Weekly Artisan; 1909-10-30

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRANO RAPIJ)S PnnT ED P)y J L~. I _ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••OCTOBER 30. 1909 • • .... • • _. --- • • a - • • • - • ----. • - - •••• • ---------~ Patented Sanding Machines 100 PER CENT TO 200 PER CENT PROFIT PER ANNUM Hundreds of manufacturers are us-ing these machines, sanding WITH THE GRAIN and producing the highest polish obtainable without re-touching by hand the following: Flat surfaces, mirror frames, round, oval, any shape; drawer rails, base rails, drawer fronts, serpentine, ogee, round or swell; straight veneered or cross veneered; ogee, round, bevel or straight edges of dresser or table tops, or round, square or scrolled patterns; table rims, dresser posts; veneered rollsor columns;straight, ogee or rounded mouldings; raised surfaces of panels; spirals of table legs; curtain slats for roll top desks; spindle carvings; French table legs, etc., etc. II I ! No. 171 Sand Belt Machine. No. 173·.. Sand Belt MachiDe. No 167 Sand Belt Machine. No. 173 Sander. Write for CATALOG "E" WYSONG & MILES CO. Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. .. .. 1 . .. .-.- . -- .--_._------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 350 FEET DEEP, 100 FEEt WIDE, MAIN SECTION 8 StORIES. FOURTEEN-ELEVEN (THE FURNITURE EXHIBITION. CHICAGO) Will witness the greatest number of visiting furniture buyers this coming January ever known; not less than 2008 buyers will place orders in FOURTEEN·ELEVEN during the January mlXket, and another 2XlO will buy here during the spring months. That is 4000 opportunities for you to do business it you will exhibit your samptes in this Great Furniture Exhibition. Chicago, the Great Central Furniture Market, needs your line to help supply this army ofbuyers, and you need the orders. Contract for your space immedi-ately. Make a big exhibit in Janu-ary and the buyers will dothe rest. Floor plan showing space available for 1910 sent on application. THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN COMPANY 1411 Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO, 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ARE YOU LOOKING fOR MORE BUSINESS? THEN SHOW YOUR LINE WUERE AN EXUIBIT BRINGS BUSINESS THE KLINGMAN FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING. The Klingman Building, erected in 1898 for the purpose of exhibiting furniture, has been an unqualified success from the start, and has demonstrated, more than any other building, the fact that bringing a line to market is not only the best way to advertise it, but to sell it as well. A good line may sell itself, but buyers must see it first and learn its merits. The time is past when discriminative buyers are satisfied with making their selections from photographs, and they now demand seeing the goods. The large number of successful manufacturers who have been showing their lines continuously in this building for the past five or even ten years with a steadily increasing business is positive evidence that an exhibit here is no experiment, but the most satisfactory way of marketing the product of a factory. You who are making a good line for the money, why not join the "live wires" showing here? ADDRESS ALL INQUIRIES TO Tlte Furniture Exhif,ition Building Co. of Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 1------- I I 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~------------- ---- -------., II I• I I•••• I•• I II II IIII I I II IIIIII II II IIIII ._----- ._. ----- ----------- THE LUCE LINE LUCE FURNITURE CO. II• III L --------------- ••••••• j Manv New Patterns in Dming Room and Bedroom Furmture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. r'LUCE~REDM6NO--CHAII~--CO.,---Ltd.-l I BIG RAPIDS. MICHIGAN I MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, BITch, BiTd',.eye Maple, OlJartered Oak and ClrcasSlan Walnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufacturers' Buading, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids . ........--_ __ --- - - -- .....--------------------~ GRANO RP..?IDS unnT )l) \ lilT j , ):L!J 30th Year-No. 18 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 30, 1909 Issued Weekly ADVANTAGES OF INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE EIllployers Should Co-operate With EIllployes in Organizing and Maintaining Sick, Accident and Death Benefit Societies or Associations. The Fountam Street Baptist Church of Grand RapFls, :\1lch, ha" an auxl!lary organlzatlOn known as the Class m Apphed Chn"tlamty whIch meet" on Sunday afternoons for the study and dISCU'3"lOn of 1l1dustnal and economic prob-lemb from a rehglOu" or altrm'>tlc "tandpo111t The dlscu'3- SlOns are ubually led by members of the class who read pa-pers or dehver addres"es on vanous tOpIC'> and the meet111gs have become sO popular that they are frequently attended by outsIders-by tho"e who are not memberb of the class nor of the church orga11lZatlOn Labt Sunday the cla"" heard an address that was of bpeclal 1l1terebt to manufac-turerb, merchantb and other employers It wa", glVen by VIctor l\1 TuthIll of the firm of Baldwm, TuthIll & Bolt-on, the V\ell known makers of ",aV\ fitting and filmg room mach111elY, on "Benefit Plans of Employer" as Related to ::'Ick, ACCIdent and Death Benefits, PenslOn.." Etc ," In the courbe of whIch he saId "Benefit plans conducted by employers, whtle exceed- 1l1gly vallOUS 111mmor detatlb, may neverthele",s, be grouped mto a few general clabseb as follows (l) Local Reltef So-cIetIes In Factones, Storeb, etc , (2) Rehef and PenslOn Sys-tenb of RaIlway CorporatlOns, (3) ~Vlumclpal Pen"lon Sys-tems for po!lcemen, firemen, etc PensIon system for teach-ers, (4) PensIOn Sy"tems for the IT mted Stateb or of 111ch-v Idual state", (5) Compulsory 1n",urance under the ausplceb of the stdte, toward the tund for whIch employer a'3 well as employed, must contnbute It 1'3 qmte nnposslbe to treat all of the"e clab"es m the hmlted t1111e avaIlable and hence IllustratIOn and comment WIll be hmlted to the firbt two "A vast deal IS beIng done by employers 111many cltleb of the country, fal more than 1:0 generally uncler"tood l\loreover, the accomph"hment of employ er.., m the chrectlOn of general welfare V\ ark or even of 111surance welfare V\ ork, most of wInch 111 thl" country hab come about wlthm 25 years, holdb out gl eat promhC fOl the future, and It may not be antlclpat111g too much, perhaps, to look forward to a time whIch has already come In some of the European coun-tlles, when everyone WIth a wage below a mlmmum amount WIll be protected by compul..,or} m,>urance "The Frenchman, LeclaIre, wa" the first examplar of an Employer'" Benefit System Born near Pans In 1801, he was apprentIced to a Pan"lan house painter, '3et up for hnn"elf m 1827, developed a prospelous bU",111esb111contract pa111tmg and dIed m 1872 ledv111g a fortune of 1,200,000 francs Each employe of hIS receIved the hlghe"t \\ age paId to the pamter's craft, 111Pan'3, also a yearly bonus of from 12'1, to 247, , 111 cabe of '3lckneb.., 5 :rancs per day, In Cd"e of permanent dls-ablltty, a penblon of 1200 franc" per yeal and could at the eXpIratIOn of 20 yearb of serVIce, retne on such a pen"lon The sons of an employe were preferred as apprentIce", and at hIS death, 1,000 francs of hfe mwrance were paId to hIS heIrs and hl'3 funeral eX}lenses \\ ere defrayed by the LeclaIre company The standarcl of "kIll and the character of hi" workmen corresponded to these exceptIOnal advantageb Peace and good WIll rClgned 111hIS estabh"hment and ItS long career of prospenty has made thb man and the company he founded the beacon hghts of profit shanng elaborately de-veloped "There IS no lack of InbLuance avaIlable for the wage earner There are the fraternal ,>OCletleb and trade U1110ns,the Industnal and casualty compameb, prevlOu:oly de'3cnbed here, and supplementmg all these, al e the plans of the employers "There IS, however, a lack of concerted effort on the part of employers of labor 111 theIr efforts to reheve theIr em-ployes from the unfortunate stralb tn whIch they or theIr famlhes may be cast by Slckne"s, aCCIdent, old age or death Few employ ers are SO utterly regardless of the welfare of theIr men as to have no feehng of sympathy for them when they are overtaken by ml'3fol tune and e"peually not If the ml"fortune IS one toward whIch the employe has not con-tnbuted by habIts of vIce or undue extravagance The form'3 that rehef measures take are qmte vanous, rangmg all the way from a passmg of the hat 111bmall '3hops to an elaborate system of l11surance WIth benefitb based dIrectly on 111come and the consequent ablht} of the employc to pay fOl a modest 01 an adequate protectIOn "It I" certamly a faIr conchl"lOn, e\ en from a most cur '3ory study of the bltuatlOll, that the man of no resourCFS and small tncome and oftent11nes WIth a large famIly dI-rectly dependellt on hl'3 exertlOns, b the man most of all who needs protectlOll, eIther from hIS employer or sOClety or the state In Europe legIslation has had almobt entIre I} to do WIth thobe workmen who"e annual wage 1ecelpts arc equal to or less than a certalll amount Germany fixes that pomt at $476, England baseb the hIghest award on an an-nual wage of $487 Such In11ltatlon presuppo"es the ablhty of men occupyl11g hIgher posItions and hav111g a larger 111- come, of tak111g care of themselve'3 eIther by provld111g by G Instead of com pellmg It to seek them, not to mention a de-lIberate effort on the part of many to run away from Of dodge It when be1l1g sought Hundreds of mllllons of m-dustnal lll"urance are saId to be wntten each year, even at the extra\ agant rates of expense under whIch the bu,,111ess 1'0 conducted, pnnClpally because the charge for such 111sur-dnce beIng low It appeals to the agmg man who clutches at thl" sort of a '3traw as a mean" of afford111g some protectIOn to hIS 10\ ed ones" Aftel mentlO111ng the benefit orga111zatlons 111 some of the Grand RapIds factones, descnb111g thelf methods, work and general ..,uccess, J\Ir TuthIll cont111ued "~uch mutual ald socIeties are elementary schools of thnft, of brotherhood and of the future socIal pollcy whIch 1'3 growmg up around us The "tate does not recogl11ze theIr Importance and they havL nothmg m theIr make-up that partakes of sClentlfic msurance Somewhat more pretentlou" benefit assoCIatIOns are main-tamed mother Cltle" by larger employers of labor Among such may be mentlOned that mamtallled by the department store of Carson, Plfle Scott & Co, of ChIcago The mem-ber" are dl\lded 111tOtwo classes, (A) compo"ed of those re-cen lllg over $5 per week and (13) those recelv111g under $5 per week 1111tlatlOn fees respectively $1 and SOc, monthly clues 35c and 15c, "lck benefits $6 and $3 paId dunng Sl '( weeks after the first week, death benefits $100 or $50 In Apnl 1906 there were 1056 members and dunng 1905 there v, ere paId out for ..,Ick benefits, $3, 194, funeral expensps 5;100 mechcal attendance $14250, costs of admll1lstratlOll S75 50 chantable rehef $25 Of the members 394 partlci-pa teel In beneht" dunng 1905 Entire dIsbursements S111ce e..,tabh"hment at the fund, $20,870 "The aCh11l111strator of thIS fund states that the suc-ce~ s of the fund pro\ es that It IS deSIrable to secure SIckness InsUl ance at low co:>t, m order to be successful a benefit ",oClety must meet all clauns promptly after careful mvesti-gabon, \\ hat IS good for a few must be good for all wage workers, and therefore he recommends that the state levy a small tax on all employels accordmg to the number of the employed The premIums should be fixed by a competent actuan accordlllg to the rate" of wages paId From thIS ta,- a tund \\ ould fur111sh safel and cheaper SIckness and 111- \ alJcht) msurance and death benefits than could be furnIshed by fJ aternal orga111zatlOns "1 here are hundred" of other concerns work111g along "umlar 1111es such a" the SIegel, Cooper Company, Mont-gomery \\ ard & Co, Sear~ Roebuck & Co, SherW111 '01111- lams Company Cleveland Hardware Company, Brown Shall) & Co, r:"tey Organ Company, AllIs Chalmers Comp8ny 2\JTo-ltne Plow Company, the InternatIOnal Harvester CCll,pany, ~dam '0 & ~westlake Company (compulsory), Gorham :YI.lt1t'- factunng Company, Elgm NatIOnal vvatch Company, 1\'a_ tlOnal Ca"h RegIster Company, Atlas Eng1l1e Works, street rallway or tractIOn compa111es, etc 'Of these compa111es some contnbute toward the msur-ance fund, an amount that approxllnates or exceeds the sums ral"ed by a~"es"ment" from the employes "1he management of the Seal" Roebuck AssoClatlOn ad- 111ltS the deslrablhty of 111surance whIch has the generallty, safety and adequacy of the (,erman methods of pnvate m- ..,urance aSSOCIatIOn" oq;-a111zed under state laws, which at once make msurance obllgatory on all and prOVIde means for meetmg the obhgatlOns nut he hke most Amencan bus1l1ess men shnnk" from state 'compulsIOn,' though he clearly "ees that nothmg short of state reqUIrements WIll ever guarantee needed protectIon to all wageworkers '" " ~ "The years 1Q05 to 1908 show a marked mcrease in the WEEKLY ARTISAN habIt'=> of thnfts for SUItable protectIon mold ag e or bv buymg and paymg for m"urance In good dependable com-pa111e", or both "The busmess man and the profe'-,slOnal man, redhze the advantage" of hte mSlll ance and protect themseh es and theIr faml1Jes accO! cllngly The un"kllled lahorer and the skilled mechanIC may he a \\ are of the ach antal.; e.., but the ev pense IS too great for them tOl "uch, an m"urance at the lowest pOSSIble cost IS the only a\ enue of rehef and the rehef at most b often ,,0 small as to seem almost pltlahle 1t \\ould therefore seem that for the earner of a "mall annual wage, a compulsory form of state m"lll ance, so-called I" the be"t remedy, on the ground that It IS llkely to aff01d at a nom mal cost to the workman, a rehef \\ Ith the lea"t pOSSIble waste between the several payments and the final return to the msured The small wage earner of hmlted or no resources should be msUl ed whether he can afford It or not for the welfare of those clJrectly dependent upon 111m Hence It IS one of the great mdustnal plOhlem.., of the da\ to "ecure good rehable msurance tor the \\ age earner at the 10\\ e"t pOSSIble cost. "No one need" msurance as doe" the poor man and no one IS ,,0 prone to waste hls money on short 11\ed as"ess ment compallles, who"e low schedule of rates m\ Ite to mem-bershIp but wl11ch m so many mstances afford protectIon f 'r but a few year~ and then falhng, lea\ e hIm WIth an ll11pall ed phySIcal condItIOn :>uch that dependdble msurance can no longer be secured I tIS small comfort to a mechalllc to say that he has had protectlOn clunng these years at a nom-mal cost, has paId only for whdt he l.;ot and that he 1.0 out nothmg by a company" faIlure On the other hand It I'> probably only Just to the mdustnal compame" to say that many claIm" are paId by them whIch could be defeated by the terms of the pollcy \\ Ith the Industnal company the sale of m"urance and collectIOn of as"essments are a bu Sllle"s The compallles al e organIzed to make a profit and the meas-ure of that profit IS determmed by the amount at lllSUl ance wntten and by the relatlOn of receIpts to losses paId "I t IS not at all ..,0 WIth the benefit plans of emplo\ er~ The vanous factory m"urance plans, by whIch reterence IS made to aSSOCIatIOns composed of emplo\ e" m an 111dn1(1ual factory, orga111zed at the lllstance of the tactory management for the purpo"e of affordmg protectIOn to the \\ 01kmen I.., of the SImplest form of soclah"m because It contemplates the mllllmum of cost WIth no profit to anyone, and herem hes a fundamental rea:::.on for the fdllure of such forms of llbur-ance m certam III"tances "One of the pnnClpal hanchcap" to the organl/atlon an'l mamtenance of factory 111"mance compames hes m the fall that ,,0 many of the younger employes dre 1l1cllffelent to msurance by reason of havlnlS no one chrectl) dependent on them, whIle many of the older men already can \ m"ur ance In fJaternal socletle... 1nC0l1'e hmlb the amount of Insurance that any mdn can carry "However, there lS no questIOn that the em pIa) er,,' ben-efit assoCIatIOns "en e a good purpose and each one of them, m so fal as It can succes"fully contmue ItS eXIstence and welfare work, 1'0 entItled to the most hberal commendatIOn In "uch an InstitutIOn, orga111zed by the factory manage-ment and mamtamed JOIntly by the employer and employe" all elements of cost are practlcdlly el1l11lnated Thel e I" no office to ma1l1taln, no paId officel s, httle pnntlll~ or ad-vertlslllg expense, no commlS"IOns to agents for "ohClt111g member"hlp, no expense 1l1Cldent to phySIcal exammatlOn or loss of adjustments, 111short no routme costs of any k1l1d "It IS a self eVIdent fact that a large part of the cost of 1l1surance could be aVOIded, If people would seek llburance WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 amount of attentlOn gIven to the developmnet of such schemes One of the powerful contnbutIng causes beIng tIghte111l1g of the employer'" lIabIlIty laws and the ngor wIth whIch they have been Interpreted by many courts and ap-plIed m IndIvIdual case" The Judges and Junes have alIke shown specIal mterest In the case'3 brought before them, Influenced no doubt In part by sympathy and 111 part by an aroused publIc opmlOn "Among the large employer" of labOl, the \YestInghouse Company has a system establIsheed In 1903 The company has charge of the relIef depal tment and IS responsIble for the funds. It pay" 4% Intere~t on money on depo"lt, supplIes all the faCIlItIes for the office detaIl nece""aly and pays all co~ts of operatlOn The medIcal exam mer I" appOInted by the gen-eral manager of the company fhe adv Isory COInnllttee whIch conducts the work of the a,,~oclatlOn IS composed of seven men chosen by the employes The employes are dI-VIded Into five wage classes, those whose wages do not ex-ceed $35 per month, (2) those who"e wages range from $35 to $55, $55-$75, $75-$95, $95 and up 2\lembershlp IS not compulsory and WIthdrawal IS at optIOn The monthly con-tnbutIons for each cla"s are respectIvely SOc, 75c, $1 00. $1 25 and $1 50 The occaSlOn for dIsabIlIty may be slck-ne" s or aCCIdent and the medIcal examl11er deCIdes whether the applIcant for relIef IS entItled to benefits The sched-ule of benefits accordl11g to class, I~ respectIvely $5, $7 50, $10, $1250 and $15 per week, and the payment:, may contInue up to a lImIt of 39 weeks eIther In small amount~ or a lump "um SurgIcal treatment I" free If Injury IS ~ustaIned whIle off the premIses of the employer, the case comes under the rule of SIckness benefits. "The company Interposes a relIef from lIabIlIty clause In each contract whIch reads as follows 'The acceptance by the members of benefits shall operate as a relea~e and satIsfac-tlOn of all claIms an SIng from or grow111g out of Injury, un-less WIthIn 10 days from date of Injury, notIce IS gIven to the supenntendent of IntentlOn to seek Indem11lty from the com-pany' In case of death the benefit IS $150 " Mr TuthIll descnbed the "ystems ~uccessfully operated by the PIttsburgh Coal Company, the \\T estern Electnc Com-pany, the Pennsy lvama RaIlway Company and vanous othet corporatlOns. He also mentlOned the succe~s of the compul-sory employment Insurance law In Germany, dwelt at length on the benefits and advantages of compulsory Industnal Insur-ance and closed hts dtscourse as follows "Amencan wage earners who are self-respectmg and in-dependent have no de"tre to be coddled, and so far as It ap-plIe" to them personally, they strongly dtsapprove of anythIng that pertaIns to chanty They seek lIVIng wage", reasonable workIng ttlne, and fatr labor condItIOns, and when these are conceded they welcome any other mea~m e that makes for 111- du"tnal bettet ment Hence welfare InstItutlOns of whatever kmd, Inaugurated under favorable ctrcumstances, that are Without ltlTIltatlOns or resultant gams too obvlOLtsly to the ad-vantage of the management, tend to create a better under-standIng between employer and employe, engendeltng a sptnt whIch re~ult'3 In Improved workman"hlp, careful economIes on the part of the workmen, and a con~equent larger gaIn on the commercIal SIde of the project A feVl. general conclUSIOns seem to be 111order' " ( 1) That there IS a unlV ersal ~en"e of need of protectIOn for those worker" who have the ,malle~t Incomes and the least developed Ideas of thnft "(2) That employers' lIablltty laws are comIng In a way to recog11lze that the re"ponslble employer 1'3 ltable to hIS workmen for InJunes sustaIned In so far as the employer IS responsIble for the 111Juryby contnbutory neglIgence "( 3) That employers of large bodIes of workmen recog-nize somethIng of a duty on theIr part to provIde some meas-ure of protectIon for theIr workmen agaInst SIckness, aCCIdent and death, or even for 111valtdlsm and old age (4) That employer" are even now appropnatIng In the aggregate large sums In welfare work, In the way of contrIbu-tIons to SIckness funds, ho~pltal 'i, for the servIce of nurses and physIcIans, for gIfts to famIlIes 111dIstress, as well as In taxe~ for publIc relIef, for casualty I11surance and for the lItI-gatIon of damage "mts, much of whIch money thus expended b econonllC waste "( 5) That there see111~to be no Instance of employers fed-eratIng together for purpose of plOVld111g sl/'kness, accI-dent or death Insurance 111behalf of the employe, although such federatIOn 111 the form of fil e or other forms of Insur-ance is common enough Here "eems an opportU11lty for the employes' assoCIatIOns to do some effectIve work "( 6) That IS IS perfectly clear that the laborers In large cIties lIVIng on a small wage, can never provIde for aCCIdent or SIckness or death, WIthout the aId of the employer or the publIc \\Tlthout such aId hIS case IS hopeless "(7) That compul"ory In'3urance seems most nearly to solve the problem and nothIng short of thIs can care for all the populatlOn and In pal tlcular those most needIng the pro-tectIon" ",'_. If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. bills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH "' a.-A_a ••• __ ..-- • a •• - .... ~---------------.-.--.-.-.----.----------.- ...•...•..-.-.-.~ I FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine Knlve.r. Miter Machines, Etc. We'll liladly tell you all about it. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. 185 N. Front Street, Grand Rapids, Mlch '-----------._---_.---_. ----._._-----. -. .-- - . ...-.- ~ •• • we ••• ~-_-.-_-.-.---------------- ----.--.--.-_. -.....-" UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Confuudion and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our line on permanent exhlbi. lion 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers' BUlldmg. Grand Rapids. I..-... •••• _ •••••• •• a-a •••• •• ..-.. 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~~-------------------------~-----------_._----- II I - .... .. --------.., Get Next to Mechanics I Art in Plain Dress I VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS CHICAGO, 1319 M.c1uganAve, 3rd Floor. NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE, Space 10. 6tl. Floor. Complete Suites for the Dining Room PerIod and Colomal DesIgns at Popular Pnces Full Ime of MusIc Cabmets wIth our Patent Auto-matic Shelves, also for all kmds of recorJs. II I Mechanics Furniture Co. ~ ._________ Rockford, Illinois. 1 .--------------------------- An Impm'tant Notice. TO ALL FURKITlRC :\1 \\lI'"\ClLRERC:; Gentlemen -The re~ula1 "enll-allllual meetIng ,)f the NatlOnal Furmture :Hanufactu1e1'" -\""ouatlon \\111 he held at the i\ud1tonum Hotel m ChIcago on \\ edne~c1a\ '\ u vember 10th, next ' , The executn e C01111111tteevv III hold a meetIng at the <;ame place on the day prevlOU", 1\0\ ember 9th, to \\h1ch meet1l1~ also, all manufacturer" are 1l1v1ted The ~eS<;10n~\\ 111com- 111encc at 9 o'clock A. 1\1 1\Jatters of the utmo'ot ll11p01tance to the 1l1du"tn \\ 111 come up for dl"cu<;"lon at the"e meet111g" :\1al1utalturtl" all over the country are ~how1l1g l;reat mte1e,t In t]ll" com 1l1g meet1l1g of the a~soC1atlOn and a \ en ]a1ge attendal1ll IS not ony c1e<;lred but antIcIpated There wIll be a banquet "en ed at the -\uchtunum Hotel at noon of \\ edne"day. the 10th and we have <;ecured H ::-, Sackett, chIef of the office of V\ood ut1!t7atlOn, C11lted States Department of Agnculture, to gn e an address at tIll" ban quet on "Some Problem~ Confront1l1g the \\ ood l-'31l1g In-dU~ t11e" 1h1~ feature alone wIll be "yell worth the tune "pent 111atte11lltng the meet1l1g \ \ e a1e enclo~lng herewIth a card on whIch we shall be glad to hay e you 1nc!tcate whether you expect to attend or not It 1" very de"lrab]e that We "hall know the number of plates to 01del at the banquet You understand there 1'3 no fee for the banquet anel further that thb 111v1tatlOn to attend the bancluet anel the meet1l1g of the a"soClat!on IS ex-tem\ ed to all fur11lture manufacturers, whether they are mem her<; at the a'3~OClatlOn or otherwl'oe vVe want, and <;ome-tIme e'C]Jcct ) Olll member'oll1p, but we need your co-oper-atIon 111 an\ e\ ent Let u.., ur~e \ au to la) aSIde e\ eryth1l1g that can retard )' ou etnel meet together 111ChIcago on the 10th Don't for-get the elate }(e-.,pectfu]]y, J S Lr:t\TON, Secretary (,rand RapId", \[lch, Oct 25, 1909 The trouble'3 \\ e make 11ght of are genera]]y other people',> trouble.., -------------------- --_. --------------_._--_._~-_. ~II No. 57 Flat Arm Racker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND INDIANA Richmond Tablet Arm Chair No. 100 I~-----------------------------------------_._-_.--._._'----------------------- - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor " Time "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 W,ll take a ,aw up to 20' dIameter Arbor belt" 6' Wide Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .• U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES -Ollver Msclunery Co•• Hudson TermlOal, 50 Cllurch St, New York. Ollver MaclllOery Co , F,,;r Nallonal Bank BUlldlOg, Ch,cago, III , Ollver MachlOery Co , Pacific BUlldlOg,Seattle, Wash. Ollver Maclunery Co , 201·203 Dean,gate, Manche'ter, Eng PRICES ARE STEADILY ADVANCING. A Furniture Dealer Tells How Cost Has In-creased During the Past Ten Years. "That chaIr you are slttmg m," remarked the buyel for a Portland, :vIe, furmture house, "1:-, marked $6000 Ten year:-, ago you could have bought It for $3500 or $4000 And m the next ten yeal~ It Isn't gomg to decrease In value ~1Jchlgan yellow p1lle, once used for laths and :-,h1llgles at two and a half or three cent<, a foot we are now putting 1llto chaIrs and tables at from 30 to 40 cents. We cannot deny that thIs means much to the buyer, but wIth the Immense wood consumptIOn of today, the growmg scarcIty of the lumber and the consequent 1llcrease m pnce It IS a th1llg that we are powerless to control "It was not very long ago that you could buy a set of IndIana whIte quartered oak, blrd's eye maple or red bIrch Tho~e who have them nOw should keep them as helrloom:-, for theIr chIldren In place of the-;e woods and at some-thmg hke tWIce the cost we are obhged to offer the pubhc GeorgIa and North Carolma p1lle, hemlock, spruce, :-,crub oak and other woods whIch were once used for the better make of pack1llg ca:-,e~ The beautIful black walnut has been gone from our fore"b for 15 or 20 years In place of It we now use mahogany. Thl" mean" that our lIbrary table co:-,ts anywhere from $5000 to $7500 mstead of $2500 or $3000 "In the outlook ahead," contmued the speaker, "I can see nothmg but steadIly mcreaS1llg pnce" Take an exam-ple- thIs chaIr IS marked at $10 00 I venture to :-,ay that next year the tag WIll say $1200, the year after $1400 or $1450. Before very many years at the present rate all the "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made with or without motor dnve Metal table 36"x 30" WIll take 1 8" under the gUIde lilt, 45 degree, one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-nes a saw up to 1 %" Wide Outside beanng 10 lower wheel .haft when not motor dnven WeIgh, 1800 Ib, when ready to ship " Tempers .. Cost 9 hardwoods wlll be gone Then how much WIll thIS chal1 cost? "You wIll hear some people say that kItchen ware, dnd by thIS I mean wooden artIcles, IS cheaper than formerly You may take It as a fact that If the pnce IS less or even anywhere the :oame a" yOU paId fi, e years ago for the same artIcle, the qualIty of the matenal IS worse The great forest prohlem, the que"tlOn of pre"en 1I1g our tImber and wood land ~ 111order that we may not be left entIrely WIthout thIS hfe-nece'\slty 1:-' bec0111111ga personal one to every Amer· Ican CItIzen It has now reached a pomt where the bIg fur· mture manufacturer" are much hampered In mak1llg contract-ahead for raw matenal The retaIl buyer feels thIS But he must furmsh hIS home, m spIte of the fact that It IS cost mg from 10 to 15 per cent more each year to do It, an m crease whIch the retaIler IS entIrely unable to prevent "SometImes we have a customer come 111and ask fOl a deal top table \Ye haven't had a deal top table 1ll the "tore for year'\, nor have there been any obtamable m ordl nary market And one can t help notIcmg a great dIfference m the gram and figure of the wooe\:, used m the better qual Ity of artIcle" A few years ago there were more, many more, pIeces of furnIture WIth beautIful gram to be found In a stroll through the a\ erage retaIl furmture store Today finely figured wood IS rare \Iv oods are not selected af formerly AII ha:-, to be used, It 1'\ too valuable to db card even the mo"t ord1llary pIece" -------- Very Busy. The Nelson-Matter FurnIture Company of Grand RapIds IS very busIly engaged on orders, whICh wIll cal1 for the op eratlOn of theIr factory WIth a full force dunng the re mal11der of the year spanngly with old walnut furl11ture found 111 northern Italy, This "as mamly Gothic of a style to de1Jght hiS fellow ar-chitects The bacb of the chairs were ng,dly straight and the seab were pamfully high, after the manner of their day, which was late m the fifteenth century Footstools had duly accompal11ed the chairs 111 the beg1l1l1lng, but had long s1l1ce been separated from them, but the lack had never troubled the architect, who was a tall man Be1l1g more than Six feet and of most robust health, he found the high straight chair,., most comfortable, never mlssmg the cushIOns which had once softened the angles, nor ever th1l1kmg of the footstools But hiS guests, particularly those who were ,.,hort, "hether men or women, found hiS old chairs most try m~ man} "Ithout reahzmg what the trouble was, and mere!> condemnmg because they were foreign and old "C-;othlc IS well enough for churches," "aid the man quoted, "but I don't want any of It m my house," and he re-turned gladly to hiS Morns chair upholstered 111 green che-nille Had he been told that the Gothic chair with the additIOn of a movable cu,.,hlOn and a footstool would be more comfortable than hb own chel1l11e Morns chair he might have been com mced-and nl1ght not Some people are so "edded to the Idea that comfort and beauty cannot go to-gether that It l'i hard to uproot the Idea "Artistic" mean" to them somethmg utterly useless, luckless word' \\ auld that It could be banl"hed for a quarter of a century and "omethmg el"e 'iubstltuted m ItS place "She I" art I ,- tiC, we .,a}, "but know'i nothmg of practical matter","' or, com1l1£( down a peg. "That l'i an artIstic stm e, but wIll It burn') , That the fil,>t requIsite of an object should be to ft:lfill the purpose for which It "as mtended goes Without sa) mg If the chair be uncomfortable and the table msecure, each IS a faIlure, no matter how attractIve the deSign or how beau-tIful the wood But If we look carefully mto the matter 've find that the chair or table of beautIful wood and at-tract" e deSign l'i seldom a failure Good design and fine wood Lbually mean good workmanship, and good workman- 'ihlp almost always stands for utIhty qUite as much as for beauty Take coloma 1 styles, for 1I1stance, whether old pieces or reproductIOns, and note the comfort of the chair." the firmness of the tables, the convel11ence of the Sideboard-the fine proportIOn" of the bed..,'ead'i Each IS beautlfL'! and each fulfill" the purpo,.,e for which It was made Could higher praise be bestowed ') The"e two quahtIes, beauty and utIlIty, we find umted 111 mo"t penod furl11ture \\ e find them under different con-clition" 111 tho furniture of the "Ixteenth and seventeenth eentune", we 'oee them In qUite different gtu"e m the furni-ture of the fourteenth and fifteenth, le'oS known because we cIa not furnl"h With the early deSigns a" we do With later penoel.., but present neverthe!c..,s If we were as fanl11Jar With the chalr'i, table" and bedstead,., of the GothiC penoel as "e are With the correspond1l1g pieces of the colomal pen oel we would doubtles" have as much reverence for the de- 'ilgners of the fifteenth century a'i we have for those of the eighteenth But our Ideas on the subject are vague, hm- Ited to church architecture and to stray mU'ieum piece ... which are usually of rehglOus ong1l1 and therefore of too large and Impos1l1g a character to suggest anyth1l1g homf'- EARLY DESIGNS IN FURNITURE HISTORY Characteristics of the Gothics of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries---Aneient Par-allels of the Modern Mission. We usually associate the word "GothiC" With cathe-drals and sta1l1ed glas" wmdow'i, or If we thmk about the term, we call to m1l1d certain piece., of furmture seen 111 mu-seums, remarkable for their cal vmg, or pO'i"lbl} anI} for their remoteness from OUIown time, say" Vlrglma Roble In the House BeautIful That several piece" of fm 11lture 111 actual use today are the outgrowth of GothiC de,.,lgm fe" people stop to conSider and pOSSibly would not be thnlled With 111- terest If they diU, for to many per'ions chall s al e chalfs and beels are bed'i A chall l'i "omethmg to Sit on, and a bed Two Frencb CbaIrs of tbe Fifteentb Century. somethmg to sleep on, while table" naturally have four legs, Just a,., a man has two The people who regard furniture from thIS ..,tandp01l1t are very numerou'i 1hey are respon- Sible for most of the bad furniture m the world-Just as their attltude toward house decOl atlOn IS responSible for most of the poor wall papers ugly carpeh, and atroclou" drapene" \IV all papers al e to them mere wall eO\ enng", pnnclpall} to conceal pla..,ter, carpet" are u'ied to hide pOOl floor.., or to make a house warmer, drapene,., arc neee"sary because othel people have them "That house may be artistic and all that,' said a man not long ago, "but you can't "It an} where and not be m a draft and there IS not a comfortable chair In the place" The house 111 questIOn wa" bmlt by a } oung architect, who had hved abroad a good deaL for hi" 0" n occupancy, a man of unque,.,tlOned "ta"te " It wa'i rather Itahan m chalacter and the one large 100m, the lIvmg room, was furmshed ver} WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 hke \Ye admire m an Impersonal sort of way and then go and buy-1\llsslon. A good many parallels mIght be drawn between olrl Gothic and modern Mission, although on the surface two btyks could hardly seem more unhke. Yet some of the same proportlOns are found m both and some of the same methods of workmanship An old Gothic chair Isolated m a museum, stnpped of Its movable cushlOn and long smce parted from Its footstool IS seen at a great dIsadvantage It hab no settl11g and few spectator" have enough llJ1agl11a-tlOn to fill out the backgrou11l1 Yet thiS old thmg IS a valuable hnk m furniture deslgnmg. E, ery hne has mean-mg and m a moeltfied way IS found m nearly all our chairs today. The modern straight back chaIr IS the lmeal des-cendant of thiS old pIece, and ItS reldtlonshlp may be proved m many ways ChIppendale, who was abov e e, erythmg a chair maker, (ltd hb greatest work In makIng 0\ er the cha'rs of hIs time A Tyrolean Bedstead of the Late Fourteenth Century. He lowel\ed and broadened and ga' e several touches vv hleh made hIS des gnb and those of hi" followers really ""Itable" TIut the part the old GothiC deSIgner" had In makmg all thl" pOSSible must not be forgotten They took the crude pieces of the middle ages-the bench, the chest, the bedstock and transformed them mto thmgs of beaut} They made not only objects of beauty, but, m companson With earher ef-forts, articles of real comfort and con, emence Their con-structIVe work was budt for centune" rather than yeal", whl1e the dehcacy anel charm of their earvlllg, now almost as perft:ct as when It left their hands, still stand as models for the world These piece" were made at a tune when the relatlOn be-tween architecture and furmture wa" very close ,Ve find 1ll the old chair" the GothiC arch 1ll It-. vanous phases-the trefOIL, quatrefOIL and cl11quefod, and the exqmslte tracery which pas"ed out of eXistence With the dechne of the GothiC "tyle In studYlllg furmture design" let us give more than a thought to this early penoel, which was 1ll reahty the preface to the great book of furmture deslgnlllg of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth cCintunes To be conSidered eccentric, all a woman has to do is to pre-fer comfort to style -~-_.--~----,_._.---_._.~-_--._._---~-_.., r--- I i IIII II•I III .. ~-.-.-.-._.-.-.----.-.~-. _._._••. • •._ - _. - --4f •I I II i Palmer's Patent CluinJ! Clamps II I I I ...... The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No 1, 24-inch Clamp. 'Ve make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick Ours is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more will in the future Let us show you Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included. Don't delay, but write today. I III ..---~_._--_._._,._._._. _._. --_._._._,_.~.~.._• ----~ A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Projectile Co, London, Eng-land; f>chu~hardt & Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Liege, Milan, Turin, Barcelona, and Bilboa. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN CHICAGO FURNITURE COMMENT. Exhibitors Reserving Space in the ""Fourteen- Eleven" Building for January Sales Season. ChIcago, Oct 28- The 'T'ourteen Ele\ en' Company, op-erating the furmture exhIbItIOn huldmg at 1411 \Ilchlgan avenue, WIll close Its fir"t year \o\emher 1 It h hardly necessary to state that the new management \\ Ith PreSIdent Lyman R Lathrop at It'3 head, ha::, made excellent pro£;re'-,'-, dunng the yeal's InClunbenc) :\Ian) notable ImpIOI e-ment' 3 have been made In the l11tenor of the In£; hmlchnc; for the convenIence of the exhIbItors and It 1'-, the aIm ot the "Fourteen Ele\en" \ompan) to cont1l1ue the polIc) 01 mdk-ll1g ltnpIOvements whene\ er the neCe"'3It) for '30 dOIng an '-,(;, PreSIdent Lathrop, \\ hen questlOnecI the other cla) st;J.ted that they have taken on a large number of leases for the neAt JanualY season anel ha\e al'3o closed many new le1'-,c, for the year 1910 c\mong the llne'o to be exlublte 1 ne"t January are the followl11g Hardesty :\1anufactunng Compan), Canal D) \ eel () manufacturer'-, 1111'-'-,longood" (,eorge I Lam!> .111(1LLl1nh Bros ~ GI een, '\ apanee, In(l, manutc'ctul er" ot no\ eltll" and 1111%lOnlamp" fhe"e t\\ 0 concel n" \\ ill make a lal ~II exhIbIt than e\eI bef01e rlhe Lntelpn'-,e lUI11ltUlC Com-pany, Glen Rock Pa manutactureI' of ld'-,e ~ood" I he Globe Fur11lture Com pan) and "e\ eral othel compa11les 01 Evansvtlle, Inel, WIll abo exhIbIt next Jannal) at the IO'1r-teen Ele\ en bmlchng Charle::, ex \\ hlte, the commh'olon man \\ ho repre"ent,- "ome of the be"t known compa11le" 111 the fUlnltule tlade wdl hereafter handle the l1l1e of the Shelton-Sn) der Fml11- ture Company, Granel RapIds, 'If lCh, from Cll1cl11natl and Indlanapoll.., to \\ lc1l1ta, Kan"as cm enn~ all the tel nton between the Cltle" mentIoned The Chal1e" \ j'1"her COm1)dl1\ 01 LIl1loln 111 mLl1111 facturelS of the ReA Innel tufted IllLIltll"" hd'" ln~Ll~l(l "]1 III dt 1300 :\IIc111gan a\ enue tOl the ramldl \ "ed-,on The ColumbIa I eathel Compan\ \\a" lecenth a\\alded the contracts f01 eqUIpping the Dlachtone Hotel corner :\Ilchlgan avenue and Hubbard Conrt, anel the Pla/a Hotel throughout WIth hedd1l1g, box "pring", hall l1Iattl e""e" dl1Cl throughout, WIth heddll1g, box ::,pnng::" hall mattre""e" and feather pd10ws The Plaza Hotel ha::, been decoratecl ancl refurnished and 1::, now open for bU::'ll1es::, to Its patlOns The Blackstone WIll be opened to the publlc January 1 PreSIdent Zola C Green states that theIr plant has been kept runn111g 111ght and day for the past two month'3 Secretary-treasurer L L Valent1l1e of the \ alent111e- :'caver Company returned 1eccntl} from a two nlOntlh bn"l ~-_--.-.-------_._-_. --------- -----_. ------_._._--- ------ -------~ Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oak Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Maple Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak III II I" ........................ _ ..--_._-~--_._--- ~._._- •.• _._ ..._. ---------_._----_ .•• ········1 Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT f5 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592. I~---_ ..._ ...-.-.--_.------ .t. ne", tll)) Oll the I'aufic coa"t \Ir Valentll1e leporls a \ II \ "ulle'-,,,Inl t11]1 \\ hIle on the coa"t he \l:'llted the \ld"k,I-l'auhl '\ nkoll e"po"lllon \"ll1ch he "tate.., ha::, pro\en to be a ~ooc! thlll~ fm '-eatlle a" It \\111 le"ult 111a larger de\ elopment of that ut) [he 5mlth-1 hompson Company, whIch ha" been exlllb- It1ng It" hnes on the "e\ enth floor of the 1011rteen Eleven bllllc!111g, \\ III ncxt J annal) be founc! on the fourth floor of the ::,ame blllldll1~ whcI c they wdl occupy d larger space than before D A Week in New York. \la]or :\Iac Dnde, "ecretary of the Nelson-Matter Fur-mtul c Compan), I', "pendll1g a week 1ll \few York, studY1l1g the trade 'oltl1atwn Foreign and Domestic Woods, Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. . -4 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Bungalow's Effect on Draperies. The bungalow, wIth Its SImple archItecture and preva-lence of casement wmdows, has :,-,ounded the death knell of the elaborate wmdow drapery, accordmg to the observa-tJOns of a Buffalo, NY, draper and decorator who says Scnm and madras, wIth a narrow cluny edgmg, IS unn er-sally used 111hvmg rooms of even the mO:,-,lelegant appomt-ments As the be"t fabnc" of thIS de:,-,cnptJOn sell for never more than $2 a yard, It IS becommg practically lm-rposslble to expend a very great amount on wmdow CU1- tams Of course, slc'e hang111gs are an Item, but as these must be m keep111g wIth the curtam:,-" the Chma "llk:,-, are preferred to the brocades The style for stenClhng IS very happIly apphed to the curta111s proper or the hangmgs of den 01 d1l1mg room wm-dows \\ hen these are done m colors harmoillzmg WIth the color scheme of the room, the effect b most arthtlc vVe are prone to overdo the Idea, however. Though the Japanese have used stencllmg for some 300 year.." de-cot atmg everythmg from towels to head covenngs WIth the work, one must know exactly where to stop or the whole effect WIll be rumed Portieres of monk's cloth, burlap, or rep, havmg a border stencIled m c0l1vent1011al deSIgn are particularly good m a m1SS1011fur11lshed rOOm For the bedroom", Englt~h chmt7 IS deSIrable C1eton- 13 nes come In many new deSIgns, burstmg mto more gorge-ous bloom every season Some have the stately hollyhocks, some the tmy nosegays, others the ever popular baskets fil-led WIth flowers, whIch traIl downward WIth dehcate sprays 'vVlth a cretonne room a charmmg arrangPP1( llt ot the vIm-dows IS m the Enghsh cottage sty Ie, wtth the valance acro':l:,-, the top and hang111gs at the "lde The glass curtaIn 1S sometImes used WIth good effect m a bedroom, especIally In summer homes, and the bamboo portieres may be used WIth WIcker fur11lture In the more elaborate decoratIve schemes, when cur-tammg IS done for a room of a certam penod, as for m-stance a Loms XV. drawmg room, of cour:,-,e there IS no hmlt to the elaboratJOn and expense The outer shades may be of the Itahan puff style Beneath the gold cornIce wJ11 hang brocade lambreCJums caught up by gold cord and heavy tassels The lace curtams may be of the real filet, costmg from $100 up Portiere" WIll often be of the same brocade as the SIde hangmgs, and when an effect of spaclOus-ness IS deSIred, chaIr covenng:,-, are of the same matenal I t may be helpful to bear m mmd that when carrymg out a color scheme In color tones of the SIde walls, furl11ture, \v ood work, wood tnmmmgs and curtams should be closely related Then the doors of the fneze, dado chaIr uphol- :,-,tery and curtaIn borders may be In tones complementary to those of the first group "'_._--~--_._---~----------_. . _._---- Veneer Presses. d,fferent kinds and s,zes (Patented) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreadmg Machine. Single. Double and Combmation. (Patented) (Sizes 12 in. to 84,n w,de.) ._----------., II - Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent pendmg.) Many styles and sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies I~--------------_._---_._-------_._----_ ..--_._. _._--- _. ...------_.-~._--------_ ... --_.. ... . -- ... LET USKNOW YOUR WANTS No 20 Glue Heater. CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind, No.6 Clue Heater. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN _._------------------._----_._~~-_._--------._--- •III II••• IIII•••• I• II• IItt II I I,II , III II••• II I I••• -----------~ SUITE No 888 By MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE 00, MUSKEGON, MICH. ·...- -----------_ ----------------_ . 1 WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 ~,, .. I,,It I I II I t,t It II It It I ______ ._~ __ , •__ • __ ------------. - • • I •• ~ Our Large New Line of .. ---_ ..... The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure :&-to-c-om-e.------------------ ------_._-- ROCKFORD FACTORIES ALL BUSY. Little "Bookcaseville" of the Eighties Now One of the Great Furniture Manufacturing Centers. Ml1waukee, WIS, Oct 28-Rockford, Ill, u,sed to be styled "Bookcasevllle" when the old time cyhnder bookcase was m vogue At that time, say twenty years ago, prob-ably more bookcases were made m Rockford than many other city m the U mted States. There were not more than half as many furniture factones in Rockford as at the pres-ent time but all of them made bookcases but one, and that one made upholstered furmture The Weekly Arttsan "young" man has been gomg to Rockford for 25 years and has not "een only the furmture mdustry but the city Itself grow from small begmnmg" to natlOna1 Importance. To-day there are probably as many bookca"es made m Rockford as at any time m the history of the Clty, but there are so many other kmds of furmture made that bookcases no longer .,tand as the one thmg "that made Rockford famous" Dm-mg room furmture has the call now and there are a wonder-ful lot of buffets, sideboards, chma closets and dming tables made m Rockford, to "ay nothmg of the fancy fur11lture, mu- SICand phonograph cabmets and a great vanety of other fur-mture Another thmg that Rockford may be proud of is the great advancement m the quahty of the furmture and the care the manufacturers take In puttmg out artistic cata-logues. Then agam, every man In the busmess stnves to make his goods so good that Rockford may have a reputa-tlOn equal to any other city m the country Pnde m Rockford and m everythmg connected with Rockford IS not only commendable but a wmner Hence the average size of the Rockford factones is much greater than any other Clty m the Umted States Probably the smallest factory employs not less than 100 hands, whl1e many of the larger ones employ from 400 to 700, and every year some of them are bemg enlarged There are now 20 or more factones makmg furmture m Rockford, and yet If everyone of them should go out of busmess there would be enough others III other hnes to make the city famous. In thiS Rockford IS somewhat hke Grand Rapids, which IS known as the Furmture City, and yet the aggregate output of the furmture factones doe" not represent more than 40 per cent of the total product of the city. A brief V1"lt in Rockford last'" eek reveals the fact that the furmture busmess IS flounshlllg Trade on the whole wa" never better and the factones are belllg operated to their full capacity. The Rockford Chair and Furmture DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW «Dt\VIS FUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. ••••••••• I. _. __ a ••• - . . -_ ~ Company reporb trade as good, and m January Secretary Robert C Lmd promised to have on chsp1ay III Grand Rapids everythmg from F1ander'3 to ancient Egyptian styles That's certalllly gomg some In adchtlOn to the big hne now carned there w111be at least sixty new patterns and January IS not the month thdt they show the most new pat-terns. ~ The Co-operattve Furmture Company has grown so fast that they had to take their fine bnck office bui1dlllg and move It farther south and fill III the space with a four-story bnck and also make another large adchtlOn to the west end of the main factory The Mechamcs Furmture Company reports trade as good They w111show many new patterns-chllla closets, buffets, music cabl11ets and dmlllg tables In their show rooms on the third floor of 1319 l\11ch1gan avenue, Chicago III Janu-ary. The Rockford NatlOnal Furmture Company is havlllg a good trade and has had ever '3111Ce"Y ohnny Yohnson" beat his record for one day In July III the Furmture Exchange m Grand Rapids. Look out for "Yohnny" for he's comlllg agam with a bigger and better hne than ever, III January The Royal Mantel and Furniture Company IS one of the leaders and Secretary D R Peter",on w111see that It mam-tains its position. A G Hoffman, manager of the Rockford Frame and Fixture Company reports that trade was never better The big factory is belllg operated to ItS full capacity III fillmg orders However, thiS company promises to show the larg-est and finest hne III January that It has ever offered for lll-spectlOn They will show as usual In the Furniture Ex-pOSltlOn buildlllg, Grand Rap1cb. the Furmture Exchange, Fourteenth and Wabash avenue, Chicago and III the New York Furmture Exchange The Rockford Umon, Standard, De"k and Skandia and Excel Compames all have good reports and will show III their customary places m January The NatlOna1 Lock Company has bUIlt a very large four-story bnck factory not far from the UnlOn, the 11hn01s Cab-met Company has nearly doubled ItS plant Oscar C Lllldstrom, secretary of the Central Fur11lture Company, reports excellent busmess They do not show at any of the exh1bltlOns but they have recently got out a catalog of 10,000 copies, and any dealer can have one merely fm the a'3klllg It's a nice picture book, showmg a hne of china closets and bookcases and other fur11lture that IS worth having C M 16 no mone) on the.,e thl11g." selhng them, stdl they utdlze t11em d., leadeh The) put In a well-known brand at a cut rate dlHI then run a dozen unmarked thl11gs at about the "ame rate The cheap stuff makes a profit which more than j'alance" the los'i on the good As soon as n,anufacturels can be made tJ "ee that dlscnml11atlon pays them, as soon a., they v, ake up to the fact that t>ustalnmg then pnces I" \ alue to them, the) Will cut out the big cheap stores and confine thell blbl11eS" to the smaller stores where the bulk of their goods It> handled already," saYt> the Oregon Trades-man L\ Idently the 1radesman has not learned that It IS the practice of thousands of dealer" to remove trademarks and brand" placed upon good" by manufacturers, when It is for then mterest to do so, before the goods are placed on sale Articles manufactured by pn:,on laboi and branded a" such may be sold unbranded 111 terntory outSide of the '-tate ordenng the brand WEEKLY ARTISAN PUB~15HEO EVERY SATURDAY BY THI!: MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PEA YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS, MICH, A S WHITE MANAGING EOITOR Entered as second class matter July 5, 1909 at the post office at Graud Rapids, Mlclllgan under the act of March 3 1879 Margaret Anghn'-, talk on the m,portance of hay l11g "tage settmgs Just nght-true to the character and penod of the play-a" given on another page, Will be appreciated by de-signers and other fUIlllture men who hay e e) e'i a'i v, ell a" ears for harmony and a keen sense for the fitne"s of thing" MIss Angll11 IS COIrect In her contention that the Incongl u- Itles of stage "ettlngs are noticed b) many theatre-~oer", who find their enloyment at the performance marred by m-consistenCIes and bad taste dl"pla) ed 111 the .,electlOn at stage furlllture and c1rapene'i Her Idea" \\ III al"o be en dor"ed b) those who hay e had e"penence m '-eculme, hll-lllture dncl other "tage acce'iSOl!e" ploper fOl the pI e"enta tlon of certal11 sceneb or penod" ~ 0\\ aday., nearlv all the-atncal compames carry complete eqUlpment", but "ome of the fly-by-mght~ and C\ en 'iome of the best compame" re-qUIre each theatl e to prOVIde the necessary furmture \\ hll h l'i frequently Impo""lble to obtal11 1\" a result 1l10deln fUI-mture IS frequently u'ied In setting a "tage fCll Shake-,peale., play" and a pnnce or long of the fifteenth ClI 'iIAteenth cen tury IS seen on a MOl ns chaIr and a ] uhet lounge.., on a mod ern davenport. as was recently noticed m a Grand Rapl(l., theatre In his opemng addl ess at the 37th annual meetmg of thc Carnage Budders' As"oClatlOn, at Y\ ashlngton la'it \\ eek J\Iaunce Connelly, of Dubuque, Iowa, pi e"ldent of the a ,,- soclatlon, said that the high grade cal nage hllllder., do not have a market f01 theIr product and If they \'.tant to con-tl11ue 111 busl11ess the) must manufactlll e automobtle boche-, "Dementia A.utomobl!ta 1.0 hard to analY7e as a ps) chologllal fact, but It IS here and must be recoglllzed," said \Ir Con nolly "The same people who a few '\ ears ae,o v, ould make a sacnfice to say e $100 or $200 m a carnae,e \\ III no\\ pa \ $6,000 fOI an autol11obtle" 1 he aut01l10btle cra7e ha., un-doubtedly affected the carnage bU"ll1ess and to a Ie,s e"tent nearly all other !tnes of busmess and the furl1lture trade 1S not among the exceptlOn~ Thou'ianeb of men have bom;-ht automobtles WIth money that mIght better hay e been In-ve" ted 1ll furl1lture The auto cra/e, ho\\evel, does not af-fect general trade so much ab dId the hlC) cle C1 a7e a fe\\ years ago, because a maJont) of those who use automohtles are able to buy them "Ithout cuttlne, down theIr e"penc!I-tures 111 other cltrectlOn s "vVhen all the trademarked and bl anded !tnes of good" a1 e forbIdden to the mati order hou se-" a b1g pi op Will be knocked from under them vVhtle It I" tlue they can make -\ moderate ad\ ance tn mirror" Will be made at the opelllng of the commg ) eal A new !t"t I::>1ll course of preparatIOn, hut the cltscounts have not been covered It I" stated that the foreIgn manufacturer" of plates Will not pa) the adchtlOnal tax leVIed by congre"s upon 1111portatlons of small sIzes and that, tn consequence, the bevelers and stl- \ erers Will be compelled to shIft the burden upon the man-ufacturers of furmture who In tm 11 \'.tIII shift It upon the retatlers, and the final "hlft wtll be made upon the consumer That "ev, -\Iban), Ind receiver 111 bankruptcy who managed to pay fee'i, co:,ts and all claims In full, does not "eem to hay e 1mprO\ ed hiS opportumtles or else was too hone,t to take ad\ ant age of hI" pOSItIOn The creditors \'\ho benefit by hIS hone"ty and abl!tty should gIve hllll a "mtable reward and they might do well to engage hiS .,el \ Il e., for futm e emel genCle" Pnces for mahogany lumber have advanced matenally dunng the past month Advances for other matenals have been made and higher pnces for furmture dunng the comtng \ ear may be expected by retaIlers \v mdow dresser" should bear 111 mmd the fact that peo-ple cannot observe and retam m memory more than two or three artIcle, at a tU11e Slmp!tclty therefore shoulel gOy ern the wmdow dresser The advertl..,tng of staple articles by the manufacturer of the same saves a large expenehture for advertl31llg by the retatler" that otherWise would be conSidered necessary. Platn mIrror plates al e u"ecl more largely In the furlll- Illre trade than at ally tlllle tn the past Beveltng- I11dCJ1lTl-ery h \ ery !tttle u"ed Pnces talk and the merchant who places price cards upon articles exhibIted in hIS wtndows attracts much val-uable trade ::\1lSery loves company, but that IS no reason why a man "hould be a recluse The prospenty of successful stores IS reflected m the \\ II1do\\ s WEEKLY ARTISAN Sheboygan Near a Business Boom. Sheboygan, ,;\11", Oct 28 -Sheboygan 13 nearer a boo111 than I have seen It In the 25 year" I have been g0111g there :'Iore and finer bUS111e"sbUlld111g" are g0111g up than 111any other one year Two of the bank:., are bulldUlg fine homes for themselves, one of vv lllch has a mag11lficent marble front, probably the fine"t III ,;\1Isconsm Several of the stores are enlargmg, one of the leadlllg ones nearly doubhng theIr floor space WIth a fine bnck four story bulldmg, and one of ,l1e hotels has been nearly doubled m sIze The factone" are all domg well and some of them excep-tionally so The Sheboygan ChaIr Company say In theIr ad 111the \Veekly Arthan, "Only the Best IS Cheap," and they have proved It by gettmg out the finest catalog they have ever Issued and they make the chaIrs to back It up TheIr trade IS ex(ellent The Sheboygan Novelty Company IS enJoymg a good trade whIch seems to get better all the time That comes from makmg good fur11lture and selhng It at rIght pnces One of the be"t mdicatlOns of prospenty was mentlOned by Geo Spratt, who saId that the first two weeks m Octo-ber he receIved more money than 111any two weeks smce he has been m bu smess The Phoe11lx ChaIr Company has lllstalled a new blower system and a new boIler has been put In place ThIS company 1" ha'mg a fine trade. The Amencan :vIanufactunng Company keep on bmld-mg so fast that If they don't stop pretty soon they WIll have to do hke the Crocker ChaIr Company dId, buIld another factory on the other ';Ide of the nver, for they WIll not have room to expand much more rl he Dllhngham l\lanufactur- 111gCompany are maklllg good refngerators and "elhng lots of them C 11 ...---' I ~ffl~ou INTERES TINO PRICES g~~~~Vk~~5 SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. ._-_.-------_._._----- -----_.~----------~ I I 17 I ...I CWartiatelogfuore. I E P ROWE CARVI~G WORKS ALLEGAN, I • • L, , MICH. Industries Busy. Edgar \V Hunting, representatIVe of the Stow & Davh Fur11lture Company m the central west, has 1eturned from a tour of hIS tern tory and reported that whIle all the great 111dustnes especIally m Cleveland and PIttsburg, al e 111full operatlOn, the pulse of bUS1l1ess energy and actIVIty b not felt very strongly In the retaIl trade There IS a faIr move-ment of goods that prOll11SeSto grow stronger from day to day WIth the progress of the year About the eaSIe"t thmg m the worlel for some people to make IS a break The L. Mac E. Fumed Oah Acid Stain fumes the wood equal to a Fumed Box, Early English Stain No. 1719 and No. 506 Filler. Weathered Oah Stain No. 1725. They are the Standard Shades. SEND FOR FINISHED SAMPLES THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. N p ,. .-.=->.;;(.-- -- ;:;,- :: ~ ':;: h" , ~---- Mission Oak Finishas 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN No. 679 Prices Do Not Always Represent Valnes. A'3 there 1'3 none too much confidence reposed 111 I JIg dcaler~ by rug buyer'3, It IS a common thl11g for a collector of rugs to be asked by fnends to fur111'3h them wIth a 1I'3t of onental rug values The Idea back of the request I~ that the vanou:-, kl11d~ of rugs of a gl\ en sIze have someth1l1g of a u111form value, for example, the \fghan rugs about se, en by ten feet are worth apploxlmately one hundred dollars Those who make the reque'3t contemplate g01l1g I11tO the market wIth theIr 1I'3t and bUY1l1g '3uch rug.., as please them and are pnced accore1lng to theIr '3chedule The Idea 1'3 so prevdlent amonf; rug huyer" that a "en lLe may be rendered them by "howlng \, h) ::;enmalt7atlon" concer111ng rug ,alue~ are Imp0'3"lble There arc three pO"'3lble value.., 111every onental rug- The utl1Jty value depend~ entIrely upon the durablhty of the fabnc as a floor cm ellng The art value depend'3 on the color and dC"lgn of the I ug rather thdn on It'3 textnre thouf;h finene".., of texture l'-, ele'3lrable The col1ector'~ ,alue ele-pends on the ranty of the art value The utl1lty valne has already been dClscnbed Art, al-ue~ 111onental rug'" are 1Ike art value'3 111 pIctures The rugs l11eleed, bear the same I elation to the floor that the pIC-ture" bear to the wall, and It would be Just a" absurd to "peak of Raphaels be1l1g worth a hundred thomand dollar'3 a '3quare foot, Or MJ1lets ten thou'3and dollars, as to attempt to n1Clasure the value of onental rugs by name and sIze The"e three values, If they co-exIst 111a rug, cannot be chsas'3oclated CertaIn dealer" advertIse that the) dl'3regarcl •.... . _-------------- ._._---------- ] III ~I III No. 354 The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog is ready for all RetaIl F urmture Dealers. It WIll help sell the lme that of its kmd has no supenor. It contams 88 pages Illustratmg 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Piano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 DISC Record Cabinets, 19 Medicine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Folding Tables. ACT AT ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND '-. -.. . .._. ......----- ...-----, --------_._-_._------_._._ .._---- ---------- ... No. 1239 the art and collector's \ alues of the onental rugs whIch they after for "ale, and pnce theIr goods 111 "cold blood" on utl1Jty \ alue alone 1he argument may be plan'3lble enongh to ..,ell good'3, hut It ha'3 no foundatIOn 111 fdCt, for the reason that no dealer can bny rugs on utlhty value alone This IS true \\ hether he buy~ by the pIece or by the bale. vVhen gooel and bad rugs artl"tlC and 1I1artlstlC, rare and common, are :-,olcl a" a lot, the \vhole~aler frequently placcs the valu-able rug~ 111 the bale fOl the sale purpose of dlSpOS1l1g of the poorel ones If the rug'3 are bought by the pIece the manufacturer pay'3 for art value 111 the quahty of the material and the "kJ11 of ma'3ter weav er'3, the Importer pay" fOl art \ alutJ to the manufacturer 01 to the ea"tern mHldleman, and the retaJ1er pay" for art value to the Importer. The"e val-ue' 3 per..,I"t whether the dealer Imports hI" own good" or bu)" from a whole"aler The hus1l1e..,s of Importing on en-tal rug'3 ha" been ,,) perfected that only WIth the largest amount" of capItal can the"e good.., he bought abroad to ac1- 'I antage The eXIstence of these three pO~'3lble values 111 ever) onental rug make" a faIr compan'3on of pnces very chfficult for the purchaser Rug" whIch appear to the huyer qmte ahke and equally valuable, may In fact be as far apart, In quahty and worth, a'3 the work of Mlchad Angelo and that of Gustave Dore It follow" that onental rug'3 are valued and pnced accord111g to theIr 1I1dlvldual worth, and that an hone"t dealer cannot ask five hundred dollar" for a two hun-dred dollar rug, or confess attempted extortion by reducl11g a rug from five hundred to two hundred -Arthur Urbane DJ1le\ 111 the Hou '3e BeautIful --._._~-----------.~~--_._-_._-~._._._.----~------------. --.--.-- "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" ._----_._--_.-----. I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you WIll then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, Railroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others WIll consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ~-------.._------~--_._.._ ..- ._ _-- . _. _ __ _._", WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 j.;-THE" -BETT-ER "MAKE-:-:-l I I I I i I I WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE : I t I I I I ! BEDROOM and DINING ROOM i I I , I : FURNITURE ! I j I I I SUITES TO MATCH I I : I I I I f f I I : I •I •I I I I . • I : I i I I f I I I I I I II •I f I I I : I I I I I I t t I I I •: II • I • I I• II , I I I I I I II •I I I I I ! I i I I l I I I I I I I I I I FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL !!>TREET I I I I CATALOGUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALERS I I I I I I i I II Nelson~Matter Furniture Co. l GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I"'--------_._--- ----_.---------- -'-_.~-----------_. -_._.--------- . .- ...- .. . . .... 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OF~ ICERS -President LouIs J Buenger New Ulm VIce President C DanIelson, Cannon Falls Treasurer, a A 0 !\foell, Peter.,otl Secretan, W L Grapp JanesvIlle EXECUTIVE C0\1\f11 fEE-D F Rlch~rdson ]',orthfield Geo Kline Mankato W L HaIns Mlllneapohs, o SImons G ellcoe M L KlIne 5t Peter. MINNESOTA CO·OPERATIVE METHODS EXPLAINED-Bulletin No. 27. THREE $7.* Buffet Coupon $10}L.- fhe 111::,t,)ry at co-opu dt1\ e In]\ Ing ha~ ,hown time and agdln thdt therc al e man\ ddficultJe., to 0\ crcolae \\ hlch, a., a I ulc. ha\ e nullifIed the .,uccc.,., ot co-opel at1\ e bUY111g l\lany dealers \\ho hay e experI-enced these dIfficultlcs 111 \ entm es that proved c!Jsastrolh, hav~ mfencel that co-opelatIve bUyUlg cannot be done "ucces,;- tully Tunes anel condltlolls change th111g,;. hoV\ever So we finel today that concl!tlOn,; have made 1t nece::,~ar) for the "mall dealel to adopt new and untrIcd method" 111the hope., of gett111g relief flOm the dcm01 al-lZ111gmfluences that are cau"ed b) the mad order catalog" There I" an element that enter::, mto e\ el y undertak111£; whIch mu::,t be had 111ordel to \\ ark out ~ucces" and that I';-Lonfidence A" confidence I'; the large"t factor m co operat1\ c hUYI11g. thc secretary feels that It I" due to our member" to gl\ e the facts ::,urroundl11g an l11c1dent In connectIOn w1th co-operatIve bUY111g The "ecI etar} ot the ::\1111nesota RetaIl Dealer~' \. ".,OClatlOn \ al-ues the confidence of OUI memhers abo\ e everyth111g ';0 he finel,; 1t ncce,,::,ar}, 1110,- cler to give an 111telligent e:xplanatlOn of the ]ug£;ling of pnce" that affect,; co operatl\ c bU}111g, to reproduce and c'\:plal11 the bulle-t111'-, Jlluc;trated \\' e V\ ant our member" to read them carefully and Judge accorel111gh The fact3 are a::, follows On October 1,;t the ,;ecretary I,;,ued Bulle $8. tIn '\ 0 22 ot the butte±'> addIng to ,hc co.,t ot butte±-, 1U.,t enough to pay t01 a~"ouatloll e'Cpen"e,; -\ quan-tIt) of the::,e buttet" was furl11,;hed our member,; and on about Septem-ber 1st the hullet111 wll1ch we ma1k \. \\ a" ,;ent to the \ allOU'; membel" ot our a.,,,ouaUon and of COUl,;e ,e\- eral \\ ere Immechateh ::,ent to the "eoetar} -\., the puces 111Bulle-tm -\ I,;,;ued h\ the ChIcago concern \\ el e hom ;Oc to SI Ie,;,; than the JlIICC'" \\ e m,tele 0111 member..,. It nat- BULLETIN A. THREE SNAPS IN BUFFETS $9.•1~ F T O'BRIEN, Surd4ry nrall} left an ImpressIon that the ChIcago conccl n \\ d" able to £;et a bettel prIce than \\ e c!Iel Our as- SOCIatIOn palel no attentlOn to tll1'; becan,;e \\e lea!Izcel that It 1<., an ea::,y matteI, \Vhen one I" hSl11ng the la:ot bulletIn to mahc the prIce lo\\er If he choo<.,e.., to do "0 and If an\ one V\ ant::. to aclopL ,;nch method" \\ C ha\ e no qnarrel \\ Ith them But on Septemhel 2=)th he 1,;"uec1 BulletIn '\ 0 1248 on whIch thc pllce" were ral"ed $1 5=) abo\ e the pllce that he quoted 111 bulletm -\ \Vhlch was "ent to :\ Imnc~()ta member,; Thl'; \\ a,;, however, Bulletm '\ 0 12--1-8whIch \Vas sent to dealers and members 111 the ::,tate of Nebra"ka NO\N WIth the::,e facts before you as shown 111 reproductlon, ask yourself the 3 e questIon,; 1 Is 1t not better to a'iSOClate yourself w1th dealers who are 111bus111ess a" yourself than WIth an Inchv 1(lual who IS elevotmg hIS vvhole tllne to thIS kmd of work and who does not make any annual re-port,; to hIs members of the condl-tlOm of hI'; as'30CiatlOn? 2 Why dre the M111nt;,sota members entItled to a better price, whIch m thIS case was $1 55 on t11e same buffet, than he gIves to hIs Nebraska membef3? 3 Then agam, If you wIll study the two ChIcago Cll cnlar", BulletIns A and No, 1248, you cannot help but "ee that the one marked A and wInch wa,; sent to Mmnesota, was meant for dealers. not member" of the a",;oclatJon, and why should a c!o<.,er pnce be made to OUT-l.., IDER than to members who paId $=) for the pnvJ1eg;e of JOll11ng the as"oclatlOn? 4 Now then, If such a polIcy 1'3 adopted by any a"soclatlOn or busI-NO. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ness is it the assoclatlOn that you want to belong to? \\ e gIve you these facts as they have come to u" and now leave lt for you to Judge whIch assoClatlon IS entttied to your full confidence \;Ve have found 111our work that wlthout the factor of real confidence 111one another, we are powerless to br111g about the sav111gs and helps planned It 15 only natural for the human m111d to be "U<;P1CIOUS and thIS human traIt of SuspICIOn has been the ~afety valve of many and many an enterpnse yet after all we are In 111g 111an age where bus1l1e~s 1<;no longer a lottery and out of the hard ~chool of practtcal expenence have come "clentlfic pnnclple':> v\hlch have gIven bIrth to many of the plesent clay po11c1e<;and method.., One doe~ not have to be very much of a student to see that the greate~t ~ucce<;se., of our presellt tIme are products of the co-operatlOn of man) m111d5 dnd that by the assoClat1l1g of our<;elves In a"soc1atlon<; and co-operatlOns, we can accomph"h what would be utterly llnpos- "lble If attempted 1l1cllv1dually \\ henever you find a fa11- me of an aSSOCIatIOn or co-operation, you WIll find that the pnnc1pal rea~on of faIlure (generally ~pedkl11g) IS lack of confidence 111 the mach1l1ery nece,,<;ary to operate It Our assoClatlOn IS no exceptIon to the general rule and reah71ng thIS a~ we do, It ha'" plompted u<; to make thl':> explanatIOn of anyth1l1g WlllCh seems wlOng upon Its face \Y. L GRAPP, Secretary Heavy Sales of High Grade Furniture. The Royal Furl11ture Company, Grand RapIds, manufac-turel" of hIgh grade furmture for the chamber and dm111g room, are operat1l1g theIr factory to full capacIty m an effort to fill orders 21 .....---------_--...--------~ •j tt I I II I 1 It IIII I... • _. _. _. --_._-_._-- 4 No 298 Di8c Phonograph Record Cabmet We Can Suit You Prompt Servim'. Seasonable Goods. Courteous Treat-ment. Get Our Catalogue. TRY US. I L----.1, I DEPENDABLE GOODS Sheboygan Novelty Co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. I I .... Music CalJinets, Phonograph Record CalJinets, Ladies' Desks, Book Cases, ComlJination Cases, China Closets and Buffets. AMERICAN BWWER COMPANY "SIROCCO" TRADE MARK ANY EFFICIENT GENERATOR direct connected to an " ABC" SELF OILING ENGINE will electric fig hI your plant, run fans, etc., and if you are now bu~ing current, will pay you in savlllg 25% PER ANNUM ( Wnte for proof of above.) 'ABC" SELF OILING ENGINES are generating thousands of kilo-watts all over the world, and each engine is paying for itself every year in savings of fuel and oil. WE WILL GLADLY QUOTE YOU, WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOU TO BUY (Exhaust Steam is Available for Heating and Drying) ThIS plantrunnlng In IQUITOS, PERU. WE DIRECT CONNECT TO ANY GENERATOR GENERAL OFFICES, DETROIT, MICH. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURC ATLANTA CHICACO ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Good Equipment Means Better Work Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jefferson Avenue FURNITURE FOR STAGE SETTINGS. Miss Margaret Anglin Talks of tbe Difficulty and Importance of Securing and Arranging It. "The year 1860, ae"thetlcally consldel ed, '" a~ not a partI-cularly beautIful tIme of be1l1g It has come do\', n In decord tlve hlstOl y as the day of black \\ alnut, at marble topper! tables, of wax flowers under m al gla~~ and "tuffed bird", at hor~ehalr furnIture and wool dal11a"k~ It b termed earl} VIctorIan 111 the nomenclature of furl1lsh1l1g whIch IS con- SIdered rather a word of reproach than a c1a"s1ficatlOl1 ' So saId ::\IIS8 Margaret Anghn recentl}, 111 her co"e} apartment at the Plaza Hotel, brIght wIth "umh1l1e, fragrant wIth flowers It wa" the color of the hangIng", a ro"e red rccall111g the drapene~ of the settIng of the parlor of the Old Che"ter llou~e 111 her latest success, "The Awakel11ng of Helena Rlc111e," that had gIven the conver~atlon Ih openIng turn That "tage pIC-ture I" the work of MI"s AngI1l1'~ bram and fingers "I have adhered a" clo"ely a" pO~~lble to the de"cnptlOn gIven In l'vIrs Deland'.., ~tor}," "he ~ay", and talked wIth her about It as I have all the other pOInt" of the play, those relat- 1I1g to morab and manner.., \Vlth thl" a" foundatIOn I have succeeded In obtaulIng, 111 spite of the era and It~ well known atrOCItIes, what decorative cntlcs have told me I~ a beautIful eZbemble "A few have called attentIOn to what they term an-achrol1lsms, but the people of that time were Just as lIable to put an heIrloom In the mld"t of theIr modern sett1l1g a" we are today WhIstler "aId, you know, that man} a room has been spoIled by a touch of sentiment, the wor"tec1 match safe, the embrOIdered tIdy, and so Helena RIchIe, who Grand Rapids, Michigan \\ a" a bunch at anachrOnIsms \\ o,dd naturally put a lot of cu"hlOn" on the st1f1 httle sofa dnd "often other aspentles In a \\ a} to make Sarah K1I1g, I epresentatlve of Old Chester tradItIOns and com entlOns, ~It up ancl take notice. "There are a lot of room~ today 111 J'\ ew England and PennsylvanIa and perhap,> othel "tates whIch are unchanged from the early \ Ictonan pomt of VIew, and noting them clo"eh } au Y\ III 'lee that a bIt of the EmpIre furnish1l1g \\ hlCh pi eceded that tIme and wa~ naturally often 1I1terpo-lated 111 It I" to be found as It I~ In the Old Chester parlor. 1 ut that I11terpolatlon I" not an I11correctne,,~, qUIte the re-yel'oe the anachrol11"m havl11g been carefully thought out ane! tellll1gly presentee! "One of mv fllendlv cntlc" saId that the room gave the 1l11pre-"I0I1 of "tepplng bodIly between the pages of Godey'" Ladv" Book, and a" It wa" from that ,:>ource I drew a great deal of my lI1'oplratlOn I v.a" plea"ed at the acutene"" of the remark "I wanted 1)1ocatelle for the CUI ta1l1~, but both Mrs Delane! and I agreed that If Helena RIchIe, hV1l1g as she (bd on the edge of "U~pIClon, had hung brocatelle over her wln-dm,>~, Old Che~ter would never have made ItS prelIminary call and followed that up WIth a contInued pllgnmage of e"plOnage and cuno"lty J3rncdtelle 111 a lonely woman'" parlor In 18'l0 would arolhe the "ame Su"plclOn that the odor of ugarette ~moke would today 111 a prov1l1clal localIty. For nothIng ever held the germ of truth more closely en- ,;hnned than the saYing, 'Show me the man's room, and I WIll ~how you the man' "\\ Iden the applIcatIOn and "ubstItute the word gener-atIon for the man, and you clearly see why the woman's In-tUItIOn tell" her so plal11ly that she must have the exact en- , Ironment to enact the drama or comedy she IS produc1l1g WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 In order to be convmcmg I thmk that I~ why ~o many play~ lack that ~ubtle appeal to the woman spectator "No matter what her own enforced framIng of dat!y hfe may be, both by mherltance and educatIOn she know~ abso-lutely when a setting b correct, and even If she doe~n't get to the pOInt of analysIs or CriticIsm she IS mdefinably dIssat- Isfied 1 thmk thIs truth IS shown m 'The Awakenmg of Helena RIchIe' by the mere fact that often when the curtam rises the 'iettmg I" applauded as If It were a human thmg speakmg ItS hnes wIth force and power "I tried horsehaIr fur11lture too, but It wa~ so relentle~'i and so hard' It was shppery too, and m the excItement of the play we forgot and came near tumbhng onto the floor HorsehaIr fur11lture dId not expre~~ the shpperlnes~ of an easy code of morals, but rather dlsclplme, just as the rigId backs of the chaIrs and sofas, where you had perforce to sit erect, expressed theIr conventIOns "The greate,.,t amount of patience," Mls~ Anghn contm-ues, "IS needed for thIS sort of work You get to a pomt after a whIle where, although you reahze that there are probably not half a dozen people m your audIence who are gOIng to note and apprecIate your fine touches, for your own self-respect and for the half flozen who"e opl11l0n l'i worth more than all the rest you WIll tot! "How many, 1 wonder, m my audIence" know that the carpet m the parlor 'icene I" jU'it the one carpet 1 ,.,hould have and that any other pIcked up at random m the prop-erty room of the theatre or bought In a department store would sImply have put the whole setting m a drfferent key, wIthout meanmg or harmony? 1 reahzed that If I got what 1 wanted at all 1 would find It m an auctIOn room where you can still get 1860 artIcle" a httle the wor"e for wear, hut WIth the reqUIred atmosphere ~-, _-. ----~~------_._--_._---- IiII ..----_._---- WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA Manufacturers ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively II _-4 WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT • we •••••• ..--- "Sure enough, after many VI~lt'i WIthout result 1 found jLbt the bIt of floor covering 1 wanted, absolutely true to the tradltlon~ of the time It could not have been more veraclOU~ If It had been made for me. 1 bought It at once and then, "ufferlng the usual experience of the auctIOn fiend, 1 dl~covered too late that It had already been bought and paId for by "ome one else "\Vell, when you begm to but!d a stage settmg you don't allow a httle thmg hke that to stand In the way If you do you show yourself a mere tyro m the art If 1 had to throw myself at the purcha~er's feet and weep tears of blood 1 determmed to have that carpet 1 argued that none would have bought It for any but a secondary use, a lodgmg hou~e, a servant's room or somethmg hke that, so 1 sent my representatIve WIth mstructlons to get that carpet at any price "The price wa~ a \ ery comphmentary one, for as "oon a'i the purchaser dl'icovered who wanted the carpet, 1 m turn dIscovered that fame IS not a bad thmg to have when you are carpet hungry She "aId all sorb of 11Ice thmg,., about my work, a,.,ked the prlvt!ege of havmg the carpet cleaned and makmg me a present of It as a 'ihght token of her appreCIatIOn Talk about the largesse of flowers and bonbon'i that falls to the actress's lot' Noone, 1 am sure, ever receIved either WIth half the JOy that 1 receIved my carpet" ----------------------- ..III II 1I I --------------- ---------_._--_._---- ~.,---------_._--- I• I II I SPARTAN TURPS Spartan Turps 1S undeniably the best thing on the market for reducing varnishes, stains, paints, etc. It is bet-ter than turpentine, being one of the best solvents known. With Spartan Turps you will get better results, cover more surface and save money. Write for sample and be convinced. MARIETTA, OHIO . ..--_. . .-- _. • • a ••••• ._._ •••••• T •• --- I WUAT SPARTAN TURPS WILL DO Spartan Turps will reduce varnishes, stains and oils. It will prevent precipitation if used to reduce an oil stain. It can be used for thinning the finest colors, imparting new life and brilliancy without im-paring the color. It adds to the flexibility and spreading qualities of varnishes. It can be useful in a hundred ways in any finishing room. I I I . .. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN SUlte NO 923 bY Nelson-Matter Furmture Co" Grand RapIds MlCh WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 New York Markets. New YOlk, Oct 29-L111;,eed oIl quotatIOn" arc a cent lllgher than a week ago, be111g based on 62@63 cent;, for western raw WIth a cent added succes'ilvely for city raw 'i111glebOIled and double boIled The market l'i not 'iO firm howeY er, as It was earlter 111the wee1<: Sales 111 lots of over five barrel" were reported) e"tel da) at a full cent below carel rates Turpent111e has advanced more than a cent per gallon S111celast Monday It IS now quoted here at 61@61Yz cent'i and 58@S80 at Savannah Shellac pnces have not been changed for mOl ethan a month The market IS dull or dormant a'i It ha'i been for the past "IX week" Improvement 111the demand for varlll"h gums IS noted and pnce" are fil mer for the better grade'i Kaun No 1 IS quoted at 41@46 cent;" 1\0 2, 22@25 cents l\lamb pale, 14@18 cent'i, dark hareL 13@14 cent;, Damal-Ba-tavla, 13@14 cents S111gapore, 70@12 cents Goat Sk111Sare now In steady demand and the 'iuppl} I" larger than for several weeks J';"orthern 1\Iexlcans have advanced sltghtly, now be111g quoted above 42 cents ':Vlex- Ican frontIers are sttll held at 33 cents, Buenos A) re'i 44((0 46, Halttem, 44@47, Curacaos, 50@52 There IS an ample 'iupply of burlap" 111stock here to meet all present demands and mo"t of the Importers have made contract" that WIll meet all ordmary reqmrements for three month" at least 1!nder thlc, condItIon pnces have dec1med a ltttle but the carel rates are stIll 3 50@3 55 for eIght-ounce and 4 50@4 55 for 100-ounce goods. The recent advance of SOcent" per 100 pounds for sheet 71nc ha:o been well mamtamed and a further advance l'i generally expected at the begmnmg of November Quo-tatton" are $8 per 100 pound", WIth 8 per cent dIscount f o b Peru, III Current quotatton" 111thIs market for hard",ood lumber are as follows Ash, whIte, 1sts and 2d", per 1,000 feet, $56 00, $60,00, black a"h, $46 00, $48 00, Elm, $2500, $30 50, Oak, plam, 1sts and 2d'i, $5800, $6S 00. quarter sawed, l"b and 2ds, $7800, $8200, maple, 1sts and 2ds, $42 SO, $4800, black walnut, 1sts and 2d", $100 00, $115 00, rejects, $5750, $6750, cherry, 1sts and 2ds, $10000, $lOS 00, 44 common, $4200, $4500, culls, $2000, $2100, whItewood, mch, 1"1.s and 2ds, $45 00, $4800, No 1 common, $3200, $3400, mahogany, Cuban, per 100 it , $700, $900 New Furniture Factories. Samuel .l\IcLlvsky has ec,tabltshed a small furlllture fac-tory at 411 Lmcoln avenue, Peona, III The new chaIr factory bmlt by the \;\TIlson-Bennett-Por-tel Company at l\Iontourwllle, Pa. WIll be put 111tOopela-tton on .l\Ionday, KOvembcI 2 C F vVebcI, Alex Turkmgton and E V LC\elson have orga111zed the Lafayette Cal pet anef Rug Company to manu-facture carpets and rugs at Lafa)ette Ind. .l\Io"es KreIsberg Samuel Gottlteb and Sender Kolatch have 111corporated the Klelsberg Company, capltaltzed at $10,000, WIth $1,250 paId m, to establtsh a furlllture factory 111New YOlk CIty ConstructIOn ha" been started on the new mohaIr mIll at the sIte of the old Portland \\ oolen mIlls at Sollwood, Ore The new company al"o owns the Multnomah ~lohalr mIll". The new plant WIll gIve employment to 200 men and WIll cost when completed $80,000 Miscellaneous Notes and News. The ColumbIa } ur111ture Company has "uccecded H arf' Dean, retaIl dealer at Seattle, \;\ ash The Parkersburg (\\ Va) ChaIr Company have broken ground fOl a large addItIOn to thClr factory Don \\ } elch ha" purchased Frank C PIke'" chaIr fac-tory at Keene, 1\ H and wIll enlarge the plant Levm Bros of \ImneapOl" l\1111n, are enlargmg the ca-paClt) of theIr furllltme factory by addmg a thIrd story The name of the Arltngtoll Furllltm e Company of Arltng-ton, Ga ha" been changed to the BeaVIS Fur111ture Company 1he Collm" Company, ::\ew York, house fur11lsher:o, has been 111corporated by K J Keeble, P A, Hatltng and J H MIller CapItal Stock $125,000 The new Impenal Hotel at Portland, Oregon, erecterl a' :l cost of $2 SO,Ooo,WIll soon be ready to receIve ItS ft,n, tl'l e It ",Ill be opened on January 1, 1910 A P v\ arner of BelOIt, VvIS ha purcha"ed a controllmg mterest 111the Marshall Ventilated .l\i[attre"" Company of Ken-o" ha, and wtll move the plant to BelOIt. Bnck & Busch, fur11lture dealer'i and undertaker" at Owa-tonna, ~Imn are "ucceeded by Dnck & 1'Itsgen, Mr Busch hav1l1g sold hIS 111terest to Charles .l\11sgen The :E<anner .l\fanufactunng Company of Cleveland, OhIO, manufacturer" and dealers In carpets, brass beds and novelttes ha, e reduced the capital stock from $1,000,000 to $569,100 Fol"om & TIllman have bought T P Gllffiths' 1l1teres1. In the Gnffith FurnIture Company of McRae, Ga They have changed the namc of the concern h) the 1'IcRae Fur111ture Co The Southern Veneer Company of Lomsvllle. Ky, has been sued for $10,000 by the adm1l11"trator of the e"tate of j\ Illtam Allen \\no ",as aClclentally kIlled 111the company'-- mIll The HOOSIer 1\1anufactunng Com pan) of New Castle, Ind , manufacturer" of kItchen cabmeb, are reported to have sold more goods smce Apnl 20 than 111 any other "IX month" smce theIr factory was establt"hed George A Popple the boy who set fi, e to the shop'i of the \\ alte ChaIr Company at Baldwmvllle, Mass, plead" 1l1Salllty as a defense agaln"t a charge of ar"on or, rather hIS la",yer has "et up 111sanlty a" the grounds of defense \Yhat 1'0 known as the spnng "eason 111 the carpet and rug wholesale trade WIll open 111 the ea"t next Monday An advance of about 10 per cent 111pnces IS generally expected, but no defllllte announcement ha" been made ]\I[ ullen Bro" , hUlllture clealer" of Ironwoocl, Mlch, 10s1. about $1,000 recently by the collapse of theIr bmld111g undel 1.he weIght of V\ et heav) c,now Th( rool "ettled on the "tock and forced the front of the bmlcl111g out on the "Ide", alk Charles \;\ Guy, for many ycars 111 the furlllture trade 111 Qumcy, .l\;Ias"" has accepted the Dcmocrattc nommatton for counCIllor Mr Guy IS the author of several books and I" the foundel of an 1l1stttutlOn known a" "N ew"boys' Day" 111 Qumcy The tanff drawback on carpet "weepers manufactured b) the BI"sell Carpet Sweeper Company, of Grand RapIds, Mlch , 111 part from Imported Chme"e bnstles, ha:o been extended to cover carpet ,weepers manufactured by the '\ atlOnal Sweep-el Company, of Newark, N J Pidgeon-Hickerson. Grace PerCIval, daughter of ::\1r and l\Irs \;\Ttlltam H HIckerson and J ultan Rutltdge PIdgeon of Brooklyn, NY, were marned m Brooklyn last Vvednesday Mr HIckel "on I" a fur111ture salesman well and favorably known 111the Ea"t and 111 the Grand RapIds and ChIcago markets 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. .... .--- .-- - .. --------------------_._-_._._-_._-- -- ----_._-----_._._- _.------------ ,• II HOOD & WRIGHT I ~ . .. - .. _- .. _--_.~ BIG RAPIDS , MICHIGAN I! '------'------ . .--- ...--,----_._.---_._.~--------- _______________ ••• 4 Since our enlargement we have the largest and best equipped Veneer and Panel plant in N orth-ern Michigan. Weare prepared to fill orders promptly for all kinds of veneers in native woods, and especially in birdseye maple and figured birch. We are also makers of panels, mIrror backs, drawer bottoms, etc., and are prepared to ship in car lots or open freight as desired. Effect of That Jamestown Conference. OffiCIals of the 1\ atlOnal f' Url11tUle :'1anufactunm; -\""0 clatIOn are very much plea"ed \\ Ith the I e.,ult" O' the 1elent conference held at Jamestown -\n Impi e""lOn prey aIled that noth111g 111common eXisted m the Intel e"t" ot the man-ufacturers located 111 the ea"tern .,tate" and tho"e ot the \\ e"t but the presence of :'1essrs Hoult Hummer, Karge" Eh\ ell SlIgh, ,Vlddlcomb, L-pham and other" of the \\ e"t and the k111dly Splnt eV111ced 111their demeanor and utterecl m thlll speeches ehmmated SU"pl110n J ealmh) and unkl11dh con slcleratlOn Secretar) Ll11ton has relel\ ed man) letter" from manufacturers pre ,ent at the J ame"tovv n meetl11g m which the good effect" of the conference V\ ere dl"CU""ed and the semi-annual meetmg of the natIOnal a"SOll,ltlon to be held m ChIcago on l\ovember 10 \\111 be mOle largeh at-tended and more repre"entatlve of the tUf1l1ture manutal- ....-.--- -- .. -------- tunng I11clu"try than any held In the years past Manufac-hirers are learning that In U111ty and co-operatIOn the best mtere"t" ot all are subserved Much Needed Reform. L nder pXbtmg condltlOn" In the shlppmg bu,;mess there I" a lack of Imlfon111ty m the packmg and cratmg of fur111- ture The reqmrements of one traffic associatIOn are not tho"e of another A movement ha" been maugurated to establIsh Ul11fOn111tyIn the preparation of goods for shipment and thel eby re1110ve burdens that are needle""ly IInposed up-on a large numher of manufacturers of fur11lture It s \\ hen a 111dnhas sense that the dollars take care of them-seh es -_._._. -------------------------- -- - ..... _--_ ...... SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS I This shoe does the work of a castu yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened With flat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . . - --- ... _.. ------,----------_. -_ .... _-- II ._-- .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 .....- ---.-.---------------------.---------------------------.-. _._- ...._. --1 VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We will have the nght styles at the right prices and made to give satisfaction. Don't miss coming to see the line, it Will pay you. Parlor Furniture Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO.,Indianapolis,Ind. II • - ••• _.______ _ ---- •• ea_ • • ---~ Siegel Buyers in the Market. R. G Alexander, buyer for the Boston and Fourteenth streets, D ]\1 Kahn, buyer for Sm1pson, Cl awford & Simp-son and Mr Baum, buyer for Siegel, Cooper & Co . (all owned Made by Delaware ChaIr Co , Delaware, 0 by Henry Siegel) arnved 111Grand Raplcl" on October 26 and ,",pent two days plac111g orders for speCialhe" for the hohday tlade and regular stock for the speCial sale:,-, which the several Siegel houses will offer m February next Mr Alexander divides hiS hme between New York and Couches Leather Rockers t Bo:,-,ton, ,",pendmg four days each week m the former City Bus111ess In both cIties wa:,-, reported achve and prospenty prevails m all hnes of mdustry The Siegel buyers anh- Clpate great activity 111merchandl:'-'111g dunng the remamder of the year Mr Alexander believes thoroughly 111 the value of trade sales, as conducted 111 the large cIties The August sales of the Siegel stores were very successful Mr Ale.x.ander stated that the chair trade seemed to be ql11te demoralized Goods ha\ e been disposed of by manu-facturers on the auctlOn plan-sold to the highest bidders Very good box seat dmers h3 d been 'Sold for $1200 per dozen, box seat" 111 ">olid leather for $1600 to $1650, and loose :,-,eat (leather) dmer" for $22 00 Some fellows seem to put their best foot forwald when they are headed 111 the wrong directIOn ...- . ----------------------" Il HOFFMAN BFTR.OWTAHYENRES, INCDO.. I I I HARDWOOD LUMBER 1 I - ! I :~~!~:~}:T~~~D{VDEGN~E:E~RS 1 .I..------ .---------- .. ----- _ ~1 28 New Buildings That Will Need Fm·niture. Re:Oldence~-John Dlednch 3014 Delaware avenue, 1n-cllanapoh", Ine! $4,000 n 1\1 R Montgomery, Kenwood a, enue and Tlllrt} -tlllrd "treet, I ndlanapoh", $4,500 n James II al"h S108 1\ alnut street, Kan"as CIty, 1\10, $3,500. 11 G I \ ~OCh II ell 1831 Ea'it .'-leventy-elghth "treet, Kan"as Clty, \10 S3 ;00 n \11" H B Jump, 1589 Adam:o street, Den- \ el Col $4 ;00 11 :\Ir" Emma B Paffenbach, 326 Deacon "treet Pltt'ibt11g Pa $8,000 11 1\Irs H A Broner, 325 (,lchtone al enue, Kan"a'i CIty ::\10, $10,0;)0 11 R J Ed- \\alCl, 812 \\ a"hl1lgton "treet, Oklahoma CIty, Okla, $3,500 11 \1 I Porten, Laurel and Le'<:111gton avenues, St Paul, \Imn $10,000 11 H \\ l\IcQuald, 410 FaIrmont avenue, ~t Paul, :\I111n, $12000 11 Hannah Doody, 314 Cornell ave-nue 1ndlanapoh:o, Ind, $3,000 11 "Gu,," \Velss, Mel nck and Stanton ,treeh, DetlO1t, :\11ch, $5,500 n \\!Illard SmIth, 207 EIghth alenue, Salt Lake CIty .Ctah, $4,000 n J V '-,,, en"on, 361 Se, enth street South, Salt Lake CIty, $3,200 11 II Glb~on, 113-? II e:ot ThIrty-fifth street, Lo~ Angeles, Cal, S3 50J ~rE .'-l Cox, Long Ueach, Cal, $4,$500 11 H J\I I\llen 3475 Laniranco street, Los I\ngele:o, $4000 11 Alex SCull er, 720 East Se, enth "tleet Los Angeles, $3,500 11 T \1 ~ ewman, 811 1\orth Occldental boulevard, Los Angeles, $4,000 11 \rabella Parker, 0;111eteenth street and Llewellyn a, enue ~ odolk, \ a, $3,500 11 F F IValt, 2217 South \\ orthl1l~ton "treet L1l1coln, Yebr, $3,000 11 M E Hahn, 23;4 (Tal field a, enne, L1l1coln, $6,000 nl\fr" Mattie Helm~, JlllJ101" dnd 3;th streets. Indldnapolls, $5,000 11 C l' SItes, yOO \\ est .'-le'enteenth street Oklahoma CIty, $6,000 11 Frank \Ian 111 1237 II est 26th street Oklahoma CIty, $4,500 11 1hos Lee, 320 II ec,t ChIckasaw street. Oklahoma City, $5,- 000 11 L G :\1oran 1600 I I e"t 22d street, Oklahoma CIty, 34200 11 L Conroy d, 634 Drake a\ enne, ChIcago, $5,500 11 I .'-l Barrett. E1717 Rowan a\ enue, Spokane, \Vash, $5,000 11 J J Lahrens, South Park, Spokdne, V\ ash, $;,100 11 Lil-han :\1 Crouse, 817 :\Iadlc,on ..,treet, Syracure, 'i Y, $8,500 11 \1 H Ladendorf East Corn1l1g avenue, Syracuse, $5,000 11 II S Duncan,282 Fourteenth street Atlanta Ga, $14,750 11 II ilham Thompson ,'o,pnngdale Dnve, Atlanta, $10,000 11 I\lfred J acbon Laurel "n eet, St Pan I, M1l1n, $3,000 n May \\ Spencel 2213 Central boule, alCI, Omaha, Yeb ,$3,000, 11 '\ 1-1 '\ ehon, 1314 '\ orth 15th St, Omaha, $3,500, 11 W E IIcGre,\ 298 :\Ielbot11 ne "treet. Pltt~burg, Pa, $3000, nO \1 Burg, 3207 Copelm ale, St LoUls, Mo, $9,000, 11 Mary \ LItten, Htllman ~t, Youngstown, Oh1O, $2500, 11 C A Hagen, 624 Prospect ale, Scranton, Pa, $4,000, 11 Herbelt Chalfield, ('Ibbon:o ,'o,t, Scranton, Pa, $4,000, ~ Stephen Mos-ler. Fain lew "treet, Scranton, $3,000, 11 VlT C Brownwell. 3224 Bellefontal11e a, enne, Kan~a~ Clty, 1\10, $4,000. 11 J 1\ hltne} 3~33 1roost aHnuc Kall:oa" CIty, $4,800 n c. P Barton 2807 Ea"t 33th stleet, Kansa:o City, $4,500 \ I 111 C II Ilkc}, Front and Tabor "treete" Phdaclelphla, Pa, $7500 11 Jacob D \1 entz, FlOnt and Tabor streets, PhIl-adelphia, £n,ooo 11 D M Ros", 3401 II, e:ot 12th street, LIttle Rock \rk, $3,000 11E H K1l1'iWOIth, 1321 Scott "treet LIttle Rock $2,800 11 F 1\1 Hatch, Jo:oeph111e, Ala, (concrete lmngakm) $4,000 11 1\1r" I' l' Langley, La-grange, Ga, $3,000 11D D I\ker", Woodbury, Ga. $4800 11 L D II \TanVhet \\ est111111ster place, St Joseph, Mo, $; 300 II 1\ C RIckett", 2123 B "treet, L1llcoln, Nebr , $3.000 11 C r Theobald, 3130 V1l1e street, L1llcoln, $3,000 n IIro. J L Henne, Oak Knoll, Cal, $12, SOO 11 Dr F K Ledyard, Pasadena Cal, $12,000 11 E E Gragham, Por-ters, die Cal, $15,000 11John 13 S111not, New Orleans, La £1 ;,000 ~ John J Frawley, Yew Orleans, $7,500 11 E \ Blrkle} \ew HaHn, Conn, $8,000 ~ John Lowe, Kew Ha' en Conn $4 800 ~ F S McCune, Bnghton Road, WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------., I NEW MACHINERY !, •,I I, Machines to bore ,,I I Machines to bore : I,I!III -----_._-------------------_._--- I have on hand for ImmedIate shIpment the follo\\ 109 brand new machines which I w1l1sell at reduced pnces 4- Two-spindle Radial Boring from I;{ to 18inch centers. 3-Two-spindle Radial Boring from I to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. I-Sixteen inch Cabinet' Makers' lathe. ---ADDRESS-- - J. C. DeBRUYN, 130PageSt., Grand Rapids,Mich. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write U8 for Price Lbt and dl8count 31 33 S. Front Sf., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. I,,----------_._- ----- -----_._--- BOYNTON & CO Manufad:urers of Embo .. ed and Turned Mould 1 nga, Embolla ed and Spmdle CarvIngs, and Automatsc. Turnln .._. We aIlKl manu fadure a large lme of Embossed Ornaments for Couch Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~-------------------------------------- fHo~~i--LINDENI I Indianapolis I Illinois and New York Sts. : I 6 Blocks from UnlOn Depot I: 2 Blocks from Interurban Statlon ~~~ : All OutSIde, WIth Fire Escape J elephone tn Every Room I European Plan ~ Rates 75c to $2 00 Per D ly DInIng Room In Connectwn SpeCIal Kates to Famlhes and Permanent Guests I Ladles TravelIng Alone Will FInd ThIS a Very DeSIrable Stoppmg Place. GEO.R. BENTON : Lessee and Manager II ... -------------~------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ---~-~~-------_._--------------------- -------------_._--_._~------------.., ~..... -- •I•• •I I I DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST "QUALITY" LINE of DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION I 1 III I I I I I~----------------------------------------------_.----_._--------------------------- Pltt"bnrg, Pa, $7,SOO ~ D :l\1 (Jem.,on, \\ oodland Road, Pltto,bnrg, Pa, $2S ::;00 ~ v\ 11ham Howard, 44 Kennerly a\ enue, Columbus, OhIO, $5,500 ~ II H JUeyer", Eigh-teenth and \Ya1nut streeh, Harn"burgh Pa, $6,000 ~ E E Blck, South Bend, Ind, $3,500 Chao, H Balm, Boule-vard and ::\lack avenue, DetrOlt, J\1Ich, $8, ::;00 ~r L Col-by, 184 Parker street, DetrOIt, $25,000 ~ Adelme Terwilli-ger, 392 Ba1dwm street, DetrOlt $4, SOO ~ 11ary A J\lc- Connell, 125 l'mgree a\ emle, DetrOlt, $7,500 ~ ]\I[ rs G S Lard, 1583 Ashland avenue, Evan"ton Ill, $8,000 ~Ed-ward Blown, 2220 Pmkney avenue, Omaha, Nebr, $4,500 ~ 11rs. 1\ S Haggerty, 100 Perry street, Peona, Ill, $7,000 ~ R C Darb), 200 i'lIyrt1e "treet, Atlanta, Ga, $6,000 ~ \lr<., C ] \1 alkel, 289 J\lyrtle street, Atlanta Ga $5,000 ~ ] ean Johnstone, London road, Duluth, 1\1Inn, $-t500 ~ H E \ \ esten elt 527 ::\orth Lafa) ette street, South Bend, Ind , $lO,OJO ~ Geo \V Tarr, Groveland a\ enue, :\Ianche:oter, ::\ H, (bungalow) $3,500 11 John H Lyneman, St James <.,tleet, Richmond, Va, $4,280 ~ C A Carlet, 3787 \Vash-mgton o,treet, Kansa<., City, J\10, $10,000 ~ Henr) Jas-per, 411 \Voodland a\Cllue, h..an:oa:o City, ~o, $6000 ~ Frankhn H L Roberts, Pelham o,treet, St Paul, ::\lmn, $7,000 ~ J \ \Valhn, 2036 Penn avenue, Mmneapollo" 11mn, $11,000 ~ J\1 E Hill, \lemphls, Tenn, $7,000 :\1Jscellaneous !3ul1dmg,-C C Ross IS bmldmg a the-atre to cost $16,000 at Madero, Ca1 Phoenn, ArlL, will Issue $150,000 m bonds for the erectlOn of a new high school bmldmg The Mason" are buJ1dll1g a temple to co<.,t $26 000, at Delano, Cal \V Illlam Garland will erect a "even story bmldll1g which will contam a theatre on J\lam "treet, Loo, Angeles, Cal , at a cost of $180000 The Stncker Hotel Company recently mcorporated at Los Angeles will mvest $350,000 111 bmldll1g a new hotel at Hollywood, Cal God-frey A Jane" and BeJ1aw BIOS are bUl1chng a $40,000 hotel at 611-19 \;\ alnut o,treet, Kama, City, ::\10 The S~ Peter and Paul Catho1Jcs of Pltbburg, I'a, are bm1dll1g a $60000 church McK11Ight & Barker are remoc1elmg the Leuhr-man Hotel m MemphiS, Tenn, at an expense of $20,000 They will change the name to E1 Tropia Furniture Fires_ Ii\! 11ham E l\larshall, fnr11ltnre dealer of Cnsfield, l\ld, suffered a fire lo..,s of $2,500 on October 24 In:oured Dodge & \Vatson, furnIture dealers of Rutland, Vt, 10"t several thousand dollars by fire that started m the basement CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. 29 I II --"" uphol<.,tery room, of then .,tore on October 20 The gleater part of the loss, which IS fully 1l1oured, was caused b) water and smoke v\ E Lam<.,on s stock of fur11lture at Randolph, Vt, was damaged by fire to the extent of about $800 on October 2::; In<.,ured Fire that got a good start before the arrIVal of the fire boats completely c1e"troyed the 1l1tenOl (f the brao,<.,bed com-pany owned by S \\ el<.,sgla<.,..a,t 337-41 Front street, ~ew York last Sunday morn1l1g rhe loss, estimated at $50,- 000 IS II ell COy el ed by 1l1SUIance ~-------------------------------------------------~ II iI II II CHIFFONIER No, 86. II I I II I I $15 I III• Ii \ GENUINE MAHOGANY HAND RUBBED MIRROR 22X28 TOP 21X36 CHAS. BENNETT FURN'TURE CO. CHARLOTTE, MICH. 10-- - ._~--_._--------~._--~------"" 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ----_._----_._.-..-.-_------_-.-_--~ produces on any oak results equal in every respect to those obtained by the old tedious and expensive actual fuming method. This especially prepared material when applied to any oak acts with the acids in the wood and produces that peculiarly beautiful, brown-ish effect known as "Fumed Oak." Nothing affects the finish, which may be thoroughly sandpapered without fear of cutting through. Send for FREE sample. We supply everything in Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. CHICAGO Why the Name Was Changed. The name of the '\atlOnal Ca"e Good~ -\~~Ol1atlon \\cl~ changed to the '\ atlOnal rur11ltm e \Ianntactm eh -\"..,UCla-atlOn at a recent meet1l1g of the a~~oclatlOn The old ndme dId not 1I1dlcate the purpo~e or the occupatIOn at the mem ber" \\ hen the tanff conference wa" held In Inc1Janapoh~ a few month,., ago the delegates repre..,ent1l1f; the '\atlOnal Case \V orkel s A ~soclatlOn \\ ere a-,ked ]y\ the repre-'entatl\ e~ of other mdustne.., "\\That k111d of cases do yOU make) Ef;g ca-'e~) PI-ano cases? ShlpP1l1g ca"e,,) Sau"age ca"e..,) etc BenJamm Bosse of E, an..,vJ1le qmckly recognl7ecl the III appropnateness of the name and 1t \\a" changed h\ the a..,- ,;oClatlOn as stated abo\ e upon hI".,motIOn S1I1ce the change was effected Secretary Lll1ton has recen ed mam letter" from manufacturers and other l111e..,..,ee1ong ad11l1..,slOn to the a'o- ....--_. _._-_. NEW YORK ~()l1atlon but a'o It I~ the a111l and purpo"'e of the assocIatIOn to confine thell actl\ ltle.., to the manufacturers of furmture ca-,e'" the apphcanh vvere re'u..,ed admISSIon Had a Good Receiver. \n unu..,ual outcome for a bankruptcy ca..,e I"., reported tl011l LOUl""llle ICy John F111ger, receIver for Vetter Bros &- Le\\ I.., tur11lture dealer~, of J\ew Albany, Ind, has Just been ch"chargecl by the federal court after reportmg all clalll1~ and co"t.., paId 111 full \\ hen the a"sets of the firm \\ ere placed 111 \Ir FInger's hamb the stock was appraIsed at S12080 He managed to ~et $18,000 out of 1t and was able to pay co'o1:-"fee, and all claIms and leave a small amount to the hrm that had been declared b:l11krupt \V R ;\idler "'lIcceed.., \ eiter Bro.., & Lev, 1", ha'll1g purchased the busI-ne.., s £rum the recen er ----_. -~----~--_.~----------~-_._~---_-..~-... ---- LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF Gum Oak, Veneers. 1 Circassian, Mahogany, Poplar I and I II Established 1838. II ...... - ••• --- •• - •••• -----.-.------------------- ---.-.-.--------.-.-.-.-----.- ..A III ._'"I The Albro Veneer Co. CINCINNATI. o. WEEKLY ARTISAN An Effective Use of Show Cards. W D BIshop of Grand RapIds employs a capable wnter of dIsplay cards, u~ed m the several large wmdows of hIS store frontmg on busmess thoroughfares At present the corner window contams a dming room smte, whIch the card wnter de-scnbes as follows OLD E1\ GLISH STYLE DIl'Olv GROOM Selected Quarter Oak Beautiful Stratford FImsh Artlstlcally Hand Carved Perfect ConstructlOn Accurate ReproductlOn of a Great l\IasterpIece of the Famous Ehzabethan Period. Restmg upon a very handsome buffet, seen m another win-dow of the store. may be seen a cal d mscnbed as follow,,' THIS BEAUTIFUL MISSIO\ STYLE BUFFET Is made of a selected oak; £1msh Early Enghsh It has hand beaten copper lunges and lock plates and FI ench plate mIrrors Made by Mechamcs Furmture Co • Rockford. III The top drawers are hned WIth velvet, for sl1ver and cupboard" have specIal locks In thIS pIece vemence and dependablhty are assembled The drawers character, con- These are good drawmg cards Success in Adiusting Freight Rates. ~t the October meetmg of the St Lams Board of Trade. 111 the Burlmgton bmldmg, la~t Monday, the FreIght Com-mIttee reported a permanent and satlsfactory adJu"tment of freIght rate:> from St Loms to the south and southwest had been reached and that the commIttee would take up Im-medIately WIth the proper c1assdlcatlOn commIttees the same matters 111 connectlOn WIth the northern and north-we~ tern terntory Busy on Orders for Chairs. The l\IIc1llgan ChaIr Company are fully employed on order~ for mechum and hIgh grade chaIrs An ac!chtlOn to the company'" ware room 111 Grand RapId" IS under con-structlOn ~_._ .. _.-------------- -----------~ I I Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. t ~ •• T. ••• --~ 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WI fH n, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThiS htt1e machme has done more to perfect the drawer work of furm-ture manufacturers than anythmg else m the furmture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fittmg vermm·proof, dovetailed stock a POSS! bllIty. ThiS has been accomplIshed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dove-ta1ls In Rangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatlon It s what others see about your busmess rather than what )OUsay about It, that counts In the cash drawer It s the thnll of onthuslasm and the true nng of truth) au feel and hear back of the cold type that makes you buy the thlllgadvertised ALEXANDER DODDS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHICAN Represented by Schuchart & SchUlte at Berlin. VIenna. Stockholm and St Petersbur@ Represented by Alfred H SchUlte at Cologne. Brussels. Liege. Pans. Muan and Bllboa Represented In Great Bnhan and Ireland by the Oliver Maclunery Co. F. S Thompson. Mgr. 201.203 Deansgate. Mancheller. England. 31 !I IIII I! \ 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN r-~-:~lIan-~~dv~e~rti:seme:~~~-l! FOR RENT In Fort Wayne, Ind., city of 65,000 populatIOn, three I story bnck bUilding, 30 x 150 ft., steam heat, electnc wIred, electnc elevator, entire Intenor recently pamted and fres- I coed, located one half block from Court House, center of business dlstnct. Address E. Shuman, 222 E. Wayne St I' Fort Wayne, Ind. 10-30-11-6-13 ------------ -- I,II ,I ,III ,III III ,I,I ,I I I I tt IItI I,III ,,II I!,,,,,I III ff I t,I I,, II,I WANTED Lme of Refngerators and Case Goods for Philadelphia and near-by towns by salesman who has worked the tern-tory for more than twenty years. Address, "M. De J," care Artisan. ,I II II III ,II / 1 IIII ,II II III ,I I I fII j I WANTED PosltlOn for 1910. A Furmture Salesman with twenty_eight years exper- Ience as a Road Salesman, covenng IlL, Ind, Ohio, V\Testern Pa., Northern Ky. and Northern Tenn., IS open for a POSItion with a good case goods house or chair house. Can give A-I recommendations from present employers that WIll diS_ pel all doubt. W1l1 gladly answer all questions Address "w. J. H." Care Artisan. 10-20 SALESMAN With well established trade east of Buffalo, N Y to Portland Me., and north of Norfolk, Va., IS open for hne of UP- TO-DATE medIUm pnced dmmg room furmture on commiSSIOn-over 20 years' expenence Address "Oppor_ tumty," care of 511 West 21st street, New York City, N. Y. 10-30 WANTED A representative lme of medIUm priced caSe work on commission for Atlantic Coast states from Mame to Vlrgmla by well known expenenced salesman. Address, "Vldehcet," care of 342 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 10-20 WANTED-SALESMAN. Expecting to Increase our force of salaned salesmen we want to hear from furmture salesman, open for engagement January 1st. Must have expenence In road work m medIUm and better case work, and general line of furmture. State reference. None but well recommended, expenenced furm-ture roadman Will be conSidered. Address, High Grade, Care Michigan Artlsdn. 10-23-tf. WANTED-SUPERINTENDENT. For Indiana factory, making sewing machme woodwork, address "Echo" or Weekly Artisan. 10-23. WANTED LINES FOR 1910. Expenenced salesman wIth estabhshed trade between Buffalo and Bangor, Me., would hke to carry several lmes of medIUm priced case goods on com-nISSlOn. Address "Esp," care Weekly Artisan. 10-9 t f. WANTED-SALESMEN. The new manage-nent of the Modern Furmture Company, Cmclnnati, 0., deSire canable salesmen to carry a new and up-to- date hTle of Hall Racks In all parts of the Umted States Oct 9-16-23-30. 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 well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class runmng condItion. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-2Itf WANTED. Traveling Salesman for IllmOls and Middle Western states to sell Foldmg Carnages on commlSSlOn. LIberal proposItion to nght party. Address Rockford Foldmg Carnage Co., Rockford, Ill. Oct. 2-9-16-23. ... . - _. - I,I I -- ... New Furniture Dealers. f R Harns 1S to open a furn1ture ",tore at Matt, Iowa :'Ill" I \ ~ Cattell has opened a new plano s are at Red-land" Cal Ostrander & Mc ~uley have opened the1r new furt11ture '>tore at TW1n Falls, Idaho :'IIulf01d & Gustke have opened a new furt11ture store dt ()-t Ea"t :'IIalll "treet, Battle Creek M1ch ] he PaCltic ~alvage Company 1S makmg arrangement;.. to e'>tab1J"h a ne\\ furt11ture "tore at TJ11amook. Ore D (T 1 o"ter f01merly of Dexter, ~ Y, has opened a lll\\ turl11ture "tore on \fa1n street 111 II atertown, 'IJ Y II \1 ~mlth 1'> the manager of a new fnrt11tnre "tore at the C01ner at }~lghteenth ,,11 eet and Lawrence avenue, II 1ch!ta Kan" :'II C Bnckell has opened a new furt11ture store at Ya- 700 C1t} , \I1"~ The J II K1Jnger Company cap1ta1Jzed at $11,000, are ne\\ fl11t11tnre dealer" and nndertaker", located at 331 East CommerCIal "treet, ::-'pnngtield, l\Io J H Long J H Long Jr , and other" have mcorpo1 ated the Long [nrl11tnre Company, cap1ta1Jzed at $10,000, to es-tabh.., h a ne\\ fnrl11tnre "tore at Hazelhurst, M1SS I I eedol11 \\ ent\\ orth, for ten yea1 s em played a" man-agel to! (Toodno\V &.- Son furmture dealer~ of IValtham, :'Ira..,,, "J11 open a furmtlllc "tore of 111" own 111 the "ame ut) J "'aac l\fonc!"h111e who has been 1n the fur11ltnre trade \'v1th hh father dt 3033 J\IagdzllJe "treet, ~ew Orleans, La t01 ..,e\ e1al } ear" has opened a new store under the name of the Rehahle Home Fur11lsh1lJg Company at 331 Royal street, 111 the "ame C1ty INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Adams & Eltmg Company Albro Veneer Company Amencan Blower Company Barnes, W. F. & John Compar;y Barton, H. H. & Son Company Bennett Furmture Co., Chas. Boynton & Company Buss Machme Works DeBruyn, J. C Delaware Chair Company Dodds, Alex Edge, Frank & Company Fourteen Eleven Company, The Fox Machme Company FranCIS, Charles E. Company Furmture Exhibition BUIlding Company Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company Hl1ls, Clarence R Hoffman Bros. Company Holden, Henry S. Vereer Company Hood & Wnght Hotel Lmden Lawrence-McFadden Company Luce Furmture Company Luce-Redmond Chair Co., Ltd Madden, Thos. Son & Company Manetta Pamt and Color Company Mechamcs Furf'lture Company Michigan Engravmg Company Nelson-Matter Furmture Company Ohver Machmery Company Palmer A E. & Sons Richmond Chair Company Rowe, E. P Carvmg V\Torks Royal Chair Company Sheboygan Novelty Company Sheboygan ChaIr Company Spratt, Geo. & Co Stow & DaVIS Furmture Company Walter, B. & Co White Pnntmg Company Wood, Morns & Sons Wysong & Miles Company Udell Works Umon Furmture Company (Rockford) 30 30 21 Cover 18 29 28 Cover 28 29 31 28 1 7 13 2 Cover 26 22 7 27 12 26 28 17 4 4 27 23 8 3 19-24 9 11 8 17 11 21 13 12 15 23 Cover 31 Cover 18 7 p---------~---_._._-.--__._--_._--_ .-.--------.---._-.._._~_.--------- ._.., THIS IS THE MACHINEThat Brimrs letters like the Followim!:: BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. Buss Much.1ne Works. Rolland, )l.leh We wish t.o complillUlnt. you on t.he worJtlng of Jour new #4 Plansr Just j. lstalled 1'01'us This machine does the best. wo...k or any plMer we 'lave eve'" seen, ana W6 are frank to S8.J 60 much bet.t."I' than we 8xpeo ad. tn t. our forellll1n sald he slmplJ cou1.d not. gat. along ithOu't it,and was surs 1t. wouJ.<l pay the price of itself w1thln a year lrt ark.;:ll, ad on machineS fo.110-.111& Wishing JOu dese"'ved suocess wi tn t.h...S new pa 'tern, VIS"r'lnna::m, 'lOU"S va!'J truly, Robbins Table eel The Buss Machine Works are havmg marked success wIth this new design of cabinet planer. The new method uf belting-feed gears machme cut-together with the steel spnng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectional chip breaker, make a cabinet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the times with machmes of great efficiency. Woodworkers of all kinds will not make a mistake by writing direct or to theIr nearest selling representatIve regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the hve woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, I" • • •• -----.------.--~-----. _. ---_.--_. ...-~ Cabinet In these days of close compelltIOn, need the best pOSSible eqUipment, and thiS they can have III BARNES' Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strongest, most powerful, and In every way the best machIne of Its kmd e" er made, for npp ng cross cuttmg bonng and groovmg HAND AND POOT POWER MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. \w. F.65~RU~Y~t~~RO~f~~I~l2S co. I • I .. - .- - - . -- - - - . ~ r----------------------------------------------------------------------- __---------------------1 I I I , I I I!! Ij t I iIIII , Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE J ATHS7 de'vue tor handltnf[. shaung..l and du~t tram all wood- \:< &rklllg mdchl1le~. Our 1ZZ71eteenyears experience m this clal's of work has brought It nearer perfection than any othe1 sy ~te111on the marl,et todwy. It IS no experiment, but a detnonstrated .Iclentdic fact, as we hm;e ..Ievr:ral hun- Jrr:d of these systems m use, and not a pO,lr onr: among them Our Automatic FurnaLe Feed System, as ~hown in this ~ut, 1.1 the most perfect WOl f,ing demce WI }thmg i'l this line TiVnte for our Pl zce~ for equipments \\:E :\L\KE PI AKS AND DO ALL 1)1' lAIL WORK \\r! r HOLT EX P}~NSF fO OCR c(~ST'"'\l\fERS I I I I II II I,I -------------·----lI--- OUR AUTOMATIC F'URNAOE FEED SYSTEM ...._--'--_._--------------,----._------------- - _. - ------------ - -- EXHA[rYl F.rJSS A\'D PRES- ~[RE RJOWER.~ ALWAYS' IN ,,'TOe K Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cltlltene Phone 1282 l!Iell. M ..ln 1804

Date Created:

1909-10-30T00:00:00Z

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Collection:

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Subject Topic:

Periodicals and Furniture Industry

Language:

English

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