Weekly Artisan; 1909-11-06

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and , ' t • ~~-------------------------------------------- GRAND RAPIDS •.MICH., ~OVE~IBER 6. 1909 _________________________ ~_. . ~ _t ,..---'----------' It j IIII !II Ij I IIIj I I Ij I II II• ! III II ,II / IIII !II III II Ii I II , III II , I IIII I I IIII III• II ! NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY LI. • ~ __ G~RAND RAPID.~.S. - •. MICHIGAN BET"I~ER M~L\KE ,, WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROO}I FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FACTORY A~D "ALESROOM 37 CA;,,/AL STREET CATALOGUE~ 0;,,/ HEAV'lc PLATE PAPER TO DEALER!'o II . .... ........ WEEKLY ARTISAN 350 FEET DEEP; 100 FEET WIDE; MAIN SECTION 8 STORIES. FOURTEEN-ELEVEN (THE FURNITURE EXHIBITION, CHICAGO) Will witness the greatest number of visiting furniture buyers this coming January ever known; not less than 2000 buyers will place orders in FOURTEEN-ELEVEN during the January market, and another 2000 will buy here during the spring months. That is 4000 opportunities for you to do business it you will exhibit your samples in this Great Furniture Exhibition. Chicago, the Great Central Furniture Market, needs your line to help supply this army ofbuyers, and you need the orders. Contract for your space immedi-ately. Make a big exhibit in Janu-ary and the buyers will do the rest. Floor plan showing space available for 1910 sent on application. THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN COMPANY 1411 Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO. 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ON THE DAWN OF THIS ERA OF PROSPERITY THE KEEN MANUFACTURER WHO SEEKS TO OPEN NEW ACCOUNTS AND IS ON THE LOOK~ OUT FOR NEW MARKETS, WILL COME TO NEW YORK, THE CENTER OF THE Greatest Consuming Market in the World. For years this market has been practically closed to many of the Furniture Manufacturers by reason of lack of space for exposition purposes. The twin structures here shown will be com-pleted Dec. I, 1910; will contain 1,380,000 square feet of floor space and is the new home of the New York Furniture Exchange A part of the new monumental Grand Central Station Group, covering two entire blocks, Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 47th, 47th to 48th streets, the heart of the hotel and theatre district and the most accessible location in New York for both resident and visiting buyers. Our Purpose and Intent To make our Expositions in these buildings the largest and the most popular of any Furn-iture Expositions ever held. To provide ample space where the manufacturer can make a permanent display of his full line. To bring to these combined salesrooms all the buyers and particularly those that represent the largest distributers and to bring them there first. Leases for Space Are Now Being Made To Secure a Choice Location Make It Now. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE Lexington Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. 4 ,...---- I. II iI II I I III I IIIII I II II I III I I .-., (fJ)1I III IIIII II I II! IIII ,II I II I ! I,I II ------ -------------------------------------~ , . . . . WEEKLY ARTISAN THE -------------------_._--------~- LUCE LINE Many New Patterns m Dining Room and Bed-room Furmture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. LUCE fURNITURE COMPANY ....---.... ~_._-----------.. ---------------------------- Catalogue upon rtqUeJf . . -_._-------------- r "When In doubt where to buy the best BIrds eye Maple goods, Hitch Your Wagon to a Michigan Star" and get results. Would a pnce of $12.00 for this No.GOI Dresser Interest you? Do not buy untt! you know the pnce. Ask us for how much less than $12 we sell It, and In. cldentally ask for a catalog Michigan Star Furniture Co. ZEELAND, MICH. ...... . . .I.. 1 ~--------------------------_._._.----- IIII I I II II I II , I,I I II ,I ., I! I , II I, I I ~--------------------------------------------~ ?Louisbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Llvmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens Telephone 1702. ,...----------------------- ------------., I I :IK~A~OU INTERESTING PRICES g~'i~'{.Vk~~5 SEND SAMPLE'>.DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES ~~~I';,:~~f E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, AL~f&~N. f ~... . .. 30th Year-No. 19 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., NOVEMBER 6, 1909 Issued Weekly '}RANn RP_PIDS p'lll{ ~ ~"'1 ~~~~;;;;;::~~ DIFFICULTIES OF THE DECORATOR'S WORK Long Yea"rsof Study and Experience Necessary to Lay a Foundation for a Successful Career...Good Taste, Alone, Is Not Enough. \\ hen 111tenor decorat111g a'3<,umed the d1g111ty of an art, and that too wa'3 not ,,0 "ery long ago, 1t was haded a" the 1deal calhng for tho"e dllettante daughters of the nch who a<,p1red to a career but were unwdllllg to work for It It called up "I '310n<, of chalm111g StUdlO'3, of unhm1ted shopp111g expeel1t101b, of lel"ule hours 111plea.sant .surround111gs among beautiful tll1ng.s, of contact only With people who knew aud 10\ eel beautiful th111gs and who 111udentally were wllhng to pay for other people's know111g and 1m 111gthem So a studIO ""a.s fitted up and the dilettante daughter set out upon her career A few orders came 111,a COU'3111 wanted Where ArchItect and Decorator Worked In Harmony. hel nur.ser) done over, and <,ome one 1.'1<,1w.'a-o \'Vdhng to let her tl) her hand at the back draw111g room that had nn er been anyth111g but dark and hideous Here the poor httle daughter found herself on the rocks She knew 11.''''3of nUf'3ene'3 than she chd of garages, and the room.s \\l11ch "he had pictured ho"elf a" domg were a1wa)s large and hght and airy An ugly, dark, back, drawmg room had ne\ er entered mto her plans But "he carlled out her order all llght, and of course the ch11dren were growmg too old for the nursery anyway so that really didn't matter, and the back drawmg room had alway" been a fnght, and 1t really wasn't any wor"e than It had 1.'''er been, and the were awfully glad to have helped the dear girl About th1" time the deal girl discovered that there were no other order<' awa1t1ng her attention, and there wasn't an) speCIal use 111her coming to the studlO every day when she had "uch a lot to do at home Then presently there \\ as another empty '3tmho to sublet But for what woman, then 1'3 thl" profeSSIOn 1f not f01 the woman of refined ta'3te With a '3oual tollowlng to gn e her pre"tlge? Th1S 1'3 tl e answer glVen by 't '\ omen \\ \to 1S (ne at the few who ha,,~ .succeeded \\here 111ll, reds 11,t\( tnt.el a 1(1 falled "It IS a profeSSIOn for the \'Voman who IS w1ll111g to gt v ~ not less than 111ne years to the harde"t kmd of preparaton \\ ork and who po<,<,es'3e" two pOInt<, more essential than any natural taste or personal follow111g can po""lbly be, a thorough knowledge of anthmetlc and a hberal all a \'Vance of common "en.se "To such a woman the profe""lon offers unhm1ted oppor-tU11ltle" A woman \\ Ith less preparatory tram111g or who 1'; defic1ent 111e1the1 of the quahtles I have named Will ,;ooner or later find her<,el£ at the end of the road She may hnger there, perhap", but she w1ll ne" e1 get further "The fir"t four years of the n111eI have allotted should be spent 111a regular art tra111111g,\'Vhere the "tudent learns to dravv and to U'3e watercolor'3 and 011s The watercolor work 1S necessary of course, but scarcely le3s so than the 011, for only m ad can you get exactitude of color that 1S always des1rab1e and somet1mes nece"sary 111makmg prehm111ary sketches of work "The '3tudy of de"lgning should be supplemented by study 111clye111g for the decorat01 who must take the commerc1al output as the ba31s of her work lower" her art1sttc standard At th1S pomt too w1ll come a spec1al study of textures and of hght effects "She w1ll learn to feel harmony of textures as acutely as "he cloes the harmony of C0101s I recall a certa111 bungalow In111g room 111the Acltrondacks where the entire effect was obta111ed by a harmony of textures. The bnck fireplace, the rough stuff of the curta1ns, the qualtty of the fi11l"h to the wood, all went together to bnng about the result m Wh1Ch color played a "econdary part "After the student ha" fi11lshed her art trammg she usually feels herself perfectly well eqt.upped to start 1n busllless As 6 l he) are Ideal and rarel) have dIstinct ll1(hvlduahty Her mne .\ ears of trall1ll1g fim"hed, and by thIs tune let me say, the proce"" of the "urvlval of the fitte"t has ehmmated all but tho"e who by that \ ery sIgn are besl adapted to the work, the \\ oman I" I ead) to te"t that quahty of common sen"e whIch \\ III henceforth be her gl eate"t re"ource m busme"". 1\ hen decorator" learn to u~e theIr common sense gUIded by thorough techmcal trammg they wIll lo"e the reputatIOn VI hlLh many of them have unfortunately earned and whIch makes a decO! a tor m the hou "e regarded as somethmg wor"e than a "pell of sIckness" WEEKLY ARTISAN a matter of fact thh art tram111g h \ aluele"s "tandmi:; alone The "tudent ha" only the "tudlO P0111t 0: \ le\\ , "he ha:o a fine scorn for mechamcal exactnes", and her work ha., no good led blood m It " Her next s~ep In prepanni:; her"elf then should be to go nght mto the shop" and go to vyork, and lealn how to do hel-self what o.he WIll one day tell othel people how to do ~ 0 school gIves thIS actual practical work, and there IS no way to get It short of rollmg up your "Ieeves and gOIng after It "How can you deSIgn a chaIr ",ucce"sfully If you hd\ e no knowledge of the problem I11volved In makIng a chaIr' o\ct ually a chaIr IS the most (hfficult pIece of furnIture there I" to deSIgn It must be comfortable, It mu"t be strong and It must satisfy the reqUIrements of the roOm where It IS to be placed "The be"t \\ay to know how to deSIgn a good chalf 1" to go mto a cabInetmakers .,hop and work It out K ot mam cabll1etmaker<.., WIll want) ou alOund, to be "ure, but If ) ou are persIstent and ",ufficlently humble you wJlI finall) get In "It IS the .,ame 111 workmg V\ Ith staIns and varm"hes HO\\ can a woman know the effect of a pal tIcular kll1d of stam or ot a varl1lsh on vanou s woods untJl she tne" It for herself") She must know her Chemlo.try and "he mu"t know ho\v to apply It to the plOblem" that WIll come to hel To kno\\ hel 11l111td tions she must have more than a techmcal kno\\ ledge ot mechanIcal proces",es "After all tll1S IS done, when she has sen ed her apprentIce-shIp at the vanous trades of whIch ",he mu"t hay e a \vorkmg knowledge, then IS she 1 eady to put a httle bras" plate on the door of her StudIO, and announce herself a", a pI ote"slOnal ") ~o, not qUIte, fOJ the la"t, and If she hopes to reach a 11J(~·h place m her calhng the most Important part ot her tra111111g1" stJlI before her ~he must have at lea.,t t \\ 0 ) ears guod hard work In an archItect's office "N"o one decordtor 111 a hundred ha" thIS drcll1tectl1ldl trammg, and It I" that lack that cau"e<.., the deadh teud be-tween the archItects and decOlator., The archItect" hate th" decorators becau"e they follow theIr own 0;\\ eet \V III wlthuut the shghtest regard for the 11l111tatJons that the drchltectl1l al detaIls should nnpo.,e upon them Con<..,equentl.\ the archI-tect's chOlce"t eftect may be utterh mlllecl h) an un<"'kJlled clecorator who does not know how to CIeate a ha11l10l1\ be tween IllS work and hers "NeIther decorators nor al chltects can atta111 theIr hl~he"t results untJl they work together, and that day \\111 onl) come when the decorators are properly trall1ed WIth a re.,pect for archItectural detaIls that only a knov\ ledge of It can gn e them 1 once had a contract for dOIng 0\ el a dlmng loom that had been done only two year" before by a clecorator \\ ho<..,eV\ 01 k wa" an utter faIlure becalbe "he had entIrel) c1l<"e'1~arded the archItectural featl1l eo; of her problem "On two "Ides of the room was almost nothIng but glas<.., a bIg apple tree tapped It" branches al:;all1"t the pane" am] from every WIndow there V\ a" a pIcture The archItect had felt thl" o;ett1l1g and had falfl) brought the out of dool <..,111tO the room, cllld the decorator had "et bn"ll) to \\ork and "hnt It all ant "The V\ 1l1dow" were thIckly cnrtamed and the \\ Lok effect of the room was heavy and dull and ",ombre \l) vvork was very easy, for a glance <"'howed me where I could comple-ment what the archItect had already done 0\11 that wa<..,nec-e" sarj was to make the room a., lIght and "Imple a" possIble m every way The pIcture., h ameci by the w1l1dm\" supplIed all the clecoratlve detaJls "ThIS archItectural tI a111mg alone wtll not make a decOl-ator of COnr",e, although many archItect" th1l1k It doe" Rooms done by archItect., are 1l1vanably lackIng In warmth They are "ymmetncal and balanced, but they lack the human note Will Not Be Too Inquisitive. \ \ a<..,hlllgton (IJ o;patches state that It 13 the expectatIOn of the commls"lonel of 1l1ternal rev, enue that the corporatIOn tax <..,chedule<.."upon wlllch the val IOU" corporatIOn", comu1g under the 1310\10,1011<of.., the recently enacted corporatIOn tax law are to make theIr annnal reports to the Treasury Department, vv111 be completed about Dec 1 when they wlll be made publIc rl hey w1l1 not be chstnbuted, however, untIl Jan 1 :\1uch CIHIOSlty and ",ome concern eXI"ts regardmg the e"alt form of the.,e blanks Many corporatIOns have already lnqul1 ed an"lOu<"'ly of the COmmlS.,lOner as to just how In- C[Uhlt1\ e the gO\ ernmellt WIll be Slllce the forms are "tIll o;ubjelt to change, howevel, ('omrmsslOner Cabell 1<;not In-c11l1ed to ans\\ er theIr mpUlne", at any length But to those \\ ho fedr that the lllternal revenue office WIll ask the corpor-atIon" to an~v\ er a \ olume of que"tlOno. such as are asked In certam "chedule<'" sent out by the Department of Commerce and Labor whIch lllclude every thlllg from famJly matters to the health of the corporatIons jdllltors, l\1r Cabell does not he<"'ltate to ",ay that the qne"tlOno; whIch corporatIOns wJlI be d.,kec] to an"wcr WIll be comparcltlvey few In nnmber, ancl wtll not call tor 11lfOrlllatloll dIfficult tc gIve " _. _.- - - -- - - - - _ ... - .-_._-----_. __._-~---., I I I• I,I II III IIII , •I Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ~.-_._-_._------_._._.----_.-----_. _._._._--._.--~-._--_._~I-~ No. 592. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 -~--_._-~---_.----------------------- The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog I,II I• I I• II IIII I is ready for all Retail Furmture Dealers. It wIll help sell the lIne that of Its kInd has no supenor. It contains 88 pages IllustratIng 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Piano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylmder Record Cabinets, 11 Disc Record Cabinets, 19 Medicine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Foldmg Tables. ACT A T ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND &.----- -----_._----_._-~-_._--- ---------------_._--_._----_. __._----_... No. 1239 English Methods for Polishing Old Furniture. From the Evenlllg Standard, London-Old furmture III the care of a modern housemaId h often chsappollltlllg Thel e may be a glo,.,s on the old mahogany chebt, but It IS the gloss of too much furnIture polIsh If the fInger IS rubbed along the top of a Queen Anne table wIth Ib feather llliay and Its nch colonng a smear IS plObably left whlLh IS not .,0 much a SIgn of carele'isnes'3 as It IS of the hUlry and rush to complete work whICh bucceed III detractmg from It" appearance The less polIsh the better where antlque'i are concerned Old odk and other wood alway" reqUIre more elbow glease than applIcatIon" Sweet OIl-"panngly applIed-IS, however excellent for antique mahogany If the flannel h dIpped III the 011 It should be rubbed over the wood, the surface havlllg been first of all well dusted. Stalll'3 and spots on old mahogany can be taken out by dlppmg a cork III oxalIc aCId and water and workmg It over the mark'i Two ounces of yellow beeb-wax dIssolved III the same quantIty of splnts of turpentme Iepresents another good medIUm for mahogany One of the best methods of cleamng old oak IS to dust it well III the first lllstance and then to Iub It WIth a flannel dIpped III a mixture of beeswax, 011 and 'iplnts of turpentllle Many people, however, never allow beeswax to touch a Jaco- _~__~ ~ ------_._----.-.0 "'- - . -_. . a •• __ •••• .- " We Manufacture the Largest Line of fOlDinG (nAID5 \ m the Umled States, sUItable for Sun day I Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all publIc resorts We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Sprmg Beds, Cots and CrIbs m a large varIety Send for Catalogue and Prices to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. \ ASHLAND, OHIO ~----_.._---_._._._.--------_._. __ _-_ .....• ... . bean chest or armchaIr whICh IS nchly carved, and belIeve III Wlpl11g It well over WIth beer-made very hot-and leavmg It to s111kmto the furmtUl e 0\ er mght, polIshmg It m the morn-mg WIth a soft duster To remove the stams on old I'rench furnIture whIch IS pamted white a flannel mOIstened With kerosene wIll usually prove buccessful, whIle antique gIlt chaIrs and glrandoles should be sponged WIth a mIxture of garlIc and sulphur III order to restore the ongmal gloss and bnllIancy A lIttle sul-phur should be stIrred llltO a Plllt of water and thIS should be poured mto a saucepan kept for the purpose and bOIled for ten mmutes to a quarter of an hour WIth four bnllsed garlIcs or omons A brush b the best method of applYlllg the lIqUld Another good gIlt polIsher IS that of two ounces of common salt dIssolved III half a pmt of water and mIxed WIth an ounce and a half of alum and two ounces of punfied mtre UnbOlled hnbeed 011 has the effect of darkemng most woods Ordlllanly lInseed 011, however, dIluted WIth half a Plllt of kerosene, IS excellent for old walnut, the mIxture belllg rubbed 1ll and left for half an hour before polIshmg IS begun Bathroom and Kitchen Mirrors • The picture above, represent" an artIcle mam1factured by the BO'iton :\![Irror Company 67-69 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass, whose products have an excellent reputatIOn 111the ea'itern states and wherever they have been 111troduced They l~sue a complete catalogue of theIr bathroom mIrrors, which wIll be maIled when requested Send card askl11g for cata-logue G, for IllustratIOn and descnptlOns 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------------------------.---.----~-----.~------------ iII • FULL LINE OF MUSIG GflBINETS WITH OUR I Pf\Tf,NT f\UTOMf\TIG SHELVES Also for all kmds of records. COMPLETE SUITES FOR THE DINING ROOM PERIOD AND COLONIAL DESIGNS AT POPULAR PRICES VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS CHICAGO, 1319 MIChIgan Ave, 3rd Floor. NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE, Space 10, 6th Floor. Rockford, Illinois. ~------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------~ Mechanics Furniture Co. New Buildings That Will Need FurnituI·e. ResIdence-Dr B r Ch11lch Redldncls, Cal $7500, -\ J Braclle) and J\Ir~ I" 1\1 Bradt, Sdn Delgo, Cal , Da\ Id II el don, $10,000 and C 1\1 Stone $6,000 Santa ),I0111ca Cal , Dr S S Crow, Los -\ngele:o, Cal $1:2,000, 0 "'"Hdl Pomona country home at La \ erne, Cal , $2:;,000 Dr Allen, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, $10,000, George E Potter, Santa 13albara, Cal, a seven rOOm bungalow, Jameo [ ShImer, I~en\\00d and ThIrty-sIxth streets, InchanapolJs, Ind, $8000 J 13 \ 100111 Race street and Se\ enteenth a\ enue, Dem el Colo S1'1 000 Mary L Parke, 134 r street, Salt Lake Clt), S4 ;00 \ \ Callaghan, Federal ILelghb, Salt Lake CIty, ("h1l1g1e bunga low), $7,100, 0 Ii f\ebon, Peona, $4,200, Charle~ Klau"e, 109 Montana street, Peona, Ill, $3,300, H r: Ste\,; art, Jack-sonvIlle, Fla, $11,000, E lr Howard, 837 K1l1g ~tJ eet, Lo~ Angele'i, Cal , $5,000, E J Lockwood, Sahna, Kamas, $3,000 Laura Hlcke), 230 Strathcona avenue, Ottawa, Ont, $6,000 Geo M ;\Iasoll, 184 Clemow avenue, Ottawa, Ont, $6,500, J D Sleuerwald, 826 J\IcK1l11ey boulevard Dem er Col, $7,800, Susan and Mary E Trautman, 6044 II e"tm1l11~ter place, St LoU1~, 1\10 $7,000, E \1 Sll1eld" Chen \ and 51st streets, St L011l~, J\10, $30,080,1\ J SUtOi Guadalupc and 31st "treet, -\U~t111, Tex, $4,000 \\ IL '-,enner", Scott ~treet and 31st ~treet, J\1Jlwaukee, \ \ I~ $3, :;00, Harry Hud-son, 183 FUI man stl eet, Schenectady,:l\ Y $-1-,200, " P Harnson :N orth 12th and K Stl eeb, Tacoma, II a"h, $:;,000, A_r_thuor _o_S~.J\1Jller, Den_ve_r, Col, $15,000, Kanne Enckson, UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. We lead m Style, ConstructIon and Fmlsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-lion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. China Closets Buffets Bookcases I~---- .--0----- II --~ Dem er, $4,4-00, :\lrs H Ol~on, Denver, $4,000, Charle:o Storz, 1701 \1 1ft street, Umdha, 1', eb $7,500, H S Green, 3826 Pa~eo street ~ansd~ CIty, 1'110, $6,000, Dena J\I Hendnck, 2714 r:d~t 40th :'ltreet, Kan:oa~ CIty, $4000, James v\ J\lurphy, 1788 Lamer place, II ash1l1gton, DC, $9,000, Henry P II alker, 1208 L mon street Schenectady, NY, $9,500, M L :\Ic~lttnck, 202 Burge"" avenue, Columbu", UhIO, $4,500, C r Han'iberg er, 338 11th avenue, ColumbU'3, OhIO, $4,000, 1 D Buttel field !'a~adena, Cal , $12,000, J\Irs G A Reamer, h.1l1g~le\ DI1\ e Lo" -\ngele~, Cal, $7,800, Dr F Robbms, \\ l11tt1U Cal $6000, L :-, Taylor, San DImas, Cal, $8,500, R ::., 13ncke), 216 hfth avenue Aberdeen, S Dak ,$4,800, L C Stone, 1815 II est 11th street, Oklahoma CIty, $4,000, \Ir~ De J\Los:o, 801 North Durland street, Oklahoma CIty, $3 200 ~Ir'i F "'\ SmIth, 313 Emma street, Syracuse, NY, $'1 -1-08, \Ir" II T' Gooley, 418 Schuyler street, Syracuse, $'1000, \Iaggle Burke, 320 Palmer avenue, Syracuse, NY, $3,000, Claude H Palmer, 322 Palmer avenue, Syracu:oe, $6 :;00 PublIc D11l1dln~,,---'rhe contract for a new bUlldmg to be u"ed a" a manual school WIll be let soon by the Board of [' clucatlon ot "e\\<ll k "J The e~tImated cost h $650,000 Lhe "d1001 board of lJouglas, Anz , IS bmldmg adchtIOns to t v\ 0 schools and V\III ~oon beg1l1 the erectIOn of a new "chool b11l1chn~ for colored chJ!dren exc1u'olvely Chales coun-t), '{e\\ \Ie'Clco V\I11Issue $12'1,000 m bond~ to budd a new court hou:'le and J aJ! at Portale" A concrete block sclIool hou~e to cost $12000 I'i be1l1g erected at McGIll, Nev vVIl-ham Lane! V\III remodel and enlarge the State Hou.,e hotel 111 ::-'acramento, CaJ Bld~ are to be opened on Dec 20 for the el ectIOn of a new court house at EstanCIa, N J\lex 1 h(atre~-l he contract ha" been Jet for construct1l1g a nc\\ theatJe at ('lobe, \n7 It V\I11be called the Emplle and \\ 111ha\ e a 'oeat1l1g capacIty of 900 Charles T MartIn 1:0the proplletor George S )J1XOn 1~ advertJc,1l1g for bIds for the erectIon of a ne\\ theatre at Reno, K ev James Ryan WIll b1l11d a theatre In Sacramento, Cal , at a cost of $25,000 l'Iaterl11ty Ih1l1d1l1gs-The Elb of Santa Ana, Col, have adoptee! pldns fOl a new b1l11chn~ that wIll be erected next "]lllng at a cost of $30000 H otels- The Bank of London and MeXICO, wdl begll1 work thIS month on the erectIOn of a four-story hotel buddmg on the corner of the Calle Cohseo and SIxteenth street, CIty of ,Iexlco The cost of the b1l11dmg IS estImated at $400,000 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEE THE NEW LEONARD WATER COOLERS FOR REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE ENTIRE NEW LINE OF SATIN WALNUT REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW COMBINATION-REFRIGERATOR AND KITCHEN CABINET! SEE THE NEW ROUND CORNERS ON THE "LEONARD GRAND RAPIDS!" SEE THE NEW WOVEN WIRE SHELVES IN OUR ENAMELED LINE! SEE THE NEW CHEAP LINE OF "NORTH POLE" REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW ALL PORCELAIN REFRIGERATORS-INSIDE AND OUTSIDE! 1 lET OTHERS FOllOW-IF THEY CAN. WE LEAD SEE THE NEW HOME OF THE LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATORS. '1 he large~t and finest refngerator factory 111the world It is only m such a factOlY that the be~t goods can be made for the least money, and orders promptly filled ThIS mammoth plant IS at }our servIce for the askmg Send f01 our 1910 catalogue \Ye make nearly everythlllg that" e use The Porcelalll Enamel for Lmlllg'-,-the Tmned v\; Ire Shelves-the Locks-the Hmges-the \\ ater Coolers-the new deSIgn" and fil11"he~ are all made In thIS wonderful factory. Our a"sortment IS enormou'-" rang111g from the very cheape~t to the finest And best of all we help you "ell the goods I The "Leona1d Cleanable" reputatlOn 1" beh111d them Our magazme advertlsmg and our store sellmg plans \\ 111bnng you man} CLhtomers Satin Walnut, with Water Cooler, Kitchen Cabinet and Refrigerator. While Enameled, "Leonard Grand Rapids,', GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Factory, Nos. 52 to 202 Clyde Park Ave. Salesroom during January and July, LEONARD FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING, ----_.----------~---$-------_.------------------ ..-- 9 II III I I III i .... ..'" accommodate the expenSIve, medIum or cheaper classes of \\ork whIch ma} develop dunng the detalls of con::,umptlOn '1 he lumber buyer, or your purcha::,mg agent, may not be el1l e"pert 111the gradmg of lumber and ::,ometlme::, not an ent11 e lumbel man and as a rule requl1 ed to buy e\ erythmg needed to produce a fi111::,hed artlcle "uch a" hardware, glue leather \ al111"h be'31(le'3 lumber, and whIle mtere"ted m all he I" not ::'0 able to thoroughly and carefully dIgest the arnval of the raw lumher product as your other commodItIes, and the ,\ orcl of others must often be taken to gmde hIm m hb dehber-atlOns Thai It. where we come m as a factor To faIthfully promote the effectlvenes" of our rule book, mtelhgent 111spectors are placed m the drfferent cOlbummg markets where lumber IS used, and on the appearance of any complaInts these men are sent to the yards of the purchaser to grade the lumher Such vlslb are Important They give (jmck action 1he m::,pectors wIll separate, If necessary, all the grades they find they wIll explam all the grades as they come betO! e them to ) our men when such mformatlOn is de-t. lred -\s soon as the work 1" complete, a report IS made out; a COP} I" gn en to you a~ a costumer, the duphcate to the "hIpper, ,,0 that both are mtelhgently adVIsed as to the exact tOndltlOn of the lumber \i ilme.., \\ hen we find lumber wll1ch IS manufactured pOOlI} 1mproperl} "hIpped or grdclec], we send to the nl1lls the \ ll} 111dn who elhtO\ ereel "uch lumber m the market", and through hI" mfluente and m"tructlOn::, we are ahle to correct "uth e\ 11" It 1" our endeavor to overcome the subject of dhpute" The\ retard the mo\ ement of the lumber m tlan..,lt 110111 the -,a\\ 111111to the cuttmg up proces" They cause a bulk ot to! I e..,pondence and delay, wll1ch "hould be reduced 1he} cau"e a feehn::; of el1l111ty between the purcha",er and the "e11e1 and when such are a\ OIded the channel of commerce thlOugh the mdu"tr} 1" smoothed out for qUlck actlon and 1esults I'urcha"er.., of lumher after rece1vmg the copy of mspec-tlUn 1eport::, ha\ e an a,,::,urance of ohtammg the proper grade If they object to the "ame, It can be re1n"pected by an actmg or chIef mspettor, who gIves the matter a bu"mes",-hke In\eS-tH.; atlon for your benefit Agam, lumber prouuced that IS not deSll able for \ our needs 1'3 reported L ndel the "ubJelt of l:;radmg, we l111ght state that there hone matte1 \\ lJllh lJa" de"troY1n2, 1l1fluence.., m the mdu"try \Jdl1Y people hay e found t1l11e ancl opportunltles to cnt!Clse HOW TO GET A SQUARE DEAL ON LUMBER An Address Recently Delivered to the Extension Table Manufacturers by Lewis Doster, Secretary of the Hardwood Lumbermen's Association. Mr PreSIdent and Gentlemen 1he pleasure of be1l1g mVlted to appeal before your honorable bod) at th1', tIme I::' 1110re than I can expre"" The opportun1t} to thO! olH;hh demon strate to you the method" of hard v\ooe! hanc\lln::; I represent ha" been gIven ~1Ilcere::,t thought, and hope the mat-ter WIll be 1I1tere"t1l1g to } ou l\Iy ca1eer m the lumber bu-,me-,,, ha" led me thlough the dIfferent stage" of the plOdult flam the 10::; to the hl1l-,hed artlc1e, but the pa,t seven }eart. have been entllel} de\otee! to orgal1lZatlOn work, and the PUhltClty wll1ch ha" been gl\ en wa::. ma1l1ly on the ::.tram of how to orga111ze In thIS \\ork Made by Luce Furmture Co , Grand RapIds. MICh. my hfe has been a bus} one. aprealln::; befOl e dltterent 01 £;dl1 1zatlOns who were bU"11} engagell 111 de\ e1opmel1h the "ame a" we had been 111 the pdSt \\ ork1l1!.; \\ Ith them f01 unlto! nllt} on matters In the manufacture of lumber. and of lumber pro-ductt. Now \'I;e find ourse1ve::, 111 a posltlon to sho\\ the results, and \\ hat we are 1I1tendmg to do at the present tIme My subject. I am glad to ",tate, has been "elected on some thl11g whIch IS of mterest to you as well as the entIre comll1u-l1lty of the hard\\ood Industry. and all of our de\ e1opment" have been mterwoven around the same to <,uch an extent that I can deal frankly, 1I1te1ltgently and succe",sfu11) \\ Ith thIS \ Ita1 and 11l1portant subJect- "HOV\ TO Bey H \RD\\ OOD LUMBER AKD GET c\ SQC c\RE DEC\L' The Hardwood :I\1anufacturer..,' A ""oClatlon of the Lmted ~tates, WhlClJ I hay e the pleasme to repre"ent, authonze" me to convey to yOU the greetmgs from an 1l1dthtr} rep1esented by 0\ er three hundred dnd ftfty concerns, who, at tm1es oper-ate nearly ::.e\ en hundred saw-mIlls and when com!llton::. al e favorable prepare for the markets lumber to the amount of do"e to one DllllOn feet annually Our orgal1lZatlOl1 work 1::' cltvlded mio vanOtb depal t ment". bureau" etc , and It IS not my 1ntentlOn to elaborate 011 our entlre orgal1lzatlon work, but to select the Important bureau the one whIch Ie, the most expensIve. that we spend the most t1l11Cand thought on and whIch de\ elop.., a "square deal" poltcy, and that IS the Bureau of Grades Our pollcy IS to grade lUl1lber for everybody and we grade It nght V\Te have a gradmg rule book whIch IS wntten so plal111v as to aVOld any mlS1l1terpretatlOn bet\\ een l1lspectors The rule3 have emanated from a careful study of the dIfferent sources of 3upply to the dIfferent sources of consumptIOn. separated into dIfferent senes of grades the deSIres whIch wtll WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 r-- ~~'---------------~--------~VER 15,OO'~o~O~--R---;riCe $2.80 to$4.00 I STEEL RACK VISES IN USE II~---_.-_.----_.__. our methods, but, gentlemen, let me tell you, from the mve~tl-gation we give all complamts, we find active knockmg l~ usually a good boost, for It so often develops methods wlllch are not what we con~lder wholesome bu.,1l1es", e-;;peCially the "l1llXmg proposltlOn" We all know the Furmture :\1an-ufaeturers do, and alway~ w1ll, purchase certa1l1 grade~ accord-mg to their desires, but the 111lXmg grade I refer to IS the practlce of buymg say a car of firsts and "econd" contam1l1g 20 to 35/r of No 1 common thoroughly m1xed A man w1ll buy a stra1ght car of ~ 0 1 common With 20 to 50/"6 of 1\ 0 2 common thoroughly m1xed He w111 buy a stra1ght cal of 1\0 2 common, and then all 1~ mVOlced a.., a "tra1ght h1gher Made by Boston Mlrror Co ,67-69 Sudbury St , Boston, Mass. glade Naturally, there are a gleat many complamb created when the lumber arnve~, and 1t ha" been a "tune" that has been played long, but not With ,,0 much ~ucces" lately, placmg the cause that 1t was graded on the Hardwood Manufacturers' Assoc1atlOn grad111g rule" It ha" not rece1ved support from u~, and the manufacturers of lumber 111the assoc1atlon I repre-sent deprecate thiS habit by glvmg to the buyer the true grad- 1l1g With a system of reports, we keep before the manufactur-ers the k111d, th1ckness and grade of "tack" wh1ch are short 1tem~ It ha" been our work to watch th1s p01l1t, and have reddy for the buyer qUIckly dll "hort 1tem" to l~"ure a mOle e\ en market A high price on a sh'.Jrt item does not make money for the 111dustry; a med1tlm pnce on a general ~tock I" a much more healthy condltlOn In the manufactunng eud of the busme..,s the larger man-ufacturers who cau afford to produce the proper lumber find 1t advantageous to ass 1St the smaller producers to properly manufacture and grade the1r matenal unIfo1l11lly, and 1t help" to keep the pnce U11lform Cheap lumber for a customer is expensive when 11'.)tmanufactured nor graded for his wants. Everyth1l1g we have m our assoClatlOn tends to bnna-b together the producer and the purchaser However, all 1'011- C1es of co-operatlOn 1l1U.,tbe ba"ed on close afflliatlOns The manufacturer alone cannot do all that 1~ wanted to bnng the Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. - •• __ a •• -l----~--------:::e~~-----------l iJthe I I' I Buttoo" I 2,5 MILLION PEOPLE Are Reading OurAds.rhey·nz lJuvinl/ Rogal Chairs (;7/TT~;:sK~ND) hy the Thousands Sales Douhling, Treoling. Our Dealers fietting TheProfit Get Yours this J-earBy Handling The Greatest Seller You Ever Dad II IIIII IIII I I I ~__~ -_-_._-_...- ._.~ __ ~._. ----l trade relatlOn together The consumers of the vanous pro-ducts must work WIth h1111 You. as table manufacturers, are one of the 1mportant part of the cham to mntually prOVIde the lmks of unIform1ty We ask you to work With us When we are together we learn each other's ideas, what can be done for you, and by what methods you will be benefitted Remem-ber The manufacturers of hardwood never want to produce or ~el1 anythmg the consumer doe" not want Consumer., of lumber are elIg1ble to member"h1p m our a~"oClatlOn They Jom v\lth the mtentlOn of obtal11l11g mfonl1- atlon from t1me to t1111eof what we are dOl11g and lettl11g us know \\ hat they de"lre You are eligible and can come m 1f you w",h to take advantage of an orga11lZatlOn wh1ch 1'0gather- 1l1g I11fOrmatlOn which you des1re to have as purchasers of hardwood lumebr, and wh1ch you want a.., producers of the .,ame commochty You want a "quare deal We guarantee 1t by askIng you to buy on the methods of the Hardwood Rf ;tnu facturer,,' A~soclatlOn of the Gn1ted States R V \1cKay ha" purcha"ed the furnIture busmess of Char1e~.\ Curt1S at Hollywood Cal -., 25 doz Clamp Fixtures bought by one mill last year, We ship on approval to rated firms, and guarantee our goods uncondl tlOnally. WrIte for ~Ist of Steel Bar G~amp8, VtSes, Bench Stops, ete E. ". S"ElDON &. CO. 283 Madison St, Chicago II,________ ~__ ~_. -1I •• ---.----.-.----•• c.__ • -- ••••• 12 ~Iinnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-PresIdent LOUIS J Buenger Ne" Ulm VIce PresIdent C Damelson, Cannon Falls Treasurer, o A 0 1\1oen, Peterson Secretan, W L Grapp JanesvIlle EXECLTIVE CO\1\llTTEE-D F RIchardson Northfield Geo. K!lne, Mankato W L Harns Mtnneapo!ls, o SImons Glencoe M L K!lne St Peter. MAIL ORDER METHODS EXPOSED. 1:'dmlhallty \\Ith dn} [me ot \\01k "oon COIIUpt" the hnr L 'oen"e of e:Aactne"" L hO"e of U'o who have been ,tud} m~ the mall order problem carefully have notIced the gradual Jet ,10\\ iendency on the part of all catalogue concern,; to over draw their illustrations. Thl" has been gomg on for :oevel al } eal S ;1'ld they have bccome so accustomed to It that vii, e behe \ C !'O\\, m theIr anxlOu,; endeavor to hold theIr fa"t recedmg hu"me,,, they have made the great ml"take of theIr 11\ e" \\ hlch mr:otake If properly used, ought to shake to It" very toundatlons the confidence whIch they ought to estabhsh and \\ hlch seem" to be the keynote of all theIr aclYertlsements and \\ hlch I';, m It'; co"t u" S10 73 to get thl" dre""er be';lde:o the freIght, $1 to have photograph made, S3 to have the cut made and $1 50 to have the reproduction of the mati order hou,;e dresser made, whIch m all IS $5 50 beSIdes all the tllne nece"sary to get out the:oe Item" Then add to that the 10';'; on the dresser as the a.,,,oclatlon furnlshe" thIS dre"ser for $840 Add to the actual cost of $5 50 the freIght of $1 60, the loss on the cost of dresser $235 and you can see that 111 order to do what we have done, the 1I1dl\ Idual dealer would be to an expense of $9.45 If he attempted to reproduce these two dressel s, as he would have to If he clId It mdlvldually but thanks to orgal11Zatlon, we can Quartered Oak. Shaped Fronl Dresser Delivered Prices Many perseus hay~ an e::;:\ggera.ted Idea of t1 e freIght eha ges. on an artt· ele of thIS kInd 80 In order to con- VInce them and also to allow of III closer compan::.on of values we pnnt below pnces which Include freIght paId to any rew.'ar raIlroad statiOn m the states nalr ed Freight Prepaid We WIll del Ter thIs dresSel, freIght prepa,d In III Ind, ~bcb or OhIOfor $11 55 In Conn Del low.l Ky. \fame Mass l\1d MInn ~10 :-.l H l\ J • l\[ Y Pa. R I Va Vt WI' \V Va for •.• • S123:; In Ala Ark Fla. Ga. La HJ::. '\ehr NCar r, Dak 'l Car S Dak or Tenn for $1.1 35 In Callf 'Iont Ore" or Wac;!J for . .• IU585 \Ve have purcbased an enormo " q 1a 1 bty WhIch enabled us to g",t a v y Jo\', rqEl~ead:ngf~~k r;l~~lle~~l~Uhbi~dn;lc~t Jy ornamented W1tll carvmg has 8. shaped Eerpentme qputer se,v.ed oak front large ca'V"d rla\\- feet t"o large and two small drawers fitted WIth ca t brass handles and locks and double shaped top You wlIl notice from PI" ]lIustrahon that the top l~ ornamen'"ed WIth nch carv ngs and fitted WIth a 20x24 ratteln nlate mIrror of e:xtIa fine quahtv Tlus pIece IS 40 In WIde and 21 III d"'ep The constnlC turn IS hIgh grade the drawers fit per fectly ar>d are smooth nmn l'lg Eve -v post and panel IS carefully framed a.nrl: fitted Stock used is all kiln dned and will not warp shrmk or check E\ ery pie<:-e 18 fll11y Insnect:"d before It I"" packed by expenenced packers and w1l1 Dot become mar-ed In shlpnmg ShlP pmg weIght about 150 lb. ShIpped from 1'1 hana aoa Mall Order IllustratIOn and DescrIption. fine analYSIS, the key to theIr succe..,s In gettmg hlbl11eSS he-cause If you take a\\ a} confidence even overdrawn pictnres WIll not tempt the consumer to part \\ Ith hIS money. \\ e want to call your attentIOn to the t\;<"o Illu"tlatlCJl1" "ho\;<"n here I\ote carefully 11l1htratlon No 1 1"n t that a dandy dresser as It appears on paper, for $10 75) Those of us who are bU}1I1g more or Ie,;" from plcture'o know at a ~Iance that If we (!td not "top to read the de:ocnptlon, we \;<o"uld be-lreve that thIS dresser would be 111 Ime WIth what \\ e are m the habIt of payl11g $12 to $15 for at whole:oale After you have allowed thIS Illustlatlon \To 1 to ,;mk deep mto your mm(1, glance at Illu,;tratlon Xo 2 That IS an Illus-tration of the true artIcle In the nght proportIOn., to ItS hel~ht In gettl11g at thIS compan,;on, we took the same heIght u"ed by the catalogue house and, 111 order to get a true pIcture of It we had one of our member,; order thl'; dresser from the cata-logue hou,;e, had a pIcture taken and cut made Let Ib ,;top a moment and conSIder what It means to get out two such IllustratIOns as are shown WIth thIS article It ThIS Dresser Furmshed to Our Members for $840 turl11"h thl" $945 value to our member:o at the cost of repro-ductIOn" whIch 1:0only $1 SO, cub of whIch WIll be fur11lshed all member" who de:olre them Thl'; I'; another very forCIble JI-lu" tratlOn of what cooperatIOn can do TIllS reduces the co"t of expo:omg the:oe th1l1g:o to ,;uch a figure that our member,; have no excu:oe for not u"1I1g them and certamly when any firm Ihe:o methoc!:o whIch have the ear marks of deceptIOn upon them, to get bU';l11e:os whIch nghtfully belongs to you, It then becomes your buslne"s to get after such methods and protect v our mtere"t,; ::.-ow cast aSIde any preJudlle whIch you may have agal11,;t mall order house:o, rea"on WIth yourself and ask your-self thIS questIOn "\\' ould a pIcture of thIS dresser Illustrated as It should be, 111 ItS nght proportIOns, tempt any ord1l1ary con:oumer to part WIth hl:o money)" Yet the 11lustratlOn of thIS dre"ser :oent out by mall order houses IS so over drawn that of cour"e, It would tempt anyone not m the furl11ture bU';l11ess to order one Thl'; deceptIOn would be of no use to the average dealer because hIS customer sees the goods before he parts WIth WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 hIS money, not so wIth the maIl order house method whIch as we know IS ca:,h wIth order. Now these are stern facts and we have reproduced the dressers and set them sIde by sIde so as to present forcIbly to your mmd the extent of thIs overdrawIng and here IS proof If there ever was proof that the maIl order houses are practlc- 111ga deceptIOn upon theIr customers and a very cunnmg one It IS, because, If you read carefully the decnptlOn which they send out, you wIll see that It complIes to the letter wIth the exact descnptlOn of thIs artIcle Itself and we want to ask any faIr mmded person whether It IS any worse for an indIvidual or corporatIOn to nllsrepresent m type than m IllustratIOns 0 If a bogus descnptlon IS wrong why not a bogus pIcture? ThIS httle mCldent only goes to show that the brains back of thIs maIl order evIl are studymg human nature and are \\ Ise enough to know that a good IllustratIOn attracts attentIOn and produces an ImpressIOn that the most plea'img descnptlOn could not convey ThIS mCldent also goe" to show that the average small dealer IS paymg very httle attentIOn to these thmgs. Then agam, the average mcome of a small dealer IS such that he could not afford to go to the expen'3e necessary to get these IllustratIOns because of theIr first cost, but he can assocIate hImself WIth an orga11lzatIon whIch wIll look after hI;, best interests and thu~ reduce the C0'3t to hIm to $1 50 as we ex-plamed at the begmnmg of thIS artIcle The retaIl dealer can storm about thIS all that he wants to but unless he bnngs these thmgs to the attentIOn of hIS customers, as he has a perfect nght to do, he IS bound to be the loser Now Mr RetaIl Dealer, It IS up to you to keep your eye upon the domg'3 of the maIl order house for Just such lIttle, cunnmg deceptlOms as thIS and when you spot anythmg, expose It as we have thIS dresser mCldent Weare workmg hard along these hnes but we cannot do It all so gIve us your as"lstance m thIS matter and work out for yourself these problems Our assoCIatIOn \'IiIll render such assIstance as It can legItImately gIve and If all the members of our as-sOCIatIOn WIll put a httle tIme and study on thIS subJ ect, we belIeve that the demoralIzmg l11fluence of the mall 01der house wIll soon be a thmg of the past but a "don't care" and 111- dIfferent attItude wIll never correct these thIngs So wake up and show us what you have done to protect your legItImate mterests Thl'-, artIcle IS no ma~terplece but It may be the means of suggestmg some good Ideas to some of our bramy members and If It does, do not keep them t'; yourselves but let us hear them so that the rest of us may be benefited thereby. We do not douht but that some of you have an undreamed capabIlIty along thIS hne At any rate, get to work and do somethmg- If you cannot do much do what you can, however small It IS You may be the mean" of msplflng some one else WIth a good Idea and ~o on untIl It becomes a sort of endless cham vVe have saId our say and now let us hear from the other members of the aSSOCIatIOn on thIS subject $4.95 Minn. Retail Furniture Dealers' Ass'n. A 5-in. Leg Extension Table Delivered $4.95 to Mlnn Transfer and what IS better yet, the finIsh and workmanshIp are standard The filhng leaves on theIr American quartered tops are American quartered ThIS I" not done In even some of the hIgh priced Ilne'3 They hdve bolt constructIOn and the fmbh IS as It should be Weare sorry that we clo not have a large cut to Illustrate thIS bargain so we can only glVe you the IllustratIon cut usel for aclvertIsll1g purposes The pnnClpal rea'3on whIch makes It POSSIBLE for us to DELIVER TO YOU tillS table line IS that we have ellmmated all selling expenses. ThIS factory IS run on a dIfferent policy than IS usually done. These men are a company of German cab- Inet makers who have adopted one of the most practical business truths that enter Into the manufacture or sellmg of any Item of merchan-dIse, namely, the cutt1l1g out of all sel1Jng expenses, carrYing accounts, etc, whIch IS always taken In consIderatIOn when they make a pnce because they have proven to theIr own satIsfactIOn that the saying of Emerson when he saId, "He who bUlld~ d mouse trap better than any other man WIll soon find the buymg pubhc makmg a beaten path to hIS cloor" IS true of any factory or firm who huly gIVes then patrons values below the general market pnce and that they WIll have all the busmes~ that they Cdn take cale of. If It were not for the enlarge-ment of their factory, we would never been able to get them as they take on only as many customers as the output wJ1l Warrdnt Hdvln£; tnecl thIS line of tables, your commIttee has contracted for One car each spring and fall whIch WIll be dehvered to Mmn. Transfer. These car'3 WIll usually come through Just followmg our summer or wmter convention We have Ju~t prOVIded, however, that we may place fill-In orders between seasons for anything that our members may want, provldll1g they pay the local freIght. These fill m orders cannot exceed In quantIty more than two carloads per year so antiCIpate your orders now and get them to the secretary so that your orders can be added to the com111gcar Tel m'3 as u,ual, cash WIth ordel Th ere WIll be 10 cents haudl1l1g charge at Mum Transfer Send all ()I ders to the secretary, JanesvIlle, Mum You can make mall orJer competitIOn a pieasul e If you WIll use thIS matendl freely and ef-fectlVely, so send 111your reqUIrements by return mall Yours truly, TH:C BUMYmINnGe~otaCOR:e:YtaIIMl IFTuTrEmEtu, re Dealers' Ass'u 1£ these tables are shIpped by local freIght, It WIll cost dbont $1 SO to lay them down to the central Mmnesota pomts. DON'T OVERLOOK TInS BIG BARGAIN THOUGH IT IS ILLUS-TRATED IN A SMALL CUT. THIS 5-INCH LEG DINING EXTEN-SION TABLE can be had In plaIn, golden oak or AmerIcan quartered oak These tables are exceptIOnal values and you should not mIss tlus opportum ty of procm mg one The rim IS securely fastened, and do not forget that thIS has a good bolt and nut constructIOn for fasten mg the leg WhIPh admIts of easll) removmg or settmg up table r3~, No 822-Slze 42 x 42 m, Imlta tlOn oak 6-ft 4.95 8 ft 620 10-ft 7,45 F33 No 822 42 x 42 m ImItatIOn oak AmeIlcan quartered top 6 ft 5.45 8 ft 6.70 10-ft 795 r33 No 82-42 x 42 m, solld oak, gol-den 6-ft 600 8-ft 725 10-ft 850 F33, No 82-42 x 42 Ill, solld oak American quartered top 6 ft 6.50 8 ft 775 10 ft 900 F33, No 0514-pollshed, Genume Golden Oak ExtenSIon Table 'l'hls table has a 46 x 46 mch top and IS made of plam oak nIcely polished Note the SIze of barrel, WhICh I~ 12-mch Ihe legs are are 18 mches long and 4 '%, mches across the paw of the claw foot, makmg It a ver) massIve table It loas a firmly fastened rIm IS a non-dlvldmg pedestal, and one of the best plllal tables that the bUy lUg commlttef' has ever seen at anywhere near these prices Note that thIS table IS pollsh fimsh mstead of gloss F33 No 0514 sIze top 46 x 46 PrICe 6 ft 12.50 8 ft 15.50 10 ft 17.50 If American quartered top IS wanted add 75c extra to each SIze table 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. -----------------~~- .....·"1 ,II I• •t t I I II II III IIII II II , IIIII III II , II SUIte No 924 by Nelson-Matter Furmture Co • Grand Raplds MlCh ...._-------_.---_._._._--_._-- --------_._---- ...- .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quahty are considered. STOW 8. Df\VIS fUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 15 "The Supenor plant wIll be one of the largest In the city," said he, "but there are more commg In the followmg years there "nll be others, and five years from now Will see a Clty almost the size of the present Rockford on the ea"t Side of the nver and south of a pomt near Ral1road avenue A half dozen compames are planmng on commg to Rockford and there IS a tentative agreement made for the land which will be occupied by the plants to be erected" Shifts in the Chicago Furniture Exchange. The Chicago Furmture Exchange, 14th ~treet and Wabash avenue, Will present several changes m the 10catlOn of some of Its promment tenants next .,eason The Art Bedstead Com-pany, who have had space on the second flD01, have leased the ~outh half of the ground floor, which gives them additional room and Will enable them to arrange a very beautiful display of the "Art Beds" The Herhold Chair Company have also taken lease of a large space on the ground floor and Will show their entire lme, which Will mclude a big lot of new patterns, mcluding Vienna deSign", which they are now manuafctunng in large quantities. The Peck & Hills Furmture Company Will comohdate their sales and general offices on the second floor in the space formerly occupied by the Art Bedstead Company. i\ C l\tlun71nger, for several yeals connected v\;lLh the Indldna Furmture Company. of Fort \Va\ ne, ha'3 pnrcha"ed a furlllture store at Bryan, OhlO, and wl1l give It her personal attentlOn '------ City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg. ------------------------- .. ------ - --- . - ------~ ... "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER MANUFACTURED BY ---------------------------------_._---------------_._.--_.------_.---, , r· -.- .- ------------.---------------.----------- ---. - .-- --------.-----~ II ,I I IIII The season I for banquets I is here. I Get a stock I of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. Factories for Rockford. Rockford, Ill, Nov 4-Artlcles of assoClatlOn have Just been filed With the secretary of state for the mcorporatlOn of the Supenor Furmture Company, capitalize at $100,000 1 he mcorporators are A VV J\Iann, P 0 U garph and Edward Larson, who promise to estabhsh a plant equal m size and equipment to any now located m thiS city. "Gus" Holm has the contract for the mam factory bul1dmg, which Will be a five story structure and has already started work excavatmg for the foundatlOns which are to be completed thiS fall. \\T ork on the superstructure Will be started early m the spnng and rushed to completlOn The Site of the new factory Will be on what was formerly known as the Buchan farm and wl1l be a little east of the Na-tlOnal company plant. The bUlldmg Will be of solid bnck and fire proof constructlOn wl1l be followed out m every detail The plant wl1l be one block south of the street car tracks which make the Eighteenth avenue loop and thiS wl1l put It m close connectlOn With the city or those who Will have pOSI-tions tht Will reqUIre their presence m the bUSIness part of RockfOi d Outside df !the ba"ement room there wl1l be 100000 "'quare feet of workmg room, thiS bemg about a~ large a "pace a.., IS occupied by any factory In the sectlOn of the city where the Supenor IS to be located The declaratlOn of those who have filed the article" of mcorporatlOn state the company I'>for the manufacturme, and "ellUlg of furmture In all ItS lmes One of the best posted men m city affair'> and the commg and e"tabh.,hment of manufactones say.., thl'> IS only a small part of what Will be brought to the city dunng the comIng year H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. I •• 16 selhng a considerable quantity of goods by the employment ot ad\ ertI'3111g n ~tter and the mails, but the bus1l1ess failed to \ lell\ much plofit The Colonial Furmture, the Grace FurnI-tll! e lompan: the Clinton Furmture Company and Macey dropped out ot the game but 111recent years the bU~111es" has gi OI,'ln; to enormou" proportlOn" 111Chicago The success of the plan 111that Clt: IS due to 111c1uslOn 111the hnes of good'3 o c1eled about everyth111g needed to build and furnish a home and also to feed and clothe the occupants of the same Had the mail order merchanb of Grand Rapids shown the enter-pnse and courage of theIr nvals m ChIcago, the dlstnbutlOn of good" "old through the malls might have grown to great nTI-pOl tance m the \Ilchlgan furmture center. WEEKLY ARTISAN PUSL.ISHe:O EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGI-E COPIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP DS, MICH. A S WHITE. MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter July 'J, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapids Michigan under the act of March J 1879 Beer merchant'3 1 ecoglllze the \ aluc of 10cahtle'3 neal large manufactunng plants tor se1l1l1l2, hqll1d merchandl"c. and m many cIties the prom111cnce of Important Indu"tnes IS '3carcely greater than that of thc beer shops surrouncling the same So great a h111drance to the tlansactlOn ot bUSI-ness has the beer nll1sance become In Fa: ctte count\ Pa that the U mted States Steel COIporatIOn ha" cleterm111ecl to spend $10,000,000 for the purpo"e of keep111g It.., 25000 em-ployes m their coke plants sober. The steel corporatlOn Will purchase the lllne brewenes located 111Fayette count:. for the purpose of regulat1l1g the dnnk of the coke \\ orkers 1he sale of beer by the keg or barrel will he prolllblted and the company hope~ to preYent the Cllpp11l1g ot the 1,'\ orb. as now follows each pa: day for '3e\ ent: tv\ 0 hour'3 \v hen workmen purchase large quanti tie.., of beer and . la: do\'Vn beSide It" The saloon keepers and bu..,meos men !;enerall: approve the plan. under the SUPP0..,ltlon that men \\ III dnnk no more 111a saloon than the: ought 10 Regulation ot thc dnnk halJlt h an almo-,t lI11pos..,lble undel LakIng but the e\ 11, groW111g out of the same nllght he mochhcd thlOugh le<;I..,- latIon prohibIting the ..,ale of hquOtr wlth1l1 certa111 tern-tory adjacent to the factory ProlllhitlOn of the sale of heel' b: the keg or barrel to others than saloon kecpel'" \\ould un-doubtedly modify the eVIl,., attend111g exce~"'l\ e dnnlong It 1'3 charged, frequently that 111surance unclel \'vntel s do not try to reduce fire wa"te, and thele I'" \Vlth111 the e,- penence of e\ ery huslness man fact~ to "'UppOl t the chal ge although the unclerwnters I esent It I n"'pectlOn of manu-factunng plants by '3peClal agents I" not Ulllommon but COll1 pla111ts aga111st eXhtlng conchtlOns are seldom macle ancl sug gestlons mtended to lI11prO\ e a nsk al e seldom oft-erecl Any person famIlIar \'VIth wood workmg plants often man eb over the fact that m many l11stances m..,urance ~houlcl hay e been wlltten covellng the ..,ame, e\ en \\ hen the I ate IS al 1110.., t prohIbitory I n mercantile 11sks the sam e l11chtfel-enCe IS 111a11lfe..,teclby the 1l1spector~ Local al;enh a" a rule feel no mterest m a plant after the pi en11U111ha" been paid, and m con'3equene of thiS neglect rate" are hl<;h and the money of the man who keeps hi'" shop clean and m orclel IS used to pay the losses of the man whose shop should not have been cOvered WIth Insurance at any rate Govel n111ent regulatlOn of the bUSiness mIght pro\ e useful 111 the long run to poilcy holders A few years ago Grand Rapids was held up to elellslOn h: certa1l1 fur111ture trade papers as the center of the mall ordel bus1l1ess. The late Fred Macey and two or three others were l~etallers ot furmture are engagmg qUite largely In the ~ale at pianos, planolas and mechal11cal pIanos. There 1'3salel to be a large profit 111 the bus1l1ess espeCIally when a dealer IS ..,trong enough finanCIally to hanelle It on the tIme payment plan ;\n enterpnsmg dealer 111 a western state IS sellIng mecha11lcal planas for $700 that cost hIm less than $300. The tanner" are flush With money and dIsposed to purchase the late..,t sonatas. selectIOns from operas and also the popular songs hot oft the dISks The mecha111cal plano and the phono- <;laph sall..,fie" the mUSIcal reqmrements of many of their cla," Owmg largely to their lIberal expenditures for space in the magaz111es. hy many manufacturers of furnIture, the mdlJ'3 bnng to their offices many requests for blue pnnts and cat2- logue" These requests are almost 111vanably forwarded t'l a dealer located 111or near the town at whIch the 111qmry \ a" mailed by the manufacturer recelv111g the same. The reL! ,er" are ..,0 well orga1117Cd that mo..,t manufacturers could not ''ill an order from a consumer chrect, even when the opportunity pre"ented Ibelf for so d0111g WIthout detectIOn Thel e I" a better unelerstancl111g between the merchants and the maker" of turl11ture than tormerly eXisted Judge Sater. ot the L11lted State'3 chstnct court, at Cl11- unnatl uphold.., the comlltutlOnahty of the fecleral employer.., lIablht: act TllIS act was declared unconstitutIOnal by the "upreme court of Connecticut recently and the determ111atlO 1 of the question mv oh ed Will finally rest WIth the supreme court of the Ul11ted States The actIOn at CmCll111atl was brought by heirs ot Jerry Coakley, an eng111eer employed by the CmcmnatJ Hamllton & Dayton Railroacl, kIlled in an aCCIdent 1,'\ hlle emplo: eel m the service of the rallroad. The outcome of that case agamst Delaware lawyels, mentIOned on another page will be of mtercst to others than the manager" ut corporatlOn~ If It I.., a crime to offer to sell kno\\ ledge hoyv to aVOId payment of the corporatlOn 111come tax It IS certa111ly a cnme to tell Just how the tax may be aVOIded and man: new"'papers have done ,,0 Without chargmg a retamer or exactmg other fee~ for theu adVice Hence the pubh'3her~ of "uch papel ~ \\ III watch the proceechngs 111 the Delawal e case \\ Ith con..,lelel able Interest The alln of the commercial de~lgner 1'3 to make a good c1rawmg But that 1'3 not the Vital pOInt 111decorative al t. there the all-Important tlllng IS the effect of the work 111exe-cutIOn and 111 ItS place The hst of new exhlhltors at the spnng furl11tnre expo;l-tlOn In Grand Rapid", 111January cont111nes to grow longer '\ earl: all avaJable space has been taken Look111g for a Job keeps many a fellow busy WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 WE ALWAYS HAVE IT READY TO SHIP Figured Red Gum Veneer CLEAR, FACE STOCK IN GOOD SIZES. 535 Mich. Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. II Walter Clark Veneer Company II Evansville. Evansvdle, Ind, Nov 4--Busme"" with the furlllture manufacturer" here 1;' stdl on the upward grade and the pros-pects for an active wmter trade are excellent. The plants contmue to run on full tune and a great many orders have been received dunng the past week or two. CollectlOns are better and the general tone of the market has Improved won-derfully. After the first of next year P B Fellwock Will retire as secretary and treasurer of the Bockstege Furlllture Company and w111devote all hiS time to the Fellwock Auto and Manu-factunng Company He states that the busmess of the last named concern has grown "0 dunng the past two years that It now reqmres all ll1S tune l\Ir Fellwock has moved 111;' fdmdy mto their elegant new home at 606 Oakley street. BenJamm Bos"e, pre "1dent of the Globe Furlllture Com-pany and mterested m the V\ orld and Bosse facto11es here says that all three factones are now bemg operated on full tnne and that hu"me"s b much better than a year ago. The three plant" employ In the neighborhood of 500 men at good wages Gus Nonweder has purcha'3ed the mtere"t of hi" brother, Dert Nonweder, In the Evalbville Furlllture Company. Bert Nonweller wdl go to LOlu"vdle whele he Will engage m the drug husme'3" The EvanSVille Furlllture Company IS now composed of "Gus" l\onweller, Phlhp Nonweder and Fred Guth. Mr Mar"tall of the Marstall Furniture Company at Hendel-son, Ky, was here a few days ago and was a caller at the Furmture Exchange He ",ays trade IS as good as could be expected now and looks for It to get better nght along There have been "everal hundred vi "ltor" at the Furlllture Exchange bmlchng dunng the pa;,t month Salesmen have been kept busy and manager Gdbert states that the volume of busmess done dunng October was much larger than that of September ] ohn H Rohsennberger of the Buehner Chair Company says the trade prospects could be no better The Buehner plant 15 bemg operated on full time. A F Karges of the Karge" Furmture Company, has re-turned from ]ame..,town, Va, where he attended the meetmg of the lnter"tate Furmture l\Ianufacturer'" A""oclatlOn Eh D Miller, the well known folding bed manufacturer "ays foldlllg bed manufacturel s are bound to have a prosper-ous year m 1910 He ..,ay'3everythmg pomt'3 to boom m busi-ness and he feels that the year Will be the most active III the history of hiS company Retad trade has unproved a great deal dunng the past month The R & G Furmture Company, The Arnold Elmen-dorf Company and the Relt7-Splegel Company have been dOlllg a nice fall bu ..,mess Veneer manufacturer;, here report trade "till active and they are lookmg for a fine wmter All the local plants are runnlllg on full tnne now -W. C B. .-__-_._.--_.------ . .._._.__._.-.--------- _. .. - .. No. 57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. ._-_.-.-.---_.~__..,._.__._.-----------------------~ No. 100 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Kindel Kind. On another page of tl11'; \\eel-.." 1",;ue of the \\ eekh \1- tl'>an w111 be found the dch el tl"ement 01 the Kl11del Bed company of Clllcago, Toronto and \ e\\ York '1he compal1\ are manufactLlrer~ of a combl11ed day enport and bed \\ hlch has attracted the marked attentlOn of dealer;, In e\ er} section of the Umted States amI Canada and estabhshed ;,uch a vol-ume of bus111es;, "mce the mceptlOn of the busme,;" a'> to ta" Made by Delaware ChaIr Co , Delaware, O. the capaClty of the Kl11del factonc,; io the utmost \mont; the voluntar) expre"';lOn" made b} the trade J0111 nal" re~a[(l-l11g the Kl11del are the follOWIng "Tf;, the ~reate'>t 111\entJon of the age," "It" an ornament m every home,' "fhl'> 1" the late"t and be"t davenport bed plOclucel,' "It" the be"t ot 1b kmd yet mvented,' "Its the kl11g of all fold1l1g clay enpOl h, "If" the only perfect parlor bed ," "One of the mo"t u,;ef111 articles ever offered to the rade," etc The "peclal feature" of the K1l1del Da \ en port bed ma \ he "ummanzed as follows Utll1ty ~Always ready Can be chant;ed trom Pel1(( i Davenport to Perfect Bed without movln~ trom the \\ all Cony emence ~Can be readily taken dpart f01 mO\ 111~ and IS easIly set up aga1l1. Slll1phclt} ~So simple that a chIld can operate It, and there are no comphcated part,,; to get out of order '-,pnn~" ~ -\ bed can be no better than It,; '3pnng -', hence \\ e u"e on!v the be;,t 011 tempered ;,teel wire "Long Cone lol1~ L pholster) -Is protected by cushlOns automtIcally re- \ er"lI1g bl1l1g111g mattl es;, uppermost as bed I Ilhng ~:.\lattresses and cushIOns are filled w1th K111del's h} glemc felt Comfortable and durable Deddlllg ~Always 111place, concealed flom V1ew clunng the da} but 1'3 ready fOl u"e at 111ght. Economy ~It co..,ts no more than the antIquated Daven-port nor a" much as the orcllnary bed of equal grade, not- \\ ltlhtandm~ It'> l111que~tJoned supenonty Changes in Peck & Hills Managers. \ numbe1 of change" took place m the Perk & Hill;, rurlllture Company OlgamzatlOn on Kovember 1, at wh1:h tlme \ H \ f cCall, mdnager of the1r export department, res1gned to become secretary anel sales manager for the Kenosha Cnb ( oll1pany of Keno..,ha, \Vb H. L Gotham, who has been the con pan) 's clalll1 agent and had charge of the pnntlllg of the la ,t tv. 0 echtlom of the1r bIg catlog, ,",ucceeded Mr McCall as manager of their fore1gn department, wh1ch ha" become a 11011111ent factor 111th1'-, company's bu'>mes-, through Mr Mc- Cdl '> ag~resslVe management and the able 'iale~mansh1p of thell t01 elgn repl esentatlves, Vmcent Rl11z and Manuel de la \ ega T:<. J \Vheedon of the comm1SSlOn house of McCready & \\ heedoll retlred £from that firm \Jovem ber 1 to take charge of the advertls1l1g dnd pubhClty department of the Peck & H111s I'1ll11lture Company 1fr Wheec10n WdS carry1l1g "Pubhc1ty" a'i a slde lme bef01 e entenng the commh..,lOn bU'i1l1ess, and 111 th1'> new connectlon h takmg up hl'i fdvonte vocatIOn ,,--_ .. -----_. -- . ., I• II• I• •••••• ~----------------------- ---- ..•. WEEKLY ARTISAN ---_._.-- ----------_. - - - - ----- _. -_. _.----------~------- I .... .....-... ...- ------- LABOR SAVING TOOLS Our Multiple Square Chisel Mortiser Makes the Strongest, most economical and most accurate case construction possible. It is entirely automatic. It clamps, mortises and releases, completing the post in lesstime than the material can be clamped on other machines. No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. Our No. 171 Patented Sand Belt Machine will sandiflat surfaces and irregular shapes, including mouldings, better and faster than any other process. Nearly No. 171 SAND BELT MACHINE. 1000 of our Sanders now in use by your competitors. Why give them an advantage over you in your sanding department? We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extremely profitable to th chair manufacturers. Ask for CATALOG "E" Wysong & Miles Company Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., Greensboro, N. C. - - .. 19 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- ..... _.. ...._._------~-----_... . ----_._------------------- I II HOOD &WRIGHT I _ ..- _.. ...--.., Since our enlargement we have the largest and best equipped Veneer and Panel plant in N orth-ern Michigan. Weare prepared to fill orders promptly for all kinds of veneers in native woods, and especially in birdseye maple and figured birch. We are also makers of panels, mIrror backs, drawer bottoms, etc., and are prepared to ship in car lots or open freight as desired. j~---------- BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN jIjI ----_._-_.--._._. _.,------------------_._._._--_ -.-.___ ._ ...I.. Crushing the Tin Plate Unions. The Ulllted States Steel Corporation "hlch '->tarted 'n last spnng to Use the "open shop' ~,'-otem 111 then '-oheet dlld t1l1 plate mdls and thereby preCIpItated a '-otllke ,\ hlch has 1) f n on SInce May 6 has ",ucceeded 111 practlcall} dn,lng the un! n out of all theIr mdls except tho'-oe at \Iartln'-o Fell\ an,\ Bndgeport, OhIO, where the Ul11on:oha, e prey ented the Tl111- nll1g of the mdb WIth non-umon men These 111I\b are 0\\ ned by the Amencan Sheet & 1'111 Plate Compan}, \\ hlch h a subsldlalY or auxdlaly of the Llllted States corporatIOn and on the advIce of officIal:::. of the latter the manage I " of the auxllrary company have decIded to abandon the OhIO ml\l:::. and thus wIpe out the last stronghold", of the UlllOns The, are therefore clrsmantlrng the plant'-. at TIlldgeport and \Ial t1l1 '-0 Ferry and movll1g the machlller} to Penn'-o, Iv allla pOlllb where It WIll be used 111 mIlL, that need It and \\ here the umon" are not strong enough to object to the "open shop" rules ThIs \VIll leave about 5,::;00 Idle men 111 the two OhIO towns \\ ho \\ III ha, e to :oeek employmentel:::.ewhere and wdl have to submIt to the "open shop" edIct or change theIr vocatIOn 111 order to secure It It WIll also be a dIsastrous blow to the merchants ot the towns affected, but the managers of the Steel CorporatIOn declare that the merchanb deserve to suffer tor ha, ll1g encouraged the stnkers to hold out agall1st the . open shop" orders L F Montellle and F E Kramer of Peona, III ha, e purchased the undertakll1g bus1l1ess of A. D Woodruff & Co. at \Vaterloo, Iowa The Ul11ted FUI nrture Company, of South Bethelhem, Pa, has been ll1corporated CapItal stock $50.000 ---_._._------_.-._._._-_._. _. _._-_._...._. ----_.__._--------_. _. ..-. -----------.-..., SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS I This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MIOI-I. ---------._-_._--------_._---_ .._.-._--------. -..-.-..-.----.. ....... WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ~.. ..- .--- - - -- - - --------~----~'--__.. -------~---~-_._.-_._-___..----------------_._-----_ .., \ I I II .... . _. - DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST r "QUALITY" I LINE ~I of l DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION II I I I I I ~-----------~----------_._.---_. ---_.-------------_. --- ----~_._.~. __ • _. ------~-~. __ • _a'__ ----' CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. Latest Big Store Convenience- Just 111s1deeach of the ma111 street entrances of one of 1'\e\iI,. York's department stores the shopper d1scovers 111a con"p1cuoUS pOS1hon a flat \vlr~ basket filled w1th cards Havl11g comphed w1th the pnnted 1I1vltatlOn to take one he finds hlmsef prov Ided w1th a ml111ature ellrectory of the estab-h" hment Perhaps no more stnkl11g eVIdence of the expansIOn of modern "hopkeepl11g methods ha" been so conc1sely con- \ eyed 'I he card 1" "carcely larger than a woman'" v 1"ltl11g caret It I" thm, but strong, and the corner" al e rounded "0 that It wdl not poke hole" 111 pocket hnl11g" or become unhdy Ibelf by gettl11g crumpled There are 117 Items 111 the cl!rectory, and yet the store 1n que"hon IS more stnctly a dry goods estabhshment than many of ItS cla"s It ha'3 no provISIOns department, no dentIst chalr'3, photograplllc '3tuello, malllcunng room or "Imdal malllfesta-tlO11Sof up to date mercantIle methods Every letter 111 the alphabet except two IS represented on the card Only the letters Q and X do not appear Ql11lts and Aylophone" ImmedIately sugge~t themselves as candIdates for the breach, but wh1le you may buy either or both 111the "tore they are perhaps "ufficlently catalogued under "Blankets and QUIlts" and "Mu"lcal Instruments" roo IIII II I ~--. A Traveling Salesman's Observations. RetaIlers 111 the '3mall town" of the we"t do not handle a:o good "tock as they dId twenty-five years ago, remarked a veter-an travell11g salesman 'Between the year'3 1880 and 1890 I handled a lme of cheap chamber '3tl1tes," contmued the traveler, "My hne was not good enough for them but now that I am selhng a much better lme, they tell me my stuff IS too good for theIr trade Formerly ql11te a vanety of good" hom the 'vVlCldlcomb J'urmture Company, Helkey & Cay Nel"on-\latter and other manufacturer;, wa" Larned 111;,tock by deale I" 111 1, and du Lac, 1\ eenah. J\lenoml11ee, 1" anbault, SIOUXI, all" and other towns of the class of tho"e mentIOned but one :oeldom finds anyth111g on theIr floors more pretentious than the pro-duct:> of Upham the Northern or Joe Peters Knnbal of J ane"vIlle cal nes a conSIderable quanhty of good "tuff. but a majority of the retaIlers sell good'3 of the class used by the mad ordel houses It would seem that the Whe path for such dealers to follow IS not that of the mad order merchants TheIr aIm should he to 111duce customers to buy good" of medlUm and hIgh grade through good salesmanshIp The fellow who bets hIS bottom dolldr doesn't alwdys come out on top PITTSBURGH PLATE L.ARGEST ,JOBBERS ANO MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS COMPANY GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAI. DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anything in BUilders' Glass, or anything in Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or Painters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which i" given below' NEW YO:BX-Kudson a.ndVandam Sts. CLEVELA:ND-1430-1434west Third st. BOSTON-41-49Sudbury st., 1-9 Bowker St. OMAHA-llOl-l107 Howard St. CHICAG0-442-452Wabash Ave. ST. PAUL-459-461 Jackson st. CINCINNA'rI-Broadway and Court sts. ATLANTA,GA.-3O-32-34S. pryor St. ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce sts. SAVANNAH,GA.-745-749 Wheaton st. llrUNNEAPOLXB-500-51S6. Third St. XANSASCITY-Fifth and Wyandotte Sts. DET:BOIT-53-59Larned St., E. BXB.llrUNGHAA1ILIIA, .-2nd Ave. and 29th st. G:BA:ND:BAPIDS,MICH-39-41 N. Division St. BUFFALO,N. Y.-372-74-76-78Pearl St. PITTSBl1:BGH-IOI-I03Wood St. B:BOOJl:LYN-635-637 Fulton st. MILWAUXEE,WIS.-492-494 Market St. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th sts. BOCHESTEB,N.Y.-WilderBldg.,Main &; Bzchange sts. DAVENPOBT-410-416Scott st. BALTIl\I!OBB-310-12-14W. Pratt st. OJl:LAHOMACITY,OJl:LA, 210-212W.Fl1'st St. ••••••• aa _. __ ••• _. aa a ••• -- •• I._---_._--------------_.--~I 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Good Equipment Means Better Work Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jefferson Avenue Furniture Must Fit Personality. "It IS not enough that woman" clothes mu"t '>Ult hCI, her housc must SUIt her, too and must reflect the ta"te and character of the ownel, and at the same time prove a beautiful background to the pIcture, of whIch "he mu;,t al \\ a} s be the central figure," says a wnter for the Bo"ton Traelel "The dark-eyed woman whose calm ~}mpath} and rest-fulness compel confidence and peace would look her bc"t ;,urrounded by oak panelhng and LltLabethan furl1ItUle ] hc heavy curta1l1s and hang1l1g;" all In nch, "ubdued tone", that are only to be found 111 old brocade", would "hleld the ;,dnct- Ity of her hou",e from the nOIse and hurly burly of modern hfe" "The WIde expansIve hearth speak-, of comfort and home hne"", Wll1le the nchly cal ved and elaboratc d11mneYPlecc cmbelhshed WIth the famdv coat of arm" and helalcltc devIce" would show the dlgmty and pnde of bIrth of tll1" ,,\\ cet-tdcul woman who;,e broad "ympathy and e"sentlal k1l1dltness help to adorn the title of a true AmenCdn lady "Her furnIture would be comfortable, "el vlLeable, but never luxunolh, a qUIet seeml1l1es5 would pel \ adc the \\ h01' housc" "1'hl;, sweet, calm woman would look her best a~a1l1"t an Ehzabethan background of comb1l1ed dlgl11ty and homeI1l1e,,~ but would be completely out of place 111 a room of flIppant French deSIgn decorated WIth seductive rose p1l1b and deh-clOusly Impudent gIlt cupIds WIth garland;, of fio\\ er" "But the pIquant httle woman, who"e hnght sal1les of \\ It dehght her hearer"" and whose chdd-hke faSC1l1atlO11'idll \ e away dull care, would be In her element 111 "uch a room as thIs" There 1Ssome logIC 111 the Boston Idea but If entirely co,- rect It proves that the Ehzabethan style of fur111ture was not Grand Rapids, Michigan '-,0 named becau;,e of ItS ac1aptablhty to the queen';, per;,onaht} L nle"" hlstOl} IS at fault Queen Bess was anythmg but dark-eved calm and restful, but, perhaps she lacked taste and had not (h;,co\ ered the Importance of harmony between furmture and personahty j he );3 cmploye" of the Alex SI111th & Sons Carpet '-- J1l1pany Yonker", \ Y, WIll each tecu\c $1,000 flOm the c"tdtc of :\11" E\ d S Cochran who dIed Iecently Mr5 Cochl an owned a large 1I1tere"t 111 the company and the total \ aluc of her c"tdte h e;,tnnated dt $12,000,000 1he pot of gold dt the end of the rainbow I;' Just about a5 acce"::'lble a" the "lIver hn111gof our douds III ALH leo 6 CO@ MANUFACTURERS ...~D DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REF'AIRI NG-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED ClTlZENS PHONE 1239 27 N MARKET ST ~, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN Distribution of Pay Envelopes in Factories. rhe Iron Age-In certam locahties the practice is gammg ground of ch:stnbutmg pay envelopes through the \\-orks, each employee bemg handed h1S week's earnmgs by clerks who make the rounds of the shops on pay day. The change to th1S :oystem 1S largely on the theory that to stand m hne to recelVe wages detracts from a man's self-respect It hurts the pnde of many workmen still further to have the1r names on pay envelopes replaced by number". wh1ch 1Sthe u"ual method at a pay wmdow. The elllnmatlOn of the pay wmdow further effect" somc :savmg of time, e1ther of the workmen after they have fim"hed the1r lahor:o or of the employer 1f the hne i:o per- 1111tted to form 1n shop hours. In very large plants such a "y"tem may not be practicable, nor would 1t be m certain "maller works because of the nature of the employment. But m most small estabhshments, and m many of cons1derable Slze, there appears to be no senous obstacle to the use of such a pay system The :serV1ces of one or more clerks are needed for only a ",hort time The payment 1S a personal, pnvate transactlOn, wh1ch appeals strongly to the Amencan idea Surely, no harm can result from glvmg a man's wages an ad- (htlOnal d1gnity, and, though 1t may seem a small matter, where the change has been made from the lme at the wmdow to the unostentatlOus 'handmg of the envelope to the man dunng h1S work, the comment of the shop 1S of the sort that would "urpnse the employer who has never glVen heed to the questlOn One of the une!erlymg cond1tions breed1l1g labor troubles 1~ the fee1111gof workmg force" that they comtitute a class ent1rely apart from the management ~Iodern bUS1l1es" meth-od" ha\ e compelled the abandonment of the ole! relatlOm, be-tVveen employer and employed Defore the day" of great under-takll1g" the ownC1 knew every man m hb plant and a feehng of equahty eX1sted Iu reality no change ha:o been wrought m this respect, so far as the feel111gs of ow ners toward their loyal workmen are concerned, even in lanse estabhshments, but the opportunity of glVll1g expre:O:OlOnto the1r fnendI1l1e:o:s by per:oonal contact no longer eX1st", The1r relatlOns w1th the1r men must be through others Even 111 the "mall factory the rush of modern product10n preclude" other than bnef busmess contact, and, of course, personal a""oc1ation rarely extend" beyond the shop door. Every "tep 111 the develop-ment of successul management must be accompamed by "ys-tem, and the atmo:ophere of the mdustnal :oy"tem mu"t alway" appear a cold one If m any way, :ouch a:o by the method of distnbutmg wage", the workmen are made to feel a narrow-mg of the gap between them and the office the re:oults cannot be otherw1se than beneficial Was a Levine Venture. Fredenck WAllen, pres1dent of the Allen & Pa1s1ey FUl-mture Company. 133 Portland street, Boston, VV11ham C Forsaith, treasurer of the C. C. Ba11ey Furmture Company of 90 Canal street, Boston, and Coleman Levme of Coleman Le-vme & Co, furmture dealers, 138 Cortland street, Boston, who were md1cted for concealmg assets of the Blockton (2Vlass) Furniture C0111{pany wh1ch was f01ced mto bankruptcy m 1908, pleaded gll1ltY when arra1gned m court Mr Allen pa1d a fine of $1,000 and the other" $500 each Allen was trustee m bankruptcy m the Brockton Furn1- ture Co ca"e and 1t was charged by the government that by tanglmg up the account" of the Brockton concern the men chv1dee! about $1200 among them"elve<- The ca"e aga1n"t ] o.,eph M Leven"on, attorney m the bdllkruptcy ca:oe, wa" no11 pro"",ed SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS, 23 SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis 24 WEEKLY rI .... ..... ..._------~ BARGAINS IN NEW MAC"INERY I have on hand for ImmedIate shipment the followmg brand new machines WhIChI will sell at reduced pnces 4- Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from IX to 18inch centers. 3- Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from I to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. I-Sixteen Inch Cabinet' Makers' lathe. ---ADDRESS-- -- J. C. DeBRUYN, 130PageSt., Grand Rapids,Mich. .....----_._---_. -----------_._._--- I i ...-_ ..---_._---_._._._.~.~._._._._._--_._._.~.~._._._.,---.~ !III I II III I I II !IIII .......... ... .~! No 15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG FOX MACH INE CO' 185 N fRONT STREET, GRANO RAPIDS, MICH ~-------_._---.---- I Morton ......_-~ lfouse ---'._._._._._. -------_._---~ II I II• • ...I ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. lfoteJ Pantlind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dmner Served at the Pantlmd for SOc IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. "'----- BROTH ERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER III , l QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS I' fAN D MAHOGANY ! ....----•........------------ ~ III.. SAWED AND SLICED ARTISAN New Water Cooler for Refrigerators. The old style water coolers in Refrigerators are a nuis-ance The water tastes of the food. the Ice met" away rrom the tank, and the water 1:-0 not cooled; the tank IS 111 the way. occUPY1I1g part of the door space, It don't hold enough water All these ObjectIOns are aVOIded in the new Leonard \Vater Cooler It conSIsts of a seam-less tube 40 Inche:o III dIameter, porcela1l1 enameled I11:oIde and oUbide. It b placed 111 the back corner of the Ice chamber, out of the way of the door openlllg, and where the Ice 1', held constantly aga111st It by the lllcl1l1e ( t the Ice rack /\." 1t opens only to the outSIde of the RefrIg-el ator, through the top the water can never absorb smells ot food It IS ecl~Ily cleaned, hecau~e the tube I~ large It holds from one to two gallons of water, and more can be "upphed, Jf ,yanted by 111vertlllg a large bottle of water on top at cooler 1hese cooler, can he obtaIned 111the Leonard cleanable porcelalll 11l1ed refrigerators l\Iade by the Grand RapIds Retllgerator Co , CI} de Park avenue, Grand RapId", l\I1ch. For Telling How to Dodge the Tax. Ernest L SqUIre and George y\ Dor"ey. Jr. d01l1g busi- I1h:o as the La\\}er,,' T1tle & Tlu~t Company, 1n \VIlmlllgton, Del, ha' e been arre"ted b) cl L 11lted States marshall on the Made by Sheboygan Novelty Co" Sheboygan, WIS . charge of consptrlng to COm111ltan offense agalllst the UnIted State~ They were taken before a ju~t1ce and held for an I11vestlgatlOn before the grand jury They are alleged to hay, e advert1sed and sent out postal cards offering to advhe corporatIOns how to evade the new ta', pro\ Ided In the tariff act The offer set forth that the plan could be to!lowe(] WIthout VIOlclt1l1gthe law The accu:oed say that theIr offel was sImply to expla1l1 the law and how to conform to It and pronllse to put up a "ucce:osful defense Recent Inventions. \ fil e e:Olape recently patented by aNew York man con- 'lSts of a fireproof tower contallll11g a separate spIral tube lead1l10 from each floor to the street to lessen the confUSIon should "a ~lllgle tube be used for all floor" -\ patent has been ::;ranted a LOUl"Iana man on a plclne III \\ Inch the blade IS replaced by a pIece of ~amlpaper, wlllch ma \ be adj usted or 1emoved and replaced by a fre~h pIece by t\\ 0 knobs that SCIew mto the ba"e \ foldmg portable wardrobe for the benefit of travelers \'vho may hm! llladeCjuclte accommodatIons at <,topplllg places has been patented by an 1111110ISman WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Vacuum Cleaners and Carpet Sweepers. 'v\ eekly ArtIsan, CIty G~ntlemen Replymg to your favor of 2nd m~t, we beg to advI"e }ou that the mtroductlOn of vacuum cleaner~ has had a stlmu-latmg effect upon our busme,,~, and the I ea"ons for thl~ are ql11te obv 10USto us In the fil'it place, a vacuum cleaner wIth suffiCIent pOV\er to be effectIve l'i necessanl y expen~lve, and tl1l'-, place'i a llmltatlOn upon lt~ "ale and removes It entirely from the categor} of the cal pet 'iweeper In the second place. vacuum de,ll1ers poe,ses"lng any ment mue,t have motor.., that not only coe,t money but add mat en all} to the weIght of the de vIce Vacuum cleaner'i that weIgh from 40 to 60 pound~ are not ea"y to tran~port from room to room and up and down e,talr~, and therefore It IS that they are not practIcal every del} cleamng deVIces You wl1l percelVe that the carpet 'iweeper or hand pro-pelled clea11lng deVIce I" the every day necessIty m the home It ""elgh~ but j~ pound.." can be tran~ported from room to room or up and clown 'italr'i by a chlld, and co"te, but $275 to $6 SO for the very best Compare the'ie pnce~ WIth the pflce of the vacuum cleaner that pos"e~ses any ment There are a lot of alleged vacuum cleaners on the llurket that al e perfectly worthless affaIr", and even these co"t from $1500 to $2500 You are qmte nght m your a"sumptlOn that the carpet ..,weeper mdustry hel~ not suffered from the mtroduetlOn of vacuum cleaner~ On the contrary. there has never been a more "uccessful pellod m our bu"mess hl~tor} than ~l11ce the"e cleanel s were mtroducecl To bnng the matter down to date, our busme'i" smce the fir..,t of July, when all the vacuum cleaner manufacturers have been advertlsmg more extensIvely than ever before, shows an mcrea..,e of 15 per cent a month vVe have lust closed the largest October m our hI "tory, not exceptmg the great year of 1906 Vacuum c1eaner~ have theIr cll'itInct field of usefulness but the same IS smgularly true of the carpet sweeper There are many hmltatlOns surroundmg the use of vacuum cleaner.., that are not known to the pubhc generally Vacuum cleaners for example cannot gather up the large mIscella-neous htter that the sweeper swallows up WIthout effort Fme dust IS all that a vacuum cleaner can get. You wIll appre- CIate that the hou"ewlfe reqUIres a c1eanmg deVIce for dally use that 1S equal to the emergency In gathenng up the nl1S cellaneous htter such as large crumbs, matches, pms, needles. scraps of cloth, etc Of cour~e, In addItIOn to gathenng all thIs the Iapldly revolv111g brush of the 'iweeper hfts the fine uu"t out of the carpet or rug and depOSIts It 111the pan re-ceptacles As a matter of fact, the carpet or rug that Is dally ~-~-------'-_--.-~__.._. -------------------- Ii II IIIII II III II II~------~-- - - -----~DETROIT, MICH. I HOTEL NORMANDIE CONGRESS STREET Near Woodward Avenue American Plan, $2 50 per Day and upwards European Plan, $1 00 per Day and upwards Hot and Cold Runnmg Water m all Rooms. Rooms With Bath extra. A High Grade Cafe. Restaurant and Buffet m connection GEORGE FULWELL, Proprietor. -----_. _. ------ -------------~ ~------~--_._---------~------------- .-- - - ----------- II III II II It I II - -~ THE Hindel KINO THE GREATEST 1l0USEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Is fllted WIth felted colton mattress. Has LuxuriOus Turkish Sprmgs. Is always ready WIth bed-dmg m proper place. Is absolutely safe-cannot close aCCidentally. Saves rent bysavmg space· Protects covermg by turn- Ing cushIons Is so Simple and easy a child can operate It Has roomy wardrobe box under seat I III II , II ~----------------------------------------------~ ComprIses three articles for the price of one WRiTE WIRE OR PHONE FOR PARTICULARS KINDEL BED COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK TORONTO swept \\ Ith a 1Jbsell -,wcepel ha" lIttle need for suchan cleaner" It Jt, only where sweepmg IS neglected that the vacuum cleaner apparently e,how~ the be~t result" ;\Jotwlth"tanchng that thCle are probably ISO to 200 va-cuum cleaner" manufactured 111thl" and foreIgn countnes, our bUS111e..,,,I~ cone,tantly glOW1l1g Our foreIgn trade a~ well a" our home tl ade V\III ~how a large 111crease for the year 1909 \ \ e rema111, Yours truy, BISSELL Ci\RPET S\\ EEPER COMPANY New Furniture Dealers. C R Pansh & Co al e new furmtLll e dealer., 111Columbue, OhIO John Barger IS the newest furl11ture dealer 111DanvJ1le, III He IS located at 433-7 Mam street Fred Rellbmlth I~ erect111g a bmlchng m whIch he wJ11 open a furl11ture store at JVlacungle, Fa H ] Immel of Fond du Lac, I" mak111g arrangemenb to open a new funl1ture store at J\I ayv Ille, WI~ F C Pal~t, Ada Palst and A J Costell, have mcorpor-ated the Independent Fur11lture Company, capltahzecl at $10,000, to deal m fur11lture at Paot1la, Col \\ B Carel of 1\ew York CIty, E E Carter and others of Bluefield, \V. Va, have 111LOrporated the Globe Furl11shmg Company to e"tabhsh a ~tore and deal 111furmture and hOlhe furl11"h111ggood" 111Bluefield CapItal stock, $20,000 New Factory for Grand Rapids. F J 1\1cElmee, cash leI of the "tate bank at GrandVIlle a suburb of Grand Rapld~, Harm Spaanstra, Herman MIller and J Ohl1 K1l11.p,""ho have had experience a~ furmture workers In Grand Rapld" factone", are orgamz111g the Sheraton lurn- Iture Company for the purpose of e'itabhsh111g a factory at GrandvJ1le They have deCIded to 'itart 111a modest ""ay, Ue,111gel 1)l1l1d111~now owned by the Grandvllle State bank wluch was formerly occupIed by the Hammond Novelty works The capItal "tack ha~ been fixed at $12,000 and Grand Rapld'i capltah"ts have sub"cnbed for a con~lderable part of It "That's a good name for a fur11lture company, saId a well known Grand RapId.., hlll11ture man, when told of the Grand- \ Jlle enterpnse, "but If they expect to hve up to the same by makmg Sheraton fur11lture, they'll have to 111crease theIr capItal a bIt, befOle they are able to pay dIVIdends" The man who boasts that he has everyth111g that he wants I doesn't want much •• -4 posed He was accepted and a few months later the marnage took place Speak1l1g of their courtship ~ome years later Mrs "etcher said "Y\ e talked bus1l1ess as other engaged couples talk 10\ e-It was love and Me to both of us lour years after the marnage, 111ApnL 1904, Mr 1\etcher "ecured the largest amount of 1I1~urance ever Issued upon the hte at a reSident of a western city up to that tune The pohcy called for the pay ment of $500,000 and was made payable to \1Is Xetcher It INas taken out as a bus1l1es" safeguard to assure ample cash to carr) out 1\lr Netcher's extensive plans should he die before their completIOn Two months after the pohc) wa" taken out, Mr. Netcher died follOWing an oper-ation for appendlclth The estate, of which his wife became the "ole executor, amounted to more than a nlllhon dollars, $600000 of whICh was 111surance lollow111g the example of her late husband, l\1rs Netcher then promptly apphed for an equal amount of 1I1surance The company which had bsued the pohcy of $500,000 for her hus-hand would Issue only $200,000 on her Me She therefore took S~OO000 more In another company 1 he first $700,000 was IN ntten on the non-participating plan, but recently she took out S300,000 more, on the partlclpat1l1g plan, making a total of SI 000,000 \\hlch IS beheved to he more than IS carned on the hfe of any other woman 111the world .:\Irs ::-,etcher reaches her offices about 9 30 and works at het desk a full bus111ess day Instead of tak1l1g lunch down to\\ n she dr1\ es back to her beautiful home, 4427 Drexel bouIe- 'llanI, and ha" luncheon With her chJ1dren Her work at the office IS that of con"ultatlOn With those trusted employes of her husband INham she picked a., heads of the varIOus depart-ment., of the store It COnslC,tsof pass111g upon large money deals transacted 111the store One of the remarkable th111gs about ~lrs Netcher's corps of assistant:, IS their extreme youth Her general manager, Henr} G Hart, "ald to be under 30, IS a man of academiC tra1l1111g a graduate phySICian, an expert on chemistry, and a student of hterature The assbtant general manager, George Branches, IS a man under 35, whtle Henry Fnedberg, the ad- 'llertls111g manager, I" said to be under 30 'The only succe"sful hfe," ~ays Mrs Netcher, "IS the hte of \\ork and susta111ed effort The busy hfe IS the only Me \\ orth whJ1e I do not care for society and I cannot say that I hunger for the diverSIOns pursued by most women. Mrs Netcher once declared that she did not see the neces- Stty for a vacatIOn Conge11lal work IS happ111ess for her and "he can't see why one ~hould give up happ1l1ess, even em-poranly Dunng the hot ~ummcr months, when most women of consldelably le"s mean" than l\1r~ Netcher were at resorts, the propnetre"., of the Boston "tore v. as regularly at her desk tran saet111g bus1l1ess DlCln't she feel the need of a change or dlvenon? 'I ha\ e m) chtldren and my home," was her charm1l1g lem1l1der 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN STORY OF MERCHANT PRINCESS Remarkable Career of Mrs. Charles Netcher. Owner of the Boston Store. Chicago. Mrs Chares Netcher, owner of the Boston store Chi-cago, known as the "1\lerchant Pr111ce"s "tands as a umque example of fem1l1111edchlevement };rom an obscure sales-woman, 111 a monster, restlcss army of department store workers, to propnetre~s of the 111c,tltutlOn 111Vii hlch she began as an humble employc, IS her record She IS today eng1l1eenm;-and successfull)-a larger bUSI-ness enterpnc,e than pcrhap" an) 11\111gwoman, and she b the Mrs. Charles Netcher manag111g exccut1\ e of her bus1l1es", 111e\ el) "cn.,e at the word Yet Mrs Netchel IS no mere wor"hlper at the altar of commerce In her day IS crowded mOle bus1l1es" than IS done by any but a few hus1l1ess men 111Chicago, and more hours spent at home With her chlldrcn than are given them by many society women The ~tOly of her llse to power ha~ becn ottcn told but ne\ er better than 111her own 'II'll orel" "Thel e IS noth1l1g wandel ful 111v. hat I am dOlnfS,, "hc says, "I am dOIng what any lo}al \\Ife would do T am "Imph carrY111g on the work of my late hushand It t" the one aim I now have to de'llate my"elf to the 1I1terest., to \\ hlch he ga\ e his hfe." l\]rs Netcher hac, been the active head of the huc,mcs., "hc conducts smce the death of hcr husband 1111904 Somc tlurt\- five years before hiS death Charles" etchel .,tal ted a" a bundle boy m the store of C \;\ & Ed Partndge E\ entually he bought out the partners and rapidly extended the bustness Like many self-made men, buslI1ess to .:\11 Xetchel was h1" first and best love Courtship of women had httle part 111hi" career One day, when hc was about -1-8years old, he ob-served a pleas111g and succe.,,,ful sale"wo1llan m h1" cloak and SUIt department He asked her to come to hi" office \\ hen she appeared he was so busy that he had forgotten about the summons Scratch111g hiS head for a few moments, he recalled it, and then and there in the most busmesshke manner pro- -.... _--_ ...., COLORS Adopted by the Grand Rapids Furniture ASSOCIationare produced With our: Golden Oak Oil Stain No. 1909, Filler No. 736. Early English Oil Stain No. 55, Filler No. 36. Weathered Oak Oil Stahl No. 1910. Mahogany Stain Powder, No.9, Filler No. 14. I Fumed Oak (W) Stain No. 46. III .. I _. _._._._._------_._-----------. --_._- ------------------ ~ GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING 5559 Ellsworth Ave GRAND RAf'IDS. MICH co. WEEKLY Something About the Newest WoodFinishes. There never was a time m the hIstory of the furmture makmg mdustry when so much real mterest was mamfested by the manu facturer m the fimsh of hIs product as the present And thIS mter-est IS not solely confmed to the manufacturer, but has commumcateJ Itself to the dealer m furmture, and to the dealers' customers-the pubhc, After dll It IS the man or woman who buys for the home who IS the one to denve the greatest pleasure from a beautifully fimshed pIece of furmture The commg year promises a number of new thmgs of d very hIgh character m wood fil11she, dnd a, usual The Manetta Pamt & Color Company of Manetta, OhIO, are prepared to furmsh prac tical stams to produce any or all of the newest Ideas, as well as all matenals and mstructlOns for producmg these new fimshes For year" furmture manufdcturers have been trymg to produce a correct shade of fumed oak and have tned several methods, of which, for a tIme, the fummg chamber proved the most satisfactory, as It produced on some pieces of the \\ ood results as to shade that were correct, but, owmg to the dIfferent methods of treatmg wood m the drymg proces" It has been ImpossIble to secure a umform color on a pIece of furmture The Manetta Pamt & Color Company. recogmzmg that some other treatment was necessary, has proJuced a stam that enables the fimsher to secure a correct shade of fumed oak wIthout fummg Made by Luee Furmture Company Grand RapIds, MJCh ThiS stam IS made from powerful aCids and b pel manent m Its er-fects and IS bemg largely used by fllll1lture manufacturers \\ nIl pel fect success Even where the wooJ has been fumed m a fummg chamber It has been found that by u"mg thIS aCId stdm that the work can be ton ed up and the color made more umform Owmg to the fact thdt the trade IS toddY demandmg a deeper shade of fumed thdn IS pc sSlble to secure by the fummg chamber method It IS even more necessclry to stam than fOimerly The company makes thiS stam m any deSIred depth to Slllt the Idea, of manufac turers, and any de<,tred shade can be obtamed Another offenng by nus well known house, suggested by the new Flanders deSIgn of furmture, which IS fdst commg mto popular favor, IS a stam to produce the correct color whIch th~s new desl2;n calls for It produces a beautiful, deep, nut-brown shade of colol dnd fimshes m a soft, velvety, dull effect ThIS stam IS only used upon hIgh grade furmture and we predIct It Will become very popu-lar Full directIOns are furmshed for usmg the stam and secunng the correct fimsh Another new stam made by The Manetta Pamt & Color Com-pany IS called Stratford Odk ThIS also promIses to become a velY populal fimsh for the better gl ade of furmture, It Imparts to the oak a vel y deep blown color WIth a nch purple undertone and the completed fimsh IS very handsome ThIS also IS put out With com plete InstructIOns for obtalDmg the correct results The fame of the Manetta Company's Farly Engltsh Stams makes It unnecessary to say much here regardmg that beautiful hmsh as It IS already known to a maJonty of the leadmg furmture manufac ARTISAN turers of the Umted States and Canada It has been conceded that Manetta Early Engltsh Stams are correct m color and practical of appltcatlOn, and they are today bemg largely used by manufac-turers \\;hose products have gamed for them a reputatIOn for the hnest Early Engltsh finbh The Manetta Pamt & Color Company claims to lead m the makmg of practical stams and fillers and all wood fimshmg maten als, and the wonderful growth of the company's busmess wlthm a _v"lvdratlvely few year" IS pomted to as the best eVIdence at tht truth of ItS claIm-that It leads the world m practlcdl wood hn Ishes It not only makes the stams and other matendls but It shows ItS customers how to get the results destred If nece"sary No goods are e,er offered to the trade thdt have not been tned and given every practical test m the factOi y There can be no ques tlOn that thIS method has had much to do With the very remarkable success which the compdny ha" enjoyed smce It entered the wood hmshmg field e1even years ago The Adam Brothers and Adam Furniture ROBERf AND JAMES ADAM were not the makers of the fur111ture known by theIr name They were archI-tects, to Kmg George III among others, and Adam furmture was only deSIgned by them and carned out under theIr su-perVISIon SometImes Hepplewhlte made It and 'iOmetlmes It was pamted by An-gehca Kaufmann, SIr JO'ihua Reynolds' protege, or by Pergolesl, whom the Adam Brother'i brought from Italy for the pur-pose. But It all bears such unmIstakable eVI-dence of the Adam gemus for refined, re- "tramed deSIgn, that the few genume pIeces of It ~ttll 111 eXIstence are hterally worth well 111ghtheIr weIght m gold Some of these have been reproduced by us and arc to be seen 1n our galleries The1r neo-c1ass1c elegance of form and proportlOn, the conv111cmg dehcacy of thcl1r carved or pa111ted ornamentatlOn, comb111e to gn e them one "lgnal advan-tage. They w1ll be found to harmomze most admIrably WIth the arch1tectural or other 'iturounchng'i of almost any style or pen-ad GRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE COMPANY (Incorporated) 34 and 36 \Vest 32d Street Between Broadway and T'lfth A\ enue New York Good Sample for "Ad" Writers 27 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN The Sligh Furniture Company's New Building. v\ e Illustrate herewith the progress made toward the com-pletIOn of the new additIOn to the Shgh Fur111tUle Compan) ~ factory after one week s work The SILe of the aclc1ltlOn I" 96 x 132 and I~ to be four "tones high The S1lgh lur111tUl e Company have for a long time felt that they "houle! proVide someth111g 111the way of club convel11ences for the u"e of their men, consequently provblOn IS made for thl" 111the ne,'V ad-dltJon now bemg bUIlt Most of the ba"ement will be de,oted to e!mmg, reae!mg and recreatJon room" The fir"t floor ,'VIII con tam the entrance to the new "alesroom which will occupy all of the second floor and connect with the saleo room In the old buildmg which IS a1:o0 on the "econd floC'1 The thlrcl and fourth floon will be u"ed for stock room" The mcrea"e 111 the manufactUring department,; of the b111ldl112, which will be pOSSible with the con"tJ uctlOn of thb aelcl!tt, n and the rearrangements planned It IS said Will permit of an l'1crease In the Company',; output amounting to $150,000 a ,ectr The Company'" h1 "Ine"s for 1909 'v III undoubtedly Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oilk Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Mapl~ Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak 1)10' e 1l l \.( p ,e, of thJ.l , ; d ') of their prey JO,h yeal'3 )111P- ,1Ient" to r[ lLe 111dlcate thl" New Factories. EriC Ander:oon and C C Palmer of Mmneapolls and vv S Jen~en of St Paul, have 111corporated the Standard '1\ all Bed Com pan) , capltahzed at $1 'i0,000 and Will e"tabhsh a new fac tor) In St Pdul, ::\lmn '1\ CRiger. C A Albright, G G Stark, H C, Bauer and Henry Tapkmg ha, e 111corpOlated the Cab111et J\lakers Umon, capltahzed at $7'i,000 to manufacture furl11tUl e and office flx-ture~ In Im1lanapoll", Incl C C Hiatt. lr B Campbell, R ] Spencer, ~ C, Hm,; elale and ::\I H '1\ dey C011'3tltute the board of directors of the H1l1:odale Pneumatic CushIOn and l\lattre~" Lompany, recently orga111zed With $25,000 capital stock, to e~tabh'3h and operate a factory In Indlanapoll" Ind -------------------~ ------------------- ------ IIt •It •!I -' . .- .. . --_.... Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 Miscellaneous Notes and News. The Gmlford Furmture Company of Greensboro, N C, ha" been adjudged bankrupt and placed In the hands of F. C Boy les dS I ecelver ex B Summer of the firm of Shelby & Summer, furn- Iture dealel s of PIcken", S C, ha" "old hIS mterest to J J 1 ewford and J D vVheeler L nder order" from the federal court W H Cooker, re-ceIver 111 bankruptcy WIll "ell the plant and a"sets of the 1\1al- Hln (Ark) ChaIr Company D 1\1 Clark & Co, fur11lture and hardwood dealer" of Bramel d, 1\1mn, were burned out completely October 28 TheIl 10"" IS only partially msured The Standard I, ur111ture Company of Spokane, Wa..,h, ha, e deCIded tel add an adchtlOnal story to theIr new bUllchng 110\'\ 111 C011r"eof con..,tl uctlon on Rn erslde a, enue ThIs wl1l make It "c, en "tones 'lhe l\IaJe..,Uc T ur111ture Company of :Uexlco, '\ Y, ha" bcen 1l1COl porated by 'IV H Osborn and others who wJ1l re-model alld enlal ge the new plant recently estabh"hed CapI-tal :"tock, alI paId m, $40,000 Lee S 1\I111sfor "everal year" buyer for the Sharpe & \\ herr} FurnIture Company of Na"hvl1le, Tenn, has accepted ,he PO~lt'on of "ale" and collectIOn manager for A. C Scud-day house fur111sher, of the same cIty Charles B He11lka the pIoneer undertaker and fur11lture dealer of Petoskey, 1\1Jch, ched lecently after an Illness of about a year He stal ted 111 bu..,me"s at \\ ayland, Mlch and mm ed to Petoskey nearly thIrty yeals ago ] he \Iohne Fur111ture \Vorks and other factones at .:\10- lme, Ill, are repOl ted "0 rushed WIth order" that It IS neces- "al y to 1I1crease the working- fOlce and lengthen the hours '1 he Fur11lture 'vVork" are now workmg 125 men 12 hours a day )J J Ocksreldel, collector for I'ea"e Brothers fur111ture dealer" of Los Angeles, Cal, I" charged WIth a shortage of $2.400 111 hI', account" He skIpped out but ""as caught 111 Salt Lake CIty and ha" been I eturned to Los Angeles fOI tJ ILl! fcn embezzlement J E IV mans of 1\1uskog ee, Okla, a" agent for the Haney School FurnIture Company, of Grand RapIds, 1\1lch , ha" filed With the secretary of "tate on behalf of that company an affida'lt that It IS not affihated With any tnnt or monopoly, as I" req Ull eel by the text book law of the state Stockholders 111 the Howard Du"tless Duster Company of Bo~ton ""ee mllhons" 111 the project The dUtotless dusters are made of cloth chemIcally treated that dusts, cleans and pol- Ishes hl1mture, etc ,and It 1<; claimed that the matenal retams ltS plOpertles and Ibefulness after be1l1g washed repeatedly 1\Iayor Howse of NashVIlle. Tenn, b a funllture dealer, That he IS a good mayor wa" Imhcated last week when about twenty of hI:" competitor" In the fur11lture trade Vv ent to hiS office and presented hIm a valuable gold mounted fountam pen a:" e\ Idence of theIr apprecIatIOn of hiS admlmstratlon of the cIty's affaIrs E S Hal mon'" contract WIth the Chehalhs (\Vash) Furni-ture and ),Ianufactunng Company whereby he sold the output of the faciory, ha" expIred and the company al e makmg ar-rangement" to seII their product Without the as:"lstance of an agent They Will e"tabh"h warchou"es In Portland and Sedttle and, perhap", In Spokane J II Roe and RIchard Lamont composmg the firm of Roe & Lamont who have scored great ~uccess m the fur111ture trade at T'lellmgham, \Vash , have mcorporated under the name of the Great 'Jortheln FUl11lture Company With $36,000 capital stock and ",,111enlarge their bu"mes:" whICh has grown be- } ond the capacity of their present quarters Hardwood Lumber Conditions. Although not defi11ltely adVIsed of a change m quotation'S dealer" 111 mahogany logs and lumber, and furlllture manu-facturers, are expectmg an advance m pnces Immediately For over a year Afncan mahogany ha~ been "old at pnces about 20 per cent lower than the quotatIOns of two years ago The declme was due to the hard times penod that began m October, 1907 At that time lumbermen operatmg m Afnca had a large amount of mahogany cut mto logs The palllC cut off the demand but those log" had to be brought out of the hot chmate to save them from bemg worm eaten They were brought out and dumped mto the London, LIVerpool and t\ ew York markets Some of the owners were obhged to sell and many of them dId so at figures that did not cover the co"t and they qmt cuttmg the tImber The demand was hght for a year 01 more but has mcrea"ed conSIderably In the past "IX months and the supply I" now runmng "hart The K ew York market h saId to be practically bare of the Afncan tnnber and the receipts Will "urely be hght for several months at least "Cnder "uch concbtlOn" an advance m pnces on Afncan ma-hogany IS conSidered a certamty and the scarcIty wl11 mcrea"e the demand and cause hIgher pnces for the Cuban, ,\Iexlcan, Central and South Amencan vanetle., of the tImber on whIch there has been httle dec1me m the pa"t two years Two years ago Afncan mahogany was sold at 16 to 18 cenb per foot, Dunng the past year and up to the pre'3ent It has been sold at 13 cents, or le"s, but dealer" declare that It WIll soon go up to the old pnce or higher The domestIc hardwood markeb are reported ql11et at nearly all pomt'3 The 111crea"e in the demand for the lower grades of oak that wa" noted two week" ago seem" to have sub"lded The upper grades, however, are stlII firm WIth a tendency to hIgher figures The pnce of quarter-sawed l11ch oak has been advanc1l1g "lowly smce about the first of July In Grand RapIds the total advance m the past four months amounts to $5 or $6 per thousand ft In June the figures were $80 @ 82 Kow the quotatIOns are $86 @ $88, but these pnces are frequently shaded conSIderably Plam oak fir"ts and second" have also gradually advanced m pllce smce June, but the figures take a range so WIde that quotatIOns have bttle defi-l11te "iglllficance Ash, blrch, elm and maple are generally repol ted firm With good demand, but WIth the exception of maple there has been no matenal advance 111pnces S111ceJune though higher prices have been and are now constantly predIcted by consumers Death of John M. Smyth of Chicago. John 1\1 Smyth, owner of a furl11ture ..,tOle that he e:otdL h"hed 111ChIcago In 1867 and whIch I" now onL of the largest estabhshments of ItS kmd m the world, dIed last Thursday aged 66 years The Immediate cau"e of hIS death was bron-chIal pneumol11a, but the pnmary cause I" saId to have been overwork 111stralghtel11ng out the finanCIal affaIrs of John R \;\1alsh The merchant was a heavy stockholder 111the vVal"h banks, and when they were wrecked he was the chIef guaran-tor of the $7,121.887 note given by 1\1r \'Valsh to the cleanng hou"e 1\lr, Smyth IS credIted With hav111g done much to straIghten out the affairs of the former banker :.\Ir Smyth wa" born at sea, July 6, 1843, when hIS parents were emlgratl11g from Ireland to the Ul11ted State'3 The famIly settled in ChIcago m 1845, where Mr Smyth has S111cemade hIs home For many years he took an active mtel e"t m polttlcs He served two tel ms m the cIty counCIl and was a personal fnend of the late Mayor Carter II Harnson 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... .. ---------_._._._._ .... ._._.~.~._.-. -_.------- -----~~------_._--~-~ NEW VORI< NEW PROCESS FUllING LIQUID produces on any oak results equal in every respect to those obtained by the old tedious and expensive actual fuming method. This especially prepared material when applied to any oak acts with the acids in the wood and produces that peculiarly beautiful, brown-ish effect known as "Fumed Oak." Nothing affects the finish, which may be thoroughly sandpapered without fear of cutting through. Send for FREE sample. We supply everything in Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. i CHICAGO ~-. .. ....~ nent nOle \\ Ithont co~t to It, land'i and preml'ie" whIch shall be acceptable and "atl"factory to It'i trn"tees a" a locatIOn and "He tor the bl1llcllng or bndd1l1g ~ , \Iv hlch were to be Its perma-nent home If that conclltlOn shall not be complied wIth \\ Ithm SIX) ears from the date of hI" death- Jan 16, 1906-the $8008000 \\ lllch It \Va'i mtenc!ed Chlca~o "hon!d have v" 111 be 10'it to It Thc palk Vlmml""loner" now threaton to bnng "nIt aga\11"t \ \ dlC! for the pnrpo'ie of condemll1ng hlb holdmg" for a "Ite fOl the mlbenm and litIgatIon In that "tdte 1" nsnally pamfnlly slow If It "hall not "eem ac!vI"able to pnrsne thI" conr"e tthe trn"tee~ wtI! ha\ e to look out for another SIte A pretty woman doe'in't always wear well. In fact, beanty vel y often rubs off. . ~ Oak, Veneers. ~-..... . . IIII Circassian, Mahogany, II and I! , Established IB3B. I~....... .- --- . Trouble for Montgomery Ward. Ch' l11ng a "mall frontage on Grant park m lhlcago I[ont gomely \\ ard the great mati order merchant. ha" carneel on nncea~lllg!) a campaIgn aga1l1"t man) mteresb that hay e .,ought to cover the gIonnd wIth rallroad track'i and bllllclln~'i desIgned to be n"ed for van an" purposes HI" latht tIll1mph \11 lItIgatIOn \\ a" won from the tI u"tee" of the 1 lelel IIthenm who "ought to erect on the park a "plenchd blll!clmg. to UJ"t $8000,000, plOvlded far by the WIll of the late IIaI "hall llelel to contaIn the FIeld II useum '1he people of ChIcago \Iv hlle acknowledgmg theIr oblIgatIOn to J\Ir \\ arc! for what he ha" done on other occaSIOns for the consel' atIOn of the lake front, are not thankfnl for thI'i latest assertIOn of hIS legal nghh Thc sItuatIOn IS all the more nnplea'iant because of the term" of '\11 FIeld's wtIl He gay e the museum $8,000,000 on concll-tlOn that there "hould be "glvcn to It 01 devoted to Ih pellna LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF Gum Poplar The Albro Veneer Co. CINCINNATI. O. I .._ .._ _--_..... . .. WEEKLY ARTISAN A New Mileage Book. The western raIlroads have adopted a new mterchangeable mIleage tIcket book whIch wIll be put mto use Jan 1 as a sub-o, tItute for all forms of mIleage tIckets now m use It wIll be Io,,",ued by the mclIvIdual road, but wIll be of umform type and adapted for use m states where varyIng rates of legal maXI-mum fares are m force After careful consIderatIOn of the mIleage book que"tIOn the road'3 adopted the report of the Jomt mIleage commIttee of the \\ eo,tern Paso,enger a'3S0cIatIOn and the Southweo,tern Pa~- o,enger lVIIleal-Se bureau, whIch recommended a nontransfer-able per~ondl descnptIVe book contam111g 2,000 coupons to be Made by the Boston Mlrror Company, 67-69 Sudbury St , Boston, Mass sold for $40 Instead of repre'oent111g mIles, however, each coupon v,I11 V11tually repre"ent 1 cent, and \\ 111be honO! ed accOld1l1g to the rate of fare 111each state In the 2 cent fare o,tates~llhnO!s, 1m,a, Kansas, northel n .!\IIc1llgan, J\I111l1e"ota, )J ebraska, I'\orth Dakota, Oklahoma, and \VIscon'o111~one coupon WIll he attached for each nllle In states where the legal rate h 2/~ cents-Arkansas, Colo-rado, LOUlo,Iana, ~II%OUn, Montana, Texa'3, and \Vyom111g~ five coupons wIll be detached for each four mIleo, traveled, and m New J\1exIco three coupons for each two mIles Smce the passage of the '3tate fare laws the present form" of western 1l1terchangeable mIleage book" and the mdIVIdual book" have almost fallen mto dIsuse because they represent no consIderable reductIOn under the usual fare The Man Who Knows. In the pi esent age when the tendency IS to speCialize m dll lmes of human endeavor, 1t 1S the man who knows' who IS today filling the h1ghe'it positiOns It matter:o not wl1dt your partIculdr specialty may be-clerk book~eeper, la1lroader, blacksm1th, machm1st, carpenter, wood fin 1sher-lf you are thOl oughly famlhar wIth your busmLss you dre bound to mcrea,e your edrnlllg CdPdClty The wood filllsher of today, for 111stance, must know-and usu ally does-far mOle than the filllsher of even twenty-five years ago ThiS 1S not only becau:oe of the many new styles of finIshes which have been llltroduced In that many yedrs, but because of the many new methods and processes wh1ch are today reqlured to produce many of the modern hIgh grade wood filllshes A good filllsher must not only "know" h1s busmes:o, but "he should know why he knows", he must keep mformed on all matters pertammg to his art The Manettd Pamt & Color Company, one of the hlghe'it author 1he'i on modern, h1gh grade wood filllSh111g,has Is:oued a httle book under the title of "Hmt'i for the FIlllshmg Room,' whJch every wood filllsher should have It IS of a convelllent SIze to cdrry 1n the vest pocket and can be had for the ask1l1g by address1l1g a request to the company at Manetta, OhlO. / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15 20 AN:D 25 SPINDLlcS DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAI LING MACH I N E ThIS little machme has done more to perfect the drdwer work of furnl ture mauufacturers thau anyth10g else 10 the furmture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fitttng vermlll proof dovetaIled stock a pOSSI blhty ThIS has been accompllshed at reduced cost a<; the machme cuts dove-tails In gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatlOn It s what others see about your busmess rather than what }OU say about It that counts 111 the cash drawer It <;the thrill of t'nthusIasm and the true ring of truth 'ou feel and hear back of the cold type that makes yon buv the thing advertIsed ALEXANDER DODDS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHICAN Represented by Schuchart & Schulte at Berlm, VIenna, Stockholm and St Peteflbura Repr .. ented by Alfred H Schulte at Cologne, Brus.el., !...lege, Pans. Muan and Buboa Represented m Great Bnllan and Ir.land by the Ohver Machmery Co. F S Thompson, Mar, 201-203 Dean.aate. Manchester. England ~ .G'~'--'-'-'~'-' _ ,,••• I I,I , I I -----------------------~ I I IIII ,I •• I I •I•• I •I I III III I I, II IIII I• •; Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-fIve years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. 31 \ New York Markets. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN to ••••• Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. An experIenced upholstery furmture salesman to work the larger towns m IllmOls, Iowa, MISSOUrI,Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. Must be a man who thoroughly understands the bUSiness. Goed salary. Address "E T C," care Weekly Artisan, Grand Rapids. Mleh 11 6_13-20-27 II II I I I II IIII II fII II WANTED. First class superIntendent to take charge of the marufac tunng part of our bUSiness Apply stating experIence re-ferences ard salary expected, to the Carrollton Furnture ManufactUrIng Company, Carrollton. Ky. 11-6 FOR RENT In I!'0rt Wayne, Ind, Cltv of 65,000 populatlO'1, three story bnck bUilding, 30 x 150 ft., steam heat electnc w.red, electnc elevator, entire interIor rece'1tly painted and fres-coed, located one half block from Court House. ce'1ter of huslnes'l dlstnct. Address E. Shu'l1an, 222 E Wavpe St Fort Wayne, Ind 10_30-11-6-13 WANTED Line of Refrigerators and Case Goods for Phlladelph''3. ard near-by towns by salesman who has worked th .. terr'- tory for more than twenty years. Address, "M De J," care Artisan. WANTED PositIOn for 1910. A Furmture Salesman With twenty_eight years exrer-ience as a Road Salesman, covenng Ill, Ind, OhIO, V\Tester'1 Pa Northern Ky and Northern Tenn., IS ooen for a Poslt1"n With a good case goods house or chalr house Can f!lve A-I recommendatIOns from present employers that Will (Ji~_ pel all doubt. Will gladly answer all questions Ad<1rec'l "w. J. H." Care Artisan. 10-20 SALESMAN With well established trade east of Buffalo, N Y to Portland Me. and north of Norfolk, Va., IS open fer lme of UP-TO-DATE medIUm prIced dmmg room furniture on commission-over 20 years' experIence. Address "Oopor-tunity," care of 511 West 21st street, New York City, N Y 10-30 WANTED A representative lme of medIUm prIced case work on commiSSIOn for Atlantic Coast states from Mame to Vlrgmla by well known exoerIenced sales'11an. Andress, "Vldel cet'" care of 342 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, N Y. 10-20 WANTED-SALESMAN A prominent refrIgerator manufacturer wants salesman for New England states Prefer some one who has handled refrigerators. Address Refrigeraters care of Weekly Arusa" 10-30 WANTED-SALESMAN. Expecting to mcrease our force of salarIed salesmen we want to hear from furmture salesman, ope'1 for engagement January 1st. Must have experience IU road "'lor\{ III medIUm and better case work. and general line of furniture. State reference. None but well recom'11eT'ded. exnerIenced furni-ture roadman Will be conSidered. Address, High Grade. Care Michigan Artis'ln. 10-23-tf WANTED-SUPERINTENDENT For Indiana factory making sewmg machlre woodwork, address "Echo" or Weekly Artisan. 10-23 WANTED LINES FOR 1910 ExnerIenced salesman With established trade betwee" Buffalo and Bangor. Me. would like to carry several hnes of medIUm priced case goods on com-rllSSlOn. Address "Esp." care Weekly Artisan. 10-9 t f WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi: unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping facilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor. latest make and running condition. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. in first class & Dust Ar- 8-2Itf ~ . .--, IIII IIII I IIII I II III I I III II !I I II II II "e\\ Y01 k, '\0\ 5-Lmseed 011 contmues to advance and the malket I" Cj1l1te Itvely QuotatIOns ale now based on 62 (rj; h3 cent" fOl we"tern raw and run up to 65 @ 66 for doublp hotled, the hIgher figure" 111 each ca"e beIng for les'S than fi\ e-barrel lots "1l1rpent1l1e h off a cent 01 more m thb market, and stIll more at Sa\ annah, from the pnce'S quoted a week ago Dea1'3 \\ el e made hel e today at 59/'i @ 60 cent" The Savannah Cjl1ot,ttlon~ today are ~~y;; @ 5hY:; Shellac 10; "ttll elull, WIthout change 111 pllceo; thou~h there h a faIr demand from con"umero; \ mal keel ImpfCn ement In the demand for \! ar111"h Gum" h I ep ,rted and all grades are held firm at these figures Kaun, \0 1 -12 (Ii t8 cent", '\0 2, 21 @ 25 Damar-Datavla-13 (jj; 14 cent', ,[amla, pale. 14 @ 18 cents, dark, hard 12 @ 15, ambel, 14 @ 15 Goat 'Sk111Sare 111better demand than for "e\ eral weeks c'nd pilLe" al e firm ::YIexlcan frontter'S are quoted at 33 @' 3);; cenb \ortheln ,Iexlcans 43 (jj; 43}'2 Duenos AYleo;, 4-1-@ -I-'J Pd) ta". 42 Haltteno;, 44 @ 45 1 he hIde and leather markeb, generally o;peakln~, are firm \\ Ith a tendenc) to ach ance 111 pnce" The burlap huo;1I1eo;,h dull WIth compla1l1t'S of a lack of -'peculatl\ e 111tereo;t and demand for future dell\ ef) EIght ounce g"oocl'->al e o;ttll quoted at 3 SO @ 3 55, ten-and-a-half ounce 4- ~; INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Adams & E1tIPg Company Albro Veneer Company Barnes, W. F & John Co Barton, H. H & Son Company Buss Machme Works DeBruyn, J C Delaware Chair Company Dodds, Alexander Fourteen_Eleven Company Fox Machme Company Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company Grand Rapids Brass Company Grand Rapids Electrotype Company Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company Grand Rapids Wood Fmlshmg Company Hahn, LoUIS Hoffman Bros. Company Holden, Henry S Veneer Co Holcomb, A. L. & Co Hood & WrIght Hote Normandle Hotel Pantlind Kauffman ManufactUrIng Company Kmdel Bed Company Luce Furmture Company Mechamcs Furmture Company Michigan Engravlllg Company Michigan Star Furmture Comapny Mlscellan eous Morton House Nelson-Matter Furmture Company New York Furmture Exchange Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Richmond Chair Company Roe E P. Carvmg Works Royal Chair Company Sheboygan Chair Company Sheldon, E H. & Co Smith & DaVIS ManufactUrIng Company Spratt, Geo. & Co Stow & DaVIS Furmture Company Udell Works Union Furniture Company (Rockford) Walter Clark Veneer Company Ward, 0 A White PrIntmg Company VlTood. Morns & Sons Wysong & Miles Company 30 30 Cover 15 COver 24 21 31 1 24 Cover 20 18 22 9 26 4 24 28 22 20 25 24 7 25 4 834 32 24 Cover 2 21 17 4 11 18 11 23 6 15 78 17 10 Cover 31 19 , I,I II II II II I, II .. f" • tI BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. V'lahlng JOu deserved suecess wit.h t.hiS new pa t.ern. we rem/u.n. Robbins TaDLe Co Buss /JJ clune lI1orJ.ts~ Hol!.A.nd. Mieh Ge'1.tlemen, We wish t.o compliment. you on the lIror'xlng ot Jour new +l- Planer Just llstalled for us This IIW.chlne does the best. work of' any plll.11er we l'l8.ve ever seen. anI) we a"".. frank to sal so much bet.ter than we expected. tohl. to our foraun said he si/llpl; could not. gElt along wlthcu:t It..!md wus sure It. wou.lo Yours va!'J truly. pay the price of itself wltlun a year in work 'Is. ad on lIlIlci'une8 followUl&. The Buss Machllle \Vorks are havlllg marked success with this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltmg-feed gears machme cut-together With the steel sprlllg sectional front feed roll and the late new sectional chipbreaker, make a cablllet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Warks are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the times with machmes of great effi.clency Woodworkers of all kinds will not make a mistake by wnting direct or to their nearest selling representative regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the hve woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH• ... .-- -- . --- _____ ---------------------------------.---------.4...... -~---~-_.-----_._-------------,.~ IIt I 1 -~------------- ----------- --_.~-- MORTISER Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money WIth less capltal1uvested He can hold a better and more satlslactory trade With hIS customers He can manufacture m as good style and fimsh, and at as low cost as the factorIes The local cabmet maker has been forced mto only the dealer's trade and profit because of machme manufactured goods of factones An outfit of Barnes Patent Foot and Hand Power Machmery, reInstates the cabmet maker WIth advantag-es equal to hIS competItors If deSired these machmes w111be sold on trwl The purchaser can have ample tlme to test them m hI< own shop and on the work he Wishes them 10 do IJescr,pt,vl cataloglt~ and pr,ce hst free HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW COMBINED MACHINE No 4 SAW (ready for cross cnttmg) W. f. &. JOt1NBIlRNES CO. 654 Ruby St.. Rockford, III. No 2 SCROLL SAW FORMER OR MOULDER ~----- ._--- _.- . HAND TENONER No 3 WOOD LATHE No.4 SAW (ready for npping) __________ . ---4 ••t II1 IiI II ~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .

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1909-11-06T00:00:00Z

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Periodicals and Furniture Industry

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