that w1th the con- "ent of the Honorable COml111SS1OnI w1ll put to them" From the above it WIll be seen that should the mvestigat1Ol1 by the commlSSlOn lead that body to the cOnc1US1Ol1that some mcrease 1n the fre1ght rates lS necessary, assummg that under the d1rect1On of the commIS"1On such mcrease vvould be so dls-tnbuted as to be ul11form and vvIthout undue cbscnm111ation, the members of the assoclatlOn most certamly could not oppose or questlon whatever advances the comm1SS1On may approve. 1t 1S also eV1dent that Grdnu Rap1d~' sh1ppers would prefer a ~llght advance In fre1ght rates w1th the dIscnmmat10ns abolished rather than a contmuance of present concllt1Ons. But they hope to secure the abolishment of the d1scrnmnatlons without any general mcrease m rates m any part of the country. The newspapers have also tried to make a great sensation of the fact that a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co, urged the Grand Rap1ds manufacturers to appear before the comm1SS1On That matter also has been grossly m1srepresented. The mCldent was merely the aCCIdental meetmg of Mr. Perkins and Mr Gay. They had never met before and have not 1leen each other nOr had any correspondence since. Mr. Perkins d1d not ask the Grand Rap1ds men to testIfy in behalf of the raJ1road l11terests, but, being well acqual11ted WIth the rules of procedure, he may have thought that by gettl11g them under cross-eXnml11at1On the raIlroad attorneys would be able to draw out something that m1ght be construed as favorable to the proposition to raise freight rates. The issue before the comml5S1On is being stubbornly con-tested It 1S a great fight m whIch the ra1lroad attorneys are graspl11g at every straw that seems to favor their side, and it is stated by officers of vanous commerc1al organizatlOns that fear of bel11g misquoted and outrageously m1srepresented, as were the Grand Rap1ds wltnesses, makes many shIppers and other opponents of the railroad proposit1On reluctant to appear before the commission. THE~nd~tpARLOR. NEWIU ~ BED" ~eed not be moved from the wall. Always ready wit h bedding in pla"e. So .imple, so easy, a "bild "an operate it. H... roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie &: Sedgwick. NEW YORK, Norman &: Monitor. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------------_._-_. ------------ -----_._- - . .- --_. .-...,II , I 1• I,II NEW DESIGNS I-N LOUIS XVI STYLE No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN •• Sell What the People Want_ "Women ,., The veteran clcpaltment manager of the [) and 10 cent store repeatecl the word WIth emphaSIS, "vVomen I" It was hIs way of statll1g the dynamIc of the asto11l~h1l1!b:;U~I-ness that has been bUIlt on 111ckelsand dllnes-the bIg factor that has made it possIble "vVe are accustomed to thmk of the dry goods store as primanly the mstItutlOn that ha~ been developed by the woman shopper," contl11ued the department manager "The dry goods store of course IS a woman's stor.e-but the 5 and 10 cent store is the woman's store Nl11tey-nme hundreths of its customers are v,",omen Nl11e-tenths of Its sales force are woman 1£ It relIed on the male shopper for a success it would be a flat and hopeless faIlure "Study the psychology of the 5 and 10 cent StOle and you will have to study the psychology of the fem1l1Ine::,ex There was a man who dldn't thmk thIS was true I" The department managel's eyes h\ l11kled and he related one of the half score of fact stones that could be \\ Olmed out of hIs twenty years of expenence. There were two 5 and 10 cent stOles m a cel tam Clt). Olle '" as maintained by a film \\ hlch Iud Itself under the humble captlOn of SmIth & Brown The other was operated by a smartly dre~sed, sprucely appealmg young fellow from New York who vHote his name T Thaddeus Dayton Mr Dayton was "ucceeclIng ~1:essrs SmIth & III 0\\ n IV ere not Both were hard \\ 01 kl11g hal d headed men But their most indefatigable effO!ts v\el e not ploducing results The crowd was going acros~ the street to the Dayton store Why? 1\1r Blo",n pondered over the questIOn as he walked gloomIly home one evenl11g I\fter dmner he 10\vered his newspaper and his dlgmty and asked hIs WIfe Now it hap- I -4 penecl that 111 s BI 0\\ n was dn oly,erv111gwoman and a tact-ful 1\ oman She kne\\ pel fcctly IV ell beforehand just what J\Ir Blown \\ as gomg to say, for she had seen the same con-clItlons herself-and knew the reason for them. Also she had a remedy. "Y ou have been mak111g a mIstake. my dear," she saId gently, "because you have stuclIed your goods too much and yOUl customel s not enough You have devoted too much at-tentIon beh111clthe counters and not enough before the coun-ters 'What kind of people do you sell to?" 11r. BroVln floundered. "\Vhy, the usual kind of people for a store of our chalacter, I presume" "That's just it-you don't The five and ten cent store succeeds because It cdters fundamentally to women. Next to clothes. what do you suppose a woman would rather buy?" Mr Brown looked blank. "Of course you don't know. 'Well, I will tell you-candy! And the film of SmIth & Bro\vn is going to devote ItS f1 ant centre counter to candy from this time on, and is going to begin WIth a speCIal sale of marshmallows Saturday after-noon for 10 cents a pound I" Anel the fil111clId It, because J\1r Brown was a wise man even If he wa" slow of perceptIOn \Vbcn the firm member" c0t1l1ted up the plOceec1s of the sales Saturday evening they looked at each other m be\\ ilelell11ent They wel e the largest ill the hIstory of the store. r WEEKLY ARTISAN Old Items Reprinted. From the l\!hchigan ArtJsan for February I884-Charles R. Shgh, presIdent of the Sligh Furniture company, accom-pamed by George \V Perkins. a retaJIer of furmture In Pueblo and \V. H. McKee of New YOlk, are sojourning In Honduras Mr. Shgh will enter into contracts for cuttmg mahogany tim-ber in that country and shippmg it to the United States. Fred Koskul, the desIgner WIll no longer blow hIS horn and soundly praIse hIs old employer, Joseph Peters of St. LoUls Koskul IS now wIth Joe Zangerle in ChIcago. The factory of the Connersvl1lc (Ind) Furmture company was damaged by fire recently Loss $10,000. The semI-annual meeting of the Westeln chair associ-ation In Columbus, 0 , recently, was held behind locked doors. THE best way for you to buy furmture 15 to become farmhar Wlth It before you need It, then you are sure of gettmg what you want when you are ready to buy. This 18 why we make such a pomt of welcom-mg Vl3lto(S and why we don t expect to make a sale every tune we show our goods. We have the newest and best that can be bought. and we are glad to have you keep posted on the best and latest thmgs In furniture by spend-mg your letsure hme lookmg through our store ACTUAL REDUCTIONS Rellular 51'","'1.1 ClrCaSSllln Walnut Dreuer $lHJOO $6~50 C<:>loDal Mahogany Ch £fon er 65 00 4400 $01 d Mahogany Dress ng Table 2900 1850 Solid Mahogany Four Post Bed 32 00 1850 Solid Mahogany Cane Fanel Beds 4Q 00 2950 Soltd Mahogany Rush Seat R<x:ker 1600 If 50 SolId Mahogany Upnolstered Seat Rocker 2100 1375 Ken Iwo th Cha r 1750 1150 Ken l ...onh Rocker 17 MJ 11[j() Hepp ewl, te Desk Chair 1900 15 50 Overstuffed Library Cha r 45 00 27 00 So! d I\>fahogany Colon al Library Table 95 00 6$50 Sol d Mahoganv 5 plece Parlor Sutte 15000 9850 Overstuffed F es de Ch~lr 42 00 2600 5<:>1d Brass Bed" guaranteed 1250 and up Lou s V Solid Mah{)gany Dresser lfiO00 8500 60- nch Solid Mahogany Office Desk wholesale pnce $90 Our p.,ce $7B 6Q Invll5t1gatt: KLINGMAN'S Sample Furniture Company Ionia Fountain and D1VUIlOb. 5t9 Furniture SatIsfaction V,sllors Welcome A Sample of Klmgman's Efforts. The banquet whIch followed was open and loud enough to please (lId Beelzebub and hIS crew Charley Black, late WIth the Sargent ManufactUring company, has entered upon the dIscharge of hIS duties as manager of the Onel Cabinet company. Hermann, of New YOlk, disposed of $60,000 worth of furmture at cut pnces in a single day, last week. Buyel s representing the following well-known houses made the rounds of the factones 111 Grand RapIds; "John J. Hand of George C Flmt & Co, New York; F. S. Chad-bourne, San FranCISco, Cal ; J A Colby, F. W. Jansen, Tobey Furmture company, M. E. Samuels, Chicago; W. P Dil-worth, F H. Scott, Kansas, J H North, North, Orison & Co, Kansa:', CIty; Kenneth Clark, De Coster & Clark, St. Paul; Mr Barsto\\, V111cent, Barstow & Co, Cleveland. fi: L. Neldnnghouse of St LOUIS, who was burned out recently and then faIled, has settled with creditors, paying 75 cents on the dollar. FI ank \!V enter, maker of fancy furniture will erect a factory on South Canal street, Chicago. The RIVerSIde Flllmture company of \Vheeling, W, Va., have assigned. --- .. .-- ...., POLISHES Quality and Economy Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, ~_2.312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThIS httle machme ho.s done more to perfect the drawer work of funll-ture manufacturers than anythmg else m the furnIture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect filtmg, vermm-proof, dovetalled stock a POSSl-blllty. ThiS bas been accomplIshed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dove-talls m gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It's what others see about your busmess rather than what you say about It, tbat counts m the cash drawer It'. the thnll of enthUSIasm and the true nng of truth you feel and hear back ofthe cold type that makes you buy the thmg advertlsed ALEXANDER DODDS CO., GRANDRAPIDS,MICH.. Reprelellied hy Schuchart & SchUlte al Berhn, V.enna, Siockholm and SI Pelenhur, Represented hy Alfred H SchUlte al Colo8l1e. Bruttel •• uese, Pano, Mdall and Bdhoa Represenled.n Greal Buban and Ir.land hy the Ohver Maclunery Co. F. S. Thompoon. MBt., 201.203 Deelllsale. Mallchefter. Ensland, 31 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-.. Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED First class machine foreman on furniture case work. State age, references, experience and wages wanted. Address .'Real," care Artisan. 12 3-10 POSITION WANTED As superintendent for chaIr factory covering all departments from drivmg-up to the finishing department m detail. Nine years spent WIth one of the largest chair manufacturers in United States. Address E. H. H., 21 MIlton-Manor, Buffalo, N. Y. 12 3·10 WANTED. Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mail. Our course of instruction is just the thing for superintendents. foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing, Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o.w. tf WANTED A position as superintendent of small furniture factory. case goods preferred, or foremanshIp in machine or cabinet rooms of medlUm sized plant. Small CIty preferred. Best of Ref-erences. Address E. V., care Weekly Artisan. 11 19-26 12-3 WANTED Superintendent. One who thoroughly understands bank, office and store fixtures, and specIal order work. To the right man this is a rare opportunity. Address, (stating experience and where you have worked), "Supenntendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand Rapids, Mich. tf WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and lines car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Traveling: salesman to carry a line of Re,ed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illinois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York stat,es and can guarantee results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. ;. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. .. New York Markets. New York, Dec. 2- The eastern crushers of flaxseed on Monday reduced pnces on their product two cents a gallon to meet the reductlOn made by the western crushers last week. C1ty raw and western raw linseed 011 are now quoted at the same price-95 @ 96 cents per gallon-but carload orders at 94 cents are known to have been accepted. S111g1e-b011ed and double-boIled are firm at last week's quotatlOns-J7 @ 98 and 99 @ $1.01, respect1ve1y. Business is dull, the volume of orders being remarkably light. Turpentine went down to 780 cents on Monday and re-mained at that figure unt11 Wednesday when it advanced a cent and is nuw firm at 79,Yz here and 175cents at Savannah. Some 1m-provement in the demand has been reported this week. Shellac continues to move qUlte freely in Jobbing parcels, and prices are well maintained, though the Calcutta market is reported easier. D. C. is quoted at 27 @ 28 cents; V. S O. and Diamond I, at 24,Yz @ 25. Fine orange, 22 @ 24; bright orange, 21 @ 22. T. N. in cases, 19%; in bags half a cent lower. Bleached, fresh, 22 @ 22; kiln dried, 26 @ 27. A. C. garnet, 18 @ 19. Button lac, 18 @ 20. Varnish gums are 111 steady demand at former quotations, with light order:, from interior dlstnbut111g pomts. Weakness is noted 111 the demand for Latm American goatskins and pnces on all vanetles are lower, the greatest change reported being a drop of t\\O cents on Haytiens, which r STAR CASTER II CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIOS, MICH. I IIIIIII I ..t. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups, maklllg the best cup on the market. CellulOId IS a great Improvement over b..,es made of other materlal When It IS neceqsary to move a pIece supported by cups With cellulOId bases It can be done WIth ease, as the bases are per fectty smooth CellulOId does not sweat and b} the use of these CUI" tables are never marred These cups are finl~hed Ifl Gnldf"n Oak and White Maple, fimshed lIght If you wtll try a .ampl. order of tke.. gooa. you w.ll autre to kanale tkem In quantltte' PRICES: SIze 2~ Inches $5.50 per hundred. Size ~)( Inches 4.50 per hundred. I fob Grana Rap.d, TRT A SAMPLE ORnER I~-- . are now sellmg at ilea cents Vera Cruz are quoted at 47 @ 48 cents, San Lms, Zacateca:" etc., 43~ @ 44; Montery, TampI-cos, etc, -l"2, ~1eX1can frontHcrs, ,,2 @ 32,Yz Paytas, n @ 41,Yz Buenos \yles, ,18 @ ,'3H B1a71h, 65 @ 67,Yz. ] he cordage bus111es" 1Sdull and u11111terestmg, pnces being contwlled and I egulated by the so-called trust. Only fractlOnal changes 111the pn'2es of twmes have been made in the past three weeb The volume of the burlap bminess 1S light, owing mainly to the 0p111l0n of buye1" that the price of Jute is too high and must go do"" n m the near future However, the card rates for ' burlaps are firmly held, stocks here being considered light for thb t1me in the year The few sales reported are made at 3 80 for 7~-ounce, 3 <)0 for 8-ounce and 490 for 10,Yz-ounce Cal-cutta goods One order for a carload of the heavier weight at 485 cents, 1S reported to have been accepted this week. The! e is nothmg new 111 the hardwood lumber markets, which have been m an unsettled condition for several months. "" Index to Advertisements. Adams & Eltlng Company Anllllcan Blower Company Barnes \V F I..~ John Company Barton H H & ';;;on Company BIg SIX Car LoadIng As~oclatlon Bu,,;,,;Machine Company Century FurnIturE' COnlpany Clucago MIrror and Art Glass rompanJ ChrIstiansen A CollIer Keyworth Comp'lny (hallenge Refugerator Company Dodds Alexander Company rreedman Brothers Compau3- Grand RapIds BlowpIpe and Dust ~rrester Company GrancI RapIds Brass Compan\. Gland RapIds Fancv FurnIturE' Company Grand RapIds Refngerator Company Gland RapIds \ enE'er Works Hotel Panthnd Ideal StampIng and Tool Company Inlpenal FurnIture Company Kindel Parlor Bt.-d Company La"YIence l\ilcFadden Company Lf'nt7 Table Company 1 LIght George W ManufactUrIng Company Luce FurnIture Compan). Luce RE'dmond ChaIr Company Marvel Manufactunng Company MIchIgan EngraVIng COlllpany M,ller DI' D ~ ('0 MIscellaneous Morton House "!\Jor thern rurniture r'ompany Olrvf'r MachInery rompany Palmer 1\1anufactunng Company Petersen A & Co porter C 0 Maclllnery Company RIchmond ChaIr Compan3- Rockford ChaIr and FurnIture Company Rockford I'rame and Fn..tu. re Company R03-al ChaIr COnlpany Sheldon E H & Co SIUIth & DaVIS Manufactunng Company Spratt George & Co btow & DaVIS FurnIture Company S" ett Frank" &. Son 1'anne" Itz Works LJ nIOn rurniturf' Company (Rockford) Wadden Manufdcturing Company Walter B & Co Ward 0 A Wh,te Prlntmg Company 23 18 Cover 13 2\) 27 COVE'r 55 22 29 COVE>r 31 10 Cover 30 44 15 4 28 25 29 19 25 31 2 24 17 11 32 4 Cover 22 14 13 198 12 9 18 Cover 11 6 19 8 14 15 30 57 Buss Tilting Table Saw Bench furnished with or wIthout Borinll Attachment. Weight Net, 1200 Ills. Carries Saws up to 18 inches in diameter. Self-oiling Ilearings for countershaft and loose pulley--tight and loose pulleys 9 ~ and lOin. diam.--drive pulley 20 in. diam., 6 in. face. Pat e n t e d
- Date Created:
- 1910-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 31:23
- Notes:
- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
- Date Created:
- 1935-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 1, Number 4
- Notes:
- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
- Date Created:
- 1936-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 2, Number 12