Michigan Artisan; 1907-12-10

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Eighth Year~No. 11 DECEMBER 10, 1907 Semi-Monthly A SATISFIED CUSTOMER is the best proof that our Sand Belt Machines are what we claim for them. Other c u s tom e r s claim they do m 0 r e than we claim for them. They will do for you what they have done for others. Let us tell you more about them. A,if"- CATALOGUE E. No. 1e3 SAND ~LT MACHINE. WI"SONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. ~ The Best Truck-·The Strongest Truck This is the famous Gillette Roller Bearong factory Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the olher trucks it takes three men:' This is the truck that is strong where others are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wish to invest in rather thatt wAste money on factory trucks. Gillette Roller Bearing Co. ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN The Lightest Running. ----------_ Longest Lasting Truck ..[.g ----- -- Notice the Thread It's saw cut. That's why the Grand Rapids Hand Screw lasts so much longer than other makes, and why the threads on the spindles are so seldom stripped. Worth considering, isn't it? Our catalog tells more about this. Let us sendyou one. Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co.}~> HAND SCREWS, BENCHES, TRUCKS; FURNITURE CLAMPS 918 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich: Cabinet Makers In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in BARNES' === HAND and FOOT POWER === MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. Out' New Hand aJlodFoot Powe .. etre,uhar Saw No.4. The stronllest, most powerful, and in e.'lle.~ way the ~st machine of its kind ever made, Jor ripping; cross-cutting, boring and grooving. w. F. & John Barnes Co. 654 RUby Street. Rockford. Ill. THREE FAMOUS STAINS For nearly ten years our Golden Oak Oil Stains have been in suc-cessful use by the leading finishers of the country, proving by actual use in the factory their practical qualities in spite of every test, and meeting every requirement as well as sustaining every claim we have made for them. These are the original and only practical Oil Stains --- Powerful, Penetrating and Permanent. It was these stains that first made the name of the Marietta Paint and Color Company famous. The colors. which take in every shade of Golden Oak from the lightest to the darkest are rich and perfect. GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS Next to Golden Oak comes Mahogany as the most popular wood with the furniture maufacturer. And as in the case of our Golden Oak Oil Stains. the fame of our Mahogany Stains is equally well known and well founded. Fin-ishers are everywhere obtaining the most satisfactory results with our Spartan Mahogany Stain. Whether it is desired to produce a genuine or an imitation Mahogany finish, either with brush or in dipping tank. the most perfect restilts are assured with these stains. Made in all shades. MAHOGANY STAlNS T ...E MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHiO EARLY ENGUSH This is NO. 830 anoth.er Stain which has taken a firm hold up-on popular favor and is consid-ered by leading critics to be the most correct in color of any stain by this name offered to the trade. Our Early English, Oak Spartan Stain No. 830 penetrates deeply into the wood producing a beautiful grayish brown color effect. and gives to the flakes a slight purplish tinge. It is a finish admirably suited for dining room furniture, but is also being largely used for dens and halls. Early English is a so-called Mission Finish which brings out all the beauty of the wood. CHAS. E. FRANCIS & BRO. MAIN OFFICE AND WORKS: RUSHVILLE, IND. BRANCH OFFICE:: CINCINNATI, O. No.6 Glue Heater. Yeneer Presses, all kinds and SbM. Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Elc" Etc, These Specialties are used all Over the World ~"'.:---- PoWer Feed Glue Spreading Machine, (Pqtent applied tor.) Single, Double aud Combination. Hand Feed Gluelng Machine (Pat. pending.) Eight styles and sizelll. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS Do You Want Something Original? Tile Originality of our work is one of its chief characteristics. WE BUILD HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE ENGRAVING PRINTING BINDING White Printing Co. 2 to 20 Lyon Street CRANDRAPlDS,l\UCH. 2 .~~MICHIG7lN 7IRTlrS'JL1'il ...,..,- '7 i $ , • see A Brand New Heavy Double Surfacer FEATURES Ist. Patent Sectional Clamp Bearings. 2nd. In.feeding rolls have spring tension and are geared to drive down. 3rd. All gears keyed to shafts, no studs are used. 4th. Bed raises and lowers by power. Importance of the First. Our Patent Sectional Clamp Bearings insure true ruuning journals at all times. They set a.ide forever the possibility of over-heating. They never have to be rebabbitted. In other words they are great saver' of time and tro"ble. Importance of the Second. Our Patent System of g-ivingpressure to the rolls by springs, does away with the old system of cumbersome weights and levers. Spring pressure is more satisfactory in every respect. The fact that all the upper rolls are driven down insures a strong positive feed. Importance of the Third. The elimination of stud gears is a positive good. A feed that has stud gears is inevitably a weak feed. Importance of the Fourth. On a heavy surfacer it is important for the bed to lift by power. It save. much time and labor. DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR ON REQUEST. PUBLIC LIBRARY 28th Year-No. 11. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., DECE=M=B=E=R=O=~I=, 1=90=7==. ====$1.~00 =per=Ye=ar. Digging His Own Pit. A C()]lsiderable number of mills have closed. Some other industrial operations hayc been restricted. A good many thousand mell have "been thro\ovll uut of employment. \Vby should this be: The mumlfaclurer says he must shut down because money is so tigLt. This answer is generally accepted as conclusive by the Coulltry. But is tight money really a slI.fhdent re.<1.50n {or locking the int\ustrial wheels: The man-ufacturer needed no mOlley to speak of for the purpOSe of paying his workmen. He was already paying them mostly in Clearing--l-louse checks. II is ·bank, meeting its mVl1 obli-gations in Clearillg-Hous:~ certincates, certainly should not force the manlfacturers to cease producti()}1 in o;'der that he-may pay it in cash. Tight lTlOney" says the mauufacturer, will inevitably Cllrtail business and lessen consurnptio11, so 1 should close lhc mill to avoid beiug caught with a stock of goods for which there is no market. But it is not tight money that lessens consumptioll. It is dosing the mill and thrmving men out of work that does that. So long as labor is employed it will consume. vVith the mills closed the de-maud for the product of the ll.l.-ilb will naturally d1sappear nt much diminish. In closing the mill th,e manufacturer simply digs ,l-,js own pit. H is course is more injurious than that of the depositor who withdraws money frOm the bank to hoard it; although in m08t cases the manufacturer is not, like the depositor, a free agent. D;-oadly speaking, there has been no overproduction of goods, and there 'will be 110ne except as lack ofemploym.ent les::;ellS conc,;umption. Six months ago, there \vas a scarcity of labor. All the people of the country \vere busily producing', and hecause all were busy there was a demand ·for all the product. E\,erybudy ,,vas making-something and exchanging it for what othe:'s made. That. profitable state ought not to cease mcrely because of a de-rangement in tbe medi.ul1.l.of exchang;e.-Saturday Eveni.llg Post. The average newspaper editor lacks informaticl11, when discussing thc affairs of the business world, The thought evidently did not occur to the writer of the abo\'e that the operation of a factory for the .sole purpOse of furnishing ernploymenl to labor is impracticable, yes, ridiculous. There must be a market for the goods produced, e:lse the warerooms would soon become filled ,,,ith goods, and a shut-dov,,'Jl 'would necess'\.T"i\ylolluw. The fmancial result of a manufacturer operating a plant when thefe was no sale for his products nced not be disCllsscd. It is apparent even to the nlOst su-perficial observer. A panic is like a ten-slrike un a bmvling alley-all pins go down. As to the Financial Stringency. There is a financial stril1gency in the United States ;1t lhc present time, owing- to the fact that great numbers of people with cash in banks became frightened aq<! wiihdre\'I" it from circulation. Since most of lhe business of the country is done upon credit, and because of the scarcity of cash, the banks have been unable to extend the credit the large volume of business demands, and a temporary slowing" down of affairs ha.s been the result. The people became frightened because recent state and national gCl\'ernment investigatiolls devel-oped. the bct that men in whom large trust had been placed proved false to the trust. The I?rompt elimination of many of them from these: positions was effected, and while the pro-cess ,;\"'a5 a severe one, undoubtedly when this scare is ovef we :;;haU be on a much hetter ba"is than has ever been the case. in the past. Our natiorial resources arc too great to permit of anything in the way of "hard times". Grain crops the past yc"tr were hardly up to those the year previous, which was a "bumper" year, but they wefe far in excess of some years tllat ,,,"'ere considered very prosperous, but the cotton crop \<\'as a record breaker. Because of the fact that grain producers of the great \'Vest now depend largely upon irriga-tion instead of r<:lillfan to allay the thirst of the soil there will probablY never again be a complete failure of the crops. The high \i\!ages of the past decade have enabled working peo-ple not only to provide their own homes, but to put millions away in the savings banks, giving assurance of stability. The furniture business is quick to feel the approach of ·a ~trin-gcncy, but also quick to be affected by its passing away, for with the resumption of activity in business it is the first ag-ency to be called into service. Thc outlook is not such as to afford justification for any great amount of alarm.-Ex. OUD5Pf(IAlIMPfRiAl wrA InrUrD OA~OIl5lAIn Is the standard all over America. Are YOUusing It ? Write us for Samples and Quotations Of the BEST SUElLAC VARNISUES ,HANUFACTURCD lI1f£.Y H Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. 2.59·63 ELSTONAV[m2·16 SLOAN ST. CHICAGO. 4 FURNISHING' "THE JUNGLE." Of Course, Birdie Admitted That She Knew Just What Ought to Go Into It. Hubbie called the little room opening off the end of the porch 011 the south side "the library," but Birdie called it "the Jungle," and whatever the wife says in furnishing a house is correct, wh~ther it is or not. Anyway, "library" or "jungle," time came when furniture must be bought for it. Huhbie had dreamed pleasant dreams concerning this rootH. There should be an open grate, and a leath'cr couch, and leather chairs of size, and pipes with long stems on the walls, and decanters 011 the mantel. Of course, the contents of the decanters should be quite harmless, but they should be placed there just to complete the ;'atmosphe,e" of the room. And the tobacco jars should ·h~)ld only the very choicest brands, and thc cigars should be above reproach. It would be such a dear. little place to lounge in, after a hard day's work at the office, and friends might come in and havc a pipe of the bcst, and a glass of something hot, and life would be worth living! They talked much of the things· that should go into the room, these two who were going to show their married friends how to operate a home on modern lines. Birdie went to the reference room of the city library and read up on furniture, and Hubbie inspected all the "jungles" he knew, asking questions about the things he saw there. And so, one stormy night, when they couldn't go to a the-atre or lecture, or any place, Hubbie and Birdie sat down in two dining room chairs in the center of the furnitureless room and planned. A few weeks before one chair would have been quite a plenty for both of them, but, then, people forget their ~hildisll preferences as the world grows older! "We'll put the big leather couch right over there, opposite the grate," suggested Hubbie, "where one can lie and watch the flames roaring up the chimney. It ought to be real leather, of course, and the frame should be old oak." "That will be too cute for anything!" exclaimed Birdie. "Be sure and order old oak, dear. Do yOU know that oak trees live a thousand years, and grow most two hundred feet high, and eight feet thick? And to think that there isn't a single oak tree in the Indian peninsula, or Australia, or South America or South Africa! I've been reading a lot about oak, dear. And when you get it in here I'll make a lot of tidies to put on it, and you must be very careful and not wrinkle or soil them, dear. I'm going to make them, everyone, with my own hands! And I'll make some of those shiny silk pillows to go at the top -and hottom, only you mustn't get your head or your feet on them. You won't, will you?" 71Ft.T I.s JL"I "\~- e ss- ~ Hubbie began to look worried. Shiny silk pillows and hand-work tidies in his own "jungle," where everything was to be happy-go-Iutky! Perhaps the pillows would carry portraits of green tigers in blue copses, and they might even present such little matters of sentiment as he had long read in his Sunday school books! :Not for your Uncle Dud-ley! "That will be very nice," the deceitful man declared, "and I'll take good care of the things. Just the minute I come into the room I'll lay them away in the closet, where they '",OI1't get soiled or wrinkled! You see, dear-" "\Vhy, the very idea!" scolded Birdie. "They are not to he taken from the couch for one minute, if you please, sir! I don't know what sort of a looking place you'd have he·re if it wasn't for me." Hubbie put off the evil hour until the tidies and silk pil-lows should be in evidence. Perhaps, after ail, Birdie might change her mind. "And the next thing," suggested Hubbie, "is the library table. That ought to .be massive and -of oak. Don't you think so; sweetheart?" "vVhy, you don't want everything of oak, do you ?'J asked Birdie, sweetly. "I had been planning for a mahogany table. It would make such a lovely contrast! I think a lot of mahogany. They have to get it away off in the \;Yest Indies, and Cuba, ahd St:· Domingo, and Campeachy bay. Do you think you could get a table made out of mahogany from Campeachy hay? Isn't that a lovely name, dear? It would sound quite distinguished when I explained to my friends. Then they would ask about Campeachy bay, and 1 could tell them a lot I've read up in the library." "I had decided to' have all the furnishings of oak," said Hl1bbie. "You observe that the woodwork is of oak. WouldnJt it look rather-rather-mixed, you know-to put in a mahogany table and an oak couch?" "I'm just in love, with mahogany," persisted Birdie, with a little pout, which make her prettier than ever, "and I'Vt. set my heart on a mahogany table! There'll be· little spiral twists in the top of it. And I'm going to make doilies for the table, and tht:' loveliest corner pieces, and you may have some of my Japanese vases to put in the center. I've got some fuzzy little mats to S'::l them on. But you'll have to be careful and not get them mussed up, you know. I've read that some of the trees thcJ make mahogany tables out of cost as much as $5,000, and have to be dragged out of the forests by little black men who don't wear any clothes to speak of," Hubbie smiled a discouraged sort of smile, and ,wondered what sort of a jungle he was to have, and wllat his friends would say when they found it fitted. up like an apartment (ESTABLISHED 18158) BERRY BROTHERS' Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRlff,roOR INFORMATION, FINISHED WOOD SAMPLES. AND LITERATURE. New York 262 Pearl St. Boston 520 Atlantic Ave. Philadelphia 26-26 No. 4th St. Baltimo ..e 29 S. Hanover St. BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT Chicago 46-50 Lake St. Cincinnati 420 Main St. St. Louis 112 50. 4th St. San F..aneisco 668 Howard St. THIS IS THE CAN AND LABEL CAN"DI" .. FACTORY, WALKERVILLE ONTARIO 5 POPLAR and BIRCH CROSSBANDING , _._,f WALTER CLARK VENEER CO. S3S Michigan Trust BUIlding, [Cit;zens Phon. 5933] GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN sacred to pink teas and the gossip of new hats 1 But there was Birdie, with her brown hair, and her dancing blue eyes, and tbe color coming and going in her smooth cheeks, and what could the poor man say? "And there arc the chairs," he said, presently. "vVe must have real leather chairs, big ones, large enough for two. sweetheart, with great sq'uare, massive frames, like they llsed to have jn the old baronial castles. I'll select the chairs to match the couch." "Oh, but you don't want oak cbairs," complained Birdie. "I've been reading up on walnut, and we must have some of By Otto Jtranek, Deatgner, Grn.nd Rapids. tllati'n here. It's a most interesting wood, dear. Do you knol,v that thue are thirty kinds of walnut, and that it is almost worshiped in Persia and Himalaya? It \vas cultivat-ed by the ROnlallB under Tiberius, long before th'e birth of Chrjst, and they made sugar and wine out of the sap? Do you think you could get some of that old Roman \valnut \vaod ?" "But we don't want oak and mahogany and walnut all mixed up here, do we, sweetheart," said Hubbie, about ready to falloff his chair. "I'll get a little table of this old Roman walnut, and you can :place it in the bay ....indow, \\,here yOll can see it every minute of the day!""' "Now, Hubbie, you know you tan't afford anything o'f the sort," interposed Birdie. "vVe'l1 just have walnut chairs, ,,.·.i.th little fancy legs and backs that go tn'isty, like-well, like any-thing! The idea of having great, coarse chairs in a little room like this! I've got some embroidcTcd silks for the backs, and I'll make blue silk cushions for them, only you must cover up the cushions when you sit down in them. And I'll tie purple scarfs over the corners, and they will look too swell for anytlling." "Yes, dear," replied Hubbie, meekly. "I think they would look too swell for anything, with purple scarfs tied over the corners. If your plans materialize, you'll have a room here that will be the talk of the town 1" Birdie looked side"..i..se at HUbbie, but his face ivas grave, though sad, and she went on, cheerfully as he grew more and more depressed. "And I'll put drapes all that mantel, and a couple of stat-uettes, and some trinkets papa picked up in Chinatown, San Francisco. Have you really got to have a tobacco jar and pipes up there? Couldn't you pack them off in a doset some-where. No? \;Vcll, then, you get a gilt jar, and I'll put some iJo\vers in .it e\'cry time you're going to use the room. I can get quite a lot of flowers from my window garden, you know. That will be bettcr than having smelly tobacco in it. won't it, dear? And I'll get some gilt-and-blue cord and wind the pipe stems, and maybe I'll band-paint some of them." "That'll be fine!" groallcd Hubbie. "Now," continued Birdie, entering into the enthusiasm of the thing, "you must have a maple writing desk, ·with blue in-si( le the doors. You see how nicely I've got it all planned for you! And you can put your decanters inside, and I'll paint the corks and fill them with perfumery. I think maple is just the loveliest wood 1 I read about it at the library! There are sixty kind of maple t[{~es,and the)' make sugar and pancake syrup out of them. And there are little-little-un-dulations in the fiber, and they look too cute to talk about." "You haven't got ally pine things in yet,"observed Hubbie, turning his face away that she might not see the desperation 111 his eyes. "Don't you want some pine things?" ';V\rhy, yes .." replied Birdie, innocently "You won't want to go to the expense of keeping a fire in the grate, you know, dear, when thel-c will be a fire where I am, and so I'll get some pille branches and put in there. Don't you think that will be nice?" Hl1bbie ya\-vned, a1ld said that would be the best ever, and went back to the sitting room and read his newspaper all evening, much to Birdie's disgust. And in about a ,veek Hubbie sent Birdie og to visit her sister. Then he boiled eggs in the coffee pot on the back of the coal stove, and mixed it with the cat about the con- 5Ulnption of milk, and bought heavy oak furniture for the jungle and filled the tobacco jars and the decanters, and had his friends in to admire the new grate, and they smoked all over the house, alld high jinks ruled! ALFRED B. TOZER. C· AT REASONABLE PRICES. BIRD'S EYE MAPLE OUR SPECIALTY I 3,000,000 FT. 1==- FOR1908 I 3,000,000 FT. I, MADE and DRIED RIGHT and WHITE. Samples furnished on application. MAHOGANY QUARTER SAWED OAK L..ET us Q.UOTE YOU FRICES. FIGURED woons HENRY S. HOLDEN VENEER CO. 23 SCRIBNER STREET., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN [ Succe~SO,.sto Henry S. Holden] Working for Trade With Near-by Spanish Countries. Manufacturers of furniture and kindred goods have taken considerable interest during the past year with the business affairs of Porto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines and other islands flying the United States flag. Many have canvassed the trade individually and with representatives and hundreds of t11ous- <lnds of catalogues have been used in soliciting business. One of the largest trade catalogues ever issued was printed in the SpanisJ,. language .for a prominent manufacturing and jobbing corporation in Ne\v Orleans by the \Vhite Printing Company of Grand Rapids. The manufacturers of r_efrigerators are giving much attention to the Spanish-American countrie~, and have gained ,a strong foothold in Central and South America. Among the most valued customers of the Alaska Refrigerator Company are a number of firms located in the Argentine Republic. A decade ago, 'when business was more moderate in volume than in recent years, the manufac~ tl1rers of furniture entered upon a vigorous campaign for trade in the British Isles and on the continent.' Selling agencies were established in many cities and a considerable volume of trade was established. Following the Spanish war came the great cra of prosperity that has continued uninterrupted until recently,wi.<;;l1 the advantages gained in foreign terri-tory were quite generally C<:lStaside for the more attractive :home trade. The Gunn .Furniture Company of Grand Rap-ids wisely continued its efforts to gain and hold trade in the markets of the old world" and while the prospects for busi-ness in the future in the home market is a mattcr for serious consideration by manufacturers gcnerally, the Gl1lm Furni-ture Company safely relies upon its customers in foreign lands to take the greater part of the output of their factory. A keen foresight is much more valuable than a dim hindsight. Employes Give Dazzling Ring to Well Known M.anufacturer on His Sixtieth Birthday. Thomas P. Egan met with an agreeable surprise one even-ing recently when the heads of departments in the J. A. Fay & Egan Company, of which Mr. Egan is president, assembled at his home on the eve of the anniversary of his birthday and presented him with a beautiful diamond ring. Mr. Egan was taken completely by surprise, and did not fully under-stand, even after the guests had assembled until Si. P Egan arOSe, and prescJ1ted the iing on behalf of the visitors. Among those present were L. G. Robinson, A.A. Faber, W. M. Grimes, J. c. Grimes, James E, Hirst, William Bader, S. P. Egan, G. P. Altenberg, C. P. Egan, John Thomas, ]. B. Temple, St. Louis, Mo.; B. E. Crafts, New Orleans, La.; C. S. Allen, Atlanta, Ga.; J. F. Vigo, New Orleans, La.; William 1- Doyle, John T. Lawless, Clarence Egan, Frank Doyle, Fred T. Egan, William S. Spencer, V. H. McMillan, and Cap-tain Andrew W. Feuss. .....io- _ Henry S. Holden Veneer Company. I Henry S. Holden, who !has long been widely and favorably known in the lumber trade, has organized the Henry S. Hold-en Veneer Company and leased a commodious warehouse at 23 Scribner street, Grand Rapids. The company wilt carry a stock of fancy figured, veneers of foreign growth, including mahogany and Circassian walnut. and quartered oak (of which a carload has been received), sliced and rotary cut stock. With ample manufacturing and jobbing facilities, the company is filling orders promptly. Dwight Powell Joins the Ford & Johnson Forces. Charles S. Hoit of the Ford & J ohnsoo Company visited Grand Rapids recently for the purpose of engaging a compe-tent designer and detai1cr for their several great factories at Michigan City, Ind. He engagedMr Dwight Powell, for-merly of St. Joseph, for that important position. Cabinet· Hardware -- AND-- Factory Supplies Wood Screws. Coacb Screws. Liqnid Glne, Casters. Upbolsterer's Tacks. La'1le Head Bnrlap Tacks. Wire Brads. S,andard Nails. Cement Coated Nails. llI~ow Catches. Door Catches, etc., etc. New En~land Fliot Paper. Barton Garnet Paper. Donble Faced Flint and Garnet Finishinfl Paper. Brass Bntts. Wronght Steel Bntts. Cabinet Locks and Keys. Gold Plated and Gilt Cab-inet Keys. Bench Vises. Bolts, Washers, Zincs. Our large and complete assortment of general hard ware is at your service. Correspondence solicited. InqUiries ior prices will recei ve careful and immediate attention. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Jobbers and Dealers in Plate Glass. Mirrors. Window Glass. Ornamental Figured Glass. WIRE GLASS, the Great Fire Retardant. For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Brushes, or Painters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below: NEW YORK-Hudson irondVandam. 815. CLEV£LAND-1430.H34 West Third St. ROSTON-41.49 Sudbury St.• 1.9 Bowller St. OMAHA-1608.IO.12 Harney 8t. CHiCAGO -442....52 Wabash Ave. ST. PAUL-349·3S1 Minnesota. St. CINCINNATI-Broadway art.dCourt Sts. ATLANTA, GA.-30-32 ..34 S. Pryor St. ST. LOUIS-Cor. 7th and Mal'ket Sts. SAVANNAH, GA.-145.749 Wheatob St. MINNEAfOLIS-50Q.516 S. Third St. KA.NSASCITY-Filth and WyandoU. 8ts- DETROIT-53.59 Larned St., E. 61RMINUHAM,ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. GRAJIJoIDRAPIDS, MICH.-39_41 N. DivIsion St. RUFFALO, N. 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LYON, General Manager THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS CREDITS and COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY - REUABLY BEAR THIS FACT IN MIND You can present your claims for trade to a larger number of buyers ol furniture and kindred goods through the mercantile editions at the Michigan Artisan, mailed to dealers only, than is possible by the use of any other trade paper. WRITE FOR RATE CARD -------------- 7 8 A PARADOX Furniture Manufacturers: You can save at least one-third of the time now required in your finishing room and still maintain or better the quality of the work done by using our Paradox Rubbing Varnish (In three shades-Pale, Light and Medium) Work can be coated every day and last coat rubbed the third day; it dries tough and hard, will not soften up or print in packing. Order a sample barrel subject to your approval and test it. We manufacture a full line of Cabinet Varnishes; they are made upon Honor and sold upon Merit. Our facilities and products are second to none. The Largest Paint and Vamish Works In The World ACME WHITE LEAD AND COLOR WORKS DETROIT MICHIGAN C. B. QUIGLEY, MANAGER OF. SALES, VARNISH DEPARTMENT ~Mlfo1f'HIG7fN : Mr. Manufacturer-Do you ever consider what joint gluing cotta) The separators and wooden wedges, if yOll use them and many do. are a large item of expense accounts; but this is small compared to wage ac-counts of workmen who wear them out with a hammer. and then a large per cent of the joinu are failures by the insecurity of this means. RESULT. it has to be done over again, if possible. If you use inde~ pendent screw damps lhe result is better, but slower, altogether too slow. Let us tell you of something beUer, PALMER'S CLAMPS. All steel and iron. No wed@es, no separators, adjust to any width, damp instantly yet securely, releases even faster. Positively one-third more work with one-third less help. In seven sizes up to 60 inches. any thickness up to 2 inches. 200 factories convinced in 1906. Why not yOll in ·1907 ? Although sold by dealers everywhere let us send. you particul"". It E. Palmer 8: 80m,. Owosso. MIGh. FOREIGN AGENTS: ProieCtile Co., London, England. Schuchardt & Schutte, Berlin, Germany. 71 R.T 1....5'JI..l'i! 9 2e• 9 USE A MORTON KILN IT WILL END YOUR DRY KILN TROUBLES Does not warp or check lumber, THE: MOST PERFECT MOIST AIR KILN ON THE MARKET. TRUCKS, CANVAS DOORS, RECORD-ING THERMOMETERS and other sup-plies. Write for catalog H which tells HOW TO DRY LUMBER. MORTON DRY KILN co. 2t8 LA SALLEST., CHICACO. Duplicate Order Attests Excellent iResults THE BOYERTOWN (PA.) BURIAL CASKET CO., Write' "Having in use one of your Moist Air Dry Kilns, for the laSTsix yeaTS, we are pleased 10 inform you that the Game has proven very IIatisfadotY.i'rAfter Iookin&: around IlG 10 what elGelhere wu to be had in this line. and failing 10 learn <:Ifany kiln lPving even as good re8uhs, we are at thiGtime putting in the second kiln, also Olle of your MoiQ Air S~' We are pleased to offer you bUr comp)jmenl5 on tJre IDD8t satisfactory r~ults obtained in OUI lit:!!: venture, which we anticipate a continuation of. upon the completion of the ~nd kiln." AMERICAN BLO\AlER SHALL WE SEND YOU OUR CATALOGUE? NEW YORK CHICAGO COMPANY. Detroit. Mich. ATLANTA LONDON 10 ~Mlf.HIG7}-N Use of Mercury on M:iuors. Pure mercury will not adhere to glass, and this property renders it particularly useful in the manufacture of scientific instruments. Its regular expansion by heat is made use of in constructing thermometers; white its high specific gravity, which enables a column of mercury about thirty inches in height to balance a column of air of equal sectional area, ren-ders it especially well adapted for barometers. One of the principal uses of mercury is in the silvering of' glass for mirrors. W'hile, as stated, pure mercury will not adhere to glass, it has the property of uniting with or dis-solving other metals, forming compounds known as amalgams, which adhere vcry strongly to dean polished glass. 1n the manufacture of mirrors, an amalgam of mercury and tin is mentally, with iorce oi character, are very scarce. The world lacks men who are ready to do the right thing for its own sake; men who clearly and quickly perceive the duty they owe to themselves and to their fellow men and with strength of character to act unreservedly and forcibly in the performaAce of duty. Mr. Karges is hJghly esteemed by those whom he has aided in the manner stated above, as the faithful, effident service they have rendered and are still ren-dering proves beyond question. Good Points Embraced in a 24~Inch Single Surfacer. The Valley City Machine Works manufacture, beside:,,; many other desirable machines, a 24-inch single surfacer which does excellent work. It is double-belted and covers a floor space of 50 x 42 inche:, and is designed to give ample strength. The main bed is cast in one piece with large hearings well fitted to frame with an improved adjustment. This insures a machine that has limitless possibilities for wear. Some of the good features of the machine are as follows: The center bed can be taken out for truin~- up purposes. 1t is also strong-ly ribbed. The cylinder of high carbon steel forgings has journals two inches in di-ameter and eight inches long. The boxes are self-lubricat-ing and lined with best bab-bitt. The four-gear rolls call not get out of niesh, as the· feed gears are held together by yoke and link. They arc power driven. Thc preSSLln. bar being set close to cylin-der, can be adjusted without the aid of a wrcnch. The chip breaker can be remove<l in an instant. The uppel· feed rolls are adjusted with the aid of a wedge and screw. These machines arc guaran-teed for one year from datc of sale, are sold without a monkey wrench, for which used. A sheet of tin foil of the size of the glass is laid upon Good material and workman-a perfectly level table, so that its edge may carry before it the superfluous mercury and the impurities upon its surface. Heavy weights are then placed upon the glass to squeeze out the excess mercury, and after several days the amalgam is found to have adhered firmly to it. The proe~ss is one re-quiring much skill, and the ·workmen are liable to suffer from the lloisonous action of the mercury vapor. Men With Force of Character Scarce. A. F. Karges, president of the Karges Furniture Company, and a member of many boards of management of banks, manufacturing corporations and other business interests of Evansville, Ind., takes a lively, almost paternal, .interest in young men and a considerable number occupying important positions are indebted to Mr. Karges for their advance. Mr. Karges is a very modest man, and when he was requested to relate his experiences in his search for young men to occupy positions of responsibility he declared that well balanced men, latter there is no ship are assured. necessity. Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value· in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin-dIe Shapers. Largest lists "'ith lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from.. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. "]tntll.l'y Style" foT' Drop Cal'ving~, Embosl!lOO Mnuldings. Panels. EMBOSSINO AND DROP CARVING MACHINES. lUachines tor aU purposes, and at prioos within the reach of all. Every machine bafl,our guarantee against breakage tor one YCBI'. "Lateral Style" lar large ca»acUy hea.vy CaTV1nI:s and Deep Etnbosalngs. We have the MachIne you want at a !latislactory price. Writ6 lor dl'lIocrfptive circulars. Also make dies for aU makes of Ma-cbine8. UNION fMBOSSING MJ\G"INf GO., Indianapolis. Ind. FOX SAW SMOOTHEST GROOVES DADO HEADS GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER. LONGEST LIFE We'll glad •.,. tell .,.ouall about It. Also Machtne Knlve...-. Miter Machines, Etc. E'HRMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. 185 N. Front Street. Grand R.apld•• Mlch Dr. Osler, Say! yOU ~n lead an old man to the drug Storebut you cannot make him take a dose of chloroform. We do want to take Your Business! OUR QUESTION has been and is ! now-Are you making money? If not. why not get DODDS, machines? They are a success, and make the parties that use them a success. Write us. Address our new Office at 181·183 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN 50 PER CENT of the Circulation of Trade Papers (Excepting the Michigan Artisan) IS mailed to manufacturers, designers, shop hands. com= mission men, jobbers of fac-tory supplies and others who do not sell furniture and kin-dred goods. To reach the largeStnumber of retailers use The Michigan Artisan's Mercantile Editions Mailed to Dealers Only. 11 12 A FARM WITH EVERY FACTORY. Geniu.s Who Sees aWay fer the Provident to Dodge the Lumber Famine. When Danforth finally got 'into the private office of a G..a..nd Rapids ftullltmt': man, last week, he announced himself as an inventor and a student of nature. He looked like he needed to invent himself into a ne"" St1i~J and a clean shirt, and a smooth shave. He was in a state of nature, all right, for he hadn't been washed in a week, and his hair was of the jungle, rather than of the modern oiEce. "Yes, ;;;ir," he repeated, taking a chair without being asked to, "I'm an inventor and a student of nature." HRoosevclt expresses the opinion that nearly all students of nature are inventors," said Seaman, with a sigh. "\Vhat do you ,",ranO" "1 seek to warn you of approaching evil, and to point the way to safety," was the reply. "You furniture men are asleep on a smouldering. volcano!" "All right," said Seaman. "Don't let the others know of the fact. There are some furniture men who need warming up. <'They've got cold feet." "But I have confidence in the good sense, the resourceful-ness, the enterprise, the industry of the men in the business," continued the student of nature. "Also the patience, it appears." suggested the other. "From this window," continued the other, "I cart see the site of the first furniture factory in Grand Rapids. I can see the streets down :which Mr. Willi3:m Widdicomb passed on his way to Milwaukee to sell the first batch of Valley City furniture to the otttslde world.. I can see-" "Perhaps you might be able to see better if you stepped outside," observed Seaman. "I can see the furniture business gr,)~\r,ng by leap.; and bounds," the inventor went on, ignoring the suggestion 01 1hc furniture man. "I can see carving machines taking the place of the slow hand-work. I can see sand-papering machines) and dust removing machines, and all sorts of machines to hasten and perfect production:' Seaman yawned, and took a cigar from his pocket. "What sort of a moving picture apparatus have you got working under your mansard?" he asked, "As I remarked before, you might do bette.r w1th it out in the open air." The inventoT cast a look of reproach at the furniture man and went on. "I see the old miJ11atu:-e samples givillg place to photo-graphs, and 1 see the dealers of the world coming here to buy goods instead of our going in quest of them. It is wonderful! The furniture business is going ahcad of--of~ anything! The culmination of it all is the exposition l What?JJ "You take a trick," laughed Seaman. "Unload and be on your way!" "But there-is an evil day coming for the furnltttTe meu of the tand," went on the inventor. "Something is comillg which all your machinery, your expositions, can't put aside. It is this: Where are you going to get your lumber after the next twenty-five years? Tell me that!" "My friend/, replied Seaman, stroking his gray beard with his open palm, "I don't expect to need any furniture stock in twenty-Jive years. There is a young man ill the next office who expects to be president of the concern by that time. Why don't you go and ask him where he is going to get his lumber?" H\Vhen building lumber ran short," continued the other, t<1king a memorandum hook from his pocket and opening it, "they found cement. When handsome woods became precious, they learned how to use veneers, eh? Now, you can't make furniture out of cement! I leave it to you, if you • can! You can't use veneers without something to glue them on! You know that you" can't, Now, where are you to get the timber in twenty-five years? That is the point. I'm going to tell youl" "Again I ask you not to repeat your observations to the other makers:' smiled Seaman. ;'They'd give you some 50rt of dope and extract your secret from you." "You've got to plant timber. You've got to drop seeds in the fertile soil and watch your chiffoniers, and your dress-ers, and your sideboards, and your antique tables, and your fancy book-cases, grow out of the ground.'~ "If you've got some seed that will raise a sideboard with gold hinges and plate glass adorI1ments,~' said Seaman, "I'll l1cgotiate with you." "You've got to plant. the seeds and raise the trees,' 'said Danforth. "You've got to go out and buy this land that has been laid waste and robbed of its timber and plant little trees. You've got to watch Jem grow, and see that they are not ruined by careless guardians." "Have you got something in a bottle," said Seaman, "that win make these seeds and saplings grow on this denuded land? If you have, you'de better take your tale of. woe over to Senator William Alden Smith, and ask him to take the bottle to Washington. Besides, there are said to be wild animals on those barrens." "And here's the beauty of my invention," said Danforth. "You've heard of these machines that draw nitrogen, or oxy-gen, or electricity, or something, out of the air, and condense it and put it on the garden for fertilizer? Of course you have. I don't know what it is that they draw out of the air, but I'm going to draw it. AU I know about it is that the product of these machines makes things grow. I've heard that one hour's exposure to this life-giving product of the alr caused a stalk of corn to grow fifteen feet high. Now; if one bour's exposure will make a stalk of corn grow fifteen feet, how tall will two years' exposure make a tred" "I don't know," smiled the furniture man, Hbut I think the answer must be because the elephant didn't have on a union suit. What kind of air are you going to use· in your ma-chines ?" "Just common air! Invisible aid" "Good idea! The stock is cheap." "Air!" continued Danforth. "Inv151ble, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, ponderable, fluid air, made of oxygen one-fifth and nitrogen fOUT-fifths. I'm going to set tip the machines in the forest' and dump the product about the roots of the trees. If I grow a tree fast, it will be open of fJber, won't it? Of course. I'm going to raise lacework maple and doily-pattern oak." ;'If you get this timber up to man's size withitl twenty-five years," suggested the furniture man, "perhaps you'd better get a move on, Your machine won't exhaust all the vitality in the ~ir:, will it, so that folks, and cattle and things will fall down in a fit? I should hate to see the doctors ac-quiring what little money there is in the United States." "I'm going to get my machines in operation just as soon as I can get a little stock sold. I am going to make a test of the red atmosp:here of the sunset the 6rst thing. If I could saturate the growing trees with the red atmosphere of the sunset, or thc pearly light of dawn, or the ebony tints of midnight! Or if I could-" "Of course, you are all right In here," observed Seaman, "but r wOt1ldll"t go talk1ng that idea on the streets. or among strangers! It 1Stoo valuable a thing to be abroad, and some envious rival might fit you with a shirt without any sleeves Dr armholes. \Vhen a man gets an idea like that,_ he wants to keep it under his hat. I presume you still have plenty of stock to sell?" "Plenty of stock, yes, sir, 1 still have all there is. I find· the world a cold, calculating place, sir. But as I was saying, C. MATTISON MACHINE WORKS 863 FIFTH. STREET. BELOiT. WiSCONSIN, U. S. A. Economy in Table Leg Turning ClUlno\ be accomplished when the work is done by hand. DOT is it much better 10 use an old fashioned Leg Turnilli Machine thatieavel the work in such rough condition that it requires finishing by hand. The MATTISON No.5 TABLE LEG MACHINE Dot only ptoducell the better quality of work which is mo6t essential, but it also has the capac1fy to tUTo oUI ~ quanti!)' necesslt/')' to milk..., jt economical. The Healt of the Machine is the Cutler-Head. and if you will make a colIlparison you ClonM fail to see thai it is far ahead of any C<lmpetilot (In thi. point. Then c<Jtne5 the Oscillating ClTnalle which feed!; the work. tleadier and wilD. less effort than any other arrangeCDeof, next the Variable fri~ioD f~d which hae proven without an equal for Ih", purpose. There ate aillO other good features and Will would like an opportunity of explaininll them an in detail Out larlle citcular wDn't c()l\l: you anylhinQ and il may ptove worth a iood deal. Why not write (or it today? a good deal depends on the influence of different kinds of air on the quality of the wood grown. If I could get a maple tree full of the atmosphere of a foot balt game, I have an idea it would be the most elastic wood on earth! Ehl It wouldn't be much like the elm grown from an air product secured at an undertaker's convention, eh t-' Scaman picked up a glass paperweight and held it lightly in his hand. This was a little more than he had ba.rgained fad ""And if I can get color into my pl-oduct by .vorking my machines at the right time and place, why, that will he alt the bc.tter." "Oll, no ...·. you expect Lo color your product?" "If I can do 50, sir. If I draw from a blue sky, "\\rOn't the product he blue, and if T feed the blue product La a walnut tree, won't the lumber be blue? Now, as I was about to ob-serve, thjs stock-" Seaman arose and handed the man a cigar. "-this stock depends on the way the thing develops-that IS. the. price of it does. T haven't any shares -..vithme today, but I need an X to {Jut some cogs for the wheels all the 1eft Land back corner of th(: machine. I've been wondering if 1 couldn't work a purple twilight into IUlnber for a young girl's secretary? How would that do? r guess it would be prelty poor if I could. Oh, there's something going to come of this idea of getting quick fertilizer out of the air, and the trimmings win come in in time. ff r could put a November midnight into an ebony tr~e there wouldn't be much need of Ve}l{:er,would there? And if r could get a cold gray dawn of the morning after into the lumber for bar fJxtl1res! But there are infinite cornbinations, and T ,veary you. \\/hat about that X?" "Tell you what you do," replied Sealna_ll, "yon set your machine at the open door of a National bank and llx an oak tree so it will grow dollars for le<l-ves. Or you might soak up the atmosphere of a gold mine and dump it-" But the tree specialist had vanished-without the X! ALFRED B. TOZER. Double Belt Drawer Fitting Machine. In this progressive day, the cost of production has heen given considerable thought by the manufacturers of wood work and in order to keep this cost of production down to sueh a figure as will enable them to produce <lnll sell furniture at a good profit in competition. In this connection the ques-tion of sa.nding by machinery }ws he en Kivell some considera-tion. Of the successful machines invented by the \\rysong & ~1iles Company, perhaps none shows more genius and merit than the double belt drawer fitting machine. Realizing that the disk drawer fltter was not being universally used due to 13 the fact that it did 110t sand and fIt a drawer with a lip on the front and also due to the great waste of paper and time in cuttiug paper to the circle of the disk, in damping it on the disk, the waste of paper through the paper not wearing evenly on dle disk and tbe waste of time in changing the papel" frequently_ The beft sander overcomes all the objec-tions of the disk drawer fitter and immediately makes itself indispcnsable to manufacturers of case goods. \Ve mention a iev" of the merits: A tremendous saving in paper. Twenty per cent of the paper is saved over a disk machine, in the cutting of the paper and another twenty pcr cent is saved in paper over the disk machine by the uneven ~ear that occurs on a disk machine. An incalculable saving in the operator's time, as the wearing surface of the belt is many times greater, it is many times as quickly put on and 110 time wasted in trim-ming the paper to a circle and fitting it, as 011 a disk Belts <.:nollghfor a month's use may be made up in a few moments. The dust is easily and perfectly removed, w.hich is not the case with a disk. It occupies only about half the Hoar space and floor space is a very important item. Less than half the horse pmver is required that is needed for the disk machine. It is perfectly adaptable to those drawers that are made with « lip on t11e front, a style of drawers impossible to fit on a disk nwch.ine. Even when one side is longer than the other and m;:ldc with lip, the belt drawer fitter operates verfectly. Every square inch of paper on a belt drawer fitter is used comp1etely and uniformly. Belt travels at a uniform speed with the least possible time removing and applying it. Tloe \Vysong & Miles Company, Cedar street aild Southern Rail-road. Greensboro, N. c., are the inventors and manufacturers of this new machine. I ------~ ----------------------------- -- 14 A Grafting Partner. I'Some time. ago," remarked a salesman engaged in sell· iug factory supplies, "I receivo?_da letter from the head of a large manufacturing firm upon whom I had called many times, unsuccessfully, inviting me to meet him upon the occasion of my next visit to his town. Tn the courSe of two or three weeks I presented myself at his office and was pleasantly re-ceived. My samples and prices we:<e inspected and an order amounting to several thousand dollars was prepared, awaIt-ing the signature of the 'party of the first part.' For a few moments he toyed with the rubber stamp bearing the firm name, and then, growing, bolder, he enquired, 'How much is there in this for me?' The proposition contained in his question was such an unusual one that I felt the hairs of my head rise up under the indignation that filled my soul. 1 had met a man w'h.oproposed grafting to me without regard not be in for several days, he realizes that the paid liar is but carrying out the orders of his or ,her superior. The man whose presence is sought never gains anything in the estima-tion of business men by following suc"ha system, while its influence upon his employes is very demoralizing. Only last week I was informed that Mr. H. was 'not in.' A moment later, in passing· a Wi.l1dow in his office, I recognized the un-mistakahle red hair of hat worthy, pa.tly concealed by a shade raised a short distance from the bottom. I have called for a manufacturer in Detroit at least one hundred times without meeting him. 'Information,J always carried my card to the 'Great It' and returned with the information that HE was 'not in.' Kow, if informati6n's statement was true, whiy did she ask for my cardio pres,?l1t to His Greatness? Tnformation must have known that the 'Great It' was in his pen, else why did she ask for the card? 1Iy house could NOTE TEE VARIETY OF STYLES. to the rights of his partners and with a total disregard of his moral obligations to his family and the community in which he lives. I informed the would-be grafter that neither as an individual nor as a representative of an important manu-facturing company would 1 entertain his proposition, Tearing up the order and closing my sample case I left ·h~s office with-out a word. That mall is still in business, and apparently has no difficulty in obtaining the st1pp\ies the tlrm needs. Wheth-er he lcuue.d a lesson from me or demands and receives a commission on the orders he plaees, I have not learned. It is not safe to deal with such a man in any event." Salaried Liars. "It is not an uncommon experience to meet paid liars in the outer offices of business 'houses," remarked an experienced traveling man. "When one presents himself at 'information' window and learns that Mr. Brown, whom you have seen en-tering his office a moment or two earlier, is not 'in' and will confer upon the 'Great It' a great :md lasting benefit if 'It' were decent and "vise, Jnd WOlthl treat traveling salesmen with the consideration that their occupation dc"erve5." WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS FILLERS. STAINS, POLISHES, ETC. fJI If in trouble with finishing materials, now is the time to let us put you right. tJ We match all samplet: submitted and fiU all orders promptly. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHINGCO. 5S-59 Ellsworth Ave., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. - --- ------- MANUFACTURERS OF Sft~~tnsonnlf. (0. South Bend, Ind. HARDWOOD LUMBER &. VENEERS Wood Turnings, T uroed Moulding, Dowel, and Dowel Pins. SPECIALTIES: ~t~'iPEM~QUAORA. K VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS 15 Catalogue to Manulac-turers on Application. HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W, Main Sf" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA OFFICES: CINCINNATI-Pickering Building. NEW YOR.K-~346 Broadway, BOSTON--[8 Tremont St. CHICACe--134 Van Buren St. GR.ANDIt..APIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--'1 E. Third St. HlGH POINT. N. C.--SI3nton-Welch Block. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service covering the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurate and relbble Reference Book Published. Originators of the "Tracer and Clearing House" S,...tem:' CollectionService Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. H. J. DANlfOF, MlchlaaZl Manager, 347_348 Houst!Rlan Building. Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Clamps received GOLD MEDAL at Wot'ld'. F..lr. St. Louis. VENEER. PRESS (Patented June 30, 191)3,) CHA1N CLAMP (patellted Juue 30,1903.) CABINET CLAMP. Write for prices and partlculars. Black Bros. Machinery CO. MENDOTA, ILL. Bollon Band Saw Filer IQr Saws % inch up. B. T. lie B. Style D, Knile Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or d.ly. Saw and K"'Ofe FOItt'mg MhaOc lneryan d T00IS TLhineeBMigagn"n"faadnmddB. ~t Baldwin, Tuthill cr.l Bolton Orand Rapids, Mich. Filers. Selters, SnaJ1)eners, Grinders. 'ij,waaes, stre:tcners, Brazing and Filing Clamps, Knile Balance-s. Hammering Tools. Investigate our Line. New 200 page Catalogue for 1907 Free, 16 Qran~Ua~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anf THE LATEST dC<Jicefor handling shavings wid dUd from all wood- 'Zvork'ing machines. O'ur nineteen years e;rperience in this class of 'luork has brought it nearer perfectioll than any other system on the market today. It is 110 expcri1nellt~ but a dem,ollstrafed sdcnfUic fact, as 'l(le h(Z'uc sC'i/cral hun-dred of these S'}SfClnS in use, aud not a poor olle antOng the}ll, Our AutolJwtic Furnace Feed System) as ~..l.zo'lf.m in thLr cu(, is the most perfect 7..C'orking device of anything in this lille. Write for our prices for equip·nunts. WE 1\1AKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OTJR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 205-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. CUbeD. Phobe 1282 !leU. hhtD 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM 17 BOYNTON & CO. 419-421 W. fifteenth St .• CnICIIGO. ILL SEND FOR ~'cO --, - '. ':_ /~ ~ ~ ..:~ ,~- --- - -- - CATALOGUE Manufactun~rs of Embossed 'and Turned Moulding&, Emboued and Spindle Carvinp, and Automatic Tuminp. We also manu-facture a large line of Emboaed Oma-menta for Couch Work. NO! NO TROUBLE HERE! These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws. any length and gauge. Write U8 lor Price LIst and dlsoount 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS Prize Puzzle Find the Location of the WHITE PRINT/NO COMPANY Simply wanted to get you to give this something better than a passing Blance and since we have caught your eye let's catch your orders for Veneered Rolls. We. build the famous"REUABLE" ROLLS. WRITE FOR PRICES. The Fellwock Auto. & Mfg. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Ours is the largest Roll Plant in the United Stales. SHELDON ST. If You Cannot Find It Phone5580 (Long or Short Distance) ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIOAN FOFl PARTICUL.ARS CAL.L. AT OFFiCE _I 18 I!STABLISHED t880 I"UBLISHISD lilT MiCHIGAN ARTiSAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF lEACH MONTH OFFICE-'l-'lO LYON ST.• GRANO RAPIDS, M\CH. ENTERED All MATTER OF THE SECOND CLAS:S Many landlOids have yet to learn that it is unwise to pur-chase cheap furniture for hotels. Inferior materials and im-perfect workmanship are neces~:'-Hi!y employed in the produc-tion of cheap goods. \Vitl~out those features the g:lOds would not be cheap. A party of buyers of an outfit for a hotel, costing upwards of a minion doHars. spent a. week in Grand Rapids recently, and although every effort was made to interest its members in the higher grades of goods, their selections were made with but one consideration in view: Price. A fifteen-dollar dresser affords a certain amount of satisfaction to a private family of moderate means, but whcn used in a hotel, subjected to the hardest kind of service, it soon becomes worthless. A t'hree-dollar dining chair is not wOTth fifteen cents at tle end of the first year's service in a hotel, and the same loss of value follows in the use of cheap upholstery, mattresses and office furniture. The best is none too good for wise hotel keepers, whose experience has taught them that inferiority is indissolubly allied with cheapness. °to °to A party of buyers from Chattanooga arr-ived in Grand Rap-ids early in December and purchased an olltfit for the new Hotel Patten, a million-dollar ca-:-avansary soon to be opened in that city. The new hotel is named in honor of Mr. Patten, the president of the Acme Kitchen Furniture Com-p:: tny. Furniture makers s0metimes gain their due. Pat-ten did not gather his millions, however, in the furniture busi-ness. The sale of proprietary remedies is more profitable than kitchen cabinets. In Germany the trade guilds, composed of manufactureTS, contribute liberally and willingly to a fund for the support of trade schools. In the United States the time, talent and en-ergy of many is devoted to the organization of combinations or the development of sd~en:es to cripple Of ruin their com-petitors. °to °to Don't worry about the coming presidential election. The country will conti!J-ue to prosper, no matter who may be chos-en. Moisten your hands, take a strong grip on your tools, and get busy. That is the manly-the American-way to accomplis-h, results. With :his purchase of the Chehalis (Washington) Furniture Company, it i,,; announced that F. S. Harmon of Tacoma prac-tically controls the furniture output of the northwest. Evi-dently Mr. Harmon is looking for trouble. He will find it in the business of manufacturing furniture. COtO °to Notwithstanding the slackness in trade, travel to the winter pleasure resorts in the southern and Pacific coast states is setting in strong, and many manufacturers are no-ticed among the travelers. Evidently the people have recov-ered their sanity. OF °to Manufacturers of furniture in Grand Rapids have received a goodly number of orders by mail during the past month~ Salesmen are receiving letters from buyers upon the basis of which a fair volume of trade is predicted during the spring opening season. °to °to It is the purpose of the people of Abc'rdeen, Washington, to erect a factory in which low grade furniture will be man-ufactured from the-soft weeds found on the harbor. FUT11i-turc made of such material will be of a very low grade-too low for use. °to °to The year's business will not foot up badly in 1110Stof the furniture shops. Recommends Free Art. President Roosevelt .has always shown a keen appreCIa-tion of the placc whieh the fine arts should hold in a well-balanced and highly civilized country, and his strong recom-mendation for the removal of the duty on works of art ex-pressed in his recent message to congress does not come as a surprise. His active intere:.;t in the movement to make vVashiTlgton the most beautiful city in the world, his efforts for the establishrr.ent of a National Gallery of Art, and his numerous endeavors to stimulate interest in art had already served to indicate what his position would be on this im-portant educational question. Nothing in his message will meet with more unanimous approval. Artists, college presi~ dents, art museum directors, professional and business men hom every state of the Union will applaud this enlightened recorr:mendation. The workingmen of Europe arc made fa-miliar with the masterpieces of art from their childhood, and this art influence creates a refined taste and an artistic touch in the most humble artis::1.11which have a great pecuniary val-ue. 1Iany European industries owe their success to this ar-tistic sense, so assiduously cultivated by their governments. The prcsident realizes the necessity of surrour:.ding our own people with th,c best art of all ages in order that this art15t1;:; sense may be developed in this count·y, which is at a distinct disadvantage in this respect as carr pared with the C8untrics of the old world, because it has not received an art heritage from the past. He says, "So far from there being a tariff 0~1 works of art brought into the count"y, their importation should be encouraged in every way." It is now congress\. turn to act, and it is to be hoped that Speaker Cannon, the members of the ways and means committee, and other influ-ential congressmen and senators, will take up the free a ~t bill and pass it at once. It can be d01~e without precipitating a general tariff discusslon, and there 15 no excuse fur furthet delay. Improve:nent in the New England States. On December 7 the "Boston Herald, thrQugh its local rep-resentatives, interviewed two hundred manufacturers and mer-chants doing business in various parts of the :r.;~w England states, upon the condition of business and the outlook for the future. Without an exception a change for the better was reported, and in but two instances were '-loomy predictions for the future utterea. Many factories, temporarily shut down, have' been opened and manufacture resumed on a lib- ';oral scafe. m.. 0~0.0".,- ::J J> m00 ~-~ •m "' '"•" ~0 ~~" •<;> ~" '" "•~• m ~0 i1. I? ." "E ~" r. "•t:l •~. '"E. "'!' 19 20 p-EI: TRACE!. MAAK REGISTEREO FILLERS AND STAINS Thousands of furniture manufacturers all over the country stand fairly for our goods, preferring them to all others. You can wisely get in line; it's a safe course to pursue. Years ago, we began the manufacture of these now famous Ad-el-ite Specialties in a small way. Today, they are the biggest sellers on the market. There's a reason for this. Give us a trial and you will know the motive power of our business growth. Our goods are meaning more to more people every day. We can give you greater value for your money than you can possibly secure elsewhere. STA.E CHICAGO The Parasitical Dollar. When the Wall street price for money on call10ans climbed up around the one-hundred mark, hungry bankers in cities scattered throughout the country, and especially in Chicago, shot their deposits into New York city for a slice of the high dollar-earning pie. They forgot all about their legitimate bus-iness enterprises, and their constant need for money, in their haste to loan their cash to the bad boys in Wall street to gamble with. The result is that' the big end of the money commodity in this country is no.v..,. tied up in vVall street gambling operations, In consequence the demands of gen-eral business for money, especially for pay-rolls, cannot be met. \¥hen YOll stop the pay-roj(s, you stop the maclJinery of business. A dollar earns nothing in a gambler's hands, whether he is a "crap-shooter" or a stock speculator. A business man puts Iris dollar at work and makes it earn something. The gambler's dollar is a parasitc. The dollar of the business man is a producer. Just at present too many American dol-lars are parasites and too few producers. President Roosevelt has done nothing to bring about the present lack of public confidence in banks Or the bankers' lack of confidence in themselves or others. The bankers who loaned the bulk of their deposits in \Vall street are primarily responsible. Later, w,hen a corner in copper exploded and exposed the hands of stock jobbers deep in the coffers of cer-tain New York city bankS, the people were naturally startled. This was the first direct blow at public confidence in banking houses. Public confidence in the stability of banks being shaken, both bankers and public began to hoard their currency holding-so Bankers, as a rulc, are 110t business· men. A business education is not derived from a counting-room tra11llng If bankers, as a rule,were business men, they would have kept their dollars in the clIrannels of general business circulation, in lieu of chasing them into a "jack-pot" in Wall street in a game in which they did not even draw cards.-George B. Mc- Grath in Saturday Evening Post. Furniture Exchange. This will be the name of the new stone front building now being constructed" on North Ionia street, Grand Rapids. Jt will be six stories and one of the handsomest buildings erect-ed in Grand Rapids. It is already nearing the third story and win be completed in the early spring for the June exhibit, O. B. Rowlette, the renting agent, informs us that there will be some "'ery strong representative lines shown in the build-ing in July. Located as it is just opposite the Manufacturers' building, and less than a block north of the Morton House, makes it one of the best locations for an exhibit building in the city. From present indications it looks as though there might bea number of the strongest lines now shown at Chi-cago seen in July in Grand Rapids. •• Production Will be Re4uced. At thc semi-annual convention of the National Case \Vork-ers' Association, held in Chicago recently, it was resolved to reduce the prOd1.1ctionof t'he factories of. the members of the association, and to make no· further advances in the prices of case goods. Cuttings Reduced. Quite a number of manufacturers have reduced first lot cuttings one-half. Pieces that would have been cut in one hundred lots last season are cut in lots of fifty for the spring scason of the coming year. Otbers, more bold, or more strongly entrenched financially, have not reduced their cut-tings. FILING ROOM EQUIPMENT. Great Plant of Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton of Grand Rapids. One of the most important departments of the average saw mill or woodworking plant is the filing room in which the various kinds of saws and machine knives are keDt j,\ geed order and in these days there are few operators who do Bot recognize the importance of having their filing room 21 This swage \vas designed for mill circulars ranging from fLveto ten gage, as commonly employed throughout the Unit-ed States and Canada for lumber manufacturing and the ma-chine was sold extensively to the better class SetW mills during the early '90's and is still in considerable demand, although during late years the band saw has come int0 much greater favor. \A/ith this circular swage as a beginning, there havc hccn added to the linc a great variety of appliances compris-' ing automatic band saw filers, setters, brazers, filing vises', equipped ill an IIp-to-c1ate fashion \...i.t.h n~achincs or tools ,",s may be necessary for each proces:.; :1l1r1 with a skilled mall ,,1, charge of the work. Rapidly increasing lumber values h,,1\'(':made it imperative that there stall be as little saw dust made as possible in COll-nection with lumber manufacture and that stock shall be ac-surately sawed, st,aight and as smooth as may he, such that 6th Street OlIlce and Erecting Shop etc., for narro\v, rice tooth scroll band S;L\VS used in furni-ture factories, pattern she]}s and other woodworking e.;tah-lislltrents; sharpeners, swages, "iH"'" 52ts, hammering benches, etc., for c;;-ct1lar saws r"lllging from twel\'e to seventy-two inches diameter; sharpeners, swages, swage shapers, stretch-ers, brazing- damps, filing clamps, retoothcrs, sbears, stretch-lers, lap grinders, patch machilH'S, hrazing forges, hammers, .7th Street Machine Shop a light dressing will properly surface it for call version into tlle' finished product. Most people not directly concerned 'with the filing room end of a plant are q.llite -ignorant of the variety of sa"vs or machine knives in use and ·likewise of the variety of appli-ances desirable for the perfect fitting of the saws and knives. Hence it may be of interest to describe the appliances manu-factured by Baldwin, Tuthill & nolton, who began business in 1889, manuiacturillg a swage for log circular sa·ws. all\'ils, straight edges, tension gages, leveling blocks, etc., for hand resaws, ranging from three to ten inches wide and for log band saws rang,jng from six to twenty illches single or double cutting, Of these different classes of machines or tools a great variety are made to meet the requirements of saws that range from five to twenty-two gage in thickness, having teeth spaced variously from a half dozen or m.ore points to the inch up to four inch-es from point to point, and r;L11gingin the case of band saws from one-eighth up to twell- 22 ty inches wide, and similarly with a great range in the gage and size of gang and circular saws. In addition there is manufactured a line of knife grinding machines in some thirty different styles and sizes suited to knives ranging from a few inches up to 156 inches long and varying greatly in width, thickness and bevels. Saws vary exceedingly as used in the different plants in the matter of gullet outlines and it is therefore indispensahle that each tool shall be as nearly universal as possible in its tice in most plants of importance to secure a lUan of exper-ience and skil1 for the filing room ,work and 5killed filers com-mand a higher wage scale at this time than ever before and it , is doubtless. a far better proposition to employ a skilled man for this work who is capable of ~eeping saws and knives in the best order so that no part of the plant as a whole shall ever have need to wait on the saw or knife fitting. Hand work has been largely done away with and there are few practical men who arc sufficiently skillful and accurate in th.eir hand adaptation for u~e on saws within the rated capacity, but having the teeth differing so much in hook, depth of gullet, general ontline of back, etc. Hcnce to care for all of thesc varying requirements, there has been developed a line of some 200 or more different machines and tools, each of which has a well defined adaptation and for each of which there is a great-er or less demand. It is probably fair to say that there is no saw, shingle or cooperage mill, or \Yoodworking plant, Machine Room Showing Turret Lathes work to con;pete successfully with automatic machinery that will sharpen from twellty-tive to fifty tceth per minute, or perform the numerous other processes in connection with the manufacture or repair of saws. The "United States excds all other co.untries in saw mill and woodworking machinery adapted to produce a maximum output. Canada comes second white the continental coun-tries of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, some of Machine Room Showing Planers, Shapers, Millers, Boring Mills, Etc. broadly speaking, of any kind whatever that does not have actual need of some of. these appliances, even though the plant is of limited commercial importance and by rea~on of the fact that the saw or knife is the primary working medium the need of having the saw or knife perfectly fitted and kept always in the best wo:-king order is self-evident. Years ago, it was the common opinion that any kind of a man was capable of putting a saw in order or of keeping up a planer knife. During the late years it has become the prac-the South American republics, Mexico, etc., figure commer-cially much lower in the scale. The machinery manufactured by Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton is therefore marketed principal-ly throughout all parts of the United States and from British Columbia to the Maritime Provinces. Every saw mill and every woodworking plant is a possible customer and an effort is made to send each year a catalog to ;:1.11 of these operators without much regard to their commercial importance, wheth-er small or large. These machines are likewise distributed for export to some twenty-five or thirty foreign countries and the business is transaete(\ exclusively by mail. Several catalogs are issue as follows: A forty-page catalog describing knife grinding machinery. /\. 112-page cata10g describing saw and knife fitting ma-chinen.' desigllcd more especi.al1y for woodworking plants. A 184-page catalog which illustrates the entire line, de-signed for distribution amongst the larger mills and factories and for the use of machi.nery and supply houses that market the machinery as sales agents. Each of these catalogs is very comprehensive for the ma- - - ----------------------------------- 23 chiner)' described or the grade for which it is designed, and a copy of either will be mailed to any interested party on re-quest. The cuts in connection will serve to show somewhat the factory and its equipment. All correspondence should be addressed to Baldwin, Tut-hill & Bolton, Grand Rapids, 11ich., who will be pleased to answer any questions concerning their machinery or make special recommendations ill line with individual requirements or rnail free of charge any of their printed matter that may be desired. Erecting Floor lor Wide Saw Sharpeners Radial and Upright Drilling Erecting Floor for Knife Grinders .I:!lreeting Floor foX". Saw Stretcher ------------------------ --- - - - 24 DUTCH STYLE IN OAK AND BLUE, VolAINSCOTED AND FINISHED IN WASHED GRAY. -_.~ West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, Gleason Patenl Sectional Feed Roll, ===="==~i\IIANUE"ACTURED BV====== WEST SIDE IRON WORKS, CRANDRAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. B. WALTER & CO. M,nuf","~n of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT SEE===~ West Michigan Machine & Tool Co" ltd. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. for NIGN GR4DE PUNCNES and DIES. 1Loufs 1babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 1$4 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702. If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That-makes PRICES right. (t[arence lR. 1bfUs DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue~Citizetls Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We can help you. Time saved and when done leaves ate bound (by your-self) and indexed by Hoors or departments. BARLOW BROS., Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE RIGHT NOW. Repa.lrln.II£•••Sa.tisfaction .uaranteed. Citizens' Phone ]239. 27 N. Market St., Grand Rapids. Mich. A. L. HOLCOMB (;J CO. Manufa.cturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS ---- up to 5-16 thick. ~--_ 25 . Continuation" Schools. In Germany parents are compelled to send their children from six to fourteen years of age to the public schools. Later, when a child selects an occnupation for life, he or· she is com-pelled to attend a "continuation" school for three years to stndy the details of the particular line of work that has heen ChOSe11. A cabinet maker, for instance, karns how to use tools ill the shop where he is employed In the "continua-tion" school he is taught the science of forestry, the use of machinery, the treatment of timber and many other dctaib that 'be is unable to learn' while employed in the shop. The.:: schools supply the advantages that were lost when the ap- ]Hcllticeship syste'm \vas abolished. vVitlt. such schools in successful operation the advance of Germany in wealth, po\ver and population is !lot wonderful' to contemplate. A Great Market for Veneers. The importance of Gnllld Rapids ;(s a furniture manufac~ turing c('nter is appreciated by' the veneer cutters, many of whnm havc established warel;ouses and yards for the shelter- By John Ten Have, Student in the Grand Rapids School or Designing. ing of stock, ill the charge of resident managers. Among the manufacturcrs represented arc Uptegrovc & Beckwith, }'fengel, \-Vil1ey, Raynor, Hood & "','right, Otis, Indiana Ve-neer and, Roddis. The important local manufacturers and jobbers are the Grand, Rapid Veneer \;Yorks, \i\Talter Clark a11(l IT(:nry S. Holden. The sales of finely figured woods amount to several hundred thousand dollar3 annually. Main Office' and Factory Moved to Rushville. Charlcs E. Francis & Brother of Cillcinnati, 0., for many years the acknnwl(',dgcd leaders in the construction of glue spreading machinery, glue h.eaters and glue prtsses, have built and e([uipped a large modern factory at Rushville, Ind., and moved their maehin('ry and main office to that place. There is a large and steadily growing demand for the glue heaters, cookers, spreaders, factory trucks and kindred equipment made by this firm. A branch office will be maintained at Cincinnati. 26 Living-Room in Ma.hogany Trim. Mission Room in Various Tones of Green. I J THE OUTLOOK. Ex-President Hummer of the National Case Makers' Associa. tion Predicts a Marked Improvement in Trade. Hon. George P. Hummer" ex-president of the National Case ?da.kers' Association, is \vell informed in regard to the furnittlfc manufacturing industry, especially the branch that is known as the case makers. Letters from members of the association report an improvement in sales, and as, the output of all the plants operated in the case making trade ha ..'c. been greatly reduced, there will be no large stocks on hand to be slaughtered when the new year opens. Sixty days hence money will he a drug on the market. Financiers will be seeking investmellts <lnd the interest rates \...i.l.l be lower. :\'1r. Hummer expects conservative buying during the month of January, but in Feb' nary. when the salesmen take to the roact very liberal orde:rs will be placed. Many f<:lctodes in the scuthern states are shut down and j\lr. Humn:cr is of the opinion th<:lta considerable number will not be operated dur- FOR RENT For furniture exhibition purposes a newly remodeled store located about 200 feet west of Pantlind Hotel on Pearl street. It has a 25 foot frontage by 100 deep with finely lighted basement, both steam heated. IS AN IDEAL LOCATION Address C. B. KELSEY, Grand Rapids, Mich., for particulars. ing the coming year. In speaking of the lumber market \lr. Hummer said 110 material reductions 11<Ldbeen made in the prices of hardwoods grown in the northern states. Quar-tered oak is held firmly at ante-panic prices, while plain Qak could be purchased at a reduction of $5.00 per 11. on prices that pre\'ailed sixty days ago. ~lanufacturers who mean to purch3se stock can generally secure reductions upon other varieties of plain native woods. Denuded Timber Lands Untaxed. An important provision of the Jaw recently enacted by the legisLatme of the state of Alabama exempts from tax<ltion for a period of ten years lands wbic:h have been denuded of trct':s and which shall be replanh:d. vVhi!e this is not all the lumbermen of the ,'itate wanted ill thi;; cOllnectiol\, it is re-garded as an in~portant step toward saving the forests of Ala-bama. Tbe lauds bought by the state a·re to be held pending :t second growth of timber, and then sold ~ttan advance. Predicts a Good Year's Business. Charles H. Cox, vice president of the Michigan Chair Company, keeps in close touch 'with business conditions in the eastern states. He is of the opinion that the year will open moderatel:r. but that the sales for thE'.year will be large. Not Associatd With Arthur Kirkpatrick. 1\-1. J. \-Velter, who died reecntly, was not eonneeted in any way during his life, with the Grand Rapids School of Furni-ture Designing, as stat\?d by a number of trade papers. 27 Do Not Fear the Future. Treasl1rer Foote of the Grand Rapids Chair Company en~ tertains no fears for the future. "\Ve have not shortened working hours. laid off a man nor reduced wages," he re-marked to the Artisan. ';"'We shall cut stock as heavily as during any season of the past and are not inclined to doubt the ability o[ our salesmen to dispose of it." YOU'KE W.J\NTEI>. ABSOLUTELY NEW OIL SOLUBLE MAHOGANY STAIN POWDER WALTER K. SCHMIDT COMPANY Try our latest and best produc-tion, a perfectly Oil Soluble Ma-hogany Stain. For Reddish Stain order No. C9722,Brownish No. 8701, to darken either add Black No. 5111. With these three colors any style of Mabogany can be produced. Just the colors for making your own Oil Stains. Send us a sample order-yon will be surprised with the results. ANILINE AND WOOD STAINS 84-88 Canal St" Grand Rapids, Mich. --------------------------------------- -- _.- 28 MAGNIFICENT FURNISHINGS. The Mauretania's Accommodations for Passengers. The new Cunarde.r Mauretania, now On her maiden trip across the Atlantic, ec1-ipses even the Lusitania in the arrange-ments for tbe comfort of- the 3,500 persons who can be lodged in comiort on a trip across the Atlantic. The ship has very spacious quarters, even in the third class apartments. This large host is accommodated in rooms each large enough to allow of from four beds heing fitted, and an ample sup:p1y of hooks for clothes and the like. Each room is also tltted with ·wash basins, minors and toilet requisites. Large and well-ventilated rooms for day USe are provided for smoking, reading, and the like. These afe all panelled out in polished hardwood. The dining saloon for the steerage or third class passen- 71R T 1.5'...7f.l"l e , •• mahogany, except fhe chief engineer's quarters, which are all wainscotted in Austrian oak The second class passengers' accommodation is situated in the aft part of the ship, and is fitted out in the most up~to-date styles-in fact, it is hard to believe that this is the sec-ond class, for it seems almost impossible to conceive anything more comfortable or imagine greater luxury or requirements on a trip of less than five days' duration, for here we have rooms fitted up with every consideration for comfort to ac-commodate one, two, three or four persons; each room has one or two lavatories, sofa, toilet racks, wardrobes, luggage racks, trays, mirrors, and other necessary fittings. Baths ana light refreshment bars are provided at convenient posi-tions, The. public rooms in this class are one of the fe.atl1.tes of the ship; they consist of dining room, smoking room, drawing room and lounge. The latter is panelled out in highly fig~ A WELL SEATED LIBRARY. Rcrs is literally a grand sa!o:lH, being p<1nded throughout -in polished ash; tbe upper llaTt i.s light 01- n<\turnt colored, and the dado p,\rt dark colored. The numerous port lights in thl.s saloon are fitted with ornamcntal glass ere ens with clip-ticat heads, aJld \",hell closed, shut out the last and only in-dication of being on a ship, and thus give the passengers the impression of being elltertained in some large hall ashore. A piano alld other articles of furniture all combine to give 3. home-like appearance to this room. The stairs throughout this section of the ship are an of polished teak. The engineers are accommodated in rooms near to the machinery under their. charge, and have suites of rooms to w,ect every need, including baths, dressing, smoking, dining, etc:, all of which are fitted up in high~cIass style in polished urcrl al10 cxceptioilaily jillC teak, and fonns ;111ag-reeahk rest-ing place for laelies and gentlemen, being Iitted \vitlJ every-thing llccessary for indulgence, luxury, anu easc. The smoke-room is furnished with evcry due considera.tion for comfort. The sides are patlf~tted with Cuban ma11ogally, baving inlaid panels of original design. Settees and chairs, tables for writing, cards and refreshments arc provided in cozy corners for select parties_ Electric bells and a host of other small items all combine to make this room one of the most enticing. The drawing room is quite unique, being fitted out in plain maple with figured- panels, having gilt mouldings or or-naments of Louis XVI style, 'wit'ht suitable furniture, consist-ing of settees, chairs·, tables, and ?iano,all in perfect har,. many. The windows in -this room, as well as- ill' the smoke- MICHIGA.N • l' C i Z9 room, are all titted with ormllucutal sliding screens, and when closed give the respective room,'; an exccptiOlJally cos}' and home-like appearance. The dining- TOOlll accommodates 250 perSOl1S, aud is fitted OUt entirely in oak. The port lights arc Jixed in pairs, and are treated in a most ingenious manner, having arches formed of carved mouldings supported upon pillars with carved shafts and caps. The cornice is also elaborately carved out of th'e solid. The pilasters and spandrels formed by the curved heads of the panels are all ornamented 'with carving, after Louis XIV style. This room has a large well in the ceiling to admit light and air from the cleek ;lbove. The main ceil-illg of the saloon is plain. flat, white, without an'y moulding, and tends to show IIp the beautiful figuring of the oak, em-ployed in both fllrlljture and panelling. The fioor is laid with parquetry of good design, and contains over 64,000 pieces of oak. The 'whole of the hardware in this section is of solid \:..,hite metal, eXCCjlt the drawing room and saloon, where the fittings are all in qrmolu. The framing form.ing the partitions and bulkheads is of the best yellow pine, with "Venesta" panels painted four coats and [L11ished in ivory white enamel. The 550 f!nit class passengers have their rooms on the main, lIpper, promenade and boat decks, or, as the owners choose to style thcm, the A, 13, D and E decks. Thc main deck contains a number of cabins formed of pine framing with moulding formed in the solid. Eaeh cabin on this deck is fitted 'with mabogany furniture, consisting of dressing table, wardrobe, wash basin, bed, toilet racks, and a host of small and useful fittings; Ole cabins on the upper deck are more roomy, and are fitted in various kinds of \.".ood and in a large variety of styles, no two rooms being exactly alike. A few rooms are fitted to accommodate one person, others are fit-ted up for two, others are fitted up as a. combination bed and sitti.ng room, having writing table and other requisites neces-sary for business gentlemen. Between twenty and thirty rooms are specially arranged upon an entirely new system, having a wash basin and small dressing chamber curtained off from the main part of the cabin. These ronms have brass bedsteads in place of tb'e ordinary ship berth. The rooms having accommodations for two persons are so ar-ranged that if desired one bed can be folded up, and thus make the room suitahle for one person only. These rooms are furnished in mahogany, walnut, satinwood, oak, mahogany and ebony, \valnut and box, satin and rosewood. and the like. The corridors and alley-ways are all formed of pine fram-ing, havillg carvedpjlasters and com ice mouldings, with teak storm fans and white metal fittings. The promenade deck cOl1taills some of the most costly rooms on this ship, and doubtless 'will be the most popular. The whole of the corridors and alley-ways are of polished mahogany, \vith ornamented panels and carved ornaments. The ceiling is curved and recesscs are formed throughout the length to receive numerolls electric wires on one side, whilst the oth~r side contains the air trunk from the venti-lators. The cabins on this deck baffie description; they are htted up in a most luxurious style. I\. passenger can he ac-commodated with a room fitted up in the latest style, with every convenience, or he can engage a suite of roo111s, com-prisjng sitrjng room, bath room, reception room, dining room, bed rooms, pantry. etc., all Gtted up apparently irrespective of cost. TJle wJ]Ole of these best rooms are fitted with bells, electric fires or heaters, in addition to the uSlIal lights ~lnd telephone connections. About thirty kit/ds of 'Hrood arc used to decorate the rooms. The boat deek contains rooms similar to those on the promcnade deck and fitted up in a 'variety of styles to meet the requirements of the most exacting. On this deck the captain's rooms are situated; his day-room is fitted out in mahogany, polished natural color, w'ith desks, cupboards, 7lR'T'I.S'~ 2 7 $* sofa, table, chairs, secretaire, in addition to a host of myster_ ious electrjc nttings. The bedroom is panelled out in a beautiful silver grey birch, with mahogany furniture. The officers' rooms are on the bridge deck. These are fitted up similar and equal to the first class room, their din~ ing and smoke-rooms being specially· comfortable. The grand saloon and restaurant are fitted out in oak. These two rooms will seat 500 persons. The floors are' in .oak parquetry. The upper room, that is, the r~staurailt,is pro-vided with a large dome composed of fibrous plaster and or~ llamcllted with the signs of the zodiac in gold, surmounted by a cluster of hidden electric lights, which give a m'ost pleas- By Otto Jiranek, Designer. Grand Rapids. ingeffeet and soft light, which passes down to the saloon through a large well hole in the intervening deck. The library is executed in silvery grey sycamore, with gilt ornaments. This is doubtless one of those rooms t.'hat must be seen to get a true idea of its beauty. The grand lounge or drawing room is executed in plum mahogany with gilt mouldings and carved caps. The beams are supported upOn marble pilasters, having solid gilt capitols; this large room is lighted by large crystal eleetroliers,and contains every conceivable form of comfortable seat that can be pressed into the Louis styles. The smokc-room is panelled out in walnut, having finely inlaid margjlls to the panels. The room contains a massive fireplac~, which is quite a new feature in ships. In a brief dCEicription of th·ls kind it is impossible to give an adequate idea of the magnitude or excellence of the fittings, which doubtless surpass in quality as well as quantity anything ever before attempted in woodwork, which alone must have cost over £250,000, al1d add to this £30,000 for uphoJstering, and we have a reliable and close estimate of this section of the work C. C. Wormer Machinery Co. offer the following at .Bargain Prices: 1- -- ---- 30 C. C. WORMER MACHINERY COMPANY, PRIOE AN]) FULL EETAIL ON APPLICATIO.N. 98 Woodbridge St, Detroit, Michigan. Band Saw, 26" Crescent Band Saw. 26" ]<'rank Band Saw, 82" Crescent Band Saw, as" Fay 1£ Egan BUnd Slat Tenoner. self feed Boring Machine, 72" Andrews, S-f;lpiBdle Boring Machine, Clement Ron Boring Machine, No.1 Double spindle, radial Boring Machine, a-spindle, horllllontaI Chair &nffing l'resj;I, SWft·nz Cut-Oft' Saw, No. I, Roller Carriage Edging Saw Ta,ble, 86 x 18 feet FOllt 'Power Mitre Madrlne Furniture Makers' Saw, Double Cut··OiY Jointer, 12" Cref!lcent, 4~sided head J(jinter, IS" Cre~Dt. 4-s1d~ head LaUson Chamfer Cutter Moulder, -I_side, 7", Fay & Egan Moulder, 'I-side, 10", Fay &; Egan Planer No.2. Fay & Egan CenteDllial, 2<1- x 6" )"Ianer, Single Cylinder, Holme,,_ 24 X5" :Planer, Single Cylinder, Fay &; Eglm, 20 X6h rlaner and Mat,cher, J. A. Fay, 24 Jl 4"; :matches 14" Planer, Single Cylinder, Frank, 26:x S" Ylaner, Single Cylinder, Rowley .I: B., 26 :I: 8" :Parks' Woodworker, C(1Imblned Machine Rod Pln and Dowel :Mae1rlne, No.2, SmIth Rod and Dowel }\o(aclrlne, No.2, Egan Sander,; Young's :New Edge., iron frame 8nw Table, 33 x W', iron frame Saw Table, 48 x 50"; Rip and (lut-Off SCroll Saw, tron fmme, wood top, (lordesmao Saw Table. No.2, CreWlmt CombInation Saw BeIlch, Colburn Universal Shaper, DOUble Spindle, Fay If, Egan No. 8b Shawver Twi@t Ma(',hine, 10" l!l.wing" Swing Saw, 6% feet, Cr(ls'Cent Teooner, Double Head, Smith Tire &nd, Hand and Power VaJiety Saw, No.1, Fay .I: Egan 'Wood Lathe, 16"; Cabinet Makers' Wood Lathe, 2{)"; Cablnet Makers' 'W,pod Lathe, 20"; Porter Patwrn Makers' \\'000 I,athe, 24"; Pattern Makers' Wood Lathe, Tevor Antomatic Unfair to the Vocational Boy. In many of the states of the federal union the public school 'iystems favor unfairly those pupils who intend to enter either the professions or business life. Special courses that give the highest technical' education aTe provided for such pu-pils. The boy who would be a lawyer, a phy'iician or an en-gineer is given practically free instruction ill his chosen line until he is twenty-three or even twenty~five years old. The boy who would enter the indu:;tries, who would become an night classes in which they themselves would be taught valu-able lessons which they can never hope to learn in the shop. When an innovation \S so obviQusly for the benefit of the whole community and even in a broad sense for the benefit of every class some way should be found to secure the co-operation of every class. It is estimated that a modern community produces, man forman, eight times the wealth that same community could have produced under the condi-tions that existed a century ago. Because of this increase in FOR AFTERNOON TEAS. artisan or a mechanic, must depend Upon himself or his rela-tives and friends for an opportunity to learn his trade. This is not only unfair to that boy, it is a loss to the community. The instruction in law and medicine and engineering provided by the community has paid for itself many times over by the better service rendered. In the same way instruction in handicrafts would pay for itself. Intelligent workmen who understand the principles of their craft can turn out a better product than those who have learned only rules of thumb. There is unfortunately a feeling of antagonism on the part of many workmen toward vocational schools, a feeling based upon the fear that the graduates of such schools will take theiT jobs. Yet these schools will be filled with their own sons. It is their sons who will be taught how to earn better wages. And an integral feature of such schools would be efficict1cy the civilized world has for the first time in history passed the line where some must starve in order that others might have plenty. Will Show New Goods on January 1. The Grand Rapids market (which never closes) will con-tain many new lines on and after Wednesday, January 1. The local manufacturers have brought out several thousand new pieces, and the out-ai-town lines will be fully as interest~ ing. The attendance of buyers promises to be very large. Manufacturers of woodworking machinery report a marked revival in their business. Orders for new machines bave been placed quite liberally and the daily mails seldom fail to produce inquiries, 31 32 I ~HE SchumannPiano Company of Rockford, Ill. has just doubled its lumber drying capacity. Didn't have to build new kilns to do it---just addep the Grand Rapids Veneer Works process and lm-i mediately hegan taking out 4-4 oak III seven days, straight, soft and entirely free. from checking, harden-ing or honeycombing. That ,kind of work will pay dividends. Better write the Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich., for a description of this process. Suggested a Story. While discussing the sudden and UnI\ecessary canceHat-don of orders following the recent monetary storm in Wall street, a traveling salesman ""ho spent his fast year's vacation in Ireland, remarked, "The ·natural beauty of Ireland is'be-yond description. The magic spell ;of its lakes and mo"untain scenery one can never forget. While the people are very poor, their proud spirit will never admit their poverty. To judge from their conduct, th~y are the ,most happy, content-edand prosperous people jn all the 'world. No matter how great is their distress, they-a(e courageous, hopeful and uncomplaining. \Vhile traveling through the lake region on a jaunting car I called the attention of" the driver to a pedestrian 011 the highway who -secmed to 'be very poor and expressed sympathy for him:. The jarvie assured l,11ethat my sympathy was misplaced-that the man by his industry and the practice of economy,' had saved ,£5 ($25) and placed it in the bank. The jarvie considered him very well 6ff. Another pedcstrian, whose appearance -iud'leated extreme poverty, was met later, and the jarv'ie, who ·knew everyone in the region, stated that the man was fortunate inha-ving acquired a stock of peat, his only possession, worth £1-$5. Still another ragged! half-starved vagabond was passed later in the day. 'That man must be very poor. His clothing is soiled and in tatters. His condition must be a very unfortu-nate one,' I felt bound to remark. 'By no means, sir,' re-marked the jarvie. 'He is quite well off, sir. His clothes are ragged, but thc reason .he does not wear bcttcr is that he is so ticklish hc cannot stand stilt to bc measured for an-other.' It seen:s to mc that many of the retailc:-s of furni-ture might take a lesson from the poor people of Ireland. They are not as poor as they imagine themselves to be-that they are as nervous as the ticklish Irishman. 1£ they could control themselves long enough to order the goods that will be needed for the holiday 'and spring season of trade, substi-tuting new suites for the poor stuff they so desperately cling to, and then go to work with a will to sell' the same, the alarm under which they are suffering would quickly pass away." One fQr Shank. I'The man who follows JohnW. 5hank/' remarked a fel-low traveler, in commenting upon the retirement of Mr. Shank from the Grand Rapids Bookcase Company, 'Iwill havc an opportunity to record a notable expedence. Mr. Shank holds the trade in his territof'ywith a grip of steel, and yet he is 50 cordial; so considerate, and so sensible that he is generally ·admired and liked. He will score a great success with his new combination_Shelton & Snyder and John D~vid Raah." Pti.ces •FirrnlyMaintained. The manu'fRcturersci'f 'hardwood lumber in the state of ~lichigan, thtrough tl~eir organization, are firmly maintaining priccs. All scem to be sound financially and realizing the constantly increasing value of their holdings, they await se-renely the subsidence of the tcmpest in the financial teapot. IMPROVED. EASV AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electric: and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue atld Prices.. KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth St .. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co •• 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, o. j08 11th St., Omaha, Neb,; 129Cedar St., New York City. -- --------------- 33 STOP AT NIAGARA fAllS on your way to New York or Philadelphia via GRAND TRUNK ..LE"IG" VALLEY DOUBLE TRACK ROUTE New Coaches. Most Modern Pullman sleeping cars. Black Diamond Express new throughout. Lowest Fares. Inquire of C. A. Justin, Passenger Agent, new Grand Trunk Sration on Bridge St. near corner of Canal, Grand Rapids, Mich. New Patterns • HooKs. In WR.ITE us FOR. PR.ICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 34 list of Buyers 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS L1ST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS LIST OF BUYERS, 25 CENTS JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT JUST OUT Write for it. Remit Amount. MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, INSiST ON HAVING norr~ WOo~I Sons'Soli~Sfttl OlueJoint (utters tot" "there are no other.,. U Ju.rt a..r good." They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding,· saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD &. S....NS 2714 aDd 2716 We.t wile St•• CHICAGO. ILL. Morton House ( AmeticanPlan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel PantJind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, The Noon Dinner Serv~ at the Pantlind for SOc is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTUND, PrQP' IMISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS I WANTED n'ANTED-l\IACHINE FOREMEN Cabinet makers, finishers !lDd packers at It DCWand up~to-date funliture factor)' }otlllt('d at Red Lion, Pa., three miJe8 froID YOl'k. Pa. Pay good wa.ge$, Relerencc8 l'equlred. Address, I. K., care of Michigan Artisan. 12-10-1t WANTED-Sl:PERI:STE'SDENT. Chair factory want!! a first class superintendent who iH in a position to take an intercl>t in the bmliness. Must be a hustler and mll!!!t be temperate and reliable. G{t{ld8fl1IU'Yand splendid opponwlity for In-ve;;; tment for the right man. Ad(lre!!iS Chair;!, care The Artisan. 12-10-1t WANTED-LINE TO SELL For Indiana and Illinois, January I, 1908. a selling line of medium pl'lced sldebollrds, buffets and (~hllmbcrsuites. L. 1'0_, 7919 Carnegie Ave., Cle"eland, O. 12-10-2t SI'I'UATION WANTED By pl'aetil~1IIwood wOl'king factol'" superintendent. A conlpetent e!!lti. mater and detailer, Thor0ll,l;hl,,· lInder~tand factory management. Ad· dress C. E., care of Michigan Arti81Ul. 12-10-2t WANTED- P081TIO:N By first class furniture 8alesman acquainted with the Michigan trade. Best of references. Addre!!lll,J. J. Rodgers, 216 1Nl'liit A\·e., l\Jantstee, Mich. 12-10-1t WANTED-FIRST CI..A. SS DESIGNER On chair work. State experience and l!IlllHrl'require(l, Chair Company, Binghamton. N. Y. BinghlUllton 12~10-3t WANTED-JULL 8UPERIKTENDENT Competent to bike (~harge of couch frame flWtOl'Y. One who unde.·M stands adjusting all kinds Ilf wood working mlU~hinery and knows how to handle men, to get ont medium and ('heap grades of work, Address Bnffalo Lounge Co., Bnffalo, N. Y., 12-10-2t WANTED SCPER.JNTENDENT To take charge of flU'tory making I~ar"ings and mOUlHIl~'" One with $t,()OO to $5,000 to invest preferred. La,rge aDd prufltable business established. III bealth reQuires the retirement of a membel' of the firm. AddreS& "J. E, C.•" care of Michigan Artisan. 11-10-2t WANTED-POSITION AS SVPERlNTF.NDENT Of furniture factl)ry, furnishing bes.t of references, a thorough :mechanic, fnmilia.r with un factory details, having had o\'er h'\<enty-five year., experience in the manufact,ure lIf 1111 kind!! of fUl'nitnre. Addl'ess "Su-perintendent," care ot Michigan Al'tlsan. 11-10-2t FOR SALE ---- -_.~--------------,-::--:-- :FOR 8J\T..F...-oJ't,"'E PLAIN SIDE CRAN"K ATLAS EN"OINE Twenty-five horse power. One 40" x 12 foot boner, 340 3'" fllIes, 20'; x 22" dome, Atlas boHe.r fl'ont, pnttern Henry n.; one feed pnmp togethl:lr with whistle, pipes, vah'es and (·onncction~. Complef,(' on bUllrd ('ars Ottawa. nlinohl, 1(11'$250.00. RellHllD fur selling. Inct.ory dosed, ma-chinery sold. Sanders BnlH. l\'Iannfndurillg Company, Ottal\~~il)~it. FOR SALE-CA8E GOODS FURNI1'URE l!'ACTORY. Good location and weU established trade. Address "8" care of Michigan Artisan. 11)-1I) it Daniel Webster's Settee. In the days of Daniel Webster settees likc the one shown below were in common use. They were considered very de-sil: a.ble-some.thing of a ltl.x.my, in fact. Occasionally, an old settee, patterncd like the above, is sccn on the veranda of a hotel in a country to,,,n occupied by a statesmen's dub, dis-cussing weighty problems for saving the government trom imag-inary danger~. The prescnt g;cllcrativn might favor the use of the \Vebster settee in the furnishing of porche,:; and lawns, if the prices were right and the legs put in straight. The ~loping leg~ suggest the staml that supported lI!olhn's w:lsh tuh ill the olden time. REORGANIZED. The Belding Hall Manufacturing Company on Its Feet Again. The reorganization of the Belding-Hall Manufacturing Company of Belding, which went into the hands of a receiver last September with liabilities of $500,000 was completed at Ionia, Mich., on Deccmber 12. Thc new company will be known as the Belding~Hall Company. The property of the defunct concern was lately sold for 50 cents on the dollar. 'on which basis the settlement with creditors was made. The officen of the new company ''v'ere elected and are as follows: President, Brinton F. Hall, Belding; 'vice preSI-dent, R. H_ Hall, Belding; secretary, G. D. Waters, Belding; treasurer, H. T. Hazanl, Cl,lcag-o; board of directors, B. F. Hall, R. H. Ball, F. A. \Vashburn, Belding; M. A. Reed, George E. )Jichols, Ionia; John S. \~reid111an.Mount Pleasant, and J. M. McKinnon, Chicago. The new organization hinges upon a proviso, however, and it is up to the people of Belding to make the temporary or-ganization permanent. The new company expects to begin work by January with a full force of men provided Belding Jluts up $20,000. About $13,000 of Hlis amount is already in sight, and the public spirit of the citizens will make short work of the balance. The reorganization of the company, which is a great thing lOf Betding, has heen bronght about through the efforts of Brinton F. Hall and his attorney. These men took up negotiations with a Chicago syndicate which finally resulted in the sale of the old property and its transfer to the new company, which v"ill begin business with a paid np capital of $300.000. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. THE WEATHERLY, INDIVIDUAL GLUE HEATER Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular ,of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot. Boxes and prices, WEATHERLY CO. FOLDING BED FIXTURES Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corn€r Irons, elc New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. B. WILLIAMS 3812 VINCENNES AVE., CHICACO Matlufacturerof Hardware Specialties forthe Furniture Trade. Estahlished 11'178. 36 ·§"~Mlf ..HIG7fN Shrinkage of Wood When Dried. Interesting experiments on the shrinkage of wood due to the loss of moisture have recently been cot11{lletedby the For-est Service at its timber testing station at Yale University_ These experiments show that green wood does not shrink at all in drying until the amount of moisture in its has been reduced to about one-third of the dry weight of the wood. From this point 011 to the absolutely dry condition, the shrinkage in the a'rea of cross-section of the wood is directly proportional to the amount of moisture removed. The shrinkage of wood in a direction parrallel to the grain is very small; so small in comparison with the shrinkage at right angles to the grain, that in computing the total s-hrinkage in A Twentieth Century Pe8shnist. volume, the longitudinal shrinkage may bc ncglected entirely. The volumetric shrinkage varies with different woods, being about twenty-six per cent of the dry volume for the specics of eucalyptus known as blue gum, and only about seven per cent for red cedar. For hickory; the shrinkage is about twenty per, ce,nt of the dry volume, and for long leaf pine about fifteen per, cent. In the usual air dry condition, from twelve to fiheen per cent of moisture still remain in the wood, so that t:hc shrinkage from the green condition to the ai'r dry con-dition is only .1 trifle over- half of that from the green to the absolutely dry state. Drawer Pulls Used in 1880. The veteran salesman, William S. Emery of the Grand Rapids Furniture Company, was employed as the manager of the New England Furniture Company during 1880 and several ycars following "We used pear shaped drop handles in ~_. 7119-.T 1.5' A..I'J ~-- o 7 f:. those years," remarked Mr. Emery, "and it was only after the exercise of considerable pressure by the manufacturers of furniture upon the manufacturers of trimmings that we were able to substitute the bail pull for the drop. When first brought out, the cheapest bail pulls cost $2.50 per dozen, but with the introduction of improved machinery the cost of pro-duction was reduced to a point that enabled case makers to buy the pulls needed in lots of from one thousand to ten thousand dozens at from thirty-five to forty cents per dozen. The cast brass pull never met with much favor, although its introduction soon followed that of the rolled brass and nickel pulls. A year or two ago wooden knobs were brought out aIle] wl~en supplied with the no-kum-loose attachment, they satisfy the people." Best Efforts Necessary. The coming year will demand the best efforts of everyone engaged in the manufacturing industry, to win success. The user of the best lumber and finishivg goods, provided his wares shall be in tasteful shapes and honestly constructed will have a decided advantage over the -careless, indifferent manufacturer who takes no interest in his products after shipment. To enable conscientious man'ufacturers to attain the high position they would attain in the industry, the Royal Varnish Company of Toledo, 0., have placed on the market a line of varnishes, shellacs, japans and dryers that fin exact-ing demands. Users of these goods proclaim their merits. New Furniture Manufacturers. W~ester1y Furniture Company, Westerly, R. 1. Hat Rack Company, Montgome'ry, Ala. J. C. l'.'1oore & T. 1. Stone, Lenoir, N. C. W. C. Boyd, Warrenton, N. C. Charlotte Builders' Supply Company, Charlotte, N. C. Joseph M. Davis, Louisville, Ky. \¥estboro Brass Bedstead Company, Westboro, Mass. Falls City Table Company, Inc., Louisville, Ky. Kew Albany (-Ind.) Veneer Company. A. Leath & Co., Elgin, Ill. Indianapolis (Ind.) Cabinet Makers' Union. Wilkinson Will Buy for the Trinidad Furniture Com.pany. E. C. Wilkinson, during the past ten years associated with the Duff & Repp Furniture Company of Kansas City, Mo., and having served in every depa-rtment of that company's great store, has entered the employment of the Trinidad (Col.) Furniture Company as manager and buyer. Mr. Wil-kinson leaves a host of friends in Kansas City. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS Acme White Lead & Color Works. 8 Adams & Elting Co.. .20 American Blower Co...... 9 Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton.. .14 Barlow Brothers .25 Barnes, W. F. & John, Co Cover Berrv Brothers , . . . . . .. 4 ;Black Brothers Machinery Co 14 boynton & Co... . .. 17 Buss Machine Works Cover Chicago Wood Finishing Co '. ::l Clark, Waller, Veneer Co 5 L.ordesman-Rechtin Co. . Cover Dodds, Alexander .... . 11 Edge, Frank, & Co.. .17 Fay&EganCo 2 Fellwock Automobile & Mfg. Co 17 Foster, Stevens & Co.. . .. . 6 !Fox Machine Co.. ... . .. 11 Francis, Charles E., & Bros.. . . 1 Furniture Commercial Agency ..... 14 Grand Rapids B. P. & D. A. Co 11 Grand Rapids Brass Co 33 Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co. _Cover Grand Rapids Veneer Works 32 Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Co .. 14 vrand Trunk Railway System 33 Gillette Roller Bearing Co Cover Hahn, Louis 25 Holden, Henry S., Veneer Co 6 Michigan Artisan Co ..........•... 30 Hills, Clarence R., 25 Hoffman Bros. Co 14 Holcomb, A. L., & Co , .25 bO'el Pantlind 34 Kelsey, C. B. 27 Kimball Brothers Co 32 Lyon Furniture A~ency.. . . . . . . . . .. 7 Marietta Paint & Color Co , . . .. 1 Mattison Machine Works 13 Michil'P.:anArtisan 11 Michigan Engraving Co 31 Miscellaneous 36 Morton Dry Kiln Co.. 9 Morton House . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34 Palmer, A. E., & Sons .•........... 9 Pittsburg Plate Glass Co...... 7 Schmidt, _Walter K., Co 27 Shimer, Samuel J., & Sons , 10 Stephenson Manufacturing Co 14 Sturgis Machine Co ,Cover Union Embossing Machine Co 7-11 Valley City Machine Works ,Cover Walter, B., & Co "" 25 Ward. O. A 34 Weatherly Co 35 West Michigan Machine & Tool Co.2S West Side Iron Works 25 White Printing- Co................ 1 Williams, F. B. , , 17 Wood, Morris & Sons 34 Wysong & Miles Co (2) Cover Wormer, C. C., Machinery Co 30 BUSS MACHINES ALWAYS IN DEMAND DOUBLE CUT -OFF SAW From 6x6x118 to 32x33x64 inche" PLANERS from 26 to 64 inc;hee. All manufacturers using wooowur"illg- machinery know that every Buss machine is buill 011 honor and from the best materials. Every machine is guaranteed and adjustments are quickly made. Everything that is BEST is: in the Huss machines. BUSS MACHINE WORKS, HOu.AND. MICHIGAN Manufa<:turers of tbe'lateBt Improved Woodworking Maehinery. We make a 8pecialty of complete outfits. SHAPERS haring net weighb of from 2,100 to 2,450 pound, to suit work. The Cordesman·~echtin No 3t Band Re·saw SHOWING MOTOR DRI\lf While the belt drive is very satisfactory the motor drive is more economical. Even more important matters are the method of driving feed works, and the adjustments which give the operator control of aRe-saw. EIaz,'eyou seen sectional view cuts of the Cordes-man- Rechtin No. 3jf Band Re-saw a"d had the tootexplained in detail? Writefor booklet. THE CORDESMAN·RECHTIN CO. 215 Butler Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO I ~ -~----~~ .... _-~~~~ GRAND RAPIDS PUGLIC LIBR,1\UY Great Satisfaction is E.xpressed by Our Customers IT WILL PLEASE YOU ALSO NO. 119 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER FA'>TEST AND MOST ACCURATE MACHINE ON THE MARKET. ENTIRELY AUTOMATIC MAKES SQUARE MORTISES FREE FROM CHIPS WRITE FOR CATALOG J WYSONG &. MILES COMPANY, CEDAR ST. AND SO. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. The Old Way was Good but The New Way is Better No factory having sanding to do can afford to use obsolete methods. The new way is the way to profits-success. Ask for the proof. STURGIS MACHINE CO., Sturgia, Mich.

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