Weekly Artisan; 1909-10-09

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and - - --------------------------- CFlANn RA! rq""f l.n«' J } ~.J~ i <J~-( GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 9. 1909 A SUPERIOR FLAT SURFACE SANDER Why install any Sand Belt Machine for Flat Surfaces except the Wysong & Miles? You wIll pay tWIce as much for other makes and wIll get an inferior machine. If you do not belIeve this, communicate wIth us and be convinced. WYSONG & MILES COMPANY, Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. ~ The Best TrucK--The Strongest TrucK This is the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck---the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak---the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wish to invest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. No 171 Sand Belt Machine. ASK FOR CATALOG E. Gillette Roller Bearing CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,~ I The Lightest Running, I Longest Lasting Truck WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------ ----------- -------- -------_._---------------------------., I I ! I ! ! I I : I I I I I I I I : I I I I I I I I I I I I I • I ! I II II i, II I f II I I I I I II IIIII• II : IIIII IIIIII "THE BETTER MAKE" WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING FURNITURE ROOM SUITES TO MATCH , I III I I IIIII IIIIII III f I III I III II II h ~ ~ FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALERS Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN po. - •• _._ .... _ .._---_ ..... _. -------~ No. 185. MD OE OS Nfi COMPANY No. 834. _._----------------_._. ------------------------------------------------------~ MUSKEGON. MICH. A. ._-- ------------------------------------ ._.~-------------------------------------~ III I I I fIIIII III .... • r .. .. .. .... _- .~_. __ • __ •-. ----- • -. r -----.... .. .. .. .. --------. -------.~ po-_._' -- No, 57 Flat Arm Rocker IA.- • .. I Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 m. top. No. 687, 60 in. top Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIE:, Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Richmond Tablet Arm Chair RICHMOND INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatmg. Catalogues to the Trade. No. 100 _--.------- ---------------------_._. _._._--_. ----~ ------ --------------------..---._. _. ---------_ . --------~ " . WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 ._----_._---_.-~ IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN ALASKA Over 850,000 Alaska refrIgerators sold sin c e I 878. Desirable features of an Alaska RefrIgerator: Small consumption of .ce. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. We sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. MUSKEGON, MICH. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. L E Moon, New York Manager, 369 Broadway, New York CIty. .. . rII THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; DlllIllg Room furlllture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Urder furni-ture, etc. A complete lIne of sam-ple. are d.splayed In The Ford 8 Johnson BUJldIn~, 1433-37 Wabash Ave., In-cludIng a speCial d.splay of Hotel Furmture. I II ,,I .. All jurmture dealers are cordzally fnvtted to visit our building. r.iotel·-ULINDEN ., I I Indianapolis I Illinois and New York Sts. I 6 Blocks from Union Depot I I 2 Blocks from Interurban ~tatlOn Z50Rooms I 'I All OutsIde, WIth FIre Escape : I elephone In Every Room European Plan Rat,s 75c to $Z 00 Per D"y t Dmmg Room In Connet tlOn , "pecld] k ates to Faml!Jes I and Permanent Gue~ts I ladle, rravelmg- Alolle wIll I" lIld ThIS a Very De"rable ! I "topplllg Place GEO. R. BENTON II ~I-e.-.s.ee-an-d-'fa-Jla-~e-r-----------------------------------------~ III ~- IIII II IIII -------------~ WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller II I .o4 New and Absolutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. and Park St. In the Center of the Theatre, Shop- Ping, and Busmess Dlstnct. A Ia Carte Cafe Newest and Fmest Grill Room m the City. Club Breakfast - • 40c up Luncheon. - 50c Table d hote DIOne.. • 75c MuSICfrom6P M to 12 P M Every room bas a private bath. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates: $1.50 per day and up. L W. TULLER, Prop. ••1 I..-_.M_. -A.-S-U_A W._, M-gr-_._-----~._---_._----_.~ I[ HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. I FT. WAYNE, IND. I HARDWOOD LUMBER II I~--- SAWED AND SLICED l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS fAN D MAHOGANY I . •• • •••••••••••••• .4 Don't Bum Your Moulding. Blackened edges so oIten found m hard-wood Mouldings mdicate the use of mferIor tools, which frIctIOn and burn because of their failure 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 superIor to anythmg 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 our catalogue SAMl!JEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturer~ of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, CeilIng, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc. 4"'-- "!' 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--...--- ..---- _...... -- .--_._---------------_._._--------------- III IIIIII III• ••• III '-------------- - ---------------------------------------_._ .._._._.--------~ THE LUCE LINE Manv New Patterns III Dilling Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. rI i~UCER~EDMOND ci~~i"AiR-cO~-,---Lta BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS OF LUCE FURNITURE CO. HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Buch, Blrd',-eye Maple, Qyartered Oak and Clfcasslan Walnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East SectIon, Manufacturers' BUilding, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids . .....---------------------- _ ... ----------- .- .------------- ... _ ..---- _. . .. 30th Year No. 15 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• OCTOBER 9. 1909 Issued Weekly T'VO GOOD BOOSTS FOR EVANSVILLE Messrs. Bosse and Karges Talk of the City's Natural and Acquired Advantages as a ManufacturingTown and Place of Residence. EvansvIlle, Ind, Oct ~ -In the 0Pl1110~1ot Ac T KarQ,es of the Kal ges Furl11ture Company of thl~ ut) Evansvllle IS an Ideal locatIOn for fur111ture fdctolle" In an lllterVle\\ "lth the EvansvIlle COIe pondent of tne \\ eeld) c\rtlsan he \\ a" asked to eAples" hIs Ideas 01 "1he \atUlal dnd Acqunecl AdvantaQ,e, of EvansvIlle a a I'w111tUle 'Vldnufactunng Center" and thiS IS what he s~ud 1 The natural ddvantage" of f:, anwllle as a manufactunnQ, CIty for fur11ltwe "Ill he 1eachly seen at a ~lance Jn the first place, the city IS centJallv lcwated and IS not too fal ea~t, \Vest, north or south The fact that the CIty Is located on the great OhIO nver also glve~ us a deCIded shlpp1l1g advantage and helps us to get good rates to the south ,\ ImJ1 has been and still IS the field for one of our greate,t mal keh I 1111Q,natdd, too that the bl11ld- 111g and completIOn of the Panama canal WIll add prestH;-e to EvanSVIlle as a shlpp1J1g P01l1t and WIll help the manufacturer~ here wonderfully \\ e at e V\ ell located f01 the traffic that goe~ 111that du estlOn and our \\ al es can be cal ned clown the OhIO dnd J\11~slssIPPI nveh to the Q,ulf, and thlOugh the Panama canal chstnbuted to the m~l1kets all over the \\ 01 leI \1\ e have a fSledt advantdge ovel other fW111ttlle Cltle" that are located mland "\N"e have a hne chmate 111 Eva,1wl11e "hlCh makec It ~ood for the manufactUler as \\ell as the \VOlkman The chmate hele Will compare favorably \VIth tnat of any city In the l-111ted States Our populatIOn IS composed lal gel) of Gelman s and they are d hardy, thllft) people and make tne most de~lfable utlzen I l111ght empha ,Ize that the best cab111et makers dre (,ermans and haye come here on~1I1all) fl om thel' natn eland aClos~ the waters "c\nothel great facto! 111OUl ±dvor I" that we al e located 1ll one of the cheapest fuel nUl kets m th~ L111tedStates \Ve have coal beneath tb and all around u" J he fa t h the city IS bmlt over Imn1ense coal beds The fact that V\ e hay e p1ent) of coal makes the question -of fuel a m1l10r one to the fur111ture manufac-turers ""\nother natural ael,antdge IS that tll1' Clt} I~ located 111 one of the best timber sectIOns of the entire country and \\ e love to boast of our harel\\ ood Th(' Inchana oak IS not only known and demanded by manufacture I s thl ou~hout the Umted State" but 1S sold 111man) of the mal kets of Europe dnd the old \\ odd There 1S no l1mhel bctter than the Indiana V\ 111teoak \ V e stdl have large timbel belts m ,\ estern Kentuck), nght at our door", and V\ e constantly draw on tlMt supply For the past forty years EvanSVille hac, been gett111g a lar~e part of her tUl1ber "uppl) ±1am the bank~ of erl ('en Ilvel ,LnelItS tnbutanes 111Ken-tuck, near h(,1e Fvanwille for) eal s held the title and nghtly too, of bemg the Q,reatest hardwood market 111 the world and we are still one of the largest mal kets 111 thiS respect and we now have mOl c sawmIll, In our bOlClers and suburb" than ever before 111 our historY \nother advantarre that I must not lo"e Sight of hCIe IS that the cheapu grade" of lumber, such dS cottonwood dne! gum, a !.;redt e!e,d of which ale med by the local fur111ture factolles, ale "hlpped hele bv baH;e and the rate IS a' low as 1f 1t had been shippee! by rad fJ am some ad JOl111ngcounty The tim-ber IS brotH;-ht here from hundreds of mde up the nver "~ow a \\orcl ahout au! acqUlred advantages vVe have good bankmg faclhtles hel e 1 hey are as good as you find 111 an) uty of tl1l" Sl7e 111 the l-111ted States \Ve have never had a bank faIlure m all our history There are ample funds hel e for the financ1l1g -of any enterpnse, no matter what sIze Vv'e hdve l:;ood rallroae! fauhtle" 111 Evansy dIe EvansvIlle's market for fur111tt11e IS 110t confined to thiS Immediate sectIOn, but goe'> to all part'> of the \\ odd and espeClall) to the countnes of South Amellca and \J eXlco "0 you Will see that we are not hanchcapped 111 Sll1PP1l1gall! wares to any part of the world "Lvansvllle h a -,plenchd Clt) 111IV hlch to hve, both for the manufdcturer and the workman The sshool faclhtles are as good a~ one \v III fine! any place 111 the um0,1 The standard of work I~ high dnd effiCIency Ic, the motto of those 111charge Our pubhc school., are one of our be~t assets Taxes are about as low a~ an) ut, of Oll! Size 111 the l-mtecl States ane! the cIty IS "\\ell managed, both finanuall) and morally vVe have a splendid pollee force and an effiCIent fil e department For years the Clt) has m,ned and operdtecl It':l own water works plant and It IS a modern plant 111 every partLttlat \Vater rents for the manu-facturer., arc low ,I \11 the furmture factones 111 Evansvdle are well constructed and most of them al e of bnck and up to date 111all respects and we e,m make goods as low as any other city 111 the country, If not lowel J\Ir Karges I- one of the leadmg manufacturers of the city and a self made man, hav1l1g started a" a poor boy With n-oth1l1g to aid hUl1 but two strong arms and a recolute WIll He has "made good, ' and 1,0 man 111 EvansyJ1le stands higher 111 the commerCial and ~oC1al world Hen jal1l111 Rosse, of the Globe Furmtlll e Company, IS another manufacturel whose \\ords have IV eIght When asked hiS (Concluded on page 8.) WEEKLY ARTISAN MANUFACTURERS MUST BE BUSY. Enormous Increase in the Imports of Their Ma-terials During the First Seven Months of This Year. The bureau of ~tatlstlcs of the Department of Commel ce and Labor has Just sent out a bullet1l1 that will be of II1terest to all busll1ess men, especIally so to manufacturer~ because It shows a surpnsmg mcrease 111 the Imports of manufactLlrer~ matenals durmg the first seven months of thIs ) ear It IS probable that the ImportatIOn at ~ome artIcles was stllllulated by fear of an lllCrease 111 tanff dutIes, but most of the 1I1C1ease must ha,e been due to actual demand, caused by mcreased actIvIty m the mIlls dnd factories and to general Improvement m busmess conditIOn" 1he bulletm reads as follows Manufacturers' matenals Imported mto the Umted States show mcreases from 25 to 150 per cent m the seven months end-mg wIth July, 1909, over the correspond1l1g penod of the Immed- Iately preceding year. ThIS statement relates to quantltle:> 1111- ported. The figures of values show on the whole an even lalger mcrease, smce, m many cases, Import pnces of raw matenal" ale hIgher than those of a year ago Takmg values alone and lI1c1ud-mg all artIcles, the figures of the Bureau of Statlstlcs of Dep;Jrt-ment of Commerce and Labor show m ImportatlOns of manufac-turers' matenals an mcreaSe of over 50 per cent, speakmg m round term's, for the seven months endmg wIth J ul), 1909, \\ hen compared wIth the correspondmg penod of 1908 The value of crude matenals for use m manufactunng Imported m the "e, en months endmg WIth July, 1909, was 'Z9-leY2 ml1hon dol1ar~, agamst 191 mllhons m the same months of last year, and that at manufactures for further use m manufactunng, 139 nl1lllOn dol lars, agamst 87 ml1hons 111 the same months of 1908. Consldenng the pnnclpa1 manufacturers' matena1s b) quan-tltles, an analY:>ls of the Bureau of StdtJStlC~ statement ~hO\\ s marked mcreases 111 nearly all artlc1es Imported tor mallufaltUl mg purposes. In wool ImportatIOns the mcrease IS 175 per cent, the quantIty Imported In the seven months of the current year bemg 202 mllhon pounds, agamst 73 111111lOnsm the same months of last year Raw SIlk Imports show an mcrease of 50 pel cent the total for the seven months endmg WIth July, 1Cl()<) bemg- ny;; mIllion pounds, agamst a little more than 8 11111110mm thl :>dme months of last year. Imports of hIdes and skms shO\, an m-crease of over 86 per cent, the total for the seven month~ of thIS year bemg 301 ml1lIOn pounds, agamst 1613':;; l111lllom m the cor-respondmg months of the precedl11g }ear ThIS mcrease m Im-portatIOns of hIdes and skms occurs 111 practlcally all c1asse" thereof. Goat skms Imported m the seven months endmg "Ith July, 1909, show a total of 70 millIOn pounds, agal11st 39 ml11l0ns 111 the same months of the precedmg year, and hIdes of cattle 133 ml1110n pounds, agall1st 63 mIllions m the seven months of last year Mamla hemp ImportatIOns show an mcrease at over 50 per cent, the total for the seven months of 1909 be1l1g ~()y;; millio;}tpounds, agamst 53 millions m the same months of last year; and of Jute the Importations increased from 15972 111111IOn pounds In the seven months endmg with July, 1908 to 241 111111lOn m the same months of the current year Wood pulp Importatlons show an increase of something more than 50 per cent, the total for the seven months endlllg WIth July, 1909, bemg 3HY;; mllhon pounds, agamst 240 mIllIOns m the same months of the precedmg year ImportatIOns of boards, deals, and planks show an II1crease of about 3375 per cent, the quantlty Importedm the seven months endmg WIth July, 1909, bemg 108 mIllion feet, against 305 mllhon feet m the same months of the precedmg year. IndIa rubber Imports show a less increase than certain of the other important artIcles for use III manufacturing, the quantIty Imported in the ,e\ en montib u1dmg \, Ith July, UI09 belllg;:; ~1;j 111llhon pounds, a~all1~t ±1~ mlllJom III the corresponchng months of L1st year, an 111crease of about 2'3 per cent COjJper Ole shows an lllcrease 111 Imports of nearly 50 per cent, 36,h l11111IOUpouwls ha\ lllg been Imported m the ~e, en months of 1909, agalllst 2) J;j 1111ll1OllS111 the "ame month~ of 1908" and copper pIg:>, lllgots, etc , 0how an I11Clease of 96 pel cent 138~ mIllIOn pounds havmg been Im-pOl ted III the seven months of 1909, agalllst 71 mIllIOns III the ~ame months at last) ear Imports of pIg tll1 show a 1 1l1crease of nearly 23 per cent, the quantlty ImpOl ted 111 the seven months enchng \\ Ith Jul) of the current year belllg 56 11111llOnpounds, agamst +5Y;; m1lhons III the correspond111g penod III 1908 fhe mCIease m unportatlOn of manufacturers' matena1s mdlldted b} the Items above e1ll1merated extends to practically all of the numerous artlcles mclucled m the Bureau of Statistics groups' crude matenals for use m manufactunng" and "man 1- factures for further use HI manufactunng" As already stated, each of these groups show:> a marked gam III the figures of total value, and thIS gdlll occurs both m the seven months endmg WIth July and 111the smgle month of July, the value of all crude l11atenal~ for use m manufaltunng Imported in July, 1909, bemg 37;<3 ml1hon dollar~, aga111~t 2'1 l111lllons m July, 1908; and that of manufactures tor flu thtr use 111 ll1dnufaltunng, 223<3mIllIOns aga111,t 139-'+l111lllons 111 July, 1908 Import p11ces of manufacturers matenals are shown by the figures of the Bureau of Statbtlcs to be somewhat hIgher at the pI esent tune than a ) ear ago Companng Import pnces m July 1909 w1th those of July of la-t year, raw wool of class lIS re ported at ~2 cents pel pound 111 J tl1y last, aga1l1st 16 cents In ] u1y 1(J08, though shghtl) less than the average pnce of June, 1(lO9, \\ hen It \\ as 23 3 cents per pound The average Import pllce of law cotton wa:> 1.37 cents per pound in July ,1909, agalllst 15.4 cents per pound 111 July, 1908, of hemp, $147 56 per ton 111 Jul). 1909, agd111st $IH '2± 111 July of last year, of ~Isal gl ass, $112 5~ per ton, agaInst $111 08 111 July 1908, of hIdes of cattle 13 5 cents per pouud, agal11st 10 8 cents 111 July of 1a~t year; at 1a\\ SIlk. $ 3 30 pel pound agamst $3 07 111 July, 1908, at leaf tObdCCOsmtdble fOI \, I appers, 9-i 8 cents per pound, agam~t 88 5 cents m J UI}, 1908, and of crude !ndla rubber, 73.1 cents per pounel m J uh, 1909, agamst 39 ± cents III July of the precedlllg year The table \\ Inch follO\\ s show~ quantltles and value~ of the pnnClpal artlcles Imported for use III manufactunng III the seven months endmg WIth Jul), 1909, compared WIth the correspond-lllg months of the precedmg year All quantltle~ and values belllg expres~ed In ml1hons' \rtlc1e I Quantity Value I 19015 I 1909 1908 11909·1 I Pounds I Pounds I Wool I 7~)"d I 2019 $13.0 I $361 Cotton I 50 J 6'30 97 I 9 ~l SIlk, ra\\ I 82 I 126 280 423 Ma1111a, hen p I 53 () I 866 37 44 Jute I 159 ! 2409 36 I -leS I I Indld rubber I us I 533 223 I 398 Flbers (all) I ciO) 0 I 4892 187 182 I-!Jdes and SklllJ 161 6 300 D 283 538 Paper stock (rags) I -iG () 831 07 1.0 VI ood pulp I '2399 3'11 5 35 54 Boards, p1ank~, etl ( feet) I 3050 4084 59 77 Iron are I 846 3 1,6685 12 20 PIg Iron I 1139 1720 1 ;; 25 Steel mgots, blllets etc I 126 20 '3 0C; 15 Copper are I 25 + :'64 33 40 Copper mg-ots, pigS, etc I 711 1387 105 179 PI~ tll1 I -le56 561 133 159 Crude matenal~ for use m I manufactunng (all) I 1910 294.5 ~Ianufactures for fUlther use I m manufactUl Ulg (all) I 87.4 139.4 WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 RENT AND FURNITURE IN LONDON. Mahogany. Monotony and Ugliness Are the Chief Characteristics of Bed Room Things. So many mlsapprehenslOns obtam m the Amencan mmd con-cermng the actual cost of hvmg m London that a few facts con-cermng the truth of the matter from one who has sampled every kmd of eXIstence here may prove mterestmg, say:. .l\Iay Isabel f'Isk, m the Boston Amencan One can rent an attractlve house m a good neIghborhood, a bit removed from the whirl of the town, for five hundred dollars a year The rates and taxes will amount to about $100 more In a less desirable 10catlOn or a suburb, a comfortable lIttle house can be had for even $250 a year, wIth rates and taxes in proportlOn In Maida Vale, once a fashlOnable dIstrict and abound111g m large, old style houses, now converted into flats, you can get a ground floor and basement for $300. The first floor tenants have privilege of the large garden m the back, which in many 111- stances is generally a most beautlful park wIth trees, flower beds and tenms courts, the whole walled m by the houses gIvmg upon thIS square of green. There are no hIdeous "backyards" 111London, but each dwel-lmg, no matter how unpretentlOus, boasts a garden, and the Eng-lIsh people have reduced to a fine art, the beautlfymg by flower and V111eof every mch of thIs ground. Even m the 111termmable lInes of drab, dreary lIttle houses m the East End, from almost every w111downods a gay lme of flowers In Bloomsbury, ten minutes from all the big restaurant", hotels and theatres, you can obtam a convement, SIx-room flat from $300 to $500. In all instance" you must supply the heat, and all repaIrs are made by the tenant, and on the explratlOn of your lease, you are forced to pay a very consIderable sum, whIch has already been arranged for m thIS lease, or It IS to be deCIded upon when you gIVe up your flat. Also the landlord has the bl1lldmg so msured that m the event of It burmng down dunng your occupancy, you are oblIged to pay the rent up to the ter-mmatIOn of your lease I It can be reaclIly understood that m thb country the landlord has decldeclly the best of the barga111. In fashIOnable .l\Iayfalr you can pay from $1,000 tor a small flat up to $5,000 fOl a large and delIghtful one. Coal 1:. about the same here, but electnc lIght and gas con~Iderable lower Vvhen It comes to furmsh111g a place, It IS mterestmg to note the ddference m pnces of the same thmg" here as compared wIth '\menca Excellent rugs ma} be had for much less than at home-notably the "IndIan carpets" rarely seen on the other SIde A rug anythmg larger than a few feet m SIze IS called a "carpet" If one had an eye for a bargam, by searchmg about 111odd corners, or hav111ga watchful agent on the lookout at one of the wonderful auctIOn marts, beautlful pIeces of old carved furmture may be picked up for at lea"t a quarter or fifth of what It would bnng m Amenca As an offset to thIS, ordmary commonplace furmture IS much hIgher m price. The uglmess and lack of vanety m bed room thmgs IS very dlscouragmg to one of artlstlc taste accustomed to the endless "electlOn of such furmshmgs m New York The hIdeous mono-tony of the mahogany inlaid "suItes," mcludmg a towenng, space-devourmg wardrobe. that hold so very lIttle and the hornble marble-topped wash-stands, wIth the complement of flambuoyant double sets of chma, are too awful for words. In hardly any flat or houses IS there any "cupboard" room at all, and one must re"ort to all manner of expedIents to harbor one's clothes. When anyth111g IS made to order here, never, under any cir-cumstances, do you receIve It when promIsed Perhaps you see a table whIch IS not quite to your lIkmg and an offer is made you to construct one for you with the required change. You in-qUIre how long thIS wIll take and are mformed ten days at the "hortest. You reply that It WIll be too long to walt and you won't have the table The salesman qUIckly asks you to walt and dIsappears mto one of those mystenous back regIOns aboundmg m London shops, apparently to confer wIth some hIgher power After an 111termmable walt, dunng whICh even the Budget questIOn mIght have been "ettled, he returns and smIlmgly an-nounces he can dehver the table to you day after tomOl row wIth-out fall You depart triumphant 111havmg gamed thIS VIctory over the proverbIal slowne:.:. of the Bntlsh workman. "Day after tomorrow" lengthens mto a week and you call around to learn the reason of delay A long and complIcated story IS told you of somethmg happemng to the artIcle m the course of con-structIOn- It b not qmte clear what, but you go away much mollIfied. Another week passes and you mdlgnantly demand the wherefor of thIS protracted walt. You find the table had arnved but was not precisely correct m some e:.:.entlal and the thoughtful salesman had sent It back In about three weeks the affaIr arnves, not at all accordmg to your mstructIOns, but weak with combat, you accept It WIthout further parlay This, WIth some small dIfferences, has been an exper- Ience I have battled WIth agam and agam, each tIme thmkmg I mIght prove astute enough to m some way nse supenor to EnglISh custom" and ways. Futlle hope. KItchen uten"I1s are amazmgly dear, and tmware is about as mexpensive as gold plate I spent a year searchmg for a potato masher, and a cham chshc1oth, the envy of all my EnglIsh fnends, I had sent me from Amenca. The SIx-penny bazaar is a small and pnmItIve affaIr 111 no wa" approachIng our five and ten-cent store., ~--------------------------------------------_._._.~ I I I,,II IIII , •,III FOLDING BEDS i\RE BRUD i\ND TUE "ELI" PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete WIthout the Ell Beds III Malltd and Upright. ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Write for cuts aud prices ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. I ------ .---4 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN Two Good Boosts for Evansville. (Contmued from page 5 ) op111lOn on "The c\ch antages of EvansvIlle for IIanutactUl ero and ShIppers' thh I~ \\ hat he saId "All buy ers \\ ho WIll tdke the t11ne to look U\ el the hnes of furmture manufactured 111Evan~\ Ille 11111110t be lont; to see the great advantages for them to buy 111 the Evan,\ Ille malket EvansvIlle, hav111g \\ Ith111 Its bOl del ~ thlrtl tom 111d1\Idual ta~ tones, each and e\ eI} one of them maklllt; a ,peClal Ime ofter' VdSt opportumty fOl the bu) ers 1he\ can find am thmg the\ Made by Charles Bennett Furmture Co • Charlotte, MICh want 111the furnltUI e 1111e111F\ ,111,\ Ille \n\ man \\ ho ha, g1\ en manufactunng an) stud) can 1eachly ,ee the gl (',It ach ant,lge of factones taklllg up Shm tIme,,; dUel specI,t!I7mg on them thu eh\ be111gable to prodw::e the11 output at the \ el \ 1111l11l1lUcllol,t \t the same t1111ethe bm el has the ach anatge of see1l1g all the Ime,,; manufactm ed b) thIS entll e .1tunber of fact01le, ,hO\\ n In sample looms 111one large bmld111g , After purcJ1a'lng IllS \\ ant, no mattel tl om \\ nat tadol\ he mav have dedIt \\ 1th the bu) cr can IOMl them ,111111 one caI, theleby gett111g the be,,;t and 10\\ est 11 Clght 1 ate,,; and he can get the goods dehvered to h,,; ,tOIC 111a much bettel ~OnchtlO1 than If they \\ere chIpped h\ local freIght fllI~ pOInt ha, ahead\ made Evamvdle knOY'd1to the fUll11tm C buy ers dnel the elt\ IS today the leadmg mn.ed car fmmtmc centel 111 the entIre lmted Cmtec1 State,,; \ 0 le-,s than;: 2') cal 10ac1~of furmtm e \\ CIC ,mp peel out of E\ ansvIlle dunng the month of ::,eptember, lUst ended "The EvansvIlle Furmtm e Exchange I"; open to bu\ eh ,Ill the ) ear around and an} one 111the market \\ l,,;h1l1gto 1eple111,',hhIS cupphes can do no better than come to thIS ut). no matte I It he only needs a small amount of good~ He \\ 111find l11s tnp here ha, been profitable to hIm In the savmg of freIght rates, better terms and prompter c:ehvenes "Evansvllle I"; now \\ ell knO\\ n to all buy el., of furl11ture In the LTl11ted State,,; and the manufacturer~ hel e nO\\ ha\ e re-presentatIve,,; 111 l\lexlco, the liVbt Indle~ dnd all parts of South Amenca VI ho are sendtng 111both bu) ers and orders all the \ ear E\ ansvIlle furmtm e I J11H;ht;,ay !Sacs all over the world and helps to dchertlse our CI1\ a,,;one ot the greatest manufactunng centers ,",e\e.1t}-fi\ e salc~men for furmtm e and stoves travel out of E'dnsvllle and the} are constantly 'boo,',tlng' EvansvIlle It I";my honest and E1I1Cerebehef that 111 the ne)<,-1tea years EvansvIlle ,,111 have ,1Ot on1l thIrty -fOUl furmture factones and five stove plant,,; but that It ,,111 l1dve fifty furmture plants and a great tn- 11 ea~e 111 the ,to\ e blh1l1es) wtll be notIced 1\ hat \\ e \\ant anel vvhat the dealels want IS a large market, ,I c;ooel \ alletl and they \vIll all come here The more factone~ II e ha\ e the more bU~tne0s we \\ III do 111 the course of a year I ,ee a bnght futm c for the fur 11ture manufacturers of Evansv1l1e fhere IS no ln11lt to 0111 posslblhtles IVe WIll cont111ue to grow and e,,-pand untIl L\ ans\ Ille \\ 111be known and honored 111 ever} II \ Ihzecl part of the \\ Ide VI oriel Of the 223 car loads of fur11lture "hlppecl out of EvansVIlle dunng the month of Septembel about one half moved 111 sohel calload lot, and the other half moved 111local shlpmenb Of c,tm e~ there "ere 101 carloads ,,;hlpped dunng the month of 'vptember ~IAt) per cent of these stove,,; moved 111 carload lots anel the balance 111 local shIpments TI11s \vould make a total of at lea"t () ')20 ( (0 pounels from thLe 111dmtne,,; alone The rev-enue elel1\ ed flom the,,;e shIp 11ents wa,,; over $500,000 ThIS IS a guo 1 1 elOl c1 ,111c1111 the future" e WIll do even better' B W C Rein' Glad. I lIke tIllS thing of bein' glad, The feelm's simply grand To have a feller slap your back, Or gnp you by the hand, And look Just tickled half to death To see) ou once again \\ hy, shucks, It makes you feel so glad You simply have to grin. The heart's a spongy lookmg glass, And you can put it clown, That it reflects, and then soaks up, A smJIe or tear or frown; So when you're up against it hard And sorry, sick or sad, Just coax a gnn and try like sin To look a little glad r c)I teelIn,', are contaglOu, thIng,,;, LIke measles or the mumps, And when the folks around look blue You're also in the dumps; So get a gnn above your chin, For that's contagious, too, That some unhappy chap may see And catch the grins from you -]. T. II Illle Illchlgan produces the £ne"t grade,; of bIrch and bIrd s e} e maple lumber, comparatIvely httle bIrch i~ used by the manufacturers of furl11ture 111 Grand RapIds Consider-able quantItIes are ,,;hlpped to K ashVIlle, l\Iemphls and other ,,;outhem P0111tS where It I'; cut up and fil11~hed to imItate ma-hogan) It b saId that the factones located at Rockford, III use more bIrch than all the furl11ture factones 111 the state of ~IIchlgan WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 CO-OPERATIVE CATALOGUE PLAN The Winona. Minn.• Scheme As Outlined by the RepresentathTeof the Furniture Trade. The folloWIng letter from the leadmg fUlmture dealer of 'v\!mona, MInn, outhmng the plan for makmg and USIng a co-operatn e catalog, was read at the recent meeting of the Mmnesota Retal1 Furmture Dealers' AssociatlOn held m Mmneapohs W L Grapp, Mmneapohs, Mmn , Dear SIr -I find that I am not gOlng to be able to get away from W mana to-morrow, bemg held here by very lmportant bUsIness, and so shall not have the pleasure of meetmg wlth my brother furm-ture dealers In conventIOn as I had very much deslred Please Made by Charles Bennett Furniture Co , ChaI lotte, MlCh extend to the conventIOn my greetmgs, and say that in regard to the workmg of the co-operatlVe catalog, whIch was the subject assIgned me, I can as yet say httle or nothmg as the catalog we W mana merchants are gettmg out lS now m press and will take some months to determme lts success m our c1ty as a trade getter, though we have many letters from other Cltles where the plan has been tned, show1l1g It to have been very successful In bnef, the plan IS SImply this' A number of merchants comb me to Issue the catalog; m our case, we have H Choate & Co, the leadmg dry goods house for the dry goods end, a shoe house, a c10thmg house, and a harness manufacturer, a carnage company, a hardware house, a Jeweler, I have the furmture and chma department and several others making In all a complete lIne of goods except grocenes, whIch It IS not advIsable to have, we find Each merchant fills as many pages a~ he deSIres, WIth cuts and prIces WIth full descnptIons, paymg so much per page and the bmdmg, maIlIng and other general expenses are pro-rated 'vVe wIll send from the pnnter's office 10,000 cata-logs to proven correct addre"ses m the country and small tOVli ns surroundmg V\T mana m three counties Then once a month we wIll follow up WIth a CIrcular showing some exceptIOnally good leader and callIng attentlOn to the cata-log, for a penod of SIX.months, at the end of whIch tlme, of course, VIi e all hope to be mIllIOnaIres, lf we are not then, we shall have to do It over agam When the catalog lS out I "Ill very gladly send a copy to any of the Mmnesota furnIture dealers, who wl11 drop me their address, askmg for same, and a httle later on wl1l gladly furnIsh all the lnformatlOn I can as to the success of the plan as a trade getter, and anythmg I Cdn m the VIi ay of informa-tIon to those who may WIsh to know more of the plan. Regretting that I cannot be WIth you m person, as r shall be ln splnt, I am very truly yours, GEO J HILLYER New Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Resldence,,-H \\ BaIley, San Rafael HeIghts, Pasa-dena. Cal $8,000, Mrs E S \Varl, I as Angeles, Cal , $4500, Flank 1\1 \\atts, Douglas, Anz, $4,500, Guy Haggerty, Los Angdes, $8000, F Hollett, Los Angeles, $4,250, G W GIb-son, Long Beach, Cal, $5,000 Pubbc BuIldmgs- The contract for bUlldmg the cIty hall at Redlands, Cal , has been let to Taylor Br03 Bnck company Pa sadena, Cal, wIll el ect a kmdergarten buddmg at a CO"t of $15,000 Los Angeles, Cal , IS asking for bIds on the con-structIOn of 5even, smgle story frame school houses San J acmto, Cal, IS about to begm the erectIOn of a new hIgh school bUlldmg to cost $4 000 Why I~umber Stocks Are Low. A local Jobber of furmture lumber declares that sac' 5 are low and steadIly decreasIng on account of the 111actVIty of the mIlls "Furmture lumber mu~t be cut 111cold weath-er," the Jobber lemarked It wlll not cure properly If cut out of season Dozy, ehscoloratlon, vI,arpmg and other eVIls follow when lumber 15 not cut in the proper season of the year" Visited Yellowstone Park. Dan \1\ Tower of the Grand RapIds Brass Company, has returned from a summer tour m the west He spent several weeks m Yellowstone Park, where he m1de many trIpS on horseback and VISIted parts of that wonderlaml that are rarely seen by tounsts who spend only a few days in the park. What to Buy and Where. The H S Holden Veneer company, 40 Market street, Grand RapIds, 1\1ICh, have Just receIved 100,000 feet of chOIce Clrcasslan walnut, 85,000 feet of mahogany and cedar crotch 100000 feet of chOIce mahogany and 250,000 feet of 1-20 chOIce quartered oak veneers, all read} for lmmedlatc delIvery WOULD LIKE TO SELL OUT. That old and substantIal firm, MacAllIster & Mohler, of Columbu~, OhIO, dIssolved some tIme S1l1ce, and the rem am-mg partner, John H Mohler, ""auld be pleased to find a pur-chaser for hIS busme"s Not because 111::, bUsIness is un-profitable, whlch IS not the fact, but other mterests need hI~ tIme The contract for supplymg- furmture and fixture'3 for the new Traders' Bank bU1ldIng In Scranton, Pa , has been a" ardeer to the LIbrary Bureau of Boston ARTISTIC WALL AND WINDOW DECORATIONS Colors and Qualities of Material for Curtains, Draperies and Wall Finishes Must Harmonize With Carpets and Furniture, or Else Results Will Be Disastrous. The real, the gleate"t the he'it opportullltle" fOl the clh-play of good taste 111 hou"e decoration., IS found m the "elec-tion of wall color", cal pet." cm tams and drapene'i and lIght there IS where mIstakes and blunder'i are most fJ equenth made, says an eastern authonty on the 'lubJect HO\\ e\ el 111 the matter of wall decoratIons thel e IS httle to be saId for It IS admItted that A.menca plOduces the most artl'otlc wall papers 111 the world and the combmmg of the plam papel s m the soft, dull colors WIth the blight flowered pattern., 1'0 cal-ned out In the home" all 0\ el the land In a fashlOll whlLh l' not equalled 111 any othel country The damask pelper" nch and thIck almo"t as the real blOcade'i whIch the\ arc made to ImItate, make vvall CO\ enng'i for the salon and tht receptIOn rooms whIch It takes a c1o~e obselVer to (IIstln£; l11sh from the expensIve 'illks whIch are 'iO much m tashlOn In rr;ure Inr the paneled wall" The IashlOn of dlvldmg off the "all" Into panels lIke "0 I"nany pIctures b, by the V\ay, an almo"t wholly rlench cus-t0m The French salon IS chvlded 1I1tO so many panels, be-l \v pen \\ hich there IS \\ ood carvmgs, 01 a "tucco "hlch 11111- tates it After thIS each pdnel 11<1'" Its dpplopnate j)lctUl e dnd ll'il1al1), he [are It, SIb a certam chall 01 other pIece of tUI wtlllC ThIS gIves a stIff fm mal look to the el\ Uage 1r ench 'ietlon whIch IS much cntler"ed b) "trangel ", and \\ lth I ea"on 'n the matter of celhngs, It IS the ItalJetns "ho of elIl the clvdl, ed people of the earth, havt the hand,ome"t and mCht elaborate:y decorated one" The Flench put 111 d lot ot stucco m artistIc pattern", but they u<.,ually leal, e the"e "hltc The ,-olor-lo, 111(7 Itahans ha\ e mhented their taste for glIde I and pd1l1' «1 celhng" from their old masters, from Raphael and Leonardo The churche" 111 Italy ha\ e In the cellJngs masse" cf £;,[hlmg and pamtlng'i In £;'orgeou<" colors So that the olClmary Jtdlran hou"e paInter 01 decolator IS perfectly cap able, w th a fevv strokes of the brush, of turnmg the com- ----- I ---- ..----------------------.----.-.-.-.-.---'------------~ III i I i III II MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH •••• COion101 sUlles TOil POSI Beas Odd Dressers ChllIOmers waroroheS LMleS' TOilels DreSSing Tables ManOgany Ini00d GOOds III I IIII I I I I I I I IIi I III I ~-------------------~-----------------------~ WRITE FOR CATALOG 11'o11e"t e,ll1~~ mto a pleelsmg pIcture of sky and flower" 1n 'I, h1ch t1'l l 'or 'icheme 1S most artIstic \\ chi e tetkc11 up thIS Idea 111 many of our wall papers, and no, ',e ha\ J charnllng cellrngs whIch come ready for puttIng up, and vvhlch gIve a much warmer, more pleasant eftert to a room than the old fashIOned whIte celhng", All ,I ,'(;h c'i [:ee1', ]11tl e treatment of walls, are 111 "ckh \ ,;:;11C at pre'ient that the I e"t have been pretty much neglected The L'I (, 1,tnL,Cl HI" 11\ L '- (r the green" are the dull h"1e, 111 "f' e1al tOl1\.~'i and tll(, YlnetIan reds The green c(,]o,' scheme tor mtellor decoratlOn'i of all sorts undoubtedly comes from En£;'lanc1, where It has attaIned It" hIghest state of per fecbon Some of the Londoner'i go to the extreme of pall1t- 1l1L, tIltH 1I01,l «(I )j '- d bright green, or even red. and thl- l'i bCln~ 1011)\' ed In ColonIal h01bes l1l Amenca AnJ tl't <;UaJlge1 1)-1"''''111.t.l,llough the mIles of dull 100kl11g bnck hou,e" \\ 1<lch ,eem ne\ el to ha\ e had a coat of pamt, l'i <;telltIed, here and there by seemg a bnght green door peep- I11g out, \vlth perhaps a bnght red one the next dool It 'ihock'i at fil <;t but on the whole, It glve" an Idea of good cheel wlthl11 rr he thl11g '" 111ch the \ I'-,[tor ,.,ees fil st on e11tellng a 100111 IS thc \\ mdo\\ 101 [t h b) the dre:>sl11g of the wll1dow" tInt onc ma\ be"t gua~c the cahbre of the hO'itess And hele d2,dln the \mencdll ",oman ha'i much to bp thankful for For h(1\\ e\ c r attl actl\ e the l~l eneh wmdow'i openmg m the mId-dle tor the full length. d" the) do, they are the very mischief to (hare and arran£;c The Amencan "tyle, be:>ldes lettIng In much lelss cold ~l1d draught, h altogE'ther more accommO latl11g when It LOme" to the subject of the curtal11S \\ Ith a drapery acro'iS the top, the alrangemcnt can be a fixed affaIr, whereas the ellape1) tor the l'rench w1l1dow'i must always have cords to pull It back 111 order to open the wl11dow e\ er so httle. BASE BURNER Full Revertil)Je Flue. Hlglt Grade. Medium Prices. New DeSIgn. FIre pots are large and heavy and can be removed through front ooor. Shakmg and draw center grate. Large ash pan NIckel parts are base, foot ralls, name plate. ash plt, door panel, dragon corner wings, enllre reRector top and swmg cover. SIZe of No File Pot WeIght PrIce II I "in. 2001bs. $17.75 112 12in. 2501bs. 14.75 lid 13in. 300lbs 16.75 ONE OF "THE LINE THAT SEllS" SEND FOR CATALOGUE. w. D. SAGER 483·497 No. Water St • Tel Randolph 1372 CHICAGO, ILL. WEEKLY ARTISAN Unless, mdeed, one resorts to that system, current m France, of bUlldmg out the canopy at the top to pe11111tthe window to open 1l1Slde of It lance knew an old French lady in Amenca who, al-though she had ltved m the country for thirty years, always bumped her head agam"t the raised \\ 1l1dow sash when she tned to look out of doors \nd In France the Americans can nevel get u ..,ed to thel pullmg of a half dozen pairs of Cotds before they attempt to open the wmdow, and even If they do not bump their heads they tear the curtains on the corners of the \\ mdows and get mto a temper at the "unpractlcal French .. Any properly dressed wmdow "hould have not less than three pair" of curtains and drapcnes not countmg the bItnet, which make" four The first one whIch goe'" O\! el the glass C3n be of an} thm matenal not to shut out the hght. or It may be tmted "0 that any de"lred tone may filter mto a room Raw dayhght for a 1eceptlOn room IS not desirable French women are fond of puttmg pale pmk tulle or net over the Wl1ldow pane ~ et IS the most practical, as it washes. and IS not expen"l\ e If It fades It can eastly be clIpped The next CIlltams are also whIte. open m the l111ddle, and draped back These a1e oftenest of lace, 01 a combmatlOn of lace and mushn or tulle But there I" such a rage for net at present, the nerts, both m white ana creams, are bemg worked out mto dehghthtl patterns for the "econd pall' to the WIndow ThIs IS done m Pan.., m various wa)-" elther m wash nbbons, tone on tone, or In colofCIl nbbons The pattern'i are apphqued on the tulle In bow knOb, mto flower deSIgns and m art patterns too numerous to mentlOn. Some snappy one are done m the cretan flow-el s cut out or m the much rev1vecl tode de JOuv, which IS much the same thmg, only hand-somer It I.., "omettme" only the top of the curtam whILh IS thus treated, leavmg the low-el portIOn loose and hgh 1. N (\t In ..,ome form or another has for the moment almost com-pletely ousted the old conventIOnal lace cur-tam, whIch for modern grace 1" conSidered much too heavy and stiff, 1he third pair of curtams IS, of course, the drapery, whIch must be m keepmg With the rugs, or carpets, and WIth the furmture of a room It IS practIcally only tlllS thud paIr \\ h1ch co"t an) thmg A drapery should be se-lected whIch IS not stiff The handsomest of all is the Silk dama"k m raIsed pattnns of the same tone, and these hned 'WIth a ..,oft plam stIk, hght both m color and weight At pre"ent the'1e IS a furor for apphque curtams, which were first brought out by LIbert} of London A sort of red stIk v"hlch may be part cotton, IS u..,ually employed m hght, or the art colors, and on to the"e are applted the tortuous pattern.., m another color of a darker shade generally, or m a darker tone of the same shade But m the selectIOn of curtam", or rathel, most of all of the drapenes, the room to be furm"hed must be conSId-ered, and also the kmd and COI01of the wall decoratIOns Thl curtaIn" of all the wmclows of a home should be made as far as po,slble to look ahke' flam the outSIde, but here the hkeness ceases For each room IS to be treated In a diff-erent fashIon mS1de, depenchng on the room, whether It is the parlor, the "lttlng room, the clImng room, 01 a bedroom For decoratIOns m the sleepmg room" the canopies for bcJs are Important The old style affair whIch covered the 11 bed In 'iuch a way as to hmder the free pas"age of the alt IS, of course, not to be thought of There IS such a tiling d-, placing a curtam around the back and head of the bed agam"t the wall, whIch gIves much mow the look of luxury and fimsh than a bare wall. and whIch 111no way mtetfei es With the hy gIenlL atrangement of the room Thcse drdpenes ..,ho"1d be the same 111tone as tho"e at the" 1ndo\\" Volume of General Business. A bullet111 just Issued by the bureau of statI"tK" of the department of commerce and labor, relatIve to 111ternal com-melrce dunllg the month of August prove" concluslvel} that there has been a va"t 111crease In the volume of general bU..,I-nes~ transacted In the country dunng the past) car The figm es show that the movements of gram, flour, I" e ..,tock. packmg house products, coal, coke, cotton, lumber, shoes, wool, Iron and several other commoditIes, we1 e much largo than 111 August 1908 and 111several 111stance" larger than m 1907 The same result:" are leached when the reports for the first e1ght months of tl1l'; year a1e compared WIth 1905 Some New Pieces by the Bockstege Furmture Co , of EvanSVIlle,Ind. and 1907 The bulletin closes WIth the following paragraphs "The value of bmldmg penmts granted by mU11lc1pal authontIes of 90 leachng citIes 111all parts of the country IS ..,tated as $65,073,337, thIS total, whtle 9 m1lhon dollars be-low the Jul), 1909, total, mdlcates, however, an 1mpro" ement of almost 40 per cent, as compared WIth the correspondlllg "\ugust, 1908, results "Reports from 33 car-servICe assoClatlOns and demur-rage bureaus covenng practIcally the entIre tern tory of the L11lted States, gIve the total number of cars handled as 2,- 805,290, \\h1ch, for the first t1111e,exceeds the number of the correspondmg monthly total handled in 1907. Thel figures for the eIght 1110nths reported by these orga11lzatIons, 19,- 440, 634 cars are sttll a mtlhon short of the total reported for the correspond111g 1907 penod " Just because fools and children speak the truth IS no reason why they should monopohze the conversation The man who succeeds IS the one who makes me of other people's mistakes 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Wisconsin Factory Notes. Fond du Lac, \\'lS, Oct 7-The \\ Isconsm ~Ilfror Plate Company will remove to Sheboygan, \\ 1S. m January next, where they are building a new plant whIch 1S to be 60x160 feet m d1menslOn" The company has an excellent trade and IS buildIng the new factory to melet the demands of 1t'i growIng busmess The Fond du Lac Table Manufactunng Company, man-ufacturers of extensIOn tables, 1'i one of the plants of thIS CIty ""h1ch has been runnmg a full force of men on full time "lnce the first of the year The company recently sent out 5,000 of theIr fall catalogs The \V 1sconsm Cabmet Company IS one the most pro gress1ve furl1lture manufactunng concerns m the cIty of Fond du Lac The company has Just completed an add1t1on 18 xS2 feet, to theIr warehouse, a two story structure 45x80 without the addItion The mam bmldmg of the plant IS 85 x120 feet two "tones Secy-treas A Se1den"pmner recenth assumed the management of the company He 1S a gen-tleman who has been 1dentlfied w1th the furn1ture trade all of his hfe. ::\Ir Se1denspmner came here from Grand RapId", \V IS, V\here he was connected for four years wtlh the Ober-beck Bros Manufactunng Companv and prn 10US to that tllme was assocIated WIth the Klel Table Company of K1el \VIS The company IS now gettmg out ItS neV\ hne ot pat-terns for January and WIll have ready for the trade at that tIme, forty ne"" sUItes. Bird·s Eye Cherry. "The hand~omest furmnture so far as regards the wood used, and I may add there was nothmg lackmg m the deslg,1 ever pro-duced m Grand RapIds, V\as turned out by the John \\Tlddlcomb ..- .•.._ ...--." "When In doubt where to buy the best BIrds-eye Maple goods, Hitch Your Wagon to a Michigan Star" and get results Would a pnce of $12.00 for this No. GO! Dresser Interest you? Do not buy untIl you know the pnce. Ask us for how much less than $12 we sell It, and In- CIdentally ask for a catalog. Michigan Star Furniture Co. ZEELAND. MICH. .. -_. ......--_ ..._._--_._._~ I Company m bIrd s-e} e chen y ," remarked a gentleman formerly IdentIfied \\ nh the furmture mdu"try but at present engaged 111 Jobbmg lumber "There came 111tothe possessIOn of the company a few log" of cherry that possessed bIrd' ,,-eyes, and when made up the beauty of the figure and the nchness of the color charmed the beholder 1he buyers m the market took the ,;mtes eagerly; the lot was clo<ed out m a smgle day Before the opemng of the sale 1Ir \VlClcllcomb s WIfe and a number of lady fnends were 11lvlted to llbpect the sample", and the cherry bIrd's-eyes pleased them so much that they pa1d httle attentlOn to other features of the Ime Preferred By Old Maids. In dlscu0sll1g the reVIval of the demand for furniture made of b1rei's e} e ancl wh1te maple a well 11lformed manufacturer <tated that when old maids needed somethmg "mfty," they usually Made by thtl Udell Works, IndianapolIs Ind "elected goods made 1.1these woods \Vh1te maple when properly fimshed retams 1b color and there 1Snothmg m the timber world to compare ''>lth the b1rd's-eye figure AnClent maiden ladles reahze and apprecIate the0e facts and show good taste and fine d1scnmmat!on m Judgment when se1ectmg furl11ture con-structed of these matenals. Goods made of these woods sell most readIly m the fall months. We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups wlth cork bases ever oflereGto the trade 1hese are fimshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple l!l a Itght fin"h The,e goorls are admIrable for poltshed tloors and furn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar. PRICES $4 00 per hundred 5.00 per hundred FOB Grand RaptdB SlZe 2%, lnches SIze 2% In,hes Try a Sample Order ~.. _.- ---_--.-_~-----_ __ --.--.--._.-.------- __ •••••• --- ••••• _4 WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 LOWER PRICES ON LEATHER BonON SALES OFFICE, 2 ~2 Purchase Street. OFFICE AND TANNERIES, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Corporation Tax Law. Washington dlspatche", sent out apparently by authonty, for the purpose of throwmg lIght upon the prOVISIOns of the corporatIOn tax law, state that mqUlnes receIved by the treas-ury department show It to be a common opmlOn that the tax became operative wIth the beglnnmg of the fiscal year, whIle a great many others have concluded that the tax would be im-posed beg111111ngWIth Aug S, or the day on whIch the Payne A1dnch bIll was approved by the presIdent Contrary to bot~ of these ImpreSSIOns, the prov ISIons of the act name the cal-endar year as the penod to be covered by the tax, and the first a"sessment under the corporatIOn tax law wlll be for the pen-od between January 1, 1909, and December 31, 1909, or the present calendar year It IS saId that the new corporation tax law IS one of the very few revenue measures ever enacted by congress of a retroactIve character. ThIs measure reaches back more than eIght months before the date of Its passage, and Judg111g from the 111qulncs receIVed by the treasury department, the extent of ItS retroactIon IS Just now beIng realtzed by a great many corporattons \ The fir'it collectIon of the net earn111gs tax, however, WIll not be made untt! June of next year The admlll1strattve proVISIOns of the measure dIrect that all corporatIOns d0111g a bus111ess In exces" of $5,000 shall submIt a record of their earn111gs for the past calendar year to the treasury department before March 1 of the new year By the follow111g June, the department WIll 111turn have nOtified the corporatIOns of the amount of theIr assessment, and payment must be made by the corporatIOn by June 30 Carpet and Rug Trade. Bus111ess has been along rather qUIet 1111c,s111the carpet and rug trade dunng the past week says the New York J our-na1 of Commerce of October 6 Buyers, as a rule, have been more 111terested In the Hudson-Fulton celebratIOn than 111 secunng addlttona1 suppltes of carpets and rugs. Several dISCUSSIOnshave taken place 111the trade, as to the actual SIt-uatIOn at the mt!ls It IS claImed 111certaIn quarters that reorders have been much smaller than reported, result111g 111 some mIlls be111g anxIOUs to secure further busmess before the new season comes up While reports of thIS sort are made from quarters, sell-ing agents representIng other large manufacturers state that their reorders show a very marked 111crease over those for the same penod1ast year, and that buslnes for the month of Sep-tember was exceptIOnally good QUIte a few of the more prom111ent mt!ls have refused to accept further reorders, and are saId to be practically out of the market pend111g the open- 111gof the new season. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,- .- - -~II II II I III II II 35% OFF LIST $16 ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT The Humphrey-WId-man SectIOnal Construc-tIOn has dust proof partitIOns, iron shelf support,> and a two Illch deeper case than others DEALER.S· PR.OFIT 55% iII IIIIIII ~- No. IO-F. Ouartered Oak. LlDe on sale in FurnIture Ex-chanl/ e, Grand Rapids; Manufact-urers' Exh,Litioll Bu,ldinl!, Chi-callo and FurnIture Euhanl/e, New York. HUMPHREY -WIDMAN BOOKCASE CO. WRITE FOR CATALOCUE DETROIT, MICHIGAN ~ .. --------- ---- -----------------1 II I "There's , IIIII II IIII II IIII II I I IIIII II I IIII I III III II ----------------- -- -- -.. _ ...- -- . ._-- ..... Condensed Their Catalogues • The '\mencan Blower Company of DetrOIt has Just com-pleted and are senclIng out a convelllent, neat bttle pocket or "pan)' catalogue It I~ a condensatIOn of theIr twelve large sectIOnal catalogues. but It contaub numerous IllustratIOns and gl\ es much II1formatlOn about the company's products. The pur-pose of the lIttle book I~ clearly ll1dlcated by the followll1g taken tram the ll1troductlOn . \Ve respectfully ll1Vlte your careful perusal of the follo,,- Il1g page~ publIshed for the pur[ose of Illtroduclllg our manu-tacture~ and the products of our model Amencan manufactunng plant~ \\ e have been manufactunng and perfectlllg the 'ABC' \ erucal Enclosed Self-Ollll1g Steam EngLle , Centnfugal Fans and Blo\\ ers Fan Systems, Heatll1g, \ entI!at1l1g and .l\Iechalllcal Draft Apparatus and SpecIal DrYll1g Systems for over a quartel of a century B) our recent can salt dation wIth the Sirocco En-gll1eenng Company "e hold and control all the nghts and pn- \ llege~ under the patents bsued to .1\1 r S C DaVIdson of Bel-fa" t, Ireland. covenng broadly the plll1uple and constructIOn of the tamou" SIrocco Centnfugal Fan or Blower m the United ~tates and her posseSSIOns, the entIre 'Western Heml~phere and Japan \\ e shall guard Jealously our clear nghts under these patenb, and the publIc IS "arned agamst mfnngements , a" actions agamst II1fnngers have been sustamed m the hIgh courts of I-<..urope and Important lttlgatlOn agamst Amencan Imitators IS pendll1g decIsIOn In the L;lllted States of Amenca 'A.BC' and 'Sirocco' apparatus stand first and foremost m qualtty, workman-shIp and desIgn amongst users, engmeers and archItect'S through-out the "orld B) clean and upnght publIclt) \\ e deJlrc to bnng our pro-ducb to ) our attention, and b) contlllued productIOn of the hlgh-e" t pOSSIble ~tandard of eJ<.cellence, we aUll to mallltalll our en- \ lable reputatIOn all over the gI0be~abo'lrd shp and on laud --\ feature of the "pony" catalcgue tnat VI 111be convement and tbeful to man) manufactt1ler~ and others CO.lSISts of ' Con-versIOn Tables" of \\ eights and lInear, ~quare and cubiC meaJ-ures, 111 \\ hlch the metnc standards are reduced to the A.mencan ~tanc1ards and vIce, ersa II I II III II III IIIII - --# Business Conditions in Western Canada. The \\ ml1lpeg office of the ::\lo'letary TImes of TOlOnto. Ont . report, that tlIe furl1ltt11e bU~L1e'lJ 111 the \Ve~t I" g-c~cl LntI! about a month ago, It \\as somewhat dull but not any more ~o than m o~her seasons, 111 the summer tune their busll1e~~ IS natur-all) qUIet One \iV mt11peg film IS trebhng Its warehou"e capacIty, and the Knechtel lurl1lture Company, of Hanover, Ontano, are bmldmg a three-storY bnck bmlcl111g 111W111mpeg for theIr we~t-t. rn tI aele There IS greater competitIon now than formerly ",lI1ce the finanCIal ~tllngenc) of two years ago, busll1e~s thIS fall IS lu~t Icsumll1g ItS aiel-tIme activIt) \ traveler of a comp'lny hoCle la~t \\ eek ent 111 a $7,000 order representll1g one week', bUSll1e~s J he furl1lture dealel ~ at Regma, ltke every other llI1e of bJs-l, leS>".\\ ere caught by the ~lump m 1901 very much overstocked 'I he result of their expenence at that tlllle was to make them cautIOus For thIS reason they have delayed sendmg 111 Older, untIl the last moment. when they could be practically as~ured of the crop re~ult Ju~t as ~oon as they kne\\ thl~, the orders began to come rapIdly and, more especlall), recently \t Edmonton, the whole ...ale home~ are busy cleanng out theIr stocks preparator) to placmg fresh order~ Shortly, the \\J 111l11pegVI holesale houses, and througlI them the manufacturers 111Eastern Canada, should find a good volume of bus111ess COmlJ1g to them from the west. WEEKLY ARTISAN Remittances to Selling Agents. ".!\Ianufacturers support then" repre~entatlV es on the road \\ Ith the money nece""ary to prosecute theIr bU"Iness much better than formerly," remarked the ca~hler of a leadIng bank-mg m"tItutlOn r,n Grand RapIds "'.Ve are not asked to 'ca'ih a draft on the hOlbe' once where we were ten tImes a few years ago .!\[anufacturers have learned that It I~ ex-pensl\ e for theIr men to be Idle' whIle waltmg for funds and the general refusal to honor theIr draft" of the hanker'i and the rule enforced hy hotel keE:pers m regard to the same ha~ aIded In bnngmg about the change Travelmg salesmen lose heart and mterest m theIr work when the expected re-mIttance faIls to reach theIr hands" One day last year the agent of an Important manufac-tunng house arnved at San Antomo, Texas He was short of funds and the romttance was not forthcommg He waIted several days and then "wIred" the howoe, statIng hI~ nece,,- sItles One week later a draft was found In a letter from the firm WIthout an explanatIon or apology for the wlthhold-mg The agent paId hIS bIll and proceeded eastward to the town m Pennsylvama whE:re the firm IS located, arnv111g m the course of five day" Turmng m hI", "photo" and accounts he announcE:J hIS IntentIon to seek employment of anothel firm and demanded a settlement "The old man" happened to enter at thIS moment and asked, "what's the matteI, TIm?' "J1m' explaIned, and then the old man wrote a check for the amount hIS finanCIal manager would have been entItled to had he rema1l1ed m the employ of the firm untIl the close of the year and 'oummanly dI'ocharged hIm The tra\ eltng "ale'i man" gnevance'i vvele a'i'iualSed and he lemal11ed \\Ith the firm "La"t week a 'otranger called at Om hank and ple~ellte(l a draft drawn hy a hankmg hou"e located In LaClossc, \\ 1'0 upon one of the loan and trust compame'o of ChICago,' saId another bank offiCIal "He bad no acqua111tances 111the CIty and asked us to IdentIfy hIm by a "photo" of hImself, a pack-age of letters and the name stamped upon hh shIrt by the maker \\1 e placed some value on the photograph, le:os lupon the letter", but reasoned that It was hardly probable that the :otranger would wear another'" shn t \\ e cashed the draft and It pro\ ed to be all nght "A local bU'ime'i'i man entered the bank onel day WIth a "tranger and asked us to ca'ih a draft f01 $100 drawn On a firm located m an eastern CIty, engaged m manufactUlIng and Jobbmg paper The local man stated that he had kno\\ n the stranger SE:lven years, had bought goods of IllS firm, and would "ouch for hIS 111tegnty The stI anger s appearance dId not Impress U'i favorably and I Iemarked that I would pre"ent the applIcatIOn to the finanCIal commIttee and 111 form the applIcant of thell deCISIOn an hom or two latel I adVIsed the preSIdent to vvIre the firm the 'itl angel clanned to represent and learn If the draft \\ oltld be honored whe,] presented The I eply receIved by the pI eSldent 'otated tlMt the man 111 questIOn had not been 111 theIr employ dunng the past SIX months and that a draft upon tlw firm on hI" account would not be honored The local re"Ident thanked me for my refusal to cash the draft and for saVIng hIm $100" Sager's Stoves and Ranges. AttentIOn of dealers IS called 110 the advertbement In thIS number of the \\T eekly ArtIsan of vI, D Sager, manu-facturer of stoves and ranges, 330-342?\ vI, ater street, ChII cago. The "Charm Beaver" baseburner IS the kl11d of goods that sell and dealers should WrIte for complete cata-log. 15 ---_._.-----------------_. ~.- ,I II IIt I I I A BARGAIN HEI{E'S THAT IS I IIIII III II I............. -- _--- -.- No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thiS line library Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIS and other good thmgs we have to show you, PALMER MANUFACTURING co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. ~------.- ... THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receIve descriptIve Circular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid •• Mich. .- .. _------------------- ........•...•.... ~ 16 \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN PUBL.ISHI!:O ~VERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNlTEO STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAAe SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PuBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST. GRAND RAP OS. MICH. A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter July 'l, 199 Rt the post office at GrInd Raptds Mlchlgm under the act of V1arch 3 1819 STEEL MEN WILL MAINTAIN PRICES. Those who have been entertall11ng the Idea that the dC tJvlty of MI Schwab and other mdependent steel manu,ac tUl Ers wl11 result 111 curbIng the tru:ot and a cut 111 pnces \\ 111 be surpnsed to learn that the I11dependents are to gl\ e Judge Gary a receptJoln and dlllller 111 K ew ork next Thursday, October 16 New YOlk dbpatches declare that "Kot a per-son connected wIth the steel corporatIOn IS 111 any v. ay con-cerned wIth arrangements for gett1l1g up the chnnel to J u(lge Gary a receptIOn and cl,111ner 111 )Tev, York neht Thurscla), added, "from the love feast of the r1\ al 1I1teresb much ot mo-ment to the Iron and steel world IS expected to come" Pith burgh also fully understands the motn e:o of those \\ ho al e promot1l1g the d1l1ner as shown by tllls, sent out trom that Clt\ "It 1:0 fully expected by PIttsburgh 1l1telE'3ts that tIle result of the com111g meet1l1g and d1l1ner WIll be an agree-ment between the steel corporatIOn and all 1I1dependents as to pnces and also as to terntory It IS saId here that one of thE ma1l1 ob] ects of the testlmol11al dmner to Judge Gary IS to thank 111m for hIS good work 111 ma1l1taln1l1g the steel 1I1dustry on an e\ en keel throughout the pamc It \\as Judge Gary, who, on several occaSIOns, called In steel makers. both great and small, and conv1l1ced them that the only \\ ay to prevent troublc was to curtaIl productIOn and keep the pllce:o up" Comparatively fEW manufacturers of pIanos use cases made 111 theIr own vvork'3 \Vlth the exceptIOn of ten or twelve fIrms or corporations engaged 111 the plano manufac-tunng bU;o1l1ess, the cases used are manufacturc1 to ordel by manufacturers of plano cases exclusIvely An essential quahty 111 the plano IS tone, and 111 Its PlocluctlOn the ca~e plays no part. The plate, the sound1l1g board and the scall or actIOn, produce tone and It b to these parts the manufac ttuer gIves most attentIOn Tht::,e parts are made lal gel) by speclahsts and the as;oembhng of the parts that ma1<e a complete plano IS largely the work of the so-called manufac-turer It IS stated by a gentleman well 1I1formed 111regard to the 1I1dustry that the plano case manufacturers of the V11lted States supply the ca~es for one hundred twenty-five manufac-turers of pIanos Tht bus1l1ess IS not unhke that of the man-ufacturers of automobIles, none of whom make all the parts conta1l1ed 111 a mach111e Last July the Dally ArtIsan-Record p Ibltshed an 1l1terVlev. WIth a fur11lture buyer from Bueno" Ayres, who made some statements that were conSIdered extravagant, to say the least, but consular report:> 1l1dlcate that hIS assertIOns were not overdrawn That Buenos Ayres IS a gl eat CIty b shown by the fact that It recently sold $1:;,000,000 111bonds for pubhc Improvements and IS consldenng a propOSItIOn to I-sue $13,000,000 more for the -onstl uctlOn of a boulevard from the center of the cIty out to the Jockey Club s race ttacb and amphItheatre Bueno" Ayres IS now larger than any other cIty m the southern hemIsphere and I gro\\ mg more rapIdly than any other large cIty m the world, 11l t e\ en exceptmg ~ ew York I t ought to be a good market fO! "\ orth Amencan fur11lture and It would be WIth proper shlp-p1l1g faCllttIes \t present most of the exports from the Umted States to Argentma go vIa Europedn ports-are shIpped from 1\ e\V York acro"s the Atlan'lC and then reshIpped to Buenos Ayres. Pn,Csla has sohec1 the tImbel problem by CO'1servmg her fOl ests-by preservmg the trees and plantmg more Fmanclally her conservatIOn and I eple11l"h111gpoltcy has been a great success The net retl1ln~ per acre m 1850 were twe 1ty-elght cents. In 1"lJ3 the\ \\ele se\ent}-t\\o cents, m1900, $158, and m190J, $~ 3U 1 hey are now nearly ten tImes what they were sIxty \ eal a~o and they are mcreasmg more rapIdly than ever. Prussla's figures are small however, when compared WIth what the Cahforl11ans expect to hdrvest from theIr eucalyptus planta-tIons I ew retatlers pause In theIr mad chase after wealth to con- SIder the fact that the manufacturers, 111 order to supply theIr needs. al e compelled to cut and carry stock and sometIme" ac-counts four months or more before payment for the same IS tendered by the most prompt Goods cut 111 May, sold 111 J ulY,or -\ugust dehvered 111::'eptember and bIlled m October are seldom p:l1d for un II '\ ovember and m many 111" tances at pen ods week;;; and months later than that month Retatler~ would make condI-tIons easIer for manufacturers as well as for themselves by paYl11g bIlls when due promptly. It IS stated that the Sltgh Fur11ltUle company wl11 be op-elated a~ a co-partnershIp after theIr charter expIres 111Feb-ruary next The company objects to the overhaulIng of ItS affaIrs by repre;oentatrves of the government employed to en-fO! ce the recently enacted COIporatlOn tax law and not to the. tax of one per cent Imposed upon corporatIOns earning an annual profit 111 excess of $5,000 per annum The Arttsan precltcts that many corporatIOns wl11 dls"olve on account or the oblectlOn enterta1l1ed by the SlIgh fur11lture company. \n Idea of the extent to whIch the express compame:o ale "SOah1l1g" custumer J IS furmshed 111the statement of the Welb- Fargo Company that . theIr net earnmgs amounted to 58.30 per cent on the $8,000,000 capItal stock dunng the fiscal year ended J nly 31. last" The expl ess compames are owned mamly by latlroad corporatIOns and raIlroad methods prevatl m theIr man-agement Poor serVIce and eAtortlOnate charges wdl eventually awaken the pubhc to the nece"slty for government regulatIOn and perhaps control of express transportatIOn If the mterpretatlOn of the corporatIOn 111come tax law as made by the \\ ashmgton authontles IS correct, there IS httle doubt that the law wl11 be declared unconstitutional. The constItutIOn expre::,sly prohIbIts the enactment of an ex-post facto law ------ ----------- lMISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. Norfolk, Va, has 75 dealers m furmture and household goods J R Hanford ha~ purcha.oed the retaIl furmture busmess of Hayes & SchmItt at Hanford, Cal K Xehm furmtUl e dealer and lL1dertakers of Black RIver FalL, WIS, ha" sold out to} E Jeefe R C SmIth has be:::ome a partner m the retal! furmture firm of A C Jaeger & Co , .1\11 Pleasant, Iowa John hngee has been appOlnted receIver for Vetter Bra" & Cra WfOId, furmture dealers of K ew c\.lbany, Ind The name of the Los :\ngeles, Cal, Desk Ex~hange, has been changed to the 1.0" Angeles Devk Company The assets of the Credence Cnalr Company of New Haven, Ind , has been ~old to Ed 11 \\ llson for $13.000 The Kolley Furmtllre Company's float ~on first pnze 1,1 a great C1\IC parade gIven m Wlclllta, Kans, re:::ently George G. Freeman has bought the furmture and under-takmg busmess of N S J ohnvon at Canova, S Dak The East E ld lurmture Company of Portsmo lth, Oh.J. have Illcreased the capItal stock from $20,000 to $'30,000 CapItal stock of the 1. Kruckmeyer lurl11ture Company of CmCl1l1atl, OhIO, has been mcrea"ed from $26,COO to $30,000 Charles Anderson succeed" Cuy ShIelds m the retaIl hUl11- ture b,lsmess at New London, Iowa, havmg p lrcha"ed the ctore and stock Amencan manufacturers of furl11ture and cabmet ware sold goods valued at $1,0~8,OGO m Soutn Afnca dUllng the first SIX month" of thl~ year The capItal stock of the ~lersman Bras & Brandts Company, manufacturers of tables, etc , of Cehna, OhIO has been mcreased from $150,000 to $200,000 Pluhp Levy & Co of Norfolk, Va, ale to have a new home for theIr furmture store The Vmery bUlldmg on Granby street IS to be remodeled to SUlt theIr reqUlrements The San Pedro (Cal) Furl11tUl e Company, wro were burned out recently have "nsen from the ashes" and resumed busmess 111new quarters WIth a large stock of new goods Geo F Cllllgman, general manager Df the Tobey Furl11ture Company, ChIcago, wa~ 52 years old on September 27 He cele-brated the event qUletly WIth hIS 'vlfe and seven chl!dren fhe Queen CIty FUr.1lture Company, Cmcmnatl, has been mcorporated by.l\l J } nedman, Joseph H Cohen, H Moyer, Morns H Cohen and N. \V Bolsmger CapItal stock, $10,000 George L Thomas, the leadll1g undertaker of MIlwaukee, WlS, was elected prbldent of the Funeral DIrectors' NatlOnal ASSOCIatIOn at the annual meetmg held m Portland, Ore, last week "Con" Horn, manager of the Horn Furl11ture Company of Waukegan, Ill, has moved the stock mto a large commDdIOu" store, equIpped WIth modern convel11ences at 118 South Genessee street The contract for supplymg the remodeled court house at NashvIlle, Tenn , WIth furl11ture and fixtures has been awarded to the Edgefield K ashVIlle Manufactunng Company on a bId of $18,000 The firm of MICk & Skmner furmture dealers of LIttle Rock, Ark, has been dIssolved, Mr Sk111ner retmng 1. J. MICk, ~ III contmue the bus mess, remodellmg the store and enlargmg the stock The busmess of the Ford & Johnson Company 111 ConnectI-cut has been 1l1corporated under the name of the :'\ew England FurnIture Company of New Haven CapItal "tock, all subscnbed, $300,000 The Korthwood lurl11ture Company who "ucceed the ChIp-pewa Falls, (WIS) Company, have commenced operatIOns They WIll make only kItchen cabmets thIS fall, but expect to add other hnes later W O. Olsen, a popular and "ucce"sful furl11ture dealer of largo, N Dak, has just been elected a" a member of the board of dIrector" of the FIrst '\'atlOnal Bank, the largest financIal m-stltutlOn III the CIty The dIrectors of the Globe- \Verl11cke Company of Cmc111natl, have rescmded tne resolutlOn for the ls"umg of $1,000,000 second preferred stock, earl11ngs dunng re:::ent months havmg made an mCIease m capItal stock unlecesary The Dea11-Creel Furl11ture Company of Pueblo, won first pnzes on exhIbIts at the Colorado state faIr recently three They Made by the Udell Works, Indianapolls, Ind made a chsplay of fur11lture, another of stove" and another of ranges and were awarded first premIum on each HAYeanck, manager of the fur11lture department m the SIebel store at W oodbme, Iowa, was stncken WIth paralysIs on a Lake Shore tram run11lng east from ChICago and dIed soon after reachmg the home of hIS brother at South Bend, Ind. The Menden (Ct) Furl11ture company who recently ad-ded a plano department that has proved remarkably success-ful are remodellng theIr store WIth a vIew of add111g another department of drapenes and other hou"e fur11lshlng good" ~everal changes have been made recently m the ownershIp of the Rehable Fur11lture Company of Paterson, N. J RIchard Warner who controls fifteen stores 111the east, IS now preSI-dent, J M. Coven treasurer and Morns Tnllmg, recretary and manager. H A. ~ orthmgton, preSIdent of the K orthmgton } url11ture Company of Chattanooga, Tenn, whose factory at Orange Grove, near Chattanooga, was burned 111June, "as jaIled recently on a chalge of embezzlement He 1.0 accused of havmg collected $13,000 msurance and fal!ed to turn It over to the treasurer of the company He IS now under $2,000 ball to appear for tnal Several Boston credItors and the propnetors-.!\Iorlls Janke1- son and BeSSIe Tuch-of the Brockton Furmture Company, deal-ers, of Brockton, Mass, whIch was adjudged bankrupt two years ago, have been mdlcted and held for tnal m the federal court charged WIth conspIracy to deceIve the government offiCIals and defraud other credItors. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 - .--~III, I III II II III II !I II II ~_._-----_ ..__ ..... -- II IIII III I, II ,III IIIII I fob Grand Rap,ds I'----_._---~--_._-~--~--~------~ STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION ST .... "T "''' • "If, "'PIDS, MICH. (PAThNT APt"LlhD FOR) We have adopted celluloId a" a hase for our Caster Cups, makmg the best cup on the market CellulOld IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It IS necessary to move a ptt'ce supported by cups With cellulOId bases It can be done WIth ease as the bases are per-fectly smooth (el1ulOld does not sweat and by the use of these cup" tables are never marred These cups are filllshed m Golden Oak and WIllte Maple fi1l1shed light If you w,ll try a sample order oj these goods you w,lt dps,re to handle them ,n quant,tus PRICES, SIZe 21:(Inches $5.50 per hundred. SIze Z){ Inches 4.50 per hundred. TRY A SAMPLE ORDER -. ...... Dodds' No. 8-A New Saw Table. \lexander Dodds, the well-kn()\~n manufacturer of Vvood working machlnel y of GI and RapId, ;\llc11 , h llltrmluc1l1g a new tIlting "aw table that IS coDSldel ed the be,t madl1ne that can be made for the pnce It IS known as DC'dds '\0. 8 It IS made \\ Ith a center shde 12 1l1che" Vv Ide vvIth a movement of 21 1l1ches It has a 10ckl11g devIce to hold It when you do not WIsh to use It, and has a detachable mItre gauge to be mecl when US1l1gthe "hd- 1l1g table em cross-cut v\ Ith the table extended to 2+ mche" also np up to 21 Il1ches V\ Ide Table 11d"a lel11o\ able throat that can be taken out \\ hen US1l1gdddu It dlso has tv\ 0 mltl e gauge~ for leg ulal work and a t\\ o-qded np gauge that can be llsed on eIther "Ide of the q\\, mOl e espeCIal!) \\ hen the table b tIlted, also a tlltll1g IIp gcldge t'l be thed to Ctlt bevel \~01k \\ hen \ On do not \\Ish to tilt thc table The top IS 4G,,+-1- 1l1che~ One l+-mcb saw IS fur11l-,hed \\ lth each machme [t WIll carry d HHnch savv If deSIred }or further lJ1formatll n addless Alex Dodds, Grand RdpHls, :\Illh ~-_.- -------_.- ._---------_ .._- ---_. __ ._----~ , If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. I That makes PRICES right. (!Iarence lR. bills I I DOES IT II 163 MadIson Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ~ •• . •••••• ...i r--pi·~NEER··---···__ ·----1 III MAnurAnURInO II I COMPAnr I II DE1'ROI't, MICH. I I I • Reed Furniture •• Baby Carriages : Go-Carts I ~ ! I• ~..__ ...--------------------------------------~ Fult {tne sho'''' only at the factory New Canadian Bill of Lading. The D0l11ml0n Board of Ralh\ ay Comml3slOners have adopted a ncV\ bIll of ladIng for use by CanadIan raJ1roads and ordered that It take effect on ?\ovember 1 It Is called a plaJl1 bIll WIth only eleven prOVIsIons on the back Thc old bIll has twenty-three plovlslons, all of whIch have been done dV\a} WIth, the neV\ ones meetlllg needed conc!ttlOn, of enlalged traffic It Imposes acldatlOnal ob!tgat10ns upon the raJ1wa} company as carner", mak1l1g them responsIble for neg!tgence 111 tran"port or dehver} and also makes the 1l11tlal earners lesponslhle for a con,Ignment of gOJd" to de"lmatlol1, e\ en thovgh they ha' e to pas:, ovel othn J :111- v\ a, hnes 111 Canada It make:, the Butlal company re:,;on- SIble also for shIpments of goods whIch are handled bv Fmted State~ or other loads WIth whIch there IS a Jomt tall[f ar- 1,111g-ement The Slllppel s sa} the new bIll b a (hstmct glll1 fCll the1l1 lndll the new bIll the IaJ1way company has to pro' e that an) loss IS through no fault of Its own Udell Works' Catalogue. The Udell \\ orks of Inc!ldnapo!ts, Incl, have Issued theIr annual catalog Illustl atmg and descnbl11g theIr large lllle of 1I1U ~IC cabmets, laches' desks, bookcases, record cabll1ets, commodes, mechcme cabmets, foldmg tables, the whole nnm-berll1g three hundred pIece" The book IS well pnnted, the engrav1l1gs neat and the blllc1Jng substantIal It wIll prove ,aluable aId to the letdIler 111pushlllg "ale:, A number ot IllustratIOns In the book are reproduced In thIS numbel or the V\T eekly Artisan. Paper Carpets. ~f111~ for "p1l1Jl1ng }al n from papel eXIst 111 Germany and l'rance and another I" bel11g establIshed 111 southern Sweden. The paper} am seems to be espeCIally adapted for rugs and car-pets Carpet,; from tllbpt111 paper tape are be1l1g made already 111 Sweden and E D \N 111s10w, comul-general at Stockholm, re-ports thdt thIS woven produ-::t IS apparently" ery satisfactory - -.- ..- - - ----_._-_. ----,~._-_._._~--~--~-~ I IMPROVED, EASY AND E L EVAT 0 R5 QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for Catalogue and Pnces. KIMBAll BROS. CO" 1067 Nmth St .. Council Bluffs, la. KImball Elevatol' Co. 3Z3 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0 , l0811th St., Omaha, Neb., I~O Cedar St , New York CIty. ..............• _ ~ ....- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN To Encourage Export Trade. Citizens of the Lmted State~ re"ld1l1g 111 Bueno'i \) reo thmk they have found a way to mCI eaOle eA])(Jlts ot manu factured goods from tll1S country to \rgentma Thur plan IS explamed 111 a circular lettel sent to orgal1lZatl0ns 01 \orth Amencan manufacturers, of which the foIlow1l1g b a cap\ "\Ve beg to adVise you that we ha\ e formed a commit-tee, to be later enlarged, to carry mto effect a plan "uggcstt'cl to us by the Hon Chatle" H Shernll, OUl mlUl~tel to \r gentl11a, for openll1~ the field of foreign trade to 'iuch -\mell-can manufacturers a" do not paOl"es-, suffiCIent cdpltal elthu for eAtenslOn of credits or sendmg out salesmen Cel t:11n of our compatnots here posse"" each d few customers ot such satisfactory commel Clal stand1l1g a~ to make the a10resalCl compatnob WillIng to pay cash agalll"t bIlls ot lachng tor good" sent out to "uch customers Each at such cOl11patri ots furmshe.., to our committee a shOl t 11st at these "cleLt cnOl tamers (disgUIsIng hb name to protect hll11self hom com pet Itors here), statlng the ca"h ll1111the WIll pay for each custo-mer, and v\ hat lme of goods he de;-,Ires You are I equested to report thiS 11st of deSIred trade" to the manufacturers 111 vour card cataloo- The large manufacturer mal not 1" • h wl1hng to do thIS, but the ..,mall manutacturer "Ill fhe manufacturer quote" hl'i pllce to u" and OUI membel accepto or not, chrectly to the manufacture I \\ e a, e 111 01meel that the name'i can tamed In ) OUl Cdlcl catalog al e I e-,pon-,Iblc house.." of COUl'ie v, e do not expect \ ou to gual antce them but It would lllJure the del elopment of thl" plan to e,tend Amencan forell;n trade If good.., shipped pro\ cd not to he up to representatIon ReplIes should be adche~"ed to ~ec-cretary Chamber of Commerce Committee, '\orth \mencan SOCIety, 531 Cuyo, Buenos \) res, \rgentma Too Many :Exposition Building PI·oieets. New eAp')sltlOn hUlldl11gs and the COI1\ehlon ot ole! bUlld mgs mto structures for ft1l111ture e'\.ll1bltlOn pUl pose" .11 e pi 0 jected by a numbel ot mdn Iduals both In Grand Rapids and Chicago There IS no need fO! addItIonal bUllclIngs and the efforts of the projectors to 1l1tel est manufactul eb and com-mission men In such enterpll"e;-, are unwal ranted The 111- crease 111 the numbel of bu) er'i attendl11g the e'<posltIons IS very small whIle there IS nothl11g 111the conchtlOn of the trade that would JU'3tIfy manufacturers m the mak1l1g of m\ est-ments In bU1ld111gs to be u"ed for exposition purpo"es The average manufacturer v..ould find It more plOfitable to em-ploy hl'3 surplus money 111 del eloPl11g hiS busmes<, and Illlprm-mg hiS plant than m putt1l1g It Into such a que"tlOnable en-terpI be a~ a f'url1lturc exposItIon bUllclIng dt thl'> tIme r ----~ I I haveon hand fo"mme~~:m~ ~e~~olw~,~~,~ I new machmes which I Will sell at reduced pnces I• to bore bore I BARGAINS IN 4-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines from I;{ to 18inch centers. 3-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to from I to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. I-Sixteen inch Cabinet' Makers' lathe, ---ADDRESS-- - J. C. DeBRUYN, 130Page St, Grand Rapids,Mich. " . ----------.... .-------4 New Factories. The Blgelm\ Calpet COInpan} Will buIld three new mIlls along the }la\\ tucket canal neal Lowell, ::\Iass, at a total cost ot S250000 "The Chamber ot Commerce has Just closed a deal that \\ III ~l\ e the Llty a $10,000 mattress factory," say" the Leader of Guthne, Oklahoma \\ H Hendel 11.1<' orgalllzed the ::\[ountain City Cabmet Company and v,I!1 l1lanufactul e cabl11ets and odd pIece", of fur-l1lture dt LhattanO()~d, Tenn \lbert (,oetz, H (, Conrad dnd \\ J SentL have organ- Ized the "ent? I Ulnl1l1l e Company to manufacture furmture m Chicago CapItal $2, 'i00 J I: \\ oochn Hlov 11 \ \ hlte awl \1\ IllIam Rounds have Ol~dl1l/ed the 1CXd" } IAtnl e Company, capitalIzed at $20,000, to eqablI"h a tactof) at I art \\ orth, TexaOl Harr) I: I cldman, John J Lenahan and Paul P Barns ha\ e 111corporated the Lomb111atlon DI'3play Table and Ad- Made by Lentz Table Co, NashVIlle, MlCh J'btable -r rxtures Company, capitalIzed at $4,000, to establIsh .1 factOl} and make display tables and metal speclaltles In Chicago The Dewey-Sy'item Refngerator and Manufactunng Companv has been O1gal1lzed by Elbworth Dewey, through the a..,~lstance of Houston Busl11ess League, to establIsh a fac-ton 111Houston, Texas, and manufacture mantels and a re-fllgel atOl on II hlch \11 Dewey has secured a patent The duthOll7ccl capItal h $150,000 An Important Purchase. On October 7, PhilIp KlIngman, owner of KlIngman's ~ample } 11l11ltl1le compdny, Grand Rapids, completed the purcha~e of a tract of ~round 50x':JO feet Il1 area, located on Dn 1'3lOn '3treet. 111the rear of the Khngman company's store, for II hlch he paId the top pnce for propel ty transferred 111 that sectIOn 0:1 Grand Rapids dunng recent year" Mr KlIngman now owns a fronta~e of 110 ft on DIVISIOn street. and v, III el ect a ten story furniture e,<posltlOn bUIlding there-on as soon a" the demand for additIonal exhlbltlon space shall II arrant the expenchture Comh111ed With the bmldl11g used by the KlIngman Sample rurl1lture Company (ad)0111ll1g the Dn 1~lOn street pI opel t) of ::\Ir Klmgman) on Ionia Stl eet, It would make the lal ge"t and most deSIrable eXpositIOn buIld- 111g111Grand Rapld;-, ------------------------------------ WEEKLY ARTISAN ~- --- - ----.- ..------------------------ .._--------- -- -------- The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog IS ready for all Retail F urmture Dealers. It will help sell the line that of Its kind has no supenor. It contams 88 pages Illustratmg 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Plano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 DIsc Record Cabinets, 19 Medlcine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Folding Tables. ACT A T ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND ...... ---"" 21 IMPORTANT DEAL AT SHELBYVILLE Charles L. Davis Purchases Harry H. Whitcomb's Interest in the Davis-Birely Table Co. Advlces hom Shelbyvllle, Ind, "tatu that Charles L Davis has acqUIred the mterest of Harry H \Vhltcomb In the well known Davls-Blrely Table company J\Ir DavIs, It appears, has traded half of his mterest In several parcels of real es-tate owned lomtly by hllTIself, ::\Ir Duely and Mr "Whit-comb for ::\11' \Yhltcomb's mterest m the table l'ompany, Charles L. Davis. whlCh IS one of the most pro'3perou" and Important fur11lture making COnCE:1rnS111 the country and has long been one of the largest and busIest of ShelbYVille's factone~ The bus1I1es;, now owned by the Davls-Buely Table com-pany was establIshed In 1884 by the late Dr J a\l1E:1'30n,Jacob A. Conrey, Charles DIrely and Charles L DaVIS They started operatIOns 111 a small way, m an old bUlldmg that had been used as a woolen mill Mr DaVIS was then a boy ---_._----I~ 111 hl'3 teens and at the start he drew a '3alary of $4 per week They had lIttle capItal, but WIth plenty of energy and ambI-tIOn they worked more for future possIbIlItIes than for cur-rent profits or '3alanes The next year, 1885, Mr \Vhltcomb entered the firm, and a systematIc struggle for recog11ltlon began The early tllals and pecul1lary harcbhlps, the long hours of toJ! and the c1Jscouragmg struggle'3 of the embryo manufacturE:fs, no one but the promoter'3 of the plant can ever fully realIze But they tru"bngly and patIently plodded along untIl 18J9, when Messrs Com ey and Jameson sold out, and the mmam111g members of the firm, Messr'3 \\ hltcomb, Blrely and DaVIS, re111corporated Fortune began to favor them and great "tndes wel e made 111the bL1;o111ess,necessltat111g larger bUlld- 111gS and better mach111ery, and 111 18J5 they agam reincor-porated under the name of the Davls-Blfely Table company r -------------- .. ======-:SEE:===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. j~---------- . . - . - -- I j Il .....--------~ for HIGH GRADE PUNCHES and DIES and today they have a mag11lficent plant the large"t table facto! y 111the world ap<l all quarter" of the earth To say that the succe", of the company 1'3 due more to J\Ir DaVIS than to eIther 01 any of hI" a"soClate" 1;0 no more than JustIce to him He knoV\" the bus111e,,'3 In all detaIls and hiS knowledge WIth natural tact and abIlIty has enabled hIm to score remarkable "ucce",; 111manag111g the sellIng end of the bus111e"s He has not only "elected and dIrected the "alesmen, but ha" frequently VISltc I many customers of the company and glven them valuable adVIce and fnendly tIps Charles Elrely, who IS the general manager of the com-pany, has also scored remarkable SUCCE:S" LIke l\JI' Davls, he began work111g as a mecha111C at the bench, drawmg mod-est wages, and ha" always been the actIve manager of the plant He I" stlll a hard workmg man, genial, good na-hued and always found attend111g to bus111es'3 Frank S \\ hltcomb, as"l"tant supenntendent and man-ager of the fi111shmg dE:partment, and J E McCartney, who has charge of the office work, are abo dIrectors and members of It as formerly I t I'; saId to be It" products go to 2!2"".".-"-......... ".::;~~WEEKLY ARTISAN '~~ST IS ~~'~--~-~i;~~~';:'h" I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER I I I I I IIIII ._----------.,I Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you wIll then know what you are gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and ChaIr Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, RaIlroad Companies, Car Builders and others wIll consult therr own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furmshed 10 rolls or reams. I~ ._.__ • ·_. ._. __ ._••~._. ~ __ ~ ~ __ 4I MANLFAcrURED B\ H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third Sto, Philadelphia, Pa. Can Make a Thousand Beds Per Day. 1he .,tockholder" of the :'IItlwaukce :'IIetal Bed com pam recently" oted to 111crea"c thp1r capItal stock and hay e sta1 ted at once to hU11d thlee lar~e adchtlUns to then plant ,,111ch WIll double then capaut} h, Decemher 1 1'111" compam started 111bus111es" 111Feh1 uar} la"t hu} 111~out the 111achlll-cry and raw matenals of the \\ e"tern :'IIetal Bed com pam ,York was at once "tarted on an entnely new hne of brass beds and a \ ery c')mplpte "hOW111iS\\ as made at the J nh ftEYMAN5 HEYMAN 3 ilEYMAN5 let us YOU on carry our books this Heyman store will make a home for Youl;;,,'m~:\:,\h::"J~""~:~"; It stands today as. one of the !.arozestarm most c<)mpiete home hun sh ne stOles 0 '\mer ca P'l nstal.. oe- help to s thollsands 01 customers has been ts s[oean and made t successflll It stands read> to extend th shelp ne- hand to any honest person "ho des res to ma)..e home v add to s comforts Square deal ne liberal trentment,IHonesor errors made r eht QUICK You pay 0 small \leek> or moo h 1 payments-lhe~dGnllee[ll .. way $5 '-1:50 , 300 ";.~ 400 -, 400 00 l> '; -:, =415 '" OM " 4.50 ~....-:,~-'"'"m"""'''~'''''~~;,;,;" , -.~~ 0_ >ow I MuolinCurtalno Garl~;~o s;"ves are the~~rlcil.·sbest :;~~::":~)'~.'"S~ y,,,.kn.owll, .., "'fcou ...." .,., 33e "EYMAN COMPANY, 47-61 Canal St. A Well-WrItten Well-Bm1t AdvertIsement Marred by Lack of PunctuatIOn and CapitallzatlOn. market In Clncago Succe"s of the hnc and the volume of the bus111esb that ha'3 come to the compan.\ '3111CeJul} made It neces'3ary to matcnally 111Crea'3ethe SILe 01 the plant '\ new powe1 house \Y1th complete ne\\ :250 H P eng111e, gell-erator and fifteen connected moto1 s wJ1! eleetnf} the plant anc! the c0111pan.\ \\ 111then he 111a posItion to tlm n out 700 ca'3t lIon bed" pu ela.\, 1:;0 chl1le% lfon beds per day and 1:;0 bla"~ heels pel cIa} whIch WIll place them 111a poslt1On to t'lke care at a large, 01u111e of hU"lness I hc aclclItlOlh to the pI e'3ent plant, beslele" the new l)(J\\ el hon..,e V\ hllh I" III a "eparate bmlchng, WIll be a bend- 111£; and I a\\ matellal adchtlOn In the rear of the plant. 100 '\.100 fcet, \\here a1J the 1a\\ matellal WIll be stored A two "ton aclchtlOn 7:;:>-.30J fcct fOl d "tock do Ja1tment WIll ell- 'lhlc the compall.\ to C.1ll\ d large "LJc],. of beels 111the rough 1 edch ti' hc h111"hed d,](l delchtlonal kIln" v\ 111be bmlt whIch \\ 111 llCCc""ltate dll cnt11 C change ,lllcl enlargunent of the ell,1111'hng c1ep,llt111C11t I hc iJIe..,e,lt "toc]"h Jldu" hay e "ubscnbecl for the (,1 tnc ,lmoullt 01 the c,ljJ1tal "tock ot t11e company an([ the hne thelt \\ 111 he ,,110\\ 11 III thc marl"et In J ewuary Will be worth t ~l(' 1n"pec tHJn of c\ tl) dc aler 111 thc country I hc dl\ t!( pll1Cnt of th1" companv IS In charge of J G \\ ol1ae~el prt"ldcnt \le'\.ander:-' J"ltna111. \lle preSIdent elnd ",de, 111el11a<.;uan(l Ro.,,, J l11"w01 th, scretaT) and fac-t01" manner Protecting the Tyden Patents. 1he \ \ eekl} \1b"an, Grand RapId", \11Ch -Gentlemen Smt ha" recently been 111sbtuted at ChIcago In the Ll1Ited ~tate" C1rcmt CaUlt tor the northern chstnet of 111111015 a~a111st the Tobe.\ 111r111t11re C0111pan\ of Lh1ca~0, by E L,den of Ita"t111g" :'II1Ch It 1'" cha1gecl that the J obe.\ c J111pan.\ has been deahng 111 e'\.ten"lon pede'ltell c11l111l~table" made by the Drown & '-)lm(J11cl"C0111pan\ 0\ '- 1111C\1l\1e :'IIa "", the luclong deVIces 111\' 11lch .11e ,\11 1nfnll~ement on the I)den patent" \11 I) den a""1l1 c.., u" of 111<"1l1tcnbon to protect by ev- ~1\ kgal mean" thc patcnt" IV hll!l ha\ e been t;ranted hun, alld the' allcllt.\ ot \\ hlLh hel" bcen 0 ':.enerall) acknowledged lJ.\ the bade rl he c.,en~ company I" cOllc"rned In thl" matter only a'3 a llcensecl mallufacturer 01 tafiTe lock" 11nder the Tyelen pat ent" and belle\ e" thc \\ Icle"t pulJllclt) '3hould be gIven these facb, hath 111the 111tere"t of tho.,e manufacturer" IV ho are re"pectmg \11 T) den" nght" dnd ac, a war11lng to other'S \\ ho may be mcl111ed to chsregard them 'I HE SEr..G CO),IP\"\"Y Ch1cdgo, Oct 1 1909 The \Yorld get" a lot mOle pleasure out of call1l1g a bluff than recogl11Z1l1lSthe real thlllg WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 Wail of the Glue Salesman. "It may seem foolIsh for a man to 'knock' his own call-ing," said a travelmg '3alesman representll1g a well-knm'\n house that deab m vanll"he", fillo ", :,tarn", wood fim"he", glue, etc, while 111 Gland Rapid" recently, "but I want to ad-mit that the glue and I arnhh :,ale'3man has the I"or"t job 111 the lot \Vhy? \\ ell, Ju"t hecau~e thelC are no "tad-dards for glue and vanl1:'>h, that I:'>,the quahtles vary "0 wlde-ly that If you attempt to quote pnce~ the figures take such a wlde range that they don't mean an} thl11g For Instance, we are now selhng glue at all pnces between 9 and 20 ccnt" J 0111tglue sell" at from 12 to 20 cent:, and VE:lneerfrom 9 to 14 It's about the "ame way wlth varnl:,h, the quahty vane" so largely that the pnce doe:o not '>lgmfy much-the bu} er No. 519. Mirror, 28 x 34 Mahogany Toona Top, 21 :\.44 $4250 4250 e!nough for me," and he uses It "lthout ever th111kll1g about Its water absorblng ablhty or other quahtle'3 Others 1'1111 say noth111g but the best Thele':, one factory, at lea"t, m } our Clty that u"e'3 the "ame quahty of glue for veneel S that they use for Jom1', The} pay 18 01 20 cent-, a pound and It:'>no use to oftel them anything cheapel "I mu:,t sa}, howe, el, that very fel" of the glue and var- 111:'>hbuyels are 'ea,,} , Once In a whde then IS one who 1"111 say, 'oh, ~end me somethmg worth 1-+01 1:; cent,,; and If we glve hlm hls money's worth he nel er 'klCks' Other'3 wlll say I don't want to pay 0, er 12 cents, and If we '3end them a IS-cent glue, they w1ll find fault w1th It "Oh, It'" a 'peach of a busme:,:,,' this 1" I'd hke to get ll1to ~0ll1ethll1g where pllce:, and quahtte" are fixed wlth No. 619. .MIrror, 22 x 20 Mahogany Toona Top 20 x 32 $3200 3200 MADE BY WARREN TABLE WORKS, WARREN, PA, must rely largely on hls ludgment or must test the goods belfore accept1l1g them To the suggestlOn that :,uch condltl0ns ought to afford excellent opportu111tle:, to make large profib, the gentleman remarked, "That'" not tme On the contrary ItS mlghty hard to av Old making nl1stakes and lo:,ses You see 111thlS busll1es:;, about half the buyers fix their own pnces and I don't know of any other hne 1n which they do so Yo'..! see, a plOspectlve buyer wlll say, 'I want a glue worth 12 cents a pound Send me a :,ample of what you hal e at that pllce ' That "eLtles It There's nothll1g more domg untd he gets the :,ample, 100k'3 at 1t and perhaps te."t:, He may understand IllS bU<,ll1e')sand glve It a falr te",t or he may guess at It Tf he gue",~es nght I make a sale, If he guesse:o wrong It's all off, I don't get hls order "There's a wlde chfference of op1mon among buyers as to the ments of our goods-glucr especlall} Some manu-facturer'> never look be} ond the pnce-the} use the cheap-est the} can buy One \\ III sa" "11111e-centglue 1S good sometlllng hke regulanty-where 1t 1:' not necessary to have all kmds of pnces for all klllds of buyer" "Of cour",e glue dnd var111sh are much hke other mater-lab- lt u"ually pay." be"t to buy and u:,e the quahtle,- but I must sa} that only a few buyers and users tah that Vlew of the matter" An Important Meeting at Jamestown. The officlab of the 1'\atlOnal Fur111tl11e ~Ianufactunl1g Assoc1atlOn w1ll meet with the mlddle and eastern states' a'3- soclatlOn." at Jamestown "\ Y, on October 18-next Tue,,- day Among those from thel we",t who 1'1111 be pre."ent are A F Karge:" ot EvanwlIle, George H Elwell, of :;\Imneap-ohs; George P Hummel, Charle" R Shgh, A S Goodman, George G V',1hltworth and John vVldd1comb of Grand Rap1ds, There are men who never bow to the inevltable because they don't recognize it when they see it. 24 Carpenter & \Vebstcr of McIntosh, MInn, deaiers m furmture, hardware agncultural Implements, harness" etc, were burned out on September 28 Lo,;s on bmldIng, $15,- 000, on stock, $75,000 LIght 1I1surance The Shipper & Block Furniture & Carpet company of Peona Ill, "uffered a lo'>s of $25,000 by fire on the fourth floor of thell ~ arehou"e, which wa,; completely filled wIth fur- I1Iture recently The lo,;s IS fully covered by m,;urance George Caput, fur11lture dealer, vva<; a heavy loser In a fire that almost Wiped out the busll1ess sectlOn of Aurora, Kan" on September 30 Boys wIth cigarette'> started the fire In a barn ad]ollllng :\Ir Caput'" store, whIch wa,; en-tirely de..,troyed HIs loss, about $4,500, was only par-tially ll1E.ured WEEKLY ARTISAN New Furniture Dealers. Backer Bros are new furniture deealers at Eureka, III Patnck A Cannon IS a new furnIture dealer at Clll1ton, Mass H A Martll1 lS to open a furnIture ,;tore at 44 \Vest MItchell street, Atlanta, Ga The Shelley-\IVheeler Company, capItalIzed at $10 000, Will engage 111 the retail furnIture trade m Columbia Ga The Shelby-\/\ heeler company, capitalIzed at $10000, wIll engage m the furl1ltUl e and house fU111lshmg busmes" at Newberry, S C J Wand \V \V Hender under the fi1m name of Hendel Bros, are makIng arrangement,; to open a new fur11lture St01 e at MoundSVIlle, V\T Va The Spnnger-Smlth Furniture and Carpet company are new dealers 111 J ollet, III They have opened a large stock rI Crawfordsville, Indiana. &'- 0 Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Company Manufacturers of all klllds of NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER Ul the bullchng recently vacated by the Enterpnse FurUlture Company The Holland Furmture Company recent I) orga11lzed b) John Holland, J H Hayes, I J \VlllIam,; and C D Starnes will establI"h a general ..,tore at HIllsboro, Ind CapItal stock, $15,000 Thos A Hayes, B Ross and Elmer A Scherrer ha\ e mcorporated the Great \i\ estern ).Ia1l Order Hou"e to e11- gage m the fur11lture and hou..,e fur11lshUlg bUSIness at Phoe- 11lX,Anz Capital stock, $3,000,000 El PalaCIO l\IercantIle Compan), capitalIzed at $100JO, WIll establlsh a general store WIth a fur11lture department 111 A.lbuquerque, K ::'.1ex C L Hernandez, G 1\1 :!\1ontoya A R Y'Apodaca are the Il1corporators J A RIchards vvho '-,old hIS fur11lture "tore at Law-rence and Vv lllIam streets, \\' lc1l1ta, Kan, last June, and went on a tnp to Europe, has returned to II 1c1l1ta and ~ 111 open a new fur11lture ..,tore at 213-215 ~Ia111 street \V A Thompson, R R IIume, C V Cottle, James \\ Deanng and Leola Deanng have Il1corporated the Beckley House Furmshll1g Company, cap1tallzecl at $25,000, \\ 1th $7 - 000 paId 111, to engage 111the wholesale and retaIl fur11lture bus111e:o" at Beckley, \V Va Furniture Fires. C B StlVer, furmture dealer of Goshen, Ind, lost about $10,000 by fire on September 30 I11'3urance, $13000 Joseph Lahn's mattress factory on Freeman avenue, C111- c1l1natI, OhlO, was burned WIth a loss of $10,000 on Sept 30 The factory of the Florence Furniture company, Spnng-field, Mass, wa" damaged by fire to the extent of about $500 on October 1 The store and stock of Fox Bras, furl1lture deale1 s of Fort \Vayne, Ind, were badly damaged by fire recently Fully msured Brown, Thomp:oon & Co, furl1lture dealers of Hartford, Conn, lost $5,000 by a fire 111 the Hoadley warehouse on October 2 Insured The Henderson (Ky) chaIr factory WhICh was totally destroyed by fire recentl), wa:o 111sured by ten ddlerent com-pames for a total of $18,500 Leathers for Upholstererso The Badger State Tannll1g Company of Sheboygan, \V IS . who have for many year:o conducted an extensive tanning busmess for others than the furnIture people have recently concluded to get out a Ime of leathe1s to supply the needs of furmture and chaIr maker" The company's announceL ment appears on another page of thiS l'3SUe It Will pay chaIr and furl11ture manufacturers to give thIS company an oppor-tunlt) to quote them on theIr reqmrements In leather, as m adchtlOn to supplying all of the grades and colors ordl-nanl) demanded by furl1lture manufacturers, the company makes It a practIce for the accommodatlOn of the trade, to carefully select stock whIch WIll cut to the best advantage for each customer The company's long expenence In the manufacture of high grade leather for other purposes guar-antee" a snpenor product m their new lIne The company ma1l1tal11S an eastern sales office 111Boston Lions' Heads Not Popular. In matchl11g a lot of figured mahogany veneers a few \ ears ago employes of the J 01111 \;\1 Iddlcomb company devel-oped an almost perfect head of a male lIon Mr. \Vlddlcomb detenmned to use thc :otock In the panels of a bed and when ,, ________ · ._o_o.~.~._.._ ...-- .--·-.., I•tII ,III I I.'_0_0_- Henry Scbmit 8 Co • HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cmcmnatl, OhIO makers of Upbol.stered Furniture I------_0 __ -.-_------------- . •I for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM the SUite was completed a number of ladles were 1l1vltec1 to 1l1..,pect It All admired the perfectIOn of the figure, but none of their number seemed to deSire the sUlte When asked to "tate her objectIOn to the smte one lady rephed "I ha\ e one 110n 111 my house now I would not care to add the figure of a lIon to constantly reml11d me of what I now posse",; Bu) er" of furniture admired the beauty of the figured \\ ood, but "passed It up" -\ bogu<., bOller 1l1<.,pectormade a tour of the manufacturing towns of Oregon recently and collected from $20 to $50 of a con- Siderable number of manufacturers for "offiCIally" inspectmg their bOIlers The state has no bOIler 111spectors WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Dmmg Room Smte by Luce Furmture Company. Grand RapIds, MlCh 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN II Complete lines of samples are displayed. It is worth the time •, and expense required in making a trip to Evansville to inspect I! these lines. :,I ,THE KARGES FURNITURE co. I Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. : II THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. II IIf THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabmets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, 10 ImitatIon golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, CombmalJon Book and LIbrary Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imltalJon quartered oak, and sohd quartered oak. Chamber SUites,Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers in lIDitatlon quartered oak, Imlt"tl n mahogany, and ImitatlOngolden oak. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, WIre Springs and Cots. \Iadt: h) I he K1.q...t <;; Fun llureCo Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. ~ - ••••• •• .4 WEEKLY ART1SAN 27 Matle by Kalges Furmture Co Made by World Furmture Company Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co ~-------.._---- - - .- ~ 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN The Rosenhurys Invade Flint. C E Rosenbtu) & Son'>, the well know n fUll1lture dealer:, of Bay City, :!\Ilch, have made arrangemenb to get a share of the prot>penty that the automobile bU'il11ess ha" brought to Fhnt, which has recently become one of the livehest cIties 1ll l\!Uchlgan The followmg from the 11mt Journal of la ,t Saturday will explam how they do thmg:, m the hustImg town' Makmg a record m Flmt for prepanng a "tore btllIdmg for occupancy for busme"t>, the firm of C E Rosenbnry 8.- Sons thl'> morning opened up a furniture and home-furl1l"h- 'ing store 1ll the Stewart bUilclIng, 203 South SalSmaw street Last 1Ionday C C Ro.,enbtu), a membo of the firm, came to Flint ham Bay City, where the) have been In bu"mess tor over a qual ter of a centtll y, th1', v l"lt beUig one ot many he Marsh Hay as a Packing Material. The Ot>hko"h Furl1lture Pachmg company, which es-tabh'ihed an expellmental factory at Omro, WIS, early 111 the summer, ha.., Its plant perfected and ha" madel tnals, with results which are salel to be very satisfactory The company utlhze" a grade of mal sh hay, which can be cut m the wm-ter, and which wa.., considered worthless until a few year:" ago D) the company',> new process the hay is run through heavy cnmpmg machmes, first havmg been mOI'>tened wIth a hqt1ld preparatIOn, \\ hlch com bmed wIth the drymg pro ce"s, keep" the cnmp In the hay Vv hen the hay leaves the C1lmpmg mach111e It I, carned by a carner through a dry1l1g tunnel to the hoiler, vvhen une ylored hay IS deSired, and to the COI01111gclepartment ~when colored hay IS deSired The fil1l"hecl ploduct IS a tough texture wIth suffiCient Made by Grand RapIds Fancy Furmture Co , Grand RapIds, Mich. has made to the \T ell1c1e Clt) dunng the pa'>t few Iveeh 111 search of a location for a ..,t01e He closed a deal \\ Ith the owner of the bulldl11g f01 a lease cm ell11g a tel m of )' ear" , engaged pa111ters, electllclan" and othel \\ orkmen, and set them to work wIth mt>tructlOns to hu'>tle and prepare the btllIdmg for u:oe a::, qmckly as pO""'lble The order'> ,vel e obeyed to the ktter, the three floors wele cleaned of then contents and m less than three day s the fir.,t floor was lead} to recel, e the stock Then the workmen tran:oferred their attentlOn to the up-per stones, made needed I epalr:o to the ein ator, changed the 10catlOn of the "talrway and 'ipeechly had the second floor ready for use The result 1S that th1S mOll11ng when the doors were opened the estabhshment was ready for the re-ceptIOn of VISitor" and customer" ,',everal carloads of brand new stock chrect from the fact01Y were unloaded yesterday and arrangecllast I1Ight for I11spectlOn, and other cons1gnments reached Fhnt today or are on the way C C Rosenbury has charge of the Flmt store "PI111~ \\ hen matted togethel to be far ,uperior to most packmg u "eel m ftlll1lture Th1s has been one of the problems of 1\Ianager VV F \\ ) man, to cl1mp the haj and give 1t the nght amount of elastiCIty and stdl ma1l1ta1l1 1t" strength, not breakmg and the crimp not commg out \nother problem was to color the fi11lshed goods Th1s he has donel and It takes the colors beautifully, makmg an artlcle far supenor to that mall-ufactured from hay from the salt marshes, paper or wood e=--cel'>lOr :'Ill \\ }mdn has spent the last year gett111g hl3 pIan<; togethcl on th1s nnv 111dustry and the tnal shows that hi,) Ivork IS a "ucce"s Dr J (rum of Ot>hko"h 1'0 the financIal backer of the enterpnse, v\ h1ch gn es pr0111lSe of beco111111g one of indus-tnal Importance and value to the Village OW111gto a quarrel between partners the 1nstallment fur-l1lture hut>111es:oof Cones & Co, C111C11111atiO, h10, has been placed m the hands of \ttorney Lem S Mdler a~ rece1ver --------------------------------------......, WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 New York Markets. Xew YOlk, Oct 8-Turpentll1e, after bong quoted at 62 cenb ~ll1ce la~t .Monday, dlopped to 61 cent'3 yesterday follow- Ing a declll1e of a cent, to 58, at Savannah Consumers are bUY111gonly for Immediate necessltle" and 111SI"t111gthat the pnce mu~t go lowel soon The market IS exceechngly qUlet here The high pnce of turpentine still ha~ dn mfluence on vanl1~h gums, which Will probably cont111ue until ..,tock" of melted matendb I un low The market I~ almo~t ltfele'3'3 but last week s pnce" are well ma111ta111ed The shellac market I~ "teady with a '3ltghtly Imploved demand The quotatIOns are the ~ame a" la~t week except on the orange grade" which are about a cent higher T J'\ 111case~ 15@l::;0, bnght orange, 18@20, fine oran~e, 20(0) 21, Diamond I, 2:;@26 Bkached fre~h, 17@17,Vz KIlll dned, 21@22,Vz The demand for hnseed 011, after a long penod of dulI-ne%, has became qUlte ~easonable, though there IS 11ttle do- 111g 111future~ There dre few conce )"Ion~ from the'3e qt,- tatlOns 1\ e"tern ravv, :;6@57 cenb, city raw, 57@58, "111- gle b01led, 58@59, double boll ed, 59@6l In lob of five batrej.., or mOle Goat ~kllb are '3t1ll dull, very few '3ales havll1g been maele thl'3 week Recelpt'3 of Lat111-Amencalb are moderate but they exceeel the demand, while the ~tock of ~Iexlcan~ 1'3prdL-tlcally exhau~ted, only a few small lots now bell1g founel 111 the market .:\Icxlcan frontier" are quoted at 33@34 cent", Dueno" Ay re'3, 43@44, Curacao, 51@52,Vz Paytas, 40(0)42, Halt1ens, 43@45 Burlaps are unsettled QuotatIOns have not been cha~ged but are known to have been ",haded In nmllcrous Instances 111 oreler to make sales Eight-ounce good" are quoted dt 360, lO,Vz-ounce, 475 Zll1C ore advanced ::;0 cents a ton at the J oplll1, ]\fo, nllnes last .:\Ionday hut the quotatIOns on ~heeb remall1 at $7 50 pel 100 pound~. With 8 pel cent discount. fob Pel, III rlrmne"s IS still the feature of the lumber malket'3 In all sectlon'3 of the country Pnce~ take a Wide range on the be'3t grade'3 of hard wood" anel '3tlll Wider on the lower glade, Private Fire Ala1'ms Legally Upheld. -'\. )UC11ClaldeCl"lOn ha'3 )U"t been lendered 111a "upreme court of X evv York city that Will he of 111tere~t to many fac- ~ory owner'3, though the ca'3e Wd", really thc re"ult of "treml-ous competitIOn between fil e alarm compal1le" It wa'3 called a tax payer-,' "t1lt, but the plall1tlff, one :,lr Foy who ~tarted It agall1'3t the cIty 1'3under"tooel to ha, e actec! 111the 111tere,t of the \atlonal DI"tnct -1elegldph Company '1he com-pldll1dnt contended that the ut) ", file comml,,~10nel had no light to allow propel ty Ovvnel' to connect the 111ten01~ of the1l pi Cllll",e" dll ectly WIth fil e hcadqual ters by the uc,e of faClhtle~ furl1l'3hed by the :,Ianhdttdn l'lre "\larm Company, which opelate~ the Gamewell "..u"\.lhary Fire Alarm Sy"telll, and the com t was requested to en) O1n the fire commb~lOner from grantll1g dny more pernllt'3 for "uch connectlOn'3, an! to order the removal of connectlOn'3 already made In hi" deCISIOn, Justice Dowlll1g "aid "The questIOn for con"lderatlOn IS whether the comml"- slOner has the power to permIt defendant corporatIOn In the discharge of It'3 bus111es" to connect It" wIres With the city fire alalm t.elegraph system "0 as to commumcate an alarm of fire directly to fire headquarters, 111'3tead of compellll1g no-tice to be given by pull111g the 'Ignal 111 the fire alarm box 111 the usual way It cannot be ell~puted that the more speedy method of senchng an alarm of fire IS preferable not only for 'the earlter OppOI tumty of extll1gmsh111g the fire, but for the equally Important purpo"e of preventIng It.S "pi ead to other property "But tIll" would not ]1btlfy the pel1111"slOn gIven by the fil e comml~sloner If It conti avened the language 01 spint of the statut.es 1 am unable, howe, er, t.o find any provl"lOn of law CIted by the learned counsel for plamtlft m their care-fully prepared bnef which prohlblb the grantmg of the per-mISSIOn heretofore given by the commlS"loner The ade-quacy of the consIderatIOn therefore does not come before the court for consideratIon, nor do the acb complamed of con- '3tItuto a loamng or grantmg of property by the mUlllclpalIty to a pnvate corporatIon ,. Suing for Strike Insurance. The Buffalo Forge COmpdny has '3ued the ;\lutual Se- CUrity company of II atelbury, Conn, to recover damage" under an 111"urance pohcy' The l11"urance was I"sued on \la) b, 1906, to protect the Duffalo Forge company agall1'3t losses re"ultl11g from "tnke" The defendant company allege" that the plal11tlft made a fal"e "tdtement. "aymg It wa" runnl11g a non-ulllon '3hop and that It had no preVlOtb labor trouble~, when as a mat-ter of fact, the moulder" anel foundrymen of the company V\ el e on '3tllke, that the plamtlff's shop was unIOn, that the ~t.1lke la",ted two months and that there had been prey OU'3 ldbol trouble~ The +OIge company claull" elamage" of $26,- 000 fOI los"es on ordel s dnd on 111abllIty to fulfil contracts owmg to the stI Ike The ca"e WIll bt tned In the Supenor Court at 1'\ew Haven, Conn The Way It Is Done. v\ hich I wI"h to remark- And my language IS plaln- That for way" that are dark, And for tncks that al e vam, Some people dl e "omewhat peculIar 1\ lllch the same I would nse to exnlall1 J\1r Dunk was hl'3 name, "..nelI shall not deny In 1 egarel to the same What the name nllght Imply, But llls letters \\ ere pleasant and chI1dhke, As I frequently remal ked to folks mgh It ld"t "ummer occurreel, "\nd qUIte "'oft wa" the ~kles, ,VhlCh It 111Jght be 111felred .;\Ir Bunk was lIkeWIse, Yet he played It that tIme upon other" Anel me 111a vvay I despise II lllch we had a small game, Mr Bunk took a hand; 'Twas 111furmture The same That we all understand, And hiS beautiful typewntten letters vVere )oIly and chlldhke and bland 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...------------------- - - . - - .- - ..- ----------~----------------------------------------------- VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET W'e WIll have the rIg-ht style'> at the nght pnces and made to gl\e ,>atI~fd('tlOn. Don't ml'>s coming to see the lIne, It Will pay you Parlor Furniture Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. Couches Leather Rockers t THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. ~ •••• •• a.a •••••••••••••• _ Sears. Roebuck & Co's Profits. Last Monday It was announced officially m ChIcago that at a meetIng of the board of directors of Sears, Roebuck & Co , to be held in October, a quarterly dIvIdend of 10 per cent on the common stock WIll be declared payable m ;.Jovember. ThiS Will place the shares on a 6 per cent dividend baSIS as against the present rate of 4 per cent EarnIngs of the company are, It IS said, at the rate of be-tween $5,vOO,000 and $6,000,000 per annum It IS proposed to Invest $1,000,000 of this year's profits m bonds The company made a similar investment last year The stock advanced on the local exchange dUring the day to 12174 The proposed actIOn of the directors fully explams the advance m the shares to the present quotatIon It IS not Improbable that sometime next year there Will be a further m-crease In the dIvidend It IS, hoY\,ever assert~c1 offiCially that nothmg better than 6 per cent may be expected for some tIme Using the Rivers to Force Lower Rates. The lT11lted States Steel CorporatIon, cllspleased at the high freIght rates charged It out of Plttsbmg to the \\' est and So ull-west, has decided on usm~ water transportalOn as much as po 01- ble or untIl the ralhoad~ reduce their rates "-Iuch mone\ b bemg "pent for new model barges to be used on the OhIO the ::\IlssourI, the J\IIS<iSSlPPI and other" t stel n rI\ er, Trouble be-tween the Steel Trust and the railroads" as divulged last \londa\ when It was announced that water transportatIOn IS to he thee! the American Bridge Company in transportmg the new bridge fOl the Missouri RIver at Kansas City Thel e "III be G.OOO tom ot this structure to be sent from the corporatIOn ~ mIlls at '\"h-bridge, Pa SIX model barges WIll carry the bridge and SIX feet of water m the MISSOUrI from ItS mouth to Kansas CIty WIll be ------_._----~I ---_. .~ suffiCient The co~t of transportatIOn WIll be less than half that whIch the railroads ask Will Not Take a Position in the Rear. The new management of the AuditOrium In ChICago, an-nounces their IntentIOn to rearrange, refur11lsh and refit tnat tamous old hostelry, that It Will outshme the La Salle, the Black-stone ane! ltke ne" aspIrants for the favors of the travelIng publtc '\ pm ate apartment for royalty Will be prOVided For the occupancy of such a sUite $50 per day Will be charged and $50 additIonal for three meah The table ware WIll be of sohd gold, and diamond" Will be hung around as pi omlscusly as hIckory nuts upon a tree The attenc!ants WIll be arrayed more gorgeously than the princes of India These featmes Will have an ac!vertIsmg value, but it is fair to presume that the sUite will not have occupant, dUring all the days of the year while the rate8 quoted shall be mamta1l1ed Sells Goods Reclaimed at Auction. John:\1 Smyth, of Chicago, "ells largely on the mstallment plan \\ hen cllstomers fall to pay installments due, the goods are reclaimed and delivered to a prosperous a lctlOneer, located on the west SIde who 1'3 saId to have stowed away $100,000 as the result of the pOV\er of hh tongue The ~oods are sold to the hIghest bIdder, and the auctIOneer charges a certam amount of commiSSIOn for hIS servICes Goods sale! upon the mstallment plan not mfrequently are put to use in bug infected bUlldmgs "hen the furl11tme becomes ,,0 undeSirably occupied as to render It unfit for a return to the stock of the merchant A man can't hold his own unless he can hold his own tongue WEEKLY ARTISAN ----- ..... - -------- .... ---_._._..---.--_.._--.--.---.-_.----..-----_-. - --_.-- .~-_. - .--.-- -.. SUIte No 797 by Muskegon Valley Furniture Co , Muskegon, Mlchlgan 31 II II III• iI ----------------- •••••••••••••• p~ .i.-.-. -.-.-----.----.~--~.. - . -----_. ---~ Leonard Building Space All Taken. I he lla\\ k" Illlllltllle Company and the Banta FUflll-tlllC Company of 00"hen, Tnd, ha\e engaged the only un"old ~pace In thc Lconal(l e.xhll)1tlOn hlllld1l1g, 01 and Rapid", and \\111 OCCllP\ It 101ntl) III Jannal) rlhe Hawk" cOlllpany wdl "ho\\ thcll 11lle of hH~h glade chambel fllll11tnre and the Ban-ta com P<iIJ) \\ III hll thul h<ilf of the "pace WIth a new 11l1e of e~ten"lOn and 1Ibl al) table" 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ - .. ,,I .._. ---.-.- .. --- _._---_. ----- -----..IiII Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED LINES FOR 1910. Expenenced salesman With estabhshed trade between Buffalo and Bangor, Me., would hke to carry several lines of medIUm priced case goods on COm'lllSSlOn. Address "Esp," care Weekly Artisan. 10-9 t. f. WANTED-SALESMEN. The new managellent of the Modern Furmture Company, CinCinnati, 0., desire canable salesmen to carry a new and up-to- date line of Hall Racks In all parts of the Umted States Oct 9-16-23-30 WANTED. A hne of medIUm pnced Bedroom SUites ard Sideboards for Pennsylvama outside of Philadelphia. On territory twenty years. Address L D., care Weekly Artisan. 10-9, '09 WANTED Capable foreman to take charge of wood-worklrg shop. Office furmture factory near Toront:>, Onto Reply stating age, experience ard refererce. Ore who IS now a foreman or assls ant fcreman preferred. Apply to A F. Smith, 97 We!- hngton St W., Toronto, Onto 10-9 '09. WANTED. Travehrg Salesman for I1lmols ard Middle Western states to sell Folding Carnages on commiSSIOn Liberal prOpOSitIOn to ngh party. Address Rockfo d Foldl g Carnage Co, R ckferd, I I Oct 2-9-16-23. WANTED First class Spii dIe carving mac''llne operator on heavy claw fee, and heads. State wages expected. Adcress 3-B c:ue Weekly Artisan Sept. 25 WANTED LINES One who is a thoroughly expenenced and practical furn.- ture man seeks to represent as salesman on COlllllSSlon a good furmture and a g:Jod chair factory. Prefer cen+ral s.a es. Have been supenntendent, draftsman, also sales-man last fifteen years. Best references given. For further Information address "W" care of Weekly Artisan Sept. 18-25 Oct 2. COMPETENT BOSS FINISHER WANTED. Man who can get out productIOn and do It nght Send references, state expenence ar d lowest salary In first letter Address "Mlsco," care Weekly Artisan. 9 18·25 ---------------- -- -- FOR SALE. Up-to-date Chair Factory, cheap; a rare opportumty, 10 acres of valuable land on which plant IS erected. Full eqUlp"'1ent of machinery, 150 horse power Corhss engine, ma erial in process, plant ready for operatIOn. Lexlr gton IS the only town in North Carolina havm~ two trunk lme railroads. Ed. L. Greene, Receiver, LeXington, North Car-olina. Sept. 11-18-25 Oct. 2 WANTED-POSITION. In progressive furniture factory, makmg case goods, beds or tables by a competent superintendent haV1n~ ten years' ex-penence. Thorougnly familiar With all branches. Address "W" No.2, care Weekly Artisan. 9 4-11-18-25 WANTED. CommisslOn man for Mlssoun and Kansas representing five furmture factones. Splendid mixed carload hnes. Address, Ballman-Cummings Furniture Company, Fort Smith, Arkan-sas. Aug. 7, '09 WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping faCilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in welI managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downmg Building, Ene, Pa. WANTED. A good cabinet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabmets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class running condItion. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-21tf ...... . -.__._.-._----....6 I,I I,,I II II , II ,,,t I I I I IIII ,IIII I III ,I ,,IIIII ,,I ,I , I,II ,,I II ,I ,,,III II , II I Condemned Secret Rebates. 1 he \lelcantde \"'ooclatlOn of Dntl.,l1 Columbia, convened <It \ lct011a O!1 ~eptc!1'bel n Re'iolutlOn'o were adopted c-an-del, mg seci et rebate, t<l\ O1111gthe plaC11g of 01der:o With such 'l',l11cJf<ictclrer:o a, m,l! ket their products for umform prices, \\ hethel the p 11 CI1,'oel be a large or a ,mall dealer, recommend111g that I etallel" pcl h the sale of such goods as are sold a baSIS of <lS-llree! plOfit and OppCS1l1gthe chstnbutlOn of premIUms 111 any form S\\ al tL &- Co cabmet makel s of 177 l'11l1Ce street, 1\ew \ O! k ha\ e "cttIed \\ ah thell credit )r" <it 35 cents on the dol-lal and thc bank! nptu plOceed111g" al:;am-,t them have been dhml""ed 1 he \ \ mslow I nrl11ture and Carpet company of St Paul, \lmn, has been placed 111 the hand" of Charles M Way a'i recel\ el ] he hablhtJe, are "checluled at $45,400 1hc name 01 the \olthern FU111ltl1re Company of Chlp-pe\\ a }all", \\ 1", ha" been changed to the 1\orthwood FL'rl11- tlll e compan\ I~DEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 3 13 Cover 22 26-27 26 26 Cover 20 15 3 Cover 26 12 19 3 3 Alaska Ref. Ige. atcr CO:npcn7 Bc:.dger Slate Tarr 11 g Company B2. nes, V, F & Jehu Co np<::ry B2rton, H H & S:Jn Company BIg SIX Ca, loadwg Asscr atlOn B~ck_tege Furntwe COTpa"y Bos~e Fur!'1 ure Companv Buss :YIachme Works DeBm/n, T C Fellwcck Au 0 & M'f'g Company Ford & ]oh'1son Co npa"1y Gillette Reller Beanng Ccmpany Globe Furrtture Company Grand Rapids Cas er Cup Co:npany Hills, Clarence R Hoffman Bros Corrpany Hotel Tuller Hotel Llrden HU'11ph+ey-Wldman BookcaEe Company Karges Furmture Company Kimball Bros Company Lentz Table Company Luce Furlllture Compan.! Luce-Redmord Chair Company Madden. Thes, Son & Co. Metal Furmture Company Mlchll;an EngraVing Company Michigan Star Furlllture Company Miller, Eli D & Co. Mls~ellaTIeous Montgomery Hardwced Lumber Company Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley Furmture Company Nelson-Matter Fu. '11tu.e Company New York Furmture Exchange Palmer Manufa~tunng Company PIOneer Marufactunr~ Company Richmond Chair Company Royal Chair Company Sager, W D Schmit, HeflY & Co Shimer, Sarruel J, & Sons Star Caster Cup Company Udell, The Works Weatherly Company West Mich. Machme & Tool Company WorId Furmture Company Wysong & Miles n u 14 26 19 2 4 4 30 26 Cover 12 7 32 24 2 10 1 Cover 15 19 2 14 10 24 3 19 21 15 21 26 Cover --, - ... THE NEW YORK MARKET offers to you, the Furniture Manufacturer, the largest consuming population on this continent. Over six million in the metropolitan district and five million additional within six hours ride by rail. Total, eleven million of the largest wage earners and the most liberal spenders on earth. An opportunity to exhibit in this great market now open to all in the magnificent and enormous new home of the New Yark Furniture Exchange containing 1,380,000 square feet of floor space and ready for occupancy December 1, 1909. The most accessible location in New York for both resident and visiting buyers. Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 47th and 47th to 48th Streets. Part of the new Grand Central Station group of splendid modern business buildings. The plan of extension so long contemplated by the New York Furniture Exchange will now be realized and a showing adequate to the New York Market will be made. This additional strength coupled with the drawing powers of the carpet, upholstery and other lines working in harmony will beyond question double the attendance of buyers. This is the time to secure a favorable location as a larger amount of space has already been contracted for than was available in the present building. MAKE LEASES NOW Remember first come, first served. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE Lexington Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. ~'"----_._---------_._._.. ._-----------~ --. I .. I THIS IS THE MACHINEThat Brimrs letters like the Followin!: I I I II•• I• I BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. Buss M.tch.lne Works J HOllfl..nd, J,Uch GS'ltlslll.en. We wish to compliment. JOu on the wO!'.lung or Jour new <k Planer Just .llstalled 1'01'us This IIld.cn.lnedoes the best work of any plans" we have eve~ seen. &nil we are frank to saJ so much better than we expected. toi¥ to our foreman sald he slmplJ cou1d not get along ..l.thou't It,and was sure It. wou.lci pay the price of itself wlthln a year in 'Nor-k <la ad on ma.chlnee followLl1S. Wishing JOu dess ..v..ed success /i'.lth this new pa tern. ve remain. Yours verJ truly, Robbins Table Co The Buss Machllle Works are havlllg marked success with this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltlllg-feed gears machllle cut-together with the steel spnng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectional chipbreaker, make a cablllet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cablllet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast With the times With machllles of great efficiency Woodworkers of all klllds will not make a mistake by writing direct or to their nearest selling representative regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the live woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ...... .~ ~ ~. ~ '4'~'~'_'. ._. • _ IIt • I I HAND \IRCULAR RIP SAW N

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