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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY .\ ~\1<"".-"t \ y <) ~ ">{ ~ t~'-t;~~~~{:'<//~ r \~ ~i~~\v~~~~~j{~~~~~'":~~ ~ .) J."- ("' -. --.- " .... ..".;, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .• JULY 30. 1910 CONTROLLING INTEREST The Exclusive Agency for Karpen Guaranteed Upholstered J:{urniture~ Means Controlling the Sale of Upholstered Furniture in Your City and "icinity. It is the only line of upholstered furnitur£" people ask for. tht>y recognize the Karpt>n Trade Mark as a dependable guaranty. The successfuJr furniture man caters to puhlic taste; the demand is for Karpt>ll Furniture; then why not take advanta~e of ""The Easiest Way" to met>t this demand? Wrift> today for control of the line in your city···the greatest business huilding influence possible to ohtain. See Our Exhibits in the Karpen Buildings. All Dealers Cordially Invited. S. KARPEN & BROS. CHICAGO. 187.188 Michigan Avenue. BOSTON. 22 Sudbury Street. NEW YORK. 155.157 W. 34th Street. - -- ~~-~~~~~~~~- -- ----r---~~---~~--- I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..... a.... .. . _.a... 1 •• - .., I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY III1 II -I I II II II I• ,II I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ., ,I I I I 1 Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I, and CHAMBER FURNITURE. ...-Cat.a.lo.g.ues to Dealers Only. --_._I~ I • • _ • • •• ••• • •• Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites 1!1 Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J EYI Mapll BIrch ~U4rltrld Oak and CtNaJJtan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, [ast Section, MANUfACTUR[RS' BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRfiRY 30th Year-No. 57 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JULY 30,1910 Issued Weekly UNCLE SAM USES TONS OF TREE SEEDS How They Are Obtained and Planted to Replenish the National Forests···Birds and Rodents Destroy TheIn. ·Washington, DC. July 30--Tlhe United States Depart-ment of AgriiCIulture is using this year on the national forests oven ten tons of tree seeds Most of this seed has already been planted or sown. Trhe rest WIllIbe utIlIzed later in the sea-son, as favoralble condntions are presented It takes a great many tree seeds to make ten tons, Jack pine. the most import-ant tree for planting in the Nebraska sand ihills by tlhe forest service, will average something lIke 125.000 to the pound. Of western yellorw pine, the tree most extenslively pllanted throughout the national forests as a whole, 10,000 seed will make a pound Altogether the ten tons of seed to be used tfuis year represent perhaps 300 mtllion single seeds. If every seed could Ibe depended on to produoe a young tree suitable for planting, the result would be a supply of nursery stock iSuffioient to plant three hundred thousand acres of land, but no such result can be looked for because many seeds do not germinate M03t of the seed will be sown, either broadcast or in seed spots, or planted with a com-pllanter, c1Jirectlyin the place where the trees are to stand Even 'when nursery stock is raised a 1iberal allowance must ibe made for loss In the first place. a considerable per-centage of the seeds wiill be fround to be infertile. Of those ~hi{:lh germinate, many will die before they leave Vhe nursery beds, and many more will be lost in transplantling If from a pound of western yeHow pine seeds that contalins 10,000 mdlviJual seeds, 4,000 threc-) ear-old transplants are available for field plantmg, the Department of Agriculture has ob-tamed satisfactory result,;; There are nO\l\ twenty-four natIonal forest nurseries WIth an annual procluctwe capaCIty of ovel eIght million seecllmg<; Rut there are many m\IIllOns of old burns on the national forests \vlhich are ~ ait111gto be restocked, and some quicker and cheaper method than the actual plantll1g of nursery-grown trees IS urgently needled Therefore the foresters are makmg expenment<; on a large slcale with clllfferent methods of direc1t sowing and planting, and most of the seed gathered last year was obtall1ed for thi3 use Broadcasting 'has already been found to give good re-sults in some reglOns It was first tried in the Black HIlls of South Dakota, WIth an encouraging outoome To broadcast an acre of land with yellow pine seed a1bout eight pounds of seed is used One of the most fot'midable draWbacks to this method is the extent to whidh the seed may be consumed by birds and rodents. If the season 'happens to 'be one in which food for these animals is scarce, the loss is very iheavy. The problem of control of animal pests, such as fidd mice, ground squirrels. and gophers, whicih eat the tree seeds. and also the further problem of preventing the depredations of rabbits, whiclh are altogether too flond of the Little trees themselves, whether nursery transplants or field grown seedllings is receiving the attention of the Ibiological survey experts of the Department of Aigri1culture. In some localities tlhe department has had to purchase seed, but most of that used is gathered by forest service men themselves. The cost of gathering has varied for the differ-ent reglions from thirty-lfive cents to one dollar a pound. As a rule the seed is collected in the fall months, when most conifers ripen their seed Parties of tJhree or four men ordi-narily work togetlher. Where lumbering ilS in progress the collectors follow the sawyers and take the cones directly from the felled trees. In standing timber, the task is much more arduous. The man must climlb and ,pull the ctines from the branches as best they can. Where these are on the extremi-ties and beyond the reaoh of the !hand. pruning shears are used The cones are dropped to the ground and then gathered into buckets and transferred to sacks, in whirch they are cart'ied to a central point for further treatment. The extraction of the seeds is tedious rather llhan diffi-cult In some cases the cones are spread out upon slheets in the sun. when, after a tIme, they open and the seed drop out; 111 other cases it is necessary to resort to aruificial heat. This is applJed by placing the cones upon trays with screen bot-toms and ralising the temperalmre of the room to the proper degree. T,he cones open, the Iwinged seeclrs fall out, and the seeJ is separated finally from the wings and dirt by a fanning mIll. A good many seed have been removed from the cone by hand, but this is a sore trial to the fingers or{ the pickers and an exceedingly slow process. To create something, even if it is only a sensation, is the ambition of designers. Wlhell a manufactul er plans a line of gJoods he does not figure on stiokers. 4 T WEEKLY ARTISAN Will be shown as usual in Chicago only, this coming July, 1319 Michigan Ave., First Floor, opposite elevator. ----.- ... Standard CONSISTING OF CHINA CLOSETS BUFFETS and BOOKCASES The following well known men in charge, F P. FISHER, FRED LUGER, R. G. BINGHAM, P. M SMITH, N. P. NELSON, W J. ALEXANDER Rockford Standard Furniture ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Co. An Interesting Game. The two women were slttlng m the front seat of the open-faced car The two men were Just back of them They lIstened to the conversatlon whIch seemed to run mostly to furniture "My bungalow IS lovely," one was saying 'You kno", my rich friend let me have It for the summer "h1le she IS abroad.' It's a pIty, she has so much money she doesn't know what to do wIth It It IS beautifully furnished. "No She dIdn't leave it furnished I don't kno" why Just carelessness She has plenty of furnllture, but I have furnished It with stuff my friends didn't want to have stored while they were away "I have the most beautiful parlor sUIte N ancy Jones let me have She's in Coloradio, you know; and a full bedroom suite that belongs to Mrs James, who is wIth her sIster thIS summer in Pennsylvania" "That's nice," said her friend. as she paused a moment "And a kitchen outfit from Mrs Adams, ""ho is 111 the hospItal and has broken up her flat. and the lovelIest set of dishes you ever saw that Mary Lawson gave me before she went to South Amereia to keep, you understand, though they are funny things for people to let you keep, they break so easily, e~pecially when you have hired girls. !but then I sup-pose she didn't know I was going to keep boarders "It seemed a pity to stay in such a beautifully furl11shed bungalow all by yourself a whole summer long It was lonely, too. "I have such a nice front parlor boarder, but he wants a piano, I have oceans of chairs and tables and what not, but no piano I have so much furniture it's a pity I haven't an-other bungalow to furnish and fill with roomers, but no piano Do you know orr anybod3' who has a piano she doesn't want to put in storage for the summer?" Line .-.. . .. , ..... fI of AIllerica " I IfI,II ,I ..... "Let me ,ee,' mused her friend Then when she had ,een "\ 0, I ,Ion t know a sll1g1e soul who wants her plano ke])t a female soul or a male ,oul You see, people don't II ant theIr planos all nlll1ed by the sea aIr I suppose that's 1\ h:,' ~he salel thoughtfully Her fnend SIghed "I do need a plano awfully," she said "It is really the onll thlllg I need I have everyth1l1g else yOU could want for a bungdlow, enough, as I say, for two Ibungalows. but no plano" "Has an) bod) offered you an automobile yeP" asked her friend "~o." she answered, "not yet That would be l11ce, \\ouldn't lt, to haH a large comfortable. roomy, swift auto- 1110bJ1eto take m) boarders out m? It would be a novelty I must look around ancl see If there Isn't some friend olf mine \\ ho d rather ha, e me Use his automo:bile than keep it in the garage "That s an 1l1terestmg game," remarked one of the men \\ hen they had watched the tVlO alight and walk off down the street, "an aY\1fully 1l1tere"t1l1g game Takes her fnend's bungalow ancl fits It out Iii Ith the furniture of all her other fnends, then keeps roome1 s and boarders and what not An 1l1terestmg game," he relpeated. "anel va'itly economical, tak-en all 111 all " "BuL" objected the other, "the pIty of it is that some other "ealth, fnend doesn't offe her the loan of another hunl;alo\\ hI the ~ea that she can fit out WIth her superfluous furnIture and rent to some other roomers" Eve!) man may have hIS pnce, but It doesn't always accord WIth hIS market value WEEKLY ARTISAN ------_._-_._---------------.-_-..-_.--.-. -.-.---------------.-.-.._.._-----.--- p-- I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER II I 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 Fadories. Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. AlIO Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa . ...... For Comfort on the Sea. Through the use aboard ocean-golnlg vessels of a dining-saloon chaIr V\ hiCh has been invented by John Jacob Astor, of ~ ew York, passengers on the "levIathans of the deep" may 111future be spared the excItement and inconvenience of be111g battered albout a ship's dining-room in a rough sea whIle a-ppeas111g the alppetIte Mr Astor has conceived the idea of a chaIr that is adjustable in every res1pect, and the movements of whIch may be controlled by the diner as he proceeds to dIspose of the savory dIshes provided by the vessel's chef The chalf, which IS herewIth pictured, is set on the floor at such dIstance from the table as IS convenient for the d111er Then It accommodates itse1Jf to the lurching of the ShIp and enables the user to adjust himself to every condItIOn that may be presented by the boat standing on beams or dIpplDg her first cabin rail. The arrangement is founded on a vacuum CUipwhich holds the chair to the floor and ,from which extends a series of legs that allow the chair seat a freedJom that could hardly be exceeded were they of an altogether flexIble character. The Walters Win Out. D N & E Walter, lfamous furniture dealers of San Fraln-cisco. have won out 111their dispute with the customs authori-tIes over an importation of antique furniture which lfor several months has been held by the customs department pending a settlement of the valuation of the lot. The decision of the Board was a vindicatIOn of the valuation set upon the goods by the importers. The furniture came to this country albout six months ago and was valued at approximately $100,000. It had been collected in France by the expert from the Walter firm. who made a specIal tr~p aibroad to obtain authentic antiques suit-able for Cahforma homes, and as a result brought a large assortment OIf table,s, chairs, bric-a-brac alnd all kinds of in-terior furnishings. The collection was one of the most complete ever brought to San Francisco, and when it came to placing a value on it dlfferel11lces of opimon arose between the customs representa-tives and the Importers. the latter holding that the Iprice paid for lt by its buyer should be the dutiable value. The case was heard by three members of the General Board of Ap-praisers. which has finaLly decided that the value set upon it by the Walter firm is correct. -------------------- , .COLUMBIA FAULTLESS BEDDING SAMPLES SHOWN AT THE BIC BUILDINC, 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE,8TH FLOOR. CHICACO. MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING, CARE ORINOCO FURNITURE CO" CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 5 .... " I IIII I I• I I I III III II II •II IIt I III I IIII IIII II I II II 4 --------------~I 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------------------._----_._-----_._--------------- -- -- ------_.-------., New designs In the Louis XVI Style. No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GraQd Ilapids GRAND RAPIDS, Brass <00. ... . METAL BEDS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Why German Manufacturers Hold the Bulk of the Trade. James W. Johnson, American Consul at Carin to, Nicara-glUa, writes as follows in -regard to the use of metal bed., III that and other Central AmerIcan countnes "Amerlican manufacturers of metal bedsteads '\\ ho are looking for a market in Nicaragua are apprised that bed-steads are not generally used here The greater portIOn of the popUlation sleep on "tijeras," folding canvas cots of natIve manufacture Tlhe legs are of heavy wood and fold togethel like a pair of scissors; they might be termed extended camp stools. These cots are in general use not merely on account of the hi~her cost of imported bedsteads Althougb hard and uncomfortable, until one is acoustomed to them. thev are cooler than a bedstead with mattress, and several of them may be used at night in a room and easily folded and placed against the wall or taken out entirely in the day, thus allow-ing the same room to Ibe used both as a sleeping and living room From this it can be seen that could imported bed-steads !be o'btained here as cheaply as cots, a large portion of the population would sti11lprefer the latter "Most of the well-to-do people use metal bedsteads, makirng a market for them well worth any effort to secure, tihough at present it is almost entireLy in the hands of German manufacturers T'his is not ibecause they can make a better or oheaper bedstead than American manufacturers, but be-cause they make them in the style wanted The only kind that can be sold here is the {our.,poster, which American manufacturers, seemingily, do not make except in expensive brass beds. "AJmerican manufacturers of metal bedsteads should not MIOH. lee], hecau"e the bedsteads they make are neater. more at-tl act! \ e, anll bettel finished than perhaps any others, that no attentlOn shoruld ibe paid to people who want something dlfferen t. The preference .for the four,poster style is not due to a mere fancy, but. belcause to the four <posts may be at-tached a thIck canopy which protects the bed againts the dust constantly sifting down from the unceiled, tile-covered roofs. and agamst pOIsonous insects. which frequently drJp, \\ hIle around the posts may be easily draped the netting or other matenal used as a protection against mosquitoes. "Therefore, American manufacturers, to compete in the sale of metal bedsteads in NIcaragua, must make a bedstead \\ Ith four post" of equal helgiht, with connecting rods to be <lClltbted at the top The finish should be in black japan with gIlL or other tnmmings, the objection to wlhite enamel being that It "0 qmckly becomes damaged by flyspecks To the \\ ealthier c1as" 110\\ ever \\lh1te enamel and even brass bej- "teads could, I believe, be sold "It will be more difficult to meet the requirements of the people wlho use cots, who want economy of space and cheap-ness of pnce Perhaps a metal foldlllg cot frame. made to be covered \\ l~h canvas, could be devised, which, on account of Its convenIence, lIghtness. durabilIty, and moderate cost mIght be brought to compelte with the native product "There is here a general aversion to sleeping on the ordinary mattress; a great many people \\Iho use bedstead" stretc'h a piece of canvas over the springs or cover them WIth Chmese mats Instead of using a mattress, but should a cJol, lIght, firm mattress of 1 to 2 inches in thickness be devised 1t could be profitably introduced into tropical countries "What has been said in this report <lipplies more or less to all of Central America, and to all the northern >countries of South America" WEEKLY ARTISAN Evansville, Ind, July 21-Very satisfactory sales were made thy the manufacturers of Evansville in Chicago and in thlis city during the past month The lines exhilbited in Chi-cago attracted general attention and many new accounts were opened. The attendance of buyers at the local exhibition was larger than in past seasons and the enterprise has proven valualble to the manufacturers supporting the same and to the city at large Orders taken by travellllg salesmen and by mall are coming III freely and a sUlccessful faIII season of trade is assured Retail traJe IS much stronger than is u;,ual at this season of the year Three factories contnbute p1eces that make up dmlllg room suites in Colomal and Mission styles that are greatly ad1mired From the very extensive line of furnitiure for the bed-room brought out by the Karges Furniture company, dealers in every section of the United States select some of their best sellers The Evansvllie Furniture company exhibit their com-plete lines at their factory warerooms The Wisconsin Ohair company have moved their manu-facturing !business to Mound City, III A new line of dllling room furniture wlll be brought out by the Crescent Furniture compa1ny. Benjamin Bosse, manager of the Globe and an official of several other manufactlunng corporations, is the leader in the movement to estalbhsh a new furlllture manufacturing in-dustry III EvansvIlle Tlhe sum of $50,000 wlill be invested in the plant. Ladies desks have been added to the line of the Hohen-stein- Hartmetz company. Several lines manufactured at Tell City are exhibited at the EvansvIlle Furniture Exchange. The manUifacturers of Evansville are closely ident~fied with those of Tell City, socially and in a busliness way. Tlhe World Furniture company is enjoying an active trade in mantel folding beds and dllling room furniture. No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAfIt 7 Edward Ploeger who manages a desk factory in Hender-son and a big factory in Evansville, making wardrobes and kItchen cabinets in many styles, is one of the busiest of the manufacturers of Evansville. Minneapolis Threatens Grand Rapids. Minneapolis, Minn., July 27.-Furniture making and kin-dred industries furnish employment for more than fifteen hun-dred Mmneapolis men, the large majority of whom are heads of families. This industry, which includes a dozen large manu-facturing cancel ns and two jobbmg houses, is already important and IS growmg with the development of the northwest. The Mmneapolis furniture industry represents an annual volume of business aggregating fully $2,250,000, and working capital and other investments identified with it the conservatively estimated at $1,500,000. Opel ating in nearly half the states in the union and covenng territory as far south as Texas, west to the coast, eastward into Illinois, and north into Canada, the in-dustry has practically no limitations and from its present rate of development and growth, Grand Rapids, Mich., must soon look to her laurels. More than a thousand men are employed in the furniture factories of Minneapolis as cabinet makers, machine hands and finishers, and they are a well paid, desirable class of citizens. In addition to these more than five hundred office men and com-mercial travelers are identified with the industry. The manufac-ture of iron beds, mattresses, mirror plates and numerous speci-alties, which is a rapidly growing part of the business, is in-cluded in the figures given. Present mdications are that the furniture industry will show an increase of from 10 to 15 per cent this year, despite the ad-verse crop reports which have shown some 111 effect upon the business. The financial flury of 1907 played havoc with the fur-mture industry all over the country, bringing on a surprising slump in the volume of trade, but the reaction came quickly and the last two years have witnessed splendid growth in which the furniture factories of Minneapolis have kept pace with those in other parts of the country. Conditions of the present time are not as encouraging as manufacturers migh wish but there is reason to believe that the business will experience a strong revival before the end of the fall season and that the business of the year will total up bigger than any in the history of furniture making in Minneapolis. . ._ .. _._------., I a.- ••• I •••••••••••••• •••• • •• _ ••• __ a ••••• __ a ••• •• 4 ----~~~~~~~-~-~-~-----,--~-~------------- 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN THE OAKS MUCH MIXED. _-------.--------_ •••• we _,. White and Black Are the Only Distinct Species. Others Are Mongrels. Washington, D. c., July 28-It wIll surpnse most pel sons who know somethlllg about oak to be told that the socalled "hlte oak timber of our market~ IS often a mIxture not only of va-rious species of the white oak group but also of other specIes such as the red oak. This generally unkno\'\ n fact IS reported by the United State Department of Agriculture, whIch, as a part of Ib forestry work, is frequently called upon to pass Judgment upon the identity of market woods in dIspute Foresters dIvide all the oaks 111totwo dlStl11ct groups~the white oak group and the black oak group One \\ ay of dlStl11 guishing the two is by the fact that the black oaks reql1lre two years to mature their acorns, while the white oaks take but one The woods of the two groups of oaks are also structuralh dIft-erent. The true white oak, known to bota111,ts as quescu, alba, is merely one of the specIes whIch make up the \\ hlte oak group Red oak, on the other hand, belong~ to the black oak group Red oak ha<; a number of other common namb, among them, mountain oak, black and Spalllsh oak There is so much confusion in the orchnaf) use of names ot the oaks that it is almost ImpossIble to keep them :-,tralght \\ Ith-out resorting to the Latlll names, but the marketIng of wood of the black oak group as white oak IS hardly faIr to the consume 1 Red oak, for mstance, IS now much more abundant than \\ hlte oak, grows faster, and is generally regarded as lllfenor. The two species often grow together and occupy the same general region. In the early days of ItS abundance, market \\ hlte oak \\ a" derived almost entIrely, it IS safe to say. from quescus alba, the true white oak. This speCIes combllles approxImately the ut-most strength and toughness of any of the tImber oaks, except-ing possibly the southern live oak. whIch m the Colomal da}" was so highly prized for shIp buildlllg that it was protected b} special laws. The Immense inroads made upon the then appar-ently inexhaustable white oak forests, which stretched from the Atlantic seaboard to about Missouri, gradually so reduced the supply that the use of other speCIes became mevltable. At the present time It IS almost impossIble to obtalll a con-signment of white oak that does not contall1 pieces of some other species. Of the white oak group those most used, in addItion to the true white oak, are bur oak, chestnut oak, chmquapll1 oak, post oak, swamp white oak, cow oak, and overcup oak, of the black oak group, Texas red oak, red oak and spotted or water oak. Real white oak timber of number one quahty IS very largely cut into quarter sawed boards, whIle a comblllatlOn of one or more white oaks and red oak may constitute other cuts of "whIte oak." In many markets the term "cablllet white oak" is now understood to include a mixture of white oak and red oak, but it often signifies red oak only. The question, "What is White Oak?" is now coming up among consumers and manufacturers of commercial oak timber The above named white oaks are a dlstlllct but closely related species, whlch together, must be depended upon for the future supply. For the ordinary purposes for which true whIte oak is used, practically all the trees of this group yIeld woods that can be interchanged and will serve equally well. Allegan's Furniture Factories. Allegan. July 28 -This, the county seat of Allegan coun-ty, is a flourishing little city of about 5,000 inhabitants, in rI Shultz ~ "irsch i Company IIII II Manufacturers of HIGH GRADf BfDDING I fEATHERS, fEATHER PILLOWS, DOWNS, ETC. II UPHOLSTERED BOX SPRINGS and CURLED I HAIR MATTRESSES A SPECIALTY I II •II III II IIII II I I II I~.- .--- - -_._--------- I...---~i 1300-1308 fulton St., ElJz~O;:ltrSt.CHICAGO the mld"t of one of the be:-,t fruit and agrIcultural sections of \\ e"tern :\Ilchigan It has qUIte a number of factories of \ anous kmd:-" mcludmg four furmture factories. making dm-mg room, btchen and parlor furmture ThIS httle CIty also boasts of one of the finest furnIture stores m the state Oh-ver & Co, and Baker & Co, are the olde"t of the furl1lture manufactUrIng compames makIng low and medium pnced bookca"e~ ladle,,' desks, buffets and chma closets. whIle the \l1egdn I llrmtlll e company devotes theIr energIes to gett1l1g out a lme of buffets, chma closets and '>lde tables The latter company made theIr first exlllblt in Grand RapIds this season and PreSIdent Nash reports that "the boys" sold so much goocl '> that It \\ 111take at least ninety days to get them out, and If they contmue to send m orders the factory WIll have all It can do for the rest of the year Bames & MoshIer make a good hne of kitchen cabinets. and Sweet & BIggS formerly of Grand RapIds make a fine Ime of upholstered furniture Furniture Agent in Trouble. i\e\\ YOlk Sun of July 23~Lol1ls J. Weglel11, an agent for a furmtnre concel n was 111the Toombs police court yesterday charged WIth bu)mg confiden!ldl informatlOn from a clerk 111 the traffic department of the ~ ew York Telephone company. Vvalter J Keat111g, speCIal agent for the telephone company, saId that 1,\ eglem has been paY1l1g I,A,T alter H O'Rourke. one of the company's clerks, $2 a week for a year for hsts of the campan} :-,ne\\ sub:-,crIbers The pohce say that vVeglein called on the subscnbers to leam whether they were in the market for furnIture a:-, v\ ell a, telephone, Weglein was held for speCIal seSSlOns WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-----------_ ..-..---_._---------------.-.-_...-.-----------------"'""'! .... T"E COLONIAL BED COMPANY BEAUTY STRENGT" DURABILITY SANITARY ALLI:NlOWN, PA. TWICE TOLD TALES. What You Read in the Daily Michigan Artisan on January 22, 1895. Knauss & Green manufacturers of Chicago, have assigned. The Saginaw (Mich.) Furniture company succeeds Ring, Mernll & Tillotson. Letters patent have been granted to Harry Widdicomb covering the construction of "curved veneered panels." Lewis Ginter of Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Va., is pur-chasing an outfit for the hotel Jefferson, in Grand Rapids. The Brooklyn (N. Y.) Furniture company offer an oak chamber suite including a triple mirrored dresser, for $12.50 at retCliiI. R. J. Horner & Co., have purchased a desirable site and will commence the erection of a large store building in New York soon. John H. Crane, who is spending a few days in- Grand Rapids is a pioneer in the furniture trade of St. Louis. He opened his first stock of furniture in that city in 1856. Buyers arrived: Rdbert Keith, A. Jacoby, Kansas City; General E. P. Johnson, W. S. Allen, Los Angeles; W. F. Carrol, Chicago; C. W. Mehornay, J. H. North, Kansas City; B. Rosenthal, L. L. Clark, Omaha; George P. Staples, George E. Wood and E. B. Cobb, Boston; W. H. Hall, Grand Ledge, Mich.: A. B. Hussong, Terre Haute; E. J. Huber, Columbus, Ind.; F. A. Faller, Wilmerding, Pa., Joseph N. Harmon, Wilmington, Del.; L. F. Hornaday, Crawfordsville, Ind.; Henry Feige, Saginaw; George B. Gallup, Jacks::>n, Mich. Interview with C. A. Brockway: "I think the reproduc- Various Styles in OAK MAUOGANY IMll. MAUOGANY BIRD'S I:YE MAPll: CIRCASSIAN WALNUT ""ead and foot posts are assembled with steel rods to insure I Durability and Strength." I. On exhibit In T"f YfAGfR fURNITURf COMPANY SPACf, 4th floor, Leonard furniture fxhlbltlon Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MIC" • --------_._--------_. -------------------------------_.--.._...-.-..-.......•.. tion of antiques will be a great feature of the trade in the future. It is done here to quite an extent and outside of their antiquity there is no questioning the fact that modern antiques are infinitely superior to the originals. They are better be-cause of their supenor construction, and but very few genuine antiques are of value outside of their history. The uses to which marquetry is put are absurd. It is not applied with taste or reason. Marquetry is a feature of certain schools of art. It should never be used outside of those schools. It can be used properly in Dutch, Italian and French styles. Marquetry originated in Italy. Its proper uSe was extended by the Dutch and the French. When a Yankee composite table or Sideboard is plastered all over with marquetry the re-sult is disgustmg to refined tastes." Even the new woman prefers old styles in furniture. ,- ..... II II I......I Detr01t, hi:, home, to spend a week, after which he wIll start out on hIS fall triP ElI D l'vI1ller of Eh D MIller & Co, of EvansvIlle, Ind, 1eturned Tuesday lllght to hIS home 111the HoosIer state after spendmg the July ~eason with the :i\hller exhIbIt 111the Furniture Exchange. Lou Kammen, adverhsmg manager fm the Langslow-Fow-ler company, wdl rettll n Saturday to Rochester, NY, after "pendmg the Jul} season wIth the Langlow exlub1t m the 1319 bmld111g President S C LangslQw of the Langslow company left 1hursda} for); ew York CIty on the TwentIeth Century LImited P 1'-, Ball1es at E T Barnes & Son, left Chicago Tuesday for the Pacific coast after :,pend111g the season on the fifth floor of the \1anufacturer~' btllld111g, 1319 ::\I1ch1gan avenue Henry Swanson, travehng representative for the Skandia lurlllture CQmpany ll1 all of the large CltIes from PhiladelphIa to Kamas CIty, left Thursday for h1& fall tnp after spendll1g J nl) at 1319 l'\I1chlgan avenue ll1 charge of the SkandIa exhIbIt. Ed ~Iersman of the J\Iersman Brothers and Brandts com-pam, Cel111a,0 , left Tuesday for h1s home ll1 the Buckeye state atter spenclmg the July season at 131;) MIchIgan avenue. He q\ s the season has been very satIdactory. Mr. Mersman will lea\ e ~ngl1st 10 for Odll1 1I1ch, where he WIll spend a month \\ Ith hi" fat11lly, resorting E \ Dalberg, travelll1g 111Indiana, OhlO and l\I1chigan for the SkandIa Fmllltnre company, left Thur:,day for Frankfort, ::\I1ch , to spend ten days with hiS Llmily, resortll1g. After that he WIll start out on hIS fall triP C L Barron, ~ales manager fQr the Oberbeck Brothers Man-u taLtunng compan}, \\ III leave August 5 for a tnp through the ~out!l\\ est and to the PaCific coast. R Jo!lffe, tra\elmg the lake shore distnct for Stearns & J o"ter, left Chicago fm hiS home m DetrOit to spend a week before "tartmg out on his regular fall tnp r \\ Creech, travehng m Iowa, M1ssoun, Nebraska and I"ama:, left Saturday for hiS home 111Kansas CIty, Mo, and a tter 1emam111~ a \\ eek \\ III start out on hIS fall tnI" Mr CI eech reporb the July season one of the most satIsfactcry m the h1stor} of the Stearns & Foster company. At the Hafner l11flllture company's exhIbIt 111the Furlll-ture E'-change bmlc!lng, Fourth :,treet and Wabash avenue, re-ports of a good trade are heard The Hafners have some unusually gQod deSigns 111 bed davenpOl ts, couches and their adjustable lounges The:,e they are making 111 larger quant1- tie" than e\Cr, and as thIS cub a comlderable figure 111 the cost at manufacttll e, they are qUOt111g attractIve pnces, that are brlng111g car load 01clers it am some of the c!a:,est buyers in thh country 1 hey recently ~dded another travehng repre- 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN ChIcago, July 29 -LOUIS Hahn, designer and detader ot furnIture, was m ChIcago Thursday on hIS way home to Grand RapIds, MlCh. Mr. Hahn has been absent from Grand Rap1cb the past three months. William P. Keeney, the well known southern tra\ cler tor a number of the promlllent furlllture manufactUring concerns \Va" in Chicago several days thIS week, and left today for 1m home III EvansVIlle, Ind. ~Ianager Senour Qf the ShelbyVIlle Wardrobe company left Chicago Wednesday to return to hIS home III ShelbYVIlle, Ind, after ~pending the exhIbItion season at 1319 MIchigan avenue President Charles J. Kllldel of the Kllldel Bed compan}, said \ Vedrwsday: "\Ve have had a very sat1sfactor} J nly season Our three factones are all g01l1g to be rushed thIS fall and deak,- should, in anticipation of the fall bus1l1ess, send 111theIr order~ cady If they WIsh prompt dehvenes. Manager Charles IElmenclorf of the :\Ialllstee :-Ianufactur-ing company IS greatly pleased at the volume of btbllles" done thIS July and says the season IS theIr best ll1 twO) ears E. A. Bowman, travellllg representatlVe for the Skandl~ Furmture company 111the mIddle states and the south\\ est, lett Wednesday night for hIS fall trip. M~. Bowman spent the J ul) season WIth the SkandIa exhIbIt at the Manufacturers' E"h1b1 tion building. C. E. Lundberg, IlllllOlS and W 1sconSlll travel111g represen-tative for the SkandIa 1111e,left \Vednesday for Rockford Leo Buckner of the Travei"se City ChaIr compan}, spe~lt Thursday He repcrts a satl:,factory season's bU~1l1ess tor 111- company in the ChIcago and Grand RapIds markets C. H Lenhart of the Plymouth Chair compan), left Satur-day for Plymouth, W1S, afte1 spend111g the eXh1bltlOn season at the Fourteen Eleven builcllllg. John A. Flick of the Buckeye ChaIr compan}, Ra\ enna, 0 left ChIcago Saturday after spendlllg the July sea:,on Wlth the Buckeye exhibIt on the eIghth floor of the }lanufacturers Lx-h1b1tion bUlldlllg, 1319 MIchigan avenue :-Ir Fhck repO! ts the July season one of the best the company has ever had O. P. Schneckenburg, traveling 111the east fOl the Shelb}- ville lines, left Wednesday for his home 111TIffin, 0, to spend a week. "Billy" Hurst, travehng representative on the PaClfic coa"t for the Wolverine Manufactur111g company, left \ \ eclnesdd) f01 .-.. .-....--..----------------- ._-----_ ...._._._._---------- WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES ....~ I Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting In a line of the" Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. I . II1 I• THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXcl~s~~eu~~;~~:~:~MorUSKEGON, MICH, New York Office, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 No 9-Porch ChaIr Large Size Oak Seat Green or MISSlOn FJrlISh \IIelght,20 pounds No lO-Porch Rocker Large sIze Oak Seat Green or MlsSlOn FInIsh Weight21%pounds No. ll-Porch Settee Seat40 lllcheslong 17%lllchesdeep OakSeat Greenor MIssIOnfilllSh Weight,32pounds RICHMOND CHAIR,---C--O--M-P--A_N.Y.-,---R-I_CHMONDl INDIANA .._-----------------, sentat1ve to theIr sales force, C B Reeves of Cleveland, OhIO, \IIho will represent them in MichIgan, OhlO and Pennsylvama, startl11g out at the close of the exhIbItion season On Thursday mght, July 22, a fire broke out 111a shed op-posite the alley on whIch faces the rear of the Central Manufac-tunng company's plant at 454 Armour street The flames from the frame structure were blown acro"s the narrow alley and It was but a short tIme before three of the floors ot that factory were ablaze The fire was confined to the rear of the factory and there was more damage done by \\later than flames. After a three days' shut-down they have aga111 started manufactur-l11g and report that all damages have been adjusted and that the fire has not mterfered WIth the bUSl11ess. The CommerCIal :G urmture company, ChIcago, has broken ground for Its addltlOn to the factory The new structure Will be 121 x 72 feet and when completed WIll make a frontage for their plant, l11c1udmg the bU1ld111gsnow occupIed, of 325 feet Mr. Stnnge, who was on the SIck hst for some weeks recently, and who has been lookmg after the matter of the new bUlld111g, was obhged to call a halt for a tune but has now entirely re-covered and IS as active as ever. The new addItion WIll be ready for occupancy about September 15 Edward Gault, for twenty-five years bookkeeper for the Schultz & HIrsch company, 1300 Fulton street, recently WIth-drew from the pOSitIOn he ha" so ably and consclCntlOusly filled during the quarter century he was WIth that well known house, and is taking a well earned rest Mr Gault has helped to make most of the hIstory of thIS house whIch through many VICISSI-tudes, 111ctudmg th1 ee pal11CS, has saIled along safely, ever 1n-creas111g its bus111ess and en] 0Yl11g added prospenty 111WhICh he has shared. DUling hIS many years of serVIce Mr Gault has put away suffiCIent to feel that he can, now take the rest he needs WIthout finanClal wony He has had hIS day dreams of a pretty home 111the count1y and a farm where he could be out 111the open, after the close confinement of years, but as yet has not defi11ltely settled as to hIS future, being satisfied for the present, SImply to stay at home and 1est The Artisan, of whIch he has been a reader for upwards of 20 years, WIshes hIm many years of happmess wherever he may choose to make his home When a boy begins to wash hIS hands and face without bemg told look for the girl in the case Cost of Living in Australia. The mOf11mg Herald of Sydney, New South Wales, Aus-t1aha, recently pubhshed the results of an 111vesttgation as to the cost of h 111gat present as compared with 1899, from whIch It appear's that the advance has been about the same as in the Ul11ted States of America The Herald's 111ve"t1gators £0:'"--: that, WIth t1 e exceptlOn of tea, coffee and potatoes, all kinds of provlslOn have advanced 111pnce, the average being about 30 per cent Clot1un , beddl11g, etc, have not advanced much, but the quahty has echned as the home productlOn has been largely 111creased. Prices of imported articles 111these hnes have ad-vanced about 15 per cent. The Mormng Herald's article con-cludes as follows: "It costs more to furnish a house now than it did in 1900. Curtains, table covers, tapestry pIece goods and art serges have gone up at least 25 per cent. Carpets have not increased so much; but then the Brussels or WIlton carpet today IS not ex-actly the same article as It was in 1900. A Bi'ussels carpet that cost $110 a yard then costs $1 35 now, not a great increase It looks the same, but as a matter of fact the world is being given more and more of shoddy, because the world demands it. Wl1ton WhlCh cost $1175 1ll 1900, costs $205 now Best inlaid hnoleum has gone up from $1 20 to $1.35, and printed linoleum from 73 cents to 85 cents The cheapest hnes in lmoleums have mcreased in cost. "The price of local furniture, though it is 15 to 20 pet' cent cheaper than Imported Amencan furmture today, has 111- creased by about 20 per cent over the pnce'that used to be paid for Imported furmture 1111900 ·Vhthm the last few days the price of pith chairs has ll1creased 25 per cent "Lastly, the cost of bt1lld111g has increased so that it is wldely estimated that a cottage which cost $1,500 111 1900 wou.ld cost nearly $~500 today. Rents are estImated to have mcreased 10 per cent since 1900. "From these mquiries, summanzed fairly, it IS eVldent that the cost of hving 111 New South \Vales has very largely increased dunng the past decade, but It IS the houseWIfe only who will probably be able to tell the actual story-the best test will be a companson of the tradesmen's bIlls." Some people can't even do thelr duty wlthout patting themselves on the back. l 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in mutatIon golden oak, plain 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. 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 tmltatJon quartered oak, Imitation mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Llbrary, Dmmg and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cllbs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . .. • W E J! K L Y ART I SAN 13 Made by Bosse Funnture Company. Made b) World Furniture Comp,n) ._.... . Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co -,----------- ---,-- ----------._----------..-..-. -.-~ • ~ .. . . ------------- ---------------~ 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN THE GEO. B. LUPFER CO., 262-94 North Hanover St., Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Lupfer having sold his interests in the firm .n which he was a full partner for sixteen years, during which time he had full charge of the manufacture of FlOe bedding, wIshes to announce to the Furmture Trade that he has orgamzed the Geo. B. Lupfer Company. I Purchased an up-to-date Factory bUlldlOg. lOstalled the best and most modern I machinery for manufacturing a superior lme of Mattresses, Box Springs, Woven and Coil Wire Springs, Feathers and Pillows. I Guaranteed in quality and price. ,I You are invited to call and examme the ments of our hnes. WIth our New Equipment, long experience and square dealmg, we soliCIta portion of your business, which Willhave our Im'l1edlate and best attention. I Samples shown only with F. T. Plimpton & Co., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. (4th floor), and at the factory. II h- •••• •• • - •• ----------.. --- --~ ANNOUNCEMENT. WORK OF EARLY ENGLISH DESIG~ERS Historic Styles and Their Influence on ~Iore Modern Periods. Vlfglllla RabIe, 111 the tenth of a senes of artlcle'i on "Hlstonc Styles In Fur111ture," pubhs1hed 111 "The Hou~e Beautiful," wntes as follows In our devotlOn to the llate eIghteenth century \\ e are apt to overlook the nch legalcy bequeathed to us by the early eighteenth, or to confuse It with other penod" There are several reasons for our penfect faIth III ever} thlllg marke i "late e1g'hteenth" In the fir'it place, It \\ a" a time of g-reat beauty In deSIgn, of U111ty, of resen e, of ehm111atlOn I hI, has come down to us as a tradItion and would be accepted wIthout proof even If proof we1e lack111g But we have abun-ant examples of the actual MCork of the day, countle"'i repro-ductlOns, and innumera'ble books on the sub] ed So III one way or another '\'.e are 111no danger of 101- gett111g what the men of that day did, nor of loslllg SH.;-ht of their place In the hIstory of desIgn Yet the first half ot thl S fasclllating century was almost as Important, a penod of great vanety in desIgn. of many men work111g 111mam ,eln" of old Ideas slowly glv111g vmv to ne\\ If les" u1l1fied than the latter half It was full of pIcturesque, Igor and 01 ,tlll ch sImplIcIty, partly Dutch, and partly a SUI' 1\ al of Jacohean tradltlOns whIch l111gered 111spIte of changed conclttlOn.., The perpetuatlOn of Dutch motives-such as the cabl1ole-leg and the web~foot~cont111ued untIl the fourth decade of the century The welb-foot or flat-foot \\ e find III mo~t 01 the fur111ture of Queen Anne's time. and a charm111g aJ]unl1 It IS to the desIgn111g of the day ChIppendale prefeJred the ball-and-claw foot and It IS seen 111most of hIS earlv chaIrs, also at times 111hIS late1 and elaborate "l1bbon bac1~~ He \\as one of the first Englt'ih fur111tlll e makel ~ to u-e the 'iquare leg, also one of the first to adopt the cun IniS 1 1 ench leg ,It the Lotll" XV penod, but he clung to the cabnole or band, leg 111It-, ,anous forms until about 1740 The trans1tlOn trom one style to another dUring thl'i century was gladual From the wan111g of the heavy oak types untIl the late phases of Hepplewh1te and Sheraton, chang-es "ere entirely logIcal vVe are apt to th111k of defin- He ~t, Ie", and pLnods as suddenly spnng111g mto eX1stence-c1eal cut and complete \ve thInk of the long GothIC epoch 111 England ,of the Enghhs Rena1ssacne, of Tudor and Jacdbean styles, of the bnef penod of WIlham and :V[ary, of the dozen \ ears of Queen Anne's reIgn and of the long GeorgIan span, and \\ e pIcture each as qUIte dIstinct VIe have one great a,h antage 0\ er the people who actually hved dUrIng those epoch~ \\ e hay e such a bIg perspective that we overlook the transItIon" Pel haps tIm, IS well A good deal of transItIOnal tur111ture 111U'ithay e been \e1Y ugly Much of it has perIshed and \\ e knO\\ It only by descnptlOn, or we 1111ag111eIt to ha'L been \Ye cannot tell how it will be wIth our own composIte age, bu t 111 the past the1 e has been a surVIval of the fittest 111 furnl-tUl e The tranSItIOnal GothIc and tradItIOnal RenaIssance pIeces are not nearly so numerous as pure iiipecimens. and so It IS \\ Ith Ehzabethan fur111ture, with Charles II pIeces, with Qeen Anne desl~ns, Wl1th examples of ChIppendale and hIS conte111poranes The experImental pIeces-the faIlures have a pparenti} dl ~appeared "\fodern fur111ture maker'i ha' e I en del eel marked assIstance 111 reprodus111g the best, the most ty plcal "peC1111e11'3 and thus perpetuating the g00d The \ allle of a correct rep1oductlOn both has an example of a style, and a" a "ell made pIece of work mU'it be conceded Pers0nally I do 110t 1m e a modern ChIppendale chaIr as I do an old one, but I hay e a great lIk111g for It, and a real admlratlOn for the man who made It Rep10ductlOn", are u'iually more succe'isful than adapta-tlOn~- falthful cople,", lather than free tran'ilatlOns Th1" IS pal tlcnlarl} true of mahoiSany rJe'ilgn'i The oak fU1111ture of 30.000 ----_. ---_._--------_._.~ Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures, Per Set SOc. t ...--_._--------------------------- Sheldon Steel Rack Vtses Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture •• E H SHELDON & CO CllIcaj{o 111 Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 2.5dozen Clamp Fixtures whIch we bought of you a lIttle over a year agoG are glVlng' excellent se-Vlce \i\ e are well satIsfied with them and shall be pleased to remember you whene\ er we want anythmg additional m thiS hne Yours truly SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO Sold on appro\ al and an uocon dltlOoal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We C;OllCltprIVIlege of sendmg samples and our complt'te catalogue E. H. SHELDON & CO. ~-----_._-~- 328 N. May St •• Chicago. ...I ---- ------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 IMMENSE INCREASE THE PAST SEASON has seen a very pleasing and very large increase in the business that has come to us from all parts of the country. and our friends tell us that no other manufacturer is so prompt in making ship-ments. We know how important it is that EVERY ORDER should have quick attention. It enables dealers to do a big business on a small stock, which means small expense and big profits. Then, too, no other line is made up of so many The design, construction and finish, combined, make the NORTHERN line the mo:,t popular in the country. It is our constant aim to make the kind of furni-ture that will move quickly, and July, 19 10, is going to surpass all prl!vt'ous efforts. visiting the furniture market this coming season should make a special effort to see the many new patterns offered. With our enormous line---the biggest in the world---you can always save money by making up a car. GRAND RAPIDS Leonard Building NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN CHICAGO 1300 Michigan Ave. THERE -~-- MUST BE A REASON the seventeenth century can somettmes be more freely in-trepreted, If there be sklll of hand, and taste and dlscnmma-hon back of the skill But WIth the furnIture of the succeed- Illg century, he IS wlse:-,t and most successful who does not alter a hne but reproduces as truthfully as IS pOSSIble ChIppendale's name stands first In the furmture makmg of hIS day-Ill fact It may be claImed that hIS name stll! 100m -. largest III the hst of cablllet makers of the elghteen~h century-however OUI personal preference" may be for the work of the later men If we beheve that he was well esta-bhsbed as early as 1720, we must accod hIm a promment ptlace m the early GeorgIan penod We know hIm best by hIS later work-that whIch was produced between 1740 and 1765, hut hIS early manner WIll always charm HIS bandy leg dnd fiddle hack chaIr" may never bnng what hIS famous rIbbon back" ,10, yet they have mfimte grace and if measured by "SImplICIty" are more to be deslfed. The fiddle back, lIke the bandy leg, IS pure Dutch, for Chlp,pendale m company WIth other furnIture makers of the Jay made a hberal use of what the WIllIam and Mary perIod has handed down to the Queen I\nne and wlhat the Queen ;\nne 111 turn had given to the GeorgIan Other mfluence-. shaped thl" famous deSIgner's early work, notalbly the tradItIons of Gnnhng Glblbons. Glb- QUICK SELLERS EVERY DEALER FOR DETROIT EXCLUSIVELY "Wanted Agency for Furniture to sell to Dealers." DETROIT MANUFACTURERS' AGENCY, 36 East Larned Street, Detroit, Mich. NEW YORK Furniture Exchange bans and \V ren belong to an earlier day but their influence wa" very marketl m the first quarter of the eighteenth cen-tury ChIppendale's carvlllg IS qUIte in the Glblbons manner and the same may be saId of GIbbs, Ware, Kent, and Swan, men less known than our cabmet maker of St Martin's Lane, but all deserving more credIt than has Ibeen doled out to them TheIr names, however, have not been kept alive by theIr work. Ch1ppendale was the fir"t Engiltsh furniture maker to have hIS name perpetuated by a style Celebrated designers had preceded hIm but theIr IJentlty IS submerged In that of theIr sovereIgn Ch~ppendale raised IllS cralft to such a point of excellence that hIS own name became assoCIated with it. VVTe seldom find hIS designs called Georgian, nor is that term often used m connectIon WIth the work of Sheraton or Hep-plewhlte The mdlvidual had greater nghts In this century. The men who worked under the Stuarts were not thus hon-ored The relgmng sovereign had all tlhe glory Charles II was not a great kIng-yet the beautiful furniture of his time wIll always bear his name vi\!l1liam and Mary will be remembered 111hke manner when the political significance of theIr jomt reign is qtllte forgotten The halif timlbered work dedIcated to Ehzabeth will keep that great queen's memory always green, and the rare and unique patterns in furniture and silver made in the first years of the eighteenth century WIll gIve lasting fame to Queen Anne So we honor Chip-pendale for hav111g enough indiVIduality to give h1s own name to hIS furniture and we are glad that the glory is not accorded to any of the Georges vVhat furnitUle of the eighteenth cenutry would have been if mahogany had been unknown is a difficult question (Cont111ued on Page 18) been demonstrated in this city. Here t!here was no difficulty In finding tenants for such a b'Uildling. There are many men, firms or corpora1Jions Wiho wish to engage in manufacturing but lack capitall with Wihich to build factories or buy power machinery They are glad to find quarters in an "omnibus" bUlldllOg. with lIgfut, heat and power fig<ured in witlh the rent, but as a rule they do not stay long in sutch quarters. Some succeed and are soon able to build for themselves; otthers faliI and are obliged to move out; thus causing frequent Clhanges which are expensive to all concerned. The worst dIfficulty however, is found in Ihigh insurance rates. Tlhe risk in 3. butlding occulpied by many manufacturers ,in different lines is much greater tihan lin a building used by a single concern. The first tenants find the rates quite reasonable, but they are raised on all for every additional tenant and by the time the Ibutldlng is all occupied the rates are practically prohibitive and in order to carry insurance tenants are obliged to find safer quarters Such, at least. has been the experience with the "omnibus" factory pllan in Grand Rapids. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .U.SCR'IOTION .1..0 IOERYEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES '2.00 IOERYEAR. SINOLE COIOIE. 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION O.... ICE. 10'-112 NO'UH DIVISION ST, G"ANO RAP"OS, MICH. A 5. WHIT!!:, MANAOINO EDITOR Entered ••• econd cia .. matter. July 5, 1999, at the post otlice at Grand Rapid., Mlchl,an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE.E. LEVY The expense of packing and moving a lot of household goods from one oity to anotther is often as great as the' alue of the same This statement is not true In e, ery Instance There are in every household articles that are not" orth mov-ing, at any cost, but to suoh articles there may be attached a sentimental interest of unmeasurable value to the owners When C A Adou of Mandel Brothers, ChIcago, several months ago. determined to move to San Francisco. he called in the warehouse and moving comiPan~es and received theIr esttimates of tthe cost of packing and moving his furntture from his home at Jackson park to a near-by freight depot The bidis presented were im,possible of consideration. Mr Adou had <lIbout determined to turn his good.; over to an auc-tioneer to /be sold, when "Pete" Johnson of the A J Johnson & Sons Furniture company, volunteered assistance The goods were packed and shipped from the "\';,arehouse of the Johnson bctony. A short time ago L J Hill of the Fanner Manufacturing company, who spends from eiglht to ten week! in Grand Rapids annually in attendance upon the exposition, decided that !he would have more time to devote to his family if he should take Ulp his resoidence in Grand Rapids He called in the agents of the packing and forwarding company. and when tiheir estimates of the cost of preparing his household gOOlc1sfor shipment and delivel1ing the same to a railroad had been submitted the lowest ibid was found to be $6200. The railroad charge for a car from Cleveland to Grand Rapid.; is $4000, and Mr. Hill wac; labout to decide to continue his residence in Oleve1and when he met an expert packer and fonwarder in Grand Rapids whom he dlspatohed to Cleveland to pack and slhlip his goods In most of the larger citiec; this business in handled by a community of warehousemen, and stiff prices are malintained Many vi"ible evidences attest their prosperity and the business is deserving the attention of jabbers of and retaJilers in householdi furnishings These merchants are experts in the Ihandling of such goods; in fact a consideralble number have found it profitable to carryon a p<licking and forwarding section in tlheir establishments Few extra men or teams are required and the business legitimate-ly belongs to men who can best handle it Those gentlemen of Salt Lake CIty. \\ ho are planning the erection of the "omnibuc;" factory bUIlding for accommo-dation of manufacturers with limlted capItal. as mentioned 10 the Weekly Arti"an of last Saturday, WIll probably be dic;- appointed in the practical appliicabion of their idea It is plausible in theory Ibut it does not work well III practice, as has A wnter for one of the local newsPfipers, in discussing the penod styles, says: While the different periods each ha' e their own striking characteristics, changes from one to the other were gradual. The changes from one to the next are progressive and evolutionary rather than radical. The designers 0{ those days had no idea probably that they were creating types and schools. They simply put into their work the best that was in them, aJ!1dnot until long years after were their productions collected, classified and labeled. In view of the past is it not reasonable to believe that long years hence stuJents of furniture art will be eagerly studying and classi-fying and picking out the best to use as models of the pro-ductions of Kendall, Somes. Raab, Ralph Widdicomb, Mar-gantine, New, Brower. Hompe, Hills and ouhers who have done so much to make Grand Rapids furniture so well known to the world? May there not some day be periods named for the master craftsmen of today just as we name periods for Sheraton and Chippendale and the rest? It could hardly be expected that the local writer would name all the local de- Slgners who have attained distinction in their profession in an item like the above and the failure to name Holt, Teal, Nash, Klmerly, Hahn, Hill, Jones, Chatfield, Tillotson and Balbach. \\ ac; clearly an oversight. Loc; Angeles is preparing to entertain in its own peculiar wav many hundreds of thousands of tourists during the coming winter, by the erection of new hotels and the en-largement of old ones. as a preliminary. The city has some-thing to offer the sojourner besides the pestiferous attention of c;peculators and promoters of various enterprises of ques-tionable value An attraction of magnificent scenery and the Moorish suggestion of the region and its antiquities, will suffice to command the attention of seekers for health and pleasure for all time. A manufacturer of furniture in Paris has produced a bed with a music box attached. Such a bed would not sell in the United States. What the people of this country need, mJre than aviators, or a new tariff bill, is a bed that will respond to the push of a button with "a hair of the dog," or a plenti-ful supply of ice water, as the case may require the morn-ing after. A manufacturer who has soLd his output £or the season attnbutes his success more to good sale5manship than to lUCk. WEEKLY AaTISAN l' DIVERSION FROM "SHOP TALK." An Interview With a Furniture Man Without Even Mentioning His Business. J. A. Conrey of the Conrey-Davis Manufacturing company, ShelbyvIlle, returned to the market Thursday morning, after spending a few days at the factory. "It is sticky hot down home," said he to the Weekly Artisan representative, "and I just 'received a card from the folks at Walloon lake, where we spend our summers, saying that it is cool up there, so cool in-deed that they are sitting by the fire evenings. I expect to go north in a day or two, but will return to Shelbyville soon Later in the season when the fishing gets better, I shall spend considerable time at our northern Michigan home. "I came north last night with a very CQngenial party of In-diana people, among them being Charles Major, the well known author of "\Vhen Knighthood Was in Flower," and other suc, cessful books and play". He was on his way to Mackinac island, where he will spend the summer at the Island Hotel with his wife. I know him very well, in fact we grew up to-gether from boyhood. He i's about 50 years old and well edu-cated, but up to 12 years ago, when his masterpiece came out, he was an unknown lawyer at Shelbyville, somewhat in the po-sition of Wendell Phillips at an earlier time, 'looking for clients who never came.' He was always scribbling, but merely as a pastime, and lacking in self c.onfidence that he would ever win succe'Ssin the field of letters. '\iVhen Knighthood Was in Flower' was written in the same manner, at idle moments and with no thought of fame. He thrust the manuscript of this story away in a dusty pigeon hole .of his desk, where it lay unmolested and forgotten for a year or more. One day a mutual friend of ours, who was in the law office with some idle time on his hands, was sent back to Major's library den t.o browse for a while and while there he dug up this neglected story. As he read on hour after hour in utter neglect of pa"sing time his fa'scination became complete and on completing hi" reading, he rushed back to Major, exclaiming: "You have comfort and ease for yourself during the rest of your days in this wonderful story. Come, let's go through it and get it ready for the publishers.'" "Mr. Major told me last evening that fully a million c.opies of this book have been sold. It has been translated into the Ger-man, Italian and French languages and while he has no copy-rights abroad the European publishers have paid him royalties right along. The bo.ok has made him independent for life as far as money is concerned. But he is still writing. He is a delightful companion, well read and full of interesting stories and information. Like other men of genius he has some peculi-anties, .one of these being his dreaming, or brown study moods, when he will pac:;shis wife or nearest friend" sometimes on the street without seeing them. He rides a bicycle a good deal and I have seen him e"cape senous injury only narrowly at times dur-ing these moods of abstraction He is c:;implythinking out his stories at such times, and concentration of mental power is al- 1110stcomplete." The Importance of Business Insurance. O. M. Crosby urges the grDwing importance of business insurance in an article telling of "its advantages and necessi-ties," published in the July issue of The Security Agent, in which he says: "N ational bank" and other money lenders are demanding that they be protected, as no matter how good their customer's credit may be so .long as he lives, the account would be in bad shape in case of his death. Whereas only two fire insurance policie~ in one hundred are ever paid, all life policies will be ... . .. T .F •• a •••• --_ ••••••• Pramke & Sievers Factory: Lincoln and Hastings Sts., Chicago. Our new line of and (niffOnlfDS marks a new era in our trade and is the best we ever produced. Send for prices, etc. Samples throughout the year, ht Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. In charge of the Chicago Distributing Co. .... .._. . --- .. paid-all must be. A well known firm, moving into a new and larger st.ore, required $35,000 more credit, but was plainly told that this could only be secured by the head of the firm having his life insured for $35,000. '\:Vhy so?' the borrower demanded. 'Simply because its repayment depends entirely upon your abil-ity- your life. We would be repaid if you live, but how would the amount be repaid if you die? IEven if your eState were good, it would take too long to settle after your death.' "Here is a corporation of say, $100,000 capital, whose suc-cess depends entirely upon the ability of the manager, president or treasurer. What would the stock be worth should he die, (and how great is the danger)? Beside'S, every corporation sh.ould provide a 'sinking fund', and there is no better way to invest this than in a life insurance policy. On a 20-year en-dowment plan-the $100,000 is paid in cash in 20 years or sooner should the insured die, when a new up-to-date plant may be needed. BeSIdes in tIme of financial stress, 60 to 80 per cent of the amount thus invested is avaIlable for pay rolls or f.or meeting bills, as so many discovered in the panic of 1907, when life insurance proved to be the only asset providing cur-rency at 5 per cent interest. "Again, here are two business men-partners in a store-investing say $5,000 each. How secure would be their financial future were ~<lchsecured in favor of the firm for $5,000, its cost of course, charged to the finn, as is the cost of their fire insur-ance. One of these two men will die first-one chance out of two will each have to win. In case of the death of either, the business would go on without a jolt, debts be paid and all be financially safe. "One of the first $1,000,000 policies written on a single life was paid on the death of the insured just after the second pre-mium was paid. Our greatest merchants, John Wanamaker & Sons, are today the heaviest insured of all men." -- ~ - ~~~~,------~~~~~~~~~~-- Factories: Milvtattkee, Wis.: Newark, N. J. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN II II I, _____________________________________________________________________________________ J Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturmg Trades Dep't. ~----------- WORK OF EARLY ENGLISH DESIGNERS- (ContInued from Page 15) to answer It lS ll11pos,',lble to Imag111e Chlppendale s Je-'H.;n, 111o3Jk-]ust as It IS lmposslble to COnCel\e 01 the hea\ \ funll-hue of the seventeenth century bemg executed 111 mahogam There se(nn to have been a specIal fitness, a specIal prO' 1- dence so to speak wlhlch gave to each pellOd In fur11lttll e makll1g the nght wood The vvood, ho\\ ever, probabh Je-term1l1ed the deSIgn, not the deSIgn the wood If Chlppen- .lale and hIS fellow craftsmen had had only oak to \" ark \\ Ith, they would ha\ e produced entllely ddterent schemes That they were tJ emendously ll1delbte.! to the mtroductlOn of ma-hogany they perhaps dJd not realIze, but we do and rate them accOl J1I1gly Oak, long the bone and smew of :EnglJ,',h furI1ltnre had been ,teadlly lOSIng favor, as the heavy Jacobean tyjWS \\Cle replaced by more graceful ones To V\hlham and \fary must be credlte.! the great dec1l11e 111the populanty of oak '1 he Dutch styles made fashlOna!jle by them could not be ("(e-cuted in such a sturdy med1l1m ~J arquetry an 1 \ eneer needed a phant wood, ancl gradually oak, whlch had "en cd the Enghsh fur11lture maker so faIthfully was set aSIde 111 favor of walnut The new wood \"a, ll1 general use 111 Queen Anne's tIme and most of the furnIture of her reIgn was made In It Walnut hel,llts own untJl the use of mahogam became general, and then for a long span of ) ear" the \\ eq IndIa \\ amI was far 111 the lead, not the onI) med1l1m, but by far the most hlghl} pn7ed By and tby walnut came m agall1 (our "<wn venerateJ walnut penod corrcspondmg to one phase of Vlctonan) then a mahogany revlval took place, neAt the re-cent oak Renals"ancc-ll1augurated by ml"S1On an:1 craft st\ Ies and Just at ,present the vaned ll1terest 111 many \\ooels the mahogany deslgn'3 return111g to the elgtheenth-century types and oak style" harkll1g back to the se\ enteenth \Ye have so much to chlo"e from that \\e do not dh"d\' choose \""'ely The matter I" not ,,0 SImple a" It \"as 11J the ,<ld days \gam m the tremendous gall1 we have made 111 rertam lIne" \\ e have lost in other, Allowlng a l;ood deal for the glamour that tl111e glves, It IS doubtful If 111 the t\'\ent}- secontI century, our own age WIll present that harmony and grace, that perfectIOn of detal1 whlch \'oe find 111 the eIgh-teenth century E\ en the costume" of the penod fit I11to the background and It seems to us hke a glgantJc stage sett1l1S; 111 whlch wh1te paneled wall" and mahogany ftIfl1lture, pow-del ed halr, brocade", and lace ruffles all make a consIstent pIcture It IS thIS harmony of \'oall treatment, costumes that charm'i us 111 all hIstone 'ityles teenth century the dark oak panehng seems fur11lture, and In the se\en-to be Just the needed bdckground f01 cturdy oak fur111ture and for the bnghter, 1110replcture"Ciue costumes ThIS b a more vlgorous penod of the \\ orld ~ hbtory It lack;;, the repose, the refinement, ;)f the eIghteenth century, but lt charms U:o \'\ Il1h It'3 own harm-on\ Turnl11g the J ears of the cdlendar back to the slAteenth century \\e fnd cruder furl1lture, CIuder walls, the furlllture ma"S1\ c, the \" dlls partIally paneled, anJ finished wllth tapes-tne"- 01 molded plaster-all Ibrave and strong in c'Olor, just the settl11g we Immedlately see for the heaVIly carved oak and for the brave apparel of the penoJ \Ve shudder to thll1k what conflIct would allse If the backgrounds were shIfted, lf the whIte paneled walls formed the settll1g for the dark oak, or If the refineJ mahogany ~were placed agamst the paneled oak Tn the "ame way the transposll1g of the co,tumes would mar the harm 111\ The gorgeous apparel of Ehzabeth's day \\ould be out of focus against the background of the Georgian penorl The dehcatc brocades an.l laces of the latter would be Ilst \\ Ith a dark oak setbll1g The JacO/bean costumes fit he"t theIr 0\\ n century, and so 111 each case the nght relatlOn 1" mall1tallled -'\ga 111 "t the \\hlte palne11l1~ of Chlppendale'" day hIS fur11lture founel a fitt1l1g place V\'hether of SImple or elabor-ate pattern hIS chaIrs and settees were seen at their best under these conelltlOns-a fact that many of us are slow to realize 111 the arrangement of olel mahogany furl11ture 111 our own houses The plac1l1g of old furl11ture 111 a moJern house IS a questIon by Itself and one outSIde the boundary hnes of thIS paper, but a plea mIght Ihe made for a less haphazard scheme than lS found 111 the average home '\mong the chaIrs and settees from the Martin Lane "ork-,hop there \\ ere at least SIX dIfferent styles-the early Dutch types \"lth ball-and-c1aw feet and pla1l1 splats, the ,ame WIth plerce.! splats These two dlstinct backs were also comb1l1ed WIth stralhgt leg, and later there wel e other van-atlOn" The curved leg at the LOlliS XV style was a favonte \\ Ith Chlppendale, but \\ as usually comlbll1eel w1th an eIab 'r-cIte back There \\ere -,evelal ch"tmct "n\hbon' styles, a rd~ther UI1COm1110none hav1l1g an 1I1tncate leaf pattern "carvEd \"lth the nhbons After 1740 the "GothIC mannel" and the "ChJne,e taste" fascmated ChIppendale, anJ albou1: 1750 he hecame eAtremely rococo The Enghsh cIeslgner IS not at hIS hest 111COpy111g the Frenchman, and Chlppenelale pleases us lea"t 111 hIS rococo furl11ture, nC'r do we l'lke hIm nearly so \\ ell 111 hI" eothlc and Ch1l1ese absurelltle'3 as in hIS earller an r1 "-1mpIer thll115s Th1s man S \\ ork may be cllVlded mto three pellOds, the f]1 ~t tram 1715 to 172~ the second or mIddle pefOld, 1725 to 1740, and the thIrd from 1740 to 1765 or thereabouts. at \\ hlch date the real Thomas Chlppendale IS belleved to have WEEKLY ARTISAN ceased wonk Anothel Thoma" ChlppenJale IS supposed to hay e worked at a later day, Ibut he seems to be a rather mythIcal person who IS entIrely neglected by most Englhh wnters on fur111ture makmg ChIppendale's great pomt of excellence was hIs ablhty to take the crude desIgns he founJ at hand and so Improve them that they took on new hfe and meanmg He was a past master at adaptmg, not so much an ongmator as a free dnd most successful translator ,of all that came to hIS hand That he has had more than hIS just reward is perhaps true That he dId not make or even deSIgn half the fur111ture beanng hIS name must also be conceded, but that he gave permanent fame to much that {would have penshed but for hIS mdefatlgable efforts must always be placed to the credIt of "1' ChIppen-dale of St Martm's Lane" He also paved the way for Shcarer, Heppllewlhlte, and Shemton Iwhom we secretly love much more, and often prefer to set up as our own household gods But m our veneratlOn for the reserve and dElIcacy of the cabmet work of the late eIghteenth century we must not overlook cel tam beauttful detatls whIch belong to the early part and whIch fur111ture maker-; of today are happIly reV1V-mg The straIght cor111ce such as IS shown on the ChIppen-dale ccubmet of our tllustratlOn IS one The broken pedIment of the desk, abo shown, IS another tylplcal motIf of the period and far more beautlfull than the scrolled or "swan top" so popular a few decades later These two specImens are ad- I111rable of theIr kmcl the cab111et an authentIC ChIppendale, the desk the work of a contemporary The chaIrs of our lll1btratlOn"- gl\ e an Idea of the "tyles m e, eryday use-the \Vmdsor made near the 1730 mark and the other" showmg Dutch and Spa111"h Influence \Vlth the exceptIOn of the cane ba111ster back, 111 a pIcture by Itself, and the \\ 11lJ,,01, the;,e chaIn, ale "tlOngly seventeenth cen-tury In feehng, and are 11lterest11lg examples of the very com-pO" lte deslgn11lg that eXIsted between 1700 and 1720 These old pIeces WIth theIr cunous feet mark the dn Idmg lme be-t\'. een the heavy oak patterns so long in favor and the very glaceful one of a later day, when underbraces dIsappeared and chaIrs stood on four strong but slender legs If It were pOSSIble to secure pIctures of the transItions m chaIr" from the tune of Charles II untIl the late ChIppen-dale penoJ, the number v.ould fill thIS magazIne SometIme, perhap;, ,;,ome one WIll wnte an Engtlsh chaIr hIstory, be-gm111ng WIth the seat used by the "Venerable Bede" whIch IS saId to be the oldest m the kIngdom, and endmg WIth the best modern deslg'ns The W mdsors would then have a chapter to them"elves, whIch they nchly deserve If ChIp-pendale seemed to have the hon's share of the record It WQuld be because he was m hIS own tIme, and IS still, the most famous of chaIr makers A Pro~perous Furniture Dealer. \!" lchola 0, G Vanderlmde, the Muskegon retall fur111ture dealer, was m Grand RapIds Tuesday, consulting WIth an archItect WIth reference to plans for the new store bU1ldmg wl11ch wII! be erected by hIm In that city Mr Vanderlmde has sold the store on Vvest Western avenue, whIch he has <'ccupled for a number of years, and IS to gIve pos<;ession Fchvary 15 next, and the ne" bU1lding WIll be ready for occupancy before that tIme It will be a brick and cement Hock structure, two stones anJ basement, with all the modern lmplovements ::\1r Vander1l11de wlI! occupy the basement and ground flo')r WIth hIS furmture s1>ore, and he WIll have plate gla~s fronts of generous dlmenslOns for wmdow dIsplays on t\\ () "tt eet"- '1 he upper floGr WIll be fitted up mto eIght sUItes of llV11lg rooms 19 SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. \Ve manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All \Vire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS, SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis ---T I 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN "'" .,.-------------_.._'--------------------- These Specialties are used all Over the World P.wer Feed Glue S~r.adin .. Maehine. Sin ..le. D.ubl. and Co.bi.ation. (P.tenled) (Size. 12 i•.t. 1I4 i. wide.) Veneer Preoae •. diHerent kind. and .ize.. (p.te.led) Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. iI I,,, I Hand Feed Gluein .. Maetili.. (P.teal penchn•. ) Man)" .t)"I•• and .ize •. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS N•. 20 Glu. Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 GI•• H.at.r. I • Buildin2s That Will Need Furniture. ResidLnces-Phi,ladelplhla. Pa -J S Cornel (Tal -ton street and Mernon road, $10,500 . John] Retlh, 7717 \ \ est-minister avelllue, $4,500, Vmcent O'Farrell, 1635 X orth Bivad street, $6.000; WIIlliiam R BrIcker, Landsdo\\ne avenue and Ftfty-fourth street, $21,000, S H Walsh, 1826 Pme c;treet, $5,500;; John L Brown, Bnoad ",trett and Champla'it a\ enue, $4,000; Henry J Blefgen. 2227 X orth Fifty-first 'itreet, $9.- 500; Dr. E L. Van Santo 129 South Thirteenth street, $(j,000 Kansas City, M0 -1\ L Pague, 1 \Vest Concercl 'itreet, $7,600; T J Dunseth, 3045 East Thirty-second street $3,000, Thomas Anello, 28 West Qumcy street, $3,500; Edith :VI Love, 3312 Prospeot avenue, $3,800; J ame'i 0 Connnr, 4307 Tihompson street, $6,000; E A Johnson, 326-8 Drookl) n street, $8000 St Loui'i, Mo -William Cuha, 2842 1\eosbo street. $9,- 000; Thomas Swantner, 3329 ::vrlchigan avemle, $6,000, \\' A Meinhart, 3201 North Second street, $7,600; Andre\\ \\'11- low, 3806 Labadie avenue $6,000. F C Shepard, 601; \Yest-minster place, $4,000; \Y A Bush, 2907 St LatllS a\ enue, $6,000; ELizabeth Bueltman, 4847 Branconier place, $4500, \V,jJJiam Peacock, 5787 ::\/[cPherson street. $7,000 Chicago-F Lane, 246-8 119th street, Pullman. $4,000, Charles Pocile, 2720 South Forty-firc;t court, $4,000. Joseph P Ryan, 2130 B'erwin avenue, $15,000, H S Sa"e 3640, SoutJh Central Park avenue, $12,000. IT Shcrec;e\\ C;K}, 3339 Dougl,as boulevard, $20,000, Henry G Hart, 4(j23 Vmcenne5 avenue, $35,000: Aaron Baldwin, 3142 Frankl111 boule\ al d, $5,000; BIshop of ChIcago, 5108 \\ a;;/h111~ton1Y1U!c\ ard $12,- 000, D ]\I[ Joslyn, 7121 South Park avenue, $5,000, J J Hill, 3926 Forty-eighth avenue, $6,000 Illidlanap0llis, Ind -Charlotte Hook, 910 East Ra\ mond street, $4,000; Thomas E Str111ger, 507 Eg'uene ~treet, $3,000, J J Schoenholt7, Emer'ion and Univer91t) "tt eets, $4,000; A A. Bowel s, TWlenty-fourta1 and Pear50n stl eet'i, $5,000, W. A. Waldorf, Wash111gton and Thlirty-first stleets, $5,300 NTHEEW~n"d'~''1PARLOR. ~"BEDr Need not be moved from the wall. Alway. ready WIt h bedding in place So ••mple, so easy. a child can operate it. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, we 8< Sedgwiek NEW YORK. Norman 8< Monator Denver, Col-George OlInger, Boulder and Sixteenth streets, $12,000, Mrs George H Campbelil, Clarkson and EIg'hth streets. $18,000, Mrs. H Moore, Alhilon street and T\\ ent} -fifth avenue, $3,500, J T Tltzell, Ra.ce street and Twenty-first avenue, $4,500; P E Roberts, Douglas and ElIot streets, $3,000. ::\1J1"aukee, Wis -George W Chandler, 298 Fifth avenue, $20,000. E A Bauer, 232 Pros.pect aVel1iue, $10,000; Mrs. "J\ Sch!11tz, Thlnty-first and Cheuy streets, $4,000; Mrs D. Doeppe, Robmc;on and Lmcdln streets, $4,600; Carl Weck-mieller, 731 T" ent)-slxth street. $5,000; Abram Gehrmg, Chestnut and llhlrty-second streets, $3,000 Pltt'ilburg, Pa -Elesio Ceinci, 4692 Laurel avenue, $4,- 000, :'Iark Fosler, 2911 Merwyn avenue. $3,500; Herbert LO\ e, PaCIfic and Termon avenue, $4,650; Mrs George B. Hill, Shady a\ enue and Hastings street, $10,500; C A Linn, 1180 \f elbourne sltreet, $4,000. Columbus, O-J. L Da\ie'3, 1414 Eastwood avenue, $4,- 000. R E Glbc;on, 488 Pennsylvama avenue, $3,500; Wilham H MIller, 82 Lynn street, $3,000; 1\1 rs C C Clark, 47 Lane a\ enue. $5,500, C E Farley, 133 Ohlttenden avenue, $5,500. Cincinnatl, 0 -Charles \Vlllters, Mc~il11ley avenue ani \\ erkroad, $6,000, Frank Gi'eser, R.iUnnymede avenue and IToffner street. $4,000, C M \"1estmeyer, 2706 Ravine street, $3 SOO, CatherIne :'1'e)er, Warsaw avenue and Parkson place, $;,000, Peter Gobrecht, State avenue and Dutton street, $6,- 000 Harr} :\bbott, 8CJ6Glenview avenue, $4,250 Ablanta, Ga-W C Harper, 52 \Vest Peachtree street, $8,500. ::\1r'3 1\1 P Fllod1l1g, 250 Myrtle street, $4,500; L F Chapman, 37-39 Lee sltreet. $5,500; C A She1verton, 505 Ponce de Leon avenue, $6,500, B ]\I[ Grant, 97 vVashmgton street, $5,000, Mrs S J \\Talker, 198 P1l1e street, $3,000; M D Ruff, 119 Sioubh VV,hltefoord street, $3,750; R H WIlliam-son, 139 ::\1yrtle '3treet. $4,000 Portland, Ore -P A. Carlander, 1216 Mallory avenue, $4,500, Thomac; Vigars, Ladd avenue, Central Park, $3,500, E \ HoIsington, 927 East TWlenty-sevenlth street, $5,000; Charles Za1l1l1ger, East Thirty-eighth and Tillamook streets, $3,500; S M DaviS, Halsey and Seveneenth streets, $4,200. Utlca, ~ Y -W H Pecklham, 63 Hobart street, $4,000; H emy A Luck, 93 MatJhews avenue, $3,200; \;If Jlli,am Parry, 85 Steuben c;treet. $4,700 Jack sanville, Fla -S H Etter, 347 Third street, $3,000; C E Hogg, Sixth and Walnut streets, $3,000 Peoria, Il1.-John E. Warner, 800 Butler street, $3,000; W'EEKLY W A. Hinkel, 1010 Parksidie drive, $5,000; H. G. Foster, 829 Dechman street, $3,200; H E. Prose, 907 McClure avenue, $3.500, Bertha D Warren, 147 Ayres avenue, $3,200 Oakland, Cal-Frank Tumon, Virginia street near Euclid avenue, $10,000; R II. McCarthy, Oxford and EUlllce streets, $4,000; C W Clark, 2849 Garber street, $4,670. Salt Lake CJty, Utah-C P. Margetts, 430 South First \Vest street, $3,000; H A Piper, 981 Brooks avenue ,$3,500; James Ingebretsen, 39 Wolcott avenue, $7,500. LOUIsvIlle, Ky -Henry M Johnson, 1617 Windsor place, $6.000; Mrs Josephine Abraham, 1536 Story avenue, $3,000 Ok!1ahoma CIty, Okla -F. S Keyser, 163 East Park place, $7,000; Henry Brewer, 2207 West Sixrteenth street, $3,000; E. D Davis, 1200 West T1hirteenth !Street, $3,000; Dr. J. Burns, 1012 West EIghteenth street, $3,500. RIchmond, Ind -Lizzie RJosa, 512 South D street, $4,- 000; H H. Toler, 1415 South B street, $3,000; E. G. Kemper, 301 W est Ma~n street, $3,750. Schenectadly, N. Y.- Jennie S Shter, 46 Rugby street, $4,000; Wilham Seipert, 1 WiIllett street, $3,000; Charles S Doyle, 40 Robinson street, $6,000. Dallas, Tex -Dr G M. Grigsby, 611 Elm street, $7,500; S G. Lett, Collett and Reiger avenues, $5,000; L. V. Meyelrs, Gi.llespie and Oak L'aiwn avenue, $3,800; E G. WIlson, 689 Park avenue, $3,500. Syracuse, N. Y.-c. W. Andrews, 206Highland avenue, $14,000; Mary L. J onquin, 214 Furman street, $5,000; George Farland, 324 Shonnard Sitreet, $5,500; Louis E. Bennett, 129 Pinnacle street, $4,000; M. L. Young, 413 West Lafayette avenue, $4,000. Ganton, O.-Wa1lter Andrews, 1133 North Market street, $3,300; Wilills Grant, 228 Woodland avenue, $3,000; Addie Wlherry, 627 Belleview avenue, $3,000. Lincoln, Keb -B. C. Cox, 1901 South Twenty-fift!h street, $3,000 ; John Erdman, 3078 U sltreet, $3,000; J. W. Barr, 3233 S street, $3,000; F. L. Herrick, 3428 P street, $3,000. Salina, Kan -Fred Hageman. $5,500; James A. Kimball, $6,000. Topeka, Kan -Mrs L. V Boyer, West and Twe1fth streets, $3,000; J. E K\lrkiplatrick, 1524 Boswell avenue, $3,250. Omaha, N ebr -C F Peterson, 3025 Cass avenue, $6,000; A W. MJ1ler, 3322 Larimore street, $3,000; Rosa Nash, 2232 South Thlrty-seCiOnd street, $7,000, Mrs. M. H. McKay, 5134 )Jorth Twenty-t'hlrd street, $3,000. Miscellaneous Buildings-The Gayety Theatre company IS buIldmg an addItion to a brkk hotel at 99 Clark street, ChIcago, to cost $80,000. llhe Mount Rose Baptists of Dal-las, Tex, are bUlldling a $12,000 dhuroh The Baptists of Kansas CIty, Mo , are bUlldmg the Kennington avenue church whioh is to cost $18,000. The Missouri Savmgs Bank of Kan-sas City, Mo, is erecting an office building at a cost of $22,- 000. 1Ihe Guarantee Trust and Banking company of Atlanta, Ga., are remodeLing the buildring at a cost of $12,000. J. F. Rodgers is building a $30,000 theatre on Gay street, Knoxville. Tenn. Trustees of the First Ohurch of Christ ScientJist, are building a ohurdh in Indianapolis to cost $45,000. The Ma-sonic Grand Lodge of Tennessee are remodeling the Ma-sonic Temple at Nashville at a cost of $35,000. The Imperial Hotel company ,has taken out a permit to build a hotel at 339 Peaahtree street, Atlanta. Ga., at a cost of $100.000. He is a mighty mean man who will snore in church, thereby keeping the rest of us awake. It is hard to feed a woman's vanity on bread and cheese and kisses. ARTISAN 21 r: . . .... .. Johnson Chair Co. 4401 to 4531 West North Ave., CHICAGO in the West. Makers of the BEST MEDIUM and HIGH GRADE line of CHAIRS Our new Catalogue Will be mailed to any responsible furniture dealer on request. It shows the latest patterns of the most seasonahle goods. t'"--- • Mechanics Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois Makers of FINE and MEDIUM BUFFET No 194 I• Dining and Library Furniture SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE. Our fullime on exhibit 3d floor. 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. .. _________________ 1 a tour ,.,tor} bL111dmg on the corner of Mam and Chlppe\\ a ,treets 1 he :\Ianetta (Oh1O) Chdlr company IS now occupymg ItS new office bl1lld111g on the corner of Sixth and Putnam streets It 1~ one of the finest bl1lld111gs 111the DId City, the ground floor be111g used for office,., and the upper floors for show rooms and ."torage 1he :\dshawaka (Ind) foldmg Carriage company has been placed 111the hands of Mark C Rasmussen and E ] Fo-gart) a~ receivers The actlOn was taken on the petitlOn of the I-{Ill ,Lmuiactur111g company of Anderson, Ind, whDse claims ,1111Ounto $2,302. rl he Rubel I url1ltUl e company, dealers, who started bus-mes,., m Omaha, Ne.br, have already found It necessary to enlarge their quarter'> They have '>ecured the second floor of an adl0111l11g bUlLI111g and Will use the space for the dls-pIa} of staves and ranges. SIX upholsterers employed by the NaperVille (Ill.) Lounge LOmpan} II ent on stnke and tned to 1l1duce others to go (Jut They \\ ere arrested Dn the charge of con3lplring to in-tnmdate other "orkmen and released on giv1l1g bonds of $1,- 000 each tor their appearance for tnal. The strike has been "ettleJ George \\ TraVIS of New York, for twenty-five years a manufacturel ot baby carnages at East Templeton, Mass, ha'> sold hiS East Templeton factory to "V A vVheeler and J H :\IcGowan, who Will run It under the name of V\'heeler & IIcGo\Van Both of the new propnetors have worked 111 the factory for years \\ 0 Cot\\ als, who has been manufacturing fihng cases and other office fixture,., in vVashmgtDn, D. c., has made a deal \\ hereby he \\ III comohc1ate hiS plant With that of the Greens-boro. ('\ C) Furmurte company, which has been idle for some time III Gotwals \\ 111 move to Greensboro and add oook ca,.,es ,llld cab1l1ets to hiS Ime of products The" orthern Casket company of Fond du Lac, Vhs , has elected the follo\\ mg officers for the ensumg year: Presl-drllt. \\ tlham IIauthe, v Ice pre-;ndent, J G LlVer' secrel ary anJ treasurer, H R Potter Dlrectors-WJ1ham Mauthe, j G- Ln er, H R Potter, Henry Boyle and Charles RueplY'~ 'I he company I,., m good condition and IS build1l1g a larf..c ad-dItion to the plant P J Donlln, for twenty-three years manager of Henry r '\ ebon"" furmture store 111 Burlington, Vt, has closed out the bU-,1l1e-,,, tal the 'Jelson estate and taken the posltlOn of heM! ~dle-'l11an f01 George A Hall, another furl1lture dealer if the ~al11e town The Nebon store was the oldest In the LIt), havmg been estabhsheJ g7 years ago Henry J Nel-son, a "on of the ong111al propnetor, died early in the spnng The fUlmture factory owned by the Cabmet Makers' L mun dt LI ansl 11le, Ind. which went mto the hands of a I ecen er and has been ldle for about three years, was ordered t) be sold at auctIOn recently, but no satisfactory blc1s were I ecelveJ X O\" the court has directed the recelver to sell it prn atel} and local capltahsts are e2Gpected to buy it and put It 111to operatlOn Isaac, Joseph D. and Henry LeWIS, who compose the firm of Isaac Le\\ls & Sons, formerly manufacturers of mirrors, etc, at Park avenue and 130th street, New York, have filed a volun-tary petitIOn m bankruptcy, With habihties scheduled at $189,- 162 and a~sets esilmated at $107,671. Theye were in the mirror bus111ess from 1885 unhl February, 1909, when they were 'Suc-ceeded h, a corporatIOn 111which they were the pnnclpal stock-holders MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS P. D. Campbell, undertaker, of Stockton, Cal, has sold out to Ford & Bridnoh. Lee & Thlvers, undertakers of Spnngfield, Ill, ha,e ~old out to George S Bergen. C Delury, furl1lture Jealer of Danbury, Ct , IS budd1l1g a large addltlon to hls store J H. Decker succeeds L Andel "on 111the I etad furmtUl e bus111ess at Callaway, Nebr. The Seneca Chair company of Kent, Oh1O, h'ls ll1crea~ed Ih capltal stock from $300,000 to $600,000 The Standard Furmture company, dealer,., at Denv er Lol are erect1l1g a warehouse at a cost of $12,300 C. Ludwig Bauman succeed~ Joseph Schreiber & Co. tur-mture dealers at Broadway and Putnam avenue, BroDkl} n :\ Y The Cream City Casket company, Mdwaukee, has a pel mlt to erect a new factory bUlld1l1g at an e,.,tlmated co,.,t ot $7,800 The Fenma Manufactunng compan}, orgamzed recenth at Hancock, Milch, Will manufdcture and sell inrmture The capItal stock of the company IS $50,000 The People's Furll1ture company and PI emlUm compan} of Tacoma, Wash, owned by \\ J anJ R :\1 'lontgomel\. has been lllcorporated Capital stock, $9,000 The Allen FurnIture company, dealers, ot Deland. I la , IS erect111g a handsome two story bnck bUlldmg on the ,.,Itt. ot the old store that they have occupied for }ealS Wesley Rh111ehart, for twenty -five year,., secretary and treasurer of the Wmdsor Fold111g Bed compam of ChICago died at his home in Oak Park on July 23, aged fiit, }ear~ The Standard Furmture and Carpet CDmpam of E.a,.,t St LoUls, Ill, has been ll1corporateJ by J o,.,eph G Danneman, Mamie Rung and H F Dnemeyel Capital ,.,tock, 812,000 The Crocker Chair company of Sheboygan. \\ b, ha,., pur chased 2,500 acres of hardwood hmber m HoughtDn count', Mich. The deeds, as filed, show a total comlderatlOn of $3cl-,- 658. John H. Grilk has purchased an ll1terc,.,t 111 the b11O>111eo,.t,,, the Dewend-Kuschman Furmture company, dealel s, of Ilohne, Ill, and the name has been changed to the Dev, end & Gllik cDmpany. The Marietta (OhIO) Chair company has opened salb room~ 111Kan"as City, Mo, 111 charge of Leon Kerus, "ho ha,., had several years expenence m the office and sales departmenb at the factory. An addition to the factO! y of the StaffDl d \l.11mfaLinrlllg company at lama, 1\1Ich , to be el ected soon, ,\ III conlam ~u,OOO square feet of floor space One hundred men ,\ 111 be added to the Dperatmg force later 111the year. George F D Pame, founder of the famous Pame furll1- ture house of Boston. dehvers illustrated lectures on tral els m the Onent m a church at Bosca\\en, a '\ew Hamp,.,lllre re-sort, where he IS spending the summer. The Bnstol County Fur111ture company, 1113tallment dealers of Taunton, Mass, have made an assignment Lla-blhtles, $31,000, assets, conslstlng largely of accounts, $50,- 000 Lack of ready cash IS given as the cau~e of the fadure D J McDonald, auditor of the Mercantile Club. St Louh, Mo, wlll re~lgn today and on Monday wIll become secretary of the W. E. Georgia Furmture company, who have estab1Jshed a furnIture department for the Barr Dry Good,., company of that city. The Frontier Furniture company, e"tablbhed SIX years ago, at 82 East Genessee street, Buffalo, NY, has secured larger and better quarter,., The} wdl mOve, 111October, to WEEKLY ARTISAN Brisk Demand for Summer Furniture. l\!(0re and more are the Amencans learmng the health value of outdoor lIfe The season IS at hand when every Jne who owns a porch makes It an outdoor lIvmg room, and IS the better a'i to 'ItalIty and nerves for It, and, mCldentally, as the hou'iewlfe knows, sa, es the mdoor furlllshmg", much wear anel tear So that the money spent m furlll"hmg the porch IS not an unnecessary extravagance, but IS m realIty a good mvestment The mcreaslllg demand for summer furmture IS lll",pllmg the productlOn of artlstJc bnds One of the most charm I'lg of the new effects thl'> season IS WIcker m a nut-brown filllsh I t IS a lovely soft yellOWIsh brown and shows to partJcular aelvantage m thIs delIcate lookmg though durable vvIckel All the necessary pIeces come WIth It, even the quamte",t Imaglllable of desks Another new effect IS the Imported, enameled cane furm-ture The effect IS that of delIcate on ental colonngs, though when the deSIgn IS stuched It IS found to be Jeft touches of red and green m geometncal deSIgns But the effect is nch though not heavy or oppressIve It furnIshes most artJstlcally K ew thIS year IS the fiber rush furlllture It is made of paper, but looks much lIke the cool restful prame grass furmture so popular III past seasons It IS saId to be dur-able So vaned and so beautJful are the covenngs thIS sea-son, that one can secure almost any shade de"'lred Vert green and many other tones of green, SIlver gray, whIte, red, nut 'brown, oak m the natural yellow tone and 1ll the deep nch .:vIb'>lOn brovv n-one has WIde chOlce As to pIeces, every need seems to have been thought of There are desks, magazmes and book racks 1ll many fOIms, the comfortable chaIse lounge, settees, nests of tea tables, tea vvagons on rub'ber tJred wheels, shIrtwaIst boxes, umbrella ", I t II I racks, chaIrs, and tables galore Partlcularly notlceable in all are the good 11l1es, the pleasmg artlstJc effects Every pIece IS tasteful and wJ11 be a decIded addltlOn to one's furn-l'ihmg", There seems to be none of the poor deslgnmg and ta wdrmess '>0 often found III furmture for other palts of the house Even the chJ1dren are planned for, and httle settees and chaIr" come for them f or the lawn are rustlc arbOl s of cedal, benche", sWlllgS Even Japanese tea houses and rustIc umbrellas, exact duplIcates, It IS said, of those m the royal gardens of Japan, are ready for tho:-.e who deSIre such useful ornaments for theIr lawns ~ othmg, It would seem, that can aJd to outdoor com-fort and enjoyment, eIther on porch or lawn, has been over- 110ked Leakages. The successful bu:-'llless man IS one who IS constantly l10kmg out for the leakages Many a company faded for the lack of an expert m lookmg after thlllgS going to waste' "Charley" Elmendorf, manager of the Malllstee Manufactur- 1l1g company, IS a man who has made it his business to stop the leaks wherever pOSSIble, and he IS a successful manufac-turer of furnllture Look over the "ad" of the Grand RapIds Veneer Works on another page of thIS Issue of the \Veekly Artl:-.an, and see what he W'ntes to the Mmneapoli" Furni-ture company, about drymg lumber Gardner, Mass, wJ11 lose over a hundred workmen, many of them WIth falmhes, by the movmg of the ChJ1dren's VehIcle company to Ea ct Templeton, :VIass 23 -------_. ----_. ---_._---_._-----------~----~---~.,. .., Efficiency=Simplicity=Low Cost I I, The Keynote of Successful Rug Rack Making EFFICIENCY of serVIce, SIMPLICITY of construction operation, combined with its extremely LOW COST, makes a satisfactory investment for all up-to-date Rug Departments. :I , I,t •• I I•• ,II II , II II ~_.----_._---------_._--- ------- .- - - - - ...._. .- - - ---------- .-- ....-- THE IMPROVED Send for our 16 page Catalog No 2 W. ~UABLE~ ~CK~ Inc. and the •Will Display Your Rugs to Perfection Constructed on common sense pnnclples No cumbersome framework. Always in plumb. Shows the whole rug, not a corner. Shows rugs quickly. Your customers do not have to wait. Salesmen can wait on more than one customer at a time. Your entire line of rugs shown In an attractive manner, with one half the labor of the old way, PRICES 10 Arms, holding 20 Rugs $250 per Arm. 20" " 40 " 2 40 " 40 80 2.30 60 120 215 100 200 .. 2.00 Terms: I per cent 10, net 30 days F. O. B. Factory. Prices are for rack complete. 303 East 47th Street, CHICAGO, ILL. I•• IIII I• II ,•• II• I,II II , I• WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent,] R Taylor. Lake Benton, Minn. Vice-PresIdent, D. R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn., Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn , Secretary, W. L. Grapp, ]anesvlJle, Mmn. EXECUTIVE COMMIT fEE-Chairman, Geo Klem, Mankato, MinD., 0 SImons. Glencoe, Mlnn; W. L Harns, Mmneapohs, Mtnn , C. Danielson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 158. SUGGESTIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE Bills That Will Be Introduced at the Next Session and Supported by the Mercantile Interests of the State. An Act to Tax the Occupation of, and to License Haw-kers, Peddllers and Transient Merchants and Defining said Occupations. Section I.-Every person traveling from house to house for the purpose of offering for sale any article of merchan-dise, either for immediate or future delivery or according to sample is hereby declared to be a !hawker and peddler. And every person. corporation or co-partners'hip, exposing and offering for sale at retail in any city or village in this state a stock of goods, wares and merchandise, is hereby declared to be a transient merchant. unless the carryIng on and maintain-ing of said business is in pursuance of an intention to main-tain and carryon the same therein permanently and when-ever it appears that any such stock of goods, wares and merchandise has been broug;ht to any such 'city or village by a person not a resident therein and that it IS claimed that such stock is to be closed out at reduced pnces, such facts shall be preSu,mptIve evidence that the person so offering said goods for sale does not intend to maintain a permanent location in said CIty or VIllage. Section 2.-N a person shall engage in or follow the busi-ness or occupation of a hawker or peddler until he shall have obtained a license from the state of Minnesota so to do; and for such license he shall pay mto the treasury of the state of Minnesota an annual fee and tax as follows: Where he shall use in such business or occupatIOn a wagon or other vehicle drawn by two or more horses, or other beasts of burden, or automobile or other vehicle or conveyance propelled by any mechanical power, the sum of fifty dollars; where he shall use in such business or occupation a wagon or other vehicle drawn by one horse or other beast of burden. the sum of twenty-five dollars; where he shall use in such business or occupation a push or hand cart, bicyde or other vehicle not drawn by horses, or other beast of burden. or propelled by any mechanical power, the sUm of ten dollars; and where he shall conduct such business on foot by means of pack, bas-ket or other means of carrying merohandise on foot, the sum of ten dollars. Section 3.-The application for a license as 'hawker and peddler shall be made in writing to the state auditor on blanks to be furnished! by him and upon the warrant of the state auditor shall pay the license fee required to the state treasurer who shall issue to the applicant his receipt there-for and upon the filing of such receipt with the secretary of state, that officer shall issue to the applIcant a license to engage in such occupation in the manner described in such receipt for a period of one year from t'he date of such license Section 4.-N a person. firm or corporation shall engage in or follow the business of a transient merchant as hereinbe-fore defined at any place in t!his state witJhout first obtainling a lIcense from the state of Minnesota. authorizing him so to do, and paying into the treasury of the state the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. ApplIcation for such license Slhall be made to the state auditor Upon blanks prepared by him, who shall issue his warrant to the state treasurer authorizing the payment to him of said sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, said treasurer shall issue his receipt tiherefor and up-on the filing of said receipt with the secretary of state said applicant shall be entitled to such license for the period elaps-ing from the date of suoh license until the first day of May next ensuing. Section S.-Na person, co-partnership firm or corporation shall carryon the business of transient merdhants in more than one place in this state at the same time. Section 6.-Nothing in this act contained shall be con-strued as prohibiting or in any way limiting or interfeTing with the right of any city, village or other municipal corpor-ation or governmental sub-division of the state to regulate or license tJhe carrying on within such municipality of the busi-ness of hawker and peddler or transient meflchant in any case where authority has been or shall hereafter be conferred up-on it so to do, but the requirements of this act shall be in addition thereto Section 7 -Any license issued pursuant to the terms of this act may be revoked by the secretary of state upon the conviction of any person to whom the same was issued, of any false or fraudulent representation or misrepresentation in the sale of any goods. wares or merchandise Or Uiponconviction of such person of the sale of any adulterated food. drink or drug, or the sale of any food deleterious to health; and the filing with the secretary of state of a certified copy of tihe final judgment of any court in which any such person may have been tried showing his conviction of such offense. shall be sufficient authority for the revocation of such license. Section B.-Every person and eadh member of any firm or co-partnership and each officer of any corporation engag-ing in or following the business of hawker. peddler or tran-sient merchant in this state without Ihaving first obtained a licerse as hereinbefore provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 9.-The proviSiions of this ad shall not apply ,to persons engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, nor to tihe sale of articles which at the time of such sale are the sub-jects of interstate or foreign commerce, nor to the salesmen of wholesale meflchants or manufacturers in selling to retail merchants nor to the solicitation by permanent merchants or their employes of orders from customers resident in the same or tihe adjoining county as such permanent merohant i nor to -- WEEKLY ARTISAN HARDWOOD LUMBER I,SA~~D} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY I ~ ~ ---------------------------~ any sale made by virtue of any Judgement, order or process of any court or upon the foreclosure of any mortgage or pur-suant to any law of this state or of the Umted States or in the enfor<:ement of any contnad r,ig1ht or lien, nor to the sale by any individual of any article grown, produced by him SectlOn 10 -This act shall take effect and be m force from and after its passage. Anti-Ff1audulent Check Bill. A Bill for an Act to Prohiib~t the Drawing of Checks, Drafts or Orders upon Banks or Bankmg Houses when tlhe Drawer has not Sufficient Funds Therem to Meet the Same and Provide Punishment for the VlOlation Thereof Be It enacted !by the legiislature of the state of Mmne-sota Any person who shall hereafter draw and utter a check or draft. or order upon a bank, banking !house. with which 25 or whom he has not, at the time, sufficient funds to meet the same, and shall thereby obtain from another, money, or other thtngs of value, or Induce such person to surrender or post-pone any remedy he may have agamst tfhe drawer. shall be gul1ty of a misdemeanor, and upon connctlOn shall be pun- Ished by fine or impnsonment m the discretion of the court; If the value of the property ob1named be less than twenty dol-lars. and be pumshed by a fine not exceedlllg one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceedmg tthirty days: Provided that If sUdh person shall deposit With the drawee of such paper wlthtn thirty days thereafter, funds suffiCient to meet the same. with all costs and interest, wihich may accrue, the prosecutlOn under this act shall be discontinued Anti-Ff1audulent "Ad" Bill. A Bill for an Act to Prohibit Fraudulent Advertising and Provide Punishment for tlhe VIOlation Thereof. Be It enacted by the legislature of the state of Minnesota: SectlOn 1-Any person who shall advertise, in his own name. or m the name of other persons. firm or pretended firm. assoclatlOn, corporatIOn or pretended corporation in any newspaper, pamphlet. Circular, bill-boards or souvenirs or other printed paper which are delivered or distributed and which shall mislead or deceive the pubhic Iby either descdption or pictures as to the quahty and worth of the goods, wares and merchandise or necessaries of life so advertised, shall upon conViction thereof be punlished tby a fine of not less than fifty or more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than thirty nor more than nmety days or by both 'Such fine and Impnsonment. SectlOn 2 -The provislOns of this act shall not apply to new1spapers, pamphlets. Circulars, or souvemrs which are at the time subjects of interstate or foreign commerce laws I• 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 uid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK ....,.. _. __ . .. .Everythlng m Pamt Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. Fillers that £111. Stams that sahs£y. ......-----------------------_._----------------------- -.. Minnesota Retail \-I-~AK CtliNA CLOSET 'rhiS sohd oak Chi na closet, has b-..v.. elod pia te ill Irror , ornamenPl carv. IngS, ben t glrlc;~ end"" fOUL ....J,rP}VPb adJu"jtab1f>-, carv-odcJawfeet quqr-tered f r, n t aud top Ha' a deep InstIl g firllsh Space delllE'S u ....to prebent a fuJl ex· pldnatlon, so ",e ba vo g 1 V P n tnH ill 0 s t pQrtlCular POUlts ('ome lO and we wIll be ahle 10 tell j ou more" bout It, and then you Will I-now the leal val"e of thIS p1ec\, He,,,ht 68 lOehes. "ldth dblOches Gannot he beat. 1'd 2d1 Umt wIth type 40e Cut without type 25c Pllce to membO! ~ FOB FactOl, $FMT FANCY OAK COMBINATION BOOKCASE • ThiS combinatIOn case ba~ quarter-ed oag front, fine golden filllSh , dou-ble strength bent Il'l ass door, one cabInet, one oval vaneered drawer, one desk with p,g-eon ·hole. and oak drawer, bas fancy carved to I' wIth French plate bev. eled mIrror, and one bra c k e t s HeIght 73 1 n S • wIdth 41 lns •• ) complete wIth castors. .lIas four ad. justable shelves Stuctly hIgh grade i qualIty; latest out Do not faIl to come In and see us before yO" buy, High val. Ue at a low price. F3·3J6 Umt with type 40c Cut without type 25c P'llca to members . . .. FOB Factory $M1'IP SOLID OAK SWELL FRONT DRESSER F lOY. RIi'3'16- Thl.- d_ 1.3 mad" !if ge~ml1B oals; ~ wit h qu....utered oak font It has two Jarga drawers and two small ones, all ill.fl,1.. l\ Ill.! tL.e MlaJJ<>1aefpentme front and fitted with ca.'.lt brags handlf'8 and Ircks T"u~dle.ill;er b 21 1n deep and 40 In wide T\.lp lIlin'or 's vel7 sh1Pely,. alld is 24"20 ins-hea, and 1$ witbout an equu] at the ptice 81 Pl ..4.. direct fn:.m fae tory lQ Indlana Ship. ping weight about 1 SO pounds Out specIal ~,,~ ~pr tl>is 1'1 ••• Montgomery Ward Puce FreIght . Setting up, etc Price at our store $1015 185 35 Umt wIth type, 40c Cut wIthout type, 25c PrICe to members . ...... . $F.IT Dealers' Association BULLETIN No. 157. RICH LOOKING OAK CHI~A CLOSET This 0 a k ChlDa Closet wIth quar-tpred "a k front; carved tOI\!:. with b e n t glass ends; straight g 1 ass door Has carved cIa W feet All carvmgs made by !land and are ra1s, ed maklDg a hand-some and rich 100klDg case. Ha" quartered fro n t and top FlDlsb- 3d In a deep, rlch lastmg golden gloss Do not fall to come and see us, and I anI sure you wlJl say yourselves that you are gettmg a most hand~ome and attractive article o for th" pnce Nom lookmg fi(lass plate lD back of top ll1lt \\ltll t\pe 40, Cut \\ Ithout t, pe 25c PIlLe tv ll1eInbel ~ FOB Factor, $MTAP BEI\T GLASS DOOR COrlBlNATION CASE <..!uartp.red 0 k front, deep, nch golrien fiflbh h ...nt gld"'~ duOl \\rll-l[ g de~k with cum partments, 0 n e ..."eH front and t"o str.,ght drdw er." carved fep,-, oruampnted carv· sd top "ltbFrp.nch plate bpve'ed mlr-r" r H€lght '3m, "ldth 41 Ill' It IS worth a thlld more than we a.k for It ) Coma In and look them over and I'm bnre jOU "Ill not go home Wi hout one Fd dd5 Lmt With npe 40c Cut without t:;pe L5c PI ICe to members FOB Factol, $M1' 1'1' $20.95 for thIS Massive High Grade :: lllace Sohd Oak SUITE-$20.95 ""ote the heavy Carv-lllg& and tull serpen-tllle shaped front dl eSSel I Made of sol- 14 oak $20.95 3.68 85 $25.48 Price at factorv Freight added Settlllg up etc IPnce onr store, Umt wIth type 40" Cut without type, 25c Price to members. . •. FOB Factory . ,$MIIP Advertising Helps. HIGH GRADE COLONIAL DE-I SIGNED CI-HNA CLOSET ( 1'J ThiS high gradl I chin 1closet. IS madb of 1]11,11 tered 0 a k I H a. q round i posts, Let! \ eel L 1<1W t f' e t, bl nt gl,,,, end. 'eat, lovely caned top ornament Ha~ qUJ,rteled oak cros., bJ,ud, no venperlllg Ha" blX ~belve", cl,nd I" vely well caster-ed ,It bottom ILl' pollbhedgoiden fin"h "'Iwlves arc J,d]l"table whIch" a very good ad' antage lor the houwwlfe I" of the l;.,test deSIgn and ,1 well constructed pIece of furnltule thtu MId thlu LIllt WIth type 40e (ut Without type 25c Price to members. . FOB Factory $MKKT SPLENDID OAK COMBINATION CASE Has double swell quartered fro.-.t, bent glass door; three swell front drawers, one wnt-mg desk WIth com-partments; orna· mental carved top wl~h two French pIa te beveled mIr-rors, one bracket, has a deep goldeu lastmg timsh and 1D all IS a pIece of furm ture tha t you may be proud of 10 YOur room. It IS made of the best grade, and IS very attractive All car'lmgs are raIsed, and of hand make wonld make a lovely pres-ent to your family. It IS an exceedmgly handsome case at the prlCe we llsk 75 lnS high, Width 39ms F3-329 Unit With type 40e. Cut WIthout type 25c Price to members. .. .... • .. $MK M1' FOB Factory. QUARTERED OAK SHAPED FRONT DRESSER T his M B 3 3 d~esser IS made of oak 10 gold-en fin-lsh and rIchly orna-mented WIt h car v-in g s has a shaped serp en-tIn e qua r-t e r sawed oak front 1 a l' g e cia W f a e t and double shaped top The top IS ornamented WIth rICh carvmgs and fitted WIth a 20 x 24 pattern plata mnror of ex-tra fine qualIty Umt wlth type. 40c Cut Without type, 25e. Price to members . .•.•. . • .•... $F.IP Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealer's Association. BULLETIN No. 159. Every dealer has the following proposition to contend with. Upon his ability to meet and overcome such competition (and make a profit at the same time) depends his future success as a merchaut. Did you ever stop and think what a reputation of Iueeting and beating this catalog competition would mean to you in your community if once firmly established? You can do it easily if you will adopt our Association policies. YOUR MONIY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO YOU FOR ANY GOODS NUT P£RfECTLY SATISFACTORY. 1lSlS UNEQUALED IN COMFORT AND DURABILITY. KIQH GRADE IN MAT£R 'Al WORKMANSK,jI AND f'NISK. Every detail In the construction oHbe inside aDdevery piece ot material Is the best tha~ can be produced In our Jeat~r rockers There are none better IWld.e and ~::al:e,Il&~a; ~g)~~~~d~~:~~r ~ec"t~e io~'&:,~ the tactory and each one Is ollered at a price !e8Sthan ~~rerd~~S e~~t1~t s:~~rtt:<a~tl JlIer~ti:I&~Y~ retund the purchase price together WIth all freight N~ IL3820 This fIlall.lIflceat Turkish Rocker """,bine. sym- charges IIyou are not p€rtectlysatlBlled. com~ort. It will m:lc~t?S~I~~~a~gll~,~nG~~I~':,~ ~~ei~t:~aJ:~ BEST QUALITY HI8H 8RADE LEATHER well furnished borne. It Is without doubt or question the most won- ill used In the c01lltrucUon of our leather rocker •• There tg~~J;.~i:.e~'lfJs'h~~~J'1't:Skct:~:eirn .. strictly Fe:t::~%%I~::::~~J~t:da'\;'~u:-Jh~=.1i:!tg:,a::;,\S: THE FRAME i. made of carefully seiected. we use to be the best and tlnest grade Gt genuine h'\ud th()f""gbly air seasoned nGrthern hulled No 1 leather Read wllat we say about the gradel hardwood. lrU&tanteed n<>t to wa.", .hrmk or check. of leather on page 7M. The joints ate mortised and joln<'d In a pelle<;t m,tnner. FABRtCORD LEATHER = The platform base Is attached to the upper Ira'llP • t 10btbat f"'be~s~ll bv, rtlargeI heavayls high carbon Be.semer steel COli spring-~ and Imitation leatber on PlIlle 754. a • a r ...O..- f~rt~~Y~'l.l::,c:h"otl~~? permitting an eM}. com- COLOROF LEATHER. ~!~~f:'1:'b~~I~'v~r~~ THE SPRINGS ~~;I~W~I~~t~~:ab~S~uf~~aRt:: ~he:~~aW~:~t~~nc~:;'~ ~e.::g:o~!:r :~ttP"'~~It~ither of and feited cottGI\. a tlllmg more tl.sllC cleaner and T E fRAMEWORK ed I tb t tieD ~rtJ~~Irngthq~aJrlt::ParehatZus Coobtn,;fl~druteraabillty and selHec:te:fd northern hardwood. It Is tohuorrnolaegab!IlIy~~a.i1rus:;e.assoneids THE COVERING l~at~h:r ~:stla'::'t.a~~for.f':.~rof:I~~ :;:g ~ib~~;I~ea~~rem:~~iJ~ ~~~\1't~ °ti~lthea~ je":~ lIesc,,"ed G~age 754. a Bp!~ndld substitute for ,renUlne IS used to !Usurc against breakage. ~thnUefatcnturdert,!>nwdeaWrhlnleghqUw'eUtl~sntU1uel1nnrYDe}gosretsUh~e"rravond1;(,1 THE SPRINGS ed' th buUdlft • ~~ ~ _ • ly d, 1'OU'ckerslDar emade f-romofth0.ltlleI'<ealhh.e-rb lTahIde da~nd hhealndd Intupttleadce bbaycksteaenld tuafrtminsg arbeut..toanr's,fulclyllnOc'Vlee<rt- nrb<>n steel. temp"red ar, • In GII. """ coated wltb JaPau enamel on the underside and cannot break loose Note tile th<>rougb.y hardened by baiung tG prevent ruatlng. The bot- 11\.. Iy ved arms. deep ru1ll.ed front, Wide back with tom parts of tile svnngs are ta8ten~d In the tlrmest and atrong- Idan~U~~;:ti's~~:~.""anJ3e~~~ y;.;'~'J1~e~~ estrtE:sl~~~ ~~n~~t~d~h~':::tf.:iW~~ JJ'.fb:m::dOfJ~6 t, e""",lned It and tested It if yOll are not rnor6 ~e lInest quallty hemp twine. We absolutely guaramee thai t an S8tlsOed that you have a Turkish rO~ker made of our sprmg work cannot be excelled In soltness. reeIllencyand better material, better workm,nsiue and more "om- la£tlng qualltles. ~1h*:rb~ee:~~da~r~M'o~':t~~gre ~~~I;il~~:r'iu,td v~~ TH E HANDSOME RUFFLES :~:I.::,~n:nT::'tM~ct:.~:n~;' may rcturn It to us and we will Immediately return special care being given to tbelr evenness and regularity. your money together with tbe freight chalg"". h k II t t_A he Itb I d 8wheI,r"oto. d IdWirle)ct utrnodms facPtroicrye near Chicago 5Sb1l3l1.p2m5g No• IL3820 TnnE fRINGE oufs"dIheGnb•t• "t qroucalit"yrs /IIIGus. Irale"a"ther. rew It Isa mexetra" O R L THER ROCKERS cmnbin" all'be n."",! fwd best Ideas in correct shape and deSIgn wide extends entIrely around the base ot the rocker. and In beauty 0 and they are as good .ns.de a. Ihey Io<>kouts,d" In tne makm~ dPBIgnand perfection of detail and Onlsh ~annot be eXCelled. of UPhOlstered furniture therp Is a !!reat O('£CEtunlty to sh~b.t and cheapen the p"'ts~t~h~a~t..::lt::::re::..:;c::.ov:;e::.:r:;<'d~u~p::.:. _ HANDSOME IN DESIGNt STRICTLY FIRST CLASS IN MATERIAL AND --WORKMANSHIP -- ",ou al0 mOl0 fOllunateh sItuated than the aver- '\Ill enable vou to meet the quotatlOns III the cat-help you find the way to meet and beat tIns com- We produce above thE' greater part of a page of Sears Roebuch & Co, s catalog Lnle,,;s age dealer you know the followmg rockers cannot be bought, m a Iegular way Rt such pnces as "logs and make a faIr profit Read carefully and note '-' hat our t,SsOClRllOn IS dorng for )OU to petitlOn Doto yoau fntzhzm1ek. for a moment that beacuse t11e pIlce,,; are low that our goods are plunder? We are all furmture dealers ourselves and know that anythng WIthout qualIty IS dear at any prlce and therefore, we have exacted qUality up to the very hmlt whIch WIll allow us to bnng these goods to you at a pnce that WIll enable you to overcome this competltlon. The best way of pro, mg thIS to your satlsfactlOn IS to order a few after whIch we know you WIll be WIth us m our endeavor to better our condItIons -- The above rocker furmshed to our members P 0 B Chicago F-17 Boston Leather M 348 Chase Leather lIP MTKT F17 M348 No 2 Leather F17 M348 No 1 Leather MKAP MOPT F 171'io.RF142Yo ThIS large lux-uriOUS rocker IS WIthout an V doubt the big· gest value that has been offer-ed. The seat IS :l2x22 mches measuremen t the extreme outSIde 1 s 26 Inches; the heIght of back from floor IS 42 mehes The back IS tufted sea t large and comforta ble supporte d by 0,1 tempered sprmg~, nchly ruffled on the ~Ideb and top of back and also the entIre front ThiS chaIr IS upholsted WIth the best '!tade of Chase or Boston leather, whICh lS a splendId substltue for genume leather and bas excellent wearing qnalItles Th1s l~ the best Tur1.1sh rocker th'lt can be had at thIS pnce. weIght about 103lbs Mount-ed on secunly con,tructed frame castors and fitted WIth an extr .. heavy 011 tempered rock er sprlllgs wh1ch gIves It a very comfortilble rock P nce at factory Pnce at store F17-- No 348-- Leather Turk- Ish rocker IS the cltmax of chaIr comfort I and the most depe nd able over-stuffed rocker to be had 42 lOche, hIgh, 21mches w1de between arms 3q lOches across the RrlU-S, back 1S 27 m, In height from the seat The spr ngs aTe cov ereid by best canvas and fine upholsterwg Best qnallt} of Cnase or Boston leather, a splpndId snb stltute for gf'nume leather, and na, wear-ingqualltles fully guaranteed by the mauu facturer Arms and back fully tufted sbapely curved arms. deep ruffled front '-'1de back With head pIllow and pxtended "de F1rmly constructed base WIth castors In front 011 tempered spnng Weight 4J Ibs F17 No 142 ThIS hIgh grade lrbrary or lrv mg room rocker ThIS sleepy bollow sbape W1th ItS soft luxunous tuft offers the most comfortable and restful seat The frame work IS either golden oak or mahogauy It 1S upholstered III genume leather or Bo.ton leather and ha. deep tufts fastened WIth ,teel tuftrug buttons 'Ihe pxtrf'me heIght of th,s chaIr IS 44 mches Weight 100 lbs We pnce thIS rocker m both geumne leath. er and III Boston leather, but would adVIse ~ettmg the genmne when pOSSIble Pnce at factory P nce a t store PrICe at factory PrlCe a t store Umt ",th type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c Prrce to members fob Chicago DUlt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c PrlCe to members fob ChIcago DUlt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c PIlce to our members fob ChIcago Boston Leather Chase Leather No 2 Leather No 1 Leather .FAP FIP MMPP MPTT Boston Leather . Chase Leathe1 No 2 Leather No 1 Leather lIP MTKT .. MKAP MOPT Boston Leather Chase Leather No 2 Leather. No 1 Leather. DIP FFP MMFP MPFP Send all orders to the Secretary. W. L. GRAPP. Janesville. Minn. 28 THE "NEED OF THE HOUR." WEEKLY ARTISAN Manufacturers Should Co-operate in the Matter of Credit and Collections. EdItor Weekly Artisan-To me, and to man) other"" It seems that the "need of the hour," among the furmture manu-facturers of the country, IS practical co-operatlOn through a central bureau or assocIatlOn Wh1le the Case Goods as-sOClatlOn, the Table assoclatlOn, and other a",sociatlOns, are accomplIshmg a lIttle, these movement~ are not broad enough and farreachmg to meet the demands of the ll1dustr) a" a whole. The manufacturing end of the inJustry has reached a greater stage of perfectlOn than the selhng end. and to the latter must be attntbuted the great weakness which confront-- the mdustry today Instead of QCCUpyIng the commandlllg posItion to whIch the manufacturer is entItled, he has per-m1tted himself to he domInated over by a class of buyers who are taking every advantage of hI:" weakness. "VhJ1e It'S true he Issues a regular price hst and pubhshes hIS terms, he has permItted both to be violated, untIl today a cla"" of buyers are springing up, who patrol the market and through the temptmg bait of large orders, buy then entll e need.., Ull-der the market value of the gooJs Purchases made at cut pnces permIt the buyer to under-sell, often to the injury of the dealer who 1S \\ IIlll1g to pay a faIr price for h1:o g-oods vYhere reg-ular terms are, sa\ SIxh days, many shrewd buyers are demanJll1g much longer tune and getting it, hence the manufacturer's cap1tal I'> tIed up wh11e the other fellow is domg- busll1ess on It The "need of the hour" demands a central bureau to care for the credit end of the industry and to conduct an educational campaign to create a spmt of co-operatlOn that will stand for a leg1timate profit on goods manufactured The various dIvI",ions of the fur11lture industry are so closely interwoven and the mterests of all are so nearly identIcal, It stands to reason that concerteJ actlOn could accomphsh re-sults, that no associatlOn of one department of th1:o great industry conld hope to reach Take the matter of credits See what could be accom-ph", hed WIth a central bureau, actl11g as a clearl11g hou"e, reCeIVll1g and dI~tributll1g reports from ancl to the manufac-turer~, shOWIng theIr experience 'o'dth accounts Today several commercial agenCIes are endea\ onng to supply thIS information, some of them trying to cOver all trades m the entire counby None of these agenCIes can gl\ e complete and reItable ll1formation as they have not the means to acqUlre 1t Through th1S system the manufacturers could create their own commercial reports, taken from actual trade ex-penence, anJ sUp'pIted to the central cleanng house for the !benefit of all, thus producIl1g a relIable record of paymg quahty Not only could the central bureau supply prompt and reliable reports, but It could handle all collectlOn" of slow accounts, and In fact through thIS centrallzed s) "tem bad accounts could be largely ehmmated. Let any manufacturer consult hIS books or look up the commercial reports and see the large number of \ ery "low accounts throughout the country Chron1c slow accounts are numerous and growmg more so, owmg to the lack of decislOn m extendmg cred1t Buyers who do not pay an account untIl forced to do so, or who pro\ e to be uncollect-able, live on in business year after year on the losses of the careless manufacturer The "need of the hour" demands co-operation through a .. .ea ••••••••••••••••••••• __ •••• __ 'M._" Table with top removed so as to show the Tyden Duo-Style Lock. Ask for the Tyden Lock It makes business for you When you buy pedestal dining tables ask your manufacturer for the Tyden Duo-Style Table Lock-there is no extra charge, Don't run the rIsk of losing sales because the lock is not on the dining table-you can have a completely eqUIpped table Just as well as not, and give your customers the most for their money. When you place your order for dining tables be sure it calls for Tyden Duo-Style Lock. ~ ...-. -_._._._~._----------~~.~I--- central bureau, backed by a umted manufacturers' associ-atIOn, whIch \\ ould weed out such losses and bring the fur111- ture mdustry, both manufacturing and retaIl, to a h1gher and better plane ONE OF THEM Will Try Small Cities First. "Yash111gton news reports announce that the government wIll establIsh postal sav111gs banks 111several cities on Oct 1 The 111dIcatlOns are that the system wIll be tned out in the beg111nmg at post offices of the second and third class rather than 111 tho~e of the first class, as origmally planned If the Iboard of trustees compose(\. of the postmaster-general, the attorney-general, secretary of the treasury, follows a recom-mendatlOn that is to be made by the departmental committee, a postal :"avmg'> bank w111 be estabhshecl in each of the 47 states at the outset. When the hoard of trustees met soon after Congress ad- Journed, it was announced that the new banking plan would not be in~talled untIl some time in the new year It was also tentatIvely ag-reed at the tIme that not more than a dozen banks should be put mto commIssion at the beginn111g-, and that offices of the first class should be tned for expenmental purposes The committee having the detaIls in hand has come to the conclusion that, oW111gto the small appropnation avaIlable, It would be better 1£ banks were introduced into the smaller offices first The belief is entertained that in the larger cItles depOSIts would pIle up more rapidly, thus 111- creasmg the cost of admmistratlOn There 1S a lIvely interest on the part of postmasters in the postal savings bank law. More than 300 of them have asked that theIr offices be deSIgnated to accept postal sa v- WEEKLY ARTISAN ings Nearly 644 national banks have requested that they be desIgnated as depositones of postal funds It IS the expectatIOn of the postal officIals that at the next session of Congress an adequate appropnatlon WIll be made that WIll msure the e'itabhshment of the banks wherever thel e may be a demand for them Rich Furnishings of a Doll House. The mO'it wonderful doll house m the world is on exhI-bItIOn in London It IS the work of Capt WIlkmson, Ulster Kmg at Arms, who is an expert m heraldry anJ the fine art'i The house IS about seven feet square and took about five years to complete The fUfmshmg is not yet fim"hed As far as pOSSIble only antique furmture, SIlver anJ chma are userl, and Capt Wdkm'ion and hIS WIfe, Lady Munel Her-bert, have collected all the contents. Everythmg IS Ldhputlan On the hall table hes a vIsItors' book the sIze of a postage stamp wIth Kmg Erl-ward's name mscnbed, for he and Queen Alexandna went to the house m 1908 In the dmmg room IS a Jacobean Ibuffet eight mches long and an oak table of correspondmg ~limen- 'ilOns A Georgan 'idver !beaker the 'i17e of a thImble l'i flanked by (hmmutlve Queen Anne candlestlck'i, and a 'idver gilt ~uremberg tankard, old Dutch cantlIe Sconce'i, Chlddmgfold and Venetian glasses, a Dresden coffe serVIce, SIlver salvers and tea and coffee urns are among the matchless cunO'iltles to be seen in the wee dinmg room The oak doors which separate the reception rooms were carved by Capt W Ilkm'3on The grand plano of satmwood and marquetry, i'3 the work of a Mr Putland It IS a perfe
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- 1910-07-30T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 30:57
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ( ) ! ~ , l ( GRAI'\1D Rf\PluS PUTILIC LIDR1RY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••JUNE 11. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... a... ..•.. .... . a.a ..... -_ ... sa •• _._._ •••••••••••••• aa ., LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I t I III Ij Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I Catalogues to Dealer. Ooly. and CHAMBER FURNITURE. ---- -------_. -_.-- ~_.------ ----------- ---_. _. _. ---- ._.._. At • _.. • ••• _ ---' Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Sli pper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Blrd's Eyf Maple Birch !Zuartfud Oak and Clr(aSSlan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, ]. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS ~ PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 50 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JUNE 11. 1910 Issued Weekly TRUE HISTORY OF COLONIAL FURNITURE How It Was Introduced and How It Has Been Made and Used in America. Virgima Robie in her book 'Hlstonc Styles m Furm-ture" discusses in a most interestmg- manner the furnIture of the vanous periods beginning- wIth that of the mIddle ages and continuing down to the present day The colomal style was the accepted one for two centune" from 1620 to 1820 The term "colonial furmture," used In Its lIteral sense m-cludes the household effects of the colomsts from the tIme of the settlement of Jamestown, untIl the war of the Revo-lutIOn This definition eliminates the work of the EnglIsh cabInetmakers of the late eighteenth century and the EmpIre style as well To limIt the adjectIve "colomal" to the furm-tUfe imported or made by the colomsts pnor to 1776, would dIsqualIfy more than half of the old mahogany 111thIs coun-try. The word has been in use So long-, 111ItS wIder sense, to include everything 111 furnIture from the earlIest posses"IOns of the Pilgrims, down to 1820, that It IS doubtful If the lIteral meaning is ever accepted The standards of the old world governed the Amencan furmture makers untIl 1830. The colonial period In fUrJutll1 e outlIved the colomal period 111history fifty years The first hundred years may be called the age of oak and the second the age of mahogany The fashIOn" 111furm-ture changed more slowly in New England than In the south which was in closer touch with England The Dutch in-fluence came WIth the reIgn of WIllIam of Orange and the Flemish and Spanish model" soon followed Col,mIal furmture had certa111 dlstmgUlshmg types in dIfferent part" of the country That of the PIlgnms dIffered from the colomsts m the south and each dIffered from that of the Dutch settler" The Huguenots in Canada had house-hold belongings dIffenng from the French 111LOUISIana The Quaker and SwedIsh settler" m Pennsylvama added stdl an-other element In dIfferent state', of the south there was less dIfference 111 colomal styles The early PIlgnms and Pun tans were too poor to pos-sess much more than the grim neceS<;Itles of lIfe compelled, and so theIr furmture consIsted of hIgh back settees, chairs, chests, pIam deal tables and an occasIOnal armchaIr The Mayflower furnIture was extremely meager. The Mayflower brought a number of pIeces now m PIlgnm Hall, Plymouth, on her fil st voyage and on later voyages brought more house-hold goods for the colomsts The matenals used were most-ly natIve wood", "uch as oak, walnut, ash, cherry, pIne, maple, bIrch, hIckory and cedar. ImporteJ furnIture was usually of oak Wainscot chairs were rare The leather chaIr wa'S of ItalIan OrIgIn I t was brought to England by the Dutch who obta111ed It from the FlemIsh It was sub-stantIally bUllt WIth turned legs and heavy underbraces The "turkey" chair was of lIghter constructIOn and so-called from the orIental fabrICS used In upholsterIng These three styles WIth the "turned" chaIr were mentlOned 111many wIlls and documents of that tIme. The wamscot table was used both as a d111ing table and a settle The settle was the most characterIstIc article of early New England furnIture The foreIgn article could not compare in beauty WIth that manufactured by New Eng-landers ThIS pIece of furnIture was popular for over a century. Originally It was a chest WIth a back to whIch side pIeces were added A moJIfication of the chest resulted 111 a low set of drawers At fir"t only one drawer was used, then others were added untIl It became a chest of drawers Other pIeces of furmture were evolved f{"om thIS, such as the high boy low boy, bureau and a desk The desks were first boxes called "WrItIng boxes," "desk boxes" and "paper boxes" The bed of the early days IS not often mentIOned. From the maSSIve designs In vogue in England and Holland, the colomal bed of the seventeenth century may be conjectured Few of these heavy structures were imported untIl after 1650. A plaIner piece of furnIture follOWIng 111general lInes the EnglIsh model, was made In the Plymouth and Bay col-onies at an early date The Dutch settlers m New Amster-dam used a built-in bedstead called a slaap-bauck ThIS was used for emergencie'S when unexpected guests appeared. In Oloff Van Cortlandt's house It was bUIlt In the sitting room behind a slidmg door whIch concealed It by day and whIch could be lowered at mght to form a shelf for the mattress. In many houses thIS simple contrIvance was the only prOVISIOn made for sleepmg The old Dutch slaap-bauck was the an-cestor of the modern foldmg bed. Southern manSIOns m the seventeenth century were rIch-ly furnIshed The lands passed from father to son and theIr wealth was so great that they lIved lIves of luxury and ease. Carved oak found m old southern manSIOns is very beautfuL FurnIture showed a great varIety of designs Seven k111ds of cupboards were listed m the Inventory of the Fitz-Hugh house. "Thousand legged" tables were m popular use. ThIS was a peculiarly constructed artIcle haVIng many leaves, whIch were supported by heaVIly braced legs In the south , WEEKLY ARTISAN IMMENSE INCREASE THE PAST SEASON has seen a very pleasing and very large increase 10 the business that has come to us from all parts of the country. this table bec,lme qmte an ornamental atta11 C::;mallcl tdhle~ were the 'foldmg' and 'dra\\mg-" ones. ,\hleh \\elC ~1J111Lll 11l de"lgn, but less 11eh1\ ca1 \ ed LIghter lleslg-n~ 1eplaced the hea\,) p1ece~ m the ~e\ e11- teenth ce11tm\ m hngland Chall" \\e1e btlllt on 111UIL g-raceful hnes. tables and cupboalCb \\ ere le~~ ma""n e and cumbersome fhe \e\\ Englandels fo11O\\cd the lead at then b1othel s aClOSS the sea and more gl aceful lme" and cle:ou:;ns became the rule In 1720 maho\:;a1T\ came mLo use 111 Iond011 Dr C1bhon an hnghsh ph) SlClan has long hcen Clechted 1\ 11h the 11111 () duet1011 of thIS \\ ood l"p to that time very little mahogan \ II;as 111 use m the col1111es Tt \\ a" not 11np01teel to thh countly to an, gleat extent until afte1 the \ eal 1/-1-0 \\ lt11 out mahoganv, the cahnolerlegged desk" and ~eCle·dlle" ca1 veel four post hed" and graceful fidelle hack Ch,lll" \\ {nl1d not ha, e reached "uch a degree of heauh ChaIt makm2, was 1evolutlOl11Zeel b, the mtroeluctlOn at thh \\ Joel Thc yea1 1760 l1larked another change 111 the 111st01\ at t1.11l1ltUlt makmg 111 the cdon1es [he great E11Zhsh cabll1etmake!" ChIppendale Hepple\\ h1te, Sheraton and othel s. e,el ted the strongest 1110uence on c\mencan fUl111tt11e manufactu1l112, Each one's deSign" had the11 penoel of populant\ After the \\ al of 1~12 1=<'ngh"h ,t\ le" ded111ed m fa\ r 1 and 11ance 'I;as the SOlllce of 111"pllatlOn of the \mellLan fUlniture l1lakel~ The EmpIre ],ecame the succeSSQ1 of the ~nghsh styles Thl \mellcans kept fl ee hOll1 some 01 the mcon~l ,11tles \\ l11ch mall ell the 0I1gll1als \ ',out 1830 the st)le hacllun Its CJUlse \\/1th the achent of black \\almlt mahogan\ was no longer popular and the al t of fUl111ture making ceaserJ to eXIst after t\\ 0 hundred ::-eal '., Toda\ the colomal st~ 1c has regamed It-, ele"el \ eel pla( e m ]Jopula! favor THERE MUST BE A REASON QUICK SELLERS and our friends tell us that no other manufacturer is so prompt III making ship-ments. We know how important it is that EVERY ORDER should have quick attention. It enables dealers to do a big business on a small stock, which means small expense and big profits. Then too, no other line is made up of so many The design, construction and finish, combined, make the NORTHERN line the most popular in the country. It is our constant aim to make the kind of furni-ture that will move quickly, and July, 1910, is going to surpass allpreviousdforts. visiting the furniture market this coming season should make a special effort to see the many new patterns offered. With our enormous line---the biggest in the world---you can always save money by making up a car. GRAND RAPIDS Leo n a r d B u ild in g NEW YORK Furniture Exchange NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN CHICAGO 1300 Michigan Ave. EVERY DEALER Hold Fast to a Good Thing. "c \ II al 'eal ago more or less, It matters not, the Royal I UlnltUle compam ])lought out a pUle colomal chamber "Ulte (1\ hethel 10rClgn 01 domestic m conceptlOn IS of no 1111])01 tance I 111 figured maho\:;an), put together so well and fiJJl~]lecl "0 attlclct1\ eh that a large number of d1scnml11atl11g hu\ el ~ at once eleuded that bus1l1e"s could not be done as It ~houlcl be clone, \\ Ithout 1t In the world of furnIture It IS a" much cl c1a"slc as Tennyson s poem:o 111 hterature, Chopm's noctUl ne" 111 mU~lL or II hbtler's pal11tmgs 111 art The sUIte has "old ea"J!, and afforded satisfactIOn to the maker, to the dealel antl to ~entlemen and ladles who have purchased It JOI the11 home'., It" manufacture wJ11 be contmued mc1efi- 1111ely WEEKLY ARTISAN The PROUDFIT P 8 BINDER for Blue Prints, Photos and PhotolIravures has been adopted with success by the following firms and many others WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRIAL AND BE COI\tVINCED') Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids GIand Rapids Brass Wks, Grand Rapids. Michigan Chair Co , Grand Rapld~ Grand Rapids Chair Co , 6rand Rapids Berkey & Gay FurnIture Co ,Grand Rapids Century Furniture Co Grand RaPids. Imperial Furniture Co , Grand RapIds. Royal Furniture Co , Grand Rapids. Phoenix Furniture Co , Grand Rapids 5 John D. Raab Chair Co, Grand Rapids HastlnOs Cabinet Co., HastlnOs, Mich. Barber Bros Chair Co , Hastings, Mlch Wolverine Mia Co, Detroit. The Sikes Co , Philadelphia, Pa The H Lauter Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. Langslow-Fowler Co., Rochester. N. Y Galiia Furniture Co., Gaillopolls. O. IF YOU WILL SEND US A SAMPLE SET Of" YOUR SLUE PRINTS WE WILL INSERT THEM )N ONE OF OUR COVERS AND SUBMIT fOR YOUR APPROVAL THE PROUDFIT LOOSE LEAF CO., 8 AND 10 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Products of the Markets in 1880. (From the Chicago Furniture Journal for September, 1880). Chicago contams a great many fur11lture factOlies 111whIch all grade'S of fur11ltl11e, from the cheape"t to thc most am])1- tIOUS are made The \ anety of style'S IS \ el y large and should be suffiCIent to aftord e\ el y retaIl store 111the CIty a dIve 1sIfied stock, but a stroll through the 1etaIl StOl es wIll reveal the s111gular fact that of the goods dhplayed a lalge part comes from dIstant points, and that almost 111vanably such good:::. are notIceable fOt their excellent deSIgn There are many parlor frame factones 111 ChIcago but the best pattern of frames used by upholsterers al e made 111MIlwaukee and New York (ThIS condItion no longer eXIsts -Fd ArtIsan) ChI cago has plenty of desk and center table makers, but GIlman, Tuttle & Co of Boston sell lots of goods 111 ChIcago, not-wlthstand111g the hIgh rates of freight In every store may be seen the fancy goods of Goff and Cooper of PhIladelphia, whIle the chamber ftll11lture of the Grand RapIds factories occupIes the places of honor The chamber SUIte makel s of ChIcago are scarcely represented In the retaIl stores by theIr best products In constructIon the better grades of ChIcago work IS fully equal to that of other CItIes Why IS it then that the best ChIcago wOlk finds but httle sale at home? The reason was SImply that m design It was ldmentably defiuent (It IS better now -Ed. ArtIsan) In the elements of beauty the deSIgners of other CItIes e\ mce knowledge and a clearer understandmg of dft and there-fore produce more salable goods It is but Just to the manu-facturers of ChIcago to say that they have not had the neces- 'iity for Improvement In deSIgn forced upon them, for such de'ilgns as they have been pleased to offer have found ready acceptance by the \ ast number of consumers who are uncntI-cal and wIll probably always remam so But the fact rema111S that thele IS a large and mcreasmg class that IS cllt1cal, that thIS class, year by year, dra \\ s to Itself more and mOl e of the wealthy and mtellIgent, and that tho manufactUIers who \\ould thrive must conSIder ItS want:::. Novelty alone IS not suffiCIent to secure approbatIOn. PO"ltIve ment must be present ;\nd that pOSItIve, ment WIll command success IS stnk111gly shown by the experience of the I manufacturers of flll11ltllle in Gland RapIds Only a few years I ago Grand RapIds was of no Importance as a fur111ture center I Only common goods were produced there and It \\ as on a par I WIth a dozen other western towns But It \vas one of the first to feel the Impulse of the awaken111g of art feelIng, not very I sensIbly perhdps, but WIth a clear perceptIOn of the fact that the publIc was beg111n111g to demand not only novelty but excellence To meet that publIc demand by constant advances to the advanced standard has been the con:::'Istent and steady endeavor of those finns whlch have In recent yealS raised themseh es from compal atlve u111mpOltance to the em111ent pO')ltIOn whIch they now OCCUP} The statement COllles to us that the \ alue of the fUll11ture manufactured m Grand RapIds thIS yedf wIll reach $3,000,000; that great addItIOns to some of the fdctolle:::. thel e are 111 CaUlse of erectIon, that at lea"t one of the factones gives employment to 600 men, and the place boasts the patronage of the best buyers in the country Aga111, \\ e ask why l'i thIS so ? Is not the ast011lSh111g success of Grand RapIds another e'(ample of the practIcal value of art apphed to mdustIy ? Bought to Fill a Special Order. J ] Grier and 1\[ E P dxton of Kansa" CIty, arrn ed 111 Crand RapIds on June 6 and placed an order for furnIture "peualtles They were accompal11cd by a dealel r-nO--YOUWANT I the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP I SKINS I Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 Lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ". - . - ._. - _. ----._-------- .... Manufacturers of , WEEKLY ARTISAN .-.. _-..------~------------------_.__._------._-~----__------~- "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 Fadories, 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, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ..I. FIRE PREVENTION IN NEW YORK. • Agitation by the Merchants' Association Promises to Prove Effective. The agltatlOn begun b} the Xe" York :-lerchant'" \'3:00- ClatlOn for better organIzatIOn WIthIn the fire department for fire prevention has brought about defi11lte actIon to that end by the ftre comnl1SSlOner He has dIrected one of the fire marshals to mvestigate the methods for fire prenntlOn hIther-to pursued by the fire department, to report upon theIr ade-quacy, and to make recommendatlOns for the orga11l7atlOn of an effectl\ e bureau of fire prevention The comml""lOner has further mVlted the co-operatIOn of the vanous public bodies whIch have mterested themselves m the matter. and has asked from them suggestIons and mformatlOn to aId him m hIS conclUSIOns For the purpose of learnmg theIr "Ie,," Lomnl1""lOner Waldo mVlted The 'Ylerchants' ASSOCIatIOn. the Chamber of Commerce, the New York Board of Fife Lndenvnters and the Retail Dry Goods ASSOCIatIOn to cOllfer ';\Ith hIm \lore than two Ihotlrb were bpent m dbcus"ln~ the \ anou" pha'3es of the subj ect . The commisslOner conceded that the authont} granted hIm by the eXlstmg cIty charter IS suHiclent to enable the ImmedIate orga11lzatlOn of an eftectl\ e bureau ot fire pre-ventIOn He expressed the opmion tllat eXIstIng Jetached bureaus, dealing WIth \ anous pl1a"e'3 of the general "nb]ect, should be concentrated and added to lIt order to prcl\ Ide an effectIve bureau He was further of the opl1l10n that "uch a bureau should have jurisdIction over ( ertam functlOns, not now under authority of the fire department, "uch a" mspec-tIon of electnc wlnng, superVISIOn of rubbIsh m tenement hou ,es and enforcement of certam detaIls now controlled by the bmldmg departmeflt The '3ubJect of compulsory installatIOn of automatic spnnklers, theIr connectlOn with hIgh pI essure street mains and theIr connnectlOn WIth them by eng-mes at fires was dis-cll"" eclm detatl The COmml"'3lOner was much unpressed WIth the repre:oentatlOn made to hIm on this pomt. It \\as further sugge'3ted that the cIty be divided into dlstncts and that provIsIon be made for adequate and con-stant inspectIOn of all premIses WIth a vIew to enforcement of eXlstmg laws and ordmances for protectIOn agamst fire, <is \\ ell as to afford the commissioner mformation upon which to eAerClse hI" PO\\ er to order addItIOnal appltances for ex-tmgulbhmg fires He asked and received suggestlonb of the delegates as to the clas,e" of btuldmgs m whIch automatIc sprinklers "hould be compul"only applied The commlbSlOner assured the representatlV es of the several organIzatIOns that he was thoroughly m '3)mpathy WIth theIr contentIOn that the pre- \ entlOn of fires should be made one of the most Important purposes of the fire department, and that every effort would be made to effect the necessary orga11lzation for that pur-po" e The deslfablltty and the beneficial results of enforcing compul"ory 1I1stallatlOn of automatic spnnklers m hazardous nsks, has recently been stnkmgly Illustrated The A.,,,oclatlOn had urged upon the former C0mmb- "lOner the compulsory mstallatlOn of automatIc spnnklers m ten deSIgnated premIse" Prelt111mary steps for compelhng "uch 1l1stallatlOn were taken m all the ten cases, but fGr some reason actIOn was not pushed to a conclUSIon 111 eIght of them, and but two \\ ere finally eqUlpped -------_._-_. -- -- ------- --------~-------------_._---------_._------_._---- ... Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" r c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. • •• .. -. II Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. • •• 4 P¥l ., •• , ••••• - ••••••• - . .. ........ -._- - .... WEEKLY AR1ISAN 7 ~ _. - Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Uphol.stered Furniture IIII _4 for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM The two nsks equIpped wIth automatic sprinklers under compulsIOn exerted by the fire commissioner and corporation counsel were both devoted to the stonng, sorting and baling of loose paper stock. In the bUlldrng 352-354 Water street, a fire occured Sunday, about 7 p. m, when the building was unoccupIed Nrne sprinkler heads opened and exting-uished the fire, WIth lrttle or no damag-e to the building, and with less than $1,000 damage to the stock In the case of 31 Vandewater street a fire occurred Tues-da} at 11 50 pm, when the bUlldrng was also unoccupied. The fire ;,tarted on the second floor in a pile of paper stock "W hlch has been sorted and was awaiting bahng. Three spnnkler heads opened and extinguished the fire with a total loss of les"> than $1,000 Both of these fires would have probably been senous had they n;)t been extinguished 111 theIr incipIency; and in the absence of automatIc protection the adj oining property would have been subject to rncreased danger and an addItional bur-den of hIgher rnsurance I ate,,> The pOSItIOn of the Merchants' ASSOCIatIOn as to more effective mea">ures for fire preventIOn has attracted much f ...... ,..------------~ of I I~-- ... --_._.__. ____ 4 favorable attention, and a number of letters containing valu-able suggestions have been received These, however, relate mainly to structural Idetarls, which are governekl by the building code, and cannot be controlled by such a bureau of fire prevention as is proposed, although the bureau could doubtless do valuable work in the way of inspection of some of those details, to prevent violations after buildings have been approved by the bureau of buildings. One suggestion made, however, deserves consideration. It is to the effect that automatic sprinklers, despite the heavy first cost, would be much more generally installed if the insurance companies would make more liberal concessions in artes in recognrtion of the reductIOn in risk. The Mer-chant's association insurance committee has not yet consid-ered this phase of the subject. On this point a member of the association recently made a significant statement. His sprinkler equipment cost about $5,000 The reduction in insurance premiullis on bUlldrng and contents was sufficient to pay for the equipment within three years The great economy thereafter by reason of continued lower insurance .-.-..~----_._----_. rates IS self-evident _. _. _._---~---- .-----_._----_.--_._-- ---_._----- _.--- . .- - ..- _. - -..-.., BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in atid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. Everythmg m Pamt Specialties and WoodFinishing materials. Flllers that fill. Stains that satisfy. .....................• _-_. .._. .. r s WEEKLY ARTISAN ...--------------_._--------------------- Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. Sheldon Steel Rack Vises --~, \II I t I II• I I I IIII I E. H. SHELDON & CO. : 328 N. May St .• Chicago II -----_._--_. _.-------~ " - - Sold on appro". '11 and an uncon (iltIOtldl mone\ hack guarantee Pallent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON 8.. CO Ch,caRo III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the)) dozen Clamp Fixture,,; \\ Inch we bought of you a lIttle over a )ear ago are gIVIng- excellent se \-lee \\ e 'He well satisfied wIth them and shall be pleased to rem~mber )'Oll \\ he~le\ el we \\ allt anythmg addltlOnallll this hne YOUI" truh SlOUXCity, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS Guaranteed Indestructible. \\. e sohclt pnvilege of sendmg sample~ and our compltte catalogue /0.----------- ------.----------~---- ----- -------_._-- PROPOSALS ~T ANTI~D. lhelt appcal 111tl11n one) ear due to defectJve matertal or \\ orLnansh1p 111U"t be 1eplaced b} the contractOl w1thout c '-pen:oe to the 0\1 ncr '\ 11111tprtce pel seat must be ~lvcn t01 each -,t,lc of seat ca11ed f01 as a basIs for addltlOns and c1eductlOn-, flom the nnmbe1 of seah md1cated on the d1avv- Specifications for the Seating of the Auditorium at Wichita, Kansas. Richards, McCarty & Bulford. Architects, Columbus, O. (Send D1c1" to C1tl CleJ1~ \\ 1chlta The contracto1 tor thc"e scats 111u"t check up the nHd~- urements at the b1111c1111g and 1'nu:ot c1eln er the~c ~eat-, at 1.\1C bl11ldl11g and put them 111 place, d01ng am refllll ~h111 is that may be neCeS"al) and c1ea111ng them oft and lca, mg them complete m elel} 1c"pect and1cach f01 n~c lhc~c ~Cdt~ must be guaranteed as to meltcllal and fil11,h and am (lLlcll~ lllgS The outcl 10\1 ot seats for the second floor and bellcony \\ 111"et on "ood pIa H01111s furl11shed and put 111place by the 0" ner ESTABl,.IS,",ED 187C; B'l' E oJ ... EHMANN 011 stoves TBEFAIR Wall paper ~"h .. $10 95 blue flame 011 4. sacrflcl.- ollg cook stoves large shelf ~I 0 "() on Ia.rge top large powerful " burneNr no odor or 'loot perfect eombUllt on guar :~"'d 5.95 " 18c STATE', ADAMS AND DEARBOR,. STFlE£T3 TELEPHONE PRIVATE EXClHANOil3 T-H--E "A B- C" OF FURNITURE ECONOMY 15 taught at The fatrtn that satisfactory way which saves every householder money wtthout the ~acr1fice of quality While we cut the prJces~ Quahty 15 malntaln~d at the very hlQhest Read then act upon these offer~ of savml1s ARM OHAIRS,quar. ~ J~~~~~~~r~~\~e~'~~~ ~ SINITARY OOUORES, tered oak leath<;.t ., II s tee 1 seat regular3 94 the regular 144 $3'02·24.~ :106 00value -'- :Io22J\alue -'- \11 -- BUScoSloniBalEstDyleS~, KITOIHIE'NTeSA,,B,h.l~ttena TA~I~~C~~~~~~~ rn; ~ $20008.94 pie $53.94 >2JO \41 1.44 value -- vdlue -- LlL for onh -- CR1IRS,mm",mm, ~ LIBRARY TA.~ ~PHOLSTERED~ room genume leath BLES. mal)o.:an) 0 S l EE PI HOllOW h,. $3s5~t:~f2.24 polhhed9 94 CHAIRS, 844 l' ----:J $15\al -'- 'I] 0 I '-- pi DRESSERS' I"g'i MUSIO OABINETS, VENEER SEATPAR·I!l mIrror, oak or ffid. oak or mahoganyQ1 LOR ROCKERS, hogany 14 64 0 $600 val 4.84 ~rJ,0 \ ,Iue 3.74 $22 SOya) _. _ 0 0 ue at only -- ENGLISH FIRESIDE~ N1PBLEBR W1RBR OOES'a ROC I ER S, chase BEDS, oakor 111. ~ solid 0" £10 00 ~I hOl{an) $2000 I leather$9506.84 ~~l 14.44 ~oa:ue 6.74.~ values only -- FAleY P1RLB R1J,k OF!J~~,,~,~~Xm\i ROCKERS, oak or OUEESLILNEMIIOVTRlLR·IS~k~_1 :;'a~~~gan$y53.64 t$o5m5o0rrovwalue3.--64 CHAIRS,6.74 '----'1 GOLIIEII B1I ORIN:n pEDESTALC: YOUTHS' DININO~ OLOSETS, pol 1.1.18 TABlES. ~~ OHAIRS. wvod Ishd,$225017·44 o'a"k""22"'10644 • ,ea "0 1.74 value a1 -- III eat -- \1.1ue -- HIGH OHAIRS, ~ 11RT. BIl P1R·'jfj, closely woven LOR TABLES, zmBnP CABINEITIS,T,OohNd ~tl :~e$250 1.64 pohshed. 2 74 oak :102016.441 • $350 val -'- \alue --~~ rflBEDS, V"I~IR~,~~~~&~NU~NBR.E,OS of """,. ms MartIn finish lar bargams lack of $60(l 3.84 space docs nOl perm lt value -- at lowest pnces to menuon Concourse Seats. '1 hc -,c,lb 111the concomsc OJ ground flool l11s1dc the ltne o[ bo\.e~ ,,111 be foldlllg ~eat, c,llmla1 to No 500111 sectlOns of lll1CC "0 t11<ltthey lall he stowed awav nnder thc ho"cs '\11 ~Cdt~ to hell c bat 1acJ.,,~ The1e \\ 111he app10'-1ll1atelv 1<)00 (It thc"c "cah Second Floor and Balcony Seats ~11 (Jlhel --cah, that h thooc belck of the bo\.e" and f01 the bakon\ ,,111 be I enee1e'l lha1rs eqnal to 144 m gem.lell dppCarelnct and "OJ ]"mansh1p Thesc seat~ to ha, e hat 1dlk" and to hl tbtened to the fimshed cement floOt'" vdth expan"lOn ])o]ts Thc contractOJ f01 the seato to clnll holes 101 the"e bolt-, and set them 111place and felstcn the seab elO'\ n [,loOl __l11U"t he p10perly 1epa1red whe1 e the C(menl 1-- hlOkcn and h not cO\ucd by the ",tanda1d \\ he1c "ood plauO! ms a1 e lllc1JlatE d 101 the onte1 row "cats wIll be se-em ed to the" ood floor WIth screw", There w111 hc a ppl 0:h1- matcl) 2,000 of these seats In addlt10n to the seats above specIfied submIt a propos 1- 110n on applO:h1matel} 1000 challs slml1ar to thc 1\0 3 chaIr l11anufactm cd bv The '\ H Andrcws Co These cha1rs are made of heal} "lle and have perforated five ply wood seats State pnce of each for these chan s f01 adJlhons or deductlOns NOTE ~11 lac,'111g" mnst be smooth and substant1al and fi11l~hed 111 black \11 \ en eel 0 to be five ply put tog-ethel 111the ver) he"t manne1 a11d ,111vvork to be fim~hed \\lth a coat of "henac and t\IO coats of thc be",t I arm sh flowed on All v\ 0 ld \\ )1k w111be bnch Pell he" ~ubmlUllH:; figurh un t1l1S IV ulk 111U"t ~Uh1111t completc spec1ficatlOns f01 thell seat" and samplc" of thc chEfel ent "t} lc" of seat", bId upon The 0\\ nel re",en es the llght to a"a1d thc contract on the 111ent of the goods rega1d-le~ s of the pllCC The numbers glVen abOve refer to the catalog of the A. II Anclt c" '0 company. Ch1cago, III Reproduced From a OhlCagoPaper at June 7 Nelson and Buck. F \ \el--on of the Jamesto\\n (~ Y) Loung-c company, and \\ aldo [' Buck, who handles a numbcr of ltne" on com- 111l'SlO11,"ere 1ll Grand Rap1ds on ]nne 8, nMk111g preparatlOns t01 the mId-summer exposltJon WEEKLY ARTISAN Automatic Saddle Seat Machine. ThIS automatic machine made by the Tannewitz Worb, Grand RapIds, Mich, IS desIgned and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing saddle seats for chairs or closets at an absolute minimum of cost. The operation is sImIlar to that of a carving machine of the copYing type. The movable table has mounteJ on one sIde a pattern seat and on the other 'ilde a blank seat to be carved. The follower roller and the cutter head are suspended respectively above these t\\O seats The frame whIch supports the follower roller and cutter head raIses and lowers In conformity wIth the pattern seat as the follower roller travels over it. Thus as the table operates back and forth feeding along at the same tune at anyone of three feeds and three speeds the blank seat IS gradually carved out exactly lIke the pattern When the seat IS filllshed the machine stops automatically. The cost of producing a saddle seat on thIS automatIc machine IS but a fraction of a cent. The average "Ized seat take'S about 5Y; minutes to complete. The workman's time for replaCing the filllshed seat WIth a fresh blank is Y; minute whIch IS ample Thus to filllSh a seat take" SIX minutes whIch IS 10 seats an hour or 100 m a day of ten hours 1'he workman should be employed at his bendh or another machine close at hand Junng the 5Y; minutes In \\ hlch the seat machine is cutting He can thus tend the seat machine properly and devote hIs spare time to other work If thIS workman spends Yz mmute on each seat, the total time gIven to the seat machine for one day would be fifty minutes If the operatOl recnves $200 per day, this makes the actual cost for labor less than 1-5 cent per seat. The most rapId seat planing machine on the market can-not produce seats cheaper than this. With the seat planing machine every time it IS desired to produce a new style seat lt IS reqUIred to purchase new expensive knives WIth our machme It IS only necessary to furlllsh a new inexpensIve wood pattern. WIth the seat planing machine It IS only possIble to ploduce plain shallow seats, whIle WIthout machme any style seat can be produced. A seat produced on our machine IS left by the cutter suffi-cIently smooth to be eaSIly sanded. Send us a pattern seat and two blanks VVe wIll then cut a seat of your pattern and return it to you for your inspectIOn Vve know you wIll be favorably Impressed. WeIght, 1800 lbs Crated, 200 lbs T. & L 10 x 6 Countershaft, 950 revolutIOns per minute ------------ ------.-.-.-.-.-..-.-•-•-.--_--------_-.-.~, Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 We tal:::epleasure ID mtroduclng to you our new Saw Table The base is BHUllar to what we have been u,mg on our No 4 Saw Table, only we have made II larger on the 800r The ratslna and lowenna deVice 1& the same al we have on the No 4 MachlDe, With lever and pitman The lever IS made of steel The arbor" made 01 I %-mch .teel, runmng in lonll nnll oumll box.. , and IS for I-lOch hole 10 .aw. We furm.h one l4-.ach .aw on each maclllne It wul carry a 16-mch saw If dellred Table IS made WIth a center .hde 12 mche. WIde WIth a movement of 21 lOch.. It has a lockmR deVice to hold It when you do not Wish to use It. and has a detachable mitre auage to be used when u.mg the .hdmll-table. Can cross-cut With table extended to 24 mche., .lso op up to 24 Inche. WIde Table ha. a removable throat that can be taken out when U'lOg dado It also has two mitre guages for regular work and a two Sided np guage that can be used on "-ther .. de of the .aw. more e.pectally when the table IS blted, also a Whng np gauge 10 be used to cuI bevel work when you do not WIShto tIlt the table The top IS 40x44 mche. Countershalt has T & L pulley. lOx 14 mche., and the dnve pulley 16x5 mches. counter- .haft .hould run 800 Makmg In all about a. complete a machme as can be found and at a reasonable poce Wole u. and we will be pleased to quote you poce. Address, fI:I ---------- -----------------------_ ... ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., 181-183 Canal St" Grand Rapids, Mich. The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and _ho",_ the range of one _ize only, our No. I, 24-inch Clamp. W. make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 Inch... wid. and 2 Inches thick. Ours is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. 1Iundred_ of factorie_ have adopted our way the past ,ear and hundreda more will in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. I"roof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included. Don't delay, but writ. today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, ~WOSSO, MICH. Foreign :Representatives: The I"rojectile Co" London, Eng-land: Schuchardt at Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred 11. Schutte, Cologne, I"aru, Bnuseu, Lle..e, lII1laD, TuriD, Baree10DA, IlIld Bilbo .. h •••••_••••••••••••_•.•··•••••••• I ••• to WEEKLY ARTISAN You cannot find better va aa •• _..., I WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY BILLIONS INVESTED IN ELECTRICITY. '--ea_ •• a_a .• ----_ - - - - --- - - ..---_._._._---_._-----_ .... Magnitude and Rapid Growth of the Industry Shown by Census Reports. The magllltude of the central electnc station Industry In the Ulllted States in the census year 1907 as compared with the census year 1902, and the growth dunng the Intervening five :year period, are shown in the Census Bureau's special report, now in press, on the second United States census of the central electric light and power stations Though the data on which the report is based are three years old the facts and figures are quite interesting not only to manufacturers but to general readers. The central electric statIOns are defined In the report as those which, exclusive of isolated electrIc plants, furlllsh elec-trical energy for lighting and heatlllg, and po\', er for manu-facturing and minlllg purposes, for street raIl\\ ays and ele-vators, for chargIng batteries, etc Central stations are classed as "commercial" and "muni-cipal;" the former being those under prIvate ownership, whether by Individuals, companies, or corporations and the latter being those operated by state, city, or other local governments, except those operated especially for InstItutions The central statIOns are further classed as "purely elec-tric" central stations, or those that do a strictly electrIcal bUSI-ness, and "composite" central statIOns, or those operated In connection with some other industry It is stated that the majority of the central stations are of the "purely electrIc" class. With reference to the municipal statIOns, the report states that these plants are generally establIshed primarily to furnish current for lIghtIng public buildIngs, streets, and parks. Their field of operation is, however, much lIke that of the commercial stations. It is noted In the report that the figures given for the central stations do not represent the entire production of elec-trical energy To arrIve at the aggregate It would be neces-sary, it is stated, to conSider also the electrIC railways, tele-phone and telegraph lines, electric police-patrol and fire-alarm systems, and the isolated electric plants. In 1902 there were 251 railway companies which furn-ished electricity for light, power, and vther purposes. These companies reported an aggregate income of $7,703,574 from the sale of current. In 1907 there were 330 railway companies In this class, and the income from the sale of current amounted to $20,093,302 In 1902 the annual output of all electric stations and electnc raIlways amounted to 4,768,535,512 kilowatt hours In 1907 the output of the two classes of stations was 10,621,406,- 837 kIlo\\att hours, the increase in that year as compared with 1902 beIng 5,852,871,325 kIlowatt hours, or 122.7 per cent. In 1902 the output by electrIc railways formed 47.4 per cent of the total, but by 1907 the proportIon for such railways had fallen to 44.9 per cent ConsolIdations of the two branches of the Industry and the growIng tendency of the raIlway companies to sell elec-tricity for commercial purposes are referred to in the report, which further states that the separate statistics of the central stations are, therefore, not representative of all the electrical energy sold for general commercial purposes It is observed that during the £1, e years ending With 1907 the central stations Increased more rapidly than the electric raIlways. Regarding the isolated plants, the report states that for ,.... I •• ••• aa -4 ••• ._ ..-----------------_._ .._-_. _. -_..-_._-_._._.•... ._.__._-----------------------_ . .- _--~ I EMBOSSED MOULDING 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. Waddell Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigan Co. Samples of our . wa'" ••••••••• a __ •••••••• __ •••• - --------_._._._.-----------.- ................•........... WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glu. S~readiallMa.,hiae, Sillllle, Doubl. and eo.biaatioa. (.le.ted) (Size. 12 ia. to 114 i. wide.) ~ ... .. .... . V•••• r Pres•••. d.ffere.t'kiad. and .iz... (.leated) Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Hand F••d Glu.i.1I Ma.,hill. (P.'-l peadia •• ) Manr .trl •• aad .iz ••. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET USKNOW YOUR WANTa N. 20 Glu. H.ater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. N•.• GI •• H.ator . the purpose of lighting and furnishing power for factories, hotels, or other enterprises a large quantity of electricity is generated in plants which are operated for the exclusive bene-fit of their owners. Some of these plants sell limited amounts of current, but they were established as adjuncts to other forms of business, and practically no statistics concerning them are included in the census reports. Some of these iso-lated plants are extensive and have a much larger capacity than many of the central stations. At the census of 1902 it was estimated that there were 50,000 of these isolated electric plants in the United States. The number of commercial and municipal plants increased from 3,620 in 1902 to 4,714 in 1907, the increase amounting to 1,094, or 30.2 per cent. The application of the same rate of increase to the estimated number of isolated plants in 1902 gives an estimate of 65,000 for 1907. To what extent the utilization of surplus power in the operation of private electric plants to furnish light and power for large mills, department stores. hotels, and other industrial enter-prises has stimulated the increase in these plants it is, the report declares, impossible to state, and notice is given that the estimate, therefore, may be more or less than the actual number of isolated plants in existence. Referring to power or generating plants, the report states that the number of primary power or generating plants was not called for in the schedule used for reporting central stat-tions in 1907. but some idea of their number may be had from the fact that the returns showed 4,731 plants equipped with dynamos for the generation of electricity. Of the 4,714 sta-tions reported in 1907, 227 had no generating equipment. while 113 had more than one power plant This latter class reported 357 generating stations. There were, in 1907, according to the report, upward of 30,000 individuals, companies, corporations, and municipal-ities, exclusive of isolated electric plants, which reported the generation or utilization of electric current in what may be termed "commercial enterprises." These industries represent an outstanding capitalization of $6,209,746,753, of which amount $1,367.338,836 is credited to central electric stations-$3,774,722,096 to electric railways, $8i4,616,004 to commercial or mutual telephone companies, and $253.019,817 to telegraph companies, the latter item in-cluding $32,726,242, the capital stock of wireless telegraph companies. The capitalization of the 17,702 independent I farmer or rural telephone hnes and fire-alarm systems could .... not be ascertained The report states that there are also ex-cluded a number of companies organized for the purpose of acquiring the capital stock or bonds of electric companies, street-railway companies, gas, and water systems. and similar properties, holding the same for investment and to some ex-tent supervising the operation of the underlying companies; the reason being that to show the capitalization of these hold- Ing companies would be misleading as applied to central elec-tnc stations, since it would be impossible to determine the extent of its application to the electrical industry as distin-guished from others. The report states that the municipal stations are practi-cally exempt from the consolidations that so frequently occur among commercial companies and this fact no doubt in large accounts in large part for the proportionately greater increase discovered in the former class of stations. Not only was there a large increase in the number of municipal stations, but an analysis of the report shows that, although 33 municipal sta-tions which reported in 1902 had become commercial stations in 1907, 113 stations which were reported as commercial in 1902 had become municipal in 1907. The report refers to the fact that claim has been made. and sustained by what appears to be reasonable argument, that the drift of these public utilities is from municipal to commercial, but it is asserted that the results of the census do not furnish corroborative evidence of this. On the contrary, there appears to be a distinct field for munlcipal electric sta-tions, not only because of the feeling whIch may exist in many localities that these public utilities should be owned by the cities, but because many of the places in which municipal plants are located do not present sufficient inducement for the investment of commercial capital. State Institutions. As a rule state institutions are particular when they come to buying. If the manager is an honest man, and wants to make a record for himself and the institution he represents, he will be very particular as to his purchases; and in some cases lt is almost compulsory, because if an investigation is started any wrong doing is easily detected. This brings to mind the communication from the manager of the Detroit House of Correction 1ll a matter in which every manufacturer of furniture is interested. (For further particulars see the adver-tisement of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works in this number of the Weekly Artisan). 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--- - -- -_. - - - - --- -----------_... . _. -------- . .. . --., I These saws are made from No.1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write a. lor Price Llat aDd dlacoDDt 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICU. ....__.--.-.---------_._-_._---------------- ... ----------- ------., II . I I II III I - - .- -.. .- ....I BOYNTON & CO M.nuf.~uretl of Emboaaed aDd Turned Mould. in .... Embo ... ed and Spmdle CanlBIII, and AutomatIc Turnin .... We also manu fadure a large hoe of Emboaaed Ornamente for Coucb Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILl. -------------_._---------- _. _.. --- - - -- i No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 ""OR NEW CATALOG 1II ------------ ---------------------"" I FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N FRONT STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH " .. .....- ... - . ..,. ... - ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJI. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ROOMS FOR THE BACHELOR MAIDS. Characters of the Occupants Expressed by the Furnishings and Decorations. The term "bachelor maIds" is ltked by some young women ,I,> llnpl} 1112,a certa111 111dependence of thought and action II hen she 1'3 able to do so a bachelor maId aims to have her home surround111gs express her indIvidual taste Sometimes the rooms of bachelor maids are but a general medley. In othel s the st] ong personaltt} of the occupant can be discerned. The adJOIlllng rooms of two sisters whose ideas are far apal t furlllsh a good starting point. The elder sIster, a blonde, damt} to her finger tips, suggests to her friends that there must be a strain of French blood in her vems, for her sur-loundmgs show French daintiness. Her room was large; the \\ alls were panelled in cream stlk, with roses and forget-me-not<; \\ 0\ en In stnpes. The \\ alls \\ ere finished with a cream mouldmg on whIch \\ as a small crossed nbbon picked out in gold, a typIcal French Idea The styles between the panels were plain cream "tlk All tnm was white, the cetling plam, with the mouldmgs touched here and there with gold leaf, just enough for con-trast The bed was raised on a platform, which was covered WIth pale rose colored velveteen and on each side was a white fur rug The bed ltself was of Louis XVI pattern of cream whIte enamel, WIth cane panels, on which were garlands of fio\\ ers 111compo, tied with a bowknot. The canap} came out only three feet from the wall and \\ as draped \\ Ith cream net and lace over rose china silk. II here the drapenes met was a large chou of very pale blue and lOse satm The long curtains were of the same material, all edged WIth lace about five mches wide and put on very full, so that It gave a jabot effect. The bedspread and rolled bolster corresponded WIth the hangings; colored chous were on the ends of the roll. A plain lOse velvet carpet was used for floor covering, \\ Ith whIte fur I ugs here and there. All the furniture corre-sponded with the bed and the httle garlands gave the whole scheme a ferrlllllne touch. ~\. chaIse-longue, also of enamel and' cane, wa~ embe1hshed \\ Ith a thick cushIOned top of SIlk, to match the walls on whIch \\ ere seen in profUSIOn hand made ltngene pIllows of lace and embrOIdery over pink and pale blue stlk. Three upholstered chaIrs ga\ e the nght balance to the otherWIse hght style of furni"hmg Above the mantel was a gIlt LoUts XVI mIrror WIth SIde hghts, and watercolors of French suggestlOn and subjects adorned the panelled walls. From the wall over the bureau was a bracket from which \\ as suspended a "mall French gilt motif with three hghts on whIch wel e lose stlk shades; slmtlar shades were on side fix-tures At the w111do\\s the curtains and draperies matched the wall matenal, WIth the sash curtams the same as the bed set, crossed and looped high The room of the other sister, who was only a year younger, \\ as startlmg m contrast. She was tall and dark. Every mo\ ement showed her athletic tendencies and they were fully developed 111the furnishings of the room. The walls were in green book linen. She liked that, she saId, "as silk was too fussy" and would not suit what she \\ lshed to put in the room. The ceiling was white. The frieze consIsted of sporting prints of the same height fortunately, collected in her travels and representing foreign as well as home subjects in athletics in all the colors of the rainbow, and separated by narrow mahogany moulding which formed a framework around the room. ~~ - ------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN On the walls were photographs and engravings of winners of horse races and dog shows, with colors of their winners and whips and spurs and an occasional horseshoe arranged over them. College flags were draped in the four corners over dull brass lanterns suspended from the ceiling by chains. Over the mantel", as a pair of antlers on which rested a rifle The carpet was green, solid color, "to represent the meadows," she said. The bed was brass (no canopy or drapery here). The curtains were plain green velveteen, drawn back The furniture was mahogany. On the green covered lounge were ptled pillows of all sorts and descriptlOns It was a curious room for a young woman; somewhat mannish Another bachelor maid had her room in yet another style She said "she loved the mysteries of the Orient," and It showed in her selections. It was not at all expensive in treatment On the walls she had some India cotton prints with the palm de-sign, harmonious in color and well blended. They revived the memory of an India shawl technique. The ceiling was pla111 to the moulding, the rug of subdued Oriental colorings and of modern make. The large, low divan in a corner was utilized as a bed at night. In the daytime it was covered with a removable cur-tain of a more substantial weave, for the wall print would crumple too easily for constant use. The furniture was entirely Oriental in suggestion, having been picked up in the shops where they cater to that taste Little teakwood tables were handy and held a tea set and a chafing dish. A much more modern room was that of a fonner college girl who liked pretty things and had them. Her room was in cretonne style of paper of the English kind, with hangings to match and ruffles of the same material on the edge. The Cb _ ing was plain, of the color of the ground of paper, the trim whIte. The carpet rug was of a solid color of the prevailing tone, for the room needed something to rest the eye. The furniture was a pretty birdseye maple set and she had a TJ1lbury tea cart and muffin stand of natural wicker, and under the glass top of the former a piece of the same cretonne. The cups, saucers and plate were all of English pattern. On the clothes tree were her cap and gown and beside them were a kimono and dressing sacque ornamented with lace, which gave an mtimate feeling of comradeship when her class friends came in for a chat or a cup of tea in the afternoon. In this room were a high back old fashioned settle covered with cre-tonne and two Sleepy Hollow chairs. A bachelor maid who was of more studious inclinations had no fancy fixings, but arranged her room more like a Itbrary sItting room than a bedroom. The wall paper was of a restful tone of soft, light brown, utterly unobtrusive, with nothing to dIstract her mind as she opened her books of research. The low mahogany bookcases adorned the largest spaces. The desk was of generous dimensions, with a small revolving chair. The bed and bureau were m an alcove hidden from view when necessary by portieres of green jasper linen. At the w111dowwere brown madras curtains The prinCIpal furniture was of mahogany with cane seats on the chairs, on which were loose cushions of green jasper and some 111a figured brown "tuff A box couch tufted with the same green and a valance completed the furnishmg scheme I The small rugs on the floor were of an Oriental pattern -New York Sun. Mr. Black in Poor Health. Charles \iV'. Black, manager of the Oriel Cabmet com-pany of Grand RapIds, has been compelled to suspend work In the factory and the office for a tIme on account of 111- health He expects to resume work in the near future ~ va ••••••••••• va •••• • __ IIII I I I~--••-• --va -•-•••-•••-•••-----Va--._-__ ------_._._.__-._-._.-.-.-.-... WOOD rOKninO (UTnRS A~ only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes mto contact WIth the lumber, there is no fnctlOn or burn-ing of the moulding!> when made with the Shimer Reversible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to suit your work, and are very complete, inexpensIve and time-savmg tools. We supply speCIal Cutters of any shape deSIred and of any size to SUIt your machine spindles. Let us have your specificatIOns. For odd work not found in our catalogue send a wood sample or drawmg. SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc. ~~------._---_-.---_. ----_._._._._._._._-------."." " . I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED AND SLICED t QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS fAN 0 MAHOGANY I .. II~•~--_--.-.-.-.--.-_-----.-.-_._._--_--. --------_...._. -.--------..., UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. We lead ID Style, ConSlrudlon and FlDish. See our Catalogue. OUf llDe on permanent exhIbI-tion 71h Floor, New Manufact-urers' BuildIng, Grand Rapids. China Closets Buffets Bookcases I ..... - •••• ---.--.---- •••• __ .- ••••• 9i1J ..... _ •••• _'" 13 ..~ I " ., 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. ,... .... _.. . . " New designs In the Louis XVI Style. ...-_ ... - No. 1711 II II II I... No. 1705-1705 WRITE 'FOR SAMPLES AND PR ICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Detroit"s Expectation. DetrOlt people are expecting great success for theIr In-dustrial Exposition which is to be opened on :Monday June 20 and continue until July 6. under the au"plces of the Board of Commerce Followmg are some of the promIses predIc-tions and expectations announced by the pubhclty commIttee The Exposition will be a miniature world's fair It will lll-elude an automobile show, a food faIr a machmer} dIsplay a furniture exhibit, an electrical show and ll1terestmg exhIbIts of other lines of productIOn for whIch DetrOIt IS famous It is expected to be the greatest CIVICevent m Detroit's hIstory It IS believed the attendance will exceed 300,000 VISItors The EXposltlOn wJ11be held in a great temporary exposI-tion buildmg and the Wayne PavlllOn The entrance-way will be at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Second street The committee in charge has the co-operation of all the mterests of the city There wIll be more than 200 exhIbits, maklllg the dl'iplay one of the two largest home-product exhibitions ever held Two large bands will gIve afternoon and evenlllg con-certs There will be other entertamment feautures The river fmnt wIll be transformed mto a garden The doors will be open at 7 00 pm, June 20, ancl rem am open from 10 00 a. m. to 10 :30 pm. from June 21 to July 6, exceptmg Sundays. June 26 and July 3. Machinery will be seen in motion making many of the neces:,nties and luxuries of life An exhIbIt of the manual traming department of the public schools WIll be lOne of the special features The ExposItion WIll offer the city an entertainment ot far greater magnitude and interest than has ever been helCl here. It will be entertaining, instructIve, impressive I,It I .. Record Prices for Linseed Oil. W. C Hamm, American consul at Hull. Eng., having been requested to mvestigate the linseed oil trade and indus-try. reports that the recent advance in prices is due to a partial faIlure of the flax crop in Argentina and India. He says The record price of $197 per ton has been reached in London ThIS IS about 100 per cent higher than the same all sold in London one year ago and about $20 a ton higher than the hIghest price recorded in 1900 when there was a greater scarcity of the seed than last year. Yesterday lin-seel OIl sold In Hull for $192 for "spot," and April, compared WIth $114 the highest price in April last year. "The followmg figures gives the quantity of linseed in quarters of 480 pounds each, received in Hull during each of the past ten years In 1900, 675.370; 1908, 848758; 1907, 809 974; 1906. 579,957; 1905 812329; 1904 1,215,122, 1903, 924,628, 1902, 744.979; 1901, 723,566; and in 1900, 572,106. "The crop to be delivered this year from India and Ar-gentina, It IS expected, will be as small as that of last year and there IS a probability of the receipts falling below 1909 It is not at all probable that the price of linseed oil during the present year will be lower than at present, and it may in-crease somewhat. During 1909 linseed oil to the value of $3.140 was shipped from Hull to the United States. "An Enghsh color trade journal comments on how the rise m price of linseed oil greatly affects the price of paints. of whIch Hull IS a large producer. American turpentine has also advanced 30 per cent and is selling at $1035. against $7 50 per hundred weight a year ago The experts of painters' colors and materials from Hull in 1908 aggregate, 168,343 hundredweIght, valued at $907,602. WEEKLY Tuna the Prophet. "Vernie Martin" in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere" for May-Thus spake Tuna the Venerable Prophet, Son of Ma-hog, many, many, centUrIes before our time. "Even unto this day have the children of earth dwelt in tents or wherever they could cra,'V1 In out of the rain and hang up theIr mantles and they have sat upon earthen floors and slept upon stone couches, but succeedmg generatIOns shall feather their nests and have comfort "For they shall hew down the wood of the forest, even the cedar of Lebanon and the walnut of Clrcassia and the quarter-sawn oak tree of bhe Upper PenInsula "And it shall come to pass that craft'imen shall come from the land of Ivan and from among the Goths and shall render the wood of the forest into divers forms and patterns, some with talons lIke unto the eagle's, some carved In graven image of hobgoblins and gargoyles, yea, even the nimble cockroach, and yet others done in 'Flanders' and the product thereof shall be called furniture "And 10 I among the hills of Saranac shall there be born a couple of sons and one of them shall be named for one who follows pastoral purSUItS, but he shall not stand for It. He and his brother shall weary of the simple lIfe and they 'ihall pass up the pruning-hook and shall hike them unto a great city, whIch shall be likened unto Sodom and Gomorrah and there shall they trade in articles to sit upon and to eat upon and to sleep upon, and the goods that they shall sell shall be called 'dependable furniture' "And from the four corners of the earth shall there spring up places for sellIng dependable lInes and young men and maidens shall wed, and with shekels of sIlver buy dependable furniture, and theIr chattels shall endure to the end of their days and shall be handed down unto their chIldren and unto theIr chIldren's children even unto the third and fourth gene-rations." The Shipping Department. F W. Kelly in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere "-Shipment of an order is of as much importance as securing the business, since it is shipments, not sales, which count in the end and show the true volume of the bus mess transacted and are the figures upon which we should base our efforts for improve-ment Pleasing our customers IS our only hold' on their busIness; so by making shIpment in accordance WIth theIr 1l1structions, respe>Ct1l1g routIngs and endeaVOrIng to make shipment at the time specified by the customer, wIll do more for making hIm strong for the house than any thIng else we can do, provided, of course, the Roods are satisfactory ServIce is conceded to be the vital factor In retainIng our trade, so it follows that a shipping department of any establIshment is second in importance to none of the other departments, most especially to the sellIng force. as well as the customer. Our customers can co~operate with us by exerclS1l1g care m makmg up orders and makmg their wants plain to us, thereby eliminat1l1g possIble misunderstandings of theIr WIshes Orders are of no value until shIpment is made, so we should aIm to make our shipments compare favorably WIth our sales, of course there wIll always be some dIfference owing to factorIes chang1l1g patterns, dIscontinuing others and various causes beyond our control, but it is the goal we should have in mind and every possIble effort should be made to make our shIpments come very close to the amount of our sales It IS an mdICation of a perfect organIzation and sure to lead to permanent success. ARTISAN 15 .. Mechanics Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois Makers of FINE and MEDIUM BUFFET No 194 II ••• •.~. ---_._._._.--_._._.~~._----~------I... ... Dining and Lilirary Furniture SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE. Our full hne on exhibIt 3d floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. -- . f .~ Johnson Chair Co. 4401 to 4531 West North Ave., CHICAGO Makers of the BEST MEDIUM and HIGH GRADE line of CHAIRS in the West. Our new Catalogue will be mailed to any responsible furniture dealer on request. It shows the latest patterns of the most seasonable goods. .. , --_._._----_._~----.------... ;. ... 16 WEEKLY AR1ISAN ,-UWLlaHIED I:VERT SATURDAY aY TH. MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .uaSC"IP'TION '1 eo P'E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT"IES '2.00 P'!!:" YEA". SINGLE COP'IE. 5 CENTS. PU.L1CATION O.... ICE. 108-112 NO"TH DIVISION ST. G"ANO RAP"'OS.MICH, A. S WHITE, MANAQING EDITO" Entered ... econd ela .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, M.chll'an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E. LEVY. When J. Montgomery Hare, retiring president of the 1'\a-tional Board of Fire Underwriters, declared "there is no more reason for a state to fix rates for insurance than to name prices for merchandise to be sold," he uttered a palpable truth CIr-cumstances alter cases, however, and recent developments in the fire insurance business show that it needs regulation by law to guard the interests of the policy holders. Indeed, that fact was recognized as a public necessity years ago, hence we have insurance boards or commissions in all the states. The banking business is also regulated by laws, as are the raIl-roads, and present indications point to similar regulation of the express business in the near future. Mercantile business, in various lines, is now regulated by laws. Whether regula-tion will be extended until it fixes rates and prices depends largely on the conduct and methods of those who manage the lines of business and industry now regulated by law The government has already assumed the regulation of raIlroad rates and unless the insurance men reform their methods-unless they cease to rob policy-holders in order to pay princelv salaries and make millionaires among their offiCIals-the people will soon demand that rates be fixed by state or natIOnal la\\" This state of affairs smacks of SocIalism, but it has been brought about by those who make the mo"t strenuous protests against gavel nment or state regulation " The efforts of manufacturel s to ImprO\ e the "dllltal y condItIOns of factones and to safeguard the li\ es of \\orkmen, are seldom appreciated Examples in support of thIS '3tate-ment are not want111g The late John \V Iddlcomb pro\ Ided safe guards for use on the shapers, stickers, and othet ma-chines used 111111" factories several months ago .'\ftel a day or two the men refused to operate the machines unle,;s the guards were removed. At the factory of the Rettmg Funll-ture company, guards were attached to a hand planel, a ,;ander and a shaper On the day following the 111stallatlon one of bhe guard" was taken off and hung on the \\ all, another was hfted out of place and supported wIth a strtng .'\ deaf and dumb man operating a sander wIthout a guard had a fin-ger actually sanded off. It was a peculiar and an unu'3ual dC-cldent Soon after it occurred the operator entered the office of the company and motioning for a sheet of papet wrote thereon "I'm a d--n fool" Indt\ idual dnnklng Cup'3 when prOVIded are not used, the men prefen mg to endanger their health if not their hves by drinking fr.:;lm a common receptacle There is work fot the health board to do 111 some of the factones The United Dry Goods company recently organi.ted with dn duthonzed capItal of $35,000,000 of common and $16.000,- 000 ot cumulatt\ e seven per cent preferred stock, have ac-qUIred control of a number of large mercanttle houses all of \\ htch handle furlllture, rugs and kindred goods. These hou:oe" are known m the t1 ade as follows' The H B. Claflin company, C G Gunther & Sons, James McCreery & Co, and the O'NeIll-Adams company of I\ew York CIty; Stewart & Co, of BaltIOre, J K. Adam and \iVilham Hengerer, of Buffalo; Halhne & Co. Newark. N J ; the Powers MercantIle company of l\linneapohs and the Stewart Dry Goods company of LOUh\ Ille \Vhat effect, If any, the consolidation of these 1I1tere'3h "tll have upon the future of the buyers of the '3e\ eral stores mentIOned is not known, as the policies of the big corporation have not been made public; but it is stated that act!"ve competItIOn with Sears, Roebuck & Co, and other mal! order houses Will be entered into. -\ germ proof dming car will be added to the equipment of the Lehigh Valley railroad The interior will not be orna-mented with carvings, mouldings, or projections "If a mI-crobe should ahght anywhere on the smooth mahogany fin- I"h," the butlder remarked, "It would fall off and break its neck" Evidently the builder has not taken into consideration the kitchen, where germs are prepared to be served in the dmmg room -\ letter dated Chicago, June 9, states that the exhlblt1Jn butldlng of the :\ atomal Furnturie Exchange in that city ",tll be completed on June 10, 1911, and that It WIll be opened for bUS1l1ess on July 1, following The plans adopted propose the erection of a structure that will cover seven acres of ground and accord 2,000,000 square feet of floor space It IS a big enterprise. characteristic of Chicago \ person \\ ith a well developed bump of imagination may be able to form something hke an idea of the volume of busI-nes" transacted by Sears, Roebuck & Co, of Chicago, when 1I1formed that the house dealt with six million customers la'3t year and on an average receives 75.000 pieces of mail per day :\0 wonder merchants in smaller cities feel the effect of the mall order business Letter" hay e been received by local manufacturers frJm a L0n~lderable number of buyels who have placed orders for good" needed from time to tIme in their home offices, stating that the} WIll come to Grand Rapids in July for the first tIme The desire to personally inspect widely advertI,;ed 1111e'3which they hace not sold 111the past is given by "everal a" the Iea"on for theIr coming The work of receivl11g, unpacking and pohshing the samples of furmture prepared for the mIdsummer exposition I'; under way Hundreds of men WIll be so employed during the next four weeks in the several furniture exposItion towns \Iany factory hands would be idle but for this extra work in mId-summer \Lany manufacturers are engaged m stuffmg the matI bag,> with Circulars addressed to retailers call111g attention to the e),.hlbits they WIll make during the coming month. The trade papers would serve their purpose better at a great say I11g of expense The reason why men \\ ho mind their own business suc-ceed I" hecause they have so little competition --~~------------------------------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 The Railroad Bills. There are "'Ide chfference" in the pro\ i"lOns of the rall-lOad bills passed by the house and "en ate and neIther ha" any great resemblance to the bIll wntten by Attorney-Ge1neral v\ Icker"ham and approved by the presIdent The Senate bIll, as formerly passed, contal11S only three of four propo;,al" appearing in the same form as they stood in the onginal ad-ml11istratlOn or "Taft bIll" The provisIOn for a commerce court is retal11ed with only slIght modIficatIOns; and so are al"o the proposItions authonzing shIppers to select their own routes, the provision Imposing penalties for I11correct state-ments of rates by raIlroad companies and that authonzing the commission to begin investIgation on its own l11itiatIve and to control classIflcatlOns But apart from these elements, mains, a" does al'>o the <,tock-and-bond feature, neIther of whIch appear" m the senate bill, in thc house bill the long-and-" hort-haul IS radIcally dlffel ent from that m the senate bIll, It IS \ ery drastIc-prohIbIt,; a greater charge for a short haul than for a long haul under any circumstances, whIle m the senate bIll certam exceptIOn" are made vVashl11gton advlces state that the Republicans-"regu-lars" and "msurgents"-In the house are expected to get to-gether and with a few DemocratIc votes, pass the senate bIll, without referring the matter to a conference committee. Such action does not seem probable however. WIth such radIcal dIfferences between the measures passed by the two houses the usual course would be to refer the matter to a conference commIttee wIth a vIew of reachmg a compromise. Neither the bIll is unrefcognizable as tlhe ongl11al "adm1l1lstratlO11 Ineasure" Almost wholly through a combination of "m;,urgent" and Democratic votes there were injected into the bIll a long-and-short- haul amendment, an anti-injunction amendment, a pro-viSIon glvmg the Interstate-Commerce Comml"slOn power to suspend 1l1crease" in rates for eleven months, a prOVblOn al-lowl11g the c0111lTIlssion to become a party to litIgatIOn m re-gard to Its orders before the new commerce court, an amend-ment "hlftl11g the burden of proof m regard to the rea"onable-ne;, s of mcreases in rates from the shipper to the raIlroad itself, an amendment mclud1l1g telephonc and telegraph com-pa111e;, as common carriers under the inter;,tate-commerce law and several other amendments of mmor importance There have been stnken out of the bill the prov ISlOn legalIz- 1l1g agreements between raIlroad companies to fix rate" and classlficatlOns-a feature recommended by PreSIdent Taft, but denounce,] by Senator La Follette as "a plain sanctIOn of rate-making by combinatIOn and a repeal of the antI-tru"t law m its applIcation to raIlroads ," three other ong1l1al pro- Y Isions that have been cut out of thc bill have been de;,cnhed by the \Vlsconsin senator as features of it that "pretended a control of railroad capItalization, but in truth and 111 fact legalIzed all of the capitalIzation eXIsting 111 raIlroad orga111- zatlOn at the present tIme and prepared the way for vanOU5 schemes of stock watering through legaliz1l1g mergers and financial operat ons." In the house bill the physical-valuation prOVIsion re-house ha,', e, er ,',un endered to the other 111 a case of such radIcal dIsagreement I n thIS 1I1stance. however, fear that reference to a com1111ttee would prolong the contest indefi- 111tely and m1ght result in the faIlure of b0th bills, may in-duce the lower house to SUI render. rOlDlno (nAIDS In the UnIted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I ran Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large variety. Send for Catalogue and Prttel to II ...._._--_._---_._-------------- KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO ...... ,. 11 WEEKLY ARTISAN • • T m_ ••••••••• .. . ... NO OTHER SANDER No. 171 Patelllted Sallld aelt llIachlllle. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. 1 _ .. can possibly do the variety of work that is being accomplished on our machine. Our No.i71 Sander is positively superior to all other methods on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings. Ask for Catalog liE" ~------------------------_.__.-_._._._._-- _. --------------- Attractive Exhibit of Rare Furniture. New York City, June 9 -The furnIture trade seems in a very quiet condition The market IS qUIte de\ Old of activIty and presents no features that are worthy of any extended mention The wholesalers are complammg that the dealers are not buying as usual and it is harder than ever to sell goods The factones are working to faIr capacIty, but much of their product goes to stock The travelIng men are doing the best they can but are not overburdened with orders The Cambridge Trading company has been incorporated by Jacob Anbacher. David Haar and S Offenbach They are capitalized at $5,000 and will manufacture and deal in furmture, cottons, woolens. textile fabrics and artIcles used in house decoration An interestIng- tnp \\as recently made by the \\ riter through the plant and warerooms of the Aimone I\Ianufactur-ing company, who have a line that will stand inspectIOn by the most fastidious buyer. Various rooms are filled wIth terra cotta and marble goods of the finest and rarest that could be picked up, some with a history and others wIthout There are articles known as curiosities, Oriental goods, histoncal and religious, brass goods, r 2ry. porcelain, silver antiques, etc A great deal of the histthlcl and antique furniture IS imported but a large plant is maintained to make period, inlaid and hand painted furniture They consider the Adam Brothers about the best style of furmture imported, followed by the Renais-sance. the Louis, William and Mary, Chippendale, Dutch, Italian, English and other old lines. Some very fine lines are displayed of walnut goods, mahogany Chippendale sets and Chinese designs, the whate enamel lines are most beautIful The Circassian walnut and inlaid and carved Dutch mar-quetry, are probably as high pnced as anything in the ware-rooms. Some white mahogany is dIsplayed that makes OFFICE OF CITY CLERK. Wichita, Kansas, June 3rd. 1910. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk up to 9:00 A. M., on June 20th, 1910, for furnishing seats for the Forum. Plans and specifications for seating said Forum can be had at the office of the City Clerk. Bidders will be required to submit sample chairs prior to date of opening bids. Bidders will be required to enclose a certified check in the amount of $500.00 as a guarantee of good faith. Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Wm. Sence, City Clerk. .... • ••••• ¢ •••••• • ••••• a very artistic show1l1g An Adam bed room set is a very beautIful piece of work There is a gold room wh~ch contams a LOUIS XIV table, wIth brache violette marble. also tapestry 'iuites, each thread be1l1g woven by itself, whIch came from the famous Musee de Louvre Some fine old chests show their antiquity, an Italian inlaid table is shown, the work on which \\ as all done with a steel needle. There is a demand now for the EnglIsh period designs, and a great many pieces are carried that are exclusive and never duplicated An exhibition will be held by this firm in July. but at the present time the stock on hand IS lower than usual. R C. Aimone, the head of the firm is at present mak-mg a trip through Europe for new goods and novelties The salesmen are in the CIty now and will go out agam in July an~l .\ugust to cover the entire country. J A. Foley IS in charge of the business 111 the absence of Mr. Aimone A new firm to start 111 business here is the Weiss Furni-ture company, manufacturers and Jobbers at 369 Third ave-nue The president is Benjamin Weiss. who IS treasurer of the Umted States Cabinet Bed company of 336 Delancey "treet, H. P. \Veiss is "ice president; Samuel Stillman IS treasurer and salesman to the city trade; Martm Newman is secretary and will sell goods in Brooklyn; MIke Hyman WIll act as salesman 111 New Jersey The capItal is $12.000, of which $6000 is paId in. They will manufacture dressers, chiffomers, sideboards tables, etc Russia to Invade Argentina. Amencan Ambassador Rockhill writes from St Peters-burg that a committee has been organized there under the leadership of ~1r. Avdakoff, a member of the council of Em-pire, whose object is the sending to Argentma, to partiCIpate 111 the jubIlee international exposition of that republic, of a Russian floating exposition. such as was recently dispatched to Levantine ports Mr Rockhill comments' "The idea has had the active support of Mr. Garcia- Mansilla, the Argent1l1e charge d'affaIres here, and, it is stated, of the RUSSIan mmister at Buenos Aire'i bne of the vessels of the RUSSian volunteer fleet WIll be fitted out for the purpose, and the committee has called upon the chief busine'is firms of the empire to partIcipate "The success of the lIke enterpnse in the Levant has surpassed expectatIOns, the sales of Russian produce aggre-gatmg. It is estimated, more than $1,500,000, and has brought about the establishment of a number of Russian commercial agenCIes in Con'itantlllople It i'i expected that this new enterpn-;e w1l1 have as favorable results and lead to the devel-opment of RUSSIan trade WIth the Argentine Republic." WEEKLY ARTISAN Detroit Factory and Trade Notes. DETROIT, June 9.-The Palmer Manufacturing com-pany will show an almost entirely new line of tables and pedestals on the fourth floor of the Furniture Exchange, Grand Rapids, III July. They will have the finest line they have ever offered for lllspectlOn, embraclllg many styles in Flanders, mISSIOn,Elizabethan, colomals, etc Will Streng, the presi-dent of the company, WIllbe on the floor, assisted by his sales-men, Ellis Rine and H L Doederlin Since completing the addition to the factory they are enabled to fill orders promptly, and are doing a large busIness The Possehus Brothers Furniture Manufacturing com-pany will show this season, for the first time, nine complete dining room sets, consisting of buffet, china closet, serving table, dining table and chairs, made with colomal, mission, Elizabethan and French legs The writer has seen several of these patterns and to praise them would only be doing them justice. Besides this line of dining room furniture they will have their usual large line of dining tables, including all the most popular styles, and the usual hne of the famous Victor extension tables ThiS hne will be shown as usual on the second floor of the Furmture Manufacturers' Exhibition build-lllg, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago. J. C. Widman & Co. and the Humphrey-Widman Book-case company will show their complete lines on the first floor, south half, of the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapids, No. 1739-103 Pull. Made by Grand Ra.pids Brass 00., Grand Rapids, Mich. ...- .... ....... ----- ----_._.-.- -----------1 I Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be. if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS t508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL • .. ..---_.. .. ..--_._._---------~ ---------_._--------------------., .. ". I Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. III the space formerly occupied by the Taylor Chair company, of Bedford, Ohio. This WIllbe the best and largest line these companies have ever placed on the market, and as they will show in no other market it behooves every buyer who cares more for business than having a good time to keep this in mind. Their lme of dimng room furniture is made III Sher-aton, Elizabethan, and Jacobean styles The dllling room sets will include china closets, buffets and serving tables, with chairs to match They will also show a fine line of imported mirrors and pictures. The Humphrey-Widman sectional book-cases will add very much to the dIsplay. C. H. Haberkon & Co have a new catalogue in press. Since Mr. HabErkon's retirement from the active engagement Mr. S. H. Doench presides at his desk. Retail trade is fair in the city, some saying that they can-not get the goods as f\lst as they can sell them The Granel Upholstenng company, one of the leading furniture stores of Gratiot avenue, is having a fine trade. Ed Drahiem, the buyer for this house, visits the market in Grand Rapids and Chlcago each season. Gratiot aV~'nuehas another furniture store, Geo. H. Streng having opened up at 415 Gratiot avenue, corner of Russell street. Mr. Streng carries a good stock of furniture, bedding, carpets, rugs, stoves, gas stoves and pictures, and reports trade as very satisfactory. C. M. 4' ~ .. No. 6911. GBO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. 1 19 • ~------- -- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urgedto Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. , A Reply to Mr. Schurman. To critIciLe is human. To impugn and mallgn a nldn's motives and ideals, to assume to publIsh to the '" otld "hat he stands for, without being in possessIOn of the facts appeal S to me to be nothing short of inhuman The worst that can be said about the Bishop cntIclOlm 1'3 that it handled without gloves what was believed to be faulty construction. The writer is free to admit that It might ha' e been tempered somewhat by a mention of some of the (2,ood features, with which even the wor'3t "ads" are often endO'" ed Schurman quotes Mahm as saY1l1g that it is "Ise not tll be too confident a critic of advertising True If he WIll read the criticIsm again he will note that I qualIfied It "Ith an ( 111 my judgment." I have also mentioned 111 these columns the fact that it was unreasonable to expect every reader to concUl in the critIcisms, and have repeatedly called for the opmlOIh of others. I am glad that I was finally successful m gettmg action. Those seeking the motive back of Schurman's article un-doubtedly discovered it in his closing word'3, in whIch he admits that he was indirectly connected with the adnrtl"e-ment in question It is the truth that stings, so of course the spirit manifest between the lines of Schurman's remarks b not in the least surprising. I divine another reason why he "rate as he did. The calIbre of Schurman's copy IS too good to admit of discounting his abIlity as an "ad" -wnter, yet he I.., first and foremost an artist You need not be told that neall \ all artists are blessed or cursed, as they choose to consIder It, with a sensitive nature. WhIle unquestIOnably not to be com-pared with Schurman as an artist, stIll I am enough of one to suffer from a like affiiction-a sensitive nature And so, understanding his feelings, I hold no resentment He" as d bit hasty-that's all And I submIt that he was tenfold more severe and harsh in his judgment of me pelsonally, than I,\a" of hIS brother's advel tI::,ement A man can stand WIth equalllm-ity the assaults upon the creations of hi::, brain (or should), but when it comes to assailing the one thing he holds most dear, he should defend himself. I have only a slight acquaintance WIth MI SchUlman He does not know my characteristic'3, or my Ideals and aspIra-tIons regarding advertIsing or any other thing; and it IS qUlte eVIdent that he has not followed closely the columns ovel which I have presided, or I feel sure he would have written 111 a dIfferent strain For instance, 111a recent issue of the Artisan I had the following: "In these days of strenuous competitIOn one IS inclIned to bear down too heavily on price, and not enongh on quallty Pnce is a good thing to feature, because folks lIke to know the cost of th1l1gs that 1I1terest them On the other hand there are many who are just as much concerned about qualIty, they belIe" e m buying the best, and the latter class are, m the last analySIS, the best class to cater to If you gain a reputatIon for rehability, when you do see fit to have a sale your an-nouncements wiii carry greater weight, and consequently stronger pullIng power Let the other fellow do the pnce slashing; the frantic spell-bmding stunt Do" ou go quietly, versistently, and everlastingly after the kmd of trade that "ttcks, the kmd that IS not call1ed away \\Ith every wmd 1.h7' blm's. but whIch is determined to buy good good.." reallze that a faIr return must be paid, and know where t'J go to get "hat they want. It is perhaps slower to build up a trade of thIS character, but it's a heap more satisfying in the end, and more profitable too. And on top of all that you and your bUSI-ness command twice the respect of the community" Does that sound as if I were for the "stuffed club," "Jol- Iter," "Barnum," "cure-all" or other "undefined" style of copy? Does that read as If I would "ltke to see merchandising traIled 111 filth"? Mr Schurman takes it upon himself to assert "con-fidently" and WIthout even a qualifying "in my judgment," that I am. Thus he puts me in a false light before all the readers of the Artisan save those who know to the contrary. He says further, that neither he nor I originated the theones of advertISIng which we are both following, yet he goes on to state that the "pnce is almighty" theory is a Stalker theory. He remarks that a salesman went into a store last January in response to a "Stalker type of ad ," etc. My dear Schurman, these are not Stalker types at all. I stand for no partIcular type of "ad." save that of truth-fulness, honesty, plain speech, plain illustration, plus all the force the writer can put into it. Force it must have, even to the sacrifice of the more elegant forms of English. Advertising IS not a question of elegant English-but dollars. Even the most cultured al e susceptIble to forceful copy, albeIt they mIght not choose the same mode of expression in giving calm to theIr thoughts And I have an idea that graphic language of another nature might have more effect on them than an ad, ertisement couched m the same kind of language they "ould use I t would at least have the novelty of freshnes'3 By forceful, I do not mean bombastic. But I do mean short, sharp, concise, meaty sentences. Every word pregnant with meaning-ringing with spirit, energy and conviction. The kmd of copy that grips and holds-creates desire-stirs to action, and starts a sale that even the blithering idIOt Schur-man mentIoned could not kIll And I cannot help but add that I am decidedly of the opinion that the "we invite you to 111spect" kind of copy does not come within the range of the above defil11tion of forceful English, whatever you may thmk of it. Schurman says that I speak confidently. He might rather have anal}7ed It as positively. Yes, I did. I believe in it. A man WIth convIctIOns worth while always speaks POSItIVely and confidently PosItively, because one with strong convic-tIons cannot speak otherwIse; confidently, because without a spmt of confidence one cannot hope to make much of an impression Schurman says I should be mIme for clean, constructive, confidence-earning copy. WIth all my heart I am; always was-always will be. There IS nothmg in anything I have wntten for the ArtIsan that could be construed to mean any-thing else. Schurman says that the average salesman sells along the lmes of least reSIstance True again. That is the fault of the manager-not the ad-WrIter. If more ad-writers could dic-tate the policy of the stores for which they write ads, Schur- WEEKLY ARTISAN man's doubtful imputation that bargain offers had spent their force on the public would have much less ground for con-sideration. It is perfectly honorable, upright and good business to secure attention through attractively priced goods, and to sell better ones if possible. You are not betraying the confidence of the buyer in so doing; you are rendering a service, for the better the article a person buys, the greater the satisfactlOn My criticism that prices quoted were too high was in gen-eral- not directed at the $29.50 item. But I stlll mainta111, and I beheve I wlll be substantiated by the majority, that the $2950 panel should have been at the top, and the out-of-town panel at the bottom Schurman makes a good plea for the flowers, tho' how he knows that I need them more often on my table is a conundrum. Granting that they are all right, I still adhere to the idea that they should have been less con-spicuous in close proximity to the tables-at least in a news-paper ad. About the 15th of July there will be issued by a Chica~;o publishing house, a book from my pen. I am going to send a copy to friend Schurman. When he has read it through, T am sure he will say to himself, if not to me, "Stalker, I mi",- judged you." New York"s Vocational School. A vocatlOnal school, long advocated for this Clty, where boys are to be taught trades, has at last become a reahty as a department of Pubhc School 100, at Fifth avenue and 138th street, Manhattan, under the leadership of Dr Pickett. who has been chosen for the work because of his practical know-ledge of mechanics. ThiS school IS not only the first of its kinJ in thiS City, but the first, It IS said, in this country. Dr. Pickett says that while IllS school did not expect, and did not wish, to turn out Journeymen who, as boys, would be able to take the places of men 111the workshops. he emphasizes the fact that he intends to give the 400 boys 111the school a theoretical knowledge of the trade'3 which they selected, and which will be better than they could get under the present management of workshops Courses wlll be offered in woodworking, includ111g car-pentry, house construction, cab111et mak111g and JOInery; 111 metal work, 111clud1l1g machine shop and bench work; in forge and sheet metal work, in plumb111g, includ1l1g sal11ta-tlon and hotwater heating, 111 pnnt111g and book-bind1l1g by hand. and 111 mcchal11cal and artltectural draw1l1g and the mak1l1g and reaJ1l1g of blue pnnts At thc same tnne the boys ale to be taught Enghsh, mathematiCs. phySICS and chenllstry, 1l1dustrial history and geography, CIVICS,bookkeep1l1g and commerCial law, all 111 such a way as to empha'317e the practical Side of these studies Boys ale taken Without eXam1l1atlOn, If they ale 14 years old <lr 0\ CI and have passed till ough thc elementary school course, or, If 0\ er 14 anJ can pass an eXam1l1atlOn eqUl\ alent to thc Sixth year 111 the elementary schools No boys al e taken under 14, and none Without certlficatcs of character Mr. Cox Takes an Important Order. A large hotel IS 111 course of constructlOn at Scranton, Pa A few days ago Charles H Cox, of the Michigan Chair com-pany, dropped 111tO Scl anton and found the representatl\ C'o from several retal! houses and manufacturers engaged 111 negotlat1l1g for orders for furl11ture. Mr. Cox conv1l1ccd the owners that the J\Ilchlgan Chair company's goods were what they needed for the d1l11l1g room, the chamber and other de-partments of the house, and thlOugh a local dealer closed a contract fOl the same 111 Jig time 21 W"E C.f\N DOUBL& THE C.ftPl\.CITY OF YOUR DRY KILN. Detroit. Mich .• Oct. 18. 1909. McCaskey Register Co.• Alhance, Ohio. Gentlemen: Replying to yours of the 17th inst., with reference to Grand Rapids Veneer Works Dry Kiln which we are oper-ating here. would say after investigating the matter very thor-oughly we came to the conclusion that the Kiln offered by them would prove the most satisfactory and we accordingly built one under their plans and speCificationsone year ago. and are very well pleased with the operation of same. We find that our lumber is brought through in splendid condition and the time consumed being conSiderably less than heretofore, and in every way is operating to our satisfactIon. Yours truly. (Signed) ]. L. McDonell, Supt. DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION. · 'G'~~d Rapids Cresc~~~--i THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH I Built with double arbors. sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .... 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,"..._----------------------.---.-----------.-.-.- .-..-.-.----~----"'1 WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES White Enamel Lined. Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting m a line of the" Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. II .. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXcl~s~:eu~~;~M~:U::SoKrEGON, MICH. New York Ofhce, 369 Broadway, L. E. Moon, Manager Persian Rugs and Carpets_ There was mVOlced to the United States last) ear Persian rugs and carpets to the value of $349,129 from Smyrna, $3,137.- 015 from Constantmople, and $143,392 from Bagdad This trade has shown considerable growth smce Amencan buyers began travelmg through ASiatIc Turkey and Persia, personally selecting many of these floor covenngs The shipments from Bagdad to the Umted States vvere more than for five years prevIOus, though the supply of real antique Persian rugs IS dim1mshing fast About $850,000 worth of rugs came to Bagdad from PersIa in 1909, of which less than one-fourth were old Nearly all the genume antIques. however, go to Amenca Shlraz, Ramadan, Tabnz, Kerman-sha, Bokhara, Kulyah1, and Sma are the kmds of carpets most-ly sent to the United States. The local pnces paId for such rugs range from $260 to $3 70 per square meter for ordmary qualtty, $440 to $6 for better grades, and $880 and upward for extra fine antIques, all dependmg on age, qualtty, and condition. Cheap rugs, amltne dyed, m 1mitahon of anCIent patterns, are now manufactured m large numbers by a foreign firm at Sultanabad for export to Europe They sell for much less than real Persian handmade carpets, and are readily detected by rubbing wIth a mOlstened cloth, whIch reveals the amlme dyes by leaving a stain on the cloth Every district in PersIa has ItS own style and desIgn of rugs; yet the mere name IS no guide to quality, as good and , II II1 bad rugs are turned out in all districts It is not easy to dis-tmguish one rug from another by word descriptIon, but a feature of the Sh1raz, Koordistan, Jaff, Kulyahi, etc, is that they are woven wholly or partly of cotton. The dominant color of all Shiraz rugs and carpets is red, while the Bijars are blue and marine. The choicest rugs are woven in silk and wool, and come largely from Kerman, Persia. Many ancient patterns, products of early Mohammedan days, as well as conventional flower de-signs, are seen. The color blendings are exquisite. These silk rugs are usually about four and one-half by seven feet, and are measured by the native "zar," a square measure of twenty by forty inches. Sixteen stitches per inch are usually woven in the manufacture of rugs and carpets for export, though Per-sian rug fanciers insist on finer weave. About 1,000 100m" are operated by hand in Kerman. Rere the price for the better qualities of carpets is nearly $5 a "zar " The estimated annual output of woolen rugs in Kerman is $200,000. The silk carpets of Kerman sell locally for about three times the price of woolen carpets, and in Cairo one silk rug from Kerman has been known to bring $500 Small boys, working two or three at a time under a master \\ eaver, turn out these valuable rugs The master reads the pattern aloud to them, which they recite or repeat after him as they work. These formulae contain many words now obsolete. --------------_._- ---_._--- iIIII III II III II I II II III II I.. Lentz 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. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAA - _. - - ..---~ I ------- .._ ....--------- ..- - --------_._._------_._._---_._-- ... _ ....- ....- ~I WEEKLY ARTISAN DEPARTMENT STORE TRUST. Twenty-Million-Dollar Corporation to Control Western Concerns. The May Department Stores company was lllcorporated at Albany last week, with a capitalIzatIOn of $20,000,000, of which $15,000,000 IS common stock and $5,000,000 preferred. Goldman, Sachs & Co and Lehman Bros are ItS financial rep-resentatives The company was orgamzed to take over and operate a number of large department stores in the middle West and the far West and to form the nucleus of a still larger corporatIOn that is designed to absorb leading dry goods houses west of the Mississippi valley. The charter of the new company permits It to manufacture as well as to buy and sell the articles that are handled by important dry goods houses and department stores and to engage In a general real estate business as well. The preferred stock will be cumulative and will pay 7 per cent dividends Dividends on the common stock will not be paid until after a surplus of $250,000 has been accumulated and no rate higher than 4 per cent may be established until the surplus reaches $1,000,000. The preferred will be redeem-able at 125 Application to list both the common and the pre-ferred will be made to the New Yor k Stock Exchange. There will be eleven directors Among the companies to be absorbed are the May Shoe and Clothing company of Denver, the Schoenberg Mercantile company of St LoUls, the May Real Estate and Improvement company of St Louis and the May company of Cleveland "Way to Ship." There IS a book publlshed by The Chicago Association of Commerce under the auspices of the Freight Traffic com-mittee which, although unknown to some of the great inter-ests of the association, is an absolutely indispensable instru-mentallty to many others. This book, the work of ]. F. Mor-ton, is entitled "Way to Ship." and has been preceded by three other numbers. The purpose of "Way to Ship" is to show shippers what are the through package cars leading to desirable trade terri-tones, and hrow shipments should be routed to obtain the best possible service. The book is in two parts. It contains seven ty-nine pag es in its first part devoted to the listing of stations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten-nessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Against every station of these many thousand is placed a number, and that number carries the inquirer to the book's second part, being, literally, "Key No.1 to Way to Ship book No 4, 1910." To demonstrate the relation of the two parts of the work, it may be said for instance that the town of Abanda, the alphabetical leader in the Alabama list, has against it the number 679. and that the inquiring shipper who wants to reach Abanda in the best way does so if he follows the routing lllstructions which he finds set opposite the number 679 in the key In the case in point, if he were wise he would ship by the Chicago Eastern Illinois, in the Birmingham car, ex-pectlllg that his goods would arrive on the fourth day, and that they would have but one transfer, and that of a character least subJ ect to delay, loss and injury The book of course contams necessary shipping instruc-tions, and is equivalent to a business maker to every shipper who makes constant use of it. The package car service is the result of co-operatIOn between interested railroads and the Freight Traffic committee, and is one of the important constructive acts of the association in its unremitting cam-paign for trade extension. Have you received your copy of DRY KILNS FOR TIMBER PRODUCTS? A book on the "best and latest" practice of artificial lumber drying. IMPROVED ROLLER BEAR-ING TRUCKS Doors, Steam Traps, and the" ABC" Moist Air Drying Apparatus fully described and clearly illustrated. Mention Publication No. 265 (M. A.) AMERICAN BLO'¥[R CoMPANY ----DETROIT. MICH. _ U S. A Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC"roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. "Detroit" Return Steam Traps. 2J 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R Taylor. Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn ; Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn ,Secretary, W L. Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn., 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mmn., W. L Harns. Mlnneapohs, Mlnn I C. Datuelsou, Cannon Fans. BULLETIN No. 147. W L GRAPP, Do you thlllk for one mlllute that an 1l1"otliutlOn 'iuch a" h pictured above, could have grown up 111 ten ) ear" a" theY have, If they had not used some fundamental pr1l1C1ple tJ make It possIble? Do you know what that fundamental pnn-clple IS, If not, ask yourself how about the first cost of your source of supply. Is thIS instltutlOn, a mad order ev d, paying the same price that you and I pay? ,VeIl, no, hardl), and unless the mall order house could better the prICe'i, then v"lth the 'i111all dealer" thc} never could do what they have done and are no\', dJ1l1lS If y,m find III your business, that you cann 1t u"e the v 01U111C,that bnngs to you the'ie conces- '-olons. why not become a part of an JrgamzatlOn, whIch can? Thus you wdl be on equal footlllg with the largest competItor,; known III modern times Thlllk It over, Yours truly WEEKLY ARTISAN New Furniture Dealers. F A Quinn IS a new fur111ture dealel at Coppcr Blll, '1 enn Ed \vanI Lalo,on 10, tu open d ne\, fUlll1ture store at N CW-a) go, ~11ch Jacoh Uornstem hao, opened a new fUJmture "tOll at Sh3moh1l1, Fa Charles Han and "\ 0 FOl d, real estate dfalcl s h<.1\C fitted up a St'Jl e In \\ 111chthey wIll open a o,tock of carpel', emU fUl mture at Patterson, III J r Petnk & Sons have enlarged thell upholstellng hLhmes" at 930 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kan , and have stal ted up an up-to-date fmm ture store Jullus and MollIe Wlelbo,ohn and H Phllllps have 111cor-porated the Grand Furniture company, capltallzed at $10,000, to open a new store 111Denver, Col J B Pnnce has opened a new stock of store and office fm111ture and fixture.., 111a part of the CapItol Furl11ture com-pany's hmldl11g 111 RaleIgh, 1\ C The InternatIOnal FurllltUI e company, C L Nord, man-dger, WIll open a new store wIth a large stock of fUl111ture, carpets, rugs, etc, at InternatIOnal Falls, Ml11n J T SImmons of Greenwood, S C, wholesale and retall dealer In furmture and, ehlcle, has rented the J P Jennings store "oon to be bmlt at McCon11lck, S C, and WIll open It 1\ Ith a full stock of vehIcles and furmture hy the mIddle of July Preparing for the ~lidsummer St>ason. The Berkey & Gay Fur111ture company arc busy theoc cla\ s v,lth preparatIOns for the July sale The maIn office on the fir:ot floor has been completely remodeled dnd presents a beautiful appeal ance, filllshed throughout as It h WIth ma-hogany ThIS firm dt considerable expense a year ago, fitted up a specIal room to show theIr Flanders furmture 1he room has 7,500 feet of floO! space and IS one of the furl11ture sl~hts of the cIty ThIS July, they are agam makmg l111pl0\ e- 111ents m theIr show rooms, alld wIll have two addltlonal spe-ual rooms, one showmg thClr enamel bed room lme-the other theIr new Sheraton cleltlons, whIch they are showl11g qUIte extenSIvely thIS season In addItion to the exhlbltlon of furnIture an exhIbIt equally as 111terestmg is that made of thell ad, ertlslng serVIce for 1he dealer The Berkey & Gay company reah?e that their pr::lblem IS not soh ed when furnI-ture IS sold the retaIler, that It really only commences at that pOInt-that the real problem is to mo, e the goods from the retaIler's floor ThIS explal11s wihy so much money ha:o been put behind theIr advertIsing campaIgn and so much thought In then dealers advertIsing servIce One cannot help but be Impressed WIth the thoroughness of these selll11g plans and the assIstance they can be to the dealer 1\ ho vnll take advantage of them \ VISIt tc) the Belke) & Cra) "hol\ 10()111C, dt1Jmg the lull sale v\ 111be tll11e II ell "pent The Past Season a Good One. John S LInton the secretary of the 1'\atlOnal 1<url11tl11e \Ianufacturers' aSSOCIatIOn, who keeps v"ell mformed uron the condItIons that eXIst m the mdustry, on \vednesday, June 8, expressed the opmlon that the sales of furl11ture dunn~ the current spnng season wel e fully ten per cent largel than dunng the correspondmg "ea~on of last year ,Yhl1e It l'J d fart that the travehng salc'imcn took but few ordel s on theIr Lnt tnp, the orders receIved through the malb were unu"uall) large 1'Ir Ll11ton heheves that the fall season of trade WIll be conSIderably more actIve and larger 111 volume than that of the fall of 1900 As an mdlcatlOn of the grounds that eAlst r---.-_- ~--_._.-._--------_._-_.~---~-- I IIII -- • n --I IIII II III II IIIIII II III -01 THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addre.s .nd and receive de.crlptlve Circular of Glue Heater., Glue Cooker. and Hot Boxes with prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-------------------------_._---_._---_.._-_.- ._- sUPPO! tIng the Vle\\ of :\Ir Lmton,]\.11 Insh of the Hastmgs fable company state" that IllS firm has receIved forty-SIx orders from the tern tory tl aveled b) 111msel£ sInce he made hIS tnp March last Mr. Lupfer"s New Project. Geor~e 13 Lupfel, of Columbus, 0, for many yeals Lldl1<.1£;trof the manufacture of beddmg- for the film of whIch he Wd" a membel, havl11g 'iold hIS mtelest io hIS paltner, has 01 gal1lLcd the George B Lupfer company, purc11dsed an up-to- date factory bl11ld1l1g and eqUIpped It WIth the best of 111 )dern machmelY fe)! the manufacture of a supenor hne of mattres'ies, box spnngs, WO\ en and COIled WIre springs, ptl-luw", etc The plant, lac ated at 262-4 North Hanover street 1" nO\\ 1ll opelatlOn and lis ploduct" wlllibe exhIbIted WIth F '1 Fhmpton & Co at 1319 MIchIgan avenue, ChIcago, and at the factor) '\11 Pbmpton is a 'itockholder m the Lupfer company ,Vlth hIS long expenence and fir"t c1a"s fac11ltles Ilr Lupfe, h "ure to make a ~ucces" of his ne\\ project Furniture Fires. '1homa" J :\Iugge's furniture store at I:ohpemmg, 1\11ch, "as destroyed by fire recently The GreenVIlle (Tex) ~Iattres'i company's plant wao, burned on June 1 Loss $3, SOO,pal tlally msured Schwartz Brothers, fur11lture dealers of NOI wlch, Conn, lost about $2,000 by file m theIr siore on Sunday, May 29. rull) 111SUl ed The plant of the l\Iantenffc1 RcfllgelatOl company of \llllneap )11", '\Imn, vva" damaged to the extent of $10,000 b) fire on June 2 In"uI eel Lentz Tahles Sell Themselves. N \SIlVILLE, Mlch, J1111e 9 -The Lent? Tdble com-pany ha, e a satIsfdctOl y trade, and WIll bnng out man) ne\\ pattern:o [or the fall 'ieaSOll, mc1vdmg Flander:o, ml:o:OlOn,carll' Enghsh, Tudor, etc The Lentz dmmg exieno,lOn tables have a WIde reputatIOn as the best made and fim"hed on the malket They do not exhIbIt at any of the furmtm e exlllbltlOns, but have no trouble in marketmg theIr output Long in the Business. George Lv an.., although a ) oun~ man, ha-, been en- ~dged m the sale of furnltUle a lOll£; ilme, not Clmte as long a:o Halle) 0, e.Jmet take" 111 makmg a lound tnp to earth, from ItS hole 111 the cll"tant every\vhel e, but long enough to under-stand the game, and sell a lot of goods to the dealel S m the soutlnvest anel the PaCIfic coast 2S ,.---------------~-- - - -- - - -- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville. 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, iNitation mahogany, and imitation go1den oak. THE BOCKS~rEGEFURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supelrior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL, FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the gr1eat mixed car loading center of the United Sta.tes, made so by the Big Six Association. 1 .. Made by The Karges Funuture Co - - - - ---_-II WEEKLY ARTISAN Made by Bosse FurnIture Company Made by World Furniture Compan}. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co a--------- ._ ••••• -.4 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The Roper I~url11ture facto!\ 1<" to he 11W\ ull10m \I1-!I,t \\ aka, Ind to DIxon, III J D 110rns nncleIiaku c11 l\.llklanel III hd' 'c lei 111- bU<.,lne"" trl Henly Laudl" The Tnggs-5teele I t11l11ture C0111]M!1)0 \n\1l"ton \la ha" gone II1t) banklllptcy FlOellch Drothers succeed Phlhp llOellch t\\lnJt\\l c dl,d u and undertaker, at Gridley, III IV 1;\1 Kelly & Son ha\ e ,ucceeded unde1 takll1g busmess at Elburn III The Rochester (:\ Y) c,tme and rl11nltllte cc)mpa11\ have opened a hI anch St01 e at Glen ralls. '\ Y The Lall1gsbu1 g (\llch ) Fl11l11tu1e anel L ndel taklllg C0111- pany has been II1corporated CapItal ,tack ~1O000 The Grand Rapld-, (\llch') L:ph0l,telln!2 COmpd11\ ha\ e Increased theIr capItal stock 110m $20000 to S:;O 000 The Enterpnse I~l11l11ture company dealel"- of PhlLt delphIa, ha\ e filed a \ oluntaly pet1t1011 m h Wk.1 \\ptL \ The MIller Furl11tllte compa11\ 01 \the11' r;a ,tie 1l1clk-mg anangements to add an unde! takIng dep31 tmlnt to the11 bUSIness The Central 5pnng Ded compan" ha\ e ~I\ (n 1l( IllC that then pnnupal offiel ha" been mo\ eel 110 11 [1m. ,,- 1 . to Brooklyn 1he Rhodc,,-Il1teh-C<Jllln, I111111turc l 1l1Jllll\ I' 1.) occupy a ne" bUlld1l1£; to be el ected on l'a din" ,1.1eel III l'en sacola, } la The People'" lUlll1tJlI e comp.U1\ nf been II1corporated b) S \ [ Good111an, -\ LeWIS CapItal stock. $10 000 Jacob II 01£ & Co, ±tlll11tl11e dealel" c 1 ha,e II1corpCJ1ated tben busmess a, the Speal ture company CapItal stock, $25000 The Hunt .:Uanufactunng company (Jarrett, Ind, ha" been mcol pOl ated b, rredenck, Charles Abel and E F Clal k The Campbell-C;mlth-Rltchle compall\ \\ 0"( llnL I" hanel-led by F l' Plimpton & Co, are bUllchng an a 1cltt]()J1 70" 90 four stones to theIr plant at Lebanon. Ind C J Enksen, fmnltule dealer, of Lawlerce, Kan. ha' II1corporated hIs busme,s, under the name 0 the :Cl1ksen Furlllture company CapItal stock, $25,000 A. E Tromp. a man of \\ Ide e"penence 111 the 1111111t1L.1l trade has taken the pOSItIOn of managel 111 the ll1ll1ltul e department of the -\x BIlly store, EUf;ene 01 e A A Husey, \\ J \!Jhan and 1\ 1\ C (j,,, h,,\ C 111- corpOlated the Hu,ey-\llhan Fl1Il1Itl1lc com pam . cl('alCl~ oj Oakland, Ca1 CapItal "tock. $50,000, all paId 111 The PI!/cr Furmtl1l e and Hareh\ dl e com pam 01 [ac!"on- \ d1e. I-la, arc erecting a concl ete hudd1l1g, t\\ )-"101Jes \\ Ith slxtv-foot frunt, that the) \\ III occupy In \u~ust The ::\;01thelll Ca'oket company of lond du lac, 1\ I" d1C ereLi1l1g an addltlon to thell plant. \\ hlch \\ Jll co"t S20,000 and enable them to employ fifty or sl ...t.y adclItlOnal men The Hartman 1urmture company. dealers of ChICd~O, are about to elect a lalge \\arehouse on the south SIde ]he) paId $26,400 for the sIte whIch fronts on II ell l\\ 01th a\ enue 1 he D'ltzgera1d FurnIture company al e el ectlnt; a fi\ e- "tory pI es"ed bnck buJ1clIng. \\ ll1ch IS to h'l\ L ,dl \llodeln Imprm ement" and be read) for uccupanc} ,lbuut the fil"t of September The ::\Iutual Fl1Imtl1le LOmpdm \\ho IVnght in the retaIl busmess at Owego " \. \ [ahan In thc l1caUlt1r nt rL e" ha' D I Loppel and \ c... Cln cldnel (). c...ample l~Ull1l "-tOIl' tl1ll1ltUH LClgl H UW. 1\ ,ucc~eclecl I I' Y , ,tbOUl a ) edr ,l~ I h'l' 111)\\ c!')-.Lcl the 0\\ ego stOl e and moved the "tack to j ll1lncl \ ') " l \l,,()n Illlnltule ded1el of Del'l Creck. near Bloom- III~ton Ill, pm elM "eel thL old p,J"toffiee hl1lldmg whIch w clS lece11111 \dcateel l1lcned It to a lot ad]0111111ghb store and \\ 111 U,e lt ,h a wal chouse 11 " 11alHi,un ot FClgllS Fa1h, and H I1 Halver"on, ha\ e pUlchased the T II Pelrt's furl11tme "tore bus111ess at "ank eentel ,[mn H B Haher"on \\111 manage the busl-ne,~ unr1el the film name ul Hal'. erson & Co rll,C DClke, ~ Ga} lurl1ltul e company, Grand RapIds, hd\ e fttteel llP a leceptlOn loom for the buyers who wdl call dt the facton cl11I111gthe summel sales season It is fi11lshed 111 mahogan\. calefull) selected and matched C T' II lllldm,on ha, sold hIS 1I1telest 111the fl1lniture a'l(] undo tak111~ ]m"1I1es" of \llllld111son & Stahl, Tecum:oeh, \1 Jell to r ugcnc c..,el\ lee The new firl1l-Sel vIce &Stahl- \\111111J\l 10 \[1 c..,cnlce, stOle on ChlLago street I hl (,tate 0\ the 1.,1.( Dd\lcl IV Kendall of the PhoenIX 1 UInltnl e c0111]Jal1\, Gland Raplcls, \11Ch, has been appraIsed aL «;ZO() 000. Inclmll1l:; sCJme good "lzed hlocks of '>tock 111 L(1)dlt mll1lng compal1le" th,lt al e pclymg dIvIdends j ill c..,outhel'l Spl1n~ Ded company and other credItors hel\ l hleel a petitIOn 11I hankruptcy a~al11,t vV J\. Rhudy whl 11,1- lllcn elOlJlg 11l1~llle" 11I \tlanta, Ga, under the name" of the I ,t~ll lt11l11tl1le company and the Globe Fur11lture com-pall\ \\ R TLll11~ 101111el1) of the film of Delle & HaIJIS, IIll11l1111l elealu" o[ CCJllCOld '\ C. lus purchased the fur11l- 1111e-t(lIe It \\ dlton ~ \lcLeall. 111 -\shevllle, '\ C, and WIll l lnllll11L the hU-'I11e,,, undel the name of the Barns I~ur11lture ot l(l111Pclll\ On aeCOl1nt ot the 1 etl! ement of Charles E Hallock and the elbjJj..,al ot Ill" ~tolk m the Hallock I\1I111ture company of Rockt lel III (Tt!\ L l\d1Jam and 0 F lmfrock who n)',\ wnt! 01 the aaftll' of the company and own the controllll1g l111ele,t \\ 111~oon l han~e thE tItle 1 he a..,,,et, 01 \. & H C Knowlton, chaIr manufacturers oj \\ OIceqer, .:'lIas, "ho faIled recently are to be sold at auctIon 1\\ the aoo.H;nee-, neAt SatLlIday, June 18 The property c Ilbl' L' ot leal e, ta te, machmery stock fil1lshed and unfin- 1,hecl, IU111ber ancl account" recelyable T ~ 1 R Duck chdlr manufaclurels of Sterhng, Mass, ha\ e the contract fOJ hlfl1lshlng 11 700 chaIr" to be used at the lef!Jle,-Tohn'on pll/e fight at San FranCISCo on the 1 ()Ill th r t [ul'. The\ ha\ e ,11lpped tluee car loads and WIll ..,tal t the othel-, 0,1 thel1 1\ a) dUlll1g the comll1g week J hc ] \ all"\ 111c rl1rl1lture \[anufaeturers' AssaClatlon e1110\erl 1hell a11l1nal ontmg la'>t \londay They chartered a ,teamer tOl an excUl "lOn up the 01110 nver, carned plenty of Jefl e,h111cnt, ancl ,pent the clav nght PreSIdent E1I D \J 111([. \\ ds chairman of the C0111nllttee on arrangements The -\elam" & Ra\ monel \- eneer compan), manufacturel (Jl thll1 cut 1\1mbe1 and \ eneelS, IndIanapolis. have recently been mcol pOIatec1 bl1t thl'> WIll m no way change the man-agement The bnslne,," WIll be Il1lfeased by the handlll1g of more 1m ug n \\ ooel " than heretofore P BRay mond IS pI e~ldent 01 the, ompany I he JIuo'lu '[an\1factulll1~ lG111pan) of 1'\e\\castle, Ind, all cl the "e\\ ca" tle Cabll1et company of the same place, are p1amtlft<., In a ~ult II hlch ha, been filed 111 Ul1Ited States (OUlt a"all1't 11ank H Da\ls. a fnr1lltnre dealel of Columbus, allee;1l1~ ll1tungeme11t UI d patent on a mou1dmg board u3ed ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 1ll making the flOnts of btchen calbmet:'> The plaintIffs dsk damages and an lllJunctlOn Employes of the Hal tmann FUlll1ture compan), ChIcago, went to the home of :\1rs Herman SIegel to get a davenpol t on whIch payments had lapsed Mrs Siegel vvas not at home and they took a davenport that had been bought at another store and paid for. K ow Mrs SIegel I;" SU1l1g the Hal tman c::Jm-pany for $1,000 worth of diamonds that bhe alleges were 111 the davenpol t when It was lemoved The Jones Bros Dry Goods company, owners of the largest department store west of ChIcago and conduct1l1g a large mall order bus111ess, hay e gone 111to the han<ls of a re-ceIver, WIth a~sets estImated at $2 000,000, and habllItIes aggl e-gatmg at least $1,400 000 1 he bus1l1ess WIll be cont1l1ued wlth:mt change of pollc) or management 1;n~easonahle \"eather IS gIven as the cause of the faIlure Frank Keppler has sold hI;" 111terest 111 the ens", ell- Keppler Furl11tm e company, manufacturel s of pallor fur11l-ture, Grand Rapids, to lrank and James Cnswell l\1r Kep-pler has been offered a pObltlOn a~ manager of the uphol-stenng depal tment of Levenson & Zel11tz, Balt1l11Ole, Md, which he WIll 111\ estlgate befOl e accept111g The Cnswell- Keppler company, 01f;anucd three ) ears ago has been re-markably sUlces~ful lor the "ummel ;"ales season they have pi epal ed alaI g e lIn e of Engllbh gOdds made In only one deSIgn New Factories. Eugene Andrews and others have orgal11zed the High }J01l1t Casket company, capltalILecl ,1t $50,000, with $14,000 The Rmg Furl11ture company, recently 01gal11zecl, al e huddmg a new factOly at Kerner;"vllle, N C The Jeffer"on Beddmg company, recently Olgal11zed, lus eqmpped a factory and WIll make mattresse:o, bedc1111g etc, at Jefferson, \\ IS. The new fur11lture factory, bOller house and dry-bIn, helllg erected by the Showel s BlOS Co, Bloom111gton, Ind. IS nearly completed F C Shive, S E Roberbon and H \\ DavIS, have 111- corporated the Tledmann ConvertIhle Chall company, capIta-lIzed at $100,000. and will estabhsh a factOly at vVJ1m111gton, Del The new Supenor Furmture company of RocHm d, Ill, are about to beg111 opelatlOns They have constructed one of the largest and best equIpped plants 111that ftu111ture 111anu-factunng center Eugene Andre", s and other" ha" e on;a1117ed the ITH;h Pomt Casket company, capltalI7Cd at $50,000 With $1+,000 subscnbed, dnd wdl bmld a plant for the manufacture of c )ffins and caskets at High POInt, ~ C The Detachable Book Rest company of Vldalla, Ga, which \\ a" orgal117Cd last fall has been reOJ ga11lzed WIth new managers who have made arrangements to have theIr patented de" Ice manufactured by the V ldalla Coffin and Casket C0111- pany untd they can build a plant of theIr own After long negotIa t1Ons, Col Don IS of Cordele, Ga, has closed a deal with the Atheps (Ga) Mattress and SprIng Bed company, whereby the latter are to estabhsh a branch factory, employ1l1g not less than fifty hands, at Cordele The Arthur C Schuet7e Manufactunn~ company, Ma111- towoc, \VlS, ha, recently opened an e;"tabllshment tor the manufacture of church, school and office fur111ture, mtenor woodwork, etc All the mach1l1ery was purchased from a fac-tOly which had been shut down for some ilme apel the plant IS now in operation Sears, Roebuck & Co, have closed a deal by which they 29 become owners of the plant of the Spruce Mounta1l1 Lumber company at Clyde,;..J C The company have also purchased 1000 acres of tImber land from \V II Leatherwood for $13,000 It IS understood that the gleat Chicago firm propose to con-vel t the lumbo mdl 111to a furmture factory, manufactunng f111111ture for thell mall ordel bus1l1ess dllect flom the newly ptllchased timber lands National Furniture Exchange. The capital stock of the National Furniture Exchange, ChIcago, IS $3,500,000, of which $1,000,000 IS pleferred and $2,500,000 IS common stock The officers are' President, Joseph J Schneider, vice pi eSldent, FrederIck M Bowes, secretary, Norman A Larson, Treasurer, Edward LarE,on Executive Commlttee-Jo,eph J Schneider, Jo:"eph R 'V Cooper and N A Larson The dlrectOlate consists of ~he officers, Joseph R \N Cooper and two other~ to be selected The company pi 0- poses to erect an exposltlOn htllldmg on Twenty-second street, near the lake front \" IIII ~-----_._--_. . .., B. WALTER & CO. ~~ TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA ......... -- ------------.~...-....-...~I. WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT Kimball Elevator Co., 3~3 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0 , l0811th St, Omaha, Neb., 129Cedar St , New York CIty. ....._-.., IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVAlO RS II QUICK RAISING Belt, ElectrIC and Hand Power. j The Best Hand Power jor Furntture Stores Send for Catalogne and PrIces. KIMBAll BROS, CO" "" ", .. sc. COlnoi! Bloffs, la, I '---_._._._----------_ ..._._.-._-------- .. ~, ----~-----------~_.._. -..-.-.., - I III , -~ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (f{arence lR. bills DOES IT ~_...16.3 Madison Avenue -CItIzens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, },(ICH OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 ..... . .. 27 N. Market St.. Grand Rapid., Mich. .---------------------_ .. ~-------------------------- .-~ 10ufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens' Telephone I70~. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN $2~ SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for September, 1880. SIlas Stern wJ1l open a furmture store 111 Eufaula, Ala J uhus Berkey has returned home after spend111g seyeral weeks In New York George W Gay and famIly ha' e returned from theIr <,um-mer outing at CharlevOIx E. T. Nelson and famdy ha' e completed a tour ot the northern pleasure resorts J Fred Baars, J r, has returned home after pa'i,,1I1g hIS vacatIOn at Martha's Ylneyard Gerhart Raumann of ?lIlddletov' n, Conn. ha-, patented a spnng closer for doors and !Sate" Wdham D1I1wlddle has entered the employ ot the Kent Furmture company a:-,a decorator Jacob C More of the Grand RapId" FurnIture company passed hIS summer "\acatlOn near Petoskey W. H Beals of the Berke, tz Ga, Furl1lture com pan) IS VIsiting customers of the house In the \\ est R W Mend!, secretary ot the Phoel1lA Furl1lture com-pany has returned from an outll1g on the \tlantlc 'ieaboard SIr Kl1lghts Eha5 2\Iatter and Ja) D "Ctle) partiCIpated in the tnenmal conclave of the Kmghts Templar at ChIcago The follOWing salesmen were recent SOjourners 111Grand Rapids F. Mes111ga WIth "\V111dmuller & Roelker. Xe\\ York. Mr. Wood of the Columbus, (0) ~tarch company, (Starch was used to fill furnIture woods thIrty) ears ago -Ed Arti-san) ; A L Sproul of the FaIrfield, (Conn) Rubber company; F. D. HJ1ls WIth D N Selleg, Xe,,, York, J A. .-\dams, Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. Each 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 $2~ Each Net :\Iasury & Sons, ChIcago; C H Somes of Glover & vVJllcomb, Bost9n; Thomas D LIlly with S R Vrooman, Plulade1phia; J F Harri'i, Murphy & Co, Cleveland; and H A Newkirk of HIlI'i, Turner & Co, Boston. America's Best Customer. :"Jearly one-half of the manufactures exported from the L:l1Ited States go to Bnbsh tern tory and form more than one-thIrd of the total exports to that ternary, and thIS despite the fact that Great Bntaln IS the greatest manufacturing country of Europe and the world's greatest exporter of manufactures A careful analySIS of the 1909 exports of manufactures, just completed, shows that 275 mllhon dollars' worth of manu-factures v. ere sent to Bntish tern tory In that year, out of a total export of 671 mIllion dollars' worth of manufactures, mak- 111gthe 'ihare sent to Bntlsh terntory 41 per cent; also that the total exports of all kinds of Bntlsh terntory 111 the same penod were 742 mIllIOn dollars, the share which manufactures formed of that total be111gthus 37 per cent. Of the merchan-dIse other than manufactures exported, over 48 per cent went to British tern tory Of the total domestic exports, including both manufactures and all other merchandise, over 45 per cent v, ent to Bntlsh tern tory. By the term "Bntl'ih terntory" IS meant England, Scot-land, Ireland, GIbraltar, and Malta, Gozo, etc , in Europe; Ber-mnda, Bntlsh Honduras, Canada, Newfoundland and Labra-dor. and the Bntlsh \Vest Indle'i 111 North Amenca; BritIsh GUlana and Falkland Islands In South Amenca; Aden, Hong-kong, IndIa, the StraIts Settlements. and other British East IndIes 111ASIa; Austraha, New Zealand, and other British isl-ands 111 Oceal1la; Bntlsh South Afnca, West Afnca, and East Afnca, on the Dark Continent. WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildinlis That Will Need Furniture. Residences- J H. A Locher, James street and Hartwell avenue, MIlwaukee, WIS , $4,500; Henry Frenny, Forty-eighth street and Pabst avenue, MIl", aukee, $4,000; Bernard Gold-stelD, 616 Eleventh street, MIlwaukee, $5,000; MISS Bartells, Cramer and Folsom streets, MIlwaukee, $3,000; Edward C Grog, MerIdeth and SuperIor streets, MIlwaukee, $3,500; J. Sheehan, Forth-fourth street and LIsbon avenue, MIlwaukee, $4,000; 13 M GreenstelD, 230 Grand street, New York, NY, $42,000, haac Marks, 61 Park Row, New York, $12,500; Prof M SmIth, 323 vVest FIfth-seventh street, New York, $12,500; A R Murphy, KlDgsbndge road and Webster avenue, New York, $6,500; C J Reckling, Fort and CasgralD street'S, De-trOIt, MICh, $4,000, Otto Jacobs, Gratiot avenue and Helen street, DetrOIt, $4,200, Max Satonsky, High and HastlDgs t>treets, DetroIt, $10,000; Mary M. Dickerson, 404 LeIcester street, DetrOIt S;S,OOO;G H FrederIck, 918 Twenty-fourth street, DetrOIt, $3,000, Charles H. Stevenson, Brush street and Palmer avenue, DetroIt, $7,500; W. H. Wilhams, 1010 Grand RIver avenue, DetrOIt, $7,000; Clarence Carkeek, 324 Hubbard street, DetrOIt, $4,300; Charles Manzelmann, Field and Charle- VOIXstreets, Detroit, $5,069, Anthony KlelD, 417 Russell street, DetroIt, $4,000; Henry Hausen, 239 Missouri street, DetrOIt, $3,500, H W SmIth, 180 Rohus street, DetroIt, $4,000, Teresa Donovan, 5002 East Twent}-fourth street, Kansas CIty, Mo, $8,500; Sebastian Keller, 4245 Terrace avenue, Kansas CIty, $4,000; O. M Platt, 3804 Flora avenue, Kansas CIty, $8,000; J A Howard, 3718 Tracy street, Kansas CIty, $4,500; C. 0 Jones, 30-32 Garfield avenue, Kansas CIty, $15,000 J C Cham-berlain, 3308 Waldron boulevard, Kansas City, $4,000; C B. WIlkins, 571 Woodland street, Kansas CIty, $4,500, T E Bradley, 107 Bales avenue,
- Date Created:
- 1910-06-11T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 30:50
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It began publication in 1936. and MAGAZINE > • • r - •+'•*. CHARLES F. REILLY Corned beef, cabbage .. and cycling (See page 42) Two dollars a year 20 cents a copy JUNE-JULY • 1937 Grand Rapids, M i c h i g a n I NOTICE--- L All prices quoted on illustrative and advertising |r pages in Pine Furniture are "number"-(double whole- , sale}- thus making the cost to legitimate home-i furnishing merchants one-half the quoted prices, subject to regular terms. ' PLEASE REMOVE THIS SLIP—- upon opening Fine Furniture so that the magazine may be used frealy with the consuming trade. Due to price increases announced by manufac-turers, prices quoted are subject to change without notice. BERKEY & GAY The Biggest Ready-Made Market For Fine Furniture in America Is Waiting You . . . Ifou The Berkey tS Gay Franchise affords you protection and greater profits Following a year of expanding operations, increased production facilities now make it possible to satis-factorily service a limited number of additional new dealers. In many territories new franchises can now be arranged. If you are interested in taking on the Berkey & Gay line, where existing satisfactory franchises will not conflict, you are cordially invited to the July Market showing — to see the new line, with its many attractive new suites in lower price brackets, to personally discuss dealer arrangements, and to go over the potentials for your business offered by the ready-made, big Berkey & Gay market. You may prefer to discuss the situation in your territory in advance of the market, or if you are unable to attend the market, please write or wire. Many of the New Suites Ready for Immediate Shipment BERKEV & GflV f 0 RII ITU RE COfllPflnV G R A N D R A P I D S • M I C H I G A N We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE Let's TALK about TURNOVER ONLY merchandise that is priced within the reach of your trade's buying power will move quickly. That is one reason why FALCON tables are welcome guests in furniture stores. They never hang around too long. Speeding turnover, too, are Falcon's superb styling, finish, and depend-ability. No. 194-T. Pries $9.50 In Lots of Six or More, One Shipment Top 17" x 27" —Height 20" No. 423-T. Price $11.50 In Lots of Six or More, One Shipment Top 18" x 28" — Height 20" Permanent Showroom Waters-Klingman Bldg. Grand Rapids FALCON MANUFACTURING COMPANY BIG RAPIDS MICHIGAN ( FlN€ FURNITURC the Homefurnishing Magazine from the Furniture Style Center of America VOLUME 2 1937 NUMBER GEORGE F. MACKENZIE, President PHIL S. JOHNSON. General Manager ROD G. MACKENZIE. Editor -JUNE-JULY-Page Nine 9 What's Going on Behind Your Back? by a Furniture Merchant 24 Lighting Model Room Displays, by Helen McKinlay 26 What About Furniture Prices, by Frank E. Seidman 28 He Collects Liquor 30 Furniture Frolics, by Ray Barnes 31 What Do You Know, and Are You Sure? 32 Women in Furniture, Mrs. Ray Danforth 33 Sketch Book, by Guido Alessandrini 34 Making the Markets 37 Punch in Floor Covering Displays 40 History of the Windsor Chair, by Phyllis Field Cooper. . . . 41 How Much Are Your Old Customers Worth? by Ralph Spangler 43 We Are Six, by Ruth Mclnemey 44 Continuity Copy Creates Human Interest 45 Let's Make the Nutmeg Grater, by Chet Shafer 46 Retailing Tips 47 Homefurnishings News 50 Published monthly by the Furniture Capital Publishing Co., 155 Ottawa Ave., N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. Acceptance under the Act of June 5, 1934, authorized April 30, 1936. FINE FURNI-TURE copyright, 1936. Eastern office: R.K.O. Bid., 1270 Sixth Ave., Room 906, New York City, phone CIRcle 7-4339, S. M. Goldberg, representative. Chicago office: 307 N. Michigan Ave., phone CENtral 0937-8, Bassler & Weed Co., representatives. Subscription rates: $2 per year in the United States and American Colonies; $3 in Canada and foreign countries; single copies, 20 cents. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 CELEERATING Our 75th Market Anniversary in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING Grand Rapids AND ALSO CELEBRATING 37 V2 YEARS OF MUTUALLY PROFITABLE SELLING OF FINE UPHOLSTERY TO THE RETAIL TRADE OF AMERICA JAMESTOWN LOUNGE CO. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Exhibiting In WATERS-KLINGMAN BLDG., C4RAND RAPIDS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FUKXITUFF. FINE FURNITURE MICHIGAN FURNITURE SHOPS, INC. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Displayed at the Factory Show Rooms of Grand Rapids Chair Co. We appreciate your mentioning you sazv this in FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 EXCLUSIVELY A Dependable Source of Supply Jultf market Dresser from "The Lord Dunkirk", an ornate Georgian Group in Genuine Honduras Mahogany, No. 910 The great American bedroom line of popular appeal for the middle class market. Characterized by superior styling and workmanship at the medium price levels. A traditional profit line for estab-lished stores from coast to coast. See in July the brilliant new creations which will receive preferred display and selling emphasis in retail programs this fall. Victorian Early American Mahogany French Provincial Modern Walnut Georgian Chippendale Maple Louis XVI Heppelwhite Prima Vera Colonial Queen Anne Cherry Maple Blond Maple WEST MICHIGAN FURNITURE COMPANY OF HOLLAND— The Half Century Shop of Dutch Craftsmen on the Shores of Lake Michigan. Showrooms Waters-Klingman Bldg. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE FINE FURNITURE PRESENTING New Interpretations of the Old Masters THERE is no substitute for careful thought and thorough research behind quality furniture design. There can be no concession to hurried, harried "mass" production methods in the lexicon of our master craftsmen. Every John Widdicomb creation must ring true to our every exacting test . . . to our severe requirements for sound, seasoned woods; for sturdy and enduring structure; for life-long beauty of finish; for pre-eminence of interpretative designs. JOHN WIDDICOMB COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. Factory Showroom, 601 Fifth St. New York Showrooms No. 1 Park Ave. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE Many New Smart Saleable Creations Sacked by n Aggressive National dvertising Progra 77~».v. FINE FURNITURE T CHARLESP LIMBERT COM CABINET-MAKERS A sparkling new line of attractive furniture for the dining room and bedroom will be a feature of the Charles P. Limbert Company display at the Summer Market. Workmanship of character, individual styling and exquisite detail have long been the character-istics for which Limbert groups have become noted. Our aim is to present you with the best of reproduc-tions and adaptations from the traditional furniture of the great craftsmen. CHARLES P. LlfllBERT COmPfMV'S noTRBLE nEiu Line DisPLflVED AT THC fine ARTS BUILDIM CHARLES P. LIMBERT COMPANY HOLLAND MICHIGAN We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r I U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 PAGE NINE Though other pages bare the minds Of many men, the credit or The blame I'll bear for what one finds On this, Page Nine.—The Editor. NATIONAL FURNITURE UNION? To all intents and purposes, the furniture strike situation has eased in Grand Rapids. Mid-June found workers back on the job in the Robert W. Win Furniture Co. plant, and an arbitration committee was settling differences between the C.I.O. and the Irwin management over wages and other controversial issues. However, Harry Spencer, organizer of the C.I.O. forces among Grand Rapids furniture workers, is by no means satisfied with the results his organization has been able to achieve in his campaign which has involved the Irwin and the Macey Furniture Co. plants. Although there is little danger of a general strike in the Furniture Capital — because Spencer sensibly realizes that a convalescent industry cannot be bled white and continue to live — there IS every reason to believe that the fight will be carried to other centers. On June 14, Spencer declared he was even then on his way to Detroit to study successful contracts between employ-ers and the C.I.O. in other industries, and that he hoped to obtain a charter for the formation of a national union of furniture workers. If this shall be obtained — and there is every reason to believe so at this time — watch for a general upward swing in wages paid furniture workers in ALL manu-facturing centers — and a consequent upping of prices you, as a retailer, will be paying for merchandise before the Fall market. ff PILFERING Do you know what's going on behind your back? How honest are your employes? Are you sure? Do you know the various ways you can be gradually robbed of much of your store profits by major and minor "knock-downs"? A retailer, who must go nameless, of course, has made an interesting study of methods used by dishonest employes and presents them forcefully in this issue. Ordinarily, FINE FURNITURE meticulously avoids unpleasant subjects, but we believe this one needs to be discussed. It can't happen in your store, of course, because ninety-nine per cent of all employes are honest . . . but, just in case . . . well, it won't do any harm to read it, anyhow! ff WATCH ELECTRIC COOKERY! Do you sell electric ranges? If not, do you know that the marketing of electric cookery is increasing by leaps and bounds and that it is giving gas stoves a battle for sales honors? Some interesting things about electric ranges were dis-closed in a recent consumer study by Westinghouse. It was found that by no means is the use of electric ranges, nor the preference for them, confined to high-income homes, but that almost 50% of the electrics now in use are in the homes of the group consisting of skilled mechanics, salesmen, clerical workers and farmers. It was also found that the longer a woman has been keep-ing house, the more apt she is to buy an electric range, because 33% of sales are to women who have been cooking for twenty-one years or over; 16.5% to women who have kept house 16 to 21 years; 19.3% to women with I I to 15 years' housekeeping experience. Electric ranges sold to young wives of less than five years' kitchen bondage are only about 15% of total sales. Experience of friends with electric cookery was found to outstrip by far all reasons for wanting an electric range, 77.4% wanting electric cookery because of that influence. Women are sold predominantly (75.8%) on the cleanliness of electric cookery. Convenience and economy also rank high. These, in other words, are your best talking points if (and when) you sell electric ranges. ff LIGHTING DISPLAYS Of all things, you'd think a retailer would give a maximum of attention to the lighting of his store exterior, to his dis-plays, and particularly to correct lighting in his model rooms. But so few of us do! Correct placing of the right types of lamps in model rooms has been shown to increase materially not only the sale of furniture displayed in such groups, but to strongly impel the sales of more and better lamps. Miss Helen McKinlay, of General Electric Co., who has been making an intensive study of display lighting in stores, gives in this issue some valuable pointers and suggestions on this subject. ff TREND OF PRICES Again, we take great pride in presenting another of the carefully prepared and expert articles by Frank Seidman, who discusses in this number the probable trend of furniture prices. Mr. Seidman, whose article appears exclusively in FINE FURNITURE, is one of the few to whom the trade and industry can go for authentic facts about itself. ff RUG TRENDS TALLY It is interesting to note the closeness with which carpet and rug trends tally with furniture design tendencies. Modern furniture accounts for one-third of present retail sales, and this compares closely with the rug and carpet industry's offerings of Modern and texture patterns and the plain color broadloom used extensively with Modern. Thirty per cent of all new furniture is Eighteenth Century, a percentage that checks approximately with the proportion of Persian patterns, plus that portion of textures and plain carpeting used with this period style. Early American and Colonial styles account for 16 per cent of new furniture, a growing percentage which closely corresponds with the increase in Early American rug and carpet designs and the textured types used with this furniture style. If replacement buying be taken into consideration, this period style balance between rugs and carpets and furniture is markedly maintained. ff 10 FINE FURNITURE L. Flexible space arrange-ments which are spa-cious, well-lighted, and concentrated. The club room illustrated is com-fortably and tastefully arranged and furnished. TRAFFIC IS HEAVIEST where the STRONG LINES SHOW in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING . . . EXHIBITORS . . . Allen Chair Co., West Concord, Mass -Third Floor, East Arcadia Furniture Co., Arcadia, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Atlas Furniture Co., Jamestown, N. Y - -Fourth Floor, North Bechtold Bros. Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. First Floor, North Bromberg Galleries, Birmingham, Ala Second Floor, North Brower Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fifth Floor, East Brown Brothers Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, Butler Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Cochran Chair Co., Aurora, Ind First Floor, North Conant-Ball Company, Gardner, Mass Fifth Floor, South Davies Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, De Boer Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N. Y ....First Floor, South Doezema Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Dutch Woodcraft Shops, Zeeland, Mich Sixth Floor, North Half Half Half East Half Half Half East Half Half , Half Eagle-Ottawa Leather Co., Grand Haven, Mich. First Floor, South Half Estey Mfg. Co., Owosso, Mich - First Floor, North Half Falcon Mfg. Co., Big Rapids, Mich - Fifth Floor, South Half Ficks Reed Co., Cincinnati, Ohio - -Third Floor, South Half Fine Arts Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Grand Ledge Chair Co., Grand Ledge, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half G. R. Bedding Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, South Half G. R. Lounge Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half G. R. Fancy Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Grand Rapids Furn. Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, North Grand Rapids Upholstering Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Sixth Floor, South Half Hart Mirror Plate Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Hekman Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.—-Third Floor, South Half Herrmann Lamps, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Second Floor, South Half Holland Furniture Co., Holland, Mich -Sixth Floor, North Half Iredell Sales Co., New York, N. Y Fourth Floor, North Half Jamestown Lounge Co., Jamestown, N. Y Third Floor, North Half Kozak Studios, Grand Rapids, Mich Second Floor, South Half Kuchins Furn. Mrg. Co., St. Louis, Mo Third Floor, South Half Lentz Table Company, Nashville, Mich Fifth Floor, South Half Loeblein, Inc., Kent, Ohio Second Floor, South Half Mahoney Chair Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, East Manistee Mfg. Co., Manistee, Mich Third Floor, South Half Mentzer Reed Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Fourth Floor, North Half Murray Furn. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich Sixth Floor, South Half National Chair Co., St. Louis, Mo Fourth Floor, North Half Nagel-Chase Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111 Fourth Floor, North Half F. A. Nichols Co., Gardner, Mass -Fourth Floor, North Half O'Hearn Mfg. Co., Gardner, Mass Third Floor, South Half Piaget-Donnelly Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Second Floor, North Half A. S. Payne, Inc., No. Bennington, Vt Second Floor, East Rand-McNally & Co., Chicago, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Red Lion Furn. Co., Red Lion, Pa -Fourth Floor, North Half Red Lion Table Co., Red Lion, Pa Fourth Floor, North Half Rockford Chair £ Furn. Co., Rockford, 111., Fifth Floor, North Half Rockford National Furn. Co., Rockford, 111 Second Floor, South Shaw Furniture Co., Charlotte, N. C Second Floor, South Half Skandia Furniture Co., Rockford, 111 Sixth Floor, South Half Sligh Company, Charles R., Holland, Mich., Fifth Floor, South Half Henry C. Steul & Sons, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y Fifth Floor, South Warsaw Furniture Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ky., Fourth Floor, North Half West Michigan Furn. Co., Holland, Mich., Third Floor, North Half W. F. Whitney Co., So. Ashburnham, Mass. Fourth Floor, South Haif Williams-Kimp Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fifth Floor, North Half Wolverine Upholstery Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Fourth Floor, South Half Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich Second Floor, North Half « YOU'LL FIND IT IN^ THE WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING" We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITUKE f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1937 11 Congratulations JAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY THE JAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY, Jamestown, New York, celebrates its DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY in the Summer Furniture Market in Grand Rapids. With an unprecedented record of 75 semi-annual showings in the same location in the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING, this concern was one of the first tenants to sign a lease when this building was opened for furniture exhibits over 37% years ago. Maintaining a beautifully styled line of living room furniture during all these years, the Jamestown Lounge Company has been one of the most successful producers of this type of furniture in America. Millions of dollars of orders have been booked in this space during their long and loyal tenancy. The Management of the WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING congratulates the Jamestown Lounge Company on their unswerving loyalty to the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition and to the building of their choice, and thanks them sincerely for their continued faith in the heritage of Grand Rapids as the dominant furniture exhibition center of America down through the years. WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING The imposing third floor corridor of the Waters-Klingman Bui] d-ing. Entrance to James-town Lounge Company's exhibit at the right. / ' ' • • We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE 12 FINE FURNITURE Creative styling that establishes quality standards and starts buying trends is always on exhibit FIRST at the Grand Rapids Market. Leadership in genuinely fine furniture craftsmanship invariably characterizes the products of Grand Rapids exhibitors. Price ranges are consistently in line with consumer pur-chasing power, permitting profitable year-round quality merchandising as well as productive special promotions. Grand Rapids is the Furniture Market . . . the estab-lished national headquarters for furniture that earns greatest profits and builds lasting prestige. For America's most outstanding furniture values, come to the FURNITURE CAPITAL OF AMERICA. GRflflD RflPIDS f URI1 I TU RE E x p o s i t i o n nssociiiTion f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 13 As an outstanding furniture merchandising and styling headquarters, the Keeler Building contains more individual room settings and complete house and apart-ment groups than any other exhibition building. For the convenience and added comfort of the buyers, a complete air-condition-ing system has been installed at the most modern exhibition center . . . the Keeler Building. LIST OF EXHIBITORS Baker Furniture, Inc. Barnard & Simonds Co. Bent Co., George B. Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. Clore & Hawkins Colonial Mfg. Co. D1 Archangel Uph. Co., J. N. Fine Arts Studios Furniture City Upholstery Co. Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. Hexter Co., S. M., The Kamman Furniture, Inc. Kaplan Furniture Co. Kindel Furniture Co. Kittinger Company Miller Clock Co., Herman Miller Furniture Co., Herman Morse Furniture Co., Ralph National Mattress Co. Paalman Furniture Co. Richard Wheelwright Stanley Chair Co. Statton Furniture Mfg. Co. Thanhardt-Burger Corp., The Vander Ley Brothers Wood Products Corp. KEELER BUILDING FEATURES Designed exclusively for exhibiting of furniture Fireproof AIR-CONDITIONED For your convenience: Free Checking, Telephone Switchboard and a Complete, Personalized Service 14 FINE FURNITURE * • • In making in qu'iri es please specify numbers OVER 150 PIECES ON DISPLAY in our new space, 6th Floor, South Half, Waters-Klingman Building, at the Summer Market in Grand Rapids. Complete line of tables, desks, wall brackets and novelty pieces, all in Modern design, at prices that insure volume sales to your customers. In our new factory at Sparta, Mich., our production space is more than doubled, and we are in position to insure prompt delivery service. You are cordially invited to visit our space MICHIGAN ARTCRAFT COMPANY SPARTA, MICHIGAN (Formerly Fine Arts Studios, Holland, Michigan) We appreciate you?' mentioning you saw this in FIXE FURNITURE Builders of Fine Tables for 37 Years SPACE 924 CHICAGO • SPACE 1110-1116 NEW YORK Duncan Phyfo Drop Leaf Lyre Table No. 5669 With Swivel Top. The Bed and two sides of Wings and Ends are Stripe Mahogany Veneered, with balance Solid Mahogany and Se-lected Gum. Brass feet. REAL TABLE VALUES/ See Mersman's Big New Line At the Summer Markets Up Anchor! And Away— For Bigger Profits With Fall Selling just ahead it's time to hoist anchor and map out the sales route that will bring in the biggest profit. And remember — the Sales Race will not necessarily be won by the merchant with the biggest stock, but rather by the dealer with the right stock. More and more Table Sales are being made by more and more furniture merchants who have discovered that it's always smooth sailing — with Mersman Tables. Don't take our word for it. Come in •— let the merchandise speak for itself. We are confident that you, too, will approve and buy. MERSMAN BROS. CORP. Celina, Ohio IH ERSMAN The Biggest Name in Tables 16 FINE FURNITURE e QUALITY MATERIALS METHODS FINISHES GRAND RAPIDS VARNISH CORPORATION Factory and Offices GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Studios and Warehouses HIGH POINT, N. C. CHICAGO, ILL. FT. SMITH, ARK. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 17 NOW Nationally Advertised with Your Store Name Listed Tfie TOMLINSON / GROUP NATIONAL ADVERTISING to 5,000,000 consumers timed for Fall selling and tied up tight with Tomlinson dealers by listing names and addresses right in the national magazine space. plus COMPLETE PROMOTIONAL PLAN designed to help every dealer capitalize to the fullest possible extent on the wave of Victorian buying, and the values of the Tomlinson Victorian group. It includes: Merchandising plans—the result of successes by practical furniture merchants with the Victorian group. Advertising helps—that permit you to hit your market from every angle—newspapers, radio, direct mail. Display plans—designed to bring them in, and sell them when they get in. Sales Training plans—for which Tomlinson has become famous. plus SALEABLE VICTORIAN—because the quaint charm which has created the popularity of this period has been adapted to modern comfort by the Tomlinson designers. Making the most saleable Victorian Group even more saleable than ever before TOMLINSON.^HlGH POINT / 776 Merchandise Mart • Chicago 18 FINE FURNITURE GIVE YOU VELVET i*NY description of "Doeskin" Velvet sounds too good to be true. Any picture of it is woefully inadequate. So here are the bare facts, and for the rest you'll have to wait until your own eye and hand perceive the luxury and beauty of this fine fabric. "Doeskin" Velvet is the newest—and perhaps the cleverest—fabric in the distinguished Ca-Vel* line of furniture coverings. So densely woven, so short, and so utterly soft are the upright fibres that they add a new conception of comfort. So refreshingly different are the handsome colors that they open up a whole new world of decorative schemes. You'll see "Doeskin" Velvet featured in the mid-summer markets. You'll thrill to its beauty and feel. You'll know why Collins & \ikman Corporation is so p >ud of this fine new fabric t1' it gives long life to luxury. *Ree. U. S. Pat. Off. Entire contents of this advertisement copyrighted by Collins & Aikman Corporation COLLINS * AIKMAN CORPORATION 200 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. 1808 MERCHANDISE MART, CHICAGO, ILL. We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 19 The many Eighteenth Century suites by Estey glorify the superlative and correct finish-ing of fine mahogany. Details of authentically interpreted Colonial and Federal Amer-ican ensembles are modernly adapted to today's practical-ity, yet retain in every in-stance the true feeling of the period. They insure accept-ance by your better trade because they answer every possible requirement of style, construction and finish. WHY HAS ESTEY SHOWN SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT EACH MONTH OF THE FIVE MONTHS OF 1937? BECAUSE — Estey's designing, styling and quality of construction have moved forward appreciably during this period — Because Estey's production efficiency has been materially improved, contributing to lower production cost and enabling Estey to offer you superlative values at practically the same prices. DISPLAYED IN WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING ESTEY MANUFACTURING CO. OWOSSO MICHIGAN appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE JULY 5-17, 1937 jfa-'i^? .*? /^LIMAXING the most dramatic ri»c ^-^ in an industry's history, llir Sum-mer Market at the American l-'nt-iii-ture Mart will open Jul> .">. and extend through July 17. The newest styles of 850 maun facturers of homefurnishinji-lines . . 70 per cent of total production . . will be shown to the 94 per cent of the retail sales volume represented by buyers at-tending Mart shows . . new merchandising plans for the fall season . . new displays . . all shown un-der one roof. Furniture, floor cover-ings, electrical appliances, bedding, lamps and toys . . everything of interest to home furnishers . . leaders in retailing.. con-centrate their market ac-tivity at THE Mart. • Write for Admittance Passes TODAY . . for the Mart is a closed building, to protect the legitimate homefurnishings dealer. p»*««t from all 21 liver-increasing -volume is the proof of ihe success of the 3 lines made by ICroehler. Many dealers handling the 3 lines are wrprised to find how one sells the other. Each season Kroehler sales show a ing increase over the previous season. L935, 99% better than 1934. 1936, 12% better than 1935. 1937, 52% bet-ter than 1936 (first 4 months). LIVING ROOM groups by Kroehler are distinguished by famous 5-Star Construc-tion: 1. Selected hardwood frames of life-time sturdiness. 2. Sagless seats. 3. Spring-filled cushions that never collapse. 4. Sani-tary filling of the best materials obtainable. 5. fine craftsmanship in every seen and hidden part. BEDROOM furniture by Kroehler presents the latest trends in modern design . . . trim, sleek lines ... beautifully figured and carefully matched veneers . . . new finishes . . . hand-rubbed. The frames are made from selected hardwoods. Drawer interiors are solid oak; center guides assure easy sliding. And every detail is rigidly inspected for perfection. DINING ROOM furniture by Kroehler has the same quality construction as Kroehler bedroom furniture and, like it, is covered by a strong guar-antee. For your protection, look for the Kroehler label in the drawer. It marks every genuine Kroehler group. VISIT THE SUMMER FURNITURE MARKETS AT CHICAGO, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO 1 I N E -f URNI•TORE 22 FINE FURNITURE SHOP THE NEW rs of America's Creative Manufacturers Hundreds of trucks and freight cars are bringing a steady stream of new mer-chandise for the July Market. I! l-llil at the MERCHANDISE MART FURNITURE MARKET JULY 5-17 Attend this all-important market. . . America's creative leaders will be here, with the pace-setting merchandise, the money merchandise, for fall and winter. Whether you buy for a million dollar store or for one of the thousands of successful smaller stores, here is your one principal market plus four other great markets, all dovetailed together to give you not just part of the picture, but the complete ensemble . . . under one roof, so you can analyze and compare and know that „ »-p you're right. Now is the time to ** write for registration blanks. FIVE GREAT INTERNATIONAL HOMEFURNISHINGS MARKETS The Merchandise Mart Furni-ture Market The Merchandise Mart Floor Covering Market The Merchandise Mart Lamp Market Housewares and Major Appli-ance Market, including Toys and Wheel Goods 12th Semi-Annual Curtain and Drapery Exhibit (spon-sored by the Chicago Drap-ery Manufacturers Associa-tion July 5-16) .1. THE MERCHANDISE MART • CHICAGO 1 ' •-*• THE GREAT CENTRAL MARKET • WELLS STREET AT THE RIVER We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE ; • - • • • d \: t £ • • * • • • il FINE ARTS BUILDING Newest and Most Modern Exhibition Building in Grand Rapids Directly Across the Street from Pantlind Hotel YEAR ROUND EXPOSITIONS DAY OR NIGHT Your product shown in the FINE ARTS BUILDING, Grand Rapids, is on display in a "hotel" for merchandise. Constructed for furniture display, it is the only building in Grand Rapids devoted exclusively to furniture exhibits. Floor arrangement, lighting, ventilation and the highest type of general service is conducted in the interest of the furniture and housefurnishing exhibitors. Fine Am Operating Fine Arts and Corporation r ° Pantlind Exhibition Buildings We appreciate your mentioning you saw this \n FIXE FURNITURE 24 FINE FURNITURE WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND YOUR BACK? Loss To Stores Through Pilfering By Employes Is Often the Difference Between Profitable and Unprofitable Operation by A FURNITURE MERCHANT WILL SMITH, employed by the City Furniture Co. as sales-man and owner's right-hand man for eight years, was an exemplary young chap — or so it seemed. He had a fine wife and two chubby kids. His favorite motion pictures were of the "Magnificent Obses-sion" and "Green Light" variety. He never played a slot machine. He seemed perfectly happy and con-tented, and was earning enough to take care of his family and meet regular payments on his home. One June day a queer thing hap-pened. Will was out measuring some floors for linoleum in a cus-tomer's home when Mrs. Davis came bustling into the store carry-ing a table lamp. "It doesn't work," she com-plained, "and I want my money back. Mr. Smith guaranteed it. I bought it at that Saturday sale you had last week." The owner, in a routine way, asked, "Have you the sales ticket?" "Mr. Smith didn't give me any," the customer replied positively. "Of course, I thought about it at once, when the lamp didn't work. I re-member everything that happened. I gave him the money, but he didn't give me any receipt!" The owner put the situation up to the salesman when he returned. Smith seemed disconcerted, but quickly pulled himself together. Sure, he had sold Mrs. Davis the lamp. Gradually, recollection came . . . after he had received her money, but before he had had time to deposit it in the cash register, the Eatons, who had to catch the 3:55 accommodation for Pottsville, had come in. Undoubtedly, he had thrust the money in his pocket— he remembered that Mrs. Davis had given him the exact amount—and then had forgotten all about it. Suspicion • The owner of the City Furniture Co., despite all the con-fidence he had placed in Will Smith, had his share of shrewdness. He did not show his suspicion; the sales-man paid in the price of the lamp. Right then, however, the owner began to check on Will Smith . . . caught him red-handed within two weeks . . . forced a confession to thefts of one sort and another, over six years, amounting to $2850! So many are the ways that em-ployes can steal cash and stock from furniture stores! Dishonest em-ployes can resort to scores of clever tricks. The case of Will Smith was typical in two respects — first, the merchant's ability to assure himself of employe-honesty through mani-fest and obvious conduct, is wholly undependable. Second, ordinary store routine, although requiring use of cash register and receipt, will not automatically guarantee honesty. Methods • A dozen common forms of dishonesty are the following: Customer fails to pick up and carry away receipt. The dishonest employe pockets this, and gives to a later customer buying in the same amount, pocketing the cash. Employe arranges "trade" deals with friends around town employed in other stores. The store delivery truck leaves the merchandise, for The merchant's pride and con-fidence in his employes and the latters' obvious and manifest con-duct are not always dependable. Automatic store routine will not automatically guarantee employe-honesty. which the racketeer collects in groceries, tobacco, liquor, and other things. Salesman rings "No Sale," and deposits the cash in the drawer, from which, at the end of the day, he will extract it along with other "credit" to himself he has cleverly accumulated. Sale was $10.75, but the sales-man rings up $10.25. Taking small "profits" here and there through the day, he will "collect" the overage toward the end of the afternoon. Customer returns with a $7.50 purchase and exchanges it for a number costing $9.25. The sales-man makes no record of the ex-change, pocketing the additional cash paid by the customer. Regular price of the chair was $16. The salesman sold it for $19, and did not issue a receipt. He appropriated the difference, prob-ably reflecting, "Isn't a salesman a f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 25 BY FAR THE LARGE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYES ARE HONEST. YET THE TEMPTATION TO "KNOCK DOWN" IS SOMETIMES IRRE-SISTIBLE— AND OFTEN THE :FAULT OF THE EMPLOYER sap who doesn't learn these simple little ways to increase his income?" Bargains • Truck drivers some-times get in on the racket, too. Jim possessed the gift of salesmanship— if it takes salesmanship to offer standard merchandise at half price —"A little pull I have with the management." He would surrepti-tiously extract from stock, and sell to customers without the formality of receipts of any kind. Salesman had made three small sales in quick succession, and had not rung up any of them. Going to the cash register, he rang up an amount $1.50 short. If this should be noticed, he planned to attribute the mistake to his innocent confu-sion rather than a deliberate attempt to defraud. "High-grading," taking its name from a gold-camp practice — em-ployed miners carrying away very valuable ore secreted on their per-sons, consists in systematic loot-ing of the store, from week to week, over a long period. In one case, the employe was required to open the store in the morning. In his Ford, he drove up to the alley in rear, and had several minutes in which, with little chance of detec-tion, he could transfer merchandise to his car. Over a period of four years, he got away with $3500 worth! Bootleg • Salesman secretly obtains a salesbook from stock, and with this "bootleg" accessory, freely is-sues sales tickets, appropriating all the proceeds. Salesman issues the sales ticket for only a portion of the cash purchase. As customer pays—cash is in sight —he discovers his omission, collect-ing the difference, but not correct-ing the sales ticket. The additional amount, of course, never reached the cash register. One clever fellow had a piece of cardboard which he slipped between original sales ticket and the carbon. Entering $3, for example, on the original, later he might show $1.75 on the carbon "What is the furniture store to do about this? "The problem is serious — some authorities estimate that American retail stores take an annual loss of at least 2%, while individual stores may have losses as high as 10% . . ." "Employes observed in any ir-regularities whatever at the cash register should be subjected to se-vere reprimand, at least . . . "Have your eyes open! That is the fundamental requisite!" copy — which amount, of course, would be that deposited in the cash register. When employes are first detected in an irregularity involving cash, almost always they have a ready defense. They were "absent-mind-ed," "accidentally struck the wrong key," "were just borrowing the money, and would pay back later." Time and again soft-hearted furni-ture merchants have been induced to give an employe "another chance" — only to discover, after several more months, the pilfering has continued. What is the furniture store to do about all this? The problem is seri-ous— some authorities estimate that American retail stores take an an-nual loss of at least 2%, while indi-vidual stores may have losses as high as 10%. Check-up • Of course, there are professional checking services which a merchant can employ. In addi-tion, a merchant may set up his own checking system, which would regu-larly give all employes an excellent opportunity to manipulate the handling of cash if they are so in-clined. Inventory shortages are highly suspicious—the theft was, as likely, in general, to have been made by an inside worker, as someone outside. Employes observed in any irregularity whatever at the cash register should be subjected to severe reprimand at least. Some stores announce to their employes that various sales ticket and register irregularities will be cause for instant dismissal. Have your eyes open! That is the fundamental requisite. The risk, high as it is, can be efficiently protected against by the right policies. Salesmen who chance to read this article need feel no offense. The writers intends none. He has had contact over a period of years with hundreds of floor salesmen and other furniture store employes, and as a whole they're way above the average in honesty and personal in-tegrity. Because the most of you are honest, however, it is to your best interests to discourage the chiseler you know is chiseling. 26 FINE FURNITURE USING LIGHT TO INCREASE SALES Proper Use of Table and Floor Lamps in Model Rooms EVERY furniture dealer is eager to sell more furniture—and the progressive one is ever alert to new sales methods—provided, of course, new ideas are not too prohibitive in cost to put them into practice. Here is one which can net you results. Lighting will help to display your merchandise to better advantage and really prove a potent sales fac-tor if given serious and sincere attention. The lighting of display rooms readily divides itself into two re-quirements, the need for a general well-distributed overhead system and the use of table and floor lamps. If you've ever seen a room (almost any living room is a good example) dimly lighted, then had the compar-ison of viewing the same room un-der better light, undoubtedly you're a convert already! Those of you who haven't experienced this sur-prise, should really experiment with what lighting will do for you. With more light (of the right kind, of course), hidden colors in the decor-ation suddenly become apparent! Unseen texture and quality, con-tour of line and design, beauty of wood finish — all too frequently drab under poor lighting — appear with new interest and appeal! A room quite beautiful by day is often uninteresting at night because the lighting of it has not been given consideration. Lighting has a subtle-ty not to be denied, and the display-ing of furniture with light may have a strong buying appeal and sales advantage, provided, of course, it is treated with the honest consider-ation it so justly deserves. Light Them! • To be sure, it is not unusual to see lamps on display with furniture settings, but not in-frequently lamps are shown un-lighted. Lighted lamps are vital and take on life when lighted! And they will do things for their surroundings! While it is not practical to lamp each individual piece of furniture on a sales floor, consider this well when contemplating model rooms or dis-play booths, or for those exhibit spots in your store now existent. If the display shows a living room, treat each grouping of furniture by HELEN G. McKINLAY Helen G. McKinlay, home light-ing specialist, spends most of her time training home lighting advis-ors, many of whom are employed by utility companies all over the United States. Previous to her connection with the General Electric Co. more than a dozen years ago she acquired experience in a number of fields. Her first venture was a confidential position in a large trust company. Later she was em-ployed by one of the well-known national organizations for young women. She assisted in a decor-ation and gift shop in one of the most fashionable resorts in the country. She studied interior decoration in New York, and found it to be a most essential need when she entered her present field. For awhile, foreign missions in-trigued her, and from this she re-signed to travel abroad on a pleasure trip, visiting nine foreign countries in Europe and the Near East. She is the author of many arti-cles on all subjects pertaining to lighting and its relation to home use and decoration. with lamps comfortable to see by and lovely to look upon. There are two appeals here. If the room be a bedroom, light the dressing table MODEL ROOM —"BEFORE" Something is amiss here! Shad-ows abound and lamplight fails in its useful function. Despite the five-light ceiling fixture and three lamps, they seem to contribute very little to the room's appear-ance. f o r JUNE-JULY. 1937 27 so well that the prospective buyer will FEEL the urge to possess a dressing table which affords her the benefit of being able to see herself as others see her. A floor lamp shown with the chaise or a lamp for reading in bed also has appeal. If, however, but a section of a room is shown in booth-type of display, perhaps with a comfortable reading chair, lamp it so pleasingly that the chair looks inviting and irresistible, and if it is a READING chair, select such lamp as will provide comfortable lighting for this pur-pose! Then sell both of them! Triumvirate • Lamps for display should be chosen to be well-suited for USE WITH THE PARTICU-LAR PIECE OF FURNITURE with which they are shown and dis-played as a unit. Ensemble selling is an accepted method of procedure today. Why not let these two com-plement and supplement one an-other? Is it not so, that end tables came into being when need was felt for this relation of two pieces of furniture? Why not include a lamp and effect a triumvirate sale? If you stop to consider the nu-merous housefurnishings you dis-play— chairs, davenports, desks, tables, telephone stands, beds, dressers — with the possible excep-tion of the occasional chair, lamps for comfortable seeing certainly go hand-in-hand with each of the afore-mentioned. As a matter of fact, it is difficult to divorce lamps from this family relationship! If furni-ture and lighting are properly in-troduced to one another, they'll undoubtedly become close acquaint-ances ! And when they become closer acquaintances they're going to be real friendly — and work together like nobody's business to give you sales opportunities you perhaps never before had suspected. At How attractive the immediate sur-roundings become when the right lamp is used. This one is satisfactory to "see" by, and lovely to look at, too! „ . • • - - • - • " - • A comfortable catering end table and bridge lamp! reading chair with Detail becomes more pleasing un-der soft, plentiful illumination from well-designed lamps. MODEL ROOM —"AFTER" A nice be-seated atmosphere pre-vails here! A five-light ceiling fixture and three lamps have been well chosen, and each fur-niture grouping becomes alive with interest. 28 FINE FURNITURE WHAT ABOUT FURNITURE PRICES? by FRANK E. SEIDMAN Seidman & Seidman, Certified Public Accountants GENERAL price movements in recent months have been extremely erratic. In the face of the rapid price rise in late 1936 and early 1937, and the sudden precipitated reaction that followed, industry is naturally groping about for a clue to the eventual trend. Unfortunately, under a controlled economy. when the law of supply and demand gives way to the law of ukase and rabbit-pulling, the old indices of testing price trends are of no great avail. Furniture prices will, of course, in the long run depend largely upon the general price level. However, there may be factors in the furniture price situation which will furnish at least some "pegs" upon which to hang one's guesses. To locate them, it is first necessary to take inventory as to just where furniture now stands with respect to the price factor, both in the industry itself as well as in relation to the price level generally. On the Slide • The "average price" of furniture has for over IS years, and until recently, been on an almost continuous slide. This is also true of the average price of finished products in general. Wholesale prices of finished goods reached their peak in 1920. At this peak, furniture prices were substantially higher than general wholesale prices. According to the statistics of the United States Bureau of Labor, the peak in 1920 saw the furniture price index at about 166 (1926=: 100), as compared with about 150 for all finished products (see chart). From 1920 until 1933, furniture managed to maintain relatively higher prices than those of industry in general. At the bottom of the depression in 1932, the index of furniture prices stood at 75, while the index of finished products dropped close to 70. The rise in the general wholesale price level that started in 1933, however, outdistanced the rise in furniture prices. As a result, early in 1935, for the first time in over a dec-ade, the index of industrial prices crossed the index of furniture prices. The years 1934, 1935 and 1936 witnessed a vigorous price rise in finished products. Furniture, however, did not follow suit to any great extent until very recently. As a result, 1936 saw the index of furniture prices at but 78, or only three points above the low of 1932, whereas the price index for finished products in general attained an average of 82 or 12 points above the low. Thus, the general wholesale price rise of finished products through 1936 was about four times as great as the rise in furniture prices. Gained Ground • However, in recent months furni-ture has made up for some of this lost ground. In June, 1936, the furniture price index hovered around 77. But during the July markets, prices started upward and rose at a much more rapid pace than the rise in wholesale prices of finished products generally. By April, 1937, the index figure of furniture prices crossed 85 as compared with the average price level of 78 for all of 1936. Those few months thus witnessed a rise of nearly 10 per cent. With the exception of the sharp upturn of NRA days, this advance represents one of the most marked in recent history; a truly phenomenal one when considered in the light of the industry's earlier price experience. At the end of April, 1937, the furniture price index closely approximated the average price level attained by the industry in 1931 and was higher than at any time during the last six years. As a result of this up-surge, the relationship between furniture prices and wholesale prices generally has again reached close proximity. Basic Change • The basis for the rapid run-up in furniture prices in recent months is not hard to find. It reflects a complete change in the economics of the industry. Until recently, prices in the industry have been kept down by severe competition resulting from large unused capacity. As is well known, the industry had been saddled with excess production facilities for many years — a carry-over from the furniture boom period of the early twenties. However, in industry, as well as in the jungle, the survival of the fittest is still the rule. As a result, pro-duction capacity as measured by the number of estab-lishments engaged in the manufacture of furniture has declined steadily. Before the depression there were some 3,800 furniture plants in operation; now there are less than 2,500. The shrinkage is largely due to the havocs of the depression. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 29 Near Capacity • Generally speaking, prices in a given industry will hold at or below production and distribu-tion cost so long as the industry has large plant capac-ity standing idle. In a competitive industry, a price rise can be maintained only when plants are booked nearly to capacity and the industry sees considerable volume ahead of it. In the recovery of the last two years — especially the last few months—the furniture industry has reached the point where stocks of goods are low, orders are coming in in good volume, and plant operations are approaching capacity. For in-stance, in April, 1937, the industry's operating index figure crossed the 80 mark, which for all practical purposes is not far from capacity. Of course, the "capacity" of the industry has shrunk considerably since 1926. Because of this shrink-age and the consequent taxing of the remaining equip-ment, recent price rises are not likely to stimulate serious competitive forces as would be the case were substantial unused production capacity readily available. As It Should Be • There is, in fact, ample evidence that the recent furniture price rise is not more than was necessary to cover increased production costs and give capital a very meager return on its investment. This is as it should be. The long-range welfare of the industry demands that prices be kept at the lowest pos-sible level so as to increase demand, enlarge production and bring its products within the reach of the greatest number of consumers. It is such a policy that will tend to re-establish the industry in public favor. Yes, and it is only such a policy, pursued by all industry, that will accomplish a rise in the standard of living for the country as a whole. Unfortunately, there are definite indications that industry generally, in its recent price practices, has not seen fit to adopt this broad and long-range point of view. Instead, it is following the short-range point of view of raising prices as high as possible, controlling production, and by this means bringing about imme-diate large profits. That this has been the recent his-tory with respect to a substantial portion of our indus-trial output is amply demonstrated by profit margins reported by many of our important industries during the year 1936 and thus far in 1937. For instance, in 1936, a net profit margin of 10.1 per cent on invested capital was reported by some 1,600 public companies engaged in the manufacturing and trading industries. This is an unusually high rate of return considering that it comprehends an "average" which includes both high and low profit industries. An analysis of the range of profits shows that some of the large and basic industries realized profits of nearly 25 per cent on invested capital and a comparable rate on dollar volume. First quarter reports for 1937 indi-cate that profit margins of these companies are running more than SO per cent above 1936. When one consid- WHOLESALE PRICES < 1^2.6 a \OO) YEAR FURNITURE PRODU5-S 1913 10.7 69* J" I9l^ 10.6 61.S > I9IS 10.9 6B.9 11 19 16 12.& O2.3 1 1 1911 81.1 IO9.Z | 1 1918 93.3 12A.T 1 1 1919 114.7 130.6 1 1 I9Z.O I6S.& M9.S IX 1 192.1 129.9 IO3.3 1 ' , I I9i2 114.6 96.5 If * 1 1913 116.T 99.2. f » l 192.-* IOT.9 9fa.3 1 1 1 1<»ZS IO4.6 IOO.6 J | 1 \tXt> IOO.O IOO.O 1 1 1 192.T 9T.T 95.O ' 1 . 1 1928 96.1 9S.9 FINISHED PRODUCTS-^ / \ 1 \ iq29 9SO 9 4 S / 1 • \ ^ FURNITURE. l931 eAO TTO / 1 J V*^ 19 32. 7S.O 7O.4- / 1 j \ 1933 7S.I 7O.5 1 \ \ " ^ ^ A . I93S 7TO 8 2 2 / # 1 X I93fo TS.O 82.O 1 1 \ X^ 1931 SEE- INSERT CHART / / I \ inn I w - ^ -TaL inn IJ 1913 I^J 85- 84- 83- 82- a i - 80- 79- 1B- 17- vl F- 1 L- - • I L L e •«•», A A M O ,. *-> 1 _ > O N1 C 1/ / „ f >3 J K 7 - 8 5 - 8 3 - 8 2 - 8 1 - 8 0 - 1 9 — 18 - 1 7 \ / 30 FINE FURNITURE ers such profits in relation to prices, wages, costs, pro-duction, etc., it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that American industry is again mistaking the trees for the forest. Low Standards • Clearly, prices are being determined not with any view to the welfare of society as a whole nor even for the long-pull welfare of business itself, but from a narrow and circumscribed standpoint. Ap-parently prices are being increased as rapidly ao the traffic will bear, quite regardless of the effect that such increases will have on purchasing power and the gen-eral standard of living. And, in industries where there is monopoly or a combination of control, prices can be kept unduly high for a considerable length of time. In the last analysis, the pursuit of such a policy must reduce the volume of goods sold, cripple production, lower living standards, and wreck business recovery. What is more, such a policy must eventually, through public condemnation or governmental action, bring about some undesirable consequences for industry. Meager Profits • The profit reported by the furniture industry in 1936 shows clearly that it is, at least for the time being, not in the same class with the industries that have skyrocketed prices and profits. The industry in 1936 earned a net profit of about four per cent on volume and six per cent on its average invested capital — certainly not an exorbitant profit margin when con-sidered in terms of general industrial earnings. As the demand for furniture begins to exert more irresist-ible pressure against the walls of capacity, however, furniture manufacturers, too, may lose their perspec-tive and attempt to take advantage of the temporary situation by raising prices beyond those necessary to cover costs and provide for a fair and reasonable profit. From all present indications, prices in the industry should continue to rise, if not more than merely to meet the rising costs of production. It is true that recently a halt in the advance of lumber, veneer, glass and other materials has taken place. However, the long-range trend of the basic commodities entering into the manu-facture of furniture, appears to be definitely upward. If to this trend is added the rapidly increasing labor costs, it becomes obvious that furniture costs as a whole are still upward bound. On the other hand, there is an important offsetting factor to these increases; i.e., the decrease in overhead resulting from greater volume. It is this factor that many industries appear either to have overlooked entirely or have failed to adequately consider in developing price schedules. By taking into consideration all factors and fixing price schedules that provide a fair rate of pay for labor and a reasonable return on capital, the furniture industry has an oppor-tunity to best serve the public, as well as its own inter-ests. To adopt any other policy would not only be narrow, short-sighted and contrary to the public wel-fare, but would, in the opinion of this writer, eventually and inevitably throw the industry for a severe and irreparable loss. HE COLLECTS LIQUOR—BUT NOT TO DRINK J\ HOBBY of collecting miniature xi.liquor bottles — filled but never opened! — occupies the relaxing moments of 3 3-year-old L. Kenneth Schoenfeld, executive vice-president of Schoenfelds' Standard Furniture Company, Seattle. His office is lined with cases holding more than 2,000 miniature liquor bottles, all collected since prohibition was re-pealed. Every kind of alcoholic beverage is represented m miniature, and al-most every country in the world has its ambassador among the collec-tion. Highly prized is a bottle of Monnet brandy, presented to Schoenfeld by Mr. Monnet during a recent visit to this country. It is one among many autographed. This collection is comparatively new, as it was only started about five years ago. A bottle of Masteeka, imported as a sample from Greece and sup-posed to be one of the very few bottles of this restricted type of liquor in this country, is another interesting miniature. Never has a bottle been opened since the inception of this collection. The favorite remark of all those viewing the array is usually: "I wish I could spend a night in here all alone, and start lapping up what's in these bottles!" But it's hard to realize that the collection of miniatures comprises over two hundred and fifty quarts of liquor — a pretty long night's work! f o r I U N E - J U L Y . 1 3 3 7 31 urniture Frolic/ by T. ASH DENT. CsAY OENEP-AL MAN- , HAS A POP-CO i_|_E.CT | KCr fMP-E O&JECTS ND FUP-NITUP-E OP-C7EP-5 PHIL-. "; : : : UOHNSON SAYS HE NEEDS AN JNT&P-PP-ETEP- WHEN HE TALKS TO ED-WEIP—, BUT ANYONE CAN UNDEP-STAND THE SUCCE-SS OP THE NX GUILD, WltH &EHIND IT. PL Ay ED6AP-O- L/4NDSTP-OM C3-OJ-P, TO SEE VX/M ETHER- OP-NOT YOU £JIVE THE 0-CI.UpHoj.s-rEayCo /AN OP-P^EL, OP-you MAY AS \X/EU- SICrN THE DJ_/1NH~ P-IDHT NOW l lOMLlHSON OF fj l<3 H PC? I NT, H . C WOULD P-/\THEP- WOP-K-TH/^N CrO TO A NEWYORK- NIGHT CJ-UB OH S/4TUP-D,Ay HICJHT. 32 FINE FURNITURE WHAT DO YOU KNOW? AND—ARE YOU SURE ? IF YOU consider yourself well-equipped with knowledge of the furniture business, try your luck with our I.Q. furniture test. Aside from the educational value con-tained in the 20 questions, we guar-antee that the quiz will also test your self-control. Give yourself a score of five for every correct an-swer; 70 is quite passable, below SO is terrible, 80 is excellent, and, if you hit 90 or over, you should be writing these, not reading them. We had to look up two ourselves. 1. In the best of upholstered furniture, the platform springs are: a—Tied twelve ways. b—Sewed together in muslin pockets. c—Clipped with steel clips. d—Tied eight ways. 2. If you're waiting on a high-hat cus-tomer who refers to the "patina" of a table, she has reference to: a—Design. b—Construction. c—Finish. d—Handling of the details. 3. If you're a smart boy and have learned your lessons, you'll know that very few of the so-called "Early American" pieces were actually made in maple. Most were in other native woods, the bulk of them: a—Pine, b—Beech, c—Cherry, d—Hickory. 4. If you're up on your modern, you'll know that one of these men had a lot to do with starting the current vogue for blond and bleached maple: a—Leo Jiranek. b—Donald Desky. c—Gilbert Rohde. d—William Millington. 5. French Provincial, as expressed in the present vogue, follows in a crude way the lines of: a—French Regency. b—Henry IT c—Louis XV d—Empire e—English Norman 6. Perhaps your specialty is English furni-ture. If so, you'll know that one of the following is plenty false: a—Chinese incidentals are highly ap-propriate for both Early American and Federal furniture as well as Georgian. b—Highly decorated china cabinets are "slick" with William and Mary dining room groups. c—Fine Queen Anne furniture is an excellent example of the Georgian popularity of mahogany. d—Certain Hepplewhite pieces are easily confused with French pieces of the same era. 7. Regardless of what you think of con-sumer advertising, you'll be able to tell which one of the following list never advertises nationally, whereas the rest have carried on for years (trade papers excepted): a—Imperial Furniture Co. b—Mueller Furniture Co. c—Century Furniture Co. d—Grand Rapids Chair Co. 8. Or try this one. Even though you may not have it in your store or town, if a customer at the door wanted to know about the "True Type House." which catalogue would you go to: a—Robert W. lrwin Co. b—Conant Ball Co. c—Station Mfg. Co. d—W. F. Whitney Co. e—Baker Furniture Factories, Inc. 9. That was an easy one, but you'll have to know your stuff to know which two of the following men are currently de-signing successful lines: a—lack Ride out. b—Fred Hill, c-—Leo Sarachek. d—George Lamb. 10. You've probably sold at least a suite or two covered with "Kinkomo." It's a trade-marked name of: a—Collins and Aikman Corp. b—Stead and Miller Co. c—Sidney Blumenthal $5? Co. d—Craftex. 11. If you sell a davenport next week cov-ered in a flat fabric without pile of any sort, but in which the figure or design is definitely raised above the back-ground, the chances are it will be cov-ered in: a—Damask, b—Linen Frieze, c—Brocatelle. d—Brocade. 12. If it was down-filled and reasonably expensive, the large proportion of the "down" was taken from: a—Ducks, b—Geese, c—Chickens. 13. If it was of good all-around quality with a carved mahoganjr frame, the chances are the mahogany came from: a—Africa. b—The Philippines, c—Central America, d—Indo China. 14. And, if you're so smart that you kmw its origin, you might know that its correct botanical name is: a—Swietenia. b—Khaya. c—Tanguile. 15. Which of the firms listed is concentrat-ing much of its trade paper publicity on Cuban mahogany: a—Robert W. lrwin Co. b—Baker Fiirniture Factories, Inc. c—Grand Rapids Chair Co. d—Widdicomb Furniture Co. 16. Most of the following firms use either gum or birch in combination with bet-ter cabinet woods on most of their case goods. Name the one that consistently uses maple m combination. a—Imperial Furniture Co. b—Herman Miller Furniture Co. c—Landstrom Furniture Corp. d—Robert W. lrwin Co. e—Berkey y Gay Furniture Co. 17. You have or have had at least a few groups on the floor, beautifully veneered in aspen. Of course you know that aspen is really a form of: a—Maple. b—Mahogany. c—Oak. d—Pine. e—Birch. f—Poplar. 18. And while we are on the subject, that Prima Vera comes from: a—New Zealand. b—Africa. c—Australia. d—California. e—Mexico and Central America. 19. If you'd rather not commit yourself again, we'll try it with four irrelevant statements that we are quite proud of, but one of which is pure, unadulterated hooey: a—Stuart and Jacobean are synony-mous and are merely two different names for the same period. b—The heart-shaped backs on Hep-plewhite chairs were the result of a sentimental streak in his na-ture, and the inter-laced hearts on chair and seat backs began simultaneously with a violent love affair. c—The splats in the backs of many Chiptendale chairs are modeled after and are in direct proportion to many Chinese porcelain urns. d—The popularity of stripes for up-holstertng \n Eighteenth Century France was due almost wholely to the introduction of the Zebra as a curiosity in the royal circus. 20. The light bleached and blond finishes (excluding the simple, natural finishes) so popular today are achieved by: a—Sun bleaching the cut stock and treating with colorless fillers be-fore varnishing or lacquering in clear materials. b—Dipping or saturating the lumber in a solution that pickles the wood while immersed (much as pickling a vegetable removes the color) and then kiln-drying. c—Treating the assembled product with a series of several acids which set up a chemical reaction to remove color much as an ink eradicator is used on paper. Xumber correct Multiply by five. for total score Correct answers on page 41. lor JUNE-JULY. 1937 33 WOMEN IN FURNITURE dorothy dix of decoration " T^ECIDING to capitalize on a childhood hobby of X-J creating miniature furniture for her own and neighborhood doll houses, Mrs. Rae Danforth fash-ioned a career for herself when the death of her hus-band in 1930 made it necessary for her to find some-thing with which to occupy her time. Expressive of her desire to be different were the unusual combinations of colors and furniture arrangements which she delighted in making in her own home. This later proved to be a means of "finding" herself, led her to develop an intense interest in interior decoration and apply it to active work in the field at the Boston Store, Grand Rapids. With her belief that homefurnishings are an educa-tion^ background in the home, Mrs. Danforth became enthusiastic over showing prospective customers fine furniture at the Grand Rapids markets, making profit-able contacts for herself, meanwhile, with the furniture manufacturers. Rising in rapid succession from the position of assistant decorator to buyer of draperies, lamps, furniture and floor coverings, 1935 found her head of the interior decorating department of the Bos-ton Store. Here, her color sense and energetic enthu-siasm for the work proved valuable in establishing a reputation as a reliable authority in the field, which enabled her, in January, 1937, to open a studio of her own. With a definite conviction that choice of color, dec-oration and furnishings can make or break the home, Mrs. Danforth became the "Dorothy Dix" of the decor- MRS. RAE DANFORTH ative field, giving educational as well as social advice to prospective homemakers. In this line, she recalls soothing a bewildered customer who worried lest the delicate French chair of her choice would be too frail for her husband's weight, and relates with amusement an early experience with a prospective "customer" who admitted that she was a "shopper" for a rival concern. Tireless, efficient, she hasn't given much thought to retiring, except as a means to more extensive travel. Her vocation is also an avocation, collecting unusual antiques, painting, rearranging, redecorating her apart-ment, being her favorite pastimes during her few leisure moments. Golf and fishing are her favorite sports; Tennyson is her preferred poet; she admires Abe Lincoln and dotes on Victor Herbert's melodies. No misnomer, her nickname, "Rae of Sunshine" is reflected in an innate love for homefurnishings from which she has reaped the reward of recognition for her work. One of the window displays in the Danforth Studios of Grand Rapids—a profitable little shop over which Mrs. Rae Danforth presides. 34 FINE FURNITURE THE SKETCH Eccr... CHINESE INFLUENCE ON 18TH CENTURY DESIGNS ACCENTUATED IN THIS SKETCH TN his contribution to THE SKETCH BOOK, Guido x Alessandrini, who does a great deal of the designing for the Mueller Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids, has achieved a subtly refined interpretation of Eighteenth Century design "flavored" exquisitely by the Chinese influence. To Alessandrini, FINE FURNITURE is indebted to one of the very few upholstered creations to grace the year-old SKETCH BOOK feature which has appeared regu-larly since the magazine's inception. The main features of the group shown are the Mid- Georgian shell, most noticeable in the Early Chippen-dale motif; the moulding at the bottom rail known as "gadrooned" — typical in Chippendale and Georgian styles; the feet — bamboo effect, typical of Chinese; the carving on the face of the arm in keeping with the 18th Century feeling. Covering planned for the sofa is blue and silver silk damask — most adaptable. The tables have what is known as the scalloped gallery and bamboo legs. The cocktail table has a removable tray. Chic Sale of Fifth Avenue YOU'LL probably make some crack about it, anyhow, but Bologna really is a place as well as something to eat. It's in Italy. If you don't believe it, ask "Alex" — nee Guido Alessandrini in that place 42 years ago. One of the most capable de-signers in the field, this Italian-born American has had excellent and varied experience, over a period of 23 years. He began with Hampton Shops m New York City, after having attended night classes for men on Tenth Ave. at 59th St. in the metropolis, and then a course in architecture at Mechanic Institute and Col-lege of Decorative Design. Following three years with Hampton Shops, he worked suc-cessively for the Ebbecky Fur-niture Co. and the New York Galleries in the big village, and then joined Robert W. Irwin Co. in Grand Rapids, designing for both Irwin and the Macey Co. from 1922 to 1934, when he left to spend three years at the John Widdicomb Co. This year he began free-lancing and has done outstanding jobs for Mueller Furniture Co., Baker Furniture Co., Grand Rapids Furniture Co., Gunn Furniture Co., Colo-nial Furniture Co., Herman Mil-ler Clock Co., and Royal Wil-helm Furniture Co. Alex has vivid memories of his early days as a designer. He re-lates: "My first important job was when I was to represent GUIDO ALESSANDRINI . . . his pets are ground moles Miss Elsie De Wolf, one of the leading decorators of the day, to call on a prominent customer living on Fifth Avenue facing Central Park. "To my surprise," Alex chuckles, "I was shown immedi-ately to the shower room, and just as I was complimenting the decorator on the color scheme, the customer broke the conversa-tion by saying, T suppose every time I come in here I am to see this', and pointed to a certain article of plumbing. 'Can't some-thing be done about it?' " 'Yes,' I said. 'I will draw you a Louis XV chair to fit around it, using cane to the floor.' "When the job was done, it was highly satisfactory to the customer and it has been a guide proportion ever since." Guido has a remarkable and volatile sense of humor. And it is good, robust American humor, too! But with a touch of the bizarre, withal. For example, his pet is no dog, no cat, no canary, but, of all things—ground moles ! His tastes, outside of a gusta-tory fondness for Antipasto and Italian spaghetti, are also mostly Nordic. Alfred Crane is his favorite author, his most admired historical character is Teddy Roosevelt, and the compositions of Beethoven he loves best, while his favorite hymn is good old "Onward, Christian Soldiers." His hobby is gardening, and he finds in boating and golf his greatest sport and relaxation. Alessandrini served with dis-tinction in the World War, in the 347th Regiment of the 87th Divi-sion. Going to France, the trans-port he was on was torpedoed in the English channel Sept. 13, 1918, and was picked up by a British destroyer. A full life it has been for Alex, who wants to travel extensively when — and if — he retires. But just now, he's too busy to think about that, if you please, for there is too much to work for — growing pre-eminence as a de-signer, continued contributions to the beauty of American homes, and his own little family — a wife and two children. i o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1937 35 \ • - 4 FINE FURNITURE f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1937 37 MAKING THE MARKETS STRIKE SITUATION PENALIZES BOTH MANUFACTURER AND RETAILER, BUT PURCHASING WILL ALSO BE QUICKENED BY ASSURED PRICE RISES OTRIKES, rumors of strikes and O results of strikes will not keep from the major furniture markets of the land an unprecedented surge of retail store merchandisers when the Summer furniture buying sea-son gets the opening gun at Grand Rapids June 30, to be echoed by the two Chicago exposition buildings a week later. That Labor difficulties will have a marked effect on purchasing is conceded, for city retailers have suffered from, and are still being heavily penalized by strike situa-tions in many communities. On the other hand, most mer-chants realize that the labor trouble within the furniture industry itself has increased prices of new mer-chandise and will tend further to raise them. Therefore, they know it is to their best interests to purchase substantially for current needs, and to anticipate somewhat for later requirements. Manufacturers in all centers, al-though they had already shown a wealth of smart new merchandise in May, have added materially to their Fall lines and almost as many new things will be shown at the Summer market as were displayed in May. Prices • Prices will be found to be a bit higher than those paid in May, due to increased costs of Where and When New York June 21 to July 2 Grand Rapids June 30 to July 15 Chicago Furniture Mart and Merchandise Mart July 5 to 17 High Point July 19 to 31 New York Floor Covering Opening July 6 to 17 Los Angeles July 26 to 31 Boston Fall Furniture Show Aug. 30 to Sept. 4 both labor and all materials, al-though such increases are generally moderate. In styles, Eighteenth Century English and Colonial will continue to be accentuated, and there is a noticeable swing in the Summer market offerings to Southern Colo-nial in its various interpretations. Modem • Relying on its youthful appeal to score still greater gains in July, Modern has fortified its posi-tion as the industry's leading style by borrowing some of the conserv- KEY TO MERCHANDISE ON OPPOSITE PAGE 1. Ralph Morse Furniture Co., No. 692 2. Statton Mfg. Co. 3 Tomlinson of High Point 4. Lentz Table Co., No. 1851 5. Schoonbeck Co., No. 1428 6. Mersman Bros. Corp., No. 5567 7. Charlotte Chair Co., No. 1972 8. Mersman Bros. Corp., No. 58 9. Mersman Bros. Corp. No. 5629 10. Mersman Bros. Corp., No. 5208 11. Jackson Upholstery Co., No. A58178 12. Showroom of Mary Ryan, Merchandise Mart 13. Gold Medal Folding Furni-ture Co. 14. E. Weiner Co., No. 4567 atism of its English and French forbears. Far advanced from the grotesque styling of its extreme youth, contemporary styles for the Fall will feature greater comfort and utility than ever. Enlisting Queen Anne and Vic-torian for added strength, the Eng-lish patterns — notably Sheraton, Chippendale and Hepplewhite — will move forward again in July with new, rich colors — reds, golds, blues and fuchsia shades — stand-ing out in the upholstered lines. Both mahogany and walnut will benefit from the popularity of these patterns. Restrained carvings and mellow finishes will help the style . . . high in the fashion parade for more than a century . . . to more than hold its own. French furniture of royal inspir-ation has added the hearty styles of the Provinces for stamina, and many of the new French groupings will include pieces of provincial in-fluence. The irresistible charm of the Marquis chairs, the champagne colors and graceful, sweeping de-signs of love seats and divans of the Lois', the tiny jewel chairs of the French court . . . these will help carry French styles, with their fruit-woods and satinwood, marqueteries and inlays and beautiful carvings, to new victories. Colonial • Federal and Early American, in both mahogany and walnut, as well as maple, cherry, tulip and native sycamore, will rely upon their simple sturdiness and faithful reproduction of time-revered originals to hold their place in the hearts of Americans. July will wit-ness the introduction of new uphol-stery of fabrics especially styled for use on Early American pieces, and new adaptations of authentic de-signs found in the great homes of New England and the South will be featured. The practice of offering inter-changeable period groupings in both bedroom and dining room furniture, which has proved a great success with women who prefer to "mix their own," is destined to continue, according to the July pre-views. 38 FINE FURNITURE These "ensembles," rather than "suites," enable the customer to se-lect her own type of bed, chest, table, chair, vanity, etc., and still stay within one period and have every piece harmonize with its fellows. On all woods, finish is expected to be the cup of elixir that will bring standard styles back to new life and send new patterns on the way to greater popularity. Occasional • Novelty and occa-sional furniture, following cautious-ly in the tracks of the parent lines, promises to catch up on some of the style trends that have become note-worthy during the past year. De-signs to harmonize with the new liv-ing room styles will be introduced, along with a number of new finishes, intended to blend with dark or light woods. •Many rare veneers are expected to make their initial ap-pearance and new tones of walnut, mahogany, maple and a number of the light woods will be shown. KEY TO MERCHANDISE ON OPPOSITE PAGE 1. Colonial Mfg. Co., No. 2001 7. 2. John Widdicomb Co., No. 0-505 8. 3. Rockford Superior Fumi- 9. ture Co., No. 216 4. Widdicomb Furniture Co., 10. No. 259 5. Tomlinson of High Point 11. 6. West Michigan Furniture 12. Co., No. 916 13. Rockford Superior Furni-ture Co., No. 2163/4 American Auto Felt Co. Storkline Furniture Co., No. 2190 West Michigan Furniture Co., No. 906 Manistee Mfg. Co., No. 949 Lullabye Furniture Corp. Grand Rapids Chair Co., No. 191V2 Leather and blue shadow glass tops, as well as various forms of phenolics. slate, mirror and inlaid tops, will in all probability, adorn the new tables which promise to come m many interesting new shapes and sizes. Sunken recep-tacles in the tables for living greens, radios and gadgets — to provide the A STATEMENT by ROBERT W. IRWIN President Robert W. Irwin Cornpar.v Grand Rapids, Mich. HP HE all-important issue in the five- -L weeks' strike at our factory, which was settled today, was not wages or working conditions, but rather, whether the right to possession of private prop-erty existed in Grand Rapids. The Union did not use the "sit-down" technique in connection with this strike, but one which was equally vicious and unlawful. From the day the strike was called, pickets were posted not only at the en-trance of the factory, but at the office door. Admission was denied to every employee except a portion of the office force, the superintendent, watchmen, firemen, and engineers. Even draftsmen, photographers, and help of that character were not allowed to enter. This denial of admission went much further than this. Customers calling at our factory were denied the right to en-ter, as were tradesmen and others. Many had to give their businesses before they could come into the office. This condition continued for a period of three weeks, and finally the order was issued that admission be denied to every-one except myself. We were unable to have access to any of our books or records for a period of nearly two weeks. We had to rent temporary offices in the center of the City in order to carry on the regular correspondence connected with our business. Even these quarters were picketed and we were denied for nearly a day entrance to these offices. The pickets at our temporary offices were finally withdrawn through an ar-rangement between the City Officials and the strike leader. Our City Commission appointed a Committee on Mediation, consisting of Mayor Tunis Johnson, City Manager C. Sophus Johnson, and George W. Welsh, and a truce was declared under which the pickets at the factory office were to be withdrawn for 48 hours. This with-drawal of all pickets from our plant was without any agreement on our part as to what we would not do during the period of the truce. I am happy to say that as a result of the conferences which followed, a settle-ment has been reached that is entirely satisfactory to the Company and appar-ently to a large majority of the men. There were over 1,000 men involved m the strike, and there were less than 180 who voted to reject. There has been worked out in the settlement a plan under which the man-agement and employees will get together around a conference table at regular in-tervals. I am confident that the plan which has been adopted will assure a pleasant employee relationship, and I trust that never again will our men feel it necessary to resort to a strike. June IS, 1937. utility looked for in occasional fur-n i t u r e — will provide interesting surprises. Rugs • Rugs and floor coverings are expected to be the medium that will tie the whole homeiurnishings picture together — thus both light and dark shares, in plain colored broadloom and texture, pile fabric rugs, are expected to enjoy a good run. Earth shades and medium col-ors will share honors with beige and rosy tones. Many pattern rugs, and period type carpets and rugs, as well as all-over designs in modern feeling, are scheduled to again re-turn to favor. In hard surface floor coverings, custom made floors again will give women an opportunity to expres their individuality. Black and white seem to be the predominating col-ors, the standard shades blending well with white kitchen furniture and forming a perfect foil for multi-colored accessories. Breawfast room and dinette fur-niture is leaning heavily toward modern. Upholstered seats or shaped wood seats, designed to make "eat-ing a pleasure," will replace the hard straight seat of past seasons. Leather or texture materials in fruit and flower colors will add a colorful touch to ensembles of oyster white or pastel tinted oak, blonde maple, enamel or natural maple. Kitchen and Juvenile • Kitchen furniture is heading toward the fur-ther development of complete en-sembles that grow with the kitchen. Left and right utilities, matching chinas, sink bases, cabinets, etc., are being standardized in color and fin-ish so that a woman over a period of years may furnish a complete, standardized kitchen, one piece at a time. Units featuring stel tops are due to be widely shown; sparkling white remains a favorite finish; and f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 39 i . * • . . - '.''*•;••'••',t ... n;- "1%" " -t ':^TT 40 FINE FURNITURE UNCH S. Straus m these floor coverino displays POPULAR colors in broadloom, as well as latest texture effects and designs, are getting nation-wide attention in window displays, en-semble groupings and by informa-tive style talks for customers, com-posing the activity in most stores. Broadloom is the favorite with retailers originating novel and at-tractive ways of dramatizing this type of floor covering. Important too, is the tendency of stores to dramatize new floor coverings in window displays to inform all pass-ing customers of the new fabrics now available. aumann Robert Heller, New York Indus-trial Designer, has been retained by the Style Council Trend of the In-stitute of Carpet Manufacturers to design its ensemble display promo-tions for the coming season. The units will feature room color schemes which complement the in-dividual carpet and rug displays. These unit displays are to be shown for the first time in the Carpet In-stitute's space at the American Furniture Mart, Chicago, during the summer market opening, July S. i o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 41 HISTORY of the WINDSOR CHAIR by PHYLLIS FIELD COOPER ONE of the most popular chairs of our day is the traditionally famous Windsor chair of 18th cen-tury England. Its popularity can probably be attributed to at least three good reasons: namely, its historical background and associa-tions; its convenient adaptability to most of the rooms of a home; and last but not least, its modest price. Though the Windsor chair is usually capable of "selling itself" without much "sales talk," we be-lieve that even more interest could be manifested in the various types of Windsor chairs if all salespeople were conversant with its traditional background. What customer (par-ticularly a woman) does not value her purchase of furniture more, be it an adapted or authentic prototype of some historical piece, if she can tell her friends some interesting facts concerning its history? Knowledge • It is always advisable for the salesperson ambitious to in-crease sales to learn something about the history concerning all fur-niture. There is nothing quite so embarrassing to a salesperson as selling a piece of furniture about which he or she knows nothing con-cerning either its history, design or construction and the customer seems to know EVERYTHING! We have known of just such instances and because the salesman was without knowledge and the customer had a dangerous smattering of it, the sale of an excellent and authentic repro-duction was actually LOST! We find that factful and reliable information concerning how the Windsor chair first came to be, is rather vague and questionable. The story goes, however, that King George II, while out hunting near his castle, at Windsor, was over-taken by a severe storm and took refuge in a shepherd's cabin. While there, he sat in a chair that proved so comfortable and artistically at-tractive that he inquired of the shep- PHYLLIS • FIELD- COOPE.R--1937-1 WINDSOR CHAIRS 1. COM B - BACK 2. HOOP" BOW-RACK i/^H 3. ENGLISH WINDSOR J 4. HOOP <"• BOW-BACK I 5. FAN-BACK herd from where it came, and found that the shepherd himself had fash-ioned it with a pocketknife. Tra-dition has it that the King asked to have it copied, a request which was granted, with the result that "Windsor" chairs became a vogue and have ever since been a most popular chair for the average home. Both in England and America the Windsor chair (of which there are several types) was the inex-pensive, everyday chair for the rural home, cottage and tavern of the 18th and 19th centuries (see sketch). Perpetuity • It is interesting to note that the Windsor chair met with greater popularity in America at that time than in England — a popularity that has continued on through three centuries with per-haps just one interruption (Victor-ian era) when it was relegated to attics and barn lofts, pro tern. It was about 1725 or later that the Windsor chair was first intro-duced into America by way of our English Colonists. About ten years later, we find Philadelphia becom-ing the center for the manufacture of especially fine American Windsor chairs. By 1745 the vogue for Windsor chairs had spread to other large cities and though they were beginning to manufacture them in Boston and New York about 1785, "Philadelphia-made Windsors" con-tinued to be in greatest demand throughout the Colonies. Gradually, Windsor chairs began to supplant the rush-bottomed banister-back and slat-back chairs of the early settlers, and continued to be popular until about 1825 when other chair styles began to supplant the Windsor. It was not until about the first part of our 20th century 42 FINE FURNITURE that there was a revival of the Windsor chair. This can probably be attributed to the antique collect-ors of America, who about 1910 were starting to unearth all that had been laid aside for the advent of Victorian furniture. Reproductions • There are today many fine examples of these Amer-ican (and a few English) Windsor chairs to be found in our museums, private collections and in dealers' stocks. It is from these various examples that our designers are deriving their inspiration and our manufacturers are producing such splendid adapted as well as authen-tic reproductions of Windsor chairs today. To suit the demands of present-day clientele, our modern Windsors are to be had in mahogany, walnut and maple. The original Windsors were generally painted m such col-ors as red, yellow, black or green. The latter color (a dark green) seems to have been the preferred and most popular color. Some of our 18th century rural carpenters stained their Windsors with lamp-black and turpentine. These paint-ed and stained chairs were often embellished with simple floral motifs. The old Windsor chairs of Eng-land are typified by the cabriole leg with Dutch foot and pierced splat backs with spindles, which are not found in old American Wind-sors, only in our modern adapta-tions (see sketch). Variable • American Windsor chairs vary in type but their char-acteristics are sufficiently similar to be easily recognized, for whether they are antique or modern, they have '"turned" legs in '"vase" forms. They are set into the "saddle" seat in ''raked" fashion and are usually driven up through the seat and planed flush, then fastened with "fox-tailed" wedges. Oak, hickory and sometimes maple legs were used in the original Windsors. "Bulb-turned" side bracings and a center stretcher below the seat held the legs more securely. The "saddle" seats were shaped for comfort and were usually of pine, beech or whitewood. Modern adaptations are often fitted with woven rush-seats. Windsor chairs derive their re-spective names from the style of back (see sketch). The "fan-back," "comb-back," and "hoop" or "bow-back" are the most popular and best known Windsor chair styles. The bent "hoop" or "bow-backs" were usually of hickory or ash, as were also the spindles supporting them. The "comb-back writing-arm" Windsor is the rarest style of all, while another type is called the "low-back" or "roundabout." Mod-ern examples of this latter are sold for rural kitchen use. Large and small settees and children's high-chairs were also made in Windsor styles. Rockers were also added to many of the later examples of chairs and settees. Some "fan-back," "comb-back," and "hoop-back" Windsors have ex-tended seats at the back into which two spindles are inserted to brace the chair. The best types of Windsor arm chairs (antique or modern) have arms that end in either a well-carved "closed" or "open" hand effect. The "ears" too, at either end of the gracefully shaped hori-zontal top rail of the "comb-back" and "fan-back" chairs are scrolled. The latter chair is merely the side chair of the former and the top rails are identical (see sketch). THE MAN ON THEICOVER PHYSIOGNOMISTS figuring the X phases of the face on the cover will surely not fail to philosophize, "Here is a Celt, a fighting Irishman, who, at some time in his life has been called Pat or Mike. And two to one he liked corned beef and cabbage." They wouldn't be far wrong, at that. In his boyhood Charles Fred-erick Reilly, president of the James-town Lounge Co. WAS dubbed "Mike," and his favorite dish IS corned beef and cabbage. Reilly is being honored this month because his company is celebrating its 75th market m the same exhibit space in the Waters-Klingman Building, Grand Rapids. That's a long time for any manufacturer to show in one space — 37J/2 years. Charlie's first job was running er-rands for a retail store in Newark, N. J. Later he became a printer and then, as almost everyone in the business knows, a furniture man. In college, he went in for ama-teur bicycle racing, although he is so constructed of late years that he has failed to win anv medals at this his company 37'2 years in same exhibit space sport. His chief relaxations now are golf and fishing, which are ideal for a man in his early 60's. Concerning the company he heads and which is celebrating its "dia-mond anniversary" at this market, the Jamestown Lounge Company has behind it a long and distin-guished record of service to the furniture trade. Formed Jan. 1, 1888, in Jamestown, N. Y., it was established under a partnership, in-cluding Hurlbert L. Phillips, Theo-dore D. Hanchett, Arthur H. Green-lund and Lynn F. Cornell. Following incorporation in 1899, Phillips became the first president; Hanchett, first vice-president; Greenlund, second vice-president, and Cornell, secretary and treasur-er. The business continued to in-crease and in 1910 Reilly was hired to care for the metropolitan district as salesman. Sometime previous to that A. L. Weible of Dover, Ohio, had taken), over the Middle West and Mr. H. A. Comer the Western Coast territory. Under their general-ship the business progresed rapidly. In 1913 Reilly was elected to the board of directors and was made first vice-president, succeeding The-odore Hanchett, who had retired that year. Reilly has been with the organization in an executive capac-ity since that time. In 1917 Greenlund died and Reilly was elected president, which office he has held since that time. The responsibility of the officers and the executives who stand behind their product has established the reputa-tion of the company and even through the long depression the company has maintained its fine name. Greenlund signed the first lease in the Klingman Building while it was under construction, and in 1898 the company showed their goods at the exposition in Grand Rapids. For seventy-five consecutive seasons they have remained—a Grand Rap-ids market institution. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1937 43 WHAT ARE YOUR OLD CUSTOMERS WORTH? They represent a definite and important investment which you must protect by RALPH SPANGLER Sales Promotion Manager Harbour-Longmire Co.. Oklahoma City LET'S do some supposing . . . j Suppose (1) that you can get back $10 in direct immediate sales for each $1 you invest in adver-tising (plenty of good stores do not); (2) that over a certain period of time, you are able to do a sales volume of £100,000; (3) that you spend 5% of it for advertising. If you get back $10 in immediate sales for each advertising dollar . . . $50,000 would have come as direct response from your advertising. Which leads to my point . . . ALL OR MOST OF THE OTHER $50,000 WOULD COME FROM CUSTOMERS! In Large Stores • More than half of the business in large stores comes directly from "old" customers, or their friends. Which partially estab-lihses the value of customers. Cer-tainly they are a major asset! If you question their value, look at what you pay to get them! Add all money you spend to entice new customers . . . advertising, special displays, perhaps even that part of the rent above the price of an out-lying location. Divide this total by the number of new customers for the period of time being considered. Cost Per Customer • Such investi-gations have disclosed costs per new customer exceeding $50 each! If cus-tomers cost $50 each . . . and they produce 50% of your business, there can be no question that they are about as important assets as your receivables or your inventories! You maintain a close control over your receivables. You know whether they are increasing or decreasing. If any one of them is not producing, you do something about it. The same is true of your inventories. If your stock control shows that cer-tain numbers are not producing, you do something about that. But how about your third major asset —your customers? Do you attempt a control on them? How?. .. The need is JO obvious. The only question is how. Here's How • The first step is a method of recording information about each individual customer . . . just as you would record each indi-vidual receivable, or each individual piece of merchandise that comes into your inventory. It is possible to start your cus-tomer control with a very simple system . . . perhaps using the edge of ledger cards for notations. If your accounting is such that the person responsible for your cus-tomer control may have constant access to the ledger cards, this plan may be the least expensive. But it does not provide for cash customers. Most stores which attempt to get the maximum business from cus-tomers, create a separate card file for this purpose, on which they en-ter the necessary information, as name, address, business, salesman making sale, amount purchased, (Continued on Page 55) Examples of credit cards effectively used by Peter-sen Furniture Co., Chi-cago, and by the North- Mehornay Co., Kansas City PRESIDENT'S COURTESY CARD NO CASH REQUIRED On Furniture Purchases up to $100 when yon use Ibis card Dale presenls this card any lime within 3 0 days from dale, please extend her the courtesy of allowing her to make any furniture purchase she desires up to $100.00, without making any down payment. 1048 tEUKWT AVENUE FiirnilujV Ctm 4135 WEST N08TH AVENUE 6531 SOUTH HALSTED STREET 44 FINE FURNITURE WE ARE SIX YES, SIX—COUNT 'EM—6 TYPES OF WOMEN CUSTOMERS WHO SHOP FOR FURNITURE by RUTH McINERNEY Another "Customer Viewpoint" Article OHE'S a problem customer," ruminated the up-and- O coming young retailer. The old-timer straightened his rheumatic knee—"Aren't they all," he said, ''each, a bundle of changing chemistry." Seeing ourselves as the furniture retailer sees us, and then prescribing for the symptoms is like being the surgeon who operated on himself. Detached, yet awfully close. Y\ ell, throw us a knife line, and let's cast off. There are six customer types. Each of us belongs to one or more classes, more or less. Exactly how much more or less is for you to figure. Knowing your cus-tomers is like knowing women. Some men know women. But few know woman. And just when you have the formula all worked out, the "changing bundle of chemistry" begins to effervesce. But a few hand}" rules in the rule kit will make the going easier. Inattentive Customer • She tells you she is interested in dining room suites, and after you have gone to great trouble to describe the superior features of design, workmanship, finish, you are aware that she has a dreamy eye riveted on a gold-framed picture of "The Lark" in the picture gallery. What to do? Psycholo-gists recommend that you pick up a chair and drop it— not necessarily on her foot—but loudly enough to draw her attention "out of the nowhere, into the here." Sudden noise works best—you might even sing. You're best judge of that. Indecisive Customer • There's so much of this in us all, it amounts to a regular "customer over-soul." But the worst type is the childlike individual who is used to having her mind made up for her by someone else. She can't decide between the walnut and the mahogany end tables. In an agony of indecision, the contest is likely to end in a draw, with you in the middle. Where-upon, the only solution is for the salesman to shop for the customer, find out what her needs are, eliminate any distracting influences, narrow the choice down to one, and then start writing in the order book, or begin talking about delivery date, and how to take care of the piece when she gets it home. Talkative Customer • The longest way home is often the shortest way after all, with this customer. You can either out-talk the customer, and lose the sale — or you can over-listen and close the sale. Through loneliness or natural talkativeness, this individual ap-preciates an audience, and is quite used to being "sh-h-ed". Imagine her surprise and delight, then, when she finds the nice salesman not only willing to listen but seemingly interested. The kindly understanding on your part wins a friend and a customer that the more formal selling rules fail in. Know-it-all Customer • The salesman's best refuge is in agreement. Become a yes-man. "Retreat doesn't necessarily mean defeat," said the hero as he backed to the edge of the canyon and let the villain rush past. The know-it-all customer rushes headlong into the dotted line. Whereupon you simply tie a neat knot, and put the whole thing through the cash register. She sells herself. Her mind is made up before she enters the store. But she wants to be seconded in her selec-tion. You're the fellow elected as seconder, whether you like it or not. So, when she says "I think studio couches are a nuisance," you say: "Quite right, madam, that's why they designed this new model, here." Non-talkative Customer • Speech difficulty, timidity, indecisiveness, account for the inarticulate customer. What? You've never met any? Well, sometime one may escape from heaven and wander in. They are an appreciative type, responding to gentleness, a low tone of voice, kindliness. Abruptness, and the loud voice some salesmen may employ in an attempt to make themselves understood only close the shell more tightly around her retiring nature. Sweet and low, that's it! Unpleasant Customer • A good-sized baseball bat under the counter is one answer, but then again, you may want the sale instead of a damage suit. Rudeness is often caused by mental or physical ill-health. Re-sistance on the salesman's part, sharp words, aggra-vate the situation. The intelligent salesman refuses to imitate the lady's behaviour. Result: the contrast between the customer's loud tones, and the salesman's polite, quiet ones, leave her without an argument to stand on. She's left high and dry in mid-air. So there's nothing to do but come down to earth—which she usually does, somewhat abashed — and listen to reason. It seems that kindliness, understanding, self-control, are prime requisites in a salesman — and of these, the greatest is kindliness. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 45 COPY CREATES HUMAN INTEREST • ft. I • i . I*'" 1. . 1 A. o'V PLENTY of human interest is being given the promotion of furniture for wedding gifts and for selection by brides and grooms for new homes by The Emporium, San Francisco. In a recent issue of TOMORROW, the store's little magazine sent to cus-tomers, copy was built around the wedding of "Miss Margery Ann Harris and Mr. Anthony Alden Reynolds" of San Francisco. Pictured, among other things, were: (1) "This blue leather and walnut modern desk set ($150) arrived from The Emporium with Uncle Bissell's card. Margery suggested using the ample top drawer for bills, startling Tony." (2) With the lovely modern bedroom shown the copy explained that "Aunt Minnie, abhorring wall beds, insures Margery and Tony against such evils with this modern bedroom set (which cost her under $500) . . . discovered in the Charm House . . . harewood, chromium trimmed." (3) In another "scene" photographed, the bridal pair are seen shopping for furniture in The Emporium. Margery tries to pull Tony out of a luxuri-ous $98 modern chair in the Charm House . . . but he isn't interested fur-ther in the eternal search for furniture. Says he, "This is swell . . . I'm parking right here." 46 FINE FURNITURE LET'S MAKE the NUTMEG GRATER Implores CHET SHAFER Three Rivers, Mich., June 15. (Spe-cial dispatch to FINE FURNITURE) — If there is any connection be-tween the furniture industry and what I did last week in the interests of the readers of FINE FURNITURE, I don't know what it is. But just the same — I took an extensive trip as a correspondent, without folio, over to Jones' Crossing, 12 miles east, and up to Wakelee — which is off in north of Jones. Nutmeg Off • And the most im-portant fact I discovered was that Frank Eberhart, who has run the general store over at Jones for 54 years, hasn't heard a good, loud, unmistakable, clear-ringing call for nutmegs in about 15 years. Said Frank: "Now'days ever' one wants their nutmegs either in a can or a capsul'." I didn't break Frank's record by making a purchase, either, because I wasn't nutmeg-conscious right at the time, so Frank went on to tell me about his old bar scales, with the brass scoop, which have been in his store since he started. He said there was an inspector m the other day to put on a tag, and the inspector told him the old-fashioned scales never went wrong. "It's th' new-fangled scales that git out of kilter."' Frank said. Frank said he still had a brisk call for "seeny" leaves — for tea — and cinnamon buds. "An' I sell a lot of ruzEum for horse liniment an' hog tonic. ' Frank said. Supper-time Closin' • This made me feel pretty good so I wheeled up to Wakelee to see Herb Huyck, who has been m business up there for 48 years — and I'm sorry his name isn't IKE HUYCK. Said Herb: "Th" guv'ment is goin' t' try to make me close up my store at supper-time, an' that won't work!" Business at 11 P. M. • Herb said his wife — IDV — took in four crates the night before after ten o'clock; and the night before that — right around 11 o'clock—she sold $2C0 worth of fencing. "Besides," said Herb, as he eased his gouty foot around a little on the pillow he had it on. "where are the folks in Wakelee gom" t' spend their evenin's:" CHET SHAFER Reports brisk call for "seeny" leaves. Wakeleeans Worry • Now I think — Mr. Edcutter — that's something for us to worry about — and be concerned with — what the folks of Wakelee are going to do with their evenings after the government pad-locks Herb Huyck's store at supper-time — after Herb has kept it open for 48 years. And I think we ought to sympa-thize with Frank, also, over at Tones, facing—as he does — this unprecedented slump in the demand for nutmegs. After all, a man's got to have some place to go after supper. And — there's nothing quite like the taste of nutmeg, say, for instance, on a custard pie — right fresh off the grater. yrs (signed) Chet Shafer Humanitarian to the core—and not so very far to the core, either. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? 1. D—Springs in good furniture are tied eight ways. 2. C—Patina refers to finish. 3. C—Most authorities on Early American agree that Cherry popular wood of the time, popular wood of the time. 4. C—Gilbert Rohde. 5. C—French Provincial follows Louis XV lines. 6. C—Fine Queen Anne furni-ture was consistently made in walnut. 7. D—Grand Rapids Chair does not advertise nationally. 8. C—Statton created the Tru- Type house. 9. A and B—Rideout (Wisconsin Chair Co.—modern) and Fred Hill (Hastings Table Co.). 10. C—Sidney Blumenthal (The Shelton Looms). 11. C—A typical description of brocatelle. 12. B—Pure down is from the breast of geese. 13. C—Central America. 14. A—Swietenia. 15. C—Grand Rapids Chair with their Federal groups, etc. Answers to Questions On Page 32 16. D—Robert W. Irwin Co. uses maple very successfully in combination. 17. F—Aspen is a member of the poplar family. 18. E—Prima Vera comes mainly from Mexico and Central America. 19. B—This statement is pure "Hooey"; the other three are true. 20. C—Dark woods such as ma-hogany and walnut are treated with chemical bleaches which function much as any ink eradicat-or or dye bleach. f o r J U N E - J U L Y , 1 9 3 7 47 RETAILING TIPS TIPS ON ARRANGING SUMMER WINDOW • RETAIL BUREAU ACTS AS "REFEREE" • BEWARE WINDOW BACKGROUNDS! • CUSTOMERS'JURY Summer Displays •"THE more the better!" is the sum- _L mer furniture window display principle of C. F. Gustafson, who has charge of displays for Arm-strong, Inc., Memphis, Term. "Such a window may seem crowd-ed, but it is best, if you wish to appeal to a wide range of buyers," Gustafson declares. "Summer fur-niture, like small merchandise in a window, has special appeal high in novelty value; the more mer-chandise one has in the window, the better are its chances of bringing in buyers." While no particular color scheme for the window as a whole can be used, color should be carefully worked out in group arrangements. Novel interest furnishings in the summer class make suitable "front of window" suggestions. In the case of the Armstrong store, "reclina-bouts" have been used for this pur-pose. Staple but heavy demand pieces, such as gliders, are given prominent but back of window dis-play space. "Gliders in our windows follow the prominence given them in newspaper advertising; they are a leading feature, as one of the best selling summer pieces." Related merchandise tie-in is not to be neglected any more with sum-mer furniture than with regular room suites advertised in the win-dow, according to Gustafson. The cocktail set, or the deck of cards help to carry out the suggestion of a chair-umbrella group. Retail Referee ONE of the most important func-tions of the Madison (Wise.) Merchants Bureau, is to maintain the good will of the public toward business men in the downtown area. Whenever a disguntled customer comes to R. O. Ellingwood, chair-man of the retail committee, and claims that such and such a store refused to refund money on an un-satisfactory article or did not fulfill its obligation to the customer, or that it showed no inclination to serve the customer after it received Completed this Spring is this beautiful new store of the Hubenstein Furniture Co., Eugene, Ore. Work was started on its modernization last January. Over 5,000 people attended the opening in April. the cash for the item, he and others of his committee assure such a cus-tomer that they will do all they can to handle the situation to suit every-one. A delegation of the committee usually calls upon the offending merchant. They are not arrogant and critical. They lay the case be-fore him, and get his views of the case as well. Then they usually ad-vise the merchant that it would be better if he refunded the complain-ing customer the money. They point out that one dissatisfied cus-tomer will knock not only his store, but all the rest of the stores in the downtown area as well. In such an instance the loss to every merchant will be much greater than the cost of the piece of merchandise in question. Of course, none of the merchants believe in humoring every com-plaining customer, for all complaints are not just, and many people are habitual complainers. However, the committee does try to judge every complaint fairly, and then they carry worthwhile cases to the mer-chant involved. Thus favorable settlement is brought about in many instances. Time spent in settling such prob-lems is well invested, says Elling-wood, for it benefits the whole down-town area. Beware Backgrounds TT PAYS to avoid display back- 1 grounds which tend to draw the customer's attention away from the merchandise and from what the salesmen have to say about it. Recently at the American Furni-ture Co., Denver, there had been a mirror background in a table model display. Radios were moved into a location formerly used for china and glassware. The wall section here was lined with high grade mirrors. At first blush, it seemed that they would add attractiveness to the radio display and prove a helpful selling aid. But experience proved otherwise—to such an extent that the management is planning to re-move the mirrors. "Mirors tend to draw attention away from the merchandise and from what the salesmen are saying about it," explains O. P. Jones, radio buyer. "Customers standing in front of the mirrors find their attention riveted by their own images. They either become pre-occupied in admiring themselves or are self-conscious and ill-at-ease. Whichever it is, the condition is anything but conducive to creating buying interest. "This experience has convinced us more than ever before that dis-play fixtures and backgrounds must 48 FINE FURNITURE be made to emphasize the merchan-dise rather than standing out as sep-arate entities. After all, radios are what we're selling—not fixtures." A Pricing Jury APROMOTIONAL plan to de-velop local interest in the semi-annual sales at Harold's, Allentown, Pa., was the selection of a jury of twelve well-known local women who inspected all the special sale items in the store and approved of the prices marked on them. A small jury "fee' was paid to the women for this service and the store in turn had the group photographed and used the picture in its adver-tising and also in the news column of local papers. Harold's headlined its sale copy with this announcement: "A jury of twelve local women who are keen judges of values have carefully in-spected every piece of furniture of-fered for this sale. All the prices marked on our merchandise have been approved by this jury as of-fering outstanding values for thrifty buvers." SEEKS SHORTER HOURS The Associated Furniture Dealers of New York have begun a move-ment to shorten materially the store hours in the retail furniture trade in New York City by closing two eve-nings each week during June, July and August. lames B. McMahon, jr., executive vice-president of the association, sent a communication to approxi-mately GOO furniture stores in greater New York, inviting them to agree to close at 6 p.m. on Tues-days and Fridays for the three sum-mer months. Commitments have al-ready been received from enough representative units, both large and small, in all sections of the city, to assure the success of the movement. For Your Refinisher AFURNITURE finishing mate-rials brochure published by the Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, has been mailed to the industrial trade in all parts of the country. This brochure covers the problems of fur-niture finishing and retail store re-finishing in their practical entirety and deals with antiquing wax, brushes, combination filler-stains, drawer coater, fillers, lacquers, stains and varnishes. It also contains chap-ters on Old World finishing systems, Old Bone or antique white enamel finish, refinishing furniture, rubbing and polishing and sealers. In commenting on the method of finishing furniture, the introduction of this treatise states that "because wood varies in its physical form so widely, wood finishing can never be an exact science. The art of the expert finisher will always be of first importance in bringing out the true beauty of the wood." AKE • To faithfully reproduce dining room and bedroom furniture in traditional patterns which will appeal to the discriminating buyer of today and the connoisseur of tomorrow is the aim of the Rockford National Furniture Company. The combination of delicacy in design and strength in construction of these graceful groups, has made them notable for wise dealers who stock Rockford National ensembles. • Having moved our exhibit from Chicago to Grand Rapids, we were very gratified at the attention accorded our display in the Spring Market. Our Sum-mer Market Showing will include new pieces priced for today's demand and style requirements. You are cordially invited to visit our display, 2nd floor WATERS-KLINGMAN BUILDING during the Summer Sales Season ROCKFORD NATIONAL FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD ILLINOIS f o r J U N E - J U L Y . 1 9 3 7 49 DANIEL BOONE'S CLOCK a Colonial Reproduction NOW AVAILABLE FOR TODAY'S INTERIORS America's leading furniture and department stores will applaud this distinguished addition to the Colonial line. Reproduced from an original once owned by Daniel Boone, famed Kentucky pioneer, and now treasured in the Ford collection of Americana in Edison Institute, Dearborn, this hall clock has unusual historic appeal for today's interiors. The broken pediment and torch finial, painted landscape and fine inlay, are strikingly decorative details. This superb reproduction is but one of the many built by Colonial craftsmen, noted far and wide for their inspired artistry in fashion-ing fine mahogany hall clocks and occasional furniture. Each and every piece bearing the Colonial trade-mark is truly a work of art, worthy of a place in the finest home. DISPLAY: FIFTH FLOOR KEELER BUILDING G R A N D R A P I D S , M I C H I G A N COLONIAL MANUFACTURING CO., ZEELAND, MICH. YOU, TOO, CAN PROFIT through the advantages that ac-crue to dealers fea-turing Colonial Hall Clocks and Occa-sional Pieces. You are cordially invited to view this line or to write for details. the predominant influence of today's furniture preference and the period styles embodied in this great era are destined to contribute to the beauty and comfort of our homes for many years to come. Equal in importance to loyalty in design is that of the finish. Whether English or American Georgian, French or American Empire, Louis XV, Colonial or Duncan Phyfe, none are true 18th Century unless given the color treatment and finish authentic in its every detail. We are in position to supply you with finish materials and detailed information for the correct execution of all 18th Century furniture finishes, and will be glad to cooperate with you. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS We appreciate your mentioning you saw this in FINE FURNITURE MICHIGAN 50 FINE FURNITURE Homefurnishing News and Reviews Frolic at Grand Rapids Welcoming buyers to the midsummer furniture market, Furniture Salesmen's club has arranged a festival ball and frolic for the eve of the market opening, June 30, in the ballroom of the Civic auditorium and the Pantlind hotel. Two popular radio and night club orches-tras, Louis Panico's and Lee Bennett's, will provide music for the dancers in two of the ballrooms and a third orchestra will play in the third ballroom. Floor show acts have been booked for the ball and for nightly entertainment during the market, including an ensemble of dancing girls, comedy acts, a wrestling bear and a "Gypsy Memories'' show. Otto J. Frey of Robert W. Irwin Co. is general chairman and heads the entertain-ment committee. Other committee chairmen include: R. D. Thomas of Grand Rapids Chair Co., Thomas G. Kindel of Kindel Furniture Co., and Clark H. Beinnger of Mueller Furniture Co. — o — Builds Penthouse on New Store Plans for new store being built by J. B. Van Sciver Co., Allentown, Pa., present some unusual features in furniture store construction. The building proper will be three stories, 100 by 230 feet, while the central part of the building will be a six-story tower, with a two-story penthouse occupying the upper two floors. A large number of furnished rooms will be the penthouse attraction. Floodlighting equipment on top of the main building will permit unusual lighting effects on the tower at night. The building will be constructed of white brick and trimmed with limestone. The architects are Lloyd Van Sciver and Jacoby and Everett. W. T. Mansfield is in charge of construction. Saves Gas Stove Connection Time A new device for gas stoves, which saves considerable installation time, is the Romine Gas Stove Connection recently put on the market by the Gray-Wilson Co. of Detroit. -T 1 New headquarters plant oi the Michigan Artcrait Co., Sparta, Michigan, has over 50,000 feet o! production space. This especially designed aluminum pipe is said to resist all severe twisting, bending and other strains. It is also claimed to ssaavee up - 50% of labor costs in installation connections sell for from $1.35 to $1.55, 3 to 5 ft. lengths, m gross lots. Photo shows ease with which connection is made. Fine Arts Co. Moves Recent purchase of the plant formerly occupied by the Grand Rapids Store Equip-ment Company. Sparta, Mich., will give the Fine Arts Studios, who have been operating in Holland. Mich., for the past year, more than double the production space they had in their former location. The firm manufactures an attractive line of Modern tables, desks, wall brackets and novelty pieces, the line consisting of over 150 individual units. The business of the company has developed so rapidly that larger space was required, and the change was made to insure greater production facilities. The corporate name of the firm is being changed the name to Michigan Artcraft Co., and the complete line will be shown on the sixth floor of the Waters-Klingman Bldg., Grand Rapids, during the Summer market. Officers of the new organization are: T. E. McFall. president: M. Languis. chief de-signer and general manager; Andrew Neeu-sen. secretary and assistant treasurer; Charles Miller, vice-president; and John Shooks,. treasurer and assistant secretary. Import Entire Room A pine-paneled room from Fishmonger's Hall in London, and a chandelier from Eng-land's famous Eton College, are being trans-ported to this country for the entrance hall of the Bristol Company for the July mar-ket in the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, when the concern makes its bow to the furniture trade in its new quarters. The unusual and historic entrance, which will cost $5,000 to assemble, and which is valued at $7,500. will enter this country duty free because both the chandelier and the pine panels are over 100 years old. The Bristol Company specializes in fine reproductions of 18th Century occasional and upholstered pieces. A comparatively new concern, Bristol started as antique dealers in 1914. Because of a demand from decorators for reproductions, manufacturing ol fine pieces was started. Reports Sales Ahead oi 1929 Business equal to, and in some respects exceeding, that of 1929, is reported by Dei-mar L. Kroehler, vice-president of Kroehler Manufacturing Co. Following the close of the company's fifth period, total shipments so far this year are up almost 50 per cent over the same time last year. Kroehler, largest manufacturers of uphol-stered furniture in the world, divides its year into 13 periods of four weeks each. "Monthly shipments this year," states Mr. Kroehler, "have continuously shown an increase over like periods of last year. For the period of 1937, ending May 21, total shipments exceed those of last year for the same period by 46 per cent, and 1936 ship-ments were the largest since 1929. "During the peak production period this spring, all Kroehler plants produced an aver-age of 3,500 pieces per day, an all-time high in the history of the company. This includes living room, bedroom and dining room furniture." d Fred Cappel Dead Fred Cappel, Dayton business leader and president of the Cappel Upholstery Co. and Cappel Corp., died at his home May 30. He was 86 years old. Mr. Cappel was founder of three Dayton furniture concerns and retained control of the Cappel Upholstery Corp. until his par-tial retirement several years ago. He is sur-vived by two sons — Harry, president of the Cappel Furn. Co., and Carl, of the Wayne Furn. Co. of Dayton, and a daughter, Mrs. Cora Linxweiler. Q Salesmen's Dinner July 8 The National Wholesale Furniture Sales-men's Ass'n will hold its Institute dinner in the Furniture Club of America, July 8. Robert Mehornay, of the Xorth-Mehornay Co., Kansas City, has been selected as one of the guest speakers. Design Englcmder Lines The Englander Spring Bed Company of Brooklyn has engaged Serge Sacknoff and Michael Saphier, designers and stylists with offices in the RKO building, Radio City, New York, to design a complete new line of bedding for the firm, according to an announcement by S. Richard Lemberg, as-sistant to the president of the Englander company. A number of the new designs will be ready for presentation to the trade f o r JUNE-JULY, 1937 51 at the summer markets. Both Sacknoff and Saphier are recognized for their creative ability in interpreting traditional styles as well as contemporary trends. 0 Chooses Lullabye for Movies During 1937, Paramount Pictures, Inc., will use the Lullabye line of juvenile furni-ture exclusively in all pictures having nurs-ery scenes or featuring juvenile stars. Para-mount notified Lullabye of their decision after viewing the juvenile furniture displays at various markets, it was announced. New Refinishing System Refinishers can now save 48 hours—and two operations—by using a recently devel-oped system for refinishing. It is based upon the use of thoroughly compatible materials, as opposed to the frequent practice of using materials purchased from various sources which may or may not impart durability and produce a clean, clear accenting of wood grains. The new quick-drying stain, which re-places the water stain, dries in IS minutes —thus eliminating the overnight dry neces-sary to complete this operation with the old system. It takes overnight for the old sys-tem tiller to dry. while the improved fast-drying filler does the job in three hours. All men in charge of the refinishing work of the furniture stores, department stores and refinishing shops realize the benefits of saving 48 hours on a single job. By greater turnover and less expense, these men are now able to lower the final cost, refinish more articles, and increase their profits. Out-of-Town Buyers' Club The establishment of a practical Chicago headquarters and club for out-of-town buy-ers, sales representative, retailers, and manu-facturers was accomplished this week by the granting of a charter to a group of business and civic leaders for a new organization to be known as "The Merchants and Manu-facturers club." The resignation of George W. Young, vice-president of Marshall Field and Co.. to accept the presidency of the club is indicative of the importance of this new development. Designed to promote a closer cooperation between the various groups of the business world, the club will function as a Chicago headquarters and home-away-from-home for the thousands of business men throughout the nation, who have occasion to go there on business from time to time. Complete club facilities except living accomodations will be maintained in the Merchandise Mart, in addition to a competent research department and business office. Combination electric shaver mirror and make-up mirror designed to meet de-mand of men now using electric shavers. Equipped with two drawers, one of sufficient size to hold the com-plete shaver kit with special electrical outlet. Hand-rubbed solid walnut. Retails for $7.50 and up. New Credit Plan The Productive Budget Account is the name of a new credit plan recently inau-gurated by Adaskin's Furniture Stores, with outlets in Xew England. It proffers a credit charge of one-half of 1 per cent a month on unpaid balances. Four other points listed in the plan are down payments of 5 per cent, up to 18 months to pay by weekly, semi-monthly or monthly payments, automatic cancellation of an unpaid balance in the event of the purchaser's death, and fire protection. In purchases of electric refrigeration, Adaskin's is allowing up to three years for payment. The new credit plan applies to all having accounts with the stores, includ-ing those getting statements at present. C L A S S I F I E D A D S FOR LEASE • Modern four-story, fire-proof building 50x75, Cor. Lapeer and War-ren Aves., Saginaw, Michigan. City of 82,000 population, diversified industries, and in excellent agricultural district. Build-ing in central business section, occupied past five years for retail furniture, has large show windows on both streets, well lighted, modern plumbing, heating, elevator and basement. Reasonable rent. Apply to H. G. Wesener, 512 X. Franklin Street, Saginaw, Michigan. FOR SALE • Furniture Store, old, estab-lished, in fine Boston suburb; mostly cash business with good opportunity for expan-sion; buyer must have $5,000. Good reason for selling. Box 141, FINE FURNITURE, Grand Rapids, Mich. DESIGNER wanted by designer. Must be creative and step ahead of trends; original idea and good perspective man;
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I I HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COrlPLETE t"--._-----------._----._------------~ >-------_._--------------------------------------_._------' _________ . -..c.. __ ~ z MICHIGAN ARTISAN • One Car Load of these Desks .ready for shipment. We want to move them quickl,Y. These prices wiHdo it. Get your share of this Desk~rgain_ Order today. These Desks are built of plain India.na white oak, Lave three~ply 'panels and aTe thoroughly well con-structed. Medium Gold,en Oak gloss finish. Notice full pan_~led bask. center drawer with lock, brace betweell'pe,~_e~tal anq single wall. Price No. 242. De.k Price No. 342F Desk. $11.00 8.00 • • Terrns 2% 10 days; Net 30 Days. F. O. B. Cars Factory. Rowlett Desk Mfg. Co. Richmond, Indiana No. 242 Roll Top Desk. Size--42 inches long, 30 inches wide, 48 inches high; weight, 145 pounds. No. 342F Flat Top Desk. Entire Base same as No. 242. Size-42 inches long, 30 inches wide. 31 inches high; weight, 100 pounds. ' We have almost Two Thou-sand Desks in our warerooms which we are offering at an extra large discount. Write for catalog and prices • No. 400 Dresser. ~~ Oak and Bird's Eye M~jlle and Maltogany. Top 22l[(6. Plate1:lOx36. A.k few .... priClCl. Itia too low toqaote in a trade paper • It is not so much the goods you buy that brings you value as the goods you sell and are the- means of selling more. St.ar goods advertise themselves . ,,--,;,- The- dealer who sells one Star begins an endless chain be~ause you cannot stop it from selling more. Why? Because Star veneer used in their construction is the best that money can buy. Because Star veneer is MATCHED AND SELECTED, making a pleasing and attractive effect. Because Star styles are made by designers of reputa-tion. Because Star finish cannot be surpassed. A trial is all we ask. The goods speak louder than talk in print. Applications for catalog welcome. Michigan Star furniture Co. Zeeland, Mich. • oil 29th Year-No. 16. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., FEBRUARY 25. 1909. $1.00 per Year. Officers of the National Retailers' Association. The recently elected officers of the National Retailers' Association are the following: Prc!jident-M. J- Mulvihill, St. Louis, Mo. First Viee-Presidcnt-C. E. Osgood, Boston, Mass. Second Vice-Presidellt~C. E. Rosenbury, Bay City, ;>ilich. Third Vie-Prcsident-G. 1\', Sandberg, Chicago. Treasurer-A. D. 1IcQuilkin, Fort Dodge, la. Secretary-l\ilark P. Goodlett, St. Louis. Executive Committee~George H. Gilar, Indianapolis; \V. D. Farley, Battle Creek, Mich.; VV. F. Saecker, Appleton, "Vis.; 'A'. L. Grapp, Janesville, :Ylinn.; C. C. LaFollette, Thorntown, Ind.; E. A. Snead, Clifton Forge, Va.; John A. Thompson, Chicago, IlL; M. N.orman, Grand Forks, N. D.; T. R. Glass, ~otwa, Okla. @ * @ Pleasant Relations With Manufacturers. In his exaugural address to the convention of the Nation-al Retailers' Association, recently held, the president, Col. Foster, referred to the business relations existing between the retailers and manufacturers as follows: DUring the past year our relations with the furniture man-ufacturers of the country have been of the pleasantest char-acter. They are coming to understand us better and we are coming to understand them better. Vi/hen their attention has been called to any complaints that have been transmitted to national headquarters, they have been quick to make reply, and these replies in every case throughout the year have been in the spirit of desiring to do all that they could to meet the just requirements of our organization. 11istakes occur and shipments have bcen sometimcs made that should not have been made, but investigation of such instances have nearly always resulted in showing that the manufac-turer has been misled by incorrect ratings in the cr~dit rating books of tl:e furniture trade. @ * @ President Mulvihill. The National Retailers' Association at their recent con-vention, elected M. ]. Mulvihill of St. Louis, president. Mr. Mulvihill is a leading retailer of the 110und City and widely known in the furniture trade.. He is an able business man and will prove a wortby successor of A. J. Conroy, Co!. Foster and others who have filled the presidential office in the past. @ * @ Manufacturen of furniture who have pursued the policy of quoting a flat price of fifty per cent discount to the retail trade have been requested by the National Retailers' Asso-ciation to discontinue the same as it is no longer of value to them. @ * @ A standing committee of the National Retailers Associa-tion will endeavor to persuade manufacturers to use uniform sizes in catalogues. New Ho~e for "The Ark" at Riverside. Cal. The Ark House Furnishing Company h; to have a home in keeping with the importance to which the business has grown. Fred H. Freeman and Samuel S. Patterson have purchased a lot and will commence in the very near future the erection of a modern business bl,ock with four floors 104r72 feet. The Ark Furnishing Company have secured a tcn years' lease on this block, dating from next August. It is expected to have the building completed by the first of August. The lot has dimensions of 104 feet on Eighth str~et and 160 on Lemon. The building will have a Hoar space of 1,000,000 square feet. The structure will be of pressed brick. The front will be of plate glass. Electric freight and passenger elevators \,-villhe installed, and otaer equipment in keeping with an up-to- date store. Mr. Miller of thc Ark, has shown excellent judgment in his choice of a location, as the site selected is without doubt as close in as could be found for a builJing such as is needed for the busines£ done by the Ark. @ * @ Officers of the Luce Furniture Co. The Luce Furniture Company, of Grand Rapids, held its annual meeting recently and reelected the former officers and directors, .as follows: President-G. 1\'1.Luce. Vice-presIdent-Mark Norris. Secretary~trcasurer-A. S. Goodman. Manager-John Hoult. Directors-A. S. Goodman, John Hoult, P. C. Fuller, J. Edward Earle, Van A, "\lallen, Mark Norris and Gregory M. J.uce. The company has had a very successful year and has pros-pered under the existing management. 8 * '" Twenty Thousand Inspected the Store. Ou Saturday, February 27, twenty thousand persons in-spected the branch store of Cowperthwait & Sons" ,on Third eveUlle al1d 121st street, New York, and listened to a band concert. During the week of the opening fifteen thousand people visited the store daily. The h,ouse was established one hundred and threc years ago and the business has de-scended from father to son. The new building is five stories high and ten storics long. @ * @ David J. Powers, founder and for many years president of the Vnion \Vire l\'1attre>ls Company, Chicago, died re-cently. He was born in 1814 and had lived in Chicago since 18G8. @ * @ The National Retailers' Association, in convention at St. Louis recently, adopted a resolution advising retailers to withhold patronage from manufacturing houses owned wholly or in part by mail order mcrchants, 4 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Mail Order Business in Foreign Lands. A New Packing for Furniture. Consul Moorhead, located at Acupulco, Mexico, ,has inves_ Retailers of furniture will soon receive goods packed in a tigated the business condition of that section a'h:d,conclt1de.~ new material manufactured under a. process recently patented that a mail order trade with the United States c64f.d be cre- by W. E. Elliott of Grand Rapids. A company JUS been ated. A large amount of advertising matter sho'd)d be dis- formed for the purpose 0f carrying on the business under the tributed as a preliminary to make sales. Catalogue'S, printed name of the Elliott Packing Company, of which VV. R. El-in the Spanish language should be mailed to the home?--of the liott is president; Vv'. D. Bishop vice president; Charles F_ people. In Manzanillo there are many opportunities tb'~- Powers secretary and A. C. Dennison treasurer. A factory tablish trade among American as well as Mexican residen. will be erected in the near future. In France the first requisite in the creation of a mail orde-rJ"\' @ * @ business is the catalogue.-J, , @ * @ Added Suites in Mahogany._ . I ,. The Michigan Furniture Company recently brought ou(a line of chamber furniture in mahogany that is taking well, Colonial patterns with a few Napoleon beds constitute the new feature. They continue their line of oak and ash 'and The Michigan Star Catalogue. The Michigan Star Furniture Company of Zeeland have issued their 1909 catalogue of chamber furniture, It is a halldsome book and ShOVi'Sa complete line of chamber furni-ture made in oak, binl's-eye map1cand mahogany. This is not,a high ,priced line, but it will be hard to find a highet" gCrhd~line -fbF:the prices put 011 the goods. It is a nice cata- Made by Palmer Manufacturing Co, Detroit Mich. are now in better shape than ever to take care of cU!:itomers' wants. In some patterns of oak and ash they have a large stock, made up in anticipation of demands for prompt ship-ments, so dealers can have their wants supplied without delay. They have issued a little booklet of some of the most attractive patterns which will be sent on application. @ * @ Sligh Factory in Full Operation. Among the Grand Rapids furniture manufacturing com-panies that enjoy a g'ood trade is the Sligh Furniture Com-pany. Since the close of the January exhibitions the travel-ing men have been sending in so many orders that every de-partment of the great fa.ctory is filled with workmen. Never in the history of the company were so many employed as at 'present. The new styles are so choice that the yisiting huy-ers and the buyers at hOll1e were attracted to them at first glance. Of course the Sligh construction and finish leave nothing to be desired. l logue, worth preserving, one that should be kept at hand for daily reference. @. * @.> Items Omitted. In ascertaining the cost of goods many merchants omit charges for such items as inspection, removing excelsior, scratches and trivial breakages that cannot be charged to the manufacturer_ Freight, cartage and handling are charged to the cost account as a matter of course, but such minor items as mentioned a.re over.looked;· involving losses in sale'S or very narrov,' profits, @ * @ I spent seven days at the Louvre l\laking notes of the lovely chef d'oeuvrcs, Now for fear that don't rhyme, Let me tell you that I'm Nat -French, but a furniture mover. MICHIGAN , TIllsincss with the manufacturers of furniture ill Detroit is fairly good,and improving as the sVrillg advances. The Pos-s<: litls BrothersFllrniture .Jlalll1fachlring Compally Jl<tVC n catalogue in the hands of the printers and h will be ready for mailing by l\la,rch 1. The Palmer \la.llllfactnring Company are preparing a ne,,\' catalogue-the best one they have ever ol<.:red to the trade ALany of the new patterns are choice desigr;s. Trade is very !{ood. The Pioneer )'lallufacturing COmp;111y, manub,ctllrcrs of reed chairs and rockers and children's carriages, report busi-ness illqcasing riglH along. The Detroit Rack CompallY, 1llul1ufac(-nl"crs of metal furni-ture, lni: racks, costllJlH'ni, invalid tallIes, Sbl~ds, chairs, etc .. h,t"ve contracted lor a catalogue. '.-\'hich will be ready for mail-ing abont the middle of March. The Detfoit Cabillet Con:p81lY had a good trade in Grand Rapid!'. ill J;tlluar-y and ordns <'rc cOlning in every day. J. C. \\.Tidmall & Co. fcport sales good, in brill ;\11(1 c1inin~ r00111 furniture. @ * @ J. F Shone succeeds Crc.,;sy & Sholle ill the furnitnre bus incss at Soutl, nCl'd, \Va.-;hil1gtoll . IIII .I------,---_._-----------_ ..I. r, --~------------'---·-!· Murphy Chair Co.I! I LINE II .----- III II ,I I Dll'tROI'I, MIca. ~ Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go.Carts. -, ~ PlOnm nanufa(turin~ (om~anJ Full lill-8 Sk()!l"h OIil?! af, f,he faclQ1·Y. MANUFACTURERS -------1 ! DETROIT, MICH. COMPLETE '-=-------,-------..----' ARTISAN The Cost of Transacting Business Varies. To the cost.oi.the goods purchased of the manufacturers Fraye!'. & Seifert of ~l()bi1e add the expel1se of- 'freight and cartage rllld npOn tlle total amount base the prices for which goods afe offefl':d fo customers. The firth ·does not know 11o\v it is pOi;siblc to include in the cost of an article every item of expel1se until it reaches the l{a-ndsof the customer, for the rea SOIl that the figures co.tlld _not be ascertained untll all article sh.il.ll have been sold TllC volume of sales may be Do You Know Why I !Smile? I Have the Grt:latest Household Invention of the Age. The Kindel Kind- That's All. brgcr in one year than another, and the expense of transact-il1[.!; business varies in accordance tlH::rewith, @ * @ Satisfy Customers. Hayes & Seifert of 1110bile, Ala., never allow a customer to become dissatisned. If, after purchasing an article, the cUSw tomer desires to return the. same, the firm alJows him to do so and hand him a check for the amount paid. By pleasing the trade and making every transaction satisfactory, the firm has bui1t up a great al,d profitable volume of business . rI II '-------------, PALMER MFG, CO, 115 to 13fl Palmer Ave., DETROIT, MIOH. Matlufacturers of FANCY TABLES PEDESTALS TABOURETTES for the PARLOII ,AND LIBRARY Our famousROOKWOOD FlNlSH IlIOwtI in populanty every day. NQthiD~like iI. Write for Piet1U'eS and Prices. Pf!destal No. 412 J 5 6 MICHIGAN Tracing Stray Freight Shipments. . Annoyance, delay and expense are the results of the lost frt1ght shipments, and while the blame for loss in transit 6rten rests with the transportation companies, in some in-stances it can be traced directly to the negligence of the consignee. For instance, a consignment of two cases of builders' hardware is made to vVallace, Brown & Co., Dartmouth, N. H., via P. R. R. and·B. W. railroad. In the course ofa week or so the shipment reaches its destination and a postal notice is sent to the consignee, who apparently ignores same, as no notice of 1t, and the shipment is placed in storage. The consignee wal; not ready for his shillment, 50 did not take the troubl'e to reply to the postal notice, or have de-livery made. A month or so later he calls up the warehouse and in a. peremptory manner inquires after his goods. From his offhand description he is told that they know nothing ARTISAN gone out word is received stating that shipment numher one has been received and the transportation company requests that you withdraw your claim as delivery has been effected. As the shipper, it is necessary to render credit for the duplicate shipment when it is returned, and as often is the case, have to stand the charges both ways. With just a little patience and consideration, a great deal of unnecessary ex~ pense and trouble can easil'y be avoided. By this it is not meant that a shipper should be reticent about tracing shipments claimed "lost in transit," but that a customer should not be too hasty in his demands that a duplicate shipment should be made, or that shipment should be traced before it has had sufficient time to reach destina-tion, until the railroad company has had a chance to make delivery. When a reasonable time has el"apsed then it is time to go after the railroads. A number of excellent systems have been dev.ise1, which, Made by Palmer bIlanufa.otw'j.ng Co., Detroit, Mich. about this shipment, and he rings off in high dudgeon. The shippers ar~ requested to place a vigorous tracer after the shipment, and after a great deal of delay the railroad company writes back advising the shipper that tbe shipment is on hand at destination unclaimed, and to please advise of same at once. This is not always the case, but from actual' observance has proven to be th e way with about two~thirds of the cases in which shipment ,vas lost in transit. In other cases the shipment has been delivered and "lost" at the plant of the consignee, and after some considerable correspondence is found, shipment having been on hand dur-ing the whole. procedure of tracing, presumably mislaid by their receiving clerk. \Vhat can a shipper do? He receives numerous requests to trace or dupolicate the original shipment. He has received no report of delivery from the railroad company, so there is nothing left but to duplicate the shipment and enter claim against the transpor-tation company. A few days after the second shipmer..t hM if they receeived the proper attention frotn the railroads, ivould facilitate matters greatly and ~fford' the shipper some little protection. One of these systeths inclt.des a recording device that with one operation makes a "d:acer," "acknow-ledgement" and the stub for use of the tra~ing derk. The tracer for the transportation company, thehcknowledgment to go to the party requesting tracer; and the stub remains in the book for ready reference of the shipper. This system is a good one, if it 'always received attentiorl, being inexpen-sive and efficient, as it furnishes all the infonbation necessary for the use of the various pp.rties concerned. Something that will keep the shipper advised all' the time of just what is being done is necessary,. ,nbt alone for his protection and information, but for :l'he behefit of his cus-tomer. Among various systems that are rlpwiii Ilse is th.e regis-tered tracer system, that stands out prontin'ptly among the rest. As the name indicates, each trac,er iSr_gistered, and as it meets with prompt attention from ;the altferent railroads when properly filled ont by the party tr~dl\lr it keeps t11c MICHIGAN shipper informed as to just what is being done with this particular shipment. These tracers consist of a cover, red in color, to better distinguish it from other papers, bearing a printed designat-ing number, there being no two tracers of the same number, the inside of the cover providing abtank form for full de-scription of the shipment being traped, including informa-tion as to name of shipper, corn;~ and designation, etc., which inf.ormation is filled in bp the party tracing and is practically a copy of the bill of lading or shipping receipt issued covering the shipment. Attached to the inside cover are ten record set5, each con-sisting of a thin sheet and a post card underneath, the thin sheet being permanently attached to the tracer, and the post card perforated at the top and easi.ly attached, the pri.nted form on the several sets being identical as to the thin sheet and the corresponding post card. Each set bears its individ-ual number in addition to the tracer numher. \ sheet of carbon paper is also attached to the tracer cover. These sets are for the use of the railroad agents in show-ing their record of handling shipment, the tracer above de-scribed being of sufficient size to permit shO\",ing the move-ments of a shipment over five railroads, each road using two of the sets, one to be filled ont by the forwarding agent and the other by the road, showing delivery to connecting line. In filling out the tracer forms, the tracing clerk affixes a one cent stamp to each of the post cards and a two cent stamp to the cover, addresses all the post cards to the party desiring the immediate information and also filb; in the ad-dress portion of the cover. It is then forwarde,d to the agent at originating station. ,..h..o fills in the first set, deposits it at the postoffice and for-wards the tracer in "R. R. B." (railroad busine%) envelope by baggage mail to the agent of the initial road, where the shipment leaves such road, who in turn fills in set 2, and for- \",'ards post card and tracer in the same manner as set 1. Vv'hen set 10 has been filled in, whether ten cents ,vere nec-essary or not, it is detached and dropped in postoffice and the tracer itself Jisposed of by folding the cover in such a way as to disc:lose the l·eturn address portion of the tracer, and a rubber band put around the tracer and same deposited in the mails without enclosing in any envelope. By addressing the post cards to the shipper he is inform-ed, as the tracer advances, of each movement of the ship-ment, and can scc whether the railroad company is giving the tracer proper attention. If any agent has neglected his duty the shipper knows just who it is and where to make complaint. By this method he is in ;1 position to bke the company to task regarding any inattention, through the fact of his having the evideNce at hand in bl'ack and whitc, in the form of his tracer post cards. The post cards themselves may be scnt to the consignee after having been filled ill by the agent, as the retttfll of the registered tracer to the shipper gives him all tac information required, though a trifle delayed, of course. but complete and ready for his file. Some system as above, while more expensive than most systems now in use, would seem to be the most satisfactory and economic way in the end for tracing shipments, as the fact of each tracer being registered and a set filled in and returned as the tracer moves along, keeps the party tracing informed, giving him a base to work upon, and in the end is bound to bring results quicker than by any othcrmethod. As results aTe what is wanted from a tracer the system which secures them, even at a slight increase in cost, is really the cheapest and most satisfactory in the end.-Travel-ing Man. @ * @ The American School Furniture Company is ('.vide1ltly prosperous. During the current year the company will erect a large extension to its factory in Grand Rapids. ARTISAN • Ideal Refrigerators If, !!I 1,! II CJI The handsomest and bes' cheap line of refrigerators made. CJI Printed on White Birch in Imitation of Quar-ter Sawed Oak, in eIlects which beat the hnest originals. CJI The line, tbough short, is quite complete. It includes 4 sizes, single door. one double door. one side icing. three apartment house and one four door, all either zinc lined 01 white enamel. CJI The goods are well made with f(i inch inside box and charcoal sheathing insulation. Every dealer should carry this line, as it sells on sight. Send for Catalog and Prices. I Grand Rapids Refng. Co. I Grand Rapids, Miohil!&D • 7 1I It It, I II I I,I ItII I II!,III , !:I 1 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN On short notice we can load a freight train with assorted lots of Big Six Asso-ciation goods. Q!1iek deliveries and low rates of freight guaranteed. Our goods are the best of their class. A trial order will prove the truth of this statement. The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequaled facilities for ship-ping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great railroad systems of the East, South and West. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforohes. 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 MantC'1 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, imitation 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. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots. Made by The Karges furlliture Co, Catalogues of all lines will be furnished to dealers on application. ~, ~ ev11 C H 1 G AN A R 1"1 s' A 1;1 9 Made by The Bockstege Furniture Co. Made by the 'Vorl-d Furniture Co. BZDS e:.VANSVIl-l-E., IN 01 ANA .sEoN C> F" 0 F'I C ""'-..,"-"'-'-0 G> U c:- ---"" -'----------- ~ I I,, I .. 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING PERFECT WORK at Right Prices PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN ---------------- ~._-- -- MICHIGAN Old Painted Furniture. In a recent number of the House Beantiful the subject of old painted furniture is discussed under the c;lptlon "Some Good Specimens of Old Fashioned Painted Furniture." by Rose Standish Nichols. The vogue for painted furniture has been revived during thl:': last twenty-Live years \vith the popularity of the Coronial style and has be tome especially popular in the last fC'\v years. \Vell made and original specimens hav(~ been found in out of the way places. Angelica Kauffman. the well knO\v artist. "vIlo was so sought aEter in London in the latter part of the 18th century, was responsible for the popularity of painted furniture at that time, al-though she ,vas not the originator. Her work was done 11nder the gn'at cabinet makers of the time, Adams, ShemtorJ, HeppJcH/hite and Chip-pendale, They were very enthusiastic over her designs of garlands of flowers, landscapes, chastl' figures with floating classical draperies and many minor forms. Angelica also palnted a marble mantel for Sir Josh11a Reynolds. Italian painters were also employed for this work and \vere very skillfnl in it. Their decorating was done on satinwood. Pergo1e~i "vas the best known of these artists. He was an assistant to the Adam::; brothers and \vas very successful. T'l1e motive" hc, used were garlnnds and baskets of {lm','crs. medallions endOsinl2; landscapes, shepherds. shcp-henlesses, cupids, dc. Later other artisans took np this kind of dec-oration but on a simpler scale. Ordinary woods were painted either plainly or to imitate tllC graining of rare woods. Japanning as it \va~ called was often done It consisted in using turps instead of oil to mix colors and was really only painting. The Japanese and Chinese use lacquer in their proC'-ess of japanning". Their method spread to England and then to New Eng-land in 1755. Painted furniture \vas imported to America be-fore the Revo{ution Tom England in the nortll and from France in the south. 111] 797 an English chair manlthc:turer in New York advertised to do "dyeing, japanning, wallgec work and bamboo ·work after tile nc"'t'st London patterns" ARTISAN 11 or such pieces as CfI<iJrS, st.'ttees, etc. Often furniture was made to harmonize with the wall coverings of the room it was to occupy. The solid wood \Vin]sor furniture was popular and with rattan and split bottoms \va:j often seen in dra.wing rooms, libraries, dining rooms 311d bedrooms and for piazza 11se in surnffier. During the eighteenth century the p,tinted decoration We Manufa==------------------"'l' Largest Line of fOlDlno I (nAIDS I I I, ! ! I II i- ~ _l i in the United States, suitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and aU public resorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots avndarCireibtsyi.n '" large Send for Catalogl4l and Price; to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO Made by Palmer Manufacturing Co" Detroit, Mich. ,If furniture was dCl.:;::dclIt. In 180tl it was used by "the third class of gentry." At tllc pn~sent time there are t\',.7O artists in thi.~ line in Vennont and 13'ostnll who arc doing splendid work in reviving old styles and traditions. Clws. B. Ingalls (Jf \·\!indsor, VL, a m<ln of 80 years. is very successful and has instructed 11iss ),1. C. [-lard}' in the work, who follows in his footsteps and is in husiness for herseH. Shc copies hi" ideas and originates ncw combinations of styles. @ * @ Improvements by the Lentz Table Company. TIle Lentz Table Company of Ka.shvil1e, Mich., are pre~ paring to erect a brick boiler house, 40 x 30 feet in size, in \\'l1ich they will install a new 125 horsepower boiler, to b(' lIsed in connectic)Jl with their present steam plant. They wilt also creet all additio,l to their warehouse 50 x 70 feet, and two stories high The upper story \-vill be llsed for finishing and the \mver story for ~~torage. The Lentz extension tab1c.s ,\1"(' sl1b~tantial1y IT,(\dc ard the bu"iness h;IS grown so stead i!y th;tt fr('(jl.1clltly ilrpr()\'l'lnellts in the shops or enlargements JJ\11SI: be made. The latest addition will relieve their fInishing ann storage rooms which \\Terc greatly congested; and en-able t1,e compallY to 100ld two or three cars a.t thesamc: timc instead of one tlS at presf'nt. @ * @ Help the Unfortunate. "The only way" to do an installmQnt business successfully and to retain the respec.t of customers in the opinion of Black Brothers of Joplin, 3.'10.. is to carry the accounts of customers when there is lJeed of jt. Collections should not be neglect-ed. Laxity creates contempt in the minds of people to whom lenieney is extended in the settlement of accounts. This does not apply to the deserving unfortunates. 12 MICHIGAN BUSINESS' MAWS RUBAIY AT. Awaket For morning's cares must be begun', The shrill alarm is fierce as any gun. ReeaH the maxim old and true that says It is the carly bi.rd t~at gets the bun. Dreaml11g when sleep's soft hal1d lay on my brow, Methought I made a l1e\V and solemn vow To cease the strain. \A/hen sUddenly a voice, In acccnts harsh commanded, "Do .it now!" Profit and price wages, interest al1d Tellt, Credit and cash; details that won't relent Next week, next year, some day, perhaps, I'll quit, Bllt now my busy pencil counts per cent BllY and sell and sell and buy again, Do-wn to the office, SUn, steet or rain, Adding, subtracting, balancing the cash Speculating on the yearly gain. o time turn backward in your hasty flight. I need more time from dewy morn till night. Tomorrow, aye, tomorrow, I've a note That falls due at the bal1k and money's tight. Today the trust raised prices on my ware. Already they were higher than 1s fair. However, it's a business maxim true The llrlce is fix{'.d as doth the traffic bear. I'd like to get acquainted with my wife And get a bit of leisure in my life. But, spite of all my work, my plans go wron.g And keep me always hamcs1ed to the strife. Al1d then my childrel1 three of them in all, It surely is the bitterest of gaIt To leave the house at morn before they rise, Returning after sleep has made its calL Ledgers, day books, cash books, journals, files, Book accounts, receipts and salesmen's wiles; These are the texts of fiscal aptlC\.\de On him who learns them well Dame Fortune smiles. Last year, when things were gOillg fairly well, EYents came up that no one could foretell And plunged me down to desperation's depths, Transforining heaven into gloomy hell. "All things come to him who waits," they say, And joy will come to him who leams to pray_ To "wait" and "pray" I'd like to add "and ~lave" And always a!-iksthc question 'docs it pay?'" I drink, ahl yes, the cup that cheers, they say, Ent not the cup that cheers for me, l~ay, nay. I drillk whenever, be it day or night, It's some advantage in a business way. @ * @ Lower Duties Demanded Retailers should be very much interested in the leglslatioll affecting furniture, carpet, matting and kindred goods pending in the congress of the United States. Manufacturers of fur-niture ha,ve filed petitions with the national law makers ask. ing that material rcdUdions be made in the duties levied upon ltlmber and mirror plates As the high duties assessed upon these artldes are charged by the· manufacturers to the retail-ers, it is for the ilJterest of the latter to support the former in their efforts to obtain cheaper materials. With cheaper lumber, glass, hardware and finishing materials at their com-mal1d, retailers ,,,auld be cnabled to purchase goods for their stores proportiona_tel~Jess tl1an the prices they are paying at present. . ,.'""'. ARTISAN Help the Salesmen A number of manufacturers in preparing catalogues for the retail trade, supply full detailed descriptions of the pieces illustrated, ·as well as sensible argumcnts presenting the sdl-ing qualities of the piece, Many s,alesll:cn, kuow so little about the goods they are expected to 'sell that catalogues con-taining descriptivc matter is of great valuc'to,tl1ern'ifthcy are, disposed to make use of the same. A inclnufacturero( couches describes the processes by which the springs \1scd in his g~lOdsare made and te,mpered; the fabrics woven and col-orcd; the wood lIsed ill the .frauvyS- ,s~asolled and cut; the ma-chining. tooling and finishing-, " Cqstomers, especially women, who purchase most of the furnitme sold by retailers, appre- Made by Michigan Star Furniture Co., Zeeland, Mich. date such details greatly and the knowledge gained of ho\\-' an article is produced fmnishes a theme for discussion when the fair sex meet. It is not a bad plall to publish the reta11 prices of the pieces lllustrated in catalogues The nlan-ufacturer sells to the retailer for from 25 to ~O per cent less than the published prices. @ * @ Bevelers and Silverers Desire a Higher Duty. The bevelers and silverer.s have filed a petition with the ways and means committee of the national house. of repre-sentatives for a large increase in the duties levied by law upon mirror plates of small sizes il1lporte,d from Europe. The granting of the petition is opposed by the importers a~ the increase asked for would seriously affect their business. The silverers and bevelers pradicall:v el1joy a monopoly in the manufacture of mirror plates of larger sizes and have grown immensely rich within the past ten years, or since the enactment of the Dil1gley tariff hill. Any addition to the duty Upon small sized plates would cause' an ine-rease in the cost of framed mirrors which would be paid by the retailers of furniture handling such goods or of fur-niture conta'ining mirrors. The interest of -the retailers in this campai'gll' clearly lies with the importers. -------------------------------- - - MICHIGAN ARTISAN 13 Peacock Feathers in Fashion. 1',{any years ago the peacock feather ,,,... as considered as ar-tis tic a decoration as cOHld he found. TJJis was when the arrangement of rooms was sim.ple, a good style \·vhich is returning to fa\'or. The eTa of the overcrowded foom with r(lCOCO ornamentation, 'with endless cushions, bric-a-brac, and ill-as-sorted pictllTcs was a fearflll era 11l house decoration. Possibly the genius of \Villiam 11orris did more to submerge it and bring back elegant simplicity than the work of allY other man. [0 those .":Icplc days one OT three long- peacock feathers in a Colonial or East Indian vase were e!lough decor<ltion flor a mante!., tl1e c':.'nter (If a table or top of :1 low bookca~c: This fashion has returned. The peacock feather in ;111 {)\'ercrllwded room i.~ahsurd. [t lends- it-self only to Jilpancs~ treatrnent. Arti,;tic women realize this an {I they <Ire USillg this limited 111tmber in the best of the ol(l V;IS{~S they ha\'c. If one is the ff)/"- ttl1l:lte possessor of all East Indian jar, lhen, with the j}e~\- cock feat1,cr added, one -whole corner of the room is :tlreacly decorated. Made by Michigan Star Furniture Company, Zeeland, Mich. @ * @ Rothschild Will Erect an Addidon. Another State street department store is about to break through to "'lnhash ~I"enlle, Chicago. Rothschild & Co have obtained :l nindy-nine year lease on the property at 267-2(}9 \\Tabash avenue and h;\ve deposited a cash bond o[ $.10,000 as a guaralllee that they will crect a modern fIreproof building there. The intention of the !ll"ln is to put tIp a twelve story structure costing- $5CO,000 The l:wd ,vas leased for the firm frorn the heirs of the late Rev. Dr. \\li11ia111 H. Rydec The rental \"ill rise from $12,000 a y<::ar for the Jirst decade to $14,000 and $16,000 a year. This means a transaction of $5,000,000 or more, and it also means that the store of' Rothschild & Co. \vill be~ome one of the largest in Chicago and one of the largest. in the west At present the store takes up the entire east side of State street. between Van Buren street and Jackson boulevard. with the exception of the Leiter property at the Jackson boulevard end. Tt is believed to be the firm's ultimate aim to get the whole hlock. The land just leased has :::I. frontage of f(nty-tive feet in \Vahash avenue and a depth of one hundred seventy feet. @ * @ School for Salesmen. Before entering upon the sale of period furniture it. "vould be well for dealers to open a salesmen's school forllve or six months. Executives and salesmen should unite in the study of the furniture of the periods ('specially the draperies and window ;:llld ""vall decorations that ate 11(',Cessary to create a harmonious interior. Salesmen so instructed become quali-fied to discuss the dassic ideals in home furnishings, relieving the mind in a measure, of the humclrlI11l details of utility, con-struction and prices. Illustrated Lectures on Furniture. l'dany evidences of the ignorance prevailing on the part of the public as to furniture, the which of which it is manu-· fadu1"ccd and the processes of making have suggested to a leading merchant of tbe cast the ad\'isability of giving a series of lectures in a public hall with lantern slides, to illustrate the same, on the subjects mentioned, keeping the lecture free fronl 811 atmo3pberc of a commercial n;tture. The merchant quoted instanced the case of a \'loman, ordinarily well in-formed, who cxprc~sed the thought that the figure in quar-tered lumber ,vas produced by tile -hllislllng lnatcrials used. ,.----_._---- ..--------., III Henry Schmit fJ Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET ST~. Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Uphol.stered Furniture foe LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL alld CLUB ROOM Another had understood that all mahogany was of a deep red color. Reputable dealers are ever trying to inspire custom-ers ,,,,ith a desire to possess high grade furniture, and the de~ livery of illustrated lectures setting forth tI,e truth about the \voods used, the several proceSSes employed in finishing, the cutting of veneers and carvings and the works of the great designCl"s would serve the end sought to be attained. @ * @ Out of Town for the Winter S~veral of' the lItanufaclurers of furniture in Grand Rap-ids arc spelHlil1g the winter in warmer dimates than 1Jiehi~ gan. \V.H. G:ly and V·../.A. Gunll are in France;'John 1), (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted celluloid as a base lor Ollr Caster Cups. making the \)<;:5tcup on lhe market. Celluloid is a grt~at Improvement over bases made (.If other material. \Vhell it is necessar:y to move a JJitce s17pporte<J by cups W:lth cellll10id bases it call be done With ease. as the \-lases are per-f fecIJy smc,olh. Celluloid does not sweat and by the use 01 tht"se cups I tahles are never manerl. These cups are finillhed ill \TOld"ll Oak and White M~ple, finished 19"ht. If you lI'ill t'ry (/ sample Qrder of these r!()odlJl/olt wiU d<>lIircto" 1ndJe tk&m in quantities. I pRICES:Size 2%' inches $5,50 per hundred. I Size 2U inches .. , 4.50 per hUDdred. >: ___f._o._fl. _Gra_nd_Ra_pid_s, TRY A 8AJlP~M ORDl_fR.__ t .-.4 Case in Cuba; H. S. Jordan in Florida; E. H. Foote in Ar-gentine; John A Covode in Texas; Willard lla,rnhart in Cali-fornia; A \V. Hampe in Europe, and Albert Stickley in \Vashington. @ * @ \leyers Brothers late of Iowa have purchased J, W. Shep-ard's stock of furniture at Sheridan, Oregon, and will add un-dertaking and embalming, 14 ---~----------------- ESTABLISHED 1880 :.1ICHIGAN ARTISAN ,"UllI.ISl'leC lilT MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE IOTlojAND 2.$TI1 0'" EACH MONTH Oprpr'CE-l08.110. 112 NORTH DIVISION ST .. GRAND RAPIDS, t.'ltCH. !!'lTER£O IN THE P08TOFFICE AT G~AI\IO IU,PlDS, MICH., 0'.8 SECONO CL...S6 MATTER. The merchants of Xew York have tiled a petition with the service commission asking for an investigation of the methods pursued in the transaction of business by the express COIil~ panies. Information is sought on the subjects following: Inequalities in charges-such as different charges over the same route in opposite directions; different charges for equal distances; extra charges for delivery in excess of tariff rates; delays in delivery; failure to notify shippers of non-delivery; delay in returll1ng undelivered goods;' delay in settl'ement of claims; disregard ,of specified routing; unreason-able requirements as to methods of packing; delay in account-ing for collections; refusal to collect and return "empties" and similar practices. In their petition to the service com-mission the merchants call attention to important facts: "Ow-ing to changes in business methods and conditions, shipments by express instead of by freight in many classes of commod-ities have greatly increased, the use of the speedier exprcss service having become practically compulsory. Because of this forced substitution of express carriage for freight car-riage, a very large volume of commodities which formerly paid freight charges which amounted to but a very small per-centage of the value of the merchandise, now pay express charges of such an amount as in many cases to consume the entire margin of profit on the commodities, the ordinary seil-ing prices of whic:i cannot be varied to include abnormal transportation charges, In consequence the annual aggregate express charges paid by a 'merchant 'have gradually increased from an almost negligible amount to a heavy item which represents an actual loss, inasmuch as the outlay can seldom be covered into the selling price. It is therefore of much importance to merchants that the charges exacted for express service should not be excessive, but on the contrary should be as low as consistent with a just return upon the capital' neces-sarily employed in efficiently carrying on the express busi-ness." It is claimed that the net earnings per annum of the express companies equals in amount their capital invest ~d. With the territory divided and co-operation enforced in raiding the public the aid of the legislatures and the courts is needed to remove the burdens laid upon shippers. + + During the campaign preceding the election of president of the United States the orators employed by the sp.eakers' bureau of the republican party emphasized very strongly the qualities possessed by Mr. Taft gained during his experienc~ in public life. He had been enabled to qualify himself to successfully administer the office of president by services on the bench, in diplomacy, in the administration of government in thePhillipines and extensive travel, advantages that had been denied to Mr. Bryan. The speakers rung the changes continuously on the subject of quality and the result of the election proved that quality is as valuable in politics. as in business. Quality wins in the long run. + + Two firms located in a city not far from one of the great exposition towns occupy adjoining stores. The members of these firms are so friendly that it would seem that the mem· bers are descendents of one family. Whenever one merchant has a call for an article that is out of stock, he does not hesi-tate about entering the store of his neighbor and helping him-self to what he needs. Harmony and neighborly interest has been maintairlcd between these firms many years, and -in the practice of these virtues a fine example is afforded to all merchants of the city. + + A revival of the plan to establish a furnitur"e exposition at High Point, N. c., is reported, Statesville and Lexington should fall in line. Either one of these places is as available for exposition purposes as High Point. Greensboro has good hotels and better railroad accommodat' ons than High Point. If the people of Greenboro shOUld decide: to go into the ex-position business High Point would experience a frost as blighting as if in midsummer. + + A strike of truck drivers is imminent in New York and mallY merchants have urged manufacturers to fill their orders with all possible dispatch. The teamsters are sat-isfied with the w~ges pajd, but seek to compel the team Owners to employ none but members of the union. The mer-chants' association is supporting the team owners in their determination to employ whom their interests or t:leir incli-nations prefer. + + The severe weather prevailing in all parts of the United States during the past month affected trade unfavorably and travelers on the road have not booked generous orders ex-pected. AU are confident of a better business later, however. + + The figures are the first when seeking cheap goods. quality the selling price is not + consideration with customers When looking for goods of so important. + The business of a firm in Wheeling, West Va., was in-creased 25 per cent in one year, resulting from the judicious expenditure of $600 for advertising. + + A very successful merchant says he examines carefully the advertisements in the furniture trade papers before giving attention to the reading matter. + + Articles offered for sale for nominal sums are appreciated by the public. "Vhen given away customers do not consider the same of any value. + + A retailer disposed of three hundred kitchen cabinets recently after advertising the same pr.operly in a single issue of a daily newspaper. + + The eye is attracted by an advertised price, and it brings home to a customer the problem of whether he can afford an article or not. + + Advertising is profitable when backed up with suitable window displays and goods sold for prices marked on the salesman's tag. @ * @ An E1Iective Display Line. An advertising manager for a successful mercantile house in Illinois contents himself and obtains results by usi:J:;igone large display line and the name of. the firm in the new~p:a.per's. The line rea.ds: "See our show window5." MICHIGAN Origin of Ornament. A mo!-;t interesting series of six books on the broad subject of "Decoration," published ill London from lSS2-1886 by Sampson Lov·/ has been acquired by the Ryerson "Ptrbtic Library of Grand Rapids. The books are iUnstrated '\vith dntwings of styles of ornameJlL t]le interiors of hmo'll" Couch No. 3155-Made by Hafner Furniture Co., palaces and p,dntings, sculIJt1re <lnd art m~lI1t1filcttlrers. Space is given to the various styles in furniture and home decor-ation. and one subject that is discussed is the origin of orna-ment. It is said that the Egyptians \vere not the originators of the style.s of ornament used by them but merely used what came to them from an island in the Atlantic called Atlantis which layoff the coast of Spain and opposite the entrance to the 1Tediterraneal1. Colonists from this island came to Egypt after the overwhelming deluge had ·nearly submerged the land which is said to be the Azores of today .. now mostly submarine. Atlantis was the nurSe and fosterer of civilization and the colonizing power of the antedeluvian world. So Egypt received the arts and architecture of the island ready made as did Phoenicia. These people are said to have lived before the building of the oldest pyramid in Egypt. Art, sculpture, painting and the decorative arts of the earliest years of Egyptian art \'Vcre found showing a matur-ity, consistency and conventionality too systematic to be entirely originated by them. Other people had done the exverimenting and the Egyptian works arc simply perfected examples of another people's earlier accomplishments. The other eastern countries such as Syria" Assyria, Persia, India, Asia I\'Iinnr and Greece received the arts from Eygpt. From Greece they \verc carried by the Etruscans ",,-ho were a Dorian colony to Italy. In dte new "".-orId, ),Jexico and Peru received seven survivors of the deluge who founded seven tribes. Expl'orers have compared the art of the ne ..\., world with the old and tbere is no question about the resemblance between them. Mexican antiquities in sculp-ture were more crude while that of the East "were developed by trained artists of the mother country imported to Egypt. The 1lexicans and Peruvians were handicapped by the Jack of proper tools and shownl no skill in "realizing delicacies of proportion or refinement of detaiL" Their works 'Nere mere-ly imitations of architectural and ornamental forms they had been familiar with in their own country. In the "west the arts spread to Japan and }'Iongolia and ill the east to Rome, England. Spain and the countries of northern Europe. It is thoug"(lt that in the future when more exhaustive research has been made that the ongin of ornament may be ~'J,aced to one common source. @ * @ One for Salamanca. Furniture will be manufactured in Salamanca, N., by a company capitalized for $40,000. @ * @ Improved hotel service i., sought by traveling salesmen in the stat~ of vVashington. The aid of the legislature has been asked. In other states there is room for improvement. ARTISAN 15 "Knowledge is Power." So is money. when properly used. To know what one w;mLs- i-s- thc first step to success; to Know- w"H-et:e. to get it i" next. F.very business and professional man realizes this. It is not cnough to know where something ;;just as good" is to he had. Tbe "just as good" is seldom marc than a mere f\1rnitmc dealer to know where he can get dependable excuse. "Only the best is cheap." It is a fine thing for the l1P!whtercd fmniture. The illustr8tioll of couch No. 3155· IT1adc by the Hafner Furniture Company, Chicago, is it case in point. This couch is 30 inches wide and 7t inches long-wide enough for the average person and long enoug-h for a six-footer_ It is well made, stylish and right in every way, including the price. The Haf-ller Furniture Company have been making dependable uphob;tered furniture for more than a third of a cen-tury and will he pleased to mail their latest illustrated catalogue to any reliable furniture merchant on appl3- cation. @ * @ Booklets May Be Used With Profit by Retailers. W. H. Curtis of Brown, Curtis & Brown, Syracuse, N. Y., is not satisfied ..v.ith the results of his expenditures in adver-tising sales by circulars. Booklets arc more valuable for the purpose named, but the use of catalogues in his city is im-practical for the reason that the ma.nufacturefS change their 5tylcs so often. If the lines were changed but once a year, there would be a larger llse of catalogues. @ * @ Post-Lenten Weddings. Following the Lenten will be the wedding season. Many brides to be will not wait till the popular month of June fOf the "two hearts that beat as one" ceremony and wise house: ft1rni~hers have already commetlced the spring campaign for i '" W~'l1 furnish y<>UI Mme eompkl~Iy....<1 attmdivelyand .ave you one-third to one.halfm the <:<&. .lb-n _11 give you libernl time in which to I"'YJot!he R'JO"lo BI: 1M low rate 01, "'Y $1.00 each-.k. .~ [t'. a mighty IiklSi pl'OP'l'ilian-the tIIOOI thornugbly libetal. lIlOA : ... tidaeloty plan of omditoltered by lilly home Mniohi~ institution in Anwi<:.a lo<lay. You eojoy !he full ".. rl the gwb while po.yiDg lor them in small -lIr po.ym<:Dls. There is ~I, a home ouW.ttiog concern in the Unite<! Stal"" that COD cql1<l\ our pnceo·'l2ol on$, and jlllt now <Iurinlllhio great ~k ..Ie the laving in priee ;. in evidence IIuouihout eithet entire W>T$. Whether ymI wish to fl,rni,h one rO:ltn or a h""", ~~. we will save you a comiderable"oum and givc you Iibml <%edit be:sidta. Gmlc to .it!..", store. lei us fieure with you- Sample Fumitv.J'f'J Sale a Boon b) HmMfitters business with sweethearts. A very pretty illustration and a fev,,- sympathetic remarks treating of this subject is used in the advertisements of the ""Vinegar Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, as follows: @ * @ Extended His Trade by the Use of Circulars. A prosperous dealer in furniture located in Decatur Ill., addressed personal letters to the farmers living within a radius of 150 miles of Decatur, announcirJ5 a clearance sale of goods, with satisfactory results. He had used circulars ;end waJl advertising succcssfulIy, but depended majn]y upon the newspapers for publicity. @ * @I Commercial fraternities will erect a hotel for the use of traveling salesmen, to cost $50,000. at Little Rock, Ark. 16 MICHIGAN ARTISAN EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE, IND., February 25.-Thc furniture mall-ufacturers of Evansville report that February has been a very good month for them from a trade standpoint. The month was much better than the previous month, and February wa.s a better business month than allY month in the past year. In-dications )loint to a very god sluing and summer trade. The local plants are under operation practically 011 full time and a nice lot of orders have been received. The Standard Chair Company, located on \Valker street, has gone into bankruptcy. The concern waS organized about seven or eight years ago and had a capital stock of $75,000, and it was geilerally supposed the company was doing a very 1,ice bm;,iness. Six of the creditors tiled the petition asking. for bankruptcy proceedings, and when the case came tlp be-fore United States Commissioner J W. \¥artmann there was no protest. A short time before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy a petition was filed by several of' the creditors in the circuit court, asking that a receiver be appointed to carryon the business of the compal2Y. The assets and lia-hilities of the company have not yet been madc public. l\bdison J. Bray of· this city has been appointed trustee in bankruptcy and three appraisers have been named to ascer-tain the value or the stock and plant. The gcneral opinion is that a company will be organized to take over the property at some futnre date and operate it. A meeting of the Evansville Furniture IVlanufacturers' As· sociation is called for Saturday night, February 27, at the office of the Crescel'.t Furniture Company for the purpose of electi.ng officers. ]{ugh C. Schmitt, of the Stoltz-Schmitt Furniture Com-pany, says that business is picking up nicely and that trade ought to improve a whole lot from this time on. "Gus" Stolt.z, of the company, has just returned from a business trip to Louisville, Ky. \\rilliam A. Koch, of the Evansville Metal Bed Company and the Advance Stove Works, has returned from a busines~ trip through Texas and the southwest. He thinks that trade conditions are improving in that section and he believes the present year will be a very good one for both stove and fur-niture men. Mr. Koch is orte of the most enterprising rnanu-facturers of this city. :v1ayor and Congressman-Elect J Oh11 vV. Boehne who is in terestcd in several furniture factories here; Benjamiil Bosse, who is at the head of the World Furniture Company, tho: Bosse Furniture Company and the Globe Furniture Company, and A. F. Karges, of the Karges Furniture Company, were among the <l~legates from this ci.ty to the hi.g tariff conven-tion held at Indianapolis, a few days ago. Edward Ploeger, of the Bosse Furniture Co.mpany, ~ays that all the plants of the Big Six Carloading Association a.re running on practically full time, an·d are enjoying a good bus-iness. They have received many orders on the strength of their new catalogue. H. H. Schu, of the Crescent Furniture .company, and the United States Furniture Company, reports trade picking up very nicely. Over three million feet of lumber have been received by the local furniture fac.tories by river during the: past month" and some of this has been unloaded at the wharf. Most ,of the lumber came from l\Iississippi and Arkansas, Eli D. Miller, of the· Eli D. ::l1iller Company, manufactur-ers of fine folding beds. reports business getting better all the time. 1ft. Miller' business has grown from time to time and the volume has become so ~reat that a new addition to the factory will be built some time this year. The "Eli·folding.· heds enjoy a big sale all over the United States: /' Among those from this city who attended the'National Re- - - tail Furniture Dealers' Ass.ociation convention ~JSt. Louis, a few days ago were: \Alilliam HeYlls and] oh'n,W: Heyns, of the Heyns Furnittlfc Company; Fred A. Gumberts'of the: R. & G. Furniture Company; Eli D. Miller of -the EI'i D.Mille'r Folding Bed Compal'Y; John C. Hedderich of the Jourdan- Loesch Furniture Company; Joseph A. Zipperan(l'Jos'cph IL· Beeks, of the Eccles & Zipper .Furniture Cp.Q1:p<l-nLY.'.;B. and G~ E. Finke, of the Finke Ft1rniture COn1-~~fn'y"<I.n~l'JolJn C. Becker They report a mighty interestink"c611V'eiltion. ... ".i.~i",: '. __ '.'!' .-, The Furniture Exchange bui.lding, in codrs:,e:~oLer~ction."at the corner of Vine and Fourth streets, is nea_hn'~ ~omp(etf9j~: and will he occupied some time along abutlt~tBe' middle:'{1of." , '~ ' '~' ";+i:F;ye Made by Manistee Manufacturing Co" Manistee, Mich. l\-farch or the first of April. Workmen are now engaged in finishing the interior. Most of the office room has been spoken for and the building will be fined from top to bottom ell the opening day. Practically a1l the furniture and stove rr.anufactttrers of the city wi.ll have exhi.bi.ts in the new build-mg, The nc\.'ifstructure will be the finest business building in the city and will reflect great credit On the men who have built it. Mayor John W. Boehne will resign his position on March 1 and will go on to Washington, D. C. to be s..,vorn in as menl-ber of congress from the first Indiana congressional district. Be wiiI he succeeded as mayor by John]. 1\olan, the present city control~er. ,Ma.yor Boehne has served oved three years and has n:ade the best business mayor the city has ever had. Bes'ides being interested in several of the local furniture fac-tories he is a heavy stockholder in the Indiana Stove Com-pacy, -..vhose plant is located in this city. It is predicted by his Ir.any friends that Mr. Boehne will make a brilliant record in congress. Fred Stoltz, of the Crown Chair Company, is well satisfied with the way business is moving along. He is doing a nice business alld expects a very active season. Other chair fac-tories here are running on praeti('.ally, {nlltime. Trade has been gradua.lly getting better with them since the first of th~ year. C. W. B. :,1I CHI GA N ART I SAN 17 r-----------------------------------'---·--------~ II a _...II. FIVE COMPLETE LINES OF REfRIGERATORS RIGHT I, III Opalite Lin d. Enamel Lin d. RICES Charcoa Filled and Zinc Lin d. Send for J w CatafiigfJf dnd let UJ !l WI! )'011prife. Odllen~efteri~mtor (0.. GRAND HAVE ,MICH" U, S, A. Zinc Line movable Galvanized Stationar ......_--- -------_._-+_. A Test That Failed. A prominent dealer, while sojourning in Grand Rapi s in Jannary, related an incident in connection with the sa e of a Jine of ;lrts and crafts furniture as follovv'~: "A cust Hl1('T examining a. chair, in which the front legs were canstr cted .;eemingly to project above the arms, expressed the op nion that the construction was fraudulent Altl1l.1ugh I h.i(ve 501(: fllrniture many years and claim to have some skill in d tcct-ing bad work by the manufacturer, the piece looked g~n line, ;~nd T expressed canlidcl1cc in the manufadurer. 'I ou1<I like to hit tha.t block just once \'.,:ith a hammer.' the cu:-;- tomer relnarkcd. 'II it is an honest leg T will pay fa the chair,' he contillued. ~ly curiv.;itv \vas ap)lIsed and b lie\' ;ng tl~at I could not lo!'e in such a"trial, 1 h:mdcd the n an [! 'ntcl,et. Striking the piece it srr-art blow. the bloLk 01 th.: arm of the chair flew to pietes <Ind proved that the man was right. The block had been suck into t11e arm ove the reg. I reported the incident to the manufacturer of the hair who ~ent a new piece to replace the one <hm:l!:.!,"ed by the rna~l '.\'ith the hatchet." @ * (§) Early English and Mission Popular in St. Louis. ~L J. Earle, manager of the 1Iay-Stcrn Compan , St. Louis, !IT0., sas that mission furniture is "just getting a old" upon the people. Early English is also grO\ving in po 111ar-ity; it is much called for. People are buying -entire. uites for the dining room in early English and in some instanc s the ~;\lrestyle is purchased for bedrooms. @ .... (§) Works Well, To ascertain the cost of the goods retailed by 1\1. R ch & Brpthers, of Altanta, Ga., the 61'111 connt every item f ex-with Re- Ice Tank. Iron Lined; Ice Tank. ----_._----, pcnse entering into the handling of the goods from the time S;:Lmeare bought until they have been de1ievered in the homes of the con"umers. Freight, cartage and delivery are included. The system 'works well. @ * @ "A Long Way 'Round." By an indirect routc. of transmission riews has been re-ceived of the loss by riTe and water, sustained by the YOll11g Furnitl1re COIlTpallY at Cala.is, 11c. The telegram announcing this fad was filed at St. Stephin, N. B. The loss is $2,000. @ * @ To Invade Buffalo. Th(~ l\lay-SteTn Company, of Cillcinnati, ",,'ith branch [lOuses in 111<l11y <:ities of thc middle west, ~\re llegotiating for a store on )Jaill street in Buffalo, preparatory to opening a store of house furnishing goods in tb.:!t city. @ * @ A New Exposition Company. The Ford & Johnson Company, of Chicago, have sold their interest in the exposition building at 1435 VVabash ...venue, Chicago, to the \Vestern Exposition Company. @ * @ Manufactures Parlor Furniture. Elizaheth Simmet is a successful manufacturer of parlor furniture in Shamokin, Pa. @ * @ Hou"e & Hermann of \Vheeling, W. Va., expend from $5,000 to $6,000 annually in advertising the sale of goods, and declare that the investment is profitable. Their sales amount to $250,000 annually. IS MICHIGAN ,,~--------------------------------------- II The season for banquets i. now here. Our Banquet Table Top is just the thing fo1' banquets. ARTISAN ----_._-----------------, I OUR LARGE NEW LINE OF DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the- American market 'when prices and quality are considered. Stow 8 Davis Fumiture Co. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I.._---_._------------------------- IN THE ATTIC. Here in the musty attic air \Vhere gray wcbs quiver to and fro, I slowly climb the creaking stair I knew so wetl in time ago, And there beside the papered pane \iVhcrc s11ll1ight shifts its misty rays, J-ln<l (111 old friend once ag;lin The trtl1ld~e bed of childhood days. o trundlc. small, I hold so dear, Half bidden is your nut brown \'1'<ooc1; Tbe soft gray dust of yesteryear Has draped you ina velvet hood. The spiders toil with steady -zeal, And as they swiftly rise and fan The.y--link you with the spinning wl1eel .'r.l1at rests:, beside the mouldy wall. o treasured friend of otherd8Ys \-Vhat memories you now a\·vake-; I watch (in dream) the sun's'last nys. And figures _wierd :the shadows make. And once again I'm tucked away A-laughing, rompin'g, quiltedheCl)l, And hear once more through twilight gray A dear voi.\~<:. :ilngi.ng me to shOot\). @ * @ A Shop Mark Campaign. \\"hen a manufacturer decides that the quality of Iii:; work is so high that it deserves an emblem or name by Vdl1Chconsum.ers may distinguish it from otller makes <1IHl fully resolves to - enter Upon 'a campaign of publicity, he should take into consideration the condition of the market and the strength of the dealers selling his goods. He should count upon strong opposition from the start, as the dealer holds steadily to the right to purchase goods from whom he pleases alld to conceal their names. Not infrequcntly dealers inform patrons that the stock they purchase is manufactured by themse1Yes. In discussing tbe experiences of a large manufacturing corporation in enforcing the policy of shop marking their goods, an official of the same. s;dd: "\Ve counted the cost carefully belore we entered upou the campaign, expecting to lese considerahle trade, and several of. our oldest and most valtled customers closed their accounts. But having determined to attach our trade mark to every piece we turned out, our only course was to pursue that policy to the end. A great deal of corres- '''.' City s.le.room. 4th floor. Blodgett Bide. •• pondence resulted, in whicb we set up the claim that having expended vast sums of money ill perfecting our line and in presentlng its quality to the public through thc employment of the magazines, it would be unjust to ourselves to permit the marketing of our goods unless our shop mark had been attached to the same.' Two prominent firms joined in a demand that their orders be filled with unmarked· goods or cancelled. \Vc Made by Manistee ManUfacturing Co., Manistee, Mich promptly notified the firms that -while "':e greatly regretted to do so, their orders should be cancelled. \Ve r('.cognized the fact that the firms would have 110 difficulty in obtaining goods. but not our goods." @ ... @ Advance· Datings. In conversation with a leading manufacturer of furniture in Grand Rapids recently. he ren~arked: "A great n:any dealer;; are askillg for advallce d~tings on order!>, but when they ar~ informed th"t the shirping of tbe goods will be 'at our con~ venience,' they tlsrally say, 'Oh, well, send the goods along a;; fast as possible; don't delay our shipments.' This fact in-dicates that many_n~erchants are not overstocked with goods:' ~----------------- --- MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~----- -----------------------------_._--._---"" ! IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR I liT'S AN ALASKA III II II Thi. MOW,"the Alalka: Circulation We Sell to Dealers Only WRITE FOR CATALOGUES OF OUR Opal-glass Lined Porcelain Lined White-enamel Lined Zinc Lined REFR1GERA TORS The Alaska Refrigerator Co. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS Muskegon, Michigan New York Office: 35 Warren Street. L E. Moon,Mgr. ..---_._------- Over 850,000 Alaska ·Refrigerators Sold Since 1878 DESIRABLE FEATURES OF THE ALASI<;A REFRIGERATOR Small 'Consumption of Ice Maximum Amount of Cold Dry Air Absolutely Sanitary Provision Chamber Simplicity of Operation Perfect Preservation of Food All the above features :are necessary in a satisfactory refrigerator, and the Alaska has th~m. They are sold on their merits ooly. They stay sold and make satisfied customers. ['I ~,~ MEllt lIMIN(j -INSIlIE MHUlEI! mE : - {HARWAL SIIU HIlMi _ WOODENHEns - PE8BIED UURUlAl -..., (ll4fm.ul SIlUltilNfi ~{lUTSlDEPMlHlHl (ISE • 20 MICHIGAN ARTISA~ ~------_._--------------------_._----------------------~ ~ l;l •I'l '"~ !5g" ~• ,!i I i II ~ ~ <tI I .. •:~ I ~ I'l "0 '0 ~"• :g £ ] <:> S' •~ '"~•" 0 . .~, I .. J --------------------------- ----- MICHIGAN JACOBEAN STYLE. By Grand Rapids School of Designing, Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. There is such a variety of character in the United States. mnde up as it is of a combination of all other 1lations, there necessarily must be a ""i1riation of effects ;11 the designs of furniture to men the demand of this variation of ch;\racte~'. ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK There is. for iustancc, a class or grade ot character tha.t de-mand;; decoratioil or some show of elCR;<lnu' Or grandeur that j" not fOllml ill the sombre, shaded 111abogal'v of the Colonial: nor straight and upright (fames and 1111:Lssumlng finish of the lvfodcrn English. ).,rt5 and Crafts or l\1i55iol1; nor can this demand he satisi7(,(/ by the overworked LOJ!is XV. For thj.~ clcniand of a straight. npright and honest VranclCl1f to which T refer. the Eliz;dwthan sccn~s to fill ('very rcqnireillent, fnl' there is d~conttioll aud rich show ill the can-'ed CO)U11111<;. arches and n;oulding anI a qui(,t gr;:ll~d(,L1r ill its dull shaded snrface. The Etiz<l,hethan, J;l'('obeall and English Renaissance are hut different nan~es(or the same period style, the Elizabethan preceding the Jacobcal'. but the two \vere '30 closely identi I~C'd as to make them practically syll()l·,ymous. As early 3<; Henry Vill skilkd workn:en from Fninee, Italy and Flan- Jers \",ere imported to eurich and adorn the cathedra.l~, castles and mansions of tIle cobility amI add grace amI dig-nity to the English conrt. Thus, this revival or period ot ;ictivity that 'we (;a11 English Rell:~iss;1l1Ce l,ad a progressiv.: growth throngh the reigns of Henry VIU, Edward VI, :rv1ary. Elizabeth and James I. This was a peri,)d that prodtlced gTe"lt mCJl ill llearly every profession and \valk of life. Suc.h bi"toric figures as Sir '0/ alter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake and Shakespeare were products of this pc-rioel, Grill ling Gibbon:~ 1648-1721, was !be most prominent sculptor, carver and design- :::1' ill England at this time. His work i:i of ~urh a high "tand· ani that it is still used as models by the Ell'!'lio.;h draftsmen. This style whelJ canied to perfection in every way pro (luces all effect of e!r"·;ll1cC'. The vvalls wert: generally pan eled fr0111 floor to ceiling' ill <I rterangll1;\1' p.'Ucrn. The cell ing was also paneled, hilt in geornetric pattef11S that were il1 keepinr;:!; with the over doors alHlmantels. The furniture was elaborately ta,l"vcd :uA is admirahly suited for beds, ca"", work. tables and mantels. Chairs were of a solid and sub-stantial cOl1struction, hut give one t11e impression of a stiff and rigid uncomfortable seat. ARTISAN 21 The aCCOmp8Jllying plate page shows the treatment of a d,inil1g Jlall, suit.able for a hne residence or country seat, of which so many bxcellent examples are springing up all over the country today. Tbis room is:: intended to Tun tbrough two stories of the.' llOLlSC, as was the practice in the larger baronial halls and manors of England of the period to whid, we refer. Tlh~ dwracteristic f~ature, namely, the musician's gallery, IS sho'wn in our skdtcb, while the blank wall above the mantel is covered with a~apestry showing a medieval hunting scene. The mantel and:: shelf should be' marble, but it would look well carried out! in oak. The sideboard, although Jacobe:lI~ in character, is 4esiglled to meet the modern requirements ..)f :11e dining room[. It is not intet~ded in our illustration to reproduce faithfully :1l1 existing' modbl, but simply to show the adaptation of thi~ period of desigl~ to the beautifying of a modern and up-to <late residence. @ * @ Bambo~ Will be Propagated in Calibmia. Bamboo. a irery valuable wood, grown largely in the orietlt, will be piropagated in California. The ~ational Plant Llltroc]tlClion Ga~den at Chico, has received 140 tOl~5 of bam-boo plants, rep~eset1ting all in:port<tnt variet:cs. The entire smipmeut was gathered in Japan and China by \VilJiam I-lill o~ the department of2.gricl1lture. Tbe iarger portion of the Uamboo consists of timber varieties, but there are also a few brnamental varieties included in tbe ~i:5 ship-ment. A great: many of the plants were obtained from the Yokohama .l\tlr~erv company. The varieties that were se-lected for Chicd il!~ll1de thos~ of deep orang'e and deep green colors. These two varieties are said to be e:opecial1y useful for the blliJdi.ngj of front yard fen"'e~ as )vell as in the manu-facture of furniture. The wood is very strong and tough an<1 makes a clurabl~ and ligbt furniture. Ten freight cnrs were rcqt1it'cd to tra.lJ!sport the plants from San Francisco to Chico. .--------- ; ! • IIII II ----------~ !I I III ON SAl.E IN FURNITURE EXCI-IANCE, CHICAOO. ~._----.,.._------ . The "EUI" FOLDING BEDS ~~tFrTR~I~N:~g No Stock cpruplete without the Eli Beds in Mantel and Upright. ELI 0.,M'ILLE A·Q' , CO• EWvritaenf.ovriclluets, aInnddpiraicne8 T-·-------·------·-------·----·---------------~II II II II ,II , I I, I It II I III IIIII • 22 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Cone All Springs Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. Single Steel $200 E.ach Net $2!!! E.ach Net We manufacture a No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. full line of Single and Double Cane SEND US YOUR ORDERS. All Wire Springs. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis. ...----- BEDROOMS OF THE FLAT. Conditions That Might Make One City Lover Move Into the Country. If anything could make me want to move into the coun-try," she said as she turned back the bedclothes of a bed she had just made at 11 P. M. in a city flat, ;;jt would be this end-le:=. s, dC'l"nal making up of bed5 at 1l1ght. ;;The time to make up a bed, of course, is in the morning. You throw back the bedclothes tirst to give the bed a good airing and then when yon get to it yOll make up the bed, and there it is finished and with cverythlld trim and neat and inviting; ready to be slept in and grateful in its invitation, and yOUcan get into it without preliminary trouble. "So in the country, where you have real bedrooms big enough to contain real bcds and in .vhich yOll can makt~ up the beds in the regular, usual, orderly way, following a cus-tom inbred in women, handed down to thcm through many generations fro III which it is hard to depart. But 11m\' see what we have to do in our flat. ;'Vv' e have only one bedroom in which we have a regular bed, and that is a single bed. Vie can make it up in the morning in the regular proper "vay, <:nd really I like to go in and look at it after it is made up. All the rest of om beds are couches or lounges or beds of some sort that yon have to dismantle in the morning and make up at night. "Vv'e do air these beds, to be sure, but then we have to fo.ld up the bedclothes and store them in the bed or lug them off to some storing place, not to be brought out again till it's time to go to bed. Not until then can \ve hegin the bel\making in the flat. "Then when it would be a great calm pleasure to walk off into a pleasant bedroom and there find the bed ready and waiting for you to simply jump into it you have to get up and drag out bedclothes and lug them around from room to room and drag out couches and lounges and twist ~\l1dturn and dig over them to, make up beds before you can lie in them. "So it goes every night, night after night, endlessly'; and this making up of the beds at the wrong time, with its endless dull routine nigl1tly labor grinds on me; I hate it. Still we stay here, and here I suppose we shall stay, because we love the city and its life and light. But if anything could make me want to move into the country it would be to escape this everlasting endless making up of the heds in the city flat at night,"-Ex. @ * @ Value in Booklets. :Mr. )''1argwarth, buyer for l,uckey, Platt & Co., Pough-keepsie, N, Y., believes it would be profitable for retailers to issue booklets occasionally for the educational value such publications possess. One calling attention to the many var-dies of cabilletwoods used by manufacturers with a brief his-tory of the art of makng furniture and treating especially of the period styles, properly illustrated, would create in the: minds of readers the desire to possess better things in the household. @ ... @ It is claimed by those who ought to be fully informed on the subject that the manufacture of looking' glass plates is not, and never has been, a profitable industry in the United States, The erection of additional plants for the purpose f)f e"panding an ~mprofitable i11dustry go(',s on, however,and more millions are added yearly to the ill-spent millions of the past evidently for the pnrpose of increasing the losses annual-ly sustained hy millionaires control\lngthe industry, Goo:i money is thrown after bad by millionaires, perhaps-not. @ * @ \Vhen you hear a IIlan exploiting events of the past just recollect that it's easier to remember than to think. MICHIGAN ARTISAf l~l Luce-R~d-m-o-n-d'-Chair-ctmpany, Ltd.l BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGANI I ' I MANUFACTURERS OF I HIGH GRADE I Office Chairs, Dining Chairs I Reception Chairs and Rocker,1 Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites I Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark anll Tuna Mahogany, Birch, ~ird'5-eye Maple, Quartered ,'Oak and Circassjan Walout II I ___ I 1 !UNlotN FUR-r.UTUREco:-l !, ROCKFORD, ILL. I ! ( China Closets ' I Buffets Bookcases I: We lead in Style, Comtrudion : and Finish. See our Catalogue. t OUT line on permanenl exhibi. I tion 7th Floor, New Manufact- I I I urers· Building. Grand Rapid~. t ~~ __ i--------- -,. , I : I MA:-;UFACTURERS OF i! HARh~WOOD VLUENMEBEERRS &. II II SPECIALTIES: I ~'l";EfE'l'lQUAR. OAK VEN EERS I MA~OGANY VENEERS I ~ HOFFMAN I ROTHERS COMPANY I 804 W. M in SI" • • FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I , ~-----1- _ 1..- , --------------- --_._----~ II II! ,,I \ I II III II II III III No. 542 I ~-------------------------------------,. ,! GED. SPRATT &, CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. f\hnufacturers of Cbairs and Rockers. A complete line of Oak Diners witb guarter sawed veneer blcks and seats. A Large line of Elm Diners, medium priced. A select Lme of Ladies' Rockers. Bent and higb arm RockeTS witb solid seats, veneer rail seats, cob-blerseats and up-holstered leather complete. High Chairs and Children's Rackers. rou will get jn on the JU'MI.nJ floor whtn you buy from us. No. 542 Oak, Solid Seat. Price, No. 540% Same as No. 642 on' y Quartered Oak Ve neer Seat. $18 ~~;. --_._---. III III I III! I -------,. 23 24 .,.- I III III I II ",II I MICHIGA!\' ARTISA!\' '---------------------- '---_._---'---------_.-.~I -------_.__._-----------_._----------~I f " "~ ~ .! ,~ • 0'" '•"' '"' :J ~ ,S g '~" ;":1 ~ ~0 • • ~ 0 '~! .~•s i,'I) .\1 I C III G A 1\ I ! ~-----------------------------------r-------------------;----------------------------l RICHMOND CHf\IR CO., ~ichmond, Ind. I , I j I I Catalogues to the Trade. : I I L TheDe::-;o:p::i:i::.---------:~:~~~(~::~i:-l~,-~.~-.~O!>~.-o:0kHe.e~,~~:-:;:: IvIr. Carnegie had such <\ merr) tIme \\lth the \\a}~ and (LlY whell he COllld pndt'ce ~O cheaply as the trust of to-day. }Iealls Committee that he 'wishes to repeat it before a (0111- '\fter the orgy of chc,lpne:>s £lorn ",,111ch ML Carnegie miuee of the \Vhole of all Americans upon the sti,te of t>IC cluergcc! tnumphant the country required almost ;\s many L~llion. -:\.11'. Carnegie casts his eagle c.ye ahcad-a long way years for rect1p~r:!tion as it is now taking months after a ahead-and sees the dawn of a new eTil, jll wh.ich all prices ",'oTse dcpreSSiojl, and. the result \vas thc._cstablishl11.cnt of \.,rill be regulated by an industrial conrt. \,Vith profOllnd the trust, whose trade. :M r, Carnegie says. \",ill be reg;ulatcd solemnity be remarked-looking O\1t of the other eye-that hy a court of p ices, the most momentous change in history is now working itself Mr, Carnegi 's plan is, of course, beyond criticism, a1- out. The change £roln the system of home work, each man though even he admits that, likc the Tnter-State Commerce owning his tools and his product. to the factory system. \\"hen Commission, hi.'i court of prices "may make mistakes.''' He he sells his bhor instead of his prodnct, hee;mse he works takcs no indivi( ual interest in the effect of his plan. It is, with ,L1lother man's tools and produccs for the account of therefore, with ntire detachment that he will take the fe\\' the owner of the tools. was less tllOll1Cl1tnl\S than \\':l,:t ?rr, hurdles hefore 1 is plan CHI be accepted in its entirety. vVill Carneg'ie detects as nO\",' proceeding'. This is a big~er proh- his court of prices settle the prices for all se1lers of iron, for Jem-211d therefore a men'ier jest-th:JIJ evell the tariff proh- instance, or anI, for the tm3t: If the prices are as low as lem, about which ?vIr. C;\r1lcgie succeeded in setting' the the trust C;I11 'lion] it will do all the business, since there country hlllghing. although snl11c of the smiles were on the call1lOt be two )rices in the same l11arket. Thus the com·· wrong side of the mouth, \Ve need harrow 110 anxieties. petitors would 1 e starved to death. Or if the court's price is i\h. Carnegie is going- to have the tariff settled hy a COlll- high el10ugh fo the tmst's competitors to thrive the trtlst missinn, and after \-\'e get the llew tariff the trlbts will be w~lIld he aggr,<lt dized intolerably. Suppose the court's price c0I111H_'l1cd to ~;cll their products at prices sati:~faet()1"Y to all. faded to rev]v trade-would the court mandamus COtl- The trnsts wilt still exist, since we C<111not aholish t!lenl. sumers to bUy?lsuppose the unions advanced wages-would Hnt we call control them. the conn aelvan e prices? Or would the court fix wages as well as priees? lIn that case would not the court of prices A supreme industrial COU1"twill have to be created. he ahout all the e is of the United States Government? \Ve and evelltl1f1lly will hflve to P;lS'i upon prices-- ·disgu:.;;e suppose, though that \.fr. Cal'llegie spoke rather as a prophet this as wc may. This is I:\'Cll :t larger question th:lll thall as an ad\' eate of price regulation.-N, Y. Times, the tariff. @ * @ It is. Also it is the biggE-st qucstion S;IVC one. There i~ nothing more fundamental than the quc>'tnll of price.s, save the question of morals. Some. especially the Socialists. have thought the qnestioll of morals included the question of prices, hut IVl1". Cal'llcgie distingtt.ishes <\lH] settles the ques-tion of priccs upon purely economic considerations, hegin-ning by abolishing competitioll. Personally compdition was good enoug'h for him, \\"l1en he was in trade "he Cllt prices to keep the mills going," but now the Steel Tnlst "refuses to make any conccssinlls which will put their idle 111C11 at work." The Steel Trust is practically omnipotent. hence the industrial court to arrange prices Ior it ;lnd ib con-sumers "to their mutual satidactioll. It would he a pity to discus.;; seriously this newest devel-opment in the new era in which old principles ;lfe of no ac-count. Spenking solely according to traditioll it wilt be recalle<l thflt thc cra of unrestricted and uneconomic com-petition ",:hich T\'lr. Carnegie n~cal1s with such unction s;ltis-lied nohody but himself. He sold cheap goods for a profit, and his wages aggregated less than his prices, as appears r\ 1\ TIS A r,; I DOllble Cane Linle "Slip Seats" -the latest and best method of double cane seating. Patriotic. That l<ent~tc 'ians l~avc a very high regar9 for their nati\-e natc is itlllstrat·d by this anecdote told by onc of them: Occe a Ken uckian died. So a near ro;»ative went to the Inn1 tomhstone! artist to arrange about an inscription on the deceased's ton;l~lstone-. After (Iue co -~itatjon the near rclati-ve said, "Carvc 011 it. 'He's gone to a better place' "I'll carve 'lie's gone to heaven,' if yOll want nle to," r~· marked the tonlbstolle artist, "but, as for that other illscrip tion-there's nOli bctter place than Kentt1ck:v1" @ * @ ~rowers Engage with Woodard. J 011\1 E. Rrntver & Sons have el1tered into a contract with the \Vondard rt1rnitllre Comprtny 01 Owosso, 11ich., to design 111e;l· rim'S of tr~djum and high gl'ade bedroom furniture in the future_ The illrst line fro111 111e crayons of the Bnnvers ".·.i.ll be ready for exhibition in July next. 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ._--_._-------_._-~ I ~._._-------------- II I Hafner Furniture Company ESTABLISHED 1873, 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches Box Couches Adjustable Lounges Davenports Bed Davenports Leather Chairs and Rockers C<\.TALOG UPON REQUEST No. 3130 COUCH-Size 30 inches wide and 75 inches IOllg. A beautiful design, of generous dimensions. Heavy hardwood frame elaborately decorated with carvings and mouldings. The two-inch haIf-roulHl moulding that extends along the lower edge is finisl1cd cross-banded. Large winged clawfont legs. American golden grained qua.r-ter- sawed oak flnish. The upholstering is plain \vith ruffled sides. This conch is double stuffed with stitched spring edges. The filling is of tow and cotton felt top. Heavy white canvas duck bottorn. Hafller warranted steel s'j)ring construction, having 28 springs in the seat and 9 in the head. Shipped.1(, D., legs off, and weighs about 125 lbs. Price, No.1 Leather, $25.00. Samples shown at Man-ufacturers' Furniture Ex-change, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. Price No. 1 Leather $25 I ~----------------------------'--------------------.------ ------------------------~ Amusement for House Furnishers. Under the title HOld Fashions and New," the Chicago Evening Post of April 27 welcomes the return to that city of the manners and customs of the early seventies, when walnut furniture, marble mantel pieces, illlookil1g hat racks, excelsior mattresses and ingrain carpets were used ill old fashioned houses, with basement dining-roolr.s and \ong, na.rrow front halls. The remarks of the Post upon this subject affords amusement to modern borne furnishers. Olie paragraph CO:l-tained in the article reads as follows: "\\lith the .old fashions go a calmness of outlook, a serene creed and a serencr disregard of all troublesome modern facts. It is possible that this serenity is the attraction which is draw-ing present interest back to its phy::,;:cal surroumlings. At allY r~te, there is a dec:ded turning toward tl"e n"<Jrb'e IP~I1- tels, the heavy silver, the china and any of the rea.'ly heauti, rul exceptions to t\;<tt rule of undeniable u~11ne!;s. The quiet bOl1seho~ds, which have defied the mission invasion a11d looked upon the colonial as prjn~ev:al1y out of date are now calmly Finding themselves (;11 the boullClaries of good style again. This swing of the pendulum the older generation will prob-ably accept as ur:en;otiorally as it accepted the swing in the other direction. For it is merely standing stilL But if nur felicitations Op011 their quiet vindication are not out of place, we would like to tender them Inost heartily to the old fashions and hope, for a while at least, that they may save us from the ne'.'!." good cabinet work is m.anufactured in the west. The best furniture for hotels is made by V"r. J. Sloan & Co. of New York." The manufacturer and the dealer exchanged smiles, "Would yOlt advise giving the contract for the furniture for this house to that firm?" "Certainty.' "Perhaps you do not know that Sloan & Co, buy the goods they handle-that the firm does 110t manufacture?" "Indeed ?" "Further, and that the firm purchases a large part of -their stock from my company." The architect adroitly switched the conversati611 frOm fur-niture to carpets, f\lgS and curtains, and it was generaUyeon-ceded that the Sloan compa.ny should be considered when placing orders for such goods. TI~e fumiture ..v.ill be mad~ in Grand Rapids. @ * ® Roll Top vs. Flat Tcp. There are those who claim that the roll top desk is wan-ing. l'ersol"'ally we have always liked the roll top with its convenient pigeonholes a_nd its protecting sides against which you can shove an acculrula.tion of papers. But a numher of business offices are takin'i" out their near Iy new roll tops and putting in flat tops. Advocates of thi~ move say it keeps you from letting the papers accumulate. • ultivates disp<ltch and gets the work throt1~h faster. It seems tl1<lt whatever tends to put the work throt1.lh faster has the flrst call these days but there are certain ;ld-vantages to the roll top which should not be overlookecl--es peciil\ly tllC place on top where yOll pile up the dictionari('<; and directories ancl basket:> and magazines and newspapers and "ackages a11d other things \Vhile the oc('upants of 6;\t top desks may have fc"ver things piled around they h,we not as a rule succeeded in ('](pl"ining to the roll top man just where they put them.-Colliers. @ .... @ Will be Made in Grand Rapids. An official of onc of the 1tl'f1litt1fC manufa.c.turing ho1.tse~ of Grand Rapids visited Chicago recently, and seeking the aid ofa local dealer, called upon the owners of a hotel now under construction. The architect of the structure was called ii1. and when the furniture m"ker and seller made known the:r desire to furnish the hotel, the architect remarked: ":';0 MICHIGAN ~-----_._----------------_. ARTISAN ---_I .1-----_._----- ~---- ---- ~--------_r__i ---------------------., ! , Sligh's Select Styles Sel~and Satisfy II MANY NEW FEATURES ADDED FOR SP~ING SEASON. , I I I! III I !I, I iI II ,II II II I j IIIII IIII III I ...---------------------- SIDEBOARD No. 278. QUUltered Oak Finish. Polished Top. French Beveled Mirror. 18x40. Size of top. 24x50. Height, 68 inches. A Heavy Colonial Design with Solid Ends. $18 50 One Drawer Lined. Price - ~ • The Maniste~ Manufacturing q:ompany I MANISTEE, • • MICHIGAN I ,, ! Our New Line of ! Sideb~ards, Buffets, Dress¢rs, Chiffoniers, Bachelor Wardrobes CjJ Combination ~nd Princess Dressers and Com-modes are the best lever. CjJ Write for our Spri~g of 1909 Catalogue. It will "SHOW YOU WHERE TO GET ON." CjJ The Best Dealers tre after our stufl. Are you one of them? ----, :-----------------<1 --~ II III ,I I j I EVERYTHING FOR THE BEDROOM (Medium and Fine Quality). Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and BuchanalJ Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for catalogue. I.-._----------------_._------ ._--------_._---~ 28 MICHIGAl'\ KNOCKERINO WANTS FACT. He for One Would Not Hurt Another Man's Credit. Mt. Knockerino walked witbout knocking into the office of a husy acquaintance, deposited himself on the edge of the busy acquaintance's desk, lit a cigarette witilOl1t asking the typewriter girl whether she liked Turk smoke al~d unfolded himself: Hay-a, there, old workhorse! See you're working your head off, as usual. Bad habit. Injurious. Ought to relax. Why don't you take a little trot down to Florida? Or Cuba? Or Porto Rico? How's that? Haven't the time? That's ·whatthey all say. That's-- Oh, say. talking about Florida, d'je know Lilat Jil11-- Oh, .well, I guess jim'll slip me the money some old time, but they tell me that Jim isn't such a prompt sUpper as he might be. Jim's all right, I guess, and all that. Jim thinks, I im-agine, that just beCalS(~ he's been having a bit of trouh1"e with his wife-huh? Hadn't beard about it? \Vhy, everybody kne\'" all about that, I thought-that he's excusable for over-looking these little matters, but- By the way, talking about the domestic gag, have you heard that Ed Giddap's wife's gone back to her folks OLlt west sorriew~1(:re? Had a wireless on that last night. Didn't knock me off the bench or anything, that news. I kind o'figured right along that sooner or later Ed would be nailed with the goods. Ed, you know, had been handing-it out to his wife for years that his every night downtown ll100chings arousd were due to the fact that he belonged to a "';vhole passel of lodges a11d things, but a while ago, it "eems, she sort of "vised up and found that Ed didn't belong to any other lodge except the Tenderloin Sleep Duckers Associa-tion and the Bed Haters Society, and from hitting that trail ",he got hep to all the rest" of it, so that when Ed got home to the Hat from his office one evening last week he found little Mrs. lTclpmatie had done gone away from here, and Ed went roaring and blubbering around and telling every-body his troubles, including the janitor and ',the cop on the beat, abollt his troubles, and he only got the hoot, of course, which a felJow is bound to get when he becomes bleaty about his family troubles and all 0' that. General opinion seems to be that Eddie got just whflt he's been due for a long while. Sbe took the young 'I1n5 along with bel', and that made Ed crazy of course, cilld he's been walloping the old red eye to beat the band ever since it hap-pened, and the first tbinghe kno\vs he'll he balding down one of those little wbite cots with the green rabbits doing wing dances for him on the foot board. Say, T see you've got one of those calendars of the San Lnis Obispo Gold Mining Company stuck up over your desk. Did you bite all that stuff too? Ha, ha! V\t'ell, well! So you got busy with your little llibbler and took a knaw on that bait, hey? Ho. ho! \Vell, you haven't got anything ou me. I bought about fourteen pOllnds of those shares for seven cents a share, waiting for that sure thing rise to 80 cents within sixty da~rs, but r haven't got it any more-leave it to 'your little ptay~ mate Ethelbert not to have any of it any more. I stuek around for about a month with mine and then 'I sold it to Jack Sophtsky for nine cents a share, and ever since then Jack has been 'ltaking me to the Peary glare every time he's seen me. Don't think, old horse, that I'm trying to tip you off that Jack is the dandiest little comeau on the whole Isle of Man-hattan, but if yOU happen-ha, ha i-to have ally old Jlunker-ino certificates for anything from a pfltellt chimney cleaner to a borax mille in ::\1"0 :"'lan's LalHl kicking around and "vant to unload the stuff why all you've got to do-ho, ho!-i:, to pin Jack against the walJ in some shadowy corner and tell him what grand papers they are, and he'lI-- ARTISAN Talking about grand papers, I was ill a little game of draw the other night, and Al Notuck was in the game, and, say, you ought to've seen the cards that fellow pulled from one end of the evening to the other, and yet he was the biggest loser of the session. I never saw such mitts as fell' that guy's way during that seance, but he always caught the fine finfulls when nobody else had a thing, and you could have heard his wailings for blocks. One time he picked up a pat straight flush, trey to the se\'enof hearts, and though there were eight of us playing nary a one had anything worth making it good enough to stick along when At opened the pot, and tatk about the noise the cat animals get out of their systems when they're tossing raw meat into the cages! Al just stood up in his place and belle red like a. bull buffalo in a horn to ham scrap with the next in line as boss of the herd. Fellow hasn't got any right to play cards at all if he can't make up his mind to stand the gaff wben the-- Say, that girl that does your type, ...riting-sh~sh! lower, please-pianissimo-she's kind of a looker, isn't she? Sly dog, old boy-naughty, naughty! Leave it t9 you not to have any valentines "ruund you in your hours ~f labor. . . But watch ant, old top. have a care, have a care! Hear about Fre'ddy Cuttupp? \Nell, Freddy came reat close to losing his happy home and things over that peacherino of a tJ·pewriter girl he had in his office till about two weeks ago. You see, she came down to the office one morning with a fine and dandy Directoire dress under her coat. She was going to a party or something after office hours~that's ,...hat Freddy said in explanation, anyhQ\.v-that's what they fill say-and so she wore the swell" Directoire scenery to the office so's she wouldn't have to go home to change. But Freddy's wife happened to zephyr into his office along toward the noon hour. First time she'd been in Freddy's office for a month of Sundays, and of course she had to pop in when Freddy's shorthand girl looked like the Queen of Sheba on her way to a clam chowder party. Freddy's wife took one peek at the gorgeous apparition in the Directoire fixings alld then she let out a series of piercillg remarks that almost blew Freddy out of the window, and as for the dreamy eyedtypewritist, why, she just picked up her doll rag::; and did a Marat:lOtl without stopping to send a C Q D, and shchasn't come back yet, they tell me. Freddy's wife's dope wa!; that the typewritest was all togged up that way so's Freddy could take her out to luncheon in style and things. \Vell, you know Freddy's wife is the one with the bank wad-she put Freddy in business, you know, for he didn't have a change of cuffs when he mar-ried her-and Freddy had to do the marrowbones thing then and t"here ulltil four dollars worth of arnica didn't do his knees any good aftcr he began to take treatment for it, and ever siilce he's been going around looking like a Vv'isconsin lumberjack all the blacklist and the willter half over. Say, y'ought to see the typewritist he's got in his office now! If she wasn't born at l"t:ast nine years before Edgar Allan Poe evcr saw the -light of day then she was born last Tuesday week, alld you can hear her creak as she walks. She's got a chart on her that looks like a Cape Hattera::; storm signal, and \""hen Freddy dictfltes a letter to her she's so deaf that she has to rest her head on the top button of his vest to, hear him, and oh, it's great, fine-ho, ho! Serves'him right for letting his wife visit bim at his office. Man who permits his wife to visit him at his office is bound to have to nudg-c across with a heap of explaining sooner or tater, and- But here I- am forgetting all flhout the thing that I just happened to breeze in to ask you about. Now, I hope you'll get me right, old chap, when I tell you that I never in any circumstances do the slink thing to find out about a mau's business- and his credit anti all like that, but this is a place where it's a matter of dollars-and quite some dollars-and :'1 1 CHI G A K ART 1SAN everybody appears to have a better line 011 t11(, thill~:; than I've got, awl it struck me that maybe yUtt were hcpperino to some of it. It's this way: Joe OPCll111iU's been sliug-iw!; a proj)n"iti()ll at me 1<lte1y that sOl1lHls good frull] a whole lot of angles for ;[ moncy tlJillg, and I\-e been doing plellty of listening iu him, at tint. ollly-~ \Vdl, you know how it is. These yarns reach a fellow, you k110\,", and they sort of make him feel like ducking', 110 matter how good the thing looks. ]'\O\V I dOll't kllnw <ltl:ytltillR about Joc's h~\bits or any-tbing of that sort, but since I've been listening to his hot line of gnff ;Ibot't this good thing be ,vants to have me joiu along ill with him why I've sort of kept my cars and eycs opel', yen kJ:o",,', and there are !:iOtl1C fellows who ;=pill it that Joc's chief ;:3.';et is tl1,:t :lbility of his to t\lrn loose a lot of scutb hrcezc. ?lIet two or three people who told me ill sO mally \vords th8t Joe pl~nted the hOfllct on 'em when they \vent intu good looking things with him, and these folks were there with the mal1et for Joe big-g'cr th<111 piledrivers. NO\.\, I iJ,tte to listen to this l,ind of stuff <::llU T make it <:I practice to sort of b~:,t it aW:ly £rom whc1"e sHch talk is go-ing on, but fif COU1"Se.when one of thc.se fellows '\\'e11"t ,"hc,\(l and unreeled it that Joe before he carne to XCVI" York at nll had got into some kind of tronble with the authorities Ollt ill Cincillll8ti OV('1"SOllle queer \l;lper tl1;:t he sifted around <imong his friends, why, J ;wcl to listen to protect myself, didn't J: Fellow th;\t told me. this appeared to 11;\\,(' a\\ of t11(' cleta-ils down p;:\t, amI he said th:lt ]ue had h;\d to light like a wildc;lt trl keep uut qf ;\ ~uit of striped clothes on that occasion. \\1('11 this :;ort of ga\'c me some jolt, I'm free to admit, and H,\ND CIRCULAR RIP SAW MORTISER 2') then when T heard that Joe il<ld gone tbr_ough \vitb S0111e deal with yOU, wl1y--- Ho\\"s that: Joe's all to thc good, and as bOl1e.,;t a man <!:-i ever yuu did business with, and you'd trnst him with everything J/Oll had. allt! all like tl1:'lt: \-Vell, h'gce, 1']11 sure gl:ld to hcar that, J honest am! l\-O\"'- that yoU say that I'm sorry I mentic)Jled thosc little hits of information that Jriftcd my way, re;ll1y. It doesn't make any difference now, either, that one fellow sort of hinted to me that Joe. who's married and keeps a swell' est<iblishmellt here, you knO\v, has a wife ~llld children di\'ing in poverty out in Omaha ri;;ht at the present time, <HHl 1 don't heiieve a word of it, e\,ell if this fellow th8t did slip me this piece of illformatio11 claims to have been acquainted with Joe twenty years or so. Darned peculiar, isn't it, h\lW tl~ese strange yarns get around about a mall? They just seem to be in the air, that's all. Nobody ever repeats 'em, except in the strictest con-tidellce, as I am now, but still they float around, and the first tiling you knO\v they're public property just as ntuch ;lS if they'd been published in the lle\VSp;!j.l('rS. \Vel1, old pal, don't feel br~d ahu\1t it because YOll"ve ]learly talked me de8f, dumb (lnd blind, because I assure yOll T like it, and the only reason I am now going to beat it is because --11a, ha!-·you appear to\'e lold me ;:,bout all you know, \\'('11, s'lollg. @ ! @ No. 4. SAW (ready for cross-cutting) i\pplic;l.tiolls for 75,000 square feet of floor space ill th~· llC\Y furniture tclrplc, Gral'd R;ljlids, have hecn recei\'e(1. The erection of the building durillg- the currcnt year is <lS:;'I1"'-'(1. ----------------------------------------, !! COMBINED MACHINE Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money with less capital invested, He can holJ a better and more salisiactory trade with his customers. He call manufacture ill as good s;tyle and finish, and :d as low cost as the factories_ The local cahillC't maker has been forced into only the dealer's trade and pr()fit, because of machine manufactlJred goods of factories. An outfit of Hames' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, reinstates the cabinet maker wltJladvantaj{es equal to bis competitors. If desired, these machines will be sold on trial. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do_ lJescriptiv# calalQg'ue and price li8t free. W. f. &. JO"N 84RNES CO.• 654 Ruby St .•Rockford, III. HAND TENONER No.3 WOOD LATHE .,._-----------_._----------------------- 1:II , III ,I , I:I FORMER OR MOULDER No.4 SAW (ready for ripping) No: 7 SCROLL SAW 30 ~lICHIGAN ARTISAN M,de by NELSON-MATTER FURN. CO. GRA.ND RAPIDS, MICHICAN ------ --- _. - MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 ,..- ------------------------------ ----~ THE BIG WHITE SHOP L______________________________________ _ J I I j We Furnish Every Article of Printing ! II Needed by Business Men II , I , . .; I ! I : I : : , I I, 'I t I I , II :: I I I ! I ! I I ,: I, I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I•I II WHITE PRINTING COMPANY I 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, I ! Grand Rapids, Mich. I r - --------------------------------------------------j THE BIG WHITE SHOP • • 32 j\IICHIGAN ARTISAN ..-----------------------------------------------_._------ .... ! I IIIIIII II !I II , III I LI -~~-,. ~_o_t. LtncOln_'_._O_fIl_ce_c_hai_._r. __" Group of Lincoln Relics IIII I!II I! II II, IIII III I ~ Sketch by Robert Leibuis, Student in Grand Rapids School of Furniture Design. iog. MICHIGAN ARTISAN "I spent mo:-'.t of the evening last night tlg:'Eing 011 this. Oneo£ your clel-ks must have added it wrong. I\ty figures are there on the paper attached. Just make Ollt a refunding slip, please." The c1e:-!,. alert, deftly ran over the fig'ures with her pencil point. This drew a frown to the man's bro"". "Dei you say that you paid this bill?" she asked. ;;Yes," he replied, and then continued. ;'):'ou see I didn't J1Oti('e the mistake UHtJ I got home last night and ~ot to ~--- -"" I! Grand. Rapids Caster Cup Co. ! 2 Parkwood " ••.• Grand Rapid•. Mich. ! :I I:III , We are !lOW putting out the best CaSler Cups with cork bases l:n"r j offereci to the tmde. These are llnisheil1l1 Golden Oak and \Vhlte Maple in a light fini~h. These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn-iture rests. They will not sweat 01" mal". PRICES: Size 2U inches $4.00 pel" hundl"ed Size 2X inches" 5.00 per hundred Try a Samplf. Order. F. O.B~Grand Rapids. 33 'Sketch by ~-------------_._----' thinking," ahout it. Then t did !'omc multiplication of my O\Vll and came dO"\Vllhere to have my overcharge refunded." "Tt i:s queer." commented the cle:-k thoughtfully, "be-cause this bill and ticket pas!'ed through the bands of three or four before it was O. j('d. Just let me go ove1' it." Slle figured rapidly on a piece of sC:'atch paper, the man at first assuming a loftily disinterested position as if sure of his ground. then gradually he began to get interested in her ligures. Suddenly be grew red in the face as the column of I-ignres grcw in length. Th~n l~e exc!aimed: Robert Leibuis, Student in School of Designing. the Grand Rapids Scenes at the Complaint Department. The girl behind the complaillt desk sat down heavily dur-jng a momentary lull in the "kickin5"." She smiled I and patielltly pushed back a strand of light hair that persisted ill covering her eyes. "Tired?" asked her colleaguc. ·'Xo. not much," she answered, and then both of the tele-phone bell" rallg almost angrily. The girls wearily piCked up the receivers and listened, an"wer-ing. politely nCl\~ and then allc! P~llct-uatJng- the one-stded conversatlOn :with occa:-;ional questions. "SlIe certainly was Jong \vin<led. ,. laughed one of the girh as she laid down the receiver and steppe1 to her place at the desk. A big wotnan, with ;{ big hat and throat, started ill on her talc of woe. The clerk listened 1"rspectfully. "1:-; it furniture polish ?" she aSked 6nally. "J don't kno\v," was the answer of the complainer. "I bought it a ,",'eek ago. Tbere wa!' a \voman dethon-strating it downstairs and I bOltg:lt som0. It was real cheap." "Sure it's not a furniture cleaner?" persisted the clerk. "That I don't know. I said once. IL; something yon rub on and then rub off again-that'."! all I know about it." "\Ve11," said the complaint cJerk, "is there something wrong with it?" "How" do I know?" returned tbe \"'oman :Illgrily. "I haven't secn it yet to try." "(), nondelivery?)) was the quiet answer. "1 will han;~ it attended to for you right away," and she passed on to the next in line of complaints, leaving the purdtaser off the un-delivered polish or cleaner semi-satisfied. A woman of unmistakable Irish birth was leaning belliger-ently over the desk, her face red with stifled wrath. ITile clerk, not .at .all jmpressed, stepped close to her i and gently asked: "\'\.That is it, madam?" i------r..:::::.-_~ -----.~ "5h-oo-re," burst out the woman, "sh-oo-re '-"-:::::::--:-::~"""'" an' I bought it last Chursday. It was a tall, skin- --- '-- nylike clerk \vid light hair. O've niver seen the loikes uf utt t' buy a thing' an' niver set oies on 11t again!" "\Ve can adjust that ail right, madam," the girl smiling-l}' replied. "The clerk you purchased this pan from probably is off duty today. \\Then she returns we'll look up the ticket aud trace the goods." "Thrac:c the goo<ls, elll" almost shrieked the \'v·oman. "Ye'll thr:Ic:e no goods if Oi ever get my oies on that clerk. So she's absent today, eh? V,/ eJl, Oi'll come down and identify her \'\..-henshe docs turn up," and she stalked off angrily into the crowd muttering" loudly: '''An' she tuek me dollar fer it, too, will ye be lave it!" A tall, almost athletic looking man with many irregular whiskers pushed his way to the desk and usurped the Irish woman's place. "They have made a mistake in footillg up these jtems," he began a little pompously. "The whole Dill is :W cents too nJud!. and r 'would like a refund. He gravely handed over the itemized bill to which "vas attached a neat column of figures. "I must and got S-J-. <lpolog-izc-I see that T have multiplied It":, my mistake-I beg your pardon." 26 by 4 And he 34 ~[ I CHI G A N ART I SAN r---------------------------- •• •II ---------_. ----N-o-. --:1-3-23--- . . -l was lost in the crowd before the girl had a chance to get her breath. 'That fellow JlTobably spent most of the night figuring that out, then spent 10 cents car fare to save 20, and only to find that it was all his mistake. The;'c's lots of them do that." "r just bought a dress," she began with a queer quaver in her voice, "and T paid $10 on it. I've lost all my money, and haven't car farc to get home with. Can I get some money here?" There was a suspicion of a tear on her eye-lash, and her tone was strangely appealing. "1 know this woman," a clerk from the clothing depart-ment said, "she is a customer of mine, and 1 know that she is all right. I offered to let her take $2, but she wouldn't accept it. Can't she get part of that deposit money back and have the balance charged to her. "Certainly," replied the complaint clerk. "That can he ..-------_. I MUSKEGON YALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY •III II I --~_._--~ MUSKEGON MICH.,. , CotOniol SalleS 1011post Be~s O~d Dressers Chilloniers Wardrobes lOOIes' !OUeiS DreSSing lables MOhogany Inlnid GOOds h--- Line on ... Ie in Manufacturers' Building, Grand R.apidt.. .1i No. 1322-55 inches long; 32 inches wide; 47 inche~ high;· weight· 275 pounds. 1\0. 1323--60 inches long; 32 inches \vide; 47 inche', high; weight 300 pounds. Moon Patent Typewriter Attachment; desk and ma-chine can be used alternately without disturbing papers. \Vriting bed, 5-ply, built up. Ten pig. eon hole boxes. Center drawer. Square edges. Typewriter shelf 26 inches high when in positio:r.. for use. Roll top s"\veep arms, tip top and writing bed 1:% inches thick. easily adjusted. Just give me that receipt, and I'll have it changed to $7 instead of $10 and have $3 returned to you with a bill for that amount. You may mail in the balance of the payment on your suit when you g.et home." "0, dear," sighed the woman without car fare. 'II have my daughter with me, and we live about sixty· miles out in the country. I don't know whether $3 is enOl,1ghto take us both home." "\Ve will find out for you," the clerk returned patiently. ;'Just sit down there until we trace this ticket and get the tl1oney." "\Vell, I never!" exclaimed the beneficiary almost angrily. "I never!" thought it would be all this trouble. This is worse than begging for ear fare-it's earning it." And she flounced into the chair set for her with a scarlet flush on her face. ITer aside was followed by an interruption from a florid faced man who abruptly stopped in his tracks and shouted: "What chance is there to get an elevator· going down? \~l1l.at's tIle use of having 'em if they're always full?" "It's only one flight to the main floor," the clerk suggested cheerily, "and the stairway isn't crowded." The fat man snorted like an angry bull. "I've come all the way down from the sixth floor on just such foolish hopes," he said bitterly in a tone intended to be scornfuL "Now I'm going to ride if it takes all night to get an elevator thafs not paCk£d like a -sardine box." By the time the compl int girls had a chance to laugh a little at this sally the big g ng on the nearby post had rung, and already the clerks on t e great boor had begun to cover ..----------,---1- I I Morton --~ House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 aod Up. Hotel PantJind (European PI.. ) Rat •• $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. The Noon Dinner Served al the Pantlind for 50c is THE FINEST IN 1HE WORLD. ...._------------- --J-.-BOYDPANTUND, Prop_-~f, MICHIGAN ARTISAN the counters ;)11(1table" with floorwnlkcf sallied oyer to the the tall girl. "Has the trading SLlIl1p lady been in today:" he asked. ").rot yet," laughillgly ans\vercd the girL "\-Vho do yOll nH~,lll:" asked the complaint girl"s friend, helping her on with her coat. "0, we \vere jllSt talking about the old lady \\"!lo COllles in here every Saturday. She tears madly up here ;llld says that she has been 'shorted' Olle trading stamp. \Ve always offer the dark hlue complaint desk duster". The and smiled at ...--- I• I Big Rapids Furni-ture Mfg. Co. BIG RAPIDS, MICH. SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS HALL RACKS •I'- Tn Quartered Oak, Golden and Early English Finish. No. 128. Price $12. :1 o.tf 30 days f n. o. Rig Raptds. her one. but she \vi\] never take it, no matter ~lO\V quickly 'lie get it over the connter to her. Then she says that she 'will never trade in tbis store again. But she always comes baek-always 'works the kick about the st.amp and ahvays walks off without it. I'd feel kind of wrong, I g-uess, if she didn't show up regularly. \''"e're all used to her, and I guess she's a good enough old soul, even if she is a crank." The big (Irc lights go om one by one. The stre;1111of buyers is supplanteel by a stream of salesmen and girls, and the comp1<lint elesk is left alone in the big store with only an old s,,,,ceper WOman behilHI the counter, and she is as crusty as the disappe;ning complaint clerks arc paticnt.--Exchange. @ * @ FOUR CHAIRS SOLD FOR $7,200. Top Price at the Auction of Talbot Taylor's Furniture. A suite. of four chairs of the period of Louis XV., with carved and gilded frames, upholstered ill "R;lllvais tapestry, lcrrned the chief feature at the dosing se.<;:;;o11 of the sale of the Talbot Taylor collection in New York. The designs or the tapestry represent scenes fr0111La Fontaine';;; Fables aftcr Oudry, The bidding started at $2,000 for tile lot and rdse quickl) to $7,100. There was a pause of nearly a llli11l1!C and thCll T-I. O. \V"atsoll said $7.200 and 110 one went :tny hig-ber The next pie~e sold was a. threefold S\Tecn of the sa111(' period in a gilded frame of similar design, 'with ,L';laze<1 upper panels and lo\\'er panels in Bauvais tapestr~' in designs copied :-lfter pastorals by Boucher. This went to r. ]. Smathers fOe' $2.450. He bought in :lddition to the SC1"('cnt\\'o chairs of the same period similar to the Duvecl1 set, for which he paid $3,600, a,l1d some notable specimcns of Louis XIIT., Louis XIV., Flemish and Ttali;ll1 Renaissance Iurnit11H" as weJ1 as some ',,"ood can'lugs of au earlier date. Kotahle among these was a divan of the period of Louis XIV., with carved oak frame, taver legs and shaped stretch-ers, upholstered in old tapestry au point, for .·.v..hich he pad $525; a Frellch divan of the sevenlcenth celltm}', resembling somewhat in design the old alcove beel and upholstered in tl'(' \erdure Flemish tapestry, which he secured after a spirih'll competition for $400, and a French four-post bedstead of the Hfteenth century, with caryed panels ,vhich were originallv 35 part of a judge's tribunal in a provincial court of justice, which cost him $395. Another of :\Jr. Smather's purchases was an elm",rood f1rawing tnble of the LouisXIV period, with turned and twist- (·(1 legs and extending leaves. It was started at $100 and hrought $315. He bought also the only specimen at the sale- ()f sixteenth century Italian carved oak, a massive arm chair, with bigh back, ormnamcnted ,vith cherubs' heads in relief .~. nd conventional foliage and upholstered in red Genoese cut velvet This chair, although it was specially praised by the auctioneer, huug fire at nrst 'and it was with considerable difficulty that all offer of $25 lvas secured for jt. Three or four persons discovered. at this point that they ''''anted it badly, and it was finally knocked down for $370. He secured also one of the armchairs l1pholstered in old Cor. dova leather. five of ..".h. ich were offered. This was a "winge] .'Jrmchair" of nnique design, and had it not been for the fact that the leather on the seat wa.s split would have brought the !"Jighest price of the group. It went for $1~5, while all of the ethers brought more A. C. James paid $210 for oue and $170 for another and $200 for a third, and Eastman Johnson se-emed one which had been purchased from Duveen Brothers [or $145. .A sixteenth century Flemish table of carved elmWOOdwent to J. H. j\Torgan for $400 and J. T. Tower paid $130 for a T.'lemish armchair of carved oak, with caned seat and back. The only piece of Chippendale offered was a mahogany c:lbillct, carved in Chinese style, with canopierl top and glazed front. It '\\,as divided into three compartments and stood on eight legs It was a combination of t\vo designs figured by Cbippcndale on plates CIX. and eXT. in his "Gentleman and Cabinetmakers" pnblished in 1754. It ,vas purchased by J. O. V"{right, a dealer, for $1,000. ]. B. Lenventritt bought a chaise longue of the period 0' T ouis XIV., upholstered in tapestry au poh~t, which was said to be one of the earliest existing examples, for $365, and Mrs, E. H. Frisbee seemed for $800 a pair of console tables of the period of Louis XV. of carved <ll1dgilded wood with tops of Volette Breche marble. l\1rs. Frisbee bought also several specimen;; of early wood carvings of saints and angels, among \vhich were two of the seventeenth centurv with polychro-matic decoration, for which she paid 595 each. A. V. Dick- <:on bought two plaster pa.nels of carved oak in Italian Ren-aissnnte design for $170, and a French panel of the flfteent}> century represetlting the "Lord's Snpper," for $85. One of the best of the Louis XVI. cow modes, of which seYe!·al were offered, was hong'ht by \Vorthington \Vhitehouse ..----_. ------------_._-_ ._. ---~ •IIII III !III IIII •L -'--__ . ...1 Fred J. Zimmer 39 E. Bridge 51., Grand Rapids, Mich. Maker (If HIGH GRADE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE WrUefol' Cuts and Price8. Every Piece Guarillilteed PERFECT . for $163. It was the work of a provincial ";abinetmaker, and was inlaid with apple, pear and peach wood~, A LOllis seize .divan of carved oak with festoons around the lower rail and loose cushions of old red eut velour went 10 P. Armour Valentine for $.375. R. S. Kl1ight paid only $170 for a commode of tulip wood and marC]t1ctcrie with ormolu mounts, which the auctione~~ 36 MICHIGAN ...--------------------------------- ARTISAN Michigan Furniture Co. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE Mahogany, Quartered in and Plain Oak. Odd - Dressers in Birch and Imita-tion Mahogany. The best goods for th~ price on the market. Write for prices. No. 118Dresser, Mahogany. I...-----. ~aid was worth $2,000, and ':V.orthington Whitehouse was th~ ~uccessful bidder for a Louis Seize boudoir suite of walnut with carved seats and back. It cost him $180. Another commode, of the Louis Quinze period, went to Mrs. H. S. Phillips for $100, and Mrs. C. D. Dickey purcha3ed a Louis Quinze sofa in a caned, gilded and painted frame, with loose cushions in old brocade, with t\ivo armchairs and three side chairs to match, in separate lots for $295. An escritoire, style Louis XV., sold for $560; a small sofa, with Oriental carvings and Be3-uvais tapestry, for $1,950; a fourfold screen for $1,950; and a threefold screen for $1,200. No. 118 Chiffonier, Mahogany. l The total amQunt realized by the: sale was $100,000, .Miss Hamilton paid $167.50 for a Louis Seize carved wal-nut side chair upholstered in old Flemish tapestry and a Louis Treize armchair with shaped walnut frame blought $130. It went to L. \""l. Sprague.-N ew York SUllo @ * @ For Sale at Once. The best paying complete House Furtiishing business in Michigan. Old established, good prices, a gold mine for a hustler. Address "Bargain," care Michigan Artisan. Nov. 25th-tf INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Alaska Refrigerator Company' " , 19 Aulsbrook & Jones Company '.' , . Cover Barnes, W. F. & John Company., .. ,....... . 29 Big Rapids Furniture Company..... . ,35 Bockst,ege Furniture Company.. . 8-9 Bosse Furniture Company .... ,....... . 8-9 Challenge Refrigerator Company,......... . : 17 Charlotte Furniture Manufacturing Company Cover Ford & Johnson Company , , . . Cover Globe Furniture Company., .. ,....... . , 8-9 Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company. . .33 Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company ,...... . _ 7 Hafner Furniture Company.............. . 26 Hoffman Brothers Company., . , . . . . . . . . . .. . 23 Hotel Pantlind .. , , , . _... . , .. 34 Karges Furniture Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8_9 Kauffman Furniture Manufacturing Company _. . , .11 Lentz Table Company, .. _ .. 1 Luce-Redmond Chair Company, Ltd. . . . . 23 Luce Furniture Company _. _. . Cover Manistee Manufacturing Company. . . . . . . 27 Metal Furniture Company...... . .,. . . , .8-9 Michigan Engraving Company .. _. . , . . . .. . 10 Michigan Furniture Company _ _ , .. ; . , .. ; .-: 36 Michigan Star Furniture Company , : ... ;. ,';',.;, .'. 2 Milter, Eli D., & Company. ..21 Moon Desk Company...... . .. 34 Morton House.... . . .34 Murphy Chair Company. . . . . . . .. 5 Muskegon Valley Furniture Company.. . .. 34 Nelson-Matter Furniture Company.. . . . . ..... Cover Palmer Manufacturin2" Company.... s Pioneer Manufacturing Company. 5 Richmond Chair Company. . . . . . . .. 25 Rowlett " _ ,. , . ,. 2 Royal Chair Company , , . .Cover Schmit, Henry, Company ,. . ..... , , . .. . .. 13 Shelbyvill,e Desk Company , . , ..... , 1 Sligh Furniture Company., .. ,. . .. 27 .Smith .8£ Davis Company.. . . . _ 22 Spratt. Georgej -& Company." . . .23 Star Caster CUP Company" .. , . . 13 Store For Sale .... ,....... . .... 36 Stow & Davis Furniture Company.. . . . . . . . .18 Union, Furniture Company (Rockford).; . , . . . .23 White Printing Company. . , . , ._ _ 1-31 Woodard Furniture Company............ . , Cover World Furniture Company.,.............. . , .... 8-9 Zimmer, Fred J., " , ;,., ..35 I~- - I I -~ --- --------~ f------- I ------- . No. 892. 48x30. VISIT CHARLOTTE AT ANY TIME GRAND RAPIDS Furniture Exhil,ition Building CHICAGO ] 92 Michigan Avenue CHARLOTTE MAKES GOOD TABLES CHARLOTTE MFG. CO. CHARLO'ITE, MICH. - . --i • W oodard Furniture Company OWOSSO MICHIGAN Manufacturers of High Grade Medium Priced BEDROOM FURNITURE In alithe Faney Wood. and Finishe._ Line especially strong on Circassian Walnut New eatalCligjuat out. If you have not received one .end for it. - "''1 . BUY ! II III III III ~II Ik k DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS BEDS WASHSTANDS PRINCESS DRESSERS CHEVALS ' SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS DINING TABLES CHINA CLOSETS SIDE TABLES 'I 4 IN ALL THE CABINET WOODS AND DIffERENT fiNISHES ====OF==== .~The Luce Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. h--. --' I I • A Large Selection- • Our lines have recently been greatly enlarged and strengthened and when you see them at 1433-1437 Wabash Avenue CHICAGO You can not go away dissatisfied. Chairs of sterling quality---from cheap and medium to the highest grade. You are cordially invited to drop in and see us. THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. Chicago New York NewHaven Cincinnati Atlanta,Ga. Louisville,Ky . • - ,
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- 1909-02-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 31. 1909 -" .-...--~-------_._------------ --------------_. _. -- ------~ GRAND RAPIDS CRESCENT THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Send for Catalog Double Revolving Arbors. A massive bearing adjacent to the saws. The door permits accesslbihty. Guaranteed to eliminate mistakes and inaccuracies and to reduce the cost of sawing stock to a minimum. THE CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS, Builders, 40 So. Front St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a,..-- •• _-- •••• - . ...... A BIT OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Are You Running an 1860 or a 1910 Plant? ··Detrolt" Return Trap. PATENTED. In 1860 cottonseed removed from the boll by gInnIng was garbage-thrown away. By 1870 gInners managed to conVInce some people that cottonseed was good fertilizer. By 1880 It was consIdered good cattle food and III 1890 It was being used as a table food. By not utIlIzlllg all the cottonseed III 1900 (one year) twenty-six milhon dollars that someone could have had, was thrown away. The city of Glasgow, Scotland, gets 9,000 horse-power every day-free-by catching and util- IZIngfurnace gases formerly wasted. The steel corporatIOn WIlllIght the town of Gary, Ind., and run all street cars with energy that would otherWIse be wasted and belched out of furnace stacks. If you use steam for heatIng and dryIng and you allow any condensatIOn to go to waste-you are losing money. Put all your condensation back Into the boiler wIthout pumpIng-and hotter than a pump wIth hft-with "DETROIT" General OffIces: Automatic- Return Steam Traps Manufactured and Guaranteed by AMERICAN BWWER COMPANY "SIROCCO" Works: DETROIT, MICH. and TROY, N. Y DETROIT, MICH. TRADf MARK SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls, GRAND RAPIDS BRASS I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. co. • ,----------_. -- _. -_._._. -_._-_....._.-.------- .-..-.-. -.---- .... ., I j " __ ------ - . " _--_ --.., II The Posselius Bros. Furniture Mfg. Co. DETROIT, MICHIGAN WEEKLY ARTISAN WE ARE MAKING THE FINEST DISPLAY OF DINING EXTENSION TABLES EVER OFFERED by us at our display rooms, 2d floor, Manufacturers' Exhibition Building, 13 19 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. All of our pedestal tables are fitted with the famous DUO-STYLE LOCKS Representatives---Frank A. Kuney, J. O. Kemp, H. J. Armstrong. ~--- .-----.. . - --- _. .. ...-- ..-- -- .... - .. ....--- _.._..._- ---. --- ---_._-----' 1 ARTHUR S WHITE. PreSIdent. ALVAH BROWN, V,eePreSldent HARRY C WHITE. See'y Trea. I " :=;RANr' RAPH)~ ppnLIC LiBR,ny THE NEW YORK MARKET offers to you, the Furniture Manufacturer, the largest consuming population on this continent. Over six million: five million additional within six hours ride by rail. Total, eleven million of the largest wage earners and the most liberal spenders on earth. An opportunity to exhibit in this great market now open to all in the new home of the New York Furniture Exchange containing 1,380,000 square feet of floor space and ready for occupancy December 1, 1909. The most accessible location in New York for both resident and visiting buyers. Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 48th Streets. Part of the new Grand Central Station group. The plan of extension so long contemplated by the New York Furniture Exchange is now realized and an invitation has been extended to kindred lines to use space in the new building. The additional buyers thus attracted will be largely to the mterest of the furniture manufacturer, as many buyers in these kindred lines are also dealers in furniture. This is the time to secure a favorable location as a larger amount of space has already been contracted for than was available in the old building. MAKE LEASES NOW Remember first come, first served. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE LeXIngton Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. l r .THE---SIG---WHITE ----sHoil I I oI l.-------------------------- .. _ .. __ - -- ._ . ! 4 , I I• II I I We Furnish Every Article of Printing I I Needed by Business Men. I III •I II II II III III I• I• II III II I I• I: II •I II I I : t I I I : I I I : I I I II II I I • I I I •I tI I~ --_._._,! , I I I I I II II I I :------------- ----. -_.----_ •. ----" . -j WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE BIG WHITE SHOP WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 NEW YORK'S NEW FURNITURE EXCHANGE BUILDINGS Covering the entire blocks from Lexington Avenue to Depew Place. 46th to 48th Streets Each building 200 x 275 feet in size and 12 stories high 1,300,000 Square Feet or Nearly 28 Acres Floor Space THE LARGEST AREA WHOLLY DEVOTED TO WHOLESALE SALESROOMS IN THE WORLD WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPANCYDECEMBER Ist~ 1910 Applications for space should be made to CHAS. E. SPRATT~ Secretary NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE ~- -~----------, 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~, --------... .... -- _____ • __ a ••• .., !. IIII III ! II ,If• III IIIIII II THE LueE LINE Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furmture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids lu(e furniture (0. ~~~~·~As BARGAIN ,,_.---~._--- --------------- ---------._-_. -- --- _._-_ .. -~, I I I II III!IIIIIIII II I II ~--- No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 co. ,--~ . ~ --i", ..,,, ~-------------~ 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 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave" DETROIT MICH. ... I.,..--_.--- ._--------- ----...._----~ IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR I IT'S AN ALASKA I II WRITE FOR CATALOG. Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold sin c e I 878. DeSirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: Small consumption of Ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. We sell to dealers only. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. L E. Moon, New York Manager, 35 Warren St., New York CIty. .... . - ... " II .-- " GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No.5 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JULY 31,1909 Issued Weekly TIMBER SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES Latest and Most Reliable Information That the Government Authorities Are Able to Furnish on the Subject. Thorough readmg of Forest ~ervlCe CIrcular ~ 0 160 on "The TImber Supply of the Cmted :"tates,' whIch was hnefly mentlOned m the "eekly ArtIsan of la"t Saturday, "hovvs that It I" one of the most Intere"tmg clocument" yet Issued by the NatIonal Department of Agnculture and It fur-l11shes mformatIon that mu"t be of conSIderable Importance not only the lumbermen and ovvners of tImber lands but abo to manufacttuels, bwlders and other buyer" add consumers of forest products The Cllcular was prepared by ASSIstant Forester R S Kellogg, who IS knovvn as a competent sta-tIstIcIan and one of the most relIable employes of the bu-reau of forestry The CIrcular IS based on reports and sta-tIstIcs collected for the year 1907, but as changes then noted are known to have contmued through 1908, they may be con- 'ildered ql11te apphcable to present conrhtlOn" :Mr Rockwell make" the followmg e"tImates on the 'itumpage of the pnnClpal lumber wood" Douglas Fir--The total stand of Dougla" fir, the bulk of VI hleh 1" m Oregon and ,Vashlllgton, I" probaby not lcs'> than 525 bIllIOn feet It 1" the pnnclpal tImber tIee of the PacIfic coa"t, I" abundant 111 Idaho and JVlontana, and oc-cur" m some quantIty throughout much of the Rocky moun-tam regIOn The annual cut now 1" about 434 bllhon feet The output of Douglas fir WIll mCIease rapIdly m the near future If the market conchtlOns are "uch as to encourage operatlOn" m the many large holdmg" of v irgm tImber m Oregon and \Vashmgton Yellow Pine-The total stand of yellow pme In the Southern states may be 350 bllllOn feet The cut m 1907 wa" about 13 bllhon feet Many of the large operator" say that they WIll cut out theIr 3upphes wlthm the next fifteen year" at the pI esent rate of 'iaVlmg The center of yellow p1l1e plOducton has mOved westward rapIdly In recent years GeorgIa was leadmg state 111 HJOO, WIth nearly 12 per cent of the total output of yellow pme lumber, whle 111 1907 It ranked n1l1th, wIth an absolute decrease m cut of nearly 500 mllhon feet over 1900 In 1907 Low"lana ranked first, wIth nearly 18 per cent of the total, Texa" second, wIth more than 16 per cent, and MIS"ISSIPPI tlllrd, wIth nraI1y 13 per cent White Pine-The total stand of whIte p1l1e and Norvvay pme m the Eastern and Lake State'i IS perhaps 75 bIllIon feet The greatest whIte p1l1e productlOn m the Lake States \\ as m 1890, when the output was over 80 bll110n feet \\ Ith few exceptIOns the decrease has been steady smce that tIme, The cut m 1907 was 2Yz bll110n feet m the Lake States and 4,192,708,000 feet In all state'>, whIch mcluc1ed a small quantIty of whIte pme m Idaho, Montana and Wa'ihmgton Hardwoods-The total amount of hardwood tImber IS extremely dIfficult to estImate, and the scattered and mIxed character of growth makes It stlll more clIfficult to estImate the stumpage of anyone speCIes The compleXIty of hard-wood "tands 1" well shown by the result of a careful study of the forests of eastern Kentucky recently made by the Forest SerVIce 111 cooperatlOn WIth the state The average percentage of each speCIes m that reglOn IS about as follow'i \Vhlte oak, 20, chestnut oak, 18, beech, 15, maple, 13, black oak, 10, che"tnut, 6, yellow poplar, 6, hIckory, 4, bas "wood, 2, a'ih, cucumber, locu"t, pme, hemlock, walnut, black gum and cherry combmed, 6 Taken as a vvhole, the hardwood "tumpage of the Umted States I" probahly not les" than 500 hlllIon feet The total hardwood lumber cut 1111907 was 9% bllhon feet Of thl", the oaks supplIed 40 per cent, maple, 10 per cent, }eHow poplar, 79 per cent, red e,um, 7 S per cent, chestnut, 7 1 per cent, and the numerous other hanlwood" "malleI amount" The lumber cut m 1907 "how'i a total of 40,256,000,000 feet, boal d measure Yellow p111ewas 111the lead WIth 33 pet cent of the total, Douglas fir ranked "econd wtth 12 per cent, whIte p111e thIrd, 10 4, oak fourth, 92 and hemlock fifth WIth 84 per cent, whIle SJpruce and we"tern p1l1e fur-m'ihed 43 and 38 per cent respectIvely The:-,e seven al e the only woods of whIch more than a bIllIOn feet was cut Taken together they furlll"h more than four-fifths of the an-nual lumber supply The soft wood" furl11"h about tl1ree-quarters and the hard woods one quarter of the total annual cut, the e'itlmate" bemg 77 and 23 per cent lespectlVely DUlmg the 'ieven vear", 1900 to 1907, the cut of yellow pme 1l1ereased about 37 per cent, v, e"tern pme 62 per ce it, cyple"s 53 pel cent, leclwood 58 per cent, and Douglas fir 173 per cent 1hese 111erease" fal more than countel bal-anced the decrea"e of nearly 46 per cent 111 whIte p1l1e On the other hand, the cut of the two lead1l1g hardwoocl'i, oak and yellow popular, decreased 1b per cent and 22 per cent, (j WEEKLY ARTISAN --~---------------~ I I I ~---- I IIIII II• IIIII IIIII I•• III• •I IIfI II IIIIII II,III I ------------------------------------ SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom [ Med,um and FlUe Quahty J Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids. M.ch III II I II II I: II ..._--------------------_._._-_._._~_._--- ------- ------------------------ .... WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, MIch. \\ ere Imported trom Canada Of the dome"tlc pulpwood. near) three-fiUh" was "pruce and almost one-fifth hemlock. :\Io"t of the remamdel wa,; poplar, with small quantltle-, of :-.e\eral other v\ oods :\ early as much spruce I'; uc;ed for pulp as for lumber respectlvely durmg thl" period Remarkable mcrease" tool place m the output of some of the mll10r harch\ ooch the gam m maple, for lI1"tal1ce, bemg 48 per cent, m red gum 142 per cent, and 111 che"tnut 216 per cent The lumber cut by Aates m HiDi sho\\ s that \\ a~hmgton which ranked first, supplied C) -Ie per cent ot the total LOUlslana came second, wIth 74 per cent. Texas third, \v Ith 5 =) per cent, ]\fIS..,I"SIPPI foUl th, with 5 2 per cent, and \\ lscon ';111 fifth, with 5 per cent These five states are the only one,; which cut 2 bll110n or more feet of lumber In 1907, and. taken together, they furlllsh nearly one tlllrd of the total productIOn A table gl\ mg the lumber productIOn b} state" trom 1880 to 1907 111du"lve, show'> that 111 that period \hchlgan produced 96 btlllOn feet or about an eighth of the total pro-duct of the entire country \\ l,;con,;m furnl,;hed 72 btllton and Penn"ylvallla 56 btlhon feet The cut ot all these "tate ... I" now decrea'>ll1g, though the falhng off ha" b"en most strlk-mg In Michigan, \V here the output In 1907 wa" Ie"" than 2 billton feet for the fir"t time m nearly forty years The changes shown to have taken place m the relatl\ e lumber procluctlOn of ten of the leading "tates are ,;urprl~lng In 1880 these "tate" furlllshed 538 per cent of the total cut. and 111 1907, 524 per cent, practically equal proportIOns. but the changes which have occurred m the output of mcllvlclual ,;tate,> are most slglllficant Michigan, for exam pIe, fur-l11,; hed 23 per cent of the total m 1880, and onl} 45 per cent In 1907 LOUI"lana suppled only 0 7 per cent of the total 1111880, and 7 4 per cent m 1907 \\ a"hmgton cut anI} 0 q per cent of the total m 1880, and 94 per ccnt m 1907 The reports "how that more than 2 mtlhon cord" of pulp-wood wa'3 used m 1907, and, m additIOn, '3ome 925,COO cord'3 _e.:\Ian} a gIrl WIll k11lt her brows who won't darn a-s-toc-km-g-~ ,II IIII I MUSKEGON VAllEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH .... COiomnl 8UlleS lUll POSI BedS ann Dressers cnlllomers WornrolleS tonles' TOilels DreS8111U Tomes MohOgony IOlmn Goons WRITE FOR CATALOG WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE No. 1084 BY SUGH FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 7 ed and eql11pped than came the financial cataclysm of '9) The 011el had bl11ldll1g, eql11pment and matenal debts outstandll1g to the amount of $'2<) j UOO The crec!Jtor~ were anxlOUS amI some of them hopele~" The\ had httle confidence that the young man could e\ el pull out tl0111 under the load They wuggesteel a CQ,11- pI 01111 ~e at ')() (enh )'Ir mack rephed that he dlcl not want to compr0111lse-all that he asked for was time \fter many con-ference~ )'lr Black s plan \\ as adopted He was authonzed to l'i'iue 'I per cent mortgage bonds covenng the plant to the an,ollnt of $130,000 anel to meet hIs obhgatlOns half cash and half boreJ-ThIS agleement was reached m October and Mr Black took to the load to 'iell goods In DO days he had booked orders to the amount of $100,000 In January he began paymg off and the more he pald the less anxIous became the crechtors, and the les, mSlstant for theIr money Defore the exp1ratlOn of the five year penod ),11 Black had to faIrly beg some of them to take theIr Inane) that the bonels mIght be retlled :-,mce the pa11lC of D3 the Onel s hIStal y ha'i been unevent-ful The bIg ll1st1tut!On has been 'itecld11y pro~perous Its force of JOO or mOl e hands has always had V\ark to do, V\lth few la) off, even m the dullest penods and no uhut elm\ ll'i, and l\1r Black h the same, strong forceful, energetic fellow he was a quarter of a centUf} ago \\ hen he still had hIS spur'i to wm, un~pcJ1led by prospenty and except m yeal s no older than \\ hen he first became a GI and RapIds man MR. BLACK'S SILVER ANNIVERSARY Early Ups and Downs of the- Oriel Cabinet COIupany Changed to Steady Growth and Prosperity by His Ability and Energy. ThIS season marks Chades W, mack'i SlIver an11lVe1- sary as a Grand RapIds fur11lture man J\Ir Black toda) I" at the head of one of the blggest and best knov\n e,tabh~h-ments of Its k1l1d m the country He has a hne that "ell-, Itself He IS prosperous, and It he Isn't happ}. he ought to be But It wa" not always ,,0 WIth ::\Ir Black The "uc-cess he has won L the good ±rmt of a long and hard fight Mr Black used to be a fur111ture salesman tray ehng out of C1l1C1l1nat1 He V\ as a good salesman He could sell the goods and the salary he was rece1v111g was suhstan-tlal For seveTal reasons, however, he was ch"contentecl He wanted to settle do-wn. ,Vhere the One1 plant now stands on upller Canal "t1eet, med to be a couple of old frame factory buhchn~s The} had been used a" a fanmng mlll factor} V\hlch che! not pro,,- per, and v\ere owned by Geo ,,\ Gay The Onel Cah111et Company V\a~ orgamzed by 1Ir Gay, Barve) T T101hctP ' and Juhus Berkey, and the management was placed 111 the hands of Geo Clay, who had been an officer 111the lTll1tecl States navy The compan} began 0loel atlOns 1'1 18'31) 1\10- dUClng a hne of fancy fur11lture, pIa} ed e\ en the fiI -,t \ ear. showed a profit of 50 per cent the second and \\ ent broke the thIrd, and then It rema111ed Idle for a year )'Ir Black s travels brought hlln to Grand RapIds occa"lOnally, and he knew of the One!'s conc1JtlOn He knew )'Ir Gay and a" a salesman Mr Gay knew hIm, and after a \\ hde the} got to-gether 111 dlscussmg the future of the Onel )'lr Black finally made a proposItion to take the management It \\ a~ rejected and a counter proposItion \\ as made. \v 11lch 111the spnng of '84 Mr Black accepted It was on a baSIS at sal-ary about half of what he had been recen In~ as a !la\ el 111g salesman, and a "halt' ot the prohts, \\ ah a contract covenng a penod of years \lr Black \\ as then a ) oune; man, and for that matteI, IS a young man <;t111 He \\ a" only a couple of ) ears beyond thIrty, but he had Idea", en terpnse and tremendou'i energy The proposlhon he tackled was one whIch today he would plObabl) pas,,; up a~ hopeless, but he went at It WIth a determl11at!On to \\ In ,111d he dId WI11. The old factory bUlld111gs \\ ere m bad 1epall and neglected There were debt'i galore, -,ome of them at ~ pel cent and allms1stent for payI11Jents ender:\1 r Black s management the Onel soon began to make progress The debts \\ ere paId A new and larger factory bmldmg was added to the plant The fu-ture seemed full of promIse and prospenty And then came the big fire. On the 111ght of June 15, 1890 the Onel was "wlped off the face of the earth" But l\Ir Black and hIS ab1hty re-mamed The second mormng afte1 the fire and whIle the Hum were shll smoking Mr Black leased the old Luce factory then vacant, now occupIed by the Grand RapIds Showcase Compan} Be made hurry tnps to ChIcago, Cmcmnat1 and N e\\ York to buy back as many pieces of the old Onel Ime as he could find He had these goods sent back WIth a rush and \\ he'1 the -,ea"un openedm July he had samples to show the buyers and the buyers admIred hIS pluck and to encourage hun bought more freely than ever The Onel contmued busmess as though the bIg fre \Va" but an accident As soon as pOSSIble after the fire pIau" were made for a ne\\ factory, to be of bnck, m every \\ a} modern and of ample capa cIty for the company's future needs The present bUlldmg, one of the largest 111the cIty was erected Scarcely had It been fimsh- Everybody Busy at Owosso. OWO'iSO )'hch Jul} 30 -Owosso IS on the verge of a build-mg boom, accord111g to the report of the manager of the leadmg hotel, who tells the \\ eekly Arhsan that he contemplates add1tlOns and Improvements to the hotel, but cannot get contractors to do the \\ ork on account of the orders already on hand The bIg automobIle truck factor} IS overrun WIth orders, the managers have bought up all the lancl avaIlable m the v1clmty and WIll \V Ithui a year employ a thousand men, The furUlture manufacturers are dll busy Manager Charles E R1g1e) of the Estey Company raId the ,,;tory that was tele- ~raphed to the Pre<;0 from th1'i cIty that they had 'ihut down after bm 1l1~ the easte1 n 1l1tere~t'i \\ a" enhrely \\ 1thout foundatIOn, as the facto! y had not been 'ihut down for a clay, and there was no 1l1tent!On to ~hllt clown On the contrary they have shIpped more goods th1" } ea1 than la"t, and WIll on or before January next have a complete new Ime of chamber fllrmture, larger and better than ever The Woodard F Ufmture Company have Issued theIr fall catalogue, and are havmg a good bus1l1ess The Owosso Casket 'Works are mstalhng a new 150 horse power engme The RobbUls Table Company is hav1l1g a good trade m ex-ten~ 10n tables The Robbm'i extemlOn table IS a good table, and sells well all ove1 the mIddle west Experts in Their Line. The Grand Raplds Blow PIpe and Dust Arrester Com-pan) are V\01kll1g on a very large order for the BUlck Auto-moblle Co. of F1Jnt, l\11ch They have completed a Job f01 the \1 Ulphv Chall company of DetrOlt, and that company 1<;thoroughly satisfied WIth the wOlk done ThIS company IS one of the most rehable Ul the country and any work en-trusted to them IS sure to be done nght WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 Fast Freight to the Far West. The openmg of the Pacific coa"t exten"lOn of the ChIca-go :\IIlwaukee & St Paul road, "eem" hkely to reduce the freIght time between the Ea"t and the \Ve"t even more than ha" been ("j)('clcd The exten'3lOn I'i not yet fully cumpletecl but the ~t Paull" already makIng records thdt cau"e othel road" to take notice dnd whIch force them to Improve the11 thlough traIn "chedule" or lose bu"mes" Among the rec-ord" that ha'. e attracted attentIon are the,;,e' Carload of paper laId down m Seattle on the thl1 teenth day follOWIng the waybtll111g on the coa"t of MexIco, carload of automobdes dF' hvel ed m Tacoma 12 day'3 after leavIng Hartford, Conn a carload of "oaD from Fhtladelphla and a Cdr of wIre from Trenton. ); J. dehvered at Se3.ttle In 10 da)" from date of shIpment. a car of push carb from J\IIchigan to Tacoma In 10 days \\ Ith the open111g of the extensIon and the estabhshment of a transconLnental serVIce over ItS own ratls, the St P du1 IS operatmg fast freIghts on a schedule of 176 hours from ChIcago and 144 hO,tr'i from Mmneapohs and St Paul to Tacoma the tral11'i In the fiht m"tance gomg around 1l1'itead of through the lI,I1l1ne"ota tran"fer, and thu" aV01dlng de-lays of hom one to three days The service of th11teen days from far ea'3tern p01nts to Fuget Sound 1S surpn"mg to shippers Rivals of the St Paul a'i'iert that 1f through passenger tram'i were be111g operated, the'ie record'3 could not he made, but the futUl e wtll determine that In the meantime 1t IS true that freight trams have the ach antage of a cleal nght of way all the way from the :\I1s"oun RIver, and the St Paul's repre'3entatIve" promIse that the pas'3enger 'iel VIce when put on "hall not mterfere WIth the through freIght trams Actors Sought Membership. Dunng the late conventIOn of the NatIOnal Travelers ASSOCIatIOn held m ChIcago, actor'i sought membershIp on the repre'ientatlOn that they were travehng salesmen for amusement merchandise The News '3ays "Actor'i go about the country exchangIng for money revamped jokes, song" 11l1'3teady on theIr feet and other th1l1g'3 calculated to amu'3e and enterta111 We do not know how theIr plea will be taken, but If they are l111'iUCCes"ful m 'iecunng the recog-mtlOn they a"k, affihatlOn mIght be made by takmg the sales nC'l1 mtl) the ac1or,,' umon The "ale"man ha" to be a nat-ural horn actor or else he ha" no bu"me"s on the lOad He 111U'3tgo from town to town unloachng hI" Joke" dnd "ome artIcle of merchanclI"e that he carne" a" a "HIe hne He deal" In one-lllght "tand" and gIdnd "tand play" The com-ul) come" when he I" "e1l1l1g the gouel" The tragedy dp-pear" when the btll come" III for merchanchse that the buyel chdn't want but bought whtle merrtly laughmg at the 'iale,,- man'" Jokes In "ome "mall village'i the comlllg or a 'iale'i-man 1" a'i much of an event as the arnval of a theatncal troupe Let these two great educatIOnal forces umte and comb111e theIr Joke'3, so that the country mav have amu"e-n'ent\ loILh "Inlen The Chateau Laurier. The George A, Fuller Company of 1\ew Y01k. known as the mO'3t exten'3IVe bUlld111g contractors on the A,mencan contment. have been the awarded the contract for conQruct111g the Chdteau Launer. the gredt Lotel that 1" to be bUllt by the Grand Trunk Ratlway Compan), m Ottawa Ont The bUlldmg wtll cost $1,- 500,000 '" Ithout the furnIture dnd fixture'3 It IS to be completed by the first of October, 1910 to • •I,,IIII -----.,II III IIII II II, 35% OFF LIST $16 ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT The Humphre)-Wld man SectIonal Construe tlOn has dust proof parlltlons, Iron shelf support'3 and a two Inch deeper case than others DEALERS' PROFIT 5.5% LIne on sale In Furmture Ex-change, Grand RapIds; Manufact. urers' Exh,(ntlOn BUlldmg, Ch,- cago and Furniture Exchange, New York. ,, II I HUM!.~~EY-WIDMAN BO~~~~!~,CO, I I ~~~ALOCUE MICH IGAN I ........... - .. ----_. ..~ No. IO.F. Ouartered Oak. ..----- I -----_._._._._. ------..-.-.._-" •I I II III I FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND THE "ELI" PROfIT WINNERS , No Stock complete WIthout the Eh Beds ID Mantel and Uprtght I ELI D. MILLER &, CO. i EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I I . " '"' nte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. the 1-+11 b1111clll1g 1 he Plymouth company have had a faIrly sat htactOJ) season, he states ~ecretar) VI ~ Brohn of the ~kandia FurnIture Company \\ ac 111 ChIcago 1\ eclne~clay to spend the day, accompallled b) :-,upeIll1tendent ~\\ enson of the same company " II Burkhardt tl easurer ot the Stomps-Burkhardt Furlll-tl11e Company and Pre Ident R I Burkhardt of the Burkhardt ! urm1ure Compan), left Thursday for Dayton after spend1l1g the J ul) ~edson m ChIcago The seacon has been very satIsfactory f01 both Imes :\Ianager Charle~ Elmendorf of the ::Ylanstee :vI:anufactunng lOll1pam lett " ednesday fOJ hIS home m J\Ialllstee, 1\1Ich , on the "lteamel Jl1m01~ 1 hI~ J ul) has been the best we have had 111 1hl ee sea~ons SdICIIIr Elmendorf "I dm lookmg for a good tall bu~mess and beheve condItIOns are Ill1provmg steadIly , n S Dextel, trave1mg representatIve 111 the east for the J ohn- ,on lhall Compcl11Yand the Clemtsen Company wIll leave about -\u~u ~t ] Oth fOJ hIS reg ular fall tnp C F Krueg er the mIddle states representative for the J ohn- ~on Chall Company, leaves :Vlonday for hIS regular fall trip. Ed Stahl of the same company wdl start on hIS first tnp 111the ~outh ~ugust 10 Jake Hetz \\ ho has been lookmg after the Hafner Furni-tl11e Company s e"\.hlbit at the Peck & HIlls bU11d111gstdte, the Hatner Ime has had the be~t July season 111ItS hIstory The ::.-atIOnal Parlor Furlllture Company have done a larger \ oll11ne of busme~s thl sea'on than man) July 111 theIr hlstorv cl11d\\ dl have engagements wIth theIr customers at ]Jll :\IIehigan d\ emle up to -\ugu~t 'I PreSIdent J o,eph Dennel SdY~It IS very tOl tunate that the' have recently mcrea~ed theIr factor) capacIty \01 t) \)er cent :\11 Dennel \\ 111spend hIS vacdtlon at the end Of cacb \\ eek In hI~ bIg \Vmston ~IX car a ld Mr R Delmel wIll on dC aunt of pressure of bU~111essal,o take short outll1g~ at the \\ eek end" \ Ice Pre'-Ident Jerome Delmel, who has al 0 been a a \11\ busy man thIS Jul) WIll spend from Fnday to :\londay at I ox Lake \ \ IS and be found at the factory h~reafter b~tween "ea~Oll~ The exodus of the ~e11m~ fOlce of the "\atIOnal ParlOl I urmture Company WIll soon he on H arr) \Verthelmer starts ne"\.t "eek tor Long Island wl'ere he bd' recently erected a sum-met home IIr \1 erthelmer WIll spend two weeks there fish1l1g all(lle~tll1g up and WIll then start 0 It f~r hiS first fall tnp through hI~ territory m the middle west John D 1 aacs Clt) salesman left ~aturday for Petoskey and WIll also take a triP down the Great lakes 0 ~ Bakel, who LOvers Cahforllla WIll leave 111 about two \\ eeb \Ndham ~utton goe, next week to II[Ih, aukee dnd after that for hIS triP to the copper country and northwest E " '\ e\\ comb the Southern repre~entatlve goes next week to ,tart on a three month ~ trIp Harry Egan lett Saturdav fOl OhIO E \\ Daubel leave ~ugust 5 for :\Ia~kmac Island where he \\ III spend t\\ 0 week~ alld then stal t for \Ilssourl ami the l111d-dIe \\ e~t Ro' L l1aker \\ ho hds been spenclmg hIS tIme dUring Tuh bet\\ een (Jr dnd Rapids and ChIcago WIll leave abCJut the mid-dle of next \\ eek for 1m territory on the PaCIfic Coast II P Keeney, the well known Southern tray eler, ,,111 lea\ e Saturclav for hIS home m EvansvIlle, Ind He WIll start a httle later on hlS regular fall triP F T f'arne" of the E T Barnes & Company, \\ ho CO\er" the PaCIfic coast for the SkandIa FUrIllture company, left Tue"cla) for the \\ est John \ Fhck of the Buckeye ChaIr company, left \N ed-nesda) for hIS home m Cleveland, 0, after spendmg July LETTER FROM THE CHICAGO MARKET Well Known Traveling Salesman a Victim of the White Plague..·Personal Notes and Furniture News. ChIcago, July 30 - The ~udden death of LOl11~Le\y, sales-man for the Wls-::onsm Chalr Company and the" est :\IlchH?,an Furlllture Company, occurred \Vednesday afternoon at Den\ er Colo Mr Levy had been spendmg the season "lth the III~LOn-sm ChaIr Company s exhlblt at U1D IIlchlgan a\ enue an(l lett for the west last Saturday lor foUl teen) ears he had he en con nected WIth the vVIsconsm Uldir Company and hl~ "uc1dell deml-e proved a great shock to the othel membel ~ of the sellll1g torce He was 43 years of age and unmal rled and \\ as I egarded as a genume good fellow by all of hIS d.o~oclate, tho I~h he had been a sufferer for several yeals from tuberculo~ls and three \eal' ~go spent some tIme 111~l1zona follow111g a severe slege of "Ichne,' Of late he has been 111fdlrl) good health He \\ 111be bUrle l otl Kansas City, :\10 , where he had been makmg hIS home L);ml Roth, travehng repl e~entatIve on the PaCIfic Co.!"t i I the Udell Works, Rettmg F urllltUl e Company, RO\ al l hall C)11 pany and the SturgIS Steel Go-Cart Compam ~pent thl~ "eel 11 ChIcago He has been 111Gl and Raplds dmmg- the month ,1,'d leaves for the coast next week The Peck & HIlls Fut mture Company s ne" 330 pclge Cdt :ogue WIll be out thIS week and IS the best the compam ha' e\ (1 put out One-hundred and twel1tv pound enameled papel In, bpen used and much colored \\ ork forms a teatm e The CO\' ' , al e colored 111 mahogany and the front 1s adorne(l "lth the co!" rany's well known trade mark "Peck & Hdls FUrll1ture lompa1l\ Chlcago-Dependable L1I1es, 190()-1910 ' H 1\1 Davls, trave1111g representative fOl the K111del Bed Company, who has been acsl~t111g 111lookmg atter the I"\. IlHlel l' hlblt 111the 1-+11 Bmld111g, ,\ 111Stdl tout -\ug-uq 1() on a tllP to Pltt~burg and the South :\fr Davls fonnerh tlavelc(lm the}~ l,t and South but on 111s I eturn ,\111 therea Hel ha' e tht mld( lie ,tdte, a~ hIS territory mc1uchng Chlcago He" 111al~o 1etam 1'lttsb111g as hlS Cho\\ 111gthere has ah\ a, s been regarded b\ the k111del lO'11 pany as phenomenal J C. K111del of the 1'.111delBed Com pam lett ld't Tue,da' for Toronto, Can, where he ,,111 111spectthe ne" tacton the com pan) has been erect111g trom there :\Ir K111clel~oes t1 IIash- 111gton, DC, and r... ew York City He wlll return about \ug-ust 10 Secretary Robel t Lmn ot the l\.ocktOl d Chan &. I Ull11tUIc Company spent \v ednesda, m Chlcetgo H A ~wanson who ha' been spend111g Juh 111look111g ,1 ticl the ~kancha lLle at vn~) '\I1chigan avenue left Thl11 da} for l\Illwaukee and from there \\ 111go to hlS home 111Red \\ lllg 1Imn , to spend Sunday '\ ext week:\Ir S" anson ,,111 take a httle OUt111gand WIll VIslt ::'II111nedpohs Duluth and DetrOIt ~ftel that he wIll start out on hIS reguldr fall triP 'BIlly" Hurst of the \Volverlne-Cadl11ac Imes leaves ::'at-urday WIth hIS fal1111yon the Steamer ~ orthland for Pomt \ux Pms and 11ackmac to spend a week and after return111g to DetlO1t wJ115tart on h15 regular fall t11P to the coa 1 "Chuck" \,~hdman of J C \'\lIdman &. Co left T'rld,,\ tn' hIS home m DetrOIt to spend a week and after that WIll start on a trIp through the larger CIties of OhIO Kentuckv and Xew York The \VIdman hnes have had a very satlsfacton ~ea'-on C W Jones, secretalY of the luller-\\ dnen COmpdn\ ::\hlwaukee, \Vl~ , left Weclnesda\ for ,IIh,aukee etfter ~pend1l1g the season 111ChJcago J'Ir Jones states the) have had a vel) £ucessful season C H. Lenhart of the Plymouth Chalr Company Plymouth, WIS, left Friday for Plymouth after havmg spent the season at WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 ._~ 4~ ·~·_·_---_---------_---_"" .... . ..... -... .. ...... ...,I II III I• I E~-~'!!@-~~_~=- I,,I I II• ,• III I,• ,I I II• II ,~----~_._----- III ,I , II-I I, I No. 57-Flat Arm Rocker. I II ----_. --------- -'" -----~ Richmond Tablet Arm Chair RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. No. 100 ----_._-_._-_. on the e1ghth floor of 1319 ~I1ch1gan avenue Mr Fhck says the season has been one of the best III the company's h1story R A L111c1seyof the Stearns-Foster company, suffered a severe attack of congestlOn of the lungs recently but has fully recovered Paul E Denny of the H 1\1 Thayer company, left for Ene, Pa, on Tuesday, and w1l1 go on the road for h1S rel:;u-lar fall tnp September 1 Mr Denny traveh the terntory west of the M1SSlSS1PPI vValter Langley of the Herzog '\rt Furmture company, left for Grand RapIds Tuesday mght after slJenet111gthe sea- 'ion w1th the Herzog exh1b1t on the fifth floor of 1319 1\f Ichl-gan avenue Secretary-Treasurer Albert Kahn of the Root FurnIture company, has been "pendmg the July season on the eIghth floor of 1319 ~Tlchlgan avenue and left \vednesday for \Yest Baden, Ind, to spend ten days takmg the bath'3 of that noted re~ort Secretary-Treasurer Charles SpIegel of the SpIegel Fur-n tUl c compan}. left for Shelbyvllle, Incl. \1\' eclnesday 11lght ~lr ~plegel sayS the July "eason I" the bcst hIS company ever had but thought mo"t of theIr bU"111c", wa'3 done 111the first t\\ 0 weeks -\1 G Stewart, the Shelbyv111e tray ehng representatl\ e. left Thursday for h1S home 111Chana 111 He expects to start out at once on hIS fall tnp He has recently purcha'3ed d thoroughbred Cockerel Spamel to accompany hIS on some of hI" hunt111g tnps E -\ Bowman, travehng for the Skand1a FurnIture com-pany 111 the m1ddle west, left Ch1cago Thursday and w111 start on h1S fall tnp next week J C New'3om, salesmanager for George L Lamb, leaves Saturday fOl Napanee, Ind. after spendng the season w1th the Lamb exhIbIt at 1319 Mlch1gan avenue ~lr J'\ewsom Ifeports a faIrly satl'3factory season DaVId P Owen. Pac1fic coast representatlve for the Burkhardt FW11lture company and the Stomps-Burkhardt lUl11lture company, left \IVedne"day for a 'l"lt to ~I111neap-ohs and atter spend111g a few days the1 e w1l1 start out on hIS tnp through the fall season J Swart Lee and Geon;e \\ Corley of the Yeal:;er Fur-l1lture company. w1l1 lea' e SatUl da} for their homes Mr Lee goes to Rockport, Ont, to spend a week, aftel wh1ch he WIll ~tart on h1S fall tnp through the m1ddle we"t ::VI. Corley w1l1 spend a week at -\t.lanta and then "tart for h1' tnp to the coast A J Burrus coast lepresentatlve for the Emnch FUl- 11lture company, the Inchanapohs ChaIr ~lanufactunng com-pany, Hawks FurUlture company and others, left Tuesday for the far west Charles V Baker, travellllg 111OhlO, l'ennsylva11la and the East for the Emnch Furmture company, and Indianapo-lIs Cha1r ~Ianufaetunng company, left Monday for h1'3 fall tnp vV J ::\IcCormlck, travelIng for the IndIanapolIs Chall Manufaetunng com1pan} and Emnch Fnrmture compan}, 111the south. left \IVedne"day to start on hIS fall trip ~Ir l\IcCormlCk say" he has done a splendId J uly busines~ 111 the Chicago market \\T H \1\' aechter of the 1'\orthern Furmture compan), spent se, eral days thIs week 111the ChIcago market He reports a satl5factory July season for hIS company Ed Mersman of the ::\lersman Bros '-Brandts company, Cehna, 0 . left for hIS home 111the Buckeye state on Thur'3- day C 0 J one" of the Empire FurnIture company, J ame'3- town X Y spent '3everal day" 111ChIcago thIs week E A Dalberg, travelIng 111OhlO, Inchana and ~llch1gan. left \\ ednesc1ay to spend a week at Frankfort, :;\llch, WIth hIS famll) From there Mr Dalberg WIll leave for hIS home 111Toledo, and later WIll start out on hIS reguar fall tnp A L Beebe, travehng sale"man 111the we"t for the Peck & Hllis Furl1lture company, IS reJOlc111g over the advent of a n111e-ancl-a-half-pound glrl 111h1S home DA~HOF Building a Factory. H J Helmer'3, of the Helmers Manufacturng Company, manufacturers of and Jobbers 111furmture III Leavenworth awl Kansas CIty, arnved III Grand RapIds on July 26, and spent sev-eral days III placlllg orders for goods The company manufac-ture" cheap furnIture on a large scale in Leavenworth and 1Spre-panng to Increase theIr bUSIness at that place by the erectlOl1 of a four-story bnck factory 326 feet long and 186 WIde The Helmer" company IS one of the olde"t engaged III the furnIture bUSllless 111the lVI!ssoun Valley TheIr wholesale busIne,,~ amounb to many hundreds of thousancb of dollars annually 12 \\ EEh.L\ t\RTISA:t\ HAFNER FURNITURE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1873. 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO No. 3130 COUCH-Size 30 mches wide and 75 mches long A beautiful design, of gen-erous dimensIOns Heavy hard\\ ood frame elaborately decorated with can mgs and mould- !Dgs The t\\O !Dch half round mouldmg that extends along the lower edge is finished cross-banded Large wmged cla",foot legs. Amencan golden gramed quarter sa",ed oak fimsh The upholstenng IS plam "'Ith ruffled sides. This couch is double stuffed with stitched spring edges 1he filling IS of tow and cotton felt top Heavy white canvas duck bottom. Hafner warranted steel sprmg constructIOn, havmg 28 spnngs in the seat and 9 III the head. ShIpped K D legs oft and \\ elghs ahout 12: Ibs. 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. Price No.1 Leather $25.00 Bank Insurance Company Ruled Out. The latest development m the co ltroverS\ 0\ el bank 1ll~11l-ance IS reported from Kansav, v.here the attorn e) gene Ial of the ctate holds that the msurance sup:cnl'temlent ma\ use hIS dl~- cretlOn m refusmg permlSOlOn to an\ comlnn\ deslnng to tl an, act bank guarant\ l11SUranle The compam aimed at lone Il cently orga11lzed b\ the natlOndl banks to guarantee th'1\ depo, ItS so that they may meet the competitIOn of banks \\ hose depo,lh are guaranteed by the state The state bdnkers fear that some of the natunal bank-- \1l tel esteell1ld) offer Irore than 3 per cent mtere t on e!epo~lts 11nt would mterfere with the success at the state ba,1k, \\ hlch dl e hmlted by law to 3 per cent hence the) \\ ant the bank l11"nrance company barree! out of the state ] he attorney general deddre~ thdt the lel\\ glH, the lIb 11 dl1Ce~uplnntenelE'nt \\ Ide ,\Uth01lt) ,\~ to the pohul' dn \1l,Uf,tnIL company may I'sue and If thl propo~ed bank g l1dldnt \ LOllllMn\ ohouldls~ue d polK) to a bdnk pd\lllg 0\11 ; pel Lent \1ltlrl~t thL ~tate law havmg hxed l pel Lcnt ,\, thl 111111tthh 0 lId bl h \1 Illegal and the contract LO'dd be fOi bElden The opmlOn holds that the m~ur,ll1ce supenntendent I~ I hal g-eel with the duty of detell11111lng \\ hat LO1Qltutes sate and tall bank guardnty mSUlanLe. and that he should refu~e to ,dl(m ,\11\ other kmd of msul ance to be Is'ued Plain Signatures. Much annoyance and perturbatIOn of splnts might be ,a\ ed If people generally would sign their name~ plamh If the\ al e unable to do so they should use a rubbel otamp or a X mark duh attested A promment bus mess firm m '\ ew York uses a lme on their letter heads which reads "Please wnte signature plamly " In explaming the necessity for usmg thiS request a member of the him ~al'l \\ e are tired of the careless way the averdge man signs I"s ndme 101 example look at a page of a register m an) hotel I Will eat m) hat If a man can be found who can read one-half of the names \\ Iitten thereon These very men are fussy as to the -,pelhl'g Df then names and take It as a pel sonal shght that their ,1gndtl1l es ~hould not be Iecogmzed no matte I how poorly wntten I here IS onh one man of all I ever met who took my cntlclsm of 111',signature good naturedl) He \\ a~ the president of a large con' pan) and \\ as obhged to Sig 1 many papers offiCially One Important paper came back so aboml11abl} slgnecl that the next tU11e hi" signature WdS requested It was accompamed by a per- ,onal note askmg for a more dlstmct one The document came back beautIfully ~Igned, tDgether With a httle note m which he said he dleln t blame me for ,10t wantl11g to accept as hiS officldl sIgnature 'd fe\\ bttle ~cratche~ that looked hke a lall fence run-lllng" north ,l1ld ~outh I had to ldug-h, d~ thl" WdS a first-rate de~u IptlOn of 111~'1~I1<ltlllc ., Lentz Table Plant Betterments. \ a~hvillc J\ItLh J ul) :!()~ [he LentL Tdble ComlHny have Ju~t completed a tv. o-~tory ad(ht1On, 3Uxl() for storage and fi11lsh-lllg also a new bllLk bOiler hou"e. +Ux35. With a new 1')()horse PO\\ er Ene botler dnd a complete spnnkler system thro'lghout [he entire factor) I~ also fitted out With steam plpl11g for heatmg 111Lold weathel and the mdchl11e room IS fitted up With the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust \rre~tel sy"tem They have abo purchased two ne\\ ::\Ioore belt sa'1der~ The factory IS one of the best fitted table plants m the co mtry. ancl the manager are able to I11crease their output 337'3 per cent A new cdtalogue has lust been recel\ ed from the pnnter and copies of It may be had tor the askl11g Dusl11es~ IS good With thiS company Their trade IS reach111g out 111 all cllrectlOns, and IS especially heavy on the PaCific Coast WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 ~--------..- III No 1133% ._--~~------_._--------------------~-- Muskegon, Mich. ~---------------------~-- Some Interesting Figul.·es on "Big Business!' A belated report has J nst been Is"ued by the \Vest111g-house Electnc and ;\Ianufactunng company It IS fOI the year enchng :\Iarch 31, 1909, but IS 111terestl11g becau..,e It show" how the great concern was affected by the depres- SIon of 1907-08, and 111dIcates that no busl11ess corporatIon IS large enough to be exempt fr0111 the bad effects of even ;,hort penods of depreSSIOn Dunng the year covered by thIS report the conwany and Its SubsldIanes turned out man-ufactured goods InvOlcecl at $20,606,592, the factory cost of whIch was $19,955,808, leavl11g a manufactunng gross profit of only $650,784 Bus111ess cannot be done on such a nar-row marg111, only a tnfle over 3 per cent, and there was a net defiCIt of operatIOns of $918,683 The net surplus of March 31, 1908, of $11,972,997, ",as cut down to $8,980,335, and thIS decrease of $2,992,662 was made up of the loss from opera-tIons of $918,683 already noted, expense" amount111g to $460,- 490 connected wIth the readjustment of the debt, $265,883 for receIver" and attorneys' fees and allowances for depI eCI-atlOn 0+ assets and plant amount111g to $1,347,605 PresIdent George \/\ est111ghouse, addreSSIng the report to the "tockholders, says "The company receIved from stockholders, merchandIse and other credltOls, subscnptIons to capItal stock at pal a1110unt111g to $12,778,825, to 5 per cent convertIble bonds at \pal amount111g to $3,586,000 and to four, five, SIx and 15 year notes, $1,392,150, mak111g a total of new capItal raIsed at par by the sale of stock and secuntIes of $17,756,975 fHDFFM-A--N----;;OTHER~--CO~: I FT. WAYNE, IND. I I I HARDWOOD LUMBER III •II I! .. I SA~~D l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS I SLICED fAN D MAHOGANY I,,_._-~--_._-_._.----------_. __._. _..__._._._-----'" IN EVERY MARKET UNDER THE SUN THERE IS A READY SALE FOR MOON DESKS •III II III , _ •• ._..t No 1132%-5'i lIlches long 32 Inches WIde 43 lllches high WeIght, 310 pounds No. 1133%-60 Inches long 32 Inches WIde, 43 lIlches hIgn WeIght, ~20 pounds Quarter sawed WhIte Oak WIltIng beel 3 1,lv, bUllt up SIX pIgeon hole hoxes Pnvdte compartment WIth lock Card mdex drawer Center drawer WIth lock Roll top sweep arms tIp top and" ntIng bed 1)<:mcbes thIck Square edge constructiOn See the Line in the Manufacturer.' Budding, Grand Rap.d •. MOON DESK COMPANY Your offiCIal" estImate that the plants of the company have an annual output of $50,000,000. and that the cash capItal prOVIded as above IS ample for conductmg a busmess of that mag111tude vVhtle there has been a deClded llnprovement 111 the bns1l1ess of the company SInce the begm111ng of the year, It has not yet nearly reached normal proportions, although the outlook and 111qullles 111dIcate that 111the near future the full capaCIty of your works WIll be reqUlred to meet the de-mand The baldnce sheet sho", s asset-, amounbng to $84,- 885,471, of whIch $11,833,055 IS cash on hand or on depOSIt" The deClded Improvement noted by MI V{e"tmghouse 111March IS known to have contmued and hIS predIctIOn as to 111crease m the demand for the company's products IS 11kely to be fulfilled before the end of the current year New York Trains on Time. The latest bulletm on passenger tram serVIce Issued by the New York Pub11c SerVIce CommISSIOn. shows that of 58,- 197 trams run m the state dunng the month of June, 94 per cent were run to destmatlOn on schedule tIme ThIS record IS the hIghest yet attamed durlllg the 14 months the commIS-SIon has been collect1l1g and compIlmg thIS ll1fOrmatIOn. The hIghest record prevIOUS to thIS was that of March and Apnl when a record of 92 per cent was attamed The Lack-awanna leads the 11st WIth 98 per cent of It<-,trams on tIme WIse IS the man, who knowmg little, says less. ~--- ..-._-_._ ..~.----------------- ROCKFORD, ILL. -. ----~ I China Closets Buffets Bookcases UNION FURNITURE CO. We lead m Style, Conftmdion and F.msh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-bon 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers BUlldmg,Grand Rapids. II " - _._----- --_ ..- ... - • --_ •• - • - •• __ • _. •• .a MISCELLANEOllS NOTES AND NEWS. \ F Myers has solel hI furmtm e hu"mes-, at 1,ankakee 111 to 0 n Obell111 The Rex :!\1attress Company ot LI1coln III \\ 1111l'0\ e (hell manufactunng buslt1e"s to vv aterloo, 10'\ a The Yates Furmtm e Com pan) have filed a, tlc1e ot 1l1eOl pOl atlon wIth $100,000 capItal stock at ::\1001eWl11e. \ C The Conneaut \ eneel Company have filed articles of 111COl-poratlon The Bnll Brothers & Co have p11lchased the bn..,111C"'o''t the \lrlwankee Home Furl11sh111gCompany The Pa~aclena Synchcate IS planl11ne, to erect a hotel (0 co"t $250.000. 111 Los ~ne,ele5 The Chase & \ \ est rurmture compal1\ ot Dh \ [Olm ~ Iowa, ha\ e, 111CI ea~ecl theIr capItal stock to Sl;O 000 The 1fonumental PIcture } rame Compal1\ ot Baltm 11 c \Iel are nO\\ In the hands of Arthur ~ Platz. rcccn el C; P HaRett of the E1111na "2\ Y Table Company h,I" 1e-turned to l11shome aftel spend1l1~ the month 1.1the \\ e"t Knaus Brothers & ~1W111e\\ 111 move theIr manufae tm 111e.. bUS111essfrom Pan~h to \\ atervhet, " Y S D Meyer:, at \Iachson. \\ IS recenth attended the L'IL mtl1l e "ales 111 ChIcago and Grand RapIds H VV FIlll has retired from the firm of \]cCaltel t-.. Co dealers 111 furmture m \1 lClclleto\\n " Y James Carver ha'i "olel hIS furmture 'itOIe 111Bakel ~field L al to R Llbbe) fhe Chnsta111 Church ,,",OClet) \\ 111erect a c11\\Ich 111 "'an DIego. Cal, to co"t $.)0,000 J\Irs A r Bergan WIll erect a modern hotel 111\\ Ilm111e,ton Lal Samuel Behler, for man) ) ear'i a deale 1 111 tnI11ltlll c 111 Portland Ore, dIed 1ece 1tly, aged "IAt) -t\\ 0 J "\lexander has been app0111ted receIve 1 to! the hIm ot D\ '- & Detlofsen, dealers lt1 furl11ture m Seattle \\' \\ He\, Itt has chscont111ued the sale of tm l1ltlll e at Eo C[Lllam.\Vash J H Thnft 1M'"1 etlI III trom the hIm of Ro\\land~ rhl1tt & Hartman, Coq1\\le Oreg.on J 1\1 Rustad of Luvere \I111n spent the past \\ eek 111Chlca go bUY111gfurmture for hIS store T,'e \\IllI'i-Brookmer rur11lture Company. of FOIt "'dlth. 'uk. I'cl\e 111creased then fleor space by the addItIOn of a 1 om -Ox120 feet 111 'ilZe CI ,1' 1c H Robllhl!l a elealel m furlllture 111 1'1 J\'d ' cc l{ ] 1:0 the dIrector of " Camp ::\TeetJ19 ~S'iO~latlOn nm\ llOkllllQ. meetmg~ at Douglass m that state The Harry J \loore Company of San rrancl..,co (,1 open eel theIr neVI. store on July 16 \ large nl1mbel ot people m- ,pected the store and 1ts contents Harr) \V mg, formerly of Wme; Brothers, l'ort Scott, KdS . has taken charge of the drapery department of the George \t\ :\Iarston Store 111~an DIego. Cal Proceed1l1gs 11 banll uptcy have been commcncul ae,a111st the Allen I, urnlture Companv of Buffalo, '\ Y, by the '-lIkes Lhalr Company and others X J Beaver. has been engaged by the Duncan-Schell lurlll-ture Company of Keokuk, Iowa, as manage1 of then decoratmg department The M r\ Gott'ite1l1 Furmture Company have filed artic1e~ of l11corporatlOn at Seattle, Vva0h The capItal stock amounts to $3,000. A church WIll be erected m Los Angeles by the P1 esb\ tenan Society to cost $20,000 ; one at RIversIde for the Chnstlan Chu1 ch \, III co 1 :-:;5,000 Both of these SOCIet1esw1ll buy new furnI:!'l e 11]0 Ulne\-IJam, [UlnltUIe Company WIll erect a bnck bU1lu-me; dlHI OCCUP\the ,a me 111 the transactwn of the1r busmess, for "altonl \11Z The \Iagnet 1 11l111t1e1l Company, of ::\IcKee'iport. Pa, hd' 'old the bmld111g occuplecl 111 the tran,aLtlOn of theIr busmess, for £1()10eo \\ orl ha bee,1 re:,umed 111 the plant of the Central Furm tllfC COmpdl1\ Rocktord, 111 after t\\ 0 \\ eeks shut down f.or re pall" j he Lentel Hal d\\ are and l' u1mture Company of Center, j e,a" Ie enth OJga11lzed by \Y :\lorgan, v\' L ~orns and N [) \tk111 h capitalrLed fOJ $13,000 £'dtm Ll11c k ma,1ager of the vVest End lurmture Company 111 \ \ 11l1clmspmt Pa 1~ pa smg the mIlls ummer at h1S cottage 111 the \d11 onc1ack \founta1l1' L C; \IcK11lght & Company, manufacturers of chaIr ma Ch111el) In (rardnel, ::\Iass, al e operatmg the1r factory full capaut) for the hrst tIme 111'i1A 1110nths The Hast111~'i (~![lch) Table company repOl ts that the1r t1 acle to date at the current ..,ea'ion 15 far ahead of the cor-responcl1l1g pe110d last year ~ \\ & C E Steer WIll erect a bmlchng to be u<;ed 111 the tran~actlOn ut the1r furmture bU'i1l1e'is 111 BaltImore, to cO:ot $10,000 \1ac Cle,lr) -\ \ alhn & Crouse, manufactm el s of rugs and ca1pd' 111~m'itel dam X Y, have 111U eased theIr capItal stock trom £1 000000 to $2,000,000 1he Goodman-1'loyd FurnIture Company, of Altm. Okla, \\a~ 111colporated on July IS by B R Floyd and others The1r capItal stock amounts to $13,000 rhe lIl,dnett-Chl'im Furmture Company, of Danvllle, Ya has been re-orgam7ecl ::\1 0 Xel'on, J C Jordan and J (, (,I aveh ha\ e an 111terest 111the bU'>111ess \ H J acohs has sued the Shannon Fl1rmture Compa! \ 01 (olumbu, () for an alleged breach ot a five year employm">' t conti act 1\ II 'loper \\ 1"0 ha~ been engaged 111 the furl11ture and un- (lelt,llnng bmmes, 111Oshkosh, Vhs. smce 1835, d1ed on July 19th [he bU'imess \\ 111be contmued by hL v\Ife and son \Ir and \h" John Hulst and daughters Grace and Helen ;Hve 1etnrned from Colorado Spllngs. Denver and other ]1l <1,«., '11 ColorN'o whele the) spent two weeks Mr Hulst 1Sthe man- 'c,eI of llie \ alley CIty l\lach'l1e Works. \\ B \fo~e, & ::'on of vVashmgton, have been awarded the contract for 'iupplymg bmlchng-s of the Ul11ted States government m all pal ts of the countr), w1th book cases and sectwnal fil111g de\ 1ces \ F SmIth, pre~Ident of the NatIonal Furl11ture Company. of ilIount ~lry, \Z C, wa:, elected recently t.o represent the state of \" orth CarolIna m the management of the ),T orth Carol111a 1all road, leased and operated by the Southern Ratlway. fhe ::,tandard Fur11lture House w111erect a SIx-story bul1d-mg. boxl J'l feet 111Slze on the SIte of the store now occupIed, 111 ~pokal1e, \\ ashmgton The sum of $60,000 WIll be 111vested 111 the 'itructlll e The ?\ ehrbass Casket Company. of Fond du Lac, \VIS., have changed the1r name to the Northern Casket Company, and elected a new board of officers of wh1ch vv m Mauthe IS pres1dent and general manager, and H R Potter. ,eeretary and treasurer. H C rlanzhelm of the Franzhe1m Furl1lture Company, \Vheelmg, West Vlrg111a, spent the Clllrent week 111Grand Rapids plac111g orders for hIS ne", store, m course of erectlOn, at 1226 ~lain street, adjoining the old store occup1ed by the company. The new bUlld111gw111be of bnck and SIX stones high. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. \\ lIght Dr other~ & 1<ICl, dealels m furmture m Pamona, Cal , \\ III move mto a larger ~tore, when the qual tel s now oc-cupIed by the firm \\ 111be occupIed by the Rusco Funutnre Com-pany The Futrell Furmture company of Albuquerque, X 1\1, dlstnbuted beautlful plaques to hundreds of ladles who called at then store on July 22d Rrefreshments wel e also served The company have 1I1augurated a pre-Inventory sale John T Stanford and S P Reed have purchased a ~tock of furmture of E H Rayner m Lex111gton, Ky, and WIll contipue the busmess nndel the firm name of the Reed-Stanford Furn1- ture Company. Lester D Freed, vIce presldent of the Freed Furmture and Carpet Company, who was taken III durmg hIS stay 111 ChIcago, hurneclly returned to Salt Lake Crty and underwent an operatIOn m the hospItal, whIch was successful and the patIent IS slowly Icgalmng hb strength \loses Blumenthal, reported to be a wholesale dealel 111fur-mt\ 1l e m ChICago, has been sued for $10.000 damages by one of the fifteen .:vlay S1111ths,whose names appealS m the cIty dlre:tor) Blumenthal says he IS unable to lo-::ate the lady who seeks h1', money Mart111 Johnson, son of "Yohnny Yohnson," of the Rock-ford NatIOnal FurnIture company, spent part of hIS vacatlO 1 m Grand RapIds ThIS was hIS first VISIt to Gland RapIds and he was much Impressed WIth the cIty He holds an 1111- portant pOSItIOn 111 the Rockford postoffice The Orchard & \iVllhelm company have filed artlcles of 1I1corporatlOn, WIth a capItal stock of $100,000 The 111C01- porators are E W DIxon, presIdent, Charles 1\1 VVdhelm, vIce presIdent, and Frank E \Vl1helm, secretary and tl eas-urer, all of Omaha The Haberer Furmture Company of LOWVIlle, NY, held theIr annual meetIng on July 22d, and elected H N Haberer, J H "Voad, and Carl Jonas, dIrectors Subsequently H ~ Haberer was elected preSIdent, J. H Wood, vIce preSIdent and treasurer, and Carl Jonas, secretary VIr Haberer has gamed control of the corporatIOn by purchas111g a maJor- J Gordon Parish, of the C R PalIsh Company, upon re-tUlmng to hIS home m Columbus, Oh1O, on July 23, dlscU'ised the exhIbIts m Grand RapIds and ChIcago, and stated that the dIsplays of furniture were larger and better than ever before, and that in his opinion the orders for goods were nearly as large m volume as those during the mIdsummer exposition of 1907 The Nat10nal Pythlan Samtonum Assoclat1On, of Los vega", " ::'It, WIll estabhsh a sanatcnum, for \\ hlch capItal stock has been sub"cnbed to the amount of $1,000,000 Among the chrec-tors are Dr 1,ranC1S T B Fest, of Las V ega~, George M Hanson of CalaIS, Me and Charles F Gasley of Santa Fe, N M Con- "lderable furmture WIll be reqmred for thIS mstltutlOn. The manufacturers of ShelbyVIlle, Ind, are very much pleased WIth the sales made dunng the current eXposItIOn month in GI and RapIds and Chllago The manager of one factor) stated before leav111g Gl and RapldJ that he had receIved, up to that tIme, ordel, of suffiCIent volume to keep the plant rnnmng \"Ith a full force dunng the rema1l1c1er of the cnrrent year Among the I e:'>ldences to be erected and furmshed by wealth) Cahformans are the followl11g By Mrs Jesse E. Forden, Lot11<; M Coil, Walter Erkes, Dr De FOIe,t Howry, ~1rs Ohve L Bab-son, Mrs, J Yan Dyne, of LOJ Angeles, B L. RIchards. A. L. Phllhps, C B BaIley, F J SChl111tzof Pasadena, lIrs Florenc~ G Damels, Dr J B Saxby, A Sch111dler and Mrs J Bodlcka of Santa Barbara C K Montgomery, buyer for 11 Megary & Son of \Vll-m111gton, Del, returned to hIS home on July 22d, after p1ac111g hea,) oreler" for goods wlth exlllhltors 111Grand RapIds and ChIcago Dunng hIS stay 111 the western market;" he met many buyers of furmture, all of whom are 100km~ for a general hft111g up of the trade EvelY one laId m large supphes of goods l\fr Montgomery states that the Colom-al styles are preferred by the people of \NJ1mmgton Robert C Lmd, \V A Brolm. J P Lundell and D R Peterson have purchased a controllmg mtel est 111the Rockford (Ill ) Desk Company O<;car BergqUIst, the secretary and man-ager of the company dunng the past ten years, has letlred The Rockfold Desk Company IS one of the oldest furmture manl1tac- 1l1g corporatIOn, 111 that cIty and haJ been noted for the excel-lence of ItS product The COmpall) \\111 cont111ue to operate the factory under the old name tor the pI esent :Mr. Bro1111IS no\\ preSIdent, l\1r Lundell, vIce preSIdent and N els \Vall, seCl etary and tl eaSl1rer He Had It. "Have you anything in the way of a carpet beater?" in-qUlred the department store patron. "We have," replied the floorwalker. "Take the elevator to the seventeenth floor, and you'll find some rugs at $29.98 that beat any carpet you ever saw." Lont111ueIS 111ehLdteclh\ the plac111g of an order for] ,30 new pas- "lngel coaLhe, for the ",anta } e rodd 1hIS I~ the first large orelc r to! pa",en~er LeUS that has been placed ~111ce1907 It was booked b\ the I'clll111anlOmpalT\ clul1ng the: past" eek and s1l1lllar olClers dre c'-poeted soon frem other loa 's 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBL.ISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR IN AL.L COUNTRIES OF THE POSTAL. UNION $1 50 PER YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 10a-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP'DS, MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR hntered d.S second c1a~s matter July), 19lJ9 at the post ofhce at Gr nu. RapIds \IIdlI~dn undel the act at March:) 1879 1[(111 t e aJ1nOl111Lementsnotlceel e1,e\\ hel e 111thIS eehtl( n It appear~ the practIcable speecllnl11t for steam pa~~engel tlallh 111' been reached and that rallro,ld managels, both ea,t and \\ est ,'r nGW gIvlllg theIr attentlCn to 111cleasl'1g the ~peed ot tl eH~h tr,lln~ 1he mO\ ement \\ 111 p1c:ase mel ehanh and othu ~hIPP"I" to many of wloom tIme 111the movement ot tl eIght h ot mOle 111 pOltance tl an epILk pas~enger ~elVlce [he a\eld£;e ~poed ot through passtnger traIns ha0 been mC1eased plobabh {(lor {) pel Lent ll1 the pa t ten years and there 1s no rea ,on \\ 11\ a hke III crease can not be made m the speed of ta,t tl elghh unle,,, It be the stram on the ralls dnel road beds 1 hat 1eason \\ J11 not "t,md however Ihe fa~t trelghts II III be pop llal-the) \\ III bemht nearly all kmds ot bl1sme~~ except that of the C"pl e." LOmpall1c'- anel If the tracks v\ 111 not stand the ~tram the) \\ 111be recon-structed \\ hl1e mfl rmatIOn of mtercst a'1d 1111pOtalnLe b trequentll found m the consulal repO! h, the ~teltcmenh made ;}nd the lon elnsIOns reachtd are not all\ a) ~ Iehable :::'ometl111l0the\ seem to have been made \\dthout elue 1 eganl to tads and LO,lChtlCJ!l'and those relat111g to OppOltumtIe~ tor 1 lU ea\l11~ e"pOl h ot \merJf ,1l1 goods are freq lenth Lxaggerated Ol o\eJClra\\n lo! Jl1"tanll Consul John'-on cf S\\ anse;} \\ ales, a' \\ 111 be ~cen b) a qnotatlon from hl~ report, VI hleh appears on another page, thl11k~ he ha, elh covered an opportU11lty for Amencan fur11lture exporters to Jl1- crea~e thell traele but fur11lture manufacturers \\ ho have 111vestl gated the mattel knO\\ tlBt tl'e demanLI tol an) kl11d at \111elllcln made furmture 111IIales l~ haldl) \\Olth con Idel111g 'Ir John-son's comphment to \mencan manutaLturer~ WIll be apprcLlclted of course, bnt few of them WIll act on hl~ ~ugge~tlOn 111 regarcl to eAtenelll1g then trade m ::,wansea rlhe offic:er~ of the ~atlonal Tlaveler~ c\s~oclatIOn wele lll- ~tl ucted dW111g then conventIOn 111ChIcago recently, 'to 1111tlate a system of rehef to the ~tate of Inellana by presentIng to the Inter ,c.,tate C0111,'1e[l'e C011111c1~1Ion passenger 1ate e!IscnmmatlOn b) the Penn-ylvama raIlroad between 111lhanapohs and Chlca~o and I ort Wd) ne and ChILago and cont111ue \\ ark on the ca~e untIl rehef h seClll eel' ThIS partICLllar alIment of the ctate ot 1ndldna \va not eAplallled, but the com1110l1\vealth seems to have a gnev-an~ e aga111~t the Pennsylvamd 1al1road Pel haps the '" atIOnal rravelel s i\SSOClatlOnneeds a nlan capable of \\ Iltmg 1esolutlOn~ Lompl ehenslveJ) Numerou S order for new frclght cal sand IOLomotIVes placed llurIng the pact few 1110nths fl11l11shed pOSItIve proof ot Improve-ment 111genel al busmess condltlOns That the Improvement IS to 1hose \\ ho read thc al tLle on the tImber ~upply of the Ll11ted ~tate., IIhll'1 appears on anothel page, WIll realhly understand \\ 11\ the pnLe ot oak tImber ha gone upwarel m the pact few ) eal ~ 1he\ knO\\ that comumptlO 1 has steadIly mcreased and that the stumpage has been rapIdly concentrated m the hands of I,ll ~e holders and the natIonal foresters report that the annual lllt hl- eleelea,ecllh per cent smce 1900 1h~ '\ atlenal 1'1 av eler~ \ csouatlOn adopted a resolutlOn (lcp10d 19 m lch leglslatI01 now favonng that class of (0'11merce kno\\ 11 as mall order housec Rather a111ble;uoU~b lt the anllTIl1S h appal ent If -ul or del houses ~ell liBPY ml1lrons of dollar, \\ ( rth ot g, lOelS\\ It1101t the aId of travelmg ~aleslPe'1 rJ he Iron malket I~ generally con"ldere 1 thc mo-.t Ie-hable bU,,1l1ess barometer Pnce" of Iron and "teel have been nsmg tor "e\ eral \veeks A n:01l1g barometer mean., talr \\ eathel Thel dore It IS safe to predIct "unsh1l1e for the bU~1l1es, \\ orld 1- <- \\ CItIes WIll e11\) ChIcago the reputatIOn that IS bc-mg, ..,n en It bv the ne,v spapers when they declare' '1arhors the heaclquarter" of the "Vice Trust" Prof. Zueblin on Money-Grubbing. PlOt Chades luebl1l1, formerly of ChIcago UIuver:Olty, now a reSIdent of Boston, addressmg an a"semblage at Chau-tauqud, " Y, the other day, denounced modern busmess mln a" ehctatOls of the natlOn's government anel a menace to pu bItc mOl aI::. 'The ~\\ a) of the bUSIness man," he sald, " IS well 111gb Lomplete He IS the master of 111dustry, be controls the means of SUbSl~tenee and commumcatIOn he ~Ubsldlzes edu-catI() n 'll1d al t 111hIS own WhUTISICal fashIon, he carnes the jll eSlClent and the supreme court, he shapes the moral code I he decalogue has been supplanteel by the b,l~Ine,~ man\ htlog) - "'Busmess 15 busmess,' 'Stand pat,' and 'I want IV hat I vvant when I want It.' " Plof Zuebl111 IS a raehcal By many he IS conSIdered an U111ed-,011able extremIst, but he IS frank and earnest as he IS broad mmded enough to analyze both SIdes of a "ub]ect, he usually sncceeds In convlncmg hIS hearers that hIS views are about nght He deplores the devotIon of busmess men to money makmg and warns them that as a whole they are pursu111g a dangerous pohcy-dangerou" not only to the country but to themselves "II e need a prophet today hke Carlyle," he declares, . to proclaIm the lmqmty and futilIty of the phIlosophy of every man for hImself and the deVIl take the hmdmost, and to announce the dIscovery of a nobler hell than that of not makIng money" He ascnbes the great 111fluence and power ot busme~~ men of brams but contends that they do not use then brams to the best advantage-that they wa"te bram power and energy 111the pursmt of wealth that should be u~ed to brIng better results to the possessors and to the world And there al e man) bU'iiness men who wIll endorse hIS Ideas, espeCIally \V hen he contends that bus1l1e:os men should take theIr noses fJ om theIr grIndstones long enough to look about and conSIder the neceSSIty for cultivating theIr brams and usmg theIr talents 111better fields than that of money mak1l1g WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 ._-_._--_._._-----_.-_._._._._.-._._-_.--_._._.- . We will have the nght styles at the right pnces and made to give satIsfactIOn, Don't miss coming to see the hne, it will pay you. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers T T . " Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. ......... .._. .. .----._._--_._-----.-.-..-._. .._..-.-•-.•-.-.~•.-.-.--_..-. ----_._.~----._-----I~ Reminders of Days Long Past. The Lady's PIctOrIal, commentmg on the exhloltlOn of ant1- que" to be opened m London soon, anrwunces that a number of 111111laturechma sets and odd pIeces", III appear among tll(> exhI-bIts and says. "ThIs hlhputlan chma had an ongm that IS perhap" not gen-erally known The leadmg chma makers a century or t\'~() ago were m the habIt of sendmg It as presents to the clllldren of theIr best customers "It IS qmte pos"lble that a collectIOn of hlhputlan fur111ture wIll be exhIbIted at the same tIme These tmy pIeces are as com-plete m all detaIls as furnIture of the normal SIze, but they are no larger than the things you would expect to findm a first rate doll's house. "They were made ongl11ally not for the delectatIOn of the young but as samples for the young man who traveled the prov-mces m the mterest of some firm of fur11lture makers 111 London In those days there were no leVIathan catalogues profusely Illus-trated, and a Journey from a remote country dlstnct to the show-room" 111 London wa" a formIdable undertakmg before we had rall", ays and motor cars" vVhlle readmg the fOJegomg paragl aphs some of the older fur11lture manufactt1l er~ wdl recall the days when they made mm-lature reproductlOl1'i of theIr goods for the use of theIr trave11l1g salesmen They were made complete 111 every detaIl, perfect re-productlOn~ of matenal, pattern, constructIOn and fi111sh,and the) "t1lted the purpose for whIch they were 1I1tended so well that -;ales-men who had carned them found "ome dIfficulty 111 conv1I1cmg dealer" that photographs were "equally as good," and It wa" "everal years after photography had been put to commercial use before the salesmen were able to get along WIthout the lIttle sam-ples. ElIas Matter, one of the founders of the Nelson-Matter Com-pany, GI and RapIds, IS '>aId to have been the first fur11lture man-ufacturer to eqmp hIS ~ale"men WIth photographIC samples and thus save the expense of mak1l1g the ml11latures, but he did not really ongmate the Idea WhIle 111 Jackson. Mlch, he met a man who was takmg orders for baby carnages uS1l1g photographs a:'> samples and on reachmg home he ImmedIately engaged a photo-grapher and set hIm to work makmg pIctures to be carned by the Nelson & Matter salesmen It IS probable that some of the Immature samples formerly carned by salesmen may be found 111 the nooks, corners or cubby holes of Grand RapIds factones If ,,0 they mIght form a deSIr-able addItIOn to the London exhlbltlon or make an 1I1terest1l1g con-tI ast by be1l1g brought out, rubbed up and shown here WIth the productlOns of today Death of Martin N. Moyer. A WIdely-known character m the fur111ture trade, Martm N. Moyer, (hed m ChIcago on July 23 ::,VrrMoyer formerly reSIded 111 Grand RapIds and represented the PhOe111:AFurmture Company twenty-five years ago m the we"t Later he took up the work for the Berkey & Gay Fur11lture Company m the same terrItory. I, old-mg beds were 111 great demand and after retmng from the em-ploy of the Berkey & Gay FurnIture Company he Jomed Mr HIl-dreth, of ChIcago, m orga11lzmg the W1I1dsor Fold1l1g Bed Com-pany HIgh grade foldmg hed" were manufactured and sold "uccessfully by the company dUrIng a number of years When the comIc paper" destroyed the sale of the foldmg bed the com-pany took up the manufacture of ca"e work Among the Immed- Iate mourner" of hI" loss are a WIfe and two "ons, the latter are engaged 111 the fUrl1ltUl e busmess The fellow who doesn't cut any Ice IS a good bIt of a frost. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY GRAND RAPIDS FANCY FURNITURE CO GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .--------------------------------- - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ,....------------------------- .. ----------- IIII II II II I II• I• •I• I• •II I II IIII~------ ---., The McMullen Machinery Co. G R ::\lc11 ullen, presIdent of the ::\1c 2\1ullen \lachme1) compan), 58 South lama "tr eet. Oppo"Ite the Umon statlOn, Grand RapId", wa" fm ten year~ WIth the lox Machme com-pany, dunng WhICh tUlle he traveled all 0\ er the country sellmg theIr goods to furnIture manufacturers and all sort" of wood workmg concerns In January la"t, he decIded TABLES I II• I•• II II•I• •I• II I•I•IIII -----------------~ OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EX TENSION ARE BEST MADE FINISHED VALUES that the tUlle was npe for establIshmg a StOIe for completely fittlllg out wood worklllg planb of all klllds TIll" he dId. and he IS enabled to fit up any kllld of a factory WIth all machlllery, tools, shaftlllg, hangers and everythIng necessary to start productIon He selected Grand RapIds fm hIS head-quarters because It IS the metropolIs of western :\11ch1gan, WIth better ~h1ppmg facllItles than any other CIty m the state. Orders may be telephoned III from any Clty III Western J'vI1ch- 19an and be shIpped the same day "\Then one conSIders that there are nearly one hundred passenger trams arnvmg and departmg every day, beSIdes and lllterurbans, It IS easy to see why Mr McMullen chose Grand RapIds as Our Catalogue and Prices prove this statement. Yours for the asking. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICH All Made From Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. ... ---------------------------------_.---- hIS base of ope1ahons HIS foreSIght III domg so h attc ...ted by the fact that hI:o bu"meo;s IS grow1l1g every month He WIll be glad to open C01respondence WIth anyone In the states of .MIchIgan, OhIO, IndIana IllInOIS 01 W 1sconsm, at any tIme and prove that he can make It advantageous to trade WIth the Mc:;\lullen Mach1l1ery company. New Factories. The manufactUl e of chaIrs IS a new 111dustry in Batesville, Ind , commenced by the Batew1Ile ChaIr Company Chas ] Austm and othel shave orga11lzed the Cleveland, () Swmg ChaIr Company, WIth $20,000 capItal stock . .1\1 Hadley Cox and ,pthers have orga11lzed the Independent Ball Beanng Shade Roller Company, III Naugatuck, Conn. The K111gPlano Company recently orga11lzed at Butler, Ind, Ie;capItalIzed for $,),000 TheIr bU"111essoffice WIll be 111ChIcago Charles.5 111lnel and others of Bmghamton, NY, have or-ga11lzed the MI"slOn Furmture Company, WIth $10,000 capItal ,tacK [{ D SmIth, of f\ ewton, and I D Adams of "Walton have orga11l7ed the SmIth-Adams & GIbbs Company, of Boston, Mass \\ 1th $'50,000 capItal stock to manufacture and deal 111furnIture The C alIfoI11la } ur11lture Company, recently IUcorporated at '\bcnleen, \\ ash, b} capltalI~t:o fr am Cahfor11la, has leased the plant of the \bercleen Box Company and the manufacture of fur- 1lltl1re "1"11b1e1 l1ndeitaken as soon a" the fact01Y can be made read} for that pUl po"e The capItal stock of the company IS $50,000 Leonard & Son. Detroit. H R Leonard of Leo.1arcl & Son, dealer 111furmture nove1- tIe" and bnc-a-bi ac 111DetrOIt, J\I1ch , possesses a wonderful mem-or) It I, sal(l by those \\ ho have put hIm to the te"t that he can stand 111the center or other pOSItIOn 111the store and call out the pnce mal k on the tag of eve 1) artlcle w1th111hIS SIght When the fact IS conSIdered that the pllces 1ange h om fifty cents to many hundreds of dol1ar~ the value of the test WIll be understood and apprecIated ]\11 Leonard s son, associated in the firm, is also saId to pos"ess a very retentIVe memory The man who can make a dollar go furthest can't always make It come quickest. To have his memory kept green a man must be true blue. - -- - - - ~~- - --------------- .... Conducted by 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNI'l~URE ADVERTISING A DEPARTMENT OF HELPS FOR THE ADVERTISER -- - --- ---------------- ---------- - - --- - ------------- Chief of the ~dvertisina Department, Furniture City Entiravinll Company MARLIN L. BAKER ~ome suggestions along the 1111eof lay out ma\ help ~0l11e "ad' \\ nter, who at pre~ent n1dY be WOI kll1g 111the dark ror tl- 1ustratlOn I will use one of our regular vveek1y ",elvice "ads ' The layout IS noth111g more than a work1l1g plan for ,our pnnter to follow Suppose the space for the next ad IS "t\\ o-co1-10 Select a sUItable cut Get a proof of It and paste It \\ here} ou th111k It will show up best ::\ow dr dw the bOIder If parallel rule~ are to be used mark It on YOUl1a}out, and 1l1dlcate on the margm the Beautiful New Buffets I~IOTHINCADOI BCAVTV'~ size and style rule deSired Pnnt 111all headhnes to be set m chs-play Do not wnte copy on the layout sheet U:oe separate sheets for copy and ahoays 'WItte on one stde onl)' Use paper of umform size Some "ad" men wnte on scraps of paper, backs of envelopes or anythmg that happens to be handy Leave plenty of space between hnes, because you may Wish to m~ert a \\ ord or "entence For each separate descnptlOn accompa11led by Illustration, use a separate sheet of paper Don t put matter pertam1l1g to chfferent arttcles on the same copy sheet Mark all spaces m the layout \\ lth eIther nUl11bei or letter andl11ark each copy sheet correspond-mgh 1\\ the u~e ot a 1a}out you ale enabled to see more clearly ho\\ \ am "ad \\111 appear \\ hen pnnted and It also lets the com-positor kno\\ hO\\ }OU\\ loh It displayed Don't specify styles and 'Ize~ of t\ pe unless }OU 1uve a thorough knowledge of that sub- Je~t T} pe h not made of rubber and can not be squeezed or ev pamled to fit space The pnnter know~ best what size type to nee, ]udg1l1g tram the amount of COP} you furmsh 1he stud) of t} pe, the pomt system and printers phrase~ i" \ a1udble to any \\ nter of COpy Cultivate the acquamtance of AM S· d "I have traded at Wmegar's for the last twenty an a1 years and I always .attend theIr sales. for my expertence has been the ~oods are always better than they advertIse \Ve feel proud of that customer There are thousands of others who feel the same way We want you to come 10 and we 11 assure you that the mall was Justtfled 1rI "har h... sa d bur }DU II have tD come soon for thL Imes are bemg rapidly sold out BIg Reduell"os"" Odd Dre>Sers 115mB The Home Out/liters 8S~87·8QCanal St Cor Erie }our printer He wtl1 be glad to enltghten you upon the subJt'ct -the more yOU knO\\ about pnnt shop ways the better It Will be: f01 both) au and hUTI In the layout for the double ten-111ch "dd" the proof IS pasted 111the upper right hand ltmlt, With the heachng set 111three hnes "ate the hbera1 white spdce used throughout the enttre "ad." 1':0 matter 111what part of the paper thiS "ad" IS placed, It Will stand out regard1es:o of the surround111g matter White space IS mighty valuable when properly used Good "ads" are composed of three th111gs-a ltttle white mat- WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ter, a ltttle black matter and a lot of Gray Matter The better you handle these elements the better results you'll get and-1l\ re~ults you're after every time, The "b-col-18' announcement of W1l1egdr~, Grdnd RapIds, J\1Jch , l~ a good one-much better than the average furmture ad-vertb1l1ent Plenty of prLe" and descnptlOn~ dnd good cut~ dre u"ed However, there l~ much room for Improvement typogrd-phlLally lIdt! the two Iron bed cut~ dnd matter been transposed WIth the kitchen cab1l1et cut and the cnb cut transposed WIth Its Beautiful New Buffets ~~ , ~ 'If ~ OTHING ADDS BEAUTY N to your home like a new buffet Take for mstance the buffet Il-lustrated above, place It m your dlllmg room, decorate It tastefully with a few pieces of handsome Chllla, Don't you thmk you would be mighty proud of your dmlllg room? We thmk su. We have buffets hke thIS one bUllt of solid Oak beauuful flaky gram fimshed Golden or $ Early Enghsh priced as low as _ Others that are larger and a httle more 'elaborate In constructIOn and deslgn beautIful, solid Quartered ~:r~so;oGenume Mahogany, pncC'd up $ _ Remem ber our stock of hIgh grade Dlllmg Tables IS unexcelled for beauty and quality. It's a pleasure to show you. N"me and Addrus descnptlOn, the couch where the SlIver set and go cart are, and the two sll verware cuts where the couch IS, the rocker and the sa11ltary couch would have had proper placmg That arrangement would have added much to thIS announ~ement's appearance The refngerator dIsplay IS rather :otnkmg and was no doubt read by a number mterested m sav1l1g on Ice bdls The whIte "pace 1l1slde the Clrcle border and below the matter should have been used for pnces Sub-head1l1gs for each article, snudar to the "Dlg ReductlOn~ on Odd Dressers, ' "hould have been usecl-more \dllte ~pace mSlde the rule b01del would have made a gl edt 1111- provement m the dIsplay and a better headmg nl1ght have been selected. !\pp~arance has much to do WIth commanebng attentlOn !\ gooel. \\ ell ebspla) eel. open "ad' WIll capture more redelers than cne filled to the lmllt WIth no thought of al rangement Both ma) contam the same "elltng argument, but the well-arranged "ad ' wl1l sell more (("ooe\t>-lrore people WIll rcadlt Railroad Managers Not a Bad Lot. The commercIal club of Portland, Ore, gave a luncheon recently In honor of J C Stubbs, VIce pres'dent of the South-ern P dcJfic raIlroad and traffic ebrector of the Harnman l111e, In the cour"e of a short adeb ess the guest of honor 'i1ld "rhe obJ ect, the InItial object, of the ong1l1al and everv othel transcont111ental raIlroad \\ as to reach the PacIfic, the reglon that was known as a productIve and a frmtful reglOn, one whIch promIsed a return UDon the Investment I don't beheve that m commumtIes hke tho"e that dre established on the PacIfic coast, theIr ultimate happIness or ultimate progre~" depend" wholly on the carner, 1 do beheve, however, the productIvene~~, the earlllng P0\\ er of the car-ners depends upon the commu111ty and lt~ progress That IS to come from the 111herent ge11lus of the people, theIr power Gf prodllctlOn "Men 111the rallroad service do more, gauged by the compensatlOn they receIve, than doe" the average success-ful merchant or bus111e"s man We work because we can't help It We work because we want the esteem of our fel-lows We work because we want to be helpful We work because we must If we are g0111g to be men When you feel mchned to be dlsappomted WIth respect to some of the thmg'3 that rallroads do and beheve that rallroad officers are not smcere and hone"t m theIr endeavors to promote the mtere~ts dependent upon the l111e, the particular officer or officers you may be cntICls111g may be Just as honest and earnest 111the pursUlt of what you deSIre a" you are your-self, although It may be apparent for the time be111g, at least, hiS VJews do not harm011lze WIth yours ,. Row Over a Telephone. Towers & Bennett, retal1ers of second hand furlllture m l\Imneapohs, recently engaged 111a legal squabble over the use of a telephone number Towers sold hIS busmess to Dennett and when Towers prepared to go mto busmess again WIth hIS old telephone number Bennett protested long and loudly Bennett wOn out and wlll use Towers' old number It IS not beIng down, It'S be111gdown and out that I" fatal THE COZY CORNER. "Hal Here's a cozy corner "Ouch! wlfie has fixed up' I'll try It " headl" What's thIS hit my "Great Scotti There goes ten "Pshaw' Here comes the whole "Well, thiS lSn t so bad when dollars' worth'" shootIng match down'" It'S cleared out' ' 22 WEEKLY -\RTISA)J ~---_..... - --_..... II "THE ----------- ...... .~ III BETTER M A K E" 'VE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROO~I and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FALTORY AND ~ALESROOM :17 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES TO DEALER~ O;,,\,HEAVY PLATE PAPER NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY II I III IIII..I. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I.. ----...... _--_... . WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 MADE BY WARREN TABLE WORKS WARREN, PA. New Dealers in Furniture. 1he Home 1Ulmtnre Company recent1) cngal;'ec1 111l~n,111CS" 11 Oklahoma Clt) [be \ddms Jurmttll e ,t01 e recently commenced hU~111(,S,m Ta\ 10rsvl11e, 1\ C Cha" ,;\ ~peal I, prepdnng to open d new stock of tUlmture III Dee :\lo111es Iowa I ayden & ~e11l1 bave opened a stock of fm mtm e dnd bard- \\~l1e m Iron ElVer, \11ch 1yrw KIlmer, of Readmg \\1111open a new furmtUl c '-tm e ll1 a remodeled gram V\drehol1se at I[)elstown, Pa J ame" J 01 clan and other~ of '\ ev\ Y01 k hay e I11corporated the Thomas F :\leagel CompallY v,lth $::0000 capItal to deal 1,1 fl1rmture John l\J angan and other, of -too Ea ,t lJth street, I\e\\ York, have orgamzecl the :\Iangan- Batte; Compan), v,Ith $10,000 capItal, to ~e11furmture. The Clayton, (Y ::\1 ) Lance notes that James Ryan has opened a furmtUl e ,tore on II all ~tJeeL 111 that VIllage, and wIse-ly remarks that "the e~tablIshment \\ III be ven convenIent for tho"le contemplatmg hou~e keep1l1g That statement I, probabl) true Hal C Turner. f01 mam year~ manag-el for the Harnm.;ton (\\' \ a) MIIhng Com pan) has I e~lQ.ned dnd hOllght out flU111- ture department, of tv, 0 harel\\ are stores 111 that tOll n He \\ III consolIdate hl"l p Ircha,e, and open a ne\\ e"c11blve furmtnre ~torc (T G hnne) who recently I etll ed from the Greenhe1d- Talbot-hnnc) Company of "a,hvllle 1'e11n, \\111 orgal1lze a company anel engage 111 the fur111ture bl1Sll1e"~ 111 that lIty He has had twenty years expellence m manufacturing and "e1hng furl1lture Furniture Losses by :Fire. 1 (rraffman, a dealer 111 f111111ture.111 1\ I11Iam,b'lr~,::\ Y, wa~ e1amaged by fire on July 21 ~to1berg- &-- Parks \vere damag-ed to the amount of $130 00 by a £11e 111 the11 factor) at 1 aledo, OhIO, 0.1 J ul) 1b -1he Dlehl-SchJ11mg f'ur111ture Company lost $30,000 by the tIre that destroyed the11 fdctor) m PhIlhpsburg, N J , on July 19 vVIlhcul1 r Patte I s furl1lture ware house 111Plll1adelphla was damaged by file to the amount of $10000 on Ju!) 2;0 1he :\Ial vel Furl11ture LOmpdny of lama, i\I1ch, suffered a 10"," of $15,000 or $::0 000 b) J1re 111the factory last 1ue"clay In,ured The \mellcan 1"111mture Company of \t1anta, Ga \Va" clam aged by fire on J l1ly 22 to the amount of $2 000 . w111'::hIS pal th covered by 1I1surance The '\mencan Cdb1l1et ::\Janufactnnng Company and tl;e l ur tIS BrothelS Veneer ,Yorks, 111ChIcago, \\ere damaged by fire to the amonnt of $10,000 on Jul) 24th The loss of the Umtec! ~tate" iur1l1ture Company b\ fIre 111 ChIcago, recently ha~ been settled for $30500, a htt1e over seventy five per cent of the amount of the p01lcles The 111,urance com-pa111e, ral,ecl a que,tlOn a;, to ownel,hlp. the concern hav1I1g 111- corporatec! WIthout notice to the unden\ nter~ The amount of 111- ~urance c1aullecl by the furnIture company \\,1'0 $38,700 Chal1es H Leonard has succeeded 'a well 111 -ecU1111g tencl11t, for hIS (Hta\va street ft11l11ture eAhlbltlOn bl11lc1lng that 1w IS th1l1k1l12,of oftenng space 111 hIS ;\larket street b1111clmg£01 the "ame purpose The happIest way to correct mIstakes 1S to do so hefore they happen ------------------------------. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each 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 Gorden and Satterwhite Pleased. R A Gordon and J L Satten\ll1te at the \mellLd.n Furmture Company, Atlanta, Ga. ha\ e returned to thelr homes and are tellIng theIr :nend:o of the \\ onc1ers the\ s~m and the ex,penence:o the) enjoy ed dunng thell "ta\ III Grand Ra,plds and ChIcago Lnder the e,):otem emplm ed III the Amencan Furl1lture company s "tore the buy 111g at good" IS looked after as carefully a" the selltng of the "ame \1 I Gordon declanng that In order to sell nght good" mu"t be bought nght J\Ir Gordon wI"ely contlnue:o "The con servatIve buyer ""ho fSoes dIrect to the bl£i factone" and pro-tects hIs own Interest" can al\\a) " gnc hI" ltte,tomer" ,111 ad-vantage III pnce, style and quahty that an 111dl"cnm111ate dne! mexpenenced ]Iuyer alway" find" Impo""lble Our pur-cha" e:o dunng the t11p, \\111 edlp"e anv \\ e ha\ e e\ el mde!c hoth 111 quantIty. qualIty ane! \ aluc dl1<1wIthout <loubt we are gomg to be III a pO"ltlOn to offel au! cu"tomel" hettel \ alues and better good" for ha\ mg ma(le thl" tnp' .!VIr Gordon pree,enh a \ el} gooe! argument 111fa \ (1 of market bUY111g Thinks There is an Opening in Wales. Jesse H. Johncon, lTl1lted State" Consul at Swan:oea, \\ ale". th111ks he has found an OppOltumty to lJ1c.rease exports of ~mcll-can furmture He reports as follows "Among multlfanous local mdustnes here there are some fac-tones that manufacture furmture The valIOUS p1("<(S are 1111 ported mto Swa 1sea and put together here ready for the market There is no country 111the worlel that can manufacture furmture completed or 111 parts so favorably as the Ul1ltecl SCates, and doubt-less Amencan manufacturers would find thIs populous dlstnct a very good market .I. he steamshIp commumcatlon between here and the L mtee! State0 I" very good, and there are man} old-estab- Ihhed and thorDughl) reItable local firms who would help to aug-ment the already good connectIOn of e:Aporters of Amencan furlll-ture Dunng an Il1tervlew WIth some of the local furmture deal-er, and upholsterers I found that there IS a ellstmct Dpenmg here tor ~l11encan chaIr tops anel chaIr legs made of beech wood. and aCCO,l1pan)111gthIS al tlc1e are the names of firms who would be plea"eel to receIve quotatIOns for these artIcle"" The addl esses mentioned by the Consul may be obtall1ed by ac1dre< Il1g the Bureau of Manufactures at vVashll1gton East Also Has Fast Freight Trains. There IS no rea "on fO! "urpn"e m the announcement that freIght trdll1" are now Iun from the ~tlanttc to the PaCIfic coast u! tl1ll teen cld) ". when It I" known that "ome of the ea -,tel n I oa<l" ha\ e been engagee! 111 d speed w dr for two month" 01 more The Ene e,tarted the :otnfe by putting on fa"t frelRht" between ~ew York and ChIcago and cut the tune from '\ ew York dnd Phtladelphla to Buffalo more than eIght hoUl" Other road" were oblIged to compete and the re- "ult \"a" a shortel1lng of the "chedule" nearly 25 per cent The Lac'<:awanna dId not take actIon untIl the other roade, had dpparentlv done theIr best. but la:ot Sunday It announced d ne"" fa"t freIght that beab all other" between New York and Buffalo by more than three hours The Penn:o} lvanta, the \Vaba"h and the DaltuTIore & OhIO are saId to be pr~panng to put on fa"t freIghts to con-nect ""Ith the 5t Pau!'" new westeln servIce Some men do not need a waste basket so long as they have a desk WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 CAMPBELL'S "'WONDER BOILER" An Invention That PJ'omises to Revolutionize Present Methods of Steam Heating. George P Campbell, of Schenectady, NY, has mvented a de\ Ice that will be an enemy to the cOdl dealer, If the 0p1l110nS of experts who have exam1l1ed and te"tcel It are correct It IS a new fashIOned bOiler so con'3tructed as to produce a maximum amount of evaporatIOn With a m1l11- mum consunwtlon of fuel ~I r Campbell does not posc as an llnentor It 1'3 another case where neces'Slty appears as the mother of 1I1ventlon Dunng the cold spells last WlmeT the steam heat1l1g apparatus m hiS residence ehd not work satlsfactonly, though It was supposed to be of the best type and constructIOn vVhen members of the famdy had to go to beel 111order to aVOid suffenng from cold, ::'IIr Campbei' began to study the '3ubJect of steam heat111g Someth1l1g that he had read about evaporation convmced lum that the makers of steam heatmg bOilers hael kept away from the ver} pomt thc} should have worked on to obtam the best result" He started 111 to expenment along thiS Ime and the result IS th~ "wonder bOiler" as It has been named by some steam sharps who have quahfied as ex,pert" The bOIler IS shaped like a peg top It stands about eight feet high and 1'3 60 mche" 111 diameter at ItS fullest Circumference, which IS Just above the top of the firebox, where the steam dome I" situated The steam dome IS 19 mches high 111the center and "lopes downward to form the top of the toplike bOIler The firebox I" perfectly round and IS 111 the center of the boder It IS only 15 1I1ches 111diameter and stands 37 mches hIgh All about the firebox IS a water-leg, the space for the water bemg three mches between the outer walls of the fire box and the mner Vv alls of the ga" chamber The base IS formed of the ash Pit, With a feed door 794 b} 10% mches, and a draft The top of the gas chamber IS covered to form the bot-tom of the steam dome Thc surface of thIS bottom contam" 19% feet of water area The water 111thiS IS kept at three 111ches depth ThiS laq:(e evaporat111g area 1'\ one of the fcature" of the boder The othel feature 1'\ the circulatIOn of ga"es, and It IS on thIS that the 111ventor''\ apphcatlOn for a patent was allowed. The capaCity of the bOIler I" 16 and a half gallon" an hour wtlhout forcmg A firc can be started m the fm nace and In two 111111ute"two pound'3 pre<.,- r-PIONEER" t MAnUt AnURlnO (OMPAnl -.---.-.-.-".----i~ I I ! I I I I II I II I DETROIT, MICR. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts W Full hne shown only at the factory. Indianapolis Illinois and New York Sts, 6 Blocks horn Umon Depot 2 Blocks from Interurban ~tatlOn 250Rooms All OutSIde, WIth Flle Escape 1elephone In Iwery Room. European Plan Rat" 75c to $2 00 Per D ty Dlnmg Room III ConnectlOll ~peclal Hates to Famihes and Permanent Guests Ladles 1ravelIng Alone w111 FInd ThIS a Very DeSIrable StoppIng Place GEO. R. BENTON Lessee and Manager II ..--- . ....I sure of steam can be had-enough to heat the whole house 1he weather has not btlen severe smce Mr Campbell completed IllS expenmental boder last A,pnl, con"3equently It cannot be cletermmed to a certamty Just how much fuel may be sayed, but at no time S111ce the fir"t tnal m Aplll has It been nece'\sary to bUl n more than one small hod of coal every 24 hour" The fire can be damped as low as de-sln~ el and m two m111utes a two pound pre'isure of steam can be made [he bOiler IS made of .Ys mch cast 11 on amI 15 covel ed With asbe'itos .l\Ir Campbell has had no cld1iculty m orgalllz111g a com-pany WIth ample capital to manufacture hiS 111ventlOn which wdl soon be placed on the market, 111Sl7es smtable for dwell 1l1gs and large hUlldmg <., Using the Tariff as a Scale, The K ew York Cordage Company I" sendmg out cards to consumers, predlctmg higher pnces for tv\ me because "the sen-ate has placed a duty of 1Y;; cents a pound on raw Jute aGd the house IS hkely to concul" The house has not con(:urred, how ever, and the N ew York market reports do not 1l1dlcate any 1l1cli-nation on the part of buyer~ to antiCipate an advance in pnces The Trust's "Scare" Will not boo"t ItS bu:omess to an) great ex-tent It has been said that Cleellt I" lIke a levolver under one's pIllow-the greate"3t comfOi t when not needed. Lots of enell:;y 1<.,wcl"teel 111 mak111g fools of ourselves ..... -----------------_._._ •..••...•.. ... Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Park wood Ave,. Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now putting out the bebt Ld~ler Cups WIth cork bases tver offeree to the trade. These are timshed m Golden Oak and White Maple m a lIght fimsh These goods are admirable for pollshed floors and fnrn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar. PRICES: SIze 27.(mches... $4 00 per hundred SIze 2;li mrhes 5 00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB. Grand Raptds . - _.. --. ..--- --.. ...- _.. . .~ ....-. .. .., - - - ... - -_. .. ... - - -- . ....-~ 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN 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. These lines are for sale in the Evansville Furniture Exchange. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes. Chlffomers, Odd Dressers. Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes. Cupboards and Safes. in Jrnitatlon golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright F oldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets. Combination Book and LIbrary Cases THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards In plam oak. imItation quartered oak. and sohd quartered oak. Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers. Beds and Chlffomers In Jrnltatlon quartered oak. ImItation mahogany. and Imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the' Supenor" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, Dlnmg and Dressmg Tables. Made by The Karges Furmture Co The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facil-ities for shipping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great rail-road systems of the East, South and West . ... _ •••• _ •••• I ••••••••• ••• ••• •••• ea. a. • ••••••• __ " THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. Cnbs, Wife Spnng, and Cots. WEEKLY ARTISAN Made b) Bockstege FurnItm e Co Made by Globe Furmtme Co Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co Made b) Bosse FurnIture Co. ~------------------------ .. . .... ---- - .... - - ... .. - --------- a •• __ a __ ••• ~ 27 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY HOLLAND. MICH. New York Market Reports. New Yark, July 30 -~Ial ket reports In which furniture makers-and dealers to a less extent- are Intere~ted have been firm and steady this week General bUSiness conclitlOns which are of more Interest than current mdrket quotations al e descnbed b) a well kno" n commercial authonty as follows "l\1:ldsummer trade C011(lit1Onsare suffiCiently gratIfymg to support the feeling of optl1111sm\\ hlch spreads throughout the lines of actIvity \Vlcler demand~ for money lI1dlcate that blh\l1e,,~ generally revives under renewed VlgOl and confidence dnd It I~ not surpnslng that prepal atlOns for the future are ~ub"tantlated by many heavy demand" mvoh lI1g 11101 e dra\\ m~ upon capaClt) of the leading mdustne~ Adclit10nal constructIOn IS pushed fOl-ward In Iron and steel makmg Ti'urnace product1On e2>.hlblts further recovery, With better pnce~ ruling. and tonnage" booked for future delivenes assure steady output~ extendmg mto next year ., Turpentine IS firm wlth a gain of about a cent per gallon In pnces both here and at Savannah The figures here for Immed- Iate delIvery are 51 @ 510 cents. There IS no Improvement In the demand for lInseed 011 The market IS steady but exceedingly dull City raw In five barrel lots I~ quoted at 61 @ 62 cents, Single bOIled a cent higher and doubled bOIled two cents above the raw Western raw 60@61 Calcutta, '75 cents The shellac market IS featureless as It has been for several weeks T N In cases IS quoted at 14@140 cents, bnght orange grades, 17@19, fancy shades, 20@22, cliamond 1. 25@ 26 Bleached, l(l@160 cents, kiln dned, 20@21 cents The burlap market IS stIll lifeless, consumers are not buymg except for Immediate necessity and dealers can not be Induced to place order for future dehvery. Prices are well maintained. hO\\ ever-3 10 tor eight ounce and -t 50 for 100 ounce goods vVeakness IS reported m the Calcutta market " Cordage IS firm, oWing to a shght advance m raw matenals, but pnces, except for heavy rope have not changed dunng the \\ eek n C t\\ Ine X0 18 IS quoted at 16 cents per pound, India twme. Xos 150 to (), 7)i@7;/z, lIght, 8@8;4, fine Xo 18, 11 cents Goat skIw are dull With light receipts and small sales Bogo-ta~ dnd Ha) tIens have been sold m small lote dunng the week dt ),\ cent~ Pd)ta~ at -+ l, 1feXlcan at 42, vVest Indian at 50 a,1d Hla71lIan at b6@7,) cents Lumber contmues firm With small advances reported fronl se\ eral pomte;. Leather I~ dull owmg to the uncertainty dS to act10n of C01'- l!re,s on the pendmg tanff bill. With the Majority. Tom Cooper of Ottumwa, Iowa, spent the current week in Grand Rapids A few hours after hb arnval the representative of a \\ ell known corporatIOn, maBufactunng chamber SUite", met hU11 andmtroduced the subject of trade Without delay "I have bought the SlIgh line," Tom remarked "Then) ou are a dead one," the salesman reJomed. . \Vhy, what do you mean? Explam," contmued Tom \\ arml) 'vVhy, you are With the maJonty " The PIOneer Manufactunng Company and other creditors have filed a petItIOn askll1g that the Ul11ted States Furniture Com-pany, Chicago, be adjudged bank! upt It Will be remembered that the Umted States Company suffered a heavy loss by fire re-cently WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 Only Stragglers Coming Now. The Grand RapIds l111d-~ummer sales-season closes today, though many of the exhIbIts wIll be mal11tamed I11defimtely DUl-mg thIs week only twenty-seven buyers have arnved makmg the total for the season 1058 whIch IS not up to the hIghest record Others wIll arnve dunng the comm~ week and later, but the record for the season wIll sta~1d at the figure gIven above Fol-lowmg IS the lIst reglvtered smce last Saturday R G 1<uller, Savannah, III D E LmclqUlst, Keokuk, Ia \V H Lape, CoffeyvIlle Furmture Company, Coffey\ Ill" Kas W C Watkms, Sekell & Watkms, Grand Ledge, ::\1:lch A L KIrtland, KIrtland Bros, Lake VIew, Mlch H FeIge, Jr, H FeIge & Son, Sagmaw, Mlch L Epstem, Lasalle & Kwh Company, Toledo, Oh10 George E Best, Bergen, ~ Y D C !\tl<l.1~," assar, l\lIch A H VIlle, Hoffman & \ Ille, Korfolk, Neb J C Cooper, W H Cooper & Son, Ottumwa, Ta Challes H Thuner, Thuner I, urmture and Carpet ( ompJ.ny, ::,t LChlh Mo C D DOlns, Dor!1s-Heyman lurmtm e Company, Phoe 11X, \!1Z I 1\1 Cuschner, Standard hlrl1lture Company, Spokane, \Vash C \V Freed, 1<reed FUlmture Company, Salt Lake LIt) J olm M i\llen, J :l\I Allen & Co , KnoxvIlle, Tenn. L 1\t1c1\lanus, McManus & Co , :l\Iacon, Ga F J Keller, OtIS Desk Company, ChIcago ,Ill H C I"ranzhelm, H C. Franzhelm Company, Wheelmg, W va \a H F Stattman, H C. Franzhelm Company, \lVheelmg \IV, A T Ohon, Olson MercantIle Company, Streator, III J S Bunce, 1\Ilddletown, Ct ~. S Wnght, Greenwood Furmture Company, Greenwood, MIss J R WIllIams, Clement & WIllIams, MIlwaukee, Wis Charles \VIllIams, WIllIams & vlorgan. UtIca, N Y H J ::\felson, Lauerman Drothers, Mannette, WIS L P Peck, Peck & Co , San Antol1lo, Tex Car Builders Are Busy. Press dIspatches report that car bUlldmg concerns m all parts of the country now have more order 0 than they ~an promptly fill Among the orders a::, placed dunng the past week I~ one by the K ew York Central for 2,000 box cars to be bUIlt for carrymg furl1lture and automobIles TlIe Buffalo, Rochester & Pltbburg has placed an order for 1,000 steel cars, The Boston & ::\1:ame has ordered ten locomotIves from the Amencan LocomotIve Company and the Dfnver, N orthwe:otern & PacIfic two, The Doston & ;\Iame, the .Mlssoun, Oklahoma & Gulf, the Great Northern and Northern PacIfic have each ordered 1,000 freIght cars It b reported that the 8,000 freIght cars for whIch the BaltI-more & OhIO IS m the market wIll be mcrea::,ed to 10,000 and that a large amount of passenger equIpment WIll be ordered m adclI-tIon Knew Where to Scratch. A conventIOn of travelIng salesmen IS 111progress 111ChI-cago Story tell111g prevaIls Here IS a sample "DId I ever tell you fellows," 111qUlred Fredenc L Gross, preSIdent of the orgamzatlOn, "of a lIttle boy I once knew? He went to school 111our town and was called down about mne tImes a day for scratch111g hIS head, whether or not he was 111 doubt about a problem hnally the teacher spoke up It had been gettmg on her nerve') for "ome tIme She ::,ald, 'John, why In the wOlld do you cont111ually ::,cratch your head 111that way?' "'\Vell,' replIed John cheedully, 'I'm the only one that knows where It Itche') , " The Holcomb Saw Works. A L Holcomb & Company, 27 North Market ::,treet. GI and RapId'), m adclItlOn to manufactunng hIgh grade band "aw::, and grom mg saw", carry one of the large::,t and best a"sorted stock" of Circular "aw" and emelY wheel" m the ::,tate They are prepared to ship promptly at any tIme They have recently put In some addItIonal machmery and are also domg repaIr work The man who permIts hIS pleasure to mterfere wIth hiS bus111ess may reach the point where he won't have any of eIther Most of us try to forget the mean thmgs we know about ourselves Clothe::, don't make the man arms wears baggy trousers ::\1:any a fellow wIth a coat of ~ _ _- -.. ..----------- _--~--------------------------_.. . . _ .. I The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. ....." Our Large New Line of .IIIII III III ----~r ~ __...t.. DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW [( Df\VIS FUltNITUltG GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I'--._---_._---_._------_. ---_._--- --' ....- .- . .. .. .-- - - - - - - - City Sale.room, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN r--'SHG~ByviiLE.-----· ...--------.------------------------~ DESK CO. II I, II ! I I ~ .~ .~.~ ~_. _1 SHELBYVILLE, IND. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFIGE, FURNITURE - Write for latest catalogue DO NOT LIKE THE BONUS METHOD Halifax Citizens Do Not Want to Buy Factories and Are Testing the Matter in the Courts. Judgmg from the comments m their ne\\ --paper,; the pea pie of Haltfax, N S, do not take k111cll) to the Idea ot "e-cunng facione" by pa) 111ga bonus or grantmi2, "peClal pn\ I leges 110111 tho,;e same comment-, It appeal'; that the honu" method I'; not so popular amon~ the hu ,me,;" men ot that prov111ce a" It I:' 111the :,tate" 1he clt\ councl1 ha" 1u"t completed a deal "'Ith the --\nder--on Cha'r Company at \ al-mouth, 1\ S, whereby the Ander:,on plant I, to be rem')\ ed to Haltfax The term" of the deal and the arguments u"ecl agamst It are clearly 111chcated by the follow111g comment'> made by one of the CIty paper,; and republtshed on the fil"t page of another m black faced type enclosed wIth a border "The CIty IS to get ItS Sacred \1\ hlte Eephant' [he \n-derson ChaIr factory I'; to be forced on the cItIzen,; ot Halt-fax- whether they Itke It or not \'; a matter of fact, thele IS very ltttle dO'ubt that they do "\ 0'1' ltke It, hut the Clt) Counctl th111ks It know:, be:,t One or tvv0 actn e hut ml,- gUIded gentlemen 111the cIty are bound to bn Ig the -\nder- :,on ChaIr company here If the) hay e (ltke A.rtemus liard '; magnammous offer to put down the war hy saCnfiC111!?; hI'; WIfe's relatIons) to ,;aerdice the Intere:,ts of the ratepa) er,; to do It ThIs chaIr factory mu,;t be ,;tarted by the Clt) or the thousand and one other place:, Impenou,;lv calltne,- out for the Ander:,on" may among them ,;ucceecl 11, teanng them from our clutches In order to "tart thIS company the CIty CounCIl has determ111ed to gIve a" ay (for that IS vlrtuall) what It amount,; to) the most valuahle manufaetunng "Ite 111 the CIty, conslstmg of nearly four acres contIguous to a raIl-road sld111g The Anderson ChaIr company gets thl" for $1,050 The CIty paId that for It twenty yean ago, an,l ha,; been carrY111g It all thl:, tlP1e, apparently, walttng for some k111cllycltsposed per,;ons to come and take It off theIr hands Thl'; 111dustry "loved of the God,;" 111the CIty Counctl (by the same token WIll It "dIe young?") IS also to receIve exemptton from taxatIOn for ten year,; and the mlmmum water rates, and th1', \\hl1e the late of taxatIon I" gOIng- up and 111orcler to keep It belm\ t\\ 0 dollar" "ome aldel men have to reSOlt to the ,;ubterfu~e of e:,tlmatmg adcltttonal revenue" from :,uch ,;ourcc:, as fine:, upon the IlltClt pen eyor:, of ltquor and unfortunate,; on the upper "treets' V, hat would the"e geneI'ou" aldermen do \\ Ith then own money, If they are so bountttul WIth what belongs to other people' , The ut) pres" has succeeded 111lettmg "ome lt2,"ht 111011 the tran"actlon, howey er, and a" a result of the Crlttclsm of the propo"ltlOn arou,;ed, a "ltght gam accI ue" tll the cItIzens -\lthough tho--e aldermen engaged m pu"hmg thl" transac-tIon through the Counctl hay e not been deterl ed from theIr tatuou:, com"e, the) ha\ e been compelled to make the Ander- "on ChaIr factor) people execute a bond f01 hve thousand dollar,; concurrentl) WIth the deed Thl'; I" "ubstltuted fGr the extraordmary course agreed upon before the Dally 1'cho hegan to present the true m", ardne,;s of thIS IJdrgaln to the CitIzen:" vlZ, to deed the land to the company at once fOJ $1 050, and enter 111tOan agreement 'aftel wards I The company mayor ma) not make good m the llumberle,;s a\ e-nue,; of 1l1du"try on '" hlch It propo~es to embark, but as h) p-notl'; t-, It" member,; ought to make a fortune anywhere , \ny way) ou take It the \nder,;on comlJany has made a mIghty able deal WIth the CIty, almost anyone would bp glad to forfeIt $'),000 for the sake of getting hold of that pIece of property Fn e thou'3ancl dollars 1ll fact, IS a cheap pllce for the property If the Clt\ really mu,;t get nd of the pr('1) ert) \\hy not a,celtam It" value by askIng tenders for It)" -\'i the counul wa" not dl:,po"ed to heed the prote"t" the "klLker,;' \\ ent to the cour1:" m the name of the people and a'iked for an InjunctIOn to stop the deal, and" ere grante I a temporary re"tra111mg order prohlbltl11g the mayor ft om ';Ie;nmg the contract pendIng a heanng of the ca,;e on It,; ments The corporatIOn counCIl of Haltfax claIm" that the deal IS legal, and entIrely wlth111 the authOrity of the councl1, but nearly all other attorney" m the prov mClal capItal chsa-gree WIth hIm and precltct that the outcome ot the case WIll he a decI:,lOn that wl1l prohIbIt munIU\'Jaltttc" from u,;mg the bonu" method" that are qmte common 111some of the ",;tate" , WEEKLY ARTISAN 'A~Cr8)tcJflJ~' "'"'-~ v ..,.,.11 ..",0'.....,. J Mr Dealer You don't have to" talk" your No wonder people want Royal Chairs-no wonder they • , head off to sell Royal ChaIrs. won't take any other. Read whatC. F. Jackson, Norwalk, You don t have to .. waste" time on "rubber-necks." OhIO, wrote us: We send custO'l1ersto your store convinced-ready to buy. ••We cannot •..,l1 any othe,. chai,..r he,.e. Good ad'CJe,.ti.rine and Gs;~s~~:l1•• Chai:. f;you, Our I A dL me,.,t ha'CJe 14d :=~gr~lld••; a.lona uVer.'Slng;1" "R3oya0~ oc,.acc!(~e,.-ja:Ck~se~e~~~eg,:.r.·:· ve. is a tremendous selling force. 2S Million THE FUSH BUTTON A. E. Millett, Amada, MICh., bays. people are readmgour advertisements every KIND "'you,. Chai,..r a,.e ,.apid-fi,.e .relle,..r. month they appear We use such papers Send la.rt o,.de,. quick..·· as Saturday Evenmg Post, Ladles' Home Wehelp youmother waysas well Drop Journal, Woman's Home Compamon Cos- usa lme today-get our "busmessboomml?" mopolltan, LIterary DIgest, Munsey's: Suc- proPosItIOn-It'sa !lve WIrethat gets the cess Review of ReVIews Everybody's trade-makes your store popular. McClure's and many oth~rs.' CO., • Sturgis, Mich. ----_._~~_._---~ I OUR LINE OF CHINA CLOSETS, BUFFETS AND BOOKCASES ~...._--_._--_ .._ .._-------------------------------- IIIIIIII I III IS MORE COMPLETE AND UP.TO.DATE THAN EVER BEFORE. SAMPLES SHOWN IN CHICAGO ONLY, 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE, MANUFACT-URERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING, IN CHARGE OF F. P. FISHER, N. P. NELSON, AND FRED LUGER. I ~-R_ OCKFORD STJ\~!2~~!?FsURNIT._U~R~E--C-_O.._I--- ..---------..-.._..._-_......-.._..--_.--------._._._.~~-----_._-----_. 31 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN y,o •• IIIj I ........ . ...-- ---_._._._._. -_._. -------~ II I I I•IIIII I THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leadmg Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dming Room furlllture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. IIIII III II II II,I • .... A complete Ime of sam-plea ue d,splayed in Tbe Ford fs Jobnson BUlldmg, 1433-37 Waliasb Ave., 18- c1udmg a speCIal d.splay of Hotel FurnIture. ~Jll fUl mture dealers are cordwlly t1tvlted to visit our bUIlding. •II II ~._.-..-.-.----------------------"' Sterling· Welch Furniture Department. The Sterhng v\ ekh Con pany of Cleveland cald to be the leachng merchants m the terntory lymg between ::\ew Yark and Chicago, transactll1g busll1ess to the amount of many mllhons an-nually, took possesSIOn of a large. modern b1111dmgerected espel-lally for the use of their furl11ture department ate" \\ eeks a~o and With the faclhtles so provided "Ill tdke a leachng pOSitIOn m the house furlllshmg good" busmess of that City m the Immechate future The company has an abundance of capital and tI ansacts a vast bus111ess 111 a modern and remunerative S\ tem The Michigan Star's New Catalogue. The Michigan ::-,tar } urlllture LOmpdny LeeldllCl \lllh have Issued a handsome twenty IMge catdlogl1c of \\ 111lh 25(,0 Will be sent out to the t1 ade \u~n~t 1() The lover~ dl e of hght green, the p,lge~ m enameled papel dncl Illn~tI ated With many half tones The \lllhlgan ~tal I 11111ltnre LOmpdl1\ hdvl alway s been leacIer~ 111blrcI ~-ey e mdplc on \\ hi h they dre n J\\ havmg a big trade \11 of their precIncts ell e P'1t ont III b11d ~ eye maple, mahogany and quartered oak The lOmpan\ ha" been e~tabhshed smce 1905 and Manager- Trca~urel J E f lcnbad ~ states their busmess the past SI'( month" has been double that 01 the correspondll1g pellod a year ago Wouldn't Pay Five Cents. Commentmg on the offer of a big bonus by the l1tILe\l~ of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the !'\nderson I ur11lture com pany, the Chatham, (Can) \\orId say~, "l\ewca"tle palC1 ~everal thousand dollars for the pnvtlege of havmg th", fac-tory m the town a fevv yeal", and \\ouldn't pay h,e cent-, to get It back A factory that cannot be run wlthont a bonus should not be run at all" Alaska Refngerator Company Bockstege FurnIture Company, The Bosse FurnIture Company, The Crescent Machme Works Ell D Miller & Company Ford & Johnson Company Globe FurnIture Company, The Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company Hafner FurnIture Company Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company Hoffman Brothers Compary Hotel Lmden Karges FurnIture Company, The Luce Furmture Company Lentz Table Company Metal FurnIture Company, The Michigan Engraving Company Miller & Company, Eli D. Miscellaneous Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley FurnIture Company Nelson-Matter FurnIture Company New York FurnIture Exchange Palmer Manufactunng Company PIOneer ManufacturlPg Companay Richmond Chalr Company Royal Chair Company Rockford Standard FurnIture Company Shelbyville Desk Company Sheboygan Chair Company Smith & DaVIS Manufactunng Company Stow & DaVIS FurnIture Company S1Igh FurnIture Company The Possellus Brothers ManufactUring Company Thos Madden, Sons & Company Umon FurnIture Company (Rockfoyd) White Printmg Company World FurnIture Company, The 4 26-27 26-27 Cover 9 32 26-27 25 12 9 13 25 2627 4 19 26-27 2 9 24 13 6 22 3 4 25 11 31 31 30 15 24 29 6 1 17 13 Cover 26-27 ----------_. -----_.----_._-----..~ II I ..... . Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For Indiana and Illmois to sell our Suites, Dressers, Chiffon-lers, 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 shippmg facIlities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downmg Building, Erie, Pa. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a lme of ExtenSIOn Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes and Kitchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other lines you handle and Terntory desired: Address Koenig FurnIture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. LOUIS,Mo. Ii ;III ... -- - - -- -- - ---- ----~- WANTED. A good cabinet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabmets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. WANTED-POSITION AS MANAGER. A practical busmess man, familiar with the manufacturing of bed room furmture and who has a few thousand dollars to invest; can assume charge of one of the best furniture plants in the South. If interested, address "Business," Box 853, Greensboro, N. C. 6-10-4t .......
- Date Created:
- 1909-07-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 30:5
- 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:
- 1939-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 7, Number 11
- Notes:
- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and I CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS of Grand Rapids, Mich. \ I• GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• NOVEMBER 27. 1909 ~ __ • • _ _. ~-_ • 1 • ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE WORLD'S BEST SA W BENCH "GRAND RAPIDS CRESCENT" "B" Type Built to salle t,me in settmg up and the sawing of stock. Mistakes and inaccuracies are impossible. This machine ,s bound to save money wherever used. Send for complete catalog of information. I1t.-..-.--.-.-__..-._._---- - _.. -----. -' --~-. -- " . ---------~------ I NELSON II 1 III III I II I II ---- ------------- MATTER FURNITURE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SlTITES in ~fahogany, Circassian Walnut and Oak. If you have not one in your ...tore, a siIUple request will bring you our l.uagnificent new Fall Catalo2ue of 12x16 inch pa~e groups, show-ing suites to match. W1th it, even the most moderate sized iurniture ...tore can ...how the best dud ne"" est furnitnre satisfactorily. he .••• ._ ••• _ w ••• w. _.-.-----.. ._._._-- . - --. co.II II II I II I, III I,I ,II I!I II II I• III I•IIII I IIIII III I• III I I II I III II I I IIIII I I III II I I I - .'" WEEKLY ARTISAN "'.- ... _-_ .. • •••• _._ _.______ ••• a_a _ ea. ••• - .. Great Improvements in Refrigerators for 191 0 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 LINE! SEE THE NEW CHEAP LINE OF "NORTH POLE" REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW ALL PORCELAIN RE FRIGERATORS-INSIDE AND OUTSIDE! LET OTHERS FOLLOW-IF THEY CAN. WE LEAD SEE THE NEW HOME OF THE LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATORS, 1he lause'ot and finest refngerator factory 111 the world It 1S only m such a factOly that the be:ot goods can be made for the least money, and 01der" promptly filled Th1s mammoth plant 1::' at your serVIce for the askl11g Send for our 1910 catalogue \tVe make nearly everythmg that \\ e use. The Porcelam Enamel for Lmmgs-the Tl11necl \tV1re Shelves-the Lock,,-the Hmge'o-the \Vater Cooler.,-the new cles1gm and fil1lshes are all made m th1s wonclerful factory. Our a~"ortment IS enormous, rangmg from the very cheape'ol to the finest \ncl best of all we help yOU "ell the goods I The "Leonard Cleanable" reputailon 1" behmd them Our magaz111e aclvert1s111g and our store selhng plans w111bnng you many customers Satin Walnut, with Water Cooler. Kitchen Cabinet and Refrigerator. White Enameled, "Leonard Grand Rapids.' GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Factory, Nos. 52 to 202 Clyde Park Ave. Salesroom during January and July, LEONARDFURNITUREEXHIBITION BUILDING. .. .. " . ... 1 I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN 4 €j]J)1II WEEKLY ARTISAN rUE LUCE LINE Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bed-room Furmture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -~-_._-~-_._._.._...._.._.-.._. ._-----_._------~----_._._.---_._._-- .... I III !I III II III III -----_._----_. --------------- ----------------------------------------' ....(I LUCE fURNITURE COMPANY Catalogue UpOIl rUjuest ---_._-_._. -_._.-. _. -------------- .. . ... " ... HIGH GRADE --------- --~_.------... LUCE~REDMOND CHAIR CO., Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Bitch, Blfd's-eye Maple, Q!artered Oak and Clrcasslan Walnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufacturers' BUlldmg,North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. MANUFACTURERS OF Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs ... • a •__• ~ ••-.-. _._-- ••-- .....-. _. --------------' 30th Year-No. 22 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., NOVEMBER 27, 1909 Issued Weekly NO PROTESTS AGAINST THE HIGHER PRICES Grand Rapids Furniture Dealers Say the Advance Was Justified and Declare That Their Customers Will Not Notice It. "The manufacturers were Justified in advancIng their pnces," saId Herbert G. Hefteran, manager of the Heyman Company, furnIture dealers, of Grand RapIds "They were practIcally forced to It," he continued, and there would have been no reason for surpnse 1£ they had tacked on more than ten per cent The cost of theIr matenalls probably more than ten per cent hIgher than a year or two ago, and though they have not raIsed wages matenally they WIll have to do so pletty soon-probably In the spnng. The demand for labor has been grow111g steadIly and when there IS a good demand for labor, or anythIng else, wages and prices arc sure to ad-vance "The advance in pnces WIll not affect us to any great extent \l{ e had antiCIpated It for some tIme-everybody could see that It Vvas sure to come-and we stocked up. We WIll not have to buy much more before the end of the year and WIll not be obhged to mark up pnces nght away, but will probably do so gradually "I do not thInk our customers WIll make any gleat pro-test aga1l1st a shght advauce, though many of them are 'klckmg' about the mcrease In general hVlng expenses They WIll hardly notice an Increa"e of ten per cent In furniture pnces-mallY of them WIll never know of It "As I saId, however, there must be a general mC1ease in wages '-,oon else the busmess of merchants and manufacturers, also, w111suffer The cost of hvmg has gone up to such an ex-tent that many workIngmen are oblIged to practIce rigId econ-omy In order to keep theIr household expenses WIthIn theIr Incomes That. lIke the advance on the cost of furmtUl e, WIll come gradually and It WIll all work out about nght in the end. "Busmes:-, with 11'i IS remarkably bnsk at present as It has been all fall, e:Acept dunng the week or two of warm unseasonable weather that we had It IS far above what we wel e dOIng a year ago "The manufacturers were Justified in rals111g theIr pnces," saId G \V Chaffee, of the Young & Chaffee Company, furn- Iture dealel s, of Grancl RapIds "I know that some of them at least have been domg bUSIness on a very small margIn of pro-fit. \Vlth the cost of matenals constantly IncreaSIng there was no other Vvay than to advance theIr pnces, unless they WIshed to do busmess at a loss Some of them had already reached a POInt whel e they dId not care to 111CelaSe theIr out-put and WIthout better pllces theIr profits would soon have dIsappeared entirely" "The retaders WIll hardly notIce the advance in prices and the consumers won't feel It , In fact they won't know much about it unless the newspapers call too much attentlOn to it The dealers wdl not need to mentlOn It or use as an eXCU3e for ralsmg their pnces. We wdl not do so VIe have a large stock now and we WIll not need to make a general raIse In pnces nght away We WIll cont111ue to buy and fix our pnces 111accordance WIth the cost. "VI e have had an excellent fall trade-much better thaT} a year ago-and can see no reason V\hy It should not contInue to grow better." "The advance of 10 per cent won't bother u:-,very much," saId Frank B Wmegar, of the \V111egar Furl11ture Company, hou"e furmshers, Grand RapIds. "The consumers won't no-tice It, eIther, unless "ome of the dealers are foohsh enough to use It for advertIs111g purposes, and even then I do not thInk they Will 'kIck' because every body must concede that a fIse 111pnce:-, V\as inevitable "ThIS advance IS not gOIng to force us to mark up our goods for several months at least. \Ve are stocked up to the 11111lt and I thInk most of the dealers have laId 111large stocks Those who have not must have been short-sighted. They must have known that furmture matenals of all kinds Vvere advanc111g In cost and that the manufacturers would be com-pelled to ask higher prices." "We have stock on hand enough to last us until next May and wont have to buy much for awhIle, that is we thought we were In that condition a month ago, but we have been hav111g a large trade and may have to buy more than we had figured on Our trade thIS year has been the largest In our hIstory Yes, It w111go far above that of 1907." Restoring Wages. The Standard Steel Car Company of Pittsburg, Pa., announces that beg1l111lngDec 1, 3,000 workmen employed at the Butler plant get a 10 per cent 111crease 111wages. This 15 folloW111g out a pr01111segrven the workmen some months since that as soon as bus1l1ess warranted an advance that it would be gIven The Standard call" attentlOn to the fact that another 10 per cent stands between them and the boom wages of 1907 and that as soon as bus111ess warrants this 10 per cent raIse will he made Kow i" the time for good men to come to the aid of the poor. Antiques Sold at Fancy Prices. rme plece~ of olel Fng1J:oh fur111ture made up the gl eater part of the la"t aftel noon'" sale of the co11ect1On of antique tlea"ure", of \11". (,anett Ryckman PIer at the Amenlan \It ("dlelles '\e\V YOlk, 1a:ot Saturdy 1hey brought t'le blgge"t pllce, ot the "ale The total for the day was about three tll11e:o that of the prevIOus days, $24,135, makmg the total for the f1\ e day s $55063. '" unIque pIece, a vHltlng table '" Ith bookca,e top for 'on1all ,olume" \\Ith tnangular-shaped cupboards on eltl1t r "Ide and three dra\\ et '" undclneath, of Hepplewhlte'e, best penoel, brought the record pnce of the day $2,200 It wa:o of "at111wood InlaId vvIth bands of harewood and green holly \ 11 e:OClltOlre Lookca,c brought the second jJrice In four fig me" $::?OOO. ThIS ,\a~ al"o a Hepple\"vhlte pIece, :oat1l1wood Il1la](l II Ith l11dhot:;an, anel other II ooch, a mllttar) deSIgn 111 the tne7e. It h con"ldered the most Important pIece of Hepp1ell hlte ever brought to thIS countr), anel IS suppo"ed to 111., e been made fOl some nobleman, ",ecretal y of :otate 01 of liar \1r:o H. L Eno palel $=);0 for a ChIppendale chma c2b 11(.t from the co11ectll n of Lord Henry Thynne c\ She,a ton e,-cntOlre bookca'oc of 111lald mahogan), '" Ith stlalght Ie,," ,IN1 '-)Jade feet ,lent to \lr" \\. H Cr,JCker for <;=)-0. \l1ot11er ot the"e boolcase:o wIth a dentt11ed corl11ce ovel a tt l t\\ 01k fne/e ~0ld for $575 A ChIppendale settee wIth a mahoc,an, ft an' e III Ch111ese deSIgn vvIth back and seat u )hl l"tel ed III modell1 stnpec! SIlk sold tor $775. 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------._------------------------------~ II Iff f I III I I IIIIjI II IIIIf II III II I• III II I• I I• III II I III II II II II ~----------------------------------------------~ --- "There's ~, ----------------------------------------------~ I I I I I ~~~'~sA BARGAIN i I 1 I I I I I I , I I :•II•• II III I II I• j I III• II It IIII•• I I•t I••• II•I ----------------~ No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIS line lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIS and other good thmgs we have to sbow you. PALMER MANUFACTURING co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. Heilman's Observing an Anniversary. \\ IllIam~p01t. l'a,. \01.26-1\ H. Hellman & Co, one of 11 l ~ pI011l111ent bU'-ll1eS" houses In \\ tlllamspOl tare erectmg <l ,n cn "tOI \ hUlhhn~ on Thlld ~treet, whIch ",hen completed II III hc one ot the mo"t ham1'3ome and "ubstantlal "tI uctures m the '-Latc 1 he dlmelhlon" ale 69 x 14=) and only steel, stone, cemlnt and bllck are belllg used \\ hen fil11shed the bUlldll1g \\ h ch I" to be u"ed a" a retaIl furl11ture, carpet and drapery eQablI"hment It "tands on one of the most de"lrab1e locatIOns dbta111able 111 \ \ IllIam "pOI t b) I eason of Its proxImIty to \lal kct '-.qnare, all "treet car lInes dnd the theatres The fil m formerly handled only fml11ture In theIr retaIl b1hlness hut nov, add carpet" and elrapenes. The bUlld1l1g IS expected to he read) for occupatIOn Feb. l;, 1910 The work of el ecttOn cc'ml11enced \pll1 last whIch elate marked the fortteth an- J1l,el",al) at the establt"hment of the bU"11less The name ,e a" first \ II Hedman who e:otablt"hed the busmess al1d t\\ 0 '. ears later John K Hetlman hIS brother became a part-ner the name be111g dunged to A. H Hellman & Co. StIll L1ter 1 '\e\\ ton Hedman, son of A. Hand J Henry HeIl-man, "0Il of ] K Hellman, entered the firm, the four men-tioned · "tIll COl11prtsng the personnel of thIS well 1..no\>\11 hOll "e. Columbia University's Special Classes. The :::,chool of HOllseho1d "\rh of Teacher" College, Co lumhla l.111\ er"lty, IS offenng many speClal cla,ses m Its new stuclto and laboratory bmld111g, Just completed at a cost of ~=)OO 000 Among them are classes 111weav111g on a hand 100m c!e"lt:;n and ItS appltcatlon to texttles, advanced em-brOIder) and a course 111 decoratl11g and fur11l'ihl11g the entIre home. the ploblem of artIstIc and economIC furm"hing and the co~ts of matenals and labor People \\ ho 11\e 111 gla"s houses shouldn't thlovv mud, eIther WEEKLY ARTISAN --------------- ".". "1 II I• I• I ..... _---_ ...... --------------~._-~-.-------- ----- - .. ---- The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog is ready for all Retail Furniture Dealers. It wlll help sell the lme that of Its kmd has no superior. It contams 88 pages Illustratmg 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Plano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 D,sc Record Cabinets, 19 MedIcine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Folding Tables. ACT AT ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS. IND '-... -------_.------- No. 679 Cars Enough For All Demands. The latest report of the car effiCIency committee of the Amencan Rall" ay A'hoclatlOn. sho'h" a furthel deCl ea"e of 'i 720, 01 about 18 per cent In the total number of Icle car~ 111 the country. For the first tllne Since these reports were h sued an InCl ease I" shown In both shortage;" and :'>urplllses. 1he former h chiefly 111 bOA cars III the 1\ orthwest and It1 PaCIfic state" The figures Il1chcate that the bU"lnes., of the COUlltry IS Oil the whole, well cared for. It cloes not seem at all certal11 that even the coal car shortage WIll he malntal11ed much longer, e.,peclally a;" lake navlgatlOll wlll close In a fe,,, "eek" The report Inchcates that the demand for car" ha~ reached Its heIght ancl that flOm nO\" on radroacls '" 111 find It easIer to supply "uffiClent cars. In the northwest there 1'0 a lar~e surplus of Idle Cal." totalling 16,160, about 44 per cent of the ~urplus of the entn e count! y. Along the hnes operat111g 111 the mIddle Atlanbc states, extendll1g down Into the gulf states, there was a gradual abatement of freIght offenngb. SImIlar con-dlbon; prevaIled 111 the far west and PaCIfic coast state" Thel e are no heavy 111creases In Idle cars 111 any aile sectlOn, the Increase being chstnbuted 0\ el most of the country Ca nadlan roads also reported a substantial Il1crea.,e III avadable can Agall1st these general Il1creases, traffic Imp,oved 111the Ne" England states ancl the mlCldle west. ~ small 1I1crease wa" reported 111the southwest, The total ...horta~e of car'o IS 39,902, as compared WIth 36,036 two weeks ago, mostly III coal cars In the East and Southea"t No 354 ----------------- 7 The President and Gompers. John Knby. Jr, In the Kovember Amellcan Industnes- I am not dlspo"ecl to take chances 111 I11curnng the charge of belllg t.; t1Ilty of le"e maJ este Yet 1 may be pardoned III this Ccltmtl'" whel e "free "peech" IS under unlllllited hcense, to wonder, for llbtance, how the PreSident and Mr Samuel Gompers are gOIng to adjust theIr differences 111 construct111g an IIlJunctlOn law that wJ11 'hork no haldo;hlp upon any man or class 'hlth a Just gne,ance, how the PreSIdent expects to reconule 111Sexuberant and generous endorsement of trades UI1lOl1lsm WIth hIS dra~t1c and merCIless denunClatlOn (111 the "allle "peech) of U11l01lltol11'Sbal barous method;", and how the \atlOnal CIV1C FederatIOn, and the Amencan FederatlOn of Labor WIll finally explam theIr sevel al attitudes on the sub- Ject of economIcs III such a way as to satIsfy the cunous 111- qUlne" of the two elements 111 our tloclety who have no real sympathIes III common-namely, the ahen Soclahsts and the patnotlc multitudes that stdl adhere changelessly to the Ideas of the father:'> of the great Republic' \\ hen these confessedly IrreconcJ1able c!Jfferences are settled, the employ el s of thIS countr) WIll know what to do 1n the proc!JglOus task of deahng WIth t1 ea~onable dIscontent, and what to expect from the makers and adml1l1strators of the law Pel haps the good dw young but yon can't make the old people belJeve It . - .--l .-.....-.. -----_.-_ -••-••.----_.a~-_.-_-_ ---_._------._--_. -.,_. .. --------_. - .,. - .. .,. ....-.'" "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'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. ---- .- .-- .-- -_._._._._~_._-------~-~-----------'-" ---' 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN -~~----_.,.-._.-. _._.--_._._._.-------_._---_. _.-- -'" ....---~------~---.-._----- -~..-.---_-.- .'" I DETROIT, MICH. I HOTEL NORMANDIE I I C~~~!o~~r~Iv~n~~T ! I I p~r II p~r I I III I A High Grade Cafe. I Restaurant and Buffet In connechon :II ... ...- AmerIcan Plan, $2 50 Day and upwards European Plan, $1 00 Day and upwards Hot and Cold Runrung Water In all Rooms Rooms wlth Bath ~xtra GEORGE FUL WELL, ProprIetor Detroit News and Obsm·vatiolls. Detr01t, 1\IIch, 1\Ov 26-The bU1lcllng pln11ltq fOI the week end1l1g X ovember 20, call for an e,penchtl1re ot 0\ el one-half l111l11ondollars ThI<; 1" ~l\ en ae, l11C11catlOnof ho\\ fast Detr01t 1<;grovv1l1g It means great th1l1g" fOl the manu facturers and dealeI" m furl1l ture Owen's bIg eIght story bmldln~ on Gratiot a, enue I'" un-der Ioof, and they wIll be mOy111g m edrh n(,t 'leal The Grand Cpholstenng Com pam one ot the lead1l1l:; furnIture houses on GratIot a, enue, 1::' al"o mak1l1g ma tellal Improvements m the way of a new front and enlal g111~ the st01 e. George J Remdel & Bros, e,pect to mO\ e from the11 'vVoodwarcl ayenUe stOI e to their Gnsllold stl eet <;t01e 111 January. The Posse11l1s Brother" FurnIture ::-ranL1tactllllnSi lam pany are pI epanng the largest and finest hne of d1111ng table<; they haye ever shoY'.n. The hne \\ 1111l1c1l1de man) e,am plee, of ElIzabethan, Flanders, Jacobean, fl1dor and colonwl desJ~n.., and all the most popular finIqheq The l111e 1\ dl be "hO\I n on the second floor of the \Ianufactlll ers Lxhlhltlon blllld1112, 1319 MIchIgan avenue, ChIcago. ThIS VI 111 1,e one ot the most prOlTI111ent exhIbIts In ChIcago and WIll undoubtedh be a W1l1ner, as all their pre,lOus exhIbIts hay e been . The I-Iumphrey- \\ Idman Bookcase company VI 111 soap Issue a fine catalogue of sectIonal bookcases ThI" company IS movl11g to the large factory of J C \\ Idman at 14th and KIrby. \ The Palmel Manufactunng company ale Iapldh Iecov-enng from the fire, and are W01kl11g nearly as man, hands as before, They are bmld111g a larg e bnck adclltlOn and VI hen THE Hindel KINO THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLO INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Protects covering by turn- Ing cushions Is so Simple and easy 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 savlRg space. all IS completed they WIll have fully 250,000 feet of floor space. The, V\ 111also matenally strengthen theIr lIne and bnng out a lal2,"e number of new patterns of lIbrary and parlor tables and peele"tals ] C \\ Idman & Co WIll bnng out almost an entIre new lIne of d11111121,"00m and hall furnIture Man) of theIr old patterns VIIII be dIscarded, and all the latest In Flanders, 1UdOI J alobean and Elrnbethan styles WIll be 111c1uded, The l111e VI 111be shO\\ n on the thIrd floor of the Fur11ltUI e Ex-change, lxI and RapIds and at 1319 MIchIgan avenue, ChIcago. The ;"hll ph) ChaIr company have made large addltrons and many nnprovements to theIr great plant and busmess 1S e'ccellent The ] enl~s & MUIr Company have added a large bnck addItIon to then factory. Would Wait for the Bill. \\ IllIam \\ Iddlcomb, preSIdent of the \Vlddlcomb Furh- Itme Company and the bUSIest man of hIS age m the furnI-tm e manutactunng busmess, po"sesses a nch fund of humor 1\ Ith VI hlch to lubncate the cares of the day. Recently he ordel eel a lot of Shlpp1l1g books of hIs b1l1der and the boob not hay mg been delIvered when needed, called up the mana-ger of the h111dery. "You have not delIvered our shipping books," J\Ir \\'Idchcomb remarked "Oh, yes we have, v,e know they were dehvered because VI e marled the bIll for the same to you this mOlnmg," the mana-g er replIed. "But Y'.e them at once have not receIved the books Try to delrver \Ve can walt a day or two for the bIll " SEND FOR CATALOGUE. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS AT RIGHT PRICES C"AllENGE REfRIGERATOR COMPANY GRAND "AVEN, MICH., U. S. A. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. Obituary of Arthur F. Switz. The death of Arthur 1. SWltL, which wa..., announced by the \\ eekly Arthan of la"t Saturday, a~ OCCl1l nng on Sattn day, ~ovember 13, \\ a" due to pent0l11t1'-, cau",ed by an ab sces..., He pa"sed away at 111s home 111 ::\1Jll Yalley, Cal, after an acute 111ne",,,of about t",o weeks, The lemams were cremated and funeral "erVlce~ \\i ere held on Tue ~day, X ov-ember 16 He was 3<)years old, Although apparently a strong, healthy, rugged man, he had been alhng for "everal months Fmally pentOl11tls set In and an operatlOn wa, performed but the doct01;" found the trouble more "enous than eApected and he d1ed the ",ame day :\Ir. SW1tz leave" a \\ 1fe who had accompal11ed hun 111h'l'" V1S1tS to Grand Rap1d" and w111 ha\ e the Sympathy of the many fl1enc1~ she has made dunng hel "lSltS He was a man of much pr01111se and ahllJty H1S customel sand employe1 s all held 111m ln the hl~he"t esteem and he ",111 be greatly m1"sed by the furl11ture trade as well <1'>the many fJ lends he made outs1de of h1s l111eof bus111ess. 1I1r. SVI1tz',> first expenence 111 ...,e1l111gfurl11ture on the road ",as w1th the late George L. \\ 1thers :\t .!\Ir. \Y1ther',; death he became representatl\ e of h1'; hne~ and thereafter held a leadll1g place among the hlll11ture men travehng on the PaClfic Coast At the t1111eof 111" death he was repre "entai1\ e fOJ the follow1l1g l1l1e~ Shgh FU1111ture Company, Rockford NatJOnal, Rockford Frame and Fl' ...ture, N atJOnal Furmture Company of l'I10unt Airy, N". C, Otsego Cha1r Com-pany and the 13 L. :Mal hIe Company. At former t!mes he VI<1",the representatJve of other leac1- 1l1g hou'>e" 111the counti y, "uch as the Jamestown Lounge Company, the 1\Jaddox Table Company, the "\ e1son J\Iattel I'urmture Company and the Grand Rap1d~ Fancy I'urmture Company Death of Mrs. McGunhHe. InformatlOn leached Grand Rap1ds on November 23 of the death of :\lrs Charle" I. :\lc(JunH,;-le at Pawtucket, R I Decea'>ecl formerly res1ded 111Grand Raplds and became the bnde of J\Ir :\1cGunl11g1e on July 30, of the current year :\lany fnencb "ympath1Le With 1\1r :\IcGun1g1e and the fam-lly of the deceased ]\1.r 1\1cGum~le 1" one of the 1epre ,>entatl\ e'> of the 1-mp1re FU111lture Company of J ame",towl1, N.Y It 1S human nature to nnag111e we would be satisfied w1th the thll1gs we know we can't get. irfft~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~'i~~vllt~g SEND SAMPLES, ORAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. --- --_ .. --_ -.,! t--.- .. - j CWartiatleogfuoer. Ir E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALMLEICGHA.N. ,,- - - - ----_.--_._---------, ............ 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------- The Undertaker"s Daughter. She "Ih 111 coffin furJ1lshed :otore \nd file:o the orders gn en for coaches, Pub on a sad, funereal "mIle \\ hene'er a C11'-,tomer approaches fo ~ll1lle In such a mournful way -II" urcum"tance, of course, that taught her, \nd ) et "he hold" m) heart Il1 thrall- 1he undertaker '3 dau~hter HoV\ oft oUblde the wll1dow pane, \\ here neatly hang~ the placard "Pinkll1g," I gdLe upon her mal ble face \nd mal \ el If of me :ohe''3 thll1kmg \\ hIle, oh, my heart Il1 hot suspen:oe Seem" ever) day In bOlhng water; I 10\ e her and I know not \\ hy- The undertaker'.., daughter \11 lnght I am dIsturbed by dreams Ot corp~es, coffins, Clepes and hearses, \11 day the thought of her sad face Bnngs forth an endless "tnng of verses To plea"e thl" faIr gIrl of my heart I \\auld not falter at manslaughter, So that hel hear"es may be fi11ed- The undertaker\ daughter If a, her hu:oband kll1d and tl ue ~he'd ral"e me from my present statIOn, I 111 "t1l e I d find hel father'" trade \ mO"'l dehghtful a\ ocatlOn I d (111\ e the hear:oe put "..,tIff:-," on Ice, \nd note the plea"ure tl1dt It brought hel, If-a" I sald-:ohe'd be m) bnde- 1he undertaker'" clau~hter \nd \ et I dare not tell m} 10\ e, l-:l el ..,ton} glance 111lg-htpetnfy me, .\nd then "ome Egyptologl"t \\ ould for a modern mummy buy me :\1y 10\ e was born n1ld thll1gs of death, I 10\ ed, perhap", more than I "oughter," Enough. I mu"t gIVe up the ghost- 1he undertaker's daughtel ~ . ----., III ,, I III II I,, II I I I,, I,, I II II ,I, III ,,,,,• , II ..- .. THE 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; Dming Room fllll11ture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete line of sam· pIes are displayed in The Ford ff Johnson BUlldtnl!. 1433-37 Wahash Ave., in· dudlnl! a special display of Hotel Furniture. All fUi mhil e deale1s are COIdzall) l1lvlted I to visit our buildmg. I,......_ .._-- -... ..------------_. ----~ The Wagner I .i..ne. Herk1l11el, \ y, \0\ 2-t--lhe \\ dgnel louch lompam WIll ..,how the1l lIne of upho!<-'terecl turllltUle thh ]dnud1 \ a" u"ual 111 l\(ew York 111 Parlor \, Grant] l mOll Hotel Sec1 e-tal y- Trea..,urel, [' \ lagan, ~ta tee., the) are \\ orkmg thuJ lIne mto hlghel grade of '3ohcl mahogan) pallO! ll1ecc, odd pIeces and reproductIOn and III Tal1l1an then l111e \\ 111m elude a new clepal tment of [landel" furl1ltUl e 1 he \ \ agllli hne embrace" three hundred dIfferent "t} Ie.., :\1r f agan re-ports the volume of DUSl11eSSfor 1909 excellent, fulh up to a n01 mal } eal Lately he states there has been an extra-ordmary ll1crea"e In the \ 01ul11e of busmess TIme may be money, but It IS easIer to make up lo~t tnne than lost money . ...--_._.__._-----------1I ...-~---~------_..-.-_-----~------. .. These Specialties are used all Over the World Hand Feed Glueinc Machine (Patent Veneer Preaaeo, d.fferent kmdo and aizea (Paleated) pendIDR,) Many atylea and aizea. Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc'l Etc. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue Spreadmc Machine, Smcle, Double and Combination. (Palented) (Sizea 12 in. to 84 m w.de.) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS L GHAS. Er FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. --~No-20-G-lue-Hea~ter. --_ ..N.o..6_G_lue Heater. ... •.._._._._-_._._. --~. "" ... ---_.-._-------_ .._. WEEKLY ARTISAN The season for banquets i. here. Get a.tock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. 11 r--------······-----··.·-------.·.---·--------.-·-·-.------------ ... -_ ... I I II III I I II II I IIII I -•.•.-••~--_.a-M--.a-_a-_._---_ --..., Our Large New Line of I TABLES I II DINING and OFFICE are the best on the American market when prices and qualIty are considered. STOW & Df\VIS FUKNITUKf, 60. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I ~-------------------------------------------_.-.----------- City Salesroom, 4th floor. Blodgett Bldg. II .- ..... __ .- ..--_ .... -------------~ Alde1'manMiller of Evansville. Ell D MIller, of Ell D MIller & Company manufacturer~ and dealers m fur11lture In EvansvIlle, Ind. \\ a" elected as an alderman at the recent electlOn for mU11lcipai officer", held m that CIty Mr MIller I" a capable, self made bU"lness man and wIll prove a valuable member of the councIl He entered a furn- Iture ,;tore In hI:' nlllth year, learned all branche':> of the trade, qualIfied hlm,elf for bU';llle':>", management and then took up manufactunng, III whIch he has been very succes:oful The retaIl store of the firm tran~ach a large bU';111e:,,:>annually :\1r MIller IS an agreeable, active young man, whose career m busllles:" although well begun 1:, de~t111ed to be much greater Men of hI'; callber are needed 111 municIpal aftalfs and Evan",vllle wIll benefit by Ius mtelllgence, good Judgement and attentlOn to duty Memphis Company's New Catalogue. The :\Iemplus Fur11lture Company have JU'it begun mal1- l11g theIr new catalogue, WhICh b one of the large"t catalogue':> that wa:, ever Issuecl111 the fur111ture trade. It consl"t::> of mOle than 300 large pages and l11c1udes III addItion to the com pan} 's own l111eof chamber furmture, lounges and davenport beel::>and "everal other l111e':>that the company handles 111a ]obb111g way These goods are loaded WIth the lmes whIch the company makes, so that It permIts them to ..,hlp mIxed cal loads afford-mg a wiele selectIOn 011 comparatively '3hort notIce The MemphIs Company'.., hne IS deSigned e,;peclally for the want'3 of the southern and southwestern terntory 111 whIch field It IS unsurpa"sed A copy of the catalogue WIll be maIled to any dealer who IS lllterested Utica Factory Doing Well. Utica, 1\ Y,;\i ov 24-The LOl tz-Teuscher Company are pldnn1l1g to buIld an ae!e!ltlOn to theIr plant about 25 x 35 ft In ~l/e, to be u':>eclfor storage purposes. ::-,ecretaI} -Trea':>urer, G F Teuscher state" hI'3 company 1'3 havl11g a gooe! volume of bus1l1ess, espeCIally ..,0 WIth I e"pect to the ':>upplyl11g of \ ar-lOUS l11stItutIOns WIth theIr l111e of metallIc bedsteads, hIgh SIde cnbs, metal-woven WIre sprmg'3 and cob Recently they filled d contract for the LTmtee! State" gOy ernment by ':>upply-l11g 500 bed" and ,;pnngs for the SoldIers Home at Da} ton, () The more conceIt a woman has the Ie"" room "he h,tS f01 Jealousy There IS alway" room at the top of the barrel for the big apples ,..... iII RICHMOND TABLET ARM CHAIR No. 57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" -the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND III L - . .................. INDIANA ------ ..- ------ The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money GENUINE LEATHER SEAT No 100. t 1; ..... ". .. ,..,..... .a 12 WEEKLY r BARGAINS IN NEW MACHINERY I have on hand for Immediate shipment the following brand new machines which I wIll sell at reduced pnces 4-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from 1;,(to 18 inch centers. 3-Two.spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from 1to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. I -Sixteen inch Cabinet' Makers' lathe. ---4DDRESS-- - New Furniture Dealers. A. \V '\Iurra} & Co are ne\\ fur11lture dealer" at rlo! c" vIlle, Tex Edward Buff has opened a new furnltult- "tore elt Bmk man, l\Imn \'\. \\ & J \\ Hendel :oon ha, e opened a \le\\ tmlll tu I( "tore In \\ hee11ng, \\ \ a. Harry Slhwart7 has opened a tur11ltme "tOle elt ] lL~h land" near Red Dank :7\ J The Holloway- \\ n~ht Com pan} ha\ e opener! their ne\\ fml1lture "tore 111 ~ ev" Ca "tIe, Pa R \\ l!ham Hal11p:oon 1:0erect1l1g a bmld1l1g m \\ hllh he wIll open a new fur11lture "tore In \\ aterhun Conn F \\T. and),I E. Hray ha\ e opened a ne\\ tm mtul e ,mcl hardv"are store at Jesup, \10. undel the name ut the 1\1,1\ Hardware Company Luke McDonald of the ),IcDonald 1 urmture Lompan} Rome, Ga, Is rel11ode11l1g a bl1lld1l1g m \\ 11ldl he \\ 111open a large stock of furniture at Lmdale Ga \V1lham P. Satterfield, J ~ Ca"gell ,md \1 FH1" hel\ e orgal1lzed the El11s company to deal 111 tml1lture ell III LIttle Rock, Alk Capital :otock, $15 000 The retal! fur11lture bus1l1e'i'i estabhshed fift} } ea1" ago at Easton, Pa, by Da\ 1d (Tans and lecentl} clo"ed out b} hIS succe"sOl, has been reI 1ved b) the l11lted ] unlltllre Lom pany The Cobb Con5tructlOn Lompan} has been Illcc,rporated by George \\ Cobb, Jr, C \. Flynn, and JO'ieph \Ialone to deal 111 carpets, fur11lture, etc, In :7\ ev, \ ork Clt, Lapltell stock, $100,000 .:\1rs A S Averett, ;\lr". J. r Bn ant and H 1 Rel11 lngton, ha\ e mcorporated the '\\ e1ett lurnl1m e LOl11pa1l\ to estabh"h a retaIl fur11ltme stOle at Qmtl11an (,,1 Lapl-tal :otock, $5,000 The Hal n'ion Supply Com pan} mcorporated b\ \\ Ile\ SmIth, J r-i. Lamer and other" \\ III deal In fur11ltl1l e elnd general merchand1"e at Harn"on \\ a"hmgton Counh (,,1 CapItal stock, $3,000 D \\ }\I1tchell, J E )'Iart1n and '\ ,[ Ha"tmg" hel\ C mcorporated the Ha-.tmg" & :0.1Jtchell Com pan) to e"tabll"h a retaIl furmture store 111 Charlotte, \. L ),11l11l11U11c1ap1tell (sub'icnbed and paid 111) $4,000, 111a" 1111 n 111$10000 New Factories. Chatle" Pa~" 1~ manager of a ne\\ furmture tactOl) at Antwerp, :;\ Y C. C Benc,llct ot \lma Center 1" to e"tabh"h a ne\\ IJed spnng factor} at I aLrO'i'ie, \\ IS The RItter FoldIng Door Company 1" to e"tabll"h a ne\\ factory on the Carthage pIke, near COv111gton, Ky ARTISAN r""O FFMAN--~i.~iyE:£-I:~~~ II II I HARDWOOD LUMBER i I II !I SA~~D l QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS I SLICED \ AND MAHOGANY I • I ~I______________ ._.. ••• • • .4I II J Ha \\ k111:oand Ira Brandon ha\ e e:otahhshed a mir-ror facton 111 the re"J(lencc of S J Ray, Johnstown, Pa 1 he nc\\ lhal1 factor) of Blown & i\IcColle), at \ \ In dle"tu ,Ia"" ha" "tarted opel atlOns WIth a force of 50 men. L D ~hl e\ e pI c"lclent uf the ~hrcve ChaIr Company of Lon \ \\ 111c"tablI'ih a lanse table factor} at (;nlOn Clt}, Pa (,e01£;e (, De\[o"s C \\. DIekman and R D G111nhave 1l1lO1pOlelted thc 10U1I"t Bed Company to estabhsh and ope-l ate ,l tactO!, 111 Portland, Ore CapItal stock, all subscnbed, SIO 000. Furniture Fires. D EntL funlltme dealer at l\IcPherson, Kan" , v"a'i lHlll1ed out \ 0\ ember IG Lo,," $2,000, 1l1:ourance $l,fiOO 1hl 111m" furmtu1 e "tore at ::\IlPher'ion, Kans., wa:o totalh de" t1 ()\ ed In hi e on \'0\ ember 17. A portion of the "tock \\ a" "a\ eel b} qmlk 1e1110\al Lo'3S $7,000, 111surance S20eO On \0\ l111ber 18 fire destroyed the DaVIS & Sargent Lumber Lompam " nl1ll 111Lowell, J\Ia'3" l\larshall & Cros-b, calJ1l1et 111elkel" occnp1ed a pal t of the bll1ld1l1g The total 10"" 1" about :;;100,000, 1110St of It fall111g on the lumber com-pan) The Value of 8 Pull. Depend" npon the u"e to whIch It may be apphed A polItical pn1] 1'3 \\ orthles" unle:o" It IS a strong one i\ mod elate pullIn hn'i1l1e,,'i sometIme" "enes a purpo"c, bnt 111 furn- 1tn1l It 111U"tahva}:o be ngld, un} 1eldllJg Such a pull IS the '\ o~ Kum~ Loo:oe manufactured b) the Grand Ra p1cls lh:l ,,,:; Lompam E, er) dealer can have thl-. pull. He need" hut a "k the manllfacturu" f1om \vham he purchase" goods to furn 1'ih 1t. What to Buy and Where. TIn \\ \I TER CL \RK VE;..;'EJ=R COIIPANY, Grand RapIds, has 300,000 feet each of bIrch and poplar cr05S-bandmg, ready for prompt delIvery. WEEKLY ARTISAN r-------- . --... _- . _.a •• -------------. • •••••••• s. a __ as • •• _ •• ~ I The NEWEST and MOST CORRECT S"ADES IN fUMED OAK STRATfORD OAK fLANDERS OAK and EARLY ENGLIS" Furniture manufacturers who seek the correct shades in these increas-ingly popular finishes will find our stains will meet every requirement as to color and working qualities. If you are interested III any of the above write us for sample panels. MARIETTA, OHIO . FUMED OAK- -Our Fumed Oak Acid Stain is largely used by manufacturers who recognIze in It a practical piece of goods pro due ing not only a correct but a uniform color wlth-out the use of a fummg chamber. This stain has proven a success wherever tried and even manufacturers who have a fuming chamber have found that by using this stam over the fumed product they can tone up the work and make the color umform. Wnte for sample panel. STRATFORD OAK --ThIs is one of the new stains now commg into favor and will probably be much seen on Arts and Crafts furn iture the coming year. It is a very deep brown color with a purple undertone Write for sample panel. FLANDERS DESIGN---The Flanders is a new deslgn in furmture finished in a deep nut brown shade of color, in soft, velvety, dull effect. We make thIS stain m the correct color. Wnte for sample panel. EARLY ENGLISH The Marietta Early Enghsh is conceded by the best authoritles to be correct in color and the finest workmg stain on the market. Write for sample panel. 13 .------_._-------_.----- -- --------_._----- _. -- --- ------ -- -- ----_._--_._-------------~ When the Bride Buys Furniture_ FashIOn" ln furl1ltme chan~e dlmost as freCjuu,tl) as fashlOns In (lJ e"" and man v bndes find consllle' able rll "fi-cnlh 111 selectIng pIece" th~t al e ltkely to rema111 111 "tyle e\ en for a fev, ,eal s Such bnyer" ma) do II ell to 1el1le111l~e h\ a law" 111 fUlnJture bu}tng. Seller" of fmmb,re -,iate t:Jclt the} sell about 25 pIeces 111the soft. dull fi111"h i) aile ()[ the hl~hly, finely poh"hed 1'hl" l~ one of the reac,nr -, 'vh ~ the former k111d "hould be selected. 1he day of the orrwie C~f\ ed furnrture has pa""ed, and the ma"slve effect~. C0101lld Cl'rves dnd I11h"IOn angles are 1110re preferable these cIa) c The furmtm e £01 the Inl11g room IS the first t11rug to be selected and nothmg better "mts thlS room than l1lClUli'l d oaL Oak h ah\ a}s the hest for the Ilv111g room as It wIll not .,how-the "car~ and knocks as much as other mOl e expenslV e plec.:s ] lan<1el'o furlllture, a ne\\ kmd, IS very accc plahle amI -,t) 1Is11 It grve" the effect of Dutch "turdl11ee.,s IIlth Jt" 1011 tone" and bold motIf The "ame k111cl of lIood and style h 'UILt1)le 101 jl1e c!Jl1lne, room, the next place to he con'--,c1u(',' Calle 101not had for the seats and back:::, of the chaIrs tOt th(' <.Imino' 100m ;-, ~Iahogany JS of cour"e the most desJrahle but lt h ,el V ex pensIve The latter shoulc1 always he seke Led In the Llul1 wood One of the latest woods IS an l1'1ltat](,11 at tlw CUCd., sIan walnut. ThIs has Ju:::,t appeared < 11([ h Cnl1eel c,at1J1 or gum lIalnut It 1~ expen"l,e anc1110 10 J);" \\ III he plt'ch u-ed when the !Je,hter ~rade:::, are deslred London "ets the style" 111furmture In the "aPle ',a\ Pans decrees what dlesses shall be worn bv thL' 'vIOll'en, d1"<1deal-ers ln that CIty have taken up the lde 1 of re\ 1\ 1l1g the n;C/ \\ 11!Jam and :\Iar} style" Thus far the plan has been some-what of a faIlure on account of the dhta"p mJl'y pel "on" have for those style". The Adam furmture h anoi!l(l le,lval fw'n ••••• ..& an old style and much of thIS kl11d IS bemg used. The shleld dlst111gm"he., the Adam fnr11lture 111the same wa} that the ] apanese and nllrror effects dJstl11gUlSh ChJpp('11CIclle vanety. The dIrect outcome of the \c1am re, h"l b tIle cane fUl111i1l1L now much m 11'oe Tllls framewOl k IS Jf the LottI" X IV st) Ie and IS sometImes m walnut or :::,0111e'anety of pretty wood enameled 111II ll1te or gray The bouch . 'let" are SOlDct!mee., II' 111 d<>1Jcate pll1k" and blues and they gn e a very pre~~ effect In the fur11lshlng of the bedroom t,le I Ide"t scope 1'0 gIven to the lI1dlvldual taste, and the (-1nc furntme of It" Adam vanety IS one of the pretty efJ>, "" fOI thr, loom The craze or fad for the pa1l1ted furnIture gIves opportuDlty for the decoratIve Idea, yet some prefe' thc old style, sImple cottage fUl111ture to the paInted pJecec, If the P2.ll1tccj f1l1111- ture h de.,lred the flowers 111a 'v\ll1te ground have the pre-ference and the Japanese deSIgns ale clbJ \ elY gOild Some set" have the Delft blue declratlOns, some have p111k awl stJ1l other" have butterfiJes pamted 111 Pll1\ <"110no' d c1ustel at whIte blossoms '" One of the th1l1~s that the bnde ,,!loulcl fir"t h11v h a cedar che"t, d" these are alII ays trea'oun' 1 as <1reet pta~le fo-the trousseau The bedroom lS hardly ('o,nplek \\ ,thout thh chest. They may be procm ed 111almo," any kmd at wood, lIned wrth cedar A very attrclctlve one 1'0 m,Hle of souihel n reel cedar WIth heavy brass naJls anrl hmg('", and Ii J" a splendId place to keep fine 1111ens. 1elephone table" al e one of the noveltle" of the season and are "hOl\ ,1 m all {('lid" at woods The stool" "lIde on grooves beneclth the tables when they are not 111use A WIdower always makes the best husband IIhat to expect He knows Means Better Work 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. Good Equipment 918 Jefferson Avenue Grand Rapids, Michigan DINING ROOM DECORATIONS Suggestions As To Table. Chairs. Sideboard. Carpet and Wall Coverings. The pracllce uf usmg the dmI1H;-IOOm d'" a ~el1el al 11\ m~ room "hould not he encouraged, but I greatly fear It \\ III be long before all 111)1eader" WIll be persuaded to agree wIth me The cl1l1mg-room ;:,hould be u ..,ed "olely for the "en ll1g and eatmg of meal". and the constructIOn of the furnIture l'i hUllt to that end, therefore let u" bear 111 1111l1dthat \\ e 111U"tselect our clecOlatlon" dlHl cho"e uur fur11lture \\Ith thl.., end m \ Ie", 111"t, then, a" to fur11lture \\ e shall need a rather large table, \i\hlch 1', pertecth "tead} and \\ e mlbt cleten11lne Its length and WIdth aClonlll1g to thl ..,Ize of the r00m and allow plenty of "pace fur the "en ant" to move ea"Il) behmd the ChaIr., v\hen people are seated at meals An oval or Iound table IS a good one to .,elect, "mce these moclel" take less space, and also .,eat an extra peron or t\\ 0 v\ Ith more comfort, whIle they are rather more novel than the urthoeloA squale or oblong table" \i\hlch have had It all theIr own \\ay until Iecently .\nother growmg fashIOn I" to have the table" far more ornamental than heretofore, and many people entirely do away \\ Ith the tablecluth except at meal times. and keep a high poh"h on the top of the table. \\ hICh bnng" out the beauty of the gram and the can 1l1g 011 the edge If the 'iurface ha'i a \ ery fine poll'ih It l:o wIse to have a felt cover made for the top, and thI" "hould be laid under the dama;:,k cluth at meal tIme" to prey ent the hot plate'i and dl"he'i 1l1arkmg the wuod Perhap" the favollte \i\oocl just now for dmmg-room fur11ltUl e IS lIght uak, but black oak, mahogany and walnut "till appeal to man) people, and I hear rumors that rosewood I'i "hortl) to return to favor In the mattel of chaIr" one has an enormous vanety to dlOOo.e fJ om the mo;:,t popular are perhaps those With hIgh balk", m "ome quaInt artl"tlc shape, whIle many excellent model.., ma\ be had which are exact leproductlOns of the be"t example" of ChIppendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhlte, when m doubt It h alV\a) s Whe to select one of these later vanetles I \vould al"o "peclally urge the young housekeeper not to purchase the "o-called sUite of chairs, V\hlch cu"tom has almost made lh behe\e I" the llght thing to do Have your chair" to match, of lourse, but 'ielect four arm-chall s and two more of the OJ dmary kll1d I 1l11a~lne most young WIve" V\III rarely soar beyond a partl-carree when they mVlte their fnend" to dmner, and the re;:,tful comfort of the arm-chaIr m the dmll1g-room cannot be gam "aid ~l"o, pro\ Ide two or three footstools, and place them under the table where they can eaSily be acqUIred by those '" ho need them The SIdeboard h of course, the most conspicuous Item, and the most eApenslve one, and when selectmg thIS be very caleful not to be led away by a showy extenor who"e over elaboratIOn may make you overlook Its stnct utlhty It IS, of cour"e, alh Isable to have a few shelves above the board proper, where one'" collectIOn of plate, pewter, or chma may be effectl\ ely dI"played, but It IS hkewbe essential that there he dra" er" and cupboarcl" In the lower portIOn where table lll1en, \\ me bottles, etc, can be put away The dresser Sideboard has latterly been much affected by young people who have but a modest amount whereWIth to fl1r111"h,and a very deSirable posse"slon It IS, but whatever WEEKLY ARTISAN form the sideboard take'i, It "hould, of course, accord m char-acter with the other furniture m the room Therefore, decide at the outset what style your dmmg room IS to be, whether Chippendale, Sheraton, Jacobean, Old Enghsh, or modern, and purchase accordmgly. A couch b not at all necessary m a chmng room, but a couple of ea:"y chair" are advisable If the after-dmner ..,moke l'i enjoyed m thl'i apartment, sometimes a wntlng table I" useful, and If the famJ1y be large a dmner wagon come" m a" a u:"eful aide-de-camp to the Sideboard, while a "mall, 'itrongly made table should alway::, be placed near the door for the maid to place tray s, etc, upon, whether or not you mvest abo m a butler'" tray and stand Tho'ie young hou"ekeepers who cannot afford a Side-board Will find a large size dmner wagon an excellent sub-stitute, espeCIally If one be purchased \\>Ith cupboard'i m the lower portIOn An over-mantel of 'iome de'icnptlOn IS spec- Ially nece..,,,ary m a chl11ng room, and the picture" cho~en 'ihould be of the best pO'i'ilble quaht), and not too ..,mall 011 pamtmgs, engravmg", etchmgs, and even good photograph'i bemg speCIally :"mted to thl'i room In the matter of floor coverings one might Ul\ e"t m Turkey, PerSian, Imltan, A:h111m"ter or \VI!ton carpet'i, If one''i pur..,e be 'iuffiClently ela'itlc, the three former bemg perhap., the mo"t 'itlltable, m Ie..,., e:hpen'ilve Item'i there are good examples of Roman and art carpets which have 111uch to commend them In general character a dlmng room 'ihould be rather Impos111g and hancl'iome, It should also be re..,tful, both ph) s- Ically and mentally, and therefore the wall paper and curtam~ mu:"t not be too aggTe'i'iIVe m design or color, whIle the table chma and decOlatlOn'i "hould tone in With the general :"cheme A:o covenng" for dmmg room chairs I have a particular a, erSlOn to plush, velv et, and 'iadclle bag fabnc If the ex pen"e be not too great al\'vay'i stnve to po:;..,e"" a .:\Iorocco covered :omte, although great care l'i needed to prevent It'i bemg ..,cratched and otherwl"e dl"figured Falhng thl'i, thel e are some capital ImitatIOn leather cloth", which wear remark-ably well, and are to be had 111a pleasmg number at ~hade'i I al'io very much hke the qmantly shaped chalr:o With rU'ih or cane ..,eab, and the..,e, too, are generally me'Cpenslve In the matter of color "chemes I prefer green or blue for u:"e 111a d111mg room, a very "atl'ifactory method I" tv cover the wall 'iurface With a nch cream or warm buff paper, break111g It up mto panel.., \\>Ith "tnp'i of \'vood of the "ame kmd a.., that which form., the furniture Working on Their New Line. Plack River, NY, 0:0V 24-The Black RIVer Bending Company "Vv III ..,how their fine 1111eof Chall'i next January as u"ual In Grand Rapids, \1Ich, but wJ1l have their e'Chlblt 111 the I, url11ture Exchange on the third floor Pre..,ldent G K Oak.., "tate.., that a number at new paterns Will be added to the January hne of porch and mlS..,lon furl11ture, the-,e guod'i bel11g all With double cane ..,eat" and back-, He 'itates the) are workmg on their new 1111enow and expect to have It ready to ship earl) F're"ldent H C Dexter of the Dexter Chau Company has Just returned from a week's VISit m 13o"ton Shelley & Ahl's Exhibit. Blllghamton, ~ Y, Xov 24--The Shelley & Ahl Com-pany, manufacturers of artistic leather furniture Will have a very notable e'Chlblt next January "ea"'On and It wJ11 be "hown on the fifth floor of the Leonard buJ1ding In Grand Rapids rI MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH.... UOlonlO1 Sulles lOll POSI BaaS 000 Drassers CnmonlBrs wororohes wales' TOIIBlS DraSSmg Tahles MOnOgony I 101010 GOOGS III .._-- _. - .- 15 .......---,----_._------ --------------~ WRITE FOR CATALOG III II II I •• -4 -------- ------. President J Ohl1 ~ Ahl, J r, states their exhibit Will contall1 double the number of ne\'v piece" -,hown 111any pi evlOUs ex-hibitIOn season, and Will 1l1dude a lot of new "tuff along the penod hnes The 13111ghamton Chair Company, manufacturel'" of Mor-ns Chair:" al e buIlding a new office~-a cement b1111d111g40 x 40 feet, wl1lch IS to be completed J al1uary 1, 1910 '" ..-.- . I ---------------_ _---------~ ELI D. MILLER &, CO. I••• L •••••••• __ •• •••••••••••••• No Stock complete WIthout the Ell Beds III Mantel and Upnght, EVANSVILLE. INDIANA WrIte for cuts and prIces ..- .i. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. I educed The auto truck h dean, sa111tar} and Its storage doe" not I equll e the "table room of a :Olllgle team Truck" C,1ll\ 1l1Q,ught ton" of frel>iht at a "peed of f10m five to ten 11111e"a 1 haUl hay e heen put lllto "ucce:o:oful use v, \th111 the ]1,1"t h\ a \ ea1" and the deUland for couch veh1cle" 1" .~reater than the "upph \n electnc truck with a dynamo to generate a cmrent a" needed 1'; the la:ot development in tIllS 11lle of prodnctIon 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR, SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EOITO" Fntered as second class matter July'>, 1900 at the post office at Grand RapIds MIchIgan under the act of March J 1879 Cone11tlOn" 1ll the ll1de and leatl'er ma1l--et 1ll lm.;L1nd a" c1escnbeel on another page P01l1t to a conhl111atol1 a a pi e ehctlon made to the \\ eeklv \rt1"an ,0Jl1 atter the ne \\ talltt law went 1nto effect, 1n j [red 'Iuellci of the \[uellu ~ Slack COmpall}, Crand Rap1c1" 'lree hide" \\11\ not c<1t\"e any matenal 1eductlOn 1ll the cost of leathel, ",1\el \11 l\Iueller. ,. fhe onh eflect \\ 111he to po"tpone an itch Llncc 111 pnce.., wh1ch "'1ould come Ullmechatel} hut tot the pldUl1Q (ll hlele" on the free 11,,1. rr he dch ance \\ III come hcm e\ er pwh dbl) 111a fey, month" It ma} be maele Q,raclu,1lh but It \\ 111 come soon.' The "hortage 111the "upph of h1de" a 1 1ll other products of the falln 1aneh dl1Cl 1alHie 1" due mal11h to the fact that the 1l1crea..,e 111al;f1Cultural produch ha.., nc t kljlt pale w1th the 1ncrease of populatlOn 1\1 tht utle" LInd tlm n.., In Amenca at least the 1l1lrea..,e In tht procluung popnldtlOn has not equalled the 1ncrea:oe 111the numher of non producer, or COI1:oumel'; of as;nlultllldl jllOduch anel to dIe".., e"tent perhap" tl11" 1" t1 ne of neLllh al1 othel lC\1111t11e.n.,ot e"eljlt1n~ 1"\1"11 \Igentma and \n"tJaha Ilenec the LlChdllee" 111jll1ee.., oJ gla1l1 meah, huttel (QQ," anel ll1de" 1\ hIle tIll wheat, oat" dnd lOJ n field" at the \\ e"tern "tdte" h 1\ e been greatly enlarged the 1ncrea,;eel production ha" not equaltzed the ll1crea:oed demand It ha" harel) equalled tht fa1l111g off 111 the aIrIer sectlOn" of the conntn and In~ (n croachlllg on the great cattle lam;e, the de\ e10pment ot western agncultUlal land,; ha" actuall) decred"ecl the 'iupph of hlde:o from that sect10n Still another calloe of the fd1l1l1g off 111 the suppl} of hlCle" lS the tact that the cattle 111ctu"tf} on ranges 111 the northwe..,tern "tate" and 1n \\ e"tern Candda has not prO\ ed so successful a" \\ a.., e"pected The \\ lnttr" are "0 "evere that the lo,;se" t1am cold equal 01 )\ ') L1I 1,~ all othe1 e'3tnnated profih E\en the "outh\\e"tcln lllQC.., I) not produce as 111any h1de" a" they ebel a fe\\ } ea1 sago \ \ 1th the h1gh p1lce" for beef 1anchmen 1a1"e fe\\er hut bette1 cattle than formerl} Thty do not "laughtu them for the h1de:o bnt a1m to make more beef 1~rom tIn" It appedll that J'lIr :\luel1er':o p10phecy 1" to be fullfil1ed-lcdther \\ 111 he h1gher, notw1thstancl111g the ehsappearanle of the dnt} on the raw matenal. :\1annfacturer" and merchanh 111the furllltlll e and k111 clred trades ale dlspen"mg '\lth hor"e" and \\agon" n,ed 111 the tansactlOn of bU"1l1ess The ga" and elect11call} IWOjl"l1 , cl veh1cles hrought out dunng recent yea1" hd\ I" \\ on fay or and 111 every Clt} the ohsen 1"1' not1ces the1r 111uea"lng u"e \"lcle from the convemence" affOl dell 111 the handhng of fJ elght w1thout the horse cleaner st1 eet" home, and "hop" hette1 health 111the commulllt} and an ehm1l1atlOll of the £h pe'it. the cost of blllldmg and mamtam111g pavemenb 1:0 ma1 E r',uly [t h ll10l,o"ed to e:otabh"h mu"eum" for the pmpo"e of e"IllhltJng "afet\ de\ lle" for the protect1On of the 1\\ e" 'I factOl \ \\ orker, dnd for the best po""ible sanitary COnd1lJOnS, 111\ dllon" pal h of the emtecl State" that the people may 111- j01m them"eh e" a" to what sCience ha" accomplhhed for the hc ltUl11Cl1t ot the conchtlOns of lab0l1l1g men and women It h dall11ed that the los, of hfe on account of nnproperly m- "tLtllec1 and unplOtected macInne1} I" greater 1n the Umted States than 1n am uther countnes of larger popu1atlOn, but thl" condition 1" l;ndoubtedly due to the fact that the people at \ m e11lcl lbe machmery more Iar>ie1y than those of other natHll1" 1he mu"eum" propo:oed would serve a good pur-l) o"e and c;0\ ern111e11t aId could well he he"towe,l upon the ente1 p11"e \ lettel t10m E\ an,,\ 111e "tates that the "\eteran manu-tLlCtUl e1 11 ul nOlk"tege \~ III undertake the management of the jnflllture C0111]lan, beanng h1S name, on January 1 He \\ III hc d""l"ted b\ h1.., "on,. For many years he has gnen hh t1111eto the operat111g department of the Karges 1"urmture Compan, and a:O"l"tecl " 1 Kdrges 111 bmldmg up the hl1"'- ne"" of that cOl11pan} from small con'3equence to great 1m-pm tanct. \11' l;ock"tege IS an up-to-date manufacturer and a ]0\ 1aI gentleman \1anulactll1 e1" and sh1pper" gene1 ally w111 be pleased \\ Ith the anll()'111Lement that there lS to be no 'ienou" :ohortage oj La1" thl" fall 01 \\111ter There 1'; no ,hortage now except In the LOdl 1LC;j()1l" and a.., lake na\ 19atlOn close" the ld\-. u..,ul 111eLlll \ 111Q, loal from the m1nc" to lake porh \\ 111"oon he c11\erted 111 other lhrectlon s, thus rehe\ 111g the "hol tage bet\\ een the m111e" of OhlO anel \ \ e:ot YIIg1l11a and 1\ estern ]l0111h Ra1lroad lang uag e 1" be} ond 01 d111ary under:o 1andl1lf';, dnd 1t 1" plOPosed to aboh:oh techmcal terms, \\ hat lop'o tIle a\ erage :oh1pper know about "mJleage rate:o," con..,truct1,e m1leao-e "po..,taoe :otaml) rate:o," "what the traffic w111 bear" h , ..., and kmc1recl expres"10n" RaJ110ad operators "hould be com-pelled to tell \\ hat the} hay I" to say 111 pla1l1 Engl!"h 111order that the Q,ellcral publtc may hay e fan play DUllng the past 'Week no furIJlture eXp0'i1tlOn bU1lcl!ng:o \\ e1e "tal tedm Gland Rap1d~, but the oV'Iner of a tlnee story "trncture lon"ulted an drc1lltect 111regard to the co"t of acldl11g t\\ 0 floor" to be u"ed 111 exh1h1tmg furl11ture \10"t of the trd\ e1mg fnrJuture ..,ale"man ha\ e completed then \\ ork for the current year and wIll spend the ne"t two month" at the1r home" 01 1n attendance at the furmlnre expo"lt10n" C1echt men s a,:OOClat10n" throughout the Flllted Stales \\111 ra1"e h1nds to be u"ed espeClally 111 the prosecutlOn of fraudulent clebt01" \ tv ay, Inc1 a:op1re" for prommence a" a furl11ture ex-hlb1t10n town Vevay contal11S one factory and a hotel. WEEKLY ARTISAN Short Supply of Hides. COJl(l!tlOns 111 the Bntlsh ltather mar1.et a1e C,ttlS111g "enou" thought to tanner", boot and "hoe manufacturers, 1m1 the pub1lc The pro"pect, IS that the :oupply of raw hlcles wlll be fa1 belm\ the demand, notvv 1thstancl1ng the con.,tantl) 111- crea"1l1g output of hIde:, The acutene"s or :oenou-,ne'3" of the "ltuatlOn vv111be mOl e fully undertood v"hen It 1'0 known that hIde" that could be purchased a dozen-) eals a(?,o at about h cent" a pound now bnn~ 13 cents The posItion of tho"e who.,e bus1l1ess It h to conI ert calhkms mto the popular leather" kno\\n a" hox and wlllow calf I" e, en le"., "ab"factory than that of the tanner of sole leather.., c\ member of one of the leadl11g leathel firm:o 111 England comments on the '-,Ituabon a" follows 'Tanner., al e hav111g to g1\ e hIgh pnces for hlde'-, be CdU'-,t the demand IS so much greater than thE' quantity avaIl-able The consequence 1:0 that 1\ hen the fim"hecl leathel I eache" manufacturers It b much more costly. The supply of ll1des m London has been greatly decreased of late 0\\ mg to the pollcy adopted by Amencan cattle seller". In many 1l1stance" It I'> now stipulated that the hlde:o of the l-\1lted States cattle kllled at Deptford :oha11be sent back to \menca J-J and bags. leathel belts and the thou'-,and and one artIcle" made of the mate11al wlllch the pubhc buy Vv111ha, e to be advanced .3 to 10 per cent 111 co"t -,hOltl)." Miscellaneous Buildings. C A.. Hallett 1:0 bllllchl1g a $15,000 hotel at 1235 Ohver :obeet, lndlanapolh, Ind. Charle" Sand E C. Johnson are bllllchng a $20,000 hotel at 1217 Raltllnore street, Kan'-,ds Clt), }\10 Tra111 & \\ Il1lam'3 al e prepal1l1g plan" for an European hotel to be hllllt 111 Los ,\ngeles, Cal, at a co~t of $85,000 A P,ml Will erect a new theatre at Douglas, A..nz. 17 C n ~ru11dl), 1265 Ea'it Orange avenue, Long Beach, Cal, propo'ie'-, to 1l1\e'-,t $1,500.000 111 a hotel and theatre bUlldmg In that tm\ n The Elk-, of Glohe, \r1/. ha\ e adopted plano and VI' 111 :ooon begm vvork on theIr new lodge room and theatre bUI1cltng, to cost $40.000 or $4S,000 John Hays Ham-mond the famous m111mg engmeer 1-, blllld111g a bungalow, garage, barn, etc., at hIS wmter home near Delano, Cal, at a LOSt of $20.000 or $25,000 ~an Bernad111o, Cal, is conslder-lng plan.., for a ne\\ ot) hall to co'>t ~530,OUO Corporation Tax. In dl-,cu'-,smg the corporatIOn taA law pas:oed at the last "e,,'-,Ion of congres-" cr. Rettlng. preSIdent of the Rettmg FUll11ture Company remarked that the law seemed to be un-fall and unjust If a mdn had eal ned a profit of $5,000 In one yeal on an mvestment of a ltke sum It would not '3eem unLlll to levy a taA upon the same. But 1£ the profit upon an 111Ve.,tment of $1,000,000 should be but $5,000, It "auld be unfair to taA the same hecause the milner had not realtzed a faIr return upon hIS capItal Warehouse Completed. 1he 1.1Ichlgan ChaIr Company (Grilnd Raplch) have completed an addItIon to theIr warehouse and taken po:ose~ SlOn of the same The company WIll add the usual number of new patterns to theIr ltne for the comIng sea"on Charlf" H COA, C B. Parpenttr, R G Calder and \ V. R Penney Will cont1l1ue to sell the 1Ine 011 the road 1he..,e salesmen ale veterans 111 the trade, each havlll£; '-,pent more than twell1; ) ear:o 111 thCll occupatIOn Even the 1110"texclth1ve of men \lvlll t,lke oft the11 hat~ to the dollar mark. The L. Mac E. Fumed OaK Acid Stain fumes the wood equal to a Fumed Box. E.arly English Stain No. 1719 and No. 506 Filler. Weathered OaK Stain No. 1725. They are the Standard Shades. SEND FOR FINISHED SAMPLES THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. N " Mission Oak Finishes can be placed between them, from one to as many as can fill the entire length of the table. The blocks are made of sohd mahogany, the button., covered With felt, and are loaded for II eIght Some of the blocb, are fancy in shape, that IS, they have a fanC} top Other:" have Ju~t a plain, square shape WIth a round edge well poltshed, and on one of the block", there 1" a hand) dock placed In the center Other:" have a conventlOnal figure can eel 111 the center ] he leather table mats are being bought for weddmg pre"enh, The:"e are of all SIzes, large enough to cover mostly all the center of the table top.." while others are large enough on wInch to place a vase These mats are of different colored leathel, on 1\ hlch are traced many attractive flowered or con- \ entlOnal deSigns and are all felt hned. Some have the plain round edge, whlle others have fancy 1he mahogany tra)" for the dl11l11groom are bel11g sold 1he..,e ha\ e taken the place of many of lIghter welght, m order to match the dmmgroom set. These trays come In all :"Izes, and ha\ e handles at each end. The German nickel edge h "een on some plam mahogany trays, wlth the felt bottom, Ylhlle others have the plal11 edge, wlth a moldl11g 111 a nar-lOW stnp Other trays have Just a mahogany frame With a gla.,,, bottom, under which are placed floral deslgns of fruit, II Inch can be "een from the top The"e can be easily wlped oft and are pi eUy The lac!l ...,boudOIr telephone tables are new, These come In ..,mall .,lLe;-, and can be easlly placed 111 any corner of the room These are square wlth a pohshed top, and have a lIttle narrol" back from wInch there swings a little round leaf on I' hlch to place the telephone This b ll11ed and has an edge to match the table A httle leaf under the table IS so placed to put the telephone book Place" for the pencils and a httle drawer are handy receptacles of the telephone table. ReproductIOns of the old VV l11dsor chair rockers are also "een m the "to res, and hIdden Clgar boxe;-, are among the ne\\ Chn<.,tll1a., noveltIe" The~e are made of dark wood neat-h po!J..,hecl and ha"e a "peclal contnvance by whlch a clgar can dlwa)" be handy to procure About 25 cIgars can be FURNITURE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Martha Washington Tables, Card Tables, Trays and Various Articles Made to Meet the Demands of the' Holiday Trade. rLen t:-;~~--~ i:----.~--- -------------------- II III I LenC~:AG~:C::O. I NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN ~-_.------- ..... ----------------_ ..... -----------_.- ...------ ..._-_ ....--- ......•.... Man) plece:" of furl1lture, admIrably SUited tor Chn..,t-ma., pre"enb are to be found m the weIl-"tocked up-to date ftul11ture :"tore" today In the larger cltle:" the \ allet\ h large enough to meet e\ ery Imagmable demand £lom ex pensIve parlor, bedroom or dml11g room sUIte.., de>\\n to a servl11g tray, and pnces may be found to fit an) pur;-,e £lom about $250 up to $1,000 or more, Smgle pleces at model n pnces are mo"t popular wlth the buyers, of cour:"e and the\ are dl"pla} ecl 111 an almost endless vanety of artIcle", and m an even larger number of de"lgns, matenals and finl"he:" ~mong the mo"t popular thlS year are coples of illartha \\ ashmgton " work table Most of these are of solid clark l11ahogan} Some are Il1lald, whlie other" are plam, The table" al t of the mlcldle SIze, oblong ll1 :-.hape I'v Ith roundecl .,Ide" and contaIn t\'vO httle drawer" ll1 the center \t each "Hie dH' deep pocket" \'vIth a depth \\ hlch almo"t touche" the HOOI wlth the exceptw!1 of about one foot The cm er, to the.,e pocket" al e wlth the old fdshlOned \\ ooden hll1g e.., They are handy to have and can be procured to match an\ bedroom set Anoher \'vork table seen ha" a pedestal ha "e and a round top, and can be also used for a carel table a" \\ ell. Thl" h of mahogany, and ha" many chfferent compartments \\ hen the top 1" hfted on hInge, that are of the he"t bra".., Compart-ment" are made for "pool" of thread "u""or., tape and man\ othel matenals u'ieful for an) lacly ., 'ie\\ mg, The 1 e\ olvmg vlork table attrach the e\ e.., of man\ Thl'S tahle 1" hexagonal In "hape, and ha" a l11ce .,mooth top Each of the :"Icle~ can be pulled clown, and on the ll1"'1(ie oi these are u"eful compartment'-. 111 \\ inch to place e\ u \ thmg concelvable for "ew111g. Strap:" to match the color of the mahogdl1\ of the table Ibelf are made, and ale attachecl to the lea\ e" or ,,1(ie" In the center of the table are hooks attached to the "Ides runl1lng through the centel of the tahle. The"e dl e hanc!l to hang :"Cl'i"or", :"pool" and C\ eryth111g el.,e on and m dll the"e al e ll1deed work table" Sol1(l mahogany bClJk biock-, at e the late.,t In the hoo!.. rack lll1e The"e have great demand a" an\ number of book" No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top, 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH ._ ...._ .._----------~I ....... I WEEKLY ARTISAN placed m the box at one tIme W hen one pulls the top up, a Clgar appear,; placed m a groove maue for the purpose Onlv one Cigar can appear at a bme, The top has to be pulled up m order to get a Clgar ThIs IS handy to place on a gentk man'" de.,k or table CIgaret boxe~ are abo seen "111ular t'J those of the Clgar, only Sll:laller 111order to fit a cIgaret The cutest httle toIlet tables have the drop head The tops ha\ e two leave" that, when they are open, dIsclose it httle mIrror m the center of many grooves carved nght 1'1 the wood at a ch"tance proper enough to VIew one's "elf from a :'>Ittmg posture. In the groove" made for each 111the nght "hapes are placed, .,ohd :'>Iher topped haIr bru"h, comb. file, poh'3her, powder box, tooth and naIl bru.,hes. bowl, curhn~ Iron, SCIssors and shoe hft The"e are placed on \ elvet mats held 111place by bra"s rod:'> The top of the leaves on the 111slcle are velvet hned, .,1111llarto that of the groo\es and are large enough to place many other artIcles ThiS t011et table I'; very chOice Sohd mahogany tiP top card tables \" Ith the pIe crust ancl pla111 edge", and the Jewel table'3 are all new, The Jewel table,; are of the tIp vanety WIth "ecret clrawers and compartment., The"e are about one and one-half feet .,quare and have leave" that have the old-fa"hlonecl wood 11lnges The sohd mahogany tWll1 colomal bed" WIth four hIgh po"ter" are bemg bought to match colomal dressers, Ladle,,' boudOIr chaIrs have half back-, for the dressers to make room for the combll1g of the haIr when let down The bam"ter back chaIr., have the top" and one carved underbrace, and legs end 111the Spanbh foot "tyle. The bam-ster" which form the back are turned on one "Ide and the flat on the other Engh"h muffin tables for the d111lngroom and the curate tables With llwI';lble drawers are all new in ,;hape and de"ign Just received by the furniture dealers, The ne", fireSIde chaIrs WIth the SIde w111ges in the colon- Ial l)attern" are extra hIgh These come upholstered WIth green demm, whl1e others have the hIgh backs and leather upholstel ed ba ~k, dntch legs, and can/ed mahogany frames The Ehzabetrlan furniture seems to be the craze of the season, ThIS IS of the old cathedral oak WIth the square and "pll1dle legs, eIther carved or plam The fumed oak furmture "eems to have taken the place of the black ml""lon ThIS b on the nl1:'>:'>IOn Imes, but of the weathered oak, the glo"" bemg rubbed off WIth fumes of am-moma The fumed oak fnrnlture IS bemg sold extensively for the d111mgroom, hall and dens The ChIppendale buffets come wlthont nl1rrors, of dark mahogany mlald wIth bIrch or pearl, and of the regular colon- Ial pattern". The claw and ball foot for chaIn, seems to have the preference more than any other thIS season Mr. Dana Rebuildina His Plant. Camden,1\ Y, Nov 24--The plant of George W Dana, manufacturer and dealer 111 lumber, pamt", 011", lath, sash, doors and also manufacturer of chma cab111ets, tables and ladles' wntmg de'ik,;, IS bn"y on the work of rebmldmg hIS plant whIch wa" destroyed by fire September 1, entallmg a heavy los,; Mr Dana I" erect111g a frame and concrete buIld l11g 52 x 100 one "tory and basement and expects to have It ready for operatIOns by the end of the) ear. L A Penn I" plannl11g to bmld a forty foot addItIOn to hIS plant next sprmg to be completed by July 1 Mr Penn IS manufacturlng a hne of combl11abdn desks and book-ca" es The capacIty of hIs present plant IS insufficient to meet the volume of bu,,111e" he I" dOl11g SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each 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 19 tut U d(111h1c"eLtlOlh and 4 s111gle ~ectlOn", maktng 130 rnn- 111l1Lt:cet J he"c cdhmeh at that tIme were made and shIpped "et np ~lnle then \\ e hay e completely chaDl:;ec! the con- "t1nc t10n \ l\\ they drc all mdde K D. and In swgle sec-t teltb CLOTHING CABINETS -,-~S CONVENIENCES Now Considered Necessary Furnishings by Merchant Tailors, Dressmakers, ~lininers and in Suit and Cloak Departments. Ea"tern papet~ hd\e had m11lh to 'd\ lCllnth lh 1111 changes tn the fnrl11tnre and flAttl1C~ 111 tatlot "hop" d1c "" makmg and 111lll1l1el) pallor", dc 1hey ~eem to be lmple""ul e"peclall) WIth the l(lea of keep1l1g "111t" c!odk" te1111ltltl\ etc., m cab111ete, or clo'3lh ra110.ecl alon-2, thl \\ dll" (], th1 ()1\2h the mIddle of the 1'00111" ll1"tead c t l'L1l111~ thl 0.\)(J(1" 1]1 'Ohe1\e'3 and connter" O! hang1110. th(111 011 JK-2," I he \ 'l 111 abo to con"lde1 the mo\ ahlc c!o"eh Ot cdb1nct" dn 11111(,1l\t1U11 bnt predIct that 0\\ 1ng to then e\ 1e!ent ad\ ant,lL:c" ,1<1cl11tlhh they v.11l ~oon he um"lde1ul ah~oll1te nele""lt1(" tc thl pw gre~"lve merchanh and "hop klepe1" J\lo\able and "eLtlOnal cluth1n~ c,\b1l1th ma\ bl l1l \\ lU eastern utle" but they ale not a nc,\ elh 111 thc '\ l"t I[ \11\ of them are 11sed 111Grand RapId" awl ,tell e" ,wd "h()p" III eqUlppec! WIth them 111Detl01t roledo Plthb111 g C hledgo l\1Jlw a ukee and man) othe1 \\ e" teln tem n" I he \ \ III Tll" t made and offered to the Udde 111(TldlHl R;lJ)ld, ab( 11t l l\l (11 five )ear" ago and nO\\ all at the P10l1ll11Ult mUlh \111t l11 1, dress111aker~ and m1lhntl~ ale Ih1l1g them add "li111l the d1y good" dealers hay e them In thell "111t and c!lIdk depal t ments. 1he \\ e!eh IIanufactullng L0111pam oj (,ldlll1 RcljJld" fil"t mttoduced tht dothlJ1l; c,lb111et~ and \\ L1l the pI0l1l11" 111 mak111g them, In the \\ <.~t dt led"t Tn 'pldk111" ld the 11 expenence WIth them L. \\ 1\ ellh )lle"lc1cnt 111<1"ll1l \1 manage1 of the lOmpan) "aId "\\ e made what l~ claImed to lM\ e bel11 the fil "t clut111lIL: cab111et 111February, lC)O~ T hay e a cut (1j It th'lt \ ou 111 \\ u"e If )011 want 11. It \\ a~ cdlle<1 \0 1 and the ll\l I" " ) Llb elled:' (The cut \01, appear" 1111e\\tthl The Flrat ClothIng Cabmet Made by the Welch Manufacturmg Company, Grand Raplds, Mich "That .:\0. 1 contm11ed lIt \\ elch, \\ d'; 11'dde 111 d double "eLtlOn 5 feet wHle, al"o made In "1l1iSk ~Llt1lJl1~ to fill In spdce \" here the double "e( tlOn \\ (mId not h1 111. [t \1 de, deSIgned for gla~" ends, and thc "lde" ale tlu~h a'1d \\ hel1 they are put together they make d umtl111l011~ 10\\ of c,1h111eh "The fire,t order fOl the"e cabllJt h \\ a" placc< 1 \\ Ith July 15, 1905, by 13 R Baker & Co. of loledo, ()hlo Ii called 1 he othlr l1ltl"tl,tUOn \\lth th1~ alt1cle ,;hows a large ,ult dLjUt t 1 (11t JItted np YI lth I,," n ' "tcLthll1al cab111ets made 11\ tlle \\ deb l01111Ml1\, lhele are 1=)1 sectIOn" \vlth a cap a-l11\ cr' about 8000 iSarmenh. J he g-almenb a1 e hung on h111L.,Cl"()11te1t"cuptc ~lt<k" that dra\\ out v\ hen the garments IlL \\;,ntlll cln<1alc c0111pkteh clo'oecl up In c1u"t ploof ca~e" \1 lth dhdpjJtal111':; dOO1~ On the right hand s1(le of the room 1, cl 10 \ l i htt111~ room" dnd alteratlOl1 rooms, and each Ul1 l1er h pun ](led \\ 1th a lo,;tume loom There are 10 fittmg 1 OI)J1'" 111aJ J he door" a1 e mIrrored thdt pass 111tothe dres,,- 111" loon\'-, anI one ouhlc1e doO! 1" the enhance to a fitting ]1 \\ 1nk thl \\e"te1n (1t1e~ are <lhead even of "l\ew YOlk 111 thl \ la Hattol1 al1d u"e of clothln~ cabllJeh, the) are not up \\ nh the l,hteln uUe" 111 the matter of elaborate decOlatlons ,me! ttll 111~h111~~ tOl tdllor" "hop", <11e""makl11g and m1l11ner y p,lll J)'-, etc. d" Ie, "ho\\n b\ the tollo\\lng- paraf;raph" taken 11U11] ,111 arUe!L un .( ~J t 111the TaIlor" Shop," that appeared 111,\ lllL111 ubtlCln ot thl \e\1 YOlk ~un J hc botel" dIe not ah~Olb111g all the re~ult" of the decor dtl\ e al h ,h th('\ all apphed to commercIal need~. There are tell OJ the 11]'10\\n "hops that clo not show 111some clegree the ll1fluenc<. () the fa"h1On fOl eXpCl1Sl\ e adornment. ThIS ta,,111l111pel hap~ fincl" Ih hlghe')t eXpre"'3lOn among "hops In '()1]lC u! the tdtlC)]" c~t,tbIt"hment" On 11fth a\ enue. One ot th("l "hop" lllUl )le" l\\O t100h of a hou,;e that was tmned ll\l) tll bU"l11t", U'o<''' ~o ~oon a" It" \\e,11th) o\\ner declared th'l\ tt 'a" to() c()~th t01 hnn to It, e 1J1 C)11cha ,;hop \\ o11lc1 110t hay e been pO~~lhle d fe\\ ) ear~ ag-o \ chdnge 1,1 the tat! JI" \' d\ oj clOlng bU'111e,,~ make' It p0~~lble nov, I dl]' 1" hncl t11dt It no lonc,el paic, to have then loll" "ldtiellll hdOll- thc e\e~ of then l11~tomele,. It conf11"e" the lJll\ er" to 'o<.e man) 1J1atellal~ dlc,pla\ ed dt once. [hen It h d1ffic111t \\ Ith the utmost care to keep cloth" or clothes from helonl1ng "ot!ed \\hen they are allO\\ ed to he expo"ecl all da). \1,\11\ ta,h1Onable talhr~ now make 11 d rnle to bnng out anI) ~l1ol1c,h 0+ a lert,ll11 matendl to make up one SLut \11 the~e lau~ee, cont11111etu 111ake neCcS,;al) an ample supply of closets 01 cab111d~ Ldb1l1l h thercfule 1In<. the \\ dll~ ot many of the "h'Jps l he) {(J1l11 thc 1\ am~lot11Jg of the ro()m~ ::\ltrror" wh1('h are opened out flom the \\ all" when 111 11"e aLoo contribute to +01'111the 1\ am~lotlng. In one of th( e"tdhItshmenb 111~pected 01cll0~e jOl1l1~ the color ,cheme and It l,mtra"b effectl\ely \\ lth the odk \\ all" and the old fd"h1oned ldn ed walnut lhall" that "tancl ,tbout. One of the tdble~ h of caned walnut datll'l; fJ om thtc "Ixteenth centm \ a11d a lhall of the ~ame pellod lLpre"enh the golden dd\ of waln11t furl11ture a" It \\a~ turntd out h) the I~ng-It"h eratt"men. A Hokhala lUg lonta1n" the c,ame tont~ of colm a" the v. alb and help" to tOlm the "ame contrd"t of 10"e lolor +\ decorated detat! of the 111dln ll)Om l~ d ~mt of armor elafJOJ atel} dama"kenec1 dnd \ alued at '110re thdn $3 01)0 ~ Ru""lan wede!111f; chee,t more th<111thl <'tc hundred ) ear" old dnd a che::,t of Spa1J1sn \mertcan onc,111 dele! to the OJ 11amcntatlO11 of the loom J hue al e co"th pIeces of bnl a-b1 dC 'lrranged about the mdln loom and the fre"h flower" are rarely 1,1ck111g It is WEEKLY ARTISAN deed a far cry flOm tIll" elahoratel} decorated tatlOl's .,hop to the aIel fa"hlO11ec1 deW" of the paInted pIne countel and the open shelve~ behllld It. 'iot only the tallob have gdne III for the"e hI£;hl} decor-ated V\ orkrooms. ()11 one 0' the .,treets off ['Ifth avenue a p"eudo Geol ~Ian e"tellor of brIck and "tone conl eal s the 111- tenor of the mo.,t ornately delOfdted (!r e"smdler" shop that ),ew York ever lne\\. \ marhle hall\\a) .,how., from the entJ ance dOOl \ founteun stand., ILl the mld"t of tIll" hall and Ii-, wateI" dnp Ovel Into a baslll 111 \\hlCh ::;01(1 fish "\\lm 21 apartment 111 the clOIsters of C'as"ebury Palk, Hertfordshlre, England. 1he stone pIers .,UppOI t a grooved and vaulted cell111g and :\Iorav Ian tJle., have al"o heen used for the floor. The chImney pIece In thIS room IS an exact copy of one 1ll Ro.xwell :\1anor 1ll \ \ Ilhhlre c\ stone stallla"e "how1l1g a wall founta1l1 v\ Ith the water Howlllg from an antIque mask of comedy leach to the maIn room on the second HoO! It 1" an astOl11"hlllg apartment to be used for any .,ulh commercIal pUlpo"e fhe archItecture of tll!" 10m;. spaCIOUS room follovvs the HERPOLSHEIMER'S (Grand Raplds) CLOAK AND SUIT DEPARTMENT Furmshed WIth SectIOnal Clothmg Cabmets made by the Welsh Manufacturmg Company. about umler the palm" and aquatIC plant" thai lean m el the vvatel Cp a malble "talflase V\ilth 1\) chmbln£; (ner Its laned balustrade, the cu"toUlers pas" to the 111a111100111on the flOOl abm e. v\ hlch 1:0 abo adorned WIth the hne" ell1d colore, of the ltahan RenaIssance StIll more pretentIOl1" IS the shop of a taIlor On a e,lde street Just off ['lith avenue v,ho ha., taken the palace of Desdemona In Yel11le a" the model for the extenor of hIS b111ldmg The vestJ bule of tIll., house I" lmed WIth '\1ora\ Ian tthng and to the left of the entrance thele 1;0 a chamber or 13111 el\ CIothlc style \\ 111ch IS copled In the ma1l1 from an style of an EnglIsh halO!l!al hall Then 1', a carved and ple.,.,ed gallel v rt1l1111ng-the entIre length of the room, whIch 15 panelled to the roof on both SIde" The whIte plaster ceIl- 111gfolIo \1\ " the ",tyle" or the "ta1ac tItes falllJ1g from the 1l1tel laced CIrcles, although there 1" the nece"sary modern note In the electIlc bulbs IntI oclucecI lJ1to the "talactlte" .. Old EnglIsh chaIr" "tand agall1"t the carved vvaulscot1l1g and a mammoth marble ChImney pIece stanel" at one end of the room. There are elaborate 100r115 all about the hou.,e, but none of them 1" ,,0 lmpI eS",lve as thIS chamber vvIth ItS noble prOJectIOns, It., calved wa1l1Scotlnl..; and the look of medIeval gI ancIeur-all to sen e for a tallm "hop _, .. .- . - - - ----------- ----- _._.~--_._._._._--_.-.--..---.-------_-.-._-.-.--.-_." ~--------------- DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. 1 DOUBLE CANE !- LEATHER J MISSION CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES LARGEST "QUAlITY " LINE of c __ ~ ._~ •• _ •• _ _ _ •• • • _ •• _ •• _. •• CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN " .. .- .- -- -----.- .-- ..- --- - - - - - - ---,-------- ---- -_._. ~------_.--_._---- -----~~---_. I I 1,I IqII ,It III II II SUIte No. 891'}by Muskegon Va.lley Furmture Co. Muskegon, MlCb ....---------------------------------- ---.. .--. - ..- .. - .- .. - - --- - - ..- ..- WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 ~._..-- ----_ .... _--------- ..-- .-- ._. - ..._, We Manufacture tlte Larl/elt Line of rOlDlna (nAIRS In the Unlled States, sUitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts. We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large variety Send for Catalogue and PrIces to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND. OHIO .._------------ -----_ ..--_ . - ------~ "BIG LITTLE" TOWN IN THE SOUTH Thriving City of Mebane. N. C. Like a Block of Wood in a Bale of Cotton. Mebane, K. C, Kov 23-A newspaper corre"pondent who recently "wnt up" thI~ town declared It wa~ hke a block of wood 111 a bale of cotton," becau~e nearly all other towns 111 thIS ~ectlOn of the "tate have theIr cotton nlllls. wIllIe the WIele awake, energettc, progre'3S1Ve people of "l\1ebane ha\ e de-voted theIr effort., ma1l11y to the ma1l1ufacture of furmture and other products of whIch wood b the pnnc1pal materidl The httle C1ty'~ most prom111ent 111du~try wa", founded by the \Vhlte r'urmture Company whICh 1'3 the olde~t actIve furnI-ture manufacturing concern In the '3tate. ThIS company, wl11ch was qUlte "uccessful from the start, ha~ become WIdely known recently, because of hav1l1g succe..,sfully filled a large order from the government, for furmture to be used 111 the Panama canal zone That order was filled so '3atbfactonly that the company had lIttle difficulty 111 secunng another from the same source The government order on whIch the company IS now mak111g shIpment::> 1'3 for 360 hbrary desk'3, 290 SIdeboards and 240 exten"IOn tables, whIch have to be made under the eyes of government 111spector". The furnI-ture IS all of sohd mahogany, and It 1~ 111terest11lg to note that tl11s order IS handled for the government entIrely through southern film'3 The mahogany tunber I~ Imported by a southern firm and .,old clIrect to the \iVI11te company who'3e employe~ are all .,outhern men ancl f01 the mo~t pa;t nat1\ e born Korth Carohman., , CompetItor., of the \\ hlte company are "dId to enterta11l the Idea that polIttcal 111fluence may have had .,ometh111g to do WIth the plac111g of the.,e orcler'3, but the people of l\lebane look upon the government'~ actIon merely as a recogllltIOn of the fact that 111gh grade furmture can be made 11l~orth Caro- 1111aas well, and perhaps at Ie..,., co~t, than 111 other sectIOns of the country, and that It WIll be made here whenever the demand IS apparent The propneto1'> of the company are RepublIcans and have been qUlte actIve In pohtlcal affairs The WhIte plant, however, 1~ not the only furnIture fac-tory here. l\1ebane has a number of newer concerns 111the variou~ hnes of manufactunng that have been organIzed 11l the past few years, all of which are domg a thnv1l1g business. ~-_-_-___.. -• - • a _ "-~--~_.~ UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases ,, ..--~ We lead m Style, Conlltruchon and Fmlsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhIbIo Uon 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand RapIds. ,,-------------------- ----- . The Contmental ChaIr Company b a pro"peroll" com pany manufactunng chaIrs exclUSIvely Thh company was orgal11zed and began bus111e"s about five year~ ago The Mebane Iron Bed Compan} orgal11zeel and be~an busmess 111 1907 ThIs company manufacture'3 couches It IS an "mfant mdtbtry," but IS enJoymg a prosperous trade 111 ItS Ime and bIds faIr to develop mto a much largel concern The Alton Manufactunng Company I., another concern orgal11Lecl111 1907 Tlll~ company manufacturer" cou.,he'3 and other uphobtered good~ The :v1ebane Beelc1mg Company 1', another mfant 111(111"- try, engage(l m the manufacture of felt mattres~e'-, anel beel ..,pnngs The l'\ebon Cooper Lumher Company b one of the older concerns 111 the town and 1te, bU.,111e",s I., rapIdly groVv111g This company make" ~ash, doors and bhncls and deal., In rough and dre~.,ecl lumber A pleas111g and prom111ent chalaeten'3tIc of the town h the harmol11ou" way 111whIch the cltlLen" of lVlebane work tcl-gether for the upb1111chng of the town A .,plnt of gooel feehng eXI,t., among the people towdrd edch othel wl1lch make~ the outSIder feel that the energy wl1lch the people put forward IS the kmd that vvIII ~how re~ult., ill l\1 V. RIchards an offiCIal of the Southern RaIlway .,ome tIme ago In speakmg of ~lebane, "aId that the town was known all along the Ime of the Southern as the "blglSest httle town" along the entIre sy.,tem Manager for Gervurtz Brothers. J R ~Iorse, connected WIth the furl11ttll e trade of Port-land, Oregon. many years has been engaged to manage the new ea..,t stele .,tore of Gervurt/ Brother~ In thac CIty 11ank -\. \Idve trank \\ Hl!I and E. C Stout have 111lorporated the 111111ltme Forwarchng Company for the pur-p, hC oj Cal tll]£; and for" al dlllg furnIture 111ChIcago TheIr capltaI <.,tock I" fi"ed at $'1,000. j he \\ a,,111n£;ton \ en eel Company has completed plans jOl the recOlhtl UctlOl1 of Its plant, recently burned near Mee ku Junctlull II a'-,h, and 1'1'111111,e,t $50,000 111 a factory that \I III g1\e employment to 75 opelahves. \ 1\ Ydffe of the Stoughton (l\Ia'-,,,.) FurnIture Com-pam ha" pmcha"ed an 111terest In the lT11l0n lur11lture Com-pdn \ ot 1\1ockton \Ia~s. ] he Stoughton store \\ III be clo"ed, the quc!" beme; mo\ ed to the Brockon "tore \1 H Cole ot \ ,uden, ::\ll'-,s., has an opt1On on the well eCj\11]JI'ed plant of the Brenham (Tex) Burmture Company, \\ 111Chha" been Idle tor ~e\ eral years, and purpo"es to organ 1/C ,1 compan\ to 1)11\ It and put It 111operatlOn. I he \f el "hman nlOS & nrandts Company of Celma, Oh1O, ha\ c lH1Hh'hed the plant formerly operated by the Central \fetdl tUll11tm e Company located at Pembervllle'i Ohl,o 1he properh \\ a~ '-,old prn ately by the I ecen er ] he Conrad Bal'-,ch-Kroeble Company, turllltme dealers at \ \ ade Pal k a\ enue and -\ddl'-,on Road, Cleveland, 0, have opened a branch '-,tore to accommodate theIr suburban trade, at the corner of \1 oodland avenue and East 5Sth street B\ arrangement WIth the chamber of commerce of \\ lchlta Kdn'-, 1\,1 -\. Erin has org-a11l7ed a company capl-t, t!I/ul at S'10000 Of "hlch 7'1 per cent has been subscnbed, and \\ III mo\ e hl'-, chaIr factor) from Charlotte, 1'\ C, to the 1l\I"t111l£;T"an"as teJ\\ n \ rc pOl t tl om ~outh Bend "tates that eastern parhes dre nel:;0tIdtlng f01 the Roper Fur11lture Company's plant at \1 I'-,ha\\ aka Ind. J \ Roper I" reported to have "aId the negotlatIon'-, have been penchng ,,111ce July but he declines to £;1\e name" ot the plo'-,pect\ e buy er". 11e11l\ (). ~,l\\) er, '-,e11l0r member of the firm of H O. ",m \ cr ~ Co ftu11Iture dealers and undertakers of FItchburg, 'Id'-,". ched on \0\ ember 17 aged, 66 years He was a vet-el an In hI'-, hne ot bu '-,Ine"s \\ hlch he started In Cl111ton and mo\ ed to \ \ e"t llcn l"ton and ldter to 1"Itchburg \I l!ham ! 1. \ \ oodall, the trea "Ul'er of the 1\ oodall W11- 10\\ I Ullllture Com pan) of 13o'-,ton, who obta111ed $2,076 by '-,elhng fictltlou'-, and fraudulent credIt account-, to money lenders, bank'-" etc has been conVIcted on the charge of larceny and "entenced to prl'-,on for n111e months. \Ir'-, \n11le R. Pnce, her '-,on Joseph J Price and her son- 111la\\ Dr D. r Orr, hav111g '-,ecured a majority of the stock h,n e reOlgalll7Cd the Knox,llle (Tenn.) lurlllture Company, and 111cred'-,ed the capltdl '-,tock They WIll enlarge the plant and ImjJlO\ e the quallt) of the product. f nt/ Shaub and Jo'-,eph l' (Taut mlth the three '-,tockholders mentlOned above, COlhtltute the board of dlrector'-, MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The l\Iorgan-Stan"ble Comp,uH Jugent 01 e tUl1l1tl1ll dealers, have 111corporated The Hudson (N. J.) Chdlr LOmpdl1\ ha" been II1UJ1pOt dtul WIth capItal '-,tock l11111tedto $10000 The pay rolls of the furnIture tactCJ11e" In Roc1dol dIll. now a1110unt to more than $200,000 per month The K11171e-Glas" IUl11lure Company of J ack"on 1enn. hava sold the11 undertakwg depa.Hment Ito L mphlett &- Gnffin The Connell) } Ul11lture ~upph ( ompan\ ha" been or ga111zed b) J E Connell v and other" to do bu "Ine"" In \I11', kogee, Okla Frank Ryder fUl11ltUl e dealer of Des ::\Iol1le" ha" an-nounced that he wIll move hI" "tock to \1 ,u"halltcJ\\ n 10\\ d early 111 1910 ] he Rowlett de"k factor) ,it RlLhmond Ind. 0\\ nul 1)\ George Knollenberg, I" beme; dl"mant1l1 dnd thl mach!'l ery I" for sale. C V Tomplon.,on of lebanon, '\ H, ha" "old hI', e'\.- cel'-,Ior nl1]] to the DI'-,ton Evcel"lOl Company dnd \\111 opeldtl It to full capaut) Oscar Barne" ~ (0, fl11111ture dealer" at 18 ra"t Huntel street, Atlanta, Ga .. have opened a hranch "tore at 72 \01th Broad street same ut) The factOl) of the RustIc HiCkory rur11lture Compdnl at La POI te, Ind, "hlch ha'-, been Ide for "ome tIme \\ III be put 111 operatIon ~oon. The ::\lcDougal Cahmet Company ot 1nchan'lpoh" 1\ h()'l plant was burned recenth, \I III rehuIld at 1 I ,mktot t d "u h urb of the HOOSIer caDltal. SmIth & \Vheelel carpet and rug mdl1l1factl11 er" of Iohm town, 1\ Y., have deCIded to mOve theIr plant to the neIgh honng ,tIlage of Berr) , tIle The Alalre ('\ J) r ur11lture compan\ ha" he en lncOl poratec1 by Seward Carey, \lllham llO"tnck and FI mmle H IIer"h CapItal "tock, $100000 The commercIal clubs of the "tate of \\ a"ll11H;ton \\ III co operate In a mOl ement for the purpo"e ot de\ el,)pl1lg m,i11l1 factunng mdustne" In tLat state. There IS a bnsk demand fO! the proe!uch of the (rldlHl RapIds Hand Scre\,\; Company \\ ho al e enJO\ In£; one ot thc mo.,t pro"perous ) eal" In then hhtor). The Guthne (Oka.) Desk & r11111lture Company hay e mcreased theIr capItal "tock from $60000 to S100,000 dlHI are lIlCl easl11g the cdpaClt) of the factor) 1 he George 'II . Bent Company Ot Boston, manufacture I " of metal bed"teads, "pring", etc, hd' e mOl ed theIr hranch factory m l\Iame h om Aubl11 n to Le\\ hton The plant of the Rockford \]anufdctllnne; Company at Ashburnham, \Ia.,'-" has heen "old to (har1e" (TIffin of l"eene \f. H , who IS 1emodehng It for d chall fact on The J LeImer Fur111ture LOmpdn\ ,dealer" of 1.2; Le\ el ett street, Bo"ton, Alass, has heen mlO1 porated Capital stock $3,000, of \\ hlch Loms Calln1dn bold" $2,200 The eighth annual meetmg of the Hard\l ood \laL1u facturers Assouatlon of the ~11lted ",tates wIll be hele! at the Smton Hotel, Cmunnatl, Bebnldl) 1, 2 and 3, 1910 Alakel H Arakehan, E"lal Cr and Luc) :\l1sslnan 11d\e mcorporated the \I!""lnan Com pan) , capltahzed at $6,000 to manufacture and deal m cdrpet" and rug-" m '\ ew H a, en Conn John \\ e..,ley Stearns, a \ eteran fur111ture manufdctt11 el and dealer of Rutland, Vt ched on ::-'ovembel 2.2, aged 7'1 year" He "ettled 111 Rutland In 18S6 dnd opened hI" nrq furmture 111 1858 Crex Company is Prosperous. ] he Lrt" Cal pet Com pan) of 1'\ew J er"ey, formerly the \mellcan (Ira"" Tvv me Co., "hows a bU"111ess mcrea"e of 30 per cent on the fir"t n111e month" of It;" fiscal year over the con e.,poncl1ng penod of 1908 La"t year the company earned 4 7 per cent on It'-, $3,000,000 stock, out of whIch the first '-,eml-annual dn Hlend of 2 per cent, was palcl, the dIrectors on '\ 0\ 2 la"t declarecl the "econd semI-annual dIVIdend, and the second cxtId dn ldend of one-half of 1 per cent It yOU dre g0111gto ,l"k fOl a favor d'ik fO! tWIce a'i much as ) ou expect to get. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 ...----_.~----~-_._--_._---_._------- I I I,, I \ MOON DESK COMPANY .....__ -- \ § ,:~-:~--~- F - --sf %ff~-'?~~-;= ~~~~ffJ Moon Desk Co. Muskegon, Mich. -------., I II Write us for information. MOON DESK CO. ..-------------------~---------~---_._-_._._---_._-------------- ---_._-_.-_._-~ Wall Paper Hints. Lyne S Metcalf m "Beautlful Homes," St Louis, Mo- Owners of new homes make many n11:otakes m the selec-tion of wall paper, and whIle It IS largely a matter of personal opmlOn, thel e are certam rules VI' hlch must not be overlooked EspecIally IS thIS so of the new home where bare walls mu:ot be co, ered wIth theIr first coat of paper A ""all paper ex-pert gIves the followmg valuable ll1nts ~ evel use larg e figured papers on low -celhnged rooms PlaIn COlO1 and self-toned '>trIpes 1l1crease the apparent heIgh t of a loom Do not u">e red or dal k green paper m a dark room. These colors are mchned to absorb the hght Yellow, whIte or CIeamy tmt.., are much more cheerful. LIght blue aud pmk paper look well m rooms that ale flooded WIth ,",unhght, but they soon fade Tl11s makes paper- Ing very expensIve If we would have our walls look fresh at all times VVhen the paper cannot be renewed often, use more substantIal colors m :,unny rooms V\ here pICtures are to be hung, select a plam background and never put a garIsh paper In a room that mu:ot be occupIed by an mvahd. I\lany home makel s fall 111tOthe error of pul chaslllg ex-pensIve style'> of paper fal beyond theIr means Fme grades of dehcately tmted paper:, WIll keep one poor, because they must be I enewed at regular 111telVals. One can often save money on wall paper by pm chasmg lOlls of year-old patterns at a great reductIOn If these are of con, entlOnal designs they always look well Wall paper patterns change every year, and It frequently happen'> that old patterns are brought hack mto favor after the lapse of a season or two. Deep borders and ornate frIeze:o should be aVOIded 111 small rooms The average home does not offer condItions whIch WIll do them Justice !\ common error IS to purcha:,c wall paper of a gaudy and novel type wl11ch WIll often "pOll the appearance of the furmture There IS a tendency at the present time In the finest home" to papel an entire floor In one color, and thIS, In SOule respects, IS a good plan It conveys an aIr of harmony a11d restfulness and that should be the '>ole Idea In papenng A gleat many people do not pay enough attentIOn to the electIOn of wall paper TIme should be taken to select tbe best of SIX patterns SIfted down from the contractor's pos">lllle twenty. The papenng of the new home IS a very Important matter and should be gIven careful attentIOn on the pal t of the whole famIly, a vote bemg taken before makl11g the final selectIOn Many a gIrl thmks a fellow IS a man after her own heart when he IS really after her money. When a man IS taken by storm he must feel hke a borrow-ed umbrella. ------_._----_._.-._.---_ _-- _.--~ i--s'o"yN·T"O·;'&. 'c'o'~-~"ll Manufadurer. of Embo .. ed ..nd Turned Mould ing., Embo.... ed ..nd Spindle Carving., and Autom .. tie Turnin .... We also manu f.dure a larue Ime of Embossed Orn..menu for Couch Work. ... . . .. It -----~----_._._.-.--.- .....~ 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write uS for Price Lut and discount 31-33 S. Front Sf., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. I..--- - - - .. ..- ---- -_._._.----_.---_ . ..~ 26 HOME FURNISHING MORE THAN ART WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---------------------- I III ,I ,t ,,II I I -----------------------~,IItf II jII••• IIItt II II IIIII I I• ,jII II ,III II IIIt f· Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-fIve years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas m fme labor saving tools. I, I• I III CHICACO, ILL. !• ------_._----- ... MORRIS WOOD & SONS t508-1510 W. LAKE ST., in Zinc-Lined, ~-- ----- --.. I I IAlaska Refrigerators I I• ItIIII IIII III ,I I h •• White Enameled, Porcelain and Opal Glass Lined, In all sizes and styles. The Our catalogues for 1910 will soon be out of press WRITE FOR COPY. Alaska Refrigerator Co. IIII MUSKEGON, MICH. !II --.. New York Office. 369 Broadway. L. E. MOOR, Manager. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. ~------------------------------~-_. Requires Tact and "Knack;' Knowledge and a Genel'al Sense of the Fitness of Things. Furl1lshl11g 1" a velY Important matter The pnvate home 1" at the foundatlOn of the pubhc state, subtle and un- Imagltled ltlfluence:o mouldmg the men who mould the e;tate The al t of h1l11lshmg comprehende; much more, than the knack of puttIng pIctures and tables and chaIrs Into "lllLlhle (()-lelatlOn lt comprehend,; a lalge part of the art of I11dk!lle, l1Ul11( attl aLtI\ e and ot ,;hapl11g the farmly wIth the 1..;( ntle l11Qnnu" that make hfe ea"ler to one and plea"anter to ,111 rhe al t of clecorat1l1g and fUll11shmg C0111pne;e" bome thlllg \ er) far he) oml the mere techl11cal knowledgs of style" and the ablhh to tell on 'Slght a pIece of furnture by Ite; con- Made by Luce Furmture Co • Grand RapIds, MlCh -,tructlOn. One ma) be a connOlsseur and yet have no Idea hcn\ to place beautiful object:-, together so ae; to make the 1110"t of theIr congregated beauty, of the first Idea of group- Ing \ anou,", al tIde,; for the sake of then plcture,;que charm \\ hen l1111ted rur111:oh111g I" an affaIr of ge11lus and tact, of thorough ta:ote. \\ Ithout It the effect IS anyth111g but beautiful or pleae;- 111g-there Ie; no harmony In It There should be ,;ultable chalf:O for ) oun~ and old, stout and shm, short and tall The story of our hlll11ture, of our chaIrs and tables, Ie; the story of art Itself, E\ ery pIece of furmture 1'; an illus-tratIon of the cue;tom,; of a people and the manner:o of a tIme to the educated obsen el In It can be tlaced evIdences of the necc""ltJes of the people and the tUl1es, new creeds con"tantl) all"e for" hlch ,;utable furnture mUbt be deSIgned and manu-fdctured, rl he IUAunes are pl0vlded for by the up-to-date de- -,Igner and are qUlcky purchased by an apprecIatIve woman of mean" 1 he Importance of knowmg the theory of colors IS recog- 1117ed a:o an aId In the art of furmsh1l1g Too many colors m one room h as great a mIstake to make as the other ext! eme \\ herc a room 1-, In harmony. no one color prevaJ1s over anothel ~ttC1 lea\ ll1g It one ,;houle! not be troubled by a not of ree! or orange 01 other bnght color,; haunt1l1g one. Too much fUf1llture Ie; often crowded 1l1to one room, WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 AMERICAN BWWER COMPANY "SIROCCO" TRADE MARK ANY EFFICIENT GENERATOR dIrect connected to an " ABC" SELF OILING ENGINE will electric light your plant, run fans, etc., and if you are now bu~ing current, will pay you in savmg 25% PER ANNUM 'ABC" SELF OILING ENGINES are generating thousands of kilo-watts all over the world, and each engine is paying for itself every year in savings of fuel and oil. (Exhaust Steam is Available for Heating and Drying) (Wrtte for praif if above.) ThiS plant running IR IQUITOS, PERU. WE DIRECT CONNECT TO ANY 6ENERAT~R WE WILL GLADLY QUOTE YOU, WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOU TO BUY GENERAL OFFICES, DETROIT, MICH. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURC ATLANTA CHICACO ST. LOUIS It not onb, l111es the wall" but 0\ erflo\)s 111to the center. :l\Iodel at on 1" what one should adopt as a \Vatchword. Cast out the gJ!t chau" that always wabble and the httle low ~tool" one ah\ ays stumble" ovel. Let the \" all cO\ er111gs "how-al" o the rug" They "hould be beautJful to look at-not nece5- "anI} expen;o1\ e but of the nght color" and SImple pattern" In plann111g a 11\111l:;room's fur11lshmg the mantel 1" of first Importance. It has been found that dark, heavY mahogany pIece" can be placed on eIther Side of It to ~one down the glare Books and pamt1l1g" too, add to the effect. \ttentlOn to the ma""1l1g of objects prevents a ,>peckled ap-pearance noticed 111 many room" where everyth111g "efm ~ spotty and cl1"connected Othel 100m" look as If the furnIture belonge(l there, It 1;0 virtually a part of the room, as the 100m 1" a part of the hou"e \\ e ha\ e that "home fee1l'l<:',, a" "oon at> \V e enter the house A hou-,e WIth a Jumbled up appearance, "he1e the furmture 1" ah\ay" bemg mOved about ha" an un"ettled look Noth1ng fits, "paces ale not proper1', filled 5uch rooms show a lack of ta~te. \ knack for hou,,('- fur11l<;hmg 1-' 111"t111Ct1e\ W1th -.0111ewomen. One "tl Ie of decmatJon I... better ta~te fm a "ll1te of hV1ng 100m" than a ll1t 01 1111 ..." collection of 1mpo""lble "tyle'l an(l color" The wall t111ts "houd harmo11l7e 111all the rooms the flam co,enng" "houl(l be con"l"tent and the effect be of a harmonlOU;, whole. The gel11th for fur111shng and decoratlOn may be appa1- ent to the beholde1 If the lady of the house has only a small amount of money to accomphsh satl"facto1 y result" Com-fm t and "'lmphc1ty ~o hane! In hand. A CO"y, "homey" appear-ance mean" much to a tIred man The hnc a-brac In a room g1\e" a gooe! or barl1111p1ess10n a" 111uch a" the heaVier furmture 1he picture" on the walls a1e apt ta be notIced fir"t and oftelHl the eye or are approved SAN FRANCISCO SEA"rTLE If the "ubJect I... "Ultable ami SUitably located. The old Idea of farDlly portra1b m the room where guest" are recen ed IS hap-pIly becom111g pas "e. As they nearly alwa);, were enlarged photographs of dead relattves t':1elr mterest to a1\y out- Side of the 1mmechate fanllly wa... "mall. \\ hen so many beautIful pICture" can be had at a moderate cost there 1S no excuse for the pre"ence of famIly portra1ts whIch should be kept m a pnvate room As for the brIc-a-brac proper 1t repre ,;ents wOlk for the housewIfe, "all that du';t11lg to do every day" A few good p1ece5, purchased WIth dlscretlOn, some th1l1gs that all wIll adl11lre are "astly better than a lot of "junk" whIch ha" no practIcal woe or excuse for bemg A few good copies of famou,; pieces of statuary, a httle of the old "grandmother" chma, fine p1cture." brasses, a few flowers and sofa p1llov' s of good deSIgn m moderatlOn, are decoratIve materIal" enough for any hV1l1g-room. The one who buys for a hou"e ",hould remember that whate\ er 1'0 brought 111tOIt should go toward" the decoration or at least the beauty of the house. So nothing \V1thout a permanent value "houle! find a place m 1t. It 1S economy to buy a few pIece" ancl have them good so a ... to "eat one's cake, and have It too" after a few year" ha\e passed The pnce of furmture depends lalgely on the amount of ornamentatIOn placed on 1t and yet the plamer 1t 15, the more beautIful It IS Pretty thll1gs do not cost more than ugly one... OrnamentatlOn 1" not beauty in 1t"el£ but merely enhances the beauty already there. TUlle IS money, but It b a mIghty poor substItute for a bank account The man who borrows money on IllS future "elclom catches up with It ~Iinnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association OFFICERS-PresIdent LouIs J Buenger Ne\\ Uim VIce PresIdent C DanIelson Cannon Falls Treasurer, o A 0 'VIoen Peterson Secretar) W L Grapp JanesvIlle EXECUTIVE COM'\lI fTEE-D F RIchardson Northfield Geo RIme Mankato W L Harns V!lnneapohs, o SImon, Glencoe M L Khne St Peter 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN BULLETI~ ~o. 30. Large Dealers of the City Hold the Key Which Controls the Mail Order Evil. Some of our larger dealel' al e 111, k111~ ,1 gl e It mhl1he \\ hel1 thl \ say that the cat,do,2, e'll does not :!ffect them but thel! attllude h only natural for tIllS e\ 11 lMS splead so gr,ldu tlly ,l11e! the deceptHllh 11d' e been '0 c"refully dUel Lun111nglv pldl1neel, th It 1t Ius aroused little ,uspluon untJ1 <-tUlte 1ecent!) The],\1 "l dedeI' h l\ l con"HI ered the m<111ordel hOlhe too cheap ,I pi opchltlOn to \\ l,tL then tnnt With but thdt h "hele the) ,\lL ml,lIhen 1hl 111,ll 1 «Illel hlU-L I-glV1l1g them ,I clo,el I un th'lll the) eh l 1111 ot ]\,0\\ ask yOUl "dt why thc 111~1l1OJdu L It dog h h 1JeUl hnclnq Ils WdY 111to the cltIe, In thL ]dst t\\ 0 01 threc ) edl, 'll1d \\ h\ the heretofore ,1bsolute 1ule of not fUlnhh1l1g Ldt tlo'S" oj merch'lndl'l to CItIzens of then home ut) ot Chicago I' bem" ~I ultnlh LOI1'ldlll d a rule of the pa,t I ,1m to]e] b\ people \\ ho -CC111 t h110\\ 11111 thl" IS a fact The~l catalog, leach the Clt) bl1\ u' th t thu L I- I pnce on depene!'lble melchl11 hoe much 10l\el th'ln lhl Cll\ -t I" usually sell It f01 V'Ve must get It out of our hClel, th It thl 1111 Jonty of the gooels sold by the m<lll orrler house dre plunder becalh, they ale not vVc filmJy behe\ e tInt no de Iler of (11) Clt\ ,\Ith thL expenses that a CIty busHle,>s al\\ 1.\, J1,1", \\ mts to hLC I compLtltl\ ( pnce based on no 0\ el head chaq?,c'>-l pllce wlt110nt de]l\ 11111~ charges, freIght 01 othelVllse Thh IS the \e1\ thnq tlnt thc ( It l log IS dOIng but not as yet 011 as ],u"e I 'l'llt to It h L IllUl ()11 III the rural dlstnct, 'Iheletore "e feel that \\C lIe lle( \\hen \\1 say that the mall OJder e\ II does ,diect th" Ll1 ge dellet, 'lS m\11 hI-the small dea1el s 'Ne kn()\\ tbat the III gc C011l11Ih 11e 1h\ I\ managed by far Sighted b\1S111C,S m111 \\ 110 I( 111/( the 111ll--ltll' 0, bUlld1l1g bus111e,s fOl the future You, as bUS111e,s mLn l,no\\ \\ lnt the e nJl\!t11ec 1 \ Ol1! In,[ mers means to yoU I am told by salesmen \\ ho l,no\\ th It thL me chum class of furJ11ture buyer, al e turJ11ng to 11101e Ch"ICt! de'l~n_ 111 furmture \TO\\ the mall order hmhe ah\ 1\ S hIS 111 U e open I 1 p0111ters and of course (lid not ml>s tbh one but 111'lfle 11ll111uintc preparatIOns to supply the de111and If} ou \\ III look thlough the 111,111order cat Ilog, of the past, ,ou \\ III find not I \ lp01eon bed a Colol11dl dresser or 1J1yth1l1g dlong the 1111e of \\ hIt \\ e cl11 hIgh cLlss, ,Ut!-,tIC fl\l111t111C \,tlues, but look 'lt 11 toel 1\ \11el 111 the111 \un \\111 see \\hat 1S gOIng on Then 1S It not hush time tJ1<lt }Oll ,\Uc con"ldellng thiS factor \,;Inch yOU ale bound tll hCL some tlml nd whIch grows ,tJongel and strone,lf 'l' t1me goes on Don't you ever th111k tor OJle m11l\1te tlnt the nnIl Oldel h \1,( arc asleep I If} OU \\ III 11n e,tl-'Sdte a llttle ao \\ e h" e done \ ( n ,,111 find tl1,\t they are about as In ely a propOSItIOn 111 modern blhI ness as there IS g0111g Thel e are bla111s bach of them :!nd YO\1 \\ III I e,1117e It some day If ) ou elon't I]()\\ Thev h 1\ e , stUll1'( foothold alreadY and thc chance" are that unless" on get bus> md do .\ om part 111 the process of LOllect111g thiS e\ 11 1t \\ 11] only he I m1ttel of tll11e II hen .\ ou "J1l ha\ C to face It \\ hethll you hke 11 01 11)t thl "Ime ,I" \\ C smdll dealel s are now compellt ! to do Thll dOl e \\ e a,k why do you allow thIS condItIOn to cont111ue \\ hLn, as \\ L stltul the beg111111ng of thiS artIcle, you hold the key to the sltuatlOn' Some of you may tlllnk \\ C 11C P\1tt111,; thl> pretty ,trullg It so just t Ike a re,tl look 11lto the 111atlel t01 ) ollr'lh e, me! \\ e Irc sure that) ou "Ill say that" e did not tcll h .11 \\ 1 ,Ie g( 111'( tn tell Just one hitle 11lCldent \\ hlch c Ime to Ol11 notlCl '\ fflend of one of our act I' L membel s \\ as turl1lsh111g a home Illd one of the first thmgs he wantee! \\ as 1 \ Ipoleul1 beel He ll1e! e" phClt £'lIth 111 111s homc dellel ,11](] e"pL11nle! to 111m that he wlnted 1 good poh,heel h,d 11L1l1g the 1111e J1hhtrdte] 111 tll1s department An ~1 al tide ()! tIllS Sfl1t was sold 111m for $30 Just about the llme thIS bed was elehve1 ed, a nelghb01 happened to 01 cler a Napoleon bell lbI011l;h I mdIl olelel hOllse To the mIsfortune of the dealer, 111l ,e t\\ () P Ittll n, h lppLned to be dlmost Identical, only one Wb ]Johshed and solel f{)l :jl30 and the othel \\<1S g]flSS 2nd sold f01 $17 SO Do \\ hat he cflu1d, 11e could not con\ lllce hIS Lu,tomer thdt the beel he ,uld 111m \\ ,10 \\ 01 in $13 mOl e, and WdS It? Becduse thIS hap-penecl <IS It chel It \\ a, \ er) d1ffILult tor ou! member to complete the 1m Jlbh111l; ot tllh h0111e but the ,,\ on,t of It \\as th:!t he ne\ e1 wholly fl~ Ilwd thc cOnflllelJLc ot hh Lll,tomel \\ L Lould III tte '11111111 111cldents almost "Ithout number but tbh onc h 'lll ,\ e necJ to Illlhtlate our pomt It shows so clealh l111t ,ou calJlJot help but ,ee that wh,\tevel your hne of bus111ess IS, \ uU hI \ l the 111,lIl 01 del house to buck up ,lga111,t and you ne\ er WIll k11{)\\ \\ hen 1\ h gmlJ" tll elo vou the me st h,Ir111 \\ 11h thc'e t lLL st Iflng 11-, 111 the flce, "hat ale we g01l1g to d d)l)ut It h thell no \\,,) out' YlS, we behe\e there IS because \\ L knu\\ lbat thell dll jUot as t'll SIghted jU,t a" capable, JUst as 'Soud hn mClers md jlht ,I, good executn e heads 111 the retaIl fU!mtUle blh1ness ,IS llJ the offices of the mall order house Here comes the 11Lqget ot tl11th "ll1ch \\ care trvmg to convey 111 thIS 0.1tlele anel that h the 111I]OJIt) of the 1nger deaJer" of tl11', counlly who use the ~ 1( Itl ,j \ oIU111' ut t hL merLhanch 'c 111,d1UhctUl ed c m, WIth one stloke {)I thc pcn ll1d lhl l<,<,ht tncc of the small ck Ilers, cont1o] tbe ,up ph ot depClJellblc mcrch llJdhe \\ e h 1\ e h ,d Just e11ou,:;h expellence 1'1 OUl c(' operatl\ e hJ1y111g 1W\ '111ent to know that If we could add the volume that our bIg cIty 'tOle, Ihe to OUI \ 01U111Ctl1<1t Vv C could absolutely control the output )1 thc t ldOI1L' 111Ik111g depLlllhble furmtule "hlLh would suit O\1r \ llIOlh Illll1lllmeub B\ c Irr)l11g out the pollcy adopted by the 11Itl{)lJ tl j"{)llltl<ll1-tlnt ot I]()t bUYll1g a dol1,1r's W01 th of merchdn (II'C trom 1 hd(1) ~1111t) of slllmg m,ld Oldel houses, tLere IS no ljUe-,tl(Jl1 but \\ hdt \\ e could control the source of OUf supply WIth-out thh v olume It md\ be ) e,1rs before we al e ~trong enough and thu efOlC "e 'd) the lal ge deale I s of the country hold the key to the solutIOn of the mall order problem 1t IS III \\ ell Lnough to talk about these th111gS and If you have beE n an ob,u \ Clot the htel,lture \\ 11lch has been circulated concel111ng thl" subJect, J Oll WIll notIce that the \\ llter of those arlldes always '1)' th1'>, thdt 01 the other thl11g IS the 1cason why we are affected by thIS busllle,s plague The majOllty of them say thIS or that must be d, Jl1l but 1t ) ou llled to follow anyone of thell suggestlOns, they \\ ollld bL toulld lmpraLtIcable, e~peC1alh for the small dealer \0\\ do not I111S11l1delstand u, to say that these Vlf>OUS articles ha,e no good ,ugge"tlOns but the pomt we want to emphaSIze 1S that om ,1Ssoctatlon come~ to yOU \\ 1th a dJJterent PIOposltJon We mahe It Olll bUSlllhS to fmd out what IS g0111g on 1ll the mall Older Clrcle, md then \\ e pI m Ide yOU the medIUm to protect} oUfself We make It po,slbJc f()J OUI members to get the dd\ el tJ~111g matellal necessary to plotect thell mtel e,t~ ,It a cost whIch "Ill ,1110w them to do It l11r] '0 on do\'. n the hst of cleLllls \\ lllch make thIS work effectIve \\ hlle v\ l admit thdt these helps dre not so essentIal to the ma JOI1t.\ ot the largel "tOI es, dS they hay e \\ Ith111 themselv eo, systems l11el helps \\ ]l1ch 'llpply them WIth these th111gS, yet It they adopted 'lnd ,lllClh \dheled to the pohcy laId do\\n by the natlOnal as,ocI 'ltIon not 1 t \dOry 111 EXIstence whIch supphes mall order houses \\ Ith merchanchoe could exIst because the mall order hOllses tdke only ,hout 30 per cent of then d\ erage output \Ve kno\\ tInt busme", hds got clown to a cold blooded propo ,It I )11 ot dolhl s and cents In 1ll0,t L1ty stores and} et we wclnt to 15k the buy ers of those "\anOllS stores "\Vhat does It profit you tc' get an extra 10 per cent or 20 per cent off of a certall1 lll1e of mer- WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 class of goud~. "uuld turn down the~c 1111L"ur 111SI,tthdt thc-y ale not catdlog good;, tIlls comlItlOll wouH nut ehl,t 1 h,lt IS why we ~,lY the bIg CIty store, hold the l,ey tu the c,ltalog e'll sltu,Hlon \Ve therefore hope that thIs article wl11 set the lal ge dealers who al e not membel s of the natlOlldl furl11ture a"oclatlOll to t1llnk111g alon~ these lIne" wIth a vIew to ovcrcomlllg the,e eVIls through the concrIltrated actIOn of our ndtlOnal meetmg We know that there Will be a lot of detaIls to ov ercome whIch IS true of any blb111ess and therf'fore firmly belIcve that If we can once arOUse our th111klll£;men to the necessIty of pUtt111g 111tOactIOn some pollcy or method to correct the~e th111gSthat It wl1l be done In order to help our ~maller member~ who are not In dally touch WIth 'his class of merchandhe, we hdve bulletJl1cd m thIs ISSUCa few competitIve Itcm, of artistic and cla,slcal fUll11ture so that they can protpct themseh e" If they al e not 111 a pOSItIOn to meet and over come whatever pl1dse of competitIOn they meet WIth In thIS class of ~oo(ls Ch,llldlsc V\hcll thL ;, lml PdttOlh yuu die llOV\plac11lg upon} OUIfloors 'Ire: llsted 111the mdll urder catalo£; at one thIrd or one half of what yOUusually, dnd by nghb, ought to get and are you creat111g by these means a healthy bU,,111essconfidence for :y our establl'ihment?" To Illustrate tl1ls thought more fully. the last time wc were III ChlcdgO, we notIced ,I partIcular 1111eof musIc cabInets and musIc hellc'1es which were entirely new m mode ot con"tructlOn and WhlCh we 110tlced \\ ere puced very reasonably Tll1S IS a 11l1eof dependable gGocl" and ought to carry a fdlr profit and IS an ,utlcle whlLh no con ~t1J1 Lr who IS not a fnrmture dealer, can Judge the value of We con Ie l1p]cttcd furmsh111g these to OUI member~, but 10 dlld behold, a" <oon as we returned home, we found tIllS l111Cfully reprc'iellted on page No 624 of 1Iont,;omoy \'v,lrd 'i c.lt"log, and we want to a,k tlle cIty buyers" ho drc handl11lg thIS das, of goods to get thIS C'ltt lug ant! ask them'ich es how they would hke to sell the,e £;ood, at the pllce" n,lmet! on pa"e 624, catdlog '\T () 78 i\ 0\\ the mOLl! of thiS 111u,tr,ltlon I, th'lt If the cIty c1e,l!ers wlw buy 80 pcr cent of thl'i This is a Reproduction of a Suite Sold by One of the Mail Order Houses. A Plain Relined Colonial$3345 Suite at a Low Price Packed in SoUd Crates by Experienced Packers. This fine Cole"" It~ ill ntade 0' large flaky quartered golden oak, and made 1'" the \'the sl.ts are " ft. ~ m.long We can guuan,ee thIS sUIte to ple.,e you Ul rega,d to constructwn. best 881b1.. man...... This &ult& will UPpedl to the more refined taste on account ..t fimsh and stock used a~ Dothmgbut the best g eq mto Its cou,true'lOn. It u made by " Jaige loctor:r t r 1 lllne<li3 U·]3 ea"Y to keep clean <is It lS free flOlll. carvmgs The d.lesser 13 -extu\. large. haVIng the reputatwn of .turnm~ out the be5t i-,OOU5 of tha.s lund The, ..employ only the best cabmet .. b:mCg:X~n lJ tong and 22 m deep. has a. d0l1ble ..h..'lped top md shapeu serpLnhne front carved Plalf mJkel's and tln1.!ihe.r6. They also have old experIenced paLkels and for thiS reason we c'\n g\1arftntee f t d f UT room\ drawers ntted WIth cast br'lss handLes and lock" CommoJe (-or washstand .r:s alll() It to nmt-h )OU m pertect condItIon OUr pnce fOl th1s smte 1-5much le5~ th'ln the average retaIl ~~;n ando ~ervJCeable and matchi's the dre3Set and the bed Bed 15 .Just the nght hC1ght to be len" PllU ShIpped dHect from factory m I:ldlana :tIOm whIch })om.t purchaser 1.<1\:' fletght.. WeIght .rttshc. It 15 a rep<OO,,,,tlOU of- too styles that were used )ears .go It l' 63 lJ] hIgh at head Illd "bln,1 350 100. IF 23860 Suik Complete iI1cludinlJ 'Bed, Dresser and Commode $3Ui RF 2386:! Dresser $l7.20 RF 23865 Red S9.75 Bf 23867 Comacd<: ~MO The abOve SUIt furnisheu to JUI IDembel'"i as per pIlLe c;tated belo"\-\ d..d\8ttlsmg cuts 3 ('olumns \\lde fUlnlshpll for75t' Puce to men'lbel"i at complete SUIt '-.0 2.)\'60 ~2() 75 PrICC of Dlesser No 23862 *13 Z5 PIlU of Bod 1\a 23&6) $81") PllC'B of ComulOue No 38b7 $;) 35 ThIS No 229 Napoleon Bed 15 a beauty qU'trtered oak through out a most excellent gloss finIsh and In every way a. hIgh grade bed one WhICh v.e hope every member \\-111 put one 1n stock Ad" ertlslng cut furnlShf'd for 40<' PrIce to our menlbers $12.45. ThIS No 912 Napoleon Bell made of solId oak wlth a gloss finIsh that 1S nearly as good a~ saIne pol1sh finIshes has a heavy full roll at foot and top clct\\ feet Ad\. (rtl;:,Ing unIt furnIshed fOt 4\0<.. PllC'8 to our member s $865 Send all orders to the secretary, Janesville, Minn. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothmg but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which Will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machmes flood-ing the country. Oliver Tools Sa,e Labor "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made wIth or wIthout motor dtIve Me tal table 36"x 30" Will take 18" under the gUide-tIlts 45 degree. one way and 7 degrees the other way Car. nes a saw up to 1.%11 WIde Outside beanng to lower wheel ,haft when not motor dnven Weigh. 1800 lb, when ready to sbp "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 Will take a ,aw up to 20' diameter Arbor belt IS 6' Wide Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• U. 5 A BRANCH OFFICES-Oltver Machinery Co .• Hud'on Terminal, 50 Church St. New York Ohver Machinery Co. Fmll NatIonal Bank BUilding, Chicago, III • Ohver Machinery Co Pacific BUilding. Seaule. Wa,h ,Ohver Machinery Co .201-203 Dean,gate, Manchester En. These Will Need Furniture. Re"ldence,,- 111<"" FIlen \\ llhalll" Hou"ton J c \. '-,18 000, 1\11% Jean D}er. ~8G 11e\elh a\el1l1e 1'1thlnllc, l'ct $-l-,~OO, 1\1 F111kel"tel11, Kno",.\111e ]enll £~,~OO fohl1 I) 1\1 e"burg, 282 Snelhng o;treet St Paul. 1I111n $3,500 I Ie I ence -r-I .1IJayble, 131 LeRoy street. Ihn~hamton." t $300) E H Kroll. 216 EllenV\ ooel a, enue, Y oUlllS"tovv n () $3200 R J. Graveo;, 2523 Elma a\ enue. Kan"a" LIt, \[0 $();O) P 'vV Kehoe, 1157 Laurel <.,treet, ::-t Paul \111111 s; -tOO f' C \\T ard, 1635 J acko;ol1 houle, arcl, Ullcago, $7 ;00 Che"tel FJrehrough, 53 Klmpark "treet, ChIcago, £20000, J 01111 G Rlechel, 702 Eradley avenue, Peona, Ill. $4000 Han e, L Page. San c\l1t011l0, Tex. $~.OOO, \. J PIUltt 271; '-,hellClan Road, E,an"ton, Il1., $10000. C II. 1hol11p<.,on 81R '--hell(\,111 Road, Evanston, $6,000 ~ate Kl11cald 81; LIncoln ,tIll t Evanston, $4,400 \ata1e DIFrancl"co ;;0 Oak ..,tleet \UI Ha\ en, Conn. $12,000, "\lfred L (,Ibo;on. 707 \\ e"t\ 111e\\ a\ enue, Phlladelpllla, Fa, $~.JOO Ill',,, c\hce looker, Ele\ el1th "treet and Lhelten avenue, Pl1l1adelphla, :P-t.~OO F d 1\ ,ll t 'L Bendel. 3415 \ an KIrk "treet, PhIladelphIa. $-1-,800 I rank Hood, Park Elll Helghb, Dem er Col. $3 000 ~l cl11e Ileel ~e", Houston, Tex, $3,000, John Carhon, 13-t8 \Ior"e ,11 enl1l Clllcago, $5,400, Edward HIll, 5-1-11Greel1\\ ood terr dce (111 cago, $6,000 Anton Rlchtel, 12~1 ::\aol11I a, enue I[mlle apohs, ~1111n., $3,;00, ;\Ir" J. ::\1 HIgh ()7 Cone "tllet Atlanta, Ga, $17, SOO, Sa111uel Polk -t~-1-; I"()J e"t Park boule vard, St L01l1", ::\10, $7,;00 r 0 Flatt 23-1- lhoach\,l\ South Bend, Ind, $3,500, George K CJarland 2807 CapItol avenue, Omaha, \'ebr, $4.000, I[r dncl \Ir", \\ H l'au~lu \\ est Dela">on avenue, Youngsto\\l1 OhlO. $37;0 C J l{eJ1h Newberry "treet neal Lake Drl\e. \fJh\aukee, \\ h. ::-,2;000 Frank ;\J cCmtle, 288 ;\[cUellan "tl ed, ~chel1eLta(h. ", 1 $4,000, G. vV \V Blalr, 1207 Arch "treet Pltt~b~UI 0 Pa ) b" " Tempers u Cost SG ;00 IIr" IIal' C \\ rI~ht, 7400 Race street PltbbUlg, s,'! ouo \\ a1<.,on T Ha"sel1l1an, Centlal d\enue and 34th o;Ueet IJ1Cl!al1'lj)olh Inel Sl(,OOO ~ '1, Jol111"On, 1716 l\UV Ham~ "]llIC d,ume '\ \\ \\ a<.,hlll~t()n DC. $22000, Jacpueo; \\ uelcnhe11l1el 2()0-1-P "tleet \. \\ \\ ;l<"hmgton, $10,000, J a" F I[ehan 3601 I:LJghland houle, al d, :CUlh\aukee, \\ lS., $;,000 ~rthur Hottman Uarke and 33rel o;treeto;, .:\I11waukee, $-t oon Geor~c C Dlebe. CJ31 ?\ elhe my avenue, J\Iemplll'o, 1enn , $3000 Ird ( FV\ mg. ;18 \nderc,od ~treet. Pltt"bmg, Pa, $5,500, H u~h Chalmer", 291 IroquOl" ~tJeet, DetrOIt, IIJLh £22000 IIllton S \\ ebb, 1S9 Palll"ter street, DetrOIt, $8,000, C (J IIcCollum, 146 Palll<.,ter "treet. DetrOlt, $4,000, Rao;mue, Ro,," ~C)O::\lcClelhn d\ enue DetlOlt. $3,600, \\ R Fenne\ FdhOIl d, enue and ::-eco'1d "treet DetrOIt $G 000 I h/dbeth PdU" 37g LJ111hne!~e o;treet ])e~rolt $4 000 . rd~ \\ aul \ \ alh DI \. ane! II d'-dn "trv "tree~", Detro;t, $8,000, iT II C::tol1e 28 Ca"t 'i5th "treet, ~an<.,a<., CIty \10, $0,000, H, \\. La<.,hbrook Blame and J:le\ enth "treeb, Terre Haute, Ind. $3000,::-' \\ IIudd, 2232 Hal' aul bou1evdrd, Los i\nge-le~, Ca1., $18,000 '-- 11 \pp1eton, 3542 Hlal<.,clell dvenue, l\Imn , $; 000 John n L) on", 153 OrlJn a, enue ~ E 11111neapoh~, S~ ;00 \. C Lm mg 11; Chfton avenue, :;\I1nneapoh", $5,000, T r, CllchtOll 11CJ L :Z;th ~treet, :\Imneapohs, 8)-1-,000 13 G Hm\ al d. ;0; Crutcher ~treet, Dallas. Tex, $3 503, .1IIr~ c\ l Bn~<;<., 1(,0 ~un<.,et a\ ume, Dalla~ $3000, Jame" \ndrewo;. -t017 Fort\ hr"t a, enue, ChlCdgO, $7,000 \nl1le l Pl1l1hppo;, [;1\ n Ifa\\ 1 wad, Pltto;]mrg. Pa $11 000, :;\lro; Hal1l1ah \ r Pettit '--ewll(l and (]rlme" "tleeh, Da) ton. OhIO. $3, SOO E S BIll ke, J r, :\Id~noha awl IIlo;tletoe clrn e<.,. Cleveland, 0.. ~100 000 ILlrtha:C ".lIlleI, S32 South ldrroll "treet, SOl1lh !1Ulel Ind $(iOOO \. P '\ul"en 810 \\ e"t 7t11 o;treet Topeka, :h.dl1<", $-1-.000 \nna IZclchmae, (Jlenv\ood a,enue, Youngo;- town, OhIO, $3,600 WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 -----·-·-----~-······~~~-~-~·····~---Makers w. F. & JOHN BARNES CO. Lodge Furnishings. A gentleman largely engaged 111 the bU"111e~s of furn-ish111g lodge room~, recently related a number of expenence, w1th lodge member,., who p1esumed to know all that 1S worth know111g, "and then some," about fur11lture. An outfit had been unpacked at Cumberland, J\1d, when a lodge man sur-f'eptJtlOu~ ly clIpped off a p1ece of leather frorn one of the dIvans and forwarded it to a gO\ ernment expert at \\T a"hmg-ton who, m the caUl Se of tlme, reported that he had exam111ed and tested the sample and found 1t to be a hbrou" ll111tatlOn of leather 1he dealer who handled the Job 111 great alarm \\ rote the manufacturer "tatJng the deCl"lOn of the expert, when the manufacturer offered to fur11l0,h a bond of $10,000 to 111demmfy the dealer agamst los" and wager $1,000 w1th the expert upon the propo"ltlon that only genume leather was used in the Job ;';othmg mOle was hea1d of the expert ~nother W1se lodge member expre..,sed the oplmon that an uutfit of sohd mahogany \\ as made of bIrch and "tamed c\n offer of $1,000 for e\ ery p1ece of b1rch found 111the lob sllenced the fello'" Looking for Desirable Machinery. Lrne~t IIuppertz and l\Ir Kurtenbach, repre"entmg Schnchardt & Schutte, dealer" and Jobber" 1n mach1l1elY, of \ 1enna, ~u~tna. were 111Grand Rap1do, for a day or tvvo dur-mg the past \\leek, J\Ir Huppertz Is manager of the ",ood workmg machl11ery department and Mr. Kurtenbach 1" one of theIr mac111nery expert~ They are makmg a totH of the L l11ted States looking for machl11es "Ultable tor then trade and found some of them 1n Grand Rap1ds, 1hey VISIted "everal of the machme manufacturer~ and 1n"pected ~ome of the fur11lture factone" Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strongest, most power'ul, and m every way the best machtne of Its kllld ever made, for nppIng, cross·cutttng bonng and groovmg Messrs Schuchardt & Schutte have agencies or branch houses m Berlm, Stockholm, Copenhagen and o,everal other European cltle" and also m \" ew Yark. La"t year thor sales amounted to o\Cr $8,000,000, of whIch about $1,500,000 was Amencan made machmery ;\1es"r", Huppertz and Kurtenbach w1ll return to theIr headquarters in December Marvel Company Resumes Business. The already long h"t of fur11ltt'1'e manufacture I~ for wh1ch Grand Rap1ds I" famou", ha" recel\ed an add1tJon m the Marvel \Ianufactunm; Company, formerly of loma, J\1lch The l\1an el Company ~uffered from an extensIve fire at loma m ] uly and determ1l1ed to take advantage of the OppOl-tumty to move to the great furl11tUl e center, and purchased the lanse plant formerly occup1ed by the Harnson \Vagon \\ ork~ The plant \\hlch I" now 1n operatlOn covel" several acre" of ground and has been remodeled to accommodate thc rapIdly ~roW1l1g bus1l1e"", of the ~larvel Company, The lme of ~00ds manufactured 10,popular pnced rocker" 111 oak 0111.1- roll ",eab, saddle seats and cobbler "eats Th13 hne of rocker" wl1l be on exh1blt 111 Januar) on the fourth floor of the furn- Iture e~change 111Cranel RapIds a11d on the second floor of the rllnuture ExhIbition BUllel1l1g. 1411 l\I1ch1gan a\emle, In ChIcago, i'\\ elcome to our CIty," h heartIly extended to the :\larvel company by the people of Grand RapIds Enlarging Their Plant. The Keeler Bra"s Company ha\ e under C011"tructlOn an addItion to thelr foundry, 60 x 100 fect m ~ILe A new and largcr eng111e and bollci WIll be 1l1stalled The compdny cmploy'o 225 men and al every pro"perou", Cabinet In these days of close competition, need the best pOSSible equipment, and thIS they can have in BARNES' ----------------------- -----------------~ HAND AND POOT POWER Send for Our New Catalogue. II iI . ."I • 654 Ruby Street, Rockford, Illinois 32 WEEKLY ,-. ----~---._._----._._----~----, I Miscellaneous Advertisements. ----- ---- - WANTED- LINES TO SELL. In the middle West. Large expenence in the sale of cham-ber and dmmg room furmture. Would engage on salary. Address "S. W. E." care Weekly Artisan. 11 27-2t WANTED. Salesman, by an old established house making a lme of hlgh grade goods bought by the furmture trade. State age, where last employed and salary expected. Address "E. K. E." Weekly Artisan. 11-27 12-4 HELP WANTED. A good furmture man-aSSll,tant to buyer or one who has had all around expenence. A chance for man who wants to leave a smaller town and go mto a larger field. Address Furniture Department, P. O. Box 245, Trenton, N. J. 11-20tf If you are a resourceful, determined, diplomatic salesman with enough Iron-m-your-blood to fight for busmess and get It. the don't-know-when-your-lIcked_kmd With the "make good" habit, neither "a has been" nor "a gomg to be" but "an Iser," we want you on our sales force. We manufacture a lme of dmmg room furmture offenng more reasons that go down to bed rock why the trade should buy It, than most A wmmng lme for a wmner. We must know your present lines and the terntory you cover. Address "York," care this office. 11 20-27 12-4-11 WANTED. of medIUm pnced Dmmg Room Furmture in New York, Expenenced salesman to sell, on commiSSIon basIs, our lme (except towns belongmg to Metropolitan Dlstnct) Central and I!.astern Pennsylvama. State expenence and lllles now carried. Address Southern Furmture Co., Atlanta, Ga 11-20 WANTED. For terntory east of Buffalo, New York CIty, New York state and New England, one good lllle of furmture to sell m con-nectIOn WIth my present lllle of dllllllg chaIrs. Address A. E. W., care Weekly Artisan. 11-20 A Manufacturers' Agent domg a very successful busmess III BaltImore and Washmgton and surroundlllg terntory desires one or two good lines on commISSIOn. Address "Success," Weekly Artisan. 11-131£ FOR SALE. Well eqUIpped Carvmg and Mouldmg Factory. In good lo-catIOn. Lumber and coal cheap. A good chance for hustler understandmg the busmess. Address W. H. Roberts, Knox-ville, Tenn. 11-30-20 WANTED. An experienced upholstery furniture salesman to work the larger towns in Ilhnols, Iowa, Missoun, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. Must be a man who thoroughly understands the business. Good s
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and - C" '/"i "-/ 26th Year---No. 'ffi.. NdvENBER 25, 1905 GRMD>oE~Plfib PUBLI Y, ; ..i em TIS .? M1CH.ENG.CO. G-."R. ~ SECTIONAL BOOKCASES MAY ALL LOOK ALIKE, TO YOU AT THE ERST GLANCE! INSPECTION ANO·COMPARISON, WILL CLEARLY SHOW YOU WHEREIN OURS IS SO DIFFERENT, IN CONSTRUCTION AND RESULTS, AS TO PUT IT IN A CLASS BY ITSELF. The Finish and Workmanship are Equally as Good as the Best WHILE THE UNITS ARE TAKEN APART, AND PACKED FLAT IN A BOX FOR SHIPME~T, IT GOES TOGETHER WITH IN· TERLOCKING GROOVES, IN THE MOST SIMPLE MANNER, AND WHEN SET UP IS SURPRISINGLY FIRM AND SOLID. A Strong Feature, and One Not Possessedby Any Other, IS ON ACCOUNT OF THE RIGIDITY, AND AS CASTERED, CAN BE MOVED AS ONE PIECE, SAME AS THE. OLD STYLE CASE, AND WITHOUT DISTURBING THE CONTENTS. NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~===n=====dd l , 1 The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) The !;lC is NO\\' DEMO~STR;\TEJ) heyond all doubt that ~i;e sale or ON E RFX [n'neT, Tuf:-cd :'vla'_tress \\':11 C:.ll;st: ilhluiry sutticient to sel' T\VO and so :: goes OIl growing and enlarging .I-our business as OUTS h;~s enlarged () U R BEST T IU IJ E. \Vrite lor (JUT ne\\- Sook:et "Tnt King or T,!tIS," "]lei learIl al: aboLe: this Splendid Mattress. We hl:n;sh tLese beauti'-ul :ittle 20 :::,age book1c:s to clLItomcrs and l:censcl: agents. Get our terms, prices, e:c. \Vr::c right lJO\.V. Dun't wait. /i. l"ard wiJ: do. Anything to sho\v your interest. CHARLES A. FISHP,R Ci CO. 1302 Michigan Ave .• CHICAGO. ILL. F1:0RIA, ILL. sr. I.our:::.', MO. LiNCOLN, ILL. /H J,VlV"E.d 1'01./8. ilJ fly' ;\/. Soft' JltLml{/t;{turers uNda LUCTISf AmcTi.-an AfaltTl'ff and C:(f/)i~JJ Company_ 2 • t. . ., 26th Year- No. 9 =-=.= GRAND RAPIDS. MICH., NOVEMBER 25, 1905. Office Furniture for the Cuban Market. During the early part of the n1.onth the Grand Rapids market was looked o\'er by Vv'. F. Champlin, secretary of the l-TarrisHrotlters company. of Havana, Cnba. \\lhat \11'. Champlin saw pleased him so highly that he promised to come again duri.ng one of the mid-summer expositions. :Vlr. Champlin said, ·'1 am surprised and delightcfl with what Grand Rapids has to offer in the furnittlre line. Our house is one of those American establishments in the Cuban capital which form an important factor in the commercial life of the island. VVc have been there for seven years and represent in a num-ber of lines prominent American manufacturers of office con-veniences and supplies. In keeping with the general nature of our business ,ve handle bookcases, desks and varions types of chairs and cahinets which might have a part in office outfitting. "Gp to this time we havc bought all the furniture we handle from New York houses and i.t -is only faiT for me to state that they have given satisfaction. 1 have never been in the Grand Rapids market before, not because I have not wanted to come here, hut because this 111arket waS so far away from our llOme establishment and my time in buying trips was ratheL· linlited. The desire to see "vltat yOll had to offer and in fact what other markets had to show liS has becn with me for a number of years past and this trip is the result of a determination to take the time alld secure an education along the lines of fnrnitme production. ;;J have practically made up my mind to no longer confine myself to the New York products which have. bc,en OUT sole stock in trade in the past and in pursuance of this intention Grand Rapids office furnitt1re will dotlbt1css in fnture years form a prominent part of our offerings. "It should not be nndentood from this that I have any in-tcntion of going into the general handling of furniture. There art' a 1111fnber of enterprising American bouses ill J-Tavana which halidlc: "uch goods and they are as capable of caring for the business in the future as they have been in the past. "1 can say in this connection however that the American furniture manufacturers and this includes Grand Rapids with the rest do not pay auywhere near the need to the pos-sibilities for their ,,,ares in t11e island which they should. The Germans. Frel1ch al1Cl Eng-Iish, particularly the former are by no means so lleglectful o( thei.r commercial lnte,rests. You will find the foreign made furniture in pretty much every home on the island and -it might not be too strong a statement to assert that so far as its furniture is concerned this country has practically come to be an unknown quantity with the native and foreign P0pulation of Cuba. \Vhat it is in the other lslands of the \Vest Indies I am not in a position to say but Cuba being the big market of the lot and yet neglected it is not likely auy 1110re heed is paid to the other markets than to that of my home state. "/\s an American r should like to see a change brought about in this regard. Certainly that which I have seen since coming here has been proof positive to me that Grand $1.00 per Year. .apids can offer furnitllfe which for beauty of design ai1d artistic execntioll and finish cannot be snrpassed anywhere on the globe. This being true there is no reason why this city sboutd not have a fair share of the furniture business of the island and very many reasons why it should. It ap- \H'.<lI";;; to me that it is very lImch up to the manufacturers to revolutionize the present conditions and through this to open up another profitable outlet for their wares. "If I can carry out some rather hazy plans I ha.ve formu-lated 1 shall ende.a\'or to show our public what high grade products the Grand Rapids manufacturcrs market. THORNTON PRESCOTT CRAFT. Mirrors and Couches Needed in Amusement Houses. A lady subscriber writes the management of Orcbestral hall, Chicago deploring the lack of mirrors in the lower vestibule of the hall or on the backs of the seats where provision is made for pinning hats. The bare walls would be much adorned by the addition of mirrors. She also com-plains of the lack of chairs to be nsed during the performance of musical numbers when late arrivals are forced to wait, oftentimes, as long as fifteen minutes. The lady patrons far outnumber the men and their requests ought to be con-sidered and complied with. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISF ACTORY first Goaters and Varnishes MJ4NUFAI:T/JRI:D DNI..'" BY CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZS!1-63 ELSTON AVE.'" 2-16 SLOAN ST. CH I CAcao r 4 ~MI9jIIG7JN Just How Furniture is Purchased at Waldheim's. Waldheim, an enterprising retailer of Milwaukee, reveals his system for selling goods in the followi:lg attractive "story": "I have always been opposed to the installment plan of buy-ing things," she said with a smile as she sank into a chair, "be-c.< Luse it has always seemed rather repulsive." "Why so, madam?" asked the salesman. "Oh, I don't know exactly, it has seemed to me a ch~ap way of doing things, sort of shoddy,. don't you know." "That may ha..e.. been the case once, madam," replied the sales-man, "but since the scheme has been developed by reputable houses like Waldheim's it has become really more desirable than the charge account, which has its stern limitations. You'd probably be surprised to know that the very nicest people in the cit)r~and all over America for that matter-furnish their homes on the in-stallment plan." "Indeed !" ';Yes, it's not confined to the wage earner by any means, al-though perhaps a greater help to him than to people of means. Is your husband a salaried man?" "Yes," she answered, "he make~ a good salary, but there are so many demands on it it is hard to save enough to buy a home outfit all at once. You see, we are abollt to go to housekeeping for the first time. \Ve have rented a little flat of four rooms, and of course we want it furnished complete and at once. 'Ve haven't the money to pay cash, so we thought of the installment plan. We have looked it up,and find so many friends who say it works splendidly, that we decided to try it ourselves. They say that by the plan we can buy as much as we please, have it de-livered at once and pay small sums each month. Is that true?" "Certainly. There are no restrictions of any kind. You select what you please and we will make a beautiful little home for you in twenty-four hours, even down to the sauce pans for the kitchen." "Do you believe in the home outfits?" she asked. '-'You mean those that are selected by the dealer to sell at $65·00, $75.00 and $R5.00?" "Yes, I've seen them advertised." "No, we don't think much of them. They must necessarily be cheap materials-chcaply put together. They are not recom-mcnded by this house. I believe in selecting odd pieces and hav-ing an original home. Or if you prefer you may have the furni-ture all of the same materials, for instance, all mahogany, all mission oak, all golden oak, etc. Personally, I prefer the odd piece:,,;." "So do I," she nodded brightly, "I don't like too much same-ness. One tires of it very soon. Now suppose I select what I want today and it amounts to $200.00 or $300.00 or $500.00, do I have to pay the terms quoted on each individual article, or do you put them together and fix a stated amount to be paid by the month ?" ';Yes, we fix a stated amount~according to your husband's income." "But don't yOU charge extra for credit accommodation?" "Certainly not. Why, madam, our prices are really lower than those you have to pay cash stores." "How can that be?" ';It is due to the immense volume of business we do. Nine-tenths of the salaried men buy their furniture on the installment plan. Our output, therefore, is so enormous that we can afford to take less profit and make up for it by volume. Besides we buy so much more than the cash houses that we get great quantity dis-counts, so we can always undersell the cash merchant." "Oh, I see," she said, brightening; "and that helps us, doesn't it ?" "Certainly it does. Itls a big thirig to you, and saves you 10, IS and often 20 and 25 per cent." "What is 10 per cent?" she asked, with a puzzled look. "Well, 10 per cent of one dollar is ten cents-IO per cent of $100 is $10, and so on." "And do I save all that buying from you on the installment plan?" she asked, beaming. "Seldom less than that, and frequently more." ';Tha1's fine, but -" hesitatingly, "they say that your contracts are one-sided and embarras"ing. Is that -" "That is absurd. This house will deal with you precisely as you deal with it. Its contract is clean, dignified and wholly de~ void of embarrassing conditions and features. It is modernized. 1t was prepared by men who have studied the conditions of the people and realize the wage earners' need and must have an easy, comfortable way of creating homes for themselves. Why, do you know, madam, before this plan of ours existed wage earners borrowed money from Joan sharks in order to furnish their homes? They paid exorbitant interest, were hounded to death by the men they borrowed from, and got into all sorts of unhappy tangles, from which they were powerless to extricate themselves. Our plan has done away with the borrowing business, and not only that, but it casts a protection about the wage earner which he could get in no other way. Isn't your idea of the installment plan rather a sentimental one?" "Oh, yes," she admitted readily, "wholly sentimental. I have been guided wholly by the thought that people might not think us prosperous if we bought things that way. It's foolish and su-perficial, too, of course, but truly I thought there were -draw-backs of a very embarrassing nature." "Possibly there are in some houses," responded the "salesman, "and of course I can speak only for Waldheim's. They have de-veloped the credit plan along scientific lines. They know the people must have it, so they are constantly seeking to better it. In other words, they want to makes buying here a pleasure and a ben-efit. And the best proof of their success is that they are open-ing scores of new accounts every day, and old purchasers are adding to their purchases." "I had no idea," she said, "that thi's plan of yours was really so desirable. This is the first real information I have ever had, and it is a revelation, a most surprising one, indeed. I have de-cided to open an account, and I may as well·do it now." The account was duly opened and the lady proceeded with her selections. As rapidly as she made them the salesman tied upon each article a red ticket marked "sold" and wheeled the piece to one side to be prepared for shipment. Suddenly the lady turned to the salesman and with a pecul-iar smile remarked: "Do you know, I like the way you sell goods?" "Beg pardon, how is that?" answered the salesman, confus-edly, a blush mantling 'his cheek. "You misunderstood," she said hurriedly, noting the signifi-cant blush, "I mean that you have not at any time attempted to sell me something else in place of something I select~I mean you don't try to get me to buy something higher in price." "Madam," said the salesman earnestly, "that is one of the in-flexible rules of this house. We are here to help our customers, not to do their thinking for them. We advertise what we sell, and sell precisely what we advertise. If you want a $15 chair we don't try to persuade you to buy one for $20. That's the old method of doing things. It's a cheap, shoddy, vulgar method, a.nd no reputable house will permit it. Moreover, we are never 'just out' of what we advertise. You must have had a funny idea of an installment credit house." "Well, I have had before to-day," she admitted, "but I got the idea from persons who had experienced just such things." "Where did they trade?" ;;1 prefer not to say/' she replied, "but it wasn't here." "Well," said the salesman, "there is everything in buying from the right house. 1£ people will use judgment in selecting the place to do their buying they avoid all such unpleasantdes." They proceeded with their selections and in the course of an hour the work was done. This is what the lady bought for her four room flat: Sitting Room-A mahogany davenport sofa bed at $22.50- one fancy mission oak rocker with leather seat at $tr.50-a fancy mahogany rocker, beautifully carved, at $g.25-a lady's mis~ion oak writing desk at $14.50, and a center table of mission oak at $16.50. Bedroom-A brass bed, beautifully made and decorated, at $25-a golden oak dresser with French bevel mirror and carved frame at $1O.5o-a blue .vicker rocker at $4.50, and a fancy ma-hogany wicker seat chair at $7.50. Dining Room-A pillar extension table of golden oak at $16.75-a half a dozen chairs, one of them with arms for the "old man" at the head, at $2.50 each, and a s-mall mission oak huffet for dishes, trays and liquors, at $14. Kitchen-The celebrated \Valdheim steel range at $29.5(}- a kitchen cabinet at $15.50---t\\,0chairs at $1 each. "The total cost of all these articles," said the salesman, "is $219.2.1,and on the terms I have given you your husband may take practically a year to pay the bill. In the meantime he need not deny himself anything in other directions, he isn't in debt, he pays no interest on his investment, and he has an artistic and perfectly furnished home. VV-hatdo you think of the installment plan now? Do you see anything repulsive in it?" "No. indeed, I do flat," she responde(1,heartily, "I am simply delighted. I don't see how you can do it. By the way, that gives rise to another question. Suppose my husband should be t.aken ill or meet with an accident; hmv about our payments?" "Madam," said thc salesman, "this house makes all due allow- :Inces for the dispensations of Providence and shapes its course accordingly. If anything yOU::'llgge!:itshould happen we will ex-tend the payments. Did I Hot tell you that this home is a help and not a burden?" "Yes," she replied, I'you did, and I believe you. I never had such beautiful treatment in my life. Your faith in the public must be very great." "\Ve Trust the People," the clerk replied. RETAIL ASSOCIATIONS. Social Side is a Factor of Importance. There i!:ino phase of the retail merchandising idea which IJre-sents as strong an advance as the trend of present day associa tion work. It is the perfect exemplification of the old, old adage; "In union there is strength." In recCllt years the growth of the association idea among retail merchants in every line has been very little short of phenomenal. Scarcely a village, however, remote, that does not now have its business men's association, its retail merchant's association, or something along similar lines. Some of these associations h:l\'c less than twenty members; others may have 50o---hut they are all work-along the same general lines-the betterment of the conditions obtaining in the retail merchant's netd. It is almost impossible to overestimate the benefits to be derived from close, harmonious association work. The social side alonc of any flourishing association is \\lorth many times the small yearly dues demanded. 1t is at the meetings of your association that you come into close contact with your nearest and dearest competitor. More often than not he is not the hungry hound you have long suspect-ed him of heing. In fact, the challces are you w~ll filJd him to be about the average man with the average man's failings and char-acteristics. III you he probably recognizes a brother worker in his own field of endeavor, minus the wolf skin in which he had always deemed yOll garbed. It is a safe bet that within a short time after your association acquaintance you are recognizing each other on the street and stopping to chat over the trend of the mHkets. Thus does association work fulfill olle of its missions in breaking' down the barriers of foolish and t1Tlcalled for preju-dice. Associations broaden in the fullest sense of the term. In-timate contact with men in one's own walk of life is necessary to development; and the association furnishes the opportunity for this in abnndance. Every retail merchant should belong to 5 his association-and not only belong In a negative sense, but be an active working member. GLORIFIED CARPET SWEEPERS. Made Nowadays of Glass as Well as of Many Fine Woods. "Didn't know there was such a thing as 'a glass carpet sweeper? Oh, my yes," said the salesman. "Been selling them now for some years. Sides and ends of the hody of wood, with a glass top. "The glass carpet sweepers are made only in the best qnality, best sort of brushes and works, and with the wood part of the finest polished mahogany and the glass top a fine French beveled plate, "\Alhat does anybody want of a glass carpet sweeper? \Vell, we nse them to demonstrate with, to show, visibly, the operation of the sweeper, and it is a very convenient sweeper, on that account, to the user. You can see through the glass top just wben it needs emptying. And tben it is a very hand- S(llue machine-people buy it on that account. "But then we make no end of handsome carpet sweepers nowadays, sweepers of every sort of fine wood and beauti-fully finisl1f·d. and with handsome nickel mountings, and all that sort of thing;very handsome carpet sweepers. ",/\.nd the carpet sweeper is no longer kept universally in some closet, as once it was. You can buy sweepers now to match the woodwork of any room, or any carpet or rug. 1 have seen more than one fine carpet sweeper with a pretty rihbon tied around its handle standing in a corner, itself a sightly bit of furniture. "Such a sweeper you might find in a dining-room, handy tbere with which to sweep up the crumbs; or you might find one in a library, a dainty machine \vherewith to sweep up scattered cigar ashes. "Oh, yes, plenty of handsome carpet sweepers made these days. The carpet sweeper may now be really a thing of great beauty, as it has long been one of literally world wide utility."·-Nev,t York Sun. The article above \vas sent to RoM. E. Shanahan, of the Bissell Carpet Sweeper company, and brought in reply a Ieter touching upon tbe subjcct. "The machine, he says, was first introduced ten years ago and originated by the Bissell company. It is made of mahogany and the object of the glass top is to show the thoroughlleSs with wbich the sweeper does its work, hovlTit gathers the dust and dirt out of the carpet and deposits it in the pan receptacles. Of course with the glass top one can see the operation of the brush very satis-factorily." Of No Practical Use. The Rev. Chas. \Vagner of "Simple Life" fame advises us "m(mg other things against over-crowding our homes with fTJf11iture which is "useless, ugly and often in shocking bad taste." The cheaper furniture is especially to be deplored. The use of it by people of moderate means is, of course, very g-enel·al. But how often a room is crowded by furniture which is of no practical use and is really only a nuisance and takes up valuable space. Wall space is often entirely' covered by such delicate and useless thi"ngs as gold chairs and other small pieces to stumble over if not to sit on, Cling to Heirlooms. One can readily understand the feelings of southerners when asked to part with household treasures. Every piece, no doubt, has some very cherished associations. Then, too, the old china and pewter are so rare nowadays as to be almost unknown in parts of this coun.try, especially is this true of pewter. In for-eign countries-England for instance--one sees pewter quite fre- Ql1(·ntly. snIT", OA13 (0. ROOK WOOD and a general line of DETR.OIT. MiCH. Send for our fflN6Y TflBLES New 150 Page CATALOGUE Write for Cuts and Prices One of the most complete expositions .. 4tA4t of cheap and me<:l.ium priced CUAIRS and ROCKERS PALMER IN THE COUNTRY SENT TO DEALER.S ONLY UPON RHQUKST Manufacturing CO. INDIANAPOLIS, • INDIANA. 1015 to 1021 Palmer Ave. RALDWIN~VJLLIt. • MASS. DETROIT, MICH. To write of the doings of the furniture manufacturers of Detroit is to repeat the same old story of hustle to keep lip with the demanus of the merchants for goods. There was never a time in the history of the furniture trade of this city when the demand for help was more pressing. The manu~ facturers are funning their plants full time, and many of them over time. to take care 6f their orders and get ont new patterns fo~' spring trade. The trip through the now com-pleted factory of the Detroit Cabinet company, escorted by Secretary Klippel was very pleasant. It is up to date in every particular. From the lumber yards and coal sheds to the shipping room, everything is of the best and in the best possible condition. The basement is a solid mass of con-crete, where the heavy line shafts and pulleys and belts re-ceive the power from the new engine and transmit it to the scores of machines on the upper floors. The new veneer and glue rooms are among the best to be found anywhere. The fact that the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Ar-rester company put in the piping and furnace feeders is sufficient proof that they are the best that can be procured. The company is enjoying a splendid trade in -all the various Pioneer Mfg. CO... DETIlOIT. MIen. NeOOfurniture Babll Garriaocs Go-Qarts Our goods will be shown at Peck & Hills, Manufactllrers' Exhibi-tron Building, I 3 I 9 Michigan Ave .• CHICAGO, • ILL. lines they produce-ladies' desks, music cabinets, book-cases, chamber furniture, etc. Their full line will be shown as usual in the big Furniture Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, in January in charge of S. Stiniger and A. Bur-wanger. The Murphy Chair company are having a tremendous trade, working a larger Humber of hands than ever before. They will issue a new catalogue next spring. The Pioneer Manufacturing company are having fine trade in reed chairs and rockers. Their chair catalogue for 1906 is out and their baby carriage catalogue will be issued later. The Palmer l\Ianufacturing company are doing finely. The demand for their Rookwood and floral finished tables and pedestals is very large. A large warehouse and show rooms are contemplated, and will probably be erected in the near future. Smith, Day & company like all the others, are having a good trade. Their low and medium priced chairs and rockers are among the hest sellers ?n the market. J. C. Widman & company will make many changes and additions to their line tor the coming year. There will be twenty new china closets, thirty~five or forty hat racks and a lot of hall scats, hanging hat racks and framed mirrors, The vVolverine Manufacturing company and Cadillac Cabi-net company are very busy and will make a great display in January at 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago. The- American Go-Cart company are doing finely. They manufacture an excellent line of reed chairs and rockers, go-carts and baby carriages. Their catalogue js a great help to the merchant both in buying and selling. A corporation in the interior of New York state is so taken up with the furniture and mirror factory of ]. C. \~/id- Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH. A COMPLETE LINE man & company, Kirby and Fourteenth avenue, that it is about to build an exact duplicate. The principal stock-holders were ill Detroit recently and went through the es-tahlishment. They were particularly struck with the fact of the raw nlater1al going i.n at the door, making the rounds of the establishment and coming out at "mother exit ready for shipment, doing away with all unnecessary handling. The \,Vhitney Furniture Manufacturing company arc build-ing a two-story addition to their factory 4Sx65 feet. They manufacture leather couches and rockers. The Detroit Folding Go-Cart company is one of the new and rapidly growing industries of this city. They manu-facture a special line of folding go-carts that are not dupli-cited elsewhere. Their catalog'ue and prices \vill be found very interesting to merchants. Payment Customs Differ. The payment system used by stores in London and Paris is quite different from the American. Each article bought at uue (Ollter is paid ror before the customer goes to any other. \Vhcn the purchase is made the clerk calls a sort of over-seer vvho checks up the bill looking for errors, I suppose. Thnl the cu~tomer 1S reqtlested to step to a small paying desk to settle the account. This process is gone through with 8t each counter at which the customer buys. To an American it seem" a nuisance and especially when pressed for time as most sightseers are. Some of the stores in New '{ark empLoy a system something similar, but 1t is rather a detriment than a help, to ladies especially, when purchas-ing materi:lls and wishing to match them in different goods. A sample is all one has to use, each purchase is sent to be wrapped up as bought and sent h0111ein separate packages. In 1..on<,]ol1a"nd Paris the paying desks in a store arc quite llUmerO(lS and must require the services of many more em-ployees than the American stores do. The goods di.splayed too, are not shown to as good ad-vantge as in fhis,'country, everything possible seems to be shown in the WilHlows, oftentimes on counters outside. The buildings themselves are apt to be old and the rooms are strung along sometimes (especially in London) one has to go upstairs then down to the basements through many rooms in which a sense of direction is entirely lost and finally after being sent from clerk to clerk one 'emerges ill a different part of the store a block away from the first entrance. Such experiences leave one confused and makes one \vish for American moderp stores with all the best and finest improvements. Poetic Advertising. The poet of the John M. Smyth company, Chicago, has hroken forth again with a flowery discourse on the fall <;e,,1,50nand incidentally the fall and 'winter opening of the company. The following is a sample of his latest and best (?). "The dying beant)' on the bush is the last rose of summer, and summer itself is at an end. The wild geese say so, 1he muskrat says so, the wisest old settler says so al1C1the departing song birds confirm the threatening divination. The ants and sCjLlirrels are hurrying to get ready Pleasant days now, are a de.ception and a snaH'. They ponel1d mischief-·a wicked drop in temperature from balmy warmth to a sharp touch of winter between the rising anu ",ctting of the S11n-butterAy weather today. polar bear weather to-morro,",,'." and so on. "Butterfly weather" referred tf) above is really a new variety. 1lay the l\Juses ever send inspiration of a like sort to this worthy poet. In thi!; titanic struggle in the marts of commenrce the captains of industry have called out the reserves-the: bank reserves, and that is where we begin to grow cautious. Meantime the West with its crops waxeth rich. 7 for Careful Buyers New Slyles, New Designs, Old Reliable Qyably, in Ibis Season's Offerings in REED FURNITURE Our line insures you a p'olitable business and Satisfied Customers. No. 349-$7,00 Write for Catalogue "A" American Go=Cart Company DETROIT, MICH. One of the Few Good Folders on the market. 50 styles of IDEAL Folding and Reclin-ing Go~Carts and Carriages to choose &om. AIso'·'DciIl Folders. DETROIT FOLDING CART CO., Detroit, Mich. STATiON AS. r--------------------- ---- 8 VISIT THE MARKETS. First Hand Buying Is of Great Advantage. Every retail merchant should visit the manufacturing and jobbing centers once, and, if possible, twice a year. It is only by this means that he can keep up with the proces-sion. Aside from the evident advantage in personally inspecting the markets, a visit to the big city is an educational experience of imnlense: value to the observant merchant. Constant changes are being made in systems and mau-ner of transacting business, both wholesale and retail. A visiting merchant, if he is alive to his opportunities, will not neglect to take note of the intercting and instructive merch~ andising methods obtaining in the centers of commerce. Often a merchant is able to assimilate ideas from his trip to trips to market are the most enthusiastic in their belief that these trips not only pay, but are absolutely necessary for the proper conducting of a retail business. If you have not been in the habit ot visiting your manu-facturing city, try it for a change; take your wife along too-a woman's buying instinct will be valuable-and you can make more or less of a holiday out of your buying trip. DESK QUAINTNESS. An oddity in desks is of black oak on the "mission" order. The top is unusually wide, and from under its projecting shelf the lid lets down, which, when closed, shows embedded in its top a blue Delft panel, picturing ships at sea_ The effect of the blue and white against the black wood and under the shadow of the overhanging shelf is very good. It looks like a piece of old Dutch furnishing, and with the right Manufactured by The New England rUllliture Company, Gra.nd Rapids, Mich. the market that alone morc than pay him for the time and money spcnt in going and coming. \Vhile admitting that in this day and age the goods as described by the manufacturer's salesman by means of cata-logues, samples, photographs, etc., are practically brought to the doors of the retailer, yet there is a vast difference in buying at first hand and through the salesman. The retailer is forced, as a rule, to depend on the sale.sman the greater part of the year; he can loose nothing by verifying the sales-man's reports by a personal market inspection. The fact that merchants who have made it a practice to visit the city markets for years continue to do so, is evidenced that it is a paying proposition. The men who make regular url1aments on its shelf WQulli make a very channing bit of decoration. The Canastota (N. Y.) Couch company have opened a retail store in Utica, N. Y. The retailers and manufacturers of Philadelphia will en-joy a banquet on the night of November 21. The Morgan Wood & Iron Vi.rorks, of Spartanburg, S. C., have sold out their wood business with the view of develop-ing their iron department. They expect to take up the manu-facture of light agricultural machinery shortly_ - - ._- ------------------- ......... Our New Hand and foot Powe.rCircular Saw No 4 The strongest, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cuttitlg, boring and grooving. CABINET MAnERS In these days of close competition, need the best pQnible equipment, and this they can have in . . • • BARNE.S' Hand and Foat Power Machinery Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. al JOHN BARNES CO. L_ 654 Ruby Street. Rochford. Ill. Robbins Table Co. OWOSSO, MICHIGAN No. 286 Improved ExtenSIOn Table Leaves stored in top Center column does not divide CATALOG AND PRICES TO DEALERS ON REQUEST All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send for. Catalogue No, SS-Child's Hith Chai.r with Unger Saiet.y Guard, MANUFACTURED BY_CENTURY FURNITURE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "PATRIoTIC" Retail F umitufe Dealers are now selling the (lUNGER SAFETY GUARD HI6H CHAIRS" One doz. cosh them $1.00 per doz. over the ordinary. They get in return $3.00 pet doz:. or 25 cis. each more, or 200 per cent. on the investment and a better pleased customer at that. Mothers will go out of th.eir way to gel lh.i~cha'r. If you want to do the High Chair trade of your town, order a few as samples. Patents granted and pending in the U, S. and Foreign Countries Showing how the children slide down and out of the old style chair. Showing Hiah Chair Table with guard attached Showing how the child cannot possibly ,Iide out or stand up in chair. U YQUf llIa\\ufad\\T~:r does not make them, order from MURPHY CliAlR CO. Detroit, Mich. A:>lHRIC'N GO-CART Co DetHlit, Mich. \VALnCUTTER & Co. Toledo, O. E. L. THOMPsol" & Co. Baldwinsville, Mass. NICHOLS & STONE, Gard/l~r, Mass. Tb~J. S. FORD& JOHNSON Co. Chicago. CEO. SPRATT & Co. Sh~boyg,:m, "Vis. RUCKSTAFF", EJlWARD.<; & Co. Oshkosh, Wis. Canada Furniture Manuladurets, Ltd., Torn.nto, Onto Any of these will see your wants supplied. LUNGER, Palentee, Iron Mountain. Mich. 7119-.'T' I 0' J'IJ"l Q $". 11 Ano'~er "American" Yi(\O~ is the hlumph of our No. 99 Reclining Rocket "Wylie" Adjustable Chairs and Rockers "SIMPLY PULL UP THE ARMS" A TRADE: Our BIG CATALOG for' your Little Postal Prices and Good, "will do the: rest" Inf A"fDIUn CUAID COMPAny Seymour Indiana A TRADE: Our BIG CATALOG for your Little Postal No. 19 Mreeion Rocker No. 124 L"braryChait ---- --------"" ,...--------------------------~ - 12 YOU AND YOUR SALESMEN. They Are Your Business Builders-Treat Them as Such. Are you on dose terms with them? Do they trust you 1m.., plicitly? Do they rest assured that you will advance them of your own accord when they deserve it? Do you listen to their troubles just as you expect them to listen to the troubles of their C~lstomers? Do you know they can enjoy pleasure and feel pain as keenly as you can? Do yOU regard them as human? Do they come to you for sympathy when they arc in trouble, and do they get it? Don't yOU think it would pay you to say: "Well, a"ld fellow, I am awful sorry, and if I tan do anything, let me know," in-stead of saying: "1 have troubles of my own." To get to the point, how much sympathy have you in your make-up, and incidentally don't forget that sympathy is a some- ManufaclLlred by the New England F lIrniture Co., Crand Ru.rnds, Mic.h. thing which binds worlds together and without it your suc:cess is bound to remain always within the limits of ordinary mtasure-ment. Your salesmen are the builders of your business as a rule, and the better a salesman the more carefully he must be handled. A good salesman is a la...'...unto himself. Some people think he is a genius. The merchant who treats his salesmen with indifference or who holds them always at a distance will never get the most out of them. If he could stand behind a screen some time when two or three of them get together fat a little conversation he would probably hear himself referred to as "that old grollch," or "if it wa.sn't a case of bread and butter with me I wouldn't work for him a minute," ,Jr "the first chance I get to take a position which pays me as much or more, or even a little less than I am getting here, I shall leave," Vi/hen a spirit like this is in the air among. your salesmen yoU are not getting the l)est that is in them. There are lots of men at the head of a business who never ought to be allowed to come in contact with their seIling forces, because they can tear down more in ten minutes than can be built up in ten months. If you are thls bud of a than, suppose you turn over the handling of your salesmen to a sales manager who knows how, and when you do this look to him for results, and keep your fingers off so long as he gets them. Unless you can talk to your salesmen pleasantly and inspire their confidence in you, and win their sympathy and loyalty, yOll had better not talk to them at all. When you buy sympathy and Joyalty from them you must pay for it with sympathy and loyalty of your own" When you buy confidence from them, you must repay them with your confi-dence. If you want them to give you the best that is in them, you must repay them by giving to them the best that is in J'OU. A good salesman knows more about human nature'than most any other kind of a man, and yOll can't deceive him and ma.ke him give yOll the best that is in his power and repay him in counter-feit sympathy and counterfeit loyalty-Reprinted by permission from Office Appliances Magazin::.. Study Your Customers. Djd you ever notice how some clerks will fight shy of a tough looking customer? Let some old geezer drop in who looks as if he hated the world and everyone in it, one of those fellows with the dyspepsia, very disagreeable, the boys will an get busy, don't want to wait on him; that's where they are wrong. Those are the ones the boys should go after. When I was selling shoes you could not send them tough enough; the tougher the better. I did not sell them all, but it gave me knowledge of human nature, and that is one of the very best perquisites of a salesman. Once you get accustomed to handling these cranks, an ordinary customer will seem soft as bot butter. You learn a lot from the hard ones~ 'Find out their peculiar likes and dislikes, and you can handle thcm,says a writer in the Shoe Retailer. 1n one store that I worked in for several years there was a crusty old fellow with a sordid disposition who came in 011cein a while, but the boys all knew and fought shy of him. He would ask to he shown some shoes, and after fitting on a number of pairs and spending perhaps half an hour would always wind up by asking: "Do you keep the --- shoe" (a certain shoe made in Newark). On being told no, he would say he would look around and see if he could get it, as he always wore that shoe and it always fitted him. I knew him from his coming there for several years, and never saw a pair of these shoes on his feet \Vell, one day he came in. I went to serve him as soon as he was seated and the first thing I asked him was: "Is there a spe-cial make of shoe that you care for?" He evidently got wise to the fact that I knew his weakness, and answered no, that he. did not care who made them as long as they fitted. After that you could not drive him away from me. He was as easy as he could be. He followed me for several years. I had a number of such customers. To others they were harder than .a pine knot, but I had them sized up. picked up a lot of them as turn-overs, and "found out their weak points. Have had several of them at one time, knew their particular idiosyn-crasies, kept them entertained, and was neve"r afraid of any of the other boys stealing any of them away from me. George Luppert, who has manufactured furniture in Wil-liamsport, Fa., nearly fifty years, celebrated his seventieth birthday recendy. A Stub-Toed Truth This is the Famous Rockford Line, That shows the spirit of the time; That gives the merchant joy and ease Because it's always made to please. It's full of perfect Art in wood Pronounced by every critic good The finish shines like polished 'glass, And outwears any of its class. It's merit's sung from shore to f'ihore By those who use it more and more. You're kindly asked to join the throng, So let your orders come along. Parlor Cabinets Music Cabinets Dining Cabinets Hall Seats Hall Raok. Framed Mirrors RocnfORD fRAnf AnD flXTURf (0. Sha.ving Stands Cheval Mirrors Ore.sing Tables Dressing Cbe.irs With Palent Adiustable MirroN ROCKfORD.It\.. ROCkFORD. J LL. The Music is in Our New Catalogue. Ask for it Will AlM:. be Sunil by Om Jolly Salesmen The T. B. LAYCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Brass Beds, Cribs Child' s Folding Beds, Spiral and Woven Wire Springs Cots, Cradles, Etc. TO MAKE MONEY. HANDLE OUR GOODS CATALOGUE ON REQUEST EVERY DEALER SHOULD HAVE ONE OR MORE OF OUR No. 550 MATTRESS AND SPRING DISPLAY RACKS. WRITE FOR BOOKLET ILLUSTRATING IT .. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 400 Pieces of Parlor and Library Furniture Colonial Repro-ductions. Odd Pieces and Suites in Louis XV. Louis XVI. Sheraton. Hepplewhite and Chippendale Designs. Also large line of Leather Rockers, Chairs and Couches. I59 Cand! Strett~ GrondRapids, Mich. CENTURY FURNITURE CO. r Strong Construction has been the ATLAS hobby for twenty years. Some of the most ex-a. cting buyers in the country have been con-tinuous purchasers of A'ILAS goods during all of that period. This demonstrates that the designs and prices have always been "right," as well as indicating satis-factory and pleasant business relations. ATLAS FURNITURE COMPANY, Jamestown, N. Y. WE manufacture the larg· cs.t line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, suitable 10r Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all Public Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cob~ and Cribs in a lar~e va.riety. . . . send for Catalogue and Pricll:s to Kauffman Mfg. Co. A5HlAItD. OHIO THE NEW BANQUET TABLETOP as well M are our specially Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Write fOT Catalogue. Get samplesof BANQUET TABLE TOP Catalog free Write to us at once for our new and beau~ tilully illustrated Cata· log, showing Dressers and Chiffoniers 0 f original designs made in Oak, Birdseye Maple and Mahog. any; also Plain and Quartered Oak Chamber Suites. Everything except Plain Oak goods are Polished. Empire furniture Company JAMJ:STOWN. N. Y. ~---_._-~~---...., 15 to SAVE Money THE SEVEN WlsE. MaN and MAKE Money Thi:;.is to be a ~mon:on ECONP/'.W. based upon a wise utterance. I .5th Wise-Man: But if you have a deposit account with R. H.Macy& and UPQIl seyen.rca~ < .',' " Co" YOLL charge 'Nflat yoo bUy to ytlUr ac.:<lUl'IL Thus, at Maey'~ yfiU shop This 15 t~ ~ of OI1t'(ijs(:aurse: "The sluggar.~ IS Wlm', >II" :hfJ 'with the CONVENIENCE and 5peedof a credit, 3leCQUnt,and with the ECON~ §V!4$/Wceit,.InPH .1~I1J.hIJ1."I7'1 !:lINter ,<1 reMon, , 'I-ONlY cf tt-~ btJ.smess--'-BfSl:DES, wt/ICH J:;1\:CtJ"D· OLll\R 'EARNS I~ EVelY nl.lltW\ ~~ \$ interested il\ ec<momy. for it ~an~ the eam~ TEREST WHJLE WAITING TO BE SPENT. . mgof1eisurc and tnctepcnfence in the-future, through self~enlaJ and system· -6th Wise. Man: E(Momy fS a habit, nothing but a habit. like pLinctlJ- !low, The e~tablishment of R H, Macy & C;0., gre~test re:talhn~nte6JN:. ality, accuracy! ek Fonn the HABIT of economy no.w and begin a deposit m the :world.}s based absolutelbJ!Jpon Imes of IIltel!l!!ent,protita e f account with R. H. Macy & Co.. where you can e>:ercise the DOUBLE OMY In tlte Interests of the ,pu Ie... eootlomy of ~'>'lfig with good interest a6ded, and of spending u(lder condi- attract Tyohuisr paattgeen.ti~ointh. thTehatlllwushtI,crahtlIptnan'3ntotul.nlec~tsal?I,SIpSlapnlannendefdo,royfoucro~=~nsee'JItO. ttons of the gr.eatest possible economy. . We show you above seven wise men reasonIng With one foolish sluggllrd. . 7th Wl;,e Man: Open ana(co~tat Macy ~ for yourself, your wife,your Take it for granted that the slugg~d does not appreciate the importarlce of ~hIld, .anYbodYyou please. .AddtOlt aSyften, or as seJdom, as much ,Of as. e nomy nor understand the R. H, Macy method ,lJttre as you please. Use It to make your purch.a~s on ~he ~omlcal co. . . CASH BaSIS,w'hen you have purchases to make. Let It earn mterest at four The seven Wise men "'Ill now speak . ' per cent every hour you leave it with us. Get YOl~rbalances regUlarly, 1st Wise Man: Your money. earned by your work a~d your mtd!l- showing what you have sa...ed ~d what mle,est it h.lts·earne.d, IBeglil the gence. shoul~ brinR Y~Il,\.nt~e gre<t\e..st Poos~bl.e.ret).lrns, Thl'!>II can do In I important habit of spending always less than you m~ke, and se~'rhe re"sult two ways: first. by earn!ng mterest ~forc It ISSperlt; setond, by pllfchas- week by week and year by year III a steady accumulation. ing to the utmost In quality ~nd quantity whcn It, IS spent. , _ 1btJs, undoubtedly, would wise men speak to the "slClggarr too' R. 1-1. Macy &. Co. G~VE. YOU INT.EREST ON YO!-JR ~\OJ\EY, deep in:J1Is own conceit to know the value of true economy, For 3Iug.. ~nd enable you to buy goods of highest quality, and cheaper 1l"J pnce than gjShl~sS ne...er shows more plainly than ih the.neglect of 'econOmy_ anywhere else~ , You understand the simple proposition: Put your -mbney "On de- ' 2d WiseMan: Of a tflOtJ9.anetsuccessflllmen, more than.nrne hundred posit ,in'our Credit department, where ,it begins. imm.edi.atelyto draw. f{lur and nincty attribute tlwlT S\Et!f,SS 1'0 FORMING HA,BlTS OF. EC.ONOM'{. per ,cent rnterest, which is compoundedever( three months. Make your Ben Franl{lin preached <lJ1 this for ·years, and every great millionaire to-day purchases atlhe cheapest CASH fate with al the comfort and s~d (){ preaches the same, all telting :YOU tha~ on.e ha~J thing is to save the FIHRES·sRhToppmj:!on credit. 8eg'lIl an accumulation of mont-yoand above :aUTHE thousand, an6 that the 'second hard thllJg ISto HOLI? ON TO THE OT , HABJT OF ACCUMULATING, that alone leads to wealth and indepen.:. THOUSANDS, R H. Macy & Co. have a plan which en;ibles you to ~ve dence in after life. your- FIRST thousand Of to keep alld aQd to your O~HER thQ.usan,ds. Y{lur money earns interest. It an be witMrawn at any time 3d WIse Man: R. H, Macy& Co. have a speCial DepoSitors ~ccoun~ or left t{learn mteresl. it is on hand for yOll wlten you fteed to spend Department for customers. You can dePOSitthere as mucho.r as httl~ of it, and RIGHT WHERE Y.OU CAN SPEND IT MOST I ADVANTA. }'our income as you choose, whether it be. salary, uages or diVidend.. ,When GEOUSLY-no gOIng to the bank. and waiting in line to get a litHe OLlt. you want your money, you an ta.ke II oUl-althougl~ NO Bk\KI.NG Each penny and dollar earns its lntelesl unlil spent.. You spend it- BUS{NESS IS DaNE, iln<! no tempt<ltum offm:d {or promlSCUouSspenQlJJg when you do spend Il-at a cash store on a cash baSIS,and instead of Every dollar earns four pe~ <<''.It, Instead of Ihe usual three or paymg for the bad deblsof others, as you must do with credit CQnteros. three and a half, as long as It IS In our hands. you gel the lowest pOSSible prices for the best possible goods- 4th Wise Man: R H. Mac)' & Co. do a strictly CASH A:'IID YOVRMONEY EARNSINTEREST BESIDES. business. There is no 1Y,IaJ1 that ever bought a dollar's worth on . If tJ1IS statement int~tests y()U::\fthe S<\yin~ of ~he .~even credit of R. 1-1. Macy & Co,-Ml even a member 01 the firm. Thus, WIse men above have convmced you; If you want to begin With us when you buy at Maty's you SAVE what other stores lose on bad Ian ,account. that means l?OUBlE eC{)nomy~caJi at R. H. Macy & debts, slow payand iin extravagant book-keepmgdepartment. (NO <A.st5tabhshmenl. the onglnal department store an.d now the great- ARGUMENT ISREQUrREDTO PRO.VETHATTHECustomer MUST est retail enterprise in the world, Ask lor the manager of the credit PAYA STORE'$EXl'ENSE5, IN.ClUDING ITS BAD DEBTS,) department and get further details. R. H. MACY C8lCO., ON BROADWAY, FROM 34TH TO 35TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY Tbe Original DepartmentStnre aod Now lke largest Retan Slore Uoier Ooe Rool io lbe World '<,b-''Jt, * "ft'" .".* It :""""''''' A SPECiMEN OF GOOD ADVERTiSING. p SPENGEI:S ··LITTLf"AT-A-TIME" STORE • .~ Arapahoe Street--Just Around the Corner From the Pbstoffice SAMPLES OF GOOD ADVERTISING. --------- LUCE FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Makers of Medium Priced CHAMBER AND DINING FURNITURE EN SUITE SEND FOR CATALOGUE Mention Michigan ArtillllD Hetting Furniture Co. Succeswts to RETTfNG & SWEET 3 B Street Grand Rapids Michigan FINE Parlor Furniture, Odd Chairs, Divans, Co-lonial Sofas, Library Suites, Morris Chairs The mOIl: approPJiate desivll$, bdt materials. tOllSlruction and finish. Lod!t Furniture. Club furniture Pulpit Furniture. DesiiJlS and esliDlatei furnished for Fine O~ Work. Catalolltle of Wile and Church Furniture on application WOODARD FURNITURE CO-Owosso, Mich. For the remailJCierof the -SearoD we are prepared 10 .611orders promptly, If you want IW.ld. good!; quick. mail us your orders. Catalogue for lhe askiI18, 18 WATCH YOUR STOCKS. Crop Conditions Sure Barometer of the Conditions of Trade. The barometer of trade of the average retailer is the crop prospect. When coming cropS look good it is safe to assume that business is going to feel an added impetus. Generally speaking, good crops mean prosperity for everybody, and right here is where the wide awake retailer takes advantage of conditions. Stocks should be gone over carefully and purchase made in keeping with these conditions. When money is plentiful it is a natural consequence that it is expended more freely. People buy better grades of good::; when they don't have to count the cost 50 carefully. In dull times it almost invariably follows that cheaper grades are called for. The wise merchant is he who bears this in mind continually when purchasing stocks. Just now when crop conditions the country over are extremely favor-able, it would seem that a little bit of "plunging" in high class stocks of all kinds of merchandise would be allowable, to say the least. This is a good time to clean up all of the old stock, even if it has to be sold out at a dead loss, and prepare for a record breaking fall and winter business in high quality goods. Any merchant undoubtedly prefers to sell high grade goods. In the end they are always the most satisfactory, and it is an axiom that quality in an article is remembered long after the price is forgotten. Obviously then, it is the merchant's duty to take ad-vantage of the present bright outlook. He should push his better grades to the front, and what is more important, he should have full lines of these goods in stock to show. The majority of customers, especially if they be farmers, can really afford to buy the better goods if they have the fact impressed on their minds that it pays in dollars and cents to do SQ, and once educated to this standard they will seldom revert to the cheap. shoddy materials. Colonial Treasures Found in Virginia. A W. Hampe, the president and designer of the Royal Fur-niture company, spent some time down in Virginia several years ago. He went for the purpose of buying up specimens of old colonial furniture. Owners of plantations on the peninsula be-tween the York and James rivers are possessors of valuable pieces of furniture which under no circumstances will they consent to sell. "Oftentimes," said Mr. Hampe, "their circumstances are very much reduced, but they will not part with their treasured possessions for any consideration." In one house Mr. Hampe saw very few pieces of furniture, but finally went down to the cellar where were valuable old pieces, some much dilapidated, to be sure. Of course, none were for sale and any attempts to sketch articles were always viewed with alarm, so must be dis-pensed with. However, in this instance, Mr. Hampe had time to study a poster sticking up from a pile of rubbish. It had evi-dently belonged to a handsome piece of bed room furniture and contained the very thing he wished to use in a design for a four-poster bed. His sketch was, of course, done from memory, and now the article of furniture he incorporated it into has proved to be one of the best selling beds in the Royal 1in~ as have many other good ideas procured by him at that time. Mr. Hampe leaves soon for New Orleans and J...ake Pontchartrain. His old friend, Colonel Hawkins, of New Orleans, whose business is to buy and sell antique furniture, is never disappointed in his expecta-tion of yearly seeing Mr. Hampe, who is always seeking novel-ties to be used in his favorite occupation. Mr. Hampe will spend several weeks in the south, devoting a part of his time to sailing Oll Lake Pontchartrain. Improvement by the Retting Furniture Company. The Retting Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, are making important improvements in their plant by the erection of an addition to their power house and the installation of an addi-tional boiler. C. B. Retting says the company's business this wea.r is sixty per cent. larger than last year, which was a very prosperous one. Foreign Shipmcmts From St. Louis. At a meeting of the 51. Louis board of trade the chair-man of the Export Committee reported that St. Louis manu-facturers are now shipping goods to England, South Africa, China, Japan, Mexico, Cuba and nearly all South American countries, also many other foreign countries. The last year a great increase has been noticed, many large orders were placed through the Panama Canal commission. A through bill of lading can now be secured to apy part of the civilized world. Of Historical Interest. The Douglas room at Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland, contains a communion table of John Knox, the reformer. It formerly stood in the Royal Chapel, and was also used at the baptism of Prince Henry, eldest son of James VI on August 30, 1594. It was made of polished oak, bla<:k with age; also a chair of James V in carved oak. It was pre-sented to the Douglas room by Sir John Hay, Sheriff of Stirlingshire. It once formed a part of the furniture of the "Presence Chamber," before the alterations from Castle to barracks. Another chair is of the period of James"lI, presented by the daughter of Major Peddie, of Fort Stirling. YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE F'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF' THIS CLASS OF' GOODS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ~RDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS NEW YORK 80S,.ON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE CHleAGO ST. LOU'. C,NCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO FAOTORY AND MAIN OFFIOE, DETROIT eANAD.oIoN FAOTOIIY. WALKE.RVILLE. ONT. 7IR'T' I~ J'f.Z\;I \~~. 9 7r. ~ 19 High Grade Factory Equipment WE MAKE A COMPLETE LINE OF IT. GET OUR NEW CATALOG AND PRICES. WE MAKE BENCHES WITH IRON VISES WE CATALOG TWELVE STYLES OF WORK BENCHES OUR REGULAR BENCH GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130 South Ionia Street.GRAND RAPIDS. MICH Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio ' Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other \Voodworking Fac-tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion. An invitation is extended to aU who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent, WASHINGTON. D. C. _ - CHAS. S. CHASE, Aaent. _ 622 Chemical Building. St. Louis. Mo. M. A. HA.YS. Aaent, 226 Dearborn SI. Chicaco. III. Three fast trains leave Grand Rapids 9:30 a. m. daily. -' '--"except Sunday, arrive New York 10:30a. m., Philadelphia, 10:30 a. m. Leave Grand Rapids 2:45 p. m. daily except . .Sunday, arrive New York 4:30 p. m., Philadelphia 3:40 p. ffi. Leave Grand Rapids 5:30 p. m. daily except Sunday, arrive New York 8:40 p. m., Philadelphia, 7:25 p. m. Sleeping car Detroit to New York on 9:30 a. m. train; sleep- :. iog carS Durand and Detroit to New York on 2:45 and 5:30 p. m. trains. No. 1607 --------- M.'~ol -- _ LADIES' PARLOR DESKS, MUSIC CABINETS,. LIBRARY BOOKCASES,HOUSE FURNISHINGS· FURNlTIJRE SAMPLE ROOMS; NEW YORK CITY-New York Furniture EXChllllg",. 428 ~ngtOll Avenue. Fifth Floor. Space -33, in Cha.lge of E.aBtern Represeptalive. Ceo, C. DYer. CHICACO-Futniture ExlubitioJnBuilding, FoJutthfloor, in charge of Roth & Sullivan. THE UDELL W OR:k,s INDIANAPOLIS. iNDIANA ~~~,r;. .,I WRITE: FOR CATALOGUE ....- I, NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK·LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. POOL CARS FOR PACIFICCOAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO. CAUFQRNIA. make a specialty of distributingpool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet's or Duo's and any bank in San Francisco,and the trade. Carloader in Chicago Carloader in Grand Rapids ]. M. Welling, 633 So. ]effer.KlnStreet Gelock Transfer Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE Smith & Davis Mfg. CO. ST. LOUiS ~ ~rd~$~3.75net Pillars, 11-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4- feet 6 inches. Weight, 67 Ibs. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-ean be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of falls answer instead of having two stocks, one of regular, the other inverted. MAKERS OF METAL BEDS WITH STANDARD REVERSIBLE RAILS Standard Reversible: Rail Patented July.S, 1~. No.704702. SOLID :: ,. RIGID REVERSIBLE BEDSTHAT DO NOT WIGGLE YOURS FOR THE ASKING A CATALOGUE OF The Estey Standard Line Large and complete and can't be beat, Drop a postal card to ESTEY MANUFACTURING CO. owosso, MICH, WINfi SIGN FRAMES M. B. WHEELER ELECTRIC CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. The object of a Show -W-indow Display is to SELL GOODS The Winh Sign Frame is a scientific goods seller. It is a unique, ar-tistic. bulletin holder, ornamented with elec-tric lights. which flash out and on. WE SELL THEM SHOWS A MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF OUR NEW CATALOGUE Dressers and Chiffoniers In QUARTERED OAK MAHOGANY VENEER BIRDSEYE MAPLE CURLY BIRCH Not a Sticker in the Line LIBERTY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN. N. Y. 22 OUf Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Be6t Made, Bed Finished. Best VallIe6. AU Made from Thoroughly Setuoned. Stock. No. 435 Dining Table Top 54x54. Made in Quartered Oak and Mahogany. full Pol-ished. Nickel Casters •' . . LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN. THE SEASON'S LACE CURTAINS. Draperies That Show Life Size Figures. The windows of a newly built American basement house in the neighborhood of Central Park show an extreme novel-ty in sash curtains. Many curious eyes turn toward them. The mistress of the house is blessed with originality, and more than once her ideas in regard to clothes and house furnishing-s have received the flattery of imitation. It is cei'tain, though, that for the time being her sash curtains are not likely to be duplicated, for the reason that. not even the best New York house furnishing establishments have anything like them in stock. One envious woman made sure of the fact soon after s~eing the curtains. "Presumably they were. made abroad and to order," said one after another of the New York curtain specialists. Undoubtedly there are persons who would not care to duplicate the curtains, for at first glance the house they adorn presents the somewhat st<Htling effect of having a man or a woman of heroic size occnpying every window. The curtains arc iil the form of one large straight panel cover-ing entirely the sash of the window and are of filet lace. evidently representing in design the Italian Renaissance. At that period lace sash curtains were not in fashion. Other curtains and draperies were, however, and these ex-hibited very much the same designs that now appear in the windows of a modern New York housc. The front door of thc h~<'H;e, bv the way, shares the fate of the windows. Behind the glass of each division of the door is a towering lace figure, one representing an artist of the sixteenth cen-tury, palette in haud, the other a knight of the same period. The only exception in the front of thc house to the human figure scheme is found in a small window at either side of the door. Here the sash curtain shows a Florentine heraldic device instead of a figure. The three windows of the second floor show chivalric male figures, the windows of the floor above are decorated with life size figures of women, historically correct as to attire, and above them again on the top floor is a row of male figures. As a passerby remarked the other day, "One would have to R-et used to these curtains before being quite sure whether one liked them immensely or disliked them to the point of tearing them down." But there is little chance of sash curtains of this kind be-coming common. Filet lace panels, especially when made to order, are luxuries. "By persons of ample means filet lace panels and drop curtains are the most sought after of all the window laces just now," explained a dealer in window draperies. "But filet laces are far from cheap. This panel, for instance," holding up one ,""hich would perhaps cover half of an ordinary win-dow, costs $150. "Year by year fashions in window draperies change. One i;eason sash curtains are in two pieces, which are drawn back with cords. The next year straight, plain panels arc in. A third season, loose panels, flounced at the lower edge. are in the lead, an'd occasionally no sash curtains at all are wanted. "We have just passed through a period of the loose, flounced style called bonne femme, which lasted longer than llsual, because, I suppose, it was prettier than usual. In the bonne femme style the lace hangs loosely against the glass and is scalloped at the bottom and- finished with a deep ruffle of lace. In most cases Irish lace was preferred for these, although many of them have been made of costlier and also of cheaper, laces. "There was never, perhaps, a sash curtain more popular than this. But no"", the most stylish and fastidious of our buyers have dropped it, for the reason that its popularity has extended to hotels, clubhouses and dressmaking and millinery shops. "The correct thing this season is a sash curtain consisting of two panels meeting in the centre and stretched smoothly over the glass. The looped back sash curtain is entirely out of date. And there are few housekeepers who will dis-pense altogether with sash curtains. "The drop lace curtain inside is often eliminated now in favor of heavier hangings. of brocades and tapestries, but not thc sash curtain. In the rilost fashionable dining rooms and libraries inside lac:e curtains are not used at all, but a considerable outlay of-money is needed for the sash panels. "To begin with some of the most expensive grades, let me say that sash curtains and inside curtains, too, of filet lace are among the best liked. It is strange, but nearly every time we spread out before a customer the newer styles in window laces, if the customer· happens to be; young and inexperienced, she immediately picks out the filet. "A woman, provided her purse will permit, makes no mistake in draping her windows with filet this year, and pre-ferably she should let the sash curtains be of two panels, the borders corning close together down the centre. "French Renaissance of Louis XIV, design is another very fashionable lace just now, and there arc so many different qualities and designs in the Renaissance window draperies that housekeepers of almost small means can afford them. "There is one variety which is bleached 'Pure. white and others which are tinted a, cream and deeper than cream, al-most a pale ecru. The deeper tints are decidedly the most stylish. In fact, T seldom sell a vividly white curtain this seMon to fashionable folk. "Now there are the Arabian point laces, which in some de-signs arc much lil(e Cluny except that in them the pattern is outlined ,vith a raised cord, and women who are not partit:1Jlar1y artistic say they look as if they ,,,,,ere dirty. \\rell, it is that very color, that grayish Arabian tint, which makcs them popular. "Take for instance, this pattern called the cathedral glass design. Almost every artistic woman ,vho comes in goes into raptures over it." The curb in the dealer held up was of a hea\'y gray white 11et divided by raised appliques into pointed squares in shape 110t unlike the yanes of glass seen in old church windows. "The Marie Antoinette design is, next to the cathedrat pattern, the best seller in these Arabian l<lces," continued the lace seller, "and one of the handsomest- "Oh, no, there is nothing prohibitive aboLlt the price of the Arabics. They sell as high as $300 a window, but they can be had as low as $15 a windo".... It alt depends on the elaborateness of the design on the net. 23 " A variety of sash curtains to go with these and with the Renaissance drop curtains, consists of one wide panel in motif effect, ",.hich means that only one smaller or larger conventional design decorates the centre of the panel. "Irish point sash curtains and drop curtains OCCUpy a neutral ground between the more expensive and the cheap grades of window laces, and probably we sell more of them than of any other. There is a particularly brisk demand for sash curtains of Irish point from apartment houses, doubt-less because a very good quality may be had for less than $r5 a window, and they are easily laundered and quite durable. "Cluny lace cmtains are a trifle cheaper than Arabi"a71 point, but just so much less stylish, and the Brussels lace curtains, ,vhich some old fashioned housekeepers never go back on, are still favored by some people who are compara-tively rich. vVe don't calI them stylish, though. "In a few of the handsomer drawing rooms of New York Italian laces only are used at the windows-Venetian laces they are called, and again Florentine laces but these are so exquisite and so costly that it is scarcely worth while enumerating them among the popular window draperies. "In probably no other modern city than New York will such Jaces be seen hanging at a window-laces which cost many thousands of dollars, for in no other city in these days wiJI even the very rich spend such enormous sums on dec-oratlllg their houses as the rich here spend. It is the rich New Yorker to whom the Old vVorld now looks to buy its best laces."-N. Y. Sun. THE KINDEL C. J. KINDEL BEDDING COMPANY Eighth and Hickory Sts. ST LOUIS THE BACK SIMPLY ROLLS FORWARD MAKING A PERFECT BED EXHIBITED Sec. 20, 6th Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave CHICAGO, ILL. A PERFECT DAVENPORT SOMERSAULTIC DAVENPORT BED THE GREATESf Household Invention of the Age OF ELEGANT APPEARANCE THIS is the NEW DAVEN-PORT that is creating aU the furor, and the only one which is FREE FROM FAULTS. Must be seen to be appreciated. When your customer sees this handsome· piece of furniture and tries with what ease it can instantlv be converted 1nfO a full sized bel, with bedding in place ready for use, and tests the luxurious double cone springs, with the restful, felted cushions, held in place by our invis_ ible clasp, and, in addition to all these advantages, learns that it costs no more than the ordinary or aMi-quated Davenport, they will con-sider no other, as it is very apparent to anyone that . NOT NECESSARY TO MOVE FROM WALL "No Other is Just as Sood" NOT I\'ECESSARV TO REMOVE BEDDING SIMPLE; CANNOT GET OUT OF ORDER CUSHION AUTOMATICALLY TURNS INSIDE OUT 24 Bamboo Furniture Preferred in Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico, October - The efforts on the part of certain American manufacturers of furniture to build up a trade in Mexico have been disappointing. One hind-rance to th15 trade is that the furniture requirements ohhe Mexican people are entirely different of the people living on the other side of the Rio Grande. It is claimed that the French and other European furniture manufacturers are bet-ter advlsed as to what is wanted in Mexico in the way of furniture than the American manufacturers. The demand for bamboo furniture is said to be on the increase in Mexico, the principal reason given for this by dealers being that this class of furniture is comparatively cheap and very durable, while its lightness is said to con-tribute considerably to its popularity. There are many persons in this city who purchase bamboo furniture on account of its cheapness, as an entire suite of it can he obtained for what one would have to pay for a single piece of oak furniture. Even among people who can afford the more expensive furniture, however, there is said to be a steady demand for the bamboo kind, as it is rc- $22 •.50 China Cablne1 FREE Premium SnleCloses Saturda.y, Sept. 16. .7I19-.T I0'A2'1 , Z5:· garded as unique, and in a good many houses in this city single rooms are fitted up altogether with it. There is a factory for making bamboo furniture in this city, which was started eight years ago by two Japanese young men. The business had a precarious existen.ce for a few years, but the two Orientals hung on to it and noW they are said to be making considerable money from the factory. They maintain a store on one of the principal streets of the city, where only bamboo furniture is sold. These J aps import the bamboo direct from Japan in large bales. The factory turns out beds, sofas, chairs, and dress-ing tables. There is at present some talk about establishing a factory in this country for making bamboO furniture from the bamboo that grows about Tampico. This material is said to be well adapted for the manufacture of all articles that are made from the Japanese bamboo. When the people ot this country learn the art of properly curing and preparing the bamboo it is likely that a serious rival to the Japanese bamboo will have been discovered in the native Mexican product. The A. C.NORQUIST CO. ============JAMESTOWN, N.Y, ============ MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS III Plait) IJnd !Zuartertd Oak, Mahogany and Birdie)'! Mdple, PERMANENT EXHIBITS ----AT---- Chicago and New York Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH In QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK 26 The Peacock Glorified. Household decoration, be it in the wall paper or carpet or ac-cessories on the order of lamps, vases, fire screens and dish fur-nishings, glorifies the peacock Quiet toned lamp shades in greenish blue are in vogue, and look well with any kind of lamp. One of the newest fancies in electric lamp manufacture is a peacock in bronze with a spread tail in crystal in peacock color-brilJiant beauty of this ring of eyes makes the otherwise severe ornament delightfully fantastic. Paper weights come in peacock devices-little bronze or brass studies of the bird in its most graceful poses. Tail feathers will be llsed for decoration in the way that they were used years ago. Clusters of them will fill vases, and be placed so as to reflect their beauty in drawing room mirrors. \Vhole birds are used for decoration by some peacock en- &hibited at kwH /lad Dark EJrpoeibon. by Doeruhecher Furniture Manufzu:turinll01mpany. Poniand. Qreg<:JD.. iug. The lights are arranged back of the disk formed by the spread tail. Their gleam through the crystal is charming. A deep toned peacock blue plaque, set into a polished ma-hogany mat of substantial thickness and finish is an ornament dis-played at a iewelees. From the deep toned background of the plaque gleams a wreath of iridescent peacock feather eyes. The thusiasts. One had lately a peacock set in the white marble stairway of a beautiful country house. "Peacock rooms have already begun to be considered," says a decorator. f'We have one on hand now. Everything in it will carry out the peacock idea-and I've an idea that the woman who is having it done will be proud as a peacock over it." - - --- --------------------------- .. 27 The Club Table That Satisfies Size 32 In. longl 27 In. wide; 211n. high Covered with Leather ol'lFelt SIMPLE, STRONG Everybody EASILY F 0 L.D E D COOK'S PATENT FOLDING ATTACHMENT :~~:::St~~le~t~1~~c~~~~ of the table, as shown In the illustration. Our tables are made of hardwood, and covered with green felt and leather. The cross-piece of cleat on end of table keeps the top from warping, and is so arranged that a person can sit close to the table without cramping the knees. The felt used on this table is of extra thickness and made special, and is much better than padded tables where cotton batting' is llsed and inferior quality of felt. Very useful and convenient, for card parties, children's games, ladies' fancy work, or tea table. BELDING.HALL MANUFACTURING CO. BELDING, MICHIGAN WAREHOUSES-I96 Momoe Street. Chicago. 213 Canal Street, New York ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets \Ve lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. Oliver Bros. Company LOCKPORT, N. Y. AU Hlab .Gr.de Br•• s .nd Iron BEDS Chicago SalesroGms moved to Furni-ture E:llhibition Building, 1411 Michi-gan Avenue. New York Salesroom, 125 E. 42<1.Street. F. M. RANDALL IF YOU DON'T VISIT THE !<[ARKETS OUR. CATALOGUE WILl- INTEREST YOlT. No. 51 The New "PERFECT·· FOLDING CHAIR PATgNTliD OCT. 20, 1903. Comfortable Simple Durable Ne•• The Acme of Perfection in the line of FQlding Chaits. PERFECT COMPACTNESS whit" folded. Hard maple natural finish. WRITE FOR PRICKS. Ghe PEA80DY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester, Indiana Morton House American ......F'lan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Fantlind European ......F'lan Rates $1.00 and Up The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is lhe FINEST IN THE WORLD J. 80YD PANTLIND. Prop. i which will not compete with that made by the Co-operative. Another new name in the list of Rockford case goods man-ufacturers this season is the Rockford Cabinet Company, with a line of chiffoniers and dressers. This was formerly the East Rockford Mantel Company, who made sewing machines, hut have this season gone into the furniture field. They have a large, convenient and well appointed office, and will have a line on exhibition at 1319 Michigan avenue in Chicago. Another comparatively new fmll in Rockford 'is the Na-tional Lock Company. They have moved into the third story of the new brick building on Eighteenth avenue, the lower stoties of which are to be occupied by the Piano Action Company. Mr. Hogland, the inventor of the clever little lock made by the National Lock Company, has been blessed ..".ith more orders than could be readily filled, since the compal1Y started busjnc~s in the third story of a building on Race street. As they now have more room and increased facilities, they expect to be able to fiB all orders promptly in future. 28 Rockford, Ill. vVithout exception the ftlrniture manufacturers of Rock-ford, 111., report that business was never better, or orders more satisfactory. Several of thc factorics are to have new additions this fall. An entirely new corporation is the "Rockford Furniture Company," a comprehcnsive title. The firm is composed of Mr. John H. Camlin and Mr. C. J. Lund-burg. They have purchased the fivc-story building formerly occupied by the Rockford Burial Case Company, located near the fair grounds, and machinery has been put in. It is hoped that the firm will be able to have photographs of the ncw line for next season's business, although the line will not be finished in time for the January Exposition. It has ,not been fully decided as to just what the product will be but most probably chiffoniers and sideboards will be made. Only strictly 6rst class goods will be turned out, and no cheap grades included in the line. The salesmen of the Co-operative, of which Mr. Lllnd-burg is secretary, will be employed to !'>ell the new line, W I L DB £ R G • •• BREAK FROM THE A WAY !:'!n!!!!'!t! osuse you, mother,fsther. sister or b,oth., buys there. Gosround f,om sto,. to sto'. and th .." malle upyou, ml"d wh.,. you Os" get the , lowest p,it1eSand smallest terms. Cometo Wlldberg's COMPARISON WILL SII11fPL Y PROVIE ,THIE HONIEST. LIBIEIIAL IIIfIETHODS YOU ARIE SURIE ,TO FIND AT THE £ASY T£RMS STO,./£ CONFERENCE WEEK at the Dinwoodey Store will be a week of surprises and quite special offerings frOm the.latgelf and best seleeted stock of furniture and homE' furnishi.gs ever assembled 'West of Chicago. PreparatioAs lor your receptioo are complete. V«y thorougb indeed. has been the manner in which we have pfE;pared to show yOIl tb,ilt Dinwoodey ~tock offers bener values, beuu assonmeDt and. bener qu.atities than can be bad elsewhere. we have prepared to "how that this store is the safest place ~ trad-eo whether for either .. ai..gle piect: or the entire furnishings for the bouse. You are just as ....e1come in eith~r imuallce.. It i$ well to remember that real eeoaomy in fur.l'llfUre and house furnitlbiogs is not so much in price as what m¢ price you pa.y buy,. - ----------- See Our New Line .u -...","', ",--"':':.' _ _ ._._",:._ .;~:L-'. :'-'s,e--"'~'---:~::c:» _____ - -,)4 C 'FORQTHE ,SPRING'il -TRADE BEFORE PLACING ORDERS FOR (~ina(Iosets . Parlor (a~inets AND li~rarJCases IT WILL FILL THE WANTS OF DEALERS. Skandia Furniture Co. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE RocKford. Ill. 30 AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION CORRECTED. Belding Brothers Not Financially Interested in Belding-Hall Manufacturing Company. The thrifty and .•andsome little city of Belding, Michigan, was named in honor of Belding Brothers, the prominent makers of silk thread, having lVills in several cities of the cast and west. The impression prevails in certain quarters that everything in the city of Belding worth owning is legally possessed by the brothers, .vbile their interests in the city (Including 1\vo mam-moth silk mills and the hotel Belding) are heavy, the city ~ontains several important industries in which they are not in-terested financially. Among the tatter is the Belding-Hall Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of refrigeratorSt fold-ing tables and stove boards and lumber. Besides their saw mills in Northern Michigan, the company owns and operates three large factories in Belding, giving employment in the several branches of their business to Roo men. The Beldings were formerly interested in the Belding-Hall company, hut sold out to the Messrs. Hall and their associates fifteen years ago. The business is now in the control of the Hall Brothers, with the following organiz*ion: President, Jesse E. Hall; Vice President and Assistatit Treasurer Brinton F. Hall; Secretary, E. C. Young; Treasurer, 'V. A. Stanton; Assistant Secretar)', Hermann Stark. Hyde Will Sell Rare Furniture. All the furnishings of The Oaks, J?-mes Hazen Hyde's former country place at Bay Shore, L. 1., are to be sold at auction with the exception of Mr. Hyde's famous collection of rugs, tapestries and paintings. Me Keresey, who has charge of the sale, denies all the stories asserting that Mr. Hyde was going to live abroad, as well as the rumor that he was shortly to be married. He declares that the sale of Mr. Hyde's house, following the loss .of control in the Equitable, is alone responsible for the talk about Mr. Hrde's intention to leave this country and become a citizen of France_ The furnishings of The Oaks have been estimated to be worth over half a million, including the rugs and art possessions, which will not be sold. The sale will com-sist of rare and costly furniture, 1110stof it being replicas of antique French pieces. Show Windows Should be Nearly on Level With the Street. Albert A. Koester, the well known authority, has some valua.bJe ideas to offer on the art of window dressing. The first aid to gaining a fLlle effect is accomplished by the use of low windows. Mr. Koester says, in constructing a new building, the windows should not be raised above the ground more than eighteen inches. The objects on display should be brought before the passer-by in a natural manner. When the window level is raised very much the furniture displayed looks out of proportion. The background is another point to consider to give the furniture displayed a proper setting. Draperies are of great value. .For wooden backgrounds oak in Flemish finish and olive green arc very good. Mahogany makes a fine back ground for fur-niture, also. The windows should never be crowded with furni-ture as no one piece can show to advantage. The arrangement of windows showing a room or series of rooms suitably fm'- nished is really the hesl. Then furniture is shown in the proper environment. One can almost feel the home atmos-phere. The addition of flowers and growing pla.nts greatly improves the effect. A Big Bunch of Orders for Fraternity Halls. The Retting Furniture Company have a large number of special contracts on their books for furnishing fraternity halts. Among the number are halls located in Hoboken, San Francisco, Almeda, Cal., Ensley, Ala., Marshalltown, la., Napoleon, 0., Chardon, Neb., Vancouver, B. c., Anna, Ill., and Orillia, Onto These contracts were secured through local dealers. WIDE· AWAKE FURNITURE MERCHANTS WILL ALWAYS HAVE Our BiI! New Catalollue 17 On File for Instant Reference. Frequently customers cannot be sold from stock on hand. Then turn 10 our Catalogue. Nine times out of len, the most exacting customer will make a selection from it.. "Nothing Succeeds Like Success" Keep in close touch with the best s"Dingline of Couches, Sofa Beds. Davenports and Adjustable Sofas. We make a long, slrong line of Leather work in "Reliance'· and natural grain leather. We guarantee "Reliancc'· Leather to be the best made. Our "Chautauqua" Box couch ts a marvelously quick sener al retail. h should be a staple in every stock. "Simplicity'· Sofa Beds are sold from coast to coast "Kingspring't Couch construction is the easiest spring work ever devised. Our goods are the recognized standard for style and quality. Send for our big new catalogue 17. It is full of money makers. Send now. :Jamestown Lounge Co. JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK .. -~~~----,--.---- The Safe Side isthe Right Side THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR TRADE IS FILLED BY THE BELDING-HALL MANUFACTURING co. MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATORS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE GOOD POINTS --IN-- REFRIGERA TORS Three Great Factories Capacity, 80,000 per annum Write for Our Catalogues Investigate Our Quarter Sawed Cases SOLID QUARTERED OAK The Belding-Hall Manufacturing Co. BELDING, MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICES-213 Canal Street. New Yet"-, 196 MQnroeSt., Chicago. • RICHMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN This is one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables No. 340 Price, $19.50 THESE ARE <['HEONLY TABLES 'THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTRUCTION ANI DEALER THA7' HAS NOT 'TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NO'T FAll TO ORDER ONE Choate- Hollister Furniture Co. JANESVILLE, WIS. HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St., CHICAGO,ILL. M4NUFACTURERsfoF Chamber SUites, OddDressers, Chiffoniers LADIES' DRESSING TABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Maharny Veneered, Birdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Poltshed or Dun Finish. We also make a line of PRINCESSDRESSERSfrom $13.00 UP. In Quarter-sawed Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If you have not received our Spring Supplement, ask for it. SOME OF OUR. NJ!:W DRESSItRS-M.de IDoQuart.r_Sawed SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319Michigan Avenue, and Oak. Oval or Squ ..... GI... HALL & KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Cblc:ago. Rare Old Furniture in the Home of Sir Walter Scott. The hOllle of Sir "~falter Scott at Abbotsford, Scotland, is rich in histori.("a1 a~sociatiOlls.lt is owned and occnpied by Sir \Valter's great gT8nd Ilcice the Honorable :rvIrs. l\faxwel!- Scott. "\vl]()has preserved all its treasures and furnishings as they were in the poet's time There is a large collection o{ armour which \vas g-athcred frOtH variolls P<1Tts of Europe. 71R T 1;5'A.2'1 a 7 $. 33 ing country and no doubt received inspiration from its beauties. But to return to the furnishings of the house, which is surrounded by bealltifnl gardens, The entrance hall is very imposing \vith its trophies of waf hanging on the walls. The pallcllillg is of richly-carved oak from the ancient Kirk at Dunfermline. The carved stone fireplace is a model of the ".:\hbott's St8.ll'·" in the cloister at Melrose. A Louis Library in Sir Walter SC<llt'5 home at Abbots_ ford. His son's portrait is over the mantel. The bust of Sir Walter by Chantrey is at lhe end of Ihe room. Sir \);.laller&ott'. StLldy in his home al Abbotsford, Scolland The fllrllitllrc of coltrse is of special interest, each room con-t< Jjns valuable pieces. Sir \\Talter spent eleven years superintending and de-signing the building of his home and borrowed freely from -.Melrose Abbey, a few miles away, the design of the curly kale being much used. The home itself is picturesquely sit-uated ill a valley, on the hanks of the Tweed river. The Eildon hills rise behind the house to a commanding height. At the summit Sir \Valter used to sit and view the surround- XlV clock said to have belonged to .I\1arie Antoinette adorns the mantelpiece, also models of the skulls of Robert the Bruce and others. At the left of the fireplace stands the "~\'ristletoe Chest." In this, according to legend, a bride hid on her wedding night. The carving is of the mistletoe design. The floor is paved with black and white marble from the Hebrides. Round the cot;nice are blazoned the arms of the Border Clans. The Arms of Sir vValter's ancestors occupy the shields running down the centre of the roof. • 34 The drawing-room, which overlooks the river contains many interesting objects. The walls are hung with hand-painted Chinese paper given to Sir Walter by his cousin, Hugh Scott, of Raeburn. The portrait of Sir vVallet adorns the wall above the fireplace. There are other portraits of members of the family, also of Nell Gwynne, Oliver Crom-well, Mary Queen of Scotts, and others. A tortoise shell cabinet said to have belonged to the great Marquis of Mont-rose is a very valuable possession. ..••..• boxwood chairs are said to have come from the Borghese Palace in Rome, They were presented to Sir Walter by Mr. Constable. A glass covered table in the bay window con-tains many valuable treasures, such as Napoleo"h's blottinK book, a gold snuff-box presented to Sir WaIter: by George IV and many minatures and other things. The study is a small room lined with books, a,' gallery en-circles it half way up_ From this gallery a door leads into Sir \Valter's bed room. The study contains a ~riting desk Drawins-room al Abbot!.- lord. Sir Walter Scott's portrait by Sh Henry Raeburn hangs above the fireplace. Hall at Aboot.ford. Curly kale design on fire-place is copied horn Melrose Abbey_ On a cabinet is a bust of Shakespeare copied from the monument at Stratford-an-Avon. The library which contains 20,000 volumes, is forty feet long by fifteen broad. The richly carved ceiling is copied chiefly from the roof of Rosslyn Chapel. The bust of Sir Walter by Chantrey occupies a niche at thc end of the rOom. The portrait of the eldest son of the poet is seen over the' ·mantel. The writing table is of carved ebony. Two carved mane from pieces of wood belonging to the ships of the Spanish Armada .. The Vv'allace chair, made of wood taken from the house of Royrobston, the scene of Wallace's be~ trayal. A horse hair chair which belonged to Mr. Lock-hart, the author's son-in-law, is here, too. A small turret room opening from the study was called by Sir ,Walter "Speak-a-bit," an allusion to its convenience as a place for tete-a-tete. "~~MI9rIG7!N ? Here is placed the bronze cast of Sir Walter's head, taken after death. The carved paneling of the little chamber is said to have belonged to a bedstead used by Queen Mary at Jedburgh. The armory contains many pieces of armour used by warriors of various ('.Guntries a11dtimes. The rooms on the second floor are not shown to the public. The Scotch lassie who conducts a party through the rooms is a very good guide and does not neglect mentioning all objects of im-portance. One could wi!'-h to spend mote time in each room examining all the interesting objects, but is forced to hurry on. L.L.W. Hints on Collecting. A retail merchant sent a statement to a customer and wrote across the bottom. "This bill has nm as long as it can," says Commerce. Kow the question is: How long can a bill run? Is it a question of what the bill is for? \\lould a bill for limhmger cheese run longer than a bill for something else 110t so strong? If it comes down to an endurance race, no doubt about it, a grocery bill seems to bc in a class by itself. The grocers of the country are the g-reatest philanthropists alive. l\lore people are living off The Disciples' Bed in the Annory. Wor<;ester. EnWafld. the little retail grocers than are being- fed in the charitable institutio11s and houses of detention and jails. Bills are not very pleasa11t things to deal with and must be handled with care. Too many people are inclined to take offense when a claim is urged. Rctail merchants should be the last persons to be put out by the receipt of a state-ment urging settlement of a bill. The last thing a house is likely to do is to intentionally offend in trying to collect an account. It really is too often the last thing, for the merchant gets mad and pays the hill and quits. It is not good business to do so. Such actions do not help to estab-lish credit, and retailers well know that it is considered cn- . tirely proper for one jobber to make inquiry of another con-cerning a mutual customer. Credit associations exist for this interchange of information. No man should get on his :7IR T Iis'A.l"I t ?,.. 35 lligh horse because he is the subject of inquiry. The more he froths at the mouth the more doubt he creates. Business is cold blooded. When it comes to money matters senti-ments steps aside. You remember the story of the man who could not get a check cashed at a bank because he could not be identified. \Nhen he had shown his "identification" card, and his initials on his linen, and his correspondence, and his name and photograph in his watch, all to no effect, he said, with em-phasis, "Young man, do you know that if I were charged with murder, the evidence of identity I have shown you would induce any jury in America to hang me?" "\Vell that might be so in a murder trial," said the teller, "but \',,-hen it comes to money matters we must be more careful.'! A thing retailers should bear in mind when a reminder comes in is the fact that there has not been a meeting of the hoard of directors for the purpose of di,scussing his case. It only means that the man in charge of accounts has been running his eagle eye down the columns of his ledger, in accordance with his daily practice, and has noted every overdue account. A great many thing." aTe to be taken into consideration when the matter of writing to a delinquent is to be decided. It would be impossible to go into detail. Tn fact the best way out of it is to use printed form. You can read between the lines for the motive. But don't get mad. Respond in a business-like way. The other man will always listen to reason.-Ex. Another Advance Seems Necessary. The National Case Goods Association has ordered an advance of 10 pcr cent. in prices on all furniture manufac-tured and sold by the members. The plan seems to have met with success, matlufactmers. bei.ng much pleased witb the decision and results. One of the members writes Secre-tary Linton of the Association as follows: vVe beg to enclose you a duplicate of our advance price list, which we have to-day mailed to all our repn.'.sentatives, and which includes our list of close-outs \Ve find by going through our pay roll, that our labor on the same number of metl, has advanced $500.00 per week, in the last six months, making $2.5,000.00 per year, which entirely covers the ad-vance made by the national association, and we hope the members of this association will feel like maki11g another ten per cent. advance. to cover the advance in raw ma-terial. We wish you S11ceess in getting other manufacturers to join the Association, and trust you will notify us promptly, in such cases where it will concern tls. \Ve will be pleased to help you in any way, to get manufacturers, who are not members of the association, to become members. Combination Treatment. A room in Chicago, recently redecorated at some con-siderable outlay, may be described as a "combination salad" treatment. In its furnishings old mission is much used, relieved with chairs of willow ware and a fine old Colonial sofa. A rarely handsome English antique is conspicuous-and Turkey contributed its characteristic brass. From Egypt also there is an offering, and Japan designed the shades that soften the light from two modern lamps. These in turn are held in countenance by another lamp-a spruce little effort in art nOllveau. Is. it not time to stop aU this? Has there Got becn sufficient development of taste to condemn such handling of an important room? There has been a surfeit, too, or dark ,..·.o.ods, especially of mahogany, and there is now a movement toward light woods.-Elite. A yo ling son of the contractor of the new addition to the Banta Furniture factory Goshen, Ind., while working on the roof struck his head against a scaffolding and fell to the ground. escaping without a scratch, much to the surprise of the surgeons. II 36 ·~MI9pIG7!N ESiABLlSHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHICAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH O~FICE-2·20 LYON ST•• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERED A8 MI\TT£ll 0' THE seco,..o CLASS The market buyer gains many advantflgcs uvcr the of-fice buyer. More profit results from one order placed in the market than three in the office. Keep in mind the fact that Grand Rapids is the greatest case goods market in the world. Market buyers secure "the cream of all the lines." Office buyers must be content with what remains. Market buyers have the pick of the new lines. Office buy-ers take what is left, and "get left" in the scramble for trade. All great merchants buy in the markets. not in the home office. ]\ferchants who hope to attain greatness must do likewise. The usual large number of lines vvill be found on sale in Grand Rapids and Chicago in January. The stay-aways will not be missed, Many of the great mercantile h011:'\e5of the west em-ploy resident buyers in the great m<lrts of COlnmerce. Office buying is not profitable. Grand Rapids is preparing to entertain the 1.200 bllyers who have promised to come to the market in January. Are you among their number? To meet competition successfully the retailer must go to the markets. Office buying if followed for a considerable period, never fails to pHt the office buyer out of business. Bear the fact in mind that "the largest and the best" lines of furniture "ever manufactured in Grand Rapids." will be on sale in January. Dealers can learn all ahout these lines by spending a few days in Grand Rapids. The entire output of "the best things" are frequently sold in the market before the selling agents sta.rt out on their trips after the markets close. The stay-at-home bllyer not infrequently IS deprived of all knowledge of "the hest things." Having completed their labors on the spring jines, tile designers have engrossed thernse]yes in rleep tJJOllght. pre-paratory to commencing work on the fall lines {or the com-ing year. Designers ever and always occupy the outposts in the fnrniture trade. The market buyer pays less for his goorls than the office buyer and therefore gains the greatest per cent. of 1'l"l)ht Besides he has the pleasure of handlin~ new and good stock, while the stay-at-home is offered only snch .~(l0d<;as have not been sold out during the market season . • L On December I. the \~Tabash railroad will inaugur'lt{" a syslem of timing freight cars by telegraph. A telegraphic report of a ('"ar will be made at its departure from one town, showing the initials, nl1mber. contents, destinatif)'l and time of leaving, also the time it will pass certain point:; on the 'oute. This is <111 excellem idea and should be emrlo)'cd hy every railroad. The movement of a car can br defin.ite- Iy known hy tile shipper at any time. Till' up-to-dale retailers of fnrllitllrc and kindre1 goods are proclaiming thrOl:gh the columns of the local news-papers their intention to go to Grand Rapids, Chicago and CJthel"{umil'me selling centers in ]anll~ry to buy the latest ~tylcs in fl1fllitllt"C. After their return to their homes the tll'wspaper will contain long and interesting accounts of their observations and experiences while absent. The peo-ple will be duly impressed with the enterprise and import-ance of the (kaleI"5, and ml1ch new trade will follow. One by one the Furnitnre .l\.Iail Order Houses are seeing the error of their ",vuys. There is no longer a Macey, to sell direct from factory to consumer. His successors sell to the trade and throngh the trade only, So also does the 1,inl1 l\ll1rray Furniture company. There is presumably all advertising advantage in the much adverted names as thc habit seems hard to break although the trade is reaping the benefit in these two cases. Prom No\'. 21st to Dec. 1st, the second annual exhibit of applied arts was hcld in Detroit, Mich, The Arts and Crafts movement is gorwing all over the country and has lead to a revival of industries at Deerfield and Hingham, ),Iass. Thi5 movement should be encouraged as individual taste would be developed and a great improvement result in the originality of design and beauty of various articles man-ufactured. The hand made jewelry is especially fine and a great improvement in design and execution over tre old, As to fllrnitme in Florence, Italy, there is a school of carv-ing which turns out beautiful work. No nails or glue are used to construct the \'arious pieces with and the carv-ing is very fine. One writing desk (dull finish as are all of them) was priced 450 liras or $90 in our money. A carved photograph frame illustrated in this number of the Artisan will give one a good idea of the work. This school has one hundred pupils. but time was lacking to visit it. The fl1rniture comprised tables, chairs, sideboards, book-case~ and writing desks. Chairs That Look Good. "\Vylie" chairs look very attractive to the dealer in holiday goods'. "Ed" Brown will tell the buyer all he may desire to kntnN about the Wylie,if he will but address the American Chair company of Seymour, Ind. The People's Furniture & Carpet company of Battle Creek has changed their name and incorporated under that at the People's Outfitting company. It will be conducted as a branch o[ the People's Outfitting company of Kalahlazoo, :'lIt. Rosenfeld re1l1<tining as manager. Mr. Blumenberg, of Kalamazoo, "vill be president of the corporation. The Alis"es \Vetmore, of Washington, D. c., own and operate a rug factory. Oue of them has made a special study of the subject and took a trip to Holland to study the art. Eighteen or twenty girls find employment in the factory. Society women order largely from the Misses \\T etmore and often desigtl" their own patterns At first ctlstomers complained of the colors in the rU'gs fading in a short time. hut after the Holland visit of Miss Wetmore, better 1'e5111t5have been gained. - --------------------- ....."'l As if Laid in Cement. Mittendorf & Kiler, of Champaign, Ill., have purchased \'\Then, a Iew years ago, the manufadurers of furniture, of the building they occupy for $20,000 and will make extensive their own accord, commenced furnishing casters for their goods, and goods bored and supplied with sockets to recelve the casters, the retaikrs of furniture throughollt the ·world, and the general public as well, recognized a marked <.tdv;wce in the manufacturing indL\",try. The source of much trou~ bIe, toil and annoyance instantly disappeared and the ll1anu-blcturers gained. ill the contidence and good will of CllS-tomers. Scarcely less important was t}lC introduction of the Tow. er patellt drawer handle fasteners, the invention of Daniel W. Tower, of the Grand Rapids llrass company. By the use of the fasteners drawer handles may be as firmly attached to drawers as if laid in cement. The dr:lwers ",..iH never mar and the serviccs of the repair man from the cabinet shop BeVer reqi.liretl Oll account of the handles or ;'pulls,"< as these useful article." ;U'e c0111monly called. Retailers generally arc dCn1all(ling the Tower fastencrs on the case work they pur-chase, and m;lIl(lI'acturcrs of furniture take pleasure in pro~ \·iding the same. Manufactured by The Century Furniture Co .• Jamestown, N. Y. improvements. AllOthcr story will be added and passenger and freight elevators installed. "No. 1EASTERN" IS A fIT CHARACTER/miON Of THE BURT LINE BURT BROS. P"Il4DElPHlA, PA. Write for Catalogue 37 --- .--------'-'" ~ -:.... SPECiMENS OF GOOD ADVERTISING. ,I _~ f Facts ABOUT Office Desks MODERN IN D ESI GN; STRONG CONSTRUC-TION; SELECTED STOCK, THOROUGHLY SEASONED. - - FINISHED THE CORRECT SHADE IN ANY FINISH. \Vriu for New Catalogue. M~ntj{m Artisan. No. 301 VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. "WEWILL "SHOW" YOU" OUR NEW LINE EARLY IN JANUARY Lat'aeat Fa.elOryIn the World devoted eJl:c:lush'eb'to the production of Chamber Furniture. It Will be worth coming thousands of miles to see. CORRECT STYLES. SOLID CON-STRUCTION. ELEGANT FINISH. SLIGH FURNITURE. COMPANY Mahers of Everything {or the Bedroom GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,..----------------"--- - G!LOSE SIDEBOARIDS Are the BEST ON THE GLOBE tor the mORey KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOO WAROROBES Prices right GET OUR CATALOG. WRITE FOR CATAI.OGUE Mention Mkhigall Artisan when writing KA« Q [~- runnlTunr (0. EVANSVILLE INDIANA Fumiture Company Evansville, Indiana In writing mention Michigan Arti!\an BOCfiSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE. IND. 48 in. diameter, made of Plain and Quartered Oak Makers of the "su peR lOR" Extension. Parlor and Library T3bles NEW CATALOG-UE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE rUnHlllt rUDnnURf m. EVANSVILLE. IND. QUAL.ITY OUR FIRST CONSIDERATION That is why our line is justly named the "Good Va.lue Line." We have made.a complete <:hange of ~tterns Ior 1905. and If you want goods th:tt are made right .nd at the right ?ri~es, call and ~ee Bedroom Suites Dressers Washstands and Chiffoniers Assorted Car lots ilnd New Stocks A Specialh OUR .KE\V clltalog hai just been issued and senl to the tracle.lf you have not receiv-ed it, write us· It shows the largest lille of mon-ey makers ever offered 1319 Michigan Ave. 2d Floor Chicago ,III. Also at our own sales rooms at Evansville. Indiana. "Ve also job a complete line for making up mixed carloads. "WARDROBES TO MATCH Chamber Suites made by all leading manufacturers, may be procured of the MAD~TAll rUDnlT UDr co. Henderson. Ky.. Across 1h.e River from Evansville Mixed cars loaded with Evansville goods 1905 The "Ell" fOLDING BEDS ~~~f~R~,'l..~~~ No Stock. complete without the Eli Beds ilk Mantd and Upriglil ELI 0 MILLER &. Co I!:voftovllle.lftdieu • • Write for cuts and prices 1858- E. Q. SMITH CHAIR ======COMPANY====== MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD. DOUBLE CAlliE, CANE, COBBLER, TUfTED LE4TUER AND VENEER SEAT CUAIRS AND ROCKERS No. H5 Reception l\ocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ------EVANSVILLE,IND.------ 42 Trade Notes. The F. S. Harmon company which has stores in Portland, Tacoma and Spokane do a large business in the north~ west. The Spokane branch which was established eighteen months ago has done very well, the plant comprises two commodious warehouses, one contains an office and sample rooms. The Hartman Furniture & Carpet company of Chicago, will on J auuary I, establish a branch business in Omaha, Neb'J the building used being that vacated by Orchard & Wilhelm whose lease expires at that time. The Crowell Furniture company of Chattanooga, Tenn" has been incorporated. Capital stock amounts to $10,000. The annual meeting of the St. Louis board of trade \vas held Nov. 13, the election of officers being held. The past year was reported to be one of the most prosperOHS in the history of the furniture trade in St. Louis. Richard Gregory's furniture store in Kingsville, Ont., was destroyed by fire recently. The loss is $5,000 on the bUllding and $12,000 on the stock, insurance covers only about one half the loss. Ewell & Partenfelder have formed a partnership to deal [n furniture in Bay City, Mich_ C. A. Lauzon, formerly doing business under the name of the Grand Rapids, (Mich.) Upholstering company has form-ed a stock company, the other members being 1. L. Zach-arias, of Detroit, and T. A. Anderson, of Grand Rapids. The capital stock is $10,000. Francis T. ':Valkf'r for many years a well knmvn furniture dealer in Champaign, Tlt. died on Nav. 10, as the result of an operation. Mr. VvTalker was in bnsiness for forty-eig-ht years, being the senior member of the firm of \'\ralker &: Mulliken. Many in the trade will mouto his Ios::;. E. E. Cooper, of Huron, S. D., has taken a partner--ll. Noble. The Home Furniture company, of San Antonio, has beell argani7ed; their capital stock is $20,000. Clarence Thomas, an undertaker of S1. Louis, has j l1::;t died from the effects of a peculiar accident. At a funeral he was engaged in lowering a coffin into a grave when his foot slipped and he fell with the casket on top of hirll. Max Ba.55 will have a new furniture store at \Vadena, Minn. Green Furniture & Undertaking company of New York will deal in furniture, capital $10,000. Shallen~ Bros., of l\IIaline. Ill., have purchased the carpet stock of Hull Bros., and will dispose of same .at a big sale. e. S_ French and S. ]. Lyons deaers of furniture ill Osakis, Minn., will consolidate their stocks and conduct a large store, under joint management. Pawnee (Ill.) Furniture company have leased the Pa ..v.n. ee opera house and will use it for a warehouse. The House-Key Furniture company, of Louisville, have changed the name to the E("onomy Flltl1itl1l"e company. T. W. Donavan of Austin. Minn., has sold one half his in-terest in his furniture and undertaking business to H. A. Goslee. The firm name will be Donovan & Goslee. Excavating for the new Limbert factory which is moving to Holland, Mich., from Grand Rapids, has been begun The construction of the building will be hmricd along 'l,"; fast as possible. The Anderson (Ind.) Table Manufacturing company has been incorporated with capital stock of $JO,OOO, The Hatey Furniture factory Jus been incorporated at Tuscumbia, Tenn., the capital stock is $50,.000. The Foyer Manufacturing company of Chicago have de-cided to remove to Sturgis, Mich., in consideration of the gift of twenty acres of land from the town, to be used as a site for a factory. They agree to employ not less than two hundred men for five years. They will manufacttlr~ baby carriages. vVebb City Mo., is about to have a furniture factory. Plans have 110t yet been completed, but the organization of a company with a capital of $25,000 is contemplat~d_ How Bed Rooms Are Furnished in Europe. The beds used ill Continental Europe are mostly single. They 8rc huilt tiP nigh with several mattresses, a bolster or two and crowning all two large sqtl<l.re pillows, the cases of which arc elahorately scalloped and embroidered. Some tirne~ monogratn~ arc embroidered on them, too. The slllall feather beds to pnt over one's feet are very commonly u:;ed. They are oftentimes covered with lace over red cases. \Vhen two bed~ are placed side by side, the sheets a 11(1 other coverings are large enough to cover the two, going act·oss hath beds. The heds themsel ...e.s .are often II-on with head and foot boards of sheets of th.at material and being painted black seem rather funereal. In Eng-land the old fashioned canopy top beds are used, the bell cord suspended over the sleeper's head. The furniture is Manufactured by The Sc-himrer FurnltuJ'~ ComJnmy, CincinDllti, O. \"Cry heavy and of old mahogany or oak. The dressing table is always placed in front of a window. The wardrobes are devoid of hooks, clumsy stretchers taking their place. In Italy, an observer will notice when walking through streets where poor people live, that no matter how much filth and dil-t is about, the beds arc always clean. The one roopl. in which a family lives overlooks the street and is used to eat, sleep, cook and live in. Tn Paris the Napoleon bed in wood is found, the mat-tresses are <lpt to be lumpy and hard. Marble top tables abound here, lnH dressing tahles seem to be unheard of. Our rocking chairs, tno, are almost unknown in Europe, Taken altogether om American· bed rooms are the more ('nmfortable and better furnished than European. An- Interesting Catalogue. The Jamestown (N. \>.) Lounge company have 'issued their annllal catalogue comprising a line of conches, ad:" justable sofas, davenports and sofa beds. The catalogue is a fine example of the printer's art, the cover design beint· a printed imitation of leather with a copper plate showing th0 firm's name. The cuts aTe very numerous illustrating twen~ ty Davenport sofas, the same nnmber of adjustable sofa3, twenty-one . wardrobe couches and ninety-six lounges, a ~rery a.dequate exposition of the goods manufactured. - - -- -- -- --------------------------.,.. ... 43 BISSELL:S &RANCHES: 2.5 Warren St.) NEW YORK .LONDON 18: Pearl St., TORONTO PARIS Is the only carpet sweeper on the market sold at fixed rerail prices, and the value of this policy to the dealer in making his protits both good and secure, is well understood by tbe trade generally. One large retaller said to a certain manufacturer recently: l'If you will agree to maintain a fixed selling price, 1 will buy a carload. but I will not put a ten cent pie<::eil\. your goOO.sif later I may have to sell thent without profit, to meet competition. " H ere is a strong endorsement of our price mail\tenance policy, and is precisely what we ha~'e advocated for over twenty years. A fixed retail price i.a all that guar-antees to the dealer profit in the sale ofa commodity. Please remember the Bissell is the ONLY sweeper sold under a carefully dt:vised and rigidly enforced price mainte-nance policy. Bi~seU Sweepers are sold at the following fixed retail PriCe!. ··Grand Raofd.·· (Japan)....... ..$2 SO •• .1 (Nickle). .. .,. 3"0 "Gold M.dal"., 3 00 ··Superior" . . ,........ " 00 ..Ptolze" ."... 3 00 "Welcome". 3 00 ··Boudol ..••.. . , . 3 SO "P ..elOle""· 3 00 .. ldea.I·· ..·.. ·..... · ' ... "..... 3 2S "AmeriCan Queen" ,... 380 "Elite" ..... "...... ... ..... .... 3 75 ··Pa..lor Queen", 4 00 ··Supe ..b.·· ... 5 00 "Grand" . of 50 "Club.... 6 00 "Hall" , 7 SO In the extreme western and southern states our fixed retail p.rice€. an: fifty t;entll higher than those given above. Welte for our spedal Christmas offer, the moot liberal we have ever made. Bissell Carpet Sw:eeper Co. Grand Rapids. Mich. (Largest sweeper makers in the world. 'Estahlished 1816.) SIiELBYVILLE DESfi co. MANUFACTURERS OF Office Furniture MAflOGANY AND IMITATION QUARTERED OAK. PL'AIN OAK In. Th".e Grade.' A full line. Up:-to-Date, Exhibited 1319 'it' EIGHTH FLQOJ\ Michigan Avenue CHICAGO 'it' Write for LaIn! Catalogue. Shelbyville. Ind. .... ..... I The High Reputation of the Alaska Refrigerator IS SUSTAINED BY ITS MERITS ONLY Economy, simplicity and durability are combined to make a PERFECT REFRIGERATOR. When in the market let us hear from you and we will be pleased to mail catalogue and quote prices. The ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. New York Office, 35 Warren St. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON. MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers Also M"nutaduren and Exporterll of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for hou~ and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM In Muskegon. "'lork has been comme,nccd on tbe lllallulloth [a12tories uf the Brlltlswick-Balke-Collander company and, \vealhcr per-mitting, the- \)lant will be ready for operation ccll']y in the coming year. The importance of this enterprise to 2\/115k(;- gon cannot be estimated, but an idc::l is fmnishcd in the statement tbat its location in our city (\SSllrCS an incn::asc: in our popttlation of 110t less than 1,000. The busiJJCSS men of 1{llskegoll arc cver ready, willing <InrIliberal in extending aid to business enterprises seeking a location ",dJefC larger opportllllitic:; and bctttr conditi{)lls for [( business are furnished. The woodworking factories arc fully employed on orders and in preparatiotl of lines for t!le cxpo.",itioll at Cralld Rap-ids in January.l\·IRny new patterns h71ve been brought ont by the Muskegon Valley FllrniUl1"e comp;:lll)'. the ),Ioon Desk company, the Grand H.apids Desk cnmp<m}' aH,1 the Sar· gent ~{anufad1Jrjl1g-company. The Alaska Refrigerator company have seemed tn'lllY good contracts and the full operation of their mamwnt]l piant until mid-summer of the coming year is assured. Muskegon Valley Fumiture Co. ____ ~_ MUSKEGON, MICH. ------ Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods ... Undertakers' Attempt to Bribe Ministers. Rey. Geo. S. Pratt, of New York, has stated that preachers are sometimes in leagde "\vithundertakers, the former receiv- Ing "gifts" to turn ovcrbnsiness to the hitter. "I want to give just one instance of what bllsillcSS methods are proposed to my own profession," said Dr. Pratt. "A year ago I received a letter from a certain prominent undertaker in this city. lnciosed in this letter "\vas a prettily printed certifica.te re~ dccmable for $100 in his establishment should r die before the year IgfO." "1 considered that letter a direct bribe to me, to use my inllucllee an(l kno ..".,-ledgc of that most sacred thing, death, among the people whose spiritual guidance I had in my beart and bands, to give the undertaker an oll'portunity to "end hi:=;n1.en to get the arrangements of tht funeral,with much financial benefLt to himself, at the same'time offering n,<, a commission on "\vhatcver the unfortunate famili spent OJ] the funera1." J. R naker & Sons company, of Kendallville, Ind., have :-l1ffercrl n [lre loss Oll their main factory building of $25,00Q, i"."llr<lllCe $7,000. The building is a complete loss. - ---- ----------------------"""""l Factories at Chattanooga Busy. The Chatt:lnooga (Tenn.) factories arc busily employed Oll orders jor the holiday trade and expect a recorel-hreaking business The yellow fever scare has not affected trade. COHOll Lllld corn CfOPS are both good. The rapid building growth ill the South has greatly benefitted the furniture trade. Tbe supply of quartered and plain oak is limited and malluf;ldurers find it increasingly difficult to procure it. The Chattanooga factories have ;ll1 organization for their mutual bcne1it and hold meetings every month. The Duane Chair company and "V. S. Milne have estab-lished a supply depot from which shipments can be made in carload lots. A number of new retail stores have heen opened \vhich sllOws the incrcased demand fo!" fllrnitllre produced in the SOl1th. '"Rotary StYle" for Drop Carvings, Embossed Moulding, Panels, Etc. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. "Lateral Style" fOrLarae Ca~acity Heavyc.:arvingsand DeeD Embosslngs We have the Machine you want at a satisfactory price. Write for descriptive circulars. There's no around this Ring Moon and the only storms brewing are those which are in store {or dealers who have to "go up agaimt " Moon !f!Jfality and prices. Its the line to ,fight the Mail Order houses with. Proif of this state-ment costs but the price qf a postal request for oUrcata-logue. MOON DESK CO. MUSKEGON, MICH. Slow Shipment of Furniture. The recurd for slow shipment seems to be 11eld for the car of furniture ~hipp('d ,l ye<\r and eight months ago from .f.icw'{nrk to GraIH{ Rallid~ It "n.s found a few days ago (Jl! a ;;ide track bet\vcclI Port Huy{)\\ anJ Saginaw. 1.. \V Jordan, Elbworth, :\lc.) lost $25,000 hy a fire in his lurnittlre store. The National Fixtlll'e c.ompany of Chicago is l1e\vly or-ganized \",jth $10,000 captt;d. The '(,rm wi]1 m,'111t1Iacture fur-llitlll" C and fixtures.. C. D. Kyle and Geo. \V. lVlcClcary, of vVellsbllrg, Va., have ]wen selecting a stock for their furniture store to be oJlcl1~d ahn1.lt Jan. 1. Machines for a \I purposes, and at prices wi I h in the reach 01 all. EveryMachine has our goar· antee against breakage for one year EmOOSSina and DroO Garvinu MaGhin6S f 46 Conditions Warrant an Advance. "The ronditions of the furniture trade warrant the advance of ten per cent. in prices ordered by the National Case Mak-ers' Association," remarked John A. Covode, Secretary of the Berkey & Gay Furniture company_ Prosperity prevai15 throughout the United States, and the people are able and expect to pay more for the goods they buy. To contie.tlf' the sale of furniture at prices that prevaikd during thC'. past year would cause heavy losses, and no men go into or continue in business for that purpose. Tbe Berkt;oy & Gay Furniture company has never experienced dilTlcldr.ics in selling their goods at a profit, and the man or c\)rpofation that markets goods at a los5 pmbahly is without koowl-edge of their cost, I look for continued prosperity and a. lh'ely market in January." One of a Large and Good Line. It must not be inferred, on accollnt of the "mix-up" that followed the strike of the job compo"it.ors employed on the Artisan, in the preparation of the forms for recent is-sues that the Lentz Table company, of 1\ashvil1e.. l\Tith., ...a..s. responsible for the desc,riptive matter printed in C011- nection with the .illustration sho'NI1 below, ",,,herein a sq\\are hOll('st Let us hope that none of us may ever destroy the European's faith in 11S. Mirrors Used at Windows and Doors in Europe. Jvlirrors of small size hung outside the windows and so placed as to give a good view of the pedestrians on the streets are: a very common sight in some foreign countries, notably Belgium and Holland. Of course when one desires to :~ee the front door of the house and especially when strangers or callers make their appearance, the little mir-ror is put to ;l very good use. Americans might do well to copy this idea. No doubt the women of the country would he delighted with the handy little aids which enable Ol1e lo see and not to be secn. Dealers in mirrors, no douht, would approyc the plan. He Executed the Contract. "Il is futile ior the old-time dealers to protest against the business methods pursued by the st::heme houses," re-marked a prominent manufacturer. "The soap boilers, the flavoring extract distillers, the medicine makers and other distriblliors of prizes have the coin and will never lack lor goods nee'ded for prizes." And then he took from a. lOp table was described as having a round top. 1'11 c "mix-up" was of a nature to caUse djs~lIst to welt \1P in the: mind dt the maker of the table and fear and annoyance to the perpetrator of the deed. However, it is \vell for the trade to remember that the Lentz Table company make a great many patterns of round and square: top tables, all of which are properly illustrated and described in their catalogne. Brussell's Lace Curtains. In Brllssells lace is of course to be seen on every hane\. The windows of houses often have stained Rlass panes ano the lace covered white shades arc vcry handsome, the cloth being cut out frorn beneath the lal.:e. The lace '.l1rtains arc vcry handsome. In the lace stores an astonishiJ1g fact wa.-' discovered. One can give a personal check in payment tor a purchase. The great risk of non-payment does not seem to occur to the proprietors of the hllsiness. A worthless check might be offered any time by unscrl1pulot1s customers and accepted in good faith. Or one can buy a quantity of lace and not pay for it until one retmns home. The Madame assures the purchaser that it is quite a customary proceed-ing. Americans are evidently given credit for being very drawer contracts for $IJO,OOO worth of goods, one of which he signed, sealed and mailed to a great soap manufactur-ing, prize distribution company I widely known and gener~ ollsly denonnc('.d by regular dealers. A Large Number of New Patterns. Secretary Brown, of the Century Furniture compa,ny, Grand Rapids., informs the Artisan that a large number of new patterns have been prepared by designer Somes for th"'. spring season of trade. It will contain novelties as well as staple patterns. The company are busily engaged in tilting up their new fr<tme factory, whlch contains 40,000 square feet of floor space. European Art in Window Dressing. Furniture store windmys in London, Paris and other places are works of art. One sees a complete room fur-nished say as a Louis XV or Empire and so on; every de-tail is carried out to perfection, even the wans seem to be a part of the design. The gazer is forced to believe he is looking at a room in a real home. -4 ~-- 7'IR T I k5'.7I.I'I _ __ ~ 5 $ e. 47 TERMS: 2 per &enl 01110 days; 30 days net; F. O. B. Shelbyville, Ind, No. 25 :F CABINET Plain oak bont, ash ends. Height 78 im:bes. Base 48 X26. Zinc drain ~~r I~l~2 55°~11~ ' mea! hill. One large drawer. Bj~ cupboard s ra ce Four spice cans. Top 12 itl.ocbes deep . .3 small drawers. Two tilt-ing8ugar bins. Large cupboard spac_e with glass door. One small cupboard .space. Finish, golden oak. Two coats of glo~s\farllisb or wax filJish. Brass trimmifll!;S Prite. $tt Extra forrinc top $1.25 t1.L. ~"'''::!~:='~''''' No. 16 H C"BINET Plain Oak front; ash ends. Height 72 inches; base 4211: J6. DTOP leaf 18x 14. SOIb flour bin. Big cupboard space; linen drawer 3~x17hy 10 inches deep; 3 small draw-ers, 2' cupboards spaces anc one shell below cuphoard. Finish same as No. 25 F. Price with drop leaf."., .. $7,75 Pcic.e. withoutdr<lJl: leaf .•.. , .... ·:H.25 lMail;alL':orclerS;to) let me ship you one of each Kitchel' Cabinet O. F. SOHMOE, Shelbyville, lnd and be convinced what they are OUR MOTTO;First class GOOds. First class finish and ~romDt shipment. THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will NOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Caster CUP, a Furniture Protector and a Rest We gllarant~e perfect satis-faetioll. We know we have the only perlect caster cup ever made, This cup is in two sizes, as follows: 2X ineh and:; inch, and we use the cork bottom. You know the rest Small size, $3.50 aer tOo Large siu;, 4.60 per 100 Try it and be convinced. F. O. B, Grand Rapids. Our Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the sur· face, hut upon the rim. petmlt. tillg a circulation of air under the block, thereby prcventinK moisture or marks of ally kind. This is the only card block of its kina on the market. Price $3.00 per 100 GrandRapids Caster CupCo., 2 _,,'wood A .... Grand Rapids, Mich. Also can be had at LUSSKY, WHITE & COOLIDGE.111.113lake Sf.. Chicago • fOUR TRAINS CHI C"GO TO ""ND FROM I-t LvGd Rapids 710am ArChicago 1:15pm Lv Gd Rap\ds 12'05 nn Ar Chicago .:50 pm Lv Gd, Rapids 4:25pm Ar Chiea.tO to:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids t1:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:5.5am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pro train every day. Cafe service on all day trains, Service a la carte, PeleM arquette Parlor cars on all da)' trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. p THREE TRAINS 0 ET R 0 I T 10 AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:15 lun daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:{}5pm Meals served a la carte on tralllS leaving Grand Rapids at 11:15am and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rete, 2S cents. "ALL OVER. MICHIGAN·' H.}. GRAY, DISTil-leT PA$SRNGItJt AGItNT, E 1 1 68 ' _Grand hpld., Mich. QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figun preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana CHOICE FIGURE EXTRA. WIDTHS ne Botanical De(oratjn~ (0. II would pay YOU if YOU are. i"" need of any PRESERVED PALMS, TREES AND ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS To write to U8 for our' new cdored CATALOGUE The Botanical Decorating Co. 27/ Wa.bashATe.• CHlCAGO. ILL.1) 48 7119-T I >5' A.l'1 .@? '"f'" ?,. « NINTH SEASON "The Chicago Exhibition" (THE BIG BUILDING) 1319Michigan Avenue, Chicago New lines in ReadinessJanuary first, 1906 PARTIAL LIST OF EXHIBITORS ANn~ (:h:llr (;0., Rt'adiug, :\lkh. I j\lll('riellll (io-('art fo., IlI·trQlt, .1Iklt. .'\Il,eri ...an )le111l\nu'''' (:0., ('hjj'agl~, .III. .~tlu), Chair {.~Q.• Stat.·s"HII', ~. (:. fiandel"oh-ChaBtl Cj~" O..,.hkosh, "'is. Ballta F"lIrlllture Co., «osllt'll, Iud. H1I;1oY' J~w Furllltln-l' Co., Hnlhuul,:'tlldl. HiUo\,>'-J.upfer Co., Colurnl)lu" Ohio. Bissell Clll1Wt SWeel)!'r Cn" Gnwt! Jtal'ith., ~\Iieh. BlnIl('h;ll"<I-Hamilhw I'urn. Co., ~hel\.)~'\·lUe, Incl. Buckc':fe (:hllh' t'o., Ul,,'elllm, Ohio. Hllckhardt l"uroiture Co" ]hQ"toll, Ollin, C;lllUlac C"hinet (:0., lh>troit, 1lieh. Campbell, C, n. ],'\1rll. Co., IShelb.n·ille,lJltl. Campbell, ~I»itll ~ Ritcbit',
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- 1905-11-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-se.enth Year-No. 15 FEBRUARY 10. 1901 Semi-Monthly A PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION 'It; :f,.:' Makes the It is Entirely J Strongest Automatic. It Clamps, ',;i Most Mortises and \: Economical Releases, ~ Completing ;}", and Most the Post in .,:; Accurate Less Time Than the Case Material can Construction be Clamped on Other Possible Machines WYSONG &. MILES COMPANY, NO. 119 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER CEDAR ST. AND SO. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. I A Voluntary Letter of Praise J. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING co. PIANO CASES, BACKS, BRIDGES, and STOOLS.. Cortland. New York, Oct. 24th, 1906. Gillette Roller Bearing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dear Sirs:--Replying to yours of October 17th, your trucks are certainly O. K. One man can move a load of 3000 pounds wb.i.le witb. tb.e other trucks it takes three men. We give trucks very hard usage and the othel makes are continually breaking. As fast as they break we propose not to repair them, but put them in the junk heap and replace them with your mak.e. Meantime, the trucks we have recently received from an_ other concern are for sale at half what they cost us. You may enter our order for six dozen to come at the rate of a dozen a month. Thls will take care of the breakage and in time we will have them all replaced. Before this order ls filled we will probably give you another one as we have no doubt as we use your trucks more, we will decide that we cannot alford to keep the 'old ones, and will find this way too slow a process of replacing the ones we have. Very truly yours, Didal.,] }. E. D. ]. E. DAVIS MANUFACTURING CO., J. E. Davis, Pres. ___Tru_ck_Fra_mes_Ste_el o_r W_ood_---y_our choice. IE WHEELER'S PATENT WOOD PILLER Forms a permanent foundation. Brings out the full life and beauty of the wood. Goes further, and saves labor and material, hence cheaper than other fillers. The Brlllueport Wood Fini~hinQ Co.• New Milford. COl\n.~55 Fulton St.. New York; 70 W. Lake SI. Chicago; 41·4a South 3rd St., Phila-del~ lIia; 48 Corn hill, Boston. ======== Three Vital Principles Underlie the Manufacture of ======== Andrews' Polishing Varnishes CHICAGO IA/ORK.::i AMERICAN WORKS NEW YORK-BUFFALO-CHICAGO BUFFALO WORKS FOREIGN WORKS LONDON-PARIS-HAMBURG NEW YORK WORKS FIRST: They are produced from the best raw materials obtainable. SECOND: They are the result of an experi-ence of over half a century in the manu-facture of fine Varnishes. THIRD: They are thoroughly aged and test-ed before being placed on the market, therehy guaranteeing to the user absolute uniformity and constancy of quality. Andrews' Polishing Varnishes should not be confused with the ordinary Polishing Varnishes on the market. They are made on different principles and produce results. not obtainable by any other line. They please the finisher because they work and rub easily and do not sweat. They please the manu-facturer because they harden up quickly so that work can be put through with dispatch, and at the same time they are proof against water and will positively not check or crack. In addition, they produce a beautiful, full, polish which holds. These results could not be ohtain-ed were it not for our peculiar system of manufacture through which all our Var-nishes are purified, thus overcoming all tendency to cloud or bloom. If you are not at present using- Andrews' Polishin,;! Varnishes drop us a line at any of our factories and we will have one of our representatives call and see you. Pratt 8 Lambert VARNISH MAKERS New York London Buffalo Chicago Paris Hamburg 71RTloS A2\f t $". 1 THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR COMPANY Is now offering To the Furniture and Wood Finishing Trades ••ART"'"'" w.. ,,,", "m'." NOUVEAU" NEW PATENT CEMENT STAIN-FILLER (PATE:-;rTED JANUARY 13,1907) ART NOUVEAU is the very newest thing in Mahogany finishing. By this new patent process w~have revolutionized the art of finishing as far as Mahogany is con-cerned. With ART NOUVEAU you can produce in one operation the same results you now secure with four. This Stain-Filler dries hard in five hours and can be shellaced and varnished the same day if desired. (AhJoJutdy 1m! color.) Do not fail to 'wrile for full par/hulan, and samplea! once. MANUFACTURED Paint and BY The Marietta Color Co. MARIETTA, OHIO SPARTAN TURPS SPARTAN TURPS is one of our own products. and is undeniab.ly one of the best things known to the finisher for reducing varnishes, stains, paints, etc. It is not in any sense a substitute for turpentine, having properties exclu-sively and peculiarly its own. It is bet-ter than turpentine for many reasons, one of the most important being that it is TH E MOST PERFECT SOL-VENT KNOWN, while it is an enor-mous money saver. A POST CARD \ / WLll bring you detailed information regardIng any wood finish desired, or if there is a stain or filler you wish to try I we shall take pleasure in sending you a sample with full instructions for using same. Hand Feed Glllelng Machine (Pat. pending,) Eight styles Rnd sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies These Specia.lties a.re used aU Over the World Veneer Presses, all kind.s and sizes. Veneer Presses Glue'Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Elc.. Etc. Power Feed Glue Spreading .Machine, (Patent applied fur.) Single, Double and LET US KNOW Combination. YOUR WANTS C"AS. E. FRANCIS &. BRO.D 419-421 !:. !:Ighth St. CINCINNATI. O. No. 6 Glue Heater. Do You Want The Originality of our work is one of its chief characteristics. WE BUILD HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE No. 20 Glue Heater. Something Original? ENGRAVING PRINTING BINDING White Printing Co. 2 to 20 Lyon Street GRANDRAPIDS, MICH. 2 The HOrJdsStandard for HOodworkingl'lachinery: r'...D..-... ''.J.[\ !,i-"\ ~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., FEBRUARY 10, 1907. ====c===== _============ 27th Year-No. 15. $1.00 per Year. HOW TO HARDEN BRAZES. Various Methods by Which the Desired Results May Be Effectively Accomplished. There arc many log band and band resaw filers who now consider it good practice to harden their brazes, and the fol-lowing are some of the different methods employed to ac-complish the desired result. (1) A band saw braze may be hardened by taking a piece of flat iron about one by two and a half inehe;:; ill slze and heating it to a good bright red, then with saw on level-ing block propped up with sticks to keep it off the block, rub the hot iron over the surface of braze until it is heated to a dull red, then quickly drop the saw on leveling block, put a cold iron on top of it, thus suddenly cooling it, and the braze will be no more likely to bend than the rest of the saw and will last much longer than a braze not so treated; (2) After the braze is properly fitted, tensioned, etc., take a short iron about the same size as you use for brazing, and make it about six inches long. Bend it in the shape of a part of a small circle, say of eight or ten foot diameter, and heat the iron to a cherry red. Lay the saw on hammering bench, holding the saw up a little, and pass the iron back and forth over the inside of the blade until it turns to a straw color, leaving a strip on both edges, not tempering too close to the extreme edges as your saw is liable to crack in the braze if you do. This operation should be performed as quickly as possible. Then run the saw around so that the braze comes exactly in the end of the plate, soon as you can, after the tempering is done, and still hot, as in doing this it will cool in its natural position. It will be found necessary to level the braze on the inside, as the heat will dish the braze a little. This process should be done every three or four months, it being only a temporary process in the art of tempering and will not last permanClltly. Soft brazes can easily he overcome if a per-son ·will exercise a little care and not leave the iron on too long. A braze that will bend ,,,,,hen the saw is being handled on the bench shOUld be tempered again. Some brazes are made too soft by using too heavy irons and having to apply them several times, in order to get the braze to hoid; for every time the saw is subjected to these conditions, just so mueh softer the braze is apt to be, as the extreme heating of the saw burns the life out of the steel and leaves the braze practically ·without any strength at this point. Sometimes the flux used for brazing purposes will leave a soft braze, no matter how you try to guard against it. Borax used in cer-tain form. will do this very thing, still a great many filers will not use anything but borax for brazing. In the process of hardening a braze considerable care is necessary in the process to avoid too great a heat, as other-wise blue spots \'I/ill re~;ult. (3) A third method is to lay the saw on bench on top \vith braze over leveling slab. The braze is f1rst tensioned, leveled, etc., after which raise it say three or four inches by putting blocks under saw OIl each side of braze, then holding an iron say 1 x 2, (three or four inches longer than width of saw), heated to a bright red, the full length under the braze and far enough below same-say from one-half to one inch-so that it takes about two minutes for the straw color to show on inside of saw. More or less moving back and forth up and down the saw is necessary to produce the straw color over full width of saw, after which remove blocks and allow braze to lie on leveling slab, placing a straight faced anvil face down on same as quickly as possible, allowing it to re-main there until cold. A£ter following this method a marked difference will be noticed in the tendency of brazes to open or crack, as a result of constant bending and straightening of the saw on the mill, which like a,nnealed wire, will Ultimately disintegrate the fiber of the steel. (4) Another successful plan used is not a "temper" but a "stiffening," by tensioning a little more each side of braze, with very little tension for about a four-inch strip where the braze is discolored. As high tension tends to pro-duce a limber blade, it naturally follows that a short space with little tension will be more rigid or stiffer than the more highly tensioned parts on either side. (5) For hardening a braze some find the use of a gas-oline blow torch better than the use of hot irons, for with (Continued on Page 6) THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISF ACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes M,IINUFACTURcn DHL~ BY CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZSg·63 ELSTONA.V[m2·16 SLOAN ST. CH I CACO. 4 GLASS KNOBS This Pattern Made in Three Sizes We will make you INTERESTING PRICES FOR QUANTITIES JOHN DUER &. SONS, BALTIMORE', MD. Cabinet Hardware, Tools. Etc FOLDING BED FIXTURES Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble, They are made by Folding Bed \Vitliams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, e1e New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. 8. WILLIAMS 3812 VINCENNES AVE .. CHICACO Manufadurer_olllardware Specia1tif's lor tbl~F umitule -! mde. Established li;"8. Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 and Up GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for SOc is the fiNEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. The White Directory =====OF MANUFACTUROBF=R=S=== FURNITURE, PIANOS, ORGANS, IN-TERIOR FINISHES and Kindred Indus-tries is now ready. Send in your order. Price ~5.00 Wh'It e pr'lOt'log CO. PPRUIBNUTSEHRESR. S.ENGBRIANVDEERRS",: 2-20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. An Improved Groove Cutting Machine. All sorts of devices ha Vt been made for cutting grooves 10 wood. A good many of them, 11o\,,.'e\,c1',have been con-structed with a misconception as to the nature of the work they had to perform. K0 sensible person would think of using nothing but a saw of some type or other for cutting a piece of wood in two. Exactly the same principle is involved in clitting a groove, except that the sa\v kerf is extra wide and the piece is Cllt only panially in t\\'o. \Vhat is thus proven to he true in theory is proven by experience to be a fact, viz: there is nothing and can be nothing that will work so satis-factorily for grooving work as a dado head made only of saws. The Fox <!.djustable saw dado head has been made with an idea of furnishing a satisfactory head which would em-body the principles outlined above. The most popular No. 1 type of head is constructed with two cut off saws for cutting down the side walls of the groove and having two wabble saws het".'een the two straight cut off saws for removing the center. The right hand cutting off saw and the right hand 'rvabble saw are bolted to the same collar, thus they always keep in the same relative position. The left hand cut off and the left hand wabhle saw are also bolted to a collar in the same way. These coltars arc threaded on the inside and the right and left hand pairs of saws are connected by a sleeve or center which has right and left hand threads on the out4 side for fitting inside the collars. The center of the sleeve is boreJ to fit the saw arbor on which it is to fun. By turn-ing this sleeve the space between the 1\vo wabble saws is made large or smaller thus varying the width of the head for different '\vidths of cut. Each head will cut aIly given width to twice that width giving the greatest range furnished with any perfectly adjustable head. It can readily be seen that the matter of adjustment is such that absolutely ally width can be handled within the range of the head. Jt is not limited to jumps of one-sixteenth or one-eighth of an inch. It is always self contained and can be adjusted with the utmost ease. The manufacturers claim tlnt these grooving heads will cut an absolutely smooth groove with flat bottoms, free from ridges and perpendicular side walls, cutting either with or across the grain 011 either hard or soft wood. They also claim thztt the machine can be stopp(~d, the width of groove altered, and the machinE'. be running 3gain at changed width of groove inside of thirty 5cco11(ls. The heads are becoming more and more popular as they are better known, but they deserve to be even more widely used than they are. They are manufactured by the Fox Machine Company, lSti X . .Front street, Grand H.apids. }lich., who will he glad to send c:ttalog describing them to interested parties. Will Continue Tourists Rates. Railroads in the \Vestern Passenger Association, have agrecd not to retaliate for the enactment of tVv'o-ccnts-a-mile Jaws by refusing to make special rates fOT tourists next sum-mer. Some of the roads have been in favor of cutting out the tourists ratcs entirely, hut the majority decided other-wise and the excursions \""ill run as usual. Postal "Reform" Postponed. Representative Overstreet of rndiana, chairman of the house committee on postofl-ices and a member of the postal commission that drafted the bill proposing regulations de-signed to curtail the second class mail privileges, says that no effort ,,,,ill be made to pass the measure during the present session of congress. Two features of the commission bill, however, will be in-corporated in the postoffice appropriation bil1. One of them provides for the weighing of the mails for a period of six months aud the other authorizes a comprehensive investi-gation by a Congress committee into the business methods of the Postoffice Department. The rest of the commission bins will be pigeonholed, in-cluding the bill which provides that any ne,,,,spapcr or trade periodical in which the advertising space exceeds that de-voted to news or other reading matter shall not be mailable as second class matter. Michigan Shippers Favor Federal Law. A delegation of 1Jichigan shippers are to have a hearing before the Senate committee on railroads at Lansing soon. They will oppose the enactment" of state laws intended to relieve the annual shortage of freight cars. "\-Vhat shippers are asking," says Arthur L. I-Tohnes, secretary of the 1Jichigan Lumber Dealers' Association, "is the passage of a federal law. The matter of shipments within the lines of anyone state is a comparatively sma1l item and a state law would be of little consequence." Form(',r railroad commissioner Atwood also favors the passage of a federal law, providing that cars must he returned to the initial shipping point as soon as possible. This would compel all the railroads to purchase a sufficient equipment to handle its business without keeping cars from other roads. 5 Loyalty Better Than Cleverness. If you work for a man, says Elbert Hubbard, the Roy-crofter. in heaven's name work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you your bread and butter, work for him, speak well of him, think well of him, stand by the insti-tution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, but all of the time. r would give an undivided service or none. If put to a pinch an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn and eternally discourage, why, resign your position, and when yOU are outside damn to your heart's content. But 1 pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the institution, not that, but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part you disparage yourself. Plans to "Bust the Lumber Trust." Congressman Lacey of Iowa, recently introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish mills and engage in lumbering operations on government lands and offer the products in open markets, with a view of bearing prices and thus breaking up the so-called lumber trust. He attempted to secure a vote on his measure on January 29, but it was ruled out on points of order. Mr. Laccy is chairman of the committee on public lands which has approved his bill and it may be voted on later. A proposition to permit the forestry department to develop the national forest reserves by engaging in the lum-ber business and thus maklng the lands a source of revenue is also pending in congress, the purpose being to cause a de~ cline in the price of lumber. Lignine Carvings Unbreakable 4]" Perfed reproduCtions of hand carvings. Full depth of grain. Will not CHIP, CHECK, CRACK nor SHRINK. 4]" Stronger than wood. g No wa§l:e in your fadory. 4]" Are applied the same as wood carvings. by nailiIl$(or gluing. gNo heating nor Sl:eaming. Finish with filler or §lain. Write for sample and catalogue showing Capitals, Heads, Shields, Scrolls, Claws, etc. Consider LIGNINEcarvings on your new creations. ORNAMENTALPRODUCTS CO., 551 West Fort St., Detroit, Mich. KNOXVILLE CARVING AND MOULDING CO. KNOXV LLE, TENNESS EE Manufacturers of SrIKDLE and H AND CARVINGS, R 0 P E, BEAD and EMBOSSED illOULDlNGS, HANDLES, Etc. It ·rite Jor IUustrated Circulars and Prices. 6 -" (Continued from PaKe 3) this one gets all evener heat ·without the danger of getting too 111uch in any one ~)lace. If the tOTch \\'orks well it will not discolor the steel and the co [or can be easily seen. After dre;;sillg and tensioning the braze, put it on the leveling block or near the middle of the block, and place a block of wood or piece of iron on each side of braze to raise it off the table one or two inches. Then throw a torch ila111e from one edge of the braze La the other, until it assumes a blue color, heating the saw evenly as possible. \Yhen the braze is a nice blue color, pull out the pieces that keep the S<t.w up off the bencb, and allow it to lie Hat on leveling block. Then jJlace a small anvil or block of iroll directly on braze and let it cool. Dress the braze one gauge thinner than halance of saw, 8nd you ,vil1 find that a brazc so litted will neither bend or break Adams & Elting Co's Annual Convention and Banquet. For several years it has bcen the custom of the Adams & Elting company, of Chicago, to call in its entire force of traveling- men at the end of the year, so that the members of the firm, department heads and salesmen may get together for the discussion of manufacturing, selling and thc future of the "Ad-el-ite" line) and all othcr matters of importance which arise from time to timc. This custom takes the form of an annual convention, lasting two or thrcc days, in which all the men participate, or more, in fact, oue of those little "hean to heart" talks \vhieh arc so beneiicial to elnployer and employee, and SG necessary to promote perfect harmony and mutual under-standing, The Fourth Annual Convention was held recently in the assembly hall of the ne"v offices of the Adams & Elting Company. ~dallY new employes "vere present and it was pronounced in many ways to be far ahead of any former convention of this company. Philip L. F. Elting presided, and after a brid address of greeting spoke of the extremely gratifying results ac~ complisbed durillg the past year, and attributed the enormous increase in business to the progressi,'e methods of thc firm and its employees. The tlrst day of the convention 'was given over to prac-tical talks and dcmonstrations of hllers and stains, enamels, penetrating reducers and other ".'ood hnishing materia1. and it was shown by comparative tests of several competing lines that the "Ad-cl-itc" brand leads in point of quality. Of the many hrands of wood finishing material on the market "Ad-el-ite" is the most ulli"ersally used among the furniture manufacturers and the constantly increasing de-mand for higb grade material will eventually make it the leading brand for all purposes. The second Jay 'was taken up with a general discussion of ways and means and practical talks on selling by many of the salesmen, AIr. Elting spoke of the bigh quality of the .. \d-c1-ite" paints and paint specialties and mentioned that the phenomenal increase in sales last year was due to the superior merits of the goods. inasmuch as they sold at a uni~ formly higher price than other brands, The announcement that the company would continue their strellUOUS advertising- campaign ,vitb a very much in-cre; lsct! appropriation for 190'7 met ''''ith hearty applause from everyhody. The convention concluded with a banquet at the Ham-ilton Club, of Chicago, ,vitb the room decorated for the occasioll and COYers v..'ere laid for many guests. \V. p, Adams. president of the company, was the toast-master, and thefe \vas much enthusiasm and many good res- PANELS Elm, Gum, Sycamore, Cottonwood Quartered Oak, Plain Oak, Ash, IN THREE PLY Also SaolUng for Mirrors. Bookcases. China Closets and Bin Bottoms In 2 Ply. 5t Louis Basket & Box Co. Write for Prices. Second and Arsenal Sts., St. Louis. Mo. o1t1tions for the new year. The banquet broke up about mid-night \vith three cheers for "Ad-el-ite" and the Adams & Elting Company. Beautiful Advertising Poster. \Ye ,\1'('. in receipt of a very handsome advertising poster j~sucd h:y the ~Tarietta Paint & Color eomp;l11y of }-!arietta, Ohio. The building up of this institution with its rapidly g-rowing business is one of the \yondertul achievements in a remarkable era of industrial prosperity which this country has enjoyed in the past live years. This company is today not only recognized as authority on stains and tll1ers but onc of the largest exclusive manufacturers of "vood finishing materials in the world. The poster referred to is a strong piece of advertising. It is printed on fine paper and gives a beautiful birdseye view of "Old Marietta,"which, by the way, is the oldest city in the great north\vest territory, The company is preparing S0111e extensive advertising for the present year. 7 THE KNOB THAT WONT COME OFF NO-KUM-LOOSE WOOD KNOBS CUT shows the construction of our line of Wood Knobs. The metal nut is clinched into the wood at its front end, pre-venting turning or pulling out. To the back end of the nut is riveted a steel base, having projecting spurs which enter the drawer front. The knobs are held in place by a screw and corru-gated spur washer, which avoids any possi-bility of unscrewing. All goods are smooth-ly sandpapered, and shipped only in the White. Regular screws furnished will take drawer fronts ~ to 178 thick, long-erscrews to order. Stock knobs will be kept in mahogany only. Other woods to order. 2 inch "A" The face of knob "A" is veneered with specially selected fancy stock. same as used in making crossband veneers, .presenting a beautiful and attractive appearance when finished. TOILET SCREWS: 1% to 2 inch knobs can be furnished as toilet screws to order only with standard bolt 3}'f inches long and patent drive nut and washer. Section of "A" GRAN 0 RAPIDS BRASS COM PA NY, Grand Rapids, Mich. ====MANUFACTURERSOF==== Furniture, Pianos, Organs, Refrigera-tors, Chairs, and Interior Finishes, read this, the Factory Edition of the Artisan. It is not mailed to dealers. Our edition for February 25 is mailed only to dealers. 8 Poor Finishing Goods Unprofitable. "It is never profitable to use chen}) finishing goods," rc-marked a veteran in the furniture manufacturing business. "Cheap varnishes contain a large percentage of resin. ~i11d its presence GIll he easily asccrtail1cd. \\'l1ell a piece cov-eTed with low grade varnish is scraped. tbe finish comes off in the form of dust. A. good mediulll or high grade varnish will peel under the scraper like the skill of an apple. The expense of nnL"hing a table wilh varnish that cos.ts $2.50 per gallon over the cost of Ilni~hing' the same piece ,vlth a varnish purchnscd for $1.::::5 pCI' ,gallon is so small that idatiolls 11ave been made under the la'w and, if it shall be declared unconstitutional great confusion will prevail in their affairs. Depleting the Canadian Forests. American COil suI E. A. \Vakeueld writes from Orillia that an estimate of the quantity of timber which will be cut in the forests of the province of Ontario during the winter of l!)OG-i has been made by tIle officials of the department of lands. forests and mines. It is believed that more lumber will he taken nut this spring than was taken out last season. Shop \Vork- Eighth Grade. !\Ianlla] Trahlillg Depallillent, Grand Rapid~ Public Schools. it is not 01lly unprofitahle hut brtd policy to use it. .:\ot Ie"s than four weeks time should be take I! in tinishillg mahogany goods." Testing a Corporation Law. The New York law 'which allows the owners of two-thirds of the stock in a corporation to sell all the property to an-other corporation, domestic or foreign, has been attacked by the Attorney-General who claims that while the law is sup-posed to have been enacted for the purposes of preventing merging and protecting minority stockholders, in practice it has an opposite effect. The case has been argued berore Supreme Court Justice Betts whose decision is a\vaitc(l with great interest by officers and stockholders of corporations that will be affected thereby. Several important consol- 50 PER CENT of the circulation of trade papers (excepting tbe MICHIGAN ARTISAN) is mailed to manufac-turers, designers, shop hands, commission men, jobbers of factory supplies and others who do not sell furniture and kindred goods. To reach tbe largest number of retailers use the Michigan Artisan's Mercantile Editions MAILED TO RETAILERS ONLY. It is said that the lumbermen will fell 1,000,000,000 feet board measure, this year, 70,OOO,ouu feet of hemlock, 1,500,000 feet of spruce, 1,2:)0,000 cubic feet of s(jt1(ll"e timber, 100,000 cords of pulp wood and 4,500,000 raih-vay ties. The acti\City in railway construction throughout the country ha:,; created a great de-mand for ties, and tbe productioll ill Ontario will in conse-quence increase this year. Mutual Insurance Move in Minnesota. At the recent annual meeting of the l\lillIlesota Furni-ture Dealers' Association a plan for the organization of a mutual insurance company was adopted. The action was taken at the instance of L. C. Pryor of l\1inneapolis, who had just completed the organization of a mutual association for the ~Iinnesota Implement Dealers' Association. Me Pryor's offn .vas to organize the company tor the furniture dealers without cost to the association on condi-tion he be allowed to take the insurance at board rates and carry it till the llumber of policies and amount of insurance shall comply wilh the legal requirements. The business and insurance will thell be turned over to the Furniture Dealers' Association. Taxes and Reforestration. Tn his address of welcomc to over 200 members of the :\lichigan Retail Lumbn Dealers Association ill Detroit last week, "\Tayor Thol11pson suggested that the association use its influcnce to i11(1uce the state to apply the money novv being expended ill advertising tax sales of the pine barrens toward the rcforestration of the barren tracts, stating that in the last twenty years the state had expended $:160.000 in an effort to collect the taxes and had collected only about $ll,OOO. His suggestion was enthusiastically received. (PATBNTBD) Improved Cydone Dust Collectors, Automatic Furnace Feeders, Steel Plate Exhaust Fans, Exhaust and Blow Piping Complete systems de-signed, mlluu(ac-tured, installed and guaranteed. Old. s]'!!!- tems remodeled on modern lines 0 n m 0 s t economical plaus. Supplemen-tary systems added wbere present SY8- terns are Olltgrown. Defe('tive systems corre('tc<I and put in proper working or-der. 70 W. Jackson Street, CHICAGO, - ILL. BOYNTON eX CO. Manufacturers vf Embossed and Turned Mouldings, Embo8sed and Spindle Carvings, and Automatic Turning'S. We also manu-facture a large tine of Embolllled Orna_ ments for Couch Work. :,ENlJ FUk ·.. 3 CATALOGUE 419·421 W. fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. "RELIABLE" THE FELLWOGK ROLL AND PANEL GO, VENEERED ROLLS ROLLS EXCLUSIVELY The "Reliable" Kind The "RELIABLE" is the best. EVANSVILLE, IND. 9 Describes His Aspirations and his '~hinks'" A German cabinet maker employed- in one of the inland factories of Pennslyvania, who labored under the impression that his aspirations ano his talents were not appreciated, recently addressed the following amusing letter to the prin-cipal of a school of industry. The principal in replying, suggested that the writer adhere to the German language when he takes his pen '·'or his keyboard in hand:" Principal School of Industry, Columbus:-My thinking is in your city, and so I remembert on your letter last fall. 1 read them over again. Your offer is ver gaud; your sistem is nesseary to raisen the public Art. The laws of the Art is hart to learnig whit all the styles. My will is gooo, my last work is. My posititian in the facktry is no good. I was looking over do-day many pices as my Ide, the did not pay one cent for it! Mr. Bob Chones can te'll yoU, how I am working. know, well, all styles. I ondstand Plaster-paris work too! That I gab no answer I have always hope he pay me, but what is the Result? He says: and you work the ceap stuff what 00 the orther one. The money: I work pices work, I do the satnple work, the carver vorman makes the price then I have to work for Sample work price inter-fenten 230c. I have a house in Indianapodlis and have to pay them off. 'When I can do it I am willing to give that to my sons but nov\... I have no money over. To-morrow I pay $90.00 und that: \Vhen I learn First Drcssing my boss pay me not, I made some drawings he would not take it. What is to do? In the sample work the come on and say: put some an on that! and my Ide sells good! last faH the was affraid to get to mueh carving work. I wisch to come away from here. \A/hen the plain poor style go publiek well, it is always the same, a table, a chair, a writing tables, a chiffoneur, an bed and a wasch stand wetl. The body, sides, drawers and doors scratches is all right but were get the IdY5? I have plenty stuff for this. Anatomie it is hart, but it is nothing hart for me. I work stone too, and stone and mabie. Macke somting out me, I come to nothing here. It is a shame when I stay longer. Now is' the expositian open, what do this good to me, and I be sure, we get plenty orders. Please give answer.' I am free thinking! Respectfully, John Ebel, Comcor Furtv Co. Advantages of the Case Clamp. The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Hand Screw Company is turning out a case clamp that is finding favor from manu-facturers of case goods wherever it has been introduced. The device is intended to do away with the use of hand clamps or hand screws in putting up case goods and it fills the bill com-pletely. The operation of a lever, after the pieces are placed in the clamp, draws the parts together absolutely square and holds them Firm until the operator can drive such screws or nails as are necessary. There iij a revolving arrangement, which is governed by a lever, and the clamp can be stopped in any position desired. Small hand screws are tightened when the top is placed on the case to hold it in place while the clamp is turned, after which such screws as are necessary may be driven in the top from the frame of the clamp. The prime feature of the device is the toggle-joint arrangement by which the lever is operated in such a way as to make the face of the clamp move absolutely true and square. There is no possibility for stock to be otherwise than perfectly square after it has been passed through the clamp-an advantage that is fully appreciated by all cabinetmakers. The clamp saves timc-v.<lich is money-and at the same time enables the operator to do better work than can be done in the old way of setting up by hand. 10 Longfellow's Arm Chair. The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Long-fellow, which occurs on the 27th of this mouth, will remind many men and women of a delightful event in the POCl'S life -an event in which these men and WOlllell had ;1 part whel1 they were children in Cambridge. The great POet'S love for" children was olle of the line ,lnr] beautiful traits ill hi5 character, says St. :\"icholas. He W,lS never known to be unkind to a child. He OftCll inconvenienced himself tklt he might oblige children and give [hem pleasure. l\Iany of Longfelknv's most popular p()cm.~ are fOllnded on feal events, real places and fcal things. Hi~ "\'illagc blacksmith" was a realm;lll in Cambridge. and the "spreading chestnut tree" under which his smithy stood \-vas a n'ry fine and old one that LOllgfellO\v l()\'(~d, for he wa" a great 10\'er of trees. \Vhen the street In Cambridge in which Lhe 0..7IR.T I.s A2'J ..4o:wtt T $' Sri cntcrl<lincd, by importers and jobbers since early last fall, but they are still quoting eight-outlce goods at 5.40@:"i.45, :,Ild lell-OUllce at lIgures belo\-\-" seven cents. Shellac is reported higher in London and Calcutta. In .c\meric;Ln markets it is strong, but there has been no material a(h-;lllCe recently. :.Je\v York dealers quote ordinary grades at -1S((j'-1~)c; bright orange, ti:2({i'j4c. Linseed oil is reported clLtll in the eastern markets at -U cellts for raw, 4:~ for single boiled and 44 for double hoilcd. These figures are for five-barrel lots. For smaller ord(:rs add on(' cent per gallon. Turpel1til1e has advanced about 10 cents per gallon in tbt' pa,;!, three 111onths. TL is now quoted ill 1\~ew York at '."i(ti 7;");/2 cent,;. Price,; 011 varni,;h gum,; h;\\'e beell strellgthened by an illuC:Ls(:(1 demand. Hath Kauris and Manilas are higher~ A Tasty Modern Interior. ;;spreading chestnut tree" stood was ahout to be \vidcncd by the city, Longfelo\'" protested to the utmosl against its being cut down. His protest, however, did 110t keep it from being felled, much to the regret of Longfello'w. Theil some good friends of his had a "happy thought." It occurred to them that it would be a pleasant thing if the children \'iould have a chair made of som(' of the wood of the old chestnut tree and make a present of it to S'lr. Longfellow on his ap-proaching seventy-sccond birthday. The children of Cam-bridge fell in very heartily with the idea <llld nearly 1000 of I them gave ten cents each to pay for having- the chair made, and it is a very lundsoll1e chair indeed. It \V~lS designed by the poet's nephe\v. Thc wood \vas ebonized so that it waS a dead black. The prescnting of the chair wa,; \vhat the children always enjoy, do "surprise pre;iellL" ),1r. Long-fellow did not know anything about it until he found the gift in his study on the morning of the 27th of February. in the year 187\), and as that was twenty-eig"hl year,; ago, the boys and girls who gave their dimes for the ch;lir are now Inen and women. Gleaned From Market Reports. The "sharp advancc" in prices of jute products, pre-dicted repeatedly lJy the importers has not matcri:l!izei! Just 110\'/ tbere is declared to he a shortag'(' ill burlap,; in the New York market <lnd "it is believed that price,; 11111,;t advance in the near future,'" That same belief has heen Kauri Standard, BG@38c; manila, Standards, 9@10c; pale, lli(ii [8e. Chilla wood oil is steady poce,; during the past month, (<:L8 c. without material change in ::1e.v York quotations, 7}4 Andrew Carnegie says he would gladly give $200,000,000 for an addition of ten years to his life. 1\lany a man has been gn'cn Len years or more for less money. A. L. HOLCOMB (;j CO. Manufaclurers and Dea.lers in HlGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL Repalrlng •••Sa.ttsfactioD guaranteed. Citizens' Phone 1239. 27 N. Market St., Grand Rapids. Mich. WHITE PRINTING CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PRINTERS OF CATALOGUES and everything needed by business men IF YOU WANTTHE BEST fURNITURE PHOTOGRAPHS WRITE M. P. THIELE &. CO., 242 S. Front St., GRAND RAPIDS, MIC". SPECIAL ARTICLES IN FURNITURE ====HARDWARE ==== Door Catches in great variety The Tillotson Toilel Fastener Push Butlon Catches, Wardrobe Rods and Hook. Desk Lid Supports Toilet Hinges, Shelf Support•• Dowel Pins Enamel Knobs and Automatic Wond Trimmings Hardware Supply Co., G"ft,fRap;d~, M;ch. T"E GRAND RAPIDS PANEL CO. A. n. SHERWOOD, Manager MaRufacture ... of fl4STlC GR411111111GPl4TfS GR411111111GM4CI11111fS GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICHIGAN. tr your DESIGNS are right. people want the Goods. That make, PRICES right, ~larence 1R.bills DOES IT 163Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. An Irreparable Loss. Probably the most valuable collection of antique fur-niture in the world was lost in the fire that completely des-troyed Lindhurst, John \Vanamaker's pa'latial country home at Chelton Hilts, near Jenkintown, Pa., on February 8. The house alone cost a million dollars and the contents, furniture, tapestrjes, paintings, bric-a-brac, etc., had cost nearly as much more. There were over fifty rooms and each room was furnished in distinctive style for Some period of the world's history. Many of the furnishings were collected from the homes of royalty and cannot be replaced at any price. Mrs. \Vanamaker's collection of Venetian glass was lost. The paintings included severa"! by Vandyke, Rigaud, Law-rence, Reynolds and many other famous artists and only a fev,,' .vere saved among the latter being Munkacsy's "Christ West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, Gleason Patent Sectional Feed Roll, WEST SIDE IRON WORKS, ORAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. We caD help you. Time saved and when done leaves are bound (by your~' " self)andindexedby floors or departments. BARLOW BROS.• Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE RIGHT NOW. SYDNEY J. OSGOOD S. EUGENEOSGOOD OSGOOD & OSGOOD, Architects. FACTORY CONSTRUCTION AND DESICNINC A SPECIALITY. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Michigan Art Carving Co. FOR WOOD CARVINGS of all k;nd .. MentionMichigan Artisan. GRAND RAPIDS, M;ch. -SEE:===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co" ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for I1IGI1 GRADE PUIIICl1fS and DIES. MICl110AN ENORA VINO CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. BNO~AVB~.s BY ALL P~DCBSSBS. Before Pilate," and "Christ on Calvary/' valued at $100,000 each. - --'.'.'.-.--- Would Fix Pullman Rates. Representative McCullagh of Pittsburgh has introduced a bill in the Pennsylvania legislature to fix rates for aCcom-modations on Pullman cars on all railroads in that state. It provides that the maximum rate for sleeping car berths shaH not exceed a ha'lf-cent a mile for each lower berth f.or bile' or two persons, and three-eighths of a cent a rnile,for the upper berths. An optional minimum rate of $1.25 a lower berth and $1 an upper is also made. The bill also fixes the minimum rate for parlor cars at one-third of a cent a mile, with a minimum rate of twenty-five cents. It is also provided that, when the upper berth in a sleep-ing car is not sold, but the lower is, the upper berth shall not be made down. TtiE CREDIT BUREAU OF TtiE FURNITURE TRADE 12 The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS Grand Rapids Office, 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO, E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY· REUABLY VARIOUS MATTERS. E. M. Hulse, president of the E. ),J Hulse: Company, although still young in appearance and just over the line dividing youth and age, has had a long and varied exper-ience in the furniture business. He has passed through trials that sap the energy of most men, and came Ollt, like the individual sung about in the comic opera years ago-he "bobbed up serenely" in every tn:;tance. :\ 0 man in the trade has tested the value of the trade papers as a means rOT drawing business more thoroughly than he, and his deci.sion is that the trade mediums are useful and valllaLle. Certain journals he esteems more highly than others, as a matter of course. A few years ago he engaged space in a'll the trade papers, taking a page in each, and offering one dollar for every coupon which formed a part of the advertisement, returned to his office. The maiIl attraction was a very good Turkish rocker, in leather, for $25.00. It was illustrated, described and guaranteed as to value. In printing the ad-vertisement an error occurred in the price of the rocker in one of the trade papers employed by )'lr. Hulse. His feel-ings upon reading the offcnding publication in which the $25.00 rocker was offered for $L5.00, can be more easily im-agined than described, and when the stenographer was called into Jlr. Hulse's office the vcry atmos.phere was Idled with resentment. In brief, yet pointed language ?l1r. Hulse in-formed the publisher that he would fill every order for rockers sold through the medium of the journal for $] 5.00 and would look to the publisher to make good the difference. ::'1any ordcrs were taken on account of the advertisement in the other trade papers, but not one ever reached his office for a rocker for $15.00. 1\1r. Hulse was dumbfounded, and \vhen he recalls the incident he is inclined to go into a dumb-founding mood. "Every mall has a hobby," remarked an eminent min-ister of the gospel. \Vheu asked to name the particular hobby uuder which he labored, he replied, "/\. single-jointed stove pipe hat." The minister in question \vas seldom seen without a shining head piece. D. \V. Kendall's hobby is painting; he bas an annex" to his particular affectation, however; it is playing the. fiddle. Formerly it was a bull dog. \Villiam \Viddicomh lik~s to make speeches before assemblages of business men. He acquired thi,~ hobby in the common council many years ago. His remarks arc never dull or without interest. A good horse delights John Mowatt. He is never without a fine roadster. E. H. Foote seems to give most of his time and thOUg:lb olltside of his business to the 11ichigan Soldiers' I-Tomc-a hobby he is proud of. A plantation on the island of Cuba, is the source of pride for John D. Case, ""hile Johu Sball;l1,an delights ill sailing a naptha launch. David E. Uh] is too bus}C to give much time to a hobby, but a good horse pkases him as much as anything. \V. H. Gay. Ralph Tietsort, "Rob" Irwin. ::'fi-oer S. Keeler, \V. A. GUll11 and John S. Shelton dote OIl automobiling white A. \\T. :Hampe would rather sail a fast single sticker than sign a check for a million. His business associates, J\lessrs. Irwin and Tietsort would leave their automobiles standing in the road if Mr. Hompe should bear down upon them under the power of a stiff breeze. The manufacturers at Jamestown, N. Y., are fully sup-plied \vith hobbies. Charles \V. Herrick. of the 1bddox T~l.Jle Company nnds rest and recreation (the term is used ad \'isedly) in the study of finance. Probably no man outside of \Vall street, in the greaL Empire state, has stowed away in his brain as much ir,tormation as he regarding stock cor-poratioru and securitit-::i. He reads prominent newspapers devoted to finance, the letters of Henry Clews, Holden and other monctary authorities. He is an official of a prosper-uus bank and a director in several corporations, hut having entcred a banking house when a boy his mind natura!ly clings to the influences of his earlier employment. A beau-tiful summer home on Lake Chautauqua and the ncw home he has under construction in Jamestown caU for the full em-ployment of his mental and physical energies. A story is told of a farmer "who aroused his SOil at four a. m., and direet-e.: 1 him to feed the horses, milk iourteen cows, split a cord of \""ood, shovel the snow OUt of the paths, build the nres, feed the chickens and the hogs, and while resting before hreakfast, to peel the potatoes, grind the coffee and bring water from the well. Like the farmer's son 1h. Herrick is the busiest "rester" in Chautauqua county. "Tom" Crane knows the history of every actor worth mentioning since the days of Shakspeare; Frank O. Ander- ':;011 is a skilled navig-ator; L. C. Stewart smilingly ackno,v!- edges that his wec.k old daughter is a good enough "hobby," while :"lr. Corne"ll of the Jamestown Lounge Company fairly "gloats" over beautiful painting. \V. ]. Maddox, of the :"faddox Table Company has a hobby which he employs in promoting the business of his company. 1-1is "mad ox" is known to everyone in thc trade. A few months ago he con-ceived the idea that a large white ox in action could be made useful, but \,,"as unable to find any among his large force of caners who were able to execute the animal in wood . .finally his brother, J. Vi. ::'I.1addox, undertook the task and turncd out a \'ery good specimen of <111 OX in pine. It attracted much attention at the late exposition at Grand Rapids. 1\lr. ).1addox decided to have the specimen repro-dt~(' ed in <\ smaller size ill plaster and callee! in all artist from sunny Italy to make a mold. Many attempts resu1ted in failure, the curling tail of the imitation animal breaking off, repc'atrell}". Finally, ~dr. )'laddox suggested that wire be used to support the tail, I~'hell the efforts of the artist \vere successful. and a considerable !lumber of casts were made. The artistic spirit of the Italian conceived the idea that an ox could not be enraged without an object to excite his resentment, so he brought to ::'1r. Ivladdox various casts to St1PP'y the deficiency. A girl in a red skirt was suggested and rejected. An ugly looking Turk followed and 1Jnally a crocodile was presented hut ,dl were rejected by the exacting lITr. 1Iaddox. The artist is still busy with his brain and hands, and promises to exhaust the animal kingdom in an effort to please his employer. ~D:~~~!Tt.: FILLERS AND STAINS CIRCASSIAN OAK STAIN SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW AND ORIGINAL IN FINISHES Light Oak. Dark Brown Oak. MADE IN FOUR SHADES. Light Oxidized Silver. Dark Oxidized Silver. FOR USE ON QUARTERED OAK ONLY. ~CHICAGO Sta. E. Balked at the Red Tape. I knew of a firm recently that lost one of the best sales-men in the country, all on account of an expense book and red tape. The man was a high-priced salesman whose ser-vices they had solicited. He agreed to cover a certain ter-ritory, and if to his liking was to sign a three-year contract. Vlhen he was ready to start the cashier handed him an ex-pense book, with every conceivable item of expense enumer-ated, says a writer in The Selling Magazine, with instruc-tions that at the end of each week upon receipt of his book a check for the next week's expenses would be forthcoming. Then they handed him a form sheet upon which he was to give the name of each person called on daily, and if he did not sell why not, and a lot of other unnecessary red tape. The salesman was nonplussed and at the same time insul-ted, and going to the head of the house said: "Gentlemen, you hired me to sell goods. That is my profession and I have been doing it successfully for ten years. I am not a bookkeeper or accountant, or I should have applied for that position. If you have no confidence in my integrity why did you seek my services? T shall be pleased to look after your interests to the best of my ability, communicating such information as is of importance, but as for rendering an itemized expense account and a report such as your cashier insists upon I shall never do it." The firm was obdurate, and the next day the man signed a contract with another concern at $5,000 a year, with the privilege of extending the contract to five years and an increase of salary. Nelson-Matter Improvements. To meet an imperative demand for power the KeJson- I\.'1atter Furnitttre Company of Grand Rapids, rvIich., has installed a new Corliss engine, replacing the old machine which has been used for many years. To make room for the larger engine an addition to the factory was built last sum-mer. The new engine is the best of its kind and it is large enough to supply present needs and a considerable amount of reserve power, which may soon be utilized as the growth of the company's business is likely to require the installation of additional machinery. The old engine was one of the best in its day but it has been overloaded for the past ten or fifteen years. New boilers were put in five years ago which with the new engine not only furnishes ample power for operating the machinery, but also steam for the dry kilns and heating purposes and enables the company to run its own lighting plant. Washington's Enormous Lumber Cut. The 'lumber cut in the state of \Vashington for 1906 was more that 4,000,000,000 feet, board measure, an increase of 200,000,000 feet over 1905, while the output of shingles is placed at 10,500,000,000, or 70 per cent of the total production of the United States, an increase of2 per cent over the year before. Census returns show that Washington is easily the leader in the lumber production, as is it also in lath and shin-gles, and 1~1mbermell say that with adequate transportation facilities the output in 1907 will show relative increases over 1906 as the last season did over 1905. Mills are being en-larged and others are being established to begin cutting next spring and summer and there is every outward indication that the cut this year will be near the 5,000,000,000 mark. Makes a Change. Wm. A. McGlinn has severed his connection of thirty-two years standing with \Vidmyer & Co., Lancaster, Fa., and wilt hereafter be associated with Hoffmeier Brothers as salesman. Mr. McGlinn served the \iVidmyer company in various capacities from apprentice to manager and buyer. 13 This is one of the most beautiful and unique stains ever placed on the market. The principal characteristic is that it produces rich, subdued tones, which like changeable silk, vary in color when viewed in different lights and positions. This stain has already met with favor from several of the leading furniture man-ufacturers and we believe it will prove to be fully as popular as the Mission finishes. If you have not seen samples of this finish you. should write today for panels showing the various shades on oak. 14 ESTABLISHED 1860 PUBL.ISHEO BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2·20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERED AS !¥lATTER OF THE SECOND CLASS A well organized movement to investigate the fire in5ur-atIce business in :\Tassachl1sctts and bring about needed re-forms, has progressed so far as the introduction o( bills in the legislature. The movcment was started by the Citizens' Trade Association of Cambridge and it is heartily supponeJ by other commerci81 organizations in the state. The bus-ine, s::; methods of the companies arc attacked. They are de-clared to be unfair and needlessly extravagant. The bills introduced aTC intended to enlarge the pO\'\..e.rs of the state insurance commission in the matter of Ilxing rates and to fur-ther publicity as to the business methods and fInancial tran-sactions of the companies. It is charged-and the charge is undoubtedly true-that the insurance men have used the San Francisco i.li~aster as an excuse for un rea SOIl able ad-vance in rates, thus unjustly taxing property on which the risk has not been made more hazardous, and have also nu-posed conditions that, while they may be reasonable in some instances are entirely uIIcalled for in the great majority of risks. Policy holders, generally, will hope that the I\1ass-achusetts movement may succeed and that it may extend to other states, for the need of fire insurance reform is not con-fined to the Old Bay State. *1* *1* *i* * * :t\'ew York's anti-tipping law is said to be a failure so far as the purpose for which it was intended is concerned. It does 110t prevent the tipping of sleeping car porters, waiters, etc., because it is not enforced in then line, hut it promises to be effective in correcting more abuses than those at which it was aimed. A case mentioned hy the Xew York papers of J anuary ~6, shows that it may be used to stop the grafting methods practiced by some buying agent;; and the species of bribery resorted to by some s:l1esmen. The case referred to is that of Soloman Ballin of the firm of J. I-I. & S. Ballin, shirtmakers, who wrote a letter to J. lvL Guinness, a shirt buyer in a Fourteenth street depart-ment store, offering him a commission on all goods sold tht' store through Guinness. The buyer showed tbe letter to the store manager. and a complaint was made against Ballin who pleaded guilty und \vas sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or go to jail for thirty days. \Vith such an application of the law, the Xew York manufacturers will have little \vorry about tricky salesmen bribing their buyers. The varnish man or seller of other materials will not carc to take chances by offering a bribe to the factory foremall or buyer. *!* *1* *1* *!* For several years there has bccn 110 material decrease in the cost of anything used in making illruiture, except alcohol. YeZlrs ago grain alcohol, uo;ed for cutting shellac, etc., cost $2.HI pef gZlIJ011. Then wooel alcohol was intro-duced and sold ZIt $1.2:), gradually decreasing to 00 emf! finally to 7,"\ cents Xow. as a result of the b.w removing the tax on alcohol not usecl as a beverage. manufacturers get the clenatllred article at ~:5 cents per gallon, and it is predicted that if regulations call be lnade that will allO\v the farmers to nnke the '>tuff the pricc will go down to ~;"j ccnts. Of course alcohol forms a vet")' small proportion of the material that goes into a piecc of furniture, but the reduction 7IR T 1.5'A.l'l . 0/ f: • in its. COSt win help to offset the advanced cost of other material" and, \vith adohol at 2;) cents per gallon ne\'\" uses will be found for it that may be of great benefit to the country-it may soon cm a great figure in the cost of heat-ing and lighting-. *1* *1* *1* *!* According to the report of the State bureau of labor there arc 10:3 furniture factories in :.rortb Carolina, 1,.vith a e<tpital stock of $2,H98,201 and employing 6,19-1- persons. Some of the f<tctories arc mZlking goods for the export trade. A large toy factory has aLso been in sllceessful operation at Salisbury for over a year. From this it appears that if the Xorth Carolinians can increase the size of their factories and raise the grade of the product they may soon be able to dis-card the appellation of Tar Heel and have their common-wealth known as the FUnliture State. *1* *!* *1* *1* The manufacturers of Rockfor.:l do not cater to the mail order houses liar have they encouraged the efforts made by certain promoters to establish a factory in that city to man-nfacture low grade mail order furniture. Representations thal ha\·e been published in the news ancl trade papers that the manufacturers of that city were catering to thc trade of the mail order houses \"'cre erroneous, based upon false. infor-matioll, and the Artisan cheerfully publishes this fact be-cause all injustice has been inflicted upon a manufacturing community that should not have been suhjected to it. *1* *1* *1* *1* _\ sensational repoft is ;11 circulation involving the prac-tices of certain manufacturers of mirrors. It is openly charged that the strikers formerly employed by the mirror makers of l\-ew York, Chicago and of severa"! other places, have heen supported by liberal contributions from the funds of distinguished gentlemen engaged in the sale of mirrors. The Artisan has detailed one of its staff to investigate the ma lteT. *1* *1* *1* *1* The two-cent passenger rate rule is 110t to be confined to states east of the T\fississippi river. A bill fixing the two-cent rate on all main lines in }Iissottri has passed both houses of the legislature and the governor has signed it. Judging from Ohio's experience tfissouri roads may now expect an increase In passenger earnings. *:* *1* *!* *1* The year 1907 y.,··ill have to hllstle if it beats the record of HJ06 in the matter of increase in the amount of America's trade-exports and imports combined. The increase during the past year was over" <I million dollars for each working day. That is certainly an enormous increase but, great as IS is, it is much less than the increase in clomeo;tic trade. *1* *1* *i* *1* The Furniture \Vorker, arguing for "on('. line a year" mentions among _exposition expenses "repo1ishillg at the dis-plays which has to be done about every other day." \iVonder who makes furniture that. in order to be presentable, has to be repolished twice of three times a week? *!* *1* *1* *1* Since the completion of the trolley line between Chicago and Rockford, Chicago papers refer to Rockford as "Chi-cago's thrifty suburb." V/hen the Grand Rapids Chicago electric line is completed Grand Rapids will also have a big thrifty suburb just around the head of the lake. ** ** ** '\otwithstandillg an investigation of the various com-binations that control the lumber market has been under-taken by the general government, prices tend buoyantly upward. *,., ** ** L\pparently one of the "most profound est" thinkers of the age is employed on the Baltimore American. which declares that "destiny is the irrepressible fate of mankind." 15 This is a Sample of Our Work Let us make a room sceue for you. Prices upon application. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING COMPANY, 2 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Massachusetts Investigators Modify Their Ideas. The :dassachusetts Board of Health which, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the legislature, began an inves-tigation of conditions affecting the health of factory workers and recently made some startling statements in regard to the employment of child labor and also some radical rec-ommendations, has now issued an exhaustive supplementary report in \vhich the ideas and suggestions made in the first seem have to been moJified considerably. The latest report s1<lte5 that the investigators found factory conditions, as a whOle, quite satisfactory. They recommend that laws be made "to require that the conditions affecting the health of lhe \yorking flcoplc in the poorly managed establishments be brought up to conditions existing in the class of estab-lishments doing similar work in similar huildillgs where their health is most carefully protected and that it be the duty of inSflcctors to see that the laws are enforced." The report treats the subject of consumption af length, "!ld emphasizes the need for prevention of spitting. The report also recommends amendment to the laws regarding nre escapes, prohibiting the obstructing of egresses, corn~ pelling their good repair, and providing that a sign shall plainly indicate their position to a person thirty feet away. 16 GLOBE VISE ---AN 0--- TRUCK CO, Manufacturers (II Strictly up-to-date quick-acting- Wood \Vorkers' "vises. They are time savers and make a barrel of monev for those that lISCthem. Out" prices are the best. 'ATrite for them. "VI'e also make a complete !im: of factory ano warehouse tmcks. Our circulars are cheerfulh· mailed upon req'uest. GLOBE VISEand TRUCK CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Slep~en50nMr~.(0.1 South Bend, Ind. Wood T umings, T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Ma.nufac-tnrers on Application. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. "·rite us 10l" J>rke List and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST •• GRAND RAPIDS IMPROVED, EASY all.d EtEVATORS QUICK RA IST'NG Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBALL BROS. GO" 1067 N;,th St.. Gouncil Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Coo. 343 Pro~pect St., Cleveland,O.; lO!lllth St., Omaha, Neb,; l2il Cedar St., New York City. State Insurance Scheme in Wisconsin. A bill has been introduced in both houses of the vVis-eonsin legislature providing for the appointment of a com-mission of t\VO senators and two asselnblymen, which may enlist the services of two or more experts, and shall \vork out a system of state insurance to be recommended to the next legislature. The recommendation of the system shall include: First-A system of life insurance based on the recog-nized principles of modern insur;:tncc. Second-A system of old ag"C ancl invalidity insurance for people \vha have been rc~idents of \Visconsin for ten years and l1:n·(, led soher and industrious Jives for five years past, and shall never have been found guilty of a civil or criminal misde111eanor Third-A sy,~tcm of sickness and accident insurance with proper rcstrictions. Th(, hilt" hav(~ heen ref(~rred to committees which are ex-pected to rcport f:lvorably after ",·\lieh amendments wil1 be offered providing for the organization of a State fire insur-allce system. Jury Overrules the Judge. \Vhen ] udge \Vhitson of San Francisco charged the jury 1ll the case of Thomas 1. Bergin vs. the Commercial Insur-ance Company of T ,on cion, he told them that the policy cov-ering Bergin's building contained a clause under which the COlnpany could not be held for a loss caused by an earth-quake; that the evidence shO\ved beyond any doubt that the fire vvhich destroyed the building \vas due to the earthquake and therefore they must return a verdict in favor of the company-"no cause of action," The jurors, however, did lIot see the matter in that \vay. They promptly rendered a verdict in favor of Bergin for $6,788, the full amount of his clairn. The case will be appealed, but it is claimed that the Supreme Court under such conditions can not reverse the verdict-that it can only send the case back for re-triaL This May Help a Little. rVlanagers of the Chicago & Northwestern railway are conducting a campaign of education among shippers with respect to loading and unloading cars. Agents at all sta-tions are USlllg their personal influence and arguments with shippers endeavoring to induce them to cease making stor-age warehouses of cars and to unload them promptly. France Oppressing British Capital. The British Chamber of Commerce in Paris is endeav-oring to obtain modifications of the provisions of a bill con-cerning foreign companies trading in France, which has re-cently been introduced in the French Parliament by the min-istry. One of the provisions complained of compels al( com-panies having branch offices in France to register and to pay a registration tax of one-quarter per cent on the whole of their capital, and another compels the publication of the an-nual balance sheet in one of the official journals. The British Chamber of Commerce says that it is an organization cOm-prising companies with a capital of $10,000,000 or over, whose turnover in France represents but a small portion of such capital, and to tax these companies with registration fees would be a gr05s injustice and would be contrary to the fiSC;ll principle by which the "taxe de dividende" is only levied on a certain proportion of the capital of foreign companies es-tablished in France; that, further, the registration tax is es-sentially a transfer tax imposed upon the transfer of prop-erty from the vendors to the company, and that such tax, already paid in the company's country of origin, can 110t be equitably imposed in France, where no such transfer has taken place; that the imposition of the tax will lead to its evasion by perfectly legal means and v,rill seriously hamper the development of important industries. The publication of balance sheets is a matter le5s capa-ble of adjustment than that relating to the registration tax, though the companies classed as private are not likely to see their way clear to comply with it, but as all French com- HAND CIRCULAR. RIP SAW. MORTIStlR COMBINED MACHINE, Complete Oull8 of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER. He can save II. manufacturer'l'! proflt a!!l well as a deaIer'l'! profit. He can make more money with less capita] invested. He can hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers. He can lnannflldure In as good style llnd finish, and at as low cost IHI tbe factories. The IfJca! cabinet maker has heen forced into only the deal-er's trade and profit, because of machine manufactured gOOd8 of factories. An outfit of Blll'OeS' Patent Foot and Haud-Power l\lachiu- I"ry, reinstates tbe cabinet maker with advantage8 equal to hl8 competitors. If desired, thel'!e machinel'! wm be >lold OY TRIAL, The purchaser can ba,\'e ample time to tel'!t them iu his owo shop and on the work he wi"hes tbem to do. Descriptive cata-logue and price list free. No.4 SAW(ready for ct'o5s-euttlng) W. f. S. JO"~ 84RNES CO.654 Ruby St .•Rockford. III. 17 panies without distinction are subject to this formality it is hardly likely an exception will be made in favor of foreign undertakings. Put Your Ideas Into Practice. Have yOU an idea-in your mind for improving your work? Have yOU an invention simmering in your gray matter? Do you think you have a special aptitude for some vocation? If you have, then remember that if yOU don't act yOU likely will see some other fellow with a little more nerve than you get ahead, and (eave yoU wishing yOUhad paid more attention to the promptings of your mind. "If you stand near a good thing," says Andrew Carnegie, "plunge well into it. Fear is old-womanish; it has kept un-told millions from making fortunes." 'Vha has not heard some man in an office or store say, "\\I"hy, I had in my head that idea for which Willikens got promoted. "Vhat an idiot I was for not speaking up!" The world is full of such loiterers. Often laziness of mind prevents a man from acting. This fauft is common with nearly everyone in dealing with the urllried and the unknown. Goethe said to a man who con-sulted him about an enterprise but mistrusted his own pow-ers: "Ach! You need only blow on your hands!" If you think you arc a genius in any direction, either as a poet, inventor, or "improver" in any way, get busy. The needs of the world are great, and if your idcas are valuable they are in demand. But see that you make a start. You can't make any journey if yOUdon't take the first step, FORMKk Oll MOULDKIl. HAND TBNONEJl. No.4 SAW (readytor ripping) No.7 SCJlOLL SAW. 18 Ch-icago, Feb. S.-The midwinter Furniture exh-ibitioH in Chicago came to a close January :31 after what is gcncr::tlly termed <.l very sati:;tactory scason. The scaSOll ,vas LttC in starting and it \Vas thought for a time that hl1sincs.s \\-oull! not come up to cXJ.Jectatioll:-', but after the S('CO]H] week affairs took on a businesslike appearance and good results were obtained. 3lany maullf;J.cturcrs have equalled their sales for last January, hut very few have exceeded the vol-nme of business done last July. ~early all lines seem to fl<:lVCsold well 8nd a feature of the exhibitioll was the lack of price-cutting and slashing which too often prevail ill close competition In point of number or buyers in the lllarket. the season just closed is ahead of any previous ;;ea:-;011, ap-proxi. mately 1700 furniture men having \"isi.te(l the huil(ling.;; during the month The greater part of the buying was d01l(' the second and tbird weeks altllOugh cOllsiJerah1e selling" h;1.S been {\on(', ('yen -intO February. Factory conditions in Chicago remain much the saIne as for the pre\"ious three month;; .. \11 are busy in getting out what orders they have matcr-i;11 for. The 'work of the clilro,l<\ companies and the interstate commerce COIllltlission ill all WAXED PAPERS For FURNITURE Pre,.-::nts varnish from printing. Keeps u"~ moisture. Will not <.cratch the highest finish. Excellen'~ for wrapping mouldings and green varnished goods. Rolls or sheets. \VRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. H. P. Smith Paper Company, Sacramento and Carroll Avenue •• CHICAGO. effort to relicve the car shortage seems to havc had little effect in the matter of shipping. Supplies from the northwest have practically given oUt and materi,Ll from the- we:st and south is difficult to obtain. There is, hmvever, material enough in the city to keep up the factory work for somc tilllc to come, or at leClst until the car shortage mCJ.sures ha\"f~ had sufficient time to remedy the situation. Frank Bassett Tobey, president of the Tobey l-"11rniture Company, this city, was recently honored by the l.egal .\id Society of Chicago by being- elected their President. He has been in business in this tit:)' since JRtii and was closely allied with thc anti-slaver}' movement and also "\'rote the caP for the first Republican convcntion held in his nati\'e town. Dennis, I\Iass. .-\t the C1nllll;ll meeting of the directors of the Spencer & Barnes Company, at Benton Harbor, :'lich., n. H. Spencer. vice-president of the concern sincc its illcorpor:ttioll in lS'Jo. was made president, 1rvel1 Spencer was made vice-president <Iud :'.lary L. Spencer was re-elected to her positinll a;:; seer-tary and treasurer. 1Iessr;; Spencer anti Barnes began business in Buchanan, 11ichlgan, <ll1{l in Hi\)f, removed their bctory and oftices to Benton Harbor where .:\lr. Barnes was made president. Sillce .71R T I .sJIZ\! r rtf cr9'nm=- 0/ 't f* th:tt timc \[r. Spencer has gradually acquired the cOlltrollinp; interest in the business ~~~ld his ekction to the presidency is the result. The .:\ apervillc LOLHlg<:> Company, \'vhich now has it new factory at Binghamptoll, 1\. Y. in the COLlrs~ of erection, ex-pect:; to be able to begin eastern business the lirst of April. The nnv quarters arc an exact duplicate of the present fClc-tory at Xapcrville, 111., the dimensions being 7"6 x 100 feet, and gi\·ing employmcllt to nearly 500 men. Thc output 'will he illCl"C<lsed 100 per cent and 1ll(\ke the -:\aperviHe one of the brg-.:st IOllnge companie:". ill the eoulltry. 11 cllry Schrnll1cr, maker of bed springs and cots has becn suffering from a hU1"1l on the left \VrLst which 11(\s rdused to heal. 11e is ahle to attend to his Cll1,d street business but fears that he I1wy have to reson to the grafting method be-fore 11l' is rid of tlH~ trouh1t:-. .\ \-isit to the S. E. Overton \\'00(\ Carvil1g factory, ns C,lrroll avclIue. pro\'es that the wood enrvil1g industry in Chicago. ,It least. is l\1l\llillg to c'lp;\.city. The Overton plant i" Ol1e of t~je 1110st complete of its kind in the COlllltry a11(1 tl1eir facility for turning out order,; is excellent. The year has started well with }[r. Ovcrton 'vho is. already planning ad-ditions alld improvernenb. Some of t\1e mo"t artistic and original carvings knowll to the craft have he(']1 !Uncle at thi" plant and the -quality and appearance morc thal1 ;lnyt11ing else ,Ire responsible for the illcreased lJllsincss. The new O\'ertoll catalogue of latcst designs "".-ill SOOI1 he re;:dy for distributioll. Following a custom tstalJlished scveral ye:trs ago by the Adams & Elting Company their entire selling force came to-gether in Chicago in January for the ;lI1l1ua'l conference and round-up. The meeting convened in the a.;;sembly room of the ncw offices and P. L. E. Elting made a hrief address to bis hustlers to ,,,,ham be attributed the success of the com-pany. Occasion "vas taken to demonstrate the superior qual-itie,; of the .-\dams & Elting Illlers, stains and wood finishing 1ll,tteriak Thc discussion of tile llew ,year's work, tile selling of the .-\del-ir(' )-';oods, and a general polishing up on a11 points was ,l1so illilulg-cd in during the timc the men were at the 11011)(' office, from ;111 of wl1ich profit wns derived. The con-ference concluded at the Hamilton Club ,,,,here \V. L P. .--\danls. president of thc company. was the toastmaster. The plant of the Spencer Cabinet Company, 2217 Archer avenue, is now heing removed to Palos Park, Ill.. vvhere new quarters have heen built for tbis grO\ving concern. IVIr. SpenCEr stcltes that the e!lnn.({C' will be beneficial ill mal1y res-pects and increase the f;·jcilities at least fi\'e timcs. Folding" bed and fllrllitllre fixtures ~lfe important items in the maIlufacture of beds and 011C of the successful makers of these articles is Frnnk B. \Villiam:-;, 3312 Vinccnnes avenue, Chicago., \",110 has becn ill the business "ince 187H. 1l'Ir \Vil- Iiams has a complete equipmcnt "vith spccial machinery and skilled \\"orkmel1, awl his years of experience enable him to markct Ilxturcs of the higllcst grade at a moderate eosL. TIle new \Villiams catalogue should he of interest to all bed rnan-ufaeturcres as it covcr.~ lhe complete li:-;t of lixtllres to he u~ed in that Ene and shows many new ivnproVCI1Wn\S in style.S and II11i"h. .:\1 r. \Villiall1s ill\'ites the correspondence of in-tere,:; ted partie~ and will chcerflllly give detailed information \\hCI1 dc~ircd Prosperous Piano Makers . The Ann \rbor O'1ich.) Organ Company has increased its capital stock from $100.000 to $150,000. The directors authorized the sale of $2;'),000 worth of the stock. which is e.\:pccted to be taken up by the present stockholders. The compall)" has paid an annual dividend of six per cent ;md has a sLlrplus of $45,000, which will remain undisturbed. By the nrst of June the outpUt will be twenty pianos a week, instead of eight as at present. To Our Western Patrons NOTE: There has been no change in the management of our CHICAGO FACTORY. the same practical men who have brought it to its present high standard continue in our employ. BE NOT DECEIVED. WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING I FILLER BONE HARD OVER THAT Will DRY NIG HT The great majority-in fact just about all of the manufacturing trade ask for a filler to be hard dry the day after filling. We can do better than that. USE OUR FILLER AND YOU CANNOT DIG IT OUT OF THE PORES THE ====NEXT DAY==== IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR VARNISH TO PENETRATE THE SURFACE IT SANDS OFF IN A POWDER THAT. WILL LEAVE YOUR SAND PAPER CLEAN AFTER THE WORK IS DONE. The Barrett-Lindeman Company IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The l.Jawrence-McFadden Co., Ltd. 61·63-65-6No1. Ashland Ave•• CHICAGO. 1400-2F·4rankford Ave., PHILADELPHIA. 19 - --------- 20 OLD PAINTED FURNITURE. Modern Imitations of Eighteenth Century Pieces That Were Made by Masters of the Craft. Painted furniture, of the kind that was decorated by famous artists in the past, is offered for sale in such quantity as to indicate a revival of the taste that 'ntroduced it, says the New York Sun. Some of it comes under the classification . 01 antique and is genuine; other artie-ks afC obvl0uslY of modern origin, though the dealers may not admit it. .From the Jays of the R(;n;\\ssancc lnltaly \ill well within the nineteenth century the soft and stainy surface of l-inc woods was used by the artist as a background {or the cxhib-i-tion of his skill. The antique chest or coffer used by the Ven-etian bride in the: "Golden Age of Italy" was a favored article for decoration, and specimens are yet to be had in which the color is tempered into a mellow glow by the f1jght of time, and the fine gilding adheres only to the cracks and crevices. Some of these coffers, when used for jewel caskets, were not more than sixteen or twenty inches long. They were cor-respondingly high, and on this small surface was crowded the work not only of the artist, but of the carver as well. Grinning masks, Cupidons, bows and arrows, flowers and garlands were carved all about the chest and heavily gilded, and on such smooth spots that remained the artist wrought little scenes with Loves sporting about, or if the chest was done to order some incident in the life of its fair owner was used for decoration. Inside the cover was a pon-derous lock stoutly made of wrought iron. Collectors hunt eagerly for these coffers now, and they are to be had, the faded ve'lvet with which they arc lined shabby and' frayed, and the lock no longer in working order. You may follow the development of the chest right up to its final absorption in the chest of drawers, and in all coun-tries, including the United States, you will find that color has been used in its adornment. In the 'long Italian "cassani" sometimes the whole sixty-six inches of their length was covered 'with a procession of painted figures. From time to time these dower chests come into the market, to be eagerly snapped up by "uch collectors as have long enough purses. On the. Dutch chests you may find a conve.ntional form of floral design, generally presenting the tulip, and the dec-oration is not unlike marquetry in its generaL appearance. In the panels of tall Dutch hutches or standing coffers will sometimes be found paintings of the Dutch interiors, and Rubens himself did not hesitate to decorate some such objects. It was in France and England during the eighteenth century that the painting of furniture reached its greatest heights. In fact, that century may he termed the golden age of furniture. The first great name among furniture makers in France is that of Andre-Char'les Boulle, who died in 1732. It is interesting to note that in his patent conferring on him the appointment of maker of the royal seals he is described as "architect, painter, carver ill mosaic, artist ill cabinet work, chaser, inlayer and maker of figures." During the Regency, Charles Cressent was the particular star. Later in the century the two Caffieri 'were famous ior their decorati.ons. and the three :"lartin brothers hecame so famous for their skill in the application oi a varnish rh:lt the)' were taken under royal protection. Not very much of their work remains, but fire screens, little cabinets, some state coaches and snuff and patch boxes display their handiwork Their chid excellence lay in the way they used the greell varnish as a background for cupids and fic,vers, or used it alone in a waved, striped Or flecked pattern. \Vhert Robert Martin d.ied in 1765 the skill ne.Ci'ssary to carry out this work was lost, and Hvernis-]l,![artin" became hardly more than a name.. 7IR.T I.s A.l'I • go Q 'It Ie' During the reign of Marie Antoinette, styles of furni-ture changed greatly. The whole surface of the woodwork was painted or gilded, and the decoration was of more con-ventional character. For the Little Trianon the great Riesener made some of his most beautiful pieces, many of which were destroyed or stolen during the Revolution. But today pieces by him are being reproduced, and you may buy copies of Riesener's masterpieces which are almost as costly as those that the master made himself . In England tbe same use of the artist's brush was de-manded as in France. It was the four Adam hrothers who, starting as architects, finally became designers not only for the house but at so for everything that should go into it, that created the rage for painted furniture. They dre.w upon classical sty'les for many of their de-signs, and in order to harmonize their rooms the furniture in them was often entirely painted a pale green, white and blue, or \vhitc alone being often employed. Later they used satinwood for whole sets of furniture, and on the smooth surface presented they had painted groups or single figures, garlands of flowers or groups of or11aments, musicaL inst1't1- ment~, flambeaux, classical arms. etc. They had in their employ Mi.chael Angelo Pergolesi. who in his turn engaged such artists a5 Angelica Kauffmann, Cipriani, Antonio Zuc.ehi and many othe.rs of lesser fame. to carry out his designs. Angelica Kauffmann not only painted panels on furniture but also painted the ceilings in the rooms where it went, and in London in the neighborhood of Soho Square are still to be found some of these adornments. Hepplewhite, Sheraton and the less known Shearer used point-where other casters refu!te to t\ttn-is. f5he Point with The Faultless Pivot Bearing Caster lh. FAULTLESS r.eelved Ih. Hlgh.sl Award at the World's Fair, 1904, over all other east.rs. Itissupplied wit h Faultless Pat e n t Steel Spring Sockets. The Faultless is interchangeable; will fit six differ-ent sizesof Iror~ bed sockets. ;-: TbeFault1eos has no weak spots-n 0 mechanical flaws--it's Fault-less in name-in action-and as a seller :-: "." If you are after a money maker, write to 75he Faultless Caster Mfg.Co.. Nebra.ska. City, Neb. They only manufacture the FAULTLESS 7IRTI.s'.7I~ ¥ ? ,.+ 12 PROPERLY DRIED Throwing Money at Birds Is not as foolish as investing it in the ordinary Dry Kiln that bakes instead of dries the lumber; that does not extract the tannic acid and acetate of lime from the pores of the wood; that leaves kinks and checks around the knots, and checks the ends of the boards, so as to cause a loss in lumber every year more than suf-ficient to fit up your kiln, so that your Lumber will come out III half the time it requlCes to do it by your present method. If you want to know more about this, and save from $2,000 to $5,000 a year on every kiln, write the GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORI\S G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N. That you read this in the MICHIGAN ARTISAN'S Febuary 10th issue, and that you want to know if it is all a bluff or real facts, If FACTS, then you want to be put next. satimvood for furniture and also had it embellished with painting. They too employed Angelica Kauffmann and h::r associates, and table tops and commodes, sideboards and candle stands were painted with geometric patterns, wreaths, festoons, garlands and medallions of figures, the veneered satimvood shO'.ving a variety of color which shaded from palest gold to red. Hepplewhitc made many of these little settees for which he was famous, with shield backs many of them, and here too were painted the same designs which are associated with the name of Kauffmann. The commodes, which were shaped like a half circle, not only had a painting on the top but on the two doors of the lower part, and painted panels were in-serted in unlikely places, as in the backs of state beds, alcove beds, sofa beds, library bookcases, Pembroke tables, pier tables, sideboards, dock cases, knife boxes, standards for busts, all of which are shown in the designs in the makers' pattern books. Not only are the patterns for decorating the furniture gi.ven in the books but explicit directions for making the articles of furniture themselves, so that any cabinet~maker can follow them easily. The result of these concise direc-tions has been unfortunate for the modern collector. These beautiful pieces of old furniture have come into favor and the modern cabinetmaker has reproduced them in such abundance that there is a glut of them in the market and the unwary witI have them .palmed off on him at every turn. There is one thing, however, that cannot be reproduced and that is the soft mellowness that the paintings which were made a hundred years .ago have assumed, The crimsons and reds have almost gone and the other colors are so blended that they almost float into one another, You wiU not find drops of glue on the underside of a.ny of the old pieces, nor any nails, wooden pins only being used in the old furniture, There is a certain irregularity, too, which is lacking in the machine made reproductions and which is quite apparent in the real antiques. Sheraton in his "Cabinet Dictionary," published in 1803, mentions another style of painted furniture and one which is not often met with over bere. He says: "Hall chairs are generally made of mahogany, with turned seats, and the family crest or arms painted on the back." New Buildings and Fire Losses. Records and tabulations just completed show that the peop'Ie of the United States invested $604,960,000 in new buildings in the year 1906-a gain of two per cent over 1905. During the same year the fire Josses on buildings amounted to $500,000,000, which is larger than for any other year in the history of the country. F. Vv'. Fitzpatrick, president of the International Society of Building Inspectors, declares that nine-tenths of the losses in 1906 were due to faulty construc-tions. In otber words, had the buildings been of modern fire-proof construction the losses would have been about $50,000,000- instead of $500,000,000. Me Fitzpatrick claims that of the $226,000,000 invested in new buildings in Greater New York during the past year less than $25,000,000 was put into buildings that are even partially fire-proof. May Lobby Against "Reciprocal Demurrage," Western railroad presidents and officers of the Chicago Commercial Association are on record against the "reciprocal demurrage" laws proposed in congress and several state leg-islatures. At a conference held in Chicago recently they declared that the proposed law would be impracticable and would not solve the car shortage problem. Another con-ference is to be held soon to consider the matter of sending committees to Washington and to several state capitals, to oppose the proposed legislation. The LION VARNISH and SHELLAC WORKS KAREL DE LEEUW, Manager. 1475 State St., CHICAGO, ILL. ONE OF OUR SPECIAL TIES Lustreless Special Finish for Mission and Fumed Oak Furniture. Does not retain wax. A quick dryer and does not stick. Samples Furnislzed Oft Request. BRITAIN'S COMPENSATION LAW. Stringent Measure That Is to Become Operative July 1, 1907. Consul Albert llnl~t(:ad. of Birl11ingilam. submits ;t re-port OIl the enlarged ,.;cope oi the Dritish workmen':, com-pensation acl, which becomcs opcr:ltin' un July 1. The main features ,Ire <I.., 10][O\V';' The new act extend" compc!l;:;atioll ior illJuric:, to al-most the \vhole population, instead of the li11li:l'd \\"(ni{l'rs in dangeruus occupatioll";. It bring." CcrLlill di,,:c;t,:.:e'i \\-itlli1l the category of ·'accidcllts." It takes ;IW:t~ th~· Vt"l'';('l,t right of the employer to ,.;et up ,!S a c]cfen:-ie in e,lSes 1\·lJere de(1tl' or serious permanent IJlsabilit}· hilS resn)red from the :Icel-dent that the workman by \Ii:', :,>crions wll\ll\_\ m~:,>cO\v..lUct brought about the accidellt and the llljllry. The amOl,n[ of compensatioll \·ari,-,-,-; according to the' injtwy "nd the wages earned. If tlle ~lljlHY C\ebb dc-atl .. and the workman leaves p('rs()n~ wholly depeildent 011 ili:,: ~'arll-ings, the amOUI"H is a sum equa] to the wages e«rned ill the same ernployrncm during the three preYiOl]:', years. or $,:W, \-vhicl1ever is the greRlcr \Vherc the accident causc,.; total or partial dis;tbicmeill. a weekly payment 110t cxceetling it ($4.86) is provided, but othei'wisc i.t llliL}' 1)(' ally :',Ulll up to half the aver;lgc' weekly ea:'ning,; of the \\·orkman. The act m:ty at lirst \york S01l1~' hardship :'Llny :;iJ1illl shopkeepers or householder:" m;\y fee: it \'cry incolln'nicllt to lnake a \veekly p'.lymcnt of $:2.1." or $:!,--I-:; to some injured servant Thcre is no w,ly of making- it ;'. it'i'm in the C()l1tl:lCt of employment that r:o C0I111)('1l."al;on ."1J;dl be p,:y;dJ1c or tlHlt the sen';lllt is to lake all ri"ks, ,wd the aiterllatin' to d;rectJiability in some form of in~L1rance. Employer:; l111ht, therefore, take steps to PUl leir hOl1sc" in ortll'r·· dl1ril~f{ the next felv illollths. The Binnillg::latn Cham])':!" ()f COtHllle,:c(" 1JrOjlo,:('.~' tC, urge nation,l] in;;ur;\llce 011 the Gcrlll,lll pl;lll :IS ,I sl1b;;titutc Another Point to Remember If you place YiJur announcements in the MERCANTILE EDITIONS of the ARTISAN they will be read by DEA.LERS in fURNITURE and KINDRED GOODS ONLY. fo~' the nc\v law, and mellloliaL~ looking l11ereto arc to be :Iddrc;;;;cd to the Govern11lent officials. 111 Germany the employer be"r." a;1 the co:,t 01' accident insurance; thc work-men Iw,lr two-thirds of lhc co:,:t of sickness insurance, the remaining one-third falling on the employer, an.:] the State ,;u!J,;;dizes the old-ag-c in~t!rance funds contributeJ by thc working· classes. Manufacturers Urged to Visit South America. I·' L. RocJ,;\,·o()d, .\mericall vice Consul-C;eneral at Bo-gota, Columbia, writcs the Bureau of ::V1allufactllrers at \\'ash-ingtoll, calling" :Ittelllion of manufacturers to the imparlance of making- personal visits to South America portS He says: "l-Jeads of .-\merican linns making such visits would ple'l::.e the importers. merchants, and bankers, and they wouid recein' a welcomc that could not be accorded to a traveiing representative, and the effect aftet\'vards would ahva)-:s be in their favor. "Ye,~, we know bim personally." is far-reach-ing \vhen Olle understands the customs of the Spanish-Amer-ican race. l'ersonally knowing and seeing these South Amer-ican centers, [he heads of the firms would be enabled to act intelligently, with a clear understanding of the conditions al1d needs. it would also prcvcnt conhtsed and crroneous idc;t-~, alld furnish a kflO\vledgc that would enable them suc-ce~ sfllily to win the markets and hold them. "To ,\meriC<lllS living in the South American rq:rubli.c5 thc past ten years has shown that the American 111lionaI cn:nrs hayc been directly rending to muke us more and h,:ctter blown in SOlHh America, strongly hdpcd by tile lar-':-ilg'1tcJ ;lC;lds of OtH cOllntry, who ;Ire opening the way and urging the attention of the /\merican manufacturer to the great com-me rei,,': hattle ground of the Twentietb Century. Tltos'o' who \\";11 visit ;lIJd become known personally will benefit them-seh'e~ and their country' There is ;l wcekly p".,;sCl1gcr steamshi.p servicc from \T (;w York to San Juan. Porto Rico: CU:',1CHl, Dutch \Vest Tl1dies, aIllI L;l GU<lir;l. Venez~tc:la '\ connecting line of ste;t1ncrs nil,S to l\lerto Cabello and \Jaracaibo, Venezuela. O~her lines and coastwise steamers ellable Americans to reach most uther Iloillt~ in northern South \mcrica. German Workingmen's Insurance, CnilC(l St,l[e~ Consul Ilallllah. writing from .\Iagdel-llltrg-. ~ays ,1J;lt the twcnty-I:lfth annivcrsary of the founding e,f tbe \\-nrkillgmcn's ill:-:l1L\l1Ce hy Emperur \Villi;'1ll I. \Va,;: n'l·~'lltly cc·kbrated Thi:,: i1l~tlr:-lllCc, -which i,; compulsory. i" designed to ~lssist the laboring c:asses w~len t'ley are inca-p: lcitated for \vork, owing to acc:denl. sickw'ss or old age'. :111.1h,lS grUIyIl ill the pa"t t\\"cnty-ilve ye;Hs to he one of the large'S! ;111(.1lllo,;t benciicial system;;; of insurance evcr cle\'iseJ [)urillg: this period over $:Li:2.()()()jl()O has been paid ont to (i'UJOIi.OOO jleople. The sm;,lI premiums for this insuranc{' arc paid by the cancellation of stamps. 23 Out' Chunps reoeived GOLD MEDAL at World'. Fair. St. Lout •. 'Write for prices and particulars. BLACK BROS. MACHINERY CO. MENDOTA, ILL. VENEER PRESS (Patented June 30,1903.) CHAIN CLAMP (Patented Ju.ne30,1903.) CABINE1' CLAMP. WADDELL MANUFACTURING CO., GRANDRAPIDS,MICH. SAY YOU SAW THIS AO IN THE MiCHIGAN ARTISAN, FEBRUARY 10TH E.DITION. "No-Kum-loose" Mission Knob (PATENT APPLIED FOR) This is the latest style in Mission Knobs. It is m;,.de in plain and quartered oak, and takes the same finish as the drawers it is designed to go on. We make a toilet screw to match. We also make the uNo-Kum-Loose" Knobs in birch, maple, walnut and mahogany in many sizes and styles, and carry in stock a full line of Quartered Oak, Walnut and Mahogany, 801l0n Band Saw Filer lor Saws % inch up. Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools lr;e"~!;~la~~~,~~~t Baldwin. Tuthill eEl. Bolton Grand Rapids. Mich. Filers. Setters, Sharlleners. Grinders. Swages. Stretchers. Brazill" and Filing Clam~s. Knife Balances, Hammering fools. [nvel:tf:~~our New 200 page Catalogue for f'~o6Free. B. T. 8& B. Shle D. Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry ___ . OFF[CESi------~----------~-- B08ton New York Jam.eatown High Point Cincinnati Detroit Grabd Ra.plds Chicago St. Louis MlftfteapoU. Associate Offices BondBOftded AttOl'De:r8~In all Prlftclpal clUea REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC· TJONS MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT •.. WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHKRE: OTHERS FAIL WRIT!! FOR PA.RTlCULARS AND '"OU WILL SHND us Y OUR BUSINESS. Our Com.pt.lnt and Adjustment Department Red D1-att. ColJect H. J. DANHOF. Michlg"" Manager. 24 A New Year Pointer Get in line with new year methods. OUf machines have valuable features that can't be shown in pictures that greatly increase production and give uetter quality of output. WHY NOT WRITE TODAY? STURGIS MACHINE CO. STURGIS, IIIICH. THEY LEAVE NO STUMPAGE. Lumbermen Whose Business Depends on the Vagaries of the "Big Muddy." The "Old }[issunri" is a ra\'CtloltlS creature. It thinks nothing of devouring a whole farm, crops and all, in a single month. It has been known to nibble away at a tract of tim-ber or at a fertile cornfield for years until it had eaten it alL One of its dirty tricks that counts, says th>2 "Omaha VVor1d-Herald," is to bur,y huge block::; of \vood for 11l1lldred,.; of yc,al'3 until they arc: "vell seasoned and then, during the June risc, triumphantly wash them out again ;we! deposit them on a handy bar for some fortunate lumberman to tie up and saw into valuable lumber. Marshall Hamilton and his brother, C. C. Hamilton, have a s.aw mi1.l 01' the river front cast of F\on:ncc, "\\"here they sa\-v the logs they catcb in the drift when the June rise comes, Aoating the big prizes down the river. It '..V8.S back in the early '60s when ~Ltrshall IIamiltoll and his father were rafting up the river that he made a dis-covery- a disco\-ery that rne;:l1lt money for hinl.. "You sec." he said, "the :l\Iissouri Riner is worse thall a woman for changing her mind abOllt things. She'll run along peaceable enough for a year or two. rippling away o\'cr t11e bends and curves as happy as }Iike \vith Jake's boots all. Then, aU of a sudJen, she'll takc a big bend ,:Lnd <::ut right tlnough it and make a new channel, lea\'ing the dead, clear water to lake care of itself. Tint is how <Ill these lakes were former! aroUrld here. She'll eat out big trecs and they'll fall and sink to the bottom and ten or a dozen years later, or maybe fifty or a hundred, she'll romt'ern out ~lgaill and send 'em floating down the river as drift, "'Long in the GOsmy father and T noticed a bi.g cotton- ·wood tree growing out of a tangle of logs. The roots had twined down ;'end around those logs like the love vine crawls around the weeds in the timber. The tree itself ·was fully 1M! years old. counting its rings. It ,vas just "vest of here, right near where Florence is, and \ve examined it with interest. The river was having onc or its sulky lits [ll1(J making up lts mind to Cllt a new dlanncl 'l.11d to 1ea\'e the old one. YVe watchc(l it day by day until the vigorolls cotion,vood was washed. out and. fel1 into the river. Then carne the June rise, and when it was over nearly two dozen big co!ton\\rood logs rose out of the bank where thcy lwd been buried more than 100 years and came floati.ng down stream. ''It didn't take us long to tie tl"1C"ml.LP ;l" fast as tbe .... carne. They cut up into beautiful logs and dressed into one lumber with a peculiar hluis11 tint. Some of those logs ran all the way from 1,000 to 1.400 feet. being three feet in diameter. I've been at the work ever since. \Ve put up our own saw mill and last year I sent om 40,000 feet of lumber. "How do we catch them? \,Vell, we watch the bars for them. As the river encroaches on onc side it recedes from the other <111<th.1e "ubmergcd logs are ..v.ashed out. A pecuL-iarity abol1t [hem is that the soil seems to have some property that preserves them pedeetly. They are hard and firm when we dig them out. The bluish tinge comes from a kind of blue clay in which they are buried. This 'lumber takes '1- hne polish and rni.ght he used for many th~ngs. So far we have sold it only for boxes and saddle trees. There is a sa~ldle tree company in East Omaha that uses it almost ex-c: lllsively, claiming that it makes the very finest of trees, "Then it goes into boxes of different kinds. ?v1any a box made out of cottonwood logs that had been bur1ed 10l"1g before the Lc·wis and Clark expedition through here went ovn to the Boer war and to ~lanila and Cuba filled with things to eat. "The man who discovers the log and 'ties it up,' as we say. is the owner of it. Some SCa5Dl1S when the June rise is 011 we get the logs as fast as we can tie and go after them. Sometimes they come two or three apart and we must be ready and waiting for them. vVe generally know where there is a lot of the submerged ones and calculate just how far they will drift and where they will land. "The 1Jissouri River is famous for its big cottonwood trees First, there comes a growth of willows abollt. a new bend in the ri\'cr aml after awhile these seem to die out and the cottonwoods take their place, They grow rapidly .l.ud soon form a dense timber. Yes, indeed. I often look at thc.~e big logs as we saw them up and think of the many years they haH been buried 'in the mud and of the tragedies and comedies they have witnessed in the days before the white man fdled the country. Mr. Dryden Goes West. .A.s a result of negotiations conducted during the January furniture sea"on, E. E. Dryden, the well-known Grand Rap-ids de~igner. has gone to San Francisco, where h(', is con-nected 1vith the firm of D. ='f. & E, ""Valter, one of the largest fUtl11ture hm,ses on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Dryden began designing furniture in Grand Rapids twenty-two years ago. He kcpt pace with the progress of the business and had much to do with the constant improvement of the grade of Grand Rapids flll'niture. II e was employed first by the Phoenix and later by the Stlckley and \Viddicomb co1t1panie.s. DU!lng the past four or five years he has worked independently for (~rand Rapids and outside factories, In San l'"rancisco his lield will be broadened as the \Valtcrs' are now giving much attention to special contracts for complete interior designs for finishing and furni5hing in the styles of various periods and as 1{r. Dryden in addition to his experience as a designer, was educated and had early training as an architect, he is well fitted for such work. -- --------------------------- 25 Qran~Uapi~sDlow Pipe an~Dust Arrester (ompan~ THE LATEST device for handling-shavings and dust from all wood-working machines. OUf eighteen years experience in this class of work bas brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we ha've several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed Systew, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for OUf prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX· PENSE,TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 206-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICtl. Cltizen. Phone 1282 OUR AUTOMA.TIC URN ACE FEED SYSTEM. 26 WE ALWAYS HAVE IT IN STOCK WALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 ROTARY CUT BIRCH VENEER In thickness 1-30", 1-28', 1-24' and 1-20'. Other thicknesses cuI 10 arder. THE BEST BIRCH THAT EVER WAS CUT. G RAN D RAP IDS, M I CHI G A N FURNITURE FRAUDS. Tricks in Trade Practiced by Sharpers Who Trap the Unwary Bargain Huntf:r. Olh~ day there came: lllto the \\';lrcr00111S of ;l jurniture manufacturing e;,:,t~blishmellt in an E'1.stern city a lllan VdlO asked to see parlor~sl1ite frames, aud. havi.llg been shown them, selected it cheap 5et and inquired the price of iL made up ill showy, incxpeIlsiH' co\"cring :11lr] "tuffed \\'lth k:y. Tile surprised salesman lleYCr had recei,'cr.! StH.:h ~lll order ]lCturc. but, there heing 110 good rea.~(1n why he should not till il if the customer so desired, be named a price, which. alter ",owe haggling, was accepted and the bJ.rg~in closed. The suite was duly finished and sent C. O. D. to'd \'aCL\Ht house in a good quarter of the city, where it was n'cci\'ed by the buyer ill person and paid for. It wa;; not till se\'cr(1J weeks later, and by accident then, that the furniture firm di:"- covered just \vhat tlle purcllaser was up lo. It seemed that he was in the habit of hiring-tor a few (bys unoccupied hOllses in respectable localities, stockillg tl1(~rn hurriedly 1vit11 trashy but outwardly attractivc furnishing,;, «11,.1 thell advertising: ;\ forced sale of thcm at a11 enOfmous s<lcrifice Oil tlte r(:l1fe-sentatiol1 that the OWlier either died or had beell obliged to leave to\Vil suddenly, or that for sO!11e other impcrati,·c rca-son the contcnts of the !louse must be disposed of ;It once quite regardless of eost. It i:-; hardly necessary to ;;;IY that the buyer was the victim of the "sacrifice." Another easy g;flllle, played some ti.me ago on tllc too-credulous houscv.'ives in a certain surburball COH1l11111lity, though not fillUl1cialIy serious ill its COl1"eql1Cl1Cb, wa,,; rati\(;r humiliating to the victims, Thc example more il11111ediZltely under notice is thi,,: One en'ning, \vhen the n1(l1l of the house retnmed from his <laily grin(l in t)]e city, he was grcet-ed by his wife with a rad.i;\llt Lice and the glad announcement that she had sold all "that old furniture that had ben1 cum-bering up the attic for years-~and <It pcrfect1y :splendid price:-;, too," It appe;ucd that an itinerant dealer had called al the door and asked if they bad all:y old furniture they would like to sell, As there happened to be in the house cOl1.;icleral)]e lumber of that desc:ription she had il1\"ited him il1 and had sold it to him \Vi.th astonish-illg rcadillb5 he 11ad bOllgl1t two bedsteads at five doibrs each, and a dOl/<'n cane-seated chairs at 1\.\'0 dollars. "Did you get yuur money:" ;\sked the ;;u,;;piciollS lmsb'l11d, wIlen the glowing recital W8S finished. ";\0, nol yet-except a dollar for tint old broken table that stood -in t11C corner of the sitting-room: he touk Lll;\t with him and said he WOl,.itd call for the other thing-.; later ,Iud pZly thcn" Ah. I sec," C011l111ellted the suddenly-enlightened mall of the house; "\'ery much later it \Vill 1)e, r t!jillk .you'll lind:' His surmise \Vas correct. The broken table wa;,; a gen-uine antique and, with a little repairing, coulJ prob,\bly be , sold for twellty dollars or more; the other al'licles were al~ JllO~t absoLutely valuele~.s except as brewood; and it is necd~ ]e.~;; to add that the vV'ily dealer, having secured the only prize in that trusting <.lame's collection, entirely omitted to call fot' tlte trash he had pretended to huy at such generous prtces, Death of Charles A. Greenman. Charles ..\.. Greenman. a prominent furniture manufac-ttlrer of Grand R.apids. :.\Jich .. died at lJis hOtlle in that city all Jalluar.y :;0. nged fony-;;ix- years. He was (I victim of typholll {eyel'. ),[r. Greenman had E'I'ed in Grand Rapids siller he ,vas eight years old and most of his life was spent in the furni-ture factories, After \\'orkillg in 'various factories until hl: gained knowledge of nea rly all methods and details of the business he engaged in !ll1sine,,;,,; fOJ" himself and for the past few years was president find manager of the Charles A, Greenn1an Furniture Company and the Gr<lwl Rapids "Vood Carving Company, both s\1cceS3i\ll concerns. ::'Ifr. Grcenman \vas also vrorninent in Hntnictp<l1 affairs. He had servcd acceptably as a member of the Board of Pub-lic \Vorks. a most important branch of the city government, since :.\1ay. 1906, having been appointe,1 to the position by lI.1ayor Ellis. \11'. GreCl11l1an was born in 18,i() near TJtin. ); Y .. and his parents moved to Grand Raplds i1lISGS. T-Ie was mar-ried in 1,;.;86 to }[attic A. Dosch who surYlves him with two d<ll1ghtcrs and one son, The funeral took place on Saturday, Febrnary 2, under the alLSpices of the }Tasonie order in \v1Jich lie had reached the rhirty-second degrec He was also a member of tbe Forc-:'>ters 'illll the tIodcrn Vi,:oodmcn W110 \vere largely represented at the funeral ;,s were the nHll1iclp;\\ officials. Michigan's New Railroad Commissioner, :'Ilichigan has a new railro;ld <:ommissloner-c. L. Glas-gow- who has promised to give at least half of his time, nights, Sundays and holidays cxcluded. to th~ duties of the office. J-Ie anllOtlncCS that he will begin by tackling the ca.r s110rtagc problem and hisl1rst move will bc to ask the rail-roads what llas been done and wl1at they afC now doing to correct the trouble. "J witt also take. cognizance," says 1Ir. Glasgow, "of complainrs thal Slnne large shippers are bei.tlK ShO\V11 [0:\\-,01'5. and that ill S0111e places where there arc 110 competing "ail-roads. cars arc denied shippers of hay and produce when they arc furnished for competing shipments in large cities." The ncw commissioner sees the rorcc of his predeces-sor'" argurnellt that cars shm:l\d be returned to tl1e roads owning tllelll, but declares that if the railroads are compe11ed to ren1l'1l them empty the capacity of the roads fot' handling loaded shipmenls \,,-ill be diminished just that much. - - ----------------------- 27 Grand Rapids Parlor Frame Co. Designers and Makers of High Grade Parlor Frames Period Styles in Mahogany Parlor Suites, Davenports, Couches Write for STYLES and PRICES FACTORY: Corner Front and Myrtle Streets. Gtizens Phone 1107. / 10 Spindle Machine Al&Omade with 12, 15, 20 aDd 2,.. Spindles. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACl1lNE Thi!l little machine has done more to perfect the drawer work of furnitlll"e manufa~turer8 than RllJ'thing else in the furni-ture teade, }<'Qr l1iteen yellrlJ it bas made peJ'1e>ct-.fittinZ, -"ennin-proof, dove-tailed stock a possibility. 'J'bls has been aC(~omplisbed at rednced cost, as the machine cuts dOl'e-tails in glUlgS of frOnl 9 to 24 at one oPeration. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand Rapids. Mich. Represented by SCHUCJIAROT it SCHIITTE at Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm and 8t. Petersbnrg. Represented by ALFRED H. SCHUTTE at Cologne, Brus-selB, Ljege, PariB, Milan and Bilbao. TABLE LEGS That is the question; and a big one, too. How do you turn them? How many does one man turn a day? How good are they and are they uniform? Just take a little time and let these questions soak in. Because you may be making the tops pay the -expense of the manufacture of the legs. Your profits are -then cut down. Make thecoJit of manufacture of the different parts balance. One man with a No.5 TABLE LEG MACHINE will turn out more and better work in a day than can possi-bly be done by six hand turners. The saving in time anti labor is what makes that balance we were just talking about. Now, don't say "lilat sounds pt'~tty goOd"and let it shp your mind. JU8t write us today, C. MATTISON MACHINE WORKS, 863 FUtb St •• Beloit. Wis. 28 P. H. Reddinger Carving Worl\$ (Formerly Oincinnati Ca1'1;ing Works of Cincinnati. 0.) CAU"I::NGS IInd VrRNITURE ORNAMENTS of all kinds, l!:VANS\'II.LE. IKD. By sending me a small order J will convince YOll that I am the man who can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THE BUSINESS. INSIST ON HAVING MorrisWoo~a ~ons' ~oli~ ~teel OIueJoint (uNm for there are no other.r Of ju.rt a,J' good." They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD &. SONS Thlrty.two year'll at 31-33 S. Canal Street. CHICAGO.ILL. "Rotary St"le" tor Drop Car,;ings, EmboB8ed :Mouldiogs, :Panellil. EMBOSSINC AND DROP CARVINC MACHINES. llachines for oIl purposes. and lit prices within the reach of nil. F~vel'YmachIne hils our guarantee IIguiust brfOft'kftgefor one year, "Laterlll Style" for huge (~lllllldty heavy Can'lug .. IInd Deep J<~mlo....ing!4. 'Ve have the l\-!lIchhle you want at a saU ..factory price. Write for descripti\'e circulars. Also make dies for ull makes 01 Ma-cbines. UNION f'MBOSSING M~C"INf' CO" Indianapolis, Ind. MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER &. VENEERS SPECIALTIES: ;AL,,('fE:TIQUAR. OAK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main St., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 29 USE A MORTON KILN IT WILL END YOUR DRY KILN TROUBLES Does not warp or check lumber. THE MOST PERFECT MOIST AIR KILN ON THE MARKET. TRUCKS, CANVAS DOORS, RECORD-ING THERMOMETERS and other sup-plies. Write for catalog H which tells HOW TO DRY LUMBER. MORTON DRY KILN co. 218 LA;SALLE ST., CHlCACO. PALMER'S~~~- Patent Gluing Clamps Are the most successful PtUng ChkmPBWade For the followin. reasona They clump lnstantlly any width of dimemdon stock, DOad~ justing clamps to fit t,he work, th8Y hook at once to the desired width, Released Instantly-throw out the lever aDd take them ote. The work Cfl,Dbe removed as flut as It can be handled. As the clamp is placed over the work and lockll Into tbe Doe below it, the draw is alike on botb side>!, pl'evtlnts aU springing no matter bow wide the stock may be. Impossible for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge and CIlUDot be mo'\'ed when clamp ilj (~llJEled,hall1ll1er all you like. UnUmited power; great strength and durability; malleable lrOD and steel; the knuckle joints are socket Joints, not rivet&. Although the best they eQSt you Jes8. For furthi'll' information 8Elk for catalogue Ne:-. 4. A. E. Palmer. Owosso. Mich. (Engine Pa.tented.) Engine Satisfaction Assured by the use of our VERTICAL, SELF-OILING ENGINES (Type A). Regarding their experience with them the Marietta (Ga) Cbair Co., write: "In regards the TVPE A Engine of your make that we are using, beg to say this engine has been in operation for about fourteen months, and has been the most satisfactory. piece of machinery we have ever run for that length of time. \Ne use it to drive two light dynamos, and are get-ting most excellent results from it," Our descriptive matter i. yours for the asking. American Blower Co., --DETROIT--- New York Atlanta Lon(lon 30 FREIGHT RATES FINELY FIGURED. Loss of a Mill per Ton per Mil~ Would Bankrupt Many Railroads. .i\ddrcssing the Railway Employes' Transportation Club of Chicago, recently, :\, B. Stickney, president 01 the Chicago Great \-Vestern R"ilway, a mall noted for his conscrvati\-e views, declared that a reduction of freight rates of one mill a ton a mile \'.1ould ,:\'ipc Ollt a1l the dividcnds earned by the greatest and most prosperous r<lilroads in the country. After quot11lg ngures Sllowi11g the average T3te of interest on bonds: and dividends 011 stocks pai,j by the leading rail-ways, AIr. Stickney showed thal in IS9~, the year of greatest depression, the average ratc of interest ,..'as 4.2C1 per CCllt. <llH] the average dividends 1.93 per cent. [n 190,j, the most pro:-;- perous year, the average interest rate was :Ujti pCr cent and the average dividend rate 3.0::! per cent. "There is no other business in tl1e cOUlliry," he said, which is done on so small C\ l11ar~ill of protit as ;-\.02 pcr cem dividends. 1\0 other invested capital get:- :-0 small returns as the capital invested in railroads, and the tonnage carried 1S so large that a reduction of the insigl1ificallt a1l1011l1l of half a cent a hundredweight on a lOO-mile lwul would deprive the stockholders or railways of all dividelH.ls. "Such a decrease of one mill per ton mile would have substantially the same effect upon all the great lilles, and pnt into bankruptcy mo.~t of the rninor lines ill the competitive t('{"r1tory e.xtending from the AtI<:Illt\(' to tll(' ~r\s::;,o\\Ti riVeT and from the Gulf to the Great Lakes' Heavy Disbursements This Month. Xcw York dividend and interest payments ior February \vill far exceed similar disburscments in the qm(' month a year ago, the total being $82,927,48;). Tile agf);regate of diy-idend stockholders will recei\'e this month $;'Hi,26-1-,-1-99. as compared with $31,697,Hi4 a year ago, while that of interest is $;!6,fHi2.986. as against $21.6,'1,1,874 in the corrcsponding month of 1906. Tl1(' difference in favor of this year is $:!D.- 540,047. Of these amounts, the steam r<lilroads will pay Ollt $25,- 417,708 in dividends.: the. tndllstri,d"" $:~;\,Rg7.jW,\. :\IH'\ the traction and lighting- companies, $-1-.9UI,OR2 In intncst thl steam railroads \\.'ill disburse $18.437,909, and miscellaneous corporations, $H,22-1-.087. The largest payment to be made by any 011(' corporation is that of the United States SteeJ Corporation, which "....il1 disburse $fi,30-1,!J16 as the preferred dividend The Great Nortl.H'_rn Railway Company pay~ $:-\,-1~14,864; Amalgamated Copper Cotl1[)any, $:U77,7110; Atchison, $2,85-1-,343; KortllerIl Pacific, $2,712,500; Boston & ::\ilontana Copper Company. $1,800,000, and the Pullm<:ln Company, $1,480,000, these all heing in dividends. 0111 interest paymcllts the !\ew York Celltr~l1 Jc'lds with $1,D2-1-.495. the Central Pacific coming next \vith $1 J02"ff\0. :L\lany increases in dividends are noted, the \malgam<.\led Copper COHl.pany and the Boston & };lonL':.ila Copper Company being the most prominent. Factory War on Commmption. Prominent mill and bctory owner.~ of Rhode Island and Southea::;tern 3.Tassachnsetts held a eonference recently and decided to unite in a movement to prevellt the spread of tuberculosis rtmong their cmployes, 1Nitll the hope that it rnay be ballished entirely. Among the leaders were representa-tives of the Lonsdale Cotton Company and the proposed method of procedure is illdicated hy notices postcd ill the Lonsdale mills. re(\ding as follmvs: Thi" c011l1l<\ny cksin.'s to do cH:rything in ilS l)Qwcr to c:xtenninate the disease of consumption among its employes. If proper precautions are exercised, this disease call be cured in its early stage." and its spread prevented, To this end the follnwing rule." are adopted: l'irst-That spitting" upon the Ooors of this mill 15 ab-solutely prohibited. Second-Thal all per:-ons troubled WitIl a cono.;tililt cough shall ~o report to the ovcrseer of the department and re-ceive from hinl a ticket for consultation with a p)lysici<lll at t\-"lC, expe1"l;>e of tlle company. Consumption becomes incurable only when it is neg-- Iected, and employes must see that it i~ greatly to their ben-dit to seek treatment and ({ch·ice which \vill not cost thet11 anything. It is hoped that all will co-operate with thc com-pany in its efforts to extcrmltute this disease. The LOl1~dalc Cumpany. Million Dollars for Each Work Day. The total value of tbe foreign trade---exporb and im-ports- of the United States in the calendar ye'lr HlOfi W:lS $:l,118.h57,lD:1. according to it bulletin is,~l1ed by the lnue;w of strttistics of the Department of Commerce and T ,abor. This "vas. an Increase of $:n~.8:~_l,8..J-8 (wer the 10LI1 ioy the prr-ceding year. of which $171,2:i7.HS was in exports ilnd $111, 51\4.700 ill imports. ),Janufactured articles exceeded those of the prC\'ious year by $57,()2R,2f1(), while articles partly man-ufactured increased $53,244,462, and crude materials for man-ufacturing increased $4:3.361,066. The exports of manufacturer! articlcs sho\ved a com-parati\" e increase of $50,251,-1-5<,). amI partly manlliaClnr(;(\, S:El.iS8.858, while foodstutYs, crude and manuL1ctllrec1, gained $[10. IClO.\I('\1 , BOBTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE. CANADIAN FACTORY, WALKERVll.U: ONTARIO CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, ST. LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO. BERRY BROTHERS' Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE TODAY FOR INFOFlMATION AND PFlICES. FINiSHED SAMPLES ON REQUEST. BERRY BROTHERS. LIMITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT NEW YORK, -- -- ------------------------------. 31 T"E BEST IN fACTORY TRUCKS IS REPRESENTED BY OUR No. 20 TRUCK. WHICH WILL BE - ---- ---- -- ~_. __ ..~---- .~._- ... _.- -_....._-._-._-. __._.~ ~FO-U-N--D--~JU-S-T~-T_H.E_-T-H--IN-G FOR GENERAL FACTORY USE Write fir New Catalog of Clamps, Cabinet Benches, Hand Scrrws, Etc. Making 'Trucks 'The Result of Fifteen Tears Experience 130 South Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY Johnson's Tally Sheet ----,FOR---- HARDWOOD LUMBER NOT LIKE OTHER TALLY SHEETS. C. A. JOHNSON, Marshfield, Wis. SEEKING A LOCATION? Do you want a point where an almost unlimited supply of oa.k, elm, maple, cntlOIlWOCld and gum timber is procurable nearby at n,asanable cost; where aistributing facilities to reach the prindpal markets of the COUt1tryare excellent; where Jabor conditio)]s are favorable and liberal inducements will be J1:'ivenby local parties to secure FURNITURE FACTORutS of all kinds. We could place ~'01.l to excellent advantage at one of the especially attractive op~iugs III Missouri and Arkansas, comhinlng the above leat~res along the ... \Ve will cheerfully answer inquiries reg:ardiog factory locations, etc.. thr()ughout the seveuteen States and Territories traversed by thc lines of the Rock Island-Frisco. Send for a copy of "Opportunities' and other literature regarding industrial openings, M. SCHULTER,Industrial Commissioner, Rock h;land~Frisco Lil\es, Frisco BUilding. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. Bear This Fact •In Mind YOU can present your claims lor trade to a larger number 01 buyers! 01 furni-ture and kindred goods through the mer-cantile edition. 01 the Michig!,n Art-i. an (mailed to dealers only), tha" is possi-ble by the use 01 any other lurniture trade paper. Write for rate carll. MACHINE I1.NIVES P£;'RFECT QUALITY RrGHT PRICES PROMPTi SERVICE ABSOL TE GUARANTEE Dado OJ'Groo",lng Heads. MUel' MaQblaes. Universal Wood Trimm rs, Boring MachInes. Etc. FOX ~ACHINE CO ,IS. N. F, •• , St. .1"".1. . • G!rand R.lllpid•• Mlch. ...-----------------------~--- 32 The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS O!" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets, Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves. OUf facilities for supplying furniture ma.nufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: extending New York Buft'alil ::\liullelipulis Ford Cit.v, DfJ,'eJlport BostoD Pbiladell)hia Cincillnnti St. T"ouh Atlanta KokolUO, Ind. Fa. High Point, l'to-. C. Crystal (:lty, l\fo. Also, our 22 jobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass, paints, varnishes aDd brushes a.nd arto located ill the cities nallH~dbelow: . New York-RudMll\ aud l':lJ.lldam StE>. Butrul~312-4-6-8 Pead st,reet. Dostou-41-49 SUdbury, 1-9 Bowker. sts. :Brooklyn-6S5 and 637 Fulton Street, (:hil'ago-H2-452 "'aba!lh A,'enue. I'hiladelphia-Fitcah-n Building, Arch ('In<'inllati-BroadwlIv and Court Sts, and Et,wenth Sts. St. I.ouis-Cor, ,th and I\larkct St8, Da"'cnport-HO-416 Scott Street. 31Innea(lotir;;-MO-510 8. Third st. ele\'clu;nd-149-51-G3 Si.',1l.eca.Street, netrolt-5;~-/'i5 Larned st., E. Omaha.-1G08-10-12 Harney 8tt'eet. Pittslmrgb-l<a-lU3 Wood Street. St. 1'aul-319-51 llUonesota Street. ~'IiIwaukee, 'll"is-492-494 Market 8t. Atlanta, Ga,-30, &2 and 34 S. Pryor St. Rochester, N. Y.-Wilder Building, I\lain Savannah, Ga.-745-749 Wheaton Street. and Exchange Sts. Kansll" City-Fifth and Wyandottli'J sts. Baltimor_221-22j W. Pratt Street. Birmingham, Ala.-2T1d j\.V(l.and 29th St. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGItNTS ,"01\ THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND RATS. WABASH INDIANA GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK CO. Office 321 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mfr5, af High Grade Wood Workers Vises AND Faclory Trucks Ouality and Price lalk in factory trucks ilnd we (311 interest you. \Vill you send us your address aod let us write you about them? Write/or PrieM. B. WALTER & CO. ~,""fa""""01 TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PR.ICES AND DISCOUNT SOMETHING NEW WE have perfected a new GOLDEN OAK OIL STAIN without the use of asphaltum or acid. This stain is the strongest and most pene-trating stain on the market. It entirely pene-trates the wood, leaving no surplus on the sur~ face to penetrate with the filler. Samples furnished on application. -- -~----- -=- \Ve ha'"e over 121lifferent styles of factory and warehouse tTucks to offer. also a complete lil,e of woodworking vises and benches. CRAND RAPIOS WOOD FINISHINC COMPANY 155-69 ELLSWORTH AVt .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Indianapolis. Indiana Write lor InformatlGn, Prit:es Etc· The Universal Automatic CARVING MACfflNE =::-:c=::: PERFORMS THE WORK OF =-:.----= 25 HAND CARVERS And doe$ the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand _____ . MADE BY -- --- Changes in Firms, Transfers, Etc. H. A. r .eete succeeds :\100re & Leete, Greene, 1a L. G. Cover, Dow City, la., sold out to \iV. C. Rolls. J. H. Hillen, Red \Ving, 11inn., solJ out to G. H. Cook. e. F. :VTumrna, Eagleville, 1'\10., sold OUt to F. Hitchcock. T. E. Cole, Grafton, "V'l. Va., succeeded by Cole & Cruise. George H. Hode succeeds C. \V. Golrnert, ]';ord}lcim. Tex. Belden Bros., Dalton City, Ill., sold Ollt to G. H. 'Nilson. 'Vm. (1'reen & Son, Eldorado, Ark, sold out to C. D. BaTton. Schab & Dixon, Beyer]y. 0., succeeded by Dixon & Twiggs. A G. Robinson, )l"elson, Neb., sold out to John A. Sheele:y. Solomon Bros., Lake Odessa, Mich., succeeded by O. .1\1. Bacheler. E. A. \Veng-ler.. Glasgow, Mich., succeeded by 'N. \Ven-gler & Son. J. B. Dillman & Son, Bloomington, Ill., sold out to Geo. \7'v'. Alexander. Vincent Griggs, Rockville, 110., succeeded by J. ),1. Griggs & Son. Sammons & Patillo, Stamford, Tex., sold to Morris, Means & \Vhittington. Gttthman Bros. Company, YoungstO'lNll, 0., sold out to the II. :rvlcElroy Company. T. E. Davis, 1Iiles Station, Tex., succeeded by the: J ones- McFadden Furniture Company. Cireat Success Furniture Company, Baltimore. Md., solJ to Stern & Co. of Philadelphia. Henry Kassing, St. Louis, ~10., incorporated as the Kas-sing Housefurnishing Company. Vilausatl (V'Vis.) Furniture Company, Harne changed to John Kiefer Furniture: Company. DQrne:r & Sappington, Kingman, Kans., succeeded by the Sappington & Eggleston Company. Klett Bros., Detroit, .Mich., succeeded by Klett & Cain. J. ""V. Hall (Snohomish Furniture Company) Snohomish, \iVash., sold out to Kinch & Son. Furni tune Fires. Devine & ),'IcGrail, cabinet makers, K ew York. R. E. Lewis, Fort \;Vorth, Texas. Loss, $2,500. Thomas ::\lurphy, Old Town, Maine. Loss, $8,000. Sl1llivan & Co., River Rouge, IHich. Loss, $4,000. Keller & Co., Eau Claire, vVis. Loss not reported. Schroeder & Dickinson, St. Pau'l, ]'\1inn. Loss, $3,500. Bell Dana Company, Columbus, Ohio. Loss, $32,000. Syracuse Bedding Company, Syracuse, :\1". Y. Loss, light. B. F. Lockwood, Alliance, :\"eb. January 18. Loss severe. D. L. Foster Furniture Company, Lafayette, Ind. Loss, $200. Robbins Table Company, Owosso, Mich. Dry kilns burned. Horrocks Desk Company, Herkimer, }J. Y. Dry kiln burned. Shilling & Da\'v'son, Gallitzin, Pa. Loss, total; partially insured. H. L. 1I·1cElroy & Co., Youngstown, Ohio, January 20. Loss, total. DuBois & Dickinson, Los Angeles, Cal., ] 8.nuary 19. Loss, $7,500. George Goldenberg, Norristown, Pa. \Varehol1se. Loss, total. Insured. Thomas Kelsall Company, 'Cincinnati, Ohio. Factory plant destroyed. 33 Blow Piping. The advantages of baving a woodworking factory properly piped up for disposillg of the shavings and dust are so many that it is surprising· that even now one occasionally meets with ;J mon \vho is not suFficiently owake to realize it, Then there are otbers who, in their anxiety to save a few hundred r!o11;lrs\vill httllt for the firm or company who will give them the lowest prices. These finns are usually long on promises and short on fulfillments ready to promise anything in order to make a contract, and then in order to save themselves from loss put in poor Inaterial and still poorer construction. ..:\.case in point came to the .v..riter not long since. A cer-tain manufacturcr asked for lIgures from the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company for piping a furniture
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and GRAND RAP1D5 LiBRARY Twenty-Ninth Year-No. 24 JVNE llS. 1909 Semi-Monthly .,...--- --_ .._"/_.,4 __ :.. _ -wenre i9inntors nol iJiilors GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR COMPANY ---_._--., I I GRAND RAPIDS ESTABLISHED 1872 I High Grade Goods at Medium Pric~s ( WE DO NOT MAKE CHAIRS) ' I~-"-------_._--"---_._---------+-----c-----_ ... ! I Our Line Ready Thursday, June 24th 19091 GOODS SHOWN AT FACTORY ONLY ! ----- WE MAKE ----~ Sideboard. Bookca.e. Hall Glasses Buffets Library Table. Hall Tables ServingTable. Hall Racks Den Cabinet. Cbina Clo",t. Hall Seat. Hou.e Desks Mosie Cabinet. Ceda, Lined Che.ts (Take TaylorSt, ClU' North Iu Tr.via Ave.) r- - -_._~II Royal Furniture I ~ I Company II I III I II1 It ,II II ,I IIIII GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Dining Library Bedroom Suites HALL CLOCKS in "Colonial" Style NEW ADAPTATIONS Ready fir Inspection JUNE 24 I '1909 •it II SHOWN AT I I FACTORY I SALESROOM •I I III I II t I ~ • MICHIGAN ARTISAN 1 Will You Join ----------------------_.-. the Ranks? f , III ,II II ,,I II II IIIIIII I!II :, Good impressions arc the most la:sting. Hence, it behool'cS Dealers as well as .l\Jlanufacturers to ex-hibit to the Puhlic articles that impress them as being better than the other fellow's. The Laycock line has this reputation and thot/sands of prosperous dealers are enjoying this merited reputation with us. YVewould like for you to join the ranks. }Iake a showing of Ollr Beds on your floor. The impressions and expre:;sions 1vill cnthuse you. OUf finish and designs are not only the best! but 've cxcell in v,rorkmanship, clean smooth chills and the best reversible side rail connections on the market. Write for catalog illustrating- complete line. OUR LINE Brass Beds Iron Beds Brass and Iron Cribs Institntion Beds Steel Couches and Davenports Child's Upright Folding Beds Child's Stationary and Folding Cribs Cradles Metal and Wood Folding Cots Spiral and Woven Wire Springs It may not be generally kno\vn by Dealers that the Lacquer finish on Brass Beds is of much impor-tance. That's a mistake. It's the most essential fea ture of a Brass Bed. VFe use 011 all of our Brass Beds, the Old English hot process. Each coat of Lacquer is thoroughly baked on, thus assuring- an elegant and permanent finish that will last. Continuous exhibit of our Complete Line at Factory Sales Room. Many new and original designs now ready for July buyers. Call and see us, The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.. I "------ . No, 583 CHILLESS 2 IN, STEEL PILLAR BED. I ) r-------- - ------ - - - 2 MJCHJGAN ARTISAN I The Posselius Bros. furniture Mfg. c;'- III , II ,, I, II , L DETROIT, MICHIGAN Will make the finest display of DINING EXTENSION TABLES IIII !! II I ever offered by us, at our display rooms, 2d floor, Manufacturers' fxhibition Building, 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago I•II I I I~--------------------------- All of our Pedestal Tables are fitted with the famous DUO-STYLE LOCKS Representatives-Frank A. Kuney, ]. O. Kemp, H. ]. Armstrong. • ---- -- -- --~~ ·dlCHIGAN ARTISAN r------------------------------------~-----------------------------------·--------------. IIIII! IIII !,I ,IIIII III ,!I I,,II IIIII ,II I .Manistee Mfg. Co., III I II ,I ,I I I IIII I,,II I II :I IIII IIII ,I , III I I I I,I ,I ,I ,,,I II I, I, II~---------_. No. 15 Dn.:'sser Wardrobe. Manistee, Mich. No. 17 Dresser Wardrobe. Makers of BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE. OUR JULY, L909. CATALOGDffi NOW HEADY; FOR DEALERS ONLY GOOD DESIGNS, MEDIUM IN PRICE AND WELL FINISHED. At 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, we ~how our full line the year round. We can make prompt delivery for any mixed ..:ars out of Chicago, MIlwaukee or Grand Rapids. Send us your inquiries. No. 14 Ohifforobe IL No. 15 Chifforobe. 3 I III I,, II I,I , I II ,,,II III , I III I IIII I!I I II I I I I j J 4 MICHIGAN ARTISAN •,IMichigan Chai; Company 1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I \ 1500 II SAMPLE !I CH A IRS On Exhibition At Michigan's Foremost Chair Factory. We take great pleasure in offering to The Trade for the Coming Season the best and most desirable assortment of patterns we have ever been privi-leged to display. Right up to date! Nothing left undone. Ready! On the opening day, June 24th, '09, and at your service always. 1500 I SAMPLEII cl H A I RS ~~mI909 Michigan Chair Company I GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN East eha>. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton Representative Salesmen: South W. R. Penny West Chns. B. Parmenter Robt. G. Caldtr M. M. Laramy , . -------------------- -- - MICHIGAN ARTISAN --_._---.,II If f I ...-- --"",'.---------------_. Grobhiser-Cabinetmakers Cos. Manufacturers qf MATCHED DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SUITES In QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, CIRCASSIAN WAL-NUT .nd CROTCH MAHOGANY. Also large line Extension, Library, Directors', Office, Den and Odd Tables. Book Cases and Ladies' Desks. SALESROOM: Second Floor Manufacturers' Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ...-----_. -----------------------, -------~ I ----------_._----_. Luce..Redmond Chair Company, Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Office Chairs, Dining Chairs. Reception Chairs and Rockers. Slipper Rockers. Colonial Parlor Suites. Desk and Dressing Chairs. In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Birch. Bird's-eye Maple, Quartered Oak and Circassian Walnut. Line on sale in Manufacturers' Building, Grand Rapids. Mich. ...._- ------------ 5 I ---------- -~ -- .\IICIIICi\:\ ARTISAN The Duostyle Question Solved Tyden's latest invention is the climax of the mechanical features which have made the pedestal dining table the most popular and satisfactory style of dining tables It is one of the greatest inventions that has ever been applied to extension dining tables, because it does something that has never been done before, but for which there has been a great demand from the manufacturer, dealer and the consumer. The pedestal of a table equipped always under the center of the top with this device does not have to so it cannot tip over, and the ped-be opened or unlocked when the estal halves are locked together so top is extended to permit insert- they cannot spread apart and the ing and locking in place, one, .two tab I e r U i n e d by war pin g .. or three leaves-the pedestal is This has been brought about by The Tyden Duostyle Lock , the latest invention of E. Tyden. The value was so apparent that it was immediately adopted by the leading dining table manufacturers in the United States, and now every dealer can buy dividing pedestal dining tables fitted with the new T)' den Duo sty I e L 0 c k WITHOUT It fastens the tllble top to the pedestal 80 the pedestalT is always in . the center of the table and permits of the table being opened to admit one, two or three leaves, llnd securely locks each in position with. Out open- T". iog the . pedestal. Of course the table can he extended further if desired by opening the base. EXTRA CHARGE If a dining table is fitted with the Tyden DuoatyJe Lock it mean.: Satisfaction A Guaranteed Lock Pedestal always under center of table top Top cannot be pushed ov:er to one side Leaves can be locked in Top is locked to pedes. tal Base is locked WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE The lock i. part of the table when you bu.y it. The dividing pedestal is also locked on the inside~ so the halves cannot be spread at the bottom, ~ thus: nor the ta~le topsagln the middle. The Tyden Duostyle Lock will be found on eighty pei cent of the pedestl.l dining cables made in the United States and will be shown on the samples in the July mar-ket. Be Sure to Investigate This Lock Before You Place Your Order for Dining Tables this July. It Is Something That You Want to See I -------------- -- - - MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC and INEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING •• Rigbt Prices PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT WORK MICHIGAN ENGRA VING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN •, ShoWIlat Grand Rapid. Furniture Exhibition Building Pearl and Lyoll Streets ill the Udell Space L YOUR EXPENSES WILL BE ,PAID 1 CHICAGO By the .Extr. Pro You W1UMake If You Buy Nat: flUSH THAT BUTTON "1JLePuSl. Four Lines In One You can order some upholstered, some with loose cushions-all interchang, able. With foot-reat or without foot-reat -all interchangeable. CarJ one.quarter !!.much stock with !'2!!! times the selling power. THE wide-awake dealer who is looking for the biggest sales and best su cess in Morris Chairs, will take advantage of the Royal line. Royal chairs are natural sellers. Your customer can't get aW;jJ from the Royal, "the Push-Button Kind." You can do a prosperous Morr Chair business on a remarkably small investment if you handle Royal Chair because you have available in one line what you otherwise would have 1 carry four lines to secure. The push-button feature takes the Royal away from the old-fashion~ l\.Iorris Chairs, and makes it a bigger and much easier sellel Chai c -------------------------------- - DUR EXPENSES WILL BE PAID TO .!.RAND RAPIDS BYoyu.hWeI~llxM.r.akPerofib nally Advertised ~uttonKind U Your salesman can Push the Button and easilv make a demonstration on nf floor which will impress and convince any cu~tomer. Royal Chairs are unapproached in this unique feature; they are adjust-le to anyone of nine inclinations oy a finger touch on a button, \v.ithout :turbance to the occupant's comfort-no rod to fall out or bother with. \Vherever Royal Chairs are kllov.,rn, no other ~ilorris Chairs will satisfy. Royals are fully guaranteed. (\Ve furnish repairs free on any part should 'J be needed.) Made in eighty-five patterns, Oak, Mahogany and Imitation Mahogany. I Remember, that the Royal is the only push-button chair on the market. e only :rvIorris Chair with an actual, individual talking point, something to ~ abol1t and interest a customer. i Our National Advertising Campaign makes it doubly easy for you to I I the ROYAL line. All inquiries \vill be sent to local dealers. "\Alrite I catalog, prices, etc. urgis, ichi-n All Inquiries Referred to Our Dealers r - 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN rI •I: •I The Spencer & Barnes Co.II I!I IIIII ! BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN HAVE A Large New Line for July Solid Mahogany Birdseye Maple Circassian Walnut Qyartered Oak Full line of samples shown at 1319 Mich-igan Ave., CHICAGO, fourth floor. I IjI j• SALESMEN F', T. Ptimpton «Co., Chicago a.nd Middle West. M. A. Harmon, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, Charles E. Zerfass. Metropolitan District. Samuel Cragg. New Ellglalld. Byron Mercer, Texas and Pacific Coast. Catalog free to dealers. --- ----------------- --_.- DISPLAYS GRAND RAPIDS-Second Floor, Furn· ltUfe Exh.ibitiot\ BuiMing. CHICAGO-All the year round, Cbica-go Furniture Exchange, 14th and Wabash Ave. and in the New York Furniture EXl:h.ange. Rockford frame and fixture Co. ROCKFORD. • ILLINOIS II 1 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----_._--------------- ._-,-.---,II, III r! SIKES CONSOLIDATED CHAIR COMPANY ,, I II ;,I I II I !I,,I Sikes Chair Company, Buffalo, N. Y. The Sikes Company, Philadelphia, Pa. EXHIBITS J Manufacturers' Exhibition Building, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. 1 New Ycrk Furniture Exchange, lexinglon Ave. and 43d SI., NEWYORK. The most up to date and carefully selected line of Dining Chairs, Saddle Seat Rockers and Office Chairs will be shown for the Fall trade. A popular line of Mission Chairs will be sold at close prices, as per the Sikes idea. To harmonize in design and finish, with the mmt sought for types of dining room furniture, new slip seat diners have been brought out, in Colonial, Elizabethan, Dutch Renaissance and Shnaton. Many of these new patterns have already met with large advance sales, as they combine the luxury of good taste with a moderate outlay. YOUR INSPECTION AND CONSIDERATION INVITED. ~_._------ -_._---.---_._--------- .,------------------------------ Our 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., firstRoor, opposite elevator. In charge of exhibit: F. P. Fi.her, N. P. NII!!J.otl.Ferd Lpllu. Rockford Standard Furn. Co., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 11 IIi I1 -------- - 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN rVisit ou;-Show Roo~s and see the Best Line · I of DAVENPORT BEDS in the market We will have the right styles at the right prices and made to give satisfaction. Don't miss cQmin~ to see the line, it will pay yon. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers t t Show Rooms35~to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. I THOMAS MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. I t.- __.. ,..--.- .... t The Ford & Johnson Co. CHICAGO This is one of OUf 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; Dining Room flll-niture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. OlIr (lORlplele haa of SlIlQ-pies are displayed fp The lord .8" Johnson Bm1dinll. 14lt3-S7 WaL'lIL Ave •• In_ c1adinll: a. apecial displa, of Botel FUl"Iliture. All fU1'11ituredealers are cordially invited to visit our building.' ,... -- ~ I UNION FURNITURE CO. ! ROCKFORD. ILL. I I China Closets I I Buffets I t Bookcases! I We lead ;n S'yle. eonibudion II ond F;";'h. See our Catologue. I, Our .line on permanent exh.ibi~ cion 7th Floor, New Manufact_ urers' Building, Grand Rapids. I. -----_._-------~ ., .-------.. --.. I!Mo(rton /louse Am..... PI.n) R..... $2.50 and Up. Hotel PantJind (European Plan) Ra .... $1.00 and Up. IGRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I : The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is i THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. I! J. BOYD PANTUND, Prop • • I1 • MICHIGAN ARTISAN 13 --------- - The I ~extro Mf~.(0. I Cincinnati, O. II ,--'---_._---- I II The III ~----. Makers of CHEAP, MEDIUM and FINE DINING TABLES AND "ALL RACKS in Oak. Mahosany and Walnut AU shades and finishl$. Write for Catalog. Permanent Exhibit 1319 Michigan Ave.• C"ICAGO. ILL. Sextro Manufacturing CO. CINCINNATI. OHIO -------------------- ------------------_._-'----., L Sligh's Sele& Styles Sell and Satisfy Many New Fea'ure, Added for 'he Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom [ Medium alld Fille Quality) Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, catalogues illustrat-ing, pricing and describing the QEick Sc:lIing Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Asso-ciation will be forwarded. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Made by The Kargt's Furuiture Co. The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facilities for ship-ping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factoric:s and cars can be dispatched direct over the great railroad systems of the East, South and West. '. _I I. Manutacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, ChiHoniers, Odd Dressers\ ChifforQbes . .THE BOSSE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobea, Cupboards and Safe" in imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel aod Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hal' Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers ot Sideboards in plain oak, imitation guartered oak and solid quarrered oak, Chamber Suites. Odd Dresser~, Beds and Chif. foniers in imitation quartered oak, imitation mahogany and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the uSuperior" Line of Parlor. Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manutacturers of uHygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wire Springs and Cots. • ~1Ie HI GA N ART I SAN 15 I!I I!I IIIIIIIII I! .IIII ,II I III I II I, I II• ,,III II I I III . IIIIII II f II III I f I:I ---------------_._-------_._-------------~ I I!II , I !I III II I IIIII II IIII I IIIIII II II III II f, III !!II 1\1ade b~' Globe Furlliture Cu Made by Bodcslege Furniture Co. M,tdt: by Bu\kste~<;: Fundture Co. Made by World Furniture Co. r MICHIGAN •! Sh61buvill6 D6Sk 60. ARTISAN I Ij I!I! III ! IIII SHELBYVILLE, IND. MANUFACTURERS OF = OfflGE = fURNITURG Write for latest catalogue. ...-.---.------------ --J MORTISER COMBINED MACHINE No.3 WOOD LATHE COlllplete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He ca.n save a manufacturer's profit as weH as a dealer's profit. He can make more money with less capital invested. He can hold a better alld more satisiactory trade with bis customers. He can manufacture in as good .tyle and finlsb, and at as Jow cost as the factories. The local canine-t maker bas been forced into only the dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Barnes' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, reinstates the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors. If desired, these machines will be sold on tridl. The purchaser can ha.ve ampl~ time to test them in hi~ own shop and Orl the work he wishes them to do. lJescrlptitu catalo(fU« and price list/ree. w. f. Ii. JO"N BIIRNr:S CO.,654 Ruby St ••Rockford. III. FORMER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER Ner. 4, SAW (ready for rippillg) HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW No. 4, SAW (ready for cross-cutting) No.2 SCROLL SAW No. '1 SCROLL SAW GRAND RAM!)S PUBLIC LIBRARY 29th Year-No. 24. ------=====-= ~--=-._-=- ~-==.= = ===-=-= GRAND RAPiDS, MICH.. JUNE 25, 1909. $1.00 per Year. A Struggle Between Markets. A renewal of the typev,rriter and printing press cam-paign of Chicago vs Granel Rapids or Grand Rapids vs Chicago (it matters little how the plan be framed) broke out anew l,vhcn the fol1ovving appeared in one of the daily nC1vspapers of Grand Rapids: CHICAGO, June J i.-Chicago will fire the first gun of a bitter struggle for supremacy bet"vcen the local furniture market and that of Grand Rapids \vhen the furniture exposition opens here July 1. Plans for a campaign that will place Chicago at the head of all other cities in the manufacture and sale of furniture and eliminate Grand Rapids as a power in the furni-ture field are being developed. The Chicago Furniture :.'.1arket association, compos-ed of the largest local interests. has Lcen organ izecl to boost this market Tons of literature will be sent out in the campaign and manufacturers who exhibit here will take a personal hanel in thc fight for supre-macy all during the July exposition, The event will be a critical period in the history of both cities. The rivalry hetween the t\vo has been keen in the past. but it has been polite. '!\T01V more aggressive measures will he taken. Thc abovc bellig-erent dispatch \vas presented to the Grand Rapids Furniture ~1anllfactl1rers' a-=.socia-tion at its annual banquet on the above elate in the ne,v Furniture 11cn's c1ubrooms. Although there were no representatives of the newspapers present, Robert \,'V. Irwin, president of the association, stated after the meeting that the nlf.::mber,"i of the association accepted the ne,v.">as a huge joke, "It's all tommyrot." said l\ir. Invin. li\\'herever tbe manufacturing stronghold of the furniture industry is locat.ed there will al.o:o be found the market and the central point of the exhibition field, and the Chicago lranufactnrers know it. They tried the same thing- tv;;ro years ago and tried to wipe Grand Rapids off the map as a power in the furnjtur~ field. They put up an ex-hibition building and of course the:v ~:ot a inv manu-facturers. to leave this city antI exhibit there, Last year. ho\vt'ver, they \Vefe all hack in Grand Rapids with their samnles. uThe Gra'ld R1-Dids furniture rna'l"facttners are not afraio of hsing· their posihJIl as lc::tders of the l.vorld, either in the lnaking or the exhibiting of the:r goods. Chicago can never gain the supremacy in the furniture market, no matter h{w/ hard it tries. That dispatch is vvind from the \VincIy City. George A. Davis of the Stow & Davis Table com- Inny \vas in Chicago Tucsday and as a guest attend:ed the annual banquet and meeting of the Chicago Furni-ture association. He rcports that very little Was talked then of the ;(bitter battle for supremacy." HAs a furniture lnarket Chicago has one advantage o\·'er Grand Rapids. and that is not sufficient to estab-lish the supremacy th~re;" said he. "Buyers who viSit that market. coming- from points covered by the Central. \Vestcrn and Southern Traffic association, get one and a third rate for the round trip. Buyers who come here have to pay full fare. The Chicago asso-ciation secured the concession through the co-:-operative efforts of the Chicago chamber of commerce and the reduced tate is on the certificate plan. If the Chicag0 association can get reduced rates this city dVJltld attempt to get ratcs as favorable. \Ve ought to do something about it." ",,'"hen the !\IanufaeturersJ building was erected in in Grano Rapids," said VV. D, Bishop of the Bishop Fllrnitttre COtHpany, "the furniture market of the ""vorJd for high grade and l11CditlHl furniture was anchored in Crand Rapids permanently. Had Chicago stated its feverish attempt to gain the supremacy before that they might have sllcceeded. "Vhen the manufacturers of the city put as much money in stocks into a ventuPe as the local furniture makers have it means that they are going to exhibit their go:x15 in Grand Raoids and not in Chicago or anyl.vhere else. And where Gra"Hl Rapids manufact'-1rers shcnv their goods other maml-factl1rers thr-oughout the country will do likewis~. Chicago lJE":)pleI1'1v0 tried to scare: the lo(:al t1la·~if··s before, but thev he1rly succeeded in doing- th:1J: It is a spas1ll0rFc a~tempt to frighten local manufacturers. Gra~d R'1nicls is the centralized furniture l1iarket anel so it ""vi))remain." T'rcm the foregoing' interviews it is app':Hent that 110t l1'uch heat has been generated to date. The cam- "·':("·1 "'ill !"erve to advertise both markets thoroughly antI hring out a large Dumber of buyers. @ * (0) The manufacturer who pretends to maintain the selling- price f"r the retailer and who does not do it, is far l.vorse tha <1 the one who makes no pretense to maintenance of prices. r - ~.- .-- ~~-------~--- ---"---------- - - .- 18 MICHIGAN The furniture factories of Rockford are preparing to show their fall lines in Grand Rapids, Chicago and ~ ew York. The Rockford Chair and Furniture com-pany will. have a choice exhibit of dining room and li-brary furniture in the Blodgett block, Grand Rapids. Their new line of extension dining tables will be un-usually strong, and in china closets, buffets there will be nothing to be desired. Of course everybody ex-pec~ s the best in library furniture from this hous1el and E. C. Goodrich, Frank Crone, Hughes O'Brien, H. L. D. Fiscus and Billy Mahar with several other bright salesmen will be On the spot to prove every claim the company makes for this line. Buell Pease and the Rockford Union will be On dis-play in the Manufacturers' buildiug, Grand Rapids. Buell and the line make a nice show, especially the line, composed of library and combination bookcases, china buffets, etc. The Rockford Frame and Fixture company show their famous "Eft and Eft" line in Grand Rapids, Chi-cago and "little old :'<ew York." The Grand Rapids exhibit will be on the second floor, north hall of th.e Furniture Exhibition building. It will consist of ele-gant new pieces in dining r00111 furniture----complete suites, in oak and mahogany. Also a new line of music cabinets, with an additional dressing table line, and the ever popular shaving stands in all the favorite woods and finishes. The full line is also shown all the year in the Furniture Exchange, 14th and ,Va-bash avenue. The New York exhibit will be in the Furniture Exchange. Under the intelligent and pro-g- ressive management of J\fr. A. G. Hoffman the cQm~ pany is steadily growing in the favor of the trade. The IVfechanics Furniture company has long been one of the most popular becauS'e One of tbe best of the Rockford lines. There will be many new patterns of dining room suites cornp1ete--'-':'buffets, dining tables. serving tables and china closets. Of course there • The "erkimer "otel EUROPEAN PLAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, II in conpectioD I Service iI Ia Calte. 6 a.m.w II p.m. Table d·Hok: Din- I pe~1 ~:30 kI 8 p. m·. ! dairy. al SOc. Rateat 75e to $2.00 per day. I:f I• • Running hot and cold waler. telepnone. clothes' closel. electric Jillbt, steiIID heal. etc. in e=h room, ImDllleull'ltet iled public and privale badll. English. Mi•• i<J11 •• d Colonial Cafe South bound Wealtby-Scriblle1" ax from Union or GfllowJ Trunk. IlUtiotlll. Five main CIlr bDes PaSS the door. • ARTISAN will be the eustomary fine showing of library furniture, This line will be on exhibition on the third floor, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago in eharge of S. }. LeRoy, }. E. Hanvcry, L. O. Fosse and C. F. Holmes. The Rockford Standard Furniture company will show additions to their large line of dining room furni-ture consisting of china closets, buffets and bookcases. The line will be On exhibition on the first floor, 1319 l\1ichigan avenue, Chicago, in charge of F. P. Fisher, N. P. Nelson and Fred Luger. The company have re-cently issued one of the finest catalogues ever sent out from Rockford. The cover is beautifully embossed, with a knight on horseback waving the standard. The Made by Rockford Frame and Fixture Co., Rockford. Ill. cuts and printiug are artistic and the whole book-56 pages and cover-is. one that every furniture -merchant should keep. The ,Vest End Furniture company wiII show their full line on the third floor of the Furniture Exchange Grand Rapids. It will consist of library and dining room furniture in oak and mahogany and will be the best ever made by this company . "Yohnny Yohnson" is coming to town with a full line of the. Rockford National Furniture compauy. "Yohnny" is' a pretty strong swede, and likes to get on the top shelf, or as near' as possible, so instead of showing his lin1('on'the second floor of the Furniture Exchange he is going up to the fourth floor of the same building. The Kational line of library and din-ing rOOm furnitute is one of the best of the Rock-ford tines. and will be much sought for. @ * @ A price cutter has been aptly defined as "one who sold goods at less than a maintained price fixed by a manufacturer, and who sold staples at lower than a fair profit." -------------------------------- - 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • IIIIIl III MADE BY NELSO~·MATl'ER FCRt-ilTURE COMPANV GRAND RAP[QS, MfCH. ....--------------------------------- 19 , • 2U MICHIGAN ARTISAN EVRNSVILLL Business with the furniture manufacturers of Evans-. ville is on ~heupward grade and prospects for a. live fall trade are very good at this time. The" recent rains in Texas have stimulated trade and a good business in the soutlnvest may be looked for during the rest of the year. IVJostof the Evansville factories are operated on a nine hour a day schedule while a number ar,e fun-ning ten hours. Inquiries are more numerous than MLdeby Globe Furniture Vo .. Evansville, Ind. they were last month and both the manufacturers and retail men are of the opinion that the general market is better than it \-vas a short time ago. Th'c local trade has su:1cred '-Omt eluring the past two weeks by reason of the street car strike which is still on at this writing. Crops in this section are promising and with the passing of harvest it is believed trade will be much better. Chair manufacbrers are very busy nO\V and are ex-pecting a good fall ttade. P. B. Fellwock, of the Fellwock Auto and Manu-facturing company and, secretary and treasurer of the Bockstege Furniture company. says business with both concerns is good, and he is quite optimistic over the outlook. The ann~lal outing al1C1P1Cll1C of the Evansville Furnitllre i\.1anufacturers· assoc:atlon was held on-lIvlon-day, June 14. The steamer D. A. Nisbet and barge were used to carry th.e~pkasure seekers up the Ohio .. river to the mouth of Cypress creek where the day was spent. About 125 people made the trip. There was good music and refreshments were served. \Vhen the boat landed the boys enjoyed a game of baseball. The com-mittee having charge of the outing were "Gus" Stoltz of the Stoltz-Sshmitt Furniture company; Eli D. Miiler of Eli D. Miller and Company, and president' of the Evansville Furniture J'v:Ianufacturers' association; ~like Breger of the Specialty Furniture company; JOhn Zutt, of the. Evansville, :\{irrorand Beveling company and Fred Stoltz of the Crown Chair company. Mike Bre-ger proved to be the biggest fish eater while A. F. Karges caught more of the finny tribe than anyone else Fred Bockstege, a capital story teller, told how he fought the Indians eighty-five years ago in the wilds of Indiana. Oscar Klamer told his friends how he ex-pected to be elected councilman from the first ward and Eli D. Miller who is a candidate for councilman at large admitted that his ,election was a foregone con-clusion. "Business is very good with 115/' is the way Eli D. Miller, the well known folding bed manufacturer expressed himself. He says his plant is busy and that he has received some very large orders this summer. Fred Gumbert. of the R. and G. Furniture company which concern operates. one of the largest retail stores here, will attend the exposition at Grand Rapids in July. He never misses these expositions and says he would advise all furniture men to attend. The bankers of the first Indiana congressional dis~ trictheld a big meeting here on Tuesday, Jun'e 15 and Benjamin Bo~se of the Globe Furniture company WJ.5 one of the speakers. His address on :iThe Business Outlook" he handled very ably. Mr. Bosse is recog· nized as one of the best informed furniture manufac-turers of the country. The new Furniture Exchange building at the cor-ner of Fourth and Vine streets is a v,lffy busy place these days and there are numerous visitors at the build-ing each day. Manager Charles Gilbert is kept busy attending to the wants of the visitors. The exhibits show up well 'and have attracted buyers here from the various parts of the country. The new wareho'Jse of the Henders')n Des~( com-pany at Henderson, Kentucky, has hen completed. Erl\vard Ploeger, of the Bosse Furniture company is interested in this company. :Mr. Ploeger reports bus-iness very good. The E. Q, Smith Chair company are pushil1\T the work on their new factory. One building will be 50xl50 feet with a wing 45x25. 'When these have been completed two other buildings ,vill be erected. one 50xl50 and another 3Ox100 feet. "Business is very good with us," said Charles Fri.-se of the \NorId Furniture company. "\Ve have had a very nice trade all season and T Ieok for a very ac~ t've fall trade. Things seem to be getting b'etter all over the country. Crop revorts are encouraging and the farmers seem to be enjoying prosperity in this section." C. \\T. B. -- ~- ------' MICHIGAN The Spencer and Barnes Line. The Spencer & Barnes company of Benton Har-bor, I\TichiganJ have brought out a flew litle of heu-room furniture, calculated to please the trade, It is made in solid mahogany! Circassian walr1l1t, birers-eye maple and quartered oak, and will be on sale on the Mad<:J by Tnt! Spencdr and. Barnt::8 COWPi:luy, Benton Harbor, Mich. fourth floor of the Furniture i\Tanfacturers' Exhibi-tion building, 1319 :Michigan avenue, Chicag-o. This is really one of the most tasty lines of bedroom furniture On the market. IVfany of the <.1resscrs and chiffoniers possess features that will not be found in any other line. The construction and finish will be in keeping with the beautiful \ivoods in which the samples are made. Salesmen: F. T. Plimpton & Company, Chicago and middle vvest; ~I.A. Harmon, New York, Penn-sylvania and Ohio; Charles E. Zerfass, metropolitan district; Samuel Cragg, New England.: B.vroll l\Iercer, Texas and Pacific coast. Catalogues free to dealers. 011 :;: @ Will Spend Ten Weeks Abroad. John ~l\lO'vatt, superintendent of the Grand Rapids Chair company, accompanied by his daughter, "vill sail for Europe June 28, and "\villspenJ ten weeks on the continent and in the British isles. He \vill take ad-vantage of the opportunities presented to study the work of the designers and manufacturers of furniture, but recreation is the main purpose of the tour. @ :I: @ It is stated that the buyers exchange in Philadel-phia, although conducted ably and well, which trans-acts an enormous amount of business enabling mem-bers to purchase goods advantageously has never made a profit on the business done. ARTISAN 21 No. 537. 28x42 top. I Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross $7 50 ' Band Rim, Polished, -. • I You can't make money faster than by buying this fine ltbrary I Table by the dozen, unless you make up a c/tt!oadout of this and other good things we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING CO. I I 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave.. DETROIT MICH. ~f------------------------------------------------·--------l--~ I, II ,,II! I,,I ,,, I,I II I f, I,I I! -----... No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mantel and Upright. E I 0 M LL R &. C Evaft&vlll •• Iftdla •• L • I EO. Write for cUts and prJces I O~ SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANOE, CHICAQ(j. .---------------------~------- 22 MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED 1880 '"Ulil-IS .... " liT MICHIGAN ARTiSAN CO. ON TH~ 10THAND 25TH 0 ... EACH MONTH OFFICE-l08, 110. 112NORTH DIVISIQN ST.• GR~ND RAPIDS, MICH. ENTERIED liII THE F'OSTOFFICE AT GlI'AND IlA"lll~, MICH., /18 SECOND C~A88 MIlTTl!It. An important undertaking of the Chicago Associa-tion of Commerce is to have an exposition of goods manufactu.red in the State of Illinois. For this pur-pose all the great retail e5tablishmen~s during a cer-tain period in the month of August will contain ex-hibits of goods made in Chicago and the manufacturing towns of the state. For at least three days the State street and Vvabash avenue windows will be given up exclusively to the display of home-made products. Goods manufactured outside of the state will be ri-gidly excluded. From the viewpoint of the Illinoisan manufacturer the plan is a good one. '" '" Perhaps in the past the Artisan has not fully discussed the great advantages derived by dealers in furniture who go to the expositions when in need of stock. The strongest arguments in favor of market buying are the exhibits.. To realize the force of these arguments a few days must be spent in Grand Rapids, New York or Chicago. \V ords cannot express the facts so well as the goods on exhibition. '" '" \ViIliam C. Brown, president of the New York Cen-tral railroad, in an interview recently published stated that "'the business people are most interested in hav-ing the tariff matter disposed of ".rithout further de-lay than they are in what the bill shall actually con-tain." But the politicians in congress are more inter-estedin what the vested interests yield to themselves than in expediting the passage of the bill. '" '" The Commercial Travelers Congress, in session at San Francisco recently, passed a -resolution requesting the several railroad traffic associations to issue an inter-changeable mileage book for a minimum of 5,000 miles, to be sold for a lower rate per mile than the rates now prevailing. 0\< '" Quite a Ilumbe,r of traveling salesmen who declared that they would retire from the road with the dose of the January season this year, will be found lined up in the exposition buildings ready to take orders as usual, next month. '" '" Chippendale, the much discussed English cabinet maker, of a century or more ago, was undoubtedly in- ARTISAN spired in making his designs by the French, yet he in-fused a large measure of perso~a1ity in his work. '" '" A wrong impression is often conveyed in the word "style." \Vhen properly used it means a consistent, artistic ex presson, produced either by simple or elaborate and costly effects, '" '" The popularity of "English stvles" indicates that the American people do not hate the English as they did in the n1iddle of the past century. '" 'I-quite a number of lines If the royal Anne knew it she would approve the Queen Anne \vil1 dominate offered for sale this season. a good thing when she sav.' designs. <i'» * @ Large Endorsement of the DuoStyle Table, Of late there has perhaps been nothing in the fur-niture line that has caused as much interest among manufacturers as the New D1.105t)'le type of dining table. This construction and the use of. the Duo- Style Lock has brought out a type of table which must commend itself to the buying public, and therefore ap-peal to the dealer who is recognizing its merit, and stocking his floor with it. In its use the top can be ex-tended while the pillar remains closed so doing away with the unsightly, and up to this time, divided pillar. Also is the top so locked on the regular solid pillar table that 011eto three leaves can be inserted, and yet. bring the pillar under the middle of the table and avoid unbalancing or necessitating the ill looking drop leg. Over i5?(J of -the product in extention tables has been licensed to manufacture this constructon and it goes without saying that this type will be the leading fea-ture in the table market this season. Not only is the manufaeturerprotected in the use of the lock which is beyond question the most perfect, but the construc-tion using the extending slides is also patented and these manufacturers are also in possession of licenses on san1e. Dealers will do well to examine these tables as the public is sure to demand them. @) * @ Fortieth Anniversary. E.H. Foote and wife celebrated the fortieth anni-versar. y of their 'wedding at their home in Grand Rapids On June 16. All of the children and mauy friends joined in making the occasion a memorable One. F. Stuart Foote, 'William Howe Foote, Mrs, L. Seal Reynolds and Mrs C. S. Dexter, their wives or hus-bands and an interesting flock of grandchildren con-tributed to the'pleasurers of the event. Mr. Foote is the treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair company, presi-dent of the Imperial Furniture company, member of the board of managers of the Michigan Soldiers' home and a popular resident of the Furniture City. MICHIGAN ARTISAN Jl)HN D. ROCKEFELLER'S DINl!\G ROOM. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S LIBRARY. 24 MICHIGAJ-: ARTISAN ...----- ._-_._--------------------------------- .... RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. John Wanamaker and his Stores. On June 12 the cornerstone of the new \Vana-maker store in Philadelphia Was laid, in the presence of a great crowd. A number of distinguished guests were present, who took part in the excerises. The building will be the largest retail store in the world and will cover an entire block containing forty-five acres of floor space; hetween Chestnut, lVlarket, J llujper anJ Thirteenth streets. It is in process ef erection on the site of the old store building in which business is car-ried On at the same time. Speeches were made by the governer of the state and others including John \Vanamaker who said that he intended "that 110 man or boy who had to work for a living and who was in his employ need go without a sound education." So the new \\lana maker building will also be the home of the American U ni versity o-f Trade and Applied Commerce, which is a part of the \Vanamaker organization. The PhilaJelphia courts granted a charter for it on December 10. 1908. Included in the university curriculum are cer-tain branches of the trades, such as dressmaking, dr,ess cutting, shirt cutting, shirt making, millinery, art em-broidery, watch and clock repairing, engraving, up-holstering, carpet making and laying and other special technical work of a purely trades character. Vniversity qnarters will be built as part of the store equipment, with classrooms, merchandise, clinic rDoms, study rooms, laboratories, gymnasiums and rest rooms. John \Vanamaker began his career as a mercha.l1t in 1861, when, as senior member of the firm of \Vana-mak< er & Brown, he opened a clothing- store at the cor-ner of Sixth and Market Streets. He called his new business Oak Hall, and it was located On what had originally been the residence of General Washington. It was while directing Oak Hall that Mr. \Vanamaker began those rules of selling which have practically r' voluti.onlzerl the retail business of this country. In 1876, the y"ar of the Centennial, his busiuess .--------------------------------------------- had expanded to such an extent that he purchased the old Pennsylvania freight depot at Thirteenth and Mar-ket streets, and opened it up as a general retail merchan-dizing establishment. The vastness of this store, its large stocks, and its methods of selling attracted at-tention all over the country, and business began to grow by enormous bounds. Year by year more property was taken in until the John \Vanamaker store embrac-ed the eutire block between Chestnut and Market aud Juniper and Thirteenth streets. 1\1r. \Vanamaker received a circular of congratu-lation signed by some 10,000 employes in both the local and the Ne\v York stores shortly before tbe exercises began. Just as SOOn as the stone was being placed in pos-ition, -an electric flash was sent to New York, and for a few minutes every person· employed in the stDre there stood still as a mark of respect to the ceremony. A great many representatives from the New York store \vitnessed the cornerstone laying. After the exercises were over, the cadets and girl buglers march~-. ed under the direction of Major Scott of the State Fencibles around city hall and to their armory. @ * @ An Attractive Announcement. The Royal Chair company of Sturgis, Michigan, have sent out novel announcements to the trade of their displays for the fall seaSOn in Grand Rapids and Chi-cago. The June bride ready for the occasion adorns the front of the folder. The back cover shows one of their "cDmfy" Royal chairs occupied by a "mere man" who is in the act of using the push button at-tachment. Illustrations from the company's complete new line take up the inside pages. The exhibits are in the "Big Building," Gra'nd Rapids, Pearl and Lyon streets, and in Chicago at 1300 \Vabash avenue in the George D. Williams building during the June-July season. L MICHIGAN ARTISAN .. -------------------------------l I D. L. Conrey Furniture I I I Company I III Shelbyville, Indiana II I I I MAKERS OF ! I ' : CHINA CLOSETS, MUSIC CABINETS, I : MUSIC BENCHES, COMBINATION I ! . CASES, LIBRARY CASES. ! ! I t Remember to write U.I fot' Catalog. We want you to lee our line. ~ I I I ! II GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I Top Floor Furniture Exhibition Building ! I p~,", Exhibi. wi.h GEO. D. WILLIAMS CO .• 1300 Mioobi"""A"., Cbiugo I "'- --_....--------------------- . ..---------- i I II IIII , I I ._---------------_._---, II II Hot Blast Feather Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Manufacturers of FURNITURE CITY BEDDING LINE No matter where you are located we wane you to care-fully inspect our exhibit of bedding this season when you visit the market. It will pay you to do so. A COMPLETE LINE OF Mattresses Springs Pillows I I --------------.----------...--------------------' Ranging in price from the cheapest to the very best, Exhibiting 3rd Floor, North Half, Furniture Exchange Building 2S ;u';": ~ 0 "'~0" if> ..""..,, "~' ''u"" I0~ I 0 : z'" I 0 I I II ,I , ,I IIIII,II ,------------------------------- -- , 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ..------------~-_.-------_._-- I .--------._-------------------------_._-- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 2, Rockefeller's Furniture. The styles of Sheraton, Hepplewhite and the Adams Brothers prevail in the furnishings of John D. Rocke-fellerls magnificent country home on the Hudson, near New York. The 111CrSt striking feature of the rooms as a whole is the white panelled ""vood-work ,vhi<:.h serves as a Ma.de by Rockford Franle and Fixture Co., Rockford, Ill. background for the various decorative beauties of this period. The ,valls of the drawing room are panellc<l in the balance of plain and ornarnented surfacct-i char-acteristic of the Adam period. The drawing room is regarded as an uncommonly successful exposition of the characteristics of the Adam style. '['he long rec-tangular panels are especially typical of the Adam brothers' work The plain panel over the chirnney-piece is especially severe, but shows in its decoration all the characteristics of the Adam school. The win- Jaws in these rooms have square tops, the Hround cur-tains" to which Sheraton devoted a part of his book on upholstery being reserved tor the dining 'and living rooms. The dining room has more ornate carved sur-faces than the drawing rOom and the furniture is Chinese Chippendale. The dining room is distin-guished by the rare lattice work. As a nuance in the school of Chippendale there is a side table in this de-signer's French manner-rare since tbis c1e"votion to foreign goods continued such a short time-and still unmistakably English, The simplicity of the entahlature counterbalances the elaborate ornamentation of the chimneypicce. The metal masks of the four branched sconces are made to match the smaller masks of the fireplace. Details appropriate to the period are the fire screens Jane in the manner of Angelica Kaufman and the lamp shades also true to the Chinese suggestion of Chippendale not only in their pictures but in their form as well. The rooms ':o,rith the round top windows have elaborate hangings of richly harmonious colors. An exception to the rule of white panelled wood-work and mahogany is found in :Mr. Rockefeller's office which is done in oak. It conforms to the decorative idea of the period of IVilliam and Mary. The wood vvark is rich brO\vn in color and the furnishings of a deep recl. The sofa and chairs are in upholstery of glowing red with a srnall design. The round top win-dov,,' s are hung with harmonious draperies and the en-tire walls are composed of the red oak. There is a red rug on the door to match the furni-ture and the lights are placed in the brackets made in direct imitation of candelabra of the period. The ·por-traits of famous French financiers hang on the walls and then, anachronistic pendent, is a typewriter, which is about the unly thing in the room to suggest modern' husiness. The mouldings on the long oak panels are without ornament, while at either side of the round top win-do\ vs are pilasters meeting a perfectly single cornice. An old mirror of Queen Anne design hangs over the chimney hearthl \vhich contains no shelf. The wall treatment of this room is in the manner of Christopher \Vren. To suggest the work of another noted decorator of the eighteenth century, there is the cupola in the hall or music room C'-Opiedafter that which Inigo Jones put into Ashburnham House in London. Thus has ]Vfr. Cadman completed in the ornamentation of the fIt'st floor his antholog-y of British decorations. The eighteenth century also prevails on the fl90r above. which is dedicated to the sleeping rooms. ~JV[rs. Rockefeller's rOom is finished in the style of the Adam's Made by Manletee Manufacturing Co., .ManIstee, Mich. while Mr. Rockefeller's room is Chippendale. The gucstsl rooms are equally true to the eighteeneh cenw tury English decoration. They are furnished to a con-siderable extent with rare old pieces appropriate to the period of the room and carry out the decorator's idea of elegance and simplicity. ,------- --~----------------------------.--- -- - - - - 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN r-------------,..- IIII! -------- ---'----_._----------. No. ]133~ NEVER ECLIPSED. IN EVERY MARKET UNDER THE SUN THERE IS A READY SALE FOR MOON DESKS No. H32~-i;i5 inches Ion{/;;32 inc.hes wide; 43 inches bigh Weight, 310 pounds. Nio. 1l33U-i.lO inches long; 32 inches wide; 43 inches high, Weight, :\20 pounds. Quarter s:\wed White Oak. \Vrilillg herl, i)-ply, bUilt lip. Six pigeoll hole boxes. Private cornpartmt'lll With tQ<.'k. Card iudex drawer. Center drawer with lock. Roll top bweep arms, tip top a'ld writing bed lX inc-heslhick. Square edge construction. See tb. Line in the MIlPufacUlrera' Buildlng, GI'and. Rapid&. ·MOON DESK CO., Mu.kel!Oft, Micb. _ ..._-------_._--------------- Remembers Geldowsky, The most prominent manufacturer of furniture in the United States thirty or more years ago was Frank Gelclovvsky. John lUowatt, the superintendent of the Grand Rapids Chair company remembers him well, having been in his employ for a number of years, Geldowsky \vas a Hungarian by birth and learned the art of making fine funlitllre in his native land. He \-vas a big man mentaI1y and physically and when he en-gaged in the business of manufacturing furniture in Cambridge, :Massachusetts, it was with the determina-tion to accomplish achievements that had never been undertaken in the United States. He equipped his large factory with the best machinery maJe in the world and every man employed must be a master in his particular occupation. In th't'- beginningMr_ Geld-owsky manufactured oval top tables as a specia1t:.,{, which sold readily for unheard of prices. VVith his success 1\tIr. GelcIo\'llsky indulged in the purchase of fancy turnouts, including a string of trotters and run- ~-------------------------- I STAR CASTER CUP I !,, I,II •II I IIIII,,I "---------- ,, CO. l NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,I,III , I, IIIII III I I I,II ,, I:,I, .-----,-------"" {PATt>NT A.1't'1.l.I!l) f<oJ(! W, h.ave adoJltett celluloid as a base for our ('aMer Cups. making lht." best cur 011the markel. Celluloid is a great i.mpn~velllent over bases made 0 other lIlatelial. \Vl1ell it is necessary to move a piE'l:e supported by cups with cellutoid ba\;es it call he OOllewith ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth. Celluloid does not sweat and by the use of these cup~ tables are never marreO. These cups are finished in GOlden Oak and White Maple, finished light. If you VJill try a 6«mp~€ 07'461' of thlWf good$1I0U Will desire to handle tlum in quantities. PRICES: Size2M: iTlches.. · .. ·$5.50 per hundred. Size 2%" inches ... , .. 4.SQ Pe~ hundred. f. o. b. a1'ancl Rnpids. TOY A SAMPLE ORDER. ------_.--,----<• needs, and lived extravagantly. His table was sup-plied with "the best the markets afford," to quote from an advertisement of a rural landlord, and his wine cellar was the talk of the town, (Much talk followed the sessions at his buffet. In due time lvIr. Geldowsky engaged a high priced designer in a moment when he feared he could not depend upon his Own masterful :Ma.deby TtJe Udell Works, Indianapolis, Ind. ability in that line of employment and. brought out the most costly and magnificent line of chamber furnr-ture ever seen in America. "On many pieces the carv-ing alone cost from four to :five hundred dollars/' Mr, Mowatt explained, The goods were too costly for the people of the United States, and could not be marketed, Mr, Geldowsky failed and never recovered his position in the trade, "He built furniture for fifty years in advance of his time," ..!\tIr. Mowatt remarked, "but his name will endur:-e in the furniture industry as long as if it were engraved in granite." MICHIGAN ARTISAN 29 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. George Spratt and company will not 5ho\'I/ this year at any furniture exposition. They have a fine line of lovv and medium priced chairs and rockers, and anticipate a fine fall business. The Sheboygan Chair company is one of the houses that has made Sheboygan famous. Their's is one of the largest lines of chairs made in the\~rorld. and also one of the best. The Sheboygan l\ovelty company have a ne"V'cata-logue, showing- lots of new patterns in bookcases, china closets and buffets, in the hanels of a printer. The i'Jorthern Furniture company will show their immense line of bedroom aml dining room furniture on the second floor of the Furniture Exhibition build-ing, Grand Rapids. in July; also at 13th and Michigan, avenue, Chicago and in the Ne\v York Furnitt1rc Ex-change. @ :[:@ Buying Exchanges. At a mercantile convention held in Portland, Ore-gon recently .. the subject of "Buying Exehanges" was discussed. A ::\fr. \Vissinger of California, stated he belonged to one in San Francisco, that handles orders amounting to $2,000,000 annually. l\lanufacturcrs give proper consideration to a concern hanc11ing such an amollnt of husiness. \Vhen huying singre handed the retailer is often pressed il1to a corner, because of his inability to huy stoeks at as Io"vprices as larger houses. Through the agency of the cxc.hangt the retailer is en-abled to buy cHlvantag'eol1s1y and to sell right If the manufact1.uer or the johber are stumbling blocks in the path of the retailer, the. exchange fnrnish,es a remedy. @ * @ A Preacher WiJI Lecture for Undertakers. The annual convention of the l\'lichigan Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' assor.iation will he held in Detroit beginning June 29-J ul)' 1. The association has over five hundred memLers, three hundred of whom t'e c-xpected to be present. Inreresting )programs are contemplated. One of the speakers will be' the Rev, EchvardH, Pence, pastor of the Fort Street Pres-byterian church of Detroit who will speak On "\\That I know and would like to have funeral directors know about their profession.H ---------.... I II ~---_._--- II I I ! I II I IIII Ho. 592. "------------_._--- Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. Geo. Spratt fJ Co., Sheboygan. Wis. r- -- - --- -- ---------------------- -- 30 MICHIGAN ARTISAN -- ._-_._-----------_._--~1 iII IIII I,, II I, • , !I II !i ..-...:------_._-_._----_. r---------------------------~----.-- - 32 MICHIGAN ARTISAN r--------- ------------------------l I HafnerFU~~,~eCompany I I I II!I I IIII !I II 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers Nt). 5007 Rocker. tjJ A very artistic design beautifully ~xecuted. (\ has larre wide elm am! hllJ>J::!- solllely moulded Ilrms The top of the back i.beautifully carved The heavily carwd frame ~ of !.elected northern birch finished in mahogany and h~hfy polished. Fill-ing moss /lIld colton felt. Spring ed~ seat. CATALOG UPON REQUEST. Price, No. I Leather, $22. Samples shown at Manufacturers' Futn-itul" e Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th I St., Chicago. Ih--------- . .-i Met in the Furniture Guild House. The Gral1d Rapids Furniture association met for the annual election and social session on JnIle 18 in the neVl c1ubrooms adjoining the Hotel Pantlind. Dinner was served at 7 o'clock. The nev~r rooms were inspected under the stlpenrision of members of the six companies who furnished them. Several mcrnhers gave a g'reat deal of their valuable time to the selection of the f\urnishings and fittings: The ninner was served in the large dining 1'00111 ~-----------------------.., l Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I I 2 Park wood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. I I I , I I I f I ,I ,I I I I , I I , I , I I I , I , I I , I I I I , I I • : We are now puttilJ~ out the hest Ca.<;ter Cups with cork bases t:Vt:T I t oftereci to the trade. Tnese ar"" finished in Golden Oak and \'lrThiteMaple , I, in 11 lJght finish. These goods are admirable for polished fl.oors and furn- .: iturc rests. They will not sweat or mal". I PRICES: f: Size 21' inches.•... ·$4.00 per hundred Size2%: inches"-,'" 5.00 per hundred I I I ~----Tr-y a-S-am-ple_Ord.er_. --F_ O.n. Grand Rapids. _._- , .... I with a large round table in the center for the officers atld directors and srnaltcr tables around it, each for four guests. Robert W, Irwin, president of the association presided, A speech was made by E. L. Ewing of the 1\'Iichigan Shipping association. The election of the board of directors resulted in the choosing of ¥/illiam H. Jones, Ralph P. Tietsort, F, Stuart Foote, David Brown and A. S. Goodman. The officers \·viJIbe chosen in the near future. @ ',' @ Manufactured Furniture in Grand Rapids in 185l. lIon. \Vi11iam T. Powers, former mayor of Grand Rapids, who began his career as a manufactnrer of furniture in 1851, died on June 17. aged eighty-nine years. He wa~; the first to employ po\v<.:r driven machinery in the making of furniture and to sed~ mar-kets for his output outside of Grand R:lpids and its 'i"icinity. During hls life he engaged in many build-ing, manufacturing and commerc.ial enterpr:3es and had owned the opera house bearing his name since 1874. o @ To Make Hal! Furniture, The Jackson Chair company have leased Houseman hall in Grand Rapids and will furnish the same with machinery and materials necessary for manufacturing a line of hall racks, window seats and' kindred g0ods. M!CHIGAN ARTISAN 31 iI I IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN ALASKA Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold since 1878. Desirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: Small consumption of ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary provision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. III The Alaska Refrigerator Company I Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. t MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. I L. E. Moon, New York ManaKer. 35 WaneD St .• New York Cit,.. t It- --------------- ... We sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. Paine's Advertising the Best. Retiring President Cook in an address to the retail-ers of South Caroliria, discussed the value of adver-tising as a medium for selling goods at considerable length, aud declared that the best advertising of to-day is that of the Paine Furniture company of Boston: "Pick up any of the daily newspapers of Boston on any day except Sunday and notice the advertisement of the Paine Furniture company. Retailers in ev'ery part of the country enctorse my estimate of its value." @ :;,: @ Muskegon, Michigan. It is worth while to go to Muskegon. It is the largest city on the east shore of Lake Michigan; handsome, prosperous, thriving and a great manu-facturing town. Among the leading industries is the great Alaska Refrigerator Company. (their motto: "If it's the best refrigerator its an Alaska.) More than 850,000 Alas-kas have been manufactured and soldl and the big fac-tory was never more crowded with orders than at the present time. The Moon Desk Company will make a large and choice display of office desks in their show room in the Manufacturers' building, Grand Rapids, in July. Mr. D, L. ~/IcLeod, one of their popular salesmen, who is known pretty nearly everywhere that good rlesks are bought, has taken a new territory-all south of the Ohio river. In addition to the photos of the Moon Desk Company, he will carry the photos of the Muske-gon Valley Furniture Company and the St. Johns Table Company of Cadillac. Frank M. Barton and Royal E. :Moon will take all the territory north of the Ohio river. The Muskegon Valley Furniture Company will have new and beautiful samples of bedroom furniture to ~how the buyers when they c~me in July. Their show rooms are 111 the ::\fanufacturers' Building in Grand Rapids. An experienced windo\l.; dresser uses pictures very effectively in attracting the attentiolYof persons on the street. The articles offered for sale~hGuld not be subordinated to the pictures, however. 110ving objec.ts have a value. r---- ---------- ..., II MUSKEGON VAlLEY FURNITURE COMPANY I MUSKEGON . . IMien.... II IGOlonlOl~lIes ITOil post Bens oun orB8&ers ChillonJers Wordrooos lllllies' ·IOilels oresslno IODies Mohooony IlnJOid GOOdS II •I• @ * @ Gift Enterprises Illegal. The legislatures of the states of Iowa and Minne-sota have passed bill.s declaring the disposition of goods by the gift enterprise plan a misdemeanor and providing a heavy fine to be imposed upon violators of the laws. @ * @ The contents of the mansion of former Governor Roman, of Louisiana, were sold recently, 1\tlany rare pieces in rosewood, mahogany and oak were purchased by collectors from the northern states. These articles demand fine surroundings, and in time will grace the homes of the rich. Line on we in MlII.nufa<:.t_' Building, Grand Rapids. !i"lRS'.r PAGE OF COVER OF HOLLAND FTR-"TlTl"RE CO:\,[PA:',n:,'s (;,\TAI,OG, OF HOLLAXD, "-"nCE:. Plates by Michigan El)graving Co. Prcss of \Vldte Printing Co. From Original Painling by Miss E. S. Brower. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 33 New Designs Furniture u D 100 E It necessarily follows that with the most skilled designer money can procure, with an up to date factory in every way and specializing on certain lines that we can produce furni· ture that of its kind has no equaL For months we have been at work and f~omJune 24. 1909, until the show is over we invite you to our space in the Furniture Exhi. bition Building, 4th Floor, Grand Rapids, Mich. See The Udell Works Line in Grand Rapids and write The Udell Worh.s Indianapolis. Indiana ~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ t I , I j Call on Smith-Thompson Co. ! I I I THE NEW FIRM I I I 17th Floor, 1411 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO ! I III• I I I II !I• L L Send for Handsome New Catalog. It will he a reference book of the Udell product that will be constantly referred to by the trade. We have made it so aUractive and gotten it up in a. way to be of the greatest assistance to the dealer in making selections and is a help in sales from Catalog. Just think of over 260 different patterns of beautiful furniture in one exquisite book ptinted on superfine paper and showing complete lines of Libr;'ry nookcases, Disc Record Cubi-net, Ladif's' De~ks, Cylinder Record Cabinels, Sheet Music Cabinets, Medicine Cabinets, Pia n 0 Playe, Roll Cabinets, Com. modes, Foldio2 Tables, Etc. M. A The Udell Work., Indianapolis, Ind. (ienfl,mert- Please send me your new Catalog 1'\0, 30. I We have the PRICES and QUALITY I III I • LOOK AT OUR LIST Spencer Table Company •••Tables.--Marion, Ind. Tell City Furniture Company---Chamber Suites---Tell City, Ind. Standard Chair Company---Chairs and Rockers---Thomasville, N. C. Tidionte Furniture Company---Dressers, Chiffoniersand Commodes---Tidionte, Pa. Jamestown Cabinet Company---Center and Library T ables---Jamestown, N. Y. ~~--------------------~ -- -- 34 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~, ------------------------------------- 1 • • ...----- ---------------------_.------ MICHIGAN ARTISAN ------------------- ....II Michigan Furniture Co. 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. 35 >---------------------------------------------------------------------------~ Retailers of Indiana will Meet in the Pivot City, On June 30 the retailers of Indiana will meet at Indianapolis, the HPivot City." vVith its many indus-tries no trade is better represented than that of fur-niture. Twenty-five manufacturers, owning large, modern plants, do a thriving business within her bor-ders. \Vithin an hour's ride there are lnauv more fac-tories, located at Shelbyville, ColumbUS, .Kc,"v Castle, Seymour and Richmond, which contribute to the pronl-inence Indiana enjoys as a manufacturing state. The program arranged for the convention is as follows: .Morning session, June 30, 9 :30 o'clock. JIceting of the executive committee at headquar-ters, Claypool Hotel. Applications for mcmbership received. 10'00 o'clock. Convention called to order by President I-I. I'd. Purviance, Hltlltington, Indiana. Roll call and appointments of committees, reading of minutes of last meeting, president's Address-H, 11. Purviance, report of secretarv and treasurer- Ceorge II. Oilar, Indianapolis, Indiana; report of the executive committee-Chairman, Robert Smith. J\Iar-ion, Indiana, aJJress-M. J, Mulvihill, St, Louis, l\'Iissouri, President of the I\Tational Retail Furniture Dealer's Association, acldress-::\lark p. Goodlet, Sec-retary, :'-Ja:tional Retail Furniture Dealers' Association: applications for rnembership and pa)'lTlent of dues re-ceived by the secretary. Afternoon Session, 1 :30 o'clock, Report of special cornmittees, unfinished business, ne\V business, Adclress-st1 bj ect, "The Science of ::\'1od-ern Business 13uilchng," Frofessor A. F. Sheldon, the Sheldon School, Chicago )llinois, election of officers election of delcgates to the )Jational Convention, banquet and entertainment,Furniture l\Ianllfacturers, Retailers and Salesmen of the state. German House. 7 o'clock p. m. sharp. @ '" e 1I. H. Rice, contracting agent for \Y. Snellenberg & Company of Philadelphia, arrived in Grand Rapids recently. @ * @ The "out-Of-tDWll" lines noyv on sale in Grand Rapids, filled two hundred large furniture cars. ...._---_.------ ,: MANUFACTURERS OF I: HARDWOOD VLUENMEBEERRS& III\ IIII '"----- ----_...., II II I• SPECIALTIES: ~1.,,{'fE~~QUAORA. K VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN II' BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main__S_I_._,_______ FO.RT WAYN•E__, IN.D...IA_N_A ..I1 36 MICHIGAI'\ ri"hc ;3rnith Thompson company is the name of a ne"v cOlr,m~ssioa firtn which has opened up for business in Chicago at the 1411 building on the seventh t1oor. C,H. Smith a;d A. R. Thompson cotnprisc the com-paLlY. Both have been engaged in the fL1rniture tra::1e for a number of ye:Hs awl lnvc been associated ..v;th lVlcAllsh, Dwyer & Corq;an:r icr SOme time past. ::\lr. Smith was connected with the cffice of that \'Vell kno' ....n house, looking after their correspondence and order department and 1ft. Thompson has been one of their road ~ales:T::en. The Smith-Thompson company are n=j:rcscntlng the S::;encrf Table company, ),,1arion, In- (Lana; the Tell City Fur:l:ture company, Tell City. Indiana; the Th')masvilleFurlliture cO:l1pany, Thor:r::~- v~lle, 1\orth Carolina; the Tid~oute Furniture c::r;,--:p~ll1Y,'-; i :li~)i.lt(', Pennsylvania; the J amestQ-,'I:I C ,h:nct company, Jamestown, Xev,' York. Other E:JC5 1\ ill r,e ,d'icd :1.~lcl it is the intention to ,varehouse their lice of t~~)les i'l Chicago. Fres~dent Cl:ar~es I. \Vill of the]. E. \\Till conr)3.'_l}, Bloomington, Illinois, visited the Ch!cago market re-c2ntly t::J m,:,ke p~1fchases for his company which was incor;:->oratcd 1:IS': january and has an authorized and paid in c:lpital of $l.1,OJO. Th-e Vv'ill- company bought out the B~ooI1l1ng·~').1 Furn:ture company and are no\verecting a fOLlr story (iouble frO:1t trick ~:"liLt:q;.the hent of enameled \vhite terr~l cotta. The ma:n aClor is 44x99. The other offi-cers of the \Y!ll company are vice-president and m:W:l-ge", J. E. \\':11, sec "ctary. J. E. Hoffman and treasurer, j. 1'!. Co~e. Fres:Jer.t y,r;:l is an attorney a:ld al-o is a member of the wholes:.t~e grocery house of :Mucllcr. Platt & ~Whee1and, Decatur, Illinois. The SJ:;;s COl1solilbteJ Chair company hav-; sent o'"~t c·rcular letters to the tra"e this month in \\"h~ch attention is called to the ~ubject of "Speclalizafon" a'l'! "Concentration" as applied by the Sikes l1:ethod o manufacture. The output of the S!kes factori(s is very large alld 1he chairs made are lill1:ted to the most attractive ~l' ·CT..s a~1d these are produced in large qualltit~es, Henry Schmit 8 Co. liOP~-I.NS ANIl H'RRIET STS, Cincinnati, Ohio mak"Tl< of Uphol&tered Furniture foe 1. )fW,E aud rULPIT, PARLOR, !.IflR,\RY. HOTl·L and CLUR ROOM .----------------~-----------------------~ l~ ARTISAN at greatly reduced cost. Other factories of much smaller capacity, make many grades, styles and var-ieties of chairs, each in relatively small quantities a11\1 at correspondingly high costs. lIence they cannot compete in qua1t:y and prices. A fe\-v of the very best selling l'vfission Chairs have oeen add,eel and a few numbers in each of the most popular types oJ Colonial, Elizabethan, Dutch Renaissance and Sheraton Chairs to match and harmonize in style and finish. the dining room '~period" furniture, now sO 111uch sought for By the purchase of Sikes chai rs, YO~l get the benefit (ele-gance at reduced cost) of "specialization" and can always please yo~:r customers oi gJo~l taste awl mod-erate means. ]. J. Riley, the veteran salesman, who is representing the Jacoby Furniture company, !\,fechanics Furniture c:)mpany and others left for Bos~on On June 11, wher-e Made by Lentz Table Co, Nashville. Micb. , he spent hvo weexs on a businEss aaJ pleasure trip. Easton is Jack's old hume and while there he \';sited two sisters for th~ first'time in ten years. The Peck & Hills Furniture company are getting the matter together ·~or their ne-w catalogue to make its appearance ./'dy IS, 190). The catalogue will be one of the finf.st yet put out and will consist of five or six hundred pages. Secretary Fred G. S:kes o;~ the Sikes COilsolidateJ Chair company retvrned to Chicago, June 9th fr.om Buffalo, ='Je\\' Yor!<, where he spent three weeks at the company's plant, advising with the superintendent and designer in reference to the July ·line which will be made morc extensive and ~trongcr than evcr. C. F. Krueger, who travels for the Johnson Chair company in Indi·t11Cl.,Ohio and Illi11'J:.s spent some time :11 June at Kenc~ha, :VVisconsin, where he is putting up a s~ore building for rental purposes and to be ce>m-p! eted July I, I9JJ. The building w'l1 be used for" nEat market and will be 78x 123. The Gecrge D. \Vil1iams company have been s'=t1J- MICHIGA]\ ing out five thousand catalogues during the past lr.-onth. the ~:atlle beillg the secol1cl editioil the cOinpany has put out. Prcsiz:ent Joseph l\Te)"cr of the .:\fanufactl1rcrs· Ex-hiblt; on l-lu:ldil1g cOlllpall~'i made a weeks' bllsille:::s trip ill tll'': east, starting 011 June ]5. a1l(1incidentally visited his old home in Rochester. \:cvv 'y'ork before returning to Chtcago. The Central ::\Llllufactllring C01llpany afC sending out .1000 blotters to their trade this month making special mention of their line of sanitary desks. The L~t1itcd States Furnitl1re company 45R-400 \Va-hash avenue, \'ias visithl hy 11rc at an early hour In the 1llOrll;ng of June IK resulting ill a complete loss to the stoe\- and building. The stock was valued at about $60,000 On Vdlich there "va::.; $40.000 ilburance. The company occupied the entire building- of six floors and basement and were leasing the sarCte from Oliver & Company. The building ,vas valued at from S40,OOO to $.10,000 and \vas insured. The United States Fur-niture compan}' was incorporated ill December, 1908. under the Lrvvs of l\Jainc and ,vas nfficned a:-.1follows: president, joseph J. Schnclder: ti.r~t vice presi(lent, :\1. A. St. Johns; second vice president, II. A. Allman: treasurer, Korman Larsen; secretary, E. L. Brown; manager. [-1. J. Sloan. The company cOlllmenced bus-iness of F'ebruary 1, 1909 and they were making ex-cellent progress, had just compktt'd duri.ng the week of the fire a large hospital deal Pre;.;ident Schnclder states that the cOlnpany \vill reSUlllC business as early a::.; possible. The July line of the Va]elltille-Seaver company this ycar \\'ill shov~; tIle higgest \\ne of changes in tha1 wcll'kno,vn company's hi'story, and \>vill he exhibited only in Grand Rapids ill the Furniture Exhibition building on the fifth floor. Their line of pretty parlor pieccs will be continued and made as effectivc as cver, out the company are add-ing a lIne of heavy living- r{lOlll pieces 011 Colonial lines in lHahoRany and oak. that will attract much ~lt-tention from the buyers. 'The line in general ,,,,,ill also be much larg'er than evcr before. A furniture st()C~( contallli:lg pieces that possess indi vidualit:.y and up-to-date effects will help to bring nc\v trade and to keep the old. The "Valentine-Seavcr \\"ay" of making ';Pretty Parlor llieces" pleases the cw~tomer and a pleascd customer mean-"' further tra~IE:': Their furniture is llla(le UP~)J1honor-all designed and built in their own factory-possesses exclusive and or;ginal features-has that appearance of cla;.;,.,and re-finemcnt so appealing to men and WOIJlCH c:f today. The V"alcntine-Seavcr latcst idea-Removable Spring- Cushion Seats-are a splendid trade \vinning fe3.ture and tlleir loose box cushions are as popular as \'.rhen they \vere tirst introduced The Eaton CI1:1ir cOllllnny jobbers and lllanuhc-turers of chairs, 2'197 La Salle avenue, Chicago, have been sending out :iOCa catalogues containing six hun-dred cuts to the trade the past month. The catalo-gue is a llandsome affa1f in every respect. AkTlSAN 3i June 28th and through July Klingman Building, 5th floor VALENTINE·SEAVER CO. We have supplemented our line 01 "Pretty Parlor Pieces" with an entirely new line of Upholslered Living Room and Modified Mi"ion pIeces. You will find il 10 your interest by giving the same your critical examination bel ore placing orde15. VALENTINE·SEA VER' CO. Chicago II III 1. ~ - .. Office and Faclnty. 527-'>33 Sedgwick 51. Frame Fllct<J.ry 421_427 WelIl 21st St. " 38 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ..-------------------------- ---- .... . -.-4 III , I .~, ~ . "":i>.:>7f:v-.-'<TJ' " •. "_,_.~;,;.;,,;."C, • MICHIGAN ARTISAN 39 York Furniture Exchange. Their line of dining room furniture, in golden, ,"veathered, early English, in all popular oak finishes will be one that nO prudent deal-er can afford to miss. The Ornamental Products company have com-menced work on a new factory at Lafayette and Four-teenth avenues. It will furnish more than double the space of their present location on "VVestFourth street.' :'.lany! of the friends of Victor C. E. Ceulebrock will be glad to learn that he has taken a very ll11pOr- Retail dealers in furniture, report quite an improve-ment, as the warm '~leather develops and business is taking on hrighter prospects. The hig store of Pard-ridge & Blackwell, one of the largest in the city, one whole floor of which is devoted to furniture, has been succeeded by the }lilner & Crov,rley com-pany and b1tsiness is going on as usual. V'/ork 011 the big Owen store is progressing rapidly. V,/hen completed it will be one of the largest in :r-"Iichi-gan. T ~ocal manllfactureres who sho\i\' lines in Grand Rapids, Chicago and )Jew York have made the usual preparations and will be on hand with the opening in each city prepared to prove that Detroit is on the furni-ture map as ,,'ell as in automobiles. The Posseliu3 Brothers Furniture Manufacturing company will show the largest and finest line of ex-tension tables in the \'lanutacturers' Exhibition build-ing, 1319 lVlichigan avenue, they have ever put on the market. All pedestal tables will be fitted up with the DuoStyle lock and the famous Victor's ,",,,,ill form an important part of the exhibit. ]. C. YVidman & COlupany and the Hllmphrey- \.Vidman Bookcase company have secured a large space on the third floor of the Furnitureb~xchange, Grand Rapids. and \"ill make a fine display of dining room and hall furniture and fancy framed mirrors. This is the first time this company has shown in Grand Rapids in many years, and they anticipate and with reason a fine business. They will also display their full line on the seventh floor of the }l anufac' turers' building, 1319 :1fichigan avenue, Chicago. and the \Viclman hoys (five 1n nurnber) and J. C. \Virllnan, their daddy. \vill alternate between Crand Rapids and Chicago. The line will also he shmvn in the New ~._----------------------.. II II I! ,,, ,, II Reed Furniture I Baby Carriages I Go-Carts ,~ III II II ,,~--------------------------~ Plon[[R Manuladurin~ (ompany DETROIT, MICH. F1llt tine ;;hown only al Ihe factory. tant position-that of credit manager-in the big l\lit-ner- Crov.rley department store. "Vie," as all the boys call him, \Vas for several years with \'l. E. Barker. and after 1'1r'1. Harket··s death remained with Bosley, who hought the Barker store on IVIichigan avenue. [<'or thirty years or thereabouts l\'1r. Ceulebrock has been iclentified with the furniture trade as manufac-turer. salesmen and merchant and has a host of friends who \'-'ill rejoice at his aJvancernent to this impo~tant position. ~,,--------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I OUR LARGE NEW LINE OF DINING and OFFICE TABLES The season for banquets is now here. Our Banquet Table Tapis. just the thing for banquets. are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. Stow & Davis Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~--------------- City Salesroom. 4th floor, Blodgett Bid g. •I 40 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------_.~ . Moon Desk Co. MUSKEGON. MICH Moon Desks." iWonte-iiA fine line of D. L. Conrey Exhibit in Grand Rapids. A complete exhibit of the large line of china cabi-nets, music cabinets, benches, combination book cases and library cases, manufactured by the D. L. Conrey company, Shelbyville, Indiana, will be found on sale in the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapids. and also \vith the George D. V/illiams company, 1300 .:\lichigan avenue, Chicago, during the remainder of the current 'year. The line is an excellent one in de-sign, construction and finish. 1\1r. J- A. Conrey, vice-prEsident of the company will be in attendance UpO;l the sales. Grand Rapid" Mich. MOON DESKS on exhiliition 3d floor Manufacturers' Rldg- D. L. MIlLeod and R. B. MOOD in IlharRe. COUllte-"Yes indeed, my order for twenty-five No. 185. Best desk on the market for the money." placed ~--- ------_._-------------------- --. -- - -. ---------- - --- - ---'I ® .,. Q Somebody suggests that all colleges should be berned. But wouldn't it do just as well to met·ely ~Jl1rl1the frea': elothes college boys wear? Porch Furniture. The Holland Carving ancl .\loulding company (Thornton & Company , proprietors) I-Iollltnd,IVIichigan manufacturers of knock down chairs and porch furni-ture \vill add to their line to a considerable extent. Thornton & Company have been located in Holland the past year and have built a plant 50x150, also a two story warehouse, 40x60 feet. Cam?bel!'s New Factory The C. H, Campbell Furniture company of Shelby-ville, Indiana, will erect a large factory during the current year in \Yest Shelbyville, near the plants of the Conrey-Davis, IIodell, D. L. Conrey, and Spiegel Furniture companies. The company recently incre:ls-ed its cap'tal st~ck from $10,000.00 to $60,000.00. ~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.~ :: : I (,UR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EXTENSION TABLES ARE BEST MADE BEST FINISHED VALUES All Made lrom Thoroughly Seasoned Stmk.. f I ___________________________________________ J LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICH. MICHIGAN The FuIl Scope of the Arts and Crafts Movement Remains to be Discovered. ".fr. Royal C:ortissoz gave the other day at Washing-ton a very interesting talk on the snbject of common sen'se in craftsmanship. His principal point \-vas, if we are not mistaken, the unwillingness of the public to ask for art in small things. Largely because of thi's unwil-lingness, he thinks, and the general indifference the artist has limited his product to pictures and monumental sculptures and the craftsman has misdirected his energy by making his designs without sufficient knO"\i\!- ledge of his material. The question discussed 1S so important to all who are interested in the progress of art in this country that one is tempted to continue the line of suggestion. Apparently we err in two directions. Vv'e not onlv ~ake too much of the artist in refraining from asl:- mg him to paint for us desig-ns on our walls or an arabesque for our loggia, but \~e make too little of our artist-craftsman in not demanding the fruit of his ~abors. The lattcr error is perhaps the greater. It 18 not proba.ble that an artist, even a young artist, ap-proached w1th a request for an arabesque or a door frame, would in thc Inajority of instanccs respond with enthusiasm, and our secret conviction of this would prevent our making the request. 1\11". La Farge, in a recent lecture, touched on this specialization in art which has brought about such a different state of feel-ing from that of the l\lic1dle Ages and the Renais-sance, The Leonardos and Raphaels of today do not perhaps so much feel themselves above the~ simpler form of activity in art as unpreparecl to cope with the slightly different problems involved. vVe have lost everything in facility of mind. \\ie run along care-fully laid tracks, and when ,ve run off these the result is in the nature of a catastrophe. But if we cannot bring ourselves to ask our artists to busy themselves vvith our house decoration we cer-tai~ Iy can encourage intelligence in craftsmanship. It 1S the fault of the public if our "arts and crafts societies" do not add to the beauties of our homes. vVe have all seen, of course, not a few of the "fearful and wonderful designs which they caU ,vallpaper," and the ('absolu.tely unwearable ornaments" offered as jew-elry to whIch 1\'1r. Cortissoz refers, but we have also :;;een excellent designs for wallpaper, as weU as for Jewelry, even for door knockers and andirons and salt :el1ars and lanterns, which, hov..rever, are not produced In numbers, and which linger disconsolately in the salesrooms because the public will not purchase llSC-flll things from the artist-craftsman. "Arts and crafts" jewelry, unwearable or not, is salable, and so are vases and stenciled scarfs and carved watch stands and other charming and superfluous objects. but for coal hods and ,,,rood baskets, door knobs and fenclers, the public prefers to gu to the house furnishing depart-ment of the big store. An unconcealed suspicion of the hand-made articles prevails ,vhen purely utilitarian objects arc in ques-tion. The public knows that the commercial article ARTISAN 41 will "work," will serve its purpose, and fit its place, and it is cheaper. J'1oreover, there is no exhibited sup-ply of hanel-made furnishings of this kind from which to choose. They do not appear in the permanent ex-hibitions of the arts and crafts societies, and only in-frequently and in smal1 numbers in the annual exhi-bitions, and the average purchaser likes to see what he is buying for his house, The old country warning against buying a pig in a poke is still more rigorously applied to door knobs and knockers and electric fix-hues, &c. It requires not only courage but consider-able experience to "know what one likes" without see-ing it. Hence the rooted objection to ordering useful articles that also may be ornamental from young crafts-men who have no wares to show. Yet that appears to be the only Viray out. ,Until we are ready to take the chance of disap-pomtment, which is only a slight one at worst, in-volved in going with our modest orders to the pupils of those schools which teach craftsmanship, we will continue to do without the personal touch in the more prosaic appliances in our homes. That we are not in-different to the personal touch is obvious enough from our prompt investigation of the "antique" shops vi.:hen we set foot on European soil. Nothing bestows a greater sense of well-being upon the touriseof mod-erate means than to nnearth from the dark corners of a~ Antvv'erp or London shop an old iron key with the bow of a graceful interlaced design, or a chatelaine mount of chiseled iron damascened with silver. Yet excellent iromvork is done today by the pupils of the schools which include workshops, such as Pratt Institute and the manual training high schools, work that is directed toward meeting the requirements of the market, yet has the stamp of the individual. Anyone sufficiently confident of himself and fami-liar with the resources of the school to place his order for so simple a household necessity as door keys, for example, with a pupil of good standing in such a school might tlltlS add to his scheme of interior decoration at least one element of attractiveness, without running any risk of seriolls loss. It is only by some awakening on the part of the pnblie to the possibilities of indi-vidually profiting by all this machinery that we have set in motion for the production of h~nest and taste-ful hand-made articles. that the craftsmen will gain confidence to experiment upon the common and nec-essary furnishings of a house, and will produce amI exhibit ,vork in this direction. The key to the whole problem was indicated by Mr. Cortissoz when he declared that our "artistic crafts-men'" will get their real chance and be stimulated to prepare themselves for it ,"vhen America demands the frttits of craftsmanship as it now demands painting-s and statues. Everyone remembers the complaint of \Vi11iam ]\{orris when he built Red ITouse, that nothing could be bought ready made which he would consent to pttt in it. W\-ot a chair or table or bed," says his bio-grapher; "not cloth or paper hanging for the walls, nor come for us to make use of the trained talent already at hand for our present pleasure, as well as for the pur-pose of stimulating the craftsmen to further efforts. There always must be a large number of household articles that are both useful and ornamental, which can much better be produced entirely or in part by machinery than by hand, but there are many which machinery never can make as beautiful as they may be made by the hand of the craftsman, and these are the things which we can put into our houses at a cost often very little greater than we should have to pay for the machine-made article, and with a much greater re-turn of satisfaction, especially if we have the natural greedy love of possessing what is not precisely dupli-cated for anyone else. \Vith this in mind visitors to the exhibitions of the schools of design and manual training which will hold their annual exhibitions within the next two or three weeks will find much to interest th~m and to re-pay close examination of the articles made hy the pupils.-New York Times. 42 MICHIGAN ARTISAN tiles to line fireplaces or passages; nor a curtain or a candlestick; nor a jug to hold wine or a glass to drink it ont of, but had to be reinvented, one might almost say to escape the ugliness of the current article," Let us consider how much could be done today in the United States toward the furnishing of a house without having recourse to the stock of commerce or to the professional decorator; how much, that is, could be provided by the arts and crafts societies and the schools. If we take only such things as actually have been produced and shown in public exhibitions we shall find a considerable range, and if all the work has 110tbeen executed with precision or in conformity with the highest standards it is fair to remember that Morris made Red House a place of real beauty without ex-acting perfection of detail, or even elegance of design in all instances. In his own work he set the person nearest at hand to work at the craft required, and ex-pected something pretty good to cOme of it. In the recent exhibitions, then, we have seen a great many rugs of durable quality and agreeable color, and a few of genuine distinction; a considerable number of chairs and tables, desks, chests, and screens, handsomely carvetl and practical in form; a little, far too little, iron work of a very high order, as, for example, a grille shown in a Boston exhibition a year or so -ago in which bent rods were passed through holes in other rods, forming an elaborate interlace of beautiful design; a wrought-iron stair rail shown in the same exhibit, and an elaborate lock and key with mod~led figures and much delicate damascene orna-ment; dyed silks and draperies woven in pleasant pattern, most of them too dull in color, but a few showing a joyous and lively color sense on the part of the designer; silver table utensils, severe in design and carefully executed, together, it must be owned, with other pieces of exasperating faultiness; a few pieces of pottery and porcelain designed for table use, and a very little well-designed glass. There also have been shown andirons ann lamps and delightful door knobs, waste-paper baskets and other baskets, large quantities of garden pottery, ti1e~ in plain colors, and others with admirable patterns and figures; bed spreads, picture and mirror frames, drawer pulls, hinges. and candle-sticks. \Ve have referred only to articles which have been found to be executed in a competent manner and with appreciation of the material worked in. There have been other things that might have passed muster with Morris in the early Victorian era, because of a certain energy of conception, but that would not have come up to his own ideal of workmanship, and that do not satisfy our own. It is obvious that a man with a house to furnish at the present day and unwilling to buy machine-made articles would not be forced either to reinvent them or train others to make them, The modern craftsmen have fought against many discouragements and have improved their standards by degrees with very little . help from the public at large. The time certainly has @ * @ Fifty Years of Success in the Art and Crafts at Cooper Union. One of the chief objects which Mr. Peter Cooper had in view when he laid the foundation of the now much-extended Cooper Cnion was to promote the intimate and vital association of art with s.;;ience and both with industry. He foresaw with a vision keener than that of most of his contemporaries in this country the need of a republic for the modifying influences of culture. Throughout the letter with which he ac-companied the trust deed of the union is manifested not only the great benevolence of his nature, but his appreciation of the value of art in a community and his sense of the obligation laid upon us to enjoy beanty as well as to practice virtue, to use his own phraseology. During the fifty years that have elapsed since the founding of the union many changes naturally have taken place in the relation of art to the other interests of the city, and institutions of one kind and another have sprung up with the common purpose of stimulat-ing the interest of the people in questions of aesthetics. Nothing, however, has been found to contribute so ma-terially to that end as placing before the public ob-jects of the highest artistic merit, the education that we receive through our eyes having no equal where art is concerned. In this direction Cooper Union not only has held its own with the wealthy and extensive institutions of the city, but has surpassed them in several particu-lars. Its museum of the arts of decoration was for-mally opened for the use of the public in May, 1896, and it now covers the whole fourth fluor of the bnild-ing. It contains among other things some of the most beautiful work in carved wood 'of the eighteenth cen-tury to be seen anywhere in America and its collec-tion of textiles is consulted by manufacturers and de- "'1 1 CHI G AN signers from all over the country. The arrangement of the different collections is chronological and com-parative, 50 that the work of various countries at the same period is seen side by side in the artistic trade represented, and visitors can draw their conclusions as to the relative merits and rate of progress in dif-ferent places. The library also, for practical reference and study, is superb, and in the field of design is probably un-equaled in any public institution in this country. Ju addition to the books of reference, which are numer-ous and selected v'lith care and knowledge, there are the encylopedic scrapbooks of pictures which illustrate practically every department of decorative art, and afC so arranged that tracings may be made for private or business use. Thus a person about to build a house and desiring to familiarize himself with the best that has been done in the past in the way of interior orna-mentation, could consult these scrapbooks for different styles of ornamental furnishings, from carved stair rails to knobs and knockers! and what is even more im-portant, the vvorkmen themselves would be able to correct their taste and broaden their knowledge by familiarity with these selected designs. This kind of influence works slowly, but it does work, as has been demonstrated in France by the succcss of the 1\,1USce des Arts Decoratifsj an insti-tution which has been the model for the museum of the Cooper Uuion. If the founder of thc union could return and ex-amine the resources thus placed in the hanGs of the American working men and women he could hardly fail to feel that his institute had bravely done its part in that Himprovement and instruction of those citizens whose occupations are calculated to deprive them of proper recreation and instruction, which it was his express desire to make possible." A general response to the efforts made, not only on the part of the public, in the form of readiness to use the- material provided, is of course, the ideal mon-ument to Peter Cooper's memory, but the desire of his daughter, Mrs. Hewitt, to commemorate in some ar-tistic and enduring form the fifieth anniversary of Cooper Union, springs from what is perhaps the finest of our human impulses, the impulse to do homage ,vherever it is due~ as it is expressed in the inspiring and historic summons, "'Let us rIOW praise famous men anJ our fathers who '\\'cre before us." and the form chosen for the commemorative object could not be more appropriate or better designed to express the standard of those connected with the union. A medal has been designed by Roty, the greatest living medallist in France, bearing 011 its face the por-trait of :Mr. Cooper in the likeness of his later years. and on its reverSe the Cooper Union ,vith a graceful allegorical figure of Learning seateel in the foreground. A fine stamp made in the exact fac simile of the medal will be used as the seal for diplomas and other docu-ments issued by the union, and will replace the very inferior seal used heretofore. AkTlSAN 43 Bronze replicas of the medal are to be given to the graduates gaining their diplomas in the Day School of Technical Science, the Night School of Science and the Night School of Chemistry, and those who are fortunate enough to win one of these re-wards wil1 he in possession of a remarkably fine ex-ample ot the medallist's art. 'The artist was placed in possession of the facts of Mr. Cooper's life, a life that could not but appeal in its industry and practical ideals to the best instincts of the French mind, and although now arrived at an age \vhcn neVi, commissions are oftener rejected than ac-ceptecl l Roty undertook the task with much more than a perfunctory interest, as the result shows. The beautiful work on the medal makes it a treas-ure that never can be regarded with other than respect. Roty's art is invariably thoughtful and delicate, but in thts instance it is apparent that he was deeply con-cerned with rendering the special character of his sub-ject. Without in the slightest degree compromising his precision of line or the sensitive and sincere finish of the details of his design, he has given the effect of breadth and simplicity in the portrait to an unusual degree. The fteshlike texture and the rich, bland modeling of the dignified head are especialy note-worthy, and bear comparison with the best Italian work of this kind. The lights rest on the subtly varied surfaces and ripple into shade with the charm that only the true medallist can convey, and the sharp accents of dark, disposed with economy and the in-fallible instinct for the decorative effect, are in them-selves notes of mastery. The French have always appreciated the impor-tance of medals as historical records of convenient size and artistic records of peculiar refinement and ex-acting requirements. French medallists, in conse-quence, have spared themselves no efforts in conform-ing to the technical demands of the medium. The small size of a medal calls for a finer and more certain touch and for a somewhat more clearly defined relief than arc necessary in modeling objects of larger area. The eye embraces the whole at a glance, and any trace of slovenliness in handling or undue vagueness of realization would detract from the beauty of the effect. The impression made upon the mind should be c1ear-cut and direct. Roty has never departed from these principles. He is minute without pedantry, exquisite without affecta-tion, dear but not cold. M. Salomon Reinach char-acterizes him as neither Florentine nor Greek, but recalling in his aristocratic elegance the school of Fontainebleau and Jean Goujon, the first French trans-formation of Italian art. If, however, he has some-thing of Goujon's feeling for measure, for harmony, and style. he lacks his archaistic tendencies, and his art is even 1l10re than Goujon's a personal affair. vVhen 1;ve hlrn from the polished and sinewy ac-complishment of this trained mind and hand to the modest efforts of stlldents who in most cases have not assimilated the influences by which they afe so liber- r MICHIGAN ARTISAN ally surrounded, we are obliged to readjust OUf stand-point and assume a different attitude of mind. In place of contemplating a great talent nourished by artistic traditions of the utmost richness and enjoying the facility won from long experience and toil, we are confronted by the moderate talent of young men and women who arc choosing decorative art as a means of livelihood, and are more or less hampered by the prevalent commercial standard warring against the standards represented in their museum. It is interesting to observe that the museum stand-ard is .nevertheless impressing itself upon their work to a certain limited degree. Not only are the copies made from objects in the museum true in color and linel but the original designs for tapestries, fans, wall papers, and so forth, shov,,' a tendency toward elegance of pattern and distinction in the color harmonies that does not spring uninspired in the mind of the average art student, and can easily be traced to the influence of the beautiful models to which these students have access. The place of such models in the education of the modern designer cannot be better defined than it is in the following sentence quoted from NEss Eleanor G. Hewitt's report of last year: "The American designer and workman can get relief and size of moldings from casts, but· cannot cteate color effects from the white, nor from the finest reproductions of the best designs in books. He has not, what the European workman has, lifelong sur-roundings and innate consciousness of decorative de-sign which there exists on every side .. To fill this void and place the foot of the native designer on the first rung of the ladder, to enable him to instil into his mind fine color schemes and ornamental detail, he must see for himself, even if he cannot live among them, how originals look; from them he must study decorative ornament, until, from the ideals of the past, the new, caused by present conditions and demands .. will spring strong and bold from accurate knowledge of the old." It is this service above all others that Cooper Union renders to students of decorative art.-N ew York Times. @ ~. @ Carver-en t ter·Barber. "I made a confession to my wife last night," remarked the barber as he deftly snipped off a mole on the neck of the man in the chair, starting a flow of crimson. "Did you tell her that with practice you expect to cut a ma~'s head off?" inquired the man in the chair. ~~Oh,no. I have always been in the ~utting bus-iness, however. For five years I was a wood carver, for eight yea.r:-sa cutter of ladies' wear and since then a cutter of hair." '.IWhy d~m't you call yourself a .meat cutter also/' .said the man in the chair. "You are well qualified to run a butcher shop," the victim continued. "Yes, I have' always been in the cutting business," C'ontinubdthe· barber vigorously rubbing the wound he had infliCted with a caustic stiCk and ignoring the remarks 6f hI'S' 'Vlctim. I earned good wages as a wood carver, but since the introduction of arts and crafts, mlSSIOn and figured woods there is little for the carver to do. Many high class workmen have engaged in other occupa-tions, such as selling insurance, meals, 'Setting up pins in bowling alleys, dealing faro and playing poker. But for the prevalence of arts and crafts, early English and mission in the furniture trade the carvers would be lead-er'S in civic reform) temperance and church extension work. I worked in one factory under a foreman who spent most of his time reading newspapers and smoking. He was not a carver, although at times when the big boss came through the shop it waS his practice to grab a tool and make the chips fly until the door had closed behind the visitor. His value to his employers lay in his 'supposed ability to get out carvings at minimum cost. Two good. men made the initial cuts and e'stimated the cost of the same. Whatever prices they made fixed the price for the piece workers for subsequent cuts. Now these ex":' perts were friends of the piece workers and never hur-ried in the execution of their tasks. The fat slob loung-ing over his newspaper and enjoying his cigars never learned that he was paying ten per cent more for carvings than other manufacturers. II\Vhat about the confession to your wife?" asked the victim. "Gh yes. I nearly forgot that. I went home last night about twelve o'clock with a burden on my mind, after a session with a trio of good things in a poker room." "Did you walk or pay car fare?" the victim inter-rupted. "Marie, my dear, I must make a confession. I have been lying to you. Hundreds of times at midnight when I told you that I had been attending a late session of the lodge or visiting a sick friend I lied to you. I was playing cards for money. Can you forgive me? I pro-mise never to play again. Now what do you think she replied? George, my dear hnsband, I knew when you lied to me every time. While the allowance for the honse from your earnings was at times very low your efforts to deceive me were so amusing that I pretended to believe you. I hoped that you would learn in time the lesson that has found lodgement in your mind and make the confes-sion you have uttered to-night. Your are such a feeble liar, George, that I ought not to forgive you. If you keep your pledge to play no more and speak the truth I 'hall not be deprived of very many of the pleasures 01 life. "Now you look fine' A hair cut, a massage, a sham-poo and a clean shave makes you, the finest looking of the many men that come into this shop. " "Thank YOll." And George stowed away a liberal tip. @ * @ HTa be successful in salesmanship a man should stick close to the truth."-Commercial Traveler. \il/hy not speak the truth? @ * @ Manufacturers who bring out lines to please them-selves have a small but select clientele. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 4S East}ak("s Hint~ Cln 11('Juse Furnishinf. Charles L. Eastlake wrote a book on the subject of furniture, upholstery and other details called "Hints on Household Taste." It was published in 1876 in London and Boston) :Mass. The book is divided up into talks on the furnishing of various rooms in the house and al'so dis-cusses street architecture It is illustrated by wood cuts made from designs by the author. '[he lack of ta~te in house decoration is deplored by Mr. Eastlake. The idea seems to bc that only the latest styles are the best. ·rhe people who are educated in the matter, \\iho have a setl'se of fitness and beauty in fur-nishings are few and far between. ",Vithin the last century and more there has been a great falling off in the excellence of manufactures. One cause is 'Said to be the lack of craftsmen who understand more than one branch of manufacture. "\Ve can hardly hope in our time to sustain any-thing like a real and national interest in art while we tamely submit to the ugliness of modern manufacture. The faculty of distinguishing good from bad de'sign in the familiar objects of domestic life is a faculty which most educated people conceive they possess but the fact i'S that few do. The majority of the public is completely un-informed bnt is content to be guided by a few people who are themselves not only uninformed but misinformed on the subject. The thirst for novelties leads many to buy impossible objects in glass, china, tables, chairs and cabinet work. They are all chosen on this plan. The latest invention, although it may violate every principle of good design is sure to be a favorite with the majority. "The lesson of unity in housefurnishing has not been learned, A house and its contents, the room and its fur-niture should be in harmony. By a man's taste you may kne\v him. Half of the effect of every room which is planned must ultimately depend on the manner in which it is fitted up. Too much- money is expended on the exterior of a hou'sc while the interior suffers by com-parison. The r00111Shave white walls, which are c.old looking. Furniture and fittings must have a setting to show them up well. In regard to fnrnitnre, Mr. Eastlake drsliked the sofa with a curved back. He says the curve means nothing at all, is manifestly inconvenient for it is either too high in one place or too low in another to accommodate the shoulders of a'sitter Chairs are invariably curved in such a manner as to insure the greatest amount of ugliness with the least possible comfort. The backs of sideboards arc curved in the most senseless and extravagant manner, the leg of cabinets are curved, and become in consequence cOlYstructivel)' weak, drawing room tables are curved in every direction perpendicularly and horizontally! are therefore inconvenient to sit at and always rickety, Thi's system of Hshapingll furniture uhvays involves additional expense in manufacture and adds nothing- in an' artistic. way. 1\1r. Eastlake also thO~lght that the carving seen on or-dinary furniture ,vaS uUerly bad. "It is fre<luently el11- plciyed in the most inappropriate places; it is generally spiritless in design and always wor't"h1css in' execution;)) He thought glued on carvings of little nse and furniture was better looking without it. The use of veneers did not meet with his approval except for a few fine woods such as walnut. Speaking of the relation of the rooms of a house the author says that there is no portion of a modern house \vhich indicates more respect for the early traditions of art as applied to furniture than the entrance hall. The fittings of the hall usually have an appearance of solidity not found in other rooms, The furniture of a house should be consistent throughout. Often one floor is furnished with heavy pieces while the next may h~ve only fragile stutI. Fnrniture shonld be made to last-to hand down to posterity. "\Ve ought to be a'shamed of lurniture \vhich is being continually replaced." A few years use \vould soon invest our chairs and tables with that sort of interest which age alone can give, if their designs are originally artistic. But unfortunately our modem furni-ture does not become picturesque with time-it only grows shabby. One tires of its mere prettiness in time." The author describes each room in a house and gives hi'S iueas on their proper fittings. The book was written so long ago-in 1876 that it does not seem quite modern enough for present ideas. Since then the mission and arts and crafts styles have made their appearance and have done much to simplify the 'styles in furnishings, so mnch so that Mr. Eastlake wonld be surprised and his cry for something new in design would be answered. @ * @ John Honlt's New Home. During the past several months work has been in progress on a handsome American colonial residence for] ohn Hoult, manager of the Luce Furniture com-pany, located on ~Madison avenue, one of the most at-tractive of the many beautiful sections for which Grand Rapids is noted, and it commands interesting views from its spacious windows and porches. The rooms are large and finished mainly in solid and crotch veneer mahogany, selected for the purpose several years ago. Combined with white enameled walls the effect is beautiful. The dining room and hall are heavily paneled and every thing needed for the convenience and comfort of the owner, his fam-ily. his guests and also his servants will be provided. }fr. Roult will take possession of his home in the near future. @ * @ Acted Upon the Advice Given. The selling agent of a firm located in CiJ1r::n!::.:I \vrote "the houseH a short time ago complaining of a firm located in Chicago, for sellin; dressers for which he was expected to get $17.00, for $16.00. "How can I meet such competition?" he inquired. "The house" replied "by good salesmanship and because the buyers 1-1..1-V yon." The cornp1aining salesman accepted the suggestion a~-ldthrough good salesmanship di~posed of a large m;mber of $17.00 dressers for $17.00.! @ * @ , A pull will not help a man rise to the top qnicker than a push, in the furniture busineSS. r 46 MICHIGAN ARTISAN All Wood Lamp' Now the Slyle. Since the introduction of numerous types of hard and soft wood lamps and gas bracket devices for house pur-pose'S, there has been quite a demand upon carpenter:; 3nd cabinet makers for apparatus of this description. Not only are the wooden parts' utilized in the making of rustic forms of lamps but they are used for electric light bulbs. Gas arc'S have been fitted up between the hard-wood beams of the ceiling with good effect, The pro-ject consists in getting wooden lamps, standard, brackets, braces, etc .. to harmonize with the- surrounding finished hardwood trimrnings. There are room's in houses in which the finish is entirely rustic and the rustic light stand is employed to go with the same. There are dens for study and smoking in which some of the lamp stands are put in with the bark still adhering to the timber. There are porches on which the all-wood lamps and electric light fixtures are placed with good effect. There are band 'Stands, parlors, arches, stores, offices and other places where the wooden fixtures can be employed to good advantage. Some of the enterprising store ad-vertisers have already placed all-wood fixtures in their show windows for the purpose of attracting observation. Not only are the fixtur"s of wood used in plaiu form, but there are models of heauty in which the trimmiugs of yellow, bronze and white metal are used, There are highly and richly engraved samples. This sort of work has opened a line of occupation in some of the woodworking shops which is proving to be exceedingly profitable. In this article we can only give an idea of the work as it has progressed, The annexed illustrations will aid in explaining the character of the de- A \NoC>OS.N LAM P Eg2 vices. Of course it is necessary that selected and sea-soned timber be used in making parts, otherwise there will be warping and twisting of the stock to the ruina-tion of the goods. The stock should be of the nature in-tended for a goo<j finish. White pine i·s used in some places for cheap imitations; the best effects are the result of using the natural hard woods. I find all kinds of hardwoods employed in this service. Figure one shows One of the lamps with the shade, the basework and the sides of wood. There are some fret-sa wed portions to it as may he seen. The part containing the oil i"Smetal or glass and this rests in the wood 'Stand in such a manner that ouly the wooden parts show. Figure two gives the plan of boxing the glass or metal oil reservoir. The manner of supporting a number of electrical lights on a plain wooden bar is shown in figure three. The raw post of the apartment is used and is furnished with a wooden bracket which is sawed out as per the pattern. Then the arm is projected and the wiring for the globes carried along it When parts like this are made of wal-nut, mahogany or other woods of a similar nature, some very elegant finishes may be produced. The plan of sup-porting a series of lamps to the overhead beam'S in a ceiling is shown in figure four. In case that it is nec-essary to carry a line of wire along a wooden beam in the room, the wire can be encased in a gilded pipe and the pipe sunk into a groove in the beam as in figure six. Sometimes the wiring is carried along in little metal brackets a'Sin figure five. Figure seven shows one of the forms of wood shades used for an electrical lamp. Some very odd and attractive effects can be made jn a room in which the finish is in 'wood, by having reflectors- of wood for all lights. Some of the reflectors or the shades, are flat pieces of walnut, highly polished and "Setoff with a little metal trimming. Bronze trimmings of the wooden parts always gives good satisfaction. 'Brass requires con-siderable care to keep bright. In order to meet with the demand for the all-wood light stands for hall and desk purposes, some of the manufacturers have put in separate departments and special machinery. A novelty always sells profitably for quite a period of time. Some of the carpenters have simply put inan extra bench where they may work at the oil, gas or electrical light wooden fix- MICHIGAN ARTISAN tures whenever an order comes in for the same. Some very good and large hall lamps of wood are selling welL In one case I notkcd that the 'Stand was a tree trunk, smoothed and finished with the natural curve still in it. This harmonized with the wood trimmings of the hall. Made by Karges FurnIture Co., EvanSVille, Ind. The deep shaded green light carried on the post produced a very unique effect in the hall. Ebony and rOBcwood finishes may be seen. Ash and maple arc employed for the lamp fixtures. In fact, con-siderable of the metal gas and electrical light fixture work of old is now being made \vith ha"rd\',rood. Ponderous all wood chandeliers may be seen. The wood is not so costly as the metal nor so \veightY' The wood is attrac-tive and can be designed to meet with the whims of all kiTIns of persons. In this age of novelties, the \vooden lamps stand a good show for extensive sale. @ * @ Historic British Chairs. The fact that the King will sit at the next levee in the Henry VII chair \vill render it of interest to recall recol-lection to the existence of other historical chairs. The chair occupied by Charles I at his trial in Westminster Hall is now in a cottage hospital at l\loreton-in-the 11arsh, in Gloucestershire; the chair of the chief justices of the conrt of common pleas is in the possession of Lord Coleridge, 'as an hei;loom in his famil).', having come to his father, the last chief justice of the common pleas and subsequently chief justice of England. The chair of the speaker of the Irish house of commons, \vhieh be-longs to Viscount Masereene and Ferrard as the des- 47 cendant of Mr. Foster (Lord Oriel), the last .peaker, IS omv in the national museum in Dublin. @ -i' @ Will Travel in the SOllth. D. L. McLeod has associated the lines of the St. Johns Table company and the Muskegon Valley Fur-niture company, and the 1\100n Desk company, and will travel in the southern states. "l\1ac" has been very successful in his old territory and will deserve well at the hands of the dealers in the south. @ *' @ T'le Grand Rapids Board of Trade will support the movement started in other cities calling for an investiga-tion of the methods pursued in the transaction of busi-ness by the express companie.s by the inter-state com-merce commission. ® * @ Retailers of furniture are considerably interested in a proposal requesting manufacturers to enter upon bills rendered the exact weight of all packages shipped. Such Made by Globe Furniture Co., Evansville, Ind. an entry would prove of value in the adjustment of claims for excess charges by transportation companies. @ * @ ~ro matter how Iowa man's credit may be he can borrow-trouble. @ * @ Rather than be sold it is better for one to give him-self away. ~ ----, lTHE ,B~GWH!TE SHOPj . I I (,We Furnish Every Article of Printing I Needed by Business Men 48 II jI•IIIII IIIIIIII IIt MICHIGAN ARTISAN WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ! ITHE BIG WHITE SHopl f 4 I! I II I MICHIGAN ARTISAN 49 REAL ORIGINAL "FLANDERS" BROUGHT au T BY Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. T1-T E STYLE of furniture which we call ·'Flanders." ori~61lated in a. province of that name composed of a part of Holland, Belgium and north-eTn France, Tt was made at the close of the 16th. ,wd the first part of the 17tll Century. The hest designer of \vood- \'Vork of that period was Vrec([- man de V ric:;e; the gr e<ttcst painter, Peter Paul Rubens; and the most active cellter of pro-duction, Antwerp, After a short period of imita-tion of Italian woodwork, made principally of walnut, they de-vised for their own na.tive oak a style so appropriate to this material that it \vas borrowed Ander various names, by the sur-rounding nations using such wood. The Louis XIII in France. the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles in England are so strong-ly inspired by it that it is often diO'icult to identify the conntr}.' 'where such work was produced. The success attending our nev,' and exclusive type of furniture called) FLANDERS \-"hich we originated and Lrought out in January, 1909, shovvs the strong hold it has on popular favor and its great value to the merchant in' attracting desirable trade to his store. \Ve have little doubt that others will have the temerity to try to imitate it and with so-called "'Flanders" ear-marks, endeavor to appropriate as their Own a portion of the commercial advantage morally helonging to us as the result of our initiative. It is hardly necessary to remind the discrimit\Qting merchant that there is and wilt be but one real and original uFlanclers" line and each piece will have its own mark of distinction, the shop-mark of Berkey & Gay," Furniture Company. It occupies a field entirely by itself-its turned leg and moulding, its simplicity and grace, its perfect construction, and fumed finish, and its modest price, accounts in a great measure for its popularity. 11ade in many pieces for the library, dining-room, bed-room and hall at $1.50 and npwards. BERKEY & GAY FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Our line of bedroom. dining-room and library furniture will be ready for inspection at our thaw roorrn in Grand Rapid., June 24th and after. FLANDERS FURNITURE Its Historical Ori2in I d 50' MI,tHIGAN AR TISAN •I ~ Jo~nson~ , Furniture Company! I Grand Rapids, Michigan LIBRARY and DINING-ROOM SUITES in Plain and Crotch Mahogany II '"----~_._--------------_.I. EXHIBIT: 2nd Floor, ~ontI.. Fnrniture ExI.i(,ition Building. SALESMEN-East, r. Cliswell, and Geo. F. Riley; Middle West, Ernest H. Williams; 'West, Talcott H. Camp; South, M. D. Blum. ,, ..----_._-- j II II II I Sectional Bookcase Up to date; making the dealer a profit of SS%. All woods and finishes. Write for catalO1!ue. Line on sale In Furniture ExchaD"e. Grand.Raplds; Manufacturers' BxLibitioR Building, Chicago lInd Furniture Exchange. Newlor'-, No. 10.F. 0 ... ,.",.1 O.~. Orde~ sample ,List $16, less 35%. stack at once. Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company Detroit, , Michil!DD J TWENTY-NINTH YEAR OF THE ARTISAN . Hereafter it will be Published Weekly. 'With this number the twenty-ninth year of the Michigan Artisan closes. It has passed through three seasons of panic and witnessed the death of all but one of the furniture ttade papers occupying the field wheu it was born. Since the year 1880, the furniture and kindred trades have more than doubled in volume qnd in the quality of the product, the improvement made be-ing seemingly beyond belief. Grand Rapids contained twelve furniture factories in .that year, Rockford four, Sheboygan four, Milwaukee six, Shelbyville one, In" diana polis eight, Evansville ten, Jamestown twelve, High Point none, Atlanta one, l\:Iinneapolis two, De-troit four, Toledo two, Goshen- two and other furniture manufacturing centers su'ch as Chicago, Boston, ,New York and Philad'el.phia have been more or'less effected by the passing of time. In all the years of the past the Artisan has actively and energetically given its .support to every nleasure presented calculated to strengthen and uphold the industry and so satisfactory has been its relations with the manufacturers of furniture and kin-dred goods in the past that the publishers have de-termined to issue the publication weekly hereafter (the first number will appear ort Saturday, ]tily 3) in order that a larger field of usefulness may be filled. The Weekly Artisan will be a NEWSPAPER, It will contain full and accurate information concerning all branches of the trade and it is the purpose of the pub-lishers to make it a 'neceSSity to the manufacturer, the retailer, the salesman and the accountant. The pub-lishe~ s ask the cordial and liberal support of the clientele it has served in the pa.st, because it is their purpose to make the \Veekly Artisan worthy of sup-port. •III II ! @ ::: @ Fifteen Hundred Samples. For the fall season of trade the Michigan Chair company of Grand Rapids have prepared fifteen hun-dred samples of chairs of medium aud fine quality. The company offer the most desirable assortment of pat-terns they have ever brought out, The line is very strong in period styles and the substantials that every dealer in furniture requires. The company is repres-ented in the east by Charles H. Cox and Robert E, Walton in the south by W, R Penney and in the west by Charles B. Parmenter, Robert H, Calder and M, M. T ,aramy. Everything for the Bedroom, The Sligh Furniture company furnish for the con- . sideration of buyers an extraordinary line' of medium and fine furniture for the bed room. The. periods are represented by Louis XIV, XV and XVI,Sheratou, the Adam Brothers, Hepplewhite and various colo-nial epochs. In circassian walnut the lin~ is.yery strong. MICHIGAN ARTISAN Complete Suites for the Dining Room. Period and Colonial Designs at Popular Pri..:es, Full line of Music Cabinets wi\!\ OUt Patent Automatic Shelves also fot all kinds of Records. MEC"ANICS fURNITURE CO., ROCKfORD. ILL 51 -_._------,-_._--------------' A Comprehensive Line. In the manufacture of brass and iron beds the Thomas B. Laycock Manufacturing company, of In-dianapolis, operate a rnodern plant covering several acres and producing a large variety of medium and high grade metal furniture. In additinn to hras:; and iron beds the company manufacturers cribs in mt:tal and wood, upright folding beds for children, steel couches, steel davenports, metal and wood cots and cradles, woven wire and spiral spring"s and institution beds. A specialty is a spring display rack ror lnattresses .Tn the c.onstrLtction of metal beds, a reversihle si.de rail is used, that has met the approval oJ buyers. In the finish of their brass beds the company employ the English process. producing the most durable and sat-isfactory'" effects. @ * @ The Ann Arbor Line. The IVlichigan Furniture company have brought out quite an important addition to their line of bedroom furniture, De"v suites in mahogany \'",hich greatly strengthens the output. The patterns are in Colonial and French styles, all well made ano well finished and should win the favor of dealers. @ * @ Sextro Line in Chicago. The Sextro 1,fanufactttring company of Cincinnati, Ohio, ,,,,,ill exhibit their line of dining tables at 1319 l\tfichigan avenue, Chicago, The line is manufactured in oak, mahogany and walnut in all desirable shades and finishes. @ * @l I\-facCreacly & Gertinger are preparing to engage III the manufacture of furniture at Corvallis, Oregon, ..--_. -----------_._--- •i We Manufacture the t Largest LiDe of j rOlDlnQ I (n AI D5 in the. United States, suitable (or 5 u n day Schools, H alls, Steam~ ers and all publicresorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and Cribs in a large variety. Sefid [(1" Catalogu~ and PriceJ t/1 II .. ·1 ~.-' . I KAUffMAN . MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO L __ ~_-_"-,,-,,,,-,"=_ 5,2--.------_._-_M._ICH-IGAN ARTISAN -------------_._-- ...•.I,II , I I1 III1 I DID YOU have our matched Buffets, Chinas and Pedestal Dining•.Tal>les? WEREN'T THEY SELLERS? Buried with Jewels. Chauchard, the merchant prince of -Paris, mentioned in the' Artisan for May, owner of the Magazin du Louvre, a philanthropist was carried to his last rest-ing place we~~ing fouT valuable pearl buttons for vest fastenings, said to be valued at $100,000, a fact that is causing Parisians much disgust. His store was so-famous that it was often confused with the Louvre Musee. Chauchard was the. pioneer depart-ment -store organizer. Chauc::hard invented the-marked priceJthe special sale, the money-back policy-at all events he invented them for France~ He first installed a free buffet, first gave away a toy balloon to lift his name to the clouds. Nothing so much as the toy bal-loon contributed"to the store's success. @ * €I Udell's Exhibit. For the fall season of trade the Udell\iVorks of Indianapolis, Indiana, will show a large line c.f book-cases, ladies' desks, music cabinets, record cases, med-icine, cabinets, commodes, and' folding. tabI''es, in the Furniture Exposit
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- 1909-06-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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