Weekly Artisan; 1910-02-05

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ----------------------------------------- - - GRAND P ,\PJ':'0 i lJ \ 'I I ~ ... .1" \ , GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.• FEBRUARY 5,1910 NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany. Circassian Walnut and Oak. If YOU have not one in your store, a simple request will brin4 you onrm.asjnificent new Catalollne of 12x16 ineh page groups, show-in4 suites to Inatch. With it, even the :most moderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. I-I I I I I ...... WEEKLY ARTISAN ._ --_ .._ .._-_._ -_.--._.----_._-_.-- _ ..........•...•.. _ .....•....••..... ~ 1 Qran~Da~Ms610w Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE LATEST device for handling shavings and dust from all wood-working machines. Our nineteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hun-dred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in this line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Fa.ctory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cltl•• Da Phon. la8a aen. M.ln 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM ........---_._------_._-~--_._.__._._._._._-- ----_. __. ----------- ... - .- .. I.. WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REFRIGER4 TORS AT RIG"T PRICES ~. . -- ..... . - --~~--~--------.... I SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE, CUALLENGE REfRIGERATOR COMPANY GRAND "AVEN, MIC"., U. S. A. •••• ••• • •• - ._.. 1 No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I ... •••• F ••• _. •••• ••• __ B.a_ ••• __ • a.. . .. New designs in the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. ..--- - --- - .- - ---- --------_. ~--------_._..._.---_._. _._-----------------.-.. 81I III IIII II I I 8I Have you had anything from The Luce Furniture Co. lately? Bedroom and Dining Room equipment in profusion. Time---Now. Place---Grand Rapids. 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 tn Dark and T,ma Mahogany Blrdr' J Ey M,;ple Btrch !.(tjartertd Ga!.. and ell casslan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RA PH) .. ') PUBLIC LIDRARY 30th Year-No. 32 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• FEBRUARY 5. 1910 Issued Weekly FREIGHT RATES AND DAMAGE CLAIMS Rigbts and Duties of Sbippers and Consignees and the L~gal Requirements of Railroad Compani~s. FollowmiS l'i a part of an address on "FreH:;ht Rates, Grie\ ance'i and Trouble..,," delI\ ered at the recent annual banquet of the Merchants and .ManufactUlels' aSSOCiatIOn of Sheboygan, IV IS , by A C H aIm, secretary of the Phoe11lx ChaIr company of that city TransportatlOn IS the largest smgle Item of eApense in the wOlld today It costs over two thousand mll110n dollars annually, a :-,um WhICh no natIOn on earth spends m a smgle year Out of this vast amount, over $24,000,000 was paid back to the shIppers m claims dunng the year 1908, accordmg to the latest avadable statbt1cs published. ThIs IS a surpnsing amount to cover damages and ove1charges TransportatlOn of fneght, today, IS a typical problem and all of us here are figunng for ItS solutlOn It is a study m 1t'ielf, that become:-, more complex and comphcated each year and as yet we ha, e dIscovered no theOl em whIch can be apphed m effectmg a solut1On It IS complised of a mIxed conglome1 at10n of facts and figures, of as'3ert1Ons and de11lals \ ery much 11ke a pm, headed m one way, and pomted another. One reason for this unaccountable :-,tate of affaIrs is the great need for, and lack, of, u111form1ty. It IS true the Interstate Commerce CommIssion has been hard at WOlk effectmg u111form measures, but speakmg from the pre'ient standpomt, we must deal with a sadly con-flictmg basIs, governed by entIrely mdn 1dual cond1tlon~, and I might add impulses, on the part of the 1a1lroads Goods that travel to, or come from the east, are gm elUed by the official cla'i'iIflcat1On 1'omts south of the OhIO liver, a1 e governed by what IS known as the southern c1assifica-t10n Pomt'i southwest from the terlltOlY thus far mentIOned (1 e Texas and the ne1ghbonng terntory) are gove1ned by the south-western baffic commIttee Good~ gomg to the PaCIfic coast, come under the tran'i-contmental class1ficat1On, Goods gomg to Denver and adjacent terntory are gove1ned by the tran s- Mlssoun class1ficatlOn W1scons1n and adjoinmg states, are based on the western clasSIfication, whereas IllmOls and Iowa have a clasSIficatIOn of their ovvn, whIch dIffers from the \\ estern clasSification in various of the essentIal detads If we had u111fonmty m classlficatlOl1, m the apphcatlOn of freight rates, in the lOutmg of shIpments, m the payments of claim,;, it would he hke one natIOn under one flal:; There would then plOhably be thousands and thousands of deep-thml,. mg genlUses out of employment today As it 1S, that word umfo1m only gets an occaSIOnal opportumty to show 1tselt m the study of freliSht To Illustrate thIS uneven factor m f1eight rates, do you know why It IS poss1ble to shIp (flOm ChicaiSo) 100 pounds of nails to Hong Kong, China, for 45c and pay $3 15 for 100 pounds of boob to Salt Lake CIty, Utah? Why a shIpper can save 15 cts, per 100 pounds on :\Iachmery from Chicago to San F1 anclsco by shIpping to ShanghaI, Chma over the PaCIfic Ocean and back to the PaCific coast, than If shIpped dll ect to San FranClsco? And do you know how raJ1roads can manage to shIp cotton goods from New England to Den-ver for $22'i per CVvt and to San FranCISco, (1500 mIles far-ther '" est) for 55 pel cent less? These are a fevv of the peculiantles eX1stmg at the pre-sent tIme which act merely as a surface eVIdence that to undertake the problem of freIght demands the constant study of a hfe-tllne, at the end of whIch the knovv ledge gamed and the progress made IS oftentIm es not gn en the opportunity to be Imparted to the commel Clal vvorld. \Vhen shlppmg goods, It 1:-' necessary to observe the proper cla"S1ficatlOns which apply on that pa1ticular com-modIty Each cla:-'~lficatlOn retams a dIstinctive freight rate whIch often-tllnes vanes agam:-,t the nterests of the shIpper. Howen r, It 15 essentIal that stnct adherence is made to the claSSIfication on any shIpment, for the raIlroad will apply the COll ect claSSificatIOn If through vvdful or unmtentional neglect your slllp goods under a false cla'isificatIon The Law enaC'ted by the J nte1 state Commerce C0111nl1s- SlOn holds the shIpper Just as hable as the ra1)J oad compa111e:-, to the knowledge of the raIlroad tarIff, and WIll refuse to uphold you m defense of 11l1JUStclas"lfication If yOU were in knowledge of ItS effect However m that case, the Inte1state Com111erC'e COmnllSSlOn will accept your complamt for revI-sIOn of the paragraph 1eferred to by the tanff whIch affects you, and yOU are at hberty to submIt your p10pos1tlOn, ac-compa11led \V 1th full references and sane reasons for your act!on It may be peculial to know m thl:-' connection that ",hen 1ecelving shIpments from ce1 tam pomts 111 the east, fO! m-stance, we are obliged to pay the same rate of freIght on goods that come, 1a CJhcago, as the people m \Y mona, l\Imne-sot a That 1S, we are figured 111 on the IYmona ba'il" the 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN mmlmum figure hems; based on \\ mana as the common pomt for OUI sectIOn H owev el, should these sa me ship-ments come via the Pel e \Iarquette or the -\nn -\rbor hne and Mamtov, oc, the rate v,ould be considerably lowered It agam follows that the shipper or consignee must take care of his own mterests, and as befOle stated, should knmv the tarIff and Its classIficatIOns Ignorance of these, results only m your own 105" by paymg excess freight when It could be dIVerted to a bettel or more desl1 able route of transportatIOn, so far as freight is concerned. As those of us here are mostly mterested m the I ecen m~ of goods, mal e so than sll1ppmg same out of here, vve \\ III follow up the former pomt, which bnngs us directly mto the subject assigned When you receive a shipment of goods which h partly damaged, It is but natural to feel unpleasantly mchned to-wards the railroad company carrymg the ;,hlpment, becaLhe there IS no telling what the delay m that case may Involve It is but natural to infer under those Circumstances, that the goods I eceived an unusual amount of rough and careless hand-lIng on the pal t of the raIlroad compames' emplm ee" I'v L known personally, of m stances, vvhere the I;ood" paLked 111 the ears are jammed through the ends of the Lal, cau "ed bv the hasty work of the switchmen, m 5\\ Itchmg about the cars in the yards, and if some of you would have the occasIOn to watch the plOcess of switching as It goes on every da), you would lIttle wonder to see your goods broken when thev come out of the car. But that IS one of the pomb \\ hICh b marked black against transportation Time, Tide and \lone) you know, stop for no man, and let me add that the railroad companies and their employees stop for nothmg les;" and untIl we can tame them into sUbmlSc,lOn to "handle V\lth cale" \\ hen the bundle IS "0 marked, rather than to see how much knockmg It can stand, we must content ourselves with the sen Ice we are gettmg at the present time. Howe\ er, mvestIgatlOn reveals that the railroad com-pames today are expending large amounts of money to cover thiS \\ eak pomt 111 theIr service They are accordingly se- Llllmg none but expert SWItchmen whereever available, and furthermore, men who wdl over"ee the work of the SWitch-men and check the cars when they are packed. We can there- £01 e 11\ e In hopes that the future wIll reveal a decided change tlom the unsatIsfactory servICe that IS given us at present. But even that should be no reason why you should re-ma1l1 chsmterested m the shipment, which is damaged at the freight depot In JusttIce to yourself as well as the shlppel of the goods, you should pay the freight on the entIre shipment, mstead of refusmg to accept the same Hal e your local agent make a notation on your paid expense bIll, mdlcatmg that goods are broken and to vvhat eAtent Return, m that ca;,e, the broken goods If you so Wish, to the shipper or manufacturer, and notIfy him of your <lctIon as v, ell as 1 easons for same. Send him also the h1ll ot ladmg coy enng the return sbJpment of the goods you c1cucled not to retam, (I e the broken goods,) the original hdl of lad111g coy enng the ongmal shipment to you, together \\ Ith the paid c'Cpense bdl, beanng the notatIOn that the ship-ment sustamed a damage or shortage. \\ hen the manufacturer receives this notice from you, he 1'0 111a po'iItIon to know how to proceed, and what to expect. \ \ hen the goods arrn e, It places him 111a pOSitIOn to enter a claim agamst the transportatIOn company and mvestIgate the apparent neglIgence for you, unless you prefer to enter claim at your local statIon In tll1S connectIOn, I want to make mention of the care to· • _. - .--.------.-.-.-.-.---.--.----. . i The Latest Improved Sander I You are wasting time and money, if you are 'iandlng by hand, drum, dIsk or spindle. Your competItor is doing more and better v\ ark on our machines Let us "how you how to sand flat surfaces, Irregular shapes and moldings in a practical and profitable manner. 'Ve guarantee results Ask for Catalog "E" Wysong & Miles Company Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., Greensboro, N. C. No. 194 Patented Sand Belt Machine. .. J WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 .. -..... .. _.... ------ -_._---_._-~-----------------_._----......, In GRAND RAPIDS Only, January, 1910. OLD SPACE, Furniture Exhibition Bldg., Fourth Floor. The UDELL Line MANY NEW ONES in Library Bookcases, Medicine Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Commodes, Sheet Music Cabinets, Folding Tables, Piano Player Roll Cabinets. A Lme which is well worth gomg to see A Lme that you should have a complete catalog of. The fact that you have not our catalog can only be rectIfiedby wntlng for your copy to~day THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND. No. 679 '--------------._---------_._----- --~------- .. ...~ .. -..... •• __ •••• a.a ••• that should be exercIsed when you return a shipment of goods Be specIfic in yOUI maIktng of the shIpment tncludmg not only the name of the consignee, whIch is often-tImes only abbre\ Iated, but put on the full address together WIth the address and name of the shipper. This is to prevent any mlscatrymg of freIght at transfer bIlling wherever the goods are oblIged to be re-bIlled At present there IS a great deal of trouble experienced at this very point, that the shippers overlook to put on theIr name and address, and the result is the shIpment goes astray, the tags are oftentImes torn off, and when the goods get to another re-bIlllllg station, the consequence is platnly eivdent ;-J 0 one IS able to tell from whom or to whom the goods were bIlled ThIs necessitates tIme lost m enterIng a claIm, and all the trouble that goes WIth it. Of course, the railroad employees are often times at fault tn neglecttng to put on the name and address of the shIpper on the re-bIlltng, whereupon the consIgnee is unable to determme where the goods come flOm ThIS is an essen-tIal pOlllt, and should be observed by every-one when re-tUIning or shipptng goods SometImes It happens that the agent in your town is neglIgent to notIfy the agent at the orIgtnal point of ship-ment whenever there is a shipment at hand refused by the conSIgnee ThIS causes a lot of trouble for the shIpper III partIcular To hegm WIth, the customer or conSIgnee, is neglecting 11]'; duties when he allows the shipment to remam at the freight depot without dlSpOSltIOll, or WIthout notifylllg the consIgnor of hIS actIOn and reasons for same If It is abso-lutely necessary to refuse the shipment outright, it is only Just that the shIpper be notified of such circumstances in or- 'der that prompt steps might be taken to have the shipment returned 01 refonvarded as per the shIpper's request, at the same time save an enormous bIll for storage of the goods All m all. thIS trouble of "the sale of unclaimed freight" can be reduced If the conSIgnee WIll only take the paIllS to notify the shIpper whenever a shIpment is refused for any reason, and state your reasons, so that the shipper can govern him-sef accordlllgly So much for the unwritten duties a con- :'Ignee should feel hImself bound to in Justice to the consignor. Now coming back to the claim questIOn, let us classify the two kinds of claIms that are permissable FIrst we have the Loss and Damage Claim, comprising redress for breakages sustatned on any shipment, or part of a shipment lost III transit. •••••• ea .., No. 354 No. 1239 . .------_._._._------~ Second, we have the Overcharge ClaIm, which, as the name ImplIes, covers redress for exceSSIve taxation on the part of the ralhoad compallles. Takmg up the fIrst. Loss and Damage ClaIm, we find that people who do not make a practice of entering claims agalllst the transportation company, make the grave mistake of trYlllg to get too bIg a haul out of the raIlroad company. They enter claIm for an amount that is unreasonable It is essentIal that you confine yourself as closely as possible to the mVOIce price of the article for whIch claim is being entered To enter a claim for loss or damage, you must support your statement WIth the original bill of ladmg covering the onginal shIpment which sustained the damage or less to-gether WIth the paid freight bill and a copy of the invoice for same. Before tenderIng your claim, be sure to make an exact copy of the same, for the railroad companies, in refer-rIng the papers from one lIne to another are apt, in fact very hable to misplace or completely lose any portion or the en-tll e papers constituting the claim, in which event you are called upon to furlllSh a duplicate set. Also do not overlook to number your claim, and to insert on your record the num-ber whIch the railroad company gIves your claim, as they never refer to claims by name, but always by number. TakIng for example we enter a claim for damage sus-taIned on a shipment Present the original bill of lading covenng the shipment, together with the paid freight bilI and copy of invoice for same, to your local agent. The claim must appear m good faith before him, and be based upon legItimate reasons or It will not even pass his O. K. However, rIght here I WIsh to add that the railroad com-panies as a rule are very anxious to retain the patronage of the manufacturers and the dealers, and therefOl e invariably gIve you the benefit of a doubt when passing upon the O. K. of a claim upon presentatIOn. Your agent refers thIS claim to his freight claim agent who wlll go over the papers, and upon the strength of the notatIOn on the paid expenSe bill indicating breakage, and in comparison WIth the mvoice price of the article damaged, he will O. K the claIm and issue a check in favor of the agent here, authonzIng hIm to make payment of the claim. He will then take the matter up dIrectly with the agent at original pomt of shIpment, and settle the matter further with him. In that way the claImant receives prompt service, against the method that was m vogue prIor to the ruling which the national freIght claIm agent's association effected recently. --------- -- 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN r •••••••• -.---- ••• ----------------------------~ I THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. I 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; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete line of sam-ple. are displayed ,n The Pord fJ Johnson BOIldlDl!, 1433-37 W.(,ash Ave., ID-dudinl! a special display of Hotel Furniture. All jurnzture dealers al e cordwlly mvtted to visit our building. ....... .-..-.-------- .-_. - _. --.----------~ Before that tIme, lt \\as nccessary that the CL1ll11 \\ cnd ltS way through each agent of the roads that \\ erc aftected by the transportatlOn of that partlculal shIpment ::\ 111e times out of ten, papers vvould get lost haIt-\\ a} bct\\ ccn hCI e and destination, and all 111 all lt \vould reqUIre about Sl'\: months at the least, to about two y eal s before a claIm \Vas settled, whereas today you can get I eturnc; ac; ql1lckl} as thirty days from date of plac111g claIm Goods lost 111translt, follow the same courc;c, and } ou receive as prompt servIce on these clall11c; If the lo"t al tlclc~ or complete lost shipment, turn up at some futl1le date, the matter is referred to the shippel fOJ attentIOn, though otten-times after the claim IS settled, It IS bec;t polley both £OJ the railroad company as well as the manufactul el OJ the dcalel to dispose of the goods 111chrect connectIon \\ Ith theIr '"ale of unclaimed freight" We will next take up the subject of Overchalge Clalms, on which you cannot hope fOJ as plompt actlOn ac; you le-ceive on the loss and damage claIm. To enter a clcum fot overcharge, the same essentials must be follo\\ eel out ac; 111 making your loss and damage claIm, I e 111regal d to retall1- ing an exact dupllcate copy of your clall11 If you al e pO-I-tive of an overcharge, you are at llbel t\ to makc claIm for this unjust taxation, support111g } our statement \\ Ith the paid freight bill indlcat111g the amount at frclght \ on paId, together with the bill of ladmg covenng the pal tlcnlar shIp-ment, as well as the un oice for same If possIble quote} our authority upon which you base your reason for clall111ng an overcharge. The abject of the interstate commerce law through the commission, has been, and is, the intention of creating a UnI-formity of freight rates, as well as UnIformIty in classification "._ ..- -_ ..- _---------- ..---_ _- _.~ \ III ,,,I ,,I III I,,IIIII ,I ,, II,I , f,• -~ I III , II ,I,,I ,! TtlE N. &,,,. ~.,I'" .a.ml'i>< RI< ...... M.o1d ~au""... "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND PROfIT WINNERS ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. ... - - - •• • _ - •• • • _ _ __. • _ • __ • _ •• _ • •• _ 4 Thh \\ as taken advantage of in some instances, by some of the large c;hlppers, who would go so far as to enter claims for 0\ el charg es, makmg the returns secured in that manner, c;el\ e them as rebate for the amount of business they were fay onng the ratlroad companies. ThIS has been ehminated by the passage of the interstate commerce law which requires now that the books of the general audItor and overcharge claim agent, must be m such a c;hape as to show actual autho~ity for each claIm paid for 0\ ercharges The new ruling also provides that the classi-ficatlOn and tanffs must be held open for the mspectlOn of the audltOJ s, the officers of the company and the shippers. Therefore the records of the overcharge claim agent must comply dIrectly WIth the laws of interstate commerce, and ::'IIr 0\ el charge claIm agent, in order to retam his good standmg WIth the federal laws and the laws of the com-pany that pays hIS saldry, IS going to go very cal efully and very c;lowly \vhen he receives an overcharge claim, not Oll11t-bnlS to note that the goods moved under the proper classi-ficatIOn, or "hether and change in I ates, owing to tariff I CV ISlOns applted m the case So you WIll find that your claIms for overcharges reqmre all of SIX months before re-turns are forthcommg, and in some instances you must be content to walt a whole year or longer for a settlement \\ henever the rates between certam pomts are raIsed, \\ hlch \vould affect any partIcular shIpment, the law protects the raIlroad company to secure the raIsed rate, but you al e at hbert} to enter your claim for the overcharge 1£ the raIsed rate is incorrect Hmvever, no raIse in rate or tanff revision can goo into effect untIl a notice of the proposed rate has been filed with the mterstate commerce commlSSlOn, who are at hbelty, aftel WEEKLY ARTISAN 30 days, If they pa"s Judgement on the actIOn suggested, to enforce the tanff at the eXpIratIOn of that time Thb IS a very pecuhar fact, though true ne, ertheless 0, ercharge claIms may also 1I1clude mis-quoted Iates The Radroad company 111 that case I" also plotected to secure the correct rdte at dest1l1atlOl1, becau"e the law holels the shlppel a-, well as the I ad road companv hahle to the know-ledge of the tariff. 1rom the RaIlroad'.., P01l1t of vlev, , the reCelV1I1g Stdt- Ion IS I esponslble to see that the can ect rate IS le'led on the shIpment, unless the bdl1l1g "tatlOll has authont) from the general heIght dgent Cjuot1l1g hun a specIal I ate However a~ thIs IS all ~overned by the pubhc lates a" quoted 111 the tanffs that are chstnbuted among the "hlppel s, (sInce the pass1l1g of the Interstate Lc)mmerce Law), there IS a ~reat eleal less of mls-quotmg rates, thou~h In an) case, It IS up to the agent at the elell\ ery pomt to collect the undercharge If any, and evely true bus1l1ess man ought to be Just as anxious to pay an underchdrge, as he I" anxlou., to "ecure leturns on an overcharge Another pecuhallty 1110, ercharge claIms IS thIS \ Vhen goods are routed to travel one way, and contrary to these 1I1structlOns move over another road OJ comb1l1atlOn of roads, oW1l1g to the radroad cmpany's el ror, the rules applying to thIS case are that the shIpper must pay the freIght as It runs up to under the wrong comb1l1atlOn However, you are at hberty to enter clallTI for the ovel charge, as provIded for under the overcharge claIm method, support1l1g your claim wIth the amount of freIght actually paId, and what the tanff rates would sum up to If the goods had moved correctly as specified. Some of you may not know that whenever there are no routing specificatIOns accompany1l1g the shipment, the rail-lOad C01l1pallleS are legally bound to shIp vIa the cheapest route If the shIpper or con"1I1gee is aware of tll1" fact and finds that the raIlroad has ne~lected to do thIS, eIther wd-fully or un1l1tentlOnally, he IS at hberty to make claIm for the overcharge, same as though the shIpment had 1110,ed over a chfferent route than speCIfied In clallTIs 1I1volv1l1g car-loads, s1l1ce the advent of the westel n welgh1l1g assoCIatIOn 1I1tO the field, there s a greater tendency to delay returns, as well as deCISIOn The vouchers are not forth-com1l1g as promptly as 111 the los" and dama~e claIms, expla1l1ed prevIOusly In car-load claIms they are very hkely to lo"e yOUl papers, (aCCIdently of cOUlse) or return your clau11 "Ith leference to some tanff whIch perhap" has no beclnn~ on the mattel at all /\1"0 WIll make It a pomt to quest10n "hat yOU con- SIder to be good eVIdence, and retuln the papers on that score Oftent1l11e" you are obhged 111 oreler to carr} yom 9 p01l1t, to have theIr 1I1spectors go through your "tock, weigh- 1I1g the articles 111 your claim, as well as the general lines, flom whIch they form a sort of average basis, for future I eference All 111 all, the overcharge claIm IS the more dehcate pro-poslt1On of the two, though It has been proven that by severe tenaCIty to your ver"lOn of ongmal compla1l1t, they will con-cede to pass upon the claIm more qUIckly than if you allow the ovel charge clal1l1 agent to hold you up for tnfl1l1g points "hoh he IS sure to find 111 your clallTI Midgets Furniture Made to Measure. Lowell (Mass) Telegram-the cutest set of furniture ever turned out 111 Lowell IS be1l1g made at the shop of A E ] ohnston, the Dutton street cabinet and pattern maker, for :\Ir and Mrs Phlhp Klcol of Aust1l1 street Mr Nicol is only 36 1I1ches 111 hel~ht, while hIS wife stands only two 1I1ches hlghel, and consequently they cannot utilize ordinary funl1ture to good advantage Behev1l1g that man has only one hfe to hve and that he should take as much comfort 111 It as IS pOSSIble, Mr NIcol determ1l1ed to have furniture espe- CIally adapted to persons of the SILe of hImself and hIS wife The only way to get It, was to have It made to order, and he dIsplayed excellent Judgement 111 plac1l1g hIS order with \Ir Johnston The furl11ture IS de..,lgned to completely equip a dining r001l1, parlor and chamber, and It IS most complete, even to a cradle for whIch there is no ImmedIate demand. The cradle, by the \'Vay, is the only article of furniture which m any way near approaches normal sIze The dming set includes a table standing nmeteen inches from the floor, four chalrs and a rocker, standing a foot from the floor and ha, mg seats a foot sqare The china board is but 22 mches above the floor. The parlor table IS of the same height as the dining room table and the parlor chalfS are of the same height as the dming room chairs. Thele IS dlso a bookrack of the same heIght as the chma closet, a roll top desk 19 inches m height and a desk chair standmg 11 inches hIgh WIth the castors 111 The bed is four feet, six mches long and three feet WIde and the chairs corre- "pond WIth those of the other rooms There is also a halI-tree about 36 mches tall and havmg an eleven inch seat. In fact, e, elY article IS deSIgned for the comfort of the httle people who are to use them. But not only comfort has been looked to, but elegance as well All of the furnishings are of quartered oak, beautifully pohshed and Just as substantial as they are attractive. ~fr and Mrs Nicol have been married three years and hve ,ery happdy on Austm street, where ::vIr Kicol conducts a h ltlt and periodIcal StOl e ! ..-.... "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER III Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you WIll then know what you are gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories. Sash and Door MIlls, RaIlroad Companies. Car BUIlders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furni.shed in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. . ..... ..- .. NEW YORK SHOW A GREAT SUCCESS It Excels All Predecessors in the Quality of the Exhibits and the Attendance of Buyers. New York, Feb 3-The Kew YOlk nlld\\1I1ter !tllnJ-ture exposItion which will close next Saturday, Februal: 5, is conceded to have excelled all of Its predccessol" 111 the quahty of exhibits and m the matter of attendance 01 der" are reported to have been liberal "\ earl: all thc \ hltlng merchants in all hnes are decldedl: optlmbtlc m then \ le\\ " and expectations of the future, the genel al opmlOn bC1l1g that the current year will equal or surpass 1906 and 1907 when Judged from a business standpomt The "hght ad-vance in pnces has been accepted \\ Ith much less grumblmg than wac; expected and every mdlLatlOn pomt" to a plo'"'pelous year for both dealer" and manufacturers of fUII1ltUl e \mong the exhibits in the Exchange the follo\\ Ing have attracted particular attentIOn' The Brooks Furniture Manufactunng compan\ of Ro-chester, N. Y, have their first display here of de,ks book-cases and cabinets They have 2,500 feet ot "pace and hay e hd to turn business away The Mocksville (N C) Furntture company hay e a nIce exhibit in charge of Jay Gould and F C IYmters The Boston Mirror company IS I epl esen ted bv Dal1lels & Strauss Max Englander is on hand with an e"celknt chspla\ of beds and bedding The Bison City Table company make a gl eat show of tables of all kinds Charles VOlt has an intel estmg exhll)lt. Spelce 8:; on 4th floor, of 100 thl ee-plece SUttes and ~O fi\ c pIece" "n1te" of birch and mahogany and also shO\\" the 11l1cs of Pullman davenp01 t beds, which thcy sell 111 ~ e\\ York, X e\\ Lngldnd and Pennsylvania The N ewark(new comers here) OhIO l'url11ture company have space 82, fourth floor. with a beautiful and substantial hne of tables, m charge of Mr Stemmetz The Banner Furniture company and the Elnllra Table company's hnes are shown by Harry ~1c\" nlty The formel firm have enlarged their factory and are using all mahogany now RICHMOND ] he ~mnch Furl11ture company show a 1111eof di11lng 100m smtes '1 he J'lIer"ereau J'lIetal Bed company, on the fifth floor, hd" the "Porsylanhke" enamel beds and "Centen11lal" brass beds, made at Jersey City, in charge of Charles Bolte. The Sdlamanca (N Y) Furniture \Vorks have a fine dbplay of chlff011lers, dressers, commodes, etc, on the sixth floor, made of maple, mahogany, golden oak, curly birch, in charge of R IV Flagg The Poughkeepsie Chair company have one of the best l1l1es of chaIrs on exhibit The Fostel Bros Manufacturing company of Utica, N Y, have a fine hne of brass beds, m charge of Bert Swift The Buffalo Desk and Table company have their usual complete 1111e The X attonal Parlor Suite company have space 74, fourth flOO1, "hO\\ 111~parlor goods L G 1ulldm & Sons show a very noticeable and at-tractlVe Ime of Flanders pieces and suites, in charge of E L Fullam The II' II Gunlocke Chair company of Wayland, N y , ~ho\'v an excellent hne of office, dining 100m and bedroom tur11lture The factory is V\orkmg at full capacity. 1he K111del Bed company have a fine exhibit of patIor beds The Buffalo Chair \11[ orks are well represented by then lmes of bedroom and I ece-ptlOn chairs made of mahogany, 111 chan~e of manager L IV. Wilson. The Skandia rU1111t1l1e company are represented by Flank Chesbro, E Schloss & company are represented by E G. and G E Schloss and have on exhibit their new line of hbrary tables and bedroom suites The firm will make a new line of caSe work The Gl11ted States Spring Bed company show a line of couch beds George L Lamb has an attlactive l1l1e of furniture novelties, represented by Charles Schofield and Lamb Bras INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. No. 70 The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money ._-------------------._---------_._--------_. .. - ... -.-... .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 rr=============_"::===================n 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. Good Equipment Means Better Work Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. & Greene, Loth firms of Nappanee, Ind, have an exhIbIt of lamps The Fulton ChaIr company and the Belding-Hall com-pany, refngerators, both have good exhibits B. Berman, 191 Canal street, making couch beds, mat-tresses, springs, and cabinet beds, has an exhibit that attracts much attention on the fourth floor. The New England Beddmg company, beds and bedding, are represented by George C. Wheatley. The Royal Mantel and Furmture company have exhibits of buffets and sideboards, which is a special hne of oak, Flan-ders style The Greenpomt Metallic Bed company show their hnes of brass dnel Iron beds The Conewango FUI nlture company have taken a lot of orders for theIr medmm pnced bedroom furniture, under the management of WIll Howe The Langslow-Fowler company, making chairs, tables and novelties, have a umque exhIbit. Elh" Joyce & HIldreth have succeeded the SmIth & Ellis firm and have an exhIbIt of case goods in charge of A H HIldreth and C H Joyce The Fulton l\fanufactUl mg company, on the fifth floor, have a good dl;,play of go-carts, m charge of Herbert L HIll and have also three new carts m the exhIbit The HUbbard, Eldndge & MIller company have a hne display on the fifth floor, of chairs and an unusually big line The Readsboro (Vt ) ChaIr Manufacturmg company have an extra good exhIbIt on the SIxth floor, of foldmg tables, chairs, seats, etc , m charge of C ::VIand E M Vail S G. Estabrook & Co , are on hand as usual WIth a nice lme of parlor furniture, and some new hnes also S. P. Porter & Son have on exhibit the line of Crandall- Screw Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan Bennett-Porter company, of 100 styles of tables and a new hne of medIUm and high grade chairs and rockers made by the same firm, in charge of S P. Porter. F. H. Conant's Sons have a good exhibit of chairs, rock-ers and Morris chairs. The following firms are showing their lines together: The Rome (N Y) Metalhc Bedstead company; the New York Couch Bed company; the Manhattan Bedding company; The Menmac Mattress Manufacturmg company; the Phila-delphia Metalhc Bed company; the Southern Bedding com-pany; beds, couches and bedding. The Atlas Metal Bedstead company on the fourth floor, are showing their hnes here m charge of Harry Markowitz, and at the Chicago ExposItion in charge of Day Bros, at 1311 MIchIgan avenue ThIS firm have doubled their output reecntly. The H J Montgomery Manufacturing company have a nice line of rockers and chaIrs on exhIbit. N athan l\Ieyer is back agam as manager of the factory of E Schloss & Co, of this city The Hudson Metal Bed company have no exhIbit at the Exchange but a special exhIbIt of brass and Iron beds at 114 East Forty-second street and at the showroom, 213 Canal street. They were recently burned out but have put in new machinery and are building up their factory and filing orders Just the same The factory has a capacity of 600 beds a day and the output will be increased S Weisglass had no exhibIt at the Exchange, but is showing his lines at the factory Java and West streets, Greenpoint, in charge of Jacl M. Reiss The Wagner Couch company are showing their uphol-stery goods in parlor A of the Grand Union Hotel, in charge of George VIragner S. GENUINE TEAK~TOOD FURNITURE IS RARE Some Interesting Facts About Its Manufacture and the Asiatic Artisans Who Do the Carving---Beautiful Pieces Found in New England Mansions. There IS an elusIve charm about old teak\\ ood tUlmtUl e that endears It to the heart of collector'i, cau'img It to shal e in the populanty of Shelaton 'iofd" and ChIppendale Chelll" which the present craze fOl antlquc" ha" made \ aluable I c. thIs charm teakwood owes much of It'i \ aluc although I ant\ age, exqUISIte workmam,hlp and beauty of matenal all com bme to render the ge11lune pIeces almo"t pncele'i" To find the best specImens one must look III the coloma I mansIOns along the coa"t of New England, \\ hlch were once the homes of merchant pnnce<" '" ho"e dehg-ht It \\a" to fill their dwellmgs WIth rare and cunous article.., tram abroad Although the raw matenal glOW" anI) III Incha and a tC\\ other countne" m southern and ea"tern \ <;Ia, httle ot the work of IndIan arthan" has been Imported neaJl) all ot the furniture whIch has found Ih \\ a) to our Lountr) he1l1g the work of the Chmese and J apane'ie, to \\ ham the mo..,t e'-qUl sIte of wood carVlllgs may be attnbuted The tur11lture u"ed III the house" of e\ en the wealthy Chmese '" a" pla1l1 to e'- cess, although It wa" by no means lackmg m a certam drtl StlL ment, but the ImportatIOns hay e always been decorated \\ Ith mtncate pattern'i, the carvmg of whIch meant not days but weeks, months m some ca"es, even) ears, of patIent labor f01 the completIOn of the work \ \ hen the merchant pnnce" of Xew England Imported the nchly carved chaIr" and orna-ments of teakwood the domestIc questIOn had not yet become a problem and both mIstress and maId dehghted to du"t the quaint carvmgs, tedIOUS as \\ as the task Chairs and tables of teakwood are among the more com-mon pIeces, nearly all of these bemg really \\ ondertul <,peLl-mens of artistic skJlI, covered a" the) are \\Ith stlange and beautiful deVIces It IS not dIfficult to dlstingubh the carvmg of one natIOn from another, though there are three repre'iented 111 the work whIch has come to Amenca, namel), the Japanese, the Chmese and the IndIan Of these three, the Ea"t IndIan IS most crude, the carvings bemg fewer and clum'illy executed It IS most chfficult for the artIsans to obtam perfect specI-man'i of teakwood for theIr wOlk, a" the) dare not n"e an) \\ ood \\ hlch I" e\ cn remotely assocIated WIth any of the nnmerous relglOns 'iuper'itItlOns of theIr race, and teak is u "ed III the con 'itI uctlOn of theIr temple'i :'lmall artlLie", CUlIOU<,and qnamt are frequently made, and the combmatlOn'i of teak and other snbstances, Jade, C1) "ta!. lock 'ialt and tOl tOl<;e "hell hemg pnme favol ite'i, are e'(tl emel) beautItul Some of the olde'it and rare'it pIece" of teakwood m \mellca may be found m the Heard collectIOn at Ipswich, \Ia"" The old fdl1l1ly mansIOn b a \ entahle treasnre house, bnt among the rare and costly thmg'o stored there, none are more beautlfnl than the Japanese and Chmese artlcle'i, num-benng among them the teakwood Kor IS thIS house alone m It'. fine collectIOn. for It IS hut one of many along the coast 1\ hlch boa"t behmd then "tately portal'i rare pIeces, the equal at \\ hlch cannot now be fonnd among latter-day pro-ductlOn'i In Salem, :\Ia"" , there are several fine collections, one at whIch 1<, partIcularly noteworthy This mcludes a table \\ hlch measures 0\ er four feet across the top, one of the finest specImens ever Imported The carvmgs mclude a floral deSIgn \\Ith feet of open-mouthed dragon", the top i" of Chmese marble Dragon forms are popular WIth Chmese workmen, and find d place m many of theIr finest pieces There are few pIeces of teakwood that are carved alike, 0\\ mg to mdlvldual mterpretatlOns of the common pattern \\ hlch each workman of a shop IS supposed to follow Form-crl) each famIly had ItS own pattern, and an entIre vIllage \\ auld be de\ oted to the work, each famIly workmg upon a pIece untJl It was completed for the market N ow the artI- <,ans are banded together, some 20 or more belongmg to one <;hop, and the work IS carned on much the same as in any shop, the workmen followmg the common pattern, whIch is "eldom changed, 0\\ mg to the JealOUSIes eXlstmg between the \ allOU" shops Flowers al e found m profusion m all the carvmgs of the ollental countne<;, the sacred lotu" bemg most common among r----~-----~-_._-------th-e -Ch-1l1-e"e-C-ell-\-Ill.g-s, .w-hIl-e -the--che-rry-.blo-<;<-;on-n-ot -in-fre------~ L..ARGlE&T ,JOBBERS ANO MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS Pittsburg Plate Glass IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate 6lass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything in Builders' Glass, or anythmg m Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a hst of whIch is gIven below' NEW YOBx-Budson and Vandam Sts. BOS':1'ON--U-49Sudbu17 st., 1-9 aowker St. CBICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. cmCI1II'NA':1'I-Broadway and Court sts. S':1'.LOUIS-Cor. ':1'enthand Spruce sts. lIaNNEAPOLIS-500-516 S. ':1'hird St. DE':1'BOI'1'-53-59 Lamed st., E. G:RAlIlD:RAPIDS, MlCB-39-41 JlI'.Division st. PI'1'':1'SBVBGB-I0I-103 Wood St. JllllaWAVE::BE,WlS.-492-494 Market St. BOCBES'J:'BB,JlI'.Y.-WUderBIdlf., MaiD ~ Ezchan,.. sts. B.&Ia'J:'DllOBE-310-12-14W. Pntt St. .. - CLEVELAlIlD-143Q-1434 West ':1'hird St. OKABA-1101-1107 Bowa.rd St. S':1'.PAVIa--459-461 Ja.ckson St. A':1':LA.1f'l'AG,A.-30-311-34 S. P170r st. SAVA.1rNAB,GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. K.AJlI'SASCI'.rY-:Pifth and Wyandotte Sts. BIBMDI'GBAllI, A:LA..-llnd Ave. and 29t11st. B1J:P:P.&IaOJl,I'.Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BBOOElaTlll'--635-637 :Pulton st. • P:BIIaADEL:PB:I.A-1'1tca.1mBldlf., Arch and 11th DAVElIrPOB':1'-410-416Scott st. OK:LA.BOllllAC.I'l'Y, OKLA., 210-212W. :Pirst St. st.. I....- ._ .....I WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 ---------_._._. _. _._---. _. ..._ --- --_.--_.__.._--_. _._-_._---------------.-., II I~-_.... ._---------_._._._--------_._----- quently form" pal t of ]apane"e wOlk The sacred dog of COnfUC1w,IS also found in the work of hIS followers SplendId IllustratlOns of the favorite carvings of both the Chmese and the ]apane"e arc not wanting, and a tabl whose standard IS formed by the cOlIs of two immense ser-pents, to WhICh httle forms, half beast and half human, are clmging, together wIth a table whose decoratlOns are of dragon forms, are splendid examples of the reptile's use, whIle a screen has sohd supports carved in the likeness of dogs of rather belhgerent appearance Half way up the stan-dard" are sm mounted by smaller dogs, while the screen of ,,11k, nchly embrOIdered, 1" framed m a filagree design OccaslOnally the searcher after rare teakwood comes up-on a bIt of Spalll'3h or Portuguese ft.rrlllture, which is espec-ially valuable, as the teak long ago ceased to be exported to Spam and Portugal, and the manufacture of these articles ceased The European designs of these Spalllsh artisans are less mtrioate than the onental pattern", and for that reason are most popular For example, a chaIr m the possession of a Boston collector, built after the style of Charles II, and carved by a Spanish workman, is valued at $400, while an-other chair, fully as old and four times as large, was valued by the same person at only $100, because the carving" of the latter were not so well designed and but indifferently exe-cuted. Indeed, the Spanish designs excel all others for beauty and workmanshIp, which consequently places them highest in intrinsic worth The specimens of Spanish work are, however, rare, and but few are now to be found in America. It is m the smaller artIcles of teakwood that the most exquisite work is wrought. The da1 k wood lends itself to other substances, makmg them more beautiful by contrast, and the wonderful fancies in which it is wrought add their quota to the effect of the whole N early ~all of the teakwood m such artIcles is stained black, gi~fng It a dull effect, hke ebony, although in a few rare pieces the natural brown of the wood may be found, the colors v,trying from heart wood to sap -wood One of the more unique smaller articles is a card re-ceiver of soapstone and teakwood The wood is wrought in a lotus deSIgn, while dragons, birds and leaves are elabo-rately sarved upon the soapstone A canc1le"tIck, which would doubtless be admIred by the connmsseur, consists of three bronze dolphins <,upportlllg a single bronze lotus flower re"ting on a teakwood "tand carved in the form of lotu" .. .. ._ .. DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST I "QUALITY" I LINE JI of DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. • • •• T _ ••••• _ • _ - -- -.-------. ---.-- -----.-.- ...... -------------~ _. .._ ... leave'i A small CUllO "uggestIve of the orient IS a bronze incense burner The metal IS chased and the teakwood stan-dard represents elaborately carved pomegranates From Chllla comes a ,ery graceful piece of carving in the form of a standard supporting a punch bowl of genuine Canton chma. The decoratlOns of hte standard are most ap-propnate and suggest the fnut sacred 1.0 Bacchus A simi-lar standard, les" elaborate in design has tiny animals lurk-mg amid the vmes whIch resemble the timid creatures of wood and field The wealth of figures which are combined m the simplest piece of carvmg is really a revelation to the present-day artIst who confines his work to scrolls and vari-eties of complicated hnes for the most part. The age of teakwood is not dIfficult to determine If one i" fairly famihar WIth the wood The carvmgs constitute the hall marks, as well as determine the value of the article, and by the comparison of the work on various pieces, not only can the age be approximately fixed, but the nationahty of the workers as well. Gpon these the collector may be said to rely for his mformation, and they are quite infalhble aIds Strangely enough, though, the patterns themselves are far less useful than the workmanship, for from hand to hand the deSIgns have been spread untIl generally toned down, added to here and there, and taken from as the carver willed, there was httle to show what the ongmal had been save a general semblance in all the work whIch can but be notIced The value placed upon teakwood is very hIgh, though it is true that modern furniture IS far less valued than the antlque An owner of a yacht recently paid $1,000 for teakwood floonng for his yacht, WhICh is by no means an exorbitant pI ice under the CIrcumstances Teak is found m the forests of ea"tern and southern Asia nearly the entire product being under the control of Great Britam, and when some years ago it was found that the trees were rapidly becoming exterminated by the tremendous ex-portatlOns and the carelessness of the men whose business It was to fit the wood for market, the government promptly took the matter into consideratlOn Teakwood was much used in the construction of ,var ve"sels, all(lf"" its loss meant a senous one to the government, wl1i~h cduld find nothing that would so well fill ItS place Its exportation was 1m-mechately forbidden to a certam degree, "0 that the supply wa" practically in the hands of the government Teakwood IS very hard, and is 'iometime'3 wrongly called Jronwood 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEND FOR CATALOGUE. New Furniture Dealers. E West IS a new furmture dealer at Independence, Ore E. W. Gilbert is a new furmture dealer at Dev11's Lake, N. Dak. Albert Pechin, formerly of WIchIta, Kan, has opened a new furniture store at Klssimee, Fla The Walnut RIdge Furmture company have opened a new store in the Rhea block, LIttle Rock, Ark. Irving L Howland WIll open a new furmture store on March 1, on Broadway near Pearl street, Long Branch,;'" J The Rhodes-Burford Furmture company, which IS a Ken-tucky corporation, capitahzed at $101,000, has been hcensed to use $25,000 of Its home capItal m estabhshmg a new store in St. Louis, Mo. C M Shannon who has succeeded WIlham Poulson m the undertaking busmess at \Vickenburg, Anz, '" 111put m a stock of furmture. E M. Grady has opened a new furmture store at Colum-bia, S. C, in a bmld1l1g formerly occupied as a salesroom by the county dispensary. J. A Bee and other" have incorporated the Parker~burg Furniture company to open a new store m Parker"burg, \\ Va Capital stock, $10,000 W 11lIam Chnstensen has just opened a new stock of furniture and hardware on the corner of East ThIrteenth and M11ler streets, Portland, Oregon The Ed",ards rurl1lture company, Walter Carr Edward8 manager, have cpened a new store at Eastman, Ga They wJ1l sell on the mstallment plan. A L Harlmon, W H Caldwell and VV. H SmIth, have 1l1corporated the ShelbyvIlle Furmture company, capltahzed at $10,000, to establIsh a new store at Shelbyv11le, Ky George H Booth, Edward J Obertmg, J. F SullIvan, John J SullIvan and Hubert Rarey have incorpOl ated the '\ e\\ Oh1O rurnlture company to establIsh a new "tore in lolumhu'i CapItal stock, $10,000 SOInething That Will Interest Veneer Users. "Blrd's Eye" VValker of ChIcago has another deVIce to lessen woodworkers and cabinet makers troubles. ThIS tIme It b a veneer punch made of Sanderson's tool-annealed steel, tempered by a "ecret process makmg Its edge as hard as a rock ThIS punch w11l cut any knot or defect out of bIrds' eye maple veneer or walnut and other thm veneers and WIll not turn It~ edge 0\ er Dy the aId of thIS punch you can make} our profit'> ,",v\ ell to an amazmg extent because the jJ11nch C11t",011t the \\a'ite and "aves the large sheets of veneer to } 011 tOl thell 0I1gmal P11Ipose Furl1lshed m any SIze, } Oll! optlOn, % lllch to 20 mche'i m dIameter Pnce $398 POl "ale by "Blrd''i Eyt:''' \Yalker exclUSIvely "When m doubt ask \\ alkel " Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third Hoor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES WEEKLY ARTISAN New Factories. P. C McCall has establtshed a small furnIture factory at F ernandma, Fla. J. T Murphy and others have completed arrangements to mvest $10,000 in e'itabltshlllg a new furmture factory at Texarkana, Tex N. WeIter, formerly of St. Paul, Mmn , ha'i 'itarted oper-atIOns m his new furnIture factory at Centralia, vVash, em-ploying 75 hands The Acme FurnIture Manufactutmg company have com-pleted the butldmg and placed orders for the machinery for their new factory at San Marcos, Tex T G PhIlpot proposes to organIze a company and estab-ltsh a new chaIr factory at Augusta, Ga, If the chamber of commerce of that cIty WIll give him the desired encourage-ment The Egyptian Vault company has been incorporated to e'itablI'ih a plant and manufacture ca'iket'i in RIchmond, Va, CapItal 'itock, $5,000 J M Kain i:" presIdent and prmcipal 'itockholder The Inman-PIerson company recently organized with capItal stock authonzed at $100,000 to $250,000, promIses to e'itablish a new furnIture factory at LOUIsvIlle, Ky The 111mlmU111capItal stock ha", been paId in and more will be paId when needed The plant IS expected to be the largest and be'it eqUIpped south of the OhlO river Chatles W In-man 1'i presIdent of the company and William A PIerson secreta1 y and treasurer ," ". cmu_o .. "-------.-. ------~.------- -'~'-------------------1 IIf III I IfII Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAh ~._ paa._ ••••• • _ --_._-----------------.-- ___.._1 --...-_-_ .I.. 15 ____._....... . -------.--.-------------.---------------------------"1 Furniture Fires. McN amara & Hardlllg, furutture dealers of Bmghamton, "N Y, suffered a loss estimated at $12,000 to $15,000 from fi1e In theIr store recently Insurance, $10,000. The plant of the American Lmoleum company at Lino-leumv11le, S C, was damaged by fire to the extent of about $30,000, recently Insured Some of the employes were m- Jured by Jumpmg from the second story windows. J J Damel & Co, futmture dealers of MJ1lIdgev1lle, Ga, who were burned out recently have settled wIth the insurance compames and 1esumed bUSllless FIre damaged the plant of the J. W·. Lonng & Sons, cablllet makers, \Vorce",ter, Mass, to the extent of $6,000 last Saturday Insured The Tedstrom Furmture company of Pme Bluff, Ark, lost $10,000 by fire on January 28 Insurance $8,000. Carpets Made of Paper. Pont as Holstrom has establIshed, at Halmstad, Sweden, a "'plllnmg m11l for making yarn out of paper Such mills already eXIst m many of the small cities of Germany and France Households throughout the rural dIstricts of these countnes are furmshed with 1ugs and carpets made from this new paper yarn The people m Sweden, especially in the provmces of Ostergotland-; are already makmg carpets wIth paper weft Narrow walls of paper tape are used The plant at Halmstad IS planned to market an enormous output LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF -~ I Circassian, Mahogany, Oak, Poplar If and Gum Veneers. ff I• I I The Co. I I Albro Veneer I Established 1838. CINCINNATI. o. .I.- ..._- ••I 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN '-UBLISHEC EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRI~TION $1 eo ~ER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGL.E COPIES 5 CENTS PUBI.ICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, A S WHITE, MANAGING EOiTOR Entered as second class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, Michigan under the act of March 3 1879 Those :\1mne"ota I etall fl1r11lt111e dealel" dl e cu td1111\ showl11g those of othel state" ho\'\ to meet mall OldC1 Cl11l petItion They have proved that ~l1ch competItIOn can be 11Ilt successfully and that the fur11lttll e dealers vvho allo\\ the catalogue houses to cut 111to theIr trade to an} great e"tlnt have only themseh es to hlame Thev have demon"tl atul some of the po"slbllttles of co-opelatlUn 111 a \\a\ th~lt "hOllld 111duce those of othel "tate" to tollc)\\ thell e"ample elml adopt their method" 1hell" com entlOn to he held 111Il11111l apolts next Monday and Tuesda}, Febl ualY 7 and 8, v\ III surely be profitable to the member" of the Olgal11Zatlon to every dealer 111 M111nesota and the Dakota" and tho"e 111other '3tate" mIght find It to theIr advantage to attend A good 111all111gh"t I" \aluable to a 1I1elchal1t 111 am kl11d of bus111es" if plOpedy used, partlcularh so to tho"(:' located 111small town" :\1all111g ltsts may be obtamed ea'-lh and qUIckly but they CO'it can 'ildel able money and tho"e pUI chased are not so good, not '30 reIJahle, a" the home l1l'ldL article A good way to get a good h"t 10, to collect thc names and addres"es of tho<;e you kno\v to be de"n abe cn" tomers and others a" you hear of them "\n occao,lOnal tll 11 through your tel ntory wlll enable } ou to ,,\V ell the II'-t and 111 a '3urpnsl11gly short tlm~ WIll have a lal~e h"t dIlCi you WIll know that It IS genu111e-that It ha" not been padded -and when you use It you vi<11;1 he sure of 1esult<; Dec1ar111g that "bu "111es" IS the be"t game m the \\ orld, that It is real fun to do bus111ess for a hV111g and to make the world a better place to ltve 111" Everybodys magazllle tell" "the story of Grand RapId"," to Illu"trate Ih pomt (rlane! Rapids found herself WIth acre" of hard lumbel and no u"e for It. She bUIlt huge factones, and turns out fur11lttll e t01 the world Homes whIch befOl e could not affOl d artl"tlC furniture are beautified, and the measure of lIfe 1"> tullel fOl the present generatIOn, because the manufactUl ero, of Grand Rapids are 111 bus1l1e"s" Grand RapId" appreuate'- the kmdly boost of "Everybodys" and votes It;, thank'3 unal11- mously The retail furl1lture merchants of OhIO v\ III meet dt Toledo on February 15 and devote two days to the con '3lderation of matters of mterest to the retall trade H ~ Kerr of Columbus, is the chaIrman of the commIttee on pro gram A large attendance IS expected OhIO contamE> at least seven hundred retaIlers of furl1lture and kmdl ed good<; and If all were ahve to the1l best mtere"t'3 the hate!" at Toledo would be overcrowded dunn~ the conventIOn \Ianufactul er~ of Grand RapId'S are buslly engaged in mal1111g catalogue" and blue pnnts for wl11ch there IS a con- "ldcI able 111C/ulry 1'lo"peIOuE> 11lanl1facturef'3 are leavl1lg for warmer chm-dte" tl) Pdo,'l thc rC111amdel of the \\mter I)lalu 'l In iactOl \ "upplte" and lumbel repol t a velY ~atJ,taetol} demand fOI good" The belt111g malket ha" not a" yet been affected by the boy coit on heef Tariff Sheets Are Unintelligible. '\t d meetJn~ ot the hou'ie Lon1111lttee on foreIgn and 111tel"tate commerce, at \\ a"h111gton last :\Ionday, the 1'o\'\n- "end bIll \\ hlch 1<;fa \ 01 ed by the admll1l"tratJon wao, taken up fOI dl"CU"'3lon r L Ll11coln, ple'3ldent of the \'"atlOnal Inc1ustnal1lafhc Ledgue aIglled fOI a Lm that would com-ptl the I Jad" tel tell plO"pectlVe shIpper" \\ hat It would cost tr) Ildn"pOlt tlll~ht fl,)m one pomt III the Cnited States to anothel 0\ el thCll ll\\ n or connectlllg hnes \Ir L111coln "ald tl1cl t iJ eCjucn tl} the late::, on charge" quoted by freIght dgenh Hun out to he elroneou" atter the ..,hlpment 1" madc dnd the ,-lllppel would he a""e'ised for much mOle than he hdd e"peltee! to he charged Do not the lallroach fUlnl"h a tallft "heet d" leqUlred ),' a"kee! LhaH man \Lann of the commlttee Oh, } e", 1 eplted \Ir L111coln, 'hut I defy anyone to hnd out from one of tho'3e 'iheeh \\ hat It co"t" to slllp any- "lnng tWl11 an\ plaLe to any" hel e They al e dh"olutely undellphel ahle trJ the U111l1ltldted Ihe avelage raIlroad tallff -heet I~ lu"t ahol\t a'o l11telltgble to the orcltnary shlppel a" the 11 ant pag e ot a lhlne"e nev\ "papel Lv en the freIght 'lgenb ot the road" thdt pnblt"h them ale unable to deCIpher theH hlu og-!v phlC'- ""GoodBacking."' I he \dam~ ~ Eltl11g company--the ' \d-ellte people"- hd \ e "tdl ted theH "pllllg clCh ertl0,111g campaIgn by l""mng a l \\ en t) -pag e tJ ade ma~a/lne entItled "Crood Back1l1g." the na'11C he111g dell\ cd fIom the fact that the !\.dams & Elt111g l'l\l1pan) bad, the lo1,hel - and dealel" v\ho handle theIr good", b} lIbel al ad \ el tlslng and b} ma1l1ta1l1l11g the eAcel-lent qUdht} at theIr product" "Good l3ack1l1g' b about the "Ize of LeslJes or Lolher-. and I">de\ oted largely to descnb II1g the men±'> of H) ISlemc Kab01111ne It IS entlrel) the pro-duct of theIr advertl"111g department and Its appearance "peak" \\ ell tOl the ta"te ancl ablltt) of thell "ad" wnters, althh, em.;ravel'l, jllmtel" dnd prc""men ""Soaking"the Milliners. fe'ltll11On\ of l111lhnel" who have a"ked the Interstate Lum111uce (0111111I">"lOntu (J1 der the expres" compal1les to chan~e thell rule" \\ a" heard by COn1l11l5SlOner J ame" S Har-lan, m ChIcago la"t Saturday F Bode, pre'ildent of the Mll- 11110) Jobbel'" a""oclatlon, "aId he had no objections to the lule" whIch restricted the "17e of cartons, but that the new 1111111111Uw1e1l1~hh Impo"ed by the e'Cpre,,'3 compa11les practl-ldllv doubled the late'l Will Manufacture Woodworking Machinery. r L De Druyne, fOlmerly assOCIated WIth the Valley L!tv II achmel v com pan} , wlll open a shop 111 Grand RapIds "uon and enga'i e 111 the productIOn of woodwork1l1g ma-rl1)] 1<:'1 \ WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 i I Pitcairn Varnish Company Manufacturers of Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality - Our Motto' "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. Ask A-. . . • • • • _ _ _ __ • MOON DESK f COMPANY f IIII•II I !"'-----.-.-.-.-----------.-.--.-.-..--.--------------------.~---.-lI.--------- John \Vlddlcomb compan} Sl1gh FUfllltllre compan} \\ llmarth ~how la"e company Grand Rapld~ Refngelator company, all of (,land Rarnd" The Lent? Table Compdn), X a"h\ Jlle, \[ lch Charlotte '1 able compan}, (hallotte, \I1Ch \lal11~tee "\Tdnufactunng company, \lal11stee, ::\flCh \\ m Heap & Sons, Grdnd Haven, ::\11ch (,rand Rapld~ De~k compan), \Iu~kegon \Ilch \loon De~k compdny, :\Ithkee,on, \hch Bum n, ::\lor"c & COmpdny, ::\luskee,on \11ch Un111" wlck- Bdlke-l ollendcU l ompan.>, \111"kcg on \lICh \\ oodard .rll!nltll!C compan), (}v, 0""0, ::\[lch Roydl ChaIr company, ,'-,turgl", \11ch U L Marble Chall' cOmpall), llcdfOl d, OhIO Buckeye ChaIr company, Ra\ ennd, OhIO Herman Koel11g FUI mtll! t company Cll1cago, III How they cheated the PIg, 111 othel \\ 01 d", vvhat the; th1l1k of the Grand RaplLb \ ewel \\ OIl<::., proce,,~ for dry1J1g lum-ber Then If you want "ome more 1efel ence", addre"s C ::\1 care of \\ eekly Artisan ThIS "PIg bus1J1e~s' 1,., becom1l1g dCCldedly 1l1tere~tmg to many fll! mture manufdctll! el" all over the countr} On anothel page} au WIll find 'lame mIght} mterestmg readmg on the 'Ple," (jue,.,tlOn under the head-mg, "\\ ho reed" Your PIg" " ,. MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN No Change in Excursion Rates. 'L he Trans-contlllental Passenger assoCIation met III Ull- CdgO la"t week and after four day3 of wrangling over the bdSl" of 1educed rate" for speCIal excursIOns and conventIOn" on the Pacific coa"t for the Comlllg season, adjourned Satur-da} mght WIthout makmg any change from last year's fares fhe ~ummer toun,.,t rate to the coast WIll remam at $72 SO for the round tnp from ChIcago, 111 "plte of efforts to advance 1t to $78 OaTh e 1ate" f rOm ChIcago for the large number of conventlOil'i on the coa"t wdl be $62 SO, which was the fare for the Alaska-Yukon-f'aclfic exposItIOn last summer No change wa,., made III home"eeker",' and colom"t rates SA~~D t QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED fAN D MAHOGANY Prices will undoubte ly ad-vance Apr. 1st. Ask for new catalog. . _ ..._-- ---- . . -..., I I I I i - -- .. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN -----------_._-------- -------._------------------._---~ Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. - , OVER 15,000 OF OUR STEEL RACK VISES IN USE Price $2.80 to $4.00 25 doz Clamp FIxtures bought by one mlll!ast year We ship on approval to rated firms, and guarantee our goods uncondl~ tlonally. Wnte for ItBt of SteetBar Clamps, Vt88S, Bench Stops stc E. ". S"ElDON &. CO. 283 Madison St. Chicago FROM FACTORY TO FUNERAL .. ------------ ...._------- .. _-------------------- _ .. -- .. Middle-Men's Profits Cut Out of the Business of Burying the Dead_ The undertakert.' trust, if there IS such an organizatIOn, in Chicago is up agamst strong competitIOn furlllshed by the Western Casket and Undertakmg company, the new or-ganization that recently purchased the plant and busmess ot the Western Casket company of that cIty The ne\\ com-pany aims to lower the expense of bUl y mg the dead by deahng dIrect with the people, that IS, by makmg caskets, selling them at pnces about the same as they now charge the undertakel s and furnishing undertakers who conduct funerals for much less than IS charged by men who do not manufacture their caskets and other undertakers supphes They ha\ e a central office and sIxteen branch offices m the cIty and are ready to respond to calls at any time lllght or day. They are running full page advertisements in the daJly and Sunday papers and if reports are reliable they are likely to revolu-tiolllze the undertaking business in the bIg CIty, or, at least, rL~~~~~~~~--H~~~~·l ! 500 Rooms. :: Michigan Boulevard and 22nd Street. EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. New Cafes. New Grill Room. Offices and Rooms Redecorated. Absolutely Fire Proof. "YOU WILL LIKE THE LEXINGTON." J. E MONTROSE t . CHARLES McHUGH f ProprIetors. HORACE WIGGINS, Assi.tant Mar. Also operating' Hotel Montrose, Cedar Rapids, la.; Rock 1.land House, Rock Island, Ill. ~..- _.--- .--- to cut down the cost of funerals conSIderably. Their plan and methods of busmess IS qUIte clearly outlmed in the fol-lowmg paragraphs chpped from theIr advertlsments which are e\ Idently written by an expert "Dunng the past week we have been pubhshmg in all the papers and in the street cars and elevated railroad cars, edltonals on the proper principles and excessIve charge in the undertakmg busmess We now want to show you how to remedy thIS so you may be guided rightly in the future EconomIsts and I' elfare workers have for years exerted theIr mfluence to reduce the cost of funeral services. They protested agamst a condItion that made it almost impossible for many to gIve their beloved ones a respectable burial The cause they have so long and ably championed has been realILed, the thmg they have worked and hoped for has become a fact "\\'hy pnces have been excessive-the undertaking busi-ness- for business it is-is overdone. There are too many funeral dIrectors This great duplicatIOn of concerns and employees IS wasteful and against economic principles. High pnces are the result To be exact there are 410 licensed L"ndertaker,., m ChIcago each averaging about one funeral a week SIX out of seven days they and their employees are Idle 'v'v hile expenses accumulate These conditions are the cause of pnces be1l1g out of proportIOn to cost of cas-ket and value of services ',\\ hy you should be interested -This subject must be \ le\\ ed phIlosopll1cally It would be eminently unfair to call tIll.., matter to yom attentIOn when you are agitated. Therefore we urge the people of Chicago to study the ob- Ject of our orga11lzation and the benefits that it will bring directly or indIrectly to them The Western Casket and "l'ndertakmg Company sell caskets at $1500 that cannot be bought from retaIl undertakers for less than $3500 to $5000 $75000 WIll buy a sohd bronze eternal casket This repre-sents the maxImum of value 111 casket const! uctlOn This casket Is usually sold at from $120000 to $300000 Corre-spond1l1g reductIOns on caskets of moderate grade. You can buy a casket hom the Western Ca"ket and Undertaking Company at whatever pnce your purse or mclmation permits, but always at les" cost than elsewhere How to commUI1lcate with us -In caSe our services are needed telephone Harrison 4487, at any hour of the day or mght, and one of OUI dIrectors WIll 'v lSlt you and make ar-rangements You WIll be saved the embarrassment of ming-lIng WIth people, when you are ready to select a casket, as an automobIle WIll call for you, conduct you to our Central Office, and return you to your home. The Western Casket dnd 1;ndertakmg Company have confidence in the people of C hILa~o, and belIeve they wIll apprecIate and take advantage of the benefits of the new condItions which they have made pOSSIble , \\' e are the only funeral dIrectors who manufacture casket,., and fur11lshmgs dealmg direct with the people." I .. ------_._._---_._--------_._._-------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ .. - .. I THE SHEER ART OF l@~ I till~lb VENEER I I The soundness, whiteness, smoothness and solidity. Here is Bird's Eye Maple indeed! Purity of color is prereqUIsite with us, there-fore our bird's eye is the whitest produced. Best bird's eye that money and brains can put together. Sure cure for a cabinet-maker's blues. Samples sent FREE on request. Write or wire f for yours today. Prices the fairest on record, %c to 3c per ft. The wise one will mail his trial order TODAY. I WALKER VEN~~c~~~ANEL WORKS, I I De/ll. D. Lona DIstance Phone Hyde Park 33. I ...----. . ..-------- . __ . -- .. .. .. .. ....., Would Abolish the Shoddy Mattress. Frank W Cotton, presIdent of the Folding Mattress com-pany of ?\ew Haven, Conn., proposes to take actwn that wIll be pleasmg to Mr. Kindel of Denver and others who have been trying to abolIsh the use of shoddy m the manu-facture of mattresses Mr. Cotton has had a btll prepared which if it becomes a law wIll mforce a heavy penalty for using shoddy for filling mattresses, or 111 upholstery of any kmd, and claims to have assurance that it wIll be passed by the legIslature and he hopes to see It adopted by other states Maryland IS the only state now having such a law and the Maryland law is not stringent enough to suit Mr. Cotton, who gIves hIs reasons for prohibitmg the use of shoddy as follows: "A shoddy mattress looks just as good when new as does one made of the proper materials But it is not in its 19 lack of wearing qualIty that the mattress made of shoddy is objectIOnable A shoddy mattres:" IS one of the dirtiest and most dangerous things in the worl9 Shoddy is made by gnndmg up all sorts of old cloth N,obody knows where the rag pickers get all the cloth they sell to the shoddy mills. It IS not pleasant to thmk about thiS Some of the tags are old clothes, worn by nobody knows whom Old mattresses, old qUilts and beddmg, every sort of thing that IS made of cloth, goes mto the manufacture of shoddy All the sten-hzmg processes in the world would not make these old rags clean In old beddmg and mattreS'ies disease germs flourish profusely. Many times a mattress or quIlt that has been used on the bed of some patient suffering from a malignant di-sease IS thrown on a dump somewhere, being considered unsafe for future use. The rag picker finds It there and soon It finds Its way mto the shoddy mill. It is from stuff like thIS that shoddy IS made mto mattresses that are sold through-out the country. "Shoddy could not be used in a more dangerous manner than when it is made into mattresses A person lying in a bed heats, with his body, the mattress under him. If there are germs there this heat has a wonderful enlivening effect on them. The sleepmg person naturally becomes warm and the pores open, making him particularly susceptible to the germs. "This shows the dangerous Side of the shoddy mattress question The filthy side is Just as unpleasant to contem-plate. A shoddy mattress IS the filthiest thing in the world, containing the dirt of nobody knows how many previous users, white, black and maybe yellow. Diseases of all kinds lurk 111 the shoddy mattress and it is my conviction that it IS up to somebody who has an intimate knowledge of these conditions to make a move to render the manufacture of shoddy mattre'ises illega1." 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. Loui5 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers" Furniture Association OFFICERS-President, LouIs J Buenger New DIm, Vice President, C Danielson, Cannon FaUs, Treasurer, o A 0 Moen, Peterson Secretary, W L. Grapp, Janesvdle EXECUTIVE COM'\1ITTEE-D F RIchardson Northfield Geo. Kltne, Mankato, W L.llarns MlIlneapohs, o SImon, G encoe M L KlIne, St Peter. BULLETIN No. 97 . In this week's department. we give the secretary's annual report as this will reach our members just about the time the convention is on. This will give those who are not fortunate enough to be there. some idea of what the association is doing. As tIme and tIde walt for no one, I find that anothel year has passed and must say that because of It:-. actn Ity, I hardly realtze that we are now agam assembled m com en-tlOn. The duties and routme of the office reqmre a report m detatl of the work which ha'i been carned on till" \ eal The practical lesson gotten out of thiS ) ear'.., n:peneflce pro\ e" that our as"oclatlOn Will grow only as fa,t a" the dealer I" convmced that our associatIOn bnngs to him the thmgs need-ful to protect hImself agamst busme;,s e\ lIs Just as ,oon as we accompltsh thi'i. we Will hay e the hearty co-operatIOn of all dealers which means an a;,,,oclatlOn of magmtude and power Therefore our ultimate ~ucces" Will hmge upon OUI ablltty to bnng about the'ie conditIOn;, ;,0 are \\ e ~omg to be big enough, broad-mmded enough and blhme.,:o men enough to make thiS an accompltshed fact 'I hat IS the questIOn Our vanous ablhttes naturally make us look upon an) "ubj ect from a different ltght TherefO! e VI' e have found It necessary to follow along the Ime'i of least resistance and adopt the pohcles favored by the maJonty of the member" As the mall order eVil 'ieems to he the predommatm~ faLtOl, we have been obltged to put the gleater amount of our \\ork upon 'iolvmg thl'i ploblem v,r e helteve we al e solvmg It bettel and mOle pi act I cally than any other association and are prepared to demon ;,trate to you at thiS conventIOn that the mall order e\ II need no longer be a source of fear to the member'i of our a;,,,oclatlOn for we "olve thi;, problem m a practIcal \\ a) Ih "tuch mg the lesson" that we hay e blought to thl" com entlOn, \\ e are "urc that you Will 'iee that we are not only furnl"hm~ the ma-tenal With which to meet thiS e\ II but that we hay e ~athered flom different 'iources the best method" of usmg It The best of It all l'i that we are able to do thiS at 'iuch a nommal figure that these as;,oclatlOn help'i are not prohlblt1\ e to e\ en the smalle'it dealel ,"Ai e assume that It b the duty ot our as;,oclatlOn to "oh e these business problems and bnng to om member" the remedy and that l'i a'i far as we can go After that, It de pends upon how well the dealer utlltzes the"e help'i At thiS point, I want to leave a thought that is not gene-lally realized and that l'i that becau'ie of our constant touch With busmess, we do not reahLe \\;hat the WOld bU'ime"-, 1111 plies It ha'i become 'iO much a part of our life that \\;e can hal dly breathe, tm n or touch anythmg without commg in contact With busmes" Ii IS the greate'it occupatIOn that the human mmd IS capable of carrym~ on but It 'ieem'i to he ~reat1y mlsunder'itood and ha'i a record of five fatlm es out of every six bU'imess venture'i 1£ we Will look a ltttle into hi 'itory, we Will see that busI-ne'iS itself has corrected existmg evils lust as soon as the qt1es~ton, '~Doe'i It pay'" came up To emphasize this thought more fully, let me ",ay that ;,lavery was once con- 'iidered a legitimate bU'ime'is but JU'it as 'ioon a'i they found that It did not pay, slaverv dl'iappeared and ~o J could go on glvmg a long list of reform'i \Ye, a., repre'ientatIves of the furniture busmess, are here becau'ie of certam tendencle'i and evil'i that have been croppml2, mto OUI busmess until we are broul2,ht to the stone wall of "elf-mtere~t which make" u;, pause and ask our;,elves. "Doe;, It pal ", I belteve that we are begmlllnl2, to lealtze that the faLto! of bu:omess IS the Important thmg m our hfe Tn the pre'ient day of Clvlli7atlOll, we al e apt to look upon the pIOfe'iSlOn" a" ideal calhn~'i whether that.--PfnfesslOn adminster'i to the comfort of the bodv or the soul but take away the factor of busmess from anyone of these profeSSIOns and there IS nothmg to support It Smce e\ erythmg depends upon bUSI-ness, I hold that It 1'0 the most Important thmg we have to deal \\ Ith Therefol e mstead of allowmg It to be considered a common thmg, It ought to be classed among the best achle\ ement" that the human mmd l'i capable of I belIe\ e that the thmkmg men of today are beginning to realIze thl'i as they never have before and that in the near future. we Will all look upon busmess a'i an accomplish-ment to he conducted by ~clentdic prmclples rather than in the haphazard \'0 a) m whlCh It IS carned on today, You will ah\ a\:o find that he who doe'i not follow the fundamental pI mC'lples ot husme;,,, mu"t pay the penalty and I believe, that \\ e, the furnIture men, are paymg a big pnce along these hne" ThiS bnng" me back to the problem which we have \\ orked so hard on thb year's co-operatmg buymg The report of the buymg committee Will show that the mone, "<lvmg to the member'i thiS year was over $2,500 Hm' e, er thh money savmg IS nothing when you consider that \\ ere It not for thiS method of buymg, we could never hay e gotten the Items needed to meet competItion. This pi 0\ es that co-operatIve buymg enables us to overcome con-ditIons and meet competitIve pnces In this way, It has proved the key to many, many big sales and therefore It IS Impos- -,Ible to estllnate ho\\; valuable this buymg movement has been to U'i thb vear To me, all thiS an'iwers the question, of, "Doe" It pal ,', m the affirmatIve 1£ v\;e ha' e not been takmg advantage of the latest short cut and means of bnngmg our suppltes to U'i, we must not condemm those who are makmg use of their opportumties Therefore, you Will be 'iurpn"ed when J say that the mail order hou;,e'i have a legitImate place m the realms of busi-nes'i- that they have created a new conchtion which has ;,tlmulated the merchants everywhere to be better busmess men m order to protect thenbelve'i I hold that the mail order C\ II ha" been a ble'iSmp- to the mercantile world in-stead of what we commonly call an evil Now do not Jump to conclu"lOns but take thiS a'i I llltend It to be taken Department in Trade Journals. One of the most Important elements III modern busllles", IS proper advertIslllg so why should this associatIOn be an exceptIOn' The trade papels are the only medium III which we can reach those who are interested III our work There-fore, I feel that our poltcy of mallltallllllg a department in the Furlllture Journal and the \Veekly Artisan IS very essen-ttal \¥Ithout thiS aid, I am sure that we would not be as strong today as we are now Local achle\;ement has ItS lllfluences only wlthlll ItS natural surroundlllgs so why not Widen that lllfluence by the use of a medium that Will bnng these assoCIatIOn helps to other'i The more we g"lve, the more we\\; III receive for others Will take our Ideas and work them llltO nuggets of help for us all \¥ e have lllspiration by exposlllg any method" that are a detnment and have tried to CIeate an lllterest along the ltne of good merchandise, ad\ ertl'illlg helps and salesmanship ThiS meetlllg Will 'ihow \\ hethel we. are accompltshlllg thi'i purpose or not The secretary's office can report that a great deal ha" been accompltshed thru these departments and that besides ~ettlllg new members, we have ;,ucceeded III lllteresting those whom we nevel drcamed woule! hecome interested in as'iOCI- WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ~ _ _---_.-_.-_ _. ---_.-.-------_._-- -----_._._.--._._-------- .. ------ .. • We don't know a better way to show you our finish and upholstering, than to offer you something at a price, which you cannot overlook, or fail to buy, this No. 945 three piece mahogany suite, highly polished, upholstered by good mechanics. We use brass casters, and crate all shipments. ..~I I $25 I•n Sill\. Velour . We furnish same for $2.50 more in good grade leather. MODERN PARLOR FURNITURE CO., I 664·66-68 Division St., CHICAGO, ILL. I •••••••• __ ••• •••• 1 •• _ ••• _ w. _ • a.. . .-------- . . • atlOn methods The buymg commIttee sends thIs depart-ment to our member'S to see If It WIll mterest them to such an extent that they wIll provIde themselve~ WIth It when the subscnptlOn expIres Do not forget that we dealers wIll not have the mfluence that fJahtfull belongs to U'i unle'Ss we gIve the trade press the proper support Certam commerCIal mterests are shapma the present day polICIes that surround the furnIture busmess mstead of the dealer ihunself and gradually we are bemg made to realIze that others are fixmg the pnce~ at whIch we shall sell certam classes of merchan-dlse,- regardle~s of our condltlon'i and "urroundmgs These, however, would "oon be corrected If we, the small dealer~, would only do our part m 'Supportmg the trade papers m-stead of makmg them rel" upon advertlsmg whIch the" now have to m order to be 'iucce~sful I, therefore, feel free to say that It IS the duty of every dealer to be a subscnber of one or more trade papers Advertisin~ Helps. I belIeve the maJonty of merchant-, apprecIate the value of proper advertlsmg \\ hlle many a man may have bUIlt up a succes'iful bthme'is WIthout ad, ertl"mg. It does not prove that the 'iame man could not hay e accomplI'Shed tWIce or three times what he dId If he ad ve,rtlsed nghtly There-fore the report of the advertl"II1O cotl1mlttee "'Ill 'Show that we hay e carned on Ju:ot a'i aggl e,",~ne a campalgl1 along the"e lIne" a~ our funds and abIlIty would admIt Chaptel aftel chap-ter a~ to the be'it way to advel tI~e have been wntten but 'iuflice to 'iay that the a":OOClatlOn ha" adoptfd a polIcy whIch make'i It possIble for U'i to do thmg'i collectIvely that would be out of the nuestlOl1 If attempted mdn Idually DetaIl'i WIll be gIven m the report of the commIttee 011 adverthmg Lellislatioll. Each year of our as"oclatlOl1 'S eXIstence bnng,", to u" thf necesslty of wt:oe and JudlclOu~ legl'ilatlOn ]f vou have kept your ear to the ground, and have watched the work of OUI leglslator'i, yOU no doubt have been made to see that the) can, by wIse or unwIse method'i, make or break mtere~h m-volved If ever there was a tune when our assocIatIOn need-ed a large and actn e legi'ilatn e commIttee, It IS thIS year The next ses~lOn of our state leglslatUl e "'Ill soon be here and a" alwa)" happen~, five tune" a'S much work a'i can be accomplIshed WIll be a'iked of them Therefore, If the small busme"s mtere~ts of the 'itate ,,,ant to correct some of the uncalled for abu'Ses that now eXIst, they mu"t get together earl and frame such propo:oed changes a'S WIll be Just to the bu'Smes~ mtere'its and the people of the "tate 11lsuraRce. ThIs feature of our aSSOCIatIOn work has been allowed to lIe dormant for the past SIX months-prmclpally because of lack of abIlIty to get the proper kmd of solICItor to cover the field J U5t as soon a" thl'S can be accomplIshed, I feel that much good can be done and that It WIN be the mean'S of holdmg together the mem ber'i of our as'iOClatlOn A'i the carrymg of a proper amount of m'iurance I'S an e""entlal de-taIl of every busme'Ss, I hope that the member" of thl'S a'i'SocI-atlon WIll be prepared to gn e at least a portIOn of theIr msurance to our ,",obCltor ",hen he call" (Continued on Page 28) --------_ ...__.--._._._._--------------.., r- IIII No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG .. FOX MACHINE CO. -.- 1.. . - .I. 185 N FRONT ST''':ET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS L GIll has pUl chased the I11terest of S L OS\\ aId 111 the Oregon CIty (Ore) FurnitUle factory The Henry Schomel company, furnIture dealer,., ChIC-ago, have incorporated. CapItal stock, $20,000 L B. Loofts of Germallla, la, has purchased thc furl11- ture ~tore of Theodore Schroeder, at \Ve"ley. 10\\ a H Crock1l1, furmture dealer of N 01 folk, Va, ha~ let the contract for the erectIOn of a new bUlld1l1g at $50.814 The P. W Mad,.,en F~~rmture company of Salt Lake Clty will expend $10,000 or $12,000 111 remodelIng- theIr store The Standard Furlllture dlstnbutlllg company of ChI-cago has been Illcorporated wIth capItal stock fixed at $2,500 The Assabet Furlllture company, dealers. of ::\lay nard, Mass, expects to go out of busllless, m that to\\ n at least, on May 1. Haynes & Middleton, dealers m furllltUl e, wall paper, , etc., at Pittsfield, Mass, have mcorporated Capital stock, $10,000. The Gold Medal Camp Wis, have increased theIr $300,000. WJ1liam C Hatch, upholsterel of filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy sets $200 The principal office of the Chair company has been moved City, N C. The Pettit Feathel Beddmg company succeed" the \b-bott & Church company III the manufacture of wo\ en \\ Ire bed springs, in Portland, Ore The Goldenberg Furmture company ha" pUlcha"ed the building and ground lea"e of the Epstem FUlmtlll e house at 1307-9 Halsted "treet, Chicag-o EllIott Anderson, furniture dealer on ThIrd "treet, Des M01l1es, Ia, has "ecured better quarters m an adJoilllng bUlld1l1g and WIll enlarge his busllless The Theus FurnIture company, dealers, of Pen,.,acola, Fla, are closing out their stock "at cost" \\ Ith the announce-ment that they wIll d1scont1l1ue busllle"s G Cohen, furniture dealer at 836 ThIrd street, Des Moines, la, announces that he WIll retire from the furnIture trade and engage in the salvape busllless The old firm of Ivins, DeItz & Metzger company, carpet and rug manufacturers, of PhIladelphIa ha,., been Illcorporated as the Hardwick & McGee company CapItal "tock, $4,000.- 000 The manufacturers and Jobbel s of POI tland. Oregon, have dlscontmued thc practice of chargmg for packmg and Furniture company of Raclllc, capItal stock from $60,000 to Columbus, 0, has Liablhties, $341 as- HIgh Pomt Bendmg and from ITI£;h POInt to SIler ", IIII :I II i Don't Burn Your Moulding. Blackened edges so often found in hard-wood MouldIngs Indicate the use of Inferior tools, which fnctlOn and burn because of their fatlure to have proper clearance. The Shimer Reversible and Non- Reversible Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by experienced workmen. In deSign and con-struction they are supenor to anythIng on the market. They cut well and retam their shape untIl worn out. Send us drawmgs or wood samples for estimates on special cutters. Many useful de Signs, with prices, are given in <lurcatalogue. SAMldEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceihng, Sidmg, Doors, Sash, etc. "'-- .... -- .. _. ... --_._._._~~._---- , cartage m I espon"e to a plotest from the retaIl dealers of the ~tate '\ e\\ ben y 1310" & Cowell, manufacturers of furniture and chaIrs, w hose plant at Dunn, ~ C, has been idle for ncarly a yeel!, expect to re"ume operatIOn" about the first of ,larch C R Leland ha,., ,.,old hI" mterest ifI the furlllture busi-nes" of Dunn & Leland, Mader, Cal;- to H W Bean of Alameda, and the busllle"s WIll be conducted under the name of Dunn & Bean 1\ er G 'Jewlen, undertaker of Des Moines, Ia, has pur-cha,., ed the busllless of his competitors, the Thomas-Pierce L:ndertak1l1g company and now has an establIshment on each SIde of the nver The D V\ 01£ company of Trenton, N. J have decided to close out theIr furlllture department and confine their busllless to the clothing trade T~elr furlllture department \\ as establish(ld in 1895 Thomas J Harwell, for the past two years manager for the T C Swan company, Covingtfn, Ga, has purchased C. A Harwell's furniture store in the same town and proposes to enlarge the stock and business Charles Baer & Sons, furnitUl e dealers of York, N ebr , ha\ e ,.,old out to Rademaker & Sons of Crete, Nebr. The y oungel members of the Maer firm expect to engage in the furlllture tI ade at Longmont, Co!. The ::\lanon Iron Bed company, the Spencer Table company and the 0 H Keller Table company have filed a petItion ask1l1g that the XatlOnal Furlllture company of Fort ·Wayne, Ind , be adjudged bankrupt fIT A \Vheelock for five year" vIce pI eSldent and general manager of the ::\Iacomb (Ga) CIty Furlllture and Hardware company, has re"lgned and is succeeded by Miss Margaret H auraban who IS also preSIdent of the company The Dodge FurnIture company. dealers, of Worcester, ::\1as,., ha\ e purchased the stock and good WIll of their com-petItors, the \\ Ly nch Furniture company and wIll use both store" untIl the Ly nch ,.,tock 111 conSIderably reduced The board of trade of KnOXVIlle, Tenn , is try1l1g to se-cure the annual con\ entlOn of the Retail Mantel Dealers of Amenca whIch IS to be held m Apnl Mantel, marble and ,anous hardware Illterest" are represented III the organization ::\lembers of the Columbus (0) FurnIture Dealers asso- CIatIOn WIll charter a speCIal car and go in a body to the annual conventIOn of the state orgalllzatlOn to be held in Toledo on \\ ednesday and Thursday, February 15 and 16 13U1g1ars entered the store of the Glass Furlllture com- ._-_._.-----------------_._.-------. -~ I I II I ..,,,I ,,, ,, II THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater ... Send Jour address and and receive descriptive circular of Glue Heaters. Glne Cookers and Hot Boxes witL pricea. ------------_._._-- _:~~~::~~~~ ....... WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 .., produces on any oak results equal in every respect to those obtained by the old tedious and expensive actual fuming method. This especially prepared material when applied to any oak acts with the acids in the wood and produces that peculiarly beautiful, brown-ish effect known as "Fumed Oak." Nothing affects the finish, which may be thoroughly sandpapered without fear of cutting through. Send for FREE sample. We supply everything in Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. CHICAGO .... • ••• • • •• •• • •• -. • •• __ a •• NEW YORK ......... _ . . .. . .----' pdny of Jackson, Tenn, worked the combmatlOn of the safe and got away wIth somethmg over $100 1ll cash wIthout leaving a clew The store is located near polIce headquarters After bemg m the retail furniture business almost half a century the Comstock-Avery company of Peoria, Ill, have closed out their stock, vacated the store anI turned the keys over to the FIrst NatIonal Bank which bought the building SIx months ago WIllIam R MIller, Alice M Maas, Florence M Vetter and Isabelle M Miller have incorporated the Home Furniture and Carpet company, capItalIzed at $20,000, to take over the business of Vetter Bros & LeWIS of New Albany, whIch was recently acqUIred by Mr Miller. At the annual meetmg of the C S Pame company, Grand RapIds, Mlch, officers were elected as follows' President, Charles S Pame; vice preSIdent, M R BIssell, treasurer, ,VIllIam H Gay, secretary, E H \!VIllIalllo; The reports ~howed the company had a very successful year Cal pet manufacturers m the east made a general ad- \ dnce m pllceo; on Pebrual y 1 Tape;otries were put up 2;1z cenh pel J al d, \\1Ilton velvets 5 cents and 1ugs 50 cents each on the 9:x 12 ba~b Plbre and FdbrIc, the textIle trade Journal of Boston, pI edIcts a fm thel advance before the end of the month All capItal necessary for rebmlding the plant of the DommlOn ChaIr company, Ltd, of Bass River, Nova ScotIa, whIch was destroyed by fire on December 31 has been sub- SCrIbed, malllly by the old stockholders and the work of re-buIldmg is progressing rapidly The los<; by the fire was almost total, with lIght insurance The BIllow-Lupfer company of Columbus, 0, manufac-turers of furniture, furniture supplIes, spring beds, mattresses etc., have filed notice of dIssolution The business will be closed out or sold as a \\,hole and the net proceeds dIvided among the stockholder~ DIssenSIOn among the managers is gIven as the reason for placmg the agairs m liqUIdation. At the postponed annual meetmg of the Jamestown (N Y) Chair company, C Vv Swanson, S. P. Carlson and P. E. Larson were re-elected to the board of directors and Leander Johnson anI C E Jones were elected as new members The dIrectors elected the followmg officers President, S P. Carlson; vice president, Leander Johnson, secretary and treas-urer, C. W. Swanson; superintendent, C E Jones. ~--.....__ ...•.....-------- --------------------- We Manufacture the Larlle.t Line of rOlDlno (nAIDS In the UDlted States, sUltable for Sun day Sc hools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pub"c 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. AS HLAND, OHIO ..._-- . 1 j ........ 24 "I . IIII I 4. • ~. ,I ,IIII WEEKLY ARTISAN Here is . ..---------------- -----------------------~ , I II III tI III ,f •II ,I , I I IIIII I I f IIIIIII ,I IIII II I '508·"'0 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. I ••••• a.a •.••••• _~ a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN. WIS. No. 592. I. I I I~--_... Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas m fme labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS WHO FEEDS YOUR PIGS? I>, el.v factory hac; its pigs-razor backs, most of them-tccdel" but ne\ e1 fat nOl marketable ] hel c al c steam raters, glue eaters, etc, but the most ra-paclon" at them 10,the lnmber eater, commonly known as the \\ \C; fE DIX III most plants this pig eatc; from 25% to 50% of all the Inmbe1 the OVel-v\Olked managel can bny and gives in return a \ el} low gl ac1c of refuse-fuel. It \ OU \\ 111\\ atch thl~ pig for a week you will discover that all the ieed he gets 1~ the result of poorly dried lumber-Ium-bcr that 1., checked \v al ped, casehardened or honeycombed in the d1} -kIln-knob are dried or baked 30 hard and crooked that a planer tealS them to pieces \\ hen} au hay e decided that a sufficiently large hole has been eaten mto .v0ur bank account, "'rite the Grand Rapids \" cnee1 \Yarks, G1and Rapids, Michigan, and learn how hun-ched., of \\l"e managels ale CHEATING THIS PIG. Holding Off. On account of the antl-"aloon movement m Kent connty \1lclm;an, PhIl Klmgman \\111 not engage actively m the II ellk 0t el ectmg hI" neVI bl11ldmg on ::'\orth D1v1son street. (,I and RapId". untIl the "pllng electton shall be held Be-he> mg that the clo"mg of the "aloons would prove lllJunous to (,1 and Ra pIc!" a" cl fUrl11tul e mdrket, 1\11' Khngman very 1lcttnlalh he"ltate" O\el the m\eo,tment of se\e1al hunched thutl"and (1Jllal" 111 a 1ltulc\mg that \\ auld prO\ e usele"s dnd a total 10"" 1r e h ql11te confident the dl \" \v 111be defeated hem c,eI dnd c"pect" to e1eet the 1ml1chno, 111 tl111e for u"e at the ne"t 1111cl-1m\ te' e"rlO"ltlOn ~----------.... _---. . .. --~ ~fKCt~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~~i~vllt~g I SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. I , •I~_.---_._----_._-------------....\ I I I I _ -4 CWartiatleoKfoure. II E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALMLEICGHA.N, WEEKLY ARTISAN DEATH OF JOHN WIDDICOMB Prominent Grand Rapids Furniture Manufact-urer a Victim of Heart Disease. John \Viddlcomb, fOI man) ) ears one of the most promment furl11ture manufacturers of Grand RapIds, died suddenl) on Sat-urday, February 5 He \\ as chctat111g to hIs stenogl aphel \\ hen he dropped fro111 111" chaIr <ll1d expIred bcfOle aSCJstance could he summoned The ph} SlCldllS deCIded that hIS death ,\ as due to rheumati"m of the heart He haJ not been 111poor health, though the prevIOus 111ght, feel111g mdl"posed, and not knowmg JOHN WIDDICOMB. From a Photograph Taken by Noble in 1906. just what al1ed him, he consulted a ph} sician and was assm ed that he was not suffering from any sel ious or dangerous <l1lment and was busy as usual Saturday mormng. John Wlddicomb was one of the pioneer furmture manufac-turers of Grand Rapids, and though he had his ups and downs, on the whole he was one of the most successful. He was b0111 111's)facuse, NY, in 1845. His father, George ~\'\!Jdcbcomb, W2S a cabinet maker, who came from England 1111843 and after working 111vanous towns 111N ew York and other states, came to Grand Rapids in 1857 and took a positl{)n with the ~Winchester 25 Bros, who founded the lllstltutlOn now known as the Nelson- Matter Furniture company A year or two later he bought the cabinet "hop that had been estabhshed by the Pullman's. He had four sons, and John, hke the others, went to work in the shop at an early age The four "ons served 111 the civil war and three of them, WIlham, John and Harry, surVIved George J r. cbed as a I esult of hIS service in the army. Aftel the war the three blOthers ectabh"heel a "mdll furni-ture factory on the ea"t side Canal Two yeaF laicr, 111 18Gi, they moved to the IN est SIde anel WIth l' F RIchards, bmlt a factory on the site of the \Viddlcomb l'ur111ture company's plant, the firm being known as \i\!Jddicomb Bras & Richards. In 1873 the firm was incorporated as the Widdicomb Furniture company which prospered until 1893 In the mean time William \Viddi-comb had I etil ed to take the posItIOn of cashier in the Grand RapIds National bank. The panic of 1893 caught the company unprepared for such a contingency, and wiped out all that John Widc!Jcomb had ac-cumulated 111 a quarter of a century. He chd not lose heart or courage however. \iVlth pluck, ability and energy unabated he managed to obtain control of the assets of the Widdicomb Mantel company and the G1cason Wood Ornament company, which hac! also gone do\\ n in the crash, and on their ruins founded the John \Vlddlcomb company, which he built up until It is one of the largest and most prosperous fur111ture making institutIOn in the country In 1901 he acquired the old plant of the Kent Furniture company, which he enlarged and improved as he dId the plant of the Mantel company, hav111g recently com-pleted a large five story bnck addItIOn to the latter plant Only a few months ago he hecame the pnnClpal "tockholder 111the Grand RapIds Hand Screw company and assumed the manage-ment. John vViddicomb \vas a hustler By many he was consid-ered reckless or too much inc1med to plunge and take risks. He had gl eat executive ablhty and an unusual faculty that enabled hU11to keep hunself well informed as to the details of his busi-ness. He had an excellent 1eputatlOn for honesty and integrity and that he de"erved it is attectec1 by the fact that during the later years of his prospelity he paId every dollar of the debts of 189:3, though s{)me of them had been outlawed. Mr. \Vlc1dlcomb for many years was active 111the manage-ment of church and chantable institutIOns and gave generously for their support, particularly to the hospItals. Of late he had taken considerable interest in muniCIpal affairs For two years he had been a member of the Board of Pubhc Works and was frequently suggested as a candIdate for mayor. He leaves a widow, a son and two daughters The daugh-ters, both married, re"lde 111 London, England, and one of them sailed from Liverpool only a few hours before her fathers' death, expecting to viSIt hel palents and that her father would return with her in the spring. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN '""--- --~_._---- ~-. qUIckly, easIly and well, that to use it becomes a pleasure. I The Regina pneumatic cleaner has a large duplex pump, I and IS so constructed that a strong suction is created by both forward and backward stroke of lever. Every movement of ! le\ el 111 eIther chrectlOn draws a current of air forcibly through I the no//le. thtb producll1g contmuous suctIOn which dust and I dIrt cannot resIst After usmg, the dust which has been I collected IS easIly anI qUIckly removed without the necessity I ot remm In!:; any troublesome bolts and screws and without ! ~~I~~:II~~h~;cc~:::;;rs t~o~~r:n t~~e ::acr~:te upside down, as in I The Regma pneumatic cleaner has been designed and is I bemg made by the same skIlled mechamcs who make the I Regma musIc boxes These workmen are fitted by training I and expenence to turn out work of the highest class, and I they take pnde m plOducmg machines which are built "a little I better than seems neces3ary" Every Regina pnleumatic I cleaner I~ fully guaranteed against defects in constructIOn, I matenal and workmanshIp for one year from date of pur- I chase I The Regma pneumatic cleaner weighs but 25 pounds, I cll1d b easIly carned m one hand. It occupies small space 'I when not m use and does the same work as other vacuum I l leanel s costmg several times as much . It is truly "The H ou~ekeepel 's Best Fnend," because it has abolished the I terror~ of "S\\ eepmg day" and enables her to keep her house cIedn wIth the mlmmum of effort. It is almost noiseless in operatIOn and con tams no complicated mechanism to get out of 01 der In using it there is no wear and tear on the carpet, as m the case of broom or carpet sweeper, and the \\ ear thu" sa \ ed, added to the cost of cleaning by the old method-If labor and tIme are worth anythmg-will soon i- . ._._.__. ._._._.~.. . . _4 pay for It HE~E'S THAT ISA BARGAIN No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thiS fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thiS and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. New Casters and Cleaners. The Planet company WIth offices m the FlI.ot XatlOnal Bank bUlldmg, Chicago, are puttmg out on the market t\\ 0 deVIces that have proven to be of speCIal mterest and been received With marked fay or by the furl11ture tl ade One of these deVIces IS the Regma pneumatic cleaner for cleanll1g carpets, rugs, hard wood floors, CUItams, drapenes, \valls, up-holstered furmture, etc, by the vacUUm plOcess. ThIS de\ Ice IS a household necessIty whIch meets WIth an Instant demand as soon as seen by every housewIfe The other deVIce IS the mvislble caster which has been termed by the Planet com-pany "Domes of SIlence" These are patented mvis~ble casters that are bright little steel domes which allow all furl11ture to ghde softly, sIlently and smoothly 0\ er carpets or any l..md of floonng The Regina Pneumatic Cleaner. The Regma pneumatic cleaner, as its name indIcates, IS a machine for cleanmg carpets, rugs, hardwood floors, CUl-tams, drapenes, walls and upholstered furnIture by the va-cuum process ThIS process removes dll t and dust-instead of stlrnng them up-and it is so far m ad\ ance of any other cleanmg method known that nothmg can be more certam than that it WIll be ul11versally adopted ThIS cleaner may Justly be considered the most Important 111\ entIOn to the housewife since the advent of the sewing machme It is SImple but substantial in construction, and thoroughly prac-tIcal and efficient in operation. It is so easy to mampulate that the strength of a ten year old chIld is suffiCIent for the task It removes every particle of dust and dut, from the surface and also from the body of the fabnc, and it does this without raismg any dust It thoroughly renovates carpets, rugs, curtains and upholstered furmture without the neces-sity of removing them from the house, and it does this so • The Invisible Caster. "Domes of SIlence" or the invisible caster prevents wear and teal on the carpets Saves all stram on furniture legs, a matter of the utmost Importance where valuable furniture is concerned It \\ III do all the work of casters, and can be used "here It IS Impos..,lble to attached casters. The m\ ISlble casters gIve these advantages to manu-facturers' They can be put on in the shop before the furniture is completed, and used m moving from one workroom to another They vvllI not dlOp off m shipment and be lost. They can be attached to a slender or delicate furniture leg without injury. No tools are needed; a tap of the hammer and they are fil mly attached Castel IS mVI"lble, which harmoni7es WIth the furniture deSIgner's idea of ploper effect, as it allows a scroll or claw foot to rest close to floor. Can be used on a great many <;tyles of furniture, where a ca<;ter could not be used, such as dming room chairs, li-brary and parlor tables, fancy cabinets, mission furniture, etc To the retailers they are desirable because on dining-room chaIrs, they vvill ghde smoothly over any surface or any kind of covering They have proven an immense suc-cess WIth the hotel and restaurant trade for dining room and other fl11niture They can be used on a great deal of furniture that does not come castered which should have a caster of some kind, such as parlor and hbrary tables, parlor cabinets, music cabi-nets, mIssion furnIture of all kinds, willow furniture, piano benches, etc They WIll help selI the furmture and can also be retailed for furl11ture in the home that is not castered, one set sold always bringing are-order. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 STAINS STANDARD SHADES FLANDERS OAK STAIN STRA TFORD OAK STAIN FUMED OAK STAIN No. 547=0 EARLY ENOLISlf OAK STAIN No. 1719 WEA TlfERED OAK OIL STAIN No. 1725 aOLDEN OAK OIL STAIN No. 1919 MAHOOANY STAIN No. 1017=D No. 1949 No. 1954 NOTE: We desire to call your attention to the above mentioned Stains. They are correct in tone of color, and by the L. Mac. E., IMPROVED METHOD of stain making, are, without a doubt, the BEST working Stains on the market. SEND FOR SAMPLE PANELS, ALSO WORKING SAMPLES. THE LAWRENCE -McFADDENCOMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA A. B. Buren Discusses Salesmen. NIr Buren of Salem, Oregon, attended the COllY ention uf the retal1ers of that state held at Eugene, recently and m dbcussmg sa lesmanship in the furmture trade said "I n tll, funnture bmmess the customer, once sold, did not come baLK for more, but was provided for for a long time Therefore, was necessary to have goods half sold by the tlme the customer got well inside. He '>poke of the work of store arrangement and wmdow dressmg, and asserted the necessity of educating salesmen He also suggested gettmg the best salesmen aval1- able Keep posted on the fine salesmen all around you-not for the purpose of stealmg them from fellow merchants, but that you may know who are worth having If they should qUlt their old employ He ad, ocated the training of salesmen for mdlvidual department,>, and thought much need be done along the 1l11e of tl aming salesmen to meet the customer rather than leay mg the customer to find lHs way to the salesman The p m ,ystem he dbapproved as it tended to sell the "stickers" tc the best customers. He thought salesmen could be tramed to be worth high salanes, and mentIOned case" where good salesmen received $40 and $50 a week for their services The salesman who learns hiS busine3s thoroughly should recelve high pay The high pnced 'ialesman is the cheapest for the store He argued that shavmg prices for fear the customer Will thmk the store the highest priced in town was fooli'ih and there was no danger-the customer cannot tell the difference He spoke of the store, and urged the merchants to greater care in ordering Enmity between salesmen he deplored and spoke of the need for diplomacy He deprecated the fear of mail order houses Will Visit Old Battle Fields. Years ago when war raged between the states, E H. Foote, treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair company and President of the Imperial Furniture company, made an un-peaceful tour of the southern states He carried a gun and hiS purpose was the presentatIOn of very penetratmg argu-ments in favor of an un divisible union of states He was assisted m thiS campaign (or he assisted others in this cam-paign as you may choose to wnte It) by several hundred thousand men and success was won, although the cost m blood and tl easure was not mconslderable. Mr. Foote has Just undertaken another tour of the southern states Smiles and a warm hand-shake of the conquering kmd are the only "weapons" he carries. He wl1l travel to the old battle fields and towns that he VISited in war times and finally will rest from his J01.uney a short time at Old Point Comfort, Va Wood Drawer Pulls. The 'vVaddell Manufactunng company of Grand Rapids, IS the leader m the manufactunng of all kinds of furniture ornaments in wood, and e,>pecially m wood drawer pulls, 8183 which al e becommg- more popular than ever, smce penod styles have come m. All of the Waddell pulle3 and knobs have the no-kum-Ioose facteners, and this feature alone has become so famous that It adds greatly to the sales The cut shown herewith is one of their latest styles Another will appear in their '"ad" next week. .------- 28 WEE K L Y 1\ R TIS A N ... - _ ..._--------------------- .... ----.., ----_._---_ ..._----------------------.., II HOTELRNORMMANDIE I ! C~~~~o~~r~I~~~T I II I Amencan Plan, $2 50 per I • Day and upwards I II European Plan, $1 00 per I Day and upwards : Hot and Cold Runmng Water , 'I 10 all Rooms I: Rooms wIth Bath extra I A High Grade Cafe. I I Restaurant and Buffet m connechon , I GEORGE FULWELL, : I Proprietor I .. ...- - .- - - -_. .- - .. -. - - - - -- - -_. . - .-.... Minnesota Retail FU1'niture Dealers' Association. (Contmued from page 21 ) Finance. In the bUlld111g up of any busll1e"s or a""oclatIOn, the numelOUS demand'3 for funds to laII) on and '3tart ne\\ \\ork are many and thIS a~soclatlUn 1'0 no e,ceptlUl1 1\ hl1e the actIVIty of the as::,OClatIOl1 ha" alwa\ s hroulSht 111 el1rJu!.;h funds to carryon Its work, } et \\ e hay e not heen abll to accumulate a 1esen e such as \\ e should ha\ e nll~ h pIIIl clpally due to a faIlure upon the part ot :o0111eot om membeI- 111not gIvmg prompt attentIOn to the pa\ ment 01 clues "\s our associatIOn he1 s grow '30 \\ 111the mcomc If each mem-ber WIll do his duty along the:oe 1111e:o, \ OUI officeI' \\ 111h<l\ (' the necessary funds to \\ 01k \\ Ith The condItIOn of OUI finance I~ as follO\\" Balance on hand at tile close of Ia~t meetIn~ Recen E>d f om due" and mpmber qhrp Joseph v\ ,Id & Co, Prorato ~ample room e\.pcn~e~ ReceIVed from Brlls Pa vable ReceIVed from adds In proceedIngs fr om folIo" lllb Ozonet Chemrcal Co MInneapolIS Luger Furnrture Co MInneapolrs \Vhrtcomb & Koble, MInneapolIs Northwestern Cask~t Co MInnE'apo!l~ Bmtliff Manufactunng Co Mll1neapol" J H Ten\ oordeA Mll1nE'apol" M Burg & Sons St Paul Mpls Office & 3chool Furmture Co \]ll1n~apOll Gangelhoff Bros Mll1neapo] l~ Crocker Charr Co Mll1neapolh W B MIller MInneapolrs Thaverse Crty Charr Co 1'ra\ erse Crt\ ;\11c11 Peterson Art rurmture Co rarlb rult Jal1l11..1' ll1fC'tln...., ;; III 00 " 10 , 00 10 00 ) 00 10 00 no 00 J 00 ) 00 J 00 500 00 Orders drawn f,om 1+3 to 1- 0 '" 1 ! \ Follov..rng are the OldeI'" dIa\\l1 143-Frelgl1t on Proceedlne;<;., 100') 144-"" L GrapD Sund OffH'e ('"\.1)8n<..,("<.., 1 0\ P <..,t tge f''\.V! ~ <..,<.., phone telegrams ptl 145-Postage for 1909 proceel11l1!;' 146-vVe'3tern Badge dnd ?\.o\elt\ Co hllges 1)OJ t H1 tnlion ~anuary 2b and 17 147-01ner ':r"joewnter Co MUll1PdPOllS SupplIes ilOIU Felll11dl3 8 to Apnl 7 1909 14S-rrrade PE.XIOtlH cd ro Clu( l-g0 tn appl"~ 01 CL (' )unt of P11ntlns, Proleedmgs 14D-Mll1n Retal1 Fmn Dlalers ""S,, n Pel lamtl tl\. ot 1908 150-D F nrlhardson l'\orthHelu tllP to \lcllllnto J 'flutl\l meptIng 151-D Lreberg JelneS\ Ill< Mll1n One JOUlnetl fOl assoc 1 ctwn 1:J2-P K bmp8v Janes\ tHe FreIght on ] C)O) (0 opel ltn e lnn lnc, pamphlets and prIntmg matt~r 110m 11 'ld0 Pellod\( 11 Co ] 53-J A Henn Postma'-t0r Janes"lle SOO _ c~nt e-1\ ~lop~, 154-0 .1\ 0 ,10en Peterson ~unl L"\.pen'-,es at LOYl\entlon chcllgcs to secretal \ January 28 1!:J,)j 1.:l5-Underwood 'T'~Dwllter ('10 (Onylnf:S papel lob-.;:-'- B Drck Co CIllCU!.{O III P,11" f 1I nllrneo 137-TTnden\ oocl l':\ P~\lrlt~r ('0 !\]ph (0]1\ n1« pap~) r,, --- II ,III1 , I,,I I• I,II I,III ~ . __.__-J' UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead 10 Style, Construction and F,msh. See our Catalogue. Our hne on permanent exhlbl. hon 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers' BUlld1Og,Grand RapIds. 108-1 nden\ ood l, Il~" rlt~r ('0 Mpls carbon paper 1 '-~"';Uq Job Hooms Janes\llle letter heads 11,0- I " Lll Inn g J tnpslllle on~ lournal and d'lY book for 1g09 1'1-1 UIE'1-U ot bngll\lng \Ipls cuts ubed In proceodln~s 1909 ll,_-\Illl(J f)'1\I~ PllntIng Co lVfpls FIlIng- folder" for a~" n 11, -~, ,,~c l Jom nal Ra(!lcal "aseca 8 000 lett~r heads 1tJ4-r R '1\ llll'unson l'~ Co Mpls Sund ~xpense rubber stamps ] I) }_p, mtE'l" ~upph ('0 l\Iplb Dlectros ad\ ertlsmg commIttee 1',1,- '[lll \\ 1\ } u1Jltshmg Co, St Paul Mrnn etchmg of cIrculars .• 1t - ~I tnnesot 1 Cnmmel (lal rederatlOn adml S'-lOn fees and dues tT on1 1 Ull1ItUl e \1en b -\~socuttron l' '-Ileld' Pellodlcal Co Cillcago, III to appl, on proceedrng 1 UH1nt 11)'J-\~'{,t~ln f,e1(h;~ ,,- "\0\ 01t, Co St PaUl, buttons for 1909, :"eptpmb~l 8 to 11 1909 1-0-CIlllds Puhll-ltll1g Co 'IVascra l\1111n _ 300 4 page programs, SeptE>mber meetIng 190 J 300 7 30 2 40 18 99 533 19 75 3 79 31 65 2 50 23 00 30 00 6 00 12 00 $593 82 - 1 q s l In "t1lrh Illg tlll~ 1epol t, yon "hon1d take IlltO conSIderatIOn tllclt 11l baldlH 111~ np last) ear" report, and 111 order to pay "ome 01 the hrlb then cIne, \\ e Illc1uded 11l last} cars' report the total 1ecelpt.., of the Jannary meetIllg, 190), whIch was S)()3 CO \dlllh 11l Iee,ht\ belongs to thIs year ,Ve have been umtl11u,llh 111 debt trom $1DJ 00 to $.50000 everv~ year of our c,htenle but I am glad to be able to report, that If our membll' pen up the11 clue:o promptly a UhlS meet111g, we \\ III be able to pa~ up all expen,e:-, 111C111recl at thI'" meetmg and put our as"ouatlon upon a finance basI:-, that I am sure \\ C \\ ould all lIke to "ee So do not hold back your dues bu L p" ~ It a" ~001l a" PPs~Ih1e, ,,0 that we can accomplish thI" I Ht , 0 (1) Membership. '1 he JollO\\ mg b a :-,tatement of the membershIp of our ""soclatIOn I Cd\ m~ the memher-,lllp m the fo11O\\l11lSstandmg lorll m~mbc r ,IUD \11 reh 1 1gl)9 ,1 ( J11))01 <.., JOinIng c1 11ll1b the \ ell 203 19 222 \If'lnbf'l"l \\ItlHlIe\\ florn LSS )(ldtlon ,1 (111bp1 '" I etHl. (1 f!CJTI1 hU~lnl:-"S'" \1 { InheT '-, I etll <.,pd to [1'1 \ \1 (1111)Pl ':I lh 0pP0cl 1(ll non pa v In0n t ot dne~ 7 q 13 16 1" 00 177 1-t] 3 I otal mell11J~rshrp at thE' begmmng ot tllr;, meetmg 1 f'a\ In .... the membel..,hlP In the follOWIng standIng-lrnl) f'l ..... '\)<11(1 un to date fCll1beJs T>1Id In cHl\dllCC \1-( n11er ~ on(' \ e'1r belnno ,le111 )fY...., t,\ ) \ E--''1J<.., l)Lhind 31 15 127 10(1 0) 4 (10 - I " _ r ) 177 q J 0 'J_ R,,<:posiugof Mail Order House Advertising. 1 he \'01k that brought the lSreatest returns thl~ year, was Wl e,pc ~II1~ ot the cJ\ llcllawn 111u-,tratlOl1" 111the nUll ordel c ILd()~, a~ ha~ lJe~n "lwwn 111 0111 depaltment \\ e h<l\e 111~t c011lmenced to ~athe the matella1 nece""ar} for a cle- J ~ I ) I (I WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 .-._ ....--~ ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel PantJind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlmd for SOc IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. I ~---- ... ---- .._----_. -----~ clded campdlgn along the~e hnes and wJ1l enldfge the scope of thIs work a" fast as om funds wJ1l a(h111t, as thIs 1'0 one of the most eAtensn e pIece" of work attempted by the as::,OCl-atlOn, and ahvay::, takes se\ eldl months to prepare an article on account of gettmg the matellal, hav111g a pIcture taken and gettl11g the drawl11gs reproduced MontgomelY v\ ard claIms that we are 111fnnging upon copynght laws, when "e dos 0, but from legal advIce gIven us, we are SUie that the gOy el nment "J1l not become a pal tner of any scheme or fraud, and i.lust that vve v..J1llecelve the hearty co-operat1On of om members 111caUY111g on this "ork. That whenever vve dsk for matelldl along these 1111esthat our membels will get It for us promptly Secretary's Office. Because of the actl\ e \vOlk canled on elt this office, the con e"pondence has glOwn to a figttl e that yoU WIll hal dly reah7e If you wel e not 111cloc,e touch wIth It In the last six month", It has lequilcd the dttent10n of one ::,tenoglaphel . The co opelatn e bUy111g \\ork 11d::,also leq111red the employ-ment of a stenogl dpher, and thus" e find the con espondence dnd mall that has left the office, clds"lfied as fol10"1\S' $ 88 12 300 36 00 16500 2c letters, 4106 @ 2c 6c lettu", 50 @ 6c 3c letters. plOceedmgs 1909 @ 3c 1c letters 15346 @ 1c $29311 01 "Inch the a~souatlOn 1M" paul and the co opuatl'. e buym,; committee $202 05 900b ~393 11 1\Iak111g a total of 21,002 pIece" of mdtI led\ 111~ tIm, of-hce S111ce last annual Ci)l1\ entlon Two-thIrds of thl" \\olk has been blOUght ,lbout be-cause of the bUy111g featul e I wnt each membcr to stop d momcnt and u)l1sidcl \\ hat it mean" to cdrry on tIll" v olume of COll ec,pondence, and yet 1 hdve enjoyed Sdme becauc,e It has blOught me in touch WIth men bigger thdn myselt dnd thel ef01 e have gotten an expenence whlCh I am sure vvll1 bnng me pelsonally a larger success in the 111dlvldual StOIe"J depend111g upon me If by chance, we halve made errOIS 01 OmlSc,1On", 1 want to say that they Vvel e not made ll1tentlOnally and wel e plObably the result of the volume and stle~s of wOlk that VIas before us at that time. And behe\ e that hom now on the WOlk of thIS office WIll run s11100thel I aga111 take thIS opportumty to thank 0111 membels who hay e been so thoughtful in sa\ 1110tlll" office any unneces:,alY burden for then hearty co-operat1On and (l1Sposlt1On that has ahvay:, been shov..n. And can leal e you no better WIsh, than the Wish that thIS year WIll be the mO'>t succe'osful yeal yoU have evel enjoyed Yours \ ery truly, \\ L GRAPP, Secretary OHIO RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS Program for Their Sixth Annual Convention to be Held in Toledo. The speth annual convent1On of the Oh1O RetaIl Furmt111 C Dealeu,' as:,oclation wll1 be held in Toledo on Tue:,day and \\ ednesday, February 15 and 16-a week before the meet111°:". of the N at10nal A:>souClition 111Detr01t That the plOceed111g:> wll1 be deCIdedly 1l1terest1l1g and of importance to the members l'i 1l1dlcdted by the program which has been arranged as follows. PROGRA~r. Tuesday February 15, 1 o'clock P. M. Meet111g of the Executlve Committee at headqual tel", Hotel Secor. Reception of appItcat1011s f01 membel ship. Enrollment of members Tuesday, 1:30 P. M. at Hotel Secor. ConventlOn called to order by PresIdent JI W. Morey Address of welcome, Mayor I,Vhltlock of Toledo Responses by Pres H \'1 Morey Reading of Minutes Report of Secl etal y and Tre,i:' t1ler Report of Executive Committee. Rep01 t of SpeCIal Committee Unfinished Business. ApP01l1tment of CommIttees. Announcement as to Question Box Adeh ess-"The Law as Related to Retailers of ft1lnl-ture," C. M Voorhee'>, Oh1O Address-"Denefits to be Del i\ ed flOm Association'>,' \\ tlltam Byrne, Dayton, OhiO Announcements Tuesday Evening, 6:30. Banquet at Hotel Secor. Toastmaster, PI es IT \\ ::\101ey Addl ess-"Pel sonaltt,) 111 Dus1l1e,,:>," Edwal d F 1'1efz, Cll1CdgO, III Addl e'is-"The DealersJ Dcals and Ideal:>," 0 K ,Yhee- 10ckJ Cln eland, Oh1O Toasts by other noted :,peakeh Wednesday, February 16, 1:30 P. M. Addl e:,s-"Fl eight Rates and Claims," V\ aItel B Moore, Da} ton, Ohio Quc:,t1On BOA Opened; Discussions. Report:> of C0111mittees. Electwl1 of Officers Eltcilon of Delegate:, to X at10nal RetaIl DCdler:,' A S'oOCl ailon SeIectlOn of place of next Con \ ent10n "\dJournment The plCo.ent officels of the as"oCldtion ale' PI eSldent, H \V. Morey, l\Iarysvllle Fn o.t \ ice president, Petel Gobrecht, NOl wood Second vIce president, C F Houck, i\k1on Seu etary and Treasul el J C 1\1 Voorhees, Colum hus F"ecuiJ\ e C01l1mlttec- D F Ken, Chanman, Colu1l1hu'o, \\ m Bylne, Dayton, E' \Y Stev,drt, Columhu'>J Geo B \\lC-kens, Lora1l1, \Y F GauettJ Columbus .!\Icmbel of executn e commIttee '\ational RetaIl Furni-tUI e Dealel s' AssoClation-C R Parish, Columhus 30 ------_._---_._-_._._----------- --_._..---" I WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--- -------------_. I A Masterpiece CONGO of Stain-Mahing FINISH (;I;Jhis is a very remarkable and very striking stain prodncing filii on oak an exceedingly beautiful effect that is almost - wierd in its wild, rich color contrast. The pores of the wood are stained an intense, soft black, while the Rakes are very brilliant and clear. In our Congo Oak Finish we offer for the first time a practical stain by which this result can be obtained without special treatment for the Rakes It operates in the same manner as our Golden Oak Stains---simply stain and fill and when the filler is wiped off the Rakes will be found to clear perfectly. Congo Oak Finish is adapted for pianos, den fixtures, Arts & Crafts furniture and high grade fixtures for cafes, etc. Be sure to write for sample panel if in- I terested. ~---- --_. _. --- -- . Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-i\dolph \\ alker, 60 Looml" d, cnue. \tLllltd Ga, $4,000, J B HH~htO\\Cr 46 \\ e"'t Huntel "'tl eet, ~~tLlllta, $7,000; Ella John"on, 1325 \Vmllemac a, enue, Ch1l.ago, Ill. $9,500, Anna Mahler, 1440 ~ \Vood street, Chicago, $8,000, o L Linquist, 3919 N. Fort) -second avenue, Chicago, 83,500, E L Kusler, Charlotte, ~. C , $4,000, VV. W. \;\ att, Jr, Char-lotte, N. C, $3,500, P M Cave, Charlotte, N C, $3000 Luella M Rice, 1340 Clay avenue, N e", York, 'J Y, $8,000, Arthur D. Crane, 15 Lowell place, X ewal k, J\ J, $4500 Sarah Grace Gnmm, 318 E Delaven street, Buftalo, ;.J Y $15,000; F. A Gahrmg, 4537 Helxes stI eet, II mneapohs. Mmn, $4,000; C II Kemptgen, 2511 Logan a\ enue Ifmne apolis, $3,600, 1\1ahlon Y\ ?\ ev. ton, \tlantlC elt,," I. SIrJ- 500; Frank Croft, Atlantic City, 813,000, \\ Ilhdl1l 0 Gldllt:;C AtlantIc CIty, $13,240, Charles \bbey, 7625 ::-,helldan load. Chicago, $6,000, Theodore \\ Irth, [byant avenue and 100tIeth street, MmneapolI'O, ::\Imn , $~,OOO,11 ank S Rush, 425 I[dlel avenue, Columbus, OhIO, $5,500, \ P I'lhott Hill Top, Columbus, OhIO, (bungalo'A) $3,hOO, (:r IT Clldman, Case and De Soto streets, ~t Paul, 1\lmn, $4,500, 1\lls \nna Block VVd1ls, 211 Penns) lvama Stl eet, Buffalo, ~ Y, $-1-,800, C. B Slagle, 801 South Mam street, Llf;itle Rock \1 k , $5,500, Harnet P Keith, 1718 South Oln er a, enue If mne apolis, M111n, $4,400, G R Smith, 3828 llfth d, enue south, Minneapolis, $3,800, Sarah E Yargen, 1 \\ ent) -nmth street and Northwestern avenue, Indlanapoh... Incl, $3,000, Henry Kramichfield, 630 Ea:ot Utica street, Buffalo " Y, $3,-1-50, Fred Lenz, 1552 Niagara stI eet, Buffalo. $:;,500, Cathenne MIller, 1026 Genessee stret, Duffalo, $3,000, Barbala Klem, 170 Duport street, Buffalo, $3,000 \V E Sexton, il1eldrum and St. Paul streets, Detroit, Mich , $3,500, Albert C Glaeser, HHoIcomb street and Gratiot avenue, Detroit, $6,000; Dr Perfected Art Nouveau This is a filler-stain for producing a Ma-hogany finish both on Mahogany and all kinds of woods, enablmg the finisher to stain and fill With one apphcation and by one process. Art Nouveau produces the correct Mahogany color and IS exceedingly powerful, possessing great penetratmg qualities. Art Nouveau is non-fadin~ Art Nouveau dries perfectly. Art Nouveau does not raise the ~rain. Art Nouveau is economical. Write for samples. ..- --- - - _. - ... - . a.a •••• __ .. l nah Harman, 100 Ilal1klm "trtel, Richmond, Va, $3,000, \lll1me Le\\ IS I dCh ,1nd 1,1\ lor streets, Richmond, va, $3,- 000 rl1dge J .:'II \ \ 1l.kham, Delaware, OhIO, $8,800, Dr C. \ "oll.Onk, Deal Lake, .:'Illch , $4,000, Youngs A Olan, Ash-tabula, 0, $3,000, J G Gardner, 271 S Andre'As boulevard, Los Angeles, Cal, $7,500, !\ Blanchard, 216 AlIso street, Los \ngeles, $3,963, James Mason, 1654 Tenth avenue, Drooklyn, '\ Y, $6,500 SebastIano Salerno, 29 Neptune 'itreet, Brooklyn 8:;,000, \xel \Vedberg, 182 Bergen "treet, Brooklyn, $6,000, \Irs Paulme BlOwn, 198 Chartres 'itreet, Houston, Tex, $3,- 000, A T Stearns, 3488 Shenddn road, Chlcago, $18,000, Ava ~braham, 1829 Elster a vcnue, Chicago, $4, Soo, James ;vrartll1 3102 to 3122 1 \vcnt)-'iecond street, N \V, \\ ashll1gton, D l , 575000 ChdI1ec, \\ Kll1g, J r , 1823 to 1833 Ontano place, " \\ \\ a~hll1gton, $22,000, r D .i\1cAuhffe, 221 Thirteenth "treet, S E \\ ashmgton, $15,000, P R BaIrmgton, Cotta a\Cnue and \\ all street, Spokane, \\T ash, 9;13,000, Frank C,lmJTIOlh, Bradbury bUlldll1g, Lo'i Angeles, Cal, $3,gOO \v F Jones, 42 South T\lcLean c,treet, J\iempll1'O, Tenn, $4,500, "\ E Rodwell, 1228 0, erton Park, J\lemplm, $3,000, John E \\ ood, 212 LOI etta street, Pittsburg, Pa, $3,000, A J Sun-stem, 428 Bartlett stI eet, Pittsburg, $3,000, Cha s D Pearsoll, Central a, enue and Twent)-fifth street, Indlanapohs, Ind S6 000, ClIfford F Hall, 3712 McGee street, Kan"as City, :\10 , 5>10.000 J G Damels, 3611 Campbell street, Kansas Clt", $-1-,000,G r: I~c,leete. 3578 \ Irglllla street, Kansas Oty, $S,500, '-,tephen l. L'S"perance, 139 Lyman street, DetlOlt, '\1ICh, S(J/OO henneth lIleen, 5600 Kmg"bnry place, St LOUIS, '\10, S17,000, I, D ,c;pellman, Second and Twenty-fourth street ..., Duluth, lImn, SlO 000, Lloyd Duff, Clarksburg, \V Va, $3,500, L E Anthony, Qumcy, \10, $3,000, John J Shelman, Park and Pnce "tr('~ts, lort Smith, Ark, $3,000; J R Pad-g ett, Ashley and Church streets, Fort Smith, $3,500, J. C WEEKLY ARTISAN Drake, 2715 South Hoove'" street, Los Angeles, Cal, $25,000; R H. Reed, 40 'Valrond sheet, Kansa~ CIty, Mo, $5,000; S. E Dunn, Tulsa, Okla., $3,500' Bertha Summers, 4566 Clay-ton avenue, St LOUIS, Mo, $4,500; C. F. Gelbhart, 3543 Flora court, St LouIs, $7,500; Joseph Hess 2240 Adelaide avenue, St LOUIS, $3,500, A H Bertram, 3908 Connecticut street, St LouIs, $6,000, Edward A. Patter, South Fair street and Oak" avenue, Pasadena, Cal, $25,000; Mrs Daisy Niccum, G and Second streets, San Bernardmo, Cal, $5,500' Ex-Mayor Hazard, Los Angeles, Cal, $18,000; George R Gonlon, post-master, Carlmvllle, Ill, $6,000, H L SIckler, 713 Thirty-third avenue, Seattle, Wash, $4,000, Mrs. A. E Malone, 93 JunIper street, Atlanta, Ga, $6,000, H H Harris, 1274 Steele street, Denver, Colo, $3,

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1910-02-05T00:00:00Z

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