Weekly Artisan; 1910-04-23

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ----------------- lRA~~DRAPIL GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••APRIL 23. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - ---------.------------- --- WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN r- ••• - .• ._.-... -.. LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~-- .. ... --- ._------_. _.-------------. .. -.....- Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' j Eyt Mapll Birch !f!...IIIIrftrtd Oak and ClrcaJJlan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the Fourth Floor, East Section, MANUFACTURERS'BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. 30th Year-No. 43 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• APRIL 23.1910 Issued Weekly' MUCH BETTER THAN THE NIGHT SCHOOLS Cincinnati's Co-operative System Enables Boys to Secure an Education Without Loss of Work and Wages. Through the co-opelatlOll at manufacturers w1th the school authontle" Cmcmnd.tI h "aid to ha, e "oh ed the pro blem of hO\\ to contmue the educdtlOn of apprentice" m the "hops without cuttmg do,vn the earnmg cdpaClty of the boy" whom nece"''''lty ha" drnen to become wage earnel" at a ten-der ag e It has been a problem whIch economists and "tudent"> of good gm ernment all over the country have been wre"tlmg wIth fOJ many yed.rs The average apprentice can not, or w111 not, attend the mght schools after a hard day's toll, and the result has been that hundl eds of thousands of worker", have grown mto manhood eqUlpped only wIth the rudImentary educatIOn aJbsorbed 111 the pubhc schools before they were 12 or 14 year.:; old. DUllng the years when the boys are in greatest need of instruction m those things which do not actually pertam to their tI dde, but whIch fOlm" "uch an Important part m quah-fY1l1g the lads for pOSItIOns on a hIgher plane than an unedu-cated man could fill, they ha\ e been shut off f1am mtellectual growth Appal ently the only thmg which conld msure edu-catlOnal development of the applentlces wa.:; the co-operatlOn of the employer" Such co-operatlOn ha" been cfbtamed m CmCll1natl, and alt present thele is a continuatlOn school m operatIon thel e which bids fair to be emulated 111many of the large manufactunng centl es of the- country 111the near future 1he manufactUl ers of Cmcinnati have j0111ed forces wIth the board of educatlOn to compel the d.ttendance of appren-tices 111the contmuatlOn school The manufacturer", pay the apprentice, for the time they "pend in "chool, and they "ay that the results will more than justify the cost A com p1eh enSlVe de"criptlOn of C111c111na tI'~ expenmen t wit'] her contmuation school for shop apprentlces IS gIven Iby F B Dyer, superintendent of the pubhc schools of C111- cinnati, who wa;; m New YOlk a few days ago to attend the conventlOn of the N atlOnal Metal Trade'> association, mem-bers of whIch have contnbuted greatly to the success of the experimental day school for apprentlces m that city "Some years ago m Cmcinnarti we opened mght classes for apprentices," "aid Mr Dyer. "Pattern mak111g 111ay be taken as an example We advertised a course for apprentices in every shop m the city There were fewer than thirty re-sponses The attendance was In egular and capncious, though the teachlllg was excellent Though the courses were con- 1 _ tmued they (hd not appeal to those we were wantmg The I11ght schaab fills a need WIth olJer workmen, but the appren-tlce b a day~tJme propositlOn He mu,>t come regularly and through a senes of y eal" The employer must make It worth hI" while to come, and, 111fact, must see that he Joes come. "Some of the progles"ne manufacturers of our C1ty for "evel al years ined to cope With the problem by employmg teachers for then apprentices, but ",uch teachers are scarce, and only very large concerns could afford It The obstacles to the extensive operatIOn of such a plan are too cibvlOUS to need discU"sion The only agency thalt is adequate to cope WIth the situatlOn is the state, and the state Will co-operate when it understands that it is the great 111du;;trial class that IS to be helped Employers may have to make some shght '>acrifices They may have to concede to } oung workmen a httle time for theIr 111tellectual betiterment, but 111 the ena It w III be money well "pent a:-, an mvestment If authority IS not given to require employers to send theIr apprent1ce" to recelVe the 1l1structlOn whIch is the nght of every youth, 111a democracy at least, It is the priv1lege of every city to offer an opportulllty to such youth 111part..,tlme day schools as well as 111night schools. "These Idea:; ripened 111the minds of some of our wisest C1l1C1l1nati manufaoturers, and thus it came about that the Board of Education of Cmclllnati last Summer proposed to offer contmuatlOn course" for apprentices in any trade, and plOceeded to vpen a school for machine shop appl entices as soon as 150 stuJent,., were guaranteed More than 200 stu-dent" were registered by eighteen manufacturers, and the school ,;tarted Sept 1 A man was placed 111charge who had been a teacher, a practIcal shop man, and for many years an 111structor of apprentices He tra1l1ed hI" own assistant The average attendance has been 180 per week The boys came four hour", per week, a new squad com111g each half day The employers pay them for their time, and If they do not show up at school they are reporetd and docked The school runs forty-eight vveeks a year, eight hours a day, four and a half day" a week, besIdes visiumg the boy" m the shops, tallong With the foreman an,l keep111g a lme on the needs of the boys The school is coSt111g the board about $15 a year per boy. "Tl1e course of study IS arnanged to coVer four years Tlhe greatest difficulty wa" encountered 111getting the boys 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN c1a"slfied correctly and placed 111 "lImlal gl0Up" \\ ]l1le this was gl adually accomph"hec1 \\ lth the a-,shtance at the fore men, it IS "till nece""ary to do con"lderable md1\ 1dnal 111- structlOn, thn" reqt11nng an as"\,,tant, though there ,ue hut twenty boy" 111a gtOUp The COt11se taken b\ the bel\ '0 h not narrow nor lS 1t "'Ithout cultural elemenh It mdude" mathematICs, meCha111C" c1ra\\ mg, C1\IC..,. ane! recllll11~ \\ nt- 1l1g and spellmg The 1I1treestmg th1l1g about It h that e\ el\ study 1S g1\ en a pract1cal colarmg-, and 1S made to fUl1ctlOn 111 the shop or expe11ence of the boy The boy see" the pUl-pose of what he IS study111g, and has a mot1\ e m mastenng every dtff1culty The end of all tim, b not as some suppo"e, 81mply to "end h1m back next Jay able to turn out more and better Walk, 1t IS to a"'aken hI;" dormant po\\ers and make h1m alert, thoughtful, ongmal, competent up to the l11111tot his ability. "These mental exerClses rehe\ e htm of the monotomy of shop routme A" he learns of the great mdu"try m \\111ch he is engaged, and of 1ts captams and m\ entor", and as he dIS-cusses 1t" relatlOn.., WIth other occupatIOns an,] \\lth human hfe, his mterest m h1S work mcreases, and he comes mto sympathy With the ~teat body of the ~warL],s \\orkel" .\" he learns to find ne\\ plOblems 111 h1" 'ohop e"pel1ence and appltes hIS knmdedge to them, hb \\())l become" tran"tormcd Into a fascmat1l1g at t IIe cea"e;" to be a mere hand, and asp1re, to be a free 1l1a"tet of an honO! able u at! "A great many expert eJucator" from dd'terent parts of the world have V1;"lted the school and e"ammed carefully mto the course and the method" of mstrnctlOn and hay e que,twned the boys at lengt,h They pronounce the course as one of the mo;"t s1g11lficant effort" ) et made to a,lapt eclucatlOn to \ 0 caiton, and the method used as repre"entUlg the mo,t ad-vanced pedagogical ,1e\\ s .. 1 IIII I~------------- ., I _ • _ 4 , \\ e th1l1k so much of the plan m Omcl11nati that the roard of EducatlOn ha" offereJ to open a contl11uation school for any other classes of apprentices that may be sent, and also for) oung saleswomen m "tores, or girls workmg m trades A. h111 lS no\\ hefore the Oh10 State Leg1slature empowering Board" of EducatlOn to require the attendance of all youth under 16 at part-t11ne contll1UatlOn sohools. If I had the ,]ctermm1l1g of 1t, there would be a law reqUlring the at-tendance of all apprent1ces through the1r apprenticeship. Such "chool" \\ 111 do much to elevate the standards of work, the Jegn_e of l11telltgence, and the morIa character of )'1oung work-ers, and \\ lllltft them m the ,",cale of 11\mg so that they may be \\ hat they should be-the strength of our Nation and the envy of the \\ orId " Gevurtz to Erect a Hotel. Intormat1on ha" been rece1ved from Portland, Oregon, that Phl1hp Gev nrtz, the prosperous dealer 111 h011.oe furl11sh-mg goods 111 that City, WillI erect a hotel dunng the coml11g \ ea I to cost $755,000 The 3lte, corner of Eleventh and Stark "treets. 0\\ ned by ~lr Gevurtz, 1" valued at $150,000 FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg· ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. in acid and oil. in aGid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. EverythIng In Pamt SpecIalties and WoodFIUlshmgmatenals. FIllers that fIll. StaIns that sahsfy • WEEKLY ARTISAN WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES ....... Zinc Lined, Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined, Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting m a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. New Furniture Dealers. \'\ ~1 Allen has opened a new furmture store at Brew-ster, Ore Don & Rau ha' e opened d new furnIture stale at Al-bany, Idaho RInehart & WIlson are neV\ furnIture dealers at Glen-dale, \V. Va Holcomb & Glrtanner are new furnIture dealers at Port Townsend, "Vash The Ironclad FurnIture and Hal dware company are new dealers at Irondale, Ore J acdb Bornstem WIll open a new furnIture "to! e on Sun-bur} -.treet, Shamokm, Pa John ErIckson is makmg allangemenb to open a new fm mture store at Towner, N Dak Arthur J. Jeffrey, formerly wIth the Dorsett & Jeffrey company of Buffalo, has opened a new furnitm e "tore at II'estfield, N Y. Adams & May, under the name of the VidalIa Furmture company Ihave opened a large 'Stock of furmtme in theIr new store at VIdalIa, Ga H H Tandy hac; opened two new stores on \Valnut "treet, Columbia, ~[o, one stocked WIth furmture and the other WIth hardware C E WhItehall, D F Lane and E J HIckson have m-corporated the Banner Furniture company, capltalIzeJ at $100,000 to engage in house furnlshmg bU'omess 111 Muncie, Ind. Samuel Goldman, for many} ears connected WIth furni-ture trade in St LOUIS, Mo, ha" Ju"t opene1 a new furniture and carpet store of his own at the corner of Seventh street and Franklm avenue Trade With the Philippine Islands. Trade of the Umted States WIth the PhI1ippme Islands shoVl s a marked 111CI ease S111cethe pas"age of the act remO\- 1l1g the tarIff dutIes on domestIc merchanJlse passmg between the Islands and the Ul11ted States The tanff act whIch went mto effect on August 6, 1909, as IS well known, proVIded for an interchange free of duty of practIcally all artIcles of do-mestIC productIOn of the U l11ted States anJ the Phlhppme Islands The figures of the Bureau of StatIstIcs of the De-partment of CommeJ1ce and Labor, show that the value of the shipments of dome"tIc melchanclI"e from the U111ted States to the Phllipp111e r"lands from July 1, 1909, to the end of February 1910 (practically all of whIch period except the month of July wa" under the new tanff) amounted m value to $10,151,276, agaInst $6,871,764 m the correspondmg pelloJ of last year Durmg the same perIOd the' alue of merchan-dIse Imported mto the L:111ted States from the PhI1Ippllle hlands was $11,420,475, agamst $7,070,1.32 m the same months of the preced;ng year, an mcrease In the total trade of about 55 per cent when campal ed WIth the corre"pondmg month" of last year Permanent Tenants for the Furniture Exchange. The Palmer ManufactUrIng company of DetrOIt, have se-cured space for a permanent exhllblt m the FurnIture Ex-change, in GranJ Rapids They wIll h,lVe many new patterns of 1Jbrary and Jming tables and pedestals, and WIll also ;;how a line of reed rockers and chaIrs formerly made by the PIOneer ManufactUrIng company These two hnes are very strong and will add very materIally to the "how 111the Furniture Exchange The Vleekly ArtIsan welcomes thIS 1111eto Grand RapIds and predIcts that It WIlll prm c a great succc"" 5 ~~..-.-..--..-----------------------------,------_.~.~._. -~-.--------1 "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests;you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others wal consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnishedin rollsor reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. . 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN t-----------.-.-.-- ----------.., .~ DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. .. 1"'----------------- ..-...----., Palmer's Patent Gluinl! Clamps The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No 1, 2<l-inch Clamp We 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 bave 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. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreicn Representatives: The Projectile Co., London, Eng-land; Scbucbardt & Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred H. Scbutte, Colocne, ParIs, Brussels, Liege, MUan, Turin, Barcelona, and Bilbo.. t.. .. T.......................... .... .. .. ---.- ~ Baltimore Correspondence • BaIt ll110re, \p11l 20 -Some new bl11ldIng<; to go up here nf lntcre~t to thc tt1111lture trade al e the follOWIng- A South-ern ~lethodlq Frll"copal church 11111 be erected at Charle<; street and Ll1ller"lty Palkway, cost $175,000, the Ulllted Brethren Church soclet) ,1111 bulld a church bulldmg at Roland qreet and FIfth al emlt, m Hampden, near here; the Lakeland Presbytenan chUl eh strnctUl e II 111 be erected at Belv eJere and ~Ja1l1 al enues, La1<eland, a subuJ1b, An Enock Pratt branch 1Jbrary II 111 be bUllt at Beason and Towson street, Locust Point and WIll be eqlllpped WIth the latest appliances; The Arundel Boat Club" 111 enlarge thelr bUlldll1g the extra space to be l.beJ for a re'iltanrant, The Maryland School for the Dll11d ,,111 spend $22 ~,OOOfor new bl1lldll1gs on plans prepared b) J o"eph E, an s SperI), archltect a new bUlldll1g IS to be erected for St \lary.., Industnal Sschool, to cost $100,000, Banner Counul JunIOr Order of U I1lted AmerIcan Mechal1lco, of Keedy "I Ille, \\ ashl11gton county, wlll erect a lodge hall Fred \\ alpert &. Co. Korth Gay <;treet say this 1S the dull sea:'>on fOl haIr trade, but the} get theIr <;hare and look for a good) ear The} clean and d) e half anJ do a large bUSIness from coa"t to coast George D Summers of 1513 Fast Eagel ,tl eet has let a contral t to buIld a thl ee <;tory blllldll1g at 1047 Korth Gay "treet, to be 28 x l)0 feet 111 <;lze, the first story to have a plate ~ldss front He" 11111101 e there a" "oon as lt 1:0 completed Thele I" d cODSldelable n1drket here for filll1lgs fOl mat-tre"" es dnd all "upphes 111acce<;sOlY hade, r'\mellcan and \tlilan hble alL ~clll11~ \\ell, al"o a ne\\ 8clglan fibre, straw and h\1'hS are qUIet, thele 1~ plentl on hand but not as much u"ed a" fOlmerh John C KlllJlP &.. Sons do d 11l~h class bU<;111es"111makIng artl<;Uc and fine quahty of furnIture at 220 East Clay street The ~tlantlc Furl1lture company on Fall mount avenue re-ports busll1e"s a" qUlet They are makmg a new ll1le of sohd oak. genUlne quartered ,tock, of SIdeboards, also elg-ht or l1lne "t) Ie" ot chamher sUltes that "ell from $1650 to $5500 Clllff-ol1ler.., and" al drobeo, are also a part of the lll1t? The l~ostel BlOS J\lanufactullng company of 320 North Holbda) street, makmg spllng beJ<;, mattresse3, cots and couches, are runnIng full tllne The outlook IS good and they ha, e enlar~ed the manufactUrIng buo,l1les<; and doubled the output 1heH brass and lron beds al e made at Jersey Clt), K J A nell theatre wIll be bt1!lt at 311 \Vest Fayette ,trect, t() ll'st $90,000 '1 he Engl1leer's Exchan~e club VI ill erect a club hou"e at 308 \\ est Fayette street The Bagb, T urnlture company of Eutaw and Lombard ~treets makl1lg chamber sUlte<;. dmIng room chaIrs and kJt-chen furl1lture, expect sales for thl<; ) ear to go ahead of last I ear b) 15 per cent '1 hey are COyelll1g terntory flom X ew York to rlorIda The) find the ll1dple lme;;; 111 extra good demand J R Lau" lS thelr 11e\\ ..,ale:'>ll1ento take 111 Delaware, Vlrgil1la. Maryland and \Vest Vllgll1la The Balt1mOle \letalhc Bcd company are the local branch of the One11tal l\letal Bed com pan) of Hoboken, N J. and ShOll one of the lalgeo,t Imeo, and a<;sortments of up-to-date good" that can be "een anywhere Thelr busll1ess for the pa"t ) ear het" been the be<;t 111 the hIstory of th1s firm '1 hey plan to take larg-er quarters 111 order to fill orders more prompth C D Oshorn 11111 take ont thIS hne through the Carolll1a" and J Emery Rush 111 Floncia The ),1 l'lme, company have a large factory on Front <;treet, mak1l1g- 1~.OOOparlor Sl1lte<; a year of sohd mahogany, birch, veneers, etc A tnp through this factory dlsclosed the fact that the furniture after bell1g polished is handled ." - ------------------- -- WEEKLY ARTISAN only once, which is in the shIpping department The polish-ing IS done after the upholstenng An up-to-date carv111g machIne to decolate by power, wh1ch make" 6,000 revolu-tIOns a minute, has been put 111and the latest belt sanders on which one man does what three men J1d before Comments on the Yerkes Auction. "The succes" of the Yerkes auctIOn, 111New York, was so remarkable that of course everybody has been comment- 111g on It," saId a collectol who attended It, "but do you know that to me one of the most 111terestl11g comm ents was that of a Wloman who attended the FrIday atternoon sale of the great rugs vVe are all wonJenng why the pnces were not higher, when she remarked "'1 wonder how many thousand" of dollars fell off the blddl11g when Mr Kn1by made that senous announcement that It must ,be admItted that the rugs were 111bad condi-tlOn and that Mr Mumford, who knew more about them than anybody else, had arranged to restore them If purchasers wIshed ?' "She went on to say that there must be lot" of people llke herself who not know111g much about rug" would be 111c1111edto 111fer from this that If the experts wIth 111sIde knowledge took this VIew of the carpets it was time to be cautious That was her explanatlOin for the pnces, whIch fell be\tow expectations But one of her friends s3iid' 'Oh, why, don't you know, that 1S only the same th111g practlcally that Mr K1rby says down at the American gallener3 at a porcelain sale when he announces' "If we know of any de-fecb, ladles and gentlemen, we WIll P0111t thUl1 out to you" Another attendant at that afternoon sale saId the way out· "Did it ever stnke you that there is a marked dIfference in the attitude of the rug collector toward the objects of hIS devotion-or hIS fad, if you hke-and the attitude of a pIC-ture buyer toward hIS beloved canvases? 1 mean m the way they Judge art For example. If a paintmg IS by a partIcular artt'it It is worth thousands, perhaps hundreds of thomands of dollars and If not by that partIcular palOiter It 1'3 worth next to nothing. "We have just seen both these extremes nght here m tihis sale of Mr Yerkes's pictures, so it isn't necessary to hark Iback, even so far as the Bode bu"t. that's worth every-th111g 1f Leonardo dId It and nothing if a Victorian EnglIsh-man did it. "But now on the other hand thmk of what we have seen here this afternoon DId anybody ask the name of the artIst who produced one of these beautIful rugs? D1d any-body say of those Pohslh rugs 'If tihey are by So-and-So they are valuable, and If not hIS work then they are rubblslh?' On the contrary, the buyers pa1d their thousands just on their appreciation of the rugs as works of art "ThIS seems to me-odd as it sounds-to give your rug 10\ er a nght to "ay that he I~ more truly an art lover, more truly an amateur, than h1s pIcture collect1l1g frIend, who ha'3 got to have a name gn en to a canvas-and those gIven names are many~before !he knows whether he wants to buy 1t or not." ~.. If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (!"larence lR. bills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS. )lICH .. .. 1 350 feet long, 100 feet wide, 8 stories. MANUfACTURERS. All the buyers, both big and little, who go to market this coming July, will buy at 1411 CHICAGO'S BIG FURNITURE EXHIBITION During the January buying season just past we show a heavy increase in attendance of visiting buyers and a tremendous volume of buying. These are the facts and a lot of talk is superfluous. Send at once for floor plan showing desirable exhibit space open for Same old price. Address THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN CO. 1411 Michigan Ave" Chicago. 1 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN '--ACCURACY: DURAi~iLiTY:··£'-CONOMY 1 I Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about It. Ash for Catalog "J" No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel Mortlser. .... . WYSONU « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., UREENSBORO, N. C. SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. ----------------_.--------_. Waddell Manufacturing Co. Grand Rapids. Michige.n This is one of our Latest Designs in Drawer Pulls. Watch This Space for Others The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in wooa in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods . Manufacturers Will Have Something Like It at Their Annual Meeting. The annual mcctlllg of the Furmture \Idnutartlll el~' National assoClatlOn 111 ChIcago next month \\111 he at m()Jc than usual interest and Importance to membcl ~ The c....e cutive commIttee wdl meet on Tue",day, )'Iay 10, to complete arrangements for the general meetl11g the ne,t day For the past two years or more the assocIatIOn ha'i been tl) lng to have all members u"e d ul1Iform S) stem of figUIIllt:; co~t. and at thIS meetmg the e'<ecutn e coml11lttee \\ 111pre~ellt an cldh-orate report on ",hat has been accC'mp!Jshed m that Illle dur-ing the pa'it year The report \\ 111 I ccommend "Ol11e ne\\ methods which will be explal11ed b) mean'- at nc\\ plctllrc~ and drawmgs of ddterent pIeces at turl1lture and the dh- CUSSlon of the recommendatIOn, I,., eApected to take the f01111 of a school of lllStl uctlOn that \\ 111 Impart Ideas and Il1form-atlOn of great value to man) manufactUl ers At the reque~t of seuetary Llllton, C K ColI) er, chall-man of the Un!fo11m Clas'ilficat1On commIttee, has pr0l11lsed to dellY er an address on the commIttee's \\ ark and purpo~c~ He wIll tell what the commIttee ha5 done and IS dOll1g to mduce manufacturers to co-operate 111 plans to secure deqrerl changes in classlficatJon I ules-changes that \\ III operate to the advantage of all concerned m the furlllture I11d1l5tr} He will show that better class!f'icatlon rule.; ma) be secured b) better methods of packll1g and the adoptIOn of a ullltorm system for deslgnatmg \ anou", pIeces of furlllture lor 111- stance a system that WIll pre\ent bureau" from bell1g da".;ed as ohlftoniers, wa5hstands a5 commodes, SIdeboards as buffet5. etc As IS well known the"e term~ ale now used qUIte proml,.,- ,. ... II IIII I CUOlbh 01 I11lll"cnmmately The practIce mterferes seriously \\ lth thE \\ ark of the classlfica t10n commIttee and IS a detri-ment to the trade to .;uch an extent that many would like to .;ee abont halt of the names for slml1ar pIeces of furniture dhcarderl entlrel) Cnder present practices it IS frequently cll:ffictllt e\ en fOl CApel ts m the busll1css to dl'itmguish a \\a,-h~tal1d from a dlcssel, a buffet from a sldeJboard, or a lJ11reau fJ am a chdtolllel The electIOn of officel'- \\ ill al50 be of mterest to the melJ1ber~ of the d~';OClatlOn dud se\ eral other important mat-tel' dl e e"pectecl to he ';tlgge"ted and considered at thIS meeting Furniture Fires. LeBlack & Bem man undertaker,., of Lake Charle5, La, .;uffered a snldll 1o"" hy fil e on Apml 16 Ste\\dft 1310S & \I"alcl's fUllllture stOle at Newark, 0, \\as burned on c\ pnl 14 Lo"", $18,000, m SUIance, $12,500 ;'Iellch &. B) field furl1l tUI C manuf,tcturer5 of Boston, ;'Iass , \\ ere burned out on Apnl 16 La","" $8,000, insurance, S5 ()(X) The nradtOl cl \\ hole"ale hUl1Itu re house in N ashv111e, Tenn. \\ a" bl1luecl on \plll 16 One man \\ a'i killed and .;e\ eral others hm t by a fallmg wall Loss, $25,000 partIally m'itlred 1he 5hop~ of the '\ ew England ChaIr company at New H a\ en, (onn , \\ ere burned on \pnl 13 Three firemen were k111ed and Se\ eral others 1111ured by the exploslOn of the bOllel dUllng the hre The bmld1l1g wa" an old dIlapidated frame on \\ hlch Insurance rates were practlcdlly prohIbItive The chall l ompan)',., los5 1,., about $12,000 ...... •• --. '! - _ ------ ••••• ---- --------- ---------------- _ ... • WEEKLY ARTISAN Carpets and Rugs at Auction. Alexander Smith & Sons, tJhe great New York rug and carpelt manufacturers announce that beginning Monday, May 2 and cont1l1U111guntil the goods are disposed of, they will "ell at auctIOn, through \Vtlmerd111g, Morns & Mitchell, 95,000 Ibales of rugs, and 30,000 rolls of carpet As usual, the Smith company has Splung a complete surpnse on the trade, as It was not considered hkely that there would be any auctIOn sale, prior to the openl11g of the new season the second week 111 May The goods to be sold at auctIOn Will consist of 45,000 bales of wilton velvet rugs, velvet and tapestry rugs, of vanous Slze3, also 50,000 bales ofaxm111ster, Smith axminster and Sax-ony axmmster rugs 111vanOU6 sizes The carpet offerings Will consist of 15,000 rolls of wilton velvet, velvet and tapestry, al-so 15,000 rolls of Saxony, extra axminster and Savonnerie The last 3ale held by the Smith company was in Apl'II, 1909, and conSisted of 16,000 pieces of carpets, and 28,000 bales of rugs. Wildmerd111g, Morri" & Mitchell, the well known auction-eers, who Will handle the sale, announced that the goods Will be sold on a credit of 4 per cent 10 days from July 1, antiClpa-tion being permitted at the rate of 6 per cent per annum Sam-ple., Will be ready for 111spection by catalogue, on and after Monday, Apnl 25, at the sales rooms of Alex. Sml1Jh & Sons, 105-107 F]fth avenue. In addition to announcing the coming auction sale, the Smith company states that all qualities and patterns of carpetings and rugs manufactured by the company for the fall season of 1910 "'Ill be placed on sale Monday, May 9 Orders Will be executed up to October 31, so far as the ability of the mills permit, at the pnce at which, they are ac-cepted Complete hnes w111be 3hown at the offices of the com-pany in Chicago, Kansas City and San Francisco at the same date. His Bluff Did Not Work. How men will work to gain what they conceive to be an advantage 111trade IS well Illustrated, by one of the best known salesmen 111Grand Rapids, who has charge of a hne of chairs in one of the furniture exhibition buildings in this city, as related to the Weekly Artisan a few days ago: A buyer came into the showroom and linspected the line, mak-ing out a fine order, but before placing it he said to the salesman, "what are your best tevms?" "Two per cent off in ten days. "I can get 5 off down in the Valley," declared the buyer. "Well, there's the place to place your order," said the salesman. "Don't you meet competition?" "Well, we don't allow anyone to make our prices or terms." "Well, I would like to give you the order, and I am afraid I Will not have time to go back there, get d111ner at the hotel and catch my train," said the buyer "0, yes; there's plenty of time; and you can catch your train all right enough" "Well, I guess I'll not chance it. I'll give you the order," which he did. Now, that buyer thought it was perfectly legitimate to make that statement, but the salesman, who is an old timer would not be bluffed, as he knew the house and was confi-dent that they had not gIven the buyer any such terms. Marriage is always a failure to those who get left. 9 Each Net SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ • $2~ Each Net to WEEK LY p ••••••• _- •••• _._---_. ---~ Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 I We take pleasure In IntroduclIlg to you our new Saw Table The base IJ simIlar to what we have heen usmg on our No 4 Saw T .hle. only we have made II larger on the Boor The Ialsma and lowerlD, device IS the same 8S we have on the No 4 Machme. With lever and pItman The lever IS made of steel The arbor IS made of 1Yo meh steel. runDlng 10 long nng o~mg box~. and II for J -IDch hole 1n saw We furnIshone 14 .Bch saw on each machIne It wIll carry a 16-mch JaW If desIred Table IS made with a center ahde 12 Inches wide WIth a movement of 21 Inches It hu a lockmg deVIce to hold It when you do not wish to use H. and has a detachable mitre guaRe to be used when usmll.the shdmg-table Can cross cut wIth table eXlended to 24 mches. also np up to 24 mches wIde Table h.s a removable throat that can be taken out when usmg dado Jt .Iso has two mitre guages fOI reaular work and a two rtded np guage that can be used on f"lther side of the sa.w. more especIally when the table IS blted ..Jsoa hhmg np gauge to be u~ to cut bevel work when you do not wISh to Illt the table The top IS 40x44 mche. Countershaft has T & L pulleys lOx 14 mches. and the dnve pulley 16x5 mches. counter .haft should run 800 Makmg 10 all aboul as complete a machme as can be found and at • reasonable pnce Wnte us and we wlll be pleased to quote you pnces Address, ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., !§1-183 Canal St.• G.alld Rapid•• M,ch' .1.-.0.. . .. , ._. ~-- ••••• --- 04 ._..- ---.-4-------..- .....--.. Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. G80. SPRATT 8 O. SHEBOYGAN. WIS. No. 51111. -.----------~~-------~.. --- 4, •• ARTISAN METHODS OF PACKING FURNITURE Grand Rapids Shippers Given Credit for Having Established the Standard. \\ H l,atchell '3upenntendent of tran"fer" for the South-ern Railway company, vlslted Gland Rapld", ,lunng the past week and entertameel a number of shlppmg clerks, foremen of packmg rooms dnel others mteresteel, wlth a talk on pack-mg and "h1pp1l1g dOl "een from the \ leWpOInt of transporta-tIon managers He compared the methods u"eJ by packers 1Il dJtterent "ectlons of thiS country, and pointed out the method" u"ed here and m Europe Crat1l1g anJ pack.mg ranks lllghest m Europe, he "aiel. and m thiS country Grand Rap1ds 1S far ahead of most other CltJes or "ectlOns "FUllllture," Sdld :\1:r Gatchell, "IS today the most im-portant commodIty the raJIroads have to care for in ship-pIng It 1S eld't!cnlt to transport safely for a number of rea- "on", ch1efly perhaps because of 1tS general fragilIty and the fact that 1t i" hable to severe damage from scratches. Rapid trans1t 1S what } on want It IS what you demand. The modern transportatIOn companies are extending every pos-slbe effort to meet this demand. It rests with the shilppers to prov1de packlllg which can stand the rapid transit. The ra1lroad com pallles a1 e today spending immense sums of mane: to lmprove every facility for transpo1'tation, and what they ask 1S co-operatlOn It bes With the shippers to help them 111thls mo\ ement. "On account of the loose and slipshod methods employed at large throughout the country III packing, thousands of dol-lars are \cvasted annually. The railroads have to pay the damage But thiS is not the only prase to be considered, al-though it 1S most lmportant to us. When a firm receives goods whlch ha\ e been damaged in the transit, he is most llkely to change his place of purchasing, as he is put to con- Siderable annoyance through his not being able to at once place hiS cons1gnment of goods on his display floors. Grand Rapids is -,ettmg the standard all over the Umted States for better crat111g and packing" :\Ir Gatchell stated that Gland Rapids packing is to be made a critenon and standard willch WIll be held up to other cities having large shlpments of furniture to make, and espec-ially 111cIties of the south where packmg is most careless. As a result of hiS VISlt arrangements have been made to send :"fr Gatchell at vVash111gton, DC, photographs of the differ-ent processes of pack111g m Grand RapIds, with eX'planations and a comparatl\ e cost per piece by the methods which are employed here These photographs and descriptlOns are to be used 111 the south for the purpose of llldllcing southern ship-per" to adopt the methods which have proved quite satis-factor: to tran"pol tatlOl1 companies, to shippers and to con- 31gnees , Mr. Karges Deserves Another Term. One of the dutJes to be performed at the annual conven-tIOn of the l\atJol1al Furmture Manufacturels' association, to he held III Chicago 111May is iJhe electIOn of a pres1dent Dur-mg the past year thls honorable and re"pons1ble office has been filled b) 1\ F Karge" of the Ka1ges Furmtllre company, 0 E\an", l11e. InJ \Ir Kalges has gIven much valuable tIme to the bus111ess of the assoClatlOn and m the d1scharge of hiS duties a" pres1dent he has exerClsed dIscretIOn and excellent Judgement 1Ir. Karges desery es another term in the presI-dential office. and should the honor of a re-elel,tion be con-ferred upon him it \CV ould be but a fitting recogllltion of the ... ,all1e of hi" services 11l the past WEEKLY ARTISAN STEEL TRUST ACTS GENEROUSLY. Will Try Out a Plan for the Relief of Injured Employes. ChaJnl1an Gary of the Untted State'3 Steel corpo1atlOn last l\Londay announced the adoptlOn of a new plan fO! as'3ht-mg mJured employes and the famtl1e'3 of tho"e killed by ac-c1dent The plan 1S to be ined as an expenment for a year If 1t proves '3at1sfactory to employers and employes 1t wtll be continued If not ;,uccessful 1t may be amended or dIscarded It 1S a plan 511111larto ~hat followed at the Krupp Works at Essen, PrussIa Employes w1ll not be requ1red to contribute any part of theIr wages and rellef wtll be glven wIthout re-gard to whether the mJury or death is purely accidental, due to the employe1's negllgence or to the carelessness of the em-ployes SubsidIary companIes of the United States Steel corpor-ation have been ass1stmg mjured employes and the famIlies of those ktlled for many years w1thout regard to legal liab1lity at an average cost of $1,000,000 a year, but the new plan will let employes know just what t'hey may expect. In announc-ing the plan Judge Gary sa1d "Under thIs plan rellef WIll be paId for temporary dis-ablement and for permanent mjunes and for death. The re-hef IS greater for married men than for single men and in-creases accordmg to the number of chtldren and length of serV1ce During tempo1 ary dIsablement smgle men receive 35 per cent of t'he1r wages and marned men 50 per cent, with an add1tional 5 per cent for each ch1ld under 16 and 2 per cent for each year of serv Ice above five years "Following ~he prov1slOns of all foreIgn laws and all legIs-lation suggested m thIS country, there IS a period of 10 days before payment of rellef begms For permanent injunes lump sum payments are provided. These are 'based upon the ex- .. tent to WhICh each lllJury interferes with employment and upon the annual earl11ngs of ~he men injured. In case men are killed in work accIdents then widows and chtldren WIll receive one and one-half years' wages, with an addItIonal 10 per cent for eaoh child under 16 and 2 per cent for each year of '3ervice of the .Jeceased above five years "It should be understood that these payments are for relief and not as compensation. There can be no real com pen-sattOn for permanent mjunes, and the notion of compensation IS necessanly based on legal liability, which is entirely dis-regarded in tIllS plan, as all men are to receive the relief, even though there be no legal liability to pay them anything, which is the case m at least 75 per cent of all work accidents. "Expenence will perhaps lead to some modifications of this plan, but it will be in operation for one year from May 1, 1910, and if It meets with success and approval from the men and the public it is hoped that similar and possIbly improved plans may be adopted in succeedmg years" Judge Gary further said that there has been under con-sideration a plan for the payment of pensions to dIsabled or superannuated employes, and It IS expected this will soon be put into practlOal effeot The rehef plan as outlined will affect upward of 225,000 men at once The average number of employes last year was 915,500, whose wages totaled $151,663,394 It comes m addi-tion to the increases in wages recently granted, which will add from $9,000,000 to $12,000,000 to the corporation's yearly e""penses It is imposs1ble to estimate the additlOnal charge 1!he new plan WIll make on its revenues, but it will probably be in the neighborhood of $2,000,000 f······ . ...........•.. ~ No.15F"OX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG rrox MAC H IN E CO • GR18A6NDN FRRAOPNITDSS, TREMEITC,H ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The FellwDck Auto & MfJ!. Co. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA po • - ••• _. •••• • •• - - -- --_._---------- ....__ .... 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 •• for PrIce LIat aud dlaeo_t 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. SEND FOR ~-- _.- _-----_ .......•••• - ....... 11 r ··· ~ BOYNTON &, CO. ManufaduterJ of Embo•• ed and Turned Mould. ina., Embo ... ed and Spindl. Carnnp. aDd Automatic TurniDa•. We a110 IIlaIlU-f.<! lure a I.,ae Lne of Embo .. ed OrnameDts for Couch Work. '256.'258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. ... • 4. 1---- I I - - - - -- --------~~ ------- - - - - 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Yau can always get IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 1..8", 1..20", 1..24" and 1..28" R. C. BIRCH 1..16", 1..2 0", 1..2 4", and 1..28" POPLAR 1...20", 1...24" and 3..16" GUM Direct from our Grand Rapids Warehouses. We solicit your trade. 1..20" R. C. PLAIN OAK WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY Making the Goods "Sell Themselves." "\Ve are giving mOl e attentwn to the \\ ark of makll1g our goods seI1 themselves uhan to the traIl1lng of salesmen," 1e-marked a sectIOn manager of the Boston department "tore 111 Grand Rap1ds Asked to exp1all1 the problem the manager continued: "By the use of our wll1dows, the arrangement of stock \\ 1th descriptwn and pnce cal ds attached, and the hberal use of ad-vertising in the newspapers, upon tJhe b1ll boards and 111 the street cars, we seI1 many goods w1thout the aId of salesmen Any boy in our employ may rece1ve paJiment for goods and take the Shlpp1l1g directIOns, a very sImple proceedll1g \Ve 1I1ustrate and descnbe an artIcle so minutely that when a cus-tomer enters the store he or she knows where to find an a1bele advertised, and seldom needs d1rectlOn from the floor walkers The experienced shopper enters the rug department and ex-am111es a rug, takes ItS number, goe" to the cashIer's desk, pa} ~ for the same and departs wIthout the loss of a moment's tIme, if so disposed We are constantly stnvmg to enlarge thIS k1l1d of salesmanship Take the httle Item of pIcture postal cads N a one with a gram of sense 111 any hne of business gIves a moment's attentIOn to the collector of such good" Rarely does the owner of a store or his employes take tIme to count the cards a customer has selected His part 111 the transactlOn 1Sto place the cards in an envelope and recen e payment for the same" "Have you observed what your neIghbors are doing in the way of salesmanship?" the interVIewer enquIred "Salesmanship)" In many stores thne is 110 sa1e'iman-ship in evidence. For 1I1stance," the interVIewer injected. "I have it A fev; weeks ago in passing the store of a neighbor I saw a spnng overcoat in the window that took m} fancy I entered the store and found four or five sales-men engaged 111a warm discussion over uhe coming munici-pal election 'WIll some one show me an overcoat,' I re-marked, \\ hen I observed that none of the group was dis- ~ posed to pay an) attention to me 'You will find the over-coat man at the rear of the store,' one of the group remarked, and then broke into uhe discussion." "At the back of the store I found a man seated in a chall observ111g the throng passing on the stJ1eet and smokmg a cIgarette 'I v; ish to look at an overocat,' I said. 'You have one in the main w111dow marked $3500 that looks good to me ,,, " 'N 0 use 1t would not fit you vVe have none of that make that would,' remarked he of the cigarette." "'\Vould you ml11d showl11g me an overcoat,' sume there 1S one in th1S stack (indicating a pIle of overcoats plIed on a counter) that would please me." " 'No,' What sIze do you wear?" " 'About a 38 breast' I want a good coat-one that will wear well." "The salesman slowly arose and proceeded to paw over the stack. 'Don't think Ithere is a thil1ty-eight in the lot,' he said I pre-spring ~.. ..._--_ _-_ --_ - . A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St., Oraad Rapid., Mich. .. _.. _a- ~ -'---------------_ ........ WEEKLY ARTISAN UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Conttrudlon and Fmish. See our Catalogue. Our hne on permanent exhIbI-tIon 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' Bwldmg,Grand Rapids. .._--_._._------_._--- "At this moment one of the proprietors entered and ex-pressed pleasure in meeting me. 'Lookrng for a coat, eh?' Well, "Ed" wtll show all the good ones we have in stock' "Bd" began to feel a httle interest in his occupatlOn and turned over the stack for my inspection. Near the bottom two coats of the same pattern and material as the one I had observed in the window were found, one of which I pur-dhased, and left the store. Such indifference to duty, and disloyalty to a firm on the part of salesmen would in time wreck any business" New Credit News Bureau. With a view of making their service of trade information more complete anJ effective the Lyon Furniture Agency have effected a co-operative arrangement wii'h a number of .special agenCte'i Under this plan each agency furnishes all its subscribers wtth a supply of blanks to be used in reporting first and increased orders, and method of payment of cus-tomers about whom they desire this combined service. All ll1formation reported on these blanks by all the subscribers to all the agencies is compiled in tabulated form, so that each inquirer is given full informatlOn of all new credtt sought and how payments are made with all creditors who have inquired withm the previous year. To dtstingui~h thIS special service from our regular We Manufacture ti,e La~elt Line of rOlDlno ("AIDS in the Umted States, SUitable for 5 Un day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pub1Jcresorts. We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I ran Beds, Spnng Beds, Cots and CrIbs m a large varIety Send for Catalogue and Prteu to I I'-_.---------_._-------------- KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO _40 13 ..-..-_--_-._---------. ------- _. -----------.-.-..-___ ._-- ... work we oall this deparrtment the Credtt News Bureau, the Credit News Reports, and the blanks to be used in making inquiries Registry Blanks The large volume of information that will Q)efurnished from lines of busmess necessitates a nominal charge of five cents for each credtt news report is-sued but the service wtll be found of such great value that this 'charge will not deter anyone from maklllg lIberal use of registry blanks The reasons for this additlOn to the Lyon Agency's re-ports are given as follows: "Overbuying, whether with dishonest intent or from poor Judgment, has always been one of the greatest dangers in credit dealing and most dtfficult to detect or prevent. "Slow payments usually precede a failure caused by dry rot, insufficient capItal or lack of business ability. "Knowledge by every creditor of all First Orders and materially Increased Orders, placed by a given concern will render overbuying almost impossible "Knowledge by every credttor of every Slow Payment will serve to curtail credit before the danger point tS reached" 1 Japanese Taste and Refinement. Not only will the forthcommg Bntlsh exhibiton at Shep-herd's Bu.sh, London, contain the finest collections of Japan-ese art ever brought together in the Occtdent, but it will also give a remarkable presentation of the quaint domestic hfe of the Mikado's sU1bjects It is believed that as one result of the exhibition there will be a pronou1l!ced renaissance of interest in and employ-ment of Japanese domesttc art 111 Bttrope and Amenca As most persons know the decorative ideal of Japan and rthat of the we'it are utterly different. The Occt-dent displays everything, finding satisfaction tn elaborate detail and a multiphcity of objects-pictures, tapesltry, porce-lain, rugs, carVll1gs, silver, furntture The Japanese, with his more refined taste, takes care, beyond everything else, that his rooms are harmonious, III good taste, the possession, for in.stance, of a vase worth $1,000 does not mean that it will be displayed If it happen that the vase does not harm-onize wIth the owner's rooms it is wrapped up and put away, and only produced when the collector wants to show it to feHow connOIsseurs In a Japanese house at the exhtbition the picture in the centre of one wall is painted with such skill that only the closest examinaion shows that it is not done in relief. As a rule only one picture IS to be found in a room, the paint-ll1g being seleoted and changed m accordance with the taste of the occupier. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave .. Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building1 Evansville, THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes. m Imitation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds. Buffets. Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards m plam oak. imitation quartered oak. and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in umtatIon quartered oak, illlitation mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. CrIbs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. Made by The Karges Furmture Co ~. . . , ••: ,.--------------------- - -- WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 .. Made by World Furmture Company. Made by Bosse Furmture Company. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co• . ,_._ ..-._.. . .......•. . . 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PU8L18HED "VERT SA.TUROAY ay TH.. MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY 'U.SC"'I'TION '1 eo I'E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT"'ES '2.00 I'E" YEA". 'INCilLE COI'IE' 5 CENTS. ~U.LICATION O~~ICE. 101-112 NOPITH DIVISION ST. GPIANO RA~IOS. MICH. A. S WHITE. ""ANACOHNCiI EDITO" Entered as aecond cia .. matter. July 5, 1909. at the post office at Grand RapIds. Michigan under the act of March 3. 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY. The Implement Trade Journal ad'1ses merchant" "not to employ inexperienced salesmen" If merchants generally should act upon this advice where "ould the expenenced salesmen come from m the course of a fe" ) ear,,? A suc-cessful merchant remarked recentl} that 1t "as hIs policy to employ inexpenenced salesmen occasionall}; that dIsloyal experienced sale"men know ho\\ to "hlrk in the performance of duty; to "Ide-"tep d1sagreeable customer'S. to beat the time clock and to do other mexcusable things For a tIme the untried sale~man \\ 111 not be famlllar with such tncb and will try to carry enthUSIasm mto hIS work and render faithful servIce He will make mIstake" but the cost to the management on account thereof will be no greater than that of the lazyness or indifference of dIsloyal expenenced sales-men Too much experience m a salesman 1S not a good thing for the employer The workmg out of the expenment undertaken by the United States Steel corporation for the rellef of mjured em-ployes WIll be of lllterest to manufacturers in all hnes Very few employers of labor can afford to follow the example of the Steel Trust in dealing with employes but if the plan that is to be tried out proves satIsfactory, it may be used in modified form by less prosperous corporations in meetmg an expense that 1S much larger and of more importance to em-ployers than IS estImated by the general public. American manufacturers ha'mg plants on both SIdes of the geographical line between the Lnited States and Canada and the1r number IS already large and steadIly mcreastng, are quite indifferent to the changes made 111the tanff schedules of the two countries from tIme to time No matter ho" <;,ltght or radical such changes may be they denn benefit therefrom on one side of the hne or the other. Business men are awakening to the fact that relief ma} be found for the irrnpositlOns Imposed upon the people by the express companies by the passage of the postal package btll. now pend111g m congress A majority of the stock of the expre"s companies is owned by the raIlroads and through "uch control they are enabled to plunder shippers ruthlessly Congress should be urged to act promptly Now Cmcinnatl proposes to get Into the furniture ex-position game in earnel"t. \V1th furniture shows in Grand Rap1ds, N ev, York, Chicago, Sit LoUls, Jamestown, Evans- 'll1e and C111c111natI the semi-annual "easons may have to be extended 111order to enable buyers to take in all of them But It ,,111 be a good thing for the raIlroad". The <:;tatement made by members of the Southern pine a""ouatlon that, for the past two }'ears, they have been "dulllpmg" thell product all over the country, at prices barel} co, enng the c03t of production, must be interesting ne" 'S to carpenters, contractors and builders generally. From the announcement of an early auction sale by '\le:xander Smith & Son of New York it does not seem that I!:he eastern carpet and rug manufacturers Ihave been so rushed WIth order" as has been represented by the trade 1ournal'S and New York and Boston market report3. Perhaps there is no orgamzed combine among the furni-ture manufacturer" of Canada, but in h1s interview, repub-lIshed from the Toronto \i\T orld, the president of the alleged holdmg company talks, ,ery much like an AmerIcan trust magnate Perhap" members of the Hardwood Lumbermen's as- "oclatlOn hay e also been "dumpmg" a part of their product m order to mamtain prices If so the furniture manufac-turers ..h..ould tr) to di"cover the dumpmg grounds. Old Father Tll11e has swift wings-he needs no flymg machine Only sIxty days hence furniture manufacturers, buyers and sellers. \\ III be "all ready for the opemng of the "ummer sale3 season" Deslgner" of furnIture posters "hould take a course in drawing \Vlth scarcely an exceptlOn the furniture used in pnntmg for the bIll board3 and dead 'Vlalls is shockingly bad Exposition Buildina in Cincinnati. Reports from Cmcinnati state that the furniture manu-facturers of that city are to have an expoaition building and that 1t W111be the largest u3ed for the purpose in the middle west A deal was closed last week by which the promoters acquire the Drucker building on the corner of Broadway and :t\inth street for a consideratlOn of $100,000, possession to be gIven on May 1. The property was purchased for the Ohio Valley Furni-ture Butldmg. \\ hich concern was recently incol'porated un-der the la"" of Oh1O The deal i<; <;aid not to be a case of outright purchase, but arranged on a lease basi'S The owners of the realty are non-residents, the property belonging to the Phipps estate Practlcally all of the furniture manufacturers m Cmcinnati are 'SaId to be interested in the exposition , enture More Work for the Nelson-Matter Factory. Dunng the pa"t week the Nelson-Matter company of Grand Rapkl" ha\ e hooked an order for all the furniture for the new HermItage Hotel m NashvIlle, Tenn The contract for furl1lture, rugs, carpets and draperies was awarded to Montgomery & Co, of NashVIlle, m competItIOn with New York and ChIcago bIdders The successful bId was $126,500. WEEKLY ARTISAN PROGRESS DUE TO PARTS MAKERS. The Specialist. by Concentrating Thought and Effort. Outdoes the General Worker. The Apnl number of The Hub, the ~ew York publlcatlOn de, oted to the Interests of the vehIcle mdustl y has an artlcle 011 "Pal ts Makers" expre,sIng some Ideas that may be found worthy of conslderatlOl1 Iby fUt mture manufacturer~ The Hub's suggestlOns as to the aJvantages of speclaltzIng are In-tended for manufacturers of automobdes, but they may be applied, with less advantage, perhaps, to the furl11ture indus-try. The Hub says' "It is mteresting to note that the automobile maker on the quantity basIs lays much stress on his <;plendld factory organiz1ation by which it becomes possIble to produce the needed parts not only cheaper but so much betJter than they can be assembled by gathenng them from special sources. It is said the expense is much 1educed, also. No doubt the claim is builded upon a rock foundation of fact, but there is a more important poil1lt of view l\Iany minds devoted to speciallzatlOn are certainly llkely to thInk out refinements of parts with more succes~ ll1 results than the busy maker, who has a vast establishment to think about, espeCIally when all hands must be more or less, generally more, bound by the routine of manufacture "Even the buyer and tber of the machmes is Iii, lse to this proposition, as IS shown by the news of the ddy, 111 whIch it IS stated that a company of one hundred men of wealth has been l11corporated to bU1ld one hundred automobllec,-one for each-the sole actuating reason being to select from any and every source the particular part of extreme excellence and practicability in an automob1le, and assemble it in thIS auto de luxe, regal'dless of the expense of the undertaking The point aimed at is perfeotion so far as the present state of the art will afford it "Very good I t IS along these very same lines that the parts maker of the trade is pnogressl11g His activities are confined to speClalization Any part, be it of engme, frame, or any subSIdIary bIt of the mechanism, is the better for hIS thought, attention and concentration. He will gIld the refined gold of previous effort, and make somethink better than the large complete orgamzation WIll think out Evidences of such evolution al e already well to tJhe front The parts maker's exhlibit at shows I" the sectlOn in which is to be found the real advance in the business. "The evolution is proceeding along e~actly the same lines as could have been noted in tJhe horse-drawn vehicle industry. From that quarter sprung all the advance in the art of vell1cle btuldlng; It Will be the same in the motor vehicle trade. "The parts maker With his plain or patented improve-ments due to h1s concentratlOn of thought and expenment on a qingle part, will be the advance agent of progress to whom the budder must look for what is best to use 111 as-sembl1l1g a perfect vehicle "It IS no disparagement to the brains and abIlity of the large manufacturer that this will be so, it is just the na"tural outcome of things No carriage budder ever forged an axle having the perfectlOn of parts that 1t has com1l1g from the man who gives axles his undiVIded thought The calnage builder learned this truth, then gave up trying He bought cheaper and better than he could forge himself This is an indIvidual l11stance Multiply it along the line "We belleve the as"embled parts of the auto are crude 1:o-day COImpared to what they WIll be in the not distant 11 Manistee, Mich., Oct. Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids. Mich. 12,1907. Gentlemen: We ha ve your favor of the 9th, and we are very much pleased to advise you that the dry kiln which you installed for us is working very satisfactorily, and that we are able to turn out at least one third more dry lumber with this system of yours than we formerly could, and the lumber comes out in a very much better condition. We have another kiln that we are running with hot blast, and we think that we Willmake a change next season and use your system in both of our kuns. We would be very glad. indeed. to recommend this kiln to anyone who is having trouble in drying lumber, as we are fully convinced that your system for drying lumber is the right one. Yours truly, THE MANISTEE MFG. CO. Per Chas. Elmendorf, Manager. future, <Lnd the progress will be solely due to the parts maker." Satisfied. It is a great thing to be satlsfied That means content-ment, and in a business way prosperity. \Ve all like to have our customers satlsfied. It's the best kind of advertismg, and in this twentieth century of rush and striving for the first place, advertb1l1g has come to be one of the most necessary and valuable ad]t1l1cts of trade and commerce. This is well Illustrated 111 the accompanY1l1g letter Clinton, Iowa, Mach 14, 1910 Grand RapIds Veneer \V orks, Grand RapIds, Mich Gentlemen' Replying- to yours of the 12th 1l1st, as to the results we are gett1l1g from the Grand RapIds S) stem of dry kiln, we are plea<;ed to mform you that we are well satIsfied It has more than met our expectatlOllS and has done all you claimed 1t would. Very respectfully, HEMINGWAY FURN CO Signed, \V E Hemingway IMPROVED. EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power ./01' Furmture Stores S"nd for Catalogne and Pnc"s. KIMBALL BROS, CO" 1067 Nmth St .. Council BlUffs, la, Kimball Elevator Co., 3~ Prospect St., Cl"v"land, 0.; l0811lh SI., Omaha, N"b., 128C"dar SI , N"w York CIty. ... . .. ...., .... ... . . 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,- - .......... . .." Wood Sar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. Patent Malleable Clamp FIxture. E H SHELDOlli & CO ChlcaRo III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 21 dozen Clamp FIxture. "tllch we bought of you a lIttle o\er a )ear ago are gnInR excellent se-\lce "e are well satIsfied with them and .haJJ be pleased to remember you "hene,er we "ant anything ilddltlonal In thIS hne Yams truly SIOUXCIty Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO 30,000 Sheldon Steel Rack Vise. Sold on appro\al "nd an uncon dltlonal money bd.ck guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL SAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. \Ve sohclt pnvllege of sending samples and onr complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON & CO. I 328 N. May St .• Chicago. i •••.• _. a. __ ", ~---------~-~----- _a· __ ~ . _ - - • - - - -- - - - - - • Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-John P .:\Iurphy. 12 \\ e"t lorty-thlrd street, Kansas City, Mo , $3,500, J F Cottel1111,3314 Prospect street, Kansas CIty, $3,500; E C Kreigh, 514 vYest 1'hirty-l1lnth street, Kansas City, $5,000; J \IV. Bernardan, 3642 Jansen place, Kansas CIty, $10,000, Henry ::\lohr, 46 :\orman street, Buffalo, N. Y, $3,500, Fellx Famu1are, 301 Hamburgh place, Buffalo, $5,000; Edward 1\ Meyer, 45 Ash street, Buffalo, $3,000; Sophia DaVIS, 60 1\ akefie1d street, Buffalo. $3.000, \iVaIlace Thayer, 39 A~be,rt street, Buffalo, $3,000; Alvin Bauss, 532 Northampton street Buffalo $3.500, Fred DOlns, 114 Wesley street, Buffalo, $-1-,000,\\ Illlam Chabot. 34 1\ lll-slow street, Buffalo, $3,600. "[argaret Pm' er '. 261 '\ orth Ogden street, Buffalo. $3,500 Ech, ard Bll"k, 2423 Seneca street, Buffalo, $12,000, P L Goodheart. 6526 DI eAel a, cnue, Ohicago, Ill, $4,500, C H Noble, 2618 East Se\ ent} -fourth street, ChIcago, $5,000, J J Keane. 6200 ChamplaIn a, enue, Chicago, $35,000, T L Duque, 524 South Hd1 'itreet. Los Angeles, Cal, $9,500, Stella !II Stan, 2817 Sun~et bou1e,ard Los Angeles, $6,000, Sarah Y Ruhm"teen, EIghth a, enue and T\, ent} -fitth street, Los Angele", $4,500, J T Cook, Holh \, ood. Cal , $7,000, James Carr, 301 LydIa btreet, PeOlla, Ill, $3,000, Dal1lc1 A Dugan, 606 Alden avenue, Trenton, N. J , $20,000, LOtHS Mangold, 918 Llberty street, Trenton, $4,- 000, 'l{ IV Rose, 427 Pennll1gton avenue, Trenton, $3,500, Edward Ramer, Hartley street and Lmden avenue, York, Pa., $11.000, R S Cov, an, 108 Twentieth avenue south, Nashville, Tenn , $8,000, LOlliS MacDuff, 1451 Boulevard, DetrOIt, Mlch , $5,200, J II alter Drake, 116 Boston boulevard, DetrOIt, $10,- 000, L K Butler. 573 Jefferson avenue, DetrOIt, $7,500, 1-1 n Blank"tell1, 1418 Brush street, DetrOlt, $4,500, Paul Sun-da', 535 Hurlbut ~treet, DetrOlt. $55,275, J F ;\1cLaughhn, Bru"h ;,treet and Garfield avenue, DetrOIt, $6,SOO. Peter Durst, lIague and ] ohn R streets, DetrOIt, $4,500, Mlke Rogan, 420 .:\Iontgomel} a\enue, Youngstown, 0, $3,000, John S \\' nght, Penns} Ivdl1la and Thlryt-seventib streets, lndlan-apoh", Iud $6,500 ~1rs Stella 13 Colhns, 145 South Thlrty-first "treet Omaha, \Jebr, $5,000, Ed Johnston, 1138 South Central boule, ard, Omaha. $6,500, R SHall, 2418 Farnam ~treet. Omaha, $9,000, MI"s "Joe" V'lhon, 24 Broyles street, --_._~--------- ,-----------_.------- ----------------.-.-_ .-._-._~.... New designs In the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MIClH.. No. 1711 ... No. 1705·1705 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... _ .. ... ..... STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups, making the best cup on the market. CellulOId IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups wIth cellulOId bases It can be done wIth ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth CellulOId does not sweat and hy the use of these cups tables are never marred. These cups are timshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple, Jimshed bght If you will try a sample order of thefe gOOd,you WIll dellre to handle them In quantltle, PRICES: SIZe 2X Inches .. $5.50 per hundred. Size 3U Inches. 4.50 per hundred. f o. b (]rand Rapidl PRT A SAMPLE ORDER ~ __ • Te ••• _ •••••••••••• .. .... Atlanta, Ga, $4,000; Mrs. M. ::.vreimeyer, 4248 Virgima ave-nue, St Louis, Mo., $4,000, J C Guckenberger, Mabbett and Rusk streets, Milwaukee, Wis , $3,500, E J Coogen, Fortieth street and Elm avenue, Ml1waukee, $4,000, Herman Bohlman, 2417 Center street, Milwaukee, $8,500; George \i\! Barfield, 4801 Second avenue, Woodlawn, Blrmingiham, Ala, $4,000; B F. Selman, North Ninth avenue and Seventeenth street, Birmingham, $5,500; H L Newton, 560 Laclede street, Mem-phis, Tenn, $4,500; C H Crisman" 1556 Vmton avenue, Memphis, $11,000, A D Mmkler, 1552 First avenue, west, Seattle, Wash, $15,000, A P Molloy, 4344 FOity-.-.lxth ave-nue northwest, Seattle, $10,000, VhllJam J. Trett, 905 MIdland avenue, Syracuse, NY, $5,000, H C Clark, 100 Swaneola street, Syracuse, $4,000; E J Scouller, 148 Corning avenue, Syracuse, $5,000, Anna Thomasmeyer, McBrIde and HIckory <;treets, Syracu<;e, $6,300; Huam Hucker, 930 Gr3Jpe street, Syracu<;e, $4,500, Mary E Tucker, 604 Park avenue, Syra-cu<; e, $6,000, Lucy A Jacbon, Bland and Lmcoln avenue~, Evansvl1le, Ind, $3,000; J B Young, 500 North Market street, WHJhlta, Kan, $3,500, A. E Schuh, 416 West Main street, Richmond,' Ind , $3,000, August Anderson, 421 HarrI-son avenue, South Bend, Ind, $3,000; Steven Nyccos, 1216 \i\! est Washmgton avenue, South Bend, $4,000, Thomas J ohn-son, 331 John avenue, Superior, Wis, $3,000; C CLines, 413 Perry street, Peoria, Ill, $3,000, R T Hollerook, Cherry and Seventh streets, \i\!inston-Salem, N. C, $6,000; Wilham Stuckenlberg, 3253 Texas avenue, St Louis, Mo , $3,500; Rose Meyers, Penn and Twenty-sixth streets, St Joseph, Mo, $4,- 000; J D Ormsby, 229 Campbell street, Wmnipeg, Man, $5,000, J. T. Parker, 408 Aubrey avenue, Winmpeg, $4,500, F. J. Smith, 4944 Dupont avenue, Minneapohs, Mmn, $4,- 000; Mary C Russell, 4408 Thomas avenue south, Mmne-apolis, $3,800; L. E Stetler, 2510 Logan avenue north, Min-neapohs, $3,500; Mary P Thurston, 633-9 East Thirty-second street, Mmneapohs, $20,000, Arthur Zekman, 61 East Seven-teenth street, Minneapohs, $10,000; H W W Ilhams, 2322 Rice street, Little Rock, Ark, $3,000; S HAllen, 210 Eighth avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, $10,000; W. R Baxter, 354 North Main street, Salt Lake CIty, $6,000; Albert Wihite, 419 I street, Salt Lake City, $3,800; S S DIckenson, 676 East Second South street, Salt Lake City, $4,000, Mrs E V VV. Anderson, East Twenty-eighth and Burn<;ide streets, Port-land, Ore, $15,000, H J Fisher, Patton avenue and Shaver streets, Portland, $4,000, ~T T Scott, 1158 Adams street, Mobile, Ala, $4,500; W E Flinn, Beauregard and Hamllton streets, Mobile, $3,500, William F Simpson, 5203 Wall street, Los Angeles, Cal, $4,750, L. B. l'Esperance, 355 Alexandria 19 ...~ ::K1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~~~Vllt~6 SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. CWartiatleolfroure. lf E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALMLft~N, I.. • . ..... .. ..~.. . . avenue, Los Angeles, $7,000; Evalene M McCay, 648 Haw-thorne avenue, Los Angeles, $5,500, Jesse M Cox, Detroit and Thnteenth streets, Denver, Col, $5,000, E. E Williams, 10840 Drexel avenue, Cleveland, 0, $5,500, Mary E Cassell, 1006 Eighteenth street, Columbus, 0, $4,800; Charles Defen-baugh, 490 Twenty-second street, Columbus, $3,600; A. E Legg, 227 Maynard avenue, Columbu<;, $4,000; Harry Wright, 1215 Garfield avenue, Topeka, Kan, $3,500; J H. Bailey, 714 Mas~abeslC .-.treet, J\Ianche~ter, N H, $4,000, M V. BaIley, 99 Grant street, Manchester, $3,000; Dr D. C Lefferts, Red-lands, Cal, $20,000 Miscellaneous Buildings.- The CatholJcs aI e building a $50,000 school house at 5201-9 North Fifty-second avenue, Ohicago St James illethodist M1.-.slOnare budding a church to cost $100,000 on Tabor road, PhIladelphia, Pa The Corner Realty company IS erect1l1g a theatre on North Twelfth street, St Louis, Mo , at a cost of $185,000, exclusive of seat1l1g and furniture The W1l1dom Park Baptists are buildl11g a $25,000 church on Twenty-fifth avenue, M1l1neapohs, M1l1n BU'-,l11e.-m.sen of Santa Paula, Cal, are plann1l1g for the erec-tIOn of a $50,000 hotel The Mystic Shriners are to l11vest $100,000 in the erection of a temple at Phoenix, Anz The boarJ of trustees are advertising for bids for furnishing the city hall at VisalJa, Cal, address M J Brynes, city clerk. ~T ork has been started on the erection of the First Baptist church at Pomona, Cal, which IS to cost $60,000. The Uni-tarians of San DIego, Cdl have adopted plan<; for a new church to cost $80,000 , Flattery generally has an axe to grind .. .-~ HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE. IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SAWED} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLiCED AND MAHOGANY I Ira _. _.. • • I. •• ••• .. DUMPING SOUTHERN PINE IN CANADA An Interesting Controversy Between St. Louis and Toronto Lumber Journals That May Lead to Lower Pric{"s. The follow1l1g from the Canacla Lumberman of Toronto, seems to expla1l1 how the high pnces of southern pine lumber are ma1l1ta1l1ed and may strengtlhen the <;usprClOn long enter-tained by fur11lture manufacturers and others that the cost of hardwood lumber rs not governed entrrely by the la\\ of supply and demand: An Ontario traveler for a lumber manufacturIng firm recently called upon a large manufactunng company \\ hrch uses a great deal of lumber 111the course of the year, and found that they needed a good sized bill of tank ]OlStS and timber. He figured on the brll as closely as posi>rble and told the manufacturer what rt would cost V\'hen the 111tervrew ended he felt farrly satisfied that he would secure the order In the course of a few days he returned, expect111g to close the contract, and found to hrs drsapp0111tment that a tra, eler for a Southern p111e concern had struck the traIl of the con-sumer and had offered his goods at pnces which cannot be approached by the Ontano ml1ls There \\ as not a smgle item in the ltst on w1hrch the pnce'3 of the Southern pme were not two or three dollars per thousand feet less than the prices of the Ontano mrll, and on many of the Items the difference \\as as great as $15 per thousand feet Tank jOlstS 4-in by 16-in by 24-ft \\ ere offered m Ontario \\ hrte pme, "e-lected bill stuff, for $46 Tlhe Southern p1l1Cpnce \\ as $32 For 3-inch by 16-inch by 22-foot the On tan a p111e prIce \\ as $44, and the Southern p1l1e pnce $31 SO For trmbers the pnces were not so wide apart, an example being 6-inch b} 16-111ch by 22-foot, for whrch the Ontano p111e pnce \\ a'3 $39 and the Southern pme prIce $32 It must be borne m mmd. hO\\ e\ er, that the Southern pme pnce was "deltvered," \\ hrle the On-tario price was fob mrll, whrch means that another $2 or $3 would have to be added. There 1S no p0'3s1b1lity of talkl11g against an argument of this nature, and the Ontano traveler had to lea Ye \\ ithout an order, in spite of the fact that the Canadran mills seemmgly had the gre<Lt advantage of a sibort fre1ght haul. In sp1te of this, the Southern firm was able to quote a 10\\ er price, freight included than the Canad1an manufacturer could quote f. o. b. cars at the mill. Is the Canad1an manufacturer askmg too much for hrs lumber, or is the Southern firm askl11g too ltttle? Certamly the former is not the case Canadrans have lost enougi1 money in the last two or three years to justrfy them m ask-ing every cent they are asking today The cost of manufac-turing is sufficient to warrant the pnce<; \\ hich are bel11g quoteJ by Ontano mrlls The trouble ro, that the Southern manufacturers are mak111g a convenience of the Canadian markets and are strll at the old game of dumping their lum-ber here at almost any figure 50 long as they can secure money 111return They mu<;t have money to meet the demands of therr bankers, and are sellmg lumber for anything they can obtam There rs no question that the Southern pine is being "dumped" m OntarIo The price of 6-inch by 16-inch by 22- foot, for instance, was $32. The same material was sold in Boston recently at $38 'With a $10 frerght rate from the South. there would only be $22 of the Ontario price left for the cost at the mrll, whereas in the South an average price is $23 SO Trs dumpmg however, has been going on for many } ears. and pme m the Southern States is being cut apparently at a \\ a"teful rate, but one would expect that long before thrs tIme man} of the Southern manufacturers would have reached the end of therr resources, or rather, of their borrow-mg pm" er" 1'hr<; 1S the real puzzle 111 connection with the srtuatlOn II hrch Canad1ans are unable to solve. The best solutlOn<; seems to be one which wao, recently given by a Canadran on h1:o return fram a tnp through the South. He thmk" that It 1S easier for a promoter to secure capital for doubtful enterpnse" m the States than in Canada. Appar-ently ne\\ caprtal b bemg interested from time to time, as the old capital goes out of existence, and it begins to looJk as If tIllS process could be kept up aLmost indefinitely, espec-ially rf a fair living price is obtained in United States markets There are other features of the situation which are of 111tere'-t to Canadians Visitors to the South all agree in cnticr7rnR the enormous rate at which the lumber of that countn IS being cut, and they contradict the reports which are frequently published regard111g a reduction of the quan-tIty of trmber be1l1g taken out The Canadian referred to abm e <;tates that one of the most surprising sights of his trip was the great <Lmount of lumber-laden traffic which his tram, going south from Ohicago, passed on tlhe way. Prac-tically e, ery ten miles a freight train was met, and over 50 per cent of the freight was lumber. Not only this, but in the lumber manufacturing process there is far more waste than there is in other lumbering districts Large permanent ml1ls are not erected The machinery is not up-to-date, and the timber is frequently unevenly cut Coming back to the Canadian end of the situation, one naturally Ivonders '" hy It i,..,that lumber which can be offered ••••••••••••••••••••• a ••••• ... . ~ OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Secoad National Bank Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAG8--14th St. aad Wabash A"•. GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--Chadakoln Bldg. HIGH POINT, N. C.--N. C. Savlag_ Bank Bldg. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service embracing the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originatora of the "Tracer and Clearing Houae Syatem," Collect£onServ£ce Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts . ......................... ••• ••••••••• •••••• ••• sa •••••••• w •• I ••• _ • aT h ••• 1 •••••• • • c ••••••• WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 -----~-----~------~-.-""-.-.-.-.-.-.-. a_ ••_. ....- . .•., f Lentz Big Six •• a a ••••••• I ------------------_._._---_._._. _._.----_.. ... --. .. ..._. -.... - .. ._. . .. ...- - - - - - ... -. No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAh at such cheap prices compared with the Canadian product, does not completely monopolize the market There is, first of all, one simple reason. A man who oflders a bill of South-ern pine may get it in a few days, and he may not get it for months. Deltvery is a very uncertain matter. If he orders Canadian lumber he can depend upon delivery within a reasonable time It frequently happens that after ordering Southern lumber a Canadian consumer secures some of It after a long delay, and in the end has to order CanadIan lum-ber to take the place of the Ibalance of the order, which he cannot secure in time for his work. For this reason Cana-dians have been able in the long run to hold down the sales of yellow pine The chief evil in connection with the sale of yellow pllle in the Canadian markets is the disturbance which it introduces into trade conditIons Iby providing a fac-tor for the depression of pnces and by acting as a general trade disturbing factor. The Lumberman of St. Louis, Mo., takes issue with its CanadIan contennpo'rary and prints interviews and letters from a number of southern lumber manufacturers to show that the Toronto papers make many misleading statements in regard to the yellow pine business in the Dominion. The denials, however, are evasive. It is admItted that there is an over production of yellow pine lumber and that some of it may have been dumped in Canada, but, "it has been dumped everywhere since 1907." The Southerners emphatically deny Ithat their export prices are lower than quotJations to domestic consumers and declare that the sale referred to by the Can-ada Lumberman must have been made by some concern that was heavily overstocked and in need of ready cash The St Louis Lumberman commenting on the letters and inter-views says: "Any well-informed manufacturer of yellow pine can pick out of this editorial a number of statJments that are untrue and ridiculously absurd. Just as an illustration our contem-porary certainly knows or ought to know that the sentence "Large permanent mills are not erected. The machlllery is not up to date, and the lumber i" frequently unevenly cut" ~that caps the climax of ignorance Where in the world, and that includes Canada, can you find larger, better, more permanent mills than those in the South? What mills in British Columbia can be mentioned in the same day with those operated by Wm. Buchanan, the Long-Bell Lumber company, the Chicago Lumber and COClciIompany, the Great Southern Lumber company, the Kirby Lumber company, the Central Coal and Coke company, Frost-Johnson Lumber com-pany, the Pickering Mills, the Industrial, the Newman and a score of others that we might mention? Our Canadian friends need not worry abot~t the excellence of the material they purchase on this side and they can be sure that the most up-to-date machinery has been used in its making. And we have an Idea, too, thalt they can be assured of prompt ship-ments. Our Canradian contemporary should come over on this side, visit the mills of the South, get his head full of real information and then go back to Toronlto and tell his readers of his many mistakes and erroneous statements." Though It claims that "any well-informed" manufacturer of yellow pllle can pick out a number of stwtements that are untrue and ndiculously absurd" the St. Louis Lumberman fads to mentlOn any such statements, except that in regard to the character and permanency of the Southern mills. The same is true of the letters and interVliews, intended to refute the statements made by the Toronto paper. In fact the south-erners admit even more than is charged agalllst them in re-gard to the "dumping" pohcy some of them excusing that practice on the ground that banks and finanCIers do not back the lumberman as they should. On the whole the Canadian editor seems to have "made his rase" again<;t the yellow pine combine Whether it will have any effect on prices remalllS to be seen, but if it is true that "there is a great overproduction" and no combination to maintain fictitIOUSvalues a sharp decline in the prices of yel-low pine is certainly in order And a decline in southern pine might bring about a decIllle in the cost of hardwood lumber. Common sense doesn't mix very well with a love affair. ., Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOPICINS AND HARRIET STS. eiDclnatl. OLio makers of Upholstered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB IWOM 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Drying Furniture Stock If the information contained in this book would save you a carload of oak a year, would it not be worth reading through? I Not a common catalog, but a book of information, containing practical suggestions really valuable to men interested in lumber drying. A complete treatise on Forced and Nat-ural Circulation Kilns (progressive and apartment types) with details of equipment. A book you ought to have. Sent postpaid to any address. Where shall we mail your copy? AMERICAN BLO'¥[R CoMPANY DETROIT l"dCH ---- USA Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC"roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. "Detroit" Return Steam Traps. New York Trade Notes and News. X e,\ York. \pnl 21-Bus111ess IS qUIet in most lines. In "ome there I'; c1ullne,..,s, due to tlhe appmach of the summer "ea"on, but futl11 e orders for fall dehvery are com111g 111very "ell \lreac1y the annual 1111mlgraJtlOn of busmess men gomg to Fl11ope ha" started and the hst IS one of the largest on relOl d so earh 111 the season In the furl11ture 1111ethe whole- ~ale tl ade 1<;falrl} <;easonable The retallers are not rushed \, lth bus111e"" Some of them are carrymg on special rednctlOn sales ~lanfacturers are not disposed to place large orders for supplIes at ple"ent pnces 1he \tlantlc ~letal Bed company has been 111corporated to manufacture bed", \\Ith a capital of $5,000, by John \V \ \ Jlke-" John T Inglesby, \"1 0 Douglas J aCQIb Koeppel an d Joseph Bartfeld S Ornstein and 1. Ginsburg have opened a new furni-ture store at 1957 Second avenue. Lester Alexander has leased a loft at Grand street and BlOadwa), where he will put in a big 1111eof upholstery goods for tthe wholesale trade. Fraas & Miller, retal! furl11ture dealers of Linden street and Broadway, Brooklyn, have made Improvements 111their store and put 111new ,..,how w111dows The Ford & Johnson com pan) have taken a new ware-house at 213 West Twenty-sixth street and wlll add a con-tract department for school and church furl11ture R Lawrence, who was assistant buyer for the O'N el!l- Adams company, IS now furniture and upholstery buyer for the Clstner-Knott Dry Goods company of Nashville, Tenn R \ '\lorton who was 111the furniture department of the Fourteenth street store and Rothellibergs, has succeeded Frank S Haggmann as buyer for Price & Rosenbaum, Brook-lyn D A Cella, who was for years with the Aimone Manu-facturmg company has started the "Cella shop" in the Wind-so:- Arcade, Fifth avenue, to handle choice decoratIOns, an-tique furniture and bric-a~brac. The Josiah Partridge & Sons COlllpany, have started m a new l111e, makmg the American bent wood chairs Tlhey have put m new machinery and a big demand is reported all 0\ el for these hnes. H 1\ assel11 , late furl11ture and upholstery buyer for the Goldburg-Slegel company, is now sellmg staff of Price & Rosenbaum, Brooklyn. 'Dhe Bronx company a depal tment store at Third avenue and 163d street and Jules DubOIS as the New York Molding Manufacturing company, 643 Eig'hth avenue, are both being closed out in bankruptcy Charles A Unseld is contJinuing the busmess of L Un-seld, deceased, at 131 Graham avenue Herbert Cowperthwalt has secured from France, the agen-cy for a new gildmg caster, which is a steel dOlme, without wheels or hearings. Alfred Schiebal has opened a new picture and frame store at 3519 Bloadway J & H Sakal sky, Grand and Essex streets, has taken th( agency for the Carbon Stove and Range company of Beth lehem, Pa J acolb & Joseph Kahn, who have a large warehouse on Twenty-seHnth street, are handhng a lot of spring and sum-mer goods m porch and veranda chairs as well as speCial hnes of bronze and monogram chair." office chairs and hall racks The Metropohtan Chair company are remodeling their blllldmg on Twenty-seventh ,..,treet to make it a palace sale~ room They will have fine lighting facilities, spacious win' WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 .'" These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glu. Sl'r.adine Machine, Sinele, Doubl. and Combination. (Patented) (Siz •• 12 in. to 84 in wide.) -- Ven.er Pre ••••. different kind. and .ize. (P.leated) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. - Hand Feed Glueine Machin. (Paleat penmna.l Many .tyle. and .iz ••. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. dows for daylight and high power tungsten electric lamps for even1l1gs '1he ceIlings and walb wIll ,be 111 white They wIll have a number of sam1=>lerooms and shlppmg and stor-age floors Ford & John30n have part of the first and second floors and all of the thIrd and fourth floors J F Woodlll, formerly a Phlladelphla furmture man, late wIth R J Horner and Fred Ever3 of this CIty, IS now WIth the Brooklyn Brass Refinishing company ::\;1 Gluck, who was assi"tant furmture buyer for Rothen-hergs I" now aSsIstant buyer for A. I Namm & Son, Brook-lyn Thompson & Co, manufacturing couches, beddmg and box spnngs, has a fine line on show at his warerooms in Brooklyn Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co, Fourth avenue and Thnteenth street, have an exhIbit of a fine lme of tools and hardware for the furmture j rade Olrver Bras of Lockport, NY, have a notable exhIbit at 110 West Tv.enty-seventh ",treet, of brass and Iron beds They make a specialty of the four post colonial and canopy effects Walter F Barnes of 372 Broadway is building up a large bus1l1ess in desks, office and lodge furnIture The Pantasote compan y, 26 vVest Thirty-fourth street, are pushing their sales of pantasote, which is a substitute for leather. The Sons-Cunningham company of 26 Cherry street, are making a fine lme of reed and Iattan furniture. John Bottomly, late salesman for F. Mohr & Co, has gone back to his old employt'r, R J. HDrner, on East Twenty-third street Baumann & Haubenstock have taken a new buIlding at 618 Grand street, Manhattan, an addltlOn to 614 Grand anci have enlarged their parlor sUlte factory at Brooklyn. Cowperthwait & Sons glive their salesmen bronze medals for good work and service The Pablow Reed and V\ lHaw Manufacturing company have added anothel floor to then factory wt 128 West Thirty-third stteet The Carpentel company, retail furniture house of 378 East 143d street, John B Slattery and G. E Dahlhouse pro-pnetors, have a large store but are lookIng for a chance to secure a larger one The Furniture and Carpet Employers' Mutual Benefit association of Brooklyn are trying to combat any evening No.6 Glu. H.at.r. opening of the stores Some firms have been talking of keep-ing open untIl 8 or 9 o'clock Sears & Roebuck's Operations at Sparta. During the past week it has been reported in Grand RapIds that Sear3, Roebuck & Co, were to add a line of cheap furniture to the product of their gasoline engine fac-tory at Sparta, a httle town 20 mIles northwest of Grand Rapids on the Pere Marquette If the managers of the big mail order house have any such 1I1tentlOn they have not told the people of Sparta anythmg about it They are building an addItion to their engme factory, Ibut it is ma1l1ly for a boiler and engine l'oom, and WIll not enlarge the capacity of the plant to any great eXitent. Heretofore they ha,:e used power furnished by the Sparta Mlllmg company but the ar-rangement was not satisfactory to eIther party and finally resulted m a law SUIt The ga",011l1e engine faotory was establrshed by two young men who sold Itheir product to Sears & Roebuck, but went to the bad financially 111 trying to meet the require-ments of their contract and sold out to 1Jhe ChIcago concern who have improved the plant and its product and are now enlarging it. Sparta, Iby the way, is a prosperous little town. It's greatest draw back is lack of houses for workmen with families. Pleasure IS almost anyth1l1g we dan't afford ~-._ -- .. ........ 1 THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addrea. and and recei... de.cripti ... Circular of Glue Heater •• Glue Coohr. and Hot Bon. with price •• The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid., Mich. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN NO FURNITURE TRUST IN CANADA. -----------------------1 , President Harmer of the Alleged Holding Com-pany Emphatically Repudiates the Ideo. Fram the TOIonto \\ otld of A.prll 16-The \\ eekl} Sun, in an edItorial under the captIOn of "A FurnIture CombIne Too," pens an edItorial agal11st combl11es, basl11g Its argu-ment on a despatch appearing 111 Thursday's Globe relatIve to the meeting of the Ontano Fur11lture :,Ianufacturers' assocIatIOn at Guelph, Its facts are so 1I1accurate and ItS speCIal pleas so fOl ced that It has been brought to the attentlon of some of the lead111g furnIture manufacturers 111 Toronto R, Harmel, presIdent of the Canada Fl11 nlture IIan utac-turers, LtJ, wa" seen by The \\ orId yesterday, and hay 111g been shown the edltonal fr01l1 the \\ eekl) Sun, saId "There IS absolutely no furnIture comb1l1e 111 Canada ~-\t the meet-ing that Tlhe \Veekly Sun refers to my company \\ as not rep-resented ThIS company was fOlmed 1ll 1900 and then 0\\ ned and operated sIxteen furniture factones; It today operates only eigiht. ThIs has been the result of metlhod" of economy in management, and as a matter of fact thIs company was formed in order to lessen the costs of manufacture and man-agement and to put the fur11lture bU"111es~, so Lll d~ \\ e \\ el e concerned, on a staple business baSIS "So far as I can learn the meet1l1g at Guelph was for the purpose of discuss~ng conditions and talkmg over busmess procedure and plans looking to\Vard the development of the furniture business 111 Canada I don't th1l1k any effort \\ as made to fix pnce.>, because my knowledge of the furnIture business tells me that no agreement to fix pnces could be kept owing to tlhe uncertain condItIons prevalent 111the trade "I t is not usually knoY\ n, but It IS none the less a fact, that there are few furmture factones 1I1akmg a reasonable profit on theIr business It is one of the most precarious businesses m Canada and success 111 It depend~ on an accur-ate and economIc systam of cost and dlstnbution The statistics of Bmdstreet's WIll show tlhat WIthin very recent years upward of a score or more of furniture factones hay e failed, The sea of busl11ess IS stre\vn \vlth the wreckage ot Canadian furniture factories "We have found that the hig'h cost of lIv mg has 1l1creased tlhe cost of production of furmture Our workmen demand higher wages and our salesmen demand hlg1her salane~, and the price of lumber IS much hIgher than a vear ago The demand for furnIture IS necessarily 11l111ted 111 a country as small as Canada lIhe great demand for oheap furmture from the rural dIstricts IS chIefly 111 t<he \\ est, \\ hlch mu ~t be sold alt low prices, which do not repay adequately t<helr manu-faoture, The demand for hlgh-c1as, furmture 111 Canada b compalmtively small, the competItion b keen betv\ een the Canadian factOries anJ those 111the Umted States I belIeve in order to profitably ma1l1ta111 tlhe furmture 1I1dustry 111 ~.._ . •• -1' 10ufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 15-4 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Cltlzens'Telephone 170Z, ,.. . II III II ,., ?, , ~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 f'cutting tools are not of the best, you i I f ,can not turn out good work. <J' Q) ~e:, 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 I ~11aborsaving tools. IF" lt~~~~I~ LWA-K~S-~~'C~C~'~L~ .. .. - - _. ._. ..~ Canada It \v III be necessary for the factory managers to in-crease theIr pI Ices at least five per cent and even at thaJt no factOr} \\ III be maklllg a fair bUS111es3 relturn on money in-vested. Effect of the Tariff. , So fal as I know, no furlllture manufacturers are com-pla111111gabout the states' t3Jnff, but a reduction from 30 per cent to 20 per cent at the present stage of the mdustry would senously cnpple It The whole furlllture industry m Can-dela IS bUIlt on the hope that WIth the mcrea~e m population the demand for Ganaelllan-jmade furnIture will sufficiently lllcrease to make Its productIOn on a large scale return ade-quate profit, and untll our populatIon gro\Vs much larger and the demand fOl hIgh and medIum grade fUl mture IS greater, no fortune~ are gOlllg to be made out of tlhe furnIture bUSI-ness "The sty les m furniture change like the styles in mI1- 11ll(ry, and the furniture that is out of Jate has to be "ac-rificed 3Jt a great loss to the manufacturer. "Again I say, emphatically, tlhere is no combine among Canadian furniture manufacturers but tlhe conditions of the trade are such that an advance m the prices of furntlUre may rea'3on3lbly be expeoted by the purchasing public. I might add also that the furniture factones are <lJmong the glreat in-dustries of Canada, consuming millions of feet of Canadian lun ber, employing 1Jhousands of workmen, providing wages ior hundreds of homes, and are reasonable subjects for fair treatment by the tanff" That lIquor Imploves WIth age seems to be demonstrated by the fact that the older some men get the better they lIke it. WEEKLY ARTISAN American Ex])osition in Berlin. That AmerIca IS to have a comprehensive and I epresent-atl\ c eXposItIOn m Betlm m 1910, openmg m September, IS a<,- sured :\1anufa'Cturer~ and bu"mess men throughout the coun-try are ,hsplaying a ltvely interest m the undertakmg, and appltcatlOlls fOI space hay e been receIved by the A..merican C011111l1tteefrom many states The mdlcatlon<, are that every bl al1ch of AmerIcan progres, ~ III be shown at the eXposItIOn \merIcan manufactul el' of office fllrl11tllre hay e been suc-ce~" fllim findmg an outlet 111 L1110pe for a pal t of thClr pro-dllCt, and It wOllld seem that the all AmerIcan exposItion to be held 1Il Berltn wOllld afford manufacturers mother lme" OpportU111ty to do ltkewlse Bellm I" the commercIal center of Furope, and our manufacturel s couLl not make a 1110re favOlable ImpressIOn on foreIgn buyers than by exhIbIting at the exposItion to be held thel e Impetus has been given the exposItIOn enterpl be by the appollltment of former Governor DavtJ R Flancls of .1\11,,- souri, to the office of first vIce-president of the A..merIcan Committee I t is lIltel esting to note that the prospectu<' emphasl7e" the practical benefit of an exposItion held In the heart of Europe rather than making ,LU appeal to the natIOnal pnde of prospective exhibItors The booklet draws attentIOn to the Illustrious allspIces under wrllch t1he eXiposltlon IS to be held and lays "tress upon the value thIS WIll have in enhancing Ametican interests abroad PrInce Henry of PrussIa, brother of the Emperor, ItS pI eSlden l of the Gellman ReceptIOn Com-mittee, whtle m this country J PIerpont :\forgan is pre"ldent of the commIttees whIch are dlrectmg the work of selectmg representatl\ e exhIbits FOlmer Governor FrancIs IS first vIce pre"ident and John VVanamaker IS "econd v Ice-presIdent The prospectus points out 1 he practical SIde of the exposI-tion as fol1o~ s . "As this WIll be the fil st all-AmerIcan el\.po"itlOn ever held in a foreIgn country ,It will he of mterest to all Europe as ~ ell as to Amenca ExpJsitlOns have not been over-done there a" they have here. American entelprI"e IS well recog-nized aJbroad, anJ the rapId progress of thIS country has at-tracted the attention of the entire world Thus, an AmerIcan expositIOn held in the heart of Europe, WIll he of mestimable \ alue to the manufacturer and business man in that It WIll give him an opportu111ty to show and to demonstrate to a receptive audience what has been accomplished in the Ul11ted States along every line of endeavor" Panama Canal "Has Been Dug." Reports from \\T ashmgton state that th e Panama Canal a<, orIgmally planned and adopted by Congre"" has been 2S .. -..... -- - ..-- - -.. Grand Rapids Crescent THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH . Built with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptIve mformation. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS '--~----_._._OF._G._RA._ND- RAPIDS, MICH. _. _. _. ------- -------~ &.. - •••••••• .... dug This plan contemplated a total excavatIOn of 103,795, 000 cubIC yards of earth The ~Iand total of excavatIOn ac-compltshed to the end of 1\1alch last was 103,20S,666 cubIC yards, or wlthm 590,004 of the total excavatIOn reqUIred Ohanges m the plans made subsequently by order of the \\ ar Department, however, mcreased the total amount of excavatIOn to 174,666,594 cubIC yards Only about 70,000,000 cubIC yarJs therefore rem am to be excavated A..ctlve exca-vation work on a large ~cale did not begin untd 1907, and neatly the entIre excavatIOn called for under the orIgmal plan has been accomp1Jshed m three and a quarter years The ~ orth Branch (1\1lch) l'url11ture company ha" been mcorporated Capital stock, $4,000 ' -------_._--_._------------------_._----- Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manage~r Manufacturing Trades Dep't. 1--,_. ,__..__. ._. • • , • _ •• • • •• •• It •• * ... -----------_._._--- - . . ... Manufacturers of Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Furniture Association Minnesota Retail Dealers' OFFICERs-PresIdent J R Taylor, Lake Benton Mlnn Vice PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MlUn Secretary, W L Grapp JanesvIlle, Mlnn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman Geo Klein, Mankato, MUIn, 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mlnn, W. L Harns Mmneapohs, Mmn I C Dalllelo;otl, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 106. \'\T e present you thIs ~ eek wIth IllustratIOns from ['27 ~ hlch ha, e been tried out m fifteen chfferent stores and ha, e proven to be thc l11"Ostall-around ;,attslactory table that we could 1l11d \\ hl1e :)on md, be dble to get some tables that look slmlldr to these \ve klliH\ b, comparison that you cannot get any better table, ,1t dn\ prlCC tha11 these drc Thcreto! e, ~ e want C\ ery membel to try a few as the tables ~ III speak for themseh es when vou get them These tables Me priced fob ChIcago If you put a few of these on your floor, ,ou ne\ er nccd to fe,lr mall at der competitIOn Send your orders to tbe ,ecretar:; Tanes\ dlc, :\Imn, and comply with assoCIatIOn rules F27 No 006 Plam oak, ,!;olden oak fimsh 1Vz mch legs Glo,",s fimsh 24" 24 mch top PrlCC, I 0 b. Clllcago, V/ood Foot, $105, Glas" Foot, $1.55 l<27 :1\0 41 28 x 28 mch top Qual-tered oak or golden oak Hand rub bed and pohshed top Pnce fob ChIcago, Wood Foot $355, Gl.l'i' Foot, $455 127 '\ n 26 (,olden oak 12 x 12 mch top GIn" 11111,h 30 mches hlgh PrJcc lob (1111 ago, $1,60 F27 No 01 24 x 24 mch quartered oak top, golden oak fimsh, gloss Price fob ChIcago, Wood Foot, $144, Glas" Foot, $194. F27 '\ ° 36 (,olden °lk or qllar tercd oak 12 x 12 mch top 32 111- ches hIgh. Pohsh fimsh Pnce f o b ChICdgo, $2 78 F27 No 34 28 x 28 mch top Quartered oak, golden odk or ma-hogany Hand rubbed and puhshed Price, fob ChIcago, $7 56 SEND ALL ORDERS TO THE SECRETARY, JANESVILLE, MINN. Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association. BULLETIN No. 107. HIGH CLASS LIBRARY TABLES. In pre'ientmg you thIs lme of lIbrary table'i we feel} ou wIll not realIze what bar gam'i they dre untIl you see the qualIty, fil1l'ih and constructIOn They are m e, ery way hIgh class good" and the sellmg qUdlItles of these ha\ e been tned out 111tbe ld"t SIX months 111twenty of OUI dIfferent members' sto! es Tn all ea'ies, they l1<\ve reported tbat they dl e wIthout que"tlOn the be'it l111eof IIbl anes they wel e ever db1c to buy dt even a much hlghel pnee These tables are ,tll fob ChIcago, and the fdLtory can make prompt shIpment We h,lve abo arranged a complete 'iet of advertlsmg Ul1lts of each one of these tables wIth tbe deSCrIption dttached vYe ",ant to urge our members to use them as much as they pO~'ilbly can, knowmg the help they wIll bnng to our mem-bers These Ul1lts are dll made up wIth hand drawmg cuts whIch WIll gIve a clear-cut pIcture, no matter ho" coarse the mk nO! how coarse the paper IS upon whIch they dre prInted You WIll note tbat our pnces on these arc "orne less than when they were first bulletmed whIch goes to show what volume docs We are trYIng to make tll1" factory account so good thdt It '\'\111brIng us still further savmg 1hIS can easIly be done If all of our members WIll put them on theIr floor, Send all orders to the secretary, JaneWllle, M1I111, and comply wIth assocIatIOn rules It takes a week to ten days to make deln ery Yours for hearty co operdtlon, THI: BUYING COMMITTI:E F27 No 45 Quartered oak top Golden oak fil1lsh 36 x 24 meh top Rubbed dnd polIshed top Pnee, fob ChIcago, $473 F 27 No 56 Golden oak or quartered oak 44 x 28 meh top Hand rubbed and polIshed fil1lsh 5Y;; meh legs Pnee, fob ChIcago, $11 57 ['27 No 02 Golden oak or quartered oak, gloss h111'ih 24 x 24 l11eh top Pnee, fob CIlIeago, $227 };27 No 35 QUdl tel ed oak top, golden oak 11111"h 40 x 26 wch top hdud rubbed ,ll1c1 polIshed Pnce f o b Chle,lgo, $655 F27 No 405 Quartered oak, band rubbed and pol- Ished Pnce, fob ChIcago, $1393 MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ASSOCIA TION---Bulletin No. 108. ADVERTISING HELPS. Your eommlttce on ach ertls111g IS hnd111J tlldl 111 01 (Ill \0 ~(\ ld veltls111" unIts fOI ,tll thc Ilcms "c hdndle I' d tlcl11cncl,l\' lob ll](1 wl1l be cal ned out only ,10 LIst as dS~olldtlOn fund, \\ III \\ 111 l11t In(l IlllJ1c!tnQ. to the ,UppO! I thdt thIs movemcnt get" VI hy not 01 clcr ,ome 01 the fe llC)\\ 1116 umts and 1.1) them out In your ddvHtlS111g thIS c 1111n,--month) It) Ol\ \\ III onl) gct a fcw no\\, Wl Id10w thdt you \\ III 'oon bCg111 to Ildl1/c thc hclp that thIS U11lt syote111 bnng'3 ) au r 27 No OOb IhlS pallor 'land IS made of nlam oal, golden oak fimsh It IS fim~hed m gloss The top IS 24 ,24 mche~ TI,e 10" er shelf Ib roomy and the legs al e neatlv t rned The stock and fimsh ale e,ceJlf'nt and the deSIgn "\ery artistIC" vV,th t,pe 40t ",thout Pncf' fob ChIcago ,Vood foot Glass foot t'pe 25c r 27 No 36 ThIS pedes tal I~ made of golden oak 01 quar-tf'red oal, polIsh fimsh Top IS ] 2, ]2 In C he S and It IS 32 mches hIgh The can structlon J '" hIgh gladf' thrnout It IS a good p r act I c al pIece WIth tvpe 40c ,'Vlthout hpe 25c Pnce fob Clllcago $2.78 F27 No 34 'lllls pedestal table 1 q made m qual tered oak golden oak or mahogany 1 he top IS 25 x 28 mches It IS 11and 1ubbed and polIshed 'rhl~ IS a good senslblf' deSign beSIdes beIng "\er\ artIstic WIth type, 40c WIthout type 25c Pnce, fob ChICago $7.56 $105 1.55 F 25 No 26 ThIS pedestal 's trade, of golden oak It IS fimshed m gloss The top IS 12 x 12 m ches and It IS 10 mches hIgh ThIS IS a good practlcal piece I' _, " 11\ 1hl-- llttlc padol ~tand Ie::. \' (11 111'1(1(' of golden oak or "'t\ Ith '1 qual terpd oak top The top IS 24, '4 mehes It 1 __ fimshed In glo ...s.. and 11'1<;"a good "'lzed 10" er I shelf The It g __ ,ue hea,' turned A good o;;;;trong <;;,ten'SIble table "nil t\]H In, !lll( E' f 0 1) ( "o(Hl f I( t Glq ......, f( It " 1tllou t t, pe 23c hHag-o \Vlth type PrIce f 0 10, ,Vlthout type 25c b ChIcago $1.60 $1.44 1.94 r 27 No 4'> TIllS llbrary table is well made of quartered oak The top IS 36 x 24 mches It has a hand rubbed and pollsh fimsh The large lower shelf IS of extra SIze There IS a drawer under the top ThIS table IS ., ery heavy and the constructIOn IS of the best It WIll last for years The lower part IS well braced This IS a good sensIble deSIgn and a practIcal SIze F 2, '0 H I hl'o table IS made of (I lal tel eel oah 01 golden oak The top 1'-. g-O(Hl <;;;I7e beIng 28,- 28 Inches It 1<;;' hand I ubhed and poh<;;;hed The urn 1 .... heR\ \ and It ha..... '1 lllge shelf 1111'-. 1'" a \eI\ ...I.n ....Ible d..'" "ell ao;; an al tI'3tH PICl( ",th t, pc 10( ",thout t, pe, 25c PrI( e fob Clllcago $4.48 ,Vllh type 40c WIthout type, 25c PrIce fob Ch,cago . $4.73 1'" - .......0 j rlil ....laIge- quartered cd.k taJ>lt-' 1 d'" 1 14- '. _~ Inch top It has d del D 11111 lad d dla\,"pr The legs ale e'-tla Ilea\' a ..... the'j are made of e, tl a hea,.. ..,tock thruout The de'-.lgn 1.... e ...c..e..edlngl' artIstIC and It 1'" a ,f'r, PIRctlCcll <;;;Ize It 1<;;; hand 1 ubhed lnd poh ...h.ed One of the ...e. tlhl("~ "ltll t,\o 01 thlf)(> hea" (llRll.., to lllc1tl11 ,\ ould 111'1h.€ '1 ,er' Lttl a( tn f' 111nal') set 'llle giain 111 till", t'1bh 1 .... ('\.tla fine :B 27 No 105 Tllls genume quar-tered oak table ha' a large 48 x 28 mch oval shaped ton heavy legs and a large dra" er It IS hand rub bed and pollshed Very massIve and I hea' v It IS 11lgh gratia m every " a, and IS gotten up m a plam, rIch, colomal btyle It ha~ a deep rIm "Ith drawer and a lower shelf ThIS 1~ a large very substantIal and shape- Iv table - _~ 1 ,V,th t, pe Pllce, f 0 10c WIthout type 25c b ChIcago $11.57 WIth t,pe, 40c WIthout type, 25c PrIce, fob Chicago ....••.. $13.93 CANADIANS ARE SUSPICIOUS. WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 But Generally They Approve the Suggestion for a "Get-Together" Conference. The editonal from the N ew York CommercIal, publIshed in the \Veekly ArtIsan last Satm day, "uggestlllg that priOl to the fOJ1mal conference between offiCIals of the DomllllOn and the Ulllted State~ lookmg to the negotIatIOn of a recIprocity treaty or trade conventIOn between the two nations a conven-tIOn be called at Montreal of representatIves of manufacturers busmess intelests of Canada and thIs countIy to take actIOn on "\anoue; quee;tlOTI<;that would be helpful to the government officIal" met WIth general approval fIam the press anJ the bu"mess people "across the lIne" However, the approval IS not unanimous over there as IS shown by the followmg letter to the New York paper from a promment manufacturer of ::YIontreal who probably expre"se~ the vievv s or feelings of many CanadIan manufacturers: EdItor, ~ew YOlk CommercIal Sl1-1 am m hearty "ympathy with an} thing that mIght lead to closel relatIOne; WIth our respectIve natIOns, if on a mutually advantageous basis, but must confess some doubt as to the punty of your motIves m thIS case Thl s doubt IS ]u",tIfied by our past treatment at \¥ashmgtol1 and by your frank statement that our market and resources look good to you Your pa.,t selfine'iS as a natIOn 11d~hleped ue; to grow up, and you must not be Impatient of om present attltuJe If It infers abIlIty to stand alone Pere;onally, I would be plea,ed to see the convention held, as a large number of your busl11ess men would come m per"onal contact WIth our" and learn our pomt of vIew \Ve once thought we could not eXIst WIthout your markets, but yom delegates WIll find that am honzon has bloadened so much that we may not properly apprecIate your benevolence As to your sugge",tion that the conventIOn be called under the auspices of the CanadIan Manufacturers' associatIon, the Idea IS beautIful and worthy of the Golden !\ge, but I doubt If the Candadldn manufacturel s are fal enongh advanced to mVlte your manufactm ere; to a banquet where their own heads will be offel ed a" the pIece de re"ls.tance I do not want to seem to elJscam ag e so vast a step toward the mIllenlt1m but I be-lteve that on cloe;el study of Canddlan condItIon:'> y au WIll find that we hay e grown too tough to eat even when CO\ered by your almost irresist<Lble flattery an,l that the best and only way to get on board now IS to come 0\ er and help us develop up, and you can be ,nre of a most hearty welcome-for we lJke yOU lots, a" mdlvldual s J 1I SlmRRARD 1\Jonilcal, C anacla, \pril 18, 1910 Pleads "Guilty." Commentmg on l\Jr Sherrard's leiter the New York paper says "The CommercIal can easIly put Itself m thIS CanadIan manufacturer's place, see Jnst how we look to 111mand appre- CIate his feelIngs on the situatIOn It i", a matter of history that our abrogatIOn of the la"t commercial treaty with the DominIOn forty-four years ago was almost an insult in the manner of ItS proJectIOn, since then we have never met Can-ada anywhel e near half-way m any steps for recIproCIty; and we have been e;elfi..,h, If not posItIvely hoggIsh at tImes \Ve "acknowledge the corn" Hone'lt confeSSIOn is gOBd for the soul "It is tl ue also that Canada could much better afford to worry along without our American markets than we could without hers For the last three years our sales to Canada were more than double her sales to us-$526,976,21O, as agamst $239, 541, 688 But Canada meantIme has been buIld-mg up other foreIgn malkets, and her commerCIal hOl'lzon has certal111y bl oadened, It IS fast comprehenchng the world-mar-kets "And, all these thmg, being conceded, why shouldn't the Canaehan manufacturers take kmdly to the proposed mter-natIOnal commelClal conventIOn, get our delegates from every State of the PnlOn over 111 Monheal and tell them all these plam facts, no mattel how dlsagl eeable or uncomplimentary, at close range-"ngiht to theIr faces," as It were? That is just what we Yankees would want to do were the condItions and cilcumstances rever",ed The average American ltkes things to be called by theil nght names, and all the world knowe; that the aver<lJge Bllton or Canuck ltkes so to call them In no better way-perhaps m no other way-coulel these two sets of business neIghbors get together and learn what would be moe;t desiralble for both in the ltne of trade reciprOCIty "A", to the suggestIOn that the CanadIans would ne\ er consent to parhC'lpatmg 111 a conference 111 whICh they might be "ealten up," our correspondent IS far too mode~t He fears that 111e;fellow countrymen could not be trusted to come out of "uch a gathellng wlt1h tlhelr head:'> on We have It from one Paulus J OVIUS,who u:'>eJ to do stunts in hlstory-wntmg away back about Anno Dommt 1540, that "the whole Eng-lte; h nation, beyond all othel mortal men, i", mOSit gIven to banqueting and feasts" "The CanadIans of thl" day dnd generatIOn must have 111htllted that predIspOSItIOn to feastll1g If thel e IS anythll1g edIble in SIght, they are pI etty sure to take It in We Yankees al e by no means tender-foots-but vve may be tender-headeJ And the ~hances are that fmm an ll1ternatlOnal conference ,uch as hae; been e;uggested our delegate:'> would come home headless instead of havll1g their stomachs lIned with CanadIan pate" nut let's put the thing to a tee;t, any way" MIchIgan IS ll1c1uJed 111 the lIst of e;tates from whICh the CommercIal hae; recelY ed approval of ItS suggestIOn by manu-facturere; and pI oml nent an c1finanClal men New Factories. (;eorete G Gllffith & Son are to establI"h a new furlllttll e b factOly at Muncie, Tnd The \Vllght Cabll1et COl11pdlly have establIshed a furnI-ture factory at Nevada, Io-wa, Tihe Peona TIeddll1g company IS a llew concern located in the old patte! y build111g ,Peona, 111 ]lhe TaylOl Bedehng company wtll manufacture mat-tree; se;;, etc, at Taylor, Tex CapItal stock, $12,000 The EclIpse Metal Bed company, capItalIzed at $5,000 WIll manufactm e bede;, cnbe;, eraelles, etc, 111 New York John \Vlalser, 0 C SchmIdt, Leonal d Koerber and Fredenck Daub dre makll1g an angements to establI:,h a fur-nlttll e factory at Elora, near BerlIn, Ont, The Chamber of Commerce of OrOVIlle, Cal, ie; to furn- I"h a site for a fur11lture factory to be e'3tablished in that town by the Butte County Pll1e and Hardwood company The Commercial Club of Orange, Tex, are negotiating for the establIshment of a furnIture factory in that town, WIth good prospects for cloe;ing a deal wllth a northern 00n-celn that has been looking for a nevv locatIOn The Sammett-Fogg company of Boston, bec1dll1g manu-factm ers, have organIzed an aUXIlIary company WIth $25,000 paId up capItal to establie;h a factOly in PhiladelphIa, from whIch they WIll supply their trade in Pennsylvania and the South 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- -._. _ ...._----,----------_._-.----_-------_._---- -----. --.. , NO OTHER SANDER No. 111 Patented Sand &elt Machine. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No.i71 Sander produces a fmish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Catalog liE" .. -. .I. Rugs Six Hundred Years Old. Joseph \\ dd & Co l~ltth a\ enue and Thlft) -fitth "treet, N ew York, have on e'Chlbltlon a collectIOn contdl11lng "orne of the oldest ru~" 111 C'.htence most of them be1J1g of Chlllese ongl11 The collectIOn I" of pecuhal l11teJ<>t and contalll" several <;peClmens "hlch \\ ould not "eelll out ot plale 111 a museum, rug" WO\ en dUl111g the :,I1l1~ D) na"t\, bet\\ een 1368 and 1644, whIch onS;111all) \\ ere <;plead mer "ome altar or were part of the fur11lshlt1g of a parlor The) are beautltul pIeces of work, in a perfect state of preserv atlOn, and are III the nchest of colonng, 'loft 01,1 blues, 1\ ones, deep ) ello\\ s and peach blow tones prevaJ1111g In onh one or t\\ 0 are e\ 1- dent, the bri1hant color" usually a""oclated \\ Ith Chlllese art at blue \\ Ith man) figure<; in blue anJ brownish and yellow "hades n -\nother hand"ome rug ha:, a ground of deep yellow wIth a p1J1kl"h tone and blue and Ivor} III the figure:, and a rich border of th(' blue One large central cIrcle and four small ones each conta1J1ll1£; d deSIgn in blUIsh tones ornament a rug at txqulslte pedch blO\\ ground A Baltimore Factory. On e of the finest factories 111 DaltimOl e b that of Leven- ~on & Zellltl at 3 ~orth Gay street They make parlor furn~- tt1le couche" ml""lon fUl11ltUle, davenports and a large line 1 ) _..-/ '-- ) ONE OF THE PROMINENT FURNITURE FAOTORIES IN BALTIMORE, MD. Most of the rugs have a centrdl oblong portIOn at a hght tone wIth scattered figure:, and a border at the old blue \\ Ith floral, Svva3tlkJa or other com entlOnal de"lgn, and III almo"t every case the exact center of the oblong I" mal ked h) a large cIrcle. The dragon, the tea plant and reproductIOns of the Jade Images of "gla\ e foods" placed 111 the JO"" house" are faVOrIte symbols. In one rarely beaUtiful speCImen, about 250 ) ears old, valued at $3,500, all the figures are placed upnght, d" 111 a painting A blue dragon I11hablb the center cIrcle On background of softest IVory are tea plants, \ a<;es. frUIts and other obj ects, mostly 111 blUIsh tones There b a tnple horder at leathel JUl11lture They are the ong1l1ators of the patent l'ullmdn beel the) make for the southern states at pnces I dl1g1l1g from $18 to $50 They also make a large 1l11e of church lodge and club room furniture, of whIch they is"ue a sepdrate catalogue They have the best of equIpment for mak1l1g tht 11 hnes and have recently est:a~lisheel a wareroom on Frederick street C E Hooper of San Antol1lo, Tex., b one of their <;ale<;men. covenng southwestern territory. The b ~",t man at a wedding is the fellow who isn't get-tmg marned - - - --------------.., MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS J W Bowman IS a new undertaker at Braymer, 1\10 George J Kaber has purohased the retaIl furnIture husi-nes" of J C Shafer at As'>umption, III H. B & J B LaIng have succeeded :;vr E Glea'>on, furni-ture and hardware dealeI, of Ely, l'vhnn o E Perry has closed out hi" furniture Ibusiness at Albany, Ore, and movecl to Newport, same state The Rogers FurnIture company of Texarkana, Ark, have reduced then capItal stock from $50,000 to $40,000 The Hammoncl-Brown-VV all Furmture company of Spar-tanbmg have opened a branch store at Eevsley, S C D. Sommers & Co, house furmshesr of Indlanapolts, Ind , hay e incorporated With capital stock fixed at $150,000 Halgus & Andrews have succeeded C D. Buckmann, in the furnIture and undertakIng bus111es'> at Emmet, Idaho The fluft rug factory recently establtshed at Marquette, Mich, i" 1 eported as having more bUSIness than they can handle J A Gillison, undertaker, of Owensboro, Ky, is suc-ceed ed by the J\Itller-Gdlt '>on Undertak111g company Incor-porated N. G. Vander Linde, furniture dealer and undertaker of Muskegon, Mich , has chsposed of his stock and retired from bu"ine'>s :t\ N Littlefield ha" bought a half Interest in the furni-ture "tore of Sandltn & Bngman, FItzgerald, Ga, Mr Bng-man retIr111g n Engel has closed out his furmture business at Bo"ton, Ga, and moved to Thomasville, where he wIll open a new furn ture store. C. M Pace, a banker, has purchased an interest in the People's FUlmture company of Roanoke, Va, and has taken charge of the store. L F. Shank, undertaker of Des M01l1es, Ia, has sold out to J \V Patnck, who has consoltdated the busmess WIth another undertakUlg firm . The Meyers-Spattl manufacturing company of Houston, TeA, mattresse" and bedd111g, have 111creaserl their capitdl '>tock from $300,000 to $350,000 \\ Illard Bal nhart, presIdent of the Nelson-Matter Furni-ture compan), and famIly have returned to Gland RapIds from their WIntel home 111 Altadena, Cal. George Story, a retIreel furmture man of Grand Rapids, MIlh , dled on Apnl 17, aged 59 years He has been a resi-dent of the Furmtme CtIy "mce 1875 The Globe VI'>e and Truck company of Grand Rapids is workmg on an order of forty trucks for one of the promInent manufactunng compames of that CIty The Gldclmg,> block, DanvIlle, Ill, IS beIng remodeled for the me of the Hub Furmture company, at a CO'it of $15,000 mcludmg $3,500 for a pl3!te glass front The Lashlee FurnIture company, dealers of Camden, Tenn, have made an assignment WIth ltabIlities amountmg to about $800 ancl assets estImated at $1,100 Albert L Lindholm, presIdent of the Lmdholm Furniture company, San FranCISCO, Cal, was robbed of $160 by pick-pockets, whIle ndmg on a Market "treet car. The vVallager Manufactunng company of Milwaukee, \;Vi" , have the contract for mak1l1g the furniture for the post-office in Los Angeles, Cal TheIr bId was $48,198. ScheIn & \VIener, furniture dealers of 1531 Third avenue, N evv York, have settled WIth their credItors and the bank-ruptcy proceedings aga1l1st them have been dIsmissed The stock of furnitture owned by W B Anderson of Angleton. Tex. whose bu"iness was recently placed 111 the hands of a receIver, has been sold at auctIOn for 2651z cents on the dollar, of the inventoriecl value The retail furnIture dulers of Salt Lake CIty have "igned an agreement to close then "tores at 6 o'clock on Saturday" the same a" other evenings and to close at 1 o'clock on Saturdays dunng June, July and August Royal Beal, who for forty years conducted a furnIture factory at Oxfordvdle, N II, dIed at the home of hIS son Frank J. Beal of Plymouth, Mass, on Apnl 16, aged 92 years He was well known as the Ulventor of the band saw Edgar C Graves for thIrty years a member of the firm of P H Graves & Son, furniture dealer" of Waltham, Mass, has sold his interest m thatt hou.,e anel gone to Lynn, Mass, where he takes the pOSItIon of presldent and manager of the Symonds Furmture company. The Colomal Furmture company, recently orgamzed m Grand Rapids, with $5,000 capltal stock, "ucceeds an 1l1dl- VIdual who has been engaged 111 the manufacture of piano benches on a modest scale The company Will contInue the business TheIr shop lS in the hland company's butld1l1g The Hood & \v heeler Furl11tUle company of BIrm1l1g-ham, Ala, has been 1l1corporated With capltal stock Itmited to $50,000 all paid In The Wheeler Ulterest seems to have been albsorbed by the Hoods James Hood is preSIdent and treasurer, Rosa C Hood, vIce1plesldent and Mant Hood secre-tary The Kunzelmann-E,,'>er Furniture company, dealers, of MIlwaukee, WIS, are erect1l1g an elght-stroy bnck and con-crete buIlding at the corner of MItchell street and Second avenue, south side. It wdl be one of the largest and most con-venient bus1l1ess bUlldmgs in the city and WIll be ready for occupancy 111September Henry J Nelson, the oldest furniture dealer in Bur11l1g-ton, Vt, and probably the oldest 111 New England, dIed on Apnl 10, aged 69 years He had been m the bus1l1ess since he was a boy of 18 years He was born 111 Burltngton 111 1841, had always Itved withm 20 rod.., of hIS bIrthplace and had done busllless at the "ame stand for over 50 years The Ohio Casket company, Columbth, 0, has been or ganized WIth $30,000 capItal stock The new company take'> over the property of the CapItal CIty Casket company, re-cently sold at bankruptcy sale, WhICh WIll be put in '>hape at once for the manufactm e of all kinds of coffins and caskets The officers are J A Cheney, presldent, \V S Hatcher, 'lce-presIdent, C MAnderson, "ecretary-treasurer and gene-ral manager ... •• _. a_ •• __ e - ••••••• _. we •• __ ., WOOD rORninO (UTHR~ As only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes Into contact With the lumber, there is no friction or burn- Ing of the mouldings when made with the Shimer Reversible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to suit your work, and are very complete, inexpensive and time-saving tools. We supply special Cutters of any shape desired and of any size to suit your machine spindles. Let us have your speCifications. For odd work not found In our catalogue send a wood sample or draWing. SAMUEL J. SmMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, Sidmg, Doors, Sash, etc. ....... - _._--- .. ._", 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ . Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. Clean, medium priced line of Buffets and Chma Closets for territory east of Buffalo, N. Y., to Portland, Me, and south to Norfolk, Va., by a well known experienced salesman. Address "Results" 342 Sumner Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. 4-23 4-30. EXPERIENCED BRASS BED SALESMAN Is open for clean cut, snappy, up-to-date lme to sell in cItIes of Atlantic coast states from Portland, Me., to Norfolk, Va Address "Ecce Homo", care 1238 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N Y SALESMAN WANTED To sell on commission a good lme of Buffets and Sideboards, havmg an establIshed trade m MiSSOUri, Kansas and Ne..l braska. Address A. B C., care Weekly Artisan. 4-23 WANTED On salary or commiSSion a lIne to sell m OhIO, West Vir-ginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D. C, by a salesman with establIshed trade of more than 20 years. Ad-dress "L. G.", care Weekly Artisan. 4-23tf. SALEMAN Travelmg New York, New England and South to Vlrgima, wants representatIve lme of Dressers and Chiffoniers. Ad-dress "Note Bene" 511 W. 21st St., New York City. 4-23 4-30. WANTED. Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mall. Our course of instruction IS just the thing for superintendents, foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing, Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o.w. tf WANTED. Salesman. If you are not making $10 dally sell our lIne of Rocking Chairs and Novelties to Furmture Department Stores. 15 per cent commission. Address Box 291 Cas-torland, N. Y. 4-16tf WANTED. Position as commercial photographer of furniture by a prac-tical, competent man. Ten years' experience. Best of refer-ence. Address J. H. Packer, care Times Union, Jacksonville, Fla. 1-22tf • New York Markets New YOl k, \])111 22-L1l1~ceel 011 h held f1ll1lh at the lug h pnce~ e:ota!Jh "heel la"t \\ eek Dealer ....a 1 t pI eChLtlIlg a b1eak but C1u sheh ref the to make concession ~ dnJ thc trad( IS of d. hand-to-mouth nature The quotdtJl)n~ .11 e not ba~ed on \Veste1n la\\ \\lm:'h ,tand" at 83 @ 8-\- tenh Llt\ la\\ I~ quodted a cent hle,he1 .md slIlgle bOlled and douhle hOlled a1 e quoted at the same fie,m es-8:; @ 86 cent ~-01 \\ It111I1tom cents of the pnce of the Calcutta pi oeluct Varni:oh gum~ ~ho\\ more actl\ It\ than tor ~e\ clalnwnth;, Thele IS con"lJeldhlt lllqt1ln tor pcllleh ot thc hetiel gldclc~ to dlnve [elm I, '\0 1, I" quoted at 18 @ -\-.J cent,. \u 2 25 @ 32, \0 3,1:; @ 18 D.lmar-Data\ld.13 0J I-\- \landa, pale, IS @ 18, dl11hel, 13 @ 15 ~1l1gapole 8 @ U}'i Shellac IS dull Buyel ~ and sellers do not agree on pnces cxcept fm small lots and thel e al e frequent conces- SlOns from Vhe ca1d rate;, which have not been changed ma-ten all} for a month or more The turpent1l1e market ma\ bc te1med Ccl~\ tho\15h p11ce..., alC qUIte steady 62 @ o2~ hC1e and tillce cenb 10\\CI at Savannah Receipt, of goahkins ha\ e been qt1lte hberal 1 )11.., \\ eck. especIally Lat1l1- \mencans, hut nea1ly all a1e reported a~ ~oLl upon an 1\ al and pi Ices are firm today, though lower than a week ago MeXican frontlets are quoted at 31 @ 32 cents, Duenas A.yre-., 40 @ -H, Payta'o, 4230 @ 43 ,\Iontere}, ram- IPICO-.,etc, -t4 @ -\-:;, San Lm-., Zacatecas, etc, 45 @ 46 Vela Cruz, 48 @ 50 The burlap husllless cont1l1ues dull-almost hfeless Bag manufacturer, are not huy lllg at present The quotations in ..., the open market are 325 for eig1ht-ounce and 42S for 10.0- ounce Calcutta goods, but the figures are frequently shaded on actual tran:oactlOns ~heet Zlnc IS firm at last weeks quotatlOllS $775 per 100 pounds fob Peru, Ill, extl as and ,11scounts unchanged Kiel.Kipp Deal in the Courts. The deal maJe la~t fall by which the K leI Furlllture com-pany at K1el. \\ lS, purchased the property and Ibusmess of the B \ Klpp company of :1I1lwaukee, has resuLted in liti-gatJon The \Itlwaukee papers state that B A Kipp has brought smt agd111st J B Laun and A VI! Dassler for the perfOll1lance at a contract alleged to have been enrtered into Sept 9 1909. b} \\ hlth the defendants, who are owners of the KId l~llfl11tnre company, agreed to purchase the assets and ~t()ck at the 13 -\ KIPP company, and to take over the contlOl of the company The pla111tJff states that the trans-fer of the pi opert}

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