Weekly Artisan; 1910-12-31

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and 'J;\nn'C" li l[- ...'" o.l~"h..... I \ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., DECEMBER 31, 1910 Come to the Chicago Market SOMETHING SPECIAL IN FURNITURE FOR YOUR JANUARY VISIT tJ) More thau 1000 varieties of KARPEN GUARANTEED UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE will be on exhibion at our sales rooms in January. tJ) These up-to-the-minute designs are now being made up and will comprise A LARGE NUMBER OF ENTIRELY NEW PATTERNS tJ) In this choice selection we are prepared to show you the largest line of high grade furniture to be found anywhere. tJ) And we want to prove to you, if yon are not already convinced. that dollar for dollar in real comparisou of genuine values we are prepared to Ineet all competition in variety of st~ les, elegance and correctuess of patterns, material, con-structiou aud PRICE. ASK TO SEE THE KARPEN SPECIALS S. KARPEN & BROS. CHICAGO BOSTON NEW YORK .. . tII \I• I weure i9in~tor8 ....l..l.n.D.loolrs GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,I• II,I It I,,,I ,,II I I,,I I I It ,I IIt l I,,I ,t •IIt I. I 1 III 1 Established 1872 I High Grade Goods at Medium Prices II III III II I -- --- A COMPLETE LINE OF - SIDEBOARDS MUSIC CABINETS HALL GLASSES BUFFETS BOOKCASES HALL TABLES SERVING TABLES HALL RACKS DEN CABINETS CHINA CLOSETS HALL SEATS HOUSE DESKS LIBRARY TABLES CEDAR LINED CHESTS .It I I,III I I I• III III I,I II ,I '------._------------._-_...--_._-_._------~_. ~ OUR LINE READY MONDAY, JANUARY 2nd, 1911 GOODS SHOWN AT FACTORY ONLY (Take Taylor St. Car North to Travis Ave.) -- .. _. . -_. .. - ... _ .. -. . ..... ~, _..--_ ..---_. --~'-'-'-' ---_.------------------~ I 1883 1911 I MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY II GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I I FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN .. Michigan's Foremost Chair Company ! III Visiting Buyers will find our line for the coming season most complete we have ever offered. Ready and at their disposal at Factory Ware-rooms January 2nd, 1911 . EAST Chas. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton Representative Salesmen: SOUTH W. R. Penny WEST Chas. B. Parmenter Robt. G. Calder H. M. Story MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY 1883 1911 I III I.. 2 rURNITURE MANUr i\CTURfR AND ARTISAN r Nothing t~' '-E~~~OI~r Vai~~s.". OFFERED IN THE MARKET Let us show you these and other . at.tractive p.Ieces In our line of UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE This 3 Piece Suite PRICE No.1 leather, $52.50 No.2 leather, 47.50 PanPlush, 51.50 $5.00 extra in Oak. RufRed front, $1.50 extra' Exhibited only at our Factory, 1113 West Washington Blvd., Chicago. Enterprise Parlor Furniture Co. ======= MANUFACTURERS ======== ....------_.-..-..- ._-----. _._._.. ----------..1 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN U y•• h..... Rot ODein 70ar .tore, a .im.pl" request will briull you our .m.allnificent new Cataloliue of 12x16 ineh paa_ jroupat .how-i...... uk. to .atoh. Witlt. it, ..... a tile most aoderat. sized furaiture .tor. eaA .... w the hest and neweat furniture •• ti.i: •• torily. Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. Grand Rapids.. Mich. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM FURNITURE COMPLETE SUITEji in Maho~any. Circassian Walnut and Oak. 3 I -------- --- 4 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN ",I LUCEPU~~!1£~~~OMPANYI IIIII IIIII I,,I••• Itt Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I Catalogues to Deale ... Only. and CHAMBER FURNITURE. I ~. _ ----- 4 Luce-Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bzrd's Eye Maple BIrch y<"'uarttredOak ana ClrcasJtan Wl1l11ul Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 31st Year-No. 26 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 31. 1910 Issued Monthly CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP. To Friends and Patrons of the Michigan Artisan: We have sold the "tock, good will, contracts for adver-tising and list of subscllhers belonging to the undersigned corporation, to the Grand Rapids Furnitm e Record Company. The accounts due for advertising which includes all business done during the current year up to and including the 31st day of December, 1910. have been sold to the Daily Artisan- Record Company of Grand Rapids Settlement of such ac-counts must be made with said corporation In withdrawing in a measure from the field of furniture trade journalism, we dutifully express our sincere thanks to the many faithful and generous friends who have encouraged and "upported the Michigan Artisan during the past thirty years, 5everal of whom have been represented in its pages in all the i"sues from first to last. and, we bespeak the same generous and kindly consideration for our successors Knowing intimately the gentlemen who will hereafter control the Artisan and direct Its C0111se. in whatever form and under whatever name it may be published. we feel war-ranted in a5surine; the trade that it will be a journal ~orthy of their confidence and hberal support THF ~lICHIGt.,.N ARTIS '\N COMP\NY. A S '¥hite. PI es IT C ,Yhite. Treas The jMpel \\ 111ch \" III succeed the ,\T eekh '\1 tlSdl1 ,,111 he known undel the ndme ~h en to tIllS 1"5ue of the \1 tJ"an- The Furl11ture Manufacturer and Al tJ5cll1 Futul e Issues v\ 111 be made once a month, instead of once a week a<, heretofore The first Issue under the management of the new owners will be made some tune durine; the 111;)11thof lanuar} A5 the tItle indICates, The Ftllniture Manufactulel and ArtIsan will be de\ oted exclus1\ eh to subject" of 111teIe..,t to the manufacturel" of fUll11ture and the artisans 111 their em-ploy It Will be mOl e a techmcal lOUIndl than :l tJ dde paper It WIll he cducatlOna11ll chalactel It \,,111pleach the docttine of effiCIency-effiCIency 111 e\ el) depdl tment of the mdkmg and se1l1llg of f111nitul e It" ill disllhS e\ ery phase of the man ufadUl e of ftlll11t111e-and fUllll tUI e \\ ill he con sidered 111Its hrodde'lt 5ense There are already pubhcatlOn'l devoted to the \aIioue, phases of WOOd-W01k1llg, but The FUlmt111 e ::\Ianufacturel and Arttsan, from the \ anta~e point of 1lltimate associatIOn and constant contact hope" to go d step further and be able to present 1l1fOrmatlOn of real \ aluE' not only concermng the manufacture of furlllture. wto which ,,"onn chieflv enters, but UJPcell1111g that lal ge uutput dc"u ibed a" upholstel e.d furni-t11le, to heat m an mtelltgent dnd 111f0ln1dtne way of metal beds and everything in bedding which has '00 large a place 111the furniture industry The Furniture Manufacturel and Al tisan ~ III be edited by Mr. J Newton Nmd, ,,\ho has purchased a substantial mterest m the Grand Rapids FurniturE' Record Company Mr. Nind is one of the best informed writers on furniture sub- Jects, and was for twenty years the editor of the Furniture ~ ews of Minneapolis, and its successor. the Fur11lture Journal of Rockford and Chicago. Mr. Nmd is also known to the trade because of his service to the manufacturers for a num-ber of years as the secretary of theIr National association, and later as the secretary of the National Retail Furniture Dealers' association. He has already secured the serVIces of the best informed technical writers to assist him in making The Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan the kind of a publi-catIOn which the manufacturers will want to read Announce-ment of these features will be made more in detail in the next i5sue of this maga7ine. It may be of interest, however, 111this connection, to announce to the readers of the Artisan. that Mr A. S. White, so long the editor of this paper, has consented to furnish a series of articles, reminiscent and more or less historical, ":howing the evolution which has gone on in furniture makin~ during the thirty years he has been more 01 les,,: connected \\c ith the industry. No expeme w111 be spared to make the publication the hest thm~ of its kmd which can be offered Not only are we planl1lnt; to spend money freely for the best matter fro111 the pens of men who know, but The Furniture Manufacturel and \rtl"an V\ 111 be as handsome typographically as the other pubhcatIOns of thi,,: company, The Grand Rapids Furniture Record and our quarterly publication known as The Furni-ture Maga71ne \11 sub..,cnptions to the ,A[eekly Artisan will be carried out by thIS company, either with the Furniture Manufacturer and ~rtlsan or thE' Grand Rapids Furniture Record. Sub-s~ nbel s ~ III be given OppOl ttll11ty to determine which publi-catIon they desire to receIVe to fulfill their unexpired sub-scnptIOns. Similar chOice will be glYen to advertisers in the A1 ttsan. It is the purpose of this company to make The Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan a credit to the industry and above all to make it helpful and informative Weare confident that the kind of publlcation we are prepallng to offer wIll meet With generou<; ,"upport at the hands of the men who make the mdustry the great thing It IS THI' GR \))"1) RAPIDC; FURNITURF RECORD CO 6 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN ... COME TO THE GREATEST MARKET IN THE COUNTRY FOR UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE and view our NEW CREATIONS In THREE PIECE SUITES, ROCKERS, CHAIRS, DIY ANS, ODD PIECES, and the best Ime of TURKISH CHAIRS AND ROCKERS ever offered. Our recent removal to a plant where we have tripled our capacity, enables us to manufacture a larger lme, and affords us faCIlitIesfor improvement WITHOUT increase of price. Shown during January on the 4th floor, 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago. F aclory and Office, 2599 Archer Ave, New Catalogue now in preparation. MAURICE TAUBER & CO., CHICAGO How Varnish is Made. Vast quantities of \ al nlsh al e made 111 Americ.l evel} year. There are a large number of plants devoted exclUSIve-ly to this line of manufacture The gums used m varlllsh production are imported from A..sia m large quantltes The oldest history we have of vallllsh makmg \\as that used by the Egyptians f01 coatmg thetr mummy cases These are, without a doubt, 2,500 years old and upward and analysis has proved that the vallllsh was made from fossil resins-probably brought from Africa, and an essential oil like the 011 of cedar or about the same as oil of turpentine. Varnish making m the United States does not date back much more than 100 years, the first factor} for makin~ varnishes being bmlt in N ew York citv about the year 1800 There were no varnish makers in a modern "ense until the ninteenth century-that is, no e"tablished business, but each important manufacturing establishment had its own varmsh maker. Varnish, which wa" first made fOl the burial cases of Egyptian mummle" and the hcautif\ in!:; of the headgears of Chinese royalty, today has man} diffci ent uses The ~um or resin most lan;ely used in its manufactl11 e is Zanzibar copal Kauri copal, which is used f01 ~eneral purposes come" from New Zealand and New Caledonia Copal "i~nifies anv kind of a resin exuding from tl ee,,; but as now used copal is a lSeneral term, embracin!:; all varnish resins The varni"h manufacturer's V\ ark be~ins after the l:;ums have reached the facton \hel ha"\ in~ carefulh "orted and prepared them aee01 din!:; to the uature of the dcsil cd fini"hed plOduet, the usual pi dl tll e IS to fnse and melt the111 \Vlwn melted, the 1 eqnll ed dl110tlllt of oil \\ hieh III the meantime has been heated to about the qme telllper-f BOYNTON &, CO. M.nuf.dur .... of Emboued and Turned Mould. in •• , Embo .... ed and SpIndle CarYinp, aJld Automatic Tumin ••. We alto m.nu f.dore • I.rlle Lae of Emboaaed Ornament. for Couch Work. I.. '725-'739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO, ILL. .... - eltUIe I" <1dded 'f he melted gum and hot oil readily unite, 1mt to secUl e a perfect unIOn, plOlonged heating or cooking I" necessary, othel wise there are possibilities of the oil and [, UI11S separatmg upon coolmg. The solvents are mainly up-on tell pent1l1e, benzine, benzoe, and alcohol. That ltnseed oil is the life of any varnish has long since been establtshed as a fact. For this reason, the oil used must he absolutel} pure, well aged and free from mucilaginous matter. After the process of cooking, cooling, and adding of liquids has been finished, it is then ready for filtering. This operatIOn is a \ ery important one and of inestimable value to the quality of the finished product. From the filter the \ armsh is stored in lar~e steel tanks for ageing. The longer a \ arnish stands in the"e tank", the clearer and more brilliant It becomes Thel efore, adequate ageing is indispensable to all h1~h tirade "\al nishes J n a strictly up-to-date and modern varnish factory, the product is checked not le"c:; than three times for body, color and t1ntf01 mih dnring the process of manufacture before 1t I caches the storatie tank<; After having ti0ne through the schedule outlincd the val nish remains in the ageing tanks until 1t IS "uffieienth matured to meet all the requirements jOt \\ hlch It is intended The Heavy Furniture of IS90. Of the man> "hiftiutis in the stvles of furniture the big, llea\"\ \\ ork with sa\\ cd and metal ornaments and sixteenth l en 1\11 \ fi n Ish of 1R00 \\ ill he di stinctl y remembered by man \ 1\\ 0 illl h \\ hite odk I" hich took the sixteenth cen- \\11 \ fimsh the 1>est of all wood". wac:; used unsparingly and the matellal of d "1I1Q"leI1dt J ad. of that period, under the fine processes of manipulatinf; 111mber that are employed to-da\ \"Ol1ld suffice to construct a thl'ee piece chamber c:;uite lomplete The hea\\ Mi"sion styles of to-clay resemble in \\ e!Q"ht the "tyles of 1890. hut the rounding machine. the jig Sem and Berlin ilon black and beaten into l:;raceful shapes, \\as applied as ornamentation There were no square edgec:; m the 1\ oorh\ ork-all \\ ere heautifull.l rounded "Dave" Kendall \\ ho O1lc,inated the sixteenth century finish, when elsked one day wIn he called his product sixteenth century, said that he thollfTht the name would sound as well as any, 3n(1 therefore adopted it ".mono the successful oesie-ners of that period. noted fOl tile (''''ellenee of their hea"\ v products be"ide" Mr Ken-dall \\Cre \Y C' Horne1 I,YilJiam Borneman. F. F. Drvden and Tohn r TIt 0\\ ('1 c;pecjl11en~ of the v. ork <;een after t"I\ enl \ \ eal <, u"c unrhd<,i7e the fac t that unle<;<; tntlched hv fire tIle furniture js indestructible . FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN DAVENPORT BEDS and COUCHES We can in~en~s!!arg~ and_small buye~s_. Don'!Jail~~~our exhibit at 1319 Michigan Ave., 6th floor, CHICAGO, ILL, January, 1910. Write for Prices and Cuts. No. 1218 EXCELLO DAVENPORT BED. Seat revolves and makes bed. Loose mattress is placed inside. Looks like single davenport. Write for Prices and Cuts. Thos. Madden, Son & Co. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. D. L. CONREY FURNITURE CO. Makers of CHINA CLOSETS LIBRARY CASES COMBINATION CASES SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA THE FACTORY THAT IS ALWAYS BUSY • Makers of MUSIC CABINETS RECORD CABINETS MUSIC BENCHES Try 12 samples and you will then buy many more. The line that makes money for the dealer. Why? It will pay you to send for Catalog and)~seethe reason. Line shown on the top Floor of Furniture Exhibition Building, GRAND RAPIDS. 7 8 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN ~-----------_._-----_._---~-- ---- -_.__..._--~ Readyfor Immediate Shipment Prices on Application Subject to Prior Sale No. of Thickness Width Across length with Pieces Grain Grain - -- ~- - - 150,000 M ft. 1-8" Quarter Sawed Oak 1240 1·4" 231·2 291·2 (Single Ply 750,000 M ft. 1.20" " " " 140 •• 191·2 291·2 Stock) 50,000 M ft. 1-20" Sliced Quartered Oak 4180 •• 251·2 311·2 300,000 M ft. 1-20" Rotary Cut Plain Oak 740 •• 311·2 371·2 Rotary Cut 25,000 M ft. 1-8" Rotary Cut Birch 540 •• 21 1·2 371·2 Yellow Poplar 35,000 M ft. 1-16" " " " 1640 •• 19 1·2 371·2 . for Drawer 150,000 M ft. 1-20" " " " 3640 •• 191·2 411·2 Bottoms, Glass 124,000 M ft. 1-24" " .' " 660 •• 18 411·2 Backs, Panels, 150,000 M ft. 1.28" " " " 380 .. 16 411·2 Etc. 159,000 M ft. 1-16" " " YeIIow poplar 140 •• 331·2 431·2 300,000 M ft. 1-20" " " " " 800 •• 20 431·2 Packed 20 pes. 200,000 M f1' 1.24" " " " .. 320 •• 18 431·2 in a bundle 200,000 M ft. 1-28" " " " " 180 •• 16 431·2 The stock is 100,000 M ft. 3-16" " " Gum well manufac- 100,000 M ft. 1·24" " " " tured, dried 118,000 M ft. 1-28" " " " flat and in all 50,000 M ft. 1-20" " " " a fine lot. 60,000 M ft. 1-20" Plain Black Walout This stoch is not in the woods nor at some mill,down south nor out west. It is . right here in Grand Rapids in our ware-houses, and if favored with your order will prove it by shipping the same day as order is received. May We Have Your Order for Any or All of It 1 WALTER CLARK VENEER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MIC". f.. i •• •• ~n ;...-_ .... FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN 9 Estey was a Great Salesman. E. B. Caldwell, who has sold furniture in the capacItIes of retailer, manufacturer and Jobber, during the past thirty-three years, holds in hIgh esteem the memory of the late D. M. Estey, the founder of the Estey Manufactunng company. "He was one of the best salesmen I ever met," Mr. Caldwell says. "HIs methods were ongmal yet the Impulse of his pres-ence \\ as so stl one, that few could I esist It I walked into hIS wareroom unexpectedly one day and found ml1lionaile Martin Lammel t on hIS knees mspec1me, the bottom of a dresser. If cwyone but Estey "hould ha\ e asked Lammert to drop down on hIS knees m those day s for anv pm pose he would have been compelled to lIsten to a lOar that would have SIlenced a foghorn When the company commenced manufacturing bedsteads m their little mIll at West Haven, green lumber was used, and when the plant at Owosso was put into oper-ation the lowest grade of painted furniture was produced. If one had dropped the several primary colors and their many variations into a tank and then soused the bedsteads and dressers Estey manufactm ed into the same, as 3. final process in finishmg, the goods would not have looked so badly as Estey's hand painted goods. Yet Estey sold the stuff at a profit. After a time the deSIre to make real furniture seized him and coming to Grand Rapids he sought out D. W. Kendall .. I, II, ,, I STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND Rl'PIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOP) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for OUICaster Cups, makmg the best cup on the markel. CellulOId IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups With cellUlOId bases It can be done WIth ease, as tbe bases are per-fectly smooth CellulOId does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are fimshed m GOlden Oak and White Maple, fimshed I1ght If 1/0U w,1l try a 8amplt ordtr of theu (lood, you wtll du,r, to handt, them on quant,t." PRICES, Size 2~ Inches. • $5.511 per hundred. Size 2j( Inches 4.50 per hundred. fOb Grancl Rap.d.I. TRT A SAJ£PLH ORDER ,..- and obtained from hIm a number of deSIgns of chamber suites whIch he made up WIth a conscIentIOus regard to detail, and soon acquired recogmtIOn as a man of Importance in the furni-ture manufactunng business. "When D. C. Clapp mvented an mtncate and not always reliable drawer gmde, Mr. Estey furmshed the money neces-sary to obtam a patent and VISIted Washington where he speedlly set mftuences to work that resulted in the exami-natwn of the claims for a patent and the granting of the same 'm J1g tIme' Mr Estey then undertook the sale of shop nghts to use the deVlce and m a few months cleared up a handsome sum for the mventor and hlmself. Other devices, supenor to those of Mr. Clapp, for guidmg the movement of drawers, were mvented and m a year or two interest in the Clapp drawer gUlde ceased Mr Estey was correct in his opmlOn thdt lt any money was to be denved from the use of the mventlOn, speedy salesmanshIp would be necessary." Not havmg faclhtles m the E:.tey factories for making ex-tension tables and 1ecogmnng d WIde market for them, Mr. 1 stey went to St Louis and entered into a contract with R. M. Steel, who opelated a planmg mlll in that place, to manu-facture tables for the Estey Manufacturing company. A large trade was soon established and this fact so lmpressed Mr. Steel that he engaged m the busmess on his own account and the great St Johns Table company is the outgrowth of that modest beginning. r,.- ------------------------------------.--------- PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS . . 1 co. L..ARGEST ,JOBBERS ANO MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS in the world. Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Blass, Window Glass, WIRE GLASS, Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. CJ For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything III Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Painters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below: JUly TO.x-B1I4tIOJI. ul Tu4am IIU. 80.'1'0.-4.1-48 Sudb1n7 st., 1-8 IIoWkeI' fit, OUOAGG--44la-458 'Wabllo.llAv.. CERcmnrA'1'I-BJ:oadway ud Conn Ste. S'1'. :LOVJS-Col'. '1'entJI.ud Sp:raoe sta. JIXJI1fBAPO:r.zs-.-&OO-518S. '1'JlIzd St. DB'1'.Oft-58-59 :Lamed st.• B. Ga&JI]) JU.PlDS, JIIOlIr-49-41 •• D1YialoJLfit, :'I'.r'1'8B'01&&.-101-108 'Wood .t. 1III:r.WA17JDlB,'WIS.-48I-I94 1lal'Jce1; .t. :aGOIDI.'1'JI .... T_Wua. mlif., JIIlbl II Jls ..... SU. au:.'1'IKO-.....u .. l .. l ......... " fit, C:LBVB:LABD-14ao-14M We.t '1'JllI'4 fit, OIlAB.A.-llOl-ll07 Boward st. &'1'. :..a:U:L--459-481 Jack.on St. A'1'r.A:J!r'RA,&A_ao-U-M S. :.J.701' .t. SAV.a.N1'f.AB:,G.&..-745-749 W1Ieaton St. JtA.lfS.a.s CI'1'T-:.1ftll ud 'Wyandotte St •• BJB1IIXRGBAK, A:LA.-bd Ave. and 89tla St. B1JJ!':'A:LO,•• T.-378-74-76-78 :. .. 1'1 .t. BBOOXLY1II'-'1'hird Ave. and Dean St. :'BD:oADB:L:l'BI.A.-1'itoalm :al41r., .A.I'Ola uA lUll DAVBJOtO.'1'--410-418 .00,", lit. OJOiABOKA Cr.rT, OZ:LA., 810.818 W. :'1r.t St. .,.. i , .- .. 10 Rockford Chair 8 Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN Credit Men's ReSpOll&ibilities. The natlOnal bankruptcy act, 1tS defects and the culpa-b111ty of lawye1 and merchant 1Il 1tS alm:-,es, were d1scussed by Dmted States AttOlne), Henl) -\ \\ 1se and Assbtant Dmted States r\ttorney, John C S\\ drtley ot Phl1adelph1a 111 addresses, at a spec1al d1l1ner gl\ en at Delmolllco':-, b} the New York Credit Men's assouatlOn recently lIr \V1se told the 500 dmers that the CIedit men were 1Il a measure to blame for some of those abuses by not 0PpOS1l1(?, \\ hat often <lmounts to the giving of ind1scllmma te cred1t "I am engaged m entol cmg certalll la vvs 1\ hlch ha \ e been on the federal statute books for a long time, but \\ hlch ha\ e been d1srega1ded by man} ," sa1d the l:"mted Stdte:-, attorney "I hope that the men who have dlsre~arded tho:-,e la\vs ,\111 soon learn that someone IS going to enforce them I I e(?,dld you, gentlemen, as a boald of go> ernors at thiS the gleatest commercial centel 1ll thiS countr}, If not 111 the \\ orld You can do much to stop what may be regalded as the pen ISlon of the term credit by those merd1ants v\ho lIlduce the pubhl to buy of them on credit 1\lost ot the pel-.,on.., thtb 1l1duled to buy have no nght to CIedIt and v\ho v\111 e\ entualh ...,pend their money in amusements and \\ or'3e If '3ulh 1:-' e'dended to them. These people often end up by robblllg theIr employer.,' trll and then they come to me and to \Vhltman " This declaratlOn brought ~Ir \Vlse to the subject at bankruptcy Wh1Ch Mr Swartley had pre\ lOusly touched on He said that more than half of the bankruptcy cases 1Il the federal COUl ts are saturated w1th £1 and and come fI om fraud perpetrated both by the merchant and the legal plofesslOn He thmks 1t far more creditable to extend a heIp1l1g hand to the merchant in financial emhalla:-,sment than to file a peb tIOn in bankruptcy against 111m "I am ashamed to say that there arc lawyel'; \\ ho have no regard for the ethICS of then pt ofe'islOn Thet e arc those who solicit clients espec1ally in banKtUptl} laSe'i There are lawyer'3 who go to ci edltOl.., and SOhC1tthem to file bank-ruptcy petitions, promising a part of the le~al fee,; I can't convict these men becau"e they know the ~ame too "Well and are too smart. I would rather convict one of these lawyers than a thousand of the creditors who are nothing more nor less than perjurors but the difficulty is that the onlv means of prosecution is the testimony of self-confessed perjurors "My office has succeeded in convicting 18 cases out of a total of 20 prosecutions for violation of the bankruptcy act." DINING FURNITURE SUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES. LIBRARY FURNITURE DESKS, TABLES, COMBINATION and LIBRARY BOOKCASES. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. :vir \V Ise attnbutes much of the unrest to the high cost ul 11\ mg to the poor people who get mdisci iminate credit 110m the small melchant The merchant who can glve this u edIt, he saId. must sell hiS merchandise at a pnce to cover the losse~ en taded b} bad debts so that the industrious, hard- 1\ ork111~ persc n \\ ho pays as he goes along must bear the burden put upon him through the weakness of others \o,';htant Llllted States Attorney Swartley advocated dmendments to the bankruptcy act, which he says IS largely 101 the benefit of the debtor and very lIttle for that of the u edltOt The la \\ should be amended, he said, so that it \1 auld be a cnme to misrepresent the condltlon of assets and that 1t should be pefJt1ly to misstate the reason for going in-tel bank! uptcy Primitive Machinery Used Thirty Years Ago. Th11ty -one }'eal s ago the machines used by manufac-tlll el ~ at ft1lnltUl e \\ el e prim1tive in comparison with the malhllles of the present A s1l1gle spindle dovetailing ma-cl1lne '1\ hlch 'Ivould cut one complete dovetail in two strokes \\ as cons1dered a 1\ onder, but its product was so imperfect that mo"t manufactu1 ers preferred to cut the same by hand. \ small 'iand1l1g machine call "the boss," manufactured by T L Perry of Berlin, Wis., was introduced and earned for \[1 Pen} a fortune Speed was its chief value. It could not ploduce as smooth d surface as the hand sander. Stroke J01l1tel'o \\ ere used m many shops that would not compare in effiuenc) vvIth the bed jointer of the present. Furniture planers wet e undel going development and power scrapers were pI acticall} unknown The cal ving machine was in its in-fancy On hght, Simple line work, it was of some value. \- el tICal stroke and belt sandel s, rubbing and polishing and lldl11pll1(?, machllles were the development of recent years. l\fach1l1es 'Ivel e lun by belting from line and counter shafts lll"tead of by 'ipecial motors, while shapers and sticken were of hm1ted capacity. The science of preparing lumber for the factory was but httle known and many manufacturers used stock fresh from the) ards in manufacturing furniture and kindred goods. The stora~e capacity of the factories was limited and \1' hen all avaJ1able space for that purpose had been filled the works were shut down until the congestion had been relieved by shipments. FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN J J .... .. A from the Waddell Manufacturing Company's Catalogue. Send for this catalogue and you will find it the most complete catalogue of wood ornaments in print. IIIIt I,,I It I,,I , II II I IIi 1,, IIII I,,I ,,I II I IIII II ,I I,,• ,,,I II ,, I BAIL HANDLES. Waddell Manufacturing Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I ..i 12 FURNITURE MANur ACTURER AND ARTISAN The \\ eeU) Al tlsan has 1e((~l\ ed a e01111111111lLatlOnflOm the 1. oung 8,: Cluffee 1111111ture U,111pan.\ tll e \\ ell knO\\ n hou'-,e-fU111lshel" 111\\hlCh the} ~cn \ '.;le,lt 111an) 01 the manufacture1 s a1 e u"mg cheap ea"ier'o emd \\ C flnd that lhic 1110ment the pIece IS put 111 U'oic the cd"te1" b1 eak dnd 1t causes conS1de1 able lomp1a111t on the pcBt 01 the consume1 and a great lo"s of tIme and money to the dealer m ta1.ll1g care of these compla111ts 1111"past 1110nth \\ e ha\ e u"ecl u\ er a keg of the ),0 40 caste1s' Intel \ 1e\\ ':>\\ 1th ethel dealer" IfyOll %ncZ/ ganey" garllifilre~ Wou willergoy;Yelling Ole£ine 0/ GRrlND RRPIDS FAN CY FURNITURE C~ Q§7T!!§CHTIlLOGUE; GRRND RRPlDS,MICH (f'r:!alogues sent to ! prospective (Jusfomers I Imperial furnifure @.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,..---------~--------_.-----------.., Co s t III III I I ,76Caximum Comfort at Minimum ~ntrl fl;rrktmrr GRAND RAPIDS. MICH European plan-$IOO and more. Every modern comfort and eqUipment. ThIS hostelry has created a new standard 10 Grand RapIds It has been aptly called "the somewhat dIfferent hOlel .. Old EnglIsh. Colomal. and MlsslOn Desrgn restaur-ants. CUisme and serVIce of marked excellence. Mo de rat e prices,-- everythmg rrght. You can pay double our rate. for your accommodations, but you can't get anythlOg better II I I,III I Convement to Umon Station, shops. theatres, furnIture bUlldmg., etc. F,ve maIO car hnes to all parts of the cIty pass our door ___-------...1I tfotrl i!;rrktmcr .. show that the Young & Chaffee company's complamt is justi-fied Othe1s hdye 'kIcked" tu manufacturers about the quality of the ca"ters I hey admIt that most of the trouble IS found m handllll'.; 10\\ £;1ade fml11ture, but some declare they have fou nd 111fe11Orcastelo, under hIgh grade pIeces \iVhIle recog-l1171ng the fact that m these day" of keen competItIOn in nea1h all 111dustne'-" It IS necessdry to figure closely on the U)"t u~ manufacttll e, the) are of the opmion that to use cheap lasterc; 1~ a matte1 of false economy. It IS surel) a cause of annu) ance and los'o to deale1 s and must injure the business and 1eputatlOn of manufacture1 s who thmk they are saving e\.pcn':oe b \ the uo,e of 111fenor casters. * * * * fhe1 e IS no t1 uth 111the statement, sent out to furmture Juurnal" that John R Shelton IS to qmt the road and devote dll hIS tIme to hIS 01 egon on'hards, except that Mr. Shelton Imn" a profitable f1l11t "lanch" 111 the Hood RIver Valley ] r e \\ III eontmu e to sell fur11lture m VI, estern tern tory. * * * * The. ufhce of the Onel Cab111et company IS not so ex-dU" l\ e a" It \\ dS t01 many) eelrs Manager Wanen has had the halh\ a) pal tItI(m" taken out so that callers find them- ...e1"lc" 111 the office \\ hen they enter tl1e front door and the '-,dle'-,men s desko, have been placed m the maw office, where the\ \\ 111be hrst to meet customers and direct or escOJ t them to the depa1 t111ent \\ 1th \\ h1ch the) wIsh to transact business * * * * :Cd~ar H ",coU hds succeeded Al Barbel as rep1 esenta- 11\e ot the Hclqm~s I able company 111 \\estern terlltOl) * * * * J h~ 1--"e11\11\\ a} cU111pany's lme of upholste1ed chaIrs, de \\ III he. shcl\\ n OIl the nm th half of the second floor m the l'JllJ-.;man lHll1d111~ J hell exhIbIt IS nO\\ read) for ll1spec-tl< J 1l * * * * T II 1!(i\\l\ fUl111ed) a l11e1chant 111 Sa~111aw, MIch .. ,td11u1 the hI q 111,l111 e,,'-, dnd "pnnt; bed factoly 111 Grand ],(,ljlld" \ ttll opu a t111~ the "ame seyeral ) ea1 s, between 1i--XO tu 1890, he "old the bUS111ess to H C Rusfell. Howry \\ ~n t to the tal \\ ec;t and accumulated a large £OJtune 111the pm "uance of \ a110US 1111eOolf bus111ess. HIS death by suicide UCUll1 ed 1ecenth 111Kansas CIty. * * * * \\ -\ Gunn, of the Gunn Furl11ture company has pur-chd':> ed ,I hne estate 111the submbs of London, England, and taken lws'-,es:,lOll of the Sc\ll1e IJe myested upw drds of $60,000 111 the. 1'1opel t). * '" *' * ( P ~Ia1kojt, fOJmed) WIth the Grand RapIds Desk com- .by carryingthe ONE-PIECE PORCELAIN{INED ~ONrIRD CLEFlNRBLE WRITE FOR CATALOGUE GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR Cg GRAND RAPIDS. MICH _ FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN 13 pany of ::\Iu"kegon I" nO\\ \\lth the Crdnd Ledge ChaIr com-pan} HIS terlltor} \';111 be C'h1O, IndIana, Kentucky and Jl1m01", eAcept ChIcago 'i' * * * Dunng the \\ mte1 fl11l1ltl11e sales sea"on the Rye1"on pubhc hbra1 y wIll ha\ e an exhIbIt that \\ 111 be of specIal m terest to man ufaLturer" and all othe1 s engaged m th e furni-ture mdustry 01 tI ade T\\ a yea1 s ago the Itb1 a1y exhIbIted a rare collectlOn of pteture", plates, d1awmg" and books lllus-tratm£; the h1"t01, of hll111ttlle makmQ, D111l11g the past few months man} 1mpOl tdnt ddd1tlOns ha\ e been made to the collectlOn, whIch \';111 be com el11ently arranged for 111- "pectlOn and opened fOl the benefit of the furl1lture men, next Tuesday. * * * * Otto Klempel e1, \\ ho 1ecenth 1eS1£;ned hI" posItIon \\ 1th Kaufmdn K IYol£ pI 0p11et01 '; of the LlOn St01 e of ITammond, Ind. ,\f1te,; the \1 tl"an that he has fm med a p1Jtnel Sll1]) ,';lth He111, MaIello" \\ho 1ecentl} 1e';lgned hI" pO"ltlOn ac, ued1t man elnd head ]Jookkcepu f01 C:;p1e2,cl", (hKa~o The p111 po"c of thc pa1tnClc,h1p I" to open d f111n1hl1e dlld ca1]Jct "t01 Celt 331-33 \\ abash a, U1UC (h1Cel(;O Thc, e"pcc t to bc 1eclCI) for hlhmcs" about the fn "t of reb111d1, and l\1J. Klempclel ",111 ,bIt the Gland RapId" and Clllca~o malkci,; ,~_._._.-._-_._._.-._._---_. --- ---- II .II , II,I II II I I, I Don't Burn Your Moulding. Blackened edges ~o often found m hard wood Mouldmgs mdlcate the use of mfenor tools, which frictIOn and burn because of their failure to have proper clearance. The Shimer Reversible and Non- ReversIble Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by experienced workmen In deSign and con-structIOn they are supenor to anythmg on the market They cut well and retam their shape until worn out Send u~ drawmgs or wood samples for estimates on speCIal cutters. Many useful de Signs, with prices, are given III our catalogue SAM\:JEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Floonng, Ceilmg, Sldmg, Doors, Sa~h, etc. I .. .. pt." .. - •• ... ~_._-------_._..-- -... ! ~tfARVEb I l"J 0 U S $2.50 Gloss Finish $2.65 Pohshed Solid quarter s"\wed back Quarter sawed veneer saddle seat Height of back 25 IOche' WIdth of seat. 18 Inches FIDlSh ed ~~~~hnpak No. 690 Oak Rocker Shpped K D nested WeIght. 17 pounds ~rl&l flaflUfactUflflR Ca, Grand Rapjds.Nich. ,;\lth a ,Iew of placm£; ordcls fOl "tock that can be dehvered qUIckly He" ould be pleased to buy samples that may be fOl sale at the close of the season and requests exhIbitors who ma} wI"h to dIspose of the samples to address him, care of the naIl} "\1 tlsan-Rec01 d, Grand RapIds New Furniture Dealers. IV H J hompson I" a nc", fur11lture dealel at Meriden, Kan The Black Fllrmtlll c compan} al e new dealers at Mount Cd1mel, S. C. A. J. SpIllman WIll en~age in the retaIl fur11lture business at Greeley, Co!. The J\Ieyei sdale FUl11lture company are new dealers at ::\leyersdale, Pa Scott & Hendel son have opened a new "tock of furni-ture at MIlton, Ia. Hartllch Bra,; alii to open a new furl11ture store at Farm- 111gton, Ja, 111 JanualY. \Ynght ~ Flaim ale ne,v commiSSlOn dealers 111 New )Olk CIty Thc film ",as fOlmed ma1l11y for the purpose of handl111g the produch of the Peel1ess FurnIture company of ShIppensburg, Pa aROOV/Na SAWS DADO SAWS .. •,I III ~, . ------ .._. . .,• I I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. • I I• I FT. WAYNE, IND. •I I II I I II ! HARDWOOD LUMBER II I• I• II• l SAWED } QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS • • I AND • SLICED AND MAHOGANY I I I I I I • --------- • -4 14 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN .. .._.- - ...- , POLISHES ! Quality and Econ~my I Two excellent reasons for using the I Excelsior or World's I Fair Polish I ONLYSTANDPATTERSAREPLEASED Canadian Farmers Did Not Get Much Satisfac-tion From Premier Laurier. Those one thou"and free-trade farmers of the CanadIan western provinces who presented theIr sl:\.-thousand-\\ ords memorial to the house of commons at Ottawa, last "eek, got only cold comfort hom SIr Wl1fnd Laurier, the premIer of the Dominion He told them plaInly that to secm e freel trade relations than now between Canada and the "Lnited States was the earnest desire of the gm el nment. but that it would not be so easy to accompll"h the thlnl; as the} 11l1ght imagine; that a freer exchange of all farm products would greatly benefit the people of the D011111l10nhut to hIm", about any tariff changes in re~aICI to manufactl11 cd product" \\ mtld be a more difficult mattel ; and, finalh. that there I" in Can-ada- in some sections, at least. a \ en strom; oppOSItIOn to any change whatever in the present trade relatIOn" between the two countries Officers of the Canadian Manufacturers' association, who sat in the senators' gallery bv invitation and were there to hear and absorb just that "01 t of talk. llstened complaisantly and with manifest satIsfactIOn The\ kno\\ where they are "at" a little better than is the ca"e WIth the western grain-growers, and they are contemplating- the re-ciprocity agitation on both "ide" of "the line" \\ith few. if any, misgivings or fear" as to forthcoming I eductIOn<; in the Canadian tariff on American manufactures It was m these closing remarks that the prime ministel \\ as most disap-pointing to the western farmers: "But you go further and say that in this vel y session we should commence to amend the tariff. I suggest to you that it would hardly be advisable for the parliament of Canada to attempt to revise the tariff while negotiatiOn<; are pending with our neighbors I will say no more, hut the government is ready to respond fully to advances made to uc; for recipro-city. I will say this, howevel. that \\ hate\ el \\ e do \\ ith our neighbors nothing shall in any \\ a\' impaIr our British preference. That is a part of our policv" Action by parliament on the Canadian tal ift must a\\ ait the outcome of pending negotiations on reciproCIty with the United States; these are moving slowly at best; and mean-time the widespread opposition in Canada to the making of any tariff concessions to the United States is impressinl; it-self on Sir Wilfrid and the administI ation and parliament alike. The outlook for Canadian reciprocitv can hal dh he called right. And on the L\merican side of the border an ex- I,, ,IIII•,I• ,III I •I, IIII III I I t III ,II •II I• on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. • pmng RepubhLan Congless IS not seeking to do anything "Ith the Pa\ ne- ~ldl1ch schedules, while after the first Mon-da\ in Decembel. 1911. a Repuhhcan senate and a DemocratIC house \\ III face a dlfhcult problem even if they try seriously to ~et to~ether on d plan of reviSIOn. The "stand-pat" CanadIans are about the only thorough- I) -,atIsfied on-Iooke! s at this sItuation. They feel sure that the Ottawa gm ernment \'V III do little 01' nothing with reciproc- It), that parhament won't "tmker" their tariff 3nd that Con-tiress can't get at "tl11kering" fO! about two years to come, at least not as the I e\ isers-downwal d want to get at it. Oh()llC 1)a1[~dl'1~ may be assembled more easily than dggrega tecI ..... A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Succeaa. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. ._------_._------._. -- SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. The sensation of last season's furniture exhibition and the "last word" in parlor bed construc-tion. I I I.. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. Full line shown during January, 1st floor, 1319 MIchIgan A.ve ,Chicago FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturero of Upholstered Furniture. Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN r -------_._---- _. - -- .. .- _. _._~--~------ FOUR NEW . .. • • TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BAR 0 NIA LOA K ST A IN in acid and oil. F LAN D E RS 0 A K S T A I N in uid and oit S M 0 KED 0 A K S T A I N in acid and oil. EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN inacidand~iI. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually bealltiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK Everything In Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. Ftllers that flIt Stalns that satisfy. ..... Buy the INVINCIBLE Line of SPRING BEDS AND BE PREPARED TO FILL THE WANTS OF YOUR TRADE FOR Standard Quality Solid Comfort Honest Values Durability SEND FOR CATALOG CONTAINING OUR LINE OF Spring Beds, Steel Folding Couches, Davenports, Cots, Cribs, Cradles, Mattresses, Couch Pads, Etc. MANUFACTURED BY HENRY SCHOMER COMPANY, ~liiC~G&niLt: 15 16 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN PuaL.ISHEO MONTHl,..Y BY THl! MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUIISC"IPT'ON $1.eo POE"YEAR ANYWHe:RE IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHE" COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPOIE.$ CENTS. ~U.L.ICATION O~~ICE. 10'-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST, GPlANO R""I"'OS, MICH. ..... 5 WHITE. MANAQINCl EOtTO" Itftten4 .a second cla .. maller, July 5, 1909. at the post office at Grand RapIds, Mlchlean under the act 01 March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRIlSlt:NTATIVIt: E LEVY Payments of Accouuts Due the Artisau. Under the terms of the sale of the Michigan Artisan to the Furniture Record company, all accounts for advertising published during the year 1910, remain the property of the former owners. These accounts have been assigned to the Daily Artisan-Record company, to whom payments must be made. MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO., By A. S. White, Pres. Successful salesmen in the fUt nitUl e tt ade reclte II ith animation and fidelity to truth the evolutlOnary process that results in a perfect piece of furniture A great mahogany tree is found hidden in a forest The plOcesses followed by which it is laid prostrate on the g-round, cut into logs, floated down the streams to the ocean, loaded on shipboal d and trans-ported to the United States; its 1 eductton into boards or veneer; the shaping. assembling and pohshin£; of the material the packing and ShlPP111C,of the perfected aJ tJcle arp detatls he is familiar with. The impulse to buv is created in the mind of the customer and the piece once 111his possession he delights to repeat the story of its 01 i£;in and del elopment to his friends. By followin£; this com se the salesman creates human interest in an inanimate th1l1g When on thC" floul., \I ith a buvel the wholesale :odlcsman should remembel that natme hds ~i,en tllO cars. tllO e)es and one tongue to the mdn 1\ ho II ill place the OJdel s Thcl e-fOl e he is entitled to heal the tlnth spoken; to sce the POlt1ts that make the saleable pi oduct and to use hi., tonc,-ue onh when he desires to speak Don't WOl! y him Vv ith foolt sh questions. A manufacturer of cheap and med1ll111 priced chamber suites complained because his sales during the past six months amounted to only $290,000, which he c1a1l11cd is $60.000 less than they should ha\ e been Durin2, the past ten years his sales amounted to $6,000,000. and yet he does not think "that is going some." H1S plant lS one of the lal gest 1Il \\" estel n Michigan. \Valned by the calamit) that hefell the e"\.hibitOls in the Grand Rapids FUll11tUle Fxchan<;-e 111 Tanllal I la'lL nut of-town exhibitors are cm ellll~ thc1l .,alllples 1\ Ith 111"111 an, e pollcles The Jesson of the fil e, ,llthough a co~tl) \))1e, lla., been learned. PleparatlOn" £01 the annual dmncr of the Grand Rapids lhan ,ompan\ ale nead) completed Thls occaSIOn is antlcl-jldtul Illth pIca.,m e hv tbe bll) el ~ J t 1" e\ el a "feast of reason ,we! ,I flOI\ ot "(Jlll 1\ ltb d "uhc,t,mital dl1111er to SII'3tal11 the '-,dffil 1[,lJ kl t bm L1" \\ 111 tIll on~ thc eJo-]JOo,litOlbm stJ anger llllmbel" than l1"l1dl dlll!ng the eommg month. Stocks are lOll, and Inn el., 1\ ho ha\ e nut 111the past, been present at the mld-Vvllltcl sale~, wlll he t>een m the market next month. The salesman Vv ho find:o no opportul1lties to secure or-der' 3 fJ om the bl~ bu) el s lS a different mdl' idual than the "aleo,n1<ln II ho creates OppOl tunities for ta·king orders from the bl~ bu) ers The designer may be a geniu'3 and privileged to indulge m eccentncltJes, but he II auld never have a pay check to cash but fOl the Vv ark af the man m the engine room. Re"l(lent se11m£; agent'3 ha, e made ample preparations Jm entertamm~ the buyers arriVIng- 111 Grand Rapids next m(,l1 th Detall" \\ 111he 1evealed In due time The I,m at "uggestwn works through the price ticket so attached to an article of furniture that all may see it. It lS never too late for a buyer to promise to meet the wholesale salesman m the morning. OccaslOnalh an idea '3trikes a designer so forcibly that he 1 epeats it 111 all IllS '3ketches. Sale of the Michigan Artisan. A S \1 hlte has sold the Michigan Artisan to the FJ,trni-t UJ e RecOl c1 compan) , and wlll de, ate himself to his large job j}1l11tl11£;and pubhshIng business and other interests, and at the same tJme i\ 111tal~e life 1110re leisurely, as befitting a man 111IllS comf01 t,lble Cll cumstances. It wa'3 m 1880 that :\lIr White stal ted the Michigan Arti- ".In \t that it111e he Ii as Clt) editor of the Times, and the uti edltOl 111 thuc,e daIS II as on the pay roll for $12 to $15 a week \11 \\ hite had less than $SO cash capital to start with, but, encoUldc,ed b, the Gland Raplds manufacturers, he plum., ('d 111 II here a 1I11JHlman 01 d man without nerve would ha\ l he..,lLltl<1 dud been lost He bonght hl'3 equipment on ,Ildn ,1Ild fOJ the ft1.,t 1'-,.,ne dnd for n1dny subsequent issues he not onh \\ lote all the mattel fO! his paper but set the t) pc as Ii ell The pubheatlOn v. as a success from the start. \Ir \\ lllte paid fOJ hl., nutfit a., the hIlls fell due and, enter-pn: 01l1~ and p1O£;leS"1\ e, he expanded as Clrcumstances and \)ppurtul1lties pointed the way. Mr II hlte nO\\ b at the head of one of the largest print- 11l~ dnd en~l ,n 1l1~ pl,ll1ts in the uty, and ha:o many outside llltCl cc,t". and best of all he has good hedlth, the spirits of \ outh and the disj}O:oltlOl1 to enjoy life. ~When the ::\11Chi£;an >\1ti'3an \I a" stal ted, thirty-one years d~O Gland Rapids lias Just be(?,lllning to he known to the tldde a'3 a fnll1ltlue plOduel11£; center Today Gland Rapids 1., the 1eln~l11zed cl11d dc1'llowled(?,ed capital of the furniture II mId I\h\ avs 10) al to the home industry, always staunch in 1ll,llntal11lll<;- ltS SUpl C111d, I dh\ d)" zealous in making known 11-- 1,1111<: tIle '\11, Jll~all \1 tI:oan ,l11d \ S IVhite have been dlllnll~ the mo~t Imp01 tant fdl tms ln bringing ahout this ~p1endld de\ Llopment - .:\IlChigdn Tradesman. FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN 17 • I IIII II• : I I I I I I I I I I A New Set of Desk Handles SAMPLES SENT AND PRICES QUOTED ON APPLICATION. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN No. 1745 No. 1744 No. 1743 No. 1742 No. 1741 • • ... I.. t8 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN HOW TO OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT Credit Men Should Consider the Future When Handling First Orders. (By D. W. Pomeroy of the Rlee-Hutehms Shoe Compan), St LouIs ),ftssoun) Always m outlmmg general I ules to be fo11m,' ed m open-mg new accounts there I" thIs leselvatlOn, that m occasIOnal cases, nrespectlve of such mformation a" IS obtamable, the credlt man wIll have a very strong mclmatlOn to act mde-pendently of that vvhlch the 111formatlOn \\ onld "-eem tCi pomt out. ThIS feehng IS vel) hald to desCllbe, but IS not to be dIscouraged. but encotH ae,ed 1t IS the "el edIt bump" and I believe is subject to development The comhmation of thIS "bump," wIth logical 1easonine, pm\ ers as an'dhan e,ives th the ideal credit man Now, in considel ine, an "at once" order -ascertain the rating of Dnn and Bradstl eet If 111 each hook fi1~t OJ second class I then would consult some two or three agency books especially compIled to point ont delinqnents Findmg nothine,- against the party therein if the order i'i \\ lthm rea<;on. I pass it out for ImmedIate shIpment and nse the proper precantion to see that special cale IS taken to have the order filled promptlY and acctllateh that the cnstomet is given to understand that 111Sorder is apprecIated and that subsequent orders will recen e the same cal e and at'"ention The credit man, many time" makes a lastinc: CU,l"p I hy the prompt and courteons tl eatment of "fit ~t order,' c." important is this that I often strain a point to shrm a 'I, tomer that his order is filled" ithout he'iitancv A"suming- that information reee1\ ed from "ourees de-srribed doe" not" arrant immediate acceptance T makc addi tional inouil ie'i thrntwh S11eh channels as pre"ent theme;eh , h<ll1ks. attort1ev" 111erchante; "pecial mel cantl1e and tl <lrle t e nO! ts r'tr often <lskino for \' ritten statements e;olieit1l1 per'ional inten ie\\ s if feasible strh ino to ohtain alI infollll-ation practkahlc 1 eIv inr> to "omc e>.tent on cach and aJJ "ouree" as the all s11fficient· on the othe1 ham1 hein£' e\ e1 f('adv to rea 'ion a11rl v ie1d l11v v ie\\ e;to otllet s 011proper <;hrm-ino at the S<lnle timc a1w;n s rearlv to take £tl11 respone;ihilih of rlp('irlinrr that it is or ie; n(1t hest to <lcccpt the ri<;k Tn an this searclliw' tI'e t11ino" to 1)(' eonsir1ererl are tIle 111nra1 ri"k -nnanrial \\ orth-thr' 1')1"oh3h1e al1ility -propnr-tionale avail<1h1(' ?ssets to total inrlehter1nes<; -prOTlOl tionatr' Y(1111111eof 1,11sin('ss to (,<lnit11-nrnh<lhi1itY for inel e'te;C' nf hn"iness -tlle lwohah1e exnenses -tl1r' nl011<1hle nl onl s -t11 C' ('0"rlitinns i" t11r' tf'1T1t01v l1nOn whiel1 111C' (,11stnmer 1eliee; - the a1ll01tnt nf i"S11,.<lll('P C:holl1r1 tlle 01rIel he fo,. fl1t111C' rle , I II IIIII IIII• I If III IIIII I IIII 4. No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N FNONT STftEET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 11\er \, the dttentlOn e,iven should be very mueh the same, ex-cept that mOl e time I:o allowed for confirmatIOn or reports, etc. Should the first 01del be small, no less pams need be taken than £01 a larger order, for one of the great points al-v\ av <; to consldet I'::.,the hope of obtammg a permanent cus-tomeJ nut 111 elthel case actlOn <;hould be taken and notice ~1\ en ae; e;peechh as consle;tent with careful examination, and It the 01 del IS to be declmec1, the customer should be notified as soon as practicable, and as com teously as possible, for thel e 1<;a chance that the party might become a desirable customer at another time \\ e "lwuld ah\ av s aim to have husiness dealings end plea<;anth aim to make the party feel that you have been courteot1S and fail to him and just to youre;elves \Vhile the countrv mel chant to a large extent, owes his opportunity for sucee<;e; to the courtesies of the johber and manufacturer in e,rantinc: ltbel al Cledit lines the jobher and manufacturer al- "n ()\\ e thetl "11(cese; to the libelal patrol1ac:e of the country mel chdllte; It 1e; onh under exceptional conditions and in Cnl1lpal at1\ eh fe\\ cases that VOll can compel whereas in vel \ mdn\ ca<;ce; \ 011 can 1n pI opel' and courteous treatment, "ItCCC,,,fltlh pel"l1ade This is a principle 1 alwavs bear in mind in my rlealinc:" with customcrs T1lel e al e cases \\ hen the question simplv is as to one 01del in hand heine, a [y00(1 risk v, ith the view of that being-the {il st and t!'e last· t1Sual1Y in doubtful ca<;es, T reason that if a numher (1f like risks were under cOl1sioeration that on the \\ hole if the Plohahlc loss or losses would more than off"et the 1110fite; the ()1del s in <;ucll a class should be declined \Yhl1e T a1\\ a \" l)('lie\ e in 1,eepin£' the loss level low. I do n( It c'-pcc t to escape \\ ithout 10,s, and a111opposed to makinc: I. ,1 <;mall-10-"" pellentar>e~-th-e -n-nin--c-Ol-l'ii-de-rat-ion---T--kn-ow--a... "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON.'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT I~Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chait Faetories. Sash and Door Mills. Railroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others Will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished 10 rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. .j. FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN. 19 r--· _.- -- . QUALITY ------ ISN'T IT TOO BAD- --------------~~------------o-f -- MACHINES-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually hes in poor equip-ment. A httle foresight in the begmning would have saved them dollars-a little more money in-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" equipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools slight their output by putting in poor matenals-emploYingpoor workmen-sImply to be able to make a little more profit. 'Oliver" tools are bUIlt along machine tool lines-careful-accurate-durable - safe. Some purchasers fall to investigate thoroughly before placing their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase something-they go ahead -find out too lat.: they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs - set them thInking-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No. 61 Surfacer. OUR LINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT.OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot National Bank Bldg.• Chic~o, lll. No. 50 Church St., New York City. 1125 West Temple St., Los Anaeles. CaI. Pacific Blda., Seattle, Wash. -----------~--------------_._---------------------_._----_._..: make a long stOl y, but the entire problem IS not lacking in faSC1l1atlOn I take espeCial pride in turning out good work and my ambition will not be satisfied until the annual product of our 'ieveral factOries shall amonnt in the aggregate to $1,000,000 The profit that such an output will yield is not credit man who was able to report for a large dry goods house, no increase for one year on the debit Side of bad debts account; the proprietors, hovyever, considered that 'the year was one of the worst they have experienced, because instead of building up their busines'i it had run behind; their com-petitors had run avyay with many of their customers, and captured the "lion's share" of the new business; too great precaution was used in the e'Ctension of credits, too much stress laid on the question, is the risk safe; too little thought lSiven to the times, terms, competition, and desire to please. It often costs dearly to obtain a first order and it is therefore right to give the trade careful thought before acting in a way to lose it. Having decided to open an account I make brief notations on the ledger of the important features of my investigation, that on turninlS to the account the memory will be refreshed of the conditions While many would prefer the card index for 'iuch purpose, T prefer to look on -the account, and think it well WOlth while havin~ the ledlSer leaves ruled so that there "ill be sufncient room for abridged notations The Late John Widdicomb's Ambition. "I like the business of manufacturing furniture because It affords me a Wide field for the employment of the faculties the Lord has given me I cannot call to mind an industry that is so diversified," remarked the late John vViddicomb a few months before his death "Fvery detail of the business from the purchase and curin£; of lumber to the shippin~ of the finished product requires attentIOn. To mention the many Items of routine in the 'iellinlS and shipment of goods the granting of credits and the settlement of accounts would DeSIgned by Frank Burton, Student In the Grand RapIds School of DeSIgning so attractiVe as the knowledge that I am able to produce $1,000000 worth of good f111niture annually. Is it not better for the people that $1,000,000 worth of good furniture be manufactured and sold than that poor furniture worth an equal amount he turned out and sold to the public? We em-ploy 750 men and our annual output is very near $1,000,000 in value. Is my aim an unworthy one?" 20 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association OFFICFRS-Pre5ldent J R Ta)lor Lake Benton Mlnn, VIce Pre"dent D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , 'Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger Perham, Mmo I Secretary, W L. Grapp, JanesvIlle MUIU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman Geo Klein, Mankato, Mmn a SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L Harns Mmneapolls, Mlnn ,C DanIelson Cannon Falls TO THE MEMBERS The secretalY's office wIshes to plead gmlty for not keep-ing up this department as It should have been dunng the past month ,!If e full) realtze that of all the months in the year, December is the profit makmg month fOl the fUlmture dealers, and this department should hay e been brimmlllg 0\ er with suggestlOns and helps to make Chnstmas trade better during the past month, hut thele IS a 111TIltto evervthlllg Our assoclatlOn has gro\\ n so much dunng the past year, that the secretary thought It best to let some of the a~sociation work go, rather than ctdd ne\\ help to the office force Thel e is an old say 1l1~ that nothIl1~ e\ el happeu, hut what has some beanng 0r mfll1ence upon "ome0ne There-fore, it is safe to "a\ that \\ e are ~ldd th,tt the depal Ul1ent has not appeared regulall \ as \\ e ha \ e had pel sonal letters kom various members of our associatIOn, asking \\ hy it has not appeared Heretofore \\ e thought at times that our ef-forts were not appreciated and that we had not produced results, that we felt \\ e should but we now find that some of our members did not realize their needs along this line until this \\ as taken away from them \!If e therefore feel grateful to those whp are respomible for the flood of encouragement that we have received during the past \\ eeh This little instance only goes to show that the work that we al e tl \ ing to carry out is producing results ,Ve also leali7e as the a"sociation g-rows older that the "'Let's Get Together" spint is takmg hold of all the members Let the good work go on It also might be \\ ell to drop a thought right here in reference to co-opel ation with \ oUt officers in making this department what it can and should be So If you hay e car ried out auy Christmas stunts and incl eased \ our "ales let us have the pal ticulars of hO\\ \ au \\ orked out your stunts for the g-ood it will do us all Possihly, if vou will do this you will create some ne\\ idea in the minds of S0me of our member", which in turn \\ ill come back to \ OU fm \ our use m a new form, so that it will mal ethan compen"ate \ 011 fnl your trouble So do not treat this thou~htle""h hnt a~k )oUl'3elf whethel )OU have done anythmg, vvhlch would help to better the conditions sUllound111g the furntture men ThiS IS the time of yea I to say that another year shall not pass vVlthout gn 111gout to the rest of the members new thoughts It ."ou expect tu recen e help, you must 111turn gn e some If our 1eadel cuuld compare the con espondence of today With that \\ h1ch the secretary received a few years 'lg-o, he would pi obably be made to see as he has never seen befOt e, the good work that the aSSOCIatIOn IS bringmg- about. In fact m com-pal in~ the COtrespondence, the reader would hardly believe the same people \\ el e doing the writmg At the begmning of the assnclatIOn's campdlgn, man) of the member~ thought that the\ dId not need the ctS'30uatIOn, but those same men are be- ~mnmg to 1 ecdlze the necessity of a medmm ltke our associ-atlOn Thanks to the aSSOCIation, in place of the disc01d and ,tllfe that e'Clsted a yeal ae,o, there is harmony and an en-e! Len01 to get tog ethel, One thmg that the officers have to complain of at this tIme IS the carelessness on the part of some of our members m tahm~ care of their dues, but we hope that as the New Year appl0aches, that these delinquet members WIll see that their "hal e is taken care of The time of the ne"t annucd meeting will soon be here end the officel s al e men e than anXIoUS to do what IS (le~lled of them hut m Older to produce a prog1am that will be 1I1tele"tin~. it will be necessary for them to have some c1 a ta to £;0 by In \ lew of this fact, we al e 150ing to put in thl" depal tment a question blank, which we \\ish every mem-hel to fill out anrl send to the secretary's office. so that it can he had 1)\ the time the executive committee meets on Janu-an J The pi obahle tIme fOI our annual meetmg thIS "\ear I" elthel the last three da\ s m J amldl"\ Ol the first thl ee days 111 FeblUra\ This ho\\e\er \\ill be gmelned by the desires of (1111 membcl" as thc fl111elal dll cc tOl s meet the second week 111 Febl ual \ Kll1dh fill out the ql1e')tton blanh, so that \\ e may hllO\\ the desl1 cc, ut 0111 membel s. QUESTION BLANK. 1. Do you \\ ant a "et pI Oe,lamme? \ 2 Do you VI ant an experience meetin~? <\ 3 Shall the bt1\in~ committee ~o to the malhet a£;ain this wintel? A 4 \Vhat would be the most convenient date fell \ 011 to comc to the com entlO11? <\ 5 \iVhat to ) our mind is the most important thin~ fOl the a"sociatlOll to do? State definItely VOln ided ... ~ .. 6 ,Vhat is the most Important piece of lee,islatlon that \\ e sh01IIc1 conslc1el? \ 7. Do you consider it wise to meet the same \\ eeL.. the Funci al Dll ectOl s mcet' '\ R Shall we assemble co-opelativ e hn\ine, samples a~ain 011 alai e,e scale' \. 9 Shall \\e have a banquet the '3econd cIa\ np0n 0111 Cl\\11 aecuunt, edch memhel pIO\lClll1~ 101 hl~ U\\ll platc ? i\ 10 Shall we take it out of the as"oclatlO11 funcI" , \ 11 ,iVoulc1 one cuticle of a factOlv and a set of pl1()tr)~letphS he suffiuent fOl \OUI need'" '\ 12 Shall \\e have a le!:;l1lal school of in'-,{luctiCln c1i\ic1edllltC' three hctlf 11Clt11~ 111 each -,e~"lon, peltaml1lt; to adve1tlsmg salesmanship, and the salvin!:; of thC'''c dl ,1\\hdc1~'3 chal a( tel1"ttc to f11111111e11hu"mes'3, snch ac, fixmg mal red fnr11l-ture, stock arrangement prepann!:; patchl11~ leather, etc' A 13 vVhat per cent do yon considel l1eCessalY to can) 0\ C1 heac1 ("P( I1-,C-" '\ Please ans\\ er all above questions by YES, 01 NO. FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN Call for the Commercial Federation Convention. The thIrd annual convention of the Minnesota Commer-cIal Fedel atlOn wJ1l be held at the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapo- !Is, Mmn, JanualY 9 and 10, 1911. The great necessIty of more just laws pertaining to the affaIrs 'Of the small busmess merchants has brought about the Mmnesota Commercial Federation. In the past there has been no ~ystematlc endea\ or to secure businesq legislation. bnt it is the purpose of the Minnesota Commercial Feder-atIOn to bring together the combined interests of the state under one head, and to make it their business that certain proposed bills become law vVe dl e living in a progressive age and never m the hIstory of busmess was there such a neces"lty to bUIld for the futme as at the present time. Our leglslatm e meets thIS wmter and it IS "ery, very im-pOltant that the small busmess mterests in the state be repre-sented and that proper bills be introduced and that ill-advised legislation be headed off Because of the aggressiveness of the farmers, they are gettmg their share of legislation enacted. Because of the interests of the big corporations, they get protectIOn, but neither of these can prosper unless the medium through which they market and distribute their small pro-duce, "the small merchant," has the protection necessary, in the way of fair and just laws. Those of us who have had expenence with legislative bodIes ha\ e always found that our legislators are more than Ieady to do what IS best for the mterests of the state. Dnless the plOposed laws are presented in proper form and have the proper support back of them they wJ11not become a law. At ever.} 1eglslatlve seSSIOn, there are hundreds of bills mtroduced, many al e meretonous, which fail for want of' or-gdlllzed effort m their behalf. The various legislative committees of the different or-f:," d-lllzationsof the state of Minnesota have found from time to time that it IS almost impossible to get proper hearing and enactment of laws. These conditions have brought about the organizatIOn of the Minnesota Commercial Federation, which is made up of all the trade organizations of the state. It is theIr purpose to foster such legIslation as is deemed necessary for the prospenty of our state. 'vVe have the combmed influence of about 35,000 mer-chants, hence the necessIty of careful and wise discussion of the plOposed laws ThIS, ho'" ever, cannot be had unless every busllless mterest in the state IS represented. We therefore, extend to every merchant III the state the invitation to be at this convention and to help shape and plan for the coming campaign for the betterment of trade conditions. If, per-chance, your associatIOn IS not affi!Iated with us, make it your business to see that you are part of the most powerful asso-ciation in Minnesota. D. H. Evans, Pres, Tracy, Minn. W. L. Grapp, Secretary. Janesville, Minn., Dec. 27, 1910. AN INVITATION You are requested to be in Grand Rapids in January and visit the Furniture Exchange building, second floor, where 20 library tables will be on display, each one an unprecedented value. We state this as strong and convincing as we know how. The merits of the goods warrant it. THE MUTUAL MFG. CO. Dayton, Ohio. 21 THE MOST DESIRABLE LINE OF fRAMfD MIRRORSand HANGINGHAT RACKS IS shown throughout the year on the 2nd Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO with Foster Bros., and In our catalogue, sent to dealers on request. Many new and beaut-iful designs added this season. GALLOWAY GLASS CO. Office and Factory, 406 No. Lincoln St., C"ICAGO,ILL. 22 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN Manufacturers of PARLOR FURNITURE FRAMES OUR NEW LINE IS READY FOR INSPECTION AND WE COR-DIALLY INVITE THE TRADE TO SEE IT AT OUR FACTORY, 1500 NORTH HALSTED ST., CHICAGO, ILL. -==~~-=-===---====-c===-=-=O-R= SEND FOR BLUE PRINTS. ============= III ..& ---------------- Take any car west to Halsted St and transfer north on Halsted to our door Only)o mmut .. ride from loop Or Northwestern "L to Halsted ~t station and w"llk sout"J to our door • ._--------------------------_..& Dust as a Soles Killer. (Otto F. Stegel ID ''JOItheln FurnIture.") The finish of a pIece of furllltm e IS one at the most CA-pensive Items in ItS manufacture. It IS also one of the bIggest features in makm% sales Therefore, an} thIDg which mars the finish tends to spoil sales. Now, it IS a well-known fact that dust 1'0the enemy of all finely-poll shed smfaces It not anI} lessens the attractn e appearance of a good filllsh, but, if allowed to accumulate, It will ultImately do damage that will reqmre much work to overcome. How dust actually kIlls sales, was recently demonstrated to me. While waIting to see the furllltm e buyer in a store m Southern Indiana, I overheard the com ersatIOn takmg place between the salesman and a man and wIfe IDtent on buying a range. The salesman had demonstrated the good qualIties of his range in a masterly way, but the lady-e\ 1dently a very neat housekeeper-could not get over the fact that the range on this deale1 's floor wa" dIrty, tarlllshed, and covered wIth flyspecks The lllckel platmg dId not catch her eye as thIS decoration is intended to do She remarked to the salesman that she lIked the 1ang e qUIte well, and thought it would make good all the claims the salesman had advanced, but she preferred another range whIch she had seen before in an-' other store-because that one looked so much cleaner and newer, and she thought would be easlel to keep clean. AI! excuses and arguments of the salesman, that they had been so busy and could not get the range cleaned up, etc, did not prevail, and the customer went away, and bought the range of the competitor. "After they had departed, the salesman said "I guess I'd better get a rag, and wipe up this range a little." He started to do it, but soon til ed of the job, and delegated the work to a little errand boy. The job was only half done when he got through; but, even at that, the sale perhaps could have been made, with the Iange in a little more pre-sentable condition. How much better it would hay e been, had the clerk got the rag and applied it before rather than after. No doubt the loss of the sale of this particular range is not the only loss of business which must be attributed to this dirty range. For these same customers, and no doubt others, will patron-ize the competitor when they need other goods. The same holds true of furniture covered thick \\ ith dust-the mirrors covered WIth flyspecks-a handle or 1.\\ 0 missing-a caster gone, or a pIece standmg on three legs; and many such apparent little imperfections-easily remedied-often influence the buyer, and, although he may not always be a;-, frank as tl11s lad} was, hc WIll thIDk his part and do 111:0 Imsmcss elsewhere. Of comse It requlles a httle \\01k and expense to keep a fmllltmc stock clean, but It pays It not only helps in makmg du ect sales, but It bmlds up a good wIll that the care-less stOl ekeepel can never hope to get, as long as he allows 111S goods to take ca1c of themselves. Painted Furniture in Vogue Again. Reccntly there has developed a vogue for pamted furni-ture ~'\nd nowhere can It be used WIth better effect than in a }oung !SuI's bedroom. There IS a youthfulness and dainti-ness about It that makes it emmently smtable for girls. . It may be enameled in any color to harmOlllze with the tI eatment of the room, and It may be further embellished with floral decoratIOns The latter Idea IS most effectIve on whIte-enameled woodcn sets In a blue or pmk room the pamted \\ ooden set has almost entIrely superseded the brass bed and blrd's-e} c metple that has so long been popular for }oung guls A room recently fitted up for a young gIrl in a most at-tractn e mannel had the petmt done in IVory-whIte enamel, the walls hung m a whIte paper, of creamy tmt and WIth a rose des1!.~n,and the curtams of cream-whIte net, with side curtams of soft pmk The furlllture was a wooden set that had lam for many } ears ID the attIC. It was first pamted WIth a coat of mdmalY paIDt, then enameled m cream white, then formal httle bunches of pIDk roses were paIDted on the headboal d and footboard of the bed and on the backs of the chaIrs and on the dl awers of the bureau. Of course a 10\ ely loom can be evolved WIth a pale blue culm scheme The \\ ooden set can be enameled in blue and decorated WIth the setme fOllnal bunches of roses in a deli-cate pmk, or elsc whIte chIDa asters. The outside curtains should be of a palc blue, but a whIte or cream paper in small stnpcs should bc used WIth fmniture paIDted wholly in a colOl to get the most artIstIC effect.-Ex. ~---------------- ----~ j LOUIS HAHN! I I II.. 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens' Telephone 1702 DESIGNS and Details of Furniture FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN 23 For quality goods, visit the Fourth Floor of the Blodgett Building in January, and purchase our Dining Tables, fitted with the latest devices and locks. And leave your order from the largest and most comprehensive designed line of Office and Directors' Tables, Costumers, Waste Baskets, and Bank Check Tables offered for sale. And buy the Perfection Banquet Table Top, which IS in great demand at this season, and which is fully exhibited. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO., .Grand Rapids, Mich. The Use of Wood Stains. Great Implovements have been made III the decoratIOns of wood III the past decade. A few years ago nothing but palllts and varlllshes were used for decorating the interior of homes Then stain was mtroduced, and met with great favor, not only with in tenor decorators, but, also with the furlllture makers. Much mterior decorating is now done with stam, covered with varlllsh, shellac or wax. All these products are manufactlll ed on a bIg scale by Amencan com-panies. Almost the first thmg to be considered in fitting up rooms is the woodwork and the decoratIOns of the side walls. There was a time when anythlllg but hardwood looked cheap and was never employed in a house wher~ any claim for ele-gance .vas made No matter how hideous or out of keeping wIth the remainder of the house, hardwood was used. It was dark, as a rule, heavy, and gave one an idea of gloom in otherWIse light and sunny rooms In small apartments the effect was depressing. The cost vvas large, and many a house, whIch had been supphed wIth the supposedly necessary woods, was minus much that would have added to its attractiveness and comfort. Paints and stains hold the secret Many decorators ad-vIse agamst the use of oak nowadays, except for certain rooms ~: -- I ------ ---_._--------( II II We Manufacture the Larl/elt Line of Folding Chairs m the Untled States, sUItable for Sun day Schools, H ails, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts We also manufacture Brass Trlmmed 1 r 0 n Beds, Sprmg Beds, Cots and CrIbs m a large varlety Sena for Catalogue t ana Prtces to II KAUffMAN I MfG. CO. , ASHLAND, OHIO t....---------_._-------------~I• where a particular style or period is to be consIdered. The gram and the pohsh the surface will take are the features whIch make a wood valuable as woodwork. It IS these quali-tIes that make the old woods that are occasionally found so valuable and so beautiful. They are as hard as metal and WIll take a poli"h that will reflect hke a mirror. The comparatively recent advent into the realm of build-mg of re-enforced concrete and cement construction has opened up a new field for painting materials that has not here-tofore been explOIted. It has also presented some new prob-lems which cannot be solved except with specially prepared materials. Resumption Improbable. The Grand RapIds Desk company, as the I esult of finan-cial dIstress of long standmg, shut down their plant several weeks ago and resumptIOn under the present' ownership seems Improbable Two wealthy gentlemen, Messrs. Hume and Hm ey hay e carned the burden a number of years, but. tmng of the repeated annual losses of the corporation, de- CIded to withhold further support The company was organ- Ized some twenty years ago by the late John T. Strahan and Adnan Yates, who were dismIssed from responsible positions when D W. Kendall gained adml"slon to the directorate. Strahan and Yates had spent many years III the service of the Phoenix and Kendall of the Phoelllx Furlllture company, de-cided that they had outlived theil usefulness. The Grand Rapids Desk company commenced business m a small factory located III South Grand Rapids. The out-put was sold to Fred Macey, who dIsposed of the goods through the mails. After several years of successful busmess, during which the factory was enlarged, the plant took fire one night and blllned to the ground The company had a large number of orders on hand and desired to Iesume business at once. Through the assIstance of the chamber of commerce at Mus-kegon, the plant of the Kelly Manufacturing company, then Idle, was purchased and business resumed in that city. Later the Idle plant of Glay Brothers ""as plllchased and used in the manufacture of office desks and to a limited extent for a season on sectIOnal bookcases. Adnan Yates sold out a year or two after the btisiness had been moved to Muskegon and frequent changes of the management followed, each adminis-tration proving less efficient than Its predecessor. The goods manufactured were of high grade and the losses resulting were due to bad salesmanship • 24 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN f P" No 1732 No 1720 No 1713 No 1721 ! i j No 1733 No. 1719 SAMPLES FROM THE LINE OF GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO , GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. • FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN ....- •• I WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO SEE Tlte GOLD LINE of Upholstered Furniture in Mahogany and Gold and our many novelties in Table Lamps, Standing Lamps, Pedestals, Flower' Boxes, Can-dlesticks, etc., in antique bronze finish, . Empire and Colonial Styles, which will be shown on the 4th floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago Salesmen In attendance: Henry Wertheimer E. W. Newcomb L. D. Klipper F. M. McCoy Gold Furniture Co. Factory and Office, 2300-2318 So. Western Ave., CHICAGO '"---_. __._--~_._-------- [ The above cut IS taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one sIze only, our No.1, 24-mch Clamp. We make SIXother SIzes, takmg m stock up to 60 mches WIde and 2 lllches thIck. Ours IS the most practIcal method of clampmg glued stock m use at the present tIme. Hundreds of factones have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more WIll m the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factones (only a fractlOn of our lIst) who have or-dered and reordered many tImes. Proof posItIve our way IS the best. A post card will brmg It, ca.talog lllcluded. Don't delay, but wrIte today. I A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: The Projectile Co., London, England; Schuchardt &; Schutte, Berlin, Ger-many; Alfred E. Schutte, Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Liege, lll.blan,Turin, Ba.rcelona and BUboa. ,,,II ,I , III ,,, I I I I III Is your Dry Kiln Bucking? When your kiln gets to "running wild," checking and warping your lumber, balking and holding up your output, it's time to call for a trainer. We can make any old kiln. 25 "• Ii l f! e $t • • .".. _a~ .... ;....--------- --~------...-------'"' 6-,, __ =_ - -- -.- -.---.-.----------------e Dry Lumber LiJ(6 lJou want it ,.....W..h..e,n l.Jouwont it.Alloo" Give us a chance to properly "break" your kiln, before your kiln "breaks" you. Grand Rapids Veneer Works Dry Kiln No Stock complete \\ 'thOUl the Lh Bed. In Maute! and Upnght ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE: •• I' • 26 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN ROCKFORD SUPERIOR FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Our New Factory is shown here. Our full line is shown in Grand Rapids only, first floor, Furniture Exchange Building O. HALL, F. CARLSON and E. SAUNDERS in charge. •• ;;;u; Library and Dining·Room Furniture Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Atlanta, Ga -- J L. Bowles, 78 Metropolitan a, enue, $2,500, 1\ H Stephens 35 :YInanda a, enue, 52750; James T \Y rH;ht, 221 South Pryor street, $3,000. L A Le,\ is. lIVing and Vvest )J"meteenth street. $3,500, ::\fls E A. WII- 1ians, 128 Peeples c;beet, $5,000; Paul Goldc;mlth, 641 Xorth Jackson street. $4,500. Buffalo. N. Y -John l' Jordan 1 ::\Ilddlese'( road ~23,- Soo; Clyde IT Lanctot. 44 Latll el stl eet. S3,4OO, Col Ruhen-c; tein, 312 TTickol\ sheet $3000, Lilla l SmIth 99 TIlllll~- hast street. $2.500 Erie, Pa - W \iV Graham, :\finth and Cranben y sb eets, ~3,000, H M Fleminl;, Myltle and Sassaflas stJeets $2500 Evanston, 111-T D Carson, 819 Lincoln stl eet, $; ;00 , Carl J Selven, 819 Foster street, $3400, Donald H Mann, 2727 Hdrrison street, $4,500; !\. R Pltkauel, 1018 Oakton ave-nue, $2.500. I n(hanapohs, Ind -- VV K Foxworthy, Drexel avenue, near MIchIgan stl eet, $3,000; J C Shille}, Highland place, $2,SOO,Mrs Emma Calkins 2020 Roose' elt a\ enue $2 SOO, W A Bauder, 5126 East Michi£;an street. $3.000; John P. Hermann, Ohio and 01 iental streets, $4,800 ColumbllS, 0 -L E McVa}, 269 Hinman street, $2,500; John Fulton, S55 LIlley avenue, $3,SOO, Grace Bryan, 282 East Maynal d avenue, $2,500; W. F Mink 41 East Twelfth avenue, $5,000. JacksonvIlle, Fla -Levina Schell, Cleveland and \Val d streets, $3200, L H. Patterson, Pearl and Seventh stJ eets, $3,000 Denver, lol-J\1d} E Pen}, G\(J\c and FOIt}-seconcl streets, $4,000; Fred C Karn~, FIllmore and Tenth streets, Buffets, China closets and Library Cases $4,000, Stephen J KllIg-ht, Sherman and Second streets, $5,- 000; Ella E Bll! ch, 1818 Alcott street, $3,000. ChIcago Ill-Emma Colller, 3736 North Forty-second a, enue $5.000, H C Peterson, 1355 South Springfield ave-nue S9 000, ::\Irs L:lnck, 2437 Eastwood avenue, $5,500; Olaf L\ndel ,->on 1262 Peterson a, enue, $7,000; O. W. Ononshone, 6631 l\Jlllen a a\Cnue, $6,000; J. B. N. Arnold, 1304 North ::\laple\\ ood a\Cl1l1e $1,700, El nest Hihl, 11938 South Hal-sted street $5,000, :Y1ISR M Raley, 4101 \Vashington boule- ,al d $18000, L D Roberston. 1022 Humphrey street, $~,- ;00, \\ 111lam Lal sen, 3512 North Forty-second street, $3,000; F BIO\' n, 76 1\Jelnotte place, $25,000; John Stewart, 6648 \ shland a, cnue, $6,000 II ollSton, Tex -Sal ah Con\\ ell, 429 Rosetta street, $2,- ~OO, L n Senechal, Scott and Tefferson stJ eets, $2,500 Little Rock, 1\1k - Toseph Vockner, 141 Prospect street, $5,;00, !\ Eisenhel g, 210 Victory street, $2,500. Louisville, Ky -L D Stubblefield, 4522 West Broad- \\ a" $4,000; S C Price, 837 South Twenty-third street, $2,- ;00; Mrc; Sophy R I-Iirsch, 718 East Main street, $2,500. Los Am;-eles, CaI-Henry Padet, 513 Euclid avenue, $2,- ;00, L !\ Turden, 2731 Dorchestel avenue, $4,500; C. E. Brothel ton, 1594 last Vel non a, enue, $2,500; C. E. Taylor, 1;19 ~1anhattan place $2,650; R H. Bradfield, 925 Navarro street. $3,SOO Minneapolis ~1inn -Alfred J. Gi£;uere, 4030 Pillsbury a,emlC, $5,'100; I\ndrew Tohnson, 3017 Sixth street, north, $3000. Fred C Hoyt, 1110 Morgan avenue, north, $4,000; L TT Eveds. 1218 "Vlor£;an avenue, north, $4,000; ,;Valter \\T SpJ illQ"C'14421 \hh()tt a, entle, c;outh. $3,800; J P Churchill, 30G \Ye"t lorticth stJ ect, $2,SOO Oklahoma City Okld -F E FearinlS, 1816 \;Vest Elev- ----------------_._---- FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN 27 , I III II i -------------- _. _.---- _._---------------------------' ,. IIII , III•I• I Palmer Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, Detroit,- Mich. 557 LIBRARY TABLE . m- NotLin~ better in the market for the price. Send for it. m- Our full line of Parlor and Library Taf>les, Pedestals and Reed Furniture on Ihe 4th floor of the FURNITURE EXCHANGE, GRAND RAPIDS, IN JA~UARY• .. enth <;treet, $3,000, Petel Rabstel11ek, 706 South Lee street, $2,500. Omaha, Neb -Bert C. King, 2554 Fowler avenue, $2,500; M. J. Curran, 2664 Fowler avenue, $3,000; Remi Bogard, 517 North ThIrty-second street, $2,500; Frances M. Stewart, 2438 Brown avenue, $2,500; Chnst Barbe, Twenty-sixth street and Webster avenue, $2.500; Paul Bogard, 3408 Cass street, $2,500. Reading, Pa -A C Schmehl, 1104 North Mill street, $3,500. Richmond, Va -0. J. Davis, Chaffin and West streets, $3,000; W J ·Washington. 811 Catherine street, $2.500. Sacramento, Cal-Mr<;. A. M. Morri<;, M. and Tenth streets, $3,000. Seattle, Wash.-L. J Dittman, 4729 University avenue, $4,000; C F Se) del, 5253 Sixteenth avenue, $2,800; M. A. Schult7. 3243 \Alhalby place, $2,500 SprinfSfield, I1l- T C Baker. 1217 'Jorth Fifteenth street, $4,000. Springfield, Mas<; -Henr) Strong, 81 Ma<;sachusetts ave-nue, $4.800, G F Flechii:;, 68 Birnie avenue, $2,500. Utica, N Y - T T Dolphin, 170 Lansing street, $4,000; Samuel Stail man, 117 \iVhitesboro street, $2,500. \iVashington, D C - J Sprigg Poole. 1770 Willard street, $6.000; AU~U'itu<; Mot7, 1833 U <;treet, $7,000; Luther L. Der-rick. 3439 Oakwood terrace. $S.SOO; Charles \iV. King, Jr., 1831 Ontal io place. $6,000; K Schlo<;er 140 Tenne<;<;ee ave-nue, nOl theast, $5,700. \Vlchita, Kdn - MClt""d !Joicc. 413 Rl\ en icw avenue, $\- OOO,}] J\ Gltl11t7. 732 South Fltnheth dHnue, $2, SOO; L H. BICJ\'\ 11, 430 Lulu aH'nue, $2,500. -,. ---_._-----_. ------------------~ I II III •I III• I II IIt III , II .. For Many Years Made ExclUSively by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for woodworkmg factorles Send for Catalogue The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. \uungstu'v\l1, 0--1'.]) \\ ellcndorb, 412 Woodward ave-nue, $2,500; F. E McBI ide, 230 West Rayen avenue, $2,500; vValter McDougall, 514 Earl avenue, $2,500. Brooklyn, NY-Mar) F Tarpe), 552 Prospect avenue, $5,500; Frank P Smith, 992 East Nmety-fifth street, $3,800; vVllliam Johnson, 186 PlOspect park, $4,000 Rare Old Tapestry Made by Nuns. Some New Yorkers had an opportunity to see a handsome tapestry on board one of the transatlantic liners that was in port recently, through the courtesy of one of the officers in whose posse~slOn It was temporarily It has an mteresting but pathetic history c\ pri7ed possession of nuns who decltned to part With It even at temptmg offers in the days of their prosperity in France it is looked to now by them in their exile in England a~ post;lbly offering them a chance to make their lIVing if they can <;ell it to buy machinery. The tapestty belonfSs to the community of Ursuline nuns, formerlv c1Gmiciled at Mortain, France, whence after the forci-ble expulsIOns that followed the separation act in France the~' fled to Dorsetshire England, where the Roman Catholic Bishop offel eo tllem I ef\1~e The nuns had been teachers at Mortain, but as their 01 der v, as ah eady teaching in England, and the parochial schools of Dorsetshlre had all they could do to hold then own there the Bi<;hop was unable to pertnit the refuges to take up teachmg there and they were compelled to go to other work They took up ldtwdry work and Ii is to obtain money to buy wa,him; 111achme~, the shlp"<, officer ~aid. that they made up thcil 1111lld"to lei ~o the tdl)('~tn which they had brought over the channel wlth ihem <md taken to the small town of Spotisbury. The tape~tr) was made h, nuns of tIlE' convent ahout a cen-tll1' a~o, <;ome of them ,\ umen of noble famiIie<;, VI. hose names the mother pllOre<;s ha<; It is about twelve feet by eight, and pictures a chateau and pal k With deer birds, etc, in colors sl1g£.;estive of f'kmish tapestl ie<; but it is of much simpler weave and a lighter fdbl ic The forms of the bird~ and animals in-cltcate a copy of some olcler de<;ign The nuns say that a large sum was offered them and re-fused for this work when they wel e at MOl tam, and they treas-ured it as the work of some of their own order, but the neces-sity of makmg a Ii'ing in England led them to turn to it as a possibJ.c means to the pm chase of machine~ 'v\ith Which to do theil laundry wot k Tt was not offel ed for ",tic m New Y 01k, but it pOSSible ihdt it mdY 1x hronght hd( k and entel ed for ex-hibition or sale later. III.. 28 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN Looking FOR Trouble We want to hear from every superintendent and factory manager who has dry kiln troubles. We can stop that warping, checking and case hardemng--quick --in any old kiln, at small expense and give you Dry Lumber LiAe lJou want it .AlIr" When lJouwant it.-" OUf system shows you how to put your lumber in just the condition for your particular use, and our kiln-- under perfect control enables you to do the trick every hme. Grand Rapids Veneer Works Dry Kiln Grand Rapids, Michigan ----_.~---_.-._-~--- . .... .--1 •IIII II •IIIII I,I •II I I ------ I .... toI 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 •• far Prlea L1a& and .. ""... & 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. .~,---.._..._--- I ••II IIII I •III ---.,It I II It II IIII I II I ItIIIIIIII It I I ...I t> • THE WEATHERLY It-;D!VIDCAL Glue Heater Send your addre.. and and receIVe delcrlptl'fe c.rcular of Glue Heater •• Glue Cooke.. and Hot Boxe. Wltl. prlcea. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid., M.ch ChICago, Dec 28-The Seng company, ChIcago, are ar- Ian~mg a conte:ot, m whICh a SClles of pnzes totahng up- \'.ard~ of $2,;00 v,lll bc dlstnbuted As 1:0well known, they dre manufaCtl!1 CIs of furl11ttll e metal speCIalties, and this con-test IS f( I the "ale of tables equIpped vvIth the Tyden duo-style locks '1here WIll be about twenty pnzes offered, and these WIll be awarded to those who sell the largest number of tables eqtllpped WIth these locks The contest is to con-t111ue flOm the first of March to October 1, 1911, and every salesman and all ftU11ltUl e dealers are ehgible to try for one ()t the~e pllze~ In 1 eglstenng his name with the company, 1436 lJdyton :"tleet, Chllag-o addlei>S111g the letter to the Contest Depal tment" The pn7e~ are of sufficient value to make It worth an effort to obtam one The Company will gladly gIve all detaIl ~ I e~ard111g the contest to anyone 111the trade, who is 111terested Nearly all table manufacturers have been eqUlpp111g their extension tables WIth the Duostyle lock \\ Ithout charg111g extra fOl thl" fixture, which certainly en-hances ItS \ alue and IS a frequent means of selling a good table on \A, hlch It IS possIble to reahze a very satisfactory pro-fit The contest IS one that WIll be interesting and remuner-atlVe both to the dealer" and the salesmen '\mong the salesmen who have been with the National Parlor Fllrnitul e company of thIS city, whose retirement from bus111ess was announced 111 thIS paper recently, IS Harry \\T erthelmer He has arranged to represent the Gold Furni-ture company of this cIty; Edward W. Dauber has signed \A, Ith the Pullman Couch company and E W. Newcomb will I epresent both these ChICago houses 1\11 of them are well-knm, n 111the terlltory they have COvered and have been con-nected WIth the NatlOnal Parlor Furniture company for many vears The Galloway Glass company, 400 North Lmcoln street, l hlla~o WIll show theIr hne of framed mIrrors and hanging ha track:" 111the same space a::, hel etofore, on the second floor 01 the \Ianufacturers' ExhIbItion bUlld111g, 1319 Michigan ave-nue and WIll hay e many new and attractive deSIgns thIS sea-son TheIr MI SchweItzer wlll be 111charge of the exhIbIt and 111 Gallo\\ ay hImself w1l1 he there al"o spend111g a" much time a" he can "pale flOm hIS manifold dulles at the fac-tory and office, to see thel1 many fnends and patrons 111the trade. 'the hdng1l1£; hat lack hele "hown IS theIr No. 3010 and ,111dha~ heel1 a \ ely populal one It IS fi11lshed 111early Eng-lhh or £;olden oak and mounted \\ Ith four lalge, douhle oxi-rived hocks. French plate 11111 I 01 12 by 16 111ches Out"ide 111t'a"U1ement of frame, 19 hy 38111che" ThIS is only one of manv attractIve deSIgns shown 111 theIr catalog \vhlch w1l1 he maIled to any dealer askmg for same FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN nu:: "IZ"':Snd~1PARlOR N:EW....U ~t:B:EDJ' Need not be moved from the wall Always ready with beddmg in place. So .imple, so easy, a child can operate It. Ha. roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO. Erie & SedgwIck NEW YORK. Norman & Monitor. ----------_._---_ .., III r--.-------- I IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATORS QUICK RAISINC Belt hlel t fie and Hand POW~T IHL B"c,r HA'\D PO\\ER FOR FUR'IlTURE'SIORfC, Send fDr Catalogue and Pnces KIMBAll BROS. CO., 1067 Nmth St. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co • 717C, mme'ce Blei!, • Kans-,,' Ity Mn J Pt:'\to t Huntel 1ermlfldl Bldg-. Dallas frxa-; Westetll Engmeermg SpecJaltJes Co Den\er, Lolo f._---------------------------------- ._--_ ... An Important Deal. Boynton & Co. of ChH,ago, manufacturers of turned mold-ings, carvlllgs, etc., have purchased the embossed moulding branch of the Overton company of South Haven, Mich., which they will add to theIr ChIcago bUSllless. The deal will in-crease the output of Boynton & Co. to a considerable extent and WIll gIve them many advantages tendIng to Increase their faclhhes for canng for theIr trade. Their catalogues for 1911, whIch WIll be ready for dlstnbutlOn early In January. will be maIled on request to anyone Interested In their products. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samplesof our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted in every particular Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfrs. of band saw blades aud tools 1717·1719 W. AdamsSt. Chicage I Any body here seen Kelly? I c. J. KELLY Is superintendent of this plant. If you want to know how to have Dry Lumber Like you want it.·· When you want it Ask Kelly about his. Grand Rapids Veneer Works Dry Kiln Made in Grand Rapids, Mich, so that when they leave the school they are perfectly compe-tent to fill any position that may be offered them. Many of the graduates are occupymg good positions in various parts of the country. Lucky"Von."· 'I'l. A. Van Kettle, the big jolly fellow who has sold furni-ture in the western states "since," It is said, "Adam was a boy," IS the successor of A. F. Austrian in the representation of the Davls-Blrely Table company III Chicago. The con-nectlOn IS the best "Von" has had in many years. A Prosperous Institution. The Grand RapIds School of Furniture DeSIgn, Arthur Klrkpatnck, mstlUctor and deslgnel, has had the best year m Its hlStOIy Mr. Klrkpatnck IS very careful of hiS students, ------------------------------ , II / IT is a blot upon the ability of every furniture worker to lack a knowledge of the fundamental principles of sketching, detailing and ornamental drawing, and we have a course of instructions that works wonders as an eraser. ITis a blot upon the ability of every fU~iture salesman to lack a correct knowledge of the p riod styles, and we have a course of instructions that er ses this blot to perfection. 29 EXTENSION TABLES LIBRARY RESTAURANT CAFE BAR PARLOR 30 FURNITURE MANUF AC'TURER AND ARTISAN OUR NEW PATTERNS Are the highest achievement of the designer and the skill of the best cabinet makers and finishers. With an equipment for the special production of SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOG. NIEMANN TABLE COMPANY Factory and Office, 77th St. and Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. AND DINING CHAIRS IN CHEAP AND MEDIUM GRADES WE OFFER EXCEPTIONAL VALVES. Shown throughout the year in the Furniture Manu-facturers' Exchange. Wabash Ave. and 14th St.. Chicago. in charge of Peck & Hills Furniture Co. Designs Adapted and Improved. DUling the c!osmg ) cats of the past centUly, when the buyers and the publtc \\ et e not so \\ ell mt01med m Iegard to styles m flllmture as 110\\,many ma11utactlllers dtd not con-sider it necessary to employ tramed desIgners, and as the non-descript stuff they produced found ready purchasers, who shall say they were not nght 111 their conclusion? Copying was largely practlced and the copyist seemed to stand as well in the estlmatlOn of the trade as the man who origi-nated styles \ man once promment 111 the manufacture of hat racks and fancy tables 111 Cincinnati openly boasted that he took many of the styles originated by manufacurers in Grand Rapids and "adapted and improved the same." Per-haps he did, but the offended manufacturers would not admit the claim. On the contrary they ungraciously charged the Cincinnatian with appropriating the styles. Some of the old time manufacturers were wonderfully successful "adapters." A prominent exhibitor in the Grand Rapids market found an artistic panel in an iron fence during a Sunday morning stroll, which he adopted and used very effectively in the ornamen-tation of a chamber suite, which he made and sold for several years. ..,-p.., Another manufacturer in passing the entrance to the the stairway leading to the upper floors of a business build-ing, saw two doors with round panels handsomely set in mouldings. He copied the same and used them in the con-struction of the head and footboards of a chamber suite. which had a strong run with the trade for a period of five years. By attaching plain carvings to the panels later, he re-newed the life of the suite. Still another manufacturer visited the printing houses and studied the borders and ornaments printed by the type toundet:o 111 then speCImen books. He atranged for the de-ltvery of loo:oesample sheets of bot ders, birds and hke orna-ments to hnTIself aftet theIr Iecelpt by the printers. Book CO\('t" dnd backs were eAdmined and valuable suggestions \\ ere gamed and utlhzed But gradually they tired of the quest for novelty and employed designers to "adapt and im-prove" period styles and like good things. Cretonne on Chairs. It is ast0111shmQ, what some women can do with a few tacks, a hammer, and some lengths of cretonne. The appear-ance of a room may be entirely changed with a judicious handlin'?, of these tht ee by a women of taste. Not only the appearance of the room can be changed, but the atmosphere can be altered. In the shops art cretonnes and chintz can be bought at a reasonable price. Chairs and sofas can be made to look like new if these materials are used to re-cover them. This re-covering is not a difficult matter. Remove the old cover and use it for a pattern. In cutting the new one remember to have the thread run the right way and always in a straight line. If it is necessary to piece the material one should be careful to match the pattern exactly. And one should try to use wide material, as it always cuts to so much greater advantage and obviates the necessity for so many seams. It is better to have the stitchin~ done on the machine, as it makes it firmer. One of the greatest difficulties to the amateur upholsterer are the edges. If the material used will not turn under neat-ly one can use guimpe with the most successful results. To apply it use brass-headed tacks; one can easily put them in at regular intervals by using a tape measure.-Ex. FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN 31 A Few Samples of Wood Ornaments From the Waddell Manufacturing Company's Lme The Largest Wood Ornament Manufacturers m the World. 8183 p • 32 FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND ARTISAN Miscellaneous Advertiselllents. WANTED Salesmen to sell very good and low pnced hne of refngera-tors and Ice chests on a commiSSIOn basIs. Tern tory now open and excluslVe selhng nghts given Address E H Kraus, 725 Columbia Bldg., Cleveland, OhIO 12-31 FOR SALE Egan 3 dru'Tl 36-mch sander In good condition Address Vendome Parlor Furmture Co., Lake and Robey 8t, Chicago, Ill. 12-31 WANTED CommIssIOn men t:> sell Roman chairs and wood seat rockers Reference reqUired. Terntcry open as follows New Eng-land states, OhIO, MIchIgan, Indiana. Southern states, New York state, and new Western terntory Address Commls- SlOP, care Dally Artisan-Record Co 12-31 WANTED A spmdle carver to carve head and claw feet. Address BaSIC Furniture Co, BaSIC City, Va 12·31 WANTED POSITION As superintendent of furmture factory, by man now em-ployed. Large expenence in case work. Address "A B," care Michigan Artisan. 12-24tf COMMISSION SALESMEN WANTED For Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illmois and all western terri-tory. Parlor and Library Tables, Bedroom Furniture, Din-ing Chairs and KItchen Cabmets. High grade lines at right prices. Address R & M., care Weekly Artisan. 12·23 4t WANTED Combination salesman, manager and estimator for bank fix-tures and cabinet work plant in Minneapolis. State experi-ence, salary and reference. Address M. A. T., care Weekly Artisan Co. 12 17-24-31 FOR SALE We have a fully equipped Boat Factory situated in the heart of the lake region of Wisconsin and suitable for the manu-facture of large pleasure crafts. Also suitable for any light manufacturing business. Good shippmg facIlities and well lo-cated. Will sell cheap. Here is your chance if you mean business, address for full particulars the Rhinelander Boat Company, Rhinelander, Wis. 12 17-24-31 1-7 WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illmois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and lines car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Traveling salesman to carry a line of Reed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illinois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near", care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishin~ best of references and at present engaged. desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York states and can ~arantee results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michi&an town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5.28tf. ... Thomas Madden, Son & Co. will discontinue their show-room on North Capitol avenue, Indianapolis, after January 1, and will have only one exhIbit-that at Chicago. The Karpen buildin~, 155 West Thirty-fourth street, New York, is to have a new dress. The exterior will be newly decorated and repainted and the interior will be remodeled. S. Karpen & Bros. have renewed thetr lease, and will make some improvements in their office arrangements. Index to Advertisements. Adams & Elting- Company. . 15 Barton, H H. & Son Company 18 Boynton & Co.. . . . . . . . . . .. 6 Century Furmture Company 13 Challenge Refngerator Company . Cover Christiansen, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27 Conrey, D. L. Furmture Company ... . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Edge, Frank & Co............................................ 28 (SIgned) Very truly yours, SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Norman McClave Grand Rapids, Mlch .. Dec. 12, 1910 Grand Rapids Veneer Works, City, Gentlemen - Answering yours of Dec. 9th, we are glad to advise that we are gettmg excellent results from your kiln. The lumber is: well dned and the quantIty of stock that we are able to dry is considerably larger than we are able to get from any other kiln of a like capacity in cubIC feet. II IIi IIIIII ..• Enterpnse Parlor FUlmture COlnpany ..... '" 2 Fancy Furlllture Company . . . . . .. .. 12 Fox Machme WOlks 18 Freedman Blather,,' Compdny 14 Galloway Glass Company .. ..... 21 Gold Furniture Company 25 Grand Raplds Brd'" Company 17-24 Grand Rapid, ClMJr Company Cover Grand Rapids Refngerator "Comp,my 12 Grand Ral)lds School of Deslgnmg 29 Grand Rapid, Veneer Works 25-28-29-32 Green ;,Ianutactunng Company 22 Hahn, LoUIS . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Herknnel Hotel. .. .. . . .. .. 12 Hoffman Brothers' Company .. . .... 13 Holcomb, A L & Co 13 Impenal FUImture Company . .. . .... 12 Karpen, S & Bras . . . . . . . .. .. Cover Kauffman Manufactul1ng Company 23 Knnball Brothers' Company 29 Kmdel Parlor Bed Company. 29 Light, Geo W Manutacturng Company 14 Luce Furl11ture Company. . . . .. .. 4 Luce-Redmond Chalr Company .. .. . ... . ........•.. 4 Madden, Thomas, Son & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 'IIarvel Manufactunng Company . . . .. 13 :Nllchlgan Chatr Company . .. ...........•.. 1 MIchigan Engravmg Company . '" Cover Miller, Eli D , & Co . .. ...........................•........ 25 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Mutual Manufacturmg Company .. .. .. . 21 Nelson-Matter Furl11ture Company ................•....•. 3 Niemann Table Company .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 30 Northern Furl11ture Company ., Cover Ohver Machmery Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Palmer, A E & Sons . . . . .. .. ............•... 25 Palmer Manufactunng Company . . . . . . . . .• . . 27 Plttsburgh Plate Glass Company. ......•.... 9 Rockford ChaIr and Furl11ture Company.. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rockford Supenor Furmture Company.... . ......•.. 26 Royal Chair Company .. " .... . . . . .. ......••. 9 Schomer, Henry . . 15 Shimer, Samuel J & Sons . .. 13 Star Caster Cup Company .. ... 9 Stow & DaVIS Furl11ture Company. . ..... ..... 23 Swett, Frank W & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Tauber, Maunce & Co . . . . . . . . .. 6 Waddell Manufactunng Company.. .. . 11-31 Walter Clark Veneer Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Weatherly Company .......................................••. 28 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS AT RIGHT PRICES SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. :Sj!.eciaJistsfg theFurniture z"ade. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO.GRAND RAPIDS ~ A ., .. . _ .....-_.. ... .._. -_.-- -- .~._----_._._._._. ------_._---------~II SENSATIONAL NEW OFFERINGS I, BIG PROFIT IN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY I• MEDIUM PRICES I• II I IIIIIt II II, III I IIII I III , during the past year, has almost entirely made over our line, and we shall show at the winter exhibitions at I ... I Grand Rapids, New York and Chicago, III ,II means expert workmanship, no more cost to you, and two or three dollars more from your cus-tomer, with a quick sale. If you want to make money in the furniture business, buy quality, brain labor-durable fin-ish, artistic designs, prompt (expert) shipments. Cheap imitations at a few cents lower price never pay BECAUSE THEY DON'T SELL. The North-ern motto- "WE SELL ONLY QUICK SELLERS" OUR NEW DESIGNER SOME STRIKING NOVELTIES that every furniture buyer will want to see. Half our new catalogue to be issued in January, will show new designs. These new offerings will only emphasize and develop to a sensational point the fresh and popular styles shown last summer-such as our white enamel bed with cane head and foot boards, our beautiful colonial bed in imitation mahogany on gum, to which the retail trade has taken very readily. Our forthcoming designs are SIMPLE, CLASSIC, ATTRACTIVELY NEW, we shall show finishes never before offered in medium grades of furniture-in short, we shall give you BRAINS FOR YOUR MONEY, and i make the NORTHERN the I II , II LEADING BEDROOM FURNITURE HOUSE as for years it has been head and shoulders above a]l competitors on dining room suites. NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN ~---------------------------------------------_.-..----._--------------------------------------~

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1910-12-31T00:00:00Z

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Periodicals and Furniture Industry

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