Michigan Artisan; 1909-05-25

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and -_._- ------ ---- GRAND RAPIDS Twenty-Ninth Year-No. 22 -------._----------------- MAY 25, 1909 ---_._----Semi-Monthly POSSELIUS BROS, MANUFACTURI NG = COMPANY = DETROIT, MICHICAN Dining Extension Tables OUR SPECIAL TV II I1 .-__ . . .-~-- __ --l Aulsbrook & Jones Furniturie Co. Exhibit al 1319 Michillan Avenue, CHICAGO Writefor Illustrations Pr"ic"e"s. STURGIS, MICH. ASK FOR CATALOG SHOWING OUR LINE COMPLETE L. . -:- ... Oak and Mahogany (: ~, --.-_-----_._-_._------_. III I I "The Better Make" WE HAVE OVER 400PIECESIN OUR LINE. Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture -----SUITES TO MATCH.----- Nelson~Matter Furniture Company GRANDRAPIDS,MICH. Factory and Salesroom, 37 Canal Street Catalogues to Dealers on Heavy Plate Paper. • \ ! I I, ~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN 1 I[The ManisieeMa~ufacturing-C~~ IS STILL SAWING WOOD I Bachelors' Wardrobes Bulfets III I IIIIIi In addition to out regUlar line of Sideboards Odd Dressers Cbiffoniers No. BOBed. Height.4 It., (, in. Slat 4 h., (, in. nnd wn No. 347 Commode. Top 19x32. added A nice dean lille of Colonia15uites., all Cross Band Veneered Stock, medium in price. Either Golden, Rubbed and Polished, ot'Dead Wax Finish. Beds, Dressen, Chiffoniers, Commodes and Somnoes to match. '------------------------------- ... MANISTEE, MICH. No, 341 DreS3el'. Top 2Zx42. Miuot 24:132. No.1 SOChiffonier. :Top20x34. Mirror 14x24. We have a permanent exhibit at 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. - _._--_.~-- Sixth Floor. We invite your inspection and inquirie~. MANISTEE MFG. CO. 2 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Show • Grand Rapids In The Original (Klingman) Fumiture Exhibition Building Containing Over 300,000 Sq. Ft. of Floor Space. Every Buyer who visits the successful Grand Rapids market (and what large buyer in the country doesn't?) knows the prestige of this building, knows the high char-acter of the lines shown, and makes it his headquarters during the selling season. Every Manufacturer who has shown in this building knows that an exhibit in it is no experiment, that the right class of trade is met and that results often exceed the highest expectations. You who have never exhibited, you who have been "experi-menting" with other markets, why not join the live manufacturers showing here. Complete list of tenants and full information regarding rates, space available for future exhibits, etc., will be sent on request. ! The Fumiture Exhibition Building Co. of Grand Rapids I -- - ---- -------------- .. , GRAND RAPlDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 291h Year-No. 22. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MAY 25, 1909. == $ 1.00 per Year. ==~== Vigorous Opposition to the Mirror Plate Schedule. F OUf times 'Since the debate on the tariff bill has been in progress in the senale of the United States the glass schedule has been laid aside, to be taken up later. A mighty contest between the makers of mirror glass 011 the One side and the importers .. the manufacturers of furniture, the retailers and the consumers on the other) will be terminateo by the finance committee in the near fulttre. The plate makers seek a higher rate on small sizes, and should they succeed in carrying the amend-ment proposed to the Dingley gla$s schedules, the cost of mirrors to manufacturers of furniture will be ad-vanced considerably by the glass makers. In turn the manufactnrel"S will add the additional cost to their pro-ducts, and the retailer may get it from customers if he can. The purchasing power of buyers of cheap fl1r-nitttre in which small size's of mirrors are used is already v;ery low, and it would surprise no one in the trade jf a demand arose for bureaus, chiffoniers and kindred goods without mirrors. Small framed mirrors such as are sus-pended from the walls, or hand glasses, could be sub-stituted for dressers, dressing tables, chiffoniers with mir-rors without any great inconvenience to the users. Re-tailers of furniture are taking a lively interest in the dis-cussion in congress and a considerable number have written letters to the senators and representative's pro-testing against the adoption of the amendment dC'5ired by the makers of plate gla'ss, Recently the furniture manufacturers' association, representing an output of $10.000,000 annually, filed a vigorous protesl with the finance committee of the senate and a committee repres-enting that organization will appear before the committee in the near future for the purpose of supporting- the pro-test by argument. @ * @ Bids for Furniture Solicited. The government is soliciting bid'S for supplying fur-niture for the war department as fo11ows: Thrce hundred library desks. Two hundred and fifty sideboard's. Two hundred and forty dining tables. Five hundred dining chairs \vith arms. Fifteen hundred dining room side chairs. Two thousand six hundred kitchen tahles. The contract for the abovc goods had been let some-time ago but the contractor, unable to fin the same, had forfeited his deposit and withdrawn. A Mr. Rice, representing N. Snellen berg & Co., of Philadelphia, arrived in Grand Rapids on May 25 and entered into negotiations with local manufacturers. Snel-lenberg, Gimhle Brothers, Wanamaker and other retail-erg of Philadelphia seem to have an inside advantage in the matter of government contracts for goods that they handle. At least the fact is well estabished that thc Philadelphians fill a great many orders for the general government, while manufacturers submitting bids direct do not seem to get any considerable amount of business. Filling government orders for furniture lacks lisnappy" features. The woods used must not only be cut according to official ideas, but weighed before construc-tion begins. Inspection is dose and a manufacturer never knows whether his work has been accepted until the re-tailer through whom he does busine'ss remits his check in settlement of the account. @ * @ Shifting Toilets. Occasionally a salesman is met possessed of the skill, taste and judgement necessary to 'successfully shift the toilets on dressers, thereby making two pieces salable instead of one. The experiment is not always successful bllt at times the plan i, worthy of a trial. A manufactur-er located in one of the interior towns of Wisconsin found a lot of unsalable dressers in his wareroom and called in a new sale'Sman to inspect the same. The services of old salesmen, advertising, and a cut price had failed to move the stuff and the manufacturer had about decided to send the lot to an allctioneer, which would be practically giving the goods a\vay, The new salesman approved the form and construction of the case, but in the toilet, composed of the usual two 'standards supporting a beveled oval mir-ror, \vith a meaningless stick of carving- running from post to post abm"c the mirror he espied the cause of the trouhle. "If you will bnt Cllt out that carving I will agree to sell the lot in less than a week." the new 'Salesman re-marked. The sug-g-estion w'as accepted, the carving re-moved, tle\v photographs were taken' and in le'Ss than a week the goods were shipped to appreciative customers. @ * @ A good point about the mercerized tapestry suggested by the decorator is th.at it is easily matched in pattern with-inexpensive grades of madras for window curtains. A whole new.£amily of madra's is presented to shoppers this season, including varieties out of the common. ,.....---------------------------- MICHIGAN ARTISAN rSo far as building is concerned, Detroit is on the bOPffi, and if it don't let up pretty soon it will grow clear out of its clothes. Thirty-five years ago Jeffer-son avenue was the principal shopping street of the .city, but business changed its course and went up \Vriodward avenue, leaving Jefferson avenue to the wholesalers and cheap stores. Now the indications point to the time, and that not far distant, when lower Woodward avenue south of the Gralld Circus Park, will share the fate of Jefferson avenue. One of the in-dications is the consolidation of two of the largest re-tail stores-Elliot & Company and Taylor-vVolfend:n & Company. They are having an immense building put up five or six squares above the park. Another indication is the way business is going out Gratiot' and Michigan avenues, and on Griswold street and vVashington avenue. Owen & Company, one of the largest installment house~furnishing houses, is building an eight story store at Gratiot and Brush streets. which. \vhen com-pleted, will givc them by far the largest store of its class in the city or state. In a chat with one of the best posted furniture dealers in the city, he said, HDetroit has too many fur-niture stores; between sixty and s,:venty; enough for a city of 600,000 populatiou, and still more coming. A few arc making money, but the greater number are baving a hard time to play even. Michigan avenue bids fair to become one of the greatest business thoroughfares in the citjr. The :M1chi-gan Central railroad is building a tunnel under the De-troit river to cost about $8,000,000, and has purchased a vast amount of real estate just soath of Michigan avcnu'e f;om Fourteenth avenue west, and is planning ~ .great terminal station, the expense to be about as much as the tunnel. Sixteen millIon is a vast sum of money and ,if the contemplated improvements are car-rieeIout, the new depot will be more than a mile from ~heir present Third street station. Newcomb-El}dicott & Company, the Marshall Fields of Detroit, are building a mammoth steel struc-ture which wi)! nearly or quite double their present store. I was told that two of the leading furniture mer-chants. on \\Toodward avenue have been notified that their leases will not be renewed, as the buildings they occupy are to be remodeled or torn down and if they have to move off the avenue there will remain but three more south of the park, One of which will soon move to a new store on Griswold street. Rents are too high on Woodward avenue for the average furni-ture merchant to make a living and the whole street, from the Campus lVlartius· down is likely to undergo a complete change of tenants in a few years. The Posselius Brothers Furniture 11anufacturing company will show a larger number of new patterns of dining tables at 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago, in July, than in the past. The famous Victor will be sup-plemented by a great show of pillar tables in mahog-any and oak, making a display every buyer of good tables win want to see. The Palmer l\tfanufactl.1ring company will not show in Chicago or Grand Rapids in July, but may in New York. J. C. Widman & Company will make their custo-mary fine display of hall and dining room furniture and mirrors in Chicago and New York. The Hum-phrey- Widman Bookcase Company will also sh')w their line in Ch'c,go at 1319 MichigaOl avenne. J. c. 1YPE OF ENGLISH DINING ROOM IN A CITY HOUSE. \Vidman is the manager of both of these companies, and since he has hrought out a line of mission section-al bookcases the business has very materially in-creased. It is a real pleasure to have a visit with Mr, Fred-rick B. Smith, president of the Wolverine Manufactur-ing and Cadillac companies. He can tell more inter~ esting things about the manufacture of furniture than "you can shake a stick at." It is interesting to go with him through the factory and listen as he points out the thousand and one little details that go to make up the great whole, and how everything is systema-tized sO closely that they can tell at a glance just how many table tops and bases of every pattern (and there are hundreds of them) are ready for shipment, hm;" many are under way, and. in fact, everything from the lumber yard and dry kilns to the tar door can be had right from their books in the office as well as in the factory. An inventory right from the books for any day is always available. .In conversation with one of th'e leading men in the manufacture of chairs, he said he was on the best of terms with the managers of the Detroit House of Correction, one of their strongest 'competitors. If the superintendents of either concern want to go through the factory they are at perfect liberty to do so; and if the manager of any other well known chair factory comes to Detroit he is perfectly welcome to go through their factory and see everything, MICHIGAN ARTISAN Art in Window Trimming. Window trimllling nowadays is no longer consid-ered a pastime nor a business to be attendd to only when there is nothing else to do. In all large mer-cantile houses the window trimming department is one of 110 little importance. Even though simplicity be desired much care, judgment and expense must be ern-played. It is indeed a matter of morc import than the simple arrangement of fabrics and blending of colors. "}'o produce attractive work which not: only brings in direct sales but creates the right impression upon the observing public is a matter requiring skill and intelligence, with serious and constant labor. The decorated show \vindo·vv, though strictly com-mercial ;n its purpose, bas developed doting the last few years along most strenuous lines, requiring practi-cally a "jack of all trades" to properly meet the re-quirements of the vocation. It is here where, in addi-tion to skill, considerable ingenuity, artistic taste, and keen business judgmeut are called into play. The planning and construction of store witldow decoration is invariably done in an atmosphere of speculation and query, the constant question before the designer dur-ing the progress of the work being "How will it strike the public?" The prevailing spirit in this line tends toward sim-ple lines. The windows meeting with greatest ap-proval are those designed along lines of simplicity, yet producing effects of elegance and refinement. The overcrowded \vindow display is a thing of the past. It has been clemonstrated beyond doubt that simple windo\'\'s \vhen properly dressed produce the best re-sults. The successful windov.r trimmer recognizes the fact that to produce best results from a merchandizing standpoint the goods to be displayed are of first im-portance, and the trimmings, are merely accessories. The latterJ hovvever, must be brought into play in the most effective manner to Jisplay the merchandise to the best advantage. Combination windows, that is, displays showing a varied line of merchandise, when carefully selected produce a splendid ensemble. Four or five well se-lected pieces in colors blending harmoniously produce a more pleasing effect than a large variety of the same or similar colors placed close together. It is customary to change window decorations \veekly; however, many exceptions 'i~;rill be found, ,vhere winclov..·s are dressed every second day. l\Tan)'" stores reserve certain windows or prominent display cases for the dally change of merchandise. Suc.h dis-plays are invariably determined by the volume of traf-tic passing certam \vlndov,-s. corner win(uws of cot1rse~ being favored. Each season has its own series of window trims. The 1vindovv trimmer finds it necessary to adapt him-self and his ideas-to the policies of the house by which he is employed. the class of merchandise carried, the community in which his store is located, and the gen-eral class of its patronage. Forget It That Rack and Rod Morris Chairs were ever made and Buy Nationally Advertised "Rsh theB«tlon-and~t" Royal Chairs "The Pueh Button Kind" with or without footrest. Made with loose CUShM ions or uphol-stered. ( All interehanseable ) So that if your customer likes a frame that has loose cushions on, take them out and put in the upholstering. i Your cuatomers want Royal Chain. Write for catalog. ! ROYAL CHAIR CO., I• STURGIS, MICH. -----_._--- ... Here's That is a a Bargain Bargain No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 II I~ You can't make money faster than by buying this fine library Table by the dc>zen, unleas you make up a carload out of this and other good things we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING CO. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. 5 1 • • 6 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Professional Decorators. "People will spend a lot of money on a house but will throw up their hands at the mention of employing a professional decorator to do up the interior. Then they will turn themselves and their house over to a store clerk, aided and abetted by all the female kin who are within advising distance. As a matter of fact the decorators are not nearly as scornful of small contracts a'S is supposed, in fact I know of several who make a specialty of that sort ot thing. They MQ,deby World Furniture 00., Eva.naville, Ind. advise and di-rect and they are doing a real missionary work an10ng the makers of small homes." The decorator who works in small houses has many problems that his colleague who- confines him-self to mansions never knows. The first thing he must learn is to ignore conventions so far as the se-lection of material is concerned. Half of the paper that is made for walls is snitable only for unusally large rooms. Therefore the decorator of a small room will usually find the best paper for his purpose among the ceiling papers. Such a decorator must convince his people of the valne of a few things well placed over many things promiscuously distributed. A single big jar or va'Se, beautiful in shape and color, well placed takes the place of half a dozen pieces of bric-a-brac and framed photographs. Another graceful vase,, big and bold in outline, with a few pictures properly hung, makes a mantel shelf a thing of restfulness to look npon wh~re formerly was a jungle of odds and ends and Christmas presents, !fore and more are decorators trying to induce people to buy .one single good and beautiful thing and then build the rest of their room around it. A lovely music room in dull greens was built entirely around a rare piece of Chinese embroidery. All the hangi.ngs, wall coverings and rugs were chosen to tone with it, and the furniture, built to order, was kept subservient to it. There are just hvo picture'S in the room. The wonderful old embroidery dominates all. The decorater of a modest home preachs forever the doctrine of simplicity and of color harmony. The stereotyped colors in wood are seldom seen any more in artistic homes, but the woods are toned with the walls so that the whole flows into a single color harmony. Framing pictures is another detail in which much advance has been made under the guidance of a pro-fessional, though here more than anywhere else are people unwilling to take the advice of those who know. Whistler framed his etchings in a tiny gold line, so saving the values of his blacks and browns, yet most people still insist that .an etching be framed in a brown band. "\Nhatever the craftsman style of furniture mayor may not have done for home beautifying, it has ac-complished one certain result. It has eliminated glued on carvings from furniture. l\iachine carving still lives and always will, but the glued on kind has largely gone. The money spent on the inside of a house In proportion to that spent on the outside is constantly increasing. Formerly if one planned to build a $15,000 house it usually cos'!$18,000, and then there was nothing left to decorate with. So the fam-ily moved in and lived with white walls "nntil the house settled" or until there was money enough to have it decorated. Nowadays people spend a little less on the out-side and have color on their wal1s from the first. A house that represents .an expenditure of $50,000. will prohably have $18,000 of that spent on the inside. "The difficulty of maintaining any standard of style in decorating in America is complicated by the avidity with which manufacturers seize new ideas," said a decorator. fOr once designed a chair of a cer-tain period for a manufacturer, and he set about mak-ing them in large numbers. "When I saw the chairs he turned out I exclaimed to him that they were not my design, the drawing of the leg was entirely different. "'Yes, I know,' he replied, 'but you see. by curv-ing that line in i.nstead of out I could get s.ixteen legs out of the piece of wood that by your drawing could supply only twelve.' "-D. J. Sterner. MICHIGAN ARTISAN --------- .... f I DID YOU have our matched Buffets, Chinas and Pedestal Dining Tables! WEREN'T THEY SELLERS? But whether you had them last season or not, call at our exhibit and we will show you NEW PATTERNS you will surely want. I Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. I Third Floor, Blodgett Block, GRAND RAPIDS "---- ----- ._--------_.... He Will Be Greatly Missed. O. B. Starkwather, who died suddenly on the night of l\lay 22" \\li11 be greatly missed in the furniture trade. He was born and spent his youth in Painesville, Ohio and upon reaching man"s estate entered his first important en-gagement with the Scarritt-Co111stock Furniture company, of St. Louis. In later years he entered into partnership with IlBilly" Bond, under the firm name of Bond & Stark-wathcr and transacted a large commission business in Chicago. Upon the termination of his partnership with Mr.Bond he engaged with the Decatur (Illinois) Furni-ture company and sold their output a _Humber of years. He then took the lines of the Luce Furniture company of Grand Rapids. representing that corpOl-ation at the time of his death. :\fr. Starkwather spent his vacation's in trips to Europe or in unfrequented places along the Atlan-tic coast. A favor.ite resting place was Roanoke island in PaOllico sound, )[orth Carolina, rvhere the fishing and hunting \va'S good. He formed quite an attachment for a native of the island-a man ,~'ho it is said had never vis-ited the main land of his state. The islander held the office of justice of the peace and cultivated a little patch of land. The air and the 'Sea furnished the remainder of his food. In one of his confidential talks with Mr. Starkwather the islander expressed the opinion that if a man had a cabin, a little patch of ground to cultivate and an income of $1.50 per weck he ought to be happy and contented, as there remained nothing more to be de-sired in this life. Mr.Starkwather was a very succes,ful salesman and had acquired a competency by his honesty and industry. It is said that he was· usually the first to greet the visiting buyers in the morning and the last to bid them good-night. He WRS widely knowllt was very popu-lar and in a quiet way a liberal contributor to worthy charities. He will be greatly missed. @ * @ A Question. If the retailers of furniture should decide that fixed minimum prices should be charged for goods, would the manufacturers adopt the plan and enforce it? DJ!:'tROI'I', MICH. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts ~ I1 j11",U line sitown ()nlll i at th' (",,'ory. ------ .... ------- 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, catalogues illustrat-ing, pricing and describing the Q!!ick Selling Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Asso-ciation will be forwarded. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, Chiftoniers, Odd Dressers, ChHforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees". Ch~na'91osets" Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chif- . foniers in imitation quartered oak, imitation mahogany and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of uHygiene" Guaranteed Bras'S and Iron Beds, C~ib8, Wire Springs and Cots. The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facilities for ship-ping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be I dispatched direct over the great railroad systems of the East, South and West. . ~ Made by The Karges Furniture Co. MICHIGAN ARTISAN II I, III II III III I Made lJy The Boss~ Furniture Co. Made by Boc:kstege Furniture Co. I I II Made by Globe Furniture:Co. 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN priate for summer cottages, and although highly decora-tive they are low in price. One design consists of alter-nate stripes of pale blue, silky looking semi-transparent Hafner Davenport No. 3065. The cut below is one of the Hafner Furniture Com-pany's davenports that is a favorite with the trade. The frame is stylish, a~d is upholster-ed in various kinds of plushes and leathers and is fully de-scribed in their catalogue. The Hafner Furniture Company is the o[dest in the parlor furniture business in Chicago~ and have be-en in their present location, 262,0 Dearborn street, for nearly a score of years. This house was established in 1873, thirty-six years ago. and by sqnare dealing -furnishing honest goods at right prices-have built up a business that any house might envy. No. 3065 @ * @ A Two Edged Sword. Cutting prices injures trade and tradesmen. It is a two-edged s\vord. Nat only does it cause effort and move-ment of goods without a fair profit, but it results in seri-ous distrust of merchants by consumers. For instance, a man enters a store and is offered a certain article at a certain price, which is probably fair and reasonable. The customer seeks another store and gets a lower price on the same artic~e. He goes to a third and gets a cut -price which is below cos.t. The customer nat-urally believes the first merchant was a robber and thc second a thief, while his opinion of the third, influenced by hi5' experience in the whole transaction, is not very high, either He believes thaI all of them are charging too much. Thus, the first and second merchants lose trade and reputation and the thi rd loses money \vithout gaining anything for his sacri-fice.- Oregon Tradesman. , @ ",' @ For the living rOOlTlS and dining rooms of some country houses there is a disposition just nOw to use cotton cordu-roy for windO\v seats matched with cot-ton velours. portieres, both nlaterials standing hard \-vear and costing tittle. In a short time cotton corduroy fades a trifle, which makes it IDok twice as good, the decorator said, or more like the dul-ler tones reproduced only in the costlier qualities. An alternative to the velours portieres is portiere's of coarse skiki silk, with window curtains to match. @) * @) Curtains called novelty fish net bnt unlike ordinary :fish net, are among- the very prettiest draperies peculiarly appro-l _ material and ecru lace, the latter showing a blue leaf here and there. The blue stripe is one and a half inches wide, the other less than Oue inch wide. The same design is shown in green. Made by Geo. Spratt & Co., Sheboygan, Wis. - - - - -- ------------ --- - MICHIGAN ARTISAN II ---------------------1 I t RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade . ...----- Why Help Was Scarce. A big department store has in its employ a woman whose ability finally gained for her a position of such importance that many persons wishing a situation were forced to apply to her. On her judgment de-pended the fate of men seeking work in the grocery department, the rug department. and the picture de-partment. Soon it became apparent that the demand for labor was exceeding the supply. UnE' day the pro-prietors of the store found themselves in the anoma-lous position of heing short of help. One of the man-agers sat down to disc-over the cause of this unpre-cedented scarcity of labor. HThere are plenty of men looking for work of this kind," said one old clerk who "vas questioned, "but they just can't bring themselves to the point of apply-ing to a woman for a situation. I wouldn't be here myself if I hadn't got this place before Miss A-- was raised to her present position. It's bad enough to have to work alongside women at equal wages w,ith-out having to beg them for a job. That is something-that no man with a grain of slnd in his make-up is going to stand for. The manager saw the force of tho:=clerk's reason-ing, and the next day he undertook to hire clerks for those departments himself.-Ex. @ * @ Old Hearses. The query sometimes arises as to what becomes of old hearbes. The Humber of years that a hearse can be used is unlimited. After a service of fifty years it may seem out of date but H is not worn out entir.ely. Some parts may have to be replaced, but the hearse is not ready to fall to pieces by any means. The owner frequently sells his vehicle to a hearse or carriage builder who may sell it as it is or perhaps he refits and repairs it first and sometimes entirely re-builds. Parts of it can be chauged and it becomes modern again, in such a way for instance, as by the removal of the top and the substitution of a new one. 'I'his completely alters the appearance of the vehicle. Styles change in hearses as in any other thing. Sec-ond hand dealers frequently sell them to undertakers in rural districts or smaller towns than it carne from originally. Prices are about half the original when in first class condition. Hearses, too, are exported to various foreign lands both the new and secondhand ones. The second hand hearses are refitted and in every way equipped to meet the requirements of the funeral customs of the countries to which they are sent. New hearses cost from $1,200 to $2,000 each. @ * @ The merchants association of Escanaba, 11ich., has issued a statement that its members will not allow accounts to run more than thirty days after Septem-ber 1, 1909. ~-_._------------------~ i STAR CASTER CUP CO. NORTH UNiON STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I (PATENT APPLlll:D FOR) :1 We. have adopted cellulold as a base fQfOUr Caster Cups, making the best cup 011 t he market. Celluloid is a great improvernelJt over bases , made of other material. When it is necessary to move a piece supported I by cups with celluloid bases jt can be done "?V1thease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth. Celluloid does not sweat and by the use of these cups I tables are never marred. These cups ate ifinished in Golden Oak and I White Maple, finished light. If you will t-rv a aample Ot'der of tkae goods you 'will deeil'e to kand/I! them in quantitil!8_ PRICES: Size 2M"im;hes $5.50 per hundred. Size 2~ inches 4.50 per huudred. I. o. a. Grand RapidB. TRY A SAMPLE ORDER. I • • - - --------------- 12 • MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----------------------------------- .. MUSKEGON Moon Desk Co. 52' long; 30' wide. Fumished with cen-ter drawer with lock. Square edge construc~ lion, sanitary style. Satin Finish-Golden oak. weathered oak, or imitation mahogany. No. 55. MICHIGAN I~a~~S~~f~~jnthe MOON DESK CO. MUSKEGON, MICH. ---------------------_. __._-------~ An Unwelcome Enterprise in Wasb;ington. Copies of circulars \vere recently sent out to consum-ers by the Northwestern General Trading Company of Spokane. Gale Smith is president and apparently the active head of the company. In its circular letter the concern 'starts out by asking the prospective customer how he would like to save from 20 cents to 75 cents on every dollar he spends for groceries, dry goods and all other :Made by Luce~Redmond Ohair Co., Big Rapids, Mich" merchandise. Now anyone who knows anything about the closeness with which values., profits, discounts, terms, etc., are figured on staple merchandise knows that it would be impossible to save customers anything like from 20 to 75 cent'S on every dollar, even were the c-once:rn a philanthropic enterprise seeking no profits for itself, which is not likely, for in the same circular, the writer assure'S his reader that he cannot only s,ave 20 to 75 per cent on his purchase but can make money besides, by buy-ing stock in the company. However, there are always "good fish in the sea" and it may serve as a bait. No.50A. In the literature sent out the concern is referred to as a I'dircct wholesale house." The capital stock is to be $600,000, which is to come from the prospective cu's-tamers. A picture of a large handsome building is pre-sented which has, however, not yet been built or pur-chased, and from the fact that the promoters state that "not a dollar's worth of goods shall be purchased for this house unless the money is on hand with which to pay spot cash on delivery," it may be that they will pursue the well known policy of many other mail order houses and postpone indefinitely the erection of the building. The plan of organization and the proposed plan of o~ration is presented in a manner certainly very at-tractive- to those who know nothing about the business-but it is too voluminous to go into it here in detail.- Oregon Tradesman. @ * @ Discussed a Line of Tables. Some time ago the manager of a large house fur-nishing store in Grand Rapids, impressed with the idea that his salesmen were not so well informed in regard to the goods handled as they should be, invited the managers of a number of manufacturing houses to meet with them and discuss the subject of salesmanship, especially in relation to the goods turned out by the manufacturers whose presence was desired. The first to respond was F. Stttart Foote, the secretary of the Imperial Fttrniture company, who, although making no claims to oratorical ability occupied the time of twenty-three salesmen pleas-antly and profitahly one hour and twenty minutes. Pro-viding himself with a package of attachments, samples of finishes and woods he presented many facts about the bU!'iiness of manufacturing and marketing tables. l\1any ,questions were asked and answered and an especial in-quiry was made in regard to woods and their uses. Mr. Foote enjoyed his hour with the salesmen greatly and the store reports a marked improvement in the quality of the salesmanship of the force. ----------------------- -- MICHIGAN ARTISAN Single Cone All ,-------------------------------------------------------------------------_.~ Steel S ri '5 I Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. p ng I I $2~I Each II Net IIIII I I ,!i I! I $2~ Each I Net III I I, II We manufacture a No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis. ~_---- A Practical Lesson in Salesmanship. The buyer for one of the big house furnishing stores of Grand Rapids ordered two dozen go-cart~ at the opening of a go-cart season, and several weeks after the goods came in the report of :nles showerl that only six had been disposed of. Learning that the:- house would be eompelled to carry the carts over~ the buyer wrote the manufacturer of the carts asking for the privilege of returning the Housed vehicles, offer-ing to buy other goons of equal value. Instead of ie-plying to the letter the manufacturer insrr:lc'c1 h:s chief salesman to come to Grand Rapids and learn dle cause of the slow sales. .\ half hour after his ,'rriv(ll the salesman satisfied himself that the carts \Ner ,: properly constr'uctcd and that the failure to sell was dttc to the ignorance or the incapacity of tbe employe; of the merchant. Taking charge of the sales, adver-tising the sathe extensively and ordering a large r.on-signment of stock, the visiting salesman crclted such a demand for the carts that six hundred v;,reredispo~e 1. of before the season closed. The employes of the mer-chant learned ho\v to sell the goods, and a heavy traG' in -the same is carried on :1nnually. @ * @ Women Riot at a Bargain Sale. A mob of W'omen and children surrounded a "nv department store, opening with a bargain salt:, in Brooklyn recently, created a disturballce that nect:~:si-tated the calling out of the police. When the police 13 ---_. ,------_._-------_ .I. reached the scene there were fully 5,000 people aho'Jt the place, and the side'i\ralks were jammed, as was the roadway, and the cars were blockaded, The re-serves were obliged to use force to control the crowd, which han got beyond control. l\Tt'antime ,i\;omtn had their hats and dresses torn, and others fainted and \vere attended by an ambulance surgeon. @ * @ A manufacturer of glass in Rhei"ms, France, has produced a hurglar proof plate. It has resisted many severe tests and its introduction in the furniture trade naturally follows. Ruyglar proof china closets, parlor cabinets and buffets of clear transparent glass would be welcomed by femininity. ~------------_._---------------~ UNION FURNlIo~~~~£0°1 I !I~------, China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Con:ftmdion and Finish. See out Catalogue. oui line on permanent exhihi~ tioD ith Floor, New Manufact~ urers' Building, Grand Rlipids. • 14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ESTAI3LISHI!O 1880 ~ ~k}~";~lu~~>~r~~u~Sup\j\;.A ~ ~ -,)I'I<. - '~ ~ - - I"Ul!IL.ltl'lltO I!!IT MICHIGAN ARTtSAN CO. ON THE 10TH ANO 2.5TH OP' EACH MONTH OFFleS-loa, 110. 112 NORTH DIVISION ST .• GRAND RAPIOS. MICH. ENTERED IN 'l'HE POSTOFFICE AT OIl"ND IIIAPIDi, M!CH., AS I£CDND CLAII NATT£R. The legislature of Illinois, in the interest of better 'sanitary conditions for travelers has passed a bill that should find favor with the law makers of every state. The bill requires hotel keepers to furnish aU beds used with sheets nine feet in length. Representative Shepard in explaining the objects of the bill said :"From a san-itary point of view requires sheets long enoug"h to come up and fold over the blanket. Suppose a 'sick man has been in a hotel bed the night before you get in. It isn't safe and sanitary to snuggle down to rest with the same blanket end around your neck that was around his the night before. The long sheets will prevent in a measure the spreading of diseases." The bill does not apply to sleeping coaches, but its amendment for that purpose will follow naturally at 'Some future session. Every traveler will approve the measure as it stands for the present. + + With scaroely an exception the managers of the fur-niture exposition buildings report that all floor space has been taken, assuring large and complete displays of goods at the mid-summer sales, l;'he expense involved in the making of furniture expositions i's very large, and dealers should show their appreciation of the enterprise and liberality of the manufacturers who provide the same, by their attendance. With a large turn out of buyers and their placing of liberal orders, the manufacturers will be enabled to recover in part the money expended upon the expositions in the 'Saving of the expense of traveling salesmen, Market buying is so much morc advantageous than offioe buying that no dealer, after testing both plans, has ever been known to give the latter the preference. + + In the organization of the United States Dry Goods company, capitalized for $51,000,000, business men in many branches of trade, seemingly recognize a new trust. The Claflins, of N ew York, are at the head of the en-terprise and it is fair to presume that the new organization represents in reality a consolidation of the many Oaf-lin interests. Stores to the number of fifty will be as-sembled under the new name. but as there will be the competition of such firms as Marshall Field, Seigel, Macy, Jordan, Marsh & Company, John \Vanamaker and others of nearly equal financ.ial strength the new organ-ization will not be able to monopolize trade in dry goods. + + A movement started by the board of commerce in Chi-cago, purpO'Sesan overhauling of the several express com-panies in the United States by the inter-state commerce commission, Extortionate charges, inefficient service, tardy adju'Stments of claims and combination of ownership 1S alleged. The stock of the express companies is .owned largely by railroad corporations. Patrons have had ample grounds for complaint during the past several years. + + An act of the legislature of Illinois recently passed in response to the demands of the traveling fraternity, pro-hibits the use of roller towels in hotels. Nothing is more foul or unsanitary than the roller towel, and its use should be prohibited not only in the hotel'S but in factories, stores and public institutions. It is scarcely tolerable in the pri-vate family. + '" There will be an unusually large attendance of buyers upon mid-summer expositions from' points beyond the Mississippi, and below the Ohio. Managers of the expos-itions, after having entered into extensive correspondence \vith buyers, have gathered information upon which the fact stated above is based. + + Business men should carefully consider the bill pend-ing action in Congress to repeal the bankruptcy law. As pratically all of the dead beats have received their dis-charges in bankruptcy the law seems to have served its purpose for the present. + '" The ranks of the market buyers will be greatly en-larged dnring the coming two months. Stay-at-home buyers are rapidly learning that goods cannot be pur-chased to the greatest advantage without a personal in-sllection of lines exhibited in the furniture expositions: + + The Merchant's Association of the State of Washing-ton, having decided that fixed minimum prices is desirable wjJI consider suggestions, at its next anoual convention, to induce manufacturers to adopt the plan and protect it. @ * @ Among the new things in sleeping room draperies are woven linen brocade in French designs wherein soft blues and pinks and greens mingle in dainty flower and ribbon patterns. These sets cost a little more than those of Dutch print, and some are designed to agree with certain wall and ceiling decorations. They go well also with plain'-· untinted walls and ceilings and with both the heavier and lighter makes of bedroom furniture. @ * @ Although cheap, Java print portieres lined with plain blue print are now llsed in ,unpretentious country dining rooms. One woman has draped with this material all the doors and windows of the main floor of her summer cottage and has matched these hangings with blue and white rugs of the Colonial or rag carpet design, which are extremely popular. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 15 iI II !,!I II! I :\1ADE BY NELSON_MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, \-lICH. • J iI II 16 MICHIGAN ARTISAN IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN ALASKA Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold since 1878. Desirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: SmalJ cOnlumption of ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary provision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. We sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. !I TIhe Al~'~~i1~3~!~~Zre~~~~a~turSompany MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. L E. Moon, New York Manawer, 35 WarreD St., New York City. I j A French Merchant Sets Apart for His Own Funeral 200,000 Francs for Expenses. Paul Chauchard. one of the great merchants of Paris, employing 4,000 people and carrying on a trade that amounts to millions annually, noted for his bene-volence, his patronage of the arts, his ·virtues a'S a purveyor to all the needs of mankind through the med-ium of the Louvre 1IagasinJ of which he is the proprietor, has provded for himself a most magnificent funeral. He lies today dangerously ill, but has signed a will which enables him to contemplate death with at least the consol-ation that his body will be conducted to the grav,e with regal pomp. M. Chauchard long ago began a mausoleum in which he intends to sleep his last slleep. This sumptuous monument is completed except a bust of the expected in-habitant. which is not yet in place. The coffin is made, It is a work of art of amaranthine colored wood, wrought by artistic hands in cunning designs .. It only remains to put these gorgeous but glOQil1y receptacles to their use in the ceremony for which ivT. Chauchard arrauged to the nicest detail. After lying in state bVQ clays the body \-'lill be placed in a magnificent car, preceded by 4,000 employes in hahits of mourning and a guard of horsemen, and borne to the ~ladeleine. The mourning coaches provided for the invited guests arc all in the style of Louis XV., with clean-shaven coachmen and footmen in gala costume impressively trimmed in gold lace in a specially lavish design, and in knee breeches wigs and cocked hats. J\:luch attention has been given to the costumes of the pallbearers, which "dll present a most complete artistic mourning effect. The clergy of two p3,rishes will join in giving adequate solemnity to the service, for \vhich also an orchestra of eminent soloists of the Opera has been retained. From the IVladeleine the cortege will pro-ceed to Pere la Chaise, the portals of which will be draped in black. Before the tomb distinguished ora-tors will succeed one another in extolling the merits of the departed sonl. IIow could anyone so perfect a program be so inconsiderate by so captious an as to mar obedion? \Vhat lack of sympathy moved the undertakers' as-sistants to refuse to shave their mustaches in defer-ence to the ideas of Chauchard and Louis? This they have done at a special meeting, resolving to 'shake off the roUs of the union any who sacrificed this orna- Made Dy Me.nistee Mfg. Co I Manistee. Mtch. ment of nature. Thus through the tyranny of a trade union, M. Chanchard is deprived of half the pleasure with which he has prepared for death. In the circumstances he may even decline to die. @ * @.l Fixed Selling Prices. One of the many mercantile associations of St. Louis has taken a definite stand in favor of fixed min:'" imurn selling prices, and an active campaign will be started to induce manufacturers to adopt the phn. - - -- ------------------ - - -- MICHIGAN ARTISAN ,,....--- -_._------,-------_. I Michiga~N!;:~H~~ture III :I , !II I I, IIII III , !I , I I !I...----------------- Manufacmrers ot CHAMBER FURNITURE in Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak. Odd Dressers in Birch and Imita-tion Mahogany. The best goods for the price on the market. Write fol' prices. No. 118. IRREGULAR BILLS OF LADING. Pennsylvania Road Warns Bankers of Losses of Accepting Them. The Pennsylvania Railroad has issued instructions to all its division freight agents to communicate with bankers in their districts and impress upon them the necessity of accepting bills of lading only when they conform to the rules governing such bills. Through t~le acceptance of bills of lading irregular either in form or in indorsement, bankers have in the past lost large sums, and it is to their interest to avoid ac-ceptance of such bills, as it is also tb the interest of tlle l'culroads. Delays are caused by irregularities in bills of lal1 .- ilJg even in cases where no actual loss ensues, and the railroads are desirous of avoiding such delays as well as to do i.hcir share in preventing losses to bankers '.vho except bills of lading. It is estimated that at least $3,000,000,000 is advanced every day by banks and bankers on bills of lading. @ * @ The investigation instituted by the department of commerce and labor, now In progress. relative to the employment of alien workmen by the Stickley Brothers compaIlY ;:ecalls the action brought by the general government against a firm in Buffalo, ttpv.Tards of twenty-five years ago, on a similar complaint. Desiring Co. No. 118 17 •!I I,t III !I III j to establish the business of manufacturing brass bed-steads, a superintendent and a number of skilled work-men were induced to come to America from England and enter the employ of the firm. A year later tbe members of the firm were arrested and upon examina-tion before a commissioner held for trial charged with a misdemeanor in the violation of the immigration -law. The trials resulted in the conviction of the m,ember,s of the firm and heavy fines were imposed. In the mean-time while the firm was badly crippled financially, the men trained by foreigners had become experts, and the industry thus begun soon developed into great impor-tance. The defense set up by the Stickley Brothers com-pany is that the immigrants employed in their factory \vere induced to come here for the purpose of estab-lisbing a new indnstry. Shonld the department at Wash-ington concede their claim to be true them'en _will be allowed to remain and the company wi1l>~scape punish-ment. @ * @ In the modern church tbe organ ';5 heard but not seen. The ill-shaped ungainly ca"se, ;iJh its innumer-able tubes, "vhi~h members of th~ cou·gr'egation weari-ly count v.'hen a sermon is long and dull, is dispensed with. "fhe organ, very properl)f,' is 'out-of-sight." Its tones filter through open lattice work to the en-joyment of listeners. Great quantiti~s of good lumber has been ruined in the past in the construction of use-less, ill-proportioned and ill-looking organ cases. --- ---- ---- 18 MICHIGAN ARTISAN SEND F'ORCATALOGUE. Why the Help Was Retained· The buyer was a drinker; but the man 'Somehow al-ways got the "best prices." The manager felt that no reputable business house ought to have a drinker, but he tolerated one for the sake of his worth as a buyer. The credit man held his job because of rare di'scrim-ination. Otherwise he would have been dispensed with because of hi'S obnoxious manner. He was always sur'y and had an aggravating air of "attend to your business, and I'll attend to mine," even in his attitude toward the head of the house himself. In 'Such as these the house had its necessities. It had its luxuries in the telephone girl, who possessed a voice, and another girl who could smile bewitchingly. The lat-ter did light work, such as filing, indexing, etc.,. and it was the general opinion among the other employes that these two could have been disposed of without any de-triment to the business, because of their apparent slight usefulness. Nevertheless all pens were suspended and the manager tipped back in his chair enraptured whenever the melod- .. - -- , Ii Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Park wood Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. .I :, I III I I,,,, ,,I We are now putting out the best Caster Cups with cork bases ever I offered tG the tl"ade. Thee are finished in GOlden Oak and White Maple in a light finish. These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn. iture rests. They will not Sweat or mar. PRICES: Size 2~ inches $4.00 per hundred Size 2M inches""" 5.00 per hundred Try a Sample Order. F, 0, B. Grand RapidB. • II • ions voice was heard at the telephone; and the manager always put his pen over his ear and struck an attitude of repose when approached by the girl with the smile. There is one girl in a large office who is kept in spite of her shortcomings, because of her originality. She is the most rebellious person in the office, and in a quiet way will defy everybody from the manager down. If told to do something in a certain way, she will do as she Made t>y Richmond Chair Co., Ricbmond, Ind. pleases, and if not she simply will "pass it up" without 'Saying a word or making any explanations. Yet she has furnished a number of new and valuable ideas for the business. She has dicovered effective and expeditous ways of doing things, and on account of her initiative 'She keeps herself a secure place well up on the pay rolI.-M. O. Bernard. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers Beautiful colonial design with large eats, plain s~al and tufted back. The anm Me made per-fectly plain with a button bordet. The h",rdw',>Dd frame is of seled_ ed bit<:h:finished in mahogany. FiUiTlll tow, mO$> and cation. Spring Mile seal. Samples shown at Manufacturers' Furn. iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. Price, No. 1 Leather, $25. 19 '--------_._------_. -------_._------_.----.. r Hafner-Fu~itur~-Co~panyl ! ESTABLISHED 1873. I I,I IIII IIl II No. 5006 Rocker. CATALOG UPON REQUEST. Abhors the Credit Man. A traveling salesman complains because "every time r come into the house I am called into the credit man's office to spend an honr in the s\...e..at box of whys and \vhercfores, that takes all the "selling spirit" out of me for two weeks. I wish to the Lord there was no credit men, I could sell twice as many goods, and make twice a's much mon~y." I=~~-- ii i,, 20 MICHIGAN ARTISAN : - --------------- ----- -r L!_!:IE BIG WHITE ~HOP j I I We Furnish Every Article of Printing Needed by Business Men WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 1l0, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. !II I II ! I MICHIGAN ARTISAN I-I III II ,, II ------~---------------------.... Styles Sell and MANY NEW FEATURES ADDED FOR SPRING SEASON. Sligh's Select Satisfy I,, I,,I I, II II:II ,,I I I, ;,I III ~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ EVERYTHING FOR THE BEDROOM (Medium and Fine Quality). Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mich. 'Write for catalogue. r--------::~;:~~~;E-R-;;----------l r------- ----------------------1 I HARDWOOD LUMBER &.! j The Ford & Johnson Co. f VENEERS! : CHICAGO ,: SPECIALTIES: I I' This is one of our " ~'i~'g'E-gQUAR. OAK VEN EERS I Ipopular Hotel chairs. M A HOG ANY V ENE E R S Our chairs are found in all the leading I I Hotels in the country. H0 F FMAN I I The line includes a BROTHERS COMPANY very complete assort- ! 804 W. Main St" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I I ment of chairs, rock- ~ ..,.. I~ ers and settees of all r- ----- -----~ •I grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and IMorton House; 1 Rattan furniture, II Special Urder furni- I ( Am";, .. Pl.n) Rat •• $2.50 and Up. lnre, etc. II ff o!!!.J~_lI;,,!!.!.ind II : I GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I I I ! The Noon Dirmet Served at the Pantljnd for 50c is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. I I I J. BOYD PANTUND, Prop. ! ~---------------- . "--------------_. _.---'---~ Ou~ complete IiDe of lam. pies are displayed iD The Ford 8 JoJml(~D BuJldinlb 1433.37 Wal)ash Ave., in-cluding a speoial display of Hotel Furniture. All furniture dealers are coirdially '';n1}ited to ~'isitour building. 21 - -- ------_ ..... 22 The seaaon for banquets is now here. OUt' Banquet Table Top ill just the thing for banquels. MICHIGAN ARTISAN , OUR LARGE NEW UNE OF IIII DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. Stow & Davis Furniture CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. L City Sa.lesroom. 4th floor,·Blodgett B·id 8'. __ The Leonard Exhibition Building. Among the latest to secure space in the Leonard Fur-niture Exposition building- is the Brown & Simonds com-pany, manufacturers of tables at Somerville, .Mass. This company takes the entire 'Second floor, and will make one of the largest table exhibits that will be shown thi. year. The Leonard building will be lighted with Tungsten lamps, and mission dome'S manufactured for this building. It is claimed that the Tungsten lamp reduces the cost of lighting one-half. The wall's of this building are decor-ated with Tiffany colors, the lower part, from the ba'8e-board to about four or five feet above, in a rich maroon, making this building one of the most attractive of any in Grand Rapids. A Pleasant Smile. "The smile that won't come off" is worn by every housekeeper whose case work is supplied with '-'the pull that won't come off"~the HNo-Kum-Loose" kind .. Man-ufactured by the Grand Rapids Bra'ss company and sup-plied to retailers asking for it by manufacturers of furni-ture without additional cost. @ * @ In upholstery new soft shades of red and old rose deepening to wine color get the preference. ·Mauve and lilac have a surprising vogue with women who pride themselves on their individuality in hou'Se decorations as in other things, and daring minglings of colors in large patterns were never more popular. , ------~----------------_.---...... I Sh61buvill6 I D6Sk 60. I SHELBYVILLE, IND. III I II I~,---------_._-_._--------------- MANUFACTURERS OF = OFflGE = FUKNITUKf, Write tor latest ca1i81ogue. - --- -- ------------------------------- MICHIGAN A the Bier of His Friend. Between the late O. B. Starkwather and Charles A. Scarritt, of the Scarritt Furniture company of St. Louis, . there existed for many years a warm and hearty friend-ship. Probably there never existed between two men more sincere solicitude for the welfare of each to the other than prevailed in the hearts of these gentlemen. ~lr. Searritt's journey of five hundred mile'S from St. Louis to Grand Rapids for the purpose of pay ng respects to the memory of his friend of thirty yea S Wa'S not nnexpected. It \vould have been impossi e for )'J1'. Scarritt to have remained away. In the l'rge assem-blage of fnrnitllre men at the ftmeral of ),1L tarkwather @ * @ Made by Palmer Mfg. Co., Detroit, 'ch, to silently express the loss they felt over hi untimely de-mise, none suffered so keenly as l\lr. Sea itt. Work Benches for Homes Retailers of furniture realize a nice rofit on work be.nehes sold to home owners. Every mal likes to have a little work shop with benches and tools \vhere he can repair and tinker household articles or to rebuild or create new things. The Grand Rapids Hand Scre'iv company manufacteures a line of cabinet benches espec-ially for the household and supplies many ealers with the same. Parents are enabled to teach their children many useful little employments \vhen the home i' provided with a work shop. @ * @ It is not wise to drive a debtor with t 0 sharp a prod, however, unless your chances of recove yare assured, but an ingenious collector can get his mOn )' where a man without originality will fail. ARTISAN 23 ,I Sectional Booftcase Up to date; makin!! the dealer a profit of 55%. All woods and finishes. Write for catalol!ue. No. 10.£. O ... ,.... d O.k. Order sample List $16, less 35%. stack at once. Humphrey- Widman Bookcase Company Detroit, Michil!an ! J The "Ell" FOLDING BEPS ~~fW'~\~N~~~ No Stock complete without the Eli Beds ,'inMantd and Upright. E 0 M LLER &. Co £....... 1110, , .. dlo .. a ! L I • I • Write for Cllts and prices ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCH~ANCE, CHICACO. .. • 24 . MICHIGAN ARTISAN .,.- --- -~I I OUR OAK: AND MAHOGANY ! I DINING I I I I EXTENSION ! tI TABLES I I I I II I ARE ,I I BEST MADE II BEST FINISHED I, I \ I VALUES ,II I All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. \,I No. 635 Dining Table Made in Cll1llrtered oalt, full polished. Nickel caalera. II LENTZ TABLE CO. , I I NASHVILLE, MICH. \ No. 635 I ..._-- l .. ---.., Luce..R. edmond Chair Company, Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Office Chairs, Dining Chairs. Reception Chairs and Rockers. Slipper Rockers. Colonial Parlor Suites. Desk and Dressing Chairs. In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Birch, Bird' .. eye Maple, Quartered Oak aod Circassian WalnKI . • White Prin ting CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHlliAN HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE I..-----'._----_._--------,----------------' •I MICHIGAN ~- ~ j MUSKEGON VAllEY FURNITURE COMPANY I IMUSKEGON , MICH, " • ICOioniOi ~Ui1es 1011 POSI Be~s o~aDressers CninOniers Wor~rObes [OOIes' 10ueiS DreSSinu IODIeS , MahOoony I Inlaid Gao~s I"------- Line on'sale in Manufa~turer8' Buildini". Grand Rapids. ..---_._----------------------------------~----------------- I HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW MORTlSER ARTISAN ..--_._----------- We Manufacture tlte Lar~e8t Line of in the United States, suitable for ,S u n day Sl:hoola, Halls, Steam~ ers and all public resorts. We aho manufacture Brass Trimmed 1 r 0 n Becls, Spring Beds, Cotil and Cribs in a large variety. Send (Qr CaraJo/[ut otld Prius tr; j lKAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO ~--- . -1 MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO" Grand Rapids, Mich. ENCRAVERS BY ALL PROCESSES. COMBINED MACHINE No. i SAW (ready for:cross--cu.tting) W. f. &. JOHN BARNES CO.,654 Ruby St .. Rockford,llI. Complele Dulfil of HANO and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY TME CA81NET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more mont~Ywith less capita] invested. He can hold a better and mOTe satisiactory trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good :i>ty1eand finish. and at as low cost as the factories. The local cabinet maker has been forced into only the dealer's tmde and pTOfit, because of machin~ manufactured goods of factori~. An outfit of Barnes Patetlt Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, reinstates the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors. If desired, these machines wlll be sold on trial. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do. Descriptivi catal()gu~and price list fru. No.2 SCROLL SAW FORMER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER No.3 WOOD LATHE No. '" SAW (ready ror rippiug) No. 'l' SCROLL SAW 25 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN The Earning Side. A gentleman \\tho is at the head of a large mercantile establishment, once said-Ill always advi'Sc young men entering business to 'Seek employment with the earning side of the hou'se,"-meaning by that, the selling side,- '''a,s his chances for advancement are far greater with the a proposal requesting manufacturers to enter upon bill$ rendered the exact weight of ail packages shipped. Such an entry v,rould prove of value in the adjustment of claims for excess charges by transportation companie's. Q) :,: lZ) Dutch prints (imported) make up handsomely for MAllE R\' MlCRIG ....'" FfJRNt1:UkE C(l~WANY ANN ARBOR, MlCH. earning side than with the recording or statistical de-partment." portieres, bed bolsters~ table and bureau covers. Most of the designs are floral in large patterns. @ :;:@ Decorators arc using mercerized tapestry and antique canvass instead of bnrlap in making draperies for bunga-lows. '" :;.ji @ * 19 Package Weights. Retailers of furniture are con'Siderably interested in r--------------~------.------.---.-. A SAMPLE ADVERTISEMENT. ..---------- •I MICHIGAN ARTISAN 27 --_._-----_._--_._--------------_ .•...,II FIVE COMPLETE LINES OF REfRIGERATORS at RIGHT PRICES Opalite Lined. Enamel Lined. C haT C a a 1 Filled and Zinc Lined, Zinc Lined with Re-movable Ice Tank. II II !! ~------------------------------_._--------------' Galvanized Iron Lined; Scationary lee Tank. Send for new Catalogue IJnd let liS nA1lJe )'Otl. price. (~allenre Refrireralor to .. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. One Hundred Car Loads of Chairs. The Crawford Chait· company of Grand Ledge, Mich-igan, has completed their contract with the general gov-ernment for furnishing chairs for anny posts located in Alaska, the Phillipine islands, IIav,raii, Guam., Porto Rico. and the 'states and territories of the federal domain. The shipnlellts filled one hundred cars, The chairs \'VCre carefully crated and considerable more lumber \vas used in preparing the chairs for shipment than in their COn-struction. @ * @ A Change in Management. "VVitliam Sprague, for the past thirty years \vith the New England and later \vith the Grand Rapids .Fllrni-tun: company, is to succeed Chas. O. Skinner as manager of the lVIanufacturers' BUilding, Grand Rapids. 1\1r. II ._------------ -~ Henry Schmit 8 Co. I 1I0PKINS AND tlARRIKT STS. Cincinnati, O(.io makers of Uphol&tered Furniture to' ~iij~~LODGE and PL'LP1T, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM Skinner will spend three or fouf months with "Mr. Sprague until he thoroughly familiarizes himself with the work. @ * @ Always Crowded al Noon. Free music will draw crowels to the store, but whether they will buy is another question. The proprietor of a furniture store located in a western city reports that every day, between 12 and 1 :30 p. m. clerks, stenogra-phers and a miscellaneous crowd as'sembled in his store to hear popular music rendered vocally and with instru-ments. He ha's not estimated the increase of business gained on account of the concerts yet. The only advice a \-vell known decorator had to give to \-vomen \vho want to furnish sleeping rooms \-vith cre-tonne draperies alone-a full grown fad of the season-is not to buy the very cheapest grades of cretonne. \Vomen who can afford it do not stop with window draperies, por-tieres, table cover, bureau cover counterpane and toilet boxes of cretonne. Chairs, 'Sofas, window seats are up-holstered to match, and for this purpose the heavier qual-ities of cretonne are needed. Long time credits are not considered undesirable in installment business. One dollar: a week -Payments are growing in favor of retailers. @ * @ @ * @ 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN IMPORTED FURNITURE. WORKERS. Stickley Brothers Company Aim to Establish a New Industry. Penalty Imposed Upon Violaters of the Contract Labor Law. During the latter part of the last year the Stick-ley Brothers company erected a large addition to their factory in Grand Rapids, for the purpose of establish-ing a new industry-the manufaetur~ of chairs and rockers with 'seats and backs in morocco under a new form of. construction perfected in England and exhibited in the United States during several past exposition seasons by William Birch & Co. In order to properly train American workmen in the art, workmen were brought from Europe and em· ployed in the factory during the past winter. Com· plaint was made to the department of labor and commerce at Washington, charging a violation of the alien contract labor law, and an inspector was ordered to investigate the matter. A local newspaper of recent date contained the fol-lowing account of the work of the inspector : "A superintendent and six skilled men whose train-ing had been in the best English shops were secured to start the department, the superintendent and three workmen coming in December and three more work-men coming in February and they were set to work to get out samples for the fall season to open in July. What Stickley Bros. had done reached the depart-ment of commerce and labor at V\T !lshington. The department, taking cognizance of the information, sent G. Oliver Frick, an inspector of the department to the city to investigate. Inspector Frick took a number of df':positions and returned to \iVashingtr:ll, and on Anril 2 the department issued warrants citing the English eypert.;; to show cause why they should not be deported as having come here in violation' of the alien contract labor law. The warrants were served and Inspector Frick proceeded to take testimony. As soon as it is transcribed the testimony will be forwarded to the de-partment at \Vashington where the final decision will be made. Those named in the warrants are Ernest F. Fol-lows, superintendent; Harry E. White, Fred S. Miller, Henry J. Bullimore, Percy Biggs, John Brown and Henry T. Pritchard. The claim of the department is that these workmen were brought here under contract in violation of the federal statute. The defense contends that the law has not been violated neither in spirit nor in fact; that upholsterers competent to make the high grade Eng-lish morocco goods it is proposed to produce are not -to be found in this country; that the workmen were brought over not to compete with American workme~, but to teach them how to make the English goods; that they are to serve as a nucleus for the large force it is expected will be employed as SOOrl as American workmen become trained in the English methods. The defense also stands on that clau;e in the federal law which reads: "Provided fnrther that skilled labor may be imported if labor of like kind unemployed cannot be found in this country." The superintendent and six workmen named in the warrant were called upon to testify at the hearing be-fore rnspector Frick. They said they had worked in London as apprentices to the upholstering trade five to seven years and followed this training with appren-ticeships of from three to five years in the specialty of high grade monocco upholstering. They testified as to the technicality of the morocco and higher branches of the industry. Albert Stickley and Elmer L. Maddox of the Stick-ley Bros. Co. testified that desiring to establish this industry in the country they had endeavored in vain to find workmen in this country competent to makf' the high grade goorls for which the Engli, b manufacturers are fa mOllS, and as a last resort they had at much px-pense secured a superintendent and ,;;ix skilled work-men from the best shops in London to start the de-partment for them, the working force to be increased as rapidly as possible by the employrr.nt of American workmen as soon as the latter could be properly trained. George F. Clingman of the Tobey Furniture com-pany, Chicago, and W. E. Georgia of the Scrugg, Vander Voort & Barney company of St. Louis, recog-nized in the trade as expert in all matters relating to furniture, testified that this country did not produce anything to approach the English morocco upholstered furniture, that the manufacture of such goods in this country would be a new industry, for which competent men coulrl not he found in America. Roy S. Barn-hart of the Nelson-Matter company, in whose show rooms the line of the W. Birch company, limited, of London, is exhibited, certified as to the character' of the English goods. H. F. Harris, seCletary of the lo-cal t1phol~tcrers' union and a member of the executive council of the international union, was called by Mr. Frick, and in his testimony said he was unfamiliar witb the English mcthorl, but he believed with a few weeks' training that he could do the work. The testimony will be transcribed and taken by Mr. !'rick to Washington and the depart".ent will render decision. If the decision is favorable to the Stickley Bros. Co., the manufacture of the English morocco goods will be continued. If the department should decide adversely the English experts will have to re-turn to the old country." Section 2 of the emigration act of r-:,\)7 provides for the exclusion of aliens from the United States as fol-lows: '·'That it will be a misdemeanor tor any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation or in any MICHIGAN way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any contract laborer or contract laborers into the United States, unless such contract laborer or con-tract laborers are exempted under the terms of the tast two provisos contained in section two of this act." "Persons hereafter called contract laborers, who have been induced or solicited to migrate to this coun-try by offers of promises of cmployn",.ent or in conse-quence of argument, oral, written or printed express or implied to perform labor in this country of any kind, skilled or unskilled; those who have been, within one year {rDill the date of application for admission to the United States, deported as having been induced or solicited to migrate as above described; any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money oi another, or who is assisted by others to come, un-less it is affirmatively and satisfactc fily shown that such person does not belong toone of the excluded classes and that s11ch ticket or passa!,{e was not paid for by any corporation, association, society, munici-pality, or foreign goverment, either directly or indi-rectly; all children under sixteen years of age, unac-companied by one or both of their parents, at the di-rection of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or under regulations as he may from time to time pre-scribe; "Provided, That nothing in this act shall ex-clude, if otherwise admissible, persons convicted of an offence purel~y political, not involving moral turpi-tude: Provided further, That the provisions of this sec-tion relating to the payments ior tickets or passage by any corporation, as~ociati{)n, society, municipality, foreign government shall not apply to the tickets or passage of aliens in immediate and continuous transit through the United States to foreign contig-uous territory; And provided further, That skilled la-bor may be imported if labor of like kind unemployed cannot be fonnd in this country. And provided further, That provisions of this law applicable to contract labor shall not be held to exclude professional actors, artists, lecturers, singers, ministers of any religions denomina-tion, professors for colleges or seminaries, persons be-longing to any recognized learned profession, or per-sons employed strictly as personal or domestic ser-vants. Section 5 of the act mentioned above provides a penalty upon persons or corporations upon conviction of the violation of section 4 of tbis law, as follows: "That for every violation of any of the provisions of section 4 of this act the person, partnership, com-pany, or corporation violating the same, by knowingly assisting, encouraging, or soliciting the migration or importation of any contract laborers into the United States shall forfeit and pay for every :;11choffense the sum of one thousand dollars, which may be sued for an,l recovered by the United States, or any person who shall first bring his action therefor in his own name and for his own benefit, including any such alien thus promised labor or service of any kind as aforesaid, as debts of lIke amount are now recovere.d in the l.Imted States; and sepa.rate suits may be brought for each ARTISAN 29 alien thns promised labor or service of any kind as aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of the district at-torney of the proper district to prosecute every such suit brought by the United States. That it shall be unlawful and be deemed a violation of section four of this Act to assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien by promise of employment througb advertisements printed and pub-lished in any foreign country; and any alien coming to this country in consequence of such advertisement shall be treated as coming under promise or agreement as contemplated in section two of this act, and the penalties imposed by section five of this act shall be applicable to such a case: "Provided, Tha.t this sec-tion shall not apply to states or territories, the District of Columbia, or places subject to the jurisdiction of the Cnited States, advertising the inducement they offer for immigration thereto, respectively." @) * @ :More publicity would remove many of the causes of the friction between shippers and '\:arriers. If the carriers could be induced to announce to the public the topics to be considered at their meetings, from time to time, enabling shippers to obtain information of proposed changes in rates, classifications and rules in advance of their taking effect, there would be little cause for complaint. .,.._--- II J -----., I Here i. a Rocker That'. a .elIer. Write for the price. Geo. Spratt 8 Co., SheLoYQaD, Will. I• No. 592 30 MICHIGAN ARTISAN MADE BY SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .-.------------- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 AI~ays.tothe Lead are we with ollr Low-Rent Prices. which mens a saving of 25 per cent. Don't be baited .by 3 or 4-toolb advertiaements such jiI $39.00, $42.00. $49.75. etc. WlIaf lbesestores adverllBe. _ woa" do. We allow you a Iiberal credit on all goods bought of us. We ShoWthe finest line .of Furniture, Carpets aM Stoves in the State. Cash or easy credit. W I L D•£ R G t)/ • • BREAK FROM THE IA~W_A",--' _y----J !:!n~!!!t! .- osuse you, mot"."',fatherr sister or broth", buys there. Go around f,om sto,. t. sto'e and then mak. upyour mind wh.,e you oan gat the lowest prioes and smaffest te,ms. Come to Wifdberl's COMPARISONWfLL SIMPLY PROV~ ,THe HONe T, LfBeflAL MeTHODS YOUAile .Ullei,TO FfND AT THE E:ASY TE:IlMS STORE SOMf.; SA:-'tPLE AUVEKTISE;\lt.NTS. J r l 32 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING at Right P~icea PERFECT WORK PROMPT DELIVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ------- --- --- ... MICHIGAN ARTISAN 33 WARRANTS CANCELLED. Importation of Upholsterers by the Stickley Brothers Company Legal. On Friday, May 28, H. A. Knott, the president of ~he Grand Rapids Board of Trade received a letter from Charles I\'agle. secretary of commerce, stating that the warrants issued for the arrest of a number of upholsterers imported from England by the Stickley Brothers com-pany, the particulars of which appear on another page, had been ordered cancelled. Stickley Brothers protested against the action on the part of the federal authorities on the grounds that the men who were skilled workn1en had been brought to this country for the purpose of instructing native \vorkmen in the art. The matter was taken up with the hoard of trade and at the last meeting of the board of directors a memorial \vas ..---------- II IIl ---'" IIIIIIIII II !I III ,III _________ -4, The "erkimer "olel EUROPEAN PLAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Enll:lilh. Miuion and Colonial Cafe Running hot and cold wllter, telephone. dolhes c1o'et, electric lillht, Iiteam heat, ele. in each room, Immaculate I i led pUblic and private balhs. I~---- 'UJf.s~<,r1,;ntd' }l~~ in connedion. Service a la Calle. 6 a,m.to II p.m. Table d'Hote Din-ner, 5:30 to 8 p. m·, daily. at SOc. Rates: 75c to $2.00 per day. South bound Wealthy·Scribner car from Union or Grand Trunk 5talions. Five main car lines pall9 the door. drafted and sent to Senators I3urro"vs and Smith calling their attention to the matter and also to the fact that if the men were deported that it \vould 'York a!l injury to the furniture industry, @ :(.® Mr. Karges Elected President. The Xational Association of Furniture IVIanufacturers made an excellent choice by the election of A. F. Karges, of the Karges Furniture company, Evansville, as its pre~ident. TvIr. Karges has been engaged in the manu-facture of furniture, many years and is largely interested in banki1g and mercantile businesses. He ranks high in the social and commercial life of his city and is well qualified to discharge the duties of !pres·ident of the national association. @ * @ Selling Seasonable Goods. (t is a common experience of dealers that the first call for seasonable goods is usually the best. People like to buy seasonable goods when the fever is/on and. they don't like to see all the neighbors fixed U I with seasonable things bdore they do. The merchant vho ha5' the goods ready a little ahead of the demand and rarts to push them I by advertising- in the newspapers and with window dis-plays, gets the first cal1 for the goods and the people he sells to will /ra'.'e their entire neighborhoods buying before the \veek is out, @ * @ New Lines From Muskegon. The ~luskegon \T alley furniture' ~ompany will show a large and choice line (mostly newipattcrns) of furni-' ture for the bedroom at the }'1at;lltfacturer's builJingj Made by Globe Furniture Company Evansville, Ind, Grand Rapids, in July. On an adjoining floor the very choice line of office (lesks manufa'ctured by the 1'1oon Desk company ,,,,,ill be on sale. @ :;: @ The Morton Honse on Both Plans. The "VI/arkof rearranging the :Morton house, ,a very popular caravansary with the furniture trade in Grand Rapids, making it adaptable to the accomodations of guests on the American and European plans is in pro-gress. Table Makers ~eet. The )Jational Association of Table -Manufacturers held a convention in Detroit recentl"" A "good timej ' resulted as usual. Business? Oh.' y~s, incidentaly. Of interest to the retail trade' Not tj:le slightest. , 34 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Character in Chairs. "The chair may reflect authority. It, too, changes with salary and station. The swivel gives orders to the high desk stool. The straight back chair of the steno-grapher differs much in meaning from the ampler piece of furniture which stands before the roll top desk. In a \-vheel chair the child may see the world and after his pilgrimage llow'an agec1man, he may collect a little air. There are the chair of state and the electric chair of execution. The empty chair is a metaphor for all that is 1110st tragic in our lives. \Vhat are the dreams of the artists stool, and what of the milk-maids, and which signify the 1110re? How the rocking chair has been writ-ten about and despised by the haughty traveler from abroad and ho\,-/ firm it stands-a great American con-quest in domestic comfort. Around the chair also, and the attitude in \lI,'hich we sit lie associations of OUf mental state. \Vhen Joes thought come best from seat of ease and \vhen frorn the severer bench on which the school boy of old \-vas wont to sit? Do you get the idea?" -Colliers. @> * @> Grand Rapids Furniture Club. The ne"", cltlb rooms of the Grand Rapids Furniture Association are completed and the furniture will be placed soon. in the The r00111Swill be the most luxurictnt of their class \\Torid of furniture. @ * @ Filling Up. The ne\v Leonard exposition building in Grand Rapids is· filling up with lines that \\.'ill attract the visiting buy-ers in July. @ * @ Fibre Rush Furniture. A very pretty booklet illustrating the line of fiber rush furniture manufactured by the Ford & Johnson company of Chicago, is ready for mailing to applicants for tire same. @ .'. '" @> Manufactures Exported. Less than one-tenth of the manufactures of the United States are exported, while those imported equal in stated value about one-twentieth that of the home product. @ * @ Will Revive the Business. Francis J. Reitz has purchased the plant and equip- .ment of the bankrupt Standard Chair company of Evans-ville 1 Ind, and will revive the industry. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Alaska Refrigerator Company, , . Aulsbrook & Jones Company .. ., .. 16 .. Covet Barnes, W. F. & John, Company .. Bockstege Furniture Company . Bosse Furniture Company . . 25 . 8·9 .. 8-9 Challenge -Refrigerator Company , _.. 27 Daily Artisan-Record' .. ... Cover Ford & Johnson Company , , , , 21 Furniture Exhibition Company...... . Cover Furniture Exhibition Building Company .. , . . . . .... ,2 Globe Furniture Company .... Grand Rapid~ Caster Cup Company .. Hafner Furniture Company. Herkimer HoteL ... Hofman Brothers Company _. Hotel Pantlind . . , .19 · .33 · .21 · .21 Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company .... Karges Furniture Company .. Kauffman Furniture Manufacturing Company ... Lentz Table Company , . Luce-Redmond Chair Company , . Luce Furniture Company .. , ... · .24 · .24 .Cover Manistee Manufacturing Company , .. 1 Metal Fllrniture Company ... _ .. 8·9 Michigan Engraving Company. . , 32 Michigan Furniture Company.. . 17 Miller, Eli D.• & Company ,... . 23 Moon Desk Company , , 12 Morton House.. . , ,21 Muskegon Valley Furniture Company.;.......... . 25 Nelson-Matter Furniture Company . .Cover Palmer Manufacturing Company - 5 Pioneer M.anufacturing Company .. , 7 Posselius Brothers Manufacturing Company > ••••• Cover .8-9 .18 Richmond Chair Company,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ,. 11 Rockford Chair and Furniture Company , 7 Royal Chair Company.... .5 · .23 Schmitt, Henry, Company. Sheboygan Chair Company.. . . Sligh Furniture Company .. Smith & Davis Company .... Spratt, George, & Company. Star Caster Cup Company .. Stow & Davis Furniture Company .. .8-9 · .25 .. 27 .18 . .. , .. 21 . 13 . 29 .......... . 11 .22 Union Furniture Company (Rockford)...... . .13 Union Wire Mattress Company .. , __.. , , Cover White Printing Company.. . - .. , , .. World Furniture Company> , .20-24 .. 8-9 i -------- I Do You Want the Daily? I Orders for the Midsummer I Edition of the DAILY ARTISAN-RECORD Should be Mailed to the Publishers Now. IAddress Daily Artisan-Record GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, • THE MIDSUMMER SALE will open at Grand Rapids, June 24, 1909 Largest and Best AssDrtment Df F urnilure Ever Placed Dn ExhibitiDn Furniture Exhibition Association - ---1 --~ \, • 1I GRAND RAPIDS PYBLfC LlUIlARL- --'-".... I Exceptional ~[. For Securing a Opportunity Carpet and PaYIng and Valuable Furniture, House Furnishing Business. FOR SALE A paying and valuable fnrniture, carpet and honse furnishing business in a wide awake, growing city of 75,000population, situated in the Middle West, with fine railroad facilities, interurban lines and steamboat connections to and from the city. It is situated in one of the best agricultural districts in the United States, an old established reliable firm enjoying the highest esteem of the community in which they do business. The reason the present owners wish to retire from this business will be satisfactory to a prospective purchaser. A long and desirable lease can be obtained upon their present location and the purchaser of this busi-ness is assured sUccess from the start. Anyone seeking a location and a prosperous furniture and house furnishing business, confer with the undersigned at once, who will state all the particulars in regard to this business, which is owned by one of their oldest customers. ADDRESS Union 'Wire Mattress Company Blackhawk St. and Cherry Ave., Chicago, HI. j BUY WISELY Goods that SELL EASILY , I1 1 II DRESSERS, CHIFFONIERS, BEDS, WASHSTANDS, PRINCESS DRESSERS, CHEVALS, SIDE BOARDS, BUFFETS, DINING TABLES, CHINA CLOSETS, SIDE TABLES In A/! the Cahinet Wood, and Difftrent FiniJhn. Manufactured by The Luce Furniture Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN •

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